Despite the traffic concerns of Sammamish residents, and a plea from Sammamish businesses to be more involved, it appears the plan to transport visitors to this summer’s nationally televised golf tournament in Sahalee directly from Marymoor Park will remain unchanged.
Like the fruits and vegetables it sells, the Sammamish Farmers Market needed a little time to grow.
Though October is still more than five months away, excitement is already building for what is fast becoming one of the region’s most successful attractions – the Issaquah Salmon Days Festival.
This month the City of Issaquah has teamed up with the Cascade Bicycle Club and recreational equipment retailer REI to promote “Bike to Work Day” on May 21.
On Saturday, May 22, King County Executive Dow Constantine will cut the ribbon on what is being hailed as one of the best resources for mountain bike riders in the country – the Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park.
As a photographer, there are few people in America with a prouder pedigree than Sammamish’s Barry Hartman.
His father, Bud Hartman, was one of the first people to set foot on Normandy beach during the allied invasion on June 6, 1944 – he was a camera man, and so was charged with capturing the now historic footage of the terrible event.
Another locally-developed musical is turning heads at the highest level of the entertainment industry.
Like many of their peers around Issaquah and Sammamish, students at the Pacific Cascade Freshman Campus (PCFC) used to think that being able to go to the tap and get a glass of clean drinking water was no big deal. Not anymore.
The ROTC medal is awarded to one student, just once a year, to a young man or woman who has demonstrated a commitment to serving their community, and an understanding of patriotism and American heritage.
In 1977, Led Zepplin, at the height of their powers, stopped in Seattle on a world tour and played the Kingdome. The Seattle Seahawks was just two years old. Fans going to the newly built Kingdome to watch them play would see Steve Largent, Dave Brown and Jim Zorn. Seattle Slew won the triple crown, Dixie Lee Ray was governor, and the Eastside was little more than farmland. It would be many years before Microsoft would reshape development here – in 1977 the fledging company still had its office in Albuquerque.
And it was in 1977 that Leon Kos joined the City of Issaquah as City Administrator, and in the 33 years since then and now, much has changed.
For the Moore family, blood runs deep. So does history – the stories of where people came from, how they lived, where they settled and raised families and built new communities.
The King County Sheriff’s Office is still looking for a man who allegedly attacked a woman with a Taser or stun gun on the on the popular Tiger Mountain Trail near Issaquah on Saturday, April 24.
In the hundreds, residents pitched in, cleaned up their patch and their neighbors patch and helped out wherever they were needed. It was then that the city realized the true value of the enormous resource they had right under their noses – local volunteers.
In Africa, a bike is more than a fun way to get from A to B. With huge distances between regional centers, clean water, health care and schools, and little or no infrastructure, a bike is a critical tool for survival.
On April 12 it was announced that Brian Yorkey, graduate of Issaquah High School and long time associate artistic director at Village Theatre, had won the most distinguished award in arts and writing — the Pulitzer Prize.
Most people probably don’t realize that Issaquah is a royal monarchy. But, of course, the King and Queen of Issaquah rule the land, waving regally during ceremonies of state (like Salmon Days) and giving their blessing to new businesses which open in the boundaries of their kingdom.
More than 60 students took part in a nationally organized demonstration to protest the bullying, harassment, and name-calling of their fellow students due to their sexual orientation, race and ethnicity.
Paying lip service is a criticism sometimes leveled at governments of all sizes. While the Sammamish council certainly is fond of talking a good game when it comes to the young ‘uns, the time has come to see if they can walk the walk.
Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso and Dora Maar – the art world loves a good partnership. It is about a mingling of thoughts, spreading the cultural net, reaching out into new places and ideas.
From 7 – 10 p.m., Friday, April 30, REACH will host a benefit concert at SoulFood Books in Redmond, to raise money for students in India. The concert will be feature local artists, poets and musicians, predominantly students, from Sammamish and Redmond.
