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Facebook, friends lead police to suspect in Skyline threat
By Warren Kagarise wkagarise@isspress.com Police said a trail of Facebook comments led investigators to a suspect in the Sept. 20 shooting threat against Skyline High School. Facebook taunts directed at Skyline High School students linked the incident to a 16-yearold Edmonds boy, a former Skyline student. Police said Parker N. Mace posted the Skyline threat on the online bulletin
board 4chan just before midnight Sept. 19. Then, after frightened Skyline students created a Facebook group to discuss the threat, police said Mace posted mocking comments. The taunts, plus information from friends, led police to a surprising arrest in the case. King County prosecutors filed a felony harassment charge against Mace on Oct. 4, after King County Chief Juvenile Court Judge Helen Halpert ordered
electronic home detention and restricted computer access for him. Mace pleaded not guilty to the charge Oct. 5. The maximum penParker N. Mace alty for felony harassment is up to five years in prison and a
$10,000 fine. Police arrested Mace at home in Edmonds early Oct. 2. Investigators said he did not seem surprised as officers arrived. In the 4chan post, the user outlined plans to take a submachine gun and “open fire on the people in the commons” the next morning and continue until the ammunition ran out, or law enforcement officers killed the shooter. The post made a specific reference to “jocks” as “the biggest
offender” and also said “the people at that school use their wealth and social status to act superior to others.” Issaquah School District administrators decided to close Skyline the next day in response to the threat and raced to notify parents into the early morning hours. Absences increased by 70 percent throughout the school See ARREST, Page A5
Mayor eyes property tax hike By Warren Kagarise wkagarise@isspress.com Issaquah homeowners can expect to pay about $5 more in property taxes next year, if City Council members adopt a 1 percent rate hike to fund long-term projects. The property tax increase, proposed Oct. 1 by Mayor Ava Frisinger, is not expected to generate much next year. If enacted, city officials expect to raise only $69,707 — a drop in a proposed $35 million general fund budget. The decision to raise the property tax rate by the maximum See BUDGET, Page A5
Meet local candidates at forum By Warren Kagarise wkagarise@isspress.com Hear from the candidates for offices in Olympia and Washington, D.C., at a candidate forum cosponsored by The Issaquah Press, the American Association of University Women and the League of Women Voters. The lineup for the Oct. 18 forum includes candidates for the state House of Representatives and state Senate, plus a candidate to represent Issaquah in Congress. The forum includes candidates in contested and uncontested races. The event is not a debate. Candidates offer opening statements to the audience and then answer a series of questions from the moderator, Press Publisher Debbie Berto. The forum is meant to offer voters a chance to learn about local candidates as the clock ticks down to Election Day. King County Elections is due to mail ballots to voters by Oct. 19. Voters can join the event in the Council Chambers at Issaquah City Hall South. Or, Issaquah residents can also watch the candidate forum live on the local government access channel, ICTV Channel 21. The candidates at the forum include the hopefuls for state Senate seats in the 5th Legislative District and the neighboring 41st Legislative District. See FORUM, Page A6
Photos by Greg Farrar
Thousands of visitors to Salmon Days fill Sunset Way on a warm and sunny Saturday to help set an attendance record for the annual two-day festival. Below, the Colors of Hawaii Kau’ Lio Pa’u Riders are applauded by spectators Oct. 6 during the Salmon Days Grande Parade.
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Unseasonably warm weather greets visitors for fun, sun at Salmon Days By Christina Corrales-Toy newcastle@isspress.com The calendar says it is October. The changing colors of the tree leaves suggest that autumn is in the air and the endless stream of chinook congregating at the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery definitely confirms it. But last weekend, a little
piece of summer snuck its way into October, a pleasant surprise for the approximately 180,000 people who flooded downtown Issaquah for this year’s Salmon Days Festival. For the first time in a few years, visitors were graced with two perfect days of weather at the annual festival Oct 6-7. It was the sunshine and cloudless sky that prob-
ably contributed to one of the largest crowds the event has ever had, Salmon Days Festival Director Robin Kelley said. “A lot of it is the weather,” she said. “You can come out and just enjoy yourself even if you weren’t necessarily planning to come to buy art, but
SLIDESHOW See more photos from the Salmon Days Festival on Page B1 and in a slideshow at www.issaquahpress.com.
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Highlands tenants to include RAM Restaurant & Brewery By Warren Kagarise wkagarise@isspress.com Tenants for the long-awaited retail complex in the Issaquah Highlands include local restaurants and a beauty supply store, city officials announced Oct. 2, not long before project
developers plan to unveil a more complete list of retailers. The latest announcement for the $70 million highlands project, called Grand Ridge Plaza, adds RAM Restaurant & Brewery, Big Fish Grill and ULTA Beauty to the lineup alongside a Regal Cinemas multiplex, and
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a Safeway and associated gas station. Lucy Sloman, city land development manager, and Keith Niven, city economic development director, announced the latest additions to the Urban Village Development Commission. The project developer, Re-
“It’s really a walk down memory lane of one of the most amazing performers ever.”
— Kristi King Vocalist who is putting on Doris Day show Oct. 14 at the First Stage Theatre (See story on Page B8.)
gency Centers, and highlands developer Port Blakely Communities plan to release the names of more tenants at a community meeting Oct. 10. In another major development for the highlands, Microsoft
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