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    Articles by Staci Barsness
    Rowley speaks at Kiwanis Luncheon
    Rowley speaks at Kiwanis Luncheon
    By Staci Barsness • August 25, 2010 6:52 pm

    Rowley Properties representatives, Kristi Tripple and Lisa Picard, presented their company’s development vision for 90 acres on the west side of Issaquah at Wednesday’s weekly Issaquah Kiwanis luncheon.

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    Cathy Cooper leads volunteers as they prep the Village Theatre's upstairs rehearsal room and hallway for painting.
    Symetra employees get hands dirty for non-profits
    By Staci Barsness • August 24, 2010 7:49 pm

    This week, 200 employees of the Bellevue-based Symetra Financial got out of their offices and into their communities to help paint, clean and landscape for 11 non-profit organizations, including Issaquah’s Village Theatre.

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    Sam Range twists a balloon octopus.
    Neighbors who party together
    By Staci Barsness • August 24, 2010 12:41 pm

    Community involvement for residents of the Issaquah Highlands means more than just attending public meetings, volunteering and advocacy. Sometimes it means having a party.

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    Concern over vacant properties prompts Issaquah land use amendments
    Concern over vacant properties prompts Issaquah land use...
    By Staci Barsness • August 20, 2010 11:31 pm

    Issaquah Planning Policy Commissioners unanimously endorsed proposed changes to the Land Use Code at their Aug. 19 meeting.

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    One month on, still no shooter charged with Lake Sammamish killings
    One month on, still no shooter charged with...
    By Staci Barsness • August 19, 2010 12:14 pm

    A month after a shooting at Lake Sammamish State Park left two men dead, murder charges have still not been filed in the case.

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    “The zHome project has always been about education
    Keeping locals in the (geothermal) loop
    By Staci Barsness • August 13, 2010 1:53 pm

    If you’ve been in the Issaquah Highlands on the first Thursday of the month this summer, you may have noticed small crowds gathering near a construction site on NE High Street. The mixed groups of real estate agents, residents and reporters all have one thing in common; they want to learn more about the zHome.

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    Milenko carving a pattern into salvaged cedar tree for the Pacific Connections Garden shelter at the Washington Park Arboretum.
    Artist adds new perspective on the meaning of...
    By Staci Barsness • August 6, 2010 12:05 pm

    There has been much discussion of how Issaquah will evolve over the next 10, 20 or even 50 years. Community leaders are developing parks, evaluating marketing ideas and enticing businesses. But are these steps taking us in the right direction?

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    Artistic rendering of Issaquah's future Swedish Medical Center.
    Swedish challenges hospital retail stigma at new Highlands...
    By Staci Barsness • August 5, 2010 3:41 pm

    On Wednesday, July 28, Swedish representatives held a community meeting at Tibbetts Creek Manor to present a construction update, propose ideas for retail facilities in the center, and to receive feedback from residents and business leaders about what they would like to see at the new campus.

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    Chris Moszeter gives a high five to Savute
    National Night Out all around town
    By Staci Barsness • August 5, 2010 3:09 pm

    Neighborhoods throughout Issaquah celebrated National Night Out with grilled hot dogs, children’s activities and lots of laughs.

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    Issaquah Parks and Recreation Director Anne McGill points out Confluence Park plans to Park Board Member Stacy Goodman.
    Tour gives Park Board lay of the land
    By Staci Barsness • July 28, 2010 12:36 pm

    It’s field trip time for the Issaquah Park Board. Each year at the July board meeting, members get away from the conference table and onto the land that they work to preserve, enhance or manage.

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    The intersection at NE Park Drive and 15th Avenue NE is quiet the day after a car and pedestrian accident on Sunday evening.
    Life-threatening accident to spur road changes in Highlands
    By Staci Barsness • July 26, 2010 11:37 am

    On Sunday, July 25, the normally quiet evening air of the Issaquah Highlands filled with gasps, screams and emergency sirens after a 59-year-old woman, out walking her dog, was hit by a car while walking across the pedestrian crosswalk at 15th Avenue NE and NE Park Drive.

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    Austin Brodeur mugs for the camera with his mom Natalie.
    Issaquah nonprofit brings independent living to the disabled
    By Staci Barsness • July 21, 2010 6:52 pm

    Austin Brodeur, a spunky 22-year-old with a ready smile and a goofy sense of humor, sits slurping his Frappuccino at…

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    Volunteers
    Issaquah homeowners receive Brush with Kindness
    By Staci Barsness • July 20, 2010 4:38 pm

    After more than 15 years, every house needs a little upkeep. The Habitat for Humanity homes on Front Street in Issaquah are no exception, and this week volunteers began maintenance work on the exterior of the houses.

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    Aerial view of the SR 900 regional trail improvements.
    Connectivity is the goal of SR 900 trail...
    By Staci Barsness • July 19, 2010 5:43 pm

    The City of Issaquah and the Washington State Department of Transportation hope a new construction project, scheduled to start this week, will resolve some of the city’s connectivity issues.

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    Some of the team members who made the Eastside Mental Health Court happen - (L to R) Mike Rynas
    Leadership group is catalyst behind opening of Eastside...
    By Staci Barsness • July 14, 2010 5:27 pm

    When King County created the region’s first Mental Health Court in 1999, it was designed to provide misdemeanor offenders who suffered from mental illness a way to dismantle the cycle of arrest, incarceration and reoffending.

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    Shirl Biccum (center) with Sharon Lamm and Brenda West at First Monday Fiction Club in Issaquah
    Legacy lives on in FISH scholarship
    By Staci Barsness • July 9, 2010 3:01 pm

    Once a month, for the last decade, the First Monday Fiction Club has gathered at the Barnes and Noble in Issaquah for lively discussions on that month’s chosen book.

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    Business venture markets the outdoor charms of Issaquah
    Business venture markets the outdoor charms of Issaquah
    By Staci Barsness • July 8, 2010 1:12 pm

    Teamwork. It’s taught in pre-school classes. It’s encouraged in sports. Most people add “team player” to their resume.
    And it’s this simple idea of working together that turned an intern’s plan into a month-long festival of outdoor activities.

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    Bobby Suetsugu in his wrestling heyday.
    From Sumo Wrestler to Sushiman – the remarkable...
    By Staci Barsness • July 8, 2010 12:28 pm

    Looking at him today you would never know that Issaquah’s Sushiman, aka Bobby Suetsugu, was once a celebrated sumo wrestler in Japan. But beneath his average-sized frame lies the echo of a much larger man.

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    Sink hole caused by Lake Sammamish beaver colony.
    Lake Sammamish beaver invasion: Parks and City struggle...
    By Staci Barsness • July 2, 2010 12:13 pm

    One of the benefits of living near the foothills of the Cascade Mountains is the way daily life brushes up against nature. And it’s just this proximity that is creating a beaver conflict at Lake Sammamish State Park.

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    Slow change coming
    Slow change coming
    By Staci Barsness • June 30, 2010 8:22 pm

    Issaquah businesses taking their time adapting to ban on polystyrene boxes

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