Issaquah cook is finalist in Del Monte recipe contest
February 5, 2013
NEW — 6 a.m. Feb. 5, 2013
Del Monte asked home cooks to freshen up recipes in the Add Some Garden Contest.
The company challenged consumers to submit creative tips on how they make good meals great by adding a can of Del Monte fruit or vegetables to a recipe.
Del Monte’s Facebook fans then voted for the best tips. Now, Facebook fans can vote to select the grand prize winner.
The finalists include a home cook from Issaquah — the creator of Peachy Keen Ceviche. Consumers can vote for a semifinalist recipe through Thursday on Del Monte’s Facebook page.
Salmon Days Festival is ‘Streaming Live’
January 29, 2013
2013 Salmon Days Festival logo
Salmon Days Festival organizers adore puns. For the next festival theme, expect a blend of homespun and high-tech.
The theme for the October celebration is “Streaming Live” — a nod to instantaneous communication and salmon habitat.
“Even after 44 years, our Salmon Days Festival promises to be more current than ever,” Robin Kelley, lead Salmon Days organizer, said in unveiling the theme Jan. 24. “Innovation and interpretation, pixilation and Pinterest, in the cloud, going viral, browsing and blogs. This year’s theme is today and looking to the future.”
City Council reviews applicants for open seat
January 29, 2013
The next City Council member comes from a roster rooted in civic participation — seven residents involved in city boards and commissioners, homeowners associations and community organizations.
The council expected to reach a decision Jan. 29 on a successor to former Councilman Mark Mullet.
The council interviewed applicants Michael Beard, Tim Flood, Joe Forkner, Mary Lou Pauly, Bill Ramos, Mark Rigos and Chantal Stevens in 10-minute segments Jan. 22.
Maple Hills Elementary School students visit Capitol
January 29, 2013
The fourth-grade students of Maple Hills Elementary School got an inside look at how laws are made Jan. 17 when they visited the state Capitol in Olympia.
While there to learn about state government, the children met up with state Rep. Chad Magendanz, R-Issaquah, and asked him questions about his new job.
QuickMedical celebrates 20 years in business
January 29, 2013
QuickMedical medical supply company recently celebrated its 20th year in business in Issaquah.
In 1993, Scott Hanna and a couple of friends created the first digital height measuring device, Heightronic 23, to measure height to .01 centimeters. Sales were managed from Hanna’s garage in North Bend.
The company grew so quickly, it was moved to a warehouse in Snoqualmie and then finally a bigger facility in Issaquah.
Off the Press
January 29, 2013
Relationships change due to social media
Warren Kagarise
Press reporter
The Issaquah Press is not the largest Twitter presence in Issaquah.
The most-followed title goes to Issaquah-based medium Margaret McElroy. The getaway masterminds at Costco Travel rank near the top, too.
The newspaper, at more than 5,100 followers at last count, is not the largest Twitter presence in Issaquah, but it is quintessential to the conversation.
Behind the jumping salmon avatar, I answer questions, offer encouragement and, yes, respond to criticism amid the daily stream of information.
I am grateful to dedicated group of followers on Facebook and Twitter, and I am often humbled at the importance readers place on a personal relationship with the newspaper.
Washington senator calls for input on federal budget priorities
January 29, 2013
NEW — 10 a.m. Jan. 29, 2013
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray is encouraging taxpayers to engage in the federal budget process.
Murray, Senate Budget Committee chairwoman and a Washington Democrat, announced the start of MyBudget, a platform to share budget ideas and priorities.
“The federal budget is where we lay out our values, our priorities, and our vision for what our government should look like now and in the future,” she said in a statement. “So I believe that it is absolutely critical that the ideas and perspectives of families across America are heard loud and clear in a budget process that belongs to them, but is too often limited to politicians and bureaucrats.”
Off the Press
January 15, 2013
Words aren’t always what they seam to be
Yes, the headline has the wrong word on purpose!
Greg Farrar
Press photographer
During one of my recent columns, the Twitter and Facebook revolution was under discussion and how it was shrinking our attention spans and thought processes to a maximum of 140 characters at a time.
There’s something else going on in this new way of communication that drives me crazy, not only in the social media universe but in the good old everyday world of newsprint and magazines.
Homonyms! Or in current smartphone texting lingo, autocorrect errors. Nowhere does the absence of good proofreading drive me as crazy than when it comes to them.
When there are a whole lot of people attacking a strategic position, they are a “horde.” When a storm is coming and we stock up on batteries, we are saving up a “hoard.”
Sammamish ranks as friendliest town
January 1, 2013
Sammamish is the friendliest town in the United States in a recent ranking by Forbes magazine.
Forbes joined Nextdoor.com — a San Francisco-based social network for neighborhoods — to assess 500 small metro areas with populations between 5,500 and 150,000. The assessors ranked cities based on the percentage of owner-occupied homes, crime rate, charitable giving and the percentage of college graduates.
Nextdoor.com then conducted qualitative surveys among members in the highest-rated towns to finalize the top 15.
Forbes ranks Sammamish as friendliest city
December 26, 2012
NEW — 6 a.m. Dec. 26, 2012
Sammamish is the friendlest town in the United States in a recent ranking by Forbes magazine.
Forbes joined Nextdoor.com — a San Francisco-based social network for neighborhoods — to assess 500 small metro areas with populations between 5,500 and 150,000. The assessors ranked cities based on the percentage of owner-occupied homes, crime rate, charitable giving and the percentage of college graduates.
Nextdoor.com then conducted qualitative surveys among members in the highest-rated towns to finalize the top 15.
Sammamish came out on top in the America’s Friendliest Towns list.
