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May 5, 2011 VOL. 3, NO. 18
Top doubles tennis team focusing on singles play Page 12
School bond failure is ‘a loss for children’ Yes votes are far short of required 60 percent to pass By Sebastian Moraga
What gerrymandering? Residents speak against proposed district changes. Page 2
Snoqualmie Valley Schools Superintendent Joel Aune said the failure of a $56.2 million school bond meant to build a new middle school in
Snoqualmie Ridge was a defeat for the school board, the district, the volunteers, but above all, for the children of the Valley. “This election was more difficult than the one in February,” Aune said during a school board meeting April 28. “Twelve school boards had propositions on the ballot in this state, and so far, we’re 0-for-12.” An emotional Aune said the anti-tax sentiment permeating the state, coupled with the limping economy made it difficult
for the bond to pass. The bond would have required district residents to pay 49 cents per $1,000 of their homes’ assessed value each year. As of May 2, the yes votes had yet to break the 57 percent mark. They were at 56.39 percent; 60 percent is needed to pass. The election will be certified May 11. “It appears we’re not going to make the 60 percent,” Aune said April 28. “We are all but certain.”
Conversely, North Bend parent Stephen Kangas, who opposed the vote, said he was very pleased with the result. The bond, which would build a replacement Snoqualmie Middle School while the original became an annex for the high school, failed by one vote in February. The two sides are more than 1,000 votes apart this time around. See BOND, Page 3
Mill annexation hearing stirs heated debate
Police & Fire Page 8
By Dan Catchpole
“I was doing an area search and found the car parked on the side of the road,” Toner said. He reported the car to the sheriff’s office, which had received a missing persons report earlier that afternoon from Milton police.
Opponents and supporters of Snoqualmie’s proposed annexation of the former Weyerhaeuser Mill site turned out to speak their minds at a Planning Commission public hearing May 2. The Planning Commission, though, was only considering how the area should be zoned if the city and King County agree to the annexation. The narrow focus did not stop both sides from voicing their opinions on the value of annexing the site, which sits in unincorporated King County. The site was once the economic engine of the upper Snoqualmie Valley. Some city leaders want it to be again, and point to the success of the DirtFish Rally School. But some neighbors say that engine is already too noisy and needs to be muffled. Opponents told the Planning Commission that the driving school is tearing into the Valley’s bucolic character and they questioned the economic benefit of Snoqualmie annexing the property. “Is this who we want in our community?” asked Warren Rose, who lives on Indian Hill, about a mile from the mill site. Supporters said the school has benefited the area’s economy and is not much of a nuisance. A two-day rally race held at DirtFish brought in additional
See BODY, Page 3
See ANNEXATION, Page 2
Coming and going Chamber’s in new location; director is on his way out. Page 6
By Dan Catchpole
Wheel of a good time Snoqualmie students win Battle of the Books. Page 10
Rookie jitters Newcomer helps Mount Si win 4x100 track relay. Page 12 Prsrt Std U.S. Postage PAID Kent, WA Permit No. 71 POSTAL CUSTOMER
Safe at the Safe Mount Si’s Robb Lane catches a throw from right fielder Nate Sinner. The throw was on line, but couldn’t beat the Nathan Hale’s Theron Simpson. For more about the April 30 game at Safeco Field in Seattle, see the story on page 12.
Body of missing Milton man recovered from Snoqualmie River By Dan Catchpole The King County Sheriff’s Office recovered the body of a missing Milton man from the Snoqualmie River near North Bend late April 28. Family members last saw the 51-year-old man on April 25, according to Milton Police
Chief Bill Rhoads. The man’s car had been parked about a half-mile away at the Mount Si trailhead for several days. At about 3 p.m. April 29, Sgt. Mark Toner, of the sheriff’s department, who is also chief of North Bend Police, inspected the car, which was parked illegally.
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Residents oppose school board redistricting plan By Sebastian Moraga Paul Sprouse said he wants the insanity to stop. The parent of an Opstad Elementary School student called the Snoqualmie Valley School District’s proposed redrawing of director districts “crazy” at a school board public hearing April 28. Under the proposed redrawing, the district would maintain the current format of directors, and four directors would represent at least part of Snoqualmie. “I live in the armpit of North Bend and someone in my neighborhood would be representing Snoqualmie Ridge?” said Sprouse, a resident of the Riverbend area of North Bend. “It just seems crazy.” He later added, “You can’t get more varied communities than Snoqualmie Ridge and Riverbend.” Stephen Kangas, a parent from North Bend, said the redrawing proposal was an example of gerrymandering. “As a North Bend resident, I resent the prospect of my school district director living in Snoqualmie,” he said. Gerrymandering is the illegal manipulation of the redrawing of districts to benefit one group over another. Former school board member Rudy Edwards defended the school board, saying accusations of gerrymandering are baseless. “I’m concerned, as an African-American, to hear the term gerrymandering,” he said. “As a Southerner, I’m disturbed. I have no problem with this school board. This is an outstanding district and school board.” Another Southerner, Carolyn Simpson, former head of the valley’s schools foundation, said she was the first person to call the district’s proposal gerrymandering. “This isn’t racial,” she said, “but the word can be used in any situation where there’s an attempt to preserve the status quo, or certain political interests or group dynamics, and that’s what happened here.” On April 28, most of the speakers opposing the district’s
Annexation From Page 1 business, said Brad Oberlander, who owns a gas station on Snoqualmie Ridge with his wife. “We believe we can add something very significant to the community,” DirtFish owner
What is gerrymandering? The term gerrymandering comes from the strange shape of a redrawn congressional district in the 19th century. Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry signed the redrawn district into law. When someone commented that the district looked like a salamander, someone retorted by calling it a Gerry-mander. Cases of gerrymandering have included bizarre drawings of districts to link distant areas together, which can ensure a group in power will remain in power.
“I live in the armpit of North Bend and someone in my neighborhood would be representing Snoqualmie Ridge? It just seems crazy.” — Paul Sprouse Parent of an Opstad Elementary School student
By Sebastian Moraga
Carolyn Simpson shows Snoqualmie Valley School Board member Craig Husa a map with her proposal for redrawing the district. Simpson’s proposal would require Husa to compete against another board member for the board’s Fall City spot. proposal yielded their allotted time to Simpson and Laurie Gibbs, who presented the school board with their own proposal. That proposal would award North Bend and Snoqualmie two board seats and one to Fall City. Snoqualmie Parkway on the south and east, and “canyons, waterfalls and impassable forests” on the north and west would divide the Snoqualmie districts, Simpson said. Interstate 90 would split the North Bend ones. “We believe it results in fair representation,” Simpson said. The proposal from Gibbs and Simpson would directly affect two sitting board members, Fall City’s Craig Husa and Caroline Loudenback, and indirectly two others, Dan Popp and Scott Hodgins. Husa and Popp are up for reelection this year and they both
represent part of Fall City. With Fall City getting one seat under the Simpson-Gibbs proposal, Husa would no longer reside in the district in which he serves, Simpson said, and if he wanted to run for office, Husa would have to compete against Popp. Husa said there’s no simple answer to the redistricting issue. Both the district and the Simpson-Gibbs proposals have pros and cons to them, he said. “We need to tweak the numbers and look around and see what we can do,” he said. “It’s one school district and this should not be politicized. It’s not helpful to the kids to create an us-versus-them.” Husa called the accusations of gerrymandering “offensive.” “It implies an intent of wrongdoing,” he said. “It’s a hateful term being used to try and stir up controversy.”
Husa said he was puzzled about the complaints of underrepresentation by Snoqualmie residents. “I gotta believe there’s other agendas in play,” he said. “This has not been an issue in the past.” He declined to elaborate on what those agendas were, other than to say it might have to do with political campaigns targeting the November election. “But that’s just conjecture,” he said. Nevertheless, Husa said that if he’s still in his district, he would run for office again. Under the Simpson-Gibbs proposal, Loudenback would also cease living in the district she represents. Instead, she would live in Scott Hodgins’ district. Hodgins is not up for re-election until 2013, so Loudenback
Steve Bremmer said. Opponents had accused Bremmer of lying about his intentions, prompting him to start his comments by saying, “I guess I’m the guy you all hate.” The site has great potential for other business development, Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson said, adding that he envisions it becoming a hub of green-tech and outdoor recreation businesses.
But the area also is contaminated from decades of lumber production, according to the Washington State Department of Ecology and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It also partially sits in the federally designated floodway, which places restrictions on development. But the site still has great eco-
nomic potential, said Bremmer, who paid $3.2 million for the land. “We wouldn’t have bought the site otherwise,” he said. In the end, the Planning Commission voted to uphold the site’s current zoning as commercial/industrial. The commission will vote again on the issue before making a formal recommendation to
“I’m concerned, as an African-American, to hear the term gerrymandering,” he said. “As a Southerner, I’m disturbed. I have no problem with this school board. This is an outstanding district and school board.” — Rudy Edwards Former school board member would have to wait until then to run for office, Simpson said. Lastly, Simpson echoed Sprouse when describing the district’s proposal that gives four districts representation of Snoqualmie. “To me, that would be like taking the whole state of Washington and giving everybody a piece of Seattle,” she said. “That’s insane.” Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. 221, or smoraga@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
the Snoqualmie City Council. The city and county will negotiate an interlocal agreement that spells out the annexation. Both the City Council and the Metropolitan King County Council must then pass the agreement. Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or editor@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
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Bond From Page 1
By Dan Catchpole
Garrett Gunsauls, of Northwest Cascade, Inc., lines up a section of pipe along Southeast North Bend Way for the city’s sewer expansion project.
The totals showed 6,429 people voted to approve the bond, and 4,972 people, 43.61 percent voted against it. Kangas said the difference lay in increased voter turnouts in anti-bond precincts. Snoqualmie Ridge leaned pro bond in February’s election, but it had a high voter turnout, so it did not have many additional votes left April 26, Kangas said. On the other hand, Kangas said, anti-bond forces targeted
voters in North Bend, Fall City and unincorporated areas, which had lower voter turnouts in February’s vote. Aune thanked the parents, volunteers, board members and district staffers who supported the bond. “We don’t take that support for granted for one minute,” he said. Aune told the board meeting audience that the district would not use the defeat as an excuse to lower expectations. “This is not going to stop us,” he said. Regardless of the outcome of the bond vote, the district had announced plans to turn Snoqualmie Middle School into
a ninth-graders’ annex. That is still the plan, school board president Dan Popp said. “It’s a monumental step in beginning the reformation of our high school,” Popp said. Kangas said he hoped the district would delay or suspend those plans. “Now is not the time to do that,” Kangas said. “That will create untenable problems for parents and voters, I might add, to go from three middle schools with plenty of room to two middle schools that are overcrowded.” Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. 221, or smoraga@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
Sewer extension nearly done, $6 million under budget After 18 months of work, North Bend’s sewer extension project is finished, and it’s $6 million under budget. North Bend City Council approved the final payment of $667,000 at its April 19 meeting. The project expanded the city’s sewer system to areas it annexed in 2009. The project contractor, Northwest Cascade, still has
minor work to finish, but the city’s final check is in the mail. Public Works Director Ron Garrow told the council he had been able to negotiate costs down at several points since work began in October 2009. The project’s total cost had originally been estimated to be more than $21 million. In the end, the city will pay slightly more than $15 million.
Body
“It looks like a possible suicide,” he said. The missing man’s mother and several of his siblings had filed a missing person’s report earlier that day with Milton police. “We got the call soon after from King County that one of their officers had ticketed the car,” Rhoads said. Family members had told police that the man was a regular hiker and had some medical issues, he said. Rhoads said the man may have an ex-wife and children living in Covington. The sheriff’s office is handling the case.
From Page 1 A search-and-rescue team from the sheriff’s office came out and began looking for the man. The department’s helicopter, Guardian One, located his body downriver. The sheriff’s marine unit recovered the body at about 7:40 p.m. The King County Medical Examiner has not released a cause of death. Foul play is not suspected, according to sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. John Urquhart said.
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Teachers should not be exempt from evaluations The Snoqualmie Valley School District could have to lay off more teachers this year, depending on the final state budget. Per state law, the newest teachers will be the first to go. The system where teacher layoffs are based on seniority needs to go, too. The Legislature is considering changing the law to allow layoffs based on performance. Teachers’ union representatives often say there is no objective way to measure a teacher’s performance. In effect, they are saying it is not possible for administrators to determine who is a good teacher and who is bad. Who are they kidding? Every other profession in America manages to rate itself. In every office, criteria are established for supervisors to rate the people reporting to them. In a wellrun company, the system is reliable and predictable. Nearly all employer-employee relationships — outside of education — work under this system. Are we to believe that schools are the one workplace where it is impossible to know who does a good job and who does not? Comprehensive criteria must be developed to evaluate teachers. Test scores alone are not enough. Customer (parents and students) feedback matters. Principals know who on their staff is a good teacher, and who is not up to par. Find a way to codify this knowledge. Make expectations clear and fair. There is a growing body of studies surrounding this issue. Tap into that knowledge and use it to form a rating system that is fair to the teachers, fair to the taxpayers and best for the students. We hope state law changes, making this the last time seniority determines who gets the pink slip.
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A growing community can’t be silent Lately in the SnoValley Star, a lot of locals have been complaining about the noise coming from events around Snoqualmie and it got me thinking. For five years, my wife and I have lived around Snoqualmie. My wife grew up here and has seen this community change in many ways, both good and bad. We love our town. Please don’t get me wrong, but my fellow citizens are blind to others’ feelings and our town’s true needs. I am sick and tired of getting my local paper and finding complaints about concert music too loud or the DirtFish Driving School made noise one weekend. How about the Thomas The Train whistle? Now, we’re talking noise. While I’m at it, how about all the cheering during baseball games, footballs games or other school events? No one complains about those! I wish my neighbors can look past their personal issues and these minor annoyances and look at what’s good for our com-
MAY 5, 2011 munity. Snoqualmie is growing! With growth comes needs. Snoqualmie needs what businesses like DirtFish and the Snoqualmie Casino can provide. Our community needs more money than what the falls or a very small railway museum can provide. If we don’t support these growing companies, what makes you think they will support us? I live near Mount Si High School and Snoqualmie Valley Elementary School. Yes, I hear the concerts; yes, I hear the driving school; yes, I hear the school events — but isn’t that better than the noise from a Weyerhaeuser plywood mill? I would like to take the time to extend a big warm welcome to Ross Bentley and his staff at DirtFish! Thank you for choosing our town to make a home in. I’m sure it will be beneficial to your school and our community. If we want our community to prosper, then we need to be a little more supportive of the businesses that are coming to our community. The time has come to stop whining about everything you find mildly disturbing and think of your community’s needs. Mike Thompson Snoqualmie
A ‘Billy Rhynalds’ thank you I would like to thank the entire Snoqualmie Valley for the outpouring of love and support they expressed for my father, Billy Rhynalds. Living all of his 65 years in the Valley, I’m so proud that he touched so many of your lives. My father only always saw the good in people and I know he had a special place in his heart for each and every one of you. Although we can never understand why he was taken so young and tragically, I know that he is safe and he’s with me and my family all of the time. I have only the best memories of my Dad and I am so grateful that I was able to have 40 years with him. He was an unbelievable father and the greatest grandfather to my children that I could ever hope for. He filled the role of the jolly grandpa completely. I’ll miss everything about him, from his belly laughs to the kindness he had for everyone in his life. Thank you, Dad, for many happy years … until we meet again. Aimee (Rhynalds) Sherrill North Bend
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There’s always a job for Dewey at the corral By Slim Randles “We were a-doin’ OK ‘til Dewey showed up,” said Steve, behind the sale barn. Doc and Bert were there to watch the Saturday sale. “Dewey?” asked Doc. There’s a world of intrigue around here in the pronunciation of those two syllables, although we all love Dewey Decker and wish him well. But when he shows up in his truck, disaster is usually riding shotgun. “I was helping out with the branding over at the Diamond D,” Steve said, twitching his oversized moustache. “We were about halfway done when we saw the dust of the pickup coming along the road.” Doc said, “Dewey’s helped out at brandings before this, hasn’t he?” “Sure,” said Steve. “The last time, he inoculated ol’ Dud for blackleg. ‘Course, Dud hasn’t had blackleg since then, so there you go. Well, you know the problem with Dewey. It’s finding him something to do where he can’t hurt himself, livestock, property, other people or the federal government. Bob said maybe Dewey could take pictures, but it wasn’t to be …” “Not good,” said Bert. “Nope. Ol’ Dew stepped out
of the truck with a brand-new nylon catch rope and said he was there to heel the calves and drag them to the fire for us.” “But that’s usually the boss’s job,” Doc said. Most of us know the corral protocols. “I know, but ol’ Bob Slim Randles had this genColumnist tle horse, and you know how hard it is to say no to Dewey, so he let him. Now, Dewey’d been practicing roping buckets and dogs and stuff, so he shook out a loop and …” “I don’t want to hear this …”
said Doc. “…dabbed it over the head of this 400-pound calf and that calf ran around behind the horse and the rope went under the horse’s tail …” “Oh no …” “And the calf ran over Bob and Bob hit me on his way down and I went backwards into the water trough. Dewey got halfway bucked off before we got the rope loose.” Steve shook his head. “Then ol’ Bob got up slowly, looked at Dewey and said, ‘Son, you are now our official photographer.’” Brought to you by Slim’s new book “A Cowboy’s Guide to Growing Up Right.” Learn more at www.nmsantos.com/Slim/Slim.html.
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Chamber on the move also bids farewell to its director By Sebastian Moraga
By Dan Catchpole
Fritz Ribary, outgoing director of the Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce, carries a piece of furniture out of a moving van to the chamber’s new location downtown.
Moving day for the Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce was moving-on day for Fritz Ribary. He helped with the chamber’s move from its tiny offices to the former City Hall building in downtown Snoqualmie on what was his last official day as its executive director. Ribary, a former mayor of North Bend and a current King County Hospital District commissioner, will work in marketing and communications with Snoqualmie Valley Hospital starting May 2. He will have to resign his post as district commissioner, as the district runs the hospital. “In the position I will be taking at the hospital,” he said, “I will still be involved with the chamber events anyway, so I won’t be going very far.” Nevertheless, Ribary confessed to mixed feelings about leaving his commissioner post, something he already had to do when he became mayor of North Bend in the 1990s.
By Dan Catchpole
Volunteers begin arranging items after moving the Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce into its new downtown location. “I really enjoyed working as a commissioner,” he said. “I’m going to miss it.” Leaving the chamber won’t be easy, he said, but he added he is sure the organization will do just fine without him. Gregory Malcolm, president
of the chamber’s board of directors, said the chamber has no immediate plans to hire someone to replace Ribary. “We have put together a transition team that is working to See CHAMBER, Page 7
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Taking life one drawing at a time
Chamber
By Sebastian Moraga
From Page 6
The hands move about in the air as if Sierra Garske were molding something in invisible clay. The eyes remain sharply focused, as if the 18-year-old Valley resident were observing a masterpiece for the first time. The glasses shine in the light, their red frames complimenting the penguin-shaped earrings, and giving their owner a studious, yet offbeat look. Yep, Garske is an artist. Born autistic, Garske’s life changed forever when she first put pen to paper and showed her parents her talent at drawing. The depression they felt when they learned about their daughter’s condition has been steadily replaced by parental pride thanks in a big way to the drawings, said Garske, who dreams of becoming an animator someday, perhaps of one of her beloved Manga cartoons. If cartoons are her passion, animals are the love of her life. The list of furry, hairy or feathered pals she has would shock St. Francis of Assisi — six cats, four dogs, three goats, and two turkeys share her parents’ attention with an astonishing 40 chickens. “My mom was born and raised on a farm, so she wanted to get like a farm place in Fall City,” she said. “She was like, ‘Let’s get some goats and chickens,’ and we were like, ‘OK.’ We get a lot of fresh eggs every day.” If her coop is bursting with chickens, her room’s walls are bursting with drawings. Ever since she learned about Manga in elementary school, she has been cranking out the drawings almost nonstop. “I got so into it, I don’t have enough room in my room for it all,” she said.
assess the current staffing of the chamber,” he said. Malcolm said this is the second time in a row that an executive director of the chamber leaves to pursue “what he has termed as a dream opportunity. “We wish him the very best,” Malcolm added. “But it’s going to be very difficult to replace an icon.” Hitting the door when summer is knocking on it is not ideal, Ribary noted. “The timing for leaving is not good,” he said. “But the opportunity with the hospital was something the hospital had been working on and that I had been aware of. When it presented itself, it was too good an opportunity for me not to jump at it.” The chamber he leaves behind is on good footing, he said, about to unveil a new website with space for its members and about to add a second administrative assistant. That new person is a must, he said. “Anyone in the chamber has to wear a lot of hats,” he said. “That’s just a given. I would like to see the second person hired take the load off our office manager.” Ribary said a replacement for him might be in place by midsummer. Another plus is the new building on the corner of Falls Avenue and River Street in Snoqualmie. Finally, the chamber has a visitors’ center in Snoqualmie
By Sebastian Moraga
Sierra Garske, 18, draws a manga cartoon. Like many artists, she has delved into other areas, like ceramics, with mixed results. “I’m kind of good at ceramics,” she said. “I’m not the best, but I try my best.” Drawing faces is a different matter. A perfectionist admirer of Michelangelo, she said she doesn’t want people to see anything but the best. “I draw the faces,” she said with a smile, “but I’m kind of scared after I’m done that they will get mad.” People get mad, all right, but about the drawing, not at it. “They say, ‘You’re drawing so good,’” Garske said. “I go, ‘No, it’s not, it’s very bad!” Garske’s speech is slow and careful, but she’s very much her own person. Questions about her talent don’t embarrass her
and questions about her condition don’t faze her. “When I was first diagnosed with it, my parents were a little bit depressed,” she said. “They didn’t know what my future would be like, me having autism.” Autism, she said, requires her to wear glasses and a hearing aid, but she doesn’t require medication. Her panic attacks do, but those are also getting better, she said. So is her parents’ outlook on her future, she said. “When I grew up, things changed for my parents,” she said. “They started saying things like, ‘What do you want to do when you grow up?’ I started drawing and my mom and my dad said, ‘You should be a cartoon artist.’”
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after years of having one in North Bend. “It’s a fantastic step up for us as a chamber,” Ribary said. “From a location and visibility standpoint, we are very excited about that. Malcolm shared in the sentiment. “Today was our very first day at our new location,” he said May 2. “We’re very excited about it.” The person who takes the executive director’s job needs to know that job No. 1 is providing value to the chamber members, he said. Job No. 2 splits evenly between recruiting new members and retaining existing members. Hurdle No.1 is the increasingly growing pile of things to do and only so many hours in a day to do them. Another big concern is the health of both Snoqualmie and North Bend’s downtowns. Merchants are struggling. The challenge in both is the same: finding a way to keep tourists around for longer. “How do we get them saying instead of, ‘Let’s go to one activity and then go home,’ saying, ‘Let’s go down there for the day,’ or once we have enough hotels, ‘How do we get there for the weekend?’ But that’s still a few years off.” So, for Ribary, is the rocking chair. “I don’t know if I’m ever going to retire,” he said. “There are too many things I enjoy doing.” Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. 221 or smoraga@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
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Police Blotter Snoqualmie police You should argue at home At 6:53 p.m. April 23, police officers patrolling the 9900 block of Snoqualmie Parkway saw a vehicle traveling at least 20 mph above the posted 30 mph speed limit. A radar reading showed the vehicle hitting 54 mph while weaving in and out of traffic, changing lanes, cutting off cars and finally turning onto Southeast Douglas Street. After stopping at a red light, the car turned left without yielding to oncoming traffic when the light turned green. The vehicle also passed cars. Seeing that two people stood at a crosswalk ahead, police turned on
lights and siren. The vehicle immediately stopped. The car had a female driver and a male passenger. The driver said she had no driver’s license and that she was very sorry. She explained her rush by saying she was in the middle of a fight with her boyfriend, the passenger. The driver became very emotional and as means of I.D. she gave police a very altered, disfigured card with her picture. The card had a split in the middle, different colors of White-Out on it and a hole from a hole-puncher. The woman said she was a convicted felon with an upcoming court date and that the card had expired in 2009. She was arrested for not having a valid operator’s license and cited for speeding. She was booked into the Issaquah City Jail.
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GPS stolen At 11:48 a.m. April 25, a woman came to the Snoqualmie Police Department to report she had parked her 2000 Toyota Echo in the 8000 block of Maple Avenue Southeast on April 23. She was working in the yard until 8 p.m. At about 11 p.m., she noticed the lights were on inside the car. She went outside and saw the car door was unlocked. The next day, she noticed her GPS device and a stuffed Ariel mermaid doll were missing. There are no suspects.
Road rage? At 9 p.m. April 28, a police officer was typing reports inside a police car, 200 yards away from the intersection of Meadowbrook Way and Railroad Avenue, when the officer heard a screeching of
tires followed by the gunning of an engine. The vehicle, a 2010 Mercedes Benz, was traveling so fast police could not catch up to it at 95 mph. The vehicle entered North Bend through Railroad Avenue, and was still traveling at 64 mph when it entered a 30 mph zone. Police finally caught up to it at the intersection of Bendigo Boulevard and Second Street. The driver, a 20-year-old male, said he was speeding to flee another driver who had yelled at him and had punched one of the car’s windows. Police contacted the woman who had reported the speeding Mercedes, and she said that the car had begun tailgating her on Meadowbrook Way. The Mercedes got so close that she could not see its headlights. After almost sideswiping her vehicle, the Mercedes went into the woman’s neighborhood. The woman called 911, and
approached the Mercedes to ask the driver why he was driving like that. The driver, the woman said, cursed at her and sped away. The driver of the Mercedes was arrested for reckless driving and booked into the Issaquah City Jail.
North Bend police No camping At about 4 a.m. April 29, a King County sheriff’s deputy responded to a trespassing report near Interstate 90’s Exit 34. The police officer found transients sleeping under the Interstate 90 overpass.
Gas drive-off At 1:03 p.m. April 29, a King County sheriff’s deputy took a See BLOTTER, Page 9
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Blotter From Page 8 County sheriff’s deputy took a report of a person driving off without paying for gas at North Bend Gasoline, 520 E. North Bend Way.
Wanted? At 10:40 p.m. April 30, a King County sheriff’s deputy stopped a person suspected of having a criminal warrant at the Shell Station at the intersection of North Bend Way and Ballarat Avenue.
Snoqualmie fire ❑ At 7:15 p.m. April 22,
firefighters responded to Southeast Railroad Avenue for a person with a hip injury. ❑ At 9:50 p.m. April 22, firefighters responded to Swenson Drive for an infant experiencing a seizure. ❑ At 2:28 p.m. April 23, EMTs responded to the Snoqualmie Ridge area for a medical aid call. A patient was evaluated and transported to a hospital by EMTs. ❑ At 9:34 a.m. April 25, Snoqualmie and Fall City firefighters were dispatched to Southeast Fir Street for a reported chimney fire. By the time they arrived, the homeowner had extinguished the fire. He was then advised to have the chimney inspected before using it again.
❑ At 11:00 a.m. April 25, EMTs were dispatched to Snoqualmie Middle School for an ill teacher. He was evaluated and transported to a hospital by his wife. ❑ At 1:24 p.m. April 25, Snoqualmie and Fall City firefighters were dispatched to St. Andrews Lane after a natural gas odor was detected inside a home. Upon investigation, it was determined that the furnace had malfunctioned. The homeowner was advised to get it serviced right away. ❑ At 8:28 p.m. April 25, EMTs were dispatched to Snoqualmie Casino for a 62year-old male experiencing a seizure. He was evaluated and transported to a hospital by private ambulance. ❑ At 9:58 p.m. April 25, EMTs were dispatched to
PAGE 9 Maple Avenue Southeast for an ill female. She was evaluated and transported to a hospital by aid car. ❑ At 11:01 a.m. April 27, EMTs responded to a construction site on Snoqualmie Ridge for a 34-year-old man who had fallen and broken his leg. He was evaluated and transported to a hospital by private ambulance. ❑ At 1:27 p.m. April 27, EMTs responded to Snoqualmie Casino for a 76year-old female complaining of dizziness. She was evaluated and transported to a hospital by private ambulance. The Star publishes names of those arrested for DUI and those charged with felony crimes. Information comes directly from local police reports.
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Snoqualmie Elementary School team victorious in Battle of the Books By Sebastian Moraga Snoqualmie Elementary School’s team of bookworms, Book Busters, won the 2011 edition of Battle of the Books at Cascade View Elementary School. The team, composed of five grade-schoolers, defeated a team from each of the other four elementary schools in the district. Each team had won an intramural competition at its school to advance to the April 29 finals. Finalists had to read more than a dozen books and on the day of the finals endure 50 questions about them. “You just have to read the books and then keep on re-reading them,” said Pooja Chivukula, a fifth-grader with the Book Busters. Chivukula and the rest of the team players still managed to
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> > www.snovalleystar.com See video from the book battle online. have some fun, although most faces around the team tables had the stern, studious look of people engaged in serious business. Each team had five players. Twenty-four out of the 25 finalists were girls. While parents and classmates filled the Cascade View library, the team members heard each question, convened in a secretive little bunch at their tables and then had the team captain write their answers on a whiteboard. After 30 seconds, the teams heard the correct answer. Teams received 10 points per right answer. Teams took small breaks after every 10 questions. The Book Busters answered 42
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Julia Crumb (right) receives the trophy crediting her and her Snoqualmie Elementary team as the Battle of the Books champions. One team from each elementary school in the district competed. out of 50 questions correctly, taking home a small trophy and earning a pizza party at their school. The Opstad Elementary
School team finished fifth with 280 points. North Bend Elementary School finished fourth with 290 points. Cascade View’s squad and the Fall City
Elementary School team finished tied for second with 360 points. Emma Duim, a fourth-grader See BATTLE, Page 11
Mount Si students mix online learning with classroom time By Sebastian Moraga A pilot program for the Snoqualmie Valley School District’s virtual academy — the blended schedule — mixes online and in-person classes. But the schedule also mixes the good and the bad of technology. In a roomful of parents at Mount Si High School on April 21, academy coordinator Lisa Truemper spoke tersely about the new program. “This is a bit complicated,” she said. Restricted to 11th-graders, the blended schedule pushed schedules forward or back, creating either a first-period late start or a sixth-period early release. The minus side, Truemper said, is that with different schedules, things can get out of control fast. “It can be challenging because the student’s schedule allows for a first-period late start, but really, they can come to use that as a first-period sleep-in, instead of a first-period get-up-and-work-online,” she said. School counselor Jessica Easthope agreed. “It partly has to do with scheduling, and partly it has to do with the delivery,”
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Lisa Truemper, coordinator for the Snoqualmie Valley Virtual Academy, talks to parents and staff members about the different options the online-education program offers. Easthope said. “Online is different from sitting in a classroom: They don’t have a teacher face to face with a beginning bell and an ending bell indicating the end of class, so kids are expected to monitor their own pace.” It can also be challenging
because, well, computers are computers. Truemper said the system has yet to crash. She knows how to troubleshoot and the program has tech staff at the ready, but computers can be tricky. “Sometimes things just happen,” she said.
Nevertheless, the pluses outweigh the minuses. “The program has taken off fairly well,” Easthope said. April alone saw 19 students take one or two classes online along with their in-person classes. Those classes included algebra
II, American literature, British literature, art appreciation, health, environmental science, French, pre-calculus and Advanced Placement classes, like European history, health and chemistry. The availability of online classes has helped students, particularly those wanting to take obscure Advanced Placement classes, Truemper said. “I had a student come to me and say, ‘Miss Truemper, I really, really want to take AP chem, and I’m the only kid who wants to sign up for it,’” she said. The blended schedule is only one of four alternatives available to students, Truemper said. The other options include becoming a full-time online student, credit recovery and credit enhancement. Full time is exactly what it sounds like, Truemper said. Being an online student full time has some flexibility that inperson classes lack. The most common approach, she said, involves students enrolling in two classes and spending two to three hours per class each day. “With two to three hours each a day, they’re going to get through it a whole lot faster,” See BLENDED, Page 11
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Kimberlee Sypher (far left) and Hayley Shaddox (far right) consult their Fall City Elementary teammates during Battle of the Books. tive in the crowd was nervous, too. “Emma loves to read and she’s been waiting to hit fourth grade to do this for a long time,” said Julie Duim, Emma’s mom. “It was nerve-wracking, but it was fun.” To Chivukula, being champion felt like a little slice of redemption. “Last year, I competed and we lost by like five points to Cascade View,” she said. “I really wanted to win.”
Battle From Page 10 with the Book Busters, said she was hoping to win but feared she would not. “I just thought there were going to be so many other teams here that we just would not get it,” she said. “They would be too good.” It wasn’t until about the last questions that Duim thought the Book Busters might win it. She said she was really nervous about competing. A rela-
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Mount Si baseball drops a game to Nathan Hale at Safeco Field
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Hudson Luxich pitches to a Nathan Hale batter during the teams’ April 30 game at Safeco Field. It was Luxich’s first start of the season. team has a deep pitching staff, which gives them several options in the playoffs, Cribby said. At the beginning of the season, pitching had been the biggest question mark, after the team’s new coaching staff. Both have proven themselves up to the task. Mount Si has been stingy
about giving up runs. Its team earned run average is a paltry 2.90. Cribby has relied on three starters — Reece Karalus, Trevor Taylor and Trevor Lane. The game at Safeco was Senior Day, so Cribby handed the ball to Hudson Luxich, who throws a fastball, change up and curveSee BASEBALL, Page 16
Newcomer shines in 4x100 relay victory By Sebastian Moraga In her first race of the season, Kristen Kasel clinched a commanding performance for the Mount Si Wildcats 4x100 relay team against Lake Washington and Interlake on April 21. Kasel overcame first-time jitters to help her team. “Nerves help you go faster,” Kasel said. “They help you go faster, with the adrenaline.” The Wildcats won the event in 52.1 seconds. Lake Washington finished second with 53.6 seconds. Kasel, who participated in field events until April 21, said the group’s hard work paid off when it counted. “We’ve been practicing our handoffs really hard,” she said. Relay teammate Abbey Bottemiller said the group’s performance was likely the fastest of the year. The girls relay team has been thrown into the blender a bit, coach Brian Peterman said. “The boys have been running
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Mount Si High School’s winning streak ended April 30 at Safeco Field, where Nathan Hale beat the Wildcats, 3-1. The usually booming Wildcats’ bats only whispered in the bright sunlight. Nathan Hale’s bats whispered slightly louder. The Mount Si squad is taking the loss in stride. The team has already clinched first place in the 3A/2A KingCo Conference and a trip to the postseason. The loss could even be a good thing, some players said. The Wildcats don’t want to go into the playoffs feeling too comfortable about their chances. They were the top seed in the KingCo Conference Tournament in each of the past two seasons, and both years, they went home empty handed. “The past is in the past,” Coach Elliott Cribby said. “Our goal is to play at Cheney Stadium” in Tacoma, where the state tournament will be held. The Wildcats have been clicking along. The team’s bats have been on fire this season, and the
for a while. The girls we’ve been mixing up a little more,” Peterman said. Adding someone new to an established group is not easy, Bottemiller said. Sophie Rockow, Jesse Guyer and Bottemiller had run the race together before. “But Kristen is good,” Bottemiller said. “She’s a good person to be able to add on, because she’s easy and she picked it up fast.” Seven days later, the same four girls defeated Juanita at a dual meet, with 52.24 seconds. The desire to get a better time in the 4x100 led to the changes, Peterman added, with some of the top relay runners moving from the 4x200 to the 4x100. Kasel, the newcomer, received the anchor spot because she had few days to get ready and the learning curve is less steep. “She only has to take once,” he said. “She does not have to pass and receive the baton. She had to learn the least in a short See TRACK, Page 16
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Kristen Kasel clinches the win for Mount Si at the 4x100 relay April 21.
Several streets in downtown Snoqualmie will be closed or partially closed for the Cinco de Mayo Half Marathon on May 7.
Thousands expected for Cinco de Mayo races By Dan Catchpole Thousands of runners are expected to take to the streets in downtown Snoqualmie for the second annual Cinco de Mayo Half-Marathon and 8K race May 7. The half-marathon proved popular last year with runners who praised the flat and fast course. The races begin and end at Mount Si High School in Snoqualmie. Proceeds from the event will benefit the school’s track team. This year’s events feature a timed Kids Mile race sponsored by Kirby Nelson Orthodontics. Online pre-registration is open through May 1. Day-ofrace registration opens at 7 a.m. inside the school gymnasium. The entry fee for the halfmarathon is $70, which includes a shirt and medal for all finishers. The entry fee for the 8K is $30, which includes a shirt. The Kids Mile costs $15, which includes a shirt and finisher’s medal. “This course was designed to offer runners a beautiful tour of our great Valley, without all the hills and other distractions associated with the bigger, urban events,” said Sean Sundwall, race director and founder of Run Sno-qualmie. Runners of both the 8K and half-marathon will run through downtown Snoqualmie and across the
Snoqualmie River bridge before turning onto Mill Pond Road. At the intersection of Meadowbrook Boulevard and Mill Pond Road, 8K runners will turn toward the finish line at the high school, while halfmarathoners will take Reinig Road to the base of Mount Si before heading back to the high school.
Road closures The following is a comprehensive list of road closures and restrictions during the race: ❑ Meadowbrook Bridge: closed 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ❑ Meadowbrook Way from Park Street to state Route 202 (southbound): closed 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ❑ Park Street from Euclid Street to Meadowbrook Way (eastbound): closed 9-9:45 a.m. ❑ Schusman Avenue: closed 7-10 a.m. ❑ Falls Avenue (northbound): closed 9-10 a.m. ❑ Mill Pond Road from state Route 202 to Meadowbrook Way (eastbound): closed 9-10:30 a.m. ❑ Reinig Road from Meadowbrook Way to 428th Street (eastbound): closed 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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Prep baseball 3A/2A KingCo Conference Mount Si 11-0 (L), 15-2 (S); Interlake 7-4, 9-8; Bellevue 7-5, 7-7; Mercer Island 6-6, 10-7; Lake Washington 5-5, 6-6; Liberty 3-8, 6-9; Juanita 3-8, 314; Sammamish 3-9, 8-10. April 29 Game MOUNT SI 6, SAMMAMISH 2 Sammamish 011 000 0 - 2 4 0 Mount Si 011 211 x - 6 10 1 W: Reece Karalus, L: Dane Archer. HR: Max Brown (MS). Mount Si highlights: Daniel Besner 2-3, 1 RBI; Brown 3-3, 1 run, 1 RBI; Robb Lane 2-4, 1 RBI. April 28 Game MOUNT SI 12, JUANITA 8 Mount Si 000 235 2 - 12 15 4 Juanita 100 115 0 - 8 7 2 W: Trevor Taylor. 2B: JJ Caldwell (J), Kleis (J), Dustin Breshears (MS). HR: Trevor Lane (MS). Mount Si highlights: Breshears 3-5, 1 RBI; Lane 2-4, 1 run, 2 RBIs; Nate Sinner 2-3, 1 RBI. April 30 Game NATHAN HALE 3, MOUNT SI 1 Mount Si 010 000 0 - 1 1 0 Nathan Hale 200 100 x - 3 3 0 3B: Max Brown (MS). 2B: Brady Kerr (NH).
Prep softball 3A/2A KingCo Conference Juanita 12-0 (L), 15-1 (S); Bellevue 8-3, 11-4; Mount Si 8-4, 10-5; Interlake 6-6, 9-7; Liberty 6-6, 7-7; Lake Washington 6-6, 6-12; Sammamish 0-10, 0-13; Mercer Island 0-11, 1-13. April 26 Games MOUNT SI 24, SAMMAMISH 2 Sammamish 100 0 1 – 2 Mount Si 042 1 (17) – 24
W: Kendra Lee. 2B: Carly Weidenbach (MS). 3B: Tamarra Crowe (MS). HR: Lauren Smith (MS), Weidenbach (MS). Mount Si highlights: Jenny Carroll 1-3, 2 runs, 4 RBIs; Crowe 2-3, 3 runs, 2 RBIs; Celine Fowler 2-4, 3 runs, 1 RBI; Danielle Massengill 3-5, 2 runs, 4 RBIs; Smith 2-4, 3 runs, 4 RBIs; Weidenbach 4-5, 3 runs, 5 RBIs. MOUNT SI 10, SAMMAMISH 4 Sammamish 201 010 0 – 4 Mount Si 111 205 x - 10 W: Lauren Padilla. 2B: Maura Murphy (MS). Mount Si highlights: Danielle Massengill 2-3, 3 runs, 1 RBI; Murphy 1-3, 2 RBIs; Britney Stevens 2-2, 2 runs, 1 RBI. April 28 Game MOUNT SI 20, MERCER ISLAND 4 Mercer Island 001 03 – 4 Mount Si (13)32 4x – 20 2B: Celine Fowler MS). 3B: Fowler (MS), Danielle Massengill (MS). Mount Si highlights: Fowler 4-5, 3 runs; Massengill 4-4, 3 RBIs.
Prep boys soccer 3A/2A KingCo Conference Sammamish 12-0 (L), 12-0-1 (S); Mercer Island 8-2-2, 9-3-2; Bellevue 6-5-0, 6-6-1; Mount Si 6-6-0, 6-7-1; Lake Washington 55-1, 6-6-1; Liberty 3-6-2, 4-7-2; Interlake 2-9-1, 3-9-2; Juanita 110-0, 1-12-0. April 29 Game INTERLAKE 3, MOUNT SI 1 First half goals: 1, Nick Roth (Int, Miguel Castillo assist), 1:00; 2, Ben Titus (Int, unassisted), 31:00. Second half goals: 3, Izzak
Sinclair (MS, Zac Miller assist), 64:00; 4, Eric Ritter (Int, Castillo assist), 80:00. April 26 Game MOUNT SI 2, JUANITA 1 First half goal: 1, Matt Eichler (MS, unassisted), 32:00. Second half goals: 2, Dylan Marshall (J, unassisted), 69:00; 3, Kody Clearman (MS, unassisted), 77:00.
Prep girls golf 3A KingCo Conference April 28 Match MOUNT SI 240, SAMMAMISH 315 At Mount Si GC, par 36 Medalist; Danielle Burns (MS) 44. Other Mount Si scores: Maggie Robinson 45, Julia Dorn 46, Genna Magnum 52, Tabitha Dorn 53.
Prep girls tennis 3A/2A KingCo Conference April 28 Match LIBERTY 6, MOUNT SI 1 Singles: Amber Eastham (L) d. Shelby Thomas 6-4, 6-2; Emmie Kellogg-Smith (L) d. Natalie Knoetgen 6-1, 6-0; Kristy Braunston (L) d. Trina Eck 6-1, 6-2; Jenny Adams (L) d. Lindsay Masters 6-1, 6-0. Doubles: Veronica Granger-Julie Do (L) d. Rachel Swamy-Evanna
PAGE 13 Webster 6-1, 6-3; Amanda GatesMeghan McCallum (MS) d. Michelle Gillespie-Maddi Kohm 2-6, 6-2, 6-3; Stuti SulgaonkarAnnie Trumbull (L) d. Cheyenne Dixon-Tristan Taylor 7-5, 6-3.
1, Bradly Stevens (MS) 175-6; 2, Storm (MS) 170-5; 3, Derwin (MS) 156-0. High jump: 1, Christian Robertson (J) 5-6; 2, Jon Proctor (MS) 5-4; 3, Olson (MS) 5-4. Pole vault: 1, Davis (MS) 10-6; 2, Jake Rouches (MS) 10-6; 3, Botten (MS) 9-6. Long jump: 1, Wallin (J) 18-8.25; 3, Elijay Mayfield (MS) 16-1.5. Triple jump: 1, Michael Przystupa (J) 37-8.5; 2, Mayfield (MS) 37-0; 3, Kailund Williams (MS) 36-6.5.
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April 28 Meet MOUNT SI 88, JUANITA 57 100: 1, Travis Marshall (J) 11.31; 2, Kaleb Huerta (MS) 11.50; 3, Shane Blankenburg (MS) 11.71. 200: 1, Blankenburg (MS) 23.48; 2, Huerta (MS) 23.86; 3, Tyler Button (MS) 24.36. 400: 1, Austin Hilliker (J) 53.63; 3, Justin McLaughlin (MS) 55.76. 800: 1, Levi Botten (MS) 2:05.64; 3, Ryan Olson (MS) 2:13.28. 1,600: 1, Dominick Canady (MS) 4:50.7; 2, Tom Kirby (MS) 4:55.4; 3, Tim Corrie (MS) 5:05.0. 3,200: 1, Richard Carmichael (MS) 10:38.80; 2, Landon Storrud (MS) 13:09.53; 3, Ben Houldridge (MS) 13:09.86. 110 hurdles: 1, Vincent Ly (J) 16.14. 300 hurdles: 1, Alex Wallin (J) 41.58. 4x100 relay: 1, Juanita 44.50; 2, Mount Si (Huerta, Jimbo Davis, Blankenburg, Button) 44.83. 4x400 relay: 1, Mount Si (Davis, Olson, Huerta, Button) 3:54.81. Shot put: 1, Kolton Auxier (MS) 49-1; 2, Brian Copeland (MS) 44-4; 3, Zach Storm (MS) 38-2. Discus: 1, Doc Derwin (MS) 133-9; 2, Auxier (MS) 1241; 3, Storm (MS) 123-3. Javelin:
Prep girls track & field 3A KingCo Conference April 28 Meet MOUNT SI 82, JUANITA 63 100: 1, Alanna Coker (J) 12.54; 2, Jesse Guyer (MS) 13.00. 200: 1, Coker (J) 25.53; 2, Sophie Rockow (MS) 27.50; 3, Guyer (MS) 27.71. 400: 1, Regi Lammers (J) 65.76; 2, Madeleine Hutchison (MS) 66.65; 3, Kennedi Norris (MS) 67.50. 800: 1, Christina Volken (MS) 2:28.91; 2, Lindsay Kirby (MS) 2:33.19; 3, Abbey Bottemiller (MS) 2:33.81. 1,600: 1, Niki Love (J) 6:16.7; 2, Kamira Nicolino (MS) 6:18.1; 3, Delaney Hollis (MS) 6:24.7. 3,200: 1, Kendall Maddux (MS) 13:08.81. 100 hurdles: 1, Kaila Bass (J) 17.11; 3, Ashley Jackson (MS) 18.62. 300 hurdles: 1, Bass (J) 50.79; 3, Jackson (MS) 53.23. 4x100 relay: See SCOREBOARD, Page 16
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Public meetings ❑ Snoqualmie City Council, 7 p.m. May 9, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ North Bend Public Health and Safety Committee, 4 p.m. May 10, 211 Main Ave. N. ❑ Snoqualmie Community and Economic Committee, 5 p.m. May 10, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ Snoqualmie Shoreline Hearings Board, 5 p.m. May 11, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ Snoqualmie Public Safety Committee Meeting, 5 p.m. May 12, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ North Bend Planning Commission, 7 p.m. May 12, 211 Main Ave. N. ❑ Si View Metro Park District Board of Commissioners, 6:30 p.m. May 11, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend ❑ Snoqualmie Valley School Board, 7:30 p.m. May 12, 8001 Silva Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie
Events ❑ MSHS Plant Sale, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 5-7, Mount Si High School, 8651 Meadowbrook Way S.E., Snoqualmie. Fuchsia baskets, petunia baskets, geranium baskets, and a lot of annuals and perennials will be for sale. Proceeds benefit the high school. ❑ Mount Si High School drama department presents “You Can’t Take it with You,” 7
p.m. May 57 and 2 p.m. May 7, Mount Si High School, 8651 Meadowbrook Way S.E., Snoqualmie. Tickets are $7 for students, $10 for adults. ❑ Alexey Nikolaev and Tony Foster, 7 p.m. May 5, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ Fiesta Fun Zumba Party, 6:30 p.m. May 6, Si View Community Center, 400 S.E. Orchard Contributed Drive, North Rock for talk, 7 p.m. May 13, Mount Si High Bend. Learn School, 8651 Meadowbrook Way S.E., new moves Snoqualmie. Local bands will perform at a benefit and get an for the Mount Si Speech and Debate Club. Tickets intro to are $7 in advance, $10 at the door. Zumba in the Circuit. Door & raffle prizes, smoothies, guest instructors. For youth 12 and under $3 preinfo, email Quincy and Erma at reg/$5 at the door. ❑ Bryant Urban’s Blue Oasis, ladiesofzumba@ gmail.com. Fee: Adults $5 pre-reg/$7 at the door, 7 p.m. May 6, Boxley’s, 101 W.
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North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ T the Barbarian, 8 p.m. May 7, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave S.E., Snoqualmie ❑ Janette West Quartet, 7 p.m. May 7, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ Children’s Trout Derby, 6:30-10 a.m. May 7, Snoqualmie Police Department, 34825 S.E. Douglas St. ❑ Cinco de Mayo Half Marathon, 8K and Kids Mile Run, 7 a.m May 7, Mount Si High School, 8651 Meadowbrook Way S.E., Snoqualmie. Go to www.runsnoqualmie.com. ❑ Snoqualmie Ridge ROA Mother-Son event, 3-5 p.m. May 7, Cascade View Elementary School, 34816 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie. ❑ Mother’s Day Brunch with harpist Cynthia Kuni, 10 a.m. to noon May 8, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave S.E., Snoqualmie. Afternoon music with Mike Antone and Camelia Jade, 12:30-2 p.m. ❑ Mother’s Day Tea and Talks, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 8, Cedar River Watershed, 19901 Cedar Falls Road S.E., North Bend. Naturalists from Seattle Public Utilities will give talks and lead walks around the lush
watershed area. Learn the story of Rattlesnake Lake. ❑ Master Gardeners’ Plant Clinic, 6 p.m. May 9, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie. Snoqualmie Valley Master Gardeners will answer questions about plant selection, diagnosis and treatment of plant disease, insect identification, and other topics. The clinic will meet on the second Monday of each month through October. ❑ Basic Coldframe Construction, 7 p.m. May 9, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie. This master gardener workshop will focus on three easy designs using inexpensive, easy-to-find and, in some cases, unconventional materials to construct a basic coldframe. ❑ Afternoon Preschool Story Times, 1:30 p.m. May 9, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E. Ages 3-6 accompanied by an adult. ❑ Open mic, 6:30 p.m. May 10, Twede’s Café, 137 W. North Bend Way, North Bend. ❑ Future Jazz Heads, 7 p.m. May 10, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ Randy Halberstadt, 7 p.m. May 11, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ Young Toddler Story Times, 9:30 a.m. May 11, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E. Ages 6-24 months old accompanied by an adult. ❑ Preschool Story Times, 10:30 a.m. May 11, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E. See CALENDAR, Page 15
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Calendar From Page 14 Ages 3-6 accompanied by an adult. ❑ Teen study zone, 3 p.m. May 11, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. Drop-in during scheduled study zone hours for free homework help in all subjects from volunteer tutors. ❑ Teen green thumbs, 3-4 p.m. May 11, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E. Get ready for summer with new plants and decorated pots. ❑ Pajamarama Story Times, 6:30 p.m. May 11, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. All young children are welcome with an adult. ❑ Open mic, 7 p.m. May 11, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie.
❑ Healthy Youth Forum, 6:30-8:30 p.m. May 11, 8651 Meadowbrook Way S.E., Snoqualmie. For parents and teens. Hear what teens are saying about their health behaviors and the teen brain, and practice important conversations with other community members to be more attuned and connected. ❑ Valley Center Stage presents “The Foreigner,” 7:30 p.m. May 12-14, 19-21 and 2628, Valley Center Stage, 119 W. North Bend Way, North Bend. Check out this uproarious comedy set in rural Georgia. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12.50 for students and seniors. Go to www.valleycenterstage.org. ❑ Annual Snoqualmie Library book sale, May 20-25, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E. Proceeds support programs at the library run by Friends of Snoqualmie
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Volunteer opportunities ❑ Elk Management Group invites the community to participate in elk collaring, telemetry and habitat improvement projects in the Upper Snoqualmie Valley. Project orientation meetings are at 6 p.m. the third Monday of the month at the North Bend City Hall, 211 Main Ave. N. Email research@snoqualmievalleyelk.org. ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Hospital is accepting applications for ages 16 or older to volunteer in various departments of the hospital. Email volunteer coordinator Carol Waters at carolw@snoqualmiehospital.org to arrange an interview.
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210-Public Notices 02-2151 LEGAL NOTICE SNOQUALMIE VALLEY HOSPITAL ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Overall Grading Construction for Snoqualmie Valley Hospital Sealed bid proposals from responsible contractors will be received by Public Hospital District #4, King County, dba Snoqualmie Valley Hospital, for the above project. Project consists of clearing, grading, erosion and sediment control of three undeveloped, wooded parcels, approximately 19.5 acres total, in anticipation of the future development of a hospital (on the westernmost parcel) and future commercial development (on the center and eastern parcels.) Bid due date is May 30 at 5:00 pm. Public opening and reading of bids to be held at 4:00 pm, Wednesday, June 1 at Snoqualmie Valley Hospital, 9575 Ethan Wade Way SE, Snoqualmie, WA 98065. Bids must be accompanied by bid security equal to 5% of base bid and other requirements as detailed in the bid documents. Fax and e-mail bids cannot be considered. Work is expected to commence July 1 and be substantially complete within 90 days. Bidders can obtain bid documents from the Owner. To obtain plans, contact Jim Grafton, Capital Projects Manager, at 425-831-3425 or jimg@snoqualmiehospital.org. PDF copies of documents can be emailed without charge. $50 advance deposit required for paper documents. Plans and specifications must be returned in good condition for return of deposit. Questions should also be directed to Mr. Grafton. Bidders are encouraged to view the site. Please obtain and complete written “permission to enter” form and liability waiver” from Owner prior to visiting site. This is a public works project and is subject to State of Washington Prevailing Wage and other provisions of 39.04 RCW and all other laws and regulations of State. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities. Published in SnoValley Star on 5/05/11
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Baseball From Page 12 ball. He turned in a good performance, only giving up two runs in three innings, but ended up with the loss. Mount Si’s offensive never heated up against Nathan Hale pitchers, none of whom had overpowering stuff. Nonetheless, they got Wildcats’ batters to hit dribblers and high pop-ups, and limited them to only one hit. Nathan Hale struck for two runs in the first inning on a leadoff walk, a double and a single. But Luxich settled down, and aside from a hit batter in the third inning, didn’t allow any other baserunners. Shane Dixon came in to close out the game, despite having been ill the previous night. The senior has been the
SnoValley Star team’s top relief pitcher this season. In 12.1 innings over seven appearances, he has a 1.14 ERA with 11 strikeouts. He throws a fastball and slider. Against Nathan Hale, he allowed one run in three innings. Despite the strong pitching performance, Mount Si’s offense stalled, managing only one hit, a triple by Max Brown in the second inning. The lanky center fielder drove a 0-1 offering from Robert Takeuchi deep into the outfield. In a smaller park, it would have been a home run, but Safeco’s expanse kept it in play — and kept Brown from a free trip. He didn’t have long to wait, though. Right fielder Nate Sinner hit a sacrifice fly deep enough to right field to bring Brown home. But that was it for Mount Si. Nathan Hale’s pitching kept the team off balance. The Wildcats managed only
four baserunners in the game. “We didn’t get it quite done today,” Cribby said. With a ticket to the postseason already secured, he said he is focused on keeping his players focused. The loss to Nathan Hale got the Wildcats’ attention. “It’s definitely a productive loss,” catcher Robb Lane said. Lane’s lip was still swollen after a hard hit during a play at the plate in a game against Bellevue. The Wildcats cannot expect teams to roll over for them in the playoffs, Lane said. “Those teams we’re going to play that aren’t from KingCo, they’re going to want it as much as us,” he said. Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or editor@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
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Scoreboard From Page 13 1, Mount Si (Bottemiller, Rockow, Guyer, Kristen Kasel) 52.24. 4x200 relay: 1, Juanita 1:51.56. 4x400 relay: 1, Mount Si (Bottemiller, Volken, Kirby, Hutchison) 4:26.5. Shot put: 1, Kate Cryderman (J) 34-2; 2, Madison Bardsley (MS) 26-4; 3, Leslie Stevens (MS) 25-10. Discus: 1, Cryderman (J) 102-0; 2, Stevens (MS) 85-2; 3, Bardsley (MS) 66-6. Javelin: 1, Stevens (MS) 108-11; 2, Kasel (MS) 79-5; 3, Chelsea Meadows (MS) 78-3. High jump: 1, Molly Grager (J) 5-5; 2, Lexi Swanson (MS) 4-4; 3, Madelyn Esteb (MS) 4-4. Pole vault: 1, Swanson (MS) 8-6; 2, Hannah Richmond (MS) 7-6. Long jump: 1, Jackson (MS) 14-8.25; 3, Jordan Koellen (MS) 10-10. Triple jump: 1, Stevens (MS) 33-8; 3, Rockow (MS) 30-10.
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period of time so she could run that.” Another newcomer to his event had a good afternoon April 21. Justin McLaughlin earned a personal record in the 400 meter, with 56.5 seconds, finishing third, dropping one second from his best 2011 mark. “It’s not that great, but it’s my first year running it,” McLaughlin said. Madison Bardsley earned a personal record at the shot put with 26 feet, 1 inch — three feet longer than her previous top mark. “This last week of practice, Mr. Jackson has been pushing us really hard,” she said of Chris Jackson, her coach. “It’s all about the technique, the little stuff that has made a big difference.” Bardsley said she wants to reach 28 feet by season’s end. Her new personal record places Bardsley as the 12th best shot-putter in the league and the second-best in her team. “At the beginning of the season, I wasn’t even sure if I was going to be able to throw 25,” she said. “I’m really happy with my P.R.” A week later, April 28, McLaughlin, Bardsley and the girls relay team built on their first-timer’s success with a second consecutive strong showing. Mount Si defeated Juanita both in boys and girls events. The girls’ 4x100 relay team barely missed hitting its fastest time yet, defeating the Rebels with a mark of 52.24 seconds. McLaughlin broke his personal record with a 55.76-second mark in the 400. Bardsley broke hers with a throw of 26 feet, 4 inches.
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