2008 Issaquah Community Auction: 6 p.m. April 26. Features dinner, wine and auction. Presented by the Kiwanis Club of Issaquah and the Issaquah Kiwanis Foundation. Cost: $75. Proceeds benefit Eastside agencies helping children and families. Hilton Garden Inn, 1800 N.W. Gilman Blvd., Issaquah. 425-392-3598 or www.issaquah.kiwanis.org.
When the Washington state Youth Legislature session begins next week, two Sammamish teens will hold positions in the mock government.
Issaquah’s 9-10-year-old Coast Softball Tigers opened their season Saturday with a 13-3 win over the Eastlake Huskies. Both teams fought the rain and cold weather, with occasional hail. Emily Winterstein doubled, while Michelle Fowler, Sarah Jordan and Brooke Davis combined for two singles and two sacrifices. Fowler pitched three innings with an impressive nine strikeouts. Michelle Gersuk finished the game with a save, by striking out the side. The Tigers earned their second win Tuesday, outscoring the Sammamish Bandits 14-11 in five innings. Fowler and Gersuk, each pitched two innings, striking out four batters apiece. Jordan, Emma Moran, Madalyn Lyles, Brooke Davis and Michelle Fowler all earned hits to help to clinch the victory.
Issaquah wrapped up a busy week of baseball, winning three straight league games to move into a tie for second place in the KingCo 3A.
Stephanie Fox carried a bitter taste in her mouth for six days.
What a difference a year made for Skyline’s Brian Schwartz.
The snow may have been falling and the water may have been freezing, but that didn’t stop firefighters from Eastside Fire and Rescue and the Woodinville Fire Department from taking the plunge and floating through their swiftwater rescue drills last Friday.
Nearly 700 people attended a town hall meeting last week to discuss the embattled King County animal-shelter system, with dozens speaking their piece before the County Metropolitan Council.
Slashes in the King County budget may force Sheriff Sue Rahr to cut as many as 100 deputies from the county roster, she told members of the Sammamish Chamber of Commerce last week.
When an Eastside woman lost her son and business partner and was stuck paying to store unused inventory, members of the Eastlake DECA team saw an opportunity to not only help but learn about business, marketing and liquidation.
The Issaquah School District and the Educational Assistants have reached an agreement on their contract.
It was the protest that wasn’t. Or, at least it wasn’t the scale that was expected.
Sixth-graders at Christa McAuliffe Elementary School are learning to dance the salsa, waltz and merengue, all thanks to a $800 grant from the Lake Washington Schools Foundation.
The theme of the night was the environment.
Agents with the Drug Enforcement Agency and local law enforcement on Wednesday indicted more than a dozen people for involvement in marijuana growing operations as well as three businesses during a raid they’re calling “Operation Green Reaper.”
Slip on your wooden shoes and start tilting at windmills, because April is the month for tulips and I was recently honored to be in the land of Windmills, wooden shoes and tulips.
•Sorella Salon & Spa: This salon just opened in December and offers a range of services, including styling to facials and spa treatments. 1220 10th Ave. N.E., or call (425) 392-9299.
During the past several years, we have found that working as a team of state representatives from the 41st District is the most efficient and effective approach in Olympia. As always, we worked together on your priorities, focusing on education and transportation. And this year, we also worked to move plans to replace the SR 520 floating bridge to the top of everyone’s priority list.
He lied to us.
Those four little words are the papier maché shield being used by politicians from Seattle to Olympia to deflect the blame for the Seattle Sonics inevitable departure for Oklahoma City.
