What’s New Around Town

The Children’s Art Calendar is Back

After an absence of several years, The Issaquah School District is bringing back a long time favorite of district families—the Children’s Art Calendar. Students are being asked to submit their artwork now for possible inclusion in the 2012-2013 school year calendar. Every family with a child in the district will receive a free copy to keep track of all the school and community related above left: raka events and dates. Calendars will be distributed during registration before the start of classes. Local advertising enables the production of the calendar.

Free Health Checks and Tests

The Health and Safety Fair returns to Pickering Barn, (across the street from Costco), on Saturday, February 11, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Participate in free health screenings and meet more than 40 health professionals. Kids can receive free fingerprint ID kits. Presented by the City of Issaquah Parks & Recreation Department and the Issaquah Press. For information, call Amelia 425.392.6434.

Santa and Firefighters Unite

From November 25 to 27, fire department mem- bers were stationed in the Issaquah Commons shopping center, where they successfully filled a 24-foot truck that was donated for the three- day event by First Due Moving Company. With help from Santa, firefighters worked for three days, talking to the public about their goal of filling the large moving truck with food and much-needed winter clothing for the Issaquah Food and Clothing Bank. They exceeded their goal taking in 15,860 pounds of mostly food and some clothing items, and received $1,135 in cash donations. Thanks to Issaquah Commons, management—Madison Marquette—for provid- ing space to park the collection vehicle.

Sammamish City Hall Provides a Charge

If you own a Nissan Leaf, Chevy Volt or Tesla Roadster, you may be pulling over at the Sammamish City Hall before long. That’s because two brand-new electric vehicle charging stations are now located in the parking lot on the east side of city offices. To fully charge a Nissan Leaf from empty to full uses about $2.50 of electricity, enough to drive 80 to 100 miles. Most drivers, how- ever, are expected to simply “top off” at the city’s charging stations. Initially, they will be able to draw power at no cost. After a few months of observation, however, the city will likely set a price.