Final exams are all the buzz at Issaquah High School
January 26, 2009
Hall Monitor Hunter Deiglmeier Issaquah High School
For the past week, students at Issaquah High School have been abuzz with one topic: final exams.
Many students feel the pressure from these exams as the date comes closer and closer, as they try to cram in some last-minute studying before their 90-minute test. Before school and at lunchtime, the library is packed full with students preparing for their finals.
Although the stress level escalates during this time, IHS students manage to stay positive by helping their fellow students study for the exams. Teams of students sit around the library or the lunch table, assisting their peers through a difficult calculus problem, explaining a physics formula, practicing the conjugation of Spanish verbs or describing a literary concept. Read more
Testing season kicks off with Stanford 10
January 26, 2009
Between now and the end of the school year, Issaquah School District students will engage in several types of state and federal exams.
EFR board gets two new faces
January 26, 2009
Eileen Barber
Local fire agency Eastside Fire & Rescue has two new commissioners for 2009.
Issaquah City Councilwoman Eileen Barber will replace Councilwoman Maureen McCarry as one of Issaquah’s two representatives on EFR’s board of commissioners. The other Issaquah representative is Councilman Dave Kappler.
Klahanie abduction story was made up, girl confesses
January 26, 2009
NEW — 2:35 p.m. Jan. 26, 2008
A 10-year-old Endeavour Elementary School girl, who told authorities she was kidnapped from in front of her Klahanie home Jan. 19, admitted to police Jan. 24 that she lied.
The alleged abduction put area neighborhoods and schools on high alert, and community reaction prompted questions about the frequency of stranger kidnappings.
The King County Sheriff’s Office has responded to three reports of kidnappings in the past two years, said spokesman Sgt. John Urquhart.
“Stranger kidnappings are extremely rare,” he said.
The father of a 10-year-old Klahanie girl shows a stack of cards made by classmates after her report of being kidnapped by a stranger. Her story turned out to be made up. — By Greg Farrar
Klahanie kidnapping was a hoax, police say
January 26, 2009
NEW — 9 a.m. Jan. 26, 2008
The 10 year-old Klahanie girl who told sheriff’s deputies she was kidnapped by a long-haired stranger Jan. 19 now says it didn’t happen, police said.
The girl confessed the lie to her parents Saturday evening, and the parents promptly notified detectives investigating the case, King County Sheriff’s Office spokesman John Urquhart wrote in a news release.
The girl provided a motive for the false report, but that information will not be released, he said.
For police, the case is closed.
Liberty soccer player signs to take her game to Gonzaga
January 26, 2009
When Kelsey Werre injured her right knee 10 months ago during a soccer game, she thought her playing days were over.
Public hearing is Thursday to discuss environmental impact of Park Pointe housing development
January 24, 2009
NEW — 12:30 p.m. Jan. 24, 2008
A public meeting will be held Thursday to discuss the draft environmental impact statement for a proposed 67-acre housing development site behind the grandstand of Issaquah High School.
The project, called Park Pointe, would be built in an area on the lower west slope of Tiger Mountain, directly east of the school. Access would be provided by an extension of Southeast Evans Street, east of Fourth Avenue Southeast.
The draft statement was issued Jan. 14. Comments will be accepted until Feb. 13.
Send us your inauguration photos!
January 22, 2009
NEW — 12:44 p.m. Jan. 22, 2008
Did you go to the historic inauguration? See some celebrities, cool sights or even the new president himself? E-mail your three best photos to editor@isspress.com. Include the name of the person who took the photo, a description of what’s happening and who’s shown in the picture.
Child abducted in Klahanie, released unharmed
January 20, 2009
This report was later revealed to be a hoax.
A 10-year-old Endeavour Elementary School girl was abducted while riding her bike in the Madison Place neighborhood of Klahanie at about 4 p.m. Jan. 19.
A man driving a blue, beat up pickup with tinted windows “grabbed her and threw her in the truck, put her bike in the back and drove to the Issaquah Highlands, where he panicked and let her go,” according to an e-mail sent to the community from an unnamed neighbor.
The girl was unharmed, according to an e-mail from the Issaquah School District.
The King County Sheriff's Office has released this sketch of the alleged kidnapper. Sheriff's Office officials say the victim said the sketch is a very good representation of the suspect.
Manga club attracts teens
January 20, 2009
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Audra Mullen, an Issaquah Middle School student who helped launch the manga club at the Issaquah Library, shades a pencil sketch during the club’s Jan. 14 meeting. Photo by Greg Farrar.
The artist sits alone, lightly pressing pencil to paper, sketching every detail of her character from the long, ankle-length coat to the short, unnaturally spiked hair.
The sign in the corner of the room reads, “Please be quiet; this is a library,” but on this day, the meeting room of the Issaquah Library is charged with the excited voices and laughter of more than a dozen children, none of which distracts the artist from her character.
The character, no doubt a hero in an epic tale of fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love and miracles, Read more
