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Your locally owned newspaper serving North Bend and Snoqualmie Friday, January 22, 2016
Fire Districts invite public to learn more about fire authority By Dylan Chaffin dchaffin@snovalleystar.com King County Fire Districts 10 and 38 are inviting residents of Snoqualmie and North Bend to learn more about plans to combine into “one fire authority” during a meeting being held at Eastside Fire and Rescue Station 87 Feb. 1. Both fire districts are part of Eastside Fire and Rescue, a regional partnership with three cities to provide fire and life safety services.
District 10 currently serves Carnation and the unincorporated areas of May Valley, Tiger Mountain, Mirrormont, and Preston. District 38 serves the unincorporated areas around Snoqualmie and North Bend. Working together would sustain emergency service levels for the communities they serve and further strengthen the relationship between the districts and EFR. It would also be more costSee FIRE, Page 8
Speech, debate team earns national bid for fourth straight year By Dylan Chaffin dchaffin@snovalleystar.com
Trading in the school books for the ski boots Retired teacher lives out his dreams on the slopes of Sun Valley
By Dylan Chaffin dchaffin@snovalleystar.com Educator, coach, self-proclaimed ski bum. Thirty-five years after he started teaching social studies and psychology and coaching football and cross country at Mount Si High School, Art Galloway is now living out his retire-
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Art Galloway, retired Mt Si High School teacher, now instructs students on the ski slopes of Sun Valley Resort in Idaho.
ment dream on the slopes of Sun Valley resort in Idaho as a ski and snowboarding instructor. The Issaquah native was raised to love snow, first learning his way around skis on the slopes of the Summit at Snoqualmie as a 10-yearold with his family. When See DREAMS, Page 5
For the fourth consecutive year, members of the Mt. Si Speech and Debate team have earned a bid to attend the prestigious Tournament of Champions — a feat never once done by any other school in the state of Washington. Ruary Thompson, a 17-year-old senior, and his debate partner Dana Korssjoen won the open public forum category at the annual University of Puget Sound Forensics Tournament Jan. 8-9, earning their spot in the TOC in April. “The TOC is an elite tournament,” Thompson said. “The pool of competitors is nationwide, so there’s a national level qualification system.” While Thompson and
Korssjoen have only competed together three times this year, they have won all three tournaments, also earning a bid to the state competition. As a student-run group, the majority of the teaching techniques and outreach stems from Thompson and Korssjoen, who have increased membership over the years from four members to 45 at the end of 2016. At first, Thompson reached out to his younger brother, who attends school See DEBATE, Page 3 Prsrt Std U.S. Postage PAID Kent, WA Permit No. 71 POSTAL CUSTOMER