Robert Kenro de Michele
March 9, 2010
Robert de Michele
John de Michele and Dianne Nagasaka are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Robert Kenro de Michele, on Feb. 17, 2010. Read more
New training program to restore Berntsen Park
March 9, 2010
Continuing efforts to restore Berntsen Park, the city of Issaquah has partnered with the Washington Native Plant Society to provide community members with local habitat experience through the Native Plant Stewardship Training program. Read more
Seventh-grade girls basketball team wins traveling league tourney
March 9, 2010
The Issaquah Eagles seventh grade girls select basketball team won the championship March 7 in the Puget Sound Traveling League tournament. Read more
Sex offender ejected from Tent City 4
March 9, 2010
Police escorted a registered sex offender from Tent City 4 after camp administrators discovered the information during the check-in process. Read more
Press Editorial
March 9, 2010
No Saturday mail beats another price increase
The United States Postal Service is projecting a $7 billion loss this year, and the picture looks even more bleak over the course of the next decade. Saturday delivery is on the chopping block, but is controversial among many. It shouldn’t be. Read more
Rust eye gets last laugh
March 9, 2010
Teased teacher turns nickname into idea for children’s book
Steve Gritton, of Issaquah, poses with his latest children’s book ‘The Trouble with Sisters and Robots.’ Gritton wrote and illustrated (above left) the book. By David Hayes
Writers just never know where inspiration will strike for their next great novel. For children’s illustrated book author Steve Gritton, it came from an unfortunate incident while cutting shelving for a closet.
“I got a tiny sliver of metal in my eye,” said the Issaquah resident who teaches at Lake Hills Elementary School in Bellevue. “I didn’t even realize it was there until the next day, when my eye got all red and puffy.”
His sister warned him to get it removed before it rusted. Gritton said, sure enough, by the time he got to the doctor, the sliver of metal had rusted.
“Being a school teacher, once word got around about the incident, everyone on the staff started calling me ‘rust eye,’” Gritton said. “I thought that would be a neat name for a robot.”
Now, three books later, the little germination of an idea has been published into the children’s tale, “The Trouble With Sisters and Robots.”
After self-publishing his first three books, Gritton’s latest work was picked up by Albert Whitman & Co. But why a company out of Morton Grove, Ill.?
“I actually submitted the story to six publishers and they were the first to respond,” Gritton admitted. Read more
Arts calendar
March 9, 2010
MARCH
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March Collective Works’ exhibition “Bits and Pieces: The Ephemera of Life,” 48 Front St. N., through March 27, 392-3191 or www.arteast.org Read more
Shelton, Stanford
March 9, 2010
David Stanford and Kati Shelton
Kati Shelton and David Stanford, both of Maple Valley, recently announced their engagement to be married July 3, 2010, at the East Shore Unitarian Church in Bellevue. Read more
Public Meetings
March 9, 2010
March 11
Planning Policy Commission Read more
Controversial math recommendation heads to school board for discussion
March 9, 2010
Issaquah School Board members will get their first look at the superintendent’s recommendation to adopt a new high school math curriculum March 10. Read more
