Walter Wood Seil
November 4, 2008
Walter Wood Seil, a lifelong resident of Issaquah, died Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008, at Snoqualmie Valley Hospital. He was 88. Read more
Wanda F. Pascoe
November 4, 2008
Wanda F. Pascoe, of Issaquah, died Nov. 1, 2008, at Evergreen Hospice in Kirkland. She was 80. Read more
Lester Allen Price Sr.
November 4, 2008
Lester Allen Price Sr. died Oct. 31, 2008, surrounded by loved ones. He was 76
Muriel C. Harris
November 4, 2008
Muriel C. Harris, of Issaquah, died Oct. 28, 2008, at the Issaquah Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was 91. Read more
Richard L. Strissel
November 4, 2008
Richard L. Strissel, passed away Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008, in Issaquah. He was 71 years old. Read more
Gordon W. Adams
November 4, 2008
Gordon W. Adams, of Hoquiam, formerly of Issaquah, died in Hoquiam Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. He was 96. Read more
History Museums seeks new building
November 4, 2008
Dream is for 15,000-square- foot home
Chuck Cerar, a volunteer and docent for the museum, makes repairs to the 1948 Ford Model 8-N tractor in the Auto Freight Building at First Avenue Southeast and Southeast Bush Street. Photo by Greg Farrar.
In the old Gilman Town Hall on Southeast Andrews Street, a display of historical artifacts greets visitors to the home of the Issaquah History Museums. The objects impart a sense of old Issaquah, but behind them, cramped offices and inadequate storage space are an all-too-contemporary fact of life for museum staff. Read more
No property tax increase for 2009
November 4, 2008
NEW — 11:39 a.m. Nov. 4, 2008
In these tough economic times, the City Council feels your pain. On Nov. 3, council members decided to spare you more of it by declining to raise property taxes.
During better economic conditions, the council routinely raises property taxes by 1 percent each year. But this year, council members unanimously reversed course, saying this is not the time to further squeeze the citizens.
That 1 percent is the maximum increase allowed by state law without a public vote. The amount of money it would raise is small —about $62,000 in 2009 — but over time, the revenue helps pay down the city’s debt, Deputy Finance Director Trisha Draycott told the council.
While that is helpful to the city, the council did not find it a compelling enough argument for a tax increase.
Veterans Day celebrated
November 4, 2008
The Issaquah Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3436 hosts a Veterans Day Service at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 at Veterans Memorial Field. City Council member Eileen Barber will accept the VFW’s gift to the city of 11 new U.S. flags to fly atop the flagpoles in Issaquah.
This is the VFW’s fourth year of the project. Issaquah High School’s Naval Junior ROTC Honor Guard will fire a 21-gun salute.
Magendanz fills school board slot
November 4, 2008
Chad Magendanz
School board members selected Chad Magendanz to fill their vacant District 4 position Oct. 28.
