High school math adoption is put on hold
June 30, 2009
After community concern and lack of clarity from the state, Issaquah School District Superintendent Steve Rasmussen told school board members June 24 that he decided to delay a high school math curriculum adoption for a year. Read more
Ith, Feder
June 30, 2009
Madeline Ith and Alan Feder
Madeline Ith and Alan Feder were married Oct. 25, 2008, on the beach in Maui.
Madeline, the daughter of Sophal and Narin Ith, of Vancouver, Wash., is a 2000 graduate of Evergreen High School.
Her bridal attendants were Marlana Ith, Amelia Chheang, Carisa McCathern, Serena Creagan, Ashley Lund and Brooke Velazquez. Read more
Swedish groundbreaking set for September
June 30, 2009
Swedish Medical Center executives will break ground on a hospital campus in the Issaquah Highlands in late September. Read more
Press Editorial
June 30, 2009
Have we seen the end of the big wave of business closures in Issaquah? We can only hope so. Read more
Patriots’ track coach leads by example
June 30, 2009
Michael Smith (right) starts his watch and heads out with other runners June 13 on the 7.6-mile Cougar Mountain Trail series race. By Greg Farrar
A little more than 30 years ago, Michael Smith loaded his running shoes and his other earthly belongings into a pint-sized Honda 600 car and moved to Seattle from his San Francisco Bay-area home.
He never moved back to the city by the bay and the two-cylinder, 36-horsepower micro car bit the dust decades ago.
In the past three decades, Smith has made quite a name for himself in the local running community after winning several Cougar Mountain Trail series and other races. Smith, who coaches the Liberty High School track and cross country teams, can hold his own with runners half his age.
Fresh out of high school, a friend suggested Smith enroll at Highline Community College.
“He said, ‘It’s really green up here and you really have to come here,” Smith said. Read more
Oregon legislators urge Congress to act following attack on Issaquah man
June 30, 2009
Oregon legislators have condemned violence against an Issaquah man who was assaulted during an anti-gay attack while on a spring break trip to Seaside, Ore. Read more
Eagle project is community garden
June 30, 2009
Boy Scouts install the first of three raised garden boxes at the Rose House. Those whose faces you can see are (from left to right) Ed Belleba, Troop 571 Scoutmaster; Zak Vdolek, Eagle Scout and assistant Scoutmaster; Scout Zach Molina; Eagle Scout candidate Nathan McKorkle; Scout Jimmy Boyle; Scout Toby Brown; and Scout Jordan Rabold.By Janine McKorkle
Completing an Eagle Scout project is a huge challenge all Boy Scouts must complete before attaining an Eagle rank.
The project must benefit the community, but the main objective is to demonstrate leadership of others. Fourteen-year-old Nathan McKorkle, of Sammamish Troop 571, had a perfect idea for his project — lead a team to build an accessible raised garden for the residents of Rose House in Issaquah.
“I had a lot of great help. I led mostly younger Boy Scouts, but there was some older ones and some adults, too,” he said. “Even some of the residents’ family helped, too. I had a lot of volunteers and everybody did a really good job.” Read more
Grand Ridge Grows a Garden
June 30, 2009
Grand Ridge Elementary School students and employees celebrated the opening and dedication of their new Grizzly Patch, a garden where students will learn the fundamentals of how to grow their own food and learn about farming and the environment. Students, teachers and parents were given garden tours by the school’s garden volunteers during the day. Organizations, like the Issaquah Schools Foundation, the school’s PTSA and Port Blakely Communities, provided funding for the garden. Contributed
To The Editor
June 30, 2009
Discrimination
Too many have forgotten the Christian principals that founded America
I just came back from Europe. I visited Amsterdam, Germany, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Stockholm, Talinn, St. Petersburg, London and Dublin. Read more
Career Connection Issaquah welcomes job seekers
June 30, 2009
Organizers of a local group that aims to help unemployed people network with one another during their job searches said job seekers have welcomed the group during its first weeks. Read more
