Boys raise funds for food bank through ping pong tournament

From left, Matthew Cindric, Andrew Tenczar, Will Carson, Blake Lees, Cole Hayrynen, Arjun Malhotra, Ashish Manda and Bryan Meissner. - Kevin Endejan/Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter
Kevin Endejan/Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter
From left, Matthew Cindric, Andrew Tenczar, Will Carson, Blake Lees, Cole Hayrynen, Arjun Malhotra, Ashish Manda and Bryan Meissner.
When Matthew Cindric and seven friends needed an idea for a school service project, they didn't want to venture far from something they all enjoy — sports.

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4:10 PM May 16, 2012 0

Mysterious Ocean Precipitation Under Clear Skies

For a number of days, starting on Friday, the new Langley Hill coastal radar has been showing lots of precipitation offshore, some if it heavy.  Yet the skies have been clear or nearly so.  Then on Wednesday the rain disappeared.  What is going on?   And let me warn you now...these mystery showers are going to...

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Blogs 11:09 PM May 17, 2012 Cliff Mass Weather Blog, a Community Blog

Free baby workshops for new or expecting parents

Swedish Hospital is offering a free baby workshops May 19 through BabyMap.

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11:27 AM May 16, 2012 0

U.S. Climate Versus Weather Computers: Climate Wins

Why is the U.S. government provide hugely more computer resources for climate prediction than weather prediction?  And why is far more emphasis given to climate prediction research than weather prediction research and development?In some past blogs I talked about the unfortunate lack of computer resources available to the National Weather Service (NWS), resulting in the...

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Blogs 11:16 PM May 15, 2012 Cliff Mass Weather Blog, a Community Blog

Learn to preserve photos, artifacts May 19

Issaquah History Museums is offering a presentation on preserving your own past 10 a.m.-3 p.m., May 19.

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10:27 AM May 15, 2012 0

Issaquah historian honored regionally

The Issaquah History Museums director received a prestigious regional award for her work.

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10:05 AM May 15, 2012 0

Sammamish fifth-grader inducted into Safety Patrol Hall of Fame

Luke Boyer, a fifth grader at Cascade Ridge Elementary in Sammamish, was inducted into the 2012 AAA School Safety Patrol Hall of Fame May 4 in recognition of his dedication to safety, community stewardship and leadership.

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12:41 PM May 14, 2012 0

Cold Records with Warm Temperatures

On Saturday it became toasty here in Northwest, with many locations gets into the 70s and lower 80s.  Yet a number of locations exprienced daily minimum temperature records in the morning--here is the proof from the National Climatic Data Center records website.  The blue dot indicate a tie for the record and stations with an...

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Blogs 8:28 AM May 13, 2012 Cliff Mass Weather Blog, a Community Blog

Summer in May

It is a climatological oddity of Northwest meteorology that we often get a period of very warm, dry weather sometime in the second or third week of May, followed by a retreat into the dismal June Gloom.  Well folks, we are about to have the heat wave--one that will bring near 80F temps to Seattle,...

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Blogs 10:44 PM May 10, 2012 Cliff Mass Weather Blog, a Community Blog

Hopelink gala to commemorate 40 years in community

Hopelink will celebrate 40 years of serving local families with an Anniversary Gala in Bellevue on May 19.

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3:48 PM May 10, 2012 0

Charity League logs more than 4,200 community service hours

National Charity League, Inc., Lake Sammamish Chapter held its annual Mother-Daughter Tea May 6 at the Sahalee Country Club.

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updated 2:00 PM May 10, 2012 0

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    Cliff Mass is a UW professor of Atmospheric Sciences. He blogs about the local in the Pacific Northwest.