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Funding was a big part of the discussion as the Issaquah City Council took up the roughly $304 million development impact plan proposed by the administration.

While developers would cover some of the cost by way of increased impact fees, the city could be on the hook for approxi-mately $191 million. City consul-tant Randy Young said there are five means by which Issaquah

could raise the needed dollars:4a local $50 car tab fee,4business license fees based

on the number of employees,4a voter-approved road levy,4bond sales paid for through

increased local property taxes,4a local sales tax of one-tenth

of 1 percent.The proposals would raise

approximately $206 million. While that is more than what the city needs to cover the proposal, Young said there are other proj-ects and other needs not dealt

with in that proposal.Most of the steps would

require voter approval. A local car tab fee and a local sales tax also would require creation by the council of a transportation benefit district. Once that district is in place, that city could impose up to a $20 car tab fee without going to the ballot. But Young suggested the city go before voters in order to collect the maximum $50 fee. Overall, he described the means to raise the needed revenue as “painful.”

“If they were easy, you would have already done them,” Young told the council.

Meant to deal with the state’s requirement that cities mitigate impact caused by development, the concurrency plan addresses traffic, recreation, and bike and pedestrian problems created by development envisioned to arrive in Issaquah over the next 15 years.

Council members took no action on any of the proposals and reac-tions among them were mixed. No one came out completely for

or against any of the possible revenue streams. Councilwoman Stacy Goodman said the city would be digging itself into a deeper and deeper hole if officials do nothing.

“We have done so little for so long,” she said.

In figuring how much the city’s portion of the plan council mem-bers might need to raise, Young figured $86 million in grants, $8 million in real estate excise taxes

Car tab fees, sales taxes could help pay for roadwork

Mad Scrapper

loses lease


After almost 17 years in the same location, the Mad Scrapper in the Meadows Shopping Center on Gilman Boulevard is closing its doors Dec. 21.

“It’s very sad,” owner and op-erator Carolyn Elderkin said.

Along with Emerald Smooth-ies, the Mad Scrapper has lost its lease on the space it occupies in the Meadows, a plaza anchored by a QFC grocery store.

Sitting at 1590 Gilman, the storefronts occupied by the Mad Scrapper and Emerald Smoothies will be taken over by an expand-ed Mud Bay pet store.

Mud Bay operates in about half the building. The only other exist-ing business staying put is the Baskin-Robbins location in the corner of the building.

Mud Bay’s corporate offices did not respond to a request for comment.

As the name indicates, Mad Scrapper is dedicated to the craft of scrapbooking, its shelves filled with paper and scrapbook decorations. Elderkin said she has not decided if she will reopen Mad Scrapper else-where. Issaquah commercial lease prices have risen and are getting more expensive, she said.

“If I miss it terribly, we’ll see,” she said.

At least one customer hopes Elderkin reopens. A woman shop-ping in the store said she just cannot buy what she needs at the big craft chain stores.

While the future of Mad Scrap-per is up in the air, Emerald Smoothies will move to another spot in the Meadows, near the En-terprise car rental. Owner Randy Holsvin said he expects to be open in his new location in mid-Jan-uary. He said he has been in the Meadows plaza for 10 years.

To the east of what will be the expanded Mud Bay store, several Meadows storefronts sit vacant. Rob Knowles, a broker for JSH Properties, which operates the Meadows, said he is negotiating with potential businesses for the spots but was not yet in a position to make any announcements.

Meanwhile back at the Mad Scrapper, Elderkin said she has no hard feelings against JSH Properties. She understands they had a national client ready to sign a lease and doesn’t blame them for moving ahead. Elderkin said she could have stayed open for a few more weeks.

“It’s painful coming in here every day now,” she said.

Photos By GreG Farrar

Above, Santa gives a candy cane to Hayden Scharmer, 2, of Kent, at his Cougar Mountain Zoo cottage Dec. 13 during the annual Reindeer Festival. Hayden was a little too shy to pose with brother Dylan, 6, according to her parents Eric (right) and Kristi, but St. Nick won her over after the picture session.At left, Dancer the reindeer looks through the barn win-dow of Santa’s House looking for apple pieces from Kylia Phillips, 7, of Sammamish.

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By Christina [email protected]

Shannon Winkler has called Issaquah home for only a few weeks, but already, she knows it’s a special place.

It’s a place filled with people and nonprofit organizations that take care of their own through good times and bad.

And when the bad arrives, Winkler knows all too well how local organizations such as Issaquah Community Services mobilize.

“It’s just been a struggle,” the single mom said, “so it was re-ally nice to move to a city where people are so nice, kind, caring,

generous and so willing to help a stranger.”

Winkler needed help to pay for rent as she made the move to Issaquah. Housing became available sooner than she thought, though, so she had to

scramble to come up with the money.

“My name came up on the housing list pretty quickly and I had to hurry up and move in order to get the place where I’m at,” she said.

On top of that, Winkler has severe health problems, making it difficult for her to work.

That’s where Issaquah Com-munity Services came in, help-ing Winkler and her family with the first few months rent.

“I actually started crying when they said they could help,” she said. “It means a lot to know

Merry Christmas Issaquah helps new resident get on her feet


The city of Issaquah admin-istration wants to know how you feel about the city you call home.

Beginning early this month and continuing until Jan. 10, the National Research Center, a private Colorado firm contract-ed to determine local opinions about Issaquah in general, has been contacting residents with a variety of questions.

This is the first municipal survey in a few years, Mayor

Survey seeks opinions about

city issues

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Fred Butler said in an in-terview. The cost has been estimated at $11,000.

Early last year, the Is-saquah City Council autho-rized a two-question sur-vey of residents regarding what was then a potential recreation bond. That sur-vey showed residents be-lieved the condition of the city-owned Julius Boehm Pool was “extremely or very important.”

Through the survey, residents also expressed concerns regarding the protection of wildlife habi-tat, preserving natural open spaces and simi-lar issues. Butler noted the survey results were apparently pretty much on target. A $10 million recreation bond issue eventually passed public muster with 77 percent of the vote in favor.

For the current sur-vey, postcards began to go to randomly selected

residents early this month. Those postcards notified residents they had been chosen to take part in the survey. The actual surveys should have arrived in the mail about a week after the postcards.

In total, 1,200 residents should receive the survey. That number was de-scribed as enough to make the sampling statistically significant.

According to the city, the surveys can be com-pleted in print or online. Individual responses will be kept anonymous. Sur-vey questions cover such topics as the quality of city services and the overall

community.Other topics include

public safety, environmen-tal quality and transporta-tion. Results are due to be made public early next year.

Butler said he hopes to conduct a survey each year or at least every other year. The last full-fledged community survey appears to have been completed in summer 2012.

At that time, 74 percent of residents said they felt Issaquah was headed in the right direction. A little over half, or 57 percent, indicated approval of how the city was spending taxpayer dollars.

and a $1 million cash bal-ance for a total of $95 mil-lion. That means the city’s new revenue streams, not counting impact fees paid by developers, would need to bring in about $96 million.

Councilman Joshua Schaer questioned whether the figure for grants was realistic and said he wondered whether the city should approve the overall plan without having fund-ing already in place.

While dollars were a ma-jor piece of the discussion, consultants and adminis-tration officials provided council members with their answers to a list of about

30 questions. One major issue was underperforming intersections not addressed in the concurrency plan. Young said the concurrency scheme could not address those intersections as the problems there already exist and are not being caused by new development. Coun-cilwoman Nina Milligan promised those intersections would not be ignored.

Schaer and Young said the concurrency plan also couldn’t address problems created by so-called exter-nal trips through the city that occur anytime a driver passes through the city, but does not stop, so no monies raised in connection with the concurrency plan can address problems created by those drivers.

Public comment at the meeting was minimal,

though one developer stated his family-based company is already won-dering if the proposed new fees will kill plans for new apartment buildings on First Place. Developer David Wagner said those plans are at least tempo-rarily on hold.

The Master Builders Association has put the increase to developers for traffic impact fees alone at 500 percent. For each single-family unit built, fees could jump from $1,700 to $8,600. Future renters or homebuyers will pay for the concurrency plan twice, Master Builders’ David Hoffman said. First, they will pay the cost of impact fees passed on by develop-ers. They also then will pay any new fees or taxes put in place by the city.

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Sheriff honored as ‘Champion for Washington’s Children’

King County Sheriff John Urquhart recently received the Fight Crime: Invest in Kids “Champion for Wash-ington’s Children” Award for his work on behalf of early learning.

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Washington State Director Laura Wells presented the award to Urquhart during the King County chiefs’ meeting last week at the Criminal Justice Training Center in Burien.

“Sheriff Urquhart knows that investing in our youngest children will set them on the path to success and away from

crime. He has worked ef-fectively with policymak-ers and the public to en-courage wise investments in prevention programs for children during their earliest years,” Wells said in a news release. “He has shown a deep com-mitment to early learning and home-visiting pro-grams that help give kids the right start in life, and prevent crime.”

Urquhart joined Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Washington soon after being elected in 2012. He has testified in Olympia and met with state and federal policymakers to promote early learning and home visiting as key crime-prevention strate-gies. His guest commen-tary in The Seattle Times

and testimony before the Seattle City Council helped build public and political support for early learning at the state and local level.

King County still collecting household hazardous wastes

While King County’s Wastemobile has stopped for winter, year-round disposal services are still available.

The closest location is in Factoria, at 13800 S.E. 32nd St., and is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

No appointment is needed. There is no fee for

hazardous waste disposal. It is paid for in your utility bills. But there are limits on quantities of waste and other restrictions. The fol-lowing limits apply at all the household hazardous waste facilities:4no latex paint4gasoline — 30 gallons4total waste — 50 gal-

lons per customer per day4container size — no

larger than 5 gallons 4fluorescent tubes or

bulbs (not accepted from

businesses) — limit 104automotive batteries —

limit five4marine flares — limit

10 (once the flare contain-er is full, no more flares may be accepted until the container is emptied).

There is a Home Col-lection program for King County residents unable to transport their house-hold hazardous waste to a collection site. Learn more at www.hazwaste-help.org/HHW/homecol-

lection.aspx.The Factoria drop-

off site is limited in the amount of hazardous waste that can be stored. If that limit is reached before the end of a day, the drop-off facility shuts down early.

Learn more about dis-posing of unusual wastes or ask questions by calling the Household Hazards Line at 206-296-4692 or emailing [email protected].

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While they all seemed to agree it is way too early to tell for sure, after meeting with King County leaders, city of Sammamish officials say there may yet be some give and take to be had as construction of the East Lake Sammamish Trail moves forward.

The trail is a major sore spot with numerous resi-dents living near the path-way, which follows the old railroad route around the edge of Lake Sammamish.

In some cases, residents say the trail has cut their property in two, slicing backyards in half and separating homes from beachfront property and boat docks.

An early December meeting with county offi-cials was very friendly, and while representatives did not commit themselves to any changes, there seemed to be some movement

toward compromise on is-sues such as tree removal and access to homes along the lake, said Laura Phil-pot, Sammamish assistant city manager and public works director.

Philpot addressed the Sammamish City Council at its Dec. 9 work session.

Besides Philpot, other lo-cal officials at the meeting with the county included City Manager Ben Yazici, Mayor Tom Vance, Deputy Mayor Kathleen Hucka-bay and Councilman Don Gerend.

Several local officials said the main question is whether county officials are willing to show flex-ibility regarding the width of the trail in some spots and in how many trees will be removed to make way for the trail. Vance seemed optimistic that there are signs of cooperation where there were none previ-ously.

“I think there’s a process going forward,” he said.

Huckabay said she believes the city may still need to keep pressure on the county.

“What hammers do we have to make them more flexible?” she asked.

County attendees at the meeting included District 3 County Councilwoman Kathy Lambert, Deputy County Executive Fred Jarrett and Diane Carlson, director of regional initiatives.

The county is committed to working with the city and Sammamish residents to limit impacts from trail construction, Doug Wil-liams, media relations coordinator with the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, said.

In the meantime, work continues on the northern section of the trail.

“It’s grinding forward,” Williams said, adding that construction has continued even in the colder months, weather permitting.

The county gained con-

trol of the railway right-of-way in 1998 and the trail first was built as a gravel pathway in 2006, accord-ing to Williams. The next step is to widen and pave the trail. Williams said that work is complete in Red-mond and other cities.

Paving has not reached the southern portion of the trail in Sammamish, but will next year. Eventually, making use of a couple of different trails, cyclists or hikers will be able to travel a paved pathway from the Ballard Locks in Seattle to Issaquah.

Sammamish resident Vicki Beres said she has heard promises from the county before and is not impressed with recent comments. She used words such as “arrogant” and “patronizing” to describe county officials.

“They’re wrecking our neighborhood completely and they don’t care,” she said.

Beres lives along the

lake in what will be the south section of the trail, the last piece slated for paving.

“I know it’s coming and I know it will terrible for us, frankly,” she said.

Beres is one who said her property has been

sliced in two by the trail. Besides gaining access to her own property, she said she is worried about privacy issues.

“They don’t seem to care about the homeowners, “ she said regarding many who use the trail.

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We will sing traditional Christmas hymns and the Pastor will have a biblically-based message on choosing joy over fear.

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that there are people out there that do care for those of us that are in need or struggling, because it’s not easy to always find help and they just instantly were willing to help me.”

Issaquah Community Services offers emergency financial aid to residents of the Issaquah School Dis-trict in the form of utility payments, rent assistance and other miscellaneous contributions, depending on a client’s specific need.

Last year, Issaquah Com-munity Services helped almost 200 families avoid eviction.

Merry Christmas Is-saquah is the organiza-tion’s most important fundraiser all year. Orga-nizers set a $100,000 goal for 2014.

The fundraiser — spear-headed by The Issaquah Press since 1981 — set a record for the number of donors last year with 254, collecting nearly $86,000, surpassing the 2013 goal of $75,000.

The Merry Christmas Is-saquah holiday fundraising drive accounts for about 80 percent of Issaquah Com-munity Services’ annual budget. The fund has re-ceived more than $875,000 in donations since its inception.

“Always keep an open mind and an open heart and be willing to help other people because you never know when you yourself may be in need of help,” Winkler said.

2014 GOAL: $100,000 TO DATE: $35,250

HOW TO HELPHelp by making a tax-

deductible donation to Issaquah Community Services. The organization is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Send dona-tions to Merry Christmas Issaquah, P.O. Box 669, Issaquah, WA 98027. The names of donors — but not amounts — are pub-lished in The Press unless anonymity is requested. Call ICS at 837-3125 for more information.

A LONG WAY TO GOMerry Christmas

Issaquah donations keep coming, but the total is less than half of what will be needed to meet the demands in 2015. Keep sending your donations through the first week of January. Last year the fund raised $86,000.

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City leaders say county may be softening stance on trail issues

By terry Walker

Terry Walker took this photo of a gray squirrel eating crab-apples in the snow Nov. 29 in his garden on Hepler Lane.

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City officials have recommended a plan to do some-thing about traffic in Issaquah, one that could accommodate up to an additional 8,000 car trips on local streets per day.

That’s the good news.The bad news is that it’s going to cost $304 million,

which includes $250 million for roadwork and an addi-tional $50 million for bike paths and pedestrian accom-modations.

While city officials are raising the amount developers pay in traffic impact fees — from $1,700 to $8,600 for each single-family unit built, which they surely will pass on to home buyers — that will only amount to $113 million. Residents of this city will be on the hook for the remain-ing $191 million. (We suppose some good news in that is Mayor Fred Butler said Issaquah would have 15 years to come up with its share of the costs and a consultant said the city may be able to get $86 million in grants.)

Here’s how you and yours might pay for that, according to a city consultant:4a local $50 car tab fee,4business license fees based on the number of employees,4a voter-approved road levy,4bond sales paid for through increased local property

taxes,4a local sales tax of one-tenth of 1 percent.More bad news: “We have done so little for so long,”

Issaquah City Councilwoman Stacy Goodman said at a recent meeting.

And a little more bad news — the hundreds of people who drive through this city every day, and add wear and tear to our roads every day, but who don’t live or shop here, won’t have to pay a dime.

We hope this project has better planning than the Southeast Bypass, which was voted down by City Council members in February 2008. Among the reasons — the environmental impact was too great, the road would not address transit needs and the project was not reason-ably funded, according to the 83-page Federal Highway Administration Record of Decision.

That was after more than 12 years of people studying all kinds of things, including design options and the environ-mental impact of those options. Oh, and after spending $4 million on a 1.1-mile, four-lane roadway from Interstate 90 to Front Street South that ended up going nowhere.

Let’s make sure this project actually accomplishes some-thing.

Traffic plan is needed, but will it bring results?

ediTOrial

So let’s see….Due to circumstances beyond

my control — and really any-body else’s, for that matter — I was out of the news business for about three years, having been laid off from two papers in less than a year.

Anyway, after all that time doing other things, and with starting only my fourth week on two brand new beats, I have been called upon to help fill the editorial page, to come up with some worthwhile local topic on which to spout off for 18 column inches.

I have no clue what that topic might be. None. Nada. Zip. I could take an easy way out and talk about a certain holiday that is coming up, but would that be cheating? Is there anything about that holi-day that hasn’t already been written? And by better writers than me?

I mean I could briefly mention how I made a special trip at 9 p.m. to a local store for a little light-up metal tree to set on my still new desk. (Just how new to me is said desk? The phone still has the last guy’s name in the display.)

I could talk further about how I used to spend hours and hours, even days and days, stringing lights and decora-tions on my house in my native Cleveland, which means I spent hours and hours, and even days and days, out in snow and cold that would shut down Seattle in a heartbeat. And, I loved every minute of it. OK, maybe not the

minute when I fell off a ladder and broke my ankle, but every other one certainly.

Anyway …I really like

the upcom-ing holiday. Truthfully. But I’m really not sure I could do it justice in a column, and saying that makes me sound egotistical, like I am trying to be falsely modest. Honestly, not so. I have tried holiday columns before; they always end up syrupy or corny. For example, paraphrasing my own words from previous ef-forts, we really are, if we want to be, as someone pointed out a long time ago, the stuff that dreams are made on and at this time of year those dreams should be Disney-colored fan-tasies.

And, by the way, yes, Virginia, there is in some way, somehow, a Santa Claus.

Have I accomplished what I set out to do here? How can I be sure as I really have no point to make? Should I drop the rather leaky conceit that I don’t know I’m taking the path of least resistance and filling this space with warmed-over holiday goo? Really, all I had to say was one simple thing, though I think if said in the right spirit it means a lot.

“Merry Christmas.“

Editorial space and the spirit of the season

Off The press

Tom Corrigan

Press reporter

When it comes to romance, it’s hard to beat ol’ Dud. He and Anita have been married now for several years, but we’ve never really understood why she puts up with him.

“Dud Campbell,” Anita said the other night, “what are you get-ting me for Christmas?”

“Now, Honey, it wouldn’t be a surprise if I told you, would it?”

“That means you haven’t bought it yet, doesn’t it?”

“Well, I won’t say I have and I won’t say I haven’t, but, uh, don’t get in that cupboard out in the garage now…”

“I won’t, Honey,” she said, purring.

Ten minutes later, Dud was flipping his coffee cup upright and sliding into his place in the line of scrimmage at the philoso-phy counter of the Mule Barn

truck stop.“I’m dead meat, guys,” he said.We inquired as to why this

emotional putrefaction should be setting in, and he said, “I don’t have anything for Anita for Christmas and I have no idea what to get her.”

“Let’s look at this scientifically for a moment,” said Steve. “What kinda stuff does she like?”

“Uh … well … ““You don’t know, do you?” Doc

asked.“Not a clue.”“Does she read? You can pick

up a couple of books.”“I don’t really know.”“Does she knit?”“Beats me.”“I got it,” said Herb Collins.

“You can get her a gift certificate to a store and let her pick out her own gift.”

“She said if I ever did anything so insensitive, she’d brain me with a skillet.”

So Dud headed home, only to find the garage door open and Anita standing there holding his brand-new Homelite XL chainsaw. He only had time enough to mumble “Our Fa-ther…” when Anita set it down gently and flung herself in his arms.

“Oh Honey, how did you know I wanted a Homelite XL with au-tomatic oiler and a 16-inch bar? I couldn’t help myself. I looked in the cupboard and found it. It’s just what I’ve always wanted.”

“Well, Darlin’,” Dud said in his suavest voice, “I do try to be sensitive to your needs.”

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Citizens can make a difference by contacting their elected repre-sentatives.

FederalPresident Barack Obama (D),

The White House, 1600 Penn-sylvania Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20500; 202-456-1414; www.whitehouse.gov/contact

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D), 311 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510; 202-224-3441; cantwell.senate.gov; 915 Second Ave., Suite 512, Seattle, WA 98174; 206-220-6400

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D), 154 Russell Senate Office Build-ing, Washington, D.C. 20510; 202-224-2621; murray.senate.gov; Jackson Federal Building, Room 2988, 915 Second Ave., Seattle, WA 98174; 206-553-5545

U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert (R-8th District), 1127 Longworth House Office Building, Washing-ton, D.C. 20515; 202-225-7761; 22605 S.E. 56th St., Suite 130, Is-saquah, WA 98029; 677-7414; www.house.gov/reichert

U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-9th District), 2264 Rayburn Of-fice Building, Washington, D.C. 20515; 202-225-8901; 15 S. Grady Way, Renton WA 98057; 793-5180; adamsmith.house.gov.

State — Governor Gov. Jay Inslee (D), Office of

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

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

Legislative Building, P.O. Box

40405, Olympia, WA 98504-0405, 360-786-7608; 270-8812; [email protected]

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The stereotypical math classroom evokes images of students taking dreary quizzes with bored or frus-trated looks on their faces.

Walk into the multipur-pose room at Pine Lake Middle School on a Decem-ber afternoon, however, and the picture changes drastically. Students are cheerfully sharing prob-lem-solving techniques and appear to be learning at an exponential rate.

Pine Lake’s math club, which generally meets for an hour twice a week

after school, has doubled in size since coaches Jen-nifer Widden and Mari O’Neil took over last year. Seventy-three students are enrolled, having paid a $45 fee to participate in a wide variety of skill-building ex-ercises and extracurricular competitions.

“What we’ve tried to tell the kids is it’s about coming to have fun doing math — do your best, don’t worry about trying to win,” said Widden, a former elementary-school teacher who has a daughter at-tending Pine Lake.

Two years ago, the club was more restrictive in reaching students. The

school’s Associated Student Body fund paid all expens-es, eliminating fees, but only 32 students could par-ticipate. Those who scored highest on an entrance exam were accepted.

“If you didn’t make the cut, you weren’t on the team,” O’Neil said. “There were some kids who are in the club now, who were doing really well, who did not make the team that year.”

“When we took over as coaches, we talked about it and we said, ‘This is a math club. Everybody

By Jane Garrison

It’s December. I was sit-ting by the window looking at my deck this morning. I had set a pot of mums from the supermarket out there, because it was warm and I thought they would like it.

The shocking color of the red and yellow mums against the weathered browns, mossy greens and gray twigs was startling. The flowers didn’t fit with the otherwise perfect Northwest scene that I am used to.

It’s too early for daffodils and tulips, and I’m not quite ready to catch spring

fever. Even if they were available, those flowers as well do not fit the spirit of the holiday season.

At this time of year, the supermarkets are full of colorful bouquets and houseplants. Some are covered with tiny red peppers, kalanchoes are displayed in brilliant colors and the ever-present alstroemerias are tucked in between everything else. There are greens from Australia or the tropics, and altogether they create exciting displays when we go shopping for groceries. They smell good and are fun to see, but they are not my favorite decorations in

December.I agree that we need

brightness now when the days are almost as dark as a moonlit night. Flowers are just one way we can lift our spirits, but if they represent other places, warm climates or summer seasons, they may not fit the holidays here. Is there something from our place here in Western Washing-ton and our season that is also uplifting?

We have a bounty of things to consider. Ever-

greens and especially the conifers are iconic dur-ing the holiday season. The entire country covets them, and we have mil-lions. We have cedar, fir, spruce, hemlock and pine boughs, cones, berries and evergreen leaves. Some are free, tossed to us by the wind, abundant, locally produced and most repre-sent our very own unique place.

Our long, dark nights are conducive to outdoor lights. The displays that people create are truly amazing. It’s fun to drive or walk around the neigh-borhood and share the holiday spirit with so many people. Any lights — col-ored or white, twinkling or

COmmuniTy 5 • Wednesday, December 17, 2014

The issaquah pressThe Issaquah History Museums is seeking digital images of Issaquah’s architecture. The winter history pro-

gram, “Issaquah’s Architecture,” at the Issaquah Depot Museum on Jan. 10, will showcase community members’ photos of Issaquah as seen through an architectural perspective. Send photos of what you like and don’t like about architecture in Issaquah. Images of architectural features, details and streetscapes are welcome. Consider not just what is already historic, but what might be historic — something that might not be old but could be of significance or interesting to future Issaquahans. Email JPEG images to [email protected] by Jan. 1.

Send photos of what you love, or not, about Issaquah’s architecture by Jan. 1

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Paul and Kelly Bernado and their oldest son Jacob took their Issaquah Press to Roatan, Honduras, earlier this year to build a home for a single mother and her three kids. (Check out Dwellings at www.dwellingsnow.com.) Where have you taken your favorite newspaper? Email your photo and info to [email protected].

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Master gardener’s cornerWith Jane Garrison

Flowers in December?

See FLOWERS, Page 7

Math club activities add up to engaged students

by neil Pierson

Karthik Sellakumaran (left) and Varun Pradeep work together to solve problems during a Dec. 9 meeting of the Pine Lake Middle School math club. See MATH, Page 7

Photos by GreG Farrar

Males in the Saint Lucy’s Day procession and choir sing the Star Boy song to the audience of shoppers and natives of Scandinavia who came Dec. 13 at Gilman Village. The event was organized by the Swedish Women’s Education Association of Seattle and featured its Swedish Choir of adults and youngsters. See more photos from the event at www.issaquahpress.com.

SWEDISH SOLSTICEWomen’s group celebrates St. Lucia Day in Gilman Village

Above, Nina Lehtinen, of Ballard, is dressed as Santa Lucia as she leads the Saint Lucy’s Day recessional march of maids, star boys, gnomes and gingerbread men, after they have sung songs about light overcoming the dark-ness of the shortest day of the year on the Winter Solstice. At left, John Luberto holds his daughter Lexie, 4, as they take part as gnomes in the Saint Lucy’s Day procession.

Above, a toddler standing on the rain-slicked bricks at Gilman Village looks on

as the Swedish Choir of the Women’s Education Association of Seattle sings

songs to banish darkness on St. Lucy’s Day. At right, Kit Lee Verick, 3, of Medina,

is dressed as a young Saint Lucy among the 35 adults and children who partici-

pated in the Saint Lucy’s Day procession. At far right, a young boy carries his plush

dog and falls in line with the procession.

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‘Blast from the Past’ Trail Run, wear your ‘70’s or ‘80’s running gear for a 6.5-mile or half-marathon run, 10 a.m. Jan. 18,Taylor Mountain Park, 18808 276th Place N.E., $36 to $46, www.evergreentrail-runs.com

THURSDAY, DEC. 18 Squak Mountain Partners Trail Work Party, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., sign up and location details at issaquahalps.org

Winter Open House, drink cider and eat cookies, 9 a.m. to noon, Eastside Baby Corner, 1510 N.W. Maple St.

Squak Mountain Hike, mod-erate, 7 miles, up to 1,600-foot elevation gain, 9 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org

Reindeer Festival, meet Santa’s reindeer and drop off your wish list at Santa’s mail-box, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. now through Dec. 23, Cougar Mountain Zoo, $10 to $14, 19525 S.E. 54th St., www.cougarmountainzoo.org

Study Zone, grades K-12, 4-6 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

An Evening of Christmas Caroling, join Issaquah Arts Commissioner Fred Hopkins and the Sammamish Symphony quartet while embracing your jingle, bring a tambourine or ukulele if you have one, 6-7 p.m., train depot, 150 First Ave. N.E., free, www.downtownis-

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Family Film Festival: ‘Frozen,’ 6:30 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

Talk Time Class, 6:30-8 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

‘Mary Poppins,’ 7:30 p.m., Francis J. Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N., $47 to $62, villagetheatre.org

FRIDAY, DEC. 19Squak Mountain Partners Trail Work Party, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., sign up and loca-tion details at issaquahalps.org

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

Train Depot Museum, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday through Sunday, visit the vintage caboose and railroad cars, tours available by appoint-ment, 78 First Ave. N.E., $2/adults, $1/children, www.issaquahhistory.org/issaquah-depot

‘Muddy Buddies: A Parent/Child Clay Exploration, 9-11:30 a.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., arteast.org, $30/members, $35/nonmembers, $15 per additional child

‘Hibernation Pajama Party,’ ages 5 and older, parents must register and attend with children, 7:30-9 p.m., Lewis Creek Visitor Center, 5808 Lakemont Blvd. S.E., $2/resident, $3/nonresident, 452-4195

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Enjoy an evening of free Irish music at the ‘Celtic Christmas’ show with The Fire Inside from 4-6 p.m. Dec. 21, at Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive. The Fire Inside has been playing family friendly concerts in the Northwest with jigs, reels and hornpipes for more than five years. Learn more at www.thefireinsideceltic.com.

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Issaquah Alps Dog Hike, moderate, 4-6 miles, up to 900-foot elevation gain, 10 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org

‘Mary Poppins,’ 2 and 7 p.m., Francis J. Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N., $47 to $62, villagetheatre.org

One-On-One Computer Help, 4 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ live radio teleplay, with Joe Landry, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Eastlake Performing Arts Center, 400 228th Ave. N.E., Sammamish, free but tickets required, www.brownpapertickets.com

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

Open gym volleyball, 6-9 p.m., Mondays, community center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S. For men and women ages 16 and older, $4 for adults, $3 for youths.

TUESDAY, DEC. 23Squak Mountain Partners Trail Work Party, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., sign up and loca-tion details at issaquahalps.org

Open gym basketball, 6-9 p.m., community center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S. For men and women ages 16 and older, $4 for adults, $3 for youths.

The Rovin’ Fiddlers, 7-9 p.m., Issaquah Highlands Fire Station, 1280 N.E. Park Drive, www.rovinfiddlers.com

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

‘Mary Poppins,’ 2 and 7:30 p.m., Francis J. Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N., $47 to $62, villagetheatre.org

Danny Vernon Show: Christmas with Elvis, 7:30 p.m., Amante, 131 Front St. N., 313-9600

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24All libraries are closed for Christmas Eve.

Squak Mountain Partners Trail Work Party, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., sign up and loca-tion details at issaquahalps.org

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Tiger Mountain Talus Loop Hike, moderate, 8 miles, up to 1,500-foot elevation gain, 9:30 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org

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Russian Story Times: Privet!, 11 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

‘Holiday Collage-a-Palooza,’ drop-in art time, all materials provided, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., $20/participant, artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., arteast.org

Mary Poppins, 2 and 8 p.m., Francis J. Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N., $47 to $62, villagetheatre.org

Winter Holiday Fun in Gilman Village, holiday happy hour with eco-friendly crafts 4-7 p.m. Dec. 20, Gilman Village, 317 N.W. Gilman Blvd., 392-6802

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Home for the Holidays concert with Evergreen Philharmonic Orchestra, audi-ence sing along, family friendly event, 4 p.m., Issaquah High School, 700 Second Avenue S.E.

Peter Jamero Project, 7:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424

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should be able to come,’” Widden added.

A third coach, Bhanu Reddy, is helping the team this year, and several other parents volunteer their time for practice sessions and competitions.

While competitive suc-cess isn’t the primary goal, Pine Lake did very well this fall at two “Math is Cool” events. The program pits schools across the state in various individual and team events, including a rapid-fire quiz similar to “College Bowl” or “Jeopardy!”

At November’s regional competition in Covington, Pine Lake’s eighth-grade team took second place, and the seventh-graders took seventh against schools from the Seattle area.

Those are significant achievements, Pine Lake coaches said, because districts like Bellevue and Redmond pool their best math students into magnet programs, giving them a theoretical advantage.

Pine Lake’s seventh- and eighth-graders qualified for a statewide masters competition in Moses Lake. Sixth-graders will compete in “Math is Cool” events in January. Before those, ev-eryone traveled to Newport High School in Bellevue for the annual Knights of Pi competition.

Along other events, the club is also testing itself in the American Mathematics Competition, which can lead to a spot in the Math Olym-piad for exceptional students in the U.S. and Canada.

Most club members have scored above average on statewide standardized tests like the Measure-ments of Student Progress.

“Most of the kids at our school take algebra in sixth and seventh grade, and they’re into geometry by

eighth grade,” O’Neil said.Students note that com-

petitive math questions usually combine problem-solving tactics with specific algebra or geometry skills.

“They’re always solv-able,” eighth-grader Ramya Challa said. “It depends on whether you know how to approach the problem or not. … When you get to higher levels, you have to actually do them in separate parts.”

O’Neil helped start a math club this year at near-by Discovery Elementary School, which has proven to be wildly successful with 64 students enrolled. Half of them are fifth-graders who can attend Pine Lake next year, she said.

Eighth-grader Dyuthi Nair has been using math skills in competitive environments since fourth grade, and he’s enjoying the strong results at Pine Lake.

“We compete with the top schools in the entire state, so it’s not easy to place high with those schools,” he said. “I feel like Pine Lake is really strong in terms of math, and we are going above grade level.”

Just as importantly, stu-dents are gaining an inter-est in math they might not have found anywhere else. Widden said that’s true for her daughter.

“When she first started math at Pine Lake in sixth grade, she was strug-gling a little bit, and math wasn’t her favorite,” Wid-den said. “And now math is easy. It’s fun.

“She used to say, ‘I don’t like math,’ even though I knew she was good at it, and now she says, ‘I love math. I want a career in math.’ She gets A’s all the time in math.”

steady, big or little, give back much more than they take. Lights; shiny, reflective surfaces; or just candles in the windows are cheerful to all who pass by.

For indoors, there are balls and boughs, candles and cones, and homemade decorations that you, and only you, possess. That makes your holiday really unique and special. If you have children, they can make their own creations that you will keep forever. The memories that flood my head when I open my old boxes take me places no supermarket flowers ever could. This is the way to go.

As for the supermarket, I’m waiting for the daf-fodils and narcissus to run up my spring fever in February. They always do. I can’t get away from that particular enticement.

Jane Garrison is a local landscape architect and master gardener alumnus who gardens in glacial till on the plateau.

Flowersfrom page 5

Phi Kappa Phi accepts Spencer Patzman

Spencer Patzman, of Sammamish, was recently initiated into Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disci-plines. Patzman is pursu-ing a degree in biology at the University of South-ern California.

Patzman is among ap-proximately 32,000 stu-dents, faculty, profession-al staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa

Phi each year. Member-ship is by invitation and requires nomination and approval by a chapter.

Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 per-cent of juniors, having at least 72 semester hours, are eligible for member-ship.

Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly dis-tinction.

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Gracy Ahuja (left) and Roshni Patel, Pine Lake Middle School math club students, work on team-based tests during a Dec. 9 club meeting.

Mathfrom page 5

Embrace your jingle with an evening of Christ-mas caroling 6-7 p.m. Dec. 18.

Meet at the Issaquah Train Depot, 150 First Ave. N.E.

Fred Hopkins, Is-saquah Arts Commis-sioner and local musi-cian, will lead the chorus with some help from a Sammamish Symphony quartet.

This is the third year for the event at the train depot, though similar happenings have taken place around Issaquah for some time, said Kar-en Donovan, executive director of the Down-town Issaquah Associa-

tion, one of the event’s sponsors.

Donovan said about 30 to 40 people generally show up for the sing-alongs.

The classic tunes will include: “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Jingle Bells” and “White Christmas.” Donovan said organizers hand out song lists and lyric sheets.

“I think it’s fun just to get out with people at Christmastime,” she added.

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sPorts 8 • Wednesday, December 17, 2014

the Issaquah PressLiberty grad has standout season for Cal Lutheran

Liberty High School graduate Kali Youngdahl wrapped up her freshman campaign on the California Luther-an University soccer team with a slew of honors. Youngdahl, a 2014 graduate and a member of the Patriots’ 2013 state champion squad, was named first team All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Confer-ence. The National Soccer Coaches Association of America also named her to its third team All-West Region. She was the only freshman student athlete on any of the three teams. The freshman midfielder led the team with 17 points off seven goals and three assists in her first collegiate season. She shot more accurately than anyone else with 28 shots on goal in 52 total attempts. Two of her seven goals were game-winners.

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In a meet featuring two teams of equal skill levels, the Is-saquah Eagles boys swim team had a

little more fuel in its tank than the Skyline Spartans.

Issaquah won all three relay events, propelling itself to a 96-87 victory over Class 4A KingCo Con-ference rival Skyline in a Dec. 11 dual meet at Mary Wayte Pool in Mercer Island.

Both schools are holding home meets at the Mercer Island pool this season while the Julius Boehm Pool in Issaquah is under-going renovations.

The first race of the night, the 200-yard med-ley relay, proved to be a tone-setter for the Eagles, who are coming off a second-place finish at last year’s state champion-ships.

Issaquah and Skyline both recorded state-qualifying times in the 200 medley relay, but the Eagles took the victory with a time of 1 minute, 42.59 seconds from Jason Klein, Henry Pratt, Alex Sun and Brandon Leu.

Skyline’s Jacob Leahy, William O’Daffer, Ian Ca-mal Sado and Sam deMers also earned a state berth with their runner-up time of 1:43.64.

Issaquah cruised to vic-tories in the two freestyle relays, picking up crucial points in the process.

In the 200 free relay, Michael Badiozamani, Trey Gevers, Andrew Martinez and Leu won in 1:37.70, nearly four seconds ahead of Skyline’s top team and about four seconds short of the state

standard of 1:33.50.In the 400 free relay,

the Eagles were only 1.11 seconds off the state mark as Sun, Pratt, Badioza-mani and Klein won in 3:27.61.

There were two other state-qualifying marks recorded at the meet from Skyline freshman O’Daffer and Issaquah junior Jason Klein.

O’Daffer’s first-place time of 55.05 in the 100 butterfly broke the state standard by five one-hundredths of a second, and Klein will return to state in the 100 back-stroke after winning in 54.96. Klein swam a time of 53.03 and placed fifth in the state in the event as a sophomore.

Both athletes won two individual events in last week’s dual meet — O’Daffer was first in the 200 individual medley (2:04.49) and Klein was first in the 200 freestyle (1:52.42).

In the 1-meter diving event, Gevers won for the second straight time to open the season. The Issaquah sophomore col-lected 179.90 points.

Pratt, a returning state competitor, won the 50 freestyle in 23.14 seconds, and is only 0.29 seconds short of a state berth.

Skyline won two other events as Camal Sado, a junior, was first in the 100 freestyle (50.74) and junior Nick Nava was first in the 500 freestyle (5:34.25).

The Spartans return to the pool when they host Bellevue at 8:30 p.m. Dec. 18. The Eagles take a lengthy break for the holidays, and are back in action with a home meet against Liberty at 8:30 p.m. Jan. 8.

By Christina [email protected]

The Liberty High School wrestling team’s Dec. 11 homecoming was a victori-ous one, complete with a league-opening win over Juanita, 39-33.

The Patriots returned to its home court last Thurs-day, after construction forced the team to spend much of the past two years down the road at Maywood Middle School.

“Juanita has some quali-ty wrestlers, so it was good to get out on the mat in a league match and come out on top,” Liberty head coach Wright Noel said.

There were seven forfeits between the two teams, leaving just seven matches to be played on a swift, windy evening. The meet moved quickly, last-ing only about an hour.

The Patriots won five of the remaining seven matches. Sophomore Rob-ert Wong, competing in the 120-pound bout, got things started, earning the Patri-ots first pin of the night in a mere 15 seconds.

Liberty freshman Cooper Murch (132) kept it going, working quickly to pin his opponent in about a minute.

“Robert Wong and Coo-per Murch both had their first real varsity experi-ences and both did re-ally well,” Noel said of his underclassmen.

Sophomore Ethan Le (138) pinned his opponent in 1:38 to make it three consecutive Liberty pins.

Juanita took the 145-pound and 152-pound matches, before the Patri-ots wrapped up the meet with two straight wins, courtesy of a pair of state-ranked athletes.

Senior Conner Small wrestled in the 170-pound match, defeating his op-ponent, 6-4. Small, an Ari-zona State University wres-tling commit, is ranked second in the 160-pound division of the 2A state classification, according to the Washington Wrestling Report.

“The premier match of the night was Conner

Small’s,” Noel said. “He was wrestling against Juanita’s top wrestler, and both of them were state returners. Conner win-ning his match was a great thing.”

Liberty senior Romney Noel (195) wrapped up the evening with a win, pinning his opponent in 1:58. The Washington Wrestling Re-port ranks Noel second in the 170-pound division of the 2A state classification.

Later in the weekend, the Patriots headed north to compete among the best teams in the state at the 2014 Battle at the Border tournament held in Blaine on Dec. 13.

“It’s a very big tourna-ment,” Wright Noel said. “Many individuals are re-turning state placers, and there are quality schools across the board.”

Romney Noel, competing at 182, and Small, compet-ing at 170, each reached the finals at the prestigious tournament. Both fell short of the top spot, though, coming in second.

“Conner had some health issues, so he wasn’t able to wrestle in the finals but, thankfully, those health issues don’t look like they’re going to be anything permanent,” Wright Noel said. “And Romney ran into a quality kid that’s ranked No. 2 in the state and it didn’t come out like we wanted, but we’re encouraged by how everyone did.”

Wright Noel said this year’s squad is a good mix of experienced and new wrestlers. He said he would have liked to have seen more athletes turn out, but he’s happy with the progress the group has made.

Another Patriot making some noise on the state circuit is female wres-tler Joanna Moreira. The Washington Wrestling Report ranks the senior fourth in the state at the 145-pound division.

“She’s a captain on the team and she’s well re-spected,” Wright Noel said. “Were excited to see how well she does this year, too.”

Patriots win league opener, 39-33

By greg farrar

Henry Pratt, Issaquah High School senior, touches the bulkhead in the turn on the first lap of his winning 100-yard breast-stroke race with a time of 1 minute, 6.10 seconds, against Skyline Dec. 11 at Mary Wayte Pool on Mercer Island.

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By greg farrar

Ethan Le (left), Liberty High School sophomore, puts Juanita freshman Nathaniel Martin in a hold at the start of their 138-pound bout on the way to winning with a pin in the first period, during the Patriots’ Dec. 11 wrestling meet.

By greg farrar

Conner Small (left), Liberty High School senior, drives Mason McDaniel, of Juanita, to the mat in the second period on the way to a 6-4 win in their 170-pound bout during the Patriots’ Dec. 11 wrestling meet against the Rebels.

Issaquah sinks Skyline swimmers at Mercer Island

By greg farrar

Jason Klein, Issaquah High School junior, swims to win the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 54.96 seconds against Skyline.

By greg farrar

William O’Daffer, Skyline High School freshman, swims his winning 100-yard butterfly race in a time of 56.73 seconds against Issaquah in their Dec. 11 meet.

Nick Nava, Skyline High

School junior, swims through a red spotlight

of light cast by a timing

clock, as he wins the 500-yard freestyle

race in a time of 5 minutes,

34.25 sec-onds against

Issaquah.

By greg farrar

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LEGAL SUMMONS14-1289

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE

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RANDY E. BENDEL Plaintiff,

v.WILLIAM ANDRAESEN, an indi‑vidual, PATRICIA ANDRAESEN,

an individual, GRAHAM LEAKE, an individual, DAVID LEAKE, an indi‑

vidual, CAROL LEAKE, an individual, TIMBERLINE LANDSCAPING OF

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DOES 1 through 20, inclusive,Defendants.

Case No. YCSCCVPO‑0001071COMPLAINT FOR:

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Bathroom breakAt 5:02 p.m. Dec. 5,

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Who’s your dealer?At 4:46 p.m. Dec. 6, a

week after his daughter was expelled from Tiger Mountain High School for being caught and arrested for possession of mari-juana, the father reported the incident so his daugh-ter could explain who sold her the marijuana. The officer promised to follow up with the Issaquah High School resource officer with the provided infor-mation.

Car prowls4At 12:53 a.m. Dec. 7,

the owner of a 1997 Hon-da Civic reported someone had broken into it in the 6300 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast, taking a pock-etbook and causing $50 in damage.4At 12:36 p.m. Dec. 7,

someone broke into a 1997 VW Jetta in the 500 block of Mount Olympus Drive Southwest and stole a flashlight and some loose change.

ShopliftingAt 5:22 p.m., an em-

ployee of a business in the 1400 block of Highlands Drive Northeast reported someone stole $202.19 worth of alcohol.

Drive by maliciousness At 6:25 p.m. Dec. 7, a

resident in the 1700 block of Newport Way Northwest reported someone caused $120 in damage to the mirror of a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am.

Fuel filchedAt 9:26 a.m. Dec. 9,

someone stole $300 in fuel from the 100 block of West Sunset Way.

Catalyst of converter thefts4At 5:30 p.m. Dec. 9, a

resident in the 1600 block of Newport Way Northwest reported someone stole a catalytic converter, valued at $320.4At 6:02 p.m. Dec. 9,

someone stole a cata-lytic converter from a Honda Element, valued at $1,000, from the 1000 block of 17th Avenue Northwest.4At 6:40 p.m. Dec. 9,

someone stole another catalytic converter from a 2006 Honda Element in the 1000, also valued at $1,000, in the 1000 block of 17th Avenue North-west.

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The Issaquah-based com-pany Seattle Soap Shop has released its limited edition 12th Fan Soap in time for the holiday gift season.

The 12th Fan Soap shows off the Seattle Seahawks dark blue and bright green and highlights the number 12 on the face of the soap to represent the spirit of the 12th Man. The soap comes in two versions, a “Home Game Dark” and an “Away Game White.”

All soap created by the Seattle Soap Shop is hand-crafted in small batches using the old-fashioned cold process method. Every product is phthalate free, paraben free, detergent free (no SLS), soy free, and with the exception of the beer soap, it is also gluten free.

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Don’t forget to register for Selective Service

Every male living in the U.S. is required to register with Selective Service when he turns 18, or when he becomes a resident of this country.

“If a young man doesn’t register, he stops being eligible for student loans, federal jobs, and job train-ing programs,” Richard Flahavan, spokesman for the Selective Service Sys-tem, said in a news release. “We don’t want that to happen, which is why we’re committed to letting young men know about their legal responsibility and the op-portunities that come with it.”

In addition, a man who hasn’t registered in Wash-ington state can even be prevented from holding a driver’s license.

There is no penalty for late registration, but once a man reaches his 26th birth-day, he cannot register and can become permanently barred from the opportuni-ties associated with regis-tration.

Register online at www.sss.gov, at the post office or by filling out the reminder registration card Selective Service mails to young men when they turn 18.

Blood donors needed to prevent critical shortage

Puget Sound Blood Cen-ter has issued an urgent appeal for people to donate blood this holiday season.

Although donations normally dip during holiday periods, the center is al-ready experiencing critical shortages for some blood types.

There has been an acute shortage of platelets and O-negative red cells — the blood type that can be given to patients who have any other blood type. Although supplies of these components are especially low, donors of all blood types are needed between now and Jan. 5 to maintain a strong sup-ply for patients in need throughout the holiday season.

Another reason the need is especially high this year: both Christmas and New Year’s Day fall on Thurs-days, typically one of the highest collection days of the week.

The Puget Sound Blood Center needs to collect about 900 donations every weekday to ensure a stable supply of blood components for nearly 90 hospitals it serves in the Pacific North-west.

Donors are welcome at any one of the Puget Sound Blood Center’s 12 donor locations, or can check for community blood drives underway close to where they live or work.

The nearest Puget Sound Blood Center is in Bellevue at 1021 112th Ave. N.E. Make an appointment by calling 453-4011.

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