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By Christina [email protected]

Issaquah doesn’t forget.Not a Veterans Day or a

Memorial Day goes by without a city celebration honoring the men and women who fought, or continue to fight, for this coun-try’s freedom.

Issaquah and its residents won’t forget those sacrifices anytime soon, because Dave Waggoner won’t let them.

Waggoner, Issaquah Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3436 quar-termaster, is single-handedly responsible for organizing those annual ceremonies and mak-ing sure veterans, locally and regionally, get their due respect.

“The VFW is not only about supporting the community, but letting people know what vets stand for and what we did for this country,” said Dick Whipple, the adjutant and quartermaster of the state VFW. “Dave is doing a fantastic job of that for the Is-saquah community.”

Waggoner’s unceasing fervor to ensure Issaquah never forgets makes him The Issaquah Press’

second Hometown Hero.The born-and-raised Issaquah

resident, a Vietnam veteran himself, is known for his giving nature. In addition to his work with the local VFW, he also vol-

unteers at the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery, the Issaquah History Museums and works part-time as a Metro Transit operator. He also drives seniors on trips throughout the area for the Is-saquah Valley Senior Center.

One of Waggoner’s most noteworthy endeavors is the work he does with Honor Flight,

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A young Kirkland-area boy rides on the side of his mom’s shopping cart as she picks out children’s clothing during the first morning of business for the new Value Village Thrift Superstore on Feb. 19 on East Lake Sammamish Parkway in Issaquah. She asked their names not be used. Hundreds of shop-pers descended on the gala grand opening for bargains in used clothing, furniture, housewares, electronics, books, audio and video media, sporting goods and jewelry.

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An artist’s drawing shows how the completed Atlas project, at the corner of Seventh Avenue Northwest and Northwest Gilman Boulevard, will appear.

By Tom [email protected]

With one exception, the new Atlas project at Seventh Avenue Northwest and Northwest Gilman Boulevard will add essentially no traffic volume to neighboring intersections, according to city-mandated traffic studies.

To be developed by Lennar Multifamily Communities, the Atlas project, already under construction, will consist of three five-story buildings with 344 dwelling units. Residents and visitors will have use of 310 below-building parking spaces and approximately 100 surface parking spots.

After traffic studies were done last winter, the city granted the

Atlas project what is known as a mitigated determination of nonsignificance last year, accord-ing to Christopher Wright, city project oversight manager.

The key word in the name of that document is probably “non-significance.”

For four out of five intersec-tions looked at, traffic studies concluded cars coming and going from Atlas would add less than one second of delay, well below the legal threshold at which traf-fic mitigation can be required.

Cities can mandate mitigation by developers when the added traffic would create delays of more than five seconds.

Lennar Multifamily Communi-ties announced in a press release that it began excavation last week on its Atlas multifamily community.

Located west of downtown Issaquah at Northwest Gilman Boulevard and Seventh Avenue Northwest, Atlas will include three five-story buildings contain-ing 344 apartments, approxi-mately 450 parking stalls (in-cluding 310 secure underground stalls), a variety of indoor and outdoor amenities, and a large

Atlas project won’t add traffic, city says Construction has started on Atlas project

Vets advocate Dave Waggoner is honored as Hometown Hero

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Supporters of a bigger footprint for the proposed new Issaquah skate park have taken their case to the Internet and hope to take it directly to Issaquah Mayor Fred Butler.

As of Feb. 23, backers had 1,272 names on an electronic pe-tition supporting the larger skate park, resident and park enthusi-ast Theresa Stoppard said.

Stoppard said she and others planned to visit Butler on Feb. 13 to present him with a printed copy of the petition. Butler was not readily available, Stoppard added, but said her group now has a sit-down meeting with But-ler slated for Feb. 27.

“We are just trying to raise awareness,” Stoppard said, add-

ing her contention that a smaller park just is not going to work.

During discussions for the city’s 2015 budget, the Issaquah City Council stuck with an earlier dis-cussed figure of $350,000 to fund construction of a new skate park in Tibbetts Valley Park. Construc-tion is slated to begin sometime this spring. Park enthusiasts say the design is too small and won’t make for a usable park.

“It’s not going to work for the flow of the skate park,” Stoppard said.

Rogue Stoppard, 16, and an avid skateboarder, said he doesn’t believe the City Council necessarily knows the ins and outs of how skate parks work. Rogue was part of the citizen’s advisory committee that helped


“I think there is general feeling a dog park would be beneficial to Issaquah,” Danielle Githens, chairwoman of the Issaquah Park Board said.

However, don’t grab Fido and get him ready for a nice run just yet. Githens said the board is at the very beginning of discus-sions over a city-owned off-leash dog park and nothing has been settled or planned.

At a meeting near the end of January, the park board heard a presentation from City Parks Planner Jennifer Fink on area off-leash parks, where they are located and how they are run. The presentation was done at the board’s request.

“There was an informal discus-sion about the future needs of off-leash dog parks as Issaquah’s population grows in the next 20 years,” Fink wrote in an e-mail. “The park board made no recom-mendation at this time.”

The board is an advisory group and would make any recom-mendation to the administration, including the mayor’s office.

In her presentation, Fink looked at existing dog parks in Bellevue, Mercer Island, Red-mond and other Eastside loca-tions. She also included Bark

Park in the Issaquah Highlands.The latter is privately owned

and operated by the Issaquah Highlands Community Association.

Finding the right location for an off-leash park will be key if the idea moves forward, Githens said. She would like the park separated from other recreation-al areas, such as sports facili-ties or areas used by children. Githens said many existing parks have volunteer groups that help run and maintain those parks. She would like to see the same thing happen here.

Fink’s presentation listed nu-merous characteristics of a suc-cessful dog park. Those include adequate parking; ample space for dogs to play and roam free; an option to separate large dogs from smaller dogs; and pet waste bags and trash cans.

Like Githens, Fink mentioned a need for a clear delineation from sports complexes and playgrounds or tot lots. She also recommended staying away from fish spawning bodies of water.

Neither Githens nor Fink mentioned any specific plans for moving forward.

“You can probably expect to see the topic of off-leash dog parks on future park board agen-das,” Anne McGill, Issaquah’s director of parks and recreation, wrote in an email.

City may finally consider dog park

Supporters still pushing for larger skate park

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Dave Waggoner speaks to the crowd during a Veterans Day memorial ceremony in his role as a representative of the Issaquah branch of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3436.

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put together a recom-mendation for a new skate park.

Working with designers Gridline Skateparks Inc., the committee came up with a $500,000 plan for a new park.

According to Rogue and others, council members talked about “shrinking” the committee’s vision for the park to fit the lower $350,000 price tag. Rogue insists you can’t just “shrink” skate park de-signs. For example, Rogue said banks in the new park would be steeper, possibly to the point of being unusable.

The larger skate park also has earned the endorsement of Issaquah’s Drug Free Community Coalition, partly because of alleged safety

problems with the current location. Two members of the group, including Jerry Blackburn of the coalition’s executive board, took that group’s case directly to the City Council late last month. Blackburn said the coali-tion wants to give Issaquah youths as many healthy, safe activity choices as possible.

In an email sent to supporters, the coalition outlined what it sees as several problems with the smaller park design, including no viewing area for parents and others, and no flat space for beginning skateboarders.

The larger park design also has the backing of Issaquah native David Gravette, now well known as a professional skate-boarder. Currently living in Portland, Oregon, Gravette took home a silver medal in the 2013 X Games.

“Issaquah Skate Park has always been the park

I called ‘home,’” Gravette wrote on a webpage set up to back a bigger Issaquah park. “It’s safe to say that I wouldn’t have been able to live my dream and become a professional skater with-out the experiences and time I’ve spent at the skate park… I would love to see Issaquah become a town where people went out of their way to come skate the park, the way it was when I was a kid.”

Stoppard said supporters are still accepting names on the park petition. The supporter webpage and the electronic version of the petition can be found on www.change.org. Search for “Issaquah skate park.”

Issaquah’s current skate park near the community center has been criticized as no longer up to stan-dards. Some further say its isolated location has made it a magnet for underage smoking and drug use.

a group that send veterans to Washington, D.C., so they can visit memorials built in honor of their service to the nation.

“They served our country and it’s a way for us to say thanks and that we didn’t forget,” Waggoner told The Press in 2009.

The 2010 Issaquah Valley Grange’s Man of the Year’s exploits earned praise from U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, who on May 5, 2010, hon-ored Waggoner in a speech to the House of Representa-tives.

“The amount of respect and reverence Dave has for the veterans who served be-fore him is truly awesome,” Reichert said.

“Men like Dave help make our local communi-ties special and welcoming,” he continued. “Men like Dave deserve our heartfelt thanks.”

Waggoner also serves on the Issaquah Cemetery Board and takes great pride in the care and upkeep of the Issaquah Hillside Cem-etery.

In 2013, he enlisted the help of the Issaquah History Museums to verify what he believed was the cemetery’s

15th American Civil War veteran.

He called it an obsession, wanting to know about the veterans in the cemetery and working with Museums Director Erica Maniez to flesh out their stories.

“It’s been really fun to swap notes with him,” she said of Waggoner’s quest to unravel certain aspects of the city’s history. “It’s great to be working with him on his effort. It’s also nice to have someone want to know the answers to some of these questions that are floating around.”

Most of all, Waggoner is known for his loyalty.

When a friend, mural-ist Larry Kangas, passed away, Waggoner made it his mission to honor the work Kangas did across the city.

The result was “Larry Kangas Day” in Issaquah July 19, 2014. Kangas is the artist behind the city’s murals, most notably the one that adorns the Dari-gold plant.

“He left that historical stamp on Issaquah and I think people who see the murals, including myself, are just touched by them,” Waggoner told The Press last year.

For all the work that he does for others, it’s hard to remember that Waggoner himself is a Vietnam veteran and deserves just as much praise as the people he works everyday to honor.

“I’ve known Dave for a long time,” Whipple said. “He’s single-handedly edu-cating the community about its veterans. He’s holding that Issaquah post together and doing a really good job.”

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one in the community who does wonderful things? Someone who builds water wells in a foreign country, makes quilts for people with cancer, gives time to animals at local animal shelters, helps victims of domestic violence, gives up birthday pres-ents and instead asks that they go to others — these are all Issaquah Press Hometown Heroes.

Send us informa-tion about your hero, and give us contact information for that per-son. Each month, we’ll decide on a Hometown Hero and feature him or her in the paper.

There is no age limit for a Hometown Hero. We’re looking for young and old. There is also no limit on what makes a hero. We’re looking for people who do things big and small. People can also be nominated posthumously. At the end of the year, we’ll name a Hometown Hero of the year from our 12 Hometown Heroes of the month, and honor all of our heroes with a celebration.

Email your nomina-tions to [email protected].

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Seattle International Film Festival comes to Issaquah this weekend

Billed as the largest film festival in the United States, the Seattle International Film Festival is joining forces with the Issaquah Arts Commission to present

the second Issaquah Inter-national Film Festival.

The festival returns Feb. 28 and March 1 at Cine-barre Issaquah 8, 1490 11th Ave., NW. Admission is free. Seats are available at the venue.

The festival features six international movies:

On Feb. 28 are “Belle

et Sebastien” at 1 p.m.; “Queen” at 4 p.m.; and “Human Capital” at 7 p.m.

On March 1 are “The Breach” at 1 p.m.; “Ku-miko, the Treasure Hunt-er” at 4 p.m.; and “Still Life” at 7 p.m.

Learn more and get a synopsis of each movie at SIFF.net/issaquah2015.

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How can what will be presumably hundreds of cars coming and go-ing from Atlas add only one second of delay to nearby intersections? Consultants hired by the developer completed the traffic studies, according to Sheldon Lynne, public works engineering director for Issaquah. But he said those studies were com-pleted following generally accepted guidelines.

Lynne added that, obvi-ously, not every car from the Atlas complex would arrive at any one intersec-

tion simultaneously.“There are a lot of vari-

ables,” he said.Those include the aver-

age speed of vehicles, the number of lanes and the length of traffic signals. Engineers looked at the probable distribution of traffic to each intersection and took into account the likely time of day for those trips. Afternoons are con-sidered peak times.

The city also ran the potential traffic from Atlas through a traffic opera-tions model, comparing the before and after traffic models, said Fay Schafi, Issaquah’s senior signal operations engineer.

According to information provided by the city, the efficiency of intersections

are rated on a scale of “A” through “F,” with an “A” predictably indicating a well-functioning intersec-tion, an “F” indicating poor traffic operations causing long delays.

Excluding Seventh and Gilman, of the four remaining intersections looked at for the Atlas study, the city determined three of those intersections would earn a “D” with or without any added traffic. The fourth intersection was graded “C,” again with or without added traffic.

While traffic added by Atlas was determined not to be a problem at four in-tersections, the impact was considered far differently at Seventh and Gilman. A traffic signal warrant

analysis found the Atlas development will “gener-ate a substantial increase” in left turns from Seventh onto Gilman.

As a result, Atlas devel-opers are required to com-plete major renovations at Seventh and Gilman, most notably installation of a new traffic signal. The signal will be a fully

operational signal, not a four-way red light or some other variation of a signal, Schafi said. Further, the in-tersection will feature left turn lanes, including for left turns onto Gilman.

City officials also are requiring the relocation of a bus stop near the nearby Safeway store to a new spot on Gilman.

The improvements must be completed prior to any occupancy of the new buildings.

Besides the work at Sev-enth and Gilman, develop-ers will need to undertake several additional im-provements. Those include curbs, gutters, planter strips, bike lanes and on-street parking.

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The days of needing a mouthful of metal brackets and wires to straighten your teeth may be coming to an end. These days many teenagers and adults are opting for Invisalign treatment, a product that uses a series of clear removable trays (aligners) to straighten teeth and correct bites. Dr. Mark Nelson and Dr. Todd Steinhart of Sammamish Orthodontics have seen a dramatic increase in the number of patients seeking Invisalign treatment.

“The technology has come so far that it has really become a viable alternative to traditional braces,” said Nelson. “There’s no doubt that our Invisalign patients are the happiest patients in our practice.”

Invisalign treatment has been available since 1998, but recent innovations now allow orthodontists to treat a wider range of cases.

“We’re offering many of our new patients the option of traditional braces or Invisalign treatment and educating them that the end result will be the same,” said Steinhart, “it becomes a patient preference decision.” While the end result between braces and Invisalign treatment may be similar, the path to get there is different.

“The main advantage of Invisalign over traditional braces is that the aligners are much less noticeable than braces,” said Nelson.

Other advantages include improved hygiene during treatment, fewer and shorter office visits (two to three months between appointments), and a more comfortable process without the change in diet that most braces patients face.

“Our Invisalign patients never have a pokey wire or a loose bracket,” explains Steinhart, “it’s really a treatment that fits the “on the go” lifestyle we see here in Sammamish.”

So who is choosing Invisalign? The biggest increase has been among teenagers. The aligners are removed for eating and brushing, but can remain in the mouth during sports and most other activities. Blake, a teenage Invisalign patient says, “As a singer-songwriter I love the fact that I can still do what I love with Invisalign trays in my mouth, and I still feel confident smiling in them.”

Carol-Ann, a current Invisalign patient who had braces as a teenager, says there’s no comparison between braces and Invisalign, “I would have never gone back into braces at my age, but I’m so happy with my Invisalign treatment. Most

people don’t even realize I’m wearing the aligners.”

One of the Invisalign technologies Dr. Nelson and Dr. Steinhart are most excited about is their recent purchase of an Itero scanner, which eliminates the need for impressions. “We’ve had the scanner for a couple of months now and patients absolutely love it, it’s an amazing technology,” said Nelson. The scans are 100% accurate and allow immediate transmittal to Invisalign for aligner fabrication. The scanner also has a treatment simulator application, which gives the patient a sneak preview of their final result within two minutes of completing their scan.

“It’s exciting for patients to be able to see the end result before they even start treatment, they love this feature,” said Steinhart.

The Itero scanner and Invisalign treatment are just two of the many ways Sammamish Orthodontics tailors their practice to the lives of their patients.

“People are busy, so we are constantly

looking for ways to seamlessly fit orthodontics into their lives,” explains Nelson.

Email and text appointment reminders, 24/7 emergency care, and same-day retainer delivery are just a few of the many ways the office caters to patients. But what is really creating buzz on the Plateau is the complimentary Ortho Shuttle service that takes middle and high school students to and from their appointments.

“Kids think it’s cool to get the VIP service from school, but their parents love it even more. It’s really convenient for those families where both parents work,” said Nelson.

For more information on Sammamish Orthodontics, visit sammamishortho.com or call 425-369-0366 for a complimentary consultation.

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Atlas will be the first major apartment commu-nity to be developed in the city’s urban core under the new Central Issaquah Plan.

“With this project, Issaquah is sending a mes-sage to the region that we are open for investment. Atlas is one of the first significant redevelopment projects in our commercial core, where we’re adding homes, jobs, and ameni-ties to create a walkable, urban neighborhood with an outstanding quality of life,” Keith Niven, the city’s

economic development director, said in a press release. “Not only will this project add needed housing options, it will also expand our ‘green neck-lace’ of public open space throughout Issaquah.”

“We are excited to be a part of the Issaquah com-munity,” Brad Reisinger, division president of Len-nar Multifamily Communi-ties for the Pacific North-west, said in the release. “Atlas will be a life-style community for residents who seek urban walkability in a suburban market with great schools and a very quaint downtown.

“You can bike from your front door to world class mountain biking terrain or be on the ski slopes in under 30 minutes.”

One of the project’s features is that the 6.3-acre site borders Issaquah Creek, which supports a thriving salmon run — Chinook, coho and sockeye salmon as well as coastal cutthroat trout and steel-head. A 1.5-acre portion of the property will be dedi-cated to the city as a park.

As part of that, Lennar is reconstructing the shoreline area and restoring native plantings to improve habitat for salmon, while also incor-porating a trail system for residents and the public to access and enjoy the stream environment.

Atlas was designed by the Seattle architecture and landscape architecture firm GGLO and is being constructed by Andersen Construction.

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Public invited to hear zoning-change proposals

Residents are invited to a public hearing about potential zoning changes in several areas, including Croston Lane and what is known as the Emrick Prop-erty off Renton-Issaquah Road Southeast.

The hearing will be at 6:30 p.m. March 5, in the City Council chambers, 135 E. Sunset Way.

The rezoning pro-posal, part of updating the comprehensive plan, includes 31 city-owned properties. Zoning under consideration for those properties include: open space, intended for low impact, passive uses such as hiking; recreation, intended for outdoor recreation such as parks or ball fields; and facili-ties, which can encom-pass recreation, utilities,

libraries and similar developments.

For Croston Lane, the city is considering low-den-sity residential zoning. For the Emrick Property, the zoning proposed is urban village zoning.

If you cannot attend the public hearing, written comments can be sent to the Development Ser-vices Department, P.O. Box 1307, Issaquah, WA 98027.

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People are upset about the elimination of City Arborist Alan Haywood’s position.

He has been taking care of Issaquah’s trees and plant life for nearly 30 years.

Who will speak for the trees now?There is a gardener on the parks maintenance team, a

certified arborist, who will now fill in when needed. Or the city will contract for the services. Either way, there won’t be a full-time arborist on the city staff, during a time of construction of many projects in the city, including the first one approved under the new Central Issaquah Plan.

So, with more projects, are we to assume there will be fewer trees that need looking after?

Here’s another important question: Where were city residents when this decision was being made?

This happened during the years of public hearings for the proposed Southeast Bypass. And during the public hearings for the Central Issaquah Plan. And for many more public hearings than we can count.

People don’t attend hearings and meetings, but then complain about the decisions being made.

We take our job as a government watchdog seriously, but we cannot be at every meeting the city has. No newspaper can.

We get to as many as possible. We’ve been at meetings where you could likely hear crickets chirp in between city officials discussing the newest change, proposal or plan. Where are city residents then?

Your government leaders work for you. They live here, so they’re city residents, too. To make blanket statements such as “They don’t care about the city” forgets that fact.

Most people in elected positions all across the country do the job for all the right reasons. But there are numerous documents to read and many decisions to be made.

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My arrival was massively late, but last week I finally got around to seeing “The Inter-view,” the highly controversial film that landed Sony Pictures Entertainment in hot water with the North Korean government.

In case you missed it — and chances are you have, since the movie was distributed to only a small handful of theaters nationwide — “The Interview” stars Seth Rogen and James Franco as farcical journalists who visit North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Their stated pur-pose is an exclusive, televised interview, but the CIA has sent them in for an assassination attempt.

I’m not going to delve into the plot. One, there’s no need to spoil the fun for people who haven’t seen it. Two, the dia-logue and exploits aren’t appro-priate for a family newspaper.

But I will say this: It’s easy to see why the North Koreans would be offended. If another nation made a film about kill-ing President Obama, we as Americans would be justifiably livid. Or maybe not — there are plenty of red-state residents who would probably just shrug and chuckle.

This story illustrates the vast gulf of differences between a na-tion that (mostly) embraces free speech, and one that does every-thing in its power to restrict it. North Korea blamed Obama for trying to distribute the film, as if arts and culture fell under the primary responsibilities of the leader of the free world.

“Obama always goes reckless in words and deeds like a mon-key in a tropical forest,” a CNN quote from the North Korean National Defense Commission states.

It’s an absolute waste of time when a U.S. president has to speak publicly about a film because of its political ramifi-cations. But Obama’s response was exactly what it should

have been.“We can-

not have a society in which some dictators someplace can start im-posing cen-sorship here in the United States, because if somebody is able to intimi-date us out of releasing a satirical movie, imagine what they start doing once they see a documentary that they don’t like or news reports that they don’t like,” Obama said in the same CNN article.

Back to my point about the North Koreans being offended: While it’s easy to sympathize with their feelings, it’s hard to justify their response.

Life is filled with people and ideas we just don’t agree with. Off the top of my head, I can think of a few things: white su-premacists, Satanists, Scientolo-gists, anti-gay marriage advo-cates, environmental-hating oil barons.

I don’t like what they have to say, but as a First Amendment lover, I will protect their right to say it. If the Aryan Nations want to march down the streets of an Idaho town, so be it. If Garth Brooks wants to make annoy-ingly twangy music for the masses, carry on.

What we don’t need is the threat of silencing voices, no matter how bigoted or idiotic they might be. Certain social-ist nations — particularly those laughably described as a “people’s democratic republic” — would do well to remember that.

See “The Interview” at your own discretion. Laugh, cry, throw things, whatever. But don’t tell the entertainment industry to stop making movies like it.

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oPInIon4•Wednesday, February 25, 2015

When Steve and Dud got up to go get a paper, it left just Doc and Bert sitting at the philosophy counter of the Mule Barn truck stop.

Bert turned his head and smirked a little, being careful not to let Doc see him. Doc also didn’t see Dud outside, punching in a number on his cell phone while Steve stood by as a cheerleader.

“Doc,” said Loretta, filling the coffee cups, “phone call for you, hon.”

“Here? OK…” Doc walked over to the cash register and picked up the phone.

“This here Doc?” the caller asked. “The Doc that lost his squirrel?”

“Uh …” Doc looked around for help. There was none. “Yes. Yes it is.”

“Found your dang squirrel here, Doc. That reward thing still good?”

“Well … yes.”“Five dollars and a quarter,

right? Now, is that cash or check? I don’t take no checks.”

Doc is look-ing all around and looks wil-derness-type lost. “Cash I guess.”

“Only thing is, Doc. Need to be sure this is your squirrel, right? So, can you describe him for me?”

“He’s … gray.”“All gray squirrels are gray,

now, ain’t that right? How about any distinguishing marks? Tat-toos?”

“No tattoos.”“So far so good. Now, you said

in the ad his name is Chipper. Well, I called him Chipper and the son of a gun bit me.”

“He did?”“What I mean to ask here, Doc,

is … did you and your squirrel get along? No squirrel problems? He looks like he needs a square meal to me. You feed him good?”

“What?”“You know … like Squirrel

Chow Free Choice, or did you put him on a nut ration? I mean, he ate like there was no tomorrow. Dang near ate up the whole five dollars and a quarter reward money in squirrel food.”

Steve and Dud walked back

into the café, then, with the cell phone still at Dud’s ear, and the laughing began.

“You were right all along, Doc,” Bert said. “In winter, everyone can use a good hoax.”

Doc bought the coffee.

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Traffic

How about reinstating the bypass?

It is amazing — the Issaquah City Council is concerned about the front street rush hour traffic!

If it had not cancelled the “Southeast Bypass” a few years ago, the traffic on front street would not be a problem.

How about reinstating the bypass?

Ken SesslerIssaquah

Klahanie

Vote yes for proposed annexation to Sammamish

Strawberry shortcake, banana cream pie or oatmeal gruel? Relate these dessert items to annexation — annexation either to Issaquah or Sammamish, or remaining in unincorporated King County. The first two may find themselves pretty much on equal footing; the third one not so much.

Well, the dinner (the vote on Feb. 11) is over and we’re moving on to the next course — dessert. But hold on a minute! The waiter tells us that one of the last two items has been “86’d” from the menu (is no longer available — in restaurant parlance). The picture has changed, considerably.

Faced with a new situation, I find it pretty easy to make a

choice — and it isn’t for the oatmeal gruel! I was a big fan of the dessert item that was taken away, but, you know what? I’m also a very big fan of the one now on the menu as well. Making a choice wasn’t hard for me, and I hope it won’t be for other voters in the Klahanie potential annexa-tion area.

A vote to become part of the city of Sammamish is right for the Klahanie PAA and for the city of Sammamish as well!

Dick L’HeureuxKlahanie PAA resident

Skate park

This sport and park deserves as much support as others

Recently, Citizens Advisory Committee members for the new Issaquah Skate Park were saddened to learn City Council members are against finding the additional $150,000 needed to construct the proposed design.

This design was a collaborative effort between local skateboard-ers, Grindline Skateparks and local officials. The public voted to approve $350,000 for the skate park. In order to provide the safest, most usable park, an additional $150,000 is needed, bringing the total to $500,000.

The City Council seems to favor “shrinking” the design. Unfortu-nately, skate parks do not work like that. Scaling down the design will impede flow and lessen room

for multiple skill levels, thus cre-ating an unsafe, unusable park.

Issaquah’s potential recreation project list totals $101.2 million. The $500,000 needed amounts to only 0.49 percent of that total. If the park is built as designed, Issaquah will be on the forefront of providing recreation to skate-boarders on the Eastside.

Currently, residents must drive to Bellevue, Redmond or Mercer Island to enjoy the sport they are passionate about. In a city com-mitted to providing recreation to its residents, skateboarding deserves a safe environment for our youth. Less than half of a percent is all that is needed to achieve this.

A petition is located at http://chn.ge/1FPbPj8 to support providing the best skate park possible. In less than two weeks, it has garnered more than 1,250 signatures. With comments from an Issaquah-born and raised professional skateboarder, local skateboarders, business owners and parents alike, the petition accurately reflects the needs and wants of this sport’s participants and its supporters.

The city should not short-change this sport. Skateboarding deserves as much recognition and support from our local govern-ment as soccer, baseball, bas-ketball, lacrosse, hiking, biking, walking, aquatics, football, track and fitness receives.

Theresa StoppardIssaquah

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It looks like we are hav-ing a very early spring this year. Many of us will not be gardening and pruning early enough to keep up with the “El Niño” condi-tions.

Usually, February is a good time to dig and move plants, prune fruit trees and roses, cut back orna-mental grasses, and just get ready for the growing season. This year, most

plants are way ahead of schedule.

For me, there are two kinds of pruning: the kind you do for the plant and the pruning you do for your own artistic pleasure. We have many examples of the latter in commer-cial landscapes, where we see many unrecognizable plants pruned into little balls or strange shapes.

Clipping absolutely every-thing into separate shapes is a disaster visually, because the massing and scale of a planting is lost.

The function and charac-ter of the plant should tell you how to prune it. How do you know what is right?

Here’s a guide to help with most ornamental plants: 4If it blooms, prune it

right after it blooms.4If it’s evergreen (with-

out blooms like boxwood), avoid pruning in late sum-mer/early fall.4It gets tricky with some

plants like Hydrangea, because they bloom on last year’s wood. If the plant

form requires pruning, re-move only a few stems here and there each year.4Most conifers, pine, fir,

cedar, juniper and arbor-vitae won’t grow back if you clip off all of their green leaves, so remove only a part of the latest growth just after it has come out. With pines, take off only half of the candle. Never top a conical conifer.4A good rule is to

remove no more than one-third of any plant’s foliage.

Those guidelines cover most plants, and that’s enough to stop many peo-ple from even trying. If you are afraid, try your hand at the following plants.

They yearn to be pruned.4You can cut back red

twig and yellow twig dog-woods to the ground this winter to produce denser, more colorful stems next year. In fact, do it every year.4Forsythia will be

healthier and bloom better if you remove old, ill-formed stems clear back to the main trunk after flow-ering. It’s much nicer with a fountain shape rather than a ball.4Winter heaths and

lavender grow denser and bloom stronger if sheared after blooming. In fact, they look bad if you don’t.4Most rhododendrons

can be pruned back se-verely if they don’t have shiny trunks and stems. Cut back shrubby ones to a bud. I’ve seen completely denuded plants come back with new vigor from just a bare trunk.

I may sound cavalier in my approach to pruning, but I think if you don’t like a plant the way it is, change it. Just please don’t shear everything in the yard all the same, into separate little, funny shapes.

Jane Garrison is a local land-scape architect who gardens in glacial till on the plateau.

Community 5 • Wednesday, February 25, 2015

the issaquah PressRegistration is filling fast for the March 7 Lake Sammamish Half Marathon. The half marathon takes runners along the

smooth trail that connects Marymoor Park in Redmond to Lake Sammamish State Park in Issaquah. About 30 percent of the course will be on smooth gravel surface and the remaining 70 percent on pavement. There is also a half-marathon walk category with a four-hour time limit. The race is chip-timed, and each racer will receive a custom bib, a finisher medal, a long-sleeve microfiber Tech Shirt and sponsor products. The event benefits Cascade Challenge, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing leadership and outdoor adventure opportunities to youths ages 14-20. Learn more at www.lakesammamishhalf.com.

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By David [email protected]

Emilia Kettman, 7, has a new tool to help her manage her diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes — Reggie.

Reggie, a 1 ½-year-old black Labrador, is a diabetic alert dog in training to scent when Emilia’s blood sugar levels are too far above or below the norm. Emilia’s parents Julie and John said it was important to acquaint her with a D.A.D. as soon as possible.

“She wasn’t sure having a dog around,” John said. “We needed a small dog so Reggie and Emilia could grow up together, get comfort-able with each other, so when he was a full-size Lab, she was com-fortable with him.”

While Reggie has been in train-ing a little over a year, the two have been together only a couple of months, but he has already proven his value to Emilia.

“He’s already had a positive alert that something was not quite right,” Julie said. “It was a low check. When a child, especially as young as Emilia, starts dropping, it happens extremely quickly. It can lead to a coma, seizure and require intramus-cular glucose given.

“He checked and let us know. We did a finger poke, and he was cor-rect.”

Emilia was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 2 ½. John said their initial research showed it was a very manageable disease, but it still requires a lot of checking.

“The precautions are the same, with or without the dog,” he ex-plained. “We still do 12 to 15 checks a day, get up twice a night. What Reggie really does for us is he’s that extra layer of protection when you’re running around the park or sleep through the alarm at night.

“Hopefully, Reggie getting up to check her at night, or runs past at the park, gives her a quick sniff, so we don’t have to interrupt her play.”

Devastation over first dogThe Kettmans first learned of dia-

betes alert dogs about three years ago.

“A family friend heard about D.A.D.s and offered to fundraise the cost to purchase one from an out-of-state company,” Julie said. “After months of waiting, a trainer ar-rived with our D.A.D. and a 22-page contract to sign before she would do

any training. We were shocked at the contract presentation and con-cerned about its terms, which were intrusive and unreasonable.”

Julie said the contract gave the company the right to take the dog away without warning if the family failed to meet certain requirements, including sending in the dog’s food and supplement labels on a quar-terly basis.

The Kettmans consulted with two attorneys and tried negotiating with the company before finally deter-mining they had no choice but to walk away from that dog, his trainer and the thousands of dollars that had been already raised on their behalf.

“Emilia was devastated,” Julie said. “We all were.”

‘Truly a love story’Still hurting from the experience,

the Kettmans turned to longtime family friend Denise Stringfellow, a dog trainer who had years before helped them reign in their “cray cray” springer spaniel puppy from hellion to ring bearer in the Kett-mans’ wedding.

Once Stringfellow, who now owns the dog-training and housing busi-ness Riverdog, heard their plea for help, she knew what she had on her hands.

“What’s fascinating is this is truly a love story,” Stringfellow said. “The Kettmans have been clients and friends of ours for a very long time. When the first diabetic opportunity didn’t work out, we didn’t have a diabetic program. Our hearts broke for them.”

So, she sat down with her lead trainer, Sarah Kech, and asked, “We love them. How can we help them?”

Kech, who has been with Riverdog for seven years, had background al-ready in detection training, just not diabetic detection. Kech had been

wanting (possibly secretly, accord-ing to Stringfellow) to do more with scent detection training. So, when the opportunity came up, Stringfel-low told her, “Let’s do it. I’ll support you.”

“I did all the research and semi-nars and got up to speed,” Kech said. “Then, we told the Kettmans, ‘We don’t know if we can do this, but we’re willing to try.’ They said OK.”

Any dog can be trainedStringfellow then reached out to

another longtime friend, Shelah Frey, owner of Mainland Labradors in Bellevue, who donated Reggie to Riverdog.

“After the first experience, we thought the D.A.D. option was off the table, that trying for another wasn’t worth the risk,” John said. “It was definitely a big surprise when Denise said she could do it.”

Kech said scent dogs have been around a long time, but diabetic dogs only for the past 10 to 20 years. However, their training re-mains very similar.

“We’re still pairing up whatever the scent is with his reward,” Kech said. The big difference is Reggie has to be calm, because he’ll have to be in places he needs to be relaxed.”

She added that technically any dog breed could be trained to become a D.A.D. But with children, especially in schools and parks, Lab-radors and golden retrievers work better.

“They look friendly, and are polite and sweet,” Kech said. “That’s why we picked Reggie.”

The sniff testReggie has been trained to give

Emilia a sniff whenever she passes during regular activities, whether it’s running around in the park or playing dress up at the Riverdog facility. If he gets a positive alert, Reggie will bop her in the leg with his nose, and then sit.

“Some dogs put up a paw up and scratch,” Kech said. “We didn’t want that with Emilia. This way it’s a lot quieter.”

They’re just about done with his training, Kech added. They just need to finish with his public access tests, important for all service dogs, and certification with the Diabetic Alert

Master gardener’s cornerWith Jane Garrison

Prune it right

By Maria Nelson

This lovely recipe is the epitome of healthy and simple goodness.

Crunchy shaved Brussels sprouts, combined with salty and delicious, hard Pecorino and whole walnut halves are the basis for this easy-to-prepare salad that goes well as a starter, or on it’s own for a smaller meal.

Brussels sprouts have been enjoying a very long, resurgent time in the sun of late, and frankly, I don’t see that changing in the near future. They are simply just too good — too good for you and too good to ignore. Thank goodness the long days of boiled and slimy Brussels sprouts are over. Now, it’s oven-roasted with bacon and smatterings of cheese, or baked gratin-style in the oven with creamy sauces, or even sprinkled on pizza and flatbreads with other delicious vegetables.

Admittedly adding bacon and cheese and cream to any dish immediately ups the desirability factor, but if you’re looking for ways to enjoy them without adding the extra calories, look no further than a salad such as this. Shaved Brussels sprouts are in my opinion, the best way to eat raw Brussels sprouts.

They make lovely addi-tions to the more standard lettuce salads, adding delicious crunch and loads of vitamins and fiber. This works especially well when trying to introduce children or other family members to the idea of eating Brussels sprouts this way.

I’m really not sure why we neglected to give veg-etables their due in the kitchen. Given what we’ve known of their benefits, it seems remarkable really. I’m just as guilty of not paying attention to their merits, but I’ve recognized the error of

my ways and am trying to add vegetables in new and refreshing ways to my diet each day.

Since there aren’t a lot of ingredients to this salad, make sure that each ele-ment is fresh and tastes its best. I’d also recom-mend crumbling your own cheese. Just buy it in wedge form and drag a fork through it, twisting along the way to get rough, chunky pieces. Some good flaky sea salt is also a re-ally nice touch. If you can’t find any, kosher salt also works well.

When preparing this salad along with any other similar cruciferous-type green, (like kale) allow the salad to sit, fully dressed, for 15-20 minutes prior to serving. This softens it slightly and encourages the flavors to develop.

Shaved Brussels sprouts, walnut and pecorino saladServes 3-4

43 cups thinly shaved Brussels sprouts (use a slicing blade on your food processor or a mandolin) 4¼ cup whole toasted

walnuts4½ cup crumbled

Pecorino cheese42 tablespoon olive oil41-2 tablespoon pome-

granate arils4Flaky sea salt 4Freshly ground pepper

Toss all of the ingredi-ents in a medium-sized bowl and let sit at room temperature for 15 min-utes. Lightly dress with ad-ditional olive oil if needed. Serve.

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

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By Maria NelsoN

Shaved Brussels sprouts salad, with walnuts and Pecorino cheese, will alleviate your fear of the sprouts’ bitter taste.

A canine D.A.D. who’s just another member of the family

Learn to love your Brussels sprouts again

HOW TO HELPTraining a diabetic alert dog is expen-sive, reaching as much as $30,000. Julie and John Kettman have started a fundraising website, www.crow-drise.com/adadforemilia, to help pay for those costs for their dog Reggie and any other families who may need such a dog of their own.

By GreG Farrar

Riverdog trainer Sarah Kech (left) guides Reggie, a diabetic alert dog, through a sniff test of Emilia Kettman, 7. Reggie has been trained to key off the scent of Kettman’s low blood sugar, which is on a swab, inside a canister in her sock.

See D.A.D., Page 7

THURSDAY, FEB. 26Grand Ridge Trail and Watertower Loop Work Party, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., issaquahalps.org

Zentangle Advanced, noon to 2 p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., $40/members, $45/nonmembers, arteast.org

Ceramics Open Studio, 4:30-6:30 p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., hourly rate $10/members, $12/non-member, arteast.org

Clay Play for Adults, 6:30-9:30 p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., $40/members, $45/nonmembers, arteast.org

Learn to Read Your Own Teas Leaves, 7-8:30 p.m., Experience Tea, 195 Front St. N., free, 206-406-9838

‘Around the World in 80 Days,’ 7:30 p.m., Francis J. Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N., $35 to $67, villageth-eatre.org

‘Land and Water Stewardship Workshop: Mud Management,’ 6:30-9 p.m., Preston Community Center, 8625 310th Ave. S.E., Preston, free, http://bit.ly/1zSj5am

FRIDAY, FEB. 27Issaquah Alps Dog Hike, easy, 3 to 5 miles, up to 1,100-foot elevation gain, 10 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org

Social Hour with music by Ron Herring, 3-4 p.m., Spiritwood at Pine Lake, 3607 228th Ave. S.E., 313-9100

‘Zentangle Basics for Teens,’ 4-6 p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., $40/mem-bers, $45/nonmembers, arteast.org

Beat the Winter Brews Fest, adults only, Gilman Village, 317 N.W. Gilman Blvd., 5:30-8:30 p.m., $25/advance, $30/door, www.beatthewin-terbrews.com

Teen Night, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Museo Art Academy, 175 First

Place N.W., $29, $10 buddy discount available, 391-0244

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

SATURDAY, FEB. 28Cougar Mountain Hike, mod-erate, 7 miles, up to 1,750-foot elevation gain, 9 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org

AARP Tax Help, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

Meadow Park Work Party, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., issaquahalps.org

ReLeaf Our Parks, help plant native trees at Squak Mountain, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 206-296-2990

Explore Rooibos, Honeybush, Tulsi and Yerba Mate Teas, 10-11:30 a.m., Experience Tea, 195 Front St. N., $25, 206-406-9838

‘Life Stories Workshop,’ 1-4 p.m., Bellewood Retirement Center, 3710 Providence Point

S.E., free, www.sammamish.us

Mind Body Wellness Program, 1 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

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

‘Education Is Not a Crime,’ film and discussion, 8 p.m., King County Library Service Center, 960 Newport Way, 369-3200

SUNDAY, MARCH 1March Madness Teen Book Tournament, through March 14, Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

Poo Poo Point and Section Line Trails Work Party, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., issaqua-halps.org

Import Car Meet, 9 a.m., weather permitting, Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-in, 98 N.E. Gilman Blvd., 392-1266

Middle Coal Creek Hike, easy, 3.5 miles, 400-foot elevation gain, 9 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier

Let’s Go!6•Wednesday, February 25, 2015

It’s Harry Potter Night! Come out for a night of crafts, games and wizardry at the community center this Friday, hosted by the Youth Advisory Board for ages 8-11. Catch the train to Hogwarts at 6 p.m. Feb. 27 at 301 Rainier Blvd. S.; cost is $18 for residents and $27 for nonresidents, 837-3300.

Schedule this

Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org

Cougar Mountain Hike, mod-erate, 6 miles, 1,200-foot elevation gain, 9:30 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org

‘Innovations in Horse Keeping,’ 1-4 p.m., Triple J Ranch, 26621 S.E. 172nd St., free, http://bit.ly/1vIAJh3

‘Life in Cold Blood: Land Invaders’ film, ages 12 and older, 2 p.m., Lewis Creek Visitor Center, 5808 Lakemont Blvd. S.E., free, 452-4195

‘The Spiritual Reality of Health’ with Heloisa Gelber Rivas, 2 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, 1800 N.W. Gilman Blvd.

MONDAY, MARCH 2‘All About Puberty: Parents and Boys Together’ 6:30-9 p.m., Swedish Issaquah, 751 N.E. Blakely Drive, free, http://bit.ly/1uCJA3j

Issaquah Communications and Support Team meet-ing, talk-in 146.56 MHz at 6:45 p.m., meeting at 7 p.m., Issaquah Valley Senior Center,

75 N.E. Creek Way, call Mike Crossley at 677-5251

City Council meeting, 7 p.m., City Hall, 135 E. Sunset Way,

TUESDAY, MARCH 3‘Relief for Your Shoulder Pain,’ 6-8 p.m., Swedish Issaquah, 751 N.E. Blakely Drive, http://bit.ly/1uCJA3j

Open Mic Night, Train Depot museum, player sign-ups at 6:15 p.m., performances 6:30-8:30 p.m., 78 First Ave. N.E., [email protected]

‘Don’t Keep Putting It Off,’ 7 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

Sammamish Youth Writing Club, 7 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

River and Streams Board meeting, 7 p.m., Pickering Barn, 1775 12th Ave. N.W., 837-3000

The Rovin’ Fiddlers, 7-9 p.m., Issaquah Senior Center, 75 N.E. Creek Way, www.rovinfid-dlers.com

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their short time together have already developed quite a bond.

“I love Reggie because he’s really nice,” Emilia said. “And I like what he does. When he’s with me, I like being with him.”

D.A.D.s can save livesJulie explained that

because diabetes is a life-long disease, the need for a D.A.D. never truly goes away.

“Even adults use D.A.D.s,” she said. “Often, they don’t feel different when their blood sugar is low or high. And they only know based on tests. So, having a dog that can sense that change in blood sugar can really be lifesav-ing.”

For now, the Kettmans are managing Emilia’s dia-

betes — including counting all her carbs, weighing her food, checking her blood sugar all the time and advocating for her in the school system.

“Right now, our job is to keep her safe and healthy, ensure her life is normal as possible,” Julie said. “You could look at her and not even tell that anything is wrong. At

some point, it will change from our choices to hers and how she manages herself.”


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Pets of the WeekMeet

Gretchen, a 5-year-old orange-and-black torbie girl! Gretchen is a real sweet-heart when she warms up to you, but she can be a little reserved at first. She loves to play with feather and string wand toys and will chase balls around, but she is also an independent gal who is happy to just chill by you in a cozy spot.

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

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Marga-ret Ann (Margie Ann) Cameron, 93, passed peace-fully in the early morning hours of Feb. 13, 2015, at home in Issaquah.

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Daughter of Ray Wesley and Helen Morris Ropes, she was born Aug. 12, 1921, raised and lived most of her life in Mount Ver-non. She graduated from Mount Vernon High School and earned her Bachelor of Science in nursing from Seattle University in 1943. After graduating college,

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Conner Small didn’t achieve the dream of a lifetime on his own. The Liberty High School senior wrestler spent countless hours working toward a state championship with his father Bill.

The process was a long and sometimes painful one — Small finished fifth as a sophomore and third as a junior — but it was ultimately rewarding as he captured the Class 2A state crown at 170 pounds to close the Mat Classic XXVII, Feb. 20-21 at the Tacoma Dome.

“Surreal” was the first word out of Small’s mouth after he defeated Sedro Woolley’s Jacob Farrell, 7-3, in the championship bout. He then spoke about the help he received from his dad.

“I can’t even explain what me and him have gone through,” Small said. “I owe everything to him. He’s been there since day one. I couldn’t ask for a more supportive father in my life.”

Small, who will compete at Arizona State University next year, rolled through his final Mat Classic with convincing decisions in his first three matches. It got tougher against Farrell, however, as Small held a tenuous 4-2 lead with two minutes left.

“We’ve been worried about this guy for a while,” Small said. “We’ve known he’s been my target all year, and he proved it out on the mat. He’s a great competitor. I was just there

tonight. My head was in it, I knew what I wanted to do and I executed.”

Romney Noel was close — oh, so very close.

The Liberty senior needed points late in his 182-pound semifinal match against Sedro-Woolley’s Quinten Dickman-Roppel. He was able to escape with 35 seconds left, and had his opponent on the verge of a takedown that would’ve tied the score.

But Dickman-Roppel didn’t go down easily, and stayed on his feet long enough that Noel couldn’t complete the move in-bounds. The Sedro-Woolley senior then got his own takedown and advanced to the final with a 7-3 victory.

Mental toughness al-lowed Noel to recover quickly, as he won his next two matches and finished third in the state.

“It’s hard to battle back after a loss, and I’m proud of myself for doing that,” Noel said.

Noel held off Quincy’s Cade Wallace, 5-3, and then took some tough shots from Washington’s Jacob Nelson in his plac-ing match. Nelson was trailing in the third, and he slammed Noel out of bounds in an effort to get points. The move wasn’t dirty, but Noel had to fight through pain the rest of the way before getting a pin with 16 seconds left.

“Wrestling is the tough-est thing I’ve ever done,” Noel said. “It’s taught me how to work, how to fight back after getting popped in the face. Wrestling teaches you how to be a warrior. You’re all alone out there, so it’s a good life

lesson.”Liberty senior Joanna

Moreira capped her career with a fifth-place finish at 135 pounds in the girls’ division.

Skyline High SchoolNathan Swanson’s first

two trips to Mat Classic were a bit underwhelming, as the Skyline High School star won only one of his five matches.

But in his third and final trip to the state champion-ships, he used his veteran savvy and previous disap-pointments to catapult himself to new heights.

Swanson advanced to the semifinals at 120 pounds, and after losing a 9-4 deci-sion to top-ranked Bryson Beard, of Central Valley, he won his final two bouts to place third.

He closed the tourna-ment with a hard-fought win over Graham-Kapow-sin freshman Chad Simon-son, holding on for dear life as Simonson tried to earn a tying escape in the final second. Simonson was able to get one leg free, but not the other, and Swanson survived, 3-2.

“I knew it was the last five seconds of my wres-tling career, so I just held on tight,” Swanson said.

After losing to Beard, Swanson refocused his thoughts and return to form with an 8-2 decision over Tahoma’s Nick White-head in the consolation bracket.

Taking third place, he said, was the result of extra preparation during the offseason, as well as

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the ISSaquah preSSSkyline gymnast wins at state

Skyline High School gymnast Anna Olsen took the top spot on the beam at the 2015 4A state championship Feb. 21. Olsen won the state title with a score of 9.325. Second-place finisher McKinzie Carter, of Central Valley, scored a 9.3. The Spartans’ Shelby Willis and Kelly Lin also qualified for state on the beam, but neither finished in the top eight. Issaquah and Liberty did not have any athletes that qualified for state.


The Issaquah High School boys swim and dive team didn’t win a single event at the 2015 4A state swimming championship Feb. 20-21.

Yet, the Eagles’ top-to-bottom depth ensured the team had a spot on the podium when the meet came to a close Feb. 21 at Federal Way’s King County Aquatic Center.

Issaquah swimmers collected personal bests on the way to the squad’s fourth-place finish. KingCo rival Newport took the top spot for the second straight year.

“All four teams — New-port, Kamiak, Camas and Issaquah — any one of us could’ve taken first place,” Issaquah coach Laura Hal-ter said. “Their kids swam great today, too, and that’s just how it goes.”

Issaquah led the team standings for most of the meet, holding the top spot through the first eight events. Newport took the

lead after the 200-yard freestyle relay though, and never looked back.

Halter, wearing a styl-ish purple fedora, wasn’t complaining, though, especially since her boys broke records and saved their best swims for the state meet.

The finals began with a tight race in the 200-yard medley relay. Issaquah broke the meet record last year on the way to winning the event.

This year, with three of the four relay members returning, the team hoped to beat that mark.

Jason Klein, Henry Pratt, Gabe Florsheim and fresh-man newcomer Brandon Leu did beat that record, swimming the race in an All-American consider-ation time of 1 minute, 35.77 second.

What they didn’t an-ticipate is that Inglemoor would swim just a little bit faster that day, winning the relay in 1:35.57.

Klein, a junior, wasn’t discouraged with second place, though, especially

since all four swimmers had lifetime bests in their legs of the race.

“It actually felt really good, because you could tell we were all working really hard,” he said. “We had all gotten faster this year because of training, and we did the best we could.”

Klein was one of two Issaquah swimmers that picked up two individual medals at the state meet. He placed second (51.37) in the 100-yard backstroke and third (1:54.59) in the 200-yard individual medley.

Florsheim, a senior, finished fourth (51.45) in the 100-yard butterfly and seventh (22.12) in the 50-yard freestyle. Teammate and fellow senior Pratt took eighth (22.46) in the 50-yard freestyle.

“Those two weren’t even expected to be in that 50-freestyle final, so we were just glad to be there,” Halter said.

Florsheim, Pratt, Klein and Leu combined again at the end of the meet to take

second in the 400-yard freestyle relay, breaking the school record with a time of 3:10.65.

Leu, a freshman, im-pressed in his very first state championship. In ad-dition to his performances on the relay teams, he also picked up an indi-vidual medal in the 200-yard freestyle (seventh, 1:45.84).

“He is our freshman phenom and he did a really good job as far as bringing his very best to the state championship and pacing himself throughout the season,” Halter said.

Issaquah sophomore Trey Gevers also qualified for state in the diving com-petition. He finished 14th with 286.80 points.

“This team had such a desire to really achieve and leave their mark on the school,” Halter said. “This group was especially good at sportsmanship and really, really cohesive as a team.”

By Neil [email protected]

If someone had told Issaquah High School boys basketball coach Jason Griffith that his star player, Ty Gibson, was going to score 37 points in the Class 4A KingCo Conference tournament title game, he would’ve liked the Eagles’ chances to win.

Gibson, a senior guard who was named KingCo MVP last week, did ev-erything he could to put Issaquah into the regional playoff round, but the Eagles came up short in a 63-60 overtime loss to the Woodinville Falcons on Feb. 19 at Redmond High School.

“Ty was phenomenal today — we just didn’t get enough pieces around him,” Griffith said. “We got to the point where we were playing guys that hadn’t seen the floor all season in tight games.”

The Eagles earned a regional berth Feb. 21, blowing past Redmond, 84-54, behind Gibson’s 33 points. They move on to play the Jackson Tim-berwolves in a loser-out game at 8 p.m. Feb. 28 at Everett Community College.

Issaquah (19-5), which won the KingCo regular-season crown, had to play the KingCo tourney without sophomore star Trevon Ary-Turner, who is out indefinitely with a broken finger on his shooting hand.

The Eagles also got into foul trouble against a physical Woodinville side, losing guard Scott Kellum and forward Jack Del-linger late in the game.

Woodinville (17-6) lost both regular-season meet-ings with Issaquah, but was able to exploit some matchups at the offensive end. Tony Miller had 23 points to pace the Falcons, and fellow seniors Demitri Ilias and Lance Coomar stepped up their games to add 16 and 14 points, respectively.

“We talked about the 2-3 zone being open in the middle, and that we really thrive on being able to penetrate some of those gaps and get to that short corner,” said Woodinville coach Mark Folsom, who led his program to its first KingCo tournament title.

In front of a packed house, the teams traded punches throughout the contest.

Issaquah opened up an early seven-point lead, only to see it evaporate as Woodinville hit its last

three shots of the first quarter. The Eagles then went on a 13-1 run for a 24-11 edge in the second period, but Coomar scored nine points as the Falcons narrowed the gap to 29-26 at halftime.

Woodinville’s full-court pressure began taking a toll in the second half — the Eagles missed their first five field goals and trailed by seven before Gibson banked in a 3-pointer to end the third quarter.

Issaquah had a six-point lead in the fourth quar-ter, but the Falcons again charged back and tied it with 16 seconds left on a Jesse Davis free throw. Gibson missed a 3-point try to win the game for the Eagles.

The lead changed hands four more times in over-time, and Miller iced the result by hitting two foul shots with 2 seconds left. Gibson’s half-court heave came up short, and the Falcons stormed the court in celebration.

“Everybody in this gym was expecting Issaquah to win, and the only guys that believed that we could actually beat (them) were the 15 guys sitting in the locker room,” Folsom said.

Even though Gibson had a huge night, Fol-som’s blueprint to focus on Issaquah guard Jason Crandall worked to near perfection. Crandall had 11 points, but couldn’t get his teammates going, as Kellum and Tanner Davis were the only other Eagles to score.

“Ty’s a very unselfish player, and it shows, but I thought tonight he was forced to try to make some plays because we did a good job on the other guys,” Folsom said.

Some Issaquah players have been in big-game moments — including last season’s run to the state semifinals — but others are still learning how to play in those situations, Griffith noted.

“I thought a couple of our kids, I felt like the moment may have been a little too much for them mentally at times,” he said. “I just saw some dazed looks out there that I hadn’t seen in a while.”


It’s official.The Liberty High

School girls basketball season is starting to feel mighty similar to one Cinderella-type playoff run the school witnessed in 2013.

After the underdog Patriots knocked off No. 3-ranked White River in the District 2/3 tourna-ment Feb. 18, the paral-lels to the Liberty soccer team’s state-winning run are hard to miss.

It’s not quite the state-ment the Patriots’ soccer squad made when it sent home undefeated, No. 1-ranked Columbia River, but the 62-52 win over White River similarly opened eyes across the state and made people take notice of the Patriots.

Liberty handed White River just its third loss of the season and clinched a spot in the district title game with the win.

Senior Cherelle Demps’ 30 points accounted for about half of the Patriots’ scoring. She also added three steals and three rebounds.

That set the stage for a district title showdown Feb. 21 against confer-ence foe Sammamish, a team the Patriots beat twice during the regular season.

Liberty went on to defeat Sammamish, 54-44, clinching the district championship and secur-ing the No. 1 seed into regionals.

Cherelle and Dani-elle Demps each had 14 points, followed closely by senior Sarah Bliesner and freshman Sydney Argosino, who each had nine points.

The Patriots need just one regionals win to se-cure their spot in the 2A Hardwood Classic at the Yakima Valley SunDome, March 5-7.

Liberty will play East Valley, of Spokane, at 2 p.m. Feb. 28 at Renton High School, 400 S. Sec-ond St. If Liberty wins, it moves on to the Sun-Dome; if the Patriots lose, the season is over.

Patriots fans all know how that 2013 Liberty soccer season ended. Now, the Liberty girls basketball team hopes to hoist a trophy of its own.

Boys season ends at districtsThe Liberty boys basket-

ball team’s season is over.Shortly after mak-

ing history with its first district playoff win in program history, the sea-son came to an end with a 44-41 loss to Lindbergh on Feb. 17.

Falcons dash Eagles’ KingCo title dreams

Liberty wins district title

By GreG Farrar

Conner Small, Liberty High School senior, exults to his supporters in triumph as he wins the 170-pound state 2A wrestling championship with a 7-3 win over Sedro Woolley senior Jacob Farrell on Feb. 21 during Mat Classic XXVII at the Tacoma Dome.

Liberty’s Conner Small comes up big with state wresting crown

Issaquah swimmers capture fourth

By GreG Farrar

Henry Pratt bends down from the podium to hug Issaquah High School coach Laura Halter as she gives him and team-mates (standing, from left) Jason Klein, Gabe Florsheim and Brandon Leu their state 4A second place medals, for swimming the 4-by-100-yard freestyle relay in a school-record time of 3 minutes, 10.65 seconds.

ON THE WEBIssaquah girls stun Eastlake on last-second shot in overtime, 55-54. See story online at www.issaquahpress.com.

See SWIMMERS, Page 9

See WRESTLERS, Page 9

Liberty’s Nick Klatt is a state champion

Liberty senior Nick Klatt ended his high school swimming career as a state champion, winning the 2A 200-yard freestyle Feb. 21.

Klatt finished third in pre-liminaries the day before, but surged to the top spot in the finals with a time of 1:42.12. He also picked up a medal in the 500-yard freestyle (third, 4:41.60).

All three of the Patriots’ relay teams earned med-als.

Klatt, Joel Tinseth, Andy DeVogel and Russell Fitzgerald opened the meet with an eighth-place finish in the 200-yard medley

relay; Tinseth, Fitzgerald, Jacob Winter and Brian Duffner took seventh in the 200-yard freestyle relay; and Klatt, Winter, Fitzgerald and Kyle Larson finished eighth in the 400-yard freestyle relay.

Fitzgerald also finished seventh in the consola-tion final of the 50-yard freestyle, while freshman Jacob Hepp took seventh in the consolation final of the 500-yard freestyle.

Overall, Liberty finished 10th in the 2A team stand-ings.

Skyline misses the podiumThe Skyline High School

boys team didn’t take home any medals, but sev-eral swimmers did partici-pate in consolation finals.

The Spartans’ 200-yard medley relay team, featur-

ing Jacob Leahy, Ian Camal Sado, Connor Azzarello and Sam deMers, finished sixth (1:42.47) in the con-solation final.

Skyline freshman Will O’Daffer finished sixth (2:01.69) in the 200-yard individual medley conso-lation final and seventh (54.69) in the 100-butterfly consolation final.

O’Daffer, Camal Sado, deMers and Jeremy Brad-ford combined to finish fourth (1:31.82) in the 200-yard freestyle relay consolation final.

Leahy, a Skyline sopho-more, competed in the 100-backstroke consola-tion final, but disqualified.

Finally, Camal Sado, de-Mers, Leahy and O’Daffer finished third (3:19.96) in the 400-yard freestyle relay consolation final.


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RestorationShoreline Substantial Development

Permit – SHO15-00001Conditional Use Permit – SHO15-00002The City of Issaquah will hold a Shoreline Public Meeting on the Lake Sammamish State Park Beach Restoration project on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. in the Pickering Room at City Hall NW, located at 1775 12th Ave NW, Issaquah. The Washington State Department of Parks and Recreation proposes improve-ments to Sunset Beach to improve swim-mer safety and user access. The project includes removal of milfoil; excavation of existing silty, organic in-water beach soils and replacement with quarry spalls and

granolithic material to decrease water turbidity and water depth in the designated swim area; construction of an 80-foot-long by 5-foot wide concrete ramp and handrail to improve ADA beach access; installation of logs to function as a floating breakwater around the perimeter of the swim area. There is a 30-day comment period for the Shoreline Permit, from February 25, 2015 to March 26, 2015. Individuals may provide comments at the public meeting or comments may be sent to Peter Rosen at City of Issaquah, P.O. Box 1307, Issaquah, WA 98027; or email at [email protected] Public comments will be documented in the file and forwarded to reviewers. The project file and plans are available for review at the Permit Center, 1775 12th Avenue NW, Issaquah.

Published in the Issaquah Press on February 25, 2015.

dedicated coaches and his twin brother, Garin, who also competed at state.

“It just feels absolutely amazing,” Swanson said. “It’s the best feeling I’ve ever had.”

Garin Swanson finished 0-2 at 132 pounds, and 120-pounder Addie Mejia finished 1-2 in the girls’ division.

Issaquah High SchoolThe Eagles, who won

the KingCo Conference dual-meet crown and placed fourth at the Re-gion 2 meet, struggled at the Mat Classic as none of their four qualifiers won a

medal.At 106 pounds, sopho-

more William Tickman finished 1-2, earning a 14-4 win over University’s Terrell Sanders, but losing to Union’s Ethan Rotondo (16-4) and Kentridge’s Nathan Hobbs (6-2).

Steven Solusod (113) also went 1-2, sand-wiching a pin of Mount Vernon’s Logan Cossairt around losses to Kent-wood’s Andy Sandhu and Pasco’s Bobby Guzman.

Senior Colby Starren (160) finished his Is-saquah career with losses to Emerald Ridge’s Cesar Quintanilla and Lewis and Clark’s Bryan Krych.

His brother, freshman Gunner Starren (126), lost to Sunnyside’s Josiah Ro-driguez and Angel Coria, of Spanaway Lake.

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Movie: “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water”

The loveable sponge that has captured the hearts of several gen-erations makes his second big-screen debut with a film that promises the usual silly humor and nautical nonsense. In this new story, SpongeBob must join forces with friends and long proclaimed enemy Plankton in order to take back the Krabby Patty Secret Formula that had been stolen by a pirate called Burger Beard. Their mission takes the group up to the land above water, where they have to learn the magic of teamwork and how to stop a common foe.

Album: ‘Morning Phase’ By Beck

Winner of three Grammys, including the coveted Album of the Year, “Morning Phase” breaks through the alternative and rock genres and gives listen-ers an experience filled with acoustic sounds, electronic vibes and harmonic vocals. With a mix of songs filled with similar soothing sounds and a beautiful collabo-ration of instruments and vocals, Beck creates a cohesive album that lives up to the stature of the Grammys and opens up the hearts of all those who listen.

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School cafeterias have never been renowned for their gourmet cui-sine. Students especially, however, are criticizing the new regulations regarding school nutrition.

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 aimed to create a healthier menu in school cafeterias across the nation to increase student health. That includes limit-ing the maximum calories of a dish, increasing avail-able fruits and vegetables, limiting sodium and fat, and mandating that the

first ingre-dient of any food offered be a meat, vegetable, fruit or whole grain.

Nega-tive reac-tion to the new rules is varied and often includes complaints about undersized portions and excessive restrictions that axe even reasonably healthy foods.

“Every single product sold in the DECA store last year, with the exception of water, had to be removed,” said Josh Rudolph, an Is-saquah High School student actively involved with DECA. “Despite finding alternatives, the regulations hurt the revenue the store brings in and we have made significantly less money as a program than years past.

“The regulations have limited us as a program, and we have received a lot of negative feedback from students who miss the old

options,” he added. “This said, I believe the regulations, although far from perfect, are a step in the right direction for the weight problem we face around America.”

Eating right is important, and the nutrition guidelines are undoubtedly well-inten-tioned. Many students wel-come the idea of healthier lunches; I’ve been thinking for years that they should stop breading the chicken in the chicken wraps.

The new school lunches, however, haven’t quite hit the mark. For one thing, it is

extremely difficult to apply a universal calorie limit to a diverse population of teenag-ers; a track and field athlete or a 6-foot-4 quarterback is going to need far more calo-ries than the average student.

“I always get, like, 10 times the suggested por-tion ‘cause I’m hungry,” student Daniel King said.

Also, many students find the new food less appe-tizing, even by cafeteria standards. They hope to see larger, healthier, more accommodating lunches in the future.

SHOULD COLLEGES BASE THEIR ADMISSIONS ON STANDARDIZED TEST

SCORES?

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“Standardized tests pres-ent an extremely narrow depiction of a student’s abilities, because privileged children have the resources to prepare for tests like the SAT or ACT better, and that therefore skews the repre-sentation of how ‘smart’ a student is.”

Namrata Chintalapati,

junior

Issaquah High School

Liberty High School has been aiming to spread the idea of ac-ceptance among the student body and incorpo-rate it in its culture.

By stressing the severity of using derogatory terms, Liberty students are preventing the formation of a negative atmo-sphere. Whether at assemblies, sports events or even in the Patriot Press, emphasis on We Are One has become ingrained. The school is working to make it a safe, respectful and fair academic environment.

The key toward reaching We Are One is to transcend teenage pride and accept the school, peers and the phrase. Being “One” is not about individual ego; it’s about the collec-tive spirit of Liberty staff and students.

The goal to become “One” has paved the path for Lib-erty to be an accepting school whether it’s one’s sexual orien-tation, taste in fashion or prefer-ence of ice cream flavor (which can be thoroughly discussed in “Ceramics 1”). Though Liberty isn’t quite “One,” it’s one great

school.

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“For me, my ACT score was a way to show college that I am knowledgeable separate of what they see from my GPA.”

Kunal Gupta, senior

Skyline High School

“No. Colleges should base their admissions on GPA, references and es-says, because they show the long-term improve-ment and intelligence of the student.”

Hayley Murdoch, senior

“Absolutely not, because standardized tests don’t test how smart you are. They only test how much money you have to pay for prep courses.”

Jack Morgan, junior

After wonder-ing what class to fill a hole in my schedule this year, I selected Mr. Jon Whit-ney’s class “Glo-balization and Sustainability,” hoping my random choice would not lead to a yawn-filled semester.

Whitney, who also teaches history at Issaquah High School, created the curriculum for this semester class.

Along with teaching about global affects of the food indus-try and various environmental concerns, he employs innovative teaching methods like no home-work or studying to encourage the digestion of material in class. The class also utilizes “visual notes,” an easy way to sum-marize a lecture or video’s main points while including little draw-ings to better remember them.

Content-wise, the class dis-cusses environmental issues and solutions pertaining to food and the industry surrounding it. For instance, the class frequent-ly compares organic food to conventional.

If you’re craving a new and exciting class, sign up for “Glo-balization and Sustainability”

with Mr. Whitney.

Technically defined, DECA is a business and marketing club whose mission is to prepare emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in market-ing, finance, hospitality and management.

But at Skyline High School, DECA becomes as much as about leadership, innovation and teamwork skills as business skills. With a total of 276 mem-bers, Skyline DECA is both the largest academic organization in the Issaquah School District and one of the biggest in the state.

In two weeks, it will be the most exciting three-days of all business students in Washing-ton state. Then, 3,500 DECA members will vie for a chance to qualify for the International Career Development Confer-ence in Orlando, Florida.

In two weeks, it will be the Washington DECA State Career Development Conference. At that crazy three-day compe-tition we affectionately call SCDC, DECA students will have a chance to prove both their leadership abilities and their

business skills.

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BEATTHE

In March, Eastside Catholic baseball opens its season against nonleague op-ponent Skyline. Although this game does not affect either team’s league records, both teams are determined to be the “best team on the plateau.”

After a disappointing season last year, the outlook for the 2015 season is bright. While last year’s team was very young, this year’s team returns a majority varsity veterans. On top of that, Eastside Catho-lic has four baseball players, including Addison Hull (San Diego State University) and Taylor Wright (Oregon State University), currently commit-ted to colleges.

This year, the Metro league will switch its league format from two divisions to four divi-sions. Eastside Catholic is now a part of the Valley division along with Rainier Beach, Nathan Hale and bitter rival O’Dea.

So, when March rolls around and baseball season begins, keep an eye out for Eastside Catholic because it may just yet put together an impressive

season.

“Yes … standardized tests remain the same through every school district, nationwide. Therefore, they provide the only unbiased way to compare students academic ability, regardless of differ-ent grading scales or teacher leniency.”

Sabrina Loos, sophomore

“Colleges should use standardized testing as a baseline but not as a fac-tor carrying more than 30 percent of the weight in the application. All colleges should conduct personal interviews as part of the admissions process.”

Tristana Leist, senior

Megan So

Liberty High School

Eyeing unification

and being ‘One’

Jaimie Waltz


Globalization and

sustainability class

Noela Lu

Skyline High School

DECA will showcase

student skills at state

Billy Dimlow

Eastside Catholic High School

Baseball gets going

at Eastside Catholic

Liberty High School

“No, because you can’t wrap up 12 years worth of education in one test score.”

Raman Kaur, senior

“No, because, in my opinion, they do not accurately depict the intel-ligence of the student, and it takes credit away from the achievements that students have received in their school work.”

Paul Kim, junior

Marissa Secreto


Matthew Duff


Healthy food regulations need workLet’s Talk About It

Eastside Catholic High School

Photo of the Month

Jason Klein, Issaquah High School junior, springs from the block and swims the 100-yard backstroke to a state 4A second-place time of 51.37 seconds. Klein also won third in the

200-yard individual medley in 1:54.59. Beat photographer Woodway High School, class of ’74

By Greg Farrar

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