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By Peter [email protected]

Essay Mentors wants to help provide access to college and it is receiving the attention it needs to do just that.

Five years ago, founder Barak Rosenbloom began helping a few kids write a better college ap-plication essay. Before he knew it, word of mouth spiraled into him owning an Issaquah-based business.

“I started helping my nephew,” Rosenbloom said. “My sister said, ‘You used to be an English teacher, and he’s not going to listen to me.’”

Finding a few people to help and getting a logo started Essay Mentors on its quest to assist students with college application essays and maybe help them find themselves in the process.

Crafting a narrativeRosenbloom has several spe-

cific reasons he feels like high school kids need help composing college essays.

“They need to show who they are — they’re 17, they have no clue who they are,” he said. “They have no idea what a col-lege essay is and if they do, they don’t know how to craft a narra-tive.”

Beyond that, he said very little help was available for students to not only help identify who they are, but how to present that to colleges.

“Parents and teachers don’t exactly know how to help,” he said. “They proofread and edit from an adult perspective. Col-lege admission people can see that from a mile away.”

Rosenbloom taught in Massa-chusetts before going to work for

the federal Department of Labor, where he developed tactics for organization functioning, leader-ship building and creating high-performing workplaces. That work brought him to the Puget Sound region.

Well, that and skiing, he said.He moved to Issaquah four

years ago and officially began Essay Mentors in spring 2012. Through satisfied clients and introductory workshops at the Is-saquah and Sammamish libraries, Essay Mentors began to grow.

“It was word of mouth,” Rosen-bloom said. “I got to know a bunch of kids. Sometimes they’d sign up right away and some-times four months later I’d get an email that says, ‘Help.’”

Getting resultsHis personal mentorship grew

from two kids during his first ex-perience with 23 students taking private lessons from him, includ-ing several from out of state. Essay Mentors now has two other mentors to help with demand.

“It averages 12 sessions per student,” he said, saying that his team has done the math to aver-age out how best to help incom-ing students. “It really is what a student needs. We have a three-session package for last-minute emergencies.”

The results speak for them-selves.

“It works really, really well,” he said, smiling. “The bottom line — it’s really, really good. Our kids all have had a choice of great schools to attend and they’ve done better than expected.”

He founded the business as a social purpose corporation under Washington law. That ensures that Essay Mentors can focus on its stated mission to bring greater access to at-risk, disadvantaged or underserved groups — even if it threatens the

Cougar Mountain Zoo’s new walk-

in freezer for the carnivore diets

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30 in a ribbon-cutting ceremony,

performed by Peter Rittler,

Zoological Society of Washington

President, Hudson Bott and Mayor

Fred Butler (from left) as zoo cura-tor Robyn Barfoot

(far left) and other city officials look

on.

By Misty Peterson

ZOO FREEZER IS CHRISTENED


Issaquah lost one of its last working farms June 30.

Up on Vaughn’s Hill, south of the Klahanie neighbor-hood, four generations have owned and operated the self-sustaining McBride Farm since 1891. Age, sky-rocketing property taxes and nearby development caused the family to vacate the 660-acre section of land at the end of June, bringing an end to one of the final remnants

of Issaquah’s rural past.During the final week on

the land, Celia McBride, the youngest of the landowners to still live on the parcel, joined her extended family

to pack up the equipment and memories left by a long legacy.

Police are asking for residents’ help in locating a man who they suspect robbed two local banks, most recently in Issaquah.

Police described the suspect as a white man between 20 and 30 years old, 5 foot, 5 inches to 5 foot, 8 inches tall with a medium build. Police said the suspect robbed the Gilman Boulevard KeyBank branch June 25, where they say he implied he had a gun.

Investigators believe the same man threatened to kill a teller and robbed a Wells Fargo branch in Des Moines on June 21.

If you have any information, call Bellevue Police Detective Steve Hoover at 452-7868, Des Moines Police Detective Mike

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Police seek suspect in KeyBank robbery

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A KeyBank security camera cap-tured this image of a man who robbed the Gilman Boulevard branch on June 25.

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Voters will have four choices for state representative in the 5th Legislative District primary Aug. 5.

The two candidates who receive the most votes will run in the Nov. 4 general election.

Incumbent Republican Chad Ma-

gendanz will run again. He touts his expertise on educational issues and his willingness to reach across the aisle as reasons for residents to re-elect him.

“McCleary is going to suck all of the oxygen out of the room,” he said, refer-ring to the Washington State Supreme Court decision requiring the Legislature to provide more funding for basic educa-tion. “There is a lot of work left to do

and I’m increasingly in a position to do it.”

After serving as the president of the Issaquah School Board and now the ranking member of the House Commit-tee on Education, he pledges to continue focusing on educational issues.

Four candidates face off in 5th District primary

Chad Magendanz David Spring Colin J. Alexander

By Peter Clark

Celia McBride, the youngest of the four generations to live on the farm north of Issaquah, stands under a canopy of apple trees on the land, which the family refers to as ‘Hobbiton.’

LAST HARVESTDevelopment ends four generations of Issaquah farmers

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The extended family helped pack and move equipment off the farm, which is now only 12 acres. The land will be developed into 37 homes.

His two years in the job has left him with experi-ence creating deals in an increasingly partisan environment, he said.

“The movement as a minority party member re-ally surprised me,” Magen-danz said, referring to the Democratically controlled House. “I’ve had allies from both sides. There are just so many ways to get stuff done in Olympia.”

He said he has the impression he has repre-sented the district well.

“There’s been a lot of local support,” he said. “I think I reflect the district in many ways. I’m a pro-choice, fiscally conserva-tive Republican.”

Concentrated campaignDavid Spring will once

again run on the Demo-cratic ticket with a concen-trated campaign.

“I’m basically a parent from North Bend with a single issue — to restore school funding,” Spring said. “It is the paramount duty of our state Legisla-ture to fund our schools completely and they’re not doing it.”

Spring, a teacher at Bellevue College, said he believes he has an edu-cational insider approach to addressing his concern about underfunded public schools.

“Since 2000, the state has dramatically increased its corporate tax breaks,” he said. “Our property taxes and other taxes have gone up, but corporations are paying less. Requir-

ing corporations to pay their fair share of state taxes will not harm them, because they can deduct their state taxes from their federal taxes.”

This election marks the fourth time Spring has run for the 5th District seat. He remains committed to the single message of his campaign.

“I will keep trying until our kids get the schools and the teachers they need,” he said. “I just want all kids in all our schools to have a fair chance. Our state supreme court has agreed with me.”

Spirited newcomerNewcomer Colin J.

Alexander said he may be young, at 24, but he said he has the spirit and com-mitment to institute new ideas in the Legislature.

“I’ve always been told you need to be the change you want to see in the world,” he said. “I want to be that change.”

He also wants to focus on education. However, he said he can approach it from a different per-spective, having recently graduated from college and experienced the dif-ficulty of the job market.

“I’d like to see some education reform and not just primary, but second-ary,” he said. “Instead of pushing people to four-year degrees, I want to put an emphasis on vocational schools. I want to see people get hired, so people my age could add to the economy instead of being a drain on it.”

The North Bend na-tive said his degrees in economics and political science left him with a broader understanding

of the government’s role within citizens’ lives.

“I understand the money side and the theory side,” he said. “Yeah, the other candidates have other experiences, but I feel like we need someone with theoretical knowledge. It’s more of the ‘whys’ instead of the ‘hows’ and I am bringing those ‘whys.’”

No party preferenceThe final candidate, Ryan

Dean Burkett, identified no party preference for his campaign. He runs a nontraditional campaign in which he said he would not create a website or put up campaign signs, but instead write letters to citizens.

“I just believe govern-ment should be acting in a different manner than it is,” Burkett said. “I believe it should be a resource for the people.”

He has many ideas for how to create sustainable growth and local protec-tion with a position in the state Legislature.

“I’d like to look more into a state bank,” he said, high-lighting the benefits it could offer to state agriculture and education. “It’s worked for North Dakota for the past 100 years. We could keep our money locally, in-vest more in small business and pick and choose where our money goes.”

Burkett also ran for the position in 2012. He said his years of customer service have left him with a keen idea of how to lead.

“In my 20 years I’ve had in the restaurant industry, I’ve taken care of people’s needs and wants,” he said. “I’m doing it in a different kind of manner, but I feel it’s the same.”

Burkett declined to sub-mit a photograph to The Press or to the King County Department of Elections, saying he believes citizens should vote on what can-didates say, not what they look like.

King County will send out ballots July 15. The deadline for new, in-person voter registration is July 28. Register in person at 500 Fourth Ave., Room 440, Seattle, or 919 S.W. Grady Way, Renton.

SnoValley Star Editor Sherry Grindeland contributed to this story.

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goal, Essay Mentors wants to bring a comprehensive program to a much wider audience.

“We’re taking our process and translating it into something anyone can use,” he said, bring-ing up a comparison to tax preparation Web applica-tion Turbo Tax. “Is it the same as having a tax ac-countant? No. But you do a pretty good job.”

With that program, he ex-pects to reach out to many high schools to offer what Essay Mentors can give.

TechCrunch MeetupIn that vein, Rosenbloom

applied to enter the Tech-Crunch Seattle Meetup, a startup-based pitch competition put on by the technology site held June 12. Others pushed Rosen-bloom to apply and he admits to being surprised when TechCrunch officially accepted his application.

“I forgot what it was,” he said with a laugh about receiving the invitation. “I totally forgot. I said, ‘What is this?’”

He changed travel plans to the East Coast in order to join the competition, facing nine other local businesses, including a veteran employment service, which won second place, and a medical mari-juana delivery applica-tion, which took home the Audience Choice Award.

Rosenbloom said he prepared heavily for his minutelong pitch to the five judges in front of a

packed audience of about 1,000 people in Capitol Hill’s Neumo’s.

He remembers the strug-gle to enter Seattle with the 520 bridge closed for con-struction, and he can also recall the elation when the judges chose Essay Mentors as the Meetup winner.

“It was very validating,” he said.

Winning the competi-tion allows Rosenbloom’s business a spot in Startup Alley at the annual Tech-Crunch event Disrupt this fall. That spot will allow focused exposure to inves-tors and possible funding.

He is excited about hav-ing the program ready for the event and showing the possibilities Essay Mentors could bring to students seeking higher learning.

“Come hell or high water, we will have it done by Disrupt and have what version 2.0 will look like,” he said.

‘Completely sold’Bryce Magee, who will

enter his senior year at Issaquah High School next year, settled in for his first session with Rosenbloom after attending an intro-ductory workshop at the Sammamish Library.

“I went to the workshop and at first I was a little on edge about signing up,” Magee said. “At the end, I was completely sold.”

He plans to apply for Western Washington and Gonzaga universities. Faced with college essays, he determined he would need some help.

“I don’t know how college essays work,” he admitted. “I was under the impression you sell yourself, compared to showing what strengths you can offer.”

More than anything, what sold him on enlisting the help of Essay Mentors came from the results he saw at the workshop.

“It was just the progres-sion from the first essay to the last,” he said.

Rosenbloom repeatedly emphasized that Essay Mentors meant more to him than just helping stu-dents enter college.

“It’s about getting peo-ple to understand them-selves,” he said. “It’s all about building self-aware-ness, self-confidence and the ability to communicate effectively.”

He said Essay Mentors is seeking funding until the business can sustain itself, which he expects will happen in 2016.

With that funding, he wants to explore expanding into graduate programs, business schools, law schools and other countries.

“We want to be the Ka-plan or Princeton Review of college essays,” he said. “By 2016, we want to have every college counselor in the country tell their kids, ‘Hey, there’s a resource.’”

By Peter Clark

Barak Rosenbloom (right) assists Issaquah High School senior Bryce Magee with composing a college application essay. Rosenbloom began local startup Essay Mentors to open college access to a greater number of students through improving their essays.

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“It’s hard to leave the compound behind because there’s so many memories,” she said. “It’s just been a really fun way to live.”

With the help of cousins Pat Busby and Alex Otero, they plotted the history of the farm from when Mahlon Eastlick married Abigail Vaughn and bought the original plot of land from the railroad at the end of the 19th century.

Their daughter Helen married an Irish im-migrant named Frank Keegan and took over the farm, and they had seven daughters of their own. Those seven daughters had many children of their own, including McBride, Busby and Otero.

The rolling land, with wetlands on either end of the current property line, helped the lineage grow small orchards of apple, pear and cherry trees along with livestock.

“There were six or seven cows — we sold the cream to the dairy in Issaquah,” Busby said. “A lot of milk came out of here.”

An earlier, simpler timeFour sets of families

made their living there and survived off the land.

“It was a self-sustaining farm,” McBride said. “We had our own eggs and our own cows. Even when we lived here, we never went to the store.”

McBride arrived on the farm with her mother and father in 1959. She said

her grandparents had trouble managing the daily work, so her family moved back onto the land to help.

“There were only three families in the area at the time,” McBride said, casting a glance across the green field, hidden from the creeping development by stands of tall trees.

She shared many memo-ries of an earlier time, rid-ing horses down the road to their nearest neighbors, milking cows in the morn-ing and making ice cream in the summer.

Eventually, she moved away and began a life of her own, but ended up returning to help her parents manage the land in the 1990s. She lived in her own house on the property and maintained the remaining plants and livestock, which included chickens up to a few weeks before the move.

As families split and parents died, the original acreage was divided be-tween the children, many of whom chose to sell their land. Only 12 acres remain of the original 660, but it still was enough to bring the family together often.

“This was the hub,” Busby said. “The birthdays, the Christmases — any cel-ebration, we had it here.”

Population boom strikes a blowBecause of that, the farm

left an impression on the family.

“My whole life, all I can remember here is gar-dens,” Otero said, casting an arm over the gravel driveway that leads from Southeast 48th Street to the main house.

Though his close family

never lived on the farm for an extended period of time, he spent several years liv-ing there with his grand-father and grandmother Keegan in the 1970s.

“I can only think there was 4,000 people in Is-saquah at that time,” he said.

Life there continued with relative stability until the population boom of the

1980s brought change.“The farm just kind of

petered out as the devel-opment began,” McBride said, referring to the build out of the Klahanie area in 1985.

Of course, the construc-tion didn’t stop there. Residential neighborhoods sprang up to surround the farm, leading to com-plaints about noise from the animals and financial concerns.

“The property taxes became outrageous,” she said. “My dad got older, my mom got tired and now the land is going to be a

development.”

A bittersweet changeNo one in the family

stepped up to take over the farm. McBride admitted it would not really be tenable with the amount of the property taxes.

“It’s hard,” Busby said of living the farm life. “Most people will tell you that if you grow up on a farm you want to go to work for someone else.”

McBride’s mother, one of the seven Keegan girls, died in February. That left McBride alone, caring for her aging father along with

the farm. She then made the decision to sell off the property.

She said the area will turn into 37 houses, result-ing in an almost complete development of the land.

“The wetlands get to stay because you can’t screw with the wetlands, thank goodness,” McBride said.

She will move to Carna-tion, and she greets the life change with bittersweet resignation.

“Nobody wanted to leave, but it’s not the home we had,” she said. “It’s kind of a fish out of water thing.”

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Marijuana.No matter how you feel about it, it’s now legal to purchase and

smoke it in the state of Washington. (Leave it to officials to sort out the federal vs. state issue, though at this point, no one has announced plans to crack down on people who take a toke.)

And although there is not yet a local place to make a pur-chase, 24 retailers in the Puget Sound area were granted licenses this week by the state Liquor Control Board.

A majority of voters wanted marijuana, and now we all have it. In order to turn that initiative and vote into a real win, people must be responsible with their pot.

Don’t share your weed with your teenaged son or daughter. Marijuana for anyone under 21 is still illegal.

Don’t leave your stash out where your pets can get into it. Veterinarians are already treating pets that have eaten pot. (And don’t blow the smoke into their faces. It isn’t humane to get an animal high.)

Just as driving drunk is illegal, driving stoned is illegal. Police have received training to be able to identify people under the influence of marijuana — you will be caught. So, be patient and don’t take a hit on the way home. And pur-chase your Doritos on the way home or call for takeout when you get the munchies.

Don’t smoke in public. Part of the initiative states you can only partake in private — not at a park or restaurant.

Don’t buy in bulk. Possession of up to one ounce is legal (or up to 16 ounces in a solid form or 72 ounces in a liquid form), anything more is too much.

If you don’t smoke, no one is going to force you to, but you might see some benefits.

The state estimates marijuana could bring in up to $2 bil-lion in tax revenue over the next five years. Whether you smoke or not, you should be pleased that social services may be saved, children may get better educations and roads may get fixed with more money available in the piggybank.

Along with Colorado, we’re engaging in an experiment in how well this can work. Let’s set a positive national example.

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Well, the first retail marijuana store opens this week. Like, for real. It’s really happening.

While I’m not much for pot, I do admit that I’ve found covering the state and Issaquah’s planning to enact Initiative 502 completely thrilling.

Reporter Bob Young at The Seattle Times this weekend posted a comprehensive FAQ regarding what retail marijuana will look like and what eager buyers can and cannot do with their legal grass. In the first question, he outlines a striking fact about Washington’s implementation of the initiative and why it took a year and a half before the first store opened.

“The short version: The state created something untested on the planet,” he wrote.

That basically sums up my ex-citement over the whole lengthy, glacial process. Washington joined Colorado in an experiment to create a new branch of the existing economy complete with producers, processors, retail stores and many consumers.

The whole journey, which will not end here, has been an histor-ic trip into unexplored territory. It’s the Wild West of economics. Only, I don’t think the lawless-ness of the Wild West hosted so many public input forums.

The whole affair has also opened up a fascinating test of federalism in the modern age. As the political theory idiot that I am, I find the sheepish stare-down between state and federal law a glorious thing.

What could this mean for Is-saquah? Though a retail store will not likely open in the city until late fall, even after it does, I do not personally believe it will bring any large change. I believe it will shed a little more light on a black market affair that has and will continue to serve those who want the product.

Through the many public input meetings the City Coun-cil held to gauge the community’s opinion, only a few people came and spoke. I have been told the council received emails about the subject, but most who spoke in person were against lifting the moratorium Issaquah has had in place since September.

The usual concern is the expected moral one, one that led two of the seven council mem-bers to vote against approving city regulations that would end the moratorium.

While I cannot fault their wor-ry, I stick to my belief in the idea that if someone wants something, they’ll get it. At that point, the government might as well make some money from it and, I don’t know, pay our teachers more?

I suppose I do have a few con-cerns as implementation roles out and stores open.

Legal marijuana opens up large, long-term, distinctive pos-sibilities for growing local jobs and local ownership of small businesses. I worry that over time, enormous investors will overtake the trade, choking out smaller commerce from local hands. But that’s the competitive nature of capitalism I suppose.

My other concern is that news-paper reporters, myself included, will have to continue to think up repetitive, inane puns in head-lines for every single story about marijuana.

If that continues, I may have to gather signatures for my own initiative.

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from The WebIssaquah Valley Elementary School’s ‘guardian angel’ wins state award

I am so proud of Suzie and of the loving care offered by this woman to her community. What a story to make a 30-year past resident of Issaquah feel very, very good! That school is the alma mater elementary of two of my three children, I am proud to say.

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Superintendent presents plan to close Tiger Mountain Community High School

The closing of Tiger Moun-tain Community High School is premature. The district appears to have a number of options but not a definitive plan.

Jeff Petty states that placing these students in a comprehen-sive high school doesn’t work for all of them. I understand Mr. Petty. My niece and nephew both

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graduated from Tiger Mountain High and are living productive lives, this despite the premature death of their father and being raised by their disabled mother.

The district should evalu-ate this program based on the achievements of past students, not on the numbers quoted in the article. Lisa Callan, school district board member, is quot-ed, “it is still our obligation … to make sure we give those kids all we can give them.” Give them Tiger Mountain High until the district can give them something better.

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the Governor, P.O. Box 40002, Olympia, WA 98504-0002; 360-902-4111; www.governor.wa.gov

State — 5th DistrictSen. Mark Mullet (D), 415

Legislative Building, P.O. Box 40405, Olympia, WA 98504-0405, 360-786-7608; 270-8812; [email protected]

Rep. Chad Magendanz (R), 427 JLOB, P.O. Box 40600, Olympia WA 98504-0600; 360-786-7876; [email protected]

Rep. Jay Rodne (R), 430 JLOB, P.O. Box 40600, Olympia, WA 98504-0600; 360-786-7852;

[email protected] Legislative Hotline:

800-562-6000.

State — 41st District Sen. Steve Litzgow (R),

416 Legislative Building, P.O. Box 40441, Olympia, WA 98504-00441; 360-786-7641; 453-3076; [email protected]

Rep. Tana Senn (D), 419 John L. O’Brien Building, P.O. Box 40600, Olympia, WA 98504-0600; 360-786-7894; 453-3037; [email protected]

Rep. Judy Clibborn (D), 415 John L. O’Brien Building, P.O. Box 40600, Olympia, WA 98504-0600; 360-786-7926; 453-3075; [email protected]

Toll-free Legislative Hotline: 800-562-6000

CountyKing County Executive Dow

Constantine, King County Chi-nook Building, 401 Fifth Ave., Suite 800, Seattle, WA 98104; 206-263-9600; [email protected]

King County Councilwoman Kathy Lambert, District 3. King County Courthouse, 516 Third Ave., 12th floor, Seattle, WA 98104; 206-477-1003; 800-325-6165 toll free; [email protected]

King County Councilman Reagan Dunn, District 9. King County Courthouse, 516 Third Ave., Room 1200, Seattle, WA 98104; 206-477-1009; 800-325-6165 toll free; [email protected]

CityMayor Fred Butler: fredb@

issaquahwa.gov Council President Paul Win-

terstein: [email protected] Council President

Stacy Goodman: [email protected]

Councilwoman Eileen Barber: [email protected]

Councilwoman Stacy Good-man: [email protected]

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Councilwoman Nina Milligan: [email protected]

Councilwoman Mary Lou Pauly: [email protected]

Councilman Joshua Schaer: [email protected]

Write to the mayor and City Council at: City of Issaquah, P.O. Box 1307, Issaquah, WA 98027. Call 837-3000.

Issaquah School BoardPresident Marnie Maraldo,

220-3389; [email protected]

Director Brian Deagle, 785-8623; [email protected]

Director Lisa Callan, 260-4878; [email protected]

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A local girl helped add a little more color to the Seattle Pride 2014 parade.

Issaquah Middle School student Sophie Sarumgard decided to enter a City Arts magazine competi-tion to design a custom MINI Cooper F56s. The 12-year-old not only won, but got to ride in the June 29 Pride parade in a MINI wrapped with her design.

City Arts magazine chose three winners — one in the youth category, one in the adult category

and one in the profes-sional category. It was the first year for the competi-tion; the magazine chose Rainbows as the theme. Out of more than 70 en-tries, Sarumgard won the 15-and-under age group with her nautical design.

“I really like the ocean,” Sarumgard said, describing what inspired her. “I had to put rainbows on it, so I put a dolphin on the top and an octopus on one side.”

Inspiration struck when she saw a promotion for the competition at a family outing.

“We’re at this picnic

and it was one of the places there,” she said. “I thought, ‘Why not?’ And so I started coloring.”

She said it was a real thrill to win and ride in the parade.

“I was very surprised,” she said. “I’ve never won anything like that before. It was amazing.”

Her father, Will Sa-rumgard, said the rest of the family only helped by trusting Sophie to submit a good design.

“She’s a great artist,” he said. “The only thing me, my wife and her sister did was wait for her to finish.”

With something to start off her résumé, Sophie said she would certainly

consider entering more design competitions in the future.

Contributed

Sophie Sarumgard, an Issaquah Middle School student, stands beside a custom MINI Cooper F56s sporting her win-ning design that was chosen by City Arts mazagine.

Artist rides in Pride parade in winning design

History program features ‘Steam Engine Stories’

Join the Issaquah Depot Museums free Summer History program, “Steam Engine Stories” with Jack Christensen, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 12 at the Train Depot Museum.

Christensen, a former steam and diesel train engineer, will share tales of working the rail line through Issaquah to Snoqualmie.

Christensen, now a prolific railroad artist and watercolorist, started his railroad career at age 16 as an engine wiper for the North Pacific Railway in 1942. He went on to work as a supply boy, crew caller, hostler helper, fire cleaner and occasionally a fireman on switch engines during his high school years.

Jack started firing off the extra board in 1944, one month before his active duty in the Army Air Force from December 1944 to November 1945. After the war, Christensen attended university during the day while returning to engine service at night again for the North Pacific.

Upon graduation, Jack took a nine-month leave of absence from the rail-way to work for the United States Geological Survey in Washington, D.C., before re-turning to the North Pacific as an engineer in 1955. In 1965, he began serving as a road foreman of engines in Duluth and Northtown, Minn., and Livingston, Mont. He then began painting illustrations for railroad sto-ries written by North Pacific engineer Max King for the Tacoma News-Tribune.

In 1972, Christensen returned to engine service in the Pacific Division of Burlington Northern. He finished his long and distin-guished railway career July 7, 1999.

Annual Challenge Race returns on July 12

The annual Issaquah Rotary Challenge Series Races, where participants with disabilities get to ex-perience the thrill of soap-box derby action, begins 9 a.m. July 12.

In each race, two rac-ers climb into the seat of a gravity-powered car as the vehicle maneuvers along Sec-ond Avenue with able-bodied volunteers, who sit behind the wheel, and participants with disabilities, who sit in the passenger seat.

Longtime Issaquah resi-dent Leo Finnegan founded the event when son Tim wanted to race with his brothers in regular derbies but couldn’t because of his disability. The community race is now in its 17th year.

Check-in for the races be-gins at 8 a.m. in front of the community center, followed by three racing sessions be-ginning at 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Participants must preregister and be 5-foot-2 or shorter and 130 pounds or lighter to fit in a car. Call Finnegan at 392-5682 to register for the event.

In addition to the races, the Rotary Club of Issaquah hosts a lunch for event par-ticipants, families, caregiv-ers and volunteers.

Life Enrichment Options, a local organization that seeks to promote a good quality of life within the community for citizens who have developmental disabilities, is an event partner. The Rotary Club of Issaquah is a local service club made up of business and professional leaders.

Learn more at www.is-saquahrotary.org.

The Beat goes on hiatusThe Beat, The Press’

monthly page by teens, about teens and for teens, is done publishing for now.

The project runs through the school year. The Beat will return to the paper in October. Until then, check out The Beat staff members’ reflections of their experi-ence at www.issaquahpress.com/category/the-beat.

PARADING PATRIOTISMIssaquah

gets festive with Kids‘n Pets Parade

Above, Annabelle Paquette, 4, of Preston, rides her tricycle in the Kids ‘n Pets Parade. At left, Toby, a golden retriever dressed like Uncle Sam in a top hat and bow tie, enjoys the applause of spectators lining Front Street

Above, Courtney Finkbeiner, 7, a downtown Issaquah resi-dent, wears a silvery fireworks display on her bicycle helmet as she rides in the Kids ‘n Pets Parade.Below, this Boston terrier, part of a big contingent from Riverdog Canine Coaching of Issaquah, is Boston strong as he pulls on his leash in the parade.

Photos by GreG Farrar

Corinne Schiehser, 7, (holding the beach ball) celebrates her birthday riding a float in the Front Street for the Kids ‘n Pets Parade during the Down Home 4th of July celebration. The float was built and pulled by dads Michael Schiehser and Dave Beauparlant.

At right, Aiden Lee, 6, of the

Summer Meadows neighborhood, has his cheeks

painted and flags taped to his helmet as

hundreds of kids, parents and

pets celebrate our country’s

Independence Day.

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LET’S

GO!5K Foam Fest8 a.m. July 12

Whether you’re an expert mudder or a first time foamster, you’ll love running, jumping and bouncing your way through the 5K Foam Fest’s more than 15 obstacles filled with mud, fun and fluffy white foam. The event kicks off at 8 a.m. July 12 at Lake Sammamish State Park, 2000 N.W. Sammamish Road. Registration is $80 in advance or $90 the day of the race. Learn more at 5kfoamfest.com.

DON’T MISS

PLAN FOR THE WEEK OF

JULY 10-16

WEDNESDAY JULY 16

THURSDAY JULY 10 FRIDAY JULY 11

MONDAY JULY 14 TUESDAY JULY 15

UPCOMING EVENTS

July Women’s Luncheon, 11:30 a.m., Tibbetts Creek Manor, 750 17th Ave. N.W., www.issaquahcham-ber.com, $30/members, advance; $40/nonmem-bers, day of

Infant Story Time, ages 0-1, 11:30 a.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

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

Volunteer in the Learning Garden at Pickering Barn, 5-7 p.m., (10 a.m. to 1

p.m. Saturdays), 1730 10th Avenue N.W., volunteer form at seattletilth.org

‘Are you College Ready?,’ free planning workshop, participants receive a free copy of ‘Top Ten Things You should Know Before Applying to College,’ 6-8:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset way, preregistra-tion recommended, call 652-5110 or email [email protected], free

‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower,’ by Stephen Chbosky, book club discus-sion, 7 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

Art Outside Plein Air Festival, hosted painting locations throughout the

Issaquah Highlands July 19-20, opportunity to sell your work with no commis-sion at the Outside high-lands Day Festival, 3-7 p.m. July 20, register at artEAST.org, $30

Hidden Trails of Tiger Mountain, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 19, 9 miles,

1,300-foot elevation gain, meet in Preston, $25, regis-ter at http://bit.ly/1fVvBOo

Chocolate Wine and All That Jazz; food, wine and

ale tastings, chocolates and jazz music; 5:30-8:30 p.m. July 24, Boehm’s Candies, 255 N.E. Gilman Blvd., www.cwatj.org, $40

Chalk Art Fest, hit the side-walks and create some art, noon to 5 p.m. July 29, com-munity center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S.

‘Two Gentlemen of Verona,’ part of Wooden-O Shakespeare

Co.’s free Shakespeare in the Park series, 7 p.m. July 31, community center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S., www.seattleshakespeare.org/woodeno

‘Crow/Raven: Mystery and Magic’ art exhibit, through July 12, artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., and Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive, arteast.org

Tennis and Friends, 9 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday, Tibbetts Valley Park, 965 12th Ave. N.W., ages 50 and older, registration not required

Summer Toy Swap, bring a toy to recycle and get a ticket in exchange, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through July 25, use ticket to swap for new-to-you toy July 26, Recology CleanScapes, 317 N.W. Gilman Blvd., No. 22, 392-0285

‘We Build, We Learn, We Play,’ learn engineering basics with Lego construc-tion kits, ages 8-12, 6 and 7 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130, must pre-register

Wooden-O Shakespeare Co. presents ‘Julius Caesar,’ free, 7 p.m., community center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S., www.seattleshakespeare.org/woodeno

Play and Learn Chinese, 10:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

Train Depot Museum, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday through Sunday, free admis-sion Thursday evenings from 4-8 p.m., visit the vintage caboose and railroad cars, tours available by appoint-ment, $2/adults, $1/chil-dren, www.issaquahhistory.org/issaquah-depot

Drop-In and Learn about eBooks for Kids and Teens, 4-5 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

ArtWalk, with live music and hands-on art, down-town, 6-9 p.m., www.down-townissaquah.com

Splash Into Summer: Family Fridays at the Pool, family squirt toys night, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Julius Boehm Pool, 50 S.E. Clark St., $10/families, $4/adults, $3/youths

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

Groove Kitchen, 8 p.m., Pogacha, 120 N.W. Gilman

Blvd., 392-5550, $5

‘We All Need the Sun,’ a lighthearted musical romp, 11 a.m. and noon, Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

Optimists Club, 6 p.m. Shanghai Garden, 80 Front St. N., issaquahoptimistclub.blogspot.com

‘Art Outside’ Highlands Day Celebration, daily human-sized community nest build-ing with Karen White, through July 17, Village Green, 2550 N.E. Park Drive, www.ihweb-site.com

‘All About Puberty: Parents and Girls Together,’ 6:30-9 p.m., Swedish/Issaquah,

registration required, 751 N.E. Blakely Drive, www.swedish.org $35/family, $5 each additional child

Celebrate Recovery on the Plateau: 6 p.m. dinner, 7-9 p.m. meeting, Pine Lake Covenant Church, 1715 228th Ave. S.E., www.celebraterecov-eryontheplateau.org

‘The Lifeboat,’ by Charlotte Rogan, book discussion group, 6:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

‘Hindi Story Times: Namaste!’ 7 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

Computer Class: One-On-One Assistance, 10 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

Lunch Bunch, bring your own lunch and enjoy stories and songs as you munch, ages 3-5, noon, Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

Rotary Club of Issaquah, 12:15 p.m., Tibbetts Creek Manor, 750 17th Ave. N.W., www.issaquahrotary.org

Science Magic Show, 1 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokémon and Magic the Gathering Club, 3

p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

Computer Class: One-On-One Assistance, 7 and 8 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

‘Seven Secrets for Great College Essays,’ 7 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, www.essaymen-tors.com

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

Send items for Let’s Go! to [email protected]

by noon Friday.

YOUR WEEKEND JULY 12-13SATURDAY

Mount Washington Hike, strenu-ous, 8 miles, 3,300-foot elevation gain, 8:30 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org

Challenge Race Soap Box Derby, race for chil-dren with disabilities sponsored by the Rotary Club of Issaquah, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., community center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S., www.issaquahrotary.org

Coffee with Mayor Fred Butler, coffee and continental pastries provided, open to the pub-lic, 9 a.m., University House, 22975 S.E. Black

Nugget Road, 654-1485

Farmers market, featuring a bounce house and pony rides, music by Cherie Blues and New Age Flamenco, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine, Pickering Barn, 1730 10th Ave. N.W.

‘Tad and Fry Puppet Show: A Tale of Metamorphosis and Friendship,’ 3 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

Second Saturday Film Series pres-ents: ‘I Walk the Line,’ 7 p.m., Eagle Room, City Hall, 130 E. Sunset Way

Village Theatre’s KIDSTAGE Summer Independent Program presents ‘Children of Eden,’ 7:30

p.m., Village Theatre First Stage, 120 Front St. N., 392-2900

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

The Machine, Amante, 131 Front St. N., 313-9600

At Five, 21 and older, 8:30 p.m., Pogacha, 120 N.W. Gilman Blvd., 392-5550

SUNDAY

Eighth annual Burgers, Bikers and Babes Motorcycle Rally, featuring Miss Bike Rally 2014 Karleena Gore

and Sons of Anarchy’s Sean McNabb, 9 a.m., weather permitting, Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-in, 98 N.E. Gilman Blvd., 392-1266

Tradition Plateau Hike, easy, 6 miles, 600-foot elevation gain, noon, meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org

Mindful Meditations to Empower Yourself, learn to work beyond the zone of stress, 1:30 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

‘Children of Eden,’ 2 p.m., Village Theatre First Stage, 120 Front St. N., 392-2900

‘Really Wild Animals: Totally Tropical Rainforest,’ film, 2 p.m., Lewis Creek Visitor Center, 5808 Lakemont Blvd. S.E., 452-4195, free

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Theresa Lemke, a longtime Issaquah resident, passed away May 22, 2014. She was 92.

She is survived by her son Paul, of Bothell, and numerous extended fam-ily members and friends.

Lucille was preceded in death by her husband Marvin on March 7, 2014.

A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Satur-day, July 12, 2014, at Christ the King Lutheran

Church, 3730 148th Ave. S.E., Bellevue.

Private interment with her husband was at Tahoma National Cem-etery, Kent.

Friends are invited to view photos, get direc-tions, share memories and sign the online guest book at www.flintofts.com.

Arrangements are by Flintoft’s Funeral Home and Crematory, 392-6444.


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Prince Edward Island, on Aug. 24, 1918, Frances Anne Keegan was born to Francis Xavier and Helen Leona Keegan. Her father’s fam-ily were seafarers. When Frances was 4 years old, her mother shepherded her seven daughters across the continent by train to Issaquah. There in the hills was the rich farmland that Helen’s pioneering family, Mercers and Vaughans, had homesteaded.

Helen and Frank settled their daughters on the farm, where they survived the Depression years by living off the land — from fruit trees and vegetables to chickens and cows. Helen sewed the girls’ clothing, oftentimes from pretty patterned cotton flour sacks.

Frances graduated from Issaquah High School, the class of 1935, one of 61 students. As her parents ran an egg farm, she had experience candling eggs, which she used to land a job at an egg co-op in Is-saquah. Paul J. Barlow was her supervisor. Romance followed. They married in 1941, lived in a little para-dise on the shores of Lake Sammamish and raised five children there.

In 1984, she moved to Whidbey Island, where she lived for 30 years, right on the Saratoga Passage. She

loved her life there: creat-ing a beautiful garden, walking the beach with her dogs, digging for clams, playing a ruthless game of Scrabble and hosting fam-ily gatherings, which went far into the night around beach campfires.

Only in her 90s did she move to an assisted-living home.

Everyone who knew Frances Barlow marveled over her strength of char-acter, her canny under-standing of people, and her absolute commitment to tell anyone and everyone exactly what she thought.

She passed away June 24, 2014 — the last of her sisters to pass on, the last of her generation. She will be sorely missed.

She is survived by four children, Alan Barlow, Paula Kerby (Billy), Glen Barlow (Glenda) and Anne Barlow; nine grandchil-dren, Megan McInnis, Erika Calderon, Anna Miaullis, Colin Meyer (Christie Rob-ertson), Owen Meyer (Ni-cole Grant), Justine Winnie, Ian Barlow, Drew Barlow and Reid Barlow; and five great-grandchildren, Flynn and Lem Meyer, Calix and Coral Robertsonmeyer, and Angela Barlow. Numerous dear nieces and nephews will also remember her well.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 12, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 220 Mountain Park Blvd. N.W., Issaquah, Washington. A reception will follow.

Friends are invited to share memories and sign the family’s online guest book at www.flintofts.com.

Lawerence Lee ChurchLawer-

ence Lee Church, age 61, born in Garden City, Mich., on Feb. 13, 1953, passed away June 27, 2014.

The oldest of four boys, Larry spent his grade school years in Compton, Calif., and moved to the Seattle area at the age of 12.

Active by nature, Larry loved people and nature and working with his hands. He graduated from Kent-Meridian High School and enrolled in Green River College with the goal of teach-ing woodshop. Larry was humble by nature and referred to himself as a “jack of all trades and a master of none,” ignor-ing his accomplishments in carpentry, mushroom hunting, fly-tying and archery, a sport in which he won a junior state championship.

For Larry, the job he took to work himself through school ultimately became his career. Work-ing as a night stocker in the Black Diamond IGA, he learned an unusual combination of skills — cutting and wrapping meats.

An affable person who genuinely loved helping people, Larry thrived in the supermarket envi-ronment. He eventually left IGA to become an apprentice butcher for Safeway. While working at the Eastgate Safeway store, he met a young bakery apprentice named Tara Stabler. They were married in 1978.

Larry and Tara had four children, Jeff, Elisa, Daniel and Michael, who died at childbirth. They have five grandchil-dren. Larry excelled in his career — ultimately leaving Safeway to work for the QFC chain, where he was recognized as one of the company’s top grossing employees. He worked hard; he loved fishing and his time in the

outdoors, but his greatest passion always remained his family.

No discussion of Larry would be complete without describing the relationship he had with his children and grand-children. He was not only a father but a friend to his children. His grand-children adored him. During the long painful weeks spent at the hospi-tal, he found strength by looking at family pictures and chatting with his grandchildren on the telephone.

In 2013, Larry was diagnosed with leukemia. In July of that year, he entered the University of Washington Medical Center for a stem cell transplant. Despite the stem cell donation from his brother Dave, con-stant care from his wife and his mother, and visits from countless friends and relatives, the cancer ultimately took his life.

A friendly but unas-suming man, Larry Church seldom spoke of his accomplishments. Thinking about his father’s humility, Daniel Church remembered, “People would say stuff about him and Dad would say, ‘Oh, he’s just a story-teller.’”

According to Tara, patience was another of Larry’s virtues. “The one thing Larry prided him-self on was patience.”

During his stays at UW Medical Center and Swedish Hospital, Larry never complained or for-got his love for the people around him. He befriend-ed doctors, nurses and orderlies, and remained a giving, cheerful person.

Lawerence Lee Church is survived by his mother Sophie, his three broth-ers, his wife Tara, their three children and five grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family would prefer mourners to donate mon-ies to the Make a Wish Foundation, an organiza-tion with a mission that Larry deeply cared about.

His memorial service is from 6-8 p.m. July 11 at The Church of Je-sus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Duthie Hill Cha-pel, Sammamish.

Ruth HowardRuth

Howard died peace-fully on June 29 at home in Sam-mamish, at the age of 97.

Ruth Evelyn Ley was born April 8, 1917, in Zillah, to George W. and Mary (Walmsley) Ley. She was raised in Wapato, with sisters Mildred Gold-sworthy and Margaret Wright, graduating from Wapato High School in 1934. She studied music at Washington State Uni-versity, where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority.

In 1940, she married George I. Howard and they made their home in Yakima, where their three children were born and raised. Ruth was employed by the Yakima School District for 25 years as secretary and assistant to the business manager.

Following retirement in 1977, Ruth and George moved to Florence, Ariz., where they lived until returning to Yakima in 1994. She moved to Belle-wood Retirement Apart-ments in Issaquah in 2005 to be close to her family.

Ruth is survived by her three children, Lynn Kennedy (Fred), Donna Kennedy (Ed) and Wil-liam Howard (Allene). She leaves behind six grandchildren, Kather-

ine Price (Phil), Susan Imwalle (Larry), Karen Harmon (Geoff), Jenni-fer Adams (Tylon), Karl Howard (Rose Braden) and Andrew Kennedy (Heather Lauren); 10 great-grandchildren, Evan and Madeline Im-walle, Adrian and Niklas Kennedy, Kevin, Emma and Audrey Harmon, Eric Price, Grant Howard and Travis Adams; and sev-eral nieces and nephews.

Ruth was a member of Sammamish Presbyte-rian Church, Chapter HE, P.E.O., a former mem-ber of First Presbyte-rian Church of Florence, Ariz., where she served as church organist for 15 years, and a former member of Yakima First Presbyterian Church.

Ruth will be remem-bered for her sweet smile and cheerful approach to life. She loved her family where she was the center of joy, warmth and fun. Ruth was passionate about handcrafts and sewing, es-pecially quilting, and made more than 100 quilts for family members and charities. She loved music and was an accomplished pianist and organist.

A memorial service will be Saturday, July 19, at 1 p.m. at Sammamish Presbyterian Church.

In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to Evergreen Health Hospice Care (www.evergreenhospital.org/hospice) or P.E.O. Program for Continuing Education (www.peointer-national.org).

Frances Barlow

Lawerence Church

Paul Douglas Hoffman1936 - 2014

On Fri-day, June 27, 2014, at the age of 78, sur-rounded by his close family, at Swedish/Issaquah, Doug (Paul Douglas) Hoff-man departed this earth to be reunited in heaven with his deceased family and friends.

He had spent the last nine months battling cancer with his loving wife Suzanne as his supportive caregiver.

They were married Nov. 30, 1998, in Hawaii, and enjoyed many wonder-ful years together. They enjoyed travel and their vacation home in Tucson, Ariz.

He was born June 5, 1936, in Yankton, S.D., and moved to Yakima with his family in 1947. Doug at-tended Marquette and Da-vis high schools. He spent 35 years working for Pa-cific Northwest Bell/AT&T, starting in Yakima, and then Moses Lake and finally retiring in 1990 from the downtown Seattle office. He

spent his early retirement years commercial fishing in Garibaldi, Ore., on his boat, the Candace M, which he built in 1974 with the help of Westport shipyards. In 2002, he sold his boat and retired from commercial fishing.

Doug enjoyed elk and moose hunting, shooting and reloading, cruising and spending time with family and friends.

Doug is survived by his wife Suzanne, of Issaquah; son Steve (Deborah) Hoffman and daughters Diana (Greg) Moss and Candy (Danny) MacDonald, all of Moses Lake; as well as numer-ous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

A Celebration of Life will be scheduled in the near future. He is deeply loved and will be missed by his family and friends.

Arrangements are being made by Flintoft’s Funeral Home in Issaquah. Visit www.flintofts.com to see Doug’s memorial page and to share memories and sign the family’s online guest book.

The family suggests remembrances in Doug’s name to the Eastside Fire-fighters Benevolent Fund, P.O. Box 594, Issaquah, WA 98027.

Paul Hoffman

Lucille Lemke

Ruth Howard

Maywood takes second at Rubik’s Cube competition

Maywood Middle School took second place at the local “You CAN do the Rubik’s Cube” compe-tition June 7 at Mill Creek Elementary School.

Seven Maywood stu-dents, plus one from a Marysville school to round out the team, combined to solve the cube faster than all but one team.

“Solving the cube requires a great deal of

mathematical patterning and problem solving,” Maywood teacher Ron Ci-raulo said. “Solving them quickly requires combin-ing all those skills with physical dexterity and focused attention.”

Ben Royce and Davan Hwang led the team, solving their puzzles in just 30 seconds. Shelby Reese, Will Slaton, Spen-cer Slaton, Matt Barta and Andrew Chappelle were the other Maywood competitors.


Wedding bell blues

Police received a noise complaint June 19 and arrived in the 2500 block of Northeast Park Drive to find a wedding had just ended. The music had just been turned off. Police told the man in charge to keep the remaining guests quiet.

Welcome to your nightmare

A passerby crossing the corner of Front Street North and East Sunset Way June 21 called police about a male subject wearing a baggy dark blue sweatshirt, dark pants. Oh, he also wore a clown mask and the reporting person thought the man was carrying a knife. Police were unable to find the suspect.

Freedom isn’t freePolice were called about

a theft in the 23000 block of Southeast 58th Street June 25. An American flag, worth an estimated $50, was stolen.

The Press publishes names of those charged with felony crimes. Information comes directly from local police reports.

EASTSIDE FIRE & RESCUE REPORTS

FOR JULY 1-44At 9:44 a.m. July 1,

two engine crews extin-guished a heavy equip-ment fire in the 2200 block of Sahalee Drive East.4On July 2, one

engine crew extinguished a fire at 9:25 a.m. in the 4500 block of Klahanie Drive Southeast. Another engine unit returned at 3:58 p.m. to put the fire out again.4At 5:43 p.m. July

3, an engine crew extin-guished a Dumpster fire at 1300 block of Northwest Mall Street.4Three engine crews

were dispatched at 6:05 p.m. July 3 to the scene of a motor vehicle accident with injuries in the 16400 block of Southeast Renton-Issaquah Road.4Two engine crews

assisted a pedestrian struck by a vehicle at 8:13 a.m. July 4 in the 11400 block of Issaquah-Hobart Road.

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Fred Meyer, QFC raise $81,000 to Oso relief

Fred Meyer and QFC customers, along with The Kroger Co. Foundation, do-nated more than $81,000 in just three weeks to help with mudslide relief efforts in Oso through the Red Cross of Snohomish County.

From March 23 through April 12, Fred Meyer and QFC customers in the Puget Sound area dedicat-ed donations in the stores’ cash register coin boxes or scan cards to the relief effort. The numbers were released in June.

Fred Meyer custom-ers donated $22,000 and QFC customers donated $44,000. The Kroger Co. Foundation offered to match $15,000, bringing the total to $81,000.

Specific amounts from the Issaquah locations were unavailable.

Overlake gets Standard & Poor’s ratings upgrade

For the sixth time, Overlake Medical Center earned a financial ratings increase, being upgraded

from “A-” to “A” with a stable outlook from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service.

According to the S&P report, the upgrade in Overlake’s rating is due in large part to the medical center’s suc-cessful completion of an electronic medical record conversion during the past year.

Standard & Poor’s evalu-ation also noted Overlake has a “good management team that has consis-tently delivered on results and has shown detailed consideration to future planning.”

Overlake previously had a split rating with Moody’s and S&P; Moody’s current-ly rates the medical center with an “A2” with a stable outlook. The upgrade in Overlake’s S&P rating rep-resents a move to parity with the two agencies.

FISH needs volunteersFriends of the Issaquah

Salmon Hatchery is gear-ing up for its busy fall tour season and needs many volunteers, including tour guides, helpers in the gift

shop or around the hatch-ery.

Volunteers will receive training, a mentor and a lot of opportunities and support to ease them into their roles. Volunteers are needed on weekends and weekdays. There is always something to do that fits most schedules.

Aug. 23 is Volunteer Saturday, an all-day event designed to help prepare everyone for them to volunteer at the hatchery. Volunteer by complet-ing the form at http://bit.ly/1m5tGJa. You’ll soon hear from the volunteer coordinator and be on your way to rewarding and fun times helping others appreciate our Issaquah Creek salmon.

State says it’s time to ‘Claim your Cash’

More than 3 million peo-ple have unclaimed money and assets held in trust by the Washington State Department of Revenue.

Check www.claimyour-cash.org to see if you have a share of the nearly $1 billion in property waiting to be claimed.

“Even if you’ve checked the website or made a claim in the past, every-one should visit the web-site at least once a year,” Department of Revenue Director Carol K. Nelson said in a news release. “The list of names and money we receive grows each year.”

Assets are held until the rightful owner files a claim.

Unclaimed property typically includes un-cashed paychecks, utility deposits, bank accounts, stocks and bonds, re-funds, life insurance proceeds and safe deposit box contents. Usually, as-sets have gone untouched by the owner for three or more years. The holding company is required to report them to the state where the owner last resided.

Between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2013, the Department of Revenue returned more than $68 million to 170,800 people.

During that time, 858,000 names and $140 million were added to the unclaimed property database.

Senior care agency offers free home safety checks

Northwest Senior Care is offering free home safety checks to King County seniors this month in rec-ognition of National Safety Month.

The safety checks, by local senior care experts, are available through the end of July.

The leading cause of injury to seniors requiring emergency attention is un-intentional falls, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most occur within the home and can be pre-vented by taking simple precautionary steps.

“Keeping seniors safe while promoting indepen-dence is the main objec-tive of this offering,” care expert Jerid Paige said in a news release. “Every seri-ous injury we can prevent keeps a senior happy with-in the home they love.”

Request a free home safety check by calling the Northwest Senior Care of-fice at 206-910-8177. Get information about other resources, including care assessments and senior housing placement coun-seling, at www.northwest-seniorcare.com.

Public invited to vote on favorite park design

The city of Issaquah is renovating Gibson Park playground this summer.

Organizers need help selecting the best design. Three have been posted on-line at http://bit.ly/1sXZ5kG. Vote for your favorite there or attend a meeting from 10 a.m. to noon July 19 at Gibson Park, 105 Newport Way S.W.

In November 2013, Is-saquah voters approved a $10 million park bond measure to protect open space and wildlife habitat, improve neighborhood parks and playgrounds, and make repairs to Julius Boehm Pool. Learn more at issaquahwa.gov/parkbond.

Two college planning workshops scheduled this month

Local high-school stu-dents and their families are invited to attend a pair of college-planning events July 16 and 29.

The “Are You College Ready?” workshop will be from 6-8:30 p.m. July 16 at the Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way. A follow-up workshop is from 6-8:30 p.m. July 29 at the Sam-mamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E.

The workshops are free, although pre-registration is recommended due to limited seating. The events are focused on high-school juniors and seniors, and ways to navigate today’s competitive college admis-sions process.

There will be tips on how to find the right col-lege fit, which schools are most affordable, finding financial aid and scholar-ships, and keys for devel-oping strong applications and compelling essays.

Register for either work-shop by calling 652-5110, or email [email protected].

County seeks nominations for small business awards

It’s time to nominate your favorite local business to be considered for the King County Executive’s Small Business Awards.

In partnership with the Issaquah Chamber of Com-merce, the city of Issaquah is seeking businesses to nominate for the presti-gious award.

To be eligible for any of the awards, a business must:4Be located in King

County.4Be for-profit and have

been in operation for at least three years.4Have no more than 50

employees.Email your ideas to

[email protected] by July 25. The county will announce three finalists for each category in early September. Winners will be announced Oct. 15.

The awards program started in 2011 and is dedicated to celebrating the importance and the accomplishments of small businesses throughout King County.

See a complete list of award categories and nominate your favorite business at http://1.usa.gov/1iyjjdT.

Discovery Elementary School principal chosen

The Issaquah School Dis-trict has selected Michele Nishioka as the principal at Discovery Elementary School for the 2014-15 school year.

Nishioka comes to Is-saquah from Seattle Public Schools, where she most recently served as assis-tant principal at Beacon Hill International School. She previously taught in California and with the Bellevue School District, where she completed an administrative internship.

“Michele has diverse experience as an educator, working with elementary students in a variety of set-tings, including gifted and talented classrooms, Title I schools, dual language im-mersion, and in a perform-ing arts magnet school,” Issaquah Superintendent Ron Thiele said in a news release.

“One of my core values is creating a positive climate and culture where students look forward to coming to school, where teachers look forward to coming to work, and where parents feel welcomed,” Nishioka said in the release.

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The Northwest Bullets 16-and-under fastpitch team, which includes seven

players from Issaquah, Liberty and Skyline high schools, qualified for

the Premier Girls Fastpitch national tournament to be held July 19-27 in

Huntington Beach, Calif. Pictured in the back row, left to right, are head coach Kris Zacher, assistant coach Ali Hooks,

Kendall Kauzlarich (Liberty), Maddy Trout (Mount Si), Megan Marino (Bothell), Lauren Lo (Skyline), Marnie Skinner

(Moses Lake), Camille Goo (Skyline), and assistant coach Greg Erwin. Front row,

from left to right, are Kelsey Bechtholdt (Granite Falls), Molly Spaniac (Skyline),

Justi Johnson (Issaquah), Sydney Schultz (Issaquah), Morgan Bevell (Issaquah),

Madelyn Carlson (Enumclaw) and assis-tant coach Tom Kauzlarich.

By Lisa Lo

BULLETS SHOOT FOR NATIONALS

Zack Overstreet, an Is-saquah High School junior in the fall, has qualified for the Junior World Golf Championships.

The prestigious tour-nament, which Tiger Woods won five times as an amateur in his youth, is July 14-18 at Torrey Pines South Course, in San Diego, Calf.

Overstreet qualified

June 27-28 by shooting an even par 144 (69 on day one and 75 on day two) at the Tumwater Valley Golf Course. The top four from the junior world state event qualified for the championship. Overstreet finished second, besting out 98 other competitors in his 14- to 17-year-old age group.

Overstreet said he has

never played at Torrey Pines, just visited. But he likes his chances.

“I started the year off not that hot, but I worked on my game through the spring and have been get-ting a lot better,” Over-street said.

Follow Overstreet’s prog-ress through the tourna-ment at www.juniorworld-golf.com.

Fraternity Snoqualmie hosts Bare Buns run

Clothing is optional at Fraternity Snoqualmie’s July 13 5K fun run.

The race up the side of Tiger Mountain begins and ends at the family nudist park and kicks off at 11 a.m. The top three runners in each division will receive an award.

Registration is $30 and runners get a free shirt, while supplies last. There is also a $16 spectator fee. Photo identification is required.

Prior to the 5K, children can participate in the free kid’s dash. All participants will get a prize.

On the day of the race, attendees are encouraged to catch a shuttle to the park from 8-10:30 a.m. at the Tibbetts Valley Park & Ride, 965 12th Ave. N.W.

There are several week-end activities planned, and organizers encourage attendees to camp through the weekend. Learn more about the festivities at www.fraternitysnoqualmie.com.

Third Cougar Mountain Trail Run is July 12

The third of five events in the Cougar Mountain Trail Run series is July 12.

Runners can choose to participate in a 10- or 20-mile course, or a 5K, that loops through some of Cougar Mountain’s 36 miles of trails.

Co-produced by North-west Trail Runs and the Seattle Running Club, the race benefits King County Parks, with more than $126,000 raised since its inception.

Registration fees range between $20 and $50 depending on the race, and $15 of each registration fee will benefit King County Parks & Recreation.

Volunteer work groups organized by the Seattle Running Club spend an average of 150 hours each year doing trail restoration work, including improving trail surface conditions, invasive weed removal and picking up trash.

Register for the race and upcoming ones online at www.seattlerunningclub.org/Events/Cougar/cougar-mtn1.html.

The series’ final two races are set for Aug. 9 and Oct. 26.

Issaquah grad named pitcher of the year

Brielle Bray, a pitcher for the Bellevue College softball team was selected by opposing coaches as the North Region Pitcher of the Year for 2014.

She also won the award in 2013.

Bray was also selected to the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges all-Academic team. Also in 2014 Bray lead all NWAACC pitchers with a batting average of .467.

Bray completes her two-year career with Bellevue College with a two-year record of 34 wins, 13 losses, four saves and 273 strikeouts.

Bray, a 2012 graduate of Issaquah High School, has accepted a scholarship offer to pitch for Central Washington University in 2015.

Zack Overstreet, Issaquah High School golfer, tees off at Wayne Public Golf Course against Bothell. Overstreet led Issaquah with a 3-over 37 on nine holes in the match Oct. 9, 2013, against the Cougars.

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Zack Overstreet qualifies for junior world golf championships

BLANKED GUNNERS

Puget Sound loses to Seattle Sounders U-23, 3-0

Fausto Ordenana (left), Puget Sound Gunners forward, tries to keep a Seattle Sounders U-23 player from the ball July 4.

Above, Michael Dodds (right), Puget Sound Gunners defender, slides toward the ball, while get-ting pressured from a Seattle Sounders U-23 player.At left, oppos-ing players jump for the ball in the Puget Sound Gunners’ 3-0 loss to the Seattle Sounders U-23 July 4.

Photos By Christina CorraLes-toy

Above, Puget Sound Gunners midfielder Matt Eronemo is cov-

ered by a defend-er in the Gunners’

3-0 loss to the Seattle Sounders U-23. At right, a

Seattle Sounders U-23 player

tugs on Puget Sound Gunners forward Vincent McCluskey’s jer-

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Does winding through Woodinville’s wine country sound like a fantastic way to spend a day? You’re right — it is.

A number of winer-ies have bloomed in the bursting local industry along the northwestern tip of Lake Washington. When world-famous Chateau Ste. Michelle winery settled in the area in 1976, it brought with it a gradual wave of other wineries and, of course, wine lovers.

Currently, more than 100 wineries call the Woodinville area home. Now, you can experience those on the Woodinville Wine Country shuttle, every first and third Sat-urday from July 5 to Sept. 20.

On a cold, drizzly June 13, our shuttle dropped us off in a lovely spot located in the Hollywood District. It turned out to be my favorite of the day.

JM Cellars is not only a winery, it is a seven-acre arboretum, on a hill quaintly called Bramble Bump. Perhaps the foliage looked extra spectacular in the misty air, or perhaps the first wine tasting added an extra bit of romanticism to my morning mind, but the rustic cottage and surrounding woods felt simply magical.

Grabbing a bottle of merlot, owner John Bigelow took us on a wet walk of the grounds. The arboretum includes main-tained trails and a strip of vibrant green where visitors play bocce ball on better days.

As with most wineries in the Woodinville area, JM Cellars does not grow its grapes on the wooded land. Instead, it gets its grapes from vineyards throughout the state. However, you will see rows and rows of impres-sive looking barrels and all the machinery it takes to turn those grapes into wine.

Bigelow said he works with local colleges to get interns who are study-ing viticulture, the fancy name for the science of grapes. And, of course, he gets volunteers to stomp grapes, award-ing their leg work with a bottle.

In Woodinville’s Ware-house District, you’ll be tempted by the bland-looking storage units and buildings to judge the book by its cover. But more than 30 wineries inhabit the area, with

each owner turning each space into his or her own uniquely decorated busi-ness. The mystery as to what each winery has to offer is tantalizing.

We visited Patterson Cellars, in one of the Warehouse District’s many alleys, and Tasting Room Manager Stephanie Cuffel greeted us with a smile, crackers and many wines to taste.

She showed us how the business uses the space, which appeared much larger on the inside, to make and store wine from the grapes it imports from Eastern Washington vine-yards. All the while, she kept an ongoing conversa-tion about what wines we preferred and graciously tried to accommodate our tastes with the winery’s offerings.

At Lauren Ashton Cel-lars, a well-lit, welcoming room greets wine tasters making their way from place to place. A gaggle of smiling people situ-

ated themselves around a charming older man and discussed each taste with exuberance. The decor used every bit of old wine barrels, making wall deco-rations, tables and chairs from the remnants of the former fermenters.

Though I did not re-spond to any of the wines there, I think it offered a comfortable, social space for those interested in experiencing wine with others.

Our group ended our trip with a visit to the gor-geous and fragrant fields of Woodinville Lavender.

This small lavender farm cast a gorgeous hue on the brightening day as local owner Tom Frei told us the story of how he left aerospace engineering to fulfill his agriculture dream. On the grounds, he grows multiple types of beauti-ful lavender. With the crop, he distills it down into essential oils, makes products to sell in the lo-

cal farm shop and works with other regional pro-ducers to incorporate the locally grown flower into many products.

With a chocolate-cov-ered hazelnut and laven-der ice cream bar, Wood-inville Lavender was the perfect pairing to a day sipping wine.

Many other wineries dot the scenic hillsides of Woodinville and each of them look individual in its presentation and surely offer distinctive wines. The whole experi-ence exposed me to the charm and whimsy of the valley. I knew immedi-ately I would recommend the shuttle to my parents on their next visit to the area. And I also knew I would tag along.

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1 Purchase a new backpack for elementary age boy or high school age boy or girl. Brand new shoes and coats are also being collected. By July 21, bring your donation to the Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank 24-Hour Drop Box located at 179 1st Ave. SE, Issaquah, WA 98027. To register for a backpack or to get more information please visit issaquahfoodbank.org. Deadline to register is July 31.

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Photos by Peter Clark

Above, John Bigelow, JM Cellars co-owner, stands on the bocce ball court that doubles as a wedding venue. Below, Refuge and Prospect is one of the many examples of a winery that makes the most out of a converted storage unit characteristic of Woodinville’s Warehouse District.

IF YOU GOSecond annual Lavender Festival at Woodinville4July 11-134Stroll the fields, listen to live music, watch artists, enjoy lavender food, activi-ties and more. 4$3 entry fee; ages 5 and younger free4www.woodinvillelaven-der.com

Woodinville Wine Country shuttle4First and third Saturday4Noon to 5 p.m.4July 5 to Sept. 20 4This shuttle connects Woodinville’s Warehouse District with the Hollywood District. 4For $10, hop on and off as many times you wish 4woodinvillewinecountry.com

ArtWalk returns July 11The next Downtown

Issaquah Association ArtWalk is from 6-9 p.m. July 11.

Visitors are invited to meet local business own-ers, enjoy live music, watch artists in action, and shop and dine downtown.

ArtWalk features up 50 artists working their wares in such genres as jewelry, photography, paintings, glass and metal work, sculpture and books.

In addition to art, visitors can enjoy musical perfor-mances by:4Fred and the Facets

(rhythm and blues), library4Bodacious Ladyhood

(music and comedy trio), Train Depot4Acoustic Fantasy

(flamenco/jazz), Hailstone Feed Store4Little Lion (indie piano

pop duo), Coho Computer4Open Mic, Music and

ArtsEvent maps detailing all

participating venues will be available the day of Art-Walk at the Hailstone Feed Store, 232 Front St. N.

Learn more at www.downtownissaquah.com/events.

‘I Walk the Line’ is next feature in free film series

The city’s free film series continues July 12 with the presentation of “I Walk the Line.”

The show is at 7 p.m. in City Hall Eagle Room, 130 E. Sunset Way.

“I Walk the Line” stars Gregory Peck as Sheriff Henry Tawes, a small Ten-nessee town man of strong moral fiber who is quick to judge others and follows the law zealously. Tawes’ world is turned upside down when he meets Alma, played by Tuesday Weld.

Aaron Crawford rocks Concerts on the Green

Aaron Crawford, one of the Pacific Northwest’s fast-est rising country singers, hits the stage July 15 at the Issaquah Community Center.

Picnicking kicks off at 6 p.m.; bring a blanket. Music is from 7-8:30 p.m. As many as 500 revelers attend, so come early to stake out your spot.

Crawford, a solo art-ist from the Northwest, is bringing a new sound to the music scene, blending country with melodic rock. He released his debut al-bum, “Modern Day Ameri-can Dream,” in October. Combining high-energy shows with a genuine love of his audience, Crawford is rapidly building a fan base across the country. Learn more at www.craw-fordaaronmusic.com.

The concerts, at 301 Rainier Blvd., are presented by Issaquah’s Parks & Rec-

reation Department and the Issaquah Arts Commission, in collaboration with the Kiwanis Club of Issaquah. Kiwanis sells refreshments during the show, including hotdogs and hamburgers.

The next concert is by renowned Jimi Hendrix tribute band Randy Hansen on July 22.

The concerts are free, but donations will be ac-cepted.

WingsNThings kicks off Concerts in the Park

The 14th annual outdoor concert series at Pine Lake Park kicks off the 2014 season by welcoming Paul McCartney tribute band WingsNThings.

The concerts are from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 28.

There is plenty of lawn space, so you can bring your own picnic basket. The Rotary Club of Sam-mamish will sell barbecue dinners and the Kiwanis Club of Sammamish will sell ice cream. No alcohol is allowed in the park.

Seattle band WingsNTh-ings has been playing the music of Paul McCartney since 2010.

Pine Lake Park, 2401 228th Ave. S.E., has limited parking. Parking is also available at Discovery El-ementary School and at the Pine Lake Park & Ride. A free shuttle is available to and from the park & ride. No dogs are allowed on the shuttle.

Learn more at www.sam-mamish.us/events/concert-sinthepark.aspx.

Wooden O brings ‘Caesar’ to community center

The Seattle Shakespeare Co. kicks off its summer Wooden O Shakespeare in the Park Series July 10 with “Julius Ceasar” at the Is-saquah Community Center.

Wooden O, founded in 1994, started with an-nual summer Shakespeare performances at Mercer Island’s Luther Burbank Amphitheater. Demand for the free summer Shake-speare performances grew, and over the years, park venues from Lynnwood to Auburn were added to the schedule. In spring 2008, Seattle Shakespeare Co. merged with Wooden O.

The Issaquah perfor-mance is from 7-9 p.m. at 301 Rainier Blvd. S.

“Julius Caesar” is a swift and enthralling political thriller that portrays the life-and-death struggle for power in Rome.

While blankets and picnic baskets are welcome on the lawn during per-formances, organizers ask that pets and alcohol be left at home.

Learn more at www.seattleshakespeare.org/woodeno.

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