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September 26, 2013 VOL. 5, NO. 38

Firestarter State lifts burn ban, some local bans still in place.

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Hold on to the nights Richard Marx to play Snoqualmie Casino.

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Mount Si football tops Juanita on way to a 3-0 start to season Page 8

After nearly striking, Valley teachers wrestle with how to improve the quality of education

By Dan Aznoff North Bend Elementary School librarian Lisa Radmer did not know how to respond when her 29-year-old son Jayson proclaimed that he wanted to go back to school to become a teacher so he could inspire the minds of eager young students.

Radmer has been involved with elementary education for almost 35 years and currently serves as president of the Snoqualmie Valley Education Association, the teachers’ union. At first Radmer was proud of her son’s choice, but her enthusiasm was tempered by the frustration teachers in her district feel about the status of the education system in Washington.

See TEACHERS, Page 3

By Greg Farrar

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North Bend Elementary students board their buses for home Sept. 20 at the end of the school day.

Her emotions were compounded by the contract recently approved by teachers in the district.

Members of the SVEA voted to accept the new three-year agreement in early September to avoid a walkout that would have shut down schools less than two weeks into the new school year.

“Teachers are happy to be in their classrooms with their students, but we were willing to strike to improve the quality of education for them,” said Radmer. “Large class sizes and not enough time or support to reach each child’s individual needs are the real concern.”

Radmer explained that the contract includes triggers that will boost the salary of an elementary school teacher if class size exceeds the predetermined number for each grade level. This is the first time a Snoqualmie Valley contract has included triggers for elementary school teachers. High

Call for artists

Fashion show to benefit The House of Hope

Valley artists needed fo show at visitor’s center.

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“But we did it. Husbands complained when we recruited them Nancy Wray kept hearing to help. But they told us afterabout the great things The ward it was so much fun they House of Hope does for women wanted to do it again this year.” in need. Customers in her North The team and Wray agreed.

Bend store, Birches Habitat, They’re staging the Second would share anecdotes.

Annual Fall Fashion Show to Then she read a story in benefit the House of Hope Sept. the Sept. 5, 2012 edition of 29 at Boxley’s in North Bend. the SnoValley Star about the The event starts at 6 p.m. Tickets Snoqualmie are available at “They told us afterward Valley shelBirches Habitat ter that helps for $27 or may it was so much fun they women turn be ordered by wanted to do it again this phone at 292their lives around. “I 9390. Advance year.” wanted to do ticket purchase — Nancy Wray is advised something to Fashion show organizer because last help,” Wray said. “I talked to year’s event people and said, sold out.

‘Let’s do a fashion show.’“ “Our primary purpose is to Three weeks after coming up raise funds for The House of with the idea, volunteer models Hope,” Wray said. “But the secpromenaded along the runway ondary purpose is to host a fun, set up in Boxley’s. It took Wray community building event.” and a core of five friends workIt takes an army of women ing night and day to pull off to make the fashion show hapthe first Fall Fashion Show. The pen, she said. There will be 28 event sold out and raised several models – all from the Valley thousand dollars for The House plus the team of Ahn Lee Horne, of Hope.

See FASHION, Page 2 “It was insane,” Wray said.

By Sherry Grindeland

By Christina Corrales-Toy

Harley Brumbaugh, who started Hazen High School’s music program, now lives in North Bend with his wife Cathy, but he still holds Highlander keepsakes, like the record his Hazen Studio Singers made as students.

Stretch out Cross Country team in building year.

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Valley native pioneered local school music programs

By Christina Corrales-Toy

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school teachers have had similar triggers for several years.

Elementary school teachers in overcrowded classrooms will have the option of additional salary, funds to pay for an aide in the classroom or extra planning time.

“Our teachers know what is best for their students,” she said. “The difficult part is how to fund those needs.”

Intense weekend The three-year agreement was approved by 59 percent of the 299 certified staff members who voted at a special meeting held after an intense weekend of negotiations. The Snoqualmie Valley School District serves more than 6,000 students with 320 certified educators. The district and the teacher’s union had been bargaining since April without success to find middle ground on the contract that expired on Aug. 31.

The new contract includes a 2 percent across-the-board boost in salaries for teach-

When Harley Brumbaugh snaps his fingers to the beat of a song, it has the authoritative click of a seasoned music instructor leading his students to success.

It’s the exact same snap countless Renton School District students heard as Brumbaugh led music programs at McKnight Middle

School, and established one at Hazen High School in the 1960s.

Today, Hazen High School is home to one of the best vocal music programs in the state, but none of it would have happened if it weren’t for Brumbaugh, the man tasked with creating a music department at what was a brand new See HARLEY, Page 3

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Harley From Page 1 school in 1968.

“I had to order all of the new things, manage the budget and set up schedules, but we possessed this sort of pioneer spirit through it all,” he said of his first year at Hazen.

Sitting in the North Bend home he shares with his wife Cathy, Brumbaugh reflected on his time as a Highlander.

It wasn’t difficult to get the Hazen music program started, Brumbaugh said, since many of his pupils from McKnight continued to participate as they entered high school.

Right away, Hazen had a large pool of students interested in joining the vocal groups. Some football players even dropped the sport to be in the choir, with a little coax-

filed by Oct. 7. For information on how to register online, go to: https://wei. sos.wa.gov/agency/osos/en/ Pages/MyVoteOLVR.aspx In person registration is available through Oct. 28 at the King County Elections office at 919 S.W. Grady Way, Renton.

The office is open weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m or at the King County Administration Building, 500 4th Avenue, Room 311, Seattle. That office is ing from Brumbaugh, of course.

“I’d say to them, ‘You’re too chicken. It takes a man to stand up and sing. Anybody can take a ball and run down the field with the thing,’” he said, though he was an athlete himself when he was a student at Mount Si High School. He grew up in Snoqualmie.

The school’s vocal groups found success quite early, when the Hazen Studio Singers were rated No. 1 in the state just a year after the school opened. The recognition earned them the opportunity to exclusively perform at the Washington Music Educators Convention in Yakima.

“We had only been together for maybe three months because there was hardly any place for them to practice,” Brumbaugh said.

Despite the rising music programs, Brumbaugh remembered having to

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Leap and shout at mini cheer camp

The Mount Si High School cheerleaders will host a Mini Cheer Camp for kindergarten through fifth grade boys and girls 5-6:30 p.m. Oct. 1 to 3.

The cheer squad will teach participants the moves,

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Harley Brumbaugh leads a Hazen choir in a photo from the 1969 Hazen High School yearbook. play second fiddle to Renton High School in the community and the press.

“You know the saying, ‘Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus?’ As a spinoff, I would say, ‘Yes, Virginia, there is a Hazen high School,’” he said.

To unite the Highlander community as the school opened, Brumbaugh decided to take the initiative to pen the school’s alma mater, “Green, Gold and Blue.” It is now an impor-

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jumps, cheering and dancing that goes into cheerleading performances.

Participants will receive a t-shirt and following the camp, perform during the halftime show at the Oct. 4 MSHS varsity football game.

Registration deadline is Sept. 27. The camp will be held at Mount Si High School. Cost is $45 per child. For more information, go to www.mountsicheer.weebly.com. tant part of the Hazen culture, sung at the end of every graduation.

Brumbaugh said he wrote the alma mater ensuring that it had a timeless element, making it sound just as good today as it did 40 years ago.

“No one asked me to do it, but I was just sitting at the piano one day, and I thought, this might help bring the group together,” he said. “The kids really seem to enjoy it.”

Brumbaugh spent only two years at Hazen before he was recruited

by Bellevue Community College to start its own music program, but the school still holds a special place in his heart. It’s where he conducted his final formal concert in 2008.

“The beauty of music is that everything else sort of teaches you how to think,” he said. “But in the arts, it teaches you how to feel and how to express that.”

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Model Kylan Ooyman tries on one of her outfits for the Birches Fashion Show.

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Shannon Zink, Louise Wall, Beth Neleson and Mary Barrett who put in many hours pulling, fitting, tagging and sequencing the outfits and accessories.

Last year, Wray picked Boxley’s as the venue as payback for owner Danny Kolke. “He does so much for the commu-

nity. I thought having the fashion show there would be a good way to introduce Boxley’s to women who had never been there,” Wray said.

Using the popular restaurant and jazz night club meant added labor – building a runway for the fashion show. But Wray said it was worth the effort.

“Yes, it takes a lot of preparation but we have so much fun doing it,” she said. “I hope the tradition lives on for many years.”

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State burn ban eased The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently announced that the statewide burn ban has been lifted due to the reduced fire danger caused by recent rainfall and lower temperatures.

Although the ban has been lifted throughout King County, if you’re headed into Eastern

Teachers From Page 1 ers in each year of the agreement. Given the option, Washington Education Association spokesman Dale Folkerts emphasized that teachers would have chosen smaller classes over the additional pay.

“Nobody wanted extra pay to have more kids in their classroom,” said Folkerts. “More students translate into less individualized attention for each child.”

Instead of limiting class sizes, the Snoqualmie Valley district agreed to pay teachers an additional $7 per day for each student beyond 26 in kindergarten classrooms, 28 in grades one through three and 30 or more students in grades four and five. The amount increases to $8 per student in the second year of the contract and $9 in the final year.

Teacher salaries are set by the state legislature based on a specific ratio of students to teachers, according to Ryan Stokes, the Snoqualmie Valley district’s director of finance.

Exceptions to the salary levels set in Olympia—

Washington or other areas in the state, you can learn where the restricted areas are by checking the DNR’s burn website at http://bit.ly/nonie or call 1-800323-BURN. Local authorities may still put burn restrictions in place at their jurisdiction.

Industrial forest operations on DNR-protected land remain

including the 2 percent raise negotiated in the new contract—are the responsibility of the individual districts.

The baseline compensation for teachers in grades K-3 is based on 25.23 students per classroom.

That number jumps to one teacher for every 27 students in grades 4-6 and to more than 28.5 students per teacher through high school.

“Salary comparisons between districts are complicated,” said Ryan. “Even though districts in Washington state may receive similar state base salary funding, districts have the option to structure the locally-funded portions of their contracts differently based on their bargained agreements. “ Ryan said the average teacher salary in the Snoqualmie Valley district will increase $9,000 over the term of the new contract. The additional $3 million each year will be funded through the Maintenance and Operations levy approved by the voters in the district.

Lowest compensation rate A report issued by the state superintendent of public education showed

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regulated under the Industrial Fire Precaution Level (IFPL) system.

Forest operations must follow the applicable restrictions for their area. More information can be found at - http://www. dnr.wa.gov/RecreationEducation/ Topics/FireBurningRegulations/ Pages/rp_fire_ifpl.aspx.aspx DNR is responsible for pre-

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venting wildfires on 13 million acres of private, state and tribalowned forestlands. Administered

by Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark, the DNR is the largest on-call fire department in the state.

Over 1,000 employees are trained and available as needed. This includes more than 700 DNR employees dur-

Teacher salaries The new contract gives Snoqualmie Valley School District teachers a 2 percent pay increase.

A first-year teacher with a bachelor’s degree would have earned an annual salary of $39,336 last year. This year their starting salary would be $40,020.

For a teacher who has seven years of service, a bachelor’s degree plus 90 additional credits (teachers are required to continue their education) will go from $50,925 to $51,807.

Teachers with a master’s degrees plus 90 credits and 16 or more years of service (the top salary level) were bumped from $74,141 to $75,425.

These figures include a base contract salary provided by the state plus what the district provides and a 1.9 percent legislative salary restoration.

These figures do not include benefits, technology training grants, stipends or extract contracts for things such as coaching a sport. that Snoqualmie Valley receives the lowest perstudent compensation in King County.

“Each district works with its own revenues,” Ryan explained. “Revenues have a direct impact on the amount of reserves each district maintains, which in turn has a direct impact on decisions made regarding budgets and salaries. Districts with more revenue might have a more aggressive approach to education.”

District spokesperson Carolyn Malcolm said teachers in the Snoqualmie Valley district have the ability to supplement their salaries by

accepting duties beyond the classroom, such as the stipends paid to advisors and coaches. She also said districts that paid teachers at a higher level before salaries were standardized by the state had those higher salaries grandfathered into the state-wide levels.

“Some teachers look at the salaries paid in other districts and wonder why we can’t match those levels,” said Malcolm. “There is no way we’ll ever catch up with some of those districts with higher compensation levels paid by the state.”

The union president said the trigger language was an excellent first step,

ing the fire season who have other permanent jobs with the agency and about 400 seasonal employees hired for firefighting.

Department of corrections adult offenders and juvenile offenders participate in the DNR correctional camps program. DNR participates in Washington’s coordinated interagency approach to firefighting.

but stressed that contract language and extra money may not translate into better education for students in the five Snoqualmie Valley elementary schools.

She went on to clarify that it is actually less expensive for the district to pay the extra salaries than to hire more teachers and open additional classrooms.

Radmer said the minimal increase in her paycheck has been more than offset by an increase of 27 percent in the cost of her premiums for healthcare.

She commented that her paycheck this month is $100 less than it was the same month one year ago, and an additional $100 behind the same month the year before.

“Every year it becomes more and more difficult to find the balance between dedication and simply feeling being taken advantage of,” said Radmer.

Teachers are trapped between the programs mandated by the state and the lack of resources to fund them, according to Radmer.

She added that teacher salaries do not take into consideration how many evenings, weekends and summer days teachers must dedicate to develop programs and create lesson plans.

“None of us got into teaching to get rich,” Radmer said. “Too many

excellent teachers become disillusioned and leave teaching every year for careers they believe will be more rewarding. Not teaching also means they can be home with their families every night and on the weekends.”

Radmer concluded by saying teachers in the Valley reflect the sentiment of educators across Washington that the state has failed in its primary obligation to fund basic education.

North Bend Elementary teacher Sarah Davis had 32 third graders in her class last year. She described her frustration with the current system during a recent meeting of the school board, saying she often does not have enough time during the day to provide individual help for students in her own classroom.

“There is never enough time to help students, to finish anything or to go to the bathroom!”

As far as advice for her own son, Radmer told Jayson to hold off going back to school until changes can be made to the basic educational system in the state.

Dan Aznoff’s wensite is www.dajournalist.com. He can be contacted at da@dajournalist.com.

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Editorial

Letters

Sports teams can pull the Valley together

Please return my engagement ring

The high school sports season has barely begun but already you can see the results – the 2013 Mount Si Wildcats football poster hangs in businesses throughout North Bend and Snoqualmie.

Each Friday, there’s an excitement around the Valley as people wonder how the high school team will do that night.

Few things pull Snoqualmie Valley’s communities together like Mount Si High School sports. Concerts and plays and other activities keep the community active and involved, but high school sports are fun and exciting.

The football team is 3-0 and already pundits in the Seattle press are predicting they’ll be in the playoffs again.

The football players always draw big crowds, particularly for the home games.

But if you only go to football, you’re missing some great action from other student athletes.

This year, the Snoqualmie Valley School District has several teams contending for titles.

The golf team is off to a good start, the volleyball girls have been hitting it big and the cross country team has some powerhouse runners.

The girls soccer team is working hard after several top players graduated in June.

While golf and cross country aren’t typically spectator sports, check out how well these young athletes do by hanging around the golf course or the cross country course at the end of a match.

Both soccer and volleyball are fast-moving events that make good viewing. Take any young athletes in your family to see a high school game.

The student athletes are great role models and you can bet your child will aspire to join the team when they reach high school.

Be sure to stay after a game long enough to congratulate the players. Telling them they played a good game means a lot to these students. While you’re at it, give the coaches a thumbs-up, too.

These teams wouldn’t be as good as they are without solid coaches helping them hone their skills and teaching them the right way to play the games, and without parents who provide the opportunity and encouragement.

If you are looking for good entertainment, make plans now to support your local prep sports.

Use prep sports as a way to cheer our local youth and to tie the Valley together.

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In three weeks I am getting married to my fiancé, Evan, but sadly I am without my engagement ring. On Sept. 10th I forgot my engagement ring in the tanning booth at Seattle Sun Tan in North Bend, and before I realized it and rushed back, another woman had gone into the same booth, and the ring was taken.

Although I have already filed a police report, and contacted the local pawn shops, the ring is still missing. If it is returned, I won’t file charges and I won’t ask any questions. I just want my engagement ring back.

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Thinking about home kept veteran cool Sure was good to see Jimmy back from the Middle East last week. He looks good in that uniform, too. He was running all over the place for a few days, visiting everyone he knows, but he finally came to the Mule Barn. He sat with us at the philosophy counter, headquarters of the world dilemma think tank.

“Must be good to be home,” Doc said.

“You bet,” Jimmy said. “But it isn’t the same as it was.”

We thought about that.

Thought back over the year he’d been gone. A few new babies born, a few old-timers gone to rest. Oh yes, they finally filled that pothole in front of the drugstore. But that was about it.

“What do you mean it isn’t the same, Jimmy?”

“This is going to sound funny to you guys,” he said, “but all that time over there, I kept thinking about how nice it was

going to be to get out in the woods at night again with Ed Lakey and the dogs and go coon hunting, you Slim Randles know?

Columnist “It was so hot over there, I tried to remember what it felt like to wear Carhartt coveralls and feel that cold night air and hear those hounds bawling and running down along the river.

“Oh, man! That was one of the things that kept me going.”

He looked at us and his mind came back home there for a minute.

“Of course, I missed you guys, too. Thought about you a lot.”

“Well, sure you did,” Doc said.

“Anyway,” Jimmy said, “I got

home and the first thing I did ... well, almost the first thing I did... was call Ed and tell him I needed to get in the woods, and how about he throws those dogs in the truck, you know, and we’ll go hunting? He told me he was sorry, but he didn’t have a single hound any more. Had to quit coon hunting for good.

“Well, you know Ed. He lives to go hunting with those dogs, so I asked him what happened.

“He said his wife was upset at him for spending so much time with those dogs and not with her. She said he loved those dogs more than he loved her and she told him either the dogs would have to go or she would.

“So Ed said, ‘Dog-gonit, Jimmy. I flipped a coin and the dogs lost.’”

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Music industry veteran Richard Marx to play Snoquamile Casino

By Sherry Grindeland Expect a laid-back and relaxed Richard Marx when he appears on stage at the Snoqualmie Casino Ballroom Oct. 3. He will be coming to the Northwest following a 10-day vacation in Tuscany.

“I’m a foodie, and I love good wine,” Marx said during a telephone interview while he was on his way to the airport before his trip. “And going to Tuscany is going to the mecca of food and wine” For many of his fans, a similar phrase would describe his shows: Listening to Marx in person is a chance to hear the musical equivalent of a fine wine. Or in Marx’s

case – the equivalent of a multicourse gourmet banquet filled with a wide Richard Marx variety of songs.

Marx has sold more than 30 million albums, had platinum after platinum hit and holds a record for having his first seven singles reach the Top 4 on the Billboard charts. His success as a songwriter and producer of all genres has been just as phenomenal – from the ‘N Sync hit “This I Promise You” to the recent “Long Hot Summer” he

wrote for country singer Keith Urban.

During his more than 30-year career in music, Marx has toured internationally numerous times.

These days he does shows instead.

“I don’t call them tours anymore,” he said. “I’ve always associated tours with albums. Now when I feel like going out and

If you go Richard Marx 7 p.m. Oct. 3 Tickets start at $30 Must be 21 Snoqualmie Casino playing, I just line up a few shows in a row and go and have a good time.”

He describes these

shows as a time to share some of his greatest hits and some stories. It’s like, he said, having people hang out in his living room and they all enjoy some conversation and some music.

“I talk a lot between songs,” Marx said. “That’s one of the problems with tours, people don’t get to know the performers. But

in these smaller shows, it is like mini parties.”

Marx said his goal is to make audiences feel that they’re just hanging out with a friend – not a world-famous musician and songwriter.

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Police blotter North Bend Suspected drug activity

attempting to contact her and return the items.

No camping in the woods

At 9:32 a.m. on Sept.

16 an officer responded to a call from Chaplin’s Chevrolet. An employee found a syringe in the parking lot.

An officer responded to a call at 1:30 p.m.

Sept. 17 about someone camping in the woods in North Bend. The camper had an outstanding warrant and was arrested.

Wallet and cell phone found

Burglars hit North Bend home

A woman contacted an officer at 10:30 am. Sept.

16 to turn in a wallet and cell phone she found on the Snoqualmie Valley Trail. The officer recognized the name on cards in the wallet as a local transient. He has been

Officers responded to a 12:34 p.m. call from a woman who was outside her home in the 43000 block of southeast North Bend Way. She had seen a man in a dark blue hoodie walking toward her neighbor’s mobile

home, cutting through back yards of other mobile homes in the area.

Someone had pried the screen off an unlocked window, entered the bedroom and walked away with personal belongings.

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Snoqualmie firefighters responded to the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital for an automatic fire alarm. No smoke or fire was found and the alarm was reset.

North Bend

Fire reports

Steam tricks Smoke detector dies another observer Snoqualmie Firefighters responded to Rhododendron Drive for a smoke detector problem on Sept. 14. The crew helped the home owner figure out which detector was defective.

Sick fire alarm On Sept. 14

Firefighters responded to a call at 8:15 a.m. Sept.

19 to the 42000 block of Southeast 142nd for the odor of smoke. The smoke turned out to be steam.

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Artists sought for View of the Valley Art Exhibit Snoqualmie Valley artists are encouraged to submit their work of scenery or any art representation of Snoqualmie Valley to the Snoqualmie Arts Commission. The View of the Valley Art Exhibit will be shown at Snoqualmie City Hall and the Snoqualmie Visitor Information Center in downtown Snoqualmie.

To submit artwork, artists must follow the sub-

Marx From Page 5 ity of tours – promoting album after album in a whirlwind of crowded venues.

It’s much more fun to simply be Marx, the musician. And being a musician comes naturally to the man who just celebrated his 50th birthday Sept. 16.

He was born to a musical family – his father was a jazz pianist who developed a successful career as a jingle writer.

“Mother was a big band singer and did a ton of famous commercials,” he

mission process: 1. Submit up to three JPG images to be considered with respective titles and dimensions.

2. The image should depict any view from the Snoqualmie Valley area.

3. The work must be 18” or larger in both dimensions and either framed or canvas-wrapped and ready to hang with wire.

4. Artists must be current residents of the Valley or have a direct impact as an artist in the Snoqualmie Valley community.

5. Email JPG images to larger than 2 MD to Patricia Tamburini at patricia.tamburnini@hotmail. com The deadline for submissions is Nov. 7, and the chosen images will be announced via email on Nov. 10. The artwork will be on display at Snoqualmie City Hall from Nov. 13, 2013 to Feb. 12, 2014.

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said. “I grew up watching musicians all the time.

There was never a question in my mind that I would do anything but music, even when I was 5.

Writing songs was something that crept into my life in my teen years.”

These days, Marx combines his writing and performing talents with another passion – producing. He’s not giving up writing – indeed, he wrote a song the day before he left on vacation.

“It was an effortless song,” he said.

“Songwriting is rewarding, and that one just flowed.

But sometimes writing isn’t fun; sometimes I, literally, have to bleed on the page to get it right.”

Producing he said, is where music is born; it’s where he gets to create music as opposed to recreating it when he sings.

Even after more than three decades in the music business, Marx isn’t bored.

“My dad used to say, find something you love doing and you’ll never work a day in your life,” he said. “To me this never gets old. Every new recording is a thrill. I have the best job in the world.”

Marx has sold more than 30 million albums, scored 14 chart-topping singles and, as a songwriter, earned a Grammy for song of the year. He frequently does benefit concerts, particularly for children’s causes.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Mount Si High School football trounces Juanita, starts year 3-0

By Brandon Adam The Mount Si Wildcats defeat the Juanita Rebels 23-14 in a crucial KingCo 3A game Sept. 20, making them 3-0 and undefeated in their 2013 season.

It was a competitive night at Juanita High School. The Rebels were 2-0 before hosting Mount Si. “Many people chose Juanita to beat us,” said Mount Si Head Coach Charlie Kinnune.

Kinnune was pleased with both his Wildcats performance against the ranked team and that they remain undefeated in the season.

“We got a stretch here where we can really get some momentum going,” Kinnune said.

It was the first rainy game of the season for the Wildcats, played but that appeared to have little effect on the Wildcats offensive and defensive plays.

Quarterback Nick Mitchell opened up the playbook fast, early in the first quarter by completing consecutive passes to receiver Parker Dumas and running backs Evan Johnson and Bailey Tackacs.

After picking up a first down,

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Jake Smith sees a lot of running room after he evades a tackler.

Tackacs made his first touchdown of the year on a one-yard rush.

For the evening, Tackacs racked up 93 yards on 18 carries

and two touchdowns.

“I ran the ball pretty well,” Tackacs said.

Tackacs made a key defensive play of the night as well. He

forced a fumble and recovery, foiling a would-be touchdown by the Rebels offense.

“Those were good plays,” Tackacs said. “It motivated us to

win.”

Tackacs hopes that same motivation will carry out throughout the rest of the season.

“I hope our whole team goes undefeated this year,” he said.

“I hope we can score as many touchdowns as we can.

Mitchell showed his speed and agility again and again by scrambling, evading defenders, and picking up first downs throughout the game and completing passes on the move.

The second touchdown of the night was a 24-yard pass from Mitchell to Tackacs to give the Wildcats a 14-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Although the Wildcats were leading, the Rebels weren’t out of the game yet. Juanita answered back with two touchdowns of their own in a tightlyfought second quarter.

After the Rebels scored their first touchdown of the night, the Wildcats responded with a 32-yard field goal by Sean Lowney.

That put Mount Si ahead 17-7. The Rebels bounced back with a second touchdown, putSee FOOTBALL, Page 9

Building year for Mount Si High School cross country teams compare to some of the challenging schools in their league such as Bellevue and Mercer Island.

“They’re all amazing teams,” Kjenner said.

If the girls hope to have a real shot at competing at state this year, they will have to get big performances out of every single one of their top runners, and then some. The coaches said that to reach that level, their best girls must remain injury free and perform well at the same time.

Senior Scott ran at state for the past two years and is expected to do so again. On a team without official captains, she is a de facto leader of the group.

Freshman Waskom has turned in impressive times so far, finishing her first race in less than 20 minutes. Both the senior and the freshmen face a challenging season ahead of them. But like the new talented freshmen on the team, the season also has potential.

By Sam Kenyon In a tough league, the season aspirations of the Mount Si High School Cross Country teams rest heavily on the feet of talented newcomers.

Three promising freshmen girls, Hannah Waskom, Lindsey Sydnor, and Ellie Bruce, could give the team a boost this year.

The trio finished in the top 15 during the Sept. 18 meet against Bellevue and Lake Washington high schools at Redmond’s Marymoor Park.

Waskom finished third with a time of 19:57; Sydnor was seventh 20:55 and Bruce finished in the 11th spot with 21:36.

Combined with the team’s returning talent, seniors Bailey Scott and Sydney Leonard, a chance to competing in the state championships is not out of the question. In the Marymoor event, Leonard was 17th in the field with 22:20.

But to get to the state championship level, the team faces intense competition.

“Our girls will be really competitive but so are all the teams in this league. They’re like top 10 teams in the state,” said Christine Kjenner, one of the head coaches. “We have a hard

Top runners graduated

By Sam Kanyon

Members of the cross country team stretch. road.”

In an upcoming meet on

Saturday, Sept. 28, at Lake Sammamish State Park in

Issaquah, the Wildcats will have an opportunity to see how they

While the girls were granted “amazing quality” runners in See CROSS, Page 9

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Golfers defeat Juanita in league opener Football

By Sam Kenyon Head Coach Brandon Proudfoot thinks a few fortunate circumstances have given the Mount Si Boys Golf Team a real chance to sweep their conference schedule this season. The team got lucky and drew two of its toughest opponents for home matches, giving Mount Si a significant advantage.

The golf team was also fortunate in that they had no seniors last season, so they did not lose anyone to graduation. If the Wildcat’s luck keeps rolling like this, they are in for an exceptional season.

Mount Si beat Juanita 185-195 Sept. 23 at Wayne Golf Course in Bothell, the first league competition this fall. The Wildcats went into league play 1-1

Cross From Page 8 their freshmen class, they also didn’t lose any of their strong runners to graduation. The boys’ team, however, graduated their top four senior runners last year.

“We’re in a rebuilding year,” said the other head coach, Art Galloway, who is married to Kjenner.

Mount Si did recruit some promising freshmen boys this year, including Grant Baker, but losing so many seniors puts the team at a disadvantage.

Galloway said it takes a few years of running experience at this level to really compete, especially

in preseason competition.

Juanita was a hurdle for the Wildcats because Proudfoot expects that Frank Garber, a senior at Juanita, will be the best golfer in the league this season.

But the Mount Si coach hopes to direct his three strongest players, seniors Sebastian Gant, Jake Archambeau, and Tanner Simpson, to an even better record than last year’s 5 – 2 finish. Proudfoot expects Interlake, winners of the state title three years running, to be their most difficult competition.

Fortunately, Mount Si will face Interlake on the Wildcats’ home territory. .

“They should be our toughest match,” Proudfoot said. “The one advantage we have is that we are playing them at

home this year. In golf, home field advantage means way more than probably any other sport.”

One thing that works in the favor of the Wildcats this season is a majority of their team has the ability to shoot a great round in any given match.

“We’re a very deep team,” he said. “Our team make-up wise, our depth is our main strength.”

The coach hopes to improve his team’s consistency, so his players shoot close to their potential more regularly, rather than a different golfer carrying the team every match.

This will be especially important in the postseason, where the team selection is narrower, and every player has to do well for the team to win.

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“That’s kind of our lacking point, consistency from round to round,” Proudfoot said. “And that’s what matters to get you through to state.”

Facing the top two finishing teams in the league last year, Interlake and Mercer Island, on their home course sets up Mount Si to have a very strong regular season. If they can remain consistent into the post-season, they have a legitimate shot at winning it all.

Coach Proudfoot expects that at worst they will be the fourth best team in the league. But if their luck can hold, he thinks they might finish at the top.

Sam Kenyon can be reached at sam. kenyon@gmail.com.

the positive attitude of the runners might be a real advantage.

“You can’t find a better group of kids,” Galloway said.

If the girls hope to have a real shot at competing at state this year, they will have to get big performances out of every single one their top runners, and then some. The coaches said that to reach that level, their best girls must remain injury free and perform well at the same time.

Sam Kenyon can be reached at sam. kenyon@gmail.com.

From Page 8 ting the score 17-14 at halftime.

The Rebels appeared to have a fighting chance to beat the Wildcats in the second half.

“We scored 14 points and they could’ve folded but they didn’t,” Kinnune said assessing the first half. “They got some momentum and we could’ve folded.”

In the third quarter of the game, the Rebels defense stepped up, pressuring Mitchell and sacking him twice.

“Their D-line is unbelievable,” Mitchell said.

“They just played really hard.”

Though the Rebels defense was formidable, Mitchell knew he could rely on his offensive line to make plays happen and ultimately win the game.

“My O-line gave me time to throw and run the ball well,” Mitchell said. “It was a great team win.”

Mitchell was able to connect with tight end Beau Shain, for six.

The kick for the pointafter-touchdown failed but the Wildcats led 23-14.

The Wildcat’s defense held off a determined Rebel offense and denied Juanita any more points in the second half.

One of Mitchell’s final plays of the game was when he played safety on the defensive squad and intercepted a Rebel pass in the end zone to preserve the Wildcat victory.

Mount Si will host Interlake High School at 7 p.m. Sept. 27. The Interlake Saints are 0-3 for the season.

Brandon Adam can be reached at brandon.adam89@gmail.com.

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Obituary Dale B. Larson Dale B. Larson was tragically taken from his family and friends on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. He was 79.

Dale was born Dec. 11, 1933, in Grenora, N.D., to Charles B. Larson and Grace Luella (Flesjer) Larson. In the late 1930s, the family moved to Fort Peck, Mont., where Charles worked on the Public Works dam project, part of FDR’s New

Deal. They moved again, to Bellevue, and finally settled in the Snoqualmie Valley in the early 1940s.

Dale attended school in North Bend and Snoqualmie, where he met Sharon Cowles in the seventh grade. They were high school sweethearts, graduating from Mount Si High School in 1952, and were married Jan. 1, 1955.

Other than a two-year period when Dale was in the Navy, they were never apart.

Dale and Sharon made

their home in the Brookside Acres neighborhood Dale B. Larson in North Bend, where they raised two girls, Wendy and Sande. His parents lived across the street, and his siblings in nearby towns before they moved on.

Dale’s working career

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was quite varied … driving a dump truck and building roads for Weyerhaeuser, deliveries and sales for Johnson Austin, years with Renton Issaquah Auto Freight, Moller Motors in Snoqualmie, retiring from Lumbermen’s in 1992.

In his early years, he enjoyed hunting, riding motorcycles, and spending time with family and friends. Dale was fortunate to have lived in the Valley nearly his entire life and was therefore surrounded by lifelong friends. For the past several years, he could regularly be found in town for coffee or lunch with many of these friends. A wonderful group who were all dear to his heart, he could never be

Four area residents win ribbons at state fair Barbara Joyce of Snoqualmie won two

late to go meet with the “boys” to swap stories, gossip or whatever they talked about. Dale’s passion for cars lasted his entire life. Too numerous to count how many there actually were over the years, but this last one, the ’54 Ford hotrod, was truly his pride.

He and Sharon took many trips together with good friends throughout Europe and South America. They particularly enjoyed taking cruises, traveling to Alaska and through the Panama Canal, to name a few.

Dale is survived by his wife Sharon; daughters Wendy Stokosa, of North Bend, and Sande Mia, from Santa Barbara; son-

in-law Rolando Mia; and two grandchildren, Sarah and Jordan Mia; siblings Jackie Folsom, of Puyallup, Charlene (Milt) Fitch and Gary (Bonnie) Larson, from East Wenatchee; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins; and his dearly beloved French bulldog Charlie.

A celebration of life service will be held for Dale on Saturday, Sept. 28, at 11 a.m., at the Snoqualmie Valley Alliance Church in Fall City. Reception immediately following.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the American Cancer Society or the Puget Sound Blood Center. www.snoqualmievalleychapel.com

blue ribbons and Miriam Kroschel of North Bend, and Dena McLauchlin of Snoqualmie each won third place ribbons in competitions at

Washington State Fair.

Hayden Duvall of North Bend won two blue ribbons in the poultry competition. Duvall had a chicken that won the Old Hen category in the New Hampshire breed contest and another that won the Young Hen title in the Moran classification.

Joyce won first place in the Lace/Open Work— All-Lace Projects, Small Category in the Home Arts Textile competition. She also won first place, Best in Category and the Craftsmanship Award for her entry in the Lace/Open Work—Lace and Fabric Combined, Small Category. Miriam Kroschel, of North Bend, won third place in the Knitting—Other Category.

McLauchlin was awarded third place in the Cake and Cupcake Decorators section.

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YOUR WEEK

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SCHEDULE THIS: Leave the engines at home and let the laws of physics take over at the Challenge Series Gravity Car Race from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 28 in the northbound lanes of Snoqualmie Parkway across from fire station. This free soap box derby-type race is for children with developmental disabilities under 5-feet 2-inches and 130 pounds. Participants need to register at info@lifeenrichmentoptions.org.

Send your news Send items for Your Week to newsclerk@ isspress.com by noon Friday.

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q Sno-Valley Indoor Playground, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Si View Community Center Gymnasium, 400 Orchard St., North Bend, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday school is in session, parents and kids ages 0-5, $1/child

q Challenge Series Gravity Car Race, 9 a.m. to noon, northbound lanes of Snoqualmie Parkway across from fire station, soap box derbytype race for children with developmental disabilities under 5’2 and 130 lbs, free, participants register at info@lifeenrichmentoptions.org

q Michael Barnett Trio, 7 p.m. Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307

q Pizza party, 5:30-6, Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., kids ages 3-12, $5, pizza party before Kids Night Out

q Varsity football vs. Interlake, 7 p.m., Mount Si High School, 8651 Meadowbrook Way S.E.

q Janette West Band, 7 p.m.

Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 2929307

q Mysterious Fatmen, 8 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-3647

q Kids Night Out: Spy Kids Night, 6-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., kids ages 3-12, $20/facility member, $36/community participant, pre-register online q Seth Engle, 8 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-3647

q Building Your Urban Pantry: Canning 101 (rescheduled), 2-3 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., learn to preserve fruit for the winter, 888-0554 q Sallal Grange’s Community Game Night, 3-7 p.m., Sallal Grange, 12912 432nd Ave. S.E., North Bend, play games with other families in the community, free (donations accepted), pizza and concessions available for purchase

q Infant and Young Toddler Story Time, 11 a.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., newborn-2 w/adult

q Preschool Story Time, 10:45 a.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., ages 3-6 w/adult

q Preschool Story Time, 10:45 a.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E, ages 3-6 w/adult, free

q Mt. Si Vocal Jam, 5 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 2929307

q Music Together trial class, Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., 1:15-2 p.m., ages birth-7 years w/parents, free

q Pajamarama Story Time, 6:30 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., young children and families, free

q Bob Baumann and Friends, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 2929307

q Open mic featuring Ask Sophie, 8 p.m., Snoqualmie Brewery and Taproom, 8032 Falls Ave. S.E., 8312357, all ages, no cover

q CHK Workshop, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 2929307

q Birches Habitats Fall Fashion Show, 6-8:30 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, tickets $27 at the door, bircheshabitat@aim.com q Northwest Railway Museum Train Rides, leaving from Snoqualmie station, 38625 S.E. King Street, at 12:01, 1:31, 3:01 and 3:46 p.m., North Bend station, 205 McClellan Street, at 12:31, 2:01 and 3:31 p.m.

q Movie night, 9 p.m., Finaghty’s, 7726 Center Blvd.

S.E., Snoqualmie, q North Bend First Tuesday Book Club: “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand, 7 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554

q Sugar Skulls, 3-4 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E, decorate a pre-made sugar skull and learn about the history of Day of the Dead

q Washington health Benefit Assistance, 5 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., one-onone assistance for people enrolling in Washington Health Benefit Exchange, 888-0554

q Erin Inglish, 7:30 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 8313647 q Chris Symer & Gregg Bellisle, 7 p.m. Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307 q Richard Marx, 7 p.m., The Ballroom at Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. North Bend Way, Snoqualmie, ages 21+ with valid ID, $25-$60, purchase tickets at http://bit. ly/17YBR0g

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