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September 13, 2012 VOL. 4, NO. 37

North Bend to get Snoqualmie police protection

By Michele Mihalovich

Shot in the arm Drive-thru flu vaccinations available at Valley hospital.

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On March 1, 2014, the Snoqualmie Police Department will officially be tasked with protecting and serving North Bend citizens.

In a 4-3 vote, the North Bend City Council on Sept. 4 instructed City Administrator Londi Lindell to submit the

required 18-month notice to terminate letter to the King County Sheriff’s Office.

The council also approved the contract for police services between North Bend and the city of Snoqualmie.

The Snoqualmie City Council approved the contract Sept. 10.

North Bend Councilmen David Cook, Alan Gothelf and

Ryan Kolodejchuk were the three who voted against sending the termination letter and approving the contract.

“I still have concerns about whether it is right to switch …

I may not agree on what was done tonight, but we need to stand behind this decision and support the Snoqualmie Police Department,” Gothelf said. “The

public safety of our citizens must come first.”

The agreement between the two cities states that Snoqualmie will provide: q At least one officer within North Bend city limits at all times, q Six full-time officers will be hired and dedicated to See POLICE, Page 3

School board says ‘not yet’ to middle school bond

Jazz Walk kicks off

By Sebastian Moraga

‘Sky’s’ the limit Local author hopes the eighth time is a charm.

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By Clay Eals

Drawn to art Artist Charlotte Canterbury lives life in the colorful lane.

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Police blotter Page 11

Danny Kolke, owner of Boxley’s and organizer of the first North Bend Jazz Walk, kicks off the event by leading his trio in a tune before a packed audience at Boxley’s on Sept. 8. The Jazz Walk lasted four hours and drew hundreds of attendees to six downtown North Bend venues.

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Wilderness Rim home destroyed in early-morning fire

By Michele Mihalovich

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The bond proposal that would fund a new middle school on Snoqualmie Ridge will not appear on February’s ballot, the Snoqualmie Valley School Board decided Aug. 30.

At the meeting, the last one before meeting times move to 6:30 p.m., school board members agreed they need to continue the discussion before choosing to ask voters for money for a new school.

“There’s a lot of conversation that needs to happen on what the scope of that bond would be,” school board member Scott Hodgins said. “February would be almost impossible.”

School board member Geoff Doy asked the board to move quickly.

A Wilderness Rim family is homeless after an early morning fire Sept. 5 destroyed a house and garage.

Eastside Fire & Rescue Battalion Chief Glenn Huffman said neighbors started calling 911 at about 8 a.m., reporting loud explosions in the 17500 block of 435th Avenue Southeast.

He said when firefighters

arrived about 10 minutes later, they found the garage engulfed in flames with the fire spreading to the house’s attic.

Huffman said three adults were home at the time of the fire.

He said they smelled smoke and looked in the garage where they saw the fire, and then they safely left the buildings.

Several units from EFR, Snoqualmie and Bellevue responded and were able to contain the fire from spreading to a

neighbor’s house about 20 feet away, Huffman said.

The home and garage were destroyed, but firefighters were able to save several large items inside the home; however, a 1990 convertible Mustang, as well as another vehicle and a motorcycle were destroyed in the fire, which the firefighters were able to contain within 30 minutes, he said.

Huffman said the King County fire marshal is investi-

gating the fire, but it is believed to have been started by an electric clock in the garage.

He said the explosions probably occurred when the fire reached several gas and propane containers stored in the garage.

Huffman said the fire caused an estimated $250,000 in damages.

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

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Last sign of rain Someday we’ll find it: This rainbow adorned the skies above Meadowbrook Way in spring. Unlike this day, sunny weather will reign throughout the week, with temperatures topping the low 70s.

By Sebastian Moraga

Woman and dog rescued from Mount Si cliff

By Michele Mihalovich A North Bend woman and her dog were rescued from Mount Si at about 2 a.m. Sept. 3 after getting trapped on a cliff.

Sgt. Cindi West, with the King County Sheriff’s Office, said the woman called 911 late Sept. 2 to report that her dog had gotten stuck.

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West said the Washington State Animal Response Team was initially requested to come out, but then the woman, who lives just below Mount Si, went up to try and get her dog, but eventually got stuck herself.

WSART, King County Search and Rescue, and Seattle Mountain Rescue then responded to the call,

West said.

“From what I understand, the area they were stuck is easy to get into, but too steep and dangerous to get out of. The rescue was considered a ‘technical rescue,’” West said. “They had to use ropes and hoists to get them down to a safe area where they could walk out on their own.”

Fire & Rescue, said the exposed axle sparked several small fires when it dragged along the pavement near exit 34.

He said a fire engine from North Bend first responded to the fire at 4:30 p.m. and found a 50-by-2,000-foot

section of brush ignited along the interstate.

Multiple units from EFR, Fall City and the U.S. Forest Service had the fire under control within an hour, but it took another hour to fully extinguish the fire, Huffman said.

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Drive-thru flu vaccinations offered Police Flu season is just around the corner and Snoqualmie Valley Hospital is offering drivethru flu shots Oct. 6.

The Centers for Disease Control say thousands of people die each year from influenza and even more require hospitalization, according to a press release from the hospital. The CDC recommends that everyone 6 months and older receive a flu vaccine.

Snoqualmie Valley Hospital will offer drivethru flu shots from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 6 at the hospital campus, near the intersection of Meadowbrook Way and North Bend Way, for anyone 12 and older.

Children younger than 12 may receive their flu shots at the Snoqualmie Ridge Medical Clinic.

“Influenza is a serious respiratory disease that kills an average of 36,000

people and hospitalizes more than 200,000 persons in the U.S. each year,” Alison Gabel, occupational health coordinator for Snoqualmie Valley Hospital, said. “The frail and elderly are particularly vulnerable to complications, including death, from influenza.”

Most cases of the flu occur between October and May. Flu symptoms include fever, chills, body aches, headaches, cough, and sore or dry throat.

While symptoms are the worst the first few days, it can take up to two weeks to feel completely better. In some cases, the flu can lead to other bacterial infections and even death. This is especially true for the elderly and those with chronic illnesses, according to the press release.

This year’s seasonal vaccines, which only last for

one year, will provide protection against the three virus strains that global surveillance indicates are likely to be the most common this year.

Drive-thru flu shots are fast, convenient and there is no need to leave your vehicle, according to the press release. The shots cost $30 cash. If necessary, Medicare, Medicaid or Affordable Access will be billed, or the hospital will provide a receipt for you to send to other insurance providers.

“No appointment is necessary,” Gabel said.

“We’ll be ready for you, rain or shine, and you can stay warm and comfortable in your own car.”

Vaccines will also be provided at the hospital and clinics during the flu season. Call the Primary Care Clinic at 831-2333 or get more information at www.SVHD4.org.

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school levels, too.

Simpson said her reluctance toward converting Snoqualmie Middle School into a freshman learning center was “absolutely” a factor behind her decision to support postponing the bond, though she said she could not speak for the rest of the board.

“I strongly support three middle schools,” she said. “And I strongly support a comprehensive, grades nine through 12 high school campus, with a separate freshman wing.

We have some work to do to try to get there, to get both those answers.”

Snoqualmie schools

Superintendent Joel Aune said he worried about waiting too long after 2013, as a maintenanceand-operation levy is up for renewal in 2014 and it’s hard to pass bonds and levies at the same time.

For now, an April bond looks like a more palatable, if undefined option.

“There’s definitely a chance of having a bond of some sort in April,” Simpson said. “What that bond might look like, we have a long way to go.”

From Page 1 “If we could possibly do the bond by April, we would have to start the process next week,” he said at the meeting.

The board will meet Sept. 15 in a work session to discuss future bonds and facilities. The meeting is scheduled for 8 a.m. at the district offices at 8001 Silva Ave. S.E. in Snoqualmie.

Board member Carolyn Simpson said an April ballot gave the board more time to make the right decision.

“We’ve already failed the middle school bond twice,” she said. “We are going to take a fresh look at what our facilities need during the work session.”

Passing a middleschool-only bond would be hard, she said. The board needs to look at building needs at the high school and elementary

From Page 1 North Bend, q One full-time records clerk will be hired, q North Bend officials will get to offer input on those hires, but Snoqualmie will have the final say since they will be Snoqualmie employees, q Three fully-equipped patrol vehicles and officer uniforms will be provided, q SPD’s current chief, Steve McCulley, will also serve as chief for North Bend.

McCulley said after the Snoqualmie City Council meeting that all of SPD’s vehicles and uniforms will include the words “North Bend,” for continuity.

North Bend will pay Snoqualmie two installments of $192,000 in 2013 for the start-up costs of purchasing vehicles, uniforms, equipment and officer training.

In 2014, North Bend will pay $1.039 million for police service beginning in March.

In 2015, the cost will be $1.284 million; in 2016, $1.324 million; in 2017, $1.362 million; in 2018, $1.402 million; and for two months of service in 2018, when the contract ends, North Bend will pay $240,677.

North Bend is expected to pay the KCSO

PAGE 3 $1,431,262 this year for police services, and the council has said the city could save approximately $300,000 annually if it switched to Snoqualmie police service.

However, the contract between the two cities also allows North Bend the option of hiring one, and possibly two, additional officers.

The total cost for an officer is $143,000 annually.

Snoqualmie City Administrator Bob Larson said in an email after the meeting that amount covers an officer’s salary, benefits, start-up costs for uniforms and equipment, and potential overtime.

North Bend Councilman Jonathan Rosen said at the Aug. 21 council meeting that North Bend could possibly use the savings from switching from King County to SPD for additional police officers.

After the Sept. 4 meeting, he said monetary savings wasn’t the determining factor for going with SPD. “For me, it was about increasing the levels of service,” he said. “Hiring just one additional officer could change the service dramatically. That $143,000 gets us one fulltime officer who could be focusing on emphasis patrols, or keeping an eye out on problem areas.”

So, what does the end

“I may not agree on what was done tonight, but we need to stand behind this decision and support the Snoqualmie Police Department. The public safety of our citizens must come first.”

— Alan Gothelf Snoqualmie City Council member of a King County contract mean in March 2014 for Chief Mark Toner and the six deputies who currently patrol North Bend?

Toner said they won’t be on the bread line.

He said the KCSO has 35 vacancies, and the group will just fill those vacancies.

Toner said that typically, if one agency takes over another jurisdiction and officers are expected to lose their jobs, then they get first crack at those positions.

“But nobody here is losing their jobs,” he said, referring to the deputies.

KCSO does employ one full-time and one parttime office worker.

Toner said the fulltime employee who currently works out of the sheriff’s office satellite station on Boalch Avenue, will get first dibs on the records clerk position with SPD.

Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext.

221, or smoraga@snovalleystar.com.

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Surplus campaign funds need clarification

Snoqualmie Valley helped teen in National American Miss Pageant

Some state lawmakers have been taken to task for using leftover campaign funds in ways that may or may not be within bounds. There’s the problem. The rules are too vague and open to interpretation, so it’s unclear if there was a violation. More definitive guidelines should be developed.

An Associated Press reporter combed through records detailing the way politicians spend money left over from campaigns. The law allows them to hold onto the cash for the next election or use it for “public office-related expenses.” The vast majority of expenses are above board, though some are borderline and strain credulity.

One Issaquah legislator, state Rep. Glenn Anderson, R-Fall City, had used some funds to help with car maintenance. Anderson reportedly said he has logged miles on the vehicle for official business, so it was reasonable to use the funds for maintenance. But that same car likely also made trips to the grocery store or the movies. Where is the line between official and unofficial use?

Other lawmakers have bought clothes (which they say they wear only while conducting public business), alcohol (used during public functions and as gifts) and even Mariners tickets, according to the report. Other donations have correctly gone to nonprofit organizations — but some nonprofits happen to employ relatives of the lawmakers.

These are campaign funds, not tax dollars, being spent.

But even with private money, legislators have a responsibility to spend it in ways that do not create conflicts of interest or the appearance of unethical behavior.

Toby Nixon, leader of the Washington Coalition for Open Government, is spearheading legislation that would clear this up. State Sen. Andy Hill, R-Redmond, says he’ll sponsor the bill.

Hill should press on with the idea; it merits action.

Other legislators should take note, and perhaps offer to co-sponsor the bill.

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B. I would institute an officewide “nap time.”

C. I would take my coworkers on a field trip to the zoo.

Return trip optional.

D. I would bring back cafeteria food E. I would hold weekly spelling bees.

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From Aug. 9-11, I competed in the National American Miss Pageant in Tacoma, finishing in the top 15 and winning first runner-up for Miss Personality.

Those were great achievements.

I had a great time, made many

Public Meetings North Bend q The Sept. 13 Planning Commission meeting and the Sept. 18 City Council meeting have been cancelled. q Community and Economic Development Committee, 1:30 p.m. Sept. 18, Community and Economic Development office, 126 E. Fourth St. q Transportation and Public Works Committee, 3:45 p.m.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 new friends and I reached my goal of gaining more confidence.

None of that could have been possible without all the support everyone has given me. I would like to thank the Si View Community Center for donating a space at the North Bend Farmers Market so I could raise my sponsorship money.

Big thanks to everybody in the Snoqualmie Valley who donated to getting me to the pageant. You all were

so supportive and generous. I couldn’t have done any of this without you.

Thank you so much Rick Hartman, School of Toy, for generously sponsoring me!

Also, thank you to Cristie Coffing, my wonderful dance instructor who gave up her time to help me choreograph my dance for the talent competition of the pageant.

Snoqualmie Valley — I am proud to represent you!

Amanda Csendes, 13 North Bend

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Home Country

Fall is a time to reflect, look forward When the heat of summer breaks, it’s a magic time. Here now is a chance to plan for fall.

For being afield with a gun or bow or boat or tent. For settling into a new school year. For getting the yard ready for the long, cold sleep to come.

The frantic time is just about over. Soon the cold will come and our thoughts will turn inward once more. We’ll think of a warm fire in the fireplace, friends and family visiting, maybe even a class we’d enjoy taking.

This fall, this colorful treasure we enjoy each year, is a gift of contemplation. How did we do this year? Did we accomplish the things we wanted to when spring broke and filled us with energy and enthusiasm, or did we miss the mark again?

Perhaps it’s OK if we come up short, too, because that leaves us a starting place for the year to come.

And now, as we linger a bit longer over the Saturday morning coffee, we have a chance to ask ourselves where we can improve. When people did nice

things for us, did we take the time to drop them a thank-you note? When we heard a friend needed some help, Slim Randles did we volunColumnist teer? When the chance to turn a seemingly serious situation into a light-hearted laugh, did we share this with others?

Or did we dump coals on the fire of anxiety and add to the burden?

So … we failed here and there. OK. But the human spirit says, keep going. Next year will be better. It’s in the cool breeze of fall. If you listen you can hear it … next year will be better.

And it will.

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Eighth time is charm for local author

By Sebastian Moraga It’s not “Harry,” it’s not “Hunger” and it’s not him, either.

“Stars in the Texas Sky,” the eighth novel by Snoqualmie Valley author Stephen Matlock, may not fit in with the best-sellers of the young-adult genre and it’s obviously not based on his California childhood.

But the novel, which tells the story of a 13-yearold boy growing up in post-war, pre-civil rights movement Texas, is the first one that has been published.

“I published it because I thought it was a good story, a good book,” Matlock said of the book he published through Amazon. “It talks about what it was like to go from an innocent boy to a man, and having to decide within yourself what is wrong and what is right.”

Lest you think Matlock is enamored with his book simply because it’s his book, know that Matlock has one word to describe his seven previous efforts.

“Terrible, they were terrible,” he said.

This story forced Matlock out of his comfort zone, he said, once he realized he did not know anyone who was not exactly like him.

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Stephen Matlock, of Snoqualmie Valley, recently released his eighth novel, ‘Stars in the Texas Sky.’ So he talked to people with upbringings similar to that of the main character, and imagined what it would be like to make the decisions the character had to make, at that age, and in that America.

“I read over 100 books about that time period, trying to get myself into that world,” he said. “State of Texas, pre-electronic age, radio stations are few, no TV stations, newspapers are small community newspapers with Teletype.

World War II just finished and some ideas are beginning to leak out of the Northeast.”

The lead character is 13. Matlock said literary agents suggested he

make the character older.

Matlock rewrote the book with the protagonist a year older and it just was not the same.

“I couldn’t have him have the same sense of naiveté that he had at 13,” he said. “Thirteen just seemed like the perfect age.”

Agents also told him this wasn’t the right book for the young-adult market, more character-based than incident-based.

“This is not a novel that fits the likes of Harry Potter or ‘The Hunger Games,’” he said agents told him. “It moves at a different pace and it’s not going to fit the typical genre of the young adult

for right now.”

After hearing all the naysayers, Matlock said getting the book published was a big success.

He wrote his first novel in 2004 and then wrote a novel per year. “Stars in the Texas Sky” started in his writing group. He was given a prompt and 15 minutes to write about it.

The prompt was “watching someone run a red light.”

A quarter of an hour later, he had 1,000 words written. He kept going until less than a month later he had novel No. 8.

“I wrote the novel in 22 days,” he said. “It took me a year to edit.”

Matlock said he has no big dreams of large checks coming his way.

In his blog, he wrote with amusement about getting his first royalty check.

“It’s in the TENS OF DOLLARS!” he wrote.

Instead of riches, he focuses his sights on a different goal.

“Success to me would be if people think of it as a useful novel to use in school,” he said, “to tell kids what it was like in America in the 1950s.”

Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext.

221, or smoraga@snovalleystar.com.

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‘Coffee dates’ offer camaraderie for cancer survivors

By Mali Main After Lisa Newell was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer, she wanted to find someone who understood what she was going through.

“I was looking to talk with other survivors,” she said. “Not just having cancer, but living with cancer, and all the ways it affects you emotionally and physically.”

Newell, now a mother of three, started the group in the summer of 2008, a year after her diagnosis.

At first it was just eight or 10 survivors meeting for “coffee dates” at a café table outside Starbucks.

But when autumn came the weather was too cool to sit outside and the group moved their meetings to Sawdust, a coffee shop at the North Bend

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“We take up a large table every second Saturday of the month,” Newell said. “There’s no protocol, no agenda, just other survivors getting together for each other and enjoying coffee.”

Today, Newell has about 30 cancer survivors on her email list. But the group is casual and

they usually get about 12 or 14 at each meeting.

Sometimes, Newell said, they don’t talk about cancer at all.

The group also participates in the annual Relay for Life, an American Cancer Society walkathon fundraiser. Sawdust sponsored them; they called themselves “Team Survivor.”

North Bend resident Dave Sharpy started going on the “coffee dates” about three and half years ago after he saw it listed in the SnoValley Star events calendar.

“I went and was introduced to a group of fantastic ladies,” he said.

Sharpy is one of the few men in the group.

Even though most of the group members are female breast-cancer survivors, they welcome all

cancer survivors.

“That group is the bee’s knees,” Sharpy said. “I was a cancer survivor and left out here on my own until I found Lisa’s group.

Between Relay and the cancer support group — those are two of the best things that helped me overcome the emotional chagrin of being a cancer survivor.”

Newell added: “We had two new people come out this Saturday, which was — well, I don’t want to say nice because it’s never nice that someone has to join a cancer survivors support group — but it’s nice to know we can be there for somebody and that people know about us.”

Mali Main is a student in the University of Washington Department of Communication News Laboratory.

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Hole in one!

Sam Ramsey, of Snoqualmie, removes the ball from Hole 17 at TPC Snoqualmie after hitting his first-ever hole-in-one Sept. 6.

Obituaries Joanna Decker Cromwell Joanna Decker Cromwell, 57, of North Bend, died Saturday, Aug. 25, after surgery for a Joanna fly-fishing Cromwell accident.

Born Nov. 1, 1954, in Stockton, Calif., to Margaret Tomlinson and Jack Peters, Cromwell attended Seattle University.

She was a Sun Valley ski instructor, renowned fly-fishing instructor and multiprize-winning western horseback rider.

She was featured and

Ralph E. Koplin Ralph E. Koplin, age 80, of North Bend, passed away Sept. 6.

Ralph enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1950. He worked for Weyerhaeuser in Snoqualmie.

Survivors include children Kenneth and William Koplin, Diane

photographed fly-fishing in the Snoqualmie River at North Bend by the Associated Press as a delegate to the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, representing the Seattle area.

Remembered for her achievements, selflessness and determination in raising her daughters, Joanna is survived by husband Todd Cromwell, of North Bend; brothers Jim and Jon Peters; daughters Emily Lester and Stephanie Decker, of Seattle; and grandson August River Lester.

As field director, Joanna encouraged selfesteem for 100 Kenyan children on safari in 2010.

Remembrances to KidsOnSafari.Org, 7535 Moon Valley Road S.E., North Bend, WA 98045.

Peoples, Michael, David, Steven and Kathie Harrison, and Marjorie Parrot; sister Barbara Nolan; 19 grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren.

A service was held Sept. 12 at Flintoft’s Issaquah Funeral Home.

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Meaters 4-H group members star at Evergreen State Fair

By Sebastian Moraga Five from the Snoqualmie Valley found fame at the fair.

OK, maybe not fame, but the group from the Middle Fork Meaters 4-H Club had a string of successes at the Evergreen State Fair in Monroe.

The group entered seven market animals at the fair’s livestock show.

Judges rated the animals, including two hogs, a steer and four lambs, on how well they had been raised, trained and presented.

Fall City’s Cole and Cody Barthels, North Bend’s Jake and Andrew Stringfellow, and Snoqualmie’s Jack Hamerly earned eight awards during the shows.

“It was really fun,” Andrew Stringfellow said.

“We had a lot of activities. You had to get up at six o’clock and clean out where your animal stayed, put new bedding in, wash them daily, interact with the public.

Get involved Middle Fork Meaters 4-H Club 888-9170

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Cole Barthels, of Fall City, washes Bonnie, his show hog, during last month’s Evergreen State Fair in Monroe.

It was really cool.”

Stringfellow’s stepmom

Denisse is a leader of the Middle Fork Meaters, and

she relishes the opportunity of having youngsters learn and teach about animals.

“One of the cool things about 4-H is it has the kids teach younger kids, that way kids learn from each other,” she said.

Such 4-H organizations have changed with the times, Denisse said, delving into areas like technology and robotics.

“As communities have become more urban, 4-H Clubs have become more urban,” she said.

The Middle Fork Meaters is one of the last clubs in King County that still raises livestock, she added.

“It’s a good chance for people to learn where their meat comes from,”

she said.

Andrew was the only one of the five that showed steer. He owns six animals, three cows and three steers. His brother showed a sheep.

“It’s just different than anyone else,” Andrew said.

“Nobody my age at my school can say they own a herd of cows.”

His friends think it is cool that their buddy is an entrepreneur, he said, raising and selling cows.

Others think him weird because he has cows. The 17-year-old remains undeterred like only a 17-yearold can.

“I’m, like, whatever,” he said of critics.

Not only do the cows pay well when he sells them, ($2,400 for last year’s cows) but fair season is just that much fun.

Besides the Evergreen State Fair, he works the Western Washington Fair in Puyallup.

“I’ve learned a lot of responsibility,” he said, “keeping them healthy and fed. It started off

harder than I thought but now it’s pretty easy.”

The family stays in a camper during fair days, he said, never too far from the cows, and from brother Jake’s sheep.

Neither are Andrew’s friends. The cows are not very smart and Brother’s sheep is not his thing either, Andrew said.

“Annoying,” he said.

“Always baas.”

His cows tend to be quieter, mooing only when hungry or miffed.

Andrew trains them and feeds them — long hours during fair time. The cows may get the king’s treatment, but the future of the trainer gets a boost, as well, Andrew said.

“It proves that you are a hard worker and you’re good with responsibilities,” he said of being in 4-H. “And it looks good on job applications and résumés and stuff.”

Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext.

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Artist lives life in the colorful lane

By Sebastian Moraga Charlotte Canterbury cannot believe the news.

Back in the day, when the 21-year-old artist was a 13-year-old struggling student at Snoqualmie Middle School, she drew compulsively. It was a hobby, a passion, a pursuit and the only thing she could focus on well.

“I had terrible ADHD, so I would always be slow in my homework and I was always drawing,” said Canterbury, later adding, “It was really hard for me to focus on stuff like schoolwork or anything that isn’t art.”

One of those drawings remains at Snoqualmie Middle School, depicting the dress code at the school.

“I’m really surprised,” she said. “I’m happy to learn they still have it. I did a lot of stuff for my teachers there. It’s sweet that they keep it there.

That was forever ago” Atop the drawing, above the sketchings of students in gang outfits and miniskirts, sits a

scribble of the name, “By Amanda Ryan.”

“My family is the only ones who still call me by my old name anymore,” Canterbury said.”All my art business is conducted through my new name.”

Legally, though, she’s still Amanda Ryan, but not for long. Canterbury is a family name, she said. Charlotte, she just picked out.

A free spirit who splits her time between her mom’s home in Washington, her dad’s home in Oahu, Hawaii, and her relatives’ home in California, she is staying in the Snoqualmie Valley for a while, helping her mother with her massage business.

Her future has plans that are a bit harder on the skin.

“I want to see if I can move back to California and get a tattoo apprenticeship somewhere,” she said.

She got her first tattoo last year, a ghost on her foot.

“I had heard it was the most painful place to get a tattoo and I thought it was

best to start there,” she said. “It was super painful and it took hours but it was awesome.”

She said she’s not getting more tattoos for now, but in a few years, she will get her entire arms tattooed.

“I’m saving all the good space,” she said.

After two years at Mount Si High School, a couple of years at Two Rivers School, a stint at Bellevue College and a GED, she said she feels drawn to tattooing because of the art and because it’s “old school.”

“It’s not at all like any other kind of art job you can get,” she said.

The fact that art-school diplomas aren’t essential also adds to the appeal.

To Canterbury, art is in the eye of the beholder.

Gangsta rap, Mozart, tattoos, ballet, lap-dancing.

It’s not up to anybody, she said, to decide what is or isn’t art. Art is huge, she said. Art is varied.

“If you’re doing anything and you call it art and you put yourself into

it,” she said, “it’s not my place to say it’s not art.”

Art penetrated her life Charlotte as soon Chanterbury as she was old enough to hold onto a pencil, she said. Walls and furniture became oversized canvas for Canterbury. School time was drawing time, she said. Her art made her well-known in school among teachers. Some still keep the originals of some of her artwork, a fact that makes Canterbury blush.

“My older stuff, I’m embarrassed about because I’ve improved a lot,” she said. “It’s totally embarrassing to see stuff that it’s not as good as the stuff you see now.”

As she prepares the move to California, and ponders a stop in

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This is one of the artwork pieces by Charlotte Canterbury, a former Mount Si High School and Two Rivers student.

American Samoa, where her stepmother teaches, the artist formerly known as Amanda has some advice in case there’s a 13-year-old girl sitting at SMS, sketching the hours away so she can go home and draw some more.

“Keep drawing,” she

said. “Keep improving.

And don’t feel like you have to do something boring with your life if you don’t want to.”

Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext.

221, or smoraga@snovalleystar.com.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Mount Si skunks Issaquah in its home opener

By Michele Mihalovich Mount Si High School football’s winning streak continues, with its second shutout in just as many games.

The Wildcats, ranked third in Class 3A, won 21-0 against the Issaquah Eagles Sept. 7, after a 30-0 win against Kennedy Catholic the week before.

The Eagles, ranked sixth in 4A, also came to Mount Si stadium with a win under their belt, taking down Interlake the week before, 24-13.

The Mount Si defense Sept. 7 apparently came to the game with a stop-theball-by-any-means-possible attitude, and kept the Eagles from ever possessing the ball in their red zone.

The Wildcats slapped, batted, sacked, intercepted and used the highly effective belly-block move by senior Griffin McLain.

Mount Si wide receiver Trent Riley started off the Wildcats’ scoring by catching a 5-yard pass from quarterback Nick Mitchell in the second quarter, for a 7-0 lead.

Evan Johnson, Mount Si linebacker, got the crowd going when he intercepted Issaquah quarterback Chas Peterson’s pass and ran 35

yards to the 17-yard line.

The celebration was short-lived when Issaquah’s Derek Chapman returned the favor on Mitchell’s pass moments later.

With the ball back in Eagle hands, Peterson tried to hand off to running back Tyler Sheehan, only to be pushed back 10 yards at the 43 by Mount Si’s defense.

He then tried a handoff to Jack Gellatly, but the defense again held the Eagles at the 43.

On the next play, Peterson fumbled the ball after being charged by two Wildcats, and Mount Si’s Hank Van Liew recovered the ball at the 33-yard line.

Mitchell handed off the ball to Riley Reed, who ran the ball to the 2-yard line.

Reed ran in the next hand off for Mount Si’s second touchdown, making it 14-0.

In the third quarter, Mitchell tossed a 26-yard pass and a 37-yard pass to wide receiver Tyler Button, but no points went up on the board.

In the fourth quarter, Wildcats defensive back Bailey Takacs intercepted a Peterson pass, bringing Mount Si just 15 yards from the end zone.

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At right, Trent Riley catches a 5-yard pass from quarterback Nick Mitchell in the second quarter to put the Wildcats up 7-0. alty, pushing the line of scrimmage even closer.

Mitchell zipped an 11-yard touchdown pass to McLain, bringing the final score to 21-0.

Mount Si coach Charlie Kinnune said last week’s win was obviously still carrying some momentum for the Wildcats.

The defense was crushing it, and giving the offense some breathing room while it goes through its growing pains,

he said.

Kinnune said Mount Si in the past has had a strong running game, and this year the team has decided to mix it up a bit with its passing game.

Mitchell tossed a couple of nice long passes, but also overshot quite a few to his intended receivers.

The Wildcats gained 276 yards, including 208 on the ground. Reed led the way with 106 yards on 11 carries, and Joey Cotto

added 56 yards rushing on 13 carries.

Issaquah’s Gellatly did manage 107 yards on 17 carries, and the Eagles finished with 197 total yards,

including 88 passing.

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Veteran crew seeks to go deep in soccer playoffs

By Sebastian F. Moraga The French have a term for it, “bête noire.”

The rival that, try as you might, still ends up getting the best of you, time and time again.

For the past two years, Bellevue has filled that role admirably for the Mount Si High School girls soccer team. Two years ago, the Wildcats’ run to the playoffs ended in the first round with a 2-1 loss to the Wolverines.

Then in last year’s first-round of playoffs, Mount Si was ahead with two minutes to go in the game. Bellevue tied it, won in overtime, 3-2, and awarded Mount Si a particularly long offseason.

This year’s crew of Wildcats booters is upperclass-heavy, so head coach Darren Brown predicts they will use the last two years as a motivator to finally get over the hump.

“The girls are all-in,” Brown wrote in an email.

The sting of last year’s loss to the Wolverines has stayed with his veteran players, Brown said, and with him.

But that was last year, and this year’s bunch is thick with talent and chemistry, Brown said. He enters the season with a 20-player roster, which is what he normally has at playoff time.

“Every athlete that made the final roster really deserved it,” he wrote. “So

“I personally want the kids to experience the state playoffs so bad that it has been burning inside of me for some time now.”

— Darren Brown Mount Si High School girls soccer coach

it is a good problem that I have.”

The team has something to prove, Brown added.

Perhaps none more than Miranda Rawlings, just recruited by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Brown said Rawlings wants to win the KingCo Player of the Year award.

Besides Rawlings, the team has six other starters returning. Two of the players not returning — Laura Barnes and Sophie Rockow — are starting for Bellevue College, where Brown is assistant coach.

Another player not returning is assistant coach Ben Tomlisson, who will remain on the job for the boys team in the spring.

Tom Burford, who coached with Brown from 2006-2010, will take Tomlisson’s spot and work as goalkeepers’ coach.

Assistant coach Greg Rourke will work with the JV coach on player development, Brown wrote.

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10th at the helm, and after a spell of three state berths in four years, the team has not returned to the top bracket since 2008.

This year’s team may not have the same qualities as those from the glory years, but it’s athletic and fast across the board, he added.

“People will notice we are faster than the past,” he said. “We will be getting forward a lot and pushing the tempo as much as possible.”

Claire Johnson and Sophia Rouches will have breakout seasons, he predicted, while Rawlings will have to score more this season.

“She can put a ball on a dime if she wants, but this year she really has to pull the trigger more,” he said.

With Rawlings scoring more, and the rest of the

By Sebastian Moraga

Courtney Cowan, the Mount Si High School girls’ soccer team’s senior goalie, trains with goalkeepers’ coach Tom Burford in the days prior to the 2012 preseason’s only game, against Cedarcrest. team sprinting up and down the field, Wildcats fans may just witness another run deep into autumn.

“I personally want the kids to experience the state playoffs so bad

that it has been burning inside of me for some time now,” Brown wrote, later adding, “We’ve had some tough losses in districts these past three seasons, and some of the girls have been with me

during those. They have that burning fire inside of them as well.”

Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext.

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Wildcat tennis team loses to Sammamish The Mount Si High School boys tennis team dropped its Sept. 10 match to Sammamish, six matches to one.

In singles, Mount Si’s Allen Reid defeated the Totems’ Winston Chen, 6-2, 6-0.

Josh Hamann lost to the Totems’ Ethan Romney, 1-6, 0-6; Mount Si’s Matthew Griffin lost to Neema Rostami, 4-6, 3-6; and Kevin McLaughlin lost to Sammamish’s Charles Wackerbath, 1-6, 0-6.

In doubles, the Mount Si duo of Rhett Haney and Van Magnan lost to Alvin Tran and Anthony Kao, 1-6, 4-6. The duo of Zach Gappa and Riley Dirks lost to the Totems’ Michael Chen and Mark Sa, 2-6, 2-6. Lastly, the Wildcats’ John Day and Ryan Fischer lost to Jason Habib and Jeffrey Sweet, 1-6, 1-6.

Four days earlier, the team had lost to Liberty, 6-1.

Logan Cochran and Drew Hadaller defeated the Patriots’ Brian Linnenkam and Keaton Winegar in the third doubles match, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, for the only Wildcat win.

The team plays Sept.

18 at Interlake and Sept.

19 against Bothell. All matches start by at least 3:45 p.m.

Volleyball team wins first outing The Mount Si High School volleyball team started its 2012 campaign Sept. 6 with a 3-0 win against Juanita, 25-8, 25-14, 25-17.

Rachel Hayford had eight aces and two digs; Lindsay Carr had 12 kills, five aces, two blocks and one dig.

Lauren Smith had 23 assists, six digs and four aces.

The team next plays at Sammamish at 7 p.m.

Sept. 13. Their next home game is at 7 p.m.

Sept. 18 against Lake Washington.

Monthly teacher award returns for second year Macaroni Kid of Issaquah and Snoqualmie Valley will bring back its Teacher of the Month award for the 2012-13 school year.

The award, in which parents nominate teachers for their performance and hard work, received nominations for more than 30 teachers last year. Teachers nominated included educators from schools, preschools and daycare centers.

“If your child has a teacher that they look up to, we hope you will nominate them,” said Diana Reul-Shapiro, publisher-editor of Macaroni Kid of Issaquah and the Snoqualmie Valley, who started the award with fellow publisher-editor Dana Verhoff.

The September award will be announced Sept.

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Winning teachers will receive a $100 gift certificate to Flat Iron Grill, a one-hour massage from Therapeutic Health, and a plaque from Issaquah Trophy & Awards.

Mount Si grad wins honors at Navy boot camp Ryan Robel, a graduate of Mount Si High School, earned top academic honors at his Navy boot camp in August.

Robel, whose parents still live on Snoqualmie Ridge, ranked No. 1 in academic excellence among 841 graduates of the boot camp.

The boot camp took place in Great Lakes, Ill., and it lasted for nine weeks, from June 3 to Aug. 3.

Robel received a commemorative coin in recognition of his achievements. He now seeks a degree as an electronic technician for the Navy at Great Lakes.

Robel graduated from Mount Si in 2011.

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4 pulled over a vehicle on Railroad Avenue Southeast for having large tires with no mud flaps. The officer smelled beer, and asked the driver, Chase W. Munger, 24, no town listed, to perform field sobriety tests. Munger was charged with DUI and was transported to the Issaquah City Jail.

A North Bend man reported that someone smashed his vehicle window about 12:30 p.m.

Aug. 11 while it was parked at EZ Mart on West North Bend Way.

Fast food, fake money A manager at McDonald’s reported Aug. 27 that someone the night before had used two fake $10 bills to purchase food.

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Call in DUI report A liquor control officer reported at 12:38 a.m.

Sept. 1 that he was following a possible drunken driver on Railroad Avenue Southeast. A police officer caught up with the vehicle and stopped the driver, Neil John Wishart, 51, of Sammamish. Wishart was arrested for DUI and trans-

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Events q Barre class, 5:15 p.m.

Sept. 14, 19, 21 and 28; improve yourself with a combination of techniques of ballet, Pilates, toning and balance training.

Snoqualmie Valley YMCA. Free to facility members; $10 for nonmembers. q Fall Recycling event, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 15, Centennial Fields, 39903 S.E. Park St., Snoqualmie q Jammin’ For Justice — a teen-planned, teenrun fundraiser for Planet Changer, a local registered 501(c) 3 non-profit — is at 6 p.m. Sept. 15 at Mount Si High School. Tickets are $5 per person, $3 for students. q Second annual Kiwanis Swap Meet, 9 a.m. to dusk Sept. 15, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 16, Meadowbrook Farm, 1711 Boalch Ave. N.W., North Bend. Rain or shine. Free parking. Vendors may reserve a spot by calling 698-3180. q Futsal, a variation of indoor soccer, 8:30 a.m. Sept. 16 and 23; 8 a.m. Sept. 14, 21 and 28; Snoqualmie Valley YMCA; ages 9-14; no experience necessary; free to community members q Women’s SelfDefense Course, 6-9 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays from Sept.

17-26. Snoqualmie Fire Department, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway.

Adult women only.

Reserve a space by emailing ndraveling@ ci.snoqualme.wa.us q Open Volleyball Night, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 18 and 25, Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie; free to facility members, $10 to nonmembers q Water for Fish and People, 9 a.m. Sept. 22, Cedar River Watershed Education Center, $15 per person. Watch the work to restore habitats, including the fish passage facility and other restoration projects in streams and lakes. q Zumba Demo, Sept.

23, 10 a.m. Demo two forms of Zumba using hand weights and chairs for strength and balance.

Snoqualmie Valley YMCA. Free to facility members; $10 for nonmembers q National Mathematics Trimathlon, Sept. 29-30 at Mathnasium, 7802 S.E. Center Blvd., Suite A, Snoqualmie. For children grades 3-6. Call 367-4747 or go to www.mathnasium.com/

Mark Twain entertains

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Sept. 14 and 2 p.m. Sept. 16 at Valley Center Stage, 119 North Bend Way. Call 831-5667. Tickets are $15 for adults, and $12.50 for seniors and students. snoqualmie. q The Snoqualmie Valley Museum presents: “Beyond Smokey: The USFS In The Snoqualmie Valley,” 1-5 p.m. Saturdays through Tuesdays, 320 Bendigo Blvd. S., North Bend q North Bend Farmers Market, 4-8 p.m. Thursdays through Sept. 13, Si View Park, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive

Snoqualmie Library All events unless otherwise noted occur at 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie. Call 888-1223. q Drop-in eReader Assistance, 11 a.m.

Thursdays. Learn how to download eBooks to your eReader or computer during this demonstration for adults. q Pajama Story Time, 7 p.m. Sept. 13, 27. All young children are welcome with adults. Stories songs and surprises. q Aging Well With Consciousness Book Club, 10:15 a.m. Sept.

15. Discussion of “Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small-Scale Community in a Large-Scale World” by Ross Chapin. q Preschool Story Time, 1:30 p.m. Sept. 17, 24, 10:30 a.m. Sept. 19, 26. Ages 3-6 with adult. q Snoqualmie Book Group, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 18.

Come discuss “American Chica,” by Maria Arana.

For adults. q Friends of the Snoqualmie Library meeting, 6 p.m. Sept. 19.

Group supports the library

through services, volunteers, fundraising, program sponsorship, and increased awareness of the library’s community role. q Anime and Manga Club, 3 p.m. Sept. 26, come watch anime movies, eat popcorn and practice your drawing. All skill levels welcome. For teens. q How to Write Great College Essays, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26. Register by calling Jill Hetzler at 888-1223.

North Bend Library All events unless otherwise noted occur at 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend.

Call 888-0554. q Special Needs Story Time, 10 a.m. Sept. 15, stories, songs and activities designed for children with special needs and their families. Program targets developmental ages 3-6, but children of all ages and abilities are welcome.

Library opens at 9:30 a.m. for participating families. q Merry Monday Story Time, 11 a.m. Sept. 17, for children ages 0-3 with adult. Siblings and older children welcome. Songs, rhythm instruments, action rhymes and a tiny tale for the very young. q North Bend HomeSchool Gathering, 1 p.m.

Sept. 17, for parents and children receiving homeschool education. q EReader Assistance, 6 p.m. Sept. 17; learn how to download eBooks to your eReader or computer during this demonstration for adults. q Preschool Story

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Time, 10:30 a.m. Sept. 18, for children ages 3-6 with adult, siblings welcome. q Spanish/English Story Time, 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 18, all ages welcome with adult q One-on-One Computer Assistance, 1 p.m. Sept. 19. A volunteer instructor will help you learn how to use a computer, how to create an e-mail account, or on any special project you have. q Pajamarama Story Time, 6:30 p.m. Sept.

19, share the wonderful world of books with your child and come for stories, songs and surprises. q SnoValley Writers work group, 3 p.m. Sept.

23; join other local writers for writing exercises, critique and lessons on voice, plot and point of view. For adults.

Clubs q Snoqualmie Fraternal Order of Eagles Women’s Auxiliary, first and third Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Men’s Aerie, first and third Wednesday, 7 p.m., both at 108 Railroad Ave., 8881129 q Cancer survivor group, 9 a.m. second Saturday, Sawdust Coffee, North Bend Factory Stores mall, 461 South Fork Ave. S.W., Unit K. newellvl@ yahoo.com q Loyal Order of Moose, 108 Sydney Ave., North Bend; men at 6 p.m. first and third Monday; women at 7 p.m. third and fourth Tuesday; 888-0951

q Washington Freemasons, 7:30 p.m. first Wednesday, Unity Lodge No. 198, North Bend, 888-5779 q Mental illness support group, 7-8:30 p.m.

Fridays, Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway, free for anyone with a mental illness or who has a family member with a mental illness, 829-2417 q Mount Si Artist Guild meeting, 9:15-11 a.m. third Saturday, Mount Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend, www. mtsiartistguild.org q SnoValley Beekeepers, 7 p.m. first Tuesday, Meadowbrook Interpretive Center, Meadowbrook Farm, 1711 Boalch Ave., North Bend, www.snoqualmievalleybeekeepers.org q Trellis gardening club, 10 a.m. third Saturday, Valley Christian Assembly, 32725 S.E. 42nd St., Fall City, new and experienced gardeners are welcome q Snoqualmie Valley Chess Club, 7 p.m.

Thursdays, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. q Survivors of the Snoqualmie Valley School District, third Monday 7 p.m. at Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie.

Second Tuesday, Si View Community Center, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend, 292-7191 q Snoqualmie Valley Rotary Club, 7 a.m. Thursdays, TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club Restaurant, 36005 S.E. Ridge St. Snoqualmie; all are welcome; www.snoqualmievalleyrotary.org q American Legion Post 79 and the American Legion Auxiliary, 7 p.m. second Thursday, 38625 S.E. River

St., Snoqualmie, 888-1206 q Snoqualmie Valley Garden Club, 6:30 p.m. second Thursday, Mount Si Senior Center, North Bend, 888-4646 q Snoqualmie Valley Kiwanis Club, 7 a.m.

Thursdays at the Mount Si Golf Course restaurant, 9010 Boalch Ave., Snoqualmie, snovalley@ member.kiwanis.org

Music/entertainment q Hamartia, 7 p.m.

Sept. 13, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-3647 q Tony Foster, 7 p.m.

Sept. 13, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, 2929307 q Roy Reinertsen, 8 p.m.

Sept. 14, The Black Dog q An Evening with Mark Twain, with actor Kurt Sutton, 7:30 p.m. Sept.

14, 2 p.m. Sept. 16, Valley Center Stage, 119 W. North Bend Way, 831-5667 q Dan O’Brien and Eric Reid, 7 p.m. Sept. 14, Boxley’s q Gene Argel and Jay Argel, 7 p.m. Sept. 15, Boxley’s q Danny Kolke Trio, 6 p.m. Sept. 16, 23, Boxley’s q Future Jazz Heads, 7 p.m. Sept. 19, Boxley’s q Chris Riffle, 7 p.m.

Sept. 20, The Black Dog q Jay Thomas Trio, 7 p.m. Sept. 21, Boxley’s q The Defeyes, 8 p.m.

Sept. 21, The Black Dog, fundraiser for the service dog program at Echo Glen q Keith Scott, Chicago bluesman, 9 p.m. Sept. 22, Finaghty’s Irish Pub, 7726 Center Blvd. S.E., Suite 110, Snoqualmie, 888-8833 q Alicia Dara and Diamondwolf, 8 p.m.

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