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Thursday, November 12, 2015

Center funding in doubt as City Council questions leadership

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com

Controversy continues to plague the Issaquah Valley Senior Center and city funding of the center for 2016 still has not been decided.

City Council President Paul Winterstein and Deputy President Stacy Goodman said in a letter they would not, at this time, support funding the current leadership of the center.

The letter was partially read

into the record of the Nov. 2 council meeting.

The council does not have to vote on funding until it approves the budget in December. But at a budget hearing Nov. 4, Winterstein said the issue would be on the agenda of another budget hearing the evening of Nov. 10.

That meeting occurred after The Issaquah Press deadline.

In their letter, addressed to two members of the senior center board of directors, Winterstein and Goodman called into

question several actions of the center board and center Executive Director Courtney Jaren.

Winterstein and Goodman saved probably their strongest words for a June 25 letter signed by the center board of directors and sent to the general center membership. Winterstein and Goodman describe that letter “as full of anger, name calling, and unsubstantiated and shocking allegations.”

“Ironically, (Jaren) refers to the Senior Center as a ‘safe

haven.’ Yet, she repeatedly calls complainants liars and in need of ‘professional help,’” the two wrote.

Center leadership has argued the allegations in the June 25 letter are backed up by affidavits signed by two of the persons involved.

The June letter has drawn legal fire as well as council attention. Representing, among others, two seniors banned from the center via “no trespassing” notices, attorney Inez Petersen

has promised a libel suit against Jaren and the center board over the letter.

Seattle attorney David Adler is representing Jaren and the center board. He declined to respond to the letter written

by Winterstein and Goodman, stating if he wanted to voice a response it was more appropriate he do so directly, not through a third party such as the media. He See DOUBT, Page 3

Car running in garage gives family carbon monoxide poisoning

By Coral Garnick Seattle Times staff reporter An Issaquah family of six was sent to the hospital the morning of Nov. 7 with carbon-monoxide poisoning after a minivan was left running in the garage all night.

Eastside Fire & Rescue responded to a call for medical assistance at 7:25 a.m., finding some family members feeling lethargic, and slow to respond to verbal commands.

The firefighters noticed a chemical smell in the air and took the family outside, putting them on oxygen, said Deputy Chief Mike Boyle.

“Getting them out of the house and into fresh air quickly was the first thing that needed to be done,” he said.

The six family members ranged in age from 17 months to 65 years old: two kids, the parents and the grandparents, Boyle said.

Investigating the home and garage, the hazardous-mate-

rial team found a minivan had recently been running in the garage and had run out of gas.

After talking to the father, the team learned one of the children had been sick the night before and the father said he must have forgotten to turn off the car before hurrying into the house.

The family was taken to Swedish Medical Center in Issaquah to be monitored, and later to Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle to be treated in the hyperbaric chamber. A spokesman said all were expected to be released Nov. 7.

Three firefighters who were exposed to the carbon monoxide were taken to Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue as a precaution.

Firefighters did not find carbon-monoxide detectors in the home. While Boyle says detectors would be required if the home were being rented or sold, the fire department encourages all homes to have a monitor and to change the batteries during time changes every year.

Council eyes utility rate hikes over next five years

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com Issaquah users will see increases in water, sewer and stormwater rates in each of the next five years, beginning in 2016.

In separate votes for each utility, the Issaquah City Council voted 6-1 in favor of the increases at its regular meeting on Nov. 2. Councilman Joshua Schaer cast the lone “no” votes.

In 2016, the combined increases will amount to between $7.50 and $8 bimonthly for the average resident, said Diane Marcotte, city finance director.

The city bills its utilities every other month.

The increases are due to rising capital improvement costs, mostly arriving in the form of renewals and replacements, said Shawn Koorn of consultant HDR Engineering Inc. He also talked about depreciation of the various systems and the need to sufficiently fund operating and maintenance expenses.

For water, rates will go up 6 percent next year, then 5.5 percent in the next three years and 3.5 percent in 2020. At a previous council committee discussion on the rate hikes, Koorn said without the rate hikes, the system would be about See RATE

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By Greg Farrar

Bill Ramos lets out a whoop and Michelle Winterstein (right), wife of Issaquah City Council Position 6 candidate Paul Winterstein, raises a glass in a toast after she reads the first returns giving him a 62-to-37 percent lead Nov. 3 in his Issaquah City Council Position 4 race against Tim Flood.

Transportation still on minds of winning City Council candidates

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com Transportation and traffic were key topics during the recent City Council elections, so it’s probably not surprising they are among the key issues on the minds of those who appear to have won the elections.

“In 2016, we will take the critical step of defining our funding strategy for transportation,” said Council President Paul Winterstein.

Elections won’t be certified until later this month, but as of Nov. 6, Winterstein was beating challenger Christopher Reh for the Position 6 council seat by a fairly close margin of 2,816 votes, or 54 percent, to 2,336 votes, or 45 percent.

Winterstein noted that Mayor Fred Butler only recently put out the call for volunteers to serve on a citizens’ task force to study Issaquah’s traffic issues.

According to the city’s website, the task force will make recommendations on a package of transportation projects that could potentially go to voters in

November 2016.

“This may become the most important step in the city’s history when it comes to transportation,” Winterstein said.

For the Position 4 council seat currently held by Joshua Schaer, Bill Ramos is easily beating out opponent Tim Flood, 3,330 votes, or 62.9 percent to 1,949 votes, or 36.8 percent.

Schaer chose not to run for re-election.

On the campaign trail, Ramos made no secret of the fact he is a self-employed transportation consultant with his own firm, The Common Good Inc. Ramos said he plans to attack transportation problems as soon as possible. He said the 2016 budget will be finalized before he gets into office, but would like to “look under every rock” for outside funding for transportation projects.

“Some projects have more of a chance of getting outside funding than others,” Ramos said. He noted planned work on East Lake Sammamish Parkway will cost about $7.7 million. The city is only paying “the point seven,” or

$700,000, Ramos said.

“That’s the goal,” Ramos said, “finding the dollars.”

The City Council’s second new face is Jennifer Sutton, who ran unopposed for the Position 2 seat being vacated by incumbent Nina Milligan.

Like Schaer, Milligan simply decided not to run for re-election.

Prior to the election, Sutton said one key to solving some of the city’s traffic problems might be getting Issaquah officials together with Sammamish, King County and even state leaders.

Since Issaquah didn’t create all of its traffic own problems, solutions might need to involve other jurisdictions or authorities.

Between now and the point he takes office in January, Ramos promised he would attend every meeting he could and would work hard to get himself up to speed on the council’s activities.

Ramos said he already is receiving messages and questions from residents.

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Tent City 4 leaves Snoqualmie for Hans Jensen Park Robert Bowen lays a plywood sheet on some of the 200 plastic pallets recently donated

by Talking Rain in Preston to Tent City 4 during moving day Nov. 7 as Scott Anderson and his Australian shepherd Roxy look on.

By Greg Farrar

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com Unable to find a long-term location, the roving homeless encampment known as Tent City 4 moved this past weekend into Hans Jensen Park, a campground near Lake Sammamish State Park.

A member of the camp, who asked not to be identified, said Tent City 4 was unable to find a faith-based location, which the

group typically prefers.

He added when it became evident they would not find a long-term location, Tent City 4 leadership contacted the office of Gov. Jay Inslee about using Hans Jensen Park, where the encampment stayed about two years ago.

Inslee’s office gave the OK for Tent City 4 to move in for 20 days. Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church in Woodinville paid the group’s camping fees.

Sam Roberson, Tent City 4

camp director, could not be reached for comment.

“They don’t have a lot of needs,” said Richard Benson, area manager for Lake Sammamish State Park. He said the area Tent City 4 would be using sits on East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast across from the park boat docks.

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Issaquah native makes herself, and others, at home in Egypt and the Middle East

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com

Contributed

Issaquah native Genevieve Hathaway has a degree in Egyptology and has founded a tour company specializing in taking women around the Middle East.

By Genevieve Hathaway

Shops line this street in Issaquah’s sister city, Chefchaouen, Morocco. chaouen, Issaquah’s sister city. However, Egypt is sort of Hathaway’s home away from home.

“I’ve always been fascinated by ancient Egypt,” she said.

In 2003 and 2004, Hathaway was studying Egyptology at American University in Cairo. She said many of the top Egyptologists in the world teach at the school. Later, she watched on TV and read in the news as the events of the Arab Spring shook Egypt and other Arab nations. In Egypt, many of the revolutionary protests took place on Tahrir Square (“Freedom” Square in Arabic) where she had gone to classes.

Hathaway was in the region working primarily

as a photographer when a friend asked if she would like to help start a tour guide company in Egypt.

She quickly accepted the offer, although Hathaway herself cannot act as a tour

By Genevieve Hathaway guide. The Egyptians insist While touring Morocco, Genevieve Hathaway accidentally locals guide the tours, not foreigners. came across Issaquah’s sister city, the mountain town of Hathaway also got Chefchaouen. involved in documenting the street art in and frowned upon unless you’re came across the small but around Tahrir Square. Her a Muslim. Women are somewhat affluent mounphotographs have been on expected to dress modestly tain town. As is common exhibit in Seattle. and perhaps act a bit more in parts of the Middle East, As for being a woman formally – don’t smile at the city largely is painted alone in the Middle East, men you don’t know, for one color, in this case, a Hathaway insists it’s not a example. light blue. The color is problem.

“It could easily be misin- supposed to represent a “It’s fine as long you terpreted,” Hathaway said. mixing of the deep blue symbolizing Arab culture don’t go to Sinai or the Hathaway said she and the white representing western desert,” she said. discovered Issaquah’s Except in three countries, sister city, Chefchaouen, by Jewish culture.

“It’s beautiful,” Hawomen do not have to cover accident. She was tourthaway said, “especially at their heads. In fact, it’s ing Morocco when she

night when they turn the lights on and the city just sort of sparkles.”

Although she instantly loved the place, Hathaway didn’t realize at first that Chefchaouen was a sister city to her hometown. A friend pointed the fact out to her. A blue door from Chefchaouen sits near the Issaquah police station on Sunset Way. A Chefchaouen municipal building holds a salmon sculpture. Hathaway didn’t get to see it as the building was closed for a holiday when she was there.

Hathaway has visited 10 or more countries in the Middle East and North Africa. She is trying to win her way into Iran. And Hathaway insisted that she has never felt threatened as an American.

“There has been some harassment as a woman,” she said. “But the same thing happens to me in New York City.”

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Genevieve Hathaway, 32, has heard the following phrase, or something very close to it many, many times: “It must be so scary in the Middle East as a woman, by yourself.”

“There’s so much misrepresentation in the news,” she added. “These are people who want you there and want to show off their country. … It’s not all terrorists.”

An Issaquah native, Hathaway launched ArcheoAdventure Tours in 2014.

The tours offered are aimed specifically at women visiting the Middle East. She uses only female tour guides, and tries to solicit only femaleowned hotels and femaleowned restaurants.

“We believe in empowering local women through good employment, making them equal wage earners in the family,” Hathaway said.

ArcheoAdventure Tours started out modestly this year with a trip to Egypt.

Hathaway plans trips to Egypt, Morocco and Turkey next year. In 2017, Hathaway hopes to take her enterprise to Jordan.

Not incidentally, although somewhat accidentally, trips to Morocco will include visits to the mountain town of Chef-

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Legislators win AWC awards The Association of Washington Cities honored Rep. Tana Senn (DMercer Island) and Sen. Mark Mullet (D-Issaquah) with City Champion Awards.

Don Gerend, Sammamish council member and past AWC board president, presented the award to Senn and noted the legislator’s experience as a Mercer Island council member.

“Rep. Senn comes from the city family and always remembers her city roots while working in Olympia,” he said in a news release. “From her first days working as a legislator she has recognized that strong cities make a great state, and has supported this perspective with her fellow legislators.”

Mullet, a former Issaquah City Council member, worked to secure previously reduced liquor tax revenues that support

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said in general, he wishes both sides of the dispute would learn to trust each other a little more.

In their letter, Winterstein and Goodman made it clear they were presenting only their opinions and not the opinion of the entire council. However, other

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$371,000 short in 2016.

By 2020, that deficit would grow to $1.8 million.

For sewers, the rates hikes are to be 6 percent in 2016 and 2017, then 5.5 percent over the following three years. For the stormwater utility, increases will be 5 percent in 2016; 4 percent in 2017; 3.5 percent for the following

local public safety.

He also advocated for the continuation of the Public Works Trust Tana Senn Fund, an account cities rely upon for infrastructure improvements, which was diverted to the state’s operating budget in recent years.

“When cities need help in the Senate, Sen. Mullet works with colleagues on both sides of the aisles,” AWC Government Relations Director Dave Williams said in a statement. “He’s a great city spokesperson; continually reminding senators of the critical importance of city fiscal sustainability and local infrastructure programs.”

AWC CEO Peter B. King

noted that the 2015 legislative session was the longest in state history, yet cities saw of a Mark Mullet signs renewed city-state partnership.

“We believe our success was the result of our champions in the Legislature who stepped up to help cities,” King said.

Senn serves the 41st Legislative District and Mullet serves the 5th Legislative District. Both districts include parts of Issaquah.

Founded in 1933, AWC is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan corporation that represents Washington’s cities and towns before the state Legislature, the state executive branch and with regulatory agencies.

Volunteers needed to hang holiday lighting The Downtown Issaquah Association needs volunteers for its holiday lighting work party from 10 a.m. to noon Nov. 21.

The association will hang lights along Front Street poles, at the Shell Station and Pedestrian Park for the holiday season.

This is a good opportunity for students to earn community service hours.

Meet at 10 a.m. at the Hailstone Feed Store, 232 Front St., to get assignments for the morning.

There will be free pizza and refreshments afterwards.

To learn more, call 3911112 or email enews@ downtownissaquah.com.

Volunteers sought for restoring plot in Lake Sammamish State Park Aubrey Tingler, an AmeriCorps National Service Member for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is working with the Friends of Lake Sammamish State Park.

members also have raised questions about center operations.

At a previous council session, Councilman Tola Marts has said he wants an explanation of the apparent split between the center and the Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank before giving the senior center “a dime.”

In another letter, this time sent to the council and signed by the center board, the board said cen-

ter leadership tried unsuccessfully to re-establish a relationship with the food bank.

While the Nov. 4 budget hearing was quiet with no public comment offered, that wasn’t the case at the Nov. 2 regular council meeting. In a letter to center membership attributed to Jaren and the center board, center members from either side of the dispute were encouraged to voice their opinions to

the City Council. Whether or not the crowd resulted from the letter, the Nov. 4 meeting was packed with supporters and detractors of the center who provided well over an hour of public comment.

The center is asking for $99,000 in funding for 2016, the same amount it received last year. That figure amounted to 44 percent of the center’s $221,490 budget.

two years; and 3 percent in 2020.

Connection fees paid by new development will also increase for water and stormwater. Water connections will jump from $4,026 to $6,029 in 2016; stormwater connections will go from $789 to $1,256.

Schaer is a member of the Services and Safety Committee that recommended the increases to the rest of council.

Schaer abstained from the committee vote, which

occurred after 11 p.m. following a marathon meeting. At the time, he said he didn’t think he could make a reasonable decision on such a complex topic. At the regular council meeting, Schaer said he’d had time to consider the increases but just didn’t like the idea.

The costs of many things are on the rise and taxpayers are being asked to foot the bill for more and various government services.

Schaer said a 6.5-percent increase for water alone

in one year seemed “a bit much.”

Councilman Tola Marts agreed. Marts heads up the Services and Safety Committee and even though he voted for the increases twice, he said he wants the city to make reviewing utility rates a more regular undertaking. The stormwater rates hadn’t been raised in 13 years, for example, which seemingly forced the city to act now.

“You don’t want to get behind the eight-ball like this again,” Marts said.

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Thursday, November 12, 2015 • As part of her service, Tingler is charged with restoring 1.4 acres of land in the park. Her first restoration is “Plot A15” at the park, between Tibbetts and Sunset beaches.

The plot’s main problem is invasive blackberry bushes, both of the Himalayan and evergreen varieties.

In Washington, blackberries tend to create what is

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“Until January, I’m still officially nobody,” he quipped.

For her part, Sutton said City Hall can and needs to take steps to increase connections with residents.

“What is our strategy for engaging people?” she said.

She added residents

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accommodate them,” said Janet Farness, executive director of the Friends of Lake Sammamish State Park. Farness added that from what she understood, the homeless encampment made for good neighbors when they used the campground a few years ago.

The area has no electricity, but does have potable water available, Benson said.

Benson added when Tent City 4 moved in previously, they only were supposed to stay for 20 days. At the time, they asked for and received an extension from the state.

Since July 11, Tent City 4 has been set up in Snoqualmie near Echo Lake and Interstate 90.

Prior to that, they spent a good part of the spring and early summer in Issaquah’s High Point area, just off Interstate 90.

When they arrived in Issaquah in March, they did not have a permit to be on

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known as a monoculture, an area where only one type of plant is growing.

Monocultures drastically reduce the biodiversity of an ecosystem.

As the work continues, Tingler intends to transform the area into a diverse bioculture with native plants. If you’re interested in volunteering, email Tingler at Aubrey.

Tingler@parks.wa.gov.

deserve answers to their questions, even if those answers are not ones they want to hear.

“We need to tell people why the choice being made is being made,” Sutton said.

Neither Sutton nor Ramos are total newcomers to the city. Both serve on the city Human Services Commission, Ramos as chairman.

View the latest ballot numbers at www.kingcounty.gov/elections.

the property and it was not even clear who owned the land.

The site consists of a permanently closed road, blocked by an iron gate.

Because the road was controlled by King County, early during their stay, Roberson said Tent City 4 sent the office of County Executive Dow Constantine a $500 check for rent.

Roberson said that check was cashed, but he had no direct contact with county officials regarding the Issaquah site.

Both the Issaquah and Snoqualmie sites presented Tent City 4 with a few problems, primarily no water and no electricity. In both cases, the group used a generator and carried in water. Benson said the Lake Sammamish campground has water, though it is usually turned off this time of year. He said it could be turned back on to accommodate Tent City 4.

Tent City 4 amenities include a washer and dryer, refrigerator, portable shower and other equipment. At last report, they had about 28 residents.

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Opinion

Q uote of the week “Until January, I’m still officially nobody.”

— Issaquah City Council candidate Bill Ramos, Position 4 winner

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O ff the P ress

Thank you very much for not voting

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et me be the first and possibly only person to say it, with all sincerity: Thank you, thank you very much for not voting.

Even though all you had to do was mark a ballot and put it in the mail, the vast majority of you couldn’t be bothered. And that’s just fine because most of you had no idea who or what you would have been voting for in the first place.

The population in Issaquah was listed as about 33,000 in 2013. There are 19, 906 registered voters. Of those, a whopping 2,928 had returned their ballots as of Nov. 2, according to King County Elections.

For comparison sake, Sammamish had a population of 45,780 in 2010. Of those, roughly 28,756 are registered voters. Again, according to the county, as of Nov. 2, 4,049 actually did cast a ballot.

My math skills aren’t the best, but the way I figure it both cities are incredibly consistent with about 14 percent of the registered voters voting. For an off-year election, when the top of the ballot included a yawn inducing “battle” for county assessor, that almost doesn’t seem that bad. And isn’t it just awful that it almost doesn’t seem bad? Of course, if 14 percent of the registered voters did vote, that means 86 percent of registered voters didn’t.

But have no fear. You will not be chastised here.

There are odd things that can happen when uninformed people vote. Back in Cleveland, where I worked in another lifetime, there was a homeless man and occasional mental patient who ran in election after election for county commissioner, the equivalent of a county council seat here. He had a respectable sounding name and after who knows how many tries, he won the Republican nomination for county office.

Now, I sort of knew this guy. He was pleasant enough and mostly harmless, as long you didn’t breath too deeply through your nose when he was in the vicinity. He talked about how he could help

reform the county’s mental health programs from a user’s perspective. And, to be fair, he actually wasn’t homeTom less at the Corrigan time he got Press reporter the nomination, having upgraded from his box to a shelter.

Again, pretty nice guy. But not exactly the type you’d want in charge of a $100 million-plus budget that literally affected millions of lives.

Look at this on a national level. Thanks to people who don’t know what they are talking about, Donald Trump — at best a bad caricature of a candidate — is a frontrunner for president. On the Democratic side, we have somebody running on her last name and an avowed socialist who probably has about as much chance of being elected as someone calling his or herself a Nazi.

Incidentally, I once challenged a person who accused President Obama of being a socialist. Just what is a socialist? I asked. Not that I’m an expert on the subject, but she had no clue and would not, of course, ever admit it.

Now, just as there are weird things that can happen when uninformed people vote, odd things can happen when people don’t vote, especially on a local level. Small, but well-organized fringe groups can simply swipe elections. I don’t really agree with this, but some argue that’s kind of what happened in Sammamish on Nov. 3.

Despite the above danger, if you don’t know the candidates, if you don’t know the issues, do us all a favor and keep your mitts off any public ballot. Don’t make decisions based on some knee jerk reaction to somebody’s Facebook post or a roadside sign.

From now on, if you can’t be bothered to pay attention, consider not voting your patriotic duty.

God bless America. And again, thank you for not voting.

H ome C ountry Sometimes all you need is a sign that you’re lost

they get out here, they take the pickup and drive around and get lost.

“Once I got a call I was invited recently to join on the cell Bob Milford, manager of the phone from Slim prestigious Diamond W Ranch, the owner, who Randles said he was on a drive-around tour of the place. It’s a huge, private ranch, lost and couldn’t find his way with tiny ex-logging roads back to the house. So I asked winding around through 13,000 him where he was and he said acres of pine trees and rocks. A he was right there, sitting on a rock and close to a pine tree.” real paradise.

But I was horrified to see He chuckled. “That narrowed wooden street signs nailed to it down to about 13,000 acres. trees wherever two of these old Well, I managed to find him, logging trails came together. and after that, I put these signs “Oh no,” I said, out loud. up. I tell them now, if they get “What’s the matter?” Bob lost, to drive until they come asked. to Home Road and then head “I see you’re planning a subdownhill. It solved the probdivision here.” lem.”

Bob started laughing when I pointed at the signs. “Those are for the owners,” he explained.

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T o the E ditor Education

Strong communities have strong schools I feel so fortunate to live in a community that values education — and not basic education, but education that gives students opportunities to explore and cultivate their interests, thrive academically and graduate with the skills they need for rewarding and productive futures. I can see this with our incredible school district, our passionate and dedicated staff and our engaged students. And I can see it through the Issaquah Schools Foundation.

I continue to be amazed and inspired by the Foundation’s work, which is funded by members of our community. Thank you! Your donations directly support classroom learning for every student in every school. Through the Foundation, you support sutdents when they are excelling, when they are struggling and all times in between. From leading-edge STEM curriculum to financial literacy, arts programs to afterschool tutoring, you ensure that kids of all abilities have the support they need to navigate their own unique paths to success.

As a community member, I believe an investment in the Issaquah Schools Foundation is an investment in the future of our community. Strong communities have strong schools. When our schools are well supported, people want to live and work here. Businesses thrive. Property values increase. Whether you have children in school or not, you benefit by supporting the foundation.

If you have not yet donated this year, it’s not too late! Please visit www.isfdn.org to donate.

Or please answer your phone on Tuesday Nov. 17 when our wonderful and energetic high-school volunteers contact you during our last “All in for Kids” calling night. Whether you can give $5 a month (a venti latte?) or the average family donation of $373 a year, your gift builds academic achievement, opens up limitless possibilities and launches the future success of every child in every school.

Kristin Behn

Issaquah Schools Foundation board president

The homeless

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women and families, but the men who live in their vehicles have no safe place to be.

On Tuesday, Nov. 17, the Issaquah Library and the Issaquah Sammamish Interfaith Coalition are hosting a meaningful conversation at 6:30 p.m. on the topic of people living in vehicles. Come and learn about the realities of living without housing and help plan a better response.

the Greater Issaquah Chamber of Commerce for holding a meet and greet and fundraiser in support of the all-access playground at Sunset Beach at the state park on Oct. 22.

It is heartwarming and encouraging to have the local business community rally around this wonderful community project that the Friends group is gathering funding for.

The $1,900 raised as a function Elizabeth Maupin of this event contributes meanIssaquah Sammamish Interfaith ingfully to the $1 million goal. We Coalition coordinator are now more than 80 percent of the way there!

Tibbetts Valley Park We’d like to encourage community members to learn more and donate at www.Playground4All. com.

If I am not mistaken, Tibbetts Janet Farness Valley Park, including the tennis Friends of Lake Sammamish courts, were acquired, created, State Park executive director funded and are maintained by Issaquah residents’ property Socialism tax assessments. Therefore, you should not be surprised that the City Council is receiving “push back” from Issaquah citizens about the city’s (administration and City Council) consideration Greg Farrar is a typical socialof privatizing the tennis courts ist (democrat). Like the Wall for the benefit of a private tennis Street Occupy training session I membership club, thus removwitnessed in Chicago in 2011, be ing the tennis courts (part or all) sure to use and repeat the folfrom the benefit of public use. I lowing: greed, fair and 1 percent. believe the city is way off base Be sure to vilify those who are for moving this “consideration” better off than you and demand forward to the City Council and redistribution of wealth. This other departments. At least the was taught by the method of the Parks Board has the “brass” to leader stating, “Repeat after me,” stand up to the city administrator and the group would repeat word and City Council by rejecting the for word, as one would instruct proposal. kindergarteners.

Let me state for the record Never mind actually looking for that I am personally opposed to solutions for society through unitcity consideration of privatizing ing people. Mr. Farrar talks about taxpayer public park property for education and I would suggest he the benefit of any private group. broaden his to include economics and public administration.

Joe Verner He uses the current union-proIssaquah moted minimum wage increase as a solution for the poor. If he Bell times had any education in economics, he would understand this artificial demanded minimum wage has many unintended consequences and does nothing for The students of the Issaquah those at the bottom of the ecoSchool District would benefit nomic scale. He would also know immensely if secondary schools that the minimum wage was start later. It is unreasonable to never intended as a living wage, ask students to come to school so but as an introduction to learning early in the morning. When I was what it takes to make a living. a student at Skyline High School, Now maybe Mr. Farrar would I saw how early start times led to like to live in Denmark, but not sleep deprivation and a greater all of us want to live in totally than usual antipathy towards bankrupt Europe, or Illinois for learning. that matter. Also, everyone has a A recent study by Harvard definition of fair, but it is usually University found that sleep dejust a word used to advance a privation can exacerbate mental special interest of greed. There is health issues, even to the point one of those words again. of increasing suicidal tendenGreg Larson cies. Even moving the start and Issaquah end times by one hour can lessen sleep deprivation and have a Community Center positive effect on students’ mental health and academic performance.

The school district must serve the needs of its students before I walk each morning at the all else. While the school district Issaquah Community Center, may be primarily concerned around 7:30 a.m. I see one or about operational implications, two gentlemen in yellow vests its concerns should truly lie with going all around the center area the academic and emotional picking up trash bits that somewelfare of its students. With that one else dropped. I just want to in mind, maintaining the current thank them for their efforts, rain start times would be dangerous or shine. and foolhardy.

Keep tennis courts public

Everyone has their own definition of fair

Secondary students need later start times

A state of emergency has been declared in King County and the city of Seattle regarding homelessness after a 20 percent jump in the 2015 One Night Count.

In the limited areas covered by the One Night Count in January, 3,772 people were found outside after the shelters were filled, and there are many additional people experiencing homelessness in areas that are not counted. Since January over 60 people in our county have died without shelter and without the protection afforded by an official tent encampment. Providing more host sites for the tent encampments would save lives.

Joshua Schaier The largest increase in homeIssaquah lessness recently has been in homeless families, who are not Chamber meet and greet allowed in the encampments.

Outside Seattle, the largest numbers of unsheltered people are living in vehicles. Many families or single women live in vehicles.

Two churches on the Eastside Friends of Lake Sammamish now host safe parking sites for State Park would like to thank

Event raises funds for state park playground

F rom T he W eb Off The Press — How about some local democratic socialism?

football stadiums that are only benefiting a handful of jocks and their parents.

John Clark — There would be a massive amount of money that could go towards academic scholarships for Issaquah students if it wasn’t all wasted on building humongous rarely used

KeepitReal — It’s time we all grow a conscience and say we’ve had enough. Homelessness, income inequality and ignorance as voters should be our shame.

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EFR, VFW seeking Scout troop affiliates for flag ceremonies

Eastside Fire & Rescue and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3436 are looking for boy and girl scout troops to assist with the flag protocol process at local fire stations.

The partnership showcases troop members as they retire a flag and then raise the replacement. The VFW provides the flags and

properly disposes of the retired ones at an Issaquah ceremony.

“The program is a unique way of bringing three service-oriented groups together which share like values and similar long standing traditions,” said Dave Waggoner, VFW Post 3436’s senior vice commander.

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The partnership needs troops from Sammamish, Issaquah, North Bend and May Valley areas. Contact Deputy Chief Mike Boyle at mboyle@esf-r.org to get involved.

Waggoner and Eastside Fire & Rescue Chief Lee Soptich hope troops will come forward and commit to adopting a station, so

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“While few words are spoken, the emotions run high and most go away with a renewed sense of patriotism and gratitude for sacrifices made in service to the nation,” Soptich said of the flag retirement ceremonies.

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Quilt show features ‘Shapes and Angles’ “Shapes and Angles” will be the theme for the 2015 Block Party Quilters Quilt Show Nov. 13-15 at the Issaquah Community Center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S. Contemporary quilts by featured artist Janet Steadman will be on display in addition to more than 200 guild member quilts. There will be a vendor mall, boutique, tea shop, door prizes and demonstrations. Harp music will be performed by David Michael. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $7. Learn more at www.bpquilters.org.

The fairest

‘Lady’

Allison Standley beams as the lady inside Eliza Doolittle emerges in Village Theatre’s ‘My Fair Lady.’

of them all

By Mark Kitaoka/ Village Theatre

By Tracy Martin/Village Theatre

The ensemble cast of ‘My Fair Lady’ perform a dance number during the song, ‘Get me to the church on time.’

By David Hayes dhayes@isspress.com Issaquah is again the beneficiary of Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning director Brian Yorkey checking off his bucket list of favorite productions he has always wanted to direct. Last time it was “Cabaret.” This season, it’s the Broadway classic musical “My Fair Lady,” which Yorkey said is his favorite musical of all time.

His love for the story comes through in every aspect of the production.

At its essence, it’s a simple tale of a professor of linguistics, Henry Higgins, who wagers with his fellow man of standing, Colonel Pickering.

The bet — to transform the lowly Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a proper lady of standing, so convincingly, she’d fool even members of royalty.

But at its heart, “My

IF YOU GO ‘My Fair Lady’ 4Through Jan. 3 4Village Theatre 4303 Front St. N. 4Tickets: $38-$70 at the box office, at 392-2202 or online at www.villagetheatre.org/issaquah/ My-Fair-Lady.php Fair Lady” is much more than a simple tale, as it examines the roles of gender in upper and lower class society and emotions beyond love and yearning.

Any further discussion of “My Fair Lady” must begin with its casting of Eliza, famously portrayed by first Julie Andrews on Broadway then Audrey Hepburn in the movie.

Yorkey could have done no better than with Allison Standley, last seen in Village Theatre’s “Caberet.”

Only this time, Standley

By Mark Kitaoka/Village Theatre

Eliza Doolittle (Allison Standley) and Henry Higgins (Mark Anders) discover she can properly pronounce, ‘The Rain in Spain.’ steps up to center stage with ease carrying the transformation of the girl from the wrong side of London to the heartbreaker of high society. It never ceases to amaze me when a stage actor successfully pulls off an accent, especially throughout a song.

Standley’s vocal talent, while impressive, reaches its amazing peak during “I could have danced all night.”

Her opposite, the professorial Higgins, required an assured touch by Mark Anders, requiring him to carry much of the dialogue-heavy scenes. When he finally bares his soul to the departing Eliza, you believe his journey from teacher to companion.

While many Village Theatre regulars fill out See LADY, Page 8

AN EYE FOR PIE

Klahanie artist featured at Nov. 13 reception Klahanie artist Pamela K. Beer finds inspiration from simple life events and elements she sees daily.

“From little birds to the foliage, the forest and trees, my friends, loved ones and my spiritual journey,” Beer said in a news release.

“Each comes with a deep reflection and a story that captures the wisdom of a life well lived.”

“Perpetrating Joy” is the theme of Beer’s Nov. 13 fine art show at Issaquah’s Northstone Real Estate offices. The free event includes live music, refreshments and a door prize.

Beer said her work, “Reflects elements abstractly composed from the life that surrounds me.” Currently, she is focusing on creating art using acrylic on canvas and abstractions on birch wood panel.

The art show goes from 4-7 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Northstone Real Estate offices, 1495 N.W. Gilman Blvd., Suite 16. Learn more about Beer at pamelakbeer. com.

Gretel Von Bargen is state presidential award-winning science teacher Gretel Von Bargen’s vacation plans took an interesting twist this past summer.

One hun- Gretel Von Bargen dred and ten miles into a “lifetime bucket list” backpacking trip on the John Muir Trail with her husband, Von Bargen, a teacher at Skyline High School, received a special invitation to fly to Washington, D.C., meet President Obama, and be recognized by the National Science Foundation with a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

Although it meant cutting the hiking trip short, there was no way Von Bargen could miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Von Bargen said that was when the real, epic journey began, as the couple proceeded to “hike, boat, hitchhike, train, bus and drive home from California” in time for her to catch a flight to Washington D.C. and participate in the awards ceremony.

The ceremony in the nation’s capital was the culmination of a process that began in November 2012 when Von Bargen’s former principal, Lisa Hechtman, nominated her for the award. For six months, Von Bargen worked on an extensive application packet that included essays, videos of her teaching, and letters of recommendation.

She received word in late summer 2013 that she was a Washington state finalist.

And then, nothing. Nearly two years later, Von Bargen had almost given up on hearing any news.

It was the day she and her husband were set to begin their hike in California that the letter arrived: Von Bargen had been selected as the Washington state winner in science teaching. But there was no word as to when the ceremony would take place.

Von Bargen made it to Washington, D.C., and had an opportunity to talk with teachers from all over their country and learn about their school systems.

After these conversations, she said she “was often left with a sense of gratitude for teaching in Issaquah. It is wonderful to live and work in a community in which parents and students value education.

My biggest sense of grati-

tude was for my teaching colleagues. Our schools are filled with teachers and staff who care very deeply about student learning and are willing to go above and beyond to do what is best for our kids.”

President Obama greeted the group in the White House after the award ceremony and, Von Bargen said, joked that “the water glasses we’d been drinking out of were all being saved so that the government could clone us.”

The President spoke about the impact a teacher makes on students, and referenced his own daughters learning math and science, noting that students need STEM subjects, not only so they can get a job, but so they can understand their world.

After taking a group photograph, each of the award winners had an opportunity to shake hands with Obama and introduce themselves. Von Bargen reported that she received some extra attention when she slipped slightly on the wooden floor. The President reached out to make sure she was OK and joked that he could run and get crutches for her if she needed them.

“Conspiracy theorists will claim I slipped on purpose for the extra 15 seconds of attention,” Von Bargen said, “but I assure you that it was unintentional.”

Issaquah School District officials stated they are proud of all their teachers and thrilled that one of their own has received recognition for excellence in teaching at the national level. The district strives to be supportive of professional growth, and values teamwork and collaboration.

Von Bargen sums it up this way: “I work with teachers who encourage me to reflect on my practice and who challenge me to be a better instructor, and I am very grateful for them.

“I must also thank my husband, Curtis, and the Skyline staff who have been extraordinarily supportive of the time and dedication I have for teaching. Curtis doesn’t blink an eye when I tell him I need to work long nights or weekends. I know I wouldn’t have been nationally recognized had he and my teaching colleagues not been so supportive.”

Courtesy: Issaquah School District

School Board earns distinction honor

Photos by Greg Farrar

Above, chocolate cream, candy bar and pumpkin pecan pies (from left), are looked over by Shannon Wood of Kirkland, Sue Tietje of Preston and Mary Olson of Snoqualmie as the 16th annual Compassion House Pie Auction and silent auction gets underway Nov. 7 in a fundraiser for three transitional homes in Issaquah serving single mothers with families. Those three pies alone raised $740, and four other pies baked by Olson raised $940.

The total raised from 30 pies, the silent auction and an auction paddle raising took in $37, 631, which included $15,300 toward retiring the mortgage on the Pritt house.

At left, Angel Schattler moves through the audience showing off a North Idaho Huckleberry pie baked by donor Rosa Steele which went for $500.

The Issaquah School Board was one of nine entities labeled a “Board of Distinction” by the Washington State School Directors’ Association Nov. 4.

Issaquah joined school boards from Auburn, Ferndale, Kent, Puyallup, Riverview, South Kitsap, University Place and West Valley (Spokane).

“Each of these boards is a great example of the excellent work of Washington’s 295 school boards and 1,477 school board members,” said Chris Nieuwenhuis, president of the association. “We applaud their commitment to their students and communities.”

The annual “Boards of Distinction” program honors school boards that

demonstrate effective use of the state school board standards.

The standards, developed and adopted by WSSDA in 2009, promote research-based governance practices that lead to high levels of student and district achievement, and help close the opportunity gap.

Award applicants submit an essay and supporting evidence to demonstrate how they are putting the standards into practice.

The boards will be honored Nov. 20 during the WSSDA’s annual conference in Bellevue.

Lisa Callan, Brian Deagle, Marnie Maraldo, Anne Moore and Suzanne Weaver serve on the Issaquah School Board.

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Eastside Writes presents Talking Pages Reading Series, a monthly literary reading and open mic series that is focused on fiction. This month’s meeting features guest authors Anita Feng and Gail Kretchmer. The meeting is at 7 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Hailstone Feed Store, 232 Front St. N. To learn more, go to www.eastsidewrites.org.

7•Thursday, November 12, 2015 FRIDAY, NOV. 13 Five Chamber Breakfast, 7:30-10 a.m., Holiday Inn of Issaquah, 1801 12th Ave. N.W., $25/members, $30/ nonmembers, www.issaquahchamber.com Grand Ridge Trail Watertower Loop Work Party, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., details and registration at www.wta.org/ volunteer/trail-work-parties ‘Shapes and Angles’ Block Party Quilters’ Quilt Show, over 200 hundred quilts, vendor mall, tea shop, door prizes and demos, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., community center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S., $7, www.bpquilters.org Vasa Park Christmas Craft Show, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., 3560 W. Lake Sammamish Parkway S.E., free, 413-1004 Social with music by R&J Company, 3 p.m., Spiritwood at Pine Lake, 3607 228th Ave. S.E., 313-9100 Masters Night, ages 6 and older, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Museo Art Academy, 300 N.E. Gilman Blvd. suite 100, $29, $10 buddy discount available, 391-0244 Harmonious Funk, 7:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424

Eight Second Ride, 8 p.m., Pogacha, 120 N.W. Gilman Blvd., $5 cover, 392-5550 Live music, 9 p.m., $10, Rolling Log Tavern, 50 E. Sunset Way, 392-2964 Live Piano by Fred Schactler, Friday and Saturday evenings, Cloud 9 Lounge at Mandarin Garden, 40 E. Sunset Way, 392-5678

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SUNDAY, NOV. 15

MONDAY, NOV. 16 ‘Figure Drawing Open Studio,’ short pose 9:30-11:30 a.m. and long pose noon to 2 p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., $20 or $30 for both sessions, arteast.org Deep Woods Revival Show, puppet show, 1:30 and 3:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Issaquah Library Book Club, ‘Some Luck’ by Jane Smiley, 6:30-8 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

Grand Ridge Hike, easy, 5 miles, up to 650-foot elevation gain, 9 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd.

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TUESDAY, NOV. 17

Diwali Community Celebration, the Festival of Lights, dances, songs, food, activities and more, 1:30-4:30, Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive, 507-1107 Gross National Happiness, a new economic paradigm where we put people’s wellbeing first, for adults, 2-4 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

Grand Ridge Trail Watertower Loop Work Party, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., details and registration at www.wta.org/volunteer/ trail-work-parties ‘Zentangle Beyond Basics,’ noon to 2 p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., $35/ members, $40/nonmembers, arteast.org

Trivia Night, 7:30 p.m., Zeeks Pizza, 2525 N.E. Park Drive, 893-8646

The Rovin’ Fiddlers, 7-9 p.m., Issaquah Valley Senior Center, 75 N.E. Creek Way, www.rovinfiddlers.com

Live music, 9 p.m., Rolling Log Tavern, 50 E. Sunset Way, 392-2964

Rivers and Stream Board meeting, 7 p.m., City Hall Northwest, 1775 12th Ave. N.W., 837-3000 Urban Village Development meeting, 7 p.m., City Hall South, 135 E. Sunset Way, 837-3000

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18 Grand Ridge Trail Watertower Loop Work Party, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., details and registration at www.wta.org/ volunteer/trail-work-parties Citizenship Class, 3:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

One-on-One Computer Help, 6-8 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

Arts Commission meeting, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 130 E. Sunset Way, 837-3000

Tuesday Night Run, 1.5-mile casual run, 6 p.m., Uphill

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210-Public Notices PUBLIC NOTICE 15‑4008 NOTICE OF ORDINANCES PASSED BY ISSAQUAH CITY COUNCIL Following is a summary, by title, of ordinances passed by the Issaquah City Council on Nov. 2, 2015 to be published in the Issaquah Press on Nov. 12.

ORDINANCE NO. 2747 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ISSAQUAH, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION 13.24.110(C) OF THE ISSAQUAH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO WATER RATES, AND ESTABLISHING JANUARY 1, 2016 AS THE EFFECTIVE DATE AMENDING SECTION 13.24.090(B) GENERAL FACILITY CHARGE. ORDINANCE NO. 2748 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ISSAQUAH, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION 13.70.040 OF THE ISSAQUAH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SEWER RATES AND CHARGES, AND ESTABLISHING JANUARY 1, 2016 AS THE EFFECTIVE DATE AND AMENDING SECTIONS 13.70.020(A) GENERAL FACILITY CHARGE AND ESTABLISHING JANUARY 1, 2016 AS THE EFFECTIVE DATE. ORDINANCE NO. 2749 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ISSAQUAH, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION 13.30.050(C) OF THE ISSAQUAH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO STORMWATER RATES AND ESTABLISHING JANUARY 1, 2016 AS THE EFFECTIVE DATE; AND AMENDING SECTION 13.30.055(A) GENERAL FACILITIES CHARGE AND ESTABLISHING JANUARY 1, 2016 AS THE EFFECTIVE DATE. Complete text of the ordinances is posted at City Hall, 130 E. Sunset and on the City’s website, issaquahwa.gov/ordinances. Upon request, to the City Clerk’s Office Published in the Issaquah Press: 11/12/15 PUBLIC NOTICE 15‑4010

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Wilfrid J. Neisius (Lefty) passed away on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, at the age of 98.

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He enjoyed playing many sports, including golf, and was an avid bowler throughout his life. He was always working to tweak his game and better his score. Lefty and his wife Loretta enjoyed dancing and traveling to different casinos in the area. Lefty was a kind, patient and considerate person. He was a wonderful husband and a great father and grandfather. He left this world a better place.

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Skyline quarterback wins Athlete of the Week Award Skyline High School quarterback Blake Gregory earned the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association’s Athlete of the Week Award for his Oct. 30 performance. Gregory connected on 19 of 28 passes for 267 yards and four touchdowns in the Spartans’ 37-21 victory over Eastlake. All varsity level students in good academic standing at their schools are eligible to receive the WIAA Athlete of the Week Award. Winners receive a letter of recognition from the WIAA executive director, a commemorative WIAA Athlete of the Week beanie and a certificate.

Patriots win Class 2A cross country title Liberty boys take second at state

By Christina Corrales-Toy newcastle@isspress.com The Liberty High School team bus was nearly empty when it returned home from the state cross country meet in Pasco.

Most of the Patriots runners just weren’t ready to say goodbye after an historic championship performance Nov. 7.

“They all stayed,” coach Mike Smith said. “They all wanted to stay together in Pasco.”

Who can blame them? It is where the best team in school history won a girls state title, and the boys picked up a second-place trophy last weekend.

Girls The Liberty girls team sat atop the Class 2A state cross country coaches’ poll for much of the season, but that had little bearing on Smith’s mind when the team arrived in Pasco.

Smith said he stopped trying to predict what would happen at state, because too many factors always come into play, and things frequently seemed to go wrong for Liberty in the past.

“I just told them, ‘Do what you can do and if everything goes according to the plan, then good things are going to happen,’” he said.

Good things did happen.

Liberty took the 2A title with 75 points, besting perennial champion Sehome.

Junior Brigette Takeuchi was Liberty’s top finisher, placing 11th overall in 19 minutes, 19.8 seconds.

The team’s average time was 19:41.7.

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The Liberty High School cross country girls team holds its Class 2A state team championship trophy Nov. 7 in Pasco after three finished in the top 20 and all seven running in the final finished 62nd or higher in a field of 140.

Lindstrom (15th, 19:34.3), senior Tyra Christopherson (17th, 19:36.4), senior Carlyn Schmidgall (22nd, 19:45.9), junior Samantha Kelderman (36th, 20:12.1), junior Kelsey Takeuchi (41st, 20:19.5) and junior Sophia Morgan (62nd, 20:45.8) rounded out the pack.

It’s the program’s first state championship and just the second time the team has reached the podium. Last year, the girls earned third place.

The girls made the jump from third to first thanks, in part, to a team-centric culture facilitated by Schmidgall, who took it upon herself to keep the Patriots focused, Smith said.

“She did really well considering she put the team on her back the entire season and kind of sacrificed

her game to make sure that they all had a great result,” Smith said.

Liberty also won the 2A academic state title, thanks to the girls’ combined 3.917 grade-point average. The WIAA’s Scholastic Awards Program recognizes the team with the highest GPA among all Washington high schools in their enrollment classification. Winning teams receive a special plaque.

“I was super proud,” Smith said of the academic honor. “School and running, it’s a tough balance.

I could never imagine trying to keep up with them when I was in school.”

Boys The Liberty boys saved their best for the biggest stage.

“Every single boy at state had their personal

best,” Smith said. “Every last one of them ran their very best ever.”

Liberty took second overall at the 2A state championships. Andrew Cooper put a cap on a stellar high-school career with a fourth-place finish.

Sean Szymanski (13th, 16:13.5), Jake Knoblich (16th, 16:15.2), Nicholas Siegfried (35th, 16:38.7), Luke Knoblich (77th, 17:12.4), Michael Daly (91st, 17:27.4) and Hunter Good (105th, 17:39.4) were the other Liberty finishers.

The Patriots finished third last year, but improved to second thanks to Cooper’s leadership, Smith said.

“It was his goal to get all the other seniors and underclassmen to be a team,” Smith said. “That was his goal. He really wanted to do well as a team.”

Skyline punches ticket to state with another rally to beat Issaquah, 2-1

By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com There aren’t many surprises when the Issaquah and Skyline girls soccer teams get together, especially when they’re playing for the second time in 11 days.

For Skyline junior forward Alexa Kirton, getting an edge in the Class 4A KingCo Conference tournament title game was simple – outwork the Eagles just like they did in beating them for the conference’s regularseason crown.

“We know how they play,” Kirton said. “We just knew it was going to be a battle when we came out here, and it was whoever worked harder would get it.”

Kirton helped punch the Spartans’ ticket to the state playoffs, scoring in the 68th minute to give her team a 2-1 victory at Skyline High School on Nov. 2.

The Spartans (10-2-3) played a familiar opponent, Gig Harbor, after press time Nov. 10 in a first-round state match. Skyline beat the Tides, 3-1, in last season’s third/fourth place match at state.

“It’s huge for us because we have had so much adversity this whole season and people didn’t think we were going to make playoffs,” Skyline sophomore forward Emma Rohleder said. “We did and we are in it, and it’s so much easier that we don’t have to do another game.”

Issaquah (12-2-2), which went unbeaten through its first 13 matches, also solidified a state berth courtesy of a 5-0 blowout against the visiting Union Titans on Nov. 7. Madison Phan, Tori Lawless, Kirstie Johnson, Kaylene Pang and Alina Ruzicka scored the goals. The Eagles took on the Jackson Timberwolves, last year’s state runners-up, after press time Nov. 10.

After the loss to Skyline, Issaquah’s players quickly left the stadium in disappointment, and coach Tom Bunnell seemed displeased with his team’s performance.

“Not enough effort in front of the net when you’ve got a bunch of chances like that,” he said. “It’s just passion. (We) got a goal, they came back and got a couple in the second half. You’ve got to hold the lead and you’ve got to have more passion.”

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By Greg Farrar

Emma Rohleder (left), Skyline High School sophomore forward, reaches out toward her teammates after scoring in the second period to tie, as Issaquah sophomore goalkeeper Nerea Arrazola heads disappointed back to the goal during their Nov. 2 soccer match for the Class 4A KingCo Conference tournament title. The Spartans won their second match in 11 days against the Eagles, 2-1. season meeting Oct. 22, the Eagles jumped out to a halftime lead. Mariah VanHalm slipped a pass to Siarfo Abekah, who beat Skyline goalkeeper Anna Smith with a rocket to the far post in the 20th minute.

Issaquah was playing without its senior goalkeeper, Anna Miller, who was suspended for receiving a red card in the previous match. Sophomore Nerea Arrazola got the start and was stellar, making seven saves.

Trailing at halftime, the Spartans weren’t intimidated.

“Our captain, Lindsey Fujiwara, just hypes us up and she just keeps us going,” Kirton said. “We never get down on each other and at halftime, we just dial in.”

Skyline came out of the break on fire, launching five shots within the first four minutes. The fifth shot found the back of the net as substitute keeper Molly Monroe’s long punt found Kirton, who flicked the ball into space for Rohleder, and she ran past a defender to beat Arrazola with a low drive to the far post.

The winning goal also came off a combination play between Rohleder

and Kirton. With 12 minutes to play, Rohleder found space on the left side, crossed to the middle of the field, and Kirton scored from the top of the penalty area.

“I think that’s the biggest goal I’ve ever scored in a big, championship final,” Kirton remarked.

“Alexa and I are totally comfortable with each other,” Rohleder added. “We know where we’re going to run, and I love working with her because I know she can get to the ball and she has a killer shot.”

Issaquah didn’t go away quietly, creating several scoring chances in the final minutes. Sophomore midfielder Claudia Longo had a 24-yard free kick try that sailed inches wide of the left post.

After graduating 13 seniors from last year’s squad that took third place at state, there were question marks surrounding Skyline entering 2015, but the players seem to have quieted anyone who doubted them.

“I didn’t know how it was going to end up this year,” Kirton said.

“Beating Issaquah in the finals (is a) big deal.”

Sami Corman (left), Issaquah High School sophomore, overtakes sophomore teammate Kenna Clawson in the homestretch at the Class 4A girls cross country championship Nov. 7 in Pasco.

Issaquah girls get fourth at state

By Christina Corrales-Toy newcastle@isspress.com For the first time in almost 20 years, the Issaquah boys and girls cross-country teams both qualified for the state meet in Pasco.

The girls returned home with a fourth-place trophy, while the boys team, considered the best in school history, fell just short of the podium.

“The kids ran extremely well all year and definitely earned the trip to Pasco,” said longtime coach Gwen Robertson.

Girls After losing five of their top seven girls to graduation, no one knew what to expect of the 2015 Issaquah squad.

The team is filled with underclassmen, but the girls did not let youth get in their way, Robertson said.

“You just didn’t know with this group of kids, but every time they went to the line, they raced really well,” she said. “We were sort of surprised they were able to get fourth, but then again, we shouldn’t have been surprised because they’d been doing it all year.”

Sophomore Sami Corman was Issaquah’s best, taking sixth overall in 18 minutes, 14.1 seconds. Fellow sophomore Kenna Clawson placed ninth.

Freshman Katie Riley (42nd, 19:32.7), sophomore Andie Kolasinski (56th, 19:42.7), freshman Emma Jordan (99th, 20:32.9), sophomore Lauren Haas (109th, 20:41.4) and sophomore Mackenzie Crandall (131st, 21:38) were the other Issaquah finishers.

Robertson said six of her seven girls beat personalrecord times at the state meet.

“They came to race,” Robertson said. “And we were only eight points from second. It was pretty exciting.”

The future is bright for Issaquah. Every girl who ran at state returns next year, plus, Robertson said, she’s excited about the nucleus of freshmen who did not qualify for state.

Boys In any other year, the Issaquah boys’ effort would have resulted in a trophy, Robertson said.

“That just means this was a great year,” she said.

“There were a lot of really good teams.”

Though the boys came home without a team trophy, Robertson said this group was the best in school history when comparing times. The average time of this year’s top five runners was 16:06, better than the 16:15 the 2009 team had.

Widely considered the best boys team in school history, the 2009 team placed third at state. Kevin LeMond, a star on that team, is now an Issaquah assistant coach.

“On the bus home, Kevin kind of admitted that, yup, this team was better,” Robertson said. “They didn’t place higher, but they were a good team.”

Senior Kennan Schrag was Issaquah’s top finisher, placing fifth in 15:33.8.

Luke George, Jacob Brueckman, Ian McConnell, Barry Diedericks, Dil Thiagarajan and Jared Putney rounded out the pack.

“Kennan’s had a great career at Issaquah and he ran the best race of his life, bar none,” Robertson said.

“That was pretty exciting to see a senior who has done so well go out with the best race of his life.”

Patriots playoff roundup: Football advances to state The Liberty football team defeated Renton, 35-20, to advance to the Class 2A state playoffs.

Liberty is the District 2/3 No. 4 seed. The unranked Patriots will travel to play No. 6 Hockinson, of Brush Prairie, in the first round Nov. 13 or 14. It is the Patriots’ first state appearance since 2010.

Girls soccer Liberty won the bidistrict soccer tournament after defeating North Kitsap, 3-1, in the title match Nov. 7.

The Patriots opened the state tournament against fellow 2A KingCo Conference foe Sammamish on Nov. 10.

Liberty defeated the Totems twice during the regular season. Results were not available at press time.

If the Patriots win, they

will host the winner of Burlington-Edison and Hockinson in the state quarterfinals.

Volleyball Liberty took third place at the bi-district volleyball tournament Nov. 6-7, earning a state berth for the second straight year.

The Patriots kick off state tournament play Nov. 13 against Ridgefield at St. Martins University in Lacey. Last year, Liberty earned its first state volleyball trophy with an eighthplace finish.

Swimming and diving Liberty won the bi-district swim meet at Hazen High School Nov. 6-7. The Patriots will look to defend their state title at the King County Aquatic Center Nov. 13-14.

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4The owner of a 2012 Honda CRV reported at 5:26 p.m. Nov. 4 that someone broke into the car in the 700 block of Northwest Gilman Boulevard and stole a cell phone. Total loss, including damage, was estimated at $900.

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Cell phone stolen A $250 cell phone was reported stolen at 6:15 p.m. Nov. 3 in the 6100 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast.

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Wallet stolen A wallet was reported stolen at 3:10 p.m. Nov. 4 in the 900 block of Northwest Gilman Boulevard.

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See a map of the Issaquah Police Department’s reported activity from the previous 72 hours at http://bit.ly/ ZPHFbA. Addresses on the map have been rounded to the nearest hundred block.

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