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March 27, 2014

Docents explain history

By Sherry Grindeland Dan Olah waits for that magical moment during his tours. It happens every time.

As one of only five docents with the Northwest Railway Museum, he watches the guests he’s guiding around the Train Shed. He describes how the railroad changed things, the train cars in the collection and what life was like once trains began running.

“It could be anything that triggers it,” Olah said. “But for everyone, there comes

By Sherry Grindeland

Dan Olah, a docent at the Northwest Railway Museum, talks about some of the history of railroads.

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Ryan Roberts appointed hospital commissioner

By Sherry Grindeland Ryan Roberts of Snoqualmie was appointed and sworn in as the new commissioner at the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital Board of Commissioners meeting March 20 at Snoqualmie City Hall.

The vote was 3-1 for Roberts.

Commissioner Gene Pollard opposed the appointment because he favored a different candidate, Emma Herron.

Roberts was the man who had the commissioners laughing during the interviews of potential candidates March 6.

He jokingly commented then that he and his wife were frequent visitors at the Snoqualmie Hospital’s emergency department because they have little boys – active boys who get injured playing.

Ryan will fill Position Three on the board of the King County Public Hospital District No. 4 – the official name of the hospital district.

Position Three was vacated in January when Gene Pollard was installed in the Position Four seat.

SnoValley Idol is set for Friday

By Sam Kenyon Twelve local young musical talents will be performing at the 10th Annual SnoValley Idol Junior Finals, 6-8 p.m. March 28 at the Mount Si High School Auditorium.

Julian Betz, Jessica Conlon, Hillary Curd, Lily Garrity, Piper Hawley, Catalina Jarocki, Autumn Kasprowich, Isabella Mariani, Jennah Nassar, Maddie Nowicki, Hannah Oberg and Jacy Scott Laakso will be competing for the chance to be named the 2014 Junior Valley Idol.

The evening will also include a performance by the reigning 2013 SnoValley Idol Junior champion, Bella DiDomenico.

The SnoValley Idol Junior is an annual contest open to all Snoqualmie Valley youth ages 10 - 14. The first round of auditions were held Feb. 8, at Boxley’s in North Bend, where the 12 finalists were chosen.

A panel of music industry experts, Annmarie Farris, Susanna Fuller and Danny Kolke, judged contestants on natural ability, quality of performance, and showmanship. The panel also offered advice and encouragement to each participant.

The same panel of experts will judge the finals and will select the overall winner. The audience will have the chance to vote for the People’s Choice Award winner from all the finalists.

Admission to the event is $5. Tickets may be ordered in advance at www.siviewpark.org or purchased at the door. Each audience member is eligible for one vote. The overall winner receives a prize as well as invitations to perform at several local community wide events throughout the year.

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Yellow-suited workers, barely visible on the right side, continue construction on the new Snoqualmie Valley Hospital, which Ryan Roberts will help oversee.

Pollard ran against Kevin Ten people applied for the because his wife was ill.

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Fire at Mount Si High School causes evacuation of students A fire at Mount Si High School caused a brief evacuation of students March 20. Students were sent to the gym early in the afternoon while Snoqualmie firefighters extinguished the small blaze.

The fire was concentrated near the chimney, by the vent for the art department’s kiln.

“We had to cut back the roof three to four feet on each side (of the chimney),” said Mark Correira,

fire chief for the city of Snoqualmie. “Some roof supports were charred.”

An automatic alarm was activated by the fire which alerted the fire department before smoke was spotted by a passer-by. Some roof supports near the chimney were charred. It is estimated that the fire did $12,500 worth of damage.

A fire investigator from the King County Sheriff’s Department determined the cause of the fire was

Docent From Page 1 the moment when things click, when suddenly something I say ties history and railroading and their lives together.”

It may be when he talks about the Wellington Disaster or about how the advent of refrigerated cars not only changed our diets but caused us as a population to grow taller. But he always finds something that relates to people in his tour group.

Like the final coat of varnish on an antique train car’s interior woodwork, those “aha” moments shine for the North Bend resident. They’re one reason he comes back every year as a volunteer docent.

And he wants to share that

accidental.

Students were sent back to classes and school was dismissed at the regular time.

Then, on March 24 another fire alarm caused a second evacuation at the high school.

District spokeswoman Carolyn Malcolm said a science experiment caused some smoke which again triggered an automatic alarm. Classes resumed after a brief interruption.

experience. Olah, the docent coordinator, is recruiting people to join the program. He will be at the Docent Information Day March 29 at the Northwest Railway Museum.

“We would like to grow the program to a much larger scale,” said Cristy Lake, the Museum’s volunteer coordinator.

She and Olah added they would like to add enough docents to expand docent-led tours to Sunday.

Richard Anderson, executive director of the museum, said he can’t stress enough how important docents are going to be to the museum as it grows.

“Docent-led tours of the Northwest Railway Museum provide a more fulfilling, complete and accurate portrayal of our themes,” he said. “Unlike static exhibits, our docents are able to adjust their content to

MARCH 27, 2014

Go batty with the Wildflowers and the Bat Lady Going batty is a good thing said Leola Young, of the Wildflowers Garden Club.

That’s why the Snoqualmie Valley group asked bat expert Barbara Ogaard to be the guest speaker at the garden club’s first public event – a workshop from 1-4 p.m. March 29 at the Mount Si Senior Center.

“We chose the Bat lady because she is a dynamic, educational, and engaging speaker,” Young said.

“Bats are a very impor-

Docent training Information day 10 a.m. March 29 Training April 12, 19 and May 3 or 4 Learn more at www.TrainMuseum.org.

Northwest Railway Museum Snoqualmie Depot 38625 S.E. King St. Snoqualmie Email Cristy Lake, volunteer coordinator, at cristy@ trainmuseum.org. each unique audience and provide more or less explanation depending upon their interest.”

Indeed, Olah finds himself sometimes describing life in more detail when the audience has life experience versus what he says to children.

Docents are becoming a

tant part of the ecology and many people know so little about them, or are afraid of them. We hope to help change that.”

The Wildflowers is a small club that has been around since 2009. The members share a love of gardening, a goal to increase their knowledge of nature and, Young said, enjoy great food and fellowship at the same time.

The bat program is appropriate for all age levels and gardening abilities.

Children will probably be enthralled because Ogaard often brings a bat

necessity for the Museum.

Without docents, visitors can only ride the railroad and visit the depots in Snoqualmie and North Bend. With docents, tourists can tour the Train Shed. Last year every tour sold out.

And the Train Shed is worth viewing. The building houses more than a dozen restored cars and a number of cars waiting to be restored.

Among the restored cars is the oldest Great Northern Railway caboose still in existence, Olah said.

“In the 19th century, every engineer had his own engine and every conductor was assigned his own caboose,” he said. “There was a conductor who lived in Montana and when he retired in 1922, he purchased his caboose.”

It was trucked to the conductor’s home where it sat for many

or two with her when she gives workshops.

There will be games and puzzles for children, refreshments and a plant, jewelry and card sale.

The event is free but donations are welcomed.

For more information about the Wildflowers Garden Club, email wildflowersgc@hotmail.com.

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years. Eventually, the trustees of the conductor’s estate contacted the Northwest Railway Museum.

“Every car has a story behind it,” Olah said. “That’s one of the things you learn as a docent.”

He stressed that you don’t need to know about railroads, railcars or even the difference between a caboose and a locomotive to volunteer. The free training provides background and all new docents work with experienced docents for a while.

The time commitment, once someone is trained, is only one or two days a month for about two to two-and-a-half hours a day.

“People are busy,” Olah said.

“We recognize that. But we guarantee that you’ll have fun when you’re here.”

Sherry Grindeland can be reached at editor@ snovalleystar.com or 425-392-6434, ext. 246.

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‘The Laramie Project’ takes on topics of hate in society

By Sherry Grindeland How, as a community, do citizens deal with a hate crime and murder?

That’s the basis of the play, “The Laramie Project,” that opens March 28 at The Black Dog Arts Café in Snoqualmie.

The play was based on an actual event that happened in October 1998. Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old student at the University of Wyoming, was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die, tied to a fence in the middle

Festival of Arts will showcase Mount Si High School students work Artistic works from Mount Si High School students will be on display at the annual Festival of the Arts April 23-25, a threeday art show sponsored by the Parent Teacher Student Association.

Deadline for submissions is April 4. Students may use a variety of media such as ceramics, painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, animation, woods/metal, video, digital illustration, graphic arts, video games, and horticulture.

The goal of the festival is to give exposure to

of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His bloody, bruised and battered body was not discovered until the next day, and he died several days later in an area hospital.

The assault happened because Shepard was gay.

During the trial and over the period of a year and a half, Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project conducted more than 200 interviews with the people of Laramie.

Some people interviewed were directly con-

nected to the case, and others were citizens.

The play was written from these interviews and from Kaufman and

Tectonic Theater members own experiences in the town.

“It explores the depths to which humanity can

Mount Si students and the art program, as well as showcase the importance of art in Snoqualmie Valley Schools.

The show will be staged April 23 in the Wildcat Court and school library.

The Festival of Arts Committee will judge the work.

Students will be able to view the works the following day, April 24, during

school hours. The show will be open to the public 6:30-8:30 p.m. April 24.

The show closes the afternoon of April 25.

Students who wish to submit art pieces for the festival should do so at the Mount Si Library workroom.

For further information contact the Chair of the Festival of the Arts Committee, Carol Reitz

at carolreitz@msn.com or 425-765-9284.

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Schools foundation gets an ‘A’ for its work Give the Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation an “A” for its Small Hands to Big Plans Annual Luncheon March 20 at the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Clubhouse. The sold-out event was a fun way to get a glimpse of what’s happening in our schools and meet some of the terrific people who work with our children.

The luncheon featured a number of great things going on in the Snoqualmie Valley Schools.

Parents and community supporters enjoyed hearing the Mount Si High School Jazz Band. After listening to these talented young musicians directed by Matt Wenman, it was obvious why the band received the coveted invitation to the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival.

Fascinating, too, was the foundation’s video, produced

by Mount Si High School teacher Joe Dockery. The film showed activities that were funded by past donations such as reading, math, arts and music enrichment programs, and a project that helps non-English-speaking parents connect with the schools and their children’s teachers.

Awards were presented to Educators of the Year, the foundation’s way of honoring the hardworking folks in our district.

Winners were: Danielle Bernardo, fourth-grade teacher at Cascade View Elementary Carolyn Phelps, eighth-grade math teacher at Twin Falls Middle School Nick Kurka, environmental science and horticulture teacher at Mount Si High School Karen Lewis, transportation technician for the school district.

Kudos to Educator of the Year Committee Chair Cheryl Duncan. She went to the schools, walking into the classrooms and surprising the winners with flowers and balloons. Ray Lapine followed Duncan and caught the happy (and stunned) looks on teacher’s faces when they learned the news.

And if people at the luncheon needed more proof that our schools are on the right track, all they had to do was listen to the high school senior who helped emcee the program. Christina Fischer, a senior at Mount Si, was both poised and personable.

The ultimate goal, of course, was to raise funds to be distributed back into our classrooms. Like all school foundations around the state, the Snoqualmie Valley group will be underwriting enrichment programs.

And raise money this group did. As of March 24, the total had surpassed $96,000.

The Foundation gets an “A” for its work.

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Government has too much control over us Our nation is still a free land, but as a people we are allowing our federal government to gain too much control. Our founding fathers anticipated that something like this could happen and wrote into Article V of the Constitution a way for the people to use their state legislatures to keep the federal government in check. Two thirds of the state legislatures need to apply to Congress for a Convention of States to address the subject of limiting the power and jurisdiction of the federal government.

A grassroots movement to do this is already underway, Georgia is the first state to pass the application, Arizona and Alaska may be next. Eight other states already have bills in their legislature. Your letters to Governor Jay Inslee and our district’s legislators will give our state a voice in this important discussion. Whether your political views run left or right, please read up on this matter and get involved. Search for “Convention of States.” We all win when we maintain control of our government.

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Time for tribes to pay up Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson’s opinion letter was well-written and full of truth.

I know for fact that tribes keep members’ incomes below poverty level so that members may collect on Medicaid and welfare (food stamps, money, etc.).

We foot the bill in many more ways than Larson exposed in his letter.

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From the Web Death penalty should be eliminated The death penalty is final.

But as people wait in prison for the penalty, new facts come out and innocent people under the judgment of the death penalty are freed.

Several of these incidents happened just this last week, where decades-long imprisonments were overturned.

We cannot give these men their years back, but we can give them their freedom. (And whether we should give them restitution is another matter for another day.)

But if we kill these men, and discover later that the penalty was enforced wrongly, we cannot give them anything back.

Not their lives, not their years, not their freedom.

It would be better to do away with the death penalty as so many other countries have done.

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Fishing is about being, not catching As a prequel to the morning coffee inhalation down at the Mule Barn coffee shop, the members of the world dilemma think tank were found at the break of day, armed with fly rods, in their other guise as charter members of the Lewis Creek Piscatorial Pursuit Alliance.

“I like your presentation, Dud,” said Doc, waving his hand-tied midge through the air.

Presentation is fly-fishingspeak for how you wave your line through the air and set it down on the water.

“Thanks, Doc. That doublehaul cast of yours is a work of beauty,” Dud said. “Look at Steve over there. Ever see anyone pull the line out of the reel and extend his cast that well?”

“Thanks,” said Steve. “But I keep watching how Doc does it, and I know I’m not in the same league.”

“You’re too kind,” said Doc. “I think a good part of it is just using this mayfly dry that Marvin tied for me. This thing just hangs suspended over the creek like it was a helicopter.”

“I do my best,” Marvin said, casting a stonefly nymph upstream, “but we all know it isn’t the fly so Slim Randles much as it is Columnist the way it’s presented to the fish.”

Half an hour later, they were seated and sipping at the philos-

ophy counter at the Mule Barn.

No one had caught anything that morning, but it didn’t stop them all from feeling really good about themselves.

Fishing can be painlessly therapeutic. You can look it up.

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Legislature ends session with issue of basic education funding unresolved

By Elliot Suhr WNPA News Service There will be no increased funding for K-3 classroom construction this year. Bills from both the Senate and the House failed to reach the governor’s desk even though they both had bipartisan sponsorship.

In McCleary vs.

Washington, the state Supreme Court ruled the state was not sufficiently funding basic education. Earlier this year, the court ordered legislators to quicken the pace of funding to meet McCleary obligations — including K-3 class size reductions.

According to the National Education Association, Washington state is fourth worst in the nation for classroom sizes.

House Bill 2797 would have sold $700 million in lottery-backed bonds to fund K-3 classroom construction; it passed out of the House 90-7 with bipartisan support. It failed to make it to the Senate floor after State Treasurer Jim McIntire said lotterybacked bonds were too

risky.

“I think the challenge I had was we could issue bonds from the lottery, but you don’t get the lowest interest rate,” Sen. Mark Mullet (D-5th District) said. “If you’re going to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars, you have to make sure you’re borrowing at the lowest interest rate possible.”

SB 6483 would have sold $825 million in general-obligation bonds — as opposed to lottery-backed revenue bonds — to modernize STEM facilities, fund all-day kindergarten and reduce K-3 class sizes.

Rep. Chad Magendanz (R-5th District) supported the bill through its passage in the House.

“I was a big proponent of that and was very disappointed it didn’t go through the Senate,” he said. “This is an appropriate way to use state debt.

This is an investment and it’s appropriate to be bonding that debt.”

Magendanz is the assistant ranking minority member of the House Education Committee as well as a member of the

Governor’s Education Funding Workgroup.

Several bills failed to make it out of the chambers this session, including bills to fund teacher cost-of-living adjustments, close tax exemptions for basic education and amend teacher evaluations to maintain the federal waiver for the No Child Left Behind act.

The House Democrats proposed a supplemental budget earlier this year that included a bill that would raise $100 million for basic education by closing tax exemptions.

Leaders in the Senate Majority Coalition Caucus said education funding discussions would be better suited for next session, when the 2015-2017 biennium budget is on the table.

The state Supreme Court called for more money to pay for existing reforms — including teacher cost-of-living adjustments, additional funding for schools and a plan to fully fund basic education by April 30.

According to lawmakers and education officials,

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Mullet said the session left the question of funding hanging.

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Obituary Sandra Burgess Sandra Burgess, 70, passed away March 13, 2014.

Burgess graduated from Mount Si High

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Nicolino 3. “Off The Page,” directed by Krista Cassidy 4. “Waiting on Trains,” directed by Morgan Meyers Best Director 1. Morgan Myers and Natalie Warner 2. Kennedy Stinson 3. Krista Cassidy Best Original Script 1. “Where The Animals Will Go” 2. “Off The Page” 3. “Schizophrenic” Best Costumes 1. “Where The Animals Will Go” 2. “Intermission” 3. “Waiting on Trains” Best Set 1. “Off The Page” 2. “Four Seasons” 3. “Schizophrenic” Best Lead Actor 1. Claire Olde-Loohuis 2. Tony Erickson,

Mount Si High Drama Fest awards are announced Mount Si High School’s recent Drama Fest featured eight student-directed shows. Drama Fest is an annual event, giving students an opportunity to write and direct plays as well as act on stage and pull together costumes.

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Police and fire reports North Bend / Snoqualmie Police Road rude It was reported to the police at 5:04 p.m. March 15, that at the 46000 block of Southeast North Bend Way, a woman was followed and harassed in her vehicle.

The caller reported that she stopped on the side of the road to eat and text when she was harassed by a man in a beat-up, white vehicle. He yelled that she was a meth head and told her not to pull over on a public road, then he followed her while honking.

They have to admit it

Police responded at 9:42 a.m. March 16, to the QFC at 400 E. North Bend Way to a suspicious Toyota Corolla with tinted windows behind the store near the dumpster. The individuals said they were just hanging out. They agreed that their behavior was a bit suspicious.

Inside voices Police responded at 6:40 p.m. March 17, to the King County Library at 100 E. 4th St. to reports of a man yelling at the

librarians. After initial resistance, the subject provided his information to the responding officers.

The librarians decided that since he had calmed down he could stay.

Bumps in the night Police responded at 9:19 p.m. March 18, to the 6900 block of Pinehurst Avenue Southeast to reports of unexplained noises.

A woman, whose husband was out of town, thought she heard footsteps on the third floor.

She couldn’t remember whether she had left the door unlocked earlier that day when she went out.

An officer checked the perimeter and the house and found nothing suspicious.

Family rest stop Police responded at 6:57 a.m. March 19, to the 500 block of East North Bend Way to reports of a man and woman in a parked car that was blocking an entrance and a public gas pump for 90 minutes.

Investigation revealed it was a husband and wife who had driven from Montana. The wife was feeding the baby.

Key to sales: persistence

Police responded at 9:20 p.m. March 20, to the area around Fairway Avenue and Southeast Pratt Street

to reports of a suspicious person. The subject had been in the neighborhood between 7 and 8 p.m., knocking repeatedly on doors despite no answer.

The subject was contacted later and stated that he was selling newspapers.

North Bend fire Could have been worse

Six engines were dispatched at 8:07 p.m.

March 15, to the 48000 block of Westbound I-90 to provide emergency medical service for a motor vehicle accident with no injuries.

Could have been worse part two

Seven engines were dispatched at 3:57 p.m.

March 19, to the 36500 block of Eastbound I-90 to provide emergency medical service for a motor vehicle accident with no injuries.

Change of heart Four engines were dispatched at 6:41 p.m.

March 19, to the 46500 block of Eastbound I-90.

The crews were cancelled en route.

Southeast for a road freight or transport vehicle fire.

King County Sheriff’s Office Sweet-toothed shoplifter

Police responded at 2:40 p.m. March 7, to the Carnation Market at 31722 West Eugene Street to reports of theft. A man entered the market and walked around while “talking” on his phone. The subject is believed to have grabbed a candy bar before exiting the store.

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Police responded at 8:12 a.m. March 8, to the 31700 block of West Entwistle South to reports of theft. Two Honda mopeds were found missing from an unlocked, fenced backyard. There are no suspects.

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Vandalism Police responded at 12:15 a.m. March 23, to Pete’s Club Grill at 4640 Tolt Avenue to reports that an unknown suspect threw a bottle at an unoccupied vehicle and damaged the car.

Freight fire Two engines were dispatched at 10:38 p.m.

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YOUR WEEK

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SCHEDULE THIS: “Little Town Blues,” a community dinner and fundraiser, will be at 7 p.m. April 2 at Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way. Proceeds will help the Mount Si High School Jazz Band go to New York City to the prestigious Essentially Ellington festival. Tickets are $50; call 292-9307.

Donations will also be accepted at www.mountsibands.org/ellington.

Send your news Send items for Your Week to newsclerk@ isspress.com by noon Friday.

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q SnoValley Idol Junior Finals, audience votes for People’s Choice, 6-8 p.m., Mount Si High School Auditorium, 8651 Meadowbrook Way S.E., Snoqualmie

q Chris Symer Trio, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 2929307 q ‘Over the River and Though the Woods,’ by Joe DiPietro, 7:30 p.m., Valley Center Stage, 119 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, $17.50/adults, $14/students and seniors, www.valleycenterstage.org q ‘The Laramie Project,’ a play by Moises Kaufman and members of Tectonic Theater Project, 8 p.m., Theatre Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, $15/adults, $12/ students and seniors, http://bit. ly/1cFQefW q Son’s of Palmer, 8 p.m. to midnight, Mt. Si Pub, 45530 S.E. North Bend Way, North Bend, 831-6155

q ‘Meadowbrook 101,’ learn all about the history and possible future of this 460 acre open space, 10 a.m. to noon, Meadowbrook Farm, 1711 Boalch Ave., North Bend, 8311900 q Going Batty, learn all about bats and enjoy family activities, 1-4 p.m.

Mount Si Senior Center Activity Room, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend, $5 suggested donation q ‘Over the River and Though the Woods,’ by Joe DiPietro, 2 p.m., Valley Center Stage, 119 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, $17.50/adults, $14/ students and seniors, www.valleycenterstage.org q ‘The Laramie Project,’ 8 p.m., Theatre Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, $15/adults, $12/ students and seniors, http://bit.ly/1cFQefW

q Carolyn Graye and Friends, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 2929307

q Mount Si High School Vocal Jazz Clinic, 5 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 2929307 q ‘The Laramie Project,’ 3 p.m., Theatre Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, $15/adults, $12/students and seniors, http://bit.ly/1cFQefW

q North Bend Young Artists Exhibit, all day, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554 q Infant and Young Toddler Story Time, 11 a.m. to noon, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554

q Sac Mau, 7 p.m. show added, The Ballroom at Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. North Bend Way, Snoqualmie, $62, 21 and older, www. snocasino.com

q Danny Kolke Trio, 6 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 2929307

q Study Zone, 3-5 p.m., free homework help, grades K-12, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554

q Community & Economic Affairs Committee meeting, 4-5 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St., Snoqualmie, 8881555, ext. 1125

q North Bend Young Artists Exhibit, all day, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554

q Vox at the Box, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307 q Study Zone, 4-6 p.m., free homework help, grades K-12, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554

q AARP Tax Help, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., no income or age limits, bring picture I.D., proof of Social Security number, last year’s tax return and any current tax documents, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554

q Music Together free trial class, 10:15-11 a.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., www. tigermountainmusictogether.com

q Anime and Manga Club, 3-5 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223

q Game Night, 4-9 p.m., Snoqualmie Falls Brewery and Taproom, 8032 Falls Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 8312357

q Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 8313647

q Katy Bourne & Darin Clendenin, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307

q Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night, 7 p.m., Snoqualmie Falls Brewery and Taproom, 8032 Falls Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 8312357

q The Ugly Cousin Brothers, 7:30 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 8313647

q Study Zone, 5-7 p.m., free homework help, grades K-12, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd.

S.E., 888-1223

q North Bend First Tuesday Book Club, ‘The Calligrapher’s Daughter,’ by Eugenia Kim, 7-8:45 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554

q ‘Little Town Blues,’ Mount Si High School hosts this community dinner and jazz band fundraiser, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, $50, 292-9307

q Family Story Time, 7-8 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223 q ‘Lighten the Emotional Load,’ Lunch and Learn, noon, Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 SE Snoqualmie Pkwy., free but must register www.svhd4.org

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MARCH 27, 2014

Girls tennis team loses, 6-1, to Eastlake Wolves

By Sam Kenyon

By Sam Kenyon

Kerry Pemberton returns a volley during Mount Si High School’s March 24 match against Eastlake.

The Mount Si girls’ tennis team lost decisively to the Eastlake Wolves 6-1 on March 24 at the Sammamish school.

The only Wildcat match win came from their third doubles team. This is Mount Si’s third loss so far this season, and the most one-sided so far.

Eastlake is a solid tennis team and the Wildcats were somewhat reduced due to missing players.

The singles matches were tough on Mount Si, each of the first sets in the four matches going 0-6 for Eastlake.

The doubles teams were significantly stronger for the Wildcats. The first doubles team

lost in a tight game. The second doubles team forced a tie breaking third game before losing and the third doubles team was the only Mount Si victory on the night.

Mount Si went 4-5 last season and hopes to improve on that this season. Head coach James Gibowski thinks that despite the slow start, the team can improve, even though they are in an extremely competitive conference.

“Mercer Island is the defending state champs,” Gibowski said. “They usually dominate.”

The Islanders have been the perennial state champions for many years, which makes it See TENNIS, Page 11

By Calder Productions

Aaron Baumgardner slides in to take the ball away during the game against Bothell.

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Wildcats baseball team wins, 4-0, at Baseball Classic at Safeco; loses game, 8-6, at Bothell

Soccer team undefeated after 2-1 win over Bothell

The Breshears family started and ended the Safeco High School Baseball Classic March 23 in Seattle. Mount Si defeated Newport 4-0.

Polly Breshears, president of the booster club and mother of senior shortstop Carson Breshears, threw the ceremonial first pitch at the Mariners stadium. Like other moms of seniors at the game, she was presented with a bouquet of flowers.

Carson Breshears spearheaded the game-ending double

The Mount Si soccer team won against the Bothell Cougars on March 20. The Wildcats took the Cougars 2-1 off of junior Connor Williams’ two goals.

Junior goalkeeper Bruce Corrie had a game saving stop in the final seconds of the match to secure the win.

Coach Darren Brown said that the team played a “playoff atmosphere match” and was very pleased with his team’s intensity. The coach said his

Mount Si High School’s baseball team got to see themselves play on Safeco Field’s jumbotron.

play when he caught a line drive and then flipped the ball to Tanner Simpson who got the out at second base. The timing was impeccable. Newport had the bases loaded and one out when Breshears grabbed the line drive.

Evan Johnson and Zach Usselman led the hitting for the Wildcats. Usselman was also the winning pitcher; who struck out five while throwing three nohit innings. Alden Huschle and Simpson provided the relief.

The story had a different ending March 23 in Bothell when Mount Si fell 8-6.

“We had too many missed opportunities,” said Coach Zack Habben. “We battled back late in the game but we were not able to get things going early.”

Bothell, Habben said, is a good team and hit the ball well.

Mount Si will travel to Kennewick March 29 for games against Kamiakin and Kennewick high schools at LaPierre Field.

team made the necessary adjustments in the second half which opened up their attack.

The back line defense was strong for the Wildcats, including the goalkeeper. Brown said that the midfield and high post played a quality game.

The win brings the Wildcats to 2-0-1 on the season, with the tie coming against Juanita. The next match they play will be a home match, March 28 against Sammamish.

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Brittney Stevens has two hits, one RBI in fastpitch loss The Mount Si Wildcats fastpitch team lost to the Moses Lake Chiefs, 13-2, on March 22.

The Wildcats could only scrounge up seven hits of their 20 at-bats in the decisive loss.

The pitching load was shared by Paige Weatherbee, who threw for three innings, and Bayley Barnett, who threw

Tennis From Page 10 hard for other KingCo teams.

“I think we’re in the toughest league in the whole state,” Gibowski said.

Rachel Walker was the first singles match for Mount Si. She was beaten handily by a veteran senior from Eastlake. Despite the loss, Walker said the experience was valuable.

“There’s a couple things I could have done better, but I’ll just learn from it for conference matches, so this was good practice,” she said.

Olivia Howland and Peyton McCulley are the first doubles team and two of the only four seniors for the Wildcats. They are going to have to be the leadership this season for their underclassmen teammates.

Despite the loss, they played a hard fought match against their Eastlake counterparts.

“Hopefully our regular season matches will be a little bit better than today,” Howland said.

Looking ahead to the rest of the season, the Wildcats are very aware of the intensity of the teams they will face.

“We have the toughest competition in the conference by far, I think.

We play Mercer Island and Interlake who are two very competitive teams.

It’s a hard conference but it’s good competition,”

for one. They each accumulated one strikeout.

Weatherbee gave up nine hits and Barnett gave up five.

Senior Brittney Stevens had two hits in her three at-bats, as well as one RBI. Stevens was the only Mount Si player to have more than one hit.

Weatherbee and Heather Hinton were the only two Wildcats to cross home plate and score.

Celine Fowler, Weatherbee, Rachel

Picchena and Jamie Trotto were the other girls to get a hit.

The game started fairly evenly, with the Chiefs only scoring one run at the end of the first inning.

Moses Lake went on to score three runs apiece in the next two innings, while it took until the third inning for the Wildcats to get on the board. In the fourth inning, the game blew apart as Moses Lake dumped six runs on the

Howland said.

“I’m just excited for what we have this year,” McCulley said.

The next match for the Wildcats will be on April 1 when they open their

regular season against Sammamish.

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Wildcats, placing the game far out of reach.

The next game for the Wildcats will be March 31 against Juanita High School in Kirkland.

Blake Picchena scores four goals but Wildcats lose lacrosse match

Mount Si with four goals, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Ballard on the lacrosse field at Ballard

Blake Picchena led

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Voter registration deadline set for special election All eligible King County voters will receive a ballot for the April 22 Special Election that will include a countywide measure to raise taxes to fund county roads and transit.

Voters need to be ready by updating voter registration after name or address changes. The deadline has passed for

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To register, voters must be: q A citizen of the United States; q A legal resident of Washington State; q At least 18 years old by election day; q Not disqualified from voting due to a

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Returning the ballot Voters should return ballots as early as possible, but not later than election day, April 22.

Voters returning ballots by mail need to affix first-class postage. Ballots must be postmarked by April 22.

Voters can return a

ballot without postage at any of 10 drop boxes 24 hours a day starting April 3 until 8 p.m. on election day. The nearest drop box is in Issaquah, at Issaquah City Hall, 130 E. Sunset Way. Registered voters who have not received a ballot, or need a replacement ballot, should call the voter hotline at 206296-VOTE (8683).

Learn more about registering and voting at www.kingcounty.gov/elections.aspx.

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To help raise funding in 2015, he said he planned to focus on economic growth, closing loopholes and funneling dedicated marijuana revenue to education.

Magendanz said he wanted focus on taking financial responsibility to pay for education away from local districts, bringing it back to the state.

“This is a state responsibility and that money should be coming from the state,” he said.

Beyond that, he said the state needs some serious compensation reform for teachers to ensure they get paid appropriately.

High School March 23. The Wildcats lost, 14-8.

The Ballard Beavers were ahead 6-1 at halftime.

The Wildcats scored five goals in the third quarter but were unable to stop Ballard from adding to the scoreboard.

Senior defender Tyler Smith and Eric Birta each scored two goals for Mount Si. Henry Dunn and Sam Egan were each credited with an assist and goal keeper Cruz Parker had nine saves.

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