Arts Calendar
December 27, 2011
DECEMBER
28th
Wings N Things, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Field of Champions, 385 N.W. Gilman Blvd., 392-7111
“Annie Get Your Gun,” through Dec. 31 Village Theatre, Francis J. Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N., $22 to $62, 392-2202 or www.villagetheatre.org
Evergreen Philharmonic 25th anniversary reunion concert, featuring former and current musicians, 6 p.m. Issaquah High School Performing Arts Center, 700 Second Ave. S.E., www.facebook.com/evergreenphilharmonic
Community Calendar
December 27, 2011
Events
Master Naturalist Training Program, an 11-week training program on wildlife ecology, wetland management, forest restoration, cultural history, plant identification, environmental interpretation and more, presented by the Bellevue Parks & Community Services, is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays, Feb. 3 through April 13, at the Lewis Creek Visitor Center, 5808 Lakemont Blvd. S.E. Apply at www.bellevuewa.gov/environmental-volunteering.htm. Learn more by contacting Alexandra DySard at 452-4195 or adysard@bellevuewa.gov. Applications are due by Jan. 6.
The Boy Scouts will be going through Sammamish and Issaquah Highlands neighborhoods to pick up and recycle Christmas trees. Place your tree and suggested donation of $15 to $30 (check only, payable to Boy Scouts of America) curbside by 8 a.m. Trees with tinsel or nails or flocked trees cannot be accepted. Learn more at www.scouttreedrive.org.
“The iPad as an Assistive Device,” a free presentation by the Issaquah Special Needs Group and Life Enrichment Options, is from 7-8:30 p.m. Jan. 10 at Clark Elementary Library, 500 Second Ave. S.E. Email info@ issaquahspecialneedsgroup.org.
Sports Calendar
December 27, 2011
Adult sports
Issaquah Alps Trails Club
Dec. 30, 10 a.m., Dogs Welcome Hike, 4-6 miles, 800- to 1,200-foot elevation gain. Call 481-2341 … Dec. 31, 9:30 a.m., Twin Falls, 3 miles, 600-800-foot elevation gain. Call 427-8449 … Jan. 1, 10 a.m., Dogs Welcome Hike, 6-10 miles, 800-to-2,000-foot elevation gain. Call 481-2341.
Cascade Bicycle Club
Dec. 30, 10 a.m., Enatai-Bellevue-Issaquah loop, 38 miles from Enatai Beach Park in Bellevue. Call 891-7079 … Dec. 31, 11 a.m., Issaquah Alps and May Creek Valley tour, 25 miles from Issaquah Park & Ride overflow lot., Call 206-909-7742.
Clubs
December 27, 2011
Eastside Chapter of Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG): 7-9 p.m. third Thursday, First United Methodist Church, 1934 108th Ave. N.E., Bellevue, 206-325-7724, www.bellevue-pflag.org
Eastside Genealogy Society: 7:30 p.m. second Thursday, Bellevue Library, 1111 110th Ave. N.E., www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wakcegs
Eastside Mothers and More: Second Tuesday 7-9 p.m., Eastshore Unitarian Church, Room E202, 12700 S.E. 32nd St., Bellevue, wwweastsidemothersandmore.org
Best (Unseen) Photos of 2011 / Dec. 27, 2011
December 27, 2011
King County executive orders inquest into Issaquah police shooting
December 27, 2011
NEW — 11:10 a.m. Dec. 27, 2011
King County Executive Dow Constantine on Tuesday ordered a prosecutor-led inquest into the lethal shootout at Clark Elementary School — a standard procedure in officer-involved shootings.
Ronald Ficker
The action came a little more than three months after Ronald W. Ficker, 51, trekked across downtown Issaquah, brandishing rifles at passers-by. The bizarre episode ended on the elementary school campus as police officers and Ficker exchanged gunfire.
In the days before the Sept. 24 incident, Ficker told others, “Something big is going to happen.” Then, the day before the shootout, he rented a Kia sedan at a Seattle rental car counter, drove more than 450 miles and, just after 11 a.m. Sept. 24, abandoned the car at a downtown Issaquah intersection and set off to Clark Elementary.
City, King County offer options for recycling Christmas trees
December 26, 2011
NEW — 10 a.m. Dec. 26, 2011
Christmas is history, and Issaquah residents ready to pitch Christmas trees have a few options.
Customers tired of evergreens dropping brown needles can set out trees for yard waste collection on regular collection days. The trees must be cut to 4 feet or less. Haulers do not collect trees decked in flocking or decorations.
For residents interested in recycling, or tree-cycling, the King County Solid Waste Division offers a list of recycling locations throughout King County.
Or drop off trees at Cedar Grove Composting near Issaquah and other recycling sites.
Or, Issaquah Highlands and Sammamish residents can wait until Jan. 7, as a local Boy Scout troop collects Christmas trees for a fundraiser.
Issaquah police deliver Christmas cheer to family in need
December 25, 2011
Santa Claus rides in a police vehicle as the Issaquah Police Department delivers Christmas gifts to a needy family Dec. 21. Contributed
NEW — 8 a.m. Dec. 25, 2011
In a Christmas tradition, Issaquah police officers and department employees spread some holiday cheer to local families Dec. 21.
Each Christmas, the Issaquah Police Department adopts a needy family, gathers items from a Christmas wish list and then accompanies Santa Claus for a special delivery.
Car hits girl on Issaquah Highlands crosswalk
December 24, 2011
NEW — 10:30 a.m. Dec. 24, 2011
Issaquah police and medics responded to the Issaquah Highlands early Friday evening after a car struck a 14-year-old girl in a crosswalk.
Medics transported the girl to Harborview Medical Center, but she did not sustain life-threatening injuries.
The incident occurred at about 6 p.m. in the crosswalk at Northeast Park Drive and 24th Avenue Northeast near Zeeks Pizza as the vehicle headed west.
Police said the motorist involved in the incident remained at the scene until officers arrived.
The investigation into the accident is ongoing.
In major development decision, city OKs buildings up to 150 feet in business district
December 22, 2011
NEW — 9:30 p.m. Dec. 22, 2011
Tall buildings could someday punctuate the skyline in the modest business district along state Route 900, after city leaders created a framework Monday to transform acre upon acre blanketed in storage units, low-slung office buildings and automotive service centers into a dense neighborhood for shops and homes.
In a landmark decision, City Council members approved a 30-year agreement between the city and longtime Issaquah developer Rowley Properties to overhaul almost 80 acres in the coming decades. The council agreed to allow buildings up to 150 feet tall and mixed-use development on up to 4.4 million square feet in Hyla Crossing and Rowley Center — parcels along Interstate 90 and state Route 900.
The landowner, in turn, is required to pay for transportation upgrades, affordable housing construction, Tibbetts Creek restoration efforts and storm-water system improvements.
