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Never forgottenMan seeks family ties in Newcastle Cemetery.

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Subway dietJared Fogel shares his story with students.

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Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Nov. 3. Don’t forget to set clocks back one hour. Now is also a good time to replace the bat-teries in smoke alarms.

By Christina Corrales-Toy

The Golf Club at Newcastle is set to literally roll out the red carpet for the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce’s Diamond Awards Nov. 13.

The annual ceremony that recognizes top community contributors will be an evening affair, emulating a glamorous Hollywood award show, with elements of elegance, formality and fun.

Previous Diamond Awards events have taken place during

the day as luncheons.“We wanted to put together

an evening, red-carpet style event to really celebrate and

recognize these extraordinary community members in a more visible way,” said Christina Mason, Diamond Awards chair-woman.

Attendees will be greeted as celebrities upon entering the event, complete with a red carpet entrance and a photogra-pher, Mason said. Cocktail and business attire is encouraged.

The first 125 people at the event will receive a swag bag with gifts from sponsors, and

Diamond Awards get glitzy to honor top community contributors Nov. 13

If you go

2013 Diamond Awardsq 6:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 13q The Golf Club at Newcastleq 15500 Six Penny Laneq Tickets are $35. Buy them at q www.newcastle-chamber.org


Ghoulish decorationsZombie heads and ghosts hang eerily from a tree in the yard of Kim Alhadeff’s Newcastle home. Her Halloween decorations attract visitors from as far as Auburn and West Seattle. See story, Page11.


About 100 Newcastle residents got their first look at development plans for the

Mutual Materials site, and proposals for Lake Boren Park improvements, at the city’s annual town hall meeting Oct. 22.

Representatives from AvalonBay Communities Inc., the firm chosen to pur-chase the 52-acre Mutual Materials site, met with Newcastle residents for the first time, presenting their conceptual plan for the property.

Brian Fritz, vice president of develop-ment, told attendees that the plan for the

property comes directly from the city’s Comprehensive Plan which envisions the site as a “mixed-use center attracting local and regional residents alike.”

“Our job as developers and purchasers of property is to implement that vision so that it’s a growing and working part of the com-munity,” he said.

The company is in the initial stages of the


All it took was 12 seconds.Well, 12 seconds, a swift kick

to the face, and moments later, Newcastle resident Anthony Hamilton hoisted a gilded belt above his head, cementing his worth as one of the world’s top heavyweight fighters.

Hamilton bested opponent Smealinho Rama in a Maximum Fighting Championship match in Canada on Oct. 4, earning the league’s title of heavyweight champion of the world.

“I had never really thrown a lot of kicks in any of my other fights, but I had thrown them in practice,” Hamilton said. “So, I felt comfortable doing it, and I guess it just worked out per-fectly.”

See AWARDS, Page 5

MMA champ hails from Newcastle


Anthony Hamilton, of Newcastle, is the Maximum Fighting Championship’s heavyweight champion.

See CHAMP, Page 5

Development plans unveiled at Town Hall

See TOWN HALL, Page 3

Lake Boren development, Mutual Materials site headline discussions

Ed Crow named state’s assistant principal of the year

Hazen High School Assistant Principal Ed Crow has been named Washington state’s Assistant Principal of the Year by the Association of Washington School Principals.

Crow was selected

based on his strong educational leadership, commit-ment to the needs of his stu-dents and his skill in engag-ing the community in the learning process.

The recognition is also

based on his ability to cre-ate a school climate where students thrive, cultivating a focused team of teachers and building relationships with students, parents and staff.

“Ed is truly deserving of this recognition,” Renton Schools Superintendent Dr. Merri Rieger said in a news release. “We are so proud to count Ed as part of our leadership team. He truly

defines leadership, com-mitment and dedication.”

Crow has been assis-tant principal at Hazen since 2009. Before that, he served as assistant princi-pal at Renton High School.

He grew up in Seattle and attended Franklin High School. He graduated from the University of Washington with a bach-elor’s degree in commu-nication and English, and went on to earn a master’s degree in teaching from Seattle University.

His administrative cre-dentials were earned in the UW’s Danforth Educational Leadership Program.

“This award is a great recognition for the work we’re doing at Hazen,” Crow said in the release. “I am lucky that every day I get to work with an amazing group of educa-tors focused on preparing every child for the rigors of life after high school. This award allows Hazen a moment in the spot-light and gives the whole

Highlander Community a chance to be recognized.”

The Association of Washington School Principals named Crow the Seamount League’s Distinguished Assistant Principal of the Year in 2012.

“I look at students and realize that their parents have entrusted us with the task of getting their children ready for college, career and life,” Crow said. “It is both a humbling and energizing experience.”

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Alison Meryweather and Lisa Callan are famil-iar with each other, hav-ing been finalists for the Issaquah School Board’s vacant position earlier this year.

Meryweather was appointed to the Position 4 post — left open by Chad Magendanz’s move to the state House of Representatives — in March. But Meryweather will have to impress vot-ers to keep the job, and Callan will challenge her again on the Nov. 5 ballot.

The Position 4 seat cov-ers the southeast region of the district. Although can-didates run for a specific geographic seat, voters districtwide cast ballots for all Issaquah School Board members. Members are elected to four-year terms.

Meryweather has lived in Issaquah for more than 25 years, and she has served with various Parent Teacher Student Association groups for nearly half that time. She

has spent time in Olympia as a PTSA advocacy representa-tive, and was part of education reform efforts in 2009. That led to the McCleary decision that is currently revamping the state’s funding of basic educa-tion.

Meryweather is also a board member for Volunteers for Issaquah Schools, a citizen group that works on bond and levy campaigns; and she’s a trustee for the Issaquah Schools Foundation, which raises private dona-tions for classroom learn-ing purposes. She has two daughters who attend Issaquah High School.

Callan’s educational background includes a math and science degree from Northern Arizona University, and she spent 14 years with The Boeing

Co. as a software develop-ment con-sultant.

Callan serves on the Grand Ridge Elementary School

PTSA and helped create a cultural diversity council there.

If elected, Callan would join Marnie Maraldo as the only board members with children in elemen-tary school, which she believes gives her a unique perspective.

“The current directors are really doing their best to look after all kids in K-12, but I think it’s really nice to have that represen-tation,” Callan said.

Both candidates said they’re supportive of the district’s February 2014 ballot measures. Issaquah will be asking voters to approve three levy pack-ages — a $193 million maintenance and opera-tions plan, a $1.7 million

transportation plan for new buses and a $51.9 million plan for various technology upgrades.

Meryweather said she wouldn’t make any chang-es to the three measures, and believes all of them are critical to the district’s operations. In regard to the transportation levy, failing to pass it would mean “we would not be updating our fleet of buses according to the depre-ciation schedule with the state,” she said.

Callan has a similar position. She was part of the district’s levy commit-tee, listening to feedback from parents, students, teachers and administra-tors.

“I’m comfortable with it,” she said. “The commit-tee really pushed hard in asking the district, ‘Why are these your top priori-ties?’”

Dealing with state legis-lators is a priority for both candidates. While funding remains the top concern for most school officials, Meryweather and Callan

said there are other issues to talk about as well.

Callan said board mem-bers should reach out to legislators to continue defining basic education and paying attention to the amount of “face time” students receive.

“The whole purpose of that is to get kids bet-ter understanding of their subjects,” she said.

Additionally, Callan would like to address how many credits are needed for graduation, and how “mutual consent” to move teachers from one school to another should be handled at the local level rather than through a state mandate.

Meryweather said Issaquah needs to con-tinue pushing for equity. Its teacher salary schedule and levy lid amounts, for example, don’t match up with neighboring districts.

“There’s a lot of grand-fathering (laws) that put Issaquah at a disadvan-tage,” she said.

Callan’s father was a school superintendent in

Arizona, and she said she’s had a lot of conversations about how district officials should interact with teach-ers unions. Ultimately, she feels negotiations need to keep students’ best inter-ests in mind.

“The board’s role is to set policies and gov-ern policies to make sure there’s an open-door relationship, and that the administrators are being responsive to the Issaquah Education Association,” Callan said.

Meryweather addressed the results of the district’s homework survey, which were presented over the summer. She said she felt the findings, largely deter-mined by PTSA leaders, had merit.

“In terms of the home-work study, I think there were some items that Ron Thiele was going to follow up on,” Meryweather said of the superintendent. “I concur with that, so that kids are getting the types of homework assignments that are relevant, and not busy work.”

Alison Meryweather, Lisa Callan vie for Issaquah School Board

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There is no denying the feeling that one gets upon setting foot in the historic Newcastle Cemetery.

All at once, there’s a sense of peace, reverence and historical significance emanating from the quiet hillside location.

Each detailed headstone represents a significant piece of Newcastle’s his-tory, and now, a local man is hoping to put faces and families to those buried in the cemetery.

Dave Abernathy, a Newcastle Historical Society member, is creating a record of the families in the cemetery, working to compile genealogic trees of each person who calls it his or her final resting place.

“I’m really making it easier for people to con-nect with their heritage,” he said.

Abernathy, a self-professed genealogy nut,

scours birth, death and marriage records to paint a picture of the families that inhabited the area. He’s also done research about families buried in Renton and Issaquah cemeteries.

He’s found that the Newcastle Cemetery includes people of a vari-ety of heritages, some he has little experience researching, which makes it difficult as he attempts to work on the project.

“This is my first expe-rience with the Italian, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish families,” Abernathy said. “The methods of naming new members of the family for the groups are all new to me.”

Italians, for example, have native spellings of their names, different from the American spell-ing, he said.

His database of Newcastle Cemetery fami-lies includes more than

850 entries. That number doesn’t represent everyone that is buried there; rather, it is a compilation of the deceased and their descen-dants.

Much of Abernathy’s work is based on accu-rate record-keeping and obituaries, a tough task considering he’s searching for documents that likely

originated in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

“There was no gov-ernment at that time, per se, so family records were often kept in family Bibles,” he said.

Abernathy is asking for help from anyone that has family buried in the Newcastle Cemetery. He’s looking for personal let-

ters, stories, obituaries, anything that will tell him about the people buried in the cemetery, and their families.

He’s hopeful the proj-ect will eventually help identify the deceased in the cemetery’s several unmarked graves, or alert the Newcastle Historical Society to graves it never even knew existed.

“If we can find some obituaries that say this individual is buried here,

but we have no record of it, we’ll be able to add them to the list, and hope-fully someday be able to locate that particular grave,” he said.

Abernathy has been interested in genealogy since he was a teen, he said. He can trace his fam-ily back all the way to the 1200s.

“I’m hoping that what I do, it would help some-body else, and expand their family tree,” he said.

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design phase, but using the Comprehensive Plan as a framework of the property’s development, AvalonBay created goals it hopes to implement in the site’s creation.

One goal is to develop a mixed-use center with a centralized public plaza. The site would have both retail and high-end rental housing, Fritz said.

The central square would include pedestrian pathways with decorative paving materials, space for outdoor dining and water features.

Another goal is to pre-serve and build upon the city’s wooded character. James Bradley, an architect with the project, said the intent is to make sure the company brings out the best of Newcastle in the development.

“It’s our sole job to really understand what are the amenities, and what are the positives that come out of the neighborhood and make sure we cap-ture those and work with those,” he said.

The developers also talked about the vision for a large events lawn that could host com-munity activities such as concerts, farmers markets or craft fairs. An interac-

tive water feature is also under consideration for the site.

“We envision the space being as flexible as it needs to be,” Fritz said.

Fritz added that the company hopes to begin infrastructure work in a year, but residents shouldn’t expect to see significant structures until at least 18 months from now.

As for the design, Fritz said to expect a lot of brick, as a nod to the site’s previous use as a brick plant.

When asked to com-pare plans for the site to a local community, Fritz said the closest thing may be the Issaquah

Highlands’ urban village concept that relies on a heavy network of side-walks and trails to make commuting easy.

Lake Boren ParkCity staff also presented

conceptual designs for improvements to the north end of Lake Boren Park at the meeting.

Suggested upgrades included a larger, covered stage, a kid’s spray zone, widening and improving the beach area, shoreline boardwalks and the cre-ation of a central mead-ow.

The city used polling devices to get feedback on the project, and 77 per-cent of those at the meet-

ing said they agreed that improvements to Lake Boren Park would benefit the community.

A majority of the vot-ers supported the idea of beach improvements, earning 63 percent of the vote. Most also liked the idea of upgrading the stage, with 47 percent saying they would sup-port it.

Toward the end of the presentation, the staff admitted that the city likely does not have the funds for such improve-ments. They asked resi-dents if they would be willing to pay for them, though, through a park levy.

The park levy would be paid over nine years, and would cost the owner of a house valued at $500,000

an additional $34 per year in property taxes.

A majority of the respondents said they would support the increase, with a com-bined 57 percent saying they are willing or very willing to pay for it. Some said they would be willing to pay, if the cost was lower, with 21 percent of the vote, while 22 percent said they were very unwilling.

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Lisa Callan for school board seat

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Lisa Callan has the best interests of district

When Lisa Callan told me she planned to run for a position on the Issaquah School Board, I was excited both for the Issaquah School District and for Lisa. Lisa has realistic, implementable, and compelling ideas; she is a col-laborative team player; and she is dedicated to having a positive influence on this district and the education it provides. Lisa brings skill, thought, intelligence and integrity to every table; her glass is always half full.

Lisa Callan has a knack for putting new ideas into action. As vice president of programs for the Grand Ridge PTSA, Lisa implemented two new pro-grams: Grizzly Guys, a group of fathers and men who encour-age male participation in school activities; and the Cultural Diversity Council, a group of multicultural parents who cre-ate and implement a weekly cultural curriculum for Grand Ridge students. Lisa also brought the Bellevue Art Museum’s Art of Discovery Project to Grand Ridge. This traveling exhibit showcases art pieces created by Northwest artists and provides a corresponding curriculum for elementary-aged students.

Speaking as a parent and as a teacher in the district, I want someone like Lisa Callan on my district’s school board. She is accessible and approachable; she keeps the best interests of the district’s community, staff, par-ents, and students in mind; and she cooperates with other lead-ers to find common ground and implementable solutions.

Vote Lisa Callan for Issaquah School Board on Nov. 5.

Kari Leon, former co-presidentGrand Ridge PTSA

Alison Meryweather for equal opportunity

I’m supporting Alison Meryweather for the Issaquah School Board. Alison believes that all kids should have the same opportunities to excel in school.

We are very fortunate to live in a community where most parents have the means to sup-port our schools and provide the ‘extras’ that make a big dif-ference in a high quality educa-tion. However, not everybody has the means to provide those extras. As a long-time commu-nity activist, I’ve worked with those families and kids that struggle. Sometimes, it’s that the last family dollar has been spent after both parents get home from work.

Sometimes, it’s even more challenging with special needs, mental health, substance abuse, domestic violence and homeless-ness issues. All the issues that burden a young mind when they come to the school house door.

Alison understands that the classroom is not sealed off from the community around it and classroom success depends on the community addressing the social issues that can hold kids back. I’ve seen Alison’s passion to get involved first hand and her commitment to understand-ing the whole child is without match. Her willingness to speak to it and not sweep it under the rug because it’s awkward or politically incorrect underlines her convictions. All children come with unique circumstanc-es.

Alison has the extensive expe-rience, energy, passion and, for me, the compassion that makes for an effective school board

member. I urge you to vote for Alison Meryweather for the Issaquah School Board Nov. 5.

Jim BerryIssaquah

We need John Drescher for city council

I am writing in full sup-port of John C. Drescher for Newcastle City Council. In the important work on the City Council, it would be terrific to have a voice of common sense and experience like John’s. He has served Newcastle well on the Planning Commission since April of 2010, and as its chair-man since August of 2012. He has handled the complicated and important work of the comp plan (Newcastle 2035) with great skill and would be an excellent addition to the City Council.

John has lived in Newcastle since 2005 with his wife Sally, and has since added three children. He is a successful tech leader in our region and has vast experience in public policy issues. He gets along well with everyone and has shown a great ability to find consensus on the Planning Commission in the best inter-est of Newcastle. I should know, as I have served with him the entire time he has been on it.

John has been endorsed by both prominent Democrats and Republicans and nearly all of the current City Council and Planning Commission. And he was recently endorsed by the Newcastle News. To learn more about John and his campaign — please visit his website at johndrescher.com.

Rob LemmonNewcastle

Issaquah School District voters are fortunate to have two excellent choices for school board director seat 4. Both Alison Meryweather and Lisa Callan applied for the vacancy last spring when Chad Magendanz resigned to serve in the state Legislature.

The school board members struggled with the appoint-ment, first split evenly between the two women. Eventually, Meryweather got the appointment.

Meryweather does have more lobbying experience and her confidence and knowledge makes her a leader in that arena. But community comes first.

While Meryweather seems to have all the answers, we prefer a representative who is seeking solutions. That’s Lisa Callan’s strength, along with her listening skills. While she did not get the board’s appointment to the seat, she did not give up. She has spent the interven-ing months meeting with parents, teachers, community leaders and taxpayers, prompting conversations that will make her even more prepared for a role on the school board.

Callan did have an earlier misstep with her PDC report-ing of campaign finances, but it’s a common mistake of first-time candidates and her reports are now up to date.

Callan is a proven hard-worker. She has no ego mixed in with her good intentions to continue quality education in a safe learning environment. Her business and technol-ogy background will serve the district well.

From sidewalk installation projects to snow removal to property tax collection, decisions made by officials at a local level have the potential to impact your daily life. Get involved. Provide feedback. Make a differ-ence.

Let leaders know what’s on your mind to shape a better Newcastle at these November meetings:

q The City Council will have regularly scheduled meetings at 7 p.m. Nov. 5 and Nov. 19 at City Hall, 12835 Newcastle Way, Suite 200.

q The Community Activities Commission is sched-uled to meet at 7 p.m. Nov. 13 at City Hall.

q The City Council’s Economic and Community Development committee will meet at noon Nov. 12 at City Hall.

q The Planning Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Nov. 20 at City Hall.

Public meetings


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the chamber will also award door prizes.

There are six Diamond Awards recognizing out-standing community members. Winners will be named in the business, community leadership, customer service, educa-tion, youth and inspira-tion categories.

The recipient of a Diamond Award is chosen based on his or her contri-bution to the community of the greater Newcastle area. The recipients dem-onstrate dedication, integ-rity and caring, with a pas-sion for doing what needs to be done.

The 11-member Newcastle Chamber of Commerce board nar-rowed each category to two nominees and voted for each winner. Winners will be announced at the event, each receiving a diamond-shaped award. Those who come in sec-ond will receive a plaque.

Mason said it was dif-ficult for the board to nar-row the nominees, given the great impact each one of them makes on Newcastle.

“The Diamond Awards are really about these quiet, unassuming heroes of our community who are giv-ing back far beyond basic expectations,” she said.

This year, the cham-ber announced that the inspiration award will be renamed the Dennis Yarnell Inspiration Award.

Yarnell, the popular owner of the Newcastle Shell station, died Feb. 2. He began working at the station in 2000 and pur-chased it from its previous

owner in March 2007.The first award will be

presented to Yarnell’s wife Elizabeth Widseth and his son Trevor Yarnell.

“Dennis was the kind of guy who didn’t sit around and talk about doing things — he just went out and did them,” Widseth said in a statement. “This award is such an incredible honor and tribute to Dennis’ life.”

The board felt it was important to recognize Yarnell, 33, who was a Chamber member, and a beloved part of the com-munity, Mason said.

“We wanted a per-sonal way to bring about celebration of someone who treated everyone as

family neighbor,” she said. “That’s exactly what Dennis did every day. He had such an impact.”

Tickets to the event are $35 and are available online or at the door the night of the event. The evening is not exclusive to chamber members or nominees, Mason said. She hopes the entire commu-nity will attend to honor the nominees.

“There are names that everyone knows on that nominee list,” she said. “Be there to show support and applaud. It is really an important demonstration of thanks and apprecia-tion for all the work that they’re doing.”

Nominees

The Dennis Yarnell Inspiration AwardElizabeth Widseth Trevor YarnellCommunity LeadershipDiane LewisTeresa Platin Jim PriceLinda StemlerCustomer ServiceSarah BackmanElda Barajas-RossKat HowellDan Letinsky Akina Moscinski

EducationLea LoPam TealSteve ValachYouthJon Fortescue Madeline DaltonBusinessCoal Creek Family YMCANewcastle News/ Christina Corrales-ToyRegency Newcastle/ Paul ReynoldsSweet Decadence/ Sandra WixonZoëyogurt Newcastle/ Tom and Donna Hudson

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Election ballots are due Nov. 5

The general election is Nov. 5. Mailed ballots require first class postage and must be postmarked by Nov. 5. Voters can return their ballots without a stamp at a 24-hour drop box.

Newcastle’s closest drop box is in Renton, at the King County Elections building, 919 S.W. Grady Way. The box closes at 8 p.m. on election day.

Follow the directions on the ballot envelope for quick accounting.

Place the ballot in the security envelope, seal all envelopes and sign the outer envelope, before depositing it in the drop box.

Learn more at www.kingcounty.gov/elections.

Public Health hosts enrollment events

Beginning this fall, Newcastle residents will have a new way to find, compare and enroll in affordable health insur-ance coverage.

King County Public Health’s Washington

Healthplanfinder is a part of the county’s effort to ensure all residents who are newly eligible for health coverage are enrolled.

All health plans offered through Washington Healthplanfinder include basic benefits like doctor visits, emergency care, pre-scriptions, maternity care and preventive care.

Free or low-cost cover-age is available. Enrollment began Oct. 1 for coverage that begins Jan. 1.

The Newcastle Library, 12901 Newcastle Way, will host events Nov. 13 and Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2

p.m.Learn more at www.

kingcounty.gov/coverage or enroll at www.wahealth-planfinder.org.

Judge appointed to superior court

Newcastle resident Julia Garratt was sworn in as a King County Superior Court judge Oct. 23.

Friends, family, neighbors and a slew of elected officials, includ-ing Gov. Jay Inslee and King County Sheriff John Urquhart, gathered in Seattle for the ceremony.

Inslee appointed Garratt to replace retiring judge Patricia Clark.

Revival center hosts recycling bin

Seattle Revival Center has joined forces with nonprofit Northwest Center to give back to the community by hosting a convenient drop-off bin for textile recycling.

Residents are encouraged to donate reusable clothing, linens, towels, shoes and other household textiles by dropping off bagged items

at the collection bin at 12636 S.E. 89th Place.

The bin will be a per-manent addition to the church’s property.

Proceeds from dona-tions are used to fund the wide range of services provided by Northwest Center. Donations are tax-deductible, and tax receipts are available online at bigbluetruck.org or at host sites.

Northwest Center sup-ports local children and adults with developmental disabilities. Learn more at www.nwcenter.org.

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Just take itA person brought an

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Police responded to a report of a suspicious person soliciting door-to-door in the 7500 block of 129th Place Southeast Sept. 27. The man was selling magazines and had a reseller permit, but not a city door-to-door permit. The officer gave the man a warning, telling him to get a city permit.

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the Newcastle Crossing Apartments, 7311 Coal Creek Parkway S.E. The police contacted an intoxi-cated resident who said she had been arguing with her mother earlier. The woman agreed to call it a night and go to sleep, so police left.

Bon voyageOn Oct. 5, more than

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Long ago, our frater-nal grandmother told us that our great-great-great-grandfather was the famous Cherokee Yellow Bird. Of course she also told us that my grandfather discovered radar but that his secrets were stolen, which explained why there were no statues of him in the town square.

That should have put me on my guard, but I craved a more exciting background than the one provided by our known German/English heritage, which was filled with brewery workers and pattern-makers and was as boring as sturdy shoes and white bread.

A trip through the Internet a few years ago advised me that Yellow Bird had had a daugh-ter, but she’d produced no children. So that was that. But the search made me want to know more about where we came from, and with DNA kits easily available,

I could now dis-cover my ancestry for the mere price of a round of golf up on the hill, so I ordered one.

When I got my kit and eagerly opened it, I found a 6-inch tube with a thick black line across the cen-ter of it and the notation “Fill the tube with saliva up to the line.” Were they kidding???

I hadn’t had that much moisture in me since I was a dewy-eyed and plump-lipped youth. But after closer inspection I realized that they didn’t expect me to provide that much of my drool, because underneath all of the printing on the vial I could see a little plas-tic barrier about an inch below that line, meaning

that they only needed an inch of me instead of three or four. But still...

Filled with perfor-mance anxiety, I allowed the kit to sit on my desk for months. I’m not sure what I was waiting for. A day when I was feel-ing particularly drippy and moist? But I finally read the instructions and noticed some fine print at the bottom: Most people take as much as five minutes to gather a saliva sample. Some find it helpful to relax and gently rub their cheeks. That sounded like far too much work and required patience, so I opted for their second sugges-tion: Place 1/4 teaspoon white table sugar on your tongue.

The Sainted One was out of the house when I opened the sealed tube and began this pro-cess, and after I sugared myself I wondered: How will I know when I’ve produced enough spit? The instructions clearly

stated, underlined and boldfaced: Do not over-fill. I was beginning to produce a pretty decent amount of moisture when he came home. Since I couldn’t speak, I hastily scribbled a note and pushed it at him: Tell me when my spit hits the line!!!! Perfectly used to these kinds of moments with me, he nodded sol-emnly, watched me drool into the tube, and told

me when to stop. Then he walked me into the bathroom and showed me this marvelous new invention called the “mirror.”

Clearly Einstein is not a part of my lineage.

You can reach Pat Detmer — who discovered that the German/English thing was correct, but that long, long ago, we came from Scandinavia. I’m a Viking! — at [email protected].


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A 1.5-mile stretch of road in the south end of the city could get rebranded as May Creek Park Drive after the Newcastle City Council discussed it at its Aug. 20 meeting.

The street that begins off of Coal Creek Parkway as Southeast 89th Place actually changes names six times along its route, making it difficult to give directions, said Councilman Bill Erxleben, who suggested the name change.

The name change would add a certain pres-tige to the road, eliminate the confusion that comes with multiple street names and add a direc-tional element since the road goes to the entrance of May Creek Park, Erxleben said.

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Perfect may be an understatement for the move that experts are call-ing the mixed martial arts knockout of the year.

The shot came in the match’s second round, after a tough first, in which Rama and Hamilton exchanged blows. Hamilton admitted the nerves of competing in such a significant event played a role in the pre-liminary bout.

“I got a little tired, I think, because there was so much media buildup,” he said. “There was a little bit of pressure, it was my first time up there fight-ing, and it was such a big fight that it’s hard not to get yourself worked up for something like that.”

He is now the proud owner of a shiny, impres-sive championship belt that he keeps in his Newcastle home. He’ll have a chance to defend it in another fight set for January, for which he started training Oct. 21.

Mixed martial arts is an activity that combines ele-

ments of several combat sports, and accordingly, Hamilton’s training rou-tine is just as varied.

He does yoga, kickbox-ing, swimming, weight training and his favor-ite, running the trails of Newcastle, to keep him in top shape for competi-tion. He even spends time training at high altitudes in Albuquerque, N.M., which helps with oxygen levels.

“Fighting is so much, so I have to do things that will allow me to be flex-ible, let me be explosive,

let me have good endur-ance, let me be strong, all these different things that I can use in the fight,” Hamilton said.

When preparing for a fight, the training regimen takes up most of his time, which is difficult, consid-ering Hamilton also has a full-time job. He routinely trains two to three times a day for five hours, five or

six days a week.He fits in workouts

before work, during lunch breaks and after work. It cuts into time with his wife and two children, but it’s a familial sacrifice they’re willing to make.

Hamilton said he feels he’s close to getting the call up to what would be the major leagues of the sport — the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

“I want to be champion of the world, but not just in the Maximum Fighting Championship. I want to be in the UFC,” he said. “That’s where the major-ity of the best fighters are, and that’s where I want to be. That’s where I feel like I belong.”

Hamilton was close to getting the call when the league came to Seattle more than a year ago. Organizers felt he didn’t have the experience then, but with the heavyweight championship now to his name, prospects look brighter for Hamilton.

When that call comes,

though, it will mean the world to Hamilton, who grew up in Kent and played football and wres-tled while in college.

“All those long days, those early mornings, late nights, the sacrifices, not just me but everything that my family and friends have put into this, it would mean everything to us,” he said. “I’d probably break down after I signed

my first contract.”Hamilton and his

wife Candice moved to Newcastle in 2008. They’ve since added two children to their brood.

“I think this is the place that we want to spend the rest of our life. We love this place,” he said. “Everything is really nice here. I grew up really poor, and I never want to go back to that.”

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By Imelda DulcichNewcastle Chamber executive director

Jim Price has lived in Newcastle’s Windtree neighborhood since 1986, before Newcastle was rein-corporated as a city. Price was active in the incorpo-ration effort, he attended planning meetings, calling and visiting neighbors, and supporting the incor-poration vote with six other active incorporation supporters.

In the early days of the city, Price was asked to

head up a review of the county zoning ordinance to fit the concept of a new city. He was a charter member of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, helping write the charter and incorporating the Chamber. Later, he served several terms as a board member and chairman of the chamber. He is still a member of the Chamber.

Price is a charter member of the new Community Activities Commission and helped plan 2013 Newcastle Days. He serves as the commis-

sion’s Newcastle Trails rep-resentative, and promotes a greater interest in the trails with his appoint-ment. Price is vice presi-dent of Newcastle Trails, and has worked on and advocated for trail projects in the city.

On the Newcastle Diamond Award nomi-nation form, it was sug-gested that Price’s efforts on the Newcastle Trails helped Newcastle achieve the recent status of the 19th most livable city in the nation. The more than 7 miles of hik-

ing trails in Newcastle were mentioned in CNN Money’s Best Places to Live, America’s best small towns article.

In an earlier interview with the Newcastle News Price said, “We would like to connect the vari-ous trails around the city that are heavily used by individuals. Walking is the No. 1 recreational activity in Newcastle, and I’m hoping that we can become known as a trail city. I think we’re becom-ing that way. We’re get-ting quite a good reputa-

tion.“I’m very proud of this

city, and I think we have a high quality of life and

high citizen participation,” he said. “I’m very excited about living in Newcastle, that’s for sure.”

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Some of her decorations are more than 20 years old, including one of her favorites, a hanging reaper that no longer wails as it once did.

Her favorite decoration this year, though, is the husband and wife skeleton duo that dutifully guard her front door.

The installation has a bit of personal value, too, because Alhadeff included her daughter’s wedding veil in the piece. Its inclu-sion was perfect, she joked, because it may have

been cursed, given that the marriage was so brief.

Visitors from far away as Auburn and West Seattle now make the annual trek to see the Newcastle yard.

“It just makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something,” Alhadeff said. “If it’s important enough

for them to come and see it, then that’s just great. That’s why I always give good candy. It’s a reward for making the trip.”

Alhadeff will keep the decorations up through the first weekend of November, in honor of the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead.


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Long before the calen-dar flipped to October, and months before stores began selling Halloween candy, Kim Alhadeff was ready for Oct. 31.

It’s her favorite holiday, and if you didn’t already know it, you’d simply have to take a look at the elaborate Halloween deco-rations of her China Creek neighborhood home.

“We’ve always deco-rated,” Alhadeff said. “It’s just gotten bigger and big-ger every year. All the kids in the neighborhood just expect us to do it now, so we do.”

So it began during the last weekend of September, the annual task of trans-forming her yard into a lit-eral shrine to All Hallows Eve. The work was com-

pleted Oct. 8.Now it’s not so much

a yard as a veritable graveyard filled with stray bones, unsettling zombie heads, creepy skeletons, ghastly spiders with cobwebs and, of course, the occasional hooded specter hanging from a tree.

A sign declares the home as “Boo Boulevard” and another reads “Caution: Witch Crossing,” which seems pertinent, given that Alhadeff dressed in full witch garb for an Oct. 10

interview at her home.She takes Halloween

seriously, and it shows. Not only is her yard deco-rated, but touches of the inside of her home bear seasonal decorations too.

Trick-or-treating isn’t only for Oct. 31 at the Alhadeff home. Neighborhood chil-dren come to the house throughout October for candy. What’s more is that she’s always prepared with a bevy of treats.

“It’s the best for kids,” she said of Halloween. “It gives them a chance to get a little scare on and maybe be something that they normally wouldn’t be for just one day.”

Newcastle home goes big for Halloween

Christina Corrales-ToyAt right, Kim Alhadeff, of Newcastle, gets into the Halloween spirit, dressing up as a witch to showcase her home’s seasonal decorations. Above, a skeleton and two masked figures sit on a bench in front of Alhadeff’s Newcastle home.

By Christina Corrales-ToyTombstones and cobwebs litter the yard of Kim Alhadeff’s Newcastle home.

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Maywood Middle School science teacher Marla Crouch is a morn-ing person. She’s at her best waking up at the crack of dawn, prepar-ing to greet the day as it comes.

So, imagine the chal-lenge that came with a 12-hour, 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. shift she managed as a visiting crew member aboard the Oscar Dyson in Alaska, studying pol-lock, a type of a fish.

Staying up through the night was a big adjustment, she admits, but the experience of working alongside sci-entists through National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Teacher at Sea program was worth it.

“You get to look at sci-ence from a new perspec-tive, which helps when it comes to teaching,” she said.

Crouch spent three weeks aboard the ship in June, helping crew members survey the Alaskan pollock. Pollock, a member of the cod fam-ily, is the most valuable fish crop in the world. Products made from the

fish were valued at $1 bil-lion in 2010, she said.

Along with the team of scientists, Crouch studied the fish’s population, age and gender. That meant helping with the nets to catch the fish, physi-cally measuring them and studying sonar images.

One sonar image, depicting what is called Mystery Mix One, was of particular interest to the scientists, Crouch said.

Mystery Mix One is an image that shows up on the sonar screen at various places and times of year. Scientists know it’s a life form, but what exactly makes it up, they haven’t been able to iden-tify.

When it first appeared during the cruise, crew members sent down a camera and saw a buildup of krill, Crouch said. Krill are normally too small to show up on the screen, but one scientist hypoth-esized that the krill’s con-sumption and gas produc-tion made it visible.

Mystery Mix One appeared yet again on a separate occasion, only this time, when the cam-era was sent down, sev-eral jellyfish appeared. So, as Crouch put it, Mystery

Mix One, “is still a mys-tery.”

The discussion cen-tered on the mystery was a fascinating one, though, Crouch said, because it was a demonstration of the scientific method in action.

“I thought that was just great because that’s the kind of conversa-tions we try to get in the classroom,” she said. “It’s okay to disagree with each other, just state your evidence.”

The weather wasn’t always cooperative during the survey, Crouch said. High wind speeds and 12-foot swells made for quite the choppy cruise. Luckily, Crouch’s room was in the center of the ship, where she didn’t feel the brunt of the weather.

Still, Crouch likened the experience to liv-ing on a seesaw, and the ship’s captain had to scramble to find places where the crew could work effectively, sheltered by expanses of land or mountains.

“It was in June so we were expecting summer or spring-type weather,

Maywood science teacher Marla Crouch heads to sea


As Jared Fogle stood in front of a room of students at Hazelwood Elementary, and unfurled a pair of pants he wore when he weighed 425 pounds, a chorus of “Wows” filled the gym.

Students were amazed that the famous Subway spokesman once required pants with a 60-inch waistband.

It’s the same reaction Fogle gets when he visits schools across the country, doing his part to curb the childhood obesity epi-demic.

“By you guys learning a little bit more about my story, it can actually help each and every one of you guys make sure you’re making the healthi-est and best decisions to keep yourselves physically active,” Fogle told the stu-dents.

Fogle, who joked that his name is officially “The Subway Guy,” told the story of how his weight and health spiraled out of control.

It began in third grade, he said, when he began spending more time play-ing with his Nintendo console than on a play-ground. Fogle said he would spend hours upon hours entranced by the video games.

“That’s an awful lot of time to be sitting in

front of a TV screen,” he said. “That’s an awful lot of time to be sitting on a couch, or twiddling my thumbs on a video-game controller.”

Watching too much TV, playing too many games, spending too much time on the computer and con-suming far too much junk food were the four things that sent him down the wrong path, he said.

He asked the Hazelwood students how many of them enjoyed the four vices that consumed him as a kid. Nearly every child raised his or her hand.

That’s common, he told them, before preaching the concept of modera-tion.

Fogle said it got to the point where he would hide his eating habits from his parents, as his weight slowly crushed his self-esteem.

“I just didn’t care,” he told the kids. “I always wanted to be full, that seemed to be what made me happy.”

At his top weight, it was difficult for Fogle to fit in a desk, sit in the back seat of a car or even walk across the room, he said.

He got to that point when he was “sick and tired of being sick and tired,” so he decided to make a change and began eating Subway twice a day, every day.

In the first three

months, he lost 94 pounds, more than the weight of many of the Hazelwood students, he noted.

He no longer eats Subway every day, just a few times a week, Fogle said. Most of his time is now dedicated to tell-ing his story, warning about the dangers of an unhealthy lifestyle, and working to fight child-hood obesity through his organization, the Jared Foundation.

“It keeps me feeling young,” he said of visiting schools across the coun-try. “It gives me a passion. Helping kids is my biggest thing.”

Fogle was in town for the American Heart Association’s Puget Sound Heart and Stroke Walk at the Seattle Center Oct. 26.

Hazelwood earned the visit because of its longtime support of the American Heart Association’s Jump Rope for Heart campaign, which promotes healthy heart habits and raises funds for the organization.

“We’re just working hard at making sure the kids understand that fit-ness and movement is very important for them,” Hazelwood physical education teacher Kim Magnuson said. “I thought the visit was really impor-tant. I feel blessed that he came.”

Hazelwood students get visit from Subway’s Jared Fogle

Study of pollock provides classroom lessons

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Jared Fogle, the famous advertising spokesman for Subway, is welcomed with a home-made poster by Hazelwood Elementary School students during his Oct. 25 visit. He showed them a pair of jeans with a 60-inch waist that he wore 15 years ago before he changed his diet, exercised and dropped to a 34-inch waist.

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Marla Crouch, a Maywood Middle School teacher, handles a fish she’s never seen before, a lumpsucker, during her NOAA Teacher at Sea trip in June.

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Elaine Nguyen, a senior at Hazen High School, was selected as a Renton Rotary Club Youth of the Month for September.

She maintains a 3.9 grade point average, and is involved in various class officer positions and gym-nastics.

Nguyen has received a scholar athlete honor and the Pride Award in gym-nastics and track and field.

She works part time at Best Pho & Thai Restaurant, and volunteers with the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.

Nguyen plans to enroll at a four-year university to study medicine. Her dream is to become a cardiologist, neurologist or surgeon.

Alisha Piazza, a senior at Hazen High School, was selected as a Renton Rotary Club Youth of the Month for October.

She maintains a 4.0 grade point average, and

is involved in National Honor Society, Gordy’s Guide, STEM Club, cross coun-try and track.

Piazza is a National Merit Scholar finalist and has received the AAUW Certificate of Excellence, Advanced Placement Scholar with honor and scholar athlete honors.

She volunteers with the Renton Youth Council.

Piazza plans to enroll at a four-year university to study biology. Her dream is to one day work in a biology-related field.

Renton Rotary honors students of the month

Elaine Nguyen

Alisha Piazza

Liberty student earns top ACT score

Liberty High School senior Galen Posch earned a top composite score of 36 on a recent ACT test.

Fewer than one-tenth of 1 percent of students who take the ACT nationally earn a top score. Posch is one of only 781 students nationwide to receive a 36, out of 1.66 million students who took the exam.

The ACT tests students on English, math, read-ing and science, and the composite score is calculated by averaging the scores on all four sec-tions.

Patriot singers earn high honor

Three Liberty High School choir students have been selected as members of the All-National Choir.

Cassie Cox, Sarah Edmonds and Jennifer Wood joined more than 670 of the most musically talented and skilled high school students in the United States to perform at a gala concert at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville Oct. 30.

Eligible students have qualified for their state-level honor ensemble program and competed against top students for a spot in this national honor ensemble.

and we got winter-type weather,” she said.

Crouch said she absorbed everything she could on the trip, and would do it again in a heartbeat.

One of the most valu-able parts of the cruise, though, was getting a

firsthand experience on what it takes to be a working scientist.

“It gives teachers a bet-ter understanding of what the expectations are so we can help our kids work toward those things,” she said. “We want to make our teaching meaning-ful and memorable for our students so they can apply today’s lessons in the future to solve prob-lems.”

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Marla Crouch monitors sonar screens during her NOAA Teacher at Sea adventure in June.


After a rocky 1-3 start for the Hazen football team, Highlanders coach Drew Oliver said his squad was close to get-ting over the hump.

He was right, as Hazen pro-ceeded to go 3-1 in the season’s second half, riding a three-game win streak into the team’s Nov. 1 matchup against rival Renton.

“We’re just worried about ourselves, not anybody else,” he said. “The kids committed to that, and I think they’re start-ing to play with some confi-dence and that ‘we’ve been here before’ attitude.”

The Highlanders kicked off the second half of the season with a 32-24 loss to Kennedy Catholic Oct. 4.

Hazen kept it close through the first half, trailing Kennedy, 19-16 at halftime. The Lancers scored 13 unanswered points in the third. Hazen fell short in its response, holding Kennedy Catholic scoreless, but only put-ting eight points on the board in the fourth quarter.

Kaleb Magee led the team with 148 yards rushing and a touchdown. Quarterback Nolan

Hoover threw for more than 220 yards and two touchdowns in the loss.

The Highlanders would bounce back nicely, though, with a convincing 41-26 win at Evergreen Oct. 11.

Hoover threw for four touch-

downs, two to receiver Isaiah Davis, while senior running back Joe Glaefke found holes on the ground, rushing for 161 yards and a touchdown.

On the defensive side, Parker Trewet and Jordan Abdullah each had a quarterback sack. Vershaun

Williams also had three tackles, including two for a loss.

Hazen traveled to Bainbridge Oct. 18 for a rare midseason nonconference game. For many players, it was their first time on a ferry, Oliver said.

“We looked at it as a business trip and they approached that well,” he said.

The Highlanders did indeed take care of business, defeating Bainbridge, 49-35, in what was a record-breaking performance by junior athlete Marquise Lee.

Lee found the end zone four times in three different ways. He had two rushing touchdowns, one receiving touchdown, and just to make it interesting, he returned an interception for a score.

The junior broke a school record with three interceptions, including the one he returned for a 28-yard touchdown. He also rushed for 132 yards on just nine carries. The performance earned him the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association’s Athlete of the Week Award.

“It just speaks to the level of athlete he is and the kind of all-purpose talent that he is for us,” Oliver said. “He’s a do-

everything guy.”A week later, Lee followed it

up with an even better perfor-mance against Foster, leading Hazen to a 55-6 win.

In that game, Lee had six touchdowns, including four rushing scores, a receiving one and just for good measure, he returned a punt for a 50-yard touchdown.

“He’s been fun to watch. He’s only got 10 touchdowns in the last two weeks,” Oliver joked.

Hazen is now preparing to face Renton in the Nov. 1 regular-season finale. The kids don’t need any extra motivation to get up for this rivalry game, Oliver said.

“Our issue is going to be able to manage our emotions and manag-ing our approach and not worry-ing about the other team,” he said.

The Highlanders will look to match last year’s 5-4 record, but the playoffs aren’t likely in Hazen’s future, Oliver said.

“There’s still a lot to play for, though,” he said. “To their credit, we knew after week four that the playoff thing was a tough deal, but it speaks to their character that they’ve been able to get them-selves back up and keep battling, and play for some respect here.”


With just one game left in the season, the Liberty Patriots football team has a final chance to punch its ticket to the postseason.

Holding steady with a 4-4 record, it all comes down to the Nov. 1 regular season finale at Mount Si.

It won’t be easy going up against the Wildcats, one of the top 3A teams in the state, Liberty coach Steve Valach said, but as always, he expects his boys to “play to win.”

The Patriots went 2-2 in the second half of the season, beginning with a 34-24 loss to Lake Washington Oct. 4.

The Patriots led the Kangs 3-0 after the first quarter, behind a 40-yard field goal by kicker TJ Johnson. The teams went into halftime tied, 10-10, thanks to quarterback Nate Solly’s 22-yard touchdown pass to Lorin Archibald.

A big third quarter

sealed the win for Lake Washington, though, as the Kangs scored 21 points.

Liberty added another passing touchdown with Solly’s 12-yard shot to Austin Sivret, and a 5-yard Kasper Lui Delange rush-ing touchdown.

Lui Delange led the team in tackles with 9 1/2, followed by Romney Noel with 5.

The Patriots bounced back the week after, defeat-ing Sammamish, 33-20, on the road Oct. 11.

Running back Russell Boston had two rush-ing touchdowns, while Romney Noel, Drew Hall and Wyatt Johnson each had one.

Boston led the team with 7 1/2 tackles, fol-lowed by Hall, who had 6 and a quarterback sack.

The next week, Liberty captured what Valach called the team’s “most significant win since 2010,” when they scored a come-from-behind victory

on the road against Mercer Island Oct. 18.

The Patriots were down 28-20 heading into the fourth quarter, before scor-ing 15 unanswered points to take the 35-28 win.

Boston rushed for 208 yards and scored three touchdowns on runs of 67, 27 and 17 yards. Drew

Hall and Romney Noel each added touchdowns of their own.

“We went in knowing that was a game that if we played well, and we got a few breaks, we felt that it was a game we could win,” Valach said.

After giving up points to the Islanders, the

Liberty defense stepped up in the second half of the game. Defensive lineman Charles Hansen had a key sack of Mercer Island’s quarterback and junior linebacker Kacy Thomas forced a fumble that led to the game-tying score.

A week later, it was Liberty’s turn to face the

juggernaut that is Bellevue High School football, and, similar to most teams, the Patriots didn’t have an answer for the nationally-ranked Wolverines in the 38-7 loss.

“Bellevue is Bellevue, and they are one of the premier teams in the country,” Valach said. “When you play them, you ask yourself, ‘How are you going to measure success,’ and I think it’s all about your fight, your effort and your finish.”

Valach said he saw that fight in his team, but it wasn’t enough to quell the surging Wolverines. The Patriots’ lone score came with just four minutes left in the game when senior Archibald caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Solly.

Liberty will now travel to Mount Si where a chance at a playoff spot is on the line. While Liberty hopes to come home with a win against the Wildcats, ranked fifth in the state, Valach said, no matter what, he has enjoyed lead-ing the 2013 Patriots.

“I think these guys have one agenda and their agenda is team, and their motto is fight,” he said. “I love the fight in them.”

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By Gary Babcock

Liberty senior Lorin Archibald catches a 10-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Nate Solly in the Patriots’ 38-7 loss to Bellevue Oct. 25.

Patriots go 2-2 in second half

Hazen finds its stride after rocky start to season

By Rob Nichols

JD Peterson leaps in the end zone for a 10-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Nolan Hoover in Hazen’s 32-24 loss to Kennedy Catholic Oct. 4.

By Matt MasseySpecial to The Seattle Times

Teresa Caluori’s Golden RulesHazen golf coach Teresa

Caluori expects a lot from her players and issued the following list of guidelines for players to follow when she took over the program four years ago:

1. Grades — Homework has priority.

2. Safety — Be aware of others.

3. Etiquette — Kind, courteous always

4. On time — Two-stroke penalty or DQ

5. Organized — Uniform, clubs, balls, etc.

6. Good citizen — On and off golf course

7. Knowledge — Of the rules of golf

8. Nutrition and fitness — You are an athlete; 9 holes is 2.5 miles.

9. Sportsmanship — Good winners, good losers

10. Fun! — We can find good in anything.

Teresa Caluori saw a group of golfers from Hazen High School in need of more structure.

During late summer, before the 2010 fall season, the Hazen golf team was losing its golf coach. When Caluori, an LPGA teaching pro at Renton’s Maplewood Golf Course, saw the team aimless, coachless and without focus at the Maplewood driving range that summer, she knew she had to step in.

“This kind of happened on a mistake,” Caluori said. “The kids didn’t have a coach. Their coach resigned. And working here, I saw them practic-ing. So, I asked them, ‘Where’s your coach?’ And, they said, ‘We don’t have one.’ ”

Caluori applied for the job and, almost instantly, the program gained cred-ibility. The lost looks quickly turned into drive and direction, thanks to Caluori demanding more accountability and a more professional approach from her players.

Four years later, the Highlanders boys team is making school history.

Even with Oct. 10’s 97-90 loss to Seamount League power Kennedy Catholic, Hazen (9-1) had already wrapped up at least a share of the school’s first regular-season league championship in golf.

Hazen defeated JFK (8-1) Oct. 1, which was believed to be the

Highlanders’ first win over the Lancers since 2003.

“Beating Kennedy was huge,” said Caluori, a 1982 graduate of Juanita High School who never played high school or college golf. “This 2013 Hazen Highlander team of boys is the best team I have had in the four years I have been coaching them.”

Caluori, who started playing golf at age 20 to spend more time with her cancer-stricken grand-mother, takes pride in teaching her Hazen players about the game, but just as much about life.

“When I came in, I had my rules,” said Caluori, who aspires to be a college coach. “I laid out my 10 Golden Rules.”

It all boils down to respecting others, being passionate and learning from a patient teacher of the game.

“We want to try to set

a standard for other stu-dents, so they wish they were on the golf team,” she said. “I want all of my players to be respectful.”

The Highlanders pos-sess the kind of depth to do well at the Seamount League tournament on Oct. 26 at Auburn Golf Course. Sophomore Nick Yee, who has been medalist in seven matches, leads a tight pack of talented golfers.

Seniors Ethan Morris, David Hu and Shae Slater and sophomores Tyler Learn and Cooper Page round out a strong top six. Hu has been medal-ist twice and Morris, who tied for 36th at state Class 2A last year, has been medalist once this season. Morris, Hu and Yee have all shot season-low scores of 35. Eleven of 15 team members have qualified for the league tournament.

A lot of the team’s suc-cess has come down to better preparation and higher expectations.

That preparation has led to the milestone regu-lar-season crown already, but the Highlanders have their sights on hanging a banner at Hazen with a strong showing in the league tournament.

“There’s not a single banner in the gym for golf,” Hu said. “Every sin-gle sport has one, just not golf yet. It’s significant, because all the other ban-ners for sports are in 1984 and 1983 and this will be recent.”


And for that, Hazen has Caluori and her attention to detail to thank.

“She expects better out of us than any other coach has,” Morris said. “She expects us to get better. She does keep it fun and relaxed. She has a good time with it, and everyone likes her. Everyone plays better for her.”

The Highlanders ulti-

mately fell short in the tournament, missing the league championship by 18 points Oct. 26. Hu was Hazen’s top finisher in third place, followed by Page in sixth, Morris in seventh, Ryan Gayte in ninth, and Learn and Spencer Meade finished tied for tenth.

Slater and Yee finished just outside the top 10,

at 11th and 12th, respec-tively.

Last year, the top three finishers went to state, while the next three went to a state qualifier. Caluori said the team wouldn’t know the actual players moving on until April.

Reporter Christina Corrales-Toy con-tributed to this story.

Coach’s dose of discipline lifts Hazen golfers to new territory

By Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times

Teresa Caluori, Hazen High School golf coach, holds the pin flag and looks on during a team practice round at Auburn Golf Course. Putting is senior Ethan Morris (cen-ter), as senior David Hu watches.

Coaching the Seahawks

Through a chance meeting recently at the Maplewood driving range, Caluori recently start-ing giving golf lessons to Seattle Seahawks corner-backs Richard Sherman and Brandon Browner. She had no idea who Sherman and Browner were when she admonished them for pulling out their driv-ers right away instead of warming up properly.


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