The IssaquahPress
Section
B
Community
Wednesday October 9, 2013
There’s something about
SALMON DAYS
Above, Sammy the Salmon does jumping jacks to limber up, as children line up for the start of the Kids’ Dash Oct. 6 during the Issaquah Rotary Foundation’s Run with the Fishes. At right, members of the Issaquah Dance Theatre perform to the song ‘This is Halloween’ from the movie ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ during their march in the Grande Parade.
The Zambini Brothers’ Giant Salmon Puppet, created by puppeteer William Jarcho, goes on its roving rounds of the streets and sights of the Salmon Days Festival in downtown Issaquah. Below left, salmon garden decorations from Moss Studio metal art in Seattle, created by artist Michael Pond (left), glints in the sun.
Photos by Greg Farrar
Two boys look at the salmon swimming in the fish ladder viewing window
Maha El Alami (left), 6, and her sister Hala, 3, of Kirkland, connect with their family’s Moroccan heritage by making beaded bracelets and necklaces at the Chefchaouen, Morocco, Sister City tent. Above, Uri Israel shares tales of ‘Grandmother Cedar,’ ‘Salmon Boy’ and ‘Raven Brings the Salmon’ in an inflatable Northwest Coast art-inspired salmon tent sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service at the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery. At right, Liberty, a 2-year-old Australian Kelpie owned by Sylvia Washington, of Tacoma, and reigning Big Air Novice Dock Dog world champion, hits the pool during a practice jump.
Lauren Smith, 16, an Eastlake High School student and Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery docent, marches in the Grande Parade on Gilman Boulevard wearing salmon egg-colored balloons on her cap.