Perhaps the event at Salmon Days with the greatest public participation is the Rotary Run on Sunday morning. Upwards of 1,600 runners and walkers turn out each year to take part in this colorful race. Some are serious runners who are competing for recognition and points, but the majority are out to get some good recreation and have fun.

On September 24, the Together Center (formerly the Family Resource Center) will celebrate 20 years as the Eastside’s first—and, until recently, only—social service campus.

What does emergency preparedness mean for your family? Most people know to drop, cover, and hold during an earthquake. Many community members have a three-day emergency preparedness kit for their home.

At long last, the Issaquah High School (IHS) stadium will have an official name. Gary Moore Stadium will become a reality with the start of the 2010 football season. The newly remodeled school will be having its first home game on September 17, the same day the stadium will be dedicated to coach and teacher Gary Moore.

Garbusjuk comes from a line of German candy makers that goes back more than 200 years. This background made him a perfect fit to learn from Boehm and then guide the company following Julius’s death in 1981. Garbusjuk’s philosophy is to respect Boehm’s heritage and to maintain the legacy of the land, the buildings, the art, and the quality of the products.

It really is just the blink of an eye, a tiny fraction of a second, during which a life can be lost and a family changed forever. For the Williams family of Sammamish, that moment came on January 21, 2002, when Josh, their athletic and affable 16-year-old son, died in a snowboarding accident.

From agriculture to the suburban community, Issaquah’s roads tell the story of our changing town.

Soggy weather can’t hold it back, construction of Issaquah’s newest medical center is taking shape in the Highlands.

I have been going to the same barber in Issaquah for 20 years. His name is Troy Kline. Over time, we began to talk of things we had in common. As he trimmed my hair he would often talk about his love of music and singing.

Many of us are in the aptly named “sandwich” phase of life, with the challenges of raising children while at the same time trying to be a helpful resource for our aging parents.