Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery is fishing for volunteers
August 2, 2011
Jane Kuechle
Onlookers teem to the bridge across Issaquah Creek and Issaquah Salmon Hatchery grounds each fall as coho and chinook salmon complete a long journey from the Pacific Ocean.
In order to share information and tales about the salmon species’ life cycle, Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery needs volunteers to serve as guides. The spawning season stretches from September through November.
FISH, a nonprofit organization, conducts educational tours for school groups and other hatchery visitors on weekdays each autumn, as traffic transforms the quiet hatchery grounds into a bona fide tourist destination.
Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery is fishing for volunteers
July 27, 2011
NEW — 6 p.m. July 27, 2011
Jane Kuechle
Onlookers teem to the bridge across Issaquah Creek and Issaquah Salmon Hatchery grounds each fall as coho and chinook salmon complete a long journey from the Pacific Ocean.
In order to share information and tales about the salmon species’ life cycle, Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery needs volunteers to serve as guides. The spawning season stretches from September through November.
FISH, a nonprofit organization, conducts educational tours for school groups and other hatchery visitors on weekdays each autumn, as traffic transforms the quiet hatchery grounds into a bona fide tourist destination.
FISH hires new executive director
May 31, 2011
Jane Kuechle spent many hours as a girl on family road trips to out-of-the-way Oregon places.
Jane Kuechle
“Wherever we went, we would stop whenever we saw a salmon hatchery,” she recalled.
Kuechle, a longtime leader in local nonprofit organizations, is about to spend more time at a salmon hatchery. The expert in fundraising and nonprofit management is the next executive director of Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery, the nonprofit group responsible for education and tours at the downtown hatchery.
Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery selects leader
May 26, 2011
NEW — 3:30 p.m. May 26, 2011
Jane Kuechle
Jane Kuechle spent many hours as a girl on family road trips to out-of-the-way Oregon places.
“Wherever we went, we would stop whenever we saw a salmon hatchery,” she recalled.
Kuechle, a longtime leader in local nonprofit organizations, is about to spend more time at a salmon hatchery. The expert in fundraising and nonprofit management is the next executive director of Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery, the nonprofit group responsible for education and tours at the downtown hatchery.
Mayor Ava Frisinger, FISH board president, said members selected Kuechle from more than 30 applicants.
“The board went through a very long and rigorous process of selecting people,” Frisinger said after announcing the appointment Thursday.
Issaquah mayor lauds AtWork!
October 19, 2010
Mayor Ava Frisinger has declared October as Jobs Powered by AtWork! Month in Issaquah.
The proclamation, issued Oct. 4 at a City Council meeting, commended AtWork! for supporting people with developmental disabilities in their quest to seek and maintain employment. Frisinger also commended 14 local businesses for hiring AtWork! clients.
In addition, the proclamation commended the nonprofit organization for supporting 24 Issaquah residents and AtWork! clients. The proclamation lauded the organization for empowering clients to lead productive and meaningful lives, provide support for their families and develop the skills necessary for long-term employment.
AtWork! Chief Development Officer Jane Kuechle accepted the proclamation from the mayor.
Issaquah mayor lauds AtWork! for employment efforts
October 8, 2010
NEW — 6 a.m. Oct. 8, 2010
Mayor Ava Frisinger has declared October as Jobs Powered by AtWork! Month in Issaquah.
The proclamation, issued Monday at a City Council meeting, commended AtWork! for supporting people with developmental disabilities in their quest to seek and maintain employment. Frisinger also commended 14 local businesses for hiring AtWork! clients.
In addition, the proclamation commended the nonprofit organization for supporting 24 Issaquah residents and AtWork! clients. The proclamation lauded the organization for empowering clients to lead productive and meaningful lives, provide support for their families and develop the skills necessary for long-term employment.
AtWork! Chief Development Officer Jane Kuechle accepted the proclamation from the mayor.
Who’s News
June 1, 2010
AtWork! official earns national certificate of achievement
Jane Kuechle, chief development officer for AtWork!, has been awarded a National Certificate of Achievement in Community Rehabilitation Management by the Association of Community Rehabilitation Educators.
To receive the certificate Kuechle, of Issaquah, successfully completed more than 60 hours of instruction in financial management, marketing, human resources and leadership for rehabilitation programs. The Community Rehabilitation Management Certificate Series is taught by training specialists and instructors through the Center for Continuing Education in Rehabilitation at the University of Washington’s School of Rehabilitation Medicine Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center Northwest.
AtWork! is a 47-year-old private nonprofit company, based in Bellevue and Issaquah, that provides employment services to people with disabilities throughout King County, by helping them learn marketable skills; find and keep good jobs in the community; and earn wages and benefits that help them escape poverty.
City councilman enlisted to envision future of mass transit
March 16, 2010
King County Executive Dow Constantine appointed Issaquah Councilman Fred Butler to the new Regional Transit Task Force meant to advise county leaders on the future of Metro Transit services. Read more
Councilman enlisted to envision future of mass transit
February 27, 2010
NEW — 6 a.m. Feb. 27, 2010
King County Executive Dow Constantine appointed Issaquah City Councilman Fred Butler to the new Regional Transit Task Force meant to advise county leaders on the future of Metro Transit services.
The executive announced the appointment and 27 others Monday. The panel includes elected officials and representatives from business, labor, education and human service agencies, as well as Metro riders.
Constantine also appointed AtWork! Chief Development Officer Jane Kuechle to the group. The nonprofit organization operates a recycling facility in Issaquah. AtWork! helps people with disabilities learn marketable skills and find and maintain jobs.
Residents donate tons of electronics to AtWork!
February 16, 2010
Christy Teel (left), AtWork! project manager, and crew supervisor Ted Stamper, stand with a pallet of discarded electronic equipment that is ready to be recycled. By Greg Farrar
Washingtonians recycled more than 38.5 million pounds of TVs, computers and monitors last year through the E-Cycle Washington program.
The program launched in January and became one of the first in the nation to collect unwanted TVs, computers and monitors for free recycling. Electronics manufacturers pay for the program, and the state Department of Ecology manages the effort.
Issaquah e-cyclers turned in old electronics at three disposal sites: Read more
