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Children and parents gathered in Lower Sammamish Commons Park Saturday to build a giant nest out of discarded branches. The city Parks Department/Arts Commission project, overseen by environmental artist Karen White, took place over three hours. The builders then loaded the finished nest onto a flatbed truck bound for Big Rock Park. Big Rock is currently under construction and the nest will be a permanent art installation, Sammamish Parks Project Manager Kellye Hilde said. The children voted to name the nest “Home Tweet Home” after they came up with nearly two dozen possible names in a brainstorming session.
On Sept. 17, the Issaquah branch of the American Association of University Women recognized nine area middle school girls it had sponsored for a week of career exploration in science and math fields. This summer marked the third year AAUW Issaquah had paid for girls to attend Tech Trek WA at Pacific Lutheran University — and it marked the most successful year by far, according to AAUW Issaquah officers. The women’s political organization received nearly two-dozen applications from seventh-grade students who had come recommended by their math and science teachers, ultimately selecting nine after interviewing the applicants. This after the first and second years saw two and three candidates, respectively, AAUW Issaquah student outreach officer Kat Hughes said. Statewide, Tech Trek attendance has SEE TECH TREK, 4
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On Sept. 9, the Issaquah Police Department began a 10-week Citizens Academy to teach willing community members about the ins and outs of police work. Reporter writer Daniel Nash is attending -- this series chronicles his experience and the lessons learned about policing in Issaquah. BY DANIEL NASH ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER
One week before the beginning of the Issaquah Citizens Academy, I was invited to the Issaquah Police Department to speak to Officer Nathan Lane and Sgt. Andy Rorbach, the two officers who had resurrected the academy in 2013 after a decade-long hiatus. I was nervous: Lane had emailed me that they had some concerns about
my application, namely what I wrote about intending to publish a series about the class. “We haven’t had a reporter in the class before,” Lane explained to me in the department conference room. “Usually we see two types of people enroll. We get the people who are interested in learning more about what we do. Then we have the people who want to give us their suggestions. Both are valuable.” Mostly they were concerned about the privacy of the other students, Rorbach said. At a minimum, that meant no recording devices, no pictures without speakers’ permission and explicit permission before using classmates’ names. Easy enough. I explained I was firmly in the former category of Lane’s two types of students. Over six years as a reporter, I had covered crime
It might be a clown, a spider or a dentist — or it could be Stephen King’s axe-wielding Jack Torrance that sends you screaming back to your car. Either way, it’s the job of hundreds of volunteers to scare (or at least entertain) at the 12th annual Nightmare at Beaver Lake. Volunteers last weekend began the task of setting up the popular event, laying out stacks of 4 feet by 8 feet panels that will make up some of the 33 sets. Set up will continue over the next four weeks. Nightmare at Beaver Lake will open
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and police in several cities in east Pierce and south King counties. Crime quickly became my favorite subject. The style was easy to learn but hard to master — you can knock out a perfectly fine story with the basic facts but, like anything else, a deeper knowledge of the law and police will make for more satisfying work. “And, honestly, I just think it would be cool to shoot guns and, you know, drive the squad car on one of those orange cone courses,” I said. Rorbach laughed. “OK, fair enough,” he said. “But we don’t do any kind of driving course.” According to Lane, the academy had included a small defensive driving exercise up until the ‘00s, but the cost of small dings and scratches had added up. My Speed Racer dreams had been thwarted, but Lane and Rorbach told me I was in. “See you next Wednesday,” Lane said.
Welcome to class About two-dozen people showed up for the first class. After introducing themselves, Lane and Rorbach called on each student to follow suit. The cross-section of citizens was broad: a few store loss prevention officers here, a handful of young people curious about careers in law enforcement there, with a healthy dose of curious office workers and retirees. Chief Scott Behrbaum welcomed the class with a quick exercise. Projected on the wall of City Hall’s Eagle Room, a Powerpoint slide stared down with a collage of numbers — 72, 3, 3,373, 11 — in ransom note style, all different sizes and typefaces. Behrbaum turned to face us. “These are all numbers that relate to the Issaquah Police Department in some way,”
Behrbaum said. “As I mention different parts of the department, I want you to shout out the number you think applies. Ready?” In rapid succession, we learned the department has 65 employees, 35 officers, 30 support staff, 72 beds in the Issaquah Jail, 1,100 emergency calls per month. Meanwhile, I had answered exactly zero questions correctly. “How many bookings do you think the jail has in a year?” Behrbaum asked. I scanned the Powerpoint slide frantically for something among the remaining numbers that looked plausible. “Um… 48,000?” The chief cracked a small smile at the guess. “That would be really impressive. 3,373.” I grumbled, placating myself with daydreams about executing perfect emergency brake turns behind the wheel of a wailing squad car. After exhausting all the numbers on the board, Behrbaum began an earnest speech about the mission of the department. This included an emphasis on community policing: Moving beyond a reactionary response to crime as it happens and engaging in everyday habits like talking to citizens and connecting people in need — like homeless individuals or drug users — to social services. “We don’t want to just arrest people,” Behrbaum said. “We can’t arrest ourselves out of these problems.” Thinking about this, I remembered a police blotter entry from a few days before, in which an officer had responded to a report of a man acting suspiciously. The man told the officer he just wanted to leave town. With other departments I had covered, the call might have ended there with a warning about loitering or a homeless ordinance. But the Issaquah officer had done something unheard of to me: He bought the man a bus pass and helped him catch the next route. Behrbaum revealed further progressive policies as he went on. The department
emphasized its patrol unit and rotated officers through specialties like detective work and traffic enforcement. Officer seniority didn’t factor into shift assignments either: Every officer worked the same mix of days and nights. At the same time, he was quick to defend against negative portrayals in the media of police “militarization” — namely, the acquisition and use of equipment like rifles, beanbag shotguns and riot gear. He recalled an incident from Sept. 21, 2011, when a man stopped his car on Front Street, took out a rifle and opened fire randomly. “If someone were running around town, shooting at citizens and you were called to stop him, you would want to know you had the equipment to handle it,” he said.
So you want to be a cop Sgt. Jeff Johnson opened the next presentation with a handout filled with screen captures from films. Our assignment: Name that cop movie. Finally, a chance to shine. “I wanted to open with this because we grow up watching movies and television about police and we develop an interest in law enforcement based on what we see,” Johnson said. “[But in movies,]everything’s solved in an hour and a half.” In the real world, the road to becoming an officer is long. Applicants to police departments submit to standardized written and physical tests to ensure they have a basic sense of ethics and fitness to perform police work. Candidates who move on from there may be invited by departments for an oral board consisting of questions from police officers — an experience that can be particularly nerve-wracking, Johnson said. “Everyone’s nervous around cops,” he said. “I’m nervous around cops. Even if I’m driving home late at night and I have an officer behind me, I start going through a
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mental checklist. Are my brake lights out? What’s my speed?” Academy classmate Rachel Quimby had recently completed four oral boards, including one with Issaquah police. The 23-year-old clerk for the King County Redmond District Court has recently begun exploring careers in law enforcement; she eventually hopes to become a detective and work with victims of sex crimes, she said. “I think going in for my first [oral board], I was pretty nervous, but they became easier” she said. “The whole process has really boosted my confidence.” The hiring process also includes a lie detector examination, background check and psychological exam. But if all goes well, interested departments invite candidates to attend a centralized police academy, run by the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission. The academy puts police candidates in a months-long course that teaches basic police methods through hearing, seeing and doing. The paramilitary nature of the academy also teaches police skills to students in sneaky ways, Johnson said. “When an officer comes into the room, you have to stand at attention, so guys start looking over their backs or in reflective surfaces and constantly scanning to avoid punishment,” Johnson said. “But it has the side effect of teaching them to be aware of their surroundings at all times.” After the academy, newly minted officers are hired by their sponsoring department but must complete a probationary period on patrol with a training officer. “It takes three-to-five years to really be comfortable with the job,” Johnson said. “We don’t expect [new officers] to know everything but we expect them to be comfortable enough to ask.” Next week: The department and patrol
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Tolls start Sunday on I-405 for HOT lanes BY REPORTER STAFF
Driving between downtown Bellevue and Lynnwood will get HOT on Sunday as new toll lanes become operational on I-405. Adding tolls to the current HOV (or carpool) lanes is designed to increase the speed in those lanes while decreasing congestion in the remaining lanes. Also on Sunday, the definition of what constitutes a carpool will change for the HOT lanes. During rush hours — 5-9 a.m. and 3-7 p.m. Monday through Friday — only carpools with three or more people can use the lanes without paying a toll. At other times carpools with two or more qualify for no toll. Two-person carpools will pay a toll during rush hours and single-occupancy vehicles will pay a toll anytime they use a HOT lane. The state is encouraging those who regularly carpool on I-405 to get a Flex Pass, which allows the driver to set the device to HOV mode when carpooling with the required number of people. The pass also works to pay tolls on any toll road in the state. The state also is encouraging motorists to set up a Good To Go! account to automatically pay for tolls. Those without such an account will be sent a bill
in the mail for the amount of the Good To Go! pass rate plus an extra $2 per toll transaction. Tolls will vary depending on traffic congestion with signs above the road showing the rate and carpool requirements. Motorists driving alone or without the required number of people to constitute a carpool still can use the lanes, but will pay the toll. The cost will be one the motorist sees when entering the HOT lane. It won’t increase even if a higher rate is shown further along the highway. In addition to tolls and new lane-use requirements, the state also will limit when vehicles can move in and out of the HOT lanes. Crews are adding double white lines to designate the new HOT lanes. Drivers will only be allowed to move into or out of the HOT lanes at designated points marked by a dashed white line. To complete the new lane striping, crews will reduce I-405 to two lanes between Bothell to Bellevue from Friday, Sept. 25 to Sunday, Sept. 27. A number of on- and off-ramps also will close during the lane painting. The timing of the lane and ramp painting could vary depending on the weather. More information is available at www. wsdot.wa.gov.
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EvergreenHealth seeks volunteers for hospice patients EvergreenHealth Hospice is seeking kind and caring individuals to share their time and talents with hospice patients and their families. This assistance can include running errands, playing card games, listening to a person’s life story, reading or singing, playing or listening to music, or watching TV with a patient. In addition to providing companionship to hospice patients, services by licensed massage and reflexology volunteers are needed as well as licensed cosmetologist volunteers to provide haircuts. Hospice volunteers provide an average of two to four hours each week, and volunteer training consists of three full days, hosted six times a year. Upcoming training dates are: October 14, 17 and 24, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, located in the conference room at the Gene and Irene Wockner Hospice Center near the EvergreenHealth campus, 12822 124th Lane N.E., Kirkland. More information is available by contacting Criss East, Coordinator of Volunteers, EvergreenHealth Hospice, 425-899-1040, GrpVolunteerHospiceBased@evergreenhealthcare.org
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Oct. 16 and continue Thursday through Sunday through Halloween, Oct. 31. In all, it costs about $95,000 between the Rotary Club of Sammamish and Scare Productions, which partner with the city to put the event together. Last year, the haunt grossed $184,000. After costs, the rest of the revenue is donated, as it’s a charity event. Scare Productions has been involved with Nightmare at Beaver Lake officially since 2006, but Dana Young, a Sammamish resident since the early ‘90s and art director of the haunt, has been involved with Nightmare at Beaver Lake its start in 2004. The nonprofit teaches volunteers everything from set construction to improvisation acting skills. On any given night there will be between 65-70 actors, and they might play a different character every night, Young said. “Instead we teach you how to be that character,” said Young. “It’s not even the same twice in one night.” From night to night and year to
year, the haunted park is different every time. This year, for example, one of the new sets will feature a dentist’s office. Parking will be available on 244th Avenue Southeast where people will purchase their tickets. People will be guided by poorly lit lights down a dark wooded path. “It’s almost creepy on its own and then we add monsters,” Young said. Along the way, actors and the first several “theatrical” sets will be inspired by Stephen King novels, Young said. The time it takes to complete the roughly three quarters of a mile tour varies. Young estimated the average time is about 30 minutes, but people have made it in 10 minutes; those are the ones who run through. “They just scream and run,” Young said. Even in its first year the event was popular, said Cary Young (no relation to Dana Young) of the Rotary Club of Sammamish. She is the president of the haunt. Shortly after the city incorporated, city officials reached out the Rotary and asked for it to create an event that would keep the children out of trouble on Halloween. After the first year drew in about
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3,000 people, Cary Young knew they were onto something. Now, many of the volunteers are local high school students. Some have even used the event for their student projects, Cary Young said. Due to the extensive nature of the creative team — volunteers work practically year round brainstorming new set ideas, constructing props and sets — students involved with the process were preoccupied with the October scare starting in the spring. The family scare, a milder haunted park route, will be from 7-7:45 a.m. Tickets during the family scare are $12 per person. During this family time, there isn’t as much blood and gore, and some of the more “intense” actors stay hidden, Dana Young said. Full scare begins at 8 p.m. Tickets for full scare costs $18 per person. “This is a night out,” Cary Young said. “You don’t just hop into a haunted house.” To find out more about Nightmare at Beaver Lake and ticket discounts, visit www.NightmareAtBeaverLake.com.
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ballooned from 50 campers in 2013, to 89 in 2014, to 146 across two camps in 2015, according to figures from AAUW of Washington State. Nine Issaquah girls were as many as donations from individuals and corporate sponsors could finance, member Billie Coopwood said. “If I could have taken out my checkbook and paid for every girl who applied, I would have,” Coopwood said. Tech Trek campers spent the week of July 12-18 immersed in dozens of activities like building robots, making soap and programming computers — each one designed to encourage the girls to use the same problem-solving skills required of scientists, engineers, mathematicians and technologists. Speaking at a meeting of AAUW Issaquah members, Sophie Serumgard of Issaquah Middle School said she enjoyed dissecting a squid in camp and has since become more interested in marine biology. The class ate the squid after the dissection, she said. “We cooked it first,” Hughes added quickly, to laughs. “We weren’t eating sushi.” Maywood Middle School student Sylvie Cao was drawn to medical activities at Tech Trek, she said. Activities included taking blood pressure and injecting an orange. Each of the six girls who spoke had a different favorite camp activity. But they were unanimous in their enthusiasm for the experience of spending a week on a college campus. “Since coming back, she’s become more serious about college,” Amanda Davis said about her daughter Audrey. “I mean, she was serious before. But now it’s real to her.”
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On Sept. 19, Skate Issaquah and the Issaquah Drug Free Community Coalition put on the city’s first skate competition at the skate park outside the Issaquah Community Center. The competition was held to raise awareness for fundraising efforts to build a new skate park in Tibbetts Valley Park. See photos from open skating and the Under-12 division below.
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Anytime Fitness opens in Klahanie BY MEGAN CAMPBELL ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER
Anytime Fitness, a 24-hour fitness center, will open this weekend in the Klahanie Shopping Center. The public is invited to attend the free event at 4 p.m Saturday. The grand opening will feature fitness challenges and music; beverages and food will be provided. Anytime Fitness owner David Tilton secured his lease for the location in January. Anytime Fitness, a worldwide franchise with more than 2,700 locations, replaced Klahanie Fitness in the shopping center. Tilton completely renovated the 6,000-square-foot space to meet national Anytime Fitness standards before opening.
“We are absolutely excited to present a newly renovated fitness club to the Klahanie community,” Anytime Fitness Member Experience Manager Jay Rabena wrote in an email. The business has one-year membership terms, month-to-month memberships and pay-in-full options available. It also offers a seven-day guest pass for those who want to try the facility out. For more information, call 425-606-0061 or visit http://www.anytimefitness.com/ gyms/3825/gym-Issaquah-Washingtonfitness-center.
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The Iran agreement is between The US, Iran and six other governments. The ayatollah of Iran, like Rev. Mike Huckabee, is not a government official and like Huckabee is free to make whatever statements he wishes. In fact the prime minister of Iran, who signed the agreement, was elected in opposition to candidates supported by the ayatollah. Rev. Huckabee preaches that at the “End Times,” coming soon, Jewish people that do not accept his religion will burn forever in hell. How is that more benevolent than the ayatollah? Carl Schwartz Sammamish
Council challenger not involved in city
There was an article in Issaquah/ Sammamish Reporter where in a staff reporter wrote up a $153 million alternative transportation package proposed by a guy running for the Issaquah City Council. This kind of irresponsible reporting borders on criminal. This idea is from a guy who doesn’t volunteer in any capacity, has no credentials in transportation and offers no further info than “I looked at the data.” He created a viable transportation package? I doubt it. And as for the reporter who wrote it and the editor who published it, both should be censured, if not fired. This is the worst form of biased reporting. The only reason for this article
that I can see is to help this person get elected to the city council. I do not want a person on the Issaquah City Council who has never volunteered in any capacity and doesn’t see the need to work within the system. I’m not saying I agree with everything the city council does. I don’t. But I am saying we need to work within the system to effect change. It is easy, and unconscionable, to sit back and say I have a better idea without knowing all the facts, and without presenting all details of the new idea. The only way to make your voice heard is to get involved. This citizen has not been involved in Issaquah’s issues in any way. He wants to be on the city council without paying his dues. I suggest he start by doing some volunteer work. Get involved. On the positive side of the transportation issue, we do have someone running for Issaquah City Council who has transportation experience. He would be a much better choice as a council member to lead Issaquah in effective transportation improvements. His name is Bill Ramos. Lee Woods Issaquah
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Most successful business leaders have mastered the art of effective communication and teamwork. Those at the apex of a successful business must have more. Successful executives show leadership and vision, are transparent and accountable, and achieve measurable objectives within a budget. Tom Hornish is such a leader and would be a welcome addition to the
Sammamish City Council. As an Air Force officer and fighter pilot who served in the Gulf War, Tom knows all about teamwork and mission objectives. As a successful attorney, he further refined his advocacy and collaboration skills. As the president and chief executive of a publicly traded company, he showed integrity and leadership as the business realized record revenues while effectively managing expenses. Like Ramiro Valderrama and Christie Malchow, Tom believes in balanced growth in our community. Balanced growth must not burden our infrastructure, add to our commute times or diminish the aesthetics and character of Sammamish. Sammamish should not become the high-density living communities of Redmond and Bellevue. Tom favors a balanced approach that examines the effects of development on the environment and our community quality of life. He also favors an approach which looks at the impact of rapid development on city finances. Tom has been an environmental leader in objecting to the council’s decisions in the Sammamish River Trail project. Such decisions have resulted in unnecessary tree removal and trail widening, possibly damaging lake salmon due to run-off. He also has been vocal concerning the lack of transparency among certain members of the city council and their lack of accountability to their constituents. Hornish, together with Valderrama and Malchow, would bring strong leadership and vision to the city of Sammamish. Laura Walton Sammamish
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September 11 BIKE: A bicycle was reported stolen from the 900 block of Lake Drive at a loss of $2,300. SITTING DUCKS: Responding to a loitering report on the 100 block of Northeast Juniper Street, an officer arrested a 51-year-old Montana man for two outstanding misdemeanor warrants.
September 12 DUI: At 12:31 a.m., an officer responded to a traffic accident on the 18100 block of Northwest Village Park Drive. The officer determined the accident, which involved a juvenile, may have been caused by driving under the influence. The case was forwarded to the juvenile prosecutor. HAT TRICK: An officer arrested a 24-yearold Sammamish man at the intersection of Northwest Firwood Boulevard and Indigo Place Northwest for a hit-and-run collision, driving under the influence and driving while license suspended in the third degree. PROWL: A wallet and its contents, valued at $300, were reported stolen from a Jeep Cherokee on the 2300 block of Northwest Harmony Way.
September 13 ALCOHOL: Police arrested an 18-year-old Issaquah man for an alcohol offense on the 300 block of Rainier Boulevard South. K•B BANDIT: A resident of the 900 block of 10th Place Northeast reported she had discovered a young child playing with stored toys in her garage after leaving the door open. Some toys appeared to be missing after the incident. An officer suggested the woman speak with the child's parents. TRESPASSING: A 53-year-old Texas man was arrested for trespassing on the 100 block of Front Street South. AUTO THEFT: A black 1991 Mazda B2600 pickup valued at $1,000 was reported stolen from the 600 block of Front Street North.
September 14 PROWLER PINCHED: A 37-year-old Snoqualmie man was arrested for vehicle
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prowling on the 600 block of Wildwood Boulevard Southwest. SLEEPING: An officer responded to a vehicle in a parking lot on the 700 block of Northwest Gilman Boulevard, which had been reported running for eight hours, from 2:30 to 10:30 a.m. The driver stated he worked for Darigold and had fallen asleep in the car before driving home to Fall City. OUCH: An Issaquah High School student caught a finger in a plastic ring which began to cut flesh. Eastside Fire and Rescue personnel were called and a first responder was able to cut the ring. 50 SHADES OF EMBARRASSMENT: A man came into the Issaquah Police Department for assistance removing a handcuff that had become stuck during a sex act.
September 15 FRAUD: A resident reported receiving a phone call from a person claiming to be collecting a debt on behalf of the Issaquah Police Department and IRS. Police confirmed the call was fraudulent.
September 16 PROWL: A drill, iPad and briefcase, valued at $950, were reported stolen from a Ford F-150 parked on the 2100 block of Shy Bear Way Northwest. DEER: A deer was hit by a car at the intersection of Front Street South and Second Avenue Southeast and died at the scene. The car sustained minor damage to a front headlight and bumper.
Sammamish sets date for council candidates forum Five candidates to discuss issues at teen center Oct. 7 BY MEGAN CAMPBELL ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER
The Sammamish Rotary Club and the Sammamish Chamber of Commerce will co-sponsor a forum for the Sammamish City Council candidates next month. Five candidates will gather at the Sammamish EX3 Teen & Recreation Center on Oct. 7 to answer questions from 7-9 p.m. The public is invited to attend and hear from candidates regarding various issues, including transportation, communication and the environment. “We are holding the forum as a public service as we believe a better informed voter is best for the city, its businesses and its residents,” according to a statement released by Chamber Executive Director Deb Sogge and Rotary president Bob Toomey. “The evening will offer voters an opportunity to hear from candidate concerning the major issues that face Sammamish.” Each candidate will have a minute and a half for opening and closing remarks. Likewise, they will have a minute and a half to respond to each of the questions. William Shaw, publisher of the Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter, will moderate the forum.
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There are three open seats on the Sammamish City Council. Incumbents Mayor Tom Vance, Position 6, and Councilmember Ramiro Valderrama-Aramayo, Position 4, are running for re-election. Councilmember Nancy Whitten, Position 2, who has been on the council for 12 years, is not seeking re-election. Residents Christie Malchow and Mark Cross are seeking Whitten’s seat. Tom Hornish, running against Vance, will be among the five in attendance. Valderrama-Aramayo’s opponent told the Reporter he dropped out of the race in July due to family reasons. Resident Hank Klein’s name will still appear next to Valderrama-Aramayo’s on the ballot, but Klein will not participate in the forum. The Teen Center is located at 825 228th Ave. N.E. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. For more information contact Sogge at 425-681-4910. Megan Campbell: 425-391-0363; mcampbell@issaquahreporter.com
Issaquah Forum The first of three Issaquah City Council candidate forums will take place 7 p.m. Sept. 30 in the council chambers at 135 E. Sunset Way. It will be televised on ICTV Channel 21.
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Golf is a fantastic leisure activity BY SHAUN SCOTT ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER
Golf is one of the most humbling sports an individual can ever partake in. I golfed a few times in 1991 as a 9-year-old, but didn’t pick up the sport consistently until the summer of 2008. It was
that summer I watched Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate battle for the U.S. Open Championship. Woods, who sunk a difficult putt on the 18th hole to force a suddendeath playoff hole despite an ailing knee injury, defeated Mediate by one stroke to win his 14th major tournament
of his career. After watching Woods’ heroic performance, I decided to give the sport another try. Over the past seven years I have golfed with numerous friends at a wide array of different courses in Washington. My best score ever on a course was an 85, which on paper seems legit.
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In actuality though, it occurred on a course where the majority of the holes were par 3’s. I had only hit the links a few times earlier this summer before tackling Port Orchard’s McCormick Woods golf course in July. It was the epitome of a humbling experience. My score was atrocious as I finished in the triple digits under the sweltering heat of the summer sun. My friends didn’t fare too much better. We didn’t have one par among the three of us in 18 holes of golf. One aspect of golf that keeps not only me, but also countless players across the world coming back is the ability to hit a perfect drive, knock down a difficult putt or connect perfectly while chipping onto the green. Golf is a microcosm of life. You can be dominating one moment and the next instance you can find yourself in the rough. I plan on continuing to golf for decades to come.
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Wolves’ captain is poised on pitch BY SHAUN SCOTT
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Eastlake Wolves senior defender/midfielder Megan McCaughey exudes poise on the soccer pitch. Eastlake head coach Marc Wilson said McCaughey has a natural ability to control the ball with her feet despite pressure from opposing teams’ players around her. “You rarely see Megan give the ball away under any conditions,” Wilson said. “She knows what to do before the ball is at her feet which is something you can’t coach and you can’t teach. It is something she has instinctively picked up over the years.” McCaughey, who is one of the Wolves’ three team captains, immediately impressed Wilson with her ability to lead her teammates in early season practices. “I knew from pretty early on that she was going to be an extension of the coaching staff on and off the field. She hasn’t disappointed,” he said. The Wolves are off to a strong 4-0-1 start in non-league action. The Wolves faced the Skyline Spartans in their Class 4A KingCo opener Sept. 24. As of press time, results of this contest were unavailable. “We’re on a roll and we’re playing well,” Wilson said. The competition has been good. We’re still working through things and moving pieces around to see where everyone is comfortable and how they react and respond.” McCaughey thinks the sky is the limit for the Wolves
this fall. “As a team we definitely want to go as far as we can. Obviously winning state would be the ultimate goal,” she said. “We are a true team. We all enjoy being around each other and love playing the sport together.” Recently the Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter had an opportunity to ask McCaughey a few questions about her life away from the soccer field. Issaquah Reporter: What is your favorite movie of all time? Megan McCaughey: I really like the movie Saint Ralph. IR: What is your biggest pet peeve? MM: Really slow drivers and walkers. IR: What is your dream vacation spot? MM: I would like to tour Europe. IR: Where do you see yourself in five years? MM: I want to be a graduating from college and going to graduate school to pursue a degree in medicine. I want to be an orthopedic surgeon. Shaun Scott: 425-453-5045; sscott@issaquahreporter.com
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Skyline conquers Puyallup
In a battle between two perennial state contenders the Skyline Spartans came out on top against the Puyallup Vikings. Skyline registered a 1-0 win against Puyallup on Sept. 17 at Sparks Stadium in downtown Puyallup. Spartans’ sophomore Emma Rohleder scored the lone goal of the game on an assist from Lindsey Fujiwara. Skyline goalies Anna Smith and Molly Monroe combined for the shutout. The Spartans improved their overall record to 2-1-3.
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The Skyline Spartans cruised to a 44-7 victory against the Mount Si Wildcats in a battle between Class 4A KingCo rivals Sept. 18 at Eastlake High School in Sammamish. The Spartans scored 30 points in the first half. Skyline (3-0) will face the Woodinville Falcons at 7 p.m. tonight in Woodinville.
a rivalry showdown at 7 p.m. tonight at Gary Moore Stadium in Issaquah.
Gig Harbor dominates Eastlake
The Gig Harbor Tides registered a 40-6 win against the Eastlake Wolves in a non-league game Sept. 17 in Gig Harbor. Eastlake (2-1) will face the Issaquah Eagles in a rivalry showdown at 7 p.m. tonight at Gary Moore Stadium in Issaquah.
Crusaders crush Eagles
In their home opener, the Eastside Catholic Crusaders gave the hometown crowd plenty to cheer about. The Crusaders rolled to a 61-6 win against the Arlington Eagles in a non-league game Sept. 18 at Eastside Catholic High School in Sammamish. The Crusaders (3-0) will face Lakeside at 6 p.m. tonight in Seattle.
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John Winslow of Issaquah was one special person this week. Sen. Patty Murray gave him her one guest pass for Pope Francis’ historic address to Congress on Thursday. Winslow, who attended
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Most volunteer opportunities are 45-60 minutes per week. Volunteers are asked to commit to their assignment through the end of the school year. To learn more about LINKS volunteer opportunities, visit the LINKS page on the Lake Washington School District website (www.lwsd.org). To register for an upcoming volunteer orientation, email Nanci Wehr at nwehr@lwsd.org or call 425-936-1410.
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In its 10th year, the Seattle South Asian Film Festival (Oct. 15-30) examines the meaning of “home” for Seattle’s fastest growing demographic. By Daniel Nash The Seattle South Asian Film Festival has grown a lot in 10 years. In 2002, Rita Meher and Farah Nousheen left jobs in IT to found the film nonprofit Tasveer as a response to widespread post9/11 prejudice against South Asians. “I would have people shouting at me on the street, ‘Terrorists, go back to your f***ing country,” Meher said at a recent press event. “And I had just become a U.S. citizen. That really shook me up.” Tasveer’s first film festival consisted of a handful of screenings in the Elliott Bay Book Company’s old Pioneer Square storefront. But as the festival approaches its tin anniversary, the programming has grown to include 59 films from nine countries, screened across eight venues in Seattle, Renton and Redmond, with further events in Bellevue and on the University of Washington’s Bothell campus. Really, the festival has grown at a slightly more conservative pace than the region’s South Asian population. While festival programming has grown 60 percent over 10 years, the Seattle metro area — including all of King, Pierce and Snohomish counties — saw its South
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It’s time to fear the Squak-ing dead: For five years, they’ve overtaken Front Street, stopped up traffic and “Thriller”-ed all over Issaquah City Hall’s steps — and now they’re planning to do it a sixth time! The Downtown Zombie Walk has become an enormously popular flash mob in Issaquah and an opportunity to see how creatively dead your neighbors can be: Costumes last year included Zombie Waldo, Ash Williams, Rick Grimes and Carl. When: Oct. 24; Makeup and practice at 2:30 p.m., walk begins at 4:30 p.m. Where: 232 Front St., Issaquah
SCREAM | Nightmare at Beaver Lake
Twenty-three days out of every 24, Beaver Lake Park is an idyllic outdoor spot for hiking and exploration. But come late October, the trees close in to suffocate, the noise of nocturnal creatures take a turn for the sinister and the mists rolling in from the waters take on the chill of death. Is it dark magic or the Nightmare at Beaver Lake, the Eastside’s most popular haunted house? When: Oct. 16-31 Where: 2656 244th Ave. S.E., Sammamish
JAM | An Evening With Bone Poets Orchestra
Christopher Bingham migrated to Evergreen State College from St. Louis with a love of 1970s progressive rock and a drive to study composition. Nearly 40 years later, he’s remained in Washington state pushing musical boundaries with his band the Bone Poets Orchestra. The Bone Poets deal exclusively in “psychedelic chamber rock,” performing exclusively in concert venues with a sound that draws from inspirations as varied as Norah Jones, Jethro Tull and Peter Gabriel. When: Oct. 17; more information by contacting chris@bonepoets.com Where: The Theatre at Meydenbauer, 11100 N.E. Sixth St., Bellevue
Asian populations grow 173 percent from 2000 to 2010 and boasted the fifth fastest growing population among American metros, according to a demographic analysis of census data from the Asian American Federation and South Asian Americans Leading Together. The 2015 festival’s theme is “Coming Home,” a phrase meant to play on concepts like tradition, progress and the identity crisis of relocating to a new country, festival director Kiran Dhillon said. “It’s not just something that applies to immigrants,” she said. “It’s a really universal theme and it really was this unifying thread across many of the films we showcased.” A full schedule of films and events can be found at Tasveer.org.
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bout 10 years ago, Marilyn McKenna was the largest woman in the room — and she felt invisible. The wife of former Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna often found herself at her husband’s side in social circles. “I was there to be supportive. I was there to be Rob’s wife,” she recalled recently at a Bellevue coffee shop. “I was doing a lot of things others expected, because I thought it made me a good person.” The mother of four took on that supportive role for most of her adult life — as the wife of a politician who would unsuccessfully run for governor in 2012, she mastered everyone else’s schedule and put their needs before her own. But she wasn’t happy, and her frustrations manifested in her eating habits. Always alone, she said, she would retreat to the kitchen and eat, for example, a slice of bread slathered with butter after slice of bread slathered with butter. After a lifetime of being overweight — “I was a fat kid before there were fat kids,” she said. “Food was my air.” — in 2007, at 265 pounds, she hit rock bottom. “I felt like my weight was a declaration that I couldn’t control myself,” she said. “It’s a really horrible way to go through life.” Fed up with “yo-yo dieting,” she made a decision to disregard fad diet plans and instead focused on what was right for her. “We all rely on the huge diet industry to tell us how to lose weight,” she said. “How could they presume to know what works in your life?” Since 2007, she’s lost 120 pounds and has kept it off. She writes about her journey in her new book, “Eat Like It Matters: How I Lost 120 Pounds and Found My Inner Badass (And How You Can Too!).” It was published in mid-August. Still too embarrassed with asking for help, she began her journey in secret, with only her immediate family for support. “I was so ashamed that I needed help,” she said. “I hurt for the thought now.”
But she knew, if she kept on the same path, it would kill her. She decided to undergo lap-band surgery. The lap band device reduces the stomach’s capacity and restricts the amount of food one can eat in a sitting, according to the LAP-BAND System website. In order to pay for the $18,000 procedure, though, the McKenna’s refinanced their Bellevue home. “It was a huge financial sacrifice for our family,” she said. “That also drove my desire for it to be successful.” The total weight loss happened in various stages. In the first year she lost about 85 pounds. She hadn’t really changed her eating habits or seriously exercised — but she felt great. So great, she decided to keep going just to see how much better and stronger she could feel. She began exercising, slowly at first. She’d walk. Then she started jogging down hills. Finally, she was able to run the entire route. “I found that inner badass out running,” she said. “I do my best thinking when I’m exercising.” In 2010 she ran her first half marathon; the next year, she completed her first full marathon. McKenna, now 52 and adamant about sharing her journey publicly, happily answers personal questions fielded by social media followers. Her frequent posts are a stark difference from the silent, background character she used to play. In the final stage of her weight loss journey, she cleaned up her diet, which included completely banning sugar and unhealthy food from the house. She said she lives a “veggie-centric” lifestyle now — every meal is planned around the vegetables. She says she still has some of the same tendencies, but with her new approach to health, she’s able to overcome old habits. Instead of eating an entire row of Oreos, now it’s an entire bowl of fruit. “Nobody ever got fat eating a huge bowl of strawberries,” she said.
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Thirty-one Eastside artists will pack into Sammamish City Hall next month for the ninth annual Sammamish Arts Fair. Half of them are new to the fair this year and working in a broad array of media. It’s free to attend and all proceeds go directly toward the local artists on display Oct. 10-11 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The artists organize and promote the event. Recently, two participants opened up about their work:
the element with others it would be found with in nature. This is the third year Weaks will participate in the Sammamish Arts Fair. “I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for my art,” she said. “Art has kept me alive.”
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Jewelry-maker Carol Weaks, 73, has lived in Sammamish for the last five years — and she’s spent all of them handcrafting necklaces and earrings. Before she came to Washington, though, she lived on the East Coast and in the South, out of touch with her creative nature. Born in West Virginia with four brothers who all grew up to be accountants, Weaks was told she would become a secretary, like her mother. “Dad always said no kid of his would be an artist,” she recalled in her Sammamish home while she sorted hundreds of shells and various shiny, colorful pebbles into plastic containers. In college, she met her would-be husband. After he graduated, they moved to Monroe, Louisiana, where she dabbled in various activities, like sewing or running the largest antique import business in northern Louisiana in the 1960s and ‘70s. At the time, Weaks didn’t recognize these avenues as a manifestation of her artistic nature, as she had been struggling to repress her true eccentric self. When she expressed the sensations she felt in the world around her, she said people called her crazy. “I think I knew I was different when I got married,” she said. “Finally, I learned I couldn’t talk about it. When you close off parts of your body that are that important, it can kill you.” In her mid-40s, she left her husband of 25 years after their last child graduated high school and she journeyed to California to live among the hippies. She had been to California before, in the ‘60s, but forgot about the free spirited people teaching passers-by how to bead on the sidewalk after she and her husband returned to Louisiana. “I learned you don’t have to have money to be happy,” she said. Her journey, though, was all the more liberating when she decided to learn how to live without alcohol and prescription drugs, which she said she had been using for most of her adult life to numb her anxieties and the aches of fibromyalgia. “Now I get to revel in my weirdness,” she said. Weaks describes herself as a “sensitive,” in tune with the elements around her. She says the stones she uses for her jewelry tell her what they want to be. “People call me the stone whisperer,” she said. “I’ve always loved rocks.” She researches each item — stone, shell or fossil — and pairs
Redmond photographer Shankar Pal’s interest in cameras began with the mechanical sounds of his sister’s Nikon DSLR. “I like the sound of its click,” he said. “There’s something working and you have a photo.” Pal, 55, was first introduced to art when he was a child in India. He would go and watch his cousin, who was part of a group who painted with water colors. But as he aged, he knew he needed a job that would pay the bills. “Making a lot of money in art is always very difficult in any country,” he said. He studied physics in India before moving to Pennsylvania at age 28, where he earned his doctorate in computer science from Pennsylvania State University. “At that point, I was so smart I didn’t have to pay attention to art,” he said. Pal moved to Washington to work for Microsoft, which he did for 17 years. Now he works for hardware and software company F5 Networks Inc. in Factoria. It was in 2000 that he was reintroduced to art through photography. He had bought his sister a digital camera, then told her to hang on while he tested it out. After one click, he was hooked, he said. He said the sound signals that the mechanism is working, and the photo is the proof. It’s this blur between art and technology that fascinates Pal. From there he took a few courses and participated in workshops with the goal of bettering his photography skills. “The way I like to think about it, as if I’m exploring a different side of myself,” he said. Pal aspires to capture sights in their simplicity, breaking them down to its basic shapes and forms. For Pal, photography is more about the adventure than the end result. “I like the experience more than the artwork,” he said. One of his favorite moments, was when he hiked Wallace Falls State Park east side of the Cascade Mountains. It was last November when he made the 2.25 mile trek to the top of the mountain. As the sun began to set, half of the hillside turned golden. The shadowed areas, along the falls and the rocks, were icy cold and a nice contrast, he said. He captured a few shots, but in a moment, the sun was gone. The trees were once again a dark forested green, and Pal was left to make his way down the trial in the dark. This is the second year he will participate in the Sammamish Arts Fair. The Sammamish Arts Fair is sponsored by the city of Sammamish, the Sammamish Arts Commission and 4Culture.
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