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Understanding, dialogue sought at Muslim outreach

BY STUART MILLER

smiller@snovalleystar.com

The morning after an executive order issued by President Donald Trump severely restricted immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries, hundreds of Snoqualmie Valley residents gathered at a local elementary school to meet and learn about their Muslim neighbors.

More than 250 people attended the Meet Your Muslim Neighbor event Jan. 28 at Timber Ridge Elementary in Snoqualmie.

Hosted by the Snoqualmie Mosque, the event was a successor to last year’s popular Muslim Open House at City Hall.

“The main purpose is to get to know each other,” said Munawara Moosa, a Snoqualmie resident who helped organize the event.

For about 90 minutes, a succession of speakers took the microphone to educate

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Imam Fazal Hassan of the Islamic Center of Eastside speaks to more than 250 audience members Jan. 28 at Timber Ridge Elementary during the Meet Your Muslim Neighbor event hosted by the Snoqualmie Mosque.

the audience about Islam and speak to the theme of tolerSEE OUTREACH, PAGE 2

Youth’s food bank project nets quarter-ton

BY STUART MILLER smiller@snovalleystar.com

Twenty minutes into his class project, Snoqualmie Elementary fourth-grade student Jack Hendricks started to doubt his efforts were going to pay off.

“I said, ‘Dad, I don’t think anyone is going to come.’ ” Michael Crumb, Jack’s teacher, had given the class a straightforward assignment: Do something good for someone or for the community. It was open to interpretation.

After consulting his parents, Jack decided to host a donation drive for the Mount Si Food

Bank, benefiting needy teenagers in the valley Jan. 14.

Jack said he figured since the holidays had ended, donations might be low.

“I thought ‘Why not do it again?’ ” Jack said. “They might have run out of stuff. It’s like a month after Christmas.”

Jack came home from school with a flyer already sketched out, and his mom Heidi helped him convert it to a PowerPoint document. They printed flyers for the donation drive and Jack handed them out at school.

Heidi made a Facebook event and invited her community SEE FOOD BANK, PAGE 3

Volunteers and organizers at the Jan. 27 one-day homeless count go over guidelines, split up territory and talk strategy before heading out to search for and tally homeless people from Duvall to North Bend and as far east as Tinkham Road.

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Volunteers tally more than 70 homeless during firstValley one-day count Jan. 27

BY STUART MILLER smiller@snovalleystar.com

About 20 people scoured the Snoqualmie Valley from Duvall to North Bend and as far east as Tinkham Road for the valley’s first one-day homeless count Jan. 27.

Often referred to as the “One Night Count,” cities around the state have long participated in the annual effort to get a rough count of local homeless populations. This was the first year that a count was taken in Snoqualmie Valley.

“I think in some ways we’re not on the radar,” said Trissa Dexheimer, program director for Snoqualmie Valley Shelter Services.

Awareness about homelessness in the valley has grown in recent years. The valley winter shelter hosts about 125 differ-

ent people each season, with an average of 17 to 20 guests per night.

The physical challenges of conducting the count set the valley apart from many other cities. In more urban areas, counters simply blanket the streets in the middle of the night, checking streets and wooded areas and tallying each person or dwelling they see along the way. The rural nature of the valley precludes conducting the count in the dark of night, and the sheer size of the area prevents counters from blanketing every single street.

Working within the natural constraints of the valley, Friday’s event was called Count Us In. Nine volunteers, several staff members from the winter shelter and a handful of homeless

guides split into six teams to make the count, doing their best to study eight separate zones.

“It’s a huge area that’s so spread out, and people can really get back up into the bush,” Dexheimer said.

Before setting out, the director of the winter shelter, Jennifer Kirk, briefed the group on their goals and rules of the count. She went over the signs of someone sleeping SEE COUNT, PAGE 2

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Alliance Church, Imam As comments and quesNational media often Fazal Hassan from Islamic tions strayed further from shows portrayals of Center of Eastside, several promoting harmony and Muslims that inspire fear, local Muslims and others understanding and more Moosa said. Stories about spoke to the crowd. toward fear of the future, a terrorism and ISIS can After the presentations, self-described Trump voter influence peoples’ minds audience members took took the microphone. even if they’ve never met a the opportunity to ask “For me, it was a stretch Muslim. questions and make comto come here today,” Will “Many people view ments. They ranged from Naber admitted to the Muslims as a monolith,” questions about the signif- crowd. “Let’s put all this Moosa said. icance of the “infidel” and political B.S. aside and Last year’s event was jihad in Islam, to whether move forward.” hosted in response to a it is rude to randomly Shortly after Naber’s spread of Islamophobia, express support to Muslim words, time constraints said Mujeeb Mohammed, strangers around the com- ended the meeting. Many one of the organizers. munity. people approached Naber Friends and neighbors Questions turned to to offer support. asked him to host this seccomments as some audi“I thought I may be ond event after the posience members began ostracized or judged” tive response last year. expressing concerns over regarding the comment, Despite large support the future of Muslim Naber said after the meetin the community, some relations in the country, ing. Instead, Muslims and local Muslims living in especially in the wake of others embraced him after Snoqualmie were allegthe freshly signed — and the meeting. “We were just edly subject to hateful letcontroversial — executive people at that point.” ters around Election Day. order titled “Protecting Naber, a member The arson at the Islamic the Nation From Foreign of Snoqualmie Valley Center of Eastside on Jan. Terrorist Entry Into the Alliance Church, said 14 was another recent United States.” he decided to attend hurdle.

“Today it’s the Muslims, Saturday’s event after “You feel horrible, you tomorrow it’s the Jews, Wright encouraged the don’t have a place to pray,” then the Catholics,” said congregation to go. It was Hassan, who has been an 80-year-old woman in about following the prinImam at the Bellevue SANDY/LAURA F.ePROOF.SV.CMYK. RVS 0116 RVZ the audience. “I’m afraid ciples PDF of Christianity, mosque for 16 years, said.

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“It’s my neighborhood, my town, and these are my neighbors,” McCabe said.

All of Friday’s volunteer counters had helped out at the day center or winter shelter at some point, Dexheimer said. Many of them were familiar with the guides through working with them before.

“I love that when groups came back in, with a mixture of volunteers and guides, they seemed to have enjoyed being in each other’s company,” Dexheimer said. “It was a good opportunity to spend more time with the guests and get to know them better, and what it’s like in the valley.”

Fridays count totaled more than 70 people, not counting the guests who’d stayed in the winter shelter that night, Dexheimer said.

It was most certainly an undercount, but will serve as a baseline for population estimates and funding allocation for services in the valley.

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in cash and a mammoth It has ballooned since heap of clothing. it started in December “I was blown away by with about 25 kids receivthe clothing,” Heidi said. ing the backpacks. By the “It was not only people end of January, 85 kids cleaning out their closet, per week were getting the but people coming from backpacks.

Costco with new coats, Staff members at disgloves” and other items. trict schools, including After cramming their nurses and counselors, large van and another car help Coughlin identify full of the goods — and which students are in recruiting a volunteer to need of assistance, and pick up the remainder — discreetly send home the Hendricks dropped the permission slips to be clothes at the Sallal Grange part of the program. All and the food and hygiene but two schools in the products at the Mount Si district are currently Food Bank in North Bend. participating in the pro“We’re blessed to be in a gram, Coughlin said, and community where people the rest will soon join in. want to help,” Heidi said.

“Some schools don’t “The people we talked need many (backpacks), to were really glad that they only need one,” donations were staying Coughlin said, “but there in our community,” Ryan are some that need 24.” added.

Some school staffs are The epic food donation getting involved with the has largely gone toward donations as well. a recently launched pro“I walked in (one gram for students in the school), and the staff had Snoqualmie Valley School purchased food for these District. backpacks to give to us,” In December, Kelly Coughlin said. “I cried Coughlin, director of the and cried. It just shows it Mount Si Food Bank, was needed.”

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“It got shared like 75 times or something,” Heidi said.

Yet as the Hendricks family sat near their cars in the Centennial Fields parking lot, no early birds were appearing for the 9 a.m. start of the donation drive.

With a sudden realization, Jack’s dad, Ryan, quickly made a sign on a grocery bag indicating where the donations could be dropped.

“We sat there for the first 20 minutes,” Jack said. “Two minutes later, there was a row of cars.”

The Hendricks stayed until noon collecting donation after donation.

“I didn’t get the gravity of it until we were sitting in the parking lot,” Ryan said. One pebble in the pond of social media rippled far outside their immediate friend circle, he said, “Lots of people heard about it third- or fourth-hand.”

Somewhere between Ryan’s conservative estimate of 50 cars and Jack’s liberal estimate of 70 showed up to donate food, clothing and hygiene products.

All told, they collected 500 pounds of food, $450 in gas cards and gift certificates to restaurants and grocery stores, $160

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Valley puts money, effort where its mouth is

BY STUART MILLER

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f the many thrilling, intriguing and astonishing stories I’ve brought you since June, one of the recurring themes has been homelessness and the work aimed at alleviating it.

Relative to many other stories, I receive a good amount of feedback on my stories covering the Teen Homelessness Stuart Miller Forums and the valley winter and day shelters. After one rushed article I wrote about a homelessness forum, I was criticized by a reader for failing to include information on what she could do to help the situation. That was probably the noblest critique I’ve had so far.

What that indicates to me is that people really care about the less-fortunate and needy folks in this community.

I’ve heard many times in the last few months from people who are becoming aware of local homelessness and hunger problems, and figuring out what they can do to help.

I’ve been thinking about this more lately since I saw a meme the other day. It was posted by a girl I know from high school. It wasn’t the funny kind of meme, but the kind that is supposed to prove a point, however invalid, by guilting the reader.

The gist of the meme, which was posted during the protests over the weekend, was: You should care more about homeless people in America instead of focusing on immigrants and

By Heidi Hendricks

Jack Hendricks, a 10-year-old Snoqualmie Elementary student, hosted a donation drive with his family that raised 500 pounds of food, hundreds of dollars in gift certificates and heaps of clothing for Mount Si Food Bank on Jan. 14.

refugees.

I thought on it for a bit.

Obviously, the meme presents a straw man argument. It implies that people cannot care about homeless Americans while also protesting refugee and immigration policies. Still, I wondered, “Where should the priority be? Where is my personal priority?”

After having briefly fallen trap to the meme, I thought about the valley’s response to growing homelessness. I see a lot of people putting a lot of

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time and effort into alleviating the problem, people making connections and taking actions that have had a direct positive impact on people this winter.

Tons of positive action has been born since the first forum in October.

I felt like telling the memeposting girl to look at what’s happening in upper Snoqualmie Valley, at how much people are helping out their neighbors in need. Look at the 10-year-old Snoqualmie Elementary kid and his family who collected

500 pounds of food and a boatload of clothes for the hungry and homeless.

I felt like telling her that maybe she should make an effort to help out instead of belittling people worried about other things. I felt like pointing out that I’ve never heard a single shelter volunteer or person involved in helping homeless people complain about too much attention being paid to refugees and immigrants.

Of course — per my social

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media policy of avoiding politics — I did not say that, or type it.

But it did make me proud that if I had chosen to engage, there was such a wealth of generous, caring people in the valley to use as my argument.

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Valley’s short one-acts long on entertainment

BY DAVID HAYES dhayes@snovalleystar.com

Wanda Boe believes Valley Center Stage audiences are in for a treat for its next production — An Evening of One Acts.

North Bend resident Boe, a marriage and family therapist in Issaquah by day, is excited to make her directing debut for this festival of shorts.

“You get the whole story in about 15 to 20 minutes. There is one that’s about an hour long,” she said. “You get four plays in one evening, so they’re four very different styles and story telling. Which is kinda cool. I’ve been to one-act festivals and I’ve loved them. It’s like reading a short story versus reading a whole novel.”

Boe began volunteering at Valley Center Stage a few years ago when she befriended Tina Brandon, wife of the stage’s founder, Gary Schwartz. She then helped behind the scene in productions and eventually moved into assistant directing.

When the original director of An Evening of One Acts had to back out, Boe felt she was ready to step in to take the helm of her own production. After a few rehearsals, she said she’s still trying to figure out what kind of director she is and discovering the challenges of producing one-act plays.

“There’s a lot to coordinate.

Trying to build a set that will work for four different stories

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is very challenging. One has got a very specific set. Plus there’s the time frame for the stories — one is futuristic, one in the 1700s, and two in the 1960s and 70s. It’s interesting to take that puzzle and make that work so people aren’t distracted by a piece being in the wrong set,” Boe said.

“Since I don’t act, I really rely on the actors,” she added.

“I might make suggestions for blocking, but I want to be supportive of their processes in finding their character.”

Many of the 10 actors are veterans to Valley Center Stage productions. A couple have even directed in the past. And one, Peter Cook, can boast he’s an internally produced playwright for his original, hightech comedy short “Mr. Nep?”.

In 2014, the Issaquah resi-

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Rene Schuchtar (left) and Rochelle Wyatt rehearse their scene in ‘Mr. Nep?’ as part of Valley Center Stage’s An Evening of One Acts.

dent, who owns a small company in North Bend that manufactures fruit fly attractants, entered an iPlay Competition in Seattle asking for 10-minute plays that address issues with technology and the human experience. His “Mr. Nep?” was one of five picked.

After it was performed by professional actors in Seattle, he shared the script with his sister in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.

“She gave it to a friend there, who gave it to some actors and it got picked up for the Brantford Festival,” Cook said.

“It was then entered in the Toronto Fringe Festival and performed. So I’m an internationally produced playwright.”

Cook will also be acting in two of the Valley Center Stage’s one acts. He said “OMD” was also entered into the iPlay Competition at the same time as his.

“It was the one I thought was the best, better than mine,” he said of the play written

by Seattle playwright Ruth Perlman. “It’s about the court of Louis the XVI, but they’ve just received iPhones, and they spend their time figuring out how to message each other.”

The other one-act Cook is performing in is “Who Am I This Time?” about an amazing actor who can be anything on stage, but is nothing off of it.

The one acts are rounded out by the dark comedy “Not

Enough Rope,” written by Elaine May, about a lonely boarding-house resident who puts her fate in her neighbor that only seems interested in unpacking and playing his drum set.

Cook got his start in acting reading parts with actors who were actually auditioning at the Harlequin Theater in Olympia.

“After I did that, one time they couldn’t fill the one role I was reading, so they said, ‘You read pretty well, why don’t you do it?’” Cook said.

Then in 2011, Valley Center Stage was auditioning parts for “The Foreigner” and Cook, who lives just a mile from the theater, decided to give it a go.

“Two of the people in these one acts were reading then, too, and I was like, ‘Wow. These people are quite good,’” Cook said. “Gary Schwartz was there.

Again, I was like, ‘Wow, what’s going on? Where did these people come from?’”

Cook earned a role and has performed in five productions there since.

With the level of veterans involved, Boe feels the audience will enjoy the festival.

“The quality of acting in this community theater is amazing,” she said. “I feel really lucky they all agreed to be in this, because every single one of them bring a lot to the table. A lot of energy and commitment to do a good show.”

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Calendar of events Saturday, Feb. 4 Interactive Support for Novel Writers, for adults, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554 Green River Vocal Jazz, 5:30 p.m.; Jovino Santos Neto Trio, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Piccola Cellars, 112 W. Second St., North Bend, jazzclubsnw.org/ northbend Parents Night Out: Precious Penguins, 6-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 SE Ridge St., members $25/non-members $35, register at bit.ly/2jP2YWG Seastar, 8 p.m., The Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. SE, Snoqualmie, 8313647

Sunday, Feb. 5 Brunch with St. John and The Revelations, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Black Dog Arts

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Monday, Feb. 6 Snoqualmie meetings at City Hall, 38624 SE River St. — Parks and Public Works, 5-6 p.m.; Community Development, 6-7 p.m.; Planning Commission, 7-8 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 7 Senior Connection Coffee & Canvas, 1-3 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 SE Ridge St., $35 for members/$45 for non-members, register at bit.ly/2kLPvTV North Bend Finance and Administration committee meeting, 5-6 p.m., City Hall,

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Shoplifting At 1:35 a.m. Jan. 23, three suspects stole liquor from the Safeway at 460 SW Mt Si Blvd.

Goats get loose At 4:13 p.m. Jan. 26, two goats got loose into the roadway at Northeast Eighth Street and Borst Avenue Northeast. A neighbor on Borst Avenue agreed to keep them in his

211 Main Ave. N. CPR Class, 6-9 p.m., Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 SE Snoqualmie Parkway, to register contact Liz Luizzo at lluizzo@ci.snoqualmie.wa.us or 888-1551 Encompass Parenting Workshop: Child Development and Play, 6-7:30 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley Hospital, 9801 Frontier Ave. SE, free, register at EncompassNW. org or 888-2227 North Bend City Council meeting, 7-9 p.m., Mt Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S. First Tuesday Book Club: “The Immortal Irishman”

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Wednesday, Feb. 8 AARP Tax Assistance, for adults, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,

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Thursday, Feb. 9 Seniors grip to LeMay Car Museum, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., $15 for members/$25 for non-members, meet at Mt Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S. Community Resource Fair: Drop-in Social Services — for single adults, parents, seniors and teens — 2-5 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554 Drop-In Social Services — for adults, teens and families — 2-5 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., free, 888-0554 Duct Tape Roses, all ages,

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Friday, Feb. 10 Friends of the Snoqualmie Library Book Sale, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. SE, 888-1223 Teen STEM Club: Remix Your Music, for grades 5-10, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. SE, 888-1223 Block Party, build LEGO structures for ages 7 and younger, 2:30-3:30 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E.

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Heater triggers alarm At 5:11 p.m. Jan. 25, Snoqualmie firefighters responded to an automatic fire alarm at the Echo Glen Children’s Center. Upon arrival, the crew was met by security and directed to the building of origin. Staff stated they turned on the heater, triggering the alarm with no smoke or fire at the scene. The alarm system was reset.

In addition to the above calls, Snoqualmie EMTs responded to 12 medical aid incidents bringing the total number of calls to date to 64. There were 1,122 calls in 2016.

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Shorthanded Wildcats drop final KingCo duals

BY NEIL PIERSON npierson@snovalleystar.com

THIS WEEK

Class 4A/3A Despite being shortKingCo Conference handed, the Mount Si wrestling Wildcats continue to championships show they can be a dann Feb. 3-4, Juanita gerous group of wrestlers High School when the postseason n Matches begin at starts next weekend.

3:30 p.m. Feb. 3, 10 Mount Si dropped both a.m. Feb. 4, with finals ends of its Class 4A KingCo at 5:30 p.m. on day two Conference double dual n Tickets: $7 for on Jan. 26 at Skyline High adults, $5 for students School in Sammamish.

The Wildcats had five forfeits in their 54-23 defeat to KingCo dual-meet chamn 285: Mitchell Barnes pion Issaquah, though (I) won by forfeit they won five of the nine n 106: Carson Tanner (I) contested weights, a sign won by forfeit of positive things to come n 113: Nathan Asistin (I) for first-year coach Josh won by forfeit Mitchell. n 120: William Tickman “Some good, some (I) p. Kinsey Steskal, 0:23 bad,” Mitchell said of n 126: Jacob Lerch (I) his team’s performance, won by forfeit GREG FARRAR | gfarrar@snovalleystar.com which also included a n 132: John Bernado (I) loss to Newport. “I mean, Mount Si’s Max Crowder tries to escape Issaquah’s John Bernado during their bout at 132 pounds in the Wildcats’ Jan. 26 p. Max Crowder, 0:46 double dual against Issaquah and Newport. there’s still some things n 138: Spencer Marenco the kids have got to clean (MS) p. Avila Ramon, 5:23 with decisions. up. We’re making some n 145: Duncan Harrison Mat Classic state tournayou know every match is because he typically mistakes. But there’s kids (MS) md. Caulain Saper, ment and vie for his first going to be a battle and wrestles at 145 alongside Issaquah 54, Mount Si 23 11-1 that are peaking at the medal, had a solid perfor- nothing is handed to you. Harrison. Mitchell said n 182 pounds: Dean right time and wrestling n 152: Conor Holt (MS) mance for a 4-0 decision But they’re ready for it. it’s tough to get multiple Pearson (I) won by forfeit really well, and they’re md. Kamil Soloweiji, 20-9 against Terry Zaragoza. “… Those kids are so kids into one division n 195: Tobin Lewis (I) p. ready to make a run in n 160: Kaleb Solusod (I) He had a first-period take- good on their feet, they at some tournaments, Jack Weidenbach, 5:50 the postseason.” p. Sage Phelps, 2:54 down and a third-period can take anybody down though Harrison’s n 220: Brennan Against Issaquah, n 170: Mason Marenco reversal out of the restart. they want, I believe. I absence at the recent Dalgleish (MS) d. Terry 195-pound senior Jack (MS) p. Chase Helgeson, Sophomore Spencer just think they wrestle Rumble in the Valley in Prosser gave Holt a shot.

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“He just works hard – Weidenbach within a in 5 minutes, 23 seconds.

At 145 pounds, Mount really coachable kid and point at 11-10 and he was And his older brother, Si’s Duncan Harrison tough kid, too,” Mitchell close to a go-ahead near senior Mason Marenco, controlled Issaquah’s said of Holt. “Maybe not a fall. But Lewis got his own tore through Chase Caulain Saper for an lot of people know about reversal and finished the Helgeson for a pin in 1:20. 11-1 major decision. At him … but I think he’s pin with 10 seconds left.

Both Marenco brothers 152, Conor Holt was also going to be just fine.”

That gave the Eagles a were 2016 state qualifiers sharp, repeatedly allowThe Wildcats forfeited 12-0 lead and they were and Mitchell expects ing Kamil Solowieji to the same five weight never challenged after them to return. escape so he could earn classes in their 48-28 Mount Si forfeited 18 “I expect them to wrestakedowns. Holt got six defeat to Newport. team points in the 285, tle deep and place. That’s of them for a 20-9 major Weidenbach, Harrison 106 and 113 divisions. my expectation and it decision. and the Marenco brothSenior Brennan should be theirs, too,” the Holt, a junior, hasn’t ers won with pins, while Dalgleish, who is looking coach said. “You wrestle had a lot of opportuniHolt and Dalgleish won to return to February’s in the Tacoma Dome, ties at the varsity level LAURA D.noPROOF.SV.CMYK.PDF-JAN 1205 LAM LAURA F.noPROOF.SR.CMYK. PDF 0127 LAM 05.18177.THU.0202.2X2.LAM

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Sun, March 19, 2017 10 a.m. - Noon

Dog owners and walkers are invited to bring their best pals for a walk around the park on a 5k trail or 3k all-accessible option. There will be an Agility Course along the way for added fun for the dogs, and all dogs will be invited to perform their best trick!

In addition, Doggie Village will include booths from local dog service providers. An exciting raffle will include special items from these and other local pet-friendly businesses and organizations.

The 2nd annual Walk’n Wag will raise funds for more park improvements.

Come meet other dog owners in the community, make new friends and enjoy the park!

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$15 Kids 15 or younger $20 Ages 16+ Early bird special!

Register by March 1 and get two Walk’n Wag neckerchiefs (one for you, one for your pup!)

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March 19 is a FREE day at the park, so no admission fees Register at EventBrite.com — search for Walk’n Wag Additional neckerchiefs and raffle tickets will be for sale at the event.

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