Community notes
November 18, 2008
Nicholas Rollman attends leadership forum
Nicholas Rollman
Good neighbors make good fences
November 18, 2008
The Eastlake Little League unveiled a new temporary fencing system at the Inglewood Junior High softball field Oct. 28. Read more
40 times the compassion
November 18, 2008
Sammamish Presbyterian Church reaches out to help those in need
Winter in this part of the Northwest is cold, dark and wet. Thousands of homeless people in Seattle must endure these elements, and parishioners at Sammamish Presbyterian Church are going to help. Read more
Eastlake dramatizes home life during war
November 18, 2008
It’s not often you will see a full-scale high school theater production that casts only seven actors. You will if you go see “The Cover of Life” this weekend at Eastlake High School.
Eastlake’s Kaitlin Saunders (Kate Miller) and Alex Truewin (Tommy Clifford) rehearse a scene in “The Cover of Life” Nov. 13 at Eastlake High School. Contributed
And you’ll only see one role played by a male.
The Eastlake Drama Club will be performing its fall play Nov. 20-22, starting each night at 7:30 p.m. and with a special matinee showing Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Eastlake High School theater.
“It’s a relevant play for right now,” said drama club advisor Silas Lindenstein. “There’s people in Sammamish going through kind of what people in the play are.”
Lindenstein, who is directing the play, said “The Cover of Life” is a good fit for the drama club because traditionally, many plays offer only one or two female leading roles.
“I decided to bring a play that I had already directed,” he said. “I thought it would be a good play for them to give a lot of opportunities for the girls there.”
Eastlake senior Kaitlin Saunders plays Kate Miller, a reporter who travels to the South to write a wartime story about the Clifford family. Read more
Teacher wins national science teaching fellowship
November 11, 2008
A local science teacher was chosen from hundreds of applicants across the country to participate as a fellow in the 2008 NSTA New Science Teacher Academy. Read more
Youth lacrosse exploding across the plateau
November 11, 2008
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Nick Mauzy (21, left), Issaquah Gold attackman, flies high to shoot and score over the Bellevue Gold defense in an Issaquah Youth League lacrosse game. Photo by Charles Mauzy,
First participation, then a presence, then a championship.
It hasn’t taken Issaquah Youth Lacrosse long to make its impact.
Since its creation in 2003, the league has blossomed well beyond anything founders Scott Wiley and Matt Balkman envisioned. Thanks to their efforts, the communities of Issaquah, Sammamish and Snoqualmie have become leaders of the Northwest lacrosse scene. Success culminated earlier this year when an Issaquah team comprised mostly of IYL products captured the state championship, while Skyline advanced to the state semifinals.
“It was pretty exciting for us to see that occur,” Balkman said. “It’s really exciting for our community to see something like this take off and have so much success so quickly.”
It all began Read more
Vedic Center
November 5, 2008
Dikshit (on right) and his assistants led the prayers for Diwali. Photo by Ari Cetron.
The smell of burning incense and sound of tinkling bells filled the halls of the Vedic Cultural Center Oct. 28 during the celebration of the Hindu holiday of Diwali.
Hundreds of worshippers strode upstairs wishing each other a Happy Diwali and settling in the worship hall.
As part of the standard evening prayers, a priest, or Brahman, rang a bell topped with burning candles Read more
Church’s children are worth their weight in food
November 5, 2008
Some of the children show off the food they collected. From left are Hailey Thomas, Brianna Birkel, Josh Wentzien, Luke Wentzien, Jasmine Maynard-Zhang, Leo Maynard-Zhang, Isabella Mohn, Alexandra Mohn, David Kutas, Hanna Kutas, Juliana Koepping. In front of the truck are Mason Averill and MacKenzie Averill.
When children at the Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ heard that the shelves at the Issaquah Food Bank were low, they wanted to do something about it.
“It was the kids’ idea, completely,” said Suzi Mohn, a member of the church.
The church had heard of a larger congregation in the area that had collected 2,000 pounds of food, and were inspired to try and see how much they could collect. Read more
Detective seeks unwanted toys
November 5, 2008
Amy Jarboe wants your toys, new and unwrapped.
The Sammamish police detective is conducting her third annual collection drive for Toys for Tots, a U.S. Marine Corps program that puts toys in the hands of disadvantaged children during the winter holidays. Read more
Government hands out treats
November 5, 2008
For the first time in the city’s history, witches, wizards and pirates invaded City Hall on Halloween.
Eric LaFrance, senior stormwater program engineer, dressed as a stream buffer, complete with wildlife such as his ladybug and owl. Photo by J.B. Wogan.
Eric LaFrance, senior stormwater program engineer, donned branches and shoreline wildlife as a stream buffer for the occasion.
“Actually, I was the only person who dressed up three years ago,” LaFrance said, recalling how he came to work in costume once when no one else did. (He was Fred Flintstone that year.)
“I’m glad everyone participated this time,” LaFrance said.
The Michaels siblings, Jake, 7, and Rebecca, 2, dressed as the man in the yellow hat and Curious George. As they wove through the City Hall cubicles, Jake accumulated a variety of candy, from mini-Snickers bars to Laffy Taffy. Jake said his favorite treat was Skittles. Read more
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