Community
Reporter ISSAQUAH | SAMMAMISH
Firefighters ask drivers to ‘Fill the Boot’ -Page 2-
News
Issaquah urban core designated regional growth center -Page 3-
Opinion
Fireworks risk not worth the trouble -Page 4-
Business
WWW.ISSAQUAHREPORTER.COM
FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2015
Health workers picket Swedish As labor contract expires, SEIU holds rallies at major Swedish campuses
BY DANIEL NASH ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER
BY DANIEL NASH ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER
Dozens of off-shift health care workers rallied outside Swedish Issaquah on Wednesday as part of an organized “informational picket” to bring attention to labor negotiations over Swedish Medical Center’s contracts with registered nurses, technical workers and service employees. The contracts that covered those workers from 2011 to 2015 expired midnight July 1. Representatives for Swedish and SEIU Healthcare 1199NW have been in negotiations since April. Deanna Tregoning, a nurse working in Swedish Issaquah’s intensive care unit and a union representative in bargaining, noted that this is the union’s first time at the table with Swedish since it affiliated itself with Providence Health & Services in 2012. Five minutes before noon on Wednesday,
Boy struck by car dies from injuries
Photo by Daniel Nash, Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter
Health care workers organized under SEIU 1199NW picketed Swedish Issaquah Wednesday.
Tregoning grabbed a handout and silently mouthed the chants she had practiced with 100 other SEE SWEDISH, 8
CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE DAY
A 4-year-old boy died from injuries to his brain and spine sustained after being struck by a car at the intersection of Newport Way Northwest and Northwest Oakcrest Drive Friday morning. The boy, identified by the King County Medical Examiner as Hao Chen Xu, died at Harborview Medical Center Saturday while he was with his parents, neighbor Hart Sugarman said. Xu and his mother were crossing a pedestrian walkway outside the Oakcrest neighborhood where they lived when he was struck. His mother was physically uninjured. According to the city of Issaquah, the 67-year-old Klahanie woman driving the car stopped and cooperated with Issaquah police. Drugs or alcohol did not appear to be a factor in the accident.
Prepare for a sunny Fourth BY MEGAN CAMPBELL ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER
Sammamish resident starts home toy rental business -Page 6-
Contact Us!
Main Desk (425) 391-0363 News......................ext. 3 Circulation..............ext. 6 Advertising.............ext. 2 Sales Manager.........ext. 4 Photo by Gabe Moore, courtesy of the Klahanie Association
@IssReporter
Klahanie celebrated the Fourth of July with its 12th annual parade along Southeast Klahanie Boulevard Saturday, June 27. Festivities after the parade continued at the Klahanie Park, including a bouncy house, contests and live entertainment. For more photos of the parade and activities visit www.issaquahreporter.com.
While it won’t be as hot as last weekend, it will be dry and sunny all the same on the Eastside this Fourth of July weekend. “It’s definitely looking to be warmer than last year,” National Weather Service meteorologist Jonny Burg said. Burg anticipates highs in the mid80s throughout the weekend, which is about 10 degrees warmer than July 4, 2014. This still doesn’t beat the 1972 record of 91 degrees for July 4. Data was taken from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Burg cautions against sending too much time in the sun, suggesting SEE FOURTH, 3
Discover premier retirement living at University House Issaquah Please call (425) 200-0331 to schedule a personal visit. 22975 SE Black Nugget Road, Issaquah, WA 98029
eraliving.com