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Snoqualmie terminates officer with troubled past

BY STUART MILLER smiller@snovalleystar.com

Snoqualmie Police Officer Nick Hogan’s employment has been terminated.

Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson confirmed that Hogan is no longer employed with the department, but declined to go into further detail regarding how the city navigated around Hogan’s union contract, which

had previously prevented them from firing him.

City Attorney Bob Sterbank Nick Hogan declined to comment on the matter.

Hogan has been on and off paid leave with the Snoqualmie Police Department since he was indicted in May

2016 on federal civil rights violations for using excessive force. The incident, in which he pepper-sprayed a suspect who was restrained on a hospital gurney, occurred while he was with the Tukwila Police Department.

Interim Police Chief Jim Schaffer had previously attempted to force Hogan out of the department by ordering him off paid leave and back to

work — a job he couldn’t do without his gun.

It looked like Hogan would be fired when he exhausted his accrued vacation time after U.S. Magistrate Judge Brian Tsuchida ruled Hogan could not possess a firearm because he was under federal indictment. Tsuchida reversed that decision July 8 after finding an exception in the law for police officers.

Hogan was placed back on paid administrative leave, where he continued to collect his salary every month.

Hogan’s collective bargaining agreement with the Snoqualmie Police Department had previously prevented the city from firing Hogan, as they could not fire him for incidents that occurred while employed with the City of Tukwila.

Curator keeps salvaged steam engine ridin’ the rails

BY STUART MILLER smiller@snovalleystar.com

It’s been a long road for the Snoqualmie Railway’s Santa Cruz Portland Cement #2 steam engine to get where it is today. A long, steel road.

Ten years ago it was a defunct industrial novelty serving as a billboard for a fried chicken restaurant in Stockton, Calif.

A decade later, it was the star and centerpiece of last weekend’s Railroad Days in Snoqualmie, lugging thousands of people between North Bend, Snoqualmie and the falls.

The steam engine’s owner and caretaker, Stathi Pappas, had a similarly colorful journey to get where he is today, albeit a shorter one.

The steam train brain trust A crew of about half a dozen volunteers was hard at work early Sunday morning on the final day of the Railroad Days festival. They started the “fire-up” process at 7:30 a.m. as the sun was still rising over the mountains. After a couple of long days of running the steam engine around Snoqualmie Valley, they seemed to know what to do without too much guidance from Pappas, who was overseeing the operation.

Men and women in greasy, worn overalls went about twisting valves, checking gauges, doing all kinds of things to

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The 45 ton H.K. Porter 1909 0-4-0 engine owned by Stathi Pappas passes a railroad crossing as it comes into the Snoqualmie station with passengers Aug. 20 during Railroad Days.

get the steamer warmed up to its running temperature.

The steamer spit water from the cylinder valves, depressurizing from the day before. The oil-burning fire box crackled to life and steadily heated to about 3,000 degrees while fluids dripped off the machinery

in the cab of the steamer.

Pappas, the curator of the Northwest Railway Museum, isn’t your typical museum curator. His featured artifact is a fully functioning 87,000-pound steel monster. And unlike a stuffy museum of delicately preserved artifacts, Pappas runs

his stuff into the ground.

“The engine consumes itself in service,” Pappas said. “It’s an ever-evolving wave-front of work. Most of the train sees work or replacement.”

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that faster than other locomotives, he said.

Nearly every replacement part for the steam engine is crafted by Pappas himself in the engine workshop. He uses heavy industrial equipment dating from the early 1900s through the 1960s to forge replacement parts for the steam engine. The aged equipment is not only historically pleasing – it also does the job well.

“Everything requires fitting and dialing in to fit nicely into the engine,” Pappas said. “Modern equipment is not really better for this work.”

The same can be said for the crew of volunteers that helps out with the train operations.

“To understand the technology of the past, we must understand the society of the past,” Pappas said.

Among the train museum volunteers, Pappas has built an occupational subculture with hard work ethos.

They strive to see the world as it was in 1910 in standards and ethics. The culture around the rail workers reflects that, Pappas said. As he sees it, the trains aren’t

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Stathi Pappas (center) conducts a safety meeting during morning ‘fire-up’ on the Sunday of Railroad Days.

the most valuable artifacts in the museum.

“People’s knowledge, the brain trust of steam knowledge, is more perishable than the trains themselves,” Pappas said. “The brains are more important than the artifact.”

There’s only about 20 or 30 master mechanics in the country who do what Pappas does, he said.

He knows basically all of them, and communicates with them regularly.

His path to becoming the steam engine master of Snoqualmie has taken him and his engine, which he named The Chiggen, on a journey on and off the beaten track.

The Chiggen Growing up in Stockton, Pappas used to play on a derelict 1909 steam engine painted as a billboard for Pollardville’s Fried Chicken restaurant.

It was his first introduction to the HK Porter locomotive that he would someday own.

After spending some time working at the California and Nevada state railroad museums, Pappas’ interest in steam trains turned into a life calling.

“I began to realize that unless I did this full time, I’d never get what I wanted out of it,” Pappas said.

He decided to immerse himself in the field.

First he took a job at the Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad, a tourist railroad in Felton, Calif., where he learned railroad operations and how to run and fire a steam locomotive.

He also worked as a boilermaker, learning riveting, hot flanging, and other metalworking techniques, eventually becoming a welder. That knowledge has allowed him to forge the parts he needs to upkeep his steam engine.

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tourist line — the Mt. Rainier Railroad. All the while he was working to earn his doctorate in industrial archeology.

In 2006 he purchased a familiar old steam engine in Stockton and transformed it from a fried chicken billboard into a functioning steam locomotive. Years later, in 2014, he trucked the engine — which he named “The Chiggen” as a nod to its previous function — to Snoqualmie, where he was hired as the curator of the Northwest Railway Museum. Pappas and The Chiggen revamped a steam-train program that had been out of service in Snoqualmie since the 1990s due to lack of funding.

When steam-train programs stop running, they often never start up again, Pappas said.

The Northwest Railway Museum secured funding to hire on Pappas full-time in 2014. They are using his engine to pull weekend train rides while he restores an 1899 steam engine owned by the museum.

Pappas can’t take all the credit for bringing back the steam-train program.

A group of dedicated volunteers has been there the whole way through — one of them since she was a toddler.

hand resting on her overall-clad hip she observes the steam engine cooling down for the end of the day — the final day of Railroad Days. Her forearm is wrapped in bandages from a burn sustained putting the stack-cap back on the Chiggen. That’s the stack you imagine bellowing out plumes of hot steam above the engine.

Fluid drips and sizzles all around her and the other volunteers as they let fuel out of the line, and wait for the engine to depressurize and cool down.

“We don’t want to put the engine away when it is hot and smoking,” Anne-Chloe Olix, the young volunteer, explained.

She volunteered from 7:30 a.m. to about 6 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday for Railroad Days, and spends many weekends volunteering during steam season. She spends most of her time on the train’s rear brake, watching for signals, applying the brakes, and making sure they don’t hit anything, she said.

Olix has been around Snoqualmie’s trains since her dad, a volunteer, started bringing her with him around 2000.

While other people fulfilled their mandatory high school volunteer hours in more traditional ways, she spent her time on the tracks.

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Valley eateries serve up local dishes for Bounty Week

BY STUART MILLER

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Farms and restaurants up and down the Snoqualmie Valley have pitched in to provide and prepare food for Bounty Week, a celebration of locally grown food in the Valley.

Fifteen restaurants, including five in Fall City, Snoqualmie and North Bend, are featuring dishes using Snoqualmie Valley produce from April 19-25.

The Snoqualmie Valley Farmers Cooperative partnered with the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust to promote Bounty Week. The SVFC is still in its infancy, having informally started a few years ago.

It hired its first paid staff person in the summer of 2015 and currently relies on grant funding to operate, SVFC Manager Hannah CavendishPalmer said.

“This year it has really taken structure,” Ryan Lichttenegger, owner of Steel Wheel Farm in Fall City, said of the SVFC

“I like the idea that chefs are using our products to create elegant dishes and educate customers. It feels good to have them eat our food.”

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programs.

Steel Wheel Farm is one of eight SVFC farms that provided food for Bounty Week.

Lichttenegger leases the land on which he grows 50 different crops and raises pigs for pork production.

While Steel Wheel Farm currently sells its produce to a few restaurants in Issaquah and others around the Eastside and Seattle, it lost its super-local restaurant customers when Fall City Roadhouse and Fall City Bistro changed chefs.

“We don’t disappear, the chefs do, and we have to rekindle that relationship,” Lichttenegger said.

His produce is back in the valley for Bounty Week, and he said it is very gratifying to see his produce eaten locally.

“I like the idea that chefs are using our prod-

ucts to create elegant dishes and educate customers” on how to prepare them deliciously, he said. “It feels good to have them eat our food.”

The customers at local restaurants share that good feeling when they order dishes with local ingredients, North Bend Bar & Grill general manager Liz Vollbrecht said.

“They enjoy knowing that their food is locally grown,” Vollbrecht said.

“It’s nice knowing it’s come from down the road and it’s fresh, rather than being flown in from Chile or California.”

North Bend Bar & Grill has been serving up a grilled flank steak dish as part of the Bounty Week menu. It includes a vegetable blend of green beans, zucchini and summer squash from the Valley.

It is likely that Goose and Gander Farm pro-

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Week, Goose and Gander their cafeterias but have “We are helping co-owner Meredith Molli told the co-op they need to sell to them through the community come said.

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OPINION

Valley View

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Passion keeps the trains in the Valley

Today’s schools continue adapt to prepare tomorrow’s graduates

BY STUART MILLER

BY JOEL AUNE

Have you ever met somebody and walked away feeling glad that they exist?

I got that feeling after meeting the large-object curator for the Northwest Railway Museum over the weekend.

Stathi Pappas has dedicated his life to a craft that he loves, one that is dying, and one that needs people who are passionate Stuart Miller about it. His ambition to continually learn about steam engines is inspiring. I’m only a passing fan of steam engines, not a lifelong devotee. However Pappas’ passion for his job left me feeling happy that people like him are out there, keeping oft-overlooked industries alive.

He is doing a job and learning a craft that only a handful of people in the country have taken on. While most people wouldn’t dedicate their lives to steam engines, I think everybody benefits from Pappas’ dedication.

It just doesn’t seem right for his big 1909 steam locomotive not to be blowing its whistle and chugging away outside the railroad depot in downtown Snoqualmie. That was the reality from the late 1990s until 2014 when Pappas was hired on by the Northwest Railway Museum. A diesel engine ran between those years, but it is very hard to match the raw Americana that a steam engine drums up.

Pappas has not just brought the steam back to Snoqualmie, but also helped ensure that it will stay. He inspires young volunteers to learn about the centuries old mechanics of steam engines. They will carry the torch in the future, making sure steam engines are part of summer in Snoqualmie and Railroad Days, and alive not only in American imagination, but also on our tracks.

Email Stuart Miller at smiller@snovalleystar.com.

Valley View is a weekly column by SnoValley Star reporter Stuart Miller. It does not necessarily represent the editorial views of the newspaper.

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ext week, over 6,600 young people will return from the summer break to begin the 2016-17 school year. The school experience is deeply embedded in our Joel Aune nation’s culture. It is an experience that has likely shaped each of us in a lasting way.

We are fortunate to have the support of this community as we pursue our stated mission to educate all Snoqualmie Valley children to prepare them for college, career and citizenship. This mission, within the context of the 21st century, is an appropriately ambitious one. Our students are preparing for a world that will likely be much different than the one in which we live today.

This challenge is not a new one. Sometime ago, I heard a presentation by Jamie Vollmer, former businessman who has become quite interested in education. Vollmer spoke of the “ever-increasing burden on America’s public schools.” He noted that our nation’s public schools were created around 1640 to teach basic reading, writing and arithmetic, and to cultivate values that would preserve the democracy. Two hundred and fifty years later, leaders began to see public schools as a vehicle to assimilate immigrants and develop workers for the industrial age. This drove significant change, as new curriculum and responsibilities were placed upon schools. That evolution has continued ever since. Vollmer compiled a list of programs and responsibilities that have been added in public schools since then: n 1900-1910: nutrition, immunizations, health programs. n 1910-1930: physical education, athletics, practical arts, vocational education, home economics, agricultural education, school transportation. n 1940s: business education, art, music, speech, drama, half-day kindergarten, school lunch programs. n 1950s: expanded science and math, safety education, driver’s education, expanded music and art, foreign language, sex education. n 1960s: advanced placement programs, Head Start, Title I, adult education, career education.

n 1970s: special education, Title IX, drug and alcohol education, behavior classrooms, character education, parenting education, school breakfast programs. n 1980s: computer education, multicultural education, ethnic heritage education, early college courses, alternative education, child-abuse monitoring, after-school programs, anti-smoking education, preschool programs. n 1990s: conflict resolution, HIV/AIDS education, CPR training, school-to-work programs, safety education programs, distance learning, dropout prevention, technology, inclusion. n 2000 to present: No Child Left Behind, bullying prevention, anti-harassment policies, Common Core, financial literacy, an explosion of standardized testing, onerous reporting requirements imposed by the federal government, a new system for teacher evaluation, gifted education, full-day kindergarten and increased graduation requirements.

My point here is not to grumble, but rather to underscore the ongoing increase in what is being asked of schools, and celebrate what they have become. My intent is to reinforce the remarkable progress, work and accomplishment of our schools and public education in this country.

Is there room for improvement? Of course. We owe it to our students to continue seeking better ways to teach and ignite their learning. The Snoqualmie Valley School District is committed to continuous improvement, and we have a Strategic Plan that outlines an ambitious course of action as we pursue excellence for the students in our schools.

The school experience for our students most certainly contributes to their future happiness, productivity and social conscience. I believe that our nation’s future is largely dependent upon the moral fiber, capacity and genius of the children and young people who grace our classrooms today. And in observing them first-hand, let me tell you that the future is bright.

I speak for the entire staff in saying that we consider it an honor and a privilege to teach and educate the children of this wonderful community. We can’t wait to get started, and eagerly look forward to the arrival of the students next week!

Joel Aune is superintendent of the Snoqualmie Valley School District.

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Hospitality Helpers Lisa Hall Olivia Kleinhaus Phil Frost Lily Hutchison Justin Palmer Hailey Hutchison Elli Palmer Sue Detwiller Tiffany Yabuki Scott Palmer Jersye Mikes Costco Frankie’s Pizza Pioneer coffee Georgia’s Bakery Steve’s Donuts

Parade Gary Schwartz Cyndi Sun Craig Eland Danny Kolke Craig Ewing Janelle Peterson Joan Clark Tim Fillipiak Dave Harris Fritz Ribary Mary Miller Bruce Sullivan

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Our judges for the Amazing Pet Contest: (Sponsored by Carriage Insurance & Pet Place Market) BJ Latham, Pooch-Play Tawnya Martinez, Pooch-Play Lindsey Bertram, Pooch-Play

Event volunteers George Storrs Tom Herman Jordan Serchio Justin Palmer Katie Wysocki Katie Larson Kelly Husted (cert.)

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Lillian Bachand Lily Hutchinson Lisa Hall Luke Hailey Maddox Malcolm Mark Fun Mary Likes Mary Miller Matt Sill Melissa Stepaniuk Merrit Glennon Michele King McNany Miranda Nelson Morgan Lowell Paul Billington Phil Frost Rileigh Shelton Rita Schriver Ryan Horn Sammi Hutter Sandy Klineburger Sawyer Schuyler Bears Scott Massengill Scott Palmer Shari MacRae Stephen Johnescu Sue Detwiller Susan Sill Tasby Hockenbury Taylyn Hockenbury Terrace(Tom)

Tiffany Yabuki Tim Fillipiak Trajen Hockenbury Trinty Terborg Ty Hutter Tyler Koukol Veronica Bravener Yolanda Murray Olivia Murray Kimberly Kohr Mt. Si Golf Course Tom Herman Kenny Pennington Scott Massengill Jonna Massengill Nels Melgard Boy Scouts NB Troop #466 Luke Hailey Maggie Johnescu Rita Schriver Aidan Schriver Stephen Johnescu Ashton Fender Giabriella Schriver Kristen Kuisrud Haven Beares Schuyler Beares Gregory Malcolm Maddox Malcolm Berry Rogers Adam Rogers Ben Rogers

www.festivalatmtsi.org Sawyer Tyler Koukol Dark Horse Ink R&R Party Rentals Fun Rents Earl Whiteside Mei Mei Jones Briana Dowling Charles Eadie Camden Pennington John Greer Doug Hockenbury Chelley Patterson and family Mitchell Meyer All Kids Area Helpers

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City of North Bend Si View Metro Parks Republic Services Snoqualmie Casino The Wyrsch Family, Wanted Espresso, Mt Si Chevron, Mt. Si Shell, North Bend Shell, Wyrsch’s Towing The Star Valley Record Blue Line Protective Services Yelp Frankie’s Pizza North Bend Ace Hardware JO Borgen Plaza All Weather Heating Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, LLC Nintendo of America, Inc. Pearson Law Firm Straight Chiropractic Puget Sound Energy

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Committee Members Tina Brandon - Parade chair Barb Danek - Parade co-chair Doug and Jody Carr Community stage and pet events Ben Cockman - Chili Cook off Angela Donaldson - Kiddie Parade Mike Patton - Kiddie Parade Rob Wotton - Kiddie Parade Mike Fink - General Helper Alison Franco - Publicity Sharon Hockenbury Volunteer Coordinator Mary Hutter - Twin Peaks Events Charlotte Jacobs - Treasurer Alan LaBissionaire and KCSR - First Aid Shari MacRae - Super Volunteer Michelle Meyer - Auction, Raffle, Fund Raising Amy Moszeter - Vendors Yolanda Murray - Vendors Jeff Mumma - Rotary Beer Garden Steve Weaver - Rotary Beer Garden Liz Palmer - Hospitality Stephanie Frost - Hospitality Steve Pennington - Dessert Events and more Katie Podschwit - Dessert Events and more Carol Whiteside - Vice President, Kids area, logisitics Earl Whiteside - Signs and parking Minna Rudd and Si View MPD’s awesome staff - Site Logistics Jill Massengill - President and Queen in Charge.

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Down power line ignites tree

Grass fire extinguished

At 2:16 p.m. Aug. 12, Snoqualmie firefighters responded to a possible brush fire on Boalch Avenue Southeast.

Upon arrival, they found a power line down in a tree, causing it to smolder. They immediately requested assistance from Puget Sound Energy.

Meanwhile, they kept golfers out of the area.

The tree had stopped smoldering by the time PSE arrived. The crew left PSE in control of the scene.

At 11:58 a.m. Aug. 16, Snoqualmie firefighters responded with EFR units to a possible grass fire on eastbound Interstate 90. The crew arrived to find an extinguished 2-foot by three-foot fire and used its water extinguisher to make sure the fire was completely out.

Illegal burn complaint

At 11:22 p.m. Aug. 12, Snoqualmie firefighters were dispatched to a burn complaint on Southeast Newton Street and Silva Avenue Southeast.

The crew thoroughly investigated the neighborhood but found nothing.

No intruders or fire, just an alarm At 3:22 a.m. Aug. 14, Snoqualmie firefighters responded to a fire alarm on Southeast Aspen Lane. They found a homeowner unfamiliar with the home’s automated alarm system and she was unable to silence it. The crew found the panel reading trouble with multiple burglar alarms. Snoqualmie police were dispatched to inspect the home for intruders. They eventually removed the alarm panel face and unplugged the speaker, advising the homeowner to contact ADT in the morning.

Swimmer rescued At 5:14 p.m. Aug. 14, Snoqualmie and Fall City firefighters responded to a swift water rescue at David Powell Road.

The crew provided throw baggers to assist Fall City with their inflatable boat rescue of an injured 30-year-old female.

Car prowl At 7:03 p.m. Aug. 16, someone broke into a Jeep on Rock Creek Boulevard Southwest and stolen multiple items.

Fill & flee At 11:09 p.m. Aug. 16, the driver of a Jeep filled with $23.16 in gas at North Bend Gas at 520 E. North Bend Way then left without paying.

Funny money At 11:55 a.m., a customer at the North Bend Ace Hardware paid for some items with a possible counterfeit $100 bill.

The customer told police the older $100 currency was brought from Chile and looked real. The customer’s ID and passport appeared to be valid.

No action was reported taken.

In addition to the above calls, Snoqualmie EMTs responded to 19 medical aid incidents bringing the total number of calls to date to 707 In 2015, there were 878 EMT calls.

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great, animal shelters are awesome, but I get to help preserve history here,” Olix said. “I get to work on an engine that will run someday.”

The engine she refers to is an 1899 steam locomotive that she’s helping restore with Pappas and the other volunteers.

“I’m more fond of steam (over diesel) because it’s basic physics, basic chemistry,” Olix said.

Steam engines, as opposed to their modern diesel counterparts, are a very honest technology, Pappas said.

“The engine will tell you everything you need to know if you ask it the right questions,” Pappas said. “Every part has an alarm clock that tells you when to fix it.”

Week after week, Olix absorbs pieces of Pappas’ knowledge of steam engines. It is a craft that requires a life-

time of devotion to keep alive, Pappas said.

“We are keepers of the flame. If that chain is broken, there is no putting it back together,” he said.

It seems that Olix could be the newest link in that chain. She said she wants to be a steam engineer someday.

The younger volunteers at the Railway Museum aren’t the only sign of life in the struggling steam-train industry. Pappas said that when he recently built a custom dome for the 1899 steam engine project, it needed design approval from the Federal Railroad Administration.

“A real person had to inspect it and certify it,” Pappas laughed. Some one from the FRA has been certifying these designs since the advent of the steam engine, he said. “It never actually totally died.”

Pappas is banking on the hope that it won’t.

His odds seem good in Snoqualmie.

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Calendar of events Saturday, Aug. 27 Boeing Classic Round 2, gates open at 8 a.m., Family Day Activities in Kid Zone Tent 10 .a.m. to 1 p.m., TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Clubhouse, 36005 SE Ridge St., boeingclassic.com Free Community Shred Day, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sno Falls Credit Union, 7726 Center Blvd. SE, Suite 140, Snoqualmie NaNoWriMo to Published Workshop Series, for adults, 10:30 a.m. to noon, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554 Encompass 50th Birthday Bash, featuring food, bounce houses and live entertainment, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Centennial Field, 39903 SE Park St., free Family Watershed Tour, 2-3 p.m., $5 per seat (kids on laps free), 19901 Cedar Falls Road SE, North Bend, register at bit.ly/2bJIf3u Rancho Laguna Heart Benefit, featuring music, barbecue, silent auction, kids activities and more, 3-9 p.m., $20 per person via email at tinal@rancholagunaheart.org or $25 at the door, 37705 SE 47th St., Snoqualmie, rancholagunaheart.org Bands, Brews and Burgers: featuring tribute bands Bonfire (ACDC),

Heart by Heart (Heart) and L.A. Vation (U2), 5-9 p.m., Snoqualmie Casino Mountain View Plaza, ages 21 and older, bit.ly/2bcJruR Student Showcase: George Higashiyama & Friends, 5:30 p.m.; Courtney Cutchins Duo, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Piccola Cellars, 112 W. Second St., North Bend, jazzclubsnw. org/northbend Kids Night Out at the Y, ages 3-12, 6-10 p.m., $20$36, 35108 SE Ridge St., Snoqualmie, register at 2563115 Michele McNany, 8 p.m., The Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. SE, 831-3647

Sunday, Aug. 28 Boeing Classic Final Round, gates open at 6:30 a.m., TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Clubhouse, 36005 SE Ridge St., boeingclassic.com Brunch with The Poindexters, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. SE, 8313647 Steam Train Rides, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Northwest Railway Museum, $22 for adults/$20 for seniors/$12 for ages 2-12/ ages 2 and under free, 38625 SE King St., Snoqualmie Family Watershed Tour, 2-3 p.m., $5 per seat (kids on laps free), 19901 Cedar Falls Road SE, North Bend, register

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Wednesday, Aug. 31 First Day of School for Snoqualmie Valley School District Fit and Fun Morning Program, ages 5-13, 7-9 a.m., $50, YMCA Youth Development Center, 35018 SE Ridge St., register at bit.ly/2bcrzTI Mount Si Senior Trips: Thorp Grist Mill & Quilt Barn Tour, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., $20 for members/$30 for non members, meet at 411 Main Ave. S., 888-3434 One-on-One Computer Help, 1-3 p.m., for adults, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554 Future Jazz Heads, 6 p.m., Piccola Cellars, 112 W. Second St., North Bend, jazzclubsnw. org/northbend Open Mic Night, 7 p.m.,

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Fire Chief Jeff Clark is seeking invitations to speak with local community service groups and homeowner associations about the proposed fire authority for King County Fire Districts 10 and 38.

The agencies are asking voters to combine into one fire authority on the November General Election ballot.

Fire District 10 serves May Valley, Tiger Mountain, Mirrormont, Preston, and the City of Carnation. Fire District 38 covers the unincorporated areas around North Bend and Snoqualmie.

The fire districts are losing property and tax revenue to neighboring cities due to annexations. The fire agencies content that working together will reduce costs, maintain emergency

service levels and improve efficiencies for taxpayers longterm. Interested parties are encouraged to contact Clark at 313-3228 or jclark@ esf-r.org to schedule a presentation.

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Informal one-onone auditions will be held Aug. 28 and 30 at Umpqua Bank in North Bend. To set up an audition, send a message through the website at nightonadarktrail.org/ contact.

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BY NEIL PIERSON npierson@ snovalleystar.com With their 2016 football opener on the immediate horizon, the Mount Si Wildcats have an unusual situation at the quarterback position.

Senior Zeke Barden, junior Jesiah Irish and sophomore Cale Millen offer different strengths under center. Barden missed last year with an injury but has the most experience. Irish is a Russell Wilson type who can make plays with his legs, but might be better utilized at wide receiver. And Millen – the son of former University of Washington quarterback Hugh Millen – is a strong pocket passer with a big upside.

It’s anyone’s guess what head coach Charlie Kinnune will choose to do. All three might see action when the Wildcats travel to Juanita for a Sept. 2 nonleague game.

“That is a good problem, I think,” said senior Jack Weidenbach, “because one of them might think they have the job but … the next day it could be the other guy.

“It’s back and forth, and it increases the competition, and it’s making all three of them better.”

Kinnune, who’s entering his 25th season in charge of the program, said this is an atypical Mount Si team in terms of size.

He thinks their athleticism, intelligence and work ethic will offset whatever the players lack in size.

Weidenbach, who will start at linebacker and split time with fellow senior Max Bonda at running back, is emblematic of the ros-

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Above, sophomore quarterback Cale Millen has thrown his name into the ring as Mount Si’s starting quarterback.

At right, Senior Zeke Barden, who missed the 2015 season with an injury, is back in the mix for Mount Si and could be the starting quarterback when the Wildcats open their 2016 campaign with a Sept. 2 nonleague game at Juanita.

Below, Junior Jesiah Irish is one of the candidates for Mount Si’s starting quarterback role saw some time behind graduated senior Harrison D’Anna last year and also has the ability to play wide receiver.

ter’s makeup. At 5-foot11, 200 pounds, he’s not the biggest player on the field but fearlessly throws his body around.

The Wildcats surprised some people a year ago when they earned one of four playoff berths from the Class 4A KingCo Conference, then beat Jefferson before losing to Graham-Kapowsin in a first-round state contest.

The key to holding down highpowered opponents, Weidenbach said, is for the Wildcats to do their homework.

“It’s about game film,” he said. “We’re really good at studying and preparing our-

“Our depth is a little short this year because of a heavy senior class and kind of a smaller junior class in the skill positions,” Rendon said.

“But we’re trying to rotate off so we don’t get too tired, so not everybody is playing two ways and exhausting themselves.”

Bonda hopes to form a thunder-andlightning partnership in the backfield with Weidenbach.

“I’m more of the elusive type, the speed type of running back,” Bonda said. “Jack is more of the power running back, lowering that shoulder. We have a good combo. We know when to switch in and out.”

selves for every single offense that we see.

We’ll move guys to different spots if we have to in order to be ready for next week.”

Mount Si’s offense will have many new faces.

Gone are quarterback Harrison D’Anna and his host of tall receivers – Parker Dumas, Caleb Mitchell and Colton Swain.

Seniors Alex Rendon and Eric Daniels may be the ones to fill their shoes.

Kinnune was blunt in his expectations – “we play for championships, league and state titles,” he said – and believes the sevengame KingCo slate will help hone his team’s toughness for the postseason.

The players said they’re ready to accept the pressure.

“It just gives us a bigger challenge for us to step up, and I know we can handle it,” Bonda said.

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