Phyllis Lee Hammerbacker (Hardy)
March 23, 2009
Phyllis Hammerbacker
Phyllis Lee Hammerbacker (Hardy) died Jan. 19, 2009. She was 82. Read more
Arts calendar
March 23, 2009
MARCH
25th
ArtEAST presents the “Mobile and Kinetic Collective Works Exhibit” through March 28 at artEAST Gallery, 48 Front St. N. Go to www.artEAST.org. Read more
Jazzin’ with the JamDawgs
March 23, 2009
Scotty Harris (left) plays the saxophone with Chris Leighton on drums March 19 at Vino Bella’s JamDawgs session, where anyone can join them onstage to ‘jam’ on any jazz standard. By Jeff Richards
“You mean that sound that sounds like the cutting edge of life? That sounds like polar bears crossing arctic ice pans? That sounds like a herd of musk ox in full flight”
This is how Donald Barthelme describes an electrifying trombone jazz in his short story, “The King of Jazz.” It serves as all the more reason why you can’t describe jazz; you have to hear it. Read more
‘Stunt Girl’ is great fun — that’s the headline!
March 23, 2009
If you think you’ve seen the best musical Village Theatre has to offer, you better think again. Read more
Issaquah mounts comeback to beat Skyline in overtime
March 23, 2009
Eagles remain undefeated, Spartans winless
Mitchell Kim, Skyline junior defender, kicks the ball away from Issaquah junior forward Lucas Morais in the first period of the March 20 soccer match. By Greg Farrar
The Skyline High School boys soccer team had it all but put away.
Freshman forward Pedro Miola had given the Spartans a 1-0 lead halfway through the first half of the March 20 matchup against Issaquah High School. And Eagles fans had all but lost hope that their team, which had struggled over the past few seasons, would come out of it with a perfect 3-0 start to the 2009 season. Read more
Patriot’s drill team prepares for state meet March 27
March 23, 2009
The Liberty High School drill team rehearses at Maywood Middle School. By Jim Feehan
The Liberty High School Drill team is going through its routines with military-like precision. On a late afternoon in February, the team rehearses in the commons at nearby Maywood Middle School. Read more
Hardy cutthroat trout offer good fishing
March 23, 2009
Dallas Cross
Fish Journal
Cutthroat trout, spunky members of the trout family, have been native to Western America for thousands of years. They have long provided a tasty meal cooked on campfires and wood stoves.
There are many subspecies of cutthroat trout in the Rocky Mountains and Western rivers. We have stocked some Washington lakes with Lahontan cutthroat, native to Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. There are also Westslope cutthroat trout native to our beaver ponds, lakes and streams. The sea-run or coastal cutthroat trout live and spawn in rivers, streams and lakes that usually have access to salt water. Local sea-runs forage along shores in the salt waters of Puget Sound.
An unusual characteristic of coastal or sea-run cutthroats is their unpredictable life cycle. They may live part of their adult life in salt water and spawn in fresh water — and then produce offspring who live their entire life in fresh water, like Lake Sammamish. All cutthroat spawn in creeks on very shallow gravel beds, away from competing species, such as steelhead.
Happy Birthday Seuss
March 23, 2009
Above, Maple Hills Elementary School librarian Carol Fujioka and students Rianna Belaire (left) and Max Szymanski dressed as the Cat in the Hat and Thing 1 and Thing 2 to greet school buses March 2 in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday celebration. Below, Maple Hills Elementary School first-graders participate in the ‘Drop Everything and Read’ program. Contributed
DECA club markets ‘grand’ concert to save music programs
March 23, 2009
Students in Issaquah High School’s DECA club are getting a real-world education in marketing by volunteering their services to a nonprofit organization aimed at saving music programs in schools. Read more
The complete high school experience, abridged
March 23, 2009
Hall Monitor Cassandra Tenorio Skyline High School
Welcome to planet high school. Embark on an adventure of four years filled with moments both good and bad. Welcome to insecurity; welcome to pressure. Welcome to the awkward stage.
Let’s start at the beginning: freshman year. It is the beginning and it’s scary; it is the year that starts it all. These 15-year-olds who have finally received the right of passage that is known as high school might be on a completely different campus, but they still get the not-so-coveted title of “freshmen.” Read more
