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THE ISSAQUAH PRESS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2Oll • Bll
POLICE BLOTTER
Police discovered graffiti at
Northwest James Bush Road and
Big Tree Drive Northwest at 12:21
p.m. Sept. 15. The cost to remove
the graffiti is estimated at $100.
Arrest
Police arrested an 18-year-old
Issaquah man on warrants for
failure to appear in the 400 block
of Front Street North at 8:15 p.m.
Sept. 15.
Smashed
Police responded to suspicious
• . . I
actmty m the 22800 block iof
Southeast Black Nugget Road at
9:02 a.m. Sept. 19 and discovered
a broken window. The estimated
loss is unknown.
Garden paN
A patio chair was stolen in the
100 block of Southeast Bush
Street before 6:03 p.m. Sept. 19.
The estimated loss is $50.
Candid camera
Police responded to a possible
trespassing incident in the 1700
block of Highlands Drive North-
east at 7:23 p.m. Sept. 19 after a
caller reported people snapping
photos of a vehicle. The photogra-
phers turned out to be the vehi-
cle's owners.
Arrest
Police responded to suspicious
activity in the 23400 block of
Southeast Black Nugget Road at
8:44 p.m. Sept. 19 and arrested a
24-year-old Issaquah woman on a
theft warrant.
Park at about 3:15 p.m. Sept• 24
after residents reported a group of
teenagers carrying a limp female
into the park. Police said the girl
reported drinking Four Loko and
taking Ecstasy. Her friends told po-
lice they not seen her consume
anything other than Four Loko.
Police interviewed the teen again
when she was more lucid, and she
said she took a prescription anti-
depressant, and not Ecstasy.
Naughty by nature
Police arrested a 21-year-old Is-
saquah man for indecent exposure
in the 4300 block of West Lake
Sammamish Parkway Southeast
at 5:05 p.m. Sept. 24.
Federal offense
Police arrested a 27-year-old
Sammamish man for driving with
a suspended license at Northeast
Federal Drive and Ninth Avenue
Northeast at 2:27 a.m. Sept. 25.
Sofa swiped
Furniture was stolen from a res-
idence on East Lake Sammamish
Drive South before Sept. 25. The
estimated loss is unknown.
Return to sender
A resident in the 21100 block of
Southeast 28th Place said some-
one attempted to pry open his or
her locked mailbox Sept. 25. The
estimated loss is unknown.
A Ford was stolen from the
Sammamish Park & Ride, 22818
S.C. Eighth St., before 5:30 p.m.
Sept. 27. The estimated loss is un-
known.
Window-shopping
Foiled
A window was damaged on, Police responded to shoplifting
and a purse, cash, camera and a at Bartell Drugs, 5700 E. Lake
cetlphone were stolen from, ave- Sammamish Parkway S.C., at 3:07
hicle parked in the 23300 block of p.m. Sept. 28, but the thief
Southeast 47th Way before 9:15 dropped the bag and ran. Police
a.m. Sept. 20. The estimated loss could not locate the shoplifter.
is unknown, l
The Press publishes names of people
Unauthorized transaction charged with felony crimes. Information
comes directly from local police reports.
A laptop computer, checkbooks
and credit cards were stolen from
a vehicle parked in a garage in the
800 block of 272nd Place South-
east before 11 p.m. Sept. 20.
Garage sale
A purse was stolen from a vehi-
cle parked in a garage in the
27700 block of Southeast 24th
Way before 8 p.m. Sept. 21. The
owner realized the purse had dis-
appeared when she went to shut
the garage door. The estimated
loss is unknown.
What a tool
Tools and a toolbox were] stolen
in the 100 block of First Place
Northwest before 12:46 p.m. Sept.
21. The estimated loss is $400•
Screened I
Protective window screens were
damaged in the 100 block 0f
Northwest Dogwood Street before
5:44 p.m. Sept. 21. The estimated
loss is $50.
Tanked
Police arrested a 23-year-old
Florida man for an alcohol offense
in the 300 block of Rainier Boule-
vard South at 12:35 a.m. S~pt: 22.
Hacked
A laptop computer was stolen
from a vehicle parked in a garage
in the 300 block of 239th Way
Southeast before 6:30 a.m. Sept.
22. The estimated loss is un-
known.
Picking pocketbook
A woman said she discovered a
pocketbook near blackberry
bushes on property in Carnation•
She said she had been picking
blackberries when she discovered
it. Police contacted the owner ajad
she retrieved the pocketbook at
12:25 p.m. Sept. 22.
Disconnected
A person in the 6100 block of
East Lake Sammamish Park_way
Southeast said his or her iPhone
was stolen before 5:53 p.mi Sept.
23. The estimated loss is $~49.
/
Slippery situation ].
Cash was stolen from a s fe at
Off Can Henry's, 420 228th Ave.
N.E., before Sept. 24. The manager
suspected a former employe~ in the
theft. The estimated loss is $400.
The agony and the Ecstasy
- -[
Police responded to Beaver Lake
home,
By Tom Corrigan LEO was founded when a group
Issaquah Press reporter of the parents of developmentally
disabled children began to realize
Founded 22 years ago by the those children had very limited
parents of children with intellectu- options after leaving school,
al or developmental disabilities, Finnegan said.
Issaquah's Life Enrichment "We talked to everybody in the
Options is expanding, world who does housing," she
One of the organization's said.
founders as well as a member of The group members finally
its board of directors, Rose decided that if anything was going
Finnegan said LEO's third family to happen in terms of housing and
home should be completed by activities for their children, they
December. would have to make it happen.
The group also is planning what Regarding housing, planners
Finnegan said is only the second finally decided on a family-style
fundraising event in its history, approach with five residents and a
Harvesting Hope is the name of live-in care provider in each
LEO's luncheon from 11:30 a.m. home. The care provider oversees
to 1 p.m. Oct. 20 at Pickering the running of the household,
Barn. Sammamish City Council operating it largely like a small
member and former host of TV's business. Finnegan and Weber
"Evening Magazine" John Curley both said the new home would
will host the event, operate along the same lines. LEO
LEO's third facility sits in the is now searching for a care
Issaquah Highlands at the corner provider, someone with a back-
of 25th Avenue Northeast and ground in working with special-
Northeast Logan Street. needs adults.
The newly constructed homeLEO residents are 21 and older.
became "dried in," or fully LEO helps with finding jobs and
enclosed, in September, said Chris activities, though some of its resi-
Weber, LEO's newly appointed dents only work a few days a
development assistant, week, Finnegan said. She added
Jiff Searing, LEO's vice presi- the current economy has not
dent for construction, said land- aided the job hunt for LEO resi-
scaping should start outside the dents.
home later this month, while Although they have not made
interior work will begin the any final selections regarding who
minute he is able to have the heat will live in the new home, Weber
turned on. said LEO has a waiting list of some
24 potential residents. Final
choices are made based on crite-
ria such as the compatibility of the
various possible housemates.
"The idea really is to create a
family," said Finnegan, whose son
Tim Finnegan, 44, lives in a LEO
home.
Rose Finnegan and Searing
both talked about donations help-
ing move along construction of the
new house. Finnegan said con-
tractors donated various items,
such as a garage door and gutters.
A heating contractor cut a sub-
stantial amount off his estimate as
a donation.
For his part, Searing especially
IFYOU GO
Harvesting Hope
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 20
Picketing Barn
1730 lOth Ave. N.W.
Register by calling 274-4003
or emailing info@lifeenrichmen-
toptions.org.
"It was getting to be too much
for a volunteer board," she
added.
had praise for Polygon Homes For the future, although plans
Northwest. are not definite, LEO might add a
"Wdve been kind of their pet fourth home somewhere in the
Snoqualmie Valley. Some kind of
program for clients who wish to
live on their own also may be in
the works. While the Harvesting
Hope luncheon is a fundraiser,
Weber said it's also about raising
awareness.
"We try to be an advocate for all
our people," she said.
To register or for information
about Harvesting Hope, email
info@lifeenriehmentoptions.org or
call 274-4003. You also can go to
the group's website, www.lifeen-
richmentoptions.org.
Tom Corrigan: 392-6434, ext. 241; or
tcorrigan@isspress.com. Comment at
www. issaquahpress, com.
philanthropy for almost 10 years
now," he said. "Without them, the
new house doesn't happen. It's
that simple."
Finnegan said LEO is still one of
only a few groups offering housing
for those with intellectual/devel-
opmental disabilities. She said
King County only steps in in cases
of emergencies.
"We try to be proaetive,"
Finnegan said.
Besides adding its third facility,
LEO recently has grown in anoth-
er way. It has added its first two
employees in Weber and an
administrative assistant.
Finnegan said the new staffers
were welcome.
City to host medical marijuana
hearing Oct. 13
Council, the municipal Planning
Department is developing a meas-
ure to determine what or if busi-
Planning Department at 837-
3080 to offer input before the
meeting.
Citizens can offer input about a ness, safety and zoning restric-
proposed ordinance to address tions should apply to such gar- Eastside Fire & Rescue
medical marijuana collective gar- dens• holds open houses Oct. 15
dens. Issaquah is in the midst of a
The municipal Planning Policy six-month moratorium on the Eastside Fire & Rescue is open-
Commission is hosting a public collective gardens. The council ing fire stations in Issaquah and
hearing on the proposed ordi- enacted the ban in June and, the surrounding area to the public
nance Oct. 13. The commission per standard procedure, held a for Fire Prevention Week.
meets at 6:30 p.m. in the City public hearing on the issue in Citizens can stop for tours,
Council Chambers at City Hall July. snacks and information about fire
South, 135 E. Sunset Way. The council agreed to uphold safety, flood safety and emergency
Commissioners heard from the ban, but after hearing from preparedness, as well as a chance
medical marijuana advocates, city medical marijuana users and ad- to sit on a fire truck•
planners, Police Chief Paul Ayers vocates, directed planners to for- The following stations are open
and others at a Sept. 8 meeting mulate a solution as soon as pos- for tours from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
about the proposal, sible. Oct. 15:
Under direction from the City Citizens can also call tl~e ~ Station 71,190 E. Sunset Way,
Issaquah
Station 73, 1280 N.E. Park
Drive, I~saquah
Statidn 78, 16135 S,E. ll3th
Place, Renton
Station 81, 2030 212th Ave.
S.C., Sammamish
Station 82, 1851 228th Ave.
S.C., Sammamish
Station 83, 3425 Issaquah-Pine
Lake Road S.C., Sammamish
Station 85, 3600 Tolt Ave. N.E.,
Carnation
Station 87, 122 W. Second St.,
North Bend
Fire Prevention Week is ob-
served from Oct. 9-15. The event
focuses on keeping individuals,
families and communities safe
from fire.
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