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    Articles by Celeste Gracey
    Father beats son for not accepting homework help | The Issaquah Blotter
    Father beats son for not accepting homework help...
    By Celeste Gracey • January 25, 2012 7:34 pm

    A father beat up his son, after he refused help studying AP biology in Issaquah Jan. 17.He told police his father wants him to succeed in his academics, but when the father tries to help, it usually hinders his studies.

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    Businesses face thousands in losses after outage
    Businesses face thousands in losses after outage
    By Celeste Gracey • January 25, 2012 7:32 pm

    A picture of a melting snowman decorated a paper sign in Georgia Manning’s gift shop window – Snowmaggedon Sale, everything 20 percent off.

    After losing several days of business from last week’s power outages, which amounts to about $1,000 in revenue, her hope was tempt sales at Arts West Unique Gifts at Gilman Village.

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    Brad Liljequist explains how the water cisterns at the Issaquah ZHomes work. The project was the first to receive the EPA's WaterSense award.
    A flush for the future, ZHomes moves beyond...
    By Celeste Gracey • January 25, 2012 7:26 pm

    National attention for the ZHome community’s energy efficiency shifted with a flush of a toilet Wednesday.

    “It’s .8 gallons,” said Brad Liljequist, project manager for the city, while the commode began to fill with runoff from the roof.

    Various representatives from the city and Environmental Protection Agency stood round the concrete-floor bathroom looking impressed.

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    Get a camera ticket on Issaquah’s Second Avenue? So did 5,580 others
    Get a camera ticket on Issaquah’s Second Avenue?...
    By Celeste Gracey • January 23, 2012 2:39 pm

    A few weeks ago I received an inglorious photo in the mail of my Outback speeding along Second Avenue. It was like gazing into a security video shot of a robber hitting a bank – they caught me.

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    Audry Sammons packs up a laptop in the lobby of the Issaquah Community Center. A Red Cross Shelter was allowing residents charge their electronics in the lobby.
    Issaquah shelter provides warm place, charging center for...
    By Celeste Gracey • January 20, 2012 6:38 pm

    It was 43 degrees in Yvonne Coder’s home, when she decided to take her family to the Red Cross Shelter in Issaquah Friday.

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    A snarly mess of broken branches and split trees covers a sidewalk on Front Street in Issaquah.
    Weight of slush splits trees, blocks seven roads...
    By Celeste Gracey • January 20, 2012 5:47 pm

    Rain topping off snow and ice on Issaquah trees has left numerable trees damaged and block seven roads and several sidewalks.

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    Issaquah and Lake Washington school districts closed Friday
    Issaquah and Lake Washington school districts closed Friday
    By Celeste Gracey • January 19, 2012 8:38 pm

    Both Issaquah and Sammamish announced that they plan to cancel classes Friday, after a snow storm last a couple days longer than initially predicted.

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    Mark Barfield plows Front Street with a dump truck modified for the weather. While most of Issaquah stayed home Wednesday
    Possibly 3-4 days before 18,000 in Issaquah get...
    By Celeste Gracey • January 19, 2012 7:01 pm

    About 18,000 people are without power in Issaquah today, and Puget Sound Energy won’t have an idea of when they can restore power until the snowstorm passes.

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    Downed tree kills a man near Issaquah
    Downed tree kills a man near Issaquah
    By Celeste Gracey • January 19, 2012 1:22 pm

    A 60-year-old May Valley man died Thursday after being struck by a falling tree while he was rolling out his ATV from a garage to take a drive around the area.

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    Downed trees cause road closures in Issaquah
    Downed trees cause road closures in Issaquah
    By Celeste Gracey • January 19, 2012 12:56 pm

    Road closures, city closures and service cancellations for Thursday

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    A tractor fills a dump truck
    Making Way: Issaquah plow trucks to dump 250...
    By Celeste Gracey • January 18, 2012 5:25 pm

    While most of Issaquah slept Tuesday night, Mark Barfield, a 19-year veteran of the city’s maintenance department said goodnight to his eight children, slipped into boots and headed out into the coming snow storm.

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    Issaquah and Sammamish are still in for more snow, but not Snowmagedon
    Issaquah and Sammamish are still in for more...
    By Celeste Gracey • January 17, 2012 4:02 pm

    Forecasts for Wednesay’s “Snowmagedon” scaled back Tuesday afternoon with more meteorologists calling for 2-6 inches instead of 5-14 inches in the Puget Sound region.

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    Need to know cancellations for Issaquah Tuesday
    Need to know cancellations for Issaquah Tuesday
    By Celeste Gracey • January 17, 2012 3:48 pm

    In addition to the Issaquah School District canceling classes today, the city plans to shut down a number of meetings and activities.

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    Issaquah museum presents winter history program
    Issaquah museum presents winter history program
    By Celeste Gracey • January 12, 2012 3:40 pm

    The Issaquah History Museum is planning a winter program with an illustrated lecture on the city’s history since the 1860s.

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    Julie Hunter
    Giving history: unique finds this year for Issaquah’s...
    By Celeste Gracey • January 12, 2012 3:38 pm

    or a museum that relies solely on the generosity of others to fill its exhibits, last year produced some of the best donations of the decade, including an 19th-century fiddle, a 1980s public works patch and the high alter piece of a Catholic mission.

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    Mark Mullet
    Mullet to challenge Sen. Cheryl Pflug’s seat as...
    By Celeste Gracey • January 12, 2012 2:10 pm

    Mark Mullet, owner of Zeek’s Pizza in the Highlands, will challenge a longstanding Republican for her state Senate seat in Olympia.
    An Issaquah councilmember for three years, he is the first serious Democrat candidate to challenge a seat in the Republican-held Fifth District in several years.

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    High court takes charge of making sure lawmakers give more money to education
    High court takes charge of making sure lawmakers...
    By Celeste Gracey • January 11, 2012 8:13 pm

    Education advocates are hoping a ruling from Washington State Supreme Court, which called the legislature’s underfunding of schools illegal, will keep lawmakers from cutting school funds again this year.

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    A new pedestrian bridge spans across Discovery Drive
    Video shows installation of Discovery Drive footbridge
    By Celeste Gracey • January 9, 2012 3:18 pm

    Issaquah installed a new footbridge across the steep Discover Drive, connecting new apartment developments to Swedish Hospital. A time lapse video shows the quick installation.

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    Public dance mixes Big Band Jazz and Viennese Waltzes in Issaquah
    Public dance mixes Big Band Jazz and Viennese...
    By Celeste Gracey • January 9, 2012 2:50 pm

    Tickets are on sale for the Issaquah School District’s 14th annual Swingin’ in Vienna dance.

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    Court ruling sends strong message to lawmakers – stop cutting education
    Court ruling sends strong message to lawmakers –...
    By Celeste Gracey • January 9, 2012 11:45 am

    Education advocates are hoping a ruling from Washington’s highest courts, which called the legislature’s underfunding of schools illegal, has brought about a cautious hope that lawmakers won’t cut education again this year.

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