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Friday, March 18, 2016
New elementary construction enters phase two By Dylan Chaffin dchaffin@snovalleystar.com Tucked away in the trees off of Southeast Swenson Drive, just north of Snoqualmie Parkway, the valley district’s newest elementary school, Timber Ridge, is quickly taking shape. The roughly 70,000-squarefoot facility is, for the most part, in phase 2 of construction. Divided into four wings, crews have begun painting and installing ceiling tiles in the east section, leading by a slim margin over the south section. Timber Ridge will have a total of 29 general-education classrooms to accommodate 650 students, said Assistant Superintendent Ryan Stokes during a tour of the site. Many of the teachers will be coming from other schools, but the school district is in the process of hiring teachers as well as administrators. The design for Timber Ridge was inspired by Cascade View Elementary, which was built a decade or so ago, said district Superintendent Joel Aune. “It’s cool that we have a working design that we can just improve on,” Stokes added. The new school will feature several improvements in building security as well as energy efficiency based on continually changing building codes. While there’s no second floor, architects designed windows that function similarly to skylights but offer more protection against the heavy winds and rains Snoqualmie sees.
At left, Timber Ridge Elementary School, located at 34412 S.E. Swenson Dr., in Snoqualmie is scheduled to open in September. Construction began in August 2015. Below, Clerestory windows will make for a light-filled library at Timber Ridge. When finished, the school will be approximately 70,000 square feet. Scott Stoddard / sstoddard@snovalleystar.com
Additionally, crews have built the school with waterproof membranes to keep water out of the foundation. Rainwater will eventually travel to a holding pond south of the school.
“It’s important when you have 90 mile-per-hour winds and 90 inches of rain,” said project manager Clint Marsh. The contracting company, Babbit Neuman Construction, also built Cascade View
Elementary and averages 45 workers on staff. Aune said the district isn’t looking at utilizing solar panels at this point, and that the donation from NW Solar and Wind to Snoqualmie
Snoqualmie City Council bans marijuana The Snoqualmie City Council unanimously passed an ordinance during its March 13 meeting outlawing the production, process-
ing and sale of marijuana or marijuana products effective March 22. The ordinance amended the existing city code to
cover all marijuana use, whether medicinal or recreational. Penalties for growing marijuana fall under state
law as a Class C penalty of growing without a license, punishable by up to five years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine.
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North Bend hosts town hall on proposed sewer expansion
The City of North Bend will host a town hall meeting at 7 p.m. March 29 to discuss the possible expansion of
a public sanitary sewer through the Silver Creek neighborhood. The meeting will compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of public sewer or septic drainfields along the Northeast 12th, Northeast 10th, Northeast
Eighth and Northeast Sixth street corridors. Officials will also discuss conceptual costs of an extended sewer system to the city and tentative costs to homeowners and the timing of a potential utility local improvement district. If unable to attend
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ing Easter with Easter egg hunts March 25 and 26. Festivities kick off with a flashlight egg hunt for teens ages 12 to 17 from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. March 25 at Centennial Fields, 39903 S.E. Park St. The event will include food, drinks and a state-of-the-art mobile game theater. The annual spring egg hunt starts at 10 a.m. March 26 at Centennial Fields. Children ages 1 through 12 are welcome to participate. Parents are
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MARCH 18, 2016 encouraged to arrive early. Afterward, visit downtown Snoqualmie with your Easter egg basket and gather goodies at businesses marked with balloons. For dogs, attend the Bow Wow Doggie egg hunt at 11 a.m. March 26 at Three Forks OffLeash Dog Park at 39912 S.E. Park St. Bring a basket for doggie treats, prizes and tennis balls. A $5 donation is welcome. Proceeds will benefit the Snoqualmie Valley Pet Food Bank.
Reid Howland Soccer Mount Si senior midfielder Reid Howland (left) is one of three captains (with Jimmy Jacobson and Ethan Duvall) and six seniors (with Henry Mitchell, Oliver Eriksen and Matt Diloreto) on the Wildcats’ 2016 boys soccer team.
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The Snoqualmie Police Department is offering a free women’s self defense class for high school juniors and seniors over the age of 16 and living in Snoqualmie or North Bend. The course is taught using the nationally-recognized Rape Aggression Defense System, dedicated to teaching defensive concepts and techniques against various types of assault by using easy, effective and proven selfdefense tactics. Participants must attend all four classes for a total of 12 hours. Classes are from 6-9 p.m. at Mount Si High School, 8651 Meadowbrook Way S.E. on the following dates: q Tuesday, March 22 q Wednesday, March 23 q Monday, March 28 q Wednesday, March 30 Certified instructors, Officer Nigel Draveling, Officer Kim Stonebraker and Shelley Rowe, will
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OPINION
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MARCH 18, 2016
Valley View
’Tis better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it
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ou’d think that after 22 years of living in places where the rainy season means torrential downpour, or several feet of snow being dumped in only a few hours, I’d be more well-prepared for a major windstorm like the one that ripped through the Puget Sound late last week. You’d be wrong: last week’s storm not only caught me off-guard, but it sent me scrambling. My roommate and I apparently don’t own any flashlights, and our only
candles are scented. We didn’t even have any food or water supplies, and our only Dylan source of Chaffin heat-- a camp stove-- was hidden underneath mounds of stuff in our huge closet beneath the stairs. Luckily, the lights went out around 2 p.m. in West Seattle, meaning there was plenty of daylight left. At the time, I had been running errands with another friend who had
Share Your Views Citizens can make a difference by contacting their elected representatives.
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@ ci.snoqualmie.wa.us q Councilwoman Chelley Patterson, 425533-1833; cpatterson@ ci.snoqualmie.wa.us q Councilman Bryan
grown up in the plains of Wyoming, so we both have a pretty good idea of what a bad storm looks like. Unfortunately, the great Pacific Northwest is usually (mostly) cloudy, so playing that guessing game is a little harder. Long story short, we were trapped in Target for an hour-and-a-half waiting for the registers to come back online. Checking Twitter, I realized the storm was not going to be a minor one. A tree had fallen on a 42-year-old man’s car in Seattle’s Seward Park, killing him, with a toddler in 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
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the backseat. The toddler survived with minor injuries, and it’s still unclear whether the man was driving or was parked. Across the region, several roads and bridges were closed after trees were torn from their roots and a semi overturned on the Narrows Bridge in Tacoma in 50 mph gusts. The storm also caused the Washington State Department of Transportation to close the 520 bridge for the first time in two years. Police and electrical crews immediately fell into action all over, creating roadblocks and racing to fix downed power lines. When the lights came back on three hours later, there was a sense of relief. The winds had finally calmed. In all, almost
District 2, doyg@svsd410.org q Carolyn Simpson, District 3, simpsonc1@ svsd410.org q Vice President Tavish MacLean, District 1, macleant@svsd410.org q Marci Busby, District 4,
300,000 people in the Puget Sound were without power at one point or another. The Snoqualmie Valley managed to avoid a lot of the carnage, with only 100 people without power in North Bend during the storm, according to Puget Sound energy. But that doesn’t negate the fact that we should all be prepared for an emergency situation. Snoqualmie sees an average of 62 inches of rainfall each year, while North Bend sees 98 inches. Though we may not feel like we need it, putting together a waterproof kit with water, canned food or granola bars, basic first aid supplies, warm clothing and flashlights with batteries is a small price to pay for peace of mind.
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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q Songwriter’s Circle with Jay Pinto, Stephanie Ward and Levi Burkle, 8 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., $12/ adults, $10/students and seniors, Snoqualmie, 8313647
q Merry Monday Story Time, ages 0-3, 11 a.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 8880554
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q Aging Well Learning Community, 10:15 a.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223 q NaNoWriMo to Published Workshop Series, 10:30 a.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 8880554 q Winter Storytime and Crafts: Mouse, all ages, 1:303:30 p.m. March 19-20, Cedar River Watershed Education Center, 19901 Cedar Falls Road S.E., free, bit.ly/JZfCAj
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q Blues Brunch with the Groovetramps, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., $12/adults, $10/students and seniors, Snoqualmie, 8313647
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q Book Swap, ages 12 and younger, 3:30-5 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 8880554 q Parks and Public Works meeting, 5 p.m., Community Development meeting, 6 p.m., Planning Commission meeting and Parks Board meeting, 7 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St., Snoqualmie, 8881555
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q The Snoqualmie/ Fall City Family History Group, we help people find their family and complete their family tree, 10-11:30 a.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223 q Weight Loss Clinic with Dr. Scott, 6:30 p.m., Park Street Healing Arts, 318 Park St., North Bend, call 888-4170 to RSVP 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 Community Dinner, 5-6:30 p.m. Snoqualmie United Methodist Church, 38701 S.E. River St., Snoqualmie, 8881697 q Parks Commission meeting, 6 p.m., 126 E. Fourth St., North Bend, 8881211 q Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 8313647
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q Block Party: Bricks at the Library, 2 p.m., 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend, 888-0554 q Community Game Night, all ages, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Sallal Grange, 12912 432nd Ave. S.E., North Bend, 888-0825 q Joe Stanton, 8 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 8313647 q Red Classic Rock, 8 p.m. to midnight, Mt. Si Pub, 45530 S.E. North Bend Way, North Bend, 8316155
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New coach steps in to guide senior laden fastpitch squad By Sam Kenyon skenyon@snovalleystar.com A new era begins with a first season and that’s what the Mount Si fastpitch program is about to start. After the retirement of 15-year head coach Larry White following the Wildcats’ seasonending loss in the third round of last year’s Class 4A KingCo Confererence championships, new head coach Lauren Liseth will now be calling the plays. “Coaching was always something I wanted to do,” she said. Liseth is also in her first year teaching second grade at Cascade View Elementary School. She played shortstop for Centralia High School, where she graduated in 2010. “I took my team to state four years in a row there,” she said. “It was a big accomplishment for a senior to do that at my high school.” She went on to play
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First-year head coach Lauren Liseth (center) addresses the Mount Si fastpitch team at a recent indoor practice. catcher and shortstop for Fairfield University in Connecticut, where the Stags made their conference tournament every year of her tenure. Now she is leading a Wildcats team with two weeks of practice behind them and their first game ahead on March 18, when they travel cross-state for a game against Wenatchee. “My initial impres-
sion is we have a lot of talent at every position,” Liseth said. “We have a lot of great leadership on this team.” Two of those leaders are a pair of senior captains – Nelly Joselyn at second base and Jamie Trotto at third base. “Both great leaders, amazing girls, always coming out to play hard,” Liseth said of the captains. “I think all the
younger players on our team really look up to them and respect them.” Liseth said so far it seems one of the team’s greatest strengths is experience. The Wildcats have five returning seniors from last season: Joselyn, Trotto, Bayley Barnett, Rose Vogt and Natalie Luchtel. Barnett and junior ace Claire Lis will be two
of the team’s pitching staples in the circle. “We have a lot of girls that have played at really competitive levels,” Liseth said. “This team has been really competitive in the past, and just overall they’re very talented and experienced, and they work really hard.” She said at an early point in the season, the team’s biggest challenge
is communication and learning the new coaching regime. Last season, the team went 7-16 overall. Based on what she has gathered so far, she thinks Woodinville will be the team to beat this season. But she also said competition is likely to be tough across all the teams in KingCo 4A. “I think no game is going to be easy to win,” Liseth said. “I think it’s a very competitive league with a lot of amazing coaches.” So far, the new coach has found the team to be a fun and hardworking group of dedicated players. She will be looking to maintain the program’s continuity while working in her own ideas. Liseth credited White as being “very gracious” in offering her help and advice. “I think I have a lot to learn from Larry,” she said. “I know that I have really big shoes to fill because he was a fantastic coach.”
Mount Si track teams hope for boost from large turnout By Sam Kenyon skenyon@snovalleystar.com A big track and field team at Mount Si means a bigger chance to succeed, and this year’s team, at 105 athletes, is especially big. “This is the biggest turnout we’ve had,” said girls head coach Dave Clifford. There are 53 girls, he said, up from the usual turnout of 35-40. Clifford wasn’t exactly sure why there was such a large turnout this season, but he has some guesses. “Maybe some of the kids are talking to their friends,” he said. “And we have fun.” It isn’t just the girls’ side of the team either. “I like the fact that we’ve got some good depth,” boys head coach Gregg Meyers said. “We were a large, young team last year and the year before. Now some of those guys are stepping up as leaders.” Instead of captains, the
team selects a handful of athletes to form the leadership group. Some of the athletes in this year’s leadership group are Hannah Waskom, Riley Ovall and Melissa Hruska for the girls, and Baly Botten, Ryan Stokes and Andrew Harris for the boys. “We don’t really know a lot about talent level yet,” Clifford said. “We’ll know more after our first meet.” But there are a few returning athletes that the coaches are betting will have strong seasons, such as Waskom. “She’s one of the top returners,” Clifford said of Waskom, who finished in 10th place in the 1,600 meters and was seventh in the 3,200 meters at last season’s state meet. “She’s done very well in both cross country and track, so we’re looking for another big season out of her.” Meyers, who is also the pole vaulting head coach, also feels good about his team in that event, where Botten tied
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Mount Si junior Hannah Waskom (center) practices running distances while the sprinters behind her walk back to the starting blocks during a recent practice. for sixth place at state last season. There are a number of promising returning long-distance runners, sprinters and jumpers on the team, in the eyes of the coaches. Junior Jacob Belceto finished in 12th place in the 200-meter dash at state last season. Belceto, Justin Falk, Sean Hyland and Hunter Titus finished in 12th at state in the
400 relay last season. Senior Jacob Wachtendonk, another in the leadership group, finished in seventh place at the state javelin throw. And in addition to Waskom, junior Lindsey Sydnor finished in 11th place in the 1600 at state. “It was not bad for being so young,” Meyers said of the state appearances from his team last season.
“They’re good kids and they’re hard workers,” Clifford said of this season’s team. Even though the coaches don’t know exactly what their squad’s strengths are yet, there is one unmistakable area of advantage. “For the girls, if you want to talk about the strength of the team, you’d have to talk about our distance (runners),” Clifford said. The team’s first meet was on March 17, the results of which were not available at press time. The Wildcats faced Inglemoor and Eastlake, teams that Clifford felt would be near the top of the Class 4A KingCo Conference standings. With a big team and a brand-new season, the Wildcats are looking to get running. “A lot of kids are really focused and want to have a good season,” Meyers said. “They are out here to compete, not just participate.”
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ed on the ground and then hoisted, Aune said. A full-sized soccer field is on the southern part of campus, next to a smaller field where students will be able to play kickball and T-ball, Stokes said. Part of the funds will be used to build a covered playground in the courtyard next to the gym.
Café in Snoqualmie at 7:30 p.m. April 4. Tickets cost $15. The Black Dog Café is located at 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E. and is an all-ages venue. The next steps: q Installation of exterior siding q Interior painting and installation of ceiling panels q Continued installation of fire sprinkler systems, heating and ventilation, roof shingles and walls. The school is slated to open this fall.
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