Who’s News
July 13, 2010
By Staff
Three students raise $850 for three charities
Kaileen Dougherty, Amelia Meigs and Kim Bussing celebrate raising $850.
Kaileen Dougherty, Amelia Meigs and Kim Bussing, three incoming juniors at Issaquah High School, raised $850 for charity. They split the proceeds between World Concern, Haitian relief and ROOTS, a young adult shelter in Seattle.
They co-founded the service-oriented group Helping Hands, which has paperwork pending to become a charitable organization. They sold concessions at an annual DestiNation Imagination tournament, and recently received a letter from World Concern thanking them for their contribution.
Quilt artist participates in German show
Issaquah quilt artist Margaret Wolf is showing one of her quilts at Color Improvisations, an international exhibition of contemporary quilts, which premiered July 11 in Stuttgart, Germany. After Color Improvisations opens in Germany, it will travel throughout Europe Japan, and the United States. Learn more here.
Issaquah musicians perform at Disneyland Resort
Students from the following groups recently became stars of their own Disney show as part of the Disney Performing Arts Program at Disneyland Resort in California:
-Issaquah Middle School Seventh/Eighth-Grade Chorus, May 29 at Plaza Gardens Stage
-Issaquah Middle School Advanced Orchestra, May 28, at Hollywood Backlot Stage
-Issaquah Middle School Concert Band, May 28, at Hollywood Backlot Stage.
Dance groups, choirs, ensembles and marching bands from around the world apply to perform each year as part of Disney Performing Arts at both the Disneyland and the Walt Disney World resorts. Once selected, they are given the opportunity to perform at the resort for an international audience of theme park guests.
Millions of performers have graced the stages of the Disney parks over the course of the more than 25-year history of the program.
Issaquah Rotary announces new officers
The Rotary Club of Issaquah recently inducted new officers and board of directors for 2010-11.
Greg Tozer
The new club president is Greg Tozer, director of operations for Express Construction Co. Inc. in Bellevue. Tozer replaces Carl Peterson, of Minuteman Press in Issaquah.
Tozer has been a resident of Issaquah on and off for the past 13 years and member of the Rotary Club of Issaquah for two years. Prior to joining Rotary, he served the Boy Scouts of America in various leadership capacities for more than 27 years across the United States and around the world.
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