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CLEANING UP AT THE FISHING DERBY
BY DYLAN CHAFFIN dchaffin@snovalleystar.com
It’s been more than a year since the Snoqualmie Valley Youth Soccer Association approached the Snoqualmie Valley School District with plans to upgrade the deteriorating fields at Chief Kanim Middle School, and now the plans are coming to fruition. The school district’s board of directors voted May 12 to approve the contract, pending approval to the terms by the soccer association. The soccer association offered to contribute $1 million in lieu of rental fees for a lighted, artificial turf field and priority use during the season for the next 15 years. That $1 million covers half of the additional improvement costs in county permitting, constructing bathroom facilities and other potential field improvements. The new field will have the capacity to operate yearround and be lined for other sports, including football and lacrosse. It will also alleviate the pressure on the fields at Mount Si High School, where the stadium is used heavily by community sports groups. $200,000 is available in bonds designated for resodding the field, and the difference would be made up in impact fees, said school district spokeswoman Carolyn Malcolm. The total estimated cost in 2015 was $1.6 million, but the new plans include water drainage, LED lights and maintenance and scope changes. The bathroom facility will SEE PROJECT, PAGE 2
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Snoqualmie Valley youths, parents and grandparents participated in the annual Mount Si Fish and Game Club’s Children’s Trout Derby on May 7. meeting May 9.
County Search and Rescue faces loss of air, marine units BY DYLAN CHAFFIN dchaffin@snovalleystar.com A countywide budget shortfall of $50 million in 2017 will cause King County Search and Rescue to face the loss of its two Guardian helicopters and marine rescue unit. The sheriff’s office faces $3.8 million in cuts over the next two years, said Sgt. Jason Houck, and the loss of those units, he added, could cost lives.
Last year, air support rescued 25 people and performed three body recoveries all over Puget Sound. Houck, a staff member of air support, said he has been on missions where crew members have transported a patient directly to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle because of the severity of patient injuries, often taking just an hour from start up to pick up to landing at Harborview.
In the Snoqualmie Valley, air support provides a vital service, with rescues by volunteers often taking 10 times longer than air lifts, depending on where they are or if they’re in the backcountry, Houck said. “The air and marine units have played critical roles in rescue and evacuations there. In the summer, especially, many people get stuck, need help along the rivers in the valley. No marine unit
could mean a very lengthy delay in rescues,” he said. Guardian II, one of the SEE CUTS, PAGE 5
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SVT activates Grange hosts newest bus route electronics recycling event Snoqualmie Valley Transportation will inaugurate its newest route, the Cedar Falls Loop, from the Mount Si Senior Center at 7 a.m. May 23. The route connects downtown North Bend to Rattlesnake Lake and the Cedar Falls trailhead throughout the summer, with service stops along the way that include the River Bend and Wilderness Rim neighborhoods. The bus is equipped with a bike rack for recreational riders going to Rattlesnake Lake who can take the bus uphill and ride the trails back down. The route has also been designed to connect to the Downtown loop, so riders who want to go from rural areas into Snoqualmie can easily get from one route to another. The portion of the service to the trailhead runs May through September. Riders must be ages 13 or older. The fare is $1. For more route information or route maps, go to: SVTBus.org or call the SVT office at 888-7001.
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The Sallal Grange hosts an electronicsrecycling event from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 22 at the grange in North Bend, 12912 432nd Ave. SE. Electronics that will be accepted are: n TVs and monitors (No CRTs or projection TVs) n Computers (servers, D\desktops, laptops and tablets) n Computer parts and accessories n Printers (laser and inkjet) n Scanners and copiers n Power tools (handheld only) n Cell phones n RC vehicles n Cameras and camcorders n Small appliances n Stereo equipment n CD, DVD, Blu-ray, VHS (players and media) n Video games (games and consoles) n Cables/wires All cell phones donated during this event will be given to Verizon’s
Hopeline program which connects survivors of domestic violence to vital resources and funds organizations nationwide. Learn more at verizonwireless.com/ aboutus/hopeline. Items that will not be taken include: n Ink/toner cartridges n CRTs or Projection TVs or monitors n Speakers with wood cases n VHS cassette tapes If you have questions, email recycle@sallalgrange.org.
Mount Si wins awards at Essentially Ellington Mount Si High School’s jazz band was selected for a third consecutive year to perform among the top 15 high school jazz bands in the nation at the 2016 Essentially Ellington Jazz Festival and Competition. Under the leadership of Mount Si Band Director Matt Wenman, the band traveled to New York City May 5-8 to perform at the Lincoln Center.
Mount Si High School brought home several awards from the prestigious event as well. The following musicians won Essentially Ellington 2016 individual and section honors: n Outstanding Rhythm Section n Outstanding Sax Section n Outstanding Piano Max Cannella n Outstanding Bass Jonathan Henriksen n Outstanding Drums - Will Crandell n Outstanding Alto Sax - Hayden Kajercline n Honorable Mention Vocals - Sage Eisenhour
North Bend hosts spay station King County Spay Station comes to the ACE Hardware store in North Bend at 7:45 a.m. May 27. The store is located at 330 Main Ave. S. Low cost spay and neuter services will be provided by Pasado’s Safe Haven and Valley Animal Partners. There is a $10 co-pay for cats. Additional services include: n Microchip — $10 n Flea control $10
SNOVALLEY STAR n Vaccines — $10 n Rabies — $10 n Ear mite meds — $5 n Tape or round worm meds — $5 n Cat carriers — $5 n E-collars — $5 To make a reservation, go to pasadosafehaven.org/south-kingcounty-spay-station.
Snoqualmie Tribe breaks ground on new gas station The Snoqualmie Tribe has a casino and a liquor store topping its list of business enterprises. Next up: gasoline and groceries. The tribe broke ground on a 12-pump gasoline station and convenience store May 12. The facility, which is scheduled to open in late 2016, will feature a deli, market, and drive-up window for tobacco, and will ultimately replace the Snoqualmie Tobacco Company and Liquor Store. The tobacco and liquor store will remain open during construction of the new facility. “This is an exciting new enterprise for the
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be constructed as part of the CKMS building so kids won’t have to go inside to use the restrooms. The option was cheaper than a standalone facility you might see at a park or at Mount Si, said Assistant Superintendent Ryan Stokes. The $1.1 million district contribution is the most cost-effective option to help address the field use at Mount Si and provides an avenue for the district to partner with other community organizations for field improvements and grants to fund those projects in the future, Stokes said. Snoqualmie Indian Tribe that will build on our values of responsible development while offering new options for travelers and visitors,” Snoqualmie Tribal Chairwoman Carolyn Lubenau said in a press release.
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Black Dog Arts Coalition honors poet Alex Eisenberg The Black Dog Arts Coalition recently honored Alex Eisenberg with their Literary Chapbook Prize for her poetry collection, “Holy Ground.” The honor took
place during a launch party celebration for Eisenberg May 14 at the Black Dog Arts Café in Snoqualmie. Eisenberg’s poems address “what it is to be a human/woman
in relation to land and body, both in their integrity and in their desecration.” The Black Dog Arts Coalition, located in the Snoqualmie Valley, hosts hundreds of per-
formances and dozens of free workshops each year. The non-profit’s mission is to grow a rich arts culture and to nurture and support artistic expression and education.
The Black Dog Arts Coalition accepts poetry submissions on a rolling basis, awarding a Chapbook Prize four times a year. To learn more, call 444-5394.
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Mount Si senior Jimmy Jacobson thriving in two sports BY DOUG DROWLEY Special to The Seattle Times Jimmy Jacobson was quite busy this spring. The Mount Si senior helped the varsity soccer team advance to a winner-to-state 4A district match, one Mount Si lost to Union, 1-0, on Saturday, all while keeping the rust off in his other sport: golf. Jacobson already has qualified, along with two of his Mount Si teammates, for the state golf tournament. So while a loss in soccer isn’t ideal, it’s now giving him time to focus on the May 24-25 golf tournament at Meadow Springs Country Club in Richland. He accomplished his first trip there with rounds of 71 and 77 at the district tournament last October. “I’ve done golf and soccer all four years,” Jacobson said. “And they’re both fun. I just figured, if I can, why not?” It helps that the boys regular season in golf takes place during the fall sports season. It’s only state that happens in the spring, like in boys tennis. That has left Jorgenson free dur-
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Mt. Si’s senior Jimmy Jacobson helped the Wildcats’ soccer team finish 12-4-2 this season and one game shy of the 4A soccer tournament.
ing the spring season to pursue the sport he will play in college at Whitman University beginning next fall. A year ago, a senior-laden Mount Si squad rolled through the KingCo regular season undefeated only to suffer early postseason losses and dramatically exit before the state tournament even got underway. The Wildcats graduated 12 seniors off that team, and most onlookers wrote them off for 2016. Mount Si had different plans. A victory on April 28 put the Wildcats back into the KingCo cham-
pionship game on May 9, one they lost 4-0 to Skyline. And Jacobson, as one of the captains this year, led the way despite some physical setbacks earlier this season. “He’s just a tremendous athlete,” Mount Si soccer coach Darren Brown said. “He just came back from an injury where he was out four weeks. In his first two games back, he scored four goals and had two assists.” Jacobson injured the patella tendon in his right knee this spring. That injury came on the heels of a shoulder injury he suffered eight days before the district golf tournament last fall. But Jacobson wasn’t about to miss out on any opportunity as a senior. He came back from the shoulder injury in a week to advance to state in golf. He hit the gym and physical therapy hard to get back for his soccer mates. Where the 2015 Wildcats played a more direct, almost bludgeoning style, the 2016 team played a more technical game. “It’s prettier soccer,”
Jacobson said. As a center midfielder, he was in on the action most of the time. But he’s used to that. Jacobson started playing soccer when he was 5 years old. He graduated to select teams at the age of 10, playing six years for Cascade FC before signing on with Eastside FC for his U-18 year. In the summers, he turns to golf. He placed 21st in the Washington Junior Golf Association state tournament after his sophomore year, and the summer season feeds right into fall golf in high school. “It kind of works out well,” Mount Si golf coach Brandon
Proudfoot said. “It’s been kind of fortunate timing.” With soccer happening in the spring, Jacobson has had to spend his own time getting his golf game ready for state while the other two Wildcats who qualified — Mitchell Dover and Alex Nelson — have practiced with Proudfoot. That doesn’t keep the threesome from getting together at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge, where Jacobson family are members, to play and practice. “That’s one thing I like about it,” Jacobson said. “You can work on your sport and still be hanging out with your
buddies.” With three state qualifiers, if Mount Si can get the trio to Day 2 of the state tournament, the Wildcats have a good chance at a Top 5 or even Top 4 team finish. If they succeed, Jacobson will be a big part of it despite his split attention. “He’s trying to fit in as much golf practice as he can in between soccer practice, but we’ve got to be a little flexible with Jimmy,” Proudfoot said. “I’ve had baseball players who played golf in the past. But I’ve never had it where they also made it to state. But Jimmy tends to be able to turn it on without as much practice.”
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Even the best small towns are not immune to crime BY DYLAN CHAFFIN dchaffin@snovalleystar.com
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’ve done most of my growing up in small towns. The population of my hometown was under 6,400. During my college days in Montana, that number grew to a little less than 70,000, but fluctuated during the holidays, as students would come and go. Snoqualmie and North Bend are some-
where smack dab in the middle, sitting at a combined Dylan populaChaffin tion of 20,000 or so. Like those other small towns, they’re both great places to raise families — with neighborhoods under the shadow of Mount Si and centered on the
Snoqualmie River. They’re also a short distance from Bellevue, Redmond or Seattle, where many have careers. And both cities also offer a feeling of security. They’re small enough to know all of your neighbors, and you’ve likely spent time at local arts and music events together with your children. The Snoqualmie Police and Fire departments have done excellent jobs providing services, even
while understaffed, and have appeared at and hosted several public events as ways to get to know their community, as well. But no small town is safe from crime. Last week’s rash of car breakins serves as a reminder that even tiny, close-knit communities are affected by opportunists. Many of the vehicles hit were in the Snoqualmie Ridge neighborhood and had been left unlocked,
Letters to the Editor ‘New bathroom laws’ column lacks tolerance Regarding Dylan Chaffin’s column of May 13, my first response is to quote the article: “What does tolerance mean to you?” Ironically, this column displays absolutely no tolerance for views opposed to the author’s. Instead, the voters in North Carolina, Mississippi and Indiana are “continually preaching hate instead of love.” This assumption is based on what empirical data? Furthermore, the author can’t possibly know why the majority of voters in those states voted for laws the writer labels “vessels of transphobia.” I seriously doubt the author actually read any of those state laws. I have and found much of
the news coverage to be inaccurate, slanted and overblown. Cloaking oneself in a “progressive” mantle does not constitute persuasion. This article reduces to a combination of classic bandwagon and falsechoice fallacies. If we agree with you, we’re tolerant. If we agree with laws passed in North Carolina, et al, we are transphobics preaching hate — nothing in between. This essay would have received an “F” from my freshman composition professor back in 1966. Glaring generalities and unsupported assumptions are its downfall. I found the editorial to be both unpersuasive and sophomoric. I do know how the author feels, but I learned nothing. Fred Strine North Bend
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If you’ve got a problem with privacy, close the stall door
I don’t understand what the hubbub is about regarding bathroom use for transgender individuals. In every bathroom I have been in, there has always been stalls with doors, and even the urinals have partitions. Perhaps it would fix the problem if we removed the men and
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women’s name and just called them bathrooms. Richard Kaplan North Bend
A vote for I-1515 is a vote for common sense Let’s start this response to the Valley View — “New bathroom laws discriminate against transgenders” — with a simple question: Why should more than
resulting in stolen items. Just a few days before that, police investigated several small fires believed to be arson. No small town is immune to the dangers that big cities face. And that’s why it pays to stay aware of your surroundings. Always lock your doors and keep your property protected. Don’t keep valuables in your cars, or if you do, keep them out of sight. Take your
garage opener out of your car at night. These things are second nature to most, but apparently not enough. Small towns are wonderful places to live in: people are more personable, more supportive of their local businesses and have a stable place to raise their families. But there will always be people who take advantage of that mentality, and we owe it to our community to keep each other safe.
99 percent of the population have their dignity and privacy stripped away to cater for someone who decides they gender identify with the opposite sex? Also, to refer to it as the “transgender bathroom debate” is disingenuous. It is about locker rooms and showering areas, as well. Under the current rules, anyone attending schools, daycares and camps loses their right to privacy and safety. The fact someone does
not want this means that they are preaching hate? The effect on less than 1 percent takes precedence over the effect on more than 99 percent because the less than 1 percent is transgendered? Please consider supporting the Just Want Privacy Campaign and I-1515. Let’s stay on the right side of common sense and decency. It is time for the tail to stop wagging the dog. Richard Lock Snoqualmie Ridge
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Fire blotter Fires being investigated as arson linked
At 8:44 p.m. April 29, Snoqualmie firefighters responded to a fire at a playground structure at Stellar Park. The fire was extinguished by a neighbor prior to their arrival. It appears someone burned bags used for picking up dog waste. Damage was limited to one square-foot area of the playground platform. At 9:26 p.m., firefighters were alerted to a trashcan fire by a homeowner on Fern Avenue in Snoqualmie. The homeowner reported discovering a traffic cone that had been ignited and placed under his fence. He brought it out to his driveway where he extinguished it. Afterwards, the homeowner spotted a recycling can on fire
FRIDAY, May 20, 2016 across the cul-de-sac and called 911. The crew arrived to find the remnants of the recycling container on fire that had been reduced down to a small ground fire. This fire was in the rear of the home in the alley of a homeowner on Cottonwood Drive. The King County investigator was left at the scene to continue his investigation.
Smoked pizza At 9:21 a.m. May 3, Snoqualmie firefighters were dispatched to the TPC Club House for an automatic fire alarm where they found smoke coming from a pizza oven. The oven was shut down, crews helped evacuate the smoke and then restored the alarm system.
Frigid fugitive At 3:53 p.m. May 8,
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Snoqualmie firefighters assisted the King County Sheriff’s Office in locating a suspect that fled police and jumped into the river off Southeast Reinig Road. Crews found the suspect, extracted him from the river and transported him to the hospital for treatment of hypothermia.
False alarms n At 10:30 a.m. May 9, firefighters responded to an automatic fire alarm at the old hospital campus, now the Snoqualmie Tribe offices. They discovered the alarm was set off by painters and was reset by onsite security. n At 7:18 p.m. May 9, firefighters responded to an automatic fire alarm at the Snoqualmie Ridge TPC Golf Course club house. They discovered that the alarm was set off by workers cleaning the wood fire pizza oven. At 8:26 p.m., the wood fire pizza oven again
set off the automatic fire alarm.
Hazardouslooking barrels were just dirt At 8:09 a.m. May 11, firefighters responded to the area of Douglas Avenue Southeast and Snoqualmie Parkway Southeast to a report of possible hazardous waste that had been abandoned in the lot on the northeast corner. The barrels were non-ruptured and not leaking. Upon closer inspection the label read TerraCon – Mountlake Terrace. Being no imminent threat, the firefighters referred the incident to the city of Snoqualmie code enforcement officer for follow-up. They learned later the barrels contained nonhazardous dirt core samples, had been in place for years and the company that owned them was set to retrieve them at a later time.
Vehicle fire
At 12:10 p.m., Snoqualmie firefighters responded with EFR to a vehicle on fire on eastbound Interstate 90 at mile post 25 overpass. An AMR crew had extinguished part of the fire with a portable extinguisher. The fire crews extinguished the rest and turned over the incident to Washington State Patrol to provide a tow. The fire crew also observed a large amount of oil on the roadway, leading to the vehicle, which was leaking on the side of the road. It appeared the vehicle had a mechanical failure which caused a fire in the engine compartment. In addition, Snoqualmie EMTs responded to 13 medical aid incidents, brining the total number of calls to 374. In 2015, there were 878 EMT calls.
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helicopters used in recovery operations, is an army surplus UH-1 Huey capable of hoisting 600 pounds and used in emergency situations outside of the county, conducting rescues in the Chelan, Thurston, Snohomish and Spokane counties, and also sometimes operates in Oregon. The air support division is the only fulltime rotary wing law enforcement unit in the state and costs $500,000 a year to maintain and fuel the helicopters, with total annual flight time averaging 1,200 hours. Air support and marine unit staff will still have jobs should the cuts go through during budget talks this fall, but will be reassigned while the helicopters and boats stay grounded.
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Calendar of events Saturday, May 21
p.m., Northwest Railway Museum, 38625 SE King St., Snoqualmie, $10 children, $16 seniors, $18 adults, under 2 ride free, trainmuseum.com or 8883030 The Valley Center Stage presents “The Lion in Winter,” 2 and 7:30 p.m., 119 West North Bend Way, $14/$17.50, bit.ly/1YQP6sW Rumble on the Ridge, ages 21 and older, 8 p.m., Snoqualmie Casino Ballroom, 37500 SE North Bend Way, Snoquamlie, bit. ly/1UZTdUS Michael Trew, 8 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. SE, 831-3647
Quiet Water: Watershed Wetlands, $15, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Cedar River Watershed Center, 19901 Cedar Falls Road SE, North Bend, 206733-9421 Aging Well Learning Community, 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. SE, 888-1223 Aging Well Learning Community, 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554 NaNoWriMo to Published Workshop Series, 10:30 a.m. to noon, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554 STARS: Fun and Learning Through Storytelling, 1-3 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554 Big Flip Gymnastics, Saturdays, $112, 10:35 a.m. through June 11, Si View Metro Parks, 400 SE Orchard Drive, North Bend, siviewpark.org/preschool. phtml Train Rides with Northwest Railway Museum, 11 a.m. to 4
Sunday, May 22 Free electronics recycling event, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sallal Grange, 12912 432nd Ave. SE, North Bend, recycle@sallalgrange.org The Blues Brunch with The Groovetramps, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. SE, Snoqualmie, 831-3647 Train Rides with Northwest Railway Museum, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Northwest Railway
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Monday, May 23 Merry Monday Story Time, 11-11:30 a.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend, 888-0554 Yoga for Moms, $90, noon to 1 p.m., Tollgate Farms Park, 1300 SE North Bend Way, bit.ly/1R1tLHB Study Zone, 5-7 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend, 8880554 Family Film Festival: “Inside Out,” 6:30-8:15 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Boulevard SE, 888-1223 City Council meeting, 7-9 p.m. City Hall, 38624 SE River St., Snoqualmie Drop-In Basketball, 16 and older, 8:15-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 SE Ridge St., Snoqualmie, 256-3115
Tuesday, May 24 Drop & Go at the Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 10 a.m. to noon, ages 2-6, $13-$15, Snoqualmie Community Center/YMCA at 35018 SE Ridge St., Snoqualmie, seattleymca.org/ Pages/Welcome.aspx Community & Economic Development Committee meeting, 4-5 p.m., Public Works Facility, 126 East Fourth St., North Bend Finance & Administration meeting, 6-7 p.m., City Hall, 38624 SE
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Museum, 38625 SE King St., Snoqualmie, $10 children, $16 seniors, $18 adults, under 2 ride free, trainmuseum.com or 888-3030 Free essential oil class with Do Terra’s Rosie Lynch, 3-4 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. SE, Snoqualmie, 831-3647
River St., Snoqualmie City Council workstudy, 7-9 p.m., City Hall, 211 Main Ave. N., North Bend Competitive Play DropIn Volleyball, 16 and older, 7-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 SE Ridge St., 256-3115
Wednesday, May 25 Sno-Valley Indoor Playground, ages 0-5, 9:3011:30 a.m., $1 donation, Si View Community Center, 400 SE Orchard Drive, North Bend, snovalleyindoorplayground.org Story Times: Toddlers, 10-10:30 a.m., Preschool 11-11:45 a.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. SE, Snoqualmie, 888-1223 Story Times: Todders, 10-10:30 a.m.; preschool 11-11:45 a.m.; North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend, 888-0554 Mayor Matt Larson’s State of the City Presentation at the Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce luncheon, $30 for members/$35 for nonmembers, register at 888-6362, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Clubhouse, 36005 SE Ridge St. One-on-One Computer Help, 1-3 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend, 888-0554 Study Zone, 5-7 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend, 8880554 Study Zone, 5-7 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. SE, Snoqualmie, 888-1223 Parks Commission meeting, 6-8 p.m., Community & Economic Development Department, 126 East
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Thursday, May 26 Snoqualmie Valley Healthy Community Coalition meeting, 8-10:30 a.m., Snoqualmie Valley Alliance Church, 36017 SE Fish Hatchery Road, Fall City, 333-6614 Story times: Toddlers, ages 2-3, 10-10:30 a.m.; Preschoolers, ages 3-6, 11-11:30 a.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend, 888-0554 Mount Si Senior Center trip to Holly Lobby in Federal Way, $10 members/$20 nonmembers, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., meeting at 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend, 888-3434 Creating a Place of Joy Writing Workshop, ages 8-18, 4-5:30 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. SE, 888-1223 Study Zone, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. SE, Snoqualmie, 888-1223 Public Safety meeting, 5-6 p.m., Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 SE Snoqualmie Parkway Executive Functioning Skills in Children, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Boulevard SE, 888-1223 Snoqualmie Valley School District School Board meeting, 6:30 p.m., 8001 Silva Ave. SE Planning Commission meeting, 7-9 p.m., City Hall, 211 Main Ave. N., North Bend Family Story Time:
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Friday, May 27 King County Spay Station, 7:45 a.m. ACE Hardware Store, 330 Main Ave. S., North Bend, 7939393 Sno-Valley Indoor Playground, 9:30-11:45 a.m., Si View Community Center, 400 SE Orchard Drive, North Bend, snovalleyindoorplayground.org Strategic Gaming/Magic: The Gathering, 1-3 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend, 8880554 Block Party! Bricks @ the Library, 2-3 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554 Friday Night Movies: $38, 4:30 p.m., meet at Si View Community Center, 400 SE Orchard Drive, North Bend Kids Night Out, 6:30 p.m., parents drop kids off for night out kids swim and get pizza dinner, $50, Si View Community Center, 400 SE Orchard Drive, North Bend Art & Wine Walk, 6-9 p.m., downtown Snoqualmie, The Valley Center Stage presents “The Lion in Winter,” 7:30 p.m., 119 West North Bend Way, $14/$17.50, bit.ly/1YQP6sW Contra Dance, all ages, dinner at 6:30 p.m., lesson 7-8 p.m. and dancing 8-10 p.m., Sallal Grange, 12912 432nd Ave. SE, North Bend, $5 to $10 suggested donation, 888-0825 Emilia Glaser & Levi Burkle, 7:30 p.m., The Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. SE, Snoqualmie
Jimmy Boyce Baseball Mount Si High School senior right-hander Jimmy Boyce pitched a complete-game two-hitter with nine strikeouts for a 4-0 victory May 6 against Newport at Bannerwood Park in Bellevue.
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Wildcats clobber Falcons to win KingCo title BY NEIL PIERSON npierson@snovalleystar.com
The Mount Si baseball program is headed to the Class 4A state playoffs after one of its most dominating performances of the season. Mount Si avenged a 13-inning loss to the Woodinville Falcons on April 29 and knocked off the regular-season conference champions with a 9-2 victory
in the KingCo championship game on May 10 at Bellevue’s Bannerwood Park. Mount Si (19-5) will make its first trip to the 4A playoffs – the Wildcats previously reached the 3A playoffs in 2013 – and plays the Gig Harbor Tides at 1 p.m. May 21 at Puyallup’s Heritage Park. The winner plays in the state quarterfinals later day that. The Wildcats, who finished 3-17 a year ago, made quick
work of Woodinville (17-6) in the teams’ third meeting of the season. They put up three runs in the first inning as Harrison D’Anna had a two-run single and Cody Perrine walked with the bases loaded. The lead grew to 8-1 after three innings on Matt Dolewski’s two-run single, Gavin Gorrell’s sacrifice fly and Justin Lutz’s two-run double. Senior pitcher Collin
Anderson – who lost a 4-2 lead in extra innings against Woodinville last month – had no trouble making the lead stand up this time around. Anderson gave up one hit, no walks and one earned run in six innings, striking out three batters. The last time Mount Si went to state, the team reached the 3A championship game before losing to Kennewick. The Wildcats face a Gig
Harbor team that is 16-7 overall and finished third at the District 3 tournament, beating Tahoma before losing to Federal Way and Kentwood. The Tides have two standouts – Michael Toglia, a UCLA-bound senior pitcher and outfielder, and senior catcher Jon Burghardt, a Washington State signee – whom Mount Si fans should have their eyes on in the playoff matchup.
Mount Si takes third at KingCo track meet BY NEIL PIERSON npierson@snovalleystar.com
Size and strength have long been attributes for Mount Si’s Truman Gray, but it wasn’t until the past year that he took his athletic gifts to the next level. The senior etched his name in the Wildcats’ record books on May 11, winning the shot put title at the Class 4A KingCo Conference track and field championships at Juanita High School in Kirkland. Gray, who was listed at 6-foot-5, 265 pounds on last fall’s Mount Si football roster, is an imposing physical specimen. But his shot-put form bloomed late – he started throwing as a sophomore and didn’t even qualify for the KingCo meet as a junior. His time in the weight
Mount Si junior Jacob Belceto (second from left) races to a second-place finish with a time of 11.13 seconds in the 100-yard dash. GREG FARRAR | gfarrar@ snovalleystar.com
room and tinkering with technique has paid off. He set a new personal record of 47 feet, 3 inches at April’s Nike Eason Invitational in Lake Stevens – the top KingCo mark of the season – then won the KingCo title with a heave of 46-7 ½. “I’ve jumped up a lot this year and it’s really great,” he said after the victory. Along with his coaches at Mount Si, his mother, Renee Gray, helps him train. He likely won’t win a state medal – the range for a top-eight finish there is around 53 feet – but earning one of four state berths from next week’s KingCo/Wesco bi-district meet is a distinct possibility. “I had a new record every week for four weeks at the start of the season, then I started
gradually going down,” Gray said. “(Today is) the closest I’ve been to throwing my PR in four weeks or so – I was throwing 43, 44, 45 (feet).” The Mount Si boys scored 91 points for third place at the twoday KingCo championships. The top nine athletes in each event moved on to the bidistrict meet at Lake Stevens, which started May 18. Along with Gray’s shot put title, the Wildcats had a second champion on day one as Jacob Wachtendonk won the javelin toss at 191-2, the second-best mark this season among 4A athletes. Sprinter Jacob Belceto moved on in the 100 and 200 meters. Mount Si had three bi-district qualifiers in the 110 hurdles (Andrew Harris,
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Mount Si senior Andrew Harris leaps a gate during the 110-meter high hurdles race for a third place finish in 15.55 seconds during the KingCo Track Championships May 13 at Juanita High School.
Matthew Proctor and Nicholas Basaldua) and three more in high jump (Harris, Michael Bacon and Lee Kamp). The Mount Si girls were second after day one but settled for fifth place with 83 points. The Wildcats solidified 21 berths to bi-districts. Junior Hannah Waskom nearly won two KingCo titles but settled for second in both the 1,600 and 3,200 races. In the 1,600, her time of 5:01.56 was about 2 seconds behind Issaquah’s Sami Corman, who led nearly wire to wire.
“I was confident going in that I was going to feel good,” said Waskom, who said she achieved her goal of a 72-second first lap, a slightly slower pace that helps her conserve energy. “We’ve been working on running in the heat, which is kind of nice because usually it’s not this hot until state.” Waskom earned praise from Corman, the defending 4A state champion in the event. “Hannah is always a really sturdy competitor, always showing up really into every
single race,” Corman said. “It’s always really tough racing against her, but I love it. We’re good friends.” Melissa Hruska will join Waskom in the 1,600 at the bi-district meet, finishing eighth in 5:20.72. She has helped the Wildcats overcome the loss of Lindsey Sydnor, who is out for the season with an injury. “It’s really good having a good training partner,” Waskom said of Hruska. Other Mount Si girls SEE TRACK, PAGE 8
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