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September 27, 2012 VOL. 4, NO. 39

A day at the races Rotary Club runs its first soap box races.

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Pretty up the place Snoqualmie to place art in vacant buildings.

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Stop the fires early Local burn ban is extended.

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Life of compassion Woman retires from Transition Center.

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Strut your stuff Annual Fashion Show to be held at Mount Si. Page 10

Police blotter Page 14 Prsrt Std U.S. Postage PAID Kent, WA Permit No. 71 POSTAL CUSTOMER

Mount Si football continues unbeaten streak Page 12

Charges coming in Echo Glen escape

All smiles on Challenge Day

By Sara Jean Green Seattle Times staff reporter

Six juveniles who allegedly knocked a female corrections officer unconscious and used her keys to escape their maximumsecurity unit at Echo Glen Children’s Center in Snoqualmie on Sept. 22 were ordered Sept.

24 to remain in custody for what one King County deputy prosecutor described as a “brazen attack” and orchestrated escape.

The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office is rush-filing charges against all six, who are being held on suspicion of a combination of offenses: seconddegree assault, unlawful imprisonment and escape. Charges were expected Sept. 26.

The Seattle Times does not typically name juveniles accused of crimes unless they are charged as adults.

Each of the defendants appeared separately before two different judges on Monday.

During one hearing, King County Deputy Prosecutor Candice Duclos described the

By Greg Farrar

Sam Clayton waves to the spectators and driver Lauren Toft, 11, gives the thumbs-up sign after a race as they are towed back up the hill for another heat at the annual Challenge Day races Sept. 22. See more photos on Page 2. incident as “a brazen attack” and later said it “was clearly orchestrated and thought out.”

According to court records, a 15-year-old from King County was serving a 65-week sentence after pleading guilty in February to residential burglary, theft of a motor vehicle and criminal trespass.

Another 15-year-old from King County was serving a 75-week sentence for second-degree assault. He pleaded guilty in November to attacking his grandmother and uncle with a knife and a baseball bat in an argument over an Xbox videogame system, according to court records.

King County prosecutors still are reviewing the other boys’ records, but spokesman Dan Donohoe said this offender profile information was believed accurate: ❑ A 15-year-old from Yakima See ESCAPE, Page 3

Snoqualmie man arrested for fondling boy during sleepover

Community Emergency Response Team training begins in October for Snoqualmie and North Bend

A Snoqualmie man has been arrested and charged with first-degree child molestation.

Stanley Martin Alspektor, 51, is suspected of fondling an 8-year-old boy Sept. 8, when the boy spent the night with Alspektor’s son, according to charging documents from King County Superior Court.

Alspektor admitted to inappropriately touching the boy and said it was because he was lonely, according to a Snoqualmie Police Department certificate of probable cause. Charging documents also say he was drinking alcohol at the time of the incident.

Alspektor was arrested Sept. 13 and was taken to the King County Jail, and charges were filed Sept.

17.

Alspektor remains in custody in lieu of $150,000 bail and his arraignment is set for Sept.

26. A guilty verdict in first-degree child molestation cases in Washington carries a sentencing range of 51 months to 68 months in prison.

The cities of Snoqualmie and North Bend, along with Eastside Fire & Rescue, are offering the FEMA-certified Community Emergency Response Team course, beginning Oct. 6 at the Snoqualmie Fire Station.

Classes will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 6, 13 and 27, and Nov. 3. You must register by Oct. 1 by emailing your name, address and phone number to eoc@ ci.snoqualmie.wa.us.

CERT training provides participants the opportunity to learn techniques in fire suppression, search and rescue, disaster psychology and disaster medical operations including triage techniques, patient assessment and treating life-threatening injuries. The course concludes with a disaster simulation and drill.

See a detailed schedule of session topics at www.ci.snoqualmie.wa.us/ Departments/EmergencyManagement/CERTProgram.aspx.

By becoming certified team members, participants will be better prepared to help their families, neighbors and community during emergencies and disasters. CERT members can also give critical support to first responders and provide immediate assistance to victims, according to a press release from the city of Snoqualmie.

The fee for the four-day course is $25 per person and is fully refundable upon completion of all classes. The class includes equipment, a student manual and CERT kit (Field Operation Guide, hardhat, safety vest, backpack, goggles, gloves, flashlight, whistle, triage tape and hand-sanitizing gel).

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Challenge Day 2012

Mount Si High School wrestlers Gunnar Harrison, Justin Edens and Hunter Conway (from left) lift each gravity car onto the starting ramp for the next race.

Jessica Kitz, of Snoqualmie, counts down and waves the starting flag for one of the day’s races Sept. 22 in the Rotary Club of Snoqualmie Soap Box Derby.

Matt Larson, Snoqualmie mayor, waves the checkered flag for the two gravity cars at the finish line of a heat of gravity car racing. About 20 co-drivers with disabilities enjoyed multiple runs down the hill with their young able-bodied drivers.

Leo Finnegan, founder with his wife Rose of Life Enrichment Options, wipes rainwater off the hood and encourages co-driver Gavin Gasson, 10, and driver Berkeley Danysh, 11, before their race.

Thomas White and Lauren Toft, in the left lane, and Joey Crowell and Wilson Toft enjoy their race down Snoqualmie Parkway, during a heat of Rotary Club of Snoqualmie Soap Box Derby racing for young able-bodied drivers and co-pilots with disabilities.

John Whitaker, a Life Enrichment Options volunteer, tows a gravity car back to the top with his all-terrain vehicle.

Photos by Greg Farrar

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Vacant buildings in Snoqualmie will serve as art galleries

By Michele Mihalovich Empty, dark windows in a vacant building aren’t doing anybody any good, so the Snoqualmie Arts Commission decided to do something about it — showcase artwork in those empty spaces.

Sally Rackets is on the arts commission board and got the idea in motion.

She said Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson asked what ideas she had when she applied for the board spot a year ago.

“I told him then that this would be a good way to bring life to some empty buildings

Snoqualmie man charged with vehicular assault

Matthew A. Mueller, 41, of Snoqualmie, was arrested and charged with vehicular assault after hitting another vehicle head-on Sept. 22, according to a press release from the Washington State Patrol.

Mueller was traveling south on Highway 169 at about 11 p.m. when his 2007 Chevrolet Silverado crossed the centerline and struck another vehicle, driven by a 19-year-old Renton man, according to the release.

The Renton man was injured and was transported to Harborview Medical Center.

Police said they suspect that drugs or alcohol were involved, the release said.

Local burn ban is extended to Oct. 20

A local burn ban expected to expire Sept. 30 has been extended to 8 a.m. Oct. 20 due to dry conditions, according to an Eastside Fire & Rescue press release.

The precautionary action is a result of the continued hot and dry weather, which has caused the brush and grasses to be drier than normal this time of year.

Fire officials believe it will take several days of significant rainfall and/or high humidity to lower the fire hazard, according to the release.

Officials warn that conditions will have to improve drastically

Escape From Page 1 County was sentenced to 170 to 230 weeks in July, while a 14-year-old was sentenced to 118 to 165 weeks in August.

Both were charged with firstdegree assault, theft of a motor vehicle and second-degree

and benefit many artists in the area,” Rackets said.

She had coffee with Mike Kirkland, CEO of MK Properties based in Snoqualmie, and Marielle De La Torre, COO of MK Properties, who loved the idea.

Rackets said the city gave her $1,000 to purchase easels, drapery and lighting to get the vacant spaces ready for display.

She hopes to rotate several different artists every week.

De La Torre said two of their properties on Railroad Avenue became vacant earlier this year and will be the launching pad

for showcasing local artists.

“I think her idea of people having something to look at rather than just vacant spaces, is great, but I’d like to see something with more permanence,” she said.

De La Torre said that right now, MK Properties will not charge anything for artists showing their work in the vacant buildings.

In the future, though, she would like it if a consortium of artists rented spaces in order to show their art pieces.

She said her inspiration comes from one of her favorite vacation destinations — Estes

Park, Colo.

It’s a river town, like Snoqualmie, she said.

“After a devastating flood, it had to reinvent itself,” De La Torre said, adding that today, the town has a vibrant, milelong retail area with restaurants and galleries.

She said she’d love to see that same type of vibe come to downtown Snoqualmie.

“Snoqualmie is a weekend destination for many,” De La Torre said. “They like to spend money on food and things that remind them of places they’ve visited. This would be a great way to utilize our local artisans

and liven up the downtown. I see it as being the next level of economic development for the area.”

While that idea is just in the incubation phase, Rackets is calling for interested artists to email her with artwork photos at SallyRackets@comcast. net.

She said pedestrians and drivers could be seeing art pieces in vacant windows by the end of the month.

between now and Oct. 20, or the burn ban may be extended even further, the release said.

“We remain in a serious situation for the potential of a wildfire and with many resources east of the mountains, we need to take these unusual steps to limit the risk,” Deputy Chief/ Fire Marshal Bud Backer said in the release.

Only cooking fires in barbecues and recreational fires in approved fire pits are allowed.

Go to www.eastsidefire-rescue. org prior to conducting any outdoor burning.

age improvements will reduce the chance of the road failing if the culvert should collapse or be blocked. The improvements must be completed before the rainy season begins to protect the roadway, according to the release.

The emergency detour route under consideration uses Southeast Sorenson Street and connecting streets through the Snoqualmie Ridge community to Snoqualmie Parkway. Input was to be collected from the community at two public meetings before an emergency route is finalized.

The first meeting was Sept.

26 in Fall City. The second meeting is scheduled from 7-8 p.m. Oct. 2 at Snoqualmie City Hall Council Chambers, 38624 S.E. River St. Learn more about the project at www.kingcounty.gov/ LakeAliceRoad.

nizations to repair trails, clean up garbage, clear brush, remove invasive plants, dig ditches and a host of other projects at selected DNR-managed recreation areas and Natural Resources Conservation Areas.

DNR, Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust and REI will be at Mailbox Peak building a new sustainable trail from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. From Seattle, drive east on Interstate 90 to Exit 34. Turn left onto 468th Street and follow it to the junction with the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road (Forest Road 56). Turn right and continue up the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road to the end of the pavement (about 3 miles from the I-90 exit). Turn right onto a gated road and park, being sure not to block the gate.

Learn more by contacting Kelly Heintz at 466-6145 or kelly.heintz@dnr.wa.gov.

Keechelus Dam project, where crews are working to build a new, safer and more reliable six-lane highway, will see signs warning “Speed limit photo enforced.”

The state Legislature directed WSDOT to use the cameras in active construction zones as a pilot program that ends in June 2013, according to the release.

When winter weather hits and construction moves off the I-90 roadway, WSDOT will move the program to another location.

In 2008 and 2009, the cameras were used in two work zones on Interstate 5 south of Olympia, and they helped reduce speeds in both areas, according to the release.

A small sport utility vehicle parked near the highway will monitor speeds eastbound and westbound, and a camera will capture the rear license plates of speeding vehicles. Drivers caught speeding by automated enforcement in the I-90 Snoqualmie Pass work zone could face a $137 citation.

Public meetings are scheduled for emergency Lake Alice Road repairs Public meetings are planned in Fall City and Snoqualmie as the King County Road Services Division considers the next steps for replacing a collapsing culvert under Lake Alice Road Southeast, according to a county press release.

Project engineers are considering temporarily closing Lake Alice Road Southeast at 339th Avenue Southeast for emergency work, but first are working to establish a detour route for access to about 200 homes.

Though a permanent culvert is planned in summer 2013, interim drainage improvements are needed immediately.

The culvert’s deterioration has accelerated, and interim drain-

unlawful possession of a firearm. ❑ A 14-year-old from Clark County was sentenced in February to 67 to 101 weeks for first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, second-degree taking of a motor vehicle without permission and DUI. ❑ A 14-year-old from Benton County was sentenced in January to 36 to 48 weeks for third-degree assault, third-degree theft, marijuana possession and

Volunteer at Mailbox Peak on Public Lands Day Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark and the Washington State Department of Natural Resources invite the public to join volunteers and partner organizations to celebrate National Public Lands Day Sept. 29 on DNR-managed lands across Washington, including Mailbox Peak near North Bend.

Hundreds of volunteers will join DNR staff and partner orga-

resisting arrest.

Chris Case, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Social and Health Services, said the injured Echo Glen employee is off work and suffering from “emotional distress.”

The employee was struck in the back of the head at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the statements of probable cause outlining the case against the teens.

Speed-enforcement camera is coming to Snoqualmie Pass An automated speed-enforcement camera has been placed in a construction zone on Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass in an attempt to slow drivers and improve safety, according to a press release from the state Department of Transportation.

Travelers passing through the 5-mile work zone of the I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East – Hyak to

Her keys and radio were taken and the woman was dragged and locked into a holding cell, the statements said.

The six boys allegedly ran into thick woods surrounding the facility but were apprehended about a half-mile away at about 3 a.m. Sunday.

The injured security officer is 57 years old and was hired by the department in August 2001, according to a database of state

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

Correction In the Sept. 20 issue, the quarterback listed was incorrect. Juanita quarterback Riley Hilliker fumbled the football during the Mount Si High School matchup in the second quarter Sept. 14.

employees.

Case declined to comment on the incident or provide any information about the teens allegedly involved.

“It’s really early” in the investigation, she said.

Sara Jean Green: 206-515-5654 or sgreen@ seattletimes.com. Seattle Times staff reporter Jennifer Sullivan and news researcher Miyoko Wolf contributed to this report.

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Editorial

Letters

Designate a camp for the homeless

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Please don’t think we’re heartless when we say it’s time to do something about the homeless camps near North Bend.

We learned in this week’s police blotter that a husband and wife ran into a very disturbing situation Sept. 10.

The man reported to police that he and his wife were walking along the trail by the solid waste plant to go fishing when five homeless males and two homeless females told them that they live down the trail and that there was no fishing there.

The man assured the group that he and his wife were going past the tents to a location farther downstream. As the husband and wife passed the group, he said one of the men got on a walkie talkie to report to someone that they were coming down the trail.

The man said they later encountered another homeless man with a large knife attached to his belt.

He said the man with the knife told him and his wife that they didn’t belong there and not to come back to the area.

The man reported to police that they were not specifically threatened, but did feel intimidated and wanted to report the incident to police.

We know the economic downturn has had devastating effects.

People lost jobs, homes, apartments and health insurance.

But to set up camp on public lands and then tell people they cannot fish, that they don’t belong there and not to come back is completely unacceptable.

Earlier this summer, we learned of a group on an organized hike in that same area who say they had to practically step over two homeless men who were sitting on the trail drinking whiskey and playing cards.

Homeless people who intimidate others do not earn our compassion.

The time has come for the city of North Bend and King County Sheriff’s Office to designate a homeless camp where people can live in peace — and we can take back our public trails.

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The Friends of the North Bend Library wish to thank the community for donating used books, CDs and DVDs throughout the year for our annual book sale.

We also wish to extend our gratitude to all those who helped with setup, to the North Bend librarians who assisted us throughout the sale and to everyone who purchased books.

The money raised stays in the North Bend Library. It helps fund library enhancements as well as programs for children, teens and adults. All programs are open to the public, free of charge and held at the North Bend Library.

Keep in mind that we always have a selection of used books, movies and 2012 magazines for sale on the shelves just inside the doors of the library.

Anyone interested in becoming a member of our Friends of the North Bend Library group is

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 invited to join us at our monthly meetings, the second Monday of each month at 10 a.m. in the meeting room at the North Bend Library.

Thank you again for supporting the Friends of the North Bend Library book sale. You are appreciated.

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More hospital beds are needed

This is in response to Herschel Backues’ letter (Sept. 20 issue) regarding the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital. In his letter, Backues stated that the hospital is a “drain on the Valley taxpayers.”

The hospital district is primarily supported by nontax revenues with more than $30 million in annual revenue. The new hospital will be entirely paid from revenue, not taxes.

The new facility will not change the current tax rate of 50 cents per thousand for residents (only $15 per month for the average home).

Backues also wrote that “the new, proposed hospital will cost

approximately $100 million.” In actuality, the capital cost of the new hospital is approximately $38 million, which is set by contract.

Cost overruns, if any, will be borne by the developer per our agreement.

Our patient volume is constrained by the size of our current facility, which has only 14 inpatient rooms, forcing us to double-up patients when we can. In the event that a patient needs to be isolated, all of the beds may not be utilized.

The new hospital will have 25 rooms, making it possible to utilize all 25 beds at any given time.

We will also expand existing services and update technology, including the emergency department, lab services, imaging and diagnostic services, and accommodate an enlarged primary and specialty care clinic.

It is evident from the increased patient volumes that Valley residents want and need a new hospital. Isn’t it time to put the same old, misleading arguments to rest?

Rodger McCollum, superintendent King County Hospital District No. 4

Home Country

Walking teaches a lesson the hard way It was that magic time of morning for those of us at the Mule Barn; the time when we’re so full of coffee we can’t walk, and it’s time to decide whether to order lunch there or go home. That’s when Bert walked in. Kinda limped in, actually. He made his way over and sat down and turned his coffee cup right side up.

“I’m hurting boys,” he said.

“That’s a fact. ‘Course Maizie told me it was a fool thing to do, but you know how she is, so I did it anyway.”

“What’s that, Bert?”

“Grandfathering, that’s what.

But what the heck, guys, you gotta do it, don’t you? I mean, we owe it to the kids to start them on the road ... yes, that straight and narrow road leading to a fulfilling future, filled with ...”

“Bert,” said Doc, “you get tattooed with a phonograph needle? Just tell us what happened.”

“My granddaughter, Gina,” he said. “She’s 8 now, you know, and she’s been staying with us for a while. Well, she’s the best girl you ever met, but it’s hard to get her up on time.

Seems like every other day she fools around and misses the school bus, and then we have to drive her to school. I just got tired of that, and figured I’d teach her a lesson.

“Well, she missed the bus again this morning and said, ‘Grandpa, you’ll have to take me to school.’ And Slim Randles I said, ‘OK, Columnist Honey, get your books.’

So she got her little backpack with the books on and I walked her to school.”

“All the way to school? How far is it from your farm?”

“Eight miles, boys. Eight very long miles.”

He grinned.

“Several times people stopped and offered us rides, but I just

said no thanks, and explained that it was an object lesson.

Gina just mumbled that she hated object lessons, but she kept walking. Walked all the way up the canyon and didn’t sit down once.”

“How about Grandpa?” Dud asked.

“He didn’t sit down, either.

Hey, how would it look?”

“No wonder you’re tired, Bert.”

“Well,” he said, grinning. “I don’t expect I’ll ever need to do this again. I believe the lesson got learned just fine.”

Brought to you by the personally inscribed new book “Home Country,” at www.slimrandles.com.

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After 41 years at transition center, Valley woman retires “I pray a lot, ‘Lord give me strength to deal with it.’

I know when they get to where they can’t take care of themselves, it’s really a blessing when they go but it’s still hard.”

By Sebastian Moraga The calendar read Sept.

19, International Talk-Like-APirate-Day, and at the Mount Si Transition Center, the staff wore quite the war(rrrr)drobe.

One staffer who coworkers said would normally join in the fun didn’t, choosing to wear her work uniform instead.

She knew local media members were coming and she wanted to look nice.

“That’s Diane,” said Carrie Jensen, the center’s activities director. “She’s dedicated.”

Diane Keener retires Sept.

28 from the center, after more than four decades there. She’s the center’s longest-tenured employee.

“Nobody stays on a job more than five years,” Jensen said, “she’s been here for 41.”

Born in Ohio, Keener moved to the Snoqualmie Valley at age 1. She attended Valley schools, graduating from Mount Si High School in 1966.

She started at the center as a certified nursing assistant in 1971.

“I always dreamed of being a nurse,” she said. “I never went to nursing school, I kind of wish I had.”

Still, she said she has few regrets. If she could do it again, she said, she would still become

— Diane Keener Transition Center worker

By Sebastian Moraga

Jerry Cummings, at left, and Carrie Jensen flank Diane Keener, an employee at the Mount Si Transition Center retiring after 41 years on the job. a CNA. Jensen said the center is Keener’s extended family.

“She loves the residents,”

Jensen said.

Keener walks to work every day, “rain, sleet or snow,” said Jerry Cummings, head of the

center’s maintenance department and Keener’s supervisor.

After working as a CNA for 25 years, she decided to lower her

stress and moved to housekeeping first and then to the laundry department 11 years ago. Over time, she saw some of her former teachers become residents of the center.

“Seeing them as my teachers first,” she said, “and seeing them deteriorate with age was hard.”

It was even harder when residents died.

“Prayer helps me,” she said.

“I pray a lot, ‘Lord give me strength to deal with it.’ I know when they get to where they can’t take care of themselves, it’s really a blessing when they go, but it’s still hard.”

Interacting with the residents is the best part of the job, she said. Lifting heavy piles of laundry is the worst, she joked.

In a few days, it will be all See RETIRE, Page 7

Pumpkin pecan cream cheese bread pudding with warm caramel sauce

By Deanna Morauski Because you can never get enough pumpkin after Labor Day, I’m sharing this pumpkiny, caramel-y, pecan-y, cream cheesy dessert with you.

Bread pudding ingredients: 8 large eggs One 30-ounce can of pumpkin puree 1 cup milk 1 can sweetened condensed milk 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons ground ginger 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans (optional) One 16 ounce loaf of French bread (doesn’t have to be exact) Place all ingredients except French bread into a large bowl.

Stir together until everything is well combined and, well, you know, pumpkin pie-ish.

Tear bread into about 1-inch pieces and then add to the pumpkin mixture. Stir until bread is coated in pumpkin-y

goodness.

Place that goodness into a 9 x13 pan that has been coated with butter or sprayed with baking spray.

Cover with plastic wrap and place in fridge overnight or for at least a few hours. After the punkin’ puddin’ and bread have had a chance to get to know one another well, remove from the fridge and get ready for the toppings. What is a dessert without toppin’s? First, preheat oven to 350F. Cream cheese filling ingredients: 2 8-ounce packages of cream cheese, softened 3 teaspoons of lemon juice 2/3 cup of sugar Blend all cream cheese filling ingredients together well. You can plop small scoops on the top of the bread pudding or you can use a decorating bag and make pretty swirls. Then, brace yourself for it is streusel time. This can be made the night before and saved in the fridge as well.

For the streusel: 1 stick cold butter cut into

small pieces 1 1/2 cups flour 2/3 cup of uncooked oatmeal 2/3 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 egg 1/2 cup pecans Place streusel ingredients in a food processor and pulse until all ingredients incorporate into a crumbly streusel. Sprinkle all over the top of the bread pudding.

Bake bread pudding for about an hour or until a knife poked into the middle comes out clean. And at the risk of losing my sainthood, I introduce you to something that will surely have a permanent fixture upon Heaven’s glorious banqueting table. Warm caramel sauce.

Amen.

For the caramel sauce: 1/2 cup butter 1 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup whipping cream 3/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon vanilla Melt butter on medium-low heat, watching closely so it does not burn. After melting butter, add sugars. Whisk and let simmer on medium heat until it gets foamy. Let cook this way for about four minutes. Stir in cream, salt and vanilla. Set aside until ready to serve.

Allow bread pudding to set for at least a half-hour and then serve topped with caramel sauce and a few chopped pecans sprin-

kled on top. I present thee with pumpkin pecan caramel cream cheese bread pudding with warm caramel sauce. You’re welcome.

I’m sorry. You’re welcome.

Deanna Morauski owns, operates and cooks at the Old Hen Bed and Breakfast near North Bend with her husband John. She also blogs about food and cooking at www.theoldhen. com. Follow her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/theoldhen or on Twitter at www. twitter.com/theoldhen.

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Community leaders team up to bring sight back to Carnation woman

By Sebastian Moraga For the longest time, Georgia Sunderhaus thought she owned a pink-and-orange scarf.

For the longest time, Sunderhaus thought her declining sight would never get any better.

Now thanks to the action of a community service group and an eye doctor from the Snoqualmie Valley, both things have changed.

Sunderhaus can see better with new glasses, well enough to watch TV again, not trip so often and to realize that the pink-and-orange top was in fact a pink top hanging next to an orange top.

Being legally blind made getting new glasses a necessity.

“I fall down 15 times a year,” Sunderhaus said.

“My old glasses, which had plastic frames, have been Super Glued I can’t tell you how many times.”

Living on Medicare and a tight budget made getting new glasses a tall order.

Retire From Page 6 over, after 41 years.

“I’m tired of working,” she confesses.

She’s not tired of the

“It’s been a rough sever- highest the lab had ever al years with my health,” received, Sunderhaus said.

Sunderhaus said. “I was “I don’t think she a professional for a lot of expected us to cover it years and it’s embarrassing all,” Fisher said. “Her having to ask for help.” immediate reaction was Sunderhaus’ doctor ‘What can I do for the relayed her case to the club?’ I said, ‘You can Mount come to I could have been a Si Lions the meetClub. ings.’” gazillionaire and this is Sarah Now a what they would have Fisher, “shocked charter and given me.” president humbled” of the Sunder— Gerogia Sunderhaus club, said haus Eycare patient has new the Lions met with glasses Dr. Brian made of Duvall, of Snoqualmie titanium that won’t break Valley Eyecare. if she falls. In fact, since “They have done comshe got the glasses, she has munity service around the fallen only once, and the world,” Fisher said. “They glasses stayed on her face. were definitely interested.”

The frames alone retail Sunderhaus then met in the hundreds of dollars, with Duvall’s team.

Sunderhaus said.

“They treated me like Latreash Duvall, pracI was a paying customer, tice administrator and like gold,” Sunderhaus said Brian Duvall’s wife, said of Duvall. “I could have the doctor and the Lions been a gazillionaire and decided to partner togeththis is what they would er long term and help have given me.” people with visual needs The prescription was the who may not be able to center, though.

Once she retires, she will return as a volunteer a few hours a week, helping Jensen.

If her health requires it, the 65-year-old Keener said she would not mind a more permanent return to the center

“It’s been a great place to work,” she said. “Our residents get so much love, it’s wonderful.”

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afford them.

“Now, the Lions will cover the eyewear and the doctor will cover the cost of some of the service,” Latreash Duvall said. “The idea would be that the patient would have no out-of-pocket expense.”

A onetime manager of a dental practice, Sunderhaus had to retire once her corneas gave out after years of contact lenses in 2009.

“She really needed the care,” Latreash Duvall said.

“She was really happy to be able to see again.”

She still can’t read or drive, but now she can watch TV, recognize her dog and get re-acquainted with her groceries.

“I stab myself a lot less when I’m in the kitchen,” she said with a chuckle, later adding, “I can tell the difference between a head of lettuce and a head of

broccoli.”

Car trips are also more fun for the Sunderhaus family.

“My husband is just thrilled,” she said. “‘Hey, you saw a shadow on the road! I can’t believe you saw that!’”

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Annual DECA fashion show coming to Mount Si High School

By Sebastian Moraga First it’s a task, and then it’s a gas, and then it’s a thrill.

The 2012 DECA Fashion Show returns to Mount Si High School for the 10th consecutive year, and with it so do many emotions these would-be models experience as they wait for their turn on the runway.

“Some of them get nervous,” said Emily Cruz, fashion coordinator for DECA the high school

marketing club. “But after the first round of modeling the clothes, they get the hang of it and start to really enjoy it.”

By the time the last fashion show arrives, the only one happening in the evening, the models — all students at the high school — love to go show off the clothes and have all of the attention on them.

This year’s show is scheduled for all three lunchtimes — 10:40, 11:15, and 11:45 a.m. —

plus 7:30 p.m. at the school.

Students will wear clothes from all four seasons. Stores from Bellevue Square and the North Bend Premium Outlets let the students borrow clothes for the show.

Threads from Macy’s, Gap, Buckle, Men’s Wearhouse and Banana Republic will be on display.

Every year, DECA students and students from the fashion merchandise and sales classes set up the show, plan everything, pick the models and host the event.

“Students learn about the merchandising world,” Cruz said, “And, through planning and participating in the fashion show, get to have this business experience and how it’s going to be in the real world.”

About 40 girls and up to 20 boys will participate — planning, hosting and modeling.

“Less boys sign up, so we distribute the boys throughout,” Cruz said, “ so the girls have a partner to walk down the runway with.”

All shows are free.

Normally, the fashion show takes about a month to plan until it happens during Homecoming. This year’s Homecoming was moved up, so the group had 22 days to make it happen.

“It ‘s really chaotic, trying to make sure everyone gets the job done, but in the end it really pays off because we usually put on a great show,” Cruz said.

Elaine-Marie Kugen, marketing, DECA and family consumer sciences teacher at Mount Si Contributed

Students from Mount Si High School will organize, host, set up, and star in a multipart fashion show at MSHS Oct. 3.

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This year, Mount SI High School students only had 22 days to organize the homecoming week’s fashion show. Normally they have months. The school hosts a second fashion show in the spring and both times students take care of everything.

High School, said students have to cross items off a long list before the show starts.

Students have to contact vendors, get volunteers from the PTSA, make decorations and network with peers. Fellow students provide the music, the photography and build the runway, Kugen said.

Those on the runway do their part. Although they don’t strut, they learn that they have to walk slow, stop at the end of the

runway, pose, pause and wait to have their picture taken.

All in all, it takes students three to four days to recover from the fashion show. Then, at the end of October, they start planning a spring show.

“It’s amazing,” Kugen said.

“They have less than 22 days to get to know each other, to plan, to get to work together, and it always amazes me the incredible outcome on the day of the fashion show.”

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Schools foundation phoneathon mixes fun with serious business Annual fundraiser generates money for schools and programs across the district

By Sebastian Moraga The birthday balloons sat on one end of the room. The birthday girl sat near the other end. And never the twain would meet.

Raisha Tibbetts, a junior at Mount Si High School, had purchased the balloons for a friend.

Before she could deliver them, she volunteered at the Phonathon, the annual fundraiser for the Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation.

So the balloons stood in front of her desk while she took pledges from Snoqualmie Valley parents.

Each pledge, from

Tibbetts and the rest of the pledge-takers, went to the desk of Cheryl Duncan, the foundation’s treasurer and a newly minted 50-year-old.

“It’s my birthday,” she said, adding that the celebration had yet to happen.

On Monday and Tuesday, she had Phonathon; on Wednesday she had a PTSA meeting, so she would celebrate on Thursday, two days after the date.

“I like to draw it out,” she joked. “So my birthday goes on for a couple of days.”

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“I saw them and said, ‘I don’t think they are for me,’ because I don’t know her,” she said.

Besides, the point of the evening wasn’t to party, but to raise funds for teacher grants. Everybody had a role — taking pledges, tallying money and preparing mailed reminders to parents to keep their word.

“People are pretty good.

We are pretty fortunate,” said Lisa King, chairman of the foundation’s grants committee. “About 90 percent of the pledges came in last year. Just a few did not.”

Some took their time, Duncan said, sending their September pledges at Christmastime.

On this night, every pledge-taker is a teenager.

Grownups mosey about and train the children, but

don’t touch the phones.

“Always, always, always thank them,” the foundation’s Lori Hollasch told Mount Si High School freshman Rachel Walker, “even if they don’t donate.

All these folks have kids in school. We’re not just calling Joe Schmoe.”

Walker sat down, fidgeted with her list of calls and picked up her phone.

Her first contact was with one of those folks with kids in school, one she knew.

“I texted my mom,” she said. “Just to let her know I got it all set up.”

Students worked in shifts, making phone calls until well into the evening.

Parents who did not answer on the first day got a phone call the second day. The call list each student gets mixes

past donors with new parents.

“Former donors are more likely to donate,” said Carmen Villanueva, president of the foundation’s board of directors. “ The first phone call is always to a former donor, Hollasch said, giving children better odds that they will find a friendly voice at the start.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not.

Sometimes it’s a bit of both, friendly and unfriendly.

“I just got the best phone call,” Mount Si High School student Devon Wattenbarger said.

“A little girl answered, shouted ‘Helloooooo’ and hung up.”

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Wildcats’ winning streak continues in football

By Michele Mihalovich The winning streak continues for Mount Si High School football team, which claimed its fourth victory Sept. 21.

The Wildcats, ranked No. 2 in the state, beat Interlake High School, 42-8, with an eerily similar ending as the game the previous week against Juanita.

During that game, Mount Si had been leading 60-0, up until the final two minutes, when Juanita came through with a touchdown.

This week, the Wildcats led 42-0 with just 30 seconds left in the game, which looked like the mighty Mount Si might come away with its third shutout of the season.

But the Saints had other plans. Quarterback Trevor Lyon tossed a 15-yard pass to wide receiver Kamana Adriano, who pulled in Interlake’s first touchdown of the night with 23 seconds left on the board.

That was then topped off with a successful 2-point conversion.

Mount Si’s defensive line continues to dominate its opponents, and has only allowed two touchdowns in four games.

Meanwhile, junior Nick Mitchell continues to improve in his leadership position as starting quarterback.

On Sept. 21, during the first half of the game, he pitched an 18-yard pass to wide receiver Trent Riley, a 13-yard pass to Jimbo Davis, a 17-yard pass to Tyler Button, and a 50-yard pass, also to Riley, for four touchdowns.

Keenan McVein, running back and defensive end, sprinted five-yards for a 28-0 lead. And in the third quarter, Bailey Takacs’ 1-yard run put up the final Wildcats’ touchdown for the night.

Mount Si, now 4-0, will face Sammamish High School at 7 p.m. Sept. 28 in Bellevue.

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Mount Si High School wide receiver Jimbo Davis leaps to catch a pass Sept. 21 in Bellevue. The Wildcats beat Interlake High School 42-8.

Largest swim team yet to represent Mount Si High School

By Sebastian Moraga Miles away from the lights of Friday night or the familiar confines of Meadowbrook Way, eight Wildcats forge their own path.

Then, they get to the end and turn around, splashing water everywhere.

They wear their school’s name on their caps, although they are not a school team per se.

They swim for Mount Si High School but they train in Issaquah, with Issaquah High School swimmers and coaches, and compete in Issaquah’s meets. They even ride the Issaquah school bus to those meets.

Since Issaquah is a 4A school and Mount Si is 3A, the girls in the black-and-red caps will never win a meet, so they concentrate on just lowering their own marks.

“We compete as individuals, but we can still qualify for state and regionals,” sophomore Jessica Brady said.

If only against themselves, these swimmers are ready to compete. It would be nice to make it to state, like thensenior Darbie Dunn did in 2011, as a diver. Head coach Laura Halter keeps expectations more grounded.

By Sebastian Moraga

The swimming team at Mount Si High School, taking a break from their practice in Issaquah. The eight girls coach under Issaquah High School staff and use ISD buses to get to and from meets “I just want to see them perform well at districts,” she said.

Each team gets to send a relay to districts.

Halter is also the Issaquah head coach. A cooperative agreement between the two schools allows the girls from the two schools to train together at the Julius Boehm Pool. The eight swimmers are the largest contingent of girls in the agreement’s eight-year history.

“Some years, we have one

kid,” Halter said.

Boys compete in spring, and that team has had up to five swimmers.

This is the first year, Halter said, that Mount Si girls have had to pay Issaquah High School’s sport fees and help pay for the pool rental.

This year’s team is all freshmen and sophomores, but at the same time, it’s experienced.

Most members have swum for years at the club level, sopho-

more Hallie Lynn said.

“It’s the thing we are best at,” sophomore Emma Gieseke said. “If we were all to try for cross-country we would not do so well. “ Then, they all say in unison, “except for her.”

“Her” is sophomore Renee Spear, sporting a swimmer’s outfit and a bright-blue bandage around her kneecap.

“I started out in cross country this year,” Spear said. “But

I switched when I found out I can’t do it because of my knee.”

The knee has no grooves on the cap so it slides in and out, she said.

At Boehm Pool, the Wildcats get their own lane. When the Issaquah girls arrive, Halter splits her attention between Wildcats and Eagles while her daughter and assistant coach Kate focuses on the Wildcats.

“I allow Kate to take care of most of their administrative things,” Halter said of the Wildcats, because I have 70-some girls in Issaquah to take care of.”

The program evolves from year to year. The initial goal was to get the program running. The next goal is to let the program float by itself, not tethered to another school. For that, the team needs its own schedule, its own coach, its own pool.

“But they don’t even list swimming as one of the choices of sports,” Halter said of the Wildcats’ website. “It’s crazy.

They could have 20 or 30 girls in the program, but now it’s just word-of-mouth.

Among the girls, complaints run scarce, and not just because you can’t talk while you swim.

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Mount Si netters overcome Lake Washington Kangaroos

Goodbye, Dr. Hughes Mount Si’s longtime football team doctor retires, plans to race cars

By Michele Mihalovich For 23 years, Dr. Steven Hughes has been wrapping sprained ankles and bandaging cuts of Mount Si High School football players.

Hughes, who served as the Wildcats’ team physician, retired in April and will watch his former charges from the bleachers this season instead.

“He was a big part of our football community,” said head coach Charlie Kinnune, who has been with the team 21 years.

“The parents trusted him. The players trusted him. I really appreciated that he made this a way of life, and we will really miss that,” Kinnune said.

Hughes moved to the Snoqualmie Valley from the Midwest in 1990, accepting a position with the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital, which closed two short years later.

Also in 1990, the Wildcats’ team doctor, John Whitaker, retired and so Hughes stepped in to fill the void.

Serving as the team doctor gave Hughes, 67, of North Bend, something he’d never had in his youth — being part of an athletic organization.

“I was really small in high school. Football was out of the question.

I liked wrestling, but I was so small they didn’t even have a class for my weight,” he joked.

Hughes said he gave up nearly every Friday during football season for 23 years “because I just love sports.

That’s all. Plus, it’s fun to

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“Issaquah’s been really awesome about allowing us into their pool,” Brady said. “Besides, in the swim world we all kind of know each other.”

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work with people who really want to do their best.”

He said Kinnune isn’t just about developing great athletes and football players.

“He helps develop their character and teaches them discipline as well,” Hughes said. “I mean, one of the players recently got a scholarship to M.I.T. That’s incredible and speaks volumes about this program.”

And for all those weekends he gave up to tend to medical emergencies on the football field, Hughes received zero dollars, not one cent, which is exactly how he wanted it.

He talked about a lecture he was asked to do, instructing coaches about head injuries, drugs and impacts to the chest that can stop a heart cold.

“A couple weeks later, I got this big check in the mail,” Hughes said. “I voided the check and told them I don’t take money for this.”

He did it for the satisfaction of helping when he was needed, and for feeling deeply connected to a community he now calls home.

“If I go to QFC, I can’t get out of there for at least 45 minutes,” Hughes said.

“This is a football community and people just love talking about the game.”

Also satisfying is the fact that he’s been here so long, that the players he used to treat out on the field now have their own brood of Wildcat football players.

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Dr. Steve Hughes keeps an eye out for Wildcat football injuries from the sidelines at one of the many games he has attended.

“There is a personal reward and satisfaction of seeing young men and women grow up and become good citizens in their community,” Hughes said. “Really, it’s one of the best rewards you can have.”

But now with all this free time on his hands, he’s decided to focus on his first love — racecar driving.

In fact, racing is what led him to the medical field in the first place.

As a racecar driver, he got to know the physicians and nurses who were at the ready in the racing pits.

“One thing led to another and I ended up going to medical school,” Hughes said.

A couple of years ago, he attended a race and an owner asked if he’d drive for him next year.

“It took me about a nanosecond to think about it,” said Hughes, who is now happily racing around oval tracks.

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Trying new things almost turned costly for the Mount Si High School volleyball team, which struggled but ultimately prevailed against the Lake Washington Kangaroos on Sept. 18.

Mount Si lost the first game, its first lost game of the season, but came back to win the next three, take the match and preserve a perfect 4-0 record for the 2012 season.

“We were down and we kind of fell apart,” blocker Taylor Herro said.

“But we picked ourselves back up and we ended up winning.”

Head coach Bonnie Foote praised her team’s toughness.

“I was really pleased with how they came back,” she said. “It’s nice to see them fight through some adversity.

It’s the first time this happened this season, but we are a championship team and we can fight through it.”

Lake Washington started strong, taking early leads in every game. The Kangaroos won the first game, 26-24, and then Mount Si won the rest by tallies of 25-17, 27-25 and 25-14.

Foote said the team decided to try players in new positions and that made the game closer than most expected it to be.

“It took longer than it should have, but it was all stuff we did to ourselves, nothing Lake Washington did to us,” she said. “We were playing different lineups and that’s what happens when you do.”

In the game, Lindsay Carr broke the school record for kills in a game with 35.

She surpassed the 2011 mark by Sarah McDonald, now a freshman at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, by two kills.

Genevieve Knoppi had 23 digs, and Sydney Leonard had 11 assists, six digs, four kills and

one block.

Lexie Read had nine kills, five digs, one block and one assist. Lauren Smith had 36 assists, 12 digs, two aces and a block.

“It was definitely a tough game today,” said Smith, who referred to the team’s status as the top 3A squad in the state as a learning opportunity.

“It teaches us to play with a target on our backs,” Smith said. “And it teaches us to think that while others think we are the best, we know we are not and we have got a lot to learn.”

Teammate Sara Brevick agreed, saying the team has to keep working hard, no matter the ranking or the rival.

“We have to play every team like they are Mercer Island,” she said. “And we need to play like the Wildcats.”

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At 7:15 p.m. Sept. 7, police arrested a 23-yearold woman on warrants for fourth-degree domestic violence and malicious mischief domestic violence and transported her to the Issaquah Jail.

ten trespass warning letter.

About 20 minutes later, police witnessed the former employee speeding on Mount Si Boulevard and in the QFC parking lot.

Police stopped him and told the man they were arresting him for reckless endangerment.

The man resisted arrest, and was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon when they found the brass knuckles. He was taken to the Issaquah Jail.

Irate employee

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At 5:35 p.m. Sept. 8, a 19-year-old Burger King employee went to his vehicle during a break and saw that his wallet was missing.

He came back into the restaurant and started yelling that he “was going to take care of whoever stole his wallet” and then pulled out a pair of brass knuckles.

The employee was gone when police arrived.

The next day at 3:25 p.m., the restaurant manager asked police to come by while she fired the man.

Police also issued a writ-

At 10 p.m. Sept. 9, police noticed a rock had been tossed through a window at R&R Rentals.

There were no suspects; nothing was taken.

North Bend Criminal warrants

Prescription drugs A mother phoned police at 7:11 a.m. Sept. 10 to report that her 14-yearold son was in a rage.

The boy told police his mother accused him of stealing her Albuterol, which is used to treat or prevent breathing problems like asthma.

He admitted to police that he did take the medi-

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cation and he sells it at Mount Si High School.

The mother did not press charges.

specifically threatened, but they did feel intimidated and wanted to report the incident to police.

Unpleasant walk

Snoqualmie

A man reported to police that at about 6:30 p.m. Sept. 10 he and his wife were walking along the trail by the solid waste plant to go fishing when five homeless males and two homeless females told them that they live down the trail and that there was no fishing there.

The man assured the group that he and his wife were going past the tents to a location farther downstream.

As the husband and wife passed the group, he said one of the men got on a walkie talkie to report to someone that they were coming down the trail.

The man said they later encountered another homeless man with a large knife attached to his belt.

He said the man with the knife told him and his wife that they didn’t belong there and not to come back to the area.

The man reported to police that they were not

Drunken driving At 1:22 a.m. Sept. 14, police noticed a vehicle with its high beams on traveling 10 mph in a 25 mph speed zone on Southeast Jacobia Street.

Anthony J. Suk, 29, of Florida was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and was transported to the Issaquah Jail.

Curb appeal At about 1 a.m. Sept.

15, police saw a vehicle run a stop sign and fail to use turn signals on Warren Avenue. The vehicle then jumped the curb on Ridge Street, drove onto a lawn and then returned to the roadway.

Police arrested Jorge A. Cruz Carranza, 30, no town listed, for driving under the influence of alcohol; he was transported to the Issaquah Jail.

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Poor deer A vehicle hit and killed a deer at about 8:30 p.m. Sept. 17. An officer removed deer from the roadway.

Lock your vehicles A woman reported to police Sept. 18 that during the night someone went into her unlocked vehicle, parked on Doone Avenue Southeast, and stole her purse, which had cash, checks and credit cards in it.

Attempted burglary The president of MicroConnex on Southeast Douglas Street reported to police that between 5 p.m. Sept.

18 and 7 a.m. Sept. 19, someone tried to pry open three doors of his business. Nothing appeared to be missing.

responded to a vehicle accident with injuries at 1:43 p.m. Sept. 14 in the 100 block of Southeast 143rd Place. ❑ One fire engine responded to an unauthorized burn at 4:26 p.m.

Sept. 14 on Southeast Reinig Road. ❑ Eight fire engines responded to a vehicle fire at 2:25 a.m. Sept. 16 on westbound Interstate 90. ❑ Two fire engines responded to an unauthorized burn at 8:59 p.m.

Sept. 16 in the 43000 block of Southeast 173rd Street. ❑ One fire engine responded to a gasoline or flammable liquid spill at 4:16 p.m. Sept. 18 in the 300 block of Main Avenue South.

The Star publishes names of those arrested for DUI and those charged with felony crimes. Information comes directly from local police reports.

Brush fire At 6:30 p.m. Sept. 20, police responded with the Snoqualmie Fire Department to a brush fire near Interstate 90 at exit 25. A bystander stamped out the fire.

North Bend fire calls ❑ Three fire engines

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Public meetings North Bend

October

Strutting their stuff

❑ Planning Commission, 7 p.m. Sept. 27 and Oct. 11, City Hall, 211 Main Ave. N. ❑ Finance and Administration Committee, 4 p.m. Oct. 2, City Hall ❑ City Council, 7 p.m. Oct. 2 and 16, Mount Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S. ❑ Public Health and Safety Committee, 4 p.m. Oct. 9, City Hall ❑ Planning Commission, 7 p.m. Oct. 11, City Hall ❑ Community and Economic Development Committee, 1:30 p.m. Oct. 16, Community and Economic Development Office, 126 E. Fourth St. ❑ Transportation and Public Works Committee, 3:45 p.m.

Oct. 17, Public Works Office, 1155 E. North Bend Way ❑ Economic Development Commission, 7:45 a.m. Oct. 18, Community and Economic Development Office

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Snoqualmie ❑ The Sept. 27 Public Safety Committee meeting has been cancelled. ❑ Public Works, 5 p.m. Oct. 1 and 15, City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ Planning Commission, 7 p.m. Oct. 1 and 15, City Hall ❑ Planning and Parks Committee, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 1 and 15, City Hall ❑ Finance and Administration Committee, 5:30 p.m. Oct. 2 and 16 City Hall ❑ Arts Commission, 6 p.m.

Oct. 8, City Hall ❑ City Council, 7 p.m. Oct. 8, City Hall ❑ Community and Economic Affairs, 5 p.m. Oct. 9, City Hall ❑ Public Safety Committee, 5 p.m. Oct. 10, Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway ❑ Shoreline Hearings Board, 5 p.m. Oct. 10, City Hall ❑ Parks Board, 7 p.m. Oct. 15, City Hall ❑ Economic Development, 8 a.m. Oct. 17, City Hall ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Hospital District No. 4, first Thursday of each month, 6:30 p.m., Snoqualmie City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ Snoqualmie Valley School District, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 27, administration office boardroom, 8001 Silva Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie

North Bend Library All events, unless otherwise noted, are at 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend. Call 888-0554. ❑ Merry Monday Story Time, 11 a.m. Oct. 1, 8, for up to age 3 with adult. Siblings and older children welcome. There

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The Mount Si High School chapter of DECA will help host a fashion show during school lunchtimes and at 7 p.m. Oct. 3. The show is free and will feature MSHS students wearing the latest threads from Eastside clothing stores. are songs, rhythm instruments, action rhymes and a tiny tale for the very young. ❑ North Bend Home School Gathering, 1 p.m. Oct. 1 and 8, help and information for homeschooled children and their parents ❑ EReader Assistance, 6 p.m.

Oct. 1, 8. Learn how to download eBooks to your eReader or computer during this demonstration. ❑ “English as a Second Language” class; 6:30 p.m. Oct. 1, 8. No registration required.

This is a formal class to learn English grammar, reading, writing and conversational skills. ❑ Toddler Story Time, 9:30 a.m. Oct. 2, 9, ages 2-3 with adult, younger children and siblings welcome. Share the world of books with your child and come for stories, songs, and surprises. ❑ Preschool Story Time, 10:30 a.m. Oct. 2, 9, ages 3-6 with adult, siblings welcome ❑ Study Zone, 3 p.m. Oct. 2, 9. Help on homework for grades K-12. ❑ North Bend First Tuesday Book Club, 7 p.m. Oct. 2, reading “Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories,” by Anthony M. Amore ❑ One-on-one Computer Assistance, 1 p.m. Oct. 3, instructors willing to help on special projects, computer basics

and email. ❑ Pajamarama Story Time, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 3 and 10, share the wonderful world of books with your child and come for stories, songs and surprises. ❑ Star Wars Reads Day, 2 p.m. Oct. 6, fans come together to celebrate reading and Star Wars. Enjoy trivia, origami and other fun as we celebrate this new holiday. ❑ “A Century of Women Artists,” 1:30 p.m. Oct. 7, a lecture by art historian Susan Olds, featuring works by important women artists ❑ “Overcoming Debt: Bankruptcy and Consumer Debt,” 7 p.m. Oct. 9. This presentation will explain the difference between Chapter 13 and Chapter 7 bankruptcies and answer questions regarding what can be protected in bankruptcy, and what alternatives exist to bankruptcy.

Clubs ❑ 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., 888-1129 ❑ Cancer survivor group, 9 a.m. second Saturday, Sawdust Coffee, North Bend Factory Stores

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mall, 461 South Fork Ave. S.W., Unit K. newellvl@yahoo.com ❑ 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 ❑ Washington Freemasons, 7:30 p.m. first Wednesday, Unity Lodge No. 198, North Bend, 888-5779 ❑ 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 ❑ 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 ❑ SnoValley Beekeepers, 7 p.m. first Tuesday, Meadowbrook Interpretive Center, Meadowbrook Farm, 1711 Boalch Ave., North Bend, www.snoqualmievalleybeekeepers.org ❑ Trellis gardening club, 10 a.m. third Saturday, Valley Christian Assembly, 32725 S.E. 42nd St., Fall City, new and experienced gardeners are welcome ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Chess Club, 7 p.m. Thursdays, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. ❑ 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 ❑ 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 ❑ American Legion Post 79 and the American Legion Auxiliary, 7 p.m. second Thursday, 38625 S.E. River St., Snoqualmie, 888-1206 ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Garden Club, 6:30 p.m. second Thursday, Mount Si Senior Center, North Bend, 888-4646 ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Kiwanis Club, 7 a.m. Thursdays at the Mount Si Golf Course restaurant, 9010 Boalch Ave., Snoqualmie, snovalley@member. kiwanis.org

Volunteer opportunities ❑ The Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank is looking for

volunteers to help unload food at noon Mondays, sort food at 9 a.m. Tuesdays or hand out food on Wednesdays. Call 888-0096.

The food bank is also looking for candidates to serve on its board on a three-year commitment. Appointments for interviews will be set up in October.

The food bank seeks a skilled bookkeeper to help as it reorganizes its bookkeeping procedures.

Contact Karen Birzell at kbirzell@ yahoo.com or 831-7062.

Events ❑ Barre class, 5:15 p.m.

Sept. 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 ❑ Futsal, a variety of indoor soccer, 8 a.m. Sept. 28; Snoqualmie Valley YMCA; ages 9-14; no experience necessary; free to community members. ❑ National Mathematics Trimathlon, Sept. 29-30 at Mathnasium, 7802 S.E. Center Blvd., Suite A, Snoqualmie. For children in grades three through six. Call 367-4747 or go to www. mathnasium.com/snoqualmie. ❑ 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

Music/entertainment ❑ Valley Center Stage presents Phillip King’s “See How They Run,” Thursdays through Saturdays from Sept. 27 through Oct. 13., 119 W. North Bend Way, 831-5667. Order tickets at www.valleycenterstage.org. ❑ Josh Carlson, 7 p.m.

Sept. 27, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-3647 ❑ Chris Morton, 7 p.m. Sept.

27, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way ❑ Kevin Jones, 8 p.m. Sept.

28, The Black Dog ❑ Chris Clark and Bob Hammer, 7 p.m. Sept. 28, Boxley’s ❑ Desperately Moderate, 8 p.m. Sept. 29, The Black Dog ❑ Diana Page CD release party, 7 p.m. Sept. 29, Boxley’s ❑ Carolyn Graye Singer Soiree, 7 p.m. Oct. 2, Boxley’s ❑ Future Jazz Heads, 7 p.m.

Oct. 3, Boxley’s ❑ Jason Stewart, 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 5, The Black Dog ❑ Kareem Kandi Trio, 7 p.m.

Oct. 5, Boxley’s ❑ Valley Green, 8 p.m. Oct. 6, The Black Dog ❑ Leah Stillwell Quartet, 7 p.m. Oct. 6, Boxley’s Submit an item to the community calendar by emailing smoraga@snovalleystar.com or go to www.snovalleystar.com.

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