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THE ISSAQUAH PRESS 45 Front St. S. P.O. Box 1328 Issaquah, WA 98027 392-6434 Fax: 391-1541 www.issaquahpress.com

Issaquah Alps Cougar Mountain — During the tense days of the Cold War, missiles on the mountain defended Issaquah. Page 6 Tiger Mountain — Beneath the hiking trails and paraglider peak, Tiger Mountain offers untold geological treasures. Page 18 Squak Mountain — The mountain makes for a great place to ride horses, hike and take in a dose of history along the way. Page 28

Parks Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park — The newest mountain-biking park in King County attracts the mud-caked faithful to Sammamish. Page 10 Lake Sammamish State Park — Beyond the namesake lake, the sprawling state park offers activities galore for outdoors enthusiasts. Page 31

Pastimes Festivals — Follow the compass in four directions for the best festivals in Issaquah and the region. Page 24 Issaquah Farmers Market — The farmers supplying the Issaquah market serve environmental awareness as a side dish. Page 46 Baseball — America’s pastime has thrived in Issaquah since the early days of the 20th century. Page 52

Food Treats — On hot summer days, reach for the coolest treats Issaquah has to offer. Page 16 Catch of the day — Chefs turn trout caught in local lakes and streams into gourmet dishes. Page 40

More Costco — Costco executives dream up bargains by the dozen from their Issaquah headquarters. Page 34 Native plants — Learn to tell native flora from the invasive plants choking hills and meadows. Page 44 Calendar — Plan a season full of fun with the summer calendar. Page 58

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Cougar

Missiles atop peak defended region against Soviet threat

Mountain Mountain

Issaquah Alps

Cougar Mountain and the Cold War connection

BY WARREN KAGARISE President Kennedy had a bad cold.

The leader of the free world begged off public appearances in October 1962, blaming a respiratory infection. Kennedy skipped a

planned appearance in Seattle to close the Century 21 World’s Fair.

Except, the president had no cold, bad or otherwise.

The discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba pushed the United States and the Soviet Union — both nuclear-armed superpowers — to the edge of annihilation. The

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ersatz illness provided a ruse for Kennedy to duck the limelight and address the crisis.

U.S. military installations around the globe operated at heightened alert in case a spark ignited the Cold War flashpoint.

High above tiny Issaquah, antiaircraft missiles sat poised on

Mountaintop Defense The former Nike Ajax missile site atop Cougar Mountain featured simple barracks, a command center and launchers.

Not much remains from the Cold War-era military installation.

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Missiles similar to the Nike Ajax (above) on Cougar Mountain defended the Seattle area from possible Soviet attack.

Cougar Mountain. Installed less than a decade earlier, the system had been devised to protect the Puget Sound region in case bombers came screaming across the Bering Strait from the Soviet Union.

The program debuted in the late 1950s as a technological triumph — the first operational, surface-toair guided missile system used by U.S. forces.

The military positioned more than 200 Nike Ajax installations nationwide — including 13 around Puget Sound — near major cities and key military and industrial sites as a last line of defense against a Soviet air attack. The missile network defended the economic and political center of the Pacific Northwest, as well as Boeing aircraft factories, shipyards and military installations.

The mountaintop Issaquah site originated during World War II as a lookout post for incendiary balloons launched by the Japanese.

The then-high-tech Nike Ajax missiles replaced radar-guided anti-aircraft guns.

Cougar Mountain remained strategically important as the conflict ended and postwar tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union hardened into the Cold War. Ezio Nurisio, national secretary for the Nike Historical Society in

Alameda, Calif., said the actual number of close calls remains unknown to civilians.

“There were many, many situations when sites were alert to potential threats that the public never knew about,” he said.

Winged victory Project Nike, named for the winged goddess of victory in Greek mythology, germinated during the closing days of World War II. Military leaders needed a system to counter the jet aircraft developed during wartime. Jets operated at altitudes and speeds beyond the reach of traditional ground-based defenses.

The effort took on greater urgency after the U.S.S.R. developed the atomic bomb in 1949 and the mightier hydrogen bomb in 1955.

Nike Ajax missiles — sleek, more than 40 feet long and called Ajax after the legendary warrior in Greek myth — could knock enemy planes from the sky from 30 miles distant and up to 70,000 feet. Propelled by a liquid-fueled rocket, the 2,460pound projectile reached speeds more than twice the speed of sound.

Bulky computers packed with vacuum tubes ran the guidance Maps contributed by Joint Base Lewis-McChord

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From Page 7 system: LOPAR, the radar used to acquire the target, and Target Tracking Radar. The system could handle a single target at a time, and fire a missile every 45 minutes.

The missile site at Cougar Mountain came online in 1957.

Designated as Site 20, the launcher sprouted just east of 166th Way Southeast — not far from neighborhoods in nearby Bellevue. The firecontrol area — complete with the radar equipment — sat atop the mountain. The military built barracks, offices and a cafeteria on the mountain, too.

Fences patrolled by armed soldiers and guard dogs kept onlookers — a more frequent sight than communist spies — at bay.

Rick Patterson, deputy to the joint chief of staff for the Washington National Guard, served as a guardsman at Nike sites in the late ’60s and early ’70s. By then, the Nike Hercules — a more advanced missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead — had supplanted the Ajax.

Despite the change in technology, secrecy remained paramount from the Ajax to Hercules eras.

Regardless, Jane’s — the series of British guides to military matériel

By Greg Farrar

Sidewalks that connected barracks 50 years ago at Cougar Mountain’s Radar Park are among the few signs that remain of the Nike Ajax Integrated Fire Control radar site, now a King County park.

— had details.

“There was more information in Jane’s and even in the encyclopedia than I was allowed to talk about,” Patterson said.

The deterrent next door Though the military shrouded the Cougar Mountain site in Cold War secrecy, neighbors knew the

By Greg Farrar

Assembled and fueled Nike Ajax missiles rolled on a transporter over this concrete dolly-way at the launcher site when being moved to underground magazines, now buried under a field.

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post contained sensitive equipment.

“The Army points out that a Nike site is not dangerous, but as safe as a gas station and as important to security and as much a part of the local community as the police and fire departments,” a pamphlet prepared by Project Nike contractors read.

Contemporary accounts regarded the Nike Ajax program as the pinnacle of Yankee ingenuity. A piece in the former Bellevue American newspaper billed the Nike Ajax missile as “the modern musket” and likened the guardsmen at the site to colonial minutemen.

Charlie Staggers served on Cougar Mountain as a young soldier in 1958. From the site atop the mountain, he manned radar.

The team of about 100 men slept and worked in low buildings surrounded by forest and sweeping vistas of the surrounding peaks. Staggers and others rode buses from the mountaintop down to the launcher-area cafeteria for meals. On snowy days, soldiers kept the road to the site open using a dump truck outfitted with a plow.

Soldiers trained and trained and, each year, traveled to White Sands

Missile Range in New Mexico to fire live missiles.

The site also made for a potential target, but residents did not complain or, at least, kept their reservations quiet.

“The only time they would have been in danger is if war had been declared,” Newcastle historian Milt Swanson said.

Megan Carlisle, archivist at the Eastside Heritage Center in Bellevue, said the lack of dissent about the proximity of the site provided “a good indication of the way the average person thought in those days.”

Matthew Seelinger, chief historian for the Army Historical Foundation in Arlington, Va., said residents treated the missiles in the neighborhood as “a necessary evil.”

Memories of the Korean War and the omnipresent threat of Soviet attack shaped attitudes.

“People had a different attitude,” he said. “You couldn’t just walk in — the sites were secure — but people knew they were there.”

Cold War relics

from a military installation into a county park.

In 1965, the military started the process to transfer the land to King County. The old missile site turned out to be some of the initial pieces of modern-day Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park, a forested 3,100-acre preserve.

By the time the Cuban Missile Crisis ratcheted up Cold War tensions from a simmer to a boil, the Nike Ajax missile site near Issaquah represented a program already on the wane.

The system became obsolete as intercontinental ballistic missiles turned the entire continent into a target and fighter jets supplanted ground-based defenses.

Other Nike Ajax sites around Puget Sound — Kingston, Redmond and Vashon Island — had been upgraded to handle next-generation Nike Hercules missiles, but the Issaquah facility had been deemed obsolete.

The military deactivated the Cougar Mountain site in March 1964. The entire Nike program had been pulled from service by 1979.

The last line of defense remained

Nowadays, only worn concrete pads dot the site. The forest, once shorn to accommodate the barracks and fire-control buildings, has encroached again.

Issaquah Alps Trails Club President Steve Williams recalled how he assisted a Boy Scout working to attain Eagle rank to develop the interpretive signs at the site.

The placards remind hikers about the important role Cougar Mountain played in the Cold War. The names Radar Park and AntiAircraft Peak recall the past, although Williams said parkgoers sometimes fail to make the connection.

Williams, a former King County parks employee, recalled cleaning up the site after neighbors complained about motorcycle gangs and teenagers carousing in the abandoned structures.

Crews later removed the structures due to the threat from asbestos used in construction. The subterranean missile-storage facility also posed a hazard, so workers welded shut the metal hatch covers in the effort to transform the site 9

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Soldiers and National Guardsmen at the site found time to relax, too. reliable, but more advanced weaponry and détente between the United States and the Soviet Union meant the end had arrived.

“All of us saw that its day had sunset-ed,” Patterson said.

Leap of

faith

By Greg Farrar

Dan Veitch, of Klahanie, gets a little closer to heaven as he takes a jump at one of the new BMX trails built at Duthie Hill Park.

Mountain bikers knew if they built a course, others would come

By Greg Farrar

Mike Westra, the Duthie Hill Park BMX trail project manager with Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, looks off the top of a jump at a series of obstacles further down the double-black diamond ‘most difficult’ trail.

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BY DAVID HAYES

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lahanie resident Dan Veitch has a new place to practice his faith.

You’ll just have to excuse the fact his altar tends to get a little muddy; for the congregation Veitch belongs to receives its sermon atop a BMX bike. And his chapel is the new mountain bike trails built at Duthie Hill Park.

“It’s like our church,” Veitch said.

“On Sundays, you’ll see a bunch of guys getting their religion.”

So, it was only appropriate one of the flock of true believers headed the construction. Project manager Mike Westra, a self-described former tech nerd, said the Duthie Hill trail was built by bikers for bikers, through the help of the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance.

The park debuted to a grand dedication ceremony May 22, featuring

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Signs prominently state the difficulty of a trail feature. Here the upcoming jump is a part of the most difficult ‘Black Diamond’ course.

jumping demonstrations and more than 20 vendors offering gear, much of it best suited for the BMX course.

Westra said over the years, no one had built trails designed specifically for mountain biking.

“We’ve actually been kicked off a lot of hiking trails, from Cascade to Tiger mountains,” he admitted.

Then, last year, the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance debuted the I-5 Colonnade Mountain Bike Park — a BMX trail with advanced technical features built under Interstate 90 in Seattle. Both novice and advanced riders now had a facility to either stretch their legs on a crosscountry trail or stretch their talents on the jumps, progressive drops, skinnies and logrides.

Westra, a volunteer on the project, said at two acres, the Colonnade still lacked that expansive, natural feel. He said bikers envisioned a trail system that was more akin to a skiing experience.

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Then, along came an opportunity at Duthie Hill Park last year. At the center of this 120-acre forest on the plateau is a 2.5-acre clearing. King County, the park’s owner, gave the mountain bike alliance permission to build its newest project.

The main entrance, parking lot and the Duthie Hill Lodge is at 27101 S.E. Duthie Hill Road. Bikers follow a dirt trail south as it winds behind the lodge, next to a nursery and to a 600-foot boardwalk built by Evergreen’s volunteers. It leads back into the large meadow.

For the past year, the alliance, through the help of a Community Partnership Grant, a Youth Sports Facilities Grant and private fundraising, cobbled together $220,000 to construct the ultimate BMX trail.

The alliance is seeking funding for phase II to build additional parking, Westra said. Overflow parking is at Endeavour Elementary School, 26205 S.E. Issaquah-Fall City Road, and Cascade Ridge Elementary School, 2020 Trossachs Blvd. S.E. More than 100 volunteers logged more than 10,000 hours building a

By Greg Farrar

Two elements of the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance logo, a stylized chain gear wheel and an evergreen tree, are carved into jump ramp support brackets. four-pronged course. Much of the site was used previously by an archery club.

“So, as we were clearing out locations, we’d find the occasional arrow left behind,” Westra said.

To decrease the location’s hazards, Westra said crews ripped down snags that dangled precariously above the trails and removed other dead trees

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ready for collapse.

Then came time to build the courses.

Keeping skill levels in mind, Westra said each course is clearly marked like ski slopes — all the way from beginner to double-black diamond for the most experienced. The

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On the Web cross-country trails were even tagged with affectionate names: ❑ Bootcamp — Green Circle ❑ Movin’ On — Blue Square ❑ Step it Up — Blue Square ❑ Brave Heart — Black Diamond Surrounding the four courses is one 5- to 6-mile loop of cross-country trail.

Westra said between the 50,000 feet of free-ride trails and 5 miles of cross-country trails, bikers can experience about 100 total technical trail features, or challenges, including stopups and stepdowns, tabletops and hip jumps or even a simple pile of rocks that needs to be navigated around.

Westra is especially proud of the all-natural materials used for the courses.

“It has a mix of natural blowdowns (trees that fell over during wind storms) and a lot of split cedar from mill rejects,” he said.

He said none of the rocky cover along the trails was shipped in; it all was recycled from the Duthie Hill Park site.

Learn more about the Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park and future events hosted there by the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance at http://evergreenmtb.org, click on “trail info” and follow the link to “Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park.”

Then, to give the park additional flavor, many of the technical trail features were given their own names, including: ❑ The Monolith ❑ The Legend ❑ The Fish Bowl ❑ Happy Ending “Happy Ending is already panning out to be the most popular jump in the park,” Westra said, quickly pointing out it’s also one of the park’s double-black diamond challenges, reserved for only the best riders.

As Westra finished describing the features, Rebecca Jensen rode by, giving the cross-country trail a run.

Jensen was one of the regional riders

By Greg Farrar

Rebecca Jensen rides the cross-country trail.

Westra was hoping Duthie Hill Park would attract. Although she lives in Marysville, she works in Bellevue, within easy traveling distance to take her Special Sapphire Women’s Stump Jumper out for spins.

“This is amazing, totally amazing,” she said. “It’s small, but there are so many trails it looks like they used every inch of it. It’s really awesome.”

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Summer, glorious summer, means fat ice cream bars at Boehm’s Candies, enough Triple XXX Root Beer to float a battleship and ample pints at the Issaquah Brewhouse.

Summertime makes for a great excuse to sample quintessential delights from the classic Issaquah joints. Bonus: On blistering days, the treats offer respite from the heat.

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Unearthing secrets buried beneath Tiger Mountain

BY CHANTELLE LUSEBRINK With paragliding, wildlife galore and nearly 80 miles of trails, Tiger Mountain State Forest is a community treasure for not just Issaquah, but for residents living in the greater Mountain Mountain Seattle area.

But some of Tiger Mountain’s most unique treasures are the ones that lie beneath the Issaquah Alps ground.

Tiger

A history of uniqueness The Issaquah Alps themselves are unique.

“In general it is an east-west trending chain of mountains that are riding the back of an east-west fault that is active,” Tim Walsh, a geologist with the state Department

By Greg Farrar

Tim Walsh, a geologist with the state Department of Natural Resources, describes the origins of a hill of mudstone behind him that holds fossil imprints of marine life from 45 million years ago on Tiger Mountain.

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of Natural Resources, said during a trip to the mountain.

The Issaquah Alps stretch from Cougar Mountain in the west to Rattlesnake Mountain in the east, and have been part of extensive studies for many years. But recently, they are getting more attention.

New technology is enabling geologists to take a much closer look at the mountains than ever before. Peeling back vegetation, lakes and other human developments with radar technology, geologists are able to accurately map the area and confirm what they’ve long suspected is part of the region’s active faults.

The new maps will enable geologists and state officials to better understand how the active faults are shaping our region, said Joe Dragovich, a geologist with the state Department of Natural Resources.

Unlike the barren lands of California along the San Andreas Fault, the vegetation of the Pacific Northwest has made it nearly impossible to see how the Issaquah Alps connect into the South Whidbey and Seattle faults that are active, he said. But today, they are making

On the Web Check out the state’s Department of Natural Resources’ website at www.dnr.wa.gov and the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s website at http://wdfw.wa.gov. great strides.

“As a land formation, that whole area is part of the Seattle uplift.

That’s interesting,” he said, adding that it also borders the Whidbey Fault to make it an active earthquake area. “It’s an example of plate tectonics in action.”

The information will help geologists and state officials understand what areas are prone to earthquakes and what repercussions a large quake may have for surrounding communities, he said.

By taking a six-mile hike to the 15 Mile Creek Trail gorge, you can see what an active fault is doing to the mountain’s geology.

Once there, you’ll see how the exposed gorge walls take on color striations similar to a sunset.

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from glacial formations and changing climates are inscribed in them, layer upon layer.

Where a belt of specifically colored soil dips drastically and continues in a straight line again, you are more than likely looking at the work of an active fault, Walsh said, pointing to two instances on the gorge walls above the swift creek.

Amber A few hundred feet away, before you get to the 15 Mile Creek gorge outlook, there is a fork in the trail.

At the end of the upper fork, be ready to use your eyes and exercise patience. To find small globules of

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Amber was discovered on Tiger during its mining days, in the early 20th century, Walsh said. Amber is popular as a semi-precious stone in jewelry.

Cougar Mountain was the most well-known location of coal mining in the Issaquah Alps, but there are plentiful deposits on Tiger, too. You can see the remnants of foundations for crushers, railroad ties for mining carts and locomotives, and even a sealed coalmine while walking along the trail.

The mines on Tiger, however, never saw their full operational potential. The way the coal seam formed geologically made it difficult to extract coal. The creek gorge cut through the center of one of Tiger’s largest deposits, making it difficult and expensive to mine, Walsh said.

You might be surprised to learn that Tiger Mountain was once part of a vast delta plain that extended from Idaho to the coast, with meandering rivers during the mid-Eocene

Getting there Amber and coal Access the trail system through the state Route 18 summit at Tiger Mountain. The logging road to the trail is gated, so you will want to ride a bike or hike to the trailhead.

Take the 15 Mile Creek Trail Head, about five miles up the logging road. Bicycles aren’t allowed on the trail, but there is a lock-up area to keep them safe. The 15 Mile Creek Trail is roughly one mile, well-maintained and fairly flat. At the fork in the trail, take the higher trail to the coal seam and amber outcrop. The amber is in the coal and rocks up a steep incline and below a grouping of trees. Use tools to dig into the seam and break apart the rocks. The globules of amber are orange, red and brown, and are typically the size of a fingernail.

Fossils The easiest site to access on Tiger Mountain is from state Route 18 west.

About a mile from the highway summit, turn right onto a logging road. The road is closed to traffic, but you can park near the gate and walk to the site.

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years, about 50 million to 45 million years ago, said George Mustoe, a research technician for Western Washington University’s geology department.

Mustoe spent time at Tiger Mountain studying its amber deposits in the 1980s.

“The climate in this region was sub tropical, so the vegetation was very different from what we know today. In fact, there were plants that we would consider modern relatives of plants that live in Asia and Central America,” he said. “The amber is a really interesting story, because it is the resin from trees, and woody trees at that. It is nature’s Band-Aid. “For a tree to drip resin, it’s like a person bleeding, in that it takes energy and you lose a vital resource, so something must have allowed for the accumulation of resin to occur.”

The resin, Mustoe said, most likely came from a Metasequoia, a tree that many in the scientific community thought was extinct until recently. The tree has large, sticky feathery needles that dropped each fall like a deciduous tree and regrew them in the spring, Mustoe said.

and look for nearly transparent red, orange and brown pieces of amber, often no bigger than a small fingernail.

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A coalmine entrance is barricaded due to a caved-in ceiling.

You can find the amber at the top of the fork in the upper path and roughly 60 feet up a fairly steep hillside. To unearth it, you’ll need to take samples from the coal seam at the top of the hillside and below a grouping of trees.

After taking a piece from the seam, break it open several times

Another fun family adventure allows you to get dirty and dig in at one of Tiger’s several fossil locations.

As surprising as a subtropic forest may have been, imagine Tiger Mountain with large marine embayments, Walsh said.

“They are kind of enigmatic fossils,” he said. “To our best knowledge, it was lower here, so it flooded with marine water or there was a finger outlet here that allowed the marine water to pool.”

Roughly 45 million years ago, during the middle Eocene period, marine life thrived in sea waters where Tiger Mountain stands. You can see them still in the mud and sandstone rocks and hardened sediments making up parts of the mountain.

Echinoderms, gastropods, pelecypods and scaphopods were

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General rules among the species that called the embayments home. Today, we’d know them best as sea urchins, sea snails and slugs, clams and mollusks.

The easiest trail to access a fossil site from is a state logging road, located off state Route 18 as you head west. About a mile or so from the highway summit, you’ll see the road, blocked by a blue gate, on your right hand side. You can’t take your vehicle in, but you can park near the gate and walk or bike in about a half-mile to the last high voltage power pole, which sits on the road’s first plateau.

Bring your camera, as the views of the Cascades and of North Bend from the site are spectacular.

About 50 yards up the hill to the left of the roadway, there is a standing outcrop of exposed rocks. Make sure you expose a new rock surface, as areas that are fractured have likely been damaged by the weather and the fossil imprints have more than likely been eroded away by the ele-

❑ Tiger Mountain State Forest is owned by the state Department of Natural Resources. It is a working forest, and money collected from logging and mineral sales goes toward the state’s public schools trust. Therefore, anything found onsite is the state’s property. ❑ Under no circumstances is money to be made from the sale of

ments, Walsh said.

You can use another piece of mudstone and gently chisel pieces off the face to expose the surface.

With a sharp eye and about 10 minutes, you can easily find a fossil imprint.

Looking at a small clam-like imprint, Walsh pointed to the ridges on the shell and where it connected.

Most of the time, you won’t actually see the critter itself, he said.

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Whatever geology adventure you choose, you won’t be disappointed at Tiger Mountain.

“We talk about traveling all the time. What we don’t talk about so much is the idea of time traveling in the area we live in, wherever it is,” Mustoe said. “Amber and fossils are the closest things we have to a time machine.

“When you look at a rock or see a dried up tree globule, you get a glimpse of the world we live in and how it looked 45 million years ago.

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Four festivals worth finding There’s just something about festivals that draws the community — from the sweet smells of carnival food, to the sounds of live music and children squealing on a field of fun.

But for Issaquah residents who just can’t wait for October’s annual Salmon Days, the summer is packed with other nearby festivals from which to get their fix.

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BY DAVID HAYES to draw locals to their backyard.

AND WARREN KAGARISE

Bumbershoot Sept. 4-6 Bumbershoot enters middle age Labor Day weekend.

The must-do Emerald City music and arts festival — returning for a 40th year — enlisted a baby boomer icon to headline the celebration: Bob Dylan.

The craggy-voiced and craggier-faced legend kicks off the three-day festival Sept. 4. Indie folk rockers The Decemberists and singer-songwriter Neko Case round out the first day.

Weezer, punk rockers Rise Against and the Courtney Love-fronted band, Hole, bring high energy — and some ’90s-era sensibility — to day 2. Mary J. Blige, J. Cole and hip-hopper Drake bring the festival to a close the following night.

Besides the big names, Bumbershoot features up-and-coming acts by the dozen, comedians, a film festival and visual-arts exhibits.

Though geared for grown-ups, Bumbershoot also features fun for the Nickelodeon set. Youngershoot — the kid-focused festival-within-thefestival — offers family-friendly music, hands-on activities and arts programming.

Learn more about Bumbershoot, buy tickets and scan the entire festival lineup at www.bumbershoot.org.

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Derby Days July 9-10 When traveling north of Issaquah, go no further than Redmond to discover the city’s Derby Days.

The festival, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, began with simple aspirations.

The city hosted a bike race to raise money to purchase holiday decorations. That charity event has grown into the nation’s longest running criterium, a multilap race on a closed course that takes up about four city blocks. Between 300 and 500 participants in three categories compete/participate each year.

The Kids & Grande Parade has taken on a life of its own over the years, with about 1,000 participants involving 4575 entries, including floats, bands, nonprofit organizations and youth groups.

Up to 12,000 visitors each year meander between the vendor booths, food hawkers, the entertainment stage, carnival activities and a Field of Fun for the youngsters.

New this year is the city’s IMPACT Redmond Eco-fair that emphasizes sustainability activities. There is a green car show, a solar-powered entertainment stage, a green business showcase and vendors with livinggreen tips.

Festivities are capped Saturday night with a fireworks show promptly at 10 p.m.

Learn more at www.redmond.gov/derbydays.

Renton River Days July 23-25 If you’re heading south, be sure to stop

by Renton to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of its festival, Renton River Days.

The city first celebrated the cowboy culture with Frontier Days and later Western Days in the 1970s. The first Renton River Days consolidated the summer activities into one festival, debuting in 1986 at Liberty Park.

Since, about 45,000 per year flock to myriad activities. The mid-week Kids’ Day has been eliminated and its festivities merged into the main three-day festival.

There will still be the Wenatchee Youth Circus for the kids, a parade, and a Senior Day BBQ Picnic for the kids at heart.

For those looking for sports to go with their festival activities, Renton River Days has them in spades, including a golf tournament, two tennis brackets, soccer and fun walks and, new this year, a volleyball tourney and skate park exhibition.

Then, there is the entertainment, showcasing the best in local and regional talent, plenty of mouth-watering food vendors, art displays and more.

The weekend culminates with the annual Rubber Ducky Derby, where thousands of people line the banks of the Cedar River, cheering on thousands of the little yellow guys in a to the finish line.

Learn more at www.Rentonriverdays.org.

Railroad Days Aug. 20-22 Pull the car over when traveling east into Snoqualmie to catch the 72nd year of Railroad Days to celebrate the town’s history as a railroad and logging town.

This will be the Northwest Railway Museum’s second year running the show and its staff saw no reason to try fixing what ain’t broke. The Grande Parade returns for its 70th year. Sign up for the fun run to kick off the festival and stop by the pancake breakfast for some quick, tasty carbs afterward.

The car show also returns, run by the Legends Car Club, featuring more than 200 classic hot rods. While gawking at the attractions, be sure to take a gander at the displays the museum breaks out, touting the railroad’s historical impact on the region.

There’s also entertainment booked solid throughout the weekend.

In addition to the arts and crafts booths, local artists will be in action at the train depot demonstrating their craft. Don’t forget to stop by the beer garden, where youngsters can saddle up for a frosty mug of rootbeer.

True to its namesake, Railroad Days’ signature features are the train rides running between North Bend and Snoqualmie Falls, wagon rides and the human-powered speeder car rides.

Expanded from just one day last year, museum officials hope returning to a three-day weekend will draw in thousands more to Snoqualmie’s ode to the railroad.

Learn more at www.railroaddays.com.

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By Greg Farrar

Issaquah Kiwanis members Fred Mock (left) and Sandi Collins cut salmon fillets covered with secret sauce into portions for customers at the annual barbecue.

Salmon Days Oct. 2-3 When you’ve traveled all four directions of the compass and have had your fill of other city festivals, it’s time to return to Issaquah for the biggest one of all, Salmon Days.

Having just celebrated its 40th anniversary, Salmon Days continues to

attract more than 150,000 visitors to a two-day extravaganza that is an ode to the salmon returning to the lakes, streams and hatchery in Issaquah.

The award-winning festival, whose theme this year is “Something up Our Leaves,” features something for everyone. For the active, the festival kicks off early with Sporting

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Then, the streets clog for two solid days as visitors browse a marketplace of more than 350 artists and crafters and the Field of Fun for the youngsters. Scattered throughout the downtown area are five entertainment stages, sure to offer something for every musical taste.

And speaking of tastes, come hungry. The Foods of the World first lures you in with its aromas of promise, and the varied flavors keep you coming back for seconds, thirds and more.

Be sure to visit the centerpiece of the festival, the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery. Be enraptured by a volunteer docent’s tale of the completion of a salmon’s lifecycle — grown from frys, released into the nearby stream, journey out to sea and back, spawning anew along the way.

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Squak Mountain trails offer equestrians, backpackers a unique, historical excursion

BY CHRISTOPHER HUBER Of all of the horse trails in Western Washington that Issaquah resident Joann Reider has traversed, Squak Mountain offers some of her favorites. She boards her horses — Luke, an 18-year-old Missouri Foxtrotter, and Ranger, a 5-year-old Rocky Mountain — close so she can grab them at a moment’s notice and hit the trailhead.

But Squak Mountain is not just a good place to ride your horses year round — it also offers miles of hiking trails and a good dose of area history along the way.

“It’s very good riding,” said Reider, a serious equestrian Mountain Mountain for the past roughly 30 years. “You can ride in winter and it’s not muddy.”

Reider said she likes the Issaquah Alps approximately six miles of horse trails (which also serve as hiking trails) because they provide a versatile training and conditioning ground for her horses. The trails climb up and down to the approximately 2,000-foot Squak Mountain peak, never truly flattening out, she said.

“You get such a good workout for your horse,” she said.

And outdoors enthusiasts of all sorts tend to respect the trails and each other.

“The hikers and horseback riders get along,” Reider said.

Friend and longtime rider Dan Terry agreed and noted another highlight.

“One of the nice things is everything is basically a loop,” said Terry, of Bellevue, while riding Luke.

Many equestrian trails are essen-

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Issaquah resident Joann Reider and Ranger, a 5-year-old Rocky Mountain horse, lead the way down a trail on Squak Mountain.

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Squak Mountain State Park basics

❑ Park hours: summer — 6:30 a.m.

- dusk; winter — 8 a.m. - dusk; open year round for day-use. ❑ Hiking trails: 13 miles ❑ Horse trails: 6 miles ❑ Animals: bears, chipmunks, coyotes, deer and elk, foxes, rabbits, raccoons, skunks, squirrels, weasels, ravens, hawks, jays, owls, woodpeckers and wrens ❑ Plants: cedar, Douglas fir, hemlock, noble fir, spruce, alder, birch, maple, daisy, foxglove, lupines, orchids, paintbrush, rhododendron, rose, berries, ferns and moss or lichens tially gravel access roads, but these trails are tighter and more rugged, yet well maintained, Reider and Terry said.

“They’re real trails,” Terry said.

Reider, a member of the Tahoma chapter of the Back Country Horsemen of Washington, said she participates in numerous equestrian gatherings and rides throughout the state. Other popular equestrian trails include Cougar and Tiger mountains, Taylor Mountain, Mount Baldy, Mud Mountain, Soaring Eagle Park near Sammamish and the Snoqualmie River Trail near North Bend.

Many riders love riding so much they volunteer to help maintain the trails, she said. The Over the Hill Gang even uses mules to haul in materials to fix damaged bridges and such, Reider said. Although the state parks system, state Department of Natural Resources and other agencies work to maintain many of the trails, volunteers make it happen.

Maintenance “wouldn’t get done otherwise,” Terry said.

The other state park Located just outside Issaquah’s southern boundary, Squak Mountain State Park is a 1,545-acre day-use park surrounding the 2,024-foot-tall Squak Mountain.

Visitors can view Issaquah from various clearings or lookout points and enjoy crossing over ravines and creeks along the winding trails. The

By Christopher Huber

Dan Terry, of Bellevue, rides Luke, an 18-year-old Missouri Foxtrotter, through Squak Mountain State Park. park also has numerous loop-trail options.

It became a state park in 1972 after the Bullitt family donated 590 acres at the top of the mountain.

The family stipulated that the state must preserve the land in its natural state, according to Washington State Parks.

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the park, including old coal-mining rail trails, overgrown logging roads and even the Bullitt family fireplace, the only remaining piece of their home.

Getting there: From I-90, take exit 17. Head south on Front Street, which turns into Issaquah-Hobart Road. Drive four and a half miles, then turn right on Southeast May Valley Road. Drive a mile and a half, and turn right into the park.

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Not just another day in the park You’ll run out of daylight before running out of activities at Lake Sammamish State Park

BY KIRSTEN JOHNSON Just off of Interstate 90 is Lake Sammamish State Park, nestled snugly beside the lake and free of noise or congestion from the nearby freeway. Spread out across 512 acres and boasting 6,858 feet of waterfront, the park serves as a popular summertime destination for swimmers, boaters and sunbathers alike.

“The lake is the major draw,” Park Manager Rich Benson said.

“Our boat launch parking lot can take up to 250 cars and trailers, and in the summertime it’s often completely full.”

Annually, the park averages anywhere between 1.1 million and 1.4 million visitors in the summer months. Yet, during the off months and on even the slowest of weekdays, the park is the destination for a wide range of visitors — senior citizens taking peaceful afternoon walks, children bouncing around inside the park’s playground areas, nearby employees getting some leisure or exercising during lunch breaks. In off months the rest of the year, the park averages about 100,000 visitors per month.

Benson noted that being a state park allows for more relaxed policies than other nearby parks that are owned by the city.

“Unlike some of the city parks,

By the numbers ❑ 1.5 miles of hiking and bike trails ❑ 2 softball fields ❑ 5 sand volleyball courts ❑ 5 horseshoe pits ❑ 2 bathhouses ❑ 9 boat ramps — with enough parking for 250 car/boat-trailer combinations ❑ 2 children’s play areas ❑ 475 unsheltered picnic tables ❑ 4 sheltered picnic areas, 3 of which are reservable — accommodating anywhere from 100 people to 400 people ❑ 80 barbecue grills on stands

we do allow dogs,” he said. “Also, we do allow alcohol, so people can come and enjoy an afternoon and have a beer if they would like.”

The park’s expansive, grassy picnic grounds are ideal for groups of weekend picnickers and barbecuers, perfect for enjoying hot summer days with friends and family.

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make ourselves very visible.”

While many areas in Issaquah are becoming more developed each year, the state park’s landscape has remained untouched. And Benson plans to keep it that way.

“If you want to come down and experience what’s left of the Issaquah valley floor, this is a great place to come. This is by far the largest area that has remained development free,” he said. “One of our missions now is to restore some of the park’s areas to their natural conditions, improve forested areas, get rid of non-native plants and bring back what has been traditionally grown here.”

Get your boat in the water Watercraft launching is available for $7 and trailer dumping permits for $5 are available online, at regional offices and at the park when staff is available. Annual permits are available for purchase at State Park Headquarters in Olympia. To reserve any day-use facilities call 888-CAMPOUT (2267688) toll free. Park hours are from 6:30 a.m. - dusk in the summertime and from 8 a.m. to dusk in the winter. Park Manager Rich Benson can be reached at 455-7010.

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Day-use group areas Reservable kitchen shelter ❑ two sinks and counter with electrical outlets ❑ horseshoe pits and volleyball area nearby ❑ accommodates groups up to 400

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I am a volunteer — when the weather’s nice, it makes a big difference. It’s a fun place to be. I am retired and volunteering here keeps me busy.

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“We are here feeding the geese and ducks and crows, anyone who will eat!

We do a lot of things together. We were just at Pine Lake Park, but there weren’t enough customers to eat there, so we came here. We’re feeding them Fred Meyer’s 99-cent, whole-wheat bread. We also play on the swings and slides. I also used to come here to walk.”

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“We come here to play, ride bikes, play at the playground, around once a month. In the summer, we go swimming.”

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“I came here for a Kayak Academy class. It was really nice today. The water was fine, nice and calm. When we came here in March, it was really cold.”

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“We come to the park to play and hang out and utilize pretty much everything.

We work out here and do a lot of swimming. We have picnics and play for hours at a time! We’re thinking of utilizing a paddle boat possibly. She gets to hang out at the beach and see the ducks.”

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“He likes playing here in the summer. It’s pretty nice. I might go swimming when the weather gets nicer. If I had a boat, I’d be out on it.”

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— Katie Johnson,

“We come here all the time and we see eagles here a lot, around half the time we come. There are also falcons and other birds. It’s a really nice place to bird watch.”

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— Emily Stchar with daughter Anna Stchar and dog Guinness

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— Roger Benson, with grandson Brody, Sammamish

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“It’s nice today for sunbathing, but a little windy. We decided to come out and check out the lake, because we looked up this beach the other day. We think it’s beautiful.”

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“We like the other side of the park more. In the summer, they open it and we enjoy sitting over there in the shade.

On that side, we can watch nature.

There is an eagle family and nest over there up in a tree.”

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Costco members line up to check out with carts full of their purchases at the flagship Issaquah warehouse.

BIG BUSINESS Costco plans bargains in bulk from modest Issaquah headquarters

By Greg Farrar

Shoppers converge, rain or shine, to shop at Costco’s flagship Issaquah warehouse.

BY WARREN KAGARISE Every trip through a cavernous Costco Wholesale warehouse feels like a treasure hunt.

The company brings Dom Pérignon and Bud Light, platinumset diamonds and scoopable cat litter, Prada handbags and Michelin tires together under the same flat roof.

The quest has been carefully designed for shoppers — 57.4 million Costco members worldwide.

Shoppers must traverse vast retail plains and scan the jungle of exposed metal shelves for bargains in order to find loot — discounted Ugg boots, say, or smoked salmon.

Inside the Issaquah warehouse, customers hunt for deals in a retail ecosystem spread across 155,000 square feet. Costco cachet knows 34

no class, no income. Part of the appeal, executives and industry watchers said, stems from the treasure hunt concept. Shoppers return to Costco for basics, yes, but also for the thrill of a surprise bargain.

“No matter what level of economic strata you are, you like good stuff,” company Chief Financial Officer Richard Galanti said. “Now, sometimes you have to choose to buy the chicken versus the steak, but the fact is, we’ve got some great stuff.”

The philosophy has made the Issaquah-based company the third largest retailer in the United States, the eighth largest on the planet and No. 25 on the Fortune 500.

The average Costco in the United States pulls in just under $140 million in sales per year. The closest rival, Wal-Mart wholesaler

Sam’s Club, rakes in about half as much per warehouse.

Costco — the empire built upon limited selection, generous sizes and a frills-free atmosphere — employs 2,700 people in Issaquah, more than any other business.

CEO Jim Sinegal, a company cofounder and a millionaire septuagenarian famous for lunching on the $1.50 hot-dog-and-soda combo at the food court, runs the retail colossus.

Under Sinegal, Costco has consistently earned plaudits from employees and members — as well as occasional ire from Wall Street — for how the company does business.

Main Street appeal Like the sprawling warehouse looming 400 yards away, Costco corporate headquarters has no frills.

Sinegal occupies a nondescript office open to passers-by. Galanti works in a barebones space punctuated by a mini-fridge stocked with store-brand, Kirkland Signature bottled water.

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Jason Clark, of Issaquah, warehouse majors manager, parks a forklift after lowering a pallet from the top racks to the shopping floor at the Issaquah Costco.

Boeing communications center before Costco relocated there. Sinegal thought the marble foyer looked too fancy, but after he realized the cost to rip out the marble, he balked.

The thrifty Sinegal offers some of the most generous wages and health benefits in the industry.

Jody Heymann, director of the

Institute for Health and Social Policy at McGill University in Montreal, examined Costco as part of a six-year study — published in May — of the wages and benefits offered to low-level employees.

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Costco rewards employees in other ways, too.

The company doles out prime parking spots — situated beneath the headquarters buildings — to employees based on tenure, not hierarchy. So, the accounts payable clerk parking next to Galanti, a Costco employee for 26 years, has worked for the wholesaler for almost as long.

“We’ve done a good job of walking the walk, not just because it plays well in Peoria, but because it’s the right thing to do,” he said.

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Holly Wade (left) and Jamie Albin, of North Bend, produce and package red velvet cakes in the Issaquah Costco bakery.

From Page 35 rewards in the short run, in the long run, the companies that are outperforming are the ones taking a social-investment strategy,” Heymann said.

Companywide, employees earn, on average, about $19.50 per hour — or, the study showed, about 42 percent higher than average wages paid

by Sam’s Club, the closest competitor. Costco also pays almost 90 percent of employees’ health care costs.

“Wall Street sometimes asks, ‘OK, well, it’s great that you pay

Kirkland Signature, Issaquah address Costco dwarfs all other Issaquahbased businesses in size and scope — a multibillion-dollar retailer with 568 outposts spread across 40 states and four continents.

But the headquarters campus could just as easily be in Redmond.

Costco planned to relocate there from Kirkland in the early 1990s,

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but the proposal collapsed amid concerns about traffic congestion.

The same unease almost kept Costco out of Issaquah. The chain vowed never to open a warehouse in Issaquah after city officials and residents thwarted a 1989 attempt to build a store along Northwest Gilman Boulevard.

Bolstered by a survey of Issaquah residents showing demand for a warehouse, Costco opened a warehouse at Pickering Place in September 1994. The company completed the headquarters move to Issaquah in 1996.

Former Mayor Rowan Hinds said welcoming Costco to the city required a gamble.

“Do we leave it like it is and let the land sit vacant, or do we change the zoning to allow something else to happen?” he said.

Hinds recalled spending a day at the Salmon Days Festival with Costco cofounder Jeffrey Brotman before the company established a beachhead in Issaquah. Brotman assuaged concerns about the megadevelopment.

Mayor Ava Frisinger, then a councilwoman, and other officials toured a

local Costco to prepare. The supersized products awed the future mayor, a onetime medieval literature student, as she “walked around with the kind of gaze I usually give to the tracery in Gothic cathedrals,” she recalled.

The project still caused public outcry — for a time, anyway.

Frisinger recalls bumping into former Costco opponents shopping at the Issaquah warehouse.

Bare necessities, in bulk Trips to Costco warehouses started to inch upward in early 2008 — about the same time gasoline prices climbed into the stratosphere and the national economy nosedived.

“Every night on the news, somewhere — whether it was Missoula, Mont., or Los Angeles — where’s the cheapest place to buy gas?

Costco,” Galanti said. “We got new sign-ups because of it, and then that segued into the bad market.

Turns out that the bad economy also helped us some.”

Customers curbed spending on high-end items — furniture and jewelry, for instance — but Costco continued to do a brisk business in

groceries and other essentials, like toilet paper and laundry detergent.

Spending on extras has boosted the chain this year. Galanti said the recession-induced drop-off in travel created a run on patio furniture.

Dan Geiman, a Costco analyst at Seattle brokerage firm McAdams Wright Ragen, said competitive prices for staple items buoyed the company during the recession.

“Costco has held their own,” he said. “There’s no question about that.”

The chain earned high marks from more than 30,000 shoppers in a Consumer Reports study released in early June. Survey respondents declared Costco to be the best among the 11 most-popular chain stores in the nation.

Because bargains and bulk carry international appeal, Costco has successfully exported the brand.

The company operates warehouses in seven nations outside the United States.

Costco opened a store in Australia last August, and the company plans to expand into a still-

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From Page 37 declared Costco to be the best among the 11 most-popular chain stores in the nation.

Because bargains and bulk carry international appeal, Costco has successfully exported the brand.

The company operates warehouses in seven nations outside the United States.

Costco opened a store in Australia last August, and the company plans to expand into a stillundisclosed nation in Western Europe next.

Despite dominance by global brands, national tastes influence the products offered at international warehouses.

Costcos in Taiwan sells the rotisserie chickens with the heads still attached.

Japanese customers buy jumbo containers of Downy fabric softener, because customers claim the soapy scent smells like America.

The chain yielded to local custom in Korea, and added tanks populated by live fish to warehouses. The company planned to offer

“the freshest dead fish,” Galanti said, but after seafood failed to sell, Costco ripped out the coolers and added tanks.

Super-sized wining and dining Costco relies on customers to build buzz about the bargain-hunt atmosphere. The company does not advertise.

No inescapable TV commercials.

No radio jingles. No sales circulars in the Sunday paper.

But Costco products appear in unlikely places, although the wholesaler does not pay for product placement in films and TV shows. The infamous pastry in “American Pie” and the food arrayed on banquet tables at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the “Harry Potter” film franchise — all Costco products.

The retail Goliath has amassed impressive superlatives in the 26 years since the first warehouse opened in South Seattle.

Costco sells more fine wine than any other business on the planet — racking up $597 million in sales during the 2009 fiscal year.

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Costco represents more than 40 percent of the Tuscan olive oil sold in the United States. The company has relationships with more than 700 growers in Tuscany to meet consumer demand.

Costco imports more than 25 percent of lamb exported from global sheep capital New Zealand to the United States.

The company sells more U.S.D.A. Choice beef than anywhere else and roasts almost 1 million birds per week for grab-and-go rotisserie chickens.

The bestselling item at Costco might also carry the least cachet: toilet paper.

Michael Clayman, editor of Warehouse Club Focus, a trade publication, said the aggressive approach makes good business sense for Costco.

“They basically view every item out there as a potential item,” he said.

Costco touts high quality — think bigger stitches in Kirkland Signature underwear, larger cashews and plumper shrimp — as a reason why customers keep coming back.

“Everybody likes a deal,” Galanti said. “Everybody likes big. And we do both.”

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Catch of the day Issaquah chefs turn local trout into gourmet creations

BY CHANTELLE LUSEBRINK Sunshine, swimming at local lakeside beaches and d ro p p i n g y o u r l i n e i n t h e w a t e r f o r a l e i s u re l y a f t e rn o o n o f f i s h i n g i s p a rt o f what summer is all about.

W h e t h e r y o u ’ re a f i s h i n g p ro, a novice or beginner, t h e f i s h c a n s t a rt p i l i n g u p f a s t e r than you can eat them. While plentiful and ta sty, m o re o f t e n t h a n n o t , t ro u t c a n leave home cooks confounded f o r w a y s t o p re p a re i t .

So, we’ve asked for help f rom our local palate perfectionists — chefs fro m s o m e o f I s s a q u a h ’s m o s t well-known restaurants.

E a c h r e s t a u r a n t ’s c h e f was asked to submit his favorite or a creative way to p re p a re t rout, so your culinary know-how can move f r o m b u t t e r, s a l t a n d p e p per into gourmet-inspire d c reations that will be anything but boring.

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sip. at the wine bar and restaurant Whole grilled trout with brown-buttered leeks (serves two) Chef: Christopher Brown Ingredients ❑ 2 scaled whole fresh trout ❑ Sea salt ❑ Olive oil ❑ 1 ounce fresh oregano ❑ 1 ounce fresh flat leaf parsley ❑ 3 ounces unsalted butter ❑ 2 leeks, sliced ❑ 1 ounce minced garlic Directions Season the whole fish inside and out with sea salt. Stuff with the fresh herbs and coat with olive oil.

Place on a well-seasoned, hot grill.

While the first side of the trout is cooking, place the unsalted butter and brown it in a sauté pan over medium heat. Be careful not to burn the butter. Place the leeks and garlic in the pan and sweat the leeks as they cook. Season with salt and pepper. While cooking the leeks, flip trout and continue cooking. Once trout is finished, place it on a plate and pour the brown-buttered leeks over the entire fish and serve.

Christopher Brown, executive chef for sip. at the wine bar and restaurant, sprinkles the final touches onto his grilled trout with brown-buttered leeks.

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❑ 1/2 teaspoon tumeric ❑ 2 tablespoons olive oil ❑ 1 teaspoon kosher salt ❑ 1 tablespoon orange zest, minced ❑ 2 cups Israeli couscous Add all ingredients except couscous to pot and bring to simmer. Add couscous to liquid and cook for 8 minutes.

Coho Cafe Macadamia crusted trout with papaya mango salsa and orange cinnamon couscous (serves two) Chef: Bruce Nacion Papaya mango salsa ❑ 1 pound papaya (ripe), peeled and diced to 1/4 inch ❑ 1 pound mango (ripe), peeled and diced to 1/4 inch ❑ 1 tablespoon jalapeño (seeded), minced ❑ 1/4 cup red onion, diced to 1/4 inch ❑ 1/4 ounce cilantro, chopped ❑ 1/2 tablespoon kosher salt ❑ 1 ounce lemon juice Combine all ingredients in a bowl and refrigerate.

Trout fillets ❑ 1/2 pound panko ❑ 1/2 pound coarsely minced macadamia nuts ❑ 1 ounce lemon zest, minced ❑ 1 pint buttermilk ❑ 1/2 cup flour ❑ 1/2 tablespoon kosher salt ❑ 5-ounce trout fillets (skin on)

Combine panko, nuts and lemon zest on a sheet pan. Season the skinless side of the fillets with kosher salt and pepper, and then dredge the same skinless side in flour. Dip the seasoned side in buttermilk and press into panko mixture. Only bread the skinless side. Lay on waxed parchment and refrigerate.

Cilantro oil ❑ 1 ounce chopped cilantro ❑ 1/2 cup olive oil ❑ 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt ❑ 1/8 ounce lemon juice Add all to blender and purée until cilantro is minced. Refrigerate.

Cinnamon orange couscous ❑ 2 cups chicken stock ❑ 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Beurre blanc sauce ❑ 1/2 cup white wine ❑ 1/4 ounce minced shallots ❑ 3 black peppercorns ❑ 1/4 cup heavy whip ❑ 1/2 pound unsalted butter Reduce wine, shallots and peppercorns to almost dry in heavy-bottomed sauce pan. Add cream and reduce to a thick sauce consistency.

Slowly add butter while rapidly whipping to emulsify. Hold sauce at 125 degrees, so as not to break.

Assembly Pan fry with oil trout fillets until golden. Place 5 ounces of couscous off center plate. Lay fillet atop couscous. Top fillet with 3 ounces papaya mango salsa. Drizzle beurre blanc sauce and cilantro oil on one side of couscous.

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Fins Bistro Fins crab-stuffed trout (serves two) Chef: Zul Megji Ingredients ❑ 1/4 cup unsalted butter ❑ 8 ounces crab meat (This recipe was made with Dungeness, but the selection is up to you.) ❑ 1/2 cup chopped onions ❑ 1 teaspoon lemon juice ❑ 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard ❑ 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard ❑ 2 tablespoons mayonnaise ❑ 3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper ❑ 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce ❑ 1 tablespoon chopped parsley ❑ 1/2 cup breadcrumbs ❑ 8 ounces fresh trout, boned ❑ Hollandaise sauce (optional) Directions Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat and sauté onions until soft.

Remove from heat and stir in all ingredients except trout.

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naturally grow in Washington and were brought here by people, animals, water or wind are known as invasive species, according to the Washington Invasive Species Council. These plants may be a wonderful addition to the environment from

Invasive plants have become so widely established in Washington ooray for plants. Without that they are considered “naturalthem, hills would be ized,” as they have essentially reduced to nothing more become a part of the state’s ecosysthan big brown mounds tem, said Susan Zemek, spokesof dirt, and we would all woman for the Washington be suffocating from lack of oxygen Invasive Species Council. However, in the air. It would these plants can still be be like Los Angeles incredibly destructive. all over the world.

Examples of naturalIn Washington, ized plant species native plants flourinclude Scotch broom ish in the often-wet and evergreen blackberenvironment. Those ry, Zemek said. plants that have hisThere have been torically grown in about 650 invasive our state prior to plant species identified European contact, in the state, and almost based on the best 100 of these are considscientific evidence, ered noxious weeds that are considered require landowners to native plants, undertake control meaaccording to the sures, according to the Washington Native Washington Plant Society.

Biodiversity Project.

The society offers Also, by 2004, the state Report invasive species lists of native plant Department of Ecology species on its webhad surveyed 412 lakes Report invasive species sightings to the Washington Invasive site, sorting them by and rivers, finding invaSpecies Council by calling 1-877-9-INFEST toll free, e-mailing region. Near sive plant species in 250 invasivespecies@rco.wa.gov or going to its website, www.invaIssaquah, trees such of them. sivespecies.wa.gov, and clicking on the “report sightings” tab. as Douglas fir, westIf you see an invasive

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ern hemlock and red alder are native, as are plants such as spearmint, deer fern and bitter cherry, according to the society.

Find full lists of Cougar Mountain, Squak Mountain, Tiger Mountain, Tradition Lake and the Issaquah Alps’ native plants at the society’s website, www.wnps.org, in the “native species list” section. Also, King County’s Water and Land Resources Division’s website, www.kingcounty.gov/environment/wl r, provides plants and photos of plants native to the county under the “resources you can use” tab.

However, plants that do not

which they came, but they can cause great damage to a different ecosystem.

Invasive plants multiply quickly, because they often have no predators in their new environments, and they often eat up all the resources in the soil.

Also, they can take up space, cause physical and chemical alterations to soil, and can cover and shade native plants, according to the native plant society.

Invasive plants can interfere with animal life as well, as the killing of native plants reduces the food supply for the animals that eat those native plants.

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species, contact the invasive species council.

The council’s website also lists ways you can help prevent the spread of invasive species. You can help by washing your boots or tires when you go hiking or biking in a new area; washing watercraft and fishing equipment regularly; not releasing pets, aquatic plants or aquarium water into the wild; and ensuring that you plant native plants in your garden.

For full lists of invasive plants, visit the Invasive Species Council website, www.invasivespecies.wa.gov, or King County’s Water and Land Resources Division’s website.

MATCH GAME Native or invasive plant?

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G - Dalmation toadfax

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Can you figure out which of these plants are native to King County and which are not?

C - Coastal gumweed

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F - Goat’s beard

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Issaquah Farmers Market Pickering Barn, 1730 10th Ave. N.W. Saturdays through Oct. 9 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. www.ci.issaquah.wa.us/market

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The group acts as evangelists for more than just food. Customers in eco-conscious Issaquah ask pointed questions about the route from farm to fork, and their tastes run to the organic, or at least to produce and livestock farmed using sustainable practices. Interest in local food — and the burgeoning locavore movement — has also bloomed. Locavores attempt to eat food grown not far from their homes.

Market-goers encounter a formidable resource in the booths and tables lined up outside the restored barn. The farmers growing goods for the Issaquah market skew less toward Old MacDonald and more toward Michael Pollan — author of the foodie bible, “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” and a leading locavore.

Before the first sprout, sprig or stem reaches the Issaquah Farmers Market, growers rely on back-aching work, ingenuity and luck to coax a bounty from the land.

Meet some of the farmers using sustainable methods — sans pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics and other manmade conveniences — to supply the Issaquah market from April to October.

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Growth potential Changing Seasons Farm sits on the same fertile belt as other growers supplying local markets and pantries. The farm rolls across almost 20 acres in rural Carnation.

The serpentine Snoqualmie River coils around the land.

Laura and Dave Casey bought the land almost a decade ago. Laura, a wetland biologist with dirt beneath her fingernails, and Dave, a civil engineer by day, returned to the Issaquah market for a sixth season this year.

During the spring and summer months, the Caseys spend most evenings at the farm, readying fruits and vegetables for the market — a labor-intensive process complicated this year by a cold and rainy spring. The process starts in winter, when the first seeds get planted inside greenhouses picked up from a defunct nursery and reassembled at Changing Seasons Farm.

The farmers employ crop rotation to avoid depleting the land, and rely on ladybugs and other natural predators to dispatch pests.

Produce grown on the farm is certified “naturally grown” — organic

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Laura Casey, Changing Seasons Farm owner, hoes a row of artichokes.

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sprouts, cabbage, carrots, garlic, kale, leeks, onions, shallots and more — a cornucopia bound for Issaquah. Potatoes — red chieftain and buttery Yukon gold — sprout not far from a rainbow of beans.

In early June, Dave Casey spent a cool evening in the fading light, planting beans in neat rows near the circa-1930 farmhouse.

Outside the old farmhouse, apple — including a summer red, purchased at Kmart in 1985 by a previous owner of the farm — and pear trees yield a crop sizeable enough to sell at the market.

Laura Casey tends to eight tomato varieties — including red-and-yellow-striped tigerellas as bright as the candy in a Willy Wonka fantasy.

The peppers arranged in rows inside the greenhouse serve dual purposes, as market wares and as the base for the spicy sauces Dave Casey concocts. Nearby, eggplant, peas and tender lettuces poke through the soil.

Laura Casey, a lifelong gardener, said the transition to farming required some adjustments.

“I’ve had to learn that it’s a farm, not a garden, and that it’s going to look different,” she said.

Future farmer The juxtaposition at Westover Farm in Maple Valley feels part Epcot, part “Little House on the Prairie.”

The family farm turns out tomatoes and strawberries for markets across King and Pierce counties — including the Issaquah Farmers Market — all without a single shovelful of soil. Instead, farmer Darrell Westover, 79, grows the plants hydroponically in fibrous coconut husk. The system uses a network of tubes to send a nutrient-rich solution to the plants.

The greenhouse holds almost 1,000 plants in a balmy, climate-controlled environment shielded from the June chill outside. Westover keeps a bumblebee hive in the greenhouse to pollinate the tomato plants.

Ripe bananas hang in mesh bags above the plants.

The ripening fruit releases ethylene gas and, the thinking goes, provides a chemical reminder for the tomatoes to ripen, too. Westover Farm should produce about 12,000 pounds of tomatoes by late October.

Outside the greenhouse, rusting farm equipment and acre upon acre of evergreens grown for Christmas trees add rustic touches to the futuristic setting.

Westover Farm also hosts international farmers through the Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture, or MESA, a California nonprofit organization set up to promote sustainable agriculture and help farmers in the United States and elsewhere trade techniques.

Though Westover started dabbling in hydroponics seven years ago, and started selling at local farmers markets not long after, this season marks the first time he set up a booth at the Issaquah market.

Adele Westover, wife of farmer Darrell Westover, tends to tomatoes in a greenhouse on the Maple Valley farm.

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“I love that little market already,” he said during a walk through the greenhouse in early June.

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Less equals more Not far from subdivision-and-strip-mall suburbia, Richard Gradwohl raises cattle more suited to backyards than boundless acres of rolling ranchland.

Gradwohl has raised cattle for 44 years and, through perseverance and creative genetics, has re-engineered the animals from 1,000-pound behemoths to Lilliputian cattle between 600 and 800 pounds. Mature animals stand about waist high.

Happy Mountain Miniature Cattle Farm in Covington raises some of the cattle for beef and others for pets because, naturally, some people refuse to eat the cute-asa-button bovines. Gradwohl developed mini cattle meant to resemble a panda — black on the front and hind thirds, white in the middle — as a pet breed. The farm also has a mini-Holstein, the popular black-andwhite dairy breed.

Gradwohl said the process requires six to 10 generations for cattle to shrink from full-size to miniature.

Because the farm has more cattle on less land, the squat, tank-like animals cause less ecological impact.

The animals roam pastures and munch grass, before Gradwohl finishes the animals on barley. Gradwohl said the sweet grass counteracts the gamey flavor often noticed by beef eaters accustomed to corn-fed beef.

Ben Baumann runs the Issaquah market booth for the farm. Every Saturday morning, he slings briskets, roasts and short ribs, and then returns to the farm to load coolers for a Sunday market in Lake Forest Park.

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High on the hog Besides the farmers growing produce and raising livestock for the Issaquah Farmers Market, artisans turn local goods into pantry staples.

The artisans at the market include Proper British Bacon Cheese & Meats, which transforms Washington-raised pork into the top-billed item, as well as ham, sausage and fat bangers — the English sausage.

Owner Robin Halbert got into the bacon business after a Scottish friend complained about the quality of bacon in the United States. The initial batch flopped, but the second round pleased the Scot, and she spread the word among her Microsoft coworkers. Before long, Halbert had hundreds of orders.

“It wasn’t what I would say viral, but it was darn close,” Halbert recalled.

The surge prompted Halbert to expand, and open a shop in Auburn.

Unlike the belly bacon known to most Yanks, British bacon comes from the loin, a leaner cut. Halbert said farm-fresh eggs and the eponymous bacon make for the most popular seller at the Issaquah market.

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Above, Robin Halbert, owner of Proper British Bacon Cheese & Meats in Auburn (left), shows some of the topbilled product.

By Greg Farrar

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Baseball town Contributed by Issaquah History Museums

Issaquah’s baseball team, circa 1910. Below, a player poses in the uniform of the Taylor baseball team.

America’s favorite pastime has long been among Issaquah’s most popular activities

BY BOB TAYLOR

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ong before motorists began speeding westward on Interstate 90 to Safeco Field for Seattle Mariners’ games, even before the designated hitter became a position, baseball was thriving in Issaquah.

America’s pastime has been one of the favorite pastimes of Issaquah residents since the early days of the community.

Old timers, recalling memories of their early years in the Issaquah Historical Society, often mention the fascination local residents had about baseball.

In the 1920s and 1930s, if children didn’t have a field to play ball on, it was no problem. They just picked sides and played in the streets. Of course, this was long before Humvees came roaring down Front Street.

Often, residents gathered to watch Issaquah town teams. In the early years of the 20th century, 52

many small towns had amateur teams that played against other small town amateur teams.

Usually, the town team was sponsored by a local company or industry, but not always. One of the earliest recorded Issaquah town teams was composed of volunteer firemen. The “laddies” apparently were adept at putting out fires as well as putting down well-executed squeeze bunts.

Immigrants to the area often followed baseball and many later played on local teams. One of the best stories is of the Bakamus brothers, who played high school and town team ball in the 1940s.

When Pete was pitching and Nick was catching, they would converse in Greek to confuse the opposition.

“They would call pitches, pitchouts and different plays. No one knew what they were talking about,” said Tom Bakamus, whose father played on those teams.

“They even talked Greek when they were playing football,” Bakamus said.

Issaquah baseball has transformed over the years from being what was basically an older man’s game to a game for youth.

Little League ball has been popular over the years. Issaquah established its own Little League in 1971. Prior to that year, Issaquah youngsters had to play Little League in Bellevue.

The Issaquah Little League started out with a board of eight people, four major teams, six senior teams and 100 minor league players. Fastpitch softball, primarily for girls, was later added to the league.

The league, which covered almost the entire Issaquah School District, continued to grow. By 1996, there were 2,300 participants — boys and girls — playing in the Issaquah Little League. In 1997, the league split into separate leagues with one serving the Sammamish Plateau and the other the lower part of Issaquah.

Sammamish has been one of the fastest growing leagues in the state.

Originally named the North Issaquah Little League, the league

Contributed by Issaquah History Museums

The Issaquah Volunteer Fire Department team, circa 1920. changed its name to the Sammamish Little League. More than 1,000 youngsters, ranging in ages from 5-12, play annually in the Sammamish Little League.

The Sammamish Little League has since split, forming two leagues — the Sammamish American and Sammamish National. However,

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The league also has a Challenger Division program, for disabled boys and girls, ages 7-15.

Issaquah Little League has more than 1,000 players, ranging in age

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From Page 53 from 5-14, playing baseball and softball. The league offers programs from T-Ball through major baseball for boys, and T-Ball through junior softball for girls.

In addition to spring programs, both Sammamish and Issaquah offer summer programs, which get started shortly after the conclusion of the District All-star tournaments.

Little League baseball has continued to grow despite the emergence of lacrosse, which is growing in popularity. With the growth of Little League has come the problem of finding enough quality diamonds for teams.

Issaquah teams play at Terry Dodd Fields, formerly known as the Issaquah Valley Administration fields; Tibbetts Valley Park, Grove’s Complex, Lake Sammamish State Park, Camp Sambica, Maple Hills Community Park, Lakemont Park, at Issaquah elementary school fields and at Issaquah High School.

By Greg Farrar

Lakeside Recovery teammates watch the action from the dugout in 1997 during an American Legion baseball game at Bannerwood Park in Bellevue.

Terry Dodd Fields often holds District 9 tournaments. The complex is named after longtime Issaquah Little League member Terry Dodd, who has been involved

in the league for more than 20 years as a coach or umpire.

While both Issaquah and Sammamish leagues want young players to have fun, they make sure

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League.

Both the Issaquah and Sammamish leagues have produced a number of players who later excelled in high school baseball or softball.

Issaquah High School graduate Colin Curtis, who played in the Issaquah Little League, was an all-state player in high school and now plays in the New York Yankees organization.

Former Issaquah Little Leaguers have played a big part in the Issaquah High baseball team winning three 3A state titles.

“I guarantee every kid who has come through our program has played Little League,” Issaquah High coach Rob Reese said. “Little League is great. It gives kids a chance to play from the time they are 5 years old. Kids get good coaching in Little League and that helps them become better players.”

Lakeside Recovery's Michael Gray steals home on a passed ball in 1997 at Bannerwood Park during an American Legion baseball game against the Burien Patriots. the players get proper instruction, which comes from coaching. The majority of the coaches played Little League ball as youngsters.

Some of the coaches competed in

high school and a few in college.

Occasionally, a major leaguer coaches in the league, too. Former Seattle Mariner Jay Buhner once coached in the Issaquah Little

Little League players graduate to select programs, such as Sandy Koufax and Colt, and eventually to American Legion.

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From Page 55 American Legion baseball came to Issaquah in 1989 with the Lakeside Recovery club. The Lakeside program was originally based in Bellevue. The program then consisted of Newport and Sammamish high school players.

When Sammamish decided to go another direction, Issaquah became part of the program. Later, Skyline players joined the Lakeside Recovery organization.

While the old program had many successful seasons, including a trip to the Senior American Legion World Series, the program has definitely blossomed in the last 17 years.

Reese was an assistant on the Lakeside program when it first became part of the Issaquah summer baseball scene. He later became head coach of the Lakeside Senior team.

Under his guidance, Lakeside has won seven state titles and in 1995, placed second in the American Legion World Series.

“Looking back now, that was definitely a highlight,” Reese said.

“We’ve had several outstanding teams since then, but none have made it back to the World Series.”

By Greg Farrar

Four youngsters wait with anticipation for their turns at bat in a 2002 Little League T-ball game at Sunset Elementary School.

The Senior team plays most of its home games at Bellevue’s Bannerwood Park.

The Lakeside program also features three AA junior teams, and two A junior teams. Very few summer baseball programs in the state offer such an opportunity. Each of the high schools who feed the program — Issaquah, Newport and Skyline, have their own AA team. It helps develop players for the senior team and also hone their skills and

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Lakeside Recovery won the Senior American Legion Division II baseball district title four straight years between 1992 and 1995, as well as the 1995 state and regional tournaments on the way to a runner-up World Series finish.

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teamwork for the high school teams.

“The junior programs are very beneficial for the high school teams. It gives guys a chance to play together and develop throughout the summer,” Reese said.

Last summer was an outstanding one for the Lakeside program. The Senior team won the state AAA title and took second in the Pacific Northwest regionals. The Skyline and Newport AA teams both played in the AA state tournament, and an A team also played in the state tournament.

“We’re real happy with the program,” Reese said. “It helps to have a good sponsor, too, that really care about baseball. Without the sponsorship of Lakeside Recovery, we wouldn’t be able to have as successful a program as we have.

“Because players at the three high schools know we have a strong program, we don’t lose too many players to other select programs.”

While lacrosse and soccer have become popular in recent years and have drained away some of the pool of players that used to play in Little League and older select leagues, baseball keeps thriving in Issaquah. Except these days, the kids don’t have to play in the streets.

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Valentine’s Performing Pigs see July 27

Art Walk

Historic Downtown Issaquah 5 - 9 pm

Issaquah Farmers Market 9 am - 2 pm @ Pickering Farm

Music on the Streets, 6:30 pm, Front Street, ends Sept 18

4th of July Parade

Down Home

4th of July

& Heritage Day @ Memorial Park 11 am - 2 pm Kids Pets ‘n Pride Parade, 11 am

Concerts on the Green Half Pack Live

Fourth on the Plateau

7 - 8:30 pm @ Community Center

6 - 11 pm Sammamish Commons

Sammamish Farmers Market 4 - 8 pm Sammamish City Hall

Concerts in the Park Silhouettes 6:30 - 8 pm Pine Lake Park

Issaquah Farmers Market 9 am - 2 pm @ Pickering Farm

History programs 11 am

@ Depot Museum

Music on the Streets, 6:30 pm, Front Street, ends Sept 18 Wooden O Shakespeare Plays

Othello

Concerts on the Green

All Chevy car show

Knut Bell & the Blue Collars

8 am XXX Drive-In

7 - 8:30 pm @ Community Center

Sammamish Farmers Market 4 - 8 pm Sammamish City Hall

Concerts on the Green Mr. Miyagi 7 - 8:30 pm @ Community Center

Burgers & Bikes of All Types show

Chalk Art Festival Noon - 5 pm Community Center

8 am XXX Drive-In

Cascade Cougar Prowl Car show 8 am XXX Drive-In

U.S. Senior Open Sahalee Country Club July 26 to Aug 1

Concerts on the Green Geoffrey Castle 7 - 8:30 pm @ Community Center

Kids First

Valentine’s Performing Pigs Noon Beaver Lake Park

Sammamish Farmers Market 4 - 8 pm Sammamish City Hall

Concerts in the Park Creme Tangerine 6:30 - 8 pm Pine Lake Park

7 - 8:45 pm @ Pine Lake Park Village Theatre’s KIDSTAGE All Shook Up 7:30-9 pm, July 17-24

Iss Farmers Market 9 am - 2 pm @ Pickering Farm

Music on the Streets, 6:30 pm, Front Street, ends Sept 18

Chocolate, Wine & All That Jazz

5:30 pm Boehm’s Candies Concerts in the Park

Ricky Venture Revue 6:30 - 8 pm Pine Lake Park

Wooden O Shakespeare Plays Much Ado About Nothing 7 - 8:45 pm @ Pine Lake Park

Iss Farmers Market 9 am - 2 pm @ Pickering Farm

Music on the Streets, 6:30 pm, Front Street, ends Sept 18

Sammamish Farmers Market 4 - 8 pm Sammamish City Hall

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Concerts in the Park

Village Theatre’s

KIDSTAGE

Ragtime

The Weatherheads

7:30 - 9 pm July 31- Aug 8

6:30 - 8 pm Pine Lake Park

Iss Farmers Market 9 am - 2 pm @ Pickering Farm

Music on the Streets, 6:30 pm, Front Street, ends Sept 18

Beat the Heat Concerts on the Green

NW Corvair & Orphaned cars show

Mariachi Fiesta Mexicana

8 am XXX Drive-In

7 - 8:30 pm Community Center

Concerts in the Park

NW Muscle car show

Maya Soleil 7 - 8:30 pm

8 am XXX Drive-In

Community Center

Splash Day 1 pm Community Center

Sammamish Farmers Market 4 - 8 pm @ Sammamish City Hall

Concerts in the Park All Mixed Up 6:30 - 8 pm Pine Lake Park

Art Walk Historic Downtown Issaquah 5 - 9 pm

Issaquah Farmers Market 9 am - 2 pm @ Pickering Farm

Music on the Streets, 6:30 pm, Front Street, ends Sept 18

Sammamish Farmers Market

Concerts in the Park

4 - 8 pm @ Sammamish City Hall

6:30 - 8 pm Pine Lake Park

Astro Cats

Issaquah Farmers Market 9 am - 2 pm @ Pickering Farm

Train Show 10 am - 4 pm Issaquah Depot

Music on the Streets, 6:30 pm, Front Street, ends Sept 18 Kids First Noontime Series Amazing Magic Show Noon

11th Annual

NWCCC ‘55, ‘56, ‘57 Chevy car show

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Concerts on the Green

8 am XXX Drive-In

All Corvette car show 8 am XXX Drive-In

Dr. Funk

7 - 8:30 pm @ Community Center

Vintage Chevy Club show 5 pm XXX Drive-In

Concerts in the Park Fabulous Roof Shakers 7 - 8:30 pm Community Center

Sammamish Farmers Market 4 - 8 pm @ Sammamish City Hall

Concerts in the Park Sammamish Symphony “The American West” 6:30 - 8 pm Pine Lake Park

Beaver Lake Triathlon 7:45 am Beaver Lake Park

Issaquah Farmers Market 9 am - 2 pm @ Pickering Farm

Music on the Streets, 6:30 pm, Front Street, ends Sept 18

Sammamish Farmers Market 4 - 8 pm @ Sammamish City Hall

Concerts in the Park Groove Edition 6:30 - 8 pm Pine Lake Park

Issaquah Farmers Market 9 am - 2 pm @ Pickering Farm

Nudestock

11 am - 6 pm Fraternity Snoqualmie

Music on the Streets, 6:30 pm, Front Street, ends Sept 18

3rd Annual

Rat Bastards car show 8 am XXX Drive-In

First Day of School Concerts on the Green

Cherry, Cherry 7 - 8:30 pm @ Community Center

Splash Day Aug 4

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Sammamish Farmers Market ArtWalk Friday, Sept 3, 5-9 pm Downtown Issaquah & Gilman Village

14th Annual

Mega Cruz car show 8 am XXX Drive-In

4 - 8 pm @ Sammamish City Hall

Art Walk Historic Downtown Issaquah 5 - 9 pm

Issaquah Farmers Market 9 am - 2 pm @ Pickering Farm

Music on the Streets, 6 pm, Front Street ends Sept 18

Sammamish Farmers Market 4 - 8 pm @ Sammamish City Hall

Issaquah Farmers Market 9 am - 2 pm @ Pickering Farm

Outdoor Movie On the Green “Monsters vs Aliens” 8 pm @ Community Center

Music on the Streets, 6 pm, Front Street ends Sept 18

4th Annual

All Ford car show 8 am XXX Drive-In

Sammamish Farmers Market 4 - 8 pm @ Sammamish City Hall

Issaquah Farmers Market 9 am - 2 pm @ Pickering Farm

Village Theatre presents “The Full Monty”- www.villagetheatre.org Music on the Streets, 6 pm, Front Street ends Sept 18

Mopar & More car show 8 am XXX Drive-In

2nd Annual

Mini Cooper car show 8 am XXX Drive-In

Sammamish Farmers Market 4 - 8 pm @ Sammamish City Hall

Sammamish Farmers Market 4 - 8 pm @ Sammamish City Hall

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Issaquah Farmers Market 9 am - 2 pm @ Pickering Farm

Salmon Days Sporting Weekend

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