Mount Si star commits to play college ball Page 11
Your locally owned newspaper, serving North Bend and Snoqualmie, Washington
March 21, 2013 VOL. 5, NO. 11
Scout Master of the Year leads his pack by example By Dan Aznoff
Town Hall meeting State lawmakers hear concerns from locals. Page 2
They gave good Locals recognized for community service Page 3
Idolize them Hear your favorites at Sno Valley Idol Junior. Page 5
Police blotter Page 7
It’s a draw Soccer team plays to a rare tie against Eastlake. Page 10
Prsrt Std U.S. Postage PAID Kent, WA Permit No. 71 POSTAL CUSTOMER
The Boy Scout motto is “Be Prepared.” Scout Master Tavish MacLean has shown members of Cub Scout Pack No. 466 how to be prepared for any number of activities — including being hit in the face with a cream pie — during his tenure with the young scouts who meet at Snoqualmie Elementary School. As an incentive for his pack, MacLean has allowed the Scout who sells the most popcorn during the annual fundraiser to hit him in the face with a cream pie. The first few years, the good-natured Scout master pulled cream pie out of his ears after the event and discovered dried pieces of sticky white paste in his hair the next morning in the shower. After several years of “taking one for the troop,” MacLean now comes to the meeting prepared for the mess with goggles for his eyes, a swim cap to cover his head and a plastic tarp to protect the floor. “Tavish leads by example,” said Penny Stevens, the mother of 10-year-old Cub Scout Wyatt Stevens. “Not only has Tavish been our cub master and the den leader, but he’s never had an assistant to help him organize activities or deal with the hundreds of emails that fly between parents.” The Snoqualmie resident was named Scout Master of the
Contributed
Tavish MacLean, Snoqualmie resident and Scout Master for Cub Scout Pack No. 466, hikes a hillside overlooking the Snoqualmie Valley with members of his troop in July 2009. America, which covers 33 Cub awards ceremony because he Web extra Scout packs, 24 Boy Scout was with one of his three sons troops, 11 Venturing crews, in the emergency room that See a slideshow of photos 10 Varsity teams and one Sea night. from Tavish MacLean’s Scouts ship. “It was not a secret,” accordtenure as a Scout master at Most of the parents of Scouts ing to his wife Rebecca, who has www.snovalleystar.com. in MacLean’s pack were not learned to accept her identity as even aware he had won the Mrs. Scout Master. “Tavish said Year for 2011-12 for the Alpine award until months after it had it was an honor to receive the District of the Chief Seattle been presented. The Scout masCouncil of the Boy Scouts of ter apparently missed his own See SCOUT, Page 3
Trusting man School Superintendent Joel Aune interviews for job in Renton schools loses $3,400 By Michele Mihalovich Joel Aune, Snoqualmie Valley School District superintendent, is one of six candidates being interviewed for the top job at the Renton School District. RSD announced in a March 13 press release that an advisory panel of community members, parents and school district staff — led by Renton School Board members — will conduct preliminary interviews of the candidates for Renton School
District superintendent. The public interview process was to take place over a threeday period beginning March 18. The top three finalists from the preliminary interviews will return to the district in early April to again meet with school board members and the public at community meetings, according to the release. The six finalists were selected by the school board from a pool of 12 who applied for the position left vacant when Dr.
Mary Alice Heuschel accepted the position of chief of staff to newly elected Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. The one-hour preliminary interview process will include 12-15 questions related to leadership challenges and the candidate’s leadership qualifications. In addition to Aune, the following will also be interviewed: Merri Rieger, chief academic officer, Kent School District; See AUNE, Page 2
in fraud
By Michele Mihalovich A 64-year-old North Bend man told police he got hoodwinked by an Egyptian-looking lady who usually wears a hat. The man told a deputy from the King County Sheriff’s Office on March 2 that he was trying to sell his RV and had mentioned that to some transient men in North Bend. See FRAUD, Page 5