Issaquah Chamber of Commerce hosts technology SMACKDOWN
September 11, 2012
As a part of the Issaquah Chamber of Commerce’s “Business University” program, Technology SMACKDOWN will provide local community members and business owners with quick tips, tools and apps to help with all aspects of business operations.
“Four technology experts will offer up their top technology apps that you must know about,” said Matt Bott, chamber CEO. “These tools are free or low-cost ways to improve your productivity, your marketing and your businesses’ bottom line. Plus, they are just pretty darn cool apps to know about in the marketplace.”
Wall collapse injures Issaquah Highlands construction crew
August 28, 2012
Medics transported four construction workers to area hospitals the early afternoon of Aug. 24 after a wall at a residential construction site in the Issaquah Highlands fell and injured the men.
Eastside Fire & Rescue and Bellevue Fire Department crews responded to the 900 block of Third Court Northeast, a highlands neighborhood west of Highlands Drive Northeast, at about 1:15 p.m., after a wooden wall measuring about 16 feet by 20 feet collapsed onto the construction workers. The workers were attempting to lift the prefabricated wall into place.
EFR Battalion Chief Glenn Huffman said one man sustained “significant injuries” and had to be transported to Harborview Medical Center.
Medics transported the other men to nearby Swedish/Issaquah and Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue for treatment of less-serious injuries.
Huffman did not have additional information about the workers’ conditions Aug. 24.
EFR sent aid cars and a fire truck to the scene, and the Bellevue Fire Department dispatched a medic unit.
The state Department of Labor & Industries is investigating the accident, per standard procedure.
Wall falls on workers at Issaquah Highlands construction site
August 24, 2012
NEW — 2 p.m. Aug. 24, 2012
Medics transported four construction workers to area hospitals early Friday afternoon after a wall at a residential construction site in the Issaquah Highlands fell and injured the men.
Eastside Fire & Rescue and Bellevue Fire Department crews responded to the 900 block of Third Court Northeast, a highlands neighborhood west of Highlands Drive Northeast at about 1:15 p.m., after a wooden wall measuring about 16 feet by 20 feet collapsed onto the construction workers.
EFR Battalion Chief Glenn Huffman said one man sustained “significant injuries” and had to be transported to Harborview Medical Center. Medics transported the other men to nearby Swedish/Issaquah and Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue.
Huffman did not have additional information about the workers’ conditions.
The state Department of Labor & Industries intends to investigate the accident, per standard procedure.
Who’s News
August 14, 2012
Local teen signs with national agent
Sarah Arthur, 15, of Issaquah, has been signed with the talent agency The Crawford Agency.
She is the daughter of Esi Quaidoo-Arthur and Edmund K. Arthur, of Bellevue, and attends Issaquah High School.
Meet Truitt, healing hound at Swedish/Issaquah
July 31, 2012
Truitt gives Jerry Snider, of Kirkland, a friendly lick on the face while making rounds among chemotherapy patients with Laurie Carlisle at Swedish/Issaquah. by Greg Farrar
When Laurie Carlisle and her Shetland sheepdog Truitt walk into Swedish/Issaquah they possess the magnetism of celebrities. Every eye in the lobby gravitates toward the 4-year-old sheltie. Visitors stop to pet Truitt and passers-by can’t help but smile at the lovable canine.
Truitt attentively sniffs the hands of visitors and flashes his signature goofy smile as his tongue flops out of his mouth. He is a very energetic dog that participates in agility competitions, but at the hospital, the sheltie puts his game face on.
Every Tuesday, Carlisle and Truitt visit patients in the Swedish/Issaquah Oncology Department, bringing smiles and a moment of relief to patients, and staff and family members in the department. Carlisle said Truitt understands the setting and adjusts his behavior accordingly.
“He knows why he’s here,” she said. “He’s just very calming for the patients.”
It is heavy stuff, visiting with patients receiving cancer treatment, but a visit from Truitt can make a world of a difference.
Swedish/Issaquah celebrates World Breastfeeding Week
July 31, 2012
Swedish/Issaquah will commemorate the 20th annual World Breastfeeding Week with a celebration filled with family-friendly activities, live music and breast-feeding education on Aug. 1.
The goal of World Breastfeeding Week is to generate public support and awareness for breast-feeding families.
Tamara Wescott, a lactation consultant at the hospital, said the entire community is welcome to come celebrate and earn prizes, get massages and learn about the benefits of breast-feeding.
Firefighters practice wilderness, building rescues at Swedish/Issaquah
July 24, 2012
Eastside Fire & Rescue firefighters strap a rescue dummy into a gurney during rope rescue drills July 16 at Swedish/Issaquah. By Katie Larsen
Eastside Fire & Rescue held a rope rescue drill July 16 at Swedish/Issaquah.
About 30 firefighters came together to practice a rescue of a dummy from a staircase on one roof, across to another building and down to the ground on the other side.
The lead instructor, Lt. Mark Vetter, said the exercise is one of the numerous annual drills the department has but the first held at the Swedish hospital campus. Vetter coordinates all the rope trainings and techniques. He recently went to Las Vegas for a five-day training exercise to help his team.
“It’s an opportunity to get everyone to practice our rescue techniques,” he said.
The drill was set up to be more of a rope challenge course for the team to use its training and figure out how to proceed and communicate with each other. It is a simulation of a pick-off, or rescuing a person from a building or mountain.
Only minor injuries reported after SUV crashes into Starbucks
July 17, 2012
Starbucks customers experienced a jolt July 9 after a sport-utility vehicle crashed into a Sammamish Plateau store.
In the accident, a 49-year-old Sammamish man, an 18-year-old Sammamish woman and a 26-year-old Kent woman inside Starbucks suffered lacerations and other minor injuries after the Nissan Pathfinder crashed into the storefront at Pine Lake Village, 2902 228th Ave. S.E., at about 5 p.m.
The driver, a 52-year-old Issaquah woman, sustained a minor burn from the airbag deployment.
Medics transported the people inside the store to Swedish/Issaquah as a precaution.
Police did not cite the driver in the crash, because a mishap with a protective medical boot led to the crash.
Sammamish Police Administrative Sgt. Jessica Sullivan said the accident occurred as the driver attempted to park in a handicap spot outside the store. The protective boot slipped off the brake pedal and hit the accelerator.
“This was an accident in the truest sense of the word and we are relieved the injuries to those inside the store were not more serious,” Sullivan said in a statement.
Former Councilwoman Maureen McCarry dies
July 10, 2012
Maureen McCarry, a former City Council president and longtime community leader, died early July 4 after a battle against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, 18 months after resigning from the council.
Maureen McCarry
McCarry, 62, served on the council amid a period of expansion in Issaquah, as council members addressed long-term issues related to transportation, economic development and the environment — a hallmark for McCarry.
In separate stints on the council in the 1990s and 2000s, she made the environment a priority.
The commitment earned McCarry the Ruth Kees Environmental Award for a Sustainable Community early last year. The top environmental honor in the city recognized McCarry for tireless efforts to forge agreements outlining construction in the Issaquah Highlands and Talus, preserve forested Park Pointe on Tiger Mountain and strengthen tree-protection rules.
Former Councilwoman Maureen McCarry dies
July 5, 2012
NEW — 11:45 a.m. July 5, 2012
Maureen McCarry, a former councilwoman and longtime community leader, died early Wednesday after a battle against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, 18 months after resigning from the City Council.
Maureen McCarry
McCarry served on the council amid a period of expansion in Issaquah, as council members addressed long-term issues related to transportation, economic development and the environment — a hallmark for McCarry.
In separate stints on the council in the 1990s and 2000s, she made the environment a priority.
The commitment earned McCarry the Ruth Kees Environmental Award for a Sustainable Community early last year. The top environmental honor in the city recognized McCarry for tireless efforts to forge agreements outlining construction in the Issaquah Highlands and Talus, preserve forested Park Pointe on Tiger Mountain and strengthen tree-protection rules.
