Your locally-owned newspaper, serving North Bend and Snoqualmie, Washington
AUGUST 15, 2013 VOL. 5, NO. 32
JC football team preps for inaugural season Page 16
Charges filed in New Year’s hit-and-run death By Sherry Grindeland Cody Eads, 19, of North Bend, has been charged in the New Year’s morning hit-andrun death of Lucinda Pieczatkowski. He is scheduled to be arraigned on hit and run felony charges Aug. 21. If convicted, Eads could face 31 months to 41 months in prison. Pieczatkowski, also of North Bend, was walking along Stone Quarry Road between 1:30 and 2 a.m. New Year’s morning
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when she was hit by a truck and killed. The 57-year-old woman had been at the Snoqualmie Casino with friends. They left the casino and were driving east when she got into an argument with the driver, left the vehicle and started walking in a different direction. Her body was found a short time later in a ditch near the 10200 block of Stone Quarry Road, also known as 394th Place Southeast. Her purse and its contents were scattered on the west side of the road. She
died from catastrophic injuries she received when struck by a truck, according to King County Superior Court charging papers. Evidence from the scene, including a headlight and fragments from a turn signal light, indi-
Lucinda
See CHARGES, Page 18 Pieczatkowski
New bridge reopens full length of valley trail. Page 3
Boeing Classic returns to Snoqualmie By Sherry Grindeland
Dog Days of Summer Poker for Paws benefits local pet food bank. Page 5
By Michele Mihalovich
Elle Baldwin (left) and Lily Baldwin, of Snoqualmie, take part in the Kids Plein Air Paint Out during the 2012 Snoqualmie Railroad Days celebration. For more on the festival, see Page 6.
Links master Youth golfer earns berth in national skills tournament. Page 16
Police blotter Page 20 Prsrt Std U.S. Postage PAID Kent, WA Permit No. 71 POSTAL CUSTOMER
Community ready to celebrate Railroad Days’ 75th anniversary By David Hayes In 1938, a small group of volunteer firemen and their wives organized a festival to celebrate the origins of the logging town of Snoqualmie. Now, seventy-five years later, that community is still celebrating, welcoming 10,000 of their closest friends each year to Snoqualmie Railroad Days. This
year’s festival, Aug. 16-18, will feature the return of traditional favorites, from train rides and the Grand Parade to live entertainment and the Legends Car Club Show. Organizer Jennifer Osborn said to in order to keep bringing the community together each year, the Northwest Railway Museum tweaks the event lineup to keep it fresh.
“We try to take what we’re already doing and partner with organizations that do what they do best,” Osborn said. For example, the Kids Fun Zone, sponsored by the YMCA, features arts and activities for the younger festival goers. “Who does kids better then the Y?” Osborn said. See FESTIVAL, Page 18
The ninth annual Boeing Classic golf tournament tees up again at TPC Snoqualmie Aug. 19-25. The weeklong event includes PGA Tour champions competing for $2 million on the 18-hole scenic course designed by Jack Nicklaus. The charity tournament features sport and celebrity golfers and a military appreciation flyover. Only legends of golf 50 or older are invited to play in the Boeing Classic. Defending champion Jay Don Blake is expected to play despite a shoulder injury he suffered at the beginning of the season. Local favorite Seattle native Fred Couples has entered. At last year’s event, Couples was injured on his first drive and withdrew from the tournament. Rumble on the Ridge kicks off the tournament Aug. 19. The charity event matches groups of golfers with a celebrity for a day of golf. The majority of the celebrities are Seattle Seahawks Ring of Honor inductees and NFL Hall of Famers. They include Sam Adkins, Jacob Green and Jim Zorn. Other celebrities include retired Seattle Mariners players and sports broadcasters Dan Wilson and Bill Krueger. An evening dinner and See GOLF, Page 18