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75 cents Issaquah’s only locally owned newspaper www.issaquahpress.com THE I SS AQUAHP RE SS THE I SS AQUAHP RE SS THE I SS AQUAHP RE SS Wednesday, August 27, 2014 BACK TO SCHOOL Schools bolster ‘culture of kindness’ — Page 6 IT’S A GIRL! First salmon spotted returning in Issaquah Creek Premier Retirement Living Presented by the Issaquah History Museum eraliving.com “Issaquah’s Cast of Characters” Thursday, September 4 at 10:30 am • RSVP at (425) 200-0331 University House Issaquah • 22975 SE Black Nugget Rd, Issaquah, WA 98029 FREE LECTURE By Neil Pierson [email protected] Staff members, parents and students at Apollo and Issaquah Valley elementary schools have been waiting years for their buildings to be refurbished, and their wishes will be granted when school starts Sept. 3. The two elementary schools were major pieces of a $219 mil- lion bond measure that Issaquah School District voters approved in April 2012. Issaquah Valley and Apollo received about $6.6 million each for similar modern- ization projects that focused on creating additional classroom spaces, improving building security and upgrading existing spaces for a continued influx of new students. The district is expecting to add 350 students in the 2014-15 year, and projections released last year showed the school system could grow by more than 2,800 students over the next 30 years. Much of the boom could take place in downtown Issaquah, making Issaquah Valley a prime location for expansion now. The school, built in 1969, housed about 560 students last year. Eight new classrooms — enough room for 130 new students — are part of the multimillion-dollar upgrades. Apollo, in the East Renton Highlands, had an enrollment of 620 students last year. The school built in 1970 underwent a major remodel in 1995. Like Issaquah Valley, it has also expanded its footprint with eight new classrooms and more small- group instructional spaces. At the Issaquah School Board’s Aug. 13 meeting, district Director of Capital Projects Steve Craw- ford said the buildings are virtu- ally complete — some exterior trim work, curb construction and parking lot paving remains — and staff members were able to start moving into the new spaces in early August. “The inside is finished and ready to go,” Crawford said. Liberty High School will also open with freshly-renovated fa- cilities. The three-phase modern- ization project there — complet- ed at a cost of $44.6 million — is the school’s first major refurbish- ment since 1998. Crawford said Aug. 13 that several items needed to be completed during the final weeks of August, including carpeting, flooring and ceiling tiles. Staff members were prepared for a “rolling move-in,” Crawford said. The first new furniture and class- room materials were scheduled By Peter Clark [email protected] Issaquah’s planned Human Services Campus has made its way back to the City Council for discussion. Service organizations AtWork!, of Issaquah, and the Together Center, of Redmond, have long worked to develop an Issaquah campus that would incorporate a number of local nonprofit organi- zations under one roof. A search for a location to house the campus held the proj- ect up until last year. Now, with a location in mind, the two orga- nizations will work on a three- party agreement with the city to see the plan come to fruition. The Council Services and Safety Committee agreed Aug. 4 to move forward an agenda bill calling to develop an agreement and extend the timeframe of the $965,000 the city committed toward the project. “We’re very excited to get down to the brass tacks of a pre- development meeting with the city,” Pam Mauk, executive direc- tor at the Together Center, said. “They’ve certainly been a party all along.” Though the bill does little more than maintain the administra- tion’s support for the campus and call for the agreement, it is seen as an achievement to many inside the project. “From my point of view, the agenda bill is a big step for us,” Together Center board member and former Issaquah City Coun- cilman John Rittenhouse said. “This formalizes a relationship with the city, who will guide and govern some of the early stages of development.” City officials have long champi- oned such a campus. “For many years going back, the city has been supportive of a human services campus in Issaquah,” David Fujimoto, the city’s Sustainability Department director, said. “It came out in the last decade when the To- gether Center in Redmond came together.” The agenda bill had no trouble making its way out of committee and will reach the full council in coming months. The decision to Human Services Campus plans move forward BY GREG FARRAR Above, the Liberty High School football coaching staff was drenched in ice water Aug. 21 as it accept- ed the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge from Isaiah Valach, son of head coach Steve Valach. In turn, the Patriots challenged the staffs at Issaquah and Skyline high schools. Donations to support research to find a cure for Lou Gehrig’s Disease and providing vital services to patients and their families can be made at www. alsa.org/donate. At left, Dr. Nadine Egger gets two buckets dumped on her during the Egger Orthodontics ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on Aug. 21. Challenge yourself: Shoot a video of your ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and email us about it at editor@ isspress.com. The best video wins dinner for two to Sip. CHALLENGES ANSWERED District finishes school projects, delays others By Benjamin Marcus Looking to get away from the shady turf of your office and catch some rays on the sunny surface of Lake Sammamish? Kayaking, sailing, wakeboard- ing and waterskiing are still pop- ular, but more people are taking to the water on standup paddle- boards — aka SUP: cruising both sides of the lake, checking out the fancy homes, getting close to otters, beavers and bald eagles and maybe getting all Huck Finn with a trip up Tibbetts Creek or Issaquah Creek. Standup paddleboarding has reached the shores of Lake Sammamish. Standup paddlers balance on long, wide surfboards and propel themselves through the water with a single-bladed paddle. Many standup paddlers are former kayakers and surf- ers who find the upright position more comfortable, more liberat- ing and more fun. You can see a lot more under, above and around you on a standup paddleboard. At Tibbetts Beach on Lake Sam- mamish, there is a small colony of dedicated standup paddlers who bring their fancy race and touring boards down to the beach to paddle for miles, preparing for races or just staying in shape. But there is an even greater number of visitors who have heard about it or seen it and want to find out about the new sensation. The rental and hot dog ki- Standup paddling is all the rage at lake this summer By Peter Clark [email protected] Local veteran-founded busi- ness Combat Flip Flops has secured more than $15,000 in crowd-sourced funding to launch another product. The Cashmagh is a cashmere shemagh, or scarf. The mate- rial is sourced from goats in Afghanistan, and then processed and woven in India. The money was raised through VetLaunch (www.vet- launchusa.com), which began its mission to fund veteran-owned small businesses July 4. “We wanted to be a front- runner,” Combat Flip Flops co-founder and former Army Ranger Matthew Griffin, “Griff” to his friends, said. “We ran a couple of crowd-funding cam- paigns before. We know how those things work.” The goals of VetLaunch aligned with those of Combat Flip Flops. “We have the same mentality to help vets transfer out of the military and set up for success,” Griffin said. “I knew they were the right place for us to set up this crowd-funding campaign.” The campaign that ended Aug. 18 not only funded the expansion plans of Combat Flip Flops to the tune of $17,740, but it also was the first completed drive on the site. That means a lot to VetLaunch founder Sean Mcintosh. “I was just fortunate to get in touch with Griff, and his cam- paign just took off,” Mcintosh said. “Overall, Griff’s campaign is just a great example of how vets can create their own jobs.” After 13 years in the Navy, the Kansas man said he wanted to get involved with helping vet- erans establish businesses and felt beginning a crowd-funding platform would serve as a step in the right direction. “It’s hard to borrow money right now, and banks do not count military experience as business experience,” Mcin- tosh said. “I saw the need for resources for veteran entrepre- neurs. VetLaunch really is that.” With the money, the Issaquah- based business can afford sourcing the cashmere, produc- tion and marketing to sell the product. “We knew if we were going to fund it, it would be outside of our current business,” Griffin said. “It’s too small for conven- tional bank lending and too big for our credit.” Why sell a cashmere shem- agh? “It fits within our model of Afghan production,” Griffin said, referring to the flip-flops made from combat boots that inspired the whole business. “This can help lead to peace and prosper- ity, and no conflict.” It also was a product that spoke to Griffin personally. “I build products for me,” he said. “Most shemaghs are made of cotton or polyester. No one had made a perfect one.” He said it works as a comfort- able survival piece that he takes with him bow hunting. Kate Ketschek, who handles public relations for Combat Flip Combat Flip Flops expands its catalog through crowd-funding See COMBAT, Page 2 BY CONTRIBUTED Matthew Griffin, Combat Flip Flops founder, models the Cashmagh, a new product line for the business. See PROJECTS, Page 3 See CAMPUS, Page 3 See PADDLING, Page 3 Lindsay Lambert bends into a scorpion pose on a standup paddle- board, just off- shore of Tibbetts Beach. BY JARED POSTON BY ASHLEY GARRELS

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The Issaquah PressThe Issaquah PressThe Issaquah PressWednesday, August 27, 2014

BACK TO SCHOOLSchools bolster ‘culture of kindness’ — Page 6

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By Neil [email protected]

Staff members, parents and students at Apollo and Issaquah Valley elementary schools have been waiting years for their buildings to be refurbished, and their wishes will be granted when school starts Sept. 3.

The two elementary schools were major pieces of a $219 mil-lion bond measure that Issaquah School District voters approved in April 2012. Issaquah Valley and Apollo received about $6.6 million each for similar modern-ization projects that focused on creating additional classroom spaces, improving building security and upgrading existing spaces for a continued influx of new students.

The district is expecting to add 350 students in the 2014-15 year, and projections released last year showed the school system could grow by more than 2,800 students over the next 30 years.

Much of the boom could take place in downtown Issaquah, making Issaquah Valley a prime location for expansion now. The school, built in 1969, housed about 560 students last year. Eight new classrooms — enough room for 130 new students — are part of the multimillion-dollar upgrades.

Apollo, in the East Renton

Highlands, had an enrollment of 620 students last year. The school built in 1970 underwent a major remodel in 1995. Like Issaquah Valley, it has also expanded its footprint with eight new classrooms and more small-group instructional spaces.

At the Issaquah School Board’s Aug. 13 meeting, district Director of Capital Projects Steve Craw-ford said the buildings are virtu-ally complete — some exterior trim work, curb construction and parking lot paving remains — and staff members were able to start moving into the new spaces in early August.

“The inside is finished and ready to go,” Crawford said.

Liberty High School will also open with freshly-renovated fa-cilities. The three-phase modern-ization project there — complet-ed at a cost of $44.6 million — is the school’s first major refurbish-ment since 1998.

Crawford said Aug. 13 that several items needed to be completed during the final weeks of August, including carpeting, flooring and ceiling tiles. Staff members were prepared for a “rolling move-in,” Crawford said. The first new furniture and class-room materials were scheduled

By Peter [email protected]

Issaquah’s planned Human Services Campus has made its way back to the City Council for discussion.

Service organizations AtWork!, of Issaquah, and the Together Center, of Redmond, have long worked to develop an Issaquah campus that would incorporate a number of local nonprofit organi-zations under one roof.

A search for a location to house the campus held the proj-ect up until last year. Now, with a location in mind, the two orga-nizations will work on a three-party agreement with the city to see the plan come to fruition.

The Council Services and Safety Committee agreed Aug. 4 to move forward an agenda bill calling to develop an agreement and extend the timeframe of the $965,000 the city committed toward the project.

“We’re very excited to get down to the brass tacks of a pre-development meeting with the city,” Pam Mauk, executive direc-tor at the Together Center, said. “They’ve certainly been a party

all along.”Though the bill does little more

than maintain the administra-tion’s support for the campus and call for the agreement, it is seen as an achievement to many inside the project.

“From my point of view, the agenda bill is a big step for us,” Together Center board member and former Issaquah City Coun-cilman John Rittenhouse said. “This formalizes a relationship with the city, who will guide and govern some of the early stages of development.”

City officials have long champi-oned such a campus.

“For many years going back, the city has been supportive of a human services campus in Issaquah,” David Fujimoto, the city’s Sustainability Department director, said. “It came out in the last decade when the To-gether Center in Redmond came together.”

The agenda bill had no trouble making its way out of committee and will reach the full council in coming months. The decision to

Human Services Campus plans move forward

By GreG Farrar

Above, the Liberty High School football coaching staff was drenched in ice water Aug. 21 as it accept-ed the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge from Isaiah Valach, son of head coach Steve Valach. In turn, the Patriots challenged the staffs at Issaquah and Skyline high schools. Donations to support research to find a cure for Lou Gehrig’s Disease and providing vital services to patients and their families can be made at www.alsa.org/donate. At left, Dr. Nadine Egger gets two buckets dumped on her during the Egger Orthodontics ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on Aug. 21.Challenge yourself: Shoot a video of your ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and email us about it at [email protected]. The best video wins dinner for two to Sip.

CHALLENGES ANSWERED

District finishes school projects, delays others

By Benjamin Marcus

Looking to get away from the shady turf of your office and catch some rays on the sunny surface of Lake Sammamish?

Kayaking, sailing, wakeboard-ing and waterskiing are still pop-ular, but more people are taking to the water on standup paddle-boards — aka SUP: cruising both sides of the lake, checking out the fancy homes, getting close to otters, beavers and bald eagles and maybe getting all Huck Finn

with a trip up Tibbetts Creek or Issaquah Creek.

Standup paddleboarding has reached the shores of Lake Sammamish. Standup paddlers balance on long, wide surfboards and propel themselves through the water with a single-bladed paddle. Many standup paddlers are former kayakers and surf-ers who find the upright position more comfortable, more liberat-ing and more fun. You can see a lot more under, above and around you on a standup paddleboard.

At Tibbetts Beach on Lake Sam-mamish, there is a small colony of dedicated standup paddlers who bring their fancy race and touring boards down to the beach to paddle for miles, preparing for races or just staying in shape. But there is an even greater number of visitors who have heard about it or seen it and want to find out about the new sensation.

The rental and hot dog ki-

Standup paddling is all the rage at lake this summer

By Peter [email protected]

Local veteran-founded busi-ness Combat Flip Flops has secured more than $15,000 in crowd-sourced funding to launch another product.

The Cashmagh is a cashmere shemagh, or scarf. The mate-rial is sourced from goats in Afghanistan, and then processed and woven in India.

The money was raised through VetLaunch (www.vet-launchusa.com), which began its mission to fund veteran-owned small businesses July 4.

“We wanted to be a front-runner,” Combat Flip Flops co-founder and former Army Ranger Matthew Griffin, “Griff” to his friends, said. “We ran a couple of crowd-funding cam-paigns before. We know how those things work.”

The goals of VetLaunch aligned with those of Combat Flip Flops.

“We have the same mentality to help vets transfer out of the military and set up for success,” Griffin said. “I knew they were the right place for us to set up this crowd-funding campaign.”

The campaign that ended Aug. 18 not only funded the expansion plans of Combat Flip Flops to the tune of $17,740, but

it also was the first completed drive on the site. That means a lot to VetLaunch founder Sean Mcintosh.

“I was just fortunate to get in touch with Griff, and his cam-paign just took off,” Mcintosh said. “Overall, Griff’s campaign is just a great example of how vets can create their own jobs.”

After 13 years in the Navy, the Kansas man said he wanted to get involved with helping vet-erans establish businesses and felt beginning a crowd-funding platform would serve as a step in the right direction.

“It’s hard to borrow money right now, and banks do not

count military experience as business experience,” Mcin-tosh said. “I saw the need for resources for veteran entrepre-neurs. VetLaunch really is that.”

With the money, the Issaquah-based business can afford sourcing the cashmere, produc-tion and marketing to sell the product.

“We knew if we were going to fund it, it would be outside of our current business,” Griffin said. “It’s too small for conven-tional bank lending and too big for our credit.”

Why sell a cashmere shem-agh?

“It fits within our model of Afghan production,” Griffin said, referring to the flip-flops made from combat boots that inspired the whole business. “This can help lead to peace and prosper-ity, and no conflict.”

It also was a product that spoke to Griffin personally.

“I build products for me,” he said. “Most shemaghs are made of cotton or polyester. No one had made a perfect one.”

He said it works as a comfort-able survival piece that he takes with him bow hunting.

Kate Ketschek, who handles public relations for Combat Flip

Combat Flip Flops expands its catalog through crowd-funding

See COMBAT, Page 2

By ContriButed

Matthew Griffin, Combat Flip Flops founder, models the Cashmagh, a new product line for the business.

See PROJECTS, Page 3

See CAMPUS, Page 3

See PADDLING, Page 3

Lindsay Lambert

bends into a

scorpion pose on a

standup paddle-

board, just off-shore of Tibbetts Beach.

By Jared

Poston

By ashley Garrels

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Arena Sports, the parent company that purchased the Sammamish Club, is changing the name to Is-saquah Fitness.

The name change, official

Sept. 1, is to alleviate confu-sion about where the club is.

“When the Sammamish Club was originally started, the city of Sammamish did not exist,” Ramon Velas-quez, general manager the club, said in a news release. “The club actu-

ally resides in the city of Issaquah not Sammamish. We are proud to announce that we will be changing our name to Issaquah Fit-ness to better reflect our location and our purpose.”

The club is at 2115 N.W. Poplar Way. Call 313-3131.

Flops, said the Cashmagh could make a real impact in Afghanistan as well.

“Afghanistan is the world’s third largest cashmere producer and last remaining cashmere resource in the world with untapped potential,” she said. “The Department of Defense thinks Afghanistan cashmere potential is so awesome, they’ve as-signed a special task force to organize the national industry and streamline

exportation.“This cashmere product

is a direct government-to-commercial handoff as a result of the capacity-building by the Department of Defense.”

Ketschek added that sell-ing the Cashmagh would coincide with an evolution of production in Afghani-stan itself.

“Starting in September, Indian manufacturers will be training Afghans on loom building, weaving and finishing with the in-tent to move weaving and finishing to Afghanistan by spring 2015, depending on demand,” she said.

While Combat Flip Flops

is no stranger to crowd-funding, its last campaign on Kickstarter.com did not succeed. Griffin said they learned a lot from the experience.

“It’s not this magical, surprising thing — it’s a lot of work,” he said. “Our last campaign was very complicated, so we made it more understandable and digestible. Simple is better.”

The Cashmagh and Combat Flip Flops’ other merchandise is available at another new, veteran-owned business, Uphill Running at 100 Front St. S.

Learn more at combat-flipflops.com.

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for delivery last week.The school’s shop area,

which houses materials sciences and ceramics classes, may not be ready for the first day of school, Crawford noted. Contrac-tors couldn’t begin work on that area until the end of classes in June. Mechani-cal, electrical and data systems were part of the upgrades, along with new ceilings, paint, and wall and floor finishes.

“It’s a real scramble down there, particularly as it was a remodel area, and there were some discoveries made after we were able to get in and start tearing things open,” Crawford explained.

The district has a contin-gency plan in place if the area isn’t ready Sept. 3, he added, and the contractor would essentially have five extra days to finish if it worked through the follow-ing weekend.

While some of the dis-trict’s projects from the 2012 bond measure are

nearly finished, others have been delayed for a variety of reasons.

Officials announced Aug. 12 that the Issaquah Mid-dle and Clark Elementary schools’ projects would be shelved for a year because estimates for the new IMS exceeded the $62.5 million budget. Clark’s completion is contingent on the middle school’s completion, since the new Clark will be built on the existing IMS site.

The district has been at-tempting to design a taller middle school that would allow for future expansion, since long-term population estimates for downtown Issaquah continue to grow. That was one reason con-struction estimates went over budget.

Groundbreaking for the IMS project is now slated for July 2015. The school is scheduled to open in fall 2016, and Clark would fol-low in fall 2017.

Superintendent Ron Thiele said the original timeline for the two schools was aggressive, and principals at both schools indicated their preference to wait a year for new buildings, even though a mid-year move could’ve

been accomplished.“It is one of those things

with school construction — you miss a window and you miss a year,” Thiele said. “And that’s where we’re at, but we’re committed to do-ing our projects on budget, and doing them well.”

Officials said delaying those projects would have no effect on the Sunny Hills Elementary School project, which is still scheduled for a fall 2017 completion. Sunny Hills’ reconstruc-tion, which comes with a $27.1 million price tag, was the other major piece of the 2012 bond measure.

Meanwhile, Skyline High School’s stadium project, originally supposed to be finished in 2013, had an-other setback. The project was tentatively slated for an August start, but Thiele said work likely wouldn’t begin until November so construction doesn’t dis-rupt fall sports.

The $6.5 million stadium project has been a point of contention between district officials and Skyline foot-ball boosters, who believe their ideas have been ig-nored and that the project could be completed for less money.

osk at Issaquah Paddle Sports is owned by Barb and George Gronseth, of Kayak Academy. In the past couple of years, the Gronseths have seen in-terest in standup paddling explode, and they have been scrambling to keep up with demand.

“Our standup business has been increasing faster than we could imagine, every year,” Barb Grons-eth said. “This is all hap-pening fast, and we are doing our best to keep up with demand. We are run-ning out of space to store all these boards.”

The business has added 10 Pau Hana Malibu boards (meant for inter-mediate paddlers, who might be interested in long distance touring or racing) and 10 Liquid Shredder standup paddle-boards (better-suited for beginning standup pad-dlers) this summer.

Most recently, yogi-nis practicing asana on standup paddleboards has become popular. The vibra-tion of the standup paddle-board brings an extra level of challenge, and also gives an excellent core muscle workout to add to the over-all benefits of yoga.

At Lake Sammamish, local yoga instructor Lindsay Lambert has been paddling as many as 18 yoginis off the beach and

out into the protected area at Tibbetts Beach. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, she has been leading hour-and a-half SUP yoga classes.

Renee Trail is a Micro-soft employee who lives near Lake Sammamish and gets out on the water as often as possible. She is hooked on standup pad-dling, and double-hooked on SUP yoga.

“It’s peaceful and breath-taking to do yoga on the lake as the sun sets,” she said. “Lindsay’s instruc-tion has taken my practice to the next level. Simply watching her pushes me to keep trying new things.”

Call Issaquah Paddle Sports at 891-5039 or go to www.issaquahpaddles-ports.com.

recommend it to the coun-cil was unanimous.

City officials make an annual check-in with the project regarding the $965,000, which came from the Talus develop-ment agreement, to ensure the project is moving ahead. This agenda bill would ensure the money would remain for that proj-ect for the time being.

“Development cycles on these things are pretty long,” Fujimoto said. “This agenda bill basically re-news that commitment for another year.”

Milestones toward completion had to be seen in order for the money to remain in the fund.

“The city wants to see

there’s substantial progress and we certainly feel like there has been,” Mauk said.

The amount was initially $1 million, but $35,000 was spent on a project feasibility study.

The recession hurt the project.

“We thought the re-cession would lead to reduced-priced property, but it did not do that in Issaquah,” Mauk said. “We looked for a year and a half at properties and they were all too expensive.”

Eventually, AtWork! de-cided to expand its facility to form the campus. The build-ing at 690 N.W. Juniper St. houses recycling operations and services for people with various disabilities.

Mauk said local sup-port has driven the project forward.

“There were about a dozen agencies around the table that wanted us to not

throw in the towel when we couldn’t find a prop-erty,” she said. “Now, we’re hoping it’s a go.”

The next stages revolve around continued plan-ning, though Rittenouse said it would now include more public participation.

“I think we’re going to have a lot of opportunities for citizen involvement once we have the three-party agreement,” he said. “Once we have that infor-mation in our minds and a date on groundbreaking, I think there will be a lot of opportunities for citizens to help us reach our goal.”

Though the timeline for the project remains a work in progress, Rittenhouse shared optimistic expecta-tions.

“My hopeful thoughts are I would like to know when we can break ground by the end of the year,” he said.

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On Tuesday, parents across the Issaquah School District will walk their children to the school bus or to school for the start of a new school year.

Finally, a bit of free time for a second cup of coffee.

But wait, your school needs you. The volunteer jobs at school are endless. The playground needs monitors, the library can use assistance, the front office might need your organizational skills, teachers almost never have enough helpers and the nurse’s office is often in need of a mother’s touch to watch over a sick child.

But the best volunteer jobs may be working directly with students. Parents, grandparents and other citizens are always welcome to just listen to children read. For a bigger role, ask about becoming a mentor, helping guide a child in his or her social development and studies — or sometimes just to be there to listen.

If you prefer something more athletic, check into becoming a volunteer to help a coach. The middle schools and high schools have an array of sports teams that need organizational and skills assistance in support of its coaches.

Volunteers at schools are not expected to take leader-ship roles. Volunteers do not get involved in discipline or instruction. The role is one of helper.

Getting involved in school doesn’t necessarily mean more time with children. The PTA at each school is looking for parents to volunteer in everything from teacher recogni-tion to fundraising. Start by joining your PTA, and then get involved.

The Issaquah School District requires a background check on every volunteer, parent or not. All volunteers must apply and be approved before they get clearance to begin service. In addition to the typical background information, volunteers must undergo a Washington State Patrol criminal history check once every two years.

To get started, stop in at a school office to learn more about volunteer opportunities and get an application. Forms can also be found on the district’s website at www.issaquah.wednet.edu/schools/volunteers.aspx.

School begins with need for volunteers

IMS principal

Welcome back, Mr. Adams; we anticipate your leadership

Growing up, I loved to watch “Welcome Back, Kotter” on TV. The humor spoke to me; Freddy, Epstein, Horshack and Barbarino were such fun to watch; and the honesty and integrity Mr. Kotter carried himself with at home and as a teacher was admirable even to an 11-year-old.

We have our own inspir-ing story unfolding at Issaquah Middle School with the return of Mr. Adams to IMS, and in the role of principal no less. I want to

congratulate you Mr. Adams, and let you know how excited we in the community are by the change in administration at IMS, and having your energy and leader-ship at the helm.

I don’t know how many times I waited in the pick-up line to get my eldest daughter from IMS and watched you engage the kids as they left school for the day, addressing them each by name and making them smile about something, lifting them up with a few kind words or a high-five. Now, I get to do it again with my youngest.

I believe the environment and context within which our kids

experience middle school will change in a positive way with your leadership, and this in turn will affect their personal experi-ence, outlook, how they deal with social challenges and educational challenges, and how successful they ultimately are at IMS. I hope that’s not too much pressure!

We’re very excited about the coming years of your administra-tion. I hope you are able to over-come the many challenges you may face, and just do what you do best: Be that bright light that kids look up to and admire.

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crane to central Issaquah.It’s not the first one locals

have seen, but it heralds the start of the Central Issaquah Plan, which city officials expect to change the face of the valley over the next 30 years or so.

The crane stands over the western edge of the city and so will hopefully not have any impact on surrounding traffic. However, it represents a symbol of things to come as parcels go on sale and some, like the Atlas project on Gilman Boulevard Northwest, sit in the middle of the permitting process.

Most redevelopments will oc-cur on busy streets that already suffer from strangling traffic on the best of days. If all goes ac-cording to the Central Issaquah Plan, those redevelopments will bring substantial construction to central Issaquah, which will probably include further traffic obstructions, such as lane clo-sures, and an increase in large vehicles.

That’s not even mentioning the fact that the plan calls for most of these redevelopments to serve a residential component, bringing even more people into the central area with their cars in tow.

There is good news: The City Council made it a 2015 goal to develop a Transportation Mas-ter Plan to help ease the current woes plaguing this fair city

and also to prepare for an expand-ing future. Councilmem-bers decided this, during a marathon goal-setting meeting in May, as a focus for the follow-ing year. They recognized the traffic bane that plagues many parts of Issaquah and decided to initiate a plan to address the concerns from many residents.

And there is bad news: That will all still take a while. This 2015 goal is just to produce a plan, which will take time to initiate. With further concur-rency studies, feasibility studies, environmental impact studies and so much more before any solutions take shape, easier travel will have to wait a bit longer.

City officials say the rede-velopment of central Issaquah will offer more opportunities to work and shop, which would mean less reliance on vehicles and therefore less traffic. That speculation will have to be proven with time.

In the meanwhile, that yellow crane swishing and lifting over the rising shape of a new eight-story building doesn’t just signal a start to a changing valley, it also increases the need for a comprehensive transportation plan as soon as possible.

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from The WebTalus trees are still standing for now

Another crucial factor not being discussed is the fact that the only trees the cutters are being forced by the city to leave intact are a few isolated, but very tall (in great excess of 100 feet), Douglas firs on the edges of slopes.

The nature of Douglas fir ecol-ogy reveals that they, like many conifers, rely upon surrounding woodland for root system support and wind buffering. After that supporting woodland is killed, these tallest of trees within the

community will eventually give way to the westerly winds, with the very real possibility of having them fall on top of our houses.

In reality, the clear-cutting of these community-owned forest trails will result in the loss of true landmark trees. The profile of Talus, as seen from the town and from the highlands, will be very visible changed, all for the fulfillment of the desires of a few, against the rights of the many.

The original greening of Talus has become the browning of the city. This trend will continue, and your own neighborhoods

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I’d like to say that this is news, but really, is it? We all know how this is going to go down — the trees will be removed and some lovely dogwoods will be put up somewhere as a “replacement” in accordance with the defined blah, blah in some legal document kept on a shelf somewhere, subject to change without notice. This is your future, Issaquah — you asked for it, voted for it, paid for it and continue to approve of it. The rest of us just stand by and shake our heads in disbelief and wave goodbye to all that was here.

Bryan Weinstein

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Issaquah schools are great — there’s no doubt about it. Our district is consistently ranked as one of the top in the state and our students’ test scores are among the best in the nation. Ask any real estate agent and he or she will regale you with tales of parents who relocated just so their kids can get an Issaquah education.

What is less apparent is how our schools continue to be world-class centers for learning. Much credit goes to our teaching staff and fiscally savvy administration. An equal measure belongs to the community — parents, residents and businesses who donate to the Issaquah Schools Foundation,

join our PTSAs and volunteer in our schools.

Their support makes the differ-ence between students receiving the basic education funded by the state and the comprehensive education they need to succeed.

Private support from the com-munity is the reason our public school students have access to mentoring programs; timely curriculum adoptions; STEM programs at elementary, middle and high school; free after-school homework labs; ELL translation services; free Pre-K Summer School; and teachers who have been able to continue their edu-cation through National Board Certification scholarships. And

partnerships with businesses large and small enable students to connect classroom work to real world application through computer science classes, a financial literacy curriculum and internships.

Great schools don’t happen by accident. They depend on you. As you make your 2014-2015 plans, please remember to add volunteerism and philanthropy to your list. Sign up to become a VOICE mentor and donate to the Issaquah Schools Foundation’s All in for Kids annual fundraiser. You’ll support great students, great schools and a great com-munity.

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Kym Clayton has a child who struggles with social skills and speech delays, and in her quest to find help, she stumbled across an idea from a suburban school in Pennsylvania.

Christian Bucks, a student at Roundtown Elementary School in York, Pa., invented a simple but effective way of helping children who were feeling sad or lonely. His Buddy Bench concept — a bench where kids can sit when they’re in need of a friend — has spread like wildfire in less than a year, reach-ing schools around the world.

Clayton believed the Buddy Bench might be a useful tool at Sunny Hills Elementary School, where she was PTSA president during the 2013-14 school year.

But simply going to a local hardware store and building a bench wasn’t what she had in mind.

“I think it would be re-ally neat to be full circle, that kids are building this

bench for other kids,” she explained.

That’s where Patrick Ford, Alejandro Calderon and Jade Griffiths come in. Ford, a longtime indus-trial arts teacher at Beaver Lake Middle School, received an email from Clayton asking if he’d be interested in building the bench.

Ford, who also coaches wrestling, reached out to his team captains at Beaver Lake. Two eighth-graders, Calderon and Griffiths, answered the call and helped Ford build the bench at the school’s woodshop in just a few days. Cooper McBride, an Issaquah High School student, also contributed to the project by engraving a “Buddy Bench” sign.

When the bench was presented to Sunny Hills at a June assembly, the Beaver Lake students were in attendance and got to share in the joy.

“I thought it was great — they seemed to like it, so that made me happy,” Griffiths said.

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“Older kids actually might just abuse it,” Calde-ron said, “but younger kids could really take the opportunity and use it to make more friends and just be nicer to people.”

“In fifth grade, I moved here, and it was kind of hard to make friends at first … so in fifth grade that would’ve helped,” Griffiths added.

Ford noted the bench got immediate use.

“You don’t really want to see it get used, but it’s nice that it’s there and can

be used,” he said. “It has already made an impact just the short time it’s been there.”

Coincidentally, Sunny Hills may have gotten a bench through a differ-ent route. Evan Baker, a fourth-grade student, found out about buddy-bench.org and had ap-proached Principal Leslie Lederman late in the school year.

The school wasn’t pub-licizing Clayton’s effort at that point since she wasn’t sure it would come to

fruition, so Baker wasn’t aware. But he was invited to get involved, and spoke about the bench’s impor-tance at the June assembly.

“It was neat to be able to have another kid within our school want to see it built, rather than an adult just assuming it would be a good need,” Clayton said.

Issaquah High School throws ‘May Madness’ for a loop

In 2013, Issaquah High School made national news for the wrong reasons. Unknown individuals created a “May Madness” contest — similar to the annual March Madness college basketball brack-ets — to determine the school’s “hottest” female student.

The contest had been happening for a few years, but when its notoriety went nationwide, it struck a chord among the student body.

Kimmy Lum, an incom-ing junior who served as the sophomore class president, said the contest reflected poorly on the school. But she also felt it wasn’t representative of most Issaquah students.

“There’s always going to be that select few individu-als who make poor choices and who are just insensi-tive to others’ feelings,” Lum said.

One of the major prob-lems with the contest was that it targeted girls who didn’t want to be part of it.

“I feel like it is degrading to other girls,” Lum said. “…We’re insecure and we’re afraid of (not being)

accepted. I think we get too caught up in worldly values and expectations that we kind of forget about being ourselves.”

Issaquah School District Superintendent Ron Thiele said many district officials were “disgusted” by the contest, but because it was being conducted through Facebook and networks the district had no control over, there was little that could be done to shut it down.

“We learned that, really, the best thing for us to do was do what we do best: Do an education campaign and really try to educate the kids on how this is making people feel, the negative impact, the nega-tive view that it is giving people of your school,” Thiele said.

This year, student lead-ers formed a response. Using the May Madness moniker — a controversial choice, Lum said — they used the entire month to stage community events fo-cused on kindness, respect, charity and inner beauty.

Among the numerous activities were a visit from motivational speaker Phil Boyte, who touched on the importance of kindness, service and finding an inner passion. The work-shop allowed students to voice their opinions about schoolwide problems and potential solutions, and “kindness dares” chal-lenged students to do things like give compli-ments or pick up trash from someone else’s lunch table.

There was also an emphasis on service — students gave financial support to the American Cancer Society’s Relay for

Schools get creative to bolster ‘culture of kindness’ ideals

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In June, Sunny Hills Elementary School received its new Buddy Bench, a place for students to confront their emotions and make new friends. Pictured in the front row are Sunny Hills student Evan Baker, and Beaver Lake students Alejandro Calderon and Jade Griffiths. In the back row are Beaver Lake teacher Patrick Ford, Sunny Hills Principal Leslie Lederman and Sunny Hills PTSA President Kym Clayton.

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Lum said the entire month served its purpose — making respect, integri-ty and service top priorities throughout the school, and rewriting the negative May Madness narrative from the past.

She said she believes the school has a strong, inclusive climate, but there are always ways to make it better.

“I think May Madness was a good idea,” she said. “We would definitely want to continue to make re-spect, integrity and service our top priorities, whether it would be through May Madness or doing a differ-ent, similar event.”

“I’ve gotten compli-ments from people who I wouldn’t normally interact with, or who I know of, but not personally,” she said. “I see people give high-fives in the hallways, and I don’t necessarily see anyone be-ing mean.

“I know it does exist.

Bullying does exist. You can’t really stop bullying from happening at all, I guess, because there’s always those select few individuals in a 2,000 (stu-dent) population.”

‘Culture of Kindness’ is infiltrating schools

Thiele became a school administrator in the mid-1990s, right on the heels of a number of high-profile shootings, including the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado.

Those events, he said, set off a firestorm of questions among school officials: What is causing students to act violently? How can they get they get help before it’s too late?

Thiele joined the Is-saquah district as a princi-pal in 2001, and when he took over the superinten-dent’s post last summer, he immediately laid out his top three priorities: make schools cleaner and more sustainable; improve safety and security; and usher in a “Culture of Kindness” that can positively impact students of all ages.

He compared schools during testing periods to accounting offices during

tax season — there’s a need for stress-reducing activities that can make the classroom more condu-cive for learning.

“School can be kind of a stressful place. We expect a lot from kids and from our staff,” he said. “… If kids feel cared for at the school, even if we have high expectations for them, I just think you’re more likely to get that desired outcome than if it’s all just regimented and feels hard.”

Within the past year, each of Issaquah’s 25 schools have found ways to implement that Culture of Kindness. Sunny Hills built its Buddy Bench. Issaquah High School held its re-vamped May Madness. Oth-ers used “kindness pledges” to foster friendships.

Officials said it’s too early to tell whether the Culture of Kindness ideals have reduced disciplinary incidents such as suspen-sions and expulsions, but it’s quite possible the number of harassment and bullying cases will rise.

“All of a sudden, you see an influx of the thing we just trained for,” said L. Michelle, the district’s

executive director of com-munications. “If we’re calling it harassment, all of a sudden you see an uptick in harassment.”

Thiele said that oc-curred several years ago at Beaver Lake Middle School after administrators em-phasized the importance of students reporting nega-tive behavior.

“It looked kind of bad for Beaver Lake,” Thiele said, “and I had to explain to the board, ‘No, actually I think this is a good thing.’ I think they have empowered their students.”

Schools are using some new programs that go hand in hand with the focus on kindness.

In the district’s nine middle schools and high schools, students will be

able to anonymously re-port problems through an online system called Quick TIP. It replaces a similar system, Talk About It, that Issaquah schools imple-mented midway through the 2013-14 year.

Quick TIP will be in place for the start of the 2014-15 school year, and officials hope it will be utilized more than its pre-decessor because there’s no username requirement, and no way for a student’s identity to be exposed.

“As much as you want to promote a culture of kind-ness and coming to talk to a trusted adult, you still need to have that mecha-nism in place by which somebody can anonymous-ly say there’s something going on,” Michelle said.

The district will continue partnering with Swedish Medical Center to provide mental health counselors at its comprehensive high schools, and with Friends of Youth to supply coun-selors for families with substance-abuse issues.

Schools continue to send anti-drug messages, but their fight may be tougher now that Washington’s stance on marijuana has changed.

“Now, we’ve got another legal drug that is illegal to our kids,” he said. “To me, the message is the exact same message that it’s al-ways been: It’s no different than alcohol. You’re not 21. Our schools are not a place — whether you’re 21 or not — where you can be using drugs and alcohol.”

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Issaquah High School sophomore class officers are (from left) Danny Ko, treasurer; Parth Parab, vice president; Emma Perkins, secretary; and Phinney Tasker, president.

Liberty High School Associated Student Body executive board officers are (from left) Dan Godfrey, senator; Sarah Bliesner, sec-retary; Isabelle Ashraf, vice president; Cherelle Demps, president; Issabelle Hayden, senator; and Nick Bliesner, treasurer.

Skyline High School senior class officers are (from left) Tommy Lin, vice president; Jasmine Ye, president; Amabel Jeon, secretary; and Hari Rajan, treasurer.

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By Neil [email protected]

Amol Garg is an unusually moti-vated 14-year-old, and his inner fire fueled another noteworthy accomplishment this summer.

Garg, who will be a Skyline High School freshman in September, has been actively involved around Sammamish for years. He volun-teers with a youth-centered charity that uses arts and crafts projects as inspiration, has achieved the rank of Life Scout with Troop 677, and founded a Toastmasters-type club to help fellow children improve their public-speaking and leadership skills.

Amol’s father, Vijay Garg, complet-ed his first marathon last year, and it sparked something in his son.

“It was one of his big dreams, and after seeing him completing his marathon and his dream, I kind of started to think, ‘What’s my dream?’ and ‘What’s something big that I can do?’” Amol said.

Vijay floated the idea of enter-ing the 200-mile Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic, or STP, and Amol quickly latched on, despite the fact that he’d never ridden more than 15 miles before.

More than a questThe STP quickly became more

than a personal quest for the Gargs. They wanted to use the event to promote a bigger cause, and they found it in Asha for Education, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping underprivileged children in India.

They set a fundraising goal of $750, and with the help of family and friends, collected $1,160.

Amol said he was inspired by a well-known Chinese proverb: “Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life.”

“In my opinion, to end world pov-erty and to break the cycle of pov-erty, one needs to be self-sustaining,” Amol said. “… And in my opinion,

that can be done throughout educa-tion, so the person can get a job later and pursue what he wants.”

Starting in March, father and son began training for the STP with other members of Team Asha Seattle. Their first ride was a simple 15-miler along the Sammamish River Trail. The distances steadily grew longer, and by the time the July 12-13 STP arrived, Amol was well-prepared, having completed three “century rides” of at least 100 miles.

As fate would have it, the STP would provide some extra chal-lenges.

Wreck doesn’t stop himWhen the riders left Seattle at

about 4:45 a.m., temperatures were mild. But after hitting the halfway mark in Centralia, Amol said, the heat became oppressive, reaching near 100 degrees. He put a cold towel around his neck, only to have the water evaporate within a few minutes on the road.

It got worse. At about the 120-mile mark, Amol rode through some sprinklers to cool off, and his wet wheels skidded as he attempted to avoid a curb and a vehicle. He fell onto his right side, tearing up his knee, and he put a big dent in his helmet.

“I know for sure if I hadn’t been

wearing a helmet that I would’ve gotten a concussion,” he said.

Amol was quickly patched up, thanks to some nearby paramed-ics. But with more than 80 miles left to cover on the second day of the STP, questions started to enter his thoughts: Why did I have to get hurt? Why wasn’t I more careful?

“But then again, I felt on the inside that I had a really deep passion and drive to complete the STP,” he added. “It was a big accomplishment for me.”

Vijay said his son had shown plenty of guts during practice rides. On their first century ride, Amol was exhausted after 30 miles, but managed to ride 40 more. So there wasn’t much doubt he was going to finish the STP.

“Nobody had practiced in such hot weather, and we really didn’t see any kids there. He was one of the only ones,” Vijay noted. “When people were getting tired, they were saying, ‘See that boy?’ … People were using him to get energized.”

Going to new heightsAmol said he will ride in the STP

again next summer, and is already planning to push himself to new heights. He wants to complete it in 14 hours, something few riders man-age to do.

His volunteer work with Creative Children for Charity, or 3C, was rec-ognized this year with a Youth Spirit Award by the SAMMI Awards Foun-dation. In its latest event, the July 4 Summer Splash, 3C raised $3,000 for the foundation as hundreds of people created a colorful canvas with splashes of paint.

Amol shows uncommon discipline and determination to achieve his goals, his father said.

“It seems like he has a purpose in his life,” Vijay said. “One of the things that he has always said to me is that he wants to make a positive difference in the world.”

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the issaquah PressThe 14th annual outdoor concert series at Pine Lake Park concludes Aug. 28 with Remnanz. The concert is from 6:30-8 p.m. at Pine Lake Park, 2401 228th Ave. S.E. There is plenty of lawn space, so you can bring your own picnic basket. The Rotary Club of Sammamish will sell barbe-cue dinners and the Kiwanis Club of Sammamish will sell ice cream. No alcohol is allowed in the park. Pine Lake Park has limited parking. Parking is also available at Discovery Elementary School and at the Pine Lake Park & Ride. A free shuttle is available to and from the park and ride.

Remnanz closes out Concerts in the Park season

By John yeager

Chuck Foster, 92, a resident at Aegis Living Issaquah, was among about 650 people from 14 Aegis Living communities in Western Washington who attended the Aegis Living Beach Party at Vasa Park on Aug. 18. Foster said the secret to long life is, ‘Do what you love to do, live your life with someone special in it and have something to look forward to.’

BEACH PARTY

By Maria Nelson

Back-to-school time al-most always means busy, manic schedules.

To make it easier each year, I gravitate toward easy-to-throw-together meals originating with a slow-cooked main, so left-overs easily morph later in the week into quickly prepared meals using few, simple and delicious ingredients.

Kalua Pork is a family favorite and an absolutely wonderful way to make many great meals fast. Below are some recipes to help you answer that end-lessly asked and panic-in-ducing question, “What’s for dinner?”

Kalua Pork recipe41, 6-ounce pork

should roast, bone in42 tablespoons coarse

red Hawaiian or other coarse salt42 teaspoons liquid

smokePlace pork in a slow

cooker, and pour liq-uid smoke over the top. Sprinkle the salt evenly over the top. Do not add any water. Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on low for 9 hours.

Remove from the slow cooker, discard the bone and shred the meat into bite-sized pieces. Serve in lettuce wraps or on rolls. Save the remaining pork for Hawaii Pork Pizza, Tortilla Soup or Smoked Pork Enchiladas.

Kalua Pork Lettuce WrapsServes 441-2 heads butter or

red leaf lettuce44 servings sticky rice4½ cup thinly sliced

carrots41 bunch cilantro4Thinly sliced jalape-

ños41 pound pulled Kalua

Pork 4Sweet chili sauce or

hoisin sauce, optionalSeparate and wash

leaves of lettuce; layer each lettuce leaf with rice and toppings.

Hawaiian Pork PizzaServes 3-441 package store-

bought pizza dough, at room temperature42 cups fresh sliced or

shredded mozzarella4¾ cup barbeque

sauce4½ cup thinly sliced

red onion41 cup diced pineapple

41 pound Kalua PorkPreheat oven to 500 de-

grees. Shape pizza dough into a round on a lightly greased baking sheet. Spread with sauce and add toppings. Bake 10-12 minutes.

Tortilla SoupServes 448 cups low sodium

chicken broth41 small jalapeno pep-

per, diced41 teaspoon kosher

salt41 pound Kalua Pork42 cups tortilla chips,

crushed4½ cup green onion,

sliced41 bunch cilantro41 avocado, slicedIn a large pot, combine

the broth, pepper and salt. Bring to a simmer and cook on low for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and add the pork. Spoon into individual bowls and serve with remaining ingredients as toppings.

Kalua Pork Enchiladas41-2 pounds Kalua

Pork412 medium-sized

flour tortillas41 pound smoked moz-

zarella cheese, grated43 cups enchilada

sauce, canned41 bunch cilantro,

chopped41 14-ounce can of

black beans, drained and rinsed41 cup green onions,

choppedPreheat oven to 350

degrees. Pour half the enchilada sauce in a pie dish. Dip a tortilla in the sauce and set on a cutting board. Place 3 tablespoons pork down the center of the tortilla; sprinkle with a few table-spoons of cheese, beans, cilantro and green onions. Roll lengthwise and place seam side down in a 9-by-13 baking dish.

Repeat. Pour over re-maining sauce, remaining cheese and green onions. Bake 35 minutes until bubbling and browned. Garnish with cilantro and additional onions.

Maria Nelson is a blogger and food photographer living in Issaquah. Her work has been featured in The Huffington Post, Relish Magazine, Buzz Feed, Daily Candy and other online publications. Find her at www.pinkpatisserie.net.

Longtime Issaquah resident Marcia M. Muel-ler was recently elected to the Evergreen State College Foundation Board of Gov-ernors.

Mueller, who earned her Master of Environmental Studies from Evergreen, is retired from the Wash-ington State Department of Health, where she was a program manager in the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.

While public funds maintain the college, the foundation promotes excellence in education by raising private funds to provide donor-funded scholarships, fellowships, program endowments and other opportunities that enrich the Evergreen experience. Mueller will serve a three-year term on the board.

Back-to-school meals are easy with kalua pork

By ContriButed

Sammamish teen Amol Garg (left) rode with Raja Mettu, Prasad Mettu and Vijay Garg in Team Asha Seattle’s 200-mile trek in the July 12-13 Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic, raising money for underprivileged children in India.

RIDE OF A LIFETIMETeen completes

Seattle to Portland event for charity

“Nobody had practiced in such hot weather, and we really didn’t see any kids there. He was one of the only ones. When people were getting tired, they were saying, ‘See that boy?’ … People were using him to get energized.”— Vijay GargFather of Amol Garg, who rode in STP Bicycle Classic

By Maria nelson

Kalua pork lettuce wraps are just one way to prepare a Hawaiian-themed back-to-school lunch.

Marcia Mueller elected to college foundation board

ContriButed

Amol Garg, 14, trained for about four months for the STP, despite never having ridden a bike for more than 15 miles.

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UPCOMING EVENTS‘Avoid Power Struggles,’

Encompass Parenting Workshop at Virginia Mason, for parents of children to age 5, 5:30-7 p.m. Sept. 4, Virginia Mason Clinic, 100 N.E. Gilman Blvd., free, regis-ter by calling 888-2777

Public meeting on proposed closure of Tiger Mountain Community High School, 5:30 p.m. Sept. 10 and 7 p.m. Sept. 17, Issaquah School District board room, 565 N.W. Holly St., email input to [email protected]

Make 2014 the year you experience Salmon Days from the inside. More than 500 people a year volunteer, helping in a variety of capaci-ties. It’s a great way to meet new people, support Issaquah and enjoy Salmon Days in a whole new light. Attend the Volunteer Sign Up Party from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at Pickering Barn. Dinner and T-shirts provided. Salmon Days is Oct. 4-5.

Registration now open for swim lessons at Julius Boehm Pool, 50 S.E. Clark St., classes start Nov. 3, times vary, register at http://bit.ly/VLwyPZ or call 837-3350

AUG. 28‘Joint Replacement: The Right Choice for You?’ free hip and knee replacement

seminar, 6-8 p.m., Swedish/Issaquah, 751 N.E. Blakely Drive, register at http://bit.ly/1qx3rZa

Remnanz, classic rock, 6 p.m., Pine Lake Park, 228 Ave. S.E., www.ci.sammamish.wa.us

AUG. 29Issaquah Alps Dog Hike, easy, 2-4 miles, 900-foot elevation gain, 10 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org

Seatown Rhythm and Blues, 7:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424

Keely Whitney Band, 7 p.m.,

Pogacha, 120 N.W. Gilman Blvd., 392-5550

Live music, 9 p.m. Fridays, drink specials, no cover, Rolling Log Tavern, 50 E. Sunset Way, 392-2964

AUG. 30

Cascade Backpack Trip, mod-erate, 20-30 miles, 7,000-foot elevation gain, meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org

Farmers market, music by The Double Barrs and The Dixie Kings, performance by Elemental Bellydance, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pickering Barn, 1730 10th Ave. N.W.

Grand Prospect Hike, moder-

ate, 8 miles, 1,500-foot eleva-tion gain, 9:30 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaqua-halps.org

Tour the Fish Hatchery, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery, 125 W. Sunset Way, reservations required, 392-1118, $1 suggested donation, www.issaquahfish.org

Pond Dip, get a closer look at wetland creatures, ages 5 and older, 1-2 p.m., Lewis Creek Visitor Center, 5808 Lakemont Blvd. S.E., 452-4195, free

British Beats, 7:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424

The Daily Flash, 21 and older, 8 p.m., Pogacha, 120 N.W.

Gilman Blvd., 392-5550Karaoke, 9 p.m., Rolling Log Tavern, 50 E. Sunset Way, 392-2964

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Oldsmobile, Buick, Pontiac Clubs of America Show, 9 a.m., weather permitting, Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-in, 98 N.E. Gilman Blvd., 392-1266

East Ridge on Squak Mountain Hike, moderate, 6 miles, 1,700-foot elevation gain, 9:30 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org

SEPT. 1Issaquah Alps Dog Hike, easy, 2-4 miles, 900-foot elevation gain, 10 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org

Knit for Life, providing sup-port for cancer patients and beyond, supplies provided, 1-4 p.m., Swedish/Issaquah, 751 N.E. Blakely Drive

SEPT. 2Open Mic Night, Depot Museum, sign-ups at 6:15 p.m., performances from

6:30-8:30 p.m., 78 First Ave. N.E., [email protected]

The Rovin’ Fiddlers, 7-9 p.m., senior center, 75 N.E. Creek Way, www.rovinfiddlers.com

Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Gaslamp Bar & Grill, 1315 N.W. Mall St., 392-4547

Third Stage, Boston tribute band, 7:30 p.m., Amante, 131 Front St. N., 313-9600

SEPT. 3Yarns and Threads, 10 a.m. Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Blakely Drive

Citizenship Class, prepare for the United States citizenship test, 3:30-5 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

Sammamish Farmers Market, 4-8 p.m., Sammamish Commons, 801 228th Ave. S.E. www.sammamishfarmers-market.org

Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Management Seminar, presented by Donovan Pooran, 7 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

Karaoke, 7 p.m., Rolling Log Tavern, 50 E. Sunset Way, 392-2964

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

Let’s Go! 9•Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Stop in the Recology CleanScapes store through Sept. 5 with unwanted and gently used books donation. Kids will receive one ticket for each book donated and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 6, they may exchange their tickets for new books! Here’s your chance to help collecting books and reduce waste. The store is located at 317 N.W. Gilman Blvd., Suite No. 22. To learn more, call 392-0285 or go to http://bit.ly/1v6QtZ4.

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Community news National Merit Scholarship

Five local high school seniors are among its collegiate-sponsored winners for the 2014 scholarship program of the National Merit Scholarship Corp.:4Catherine Ball, Issaquah High School, is pursuing a degree in computer program-ming at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn.4Grant Vaska, Issaquah High School, will attend Washington University in St. Louis, Minn.4Kathleen Park, of Sammamish, will pursue a degree in communications at Wheaton College near Chicago.4Shanchen Pu, of Sammamish, will pursue a degree in medicine at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.4Nikila Vinugopal, of Sammamish, will pursue a career in dance at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.

High School News4Liberty High School

student Steven Tuttle par-ticipated in a Washington Aerospace Scholars Summer Residency session this sum-mer at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.

The program connects high school juniors with educa-tional and career opportuni-ties in science, technology, engineering and mathematics through independent learning, hands-on interaction, profes-sional guidance and site-

based tours. To qualify, each student

spent five months studying a University of Washington and NASA-designed online curric-ulum and was selected based on academic performance in those lessons.4Four students from

Skyline High School won Student Emmy Awards at the Northwest Emmy Awards.

‘Paradise’ won in the Music Video category with Andrea Gomez as actor, Damian Banki as actor/director, Jeremy Millar as actor/editor and Langston Nichols as cin-ematographer/editor.

‘A Smile for the City’ won in the Public Affairs/Community Service category with Millar as director/editor/cinema-tographer and Nichols as cinematographer.

College news4Isabelle Chu, of Issaquah High School, a junior major-ing in biological sciences: cell and development at the University of Rochester, N.Y., has been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest academic honorary society.4Bridget Rowe, of Renton, has been awarded the Dordt College Social Work scholar-ship from Dordt College, in Sioux Center, Iowa. She is a senior, majoring in art with an emphasis in fine arts studio and social work. She also has minors in sociology and the Kuyper Scholars Program.4Faith Fowler, of Issaquah, was named a recipient

of the Dr. Bruce and Doris Lister Endowed Fellowship in Chemistry Research. Fowler spent her summer conducting research under the mentor-ship of a professor at Hofstra University, in Hempstead, N.Y. Fellowship recipients receive a $3,500 stipend and a grant to cover half of their on-campus housing costs.

College graduates4Marissa Haberlach, of Issaquah, Boston University in Boston, Mass., Master of Science, medical science, and Master of Public Health, inter-national health4Caitlin Doxsie, of Issaquah, University of Puget Sound, majored in communication studies and history4Brian Sancewich, of Issaquah, Kansas State University, in Manhattan, Kansas, with a Doctor of Philosophy in economics4Christopher Schaap, of Issaquah, Magna Cum Laude, Seattle University, Bachelor of Arts, film studies and a minor in creative writing4Matthew Hjelm, of Issaquah, Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude, physics and mathematics Norwich University, in Northfield, Vt.4Callen Farmer, of Issaquah, Bachelor of Science, nursing, Linfield College in McMinnville, Ore.4Victoria Kraft, of Issaquah, Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science, athletic training from Linfield College in McMinnville, Ore.4Robert Hiester, of Sammamish, Bachelor of Science, nursing, Linfield College, McMinnville, Ore.

Honor roll4Anthony Mantz, of Issaquah, Williston Northampton School, in Easthampton, Mass.4Washington State University: Issaquah: Arthur Bennett, Megan Biddle, Jessica Biggins, Samuel Borom, Morgan Brennan, Jarrett Brown, Madison Callan, Davis Cook, Kathryn Cunningham, Krysta Dawson, Ali Dematteo, Anthony Dematteo, Ryan Dickinson, Matthew Dompier, Madison Dutro, Marc Egland, Sean Elliott, Kyle Farmer, Jacob Farris, Jessica Ganak, Taylor Graham, Jerdon Helgeson, Bryce Hendrix, Katherine Hill, Christopher Hogan, McKenna Hogan, Cory Jenneskens, Lauren Johnson, Miranda Jones, Alexander Kaser, Eunice Kwon, Alexander Lambdin, Jenna Lambdin, Linda Larsen, Elana Levy, Mony Loeum, Erin McKee, Lauren Merdinyan, Michael Murphy, Ashton Powell, Carly Ross, Molly Shade, Becca Southwell, Katherine Vlahovich, Peter Wiggum and Emily ZajacNewcastle: Pui Lam Ho, Henry Kohm, Paige Lane, Ryan Maio and Chelsea MoorheadSammamish: Grace Allodi, Cameron Avcu, Kianna Bertolino, Tyler Bongiani, Mary Bosseler, Blaire Brady, Chase Carlin, John Castle, Emily Copeland, Travis Cox, Emily Dwyer, Jane Dwyer, Heidi Fielden, Danielle Figone, Lauren Files, Kenzie Fleischman, Lisa Gaviglio, Hannah Goehri, Samantha Gottschalk, Thomas Hanan, Colleen Hess, Brittany Hogan, Nicholas Howard, Felix Humay, Steven King, Melissa Krieg,

Morgane Leguennec, Konrads Leitis, Taylor Lonborg, Madeline March, Diana McGrail, Tara Northey, Steven Pankiewicz, Thomas Pelluer, Barrett Porter, Kayten Porter, Andrew Ramirez, Jordan Richards, Heather Rife, Kelly Senegor, Kelsey Smith, Travis Snider, Leda Solaimani, Alexandra Staikos, Abigail Student, Amelia Student, Derek Tempel, Matthew Thompson, Mikel Tihista, Lowell Troyer, Matthew Vander Kooi, Anna Vinson, Bryalynn Vowels and Kristen Ware4Oregon State University, in Corvallis, Ore.: 3.5 or above: Michelle M. Pighin, of Issaquah; Carter G. Michell, of Preston; and Ashley J. Center, Daniel J. Christianson, Avalon P. Dunbar, Erik D. Mietzner, Kayla J. Shim and Emily M. Skrobecki, of Sammamish4.0: Sarah Jacobi and Devin O’Donnell, of Issaquah

Deans’ lists4Andrew Tierney, of Issaquah, University of Oklahoma, in Norman, Okla.4Anna Fairhart, of Issaquah, Marquette University, in Milwaukee, Wis. 4Amelia Meigs, of Issaquah, Marquette University, in Milwaukee, Wis.4Braden Hahn, of Issaquah, College of William & Mary, in Williamsburg, Va.4Nell Hoehl, of Issaquah, Samford University, in Birmingham, Al.4Jason Walker, of Issaquah, and John McLeod, of Renton, Wake Forest University, in Winston Salem, N.C.4Adrian Tiliacos, of Issaquah, Rochester Institute

of Technology’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, in the Industrial Design program, in Rochester, N.Y.4Sierra Meads, of Issaquah, Hartwick College, in Oneonta, N.Y., majoring in nursing and psychology. 4Mariah McHolland, of Renton, Pacific University, in Forest Grove, Ore.

Scholarships4Katherine Chun, of Issaquah High School; Stephanie Hays, of Liberty High School; and Jordan Boyle, of Skyline High School, were each awarded Local 2878 Professional Firefighter’s Scholarships by the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 2878 for 2014.4Overlake Hospital’s 2014 Overlake Alumnae Panhellenic Scholarships, for their out-standing academics, leader-ship and community service:Charly Nelson, of Issaquah High School, plans to attend Washington State University; Stephanie Hays, of Liberty High School, plans to attend Elon University; and Madison Laycock, of Skyline High School, plans to attend the University of Washington this fall.4Kayla Ortiz, 17, of Issaquah, Kohl’s Cares Scholarship Program for mak-ing a positive impact in their communities through volun-teerism. She received a $50 gift card, and qualifies for the chance to receive a $1,000 scholarship at the regional level followed by a $10,000 scholarship at the national level.

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Meet Spike, a handsome 3-year-old tan smooth-haired miniature Dachshund/short coat Chihuahua mix. Spike has a quiet nature, enjoys walks and going up and down stairs almost as big as he is. At first he might be a bit shy, but in no time Spike will warm up to you.

Pets of the week Saffron is

a 1-year-old brown-and-orange tor-toiseshell girl who can dish out the love! In the shelter, you are most likely to see her upside-down, flirting and doing everything she can do to get your attention. Saffron would be the perfect choice for a cuddly companion and best friend.

To adopt these or other animals, call the Humane Society for Seattle/King County at 641-0080 or go to www.seattlehumane.org. All animals are spayed/neutered, microchipped and vaccinated, and come with 30 days of pet health insurance and a certificate for a vet exam.

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Community High School In accordance with Issaquah School District Policy 6883 – School Clo‑ sures, two hearings have been sched‑ uled for public input on the proposed closure of Tiger Mountain Community High School. Both meetings will be held in the ISD Board Room located at 565 NW Holly Street. The first is Wednesday, September 10 at 5:30 p.‑ m., prior to the regular school board meeting. The second is Wednesday, September 17 at 7:00 p.m. Commu‑ nity members may also provide com‑ ments via e‑mail at t igercom‑ [email protected]. More information on the proposed closure is available on the ISD website at http:‑ //www.issaquah.wednet.edu/school‑ s/TMCHSProposedClosure.aspx

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PUBLISHER, Walla Walla Union‑Bulletin

A rare opportunity in the heart of beautiful Eastern Washington wine country! The Seattle Times seeks an energetic and thoughtful Publisher for its affiliate paper, the Walla Walla Union‑Bulletin.

The Walla Walla Union‑Bulletin is a daily newspaper with approximately 80 employees and a circulation of 12,000 published Monday through Fri‑ day afternoon and Sunday morning. An award‑winning newspaper, it is recognized by the American Society of Newspaper Editors as one of the best small daily newspapers in the United States. With an impressive reach of 84% of adults in Walla Walla in print and digital each week, the Union‑Bulletin is dedicated to serving the community through quality journal‑ ism, professionalism and integrity.

We are looking for a proven leader who can lead an established group of managers to maintain the WWUB’s high level of journalism and strong ed‑ itorial voice. This person needs to be dynamic and hands‑on; an excellent communicator and collaborator with a strong knowledge and aptitude to learn all phases of newspaper pub‑ lishing in print and online. Working in concert with key managers, the ideal candidate will have the vision and fol‑ low through to develop and imple‑ ment long and short range goals ob‑ jectives and strategies that enable the company to achieve and maintain its position as the dominant informa‑ tion provider in its market area.

But beyond the technical skills of me‑ dia management, we also want some‑ one to become the face of the UB in Walla Walla. A person with ties to the community would be ideal. But we would certainly consider other quali‑ fied candidates who have a strong de‑ sire to become part of life in this vi‑ brant and beautiful community.

To be considered for this position, send resume and cover letter with salary history and professional refer‑ ences to: [email protected] EOE

About the Seattle Times Company: The Seattle Times Company serves the Northwest with thoughtful, inde‑ pendent, Pulitzer Prize‑winning jour‑ nalism that impacts the community. Founded in 1896, The Seattle Times and its affiliate newspapers remain a family‑owned business with deep roots in principled, investigative news coverage and service to its community.

210-Public Notices

LEGAL NOTICE 14‑1260PUBLIC NOTICE OF

ROAD CLOSUREOberland Place NW in Montreaux will be closed to vehicle traffic on Satur‑ day, Sept. 6, 2014 from 1:00‑8:00 pm.Published in The Issaquah Press

on August 27, 2014.PUBLIC NOTICE 14‑1259

Providence Ridge LLC, Joshua Freed, 12900 NE 180th St, Suite 220 Bothell, WA 98011, is seeking cover‑ age under the Washington State De‑ partment of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, Providence Ridge, is located at xxx SE 43rd Way in Issaquah in King county. This project involves 4.7 acres of soil disturbance for Residential, Utilities, Other (Single Family Residential Sub‑ division) construction activities. Stormwater will be discharged to Laughing Jacobs Creek. Any persons desiring to present their views to the Washington State De‑ partment of Ecology regarding this ap‑ plication, or interested in Ecology’s action on this application, may notify Ecology in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether dis‑ charges from this project would cause a measurable change in receiv‑ ing water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II antidegradation requirements under WAC 173‑201A‑320. Comments can be submitted to:Department of EcologyAttn: Water Quality Program, Construction StormwaterP.O. Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504‑7696

Published in The Issaquah Press on August 20, 2014.

Marjorie Grimm

Please join us from 1-3 p.m. at Gibson Hall on Saturday, Aug. 30, to cel-ebrate the life of Marjorie Grimm.

Per her wishes, this will be an informal open-house style gathering of friends and family. We’ll be toast-ing her with a little bit of Paddy’s Irish Whiskey at 2 p.m. Come ready with a toast, a story or a smile for a life well lived. Marjorie Grimm

Bartell Drugs launches flu vaccination program

Bartell Drugs offers a seasonal flu vaccination program with convenient in-store vaccinations at 63 locations and an off-site flu clinic program serv-ing area businesses and retirement communities.

The Issaquah Bartell

Drugs is at 5700 E. Lake Sammamish Parkway S.E.

Flu shots are available any time, without an ap-pointment, during phar-macy hours. Pharmacists can immunize anyone 5 or older.

Get a complete list of vaccinations available and learn more at www.bartelldrugs.com.

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