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August 1, 2013 VOL. 5, NO. 30

Grow this Try out straw bale gardening.

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Racer wants local win Page 10

Night out next week

By Sherry Grindeland

Meet your neighbors and fight crime.

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Crews from Eastside Fire and Rescue will continue to monitor the 444th Fire near Mount Si for several days said a Washington State Department of Natural Resources spokesperson July 29. Eighteen acres of timber and brush in steep terrain between Mount Si and Little Si burned in the wildfire that began about midday July 26.

The wildfire was named the 444th Fire because that is the nearest road to the site.

At one point, 80 firefighters from EFR, Duvall, Snoqualmie, the U.S. Forest Service, the Seattle Watershed and the Washington State Department of Natural Resources were battling the blaze. A DNR helicopter, based in Ellensburg, flew in Friday afternoon to drop water on fire.

When the helicopter and crew arrived they established a landing base. One crew member stayed at the base site to keep it clear. Two other crew members oversaw the dipping site where the helicopter pilot loaded his 240-gallon canvas bucket from the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River. The

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Swim fast Valley has success in the pool.

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The state Department of Natural Resources Helitack chopper drops a load of water on the two-acre fire July 26 in steep terrain between Mount Si and Little Si. helicopter could make the trip between the fire and the river in about three minutes.

Before long, firefighters were See FIRE, Page 7

‘Log Lady,’ David Lynch’s daughter to appear at annual Twin Peaks Fest

By Malcom Griffes

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Fans of the 1990s cult favorite “Twin Peaks” television show will converge in North Bend for the 21st annual Twin Peaks Fest August 2-4. And you can bet cherry pies and “damn fine coffee” will be plentiful.

“Last year’s attendance was 220 and the same is expected this year,” festival organizer Rob Lindley of Puyallup wrote in an email. Fans come from all

over; this year visitors from 10 countries are registered, according to the festival’s Facebook page. “’Twin Peaks’ fans are a part of my business. And there are a lot of fans,” said Kyle Twede, owner of local café Twede’s.

Twede’s was a primary set for the show, and serves a cherry pie that the show made famous.

The festival offers tours of filming locations in and around North Bend. Festival goers can

test their “Twin Peaks” knowledge at the Trivia Contest and dress as their favorite character for the Twin Peaks costume contest. Maps of the filming locations around North Bend are also available at Twede’s for $2.

To attend the event, fans must purchase a single ticket that includes entrance to all events, two meals and other See PEAKS, Page 2

The redistricting of the Snoqualmie Valley School District has pitted two incumbents and two longtime school volunteers and friends against one another. Marci Busby, G. Scott Hodgins, Stephen Kangas and David Spring, all of North Bend, are vying to for the Director No. 4 position on the school board.

The two candidates who receive the most votes in Aug. 6 primary will run against one another in the November general election. Busby and Hodgins currently serve on the board.

Hodgins is the board president.

One of the most divisive issues for the district in recent years has been the creation of a freshman campus. This fall, ninth graders will attend the Mt. Si Freshman Campus, located in the former Snoqualmie Middle School. Grades 10 through 12 will be at Mt. Si High School in Snoqualmie.

Busby has served on the board for eight years. She has been involved in schools for 23 years, including volunteering in the classroom and district and participating in PTSAs. The biggest challenges facing the school district, she said, are planning the facilities. The board will have to plan for a school bond issue to raise money to remodel the high school and decide when to build a new elementary school. She believes only so much change can be initiated at once.

“Right now the school district is faced with establishing the freshman campus, transitioning to two middles schools, negotiating three union contracts, levies for maintenance, operations and technology and planning for a bond,” Busby said via email.

Busby believes the freshman campus will be an exciting new adventure for students and staff.

Her priorities for the district are serving students well, supporting the professional educators and fixing capacity issues.

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AUGUST 1, 2013

Try to grow a straw bale garden

By Carl Pergram Everything old is new again, and so it is with growing plants in straw bales. It is believed that the ancient Egyptians and Aztecs used this method of container gardening, especially when conditions were too wet for normal in-ground gardening. This method works well for areas with limited space or poor soil and for gardeners with limited mobility.

First obtain a straw bale or two, about 2’ x 4’ – you can find them at gardening stores and granges, and even on Amazon. Straw, not hay – there is a difference. Hay is comprised of cut grasses to be used as livestock feed; it’s usually green, of a finely cut quality and smells fresh. Straw is made up of the hollow stems of grain after harvest; it’s a light golden color, lightweight and coarse. This is the important distinction though:

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It’s not too late to start a straw bale garden. Consider planting herbs and fall flowers in this ancient but easy style. straw bales do not contain seeds; hay bales do.

If you make the mistake of bringing home a bale of hay for this project, you’ll likely end up with alfalfa and clover sprouts everywhere!

Determine a good site for the bales with plenty of sun and easy access – in your existing garden on native soil, the lawn, or even on your cement patio.

Conditioning the bale for planting will take about 10 days to two

weeks. Start by soaking the bale with water several times a day. Do this for several days. Then, for the next three or four days, sprinkle the bale with several handfuls of a balanced fertilizer.

Continue to water it thoroughly. After a week, cut the fertilizer in half, and keep watering it daily.

If you stick a soil thermometer or your finger into the top, you will notice that the bale is See BALE, Page 5

An article in the July 24 issue about North Bend artist Michael McDevitt had several errors.

McDevitt graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in advertising design and illustration from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif., one of the two top design schools in the country.

Sparrow Buerer, a junior at Legacy, has taken four classes with McDevitt and plans to take a fifth one in the fall. Alana Roecker is a costume apprentice at Village Theatre in Issaquah and a freelance fashion designer. Neither Buerer nor Sparrow attended Mount Si High School.

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Fans gather near the fictional twin peaks sign (above). The iconic cafe (below).

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refreshments, among other things. A bus tour is available for an additional fee.

And speaking of celebrities, this year’s fest will host a few including the mysterious Log Lady, played by Catherine E. Coulson. Jennifer Lynch, daughter of the show’s creator David Lynch, will be in attendance and showing her movie “Chained” on Friday night.

“David Lynch likes dark, campy places and this is one of those dark campy places,” said Twede about his local café.

As for where to stay,

die-hard Twin Peaks fans can stay at the Salish Lodge, used as a set for the famed Great Northern Hotel in the show.

“Cherry pies, doughnuts and damn fine coffee are consumed in massive quantities during the Festival,” wrote Lindley.

“Over 50 pies, several hundred doughnuts and untold cups of coffee.”

While “Twin Peaks” is known for its dark and ominous aesthetic, the fest appears to be more of a sunny summer weekend in North Bend eating pie with fellow fans.

Various people have

organized the Festival since it began in 1993.

Currently Lindley and his wife, Deanne, run the festival. Tickets are $225 ($245 with bus tour) and include entry to the festival’s listed events, a dinner and a lunch (cherry pie included), and two free celebrity autographs (festival goers supply items for autographs). For more information visit the festival’s website at www.twinpeaksfest.com.

Malcom Griffes is a student in the University of Washington Department of Communication News Laboratory.

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Night Out Against Crime comes to Snoqualmie Meet your local police officer at the Night Out Against Crime party, 5 to 9 p.m. Aug. 6 at the Snoqualmie Police Department, 34825 S.E. Douglas St. This is the first time Snoqualmie has participated in the national crime prevention awareness campaign.

Community residents will be able to tour the police station, jail and gun range and see exhibits from the Washington

School From Page 1 Hodgins, who has been on the board four years, said he wants to make sure teachers have the resources they need to teach and that includes providing adequate facilities.

“We need to improve our high school,” he said.

“The school is overcrowded and built on a flood plain. A bond to build a new high school has failed three times so the next best thing we can do is modernize the school we have.”

He sees modernizing Mt. Si High School as the quickest and most efficient way to eliminate the freshman campus and re-establish Snoqualmie Middle School. Professionally, he is in construction and said it would take the same amount of time to either modernize the high school or build a replacement middle school.

“The best things about our district are our fabulous educators,” he said.

“If you go into any one of our schools you’ll see high energy and a student-

State Patrol bomb squad and K-9 units. Children’s activities include bouncy toys, face painting and prizes.

Officers will be grilling hot dogs and serving chips and beverages. There will also be a CleanScape recycle bin for bicycles and bicycle parts.

Because of limited parking, officials encourage residents who live near the Police Department to walk or bike to the event.

For more information about National Night Out, visit www. natw.org.

oriented culture.”

Stephen Kangas wants to bring one tool from the Marci Busby corporate world to the school district – a strategic plan.

“When you’re operating an organization the size of the district without a strategic plan, it is like an airline pilot flying without a compass and a map. You might not get where you want to go,” he said.

He believes almost every problem the district faces exists because of the lack of long term planning. That includes the continually growing class sizes teachers face each year.

Kangas would also prioritize student safety. He is concerned about harassment and bullying within the schools, particularly at the secondary level. He said he knows of parents who have pulled their students out of local schools to send them to other districts or to home school them.

“When kids are afraid to get on the bus and go

Hospital District meeting set for Aug. 1 A meeting of the Snoqualmie Hospital, Public Hospital District No. 4, King County, will be held at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 1 at the Snoqualmie Pass Fire & Rescue Station House 291, 1211 state Route 906, Snoqualmie Pass. The meeting is the regular monthly meeting of the board and a community outreach event.

Agenda items include a Fire District No. 51 update, audit results from 2012, a hospital

to school, their mind isn’t on their school work,” he said. “The programs in place in David Spring elementary school to deal with bullying fade at the middle school level and disappear completely at high school.

The only things we have there are student-led initiatives. We need staff to be leaders in these initiatives.”

There are many wonderful things about Snoqualmie School District, Kangas said, from fabulous teachers, to concerned and involved parents and the technology levy that enabled the district to put high speed networks and computers in the classrooms.

Spring opposes the freshman campus concept and predicts that over

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district update, and finance, medical, and facilities committee updates.

The next scheduled meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sept.

5, at the North Bend Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend.

Key Leaders Summit set for Aug. 12 The Snoqualmie Valley Community Network will host its annual Key Leaders Summit 9 a.m. to noon, Aug. 12 at

time it will be a disaster.

“It failed in Snohomish, it failed in Issaquah, and it G. Scott has failed Hodgins nearly every time it was tried in districts throughout the United States,” Spring said. “The reason I am running is to reopen Snoqualmie Middle School as soon as possible.”

He said the community debate about developing a freshman campus and closing a middle school has been ongoing, and he believes the current school board members haven’t listened well to their constituents.

“A vote for the incumbents is a vote for the ninth grade campus,” he said. “We believe the school board is going in

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lack of school construction funds.

“Our high school is on the verge of falling apart, it is in the middle of a flood plain and we need one and maybe two new elementary schools,” Spring said. “We need help from the state.”

All four candidates commented that no matter who wins, it will be a victory for the students.

“We’re all in it for the kids,” Spring said. “The parents (and voters) need to decide if we’re changing direction.

The Snoqualmie School District encompasses more than 400 square miles in North Bend, Snoqualmie, Fall City and unincorporated King County up to the summit of Snoqualmie Pass.

It serves more than 6,000 students at five elementary schools, two middle schools, a freshman campus, high school and alternative school.

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He has high praise for the district teachers, commenting that they have done a phenomenal job of dealing with overcrowded classrooms. He noted that active parents who participate in the education community and PTA are school district assets.

Spring worries that the district’s history of failed bond issues bodes ill for trying to pass a bond to modernize the high school. The state, he said, needs to provide more money for the buildings the district needs. He is willing, he said, if elected to make a motion to bring suit against the state for

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Community members and leaders of organizations in North Bend and Snoqualmie are invited to attend the event.

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Editorial

Letter

Vote yes on King County parks levy

Guns are a right

As it’s had to do since 2002, the King County Parks Department is asking for money to help support parks maintenance and the acquisition of new parkland.

Voters should vote to approve the property tax levy.

The county no longer funds parks from its general fund budget. It still pays for essentials like transportation, public safety, health, law enforcement, courts and sewers. Parks, however, is largely on its own.

About two-thirds of parks money comes from this levy.

The proposed levy replaces a pair of expiring levies, and comes with a substantial tax hike. The owner of a $300,000 home will see taxes go from about $40 to $56 per year, a 41 percent increase.

The money is worth it. As the county becomes more and more dense, preserving and maintaining open spaces and recreational activities becomes more important than ever.

The National Recreation and Parks Association contends that parks play a critical role in preserving natural resources for communities.

The county maintains 26,000 acres of parks and more than 175 miles of trails.

This includes Tollgate Farm, Tanner Landing, the Three Forks Natural Area, the Rattlesnake Mountain Scenic Area, and the Snoqualmie Valley Trail as well as other Eastside favorites such as the Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park, Marymoor Park and more. The parks system also includes regional gems such as the King County Aquatic Center and Woodland Park Zoo. Parks are a necessity. Maintaining them is a necessity.

Vote yes on Proposition 1.

Dow Constantine for County Executive County Executive Dow Constantine is facing only token opposition in his race for County Executive — perhaps because most realize that Constantine has done an excellent job and deserves another term.

Constantine took office in the depths of a recession amid falling revenues and an increased need for services. He’s guided the county through those challenging times working with County Council members of different political philosophies, union employees and state officials to soften the blows of the downturn. He has hired top-notch staff and together they have trimmed budgets while maintaining services.

Constantine’s collaborative style has helped keep county government working. Give him your vote in the primary, and again in November.

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Young entrepreneurs work with lemons We heard about the lemonade stand later. It was several blocks from where the rest of us lived, but it was only a couple of houses from Herb Collins.

He had to go there. He couldn’t resist.

The stand was set up by Heather and Tim Naismith, a brother/sister team whose ages added together wouldn’t hit 18.

Herb watched them set it up on that hot afternoon and finally couldn’t stand it. He had to have some fun.

The lemonade was fifty cents, a bargain in anyone’s book, as canned soda pop is running about a buck these days. And anyone can see that a lemonade stand set up by two youngsters is something to be encouraged. The free enterprise system at its very best.

Ingenuity. American spirit.

Besides, those Naismith kids are kinda cute, having worked so hard to get the lemonade made and the card table set up out under the tree in front.

Herb explained later that what he was really setting out to do, besides giving the kids some business, was to teach them a few harmless lessons in how to succeed in retail. Years ago, before he got into the trucking business, Herb ran a pawn shop in the city. He was known to be a sharp trader, and he delighted in telling us how little he paid for things and how much he sold them for.

“Hi kids,” he said. “Pretty good lemonade?”

“The best, Mr. Collins,” Heather said.

“So ... 50 cents a glass?

Well, all right, I’ll have a glass.”

He put Slim Randles down 50 Columnist cents and they filled a tall paper cup nearly to the brim for him. It was good lemonade.

“So how much for four glasses of lemonade?”

Tim did some silent figuring. “Two dollars, sir.”

“Well, that’s the retail price, of course,” Herb said, “but now we’re buying in bulk. What you do when someone wants to buy in bulk is you adjust the price.

I think I should be able to buy four glasses of lemonade at, say, forty cents a glass. What do you think?”

The kids whispered in each other’s ears.

“Mr. Collins,” said Heather, “if you buy four glasses for forty cents each, how much would you expect to pay for a dozen glasses?”

Heartened by their interest in business, Herb said, “Oh, probably about thirty cents a glass, I guess. You have to make allowances for volume, you see.”

“Good,” said Heather. “We’ll sell you a dozen glasses of lemonade, then, because we want to sell a lot of it, and we’ll only charge you $3.60 for them.”

Herb pulled out the money.

“But you’ll have to drink them all here,” Heather said.

“We don’t have a license for carry-out.”

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Save the Children Yard Sale raises more than $20,000

By Kristine Kim

Don Baunsgard did not want to go into this past weekend with expectations that were too high.

“Whatever happens, whatever God provides, I’ll just be happy with whatever that is,” he told himself. At the time, he had a fundraising goal of $15,000.

So when he met his goal on Saturday, July 27, the second day of his three-day yard sale on the North Bend Elementary blacktop, he was happy.

At $20,000 raised by the final day, he lost it.

“My wife and I were crying together on the phone,” Baunsgard said. With the money, Baunsgard will be able to build wells with clean water for 20 communities in Africa through Planet Changer, a nonprofit

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organization created by Pastor Monty Wright at Snoqualmie Valley Alliance Church. The wells provide clean water to those who would normally “collect water basically out of mud holes,” as Planet Changer’s director of operations Corrin Douglass described in a previous interview.

Baunsgard credits much of the event’s success to the generosity of the Snoqualmie Valley. He even goes so far as to call the community a family, as so many people chipped in to help make it happen. With tons of volunteers on all three days, Baunsgard was able to transport 16 moving truckloads from his storage facilities to the parking lot of North Bend Elementary School, where the sale took place.

“We just had an amaz-

ing crew helping to get this thing done,” he said.

“It was very humbling and I was very grateful.”

Baunsgard was stunned seeing the totals rise each hour. Four people each wrote checks for $500. Two separate buyers each ended up taking away 2-3000 pounds of the sale’s stock for prices higher than Baunsgard was expecting, occurrences that he calls miracles.

On the last day of the sale, which Baunsgard dubbed “Give Back to North Bend Day,” customers were not obligated to pay. Organizers accepted donations instead. People donated more than $5,000.

“I was blown away by each total,” Baunsgard said. “We made over $10,000 the first day.”

dig a hole in the bale, fill it with potting mix, then set in your plant or plants.

Press the soil around the roots.

You can also plant seeds in the potting mix. The straw bale provides excellent drainage, so be sure to keep everything watered well, never letting the bale completely dry out.

The straw bale is a perfect organic container for

all kinds of edibles and annual ornamentals.

It has a one-season usage, so when your plants die back late this fall, add the straw to your compost pile.

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Snoqualmie Valley local goes for Miss Washington USA 2014 crown

By Kristine Kim Three months ago, Kenzie Parker thought it was a scam.

At 19, the Snoqualmie Valley native is in the running to become Miss Washington USA 2014. After her discovery by a scout in Bellevue Square, it took a month of thought before Parker committed to the role of Miss Snoqualmie. Though she thought the encounter was odd and unexpected at the time, she soon grew to embrace the position.

According to Parker, the opportunity is all about learning who you are—like an “equal opportunity” Miss America.

Unlike the Miss America competition, Miss Washington USA does not require a “talent;” instead, it focuses more on inner beauty, character and selfdiscovery.

“I really wanted to do something different. I’m really not the type of girl that everyone thinks a pageant girl is,” she said. “I like snowboarding and playing around in the dirt.”

In the process of marketing herself as Miss Snoqualmie, Parker has discovered more about herself than she anticipated.

“I thought I was really shy. I didn’t have a lot of confidence,” she said. During her ongoing campaign, she has surprised herself. “I’m very, very outgoing,” she discovered. “I’m really not

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Kenzie Parker, Miss Snoqualmie, will compete for the Miss Washington USA title in October. afraid to do anything new, but I used to be afraid to step out of the box.”

As the current Miss Snoqualmie, the most pressing issue on Parker’s plate is self-promotion. Her job is to gain the support of the Valley and let the community know of her endeav-

ors. So far, she has spoken to the mayor and city council members, and has worked toward gaining sponsors.

Parker believes in unification, especially for an area as small as Snoqualmie Valley and North Bend. She still believes in the small town feel.

“Everybody knows everybusinesses and struggling famibody,” said Stephanie Huber, lies. a long-time family friend of “I’m trying to get the comParker’s family who is dating munity together and help supParker’s dad. “It’s a good thing port a cause,” she said. for the valley.”

In the upcoming months, she Huber has known Parker since will work as a volunteer at the she was born, and she feels that local children’s hospital. She the experience is a positive one will continue the charity project for the teen. By learning how she started last year, where she to promote herself, Huber said, leaves drop boxes around North Parker will be better able to pres- Bend to raise money for needy families. Her main goals are to ent herself and be more confiaid situations of dent for things “I’m trying to get the child abuse and like future job cancer. opportunities, community together and child “I’ve especially at her watched previage. help support a cause.” ous winners “I’m really — Kenzie Parker do things, but young for running, I guess,” Miss Sonqualmie I feel like they haven’t helped Parker said. “A certain commulot of girls are in nities,” she said. Parker hopes to their 20s. But I think being the change that. underdog will help a little bit.”

“She brings a lot of encourParker attends Bellevue agement to people,” Huber College, but hopes to transfer to said. “I’d like to think that she’s the University of Washington going to be a big help for those within the year. Since becomaround her. She’s very inquisiing Miss Snoqualmie, she notes she has become more organized. tive about what’s going on in our world as far as our politics As an aspiring dentist, she has dedicated more time to planning and things like that.”

In the coming months, Parker ahead and organizing her prioriwill organize meet-and-greets in ties. the valley on top of her volun“I started to plan and focus teer and charity work. In addion certain parts of my life. I’ve learned that nothing is very easy tion to the sponsorships she has received from Twede’s Café, to do,” she said.

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Baunsgard said Snoqualmie Valley community members have helped contribute to better lives for people across the world.

“Everybody made this happen,” he said. “It’s a big community event that everybody wanted to be a part of. It was an amazing, amazing weekend.”

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Fire From Page 1 able to contain the blaze and stop using the helicopters.

Another helicopter joined the bucket brigade Saturday. The second helicopter was operated by a private contractor.

The DNR copter was released Saturday night and the contract was on standby through Sunday.

It was released Sunday evening.

“There is no longer the need for a helicopter,” said Denise Day, the communication supervisor at the South Puget Sound DNR Regional office. “Ground crews will be able to mop up and monitor the scene.”

In the first 24 hours, firefighters managed to construct a trail

around the burning area to prevent the fire from spreading. As of July 30, the fire was 95 percent contained. The burned area will continue to smolder for several days. It will not be declared officially out until there are no more hot spots or smoke.

Trail closures remain in effect for the Mount Si, Little Si and Garden Loop trails. Officials are not sure how long the trails will remain closed.

No details on how the fire began are available beyond a determination that it was human-caused. No evacuations were necessary during the fire.

Only one abandoned structure was near the burning area.

SnoValley Star Photographer Greg Farrar contributed to this story.

Passersby (left) look on as Helitack firefighter Bobby LaPoint (center) and squad boss Creston Grant monitor the dip site, making sure nobody goes down to the river as pilot Pat Lance returns every three minutes for another 240-gallon load of water.

Eastside Fire & Rescue firefighters load cases of bottled water and bags of ice July 26 onto a truck carrying 750 gallons of water, to take up to 30 firefighters on the ground fighting the blaze, burning on the hillside at top right.

Flame consumes the top of a tree July 26 several hours after the wildfire began in steep, heavily forested terrain on Mount Si at 444 th Avenue Southeast.

Burn ban issued for King County A burn ban has been issued for unincorporated areas of King County. All outdoor burning is prohibited except for small recreation fires in established fire pits at approved camp grounds or on private property with the owner’s permission.

Recreational fires must: q Be built in a metal or concrete fire pit, such as those typically found in designated campgrounds; and not be used as debris disposal; q Grow no larger than three feet in diameter; q Be located in a clear spot free from any

A Bell 205 helicopter based in Ellensburg arrives from the state Department of Natural Resources to begin the aerial attack July 26 in support of 30 firefighters on the ground.

vegetation for at least 10 feet in a horizontal direction, including at least 25 feet away from any structure and allow 20-foot vertical clearance from overhanging branches; and q Be attended at all times by an alert individual and equipment capable of extinguishing the fire.

For properties located within cities, please contact your local jurisdiction for requirements.

This ban remains in effect until further notice.

For more information, visit the King County Department of Permitting and Environmental Review Fire Marshal website at: http://www.kingcounty.gov/property/FireMarshal/BurnBanInfo.aspx.

The wildfire burns on the hillside (top left) as an Eastside Fire & Rescue brush truck is directed up an old DNR road by a staging officer from the Snoqualmie Fire Department keeping track of the crews up at the site.

Local residents on the 434th Avenue Southeast bridge at Southeast Mount Si Road look over the railing as the Helitack chopper from Ellensburg used the Snoqualmie River Middle Fork as a dip site.

Photos by Greg Farrar

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YOUR WEEK

AUGUST 1, 2013

SCHEDULE THIS: The Snoqualmie Police Department hosts its first ever National Night Out Against Crime, from 5-9 p.m. Aug. 6 at 34825 S.E. Douglas St., Snoqualmie.

This annual event is held across the country to bring communities together for crime prevention awareness and neighborhood camaraderie. Meet the officers, tour the station, gun range and jail and explore exhibits. Free. Call 888-3333.

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

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q Kids Night at the TPC, 6:309:30 p.m., TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club, 36005 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie, games, crafts & dinner, 396-6000, $25/child q Friday Family Fun Night, 7-9 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35108 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie.

Movie, bingo and more. Free for members/fee for non-members q Ham Carson Quartet, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend q Mental illness support group, 7-8:30 p.m., Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway, free

q Northwest Railway Museum Train Rides, Saturday and Sunday, leaving from Snoqualmie station, 38625 S.E. King St., Snoqualmie at 12:01, 1:31, 3:01 and 3:46 p.m., North Bend station, 205 McClellan St., North Bend at 12:31, 2:01 and 3:31 p.m. q Snoqualmie 101, 10 a.m. to noon, Meadowbrook Farm, 1711 Boalch Ave., North Bend. Using historic photographs from the Snoqualmie Valley Historical Society, Dave Battey shares a PowerPoint history of the City of Snoqualmie from the ice age through the 1950s. Free. q Carolyn Graye Quartet, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend

q Cedar River Watershed Education Center, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 19901 Cedar Falls Road S.E., North Bend. Connect with the source of your drinking water. Call 206-733-9421 to register. Free. q Sunday Fundays for Families, 2-4 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35108 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie. Games, sports, crafts, movies. Members free, fee for non-members

q Public Works Committee, 5-6 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St., Snoqualmie, 831-4919 q Boeing Classic Golf Tournament Kick-off Party, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club, 36005 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie, food, games for all ages, RSVP at 396-6000 q Arts Commission, 5:30-7 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St., Snoqualmie, 888-5337

q Free freestyle picking workshop, 2-4 p.m. The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie

q Planning and Parks Committee, 6:30-7 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St. Snoqualmie, 888-5337

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

q Planning Commission, 7-8 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St., Snoqualmie, 888-5337 q CCK workshop, 7 p.m. Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend

q School’s Out Matinee: ‘Madagascar,’ noon, North Bend Theater, 125 Bendigo Blvd.

N. Free, rated G. q Book Club of the Undead, 1 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., for teens, free q Real Life CSI, 1 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., with forensic pathologist Dr. Carl Wigren, for teens, free q Finance and Administration Committee, 4-5:30 p.m., City Hall, 211 Maine Ave. N., North Bend, 8887627 q National Night Out, 5-9 p.m.

Snoqualmie Police Department, 34825 S.E. Douglas St., Snoqualmie, Free.

q Molasses Theory, 8 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie

q Open Mic with ‘Ask Sophie,’ 8-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Brewery and Taproom, 8032 Falls Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie

q School’s Out Matinee: ‘Madagascar,’ noon, North Bend Theatre, 125 Bendigo Blvd. N., free, rated G q Farmer’s Market and Summer Concerts, 4-8 p.m., Si View Park, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend.

Produce, crafts, food and more.

There is something for everyone! Live entertainment begins at 6 p.m.

Free. q Planning Commission, 7-9 p.m., City Hall, 211 Maine Ave. N., North Bend

q School’s Out Matinee: ‘Madagascar,’ noon, North Bend Theater, 125 Bendigo Blvd.

N., free, rated G

q Dan Kramlich and Travis Ranney, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend

q Dig Deep for Science Show, 2 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend. Take a voyage to the center of the earth to discover what lies beneath our feet. Presented

by Mad Science.

Free, ages 8 and older with an adult.

q Jim Page, 7:30 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie

q Finance and Administration Committee, 5:306:30 p.m. City Hall 38624 S.E. River St., Snoqualmie, 8881555, ext. 1118 q Aaron Tevis Project, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend

q Cory P. McDaniel’s Gone Johnson Revue, 8 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie

q Knee-high naturalists, 9:4510:45 a.m., Cedar River Watershed Education Center, 19901 Cedar Falls Road S.E., North Bend. Led by a naturalist, discover rocks, birds and plants. For children ages 18-36 months, $5, adults, free.

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Police blotter Snoqualmie Checking into it Bank employees on the 7900 block of Center Boulevard Southeast reported two males hanging around the building at 5:29 p.m. July 19. The bankers called again when one of the men was arguing with a teller and with the bank manager. The subjects left the area.

Road right of way A woman on 384th Avenue Southeast called at 8:49 a.m.

July 22 to complain about speeders on her street. The responding officer explained that her street was a county road.

Only one drink for my brother

An officer on patrol noticed a pickup truck parked with the engine running and the lights on near the entrance to Snoqualmie Point Park at 10:40 p.m. July 22. A male was kneeling by the side of the truck and appeared to be ill. When asked if he was alright, the subject didn’t

New psychology clinic opening in Snoqualmie Eastside Psychological Associates is opening a new office in Snoqualmie Ridge in August.

EPA, which will be at 8226 Bracken Place S.E., Suite 200, currently has two other offices, in Woodinville and Issaquah, with 35 psychologists, one licensed clinical social

respond immediately but stood up and balanced himself on the side of the truck. He claimed to be OK. The subject was blearyeyed and smelled of intoxicants.

He told the officer that they were both “under surveillance,” that he had been asked to leave the Snoqualmie Casino and said he was waiting for his cousin.

His speech was slurred. When asked how much he’d had to drink, he replied that his cousin had given him one mixed drink and it wouldn’t make him drunk. The subject, who had to lean against the truck to keep from falling over, didn’t have his wallet. When asked how old he was, said he was almost 21.

The officer arrested him for minor in posession of alcohol.

The subject spent 15 minutes trying to explain how and why he’d driven from the casino. The officer transported the subject, and his two dogs that had been in the pick-up truck, to the station for processing. The officer checked the subject’s driver’s license photo via his computer and although the picture was similar, told the subject he needed to verify who he said he was.

His fingerprints were taken at the police station. While making arrangements for a sober person to pick up the subject, dispatch notified the officer that the

worker, and three licensed mental health counselors.

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fingerprints did not match the given name. When asked about the discrepancy, the subject apologized for lying, saying, he used his brother’s name because he “gets nervous” around people in uniform.

When the subject’s true identity was verified, it was discovered there was a misdemeanor warrant out for him. He was transported to the Issaquah Jail.

A family member later picked up both the pickup truck and the two dogs.

Disappearing boxes A caller reported boxes in the road near the intersection of Snoqualmie Parkway Southeast and Southeast Jacobia Street at 9:40 a.m. July 23. The boxes were gone when the officer arrived on the scene.

Disappearing bear A caller reported a large black bear on the 100 block of Hancock Avenue Southeast at 12:15 a.m. July 23. The responding officer was unable to locate the bear.

Disappearing visitors At 12:18 a.m. on July 25, a caller reported that his doorbell

director and founder of the Valley Center Stage, announced the lineup for the upcoming theater season.

The holiday highlight will be “It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play,” slated to run Dec. 5-21.

Other plays for the 2013-2014 season include “Almost Maine,” (Sept.

26-Oct. 12), “Tits & Asphalt,” a play about breast cancer, (Nov. 8-9),

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on the 100 block of Southeast Beta Street had rung three nights in a row but no one was there.

Officer unable to locate any doorbell ringers and suggested the homeowner check to see if the doorbell was malfunctioning.

Visitor needs help disappearing

A caller on 100 block of Pinehurst Avenue Southeast reported a man had parked his vehicle in their driveway at 2:16 p.m. July 25. The driver was passed out in the resident’s front yard. The officer provided the driver a ride to his daughter’s house.

North Bend Disagreement gets physical

Police were called to the 1200 block of Northwest 14th Street at 5:56 p.m. July 20 when two subjects began fighting. They were arguing over motorcycle riding.

Disappearing license plate

A caller complained at 10:24

“Love Letters,” (Feb. 14-15), “Over the River and Through the Woods,” (March 27-April 15), and “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” (May 1-17).

Valley Center Stage, started seven years ago by renowned actor and teacher Schwartz, offers acting classes for all levels of performers.

Additional children’s shows, improve and com-

p.m. July 19 that an unknown suspect had stolen his rear license plate off his vehicle on the 700 block of Ballarat Avenue Northeast.

Hit and run A vehicle hit-and-run was reported at 2:31 p.m. July 19 at the Rock Creek Ridge apartment complex. While at the complex, one officer noticed vehicles parked in the fire lanes in the parking lot. The officer left the vehicles’ drivers parking tickets.

Disappearing purse and wallet

An unattended purse was stolen at a fast food restaurant on Southwest Mt. Si Boulevard before 9 a.m. July 20. The purse contained a driver’s license, checks, car keys, house keys and credit cards. Someone used and attempted to use the credit cards at stores in Issaquah. Police were called to the same fast food restaurant at 5:07 p.m. July 21 because someone stole an employee’s wallet from a purse left in the break room.

The Star publishes names of those charged with felony crimes. Information comes directly from local police reports.

edy events are offered. The productions are staged on the second floor of the Masonic Lodge, 119 West North Bend Way, North Bend.

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Tiger Sharks have a banner year in Midlakes Swim League

By Sherry Grindeland The Tiger Sharks made a big splash this year at the recent Midlakes Swim League Championships at the King County Aquatics Center in Federal Way. More TPC Snoqualmie Ridge swimmers qualified for the event than ever before in the swim club’s threeyear history.

Kate Haase, who has been coaching the team since it began, described this year’s season as “awesome.” This is her second year as head coach.

It wasn’t just the number of swimmers who went to the championships that inspired the superlative from Haase, it’s been the Tiger Sharks whole season.

Swimming became the thing to do for the children.

Parents agreed that this season was fun, partially because of the new assistant coach, Mike Mullen. Haas and Mullen inspired the swimmers said one mother, Kari Hull.

“We’ve always had great coaches,” said Hull, mother of 7-year-old Olivia Hull. “The combination of Kate and Mike was wonderful. Mike is strong

and centered. He could get the kids to listen to him and that made a huge difference.”

Haas was proud of increasing the number of swimmers on the team.

“We changed our workouts and we had more kids participating than ever,” she said.

Last season, 72 youth swam for the Tiger Sharks. This year, they had that many 7-12 year olds. The entire team included 111 swimmers ranging in age from 5 to 16 years old.

The team swims in the 25-meter outdoor pool at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge from the end of May through the end of July.

The championship meet was held July 20.

Midlakes Swim League began in 1954 to provide summer swimming, diving and water polo training and competition.

More than 3,000 athletes compete through 27 private clubs that are divided into divisions.

TPC is part of Division 5 that includes teams from Highwoodlands (Kirkland), Columbia (Pine Lake/ Sammamish), Woodridge (Bellevue), and the Newport Yacht Club. Swimmers must

meet minimum times in their age and event category to qualify for the championships.

“In addition, we try to take our top kids in each age group for our relay teams,” Haase said.

“This year we had four relay teams, two in the girls and boys 8 and under, one in the 9-10 boys and one in the 11-12 girls.”

Hull’s daughter, Olivia, was on the girls under- 8 relay team.

Two swimmers, Lauren Kremer, 8, and Riordan Roche, 11, placed in the championships. Kremer finished third in the 25-yard backstroke and fifth in the 25-yard freestyle with times of 20.95 seconds and 16.95 seconds.

Roche finished fifth in the 400 free with a time of 6 minutes, 36.03 seconds and 11th in the 50 back with 34.7 seconds.

During the school year, Roche trains with the Issaquah Swim Team.

“I love coaching,” said Haase, who will be a senior at Central Washington University where she is majoring in elementary education. She swam for the Issaquah Swim Team for 10 years and is a graduate of Eastlake High School. She plans

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Swimmers Sophia Miles, 7, left, and Alyssa Morgan, 6, right, receive encouragement from Tiger Sharks head coach Kate Haase. Both Miles and Morgan are from Snoqualmie. The Tiger Sharks team is based at TPC Snoqualmie. to coach the Tiger Sharks again “I’m already excited for next next year. year’s swim season,” she said.

North Bend hydro driver hopes to make a splash at Seafair races

by Dan Aznoff Dinner table conversation for the Perkins family was always fast and furious. Just like everything else in the lives of North Bend resident Brian Perkins and his sister, Kayleigh PerkinsMallory.

The Perkins’ are both hydroplane drivers. Brian drives the U-21 in the H1 unlimited competition for the Go Fast Turn Left team, while his sibling pilots the UL-72 in the unlimited light competition. Both hope for better results racing with new and improved hulls in the 2013 Seafair hydroplane competitions on Lake Washington August 2-3.

The brother qualified for the final heat in 2011 by guiding the Miss Albert Lee Appliance around the oval course at an average speed of 135.742 miles per hour to capture first place in Heat 3A. But the green hulled hydro failed to finish the race when it lost a propeller.

The conclusion of the 2011 race on Lake Washington was more dramatic for PerkinsMallory.

Her boat completely flipped over and did cartwheels over the surface of the lake before breaking apart. Rescue teams respond-

Seafair Weekend

8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 2-3 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 4 Genesee Park/Lake Washington, Seattle Hydroplane races, entertainment, air show, food booths.

Admission: starts at $25 http://www.seafair.com/AnEvent. aspx?ID=11&SecID=936

By Christopher Denslow

Brian Perkins (right) accepts a trophy. ed quickly and pulled the driver out of the wreckage without a scratch.

The sister now lives in Duvall with her husband, James

Mallory.

Perkins had his best weekend of racing on Lake Washington in 2010 when he won his first heat at Seafair in an intense

preliminary race with J. Michael Kelly. He followed up his win with a solid third place finish in the final.

Brian’s sleek green entry

finished fourth at Seafair in 2012, but its return to the home course was questionable when the U-21 was damaged during an ugly accident this spring when another driver flipped and rolled over Perkins’ boat at the start of a race in Qatar.

The crash crushed the cockpit and damaged one entire side of the sleek hydro.

“That was the most violent accident I’ve ever been part of,” said Perkins. “Both drivers were lucky to get out of that one alive.”

The crash sidelined the local driver during Gold Cup competition in Sacramento, Madison, WS and Detroit.

The 28-year-old Perkins told an enthusiastic gathering of hydro fans that U-21 has been See RACES, Page 11

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Grange on the Range moves temporarily to The Nursery at Mt. Si Grange on the Range will move to The Nursery at Mt. Si for the Aug. 2 open mic night.

The monthly event, usually held the first Friday of each month at the North Bend Sallal Grange, will be held this month at the nursery to accommodate the Twin Peaks Festival.

The Grange doubled as the post office for the “Twin Peaks” television show.

All proceeds from donations and concessions from this week’s Grange on the Range will benefit the North Bend Theatre.

The doors open at 6 p.m. and music begins at 7 p.m.

Races From Page 10 repaired and was scheduled to be back in the water to compete on the Columbia River in the Tri-Cities Gold Cup the weekend before Seafair.

The repairs included retrofitting the hull with new wings and improved dynamics.

“The Go Fast Turn Left team hopes to have two boats and two drivers qualified for Seafair,” he explained. “Every race is important. But there is something very special about racing in front of your friends and family.”

He declined to predict how well his boat will perform this year on Lake Washington, saying only that his goal is always to finish in first place.

“Many drivers would pop open a bottle of

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The Nursery at Mt. Si is located at 42328 N.E. 12th St. in North Bend The North Bend Theatre is facing a serious challenge, the format of theatrical releases is changing and that requires expensive new equipment for the theatre to remain in business.

Many people and organizations in the Snoqualmie Valley have rallied around the theatre and raising funds for the needed equipment.

Sallal Grange will provide concessions which include pizza, snacks, cold drinks, coffee and tea.

For additional questions call the Sallal Grange at 888-0825 or go to http://www.thenurseryatmountsi.com.

champagne if they average 150 miles per hour during a qualifying heat,” said Perkins. “I’d be happy with 150, then get back on the course and try to average 155 the next time out.”

The second Go Fast Turn Left entry will be the U-48, The Miss Snoqualmie Casino.

Perkins has lived in North Bend for three years. He grew up in Black Diamond.

He admitted that he has always been fascinated by boats and remembers building models from plywood when he was a teenager.

He began his career with hydros at the age of 15 by sweeping floors and cleaning parts for Bill Wurster’s U-8 Llumar team.

His dedication to the team almost caused him to miss his own high school graduation.

“The team was racing

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From Page 6 benefactors from around North Bend and Snoqualmie, Parker will reach out to more local businesses to spread the word.

Her pageant contest for Miss Washington USA 2014 will take place in October of this year. The winner of the Miss Washington USA competition will go on to the Miss USA Pageant.

According to the Miss Washington USA website, the pageants aim to enhance the life of each contestant that participates.

Last year, winners received a combined total of about $900,000 worth of scholarships and merchandise in the Miss Washington USA and Miss Teen Washington USA competitions.

in qualifying heats until an hour before my own graduation,” he remembered. “I had my own personal race to get to the ceremony on time.”

Perkins was named the Tacoma Inboard Racing Association’s Rookie of the Year in 2000 after a successful season in the one-liter competition.

He set a world record the next year on the mile-and-one-quarter race course.

The local driver was given the opportunity

to pilot the U-21 boat for the first time in 2007 during a race in San Diego, and was reunited with the boat last year when Go Fast team owners Greg and Brian O’Farrell purchased the U-21 from Brian’s old friend Kevin Aylesworth.

Dan Aznoff was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the toxic waste crisis in California. He is now a freelance writer who makes his home in Bellevue. Reach him at da@ dajournalist.com.

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