Five residents of Issaquah and Sammamish have awarded 1st degree Black belts on Wednesday, Nov. 7 by True Martial Arts in Sammamish.

They are: Robert Parker, a junior at Issaquah High School, who has been training for 11 years; Sophie Clemmons, a freshman at Skyline High School, who has been training for seven years; Levente Gulyas, a 7th grader at Beaver Lake Middle School, who has been training for seven years; Niveda Ganesh, a sophomore at Skyline High School, who has been training for nine years; and Michael Ko, a 7th grader at Beaver Lake Middle School, who has been training for nine years.