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LIVING INSIDE ESSENTIALS
PANORAMA
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See a jumble of words from every story in the magazine.
SUMMER CALENDAR
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Experience summer fun at can’t-miss events around town.
ISSAQUAH IQ
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NATIONAL TREASURES
Discover natural wonders at Mount Rainier, Olympic National Park and Washington’s other national places.
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STAINED GLASS ARTISTS
Issaquah artists, a husbandand-wife duo, build a 40-yearold business by creating beautiful glass artwork.
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ISSAQUAH SPORTSMEN’S CLUB
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Head to the historic gun range for target practice.
PUBLISHER Deborah Berto
MANAGING EDITOR Kathleen R. Merrill
Christina Corrales-Toy David Hayes Warren Kagarise Christina Lords Michele Mihalovich Sebastian Moraga
PHOTOGRAPHER Greg Farrar
PAGE DESIGN David Hayes Warren Kagarise
SASQUATCH
MOUNTAINS TO SOUND GREENWAY PAGE 8 Explore the greenbelt from Puget Sound to the Cascades.
STAFF
WRITERS
So, you think you know Issaquah? Test your knowledge.
FEATURES
2012
SUMMER READS
Discover unexplored corners of Issaquah’s landscape.
ISSAQUAH WORD CLOUD
SUMMER
COVER DESIGN
Hairy hominid, maybe mythical, or maybe not, could roam Pacific Northwest backwoods country.
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ADVERTISING MANAGER Jill Green
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TUBING
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Float down local rivers on a nostalgic inner-tube cruise.
PUGET SOUND
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Conserve Issaquah Creek — and help Puget Sound’s health.
SUMMER HAZARDS
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Take precautions to avoid common summertime mishaps.
ON THE COVER
HISTORIC SALOONS
Belly up to the bar for a beer-soaked history lesson about Issaquah’s drinking establishments of old.
‘Historic Issaquah,’ Barbara VanDyke Shuman’s original pastel, depicts paraglider pilots in flight above the Issaquah Alps and the historic Issaquah Train Depot.
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PANORAMA DISCOVERING UNEXPLORED CORNERS OF THE ISSAQUAH LANDSCAPE
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FLUFF MARSHMALLOWS
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BOEHMS CANDIES
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DIPPED IN HISTORY
In 1956, Julius Boehm opened Boehms Candies in Issaquah, 17 years after the former Olympian fled Nazi-occupied Austria. The iconic chocolatier offered a taste of Issaquah to chocoholics attracted to the city to see candy makers in action. Nowadays, the chalet-inspired chocolate factory turns out caramels, cordials, truffles and candy bars in a distinctive gold wrapper.
DARIGOLD
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CHURN, CHURN, CHURN
Evergreen State dairy farmers send milk to the Darigold plant to transform into butter, cottage cheese and sour cream — products recognizable in the dairy case by a familiar red-and-gold logo. The plant — founded as the Northwestern Milk Condensing Co. — started churning out dairy products in 1909 and has remained in continuous operation.
APPLIED PRECISION
SHED SOME LIGHT
The technology to help scientists decipher AIDS, cancer and other diseases is manufactured in Issaquah. The biomedical imaging systems company Applied Precision manufactures high-tech microscopes and other equipment for pharmaceutical giants, medical research institutes and universities. Clients include the University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
LAKESIDE INDUSTRIES KING OF THE ROAD
Lakeside Industries’ most notable product hides in plain sight. Roads do not demand much attention from motorists, but many thoroughfares in Washington started as gravel mined from a local hillside. Lakeside Industries specializes in road paving. So, sand and gravel from the Issaquah mine below the Issaquah Highlands is used to build roads in the Pacific Northwest. 6 ISSAQUAH LIVING
Forget the store-bought marshmallows as pale as a ghost and as flabby as a sumo wrestler. Fluff Marshmallows proprietor and self-styled “certified aeratedconfection engineer” Kathy O’Neill creates batches of boutique marshmallows in flavors such as lavender, mimosa and hot buttered rum. The idea originated as a DIY Christmas gift for friends. “I made marshmallows and then my boyfriend said, ‘These are wonderful. Can you put alcohol in them?’” O’Neill said. So, after rounds of trial and error, O’Neill developed a formula to spike some marshmallow flavors to create treats for grown-ups.
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READY FOR TAKEOFF
Inside each modern jetliner is a piece of Issaquah — several thousand pieces, in fact. The fasteners connecting pieces in each Boeing and Airbus jetliner originate at a small Issaquah manufacturer. Marketing Masters creates inserts and fasteners from Torlon — a substance cheaper, lighter and more resistant to corrosion than the titanium used in earliergeneration aircraft fasteners. The fasteners hold together pieces in the behemoth Airbus A380 — the largest passenger jetliner in service — and the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, a next-generation plane assembled mostly from composite materials.
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Read more about Jeffrey Meldrum and the search for Sasquatch on Page 36.
Stories that shed hair, that leave footprints, that are interwoven into the oral traditions and sometimes material, cultural traditions of the Native Americans that are indigenous to this region, that are seen by contemporary witness that are often credible and observant. I said it’s much more than just stories.
JEFFREY MELDRUM IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY ANATOMY PROFESSOR AND SASQUATCH EXPERT
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ISSAQUAH! BY
WARREN E KAGARIS
“Twin Peaks” put North Bend on the map, but the TV cult classic filmed some scenes in the Issaquah area, too. Tiger Mountain is not as recognizable to outsiders as Mount Si — thanks, David Lynch — but Hollywood called on Issaquah and the surrounding area in recent decades for productions in need of suburban streets and forested backdrops. “Twin Peaks” aside, most productions filmed in the Issaquah area faded into pop culture ephemera. Remember “Hot Pursuit” — a short-lived ’80s thriller about a couple on the lam? Or “An Upstanding Citizen” — a 1998 Lifetime movie melodrama, in true Lifetime movie melodrama form, about a tragic car accident and the aftermath? Both productions included scenes shot in the Issaquah area. The crew for “The Secret Life of John Chapman” filmed in the Issaquah area and included local extras. Ralph Waite — the father on the homespun TV series “The Waltons” — starred in the 1976 film about a college president on sabbatical as a laborer. Perhaps the most notable film to feature Issaquah scenes is “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.” The 1992 flick about a psychotic nanny turned into a moderate hit at the box office.
WHAT TO WATCH
HOLLYWOOD COMES CALLING
FILMS
‘THE SECRET LIFE OF JOHN CHAPMAN’ 1976
‘THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE’ 1992
TV SHOWS & MADE-FOR-TV MOVIES ‘HOT PURSUIT’ 1984
‘TWIN PEAKS’ 1990
‘AN UPSTANDING CITIZEN’ 1998
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FROM FARM TO TABLE TO ISSAQUAH BY
WARREN E KAGARIS
THE MOST-LAUDED RESTAURANT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, A BASTION IN FARM-TO-TABLE DINING AND A PLACE POSSESSED OF MORE STARS THAN THE MILKY WAY, ONCE ADDED NATIONAL PRESTIGE TO DINING IN ISSAQUAH — A CITY RECOGNIZED FOR CHOCOLATES, ROOT BEER AND LITTLE ELSE.
The Herbfarm served slow-roasted salmon in zucchini blossoms, tarragon ice-topped melon soup and other creations from a space near Boehms Candies from May 1999 until April 2001. The restaurant then departed for more upscale digs at a bucolic Woodinville inn. Tragedy led The Herbfarm to Issaquah. Fire destroyed the original Fall City restaurant in January 1997. Owners intended to rebuild in Fall City and, in the meantime, selected the sinceclosed Hedges Cellars tasting room along Northeast Gilman Boulevard as the interim location for the restaurant. The location presented challenges and, for diners during the Issaquah era, altered the experience. The garden tour, a precursor to meals in Fall City and Woodinville, went on hiatus while The Herbfarm operated in Issaquah, cofounder Carrie Van Dyck recalled. The floorplan shielded the kitchen from the dining room, a departure from the open kitchen in Fall City. Still, the restaurant reeled in diners — and accolades. The New York Times recommended The Herbfarm in a 2000 travelogue and national magazines clamored to feature the Pacific Northwest menu. The menu is ever-evolving to reflect changes in seasons and themes. “We never serve the same thing,” Van Dyck said. “You could come to the same theme year after year and have a different experience each time.”
GOING, GOING GREENWAY
TIMELINE ✺
Major initiatives and land acquisitions in the Issaquah area shaped the greenway during the past 22 years.
✺ 1990 ✺
WHAT IS THE MOUNTAINS TO SOUND GREENWAY?
Citizens, led by the Issaquah Alps Trails Club, march from Snoqualmie Pass to the Seattle waterfront to dramatize the need for a greenway plan.
✺ PHOTO BY MOUNTAINS TO SOUND GREENWAY TRUST
✺ STORY BY WARREN KAGARISE
✺ 1991 ✺
Citizens form the nonprofit Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust. Seattle civic leader Jim Ellis is the founding president.
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✺ 1.5
✺ 1992 ✺
MILLION ✺
The state Department of Natural Resources designates more than 4,000 acres on Tiger Mountain, just east of Issaquah, as a natural resource conservation area.
TOTAL MOUNTAINS TO SOUND GREENWAY ACREAGE ✺ 26 ✺
NUMBER OF TIMES IT IS LARGER THAN SEATTLE ✺ 900,000-PLUS ✺
ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND IN THE GREENWAY ✺ 1996 ✺
✺ 110 ✺
King County initiates a 4-to-1 land-use program on Grand Ridge to preserve 1,400 acres of open space.
MILES FROM SEATTLE TO ELLENSBURG ✺ 29 ✺
NUMBER OF CITIES ON THE GREENWAY
✺ 1998 ✺
Marchers navigate the terrain from Snoqualmie Pass to the Seattle waterfront during the inaugural trek in 1990.
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ike the matter-of-fact name suggests, the Mountains to Sound Greenway starts amid fried fish counters and souvenir shops along the Seattle waterfront, unfurls along Interstate 90, encompassing cities and forests, and continues on, across the Cascades. The greenbelt represents decades of effort to protect the natural landscape along the interstate, even as Issaquah and other Eastside cities experienced a population explosion in recent years. Issaquah Alps Trails Club members spearheaded a 1990 march from Snoqualmie Pass to Puget Sound to attract atten-
tion to the proposed greenbelt — a sort of Central Park for Western Washington. The next year, citizen, conservation, corporate and government interests behind the proposal united to form the nonprofit Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust to oversee greenbelt preservation. Forests along the bustling interstate provide habitat for black bears and other species. Trails meander along the greenway, from flat sidewalks in suburban cities to paths perched on mountainsides. Crews log some areas in a compromise between economic and environmental interests. n
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Federal Highway Administration officials designate the 100-mile greenway as a National Scenic Byway. ✺ 2005 ✺
Major ecological restoration project at Lake Sammamish starts, and adds 4,500 native trees and shrubs. ✺ 2008 ✺
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Issaquah acquires 10 parcels along Issaquah Creek to protect stream quality and expand a city park. ✺ 2011 ✺
Marchers re-create the 1990 trek from Central Washington to the Seattle waterfront. ✺ 2012 ✺
Organizers launch a campaign to convince Congress to recognize the greenway as a National Heritage Area.
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ON TARGET Women, such as this Seattle resident, and men alike have equal opportunity to pick up a rifle and aim for the bull’s-eye at the Issaquah Sportsmen’s Club.
CLUB OFFERS CHANCE TO SHOOT FOR THRILLS
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he range at the Issaquah Sportsmen’s Club is a virtual paradise for people who like to take target practice. “It’s for people who like to put holes in paper,” joked John Dallaire, the club’s range safety officer, who explained that most gun enthusiasts who come to the range are trying to improve their accuracy.
Tyler Marchand, of Issaquah, a gun user from age 9, inserts a magazine into his 9mm Glock handgun.
Folks stand in a covered outdoor area and shoot at targets that are between seven yards and 100 yards away. And there is no typical shooter. Some are new, some are seasoned. There are young, old, male, female, hunters and businessmen. “You name it, they come out here to shoot,” Dallaire said. Some have handguns; others might be shooting a submachine rifle. And the regu10 ISSAQUAH LIVING
Bull’s-eyes stapled onto a cardboard backing at each shooting station soon become filled with bullet holes.
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LIVE LIKE A MOUNTAIN MAN
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If you think guns that use modern bullets are too fancy-schmancy for your taste, then the Cascade Mountain Men might be for you. Vern Steward, current member and past president of the traditional black-powder, muzzleloading club, said the club is a fun and relaxing way to enjoy the oldfashioned, traditional way of life. The current 50 to 60 members favor the 1812 to 1850 timeframe, when mountain men went out into the wilderness and trapped beavers. Steward said his interest in black-powder guns began in the 1970s. Opportunities to participate in rendezvous, some quite primitive, can happen just about any weekend in the Pacific Northwest. The primitive rendezvous forbid anything that wouldn’t be found back in the mountain man time period … no modern clothes, stoves, watches, tents, guns or anything else that might smell of city slicker.
The Issaquah Sportsmen’s Club offers gun safety, pistol and home defense instruction, basic hunter and bow hunter education courses. Annual membership is $80 person, or $90 per family, but anyone can use the gun range for $12. It also has a clubhouse available for meetings and parties. Pat Moore has organized the Tiger Mountain Archers youth archery program. Call 557-1497.
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Michael Loftis, of Missoula, Mont., staples a target at 100 yards for practice with his Remington rifle.
lars are always willing to help out a newbie. “You can tell when someone’s nervous or just not comfortable handling the gun yet,” said Tony McIntosh, a club member. “We’ll go over and offer some advice to help them out.” McIntosh, 70, first started shooting guns when he was 9 years old and living in New Jersey. He also used to love
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hunting, but when he returned from the Vietnam War, he decided he couldn’t ever kill another living thing. That didn’t stop his enthusiasm for guns however, or shooting at targets and trying to improve his accuracy. “I’m retired,” McIntosh. “So I can just sit around with my feet propped up watching Fox, or I can come here and get some fresh air and exercise.” n
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HOTPICKS COMPILED BY DAVID HAYES
JULY 1
8 A.M.
XXX Old Tractors, Truck, Buses and Station Wagons Show Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-In
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Concerts on the Green The Penguins Issaquah Community Center
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Fourth on the Plateau Sammamish Commons
7 P.M.
6 P.M.
ArtWalk Downtown Issaquah
6 ISSAQUAH FARMERS MARKET
The market features produce, crafts, food vendors, and demos or performers each week.
HOLIDAY
Celebrate Independence Day JULY
8 A.M.
10 NOON
7 P.M.
12 6:30 P.M.
7 P.M.
15 8 A.M.
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7 P.M.
All Chevy Show Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-In Kidsfirst! Series Alex Zerbe Beaver Lake Park Concerts on the Green Cloverdale Issaquah Community Center Concerts in the Park The Spyrographs Pine Lake Park Wooden O Shakespeare ‘12th Night’ Issaquah Community Center Burgers and Bikes of All Types Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-In Kidsfirst! Series Lori Henriques, Sammamish Commons Concerts on the Green Echoe’s Issaquah Community Center
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Saturdays through October
Down Home 4th of July and Heritage Day Celebration Veterans Memorial Park
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5 P.M.
Participants gather and register for the Kids, Pets ‘n’ Pride Parade and then head to Veterans’ Memorial Park for a hay hunt, three-legged and gunnysack races, pony rides, face painting, bouncy houses, and a slug race and beauty pageant. Save room for a pie-eating contest.
11 A.M. TO 2 P.M.
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Pickering Barn
6 SAMMAMISH FARMERS MARKET
Fresh offerings abound at the weekday market. 3-7 p.m.
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Wednesdays through Oct. 3
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Concerts in the Park Second Hand Newz Pine Lake Park
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Wooden O Shakespeare ‘12th Night’ Pine Lake Park
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Cascade Cougar Club Prowl Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-In
6:30 P.M.
7 P.M.
8 A.M.
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Sammamish Commons
7 P.M.
6 CONCERTS ON THE GREEN
Head outside to listen to local bands perform. 7 p.m.
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Kidsfirst! Series Karen Quest East Sammamish Park Concerts on the Green Cambalache Community Center
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Issaquah Community Center
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Concerts in the Park Craig Terrill Band Pine Lake Park
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Wooden O Shakespeare ‘The Winter’s Tale’ Pine Lake Park
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XXX Mid Summer Run Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-In
8 A.M.
7 P.M.
7 P.M.
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7 P.M.
31 Kidsfirst! Series The Board of Education Sammamish Commons Concerts on the Green Seatown Rhythm and Blues Issaquah Community Center
6 CHALK ART FESTIVAL
Artists of all ages come together to create streetside artwork. Noon to 5 p.m.
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July 17
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Issaquah Community Center
AUGUST 2
6:30 P.M.
7 P.M.
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Concerts in the Park Stacey Jones Band Pine Lake Park Wooden O Shakespeare ‘The Winter’s Tale’ Issaquah Community Center ArtWalk Downtown Issaquah
5 P.M.
8 A.M.
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NOON
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7 P.M.
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Old Rides Car Show Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-In Kidsfirst! Series Circus Cascadia Sammamish Commons Safe & Sound Sammamish: A Kickoff to National Night Out Sammamish Commons Concerts on the Green Black Velvet 4 Issaquah Community Center Concerts in the Park Adrian Xavier Band Pine Lake Park
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NOON
7 P.M.
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8 P.M.
Chip ‘N’ Dip Golf Tournament Julius Boehm Pool N.W. Muscle Car Meet Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-In Kidsfirst! Series Pajama Party with Harmonica Pocket Sammamish Commons Concerts on the Green 85th Street Big Band Issaquah Community Center Concerts in the Park Cloverdayle Pine Lake Park House Concerts The Paperboys TreeHouse Point
6 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
Meet the men and women in blue at the annual safety celebration. Enjoy a hot dog, climb aboard a fire truck, get your face painted and more. 5 - 7 p.m.
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CELEBRATION
Go wet ‘n’ wild for summer AUGUST
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Issaquah City Hall
Beat the Heat Splash Day Issaquah Community Center
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Aug. 4
Beat the heat — or, at least, cool down — at the annual Beat the Heat Splash Day, a wet and wild water carnival for children ages 1 to 12. Prepare to get soaked as a fire truck arrives to spray water on the crowd. Or run through sprinklers, blow bubbles and participate in other activities.
1 TO 2 P.M.
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FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS The festival is a laboratory to test original musicals before audiences. Often, selections from the festival re-emerge later at the Francis J. Gaudette Theatre, or Mainstage, and sometimes on Broadway. Showtimes vary
18 NOON
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21 NOON
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Village Theatre
7 P.M.
Kidsfirst! Series Daring Dreams in Times of Magic Beaver Lake Park
MOVIE ON THE GREEN
Sammamish Nights Sammamish Commons NWCCC ’55-’56-’57 Show Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-In Kidsfirst! Series Eric Herman and the Thunder Puppies Ebright Creek Park Concerts on the Green Geoffrey Castle Issaquah Community Center
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Bring a blanket and see the action-packed comic book flick ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ under the stars. 8-11 p.m.
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Aug. 8
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Concerts in the Park Sammamish Symphony Pine Lake Park
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All Corvette Car Show Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-In
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Vintage Chevy Club of America Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-In
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Concerts on the Green Magic Bus Issaquah Community Center
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Concerts in the Park Cherry, Cherry Pine Lake Park
6:30 P.M.
8 A.M.
5 P.M.
7 P.M.
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Issaquah Community Center
6:30 P.M.
6 SAMMAMISH DAYS
Spend a culture-filled day with the kids at a child-centric festival to celebrate the community’s diversity and strength. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Sammamish Commons
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Salmon SEEson viewing opportunities Issaquah Salmon Hatchery
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Rat Bastards Rat Rod Show Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-In
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XXX Car Show/ Shop N’ Swap Meet Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-In
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Issaquah School District students return to class
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ArtWalk Downtown Issaquah
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All Ford Show Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-In
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Salmon Days Festival Volunteer Sign-up Event Pickering Barn
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Lower Commons Native Plant Garden Volunteer Meet-and-Greet Sammamish Commons
5 P.M.
10 A.M.
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Fall Home & Garden Show Pickering Barn
9 A.M.
6 ‘BIG RIVER’
The hit musical re-imagines ‘Huckleberry Finn’ as a musical told from the protagonist’s perspective.
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Cruise in for classic rides SEPTEMBER
Draggin’ Into Winter With No Regrets Car & Truck Show Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-in
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Issaquah is a popular destination for forms of transportation powered by internalcombustion engines. Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-in hosts vehicles of all makes and models in waxed-and-polished parades during car shows held throughout the summer.
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Village Theatre
6 COMMUNITY SERVICE FAIR
Find ways to give back to the community. Learn more about the many nonprofit organizations active in the area. 3 p.m.
FESTIVAL
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Catch some fishy fun
Sept. 12 Mini Cooper Show Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-In
CAR SHOW
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Sammamish City Hall
OCTOBER
Salmon Days Festival Downtown Issaquah and Issaquah Salmon Hatchery
6/7
The annual salmon-centric celebration is stitched into the city’s fabric. Salmon Days serves as a last hurrah before autumn, a touchstone for old-timers and a magnet for tourists. The street fair consistently ranks among the top destinations in the Evergreen State.
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plendor is not limited to Mount Rainier. Mount Rainier dominates the landscape in Western Washington. The active volcano is unparalleled as a natural icon for the region — Mount Rainier even appeared on the state quarter — but the peak is not the only nearby national treasure. Landscapes in the shadow of Mount Rainier and farther afield deserve attention, too. Spaces set aside for conservation and recreation — national parks, national forests, national recreation areas, even a national volcanic monument — stretch from British Columbia to the Columbia River. Discover the signature mountain and, along the way, a handful of other national treasures.
NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK ESTABLISHED 1968 SIZE 504,781 acres OPERATING SEASON The park is open year round, but winter weather dictates when most facilities and roads open. From late May to late October, campgrounds, visitor centers and roads are open for summer parkgoers. FEES The park has no entrance fee, but camping fees vary by campground and season. CONNECT www.nps.gov/noca The postcard-perfect mountains, meadows, lakes and waterfalls in North Cascades National Park earned the remote region the nickname the North American Alps. The superlatives stack up to describe the 504,781-acre national park. The area is among the most mountainous in North America. The park includes more than 300 glaciers to form the highest concentration of glaciers in the lower 48 states. Mountains inside the park bear disquieting names — Despair, Fury and Terror — but the landscape is tranquil. Below the craggy peaks, emerald eddies roil the Skagit River into a froth the same shade as snow. The speed limit along the North Cascades Highway slows at Newhalem, a company town for a Seattle City Light hydroelectric project along the Skagit River. Travelers cross the river on a footbridge to see the lush landscape surrounding Ladder Creek Falls. In the 1920s, a City Light superintendent envisioned a light show on Ladder Creek Falls and lights installed throughout the adjacent forest as a glittering, jewel-toned monument to electricity. City Light restored the light show in 2008, and the nighttime attraction is a
In North Cascades National Park, rugged peaks and alpine lakes define the landscape in a region dubbed the North American Alps.
popular destination after a day along the North Cascades’ trails and lakes. Deeper inside the park, bottle-green Diablo Lake and the Ross Lake National Recreation Area lure adventurers in boats, canoes and kayaks. Silt from the glaciers, called rock flour, turns bodies of water in the park to a deep, milky hue. In the old-growth forests and stark peaks, black bears, mountain goats and even a small grizzly bear population inhabit the landscape.
At left, the landscape surrounding Mount St. Helens reflects signs of destruction from the 1980 eruption and the return of life to the blast zone.
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OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK ESTABLISHED 1938 SIZE 922,650 acres OPERATING SEASON The park is open 24 hours a day year round, although some roads, campgrounds and other visitor facilities close for the winter. FEES The entrance fee for a single visit in a motor vehicle is $15. For adults on foot, bicycle or motorcycle, the fee is $5. Children 15 and younger receive free admission. Campsite fees range from $10 to $18. CONNECT www.nps.gov/olym
Olympic National Park spans ecosystems, from glacier-clad peaks to moss-draped rainforests to saltsplashed tide pools. The park is full of landscapes lifted from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth. The largest national park in Washington encompasses swaths on the Olympic Peninsula. U.S. Route 101 loops around the park, so access to the Hoh Rain Forest, Hurricane Ridge, Lake Crescent and other popular sites is easy. Crystalline Lake Crescent, carved by glaciers in the last Ice Age, is a tamer destination in a park noted for the intense gales atop Hurricane Ridge. The lodge along the Lake Crescent shoreline appears lifted from a Works Progress Administration brochure. Inside the lobby, a stuffed elk head holds court above a stone fireplace. Elsewhere, a landmark ecological restoration effort to remove dams along the Elwha River is meant to restore the waterway for salmon and other species. Perhaps the most iconic locale in Olympic National Park is the mysterious Hoh Rain Forest. The verdant landscape receives 12 feet to 14 feet — yes, feet — of rain each year. The temperate rainforest unfurls beneath a lush canopy.
Water thunders almost 90 feet from a mossy cliff over Marymere Falls, plunges into a pool and courses into Barnes Creek.
A black-tailed deer grazes in a wildflower-carpeted forest near Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park.
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The ferry Evergreen State chugs past snowcapped Mount Baker and a sailboat en route to Anacortes from the San Juan Islands.
The crunch underfoot on 4th of July Beach, a crescent of pebbles along smoothas-glass Griffin Bay, is the only sound, except for the occasional blast from a ferry whistle in nearby Friday Harbor. The sun bakes kelp leaves to the consistency of tissue paper. Bleached driftwood logs scatter the landscape like discarded Tinker Toys. Mountains rise in the distance. Snowcapped Mount Baker plays peek-aboo from behind high clouds. The windswept island possesses unassuming beauty — no rugged landscapes or skyscraping peaks. Instead, wildflowers and coastal grasses carpet hillsides to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The island is home to Columbian black-tailed deer, red foxes — and the foxes’ favorite meal, Townsend’s vole — and other species. From a viewpoint on Mount Finlayson, parkgoers can glimpse other national parks — North Cascades, Olympic and, on especially clear days, Mount Rainier.
San Juan Island National Historical Park is not far from civilization — million-dollar homes sit just outside the park boundaries — but the location is remote. Parkgoers must board a ferry in Anacortes for the 60-minute journey to the island. Situated at the northern and southern tips of San Juan Island, the park commemorates a footnote in history. In 1859, a territorial dispute between the United States and Great Britain erupted into the Pig War, after a Yankee settler shot a pig owned by a British subject. The otherwise-bloodless dispute ended after both sides agreed to joint military occupation on the island. Nowadays, parkgoers trek to the historic sites at the American Camp on the southern tip and the English Camp on the northern tip. Uphill from the settlement, the English Camp Cemetery is eerie, especially at dusk. Behind a white picket fence, a small Union Jack marks graves of Royal Marines and a civilian lost to accidents during the British occupation.
SAN JUAN ISLAND NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK ESTABLISHED 1966 SIZE 2,072 acres OPERATING SEASON American Camp Visitor Center is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Sept. 3. The grounds open to parkgoers from sunrise to 11 p.m. daily. The English Camp Visitor Center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Sept. 3. The grounds open to parkgoers from 8 a.m. to sunset daily. FEES The park has no entrance fee, but a special-use permit is needed for horseback riding and other activities. CONNECT www.nps.gov/sajh
Griffin Bay in San Juan Island Historical National Park is framed by a crescent of pebbles and driftwood at peaceful 4th of July Beach.
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MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK ESTABLISHED 1899 SIZE 236,381 acres OPERATING SEASON Mount Rainier National Park is open year round. Parking is limited in many areas, especially on busy summer weekends and holidays. Vehicle access to Mount Rainier in the winter is only available from the Nisqually Entrance, en route to Paradise. In winter, the Carbon River Entrance is open to foot and bicycle traffic only. FEES The entrance fee is $15 for a motor vehicle or $5 for each visitor 16 and older entering on foot, or by motorcycle, bicycle or horseback, or for individuals traveling together as a noncommercial, organized group. Everyone needs a climbing pass to travel above 10,000 feet or onto any glaciers. Campsite fees range from $12 to $64. CONNECT www.nps.gov/mora The oldest national park in Washington is also a crown jewel in the coast-to-coast national park system. Parkgoers travel to poetically named Sunrise and Paradise to see the splendor in the untouched landscape around the active volcano. Historic Longmire, another frequent destination, interprets the efforts to conserve Mount Rainier. In late spring, Mount Rainier is still a winter wonderland. The popular Henry
Mount Rainier rises from a landscape of boulders and evergreens along the road to Paradise, a popular visitor destination in the park.
M. Jackson Visitor Center at Paradise remains buried beneath a deep snowpack. On many days, gloom obscures the summit, even from the vantage point 5,400 feet up on the southern slope. Navigating the deep snow above Paradise, sans skis or snowshoes, is akin to a haphazard series of dance steps, unchoreographed and complicated. The change of seasons reveals alpine splendor — meadows carpeted in wild-
flowers, thundering streams and a panorama as picturesque and unblemished as a painted film backdrop. Upstream on the Carbon River is the lowest-elevation glacier in the lower 48 states. Throughout the park, streams fed by glaciers high above rush past lichens glued to rocks. Some, such as Narada Falls on the Paradise River, drop over cliffs in dramatic style.
MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT ESTABLISHED 1982 SIZE 110,000 acres JOHNSTON RIDGE OBSERVATORY OPERATING SEASON Johnston Ridge Observatory is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Oct. 28. FEES The entrance fee for the observatory is $8 per person. Recreation passes do not cover fees for winter recreation areas, cabin rentals, developed campgrounds, or climbing and wilderness permits. Everyone must have a climbing permit to go above 4,800 feet elevation on Mount St. Helens. CONNECT www.fs.usda.gov/mountsthelens
The lonely highway to Mount St. Helens leads 32 years into the past, to the cataclysmic 1980 eruption. The eruption lopped off the cone-shaped top, destroyed 150,000 acres of forest and transformed the surrounding forest into a moonscape for years. Spirit Lake, a popular recreation area before the eruption, shrunk as Mount St. Helens disgorged earth. Long after the hellfire subsided and the landscape cooled, Mount St. Helens appears crouched, mired in debris, in a valley reshaped by the eruption. The crater looms above ubiquitous signs of rebirth — prairie lupine, a dainty flower and regal conifers poke from soil blasted from the mountain by the eruption. Mammals large and small, elk and marmot alike, pad across resurgent landscape as birds soar overhead. In decades after the earth ripped open at Mount St. Helens, life abounds in the blast zone — a place once so barren that President Jimmy Carter said the lunar surface appeared more hospitable. Still, reminders from the fateful May morning in 1980 remain indelible. The panorama from Johnston Ridge Observatory allows visitors to peer into the maw opened by the eruption. The peak, nestled inside the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, is a destination for people curious about the most-destructive volcanic eruption to occur on U.S. soil. The observatory — named for a volcanologist lost in the eruption — includes a striking topographical map illuminated by fiber optic pinpricks of light to illustrate the unfolding disaster. The drama is more subtle in a documentary exhibited at the observatory about the eruption and aftermath, titled “Eruption of Life.” The film ends as the curtain rises from panoramic windows to reveal the crater outside — and a glimpse into the past.
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ARTISTS COMBINE The Israelite tribes of Reuben (far left) and Asher are symbolized in two of 12 windows made in 1981 by the Perry family for a Jewish auditorium in Seattle.
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t. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, the oldest permanent structure in Chelan, is nestled near the southern tip of the 55 mile-long lake that bears the same name. The chimes that ring out from its darkbrown bell tower audibly undulate throughout the area, and worn, wooden pews line the aisle of a structure that has been a place of worship for residents since the 1890s. Two such devotees are Issaquah’s Jim and Liz Perry. Their part in the structure — though only a few of the church’s faithful know the story behind their contributions — are lasting, resplendent and illuminating. The leaded glass windows with carefully etched medallions and selected hues depicting sacraments and church seasons were made here in the couple’s Front Street stained glass studio.
The parable of the Prodigal Son is depicted at Fall City United Methodist Church in one of the 11 windows created by Perry Stained Glass Studio for the church’s centennial in 1985.
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Jim Perry, 82, holds a sheet of red-layered clear glass up to the light in the Perry Stained Glass Studio workroom at 470 Front St. N.
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CREATING STAINED GLASS FROM
start to finish Long before installation, each project starts from a rough idea or sketch. Every project starts off with a preliminary color design — traditional designs are done by an independent artist in Bristol, England; contemporary work is designed by a designer in University Place — that goes to the client for approval and slight modifications. uuu
The approved design is blown up to a full-sized black-and-white drawing, known as a cartoon. uuu
The cartoon is color-coded, not unlike a paint-by-number book, so Jim knows which piece of colored glass goes where. uuu
Jim then makes cutlines, which reveal the size and shape of each piece of glass that will be used in the final piece. uuu
The colored glass, which comes from an array of sources including providers in Seattle, West Virginia and Germany, is cut over a backlit table to ensure proper size and shape. uuu
Each piece of glass is marked off when cut and finished to ensure multiple pieces of glass aren’t made for the same space. uuu
A subject’s facial details and other detailed painted work are added next. A mixture of iron oxide and powdered glass is fused right into the surface of the glass to give life and texture to aspects such as facial features and a subject’s garment folds. uuu
Those pieces are then finalized and fired in a kiln. uuu
Jim Perry shows how he scores a piece of glass on the cutline template (below left) breaks the glass along the scored groove (above) and bends leading along a finished edge (below right).
The pieces are taken out of the kiln, and then leaded together into a window panel. uuu
The joints of a window must be soldered together to ensure stability of the piece. uuu
The window is sealed with a mixture of putty and paint thinner to make it waterproof. uuu
The window is then carefully packaged, crated and hauled to its final destination for installation.
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At left, Liz and Jim Perry show the cartoon (left) and the cutline (right) used in the making of a recent window for Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church in Union City, Calif. Above, windows in a Seattle auditorium made in 1981 depict the Israelite tribes of (from the top) Issachar, Ephraim and Benjamin.
Jim and Liz escape from Issaquah each Thursday to make the drive to their weekend home in Chelan, where Liz is originally from, to worship at St. Andrew’s on Sunday. “I don’t really necessarily try to avoid telling people, but it’s not me to really promote myself as their maker there,” Jim said. “I’m not that enamored with myself.” uuu The couple first met in the Seattle area when Jim was stationed here for military police work through the Army before trav-
eling to California so Jim could attend school for police training. “I came from a family of Midwest famers and people that did a lot of everything,” he said. “I had made a scale-model of a church that our congregation was building in Santa Clara and the fella who owned the stained glass business there came by to get some ideas for windows … eventually I went to work for him part time.” After tinkering in the shop and learning the art of stained glass for several years, the couple returned to the Pacific Northwest, opening Perry Stained Glass Studio in 1971. 27 SUMMER 2012
More than 40 years later, more than 120 major stained glass projects have come out of the studio, including windows with traditional, contemporary and faceted glass designs that enrich places of worship up and down the West Coast, as well as Arizona, Alaska, Nebraska and New Hampshire. And those are only the projects listed in the studio’s trifold brochure. “When people ask how many windows we’ve done, it’s kind of like what my son tells people when they ask him how many pieces of glass are in a stained glass window,” he said. “He says, ‘only amateurs count.’”
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Windows at Fall City United Methodist Church include depictions of the Parables of Jesus (left) and the Centennial Window (above the altar).
While the couple attends some church conventions and maintains a website, most of their new business comes from word out mouth, Jim said. “Priests tend to get changed from one church to another,” he said, “so sometimes one will see a window and ask where it came from.” The couple works as a team to complete each project, with Jim doing the brunt of the glass cutting and Liz and their son, who also works out of the studio, adding paint detail to complete a project. uuu Although the studio has produced windows for Episcopal, Catholic, Lutheran, United Methodist, Baptist and several other kinds of churches and worship space, including Jewish synagogues, every window the couple does has something in common — it tells a story. “It started out being a teaching tool before people could read back in the Middle Ages,” Liz said. “Now it’s become more decorative, although it’s still used as a teaching tool with certain saints. There’s always a story that refers to the Bible. Most subjects come out of the Bible
one way or another.” Many churches start fund drives to have new windows installed or families often commemorate a loved one with memorial windows — such as the ones in St. Andrew’s. But Jim said demand for stained glass has slowed considerably with the downturn of the economy. When the couple first opened the studio, most of the demand was solely for traditional design, which generally includes religious figures such as Jesus Christ, Mary and recognizable saints. Now their work includes contemporary design and work for people’s homes. “In the last three years, there hasn’t been that much church building,” Jim said. “The thing with stained glass is normally when they need a new building it may be figured into the budget, but when the building goes over budget, the first thing that goes out the window is the stained glass.” Projects tend to take two to three months, depending on the size and scope of work, but some, like the three-window project they’re working on now — bound for Our Lady of the Rosary in Union City, Calif. — has taken about a year. They’ve 29 SUMMER 2012
already completed about 20 windows for that church and may do more. As frequently as possible, Jim and Liz like to see the process through from start to finish, crating up each piece and installing it themselves. They attend as many of the windows’ dedications as possible. “I’ve seen two or three jobs where they’ve hired somebody else to install them and the two figures are supposed to be looking at each other and they were turned around so that Christ is looking at one end of the church and Lazarus is looking at the other,” Jim said, chuckling lightly. “The panels are marked right and left from the inside, and when they install them from the outside, right becomes left and left becomes right.” But when an installation goes the way it should and the pieces are finally in place, the rest of the arduous process falls away, Liz said. “I may have worked on them and painted them and seen them in the studio, but when they get installed in the church, they look completely different,” she said. “It’s like seeing them for the first time. It’s like they’re where they’re supposed to be. ” n
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lance at any storm drain in downtown Issaquah, and the connection between runoff from city streets and Puget Sound comes into focus. “Puget Sound Starts Here” read placards about the same size as a deck of cards. The shortest distance between Issaquah and Puget Sound is about 15 miles, separated by open spaces set aside for conservation and acres sealed beneath concrete. The actual division between suburb and sound is shorter. Curbside storm drains throughout Issaquah drain to Issaquah and Tibbetts creeks, and then into Lake Sammamish. The lake is connected through a broad, interconnected watershed to Puget Sound. “It’s all of us that live in the watershed,” said Michael Grayum, director of public affairs
for the Puget Sound Partnership, a state agency formed to spearhead cleanup. “The work of the Puget Sound Partnership goes from the snowcaps to the whitecaps, and everything is connected to Puget Sound in between.” Many sources of pollutants in Puget Sound exist far from the shoreline. The most common way toxic chemicals reach Puget Sound is through polluted surface runoff from residential, commercial and industrial lands. Untreated runoff sluices into freshwater lakes, streams and then drains into Puget Sound. Data collected in Puget Sound and tributaries point to human activity as the major culprit for pollution in the sound and related waterways. Inland streams serve as important indicators for conditions throughout the watershed. n 34 ISSAQUAH LIVING
Puget Sound Partnership leaders need dog owners to scoop the poop. The waste contains hazardous organisms and can cause contamination in local streams, rivers and lakes. Runoff after rain carries fecal coliform bacteria in doo-doo into storm drains, ditches and streams feeding local rivers, lakes and Puget Sound. The bacteria in waste can make water unsafe to swim in or drink. The public awareness campaign from Puget Sound Starts Here reminds pet owners to keep yards clean of pet waste by scooping at least once a week, if possible, and carrying a plastic bag to scoop and dispose of poop. Plus, not picking up dog waste on public property is illegal.
CHANGE STARTS AT HOME Officials estimate about 75 percent of all pollution in Puget Sound comes from storm water runoff. The runoff comes from the water passing over roads, sidewalks, driveways and yards — picking up oil, grease, metals, soaps and yard chemicals along the way.
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he forests and mountains up and down the Cascades, cloaked in mist and mystery, could harbor Sasquatch, a reclusive creature noted for coarse fur, malodorous scent and, oh yeah, oversized feet. Sasquatch, or Bigfoot, depending on geography and preference, just might roam Evergreen State forests, believers claim. Or, as detractors suggest, the creature is not 8 feet tall and covered in fur, but is rather a figment of imagination. Evidence is concentrated in California, Oregon and Washington — especially the untamed backwoods near Mount St. Helens — and across the border in British Columbia and Alberta. Websites dedicated to Sasquatch encounters describe pulse-pounding contact between man and beast in the forests near Issaquah, including Squak Mountain and Rattlesnake Lake. Sasquatch, maybe mythical, maybe not, is a fixture revered in American Indian lore and monumentalized in pop culture. Look no further than the Sasquatch statue outside a roadside attraction in Southwest Washington. The statue along a rural Cowlitz County road stands 28 feet tall and bears a beneficent grin. The piece is perhaps the largest Sasquatch statue in
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D North America, or anywhere. “Bigfoot country begins here” reads a sign along state Route 504 just before motorists reach the statue and the Buried A-Frame, a half-submerged house mired in lahar from the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption. In a PEMCO Insurance Northwest Poll released last year, 38 percent of respondents
said Sasquatch exists and 13 percent claimed to have seen the hairy hominid or known someone who had. The creature is enshrined in lore — and law. In 1969, Skamania County passed a law to criminalize the killing of Sasquatch. Believers said the study of Sasquatch is not cryptozoology — or search for mythical crea-
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In the Evergreen State, perhaps the foremost example of Sasquatch as a brand is the music festival named for the creature. Held at The Gorge along the Columbia River, Sasquatch attracts A-list performers to the Memorial Day weekend event. Bigfoot, unleashed on audiences in 1979, is considered the original monster truck. The vehicle, dubbed a 4x4x4, is a staple at mud-spattered monster truck rallies across the United States. In 2010, as the Winter Olympics opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, organizers turned Sasquatch from creepy to cute for the mascot Quatchi. Before the Seattle Sonics bolted from the Emerald City for Oklahoma City, Squatch — a team jersey-clad creature noted for performing deathdefying leaps — served as the team mascot. Jack Links Beef Jerky features the hungry hominid in a popular advertising campaign called ‘Messin’ with Sasquatch.’ Pranksters attempt to trick Sasquatch, but in the end, the creature angrily retaliates. Kokanee beer used a Sasquatch named Mel in a series of commercials in the 2000s. The company also released a line of Sasquatch swag, including a footprint-shaped decal. ‘Sasquatch’ is a 1977 B-movie about a fictional expedition to search for the title creature in the wilderness of British Columbia.
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A statue of Sasquatch rises above state Route 504 en route to Mount St. Helens in rural Cowlitz County. BY MATTHEW STAERK
tures — but a decades-long, even centurieslong, effort to explain the inexplicable. The foremost Sasquatch expert in the United States, Jeffrey Meldrum, said the ample evidence is difficult to refute. The anatomy professor at Idaho State University in Pocatello is focused on the evolution of hominid locomotion — in other words, how humans and other primates move. Meldrum recalled the time a skeptical colleague dismissed the study of Sasquatch as a collection of stories. “Stories that shed hair, that leave footprints, that are interwoven into the oral traditions and sometimes material, cultural traditions of the Native Americans that are indigenous to this region, that are seen by contemporary witness that are often credible and observant,” he said. “I said it’s much more than just stories.”
D In 1982, a father and son out for a hike on Squak Mountain ran into a giant, muscular creature and then fled, a user recounted to the Bigfoot Encounters website. A sighting at Rattlesnake Lake occurred in August 2000, a supposed eyewitness recounted to the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization. The creature stood more than 7 feet tall, moved in a manner similar to a human and sported dark fur. Meldrum said Sasquatch is a curious creature, at least as intelligent as other great apes, although probably not a threat to humans. “I don’t think there’s cause to be fearful,” he said. “If it were a very real threat to humanity, then it would have suffered the fate that the grizzly bear in the lower 48 suffered. It has survived and remained unrecognized formally because of its reclusiveness, because of its retreating, retiring behavior.” Sasquatch is not, however, as cuddly as the title character in “Harry and the Hendersons” — a 1987 film about a Seattle family and a hominid-turned-housemate. Andrea Lankford, a former park ranger and author based in Sonora, Calif., heard some strange stories from colleagues as a ranger at the Cape Hatteras, Grand Canyon, Yosemite and Zion national parks. “Rangers tell their own stories around a campfire or a campsite or a ranger station, and there was just a lot of stories that had never been documented that I was privy to,” she said. “I decided somebody needed to write a book about that to document these things.”
Jeffrey Meldrum, a Sasquatch expert and Idaho State University professor, holds a cast of a footprint suspected to have been left by the beast. BY RACHEL ANNE SEYMOUR
Lankford included a Sasquatch account in “Haunted Hikes” — a 2006 guide to spine-tingling treks. The detailed information from a supposed eyewitness in Oregon offered a compelling case, she said. “Bigfoot is pretty iconic, and even in the East, there’s a critter called the skunk ape in Big Cypress in Florida, so this sort of iconic, big, bipedal creature was in national parks across the United States,” she said. “Bigfoot was going to have to be in there no matter what.” The iconic Patterson-Gimlin film is authentic — not a man in a gorilla suit as detractors claimed, Meldrum said. The footprints recorded at the Northern California site offer firmer evidence. “It’s not a pair of floppy Kmart slippers like one of the would-be men in the costume claimed,” he said. “It’s not a set of carved wooden feet strapped to work boots like the other argued. It’s a living, animated foot that reacts and responds and leaves a variable imprint depending on the nature of the step.”
D The short film purports to show a hairy hominid traversing the area along the Klamath River in Northern California. Meldrum saw the Patterson-Gimlin film as a boy, as Patterson traveled to Spokane to exhibit the documentary. “Even at that age, I was already interested in all things prehistoric — dinosaurs, cavemen — mysteries and the 38 ISSAQUAH LIVING
unexplained,” he said. The interest turned into a lifelong passion and, eventually, a career pursuit. Footprints led Meldrum to the study of Sasquatch in the mid-1990s. “When I then, in ’96, came face to face with a very fresh set of footprints — 35, 45 individual prints in a track — I was in a pretty good position, I felt, to evaluate them,” he said. The initial set of footprints traced across the Blue Mountain foothills near Walla Walla. The distinctive shape hinted at a creature similar to chimpanzees and gorillas, only larger. “These tracks were just mind-boggling,” Meldrum said. “I kind of literally sort of pinched myself and said, ‘Is this really happening? Could this be a hoax? Could this fellow that took us out and showed us these tracks possibly have perpetrated this?’” The evidence appeared too strong to discredit and, as Meldrum documented more footprints, patterns started to emerge. The impressions from throughout the West hinted at the underlying construction beneath the giant footpads. “These weren’t simply enlarged facsimiles of human footprints,” Meldrum said. “They had distinctions which were, however, quite reasonable if one were to design a foot for a 900- to 1,000-pound, upright, walking primate and one that particularly made its living in very, very broken, steep, mountainous, forested terrain.” Since the initial set of footprints in 1996, Meldrum has collected more than 200 footprint casts. The difference between hoaxes and footprints left by a creature is simple to spot. “People ask me, ‘What’s the most compelling evidence?’ Well, for me, given my position and my expertise, the footprint evidence is,” he said. “For people to say these are a bunch of fakes made by crude, carved wooden feet strapped to hiking books, work boots, it just reveals a naïveté of the mechanics and the complexities of human foot form and function that are present in these footprints.” Footprints documented in remote places — along a lake far from civilization in Ontario, for instance — also call the possibility of hoaxes into question. “There’s no question that there are hoaxes, although I think they’re rather few and far between,” he said. “Much more common are misidentifications. People see another flat-footed imprint with five toes left by, say, a bear and mistake it for a Sasquatch track.”
D The forest floor is a superhighway of sorts for creatures of all shapes and sizes, so tracks left by other forest animals often get reported to Meldrum and Sasquatch enthusiasts as possible evidence. Decades of constant study taught Meldrum to sort the hoaxes and misidentification from the more tantalizing prospects. “People, they see what they want to see,” he said. “Sometimes, a pothole that bears a faint resemblance to an oblong footprint takes on undue significance. You have to sift through those, but, boy, the ones that remain. There’s something out there making tracks that defy explanation by any other means.” The information collected from supposed eyewitnesses hinges on credibility and sincerity, not to mention a keen ability to observe and record the scene. Meldrum said many supposed sightings contain insufficient data to determine authenticity. Footprint evidence is often more useful than reported sightings. Oftentimes, people unable to explain creatures spotted in the forest feel reluctant to report the incident due to concerns about credibility — or unwanted attention. “Some people are after their five minutes of fame and some people want to spite someone else by showing that they’re gullible in accepting something which they think is silly and outrageous,” Meldrum said. The closest Meldrum came to a faceto-face encounter occurred in Northern California, not far from the PattersonGimlin film site, and at a cabin on a remote lake in Ontario. In the Siskiyou Mountains near the California coast, not far from Sasquatch hotspot Blue Creek, a large creature brushed along the team’s tents amid pea-soup fog. Unable to catch a glimpse due to the fog, Meldrum and the others noticed 16-inch footprints around the tents. In Ontario, as Meldrum and a documentary film crew searched for evidence of Sasquatch, someone or something tossed rocks and cordwood on the cabin’s aluminum roof just after the team snuffed the lights for the night. “Critics will say we never saw what we were interacting with, but yet, we’re hundreds of miles from civilization, we’re at a location that’s only reasonably arrived at by floatplane and all six of us are accounted for inside the cabin, and something heaves a quartered chunk of cordwood onto the roof,” he said. “Unless bears have sprouted opposable thumbs, it’s kind of hard to imagine.” n
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Patrons celebrate the opening of the Union Tavern. The building that housed the establishment was repurposed as a restaurant before it was demolished in 2000 to make room for the Issaquah Library.
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Pistol duels. Free-for-all brawls. Bombings. These are just a few standout bar stories that permeate Issaquah’s rich history and its favorite drinking establishments along the way. Many of the early hotels — if not every hotel — in the area would have had a drinking establishment associated with the business as Issaquah became established as a municipality. “They knew that whenever the miners did get home, they were going to want to get a beer, to get a drink they enjoyed,” said Issaquah History Museums Executive Director Erica Maniez. “It made sense to have them right there in the boarding house, or they could walk down the block and go to a saloon.”
Edwards R. Fish Jr. outlined early saloons in the Oct. 18, 1962, edition of The Issaquah Press, noting it was far from difficult to find a place for a man (it was not socially acceptable for women to enter bars until much later) to get a drink in the early days of Issaquah.
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Bar and Clark’s Saloon. “It is not exactly coincidental that just about everyone who talks about the old saloons ends up by telling about the fights that frequently erupted in them,” Fish wrote. “In fact, it appears that free-for-alls were an accepted form
of recreation for some of the younger, wilder groups around town. The ‘scrap iron gang’ … often had the opportunity to defend the valor of Issaquah against the Swedes from Preston, loggers from up the lake or the Renton miners.” Fish and Maniez agree that saloons and bars were probably some of the first establishments erected as miners flooded Issaquah’s early days in the late 1880s and early 1890s. “I’m sure the first saloon was right before or right after the railroad reached town and coal mining really got started here,” Maniez said. “For sure, for positive, there were saloons popping up by 1892, because some of the first things the town council was dealing with were liquor licenses. That was the majority of the town council business for some time.”
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DRINKING ENDS IN RIOT Ed Cope and his friends John Cope and Patrick Curtis had likely just spent the better part of their day doing backbreaking work at one of Issaquah’s nearby coal mines. They entered the Bellevue saloon — a local Issaquah watering hole — on a Sunday night in late January 1903, joining about a dozen other men in the establishment that night. They were drinking. And they were drinking heavily. According to the deputy sheriff dispatched from Seattle to the saloon, trouble began when the town marshal attempted to arrest Ed Cope, who was a son of one of the deputy marshals in town — a move that didn’t sit well with, well, anybody. The town marshal tried to persuade Ed Cope to leave the saloon at the request of the barkeep, but he reportedly “refused absolutely to budge.” That’s when things disintegrated rapidly. As the marshal laid his hands on Ed Cope to forcibly eject him from the establishment, Ed turned and struck the marshal full in the face, knocking him to the floor. Two other deputies rushed to the marshal’s aid, only to be swarmed, beat-
en and pounced on by the inebriated young miners drinking there. “In a short time, there was a freefor-all fight in which both officers were badly used up,” an article about the incident in the Feb. 4, 1903, Seattle Daily Times states. “Another deputy named Cameron heard of the trouble and ran to the saloon. He had no sooner entered the door until he was jumped upon and beaten almost into insensibility.” The young Ed Cope’s father appeared on the scene, advising all three instigators to submit to arrest as the best way out of the difficulty. They agreed, following the advice of the elder Cope, accompanying him to the town jail, where they were subsequently incarcerated. That could have been the end of a tiresome — albeit interesting — night, but friends of the prisoners demanded the judge fix the bail for all of the boys. He refused on the grounds of the incident’s seriousness and the unavailability of vetted full facts of what had happened in the saloon. “The refusal of Judge Heaton to fix the bail of the assailants of the town officers infuriated the crowd that had gathered in front of the official’s house,” the Times article states. “They swore, it is claimed, that if he did not fix the bail they would break open the jail and then tar and feather Heaton.” The judge became so frightened by the mob that the responding deputy sheriff from Seattle stayed the night at the judge’s house for protection. The crowd broke down the door of the jail and the two Copes, along with Curtis, were allowed to meander out. Meanwhile, the saloon keeper had cleared the bar of the injured officers, who were sent home to mend, and locked up for the night — to the bewilderment of the crowd. They reportedly returned to the drinking place to continue the evening. A prosecuting attorney later issued warrants for the arrest Ed Cope, John Cope and Curtis—all charged with assault and battery with the intent to commit murder — as ringleaders of the mob. The Times article states that the behavior in the crowd was not all that uncommon for Issaquah’s miners, 42 ISSAQUAH LIVING
although this was the most serious incident to date. “A few years ago, Sheriff Moyer was forced to take a special train to Issaquah with deputies aboard to prevent the lynching of a man who had raised a Spanish flag in town and was said to have cursed the President and United States government,” the article states. Quiet, in that instance, “was secured without bloodshed.”
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PISTOL DUEL ERUPTS It was 9:45 p.m. at Soyen’s saloon in Issaquah when a pistol duel broke out between the town marshal, J.H. Case, and John Condotti, a non-union miner. Six rounds were fired off in the bar brawl, but no one was hit or injured, according to the July 14, 1904, edition of the Seattle Star. Tony Condotti, the son of John Condotti, had resisted arrest for a similar offense a week prior to the pistol duel. Both men were arrested on their way to work. “All is quiet today,” the Star article states. “The Condottis are out on bail.”
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SHOOTING INJURES REVELERS Gunfire drew headlines in Issaquah again after a man reportedly opened fire at the Lake Sammamish Inn, which likely boasted its own drinking spot, during a nighttime dance party. In what was described as “a most regrettable affair,” Andrew Darst was shot in the abdomen, Truman Hume was shot in the chest and Eddie Parker was shot in the right groin. “Three popular young men were sent to hospitals with wounds from a revolver held by Earnest Hale, lessee of the resort,” the Jan. 23, 1941, issue of The Issaquah Press states. Reports about the incident were so varied, it was nearly impossible to say what exactly happened.
“Most seem to agree on the following: Hale struck Parker over the head with a ball bat,” The Press article states. “Hale was knocked down by Parker and fired all tree (sic) shots from the floor.” Parker and Hume apparently attempted to transport themselves home, but “swooned near the Pickering corner and were afterwards brought to town for first aid and taken to the hospital.” Darst was transported to the hospital immediately via ambulance, where he was given numerous blood transfusions and reports on his condition were encouraging. “The last report from Parker was that the head blow was giving more trouble than the shot to the groin,” The Press article states. Hale was taken into custody and held in a Seattle jail.
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EXPLOSION LEVELS TAVERN Many people who want to dismiss Issaquah as a quiet, sleepy town inca-
pable of bar brawls and drunken misdeeds need only take a short journey back to 1980 to know it wasn’t always that way. They need only go back to a time when a popular watering hole — the Waterhole — was blown to smithereens. Waterhole Tavern owner Dave Brumpton reportedly had plans to reopen the bar as a topless club in Issaquah after it had temporarily shut down in June 1980. The new joint was marketed with “Girls-Girls-Girls! Live! On Stage!” signs, and amateur nights were planned for Wednesdays, according to Jean Cerar, a docent at the Issaquah History Museums. (Never fear, ladies, there were even all-inclusive plans for male dancers on Sunday nights.) But before the plans could get off the ground, a suspected Seattle mob member and strip club extraordinaire added his own flare to the mix. Ed Mott, an Issaquah policeman at the time, said in an oral history interview conducted by the Issaquah History Museums, that the mobster pressured Brumpton to include him in the revamp of the Waterhole.
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“There was an individual, [Frank] Colacurcio [Sr.],” Mott said, “who was kind of the godfather of all the strip clubs in the area, who came to him and said, ‘You hire my girls, you put my soda machines in there, you put my cigarette machines in there. And that’s the way we’re going to run it, and I get a cut.’” Brumpton reportedly refused, and a couple of nights later, the place was blown sky high in an explosion at about 11:30 p.m. Aug. 28 that was heard by residents throughout the area. “The area was strewn with yellow crime scene tape,” Cerar said. “The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms had taken over the investigation, a sure sign that arson was suspected. Witnesses working at Hi-Lo on the night of the fire said there was a small explosion, followed by a huge blast that sent a ball of flame 100 feet into the air, and then another four or five smaller explosions.” Responding firefighters from the Issaquah Fire Department and King County Fire District 10 estimated damages at about $250,000 and the Waterhole Tavern was never rebuilt. n
HOW TO
SURVIVE SUMMER VACATION
BY CHRISTINA
CORRALES-TOY
The summer months have arrived. School is out, the anticipation of summer weather is almost too much to bear, and now you’re ready to head outdoors and enjoy it. But wait! Before you head out the door, there are summer hazards to be aware of and ways to make sure you stay safe.
DS WATER HAZAR As the sun emerges and the temperatures rise, a nice dip in Lake Sammamish seems quite enticing. But before you whip out your bathing suit, slather on your sunscreen and grab that inner tube, make sure you know the important stuff. Last year, there were 18 drowning deaths in King County, according to Tony Gomez, manager of violence and injury prevention for Public Health - Seattle & King County.
Because of lingering cold weather, when it finally does warm up, rivers and streams may flow at a temperature of 35 degrees. Water that cold can be deadly. “Water that is that cold causes a person to become disabled in a matter of seconds, then rescue is just about impossible because of the dangerous, deep and cold conditions,” Gomez said. So, for now, he recommends satisfying your wa-
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ter needs by visiting lifeguarded swimming pools, such as Issaquah’s Julius Boehm Pool, just until the water warms up later in the summer. If you do decide to venture into cool waters, it is vital to wear a life jacket. “Life jackets aren’t guaranteed to save lives in every situation, but they’re pretty darn effective in preventing drowning deaths,” Gomez said.
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As roads dry and the sun emerges, a great way to enjoy Issaquah, get around and get some exercise is to hop on a bike. As more people ride bikes in summer, Gomez wants to remind people of the importance of wearing a helmet. Not only can it prevent serious injury, but it’s also the law in King County. “When you wear a helmet, a helmet prevents brain
or head injury anywhere from 65 to 85 percent of the time,” said Tony Gomez, manager of violence and injury prevention for Public Health - Seattle & King County. Gomez also reminds drivers to give bicyclists plenty of room. Be patient and only pass when it is safe. “If drivers would take just a few seconds to plan a safe pass around bicyclists, it works better for everybody,” he said.
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After a long day outside enjoying the summer weather, there’s nothing more annoying than discovering those red, itchy bumps all over your arms and legs. The mosquitoes have triumphed yet again. Not only are mosquitoes a general nuisance, but they may also carry dangerous diseases such as West Nile virus, according to Sharon Hopkins, the veterinarian for Public Health - Seattle & King County. One of the best ways to combat mosquitoes during summer is to control sources of mosquito breed-
ing. Mosquitoes breed in standing water. So in places where water does not circulate, such as standing water on a rooftop, gutters or on top of a pool cover, residents should dump the liquid. Mosquitoes are generally worst during the evening. Hopkins suggests wearing long sleeves and long pants, exposing the least amount of skin as possible, when going outside at night. Mosquito repellant is also a good idea. To keep the critters out of your house, Hopkins advises everyone to keep screens on their windows.
Hiking is all good and fun, but what happens if you stumble upon a bear? A bear sighting is not an uncommon occurrence in the Issaquah area. There aren’t necessarily more bears during the summer, but as people spend more time outdoors, the animal’s presence is more noticeable. People have seen bears while hiking the trails near Tradition Lake, in town near the Rainier Trail and even in an occasional backyard. The good thing is that bears usually try to avoid people. Furthermore, black bears, the kind found in Issaquah, are not normally aggressive. Still, Matt Mechler, the open TERS
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Issaquah is full of scenic trails and familyfriendly walks. What better time to visit your favorite hiking trail than summertime? Hiking is a great way to enjoy all that the picturesque Northwest has to offer and get exercise at the same time. But as more people enjoy hiking in the summer, it is important to remember to stay prepared for any dangers, according to Matt Mechler, the open space steward for the Issaquah Parks & Recreation Department. It’s important for people to remember to bring basic essentials on a hike. Nutrition, water and sun protection are especially important on warm summer days. As always, remember to bring some sort of insulation, navigation, first aid, illumination and emergency shelter just in case a hiker gets lost. Mechler also suggests telling a friend or family member where you are going to hike and when you plan to be back. “Making sure people are prepared when they go out hiking is the main thing,” he said. “Be prepared for the conditions you’re going out in, be it the weather or the trails.”
space steward for the Issaquah Parks & Recreation Department, says there are simple steps that people can take to ensure safety during a bear encounter. It should go without saying, but do not approach the bear, especially if there are cubs nearby. Mechler says it’s important to leave the bear an escape route and give it plenty of space. Also, be sure to stay calm and identify yourself as a human by standing, waving your hands above your head or by talking. Taking these steps should ensure that the bear will leave you alone.
IQ QUAH A S IS So, you think you know Issaquah? Is the city just another buttoned-up suburb? Nope. Issaquah is home to more than 30,000 people — and more than a century of secrets. Issaquah anecdotes stretch deep into the past and continue into the 21st century. Look beyond the basics to discover tidbits and trivia. Test your Issaquah IQ.
12. WHICH SPECIES FROM HABITAT IN ASIA IS NOT AMONG THE COUGAR MOUNTAIN ZOO COLLECTION?
A B
C D
SARUS CRANE BENGAL TIGER
INDIAN ELEPHANT SIBERIAN REINDEER
13. WHERE DID THE 8-TON STATUE OF VLADIMIR LENIN ORIGINATE BEFORE COMING TO ISSAQUAH AND, LATER, FREMONT?
A B
C D
RUSSIA BELARUS
POLAND CZECH REPUBLIC
14. THE MILITARY INSTALLED MISSILES ON WHICH PEAK TO SHOOT DOWN SOVIET BOMBERS IN CASE THE COLD WAR TURNED HOT?
A B
TIGER MOUNTAIN SQUAK MOUNTAIN
C D
COUGAR MOUNTAIN TAYLOR MOUNTAIN
15. HOW MANY CHINOOK SALMON EGGS DID WORKERS AND VOLUNTEERS COLLECT AT THE ISSAQUAH SALMON HATCHERY IN 2011?
BY WARREN KAGARISE
A B
750,000 1.25 MILLION
C D
1.75 MILLION 2.5 MILLION
16. IN 1971, AIRLINE HIJACKER D.B. COOPER USED A PARACHUTE FROM THE ISSAQUAH SKYPORT WHEN HE JUMPED FROM THE JET.
A B
WINE
LAUNDRY DETERGENT
C D
TOILET PAPER
ROTISSERIE CHICKENS
2. WHICH MAGAZINE NAMED ISSAQUAH — NICKNAMED TRAILHEAD CITY — AS A TOP OUTDOOR RECREATION DESTINATION?
A B
OUTSIDE FIELD & STREAM
C D
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED BACKPACKER
3. IN WHICH EVENT DID CHOCOLATIER JULIUS BOEHM COMPETE FOR AUSTRIA IN THE 1924 SUMMER OLYMPICS IN PARIS?
A B
110-METER HURDLES 3,000-METER TEAM RACE
C D
4X400-METER RELAY MARATHON
4. WHAT SONG BY ISSAQUAH-FORMED MODEST MOUSE REACHED NO. 1 ON BILLBOARD MODERN ROCK TRACKS CHART IN 2004?
A B
‘DASHBOARD’ ‘FLOAT ON’
C D
‘OCEAN BREATHES SALTY’ ‘HEART COOKS BRAIN’
5. HOW MANY PEOPLE ATTENDED THE FIRST SALMON DAYS FESTIVAL IN 1970, LONG BEFORE THE CELEBRATION EXPANDED?
A B
15,000 30,000
C D
60,000 120,000
7. WHAT NAME DID CITY FOUNDERS CHOOSE FOR ISSAQUAH IN 1892 TO INCORPORATE THE REMOTE OUTPOST?
A B
C D
SQUAK
GILMAN
OLNEY
SAMMAMISH
8. THE ONLY OTHER REMAINING TRIPLE XXX ROOTBEER DRIVE-IN IN THE UNITED STATES DISHES UP BURGERS IN WHICH STATE?
A B
C D
INDIANA OHIO
ILLINOIS MISSOURI
9. WHICH BEER INGREDIENT DID FARMERS ONCE GROW IN ISSAQUAH BEFORE APHIDS DECIMATED THE CROP IN THE 1890S?
A B
C D
HOPS BARLEY
RICE CORN
10. WHAT MUSICAL DID VILLAGE THEATRE PERFORMERS PRESENT IN THE DOWNTOWN ISSAQUAH PLAYHOUSE’S 1979 DEBUT?
A B
‘MY FAIR LADY’ ‘HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING’
C D
A B
C D
1930 1929
JIMMY CARTER GEORGE H.W. BUSH
C D
TRUE
1932 1940
GERALD FORD
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FALSE
18. IN 1924, ISSAQUAH HOSTED 13,000 PEOPLE AT THE LARGEST KU KLUX KLAN RALLY EVER HELD IN WESTERN WASHINGTON. TRUE
FALSE
19. ISSAQUAH HIGH USES PURPLE AND GOLD BECAUSE THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON DONATED THE ORIGINAL UNIFORMS. TRUE
FALSE
20. ISSAQUAH LEADERS ONCE SUGGESTED LAKE SAMMAMISH STATE PARK AS A POSSIBLE SITE FOR THE 1962 SEATTLE WORLD’S FAIR. TRUE
FALSE
HOW MANY DID YOU ANSWER CORRECTLY?
‘OKLAHOMA!’
6. WHICH EX-PRESIDENT ATTRACTED A CROWD OF MORE THAN 1,500 FANS TO A BOOK-SIGNING EVENT AT COSTCO IN 2004?
A B
17. THE ISSAQUAH ALPS — COUGAR, SQUAK AND TIGER MOUNTAINS — FORMED FROM MILLENNIA OF VOLCANIC ACTIVITY.
‘CAMELOT’
11. IN WHAT YEAR DID THE HISTORIC ISSAQUAH THEATRE DEBUT MOTION PICTURES WITH SOUND?
FALSE
1 TO 5 REALLY? DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE ISSAQUAH? 6 TO 10 SO, YOU CAN PRONOUNCE ISSAQUAH AND, MAYBE, FIND IT ON A MAP. 11 TO 15 CONGRATULATIONS, YOU’RE ALMOST A BONA FIDE ISSAQUAHN. 16 TO 20 WOW! YOU MUST BE DESCENDED FROM ISSAQUAH PIONEERS.
ANSWERS
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. B 8. A 9. A 10. B 11. A 12. C 13. D 14. C 15. C 16. TRUE 17. FALSE 18. TRUE 19. TRUE 20. TRUE
1. WHAT IS THE NO. 1 ITEM SOLD AT MORE THAN 600 WAREHOUSES WORLDWIDE BY ISSAQUAH-BASED COSTCO? HINT: NO. 2.
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Snoqualmie Tribe
Proud to Invest in Our Community Over $2 million donated in the past 2 years!
Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust Seattle Aquarium
National Parks Conservancy Association Wild Fish Conservancy
University of Washington
Mt Si High School Booster Club Red Cross – Seattle Chapter
Issaquah Salmon Days
Moyer Foundation
Swedish Hospital
SIFF
Bellevue Art Museum
Seattle Symphony
Mt Si Helping Hand Food Bank
Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation
KUOW – NPR Woodland Park Zoo
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