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    Articles by Celeste Gracey
    The pond 66-year-old Barbara Mitchell was found in Aug. 8.
    Police: No foul play in Sammamish woman’s drowning
    By Celeste Gracey • August 9, 2012 2:48 am

    Police don’t believe there is any foul play in the drowning of 66-year-old Barbara Mitchell in a pond along Pine-Lake Road on Aug. 8.

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    Fifth District heats up in primary, Reichert stays on top | Primary Results
    Fifth District heats up in primary, Reichert stays...
    By Celeste Gracey • August 8, 2012 9:02 pm

    For the first time in 20 years a Democrat, Mark Mullet, won the Fifth District senatorial primary.

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    Issaquah police make arrest in several burglaries
    Issaquah police make arrest in several burglaries
    By Celeste Gracey • August 3, 2012 1:21 pm

    Police arrested a Sea Tac woman who they believe is linked to several burglaries in Issaquah.

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    Residents show parks support in levy survey; human services campus; E911 | Issaquah City Roundup
    Residents show parks support in levy survey; human...
    By Celeste Gracey • August 2, 2012 5:42 pm

    About 74 percent of Issaquah residents think the city is headed in the right direction and 57 gave the municipality a thumbs up for spending money wisely, according to a recent phone survey

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    A boy holds up an umbrella to find some reprieve from the spray of a fireman’s hose on Splash Day in Issaquah.
    Fire truck finale at Issaquah Splash Day |...
    By Celeste Gracey • August 2, 2012 5:27 pm

    Within a minute of the fire truck pulling up for Issaquah’s annual Splash Day, kids had abandoned their water games – such as a version of duck, duck, goose where kids sit in buckets of water instead of chairs – and chanted for the fire hose to start.

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    ABC Express
    License problem sidelines KCLS book bus
    By Celeste Gracey • August 2, 2012 4:39 pm

    Rather than paying for commercial drivers licenses to pilot its 8-year-old book bus, the King County Library System is considering buying smaller vehicle for $300,000.

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    Integrity Automotive to move location
    Integrity Automotive to move location
    By Celeste Gracey • July 30, 2012 1:00 pm

    Issaquah’s Integrity Automotive plans to relocate its garage to a more flexible work space Aug. 20.

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    Community service that counts | Celeste Gracey | Reporter’s Notebook
    Community service that counts | Celeste Gracey |...
    By Celeste Gracey • July 26, 2012 7:42 pm

    I had the pleasure of watching an 8-year old with physical obstacles light up at the sight of what seemed to be his best friend, a talented Skyline High School athlete.

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    Johann Neethling and his daughter Maria Henderson
    Chaplain walks from Spokane to Issaquah for nursing...
    By Celeste Gracey • July 26, 2012 2:04 pm

    Just one day away from completing his 300-mile walk from Spokane to Issaquah and Johann Neethling couldn’t take another step.
    A blister had formed beneath his toe nail, each stride came with absolute agony. He debated heading to the hospital when his wife Anne asked, what if they tell you to stop?

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    Archita Chopra
    Issaquah chalks it up in street contest |...
    By Celeste Gracey • July 19, 2012 1:56 pm

    About 60 people, mostly children filled a pathway leading up to the Issaquah Community Center July 17 with chalk art.

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    The owners of The Boarding House added a few recipes of their own to the 39-year-old business
    Simple, soulful fare at The Boarding House restaurant
    By Celeste Gracey • July 19, 2012 1:43 pm

    Passing a white fire place and fleur-de-lis wallpaper, a gentleman sits his spouse at what appears to be an old kitchen table, before returning to the worn wood counter. Two shortcakes, towering with thick whipped cream and brilliant strawberries, wait for him.

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    Police need help blowing lid off potty bomb incidents
    Police need help blowing lid off potty bomb...
    By Celeste Gracey • July 17, 2012 9:00 pm

    Two portable potties have fallen victim to bombers in the Issaquah Highlands this month.

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    Republican fundraiser at the Issaquah Train Depot Thursday
    Republican fundraiser at the Issaquah Train Depot Thursday
    By Celeste Gracey • July 16, 2012 1:30 pm

    Fifth District Republicans are planning a meet and greet fundraiser with their candidates July 19 at the Issaquah Train Depot.

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    Healthcare law would mean more money for Swedish
    Healthcare law would mean more money for Swedish
    By Celeste Gracey • July 16, 2012 1:15 pm

    Even as the Swedish Issaquah Hospital is trying to interpret how the Affordable Care Act will impact its services, it’s celebrating the Supreme Court decision not to toss the law out altogether.

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    Tim Lee
    Lakeside hopes to turn its Issaquah gravel mine...
    By Celeste Gracey • July 12, 2012 7:39 pm

    In the mining business, the best neighbors are the ones you never knew you had.

    For about 60 years, Lakeside Industries has been that quiet neighbor to Issaquah. They hide their work, a constant crushing and sorting of rock, behind layers of trees and sweep the streets after their trucks.

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    Maureen McCarry
    Issaquah community leader Maureen McCarry dies at 62
    By Celeste Gracey • July 11, 2012 7:50 pm

    Longtime community leader Maureen McCarry died from Lou Gehrig’s disease July 4, just 18 months after stepping down from Issaquah City Council. She was 62.

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    Sen. Cheryl Pflug
    ‘Pflug’ becomes Republican profanity after endorsing Democrat, criticizing...
    By Celeste Gracey • July 10, 2012 8:21 pm

    Washington state Republican leadership has abandoned retired Sen. Cheryl Pflug, after she simultaneously endorsed a Democrat for her seat and criticized the decision to name Dino Rossi as the position’s caretaker through the election.

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    Cleanscapes garbage hauler Kevin Watson works his new route in Issaquah. The city switched garbage contractors Monday.
    New Issaquah garbage hauler could mean fewer missed...
    By Celeste Gracey • July 3, 2012 6:48 pm

    Issaquah switched its garbage hauler from Waste Management to Cleanscapes as of Monday morning. While cheaper rates and rebranded cans are a certainty for residents, the company says locals will also find unmatched customer service.

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    From left: mayors Conrad Lee
    Eastside mayors talk growth, cooperation
    By Celeste Gracey • June 29, 2012 1:56 pm

    Economic growth and new development were at the center of discussion for five Eastside mayors June 27 as they took questions at the Bellevue Downtown Association’s annual mayor’s forum.

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    From the left
    Eastside mayor’s forum focuses on new growth
    By Celeste Gracey • June 28, 2012 2:32 pm

    Economic growth and new development were at the center of discussion for five Eastside mayors Wednesday as they took questions at the Bellevue Downtown Association’s annual forum.

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