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Friday, September 6, 2013
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Salmon Days Delay in hatchery project won’t affect Issaquah celebration BY LINDA BALL LBALL@ISSAQUAHREPORTER.COM
A delay in construction of the upper intake for the Issaquah salmon hatchery will not jeopardize Salmon Days, which will be held the first weekend of October as usual. Jane Kuechle, executive director of Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery, said water is being diverted around the construction area into a large culvert. This limits the amount of water in the hatchery, but she said the fish are already coming back, and can get as far as the hatchery without any problems. Hatchery workers will have to gather up some of the fish, which will then be hauled by a water truck to the upper part of the creek, beyond the hatchery. Brodie Antipa, operations
Helen Banks Routon holds up a new quilt made by one of the quilters in Issaquah’s Needle Brigade. Several organizations make blankets and quilts for babies.
LINDA BALL, Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter
THERE FOR ALL CHILDREN Eastside Baby Corner works to give parents what they need for their children BY LINDA BALL LBALL@ISSAQUAHREPORTER.COM
Seven days a week, 50 weeks a year there is a continuous cycle of intake and outflow at Issaquah's Eastside Baby Corner. The nonprofit
takes in and gives out everything a child needs from birth to 12-years-old. "Our job is to remove barriers that allows parents to get back on their feet," said Helen Banks Routon, director of development and community relations for the nonprofit organization. Every Thursday morning, more than 50 groups that help parents and kids arrive to pick up customized orders for families in need. Eastside Baby Corner doesn't work directly with families. Rather it works with providers SEE BABIES, 8
SEE SALMON, 6
“Our job is to remove barriers that allow parents to get back on their feet.” – HELEN BANKS ROUTON
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