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The public comment period was scheduled to last 50 minutes, but went nearly an hour longer as more than a dozen people spoke about the issue, the vast majority supporting ideas to keep it open. In June, Issaquah School District Superintendent Ron Thiele presented a plan to close the school for the 2015-16 year and re-open it the following year under a different educational model. District officials point to the school’s declining enrollment, low test scores and low gradua- tion rates as reasons to close. The board will hold a second public hearing on the issue at 7 p.m. Sept. 17, but board Presi- dent Marnie Maraldo said the group hasn’t set a timeline for deciding the school’s future. The board is required to discuss the issue in public, and Maraldo said it would likely hold a work session to ask questions of Thiele and other officials before reach- ing a decision. Enrollment at Tiger Mountain is about the same as what it was 10 years ago, about 100 students Thiele said last week that Tiger students aren’t keeping pace with acceptable academic stan- dards. While the district’s three comprehensive high schools – Is- saquah, Liberty and Skyline – all have graduation rates above 90 percent, Tiger’s has plummeted in the past several years, from 77.2 percent in 2004-05 to 30.5 percent in 2011-12. Tiger’s extended graduation rates – students taking five years or longer to earn a diploma – have also dropped. All of Tiger’s extended-rate students gradu- ated 10 years ago, but less than half did two years ago. Tiger students are also strug- gling to pass state assessment tests. In the 2012-13 year, 45 percent met standards in read- Public hearings begin for possible school closure By Brian Twiggs Salmon Days staff I can remember it like it was yesterday. It was Salmon Days weekend, 2014. I’m sure of this because I still remember count- ing more than 200 mid-term election signs on the way to the festival. I was 12 years old, which meant in my family, this was my 12th Salmon Days. My sister and I always looked forward to Salmon Days with my parents. My dad would hand each of us $20 to spend on whatever we wanted, much to the disap- proval of our mom and dentist. After eating more than I care to admit, we’d sprint to the Field of Fun, where we’d spend a couple of hours laughing as we went from attraction to attraction. That is until my mom’s internal clock went off, which meant only one thing. We had been sentenced to three hours of looking at glass salmon, candles and little doily things with our parents as we walked more than the human body is meant to endure. If only we had waited to go to spend our money, we’d have something to look forward to besides the next arts and crafts booth. And that’s when everything changed. As we were leaving the north end of the festival, we saw it. It was radiant, majestic and ab- solutely beautiful. Standing above the trees in the Staples parking lot was a giant gondola Ferris wheel. But not just that. There were 11 other rides all calling my name in unison. The look in my par- ents’ eyes told me they knew they weren’t going to win this battle. Fate had put this carnival in our path that day. For the next few hours, all four of us rode rides until we were either too sick or out of money. That night, as I lay in bed with the giant panda bear I won, I fell asleep trying to figure out how many days until the next Salmon Days. I’m much older now, with kids of my own, but things haven’t changed much. We still go to Salmon Days. I give them $20, much to my wife and our den- tist’s disapproval. I still have (get) to look at doily things. But now, I keep an extra $20 hidden in my pocket for the walk back to the car, where the four of us either get sick or run out of money, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. GET INVOLVED The Issaquah School Board will hold a second public hear- ing on the possible closure of Tiger Mountain Community High School. The hearing is at 7 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Issaquah School District’s administration building, 565 N.W. Holly St. IF YOU GO The first Salmon Days Carnival 42-9 p.m. Oct. 3 410 a.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 4 410 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 5 4Unlimited ride bracelets can be purchased for a discounted rate at the Issaquah Chamber of Commerce for $20 until Oct. 1. Bracelets are $25 at the gate. 2014, the year the Salmon Days’ new carnival came to town The public is invited to the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery for a special tour and presentation — “Salmon Recovery…We Can’t Do It Alone” — Sept. 19. Learn about the impact on the Lake Sammamish watershed of human activity and ways individ- uals and policy makers can create an environment in which salmon can thrive. The Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery has invited those who make decisions within their respective jurisdic- tions that impact the watershed to this special presentation. Speakers will include: 4Sen. Mark Mullet, from the 5th Legislative District, who will speak about the progress being made in Washington state toward salmon recovery and the role of hatcheries in that effort. 4Rob Jones, from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who will speak about the Federal Endangered Species Act and what that means for salmon recovery. 4FISH is proud of the impact its educational programs have on young people, and you will hear from a young volunteer who has been inspired by her experiences at the hatchery. An optional tour of the hatchery will follow the 1 p.m. presentation. RSVP by calling the FISH office at 392-1118. Get special presentation, tour at hatchery By Peter Clark [email protected] Demolition began Sept. 10 on the new residential project to be housed at Seventh Avenue Northwest and Northwest Gil- man Boulevard. There, 344 apartments in three five-story buildings will replace the strip mall and Lom- bardi’s restaurant that had been there for decades. The project not only marks a change in that localized land- scape, but for the whole of Is- saquah as well. Dubbed the Atlas project by developer Lennar Multifamily Investors, it is the first redevel- opment of the Central Issaquah Plan that the City Council expects to shape the valley over the next several decades. “It’s going to be very fast and furious,” Senior Engineer Denise Pirolo said of the construction. “This has just been a blazing project. Everybody is going as fast as they can.” She said the nature of the project and Lennar’s calendar expectations have not provided a clear timeline of construction after a complicated site develop- ment permitting process. “I do not have a targeted opening date yet,” Pirolo said. “This is a challenging site engineering-wise. So, it’s taken time.” The project has received its share of criticism. The prop- erty has an infamous history of flooding, and surrounding businesses and residents made their voices heard in the Riv- ers and Streams Board meet- ings that discussed the permits needed to redevelop the land. Concern revolved around how the building might exacerbate flooding in and around the site. Darlene Cohen managed Gilman Galleries, which stood in the strip mall for 28 years. While she said she agrees with the crux of the Central Issaquah Plan, she sees a bad trend in the residential building that will replace the retail. “We should do this because it will really help development in Issaquah,” Cohen said of the Central Issaquah Plan. “How- ever, it’s not creating any retail. That’s one of the essential parts to this is to create jobs and cre- ate retail.” The question of retail in the property was raised repeat- edly in council meetings, but Lennar representatives said they felt the area surround- ing the site already offered enough. “I’m positive about the fact that the property needed to be developed,” Cohen said. “It obvi- ously did. But it was a mixed-use piece of property and it should have stayed a mixed-use piece of property.” Construction crews took down the strip mall and the restaurant in one day and will begin the long task of grading the site and performing utility work while the building permit process finishes. Many during the public hearings expressed worry that the new residential buildings would exacerbate traffic. City officials don’t expect those worries to materialize anytime soon. “There shouldn’t be any ad- ditional traffic concerns apart from a normal construction site,” Pirolo said. BY GREG FARRAR The high school football season is well underway for students, cheer- leaders and fans from Liberty (top), Issaquah (above) and Skyline (right) as the grandstands become noisy with cheers and chants, and band music fills the air throughout the school district. FAN FRENZY FOR FOOTBALL SLIDESHOW See more photos of sights and sounds of people enjoying the beginning of the gridiron season at www.issaquahpress.com. Seventh and Gilman redevelopment begins See CLOSURE, Page 3
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The Issaquah PressThe Issaquah PressThe Issaquah PressWednesday, September 17, 2014
PITCH PERFECTPatriots shut out rival Hazen, 7-0 — Page 8
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The Issaquah School Board has yet to set a date for when it will consider closing Tiger Mountain Community High School, but it began a public comment period last week that brought dozens of impassioned people out in de-fense of the alternative school.
The first public hearing re-garding the possible closure of Tiger Mountain was held Sept. 10 and generated comments from students, parents and teachers. The public comment period was scheduled to last 50 minutes, but went nearly an hour longer as more than a dozen people spoke about the issue, the vast majority supporting ideas to keep it open.
In June, Issaquah School District Superintendent Ron Thiele presented a plan to close the school for the 2015-16 year and re-open it the following year under a different educational model. District officials point to the school’s declining enrollment, low test scores and low gradua-tion rates as reasons to close.
The board will hold a second public hearing on the issue at 7 p.m. Sept. 17, but board Presi-dent Marnie Maraldo said the group hasn’t set a timeline for deciding the school’s future. The board is required to discuss the issue in public, and Maraldo said it would likely hold a work session to ask questions of Thiele and other officials before reach-
ing a decision.Enrollment at Tiger Mountain
is about the same as what it was 10 years ago, about 100 students
Thiele said last week that Tiger students aren’t keeping pace with acceptable academic stan-dards. While the district’s three comprehensive high schools – Is-saquah, Liberty and Skyline – all have graduation rates above 90 percent, Tiger’s has plummeted in the past several years, from 77.2 percent in 2004-05 to 30.5 percent in 2011-12.
Tiger’s extended graduation rates – students taking five years or longer to earn a diploma – have also dropped. All of Tiger’s extended-rate students gradu-ated 10 years ago, but less than half did two years ago.
Tiger students are also strug-gling to pass state assessment tests. In the 2012-13 year, 45 percent met standards in read-
Public hearings begin for possible school closure
By Brian TwiggsSalmon Days staff
I can remember it like it was yesterday. It was Salmon Days weekend, 2014. I’m sure of this because I still remember count-ing more than 200 mid-term election signs on the way to the festival. I was 12 years old, which meant in my family, this was my 12th Salmon Days.
My sister and I always looked forward to Salmon Days with my parents. My dad would hand each of us $20 to spend on whatever we wanted, much to the disap-proval of our mom and dentist.
After eating more than I care to admit, we’d sprint to the Field of Fun, where we’d spend a couple of hours laughing as we went from attraction to attraction. That is until my mom’s internal clock went off, which meant only one thing. We had been sentenced to three hours of looking at glass salmon, candles and little doily
things with our parents as we walked more than the human body is meant to endure. If only we had waited to go to spend our money, we’d have something to look forward to besides the next arts and crafts booth.
And that’s when everything changed. As we were leaving the north end of the festival, we saw it. It was radiant, majestic and ab-solutely beautiful. Standing above
the trees in the Staples parking lot was a giant gondola Ferris wheel. But not just that. There were 11 other rides all calling my name in unison. The look in my par-ents’ eyes told me they knew they weren’t going to win this battle.
Fate had put this carnival in our path that day. For the next few hours, all four of us rode rides until we were either too sick or out of money. That night, as I lay in bed with the giant panda bear I won, I fell asleep trying to figure out how many days until the next Salmon Days.
I’m much older now, with kids of my own, but things haven’t changed much. We still go to Salmon Days. I give them $20, much to my wife and our den-tist’s disapproval. I still have (get) to look at doily things. But now, I keep an extra $20 hidden in my pocket for the walk back to the car, where the four of us either get sick or run out of money, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
GET INVOLVEDThe Issaquah School Board will hold a second public hear-ing on the possible closure of Tiger Mountain Community High School. The hearing is at 7 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Issaquah School District’s administration building, 565 N.W. Holly St.
IF YOU GOThe first Salmon Days Carnival42-9 p.m. Oct. 3410 a.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 4410 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 54Unlimited ride bracelets can be purchased for a discounted rate at the Issaquah Chamber of Commerce for $20 until Oct. 1. Bracelets are $25 at the gate.
2014, the year the Salmon Days’ new carnival came to town
The public is invited to the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery for a special tour and presentation — “Salmon Recovery…We Can’t Do It Alone” — Sept. 19.
Learn about the impact on the Lake Sammamish watershed of human activity and ways individ-uals and policy makers can create an environment in which salmon can thrive. The Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery has invited those who make decisions
within their respective jurisdic-tions that impact the watershed to this special presentation.
Speakers will include:4Sen. Mark Mullet, from the
5th Legislative District, who will speak about the progress being made in Washington state toward salmon recovery and the role of hatcheries in that effort.4Rob Jones, from National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who will speak
about the Federal Endangered Species Act and what that means for salmon recovery.4FISH is proud of the impact
its educational programs have on young people, and you will hear from a young volunteer who has been inspired by her experiences at the hatchery.
An optional tour of the hatchery will follow the 1 p.m. presentation. RSVP by calling the FISH office at 392-1118.
Get special presentation, tour at hatchery
By Peter [email protected]
Demolition began Sept. 10 on the new residential project to be housed at Seventh Avenue Northwest and Northwest Gil-man Boulevard.
There, 344 apartments in three five-story buildings will replace the strip mall and Lom-bardi’s restaurant that had been there for decades.
The project not only marks a change in that localized land-scape, but for the whole of Is-saquah as well.
Dubbed the Atlas project by developer Lennar Multifamily Investors, it is the first redevel-opment of the Central Issaquah Plan that the City Council expects to shape the valley over the next several decades.
“It’s going to be very fast and furious,” Senior Engineer Denise Pirolo said of the construction. “This has just been a blazing project. Everybody is going as fast as they can.”
She said the nature of the project and Lennar’s calendar expectations have not provided a clear timeline of construction after a complicated site develop-ment permitting process.
“I do not have a targeted opening date yet,” Pirolo said. “This is a challenging site engineering-wise. So, it’s taken time.”
The project has received its share of criticism. The prop-erty has an infamous history of flooding, and surrounding businesses and residents made their voices heard in the Riv-ers and Streams Board meet-ings that discussed the permits needed to redevelop the land. Concern revolved around how
the building might exacerbate flooding in and around the site.
Darlene Cohen managed Gilman Galleries, which stood in the strip mall for 28 years. While she said she agrees with the crux of the Central Issaquah Plan, she sees a bad trend in the residential building that will replace the retail.
“We should do this because it will really help development in Issaquah,” Cohen said of the Central Issaquah Plan. “How-ever, it’s not creating any retail. That’s one of the essential parts to this is to create jobs and cre-ate retail.”
The question of retail in the property was raised repeat-edly in council meetings, but Lennar representatives said they felt the area surround-ing the site already offered enough.
“I’m positive about the fact that the property needed to be developed,” Cohen said. “It obvi-ously did. But it was a mixed-use piece of property and it should have stayed a mixed-use piece of property.”
Construction crews took down the strip mall and the restaurant in one day and will begin the long task of grading the site and performing utility work while the building permit process finishes.
Many during the public hearings expressed worry that the new residential buildings would exacerbate traffic. City officials don’t expect those worries to materialize anytime soon.
“There shouldn’t be any ad-ditional traffic concerns apart from a normal construction site,” Pirolo said.
By GreG Farrar
The high school football season is well underway for students, cheer-
leaders and fans from Liberty (top), Issaquah (above) and Skyline (right)
as the grandstands become noisy with cheers and chants, and band
music fills the air throughout the school district.
FAN FRENZY FOR FOOTBALL
SLIDESHOW
See more photos of sights and sounds of people enjoying the
beginning of the gridiron season at www.issaquahpress.com.Seventh and Gilman
redevelopment begins
See CLOSURE, Page 3
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The event starts at the Train Depot. Make your way through five of Is-saquah’s downtown estab-lishments, each featuring a small cocktail or appetizer, lively narratives and juicy tidbits about the people of Issaquah and times gone by. The event ends at the Hailstone Feed Store with champagne and chocolate.
Meet at the Train Depot by 6:45 p.m. The Pub Crawl will start at 7 p.m. Dress in costume to enter to win tickets for the 2015 Downtown Issaquah Wine Walk series.
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Proceeds benefit the Downtown Issaquah As-sociation and Issaquah His-tory Museums.
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State Parks has also launched the newest geochallenge, Walk in the Park, on the Pocket Ranger mobile app. The geochal-lenge features state parks in 16 Western Washington counties.
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Data shows the district is spending more money per student at Tiger Mountain — an average of $12,585 per pupil over the last four years, compared to $9,758 per pupil at other schools.
L. Michelle, the dis-trict’s executive director
of communications, said the difference in funding is largely driven by lower class sizes at Tiger Moun-tain. Issaquah’s three com-prehensive high schools have a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.5 to 1. At Tiger, the rate drops to 17.5 to 1.
ing, 24 percent in science, and 6 percent in math.
“The fact is most Tiger students aren’t earning a diploma and aren’t meet-ing standards on tests,” Thiele said.
Those problems may only worsen over time, he indicated. Starting in 2019, students will need to earn 24 high-school credits in order to graduate. Cur-rently, Tiger students need 20 credits to graduate, but on average, are earn-ing fewer than 18 credits within four years.
Any students who haven’t graduated after
this year would likely return to a comprehensive high school to take classes under individualized education plans, or IEPs, which allow for reason-able accommodations for special needs. The district has already hired more staff to deal with struggling students at those schools.
But many speakers last week criticized that plan; some said comprehensive-school teachers have completely ignored IEPs in the past.
“There were too many students and they didn’t care about me,” said Erica Reed, a Tiger Mountain senior who used to at-tend Skyline. “Really, they just turned their backs when things started going wrong.”
Kim Lester, a retired teacher who volunteers at Tiger Mountain, said the closure recommendation seems good because the data is indicating poor re-sults. If the school district were a corporation, she said, a shutdown would be a viable choice.
“But you’re not deal-ing with a factory. You’re dealing with children who have very different experi-ences,” Lester said.
Lane Helgeson, a longtime Tiger Mountain teacher, said district of-ficials need to look closely at the definition of an “at-risk” student, adding that he wondered whether that meant simply graduating on time, or larger prob-lems such as homeless-ness, hunger and suicide.
Many Tiger students face overwhelming challenges in their personal lives, he said, and the small alter-native school has provided a safe haven for them that a large comprehensive school cannot.
“We’re trying to make predictions about what Issaquah will look like in three years … and we’re forgetting about the kids we have now,” Helgeson said. “I think we need to start asking better ques-tions before we make any decisions.”
Some critics of the district’s plan said Tiger Mountain is suffering because it isn’t getting enough funding or resourc-es, and called for expan-sion and improvement efforts rather than closure.
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Tiger Mountain
Closing the school will help the numbers, not the students
Closing Tiger Mountain Community High School dur-ing renovations and not creat-ing a temporary home for the school would be a very grievous mistake. The students currently enrolled at Tiger Mountain are there because the conventional high school experience is detri-mental to their learning experi-ence. Sending them to a regular high school for even a year will cause them great suffering and hardship.
I do not deny that Tiger Mountain has real problems that need to be addressed, including attendance and performance. A new school, while undoubtedly useful, will not directly solve any of these problems. The only thing that closing Tiger Mountain will improve are the statistics of enrollment and graduation. No amount of statistics is worth de-grading the learning experience of any student enrolled at Tiger Mountain.
According to school policy 6883, the superintendent is sup-posed to take into consideration and report on the rationale and effects of the closure of Tiger Mountain before shutting down the school. Superintendent Ron Thiele’s report duly contains the rationale, but is devoid of any discussion of effects, suggesting that he has not given them suf-ficient consideration.
Superintendent Thiele has not adequately considered the true needs of the people learning un-der his administration. A school district must be about more than numbers. It is about people, real people with thoughts, feelings and ambitions, people who will be hurt if the school district clos-es Tiger Mountain. For the good of its students, Tiger Mountain must not be closed.
Joshua SchaierIssaquah
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I’m really going to miss Jeff Johnson’s cartoons
I needed to say a few words about your loss of Jeff Johnson.
We moved up on the plateau about 30 years ago and I have always read the local papers. The Issaquah Press has always been a perfect example of a publication that serves the people within its area.
I was sort of an art want-to-be over the years and I had drawn a few sort-of cartoons. I appreciat-ed Jeff’s right away because you could tell exactly what he was referring to and that it applied to the citizens that would subscribe to your paper. Over the years, I would cut out one or two that had a more personal slant…
After we had been here a few years, we had some rain and wind damage that needed repair. By then, I was pretty involved as a volunteer in the area and asked several people about someone who could do this kind of job in a house without making a problem out of it. They gave me Jeff’s name and phone number, and at the time I did not connect the name.
We called him and he came out, looked it over and told us about how long it would probably take him and how he charged. When he started work, it finally dawned on me who he was and how his personality reflected on what he did. His personality was that of an easygoing, very friendly individual who enjoyed what he did.
I admire him for his neat and clever drawings and for the at-titude he presented through his art. I will certainly miss his spot in The Press.
Bob McWhirterIssaquah
Talus
Maybe residents should move to where trees don’t matter
I have read with interest about
Talus residents who want trees to be cut to “improve their view.”
Maybe they should move to Renton. Renton allows trees to be removed for “X” reason and they don’t have to be replaced.
Renton has a “tree policy,” but it doesn’t make developers adhere to it. Drive to Hoquiam Avenue and look at the 5-acre lot across from Hazen High School — Piper’s Bluff. The developer was supposed to save so many trees — 47 — but everything was clear-cut.
Renton officials didn’t care — the developer needs to replace them with 2-caliper-inch trees.
At the end of my road in the May Valley area, four beautiful 100-foot-plus trees were cut on a Sunday to “enhance a view” for a mega house. I’ve asked if those trees are going to be replaced; so far, Renton officials refuse to answer my questions — I’ve been told I ask too many questions.
I am sure these Talus residents would be more than welcome in Renton.
Claudia DonnellyRenton
Trees
Does the city really value trees as it claims to?
I was distressed — as are a number of local residents — to see a long row of fine healthy mature trees (half the length of Dogwood Street) had been cut down. Apparently, they are put-ting in sidewalks and a bridge and working on a water main. There is more work remaining to be done and more trees will be cut down.
I cannot help wondering why the necessary work can’t be done without cutting trees. Surely, if trees are accorded the impor-tance we claim, as a city, to give them, we can show some inge-nuity and innovation to work around the trees, cutting only as a last resort.
Barbara ExtractIssaquah
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It’s been difficult to watch tele-vision lately — doesn’t matter which channel you’re tuning in — and not find coverage of the Ray Rice domestic violence case.
I’ve taken to changing the channel when I see a news an-chor reporting the latest, or the average Joe giving his two cents on the situation. Mostly, I’m just not interested in seeing the vid-eotape again, a sober reminder that some men are still stuck in prehistoric times.
Janay Palmer — Rice’s then-fiancee, now-wife — slaps the Baltimore Ravens running back in a hotel elevator. Rice, who reportedly can bench press 400 pounds, then throws two punches, the second one knock-ing Palmer cold before he drags her from the elevator, all of it caught on a security camera.
Might as well have been some ancient brute wearing a tiger-skin toga and brandishing a homemade billy club. It’s cave-man behavior.
In our society, unfortunately, the culprit isn’t always the one to get blamed. Sure, Rice has taken an absolute scorching in the media, and the Ravens ter-minated his contract after the video was publicly released. It’s quite possible his career is over.
But that’s not good enough for some people. The president of the National Organization for Women, for example, called for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to resign because there have been a handful of recent domestic violence incidents involving football players.
NOW even cited Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, ac-cused of sexual assault in 2009. Never mind that Jones hasn’t been able to defend himself in a court of law, or that a stat-ute of limitations for any civil lawsuit has expired. Let’s throw him and Goodell under the bus, because, hey, they’re multimil-lionaires and look plenty guilty.
Look, there’s no defending the NFL’s previous personal conduct policy, which handed players a two-game suspension for such behavior. It’s an absolute farce.
But the league rectified the
situation last month when it changed the policy — a six-game suspension, without pay, for a first offense; a lifetime ban for a second offense.
Goodell him-self couldn’t defend the previous policy. He admitted he got it wrong. He strengthened the punishments, and that’s laudable.
Of course, that’s before news came down that the NFL received the videotape of Rice’s elevator escapade months ago, way before the initial two-game suspension was issued. There’s now going to be a lengthy investigation into the matter, which is fair, given the seriousness of the matter.
It’s likely that someone at the league office saw the tape early on, but here’s an honest ques-tion: Do we really believe Goodell — whom, by all accounts, is an upstanding person and profes-sional — saw the tape and let Rice go with a slap on the wrist? No one in his or her right mind would’ve let that happen.
Let’s say Goodell is guilty of exceptionally poor judgment. What then? Forcing him to re-sign doesn’t change the fact Rice battered a woman. It doesn’t change the fact that San Fran-cisco 49ers lineman Ray McDon-ald allegedly did the same to his fiancee. It doesn’t change the fact that Carolina Panthers line-man Greg Hardy was convicted for assaulting a woman.
There are about 1,700 play-ers in the NFL, and the vast majority keep their noses clean. It’s these bad apples, spoiling it for the whole bunch, that make it seem like the whole league has a problem when, in reality, society has the problem. Sen-tences for sexual assault and battery are far too lenient.
So, when guys like Rice choose to commit a crime, let’s not slide the blame to someone else.
Ray Rice has the problem, not the NFL
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Neil Pierson
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When we first noticed the baby sparrow, here at the house, it saddened us all. He had fallen from his nest and was slowly walking around the front yard under the tree while his mother and father had an absolute fit.
We knew we were looking at a dead baby bird, as it was only a question of who does it, where it is done and how long before it happens. Years of experience in these kinds of things have taught us the finality of a baby bird falling out of a tree. Would the end come from a cat, or from a raccoon wandering up from the creek, or a snake?
One of the problems with being a baby bird is that almost every-thing with teeth wants to eat you, and if you can’t fly, there’s not
much you can do about it. We learned that picking the baby up and putting him back in the nest wouldn’t work, so we were forced to just watch his timid movements around the yard and whisper to him, “I’m sorry, pal.”
You might think that the older we get, the tougher our shells become to these little natural tragedies, but it doesn’t seem to work that way. Maybe it’s because we’ve now had children of our own, and grandchildren, too. Maybe that’s why it actually hurts
more to see a helpless baby bird today than when we were 11 and riding our bikes on the river trails.
Back then we were bulletproof, flexible and immortal. But we learned things over the years. We saw people our age die. We saw younger people die. We accumu-lated our own little collection of personal tragedies.
Then, the baby found the drain spout. Yep, that little rascal hopped into the drain spout com-ing off the roof and had sense enough to stay in there, coming to the edge of his “cave” only for meals from his anxious mother. A week later, I thought I recognized him sitting on a tree branch, looking smug. He wasn’t in the drain spout and I didn’t see any feathers around on the ground.
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Restaurant reviews are a regular feature of The Issaquah Press. Reviewers visit restaurants unan-nounced and pay in full for their meals.
By Peter [email protected]
Let’s talk about Indian buffets.
When I first started eating this divine cuisine oh so many years ago, I treated buffets like the Holy Grail of exotic dining. Every buffet gave so many choices and so much of them. But as years and restaurants pass, a palette refines and buffets disap-point.
While I looked for-ward to my experience at Pabla Veggie Cuisine in the Meadows Shopping Center, I was skeptical of the buffet. While it did present a good representa-tion of what the vegetarian restaurant can provide hungry customers, it also
fell to many of the same bland faults as other In-dian buffets.
Most buffets at which I’ve eaten, including
Pabla’s, have predictable options to heap on your plate. It’s like there is some federal law that restricts Indian buffets to only offer pakoras, samosas, chana masala, saag paneer and very few other things. I’m not complaining exactly, but it becomes rote and difficult to discern a differ-ence in specific restaurants when the same food tastes roughly equivalent.
I love a lot of spiciness in my Indian food and I believe it makes the meal. Careful to not burn the mouths off of sensitive buf-fetgoers, Indian restau-rants tame the spices until the dishes are just below mild. Pabla succumbed to this in all but one dish, which turned out to be my favorite. The eggplant bhartha, roasted eggplant with spices, was delicious.
Well-seasoned with an interesting sweetness, the dish brought me shame-fully back for thirds.
However, Pabla com-mitted my cardinal sin of Indian buffets — there was no naan. Some came even-tually, as it always does, but for half of my meal the restaurant offered none of the wonderful bread that completes the experience. Maybe I rely too much on the naan, but I am not alone, as most buffets seem to constantly run out of it.
The meal itself tasted good. While my go-to saag paneer dish left some-thing to be desired, the bhartha made up for it in spades. The pakoras and samosas were well done. Once the naan came out, it was pretty delicious, and lighter than other butter-swamped breads I’ve had at Indian restaurants.
I was also disappointed with the “veggieness” of Pabla. Though the dinner menu has a long list, it still
only looked like standard Indian restaurant fare with the meat and seafood options removed. Pabla provides a wider array of pakora options and naan than most, but these seemed mere iterations on a theme rather than providing a unique draw for customers.
The price, at $9.99 for the buffet, is a good one and the long dinner menu has no dish more expensive than $11.99. Pabla also has Thali specials, which bring a whole multicourse meal to your table for $17.99. The restaurant itself was very clean, friendly and well-located. I would not turn down another meal there, even though I might not eagerly recommend it.
I suppose I just want more out of a buffet. The restaurant could have stood out to me as a stan-dard of vegetarian dining in Issaquah. Unfortunately, it was just another tasty Indian restaurant.
Community 5 • Wednesday, September 17, 2014
the issaquah Press4The Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank needs volunteers for its Month of Concern Food Drive. Volunteers are needed from
noon to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays Sept. 21 and 28 and Oct. 12 to help take in and pick up donations, and then organize and put away the donations at the food bank. If you’re interested, email [email protected] Issaquah Valley Trolley needs volunteers, especially those who can help maintain the trolley car and the generator car.
Learn about the workings of a 1925 vintage streetcar by becoming a motorman, conductor or station agent. Volunteer or learn more by emailing [email protected].
Volunteers needed for food drive, trolley
By Kathleen R. [email protected]
This weekend, for the 12th time in 14 years, Issaquah resident Judi Schrager will participate in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day, where hundreds of women and men walk 60 miles over three days to raise money for breast cancer research.
Her goal is to raise $1,200; she chose the figure because this is her 12th event. She is now just over halfway there.
At the end of each day, and each 20-mile segment, walkers come “home” to a mobile city. And that’s where Schrager, 72, comes in.
In 2000, she walked. Since then, she has worked on the food ser-vices crew. She has been committed to the cause since she saw a sign on a bus in 2000, and realized after she started count-ing that she knew nine people who had breast cancer, some who had survived and some who had not.
“And I thought, ‘Wow.
Nine people,’” she said. “You know the survival rate wasn’t near what it is now.
“There’s been great progress made over the years and the survival rates now are incredible,” she added. “And a good portion of the money we raise here in Seattle stays in Seattle, to do research and serve underserved women.”
She loves the service, the costumes, the decorations and the love, and she has made some great friends through the event.
“The camaraderie you feel when you’re in this group,” she said. “Every-one is there for the same
Help local woman raise funds for cancer research
HOW TO HELPDonate to the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for breast cancer research to help Judi Schrager reach her goal at http://bit.ly/1qLgxWX.
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Alpine Dairy trucks and driversp74, #113 Arcadia book caption:In 1909, dairy farmer John Anderson founded the Northwestern Milk Condensing Co., which became the Alpine Dairy Co. in the 1930s. A number of small farms sold milk to Alpine, which produced and distributed a variety of dairy products. Alpine also sponsored the town football team. Pictured from left to right are Everett Harrington, Gordon Crosby, Carl Walker, Jake Borman, Rod Anderson, and Keith Pickering in front of the Alpine Dairy, circa 1950.
OPENING THE ARCHIVES
AN ONGOING LOOK AT MEMORABLE IMAGES FROM
ISSAQUAH’S PAST
The Issaquah History Museums take requests regarding what people would like to see in the Digital Collection. Roughly quarterly, volunteers have a data-entry day and prep a bunch of records for upload. If there is a particular name, place or item you’d like to see more images of on the website, email Erica Maniez at [email protected]. If you have a photo or subject you would like to see in this feature, email [email protected].
The Community Church of Issaquah, the longest-established church in Issaquah, is moving to Gil-man Boulevard.
The first worship ser-vice will be at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, and a grand opening celebration (including a meal to follow) is set for 11 a.m. Oct. 19. The community is invited.
“It’s like we are being reborn,” Pastor Keith Mad-sen said in a news release. “We had dwindled in size over time, but now, we are starting anew with a new mission in this community. We have a special heart for older, traditional people who sometimes feel pushed
out of today’s electronic churches.
“But we want to retain the commitment to the community we have had since our founding in 1890, and to loving people of all ages and socioeconomic levels in Christ’s name.”
The church was in the building at 205 Mountain Park Blvd. S.W. for 45 years, but sold it in Febru-ary 2013 to Living Hope Bible Church.
The Community Church has since rented the facilities of the Issaquah Christian Church for wor-ship. The congregation is moving to 660 N.W. Gilman Blvd., Suite C-5.
Starting as the Issaquah Baptist Church on May 2, 1890, the church didn’t thrive at first. In 1924, the Baptists combined with a Methodist church, which was also struggling, to become The Community Church of Issaquah.
The church has always been active in the com-munity, and was one of the churches instrumental in starting Issaquah Commu-nity Services. The church also hosted Tent City 4 for the homeless on three occasions, and is active in supporting the Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank.
Call 392-6447 or go to www.commchurchiss.org.
Issaquah’s oldest church has new location
Restaurant
Review
IF YOU GOPabla Veggie Cuisine41420 N.W. Gilman Blvd., Suite N34392-47254pablacuisine.com411 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.4Closed Tuesdays
Pabla Veggie Cuisine has good food, is good value
By Peter ClArk
Pabla Veggie Cuisine has all the standards of most Indian buffets.
By GreG FArrAr
Ciscoe Morris prepares to give away a potted flower as he gives a gardening talk and takes questions Sept. 6 at Grange Supply, during the farm and garden supply store’s 80th anniversary party. At top left, a local audience member brought a spotted rhododendron leaf in a sandwich bag, which Morris diagnosed to be suffering from drought. The popular Western Washington horticulture guru gave away several plants and a copy of his 2006 book, ‘Ask Ciscoe: Oh, la, la! Your Gardening Questions Answered,’ (top right) filled with answers to 400 frequent or unusual plant problems.
CISCOE SAYS
Master gardener Ciscoe Morris helps the Issaquah Grange
celebrate its 80th anniversary
ContriButed
Judi Schrager has put together a quilt from clothing she has worn in past Susan G. Komen 3-Day events.
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UPCOMING EVENTSPoker Night, $40 buy-in, no-limit Texas Hold ’em, enter for a chance to win a trip to Las Vegas, 7-10 p.m. Sept. 25, 2550 N.E. Blakely Drive, 507-1107
Ranger Talk and Tour, 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, Lake Sammamish State Park, 2000 N.W. Sammamish Road
Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 4, Duthie Hill Park, off S.E Duthie Hill Road, http://tinyurl.com/TKMBD14
‘Coho Mojo’ Salmon Days Festival, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 4-5, www.salmondays.org
‘Halloween in the Highlands,’ noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 18, Grand Ridge Plaza, 1451 Highlands Drive N.E.
Halloween-styled Historic Pub Crawl, 6:45-9 p.m. Oct. 30, www.downtownissaquah.com, $45
Register for swim lessons at Julius Boehm Pool, 50 S.E. Clark St., classes start Nov. 3, times vary, register at http://bit.ly/VLwyPZ or call 837-3350
THURSDAY, SEPT. 18Rattlesnake Ledge Hike, moderate, 4 miles, 1,160-foot elevation gain, 9 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier
Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org
Tennis and Friends, 9 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday, Tibbetts Valley Park, 965 12th
Ave. N.W., ages 50 and older; registration not required
FRIDAY, SEPT. 19‘Muddy Buddies: A Parent/Child Clay Exploration,’ 9:30-11:30 a.m., artEAST
Art Center, 95 Front St. N., arteast.org, $30/members, $35/nonmembers
Phillip Lomax, 7:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424
Edward Paul Trio, 8 p.m., Pogacha, 120 N.W. Gilman Blvd., 392-5550
Wings N Things, classic rock, 8 p.m., Amante, 131 Front
St. N., 313-9600
Live music, 9 p.m. Fridays, drink specials, no cover, Rolling Log Tavern, 50 E. Sunset Way, 392-2964
SATURDAY, SEPT. 20Community Wide Garage Sale, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Issaquah Highlands, www.issaquahhighlands.com/events
First Aid, CPR and AED Class, offered through Issaquah Citizen Corps, 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m., $30, register at issaquahcitizencorps.org
Annette Lake Hike, moderate, 7.5 miles, 1,400-foot elevation gain, 9:30 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org
Chinese Story Times: Ni-Hao!,
10 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130
Russian Story Times: Privet!, 11 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130
Free SAT Prep Classes, for high school ages, 1:30-5 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130, register at http://bit.ly/1rYQNsx
Farmers market, music by Greg Davis and Acoustic Snacks, Apple Fest, sample and vote for your favorite, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine, Pickering Barn, 1730 10th Ave. N.W.
Tour the Fish Hatchery, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery, 125 W. Sunset Way, reservations required, 392-1118, $1 sug-gested donation, www.issaquah-fish.org
Coal Creek Park Guided Hike, 5 miles, 10 a.m. to noon, Lewis Creek Visitor Center, 5808 Lakemont Blvd. S.E., 452-4195, free
Seatown Rhythm and Blues, 7:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424
Hairstorm, 8 p.m., Amante, 131 Front St. N., 313-9600
The Flash, 8 p.m., Pogacha, 120 N.W. Gilman Blvd., 392-5550, $5 cover
Karaoke, 9 p.m., Rolling Log Tavern, 50 E. Sunset Way, 392-2964
SUNDAY, SEPT. 21XXX Rootbeer Fall Electric Vehicle
Show, 9 a.m., weather per-mitting, Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-in, 98 N.E. Gilman Blvd., 392-1266
West Squak Hike, strenuous, 6 miles, 1,500-foot elevation gain, 9 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org
Mother Daughter Book Club: ‘When You Reach Me,’ by Rebecca Stead, for ages 10-13, 1-3 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130
‘Thriller’ Flash Mob rehears-als, come practice your zombie moves, 5-6 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 12, Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive
MONDAY, SEPT. 22Costume donation, drop off a costume through Sept. 26, receive an invitation to the swap Sept. 28, Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive, 507-1107
‘Figure Drawing Open Studio,’ short pose 9:30-11:30 a.m. and long pose
noon to 2 p.m., artEAST art center, 95 Front St. N., $20 or $30 for both sessions, artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., arteast.org
Spanish Story Times: Hola!, 10 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130
Let’s Go!6•Wednesday, September 17, 2014
‘Walking and Sketching the Camino de Santiago,’ local artist and author Marcia Shaver shares her experiences, signed copies of her book ‘The Artist’s Journey’ will be available for purchase, 6-8:30 p.m. Sept. 18, sponsored by artbyfire Glass Studio, So There Handmade Gifts and Experience Tea, 195 Front St. N.
Schedule this
Salmon Days Golf Classic, includes lunch, dinner prizes and mobile scoring, help Play it Forward, four-person scramble, shotgun start, 12:30-7 p.m., The Golf Club at Newcastle, 15500 6 Penny Lane, Newcastle, $200 per person, info and registration at www.salmondaysgolf.com
‘Knit for Life,’ providing sup-port for cancer patients and beyond, supplies provided, 1-4 p.m., Swedish/Issaquah, 751 N.E. Blakely Drive, open to the public
‘A Taste of Tai Chi,’ learn the ancient art with
Master Yijiao Hong, 7-8 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430
TUESDAY, SEPT. 23‘Mental Surgery: The Healing Power of Divine Mind,’ live online Q & A, 11 a.m., Christian Science Reading Room, 415 Rainier Blvd. N., 392-8140
‘Intro to Zentangle,’ learn this drawing method using repeti-tive patterns, 12:30-2:30 p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., arteast.org, $40/members, $45/nonmembers
Star Gazer Hike, moderate, 8 miles, 1,800-foot elevation gain, 4 p.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S.,
issaquahalps.org
‘Evening Figure Drawing Open Studio Painters’ Night,’ 6:30-9:30 p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N.,
arteast.org, $30/members, $35/nonmembers
‘Sugar Blues,’ learn practical tools for dealing with sugar cravings, 7-8 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430
The Rovin’ Fiddlers, 7-9 p.m., Highlands Fire Station, 1280 N.E. Park Drive, www.rovinfid-dlers.com
Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Gaslamp Bar & Grill, 1315 N.W. Mall St., 392-4547
Ted Vigil, John Denver tribute band, 7:30 p.m., Amante, 131 Front St. N., 313-9600
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24Little Si Hike, moderate, 5 miles, 1,200-foot elevation gain, 9 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org
Citizenship Class, 3:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430
Sammamish Farmers Market, 4-8 p.m., Sammamish Commons, 801 228th Ave. S.E. www.sam-mamishfarmersmarket.org
‘Kids Fun, Food and Fitness!’ learn about foods that support a strong body, ages 6-10 with adult, 7 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E.
Community news College news4Hallie Holton, of Sammamish, was named to the honor roll at University of Kansas, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, in Lawrence, Kansas.
Deans’ lists4Andrew Tierney, Michael F. Price College of Business, in Norman, Oklahoma.4Tyler Westenbroek, of Issaquah, Washington University, in St. Louis, Missouri. 4Kevin Hays, of Renton,
Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. 4Isabelle Chu, of Issaquah, University of Rochester, in Rochester, New York4Sarah Elderkin, University of Rochester, New York4Clare Pfeifer, Lawrence University, in Appleton, Wisconsin.4Local students make dean’s list at Eastern Washington University, in Cheney.Issaquah: Leslie Abercrombie, Matthew Darjany, Jay Deines, Anastacia Lee, Dylan McGuire,
Nicole McKenzie, Andrew Nelson, Samuel Sargeant, Rachel Silver and Nicholas UlrichNewcastle: Junice MarinoSammamish: Anabelle Alamangos, Veronica Angel, Jennifer Bresley, William Carlson, Courtney Duda, Drake Furcini, Deven Kent-Dobias, Kelcey Kiehn, Peter Kim, Aaron Paul, Sarah Pellicano, Kara Ross, Connell Totten, Alex Troyer, Sarah Uptagrafft, Peter Van Hoomissen and Nicholas Washburn
Graduates4Christopher Harlin, of Issaquah, Bachelor of Arts, business administration, Pacific University, in Forest
Grove, Oregon.4Mariah McHolland, of Renton, Bachelor of Science, exercise science, Pacific University, in Forest Grove, Oregon.
Kindering graduationChildren of 33 local families
graduated from Kindering, a school for children with dis-abilities this year.
This year, Kindering celebrat-ed the largest graduating class since its inception with more than 500 3-year-old graduates.
Military newsEric J. Kim has gradu-
ated from the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Leader Development and Assessment
Course, also known as “Operation Warrior Forge,” at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Upon successful completion of the course, the ROTC pro-gram, and graduation from col-lege, cadets are commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army, National Guard or Reserve.
Eric is the son of Edward and Aster Kim, of Bellevue. He graduated from Issaquah High School in 2011.
Army Pfc. Chris Richman has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
During the nine weeks of training, Richman studied the
Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fit-ness, and received instruction and practice in basic-combat skills, military weapons, chemi-cal warfare and bayonet train-ing, drill and ceremony, march-ing, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice sys-tem, basic first aid, foot march-es and field-training exercises.
Richman is the son of Rick Richman, of Tigard, Oregon, and Fae Alexander, of Kent.
He is a 2004 graduate of Issaquah High School. He earned an associate degree in 2006 from Universal Technical Institute, in Avondale, Arizona.
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reason and everyone is there for a different reason.”
She came down with something and was so sick in 2010 that she couldn’t go to the walk.
“I wore the clothing I planned to wear in bed, so I would still be a part of it,” she said, tearing up at the thought.
This year, she and others on their team will don Hawaiian shirts and decorate their tents for the tropical theme. Last year, Schrager won a prize for the best deco-rated tent.
She gets emotional when she talks about why she serves at the 3-Day, year after year.
“When I see little girls on the sidelines, I think about that I want this to be like polio. I want them to grow up and say, ‘What was breast cancer?’” she said. “Doing this and being able to do this is phenomenal.”
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Betty Foster GentschBetty
Foster Gentsch, 85, passed away peacefully with her family by her side in Is-saquah on Sept. 11, 2014.
She was a loving wife and mother, devoted grandmother, favorite aunt, friend and volun-teer to numerous com-munity organizations.
Betty was born on July 28, 1929, in Brooklyn, New York, and gradu-ated from W.C. Mepham High School in the class of 1947. She attended St. Lawrence Univer-sity for two years as an English major before transferring to Columbia University to fulfill her life’s dream of becom-ing a nurse. In 1952, she received her Bachelor of Science and nursing certification.
One week after gradu-ation, Betty married her childhood sweetheart, Thomas (Tom) Gentsch, of Merrick, New York. She served as a certified public health nurse for the New Haven Visiting Nurse Service for two years and then joined the faculty at Yale Uni-versity School of Nurs-ing for a year, teaching contagious disease nurs-ing. Betty retired from professional nursing in 1955, when her first son was born. By 1960, there were four sons, and she had a full-time job as mother and “do-mestic engineer.”
Betty and Tom moved to Miami, Florida, in 1961. Beyond the chal-lenges of raising four boys, Betty found time to be involved with the PTA and Boy Scouts, as well as sing in the church choir and stay active in sports. Other voluntary involvements were often centered on her love of nursing; she ran and staffed a school health room, worked in the re-covery room of a major Miami hospital for 10 years, volunteered at the American Heart Associa-tion, and was a board member and chairman of health services at a life-care retirement facility.
Beginning in 1981,
Betty and Tom embarked on new adventures doing medical mission work in Africa. They spent several six- to eight-week stints providing surgi-cal and nursing care in Cameroon, Madagascar, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In 1988, Betty and Tom relocated to Boone, North Carolina, to enjoy their retirement in the country. Betty enjoyed the quieter life and her interests shifted to horseback riding. She also continued her pas-sion for volunteerism through the local hospice organization and found another vehicle to give back to others by becom-ing a member of Phil-anthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.).
In 1999, with family already living in the Se-attle area, Betty and Tom relocated to Issaquah. As always when moving to a new home, they quickly made friends and became involved in the communi-ty, notably Saint Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Provi-dence Point and Timber Ridge at Talus. Betty once again found her volunteer niche at the local hospital and continued her in-volvement with P.E.O. as a member of Chapter HE.
Betty is preceded in death by less than two months by her husband of 61 years, Thomas Otto Gentsch, and her father and mother Ben and Helen Foster. She is survived by her four sons, Tom, Richard (Debbie), John (Joanna) and David (Karen), as well as six grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, re-membrances and dona-tions in memory of Betty Foster Gentsch may be sent to P.E.O. (www.peo-international.org) or to Saint Andrew’s Lutheran Church – Missionary Sup-port (www.salchome.org). The family is planning a celebration of life in the fall of this year.
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Roderic ‘Rod’ William HydeAug. 3, 1936 – Sept. 6, 2014
Rod passed away peacefully at home surround-ed by the love of his wife and family on Sept. 6 af-ter a lengthy struggle with lung and heart disease.
He was born and raised in Vale, Oregon and was a founder of Marenakos Rock Center, from which he retired in 1996.
He loved watching the waves crash at his place in Long Beach and the birds in his beautiful garden at home, but most of all he loved his family and was well loved in return.
Rod was preceded in death by his first wife Myr-na, brother Vernon Hyde and sister Bonnie Nestor.
He is survived by his loving wife Loretta (nee Stuth), son Bill (Alexan-dra), daughter Jennifer Frantz (Shon), stepson Scott Verner, stepdaugh-ter Andrea Verner, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his sister Lorraine Blakeslee.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Sept. 16 at Greenwood Me-morial Park in Renton.
In lieu of flowers, me-morials may be made to your favorite charity that benefits children.
Roderic Hyde
Joyce B. NelsonLong-
time Preston resident Joyce Bruce Nelson, 94, passed away peacefully Sept. 9, 2014, at home.
A Celebration of Life Ser-vice will be held Saturday, Sept. 20, at 1 p.m. at the Raging River Community Church (formerly Preston Baptist Church) in Preston.
Joyce was born Nov. 21, 1919, at home in the International Settlement of Shanghai, China, to British born parents, Capt. Edgar Bruce Green and Bertha Victoria Dobinson Bruce Green. Joyce grew up in two port cities, Shanghai and Tientsin, China. She attended Shanghai Public School and St. Joseph High School in Tientsin, China.
Her father worked for the Chinese Maritime Customs in the 1930s as the harbour master of the ports of Shanghai
and Tientsin. While in Shanghai, they lived atop the Customs House (Clock Tower) on the Bund. Her two brothers were sent off to British boarding school.
In 1938, Joyce and her mother escaped from the Japanese bombing in China aboard the Trans-Siberian Railway and fled across Russia and Europe to England. In London, she excelled in business school and became a shorthand typist secretary. She worked for the W.H. Smith Booksellers, UK, and for the British government in the Censorship Department during the Blitz.
While working for the High Commissioner to Cey-lon, Sir Claude Corea, who later became the president of the United Nations Secu-rity Council, Joyce declined a position at the UN after the war to search for her father, who had survived internment at Santo Tomas concentration camp.
The reunion in Canada was short-lived, so Joyce went to live in a Seattle boarding house. It was there she met her future husband, Randal Philip
Nelson, who also had been serving in Tientsin, China, for six months, disarming the Japanese as a United States Marine, at the end of World War II.
On Dec. 28, 1949, Randal and Joyce were married in Preston, and began their new life together of almost 65 years. Although Joyce had traveled to many countries around the world, she led a simple life as a beloved wife, mother, aunt and homemaker, who ex-celled at her craft of baking and learned to make many Swedish delights, such as Swedish Tea Rings.
She loved tea time and gardening, and had a pas-sion for growing beautiful flowers and vegetables, reading and traveling to Vancouver Island in the summers. She loved her family, her friends, her church and her community.
Joyce was a faithful member of the Preston Baptist Church, the Preston Community Club and VASA Lodge No. 378. Proud to have become a naturalized American citizen in 1956, she served on the King County Board of Elections
in Preston for many years. Joyce enjoyed, in years past, volunteering at the North Bend Nursing Home, where she served home-made cookies and tea.
She is survived by her daughter Jane, from Pres-ton.
Her two brothers pre-cede her in death: brother Alwyn Edgar Bruce Green, of Tokyo, Japan, and brother Norman Cecil Bruce Green, of London, England.
Surviving her are other family relatives in England: two nieces, Marion Bruce Green Harvey and Cathy Bruce Green, and other great nieces and neph-ews; sister-in-law Bernice (Glenn) Carlson; niece Susan (Charles) Segelhorst and their children, Annika and Thomas; nephew Ste-ven (Louise) Carlson and their children, Greta and Sacha, all from California; and many loving friends.
Memorial gifts can be given in Joyce’s honor and mailed to Adra P. Berry Memorial Food Bank, c/o Raging River Commu-nity Church, P.O. Box 948, Preston, WA 98050.
Joyce Nelson
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If it were a football game being played at Lib-erty High School on Sept. 9, the 7-0 shutout win for the home team would have told the story of a mostly defensive stalemate between two squads.
But Liberty and Hazen were not playing football that pleasant Tuesday evening; they were playing soccer. So, instead, that rare 7-0 score engineered by the Patriots told the opposite story — one that ends with an overpower-ing offensive performance courtesy of the defending 3A state champions, now playing at 2A.
“It’s so much fun when you’re scoring — and then you just keep scoring,” said junior captain Jordan Hemmen, who accounted for two of Liberty’s seven scores.
Things started out slow for the Patriots, a squad looking to replace 10 seniors from last year’s championship team. They didn’t find the net until about 25 minutes into the first half.
It came on a corner kick from senior Sami Harrell, who perfectly served the
ball to Hemmen, giving her the chance to head the ball in for her first score of the night.
From there, Liberty got on a roll and never looked back.
“The floodgates kind of opened and once we got one, they kind of just went boom, boom, boom,” Pa-triots coach Tami Nguyen said.
The second score came not two minutes later, when freshman Sydney Willoughby found the net, courtesy of yet another Harrell assist.
Just 5 minutes before the end of the first half, the Patriots showed the future is bright, when a pair of freshman worked together to net Liberty’s third goal of the night. Makena Carr had the score, while Willoughby had the assist.
“I’m super excited to see the freshman develop the next few years,” Hemmen said. “They have so much potential.”
Liberty scored two more times before the end of the half, as Hemmen added her second goal and senior Megan Downing had her first, while Sydney Abel engineered assists for both.
Kelley Johnson and Abel put the game even farther out of reach in the sec-ond half, when they each scored a goal.
“Early in the year, just for our attacking players to get confidence scor-ing goals is huge for us,” Nguyen said.
Freshman goalkeeper Sydney Argosino and junior Jasmine Curl com-bined for the shutout.
Nguyen said her squad is still finding its identity in the season’s infancy. The goal is to repeat as state champions, this time at the 2A level, but that’s not necessarily on her girls’ mind at the moment, she added.
The coach, who starred at the University of Wash-ington, is a big proponent
of making sure her team plays its best at the right time, just as last year’s squad did, coming togeth-er for a thrilling playoff run.
“Obviously, state’s a goal of ours, but we just take it one game at a time,” she said.
Liberty played its Renton Highlands neigh-bor for the first time in 10 years, and proceeded to put together a match so decisive, the Liberty student section earned the right to chant “We run Renton” as the game came to a close.
That chant continued Sept. 12, when the Liberty football team put together an equally dominant per-formance, defeating the Highlanders, 56-6.
By Neil [email protected]
Don Braman likes to use the nonleague schedule to discover which players work best in certain positions, and the coach may have tougher decisions to make based on the Skyline Spartans’ first three soccer matches.
After traveling to Oregon and defeating two oppo-nents by a combined score of 9-1, the Spartans re-turned to their home venue Sept. 9 and were just as impressive, whipping the Jackson Timberwolves, 4-0, behind goals from four different players.
Skyline substituted freely throughout the match — particularly at midfield and forward — and put the game away early in the second half on goals from Kelli Sullivan and Lindsey Fujiwara.
“We were really excited to get out and play our first home game,” said Gabby Hart, a junior forward. “We definitely had a good first half, but we really picked it up in the second half and got things more organized.”
Jackson was able to maintain possession for much of the first half and took seven shots, although none of them wound up on goal. Still, the Timber-wolves frustrated the Spar-tans until the 26th minute, when Amanda Johnston found Hart in front of the net for the opening goal.
“Amanda had an amaz-ing run down the majority of the field … and she just crossed it, and I was in the right spot at the right time to finish it,” Hart said.
With a 1-0 halftime lead, the result was far from so-lidified, and Hart said the Spartans tried to connect more passes and attack Jackson’s flanks.
It was a mistake in the middle, however, that cost the T-Wolves a second goal in the 55th minute. Sul-livan found herself alone from 35 yards out, and blasted a shot over goal-keeper Callie Van Aelst.
Two minutes later, Sul-livan slipped a pass behind the defense to Fujiwara, who neatly finished her shot for a 3-0 lead.
“I really liked the energy Lindsey Fujiwara brought to us in the second half,” Braman said. “She worked her tail off, had a fabulous goal — first touch, left foot, just put it in the side net where it needed to be.”
Skyline capped the scor-ing in the 69th minute when Candace Hunter beat Van Aelst with a one-touch shot. Sullivan picked up her second assist of the night on the play.
Meanwhile, the Spartans’ defense proved impen-etrable. The back line of Natalie Neumiller, Bianca Lindberg, Bridget Harrod and senior captain Abbey Porter held Jackson score-less. The T-Wolves had 13 shots in all, but only three were on goal, and most came from outside the penalty box.
“Jackson is a good team, and it was good for us to see that level of challenge,” Braman said. “I’m certain-ly pleased we put up four goals, and probably more pleased that we put up a shutout against a quality opponent.”
Porter is the only mem-ber of the back four with previous varsity experi-ence, but Skyline has given up only one goal in three matches, a sign the new players are meshing well.
“The leadership that Abbey has shown has been instrumental in helping Bridget Harrod feel com-fortable as a center back, and those two are working together really well right now,” Braman noted.
Senior Katie Gibian will be the goalkeeper for the foreseeable future. Braman typically rotates keep-ers, but sophomore Molly Monroe broke a bone in her hand and will be out of action for a while.
Spartans rough up Timberwolves, 4-0
By Dale Garvey
Gabby Hart, Skyline High School junior forward, plays Sept. 9 in a soccer match against Jackson High School. Hart scored the opening goal as the Spartans defeated the visiting Timberwolves, 4-0.
Sam Reardon, Issaquah High School senior, gets an intense bead on the ball in a volley against Ryan Ludeman, of Tahoma, during their Sept. 10 tennis match. Reardon won, 6-1, 6-0. He also won a hard-fought Sept. 12 match against Bellevue, 0-6, 7-6(5), 10-8. Other winners included sophomore Gabriel Bacerdo, Sept. 10 against Tahoma, 6-3, 6-2, and sophomore Jack Suh, Sept. 12 against Bellevue, 6-2, 6-1.
By GreG Farrar
EAGLES MAKE A RACKET
Patriots overpower Highlanders, 7-0
By GreG Farrar
Jordan Hemmen (14), Liberty High School junior defender, watches her header score the first point for the Patriots in a 7-0 win Sept. 9 over Hazen High School.
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PUBLIC NOTICE 14‑1266SEPA DETERMINATION
Pursuant to the provisions of Is- saquah Ordinance No. 1633 and the State Environmental Policy Act, Chapters 43.21[c] RCW and WAC 197-11-510, notice is hereby given that the City of Issaquah issued a Mitigated Determination of Nonsignifi- cance (MDNS) on September 17, 2014 for a proposal to remediate con- taminated soil resulting from former underground storage tanks. The pro- posal includes excavating and dispos- ing of an estimated 800 cubic yards of contaminated soil in a 3,600 SF area, adding an oxygen-releasing compound to aid natural remediation, backfilling and resurfacing the exca- vation area, and groundwater sam- pling to evaluate the effectiveness of the remedial actions. The project site address is 5210 East Lake Sammamish Parkway.Permit number: SW14-00057After review of a completed environ- mental checklist and other informa- tion on file with the agency, the City of Issaquah has determined this pro- posal would not have a probable sig- nificant adverse impact on the environment.This MDNS is issued under WAC 197-11-340(2) and 197-11-680(3)(a)- vii. There is a 21-day combined com- ment/appeal period between Septem- ber 17, 2014 and October 8, 2014. Anyone wishing to comment may sub- mit written comments to the Respon- sible Official. The Responsible Offi- cial will reconsider the determination based on timely comments. Any per- son aggrieved by this determination may appeal by filing a Notice of Ap- peal with the City of Issaquah Permit Center. Appellants should prepare specific factual objections. Copies of the environmental determination and other project application materials are available from the Issaquah Development Services Department, 1775 12th Avenue NW.
Peter Rosen, SEPA Responsible Official(425) 837-3094
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PUBLIC NOTICE 14‑1265
NOTICE TO CREDITORSEstate of Carolyn Jean Spaulding
SUPERIOR COURT OF THEState of Washington for King County. Estate of Carolyn Jean Spaulding De- ceased. No. 13-4-10747-1 SEA. Pro- bate Notice to Creditors (RCW11.- 40.030). The personal named below has been appointed as Personal Rep- resentative of this estate. Any per- sons having a claim against the dece- dent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise ap- plicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing the personal representative at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the latter of:(1)Thirty days after the personal rep- resentative served or mailed the no- tice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, ex- cept as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.Date of first Publication.September 10, 2014Personal RepresentativeMichael JP Tucker111 292nd. Ave SEFall City, WA 98024425/445-0771
Published in The Issaquah Press on September 10, 17 and 24, 2014.
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Macaroni Kid is promot-ing the annual Do Some-thing Great drive to get people involved in their community.
The organization is spon-soring:4Sept. 18: Bounce to
Benefit Animals, 4-6 p.m., Kidz Bounce, 8178 304th Ave S.E., Issaquah. A per-cent of proceeds will go to the Seattle Humane Society. Families are encouraged to donate needed items. Children can also visit the MaxMobile, an adoption bus filled with adoptable animals.4Sept. 19: Storytime &
Indoor Play, 9:30 a.m. to noon, Let’s Play, 1804 E. Beaver Lake Drive S.E., Sammamish. Bring one or more gently used books to donate to Eastside Baby Corner. Enjoy a fun storytime at 10 a.m. and preview music class at 10:30 a.m.4Sept. 19-20: Garage
sale to raise funds for CDH Research at Seattle Chil-dren’s, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at 36603 S.E. Woody Creek Lane, Snoqualmie. Donate lightly used, good to great condition items to the CDH Warriors ([email protected]) for fundraising.4Sept. 20: Official Do
Something Great Day, Cookies for Kids Cancer bake sale to raise aware-ness and funds for child-hood cancer research at the Snoqualmie Valley Block Party. Bakers and money-takers are needed. To volunteer, email [email protected].
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All About Socks & More has opened in Issaquah, offering the latest in foot-wear.
The store is in Gilman Village at 1420 N.W. Gil-man Blvd., Suite No. 2.
All About Socks & More offers medical socks, ath-letic socks, bamboo socks, holiday socks and even tights and leggings. The store also offers a variety of biking gear, intimate apparel, body shapers, lounge wear, children’s hats, booties and more.
The store is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday; closed Sundays.
Call 392-0394 or go to www.allaboutsocks.com.
Buy or sell at unique auto and car fair
The Northwest Auto and Boat Fair is bringing the “for sale by owner” con-cept to a whole different level with its first event.
Watercraft and vehicle sellers can reach hundreds of potential buyers without much hassle when they drop off their goods at Bel-
levue College this weekend.Sellers can bring water-
craft, cars, trucks, motor-cycles, RVs or ATVs from 4-9 p.m. Friday, or anytime during the event.
Sellers pay $50 per vehicle, with an additional $20 for vehicles longer than 20 feet. Organizers provide forms and signage, and ensure 24-hour super-vision of vehicles. Owners aren’t allowed to stay with their vehicles.
Buyers can come and browse for free, and get an up-close look at vehicles without the pressure of salespeople. If they’re
interested, they can simply call the owner to work out a deal.
The fair is from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sept. 20, and then from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 21 at Bellevue College, 3000 Landerholm Circle S.E., Bellevue.
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Calling all zombies for downtown walk
The fifth annual Is-saquah Zombie Walk returns to downtown Issaquah from 2:30-5:30 p.m. Oct. 18.
Zombies of all ages are
invited to rise up and meet at the Hailstone Feed Store, 232 Front St. N., to creep through downtown and fin-ish with a flash-mob dance performance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” on the steps of City Hall.
After the performance, there will be a “Dead Guy” party at the Issaquah Brew House and Zombie fish tours and family activities at the salmon hatchery.
In preparation, free “Thriller” dance lessons are being offered on a drop-in basis from 5-6 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 12 at Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive.
Learn more at http://bit.ly/1m8iWuA.
Charity run benefits lake salmon
Help benefit Lake Sam-mamish kokanee salmon restoration efforts at the Run With the Kokanee 5K and 10K charity race Oct. 18 at Lake Sammamish State Park.
Proceeds benefit the Bellevue-Issaquah Chapter of Trout Unlimited and its efforts to save Lake Sam-mamish kokanee.
Learn more at http://nwtrailruns.com/events/run-kokanee.
Comment on proposed transportation projects
The Puget Sound Re-gional Council is seeking public comment on two local projects:4East Lake Sammamish
Parkway Southeast — $2,456,1614East Lake Sammamish
Trail, South Sammamish Segment A Construction — $750,000
Learn more at www.psrc.org/transportation/tip.
Projects recommended for funding in East King County are among hundreds of transportation improve-ments, including bridge re-pairs, new light rail exten-sions, bus service, pavement preservation and sidewalks, that will be underway through 2018 around the Puget Sound region.
A complete list of projects and more detailed informa-tion is available online at psrc.org.
The public comment pe-riod is through Oct. 23. The council’s executive board is scheduled to approve the final 2015-18 Transporta-tion Improvement Program that day.
Comment by mail at Puget Sound Regional Council, Attn: Kelly Mc-Gourty, 1011 Western Ave., Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98104-1035; email at [email protected]; or in person Oct. 19 or 23 at the council office, 1011 West-ern Ave., Suite 500, Seattle.
Fundraiser tops $75,000 for food, clothing bank
The Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank’s second annual Recipe for Hope Breakfast Sept. 9 raised more than $75,000.
Food bank officials plan to put the donations to good use by growing programs, improving the facility, in-creasing outreach, ensuring there are no hungry kids in local schools nor hungry seniors alone at home, and leaving no one without a safety net, Executive Direc-tor Cori Walters wrote in an email to supporters.
See a video about the needs of the food bank at http://bit.ly/1tKVWEv.
Donations are still be-ing accepted to help fund operations at the food and clothing bank. Learn more at http://bit.ly/1dP5Kli.
