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FBI arrests
bank heist
suspect
By Warren Kagarise
Issaquah Press reporter
FBI agents arrested the sus-
pect in the Oct. 28 robbery of a
local KeyBank branch, a former
Snoqualmie resident connected
m other thefts in the area.
Investigators arrested
Christopher isaac Titian, 19,
Nov. 2 at a motel in Everett, less
than a week after the Issaquah
robbery.
Investigators located the sus-
pect after a Snoqualmie pohce
officer, Nigel Draveling, recog-
nized the man from surveillance
images captured at the bank.
Police publicized the images in
the hours after the incident.
Issaquah police responded ro
a robbery at KeyBank, 405 N.W.
Gilman Blvd., just after 2 p.m.
Oct. 28.
Investigators said a man
approached a bank employee,
handed the employee a demand
note and said, "Just read it and
do what it says. Don't push the
alarm "
The employee handed the
man cash, and the suspect then
fled the bank, carrying the loot.
Issaquah officers searched the
area near the bank, but did not
locate the man.
Titian faces a first-degree
robbery charge in King County
Superior Court and is being
held in lieu of $200,000 bond at
the King County Jail.
Investigators said Titian par-
ticipated in a January burglary
at Mount Si High School in '
Snoquahnie. The incident led to
convictions for second-degree
burglary and second-degree
attempted trafficking.
In another incident,
Snoqualmie police arrested Titian
in 2007 for third-degree theft.
Warren Kagarhe: 392-6434, ext. 234.
or wkagarise@isspress.com. SnoValleg
Star Editor Dan Catchpole contributed
to this report. Comment at
www.issaquahpress.com.
Quarry is
considered
for homes,
businesses
By Warren Kagarise
Issaquah Press reporter
The hillside quarry below the
Issaquah Highlands, plus land
adjacent to the highlands, could
someday transform into busi-
nesses and homes, if the city
and landowner approve a long-
term agreement to redevelop
the site.
The landowner and quarry
operator, Lakeside Industries
Inc., proposed a development
agreement for the 80-acre site.
The site a quarry, a hillside
and land on the plateau adja-
cent to the highlands is
zoned for mineral resources.
The agreement under consider-
ation could change the zoning
to urban village the same
zoning for the highlands and
Talus.
"We envision redevelopment
that follows the patterns we are
seeing in the highlands,"
Lakeside Industries CEO Tim
See QUARRY; Page A6
WEDNESDAY~
COMMEMORATING VETERANS DAY
BY GREG FARRAR
Roy Inui (left) and his wife of 63 years, Be~e, hold his Congressional Gold Medal in their Timber RJd~ at~lus home.
Veteran receives Congressional Gold Medal,
highest civilian honor in nation
Issaquah Press reporter
ecades after the governmen sent Japanese-American citizens to internment camps,
Japanese-American World War II veterans received the Congressional Gold Medal -- the
highest civilian honor in the United States.
Congress recognized the World
War II veterans Nov. 3, almost 70
years after the attack on Pearl internment centers.
Harbor. The honorees included "As far as I was concerned, I was
Issaquah resident Roy Inui, 89, a determined to serve in the Pacific,"
soldier in the Military. Intelligence Inui said. "Most of us Japanese-
Service during the conflict. Americans were considered sus-
Inui and wife Bette traveled pect and not loyal to the U.S. we
cross-country to attend the high- might spy or help the Japanese
profile medal ceremony at the U.S. military. [ thought that the best
Capitol. way to prove my loyalty was to go
In the months after the into service against my ancestors."
December 1941 attack on Pearl In early 1942, officials ordered
Harbor, officials declared Inui's parents and sister to report
Japanese-American men as aliens from home in Seattle to the assem-
ineligible for the draft and ordered bly center at the Puyallup
Japanese-American citizens to Fairgrounds and then on to
Minidoka War Relocation Center in
Idaho.
Inui, then a college student, did
not get sent to a government-run
internment center and joined the
Army in 1944, as battles raged in
the Pacific and Allied troops
marched across Europe.
"I felt that I had a job to do and i
was going to do it and, hopefully,
See MEDAL, Page A3
Veterans
S(~ITIC(~
By David Hayes 3436 Veterans Day Service, now Reserve Officers Training Corps
lssaquah Press reporter enters its fifth year. In a nod to the unit and a presentation by its color
unpredictable weather, Waggoner, guard. The guest speaker is City
Dave Waggoner is tireless in his himself a veteran of the Vietnam Councilman Fred Butler, who is
efforts to ensure both today's mili- War, has scheduled the event also a veteran.
tary members are honored and indoors again, this time at the A cornerstone of eachyear's cer-
yesterday's heroes are not forgot- Issaquah Valley Senior Center. emony is the presentation of 10
ten. This year's 45-minute event will
His cornerstone event, The feature a 21-gun salute by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. Issaquah High School Naval Junior See SI:RVICE, Page A2
NOVEMBER 9, 2011
9,, NO, 45
By Warren Kagarise
Issaquah Press reporter
Bob Brock is not a household
name an-Issaquah, but projects
the former Public Works
Engineering director oversaw
reshaped the landscape --
bridges across Issaquah Creek
designed to ease flooding and
through annexations and a home-
building boom. Controversy also
defined the area, as activists,
leaders and residents debated the
Southeast Bypass, a proposed
road along Tiger Mountain
designed to reduce downtown
traffic headaches.
Brock led 30 or so Public
Works Engineering Department
road projects meant to alleviate employees from a corner office in
traffic congestion. City Hall Northwest. The space
Brock, 64, retired as the top overlooks a recent city project, a
engineering official in the city pedestrian connector across
Nov. 4 after a lifetime spent in interstate 90 at state Route 900.
public works roles in California, In addition to the landmarks,
Wyoming and, for the past dozen Mayor Ava Frisinger said the
years, in Issaquah. legacy Brock left at Public Works
"I'm more of a behind-the- Engineering is "a department
scenes kind of guy. It's never been that is well-integrated and works
my forte to be up there in a suit well with the other departments,
and tie and everything and being and one that has considerable
in the foreground," he said in pre- strengths in being able to explain
retirement interview. "I personal- in a really clear manner what the
ly like to let my very capable staff recommendations are and why
get the exposure, No. 1; and the they are."
experience to share. It's them that
makes me successful." Grace under pressure
Since joining the city staff in In 1999, as city leaders searched
May 1999, Brock supervised road
and other infrastructure projects
as the city added 19;000 residents See RETIRE, Page A6
Crash 'miracle' protects local
motorist amid thtal collision
By Warren Kagarise
Issaquah Press reporter
Traffic stopped on eastbound
Interstate 90 late last month as
emergency responders raced to a
deadly accident and a miracle.
Longtime Issaquah resident
Lily Skelton, sister Priscilla
Schenkel, a Renton resident, and
friends Kate Cochran and Lisa
Malmin, survived the fatal crash
Oct. 17. as motorists in another
mangled vehicle died at the
scene.
"It was a miracle," Skelton said
days after escaping from a crum-
pled car lodged between tractor-
trailers.
Cochran and Malmin traveled
to Washington from Arizona for
Schenkel's birthday.
Leavenworth made for a perfect
Snoqualmie Pass. Near Hyak,
Skelton deactivated the cruise
control and slowed amid the con-
struction zone.
"It was a beautiful day and
everybody was driving calmly,"
Skelton said.
Signs about the Snoqualmie
Pass East construction project
lined the roadside. Soon, traffic
stopped and Skelton, a cautious
driver, left about a car length
between the Buick and a tractor-
trailer up ahead. Behind the car,
another tractor-trailer sat idle..
"We're commg down Hyak and
they're like, 'Oh my gosh, this is
so beautiful!' the lake, the
mountains, the colors -- and
then, kaboom," Skelton said.
Washington State Patrol inves-
tigators said a tractor-trailer and
a Jeep Cherokee collided behind
trip to glimpse autumn foliage ~ the Buick. The impact pushed the
and mountain splendor after ~rlg behind the Buick into the car.
days spent sightseeingin The sedan surged ahead into the
Issaquah and Seattle. other tractor-trailer.
In the backseat, Cochran and
Malmin snapped photos as
Skelton's Buick LeSabre crossed See MIRACLE, Page A7
Tractor-trailers smashed the Buick LeSabre carrying
Lily Skeiton, her sister and friends Oct. 17 near Hyak.
CONTRIBUTED
Issaquah resident
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SALMON COUNT
RAIN GAIN
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