The Issaquah Press
Council considers fingerprint measure City Council members could decide to support a King County property tax measure to generate dollars for police fingerprint services. Before the council acts, citizens can offer input on the proposal at a public hearing. The council meets to consider the measure at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 4 in the Council Chambers at City Hall South, 135 E. Sunset Way. The property tax levy, Proposition 1, appears on the November ballot. The measure is meant to fund the Automated Fingerprint Identification System, or AFIS, a regional police fingerprint identification service. Issaquah officers used information from AFIS 2,100 times last year. The proposed renewal levy rate is 5.92 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation, or about $20.72 per year for a $350,000 home. The measure is expected to generate about $119 million overall through property tax revenue.
Practice fire safety during holiday weekend Officials reminded the public to practice fire safety as residents head outside to celebrate Labor
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coho than the 2011 forecast. The projected total for the Lake Washington watershed, including Issaquah Creek, is 17,598 fish. Officials predicted for the summer and autumn chinook salmon returns to Puget Sound to total about 224,165 fish — fewer than the 243,000 chinook projected for 2011. The chinook return is comprised mostly of hatchery fish. The projected total return to the Issaquah hatchery is 4,728 chinook. The annual forecast announcement is the
Day weekend. Though the King County burn ban expires Sept. 1, other local restrictions remain in place. Department of Natural Resources officials set a summer burn ban for Tiger Mountain State Forest and other state lands from July 1 to Sept. 30. On state forestlands, users can build recreational fires in approved fire pits within designated state, county, municipal or other campgrounds. Eastside Fire & Rescue imposed a summer burn ban June 15 for residents in Issaquah, Sammamish and nearby communities. The moratorium is in effect through Sept. 30. For Labor Day cookouts, propane, natural gas and charcoal fires do not require a burn permit.
Protect horses, humans from West Nile virus The state veterinarian issued a reminder Aug. 22 to vaccinate horses against West Nile virus, as health officials reported a spike in human cases nationwide. Veterinarians have had success in using vaccines for protection against West Nile virus, a potentially fatal disease in horses. Washington led the nation in confirmed equine cases in 2009 (72 cases)
BY THE NUMBERS 2011 Issaquah Creek salmon run Issaquah Salmon Hatchery crews and Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery members spawned chinook and coho salmon. Chinook 42,954 adult chinook trapped 41.7 million eggs colinitial indicator of salmon returns to the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery along Issaquah Creek. The hatchery spawns and raises coho and chinook. In order to formulate the annual forecasts,
and 2008 (41 cases). Mosquitoes spread West Nile virus after the insects feed on infected birds. Infected horses do not spread the disease to other horses, humans or other animals. Ill horses show a loss of coordination, loss of appetite, confusion, fever, and stiffness and muscle weakness, particularly in the hindquarters. Learn more about West Nile virus from the state Department of Health at www.doh.wa.gov/WNV.
1980s archives go online for readers Issaquah prepared for decades of explosive growth in the 1980s, and The Issaquah Press documented the decisions responsible for shaping the modern community. Now, readers can catch up on milestones from the 1980s. Shelton-based SmallTownPapers Inc. has scanned archives from The Press’ 1982, 1985, 1986 and 1989 editions and posted the files online. Readers can access the archives through The Press’ website, www. issaquahpress.com. Click the link on the homepage for “Archives” and then follow the link labeled “Click here to search or browse Issaquah Press print archives.”
lected 41,018 adult chinook allowed upstream to spawn Coho 44,460 adult coho trapped 41.2 million eggs collected 41,032 coho allowed upstream to spawn Source: Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery
scientists measure the number of wild smolts, or juvenile salmon, departing freshwater at locations around Puget Sound. Hatcheries also record the number of juvenile salmon released each year.
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in depth, especially related to the brain, so I thought this was an excellent opportunity to get some awareness and exposure to that.” Kunal, a 15-year-old Issaquah High School student, participated in the event with an eye toward exploring a potential future in medicine. “I am interested in the medical field and I still don’t know what kind of doctor I want to be,” he said. “So something like this would help me choose what I want my profession to be.” The day began with a presentation from Foltz, who showed the group a video of a brain surgery he performed just days before. Next, participants, dressed in scrubs and gloves, had the opportunity to work with instruments like the ones Foltz used in his surgery. The Gupta brothers eagerly tested every instrument. From using a drill to remove a bone flap from a plastic skull, to dissolving the inner part of an orange with a tool that does the same to tumors, the brothers appreciated working with the high-tech tools and learning the intricacies of brain surgery. “Being able to see all the various equipment they had was great,” Kanav said. “The biotechnology that goes into making all these different tools and
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Rut’s driving record indicated he had four prior DUI convictions within the past 10 years, so the latest arrest became a felony DUI case. The revision of the implied consent law allows for a blood draw for felony DUI without the suspect’s consent. State law requires a
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 • such is quite amazing.” The best part of the hands-on workshop, the Gupta brothers said, was getting a close view of an actual human brain. “I really liked looking at the brain,” Kunal said. “It was just a fascinating experience.” After the hands-on skills session, the participants went on a behind-thescenes tour of the Ben and Catherine Ivy Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment and its research lab. The event ended with a question-and-answer session with a brain cancer survivor and Foltz. In his presentation, Foltz said brain cancer is highly aggressive and incurable, with a survival rate of only one or two years. He added that, during surgery, he can effectively remove a brain tumor 85 percent of the time. So, one of the keys to curing the disease, he said, is to prevent reoccurrence of the tumor. The goal of the Ben and Catherine Ivy Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment is to provide brain tumor patients with a multidisciplinary team of doctors whose entire focus is to treat both benign and malignant brain tumors. “We set up this center with the idea that we were going to optimize each patient’s chances of survival,” Foltz said. Almost 100 people entered for a chance to participate in the event. Due to space limitations, 25 people were randomly chosen to attend. Attendees ranged in age from 15 to 74.
breath or blood test for DUI suspects. Under the old rules, a suspect could refuse the test, but he or she faced a yearlong license suspension and stiffer penalties. Rut had four other occupants in the vehicle during the stop, including the three children. The enhanced penalties for minors in the vehicle at the time of a felony DUI arrest went into effect June 7. Rut remains in custody at the King County Jail on $530,000 bail.
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Seattle with Sen. Scoop Jackson. There was Ted Bundy’s conviction in Florida. There were even three times the AP used a photo by me. So, today when you are emailing or posting hundreds of color pictures that all your friends in the world can see instantly, consider a bygone era when sending photos around the world was once real work! And in some ways it was the best job I ever had.
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each person spending $20, individually? What about pooling the cash, going to Costco and buying in bulk and stretching those dollars as far as they will go? (Or ordering in bulk some other way.) Costco is more “local” business than Office Depot, with Costco’s worldwide headquarters here. But what’s the intent of a cash mob? I thought the intent was to allow local businesses to profit. Something went askew here in the planning if that’s the intent of the chamber’s cash mob events. Bernadette E. Anne
Jim Sinegal endorses President Barack Obama This man is a communist, just like his communist master, Obama! If you have a Costco card, cut it in half and send it back to this communist company! Sam’s Club is way cheaper on their membership and prices, and they are run by American patriots who believe in the U.S. Constitution! Donald Ray Dean