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THE ISSAQUAH PRESS
B 12 • WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER
12, 2011
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OCTOBER
Village Theatre
presents "Take
Me America"
through Oct.
23, 303 Front
St. N., $22 to
$62, available
at the box office, 392-2202
Jackle Ryan Quartet, 7:45-10
p.m., Oct. 14-15, Bake's Place,
4135 Providence Point Drive S.E.,
$25, 391-3335
99 Front
Chris Stevens and the Surf
Monkeys, 7-11 p.m., Vino Bella,
St. N., 391-1424
Butch Harrison
and Good
Company, 7:30-
11:30 p.m., Vino
Bella
Volkswagen Fall Fling, noon,
Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-in, 98
N.E. Gilman Blvd., 392-1266
Sunday Dinner,Theme Show:
Sinatra at the Sands with Joey
Jewell & Trish Hatley, 6:45-9 p.m.,
Bake's Place, $25
Tom Grant,
7:45-10 p.m.,
Bake's Place,
$25
The
Cosmonauts
with the Kiko Feitas and
Tor Dletrlchson Quartet,
7:30-11:30 p.m., Vino Bella
Issaquah Train Depot film series
returns with Hollywood classics
The popular Films @ the Train Depot!
series includes Hollywood classics and
mega-stars from a bygone era.
Films play at 7 p.m. at the historic Is-
saquah Train Depot, 50 Rainier Blvd. N.
The program is free, due to support from
the city Arts Commission and the King
County cultural agency, 4Culture.
"Yankee Doodle Dandy" continues the
series Nov. 12.
James CaRney picked up the Academy
Award for Best Actor for the lavish screen
portrayal of "Mr. Broadway," George M.
Cohan, in the 1942 film. The song-and-
dance routines include memorable tunes,
such as "Over There," "It's a Grand Old
Flag," "Give My Regards to Broadway"
and the film's rousing title number.
"We're No Angels" concludes the series
Dec. 10.
In the 1955 film, Humphrey Bogart,
Aldo Ray and Peter Ustinov play escaped
inmates scheming to steal from a shop-
keeper on Christmas. But the cons' plans
change after they start to like the shop-
keeper and his family.
Since the film program launched in Oc-
tober 2009, it has featured series of Bing
Crosby films, train-themed films, films set
in Washington and noir classics.
Local author offers father's
World War H tale at Costco
By Warren Kagarise
Issaquah Press reporter
Lt. James Keeffe Jr., a United States
Army Air Forces pilot, plummeted to
earth as conflict tore Europe apart.
Nazis shot down Keeffe's bomber March
8, 1944, months bef(>re D-Day and the
start of a massive Allied assault to loosen
occupied Europe from Hitler's grasp.
More than six decades later, Jim Keeffe
transformed the tale into "Two Gold
Coins and a Prayer" -- a book about his
father's experiences as a World War II
bomber pilot and Nazi prisoner of war.
The author is due to inscribe books and
discuss the story Oct. 15 at Costco.
"There I was standing on the ground in
enemy-occupied Holland," the elder
Keeffe recounts in the book. "I had just
bailed out of my crippled heavy bomber
and had no idea what had happened to
my crew. I was hungry. I'd had only two
hours of sleep in the past 36 hours. My
face was smeared with mud and blood.
And I was just four days away from my
21 st birthday."
The lifelong aviation enthusiast, now 88
and a Bellevue resident, joined the U.S.
Army Air Forces in August 1942 as World
War II raged. Then, after intense training,
arrived in England on Thanksgiving 1943
to start flying B-24 bomber missions.
"Since he never put it down on paper,
as I was getting older and more and more
interested in it, back in 2001 is when ]
took the bull by the horns and decided to
take it upon my own self to do it," Jim Ke-
effe said of telling his father's story.
Dutch Resistance shelters pilot
The downed pilot evaded capture, even
as German police conducted a door-to-
door search near Papendrecht, a small
town in the Netherlands. Dutch Resis-
tance members hid Keeffe from German
soldiers for several months.
The resistance even created false pa-
pers identifying Keeffe as a basket maker
unable to hear or speak. The cover meant
he could walk the streets in wartime Rot-
terdam, so long as he did not speak.
"I didn't know hardly anything about
the Dutch Resistance part of the story,"
Jim Keeffe said. "When I started uncov-
ering all of the details of that, and how
people living under occupation still were
brave enough to take care of people like
my dad with the possibility of getting
shot at any moment that's what
opened my eyes to the whole thing,"
But the Germans eventually captured
Keeffe and incarcerated him in Stalag
Luft III. a camp in modern-day Poland.
"He got choked up at times when he
would talk about sensitive parts," Jim
Keeffe said. "When a German guard
helped him one time to keep civilians
from attacking him once he got caught.
He'd choke up during the human condi-
tion things. He never choked up because
things were hard or tough. He's got a soft
heart, so when people did extraordinary
IFYOU GO
Two Gold Coins and a Prayer' book signing
1-3 p.m. OCt. 15
Costco
1801 lOth Ave. N.W.'
things, he'd get emotional about it."
Keeffe traveled to Europe to conduct
research, and joined other former POWs'
children at the Stalag Luft III site in
Poland.
In 1945, the Germans evacuated the
camp as Soviet forces approached from
the east. The column of prisoners
12,000 strong stretched for miles
along the 60-mile route into Germany.
The elder Keeffe recalled refugees carting
belongings to escape the advancing Sovi-
ets and people growing too weak to walk
and collapsing into the snow.
On the research trip, author Keeffe and
the other children of former prisoners
traversed the route on foot. The group
departed at the same time on a winter's
night as prisoners had done decades be-
fore.
"We walked down the same cobble-
stone country roads that our dads had
and went through the same little vil-
lages," he said. "It was just a trip back in
time."
For book's subject, another chapter
The story did not end after Jim Keeffe,
a Fall City resident, published the book.
Holocaust survivor Helen Cohen-
Jim Keeffe (left)
and his father,
James Keeffe Jr.,
collaborated for
the younger
Keeffe's book, Two
Gold Coins and a
Prayer:
CONTRIBUTED
Berman emailed Jim Keeffe after reading
a portion of"Two Gold Coins and a
Prayer" on Googie Books.
Cohen-Berman, then 8, remembered
James Keeffe from the war. The girl,s
family and Keeffe hid from the Nazis to-
gether. Soldiers eventually discovered
sent Cohen,Berman's family to the West,
erbork concentration camp in the
Netherlands. The family survived the ex-
perience, and Cohen-Berman settled in
Israel in 1978.
Through the Google Books connection,
Cohen-Berman traveled to Bellevue in
September to meet James Keeffe.
(The story received a post on The Offi-
cial Google Blog, due to the Google Books
connection.}
In addition to retracing his father's
steps in Europe, Jim Keeffe traveled to
the Air Force Academy in Colorado
Springs, Colo., to conduct research.
"Two Gold Coins and a Prayer" origi-
nated from a series of audio interviews.
As Jim Keeffe collected the memories
from his father, he decided to compile the
stories into a book. Because the elder Ke-
effe remembered addresses, dates and
names, the book has enough details to ri-
val a World War II epic film.
The creative process inspired Jim Ke-
effe, a first-time author.
"I just doodled all through school and,
in fact, if I'm given an assignment to
write something, I just go blank," he said.
The writer's block resurfaced as he put
together "Two Gold Coins and a Prayer."
The process lasted almost a decade.
"There always seemed to be a door
that opened up when I didn't know what
to do next," Jim Keeffe said.
Restaurant reviews are a regular fea-
ture of The Issaquah Press. Reviewers
visit restaurants unannounced and pay
in full for their meals.
By David Hayes
Issaquah Press reporter
When my wife and I vacationed in
Venice, Italy, one of the best meals we
had the entire trip came via recommen-
dation of a local resident.
You know you're going to get personalized
service when maximum occupancy doesn't
exceed 30. And in a competitive, growing
Italian restaurant market even here in Is-
saquah, it's nice to have something to set
yourself apart from the others.
The Nardone family has crafted a
menu that showcases their family
recipes.
The lunch meal was kicked off by some
of the best bread I've ever had. Its fresh-
hess was accented by just a drizzle of ex-
offer good food, but at spendy prices.
Once our orders arrived, the home-
made craftsmanship was apparent on
every plate. The same sauce was used in
both the lasagna and the spaghetti and
meatballs. It had a rich, cheesy flavor
without being too beefy. The meatballs,
I'm told, are a combination of what's on
hand any given day -- so you might get
ground beef and veal one day and beef
and pork another day. Either way, they
were delicious, again, in their simplicity.
Sometimes a dish can be overthought,
The bed-and-breakfast owner sug- tra virgin olive oil and a dash of freshly
gested a little family-run restaurant, way chopped parsley." with too many ingredients overpowering
off the beaten path away from the usual A group of us skipped the appetizer se- each other. These meatballs were crafted
touristy spots. The food at this hole in the lections and went straight for the entr es to be enjoyed each harmonious bite.
Our third diner tried the white sauce in
wall was exquisite and memorable for its
simplistic, yet bold flavors.
Well, Issaquah now boasts its own hole
in the wall, family run ristorante Italiano
-- Montalcino. Located on Northwest Alder
Place, a block offthe beaten path of Front
Street, Montalcino brought back memories
of Venice with its intimate, rustic interior.
-- which might have been a mistake since
the appetizer menu features stuzzichino
staples such as bruschetta, mozzarella
caprese salad, and assorted salumi and
Cheese. Every dish on the lunch menu was
less than $15, so it was nice to discover a
restaurant that didn't have to be one of
those "special occasion" destinations that
the linguini chicken panna. She found the
chicken had a great grilled, smoky flavor,
and the sauce was creamy with simplicity
again bringing om the best of each ingre-
dient.
If we had found time to linger at the
restaurant, we would have loved to sam-
IFYOU GO
Montalcino
• 15 N.E. Alder Place
• 270-3677
• Lunch: Monday through Friday, from
11 a.m. to about 2:30 p.m.
• Dinner: Every night, from 5 p.m. until
the last diner leaves, about 10:30-11 p.m.
• www.montalcinoristoranteitaliano.com
ple the many wines the Nardone family
produce themselves. And for those diners
who leave room, the menu has many ap-
petizing desserts to complete the experi-
ence, from homemade tiramisu to the
bomba mambo chocolata.
Still shy of being open three months,
here's hoping Montalcino becomes a
mainstay of fine cuisine found in Issaquah.
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