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Your locally owned newspaper, serving North Bend and Snoqualmie, Washington September 4, 2015
Comcast’s ‘Neighborhoods’ spotlights Snoqualmie By Dylan Chaffin dchaffin@snovalleystar.com Ready for your close-up, Snoqualmie? It was lights, camera, action for the city Aug. 27 as it hosted Comcast’s Sabrina Register and
cameraman Ed Hauge. Once a month, the two-person team travels to a new city or town in Western Washington to feature on Comcast’s “Neighborhoods” show. It was the first time that the show has spotlighted
Snoqualmie, Register said. The show has most recently featured Bellingham, Capitol Hill in Seattle and Poulsbo. The day of filming began at The Black Dog Cafe, and will also feature video and an interview with Snoqualmie Mayor
Matt Larson at Snoqualmie Falls, and visits to the Salish Lodge, the Northwest Railway Museum and Puget Sound Energy’s Hydroelectric Museum. Register, who has hosted the See COMCAST, Page 5
Re-enactors bring Civil War alive
Don McConnell, of the Spokane suburb of Deer Park, portrays General Ulysses S. Grant as he lends a hand to pound in tent spikes.
SLIDESHOW See more photos from the ‘Battle of Snoqualmie’ re-enactment at www.snovalleystar.com. Photos by Greg Farrar
Above, Kyle Merrell, with the 3rd Confederate Engineers, ducks and covers his ears while holding the rammer rod as the cannon flashes and roars during the ‘Battle of Snoqualmie’ reenactment Aug. 29 at Meadowbrook Farm in North Bend.
Above, Niklaus von Houck, 16, of Port Angeles, convincingly falls backward, dying after acting as if shot. At right, Keith Deaton, of Kennewick, is President Abraham Lincoln as an audience begins to arrive at an activity tent to hear historic Civil War leaders.
State restricts fishing hours along section of Snoqualmie River The Snoqualmie River will be closed to fishing daily from 2 p.m. until one hour before official sunrise, from the mouth to Snoqualmie Falls, until further notice. The restricted hours are due to excessively warm water temperatures and low flows that
have raised concerns about increased mortality for released fish. Limiting fishing to cooler morning temperatures reduces hooking mortality. The fishing restriction applies to all species. In addition, the following rules have been implemented:
q Salmon: daily limit of three plus one additional pink; release chinook and chum q Trout: daily limit of two, with a minimum size of 14 inches q Gamefish: statewide minimum size/daily limit. Closed
waters within Puget Power tunnel at falls and within 50 feet of any point on Puget Power’s lower plant No. 2 building (north bank). Temperatures and flow are being monitored; restrictions may lift as water temperatures decrease and flows increase.
School board weighs options for Mount Si remodel By Dylan Chaffin dchaffin@snovalleystar.com It continues to be full steam ahead for the remodeling plans of Mount Si High School. The Snoqualmie Valley School District board heard engineering reports and findings, the new building codes that apply regarding seismic safety, and the options and recommendations for addressing the situation in its Aug. 27 meeting. The board weighed two options from reports filed by NAC Architecture for the remodeling of the school’s pre-existing gym, which, in a partial renovation, would require a foundational upgrade at a cost of $2 million to $2.6 million, NAC Architect Matthew Rumbaugh said at the meeting. The foundational upgrade would include injecting grout into the ground to stabilize the first 30 feet of soil, but is considered “very invasive” and would require a drill rig and crane to be placed in the gym. The second option, a new gym, would simplify design, eliminate any unknowns common in renovation work, offer less disruption to the school’s physical education programs and improve the gym layout. A new gym would cost $6.4 million. The board also weighed the possibility of switching the locations of the gym and performing arts center to better flow for foot traffic between the buildings. The board will not be asked to take action on the options until its Sept. 10 meeting. However, also during the Sept. 10 meeting, the board will be asked to give authorization to See OPTIONS, Page 5 Prsrt Std U.S. Postage PAID Kent, WA Permit No. 71 POSTAL CUSTOMER