Who’s News
November 24, 2009
Issaquah-based author honored Read more
Regional food drive fills Issaquah food bank shelves
November 24, 2009
A monthlong food drive helped the Issaquah Food and Clothing Bank pull in almost 16,000 pounds and about $1,000. But the pantry still needs donations to feed the hungry as the holidays approach. Read more
Scoreboard
November 24, 2009
Prep football
4A KingCo Conference Read more
City readies snow plan before flakes fall
November 24, 2009
City officials readied plans last week to keep key roads open when cold and precipitation turn Issaquah into a winter wonderland — and cover streets in ice and snow.
With less than a month until winter begins, and with snow blanketing higher elevations, officials prepared plans to alert Issaquah residents and deploy plows when weather turns foul. For drivers who need to venture out in snow, officials recommended checking the city radio station, 1700-AM, emergency information phone line — 837-3028 — and a section of the city Web site devoted to winter weather for updates about road and weather conditions.
Arts calendar
November 24, 2009
NOVEMBER
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New Age Flamenco, 7:30-11:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St., 391-1424 Read more
We’re gonna miss this when it’s all over
November 24, 2009
Hall Monitor Julianne Hay Skyline High School
It’s only November, but my fellow seniors are already counting down the days until graduation. Two hundred and three days, 202, 201…each day gets crossed off in our calendars with permanent markers. Once it’s crossed out, there is no going back.
With graduation comes the start to the rest of our lives: college, independence and careers. It’s the time we’ve been looking forward to forever. We will be free from the high school world.
However, with this realization comes the knowledge that this is it. After these 200-something days are up, our worlds will change forever. Goodbyes will fill the months of summer, car rides or plane flights will take us to our new destinations, and a whole new level of responsibility will kick in. Read more
Skyline rolls over Curtis 49-14
November 24, 2009
Nick Beauchamp, Skyline senior running back, stiff-arms Gavin Thysens, of Curtis, to get extra yardage Nov. 21 in the first quarter. By Jim Simpkins / www.crimsonphotography.com
Scoring early and often has been a hallmark of the Skyline High School football team as it won its way to state championships in recent years. But its performance in the quarterfinal match at Curtis Nov. 21 gave new meaning to its fervent play.
It was over before Curtis players knew what hit them.
The Spartans scored twice in the first two minutes of the game and led 49-0 at the halftime break. The enormous lead triggered a rule that kept the clock running in the second half. Skyline (10-2) came away with a 49-14 win to advance to the semifinal game against 4A KingCo Conference rival Bothell Nov. 28 at the Tacoma Dome.
“We’re just really excited the way the kids are playing right now,” Spartans coach Mat Taylor said. Read more
New Issaquah Creek flood gauge will eliminate a ‘blind spot’
November 24, 2009
City emergency planners will soon have a new tool to monitor rising flood waters: a new Issaquah Creek flood gauge. Read more
Bonners celebrate 50th anniversary
November 24, 2009
Lorna and John Bonner in 1959
John and Lorna Bonner, of Sammamish, are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with a Panama Canal cruise aboard the Zuiderdam, in the company of Lorna’s sister Janet and brother-in-law Henry Arens. Read more
Seattle-area firefighter thanks own kind for help
November 24, 2009
Eastside Fire & Rescue often receives letters expressing gratitude for its services; very rarely, though, does one of those letters come from a fellow firefighter from another department. Read more
