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Brownie Girl Scouts from Troop 42719 recently donated several children’s birthday kits, including cake pan, cake mix, frosting, candles, plates, napkins and invitations, to the Issaquah Food Bank. The Scouts assembled the kits from items they collected while earning the Manners Try-It Badge. The girls, who attend Cougar Ridge Elementary School and Puesta del Sol, are (top row, from left) Lauren Ponte, Makayla Dixon, Eliza Badiozamani, Ally Salvador and Stephanie DeMarco; (bottom row, from left) are Hannah Smith, Audrey Jacobson, Hanna Zakharenko and Samantha DeMarco. Not pictured is Alyson a.
At the start of a recent Eastside Fire & Rescue presentation, Fire Chief Lee Soptich put out a disclaimer: “We are not here tonight to sell you on a boat.” Read more
Molly Nelson, Issaquah fastpitch team catcher, hits a two-RBI single for her team against Bellevue in a 2007 game, as she also hit three doubles that day. By Greg Farrar
Molly Nelson was a four-year Issaquah High School softball starter with an outstanding record and a lifelong passion for the game.
Crouched at the knees, her eyes keenly focused dead ahead, she played catcher like a pro. During her last two years, she called all pitches — often without intervention from a coach.
“In my opinion, there was no one better at catcher or (who had) the ability to play that position,” said Jim Magnuson, who recently stepped down as Issaquah softball coach.
In addition to her great arm and imposing defensive skills, Nelson had a .400 batting average this year and led the team in total hits. She earned 4A KingCo Conference first-team honors and helped the Eagles tie for first place in the Crown Division.
“There is no doubt in my mind that if you had to describe someone as a leader on our team, she would be at the top. The girls respect her and her work ethic,” said assistant coach George Bray. Read more
Adult Sports
Issaquah Alps Trail Club
4June 26, 9:30 a.m., Dogs Welcome Hike, 4-5 miles, 800-1,000 gain. Call 206-322-1535 … June 27, 9:30 a.m., Rattlesnake Lake, 5 miles, 1,400 gain. Call 837-1535 … June 28, 1 p.m., Tiger Mountain’s Tradition Plateau, 5-6 miles, 600 gain. Call 392-1371 … July 4, 10 a.m., Dogs Welcome Hike, 3-5 miles, 800-1,000 gain. Call 206-322-0990 … July 5, 9:30 a.m., Pacific Crest Trail from Snoqualmie Pass, 4 miles, 875 gain. Call 882-3435.
Cascade Bicycle Club
4June 25, 6:30 p.m., Eastside Tour, 20-30 miles, from Marymoor Tennis Courts. Call 392-1347 … June 26, 10 a.m., Two Rivers and a Diamond, 55 miles from Bi-Centennial Park in Tukwila. Part of course goes through Maple Valley and along the Cedar River Trail. Call 572-1218 … June 27, 8:30 a.m., Ramrod Training, 85-90 miles from Lewis Creek Park in Lakemont. Call 392-1347 … July 3, 10 a.m., 40-45 miles from Snoqualmie Valley Tour from Quigley Park in Fall City. Call 747-5273.
Running
4July 21, 9 a.m., Cougar Mountain Trails Run, 10 miles, at Sky Country trailhead. Register online at www.Active.com.
Golf tournament
4Aug. 8, 8:30 a.m., Eagles No. 3054 Golf Classic at Lake Wilderness Golf Course. Prizes awarded for long drive, closest to pin, holes in one, and putting. For further information, go to www.lakewildernessgc.com. For information on the Eagles Lodge, go to www.Foe3054.org.
Youth sports/activities
4Football — Issaquah Youth Football is currently registering players for the 2009 season. Registration continues through June 30. Register at www.issfootball.org.
4Sports Sampler — Issaquah Parks has sports sampler in soccer, T-ball and basketball for youngsters. There are classes for ages 4-5, 3-4, and 3-5. Call 837-3350.
4Pee Wee soccer and T-ball —Issaquah Parks has classes for 4-5 year-olds that teach fundamentals of soccer and T-ball at the Issaquah Community Center. The first session runs through Aug. 12, 4-4:45 p.m. each day. Call 837-3350.
4Little Dribblers Basketball — June 25-Aug. 13, 4-4:45 p.m., at Issaquah Community Center. Class is for ages 4-5 years-old. Program focuses on fundamental skills and concepts of basketball. Call 837-3350.
4Tennis Camp — June 29-July 2, 9 a.m. – noon, at Skyline High or Tibbetts Valley Park. The Issaquah Parks program is for beginners, advanced beginners and intermediate players, ages 7-10. There is another session July 6-9 for ages 11-14. Call 837-3350.
4Swim lessons at Julius Boehm Pool — Register online, at the pool or by phone at 837-3350 with a Visa or Mastercard.
4Wrestling camp — June 29-July 3, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Skyline Commuter Camp features Olympic Silver Medalist Sammie Henson at Skyline High School for boys and girls grades 6-12. For application, go to www.shs.issaquah.wednet.edu/athletics or call 285-2314.
4Lacrosse — July 3, 9 a.m., Fourth Annual Sammamish Shootout at Pine Lake Middle School, 3 vs. 3 Chumash style games for boys and girls, grades 3-4 through high school. For further information, go to www.SammamishShootOut.org.
4Baseball — June 30-July 2, 10-noon, Field of Champions camp for catchers, ages 8-12, Call 222-6020.
4Basketball — July 7-10, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., the Skyline High School girls basketball program holds a camp for girls, entering the third grade through the ninth grade in the fall. Players will work on basketball offensive and defensive fundamentals, play games and compete in a variety of contests for awards. Register at www.skylinegirlshoops.com.
Youth baseball
Senior American Legion
4June 26, 6 p.m., Lakeside Recovery at Skagit Sox (Skagit CC); June 27, 9 a.m., Lakeside Recovery at Pilots Baseball (Newport High) (doubleheader); June 28, Pilots Baseball at Lakeside Recovery (Bannerwood), 12:30 p.m. (doubleheader); June 29, 6 p.m., Lakeside Recovery at Skagit Sox (Stanwood High); June 30, 6:30 p.m., Lakeside Recovery at Garfield Senadores (Garfield High); July 2-5, Lakeside Recovery at Curt Daniels Memorial (Vancouver, Wa.).
Junior American Legion
4June 24, 7:45 p.m., Rips Brewers at Lakeside-Skyline (Denny Park); June 25-28, Lakeside-Skyline at Walla Walla Tournament; June 26, 6 p.m, Bellevue Honda at Lakeside-Issaquah (Issaquah High); June 27, noon, Lux Homes at Lakeside-Issaquah (Issaquah High); June 30, 5 p.m., Coyotes at Lakeside-Skyline (doubleheader); July 1, 6 p.m., Lakeside-Issaquah at Lakeside-Skyline (Issaquah High); July 2-5, Lakeside-Issaquah at Spokane Wood Bat Tourney, 6 p.m., Lakeside-Skyline at North Seattle (Dahl Field).
Sandy Koufax
4June 24-25, Issaquah Dragons at CABA Northwest Regional at Redmond (Hartman Park); June 27, 6 p.m., Shockers at Issaquah Dragons (Central Park, Issaquah Highlands); June 28, 6 p.m., Hurricanes at Issaquah Dragons (Central Park, Issaquah Highlands); July 2, 6 p.m., Hurricanes at Issaquah Dragons (Central Park, Issaquah Highlands).
Adult Sports
Issaquah Alps Trail Club
June 26, 9:30 a.m., Dogs Welcome Hike, 4-5 miles, 800-1,000 gain. Call 206-322-1535 … June 27, 9:30 a.m., Rattlesnake Lake, 5 miles, 1,400 gain. Call 837-1535 … June 28, 1 p.m., Tiger Mountain’s Tradition Plateau, 5-6 miles, 600 gain. Call 392-1371 … July 4, 10 a.m., Dogs Welcome Hike, 3-5 miles, 800-1,000 gain. Call 206-322-0990 … July 5, 9:30 a.m., Pacific Crest Trail from Snoqualmie Pass, 4 miles, 875 gain. Call 882-3435. Read more
Dephine Ann Westlake
Dephine Ann Westlake, formerly of Preston, died June 21, 2009, at Honey Dew Adult family home in Renton. She was 81.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, June 26, at Raging River Community Church in Preston. Private burial was held at Preston Cemetery.
A full obituary will appear in the next publication.
Arrangements are entrusted to Flintoft’s Funeral Home and Crematory.
Friends and family are invited to view photos, get directions and share memories in the family’s online guest book at
Dephine Westlake
Dephine Ann Westlake, formerly of Preston, died June 21, 2009, at Honey Dew Adult family home in Renton. She was 81. Read more
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By Chantelle Lusebrink
Classrooms may have computers instead of blackboards, and students may be researching online rather than checking out library books, but some things stand the test of time. You just don’t mess with field day.
That end-of-the-year, age-old tradition is still going strong and is better than ever at Maple Hills Elementary School.
“Everybody has a story about field day,” said Marsha Kauzlarich, an organizer and PTSA volunteer. “When I talk about it with people, like when I went to the QFC in Issaquah, they donated 10 percent toward the Popsicles and the guy that helped me said he remembered field day and loved it. He also went to Maple Hills.
“Kids look forward to it all year.”
On June 15, students raced from the auditorium to the fields surrounding the school to compete in games like tug-of-war, noodle races, hot shoot basketball hoops, jump rope, bean bag toss, hula hoops, wall ball and spoon races.
There were 25 events students could check off on their purple participation ribbons and several that earned them school records.
“It’s just fun,” fifth-grader Nathan West said. “My favorite part about field day is hanging out with my buddy Jake.”
“Yeah, and I like to play tug-of-war,” Jake Collins, his fifth-grade friend, added.
The event is so popular that Maywood Middle and Liberty High school students return to volunteer, but also to play.
“I just remember it getting better and better each year,” said Gabby Smith, an eighth-grader at Maywood. “Now, it’s the same. It’s simple and it’s still fun.”
“It’s a great way to celebrate the end of the year and it’s a tradition here,” said Polly Vaughn, the school’s physical education teacher. “We do some of these events in P.E. all year. But this is more of a celebration and it’s more fun, because we don’t dictate what they do. They have the power to chose.”
Reach Reporter Chantelle Lusebrink at 392-6434, ext. 241, or clusebrink@isspress.com. Comment on this story at www.issaquahpress.com.
Maple Hills Elementary School students, using a large nylon parachute to play parachute catch, run underneath by grade to get to the other side before it comes down to the ground. By Chantelle Lusebrink
Classrooms may have computers instead of blackboards, and students may be researching online rather than checking out library books, but some things stand the test of time. You just don’t mess with field day.
That end-of-the-year, age-old tradition is still going strong and is better than ever at Maple Hills Elementary School.
“Everybody has a story about field day,” said Marsha Kauzlarich, an organizer and PTSA volunteer. “When I talk about it with people, like when I went to the QFC in Issaquah, they donated 10 percent toward the Popsicles and the guy that helped me said he remembered field day and loved it. He also went to Maple Hills.
“Kids look forward to it all year.” Read more
NEW — 3:36 p.m. June 23, 2009
Immigration agents arrested Issaquah restaurateur Varee Bradford today on federal charges of paying her employees to enter “sham marriages” with Thai citizens to help them to stay in the United States. Bradford, 43, operates the chain of Thai Ginger restaurants.
Authorities unsealed a federal grand-jury indictment in U.S. District Court in Seattle today against Bradford and former Thai Ginger employee Porramin Tangchaiwanna, 32, known by the nickname Golf.
The indictment accuses Bradford of offering her employees up to $25,000 to enter sham marriages with her Thai relatives for immigration purposes.
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June 24
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NEW — 4:26 p.m. June 22, 2009
Swedish Medical Center executives closed June 18 on the purchase of a second parcel of land in the Issaquah Highlands. The property is the site of a planned 18-acre hospital campus set to open in 2011.
Swedish executives bought the 13.4-acre parcel from highlands developer Port Blakely Communities. Executives bought another parcel in March 2008. The planned hospital will be at the southwestern corner of Highlands Drive Northeast and Ninth Avenue Northeast, across the street from the new Proliance Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine center.
Work is planned to begin at the hospital site this fall. During the first phase, crews will build a medical office building and an ambulatory care center. The first phase is planned to open in mid-2011. The hospital beds are part of the second phase, scheduled to open in early 2012.
The completed hospital will provide inpatient and outpatient services, including oncology, cardiac care, obstetrics, pediatrics and neurosciences. The hospital will also provide emergency services and intensive care.
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