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January 20, 2011 VOL. 3, NO. 3
Mount Si coach is building play makers Page 12
North Bend resident killed near Carnation By Dan Catchpole
Weather worries Rainfall causes problems on roadways, river byways. Page 2
Police blotter Page 7
North Bend blues Singer follows his heart in his music career. Page 8
Wheel of a good time
Bill “Bud” Rhynalds loved his job and helping people. He was doing both on state Route 203 south of Carnation at about 9 p.m. Sunday when a falling tree killed the Washington State Department of Transportation worker. Rhynalds, a member of the department’s road maintenance crew based in Preston, had been Bill Rhynalds called out to help close roads due to flooding in the Snoqualmie Valley. The 12year veteran of the department had gone to set up traffic cones to keep drivers away from downed power lines when a cottonwood fell and hit him in his truck. “I am so proud of him, because all he ever wanted to do was help other people,” his sister Candi Smith said. “That’s what he was out doing last night.” A resident of North Bend, the 65-year-old Rhynalds was born June 11, 1945, to Billy and Melba Rhynalds at the Snoqualmie Falls hospital. He and his eight siblings grew up in Snoqualmie. After graduating from Mount Si High School, Rhynalds joined the Washington National Guard. Later, he worked for Weyerhaeuser before joining WSDOT in 1998. Outgoing and affable, Rhynalds loved to talk with friends and strangers alike, relatives said. “He’d always make you feel good,” Smith said. “We all know someone like that — you meet and instantly you just want to be friends.” Rhynalds met some of his closest friends for
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Billy ‘Bud’ Rhynalds (right), a Washington State Department of Transportation worker, clears a fallen tree that blocked traffic on Northeast North Bend Way near Interstate 90 See DEATH, Page 6 after a storm Oct. 26, 1999.
First-grader raises $500 to buy goats for a charity. Page 10
Future of ninth-graders does not hinge on bond vote Your money: By Sebastian Moraga
Hittin’ the books Study Zone gives students extra tutoring help. Page 10
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It’s not a matter of if, but of when. Regardless of the Feb. 8 outcome of the vote on the school bond, Snoqualmie Middle School will become an annex for ninth-graders. More freshmen than the district would like struggle with the transition to high school, Snoqualmie Valley Schools Superintendent Joel Aune said. A freshmen-only building would allow more thorough peer-to-peer monitoring and strengthen the connection between teacher and student, while preserving the variety of
program options of a regular high school. At the same time, Aune said, educators will also pay special attention to science, technology, engineering and math, known for its STEM acronym. “It will be an integrated approach to the teaching of STEM,” Aune said. “It will be relevant to the real world and to their future education.” The solution will not just help struggling children. “Kids who are doing really well at the middle-school level, we think will do even better See BOND, Page 6
2011 School Bond
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The Snoqualmie Valley School District is once again asking voters for money to help solve crowding. In this part, district leaders explain housing ninth graders will be addressed.
Snoqualmie City Council eyes raising tax rates By Dan Catchpole Snoqualmie City Council is considering raising utility tax fees and rates to pay for a backlog of infrastructure maintenance work and help pay off debt owed from the construction of City Hall. The city owes $3 million from City Hall, which cost $7.34 million and was finished in 2009. The note, held by Cashmere Valley Bank, is due in June. The See TAX RATES, Page 5
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Position open on city parks board The City of Snoqualmie is taking applications for its parks board. There is one position open. Mayor Matt Larson is make a recommendation for the appointment, to be confirmed by the City Council. Members of the board are appointed to three-year terms. The board has seven members and meets on the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at Snoqualmie City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St. To apply, contact Jodi Warren, Snoqualmie City Clerk at jwarren@ci.snoqualmie.wa.us or (425) 888-1555, ext. 1118.
County executive touts successes
By Dan Catchpole
A road-closed sign rests in receding floodwater along Southeast Mill Pond Road in Snoqualmie.
Weather causes minor problems in wet upper Snoqualmie Valley By Dan Catchpole Snow and then rain caused minor problems earlier this month in the Snoqualmie Valley and around Western Washington. Early forecasts of a colossal snowstorm were downgraded before the Valley received a few inches Jan. 11-12. But the wet snow caused no serious problems. A King County Metro bus did slide off the road early the morning of Jan. 12 on North Bend Way north of Bendigo Boulevard. However, Metro quickly got the bus back on track. The snow otherwise did not affect service, said Linda Thielke, a Metro spokeswoman. The snow turned into several days of rains, which pushed the Snoqualmie River to flood phase three and caused some minor local flooding in the upper Valley. Several roads in the upper Valley had to be closed when they were overtopped by floodwater. The river crested at its highest level this winter. According to early readings from river gauges maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration, the river at Snoqualmie Falls peaked at just less than 38,000 cubic feet per second. The Dec. 12-13 flood reached a peak of about 33,600 cubic feet per second.
Stay informed ❑ King County Flood Alerts: Sign up for flood alerts at www.kingcounty.gov/flood or by calling 206-2633400 during business hours. Messages of potential high flows on any of King County’s major river systems can be sent by phone, text or
The lower Snoqualmie Valley suffered more widespread flooding, especially around Carnation, where many roads had to be closed. A Washington State Department of Transportation worker, Billy Rhynalds, was killed while closing a road near Carnation. Rhynalds, 66, was
e-mail. ❑ Flood-information hotline: A recorded message is updated each hour for citizens wanting information in flood areas. The number is 206-296-8200 or 1-800-945-9263 toll free. ❑ Road closures: Information is available at www.rpin.org.
from North Bend. The King County Sheriff’s Office rescued a man and woman Jan. 16 from their car, which had become trapped in floodwater near Fall City. Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or editor@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
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After his first year in office, King County Executive Dow Constantine says his reform agenda has put the county on a path to financial stability, while juggling problems that have popped up along the way. Constantine credited the help of his leadership team and King County employees in a public statement. Among the accomplishments he touted are creating a regional partnership with cities for animal services; reaching consensus with regional leaders regarding reforms to Metro bus service; completing and adopting the first countywide strategic plan; and reforming the permitting pay model for the Department of Development and Environmental Services. In an effort to restore the county to a sustainable financial situation, Constantine has set a goal of finding 3 percent
savings each year with new efficiencies. The goal was included in the county’s 2011 budget, which required cuts of nearly $60 million.
State recycling rate holds steady Evergreen State citizens recycled more than residents in other states in 2009, but fell short of a state goal. Overall, the statewide recycling rate hovered at 45 percent last year, the state Department of Ecology announced last week. The statewide recycling goal — established in a 1989 state law — is 50 percent. The national recycling average in 2008 hit 33 percent. The total amount of municipal waste declined by more than 700,000 tons in 2009 — or about 8 percent. The recession has affected the amount of waste produced, causing disposal and recycling to drop. The amount of waste diverted from garbage to recycling rose to the highest amount recorded, 55 percent. The state said the shift resulted from an emphasis on recycling construction- and demolition-related materials. The recycling rates for organic materials (such as food scraps), electronics and nonferrous metals also increased. Materials disposed from the construction, demolition and organics sectors declined in 2009 by more than 1 million tons. The agency said recycling materials helped the state avoid emitting 2.8 million tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
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Editorial
Letters
A new fire station is long overdue
North Bend needs new fire station
For many decades, North Bend firefighters have been taking care of you. Now, it’s your turn to take care of them. When the North Bend fire station was first built in 1941, draught horses pulled the station’s fire rig, which was manned by an all-volunteer crew. The building included a stable, and it did not have any living area for humans. Times have changed. And now it is time for a change. North Bend and Fire District 38, which jointly operate the station, need a new fire station. Voters should approve the $5 million bond for building a new station in the Feb. 8 election. The 70-year-old fire station is becoming a liability more than an asset. It is a patchwork product of add-ons and work-arounds. For decades, the station’s firefighters have been living with shortterm repairs. A substantial portion of the building is considered incapable of withstanding another earthquake the magnitude of the 2001 Nisqually quake. The building’s electrical system is overloaded, and parts of the building are not even up to the fire code. The station’s crews, which include a King County Medic One team, are cramped into small quarters. They have precious little space to work on equipment maintenance. The plans for the proposed replacement are modest. North Bend and Fire District 38 have asked only for what is needed. The bond will pay for a new station with basic improvements over the existing station, but it does not funding an exorbitant wish list. The station will be better situated, as well. The new location offers a more centralized location for fire response in the areas covered by North Bend and Fire District 38. When voters fill in their ballots for the Feb. 8 election, they should close the door on the days of horse-drawn fire engines and vote for a new fire station.
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When things go wrong, as they sometimes do in life, we rely on the professional and rapid response of the firefighters of Eastside Fire & Rescue. For the past seven decades, these dedicated people have worked out of the North Bend Fire Station. Since 1990, they have lived there while on duty. The original building, built in 1941, was not meant to house professional firefighters or the equipment necessary to protect our families and community. The current building is entirely inadequate. It is too small and its age and poor condition fail to provide for the most basic and necessary needs of the crew and equipment.
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There is not adequate space to work on equipment, important to assure reliability and protect the considerable investment. The sleeping/living areas are not adequate. The building is structurally unsafe, may not survive an earthquake and does not meet current code. An ongoing rat infestation requires costly extermination, a malfunctioning sewer service backs up into work areas and the roof leaks. There is asbestos throughout the building. The electrical system is underpowered and the building lies within the flood plain, which could strand crews when they are most needed. We require our firefighters to be responsive on a moment’s notice to save human lives and
protect property. They should not be required to work and live in the substandard conditions that exist today at the North Bend Fire Station. Voting to approve the North Bend Proposition No. 1 Fire Station Construction Bonds on Feb. 8 will approve construction of a new fire station to serve the needs of our community for the next 50 years. At a cost of approximately 19 cents per $1,000 of assessed value, the owner of a home assessed at $350,000 would pay an additional $66.50 a year ($5.55 per month). A new station will provide decent, safe, sanitary and necessary facilities to sustain the professionals we depend on at the
just hope that we vote for this. Turns out they were wrong on the high school; same admins, same error-filled decision making, maybe? Or could this be necessary? Give the electorate the tools and information to
decide. I do like how they are saving $400,000 by reusing the other school’s design. John Hunt Fall City
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Web comment RE: “Officials say a new middle school a must for district” Well, I wonder if they are going to educate the voters or
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Progress can be a wonderful thing By Slim Randles You’d think winter would give Sarah McKinley a bumper crop of readers down at the Read Me Now bookstore. You’d think. But for some reason, she finds the need each winter to have some crazy promotion to peddle books. Last year, it was celebrating President James Monroe’s wedding anniversary (120 years now, and they said it wouldn’t last!) We’ve come to speculate (our No. 1 indoor sport around here) on what her promotion would be this winter. Right after that cold snap, we found out. On a big banner taped up in the front window, we saw: “Help Celebrate Orf Day! Come in and see the specials.” After two days of fruitless speculation, we agreed to once again send Doc into the breech. “Orf Day, huh?” Doc said, cruising nonchalantly past the section called “Love and Other Fiction.” “I figured it was about time we celebrated Orf, Doc. He just never gets the kind of respect and recognition he deserves.” Doc raised an eyebrow.
“Hockey player, wasn’t he?” “That was Orr. No, he came along a long time before Bobby.” “Oh yeah,” Slim Randles Columnist Doc said, nodding, “the composer. I’ve heard his stuff. ‘Carmina Burana,’ right?” “That was Carl Orff with two f’s,” she said, smirking a little bit, “Orf was way before Carl.” “I guess I’m not familiar with Orf, then, Sarah.” “Granddaddy of them all, Doc,” she said. “Orf was the first reader.” “One of those cave guys?”
“Near as we can figure,” she said, with a straight face. “You know, we don’t have a lot of written history of those times.” “So, what did Orf read?” “Before written words, there were cave drawings, of course, but they lacked a lot in the communication line, so that’s when the first writer tried language.” “And the first writer was?” “Urglia,” Sarah said. “Orf’s wife. Near as we can figure, the first writing was a note to Orf telling him to take out the cave detritus, making him an official midden manager.” “Well, ain’t progress wonderful,” Doc said, grinning. Brought to you by www.BoogieBeads.com. Unique, handmade jewelry for your loved ones.
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Tax rates From Page 1 city will use $1 million from reserves to pay down the debt and cover the rest with a 10-year loan. To service the loan, the council is considering raising utility rates from 6 percent to 9 percent. The other increases would go to pay off debt servicing on a $5 million bond the city will take out to pay for infrastructure projects. The city does not have to have voter approval to get the bond. Raising utility rates and property taxes won’t give the city enough money to make adequate headway on its list of infrastructure projects if it pays out of pocket for the work,
Letters From Page 4 most critical times of our lives. They are depending on us to provide this support and after 70 years, it is time. Jeri Cranney North Bend
Bond is best solution to crowded classrooms Our student population keeps growing, and Mount Si High School is again running out of space. The portable classrooms we voted to add in 2009 are a short-
Public hearing The Snoqualmie City Council wants to hear what residents have to say about the possibility of raising tax rates. Come to a meeting at 7 p.m. Jan. 24 at City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St., Snoqualmie, to give your input.
The city administration’s proposal to raise utility fees and rates caused concern among some council members, who wanted to ensure the money would be used for infrastructure work and not simply go into the general fund. “It’s important that we don’t lose sight of what this is intended for, which is infrastructure,” Councilwoman Kathi Prewitt said. To pay for the bond, the city also plans to use money from the city’s real estate excise tax, the $20 car tab fee passed in October and the general fund. The City Council approved a 1-percent increase in the property tax in the 2011 budget.
according to city officials. Snoqualmie has a long list of infrastructure maintenance work that had been deferred in recent years. Mayor Matt Larson estimated the total cost of all of the work at about $20 million during the council’s Jan. 10 meeting. “There’s more needs than means,” Larson told the council.
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term Band-Aid until 2013. So, how do we expand its capacity? We can’t add more portables, or add another wing. The school’s small property and flood zone location prohibits expanding its footprint any further. We could build another high school, but that is very expensive and has been voted down. We could build up — by demolishing and rebuilding sections as two stories — but that is almost as expensive as a second high school and way too disruptive while kids try to attend school during two years of construction. The answer is right across the street: Make the adjacent Snoqualmie Middle School
building a part of MSHS. It adds enough space to MSHS for the long-term future. Replacing this middle school is much less expensive and disruptive than expanding MSHS. It saves money by using property the district already owns on Snoqualmie Ridge — property paid for by ridge developers — and by reusing the design of Twin Falls Middle School. I commend the school board for finding a creative, less expensive way to expand our high school, one that makes the most of what we already have. I urge you to join me in voting yes on this plan Feb. 8. Jim Reitz North Bend
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Tom Mohr is named North Bend’s city employee of the year Tom Mohr had a busy year in 2010. As North Bend’s assistant city engineer, he had his hands full with the city’s $17 million sewer-expansion project, construction of a Park & Ride facility and the extension of Downing Street. His hard work didn’t go unnoticed. In December, North Bend Mayor Ken Hearing named Mohr as the city’s employee of the year for 2010. “It’s hard to imagine that we could have completed even half of what we did in 2010 without Tom,” Hearing said. Duncan Wilson, the city’s
administrator, concurred with the mayor. “Tom is such a steady and dependable part of our team. He Tom Mohr just flat handles things, without complaint and with a positive attitude,” he said. “He makes everyone else’s job easier because he does his so well.” Mohr joined the city staff in August 2004 as the capital projects manager. As the assistant city engineer, he helps run the city’s Parks, Water, Sewer and Storm Water departments.
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Death From Page 1 coffee every day at 4:30 a.m. at the truck stop in North Bend. The staff at the diner where they met took the news of his death hard, said his wife Betty, who went by to tell them Monday morning. Rhynalds lived for his family. He and Betty have two children and several grandchildren. “The joy was his family, his children, his grandchildren. He liked gathering everyone around him, making sure everyone was happy,” Smith said. Each Christmas Eve, Rhynalds would invite dozens of friends and family members to his home, carrying on a tradition started by his father decades before.
Bond From Page 1 with this solution,” Aune said in December. Not a new idea. On the Eastside, at least one district has tried setting freshmen apart from their older classmates. The Issaquah School District had a freshmen-only building until 2009 at what now is Pacific Cascade Middle School. Dana Bailey, principal of that middle school, was not available for comment. Jim Reitz, of Valley Voters for Education, said the Issaquah
He was a loving father, said his daughter Aimee Sherrill. “You could tell him anything,” she said. “He’d understand.” Every year, he would take his grandchildren to local fairs from Enumclaw to Puyallup. Rhynalds also enjoyed fishing, hunting and going to garage sales. Rhynalds was dedicated to his job, Betty Rhynalds said. He kept delaying his retirement because “he liked being involved,” she said. He was always ready to do whatever was needed. He’d often take the phone into their bedroom so he wouldn’t miss a call from work in the middle of the night. Whenever he was called, he “would always say, ‘Wherever I’m needed, just let me know,’” his wife said.
annex had dealt with harder problems than those facing Snoqualmie. Aune agreed, adding that the creation of Issaquah’s annex had to do more with enrollment management than with academic issues. Besides, Issaquah’s ninthgrade annex fed students into two high schools and it was far from the schools, as opposed to Snoqualmie’s annex, which will be a block away from the district’s one senior high school. “Our situation is more desirable,” he said. At first, the new annex will look like a middle school, but by the end of the year it should have the look of a high school. How this “desirable” situation will turn out for the freshmen of
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His supervisor called Sunday evening, asking him to help close roads. As he did every time before, he didn’t hesitate to go help. Rhynalds is the 59th WSDOT worker to die on the job. The last fatality was Myron “Neal” Richards, of Sequim, who died Nov. 19, 2009. Rhynalds is survived by his wife Betty; daughter Aimee Sherrill; son Darin; brothers Mickey, Greg and Randy; sisters Paula Corner, Vicki Prien, Dixie Hoffart, Candi Smith and Sheila Simpson; and several grandchildren, nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. Information regarding arrangements is available from Flintoft’s Funeral Home and Crematory online at www.flintofts.com or by calling 392-6444. Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or editor@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
2013 is still unknown. The district has predicted that by 2013, crowding at Mount Si High School will have reached a critical stage. With approximately 350 to 400 freshmen moving to the annex, expanding the high school should not be a concern at least until 2024, Aune said. In turn, Mount Si High will become more student-friendly with 1,100 students instead of 1,500. The new annex, tentatively dubbed the Freshman Learning Center, will be away from the high school but still be part of it. “It will not be a separate entity. It will be a branch of the high school,” Aune said. Nevertheless, there won’t be a physical connection between the two buildings. Wetlands
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Billy ‘Bud’ Rhynalds, 66 (pictured with his wife, Betty), was killed Jan. 16 when he was struck by a falling tree while closing a road near Carnation.
between the two schools prohibit building a trail. An acephalous building? “We will have a lead administrator on campus who will answer to the high school principal, who will maybe receive higher pay than an assistant principal,” Aune added. Aune said running the ninthgrade building will cost between $400,000 and a half-million dollars, a plus, he said, when considering the cost of other options for solving crowding at Mount Si High. “Tearing down Mount Si and rebuilding is as expensive as building a new high school and much more disruptive. This annex is the best use of our facility,” Reitz said. “It’s the sim-
plest and most affordable way to expand Mount Si.” The building that will house the annex won’t need much work, as the 2009 bond had $3.5 million in improvements for Snoqualmie Middle School. “Three million dollars don’t go very far,” Aune told the Si View Metropolitan Park board, “but it will be sufficient.” The issue of cost takes a back seat, Cliff Brown, of Valley Voters for Education, said, to offering the best high-school experience possible. “This is too unique of an opportunity not to do things differently for kids,” he said. Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. 221, or smoraga@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
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Police & Fire North Bend Police Don’t throw snowballs At about 2 p.m. Dec. 31, a 14year-old boy and friends were throwing snowballs at cars in the 100 block of Mountain View Road. A car turned around and stopped in front of them. The driver yelled at the boys and asked for the 14-year-old’s name. Scared, the boy told the driver a fake name. The driver replied by threatening to run over the boy if he caught him throwing snowballs again. The boy said he apologized and the driver left. Two days later, the boy was with a friend when he saw the man, this time walking his dog. The boy said the man walked up to him, grabbed the flaps of his hat and pushed them against his face, called him a punk and accused him of prior vandalism in the neighborhood. Police went to the man’s house, around the corner from the boy’s house. The man’s son confirmed the incident and minutes later, the man himself called the officer. He denied threatening the boy, but admitted grabbing his earmuffs because the boy seemed smug about the snowball incident. He said he regretted touching the boy, but that there had been a lot of vandalism against his home and property over the years. He asked the officer to apologize for him to the boy’s family. The family, in turn, considered the apology satisfactory.
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a man reported his car had been broken into in the 400 block of Southeast Edgewick Road. The vehicle showed damage to the interior on the driver’s side door, and a shattered passenger window.
You’ve had enough, really At 1:18 a.m. Jan. 1, police responded to a fight at a tavern in the 300 block of West North Bend Way. Upon arrival, the bartender told police that a man had become angry at her. She had cut him off because of his intoxication and he had hit her in return. A patron of the tavern grabbed the man and tossed him outside, where the fight escalated and more people exchanged punches. All parties were uncooperative with police.
No longer friends At 2:30 p.m. Jan. 4, a woman contacted police over what she said were threats from an exfriend. The woman showed police a coat covered in motor oil, and an insulting note calling her a bitch and a whore. The woman said the note likely came from a former friend who has a drinking problem and who had been spreading rumors about her. When contacted, the ex-friend admitted to vandalizing the woman’s coat because she was angry. The ex-friend said she was looking for rehab centers for her drinking. Police warned her to stay away from the woman. She said she understood and that she wants the woman to stay away from her children.
No driving for you At 12:52 a.m. Jan. 6, a man was stopped near the intersec-
tion of Southeast North Bend Way and Downing Street North. Police had seen the car’s driver had failed to signal when turning onto Downing Street and the car had a rear taillight out and expired tabs. The officer recognized the driver as someone he had stopped several times before for driving with a suspended license. The man said he was driving his friend’s car. A status check yielded a suspended license. Police also found a small bottle of an alcoholic beverage. The breath test resulted in error messages because the driver could not blow into the machine correctly. The driver was arrested for driving with a suspended license.
Snoqualmie police Don’t leave dogs in cars At 11:30 p.m. Jan.10, police responded to a call in the 9000 block of Ash Avenue Southeast about a car that had been parked for four hours with two dogs inside. The caller said he did not recognize the vehicle. Upon the scene, police could not locate the vehicle.
Police help motorists in bad weather At 1:21 a.m. Jan. 12, police helped pull someone’s car out of the snow near the intersection of Southeast Pratt Street and Fairway Avenue Southeast. Three hours later, they helped another motorist push another vehicle out of the snow, this time near the intersection of Center Boulevard Southeast and Southeast Mayrand Lane. Then, two hours after that, police provided someone with a ride home to the 39000 block of
At about 9 a.m. Dec. 30, Eastside Fire & Rescue requested a sheriff’s unit at a grocery store in the 400 block of Southwest Mount Si Boulevard, due to a minor who appeared very intoxicated and whom the police struggled to awaken. The minor, a 17year-old boy who was slurring his words, could not finish sentences, had glassy eyes and his shoes were several feet away from where he sat. He was charged with being a minor in possession and consumption of alcohol; he was released to his mother.
Car break-in At about 12:25 p.m., Dec. 30,
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Watch for hanging wires At 2:33 p.m. Jan. 12, police responded to a call from the intersection of King Street and Silva Avenue Southeast. A caller told police a wire hung over the roadway. Police found a downed telephone line belonging to a vacant house coiled on the ground near a pole.
Those aren’t burglars At 6:17 p.m., Jan. 13, police responded to a call from the 33800 block of Southeast McCullough Street, about a male and a female subject inside a house with flashlights and tools. It turned out they were changing the locks of the house for a bank that had foreclosed on it.
Snoqualmie fire ❑ At 3:18 p.m. Jan. 7, Snoqualmie EMTs, along with Eastside Fire & Rescue and Bellevue paramedics, responded to the Northwest Kidney Center for a 74-year-old male in cardiac arrest. After their staff administered CPR for five minutes, Snoqualmie Fire administered another five minutes of CPR. The man was resuscitated and transported to a hospital by
paramedics. ❑ At 11:37 p.m. Jan. 8, Snoqualmie EMTs and Bellevue paramedics responded to the Snoqualmie Ridge area for a medical call. A patient was evaluated and then transported to a hospital by Snoqualmie EMTs. ❑ At 8:45 a.m. Jan. 10, EMTs were dispatched to Echo Glen Children’s Center for a medical call. A patient was treated and then transported to a hospital by private ambulance. ❑ At 1:30 p.m. Jan. 10, EMTs responded to the Snoqualmie Casino for a medical call. A patient was evaluated and then transported to a hospital by EMTs. ❑ At 10:06 a.m. Jan. 11, EMTs responded to Boalch Avenue Southeast for an 80-year-old female feeling faint. She was evaluated and transported to her doctor’s office by her family. ❑ At 3:24 p.m. Jan. 11, firefighters responded to Oakmont Avenue Southeast for a fire alarm. The alarm was set off by a faulty furnace. The furnace was shut off and the homeowner was advised to call for service. ❑ At 6:30 p.m. Jan. 11, Snoqualmie EMTs responded with Bellevue paramedics and EFR to a 22-year-old male with a gunshot wound. He was transported to a hospital by paramedics. The Star publishes names of those arrested for DUI and those charged with felony crimes. Information comes directly from local police reports. Information regarding North Bend fire calls was unavailable.
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By Sebastian Moraga
Austin Jenckes, of North Bend, belts out a song at Seattle’s High Dive.
North Bend singer lets his music follow his heart By Sebastian Moraga Living the dream is a little harder than you think. After rocking the house at Seattle’s High Dive, North Bend’s Austin Jenckes played Tacoma, Long Beach, San Francisco and L.A., tearing the microphone apart with his soulful, strong, honest songs with shades of blues, country, rockabilly and hard rock. “Don’t you worry, you’ll find yourself,” he sang. “Follow your heart and nothing else.” That’s what Jenckes is trying to do, at 22. “Pretty much every show I’ve played, and I’m in the thousands now, I’ve sang that song,” he said of the Lynyrd Skynyrd tune. “It’s what I rely on to get me
By Sebastian Moraga
Guitarists Shawn Tacey and Bret Darby (from left) accompany North Bend’s Austin Jenckes during a show in Seattle.
through. Fresh off his graduation from Western Washington University with a degree in communication, Jenckes lives the life of an artist, which he said is more art than science. His bank account teeters. He drives a Suburban on loan from a friend. He lives with his family in North Bend between road gigs, but says that alone is a huge source of support. “I have a great thing going,” he said. “I have a lot of people who believe in me.” A guitar player since age 8, Jenckes is the son of a musician and has been performing for almost 10 years. His songs trek across several genres. “There was one song for every person in that room,” he said after Jan. 7 show at the High Dive, in Seattle’s Fremont
neighborhood. “Every person in there went, ‘I like that! Wow!’ at least once. I know that.” Lacking a defined style has irked some, Jenckes said. People in the music business have told Jenckes to choose a style. He refuses to so far, remaining true to his eclectic play list. “It’s really expanded my life in terms of the music I play,” said Bret Darby, guitarist in Jenckes’ band. A former punk rock musician, Darby has become key in Jenckes’ ensemble, along with drummer Robert Perez and bassist Paul Kobylensky. At the High Dive, special guest Shawn Tacey joined Jenckes on stage. “His voice attracted me to play with him,” Tacey said. “It’s raw, it’s very artistic and earthy. It connects with you.” This night at the High Dive, Jenckes
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left it all on the stage and connected with the audience in a way that Tacey said is vintage Jenckes. “He’s fearless,” he said. “ He’ll jump off the diving board any time. He’ll play for one, he’ll play for 100.” Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. 221, or smoraga@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
Exchange student learns of sisterhood and Twinkies By Sebastian Moraga Some hopes and dreams are bigger than others. Fresh off the airplane after a grueling trip from Korea, teenager Eun Seong confessed to one big objective for his monthlong trip to Snoqualmie. “I want to eat a Twinkie,” he said during a reception at Mount Si High School in Snoqualmie, sister city of Seong’s hometown of Gangjin. Seong was filled with wholesome happiness to be in America. It’s his first time here, but also a reunion. Last year, Seong’s family hosted Mount Si High student Alisha Palmer in Gangjin. Palmer’s mother is a coworker of Andi Reyes, Seong’s host mother this
month. When Seong arrived at Snoqualmie’s City Hall to meet his host parents in person, Palmer was there waiting. “It was awesome,” said Palmer, a 2010 Mount Si grad. “The way his family took care of me made it feel like it was my family, so this is like seeing my brother again.” This is the third time students have traveled from one sister city to another. This time, politicians from Gangjin accompanied them. Ro Deu Leun, vice-mayor of Gangjin said through translator Agnes Shin that he hoped both cities had a chance to learn from each other’s culture. See EXCHANGE, Page 9
Korean teenager Eun Seong is flanked by his Snoqualmie friends Alisha Palmer (left) and Jesse LaTourette. By Sebastian Moraga
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Exchange From Page 8 Snoqualmie’s rural landscapes are similar to Gangjin’s, said Deu Leun, who traveled in lieu of Gangjin’s mayor. “It’s very homey,” Deu Leun said. Eun Sik Kim, chairman of the Gangjin County Council, said through Shin that Gangjin could learn much from how Snoqualmie uses its green resources and how its City Hall works. At least one person will get to see the latter. An employee from Gangjin’s equivalent of City Hall also came along with the 13 students. Nine of the students will attend Mount Si High School and the rest will attend Eastside Catholic in Sammamish. Host families first contacted their students weeks prior to their arrival in America. Reyes said she and her husband had been e-mailing Seong for about three weeks and exchanging pictures, so the inperson meeting was “not too unfamiliar,” she said. Having learned some English in Korea and having practiced with Palmer, Seong caught on quick to what was happening around him, particularly when a visitor approached and started asking him questions. “It’s the newspaper,” Palmer told him. “I’m famous!” Seong replied. Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. 221, or smoraga@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
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Library program gives student free tutoring help, allows adults to mentor By Sebastian Moraga
By Sebastian Moraga
Nicole Wedge, 7, eschewed presents on her last birthday, asking instead for donations to heifer.org.
North Bend child gives goats to Africa instead of receiving presents By Sebastian Moraga The kid bought kids. Spurred by nothing else than her own generous spirit, 7-year-old Nicole Wedge told her mom and dad that she did not want birthday presents in 2010. She wanted donations so she could buy goats for people in Africa. She hoped to raise $200.
Instead, at her November birthday party, held a month after her actual birthday, she raised $500. Friends, relatives, Mom, Dad and even unknown neighbors chipped in. The money went to buy four goats through the website www.heifer.org, an international coalition that brings See GIFTS, Page 11
County libraries want children and adults in a zone. The Study Zone. The tutoring program offers online help to students in grades kindergarten through 12. Children can now meet virtually with their tutors, using library computers. The yearlong program of in-person tutoring will continue at all King County Library System branches, including Fall City, North Bend and Snoqualmie. Contributed Sarah Lynch, teen A Study Zone volunteer tutor helps a student with an assignment at a King services librarian, said County Library branch. students who seek the help of volunteer tutors will develop study habits, get Foundation supports and sponhomework done sooner and sors the program, so it does not Get in the zone have someone to look over their affect the library system’s operwork. ating budget. Get Study Zone times Tutors will also benefit, she The online service allows stuand places at www.kcls.org. said. dents and their tutors to chat “It’s a great volunteer opporand get virtual help, Lynch tunity for high school students,” June 16, and then go on hiatus said. she said. “It looks really good in until July 5. After that, a sumHowever, it does not mean a college application.” mer session will run until Aug. tutors will do homework for stuNot only high school stu26. dents. dents can be tutors, she added. Tutors must be at least high Also, she said, the service may Being a tutor is a good way for school juniors. help younger students at adults to meet people in their Tutors will help with subjects libraries, but it does not mean community. including the state’s standardit’s a babysitter. Prospective tutors will be sub- ized tests and college admission Lastly, Lynch mentioned jected to a background check by tests, like the SAT. that a separate program for the Washington State Patrol, “It’s a great service, just adults is also available online, according to the program’s webbecause it’s free,” Lynch said. at www.tutor.com. site. “Lots of comparable services can Those chosen will undergo a be expensive.” Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. 221, or smoraga@snovalleystar.com. Comment at library-issued orientation. For the libraries it’s also free. www.snovalleystar.com. The program will run until The King County Libraries’
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Anti-tobacco push at Mount Si gets cyber-help
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Students at Mount Si High School have designed a screensaver with images, statistics and messages to encourage students to quit smoking. This screensaver has the potential to be a lifesaver. The screensaver was an assignment for students in Joe Dockery’s digital imaging foundations class, and about 20 students participated. Students provided their own images, or images they downloaded from the World Wide Web. Dockery said students had limits on what they could use. Students could use no images of people smoking, drinking or using drugs. They could not just draw a cigarette inside a red circle and a stripe across it, Dockery said. They could not go negative, either. “I wanted them to be hopeful positive messages,” Dockery said of the screensaver’s images, using the pan-and-frying-egg ad from the 1980s as example of a negative message. Another example is the leathery face of a long-time smoker. That doesn’t work on high school students, Dockery said. “Kid sees his buddy smoking, he doesn’t look like that,” Dockery said. Instead, the screensaver brings used pictures of smiling students, drawings of Winnie the Pooh’s friends, or simply school colors, alongside statistics from the 2008 Healthy Youth Survey. These statistics indicate a reality that might differ from what students think, Dockery said. More than 80 percent of the students at Mount Si do not smoke, the survey showed, and more than 70 percent did not drink alcohol in the 30 days
livestock to impoverished regions of the world.?”We’re very proud of her,” said Nicole’s mom, Deborah. “It’s great that she has been so generous.” Nicole’s family had donated to heifer.org last year, but this was the first year Nicole tried her hand at altruism. Nicole’s only request was that the animal she bought could not be killed for its meat. So, she rejected the idea of buying chickens or cows, she said. Enter four goats. Goats in general eat less than cows, occupy less grazing space and their milk has more calcium and less lactose than a cow’s milk, according to the pediatrics website www.askdrsears.com. “I’m a big fan of goats,” said Nicole’s dad, Todd. “I always joke with my wife that if we ever get any room for livestock, it’s going to be goats.” Nicole, a student at Saint Joseph’s Catholic School, said she has not heard from heifer.org as to where her goats are or who received them. Sweet in her shyness, Nicole does not seem too worried. She’s got other things on her mind, like growing up to drive an ice cream truck. Also, she wants an animal again, and again it’s one you don’t want to kill for its meat. She wants to keep this one. “I want a hamster,” she said.
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Students in Mount Si High School’s digital imaging foundations class made screen saver images such as this one, promoting an anti-tobacco message. prior to the survey. Dockery credited school counselor and drug and alcohol prevention specialist Phoebe Terhaar with the idea for the screensaver. Besides the computers, the screensavers will go on 42-inch screens around the school. That way, students not only will see the message more often, but students in the class get to see their work displayed. This is the 10th year of the class, but the first year of the project, Dockery said. Some students took the project quite seriously, while a few had more of an attitude about it.
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Nevertheless, the project carried an important message, Dockery said. “Students had a chance to educate people, correct misconceptions,” Dockery said.
“Prove to people that when they choose not to smoke, they are actually in the majority, they are actually being normal. That is one powerful message.”
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Posts The tallest, strongest players on a team, the post players, make shots from close in and get rebounds. “I gotta get big,” said Wildcats’ post Anthony McLaughlin, describing his position.
Wings Typically, the wings are a team’s best outside shooters. They help to move the ball inside by passing and dribbling, or setting a screen for a teammate.
Point guard The point guard brings the ball up the court and sets up the play. His job is to set the ball and his teammates in motion, so they can get an open shot.
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Mount Si basketball’s coach works on building plays By Dan Catchpole As Mount Si High School’s new boys basketball coach, Steve Helm has been teaching his players to be playmakers, not simply shot-takers. The first-year coach has reshaped the program’s offensive philosophy built around patience and discipline, two traits not commonly attributed to teenage boys. Helm’s approach has led to growing pains for the young team, but in practice and on the court, the fundamentals he stresses day in and day out are taking hold. He said he hopes they will translate into more wins in the last third of the season. Helm’s offensive strategy is not revolutionary, nor complex. It is a basic motion offense — a strategy built on moving the ball around and creating plays. The approach demands patience and discipline. Helm said he wants his players taking good shots rather
than a lot of bad shots. Each time the team misses a shot, an opponent could get the rebound and convert it into a basket. So, it is better to wait for the right shot, rather than force one. Setting up a shot in basketball is part science, part art, and it requires hours of practice as a team running seemingly endless combinations of plays on a basketball court. While many Mount Si students are at home relaxing or doing homework, the school’s basketball players are in the gym, running through the same plays again and again, until the action becomes reflexive. “It’s a whole new system,” Helm said. “It doesn’t happen overnight.” There have been bumps in the road. The Wildcats’ overall record is 6-8, and its conference record is 4-4. But the team’s play has improved greatly since the beginning of the season. Creating a shot There are two ways to set up a
“If you have five guys doing something, you’re creating a lot of different options if you do it correctly.” — Steve Helm Mount Si boys basketball coach good shot: on transition from defense to offense or by creating one. A transition opportunity comes when possession of the ball changes and the defense doesn’t have time to set up or is caught napping. A fast breakaway is a classic transition opportunity. But the defense usually has time to get in position, which means a team has to create a scoring opportunity. Playmakers and shot takers The point guard is the catalyst for creating those opportunities. Shots can open up when the offense catches the defense out of position. The defense is
tracking the ball, so getting defenders to move requires moving the ball around the basket, specifically underneath the net. The point guard brings the ball to the top of the key — roughly in front of the basket on the 3-point line. To his right and left are the wings, also on the perimeter. In front of him underneath the basket are the post players. That is the basic formation for the Wildcats offense. But the players aren’t static. The guard reads the defense and sets a play in motion. The offense scrambles, sneaks and slips around the defenders while setting screens, switching positions and moving the ball. “If you have five guys doing something, you’re creating a lot of different options if you do it correctly,” Helm said. The defense responds to the offense, trying to shut down shots and passing lanes. When the ball gets into the post, more defenders come in to block a shot or get the rebound of a
missed shot. But that creates openings further out if no one has a good shot in the post. “You have to have guards who can give good passes into the post,” Helm said. He’s found those players in Levi Botten, a 5-foot-10 sophomore, and Wes Hill, a 5-foot-10 senior. Both have had to learn their roles this season. Neither had any varsity experience. As the team’s lead playmaker, Botten is constantly communicating with his teammates and “making sure everyone knows what they’re doing,” he said. Despite his youth, Botten is learning how to run the offense. Characteristic of a good point guard, Botten has the team’s best ratio of assists-to-turnovers. That demonstrates Botten’s ability to create plays and move the ball in a smart manner. The wings follow the point guard’s lead. They are typically See PLAYMAKING, Page 13
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Gymnasts leap over rivals on Senior Night Playmaking By Sebastian Moraga The Richmond sisters saved the best for last. Underclassman Hannah and senior team captain Kennedy Richmond lowered the curtain on years of friendly competition with a stellar performance Jan. 13 during a four-team gymnastics meet at Mount Si High on Senior Night. While Kennedy had the highest score on floor and finished second on beam, Hannah finished tied for first on bars, third on vault and third on beam, good enough for the best allaround score. “It’s, by far, the best meet of my career,” Hannah said of her 32.5 score, 1.1 points higher than Olympia High’s Andrea Clarke and 1.45 points higher than her sibling who finished fourth. Lake Washington and Sammamish also participated in the meet. Since Olympia is non-league and the Totems had already faced the Wildcats once before this year, only the Lake Washington score counted against Mount Si. Olympia finished first with 154.050 points, Mount Si finished second with 152.6 points. Sammamish finished third with 132.95 and the Kangs finished fourth with 128.5 points. The night was bittersweet for the Richmond sisters, as it closed the book on Kennedy’s home meets. “She’s been really inspiring,” Hannah said with a smile. “We both push each other. She wants to be better than me because she’s older and I want to be bet-
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Elizabeth Holmes performs during a four-team meet Jan. 13 at Mount Si. ter than her because it’s cool to say I beat my older sister.” Family rivalry aside, Kennedy made up for a shaky performance on bars with a 9.5 score on floor. “If I do something like I did on beam,” Kennedy said of her 13th place, 5.2-point bars score, “I try to redeem myself on floor.” For Hannah, patience paid off. Before her turn on floor, coach Jennifer Easthope could be seen telling Hannah, “be
patient, be patient,” like a mantra. Hannah rewarded her coach’s advice with a 9.0 score, good enough for a fourth-place tie. “I just got a new skill yesterday, the double salto,” said Hannah, referring to the tumble with two flips. “And coach asked me to make sure I got it right.” The success came at a price for the Wildcats, who were a weary bunch by the end of the night. “We’re definitely dealing with a lot of injuries,” Hannah said. One gymnast feeling the pain was Jessica Trotto, who still managed a tie for sixth on beam, a tie for fifth on vault and a ninth-place finish on allaround scores. Brooke Bonner finished tied for seventh on floor with teammates Carissa Castagno and Elizabeth Holmes. Bonner finished ninth on vault, while Castagno finished fifth on bars and Holmes finished tied for eighth on beam. “I practiced really hard, but I didn’t nail my moves,” Bonner said, “which is disappointing.” Hannah embodied the team’s upbeat spirit when she said that with the regular season almost over, it was time to polish the routines until they shined. “I’m just going to be cleaning up on my skills now,” she said. “And getting everything perfected.”
From Page 12 the best outside shooters on the team. For the Wildcats, that is Dallas Smith and Trent Riley. Smith, a 6-foot-3 senior, is the team’s top scorer with 17.6 points per game — the fourth highest in the 3A/2A KingCo Conference. Coming into the season, Smith was the only player on the team with considerable varsity experience. Riley, a 6-foot-3 sophomore, isn’t far behind Smith with 14.5 points per game. Underneath the basket are the post players. The team’s starters this season are Anthony McLaughlin, a 6-foot5 junior, and Alec Deichman, a 6-foot-3 senior. Joe Farmer also gets considerable minutes in the postposition. Farmer, a 6foot-6 senior, is the team’s leading rebounder, pulling down 7.7 boards per game. Act don’t think Basketball can be a deceptively complex game. It seems simple — a symmetrical ball, five players and a 94-foot long court. Unlike baseball or foot-
“You want your players to play by instinct and not by thought process.” — Steve Helm Coach ball, the positions all require similar skills — dribbling, passing, shooting, defending. But developing a focused, coordinated offense takes hours and hours of practice. Helm spent the first half of the season drilling the team’s new offensive approach into his players. He doesn’t want them to think, he wants them to act. “You want your players to play by instinct and not by thought process,” he said. Conscious thought on the court is “starting to disappear.” But as coach, Helm said he has to place a great deal of trust in his players, especially his point guards. “The trust is big,” he said. “We have so many sets and different options, and there’re counters to everything. All set plays have three, four, five options.” Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or editor@snovalleystar.com.
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Public meetings ❑ North Bend Economic Development Commission, 8 a.m. Jan. 20, 126 E. Fourth St. ❑ Snoqualmie tax rate public hearing, 7 p.m. Jan. 24, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ Snoqualmie City Council, 7 p.m. Jan. 24, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ Snoqualmie Community and Economic Affairs Committee, 5 p.m. Jan. 25, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ North Bend City Council workshop, 7 p.m. Jan. 25, 211 Main Ave. N. ❑ North Bend Parks Commission, 6 p.m. Jan. 26, 126 E. Fourth St. ❑ Snoqualmie Public Safety Committee, 5 p.m. Jan. 27, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway ❑ North Bend Planning Commission, 7 p.m. Jan. 27, 211 Main Ave. N.
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Events ❑ 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. ❑ “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 U.S. 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 you can afford. Admission for the Jan. 22 show is $12.50 for adults, $10 for students and seniors. ❑ 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 coming from smooth Brazilian rhythms and lyrics. With Chris Symer on bass and Jose Martinez on drums. ❑ 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 age 5. ❑ 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. ❑ Danny Kolke Trio, 7 p.m. Jan. 23 and 30, Boxley’s, 101 West North Bend Way, North Bend. Blues, gospel, and straight
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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. Learn about the bygone community of Snoqualmie Falls, which sat above the former Weyerhaeuser lumber mill. ahead jazz. ❑ 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. ❑ Toddler Story Times, 9:30 a.m. Jan. 25, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. For ages 2-3, accompanied by an adult. Pajamarama Story Times, 6:30 p.m. Jan. 26, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. All young children welcome with adult. ❑ Teen study zone, 3 p.m. Jan. 26, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. Drop-in during scheduled study zone hours for free homework help in all subjects from volunteer tutors. ❑ Young Toddler Story Times, 9:30 a.m. Jan. 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. 26, 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 ❑ Mount Si Senior Center’s Elder and Adult Day Services needs volunteers for its new program on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Call BJ Libby at 206-859-5705 for position description and application forms. ❑ The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust needs volunteers to plant native trees and to pot seedlings at its nursery. Upcoming dates include Jan.
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29 at Tollgate Park in North Bend. No experience required. Full- and half-day shifts available. 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 people ages 16 or older to volunteer in various departments of the hospital. E-mail volunteer coordinator Carol Waters at 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 206-748-7588 or 800282-5815 toll free, or e-mail melissat@seniorservices.org. Apply online at 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 888-3434. ❑ 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 831-5784. ❑ 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 ser-
vice 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 Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend. Led by certified exercise instructor Carla Orellana. Call 888-3434.
Clubs ❑ Sno-Valley Beekeepers meets on the second Tuesday of the month at the Meadowbrook Interpretive Center, Meadowbrook Farm, 1711 Boalch Ave., North Bend. Go to www.snoqualmievalleybeekeepers.org. ❑ 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. Go to www.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. Go to 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, 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. Go to www.sallalgrange.org. Submit an item for the community calendar by e-mailing editor@snovalleystar.com or at www.snovalleystar.com.
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