With an understandable bit of regret about the bright, sunny weather they were missing, City Council members and department heads buckled down and got to work last weekend during the city’s annual goal setting retreat.
Our nation’s housing markets have been hit hard, and consumers are trying to stay afloat during the fallout of the subprime mortgage crisis.
Sammamish residents are invited to help plan and/or be part of the Sammamish Farmers Market Diversity Days. The first meeting will be from 2-3 p.m. on April 27 at the Sammamish Library meeting room. The market starts May 21 and goes through Oct. 1. For more information about the market, see farmersmarket@sammamishchamber.org. To volunteer, e-mail sfm_v@hotmail.com or come to the meeting. From 2-6 p.m. on May 7, the city will host a “rock party” to remove rocks from the viewing area for the Fourth on the Plateau. The work will be followed by a barbecue for volunteers. To register, e-mail Dawn Sanders at dsanders@ci.sammamish.wa.us.
“Super Salmon Sleuths”: 9:30-11:30 a.m. April 14 and May 12. Science program for preschoolers features slide show, exploration station, art projects, story time and fish feeding. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Presented by Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery. Cost: $5 per child. Registration required. Watershed Science Center, 125 W. Sunset Way, Issaquah. 425-392-8025, celina@issaquahfish.org or www.issaquahfish.org.
After months of raising and carefully monitoring hundreds of fry, students of Clark Elementary let them go last week.
How much is enough?
Money? Sex? Friends? Don’t get too excited. We’re talking exercise.
The safety of pedestrians in Klahanie will be the topic of discussion at an open house on April 29 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Challenger Elementary School.
You can’t open an account at this new bank branch.
The Issaquah Highlands Council is hosting an Arbor Day Celebration from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 26 at Grand Ridge Elementary School.
Lily Palido and her grandson, Zane Anderson, visited at the Kent Animal Shelter recently looking for a dog to adopt.
A GPS unit was stolen and a window broken out of a Honda Accord at 3:25 p.m. on April 3 in the 5000 block of Issaquah Pine Lake Road Southeast.
The FBI has arrested a 24-year-old Mountlake Terrace man in connection with the robberies at the Washington Mutual and US Bank in Issaquah as well as seven other banks in the area.
The Issaquah City Council approved the acceptance of a $400,000 grant during the Monday night city council meeting, paving the way for a feasibility study to be conducted on the intake dam half a mile upstream from the Issaquah Hatchery.
Sammamish residents are invited to recycle household items from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 19 at Eastlake High School, 400 228th Ave. N.E.
19: Earth Day, featuring several free one-hour classes, coloring grocery bags for kids and birdhouse making.
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday
A new city park will be built just outside the Talus Community, thanks to a unanimous vote to fund the project Monday night by the City Council.
