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January 13, 2011 VOL. 3, NO. 2

Homes on the way Michigan builder buys Snoqualmie Ridge lots.

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Mount Si upsets ninth-ranked Sammamish 53-46 Page 12

Officials say a new middle school a must for district

By Sebastian Moraga

Police blotter Page 6

Does Dickens know?

Singer reworks classic tale into ‘7 Deadly Sins’ Page 8

If the $56.2-million school bond passes Feb. 8, a new middle school will be built, although calling it new won’t tell the whole story.

It would be a new building, complete with that fresh-paint smell, but much of it would have a familiar look.

First, the building would retain the name, colors and mascot of the one it would replace:

Snoqualmie Middle School, home of the Eagles.

Second, the new middle school would be on property the school district purchased years ago, under the administration of former Valley schools superintendent Rich McCullough.

Third, the building would be very similar in design and construction to what today is newest school in the Valley, Twin Falls Middle School.

This measure, current super-

intendent Joel Aune said, saved the district $400,000, which would otherwise have gone to designing a new building from scratch.

With the vote three weeks away, members past and present of the Snoqualmie Valley School District insist that what hangs in the balance is not just the whim of a few but the future of many.

“People will realize we defi-

Your money: 2011 School Bond

Part 2

The Snoqualmie Valley School District is once again asking voters for money to help solve crowding. In this part, district leaders explain the desperate need for a new middle school.

See BOND, Page 6

‘Ridiculous’ theft leaves school staff, students perplexed

Growing awareness Valley entrepreneur touts power of calenula flowers.

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By Sebastian Moraga

Wildcat Idol Students perform their best in talent competition.

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By Dan Catchpole

Hilary Shemanski makes a drink for a customer at Koko Beans in Snoqualmie. Despite the tough times other food service businesses have endured in Snoqualmie, Shemanski is confident she can succeed.

Small businesses feeling squeezed

By Dan Catchpole Lunchtime at Isadora’s Café in Snoqualmie was busier than usual the week after Christmas.

Regulars pulled up chairs on the restaurant’s well-worn wood floors to get a last meal before Isadora’s closed with the new year.

For the owners, Jody and Michael Sands, the decision to

close the doors after two years was a long time coming.

“It was heartbreaking, absolutely heartbreaking,” Jody Sands said.

She had learned a lot about the restaurant business while waiting tables at the café in the mid-‘90s. Owning Isadora’s had been a dream come true for the Snoqualmie native.

Like several other indepen-

dent owners of food service businesses in the Valley, Sands endured the economic recession in 2008 and 2009, but couldn’t overcome the lagging recovery in 2010. Squeezed by anemic revenue, rising costs and no available credit, these merchants either closed or sold their businesses.

See SQUEEZED, Page 3

Snoqualmie police have arrested an 18-year-old male and a 19-year-old male in connection with the Jan. 6 break-in at Mount Si High School.

A press release from the city of Snoqualmie stated that police recognized one of the two teenagers in a surveillance tape from the break-in. Officers then obtained a search warrant for the suspect’s Snoqualmie home and gave the suspect a call. The suspect then agreed to turn himself in to police.

At the suspect’s home police located an Xbox that officers said had been stolen from the school.

The day of the theft, Mount Si High School principal Randy Taylor said the Xbox and a TV set had been reported missing the day before.

The second man arrested is from Auburn, the release said.

The two men will be booked into the King County Jail and See THEFT, Page 2

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Mailbox Peak gets grant for trail development

Preston trail opens to close gap in Greenway

Snoqualmie Valley’s Mailbox Peak is receiving $325,000 in grant money for trail development from the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program.

The popular hiking trail joins dozens of parks, trails, farm and open space projects in King County that are getting hundreds of thousands of dollars from the grant program.

For projects to receive the money, the awards must be approved by the state Legislature. However, money for the grants comes from the state’s capital budget, which doesn’t face a shortfall like the state’s operating budget.

The program has requested that the Legislature allocate money for 124 projects in 2011-13.

To be eligible, recipients had to provide matching funds.

This year, cities, counties and state departments requested $192 million for nearly 280 projects.

The grant program is run by the state’s Recreation and Conservation Office.

The Washington Department of Natural Resources used a grant from the program to buy 680 threatened acres for the Mount Si Natural Resources Conservation Area.

To learn more, go to www.wildliferecreation.org/wwr p-projects/counties/King_county.

Officials and trail advocates gathered in Preston Dec. 16 to open a key link in the Mountains to Sound Greenway trail network.

The state Department of Transportation and the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust completed the 1.25-mile trail connector last month.

The piece connects the Issaquah to High Point Trail almost to the trailhead for the Preston-Snoqualmie Trail and

Theft From Page 1 will likely face charges of second-degree burglary, first-degree theft and malicious mischief.

The Star is not naming the individuals because they have not yet been charged with a crime.

Lindsay Masters could not contain her amazement.

“It’s ridiculous,” the Mount Si High School student said.

“When I think of places to go rob, not that I would, I think of a bank or a store, not a school.”

But a school did get hit around 1 a.m. Jan. 6. And not just any school but Masters’ school. Not just Masters’ school, but Masters’ school club, DECA, which runs a store and a café within Mount Si High School.

“We’re OK, although we lost a pretty good chunk of money,”

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completes a gap in the greenway. Before crews completed the project, hikers and other trail users had to detour onto road shoulders for the route.

Crews started construction on the connector project in June.

The team constructed a pedestrian bridge and upgraded a former railroad trestle across the East Fork of Issaquah Creek to prevent trail users from disturbing the creek and nearby wetlands.

The project also required retaining walls to be constructed along steeper sections. The walls helped reduce the overall foot-

print of the trail and environmental impact.

Two public parks in Snoqualmie are partially out of commission at least until spring.

Centennial Field Park and Snoqualmie Point Park were vandalized when people drove in the parks’ open space after recent snowstorms, damaging carefully maintained grass and turf.

Centennial Fields Park is a popular sports venue.

Snoqualmie Point Park is a popular location for weddings.

Snoqualmie Parks and Recreation Department officials will inspect the damage and repair it in the spring. It could take several weeks to get the damaged sections back to conditions suitable for sports and weddings, according to a news releases from the city of Snoqualmie.

The city has asked that anyone witnessing someone driving on or vandalizing park property call 911, and give police a license plate number or vehicle description, if possible.

Masters said.

The thieves also targeted the ATM inside the school, and the safe room, failing on both counts.

They managed to steal about $1,500 in checks and cash. Police also found an Xbox at one of the suspects’ home they said had been taken from the school.

What makes the theft even more strange is that most of the checks stolen were made to Mount Si High School, and therefore impossible to cash.

In total, the thieves made off with about $600 in cash, Taylor said, from DECA and from the school’s Food Services.

Security cameras at the school showed two individuals involved in the theft. Their actions were discovered at 6 a.m. Jan. 6.

“In my 30 years in schools I’ve never seen a school get targeted,” Taylor said, adding that though the school kept functioning normally, certain things seemed off. For one, the DECA

store was out of commission and would be for at least a few days.

“We not only lost the money they stole,” Masters said. “But we lost the money we would have made today.”

Moreover, the mood inside the main office was anxious, Taylor said, with personnel knowing that their workspace had been invaded.

“It’s almost as if they’ve been violated,” Taylor said. The morning after the theft, 17 teachers had been out while they attended a conference. The resulting influx of substitutes added to the strange feeling.

“They’re feeling very unsettled,” Taylor said of his staff.

The thieves used crowbars and screwdrivers to jimmy the locks, Taylor said.

As he spoke, school personnel and technicians from Snoqualmie Falls Credit Union worked feet from each other, the former fixing a door, the latter

fixing the ATM. Once the thieves targeted the ATM, a mechanism inside it kicked in, locking the cash box and thwarting their efforts, Taylor said.

What puzzles students and staff is that little vandalism occurred in the theft.

“They only wanted some money,” Taylor said of the thieves. “There was some technology in the rooms they were in that was left untouched.”

Masters’ DECA friends were just as puzzled.

The night after the theft the school housed a wrestling event, a basketball practice and a reception for Korean dignitaries. Everything seemed back to normal, but for Taylor the questions remained.

“Why go after a school?” he said. “It’s like going after a church. I’m really disappointed that they have to target a school. What they are doing is they are stealing from the kids.”

Public parks vandalized in Snoqualmie

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Idaho car accident kills North Bend woman

Squeezed

A North Bend woman was killed in a single-car accident Jan. 2 in Idaho.

The woman, Gina Wiley, died from injuries sustained when the car she was riding in rolled over on Interstate 15 near Spencer, Idaho, at about 10:45 p.m., according to an Idaho State Police news release.

The car, a 1996 Pontiac Grand Am, was headed south on the highway, which was covered by snow and ice. The car went off the right side of the road, hit a post and flipped over, according to the release.

While the driver had a seatbelt on, none of the three passengers did.

The 23-year-old Wiley died before emergency responders could reach the accident.

The driver and passengers were taken to Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Idaho, with non life-threatening injuries.

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North Bend man injured in crash on Interstate 90 A North Bend man was taken to Harborview Medical Center after a crash on Interstate 90 six miles west of Cle Elum on Wednesday afternoon, the Washington State Patrol reported.

Joseph Magnuson, 21, was being treated for cuts to the head and neck, and back pain, according to a patrol news release.

The other driver, Roy K. Walker, of Washougal, Wash., was not hurt, troopers said.

Magnuson, driving a Toyota pickup, and Walker, driving a Kenworth tractor and trailer, were both headed west about 2:30 p.m.

Magnuson lost control and went sideways, then was hit by the semi, troopers said.

Magnuson was going too fast for conditions, although any charges were pending, according to the news release.

A mix of snow and rain was reported throughout the day.

Intoxicants were not suspected.

Both drivers had their seat belts on.

Clarification The Jan. 6 issue of the Star mentioned Anna Sotelo. She is the current owner of Ana’s Mexican Restaurant.

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Fewer customers Even though the Great Recession technically ended in 2009, the economy has continued to limp along. The recovery so far has been fueled by increased productivity from existing workers, rather than new hires.

“Job growth has been slower than molasses,” said Arun Raha, Washington State’s chief economist.

For many businesses, that means their customer base hasn’t been growing. In addition, people are still saving more and spending less, especially on nonessential goods and services.

That has not been good news for the Snoqualmie Valley’s businesses, most of which offer non-essential goods and services, especially food.

Snoqualmie has 37 businesses which sell food, according to Bob Cole, an economic consultant for the city.

“From the beginning, I could see we were going to have a problem,” Sands said.

When she took over Isadora’s in December 2008, Sands changed the menu — keeping the mainstays, while adding dishes to cater to a wider crowd.

Over the next couple years, she worked to increase traffic with more live music, an open mike night and small stage theater.

She had enough people coming in through the door to keep the lights on from day to day, but not enough to provide any security for the future.

Several owners of retail and food businesses in downtown Snoqualmie said that customer traffic was down this summer, the peak season for many stores, during work on the city’s downtown revitalization project. The work included tearing up one side of the commercial area’s main street.

“Between the economy and all the construction they did last year, we put so much money into it, we just couldn’t keep it going,” said Kathy Twede, who recently sold the Choo Choo Café at the Snoqualmie Falls Candy Factory.

Her husband, Kyle Twede, owns Twede’s Café in North Bend.

Both Twede and Sands said that the downtown work will benefit the city in the future.

The city’s primary role in boosting the local economy is providing and maintaining infrastructure to support businesses, Cole said.

“I love this town, this community, and I’m really excited to see it blossom. Unfortunately, we’re going out at the beginning of this,” Sands said.

Fewer resources Independent restaurants are having difficulty getting credit to get through the lean times.

Twede couldn’t even get overdraft protection for her restaurant. It had been easy to get 10 years before when her husband opened Twede’s Café.

“Nobody’s willing to shell out money like they used to,” she said.

To maintain a positive cash flow, Twede cut back her employees — from six to two — and increased her own hours.

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For small businesses struggling to stay open in a small market, it becomes a Catch-22: They need credit to keep afloat and eventually turn a profit, but they have to show they are profitable to get credit.

“They don’t have the business plans that a banker would be interested in,” Raha said.

Typically, smaller restaurants lack resources and expertise available to larger businesses, said Arnold Shain, founder of the Restaurant Group, Inc., a consulting firm.

“Smaller restaurants are more on the line of being chef driven, and while that is appealing to many people, it is somewhat one-dimensional in operational knowledge required.”

Restaurants must succeed in many areas: cuisine, branding, service and management, atmosphere, and systems and control.

“If one or more of these legs is longer, shorter than the other than the chair either leans or falls over,” Shain said.

But the state has been seeing some positive signs for restaurants across the state, Raha said.

“After two years of eating at home, they’re getting sick of it.”

Hope for the future despite obstacles Some business owners see a brightening horizon. A few doors down from Isadora’s, Hilary Shemanski just bought Koko Beans, a struggling coffeehouse, in December.

“I feel fortunate, actually,” she said. “It feels like I got in at the right time.”

One benefit to her location is its low overhead. Koko Beans is a coffeehouse in a comfortable shoebox with room for a hand-

ful of tables.

“As cute as it is, it’s obviously not working because I’m the fourth owner in three years,” said Shemanski, who has lived in the area since 1998.

She thinks she has the missing ingredient: high-end beer, which she plans to add by midApril. It will still be a coffeehouse, though.

Shemanski hopes that will help her capture more of the tourist market while maintaining the store’s local regulars.

But even after the economy recovers and business picks up, Shemanski has discovered a longterm obstacle that business owners must put up with: permits.

“Going through the permit process, it almost fizzles out your creativity. You come in with all these ideas, and then you find out there’s a form for everything,” she said.

Currently, she is trying to get a license to serve beer and looking into getting a license to serve prepared foods, such as sandwiches. But the costs of permits can add up for small businesses.

So can other small costs, like customers using debit or credit cards rather than cash, she said.

Each time a customer uses a debit card she has to pay 25 cents. Credit cards with rewards programs are worse; they can cost her up to 7 percent of the total purchase, she said.

Despite the obstacles, Shemanski is confident she’ll succeed.

“If you do it right, you can make it,” she said.

Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or editor@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.

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Editorial

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State budget ideas are just starting points Gov. Chris Gregoire has presented a long list of possible cuts for Washington to balance a $37 billion two-year budget. Legislators convened this week to begin sorting the ideas and adding their own.

All of the governor’s ideas have merit, some more than others. ❑ Gregoire and state employees’ unions have agreed to a five-hour-per-month furlough, reducing pay by 3 percent. It’s not enough. The goal should be 5 percent. ❑ The idea of creating a new ferry district may get the tax-supported transportation monkey off the state’s back, but only creates another level of government and taxation. We can’t imagine the voters supporting this one. ❑ Combining the many authorities overseeing education from early childhood through universities could improve the education system and save money. But it won’t happen this year. Can the idea be studied without additional expenses? ❑ Combining other departments to improve efficiency and reduce overhead is good, but the Legislature should still allocate money by existing departments to indicate spending preferences. ❑ The state should toll on both the state Route 520 and Interstate 90 bridges to pay for state Route 520’s replacement. The federal government has signed off on tolling on I-90. That would reduce both tolls and avoid creating congestion on interstates 90 and 405 from commuters seeking to avoid a toll on only state Route 520. ❑ Eliminating state support for programs for children, the disabled and mental-health patients is not acceptable.

Less care for the most vulnerable will only add costs in other areas. Pay now or pay later — that is the question. ❑ It may take a tax increase to make things better. The voters rejected the tax on candy and bottled water, and the governor is committed to no new taxes. But let’s get real, people: We need to pay taxes if we want services.

The biggest question will be whether the two parties are willing to combine forces for the two-thirds majority vote needed to approve any tax increase.

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North Bend Post Office unjustly maligned I guess there must be some justifiable complaints about the alleged “poor service” at the North Bend Post Office.

However, my own experience differs. For example, the employees have more than once diverted a letter (or parcel) to my P.O. Box that was improperly addressed to my street address where I do not have mail service.

Had it not been for a postal worker willing to take the extra time and trouble to place my mail into my P.O. Box it would have been returned to the sender. In other words, a whole lot of trouble and delay were avoided by the extra care taken by a postal employee.

On top of that, of all people to show in a photo on that front page, your photographer took a snap shot of my favorite postal service worker. She is always efficient, does not waste any time, is always pleasant and courteous and can always be depended upon for top job performance.

So, next time, try to give a little consideration to the photo you choose to accompany an article.

JANUARY 13, 2011 You made it seem as though the postal worker in the picture was the target of all the ire against the North Bend Post Office.

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Postpone the fire station bond vote In a few weeks there will be an election. The local districts are asking us if it is a good time to raise our taxes for construction of a new school at Snoqualmie Ridge and even higher taxes yet for a new fire station east of North Bend. No, it is not a good time. We are in a season where we need to get by with what we have.

There are also some design problems with the fire station plans. The city did not arrange permission to cross the abandoned railway easement that runs along North Bend Way, so the current design would have response vehicles entering onto a narrow residential street across from a daycare. Then, eastbound vehicles would need to round a sharp corner. It’s a 55 degree angle. Trucks will need to swing into the oncoming lane if it isn’t already blocked by stopped vehicles.

I’d rather see a more practical design for this project with an entrance directly onto the North

Bend Way arterial. Let’s postpone this until the city secures the right to cross the abandoned railway easement. We will reduce the risk for unexpected cost due to likely design changes and probably get a safer, and more functional design proposal.

David Willson North Bend

Clothing Bank’s pleas for help get answered A big thank you to the SnoValley Star for all your help in securing a new home for the Gift Of Apparel Clothing Bank in Snoqualmie.

After your article appeared stating that the Clothing Bank was still looking for a home, we received a call from the city of Snoqualmie telling us we could use the old City Hall building until it sells.

Isn’t it great that an old empty community building is still being used to serve the community? Another big thank you goes out to Mayor Matt Larsen and Bob Cole of the city of Snoqualmie for all they did to make this happen. The Gift Of Apparel Clothing Bank exists to serve the less fortunate here in the Snoqualmie Valley.

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There’s a reason they were called classics

By Slim Randles Mickey Baker, down at The Strand, really knows how to start the new year off right.

Mickey has owned our local movie house since Ike was playing golf, you see, and he has learned to adapt to the times by ignoring them.

When new movies went from women wearing skimpy clothes to no clothes at all, fewer of us went to the movies. Mickey wasn’t happy with the newer films, either. He kept going to more family-oriented films, but found that Hollywood decided that meant violent cartoons.

When the home video market exploded, there was very little reason for The Strand any more, except for teenage dating. The balcony cuddlers will always be in our lives, of course, and many of us made lifelong plans up there, too.

And there were a few years when The Strand closed its doors. Mickey occasionally rented it out to bands, but since there was no dance floor, the audience had to be contented with screaming and throbbing.

Then he started playing old movies. Good ones. Roy leaped

off Trigger to quell the bad guys. Tyrone drew swords against the Saracens.

Bomber Command destroyed Slim Randles dams on the Columnist Ruhr. Bogart twitched his lip against the mob. It was just great.

We paid too much for popcorn, but we didn’t care. We cheered in the good parts and booed in the bad parts and, best of all, we went home happy, having relived something wonderful from our childhoods.

So how did Mickey start the year? By having a toofer-one sale on Jujubes at the snack bar and

kicking off the year with “Captain Horatio Hornblower.”

Not that youngster on public television, mind, but the captain himself, Gregory Peck. When it came to buckling swash, ol’ Greg knew how to do it. And instead of imaginationless nudity, we got Virginia Mayo for two hours!

Swimsuits come and swimsuits go, but you get Virginia Mayo wearing what looks like Grandma’s ruffly bathroom curtains … that’s a woman!

Now you take Jujubes, expensive popcorn, Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, and a broadside of cannons against El Supremo? It doesn’t get much better than this.

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Police & Fire Snoqualmie blotter Suspended license Around 8:30 p.m., Dec. 31, a police officer traveling south on the 7000 block of Railroad Avenue Southeast, saw a red Kia in front of the patrol car, drifting past the fog line for about two blocks.

The driver, once stopped, was unable to provide proof of insurance and a status check revealed his driving status was suspended due to four unpaid parking tickets. He was told he would receive a citation in the mail and received a ticket for lacking proof of insurance.

Lost and found Around 2:13 p.m. Jan. 1, two people left their wallets at the police department, on the 34000 block of Southeast Douglas Street. The wallets, which belonged to high school students, were taken to the school a couple of days later.

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At 5:46 p.m. Jan. 3, a man contacted police asking if he could build a fire in the woods near the golf course.

The golf course let the transient man sleep in a shed for the night.

❑ At 10:57 a.m. Dec. 31, Snoqualmie EMTs responded to Community Park for a 55-yearold male who injured his back while sledding. Patient was evaluated, and transported to the hospital by private ambulance. ❑ At 4:25 p.m. Dec. 31, Snoqualmie EMTs responded to Silent Creek Avenue Southeast for a 3-year-old female who had gotten her leg trapped in her bicycle. ❑ At 7:20 p.m. Dec. 31, Snoqualmie EMTs responded to Railroad Avenue Southeast for a 27-year-old female with abdominal pain. Patient was evaluated and transported to the hospital by private ambulance. ❑ At 11:20 p.m. Dec. 31, Snoqualmie EMTs responded to Snoqualmie Casino for a 35year-old female with a medical problem. Patient was evaluated and left with her boyfriend. ❑ At 8:09 p.m. Jan. 1, Snoqualmie EMTs responded to Snoqualmie Ridge for a medical call. The patient was treated and then transported to the hospital by private ambulance.

DUI At 11:00 p.m. Jan. 4, police saw a Honda van travel westbound on Southeast Ridge Street near the intersection of Douglas Avenue Southeast. The driver rolled right through the stop sign, on a night with wet roads and spots of snow and ice.

Police clocked the driver, 36year-old Tonya M. Guinn, at 44 mph in a 25-mph zone. When police stopped her, the officer immediately notice the odor of intoxicants from within her Honda as well as her watery, red eyes. After failing field sobriety tests and declining a breath test, she was arrested for driving under the influence.

She was booked into the Issaquah City Jail.

Michigan-based homebuilder buys lots on Snoqualmie Ridge

By Dan Catchpole A Michigan-based homebuilding company has purchased 500 lots in the Snoqualmie Ridge II Development, a joint venture of Quadrant Homes and Murray Franklyn Family of Companies.

The buyer, Pulte Group, of Bloomfield, Mich., built some houses in the first phase of development on Snoqualmie Ridge.

The purchase gives Pulte Group an opportunity to enter the Seattle market, according to John Ochsner, president of the company’s Pacific Northwest division.

The company is the result of a merger last year between Pulte Homes and Centex.

Pulte Group had “been looking for the right location and time to expand its brands locally,” Ochsner said.

Involving other builders has always been a part of the business plan for the Ridge, said Dave Dorothy, vice-president for Quadrant.

Between 15 and 20 other builders have been involved in the some part of the Ridge’s development, Dorothy said.

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ment of commercial and retail parcels in the second phase of development.

That phase is slated for 1,850 houses, 36 acres of commercial and retail space in four areas, a 16-acre park and several smaller parks, and two schools, according to Dorothy.

The 16-acre park is slated to go in where the existing dog park is at Eagle Pointe.

“The current plan for that park does not include the dog park,” Dorothy said.

The school sites include a 40-acre area the school district had earmarked for a new middle school.

Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or editor@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.

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Bond From Page 1 nitely need three middle schools,” said Jim Reitz, member of Valley Voters for Education.

The alternative, Reitz and others said, is far from palatable.

“I hear the idea of going back to two middle schools and my heart sinks,” Snoqualmie Middle School counselor Heather Kern said last December.

In the last two years prior to the opening of Twin Falls Middle School, both Chief Kanim Middle School and Snoqualmie Middle School had become crowded, Aune said.

Karen Deichman teaches at Twin Falls Middle School but prior to the construction of the North Bend facility, she taught at Snoqualmie Middle School, back when it was one of two middle schools in the Valley.

“We had a commons area that was where the children gathered before and after school and it was obviously crowded,” she said. “We also had crowded hallways, students had to share lockers and when the lockers were stacked, we had four kids to the same space.“ Since classrooms were scarce, teachers sometimes had to carry their supplies around in a cart, she added, hampering the teachers’ ability to create a positive learning environment.

Language arts teachers had to carry around dictionaries, thesauri and novels. Teachers’ planning time sometimes happened with another professional teaching a class in the same classroom.

The real problem, Aune said, happened outside of a classroom. “When there’s excess of capacity, the common areas don’t function properly,” Aune said. “And it becomes more of a challenge to sustain the relationship between a middle-schooler and an adult.”

A loss at the ballot box means the district goes back to having two middle schools. Snoqualmie Middle School will become an annex for Mount Si High School ninth-graders regardless of the vote.

By 2013, there will be about 1,400 Valley students of middle school age, Aune said.

“We’re talking two middle schools of 700 students each,” he said. “We’re right back where we were, and that doesn’t even begin to talk about 2014, 2015 or 2016.”

Aune said it’s easy to tell when a school is crowded. Just wait for a midday bell to ring and go stand in its library, in its lunchroom, in its restrooms. Classroom space can be solved with portables, not so a place for students to eat or wash their hands.

Deichman wonders how having two schools will affect the quality of education. Identifying students with special needs would become more difficult in a crowded school, she said.

If the bond passes and a new school opens in 2013, the work will not stop, Deichman said.

Starting a new building takes hard work, she said.

“Physically opening a new building is wonderful,” she said.

“But it doesn’t go without a lot of planning and work for staff and teachers.”

The bond needs 60 percent plus one vote to pass. Aune has called the 60-percent plateau “a challenge, even on a good day.”

The changes in the population of the Valley have made reaching that mark trickier than it used to be, said Rudy Edwards, a former school board member.

“We had a small, tight-knit community, now we have people from all over the world,” he said, “with different education levels. Some you can satisfy, some you can’t.”

In the first part of this series, former board members criticized the McCullough administration for playing catch-up with the crowding of schools.

McCullough refutes the charge.

“It’s Public Administration 101,” he said from his office at Seattle University, where he teaches educational administration. “You don’t build facilities until the need exists.”

It’s not playing catch-up if a school will open three years from now on land purchased more than five years ago, noted McCullough, who retired from the district in 2005.

“The idea that we played catch-up is contradicted by good public policy,” he said.

Difficulties aside, supporters like Edwards even refuse to consider the bond not passing next month.

“The bond will pass,” he said.

Other supporters consider the possibility but hate it.

“If the bond were not to pass,” said Cliff Brown, of Valley Voters For Education, “I’ve lost most of my hair thinking about that.”

Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. 221, or smoraga@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.

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Medical Clinic honored for quality pediatric care For the second year in a row, the Snoqualmie Ridge Medical Clinic has received a Healthcare Quality Award for pediatric care from the medical insurance company Premera Blue Cross.

The clinic, which is operated by the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital District, was one of 10 medical practices in Washington to receive the award. The recognition is based on meeting or exceeding nationally recognized standards for care.

Premera Blue Cross highlighted the clinic’s performance in treating asthma, strep throat and ear infections in children.

Money for I-90 animal crossing project could go to other projects The state’s project to build animal crossings over and under Interstate 90 east of Snoqualmie Pass could run into funding problems with the new state Legislature.

The project was approved by the Legislature in 2005 to help prevent potentially fatal collisions between animals and vehicles. As part of a public awareness campaign, Washington State Department of Transportation used a poster drawn by a student at North Bend Elementary in billboards.

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Gov. Chris Gregoire has proposed using savings from the project’s first phase on other transportation projects, even though the Legislature stipulated in 2005 that any savings go towards the second phase.

The project’s budget for this year has already been cut by $20 million, which will be put to other projects around the state.

Cheryl Pflug named committee leader State Sen. Cheryl Pflug has been named as the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee in the state Legislature.

Pflug also serves on the Health and Long Term Care

Committee, the Ways and Means Committee, and the Rules Committee.

The Judiciary Committee addresses civil and criminal law issues. Civil law issues include probate, corporations, trusts and estates, family law and tort reform. Criminal law issues include criminal penalties and sentencing, drunken driving, domestic violence, identity theft and animal cruelty. It also considers legislation affecting the courts and law enforcement.

“Legal issues affect virtually every area of our lives, protecting us from criminals, providing remedies for harm done, and sometimes adding unnecessary complication and expense,”

Pflug said in a news release. “I look forward to working across the aisle and with Attorney General McKenna on a variety of equal justice issues.”

The committee’s former ranking minority member had been Spokane Valley’s Sen. Bob McCaslin, the Senate’s mostsenior member.

The committee chairman is Sen. Adam Kline, D-Seattle.

Pflug has represented the Snoqualmie Valley in the Senate since 2004, when she was appointed to fill an empty seat.

Voters in the 5th Legislative District re-elected her in 2008.

She has been taking night classes at the Seattle University School of Law since 2009.

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By Dan Catchpole Singer and actress Eva Moon likes to turn things upside down, forcing her audience to see the world from a new perspective. That is what she’s done with one of her favorite stories, Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” in her show “7 Deadly Sins…and Me.” While Dickens’ tale is the story of a cold-hearted miser being transformed by visits from three spirits into a generous person, Moon tells a darker — but lighthearted — story.

Moon’s protagonist lives a good life and is bound for heaven, where the character’s sister is. But this heaven is dusty, staid and dull. Her sister wants to save her from spending eternity there, and sends the spirits of

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the seven deadly sins of the Christian tradition — wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy and gluttony — to visit the main character.

“She’s reluctant at first, but she comes around,” Moon said.

“It’s all good fun… but definite-

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Valley entrepreneur grows awareness in flower’s virtues

By Sebastian Moraga Angelique Saffle called calendulas hearty when she meant hardy, but Saffle should definitely be forgiven for that slip.

After all, calendulas, a flower of the marigold family, have a secure spot in Saffle’s heart.

“I just love that flower,” she said.

Saffle, an entrepreneur from North Bend has dedicated most of the last eight years to study, research and preach the virtues of the calendula, a flower known for its curative powers on human skin.

Saffle grows her own calendulas in Snohomish and at the foot of Mount Si; she gets her own See FLOWER, Page 9

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Seahawks go to the dogs Troll shows off his support for the Seahawks. The 8-year-old Maltese from North Bend was rooting the team when it upset the New Orleans’ Saints last week. When he’s not watching the Seahawks, Troll specializes in being ‘adorable and charming, and enjoys carrots, tomatoes, and walks at the P-A-R-K,’ said his owner, Calye Lacefield.

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Calendula (above) is a flower known for its curative powers. Below, William and Olivia Grosvenor pick calendula in a field. Their mother, Angelique Saffle, has turned this flower in to a cottage industry in the Valley.

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Flower

Snow’s last grasp

From Page 8

Late December’s snowfall dusts the banks of the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River and Mount Si. The cold weather did cause some minor accidents in the Snoqualmie Valley.

By Dan Catchpole

Sins From Page 8 The show premiered Oct. 17 at Seattle’s Open Circle Theater, where it plays once a month.

Audience reception has been very good, Moon said.

The show is a one-woman performance starring Moon, with backing from her band, the Lunatics. The inspiration came when an acquaintance offered her use of Open Circle Theater’s stage.

“The thought of producing a

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show hadn’t occurred to me before, but when I was given this opportunity to use this theater, I started wondering what I could do,” Moon said.

She looked to her music for inspiration, and found many of her songs took a satirical, humorous approach to sin and indulgence.

“I guess I have a natural affinity for deadly sinning,” she said and laughed.

While the show isn’t an actual endorsement of any behavior, it does have a moral message.

“The way you were raised isn’t necessarily the way you should live your life,” Moon

“Unlock your child’s potential to learn.”

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said. “I’m not saying people should do certain things but they should question it.”

She describes her own upbringing as “free-wheeling.”

Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or editor@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.

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calendula extract, and then she sells that via the store she coowns in North Bend and her company, Bodyceuticals Organic Body Care.

The flower grows best in organic soil, free of pesticides and chemicals, she said.

Calendula is unusual in that it’s resilient in some ways and delicate in others. On one hand, it requires constant attention and lots of water. On the other hand, when the deer come through the field, they can barely make a dent.

“It’s very robust,” she said.

“It’s composed of a powerful array of antioxidants, a very strong flower, resistant to disease and pets, but it does need lots of water, sun and some really good soil.”

Robust it must be, because research has shown that calendula has been used for health purposes since the 12th century, according to the University

of Maryland Medical Center’s website.

The virtue of calendula, Saffle explained, is in its petals.

There, scientists have found a pungent, sticky, resin-like substance that houses the chemical compounds the flower is most noted for — curing all sorts of skin ailments.

Some experts have warned that calendula is no magic potion.

The Canadian website Planet Botanic Canada gave calendula high praise, calling it “the fancy cosmetics companies’ worst enemy.”

Nevertheless, it warned that use of calendula alone cannot counter the effects of overall bad health, calling the skin “a barometer” of the body’s condition.

Still, Saffle vouched for her yellow-and-green friend.

“It’s got no toxic effects. It’s edible,” she said. “That right there should tell you that it’s safe. You can grow it and put it in your salad.”

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Anti-smoking push invades Mount Si High

By Sebastian Moraga No asinine behavior, no pranks, no bad attitude. In fact, these buttheads were nothing but friendly.

Wearing large cigarette-butt masks on their heads, Mount Si High School students walked around campus posing for pictures and passing out fliers on smoking prevention.

Phoebe Terhaar, the school district’s student assistance prevention and intervention specialist, chaperoned the in-

costume students through the hallways of the school. She counted stair steps for them, warned them about low ceilings, guided them and helped them spread the gospel of a smoke-less life.

In the last 10 years, smoking rates have plummeted in the state, Terhaar said. With funding for education programs drying up, she fears they might spike again.

By the end of January, the See SMOKE, Page 11

By Sebastian Moraga

Katlin McCauley punctuates her performance of Shania Twain’s ‘Man! I Feel Like A Woman’ by tossing glitter in the air. McCauley was one of 10 performers chosen for the Jan. 21 final round of Wildcat Idol.

Students belt ‘em out at Wildcat Idol

By Sebastian Moraga Eighteen students rocked the house at Mount Si High School last Jan. 7, when the first round of contest and fundraiser “Wildcat Idol” began in the school auditorium.

In the first round, the performers sang a song of their choice.

Ten performers moved on to the final round: Amanda Beekman, Kayelynne Grant, Natalie Guterson, Katlin McCauley, Shawn McNabb, Taylor Pearlstein, Chase

Rabideau, Megan Vogel, Emma Wright and Megan Zavar.

On Jan. 21, the 10 finalists have to sing a song from a movie.

Dean Snavely, musical director at Snoqualmie Middle School and one of the “Wildcat Idol” judges, said requiring a song from a movie makes the judging easier.

“The thematic element helps keep things on track,” he said.

“If you give kids an ample range, it gets hard to judge.”

Judges looked for presentation, musicality and a per-

former’s ability to make a song his or her own, he said.

“The idea is not to have them mimic what they hear,” he said.

Songs could not be longer than three minutes.

The contest coordinator, Sue McCauley, said past performers really have seized their 180 seconds in the spotlight.

“They blow me away,” she said. “These kids get up there and really put themselves out there. There’s quite a bit of talent in the Valley.”

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By Sebastian Moraga

Taylor Pearlstein sings the Plain White Ts’ song ‘Rhythm of Love’ while playing the ukulele.

Smoke From Page 10 school will begin what Terhaar calls a cessation program for students at Mount Si wanting to quit using cigarettes or smokeless tobacco.

According to a Washington State Department of Health report titled “Disparities in Youth Tobacco Use in Washington State,” 45 children start smoking every day in the state. About 70,000 children smoke cigarettes, the June, 2009 report stated.

The reasons teenagers start smoking haven’t changed much over the years. Boredom, peer pressure, anxiety and depression are but a few, Terhaar said.

Terhaar said students who smoke are more likely to get Cs,

Snavely said any student can become the next singing star of the Valley, not just those with a background in music and singing.

While a background in singing was permitted, background singers were not. Only one voice can be heard.

The contest allowed accompaniments or performers playing an instrument while singing. Zavar played the piano, Rabideau played the guitar and Pearlstein played the ukulele.

This is the competition’s eighth year. The first round’s Ds and Fs at school. The report added that students who smoke were more likely to get drunk or high at school, skip school, feel unsafe at school, get suspended or be bullied Lastly, Terhaar said tobacco acted as a gateway drug.

The report backs Terhaar by stating that youth who smoked cigarettes were more likely to drink alcohol, use marijuana and other drugs.

Seventy-four percent of smoking eighth graders and 78 percent of smoking 10th- graders in the study also said they drink alcohol, compared to 12 and 24 percent of non-smokers, respectively.

Sixty-one percent of smoking eighth-graders in the study and 68 percent of smoking 10thgraders said they also smoke pot, compared to 4 and 11 percent of non-smokers, respectively.

Twenty-nine percent of smok-

judges were Snavely, Jennifer Foster and Chelsea Ploof.

Ploof is a Linfield College music student and Mount Si grad who reached the 2007 Wildcat Idol finals.

“It was a great experience,” she said of the three years she competed. “In the last year, I was taking more ownership of the stage and connecting with the audience more, because I think that’s really important.”

A first-time performer must pick a song that reflects himself or herself as a performer, Ploof said.

Above all, she said, a performer has to have fun.

“Don’t overthink things,” she said. “Things are a lot simpler if you go in to have a good time.”

A video of Ploof’s perforing eighth-graders and 33 percent of smoking 10th-graders said they use other drugs, compared to 1 and 3 percent of nonsmokers, respectively.

“Early intervention remains the best way to prevent,” Terhaar said. “We want students to know there’s support here.”

At the same time, the situation is far from critical, she added in an e-mail.

“While we still have work to do as a community,” she wrote, “it is encouraging to note that the majority of our students are not using tobacco on a regular basis.”

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“I’m more of a classical singer, so Wildcat Idol was a stretch for me. I’m not used to performing really popular music,” Ploof said.

The final round’s judges will be Snavely, Knowles and a third judge to be announced. Last year’s winner, Shannon McEldowney, had been scheduled to judge the finals but backed out two weeks ago.

The judges’ votes will count toward 70 percent of the final tally. The other 30 percent will be the audience’s call.

The $5 admission price will count as one vote.

From then on, every dollar people donate counts as a vote toward a performer of the donor’s choice.

All of the money will go toward the school’s VOICE Boosters Club, said McCauley, who encouraged people to show up, cheer and support the voice arts at Mount Si High.

“It’s too late to sign up, but not too late to attend,” she said.

The finals start at 7 p.m.

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Mount Si boys basketball overcomes No. 9 Sammamish

By Dan Catchpole The Sammamish Totems have had a hot year this season, but they stepped in molasses when they walked into Mount Si’s gym in the school’s Jan. 7 game.

Mount Si’s tight, man-onman defense slowed down the Totems’ offense.

The Wildcats’ high-pressure play opened up opportunities for quick transition baskets, which they capitalized on.

Already ahead 25-20 at the half, the Wildcats opened the third quarter with a trio of three-pointers in less than two minutes from sophomore Trent Riley.

The 6-foot-3 guard started off a decisive quarter, during which Mount Si cemented its lead.

The No. 9-ranked Totems rallied in the fourth quarter, going on a 15-4 run.

But they couldn’t overcome the Wildcats’ lead. Mount Si won 53-46. The win improved the school’s conference record to 3-3 and its overall record to 5-7.

Riley led the offense for Mount Si, scoring 17 points. He also had four rebounds, two steals and two assists.

Senior Dallas Smith had 11 points, 10 rebounds, four steals and three assists.

Senior Joe Farmer led the team’s rebounding efforts with 13 boards. He also had two blocks, a steal and two assists.

Spring Little League registration opens While the weather might be cold and wet, it is time to register for spring Little League.

Upper Snoqualmie Valley is covered by two leagues. The Falls Little League covers part of Snoqualmie Ridge and Fall City.

The Snoqualmie Valley Little League covers the other part of Snoqualmie Ridge, historic Snoqualmie and North Bend.

All leagues require birth certificates if registering for your first season.

Registration for the Falls Little League’s upper division (for ages 9-12) ends Jan. 23. Registration for the lower division ends Jan. 30. Players can be registered online at www.fallsll.org.

Registration for all divisions in Snoqualmie Valley Little League ends Jan. 30. Players can be registered online at www.svll.net or at registration sessions, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Jan. 15 at the North Bend Railroad Depot, Snoqualmie Middle School and Cascade View Elementary School.

Sammamish was missing starting point guard George Valle. The 6foot-3 junior is the team’s second highest scorer, averaging 15.4 points per game. He was out with a concussion.

Dakota Olsen led the Totems’ offensive effort, putting up 17 points. The 5foot-10 sophomore sunk a three-pointer with 1:17 left in the game to cut

By Calder Productions Mount Si’s lead Junior Mason Bragg slips past Sammamish guard to 49-43.

Sami Jarjour late in Mount Si’s 53-46 win on Jan. 7.

But the Bragg scored 10 points.

Wildcats kept the door closed and held their lead. with 24 points. He also had five Sammamish’s top scorer, John rebounds, three steals and two Steinberg had 15 points. He assists. averages 16.4 points per game.

Riley had 16 points, three The loss dropped rebounds, three steals and two Sammamish’s record to 3-3 for assists. the conference and 8-4 overall.

Bellevue’s William Locke led Mount Si came into the game his team’s offense with 17 after losing a close game to No. points. Kendrick Van Ackeren 6 Bellevue on Jan. 5. The and Nate Sikma each had 14 Wildcats outscored the points.

Wolverines in the second half, Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or edibut couldn’t overcome the first tor@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snohalf deficit and lost 61-55. valleystar.com.

Smith led the team’s offense

There is another registration session 7-9 p.m. Jan. 19 at the North Bend Railroad Depot.

Practices for upper divisions will begin in late February and games will start in early April.

For lower divisions, practices will start in mid-April and games will begin in late April.

Coaches will contact parents once teams have been selected, and practice dates and locations have been assigned.

Registration opening for Mount Si Lacrosse Club Registration for the Mount Si Lacrosse Club’s second season begins Jan. 15.

Players in second through 12th grades and potential coaches are welcome to register for the program.

The club plays in the Evergreen Conference of High School Boys Division 2, which also includes Redmond, Sammamish, Liberty and Highline.

The club also runs Snoqualmie Valley Youth Lacrosse, which operated last season as an apprentice organization under Issaquah Youth Lacrosse and offered three divisions: Seniors Team (seventh-eighth grade), Juniors Team (fifth-sixth grade) and a Lightening Clinic (second-fourth grade).

The Seniors and Juniors teams competed in the Greater Eastside Lacrosse League, which includes Issaquah, Mercer Island, Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond and Maple Valley.

The club is partnering with Issaquah Youth Lacrosse to offer a girls program for all levels.

Register at www.mountsilacrosse.org.

By Dan Catchpole

A member of the Mount Si Lacrosse Club sprints during a practice last spring. Despite its youth, the club attracted many players in its first year.

By Calder Productions

Sophomore Trent Riley drives past Sammamish’s John Steinberg and to the basket early in Mount Si’s 53-46 upset victory at home.

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Josh Mitchell wins, other Wildcat wrestlers hold own at Everett Classic

By Sebastian Moraga No such thing as a gracious host at the Everett Classic this year. Not for Mount Si anyway.

Three Everett grapplers kept Mount Si from turning a good performance into a great one, kicking Wildcat wrestlers onto the losers’ bracket on three occasions Jan. 8.

Still, Mount Si High School wrestlers finished seventh out of 20 teams in this year’s tourney.

The Wildcats finished with 97.5 team points, trailing Interlake, Timberline, Emerald Ridge, the hosts Everett High, Mount Vernon and the tourney’s champs, O’Dea, which finished with 157.5 points.

Other than Josh Mitchell, who won at 285 pounds, Brian Copeland, Shane Dixon, AJ Brevick, Mitch Rorem, and Ryley Absher all finished third, and all that stood between them and a shot at the finals was a loss to an Everett wrestler somewhere

Mount Si girls basketball tears through Sammamish and Bellevue The Mount Si girls basketball team started 2011 off with two crushing wins over Bellevue and Sammamish. Both games were on the road.

The Wildcats beat Bellevue

along the way.

Josh Mitchell finished first at 285 via pins of Squalicum’s Kyle Stallo, Interlake’s Fine Naguamo, Timberline’s Cole Stevens and fellow finalist Cole Fulleton, of O’Dea. The last three pins all came in the first period.

Copeland finished third in the same weight class.

He pinned Newport’s Taylor Shimoji in the first period, before losing to Everett’s Levi Carroll 8-0. Copeland went on to defeat Vince Jovanovich of Vashon Island, 8-0./ At 160, Brevick beat Interlake’s Jeremiah Robey of South Whidbey, 7-2 before yielding to Everett’s Zach Skorka, 18-4.

Brevick came back to beat Dan Biladeau of LaConner, 16-1, to pin Kyle Sallo of Squalicum in the first, and to defeat Cole Stevens of Timberline, 1-0.

He then beat Ethan Martinez of Emerald Ridge, 6-0, Alex Giseburt of Interlake 10-9,

At 103, Absher finished in third place, having defeated James Webber by pin in the first, David Yingling by pin in the second, Issac Morales by a score of 5-0.

Absher’s only loss came at the hands of Justine Palabrica, of Everett, who defeated the Wildcat grappler 14-4 in the tournament’s second round.

At 215, Mitch Rorem also finished third. After a first round bye, he defeated LaConner’s Brandon Drye by injury default, before losing to Stone Hart of Timberline, 6-5. Rorem then beat Ricky Rodriguez of Mount Vernon, 10-0.

At 171, Shane Dixon also had a first round bye. In the second round of the tourney, he dispatched Tyler Saichompoo of Timberline with a pin in the second period. He then lost to eventual champion James Souza of Emerald Ridge by pin in the first.

Dixon went on to defeat Mount Vernon’s Cody Patrick 8-1.

44-26 in their Jan. 5 game.

Seniors Hailey Eddings and Kassidy Maddux led the offense with 14 points each.

Two days later, the Wildcats tore into Sammamish, winning 52-10. Eddings led the offense with 11 points. Molly Sellers had 10 points.

The two wins improved the team’s overall record to 9-3 and its conference record to 5-1.

Coach Megan Botulinski used the games to get more playing time for reserve players.

Sophomore Katie Swain made her varsity debut against Sammamish, scoring two points.

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Public meetings ❑ City offices are closed Jan. 17 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day ❑ Snoqualmie Public Safety Committee, 5 p.m. Jan. 13, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway ❑ North Bend Fire Station open house, 6 p.m. Jan. 13, North Bend Railroad Depot, 205 McClellan St. ❑ North Bend Planning Commission, 7 p.m. Jan. 13, 211 Main Ave. N. ❑ North Bend Community and Economic Development Committee, 1:15 p.m. Jan. 18, 126 E. Fourth St. ❑ Snoqualmie Public Works Committee, 5 p.m. Jan. 18, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ Snoqualmie Finance and Administration Committee, 5:30 p.m. Jan. 18, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ Snoqualmie Planning and Parks Committee, 6 p.m. Jan. 18, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ Snoqualmie Parks Board, 7 p.m. Jan. 18, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ Snoqualmie Planning Commission, 7 p.m. Jan. 18, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ North Bend City Council, 7 p.m. Jan. 18, 411 Main Ave. S. ❑ Snoqualmie Arts Commission, 10 a.m. Jan. 19, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ North Bend Economic Development Commission, 8 a.m. Jan. 20, 126 E. Fourth St.

Events ❑ Katy Bourne Duo, 7 p.m.

Jan. 13, Boxley’s, 101 West North Bend Way, North Bend.

Vocalist Katy Bourne teams up with pianist Randy Halberstadt. ❑ Reuel Lubag Trio, 7 p.m.

Jan. 14, Boxley’s, 101 West North Bend Way, North Bend.

With Geoff Harper on bass and Matt Page on drums. ❑ Aging Well with Consciousness Book Club and Conversation, 10:15 a.m. Jan. 15, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E. This month: “The Secret Life of the Grownup Brain,” by Barbara Strauch. ❑ “7 Deadly Sins... and Me,” 7:30 p.m. Jan. 15, Valley Center Stage, 119 E. North Bend Way, North Bend. Local musician and actor Eva Moon stars in this sensuous, one-woman musical com-

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“Back to Borneo,” 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21-22, Valley Center Stage, 119 E. North Bend Way, North Bend. Canadian actor and playwright Paul Johnson kicks off the US tour of his one-man show in North Bend. The play explores the life of a man who has become unstuck in time. Admission for the Jan. 21 show is pay-what-youcan. Admission for the Jan. 22 show is $12.50 for adults, $10 for students and seniors.

edy, about one woman’s encounters with sloth, envy, greed, pride, anger, gluttony and lust. Admission is $12.50, and tickets are available online at www.valleycenterstage.org or at the theater box office. The show is not recommended for children. ❑ Leah Stillwell Quartet, 7 p.m. Jan. 15, Boxley’s, 101 West North Bend Way, North Bend.

Stillwell’s popular styling is straight ahead, rooted in the female crooners of the golden era. ❑ Danny Kolke Trio, 7 p.m.

Jan. 16, 23 and 30, Boxley’s, 101 West North Bend Way, North Bend. Blues, gospel, and straight ahead jazz. ❑ Toddler Story Times, 9:30 a.m. Jan. 18 and 25, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. For ages 2-3, accompanied by an adult. ❑ Preschool Story Times, 10:30 a.m. Jan. 18 and 25, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. For ages 3-6, accompanied by an adult.

❑ Snoqualmie Book Group, 6:30 p.m. Jan. 18, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E. Come by to help choose the books the group will read in 2011. ❑ Pajamarama Story Times, 6:30 p.m. Jan. 19 and 26, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. All young children welcome with adult. ❑ Teen study zone, 3 p.m.

Jan. 19 and 26, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. Dropin during scheduled study zone hours for free homework help in all subjects from volunteer tutors. ❑ Young Toddler Story Times, 9:30 a.m. Jan. 19 and 26, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E. Ages 6-24 months old accompanied by an adult. ❑ Preschool Story Times, 10:30 a.m. Jan. 19 and 26, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E. Ages 3-6 accompanied by an adult. ❑ Friends of the Snoqualmie

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Library Meeting, 6 p.m. Jan. 19, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E. ❑ John Hansen, 7 p.m. Jan. 19, Boxley’s, 101 West North Bend Way, North Bend. Hansen explores standards and original arrangements on the mighty Steinway piano. ❑ Boxley’s Music Foundation: Student clinic with Mordy Ferber, 5-6 p.m. Jan. 20, Boxley’s, 101 West North Bend Way, North Bend. Learn guitar licks from New York’s Mordy Ferber. ❑ Mordy Ferber and Friends, 7 p.m. Jan. 20, Boxley’s, 101 West North Bend Way, North Bend. New York guitarist Mordy Ferber brings his singular style to town. ❑ Bryant Urban’s Blue Oasis, 7 p.m. Jan. 21 and 28, Boxley’s, 101 West North Bend Way, North Bend. Bryant Urban is a guitarist and vocalist utilizing smooth Brazilian rhythms and lyrics. With Chris Symer on bass and Jose Martinez on drums. ❑ Town of Snoqualmie Falls video and discussion, 10 a.m.

Jan. 22, Meadowbrook Farm Interpretive Center, 1711 Boalch Ave., North Bend. Led by local historian Dave Battey. ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Preschool Education and Enrichment Fair, 9 a.m. – noon Jan. 22, Mount Si High School, 8651 Meadowbrook Way S.E., Snoqualmie. The annual fair introduces Valley families to preschools, enrichment programs, day care facilities and other services for children up to 5 years old. ❑ Janette West CD release party, 7 p.m. Jan. 22, Boxley’s, 101 West North Bend Way, North Bend. Filled with fun latin and funky grooves, vocalist West takes it from high-texture to stripped-down beauty and introspection. ❑ Merry Monday Story

Times, 11 a.m. Jan. 24 and 31, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. For newborns to age 3, accompanied by an adult. ❑ Afternoon Preschool Story Times, 1:30 p.m. Jan. 24 and 31, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E. Ages 3-6 accompanied by an adult. ❑ Emerald City Little Big Band, 7 p.m. Jan. 26, Boxley’s, 101 West North Bend Way, North Bend. Ten-piece version of the full jazz orchestra, this band features arrangements written especially for the mid-size jazz orchestra. ❑ Travis Ranney Duo, 7 p.m.

Jan. 27, Boxley’s, 101 West North Bend Way, North Bend.

Ranney brings his smooth and melodic style to Boxley’s for an evening of intimate sax melodies. ❑ Tracy Knoop and Bill Ramsay CD release party, 7 p.m. Jan. 29, Boxley’s, 101 West North Bend Way, North Bend. Saxophonist Knoop recorded his new CD Live at Boxley’s last year, and bring the band back together for a romp through some of his favorite material.

Volunteer opportunities ❑ The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust needs volunteers to plant native trees and to pot seedlings at its nursery.

Upcoming dates include Jan. 29 at Tollgate Park in North Bend.

No experience required. Fulland half-day shifts available. For dates and information, go to www.mtsgreenway.org/volunteer, or contact 206-812-0122 or volunteer@mtsgreenway.org. ❑ Elk Management Group invites the community to participate in elk collaring, telemetry, and habitat improvement projects in the Upper Snoqualmie Valley. Project orientation meetings are at 6 p.m. the third Monday of the month at the North Bend City Hall, 211 Main St. For more information email research@snoqualmievalleyelk.org. ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Hospital is accepting applications for ages 16 or older to volunteer in various departments of the hospital. E-mail volunteer coordinator Carol Waters at See CALENDAR, Page 15

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Snoqualmie Casino’s bond rating upgraded Snoqualmie Casino’s bond credit rating has been upgraded by two investment-rating companies. Both companies bumped the casino’s rating up two levels as a sign of easing concerns about its ability to pay off its debt.

Despite the improvement, though, its rating remains low and is deemed speculative by both companies.

Moody’s Investor Service raised the bond rating for Snoqualmie Entertainment Authority, which owns the casino, from Caa3 to Caa1. The

Calendar From Page 14 carolw@snoqualmiehospital.org to arrange an interview. ❑ Spanish Academy invites volunteers fluent in Spanish to participate in summer camps on their three-acre farm-style school. Must love kids and nature! Call 888-4999. ❑ Senior Services Transportation Program needs volunteers to drive seniors around North Bend and Snoqualmie. Choose the times and areas in which you’d like to drive. Car required. Mileage reimbursement and supplemental liability insurance are offered.

For more information, call 206748-7588 or 800-282-5815 toll free, or e-mail melissat@seniorservices.org. To apply online, go to www.seniorservices.org and click on “Giving Back” and then on “Volunteer Opportunities.” ❑ Mount Si Senior Center needs volunteers for sorting and sales in the thrift store, reception and class instruction. The center is at 411 Main St., North Bend. Call Ruth or Janet, 8883434. ❑ Hopelink in Snoqualmie Valley seeks volunteers for a variety of tasks. Volunteers must be at least age 16. Go to www.hope-link.org/takeaction/volunteer.com or call 869-6000. ❑ Adopt-A-Park is a program for Snoqualmie residents to improve public parks and trails.

An application and one-year commitment required. Call 8315784. ❑ Study Zone tutors are needed for all grade levels to give students the homework help they need. Two-hour weekly commitment or substitutes wanted. Study Zone is a free service of King County Library System. Call 369-3312.

Classes ❑ S.A.I.L. (Stay Active and Independent for Life) exercise class meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Mount Si Senior

Snoqualmie Tribe fully owns Snoqualmie Entertainment Authority.

Moody’s decision, which was announced Dec. 29, was based on changes made to make the casino’s debt structure more manageable and its improved performance in 2010, according to the company’s Credit Opinion.

The upgrade followed one from Standard & Poor’s in midDecember that bumped the casino’s rating from CCC to B-.

Standard & Poor’s also removed their Credit Watch warning from the casino.

Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend. Led by certified exercise instructor Carla Orellana. Call 888-3434.

Clubs ❑ Elk Management Group meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month at the US Forest Service conference room at 130 Thrasher Ave., behind the visitors’ center on North Bend Way. Interagency committee meetings are 1:30 p.m. the first Monday of the month at the North Bend city hall annex, 126 Fourth St. Both meetings are open to the public.

For information, go to snoqualmievalleyelk.org. ❑ Trellis gardening club, meets at 10 a.m. the third Saturday of each month, at Valley Christian Assembly, 32725 S.E. 42nd St., Fall City.

Trellis is an informal support group for the Snoqualmie Valley’s vegetable gardeners, who have special climactic challenges and rewards. New and experienced gardeners are welcome. ❑ Mount Si Fish and Game Club meets at 7:30 p.m. the first Thursday of the month, October through May, at the Snoqualmie Police Department. ❑ Mount Si Artist Guild meeting, 9:15-11 a.m. third Saturday of each month at the Mt. Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend. For information, visit www.mtsiartistguild.org. ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Chess Club, 7 p.m. Thursdays, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. Learn to play chess or get a game going. All ages and skill levels welcome. ❑ The North Bend Chess Club meets every Thursday from 7-9 p.m. at the North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. All ages and skill levels are invited. ❑ Sallal Grange meets the first Friday of each month for a potluck and open mic with our local musicians. The potluck starts at 6 p.m. with the music from 7 p.m. - midnight. Open to all and all ages, 12912 432nd Ave. S.E., North Bend. Visit

“The stable outlook reflects our belief that under our performance expectations, the Authority should generate sufficient levels of free cash flow to support fixed charges,” Standard & Poor’s said in their analysis.

The casino has about $330 million in notes that begin coming due in 2014.

Michael Barozzi, CEO of the Snoqualmie Entertainment Authority and Snoqualmie Casino, said in a news release that the improved ratings are the result of progress made since the casino opened in November 2008.

www.sallalgrange.org. ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Rotary Club meets at 7 a.m. every Thursday at the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club Restaurant. All are welcome. Visit www.snoqualmievalleyrotary.org. ❑ American Legion Post 79 and the American Legion Auxiliary meets at 6 p.m. the second Thursday at 38625 S.E. River St., Snoqualmie. Call Rich and Pam Collingwood at 888-1206. ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Garden Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Thursday at the Mount Si Senior Center, North Bend. Call Linda at 453-8630 ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Kiwanis Club meets at 7 a.m. every Thursday at the Mount Si Golf Course restaurant in Snoqualmie. E-mail snovalley@member.kiwanis.org. ❑ Snoqualmie Fraternal Order of Eagles Women’s Auxiliary meets the first and third Tuesday at 7 p.m. The Men’s Aerie meets the first and third Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Meetings are held at 108 Railroad Ave. Call 888-1129. ❑ A cancer survivor group meets 9 a.m. the second Saturday at Sawdust Coffee in the North Bend Factory Stores mall. Email Lisa Newell at newellvl@yahoo.com. ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Youth Hub provides cultural, athletic, recreational and educational opportunities to more than 4,000 young people in the Valley. Call 831-1900. ❑ Loyal Order of Moose, 108 Sydney Ave., North Bend. Men meet at 6 p.m. the first and third Monday. Women meet at 7 p.m. the third and fourth Tuesday. Call 888-0951. ❑ Washington Freemasons meet at 7:30 p.m. the first Wednesday at Unity Lodge No.198 in North Bend. Call 8885779. ❑ Moms Club of North Bend meets at 10 a.m. the first Wednesday of the month at the North Bend Library. Children are welcome. Visit www.momsclub.org.

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