The rain drops may have been threatening — and at times a reality — but it couldn’t stop the artists from coming out.
The 11th annual Issaquah Chalk Art Festival may have been the first one ever to suffer gray skies, but it still brought out its fair share of budding artists as 55 showed up and colored in their individual square before the rain really kicked in at about 3 p.m.
The second-to-last ArtWalk of the season is from 5 to 9 p.m. today. Music will include: Rae Solomon playing country southern rock at the library; Background Noise playing blues at the Train Depot; Kaleidoscope School of Music at the Village Theatre First Stage; Cardhoppersmith playing jazz; the a capella group Spare Parts roving through town and MariachiGrullense at Las Margaritas.
Don’t say the words “do your business” to Lana, a 7-month-old golden retriever.
She may just relieve herself on the spot.
As a guide dog-in-training, Lana can perform several tasks, including sitting, standing and peeing on command. Her trainer, Abby Christensen, who turns 18 on Saturday, said the latter was tricky and sort of hit-or-miss.
New owners have purchased the long-standing Sammamish institution The Mail Post, former owners Bob and Elaine Adams said Wednesday.
The Lakeside-Issaquah Junior American Legion claimed the District 11 championship July 24, downing Enumclaw 3-2 in the championship game. The victory earned the team a No. 1 seed in the state tournament, which begins at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow, Aug. 2 against Burlington in Selah.
When it comes to wakeboarding, Issaquah resident Bret van den Hueval has pretty much seen it all. He’s won national championships, he’s made a number of pro teams, and with dozens of competitions under his belt, van den Hueval doesn’t even get the jitters before competitions anymore.
Six engines, a ladder truck, a battalion, two aid units and two medics responded to a residential structure fire at 10:32 p.m. on July 24 near the intersection of 164th Avenue Southeast and 164th Lane Southeast.
On Aug. 5 the Sammamish Police and Issaquah Police departments will each host annual National Night Out events.
Theft, threats, DUI, aggravated assault, domestic violence
Times are tough, that’s easy enough to see. But what is sometimes hard to see, especially in a city as affluent as Issaquah, is those that are struggling more than others.
The kids wait anxiously and excitedly off to the side. In just a moment, they will take the stage — to sing, to dance, to become their character. Lines and dance moves tumble through their minds. And then, it is time. Time for the past three weeks of camp to come to fruition.
Closures of Interstate 90 across Lake Washington for Blue Angels’ practice and performances will begin Thursday and last through Sunday, state Department of Transportation officials reported.
King County will be repaving the heavily traveled Issaquah-Hobart Road beginning Thursday, July 31, and traffic will be delayed during the two-week project.
Recently I came across a health article that really made me feel better about my golf game. It just so happens that a study was conducted in Sweden that showed greater life expectancy for those of us who play golf versus those who do not!
Autobahn. Lederhosen. Oktoberfest. Say “Germany” and that’s a bit of what comes to mind. Famous for speedy cars, stylin’ leather shorts and oompah music, Deutschland now leads the world in something surprising: solar energy.
“I’m tired of people complaining about Skyline. Shut the (expletive removed) up! It’s four years of your life! Deal with it!”
Tom Flintoft remembers when Issaquah’s border was marked by a sign that said, “Population: 250.”
The Flintoft family and the city go back 70 years. In 1938, Tom Flintoft’s parents, Bill and Alberta, founded Flintoft’s Funeral Home and Crematory on East Sunset Way. It has remained in the family for three generations and is still going strong.
While recorded history stretches pretty far back, it doesn’t go back far enough to tell us the name of the person who invented the yard sale. Perhaps it was an early caveman named Og Yard. Maybe Og had decided to unload a bunch of spears and clubs he didn’t need any more by staging a cave sale — or maybe he called it a “spring cave-cleaning sale.” No, wait a minute! That’s preposterous. That had to be Og’s wife. No man would ever get rid of perfectly good spears and clubs.
Today, most family-wage jobs in Washington require some form of post-secondary education or training. By 2014, 77 percent of those jobs will require training or education after high school — in King and Snohomish counties the number jumps to 85 percent. And yet, Washington allows too many of its children to graduate from high school unprepared for post-secondary life.
We love parks. And really, who doesn’t?
With the exception of a few folks here and there who are cranky because field lights interrupt their sleep or because they didn’t like the way a particular park was developed, most people enjoy spending time at the parks in our region.