Healing hands | Issaquah-Swedish chaplain meets spiritual needs in illness and death

Rich Weyls, chaplain at Issaquah’s Swedish Medical Center, prays over Julita Fitzgerald in her room. An expert in spiritual care, Weyls is treated as a member of the hospital team. - Celeste Gracey/Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter
Celeste Gracey/Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter
Rich Weyls, chaplain at Issaquah’s Swedish Medical Center, prays over Julita Fitzgerald in her room. An expert in spiritual care, Weyls is treated as a member of the hospital team.
The light-footed chaplain slips open a curtain and pokes his head into Room 3306. His lips form a greeting, but before his first syllable is born, the patient snaps, “Are you a doctor?”

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Issaquah home values down 27 percent from a year ago, Sammamish 2 percent

The Sammamish real estate market seemed to have fared better than Issaquah's in January per the latest statistics from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service.

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Developer digs without permit in Sammamish

Test pits dug out by developer Buchan Homes has resident’s in and around Sammamamish’s Chestnut Estates neighborhood up in arms.

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10:07 AM February 9, 2012 0

Schools on alert after boy followed by strangers on way home

The Issaquah School District is on alert tonight, after a fifth-grader was followed by two men in Sammamish on his way home from school.

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5:32 PM February 8, 2012 0

SAMMI award nominees announced

The SAMMI Awards Foundation released its 2012 nominees today, recognizing 46 community members who represent the foundation’s mission of “Celebrating and Promoting Community Involvement.”

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updated 4:52 PM February 8, 2012 0

Issaquah in a ‘pivotal’ moment of economic development with new department, commission

The city of Issaquah is embarking on a year of economic development, or so it hopes.

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4:24 PM February 8, 2012 0

Drive to benefit men and boys in need of warm clothing

Churches are pulling together in a citywide effort to help keep homeless boys and men warm for the rest of winter.

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12:50 PM February 3, 2012 0

Memorial services planned for Deputy Stan Chapin

Memorial plans for King County Sheriff's Deputy Stan Chapin were announced Thursday afternoon.

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updated 12:18 PM February 3, 2012 0

Eastside Fire gets high marks in financial audit

Eastside Fire and Rescue received high marks during its most recent annual financial audit.

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10:59 AM February 3, 2012 0

LWSD gets grant for new STEM school

The Lake Washington School District has been awarded a $400,000 grant from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.

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6:15 PM February 2, 2012 0

Donuts gone wrong | Sammamish Police blotter

A Sammamish man’s plan for fun in the snow went awry Jan. 19 when his truck got stuck in the park of a homeowner’s association near the 2300 block of Northeast 19th Drive.

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