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REINDEER GAMESFestival in 23rd year Cougar Mountain Zoo

“People get to know that reindeer are real, they do exist, and they’re really cute.”– Robyn Barfoot

BY KEVIN [email protected]

They have Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cu-pid, Donder and the newest

addition, 5-month-old Blitzen. Th en there’s the most famous reindeer of

them all, Rudolph. And be sure not to forget the backup,

Olive. For the 23rd straight year, Cougar

Mountain Zoo is hosting Santa and his entire team of fl yers the entire month for its annual Reindeer Festival, which runs Dec. 1-23 and 26-30.

“It is a very unique fun, family event, said Robyn Barfoot, zoo curator. “People get to know that reindeer are real, they do exist and they’re really cute.”

For Steve and Jessica Talacki of Wood-inville, the experience provided a perfect aft ernoon escape with their 4-year-old son, Max.

“We were just looking online for things to do for kids for Christmas and saw this,” said Steve, admitting he didn’t know about

the zoo hidden in Issaquah’s foothills. “It’s very unique.”

For Sammamish resident Karen Grande and her 3-year-old granddaughter Grace, the event has become a bit of a tradition.

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BY CELESTE [email protected]

City Council gave a resound-ing “no” to the Highlands devel-oper who asked for an unprec-edented $3 million to complete a long-awaited business district.

“I thought that was pretty outrageous,” said John Traeger, council president. “Nobody has asked for that kind of money before.”

Th e request would have come from the 2012 budget, which is being fi nalized next week. It would have made up about a tenth of the city’s total budget for next year.

Th e council is now waiting for Regency Centers to make its next move. So far it hasn’t presented a plan for what the Grand Ridge business district would look like.

It did, however, suggest in-cluding a plaza and about 1,700 parking spots for the 14 acres. Presumably the money would go toward making the development more walkable.

When fi rst conceived, the land was supposed to follow an urban village concept, which encour-ages people to walk to shops and drive less.

So far, the area has proven to be car dependent and there hasn’t been much retail, but there is still hope, Traeger said.

Council rejects $3 million requestHighlands retail development discussions to continue

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Rick Gaines, a District 10 fire commissioner, stands inside the May Valley fire station, number 78. If a $5.5 million bond is approved, the station would move a more central location. CELESTE GRACEY, Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter


A $5.5 million fire bond measure would help keep Issaquah’s fire trucks in town and help provide quicker service for residents in District 10, south of Issaquah.

The levy is up before the district’s 8,000 registered voters in February.

If approved, about $3.5 million of the money would go toward relocating sta-tion 78 from the borders of Renton to just south of Squak Mountain, central to its emergency calls.

Today, when calls come in from communi-ties along the Issaquah-Hobart Road, trucks sta-tioned in Issaquah would often make it to the incident quicker than those in community’s own district, said Bud Backer, deputy chief at Eastside Fire and Rescue.

Station 78 was built in a corner of the district and only a few blocks from a station in Renton. There was once a belief that by placing stations close to city borders, it would discourage further city annexations, keeping more tax payers in the district. That mentality has since changed to focus on being effective, said Rick Gaines, a Dis-trict 10 commissioner.

The district purchased land along the May Valley Road about five years ago, and has been waiting for a good opportunity to put the measure on the ballot since.

With how low construction rates are today, it’s a good time to build, Gaines said.

First opened in the 1980s, the current fire station is far from obsolete, but the

awkward space is far from ideal.Cubicle walls separate the three firefight-

er beds from the cramped weights room, making it impossible to use when someone is sleeping.

Treadmills were set up in the garage between the fire truck and the ambulance for lack of better space.

A new station would mean firefighters would get their own rooms with doors for

sleeping. It would also give them an opportunity to build a better space for walk-in calls.

Bond money would also be used to help pay off debt on a new station in Carna-tion, also in District 10, and create a fire truck driving course.

Normal park-ing lots aren’t built to handle the stress of re-petitively driving

fire engines over them. If a lot is used too heavily, the trucks can actually crack the asphalt, Backer said.

Any remaining money would go toward remodeling a volunteer station 76, south of the Tiger Mountain. Today, volunteers are staying overnight in office and classroom space. The improvements would encourage more participation.

When big storms hit, fire stations tend to be the spot people go to get warm and to charge cell phones. This is especially important in more rural areas, like Tiger, which tend to get cut off from larger cities.

“A fire station in a disaster is a refuge island,” Gaines said, adding that it’s a good use of resources to recruit more volunteers.

If passed, the measure would increase property taxes by about 9 cents per assessed $1,000, or about $36 a year for a home worth $400,000.

Fueling the fire$5.5 million bond levy promises quicker response for May Valley, less burden on Issaquah fire stations

Bud Backer, Eastside Fire and Rescue deputy chief, stands where District 10 plans to build a new station. CELESTE GRACEY, Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter

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THIS WON’T BE A PLACE WITHOUT ACE

I needed to replace a bolt. So, naturally I headed down to the Sammamish ACE hardware.

Now I don’t really know anything about bolts, and about the only tool I know how to use is the dollar bill. I wasn’t wor-ried in the least because I could always depend on the people of the Sammamish ACE Hardware store to solve whatever problem I presented them with.

So, me and my rusty bolt arrive at 8 a.m. and at the front door are greeted by a sandwich board informing me that the store has lost it’s lease and, if a suitable alternative is not found, will close sometime in 2012.

I wish I had the time to tell you all of the stories of good neigh-borliness that the Sammamish ACE hardware store has shown to me. I’ll just relate one here, I’m sure if you think about it, you too have many similar stories.

Some years ago I asked a clerk there where I could get my mower repaired. They sent me to the John Deere store in Red-mond. Last year that store closed. Last summer I had a problem with my mower so I called ACE for another recommendation. I described my problem to the young clerk who took the call. He said he thought he knew what the problem was, asked me where I lived and said he could stop by

after work. He came by, fi xed it and left without charging me a dime.

As a 75-year-old guy I re-member fondly growing up in a small town with a Main Street lined with small friendly shops. Sadly, they are all gone now. The Sammamish town center may be somewhere else, but Sam-mamish’s heart is at the ACE Hardware store.

Martin Platzner, Sammamish

There is a sense of relief – along with a lot of smiles – in the region now that Boeing announced that it would build its 737 MAX in Renton and the Machinists have approved a four-

year contract extension.To anyone who works or lives here or is concerned about the

future of the aerospace industry in Washington state, the decision seemed like a no-brainer. But Boeing did look around, just like it did for a 787 production plant and a new world headquarters. We know how all that turned out – two low points on the roller coaster that is life with Boeing.

So, it should be clear that, as Gov. Chris Gregoire has pointed out, we can take nothing for granted. We are in a competitive at-mosphere that spans the globe for such manufacturing prizes as the production of what’s been called a game-changing airliner.

That’s why it’s so important to credit one of the key players in the talks that ultimately led to Boeing’s decision – the Machinists. The Machinists and the engineers union have been on board the state-wide effort to keep the 737 MAX production in Washington state.

Despite years of acrimony and strikes, the Machinists and Boeing found common ground. We all should thank them for their willing-ness to do what’s right for everyone. We like what Machinists Local 751 president Tom Wroblewski had to say:

“This proposed agreement with Boeing is good for our members, good for the company and good for our communities.”

Of course, each side benefi tted. But the point is they set aside their differences and gave a little or a lot to reach this landmark agreement.

That’s the type of leadership we demand from our political lead-ers in Washington, D.C., and Olympia. Our nation’s capital has become a bastion of do-nothings, hamstrung by philosophies that play to the extremes, leaving out all of us in the middle.

So, while Boeing and the Machinists have taken a critical step forward to keep the 737 MAX production in Renton, we must all work to ensure the success of Gregoire’s plan to keep the aerospace industry strong and even present in our state.

We must strengthen our math and science programs at all levels of education and train or retrain workers at such important two-year colleges as Bellevue College in the skill that increasingly are necessary for the 21st century. Our four-year universities are wilting under Olympia’s failure to adequately fund education. That must be reversed.

So while we’re at it, we would also demand that legislators quickly approve the training and education package valued at about $9.8 million that Gregoire has put forth to ready our state to prepare future aerospace workers.

It was a good week in our state for the aerospace industry. Let’s build on that and get the rest of our economy moving ahead, too.

– Craig Groshart, Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter

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My wife likes Christmas lights across the top of our house. I do. too.

Th at means it’s once again the annual struggle to fi nd something — anything — that will work.

Call it the curse of the fl at roof.We have what’s called a French

drain system on our roof. Th at means the gutter is internal;

there’s no metal trough that runs along the fascia board.

Th at also means there’s no place to hook/clip/tie a string of lights. Believe me, I’ve tried. All I’ve got are boxes of lights to show

for my failed attempts.In the past I’ve tried stretch-

ing strings of mini-lights along the fascia. But they just sag. My wife doesn’t have to step too far outside the front door to give a thumbs down.

A couple of years ago I switched to C9 bulbs when I discovered they had a little clip on the side. Hey, I thought, this clip will slide up inside the fl ashing, giving me a perfectly straight line of bulbs.

Th at worked just fi ne except that the plastic clips wouldn’t always fi t under the fl ashing edge. Worse, the clips, being plastic,

would break off . Th e result was more sagging bulbs. One year, mid-way into the Christmas light-ing season, I resorted to using duct tape and nails to straighten out sagging bulbs.

Have I mentioned that all of this usually happens in the midst of a cold winter rain?

Of course, with conventional incandescent bulbs, I can only connect two sets together. Th at means I also must make a trip to the fl at – but slippery in the winter – roof to lay out extension cords. Did I mention that it rains in the winter around here?

It’s gotten so bad that this sum-mer, when we were having some work done on our roof, I con-sidered spending an additional $2,500 to have exterior gutters put on the house. $2,500!!!! Am I crazy? Well, I’m getting that way.

Th is year, in the spirit of saving the planet, I bought LED bulbs. Wow, I thought, you can string 30 or 40 sets together. No more crawling around on the roof.

When I took the lights out of the box, I discovered that they didn’t have clips, but since they were smaller and I fi gured a couple hundred push-pins would be enough to anchor all the lights. Unfortunately, these LED lights had twisted wires, which not only don’t straighten out but also end up pointing the bulbs in every conceivable direction.

My wife was even faster with

her thumb.In desperation, I went back

to the store (I think I’m single-handedly keeping Lowe’s profi t-able along with helping million of workers in China stay gainfully employed) bought some more C9 bulbs with the plastic clips. Th ey would supplement unused C9 strings I still had from previous failed lighting attempts. Yes, they still had plastic clips, but I fi gured if they just last this year I could redouble my eff orts at a solution next year.

Did you know that diff erent manufacturers put male/female plugs on diff erent ends of the string? Th e result is that while half my light sets have clips facing the fl ashing, the other half face the street and, of course, means they won’t attach to the fl ashing.

I won’t say I’ve given up on the project, but more and more I’m remembering a old Seinfeld episode where George Costanza tells of his father’s eff ort to de-commercialize Christmas.

“Festivus” anyone?

Craig Groshart is editor of the Issaquah & Bellevue Reporter. He can be reached at [email protected] or 425-453-4233.

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Meat is one of the few sources of wholesome, nutritious protein in food pantry visitors’ diets. But for many food pantry visitors, meat is some-thing that rarely is put on the table. Food pantries that serve the hungry often don’t have the resources to pro-vide meat to the people they serve.

However, for several years now QFC has been able to help these agencies by donating wholesome meat products that no longer meet our standards for appearance or fresh-ness. Last year, QFC donated 560,000 pounds of meat to food pantries in Washington and Oregon. This is part of QFC’s Grocery Rescue program.

“Healthy food is important for ev-eryone, but particularly so for low-in-come people suffering from illnesses, as well as children and seniors. QFC meat donations enable people to main-tain healthier lifestyles and give peo-ple the energy everyone needs to care for themselves and their families,” says Food Lifeline Grocery Rescue Program Manager Laura Johnson.

QFC stores are allowed to donate any meat product in good condition that is frozen on or before the date on the package. This can include beef, poultry, pork, and seafood, as well as pre-packaged meats such as fully cooked lunch meats and hot dogs.

When meat products no longer meet QFC’s standards for selling to our customers and become eligible to be donated, it is critically important that we maintain safe handling and stor-age procedures. There are very real cross contamination risks when han-dling meat. For that reason, we keep all meat donations separate by species while awaiting pickup. We use plastic tubs provided by Oregon Food Bank and Food Lifeline; the bins nest and stack and help us to separate meat by species in our meat freezer. All meat donations are frozen solid before leaving the store.

Practices we follow before donat-ing meat products include: freezing to 0o Fahrenheit on or before the date on the package and separating the

meat by species.

A Food Lifeline agency that par-ticipates in the Grocery Rescue pro-gram says, “Thanks for the food you give to those in need. We are seeing an increasing need in our community and you are a big part of why we can help.”

By donating product that doesn’t meet our selling standards, QFC helped our neighbors and friends in

Western Washington and Oregon feed their families. This helps people get back on their feet after experiencing challenges like losing their homes or jobs.

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The following information was compiled from city of Issaquah and Sammamish police reports:

An ex-boyfriend smashed out three windows of his girlfriend’s Chevy Tahoe, after falsely accus-ing her of seeing someone else.

The girlfriend told police he of-ten says such things and harasses her with texts and calls when he’s drunk. The ex-boyfriend uses the truck to get to work and makes payments on it, but it was pur-chased in the girlfriend’s name.

He told her he planned to drop off the truck Nov. 26. The next morning she found the car with the broken windows, but no glass underneath the car.

There were loose pieces still in the windows, so the officers thought the man must not have driven far from where the win-dows were smashed. They found the smashed glass at a nearby park and ride, and were able to match the safety sticker to the car model.

When they called the boy-friend, he told them the windows were smashed outside a club in Seattle, and that he didn’t report it, because he wasn’t supposed to be driving.

CHICKEN DISPUTESAn employee at a grocery store

on Front Street in Issaquah got into an argument with a customer over a piece of allegedly stolen chicken.

The customer, who contacted police, said the conversation got heated when he produced a re-ceipt proving he had paid for the piece of chicken.

He was asked to leave the store. When he walked into the parking lot another employee called him a “slave” Nov. 25. The man decided to contact police after that.

DRUNK DRIVES DOWN CENTER OF 228TH

A drunk man argued with a Sammamish officer as to why he was pulled over, saying it was perfectly legal to drive down the middle of two lanes on 228th Avenue Southeast, because no one else was on the road.

It was about 3:30 a.m., Nov. 27. During their conversation, the man was so nervous he started smoking a cigarette to calm his nerves. When the man failed a field sobriety test, the officer arrested him. He pleaded with the officer, saying the officer was about to ruin his life.

The 59-year-old then exhibited a roller coaster of emotions from

crying, being pleasantly jovial to argumentative. He told police that he was embarrassed, because he had children that were supposed to look up to him.

While walking out of the Sam-mamish police station, the man continued to argue with the of-ficer over the reason for the initial stop, saying it was better for the road to drive down the middle.

BEAVERS HITTwo beavers were hit by a car

Nov. 23 on West Lake Samma-mish Parkway. At least one of the two died at the scene. Animal control was called to collect them.

ILLEGAL FIREWORKSThere were multiple reports of

illegal fireworks in west Issaquah Nov. 28, one incident including a mailbox being blown up.

At first someone reported hearing gunshots or fireworks on Jasmine Place. Fifteen minutes later and about a mile and a half away, someone called in a report of what sounded like gunshots from Oak Crest Drive, but at the same time someone reported hearing seeing flashes of fireworks

from nearby Pine Cone Drive.Then, about 20 minutes later,

someone called in about their mailbox being blown up on Forest Drive.

FENCE HOPPINGPolice confronted a man who

was reportedly hopping fences and wandering through people’s backyards in Issaquah, when they learned he was looking for his lost cat Dec. 4.

They verified his story with a neighbor who also lived on the 200 block of Dorado Drive Northwest.

BAD DRIVING RECORDPolice arrested a 19-year-old

after driving about 20 mph over the speed limit on the Issaquah-Pine Lake Road Nov. 28.

After running the teen’s ID number, the officer learned he had multiple outstanding traffic tickets, which caused his license to be suspended. The teen knew about the tickets, and thought he had paid the ones that would have caused his license to be suspended.

The teen also didn’t know that he had a DUI pending blood result tests.

Knowing the teen’s reckless behavior, the officer decided to arrest him. The officer then drove

the teen home, and advised his parents that he shouldn’t be driv-ing.

NEW JOB TURNS INTO SCAMA Sammamish man was

scammed out of about $5,000, after taking a secret shopper job he found online Nov. 28.

The scammers sent fake checks to do the secret shopping. The couple thought they had been cashed, and had wired back about $5,000 to various places through-out the world, when they learned that some of the checks were fake.

Investigation with the postal office revealed that all of the checks were fake. The police took 20 pages of emails as evidence. The scammer was linked back to a home address in California.

GRAFFITI IN ISSAQUAH There were four reported

incidences of graffiti in Issaquah Nov. 30-Dec. 1, including spray paint at the Food Bank to tagging on the footbridge at 17th Avenue Northwest.

The other incidences were on Rowley properties and tagging on transformers along Lake Drive.

Issaquah Reporter staff writer Celeste Gracey can be reached at 425-391-0363, ext. 5052.

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In July, The Reporter printed “Boe-hm’s Candies: Remembering Julius Boehm.” That article took us through Boehms’ history from Julius’ birth in 1897 to his passing in December 1981. This explores what’s happened since.

When Julius Boehm died of cancer at age 84, Boehm’s Candies was already a corporation; ownership devolved to a board of directors. Bernard Garbusjuk, Julius’ assistant and friend who had been with Boehm’s since 1972, became general manager. Bernard was a board member, and is now the owner. A second generation of Garbusjuks, Bernard’s son Tyson and daughter Narissa, have joined the company.

Bernard is “adamant about letting ev-eryone know that Boehm’s Candies and the Edelweiss Chalet are Julius Boehm’s legacy”, according to Peggy Braeutigam in an article about Bernard. In 1982, Bernard asked Braeutigam, an Issaquah artist, to make calligraphic signs for the candy counter. “Each time they needed new signs, Bernard would walk through the door (of The Issaquah Gallery) and enticingly say, Peggy, I’ve brought you a goodie bag.”

Bernard knew how to “entice” folks into helping improve the candy company, and the community. Over the years, ser-vice organizations and community causes

have received Boehm’s generosity. The company became active in the Issaquah Chamber of Commerce, and in efforts to promote Issaquah tourism.

Bernard spent his first 17 years in East Germany, “at a time when freedom to choose one’s vocation wasn’t so good. He knew his dream of being a veterinar-ian wasn’t possible there, so he moved to West Germany. It soon became apparent that he needed to earn a living; the fast-est possible way was to become a pastry chef because his maternal grandfather was a well-known pastry and confection-er chef. He spent the next seven years as an apprentice in kitchens of some of the finest hotels and spas of Germany,” Braeutigam wrote.

Bernard concluded that to earn the title “Chef” would take many more years as apprentice. Then he met a Seattle restaurant owner who was visiting the spa; she offered to sponsor Bernard as an immigrant to the U.S. if he would cook in her Bothell restaurant. Within a year, Bernard moved to the U.S. He soon was working two jobs, in Bothell and Seattle. Then Julius Boehm asked Bernard to move to Issaquah to work in the Candy Kitchen. Braeutigam says, “Julius proved to be a hard task master but an invaluable mentor to Bernard.”

In 1981 the Candy Kitchen had three retail outlets. Bernard increased their number. The mail-order business was en-larged. As business expanded, the facility was also expanded—several times. The most recent major expansion began in 1986 and took a year. By 1987, Boehm’s was reporting more than one million dol-lars in sales.

The “Chocolate, Wine, and All That Jazz” food carnival began in 1988 on Boehm’s grounds. A Chamber of Commerce event, it gives local food, wine, and jazz providers a way to offer their latest selections to annual sell-out crowds.

Bernard became active in Retail Con-fectioners International, a group of 480 candy companies working to improve the industry. Bernard served on their Board of Directors. Now Tyson Garbusjuk serves on the Board.

Bernard says, “Small companies some-times try to be Costco, and they can’t. Or, they try to stay the same as they were, and hang on. Boehm’s chooses a more stressful and demanding, but mod-ern, approach. We try to be out in front of changing markets.”

Bernard’s wife Joanne was responsible for much “forward thinking”, especially ways to streamline mail orders, and to in-crease tourists and tours. Mindi Reid, an employee, tour conductor, and unofficial Boehm’s historian, says people describe Joanne quiet but strong, a person who communicated in a way that “oiled the wheels and united everyone.” Joanne cer-tainly did that when this writer worked at Boehm’s. Although Joanne died of

cancer in 2001, her presence continues to be felt.

Others who continue to be felt include ageless retirees Rae Pickering, who started in 1956 when Julius opened the business, and Grace Tietje, who never told me what year she started making chocolates. Daughters of Grace and of Rae were also candy makers when I worked; at least one continues dipping chocolates today.

Boehm’s has been a first job for many local high schoolers. Lots of them work for years, then return from college to work holidays. Young ladies usually do sales; young men do clean-up, main-tenance, and yard work. In some fami-lies, sibling after sibling has worked at Boehm’s. It’s that sort of place, but busy, precise, particular, and demanding. Cur-rently there are 27 full time and part time employees.

Mary Scott is a docent for the Issaquah History Museums.


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Once a special in-vestigator for domestic violence, Amy Jarboe has a soft spot in her heart for children.

So when the King County Sheriff ’s depart-ment transferred her out of Sammamish, she continued her annual Sammamish Police project to collect hundreds of toys for children in need.

With help from the community, the station was piled high with toys for the sixth year in a row. The of-ficers filled a moving pod, donated courtesy of PODS.

The toys went to sup-port the Toys for Tots program, run by the U.S. Marines.

“I have a spot in my heart for the kids. I think Christmas gifts are a great way to show that people care for them,” Jarboe said.

She started the project while working at the Sam-mamish office and realized City Hall would make a great drop off site for the community.

She was the first officer selected for the sher-iff ’s domestic violence intervention unit about 12 years ago.

Two years ago the unit was dismantled for budget reasons, and this June she was sent into North Bend to help with patrols.

Her heart, she said, is still in Sammamish. She was pleased to see people’s generosity continue.

“Times are tough out there. Money is tight, and they’re really, really giving,” she said. “There is going to be a lot of happy kids come Christmas morning.”

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They made their first trip to the Cougar Moun-tain Zoo last December.

“We talked about it all year,” Karen said, smiling.

Grace, who just finished feeding apple pieces to the reindeer, was quick to name her favorite antlered friend.

“Rudolph, because of his nose,” she said.

She even had the answer for why his nose wasn’t lit up in the daylight.

“Because it needs to save energy for when it’s dark,”

she said.The Reindeer Festival is

open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., daily through Dec. 23. Pictures are available with Santa in his house through that time frame. He is gone for his trip around the world Dec. 24 and returns to the North Pole on Dec. 25.

Santa is gone Dec. 26-30, but the zoo hosts an additional viewing of his reindeer from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dec. 26-30.

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Last year’s ride to the state tournament is one the Skyline girls basketball team won’t soon forget. In fact, it’s something they’d love to duplicate in 2012.

“Everyone truly valued that experience and have dedicated all that we do to put us in a position to potentially enjoy that again this sea-son,” head coach Greg Bruns said.

Th e Spartans, who went to state for the third time in program his-tory before losing in the fi rst round to South Kitsap, bring back a key core.

Seven players return varsity expe-rience from last year’s 16-9 team.

“Th ey all are driven, have a real passion for basketball, and are great friends on and off the court,” Bruns said.

Senior captains Megan Wiede-man and Allie Wyszynski lead the returning group. Both are post play-ers and a force down low. At 6-foot, Wiedeman averaged a double-dou-ble last season with 11 points and 12 rebounds. Wyszynski scored six points and averaged four rebounds per game.

Th e Spartans also add 5-11 trans-

fer Shelby Kassuba and 6-2 sopho-more Bryn deVita.

While Skyline is deep at the post, it also loaded at the guard position with the return of seniors Morgan Farrar and Susie Tinker, and juniors Haley Smith and Lacey Nicholson. Th ey also get back junior guard Rachel Shim, who sat out all last season with a knee injury.

All the depth at guard will make the Spartans tough to guard this season — especially due to their all-around size.

“We not only have height but have some of our most talented and experienced players in those positions,” Bruns said. “We could conceivably start 6, 6-1, 5-10, 5-11, 5-8 if the matchups dictated.”

On top of that, Skyline is ath-letic. Th e Spartans plan to use their conditioning and speed to pressure teams and create off ensive oppor-tunities.

While a return to the state tournament might be ideal, Bruns knows there’s no looking ahead.

“We all know and understand how diffi cult it can be in the KingCo conference, so our focus and attention is always in the here and now — each and every game, one game at a time,” he said.

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With seven seniors graduated from last year’s 17-7 team, the Issaquah girls basketball team certainly had some holes to fi ll in 2012.

Head coach Kathy Gibson likes the way things are headed so far.

“I think this team can be really good, I love the potential this group has,” she said.

Six girls with varsity experience and a key group of new-comers have helped the Eagles get off to a 5-2 start.

Th e returners include 5-foot-10 senior Sabrina Norton — daughter of former NFL standout and current Seattle

Issaquah girls loaded with youth, athletes

Taryn Holmes battles for a loose ball in last year’s KingCo tournament. CHAD COLEMAN, Issaquah & Sammamish ReporterEAGLES, 12


With three starters returning from last year’s 21-4 team one thing is certain for the Eastlake girls basket-ball team in 2012 — the potential for success is high.

“We have a great group of returning se-niors who have played together for since about the fi ft h grade,” head coach Sara Goldie said. “We are really looking forward to a great season.”

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Seahawks’ linebacker coach Ken Norton, Jr. She aver-aged 11 points and seven rebounds per game as a junior.

The Eagles also return senior guard Taryn Holmes as team captain as well as senior forward Ngozi Monu. Junior guards Aimee Brakken and Quincey Gib-son along with sophomore guard MacKenzie Wieburg bring valuable varsity expe-rience.

In addition, Issaquah has some key newcom-ers, including sophomore Mandie Hill. The transfer from California is averag-ing a team-high 14 points through seven games.

“She is a point guard with an offensive mind and shooter’s mentality,” Gibson said.

One thing the Eagles lack, however, is size. Norton is the team’s tallest player at 5-10.

“We know it’s a disad-vantage, so we will need to work harder on the defen-sive side and on rebound-ing,” Gibson said. “Most teams seem to have at least one 6-footer, some have two or more — just not us.”

Issaquah plans to counter its lack of size with defensive pressure and an up-tempo style of play.

“We will look to push the tempo but will need to take care of the ball in the pro-cess,” said Gibson, noting young teams can struggle with consistency.

As usual, goals are high for the Eagles, who have made the state tournament five out of the last seven seasons. Gibson thinks as the season progresses things will just get better.

“The girls work hard, have pretty good team chemistry and are coach-able,” she said. “They seem to really want to get better which has been a lot of fun.”


First-year Eastside Catholic girls basketball coach Cassandra Snyder is aware that it can take a team awhile to learn a new system.

She’s also fully confident that when her team adjusts, the possibilities are endless.

“Personally, I have high expectations for this group of young ladies because of the talent and experience they bring to the table,” Snyder said. “Once all the girls are on the same page and are more comfortable with our new system, we have the potential of realizing consistent success on the court.”

Snyder, who assisted at Lakes High School the last two seasons, took over a Crusader team that finished 6-15 in 2011.

She feels she has the pieces in place to have a much improved season in 2012 —

displayed when Eastside won its first two games against class 4A Bothell and Mariner.

“I have a great group of girls here at Eastside Catholic — very coachable with positive attitudes,” Snyder said.

Leading the group of returners is senior guard Michaela O’Rourke. The 5-foot-9 guard averaged 17 points and three assists per game as a junior.

“She can finish with both hands and a good decision maker by finding her team-mates for an open look when the defense collapses,” Snyder said. “Michaela is a natural leader putting the team first. She will always go all out, leaving everything on the court.”

Eastside Catholic girls target consistent success

Eastside Catholic senior guard Michaela O’Rourke returns as the Crusaders’ leading scorer. STACEY STOUTT, For The Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter

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better,” Goldie said. “She is incredibly unselfish and sees the floor really well. Kendra is one of our captains this year and is someone who the team finds strength in.”

The Wolves also return experience at the guard po-sition with starters Caleigh McCabe and Abby Carlson. The pair were among the team leaders in assists last year, combining for 14 points per game. Eastlake would have a fourth starter

returning in guard Sam Naluai, but she suffered an ACL injury in the fall and is out for the season.

The Wolves are returning several components from last year’s successful season, including senior forward Lauren Files, senior guard Taylor Boe, senior guard Bella Zennan.

One spot Eastlake will have to rebuild in, however, is at the post. The Wolves graduated Katie Ainslie, who averaged eight points and eight rebounds last year.

Goldie expects a couple of sophomores to fill the void,

including 5-foot-9 Maggie Douglas and 6-foot-3 Mari-jke Vanderschaaf. According to Goldie, Douglas is smaller, but is physical and under-stands the game. She said Vanderschaaf has solid post moves and her size in the paint will be tremendous.

After losing its first two games, Eastlake has found a groove winning its next two. The Wolves have high hopes of another successful season — possibly taking it a step farther than last year where they lost a pigtail winner-to-state game to Edmonds-Woodway.

“I would love for them to experience the joy of the ups and downs of a season, and the reward of hard work in the postseason,” Goldie said.

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The Crusaders also re-turn 6-foot-2 senior post Sarah Hill, who aver-aged five points and five rebounds per game.

“Because we don’t have much height it is crucial to have Sarah inside for us on both ends of the floor,” Snyder said.

Other returners include senior guards Shannon Graves and Shelby Newell, along with junior forward Lau-ren Johnson and sopho-more guards Emma Burnham and Ana Wu.

The Crusaders have lost their last four games, but Snyder is aware that there will be ups and downs. In the end, she believes persistence will lead her team to a suc-

cessful season. “We have a handful of

returning players with varsity game experience, who, together with our

younger players are adjusting and transition-ing to a new system,” she said. “Indeed it’s been a classroom on the court, however, I have seen im-provement in all aspects of our game on a daily basis.”

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The economy, however, isn’t conducive to the urban village concept any-more, said Mark Mullet, a city councilmember and Highlands business owner.

“I think if left to its own devices, the market is go-ing to do something that’s more like a strip mall,” he said, adding that to get the walkability vision, the city needs to ask first what it’s willing to invest.

Mullet would support giving a year’s worth of tax benefit to the devel-opment, which would be about $1.5 million, in

exchange for structured parking and walkability.

Given a choice, he’d choose development now over waiting another five years for a more walkable development.

Timing is a major concern, because Regal Cinemas would likely pull out of the project if it can’t open by summer 2013. A theater is key in attracting high-quality retail, he said.

About nine out of ten city comments Mullet hears from customers at his Highlands pizza and ice cream shops are in regards to the need for more retail, he said. “It’s the single most important issue to everyone who lives there.”

Regency plans to work with the city to find a so-lution everyone can sup-port, said Craig Ramey, senior vice president of the Regency Pacific Northwest division. He wouldn’t comment further on the plan.

The city council already approved a change to the development agreement that would allow for a gas station to be built along-side a grocery store. The council plans to continue to work with Regency.

When Regency pre-sented its request in late November, city coun-cilmembers were in deep discussions over $20,000 projects. The $3 million request was hard for them to even wrap their minds around, Traeger said.

The money would have had to come from allover the budget, from putting off transportation projects to cutting park funding and even maybe public safety dollars.

Finishing the business district in the Highlands is important, he said, “but you have to be realistic.”

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