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Snoqualmie may ban marijuana next month By Dylan Chaffin dchaffin@snovalleystar.com Anyone looking to grow, sell, dispense or process marijuana or marijuana-infused products on city land in Snoqualmie may soon be facing penalties, pending a City Council vote next month. The move comes after a two-year moratorium, several public hearings and, on Feb. 16, a resolution from the city’s planning commission
recommending the city adopt a full law because “marijuana land uses have potentially negative impacts to the community and remain illegal under federal law,” according to council documents. In 2012, voters passed Initiative 502, which decriminalized personal use of small amounts of marijuana by individuals and provided some framework for production, retail and processing. Two years later, state
Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued an opinion that exempted local governments from the measure, allowing them to effectively make their own policies regarding marijuana use. Under the opinion, a local government is also allowed to establish more stringent landuse regulations than those under I-502. Marijuana usage and growing is still illegal under federal law. It is classified as a Schedule I controlled substance.
The proposed law will not limit the ability of adult users (21 years of age and over) from having access to legal medical or recreational marijuana in areas outside of Snoqualmie. However, the City Council is concerned with secondary impacts, such as an increase of burglaries associated with cash and marijuana on growing sites, or an increase of illegal activity such as drug use within the vicinity of any
producer, processor, retailer or collective garden, according to council documents. There aren’t penalties within the moratorium itself, so anyone found growing marijuana within city limits would face the state laws for growing or processing without a license, according to Snoqualmie Police Captain Nick Almquist. That crime is a Class C felony punishable by up to five years in prison and/ or a $10,000 fine.
North Bend passes cottage moratorium By Dylan Chaffin dchaffin@snovalleystar.com
By Tom Corrigan / tcorrigan@sammamishreview.com
New Eastside Fire & Rescue Chief Jeff Clark, a month in to the job after replacing longtime EFR Chief Lee Soptich, is concentrating on getting to know his staff and meeting public officials.
New EFR chief happy to make PNW his home By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@sammamishreview.com Before he retired, former Eastside Fire & Rescue Chief Lee Soptich talked about the importance of his relationships with the people in his department, as well as the
elected officials and staffers from EFR’s client cities. About a month into the job as Soptich’s successor, Fire Chief Jeff Clark says establishing those relations are, for now, his most immediate and important task. “For the first 60 to 90 days
… I’m just trying to absorb as much as I can,” Clark said recently. His average day, he said, starts with talking with his immediate staff, making sure everybody is ready to go, as well as an expected routine check of his calendar and
email. He also mentions he will go on calls for major emergencies. “The rest of the day is spent building relationships,” Clark said, adding that in addition to meetSee CHIEF, Page 3
The North Bend City Council voted to put a 6-month moratorium on the acceptance and approval of applications for development permits within the city’s cottage residential district during its Feb. 16 meeting. “As all of us know, the city has experienced a tremendous amount of growth over the recent past and has approved numerous subdivisions, totaling nearly about 800 lots,” said Economic and Community Development Director Gina Estep. Most of those lots have been in the low-density residential district, but more recently have included the cottage zone running along South East North Bend Way, she said. See MORATORIUM, Page 8 Prsrt Std U.S. Postage PAID Kent, WA Permit No. 71 POSTAL CUSTOMER
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Mount Si High SRO finishing school year on regular duty
By Cascade View PTSA
Principal Ray Wilson poses with the 20 finalists who participated in the Cascade View Elementary School spelling bee Feb. 23.
Fourth-grader wins Cascade View spelling bee Fourthgrader Marshall Smith correctly spelled “plaintiff” Marshall Smith to win the Cascade View Elementary School spelling bee Feb. 23. Smith will represent his school at the King-
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Snohomish County Regional Spelling Bee in Seattle on March 13. Cascade View’s alternate for regionals is second-grader Maya Shekhar. Both Smith and Shekhar win a free year of Encyclopaedia Britannica online. There were 13 rounds before a school champion and alternate were
decided. The winners and finalists: q 1st grade: Sebastien Peterson (first place); Claire Mitchell; Leif Peterson; Rahul Mathew. q 2nd grade: Maya Shekhar (first place and school alternate); Rihtix Banthia; Kaitlyn Brady; Quinby Douglas. q 3rd grade: Saachit
Durga (first place); Jaxon Barlament; Santoshi Kakani; Reva Dhiman. q 4th grade: Marshall Smith (first place and school champion); Kaya Nealis; Elizabeth Mitchell; Anastasia Jacobson. q 5th grade: Wyatt Montgomery (tied for first place); Haley Clark (tied for first place); Adrianna Schmieder; Emma Smith.
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Students in the Snoqualmie Valley School District, namely Mount Si High School, will miss seeing a familiar face around, at least until the start of the next school year. Snoqualmie Police Officer Kim Stonebraker, who has served with the school district since 2014 and is a 19-yearveteran of the SPD, is returning to regular duty due to short staffing, but will work the day shift so she can continue to provide services as a school resource officer. As the SRO, Stonebraker prepared and taught public awareness programs and class presentations, patrolled campus, ensured buildings were secure, intervened in disputes, performed investigations of crimes involving adults and juveniles and worked closely with the King
County Juvenile Court, Child Protective Services, Department Kim of Health Stonebraker and other agencies. She will return to her post at the beginning of the 2017-18 school year. “Unfortunately, Officer Stonebraker had to be reassigned back to regular duty in order to address needs with the Snoqualmie Police Department,” said Carolyn Malcolm, the district’s public information officer, by email. “We look forward to having her back on campus, however, as her presence and support as a School Resource Officer has had a positive impact on our schools and students.”
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MARCH 4, 2016
Rodne adds local projects to state roads budget The often-congested State Route 169 corridor may one day become safer for drivers, with
Chief From Page 1 ing EFR personnel, he has spoken with most of the elected officials from Issaquah, Sammamish and the other cities EFR serves. He notes the structure of EFR is very different from the department he left behind in Chandler, Ariz., where he served as chief for seven years. “In Chandler, I worked directly for the city,” Clark said. Here, he works most directly for a board of commissioners that represent EFR’s service areas. “It’s a very innovative governance model,” Clark said, adding while the governance is different, it also seems very positive. Clark said his plan is to visit city council meetings to introduce himself and meet local leaders face-to-face. On another front, Clark has gone on a few emergency runs with his new department, including a house fire in Issaquah. “What I saw was a
$150,000 secured in the 2016 supplemental transportation budget by 5th District Rep. Jay Rodne, R-Snoqualmie, for a safety study. Rodne also secured $100,000 for improve-
ments on arterial roads in North Bend, focusing on the roads that have been damaged by semis near Exit 34 on Interstate 90. The budget will now advance to the state Senate for consideration.
very well-practiced … organized approach,” Clark said. He has also gone on an emergency medical run. He said the squad’s medical skills were up to par, but that wasn’t the attribute of the group that seemed to most catch his attention. “I was impressed with their compassion,” he said of the EMTs who handled the call. Clark noted the Chandler department is quite a bit bigger, serving a population of 250,000 as opposed to 130,000 here. Clark spent a total of 25 years with the Chandler department, but is glad for the change in location. Clark and his wife Lori had visited the Seattle area numerous times and decided they more than liked it here. “The scale of beauty here … can’t be beat,” he said, mentioning the view of snow-covered mountains often in the background. The couple had decided they wanted to move here, but also wanted to allow their two children to graduate from high school in Chandler. Clark’s son is now at the University
of Alabama and his daughter graduates high school in May. Lori Clark has stayed behind in Chandler until that happens. Clark said he will make his first quick trip to Chandler on an upcoming weekend. In the meantime, he has his fingers crossed regarding a bid he put in for a house locally. While he enjoys the natural beauty of the area, Clark also has noticed some other things about greater Seattle. For example, Chandler was “hot, hot, hot.” This area is “wet, wet, wet.” He’s also picked up on a difference in traffic. It’s much heavier than what he was used to. But Clark added there’s a difference in the drivers. He notices a lot less road rage here, that people just seem to take the traffic jams in stride. “Everybody just seems more laid back,” Clark said. EFR operates in the cities of Issaquah, Sammamish and North Bend, along with two fire districts encompassing a total of about 190 square miles.
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Valley organizations receive county ‘seed money’ grants Eleven Snoqualmie Valley organizations will receive grants as King County recognizes their community service efforts. The grants are awarded to projects throughout the county that offer an opportunity to unincorporated area residents to become more connected to their communities. “I’m very pleased that so many of the deserving organizations in the Snoqualmie Valley have been awarded grants,” King County Councilwoman Kathy Lambert said in a press release. “I know these grants are often the seed money that makes sure the projects are completed.” The grants require a community match of at least one-fourth of the total project and cannot exceed $5,000. The grants that were
awarded were: q Fall City Community Association: contribution towards a portable projector q SnoValley Tilth: contribution to support “Community Roots Day” at the Carnation Market q Snoqualmie Valley Community Network: contribution to support a leadership summit for youth q Mt. Si Senior Center/Snoqualmie Valley Transit: contribution for SnoValley transportation community planning and engagement q Snoqualmie Valley Preservation Alliance: contribution towards meeting room equipment q Fall City Metropolitan Park District: contribution for portable toilet rentals at Olive Taylor Quigley Park
q Preston Community Club: contribution to support development of Preston Mill Park q Wilderness Rim Association: contribution to support a children’s playground at Cascade Park q Si View Metropolitan Park District: contribution to support community outreach promoting the North Bend Market q Fall City Historical Society: contribution towards 2 large historic signs q Sno Valley Senior Center: contribution towards carpeting for the center There will be additional grants available for next year, and organizations in the unincorporated areas of King County are encouraged to plan ahead and apply. Applications will be available in late fall.
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Valley View
If the trees are blooming, it’s time for baseball
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here’s just something about baseball. Maybe it’s the sound of a humming fastball making impossible contact with the end of a Louisville Slugger. Maybe it’s the smell of the fresh cut grass, or piling into the stadium with tens of thousands of other loyal fans and grabbing a cold beverage and a ballpark hotdog while the summer sun blazes overhead. Maybe it’s the type of crowd, decidedly quieter but still just as diehard as any football fan could ever be. There’s a reason they
call baseball America’s favorite past time. It took me awhile to consider this great Dylan tradition Chaffin a way I’d typically want to spend a weekend night: watching it on TV while growing up was literally like watching paint dry. But after moving to Seattle last May all of that changed. Fresh out of college, I attended my first Seattle Mariners game at Safeco Field for my dad’s birthday.
Share Your Views Citizens can make a difference by contacting their elected representatives.
State — Governor Gov. Jay Inslee (D), Office of the Governor, P.O. Box 40002, Olympia, WA 98504-0002; 360-902-4111; www.governor.wa.gov
State — 5th District q Sen. Mark Mullet (D), 415 Legislative Building, P.O. Box 40405, Olympia, WA 98504-0405, 360-786-7608; 800-562-6000; mark.mullet@ leg.wa.gov q Rep. Chad Magendanz (R), 417 JLOB, P.O. Box 40600, Olympia WA 98504-0600; 360-786-7876; 222-7092; chad.magendanz@ leg.wa.gov q Rep. Jay Rodne (R), 441 JLOB, P.O. Box 40600, Olympia, WA 98504-0600; 360-786-7852; rodne.jay@leg. wa.gov Toll-free Legislative Hotline: 800-562-6000.
North Bend q Mayor Ken Hearing, mayor@northbendwa.gov q Councilman David
Cook, 888-7774, dcook@ northbendwa.gov q Councilman Dee Williamson, 888-7245, dwilliamson@northbendwa. gov q Councilman Jonathan Rosen, 206-6839486, jrosen@northbendwa. gov q Councilman Ryan Kolodejchuk , 206-9474024, rkolodejchuk@northbendwa.gov q Councilman Alan Gothelf, 206-251-4556, agothelf@northbendwa.gov q Councilman Ross Loudenback, 888-3708, rloudenback@northbendwa. gov q Councilwoman Jeanne Pettersen, 8880853, jpettersen@northbendwa.gov Write to the mayor and City Council at City of North Bend, P.O. Box 896, North Bend, WA 98045. Call 8881211.
Snoqualmie q Mayor Matt Larson, 888-5307; mayor@ ci.snoqualmie.wa.us q Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Robert Jeans, 396-4427; bjeans@
Sitting behind third base, we watched the players warm up, stretch and practice pitching before the game, where they would go on to lose to the Cleveland Indians 5-3. 2015 was a mostly disappointing season for the Mariners, who finished 76-86 overall, but only slightly worse than their 2014 season, where they finished 87-75 overall. The team was only one win shy of an American League wildcard spot, and hasn’t been to the playoffs in 14 years. For any fan, it’s hard to watch a team that has so much potential be so
ci.snoqualmie.wa.us q Councilwoman Chelley Patterson, 425533-1833; cpatterson@ ci.snoqualmie.wa.us q Councilman Bryan Holloway, 396-5216; bholloway@ci.snoqualmie.wa.us q Councilman Brad Toft, 425-444-3177; btoft@ ci.snoqualmie.wa.us q Councilwoman Heather Munden, 292-3695; hmunden@ ci.snoqualmie.wa.us q Councilman Charles Peterson, 888-0773; cpeterson@ci.snoqualmie.wa.us q Councilwoman Kathi Prewitt, 888-3019; kprewitt@ci.snoqualmie.wa.us Write to the mayor and City Council at City of Snoqualmie, P.O. Box 987, Snoqualmie, WA 98065. Call 888-1555.
Snoqualmie Valley Hospital Board q Vice President Joan Young, 880-4769, joaney57@yahoo.com q Gene Pollard, 8884095, genepoll@yahoo.com q David Speikers, 2220555, dspeikers@hotmail.com q President Dariel Norris, 392-1308, dbn547@ comcast.net q Emma Herron, herrons2007@comcast.net
inconsistent. Pitching prodigy Taijuan Walker flopped during his season opener against the Oakland Athletics, giving up nine runs in only three innings and continued to struggle until he won five straight starts in June and July, improving his record to 7-6. Potentially reflective of the team’s shortcomings, attendance to these games has slowly declined since 2002, when crowds averaged more than 43,000 fans per game. Last year, Seattle’s average dropped to 27,000 per game, filling only half of Safeco’s 54,000 seats.
Snoqualmie Valley School Board q President Geoff Doy, District 2, doyg@svsd410.org q Carolyn Simpson, District 3, simpsonc1@ svsd410.org q Vice President Tavish MacLean, District 1,
Disappointing, indeed. But if there’s one thing I’ve noticed about fellow Seattle sports fans, it’s that we’re loyal. We’ll still show up when our team is losing, and praise them when they’re winning. Yes, the Mariners have been going through some tough seasons, but it could always be worse. I mean, we could be the Cubs. So come April, grab some tickets, don your jerseys, bring your families and enjoy the camaraderie you can only find a few months out of the year. Is there anything better?
macleant@svsd410.org q Marci Busby, District 4, busbym1@svsd410.org q Dan Popp, District 5, danpopp@svsd410.org Write to the School Board at Snoqualmie Valley School Board, P.O. Box 400, Snoqualmie, WA 98065. Call 831-8000.
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Blotter Snoqualmie police serving North Bend and Snoqualmie
Walk it off Police responded at 5:11 a.m. Feb. 21 to the intersection of Snoqualmie Parkway and Railroad Avenue Southeast for an agency assist. A man who was intoxicated wanted to walk home, despite his family being available and offering him a ride, but he refused. The Snoqualmie Fire Department cleared him medically and advised the police that the man could do what he wanted.
The old pickle and TP prank Police responded at 9:20 a.m. Feb. 21 to the West Crest View Loop in Snoqualmie due to reported malicious mischief. A vehicle had been vandalized. A jar of pickles had been poured all over the vehicle as well as being covered in toilet
paper. The driver was going to the car wash and wondered why the police were there. The driver said there was no obvious damage to the vehicle.
Road rage Police responded at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 22 to the intersection of Meadowbrook Way Southeast and Ethan Wade Way Southeast in Snoqualmie due to reported reckless driving. The caller reported a driver who was following them too closely, who then pulled up next to them at a stop-
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light and made a “gun” out of his hand and was behaving aggressively. The caller didn’t see any actual weapon. The caller said the vehicle then tried to force the caller off the roadway and then got in front of the caller’s vehicle and kept brake-checking him. Officers were unable to locate the driver.
reported that a large animal may have just pulled the barbecue around to the side of the house. The caller could still hear scratching coming from the side of the house. Police were unable to locate any animal and it is unclear if it was an animal or the wind.
Bear or wind?
Police responded at 10:13 p.m. Feb. 23 to West North Bend Way due to a reported theft. The caller reported that their bike had been stolen. It was a brand name “Giant” blue and
Police responded at 7:31 p.m. Feb. 23 to Hancock Avenue Southeast in Snoqualmie due to a reported animal problem. The caller
Giant theft
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Literal beer run Police responded at 1:04 p.m. Feb. 25 to the Safeway at 460 Southwest Mt. Si Blvd. in North Bend due to a reported theft in progress. Three men reportedly stole some beer and left toward Bendigo Boulevard.
The manager confronted a man in the parking lot and the beer was placed on another car and the man fled. Officers went to the man’s home. He wasn’t there but police spoke with his family. The man will be cited with a summons. Information for the blotter comes directly from local police and fire reports. The Star publishes names of those charged with felony crimes.
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q Baking with Brooks, 1 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554
q Blues Brunch with Monte Lynch, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., $12/ adults, $10/students and seniors, Snoqualmie, 831-3647
q Teen Art Club: ART-ificial Fashion, grades 5-8, 3 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 8880554
q Winter Storytime and Crafts: Robin, all ages, 1:303:30 p.m., Cedar River Watershed Education Center, 19901 Cedar Falls Road S.E., free, registration required, bit.ly/JZfCAj q Theatre Black Dog Presents ‘K2,’ 8 p.m., March. 5-6, Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., $12/adults, $10/students and seniors, 831-3647
q Winter Storytime and Crafts: Robin, all ages, 1:303:30 p.m., Cedar River Watershed Education Center, 19901 Cedar Falls Road S.E., free, registration required, bit.ly/JZfCAj q Danny Kolke Trio, 6 p.m., Vox at the Box, 7:30 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307
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q Parks and Public Works meeting, 5 p.m., Community Development meeting, 6 p.m., Planning Commission meeting, 7 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St., Snoqualmie, 8881555 q Snoqualmie Valley Transportation Open House Meeting, 6 p.m., Mount Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend, 888-3434
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q Public Health and Safety Committee meeting, 4 p.m., City Hall, 211 Main Ave. N., North Bend, 888-1211 q Civil Commission meeting, 6 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St., Snoqualmie, 8881555 q Competitive Play Drop-In Volleyball, 16 and older, 7-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., 256-3115
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q AARP Tax Help, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554 q Transportation and Public Works Committee meeting, 4 p.m., 1155 E. North Bend Way, North Bend, 888-0486 q Community Dinner, 5-6:30 p.m. Wednesdays through May 25, Snoqualmie United Methodist Church, 38701 S.E. River St., Snoqualmie, 888-1697
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q Toddler and Preschool Story Time, ages 2-3 at 10 a.m., ages 3-6 at 11 a.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554
q Block Party: Bricks at the Library, 2 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. 4th St., 888-0554
q Family Story Time, 7 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223 q Tx Trumbo, 7 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 8313647
q Pearl Django, 7:30 and 8:45 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307
q Night at the Club Mount Si High School Music Benefit, 5:30-9 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, http://bit. ly/1U2G7CQ q ‘K2,’ 8 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-3647 q Shades of Blues, 8 p.m., Mt. Si Pub, 45530 S.E. North Bend Way, North Bend, 831-6155
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Snoqualmie Valley club invites area wrestlers to join in
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Last year’s Mount Si High School lacrosse squad assembles for a team photo at the first practice of the 2015 season.
Mount Si club ready to ride the wave of lacrosse’s tsunami in popularity By Sam Kenyon skenyon@snovalleystar.com For years, the sport of lacrosse was a regional thing, confined to the East Coast, but it appears those days are over. “It’s absolutely exploding on the West Coast right now,” said Brian Rinckenberger, varsity head coach for the Mount Si Lacrosse Club. “It’s the fastestgrowing participant sport in America.” Rinckenberger has just started his second season as the head coach for the high-school club team from Mount Si. The team’s first practice was Feb. 29. “We had a really good practice,” he said. “High energy. The kids were clearly excited to be back out on the field playing the game that they love.” The Mount Si Lacrosse Club is not yet a sanctioned sport, like football or soccer. Students can’t earn high-school letters in lacrosse. But the hope for the lacrosse community is the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association will soon fold the sport into the high schools and make
it an official KingCo Conference-sanctioned event. Local lacrosse clubs are already preparing for that decision by aligning themselves with various high schools around King County and beyond. That way, when the time comes, it will be simple to incorporate the lacrosse clubs into the existing districts and make them high-school teams. “The goal of this sport on a statewide level is to be a sanctioned sport, just like you’d letter in football or basketball or baseball,” Rinckenberger said. Currently there are about 300 youth participants in the Mount Si Lacrosse Club, with players as young as third grade all the way through high school, both boys and girls. For further information visit mountsilacrosse.org. At a recent practice, Rinckenberger got a look at his new team and began determining which players were varsity material, and which were junior varsity. Last season, the team won four games in its league, a significant step forward following a dismal season the prior year.
“I think we had a really successful season,” Rinckenberger said. “I set a goal of winning between three to five games in our regular season. So now we’re looking this year to build upon that momentum.” Last year, the team was led by a pair of senior captains, Tyler Smith and Porter McFadden. Smith is now playing NCAA lacrosse in Texas and McFadden is playing club lacrosse while going to college in Utah. “We had a very strong senior class last year,” Rinckenberger said of the team’s seven seniors from 2015. All seven went on to college, which Rinckenberger said he is proud of. It will be a challenge this year to fill the shoes of Smith and McFadden, but the coach is optimistic, especially with his new crop of freshmen. Since lacrosse became a big youth sport a few years back, some athletes have been playing for several years already. Those players are just now reaching the highschool level, and their experience shows. “This year’s freshman class is the lead-
ing edge of that wave,” Rinckenberger said. “I was really excited to see some of the savvy and some of the skills that the freshman were bringing.” He said he thinks several of the freshmen have an opportunity to play for the varsity team for all four years of high school. “It’s really cool,” he said. But the freshman, as promising as they are, can’t be the veteran leaders this season, so Rinckenberger is looking to a few older players to lead his team. He expects senior midfielder Alex Burns to be one such leader, as well as senior goalie Cruz Parker and junior Eric Burda. The offensive philosophy is an evenly spread scoring system where all six of the team’s players attacking the goal are a threat. This is a contrast to the more old-school system of lacrosse where the team gets the ball to their best player and lets them do the work of scoring. “We play team-first lacrosse,” Rinckenberger said. Defensively, Mount Si’s concept is similar.
The team relies on one another, rather than isolation defenders left out alone to guard players one-on-one. “Our defensive philosophy, the buzzword we keep coming back to is, ‘defend the mountain,” Rinckenberger said. Mount Si won’t have much of a chance to ease into its season. The first game is on March 15 against defending state champion Mercer Island. Rinckenberger believes the growth trend in lacrosse will continue, especially because the sport is immediately appealing to young players. “It’s the kind of sport that a kid gets one opportunity to come out and play, and they’re hooked,” he said. “It’s so fast-paced, it’s so fun to watch, that parents come out to see their child play and entire families buy in.” Rinckenberger said the frantic pace fits the modern environment of constant stimulation and short attention spans. “You’re never standing around waiting for something to happen in lacrosse,” he said.
The high-school wrestling season may be over, but that doesn’t mean wrestlers don’t have an outlet to plug into. The Snoqualmie Valley Wrestling Club, in association with the Washington State Wrestling Association and the Mount Si High School wrestling team, is starting up its freestyle wrestling season. The club’s season runs from March through May and focuses on offseason work for wrestlers of all ages. Its slogan is, “spring and summer work make winter champions.” The club practices from 6-7:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays in the Mount Si wrestling room. The club is open to wrestlers ages 5 through high school. “The club focuses on freestyle wrestling,” Mount Si coach Tony Schlotfeldt said. “This style primarily focuses on takedowns.” Registration costs $50, and uniforms and headgear are provided. Participants will also be required to purchase a USA Wrestling membership card for $42. Cards are available at themat.com. Register online at siviewpark.org/wrestling. phtml. “The coaching staff from the high school and the Snoqualmie Valley club will facilitate coaching the sessions and there are tournaments every weekend,” Schlotfeldt said. For further information, contact Kyle Smith at kpsmitty@ hotmail.com.
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Johnson, a native of Bellingham, said in a press release that he treats patients of all ages at the new practice, Snoqualmie Valley Orthodontics. Johnson has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington, a master’s in dentistry from the University of Colorado and a doctorate in dental medicine from Boston University. Snoqualmie Valley Orthodontics is located at 37624 S.E. Fury St.
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Snoqualmie Elementary School PTSA hosts a fundraising event at Sigillo Cellars in Snoqualmie from 6:30-10 p.m. March 5. The event will raise funds for Snoqualmie Elementary School and the new PTSA for Timber Ridge Elementary School that will open in the fall. There will be a silent and live auction. For tickets, go to bit.ly/ RaiseGlasstoSES.
Moratorium From Page 1 In 2014, the city adopted an ordinance that amended the cottage “performance standards” providing more flexibility within that zone to develop bigger homes. But following the election of new councilmembers in 2015, the city wanted to further review the amendments made to the ordinance, “to ensure that they are in line with the citizen’s vision and comprehensive plan.” The moratorium will not limit construction of cottage housing outside of the cottage residential zone, Estep said, including projects already in the works in the downtown area. North Bend Mayor Ken Hearing said he’s hopeful that the process reviewing these amendments is completed before the six months is up. A public hearing on the moratorium has to be held within 60 days before the city council. The motion passed 5-0.