Community calendar
June 30, 2009
Kids love a parade Issaquah’s Downhome 4th of July & Heritage Festival is from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. in historic downtown. The Kids, Pets ’N Pride Parade is at 11 a.m. There will be free, old-fashioned games, pony rides, a pie eating contest and live entertainment. There will also be an arts and crafts show, all-American food, a rummage sale and activities. Call 392-0661 or 392-3500.File Kids love a parade Issaquah’s Downhome 4th of July & Heritage Festival is from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. in historic downtown. The Kids, Pets ’N Pride Parade is at 11 a.m. There will be free, old-fashioned games, pony rides, a pie eating contest and live entertainment. There will also be an arts and crafts show, all-American food, a rummage sale and activities. Call 392-0661 or 392-3500. File
Events
Kids love a parade Issaquah’s Downhome 4th of July & Heritage Festival is from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. in historic downtown. The Kids, Pets ’N Pride Parade is at 11 a.m. There will be free, old-fashioned games, pony rides, a pie eating contest and live entertainment. There will also be an arts and crafts show, all-American food, a rummage sale and activities. Call 392-0661 or 392-3500.File Kids love a parade Issaquah’s Downhome 4th of July & Heritage Festival is from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. in historic downtown. The Kids, Pets ’N Pride Parade is at 11 a.m. There will be free, old-fashioned games, pony rides, a pie eating contest and live entertainment. There will also be an arts and crafts show, all-American food, a rummage sale and activities. Call 392-0661 or 392-3500. File
The Issaquah History Museums presents its eighth annual Heritage Day from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. July 4 in and around the Issaquah Train Depot, 50 Rainier Blvd. N. In addition to learning about Issaquah’s history, people can try on old-fashioned clothing at a dress up station, make butter and whipped cream the old-fashioned way and much more. Volunteers are needed for the activities. Call 392-3500. Read more
Delphine ‘Del’ Ann Westlake
June 30, 2009
Delphine Westlake
Delphine “Del” Ann Westlake, formerly of Preston, died Sunday, June 21, 2009, at Honeydew Home Care, Renton. She was 81. Read more
Issaquah named in traffic camera lawsuit
June 30, 2009
A pair of class-action lawsuits target Issaquah and more than a dozen other Washington cities for a key piece of their law enforcement arsenal: traffic cameras. Read more
Issaquah restaurateur faces federal charges
June 30, 2009
Immigration agents arrested Issaquah restaurateur Varee Bradford last week on federal charges of paying her employees to enter “sham marriages” with Thai citizens to help them to stay in the United States. Read more
Second swim pool still years away
June 30, 2009
Swimmers with hopes to cool off at a city pool in the Issaquah Highlands will instead have to cool their heels: Plans to build a second municipal pool and overhaul the existing Julius Boehm Pool are years distant. Read more
Dorothy Clara Coons
June 30, 2009
Dorothy Coons
Dorothy Clara Coons, of Sammamish, died Tuesday, June 23, 2009, in Seattle. She was 82.
Enjoy the classics at green concerts
June 30, 2009
What could be better than spreading out a blanket and chilling to good tunes under the summer sunshine?
If you’re up for a rockin’ good time, without traveling far, Concerts on the Green is your solution.
For 13 years, the city has sponsored the concerts at the community center, with family friendly tunes and great hits from days past. This year’s lineup should rival that, according to David Harris, the event’s organizer.
“I think it’s about bringing families and people together,” he said. “It’s about bringing the community together.” Read more
Off The Press
June 30, 2009
Greg Farrar Press Photographer
Change we can believe in? That’s fine, I can live with that.
What I can’t take is change that’s driving me nuts.
I’m getting tired of all this darn change. Somebody slow it down!
Look at what’s gone away in just the past year:
Lewis Hardware, Allen’s Furniture and (G.I.) Joe’s. Read more
Bearup, Detrick
June 30, 2009
Jennifer Bearup and Brad Detrick
Jennifer Bearup, of Selah, Wash., and Brad Detrick, of Redmond, announce their engagement. The couple plans to marry Aug. 29, 2009, at the Washington Cathedral, 12300 Woodinville-Redmond Road, Redmond.
The bride to be, the daughter of John and Susan Bearup, of Selah, is a 2000 graduate of Selah High School. She earned a degree in elementary education at Central Washington University and works as a kindergarten teacher at Satus Elementary School. Read more
Experimental plane crash lands into lake
June 30, 2009
Paul Weston pointed to a purple dot, about the size of dime, on the crook of his right arm — the only sign on his body that he had just crashed a plane into Lake Sammamish. Read more
