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A photo of the steam ferry “Issaquah,” taken at some point between 1918, when the ship was transferred from Lake Washington to the San Francisco Bay Area, and 1929, when the Martinez-Benicia route was terminated. The eventual retirement of the ferry inspired the naming of Issaquah Dock in Sausalito, Calif. An upcoming book by Sausalito historian Annie Sutter details the history of the dock. Read an excerpt on page 9.
Legislature hashing out transportation budgets BY DANIEL NASH ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER
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A statewide transportation package remains under discussion in the special session of the Washington State Legislature. Each contains a different project that could potentially ease highway traffic into Issaquah. Former Issaquah City Councilman and state Sen. Mark Mullet said Monday that competing transportation packages from the House and Senate could potentially be compromised into one that doubly benefits the city. Mullet paid a visit to the Issaquah City Council Monday to provide an update on the legislature’s progress in special session, as well as to provide what he called his “best guess” on how things would finish out. The Senate version of the pack-
age includes additional lanes on Interstate Highway 90 between Issaquah and Bellevue, with digital traffic management systems. The system was reduced from a lanes-spanning series of signs to lamppost devices in a cost-saving measure, Mullet said. The number of noise-reduction barriers associated with construction were also reduced, he said. The House version of the package includes improvements to the interchanges at I-90’s exit 25 in Snoqualmie and the State Route 18 interchange in Maple Valley. Mullet said the separation of the projects across the competing packages was “almost done intentionally” due to the cost of both. Each project set carries a ninefigure price tag. “(The separation of projects across packages) was almost done
intentionally,” Mullet said. “We couldn’t get them both in either package, so we wound up putting one in each with the idea that at the end … when we’re negotiating, we could get both included.” The House budget also earmarks $5 million for Issaquah-Fall City Road. A study of I-90’s Front Street interchange for potential improvements will likely be safe in either package, Mullet said. Mullet added that the SR-18 project could indirectly benefit Issaquah traffic by providing Maple Valley drivers attempting to reach I-90 a more attractive alternative to taking Issaquah-Hobart Road and Front Street. Daniel Nash: 425-391-0363 ext. 5052; dnash@issaquahreporter.com
A former Skyline football player was in stable condition as of Wednesday after being stabbed dozens of times early Saturday morning in Montana, where he is attending his first year of college. Sam Mix, 19, was airlifted more than 700 miles from Havre, Montana, where he is studying at Montana State UniversityNorthern, to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle Sunday. He suffered more than 40, 3-to 6-inch wounds all over his body, close family friend Gina Lederman said. The 6-foot-1-inch, 195-pound freshman played as a wide receiver for the Northern’s football team this fall. SEE STABBING, 3
City to pay for house relocation BY DANIEL NASH ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER
The city of Issaquah will pay $250,000 to have the historic Tolle Anderson house moved out of Confluence Park, under an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Issaquah City Council voted unanimously Monday to foot the bill on the relocation in order to move forward with restoration of habitat along nearby Issaquah Creek — and avoid losing more than $1 million in SEE ANDERSON, 8
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