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Crews are scrambling to complete new school

BY STUART MILLER smiller@snovalleystar.com

Construction crews are in a dead sprint to finish Timber Ridge Elementary School before the first day of school Aug. 31.

About 100 workers toiled in, on and around the new elementary school on Tuesday, working to finish the $35 million project that will serve about 600 students in the 2016-17 school year.

Timber Ridge is a stateof-the-art school in both its educational and security features. Many rooms — both classrooms and otherwise — feature touch-screen “active boards” that replace the overhead projectors some teachers use now. The boards are essentially 70-inch touch-screen tablets.

Security will be emphasized at Timber Ridge. A large front entrance provides a wide-open space for students to enter and exit the building before and after school.

Between those bells, the wide entrance doors lock, funneling any person entering the SEE SCHOOL, PAGE 2

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Re-enactors fire a volley in honor of all Civil War veterans at the end of one of their ‘Battle of Snoqualmie’ military exercises Aug. 13 at Meadowbrook Farm in North Bend. View more photos of the re-enactment online at snovalleystar.com.

Reliving the Battle of Snoqualmie

BY STUART MILLER smiller@snovalleystar.com One hundred and fifty-odd years ago, a vast continent separated the Snoqualmie Valley in the Washington Territory from the violence of America’s Civil War. From Gettysburg, where one of the bloodiest battles of the war took place, one

must cross the Appalachian Mountains, bridge the mighty Mississippi River, trudge across the Great Plains, traverse the Rocky Mountains, then the Cascades, before coming close to Meadowbrook Farm in North Bend, where the Battle of Snoqualmie Civil War reenactment took place last weekend.

Battle of Snoqualmie Dozens of canvas tents popped up in the rugged field at Meadowbrook Farm.

About half of them — the Confederate camp — stood near the road and parking area. Across roughly 100 yards of no man’s land sat the Union camp.

The camps were relatively calm on Saturday morning.

Soldiers in wool uniforms and women in heavy dresses cleaned up their breakfasts or sat in the shade. Some spun yarn while kids played with simple wooden toys.

Eventually, the yells of Confederate leaders beckoned soldiers from their tents and families into the heat of a SEE CIVIL WAR, PAGE 5

Council talks revolve around a new carousel

BY STUART MILLER smiller@snovalleystar.com

In a special meeting Aug. 15, the Snoqualmie City Council considered whether or not a carousel would be a good fit for downtown Snoqualmie.

Larry Fischer and Jim Bennet presented their idea to buy a used carousel from the City of Kent and put it in the downtown area as an attraction.

They reasoned that it would help bring more visitors from Snoqualmie Falls to the downtown area, create revenue for the city, and enrich Mount Si High School’s educational curriculum.

The presentation included an estimated expenditure/revenue chart that figured the 29-seat Venetian carousel could bring in significant revenue for the city or at least break-even.

Public and council comments were generally skeptical of the price analysis, saying that the operating cost estimate was too low. Many people asked why Kent would want to get rid of it if it could make money. Fischer and Bennet responded that Kent didn’t have the staff to run it or a safe place to put it.

Mark Hofman, Snoqualmie community development director, said that in informal

talks with Kent officials, they estimated the purchase price of the carousel to be $30,000 to $50,000. It was unclear who would put up the money to buy it and who would retain ownership.

One aspect of the proposal that peaked the interest of the crowd was the opportunity for high schoolers to learn carving skills from a master carver.

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Snoqualmie Valley teachers, district reach agreement than 85 hours at the bargaining table to get a deal done.

“The SVEA and District Administration embraced a collaborative approach to making our district a better place to teach and to learn,” SVEA President Lisa Radmer said in a news release. “I

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school straight into the office.

Once there, the visitor will swipe their driver’s license to confirm their identity and check for felonies, Assistant Superintendent Ryan Stokes said. If cleared for entry, the visitor will receive a key card, similar to a hotel key, that will allow them access to only the rooms specified by the administrator who prints it.

Timber Ridge is organized into three wings, each serving a different set of grades. The wings are color-coded to help people navigate the school, which serves kindergartners through fifth-graders.

Designers of Timber Ridge incorporated lessons

believe our members will appreciate the positive agreements this process allowed us to reach.

“In the future, I am hopeful SVEA and the Administration will continue to use this collaborative method as we strive to improve the education of all children in the Valley.”

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learned from Cascade Ridge Elementary’s design. They talked with parents, teachers, staff and students of Cascade Ridge to find out what areas could improve and what they were happy with, Stokes said.

“It’s very welcoming,” Principal Amy Wright said.

Some adjustments to the design concept included wider common areas in between the classrooms in each wing.

The feature allows teachers to have some students working in the classrooms while others collaborate outside in a wide common area with tables and

District Superintendent Joel Aune praised members of the bargaining team for getting an agreement done in a timely fashion. After a full year of preparation and then seven months of collaborative work and extensive conversation, the group agreed on the tentative

chairs.

The school has a dendrochronology (tree rings) theme.

Exposed natural wood is visible throughout the campus.

A slice of a 700-year-old tree, 5 1/2 feet in diameter and 2 feet thick, was donated to the school. A glass overlay on the slice will show different points in history that the tree has lived through since 1316, said Project Manager Clint Marsh.

Though the project has faced some difficulties, such as 37 days of bad weather during the construction phase and a strike by glaziers, Marsh is confident the school will be ready for students on schedule.

“It’ll be done,” Marsh said.

“It’s not an option. There’s a lot of guys busting their tails on this.”

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“Their work over the past seven months has definitely produced a terrific result for the teachers, the District, and our students,” Aune said in a statement.

“As we come back together later this month for the start of school, it will be refreshing to NOT have

teachers, administrators, staff, parents, and students concerned and anxious over a protracted contract negotiation.”

The bargaining team will recommend the agreement for ratification at the SVEA general membership meeting on Aug. 23.

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Snoqualmie Valley teachers tentatively agreed to a new threeyear contract, according to a district news release.

Contract details were not immediately available, but the district and the Snoqualmie Valley Education Association reportedly spent more

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FINAL SKATE PARK DESIGN UNVEILED North Bend extends

moratorium on cottage residential zone permits

BY STUART MILLER smiller@snovalleystar.com

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The July 29 SnoValley Star print and web editions published outdated 2012 designs of the Ridge skate park. The renderings above are the newly completed designs from Grindline. The snake-run type bowl is 8-feet high in the deep end with pool coping, then waterfalls up to 5- and 4-foot sections with standard coping. It is open-ended.

Street features include ledges, flat bars, a handrail and hubbas. A quarter pipe on the end serves as a return for the street and bowl sections.

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carousel animals for decades. The Snoqualmie Valley School District has expressed interest in him teaching a carving class at the high school.

Fischer and Bennet suggested that Jenner and his students could

continually carve carousel animals that represent our native species and the native animals of Snoqualmie sister cities in Korea and Peru.

The animals could be switched out on the ride for different occasions.

Kenya Dillon, who is on the Planning Commission, said she liked the idea of teaching carving. She mentioned

that many high schools are dropping shop class curriculum, and that it is important to keep Mount Si’s shop class going.

Though there was no official vote on whether or not to move forward with the considerations, Mayor Matt Larson did take the temperature with a show of hands in the room – of both councilmembers and the pub-

lic. There were about as many in favor of looking into the idea further as those against it. Many of those opposed said they didn’t like the location or the price evaluation, but would consider it if the plan was improved and updated.

Fischer said he is unsure whether or not they will go forward with a revised proposal.

The moratorium on building permits in the cottage residential zone in North Bend was extended for another six months in a special City Council meeting Aug. 15.

Community and Economic Development Director Gina Estep said the city needs more time to evaluate and write building code changes that affect the cottage residential zone.

The zone encompasses about half of the area between East North Bend Way and Southeast Cedar Falls Way on the north and south boundaries, and Maloney Grove Avenue Southeast and 436th Avenue Southeast on the west and east boundaries.

Estep said that the city is changing the code to define a cottage as 1,500 square feet or less, rather than the current 1,700 square feet or less. The city is also looking to require green spaces and buffering around cottages, and promote a mix of standard size homes and cottages.

“The purpose behind the City Council’s actions is to ensure that our community vision is realized,” Estep said.

That vision is a diverse and well-designed residential area that ensures a rural, small-town character can be maintained, she said.

A minimum of three months will be needed to continue to evaluate and craft the changes to the building code, Estep said.

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OPINION

Letters to the editor

Civil War re-enactment brings history alive

BY STUART MILLER smiller@snovalleystar.com

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ive-history events, like Civil War re-enactments and renaissance fairs, are not for everybody. They tend to attract history buffs, actors and small children who are pretty excited, but they also fail to interest some people.

It’s understandable one might not want to spend their time at these types of events — they tend to be stuck in the past.

However boring that might be for some people, everybody should try to take part in a celebration and creation of history in their community.

Railroad Days will mark its 78th year this weekend. The festival is not just a strict celebration of Snoqualmie’s past (like a re-enactment). It’s also about the creation of its history.

Started during the tail end of the Great Depression in 1938, the festival began as a fundraiser by volunteer firemen and their wives. The money they raised helped fund the fire department all those years ago.

Just a few days ago, money raised by the Snoqualmie Firefighters Association bought

Construction zone’s ‘big ditch’ Ridge development is is susceptible to flooding another example of poor government planning I noticed the article about the unbear-

the Snoqualmie Fire Department a new pulseoximeter and New York fire hooks to help the department Stuart Miller better serve Snoqualmie.

The group’s main fundraiser is a pancake breakfast during Railroad Days.

Unlike Civil War re-enactments, Railroad Days is a living, breathing event that never became just a part of history. It is at its core the same festival thrown in 1938, but it has evolved with the times.

Yes, there are people dressed in century-old clothing riding century-old trains, but that is not the point of the event.

I’m happy Snoqualmie has found a way to celebrate the community it has today while honoring the past in a way that has not become stale or too educational to enjoy. Every year the community participates in Railroad Days, it makes history.

I would not be surprised if 78 years from now, people are looking at our pictures on the wall, just as we look at those first pictures from 1938.

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able noise, dust and traffic coming from the River Glen and Ranger Cottages construction to the homeowners on Thrasher near the Forest Service building. I don’t doubt that it is unbearable — “and now for the rest of the story.”

There are several adjacent homeowners on the north side of the River Glen development who also have been adversely impacted, not only by noise, dirt and dust, but by equipment nearly in their backyards. These homeowners are on Pickett, Boxley and Taylor Place Northeast.

Besides the dust and unbearable noise, the developer has dug a big ditch area (45 feet across at the bottom, 75 feet across at the top and at least 8 feet deep) paralleling the natural floodway and next to adjacent properties.

This big ditch (compensatory storage area) had water in it twice last winter 46 inches deep without any river flooding.

Since there is no outlet, my fear is that with river flooding, the water will back up onto adjacent properties. I have lived here for over 35 years and only had water in the natural floodway once in 1990, and that was only 10 inches deep. There is no outlet to this “big ditch,” and with river flooding it will back up and overflow onto the Taylor Place, Boxley and Pickett properties.

One engineering report stated “water will only pond to an 18-inch depth in the north floodway area until reaching an elevation of 448.0 feet NAVD 88, at which point water flows from the excavated area overland to the wetland located to the west and then continues to the downstream channel.” The city said that this report was wrong and had other engineers look at it. The other engineering report is quite complicated; however, the upshot of it from my prospective, and after communications with the city, is that it meets all requirements. But the city recommended I buy flood insurance!

My major concern, which I have expressed to the city, is that there should be an outlet to this compensatory storage area so that water does not back up onto adjacent properties.

Kenneth E. White North Bend

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Stuart Miller paints a fairly good picture of the progressive mess at the I-90/ Highway 18 intersection. But the sense of urgency to resolve the issue is missing.

Not only that, those responsible for compounding this disaster-waiting-tohappen are grossly negligent and should be held accountable. I mean, what did they think was going to happen when they opened up the Ridge to massive development? Nobody thought at the time that this would completely overwhelm the already inadequate infrastructure?

Now people’s lives are at stake due to the extremely poor planning by all government officials involved. I’m sure developers had their greedy little hands out as well, as this could have been predicted by anyone with half a brain.

And, guess what? There is more development to come. Who makes these kinds of dangerous and totally irresponsible decisions?

How many more people have to die before someone steps up and says enough is enough? How much growth (money) has to fill the coffers of local politicians before they have satisfied their own interest at the cost to those who die because of it?

Seattle is building new bridges, tunnels, and light rail at the cost of billions and billions of dollars and our local representatives can’t anticipate or solve a simple intersection that is now a danger to us all who use it — and even those who don’t.

While I would never wish for another accident, there will be more deaths. I just hope that those families whose lives are forever changed by this extremely negligent planning step up and sue those who are ultimately accountable for this predictable horror show.

I also hope people like Stuart Miller dig much deeper to get the answers here and put pressure on the DOT and other government officials to move now, at all cost, to prevent the carnage that they are responsible for.

Rob Salopek North Bend

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of the Union formation and began firing at the advancing rebel troops.

From Page 1 An announcer on a cloudless day to assemble loudspeaker informed for battle. While the leadthe large crowd that had ers conducted a roll call gathered to watch that for the Confederate units, the sharpshooters were a battle drum began feeling out their enemy booming from the Union by seeing how they would camp. Then fifes joined respond to the gunfire. in, their simple tunes The rifle fire might have warning both sides that been considered loud as fighting was near. the Confederates began Across the field, the firing back. That is until a Union army began Union cannon exploded preparing their heavy with a boom that put artillery. Tom Peloquin the rifles to shame. The dawned his earplugs Confederates made it and helped wheel a canto their cannons across non into position on a the field and the armies small hill. His artillery began approaching each unit packed gunpowder other and exchanging into the cannon barrels gun and cannon fire. and watched as lines Soldiers screamed in of Confederate soldiers feigned agony as they marched toward the fell dead and wounded battlefield. around the field. Cavalry Peloquin, now retired, officers riding tall on lives in Marysville and remarkably calm horses has been re-enacting the commanded units while war for about 20 years, trotting around and firing he said. His wife and sons pistols. joined him on a visit to Of course, all the a re-enactment long ago rounds fired were blanks, and he thought, “This and the only real casualty would be a good deal,” during the four battles Peloquin said. The nearover the weekend was est re-enactment unit to a hyperextended knee, them was the artillery Washington Civil War battery.

Association Chairman The 12-pound cannons Rich Bright said. The — the number refers the injured man was back in weight of the ammunicamp on crutches later tion they shoot — are that night. custom-made in local No real Civil War machine shops, Peloquin battles were fought in said. They follow origithe far-flung Washington nal design specs to be Territory. Federal troops just like the real thing, stationed around except for some minor Washington were transmodifications. Peloquin ported East to bolster the said his artillery unit was Union army. kicked out of the Tacoma “Almost all forts in the Sportsmen’s Club range territory were abandoned because the live rounds by the military” to send they fired put holes in the manpower east, the berms. The rounds Bright said. “Local militias can leave the cannon at and others looked after around 1,500 feet per secthem. Some took possesond, he said. sion.”

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never took hold out here, Bright said. Some people in the territory did choose to enlist for the North or South and head east to fight. One of those men was George Pickett — the namesake of “Pickett’s Charge.”

Pickett’s disaster Pickett, a military man and Virginian, was living in Bellingham when the war broke out. He left Washington to fight for the Confederacy.

Eventually he would help lead the notorious offensive on the third and final day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Pickett’s Charge on Union forces ended disastrously for the Confederate troops, who were repelled and sustained many more casualties than the Union troops. It is often seen as a turning point in the Civil War, where the North gained the upper hand.

The former governor of the Washington Territory, Isaac Stevens, fought for the North and died in Virginia at the Battle of Chantilly in 1862. Ulysses S. Grant spent some of his military carrier in the Washington Territory

keeping peace between settlers and Indians.

“Some generals cut there teeth out here learning soldiering,” Bright said.

Though the Washington Territory didn’t play a significant role during the Civil War, it became an attractive place for those looking to escape the war-torn eastern states after the war’s end.

“The government and states were broke, so lots of people came out west to make a better life,” Bright said. Freed slaves founded the cities of Chehalis and Roslyn, he said.

Daily life Between the roughly 30-minute battles, visitors to the event walked around to get a taste of what life was like in the mid-19th century.

Kim Metcalfe and Suzanne Hahan stood around a historic-looking kitchen-tent with a small stove. While they were cooking fresh vegetables for lunch, they had a table full of food that was typically provided for soldiers during the war, including

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salt pork, hard bread, “It gives me a chance rations of sugar and to go camping, and I still starch, and a molasses/ learn a lot,” Miller said. vinegar blend that eased “We’re one big family, the rampant dysentery even with the South.” among soldiers.

Miller takes part in Metcalfe began coming four to six events per year to the re-enactments six throughout Washington years ago. At first she just and Oregon. He said the took pictures, but eventu- main goal is to educate ally got into the re-enactthe public about what life ing part. Now she dawns was like and what solthe heavy 19th-century diers had to go through. dress a few times a year at It helps to have a live, inre-enactments around the person look rather than Northwest. simply reading a textbook Hahan has been partici- or watching a movie. pating in re-enactments “You can feel the canfor 10 years. She woke nons, the explosions, before 6 a.m. to help presmell the horses, see the pare coffee for the “colomovement of troops,” nels’ coffee”, then started Bright said. “You see how on the officers’ breakfast tough life was.” at 7 a.m. The reveille — Walking past a group complete with the playing of Union soldiers napof bugles — wakes all ping comfortably in the re-enactors up in the shady grass, and hearmornings. ing kids and adults gig“It’s another way to get gling over yarn spindles to go camping, and I love and games, it isn’t history,” Hahan said. hard to imagine that Joe Miller, who played life’s pleasures haven’t a Union infantry second changed since the Civil lieutenant, shared that War, even if the clothes sentiment with Hahan. and guns have.

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Calendar of events Saturday, Aug. 20 Firefighters Breakfast, 7-11 a.m., Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 SE Snoqualmie Parkway Yardwaste Recycling Program, 8 a.m. to noon, Public Works Facility, 1155 E. North Bend Way, 888-0486 Among Ancients: Old Growth Forests, for adults, $15, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Cedar River Watershed, 19901 Cedar Falls Road SE, bit.ly/2aVnZtx Railroad Days, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Downtown Snoqualmie, featuring a pancake breakfast, grand parade, arts, live music, beer and wine garden, children’s field of fun, model train show, timber sports shows and more, railroaddays.com Plein Air Paint Out, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., downtown Snoqualmie Guided Tour of Meadowbrook Farm, learn the history, boundaries, flora and fauna of the jewel of the Upper Valley, 10 a.m. to noon, 1711 Boalch Ave., North Bend Friends of the North Bend Annual Book Sale, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend Aging Well Learning Community, for adults, 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. SE, 888-1223 Mount Si Artist Guild monthly meeting, 10:30 a.m., Legion Hall, 38625 SE River St., Snoqualmie, mtsiartistguild.org Snoqualmie Falls Forest Theatre presents “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., $20 for adults, $18 for seniors and students, $10 for children ages 6-12, boxoffice@foresttheater.org

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Rumble on the Ridge, ages 21 and older, 6 p.m., Snoqualmie Casino Mountain View Plaza, bit. ly/2aXbBN8 Adriana Giordano and the EntreMundos Quarteto, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Piccola Cellars, 112 West Second St., North Bend, jazzclubsnw.org/northbend/calendar Woodland Band, 8 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. SE, 831-3647

Sunday, Aug. 21 Railroad Days, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Downtown Snoqualmie, Legends Car Show, arts, live music, beer and wine garden, children’s field of fun, model train show, timber sports shows and more, railroaddays.com Brunch with Daisy O’Conner, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. SE, 831-3647 Friends of the North Bend Annual Book Sale, 1-4 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend Snoqualmie Falls Forest Theatre presents “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” 2 p.m., $20 for adults, $18 for seniors and students, $10 for children ages 6-12, boxoffice@foresttheater.org Danny Kolke Trio, 6 p.m.; Vox Outside the Box: Vocal Jam w/Courtney Cutchins, 7:30 p.m., Piccola Cellars, 112 West Second St., North Bend, jazzclubsnw.org/northbend/calendar

Monday, Aug. 22 Boeing Classic golf tournament, noon Aug. 22 through 5 p.m. Sunday Aug. 28, TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Clubhouse, 36005 SE Ridge St., boeingclassic.com Yoga w/Dir. Jill, Park Street Healing Arts, 318 E. Park St., RSVP to 888-4170, learn more at parkstreethealing.com

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Tuesday, Aug. 23 Free Summer Matinee, North Bend Theatre, noon, 25 Bendigo Blvd., N., North Bend, northbendtheatre.com Boeing Classic Emirates Youth Clinic, ages 6-18, noon to 1 p.m., free, boeingclassic. com/emirates-youth-clinic City Council Workstudy, 7-9 p.m., City Hall, 211 Main Ave. N., North Bend

Wednesday, Aug. 24 Sno-Valley Indoor Playground, ages 0-5, 9:3011:30 a.m., $1 donation, Si View Community Center, 400 SE Orchard Drive, North Bend, snovalleyindoorplayground.org Free Summer Matinees, noon, North Bend Theatre, 125 Bendigo Blvd. N., northbendtheatre.com Wildcat Day for 10th through 12th graders, 2 and 7 p.m., get parking permits, school pictures, ASB Cards, pay optional fees, tour the building, get locker assignment and more, bit. ly/2bcTUqq Yoga II classes, Wednesdays 5:30-6:30 p.m. through Aug. 31, Meadowbrook Interpretive Center, 1711 Boalch Ave. North Bend, 831-1900 Parks Commission Meeting, 6-8 p.m. Community & Economic Development Building, 126 E. Fourth St. Future Jazz Heads, 6 p.m., Piccola Cellars, 112 West Second St., North Bend, jazzclubsnw.org/northbend/calendar Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. SE, Snoqualmie, 831-3647

Thursday, Aug. 25 Knee High Naturalists, ages 18-36 months, 9:3010:30 a.m., $5 (adults free), Cedar River Watershed, 19901 Cedar Falls Road SE, seattle.gov/util/crwec Senior Center Trips:

Black Diamond Bakery & Beyond, $7 for members/$17 for non members, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., meet at 411 Main St. S., 888-3434 Sno Valley Book Club, for adults, 1 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd.

SE, 888-1223 Public Safety Committee meeting, 5-6 p.m., Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 SE Snoqualmie Parkway North Bend Farmers Market & Summer Concert Series, 4-8 p.m., featuring music by Recess Monkey 5-5:45 p.m.; Patrick McHennry 6:15-7:45 p.m., 400 SE Orchard Dr. Music in the Park featuring 8 Second Ride, 7-9 p.m., Snoqualmie Community Park, 35016 SE Ridge St. Planning Commission meeting, 7-9 p.m., City Hall, 211 Main Ave. N., North Bend Out to Lunch, 7:30 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. SE, Snoqualmie, 831-3647 Essiet Essiet & Milo Petersen Quartet, 7:309:30 p.m., Piccola Cellars, 112 West Second St., North Bend, jazzclubsnw.org/northbend/calendar

Friday, Aug. 26 Wildcat Day for 9th graders, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., school pictures, ASB Cards, pay optional fees, tour the building, get locker assignment and more, bit.ly/2bcTUqq Boeing Classic Flyover, featuring a Boeing jet salute to the fans to kick off the golf tournament, 11:2011:50 a.m., TPC Snoqualmie Ridge, 36005 SE Ridge St., boeingclassic.com, free Art & Wine Walk, 6-9 p.m., featuring art, live music, light appetizers and artist demonstrations, $12 for five wine tastings and a souvenir glass, downtown Snoqualmie, purchase tickets at finallyfridaysnoqualmie. eventbrite.com Clint McCune, 7 p.m., Snoqualmie Brewery and Taproom, 8032 Falls Ave. SE, fallsbrew.com/taproom/ events Alex Ivy, 8 p.m., The Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. SE, Snoqualmie

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Fire blotter Eagles unharmed At 2:36 p.m. Aug. 7, Snoqualmie firefighters responded to a fire alarm at the Eagles Club at 8200 Railroad Ave. Upon arrive, they found the building evacuated because the heat-duct detector had activated.

Nothing was found above the false ceiling so the alarm was reset.

The owner was told to contact the alarm company to get the detectors serviced.

Mystery fire At 8:34 a.m. Aug. 8, Snoqualmie firefighters responded to a report of smoke in the area of State Route 18 and Tiger Mountain. The caller stated he investigated the area and it appeared a trailer was on fire, but was unable to confirm and left the area. The crew traveled the length of SR 18 from Interstate 90 to Issaquah-Hobart Road, finding nothing until reaching the exit at Hobart. They spotted a large thermal column in the area of Southeast 200th Street. It was apparent a large 20-footby-30-foot wide area was burning, but unclear what was actually on

Registration open Si View Parks activities Program registration for Si View Metro Parks Fall activities is now open.

The activity guide is full of fun and informative programs for all ages.

fire. Using Google maps, the crew pinpointed the exact location and contacted the homeowner.

The homeowner stated his employees were burning leftover debris from a sawmill operation he owned. A large pile of flooring placed on that pile caused the black smoke. He added he was unaware they had created such a large fire and promised to put it out right away. Heavy equipment was used to extinguish the fire with the help of a garden hose. The scene was then turned over to Maple Valley Fire Department.

Vehicle fire At 1:46 a.m. Aug. 9, Snoqualmie firefighters responded with a Eastside Fire & Rescue unit to 128th Street for a reported vehicle fire with exposure to a large 2,000-square-foot shop.

The crew assisted with the final extinguishment and overhaul of the vehicle, keeping it from extending to the nearby structure.

In addition to the above calls, Snoqualmie EMT’s responded to 14 medical aid incidents, bringing the total number of calls to date to 680.

In 2015, there were 878 EMT calls.

Check your mailbox for the new activity guides or go to siviewpark.org for a digital copy.

Registration is available online, by phone at 831-1900, or in person at the Community Center and Pool. Early registration is recommended.

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Honkers silenced at NBC World Series, 11-0

BY NEIL PIERSON npierson@snovalleystar.com Tanner Dahl recorded two routine outs for his team to start an Aug. 11 quarterfinal contest at the 82nd NBC World Series.

There wasn’t much that went right after that, however, for the Northwest Honkers’ starting pitcher.

Hunter Williams hit a two-run home run in the first inning, sparking an offensive avalanche for the Santa Barbara (Calif.)

Foresters at LawrenceDumont Stadium in Wichita, Kan. The Foresters collected 14 hits off five Honkers pitchers and their starter, Conner Mayes, struck out 10 in a complete-game seven-hitter, leading them to an 11-0 win in six innings.

The Honkers, a squad of current and former collegiate players based in Fall City, went 2-2 at this year’s edition of the World Series. The team has qualified for the event in four of their seven years of existence.

Pitching had been a strong suit for the Honkers (36-21) for much of the season and they allowed only one run in winning their first two Series games. But they ran into trouble against the better offensive teams in Kansas, giving up 18 runs in consecutive losses to crash out of the tourney.

Santa Barbara continually had solid contact against Northwest pitching and capitalized on some late-game errors to finish off the win via the mercy rule.

Dahl threw a gem in the Series opener, shutting out the San Diego Waves over 6 2/3 innings. But he never found a rhythm against the Foresters, who knocked him out after 3 2/3 innings. Dahl’s stat line included six earned runs on nine hits with two strikeouts and no walks.

Bret Boswell, who was 3 for 3 with four runs scored and three RBIs, hit

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Britten Abbott of the Northwest Honkers is walked to load the bases during their July 31 baseball game against the West Coast Guns.

a solo homer in the fifth to push Santa Barbara’s lead to 7-0.

The Foresters scored four runs in the sixth to initiate the mercy rule. Two of the runs were unearned against Northwest relievers Spencer Trautmann and Oliver Wange.

Cameron Padron was 3 for 3 and Marcus Williams was 2 for 3 for the Honkers, who left all seven of their runners on base.

Santa Barbara went on to win the World Series title on Aug. 12, its sixth championship since 2006.

Hays Larks 7 Honkers 4 The Honkers dropped a 7-4 decision in their final pool play game on Aug. 9, but they had already sewn up a spot in the quarterfinals.

The Honkers struggled early and fell into a sevenrun hole against the Hays Larks of Kansas, and a late rally wasn’t enough as the Larks won 7-4 to

clinch first place in Pool A. However, the loss didn’t mean much as the Honkers had already clinched their spot to the knockout round thanks to victories in their first two pool games.

Hays jumped out to a big lead, scoring three runs in the first inning against Honkers starter Brandon Courville. Mike Mioduszewski and Alex Weiss had RBI singles in the first.

The Larks added four more – and knocked Courville out of the game – in the third as Michael Burns and Austin O’Brien each produced two-run singles.

The Honkers didn’t do much against Hays pitcher Austin Isenhart until a two-out rally in the fifth inning. Darrell Wilson and Josh Penrod singled, and pinch hitter Chaz Lopez drilled a three-run home run to cut his team’s deficit to 7-3.

In the eighth, leadoff hitter Penrod tripled and

the Honkers loaded the bases with no outs, but they only scored once as Ethan Klosterboer walked to force in a run. Hays reliever Chad Smith struck out Jose Acosta and Britten Abbott to avoid further damage.

The Honkers’ three relievers – Anthony Kast, Wange and Ryan Sheeley – were sharp as they combined to toss 5 1/3 scoreless innings. They allowed five hits and two walks with two strikeouts.

Honkers 2 Hutchinson Monarchs 1 The Honkers’ second victory at the World Series took a lot of time, thanks to a rain delay that forced an Aug. 7 game to be postponed until the following morning.

The Honkers held a 2-0 lead when the rain hit, then finished off a 2-1 win over the Hutchinson (Kan.) Monarchs on Aug. 8, moving to 2-0 in pool play.

They got the only

offense they needed in the second inning when Abbott’s ground ball brought home Zach Zurbrugg. Abbott then stole second and scored when Jordan Padilla singled and the Monarchs’ first baseman compounded the hit with an error.

The Monarchs managed a run in the sixth inning and had the tying run on base after a leadoff walk in the ninth. But Dahl took over for Jerome Byndloss and picked up the save, striking out the last two hitters.

Starter Brad Bennett went four innings, shutting out the Monarchs on five hits and one walk. He had one strikeout.

Byndloss – called upon after the overnight rain delay – also tossed four innings, giving up four hits and four walks with three strikeouts.

The Honkers had eight hits. Alex Colegrove was 2 for 4 with a double and Scott Morton swiped two of the team’s four stolen bases.

Honkers 6 San Diego Waves 0 If there were any tired legs from their long journey to Wichita, the Honkers proved they had plenty of speed left to burn.

They stole four bases and legged out some key infield hits on Aug. 5, earning a 6-0 victory over the San Diego Waves in the opening game of pool play.

Acosta’s two-run single, scoring Morton and Padron, put the Honkers ahead in the second inning and they never looked back as starting pitcher Dahl successfully worked his way through 6 2/3 innings.

The Waves collected eight hits off Dahl but were never able to capitalize, leaving nine men on base overall. Dahl was constantly around the plate, throwing 66 of 103 pitches for strikes while striking out seven and walking none.

The Honkers knocked out San Diego starter Blake Roley in the fourth inning when Klosterboer walked, moved to third on two wild pitches and scored on Padilla’s single.

They leaned on San Diego’s relievers from there, scoring single runs in the fifth, seventh and eighth innings.

Williams bumped the lead to 4-0 when he reached on an infield hit, stole second and came home on a Padron infield hit.

San Diego had its best chance to cut into the lead in the seventh when they knocked Dahl from the hill with a pair of twoout singles.

Trautmann came on in relief and walked the only man he faced to load the bases, but Tyler Wilson got the Honkers out of trouble by retiring Josh Ethier on a fly ball to center field.

Williams stole another bag in the seventh, moved to third on a fly ball and scored on Morton’s infield single for a 5-0 lead.

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