Paul Edward Charles
May 19, 2009
Paul Charles
Paul Edward Charles, of Issaquah, died unexpectedly May 11, 2009. He was 34. Read more
Board considers $193 million school levy
May 19, 2009
The Issaquah School District’s proposed 2010 levy package would supplement the district’s strapped budget with more than $193 million by 2014 if the school board members and voters approve it. Read more
Issaquah hatchery spared from cuts
May 19, 2009
State officials spared the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery during a round of cuts that will force the state Department of Fish and Wildlife to lay off 76 employees and curb services statewide. Read more
Fundraiser fights her own battle with breast cancer
May 19, 2009
Evelyn De la Cruz
Evelyn De la Cruz longs for the day when her daughter doesn’t have to worry about breast cancer.
The Issaquah woman has been a tireless advocate for early detection and fundraising for the local chapter of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure organization.
She had planned to staff a booth at the Puget Sound Race for the Cure event June 7. Instead, she’ll be home recuperating from her second breast cancer surgery in less than two years. It’s a disease she’s all too familiar with. Read more
It’s all about water at annual festival on Beaver Lake
May 19, 2009
Sunny Hills Elementary School students point to an area of pollution on the model at the enviroscape presentation booth taught by a Nature Vision presenter during the Sammamish Watershed Festival. By Christopher Huber
The rain subsided just in time for the fourth-graders from Endeavour and Sunny Hills elementary schools to break for lunch May 14 at Beaver Lake Park.
Although the misty blanket of precipitation went with the theme of the day’s events, participants welcomed its end. They were there to learn about water’s role in the environment, not to get soaked in the process.
Fourth-graders from the Issaquah, Lake Washington and Northshore school districts participated in the 15th annual Sammamish Watershed Festival, a celebration of water education.
The festival ran for three days, but each school’s fourth-grade classes spent one day learning about water and watersheds through numerous interactive activities and instruction. Read more
Off The Press
May 19, 2009
Warren Kagarise Press Reporter
Praise DOT for alerting drivers to bridge closure
Before May 4, most drivers crossing the Interstate 90 floating bridge noticed the expansion joints in the roadway only as a quick rumble beneath the tires. Then, the state Department of Transportation announced plans to close the bridge’s express lanes.
DOT officials rolled out a plan to saturate the media by using old-school methods, like newspapers, and television and radio stations, and less traditional media, like Twitter, to alert drivers. Read more
Boehm’s candy maker receives tourism award
May 19, 2009
Tyson Garbusjuk (left) and his father Bernard, of Boehm’s Candies, hold the 2009 Tourism Excellence Award. By Greg Farrar
Bernard Garbusjuk, of Boehm’s Candies, was honored last week as the first recipient of the Boehm’s Award for Issaquah Tourism Excellence.
The Boehm’s Award, presented by the Greater Issaquah Chamber of Commerce, is named after longtime Issaquah business partner Boehm’s Candies Inc. in recognition of the company’s foresight in creatively developing and marketing experience-based tourism.
Police investigate second toilet explosion
May 19, 2009
School officials and King County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the cause of another toilet explosion at the Pacific Cascade Freshman Campus. Read more
Brain cancer remains incurable, fatal
May 19, 2009
Issaquah resident Heather Chamberlain holds a photo of her sister Jenny Lee Higley Lynch who seemingly randomly developed a brain tumor at age 32. By David Hayes
Walkathon’s aim is to also raise community awareness
In the past 100 years, the diagnosis of a glioblastoma, or malignant brain tumor, has essentially been a death sentence.
Issaquah resident Heather Chamberlain dealt with that harsh reality when her sister, Jenny, was diagnosed with the incurable brain cancer in 2006.
“They never figured out why she got it,” Chamberlain said. “It was odd. It doesn’t usually strike someone that young.”
Chamberlain said there was no family history of cancer, so they were shocked when Jenny, 32, was diagnosed — especially since she was pregnant. Read more
Press Editorial
May 19, 2009
Celebrate Memorial Day with a staycation
There’s a new buzz word in the air, and it couldn’t be more relevant than now, at the start of the Memorial Day weekend, when we make the mental shift toward summer. That word? Staycation.
