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Scan the QR code to go to www.issaquahpress.com. SOCIAL MEDIA Issaquah chef prepares pizza for president to eat aboard Air Force One By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter The unusual delivery order orig- inated far from the Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria restaurants in Issaquah and Seattle — 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, D.C. The call from the White House to restaurant founder Joe Fugere occurred late Feb. 15, days before President Barack Obama left the capital for a fundraising jaunt to the West Coast. The tight deadline left Fugere and the Tutta Bella team less than 72 hours to over- come culinary, logistical and secu- rity challenges to deliver 40 pizzas to Air Force One. North Bend resident Michael Cisneros, a chef at the Issaquah restaurant, and other Tutta Bella chefs prepared the pizzas for Obama in a loaned outdoor oven beneath a tent on the Paine Field tarmac. “‘The president won’t be able to stop at Tutta Bella, but if you can bring Tutta Bella to the president, we’ll make it happen,’” Fugere recalled from the White House call. The team decided to use a 4,000-pound oven at Paine Field to ensure the pizzas reached the president as crisp as possible — rather than after a 30-minute trip from Seattle to Everett. The setup to cook for the cus- tomer-in-chief posed hurdles to Fugere, Cisneros and the other chefs. “We’ve been making pizzas for years now, and when it comes to the execution of the pizzas, so long as you’ve got your dough right and the oven temperature right and you’ve got all your ingredients there, we all have the skills to make pizzas quickly,” Cisneros said. “Whether it be inside or out- side, it’s the same technique.” The plans for the special deliv- ery started to coalesce Feb. 16. Fugere set up a command post at the original Tutta Bella in Columbia City to create a menu and address the logistics. Joyce Morinaka, director of operations for Tutta Bella, did some research and learned Obama is keen on spicy foods. Executive Chef Brian Gojdics created a pizza using local ingredi- ents — pickled peppers from Seattle-based Mama Lil’s and sausage from Seattle-based PHOTOS BY TOM SCHABARUM Above, Michael Cisneros (left) and Dan Piecora Jr. prepare pizzas on the Paine Field tarmac. Above right, Michael Cisneros (clockwise from left), Dan Piecora Jr., Brian Gojdics, Joe Fugere and Emily Resling stand on the steps of Air Force One. At right, Il Presidente, a pizza created for President Barack Obama, is slid into the oven. Below, Mini Coopers line up near Air Force One to deliver 40 pizzas to the president and White House staffers. By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter Colleagues remember longtime Eastside Fire & Rescue Volunteer Battalion Chief John Waltosz as a firefighter committed to the agency and public service, even as the landscape and the fire department changed. Waltosz, 83, died Feb. 19 after a long career in EFR and, earlier, in a rural fire district and future EFR partner. “He had tremendous respect for the fire service, and he wanted to make sure that everyone else who joined the fire service had that same sort of respect for the job, service to the public, service to the customers,” EFR Battalion Chief Dave McDaniel said. Waltosz imparted a respect for the agency on fledgling mem- bers as the United States Army veteran recruited and trained resi- dents to respond to fires and other emer- gencies. “When new volunteers came into the agency, he always took them under his wing,” McDaniel said. “He really set them in the direction of what the fire service is as a vol- unteer, this is how it’s going to run. He was just a stickler for that.” Waltosz lived near Station 78 — in the Coalfield area near Renton city limits — and responded to calls in the Coalfield, Lake Kathleen, Maple Hills and May Valley areas before retiring in November 1998. Waltosz started as a Fire District 10 volunteer fire- fighter 33 years earlier in January 1965. (Fire District 10 later joined EFR as a partner organization.) “John will be missed for his devotion to his family, his neigh- bors and community service,” EFR Chief Lee Soptich said. Waltosz built a strong relation- ship between volunteer and career firefighters in the area. “He was very well-respected by the fellow volunteers and by the career firefighters,” McDaniel said. “A lot of the career firefighters in the agency either had a direct or indirect relationship with him.” Despite the serious role, McDaniel remembered Waltosz as a genial man dedicated to family and firefighting. The longtime vol- unteer firefighter also made up nicknames for colleagues as a friendly gesture. “He had a great deal of influence on a lot of people,” McDaniel said. “He was just a great guy to be around.” In December 2007, EFR leaders established the Volunteer Battalion Chief John Waltosz Inspiration EFR honors late volunteer firefighter John Waltosz By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter The most innovative business- es in Issaquah manufacture fas- teners for airliners, use technolo- gy to treat autism, and rely on a tiny-but-talented staff to create slick productions. Issaquah Chamber of Commerce announced the Innovation in Issaquah honorees — Marketing Masters, Lakeside Center for Autism and Impact Studio Pro — at a Feb. 22 cere- mony and luncheon. The carbon-neutral community zHome also received a nod as the most innovative public-private partnership. The city spearhead- ed the 10-unit townhouse devel- opment from concept to comple- tion. Leaders from the chamber and City Hall recognized the entre- preneurs’ accomplishments through the Innovation in Issaquah contest, a showcase for local businesses offering unique services. Honorees demonstrate innovation in product develop- ment, services, systems or strate- gies. Before the chamber and city announced the honorees, outgo- ing chamber Chairwoman Kristi Tripple said the contest present- ed a chance for Issaquah leaders to focus on accomplishments rather than economic doom and gloom. The top choices in the contest represented a broad cross-sec- tion of businesses in Issaquah. Organizers considered more than 30 nominees for the honors. “I’m glad I didn’t serve on the committee to have to select these award winners, because it must have been tough,” City Administrator Bob Harrison said. The chamber announced the 2012 honorees before a crowd of more than 100 business and government leaders during a luncheon at Holiday Inn – Issaquah. The honoree in the large busi- ness category, Marketing Masters, creates composite fasteners for Boeing and Airbus planes at a facility in the Issaquah business district. “They provide the fundamen- tal building blocks — the fasten- ers in every single Boeing and Airbus airplane,” Harrison said at the ceremony. “So, in short, what’s manufactured in Issaquah each day in a small light manufacturing facility Registration is open for Community Emergency Response Team training in Issaquah. CERT training is designed to prepare residents to help family members and neighbors during a catastrophic disaster. The training is important because professional emergency services personnel cannot help every- body immediately, so citizens can use CERT training to protect and save lives. CERT courses include disaster first aid training, disaster pre- paredness, basic firefighting, light search and rescue, and damage assessment skills. Participants can also learn how to turn off utilities and about the psychology of disaster response. The training program is $35. Learn more, and register for the CERT course, at the Issaquah Citizen Corps Council website, www.issaquahcitizencorps.com/ cert/cert-class. CERT training courses typically fill up quickly. Community disaster response training is available City, chamber of commerce honor innovators See FIREFIGHTER, Page A5 SPECIAL DELIVERY See INNOVATORS, Page A5 COMING SOON Starting March 7, The Issaquah Press will feature the top busi- nesses in the Innovation in Issaquah contest — Marketing Masters, Lakeside Center for Autism and Impact Studio Pro — in a three-part series called Issaquah Innovators. See PIZZA, Page A6 Issaquah Alps peaks and trails garnered national attention Feb. 21 after USA Today featured the Eastside mountains in a travel piece. The feature outlines trails and points of interest on Cougar, Squak and Tiger mountains — including the long-defunct Nike Ajax missile installation on Cougar Mountain and the paraglider launch site on Tiger Mountain. “Hiking through Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park, on to Squak Mountain State Park Natural Area and into Tiger Mountain State Forest adds mileage but provides a scenic route,” the guide notes. The piece is the latest national recognition for the Issaquah Alps and the mountains’ namesake city. Runner’s World magazine last year named Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park among the 25 best places for trail running in the United States. Issaquah, long lauded in the Puget Sound region for trail- heads and salmon, earned a spot on Outside magazine’s Best Towns 2011 list for abundant outdoor recreation opportuni- ties. “Issaquah hasn’t been totally yuppified,” Outside noted in the October 2011 cover article. “The biggest party of the year is Salmon Days, a two-day festival in October celebrating the return of the spawning fish.” USA Today spotlights Issaquah Alps trails
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Wednesday,February 29,2012 • Vol.113,No.9 Locally owned since 1900 • 75 Cents Issaquah boys basketball bows out of regionals Issaquah man celebrates rare leap year birthday www.issaquahpress.com See Page B6 See Page B8 COMING SOON See INNOVATORS, Page A5 Connect with The Issaquah Press on social media at www.twitter.com/issaquahpressand www.facebook.com/issaquahpress. Scan the QR code to go to www.issaquahpress.com. See FIREFIGHTER, Page A5 — Michael Cisneros See PIZZA, Page A6
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“I would have liked to have met Obama, but I started to think to myself, ‘A lot ofpeople met Obama that day, but very, very few were actually on the steps of AirForce One.’”
— Michael CisnerosA chef at Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria in Issaquah (See story above.)
QUOTABLE�Connect with The Issaquah Presson social media atwww.twitter.com/issaquahpress andwww.facebook.com/issaquahpress.Scan the QR code to go towww.issaquahpress.com.
SOCIAL MEDIA�
Issaquah chef prepares pizza forpresident to eat aboard Air Force One
By Warren KagariseIssaquah Press reporter
The unusual delivery order orig-inated far from the Tutta BellaNeapolitan Pizzeria restaurants inIssaquah and Seattle — 1600Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington,D.C.
The call from the White House torestaurant founder Joe Fugereoccurred late Feb. 15, days beforePresident Barack Obama left thecapital for a fundraising jaunt tothe West Coast. The tight deadlineleft Fugere and the Tutta Bellateam less than 72 hours to over-come culinary, logistical and secu-rity challenges to deliver 40 pizzasto Air Force One.
North Bend resident MichaelCisneros, a chef at the Issaquahrestaurant, and other Tutta Bellachefs prepared the pizzas forObama in a loaned outdoor ovenbeneath a tent on the Paine Fieldtarmac.
“‘The president won’t be able tostop at Tutta Bella, but if you canbring Tutta Bella to the president,we’ll make it happen,’” Fugererecalled from the White Housecall.
The team decided to use a4,000-pound oven at Paine Field toensure the pizzas reached thepresident as crisp as possible —rather than after a 30-minute tripfrom Seattle to Everett.
The setup to cook for the cus-tomer-in-chief posed hurdles toFugere, Cisneros and the otherchefs.
“We’ve been making pizzas foryears now, and when it comes tothe execution of the pizzas, so longas you’ve got your dough right andthe oven temperature right andyou’ve got all your ingredientsthere, we all have the skills tomake pizzas quickly,” Cisnerossaid. “Whether it be inside or out-side, it’s the same technique.”
The plans for the special deliv-ery started to coalesce Feb. 16.Fugere set up a command post atthe original Tutta Bella inColumbia City to create a menuand address the logistics.
Joyce Morinaka, director ofoperations for Tutta Bella, didsome research and learned Obamais keen on spicy foods.
Executive Chef Brian Gojdicscreated a pizza using local ingredi-ents — pickled peppers fromSeattle-based Mama Lil’s andsausage from Seattle-based
PHOTOS BY TOM SCHABARUM
Above, Michael Cisneros (left) and Dan Piecora Jr. prepare pizzas on thePaine Field tarmac. Above right, Michael Cisneros (clockwise from left), DanPiecora Jr., Brian Gojdics, Joe Fugere and Emily Resling stand on the stepsof Air Force One. At right, Il Presidente, a pizza created for President BarackObama, is slid into the oven. Below, Mini Coopers line up near Air Force Oneto deliver 40 pizzas to the president and White House staffers.
By Warren KagariseIssaquah Press reporter
Colleagues remember longtimeEastside Fire & Rescue VolunteerBattalion Chief John Waltosz as afirefighter committed to the agencyand public service, even as thelandscape and the fire departmentchanged.
Waltosz, 83, died Feb. 19 after along career in EFR and, earlier, ina rural fire district and future EFRpartner.
“He had tremendous respect forthe fire service, and he wanted tomake sure that everyone else whojoined the fire service had thatsame sort of respect for the job,service to the public, service to thecustomers,” EFR Battalion Chief
Dave McDanielsaid.
W a l t o s zimparted arespect for theagency onfledgling mem-bers as theUnited StatesArmy veteranrecruited andtrained resi-dents torespond to fires and other emer-gencies.
“When new volunteers came intothe agency, he always took themunder his wing,” McDaniel said.“He really set them in the directionof what the fire service is as a vol-unteer, this is how it’s going to run.
He was just a stickler for that.”Waltosz lived near Station 78 —
in the Coalfield area near Rentoncity limits — and responded tocalls in the Coalfield, LakeKathleen, Maple Hills and MayValley areas before retiring inNovember 1998. Waltosz startedas a Fire District 10 volunteer fire-fighter 33 years earlier in January1965. (Fire District 10 later joinedEFR as a partner organization.)
“John will be missed for hisdevotion to his family, his neigh-bors and community service,” EFRChief Lee Soptich said.
Waltosz built a strong relation-ship between volunteer and careerfirefighters in the area.
“He was very well-respected bythe fellow volunteers and by the
career firefighters,” McDaniel said.“A lot of the career firefighters inthe agency either had a direct orindirect relationship with him.”
Despite the serious role,McDaniel remembered Waltosz asa genial man dedicated to familyand firefighting. The longtime vol-unteer firefighter also made upnicknames for colleagues as afriendly gesture.
“He had a great deal of influenceon a lot of people,” McDaniel said.“He was just a great guy to bearound.”
In December 2007, EFR leadersestablished the Volunteer BattalionChief John Waltosz Inspiration
EFR honors late volunteer firefighter
John Waltosz
By Warren KagariseIssaquah Press reporter
The most innovative business-es in Issaquah manufacture fas-teners for airliners, use technolo-gy to treat autism, and rely on atiny-but-talented staff to createslick productions.
Issaquah Chamber ofCommerce announced theInnovation in Issaquah honorees— Marketing Masters, LakesideCenter for Autism and ImpactStudio Pro — at a Feb. 22 cere-mony and luncheon.
The carbon-neutral communityzHome also received a nod as themost innovative public-privatepartnership. The city spearhead-ed the 10-unit townhouse devel-opment from concept to comple-tion.
Leaders from the chamber andCity Hall recognized the entre-preneurs’ accomplishmentsthrough the Innovation inIssaquah contest, a showcase forlocal businesses offering uniqueservices. Honorees demonstrateinnovation in product develop-ment, services, systems or strate-gies.
Before the chamber and cityannounced the honorees, outgo-ing chamber Chairwoman KristiTripple said the contest present-ed a chance for Issaquah leadersto focus on accomplishmentsrather than economic doom andgloom.
The top choices in the contestrepresented a broad cross-sec-tion of businesses in Issaquah.Organizers considered more than
30 nominees for the honors. “I’m glad I didn’t serve on the
committee to have to select theseaward winners, because it musthave been tough,” CityAdministrator Bob Harrisonsaid.
The chamber announced the2012 honorees before a crowd ofmore than 100 business andgovernment leaders during aluncheon at Holiday Inn –Issaquah.
The honoree in the large busi-ness category, Marketing Masters,creates composite fasteners forBoeing and Airbus planes at afacility in the Issaquah businessdistrict.
“They provide the fundamen-tal building blocks — the fasten-ers in every single Boeing andAirbus airplane,” Harrison saidat the ceremony. “So, in short,what’s manufactured inIssaquah each day in a smalllight manufacturing facility
Registration is open forCommunity Emergency ResponseTeam training in Issaquah.
CERT training is designed toprepare residents to help familymembers and neighbors duringa catastrophic disaster. Thetraining is important becauseprofessional emergency servicespersonnel cannot help every-body immediately, so citizenscan use CERT training to protectand save lives.
CERT courses include disaster
first aid training, disaster pre-paredness, basic firefighting,light search and rescue, anddamage assessment skills.Participants can also learn howto turn off utilities and about thepsychology of disaster response.
The training program is $35.Learn more, and register for theCERT course, at the IssaquahCitizen Corps Council website,www.issaquahcitizencorps.com/cert/cert-class. CERT trainingcourses typically fill up quickly.
Community disasterresponse training is available
City, chamber ofcommerce honor
innovators
See FIREFIGHTER, Page A5
SPECIAL DELIVERY
See INNOVATORS, Page A5
COMING SOONStarting March 7, The IssaquahPress will feature the top busi-nesses in the Innovation inIssaquah contest — MarketingMasters, Lakeside Center forAutism and Impact Studio Pro —in a three-part series calledIssaquah Innovators.
See PIZZA, Page A6
Issaquah Alps peaks and trailsgarnered national attention Feb.21 after USA Today featured theEastside mountains in a travelpiece.
The feature outlines trails andpoints of interest on Cougar,Squak and Tiger mountains —including the long-defunct NikeAjax missile installation onCougar Mountain and theparaglider launch site on TigerMountain.
“Hiking through CougarMountain Regional WildlandPark, on to Squak Mountain StatePark Natural Area and into TigerMountain State Forest addsmileage but provides a scenicroute,” the guide notes.
The piece is the latest nationalrecognition for the Issaquah Alps
and the mountains’ namesakecity.
Runner’s World magazinelast year named CougarMountain Regional WildlandPark among the 25 best placesfor trail running in the UnitedStates.
Issaquah, long lauded in thePuget Sound region for trail-heads and salmon, earned a spoton Outside magazine’s BestTowns 2011 list for abundantoutdoor recreation opportuni-ties.
“Issaquah hasn’t been totallyyuppified,” Outside noted in theOctober 2011 cover article. “Thebiggest party of the year isSalmon Days, a two-day festivalin October celebrating the returnof the spawning fish.”
USA Today spotlights Issaquah Alps trails
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