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BY WARREN KAGARISE

President Kennedy had a badcold.

The leader of the free worldbegged off public appearances inOctober 1962, blaming a respira-tory infection. Kennedy skipped a

planned appearance in Seattle toclose the Century 21 World’s Fair.

Except, the president had nocold, bad or otherwise.

The discovery of Soviet missilesin Cuba pushed the United Statesand the Soviet Union — bothnuclear-armed superpowers — tothe edge of annihilation. The

ersatz illness provided a ruse forKennedy to duck the limelightand address the crisis.

U.S. military installationsaround the globe operated atheightened alert in case a sparkignited the Cold War flashpoint.

High above tiny Issaquah, anti-aircraft missiles sat poised on

Missiles atop peak defended region against Soviet threat

Cougar Mountain

Cold War connection

and the

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Issaquah Alps

CougarMountain

CougarMountain

Issaquah Alps

Cougar Mountain. Installed lessthan a decade earlier, the systemhad been devised to protect thePuget Sound region in casebombers came screaming across theBering Strait from the SovietUnion.

The program debuted in the late1950s as a technological triumph— the first operational, surface-to-air guided missile system used byU.S. forces.

The military positioned morethan 200 Nike Ajax installationsnationwide — including 13 aroundPuget Sound — near major citiesand key military and industrialsites as a last line of defense againsta Soviet air attack. The missile net-work defended the economic andpolitical center of the PacificNorthwest, as well as Boeing air-craft factories, shipyards and mili-tary installations.

The mountaintop Issaquah siteoriginated during World War II as alookout post for incendiary bal-loons launched by the Japanese.The then-high-tech Nike Ajax mis-siles replaced radar-guided anti-air-craft guns.

Cougar Mountain remainedstrategically important as the con-flict ended and postwar tensionsbetween the United States and theSoviet Union hardened into theCold War.

Ezio Nurisio, national secretaryfor the Nike Historical Society in

Alameda, Calif., said the actualnumber of close calls remainsunknown to civilians.

“There were many, many situa-tions when sites were alert topotential threats that the publicnever knew about,” he said.

Winged victoryProject Nike, named for the

winged goddess of victory in Greekmythology, germinated during theclosing days of World War II.Military leaders needed a system tocounter the jet aircraft developedduring wartime. Jets operated ataltitudes and speeds beyond thereach of traditional ground-baseddefenses.

The effort took on greaterurgency after the U.S.S.R. devel-oped the atomic bomb in 1949 andthe mightier hydrogen bomb in1955.

Nike Ajax missiles — sleek, morethan 40 feet long and called Ajaxafter the legendary warrior in Greekmyth — could knock enemy planesfrom the sky from 30 miles distantand up to 70,000 feet. Propelled bya liquid-fueled rocket, the 2,460-pound projectile reached speedsmore than twice the speed ofsound.

Bulky computers packed withvacuum tubes ran the guidance

Contributed

Missiles similar to the Nike Ajax (above) on Cougar Mountain defended theSeattle area from possible Soviet attack.

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Mountaintop Defense

The former Nike Ajax missilesite atop Cougar Mountain fea-tured simple barracks, a com-mand center and launchers.

Not much remains from theCold War-era military installation.

Maps contributed by Joint Base Lewis-McChord

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system: LOPAR, the radar used toacquire the target, and TargetTracking Radar. The system couldhandle a single target at a time,and fire a missile every 45 min-utes.

The missile site at CougarMountain came online in 1957.Designated as Site 20, the launchersprouted just east of 166th WaySoutheast — not far from neighbor-hoods in nearby Bellevue. The fire-control area — complete with theradar equipment — sat atop themountain. The military built bar-racks, offices and a cafeteria on themountain, too.

Fences patrolled by armed sol-diers and guard dogs kept onlook-ers — a more frequent sight thancommunist spies — at bay.

Rick Patterson, deputy to thejoint chief of staff for theWashington National Guard, servedas a guardsman at Nike sites in thelate ’60s and early ’70s. By then,the Nike Hercules — a moreadvanced missile capable of carry-ing a nuclear warhead — had sup-planted the Ajax.

Despite the change in technolo-gy, secrecy remained paramountfrom the Ajax to Hercules eras.Regardless, Jane’s — the series ofBritish guides to military matériel

— had details.“There was more information in

Jane’s and even in the encyclopediathan I was allowed to talk about,”Patterson said.

The deterrent next doorThough the military shrouded

the Cougar Mountain site in ColdWar secrecy, neighbors knew the

post contained sensitive equip-ment.

“The Army points out that aNike site is not dangerous, but assafe as a gas station and as impor-tant to security and as much a partof the local community as thepolice and fire departments,” apamphlet prepared by Project Nikecontractors read.

Contemporary accounts regard-ed the Nike Ajax program as thepinnacle of Yankee ingenuity. Apiece in the former BellevueAmerican newspaper billed theNike Ajax missile as “the modernmusket” and likened the guards-men at the site to colonial min-utemen.

Charlie Staggers served onCougar Mountain as a young sol-dier in 1958. From the site atop themountain, he manned radar.

The team of about 100 menslept and worked in low buildingssurrounded by forest and sweep-ing vistas of the surroundingpeaks. Staggers and others rodebuses from the mountaintopdown to the launcher-area cafete-ria for meals. On snowy days, sol-diers kept the road to the siteopen using a dump truck outfittedwith a plow.

Soldiers trained and trained and,each year, traveled to White Sands

From Page 7

By Greg Farrar

Assembled and fueled Nike Ajax missiles rolled on a transporter over this con-crete dolly-way at the launcher site when being moved to underground maga-zines, now buried under a field.

By Greg Farrar

Sidewalks that connected barracks 50 years ago at Cougar Mountain’s RadarPark are among the few signs that remain of the Nike Ajax Integrated FireControl radar site, now a King County park.

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Missile Range in New Mexico tofire live missiles.

The site also made for a poten-tial target, but residents did notcomplain or, at least, kept theirreservations quiet.

“The only time they would havebeen in danger is if war had beendeclared,” Newcastle historian MiltSwanson said.

Megan Carlisle, archivist at theEastside Heritage Center inBellevue, said the lack of dissentabout the proximity of the site pro-vided “a good indication of theway the average person thought inthose days.”

Matthew Seelinger, chief histori-an for the Army HistoricalFoundation in Arlington, Va., saidresidents treated the missiles in theneighborhood as “a necessary evil.”Memories of the Korean War andthe omnipresent threat of Sovietattack shaped attitudes.

“People had a different attitude,”he said. “You couldn’t just walk in— the sites were secure — but peo-ple knew they were there.”

Cold War relicsNowadays, only worn concrete

pads dot the site. The forest, onceshorn to accommodate the barracksand fire-control buildings, hasencroached again.

Issaquah Alps Trails ClubPresident Steve Williams recalledhow he assisted a Boy Scout work-ing to attain Eagle rank to developthe interpretive signs at the site.The placards remind hikers aboutthe important role CougarMountain played in the Cold War.The names Radar Park and Anti-Aircraft Peak recall the past,although Williams said parkgoerssometimes fail to make the connec-tion.

Williams, a former King Countyparks employee, recalled cleaningup the site after neighbors com-plained about motorcycle gangsand teenagers carousing in theabandoned structures.

Crews later removed the struc-tures due to the threat fromasbestos used in construction. Thesubterranean missile-storage facilityalso posed a hazard, so workerswelded shut the metal hatch coversin the effort to transform the site

from a military installation into acounty park.

In 1965, the military started theprocess to transfer the land to KingCounty. The old missile site turnedout to be some of the initial piecesof modern-day Cougar MountainRegional Wildland Park, a forested3,100-acre preserve.

By the time the Cuban MissileCrisis ratcheted up Cold War ten-sions from a simmer to a boil, theNike Ajax missile site near Issaquahrepresented a program already onthe wane.

The system became obsolete asintercontinental ballistic missilesturned the entire continent into atarget and fighter jets supplantedground-based defenses.

Other Nike Ajax sites aroundPuget Sound — Kingston, Redmondand Vashon Island — had beenupgraded to handle next-genera-tion Nike Hercules missiles, but theIssaquah facility had been deemedobsolete.

The military deactivated theCougar Mountain site in March1964. The entire Nike program hadbeen pulled from service by 1979.The last line of defense remained

reliable, but more advancedweaponry and détente between theUnited States and the Soviet Unionmeant the end had arrived.

“All of us saw that its day hadsunset-ed,” Patterson said.

Contributed

Soldiers and National Guardsmen atthe site found time to relax, too.

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BY DAVID HAYES

Klahanie resident DanVeitch has a new placeto practice his faith.You’ll just have to excusethe fact his altar tends to

get a little muddy; for the congrega-tion Veitch belongs to receives itssermon atop a BMX bike. And hischapel is the new mountain biketrails built at Duthie Hill Park.

“It’s like our church,” Veitch said.“On Sundays, you’ll see a bunch ofguys getting their religion.”

So, it was only appropriate one ofthe flock of true believers headed theconstruction. Project manager MikeWestra, a self-described former technerd, said the Duthie Hill trail wasbuilt by bikers for bikers, throughthe help of the Evergreen MountainBike Alliance.

The park debuted to a grand dedi-cation ceremony May 22, featuring

By Greg Farrar

Dan Veitch, of Klahanie, gets a little closer to heaven as he takes a jump at one of the new BMX trails built at Duthie Hill Park.

Continued on Page 12

By Greg Farrar

Mike Westra, the Duthie Hill Park BMX trail project manager with EvergreenMountain Bike Alliance, looks off the top of a jump at a series of obstacles fur-ther down the double-black diamond ‘most difficult’ trail.

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Westra said over the years, no onehad built trails designed specificallyfor mountain biking.

“We’ve actually been kicked off alot of hiking trails, from Cascade toTiger mountains,” he admitted.

Then, last year, the EvergreenMountain Bike Alliance debuted theI-5 Colonnade Mountain Bike Park— a BMX trail with advanced tech-nical features built under Interstate90 in Seattle. Both novice andadvanced riders now had a facility toeither stretch their legs on a cross-country trail or stretch their talentson the jumps, progressive drops,skinnies and logrides.

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Signs prominently state the difficulty of a trail feature. Here the upcomingjump is a part of the most difficult ‘Black Diamond’ course.

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emphasize the twists and turns lack-ing at current facilities.

Then, along came an opportunityat Duthie Hill Park last year. At thecenter of this 120-acre forest on theplateau is a 2.5-acre clearing. KingCounty, the park’s owner, gave themountain bike alliance permissionto build its newest project.

The main entrance, parking lotand the Duthie Hill Lodge is at27101 S.E. Duthie Hill Road. Bikersfollow a dirt trail south as it windsbehind the lodge, next to a nurseryand to a 600-foot boardwalk built byEvergreen’s volunteers. It leads backinto the large meadow.

For the past year, the alliance,through the help of a CommunityPartnership Grant, a Youth SportsFacilities Grant and private fundrais-ing, cobbled together $220,000 toconstruct the ultimate BMX trail.The alliance is seeking funding forphase II to build additional parking,Westra said. Overflow parking is atEndeavour Elementary School,26205 S.E. Issaquah-Fall City Road,and Cascade Ridge ElementarySchool, 2020 Trossachs Blvd. S.E.

More than 100 volunteers loggedmore than 10,000 hours building a

four-pronged course. Much of thesite was used previously by anarchery club.

“So, as we were clearing out loca-tions, we’d find the occasional arrowleft behind,” Westra said.

To decrease the location’s hazards,Westra said crews ripped down snagsthat dangled precariously above thetrails and removed other dead trees

ready for collapse. Then came time to build the

courses.Keeping skill levels in mind,

Westra said each course is clearlymarked like ski slopes — all the wayfrom beginner to double-black dia-mond for the most experienced. The

Continued on Page 14

By Greg Farrar

Two elements of the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance logo, a stylized chaingear wheel and an evergreen tree, are carved into jump ramp support brackets.

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cross-country trails were even taggedwith affectionate names:

❑ Bootcamp — Green Circle❑ Movin’ On — Blue Square❑ Step it Up — Blue Square❑ Brave Heart — Black DiamondSurrounding the four courses is

one 5- to 6-mile loop of cross-coun-try trail.

Westra said between the 50,000feet of free-ride trails and 5 miles ofcross-country trails, bikers can expe-rience about 100 total technical trailfeatures, or challenges, includingstopups and stepdowns, tabletopsand hip jumps or even a simple pileof rocks that needs to be navigatedaround.

Westra is especially proud of theall-natural materials used for thecourses.

“It has a mix of natural blow-downs (trees that fell over duringwind storms) and a lot of split cedarfrom mill rejects,” he said.

He said none of the rocky coveralong the trails was shipped in; it allwas recycled from the Duthie HillPark site.

Then, to give the park additionalflavor, many of the technical trailfeatures were given their ownnames, including:

❑ The Monolith ❑ The Legend❑ The Fish Bowl❑ Happy Ending“Happy Ending is already pan-

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As Westra finished describing thefeatures, Rebecca Jensen rode by, giv-ing the cross-country trail a run.Jensen was one of the regional riders

Westra was hoping Duthie Hill Parkwould attract. Although she lives inMarysville, she works in Bellevue,within easy traveling distance to takeher Special Sapphire Women’s StumpJumper out for spins.

“This is amazing, totally amaz-ing,” she said. “It’s small, but thereare so many trails it looks like theyused every inch of it. It’s really awe-some.”

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Summer, glorioussummer, means fatice cream bars atBoehm’s Candies,enough Triple XXXRoot Beer to float a bat-tleship and ample pintsat the IssaquahBrewhouse.

Summertime makes fora great excuse to samplequintessential delightsfrom the classic Issaquahjoints. Bonus: On blisteringdays, the treats offer respitefrom the heat.

Forget the drizzle anddamp. Forget calorie counts.Indulge in something cool —and a little nostalgic. Hey, it’ssummer.

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The titular attraction reigns supreme: root beer served in a frosted mug

as big as a medieval tankard. Upgrade to a root-beer float and the potion

comes crowned with whipped cream and a scoop of vanilla ice cream as big

as a baseball.

“There’s nothing else like it out there, anywhere,” Jose Enciso Jr. said.

The throwback restaurant — crammed with old-school road signs and

countless license plates — specializes in a signature brew. The root beer

eschews the syrupy sweetness found in the plastic bottles lining supermarket

shelves and has just enough bite. The drive-in uses the same root beer recipe

concocted in the 1930s. In those days, the chain stretched from coast to coast.

Only the Issaquah outpost and a West Lafayette, Ind., restaurant remain.

Besides the formula, Enciso said the frosted mugs set the soda and float

apart. The slushy layer on the outside of the glass keeps the root beer cooler

than The Fonz. Diners slurped down more than 3,000 gallons of the frothy

drink last year.

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Not all of the summertime treats in Issaquah cater to the sweet

tooth. Duck inside the brewhouse for a pint — a grown-up indul-

gence made for noontime on a sweltering day.

The on-site brewery churns out four brews: a potent Belgian-

style tripel ale, the spice-and-citrus-inflected White Frog Ale

and a pair of — no pun intended — hoppy IPAs. The complex

White Frog Ale and Belgian-style tripel pair well with spicy

foods, as well as steamy afternoons.

Inside the brewhouse, expect a no-frills atmosphere and plen-

ty of cold brewskis served in pint glasses festooned with the

same fanciful logos as bottles of Rogue Ales. Pair ’em with a

Kobe beef burger or a haute — yes, haute — dog, modestly

billed as “the world’s greatest dog.”

The downtown brewhouse opened in 1994; Rogue Ales snapped

up the pub a decade ago. Nowadays, the brewhouse hosts count-

less community events and group meetings. But the pub also pro-

vides a much-needed place to cool off on sticky days.

Other libations beckon from behind the bar. Order a martini

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ingredients, including the titular spruce.

Of course, for the teetotalers, the brewhouse also offers draft

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Peer inside the glass cases at Boehm’s Candies — populated

by chocolates arranged in neat rows — tempting, yes, but

nothing to soothe on a hot day. Near the freezer, a sign

promises the same chocolate-dipped ice cream bars familiar

to Salmon Days Festival visitors.

Everyone knows about the handcrafted turtles and cream-

filled chocolates, but the Issaquah icon also applies the same

techniques to a treat tailored for summer. Reach for the

Boehm’s Bar on the hot days likely to turn the candies nes-

tled inside gold boxes into tiny, chocolate pools.

Owner Bernard Garbusjuk said the candy maker started

making the frozen confection more than 20 years ago for

summertime festivals. Nowadays, the company also sells

the bars from a Salmon Days booth.

The desserts start as high-butterfat ice cream bars from

a California dairy. Just before serving, the vanilla bricks

get dunked into molten chocolate and then rolled in

golden bits of almonds and toffee. Garbusjuk uses a

darker chocolate to offset the rich ice cream.

Dig in ASAP for a bit of still-warm chocolate, ice

cream and accoutrements in the first bite — for a

simultaneously creamy-crunchy effect.

Better not attempt to eat the assembly behind the

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BY CHANTELLE LUSEBRINK

With paragliding, wildlife galoreand nearly 80 miles of trails, TigerMountain State Forest is a communi-ty treasure for not just Issaquah, butfor residentsliving in thegreaterSeattle area.

But someof TigerMountain’smost uniquetreasures arethe onesthat liebeneath theground.

A history of uniqueness

The Issaquah Alps themselves areunique.

“In general it is an east-westtrending chain of mountains thatare riding the back of an east-westfault that is active,” Tim Walsh, ageologist with the state Department

Unearthing secrets buriedbeneath Tiger Mountain

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Tim Walsh, a geologist with the state Department of Natural Resources,describes the origins of a hill of mudstone behind him that holds fossil imprintsof marine life from 45 million years ago on Tiger Mountain.

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of Natural Resources, said during atrip to the mountain.

The Issaquah Alps stretch fromCougar Mountain in the west toRattlesnake Mountain in the east,and have been part of extensivestudies for many years. But recently,they are getting more attention.

New technology is enablinggeologists to take a much closerlook at the mountains than everbefore. Peeling back vegetation,lakes and other human develop-ments with radar technology, geol-ogists are able to accurately mapthe area and confirm what they’velong suspected is part of theregion’s active faults.

The new maps will enable geolo-gists and state officials to betterunderstand how the active faults areshaping our region, said JoeDragovich, a geologist with the stateDepartment of Natural Resources.

Unlike the barren lands ofCalifornia along the San AndreasFault, the vegetation of the PacificNorthwest has made it nearly impos-sible to see how the Issaquah Alpsconnect into the South Whidbeyand Seattle faults that are active, hesaid. But today, they are making

great strides. “As a land formation, that whole

area is part of the Seattle uplift.That’s interesting,” he said, addingthat it also borders the WhidbeyFault to make it an active earthquakearea. “It’s an example of plate tec-tonics in action.”

The information will help geolo-gists and state officials understandwhat areas are prone to earthquakesand what repercussions a large quakemay have for surrounding commu-nities, he said.

By taking a six-mile hike to the 15Mile Creek Trail gorge, you can seewhat an active fault is doing to themountain’s geology.

Once there, you’ll see how theexposed gorge walls take on colorstriations similar to a sunset.Millions of years of soil deposits

from glacial formations and chang-ing climates are inscribed in them,layer upon layer.

Where a belt of specifically col-ored soil dips drastically and contin-ues in a straight line again, you aremore than likely looking at the workof an active fault, Walsh said, point-ing to two instances on the gorgewalls above the swift creek.

Amber

A few hundred feet away, beforeyou get to the 15 Mile Creek gorgeoutlook, there is a fork in the trail.At the end of the upper fork, beready to use your eyes and exercisepatience. To find small globules of

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amber on Tiger, you’ll need both. Amber was discovered on Tiger

during its mining days, in the early20th century, Walsh said. Amber ispopular as a semi-precious stone injewelry.

Cougar Mountain was the mostwell-known location of coal miningin the Issaquah Alps, but there areplentiful deposits on Tiger, too. Youcan see the remnants of foundationsfor crushers, railroad ties for miningcarts and locomotives, and even asealed coalmine while walking alongthe trail.

The mines on Tiger, however,never saw their full operationalpotential. The way the coal seamformed geologically made it diffi-cult to extract coal. The creek gorgecut through the center of one ofTiger’s largest deposits, making itdifficult and expensive to mine,Walsh said.

You might be surprised to learnthat Tiger Mountain was once partof a vast delta plain that extendedfrom Idaho to the coast, with mean-dering rivers during the mid-Eocene

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GGeettttiinngg tthheerreeAmber and coal

Access the trail system throughthe state Route 18 summit at TigerMountain. The logging road to thetrail is gated, so you will want toride a bike or hike to the trailhead.Take the 15 Mile Creek Trail Head,about five miles up the logging road. Bicycles aren’t allowed on the trail,but there is a lock-up area to keep them safe. The 15 Mile Creek Trail isroughly one mile, well-maintained and fairly flat. At the fork in the trail,take the higher trail to the coal seam and amber outcrop. The amber is inthe coal and rocks up a steep incline and below a grouping of trees. Usetools to dig into the seam and break apart the rocks. The globules ofamber are orange, red and brown, and aretypically the size of a fingernail.

FossilsThe easiest site to access on Tiger

Mountain is from state Route 18 west.About a mile from the highway summit,turn right onto a logging road. The road isclosed to traffic, but you can park near thegate and walk to the site.

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years, about 50 million to 45 millionyears ago, said George Mustoe, aresearch technician for WesternWashington University’s geologydepartment.

Mustoe spent time at TigerMountain studying its amberdeposits in the 1980s.

“The climate in this region wassub tropical, so the vegetation wasvery different from what we knowtoday. In fact, there were plants thatwe would consider modern relativesof plants that live in Asia andCentral America,” he said. “Theamber is a really interesting story,because it is the resin from trees, andwoody trees at that. It is nature’sBand-Aid.

“For a tree to drip resin, it’s like aperson bleeding, in that it takesenergy and you lose a vital resource,so something must have allowed forthe accumulation of resin to occur.”

The resin, Mustoe said, most like-ly came from a Metasequoia, a treethat many in the scientific commu-nity thought was extinct untilrecently. The tree has large, stickyfeathery needles that dropped eachfall like a deciduous tree and regrewthem in the spring, Mustoe said.

You can find the amber at the topof the fork in the upper path androughly 60 feet up a fairly steep hill-side. To unearth it, you’ll need totake samples from the coal seam atthe top of the hillside and below agrouping of trees.

After taking a piece from theseam, break it open several times

and look for nearly transparentred, orange and brown pieces ofamber, often no bigger than asmall fingernail.

Fossils

Another fun family adventureallows you to get dirty and dig in atone of Tiger’s several fossil locations.

As surprising as a subtropic forestmay have been, imagine TigerMountain with large marine embay-ments, Walsh said.

“They are kind of enigmatic fos-sils,” he said. “To our best knowl-edge, it was lower here, so it floodedwith marine water or there was a fin-ger outlet here that allowed themarine water to pool.”

Roughly 45 million years ago,during the middle Eocene period,marine life thrived in sea waterswhere Tiger Mountain stands. Youcan see them still in the mud andsandstone rocks and hardened sedi-ments making up parts of the moun-tain.

Echinoderms, gastropods, pele-cypods and scaphopods were

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among the species that called theembayments home. Today, we’dknow them best as sea urchins, seasnails and slugs, clams and mol-lusks.

The easiest trail to access a fossilsite from is a state logging road,located off state Route 18 as youhead west. About a mile or so fromthe highway summit, you’ll see theroad, blocked by a blue gate, on yourright hand side. You can’t take yourvehicle in, but you can park near thegate and walk or bike in about ahalf-mile to the last high voltagepower pole, which sits on the road’sfirst plateau.

Bring your camera, as the views ofthe Cascades and of North Bendfrom the site are spectacular.

About 50 yards up the hill tothe left of the roadway, there is astanding outcrop of exposedrocks. Make sure you expose anew rock surface, as areas that arefractured have likely been dam-aged by the weather and the fossilimprints have more than likelybeen eroded away by the ele-

ments, Walsh said.You can use another piece of

mudstone and gently chisel piecesoff the face to expose the surface.

With a sharp eye and about 10minutes, you can easily find a fossilimprint.

Looking at a small clam-likeimprint, Walsh pointed to the ridgeson the shell and where it connected.Most of the time, you won’t actuallysee the critter itself, he said.

“Those are long gone, but you dosee where they were clearly,” headded.

Whatever geology adventure youchoose, you won’t be disappointedat Tiger Mountain.

“We talk about traveling all thetime. What we don’t talk about somuch is the idea of time traveling inthe area we live in, wherever it is,”Mustoe said. “Amber and fossils arethe closest things we have to a timemachine.

“When you look at a rock or see adried up tree globule, you get aglimpse of the world we live in andhow it looked 45 million years ago.How cool is that?”

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minerals, stones or fossils, or moneyto be made from leading tours onpublic lands.

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Bumbershoot enters mid-dle age Labor Day weekend.

The must-do EmeraldCity music and arts festival— returning for a 40th year— enlisted a baby boomericon to headline the cele-bration: Bob Dylan.

The craggy-voiced andcraggier-faced legend kicksoff the three-day festivalSept. 4. Indie folk rockersThe Decemberists andsinger-songwriter NekoCase round out the firstday.

Weezer, punk rockersRise Against and theCourtney Love-frontedband, Hole, bring highenergy — and some ’90s-erasensibility — to day 2. Mary J. Blige, J. Cole and hip-hopper Drake bringthe festival to a close the following night.

Besides the big names, Bumbershoot features up-and-coming acts bythe dozen, comedians, a film festival and visual-arts exhibits.

Though geared for grown-ups, Bumbershoot also features fun for theNickelodeon set. Youngershoot — the kid-focused festival-within-the-festival — offers family-friendly music, hands-on activities and arts pro-gramming.

Learn more about Bumbershoot, buy tickets and scan the entire festi-val lineup at www.bumbershoot.org.

Four festivals worth finding

There’s just something about festivals that draws thecommunity — from the sweet smells of carnival food,to the sounds of live music and children squealing ona field of fun.

But for Issaquah residents who just can’t wait forOctober’s annual Salmon Days, the summer is packedwith other nearby festivals from which to get their fix.

Following the main points of a compass, here’s a lookat what four neighboring cities haveto draw locals to their backyard.

Derby DaysJuly 9-10

When traveling north ofIssaquah, go no further thanRedmond to discover the city’sDerby Days.

The festival, which celebratesits 70th anniversary this year,began with simple aspirations.The city hosted a bike race toraise money to purchase holi-day decorations. That charityevent has grown into thenation’s longest runningcriterium, a multilap race on aclosed course that takes upabout four city blocks. Between300 and 500 participants inthree categories compete/partic-ipate each year.

The Kids & Grande Paradehas taken on a life of its ownover the years, with about1,000 participants involving 45-75 entries, including floats,bands, nonprofit organizationsand youth groups.

Up to 12,000 visitors eachyear meander between the ven-dor booths, food hawkers, theentertainment stage, carnivalactivities and a Field of Fun forthe youngsters.

New this year is the city’sIMPACT Redmond Eco-fair thatemphasizes sustainability activi-ties. There is a green car show, asolar-powered entertainmentstage, a green business show-case and vendors with living-green tips.

Festivities are cappedSaturday night with a fireworksshow promptly at 10 p.m.

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Railroad DaysAug. 20-22

Pull the car over when traveling east into Snoqualmie to catch the 72nd year ofRailroad Days to celebrate the town’s history as a railroad and logging town.

This will be the Northwest Railway Museum’s second year running the show andits staff saw no reason to try fixing what ain’t broke. The Grande Parade returns forits 70th year. Sign up for the fun run to kick off the festival and stop by the pan-cake breakfast for some quick, tasty carbs afterward.

The car show also returns, run by the Legends Car Club, featuring more than200 classic hot rods. While gawking at the attractions, be sure to take a gander atthe displays the museum breaks out, touting the railroad’s historical impact on theregion.

There’s also entertainment booked solid throughout the weekend. In addition to the arts and crafts booths, local artists will be in action at the train

depot demonstrating their craft. Don’t forget to stop by the beer garden, where youngsters can saddle up for afrosty mug of rootbeer.

True to its namesake, Railroad Days’ signaturefeatures are the train rides running betweenNorth Bend and Snoqualmie Falls, wagon ridesand the human-powered speeder car rides.

Expanded from just one day last year, muse-um officials hope returning to a three-day week-end will draw in thousands more toSnoqualmie’s ode to the railroad.

Learn more at www.railroaddays.com.

Renton River DaysJuly 23-25

If you’re heading south, be sure to stopby Renton to help celebrate the 25thanniversary of its festival, Renton River Days.

The city first celebrated the cowboyculture with Frontier Days and laterWestern Days in the 1970s. The firstRenton River Days consolidated the sum-mer activities into one festival, debutingin 1986 at Liberty Park.

Since, about 45,000 per year flock tomyriad activities. The mid-week Kids’ Dayhas been eliminated and its festivitiesmerged into the main three-day festival.There will still be the Wenatchee YouthCircus for the kids, a parade, and a SeniorDay BBQ Picnic for the kids at heart.

For those looking for sports to go with their festival activities, Renton River Days has them in spades, includ-ing a golf tournament, two tennis brackets, soccer and fun walks and, new this year, a volleyball tourney andskate park exhibition.

Then, there is the entertainment, showcasing the best in local and regional talent, plenty of mouth-wateringfood vendors, art displays and more.

The weekend culminates with the annual Rubber Ducky Derby, where thousands of people line the banks ofthe Cedar River, cheering on thousands of the little yellow guys in a to the finish line.

Learn more at www.Rentonriverdays.org.

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Salmon DaysOct. 2-3

When you’ve traveled all fourdirections of the compass and havehad your fill of other city festivals,it’s time to return to Issaquah for thebiggest one of all, Salmon Days.

Having just celebrated its 40thanniversary, Salmon Days continues to

attract more than 150,000 visitors to atwo-day extravaganza that is an ode tothe salmon returning to the lakes,streams and hatchery in Issaquah.

The award-winning festival, whosetheme this year is “Something upOur Leaves,” features something foreveryone. For the active, the festivalkicks off early with Sporting

Weekend, Sept. 25 and 26, with geot-eaming, a golf tournament, a SalmonCycle Family Bike Ride and orienteer-ing. Festival weekend itself featuresthe 5K and 10K Rotary Run.

Saturday’s Grande Parade attractsdozens of entrants each year, fromfloats and marching bands to clownsand equestrians.

Then, the streets clog for twosolid days as visitors browse a mar-ketplace of more than 350 artistsand crafters and the Field of Fun forthe youngsters. Scattered throughoutthe downtown area are five enter-tainment stages, sure to offer some-thing for every musical taste.

And speaking of tastes, come hun-gry. The Foods of the World firstlures you in with its aromas ofpromise, and the varied flavors keepyou coming back for seconds, thirdsand more.

Be sure to visit the centerpiece ofthe festival, the Issaquah SalmonHatchery. Be enraptured by a volun-teer docent’s tale of the completionof a salmon’s lifecycle — grown fromfrys, released into the nearby stream,journey out to sea and back, spawn-ing anew along the way.

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BY CHRISTOPHER HUBER

Of all of the horse trails inWestern Washington that Issaquahresident Joann Reider has traversed,Squak Mountain offers some of herfavorites. She boards her horses —Luke, an 18-year-old MissouriFoxtrotter, and Ranger, a 5-year-oldRocky Mountain — close so she cangrab them at a moment’s notice andhit the trailhead.

But Squak Mountain is not just agood place to ride your horses yearround — it also offers miles of hik-ing trails and a good dose of areahistory along the way.

“It’s very good riding,” saidReider, aseriousequestrianfor the pastroughly 30years. “Youcan ride inwinter andit’s notmuddy.”

Reidersaid shelikes theapproxi-mately sixmiles of horse trails (which alsoserve as hiking trails) because theyprovide a versatile training and con-ditioning ground for her horses. Thetrails climb up and down to theapproximately 2,000-foot SquakMountain peak, never truly flatten-ing out, she said.

“You get such a good workout foryour horse,” she said.

And outdoors enthusiasts of allsorts tend to respect the trails andeach other.

“The hikers and horseback ridersget along,” Reider said.

Friend and longtime rider DanTerry agreed and noted anotherhighlight.

“One of the nice things is every-thing is basically a loop,” said Terry,of Bellevue, while riding Luke.

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Issaquah resident Joann Reider and Ranger, a 5-year-old Rocky Mountainhorse, lead the way down a trail on Squak Mountain.

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tially gravel access roads, but thesetrails are tighter and more rugged,yet well maintained, Reider andTerry said.

“They’re real trails,” Terry said. Reider, a member of the Tahoma

chapter of the Back CountryHorsemen of Washington, said sheparticipates in numerous equestriangatherings and rides throughout thestate. Other popular equestrian trailsinclude Cougar and Tiger mountains,Taylor Mountain, Mount Baldy, MudMountain, Soaring Eagle Park nearSammamish and the SnoqualmieRiver Trail near North Bend.

Many riders love riding so muchthey volunteer to help maintain thetrails, she said. The Over the HillGang even uses mules to haul inmaterials to fix damaged bridges andsuch, Reider said. Although the stateparks system, state Department ofNatural Resources and other agencieswork to maintain many of the trails,volunteers make it happen.

Maintenance “wouldn’t get doneotherwise,” Terry said.

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Located just outside Issaquah’ssouthern boundary, Squak MountainState Park is a 1,545-acre day-usepark surrounding the 2,024-foot-tallSquak Mountain.

Visitors can view Issaquah fromvarious clearings or lookout pointsand enjoy crossing over ravines andcreeks along the winding trails. The

park also has numerous loop-trailoptions.

It became a state park in 1972after the Bullitt family donated 590acres at the top of the mountain.The family stipulated that the statemust preserve the land in its naturalstate, according to Washington StateParks.

Washington eventually acquirednumerous other parcels of land near-by throughout the years. A few arti-facts from past land users remain in

the park, including old coal-miningrail trails, overgrown logging roadsand even the Bullitt family fireplace,the only remaining piece of theirhome.

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Dan Terry, of Bellevue, rides Luke, an 18-year-old Missouri Foxtrotter, throughSquak Mountain State Park.

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BY KIRSTEN JOHNSON

Just off of Interstate 90 is LakeSammamish State Park, nestledsnugly beside the lake and free ofnoise or congestion from the nearbyfreeway. Spread out across 512 acresand boasting 6,858 feet of water-front, the park serves as a popularsummertime destination for swim-mers, boaters and sunbathers alike.

“The lake is the major draw,”Park Manager Rich Benson said.“Our boat launch parking lot cantake up to 250 cars and trailers, andin the summertime it’s often com-pletely full.”

Annually, the park averages any-where between 1.1 million and 1.4million visitors in the summermonths. Yet, during the off monthsand on even the slowest of week-days, the park is the destination fora wide range of visitors — seniorcitizens taking peaceful afternoonwalks, children bouncing aroundinside the park’s playground areas,nearby employees getting someleisure or exercising during lunchbreaks. In off months the rest ofthe year, the park averages about100,000 visitors per month.

Benson noted that being a statepark allows for more relaxed poli-cies than other nearby parks thatare owned by the city.

“Unlike some of the city parks,

we do allow dogs,” he said. “Also,we do allow alcohol, so people cancome and enjoy an afternoon andhave a beer if they would like.”

The park’s expansive, grassy pic-nic grounds are ideal for groups ofweekend picnickers and barbecuers,perfect for enjoying hot summerdays with friends and family.

“Picnicking is very popular,”Benson said. “There is a nice viewof the lake and there’s usually a lotof park staff present. We try to

make ourselves very visible.” While many areas in Issaquah

are becoming more developed eachyear, the state park’s landscape hasremained untouched. And Bensonplans to keep it that way.

“If you want to come down andexperience what’s left of theIssaquah valley floor, this is a greatplace to come. This is by far thelargest area that has remaineddevelopment free,” he said. “Oneof our missions now is to restoresome of the park’s areas to theirnatural conditions, improve forest-ed areas, get rid of non-nativeplants and bring back what hasbeen traditionally grown here.”

Get your boat in the water

Watercraft launching is availablefor $7 and trailer dumping permitsfor $5 are available online, atregional offices and at the parkwhen staff is available. Annual per-mits are available for purchase atState Park Headquarters inOlympia. To reserve any day-usefacilities call 888-CAMPOUT (226-7688) toll free. Park hours are from6:30 a.m. - dusk in the summertimeand from 8 a.m. to dusk in thewinter. Park Manager Rich Bensoncan be reached at 455-7010.

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“We are here feeding the geese andducks and crows, anyone who will eat!We do a lot of things together. We werejust at Pine Lake Park, but there weren’tenough customers to eat there, so wecame here. We’re feeding them FredMeyer’s 99-cent, whole-wheat bread. Wealso play on the swings and slides. I alsoused to come here to walk.”

“I came here for a KayakAcademy class. It was reallynice today. The water wasfine, nice and calm. Whenwe came here in March, itwas really cold.”

“I come here to work out. I work closeby, so I go walking on my lunch breaks.I come on nicer days, not when it’s rain-ing, obviously, but I just try to get outof the office.”

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“We come to the park to play and hangout and utilize pretty much everything.We work out here and do a lot of swim-ming. We have picnics and play for hoursat a time! We’re thinking of utilizing apaddle boat possibly. She gets to hangout at the beach and see the ducks.”

“He likes playing here in the summer. It’spretty nice. I might go swimming whenthe weather gets nicer. If I had a boat, I’dbe out on it.”

“We like the other side of the parkmore. In the summer, they open it andwe enjoy sitting over there in the shade.On that side, we can watch nature.There is an eagle family and nest overthere up in a tree.”

I am a volunteer — when the weather’snice, it makes a big difference. It’s a funplace to be. I am retired and volunteeringhere keeps me busy.

“We come here to play, ride bikes, play atthe playground, around once a month. Inthe summer, we go swimming.”

“It’s nice today for sunbathing, but a lit-tle windy. We decided to come out andcheck out the lake, because we lookedup this beach the other day. We think it’sbeautiful.”

“We come here all the time and we seeeagles here a lot, around half the timewe come. There are also falcons andother birds. It’s a really nice place to birdwatch.”

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Costco plans bargainsin bulk from modestIssaquah headquarters

BY WARREN KAGARISE

Every trip through a cavernousCostco Wholesale warehouse feelslike a treasure hunt.

The company brings DomPérignon and Bud Light, platinum-set diamonds and scoopable cat litter,Prada handbags and Michelin tirestogether under the same flat roof.

The quest has been carefullydesigned for shoppers — 57.4 mil-lion Costco members worldwide.Shoppers must traverse vast retailplains and scan the jungle ofexposed metal shelves for bargainsin order to find loot — discountedUgg boots, say, or smoked salmon.

Inside the Issaquah warehouse,customers hunt for deals in a retailecosystem spread across 155,000square feet. Costco cachet knows

no class, no income. Part of theappeal, executives and industrywatchers said, stems from the trea-sure hunt concept. Shoppers returnto Costco for basics, yes, but alsofor the thrill of a surprise bargain.

“No matter what level of econom-ic strata you are, you like good stuff,”company Chief Financial OfficerRichard Galanti said. “Now, some-times you have to choose to buy thechicken versus the steak, but the factis, we’ve got some great stuff.”

The philosophy has made theIssaquah-based company the thirdlargest retailer in the United States,the eighth largest on the planetand No. 25 on the Fortune 500.

The average Costco in theUnited States pulls in just under$140 million in sales per year. Theclosest rival, Wal-Mart wholesaler

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Sam’s Club, rakes in about half asmuch per warehouse.

Costco — the empire built uponlimited selection, generous sizesand a frills-free atmosphere —employs 2,700 people in Issaquah,more than any other business.

CEO Jim Sinegal, a companycofounder and a millionaire septuage-narian famous for lunching on the$1.50 hot-dog-and-soda combo at thefood court, runs the retail colossus.

Under Sinegal, Costco has con-sistently earned plaudits fromemployees and members — as wellas occasional ire from Wall Street —for how the company does busi-ness.

Main Street appeal

Like the sprawling warehouselooming 400 yards away, Costcocorporate headquarters has nofrills.

Sinegal occupies a nondescriptoffice open to passers-by. Galantiworks in a barebones space punctu-ated by a mini-fridge stocked withstore-brand, Kirkland Signature bot-tled water.

The main building served as a

Boeing communications centerbefore Costco relocated there. Sinegalthought the marble foyer looked toofancy, but after he realized the cost torip out the marble, he balked.

The thrifty Sinegal offers some ofthe most generous wages andhealth benefits in the industry.

Jody Heymann, director of the

Institute for Health and SocialPolicy at McGill University inMontreal, examined Costco as partof a six-year study — published inMay — of the wages and benefitsoffered to low-level employees.

“While Wall Street sometimes

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Jason Clark, of Issaquah, warehouse majors manager, parks a forklift after low-ering a pallet from the top racks to the shopping floor at the Issaquah Costco.

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rewards in the short run, in thelong run, the companies that areoutperforming are the ones takinga social-investment strategy,”Heymann said.

Companywide, employees earn,on average, about $19.50 per hour —or, the study showed, about 42 per-cent higher than average wages paidby Sam’s Club, the closest competi-tor. Costco also pays almost 90 per-cent of employees’ health care costs.

“Wall Street sometimes asks,‘OK, well, it’s great that you pay

more, and yeah, your employeesare great, but have you tried 18? Or17.50?’” Galanti said. “And theanswer is no.”

Costco rewards employees inother ways, too.

The company doles out primeparking spots — situated beneaththe headquarters buildings — toemployees based on tenure, nothierarchy. So, the accounts payableclerk parking next to Galanti, aCostco employee for 26 years, hasworked for the wholesaler foralmost as long.

“We’ve done a good job of walk-ing the walk, not just because itplays well in Peoria, but because it’sthe right thing to do,” he said.

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Costco dwarfs all other Issaquah-based businesses in size and scope— a multibillion-dollar retailer with568 outposts spread across 40 statesand four continents.

But the headquarters campuscould just as easily be in Redmond.Costco planned to relocate therefrom Kirkland in the early 1990s,

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Holly Wade (left) and Jamie Albin, of North Bend, produce and package redvelvet cakes in the Issaquah Costco bakery.

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but the proposal collapsed amidconcerns about traffic congestion.

The same unease almost keptCostco out of Issaquah. The chainvowed never to open a warehousein Issaquah after city officials andresidents thwarted a 1989 attemptto build a store along NorthwestGilman Boulevard.

Bolstered by a survey of Issaquahresidents showing demand for awarehouse, Costco opened a ware-house at Pickering Place inSeptember 1994. The companycompleted the headquarters moveto Issaquah in 1996.

Former Mayor Rowan Hinds saidwelcoming Costco to the cityrequired a gamble.

“Do we leave it like it is and letthe land sit vacant, or do wechange the zoning to allow some-thing else to happen?” he said.

Hinds recalled spending a day atthe Salmon Days Festival withCostco cofounder Jeffrey Brotmanbefore the company established abeachhead in Issaquah. Brotmanassuaged concerns about the mega-development.

Mayor Ava Frisinger, then a coun-cilwoman, and other officials toured a

local Costco to prepare. The super-sized products awed the future mayor,a onetime medieval literature student,as she “walked around with the kindof gaze I usually give to the tracery inGothic cathedrals,” she recalled.

The project still caused publicoutcry — for a time, anyway.Frisinger recalls bumping into for-mer Costco opponents shopping atthe Issaquah warehouse.

Bare necessities, in bulk

Trips to Costco warehouses start-ed to inch upward in early 2008 —about the same time gasoline pricesclimbed into the stratosphere andthe national economy nosedived.

“Every night on the news, some-where — whether it was Missoula,Mont., or Los Angeles — where’sthe cheapest place to buy gas?Costco,” Galanti said. “We got newsign-ups because of it, and thenthat segued into the bad market.Turns out that the bad economyalso helped us some.”

Customers curbed spending onhigh-end items — furniture andjewelry, for instance — but Costcocontinued to do a brisk business in

groceries and other essentials, liketoilet paper and laundry detergent.

Spending on extras has boostedthe chain this year. Galanti said therecession-induced drop-off in travelcreated a run on patio furniture.

Dan Geiman, a Costco analyst atSeattle brokerage firm McAdamsWright Ragen, said competitiveprices for staple items buoyed thecompany during the recession.

“Costco has held their own,” hesaid. “There’s no question aboutthat.”

The chain earned high marksfrom more than 30,000 shoppers ina Consumer Reports study releasedin early June. Survey respondentsdeclared Costco to be the bestamong the 11 most-popular chainstores in the nation.

Because bargains and bulk carryinternational appeal, Costco hassuccessfully exported the brand.The company operates warehousesin seven nations outside the UnitedStates.

Costco opened a store inAustralia last August, and the com-pany plans to expand into a still-

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Because bargains and bulk carryinternational appeal, Costco hassuccessfully exported the brand.The company operates warehousesin seven nations outside the UnitedStates.

Costco opened a store inAustralia last August, and the com-pany plans to expand into a still-undisclosed nation in WesternEurope next.

Despite dominance by globalbrands, national tastes influencethe products offered at internation-al warehouses.

Costcos in Taiwan sells the rotis-serie chickens with the heads stillattached.

Japanese customers buy jumbocontainers of Downy fabric soften-er, because customers claim thesoapy scent smells like America.

The chain yielded to local cus-tom in Korea, and added tankspopulated by live fish to warehous-es. The company planned to offer

“the freshest dead fish,” Galantisaid, but after seafood failed to sell,Costco ripped out the coolers andadded tanks.

Super-sized wining and dining

Costco relies on customers tobuild buzz about the bargain-huntatmosphere. The company does notadvertise.

No inescapable TV commercials.No radio jingles. No sales circularsin the Sunday paper.

But Costco products appear inunlikely places, although thewholesaler does not pay for prod-uct placement in films and TVshows. The infamous pastry in“American Pie” and the foodarrayed on banquet tables atHogwarts School of Witchcraft andWizardry in the “Harry Potter” filmfranchise — all Costco products.

The retail Goliath has amassedimpressive superlatives in the 26years since the first warehouseopened in South Seattle.

Costco sells more fine wine thanany other business on the planet —racking up $597 million in salesduring the 2009 fiscal year.

Costco represents more than 40percent of the Tuscan olive oil soldin the United States. The companyhas relationships with more than700 growers in Tuscany to meetconsumer demand.

Costco imports more than 25percent of lamb exported fromglobal sheep capital New Zealandto the United States.

The company sells more U.S.D.A.Choice beef than anywhere else androasts almost 1 million birds per weekfor grab-and-go rotisserie chickens.

The bestselling item at Costcomight also carry the least cachet:toilet paper.

Michael Clayman, editor ofWarehouse Club Focus, a trade publi-cation, said the aggressive approachmakes good business sense for Costco.

“They basically view every item outthere as a potential item,” he said.

Costco touts high quality —think bigger stitches in KirklandSignature underwear, largercashews and plumper shrimp — asa reason why customers keep com-ing back.

“Everybody likes a deal,” Galantisaid. “Everybody likes big. And wedo both.”

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Catch of the dayIssaquah chefs turn local

trout into gourmet creationsBY CHANTELLE LUSEBRINK

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Whole grilled trout withbrown-buttered leeks (serves two)

Chef: Christopher Brown

Ingredients ❑ 2 scaled whole fresh trout❑ Sea salt❑ Olive oil❑ 1 ounce fresh oregano❑ 1 ounce fresh flat leaf parsley❑ 3 ounces unsalted butter❑ 2 leeks, sliced❑ 1 ounce minced garlic

DirectionsSeason the whole fish inside and

out with sea salt. Stuff with thefresh herbs and coat with olive oil.Place on a well-seasoned, hot grill.While the first side of the trout iscooking, place the unsalted butterand brown it in a sauté pan overmedium heat. Be careful not toburn the butter. Place the leeks andgarlic in the pan and sweat theleeks as they cook. Season with saltand pepper. While cooking theleeks, flip trout and continue cook-ing. Once trout is finished, place iton a plate and pour the brown-but-tered leeks over the entire fish andserve.

Christopher Brown, executive chef forsip. at the wine bar and restaurant,sprinkles the final touches onto hisgrilled trout with brown-buttered leeks.

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inch❑ 1/4 ounce cilantro, chopped❑ 1/2 tablespoon kosher salt❑ 1 ounce lemon juiceCombine all ingredients in a bowland refrigerate.

Trout fillets❑ 1/2 pound panko ❑ 1/2 pound coarsely mincedmacadamia nuts❑ 1 ounce lemon zest, minced❑ 1 pint buttermilk❑ 1/2 cup flour❑ 1/2 tablespoon kosher salt❑ 5-ounce trout fillets (skin on)

Combine panko, nuts and lemonzest on a sheet pan. Season the skin-less side of the fillets with koshersalt and pepper, and then dredgethe same skinless side in flour. Dipthe seasoned side in buttermilk andpress into panko mixture. Onlybread the skinless side. Lay onwaxed parchment and refrigerate.

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❑ 1/2 teaspoon tumeric❑ 2 tablespoons olive oil❑ 1 teaspoon kosher salt❑ 1 tablespoon orange zest, minced❑ 2 cups Israeli couscousAdd all ingredients except couscousto pot and bring to simmer. Addcouscous to liquid and cook for 8minutes.

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BY TIM PFARR

Hooray for plants. Withoutthem, hills would bereduced to nothing morethan big brown moundsof dirt, and we would all

be suffocating from lack of oxygenin the air. It wouldbe like Los Angelesall over the world.

In Washington,native plants flour-ish in the often-wetenvironment. Thoseplants that have his-torically grown inour state prior toEuropean contact,based on the bestscientific evidence,are considerednative plants,according to theWashington NativePlant Society.

The society offerslists of native plantspecies on its web-site, sorting them byregion. NearIssaquah, trees suchas Douglas fir, west-ern hemlock andred alder are native, as are plantssuch as spearmint, deer fern andbitter cherry, according to the soci-ety.

Find full lists of CougarMountain, Squak Mountain, TigerMountain, Tradition Lake and theIssaquah Alps’ native plants atthe society’s website,www.wnps.org, in the “nativespecies list” section. Also, KingCounty’s Water and LandResources Division’s website,www.kingcounty.gov/environment/wlr, provides plants and photos ofplants native to the county underthe “resources you can use” tab.

However, plants that do not

naturally grow in Washingtonand were brought here by people,animals, water or wind areknown as invasive species,according to the WashingtonInvasive Species Council. Theseplants may be a wonderful addi-tion to the environment from

which they came, but they cancause great damage to a differentecosystem.

Invasive plants multiply quickly,because they often have no preda-tors in their new environments,and they often eat up all theresources in the soil.

Also, they can take up space,cause physical and chemical alter-ations to soil, and can cover andshade native plants, according tothe native plant society.

Invasive plants can interferewith animal life as well, as thekilling of native plants reduces thefood supply for the animals thateat those native plants.

Invasive plants have become sowidely established in Washingtonthat they are considered “natural-ized,” as they have essentiallybecome a part of the state’s ecosys-tem, said Susan Zemek, spokes-woman for the WashingtonInvasive Species Council. However,

these plants can still beincredibly destructive.Examples of natural-ized plant speciesinclude Scotch broomand evergreen blackber-ry, Zemek said.

There have beenabout 650 invasiveplant species identifiedin the state, and almost100 of these are consid-ered noxious weeds thatrequire landowners toundertake control mea-sures, according to theWashingtonBiodiversity Project.Also, by 2004, the stateDepartment of Ecologyhad surveyed 412 lakesand rivers, finding inva-sive plant species in 250of them.

If you see an invasivespecies, contact the

invasive species council.The council’s website also lists

ways you can help prevent thespread of invasive species. Youcan help by washing your bootsor tires when you go hiking orbiking in a new area; washingwatercraft and fishing equipmentregularly; not releasing pets,aquatic plants or aquarium waterinto the wild; and ensuring thatyou plant native plants in yourgarden.

For full lists of invasive plants,visit the Invasive Species Councilwebsite, www.invasivespecies.wa.gov,or King County’s Water and LandResources Division’s website.

Native, invasive plantstango in the wilderness

Report invasive species

Report invasive species sightings to the Washington InvasiveSpecies Council by calling 1-877-9-INFEST toll free, e-mailinginvasivespecies@rco.wa.gov or going to its website, www.inva-sivespecies.wa.gov, and clicking on the “report sightings” tab.

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G - Dalmation toadfax

E - Garlic mustard

H - Purple loosestrife

A - Fragrant water lily

C - Coastal gumweed

B - Devil’s club

F - Goat’s beard

D - Hardstem bulrush

All images courtesy of King County’s Water and Land ResourcesDivision. Find images of native plants at www.kingcounty.gov/gona-

tive and images of invasive plants at www.kingcounty.gov/environ-ment/ animalsAndPlants/noxious-weeds/weed-identification.aspx.

Answers — Invasive: A, E, G, H; Native: B, C, D, F

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The group acts as evangelists for more than just food. Customers in eco-conscious Issaquahask pointed questions about the route from farm to fork, and their tastes run to the organic,or at least to produce and livestock farmed using sustainable practices. Interest in local food— and the burgeoning locavore movement — has also bloomed. Locavores attempt to eatfood grown not far from their homes.

Market-goers encounter a formidable resource in the booths and tables lined up outside therestored barn. The farmers growing goods for the Issaquah market skew less toward Old MacDonald

and more toward Michael Pollan — author of the foodie bible,“The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” and a leading locavore.

Before the first sprout, sprig or stem reaches theIssaquah Farmers Market, growers rely on back-achingwork, ingenuity and luck to coax a bounty from the land.

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Changing Seasons Farm sits onthe same fertile belt as other grow-ers supplying local markets andpantries. The farm rolls acrossalmost 20 acres in rural Carnation.The serpentine Snoqualmie Rivercoils around the land.

Laura and Dave Casey bought theland almost a decade ago. Laura, awetland biologist with dirt beneathher fingernails, and Dave, a civil engi-neer by day, returned to the Issaquahmarket for a sixth season this year.

During the spring and summermonths, the Caseys spend mostevenings at the farm, readyingfruits and vegetables for the market— a labor-intensive process compli-cated this year by a cold and rainyspring. The process starts in winter,when the first seeds get plantedinside greenhouses picked up froma defunct nursery and reassembledat Changing Seasons Farm.

The farmers employ crop rota-tion to avoid depleting the land,and rely on ladybugs and othernatural predators to dispatch pests.Produce grown on the farm is certi-fied “naturally grown” — organic

in all but name.From soil the same consistency

as chocolate soufflé, the Caseysgrow artichokes, broccoli, Brussels

sprouts, cabbage, carrots, garlic,kale, leeks, onions, shallots andmore — a cornucopia bound forIssaquah. Potatoes — red chieftainand buttery Yukon gold — sproutnot far from a rainbow of beans.

In early June, Dave Casey spenta cool evening in the fading light,planting beans in neat rows nearthe circa-1930 farmhouse.

Outside the old farmhouse,apple — including a summer red,purchased at Kmart in 1985 by aprevious owner of the farm — andpear trees yield a crop sizeableenough to sell at the market.

Laura Casey tends to eight toma-to varieties — including red-and-yel-low-striped tigerellas as bright as thecandy in a Willy Wonka fantasy.

The peppers arranged in rowsinside the greenhouse serve dual pur-poses, as market wares and as thebase for the spicy sauces Dave Caseyconcocts. Nearby, eggplant, peas andtender lettuces poke through the soil.

Laura Casey, a lifelong gardener,said the transition to farmingrequired some adjustments.

“I’ve had to learn that it’s afarm, not a garden, and that it’sgoing to look different,” she said.

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The juxtaposition at Westover Farm in Maple Valleyfeels part Epcot, part “Little House on the Prairie.”

The family farm turns out tomatoes and strawber-ries for markets across King and Pierce counties —including the Issaquah Farmers Market — all without asingle shovelful of soil. Instead, farmer DarrellWestover, 79, grows the plants hydroponically infibrous coconut husk. The system uses a network oftubes to send a nutrient-rich solution to the plants.

The greenhouse holds almost 1,000 plants in abalmy, climate-controlled environment shielded fromthe June chill outside. Westover keeps a bumblebeehive in the greenhouse to pollinate the tomato plants.

Ripe bananas hang in mesh bags above the plants.The ripening fruit releases ethylene gas and, the think-ing goes, provides a chemical reminder for the toma-toes to ripen, too. Westover Farm should produceabout 12,000 pounds of tomatoes by late October.

Outside the greenhouse, rusting farm equipmentand acre upon acre of evergreens grown for Christmastrees add rustic touches to the futuristic setting.

Westover Farm also hosts international farmersthrough the Multinational Exchange for SustainableAgriculture, or MESA, a California nonprofit organizationset up to promote sustainable agriculture and help farm-ers in the United States and elsewhere trade techniques.

Though Westover started dabbling in hydroponicsseven years ago, and started selling at local farmersmarkets not long after, this season marks the first timehe set up a booth at the Issaquah market.

“I love that little market already,” he said during awalk through the greenhouse in early June.

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Not far from subdivision-and-strip-mall suburbia,Richard Gradwohl raises cattle more suited to backyardsthan boundless acres of rolling ranchland.

Gradwohl has raised cattle for 44 years and, throughperseverance and creative genetics, has re-engineered theanimals from 1,000-pound behemoths to Lilliputian cat-tle between 600 and 800 pounds. Mature animals standabout waist high.

Happy Mountain Miniature Cattle Farm in Covingtonraises some of the cattle for beef and others for petsbecause, naturally, some people refuse to eat the cute-as-a-button bovines. Gradwohl developed mini cattlemeant to resemble a panda — black on the front andhind thirds, white in the middle — as a pet breed. Thefarm also has a mini-Holstein, the popular black-and-white dairy breed.

Gradwohl said the process requires six to 10 genera-tions for cattle to shrink from full-size to miniature.

Because the farm has more cattle on less land, thesquat, tank-like animals cause less ecological impact.

The animals roam pastures and munch grass, beforeGradwohl finishes the animals on barley. Gradwohl saidthe sweet grass counteracts the gamey flavor oftennoticed by beef eaters accustomed to corn-fed beef.

Ben Baumann runs the Issaquah market booth for thefarm. Every Saturday morning, he slings briskets, roastsand short ribs, and then returns to the farm to load cool-ers for a Sunday market in Lake Forest Park.

“You feel good eating it, because you’re getting some-thing sustainable,” Baumann said.

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Richard Gradwohl, owner of Happy Mountain MiniatureCattle Farm, shows the bite-sized bovines he raises.

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High on the hog

Besides the farmers growing pro-duce and raising livestock for theIssaquah Farmers Market, artisansturn local goods into pantry staples.

The artisans at the market includeProper British Bacon Cheese & Meats,which transforms Washington-raisedpork into the top-billed item, as wellas ham, sausage and fat bangers —the English sausage.

Owner Robin Halbert got into thebacon business after a Scottish friendcomplained about the quality ofbacon in the United States. The ini-tial batch flopped, but the secondround pleased the Scot, and shespread the word among herMicrosoft coworkers. Before long,Halbert had hundreds of orders.

“It wasn’t what I would say viral,but it was darn close,” Halbertrecalled.

The surge prompted Halbert toexpand, and open a shop in Auburn.

Unlike the belly bacon known tomost Yanks, British bacon comesfrom the loin, a leaner cut. Halbertsaid farm-fresh eggs and the epony-mous bacon make for the most pop-ular seller at the Issaquah market.

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BY BOB TAYLOR

L ong before motoristsbegan speeding west-ward on Interstate 90to Safeco Field forSeattle Mariners’

games, even before the designatedhitter became a position, baseballwas thriving in Issaquah.

America’s pastime has been oneof the favorite pastimes of Issaquahresidents since the early days of thecommunity.

Old timers, recalling memoriesof their early years in the IssaquahHistorical Society, often mentionthe fascination local residents hadabout baseball.

In the 1920s and 1930s, if chil-dren didn’t have a field to play ballon, it was no problem. They justpicked sides and played in thestreets. Of course, this was longbefore Humvees came roaringdown Front Street.

Often, residents gathered towatch Issaquah town teams. In theearly years of the 20th century,

many small towns had amateurteams that played against othersmall town amateur teams.

Usually, the town team wassponsored by a local company orindustry, but not always. One ofthe earliest recorded Issaquahtown teams was composed of vol-unteer firemen. The “laddies”apparently were adept at puttingout fires as well as putting downwell-executed squeeze bunts.

Immigrants to the area often fol-lowed baseball and many laterplayed on local teams. One of thebest stories is of the Bakamusbrothers, who played high schooland town team ball in the 1940s.When Pete was pitching and Nickwas catching, they would conversein Greek to confuse the opposition.

“They would call pitches,pitchouts and different plays. Noone knew what they were talkingabout,” said Tom Bakamus, whosefather played on those teams.

“They even talked Greek whenthey were playing football,”Bakamus said.

America’s favoritepastime has long

been amongIssaquah’s most

popular activities

towntown

BaseballBaseball

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Issaquah’s baseball team, circa 1910. Below, a player poses in the uniform of the Taylor baseball team.

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Issaquah baseball has trans-formed over the years from beingwhat was basically an older man’sgame to a game for youth.

Little League ball has been popu-lar over the years. Issaquah estab-lished its own Little League in1971. Prior to that year, Issaquahyoungsters had to play LittleLeague in Bellevue.

The Issaquah Little League start-ed out with a board of eight peo-ple, four major teams, six seniorteams and 100 minor league play-ers. Fastpitch softball, primarily forgirls, was later added to the league.

The league, which coveredalmost the entire Issaquah SchoolDistrict, continued to grow. By1996, there were 2,300 participants— boys and girls — playing in theIssaquah Little League. In 1997, theleague split into separate leagueswith one serving the SammamishPlateau and the other the lowerpart of Issaquah.

Sammamish has been one of thefastest growing leagues in the state.

Originally named the NorthIssaquah Little League, the league

changed its name to theSammamish Little League. Morethan 1,000 youngsters, ranging inages from 5-12, play annually inthe Sammamish Little League.

The Sammamish Little Leaguehas since split, forming two leagues— the Sammamish American andSammamish National. However,

both leagues are under one boardof directors.

The league also has a ChallengerDivision program, for disabled boysand girls, ages 7-15.

Issaquah Little League has morethan 1,000 players, ranging in age

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from 5-14, playing baseball andsoftball. The league offers programsfrom T-Ball through major baseballfor boys, and T-Ball through juniorsoftball for girls.

In addition to spring programs,both Sammamish and Issaquahoffer summer programs, which getstarted shortly after the conclusionof the District All-star tournaments.

Little League baseball has contin-ued to grow despite the emergenceof lacrosse, which is growing inpopularity. With the growth ofLittle League has come the problemof finding enough quality dia-monds for teams.

Issaquah teams play at TerryDodd Fields, formerly known as theIssaquah Valley Administrationfields; Tibbetts Valley Park, Grove’sComplex, Lake Sammamish StatePark, Camp Sambica, Maple HillsCommunity Park, Lakemont Park,at Issaquah elementary schoolfields and at Issaquah High School.

Terry Dodd Fields often holdsDistrict 9 tournaments. The com-plex is named after longtimeIssaquah Little League memberTerry Dodd, who has been involved

in the league for more than 20years as a coach or umpire.

While both Issaquah andSammamish leagues want youngplayers to have fun, they make sure

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the players get proper instruction,which comes from coaching. Themajority of the coaches playedLittle League ball as youngsters.Some of the coaches competed in

high school and a few in college.Occasionally, a major leaguer

coaches in the league, too. FormerSeattle Mariner Jay Buhner oncecoached in the Issaquah Little

League.Both the Issaquah and

Sammamish leagues have produced anumber of players who later excelledin high school baseball or softball.Issaquah High School graduate ColinCurtis, who played in the IssaquahLittle League, was an all-state playerin high school and now plays in theNew York Yankees organization.

Former Issaquah Little Leaguershave played a big part in theIssaquah High baseball team win-ning three 3A state titles.

“I guarantee every kid who hascome through our program hasplayed Little League,” IssaquahHigh coach Rob Reese said. “LittleLeague is great. It gives kids achance to play from the time theyare 5 years old. Kids get goodcoaching in Little League and thathelps them become better players.”

Little League players graduate toselect programs, such as SandyKoufax and Colt, and eventually toAmerican Legion.

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Lakeside Recovery's Michael Gray steals home on a passed ball in 1997 atBannerwood Park during an American Legion baseball game against theBurien Patriots.

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American Legion baseball cameto Issaquah in 1989 with theLakeside Recovery club. TheLakeside program was originallybased in Bellevue. The programthen consisted of Newport andSammamish high school players.When Sammamish decided to goanother direction, Issaquah becamepart of the program. Later, Skylineplayers joined the LakesideRecovery organization.

While the old program hadmany successful seasons, includinga trip to the Senior AmericanLegion World Series, the programhas definitely blossomed in the last17 years.

Reese was an assistant on theLakeside program when it firstbecame part of the Issaquah summerbaseball scene. He later became headcoach of the Lakeside Senior team.

Under his guidance, Lakeside haswon seven state titles and in 1995,placed second in the AmericanLegion World Series.

“Looking back now, that wasdefinitely a highlight,” Reese said.“We’ve had several outstandingteams since then, but none havemade it back to the World Series.”

The Senior team plays most ofits home games at Bellevue’sBannerwood Park.

The Lakeside program also fea-tures three AA junior teams, andtwo A junior teams. Very few sum-mer baseball programs in the stateoffer such an opportunity. Each ofthe high schools who feed the pro-gram — Issaquah, Newport andSkyline, have their own AA team. Ithelps develop players for the seniorteam and also hone their skills and

teamwork for the high schoolteams.

“The junior programs are verybeneficial for the high schoolteams. It gives guys a chance toplay together and developthroughout the summer,” Reesesaid.

Last summer was an outstandingone for the Lakeside program. TheSenior team won the state AAA titleand took second in the PacificNorthwest regionals. The Skylineand Newport AA teams both playedin the AA state tournament, and anA team also played in the statetournament.

“We’re real happy with the pro-gram,” Reese said. “It helps tohave a good sponsor, too, thatreally care about baseball. Withoutthe sponsorship of LakesideRecovery, we wouldn’t be able tohave as successful a program as wehave.

“Because players at the three highschools know we have a strong pro-gram, we don’t lose too many play-ers to other select programs.”

While lacrosse and soccer havebecome popular in recent years andhave drained away some of thepool of players that used to play inLittle League and older selectleagues, baseball keeps thriving inIssaquah. Except these days, thekids don’t have to play in thestreets.

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By Greg Farrar

Four youngsters wait with anticipation for their turns at bat in a 2002 LittleLeague T-ball game at Sunset Elementary School.

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Lakeside Recovery won the Senior American Legion Division II baseball districttitle four straight years between 1992 and 1995, as well as the 1995 stateand regional tournaments on the way to a runner-up World Series finish.

Schools & Activities

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Wooden OShakespeare PlaysMuch Ado About

Nothing7 - 8:45 pm

@ Pine Lake ParkConcerts in the Park

Ricky Venture Revue6:30 - 8 pm

Pine Lake ParkChalk Art Festival

Noon - 5 pm Community Center

4th of July Parade

All Chevycar show

8 amXXX Drive-In

Concerts in the Park

Silhouettes6:30 - 8 pm

Pine Lake Park

Concerts on the GreenKnut Bell & the

Blue Collars7 - 8:30 pm

@ Community Center

Art WalkHistoric Downtown

Issaquah5 - 9 pm

Wooden OShakespeare Plays

Othello7 - 8:45 pm

@ Pine Lake Park

Cascade Cougar Prowl

Car show8 am

XXX Drive-In

Concerts on the Green

Geoffrey Castle7 - 8:30 pm

@ Community Center

Concerts in the Park

The Weatherheads

6:30 - 8 pmPine Lake Park

Concerts on the Green

Mr. Miyagi7 - 8:30 pm

@ Community Center

Chocolate, Wine &

All That Jazz 5:30 pm

Boehm’s Candies

Issaquah Farmers Market

9 am - 2 pm@ Pickering Farm

History programs11 am

@ Depot Museum

Iss Farmers Market9 am - 2 pm

@ Pickering Farm

Burgers & Bikes of All Types show

8 amXXX Drive-In

Kids FirstValentine’s

Performing PigsNoon

Beaver Lake Park

Concerts on the GreenHalf Pack Live

7 - 8:30 pm@ Community Center

Concerts in the Park

Creme Tangerine6:30 - 8 pm

Pine Lake Park

Issaquah Farmers Market

9 am - 2 pm@ Pickering Farm

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DownHome4thofJuly

& Heritage Day@ Memorial Park

11 am - 2 pmKids Pets ‘n Pride Parade, 11 am

Sammamish Farmers Market4 - 8 pm

Sammamish City Hall

M u s i c o n t h e S t r e e t s , 6 : 3 0 p m , F r o n t S t r e e t , e n d s S e p t 1 8

Sammamish Farmers Market4 - 8 pm

Sammamish City Hall

M u s i c o n t h e S t r e e t s , 6 : 3 0 p m , F r o n t S t r e e t , e n d s S e p t 1 8

Village Theatre’s KIDSTAGE

All Shook Up7:30-9 pm, July 17-24

M u s i c o n t h e S t r e e t s , 6 : 3 0 p m , F r o n t S t r e e t , e n d s S e p t 1 8

Sammamish Farmers Market4 - 8 pm

Sammamish City Hall

Iss Farmers Market9 am - 2 pm

@ Pickering Farm

U.S. Senior OpenSahalee

Country ClubJuly 26 to Aug 1

Sammamish Farmers Market4 - 8 pm

Sammamish City Hall

M u s i c o n t h e S t r e e t s , 6 : 3 0 p m , F r o n t S t r e e t , e n d s S e p t 1 8

Village Theatre’s KIDSTAGERagtime7:30 - 9 pm

July 31- Aug 8

Valentine’s Performing Pigs

see July 27

Fourth on the Plateau6 - 11 pm

Sammamish Commons

Iss Farmers Market9 am - 2 pm

@ Pickering Farm

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NW Corvair & Orphaned cars show

8 amXXX Drive-In

Concerts in the Park

Astro Cats6:30 - 8 pm

Pine Lake Park

11th AnnualNWCCC

‘55, ‘56, ‘57Chevy

car show8 am

XXX Drive-In

Concerts on the Green

Dr. Funk7 - 8:30 pm

@ Community Center

Art WalkHistoric Downtown

Issaquah5 - 9 pm

Concerts on the GreenCherry, Cherry

7 - 8:30 pm@ Community Center

Splash DayAug 4

Beat the Heat Splash Day

1 pmCommunity Center

NW Muscle car show

8 amXXX Drive-In

BeaverLake Triathlon7:45 am Beaver

Lake Park

Issaquah Farmers Market

9 am - 2 pm@ Pickering Farm

Issaquah Farmers Market

9 am - 2 pm@ Pickering Farm

M u s i c o n t h e S t r e e t s , 6 : 3 0 p m , F r o n t S t r e e t , e n d s S e p t 1 8

Concerts on the GreenMariachi Fiesta

Mexicana7 - 8:30 pm

Community Center

SammamishFarmers Market

4 - 8 pm@ Sammamish

City Hall

Concerts in the Park

All Mixed Up6:30 - 8 pm

Pine Lake Park

Concerts in the Park

Maya Soleil7 - 8:30 pm

Community Center

M u s i c o n t h e S t r e e t s , 6 : 3 0 p m , F r o n t S t r e e t , e n d s S e p t 1 8

Train Show10 am - 4 pm

Issaquah Depot

Issaquah Farmers Market

9 am - 2 pm@ Pickering Farm

Kids First Noontime Series

AmazingMagic Show

Noon@ Beaver Lake Park

SammamishFarmers Market4 - 8 pm

@ Sammamish City Hall

Concerts in the Park

Sammamish Symphony

“The American West”6:30 - 8 pm

Pine Lake Park

M u s i c o n t h e S t r e e t s , 6 : 3 0 p m , F r o n t S t r e e t , e n d s S e p t 1 8

Issaquah Farmers Market

9 am - 2 pm@ Pickering Farm

All Corvettecar show

8 amXXX Drive-In

Vintage Chevy Club show5 pm

XXX Drive-In

SammamishFarmers Market4 - 8 pm

@ Sammamish City Hall

M u s i c o n t h e S t r e e t s , 6 : 3 0 p m , F r o n t S t r e e t , e n d s S e p t 1 8

Nudestock11 am - 6 pm

Fraternity Snoqualmie

3rd AnnualRat

Bastards car show

8 amXXX Drive-In

First Day of School

SammamishFarmers Market4 - 8 pm

@ Sammamish City Hall

Concerts in the Park

Fabulous Roof Shakers

7 - 8:30 pmCommunity Center

Concerts in the ParkGroove Edition

6:30 - 8 pmPine Lake Park

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Salmon DaysSat & Sun Oct 2 & 3

ArtWalkHistoric

Downtown Issaquah5 - 9 pm

SalmonDays

Festival Grande Parade

10 am

Outdoor Movie On the Green

“Monsters vs Aliens”8 pm

@ Community Center

Issaquah Farmers Market

9 am - 2 pm@ Pickering Farm

ArtWalk Friday, Sept 3, 5-9 pmDowntown Issaquah & Gilman Village

Salmon Days Sporting Weekend

14th AnnualMega Cruzcar show

8 amXXX Drive-In

4th AnnualAll Ford

car show8 am

XXX Drive-In

SammamishFarmers Market4 - 8 pm

@ Sammamish City Hall

M u s i c o n t h e S t r e e t s , 6 p m , F r o n t S t r e e t e n d s S e p t 1 8

SammamishFarmers Market4 - 8 pm

@ Sammamish City Hall

SammamishFarmers Market4 - 8 pm

@ Sammamish City Hall

M u s i c o n t h e S t r e e t s , 6 p m , F r o n t S t r e e t e n d s S e p t 1 8

Issaquah Farmers Market

9 am - 2 pm@ Pickering Farm

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SammamishFarmers Market4 - 8 pm

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2nd AnnualMini

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8 amXXX Drive-In

Issaquah Farmers Market

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SammamishFarmers Market4 - 8 pm

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Submit JPEG by email:contest@isspress.comor deliver 8x10 print to:

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Include name, address, phone,email, and the photo’s story.

Limit 3 entries per photographer.

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ActivitiesAdventure Kids Playcare . . . . . . . . 41Cookalicious Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Family Fun Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Issaquah History Museums . . . . . . 12Issaquah Paddle Sports . . . . . . . . . 35Mt. Si Golf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Sammamish Family YMCA . . . . . . . 9U.S. Senior Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

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Food & beverageBoehms Chocolates . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Denny’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Fischer Meats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Flying Pie Pizzeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

FinancialEdward Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Fleck Jurenka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Health careApex Dental Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Barry Feder, DDS and Mark Germack, DDS . . . . . . . 15Eastside Pediatric Dental . . . . . . . . 48First Impressions Family Dental Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Lake Sammamish Family Dentistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Lake Sammamish Physical Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Manley Orthodontics . . . . . . . . . . . 9Overlake Medical Center . . . . . . . 39Peak Sports and Spine Physical Therapy . . . . . . . . . 36Rosemary Warren, DDS . . . . . . . . . . 8Seattle Children’s Hospital . . . . . . . 2Solid Rock Counseling Center . . . 47Swedish Medical Center . . . . . . . . 51

Home & gardenBellevue Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Brookhill Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Greenbaum Home Furnishings . . 63Issaquah Cedar & Lumber . . . . . . 42Issaquah Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Mike’s Hauling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Russell Watergardens & Koi . . . . . 50The Grange Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

ProfessionalServicesAlpine Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14First Time Driving Academy . . . . . 26Huntington Learning Center . . . . 11Mathnasium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38PC Fix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3State Farm Insurance/Kathy Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Real estateAlicia Reid Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Bennett Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Nancy Olmos, Windermere . . . . . 21Susan Gerend, Windermere . . . . . 53

SchoolsBackstage Dance Studio . . . . . . . . 57Dance with Miss Sue . . . . . . . . . . . 57Deerfield Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Our Savior Lutheran Preschool . . 57St. Joseph School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Sunnybrook Montessori School . . 57

Senior LivingERA Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Issaquah Nursing and Rehab . . . . .22Merrill Gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Providence Marianwood . . . . . . . . 14Red Oak Senior Housing . . . . . . . . 41

SpecialtyshoppingBartell Drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Creekside Angling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Gerk’s Issaquah Cycle . . . . . . . . . . 12Golf USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43I-90 Motorsports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Nault Jewelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Town & Country Square . . . . . . . . 21

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