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FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2013
IHS grads Fisher and Fossen on becoming ‘Rock Gods’
Founding members of Heart to be inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Roger Fisher and Steve Fossen have been friends for nearly 50 years. They were part of the first sophomore class at Inglemoor High School, shared the same homeroom and played their first gigs around the Kenmore and Bothell area. In two weeks they will do one more big thing together - officially become “Rock Gods.” Both are founding members of the band Heart, which will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the Nokia Theater in
Los Angeles on April 18. “It is an odd feeling to be in the same club as Mick Jagger and Bruce Springsteen,” said Fossen, who played bass for Heart for nearly 15 years. Many of the bands in the Hall of Fame inspired the two friends. “The Beatles changed everything,” said Fisher, who played guitar in Heart for more than a decade. “We were really into music (when they met) but we didn’t have instruments.” “I would tape my transistor radio to my bike and the first time I heard ‘From Me
Roger Fisher, left, and Steve Fossen will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 18 as a part of the band Heart. Both Fisher and Fossen, who started the band, grew up in Kenmore and attended Inglemoor High School. MATT PHELPS, Bothell Reporter to You’ I was blown away so much I forgot I was riding my bike,” said Fossen. The two friends said that they were similar in many ways when they met in 8th grade at IHS. “Our first conversation was about people passing gas
and how if it was colored, people wouldn’t do it so much,” said Fisher Both said their parents rented them their first instruments to keep them out of trouble. Fisher began burglarizing houses in high school and was “humili-
Bothell, Kenmore celebrate shared race boat history BY MATT PHELPS mphelps@bothell-reporter.com
The idea of racing hydroplane boats 80-100 miles per hour up and down the Sammamish River would shock many people these days. But it used to be commonplace from 1933-1976. “It brought up to 80,000 people to see the races,” said artist Amberly “Gaul” Culley, whose father-inlaw, Dave Culley, used to race on the river. “It was definitely dangerous and
exciting.” The city of Kenmore and Gaul, along with King County’s 4Culture’s Historic Sites program, will present “Remembering History: The Sammamish Slough Boat Races Event” from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at Kenmore City Hall. The event features guest speakers and past slough boat race drivers, videos and photos of the races. The Recreational Boating Association of Washington President Steve Greaves will
ated” having to stand in front of the judge with his mother. All Fisher stole was an eight ball from a pool table and the judge let him off easy. “Getting busted made me concentrate on guitar,” said Fisher.
Fossen’s parents rented him his first bass guitar and amp to keep him out of trouble, too. But he had to get a job at the downtown Kenmore IGA grocery store to pay for it. “I got paid $14 a week or [ more HEART page 7 ]
Bothell City Council approves agreement for downtown homes BY MATT PHELPS mphelps@bothell-reporter.com
Ralph Payne’s C-Stock hydro hits the railroad trestle near Blyth Park in the early 1960s. BOB CARVER, FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE HYDROPLANE AND RACEBOAT MUSEUM be the keynote speaker and Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum representatives will also be on hand.
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“We have provided most of the historical material, including films, news [ more RACE page 5 ]
The Bothell City Council approved a Purchase and Sale Agreement for 5.5 acres of property in downtown Bothell with Polygon Homes for $5 million during its meeting March 26. The agreement will allow Bellevue-based Polygon Homes and Pacific Northwest Home Builders, LLC. to construct approximately 100
for-sale town homes in the newly redeveloped downtown Bothell, just north of the King County Library and south of Pop Keeney Stadium. “These agreements serve as the transaction documents necessary for another downtown development to transform the historic downtown into a vibrant pedestrian center envisioned by the adopted downtown plan,” said City [ more BOTHELL page 3 ]
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