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Je� Mitchell isn’t fond of being associated with the word “hero.”
But that is undoubtedly what he is to thousands of western Washington service men, women and their families.
It was also the reason the Sam-mamish resident and president of Operation Bald Eagle was honored Friday at the 11th annual SAMMI Awards Ceremony with the Unsung Hero award.
“When I heard about it and I had to go interview for it, I told my wife I don’t know if I want to do it because it’s not about me,” Mitchell said.
Mitchell � rst started Operation Bald Eagle in June of 2009 as a way to support military service men and women, along with police and � re � ghters across the region.
He focused on building care packages to send overseas, along with supporting grieving families who lost loved ones in the line of duty — something he named Project Picking up the Pieces.
“If I’m having a bad day, there’s nothing in comparison to helping somebody else,” said Mitchell, who also works full time as an operations manager at Verizon.
In its third year, Operation Bald Eagle continues to gain momentum. When it started, the organization sponsored 60 troops. � e number is now at more than 1,000.
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Citizens honored Winners named at 11th annual SAMMI ceremony
MEASURING UP
BY CELESTE [email protected]
When teachers at Cascade Ridge began
organizing a fundraiser for African children, they wanted to be clear that the � fth graders should try to earn the money they donated.
With the school centered in an a� uent community, it would be easy for parents to open their wallets to reach the week’s $2,000 goal.
So the students organized bake sales and completed extra chores for pay. By the end of the week they raised about $5,000 plus an anonymous $1,000 matching donation.
“We were brought to tears,” said teacher Anjuli Bates. “� ey put in a ton of creativity.”
In the common room at Cascade Ridge, students wore hair nets and aprons as they took turns dumping ingredients into bags.
A couple tables kept a rhythm, chanting, “lentils, spice, chicken, rice.” Another team then sealed the bags, each containing enough food for six meals.
In addition to the thousands of meals students packed, the money also went to paying for education and medicine for those who would receive the food. Children of the Nations International, the organization behind the fundraiser, brings a holistic approach to its aid.
For the students, seeing the food before it ships out creates a stronger connection to the need.
“You work harder, because you know they’re depending on you,” said student Jacqui Verrue. “� ey’re starving and don’t have
the resources we do.”It’s important to give back,
classmate Elena Yerges added. “I know how fortunate I am.”
Yerges, Verrue and classmate Sarah Schnebele organized a dog wash to help raise money. Together they cleaned 13 dogs in their parent’s bathtub, raising $208. � e idea came a� er too
many people pursued the bake sale angle.
� e program helps widen student’s perspective of the world, especially with how tangible the event is, said teacher Erin Perea. “� ey’re realizing for the � rst time that it feels good to give back.”
� is is the fourth year the school has hosted this event.
In the past students raised about $1,000-$1,500, but when they heard about the matching donation, they set a goal to raise $2,000.
� ey didn’t realize how much money the kids raised until Friday morning, when in one day they brought in $3,500, Perea said. “We were absolutely
Jacqui Verrue helped raise money for a foreign aid fundraiser by washing dogs with two classmates. � e � � h-grade class then packaged meals to be sent abroad. CELESTE GRACEY, Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter
Students take ownership of foreign aid fundraiser
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Message from the ChairJohn Marchione, Mayor of Redmond
dear neighbors,
it is my honor and privilege to have been elected as the chair of the Cascade Water alliance Board of directors. i have served on this board for many years, and am very proud of its accomplishments as we continue to provide clean, safe, reliable water for our residents.
to do this, Cascade works with regional partners like seattle and tacoma, and has purchased the beautiful Lake tapps in pierce County. state approval to eventually use this for future water supply was granted last year.
Why is this important?
Because this beautiful lake is a reservoir that will eventually provide all of us with drinking water. Without this, we cannot grow or prosper as a region.
But our mission at Cascade is to think about tomorrow as well. as our region grows, so will demand.
Our residents do their part in saving water every day—from turning off the water while they brush their teeth, by purchasing water efficient appliances and toilets for their homes, and not watering their yards when it’s raining.
We as a regional board are entrusted with making sure there’s water in that tap when you turn it on today and tomorrow. that is why we purchased and will maintain Lake tapps to ensure we will be able to meet that demand for the rest of the century.
John marchione
Water for our Future
ChairJohn Marchione, mayor City of redmond
vice-ChairDavid Knight, CommissionerCovington Water district
secretary/treasurerJim Haggerton, mayorCity of tukwila
Board Members
Don DavidsonCity of BellevueFred ButlerCity of issaquahPenny SweetCity of KirklandLloyd Warrensammamish plateau Water and sewer districtJon Aultskyway Water district
Alternates
Robert Brady sammamish plateauWater & sewer districtJeff ClarkCovington Water districtKevin WallaceCity of BellevueStacy GoodmanCity of issaquahDoreen MarchioneCity of KirklandHank MargesonCity of redmondVerna SealCity of tukwilaC. Gary Schulzskyway Water & sewer district
Officers
2012 Board of Directors
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Less than a year after Swedish Hospital Issaquah admitted its first patient, it is considering laying off staff.
The Swedish system, made up of five hospitals and more than 100 clinics, is los-ing $250,000 a day – and has been over the past few months.
“While we are not at a point where we need to panic, we do need to act with a sense of urgency,” wrote Kevin Brown, Swedish’s chief executive, in a letter ad-dressing staff.
He encouraged everyone in the network to work on ways to cut expenses. So far the medical center has limited capital spend-ing and frozen discretionary money.
However, the cuts are expected to be deeper than holding back on cash for conference travel. Management teams have begun discussing how to adjust staffing levels to match declining admittance rates.
The system has seen an 8 percent drop in patient numbers since late 2011. Brown pointed to a cocktail of problems to explain the drop, which tastes of high unemployment rates.
Fewer people have commercial health-care, and the many that do have seen a
rise in their deductibles. This uncertainty in the job market and increased cost to patients has persuaded many to hold off on medical procedures.
The system has also been affected by the rising number of people using medicaid and medicare, which Brown said doesn’t adequately pay for the cost of services.
“Swedish is not the only provider in this situation,” Brown said. “With the economy in a prolonged downturn, the public is changing the way it uses healthcare.”
While patient demand has dropped, Swedish doesn’t regret opening the new Issaquah hospital. The region is one of the fastest growing in King County, and it has a high number of residents with commer-cial insurance.
The hope is that as the hospital begins to fill up, it will offset the losses from those who don’t have the high-paying insurance.
Swedish also insists that Issaquah still needs a hospital, adding that the Depart-ment of Health agreed to the need when it issued a certificate for the new campus.
The medical center opened Issaquah with the expectation that it would lose money the first 18 months, and it budgeted for the losses. However, it’s still going to assess how it can turn profits quicker and reduce its losses.
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Last week I jumped on a plane for a quick vacation to see my grand-parents down in Texas. They spend their winters at a retirement commu-
nity just north of the Mexican border as a way to escape the harsh Michigan winters.
This was my fi rst time down there in almost a decade, and any number of things stood out. Whether it’s the pristine and com-petitive shuffl e-
board courts, the busy tennis courts, or the consistently packed gym, you wouldn’t know the minimum age for residency is 65.
This isn’t the resort of the retired 1 percent - residents live in nice
trailers and doublewides, and tool around in golf carts all day, but it is a place anyone would be glad to call a second home. One particular thing made the greatest impact.
On Friday night, a group known as the Cruisers played live music in the main hall at a dance. It’s been awhile since I’ve been to a dance, not since my high school prom at least, but this wasn’t what I remem-bered.
First of all, the classic scenario of waiting for someone to start the dancing for half an hour never happened. The fi rst song brought the hundreds of seniors out of their seats. And you know, as my aunt Peggy said, “they’ve been around for awhile, and they don’t want to waste any time.”
This statement summed it up perfectly. The process of aging has
its ups and downs, and one of the greatest ups is the experience to know that it doesn’t matter what other people think.
In middle school and high school we spend our dances not enjoying the fun and potential romance, but trying not to look stupid.
But who cares? Whether it’s my 87-year-old grandfather introducing my 25-year-old wife to people as his mother, or me, a 26-year-old man leading a bunch of retired ladies in a fl ash of everyone’s favorite dance, the Macarena, it’s all about not wasting your time with pretense, and just getting out there and get-ting down.
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A ruling this week by a Cowlitz County judge is good news for the majority of votes who ap-proved an initiative last November to get the
state out of the business of selling liquor.An effort backed by liquor distributors sued to block
I-1183, saying it violated state law because it dealt with two subjects. Two weeks ago, Superior Court Judge Stephen Warning agreed with that point because the initiative mentioned both liquor and $10 million that would go to public safety.
His reversal sides with Costco and others who argued that people understand that liquor and safety are actu-ally connected and thus one subject.
We argued back in October that while there many things the state should do, selling beer, wine and hard liquor isn’t one of them.
And, while I-1183 got the state out of the liquor selling business, it continues the state’s enforcement to keep booze out of the hands of our kids, in fact dou-bling the fi nes for businesses selling alcohol to minors.
I-1183 made sense then and Judge Warning sees it, too. If the issue goes next to the state Supreme Court, justices there also should support the voters’ decision.
KID POWER IN ISSAQUAH
We’re not surprised that our community is full of people ready and willing to give to a good cause. What is amazing is how young these
people can be.A good case in point is a group of fi fth graders at
Cascade Ridge Elementary School.As reported in this issue by staff writer Celeste Grac-
ey, this is the fourth year that the students have raised money to provide food for families in Africa. Their past efforts have been good – about $1,000 to $1,500 was raised each year.
But this year it was different – way different.The Cascade Ridge area is affl uent. With the students
setting a goal of raising $2,000, it would have been easy for them to put the arm on mom or dad and have them write a check for such a good cause.
Wisely, school offi cials had a better idea – the stu-dents were encouraged to raise the money themselves. Apparently, that wasn’t even a bump in the road to these kids. They turned in about $5,000 for the feeding program. Even better, they met a goal from an anony-mous person, who added $1,000 to the total.
With the food purchased, the students then set to fi ll-ing 24,000 bags that would be shipped to Africa. There also was money to pay for education and medicine for those receiving the food.
These students did more than raise some money, they taught themselves a lesson, too. We give them an ‘A.’
– Craig Groshart, Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter
THE RIGHT CALLJudge’s reversal on liquorinitiative a plus for state
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Don’t waste your time with pretense
Nat Levy
VOTE, OR SHUT UPRecently, I had a con-
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Far too many people complain and complain yet don’t even bother to vote. If you have the ability to vote and simply
choose not to utilize that then you forfeit your right to complain.
Jeff Swanson, Everett
LETTERS
BY CELESTE [email protected]
� e following information was compiled from City of Issaquah police reports:
A woman called police to report a run-away wallaby March 8. � e family pet had gone missing from her backyard, a� er the gate was le� unsecured.
� e o� cer circulated the area and con-tacted people walking by the 23200 block of Southeast 57th Street to ask if they had seen the missing pet, but no one had seen it.
� e next day the owners reported that they were able to � nd and capture the wal-laby on their own.
Political signs stolenA member of the Issaquah Environmen-
tal Council reported to police March 10 that people have been stealing her signs regarding development in downtown Is-saquah.
� e signs address the issue around the Central Issaquah Plan.
She said she had seem the start disap-pearing over a few days before she called.
$30,000 diamond ringA woman told police she was unsure
where she lost her $30,000, 5-karat dia-mond ring March 14, but the Sammamish woman noticed it missing on the 1000 block of Gilman Boulevard.
She told the responding o� cer that she
lives in Sammamish and would keep look-ing for the piece, however, she planned to contact her insurance.
Wrong type of garageAn o� cer responded to a call March
15 from the Issaquah Highlands Park and Ride, a� er someone reported someone was stripping a vehicle there.
It turned out that the car owner was making repairs on his vehicle in the garage. He was asked to stop.
Phone jackSomeone li� ed 17 phones from a phone
store worth $10,889 on March 13.� e employees told police someone
broke into the store overnight on the 5600 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast.
Missing popsiclesA sta� member from a nursing home on
Front Street South called Issaquah police to make a report for a resident.
� e resident reported that several of his or her ice cream bars went missing from the freezer March 7.
Sta� writer Celeste Gracey can be reached at 425-391-0363, ext. 5052.
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Runaway wallaby
The theme for the 2012 Issaquah Salmon Days Festival is no longer a mystery.
“Thrills and Gills” was announced as this year’s motto, during Wednes-day’s Greater Issaquah Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
This year’s theme and design will highlight the 43 years of history and tradition that Salmon Days is known for.
Before there was Salmon Days, Is-saquah hosted a rodeo. This year’s im-
age, which is the brainchild of graphic designer Robin Dale Spicer, will blend the rodeo cowboy with the salmon.
“We love the movement, action and quirkiness of the cowboy riding the salmon,” said festival director Robin Kelley. “It fi ts us – it’s fi shy and fun.”
The 2012 theme is a culmination of efforts by Kelley; Spawnsor/PR manager Pauline Middlehurst, vendor manager Laura Walker; Issaquah city-council member and longtime Salmon Days volunteer Eileen Barber.
Festival reaveals theme
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Sammamish took its first step Monday in planning the city’s parks services for the next decade.
The Parks and Recreation Commission presented its comprehensive Parks, Recre-ation and Open Space Plan to the city council — a plan that must be updated every six years to maintain eligibility for state grants.
Commissioners Hank Klein and Pauline Cantor highlighted several topics in the plan, including the need to maintain the cur-rent levels of parks service.
With the addition of three new parks at the end of 2011, including the 179-acre Evans Creek Preserve, the cost of anticipated maintenance per developed acre is significantly lower than past years.
There was a budget of more than $1.5 million in 2011, resulting in $6,387 spent per developed acre. With a budget of more than $1.6 million for 2012, the estimated amount spent per acre will drop to $3,759.
“More cuts could result in noticeable de-generation in a park system that helps define the very character of a our beautiful city,” said Klein, recommending the council consider this when looking at the budget.
The Parks Commission also emphasized several other desires, including the addition
of synthetic turf on athletic fields, provid-ing trail connectivity to parks and possibly adding more parks to areas like the northeast portion of Sammamish — an area that doesn’t meet standards for geographic equity.
In addition, the commission unanimously supported moving forward with a commu-nity and aquatics center project.
“We encourage the development of a final concept plan and encour-age you to put this out to the community for a vote,” Klein said.
The council, which will continue to evaluate the plan in an April 10 study session, was mostly recep-tive of the commission’s presentation.
The only questions came from councilman John Curley, who sug-gested a study be conduct-ed to see how many people
actually use the parks. “I love parks, I just want to know how
many people use the parks, that’s all,” Curley said. “It’s not the be-all end-all whether the park has viability, but let’s just do an analysis on this.”
Others, like councilwoman Nancy Whitten disagreed.
“I don’t think you measure success by how my people are using it,” she said.
The council will continue to discuss the plan along with the Capital Impact Plan in the coming months. The parks plan will be officially approved no later than the fall.
Sammamish Parks Commission presents long-term plan to council
“I love parks, I just want to know how many people use the parks, that’s all. ”- John Curley, Councilman
keep Plateau parks clean
The city of Sammamish will hold several park maintenance events start-ing this month.
Lower Commons Park - 9 a.m. to noon, March 24; Beaver Lake Park - 9 a.m. to noon, April 21 (Earth Day); and Illahee Trail - 9 a.m. to noon, April 28
Those interested in vol-unteering should contact Dawn Sanders at [email protected] or 425-295-0556.
Senior art classes in Sammamish
Sammamish seniors 55 and older will have a chance to learn printmak-ing for free from renowned Issaquah artist Gail Baker beginning April 9.
The seven-week class runs from 10 a.m. to noon every Monday through
May 21 at the Sammamish Teen Center.
Participants will learn how to make linoleum block printing, mono-prints, collographs and incised foam prints.
Baker was a freelance art teacher in private and public schools in Wash-ington and Alaska for 30 years.
Registration may be made by contacting Allison Gubata at 425-295-0597 or [email protected].
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This past Thanksgiving, the home-based non-profit earned enough funds to support 300 turkey dinners for troops. At Christmas, they worked with the Issaquah Police Department to collect over 400 toys in three weeks.
Mitchell, who has no military experience but served briefly as a reserve police officer, carries his father’s passion for service. A Navy veteran and later a successful businessman, Mitchell watched his dad commit selfless act after selfless act.
“What my dad taught me is if you sacrifice for others, it’s the most rewarding thing you’ll ever go through,” he said.
Now a father of three, Mitchell is proud to see those values continue on. This past Christmas, his 5-year-old son asked for toys from a box that
were being donated. When Mitchell explained the significance of the toys, it only took a second for his son to react.
“He goes, ‘I get it dad,’” Mitchell said. “He walks back to his room and he gets one of his new toys and goes, ‘Dad, give this to them.’”
Operation Bald Eagle will soon hit a bit of a speed bump. Mitchell learned two weeks ago, he will have to move to Utah within the next few months for his full-time job. He said he plans to continue work in Washington, but will expand in Utah as well. Others have already volunteered to keep the program alive here.
Earning the SAMMI acted as a bittersweet send-off for Mitchell.
“It’s really humbling,” he said. “I didn’t like the connotation hero, because I’m not a hero. The people I deal with their the heroes. There’s times where I just get choked up with I talk about these families because they do everything.”
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Arts - R. Joseph Scott: the conductor and music director for the samma-mish symphony and orchestra has been at it for 13 years. he was recog-nized for helping create a rich cultural environment in sammamish.
Business - Rhonda Newton: the owner of rhonda Newton DDs, Fam-ily Dentistry, has been involved with Kiwanis and various sammamish charities the last 16 years. she was recognized for using her business resources to help support community causes. Courage - Court Huston: an advo-cate of helping other People with epilepsy, she travels around dispeling common myths about epilepsy. she was recognized for overcoming great obstacles to live life to the fullest and inspiring others to meet challenges. Learning Promotion - Ronda Patrick: the eastside catholic teacher helped launch the school’s Deca program. she was recognized for enriching and inspiring contributions to create a positive environment for students.
Teen Spirit - Jordan Lim: the fresh-man at inglewood Junior high has helped plan and organize monthly food donations heroes for the home-less. she was recognized for showing a passion for helping others.
Environmental Award - Pauline Cantor: the sammamish resident volunteers as a sammamish Parks commissioner among several other organizations. she was recognized for being an advocate of environmental awareness through the use of time, talent and resources.
Trevor Price Award - Ryan Brown, Nathan Gelbrich, Allie Murphy: the trio launched the st. Joseph’s basket-ball tournament, which helps fund scholarships for other children. the students were honored as youth under 13 who outwardly displays compassion, respect and kindness.
Youth Advocate - Connor Creswell: the eastside catholic senior started cool Kicks, a program that donates shoes to foster kids. he was recog-nized for being shining example and inspiring his peers and younger generations to follow suit.
Spirit of Sammamish - Kent T. Kiernan: the former police sergeant partners with various organizations to help plan for emergencies and disasters through volunteer involve-ment with the sammamish citizen corps council. he was recognized for embodying the highest level of com-mitment to the community.
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Jeff Mitchell stands in front of the Sammamish Safeway earlier this week during one of his collection drives for the troops. kevin endejan, Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter
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Issaquah resident Brian Gordon has been a season ticket holder for Sound-ers FC since before the team even joined MLS.
He attends every match with his daughter Rachel Solem, an Issaquah High School freshman and last year, won an opportunity to meet and play with three Sounders players a� er practice.
On Tuesday, Gordon was on hand at Star� re in Tukwila with his daugh-ter and boss Paul Algate to claim his prize.
� e trio spent around an hour taking shots at goalkeeper Michael Gspurn-ing and Gordon even got in goal while David Estrada and Roger Levesque � red o� some shots of their own.
“We had a blast,” Gordon said a� er the session. “It was awesome, we got to see the locker room and getting to take some shots was just great.”
Estrada, a 24-year-old forward from Salinas, Calif., and UCLA, said the opportunity to interact with some the most passionate fans in the league is always a pleasure.
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ers and coaches and obviously to our great fans as well,” he said. “� ey do an awesome job screaming their lungs out for 90 minutes and we love that and appreciate it so much.”
Gordon and Algate both coach youth soccer with Issaquah Soc-cer Club and played in recreational leagues until recently. All three are diehard Sounders fans and Gordon said the choice of who to bring was an easy one.
“We go to all the matches together, so I would have been killed if I didn’t bring her (Rachel),” he said. “And my annual review is kind of important,” he added pointing to his boss.
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Sixteen of the top prep boys lacrosse teams from the West Coast and as far away as New York will come to Mercer Island this weekend for the Northwest Invita-tional.
Issaquah and Skyline will be on hand see where they stack up against a � eld full of playo� participants and three state champs from 2011.
� e seventh installment of the tournament will fea-ture: Guiderland (N.Y.), Palo Verde (Las Vegas, Nev.), Lincoln (Portland, Ore.), Claremont School (Victoria, B.C.), Sunset (Portland, Ore.), Centennial (Las Vegas, Nev.) Lakeridge (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Jesuit (Port-land, Ore.), Timberline (Boise, Idaho.) Lake Oswego (Ore.), Lake Washington, Mercer Island, Bellevue and Bainbridge.
Top prep lacrosse teams in nation coming to Eastside
Eastlake gets � rst league win
Eastlake baseball, which managed only one league win in 2011, has already matched that total this season a� er a 5-0 win over Redmond Tuesday to begin the 4A KingCo schedule and pull their overall record to 2-2.
Issaquah fell victim to a late comeback from Newport in its � rst conference game of the year Tuesday and fell 4-3. � e Eagles and Wolves met on � ursday a� er the Reporter’s press time.
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Bray sets school record for Ks
Issaquah senior Brielle Bray broke the school record for strikeouts in a game Monday by fanning 20 Mount Rainier batters in a 7-1 Issaquah win.
Bray allowed only three hits and one walk.
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True Martial Arts in Sammamish is proud to announce that the following people were awarded 1st degree Black belts on Wednesday, Mar. 7:
Jennifer Brewer, mother of two and employee at True Martial Arts as an Administrative Assistant has been training for seven years.
Jillian Kent-Dobias is an 8th grader at Beaver Lake Middle School and has been training for 10 years.
Darren McGraw is a father of two and works as a wealth advisor and has been training for four years.
Nihar Mahajan is a freshman at Skyline High School and has been training for nearly 10 years.
Delaney Aydel is a junior at Mt. Si High School and has been training for 13 years.
Gage Gutmann is an 8th grader at Chief Kanim Middle School and has been training for eight years.
Zaviar Brown is an 8th grader at Issaquah Middle School and has been training for nearly six years.
Kirsten Smith is Human Resources Business Partner at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and has been training for 12 years.
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Arts UpdateWhat’s happening in the world of art
■ “It Shoulda Been You,” a new musical described as Mazel tov with a twist (a.k.a a Jewish bride and a Catholic groom) continues through April 22 at the Village � eatre. Tickets/details at 425-392-2202. Village � eatre is located at 303 Front St. N, Issaquah.
■ � e Sammamish Arts Commission has opened an exhibit, “Come Sit a While,” featuring paper cut artwork from artist Hannah Viano, at the Sammamish City Hall Commons Gallery, 801 228th Ave SE.
■ New artists whose work includes a variety of mediums are being featured at the artEAST gallery. � ere will be a meet-and-greet with artists 6 p.m., March 23 at 95 Front St. N. www.arteast.org.
■ “Pulse: Rhythm in Clay” runs now through April 14 at artEAST Art Center and UP Front Gallery, 95 Front St., N, Issaquah. www.arteast.org.
■ � e Downtown Issaquah Association is seeking artists to display their work during ArtWalk, which runs May through September. To apply email [email protected] or visit www.downtownissaquah.com.
■ � e Sammamish Symphony Orchestra will join with Everett Chorale, Master Chorus Eastside and Sacred Music Chamber to present Verdi’s Requiem at 2 p.m. April 22 at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. Tickets are $30 and are avail-able by calling the orchestra at 206-517-7777 or online at Sammamishsymphony.org. Benaroya Hall is located at 200 University St.
■ Sammamish will celebrate National Poetry Month at 10:30 a.m. April 14 with Michael Dylan Welch, vice president of the Haiku Society of America, teaching people how to write and appreciate haiku poetry. � e free event includes a guided nature walk through Beaver Lake Park, SE 24th St., Sammamish. Details at www.sammamish-walks.org.
Little did I know when I entered the Francis J. Gau-dette � eatre last week, that I was in for many surprises
as I sat down to watch Village � eatre’s newest musi-cal, “It Shoulda Been You.”
� is show
premiered last year at New Jersey’s George Street Playhouse, and has been revised for its second run in Issaquah.
First, there was the celeb-rity citing in the lobby. “Is that the guy who plays Niles on ‘Frasier?’” I immediately had to ask my friend Beth, my date for the night.
While David Hyde Pierce actually directed “It Shoulda Been You” when it opened, I’m assuming the Frasier alumnus was there to support his hubby Brian Hargrove, the writer and lyricist with a wicked sense of humor behind the show,
described as “Mazel tov with a twist.”
A� er sitting down and hearing Executive Director Robb Hunt’s talk, I waited in the darkness for a pleas-ant evening of entertain-ment.
But what happened a� er the lights went up was epic.
� e bride, portrayed by actor Mara Solar, is Jewish, the groom, played by Tim Wilson, is Catholic, and the plot, which takes place over their wedding day, is a farce of manners, mishaps and juicy secrets revealed. Nei-ther of the families want the wedding to happen for vari-ous reasons, and when the ex-boyfriend crashes the wedding, the Jewish family, including a yarmulka-clad grandpa in an electronic wheel chair sings the show’s namesake song, “It Shoulda Been You” (as opposed to that gentile).
� e groom’s family, on the other hand, is equally unimpressed with their son’s choice in bride and in fact, the mother, (played by Jayne Muirhead) sings of her despair that her son is marrying, a� er raising him
on Sondheim musicals and dress-up in hopes that she would always be the only girl in his life.
Muirhead’s performance, and actor Leslie’s Law’s nagging and sassy Jewish mother, stole the show, in addition to power-house vocalist Kat Ramsburg, who played the bride’s always-a-bridesmaid sister.
With wicked humor and quirky characters, “It Shoulda Been You” was like watching one of today’s top sitcoms, but live and
set to song. � ere were no jazz-hands or old-fashioned pageantry here, but edgy jokes and a frankness about sex and sexuality.
With that said, I’d like to say I � nally saw a musical that spoke to my millennial generation. But, from the raucous laughter that shook the room, including the hearty gu� aws of a balding gentleman who sat next to me, I’d say “It Shoulda Been You” brought down the house in everyone’s eyes that night.
‘It Shoulda Been You’ surprises Village audience in best possible way
From le� , John Patrick Lowrie as George Howard, Leslie Law as Judy Steinberg, Jayne Muirhead as Georgette Howard and John Dewar as Murray Steinberg. PHOTO BY JAY KOH
Gabrielle Nomura
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