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May 22, 2014

Public hearing set for proposed utility increase in Snoqualmie The Snoqualmie City Council will be listening to public comment at 7 p.m. May 27 on a proposed ordinance that would increase water, storm water, sewer, and irrigation rates.

The council is scheduled to vote on the ordinance after the public hearing.

The change would increase a typical residential bill from $109.16 per billing period to $119.75 later this year and $129.78 in 2015. If approved, residents can expect a combined utility increase of about

14 percent, commercial users will see increases ranging from 9 percent — 22 percent.

If approved, the ordinance would establish new rates for the years 2014 through 2016; the new 2014 rates would likely be effective as of July 1.

Snoqualmie citizens and other water utility customers are invited to offer feedback at Snoqualmie City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St. The new rates would affect all customers in Snoqualmie’s water service area including those receiving services in rural

King County.

Those who qualify for lowincome discounts would pay approximately 30 percent less than other water utility customers.

Increased revenues will provide the city with funding for capital programs and operational needs for the three utilities: water, storm water and sewer.

Get a detailed explanation of the increases and how you would be affected on the city See RATE, Page 3

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Loans available for those affected by explosion A Disaster Loan Outreach Center has opened in the North Bend City Hall Conference Room, 211 Main Ave. N. Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to residents and business owners affected by the North Bend explosion. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee asked the Small Business Association to declare the early morning explosion on April 25 a disaster. That declaration makes federal money available.

The center is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through May 29. It will be closed Memorial Day weekend, May 24-26. No appointment is necessary.

“Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to homeowners, renters, businesses of all sizes and private, nonprofit organizations whose property was damaged or destroyed by this disaster,” SBA’s Seattle District Director Nancy Porzio said.

Disaster loans up to $200,000 are available to homeown-

Memorial Day events will be held May 26

By Mary Miller

Enthusiasm was contagious at the Zumba Love day May 17 at Echo Glen Children’s Center, where more than a dozen instructors spent an afternoon teaching the exercise moves to the youth. Jill Saitta, of Snoqualmie, far right, organizes the annual event at the Snoqualmie medium/maximum youth security facility. Dance instructors came from throughout the Puget Sound region.

Memorial Day, a national holiday to honor men and women who died serving our country, will be celebrated May 26.

The holiday, also called Decoration Day, is observed the last Monday of May every year.

It began more than a century ago when families and community members set aside the day to honor and celebrate the Union soldiers killed during the Civil War. Typically veterans’ groups and families put flags on the graves of soldiers.

Particularly in the Midwest, the holiday became a time when families visited cemeteries where they cleaned the graves of their ancestors and loved ones in

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ers to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate.

Homeowners and renters are eligible for up to $40,000 to repair or replace damaged or destroyed personal property.

Businesses of any size and private, nonprofit organizations may borrow up to $2 million to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory, and other business assets.

SBA can also lend additional funds to homeowners and businesses to help with the cost of making improvements that protect, prevent or minimize the same type of disaster damage in the future.

Interest rates can be as low as 2.188 percent for homeowners and renters, 2.625 percent for private, nonprofit organizations and 4 percent for businesses, with terms up to 30 years.

Loan amounts and terms are set by SBA and are based on See LOAN, Page 3

addition to soldiers and decorated them with flags and flowers.

Locally the Renton-Pickering American Legion Post 79 will perform flag ceremonies at area cemeteries. q 9 a.m. Preston Cemetery, on 308th Place Southeast near the intersection of Southeast 87 Street. q 10 a.m. Fall City Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Fall City q 11 a.m. North Bend Cemetery, 43000 S.E. North Bend Way q Noon: Snoqualmie Valley Veterans Memorial, 38625 S.E. River St., Snoqualmie Because it is a national holiday, there will be no mail delivery May 26. Schools, banks and government offices will also be closed.

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David Spring to run for state Legislature — again

By Sherry Grindeland History is repeating itself in the 5th Legislative District for Washington State.

David Spring filed against incumbent Representative Chad Magendanz of Issaquah. The two men ran against one another in the last election in 2012.

Magendanz won 55-45. In a repeat performance, both men have said their top priorities are funding for education.

“I’m basically a parent from North Bend with a single issue — to restore school funding,” Spring said. “It is the paramount duty of our state legislature to fund our schools completely and they’re not doing it.”

He was inspired by his daughter. She’s a middle school student now, but when she was in second grade, the Snoqualmie Valley School District had just suffered its third school bond failure.

Spring and his daughter were sitting on the couch and he realized she was depressed.

“She told me the kids in her second grade class were all sad that they weren’t going to get the new schools the district needed,” Spring said. “She said the students had decided they wanted to hold a bake sale to sell cookies. They were going to raise money to get a school that way.”

He told her then that it was her job to go to school and to college and learn. It was his job,

he said and promised that, along with other adults, he would try to get funding for schools.

Spring has kept that promise.

He’s run for state legislature a couple times and most recently for the Snoqualmie Valley School District board of directors. He lost those elections but said he has to keep trying.

“I will keep trying until our kids get the schools and the teachers they need,” he said.

“Our state supreme court has agreed with me.”

Unfortunately, he said, things haven’t improved locally, either.

“I don’t want to sound critical of the school board,” he said.

“But my daughter is now an eighth grader. There are 35 kids in her math class and 90 in her P.E. class.

“Our school district is not getting the money it needs.”

Spring feels he knows education. He’s a teacher at Bellevue College.

He’s followed education funding in the state and said he knows why there isn’t money for schools and why we’ve gone from the 11th state for best funding to the 47th.

“Since 2000, the state has dramatically increased its corporate tax breaks,” he said. “Our property taxes and other taxes have gone up but corporations are paying less.”

He said that to restore school funding to at least the national See SPRING, Page 7

MAY 22, 2014

Families run together on the rim

Contributed

Parents Nate and Michele Dunlap pose with their four daughters, left to right, Naomi, 7; Ivy 5, Juliet 3, and Eden 5. Nate and the four daughters ran in the Wilderness Rim Run on May 17. Michele, who is pregnant, cheered them as they crossed the finish line.

The Wilderness Rim Association staged the 1K walk/5K run as a community-building event said Jessica Besso of the organizing committee.

“Our community is working hard to build bridges with neighbors across ages, nationalities, gender, and other differences,” Besso said.

After the race Than and Sarah Nap put on a pancake feed in Cascade Park.

The Wilderness Rim neighborhood is located southeast of North Bend, on the road to the Cedar River Watershed and Rattlesnake Lake.

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Local author creates memorable characters

By Emry Dinman Local author Jearl Rugh’s quest to create a character worthy of an entire series of novels may finally have come to culmination with Kel Nyte, the protagonist in his book, “Dead of Nyte.”

Rugh, whose self-published book as been receiving good reviews on websites including Amazon.com, wrote a suspensefilled murder-mystery in which the protagonist, coffee loving Seattle Police Officer Kel Nyte, is assigned a case revolving around serial killer. The simple rhythms of her life are jolted when the case forces her to overcome adversity in the most dramatic of ways. She is aware that her family is the serial killer’s target and that her father is central focus of the case, but she is unaware of how dramatically her father’s history has come back from the dead.

“I was thinking I would like to do a series, and if I’m going to do a series, I’d like to have

Extra “Click it or Ticket” patrols on duty

Driving without your seat belt fastened and while you’re texting on your cell phone could set you back $248.

Even though this is “Click it or ticket” time, the Snoqualmie Police Department will still be looking for distracted drivers.

If pulled over for both, you get two fines.

“The infractions are $124 each,” Capt. Nick Almquist, of Snoqualmie, said. “There is no discount.”

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a name with some character to it,” Rugh says, detailing how the name Nyte was the foundation upon which the characters, plot, and world were based.

Thematically, the story deals with the consequences of forgiveness and the lack thereof, with Officer Kel Nyte and the serial killer, the elusive D.K., acting as dichotic ends of the same spectrum. Through the interactions of these two characters and Kel’s father, the concept is explored from a myriad of perspectives.

“Forgiveness is something we don’t do very well,” Rugh says.

“In my opinion, that’s why we end up in a lot of trouble [globally], because we can’t really forgive each other.”

Readers have responded well to both themes and storytelling, but “Dead of Nyte” is not Rugh’s first published novel.

He also wrote “Born to Make the Kill,” a thriller novel loosely based on a true story, in which a small town girl with aspirations of the big screen gets taken

in by a man in L.A., who promises her the role in a lifetime in a major film. Only problem is that there is no film.

Jearl Rugh The ‘producer’ and two other men then kidnap her.

Rugh involved himself with this girl’s history after a peculiar drive home, in which he believes the phantom spirit of the girl materialized, ran out in front of his car, and disappeared into the night. Internet research into missing girls of that description led him to a gruesome history which formed the basis of “Born to Make the Kill.”

Rugh and his wife, Anita, live in Snoqualmie. He writes around the demands of a day job – he’s a program manager in down-

town Seattle for an international law firm.

“My work in management,” he said, “when combined with the years I devoted to developing the mental, emotional and spiritual health of people in life situations, gives me a vast storehouse from which to create the vivid and memorable characters.”

Even though he plans more Nyte novels, his current work features a teenage girl.

“I have to listen to the voice in my head dictating the story,” he said. “At the moment that’s a 15-year-old girl, not a 35-yearold cop.”

Before tackling novels, Rugh tried his hand at journalism. He wrote a newspaper article about the wind and how it related to the workings of his religion.

Rugh was a minister at the time. Familiar with the editor of his local newspaper, he proposed an article about the wind. He lived in the desert of California

vides police services for both Snoqualmie and North Bend, will have extra patrols on duty from now until June 1 as part of the King County annual Click it or Ticket event.

Last year, during this same time period, officers on extra patrols statewide issued 2,963 seat belt violations among the 11,666 motorists who were stopped. Also last year during this time period, 1,897 cell phone and texting violations were written.

And yes, they’re still watching for distracted drivers who are texting or making handheld cell

phone calls.

During the April 10-15 distracted driving campaign, 836 cell phone and texting violations were written in King County.

Since using handheld cell phones while driving was outlawed in June 2010, an average of 700 drivers have been cited each month.

Other law enforcement agencies besides the patrols in North Bend and Snoqualmie with extra officers on duty include Auburn, Bellevue, Black Diamond, Burien, Covington, Federal Way, Issaquah, Kent, Kirkland,

Lake Forest Park, Maple Valley, Mercer Island, Port of Seattle, Redmond, Renton, Sammamish, SeaTac, Seattle, Tukwila and Woodinville.

The operation is part of the King County Target Zero Task Force which is teamed up with the Washington State Patrol.

The extra patrols are part of Target Zero — striving to end traffic deaths and serious injuries in Washington by 2030. For more information, visit www.targetzero.com. Additional information on the Washington Traffic Safety Commission can be found on the website, www.wtsc.wa.gov.

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Residential and commercial customers’ current rates are much lower than surrounding cities, including North Bend, Issaquah, Carnation and Duvall. Assuming utility rates increase in these cities over the coming years, Snoqualmie’s rates would continue to be on the low end of the region’s rates.

Written comments may be also be submitted to the City of Snoqualmie, P.O. Box 987, Snoqualmie, WA 98065, Attention: Jodi Warren, City Clerk, on or before 5 p.m.

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Applicants may apply online using the Electronic Loan Application via SBA’s secure website at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela.

Disaster loan information and application forms are also available from SBA’s Customer Service Center by calling 1-800-659-2955 toll free or e-mailing disastercustomerservice@sba.gov.

Individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing may call 1-800-877-8339. For more information about SBA’s disaster assistance programs, visit www.sba.gov/disaster.

The deadline to file property damage applications is July 18. The deadline to return economic injury applications is Feb. 19, 2015.

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Editorial

Letter

Bikes and cars can get along better

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May 16 was Bike to Work Day, and thousands of twowheeled commuters took to the road. The mere thought of a cyclist can start some drivers’ blood boiling, and cyclists, too, find themselves frustrated by inconsiderate motorists.

Bikes on the roads are here to stay, and indeed, if current trends hold, will be an ever-growing presence. More work must be done to help bikes and cars co-exist.

One is better bike lanes in the Upper Snoqualmie Valley. While the newer roads are well-marked, some of our narrower byways are dangerous for bikers — particularly the few routes between Snoqualmie and North Bend.

When it rains, biking between the two towns can be particularly hazardous.

Two of the biggest missing ingredients for bicyclists and car drivers are predictability and education.

Drivers are generally clear on the rules that cars are supposed to follow. They often don’t, which leads to accidents, but they know what a car is supposed to do in a given situation.

Bikes are a different sort of animal. According to the whim of the biker, they can be either a vehicle or a pedestrian. Many motorists don’t realize that its perfectly legal for a biker to run up to a red light on the street, then decide they’re a pedestrian and cross against the red light — but with the pedestrian walk signal.

From one time to the next, a driver doesn’t know what a biker is going to do, and that is the cause of much of the frustration. There needs to be a more clear set of expectations for how a bike and a car are expected to interact, so that both drivers and cyclists can understand better what they are supposed to do.

It might make sense to develop a set of regulations specifically for bicycles, rather than the current system of allowing them to be governed by two different (auto and pedestrian) and sometimes contradictory sets of rules.

These laws could help clarify situations like those at a red light. Ideally, once each knows what the other is supposed to do, the new rules could reduce the hostility between the two groups.

After that, there must be better education.

The state includes bike questions on the written portion of the driver’s test, but that doesn’t seem to be enough.

Clear rules and better education about them could be a step toward reducing everyone’s blood pressure.

As many of you know, on April 25, our dear friend and lifelong Snoqualmie Valley resident, Lisa Riley, lost her restaurant and dream in the North Bend explosion.

The Run-a-Muck Cafe, Spirits & Bakery was just days away from securing insurance and passing the final inspection when the tragedy occurred. The cause of the explosion is under investigation.

Lisa has described the last five months of renovation as a labor of love and a lifelong dream for her family and her partner, Casey. The restaurant had a

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She had already committed to donating food and services to the Relay for Life Cancer Walk this summer. She also planned to host the Mount Si High Class of 1984 Reunion in July.

Being from a large clan in the valley, Lisa was excited to share with her family of five, her nine siblings and more than 30 nieces and nephews. Her love of baseball and Little League inspired her brown bag delivery service of food to town ball fields.

This was going to be much more than a restaurant for our community. Many of us had already planned to have it be our friends and family gathering place.

Many local laborers helped in building Lisa’s dream. For that, she is very grateful. Her

heart is broken for those whom have also lost their businesses and suffered damage to property. Never could anyone have imagined something so devastating happening to our business community in North Bend.

Jill Davidson Zemp pointed out that as a Valley and community, we are strong and our love is great! We now have the opportunity to help a family rebuild their lost restaurant.

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Please, help us help Lisa and Casey through this traumatic event by donating here at www.gofundme.com/8zdkds All proceeds go toward paying off the $150,000 loan.

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Dewey likes nostalgia for worm sales The focus group broke up after an hour-and-a-half with laughter and full tummies and hugs and handshakes. Dewey got his tie clip caught on Mrs. Doc’s sweater as she hugged him, but that was his only physical disaster and it was a minor one.

As the small group left the Mule Barn’s private dining room and walked out through the main coffee shop, there were envious glances from the regulars who weren’t asked to participate in figuring out how to increase sales in red wiggler fishing and composting worms.

Even cowboy Steve seemed to walk a bit straighter through the café, and he didn’t put his hat back on until he was outside.

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After Dewey settled up at the cash register, he and Emily, his girlfriend, vice president in charge of Slim Randles future plans for both Columnist Environmental Enrichment Services and Dewey himself, walked out hand-inhand into the sunshine.

Dewey the Accident Prone sells manure and manure byproducts to gardeners.

“I thought it went really well, Honey,” Emily said, “didn’t you?”

“That was a great idea you had,

Emily. After all, if you want to know what sells worms, ask the people who buy them. I especially liked Doc’s suggestion about the kid with the fishing pole and can of worms being patriotic, American, and … nostalgic?”

“Yes, Dear,” she said, helping Dewey up after he tripped over the curb. “Nostalgic kind of says it all.”

“And we can continue on with that theme for our company, emphasizing worms as the very cornerstone of freedom!”

“Well … let’s work on that one a bit, shall we?”

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MAY 22, 2014

Share your thoughts about the schools: round two Employees, parents and community members are invited to “Share Your Thoughts” regarding Snoqualmie Valley Schools, in the second round of the districtwide online process.

More than 1,300 people responded with 6,431 thoughts in the first round of the two-step online

Author From Page 3 at the time, and where he lived it’s often between 90 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit for several months. But at the end of September, the wind blows from the west, and it blows for about three days, gales really, and at the end of the winds the heat is gone.

“And I related that back to the Holy Spirit,” Rugh said, describing the way in which the built up heat of the world is swept away by the “breath” of God. Rugh is an active member with SnoValley Writes and the Pacific Northwest Writers Association, and

program, Thoughtstream, which ran April 29 through May 12.

Those thoughts have been gathered and sorted into themes in preparation for the next step, inviting participants to help prioritize what’s most important to them regarding district schools.

Everyone is invited to help prioritize the ideas generated, even those who didn’t participate in the first step of the process.

Parents and staff will be receiving email invitations to participate, as they did with step one.

Plus, anyone in the community can join the conversation through our school and district websites at www.svsd410.org.

Simply click on the “Share Your Thoughts” link to self-register. You will be asked to type in your email address, and select a specific SVSD school or the District

it is through these groups that much of his work has developed.

After reading a newspaper article about local writing group SnoValley Writes, his wife pressured him to attend.

“It was the ‘put up or shut up’ speech,” Rugh says, recalling how his wife told him, “you’ve been talking about doing this ever since I’ve known you, quit talking about it and go do something about it.”

Though he had known that, “wanting to write has been a part of [his] DNA since high school,” he had never managed to find the time to write.

“Life gets in the way,” he said.

Working with the local writing community helped

Rugh to find that time, and he’s glad he did. He now has a website, www. jearlrugh.com as well as published novels.

Rugh would give aspiring writers the same advice he once gave himself.

“Don’t be afraid of [writing]. Just open up your mind and let it happen. Sit down with a blank piece of paper or blank screen and let the words come. I was afraid no one would ever read what I write, or this is too big of a project for me to even think about getting done.

For an aspiring writer, to just do it, to start writing something, that’s enough.”

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Police and fire reports

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Unincorporated King County Thank god for cellphones

Eastside Fire & Rescue responded at 12:06 p.m.

May 12 to a call from Rattlesnake Ridge. A man was riding his bike in the wilderness when he crashed and severely injured his left shoulder.

He was unable to stand afterward so he called 911

Police responded at 10:19 a.m. May 10 to 44305 Southeast Edgewick Road due to a long running dispute between neighbors. One couple uses their large house for events such as weddings and they had another such event which broke a court injunction obtained by their neighbors.

Trespassing for target practice

Police responded at 5:00 p.m. May 10 on Forest Service Road. Two officers

noticed that a padlock on a gate had been cut and the gate was hanging open. The officers found a subject trespassing and shooting a pistol in a no target shooting area.

North Bend fire Only Eastside Fire & Rescue can put out forest fires Seven engines were dispatched at 12:32 p.m.

May 14 to the 46900 block of Southeast Middle Fork Road for a natural vegetation fire. The fire was from brush or a mixture of

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First responders Four engines were dispatched at 6:09 p.m. May 15 to the 45500 block of Southeast North Bend Way to provide emergency medical service to people in a motor vehicle accident.

Snoqualmie Police serving Snoqualmie and North Bend Heavy sleeper Police responded at 7:19 p.m. May 17 to the intersection of Cedar Avenue South and Main Avenue South to a report of suspicious circumstances. A man in a truck had been idling at the location on the side of the road for an hour. The man was unresponsive when the caller knocked on the truck window. Medical aid was called and the man was asleep. Eventually a friend came and picked the man up.

They were barely a problem

Police responded at 11:00 p.m. May 11 to the 33000 block of Southeast Sorenson Street to an animal problem. Two bears were in the caller’s yard.

The caller stated that he told the bears to go home and they listened to him and left his yard.

The house always wins

Police responded at 6:32 a.m. May 11 to 8030 Douglas Avenue Southeast to suspicious circumstances. For three hours, a male and female had

been passed out on and off in their black Corvette parked at a gas pump. The subjects spent all night at the casino and had no more money for gas, so they were soliciting gas money so they could get back home to Renton.

Should have gone to the library

Police responded at 3:40 p.m. May 12 to Snoqualmie City Hall at 38624 S.E. River St. to a report of suspicious circumstances. A 20-year-old male wearing two pairs of pants and a pulled up hoodie was loitering around the building lobby for over three hours using the wireless Internet.

Police confirmed the man had an outstanding warrant from Ephrata and he was taken into custody.

Dog, people not housebroken

Police responded at 12:50 a.m. May 13 to the 500 block of Meadow Drive Southeast for a potential animal problem. The caller reported a transient camp in the back corner of the park where a large pit bull type dog was off a leash. The subject was also using the caller’s fence as a bathroom. Officers told the two subjects to leave with the dog.

Inconvenience store Police responded at 5:05 p.m. May 16 to a business at 460 East North Bend Way to a theft in progress. A shoplifter walked out of the smoke shop with vitamin water and a Red Bull.

Nice getaway Police responded at 8:59 p.m. May 17 to the 700 block of Southwest

Mount Si Boulevard for a call about reckless driving. The male driver in the Burger King parking lot was preparing to leave without his lights on. He was stumbling around while washing his windows. He also was approaching people outside and behaving strangely. The driver was taken into custody where it was confirmed that the car was stolen. He was arrested for possession of drugs and a stolen vehicle.

Snoqualmie fire Odoriferous event Firefighters responded at 6:06 p.m. May 8 to a residence on Southeast Burrows Way. Crews determined the smell was coming from a furnace malfunction. The homeowner was advised to call a repair service.

Detector at fault Firefighters responded at 11:22 a.m. May 9 to a home in Snoqualmie Ridge after a fire alarm went off. Responders determined the fire alarm was faulty.

Wrong pull tab Firefighters responded at 6:11 p.m. May 11 to an automatic fire alarm.

A pull-for-fire alarm had been accidentally pulled, causing the alarm to go off. The system was reset.

Afternoon crash Firefighters responded at 4:09 p.m. May 13 to a two-vehicle motor accident on State Route 202 near the Salish Lodge.

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Obituaries E. Roger McClain E. Roger McClain, of North Bend, passed May 2, 2014.

A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 31, at Calvary Chapel, North Bend.

Friends are invited to

Camping for Memorial Day: Be cautious with campfires The Washington State Department of Natural Resources cautions people to be careful with campfires if camping Memorial Day Weekend. Wildfire season has started here in Washington, and DNR has already responded to more than 80 wildfires across the state.

Memorial Day is traditionally associated with the start of summer, and the holiday weekend typically brings more people outdoors. As the weather warms, vegetation will quickly dry out and become fuel for wildfires.

Here are some steps to ensure a fire-safe holiday weekend: q Only build campfires when and where authorized, and put them completely out. q Use ample water, and stir until the coals are cool to the touch. q Make sure all off-road vehicles have a properly functioning catalytic converter or approved spark

Thought From Page 5 The deadline to participate is 11 p.m. June 2.

The end result will identify commonly-held perceptions, values and priorities about the area schools. The results will be used during the work on the district’s Strategic Plan and School Improvement Planning for next year.

This second step in the Thoughtstream process will close Monday, June 2 at 11 p.m.

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arrester. q Dispose of lit smoking materials appropriately. q Remember that discharging fireworks is illegal on public lands.

Recycling day is slated for June 7

The city of North Bend household recycling day, cancelled because of the early morning explosion April 25, has been rescheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

June 7.

It will be held at the Mount Si High School Freshman Campus, 9200 Railroad Ave., Snoqualmie.

Although staffed and organized by North Bend, the free event is open to all King County residents for items that can’t be recycled in the normal waste pick-up.

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Friends are invited to view photos, get directions and share memories in the family’s online guest book at www.flintofts.com.

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Materials accepted include: q Scrap metal and appliances q Refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners q Electronics, TVs and phones q Heavy duty batteries (i.e. car, truck, marine, lead acid) q Petroleum products q Tires q Fluorescent lightbulbs q Household batteries To see what items are accepted at the event, go to http://northbendwa.gov/ DocumentCenter/View/5578.

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Spring From Page 2 average — which would take an additional $2-$3 billion a year — he would work to roll back corporate tax breaks to what they were 10 years ago.

“It is simply not possible to give away billions in tax breaks to wealthy multinational corporations and still have enough money left to adequately and fairly

fund our public schools,” Spring said. “Requiring corporations to pay their fair share of state taxes will not harm them because they can deduct their state taxes from their federal taxes.

“But it will allow us to rehire more than 10,000 teachers and build more than 10,000 classrooms which will allow us to lower class sizes back down to the national average.”

Spring has no other issues on his agenda.

“I just want all kids in

all our schools to have a fair chance,” he said. “I’m a single issue candidate.”

A third candidate, Colin Alexander, has also announced he is running.

As a result of Washington’s top-two primary system, all three will appear on the August primary ballot, and the top two will go on to the general election in November.

Sherry Grindeland can be reached at editor@snovalleystar.com or 425392-6434 ext. 246.

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World-class service continues during reconstruction

The North Bend Les Schwab Tire Center is open for business, even while under repair from damage due to a recent natural gas explosion.

Like all residents of North Bend, we at Les Schwab are grateful that no one was seriously injured by the recent natural gas explosion. We also appreciate the tremendous support and many well wishes we have received since the accident damaged our East North Bend Way store and forced us to close temporarily.

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SCHEDULE THIS: Cinephiles, and everyone else who catches a movie now and then, are invited to the annual Wildcat Film Festival, reception followed by student films and a showing of “Spiderman,” at 4:30 p.m. May 29 at the North Bend Theatre, 125 Bendigo Blvd. N. Tickets are $10. Learn more by calling 888-1232.

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q Snoqualmie Ridge Kid Play, ages 0-5 with adult, 9-11 a.m.

Fridays during the school year, Church on the Ridge, 35131 S.E. English St., Snoqualmie, free, 888-7474 q Sno-Valley indoor Playground, 9:3011:30 a.m. during the school year, Si view Community Center Gym, 400 Orchard St., North Bend, $1 suggested donation, www. snovalleyindoorplayground.org q Wyldlife Group, part of Young Life middle school group, 7 p.m., the Warehouse, 8036 Falls Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie q Greg Williamson Quartet, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 2929307 q Cool Water, 8 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 8313647 q Thunder from Down Under, 8 p.m., 21 and older, The Ballroom at Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. North Bend Way, Snoqualmie, $25$47, www.snocasino.com

q Father’s Day Ceramic Gift Workshop, ages 6 and older, 10 a.m., Meadowbrook Farm, 1711 Boalch Ave., North Bend, $49, www.siviewpark.org q Northwest Railroad Museum Tour, 1 p.m. Saturdays, Snoqualmie Depot, 38625 King St., Snoqualmie, $20/ adults, $18/seniors, $12/children, www. trainmuseum.org q Tarot Readings with Christina Stempler, 2-6 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-3647

q Kelly Eisenhour Quartet, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307 q Amber Lanterns, 8 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-3647 q Thunder from Down Under, 8 p.m., 21 and older, The Ballroom at Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. North Bend Way, Snoqualmie, $25-$47, www.snocasino.com

q Snoqualmie Valley Garden Club Annual Plant Sale, Masters Gardeners will be on site to answer questions, proceeds used to fund scholarships for Mount Si High School horticulture students, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mount Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend q Northwest Railroad Train Rides, trains depart beginning at 12:01 p.m. from the Snoqualmie Depot, 38625 King St., Snoqualmie, and 12:31 p.m. from the North Bend Depot, 205 McClellan St., North Bend, $18/ adults, $15/seniors, $10/children, www. trainmuseum.org

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

q Sno-Valley indoor Playground, 9:3011:30 a.m. Si view Community Center Gym, 400 Orchard St., North Bend, $1 suggested donation, www.snovalleyindoorplayground.org q Dan Taylor, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 2929307 q Northwest Railway Museum offers train rides on Memorial Day starting at 11:01 a.m. from the Snoqualmie Depot, 38625 S.E. King St. in Snoqualmie and 11:31 a.m. from the North Bend Depot at 205 McClellan St. in North Bend. Trains depart every half hour ending at 4:01 p.m. departure from North Bend, there is a one way train from Snoqualmie to Snoqualmie Falls and back at 4:16 p.m., $18/adults, $15/seniors, $10/ kids, 2 and younger free, 888- 3030 q Volunteers needed, make a difference in your community, wide range of options available, Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie, contact volunteersnoq@seattleymca.org for more information or go to http://bit.ly/1t85VAL for a list of volunteer opportunities

q Study Zone, 4-6 p.m., free homework help, grades K-12, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554 q SnoValley Writers Work Group, 6-8 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554 q Meadowbrook 101, Dave Battey presents the history and future prospects for this 460 acres protected open space, 7 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St.,

q Green River Community College Jazz Voices, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 2929307

q May with Clay, ages 4-5 create projects to be fired, 10:30 a.m., Meadowbrook Farm, 1711 Boalch Ave., North Bend, $75, www.siviewpark.org q Future Jazz Heads, 5 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307 q Jazz Heads, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307 q Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-3647

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

q Game Night, 4-9 p.m., Snoqualmie Falls Brewery and Taproom, 8032 Falls Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 8312357 q Wildcat Film Festival, reception followed by student films and a showing of “Spiderman,” 4:30 p.m., North Bend Theater, 125 Bendigo Blvd. N., 888-1232, $10 q Bernie Jacobs Duo, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 2929307 q Preview Dress Rehearsal for ‘A Hatful of Rain,’ 8 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 8313647

q Paul Rodgers, 7 p.m., 21 and older, The Ballroom at Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. North Bend Way, Snoqualmie, $52$90, www.snocasino. com

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Wildcats soccer team heads to state tournament

By Sam Kenyon With a win over Seattle Prep in their final game of the KingCo-Metro crossover playoffs, Mount Si has earned a bid to state for the first time since 2010.

The 2-1 victory on May 17 is the third in a row for the Wildcats who now set their sights on Kennedy Catholic in the first game of the state tournament at 7 p.m. May 20 at Highline stadium in Burien.

Earlier this month, in the first game of the 2014 playoffs, the Wildcats lost at home to Mercer Island. That loss forced Mount Si to need wins in all three of their remaining matches to still earn a trip to state.

The team dug in their cleats and got the job done, claiming the number five seed with the Seattle Prep win.

The Panthers played a tough match and the Mount Si victory was dependant on a late goal in minute 66 to break the 1-1 tie.

Both goals for Mount Si came from the Dolewski family.

In the first half, in minute 14, junior Nick Dolewski scored off an assist from junior captain Connor Williams. Seattle Prep responded quickly, scoring on junior goalkeeper Matt Cowen in minute 20. In the second half, regular starting goalie Bruce Corrie came into the game.

The second half was a defensive battle. In minute 65, once again the Wildcats broke through with a goal from senior Alex Dolewski, older brother to Nick, who assisted on the score. The goal came off a corner kick and would be the point that sealed the game, and the trip to state.

Seattle Prep fought on and had several strong attacks at the Wildcats. Corrie held strong with clutch saves when Mount Si needed them as the game counted down. The team defense was sufficient to hold off the Panther offense until the final whistle.

The victory comes on the heels of more good news: Eight Wildcat players earned at least See SOCCER, Page 11

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Midfielder Evan Betz tries to slip the ball in past Seattle Prep’s goalkeeper.

Two Mount Si golfers head to state tournament

By Sam Kenyon Caitlin Maralack and Tabitha Dorn are heading to Woodland to represent Mount Si at the 2014 state tournament. Both golfers scored lower than the cutoff of 94 at the district tournament on May 19.

“I’m just looking forward to having fun at state and hopefully going low,” said sophomore Maralack, who shot an 81 at the Riverbend Golf Course in Kent.

Despite making state, Maralack was a bit disappointed with her score. It was the first time this season that she did not have the best score of a tournament she has played in. It has been an enormously successful season for Maralack, winning 11 out of 12 tournaments she has played in.

“It’s disappointing,” she said.

“I was hoping to keep the streak going.”

Dorn, a senior, will be going to state for the third year in a row with her score of 91.

“I am so excited,” she said.

“This was one of my major goals this year.”

She struggled with the front nine due to a recent shoulder injury. But she increased her focus and her back nine was very strong.

“I kind of got myself togeth-

Mount Si fastpitch wins KingCo Wildcats beat Juanita Rebels to secure title

By Sam Kenyon

By Sam Kenyon

Caitlin Maralack lines up a putt. er on the back nine and came back from a rough beginning,” she said.

Two of the three Wildcat golfers who qualified for the district tournament are moving on, with sophomore Bianca Backman missing the cut with a score of 100. Despite not moving on, Backman was happy to support her teammates.

“I am very proud of them,” Backman said. “They are the

most amazing teammates anyone could ask for.”

The team attitude is an indicator of the close knit chemistry for the Wildcats. Only three of 11 girls went to the district tournament, but all 11 contribute to the team.

“I don’t want them to think for any reason that they’re more or less important that any of the other players,” said Coach Matt Campbell. “I told

them I love them all the same.”

Dorn and Maralack will now focus on the upcoming tournament and the increase in competition. Maralack’s success in the regular season has set up high expectations.

“We saw the best that we’re going to see and she’s the best that I saw,” Campbell said.

“As far as I’m concerned, she’s the player to beat at state.

There’s no question about it.”

The KingCo Championship belongs to the Wildcats after the Mount Si girls won the KingCo tournament with consecutive wins over Bellevue and Juanita.

The back-to-back victories on May 16 secured the top seed for the Wildcats for the SeaKing District tournament starting at 4 p.m. May 21 at Lower Woodland Park in Seattle.

The first big win came over the Wolverines and was sealed in the fourth inning. With the Wildcats down 4-2, Mount Si unleashed a string of seven runs across the next two innings.

The runs put the game firmly out of reach for the Bellevue Wolverines, who did not score again in the game.

Mount Si hit a staggering .281 as a team in the win. Six Wildcat players earned an RBI. Senior right fielder Jenny Carroll See FASTPITCH, Page 12

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Wildcat girls track team finishes first, boys come in second at KingCo meet

By Sam Kenyon The Wildcat track and field team had a very strong showing at the KingCo conference tournament. The girls won the KingCo title outright while the boys came in second place. Mount Si hosted the girls event; Bellevue hosted the boys.

The teams will compete in the SeaKing District meet in Seattle May 21.

The Mount Si girls team swept all three top spots in the distance race. Freshman Hannah Waskom took first place in the 1600 distance race with a time of 5:14.05, fol-

lowed by senior teammate Madeline Hutchinson at 5:15.04 and then fellow freshman Lindsey Sydnor at 5:17.18.

Clearing a height of ten feet, Mikaelyn Davis took third place in pole vault.

Karlie Hurley leapt 15-9 in the long jump to take second. Sara Brevick took fifth place in the discus with a throw of 92-8.

Hutchinson also took first place in the 3200 race with a time of 11:16.36.

Waskom took third place in the event with a time of 11:16.64.

The Wildcats took third place in the 4 x 200 relay with a time of 1:46.08.

The relay team consisted of Hutchinson, Hurley, Jesse Guyer and Lauren Rutherford.

Freshman Riley Ovall finished third in the javelin throw with a distance of 116-7.

In the 300 meter hurdle event, Hutchinson took second place with a time of 46.94, and in the 110 meter hurdle event, Sarah Miller took third with a time of 17.50.

The boys team did well in shot put with Jack Nordby taking second place with a throw of 49-5 followed closely by Cameron Davis who took third at 48’2”

Jacob Belceto took third place in the 200 meter dash with a time of 22.79.

Andrew Harris placed third in the 110 meter hurdle race at 15.96 and Aaron Robey took third in the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 41.89.

Nordby also took second place in the discus with a throw of 132-1 and Sam Hruska took third place in the javelin with a distance of 158-1.

Baly Botten took a first place finish in the pole vault, clearing a height of 13-6.

Mount Si also took second place in the 4 x 400 relay race with a time of

3:27.49 ran by teammates Rickard Frykgaard, Aaron

Robey, Jacob Belceto and Justin McLaughlin.

Knoppi to play at Missouri Valley College Genevieve Knoppi, of Snoqualmie, signed a letter-of-intent to play volleyball at Missouri Valley College beginning this fall.

Knoppi earned first team all volleyball and the volleyball sportsmanship award in Mount Si High School.

Knoppi plans to major in computer science.

She is the daughter of Sherry and Steve Morrow.

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The 6-4 win came off the pitching of junior Paige Wetherbee, the hitting of Wetherbee and senior leader Nikki Carroll.

The game started out rough, despite a home run from Wetherbee. Mount Si was down 4-1 in the third inning when the game began to turn.

Carroll stepped up to the plate and popped at deep, two-run homer to bring the score to within one.

The Wildcats tied the game in the fifth with a sacrifice fly from Wetherbee.

In the bottom of the sixth with the game tied at 4-4, freshman and junior varsity regular Maddy Trout hit the ball to the Juanita pitcher who picked up an error that cost a run.

Later in the inning, Trout would score off a single from Rose Vogt, putting the Wildcats up by two.

Wetherbee held on in the final inning despite tough hitting from Juanita. She persevered and the Mount Si defense closed the game in the final inning by throwing out a runner at first.

The Wildcats will face either Bishop Blanchet or Eastside Catholic next in the district tournament. The game will be played after the SnoValley Star goes to press but the results will be posted at www.snovalleystar.com.

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