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Golfer preps for state with fourthplace finish Page 14

Target shooting is banned in forest areas

May 19, 2011 VOL. 3, NO. 20

Busted again Former North Bend man is arrested for voyeurism.

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Discount acreage Snoqualmie Ridge land goes on the auction block.

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All a-buzz Valley welcomes Seattle beekeeper’s operation.

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Best in district Mount Si athletes shine at KingCo track meet.

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Decision time School board closes in on new member boundaries.

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Choices, choices Meet the three Mount Si principal finalists.

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Headin’ back to state Ryan Atkinson (left) gets a slap on the back from teammate Tim Proudfoot after scoring the winning run in Mount Si’s 1-0 win against Lake Washington in extra-innings May 13. The victory gave the Wildcats their first trip to the state playoffs since 1997 and sealed up the KingCo Tournament for the team. See story, page 14.

County seeks weed warriors

By Dan Catchpole King County is on the hunt to stamp out invasive weeds.

To bolster the campaign, county officials want residents to help find locations of non-native plants. So the county is holding a series of workshops beginning in late May and running through July.

Invasive, or noxious, weeds are not native to the region, and can cause ecological and economic damage.

The county’s “least wanted” list includes garlic mustard, a Class A noxious weed, according to the Washington State Noxious Weed Board, and one of 48 state-listed noxious weeds that the King County Noxious Weed Program is working actively See WEEDS, Page 3

State shores up funding for flood control district

By Warren Kagarise King County leaders praised state legislators and Gov. Chris Gregoire last week for supporting a measure to shore up funding for the King County Flood Control District, the agency responsible for floodprotection policies, programs and projects.

Gregoire signed a measure May 5 to protect funding for the district. The bill exempts the district from the statewide property rate tax cap by protecting up to 25 cents per $1,000 of assessed value. The exemption is in effect from next year until 2017.

Until the governor signed the measure, the district faced a steep drop-off in funding due to the decline in housing values and a state cap on property tax rates. The loss of tax

money would have forced the district to delay work on several projects in the Snoqualmie Valley beginning in 2012.

The flood control district did not fight the bill’s sunset clause because it expects property values to improve by 2017, district Director Kjris Lund said in March after the bill passed the state House of Representatives.

In 2010, the district collected $35 million. It has requested $36 million in 2011.

“We worked together as a region to preserve this important tool that will protect people and businesses throughout King County from floods,” King County Executive Dow Constantine said in a statement. “I am pleased to see the overwhelming support in the See FUNDING, Page 6

Parts of the Mount BakerSnoqualmie National Forest along Interstate 90 and Middle Fork Road 56 have been permanently closed to target shooters.

The area along the highway was temporarily closed about two years ago.

Target shooting in recreational areas and associated environmental damage prompted the move, Snoqualmie District Ranger Jim Franzel said.

“Every summer, we had two or three near misses,” he said.

Shooting along I-90 greatly dropped off after the temporary ban went into effect. But there have been some fines issued to violators, Franzel said.

Illegal shooting in the areas can result in a fine up to $5,000 and six months in prison.

Signs designate the areas closed to shooting. The ban does not affect hunting activities, and people can still carry firearms for protection.

The area around the Middle See SHOOTING, Page 6

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A refrigerator used by renegade target shooters litters the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

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Former North Bend resident is arrested again for voyeurism

By Dan Catchpole A former North Bend resident and registered sex offender previously convicted of taking upskirt photos of unsuspecting women has pleaded not guilty to nearly identical charges in King County Superior Court.

King County prosecutors allege that Richard G. Burk used a hidden camera to illicitly take photos of a young woman at Westfield Southcenter Mall on April 23, according to court documents.

If convicted of voyeurism, Burk could receive four to 12 months in jail on a second felony conviction.

Since Burk was recently convicted of voyeurism, the prosecutor’s office might be able to push for “a higher sentence based on what we call rapid recidivism basis,” said Ian Goodhew, a spokesman for the King County Prosecutor’s Office. “But that is a high hurdle, so we will proceed with caution.”

At Tukwilla’s Southcenter Mall, Burk had gone to Claire’s, which sells accessories and jewelry for young women. The store’s assistant manager became suspicious of the 48-year-old Burk, who came in to the store alone and was suspected of having a camera, according to court documents.

The assistant manager asked him to leave and he contacted mall security after he thought he saw Burk take a photograph from beneath a woman’s skirt.

Two mall security guards approached him in the mall

parking lot, at which point Burk threw a camera under a car, according to the documents.

The camera was recovered and an upskirt photo was found on it.

Tukwila police arrested Burk, and found that he had cut a hole in his clothing through which he could use a camera.

In 2010, Burk served a month in prison after being convicted of voyeurism and had to register as a level 1 sex offender. The charge came from an incident in June 2009, when he was caught taking similar pictures of a 12-year-old girl at the Nordstrom Rack store at Factoria Mall.

Bellevue police arrested him when he returned to the store three days later. They found a camera concealed in a pullover with a hole cut in it, so Burk could surreptitiously take photographs.

According to court documents from the 2009 incident, Burk’s wife dropped her head and said, “No, not again,” when police explained why they were searching their North Bend home.

The woman told law enforcement agents that she had found upskirt photos on their home computer in February 2008, according to prosecutors.

Since the 2009 incident, Burk had moved to Milton.

He is being held in lieu of $75,000 bail.

Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or editor@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.

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Puget Western’s Snoqualmie Ridge properties are going to auction block

By Dan Catchpole Puget Western Inc. is auctioning off two tracts of land on Snoqualmie Ridge at a reduced rate after an early attempt to sell them proved unsuccessful.

The company, a subsidiary of Puget Sound Energy, previously offered the two parcels, on opposite ends of Snoqualmie Parkway, as a pair for $2.75 million. It reduced the minimum price by nearly $1 million in the auction hosted by Realty Marketing/Northwest.

Puget Western could not be reached for comment.

“Certainly, the market has gone through a re-valuation over the past couple years,” said Tim Reinertsen, co-owner of Realty Marketing/Northwest.

The property is priced for an investor to “park some money” until demand improves, Reinertsen said.

The larger of the two parcels is larger than 51 acres and sits at the junction of Interstate 90 and state Route 18. It sits in unincorporated King County and wraps around property formerly owned by the Leisure Time campground.

The land is listed for $1.499 million. It is zoned for 10 fiveacre residential plots with horse stables.

The second parcel is 2.37 acres on the east side of the parkway. It sits south of Snoqualmie Ridge TPC, and is inside city limits. The property is listed for $329,000. It is zoned as mixed use for multifamily residential. It can have up to 40

On the Web ❑ Realty Marketing/Northwest: www.rmnw-auctions.com ❑ Puget Western Inc.: www.pugetwestern.com residential units with 19 required to be affordable housing units.

Sealed bids are due to Realty Marketing/Northwest by 5 p.m.

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Several parties have already expressed interest in the properties, Reinertsen said.

Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or editor@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.

YMCA plans membership drive before groundbreaking ceremony Work on the site of Snoqualmie’s future community center is slated to begin in late May with a groundbreaking ceremony set for June 9.

From June 1-8, the YMCA of Greater Seattle will launch a membership drive in the Snoqualmie Valley. The Y’s membership minibus will set up each day at a different location in the Valley to encourage residents to sign up as charter members of the community center.

Each membership completed during the first eight days of sales will be entered into a drawing to become the Snoqualmie Valley YMCA’s first member.

The drawing will take place at the official groundbreaking ceremony June 9.

After the groundbreaking, a celebration sponsored by Radio Disney and Flatout Flatbread will follow.

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Membership caravan ❑ Wednesday, June 1: 8 a.m. to noon, YMCA Construction Site, 35016 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie ❑ Thursday, June 2: 3:30-6:30 p.m., Opstad Elementary School cafeteria, 1345 Stilson Ave. S.E., North Bend ❑ Friday, June 3: 2-6 p.m., Adventure Bowling Center parking lot, 7940 S.E. Railroad Ave., Snoqualmie ❑ Saturday, June 4: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Torguson Park, 750 E. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ Sunday, June 5: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Ridge Supermarket IGA (inside store), 7730 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie ❑ Monday, June 6: 2-6 p.m., Fall City Community Park, Neal Road S.E., Fall City

❑ Tuesday, June 7: 2-6 p.m., 2-6 p.m., Adventure Bowling Center parking lot, 7940 S.E. Railroad Ave., Snoqualmie ❑ Wednesday, June 8: 8 a.m. to noon, YMCA Construction Site, 35016 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie

Groundbreaking ceremony ❑ When: 4:30-6 p.m. June 9 ❑ Where: Snoqualmie Community Park, 35016 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie ❑ RSVP: Email tdraper@seattleymca.org or call 282-1506.

On the Web ❑ Facebook: Search for “Snoqualmie Valley YMCA” on www.facebook.com.

information from Membership Director Leah Jensen by email-

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Azalea Park to get big playground upgrade

bridge, wrap-around slide, a mogul slide, a climbing rope and several other features.

The equipment is being built

by Miracle Recreation Equipment and Sof’Solutions Recreational Surfacing, a Michigan-based company.

The money for the work comes from mitigation money from the Kimball Creek development and real estate excise taxes.

The work should be completed within the next year.

Snoqualmie’s Azalea Park is getting new playground equipment.

City Council approved at its May 9 meeting the purchase of nearly $70,000 in new equipment and related expenses for the park, on the north side of Snoqualmie Ridge.

The existing playground equipment will be replaced by a two-story structure with a swing

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Weeds

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From Page 1 with landowners to control.

The plant’s seeds can survive in soil for many years before sprouting, making the plant difficult to control.

Last year, county noxious weed specialists uprooted an outbreak of garlic mustard around North Bend after a resident reported it.

“Thankfully, the garlic mustard in North Bend is still limited to the few properties it was found on originally,” said Sasha Shaw, a member of the King County Noxious Weed Control Program.

Still, the plant must be actively controlled, and the county’s weed specialist for the area regularly eradicates any new plants.

“The seeds last for at least seven or so years, so we expect to see some new plants every year for a while, but we should we able to keep it from going to seed again,” Shaw said. “I wish the same could be said for the Cedar River, where we are finding more than last year.”

The discoveries are especially troubling for staff with the Noxious Weed Program because garlic mustard had been primarily limited to just a few Seattle parks, according to a news release from King County.

Garlic mustard is a fastspreading biennial introduced to North America from Europe.

There are likely more garlic mustard sites in the county, according to Steven Burke, the county’s Noxious Weed Program manager.

North Bend home catches fire early May 15 A North Bend house caught fire early the morning of May 15.

Firefighters from Eastside Fire & Rescue responded to the blaze in the 13300 block of 433rd Court Southeast shortly after 1:30 a.m.

Firefighters could see flames through the windows on the ground floor.

They could also see one of the residents inside trying to get pet ferrets out.

EFR crews from Renton and Issaquah responded in support, and together they launched a defensive attack on the fire, according to EFR spokeswoman Josie Williams.

Both residents escaped without injuries, Williams said, adding that she did not know whether the ferrets made it out.

King County’s fire investigator is looking into the cause of the fire.

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He is asking residents to help staff members find outbreaks.

Weeds are serious business The King County Noxious Weed Program is part of a statewide effort to detect and respond to noxious weeds that harm natural and economic resources. To help protect the state’s resources, the Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board adopts a statewide noxious weed list each year.

Each county’s weed board then adopts its own noxious weed list that establishes which weeds require control by property owners and public agencies.

The state takes the fight against invasive weeds seriously.

The Department of Ecology has already approved more than $580,000 for 14 grants to fight invasive weeds in 2012.

Another high-priority target for King County this year is the massive plant called giant hogweed, feared for its invasiveness and its toxic juice that causes painful, watery blisters and burns on contact.

Giant hogweed has leaves that are up to five feet wide and a central flowering stem that reaches 15 feet tall, topped by an impressive umbrella-shaped flower head that can measure two feet across. Since 1996, King County’s noxious weed hunters have found more than 1,000 sites of giant hogweed.

“By watching for new sites, returning to known sites every year and helping landowners control it where needed, we have been able to keep giant

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Garlic mustard, an aggressive, invasive plant that can produce thousands of seeds that stay in the soil for years before sprouting, popped up near North Bend in April 2010. hogweed from spreading and we are hopeful that it can be eradicated someday,” Burke said in the news release.

In the Snoqualmie Valley, yellow hawkweed is a persistent nuisance, Shaw said.

“It’s kind of like a dandelion, but much worse, spreading by both seeds and roots, and capable of covering large areas, especially in the mountain meadows,” she said.

Hawkweed, tansy ragwort and poison hemlock are also prevalent this time of year, she said.

This summer, the county will target garden loosestrife on the Snoqualmie River and some adjacent wetlands, as well as working to fight back the knotweed on the upper forks of the river.

“We are asking anyone living along the North Fork

Noxious weed information will be on display at several locations this spring and summer: ❑ June 11: Issaquah Farmers Market, Pickering Barn, 1730 10th Ave. N.W., Issaquah ❑ June 15: 4-8 p.m., Sammamish Farmers Market, Sammamish Commons, 801 228th Ave. S.E. ❑ June 28: 3-7 p.m., Renton Farmers Market, Piazza in Downtown Renton ❑ July 7: North Bend Farmers Market, Si View Community Center, 400 Orchard Drive, North Bend ❑ July 12: 3-7 p.m., Carnation Farmers Market, one block east of Highway 203 at Bird Street ❑ July 14: 3-7 p.m., Bellevue Farmers Market, First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue, 1717 Bellevue Way N.E. ❑ July 23: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Redmond Farmers Market , 7730 Leary Way N.E., Redmond Learn more from Sasha Shaw, King County noxious weeds specialist, by calling 206-296-0290 or emailing sasha.shaw@kingcounty.gov.

Snoqualmie to let us know if they see knotweed on that river,” Shaw said.

The county’s weed experts suspect it is on the North Fork but have not found it yet. If they find examples of it, officials can include the North Fork in a grant application.

Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or editor@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.

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Editorial

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Cost of paper offers lesson for lawmakers

Road improvements are incomplete

Saving money and saving the environment are two values held high in the Snoqualmie Valley — and to varying degrees, across King County.

Sometimes the two work in concert, but sometimes they are at loggerheads.

A state law mandates that schools take the lowest bid when buying supplies. State law is working against environmental values.

Saving taxpayers money in the short term is good and certainly worthwhile, but long-term costs must also be considered. Buying “virgin” paper rather than recycled paper can mean higher environmental damages. But recycled paper of lower quality can cause more damage to printers and copiers, requiring higher maintenance costs.

The state mandate, though, prevents schools from deciding based on environmental values.

What is the tradeoff? Cutting paper costs will not put another teacher in the classroom.

Reducing paper use is another option. Most businesses and public entities cannot go completely paperless, but reducing paper use can cut costs and limit negative environmental effects.

Snoqualmie Valley School District and King County have done both by printing on both sides of paper. Such a simple move can reduce paper consumption by as much as 40 percent, according to the Responsible Purchasing Network.

We should all look for those happy opportunities when conservation and cost-cutting overlap. In other times, we have to weigh our options carefully.

Only when recycled paper becomes mainstream will technology catch up to make pricing more competitive.

But schools and other government agencies aren’t permitted to make choices that match their values, even the very values they are teaching.

Certainly taxpayers want the best value, but the state should allow localities more flexibility in choosing which products to buy.

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The Snoqualmie City Council has approved the top priorities for roadwork in the city. The list has 10 streets — five in the downtown area and five on Snoqualmie Ridge. Nothing was said about the Stone Quarry Road. The last few years have seen construction projects for the Toonerville Trolley, otherwise known as the Northwest Railway Museum.

As the construction finishes on the museum building, the damage on Stone Quarry Road appears to be ignored. The little or nonexistent shoulder has been beaten down by dump trucks and cement trucks turning to back into the construction site. This county-sponsored ditch has had a lot of vehicles, including Snoqualmie school buses, in it.

I think it is time the Railway Museum and Executive Director Richard Anderson were presented with a repair bill for rebuilding a Snoqualmie street. This should include a seven or eight foot shoulder at least a 100 feet

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past the museum’s repair shed toward North Bend Way, plus the asphalt paving from Tom Weber’s site to the end of the new shoulder toward North Bend Way. The city of Snoqualmie should not have to provide profit to a nonprofit organization.

Frank McFadden Snoqualmie

Thanks for a successful sewer extension project Thank you to contractor Northwest Cascade, Public Works Director Ron Garrow and everyone else responsible for the North Bend sewer extension project coming in $6 million under budget. When is the last time, no make that the first time, that a big public works project came in even on budget, let alone nearly 30 percent under?

Assuming that all of our toilets still flush in the fall, I say we hire them for all of our Valley projects. I wonder if they build high schools...

Eric Yotz North Bend

A growing community needs input from all Hey, a big thanks to Mike Thompson for reminding us what kind of action Snoqualmie needs and that a growing community can’t (and shouldn’t) be silent!

A healthy community should have a vision, a voice and a plan that moves it forward to a future that is sustainable and reflects a consensus of all who have a vested interest here. Consensus is simply not possible without the open communication that is all but absent from this city’s administration. Of larger concern than the Ridge, the casino, the City Hall, the schools, the community center and DirtFish, continues to be the attitude that emanates from the city’s leadership as they manifest their agenda at the expense of what many have moved to this Valley for.

The city administration could learn a lot from a local favorite, the North Bend Bar & Grill. It is not successful because it is a destination, but See LETTERS, Page 6

Home Country

If Doodles disappears, it’s the coyotes

By Slim Randles It all began when old man Ortega’s rooster disappeared. He reported it to the police, of course, who thought this neighborhood alarm clock finally met with a dissatisfied customer and was now cradled in dumplings.

The police said as much to Ortega, and the old man wanted to know what the police were going to do about it. Well, since it had been almost a week since they’d had a complaint come in, the chief sent young Glen around the neighborhood asking chicken questions. Everyone denied ending ol’ Doodle’s career — when they finished laughing — and a cursory exam of yards and garbage cans failed to turn up brown or red feathers. The preliminary poultry purloinment pursuit then ended with a cursory report filed down at the cop shop, with old man Ortega getting a copy of it.

Ortega had his suspicions, of course. There was one neighbor lady who had once complained about the rooster to Ortega, and he had defended to her very face his rooster’s right to crow. She then asked if he couldn’t get ol’ Doodles operated on, like they do to dogs, and get his doodler

clipped so he’d be singing blanks, as it were.

Ortega hotly replied that anyone who would deliberately Slim Randles deface an Columnist American rooster would steal sheep. Later on, he apologized to her for blowing off steam, told her he really didn’t think of her as a sheep thief and offered to buy her some earplugs that they sell out at the shooting range. She passed on the earplug

offer, but poured him a cup of coffee and that seemed to be that.

But still, ol’ Doodles was gone, and there was no denying that. If he had simply escaped and was still in town, we’d have heard him somewhere, so that was ruled out.

We finally put two and two together when another neighbor caught a coyote going over the fence with one of his hens, but we always wondered about that doodler-snipping operation.

We’ll have to ask Doc about it.

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Funding From Page 1 state Legislature for this bill, and I thank Gov. Gregoire for signing it today.”

The district collects 11 cents per $1,000 in assessed value and uses the dollars to pay for floodcontrol efforts.

It is unlikely that the district will increase how much it collects, Lund said.

But she said she would ask the district’s board of directors to consider borrowing from other government entities to pay for projects.

The district has had to delay several projects in recent years because emergency work on the Green River’s Howard Hanson Dam sucked up millions of dollars.

The county created the flood control district in April 2007.

The nine-member County Council oversees the agency.

County Councilwoman Julia Patterson, the flood control district chairwoman, praised state leaders for supporting the measure to support the district.

“We worked together as a region to preserve this important tool that will protect people and businesses throughout King County from floods.”

— Dow Constantine King County Executive

“Their actions preserve $72 million in critical funding that allows the Flood Control District to continue maintaining and improving flood protection facilities, safeguarding our residents, their property and the state’s economy,” she said in a statement.

Mayors from King County cities at risk from flooding also trekked to Olympia to testify for the legislation.

“The flood district not only works to protect significant regional economic interests and thousands of citizens from the devastating and long-lasting effects of flooding, but its activities save all taxpayers millions of dollars in avoided costs,” Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson said in a statement. “This bill will

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King County Flood Control District’s work list for 2012-13 The flood control district is working on several projects in the Snoqualmie Valley in the coming years.

Upper Snoqualmie Valley ❑ At least 15 home elevations ❑ Improving flow on the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River to protect residents near North Bend Lower Snoqualmie Valley ❑ Acquisition of at-risk homes near Fall City ❑ Levee setback project to protect residents near Northeast 60th Street and Carnation Farm Road ❑ Farm pad construction and barn elevation projects Source: King County Water and Land Resources Division

allow the flood district to refocus fully on its valued mission.”

Snoqualmie Valley’s delegation in the state Senate and the state House of Representatives — including state Rep. Jay Rodne, a Republican from the flood-prone Snoqualmie Valley — supported the measure.

Warren Kagarise: 392-6434, ext. 234, or wkagarise@isspress.com. Editor Dan Catchpole contributed to this story. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.

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Shooting

Letters

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Fork of Snoqualmie River had not been part of the temporary closure, but were added due to the area having similar characteristics — a flat valley floor with steep walls, dispersed camping and high use by nonshooters.

The closures are the result of a few irresponsible people, said Dave Workman, an editor for Gun Week and a North Bend resident.

“You’ve got a handful of people who are boneheaded about this,” he said.

“They don’t pick up their mess, they shoot in the wrong areas and shoot along roads.”

With few gun ranges in the area, people need designated places to safely shoot, Workman said.

The Forest Service considers recreational target shooting part of its multiple-use policy for national forests. But it does not designate shooting areas.

Information about where people can target shoot is available at the Forest Service’s district office in North Bend.

it has become a destination because the owners understand what constitutes value to their customers.

Sustainability doesn’t lie in DirtFish, Thomas the Train or making Snoqualmie the “fun zone” of King County.

Sustainability, along with quality of life, has its basis in creating ways to connect the people who live here and building a model that reflects their collective needs. That process begins with respect, consideration and dialog, not three minutes at a podium and the inability to solicit a direct response from the people who theoretically have a much larger view.

My guess is that a little ice cream store in Vermont (Ben & Jerry’s) or a little bakery in Greenlake (Honey Bear), had a lot more impact on their respective towns than operations like DirtFish will ever offer to the residents here. In addition, they bonded the communities by giving them a place to share ideas and build the foundation (rather than put up a façade) for change.

Yes, Snoqualmie has needs.

Perhaps it’s time to find out what everyone thinks they are and build a plan that reflects the values of everyone who has made Snoqualmie their home.

Rick Grant Snoqualmie

Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or editor@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.

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State asks residents to help crack down on illegal dumping

By Warren Kagarise The state Department of Natural Resources has unveiled a Web-based map to show locations of more than 200 illegal dumping sites on state trust lands.

The state — through the departments of natural resources and ecology, plus other agencies — spends hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to clean up household trash, junked vehicles, and commercial and hazardous waste dumped on state trust lands.

“This is only the tip of the iceberg,” Larry Raedel, chief of law enforcement services for the Department of Natural Resources, said in a statement.

“For every one of the sites we investigated, mapped and cleaned up last year, there are two or three more out there that we haven’t found yet.”

Illegal dumping often occurs near forest roads on the 2.1 million acres of forestland managed by the Department of Natural Resources. Hazardous sites, such as discarded industrial solvents or meth labs, can cost thousands of dollars each to clean up.

Sending trucks to remote locations to remove abandoned vehicles is also expensive.

The agency manages forestry on the lands to generate revenue for public schools and local services in counties.

Raedel said the online map is intended to show the extent of illegal dumping on state trust lands. Overall, the map shows locations of the 49 abandoned vehicles, 32 commercial and hazardous waste dumps, and 113 household dumping sites investigated by the agency last year.

“We’re putting hidden cameras and sensors at known trou-

On the Web Find illegal dumping sites near Issaquah and statewide on the state Department of Natural Resources’ interactive map, www.dnr.wa.gov. Follow the link labeled “Recreation & Public Information,” then “Neighbors & Concerned Citizens” and “Illegal Dumping on State Trust Lands” to access the map.

ble spots to try and catch more people,” Raedel said.

“Unfortunately, the majority of offenders are never caught, which is why we need law-abiding citizens to help us out.”

Funds from the Department of Ecology and other sources help cover some clean-up costs and prevention steps, such as installing hidden cameras and paying overtime to officers to conduct emphasis patrols.

Courts can also order people convicted of littering to pay clean-up costs.

The fines for illegal dumping of nonhazardous materials range from $90 to $500, depending on quantity and other circumstances.

In the past, agents arrested illegal dumpers after campers and hunters noted the license plate numbers of trucks hauling debris or garbage driving into forests — and then emerging empty.

“We are asking folks who use state lands to please report suspicious activities in the woods,” Raedel said. “Call 911 when suspicious activity is spotted.”

Warren Kagarise: 392-6434, ext. 234, or wkagarise@isspress.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.

By Kim Wagner

Odd couple Butch Cassidy (left) and Sage, a miniature donkey, rub noses during one of the few sunny days so far this spring. Sage belongs to North Bend resident Kim Wagner, who also has another miniature donkey.

North Bend receives high credit-rating marks The national credit-rating agency Standard & Poor’s gave the city of North Bend high marks during a recent analysis.

The agency rated the city AA-, which means “high quality.” It is the fourth highest rating possible.

North Bend sought the rating in preparation for its sale of $2.25 million in voterapproved bonds to pay for its portion of a new fire station it is building in partnership with Fire District 38.

The rating is among the highest for municipalities of comparable size in Washington, Jim Nelson, an underwriter with Martin Nelson & Co., a Seattle-based investment banking firm, said in a news release.

Martin Nelson & Co. is underwriting North Bend’s bonds.

The high rating will allow the city to issue bonds with a lower interest rate, which will save money for taxpayers, City Administrator Duncan Wilson said in the release.

In its analysis, Standard & Poor’s highlighted several factors in its rating. They included strong financial policies and practices, a strong local economy, sound financial reserves, little outstanding debt, and good management policies, according to the release.

Local governments can help economy by calling for tax reform Local governments can sup-

port the regional economy by lobbying for statewide tax reform, according to members of a panel convened by the Metropolitan King County Council’s Transportation, Economy and Environment Committee.

The panel consisted of William Beyers, a University of Washington professor, economist Richard Conway and David Freiboth, from the King County Labor Council.

The state’s current tax system is subject to fluctuating revenue, and can’t pay for public services that are needed to support the local economy, the panelists said.

The structure of Washington’s economy has changed dramatically, according to Beyers.

Foreign exports are a larger share of the state’s economic output than in the past, and labor productivity has significantly increased.

Conway expects Puget Sound to add about 37,200 jobs in 2011, which would drop the area’s unemployment rate from 9.1 percent to 8.6 percent.

Conway is an economic forecaster with Dick Conway & Associates.

King County won’t make a full recovery in terms of employment or sales tax receipts until mid-2014, according to Conway.

Freiboth advocated for creating jobs that offer living wages, and stressed the importance of manufacturing in the region’s economy.

Tourism and services are the main economic drivers in the upper Snoqualmie Valley. Most Valley residents commute for work.

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Police & Fire North Bend police No fishing for you At 5:44 p.m. May 5, someone called police about a break-in. A man's boat, parked on the side of a residence in the 300 block of East Second Street was broken into and someone took his fishing poles.

No driving for you At 12:11 a.m. May 6, police headed west on Southeast Cedar Falls Road saw a car driving 10 miles over the speed limit. The driver said the car belonged to a passenger. That passenger said she had no vehicle insurance with her. A status check showed the driver must have an ignition interlock device in his car until 2012. The driver was arrested due to lack of the device in the vehicle. He was also cited for speeding.

Theft At 9:30 a.m. May 7, a man had driven his daughter home from college with all her dorm items packed in the truck. He left the truck outside. The next day it was gone. The man told police he could think of no one who would take his truck. The man said he was unsure whether he locked the truck.

We’ll take him from here At 12:53 a.m. May 10, police checked for suspicious people near the Mount Si Senior Center, when they saw a man walking toward Bendigo Boulevard. The man said he quit his job that day. The man told police he was arrested for disorderly conduct and DUI in the past, but nothing else. A status check returned clear, except for his status as a convicted felon. A further check showed the man was previously convicted for unlawful imprisonment and threats to bomb. The man said he would hitchhike to Cle Elum.

Since the police were headed to Snoqualmie Pass, they offered him a ride. Before entering the car, police asked him if he had any weapons. He said yes and pulled out a switchblade knife, which is illegal. The man told police to just get rid of it. At the summit, police notified Kittitas County that the man had been dropped off at the Chevron station. Dispatch advised police that a deputy would take him to Cle Elum.

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ing lot next to Snoqualmie Falls.

An hour later, the couple returned to the car to discover the front, passenger-side window broken, a GPS device and the wife's purse missing. Since the visitors' parking lot does not belong to the restaurant, the restaurant has no cameras on it or facing its direction. Police told the man to contact the department in case of any unusual activity on the wife's accounts.

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and one of the males was videotaped stealing a jacket. The video shows the two males entering, one leaving and returning without a jacket on.

The same male then leaves wearing a camouflage jacket that he selected from the racks.

One of the employees said he might be able to identify the two suspects.

At 10:27 a.m. May 7, an officer was flagged down in the 35000 block of Southeast Ridge Street by a citizen reporting two juveniles fighting in the park.

Police contacted the juveniles and they turned out to be two brothers arguing.

Car break-in At 10:09 p.m. May 7, police responded to a call from the 6000 block of Railroad Avenue. A man told police he had gone out to dinner with his wife and had parked his car in the visitor park-

At 1:55 a.m. May 8, police patrolling the area around Snoqualmie Parkway and Center Boulevard noticed a Dodge pickup truck traveling north on the parkway. A check on the owner showed a misdemeanor warrant out of Everett. The man was booked into the King County Jail.

Snoqualmie fire ❑ At 10:31 a.m. May 6, firefighters responded to the Venture Commerce Center off of

Bracken Place for an automatic fire alarm. Firefighters determined that the alarm had been set of by construction workers. It was reset. ❑ At 5:01 p.m. May 6, firefighters responded to Snoqualmie Elementary School for a reported fire alarm. The alarm was actually a malfunctioning public address system, and it was turned off. ❑ At 9:55 p.m. May 7, EMTs were dispatched to Snoqualmie Casino for a medical call. A patient was evaluated and then transported to a hospital by the EMTs. ❑ At 3:36 p.m. May 7, EMTs assisted Bellevue paramedics with the loading of a patient suffering from chest pains. ❑ At 2:49 a.m. May 9, EMTs and Bellevue paramedics were dispatched to downtown Snoqualmie for a medical call. A patient was evaluated and then transported to a hospital by the paramedics. ❑ At 7:05 p.m. May 9, EMTs responded to Snoqualmie Ridge for a medical call. A patient was

evaluated and left in care of family at the scene. ❑ At 12:42 p.m. May 11, EMTs were dispatched to Snoqualmie Ridge for a medical call. A patient was evaluated and then transported to a hospital by private ambulance. ❑ At 3 p.m. May 12, firefighters responded to the Snoqualmie Police Station for a boy who had a fishhook stuck in his finger. ❑ At 5 p.m. May 12, firefighters responded at the request of the King County Sheriff’s Office for a woman who had fallen into the river.

North Bend fire ❑ At 1:34 a.m. May 15, firefighters responded to a structure fire in the North Bend area.

Eastside Fire & Rescue firefighters stationed in Issaquah, Renton and North Bend responded to the fire.

The Star publishes names of those arrested for DUI and those charged with felony crimes.

Information comes directly from local police and fire reports.

Snoqualmie Valley joins buckle up safety patrols Buckle up or it will cost you — $124, to be precise.

Police in the upper Snoqualmie Valley are joining state, county and other local police forces in seat-belt emphasis patrols.

The patrols are part of the King County Target Zero Task Force, and will be done May 23 to June 5. The patrols will look for people in vehicles who are unbuckled or improperly buckled.

Not buckling your seat belt can cost more than money. In Washington, from 2005 to 2009, 2,866 people died in vehicle collisions and 13,749 suffered serious injuries.

Wearing a seat belt decreases the chance of dying or being seriously injured in a vehicle collision by about 70 percent, compared to an unbuckled motorist, according to a news release from the Washington Traffic Safety

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Community

MAY 19, 2011

Snoqualmie ramps up for summer Music in the Parks

By Shelby Lichliter What could be better than strolling through a park in the summertime with live music playing?

The city of Snoqualmie plans to make this happen with a Music in the Parks series this year. Events will be mostly Sunday afternoons and free to the public.

While the city put on a few music performances last summer, officials hope to put together a more regular event schedule this year.

Snoqualmie Parks & Recreation Director Gwen

What to know Learn more about Music in the Parks at www.ci.snoqualmie.wa.us/Depar tments/ParksRecreation.aspx.

Musicians and musical groups interested in playing at Music in the Parks can also apply there.

Voelpel said the idea behind the series is “to get people to see and enjoy our parks, and stay in town because there is See CONCERTS, Page 12

By Sebastian Moraga

Dan Sullivan check in on his ‘girls,’ as he calls his bees.

Seattle beekeeper brings buzz to Snoqualmie Valley

By Sebastian Moraga You have got to let bees be bees.

That’s the philosophy of beekeeper Daniel Sullivan, who has just brought his life’s passion to

By Sebastian Moraga the Snoqualmie Beekeeper Dan Sullivan’s finger Valley, with is a welcome sight for his bees. four hives in Snoqualmie.

“If I could put beehives everywhere, I would,” said Sullivan, a banquet manager for a hotel in Seattle who is entering his second year as a beekeeper.

Each hive carries about 30,000 bees, for now.

“I can tell you how many there are because these are new hives,” Sullivan said.

Come summer, the bee eggs will hatch to the tune of 2,000 new bees a day.

By October, the bees will have produced hundreds of pounds of honey, Sullivan predicted. He built his own hives and bought his own bees.

“These are the Salish Lodge of honey hives,” said John Murphy, general manager of Salish Lodge and Spa. “These are really cool.”

Murphy said the business would use the honey in its restaurant, in its spa, in its baked goods and also sell it by the bottle. The lodge also wants to make beer out of it, he said.

“It’s all about the experience,” Murphy said.

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Dan Sullivan built four beehives in Snoqualmie in partnership with Salish Lodge and Spa. “We want to enhance the experience of our guests coming here.”

Murphy said he toyed for a year with the idea of making honey. Greg Roper, the spa’s director of See BEEKEEPER, Page 12

The Snoqualmie Valley’s annual CROP Hunger Walk had its most successful event ever May 15.

Patty Baker, the pastor at St. Clare’s Episcopal Church in Snoqualmie and one of the organizers of the walk, wrote in an email that nearly $8,000 had been collected, with about $2,000 going to the Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank.

More than 150 people participated in the walk. The amount to the food bank and the number of participants set new records for the walk, Baker wrote.

“Last year’s totals were about 100 walkers and $5,700

total raised,” she wrote. “Given the very rainy day and the economic situation we are in, I think this is wonderful news.”

What doesn’t go to the food bank will go to Church World Service, an international relief organization that supports and helps organize CROP Hunger Walks around the world.

In Washington state, nine CROP Hunger Walks have been scheduled for this spring, with the next one happening in Leavenworth on May 22.

Twelve walks happened in Washington in September and October, according to www.churchworldservice.org.

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Keeping a light alive for a firecracker

By Sebastian Moraga To her doctor, Tomoko Bryant is probably not very tall.

To her friends, she’s a giant.

“She’s been there for me through everything,” her pal of 20 years, Bambi Hooper, said, “from the death of my parents to the birth of my children.”

Hooper, a resident of North Bend, now wants to be there for Mill Creek’s Bryant, a Zumba instructor, mother of one and all-around firecracker, as Hooper calls her. Bryant was diagnosed earlier this year with stage 3B breast cancer, so Hooper rounded up a dozen of her friends to create Team Tomoko, which will participate in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day For The Cure walk set for late summer.

True to her indomitable spirit, one of those friends is Tomoko herself.

By the time the race, scheduled for Sept. 16-18, rolls into town, Tomoko will have completed three rounds of chemotherapy and a mastectomy.

“She will be done with everything except for radiation,” Hooper said, calling her friend an inspiration.

Bryant said that before Hooper’s father died in 1997, he came to her and asked Bryant to take care of his daughter.

“She said she would,” Hooper said, recounting the story. “We just have that connection.”

When first diagnosed, Bryant learned that the tumor had expanded to her lymph

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When Hooper first learned of the diagnosis, she said she had mixed emotions.

Hooper’s mom had survived breast cancer but her dad had died from lung cancer.

“I had seen the good and the bad of it, you know?” Hooper said. “But if anyone could do it, I knew she could.”

Her tumor has shrunken and the cancer has diminished, according to an MRI from two weeks ago, Hooper said. The fire in the 42-year-old firecracker burns bright as ever. Right after the MRI, Bryant went to Maui. Her friend’s travel timing elicits a loud laugh from Hooper.

“She’s dealt with it graciously,” Hooper said. “She was angry, she cried, she was scared because she’s got a 4-year-old son. But once she dealt with that, she said dying was not an option. She was just going to fight.”

Bryant, who was not available for this story, wants nobody to feel sorry for her. What she wants is what she lives for:

action.

“She wants people to do something about it. Like what we’re doing, or spreading the word or getting diagnosed early,” Hooper said.

Each member of Team Tomoko has to raise $2,300.

Eighty percent of the money raised will go toward breast cancer research.

Although $2,300 per head sounds like a lot of money, Team Tomoko is hard at work raising the cash. They have already scheduled two fundraisers, one in Bellevue and another

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one in North Bend this summer.

Details are still being settled, Hooper said, but if team captain Bryant is going to fight, the team named after her can do no less.

“She’s like my big sister. I have always looked up to her. I would like to have her strength, her drive, her fight,” the 5-foot4 Hooper said. “And the funny thing is, she’s not even five feet tall!”

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“Sharing our music is my favorite out of everything, especially when people and From Page 10 kids are dancing or grooving to it. I can’t help but smile something to do.” when a child is uncontrolShe said she hopes that getting people out in the local lably moving to the tunes community parks will also ben- that are flowing through.”

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efit neighboring businesses.

“We see ourselves as a partner for our local businesses,” she said.

The proposed locations for the concerts include the Railroad Park gazebo in Snoqualmie and the Snoqualmie Community Park on Snoqualmie Ridge.

Voelpel said that Snoqualmie Point Park, off Exit 27 on Interstate 90, is also a location the city is aiming for.

“It’s a bigger venue to contain a lot more people,” she said. “If I could have two concerts maybe, depending on the length of time this summer, that would be a goal.”

The number of concerts also depends heavily on funding.

The city has an events budget, and puts on other events every year, such as a Christmas tree lighting and Easter egg hunt.

The city has limited funds to pay musicians for their performances at Music in the Parks and musicians are encouraged to ask for a small fee or to do the event pro bono.

Voelpel said organizers have received interest from several artists already, including some local favorites. They’re also trying to reach out to the people who used to play at Isadora’s Café — the restaurant and music venue that closed its doors Jan. 1 after the slow economy caught up with it.

— Caycee Furulie Left Coast Gypsies One of those bands is the Left Coast Gypsies, a folk rock group comprised of mostly Snoqualmie locals who played at Music in the Parks last year.

That performance was at the Railroad Park gazebo.

“It seems to liven up the town a bit, especially being in a central location,” said Caycee Furulie, the hand drummer for the band.

“It is wonderful to be a part of the artistic and musical talents that arise from this area,” Furulie added.

The concerts are family friendly events and geared for kids of all ages.

“Sharing our music is my favorite out of everything, especially when people and kids are dancing or grooving to it,” Furulie said. “I can’t help but smile when a child is uncontrollably moving to the tunes that are flowing through.”

The city plans to promote the Music in the Parks concerts through Yahoo boards, press releases, posters and fliers for local businesses to post.

Shelby Lichliter is a student in the University of Washington Department of Communication News Laboratory. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.

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Obituaries Marjorie Ann Smith Marjorie Ann Smith, 72, passed away May 13, 2011, at Mount Si Transitional Health Center in North Bend.

Marjorie was born Feb. 8, 1939, in Prince George, British Columbia, to Neil McCarther and Rhodora Smith.

In 2007, she retired to North Bend.

She was a loving mother, grandmother and friend who put other people’s needs before her own.

Survivors include her daughter Melody Braeutigam, of Issaquah; granddaughter Amelia Rose, of Issaquah; and siblings Kathleen Hudson and Patricia Brodland, of Williams Lake, B.C., Alfred Alex, of Cologne, B.C., Aleta Alex, of Smithers, B.C., and Josephine Smith, of Victoria, B.C. Share memories at www.flintofts.com.

Pamela Streeter Pamela Streeter, of North Bend, was born Feb. 17, 1947, in Oklahoma City, Okla., and died May 10, 2011, in Seattle.

Pamela worked for the Federal Way School District and C.S.I.

industrial flooring supplies. She was active in her children’s and grandchildren’s interests and sports activities — “The Mom” all the other kids wished they had.

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She is survived by children Sherrill Williamson, and Ernie, Randy and Ron Iseminger; their father Leonard Iseminger; eight grandchildren; sister Nonie Sullivan; husband Dennis Streeter; and his children Shawn and Dan Streeter.

Please sign the family’s online guestbook and view the full obituary and photos at www.flintofts.com. Arrangement’s are by Flintoft’s Funeral Home 392-6444.

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Mount Si wins KingCo, earns first trip to state playoffs in 14 years

By Dan Catchpole The Mount Si Wildcats are going to the state baseball playoffs this weekend. It is the school’s first trip since 1997.

The team shutout its opponents to win the KingCo Conference Tournament. In doing so, it exorcised the bad taste of its last two trips to the tournament.

Both times Mount Si entered as the top seed, only to leave empty handed.

This time around, the Wildcats shutout Mercer Island, 5-0, and then knocked off Lake Washington, 1-0, in extra innings.

“It’s been a long time coming” for Mount Si, Coach Elliott Cribby said.

The 25-year-old Cribby is in his first year at the school, but he had quickly become familiar with the program’s lingering frustration with past performances.

The Wildcats go into the playoffs as the No. 5 team in The Seattle Times’ ranking.

The team punched its ticket to the playoffs in a fierce pitching duel that pitted Mount Si’s

State 3A Tournament Round 1: ❑ Mount Si Wildcats vs.

Timberline Blazers (Lacey) ❑ Bannerwood Park, Bellevue ❑1 p.m. May 21 The Wildcats (18-3) and the Blazers (20-3) both feature strong pitching staffs and potent offenses. The Blazers were ranked No. 6

by The Seattle Times, right behind No. 5 Mount Si. hard-throwing Reece Karalus against Lake Washington’s Spencer Jackson.

Karalus pitched eight innings of shutout ball, while Jackson quieted the Wildcats’ bats for nearly as long.

Mount Si’s Ryan Atkinson reached first base on a fielder’s choice.

With one out, Wildcats’ leadoff batter Dustin Breshears came up to bat. He was 0 for 3 so far in the game.

Breshears swung and missed, while Atkinson stole second. A

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Mount Si High School’s Trevor Lane pitches against Mercer Island in the Wildcats’ 5-0 win in the first round of the KingCo Tournament on May 12. bad throw by Jackson let Atkinson advance to third base.

Breshears took a pitch for a ball, and drove the next one into right field, scoring Atkinson on a game-ending single.

Karalus threw 108 pitches and notched six strikeouts. He only allowed three hits, and no walks. Jackson was nearly as

good. He scattered seven hits over the game.

The Wildcats’ win over Mercer Island was the Trevor Lane show.

The junior pitched a complete game shutout and drove in two runs.

On the mound, Lane worked through the Islanders’ lineup,

allowing only one base runner in the first four innings. He had nine strikeouts and threw 104 pitches.

“I just went out there with a game plan to dominate the zone,” Lane said.

He effectively used his fastSee BASEBALL, Page 15

Mount Si athletes shine at KingCo tournament track meet

By Sebastian Moraga Ashley Jackson keeps her word. In a hurry.

The sophomore runner entered the 3A KingCo Championship meet in Kirkland wanting to earn her best time of the season at the 100-meter hurdles, “even if I get last,” she said.

She did not finish last, but rather third. However, she did smash her previous personal record at the 110, with 17.35 seconds.

Jackson admitted being appre-

hensive prior to the race.

Although the downpour that greeted athletes at Juanita High School made the surroundings look familiar to a Mount Si runner, the tracks were filled with upperclassmen.

“There are juniors and seniors who are hundredths of a second in front of me,” Jackson said.

“That’s going to be a little scary.

I’m kind of nervous that they’re going to beat me and I won’t be able to make it to district.”

No worries. Jackson and her See TRACK, Page 15

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Kolton Auxier, of Mount Si High School, gives his discus the 3A KingCo championship-winning heave of 142 feet May 13 at Juanita High School.

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Golfer heads to fourth state meet Heading into the last big tourney of his prep career, Mount Si High School senior golfer Jack Kelly plays it cool.

No big boast about setting the world on fire at state.

No big predictions about finishing in the top you-name-it.

No promises about coming back from Spokane with a medal, a trophy or even a photo.

He just wants to see some improvement.

“My goal this year is focus on every single shot and play my game, do the best that I can and have a 100 percent focus,” he said. “Wherever that leads me, I’m happy with.”

The state golf tournament is May 24-25, the fourth consecutive year Kelly will participate.

And though it does not get bigger for a high school player than state in his senior year, Kelly may be excused for sounding a little nonchalant. He has his heart set on what comes after.

“I am going to go play golf for Western Washington University,” he said.

Still, the results from the competitions prior to state show that Kelly has taken the tourney seriously.

Kelly finished fourth out of an initial field of 112 in a tournament in Burlington, the last competition before the big show.

He shot par 71 to qualify for the final round along with about 40 other golfers. In the after-

Prep girls golf

404 strokes, Mount Si 485, Bellevue 493, Liberty 499, Juanita 519, Interlake 523, Lake Washington 525, Sammamish 584.

Top individual placers: 1, Haley Chinn (MI) 74; 2, Chelsea

Saelee (MI) 76; 3, Kayce Ogishina (MI) 79; 4, Maggie Robinson (Mount Si) 87; 5 (tie), Arden Phillips (Bel) 88, Joelie Shen (MI) 88; 7 (tie), Elena Good (LW) 92, Krysta Dawson (Lib) 92.

3A/2A KingCo Conference MEDALIST TOURNAMENT May 9 at Snohomish GC, par 72 Team scores: Mercer Island

Track From Page 14 teammates starred at the championships, with the Wildcat girls finishing third and Wildcat boys finishing second overall.

Jackson finished third in prelims and fifth in the final heat.

“I don’t know what my time was, but I am pretty happy,” Jackson said after prelims. “I was a little scared but after I finished, I was like ‘That was nothing.’”

Bradly Stevens also thrived in hurdles, finishing third in the 110-meter prelims and then sixth in the finals.

“That was probably the best one I ever ran,” said Stevens, whose 16.77 seconds was a per-

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Mount Si High School senior golfer Jack Kelly focuses on each shot, not success.

sonal best.

What made the race so good was the level of competition, Stevens said. Three of the top four finishers in the prelims came from Juanita.

“Juanita, they’re the hurdlemasters,” Stevens said.

Teammate Jon Proctor barely missed his own goal. He wanted to make the 110-meter hurdles in less than 18 seconds. He finished 10th with 18.05 seconds.

“This is my first year doing hurdles,” the freshman said.

“I’m getting a lot better. I didn’t mess up at all, and had a lot of encouragement and momentum.”

Districts is out of reach for this year, Proctor said, but he’s just starting out at his sport.

“Maybe next year,” he said.

Thrower Kolton Auxier took

first in shot put and discus for Mount Si. Fellow Wildcats Zach Storm finished second in discus and Brian Copeland finished third in shot put.

The results look even more impressive when factoring in the torrent that unloaded on Kirkland during the tournament.

“Biggest problem is just getting warmed up,” discus coach Chris Jackson said. “You have to do a lot more running, a lot more stretching just to get limber. That has a big effect.

“Mostly, I think it’s psychological,” he added. “You’re cold and wet, you have to tough it out. Some kids do well, some kids do not.”

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By Sandy Horvath

Second baseman Dustin Breshears, of Mount Si High School, hits a game-winning single against Lake Washington.

Baseball From Page 14 ball, changeup and curveball, getting Islanders’ batters to mostly swing and miss.

Whenever a batter did reach base, the Wildcats’ solid defense quickly put out any fires. They turned three double plays, including two to end innings.

Lane ran into trouble in the later innings, giving up leadoff walks in the sixth and seventh.

Lane actually walked the first two batters in the seventh inning.

Cribby wasted no time in getting relief pitchers to warm up in the bullpen. But they wouldn’t be needed. Mercer Island’s Chris Lawler hit a slow grounder to shortstop Tim Proudfoot, who threw to Breshears at second base to get

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noon round, Kelly shot one over par to tie for fourth.

He didn’t start off well, missing fairways and bogeying his first holes. He kept clawing back and he rallied off four birdies in a row at one point.

At state, the putting needs to be sharper and the long game needs to be more consistent, he said. Every putt inside of 10 feet needs to go in, he added.

Playing in his favor might be the rainy weather expected for state, nothing new for a Valley player, and the course hosting the tournament: MeadowWood.

“It’s a course I’m familiar with,” he said.

With four trips at state altogether, including a state title run two years ago, Kelly said he knows what it takes to be a top golfer all four years.

“You need to make golf your No.1 priority the whole year,” he said. “You can’t be playing other sports.”

Unlike in other sports, the bad weather can’t be an excuse not to practice.

“You need to practice in the rain and the wind, because there will be tournaments where you’ll be playing in the rain and the wind,” he said.

Two hours of practice can help your game more than five hours of playing, he added.

Peter Kelly, Jack’s dad, said that despite his focus on golf, Jack has balanced athletics and academics well.

It’s been difficult, he said, since golf is a daylight game and that means missing more school hours, but Jack has persevered.

Watching his son thrive at golf “is a lot of fun,” Peter said, although it can be nerve-wracking.

Sometimes, Peter gets to caddy for his son, and being next to Jack helps the nerves.

But that does not always happen.

“I get nervous and he doesn’t get nearly as nervous,” Peter said. “I can’t get right up to the green, I can’t look at the shots, I can’t really see what they look like. I have to be a little ways away, all nervous as all get out.”

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the force out on Islander Hunter Goldberg.

Breshears then threw to Karalus at first base to complete the double play.

With a Mercer Island runner on third, Lane turned to face Brian Higgins at the plate. He needed four pitches to put him away.

In the batter’s box, Mount Si centerfielder Max Brown put the final nail in the coffin in the fifth inning with a runscoring double.

With one out and Proudfoot on first, Mercer Island’s Brian Higgins walked Lane to reach Brown, one of Mount Si’s top hitters this season.

“I just thought, ‘That’s more RBIs for me,’” Brown said.

With a 1-1 count, the lanky centerfielder was looking for a breaking ball.

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Meet the would-be principals of Mount Si High School

By Sebastian Moraga

Name: John Belcher Current job: principal, Omak High School, seven years Education: master’s degree in education, Western Washington University; principal credentials, Seattle Pacific University; superintendent credentials, Washington State University; Bachelor of Science in biology, Western Washington University About heading a ninthgrade annex: “I love the idea of addressing specific developmental needs of John Belcher transitioning ninthgraders. It allows for more personalization of education, guidance and relationship building. I have experience running two different schools simultaneously and learned several lessons that will contribute to success at Mount Si.” About his skills/experience meshing with Mount Si High School: “At Omak, we also serve multiple communities. I learned some lessons early on. We were trying to pass a bond to remodel the high school and I went to Riverside and I went to Conconully, and I discovered a deep-rooted resentment over losing their school district to Omak more than 50 years ago.”

About bullying: “First, you don’t ignore it. You address it when you see it. You have to have clear policies and procedures in place. We worked hard here at Omak at teaching specific bullying and harassment awareness. It’s been hard when we have been focusing so hard on state assessments, but we will not improve test scores if students don’t come to school because they don’t feel safe.”

About being the communicator the Mount Si High School staff said it wants: “I foster strong relationships with kids. I’m approachable; I take time to listen. I’m not stuck in my ways. They know what my philosophy is. They are the most important people in the school system. Without them, there’s no schools.”

Personal: father of one boy and twin girls; attended Nathan Hale High School in Seattle

Name: Terry Cheshire

Name: Nicole MacTavish

Current job: principal, Henry M. Jackson High School, Everett, seven years Education: Bachelor of Arts, Portland State University; master’s degree, University of Washington About heading a ninthgrade annex: “I’m very concerned with what we’re doing with the transition from middle to high school: the failure rate, the attendance rate, the academic achievement of freshmen are not something that I’m real proud of. If you do the freshman campus right, you can make that transition a lot smoother. It can’t just be the freshman campus that makes the changes, the high school has to, too.”

About his skills/experience meshing with Mount Si High School: “I’m really excited about coming into a school district where you have one high school It’s really exciting to think ‘the high school is going to be the central focus for the community.’ I miss that in a multi-high school district.”

About bullying: “Bullying is a challenge at every school. This year, my biggest influx of discipline has been harassment and bullying.

The most difficult one to deal with is cyberbullying. For me, I’m Terry Cheshire not a big fan of Facebook. I’m sure it’s a great communication tool, but the stuff that goes on and the comments that are made spills into the high school all the time.”

About being the communicator the Mount Si High School staff said it wants: “Spending time with staff and finding meaningful opportunities for staff to talk with me, I don’t think large-group staff meetings are the way to do that.

I think when you have 80 staff members, it’s hard for some individuals to speak up. What I’ve looked at is planning-period meetings when it’s maybe five to 10 teachers, and that’s a greater opportunity to voice their opinion where they feel like they will be heard.”

Personal: worked as a flight attendant for Northwest Airlines, where he met his wife, Kitte (pronounced “Kitty”), making her name Kitte Cheshire

Current job: assistant director of secondary inclusive education (special education) at the Kent School District, six months Education: Boys and Girls’ Club School of Executive Leadership; Doctorate in education, Seattle University, with superintendent certification; principal certification, K-12 from Western Washington University; master’s degree in education, University of Washington; Bachelor of Arts in Nicole English, MacTavish University of Washington; Bachelor of Arts in communication About heading a ninthgrade annex: “When I was in Oak Harbor at the high school level, we built from scratch and implemented a ninth-grade freshman campus.” She later added, “We still allowed all the freshmen to attend all the high school social events. They weren’t apart in that way. But they had more people looking at them and talking about them and caring about what was happening to them, and tracking them in the new system.”

About her skills/experience meshing with Mount Si High School: “The one area where Mount Si is not on AYP (adequate yearly progress) is on special-education math. This happens to be an area where I’ve been working really hard and have a lot of expertise.”

About being the communicator the Mount Si High School staff says it wants: “I have a degree in communication. And I also learned through a lot of hard work by making a lot of changes in Oak Harbor that if you’re not a good communicator, things don’t work.

Even when you think you’re a good communicator, sometimes you’re not. One of the things we did was we sat around and we brainstormed every single way we could think of in our community to get the word out about a big change. It was called the Communication Matrix.”

Personal: Wears a heart with the name of her son around her neck.

The heart reads “Try.” She said she wants her son to attend Snoqualmie Valley schools.

Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. 221, or smoraga@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.

MAY 19, 2011

School board nears decision on new member boundaries

By Sebastian Moraga The Snoqualmie Valley School Board will take action regarding a final redrawing of the board members’ districts May 28.

The date was made public after district officials moved a hearing about the subject scheduled for May 12 to May 18.

During its May 12 meeting, the board examined and discussed a second proposal by Sammamish Data Systems, a company that specializes in turning data into maps.

The second proposal by Sammamish Data Systems includes feedback from both the school board and the citizenry.

“We have an opportunity to listen to that feedback,” board President Dan Popp said during the meeting. “To hear our community members, our citizens and residents across this lengthy district that we live in, we’re taking the opportunity to discuss it.”

Several citizens had expressed anger over the first proposal and urged the district and the board to change it.

Popp said he underestimated the community’s passion about the topic, and the community underestimated the passion that the school board has for making good decisions for the community.

“There’ s been some seriously strong accusations thrown around by some members of our community,” Popp said. “I think our process is working exactly the way the process should work.”

Opponents to the school board’s first proposal had

called it an example of gerrymandering, the name given to redrawing of boundaries with the intention of keeping power in a group’s hands.

Popp defended the board’s actions.

“The people sitting at this table have the community’s best interests at heart,” he said.

“We are good listeners. We’ll take what we hear from our community this week and hopefully find a resolution that will meet the requirements of what we hear.”

Fellow board member Scott Hodgins said all of the members of the board represent all of the students of the district.

At the same time, he added, “I clearly heard the message, this idea that communities need to be represented.”

Board members expressed skepticism that Fall City could be represented by just one board seat. Popp predicted that a second seat representing either North Bend or Snoqualmie would have to include part of Fall City.

If the board makes a decision May 28, the redrawing process should be completed

by June, six months before the state’s final deadline of December, according to a district press release.

“They are working to ensure that updated information will be available to those who want to run for one of three school board positions that will be up for re-election in November,” a press release stated, “since the election filing deadline is in June.”

The May 28 school board meeting is the last one of the school year before the June deadline.

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Schools announce results of survey tracking Valley drug use

By Sebastian Moraga The questions are simple. The answers, not so much.

“The simple question that you might ask is, ‘How are we doing? How are the kids doing?’” Opstad Elementary School counselor Steve Bates said at the April 28 school board meeting, referring to the results of the 2010 Healthy Youth Survey.

The district unveiled the results to the public during a May 11 presentation.

“The answer is, we have a lot to celebrate, but there are also some things that are a concern, of course,” he said.

The 2010 survey was the fifth time in the decade that district officials offered it to its students.

The survey is voluntary.

Bates said the data does not represent just what goes on in the schools, but in the communities as well.

“This is how the children grow up in the Valley,” he said.

Some of the survey’s local and statewide data shows: ❑ Four percent of eighthgraders in the Valley used marijuana in the 30 days prior to the

Mount Si jazz band takes top honor at Bellevue High School Jazz Festival Mount Si High School’s jazz bands gave 18-karat performances this past weekend at the Bellevue High School Jazz Festival.

That’s old school jazz slang for “all out” or “full on.” And that is how the school’s two jazz bands played.

Their efforts were richly rewarded.

The school’s Jazz I band took the festival’s top prize, the Sweepstakes Award, given to the band with the best overall performance.

It also won first place in the AAA division, and its Jazz II band won second place in the A/AA division.

It was the first time Mount Si won the Sweepstakes Award. The band beat out more than 20 bands at the May 14 festival.

Newport High School’s Jazz I Band won the 2010 award.

Along with the school’s Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble, the bands have won a host of awards in the past couple of years.

The Twin Falls Middle School Jazz Band earned top honors among middle school bands at the festival.

Twenty bands from middle schools and junior high schools competed May 13.

This year marked the festival’s 29th year.

2010 survey. Data from the Washington State Department of Health’s website showed 9.5 percent of eighth-graders statewide reported using marijuana during the same time period. ❑ Three percent of 2010 Valley eighth-graders responded that they actually attempted suicide at least once in the 12 months prior to the survey.

Statewide, the number rises to 7.2 percent.

“Then a change happens between the start of eighth grade and the start of 10th grade,” Bates said.

At the 10th-grade level, risk factors have increased — family management grows complicated; school becomes less enjoyable and more stressful; and students’ rates of engagement in risky behaviors catch up with state averages.

At the 12th-grade level, Valley rates surpass the state averages in some areas, Bates said.

Some areas where the Valley surpasses the state includes the use of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana or painkillers in the past 30 days among older youth.

Forty percent of youths ages

17-18 statewide reported drinking alcohol in the past 30 days before the survey; Washington state data showed 50 percent of youths reported drinking.

About 19.6 percent of youths ages 17-18 statewide reported smoking cigarettes during the same period. About 28 percent of Valley youth reported doing it.

About 26.3 percent of the same age group statewide reported smoking marijuana or hashish. About 31 percent of Valley youths reported doing it.

About 7.9 percent of the same age group statewide reported using painkillers as hallucinogens. In the Valley, the percentage was 17.5.

Bates reminded the audience that at the 12th-grade level, it is harder to get results since students are busier and the survey is voluntary.

A handout from the May 11 presentation advised caution when reading 12th-grade numbers since fewer students took the survey.

“We’re less able to generalize some of those statistics,” Bates said.

The Valley is no different from every community in the

state in seeing that growth from eighth to 12th grade, Bates said.

The difference lies in how it happens.

“The kids in the Valley start later, so they’re protected longer,” he said. “But they catch up faster.”

The question then becomes whether the district has the capacity to address students’ needs, he added.

Bullying trends in the Valley seem to have flatlined over the six-year period from 2004-2010, the survey handout showed, although comparisons with the statewide average still leave questions.

Twenty-six percent of Valley sixth-graders told the survey they had been bullied in the 30 days prior to the survey in 2004.

The percentage rose to 27 in 2006, dropped to 25 in 2008 and rose again to 27 last year.

By comparison, state data shows that 30.4 percent of surveyed Washington sixth-graders in 2010 reported having been bullied at least once in the 30 days prior to the survey.

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By comparison, 30.1 percent of surveyed Washington eighthgraders in 2010 reported having been bullied at least once.

Twenty-two percent of Valley 10th-graders responded affirmatively in 2004. About 29.5 percent in 2006, 26.5 in 2008 and 33 percent last year.

By comparison, 24.3 percent of surveyed Washington 10thgraders in 2010 reported having been bullied at least once.

Twenty-one percent of Valley 12th-graders responded affirmatively in 2004. Sixteen percent did in 2006, 26.5 percent in 2008 and 27 percent last year.

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Mount Si High School’s softball squad lost to Juanita May 13 in the KingCo Tournament after dispatching Lake Washington and Bellevue.

The Wildcats next play in the SeaKing District Tournament for a chance to go to the state playoffs.

It is the team’s eighth trip to districts during Coach Larry White’s 10-year tenure.

Mount Si went into the tournament as the third seed, and upset second seed Lake Washington.

The Wildcats needed only six innings to put away the Kangaroos.

The Wildcats led 5-2 going into the sixth inning, when they ignited for seven runs on seven hits against the Kangaroos.

The Kangs couldn’t answer, and with a 10-run deficit after five innings, the game automatically ended after the sixth inning.

Rachel Picchena and Carly Weidenbach each connected for home runs.

Weidenbach hit a line drive that cleared the outfield scoreboard, and Picchena hit a towering blast.

The pair each collected three runs batted in.

Kassidy Maddux went 4 for 4 and scored three runs.

The Wildcats beat Bellevue on May 13 after a three-run blast by Picchena in extra innings.

Bellevue had tied the game at 6-6 in the seventh inning, but the shot in the eighth inning wrapped up the 9-6 win for Mount Si. Juanita’s Allison Rhodes shut down Mount Si’s bats in their May 13 game.

Lauren Padilla pitched for the Wildcats.

The team’s primary starter, Kendra Lee, had pitched earlier that day against Bellevue.

Juanita won, 11-1.

The Wildcats’ first-round game in the district tournament was against Seattle Prep on May 18, after the Star’s deadline.

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Public meetings ❑ North Bend Economic Development Commission, 8 a.m. May 19, 126 E. Fourth St. ❑ Snoqualmie City Council, 7 p.m. May 23, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ Snoqualmie Economic Development Commission, noon May 23, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ Snoqualmie Community and Economic Affairs Committee, 5 p.m. May 24, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ North Bend City Council workstudy, 7 p.m. May 24, 211 Main Ave. N. ❑ Snoqualmie Shoreline Hearings Board, 5 p.m. May 25, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ North Bend Parks Commission, 6 p.m. May 25, 126 E. Fourth St. ❑ Snoqualmie Public Safety Committee, 5 p.m. May 26, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway ❑ North Bend Planning Commission, 7 p.m. May 26, 211 Main Ave. N. Snoqualmie Valley School Board, 7:30 p.m. May 26, 8001 Silva Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie

Events ❑ Mount Si Artists Guild exhibit, through May 30, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. See artworks by local artists. ❑ Valley Center Stage presents “The Foreigner,” 7:30 p.m.

May 19-21 and 26-28, 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. ❑ Karen Shivers with Reuel Lubag, 7 p.m. May 19, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ Clark Gibson Trio, 7 p.m.

May 20, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend 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 Library. For information or to volunteer, contact FOSL98065@gmail.com. ❑ Family Night at Si View, 6:30 p.m. May 20, Si View Community Center, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend.

Come by for a game of bingo during the last family night of the school year. Light dinner and prizes are included.

Suggested donation: $10/family. ❑ Snoqualmie Ridge Spring Community Garage Sale, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 21-22, Snoqualmie Community Park ❑ Mount Si Artists Guild exhibit: Meet the artists, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 21,

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Local firefighters and police officers will share safety tips at the free event. The first 80 children 5 years old or younger will get a free bike helmet. For information, call 831-7808 or go to www.snovalleyindoorplayground.org.

North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. Meet local artists and see their artworks on display. ❑ Kelly Eisenhour Quartet, 7 p.m. May 21, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ Mike Antone and Camelia Jade, 10 a.m. to noon May 22, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie. ❑ Danny Kolke Trio, 6 p.m.

May 22, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ Snoqualmie Ridge TPC Golf Open, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

May 23, Snoqualmie Ridge TPC, 36005 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie. Nonmember residents-only event. RSVP required. ❑ Afternoon Preschool Story Times, 1:30 p.m. May 23, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E. Ages 3-6 accompanied by an adult. ❑ Jon Hamar Bass Madness!, 7 p.m. May 23, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ A Night to Remember: Mount Si Lions Club charter meeting, 5:30 p.m. May 24, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend. Tickets are $40 in advance, $50 at the door.

Reserve a spot or learn more at mountsilions.wordpress.com. ❑ Open mic, 6:30 p.m. May 24, Twede’s Café, 137 W. North Bend Way, North Bend. ❑ Future Jazz Heads, 7 p.m.

May 24, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ Young Toddler Story Times, 9:30 a.m. May 25, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E. Ages 6-24

months old accompanied by an adult. ❑ Preschool Story Times, 10:30 a.m. May 25, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E. Ages 3-6 accompanied by an adult. ❑ Teen study zone, 3 p.m.

May 25, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. Drop-in during scheduled study zone hours for free homework help in all subjects from volunteer tutors. ❑ Pajamarama Story Times, 6:30 p.m. May 25, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. All young children are welcome with an adult. ❑ Open mic, 7 p.m. May 25, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie. ❑ Stories from Junk Puppet Land, 2 p.m. May 26, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Boulevard S.E., Snoqualmie. ❑ Student Clinic: World music and influence on jazz, 4:30 p.m. May 25, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ Chris Stover’s Q.E.D. Trio, 7 p.m. May 25, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ Halie Loren with Greg Williamson Trio, 7 p.m. May 26, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ The Fire Inside, 7:30 p.m.

May 27, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie.

Suggested $5 donation. ❑ David Ayers, 8 p.m. May 28, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie.

❑ 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. ❑ Spanish Academy invites volunteers fluent in Spanish to participate in summer camps on its three-acre farm-style school.

Must love children and nature.

Call 888-4999. ❑ Senior Services Transportation Program needs volunteers to drive seniors around North Bend and Snoqualmie. Choose the times and areas in which you’d like to drive.

Car required. Mileage reimbursement and supplemental liability insurance are offered. Call 206-748-7588 or 800-282-5815 toll free, or email melissat@seniorservices.org.

Apply online at www.seniorservices.org. Click on “Giving Back” and then on “Volunteer Opportunities.” ❑ Mt. Si Senior Center needs volunteers for sorting and sales in the thrift store, reception and class instruction. The center is at 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend.

Call 888-3434. ❑ Hopelink in Snoqualmie Valley seeks volunteers for a variety of tasks. Volunteers must be at least 16. Go to www.hopelink.org/takeaction/volunteer.com or call 869-6000. ❑ Adopt-A-Park is a program for Snoqualmie residents to improve public parks and trails.

An application and one-year commitment are required. Call 831-5784. ❑ Study Zone tutors are needed for all grade levels to give students the homework help they need. Two-hour weekly commitment or substitutes wanted. Study Zone is a free service of the King County Library System. Call 369-3312.

❑ CPR class, 6-9 p.m. May 10, Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway, Snoqualmie. Fee is $5. To register, contact Liz Luizzon at 8881551 or lluizzo@ci.snoqualmie.wa.us. ❑ S.A.I.L. (Stay Active and Independent for Life) exercise class meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Mt. Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend. Led by certified exercise instructor Carla Orellana. Call 888-3434.

Clubs ❑ Mental illness support group, 7-8:30 p.m. Fridays, Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway, Snoqualmie. The group is free of charge for anyone with a mental illness or a family member with a mental illness. Call 8292417. ❑ Mount Si Artist Guild meeting, 9:15-11 a.m. the third Saturday, Mount Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend, www.mtsiartistguild.org. ❑ Sno-Valley Beekeepers meets the second Tuesday at the Meadowbrook ❑ Interpretive Center, Meadowbrook Farm, 1711 Boalch Ave., North Bend. Go to www.snoqualmievalleybeekeepers.org. ❑ Trellis gardening club meets at 10 a.m. the third Saturday, at Valley Christian Assembly, 32725 S.E. 42nd St., Fall City. Trellis is an informal support group for the Snoqualmie Valley’s vegetable gardeners, who have special climactic challenges and rewards.

New and experienced gardeners are welcome. ❑ Elk Management Group meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Wednesday at the U.S. Forest Service conference room at 130 Thrasher Ave., behind the visitors’ center on North Bend Way. Interagency committee meetings are at 1:30 p.m. the first Monday at North Bend City Hall annex, 126 Fourth St. Both meetings are open to the public.

Go to snoqualmievalleyelk.org. ❑ Mount Si Fish and Game Club meets at 7:30 p.m. the first Thursday, October through May, at the Snoqualmie Police Department. ❑ Sallal Grange, 12912 432nd Ave. S.E., North Bend, meets the first Friday for a potluck and open mic with local musicians. The potluck starts at 6 p.m. with the music from 7 p.m. to midnight. Open to all people/ages. Go to www.sallalgrange.org. ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Chess Club, 7 p.m. Thursdays, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. Learn to play chess or get a game going. All ages and skill levels are welcome.

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