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Depleted Mount Si finishes eighth Page 16

‘Snoqualmie Dave’ retiring from police force

By Kelly Humphreys

Is graduating harder?

Required high school credits may jump to 24.

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Guest column Vote yes on bond for new North Bend fire station.

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Police blotter Page 7

On Jan. 31, Officer Dave Johnson will turn in his badge after 23 years of service with the Snoqualmie Police Department.

“I figured 20 years was enough,” he explained.

Johnson’s roots go deep in the local area. After graduating from Mount Si High School in 1971, he held a host of jobs, including logger, journeymen lineman and oil-rig driver. In the latter position, he returned to Snoqualmie and met with his old schoolmate, past Assistant Police Chief Ed Crosson.

During his visit, he accompanied Crosson on a burglary call.

Following the incident, Crosson asked if he might want to become a cop.

“Sure, why not?” Johnson responded.

Thirteen months later, Johnson attended the reserve academy. After six years as a reserve officer, he became a fulltime officer on Jan. 1, 1988.

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By Snoqualmie Police Department

Officer Dave Johnson, directing a traffic scene at 380th Avenue Southeast and Southeast Cedar Street, retires at the end of January after 23 years on the job.

Dance this way Women get their shimmy on at belly-dancing class.

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Audit: City’s failure to monitor contractor Bond and the resulted in excessive developer charges voters: three “We conclude the city did ON THE WEB viewpoints not adequately oversee its

By Dan Catchpole

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Snoqualmie city government failed to thoroughly monitor contractors’ work during development of Snoqualmie Ridge I, which resulted in the city passing along excessive charges to developers, according to a Washington State Auditor’s Office report published in November.

The report addresses four assertions of mismanagement by the city that came from an anonymous complaint to the auditor’s office. Auditors upheld two of the claims, dismissed one and passed the final one to a state board that handles professional conduct issues for engineers.

City officials said policy issues raised by the report have been addressed. But they dispute the report’s most dramatic claim: that the city could have hired six fulltime engineers for the amount it paid its engineering contractor, Perteet, from 2003 to 2009.

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During those years, Snoqualmie paid nearly $5,360,000 to Perteet for reviewing and monitoring work by developers on the Ridge. Based on the average annual salaries of city engineers in 13 comparable King County cities, Snoqualmie could have hired six full-time engineers for that amount of money, according to the report.

City officials told auditors they never considered hiring even one engineer to oversee Perteet’s work, save money and avoid any conflict of interest by the contractor.

In a response to the report, the city disputed the report’s finding that it could have hired six engineers for the same amount of money.

The report did not consider overhead charges that Snoqualmie would have had to

engineering contractor’s work or billing practices. It had no policies regarding the monitoring of the contractor, and the contract did not clearly set the scope of work or provide a maximum limit on the contract cost.”

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pay for six engineers, according to Pat Anderson, the city’s attorney.

“If the developer does not pay a fair share of the overhead for the city employee working on the developer’s project, then the taxpayer pays,” he said. “Which is more fair?”

Even if the city had hired

With the vote a week away, Snoqualmie Valley residents are keeping a close eye on the election, and opinions are as varied as the schools’ mascots.

Some criticized the district, and others hedged their bets a little bit, while others professed their support for the bond.

“I feel fine about it,” said Linda Young, of North Bend.

Young was equally open to the idea of freshmen moving to their own separate campus, if perhaps a little less enthusiastically.

“My preference would be one high school for all kids,” she said. “But we couldn’t fund that.”

The ninth-graders’ campus

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See BOND, Page 7

— Washington State Auditor’s Office Report published in November

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Improved fire rating could lower insurance premiums Snoqualmie residents could save some money on their property insurance premiums thanks to the city’s fire-protection class rating.

The city’s rating has been upgraded from Class 6 to Class 4, by the Washington Surveying and Rating Bureau. The change is effective April 1.

The system gives ratings from 1 to 10 with 10 meaning an area has no credible fire protection

service.

The bureau evaluates all Washington communities on their fire protection and suppression capabilities, and makes classification recommendations to insurance companies. Some companies use their own evaluations to establish premiums.

Residents can contact their insurance agents to determine if the change will lower their own premiums. Protection class ratings for individual properties outside of city limits are available by calling the bureau’s customer service department at 206-217-0101.

“It has been nine years since we have received a full review by WSRB, and our fire department has made significant strides and improvements in that time,” Fire Chief Bob Rowe said in a news release.

King County Council appoints jail director King County Council members have confirmed Bellevue Councilwoman Claudia Balducci as the director of the county Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention, the agency responsible for the King County

JANUARY 27, 2011 Jail.

Balducci has served in the role as acting director since October.

The council confirmed the appointment Jan. 10. County Executive Dow Constantine praised the appointment.

“Claudia has earned respect in the corrections community and the region at large, and her unique combination of experience with labor and with cities provides a foundation for continued strong partnerships,” he said in a statement. “She brings intelligence, a willingness to listen and enthusiasm that will help lead us to continued

improvements in the safety of the public, inmates and staff at our facilities.”

Balducci has served the county in numerous roles since 1999.

In the most recent post, she served as the county’s settlement coordinator as the U.S. Department of Justice checked improvements to inmate care at the jail. Balducci has also served the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention as operations manager, regional jail coordinator and labor negotiator. In addition, she has served on the Bellevue City Council since 2004.

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Required high school credits may jump from 19 to 24

By Laura Geggel Before earning a high school diploma, it’s no secret that students have to pass a number of required courses — 19 mandated by the state and a few others required by their school.

After a three-year study of high school credits, the Washington State Board of Education has recommended that the number of mandatory credits increase from 19 to 24.

Such an endeavor would cost the state an estimated $188 million between 2011 and 2016, and would need financial approval from the state Legislature.

Most of the money would pay for teacher and counselor salaries. The state pays for five high school periods now, and it would have to fund six if the bill passed. About $28 million would pay for facility costs, since some schools would need extra science and art classrooms so their students could meet the new recommended requirements.

With a gaping state budget deficit estimated at $4.6 billion, some educators aren’t holding their breath while waiting for the bill to pass.

Regardless of funding, Washington is woefully behind in the number of credits it requires of its high school students. The board reviewed how Washington ranks compared to other states and found 16 states require more than the state’s three credits of math; 36 required more than two credits of science; 39 required more than two and a half credits of social studies; and 45 required more than three credits of English.

Washington’s required course load has not changed in the past 25 years: The graduating class of 2011 is graduating under the same state credit requirements expected for the class of 1985.

The most recent change mandates that the class of 2013 take three math credits, instead of the two previously required by the state.

An increased course load would make Washington more comparable to other states.

“One of the main points here is kids are going to be prepared for whatever choice they take,” after high school, said State Board of Education member Connie Fletcher, who served on the Issaquah School Board for 16 years.

Fletcher voted for the 24 credits with the rest of the board Nov. 10.

The recommended requirements Previously, advocates called the movement Core 24, but now they call it Career and College Ready. If approved by the state Legislature, the plan would be

phased in during a five-year period. By the time the class of 2016 graduates, students would need four English credits, three science credits, two art credits, three social studies credits, two world language credits, two health and fitness, and two career concentration credits. The other credits are not changing.

The State Board of Education included four recommendations for the Career and College ready plan: ❑ Removing the 150-hour definition of a credit and instead ask that students have a “successful completion of the subject area…” per district policy. ❑ Implement a two-for-one policy, allowing students to earn one credit in a career and technical education class, like culinary arts, and have it count toward two graduation requirements. ❑ Make Washington state history and government a noncredit requirement for all graduating seniors. ❑ Give local administrators the right to waive up to two credits for students who have attempted 24 credits.

Students could pass a language proficiency test in lieu of taking a world language, Fletcher said.

Career and College Ready also

includes a High School and Beyond Plan. If funded, counselors would meet with students from eighth through 12th grades, serving as career advisors. Parents would be involved with the sessions, and counselors would advise students to take classes in areas supporting career interests.

Students could substitute coursework for one credit of art and two credits of world language if other courses would better help them meet their career goals, as expressed in their High School and Beyond Plan.

“We also increased the flexibility for kids,” Fletcher said.

Even if the Legislature does not provide the money for the Career and College Ready plan, the State Board of Education would still mandate that some parts of the plan be enacted, so long as they do not cost extra.

Controversy Some educators are approaching the 24-credit recommendation with hesitation. Studies from 2008 and 2009 show that 54 percent of Washington high school graduates required remediation at community and technical colleges, which cost the state $17 million annually.

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help, instead of concentrating on making the existing credits more rigorous, Fletcher said more was better.

For example, a student who only took two years of math would likely need remediation in it at the college level, she said. If they took the required three, or even four, they would probably be better at the subject.

The cost of new classrooms and teachers is also causing anxiety in some schools that would have to expand to allow students to take more art and science credits.

Patrick Murphy, district executive director of secondary education, said most of Issaquah’s high school students are already taking at least 24 credits.

“The majority of our students are already meeting college entry requirements,” he said. “I would suspect it would have a minimal impact on our facilities, if at all, because it is already happening for a big chunk of our students.”

A 2008 study done by the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction of 14,000 students’ transcripts showed that, on average, Washington students take 24 credits anyway.

Locally, only Tiger Mountain Community High School might have issues with facility space, and Principal Ed Marcoe said his school might rely on neighboring Issaquah High School for help enrolling students into art and science classes.

“We’re probably going to have to do a little thinking outside of the box, because we only

have one science room and one science teacher,” Marcoe said.

The idea of 24 credits appealed to Marcoe, who said it would help his students prepare for life after high school. Now, Tiger Mountain students need 20 credits to graduate, while Skyline and Issaquah students need 22; Liberty students need 28, because they are on a block schedule.

Both Marcoe and Fletcher said they liked the idea of having an extra art credit.

“Teaching art is one of those ways you can encourage creativity and innovation,” Fletcher said.

Even private schools would have to adhere to the 24-credit minimum, according to the board’s website. Schools, both public and private, might balk at the 24-credit idea, Fletcher said.

“Some think it’s a usurpation of local control, the ability to set their own graduation requirements,” Fletcher said.

Issaquah-area state Reps.

Glenn Anderson, R-Fall City, and Ross Hunter, D-Medina, said they both agreed with supporting the recommendation.

“It’s not just a good idea, it’s a great idea. What we’ve got to do is have more depth and rigor in our K through 12,” Anderson said. “We’re competing with kids from India and China who have 24 credits and more. The thought that we don’t have it is a pretty dangerous thought.”

Laura Geggel: 392-6434, ext. 241, or lgeggel@isspress.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.

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Editorial

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Vote yes for bond to build middle school

Please vote yes on the new fire station!

The importance of one item on the Feb. 8 ballot towers above the rest: the Snoqualmie Valley School District’s $56.2 million bond request to build a new middle school and make timely improvements to other schools.

The yes vote should come easy. A new middle school is the solution voters wanted.

The school district previously sent three major construction bonds to voters, and each times voters said no. One of the primary reasons cited for rejecting the bond? Valley residents made it clear that they did not want a second high school in the district. Cost was certainly a factor, but the pride of the Mount Si Wildcats runs strong and true.

Voters weren’t saying they accepted an overcrowded high school, they just believed there were better alternatives.

The school board listened and learned, and then found a clever solution to resolving crowding at Mount Si High School. Rather than build a second high school — the bond requested was $200 million, plus higher operating costs — or expand the current prep campus, the board has wisely decided to turn nearby Snoqualmie Middle School into a satellite campus for ninth-graders. That’s an innovative solution that’s good for freshmen as they transition to high school, and relieves the current campus of the overcrowded classrooms that are detrimental to learning.

But the problem of where to house students has now shifted to the middle school. Only a few years ago, Valley voters decided two middle schools were not enough for the district and added Twin Falls Middle School. With the older Snoqualmie Middle School now becoming part of Mount Si High, the choice is whether to go back to two overcrowded middle schools utilizing portable classrooms, or build a new Snoqualmie Middle School. The land and the plans are already in hand. The only thing missing is voter approval of a construction bond.

Don’t wait until Feb. 8 to turn in your ballot; add a stamp and return it today. Ask your neighbors to do the same. This community solution deserves a strong community yes vote.

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The elected officials of the city of North Bend and Fire District 38 (unincorporated area surrounding North Bend and Snoqualmie) have placed a ballot issue, Proposition 1, to authorize the sale of bonds to replace the existing fire station serving both jurisdictions on the Feb. 8 election ballot.

Our current station, Fire Station 87, dates to 1941. It was built for our community’s volunteer firefighters and their apparatus, and it served as a focal point for numerous community events. Much has changed since 1941. The station has been remodeled, refitted and expanded several times as our area has grown over the decades.

Now, 70 years later, the station is no longer adequate for current needs; it is a mishmash of cobbled-together short-term remedies and is no longer adaptable

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to future growth.

A yes vote will authorize the sale of bonds to finance the cost of building a new facility, constructed to modern code and seismic standards. It will more effectively house the firefighters and paramedics who respond to our emergencies, and their vehicles. Without the high quality level of public safety service we enjoy, the livability of our community and the viability of our business and service sector could be jeopardized.

Public safety infrastructure improvements are not free. Nor should they be — we are a proud and independent community and we expect to pay our own way!

On balance, considering the price of failing to replace crumbling critical infrastructure versus the modest tax increase necessary to build the station, the cost is not out of line. If the bonds are approved, beginning in 2012 the owner of a $250,000

property will pay approximately $4.50 per month in additional tax.

We urge the voters in North Bend and Fire District 38 to support the necessary replacement of Fire Station 87 with a yes vote on Proposition 1, and to return their mail-in ballot on or before Feb. 8!

Ron and Chris Pedee North Bend

New fire station means better safety for residents Our family moved to North Bend more than 20 years ago and I always thought the fire department was the responsibility of the county or some other regional agency, something like our police department. That misnomer really doesn’t change what I saw today during a tour of the North Bend/King County Fire District 38 building.

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Home Country

Not all conversations are out loud

By Slim Randles Sometimes, having coffee with the guys down at the Mule Barn truck stop doesn’t lead to scintillating conversation. Like this morning. Instead of the philosophy counter, the guys were clutched together at the Round Table.

“Anybody read the paper this morning?” Steve asked.

“Not me,” said Doc. But if I did, thought Doc, I think I’d see if anyone was selling a chanter in the classifieds.

If a guy learns to play the chanter, he can graduate up to regular bagpipes in no time at all. Chanters sound like bagpipes without the wheezing. Even in this town, you’d think someone would be selling a chanter, right?

Herb was thinking his coffee wasn’t sweet enough, and added some sugar. Then, he thought about sugar cane and how it grew in the tropics, and the tropics were nice and warm this time of year … hey, any time of year. And if a guy saved up long enough, he could go sit on the beach, and there were bound to be pretty women dressed in …

I’ll just put some more sugar in my coffee. That’s safer.

“Why am I here this morning?” thought Dud. Here, with the guys, shooting the same old bull when I should be home working on the book. If I were any kind of a real writer,

I’d have this fire inside me, and would be typing away on “Murder in the Soggy Bottoms” (what everySlim Randles body else Columnist calls “The Duchess and the Truck Driver”) instead of sitting here with the same old guys, talking about the same old stuff. But on Tuesday, I sat down with a cup of coffee and looked at the book and … well, I just couldn’t figure it out.

Didn’t some famous philosopher once say that having coffee with your friends led to great ideas?

Maybe if we try it a little longer ….

Now if I had the Valley Weekly Miracle, Steve thought, I’d see what’s on sale down at the hardware store. Never know when you’ll need a few more tools up at the cabin. I want to fix the turret up better this year.

Yep. That’ll be my “this year” project. I’ll get some tools, ride Ol’ Snort up to the cabin, make coffee, get that fire a-goin’ real good in the Airtight and then I’ll just start … well, doing things.

Soon as it warms up a little, of course …

“I didn’t either,” said Dud. “Didn’t what?”

“Read the paper this morning.”

“Oh … yeah.”

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Guest column

Vote yes on fire station to keep North Bend area residents safe

By Fritz Ribary Many North Bend-area residents may not know it, but we are currently at risk of being left without local help in the event of a fire, medical emergency or accident. Fortunately, you can help correct this risky situation by voting yes on Proposition 1 — Fire Station on Feb. 8.

Prop. 1 will allow us to replace North Bend’s dilapidated, unhealthy and unsafe fire house, and help ensure our local fire department can respond to us in emergencies.

Built in 1939 and updated in 1970, the building housing our firefighters and their lifesaving

Letters From Page 4 What I saw and photographed was very disturbing.

It scares me to think of the dangerous conditions our protectors, Medic One and our firefighters, are forced to deal with in an emergency. I wish all residents of District 38 would take five minutes and visit our firstclass protectors who have 21stcentury, top-notch firefighting equipment housed in very unsafe conditions. If a higher magnitude earthquake hits North Bend, that state-of-the-art equipment could be rendered useless and our first-class protectors would be unable to save lives.

I’m retired on a fixed income and will volunteer to help you promote funding the new fire department building and be one of the first to sign yes on the ballot.

Sandy Horvath North Bend

School bond will help solve overcrowding I had the privilege of working alongside fellow parents and school district staff members on a committee formed to solve overcrowding at Mount Si High School. We ultimately rec-

equipment could be severely compromised by even a small earthquake or flood — stranding firefighters and their emergency apparatus and preventing them from assisting residents in need.

Indeed, engineers recently found that at least one-third of the station could collapse in an earthquake the size of the 2001 Nisqually quake.

Take one good look at the building and you will understand why. The ceiling is already falling in in several places due to a leaky roof. The electrical infrastructure is so outdated that the watch office has become a tangle of wires and electrical cords rigged to support the communi-

ommended that Snoqualmie Middle School be made part of the high school as a Freshman (ninth-grade) Learning Center.

The solution will solve the long-standing overcrowding issue at our high school. As a parent of two middle-school students, I am very excited by the programming enhancements already under way at the high school. The Freshman Learning Center will create even more opportunities to support all freshman students as they start their high school experience.

Snoqualmie Middle School will become the Freshman Learning Center in the fall of 2013. It is essential that our district retains three middle schools for our children ages 11-15 (sixth through eighth grade). Today, my children benefit greatly from the current enrollment numbers of three middle schools: smaller class sizes, and more time and attention from their teachers as needed. I stand firmly behind the need for three middle schools for the quality of our children’s education and preparation for high school.

Overcrowding in our schools is a fact and an issue that must be solved now. The plan for the Freshman Learning Center and the proposed bond to build a third middle school is a costeffective, creative and smart

cations equipment. One steep, narrow stairwell leads firefighters to and from their sleeping quarters. Just one of these awful conditions could compromise the ability of our first responders to get to us in an emergency. All of them combined could mean we are left with no help at all.

Passage of Prop. 1 will issue a $5 million bond so we can build a new firehouse that will serve the North Bend area for the next 50 years. The land for the station, at East North Bend Way and Maloney Grove Avenue, is already owned by the city, so we will face no land acquisition costs. The building of the station will provide many local con-

solution to our district’s overcrowding. The plan fully utilizes existing school buildings and resources to minimize operating costs in the future.

Ultimately, this solution supports enrollment growth and long-term facility needs for the next 20 years for the middle and high schools in our district.

This solution retains the benefits of a single, comprehensive high school with a broad range of program options for students. Passing the bond and building a third middle school would maintain the preferred learning environment for our students as we prepare them for high school. This plan benefits all kids within the Valley and better prepares our students for the future. Please join me by voting yes to pass the bond solving overcrowding issues and maintaining three middle schools.

Brent Lutz Snoqualmie

Rejecting the school bond will affect everyone Our community has been growing for years. The school bond before us now will empower our school district to suitably address this growth.

Proper use of school facilities positively affects student learning and student learning affects our community. We

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struction jobs.

And the cost to residents for this safe, new fire station?

Property owners will pay just 19 cents per thousand dollars of assessed valuation, or about $67 per year for residents whose homes are assessed at $350,000.

Costs will be shared between North Bend and District 38 residents who are served by the fire station. The bond will be paid off over 20 years.

I know times are tough, but this is one issue that simply cannot wait for action. We can’t risk the safety of our families and friends, our homes and our local businesses due to an unsafe fire station that could jeopardize our

cannot afford to reject this bond.

Bond rejection will cost everyone: taxpayers, students, teachers, the school district and our community.

Taxpayers: This is a permanent solution for our community. Do nothing and we will be forced to build when interest rates and building costs are higher, costing us millions more.

Middle school kids and teachers: This will provide stable educational environment and unique window of influence. Smaller middle schools with focused personnel can better individualize education.

Do nothing and we begin the 2013-14 school year overcrowded at both Twin Falls and Chief Kanim Middle Schools.

School District: This is an opportunity to implement best practices. The middle school years are such a time of upheaval and growth, as well as an opportunity to capture a student’s interest and intellect for a lifetime. Do nothing and our kids are less competitive.

Snoqualmie Valley: This is the chance to pay it forward by investing in exceptional graduates who contribute back into this community. Please do something. Invest in our youth, your neighbors. Vote yes.

Nancy Baker Snoqualmie

firefighters’ ability to respond to us in an emergency. With Prop.

1, we can ensure we have a new fire station that will safely house our firefighters and their equipment so that they can continue to fight fires, respond to medical emergencies and save lives in our community.

You can read more about Prop.

1 and view photos of our dilapidated fire house at www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-theFire-Station. See for yourself and then please join me in voting yes on Prop. 1 on Feb. 8.

Fritz Ribary is a longtime resident of North Bend and executive director of the Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Valley residents can file for conservation district King Conservation District voters elect a board member in March, and candidates must file to run for the seat by Feb. 1.

The district includes the Snoqualmie Valley and most of King County. The agency promotes sustainable use of natural resources, and provides information and voluntary technical-assistance programs to landowners.

The election is open to most registered King County voters, except Enumclaw, Federal Way, Milton, Pacific and Skykomish residents.

Candidates must complete a nomination petition form and gather at least 25 signatures of registered voters residing in the district. The petition must be delivered to the district office, 1107 S.W. Grady Way, Suite 130, Renton, by Feb. 1. Call Susan Wermus at 282-1900 or e-mail susan.wermus@kingcd.org to learn more.

The online election runs from Feb. 15 to March 15. The district has enlisted Election Trust and Scytl Secure Electronic Voting USA to introduce online balloting. The step is a contrast to the in-person polling locations the district has used in low-turnout elections in the past.

The board of supervisors — five residents from inside district boundaries — oversees the district.

The board includes three members elected by district residents. The state Conservation Commission appoints the other members.

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Police Snoqualmie blotter No driving just yet About 8:15 p.m. Jan. 14, police saw an Isuzu Rodeo with no working taillights in the 9300 block of Stone Quarry Road. A check showed the driver’s license was suspended for an unpaid ticket.

The driver said she had been making payments on the ticket, but police told her she couldn’t drive until the matter was settled. She left her car off the roadway and called a friend to come get her.

Vehicle break-in At 5:20 p.m. Jan. 16, a man called police to report several items missing from his vehicle.

Although he had already left the area, he said he had parked his vehicle in the parking lot in the 6400 block of Railroad Avenue Southeast and when he returned he found a shattered window and an unlocked door. Missing were an iPod, a purse, a laptop computer and several items that had been sitting on his back seat.

The items are valued at $2,500.

Tabs or no tabs?

At 11:50 p.m. Jan. 14, police saw a vehicle with expired tabs on Ballarat Street North. A check of the driver’s status yielded a suspended license for unpaid parking tickets. The driver was arrested. He said he knew about the tickets but was waiting for payday. Police asked him about the expired tabs and he said that the screws holding the plate were rusty and he had put the new plate in the back window. Condensation had been hiding the new plate. Police told him he had two weeks to finish paying the tickets and clear his license status or he would be issued a criminal citation and an infraction for expired tabs, since they were not on the bumper, as the law requires.

Car break-in At 3:57 p.m. Jan. 15, police received a call from a woman who said her vehicle had been broken into in the 1200 block of East North Bend Way. The woman said someone had taken her purse and that she believed she may have left her doors unlocked, as there was no damage to the vehicle.

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Suspicious activity

At 3:40 p.m. Jan. 19, a man told police that a real estate agent had told him a window to his Snoqualmie house had been broken. The man lives in Issaquah but owns a house in the Valley and he asked police if they could come with him and check it out.

Once at the house, the officer requested a second officer at the scene for a building search.

Inside, they found a white male, who was ordered to the ground at gunpoint. The man, a 44-year-old transient from Seattle said he had arrived from Preston, was looking for a place to sleep and had broken the window with a rock he found outside. The man was booked into the Issaquah City Jail on charges of malicious mischief.

At 3:59 a.m. Jan. 17, police saw a vehicle approaching the 42600 block of Southeast North Bend Way, and then drive around the back and toward the front of an auto parts store. Police then drove around in the opposite direction and saw the vehicle turn around and get back on North Bend Way. The officer had never seen any vehicle near that store that late at night. The driver and a passenger said they were behind the store because they were looking for a place for their dog to go to the bathroom. The passenger lived in Bellevue and the driver in Sammamish, but they said they were in North Bend dropping off a friend at QFC. Police requested backup and ran a check on both men. Nothing turned up.

However, when police questioned the men, one of them changed his story about dropping off the friend. After backup arrived, police searched the outside of the building for forced entry signs.

None were found.

North Bend blotter Eggs, but no bacon At 3:04 p.m. Jan. 17, police received a call that a home in the 45800 block of Southeast 137th Street had been egged.

About six eggs had hit the house, damaging the paint. The homeowner is willing to assist in prosecution of the vandals.

The Star publishes names of those arrested for DUI and those charged with felony crimes.

Information comes directly from local police reports. Information regarding fire calls was unavailable.

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Bond From Page 1 may not make everyone happy, but it seems like the right choice to battle school crowding, Young added.

A differing viewpoint came from the other end of the Valley, in Fall City, where John Hunt, the father of a freshman at Mount Si High, wrote in an e-mail that the rest of the district was being asked to subsidize a Snoqualmie Ridge development.

“The current school infrastructure is just fine if the Ridge wasn’t adding to the population.”

Hunt questioned why the developers of the Ridge were not required to include building a school into the development costs in the first place.

Regardless of the result of the vote, Hunt wrote, voters need to purchase some land for future use while the real estate market is depressed.

Hunt said the district has lost credibility with voters, particularly after two failed bond proposals in 2007 and 2008.

Restoring that credibility will require new leadership and “a giant mea culpa,” Hunt wrote.

Though he will probably vote for the bond, Hunt added, “I do not think it has a real chance of passing.”

Fed to offer loans for disaster relief Windswept small businesses now may apply for a dose of relief. The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering nonfarm small businesses in 32 Washington counties and 10 Oregon counties low-interest disaster loans.

“These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by the combined effects of excessive rain, frosts, freezes, unseasonably cold whether and high winds, beginning April 1, 2010,” Alfred E. Judd, director of the administration’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West, said in a press release.

Small, nonfarm businesses, small agricultural co-ops and most private nonprofits of any size may qualify for loans of up

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2011 School Bond

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Shelly Woodruff, a resident of Snoqualmie Ridge and parent of a student at Snoqualmie Middle School, said she would vote for the bond.

Woodruff said she liked the idea of a ninth-graders’ campus.

Ninth-graders need to adapt to many things and having their own building gives them an easier transition to high school, she said.

The district has done a good job prioritizing for the bond, she added.

“They’ve had to do a continuing narrowing of scope every year just to get the thing passed,” she said.

To Woodruff, a misconception exists between what happens on the Ridge and the rest of the Valley: Some people think that if the school is built on the Ridge it’s because the Ridge is better, Woodruff said.

“We need to figure out how to make Snoqualmie Valley a better place, not just the Ridge,” she said.

A “persnickety” attitude misses the point, she added.

The school board should

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to $2 million, the release read.

The eligibility for the loans is based on the financial impact of the disaster and not on actual property damage, according to the press release.

Call 800-659-2955 toll free, go to www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance or e-mail disastercustomerservice@sba.gov to learn more.

Deadline to apply is Sept. 12.

The Snoqualmie Valley School District is once again asking voters for money to help solve crowding. In this part, voters share their opinions.

make sure people know whether measures will benefit everyone.

This time around, the bond money is crucial, said Woodruff, who added she supports the building of a new high school in the future, as well as more advanced classes in middle schools and smaller classroom sizes in elementary schools.

“Bond or no bond, the only way you’re going to address some of this stuff is more money,” she said.

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Audit From Page 1 fewer engineers, there would not have been enough work to keep them on during the slow periods, Anderson said.

“They would have been laid off at the end of each construction season,” he said.

There would have been no guarantee that they would have returned from one season to the next.

“Perteet simply shifted its personnel from job to job, and we had the same Perteet inspectors here when we needed them each year,” Anderson said.

The engineering firm’s costs were passed on to developers, who “overwhelmingly” told auditors “that their building and construction projects in other cities did not incur costs of this nature,” according to the report.

Developers characterized Perteet’s oversight as unnecessary and excessive, the report said. One developer told auditors the fees were 50 percent higher than had been expected, while another said the fees drove up anticipated costs by 250 percent.

Perteet did not respond to requests for comment.

For several years, Snoqualmie’s planning director was responsible for approving the contractor’s invoices, despite the fact that she was

not an engineer. Because of that, the city moved that responsibility to its public works director, who was an engineer.

“We conclude the city did not adequately oversee its engineering contractor’s work or billing practices. It had no policies regarding the monitoring of the contractor, and the contract did not clearly set the scope of work or provide a maximum limit on the contract cost,” the report states. “As a result, the city passed excessive and unnecessary costs onto its developers.”

Snoqualmie officials say the costs were in line with the amount, timing and standard of work that was being done.

It would have made no sense for the city to hire six full-time engineers because the work was mostly concentrated in a sixmonth period when the weather was best for construction, according to the city’s response.

“We didn’t want to ride that rollercoaster” of hiring and then laying off employees on a seasonal basis, Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson said in an interview.

“The land developers of Snoqualmie Ridge I and II at no time informed the city that they thought the level of inspection was excessive or that unnecessary inspection was occurring,” the city’s response to the report said. “To the contrary, the land developer of Snoqualmie Ridge I particularly was continually requesting the

city to have the engineering contractor provide more inspectors to keep up with their desired pace of development.”

City officials worked closely with Perteet, meeting on a weekly basis through 2007.

However, the only claim of excessive inspection made to the city came in 2008.

The complaint occurred at the same time Snoqualmie demanded that the developer pay the city for processing costs, according to Snoqualmie’s response.

The city’s investigation of the complaint did not uncover excessive inspections, according to the city’s response.

Comparing development costs in Snoqualmie to other cities is like “comparing apples to oranges,” because of the higher development standards on the Ridge, Larson said.

While the higher standards mean more inspections and higher building costs, they also result in a more valuable development, the city said in its response.

While the city disputed the report’s finding, Larson did issue a directive to all city departments for greater oversight and review of payments for contractors and consultants.

Snoqualmie also hired a licensed engineer to work with the engineering contractor.

The report also upheld a claim that contractors overbilled the city by about $13,000 for cell phone use and vehicle mileage. These costs were

JANUARY 27, 2011 “If the developer does not pay a fair share of the overhead for the city employee working on the developer’s project, then the taxpayer pays. Which is more fair?”

— to Pat Anderson Snoqualmie city attorney

passed on to developers, too.

The findings won’t hurt future development, Larson said.

The Pulte Group purchased 500 undeveloped residential lots on Snoqualmie Ridge in late December, after the report had been published.

The problems identified by the report won’t affect the backlog of infrastructure maintenance projects Snoqualmie plans to begin tackling this year, Larson said.

The work, which will be paid for with a $5 million bond, will require contractors, but overcharging will not be an issue, he said.

“In addition to policy changes, we have some personnel changes as well,” he said.

This year, the city created the project engineer position and also hired a new public works director, who is an engineer and has construction experience.

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

King Conservation District appoints director King Conservation District leaders have picked the interim executive director for the full-time role, the agency announced last week.

Sara Hemphill has served in the interim role since January 2010, after serving as a consultant to the district for 10 years and logging almost 20 years on resource conservation and regulatory compliance projects.

“Sara will continue to play a key role in furthering the district’s goals and objectives,” district Chairman Bill Knutsen said in a statement. “Her unique blend of career experience and knowledge of the district have been invaluable over the past year.”

In addition to administrative duties, Hemphill continues to serve as the legislative strategist, lobbyist, and internal and external affairs facilitator for the district.

The agency has a 15-member staff.

The district promotes sustainable use of natural resources, and provides information and voluntary technical-assistance programs to landowners.

In addition to Issaquah, the district includes all of King County except Enumclaw, Federal Way, Milton, Pacific and Skykomish.

Landowners fund the district through a $10 per-parcel assessment fee. The state Conservation Commission — plus state, federal and local grants — also provides money for the district. The agency receives no ongoing operating budget from the Legislature.

JANUARY 27, 2011

Retirement From Page 1 The job offered all kinds of variety. On any given patrol, Johnson said, he could come across “everything from soup to nuts” — from bank robberies to jaywalkers.

“Ninety percent of police work is boredom and the rest of the time you’re on pins and needles,” he said. “You don’t know what’s going to happen.”

Technology has transformed police duties over his career. The use of cell phones has greatly improved the safety of officers, Johnson said, noting that officers were on their own during calls in the “old days.”

Johnson spoke wistfully of a time when officers were treated with respect and not criticized for every decision and action.

He also said that five years ago there wouldn’t have been an incident like the one in Lakewood, Pierce County, in which four police officers were shot to death in a coffee shop.

Incidents like that just didn’t happen in the past, he said.

His son, David Johnson, said that over his father’s career he is most proud of the seven awards he received for arresting drunken drivers. (Mothers Against Drunk Driving gives out an award for the most DUI arrests by an officer annually.)

Johnson has also witnessed the changing landscape of Snoqualmie over his career.

During his early years, he remembers a city of 1,200 people; that has now quadrupled due to the expansion of Snoqualmie Ridge.

“When I started there were four of us, counting the chief,” Johnson said. “Now, we have 12.”

Johnson said that he felt police work had unfortunately become too political toward the end of his time on the force.

Johnson is a staple of the Snoqualmie community, and he brings a history with the police department and connection to the community that cannot be easily replaced, Sgt. Chris Todd said.

“Local families know Dave and feel comfortable talking to him,” Todd said. “He knows all the families. He knows all the history. In fact, a lot of oldtimers around here call him ‘Snoqualmie Dave.’”

Johnson said he will miss the community and people he works with most when he retires, but he looks forward to time to fish, hunt and visit family.

During his time on the force, he said he has learned “to enjoy life to the fullest, because it’s a pretty fragile thing.”

Kelly Humphreys is a student in the University of Washington Department of Communication News Laboratory.

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Snoqualmie attorney Matt Baker works to earn his clients’ trust

Ridge Fitness has a challenge for the community. Are you ready to create healthier lifestyles for yourself and your family?

If so, the 12 Week Fitness Challenge is for you!

Inspired by cycle instructor ‘Larry the Loser,’ the Ridge Fitness staff started challenges to inspire members and the event has now blossomed communitywide. Dec. 15 marked the end of the fourth event with 96 participants losing more than 425 pounds!

Ridge Fitness finds that most people have a goal to lose weight and change their habits but need motivation and accountability. The toughest part is getting started.

Charissa Wakeford won the most recent challenge with 19 pounds lost, reducing her body fat by 9.3%. What inspired her?

“I wasn’t the wife and mom I wanted to be,” said Charissa. “I wanted to lose weight but was given a list a mile long of all the exercises I couldn't do by various doctors. Frustrated, the Ridge Fitness Biggest Loser Contest was just what I needed. Motivation, direction and instruction.”

Charissa will be the Challenge Leader this winter to help motivate others.

Dahrl Edwards lost 31 pounds and over 5% body fat.

“Fad diets or starvation diets will get short term change and not lifelong results. Slow and consistent changes that you can live with for the rest of your life are the key,” said Dahrl.

The 12 Week Fitness Challenge not only encourages weight loss, but muscle gain. Biggest Muscle Gainer was Kristine LeRoss. She gained over 4 pounds of

For many, calling a lawyer is a last resort. The perception of hiring legal help is that it will be absurdly expensive and you’re never sure exactly what the attorney is doing.

Snoqualmie resident and lawyer Matt Baker strives to overcome those stereotypes.

“Being a lawyer is about understanding your clients’ goals, and proactively guiding them through the complex judicial systems to cost-effectively achieve those goals,” said Matt. “I believe it is invaluable for me to understand what clients envision as a positive outcome.”

Matt says the lack of responsiveness is the number one complaint about lawyers. Matt answers his own phone and returns missed calls or emails within hours. In addition, Matt is happy to come to his clients, frequently meeting them at a coffee shop, their place of business or even their home — at a time convenient for the clients.

Matt also tries to take the mystery out of the financial side of the law, often completing work for clients on a flat-fee basis to help alleviate the anxiety over the uncertain cost of legal services.

Matt gets high marks from his clients for his clarity and service.

“You restored my faith in lawyers, and I appreciated everything you did,” writes David R. John M says of Matt’s work, “you demystified what it means to be a lawyer.”

Matt is a partner in the Snoqualmie firm of Joner, Lindberg and Baker. After graduating from the University of Washington Business School and School

Challenge winners, from left, Sandy McCartney, Charissa Wakeford, Dave Radenmacher, Jeff Jones, Kristine LeRoss, Lori Riffe, Seth Meisel, Kristin Bero, Darhl Edwards and Heidi Keele. lean body mass. She had been discouraged with a small weight drop, but can now see the results after adding the workout component.

There are many benefits, says Fitness Director Sean Higuchi.

“The whole community is aware of the Challenge, so everyone is supportive. You can even go to local restaurants knowing they have healthy options on the menu,” said Sean.

At Ridge Fitness, the goal is accomplished when the staff gets emails like this one from Dahrl.

“Thanks for helping to make a difference in my life...looking forward to the next one.”

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Matt Baker of Law, Matt spent several years as a corporate attorney with the Seattle-based firm Perkins Coie.

When Matt isn’t helping his clients, he enjoys life in the Valley with his wife Stefanie and his bird-dog Whiskey. Every Wednesday at the crack of dawn, he climbs or snowshoes a nearby peak with two friends, getting ready for a winter ascent of Mt. Rainier.

Matt also runs and bikes, and volunteers on the Tour de Peaks committee for the Chamber of Commerce. His sense of community carries to his law practice.

“I am always working to build the trust of my clients,” says Matt. “My goal is to provide the same exceptional legal skill clients expect from a downtown firm, while providing accessibility, customer service and affordability no downtown firm can touch.”

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Family-friendly atmosphere in Happy homeowners recommend Snoqualmie Ridge fuels growth of Mormon church Cascade Valley Mortgage Nothing speaks as highly for a business as happy clients, and Cascade Valley Mortgage has many.

“Clallam Title said that you were the best they have dealt with for organization, detail, thoroughness and timeliness,” wrote new homeowners Jim & Valarie B. “Your expertise at getting the job done is well above what has become the norm.”

The eight staff members at Cascade Valley Mortgage include Mick & Michelle Daly, Jeff Rafuse, Doug Taylor, Steve Helm, Paula Davis, Alicen Potucek and Ron Cornwall; they have over 70 years of combined experience in the mortgage industry. That experience, plus an unsurpassed level of customer service, makes Cascade Valley Mortgage unique when compared to their competitors.

“By specializing in mortgages only — and not in other financial products — we spend 100 percent of their time concentrating on their customers’ needs,” said Mick.

Cascade Valley Mortgage does offer an extensive array of mortgages, including Conventional, Jumbo, FHA, VA and USDA financing, as well as home equity products.

“We have made it through a very difficult time in the mortgage industry due to our integrity and service. While many other businesses have exited the industry, we have grown stronger,” said Michelle Daly, the marketing and compliance manager at Cascade Valley Mortgage.

Their commitment to helping clients with a home purchase or refinance transaction — usually the biggest investment of their life — does not go unnoticed.

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For the Children of the World provides health respite and rest for these children by providing some basic medical and dental care, and a chance to replenish their system with a clean environment and healthy food. Time spent away from the radiation allows their bodies to flush out contaminants, so their immune system can rebuild and fight the effects when they return home.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints is expanding its facilities in Snoqualmie Valley to accommodate its growing congregations. The church has begun the design phase for a new building on land it purchased in August on Snoqualmie Ridge.

The new building, which is expected to be finished in late 2012 or early 2013, will house the church’s growing Snoqualmie Falls Ward. Its more than 350 members currently worship in Issaquah.

“They’re ecstatic about it,” said Robert Johnson, president of the Bellevue South Stake, to which Snoqualmie Falls Ward belongs.

The upper Valley is home to two other wards — the Mount Si and North Bend wards. These two congregations attend services at the church’s building in North Bend.

The new building isn’t just about convenience, though.

“I hope it’s a wonderful thing for the community, as well,” Johnson said.

The new building’s future site is in an area slated for future development north of Eagle Pointe. A gravel road leads past the site.

“They’ve assured us the road will be put in by the time the building is finished,” he said.

The Ridge’s development has fueled the Mormon church’s growth in the Valley.

“We knew automatically when the Ridge got developed there would be the need for a new ward,” said Annette Bowen, the church’s public affairs manager for Western Washington.

The Snoqualmie Falls Ward was created in 2007.

Some of the ward’s members were

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new to the church, but many have relocated from other areas.

Many of the ward’s young families have relocated to the area because of its affordable housing, Johnson said.

“The Snoqualmie Ridge area is a very desirable area for families with young membership,” Johnson said. “For our membership, family is very important to us, so we’ve had a lot of folks move in up in that area.”

There are more than 100 children in the Snoqualmie Falls Ward, according to Johnson.

Not long before the Snoqualmie Falls Ward was created, the Bellevue South Stake had been approaching 5,000 members and had been reorganized. It now has about 3,500 members and runs along Interstate 90 from Mercer Island to Snoqualmie Pass.

“I believe within a few years, we will have to split the Snoqualmie Falls Ward,” Johnson said.

The Snoqualmie Falls Ward covers the area from Snoqualmie Ridge Parkway to Fall City. The Mount Si Ward runs from the parkway to the northern half of North Bend.

The North Bend Ward covers the area from the southern half of the city to the pass.

The church hasn’t decided whether the Mount Si Ward will use the new building or continue to worship in North Bend, he said.

But the new building is not just for the church’s members; it is for the community, as well, Johnson said. “If we fail to bless the community as well as blessing the lives of our members, then we’ve failed.”

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

The state Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation seeks notable people, organizations and projects for the 21st Annual Awards for Outstanding Achievements in Historic Preservation.

The agency recognizes recipients during a ceremony in May — National Historic Preservation Month.

Participants can nominate people, organizations and projects in one of the following categories: historic preservation planning, historic property rehabilitation projects, career achievement, public education, stewardship, special achievement and media.

Nominations must be postmarked or submitted to the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation by 5 p.m. March 4.

Find the nomination form at the agency website, www.dahp.wa.gov. Or, contact Russell Holter at 360-586-3533 or russell.holter@dahp.wa.gov to learn more.

The awards ceremony — sponsored by the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation — is May 3. The event takes place at the Capitol.

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Valley women get their shimmy on at area belly-dancing class

By Sebastian Moraga

IF YOU GO

It’s dark and damp in Snoqualmie this Thursday night.

So what’s 81-year-old Gerry Gunther doing to kill the time this winter evening?

Curling up with a good book, baking a pie, knitting, crocheting or maybe turning in for an early bedtime? Nah. She’s belly dancing at Si View Community Center, decked in purple from head to toe.

“She’s my inspiration,” said Laurie Clark, of North Bend, a fellow belly dancer, but some calendars younger.

Tonight, Gunther’s cohorts number only three, plus instructor Carla Orellana. Sometimes there’s more. Tonight, though, four is plenty.

They all said the octogenarian Gunther inspires them. And they all said the experience goes far beyond the music.

“This is huge for me,” Clark said. “I’m painfully shy, so to free myself like this, it’s huge.”

Lora Holt, of Fall City, agrees.

“I’m way out of my element here,” she said. “But I want to age gracefully and I want to

Belly Dance Classes 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursdays, until April 28 Except Feb. 24 and April 7 Si View Community Center 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend Drop-in fee: $13 Northwest Alternative Hafla 7-10 p.m. Feb. 5 Valley Center Stage 119 1/2 North Bend Way, North Bend $7 donation suggested work on my posture.”

The women begin with a yoga warm-up before they start working on their moves. By the time the workout is over, they’re all pumped, with beads of sweat worthy of the fanciest gymnasium.

For the lesson, the women don garments in lively colors with clinky jewelry hanging from necks, waists and arms — all proper of a true-blue (or

By Sebastian Moraga

Carla Orellana, aka Aleili, leads her belly-dancing class in the community center at Si View Park.

See DANCING, Page 13

SnoValley Writes creates book, looks to the future

By Sebastian Moraga The list of achievements grows for SnoValley Writes.

Born two years ago, this group of writers from the Valley has brought scribes from as far as Tacoma and Ellensburg to share and improve their craft.

Writing is a solitary art, but it doesn’t have to be, group founder Casondra Brewster said.

“One of the impetuses for this group was to have a steady group of writers together,” she said. “If you have no feedback, you can’t grow.”

Getting writers out of their homes and out in the open has been but one of the milestones of SnoValley Writes. Two anthologies have been published since the group started in 2008.

The first one had good content but an amateurish look, which made it more difficult getting people interested in the group, Brewster said.

The second edition, published in October, had a more polished look. It sold out all 26 issues of its limited first run and a second edition is on its way.

“This was real,” Brewster said.

“We made a real effort to make

it look professional.”

The anthology’s sleek look affected both writers and their hardest critics.

“This was the first time my husband thought of me as a writer,” said Sheri Kennedy, a member of the group, whose writings appear in the second anthology.

Group member Linda Garcia said being in the group has helped her get published.

“A lot of people say, ‘If it wasn’t for the group, I would’ve never gotten personalized responses from an agent,’” Brewster said.

Of course, getting published is part of it. A greater goal is turning this group into a training and breeding ground for playwrights, poets and novelists.

Another milestone was November’s “National NovelWriting Month,” where SnoValley Writes published more works and raised more money per capita than a similar, larger group in Seattle.

One last milestone was a call for writers that yielded a shock.

A writer from the University of Ohio wanted to compile writings about fear. When one SnoValley Writes member told the group she had been chosen out of a national

By Sebastian Moraga

Casondra Brewster (left) and Sheri Kennedy (middle) display the two anthologies from SnoValley Writes, the writing group/workshop Brewster started in 2008. The latest anthology, held by group member Linda Garcia, was published last fall. pool of writers, she found out that four more also had.

“It’s amazing that so many in our group were chosen,” Garcia said.

Next for the group is earning its federal 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, and growing its fundraisers so it allows it to afford schol-

arships, conferences and classes.

“We want to be able to write grants so we can do more projects, and reach out into the community,” Kennedy said.

They also want to keep issuing anthologies, the sharper looking the better. Brewster said she doesn’t worry that the Kindle or the

iPad might nudge the paperback out of the picture anytime soon.

“You can’t take a Kindle to the bathtub or an iPad to the beach,” she said.

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

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JANUARY 27, 2011 dren and great-grandchildren.

Obituaries

Bud Rhynalds

Nels Eno Haave Nels Eno Haave, of Roslyn and a former longtime resident of North Bend, died Jan. 9, 2011, in Roslyn. He was 77.

A memoriNels Haave al service was Jan. 22 at New Life Christian Church, North Bend.

Nels was born Feb. 17, 1933, in Albion, NE, to Grace and Clarence Haave.

Nels married Betty in North Bend in 1970.

He worked in the logging industry for 60 years.

He is survived by his wife Betty Haave; sons Nels Haave Jr., Cliff Haave, Daniel Haave, David Haave, Troy Haave, Steve Bratton, Brian Bratton and Doug Bratton; daughters Deborah Haave, Patty Turner, Terri James, Terri McGill and Robyn Kingcade; and many grandchil-

Bud Rhynalds, of North Bend, died Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011, as he worked to clear the road from a fallen tree in Carnation. He was 65.

Bud Rhynalds A celebration of life was Jan. 23 at Snoqualmie Valley Alliance Church, Fall City. Visitation was Jan. 20-21 at Flintoft’s Funeral Home, Issaquah. A committal service was Jan. 21 at Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent.

Bud was born June 11, 1945, in Snoqualmie, the son of William and Melba Rhynalds.

He attended Snoqualmie schools, graduating from Mount Si High School in 1963.

Following high school, Bud joined the National Guard, where he served his country honorably for 29 years.

On June 11, 1988, Bud mar-

Dancing From Page 12 green, or red or bright purple) belly dancer.

“That’s why we do this,” said Pat Warner, of Snoqualmie, decked out in green, “so we can wear all this bling.”

Clark is a seamstress, so she makes her own outfits. That’s only half the fun.

“Donning it is a different story,” she said. “I can put this mask on and be this gypsy.”

Wearing the bling wasn’t always great. They all described their first performance in public as terrifying.

Another side of that, Clark

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In 1994, Bud retired from the Washington National Guard and began a new career with the Washington Department of Transportation. He worked on a road maintenance crew out of Preston.

An avid hunter and fisherman, Bud also enjoyed shopping, garage sales and keeping busy.

He also enjoyed spending time with his friends and family, especially his grandchildren.

Bud’s family remembers him as the most caring, compassionate, loving and fun person that you could know.

Survivors include his wife Betty Rhynalds, of North Bend; son Darin Rhynalds, of North Bend; daughter Aimee (Jerry) Sherrill, of North Bend; siblings Mick Rhynalds, Greg Rhynalds, Randy Rhynalds, Vicki Prien, Paula Corner, Candy Smith, Dixie Hoffart and Sheila Simpson; three grandchildren; and numerous nieces and

Rose Marie McClain (Vance), of Snoqualmie, died at Overlake Hospital in Bellevue on Thursday, Dec. 30, Rose McClain 2010. She was 73.

A celebration of life will be at 2 p.m. Feb. 5 at New Life Christian Center, 44027 S.E. Tanner Road, Suite A, North Bend. Please R.S.V.P, as seating is limited.

Rose was born April 14, 1937, at Snoqualmie Falls Hospital, the daughter of Delbert and Rose L. McClain (Martinell).

She spent her younger years in Wenatchee and graduated

said, was performing at parades in town, shaking and snaking their bodies before people they would see the following Sunday at church.

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North Bend’s Rick Hartman helps students toy with science

By Ari Cetron Zach Colburn didn’t realize he was learning how to put into practice the principles of physics when he started spinning a spool and a rubber band.

Sure, he’d heard terms like potential and kinetic energy thrown around, but he was more interested in the trick he could make his new toy do.

“Mine’s cool because it goes up like this and then it flips up,” he said as he demonstrated the latest way the simple toy worked.

Zach is a member of Frankie Sylvestal’s second-grade class at Samantha Smith Elementary School in Sammamish. The class had spent about six weeks learning about the principals of balance including force, balance points, counterweights and gravity.

At the end of the unit, she had Rick Hartman, who calls himself “Mr. Toymaker,” come in to give a demonstration of these forces. Sylvestal said she’s had Hartman, of North Bend, come in for the past four or five years to help students cement

By Ari Cetron

Rick Hartman, ‘Mr. Toymaker,’ asks a question of the students. the lessons they’ve learned.

Hartman has a background as a classroom teacher, he said, and put himself through teacher’s

college by making toys.

Once in the classroom, he had to be a jack-of-all-trades, like most teachers. During that

time, he found he could use toymaking to help give demonstrations of concepts the students had learned.

“I found it’s a fantastic motivational experience for kids to apply the lessons in a fun way,” Hartman said. “The idea is to give them a ‘real-world’ application of the science they’ve been studying in school.”

As the students at Samantha Smith were making the toys, Hartman would occasionally blow on a wooden train whistle to summon them to talk about what they were doing. As he explained what they were doing, Hartman talked about kinetic and potential energy, exposing them to terms they will not need to master until later years.

For now, the students were happy to be making toys.

“I like making things,” said Dezi Zercher. “Its fun figuring out how to do stuff.”

Zercher was looking at her “stable man,” a clothespin on a platform she decorated with a rainbow theme. The clothespin had a piece of wire jammed into it and a bolt affixed to the other end. Students would be able to twist the wire around just so, using the nut as a counterSee TOYS Page 15

Kayelynne Grant wins Wildcat Idol contest

By Sebastian Moraga It took 10 minutes. It took 12 months.

For Kayelynne Grant, realizing the dream of winning Wildcat Idol required her to perform three three-minute songs Jan. 21. It also required her to wait a year to erase the memory of last year’s contest.

“I did it last year and I didn’t do very well,” she said. “I didn’t do as well as I wanted, so I said, ‘I’ll work even harder and do better.’”

It paid off. Grant won the eighth annual competitionslash-fundraiser in front of a packed Mount Si High School auditorium.

For this year’s competition, Grant chose songs she knew well, practiced more and worked on feeling more comfortable on stage.

“This year, I had more of a connection with the audience,” she said, adding that having her friends come and cheer helped.

“I told them, ‘You have to come and watch me. You have to come support me,’” she said.

Grant, a senior, said she has always loved to sing, even though her father is the singer

of the family. She has been a part of the school’s choir all four years.

Most of her experience comes from being part of choir, so singing pop tunes on her own was new to her, she said.

Winning the eighth version of the contest was shocking, she said.

She beat two other finalists, Chase Rabideau and Katlin McCauley, who repeated her first-round, crowd-pleasing act of tossing glitter on stage.

“I loved how she could dance around,” Grant said of McCauley. “I loved the sparkles.

That was really fun. And Chase, I love how he can play the guitar. He’s just so talented.”

Rabideau, McCauley and Grant reached the final stage leaving behind six other contestants.

Although initially slated for five finalists, the final round welcomed just three, to the surprise of some of the singers and judges.

On the other hand, Grant said she was told days earlier that there would be only three finalists.

To Grant, music is more than a hobby — it’s a future.

“I do see it as a career. I’m

By Sebastian Moraga

Kayelynne Grant (center) reacts to winning the eighth annual Wildcat Idol Jan. 21 in the Mount Si High School auditorium. not sure what kind of career yet,” she said, adding that she wants to attend Central Washington University because of its music program.

For this year’s show, Grant picked songs by Jessica Andrews, Demi Lovato and the Disney

movie “Hercules.”

“It’s my favorite song of every Disney movie I’ve ever watched,” Grant said of the song “I Won’t Say I’m In Love.” She also called Lovato her favorite artist.

With her high school career winding down, Grant said she

will audition for the All Northwest Choir, which gathers the best performers from this area of the nation to sing together. To Grant, however, the mountaintop has been reached.

“I don’t think it can top Wildcat Idol,” she said.

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Students of all ages go green in North bend

By Sebastian Moraga Big and little boys and girls are thinking outside the box — the juice box, the milk box, you name it.

Students at North Bend Elementary School are learning about recycling at lunchtime with help from students at Two Rivers School.

This is the first year Two Rivers’ teenagers are working with their smaller counterparts from down the street.

The two schools are two blocks apart and the Two Rivers’ students got special permission to help their neighbors, while collecting community service points and science points, Two Rivers student Dustin Erwin said.

“We’ve always done the Green Team, but this is the first year that we’re reaching out,” Erwin said. “It’s going really well.”

Meredith Von Trapp, a teacher at North Bend Elementary and the project’s leader, said the school has been a longtime player in the county’s Green Schools Program.

The grade-schoolers youth has not been an obstacle, Von Trapp said.

“They love it,” she said.

The older grade schoolers at North Bend Elementary have

been recycling at home, so it’s second nature to them, she said.

“They were wondering, ‘Why aren’t we recycling these things?’” Von Trapp said.

The Two Rivers students said they thought elementary school students would slowly catch on, making a mess in the process.

Instead, it’s been quick and clean, with students learning what box goes where within a few days.

The fact that these are all Valley children plays a big role, Von Trapp said.

“There’s already an appreciation for our community,” she said. “So you can tell they’ve already talked about recycling at home.”

Along one wall of the lunchroom at North Bend Elementary, the teenagers stood behind different containers, one for milk boxes, another for Capri Sun juice containers, another one for garbage and a last one for dumping leftover drinks.

In between, the grade schoolers banter with the teenagers as they learn where to put which container.

“They try really hard to get our attention,” Erwin said.

At first, they walked about looking shy, Erwin added, but by the second day, they were asking for high-fives. On this

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members,” she said.

In the future, Von Trapp said she would like to find ways to generate money for the green teams.

“I’d like to have money to buy reusable dishes and cups,” she said, so that when students throw classroom parties, there’s not so much waste.

Asked whether the students could just stop partying instead, she smiled and said, “That’s not an option. Gotta have parties.”

weight, to find different ways to make the clothespin hang over the edge but balance.

“If you tip the top sideways, it wouldn’t balance,” Dezi said.

Hartman showed the students a couple of ways and challenged them to find others. Dezi said she’d found seven.

For a second experiment, students twisted a rubber band that was inserted into a hole in the center of a spool. When the students let go, the rubber band untwisted, acting as an engine and sending the spool skittering across the floor.

Andrew Wolf was on his second rubber band — he’d twisted the first so much that it snapped — when he found ways to make it jump.

“It’s pretty cool how it just rolls,” Andrew said.

During a final discussion, students brought up games and toys they’d heard of that are based on the same principal, but the plastic, store-bought toys would likely cost more than the clothespin-and-nut contraption they’d just built.

“There’s something neat about making your own balancing toys,” Hartman said.

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Dustin Erwin (left) talks to a student at North Bend Elementary School about recycling.

January day, Miriah Spires, the only girl out of the four teenagers, gets the younger boys’ special attention.

On other days, just being a little older will do.

Kindergartners follow the example of second- and thirdgraders, Von Trapp said.

“The plan is to have students monitoring each other,” she said.

And if you’re a lot older, well, you’ll fit right in.

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Mount Si girls’ team relying on veteran hands

By Sebastian Moraga As onetime east Texas basketball standout Molly Ivins once said, you got to dance with them that brung ya.

In the case of Mount Si High School’s girls basketball team, them that brung ya to a stout 11-4 record as of Jan. 20 are five seniors who have played together since the fifth grade.

“We know how to communicate,” senior Stevie Riley said. “We know how each other works.”

The game against Interlake Jan. 19 stood as yet another example of how the team relies on its veteran core.

The ranch caught on fire early, with Interlake jumping to an 14-8 lead and an irate Wildcat coach Megan Botulinski’s face as red as some suspected Ivins’ to be.

When the first quarter ended, Botulinski went to an all-senior lineup, with Riley, Haley Chase, Jori Braun, Kassidy Maddux and Hailey Eddings.

Suddenly, the Wildcats were showing muscle and hustle, tightening up on defense and shrinking the lead down to two points.

“We know when it’s time to push hard,” Riley said.

Then, the seniors took a seat and the Saints regained control, marching in to a 26-14 lead.

Not surprisingly, when the third quarter began, all five

Wildcat seniors were back on court.

Within minutes, the Wildcats had shorn the Saints’ 12-point halftime to four. That’s when Eddings collected her third foul and Shelby Peerboom took her place.

A Chase free throw shrunk the lead to three and then the younger Wildcat stole the ball, drew the foul and sank two free throws to reduce the Saint lead to one point.

“They inspire you,” Peerboom said of the seniors. “I want to live up to them. I really want to prove myself so they know that they can trust me.”

Riley said the juniors like Peerboom will have to step up next year, to which Peerboom said no problem.

“Everybody is ready,” she said.

Botulinski agreed.

“They’ll be able to step up to the challenge,” she said. “They just need more experience.”

Ahead by one point, the Saints escaped from the ropes with two quick scores. With Interlake ahead by five, another young Wildcat, junior Alex Welsh, responded with a sweet skyhook and then two free throws to trip the Saints’ resurgence.

Then, with 1:31 left in the third, Riley nailed a layup to give the Wildcats the first lead of the game, 32-31, capping an

By Greg Farrar

Mount Si High School seniors on the girls varsity basketball team are (from left) Stevie Riley, Haley Chase, Kassidy Maddux, Jori Braun and Hailey Eddings. astounding 18-5 third-quarter run.

She repeated the trick late in the fourth quarter, her layup giving the Wildcats a 43-42 lead.

With the game tied at 44 and 1:33 left in the game, Botulinski went to her veterans again, planting four seniors plus Peerboom on the court.

Interlake would not score again, while on the other end of the court the seniors took

charge.

Eddings scored off of a Braun assist and then nailed two free throws to ice the win, which came on a night when the game’s leading scorer played with a cold.

“We have always had the communication down really well,” said Riley, who scored 14 points. “We have always been able to work well together.”

With the last games of their

last season approaching, the seniors want to leave Meadowbrook Way behind on a high note, Botulinski said, so they put in the hours.

“They lead by example,” she said. “The younger players see them working hard and it motivates them to work hard.”

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Grapplers battle in Renton

By Sebastian Moraga

By Greg Farrar

Shane Dixon, Mount Si High School senior, pins Liberty junior Jacob Tierney to the mat in the second period of their 171-pound bout Jan. 20 at Mount Si.

The varsity wrestling squad of Mount Si High School had a tough trip south Jan. 22, when it showed up at the Renton Invitational with a depleted contingent.

“We had to pull five varsity guys from the lineup due to injury and illness,” head coach Tony Schlotfeldt wrote in an e-mail.

Nevertheless, some wrestlers managed to shine, like Josh Mitchell, who finished first at 285 pounds, and Brian Copeland, who finished two spots behind Mitchell.

Mitch Rorem finished fifth at 215.

At 171 pounds, Shane Dixon finished first while AJ Brevick finished fourth at 160 pounds.

Injuries played a big role at 189 pounds, where John Farmer finished sixth, but had two matches cut short due to injury defaults. It was the same for Bruce Stuart at 140 pounds.

The team finished eighth overall.

“Not what we wanted,” Schlotfeldt said.

Earlier in the week, the team had

an easier time against Liberty, defeating the Patriots at home, 54-22.

“Mount Si was tough on us,” Liberty head coach Manny Brown said.

Mount Si’s Ryley Absher pinned Neil Chakravarty in the first round of their 103-pound matchup. Tanner Stahl pinned the Patriots’ Michael Shaw in the third. Tye Rodne defeated Liberty’s 130-pounder Tyler Le, 5-1.

Stuart pinned Liberty’s Casey Smith in the first at 145, Dixon pinned Jacob Tierney in the second at 171, John Farmer pinned Noel Brandon in the first round at 189, and Rorem defeated Luke Oman 3-2 at 215 pounds.

Liberty forfeited matches at 285, 140, 135 and 125 pounds. The Patriots prevailed at 112, 152 and 160 pounds.

Next up for the Wildcats was a make-up date against Lake Washington Jan. 26 and a double meet against Issaquah and Mercer Island Jan. 27, both after the Star’s deadline. Then, the post-season starts with the league tournament Feb. 5.

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Scoreboard Prep boys basketball 3A/2A KingCo Conference League Season W-L W-L Bellevue 8-1 11-4 Mercer Island 6-3 11-4 Sammamish 6-3 11-4 Lake Washington 6-3 10-5 Mount Si 6-4 8-8 Liberty 2-7 4-10 Juanita 2-7 3-13 Interlake 1-9 2-14 Jan. 17 Game Mount Si 72, Liberty 50 Chief Sealth 60, Bellevue 58 Jan. 18 Games Lake Washington 85, Juanita 57 Bellevue 73, Liberty 50 Sammamish 52, Mercer Island 47 Mount Si 67, Interlake 44 Jan. 19 Game Interlake 62, Juanita 53 Jan. 20 Games Liberty 51, Juanita 41 Bellevue 69, Mercer Island 58 Mount Si 58, Lake Washington 55 Sammamish 67, Interlake 55 Jan. 26 Game Bellevue at Sammamish Jan. 28 Games Mount Si at Sammamish Interlake at Liberty Lake Washington at Bellevue Mercer Island at Juanita MOUNT SI 72, LIBERTY 50 Mount Si 18 14 19 21 - 72 Liberty 3 14 16 17 - 50 Mount Si - Dallas Smith 20, Trent Riley 17, Anthony McLaughlin 9, Alec Deichman 7, Mason Bragg 6, Wes Hill 4, Tyler McCreadie 4, Levi Botten 2, Joe Farmer 2, Luke Williams 1.

Liberty - Chandler Jenkins 19, Jake

Bainton 12, Robbie Thomas 7, Tynan Gilmore 6, Ben Wessel 2, Jordan West 2, BJ Demps 1, Zach Good 0, Kiel York 0.

MOUNT SI 67, INTERLAKE 44 Mount Si 18 24 14 11 - 67 Interlake 11 14 8 11 - 44 Mount Si - Dallas Smith 22, Trent Riley 12, Tyler McCreadie 7, Wes Hill 2, Joe Farmer 5, Alec Deichman 4, Griffin McClain 4, Levi Botten 2, Anthony McLaughlin 4, Luke Williams 2, Joe Williams 2, Mason Bragg 1.

Interlake - Austin Strother 8, Colton Faber 7, Eric Ritter 7, Sam Finfer 5, Mo Bah 4, Dexter Barcus-Glover 4, Nick Roth 4, Taylor Hallock 2, Anel Kovac 2, Sam Shank 1, Marco Simpliciano 0.

MOUNT SI 58, LAKE WASHINGTON 55 Lake Washington 8 13 20 14 - 55 Mount Si 15 16 14 13 - 58 Lake Washington - Kramer Taylor 16, Guy Lynott 15, Matt Staudacher 10, Robert Reyes 9, Mike Hanson 3, Cody Bernstein 2, Tate Coddington 0, Drew Doane 0.

Mount Si - Trent Riley 19, Anthony McLaughlin 18, Mason Bragg 9, Wes Hill 2, Alec Deichman 3, Dallas Smith 3, Levi Botten 2, Tyler McCreadie 2.

Prep girls basketball 3A/2A KingCo Conference League Season W-L W-L Juanita 10-0 14-2 Mount Si 8-2 12-4 Liberty 7-3 11-5 Lake Washington 6-4 11-5 Mercer Island 5-5 9-8 Interlake 2-8 6-10 Bellevue 2-8 4-12 Sammamish 0-10 3-11

Jan. 19 Games Liberty 49, Bellevue 43 Juanita 49, Lake Washington 42 Mount Si 48, Interlake 44 Mercer Island 64, Sammamish 35 Jan. 21 Games Juanita 58, Liberty 41 Mercer Island 51, Bellevue 31 Mount Si 58, Lake Washington 43 Interlake 58, Sammamish 25 Jan. 26 Games Mercer Island at Liberty Sammamish at Lake Washington Mount Si at Juanita Jan. 28 Games Mount Si at Sammamish Interlake at Liberty Lake Washington at Bellevue Mercer Island at Juanita Feb. 1 Games Interlake at Mercer Island Mount Si at Bellevue Lake Washington at Liberty Sammamish at Juanita MOUNT SI 58, LAKE WASHINGTON 43 Lake Washington 11 11 5 16 - 43 Mount Si 19 6 13 20 - 58 Lake Washington - Melissa Wilson 13, Whitney Dunlap 12, Hunter Hopkins 6, Jessica Washington 5, Cassie Lively 4, Peyton Wozeniak 2, Sarah Wilson 0.

Mount Si - Hailey Eddings 24, Jori Braun 9, Jordan Riley 6, Molly Sellers 5, Haley Chase 4, Kassidy Maddux 4, Shelby Peerboom 4, Alex Walsh 0, Katy Lindor 0.

PAGE 17 Braun 3, Haley Chase 2, Katy Lindor 0, Molly Sellers 0, Katie Swain 0.

Prep wrestling 3A/2A KingCo Conference Jan. 20 Match MOUNT SI 54, LIBERTY 22 103: Ryley Absher (MS) p. Neil Chakravarty, 1:06. 112: Austin Sivret (L) p. William Beach, 1:10. 119: Tanner Stahl (MS) p. Michael Shaw, 5:25. 125: Nate Sjoholm (L) won by forfeit. 130: Tye Rodne (MS) d. Tyler Le, 5-1. 135: Aaron Peterson (MS) won by forfeit. 140: Jake Lydon (MS) won by forfeit. 145: Bryce Stuart (MS) p. Casey Smith, 1:33. 152: Hamilton Noel (L) p. Max Kenagy, 3:15. 160: Jay Chakravarty (L) maj. dec. AJ Brevick, 11-3. 171: Shane Dixon (MS) p. Jacob Tierney, 3:03.

189: John Farmer (MS) p. Noel Brandon, 1:26. 215: Mitch Rorem (MS) d. Luke Oman, 3-2. 285: Joshua Mitchell (MS) won by forfeit.

Prep gymnastics 3A/2A KingCo Conference Jan. 13 Meet OLYMPIA 154.05, MOUNT SI 152.5,

SAMMAMISH 132.85, LAKE WASHINGTON 128.5.

All-around: 1. Hannah Richmond (MS) 32.5; 4. Kennedy Richmond (MS) 31.05. Floor exercise: 1. K. Richmond (MS) 9.5; 4 (tie). H. Richmond (MS) 9.0; 7. Brooke Bonner (MS) 8.4. Vault: 1. Carissa Castagno (MS) 8.4; 9. Bonner (MS) 7.75. Uneven parallel bars: 1 (tie).

H. Richmond (MS) 7.1; 7. Katy Crowley (MS) 5.9.

Youth basketball Eastside Traveling League Sixth Grade Boys Standings Bothell 8-0 Woodinville 5-0 Mount Si 7-1 Bellevue 5-2 Skyline 4-2 Eastside Catholic 5-3 Juanita 3-2 Redmond 3-4 Mercer Island 2-3 Eastlake 2-4 Inglemoor 2-4 Issaquah 1-5 Lake Washington 0-5 Sammamish 0-5 Newport 0-7

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Speech Pathologist: Full Time opportunity for a Speech Pathologist- Responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating Speech Therapy services for patients in concert with the total care plan. The Speech Pathologist directs other team members, patients, families in procedures designed to improve patient’s communicative, cognition, and swallow abilities. Qualified applicant will have a Master’s degree in Speech Pathology. One year of experience diagnosing and treating neurogenic problems is preferred.

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Full Time Medical Assistant-Float Position: Opening in our Clinic System, the Medical Assistant performs direct and indirect patient care. Assists provider with patient care and follow up. Interviews patients and assist them in preparing for exam or treatment. Takes patient information as directed by physician; sets up and assists provider with routine and special procedures and exams. Checks, restocks, orders supplies and maintains inventory records. Able to handle all front desk receptionist duties when receptionist is unavailable. This position will float between providers where needed throughout our clinic system.

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Clinical Nurse Manager - Emergency Department Full-time opening, the Clinical Nurse Manager reports to the Operations Director for ED and Inpatient Services and is a resource for clinical staff (RN, LPN, ER Tech) day to day needs based on acuity, patient mix and infection control protocols; provides leadership in team building, skills and competency evaluation of staff and customer service; participates in quality initiatives; provides interdepartmental coordination of resources necessary to support patient needs. Qualified candidates will have at least 3 years emergency nursing experience with progressive responsibility, have a current RN license from the state; current BLS, PALS, ACLS certification and TNCC preferred; excellent communication skills, and the ability to work in a fast paced environment.

Senior Wellness Clinic RN - Part Time Opening with our Senior Care Program to conduct wellness clinics at three community senior centers to coach and motivate senior enrollees to set healthy lifestyle goals for themselves and promote better self-management of chronic health conditions. In addition, model and/or instruct positive ways for enrollees to communicate their health care needs and concerns to their primary care providers. RN will coordinate clinics with senior center managers. Qualified candidates will have at least 5 years clinical nursing experience, have a current RN license from the state and the ability to work independently with outside facilities. Previous geriatric experience a plus.

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Public meetings ❑ North Bend Economic Development Commission, 8 a.m. Feb. 17, 126 E. Fourth St. ❑ Snoqualmie City Council, 7 p.m. Feb. 14, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ Snoqualmie Community and Economic Affairs Committee, 5 p.m. Feb. 15, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ North Bend City Council workshop, 7 p.m. Feb. 22, 211 Main Ave. N. ❑ North Bend Parks Commission, 6 p.m. Feb. 23, 126 E. Fourth St. ❑ Snoqualmie Finance and Administration Committee, 5 p.m., Feb. 8, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ North Bend Planning Commission, 7 p.m. Jan. 27, Feb. 10, 211 Main Ave. N.

Events ❑ Travis Ranney Duo, 7 p.m.

Jan. 27, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend. Ranney brings his smooth and melodic style to Boxley’s for an evening of intimate sax melodies. ❑ Take Shape for Life program presentation, 7-8 p.m. Jan. 27 at Si View Community Center, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend. Lose two to five pounds a week through a physician-led and clinically proven program. Take a health evaluation at www.drwayneandersen.com/quiz/ draa1.php and bring your results. ❑ Bryant Urban’s Blue Oasis, 7 p.m. Jan. 28, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend.

Bryant Urban is a guitarist and vocalist with smooth Brazilian rhythms and lyrics, with Chris Symer on bass and Jose Martinez on drums. ❑ North Bend Elementary School Book Fair, Jan. 28 to Feb. 3, 400 E. Third St. ❑ Teen hockey trip, 5:30-10 p.m. Jan. 29. Si View invites teenagers to the Thunderbirds’ hockey match. Staff will drive participants once the $45 fee for a ticket and snack is paid. Call 8311900 or go to www.siviewpark.org. ❑ Paper Crafts, with your photos, 10-11:30 a.m. Jan. 29, Si View Community Center, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend. For $15, participants can make scrapbooks. Supplies included. Call 8311900 or go to www.siviewpark.org. ❑ Learn to Hoop Dance, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Jan. 29 at Si View Community Center. For $12, participants can learn the core moves of hoop dance. Call 831-1900 or go to www.siviewpark.org. ❑ Tracy Knoop and Bill Ramsay CD release party, 7 p.m. Jan. 29, Boxley’s, 101 W. 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. ❑ Afternoon Preschool Story Times, 1:30 p.m. Jan. 31,

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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 service of the King County Library System. Call 369-3312.

Classes

By Sebastian Moraga

Carla Orellana, left, teaches belly dancing at Si View Metro Park’s community center, while students Gerry Gunther and Pat Warner mimic her moves. Classes are at 6:30 p.m. every Thursday until April 28, except for Feb. 24 and April 4, at the community center, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend. Orellana, who goes by the artistic name of Aleili, said classes are for women of all ages and sizes.

❑ S.A.I.L. (Stay Active and Independent for Life) exercise class meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Mount Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend. Led by certified exercise instructor Carla Orellana. Call 888-3434.

Clubs Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E. Ages 3-6 accompanied by an adult. ❑ Seventh annual SnoValley Idol Junior Auditions, noon to 3 p.m. Feb. 12 at Si View Community Center, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend.

Singers must be 14 or younger as of April 1. Pre-register for $5 by calling 831-1900 or going to www.siviewpark.org. SnoValley Idol Junior Finals are from 6-8 p.m. April 1. The winner of the contest receives a $50 gift card donated by North Bend Premium Outlets and invitations to perform at the North Bend Block Party and Si View Holiday Bazaar.

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. to 2 p.m. Call BJ Libby at 206-8595705 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. 29 at Tollgate Park in North Bend.

No experience required. Fulland half-day shifts available. Get dates and information at www.mtsgreenway.org/volunteer, or call 206-812-0122 or e-mail 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. E-mail 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 carolw@snoqualmiehospital.org to arrange an interview. ❑ Spanish Academy invites volunteers fluent in Spanish to participate in summer camps on its 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.

Call 206-748-7588 or 800-2825815 toll free, or e-mail melissat@seniorservices.org. Apply online at www.seniorservices.org.

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 16. Go to www.hopelink.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 are required. Call

❑ Sno-Valley Beekeepers meets 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 U.S. Forest Service conference room at 130 Thrasher Ave., behind the visitors’ center on North Bend Way. Interagency committee meetings are at 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 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, Mount Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend, 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

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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 the month for a potluck and open mic with local musicians. The potluck starts at 6 p.m. with the music from 7 p.m. to midnight. Open to all people/ages, 12912 432nd Ave. S.E., North Bend. Go to 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. Go to www.snoqualmievalleyrotary.org. ❑ American Legion Post 79 and the American Legion Auxiliary meet at 6 p.m. the second Thursday at 38625 S.E. River St., Snoqualmie. Call 888-1206. ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Garden Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Thursday at the Mount Si Senior Center, North Bend. Call 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. at 108 Railroad Ave. Call 888-1129. ❑ A cancer survivor group meets at 9 a.m. the second Saturday at Sawdust Coffee in the North Bend Factory Stores mall.

E-mail 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 888-5779. ❑ Moms Club of North Bend meets at 10 a.m. the first Wednesday of the month at the North Bend Library. Children are welcome. Go to www.momsclub.org.

Submit an item for the community calendar by e-mailing editor@snovalleystar.com or go to www.snovalleystar.com.

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