Closures of Interstate 90 across Lake Washington for Blue Angels’ practice and performances will begin Thursday and last through Sunday, state Department of Transportation officials reported.
King County will be repaving the heavily traveled Issaquah-Hobart Road beginning Thursday, July 31, and traffic will be delayed during the two-week project.
Recently I came across a health article that really made me feel better about my golf game. It just so happens that a study was conducted in Sweden that showed greater life expectancy for those of us who play golf versus those who do not!
Autobahn. Lederhosen. Oktoberfest. Say “Germany” and that’s a bit of what comes to mind. Famous for speedy cars, stylin’ leather shorts and oompah music, Deutschland now leads the world in something surprising: solar energy.
“I’m tired of people complaining about Skyline. Shut the (expletive removed) up! It’s four years of your life! Deal with it!”
Tom Flintoft remembers when Issaquah’s border was marked by a sign that said, “Population: 250.”
The Flintoft family and the city go back 70 years. In 1938, Tom Flintoft’s parents, Bill and Alberta, founded Flintoft’s Funeral Home and Crematory on East Sunset Way. It has remained in the family for three generations and is still going strong.
While recorded history stretches pretty far back, it doesn’t go back far enough to tell us the name of the person who invented the yard sale. Perhaps it was an early caveman named Og Yard. Maybe Og had decided to unload a bunch of spears and clubs he didn’t need any more by staging a cave sale — or maybe he called it a “spring cave-cleaning sale.” No, wait a minute! That’s preposterous. That had to be Og’s wife. No man would ever get rid of perfectly good spears and clubs.
Today, most family-wage jobs in Washington require some form of post-secondary education or training. By 2014, 77 percent of those jobs will require training or education after high school — in King and Snohomish counties the number jumps to 85 percent. And yet, Washington allows too many of its children to graduate from high school unprepared for post-secondary life.
We love parks. And really, who doesn’t?
With the exception of a few folks here and there who are cranky because field lights interrupt their sleep or because they didn’t like the way a particular park was developed, most people enjoy spending time at the parks in our region.
“On your mark, get set, GO!”
Two soapbox derby cars tore down Second Avenue, near Issaquah’s City Hall. The speedometer beneath the speed limit sign displayed their growing pace – 13, 14, 15 miles per hour. As they soared over the finish line, supplied by the crosswalk at Bush St., the crowd whooped in celebration. But despite the audience’s enthusiasm, nobody cared about who won.
The students worked rapidly, all sporting plastic lab goggles and adjusting cornflower blue safety gloves. Many transferred liquid with pipettes, while others labeled Petri dishes. At the end of the lab, where they were to perform a bacterial transformation, they cleaned up their messes and went to lunch.
Put simply, Harvey and Corrinn Waldron and their family are in the business of helping people make good memories.
Tryouts for Sandy Koufax 13U, 14U and 15U Mickey Mantle teams will be held soon for the 2009 season. Tryout times are posted on www.premierbaseballclub.com. Contact Steven Schaefer at 425-457-6622 or Steven@premierbaseballclub.org.
The Sammamish Little League 11- and 12-year-old Major softball team finished second in the state tournament last Friday, falling 5-2 to Stilly Valley in Walla Walla.
The dream of a repeat remained alive Tuesday night. Behind a stellar defensive performance, the Eastlake 10- and 11-year-old all…
The Lakeside Senior American Legion team ended its regular season Tuesday with a 6-0 loss to the Pilots.
The Chris Elliott Fund will host the Sammamish Chamber of Commerce after hours event from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 29 at the home of Executive Director Dellann Elliott.
After days of number crunching and belt tightening brought on by requests for a smaller budget from several of its constituent cities, Eastside Fire & Rescue brought forth a new budget last week.
The Issaquah History Museums will host its third annual train show from 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. tomorrow, July 26, at the Issaquah Depot, 50 Rainier Blvd. N. Model trains will be on display and in motion.
Overlake Medial Center, Evergreen Healthcare, Snoqualmie Valley Hospital and Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, recently filed a joint petition for reconsideration in the ongoing disagreement over a certificate of need issued to Swedish Medical Center for a new hospital in Issaquah.
