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September 1, 2011 VOL. 3, NO. 41

Boeing Classic ends with playoff Page 6

Teachers union, school district reach agreement

By Sebastian Moraga

Climb for children Snoqualmie tribe member raises funds for children.

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Institutional memory Director of senior center will celebrate retirement Page 3

Police blotter Page 7

Valley to Peninsula Valley residents take a trip to Korea Peninsula.

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Cook up a storm Potatoes a la Bed & Breakfast.

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Teacher Rene Peterson raised her arms in victory and let out a cheer.

“We start school,” she said, “which is awesome. Yay!” The Snoqualmie Valley Education Association voted to approve a tentative agreement with the Snoqualmie Valley School District on Aug. 23.

School started right on schedule when classes resumed Aug. 30.

The school board met Aug. 25 at Mount Si High School to confirm approval of the new twoyear agreement. The contract that expired Aug. 31 was a threeyear deal.

“We are in a two-year biennium cycle with education funding really taking a hit,” union leader Art Galloway said. “And we want to be able to address that in two years.”

The district’s public information officer Carolyn Malcolm released the following contract details. ❑ The District will restore the 1.9 percent salary cut imposed by the state for the next two years. ❑ The professional rate (hourly rate for extra curriculum work and staff training) will be maintained at the current rate this year, with a $1 increase

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next year. ❑ The Attract and Retain Stipend for teachers with more than 17 years of experience will be increased by $100 per year.

❑ Compensation for technology training and implementation was increased by $100 for the upcoming year, and will increase an additional $50 in

Gang violence in King County has little effect on Snoqualmie Valley

By Dan Catchpole

Running start

By Sebastian Moraga

Snoqualmie Valley teachers sign in prior to their meeting to decide whether to accept a tentative agreement with the school district.

The King County Prosecutor and police officials are concerned about rising gang activity in the region, but Snoqualmie Valley police officials say it has little effect on the Valley.

The prosecutor and police officials addressed their concerns about emerging gang violence in the county at the Aug. 23 meeting of the Metropolitan King County Council’s Law, Justice, Health and Human Services Committee “We are sounding the alarm about the serious public safety threat posed by a new surge of gang violence in King County,” Councilman and committee

chairman Bob Ferguson said in a news statement. “If we want to protect our kids and our communities, we must work collaboratively to stop the current gang warfare and provide better futures for our youth to prevent them from becoming involved in gang violence.”

The County Council is considering using $1.5 million that it set aside in the adopted 2011 budget for emergency public safety needs for confronting gang problems.

“The recent uprising of gang violence in our suburban communities is a prime example of an unanticipated, increasing threat to public safety that the criminal justice reserve was

established to address,” Councilwoman Julia Patterson said in the statement. She chairs the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee.

Snoqualmie Valley has not seen the escalation of gang activity that other areas have, but police officials in the area are mindful of it.

“Yes, they are present in the Snoqualmie Valley,” said Sgt. Mark Toner, chief of the North Bend Police and a King County Sheriff’s Deputy. But “it’s not a significant problem right now.”

Still, even one outburst of violence can have devastating consequences.

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Wanted: Locals’ 9/11 memories The terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, changed the United States forever.

The tragedies in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa., reverberated across the country, including in Snoqualmie Valley. The day’s events changed people’s lives in big and small ways, and left many people with indelible memories.

With the attacks’ 10th anniversary around the corner, SnoValley Star wants to hear about local residents’ 9/11 memories and experiences.

Send your contact information to editor@snovalleystar.com, or contact the Star on Twitter @snovalleystar or Facebook.

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Avoid Labor Day traffic Labor Day is the busiest travel weekend of the year over Snoqualmie Pass on Interstate 90.

The state Department of Transportation is offering numerous travel information tools for motorists headed through Snoqualmie Pass and other high-traffic areas during the holiday weekend.

Travelers planning to hit state highways can find information on the DOT website about the times and places drivers can expect to experience Labor Day weekend delays, including U.S. 2, I-90, and Interstate 5 at the Canadian border, and between Olympia and Tacoma.

AAA estimates a decline in overall travel. The organization predicts for almost 27.3 million people to travel the nation’s roadways during the holiday weekend, a slight increase from

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Motorists can expect significantly better travel times in most areas Thursday and Sept. 6.

Work at most construction sites around the state moves off the highways for Labor Day weekend. Drivers should still watch for shifted lanes, detours and reduced-speed zones.

State transportation planners offer many ways for motorists to monitor travel conditions: ❑ Dial 511, the driver information phone line to provide current traffic, incident and closure information. TTY users can call 800-833-6388. ❑ On the agency’s travel website, drivers can see information such as camera images and maps showing highway incidents and closures. ❑ The agency also provides traveler information on Twitter, Facebook and via email.

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Snoqualmie Police Chief Jim Schaeffer credits the local departments’ close relationship with the Snoqualmie Valley School District for helping suppress gang activity.

“If there’s any suspicious activity at any of the schools, we get a call right away,” Schaeffer said.

The relationship began in 1990 in response to concerns about increasing gang activity at the time.

So far, much of the increase in gang-related violence has been in south King County,

Snoqualmie Valley schools Joel Aune said in a statement posted on the district’s website that despite the tough times in public education, the agreement meets the school board’s priorities.

School Board President Dan Popp said in the same statement that the board was “extremely pleased” with the negotiation’s outcome.

Popp said the board had three priorities in the negotiation — the best learning experience for the students, addressing the needs of the staff and maintaining the district’s fiscal health.

“While we will continue to face budget challenges, the contract is consistent with our priorities,” Popp said.

Peterson hailed the efforts of

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“Police and prosecutors have launched an intense initiative to identify gang leaders who are

“If there’s any suspicious activity at any of the schools, we get a call right away.”

— Jim Schaeffer Snoqualmie Police Chief responsible for shootings and other violent crimes,” said Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg in a news statement.

According to the Prosecutor’s Office, gang-related violence has increased over the past three years. In 2008 and 2009, King County averaged 29 gang-

the union’s bargaining team.

“They listened to our concerns as teachers,” Peterson said, “and used that as what drove their negotiations and it seems that what they achieved was very fair and reflected what we had requested.”

As teachers counted the votes inside Mount Si High School’s auditorium, colleagues exited the building and expressed hope that the threat of a strike had been eliminated.

“I didn’t hear one negative comment about the proposed contract,” teacher Kim Sales said. “I think it’s absolutely fair.

This contract is going to keep us where we were.”

With an ailing economy, teachers hoped to avoid taking a pay cut, Sales said.

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“It sounds like that has been accomplished,” she said, “so we are thrilled.”

While the outcome pleased some, what it took to get there left others displeased.

The district and the union talked from 9 a.m. Aug. 22 to 4:30 a.m. Aug. 23, took a break, and resumed talks via email and phone until 3 p.m.

“A lot of this work that we did at 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the morning can certainly be done with brighter minds, earlier in the process,” Galloway said, adding that by ‘brighter minds’ he meant more awake.

He said the union leaders worry about the district’s ability to retain teachers when faced with job offers from nearby schools dangling better pay and benefits.

“We have teachers that are being recruited right now by Issaquah, Lake Washington, Monroe,” he said. “We train them and then they go other places. That’s not a good way to have a quality staff to sustain what we need to do.”

Galloway read a statement requesting that the district revise the bargaining process.

“Our students, the families and our members ought not to have to wait until the last minute to reach an agreement,” he read. “We would never run our classrooms this way.”

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related homicides and 200 reported gang-related shootings.

The King County Sheriff’s Office believes there are over 10,000 gang members in King County that are part of an estimated 140 active criminal street gangs.

Although overall crime has trended downward in recent years, King County has seen a significant increase in crime related to gang activity, with gang related crime increasing 165 percent since 2005.

King County Executive Dow Constantine supported enhancing the county’s anti-gang efforts.

“As law enforcement leaders told us today, our anti-gang approach must include prevention and intervention along with suppression,” he said in a statement.

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In an Aug. 18 brief listing Department of Ecology grants and loans, the only Snoqualmiearea project that received state funds was the Stewardship Partners projects.

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Snoqualmie Tribe member takes on Mount Rainier to help tribe’s children Climb will raise funds for youth fitness camp

By Dan Catchpole At 5-foot-2 inches, Rhonda Neufang is a small woman with seemingly boundless energy. But just a few years ago, her health was deteriorating due to her obesity.

Neufang stopped looking at the scale when it hit 193 pounds. She received a reality check at her doctor’s office when she was 27.

“I was on blood pressure medication, and my doctor told me that I was border line diabetic and if I continued my life style that I would diabetic by the time I was 30. This scared me,” Neufang said.

She set herself to getting healthy. She joined a gym and changed her diet.

One goal came into her head: Get fit enough to climb Mount Rainier.

Now, five years later and weighing in at 119 pounds, Neufang is ready to take in the view from Rainier’s summit at 14,410 feet.

She will join an eight-member group with guides from Alpine Ascents International on

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the three-day climb this Labor Day weekend.

Neufang, a Snoqualmie Tribe member, is using her climb to raise money to send children in the tribe to a three-day fitness camp, which was also her idea.

“I want to do something for our tribal kids, because they are our future leaders,” Neufang said. “It is up to us, the teachers, to give them the right tools to help them be fit both physically and mentally. I really believe both of those go hand in hand.”

The camp is still in the planning stages.

Neufang said she expects it to be up and running next summer. The camp will be run by staff from the Snoqualmie Tribal Health Clinics, where Neufang worked before being recruited to be the tribe’s corrections officer.

She also hopes to have local

police officers and fitness experts talk to campers.

But right now, she is focused on climbing Mount Rainier.

Neufang has been following a regimen of strength and endurance training for months.

She runs daily, and on the weekends, throws on a 40-pound backpack and hits the trails.

Neufang got her first close up look at Mount Rainier on July 31.

Her heart raced with excitement as she and her fiancé, Frank Benish pulled up to the base of the mountain.

“But then I was disappointed, because it was a very cloudy day, and I couldn’t even see the mountain,” she said.

They could barely see four feet in front of their faces, but they hiked further on.

The air cleared and she sucked in the mountain’s crisp air.

“Rhonda’s a real inspiration,” said Marga White, Neufang’s trainer who climbed Rainier in 2009. “She’s moved mountains to get to this point. Now, it’s time for her to conquer the biggest mountain in the state.”

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

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Mt. Si Senior Center plans celebration for outgoing director After 21 years at the Mt. Si Senior Center, Ruth Tolmasoff is retiring. To thank her for her service, the center is having a community celebration Sept. 2.

During her tenure there, Tolmasoff and staff re-established the senior center after a devastating flood in 1990, jumpstarted its transportation program, spearheaded a hot meals program and encouraged the growth of its thrift store — the center’s main money maker.

Tolmasoff started working at the center in 1988 as its activity director, and became its fourth executive director in October 1990, one month before a major flood caused significant damage to the building.

She secured money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to elevate the building and got money from other sources to expand the center.

During her tenure, the center’s client base dipped somewhat due to lower birthrates during World War II, but it has steadily increased as Baby Boomers reach retirement.

Tolmasoff has developed the center’s transportation resources. In 2003, the center got its first van with the help of Senior Services, and soon

Ruth Tolmasoff after bought a second one with money from the United Way Fund.

In 2007, the Snoqualmie Tribe partnered with the senior center to form the present day Snoqualmie Valley Transportation, serving the upper and lower Valley with six vans. It charges 50 cents for a ride (25 cents for seniors).

Rides must be scheduled one day in advance by calling 8887001.

Tolmasoff oversaw the opening of the center’s thrift store in 2003. Today, 15 volunteers sell about $80,000 worth of merchandise a year.

The center’s board of directors has not selected Tolmasoff’s successor yet.

The center is having a community celebration in her honor at 1-4 p.m. Sept. 2, Mt. Si Senior Center, 411 Main St, North Bend.

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Volunteer opportunities abound in the fall

To the citizens of Snoqualmie:

As summer and its busy weekends wind down, kids are back in school and life gets back to a routine. It’s time to think about new activities.

Fall might mean a new computer class or getting back into a fitness program, signing up the kids for extracurricular activities — or volunteering.

Volunteer opportunities can involve your whole family or just you. They can be onetime or recurring things.

Think big, think small, and then take action!

Schools also need numerous volunteers, either in the office or the classroom. Youth groups are calling for Scout leaders; Sunday schools need teachers and coaches.

The Mount Si Food Bank can always use helping hands to pick up, drop off, sort and hand out food.

The program relies almost entirely on volunteers and donations, and it serves a community in critical need of assistance.

The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust has many outdoor projects in and around Snoqualmie Valley if you like to plant trees or pull weeds.

Or help track the Valley’s elk population with the Upper Snoqualmie Valley Elk Management Group.

There’s a club in Snoqualmie Valley for just about every interest and most are all seeking new members this fall, whether it’s to raise a guide dog puppy, raise funds for scholarships or use your ham radio skills in emergencies.

Fall also means election time and there are good City Council and school board candidates who would welcome some volunteer help.

In many ways, fall is so different from summer that it’s like the beginning of a new year.

Use this time to reflect on how your new year can make a difference in Snoqualmie Valley — already a great place to live.

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By Slim Randles Dewey Decker silently shoveled cow manure into the back of his pickup, but for the first time, his heart wasn’t in it.

He knew he had it to do, so he did it. Scoop, toss. Scoop toss.

Then, when the bed was full, he somberly drove to town and unloaded it onto the many compost piles behind his house.

Then he drew compost from the bottom and put that in the truck. Scoop, toss. Scoop toss.

Then off he went in the pickup with the sign reading Environmental Enrichment Services and delivered the magnificent new garden amendments to one of his customers.

Again … scoop, toss and spread.

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Normally, this would have filled his day with a sense of accomplishment, secure in the knowledge that he was making the world a little richer by his labors. But today it only warranted a sigh.

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It seems strange that the city of Snoqualmie would be willing to annex the Weyerhaeuser mill site without even evaluating the existing pollution present on the site.

It is well known that the site is polluted, and the county has required that this pollution be cleaned up before the site is developed.

However, the city of Snoqualmie is considering annexation of the site and allowing the present owner to utilize the site without even evaluating the level of pollution or requiring that it be cleaned up.

It sounds like the city of Snoqualmie would assume a great deal of responsibility that King County would be happy to get rid of, and the present owner of the property would gain all

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shower and went to the Mule Barn truck stop for lunch.

Even that didn’t help.

“Pull up a chair, Dewey,” said Dud, jovially. “We were just talking about the shellacking Ol’ Marve gave the county people.”

Partially through town support, and largely through the efforts of Dewey himself, Marvin Pincus had been allowed to continue counseling the lovelorn and tying Slim Randles appropriate Columnist flies for their therapy. It was the talk of the valley.

“Yes,” Dewey nodded. “That was good.”

“You feeling okay, Doo?” asked Doc. “Sure. I’m fine.”

But he wasn’t. While his outer shell delighted in fertilizing life in the valley, his heart lay fallow. How could they understand what Emily meant to him. Oh yes, he thought of her now as Emily and not as Ms. Stickles, the county love advice coordinator.

In his mind, she walked with a graceful air, smiling that soft smile that melted his heart and changed his outlook forever.

He picked at his burger and fries and then paid his bill and left. Mindlessly he drove the fertilizer pick-up around town, eventually noticing that he kept passing Marvin Pincus’s house.

Of course. This was a problem for the Fly Tying Love Center.

He pulled up and stopped.

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Another ‘Classic’ golfing weekend

By Dan Catchpole

WEB EXTRA See more photos of the Boeing Classic online at www.snovalleystar.com Clockwise from top left: Kenny Perry putts during the third round of the Boeing Classic. A Boeing 787 flies over TPC Snoqualmie Ridge to open the three-day tournament. Sandie (left) and Dan Hunter, of Issaquah, watch the action on the 18th hole at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. Spectators follow the leaders from a hillside during the final round of the Boeing Classic. Perry chips out of a bunker during the Champions Tour event. Boeing Classic winner Mark Calcavecchia jumps as his ball teeters on the edge, but doesn’t drop into the 18th hole, sending the tournament into a two-man playoff. Russ Cochran, who finished second, fights his way out of a sand bunker on the 18th hole during a playoff between him and Calcavecchia.

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Cities plan Sept. 11 observances

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The events of Sept. 11, 2001, reverberated across the United States. Nearly 10 years later, many Americans are still coming to grips with that day, when terrorists took control of four commercial passenger jets and turned them into weapons. More than 3,000 people, including 19 hijackers, died in the attacks.

To commemorate the day, North Bend and Snoqualmie have organized memorial ceremonies. Snoqualmie will have an observance at 8:15 a.m.

Sept. 11, at Railroad Park, 7971 Railroad Ave. S.E. Later that night, North Bend has scheduled a candlelight vigil beginning at 7 p.m., at Si View Park, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive.

Snoqualmie police More fake $50s At 5:50 p.m. Aug. 20 police arrived at the Milk Barn, 9075 Railroad Ave. S.E., where a customer had given the store owner a fake $50 bill. The bill was printed over a $5 bill so the pen used to detect fake bills read it as normal. Later in the day, the owner took the bill to Bank of America, where he found it was counterfeit. The suspect was described as a black female. The bill was the third fake $50 bill he had received in a week. The suspect the first two times was a white male. Police took the money and placed it in an evidence locker. The case is pend-

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ing and police are seeking surveillance tape of the last suspect.

Suspended license At 12:20 a.m. Aug. 25 police traveling north on Snoqualmie Parkway ran a registration check on a 1994 Honda sedan. The check yielded a suspended license on the owner. After the police stopped her, the owner said she did not have insurance and knew her license had expired but did not know it had been suspended. Police told her she would receive a criminal citation for driving with a suspended license. She was allowed

to drive two more blocks to her destination but told she could not drive again until she had insurance and had her license reinstated.

Snoqualmie fire ❑ At 4:40 a.m. Aug. 19, EMTs were dispatched to downtown Snoqualmie for a medical call.

The patient was treated and then transported to a hospital by private ambulance. ❑ At 3:00 p.m. Aug. 19, firefighters were dispatched to Snoqualmie Casino for an elderly woman with abdominal pain.

❑ At 12:22 p.m. Aug. 20, firefighters responded to Douglas Avenue Southeast for an automatic fire alarm. The alarm was set off by a system malfunction and was reset. ❑ At 6:29 p.m. Aug. 20, EMTs responded to Center Boulevard Southeast for a 59year-old man experiencing abdominal pain. He was transported by paramedics to a hospital for evaluation. ❑ At 8:28 p.m. Aug. 20, EMTs responded to Southeast Sequoia Street for a 66-year-old woman experiencing stroke See FIRE, Page 14

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Mount Si High School Fall 2011 Sports Schedule GIRLS SOCCER PRESEASON Thu Sept. 8 5:00 pm at Cedarcrest Sat Sept. 10 3:00 pm vs. Monroe REGULAR SEASON Tue Sept. 13 5:30 pm vs. Liberty Thu Sept. 15 5:30 pm vs. Sammamish Tue Sept. 20 5:30 pm at Lake Washington Thu Sept. 22 5:30 pm at Juanita Tue Sept. 27 5:30 pm vs. Interlake Thu Sept. 29 5:30 pm at Bellevue Thu Oct. 4 5:30 pm vs. Mercer Island Thu Oct. 6 5:30 pm at Liberty Thu Oct. 11 5:30 pm at Sammamish Thu Oct. 13 5:30 pm vs. Lake Washington Tue Oct. 18 5:30 pm vs. Juanita Thu Oct. 20 5:30 pm at Interlake Tue Oct. 25 5:30 pm vs. Bellevue Thu Oct. 27 5:30 pm at Mercer Island

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7:00 pm vs. Liberty 7:00 pm vs. Sammamish 7:00 pm at Lake Washington 7:00 pm at Juanita 7:00 pm vs. Interlake 7:00 pm vs. Bellevue 7:00 pm at Mercer Island 7:00 pm at Liberty 7:00 pm at Sammamish 7:00 pm vs. Lake Washington 7:00 pm vs. Juanita

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Students recount trip to Korea

Obituary Edwin Andrew Opstad

By Sebastian Moraga They went, they saw, they ate.

Then they could not believe what they ate.

From octopus to cow blood’s soup to dog, the rarities on the plate rarely ceased for six Valley high-schoolers who spent three weeks of their 2011 summer in Gangjin, Korea.

“I don’t even know what they were, but I had many traditional Korean dinners,” said Chloe Bergstrom, one of the students.

“From what I remember, it is a lot of raw things.”

Student Ryan Sharon had the soup and the raw beef. Graduate Tracey Piekarczyk took a pass on the octopus and the dog.

“I didn’t eat anything strange or scary looking,” Piekarczyk said.

Culinary oddities aside, all three returned to America thrilled with the experience.

“Just being able to compare the difference between their society and ours,” Sharon said, “as well as the similarities, it was just incredible.”

From showers that take up a whole room to school days that last until 11 p.m. to large statues

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American and Korean students stand next to a sign in Gangjin, Korea, listing all the sister cities of that town. of Buddha, it was as easy to pick up the differences as it was hard to pick up that morsel of Fido on the plate.

Korean students wear uniforms to school, can’t date, and their schools have no clubs.

Then again, Koreans are friendly, polite and welcoming.

“Probably the nicest people I have ever come across,” Sharon said.

Their hosts’ good nature came in handy when climbing across

the language barrier with gestures and bits of English.

Some of the students they met had been to Snoqualmie, Gangjin’s sister city, and that helped.

“It was nice meeting them,” Bergstrom said, “they could relate to things.”

They could probably relate to waking up the first morning and hearing nothing but a foreign language.

“They laughed at things, and I

wouldn’t know what’s going on,” Bergstrom added. “It’s all part of the experience.”

They all learned a bit of Korean, with Piekarczyk mastering ‘hello,’ and ‘thank you.’ When she left, she did not even want to think about saying ‘good-bye.’

“I felt really sad, I really bonded with my host family,” she said.

“I was really happy to come back, but I really wished I could take them with me or stay a bit longer.”

Edwin Andrew Opstad, of Federal Way, and formerly of the Snoqualmie Valley, died Aug. 21, 2011, at age 77.

He joined the Acacia fraternity at the University of Washington, graduating in 1956. After marrying Shirley Thompson in 1956, Ed served in the United States Army for 25 years.

His community activities included Kiwanis, Federal Way Historical Society, Republican Party and Royal Arch Masons.

Ed is survived by his wife Bette; five children; 10 grandchildren; and sister Mary Fuller.

Read his full obituary at www.flintofts.com.

Piekarczyk had visited Italy, Greece, France and India before landing in Korea. Bergstrom had visited Australia, Iceland, Finland and Estonia. This was Sharon’s first time outside of the U.S. “I expected it to be one of those eye-opening things,” he said. “It absolutely was.

International issues just seem a lot more relevant now that I can put a face to the rest of the world.”

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Joy needs no translator on Meet-Your-Teacher Day Now that they have returned, Sandy looked forward to seeing While Cesar Ruiz moved fast friends and giving them odd enough to elicit a worried jobs. When Margarita comwhere’s-your-brother-now from plained that nobody could Mom, Samantha Ruiz never translate her paperwork to strayed very far.

Spanish, Sandy suggested her pal While her brother walked laps Samantha for the job. Margarita around the North Bend rolled her eyes.

Elementary lunchroom, Patricia Serchio, another Samantha stood in one place, Hispanic mom at North Bend wearing a face as long as the last said translation help is available day of class, which is a full 10 at the school. months from now.

“It’s always offered to the stuThe place dripped excitement, dents,” she said. Several families with children have needed “When you look at the bouncing in and requested and out of class- representation of Hispanics it, she added. rooms during Patricia’s in the population, the num- daughter, Meet-YourTeacher day, yet Jordan, started ber is actually high.”

Samantha third grade this seemed oddly — Kim Ayars week marking subdued for the Serchios’ PTA co-president someone startfourth year at ing first grade the school. in 24 hours.

Patricia has seen people struggle Stressed? Sad? Worried about with the language and receive her a-b-c’s? None of the above. the help they need, she said.

“She just woke up from a Gonzalez agreed. nap,” her mother Liliana “They treat students well,” Gonzalez said. “She’s sleepy.” she said.

Gonzalez was anything but The schools’ PTSA avails itself sleepy. A second child in school of Hispanic parents who can increases the pressure, she said. translate documents for the “The things they ask, the pro- organization, its co-president jects they make,” she said in Kim Ayars said.

Spanish. “And sometimes we For a school without a large don’t understand the concepts Hispanic presence, several they are trying to teach.”

Hispanic parents volunteer, she Cesar, Samantha and added.

Gonzalez were among a handful “When you look at the repreof Hispanic families attending. sentation of Hispanics in the Some dug right in, like Cesar population,” she said, “the numwho finished his tour of the ber is actually high.” lunchroom by talking to his Hispanic or not, children are mom about maybe joining the still children, and the last thing Cub Scouts, or like Sandy on their minds this day was Mazon, who worried more about demographics. what clothes her mom could Jordan cared more about buy her than about her first day in first grade.

Others took it all in slowly.

“This is hard,” said Margarita Mazon, Sandy’s mother, in Spanish. “When you don’t speak English and you have to fill out a pile of papers you don’t know.”

Sandy could not wait to go back to school, the same school she attended for a while before the family had to move to Renton.

By Sebastian Moraga

By Sebastian Moraga

Laura Valdovinos and her children, Erik, Omar (not pictured) and Jennifer rejoice after Erik received a pair of shoes for school. Hispanic children and parents face a unique set of challenges once the first day of school rolls around. meeting her teacher and learning different stuff. Sandy cared more about starting school so she could – what else? - go to the park, and about getting school supplies. Well, sort of.

“Don’t forget,” she told her mother, “to buy stuff for my hair.”

Cesar cared more about turning weakness into strength, and vice versa.

“My strong subject is math,” he said. “My weak subject is the time tables.”

By Sebastian Moraga

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

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The Wildcats’ girls soccer team wants to erase the bitter taste of last year’s disappointing season both on and off the field. The team’s chemistry has improved, it is younger and the girls are focused on making another run at a state title.

Mount Si High School girls soccer squad is betting on chemistry

By Sebastian Moraga Forget the new classes or the fact that she’s closer to graduation. To Mount Si soccer midfielder Brittany Duncan the difference this year has nothing to do with school.

“This year we get along,” she said.

The 2011 version of the Mount Si girls soccer team has little of the drama that accompanied its predecessor.

With 11 seniors graduating last June, this team carries a lighter load and a broader smile than the 2010 edition.

“We work together,” her twin and teammate Taylor Duncan said. “We’re not like separate cliques, we’re like one big clique.”

It’s early yet, but this team seems to have its act together sooner than usual, which for its coach, spells success.

“I’ve had teams in the past that have had great chemistry.

All those that I have had, have gone to the state tournament and done some damage,” coach Darren Brown said. “The teams I have had drama, that don’t get along, they can be anywhere from .500 to district playoff one-

“This group wants to work hard, so we’re going to push them.”

— Darren Brown Coach and-out.”

Like last year.

The playoffs lasted one day for a streaky squad that lost to Bellevue in the playoffs’ first round.

“We fell apart,” said forward Miranda Rawlings. “We didn’t have good chemistry and we just

fell apart.”

After an unbeaten preseason, the team never got off the seesaw, en route to a 7-7-1 record, playoff included.

This year’s bunch, Brown said, gets along. They are also hungry to return to Sumner, site of the state tournament games.

“They told me, ‘Coach Brown, we want to get back to the State tournament,’” he said.

“I said, ‘that’s going to take hard work each and every day.’ This group wants to work hard, so we’re going to push them.”

So far, the group’s put in the hours, with red faces and sweaty

jerseys after practice. And those are just the coaches.

The season opens Sept. 13 against Liberty. Other than Senior Night, that’s the game the players have marked in red on their calendars.

“They’re our hardest competition,” Rawlings said.

Brown agreed, “Liberty on paper is the favorite,” he said. “Then I would put us and Bellevue right there.”

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

Mark Calcavecchia wins first Champions Tour title at Boeing Classic

By Dan Catchpole

By Dan Catchpole

Mark Calcavecchia chips out of a sand trap to birdie on the ninth hole at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. It was one of many clutch swings by Calcavecchia, who went on to win the tournament.

If there is one thing true about the Boeing Classic, it is that it almost always comes down to the last hole. Three days, 54 holes of golf, 80 golfers, and it almost always comes down to the final hole.

This year was no different.

Mark Calcavecchia and Russ Cochran broke away from the pack early on the third day of the Champions Tour tournament, but they couldn’t lose each other.

“Every time he had to make the putt, he made it,” Calcavecchia said of Cochran.

Calcavecchia took a twostroke lead on the sixth hole, where he birdied and Cochran had a bogey. But he couldn’t

shake Cochran, who trailed by one after the first nine at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge.

Cochran tied for the lead on the infamous 14th hole, where players must risk shooting over a gaping canyon to reach the green and pick up a birdie — or play it safe and stick to the fairway for par.

But the 51-year-old Calcavecchia took back the lead two holes later with an impressive putt.

Still Cochran would not be dismissed.

“It’s never easy to win out here and Russ was tough — as tough as nails,” Calcavecchia said.

The 52-year-old Cochran tied See BOEING, Page 13

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Cross Country team works to perfect the art of moving forward

By Sebastian Moraga It’s not just chatter.

No “nice-weather-today” or “are-those-new-sneakers?”

“Deep, deep stuff.

Philosophy,” cross-country coach Art Galloway said.

“Meaning-of-life stuff.”

Co-coach Christine Kjenner agreed. The cross-country runners at Mount Si have little use for small talk.

About 40 students will defend Mount Si’s colors during this year’s cross-country season. And if they can change the world while they are at it, all the better.

“They’ll be talking politics during our warm-ups,” said Kjenner, also Galloway’s wife.

Most of those talks happen during practices. Once the season starts, the solitary nature of the sport takes over.

“You have to be a very confident, independent thinker,” Kjenner said. “Part of it is, we’re built to move and we can’t sit still.”

Still, the chance to hear, share and partake in these talks is what moved a former football player for WSU like Galloway to coach cross-country for almost 20 years.

“We get to talk to kids,” he said. “We interact, I ride my bike and we talk while they are going.”

Cross-country does get the characters, Galloway said.

By Sebastian Moraga

The Wildcats’ cross-country team brings a good mix of experience and youth to a tough KingCo conference this year.

“Why I really cherish coaching cross-country is the type of kid we get: disciplined, balanced, fun to be around,” he said. “Sense of humor, because to put yourself through the pain of cross-country you have to have a sense of humor.”

Boeing From Page 12 for the lead on the final hole, sending the tournament into a playoff for the third time in the Boeing Classic’s seven-year history.

Calcavecchia won it after Cochran shanked his drive from the fairway onto the green and landed in a bunker.

Down the final stretch, Calcavecchia played with focus and determination, Cochran said. “He looked like, no matter what was going to happen, he was going to keep coming and keep hitting birdies.”

And he did, with three straight birdies to pick up his first title on the Champions Tour with a 14-under-par finish at the Boeing Classic.

Calcavecchia improved every day of the tournament. He shot two under par in the first round, five under par in the second round and seven under par in the final round.

He took home $300,000 of the $2 million purse. The win bumps him up to second in the overall standings for the Champions Tour.

The win was significant for Calcavecchia.

“I have let ... a lot of tournaments get away my whole career. I kind of have that fault,” he said.

The last day opened with four golfers — Calcavecchia, Cochran, Kenny Perry and Jeff Sluman — tied for the lead. Both Perry, who is in his first year on the 50-and-older tour, and Sluman faded on the back nine.

At the end of the tournament, Cochran had

And when you coach with your spouse, well…

“The good thing is, it doesn’t matter whether I’m paid as head coach or assistant coach, it all comes into the same household,” Kjenner said.

Galloway grinned.

“That was a diplomatic answer to say, ‘he’s not pulling his weight,’” Galloway said.

Wildcat runners wanting to excel at Districts will have to pull their weight and then some, as Seattle powerhouses and blossoming KingCo teams have set

the bar high, Galloway said.

Abby Bottenmiller, Christina Volken and Bailey Scott stand out among the girls.

Bottenmiller missed State by two spots. Scott seemed headed to the big dance before she broke her toe at the end of the 2010 season.

Behind them, the field is pretty open, Galloway said.

“Need another week to see how these freshmen and sophomores are going to pan out,” he said. “They look like they are (at a) fairly decent fitness-level, but we’re not sure.”

Ben Houldridge, Dom Canady, Richard Carmichael, Ryan Olson, Whelan Moreno and Landon Storrud stand among the top male runners.

Behind the stars, the unknowns will also get their chance to shine, even if they are the only ones who know it.

After all, this is cross-country and your biggest opponent wears your jersey, your number and your shoes.

Shaving seconds off your time means success, even if you don’t get a medal.

“These kids can say ‘I can compete at the level I’m at and feel good about that and be successful,’” Kjenner said. “It’s just fabulous.”

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Boeing Classic leaderboard Rank 1 2 3 4 5t 5t 7 8 9 10

Name M.Calcavecchia* R. Cochran C. Beck J. Sluman B. Gilder K. Perry B. Glasson G. Hallberg S. Lowery D. Weibring

Score -14 -14 -9 -8 -7 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3

* Calcavecchia won in a playoff with Cochran. no complaints about his performance.

“Nobody wants to finish second, but that’s just the way it is. I’ve played worse and won, I can tell you that,” he said.

Defending champion Bernhard Langer finished at two under par and tied for 11th place. Seattle area-native Fred Couples finished tied for 16th place and one under par.

Canadian golfer Jim Rutledge tied Calcavecchia and Cochran for the best score in the final round. They all shot seven under par on Sunday.

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

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Professional golfer Tom Lehman chats with the Foye family, of Snoqualmie, on the second fairway at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge during the Boeing Classic. Lehman and the Foyes both hail from Minnesota. The family showed their Minnesotan pride with homemade banners cheering on Lehman, who currently is the season leader for the PGA Champions Tour, which features golfers who are 50 and older.

“You could see all the other golfers were razzing him about it,” said Mickey Foye, whose sister, Teri, lives along TPC’s second fairway. Watching the Boeing Classic has become a family tradition. “We’re kind of infamous on hole two,” Mickey Foye said. Then she sang the University of Minnesota’s fight song.

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State traffic officials revealed the locations of planned driving under the influence patrols on a website for motorists.

Before hitting the road, head to http://watikileaks.com to find police patrols in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties. The interactive map includes dates, times and locations for planned DUI patrols, such as the emphasis on Snoqualmie Valley roads during Labor Day weekend.

Though sharing information to help motorists potentially avoid tickets and arrests might seem counterintuitive, officials said the website is another method to promote safe and sober driving on a community level.

The website also features a mobile version and sharing options to post information to Twitter or Facebook.

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A rescue worker pauses during recovery efforts at the World Trade Center in New York after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. To commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11, North Bend and Snoqualmie have organized memorial ceremonies.

Snoqualmie will have an observance at 8:15 a.m. Sept. 11, at Railroad Park, 7971 Railroad Ave. S.E. Later that night, North Bend has scheduled a candlelight vigil beginning at 7 p.m., at Si View Park, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive.

Murano,” by Marina Fiorato, 7 p.m. Sept. 6, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend ❑ Pajamarama Story Times, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 7, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. All young children are welcome with an adult. ❑ Open mic, 6:30 p.m. Sept.

7, Twede’s Café, 137 W. North Bend Way, North Bend. ❑ Open mic, 7 p.m. Sept. 8, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie. ❑ Tree Pruning Class, 1-3 p.m. Sept. 10, Riverview Park, 390000 Park St., Snoqualmie ❑ America the Beautiful,

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Events ❑ North Bend Farmers Market and Summer Concert Series, 4-8 p.m. Sept. 1, Si View Park, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive. See a performance by Collin Mulvany Quartet at 5:30 p.m. ❑ “Purl One, Listen Too,” 1 p.m. Sept. 1, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie. Learn new stitches, meet new friends, listen to new books and talk about knitting. ❑ Poetry Open Mic Night, 6-8 p.m. Sept. 1, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie ❑ Game On!, 3 p.m. Sept. 2, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend. For teenagers. Play video games at the library. ❑ Spanish/English Story Time, 10:30 a.m. Sept. 3, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie.

All young children are welcome if accompanied by an adult. ❑ Women in Music: Saritah with Tiger Zane, Jessica Lynne and Sista Lu, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 3, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie ❑ Danny Kolke Trio, 7 p.m.

Sept. 4, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ Toddler Story Times, 9:30 a.m. Sept. 6, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend. For ages 2-3 with an adult. ❑ Preschool Story Times, 10:30 a.m. Sept. 6, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend. For ages 3-6 with an adult. ❑ North Bend First Tuesday Book Club: “The Glassblower of

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2 p.m. Sept. 10, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend. In relation to the Seattle Art Museum exhibit, Beauty and Bounty: American Art in the Age of Exploration, Art Historian Susan Olds will present a slide lecture featuring Hudson River School artists and others who painted the American wilderness from the eastern Catskills to the western territories of the Louisiana Purchase. ❑ Late Summer Travelers, 8 p.m. Sept. 10, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie ❑ SnoValley Writers Work Group, 3 p.m. Sept. 11 and 25,

North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend. Join other local writers for writing exercises, critique and lessons on voice, plot and point of view.

Contact snovalleywrites@gmail.com for assignment prior to coming to class. Adults only please. ❑ Friends of the North Bend Library monthly meeting, 9:30 a.m. Sept. 12, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend. ❑ Merry Monday Story Times, 11 a.m. Sept. 12, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend. For newborns to 3year-olds accompanied with an adult. ❑ Master Gardeners’ Plant Clinic, 6 p.m. Sept. 12, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie.

Snoqualmie Valley Master Gardeners offer free gardening answers to questions on plant selection, diagnosis and treatment of plant disease, mystery weed and insect identification. ❑ Professional Artist Critique Night, 7 p.m. Sept. 13, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend. North Bend painter and art teacher, Michael McDevitt, will be offering free professional critiques to interested artists of any age or competency. Bring a sample of your best finished work or piece in progress for feedback. ❑ Young Toddler Story Times, 9:30 a.m. Sept. 14, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie.

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Volunteer opportunities ❑ The Mount Si Food Bank is looking for volunteers to help unload food at noon Mondays, sort food at 9 a.m. Tuesdays or pass out food on Wednesdays.

Call the food bank at 888-0096. ❑ 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.

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

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adult. Once Upon a Saturday Preschool Story Times, 10:30 a.m. Sept. 14, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie. Ages 3-6 accompanied by an adult. ❑ Pajama story times, 7 p.m.

Sept. 15, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie. All young children welcome with an adult. ❑ Special needs story time, 10 a.m. Sept. 17, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend. Come for stories, songs and activities designed for children with special needs and their families. This program targets developmental ages 3 to 6, although children of all ages and abilities are welcome with an adult caregiver. Library opens at 9:30 a.m. for participating families.

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