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August 11, 2011 VOL. 3, NO. 41

Run at state results in second place Sports 9

North Bend driver flips at Seafair

A tax for veterans County property tax levy for human services, veterans is on the ballot.

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A grand goal Library starts drive to create 1,000 paper cranes.

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Police blotter Page 10

Photos by Chris Denslow/H1 Unlimited. Photo illustration by Dan Catchpole

Kayleigh Perkins-Mallory’s boat, the UL-72 Foster Care, cartwheels during a race at Seafair on Lake Washington, Aug. 7. Despite the accident, the North Bend resident walked away without a scratch. She and her brother, Brian Perkins, have had tough seasons highlighted by two crashes and a fire. See story on page 8.

Railroad Days Your guide to all the fun Page 11

Hydro power Residents, tribe voice concerns about proposal.

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DirtFish annexation?

Snoqualmie City Council is still taking comments.

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City bans medical marijuana facilities

Need for school supplies is greater now

North Bend patients who rely on the plant want a safe place to get their medicine

By Sebastian Moraga

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Lynne Magnuson is a quiet, upbeat person. She is the cheeryfaced, next-door neighbor.

She is also a medical marijuana user.

Magnuson doesn’t drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes or use other drugs. She has never used marijuana recreationally. She began using it for relief from symptoms related to her multiple sclerosis.

By Dan Catchpole

Lynne Magnuson, of North Bend, picks raspberries in her backyard.

She said she is worried about the effect the city’s ban will have on medical marijuana patients.

She wants the North Bend City Council to know that the city’s ban on facilities for the production and distribution of

medical marijuana affects patients like her. The council See MARIJUANA, Page 2

Sounds like a kiddie riddle, but it isn’t: What has almost 500 feet but only 200 shoes?

Answer: The list of children needing footwear for school in the Valley.

“We’ve got 100 kids sponsored out of 238 signed up at the food bank,” said Jan Van Liew, coordinating the back-toschool shoe drive for the sixth consecutive year.

Van Liew, office manager at Snoqualmie Valley Alliance Church, said the need for shoes is the greatest she has seen yet.

Last year, the shoe drive had See SUPPLIES, Page 3

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Seattle business group ask for businesses’ input Snoqualmie Valley business owners can participate in the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce’s Job Sector Survey to help create a broader picture of employers and employment in King County and the region.

The chamber conducted the initial survey in July 2010, and expanded the 2011 survey to

Marijuana From Page 1 passed a six-month ban Aug. 2 in a 6-0 vote; Councilman Jonathan Rosen was absent.

“It’s not fair that we should have the legal right to get a medication and not have the right to get it in our city,” Magnuson said.

Sick of feeling sick Magnuson began using medical marijuana two years ago.

Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2002, she had spent seven years on heavy medications.

Sometimes, the cure felt worse than the illness, she said.

The medications clouded her thinking, caused vomiting, fatigue and other symptoms, and cost her a job. At one point, she took 11 pills a day and a weekly injection that left her barely able to move for two, sometimes three days, she said.

include more communities in the Puget Sound region. The results from the survey could inform elected officials, policymakers and community leaders in making decisions about the local economy.

Last July, the survey captured responses from almost 1,200 businesses in 15 business types.

The chamber is inviting all businesses and organizations to participate. Find the survey at “These ones are making you sick, and you got to take these ones for those — I just wanted to wean off some of the stuff,” she said.

Her mother and aunt had a suggestion: medical marijuana.

They both had seen TV personality Montel Williams tell his audience that he used medical marijuana for his multiple sclerosis.

Magnuson was skeptical, she said.

“But what are people going to think of me?” she wondered.

After talking with her doctor, she saw a naturopath who gave her an authorization to use medical marijuana and recommended two dispensaries — one in Issaquah and one in Seattle.

After she started using marijuana, Magnuson said she was able to get off several medications. Her seizures stopped. She was able to keep food down.

She and other medical marijuana users say that the small amounts they use don’t affect their thinking. One North Bend man said he is more clear-headed with medical marijuana than

www.surveymonkey.com/s/jobsectorsurvey2011. The organization is collecting responses until Aug. 13.

North Bend voters will decide on sales tax increase for roadwork North Bend’s recently created Transportation Benefit District board of directors voted Aug. 2 he was while taking narcotic pain medication.

Magnuson said she doesn’t know if her improvements are totally related to marijuana.

Many people with multiple sclerosis have anecdotally reported that it has helped their symptoms, but the few studies on the subject are inconclusive, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Bans on medical marijuana Getting medical marijuana has become more difficult for Magnuson. The collective dispensary in Issaquah was shut down by that city’s ban on medical marijuana facilities.

Several cities in King County and across the state have passed similar bans. Seattle and King County have not shut down patient-run facilities.

Like many cities, North Bend’s administration had been looking to the state Legislature to clarify the state’s medical marijuana laws during its last session. But that effort failed

Remember Dental Check Ups during the Back to School Season

AUGUST 11, 2011 to send a proposed 0.2 percent sales tax increase to voters in the November general election.

If passed, the sales tax increase would generate an estimated $400,000 a year to pay for road maintenance in the city. The money must be used on projects in the city’s Transportation Improvement Plan.

Most of the money would come from shoppers at North

Bend Premium Outlets, according to City Administrator Duncan Wilson.

“They use our streets when they come through, and we felt it was appropriate that those who use our streets on a regular basis contribute,” Wilson said.

The higher rate would raise the city’s sales tax from 8.6 percent to 8.8 percent.

If passed, the tax would expire in 10 years.

when Gov. Chris Gregoire vetoed parts of Senate Bill 5703, which the Legislature had passed this spring.

The current law leaves too much gray area for providers and users, according to medical marijuana advocates and law enforcement officials.

Since Olympia failed to clarify the law, a moratorium in North Bend would give the city time to determine its position, City Administrator Duncan Wilson said.

The city wants to protect employees from prosecution by the federal government, which still considers all marijuana illegal, and to study how facilities should be regulated.

Washington Initiative 692, passed in 1998, allows people suffering from certain medical conditions to possess a 60-day supply of marijuana. Under state law, physicians and some other medical professionals can recommend — but not prescribe — medical marijuana for patients.

Olympia’s failure to clarify the law could make it more difficult for authorized patients to get medicine because more cities will ban medical marijuana facilities, said Doug Honig, spokesman for the Washington chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

But cities might not be able to ban gardens for growing medical marijuana, which are permitted under the law Gregoire signed that went into effect July 22, said Ian Goodhew, a spokesman for the King County Prosecutor’s Office.

The law allows cities and counties to zone “collective gardens,” which can consist of up

to 10 authorized patients.

Castle Rock reversed its ban on collective gardens after lawsuits were filed against the city.

The city changed its course based on legal advice from the Association of Washington Cities, Castle Rock City Attorney Frank Randolph said.

North Bend could face a similar lawsuit.

Steve Sarich, a medical marijuana advocate who lives near North Bend, told the City Council that he is considering suing the city over its ban. He already filed an injunction to stop enforcement of SB 5703 based on the grounds that the law is too vague to be enforced.

North Bend’s ban is unnecessary, too vague to enforce and oversteps the city’s authority, Sarich said.

However, North Bend City Attorney Mike Kenyon told the City Council that the ban will stand up to Sarich’s objections.

Looking for a safe place If the ban is continued, Magnuson and other patients will have to travel outside the city to get medication.

“Why did they say we’re going to make it legal for you, but we’re not going to give you a safe place to get it?” she said.

Some terminally sick patients cannot travel very far to get medicine. Some patient-run dispensaries advertise that they will deliver.

North Bend resident Mike Burdick said he just wants a safe place to get the medicine he takes for chronic knee and back pain.

“We’re not trying to do anything illicit. We want to be out in the open,” he said.

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Voters decide on vets and human services levy

King County imposes burn ban

Measure funds Snoqualmie Valley programs for teenagers, parents and veterans

By Warren Kagarise King County voters will decide the future of a county veterans-and-human-services levy on Election Day. The electorate approved the initial veterans-and-human-services levy — 5 cents per $1,000 of assessed value — to fund programs for veterans and social service efforts in 2005. The measure, Proposition 1, is up for renewal on the Aug. 16 ballot.

If passed, the levy renewal is projected to generate $100 million through 2017.

The funding is split 50-50 among programs for veterans and the neediest residents in King County.

Proposition 1 matches the existing levy and does not include additional taxes. The owner of a home assessed at $340,000 is expected to pay $17 in 2012 if the levy is renewed.

(The existing levy is due to expire Dec. 31.)

Proposition 1 receives broad support from human services organizations and advocates for veterans. The measure received unanimous support on the often-contentious council. The county Voters’ Guide does not include any statements against Proposition 1.

Councilwoman Kathy Lambert, Snoqualmie Valley’s

Supplies From Page 1 181 people sign up, and “we barely made that,” Van Liew said.

People wanting to donate may stop by the SVAC’s Snoqualmie offices at 8020 Railroad Avenue.

Van Liew keeps a list of cards describing each child’s age, grade, gender and shoe size.

Interested donors take a card home and buy the appropriate shoes.

Shoes must be brand-new athletic shoes. Only one pair per child is allowed, to avoid inequalities between classmates or siblings.

“You can buy shoes for as many kids as you can afford,” Van Liew said. The shoe purchase is not tax deductible, she notes.

Deadline to turn in the gift of shoes to is Aug. 21. School starts nine days later.

“With 238 signing up, it would be great if we could get

representative on the council, sees in North Bend served in did not support the original World War II, Korea or Vietnam, levy, but she is open to the but younger veterans need serrenewal because, she said, the vices, as well. measure funds important proCynthia Lefever, of Renton, grams. joined the county Veterans “There were Citizen Levy a lot of needs Oversight ON THE WEB before. There Board in 2009 are a lot of as she helped Check the SnoValley Star’s needs now her son, U.S. website — www.snovalleystar.com that aren’t Army Spc. Rory — for election results. being totally Dunn, recover met,” she from catasaid. “With the veterans coming strophic injuries caused by a back, I think it’s really imporroadside bomb in Iraq. tant that we show them that we “I saw it as a way to advocate honor their service to us and to for veterans that didn’t have a our country, by having the sermom or a spouse or a family vices they need prepared for member to look out for them them when they get here.” after they were retired from the Many veterans in the military or even, actually, while Snoqualmie Valley have had a they were still on active duty,” difficult time accessing sershe said. vices that are available to them.

Levy funds proOnce a month, grams Joel Estey, King Countywide last County’s year, organizations Regional Veterans supported by the Services liaison, levy served 4,600 spends a few veterans, military hours at the personnel and Mount Si Senior family members, Center in North plus 8,600 homeless Bend, helping local people or people at risk veterans tap into existing of becoming homeless, a services, such as the Veterans report from the Veterans Citizen Health Administration.

Levy Oversight Board shows.

“Oftentimes, the VA itself can Organizations in Snoqualmie present a barrier to the people Valley and the surrounding area who need those services,” Estey use levy funds to house homesaid. less parents, build affordable He estimates he works with housing, offer child care, and 30-40 veterans from the Valley assist unemployed and homeless in person and more on the teenagers. phone. Most of the veterans he “I think it has brought the

community together, both on the veterans side and on the human services side, so that people are really much more aware of being collaborative and advocating for the need for the support,” Friends of Youth CEO Terry Pottmeyer said. “People understand how important the entire safety net is for the health of the community.”

Friends of Youth relies on levy funds for Healthy Start, a program for expectant young mothers, and teenage and young adult parents.

The nonprofit organization also receives about $70,000 for employment services for homeless teenagers and young adults.

The budget for the program totals $90,000.

“The current economic downturn has hit that population probably the hardest as a demographic in terms of being able to find work,” Pottmeyer said.

Cities also support social services. North Bend gave $72,000 to several local service providers, including the Eastside Domestic Violence Program, Eastside Baby Corner and Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank.

If the levy renewal passes Aug. 16, administrators intend to release a draft plan outlining service through 2017 soon after Election Day. “The food bank that you may end up needing to go to, or the drug and alcohol rehab that your cousin, brother, sister, whoever may need to go to will be there because somebody needs it,” Lambert said.

Dry conditions and forecasts calling for continued dry weather prompted the King County fire marshal to impose a fire-safety burn ban in unincorporated areas.

The ban started Monday and runs until Sept. 30.

The latest burn ban is in addition to a state burn ban on forestlands and a summer burning moratorium in the Eastside Fire & Rescue service area, including North Bend.

The state and EFR bans remain in effect until Sept. 30 as well.

The county burn ban applies to all outdoor burning, except for small recreational fires in established fire pits at approved campgrounds or owner-approved fires on private property.

The use of gas and propane self-contained stoves and barbecues is allowed under the ban.

Under the county ban, fires must be: ❑ Built in a metal or concrete fire pit, and grow no larger than 3 feet across. ❑ Located in a clear spot free from any vegetation for at least 10 feet in a horizontal direction, including a 20-foot vertical clearance from overhanging branches. ❑ Attended at all times by someone with immediate access to a shovel, and either five gallons of water or a connected and charged water hose.

Burning to clear land is permanently banned in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties.

some community support,” she said.

The shoe drive’s annual companion, the backpack-andschool-supplies drive has fared better.

Backpack drive coordinator Nancy Flanagan said 221 people signed up for backpacks, the highest in her eight years coordinating the drive.

Costco donated about 200 backpacks to Flanagan.

Flanagan noted. “ And there will probably be people there who are not signed up but will need some help.”

Backpacks are still welcome, Flanagan said. Supplies needed include scissors, pencils, binders, notebooks, markers, crayons, ballpoint pens, and colored pencils.

“If they can be gender-neutral, that really helps,” Flanagan said. “But we’re grateful for anything.”

Volunteers will distribute backpacks and supplies Aug. 17 and 24, and shoes Aug. 24, at Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank.

“We’re open to anybody willing to help a child start the school year on the right foot,” Van Liew said.

TO HELP WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES ❑ Write checks to “Helping Hands School” ❑ Mail to Mount Si Lutheran Church, Attn: Nancy Flanagan P.O. Box 487, North Bend, WA 98045 “We need school supplies, but are doing fine with backpacks,”

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AUGUST 11, 2011

Letters Food bank grateful for volunteers

Vote yes again for Proposition 1 Feeling charitable to those who have no job, are living on the streets or need parenting education?

King County has made it easy to help, but first you need to get out your ballot and agree to continue Proposition 1, the veterans-and-human-services levy. The owner of a $400,000 home will be donating $20 per year, via their property taxes, if the ballot measure passes.

The levy was first approved in 2005. To the County Council’s credit, voters are asked only to approve the same amount, at 5 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation, although the case could certainly have been made for more, knowing that the need is greater than ever.

Half of the levy is intended to help veterans and their families as they return from active duty.

That won’t change in the next six years if the levy is renewed.

What better way to show a little patriotism and thanks to our veterans for serving our country?

The other half of the $100 million that is expected to be collected through 2017 supports nonprofit agencies that are finding it harder to raise the funds to continue their work, whether it be low-cost dental and medical services, child care or mental health counseling.

The veterans-and-human-services levy is about taking care of each other.

It may come in the form of a property tax, but it is one that voters approve, not just another government handout. Declining sales tax revenues have decreased how much money local governments, including King County, can give to human service providers.

It’s up to each of us to do our part. This is one easy way to help those in need. Vote yes, and tell your friends to vote yes.

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The Mt. Si Food Bank depends on the generosity of our community in order to provide the service that we do to our neighbors in need.

I would like to acknowledge some outstanding volunteers in our community that helped improve our facility recently.

The Snoqualmie Valley Rotary Club graciously donated funds last year for materials to build a much needed storage shed. Terry Walker, of Terry Walker Design and Build, designed and constructed the shed with his team, including Alex Meyer, owner of Alpineglow.

Volunteers Al Pizzano, along with father and son Leon and Mark Chouinard, poured a sidewalk and ramp with the concrete being donated by Cadman.

Leon and Mark also put in a fence with material purchased at a discount and donated from Chinook Lumber.

Boy Scout troop No. 701 primed and painted the shed

with some of the supplies donated by Ace Hardware.

Finally, Lifepointe church and a crew of volunteers from Oklahoma placed gravel around part of the shed donated by Fred at North Bend Sand and Gravel.

So many hands and hearts were involved in creating this new space for the food bank and we are so grateful. I would like to extend a gracious “thank you” to our entire community for your continued support.

I welcome you to visit our website at www.mtsifoodbank.org or check out our pictures on Facebook.

Heidi Dukich, director Mt. Si Food Bank

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County King County Executive Dow Constantine, King County Chinook Building, 401 Fifth Ave., Suite 800, Seattle, WA 98104; 206-296-4040; or kcexec@kingcounty.gov King County Councilwoman Kathy Lambert, District 3. King County Courthouse, 516 Third Ave., Room 1200, Seattle, WA 98104; 206-296-1003; 800-3256165; kathy.lambert@kingcounty.gov

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Home Country

Friends show up in your time of need

By Slim Randles They started coming by early in the evening.

Annette George was first.

After seating herself in the fairly new green overstuffed chair in the fly-tying love consulting room, she confessed to Marvin Pincus that she needed some advice on fixing her hair to attract men.

And while Marvin was tying up a March Hare dry for her (and trying to think of a hairdo that would look good) the doorbell rang again. This time it was Mrs. Doc, and she was given coffee by Marjorie in the living room as she waited her turn.

In a few minutes, Annette emerged from the consulting room with her fly and the recommendation to try a “flip thing” on her hair. The doorbell rang before Mrs. Doc even got to tell Marvin about the problem she was having getting Doc to listen to how her day went.

When Mrs. Doc came out with a smile and a hug for Marvin, she was carrying a wirewrapped Woolly Worm and his suggestion that she dangle a cup of coffee in front of Doc while asking him if he’d like to hear how her day went.

And in the living room, being served coffee and cookies, were Anita Campbell, Mickey Baker,

Florencio Ortiz and Steve the cowboy.

Marvin stood there, smiling, and asked who was next. The next day, four more people came by for advice and flies.

“You know it’s funny, Marge,” said Marvin, help- Slim Randles ing himself to Columnist seconds of her flank steak dinner, “I never figured Len Beasley for a Baetis Parachute Emerger. Goes to show, you just never know, do you.”

“What makes Len a whatchamacallit, Dear?”

“Oh, I couldn’t tell you that, Marge. Patient confidentiality and all that stuff, you know.”

“You sure have had a lot of advice business lately. It’s good to see that.”

Marvin put his fork down and smiled. “It’s been great. Kinda all of a sudden, too, wasn’t it?”

“I believe the word got out about your problem with the county, Hon. The town wants you to know they support you.”

“I couldn’t be happier if I were an Egg-Sucking Leech on a number six.”

“I’m glad to hear that.”

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Snoqualmie author pays tribute to her horse in children’s book

By Sebastian Moraga Two years after galloping off into the sunset, Smokey the horse has returned to life.

Same coat, same mane, same stare. The only difference? He’s bi-dimensional now.

“One-Eyed Horse in a One-Horse Town” is children’s book author Julie Mahler Harris’ tribute to her horse Smokey. At the time of his death in 2009, Smokey was almost 95 percent blind.

“He was so trusting, so gentle,” Mahler Harris said. “Even after he went blind we were still able to ride him. He felt safe in the pasture at a nice slow walk.” The horse knew the pasture well from his sighted days, so he had a good sense of it, she added.

After his death, it took Mahler Harris two years before she could get another horse.

Even now, she still refers to the pasture as “Smokey’s pasture.”

The book tells the story of a family trying to debate what to do with an old, blind horse.

Instead of ridding themselves of it, the owners watch as the horse learns a surprising new talent.

The perseverance of the horse in the story mirrors the real-life Smokey.

“He never thought of himself as being blind,” Mahler Harris said.

In the story, the neighbors oppose all the attention the blind horse is getting. Mahler Harris said her actual neighbors are wonderful; her story just needed a bad guy.

“It’s hard to find a good bad guy,” she said.

“Who wouldn’t want to help a blind horse?”

Illustrations by Canadian artist Bonnie Lemaire add a touch of magical realism to the story. The drawings show other farm animals siding with Smokey, including a gang of chickens wearing sunglasses.

“I wanted a bit of magical reality to offset the issue of what do you do with an old blind horse,” Mahler Harris said. “Bonnie really caught the spirit of the story.”

Lemaire, an illustrator from Udora, Canada, was assigned the book and has never met Mahler Harris.

“It’s a great story, it’s very cute,” Lemaire said.

She attributed the sunglasses on the chickens to her silly mind and to more than eight years of drawing for children’s books.

“The more I do it, the sillier my thought process is,” she said. “I just kind of put myself in the story, and if it’s a quirky story like the horse, I assume the rest of the characters are going to have a little bit of quirkiness, too.”

Having an 8-year-old child helps, too, she said.

Lemaire has illustrated more than 50 children’s books. This is Mahler Harris’ third book. Besides serving as a valentine to Smokey, the book carries important messages, she explains.

Mahler Harris said she wants the book to inspire children to overcome obstacles. If a horse can overcome blindness, fractions can be overcome, too, she said.

She said the book also speaks of the needed balance between rural and urban lifestyles and environments.

Above all, though, the main message is a salute to a departed friend.

“I feel like I’m giving something back to the horse that gave us so much,” she said.

“He taught me that you carry on no matter what gets thrown your way, good or bad.”

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

Julie Mahler Harris wrote a children’s book in tribute to her horse Smokey.

Two men who saved girl from Denny Creek are reluctant heroes

By Sebastian Moraga In the back of Jason Mark’s house runs a river. In the back of his mind runs a creek.

“The main lesson is,” he said, “This can happen to anybody.

As careful as we are, we can never be too careful.”

Mark was at Denny Creek this Fourth of July when he saw a father scream that his 4-year-old girl had fallen into the water.

An avid outdoorsman with a face sporting the red tint of forgotten sunscreen, Mark said his entire life had built toward that day’s events.

The late snow melt had thickened the summer stream, and water roared toward the South Fork. Mark and his family had arrived earlier than expected that day and Mark had noticed the man with the little girl in his arms because he also had a baby in a backpack.

“That was me a couple of years ago,” said Mark, whose children range from ages 5 to 11.

After the screams, Mark

moved to the bottom of the creek, thinking that the girl would wash down from the top.

The water was freezing and after 10 minutes of searching, people began to surrender hope.

“People were coming out of the water and had stopped searching,” Mark said. He remained in the water and turned to his faith. He knelt in the water and asked God for help.

“At that moment, it was a perfect moment of clarity,” said Mark, a seminary teacher for the Mormon church. “I knew exactly where she was, and I knew everything was going to be OK.” Mark tried to climb up to two trees pinned to a ravine and failed. Then he tried to climb around the ravine and crawl down to the trees.

“I reach down and I feel her,” he said. “Frozen.”

Instead of yanking her out, Mark pushed on the tree trunk to dislodge her body and handed her to Eric Zender.

About 30 people were hiking the creek that day. Of all the

EFR offers safety tips for swimming Eastside Fire & Rescue issued a list of safety tips for people when swimming this summer. ❑ When possible, swim where lifeguards are present. Children in or near water must have an adult supervising. This adult must be sober, attentive and know how to rescue someone. ❑ Stay within designated swimming areas.

Swimming beyond designated areas in lakes and rivers is a factor in drowning deaths of teenagers and adults in Washington. ❑ Be cautious of sudden drop-offs. Rivers are constantly moving and they can carve new channels, topple trees into the river and create new drop-offs. ❑ Rivers and lakes may remain cold all summer even if they feel warm on the surface. It’s hard to swim in cold water. Hypothermia can set in quickly. ❑ Know your limits and your abilities. Stop before you’re too tired. ❑ Weather can change quickly. Check forecasts and be ready for bad weather. people, Mark had handed the girl to an off-duty Shoreline firefighter.

“The guy he hands her to is trained in CPR,” said Mark’s

❑ Set limits with your children: when they can go in the water, where they can go, what they should have with them and who needs to be there. Just because they are with a group of friends does not mean they can rescue each other if someone gets in trouble. ❑ A new ruling requires any swimmer, boater or floater on major rivers in unincorporated King County to wear a life jacket or receive a potential $86 fine.

Since the ordinance became effective July 1, sheriff’s deputies have issued more than 100 written warnings but no fines.

“This tells me the program is working,” Sheriff Sue Rahr said in a press release. “Since we haven’t found any repeat offenders, the education process seems to be sinking in. That’s our goal.”

Get drowning prevention information at www.cdc.gov. Click on “Injury, Violence and Safety” and then look for the section “Safety On The Go & At Play.”

Get information about water safety in King County at www.kingcounty.gov. Click on “Recreation, leisure.”

wife, Rachel. “It’s just amazing.”

Zender had been in emergency management since 1995.

He said he has never been in a situation where he had to rescue

someone on an off-duty day.

“Even in EMS we don’t see this that much on duty,” said See RESCUE, Page 7

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Origami cranes are a grand adventure for library

Obituary Laurel Welling

The cranes sit in the box strung together with fishing line, making it difficult to leave with one.

“We try to encourage them to build one for the library program,” Kahle said.

So far, the library has about

200 cranes, but will continue accepting and making cranes until they reach 1,000 or beyond.

“We have a good start,” Lynch said. “But we need a lot more. It is great to see library patrons of all ages learn how to make them and be proud of their completed origami.

Kahle is pretty proud of herself. She said she can build one in 3 minutes 30 seconds. She lied. She built one in 2 minutes and 18 seconds.

“Oh my gosh!” she said.

“That’s got to be a record.”

Not quite. The Guinness Book of World Records shows that in 2010, Japan’s Yoneyama Yuichi built 13 in five minutes.

According to Japanese lore, building 1,000 cranes makes a person’s wish come true.

Cranes represent good luck, prosperity and peace, and often wedding presents.

Record or not, Kahle said she feels pretty optimistic about making it to 1,000.

“Give us about a week or two and we’ll have them all done,” she said.

Zender had almost declined an invitation to hike at the creek that day, but decided to join his wife at the last minute.

“It’s pretty amazing,” Zender said.

And Mark was supposed to have arrived two hours later than he did.

“Obviously there was a reason for us to be there,” Mark said.

Rachel said that included the girl.

“She was sort of used as kind of a neat lesson for a lot of other people,” she said.

“The fact that she has recovered completely with no side effects at all and that she was discharged a week later almost to the hour, it’s a miracle.”

That night, Zender said he felt anxious.

“I had no idea if she was going to survive the event or what the outcome was going to be,” he said.

That night, Mark said a prayer of thanks — for both the girl being safe and for Zender having been there.

“To be part of that whole thing and for it to have turned out as positively as it did, it’s a blessing,” Mark said.

By Sebastian Moraga

Laurel Welling passed away peacefully July 25 at Overlake Hospital with family and friends by her side after a long illness. She was 82 years old.

Laurel was born in Hazen, N.D., on April 12, 1929, to Casper and Jessie Halverson. They moved to the Snoqualmie Valley in 1936.

She graduated from Mount Si High School in 1947 and married Don Welling that same year. They had six children together.

In the early 1970s, she went to nursing school and became a licensed practical nurse. At the age of 50, she returned to school to become a registered nurse. In her spare time, she served as a volunteer with Eastside Literacy.

Laurel enjoyed reading, photography, jigsaw and crossword puzzles, garage sales and going to the ocean with her family.

She is preceded in death by her parents, her sister Leona Gervais and her son Ricky Welling.

She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law Wayne and Margit Halverson, of North Bend; four daughters, Kathi Osborn, of North Bend, Donna Welling, of Snoqualmie, Susan Graves, (John), of Snoqualmie and Heidi Welling, of Snoqualmie; son Mike Welling (Sandy), of Renton; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She loved them all.

She was the center and lifeblood of our family and will be greatly missed.

A memorial service is scheduled for Aug. 27 at 3 p.m. at North Bend Community Church.

In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to At Risk Youth charities or your favorite charity.

The Snoqualmie branch of the King County Library System is on a grand adventure. Grand as in 1,000.

Staff at the library wants to build 1,000 origami cranes.

“Other libraries, churches and schools have done similar programs,” said Sarah Lynch, the teen services librarian for Snoqualmie, Fall City and North Bend. “And I was inspired by the beauty of their finished products.”

The finished product will hang from the rafters of the teen section of the library. Staff members want patrons to get in on the crane-making, too. The library offers paper and instructions on how to make a crane.

“Just this afternoon, I taught two little boys how to fold cranes,” Carrie Kahle, library assistant, said. “They were excited because their grandmother does origami. They were happy to go fold with her.”

When they first see the box of cranes, Kahle said, most patrons think they can take one home.

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By Dan Catchpole

the cockpit,” Perkins-Mallory said. “You brace yourself, and think, ‘OK, this is it. I hope everything works OK.’” The boat landed upside down in the water. The cockpit filled with water, as it is designed to do to make it easier to open the hatch.

Perkins-Mallory realized her air mask was leaking, so she had to keep a hand on the mask. She couldn’t open the hatch with only one free hand.

She collected herself and decided to wait for the rescue divers. It took the divers 75 seconds to pull her out of the boat.

“They did a great job,” she said.

Her boat, the UL-72 Foster Care, is banged up, but the damage isn’t as bad as that caused by the fire earlier in the season.

“We’re getting to be pros at fixing this,” Perkins-Mallory said.

It has been a tough year for hydroplane racers Kayleigh Perkins-Mallory and Brian Perkins.

The latest bout of bad luck for the North Bend residents came last weekend at SeaFair on Lake Washington. Perkins-Mallory’s boat flipped during the final heat for unlimited light hydroplanes. Rescue divers quickly pulled her out; she escaped without a scratch.

During the final heat for unlimited hydroplanes, Perkins’ boat lost its propeller, leaving him dead in the water.

The siblings have already had to rebuild their boats this season.

Perkins-Mallory’s boat burst into flames during a practice run on Lake Washington in May. Perkins crashed into another boat during the Madison Regatta Lost prop stops Perkins in Wisconsin in early July.

Her older brother Brian Hydroplane racing is a sport that can have Perkins advanced to fatal consethe final heat quences. Two “I didn’t think it was real Aug. 7 after hydroplane until I saw the water coming roaring back drivers have to win the last died in races at the cockpit. You brace qualifying this season. yourself, and think, ‘OK, this heat by a few But neither sibling is letis it. I hope everything works feet.

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Hydroplane racer Lee Appliance “There’s was cut off in always somethe first lap of thing else that the final, though, and had setcan happen,” Perkins-Mallory tled in for a fourth-place finish, said. when his boat’s propeller came This season has been frustratloose. ing for the 23-year-old driver, Despite his boat’s jet turbine who burst onto the hydroplane engine, he was dead in the water racing circuit in 2007. She finwithout a propeller. ished first overall the next two “It can happen to anybody at years and in second place last anytime,” Perkins said. season.

He is still upbeat about his This year, she is currently in season, which was derailed by a fifth place.

“I’ve never experienced a year crash during the Madison like this before,” Perkins-Mallory Regatta.

“I feel like we’re finally back said. on track,” he said.

It is uncertain whether her His team had made some boat will be ready in time for improvements to the U-72 the Salmon Cup race on Lake going into SeaFair, and the Sammamish in October. improved power definitely The flip in the final heat at Seafair happened because she showed in the last qualifying wasn’t listening to the boat, heat.

Perkins-Mallory said.

Perkins will race at San Diego, “I was driving extremely Sept. 16-18, but the team curangry,” she said. rently has no sponsor for the Another racer had cut her off race. If no backer can be found, at the start, costing her precious he will have to race very conserseconds. Annoyed, she focused vatively. on one thing, catching the Sponsor or no sponsor, leader.

Perkins plans to race in Doha, Going around a turn, her Qatar, Nov. 17-19. boat caught a bit of wind — not much, but enough to send it cart-wheeling.

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The Snoqualmie Valley-Sno-Valley North Little League’s AAA All-Star Softball team earned second place at state last month.

The team began its first-ever trip to state with a 7-3 loss to Mill Creek before stringing three wins in a row, 12-2 against Evergreen, 8-4 against Auburn-Kent and 7-5 against Mill Creek in semifinals. They lost in the finals against Gig Harbor, 9-5.

The team of 10- and 11-year-olds had nine players from the Valley and one from the Carnation-Duvall area.

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Teachers’ union, school board cautiously optimistic on talks

By Sebastian Moraga With their contract expiring at the end of the month, the teachers’ union and the school district are maintaining their dialogue and their tempered optimism.

Dan Popp, president of the Snoqualmie Valley School Board, said that talks were progressing well, as far as he knew.

“The latest updates received indicate they‘ve got a schedule they’ve agreed to with the union leadership,” Popp said.

Union president Art Galloway struck a more cautious tone when assessing the talks so far.

“I don’t understand why it takes so long to come to a fair contract when bargaining started in early May,” he said.

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“Bellevue is the only one who has not settled. Most all of them who had provisions have settled them.”

At the same time, he said the timeline was pretty typical.

Galloway has bargained six times for a union contract.

When asked what the union was after, Galloway responded, “Same as always, a fair contract in comparison to other school districts.”

In 2008, the last time both sides had to agree on a contract, Galloway said district teachers’ pay was among the lowest in the Eastside.

Now, he said, the pay has increased some.

“We are still below Issaquah and Bellevue and Lake Washington and Mercer Island,”

a truck backing up in his driveway. Since it’s common for vehicles to use the driveway as a turnaround, the man said he did not worry. Then, the driver of the truck went to the rear of the vehicle and tried to hitch the man’s boat trailer to it. The man yelled at the suspect who spun his tires as he fled. The man described the suspect as a white male, between 5 feet, 6 inches and 5 feet, 8 inches tall, with black hair and a short black beard. The truck was a black Ford with a white canopy and the plate was similar to B8B962.

Stolen ATVs At 12:20 p.m. July 25, a man

“There would be some hard decisions to make if we didn’t have an agreement by the 23rd.”

— Art Galloway Union president he said, citing Tahoma and Riverview, Carnation and Duvall as some of the districts below the Snoqualmie Valley in teacher pay. Galloway also compared the district to others in its use of reserves.

“Their reserves are one of the highest of the Eastside, about 8 percent when most districts run close to 3 percent,” he said.

Those high reserves might help make up for the state-man-

reported the theft of his all-terrain vehicles. He kept them in the North Bend RV and Boat Storage, 43234 S.E. Mount Si Road, and had last checked on his trailer and his ATVs in December 2008. The owners of the storage lot said they did not move or impound the vehicles.

Police have no suspects. The storage lot now has a card reader but it used to have a keypad code to let people in and out.

Car theft At 6:05 a.m. July 13, police responded to a car theft in the 600 block of Riverside Drive Southeast. A woman had her granddaughter’s father’s car

dated 1.9 percent pay cut for teachers, Galloway said.

“Most of the surrounding teachers have negotiated either a furlough or the districts have made up the difference,” he said.

Popp agreed that the district has healthy reserves, but that alone is not reason enough to dive into them.

“We do not measure ourselves and our responsibilities based on what our neighbors may or may not be doing,” he said. “I would submit that most of our neighbors would prefer to have a higher reserve as well.”

A forum to discuss issues such as how the district’s fiscal health compares to nearby districts has been scheduled for 7 p.m. Aug. 16 at the Si View Community

parked behind her van on her driveway. She saw the car exit her driveway, and she said she and her husband just figured it was the girl’s father going to work.

Then, they saw that the father was sleeping in his room, and saw the van was missing.

The woman suspects her daughter stole the van. The car keys had been missing since the day her daughter last visited. Police called the daughter to ask her where the van was, and she hung up the phone.

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Lastly, Galloway said it was too early to tell whether the word “strike” would enter into the conversation.

“It’s up to the district if they want to come up to the table and have a collaborative process,” he said.

The union has a general membership meeting Aug. 23, at Mount Si High School. If no agreement exists by then, things might change, Galloway said.

“There would be some hard decisions to make if we didn’t have an agreement by the 23rd,” he said.

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Snoqualmie’s Railroad Days have something for everyone Railroad Days schedule of events Friday Aug. 19 ❑ Train rides: 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ❑ Eagles beer garden: 5-9 p.m. ❑ Food booths 5-9 p.m. ❑ Main Stage: 6-9 p.m.

Saturday Aug. 20

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By Sebastian Moraga What was once a fundraiser for a fire truck is now the main summer event of Snoqualmie.

What was once a small party now takes 12 months to plan.

Welcome to Railroad Days.

The big party on Railroad Avenue returns Aug. 19-21, with three days of entertainment pouring into the city’s downtown.

The event, named after the city’s history as a railroad-and-logging

town, received a facelift of sorts this year. It now has a revamped website and a new logo with the name of the event across the front of a train’s engine.

The festival has added a wine garden to its schedule this year, and lured the third annual Plein Air Paint Out to its fold.

Last year, the Plein Air Paint Out occurred a week after Railroad Days.

“We’re very excited to have artists from all over to come and paint throughout the Valley,”

said Sue Van Gerpen, marketing manager for the Northwest Railway Museum, organizer of the festival.

The Snoqualmie Eagles will host a beer garden. Train rides will be available all three days of the festival.

People should not worry about the combination of beer, wine and moving trains, Van Gerpen said.

“The train always runs back and forth and the other two things are far enough away from it,” she said. “They have to

❑ Pancake breakfast: 7-11 a.m. ❑ Fun Run: 7-11 a.m. ❑ Eagles beer garden: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. ❑ Food and vendor booths: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. ❑ UNW Model Railroad Club N-Trak Layout: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. ❑ Train rides: 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ❑ Grand Parade: 11 a.m. to noon ❑ BNSF railway display: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. ❑ Main Stage: noon to 10 p.m. ❑ Free wagon rides: noon to 2 p.m. ❑ Kids’ inflatable fun: noon to 5 p.m. ❑ Children’s stage: noon to 3:30 p.m. ❑ Railroad demos: 12:15 to 3:15 p.m.

Sunday Aug. 21 On the Web ❑ Northwest Train Museum: www.trainmuseum.org ❑ Railroad Days: www.railroaddays.com be fenced, you have to stay in there, you have to be carded to get in there.”

Besides, the trains won’t ride past 5 p.m., she said.

Attractions will include model trains, inflatable toys, clowns, face-painting, motor car rides, and the Banana

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Other crowd-pleasers include vendors, nonprofit booths, musicians and a Fun Run, a pancake breakfast, a 200vehicle car show and the grand parade.

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“Hope the weather is nice,” Dave said. Average temperature for Aug. 20 in Snoqualmie is 75 degrees and the forecast is looking good.

The children’s Fun Run starts Saturday at 8:45 a.m.

The adults’ run starts at 9 a.m.

The 73-year-old festival has become a celebration of the town and its history, Van Gerpen said.

In a way it’s become the equivalent of what Seafair is to Seattle, Gerpen added.

For many it’s become a tradition to come to the Valley the third weekend in August.

“Because it’s set in this beautiful valley, people like to come here,” she said.

“You can walk the town, see everything and a lot of this event is free.”

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Plein Air to join Railroad Days

By Sebastian Moraga This year’s Railroad Days will include an event that has traveled solo for the past two years.

The Snoqualmie Plein Air Paint Out, which gathers artists from the Valley and beyond to paint outdoors, will occur Aug. 20, a week earlier than last year.

Plein Air is French for “open air.”

“We decided to combine with Railroad Days to take advantage of the crowd for our artists,” said Jeff Waters, who runs Plein Air Paint Out for the Snoqualmie Arts Commission.

Artists choose a subject in Snoqualmie and begin the painting the day of the event, a press release from the city of Snoqualmie stated. Artists can’t start a piece prior to the event.

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“The only requirement is that painters be actively working onsite and not solely selling their artwork,” Joan Pliego, the city’s communication coordinator, said in the release.

The winning artwork will appear in the Plein Air Paint Out poster for 2012. The commission will announce the winner at 3 p.m. at Snoqualmie’s Black Dog Cafe.

Reception is open to the public.

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Hydroelectric project on North Fork faces diverse opposition

By Dan Catchpole Thom Fischer wants to tap into the Snoqualmie River’s power.

He is the president of Tollhouse Energy, which develops hydroelectric projects. The Bellingham-based company wants to build the Black Canyon hydroelectric project on the river’s North Fork, near Ernie’s Grove.

But conservation groups and the Snoqualmie Tribe have asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to deny the company’s application for a preliminary permit. The company needs the permit to begin studying the project in detail. Several other parties have filed with the regulatory commission to weigh in on the application.

Conservationists and the tribe say the project would hurt the local environment, is unnecessary and would be sited on protected land.

Fischer said he is confident Tollhouse Energy can work with Black Canyon’s critics to find middle ground.

“What they fear is the unknown. I think they’ll want to work with us once they understand our position,” he said.

The Black Canyon project will affect the local environment, but the extent of any negative impact won’t be clear until studies are finished, Fischer said.

“You don’t really know all the changes until you study it,” he said.

Tollhouse Energy can begin a battery of studies that will take about three years to finish if its preliminary permit application is approved by the regulatory commission.

It applied in March.

The commission isn’t required to take action in any particular amount of time, regulatory commission spokesman Craig Cano said. But a review of pending preliminary permits on the commission’s website indicates that most applications are denied or approved within a few months.

Not a traditional dam Black Canyon would not include a traditional dam, but would require a structure built across the river. The structure would have an inflatable dam for when water levels are low.

“We’re not looking to build big dams like in the past,” Fischer said.

It would be a run-of-river project,

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meaning water would be diverted from the main flow, run through turbines to generate energy and then be returned to the stream downriver.

The hydroelectric plant operated at Snoqualmie Falls by Puget Sound Energy is also run-of-river. Its water intake does slightly raise the river’s level, but it is entirely below water.

The project’s underground pipe would run for more than a mile to a powerhouse northeast of Ernie’s Grove. To access the powerhouse, a logging road would have to be extended by about three-quarters of a mile. To connect to the power grid, a 4.2mile transmission line would have to be built.

Black Canyon would produce about 10.2 megawatts of power annually.

The project is necessary to keep up with the area’s growing demand, Fischer said.

Tollhouse Energy is happy to work with groups — even critics — that want to be involved in the project, he said.

Critics question cost and benefit Plenty of groups and property owners want to weigh in on the permit application for a variety of reasons. The main opposition to the project comes from two groups of conservation and outdoor recreation organizations, and the Snoqualmie Tribe.

Critics say the project is unnecessary and offers only limited benefits for high environmental costs.

Much of the state’s growing energy needs could be met by conservation, according to Rich Bowers, the regional coordinator for the Hydropower Reform Coalition, which asked the regulatory commission to deny Tollhouse Energy’s application.

More energy could be drawn from existing dams not being used for hydroelectric generation. A 2007 Washington State Resource Assessment Report found that nearly 250 dams either do not produce electricity or are not operating at peak production. Using those dams could create as much as 2,500 megawatts, according to the report.

Washington state already gets more than 60 percent of its energy from hydroSee DAM, Page 24

Snoqualmie Valley Business Yearbook

From left, John, Tyler, Chris, Ben E, Zach, Sarah, Natasha, Kory, Ben J, Liam, Jeremy

Frankie’s Pizza was started back in 1988 by a couple guys who believed great pizza and great timely delivery service could go hand in hand. We go the extra mile to ensure that our products are of the highest quality available; we use 100% fresh ingredients. Frankie’s has been voted “Best Pizza” seven times by readers of the Snoqualmie Record.

www.frankies-pizza.com 425.888.4477 249 Main Ave S, North Bend

Meet the stars of the SnoValley Star staff! From left, advertising rep Michelle Comeau, managing editor Kathleen Merrill, editor Dan Catchpole, advertising manager Jill Green and reporter Sebastian Moraga. Working with these five are a whole contingent of designers, sales staff and reporters who help to bring an award-winning newspaper to the mailboxes of every resident and business in Snoqualmie and North Bend each week.

425-392-6434 www.snovalleystar.com

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From left to right - Carleen Doneen, Cheryl Paquette, Olivia Cortez, Will Hart, Rubin Cortez, Trudie Glenn, Laura Loresch.

Beginning over 60 years ago as a humble berry field, Remlinger Farms has grown into a 200acre fun and historic attraction. The farm still offers the U-pick Fields and Farm Market, adding a Family Fun Park, Railway Café, Educational Tours, Private Parties and Corporate Events. The farm annually hosts more than 200,000 visitors from around the world. The third generation of the Remlinger family is currently operating Remlinger Farms with their three young boys, but the mark the first two generations made will forever set the stage for the farm.

32610 NE 32nd Street Carnation, Washington 98014 (425) 333-4135 info@remlingerfarms.com www.remlingerfarms.com

Ron Davis and Leslie Cranwill For an extra-special “out of the box” experience Snoqualmie Ridge Storage can’t be beat!

Snoqualmie Ridge Storage is your “One-Stop Shop” for Storage, U-Haul trucks, trailers, vans, moving supplies & UPS shipping/receiving. We’re fully equipped to handle all your residential and commercial needs with over 25 storage sizes, state of the art security and “Five Star” service.

We can help simplify your move. Let our expert managers Leslie and Ron help you decide what size storage unit best suits your needs. Call us today about our move-in specials!

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From left, Colin Barber and Wife Melanie Barber

Back row from left, Jennifer, Dr. Bailey, Kris, Laura E. Front row, from left, Stephanie, Tami, Laura B.

Dr. Bailey encompasses a 20 year Valley tradition of dental care, comfort and excellence.

With over 500 hours of continuing education Dr. Bailey and his dental care team have dedicated their professional careers to providing the best dentistry has to offer. With the newest dental techniques and approaches integrating preventative, cosmetic, and implant dentistry the dental team at Alpine Dental Care will provide you with personalized, comfortable, state of the art dentistry.

Thanks to our clients, Edward Jones Investments has served historic Snoqualmie for 11 years. Colin Barber, the current Financial Advisor, lives in downtown Snoqualmie with his wife Melanie (violin instructor), but has worked all over the world and most recently at Edward Jones’ Headquarters. Whether investing for retirement, education, insurance, or tax savings, I believe its my responsibility to understand your unique financial needs. Come say hi, or call to schedule a complimentary 401k/portfolio analysis.

Colin Barber, Financial Advisor 8150 Railroad Avenue SE Suite A Snoqualmie, WA 98065 Phone # 425-831-5026 Colin.Barber@edwardjones.com www.edwardjones.com

505 NW Eight Street North Bend 425-888-2431

From left, Yusef, Michelle, Mike, Max, Leesa From left, John, Adam, Jeri, Bob, Dirk, Gudjon, Todd, Noah, Gregg

Chaplins North Bend Chevrolet offers full-service vehicle repair for all makes and models.

Our technicians are factory trained ASE certified and use the latest technology. We specialize in everything from warranty to maintenance and full repairs. We pride ourselves on providing excellent workmanship at a fair and competitive price. Our goal is to provide the best in customer service for all of our customers.

CHAPLINS SERVICE & PARTS DEPARTMENT

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Chaplins North Bend Chevrolet is a family-owned, hometown business with a commitment to customer service and satisfaction. Our goal is to provide the highest level of service for our customers. We pride ourselves on ensuring you are a satisfied customer in all of our departments so you can truly say dealing with Chaplins was a fun car buying experience.

Stop by our dealership in downtown North Bend or shop online at chevyoutlet.com from the privacy and comfort of your own home.

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In the middle, Cynthia Golpe, Proprietress

MyCakes is the premier cake, pastry, and catering destination within the Snoqualmie Valley. World-renowned cake decorator Cynthia Golpe creates some of the most amazing and delectable specialty items available on Seattle’s Eastside. MyCakes offers a large variety of scrumptious cake flavors and fillings, beautiful designs, and incredible detail. Specializing in beautiful custom and creative cakes, Cynthia has made cakes and cupcakes for many different celebrations, including weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, showers, graduations and corporate events. www.mycakes.biz info@mycakes.biz Phone 425.292.0674 Mobile 425.281.5211 Fax 425.936.7329

Fall City Roadhouse has graced this corner of highway since 1916. In 1990, the exterior of the Colonial Inn was the image used on set of the Peabody and Golden Globe winning series Twin Peaks. Thoughtfully restored in 2008, the Fall City Roadhouse is now proud to offer our guests homecooked meals made from fresh, local ingredients and just the right blend of culinary innovation, time-honored tradition and historic Americana.

4200 Preston-Fall City Rd SE www.fcroadhouse.com 425-222-4800 OPEN 7 DAYS For Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner

Back left to right, Wendy, Sherry Front, Suzanne, Jessie, Shandra, Marcy Not shown, Brooke, Heather & Megan

Destiny by Design is the only full-service salon in the Valley, and we are proud to have served the community for 20 years. We are a certified Dermalogica Spa and we offer a wide selection of services, including hair services, nails, coloring, body treatments, massage, skincare, makeup and tanning. We also offer feathered and colored hair extensions. Let our staff create a day of pampering for you — we’ll make you look good from head to toe!

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Bellevue ENT Clinic provides care, both medical and surgical, of the ears, nose, throat and related structures of the head and neck. We also offer full service allergy evaluation and treatment as well as diagnostic hearing tests and hearing aid dispensing by our doctors of audiology and certified audiologists. We have been operating in Bellevue for over 40 years and we specialize in both pediatric and adult ENT. We strive to provide high quality, compassionate care.

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Top left: Ryan, Dan, Jacob, Paul, Jayme, Alan, Bill, Rob, Dylan Front left: Lauren, Kathy, Gordon, Carlos, Francisco

(425) 454-3938 www.bellevueent.com

Sodaworks has built a reputation since 1994 as the premiere provider in soda blasting services throughout the northwest. Our longevity, stellar service, and current tools/products put us far above our competition. Our blasting experience includes: Graffiti Removal; Property Management; Automotive/Building Restoration; Anilox Roll Cleaning; Aerospace; Hydroelectric; Food Processing; Industrial/Residential; Marine; Government/Military; Religious Organizations. SodaWorks’ staff will keep your business or residence looking it’s very best!

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From left, Loren, Conor, Nicole, Steve, Gwen, Lisa, Rob, James, Justin, Terry, Scott, Dean

At Tanner Electric, we’re deeply committed to the communities we serve. Our members can rest assured that we have a vested interest in our community because not only do we work here, we live here. Our employees are your friends, neighbors and family. Electric cooperatives were begun by the people, for the people, and we owe our very existence to this spirit of community. As a locally-owned, non-profit cooperative, we have your interests in mind.

45710 SE North Bend Way North Bend, WA 98045

Phone: (425) 888-0623 Fax: (425) 888-5688 www.tannerelectric.coop/contact.html

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From left, Robin Stansberry, Robbie De Los Angles, Judy Harder, Brian De Los Angles, Nate Smith, Dan Zackuse, Jennifer Davis, Mike McNair. Vicki Applebee, Lindsay Tucker, Clay Burley (not pictured) Staci Moses, Wayne Moses, Jolene Williams, Vanessa Ando, Rebecca Bastian, Ken Eddy

The Snoqualmie Tribe is pleased to announce the opening of its newest commercial enterprise – The Snoqualmie Tobacco and Liquor Company.

We offer a wide variety of quality Tobacco and Liquor products in a convenient location on the reservation. We are just off of I-90 on Exit 27 next to the Casino on North Bend Way. Don’t forget to ask Mike about his weekly Manager’s special.

Open Seven Days a Week 7am – 10pm... Sundays Too!

Store Hours: Open 7 Days a week 7am - 10pm Daily 37500 SE North Bend Way Snoqualmie, WA 98065 (425) 888-3071

From Left, Sarah Fowler, Ana Hernandez, Marika Higgens, Meghan Brady, Amanda Arnold, Colette Kraden, Nancy Verastegui, Aly Spence, Lauren Howell, Zoriana Strug, Rene Howell Not pictured: Sheri Griffin and Elyssa Nourigat

Acacia Salon provides a full range of professional salon services for today’s family, allowing you to step away from your busy life and enjoy a moment of peace, all at nearby Snoqualmie Ridge. Our philosophy is to create an environment where you can relax, put your trust in our skilled designers and leave feeling like we’ve really made a difference in your appearance.

While enjoying your service, you’ll feel pampered and completely taken care of!

A FULL SERVICE SALON

7721 Center Blvd SE, Snoqualmie 425-396-7036 www.acaciahairsalon.com

Left to right, Traci Hiegel, M.D., Meghan Wilkins, Annie Piñeyro, A.R.N.P., Jennifer Brown, Bonnie Raymond, David Hildebrand, M.D., Nicole Arwine, Hannah Helm, Zoë Shih, A.R.N.P., Laura Orta

Since 1989 Cascade Pediatrics has been providing unparalleled quality care for Issaquah and the surrounding areas. Founded and owned by practicing physician Dr. David Hildebrand and in partnership with Dr. Traci Hiegel, Cascade Pediatrics has grown exponentially over the years and now includes nurse practitioners Zoë Shih and Annie Piñeyro. Our mission at Cascade Pediatrics is to provide high quality medical care to the community that we work in, live in and love.

425-369-0808 Cascadepeds.com 22526 SE 64th Place, Suite 120, Issaquah, WA 98027

From left, LaNette McIntosh, office manager; Jenny Lee, D.D.S.; Jenny Dawson, dental assistant; Cody Mast, D.M.D., Ceci Pantoja, dental assistant.

At Snoqualmie Valley Kids Dentist (located on Snoqualmie Ridge), Drs. Cody Mast and Jenny Lee believe every child should be treated the way we’d like our own children treated. It’s our goal to implement the highest standard of care at every patient encounter, whether it’s a child’s first visit or a teenager who is headed off to college. This treatment approach is fundamental to maintaining exceptional life-long oral health. Kids are special, unique, smart, fun, honest and creative. And you know what – we like to think we are too!

34929 SE Ridge St., #220, Snoqualmie 425-396-1011 www.snoqualmievalleykidsdentist.com

From left, Kathy White, Juliana Blanks, Lacey Potoshnik, Liz Hallberg, Jona Sharpe, Maggie Whitaker From left: Tiffany Rustad, Cheri Magnuson, Ken Rustad, Julia Jaspen

Ken Rustad has been serving the Valley’s insurance needs since 1989. Ken has built his agency on the principles of integrity and personal service. As a Valley resident he enjoys working with his neighbors and values the relationships he has with multiple generations of local families. Ken’s State Farm Insurance Agency offers Auto, Fire, Business and Life insurance. Stop in anytime and he’ll be glad to help you assess your personal insurance needs and make sure you are taken care of.

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Insurance Agency, Inc

Ken Rustad - Agent 425-888-0421 Fax: 425-831-6392 204 Ballarat Avenue N., P.O. Box 1210 North Bend, WA 98045 www.KenRustad.com ken.rustad.CHID@statefarm.com

Down to Earth Flowers and Gifts is excited to be celebrating its 10th year in business. We are grateful to all our wonderful, supportive customers who made this possible.

Whether your style is traditional, garden or contemporary, our five creative designers are sure to please you with the latest trends in floral design. To ensure you a quality product, we purchase flowers five days a week. To complete that special gift, Down to Earth also offers a unique selection of cards, plants, chocolates, teas, soaps, and local art, to name a few.

8096 Railroad Ave SE Snoqualmie

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Front row from left, Cynthia, Mitch, Keather, Back row from left, Yanis and Brian

Leathers is the largest full line home furnishing showroom east of Bellevue. After the big flood of 2009 we moved to our amazing new 35,000 square ft. showroom in Pickering Place.

The former Linens n Things building is now chock full of more then beautiful leather furniture.

We have expanded to the hottest looks in upholstered family room furniture, dining and bedroom. Now your new resource for hand made rugs, Amish furniture, Stressless Chairs, and the incredible woodwork of Theodore Alexander. Below the prices of the big upper end box stores like Restoration Hardware, Pottery Barn, with unmatched customer service, talented designers and a sense of humor. The New Leathers has it all, every room, every budget. Treat yourself and your home to the environment you always wanted, right here in Issaquah!

Cindy Everson The Butters family was in the lumber business for over 100 years, first in Vermont, then here in the Snoqualmie Valley. The Butters shake and shingle mill in North Bend closed in 1986 and the family opened the Ole Cedar Mill Mini Storage in 1989,making it the first mini storage facility serving the Upper Snoqualmie Valley. Ole Cedar Mill Mini Storage is still family owned by Tom and Nancy (Butters) Thornton and is managed by their daughter, Cindy Everson. Come in and experience that friendly, down home service you’d expect from people who have been a part of our community for all their lives.

1475 11th Avenue NW Issaquah, WA 98027 425-392-7632 www.leathersgallery.com

(425) 888-0001 Family Owned & Operated Since 1989

44800 SE North Bend Way, North Bend

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From left, Mary Michalak, Kevin Hauglie, Lisa Brasel, Svea Lein, Elizabeth Gildersleeve, Angela Donaldson, Laurie Hauglie and Steve Rackets

The Kevin Hauglie Insurance Agency has available a full range of asset protection and asset growth products. It is of our highest integrity standard that we educate you, as a client and friend, of those offerings so that you may be more informed and make wiser decisions for your family and business. Stop by one of our convenient locations in Fall City, Snoqualmie and Duvall for all of your personal and professional insurance needs.

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From left, Matt and Cherene, Founders • Comprehensive yoga curriculum offering beginning, intermediate, advanced studies, and teacher training • Breath and meditation instruction • Therapeutic yoga • Registered school with Yoga Alliance • Thirty years teaching experience • Founders and Directors are certified teachers at the 5000 hour level • Owners have studied/practiced yoga for decades with the foremost yogis in the U.S.A. and apprenticed for 10 years with one of the most advanced yogis in the world • Owners are the teachers of teachers Customized experience for students

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Red Oak – We are an active adult and customized assisted living care offered in a smaller more personable community at the foot of Mount Si. Our caring staff insures our residents’ comfort and happiness. We offer a smaller, more personal retirement community adjacent to both thriving community activities and a tranquil parkland. Our location provides serenity and ease of access. Real life – Real Fun – Real living. Day and night, our staff is “on duty” to assure 24-hour security and prompt response in case of emergency.

We care about your quality of life.

Voted Best in Snoqualmie Valley 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010!

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Our mission is to partner with our patients to provide the most advanced care in the Northwest for facial rejuvenation. Together, with our patients we formulate a comprehensive plan for facial rejuvenation depending on your needs and desires to achieve a natural appearance. Our board certified surgeons provide these services in a safe and discreet setting from our offices in Bellevue and Issaquah.

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From left, Joe Fleming, Justin Fleming

Joe Fleming, Owner of Transmissions Plus Inc. has been a Snoqualmie Valley resident since 1973. He’s been working on transmissions for over 30 years and has been in his current location for 15 years. TRANSMISSIONS PLUS INC. guarantees to evaluate transmission repair needs in an honest and expert method. Joe and his team pull out all of the stops to provide efficient and courteous drivetrain & exhaust repair service to everyone visiting the shop. They value the relationships they have with their customers here in the Valley and look forward to serving your drivetrain needs.

Jerry and Aimee Sherrill

YOUR LOCAL FLOWER FARM!! U-Cut gardens open Labor Day Weekend !! Bring the kids for a fun family outing !! Laurens’ Snack Wagon will be full of snacks and cold juices for the kids.

See our dahlias in bloom and shop for tubers you’d like to grow in your own garden. 1 mile down Mt. Si Road in North Bend. Follow the signs. U-Cut price $ 10.00 per dozen stems.

Hours: Saturdays-Sundays 10:00 am – 5:00 pm in September.

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(425) 888-2155 www.DahliaBarn.com

From left, Sanh Ly, Nancy Cindric, Bronwyn McHardy-Welch, Betty Berg, Sue Jensen and Kelly Jensen

Opening September 1st, there will be a Mathnasium close to home!

A mathnasium membership helps your child in both academic and daily life, on standardized tests, and beyond to an unlimited future. We improve each student’s focus and understanding to build the skills and self-confidence necessary for a lifetime of success!

Better grades are just the beginning. Discover how a better understanding of math can open new doors! Whether a student is advanced at Mathematics, or struggling with it, Mathnasium can aid success through customized programs tailored to the student’s specific needs.

Over the past fifteen years, Plateau Jewelers has earned a reputation for brilliant craftsmanship in fine jewelry and outstanding customer service. Our graduate gemologist, experienced designers, and master craftsmen create premier custom designs. What’s more, we create this fine-crafted jewelry right in our store using the latest technology.

To serve you better we are remodeling our store. During construction you can find us three doors down from our normal location. So if you are looking for beautiful jewelry, and want to build a relationship with a professional jeweler, stop by this gem of a jewelry store. We are conveniently located on the Sammamish Plateau in the Pine Lake Plaza.

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The whole Riverdog Pack

Our mission is to unleash a new capacity for learning and communication between each dog and owner that strengthens the bonds of commitment and understanding between themselves, their families, and their community.

We’ve trained and cared for thousands of dogs — in Issaquah, Snoqualmie and the greater Seattle area with unique, practical curriculum based on positive rewards and clear communication. Whether your dog needs training, more exercise, behavior modification, or simply a decent bath, our award-winning staff is completely focused on helping almost any dog become a better, more enjoyable family pet. Come see us! Initial behavior consultations are always complimentary.

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From left, Vince, Rose & Gail

We’re not your average sub shop!

Spicoli is a cool place to get a great sandwich, hang out and reminisce about movie quotes.

See if you can figure out what movie the quote came from. Sit back and watch the sports channel or bring in your computer and connect to the Wi-Fi. We want you to have a good time, laugh and enjoy a great meal.

7823 Center Blvd SE, Snoqualmie, WA 98065

425.888.7827

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Snoqualmie City Council considers public input on proposed annexation

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The property is owned by the Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Development Co. and

Snoqualmie Mill Ventures.

Steve Rimmer owns Snoqualmie Mill Ventures and DirtFish.

The agreement, which the council has not approved, requires DirtFish to conduct a sensitive areas study within 30 days of annexation and to address any issues found by the study.

The agreement also exempts the property owners and DirtFish from policies in the city’s Comprehensive Plan that require flooding and environmental mitigation work specific to the mill site.

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Snoqualmie City Council is continuing to collect input about the proposed Weyerhaeuser mill annexation.

Proponents and opponents spoke up at a public hearing held by the council Aug. 8.

Critics raised questions about the land’s environmental legacy, its affect on flooding, and the impact of potential future development on the site and neighbors’ quality of life.

Supporters said the mill site’s current occupants, DirtFish Rally School, are bringing business and notoriety to Snoqualmie.

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Public meetings ❑ North Bend Planning Commission, 7 p.m. Aug. 11, 211 Main Ave. N. ❑ Snoqualmie Public Works Committee, 5 p.m. Aug. 15, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ Snoqualmie Planning and Parks Committee, 6 p.m. Aug. 15, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ Snoqualmie Planning Commission, 7 p.m. Aug. 15, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ Snoqualmie Parks Board, 7 p.m. Aug. 15, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ North Bend City Council, 7 p.m. Aug. 16, 411 Main Ave. N. ❑ North Bend Community and Economic Development Committee, 1:45 p.m. Aug. 16, 126 E. Fourth St. ❑ North Bend Transportation and Public Works Committee, 3:45 p.m.

Aug. 17, 1155 E. North Bend Way ❑ Si View Metro Park District Board of Commissioners, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 17, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend ❑ North Bend Economic Development Commission, 8 a.m. Aug. 18, 126 E. Fourth St. ❑ North Bend public hearing: ULID No. 6 final assessment roll, 4 p.m. Aug. 18, 411 Main Ave. N. Snoqualmie Valley School Board and budget public hearing, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 18, 8001 Silva Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie

Events ❑ Snoqualmie Falls Forest Theater presents “Brigadoon,” various times until Aug. 28, 36800 David Powell Road, Fall City. Show times: 2 and 7 p.m. on Saturdays, and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets: $18 ($16 senior/students, $8 for children ages 6-12). Buy tickets and dinner reservations online at www.foresttheater.org. ❑ North Bend Farmers Market and Summer Concert Series, 4-8 p.m. Aug. 11, Si View Park, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive. See a performance by True Romans at 5:30 p.m. ❑ Family Fun Nights at the Park, 5:30 p.m. Aug. 11, Snoqualmie Community Park, 35016 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie. Games and events for all ages 3-12. Bring a picnic. ❑ Books and bites for teens, 7 p.m. Aug. 11, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie ❑ Greg Williamson Trio with Alexey Nikolaev, 7 p.m. Aug. 11, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ Chris Symer Trio, 7 p.m.

Aug. 12, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ John White, 8 p.m. Aug. 12, The Black Dog, 8062

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It’s tough to pack more fun into the weekend of Aug. 12-14.

North Bend is hosting the Festival at Mount Si, Sound to Mountains BikeFest and Tour de Peaks. The festival features live music, food, games and more at Si View Community Park, 400 Orchard Drive N., North Bend. BikeFest is from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Aug. 13, Bybee Nims Blueberry Farm, 9115 432nd Ave. S.E., North Bend. Tour de Peaks features 25-, 50- and 100-mile races that get under way after 9 a.m. Aug. 14, and finish at Si View Community Park, 400 Orchard Drive N., North Bend.

Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie.

All ages welcome. ❑ Festival at Mount Si, Aug. 12-14, Si View Community Park, 400 Orchard Drive N., North Bend. Live music, food, games and more. ❑ Sound to Mountains BikeFest, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Aug. 13, Bybee Nims Blueberry Farm, 9115 432nd Ave. S.E., North Bend. Hosted by Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust. ❑ Tour de Peaks, 9 a.m. Aug. 14, Si View Community Park, 400 Orchard Drive N., North Bend. Check out and cheer on cyclists competing in 25-, 50and 100-mile races. ❑ Janette West Band, 7 p.m.

Aug. 13, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ Tiny and Friends, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 13, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie. All ages welcome. ❑ Danny Kolke Trio, 7 p.m.

Aug. 14, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ Merry Monday Story Times, 11 a.m. Aug. 15, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend. For newborns to 3-year-olds accompanied with an adult. ❑ Family Story Time, 1 p.m.

Aug. 15, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie. For ages 2 and older with adult. ❑ Carolyn Graye Singers’ Soiree, 7 p.m. Aug. 15, Boxley’s,

101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ Toddler Story Times, 9:30 a.m. Aug. 16, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend. For ages 2-3 with an adult. ❑ Preschool Story Times, 10:30 a.m. Aug. 16, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend. For ages 3-6 with an adult. ❑ Open mic, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 16, Twede’s Café, 137 W. North Bend Way, North Bend. ❑ Future Jazz Heads, 7 p.m.

Aug. 16, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend. ❑ Young Toddler Story Times, 9:30 a.m. Aug. 17, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E. Ages 6-24 months old accompanied by an adult. ❑ Preschool Story Times, 10:30 a.m. Aug. 17, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E. Ages 3-6 accompanied by an adult. ❑ Pajamarama Story Times, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 17, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. All young children are welcome with an adult. ❑ Kids’ Play in the Parks Program, 1-3 p.m. Aug. 17, alternating location, Snoqualmie. Children can play games, work on art projects and enjoy other activities. Parents must pre-register children with Snoqualmie’s Parks and Recreation Department.

Locations alternate each week

between Centennial Fields Park, 39903 S.E. Park St., and Azalea Park, 6604 Azalea Way, Snoqualmie. For children ages 510. Pre-register by calling Cassie Craig, Parks and Recreation Department, at 831-5784. ❑ Randy Halberstadt, 7 p.m.

Aug. 17, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ Open mic, 7 p.m. Aug. 17, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie. ❑ North Bend Farmers Market and Summer Concert Series, 4-8 p.m. Aug. 18, Si View Park, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive. See a performance by The Road Dogz at 5:30 p.m. ❑ John Hansen with Kelley Johnson, 7 p.m. Aug. 18, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ Snoqualmie Railroad Days, Aug. 19-21, downtown Snoqualmie. Full of activities for all ages. See special section for more details.

Volunteer opportunities ❑ Elk Management Group invites the community to participate in elk collaring, telemetry and habitat improvement projects in the Upper Snoqualmie Valley. Project orientation meetings are at 6 p.m. the third Monday of the month at the North Bend City Hall, 211 Main Ave. N. Email research@snoqualmievalleyelk.org. ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Hospital is accepting applications for ages 16 or older to volunteer in various departments of the hospital. Email volunteer coordinator Carol Waters at carolw@snoqualmiehospital.org to arrange an interview. ❑ Spanish Academy invites volunteers fluent in Spanish to participate in summer camps on its three-acre farm-style school.

Must love children and nature.

Call 888-4999. ❑ Senior Services Transportation Program needs volunteers to drive seniors around North Bend and Snoqualmie. Choose the times and areas in which you’d like to drive. Car required. Mileage reimbursement and supplemental liability insurance are offered.

Call 206-748-7588 or 800-2825815 toll free, or email melissat@seniorservices.org. Apply online at www.seniorservices.org.

Click on “Giving Back” and then on “Volunteer

Opportunities.” ❑ Mount Si Senior Center needs volunteers for sorting and sales in the thrift store, reception and class instruction. The center is at 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend. Call 888-3434. ❑ Hopelink in Snoqualmie Valley seeks volunteers for a variety of tasks. Volunteers must be at least 16. Go to www.hopelink.org/takeaction/volunteer.com or call 869-6000. ❑ Adopt-A-Park is a program for Snoqualmie residents to improve public parks and trails.

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

Classes ❑ S.A.I.L. (Stay Active and Independent for Life) exercise class meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Mount Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend. Led by certified exercise instructor Carla Orellana. Call 888-3434.

Clubs ❑ Moms Club of North Bend meets at 10 a.m. the last Monday of the month at Totz of North Bend, 249 Main Ave. S., Suite E, North Bend. Children are welcome. Go to www.momsclub.org. ❑ Elk Management Group meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Wednesday at the U.S. Forest Service conference room at 130 Thrasher Ave., behind the visitors’ center on North Bend Way. Interagency committee meetings are at 1:30 p.m. the first Monday at North Bend City Hall annex, 126 Fourth St. Both meetings are open to the public.

Go to www.snoqualmievalleyelk.org. ❑ Sallal Grange, 12912 432nd Ave. S.E., North Bend, meets the first Friday for a potluck and open mic with local musicians.

The potluck starts at 6 p.m. with the music from 7 p.m. to midnight. Open to all people/ages.

Go to www.sallalgrange.org. ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Chess Club, 7 p.m. Thursdays, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. Learn to play chess or get a game going. All ages and skill levels are welcome. ❑ The North Bend Chess Club meets every Thursday from 7-9 p.m. at the North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. All ages and skill levels are invited.

Submit an item for the community calendar by emailing editor@snovalleystar.com or go to www.snovalleystar.com.

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could threaten genetic diversity among the Snoqualmie River’s trout population and could conFrom Page 16 tribute to the river’s overheating. electric projects.

The North Fork is home to a “Hydro has over 100 years of trout that are genetically differimpact, so we know what those ent from the steelhead trout are,” Bowers said. found below Snoqualmie Falls, Hydroelectric facilities disrupt according to a 2010 report comthe local ecosystem and the missioned by Puget Sound river’s ecosystem. The Energy.

Hydropower Reform Coalition The fish in the North Fork would rather see no new prooffer a genetic reserve for the jects built on rivers. downstream trout, the tribe said The proposed project area has in its motion to intervene. been recommended for federal The upriver fish can also protection as a Wild and Scenic boost spawning populations River by the U.S. Forest Service, downstream in low years, the and King tribe said.

“Hydro has over 100 years County owns The water the developin the North of impact, so we know ment rights to Fork cools the land. down as it what those are.”

Hancock Timber runs through — RichBowers Black Canyon. still owns the logging rights Hydropower Reform Coalition Potentially for much of the decreasing the area. amount of Several of the groups fighting cool water entering the river the Black Canyon project reprecould raise the Snoqualmie sent outdoor recreation users.

River’s temperature, which could The stretch of river below the hurt its ecosystem and fish popproposed intake site is popular ulations, according to the tribe. with experienced kayakers.

North Bend asked the regulaDiverting water could dry up tory commission to deny the run, the groups contend.

Tollhouse Energy’s application, Fischer, who worked as a river because it would affect the city’s rafting guide for several years, access to drinking water. said diverting water could also The project “is of questionmake the run manageable durable benefit to any ratepayer, ing the spring and early summer and in fact would create an when the water is too high. impact to the North Bend water The Snoqualmie Tribe asked customers through an increase the regulatory commission to in water rates,” said Ron deny the permit, because it Garrow, the city’s director of

SnoValley Star Public Works, in North Bend’s letter to the regulatory commission.

Snoqualmie also filed to weigh in on the project for two reasons: flooding and drinking water. The city has no opinion on the project, Mayor Matt Larson said. But it wants the regulatory commission to know that it has flooding issues and 10 percent to 20 percent of its drinking water comes from Canyon Spring, near the project area.

Meeting increased demand The issue remains that Washington residents are expected to need more energy in the future, and it has to come from somewhere or lights have to go out.

Hydroelectricity is an excellent carbon-free source of energy, said Todd Myers, director of environment research at the Washington Policy Center.

While the Black Canyon project is small, it is a start, Myers said.

Other alternatives, such as wind turbines and solar panels, require long transmission lines, just as Black Canyon would, he said.

But the impacts of transmission lines are more aesthetic than environmental, Myers said.

“Too often we make energy decisions based on political concerns,” he said.

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

AUGUST 11, 2011

Cougar is sighted near North Bend The city of North Bend is encouraging residents to watch out for cougars in the area.

A cougar was recently spotted near 428th Avenue Southeast, just outside North Bend. It was seen walking a fence line near Mount Si Nursery.

“Yes, there are cougars in and around North Bend. This is nothing new as they have been here for hundreds of years,” Kim Chandler, of the Washington State Department Fish and Wildlife, said in a news release from the city.

“This should not be a cause

for alarm,” she said. “It is, however, reason to take precautions if you have had recent reports of a cougar in your immediate neighborhood.”

Pets and livestock can be at risk of a cougar attack, but the cats rarely attack humans.

The Department of Fish and Wildlife would like to be notified of sightings, which it uses to track cougars. It should be informed of any attacks on livestock or pets. Call the Mill Creek Regional Office at 7751311. Additional information is available on the Living with Wildlife in Washington State website at www.wdfw.wa.gov/living.

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