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October 11, 2012 VOL. 4, NO. 41
Growing force North Bend to hire an additional officer. Page 2
Help for a leader Community pitches in for Nels Melgaard. Page 3
Fashion show, Valley style Page 9
Snoqualmie Valley royalty crowned Cuts in bus service Tribe elects strand many leadership New Tribal Council assumes power in ‘orderly transition’
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What’s cooking? Local chef has her star turn on TV.
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Election season Candidates run for open seat in 5th District. Page 7
Crunch Mount Si football destroys Lake Washington. Page 8
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The Snoqualmie Tribe, which hasn’t held an election since 2010 because of an enrollment dispute, now has a newly elected Tribal Council. “It’s no secret that there had been some internal political controversies,” Matt Mattson, the tribal administrator, said. “But, the Aug. 25 election was an orderly transition of power.” The Tribal Council has many new faces because three members were not re-elected and three chose to not run again. Jake Repin, the only incumbent to keep his seat, received 70 votes, the most of anyone running for the council. About 120 of the 650 Snoqualmie Tribe members cast votes in the election, Mattson said. New to the Tribal Council are Lois Sweet Dorman, Sunny Elaine Clear and Alisa Marie Culp Burley. They and Repin were elected to four-year terms. Also new are Rhonda Neufang, Robert de los Angeles, Steve de los Angeles and Melynda Davis, who all were elected to serve three-year terms. The sitting members of the council include Tribal Chairwoman Shelley Burch, and Councilwoman Nina Repin, whose terms expire in 2014. Margaret A. Mullen and Melissa Lynn Strand were elected as alternates. Pat Barker and Andy de Los Angeles remain chiefs of the tribe. Chiefs are not elected positions, Mattson said. After the election, a two-day transition meeting was held at Suncadia near Cle Elum in September, where the outgoing and incoming councilmembers met. “Tribal staff explained and summarized existing programs See TRIBE, Page 2
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Elizabeth Holmes and Alex Censullo react to being crowned Mount Si High School’s homecoming king and queen Oct. 5.
A difficult financial decision has left many in the lower Snoqualmie Valley without a ride. Snoqualmie Valley Transportation, a unique service that allows people to call in and schedule a ride, ceased lower Valley operations Sept. 21, said B.J. Libby, who oversees the nonprofit service as the executive director of Mount Si Senior Center in North Bend. “This was a very difficult, emotional decision for me,” Libby said. “Three valued employees lost their jobs, and our valued customers lost their ride.” The bus service, which began in 2003, initially catered to senior citizens and the disabled, and mostly served the upper Valley, said Libby. But in recent years, it expanded to include service to all citiSee BUS, Page 2
Cougar has North Bend man worried By Sebastian Moraga Days after a cougar took a dog from a Riverbend home, authorities advised residents to remain calm. An officer for the state Department of Fish and Wildlife said cougars are transient, and fewer than 12 cougar attacks on humans have been recorded in state history. “You’re more likely to get hit by a vending machine falling on you,” Chris Moszeter said. Early the morning of Sept. 19, a cougar killed a 15-yearold golden retriever left outside a home in an isolated spot of Riverbend. “Left out at night in a dark, densely wooded area, animals left out to roam have the potential to meet up with anything, not just cougars,” Moszeter said. The incident led neighbors
“It carried off a 75-pound golden retriever like it was nothing.” — Bonnie Nicholson Neighbor to post signs warning of the cougar’s presence. Moszeter, who lives nearby, took down the signs. “We’re perplexed why we aren’t allowed to warn neighbors,” said Bonnie Nicholson, the owner of the dog and whose boyfriend witnessed the attack. “It carried off a 75-pound golden retriever like it was nothing,” Nicholson wrote in an email. Moszeter said the signs contained inaccurate information, including a phone number for the state’s liquor control board.
Moszeter said one of the signs described cougars as territorial animals that will not leave an area with a good food source. “Just trying to incite panic among people who don’t understand cougar behavior,” Moszeter said. The cougar was probably a male, he said. Male toms can roam for hundreds of miles, he added. The day the dog was killed, state Department Fish and Wildlife personnel set a trap for the cougar at the Nicholson home. Since then, Nicholson said, the cougar has not returned, nor have the fish and wildlife officials. “Just doesn’t seem like there seems to be much of a concern for this cougar,” she said. See COUGAR, Page 2
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North Bend council decides to hire a seventh police officer By Michele Mihalovich The ink hasn’t even dried on the recent police services contract with Snoqualmie, and North Bend has already made a change. The City Council decided Oct. 2 in a 5-1 vote to add a seventh police officer for $143,000 annually. Snoqualmie Police Department has agreed to hire six new police officers for the service contract, which begins March 2014. The department also is guaranteeing that at least one officer will be in North
Bus From Page 1 zens and to people who live in Carnation, Duvall and Monroe. Alec Lebed, 63, is one of the nearly 11,000 people in the lower Valley who last year depended on the service. Lebed, who has been diagnosed with cancer, lives a mile and a half outside Carnation. “I sold my vehicles years ago,” he said. “I need to get to town to go to the grocery store and the post office. Now, I can’t get there. Stopping those buses is just going to be devastating to so many people.” Libby said the bus riders come from the lower Valley to North Bend
Bend city limits at all times. Councilman Jonathan Rosen suggested the addition of a seventh officer, saying he or she could be used for emphasis patrols. “The city could direct an officer to an area where there are reports of drug dealings, vandalism or even at the outlet mall for shoplifters,” he said. “It’s going to increase the level of policing. And we’ll still have $100,000 left of savings with this $143,000 cost.” The savings he’s referring to is the difference in what North Bend would have paid if it con-
and Snoqualmie to go to grocery stores, doctor’s appointments, banks, the senior center, pharmacies, restaurants, the outlet mall, job training, Mount Si Food Bank or just to visit friends. Last year, the seven buses picked up 40,000 people. Libby said she understands how much the communities rely on the buses, but that the money just wasn’t there to continue the rural service to lower Valley towns. The Snoqualmie Tribe had been receiving a federal grant for about $250,000 to go toward the three buses that serve the lower Valley. Matt Mattson, Snoqualmie tribal administrator, said that when the tribe didn’t get the grant recently, the Tribal Council agreed that the
tinued service with the King County Sheriff’s Office in 2014. Most of the councilmembers agreed a seventh officer would be a good move, but Councilman David Cook asked if the change in the contract was a bit premature. “They haven’t even started yet,” he said. “I think it would be prudent to get them started first, and then review their performance after six months or a year.” SPD Capt. Nick Almquist told the council that the testing, hiring and training process could take six months to a year to
program was important, and they cut funds from other programs so that they could contribute $125,000 to SVT. Libby said the Snoqualmie Tribe has always been SVT’s biggest benefactor, and “they graciously agreed to continue funding SVT out of their own funds, although at the reduced rate.” She said that two buses requiring unforeseen high maintenance costs and the skyrocketing price of diesel fuel forced her to cut the service in order to stay within budget. Libby said she has submitted a grant application to the Puget Sound Regional Council and Washington State Department of Transportation that would cover the full costs of running SVT for two years,
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complete. Councilman Ryan Kolodejchuk asked if the city would be locked into a seventh officer once hired. “What if we find out that six officers are enough, and we don’t need seven?” he asked. City Administrator Londi Lindell said the contract allows North Bend to increase the level of service. But if the city found out later that it didn’t need additional officers, it could cut back on the level of service, she said, adding that North Bend is required to have at least six, according to
which comes to $1.352 million. “It’s a highly competitive grant, and I won’t know anything until April of next year,” she said. North Bend Mayor Ken Hearing, Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson and mayors and city administrators from the affected lower Valley area met Oct. 3 to discuss the situation. Most bothersome, Hearing said, was the lack of notice to the affected cities. “The mayors in those towns were getting complaints about this from their citizens, but they had no idea what they were talking about. If we had been notified beforehand about the financial situation, maybe we could have helped,” Hearing said.
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He said he plans to talk to Libby to find out what funding “dried up. This service is particularly important. The lower Valley doesn’t have much Metro services available, and this will leave them high and dry.” Hearing did say there are grants available out there that could help, and that the city of North Bend would definitely write a letter of support for the Puget Sound Regional Council Grant that SVT applied to. Mattson said the tribe would be interested in contributing more to SVT if the other governments say the program is important to their communities, and are willing to help out with funding as well.
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Cougar From Page 1 Moszeter disagreed. “The cat didn’t come back for the dog,” he said. “Chances to catch him are about zero. This is not something we are going to get worked up about, and the community shouldn’t either.” In the days surrounding the attack, dogs have gone missing, Nicholson said. Moszeter said to tie the cougar to the missing dogs is also a stretch. “To say the cat is staying here snacking on dogs goes against everything we know about cats,” he said. “If it’s snacking on dogs, we would have a lot more sightings than we have.” Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. 221, or smoraga@snovalleystar.com.
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the contract with SPD. Rosen said he thought it was important to start off with a higher level of service from day one. Councilman Dee Williamson said he’d prefer to “err on the side of caution. I’d want an abundance of officers rather than not enough.” Cook voted against hiring the additional officer, and Councilman Alan Gothelf was excused from the meeting.
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Tribe From Page 1 and incoming councilmembers were able to ask staff and outgoing council questions,” he said. Mattson said the election was a smooth and orderly transition, which he sees as “good for the tribe.” The new council assumed power Sept. 25, and meets three times a month. Michele Mihalovich: 392-6434, ext. 246, or editor@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
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Community rallies around ailing civic leader Nels Melgaard “The reality is right in my face,” she said. The room smells like “He’s lost weight, he’s got crayons and pencil shavthis fanny pack with his ings. No third-grader in chemo, the cancer treatsight, just teacher Anne ment is very present.” Melgaard bringing the Most days, she said, life curtain down on another looks pretty much close to hectic day. normal. “Kids are vibrant and The fact that so many busy and they fill me up,” questions remain unanMelgaard said. “This suits swered almost makes it me and it always will, but easier, she said. especially on the days that “We don’t know how I feel challenged.” his body is going to The challenges these respond, we don’t know days can’t get any larger. how the bills are going Her husband of 20 years, to be,” she said. “So, he’s Nels living his Melgaard, life.” has been Living How to help diagnosed life means with Go to www.fundrazr.com, going to colorectal click on ‘Find.’ concerts, cancer. Type ‘Nels Melgaard’ on tending the search box. Nels to the Click on ‘A Gift of Giving and his nursery, for Nels Melgaard and wife attending Family.’ own the Grange Click on ‘Give.’ Nursery meetings. at Mount Living Si, but he life means has also riding his helped organizations children about doing their including the North Bend homework and excelling chapter of the Grange and in school. the Snoqualmie Valley Living life means findYouth Wrestling club. ing acts for his business. Nels was the 2011 “He’s like a pied piper North Bend Citizen of the of musical performances,” Year and was the grand said Clay Eals, author of marshal at this year’s “Steve Goodman: Facing Festival at Mount Si. the Music,” who organized “He’s a really good a concert of Goodman citizen and a good, good music at the nursery. “He man,” said Ken Hearing, likes to be the glue that mayor of North Bend. puts that together. Music “It’s always sad when you is as much a language as hear about a person who anything else, and Nels has done so much for speaks that language and the community receives loves to share it with othsuch potentially disastrous ers.” news.” Living life, these days, Nels, Anne said, is on also means daily morning the fourth week of chemo- medical appointments in therapy and radiation. Bellevue.
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Through it all, Nels, Anne and their two children have been the focus of a great deal of attention from all sides of the community. “I feel like we have this incredible love that has surrounded us,” she said. “It has surpassed our expectation.” The help has included fundraising plays, and former wresBy Clay Eals tlers showNels Melgaard and his wife Anne preside over this year’s Festival at Mount Si parade. Nels, co-owner of ing up with the Nursery at Mount Si, has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer and the Valley community has begun blackberry collecting money for Melgaard and his family at www.fundrazr.com. muffins for their former being upset. then you can be bald.” coach. as its grand marshal. “I go hike a lot or I go Losing Nels’ hair is “That was really adorThe news scared the for a run,” she said. “I get an acceptable bargain able,” Anne said. family, but it also galvaexercise and fresh air and to Anne. Losing Nels is Hearing called on the nized it. surround myself with the not. rest of the Valley to help Like Mom and Dad, beauty of this world.” “I’d rather he did not the Melgaards. the Melgaard children are She also embraces the leave,” she said. “His “This has the potential dealing with the disease humor in life. and my biggest fear is he for economic disaster as head-on. Nels always told her won’t be around to see well as health disaster,” “He’s been really good he wanted to shave his grandkids. That would he said. “And anyone about being real,” Anne his head. She always suck, because there’s no who can should support said of their oldest child, opposed it. Now, Nels one like him.” him.” Wilkins, a junior at has periodic chemotheraHe added, “the comMount Si High School. “I py sessions. munity needs to come like how he told me that “I said fine,” Anne said Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. together when people like it scared him. He com221, or smoraga@snovalleystar. with a smile. “If your this are in need.” municated his feelings to com. Comment at www.snovalleychemo takes your hair, At the least, Nels’ strug- me, and he said he gave star.com. gles have already led sevhimself permission to be eral others to get checked upset.” for colorectal cancer, Anne Anne has also given said. herself permission to be He was diagnosed in upset, but third-grade mid-August, the Tuesday teacher that she is, she has “Kirby Nelson Orthodontics after he was in the parade a high, high threshold for has provided me with such
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Yes, we’ve already written an editorial about the Mount Si High School football team. But we really think the Oct. 12 match up between Bellevue High School and our Wildcats has the potential of becoming a David and Goliath moment. Now, please don’t think we’re selling our Wildcats short by comparing them to David. The only reason they fall into the David category is because they are ranked second in the state, directly under the Wolverines. According to coach Charlie Kinnune, Bellevue is not only ranked No. 1 in the state, but also fourth in the nation. That means sling-shotting the Wolverines would absolutely qualify as the epitome of a David and Goliath showdown. Both teams are coming to the Mount Si stadium with 6-0 records this season, but Bellevue has wracked up nine state championships in the past 11 years. But last year, the Wolverines weren’t facing the same Wildcats. This year, the team not only has depth, talents and skills — it has sheer determination to claim the championship at the Tacoma Dome. At last week’s game, Kicker Cameron Van Winkle broke the state record for most high school career field goals. Starting quarterback Nick Mitchell, only a junior, continues to improve and impress every single Friday night. On Oct. 5, when Mount Si won 51-0 against Lake Washington, Mitchell passed for 272 yards and three touchdowns. Wide receiver Trent Riley proved Friday that it didn’t matter where he was on the field, he was getting a touchdown. He claimed touchdowns from the defensive line, offensive line and special teams. The Wildcats’ offensive line is doing a smash-up job of protecting its quarterback, and the defensive line has allowed only 14 points in six games. That is not a misprint, folks — 14 points — compared to Bellevue’s D-line, which has allowed 31 points in six games. If you are only able to make it to one Wildcats game this year this is it. Be at the stadium before the 7 p.m. starting whistle and get ready to scream your throat hoarse, because David is conquering Goliath Friday night. We can feel it!
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I am saddened and frustrated by the continued stories I have read of bear-human interactions in Snoqualmie. I have lived in Snoqualmie Ridge for seven years, and my favorite part about living here is the beautiful surroundings and wildlife. I regularly run on the streets and trails in the Ridge, and I have never seen a bear, though I have seen signs they’ve been through the neighborhood. If a bear got in my garbage, I’d spend the time to clean it up, and consider it a lesson learned about proper garbage storage. If a bear were threatening my property, I’d call the appropriate authorities. Yet to read that a resident has shot and killed a bear that was in his garbage cans is just dumbfounding. To then read that this same
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person has shot at a bear in the past year really makes me question this person’s motives and judgment. Do I believe a person has a right to kill a bear in selfdefense? Absolutely. However, it sounds to me like the only thing this bear was threatening was the life of a few garbage cans. Almost every bear-human interaction I read about goes back to the same thing: garbage. Snoqualmie residents need to start acting responsibly with their garbage storage, or face financial consequences for not doing so. I’m tired of my street being strewn with refuse just because people can’t be bothered with putting their cans out in the morning. For those homes that don’t have garages, Snoqualmie Ridge needs to provide proper, bear-resistant garbage stations. These seem like far better,
safer solutions than shooting at bears or trying to maim them. Leslie Johnson Snoqualmie
Marriage should be open to all
We find the well-funded opposition to Referendum 74, which allows marriage to all, very disturbing and surprising. It is difficult to understand how the commitment and love of one human being for another is a threat to anyone. After more than 35 years of marriage, we appreciate the value of a committed marriage and it would be very selfish and foolish of us to deny that opportunity to other citizens. R-74 promotes freedom, family, opportunity and equality, all core American (Republican and Democratic) values. Please join us in voting to approve Referendum-74. Barry and Patty Johnson Snoqualmie
Home Country
Some things are best left to the experts It was like buzzards circling the body. The Jones kid, Randy, was out in the Mule Barn parking lot with the hood up on his car. He was staring down into it as a first-time parachutist would look out the airplane door. You never quite knew for sure what lay ahead. “Looks like Randy’s got problems,” said Steve. “Let’s have a look,” said Dud. So coffee was left to get cold and the entire Supreme Court of All Things Mechanical — Steve, Dud, Doc, Herb and Dewey — trooped out to see what was going on. They formed a powerful semi-circle of wisdom around the youth and his engine with folded arms and facial expressions that said, “It’s OK, Kid. We’re here.” Dewey spoke first. “Having trouble, Randy?” “Won’t start.” Doc, who has the most initials after his name, said, “Give it a try.” Randy ground the engine, but it wouldn’t kick over. “Stop! Stop!” Doc yelled. “Don’t want to flood it.” All Doc knows about flooding is that the animals went on board, two by two. “Randy, I think it’s the sole-
noid,” said Steve, looking wise. “Doesn’t have one, Steve,” Randy said. “Sure it does. All cars have solenoids.” “Not the new ones. Haven’t made solenoids in Slim Randles years.” Columnist Steve’s expression said, “Young punks, what do they know?” But his voice said, “Well, what do you know about that?” “Need a jump?” Dewey asked.
“Got plenty of spark,” Randy said. Randy looked at the older men and then bent to the engine and smiled. His voice came floating up over the radiator. “Might be the junction fibrillator. Or it could be a malfunction of the Johnson switch. If I rerun the wire from the organ housing to the pump bypass, that might get it done.” When Randy looked up, all the men had gone back in for coffee. He smiled and called AAA on his cellphone. Brought to you by “Home Country” (the book). Read a free sample at www.slimrandles.com.
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Valley cook featured in TV show By Sebastian Moraga Call it love at first bite. Deanna Morauski’s participation in the TV show “My Family Recipe Rocks” received rave reviews, and the episode has not even aired yet. The show, broadcast on the Live Well Network on Saturdays at 6 p.m. Pacific Time, is hosted by former ‘N Sync star Joey Fatone and features the homemade recipes of regular folks from all across the country. Morauski, owner of The Old Hen Bed-and-Breakfast in North Bend and a cooking columnist for the Star, hosted the show’s crew in her kitchen, where the
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show was recorded. Morauski made a mud pie, a salad, scalloped potatoes and saucy balsamic burgers — with a light, fluffy pastry replacing the traditional bun. The burger recipe was the one she sent the show at first. She said host Fatone told her the pie was the best dessert he had ever had. The episode featuring Morauski will air Oct. 27 as the season finale for “My Home Recipe Rocks,” Associate Producer Ava Martin said. “It went fantastic,” Martin said of Morauski’s appearance. “She was absolutely incredible. She was one of our top shows
of the year. I believe she’s going to have us ending up with a bang here.” The show, Martin said, seeks to tell people they don’t need to be big-time chefs to rock a kitchen. Martin called Morauski the perfect interview, just an average person “who’s really good in the kitchen, made an interesting dish that people hopefully like and want to try at home themselves.” Morauski said she hoped the TV brings more exposure to her bed-andbreakfast and its food. She called being on the show “more fun than I can describe.” “We made four recipes
demonstrate effective officership in support of unit mission objectives. The academy is a fouryear military institution of higher learning that develops and inspires new air and space leaders with a vision for the future. The curriculum provides instruction, education, training and experience in academics, military training, physical and athletic conditioning, and spiritual and
ethical development to all cadets. Cadets graduate with the knowledge, character and skills essential to meet the leadership challenges of the 21st century for future career officers in the U.S. Air Force. The new lieutenants go on to serve as pilots, navigators, engineers, maintenance officers, professionals in various technical fields, and some attend medical or graduate school
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Valley cooking columnist Deanna Morauski and TV personality Joey Fatone show their work. and Joey Fatone ended up singing to my food,” she with special scholarships, while others go directly to nonrated Air Force assignments. Hennig is now a pilot trainee assigned to Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. He has served in the military for less than one year. He is the son of Paul and Wendy Hennig, of North Bend, and grandson of Leta Joy West, of Issaquah, and Charles and Lois Hennig, of Kirkland. Hennig graduated in 2008 from Mount Si High School.
North Bend girl wins equine competition Olivia Kleinhaus, a Twin Falls Middle School student, won the title of Junior Youth Champion
said, laughing. “It was just a real kick.”
Gloria Rita Danielson, of North Bend, loving wife to Larry, passed away Thursday, Oct. 4, in Issaquah. She was 64. A celebration of her life will be held at Cascade Covenant Church in North Bend. Friends are invited to view photos, get directions and share memories in the family’s online guest book at www.flintofts. com. Flintoft’s Funeral Home and Crematory, 392-6444
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Chad Hennig at a horse-riding competition, representing the Cascade Cow Cutters club. Kleinhaus rides cutting horses, animals trained to separate an animal from the herd. Her horse, Starlights Fancy, is owned by her mother Noel Kleinhaus. The show took place this summer in Ellensburg.
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5th Legislative District contest includes some familiar faces By Warren Kagarise Education is the No. 1 priority for state House of Representatives candidates in the 5th Legislative District — a local school board member and a citizen advocate for education. Issaquah School Board member Chad Magendanz, a Republican, and North Bend Democrat David Spring remain focused on education in the race for a rare, open House seat. In a 7-2 ruling delivered in January, state Supreme Court justices said the state is not fulfilling the “paramount duty” to fund education. Both candidates in the 5th District race said education funding is a bipartisan issue. “There’s a huge amount of work to do together,” Magendanz said. “When you set aside all of the partisan rhetoric and you
really focus on what needs to be done for our kids, for our future, there is a lot of work there.” Issaquah School Board members appointed Magendanz to the panel in 2008. The software design consultant ran unopposed for the seat in 2009. Magendanz said lessons learned in the high-performing Issaquah School District could benefit schools statewide. “When we go from our 18,000 kids to the million kids in the state, there are a very different set of problems that the rest of the state has,” he said. Spring, a former small business owner and Bellevue College instructor, is passionate about education policy, particularly how decisions in Olympia impact local school districts. “Parents are not very happy with teachers being laid off,” he said. “When we get more and more stu-
Snoqualmie man pleads not guilty to child molestation By Michele Mihalovich A Snoqualmie man arrested and charged with first-degree child molestation pleaded not guilty Oct. 1, according to Dan Donohoe, spokesman for the King County Prosecutor’s Office. Stanley Martin Alspektor, 51, is charged with fondling an 8-yearold 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 alco-
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hol at the time of the incident. Alspektor was arrested Sept. 13 and taken to the King County Jail. He remains in custody in lieu of $150,000 bail and a case setting hearing is scheduled for Oct. 30, Donohoe said. A guilty verdict in firstdegree child molestation cases in Washington carries a sentencing range of 51 months to 68 months in prison. Michele Mihalovich: 392-6434, ext. 246, or editor@snovalleystar. com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
dents and have fewer and fewer teachers, that’s a bad combination.” Spring also advocates for additional funding for higher education and for more affordable college tuition at state universities. The influence of corporate money in the political process is another hallmark issue for Spring.
“A lot of these people, they are not Republicans, they are not Democrats,” he said. “In fact, quite a few of them don’t like either political party. I think that these independent voters have a point — that there’s too much money in politics.” The seat in the Legislature opened after incumbent state
Rep. Glenn Anderson announced plans to step down and run — albeit unsuccessfully — for lieutenant governor. Local voters elected the Fall City Republican in 2000 and subsequently in even-numbered years since. In 2010, Anderson cruised to reelection against Spring, the same candidate Anderson faced in a tight race in 2008. Spring lacks support from 5th District and statewide Democratic organizations, a repeat from 2010. He attributes the dearth of support to critical comments about party policies and the influence of money in politics. “The leaders of the Democratic Party do not like to hear people in the Democratic Party saying critical things about the Democratic Party,” Spring said. “But I believe that it’s important to tell the truth.”
First citations mailed to drivers caught speeding in I-90 work zone
in the eastbound and westbound directions. A camera inside the SUV captures the rear license plates of vehicles going over the posted speed limit, according to the
release. WSDOT plans to keep the automated speed enforcement in the I-90 Snoqualmie Pass work zone until construction stops for winter.
Jay Rodne runs unopposed for re-election In November, local voters face a choice in most legislative contests, but a duo of lawmakers from neighboring districts is certain to return to Olympia. State Rep. Jay Rodne is guaranteed to represent the 5th Legislative District in the House of Representatives for another term, after nobody stepped forward to challenge the North Bend Republican. In 2010, Rodne cruised to re-election against little-known opponents. Rodne defeated Sammamish Democrat Greg Hoover, another political newcomer, 60 percent to 40 percent. Rodne expressed interest in the 5th District Senate seat, but the surprise withdrawal of former state Sen. Cheryl Pflug from the race left political newcomer Brad Toft as the Republican candidate on the ballot.
Citations have been mailed to 169 vehicle owners whose cars were speeding through the work zone on Interstate 90 at Snoqualmie Pass, according to a press release from the state Department of Transportation. The $137 citations started arriving in mailboxes for drivers caught speeding between Sept. 17 and 21. DOT recently started using automated speed enforcement in the I-90 work zone to help reduce speeds and improve safety for workers and travelers. Roadside signs let drivers know a small sport utility vehicle parked near the highway is monitoring speeds
Key endorsements Local legislatives candidates amassed a list of endorsements from advocacy organizations, industry groups and elected officials in the race for state House of Representatives. Chad Magendanz q League of Education Voters q Stand for Children q State Rep. Glenn Anderson David Spring q Washington State Labor Council q NARAL Pro-Choice Washington q King County Democrats
More information, a sample infraction, question-and-answer section and public-feedback form are available at www.wsdot. wa.gov/safety/ATSC.
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Win energizes Wildcats in advance of biggest game of the year By Michele Mihalovich The Mount Si High School football team remains undefeated after its Oct. 5 win against Lake Washington, and the players say they are ready to face their biggest nemesis — Bellevue High School — on Friday. The Wildcats, now 6-0, didn’t just beat Lake Washington, 51-0, in their fourth shutout of the season. There were several noteworthy highlights during the Homecoming game, including a little bit of history being made. Just before the halftime whistle blew, Mount Si kicker Cameron Van Winkle broke the state record for career field goals, with a 30-yard kick — marking his 34th. The senior tied the state record Sept. 14 during the Juanita game. Andrew Furney, who graduated from BurlingtonEdison in 2009 and now kicks for Washington State University, was the former record holder. Mount Si’s offensive and defensive lines have been doing such a good job scoring touchdowns that Van Winkle’s leg hasn’t been brought out to try for a field goal in three weeks. “The wait was killing me,” he said after the game. “But, I knew I just had to be patient. It feels really good breaking that record.” Wide receiver Trent Riley also impressed with his trifecta of touchdowns.
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The defensive line of Mount Si High School’s football team continues to stop its opponents and has only allowed 14 points in six games this season. The Wildcats beat Lake Washington High School, 51-0, Oct. 5. Riley, one of the top scorers in the King County 3A Conference, came into the game with eight touchdowns this season. On Friday, he caught a 69-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Nick Mitchell in the first quarter. Riley then caught a
punt return and ran 65 yards for another touchdown in the first quarter; in the second quarter, he intercepted a Kangs pass and ran 85 yards for another touchdown. Other Mount Si touchdowns included a 7-yard run by running back Bailey Takacs, an
11-yard pass from Mitchell to Griffin McLain, a 66-yard pass from Mitchell to wide receiver Tyler Button and a handoff from quarterback Jonathan “Jo Jo” Hillel to running back Jordan Chapman, who sprinted 10 yards for the touchdown with less than five minutes left in the
game. Next week, Mount Si, ranked No. 2 in the state, faces off against Bellevue, ranked No. 1 in the state and No. 4 in the nation, according to head coach Charlie Kinnune. He said everyone keeps asking him who he thinks is going to win next week. “The bottom line is, it doesn’t matter what I think. What matters is what these kids think and they think they can beat Bellevue. I agree that they have a real good chance,” he said. That sentiment was echoed by Riley, who said after the game that he and the rest of the players are excited about next week. “We’ve been waiting for this all season,” he said. “This is going to be the big test. Yes, it’s a little nerve-wracking, but nerves are just part of the game. We knew by the second week that we have a real shot at beating them.” All that anyone really knows about next week’s match up is that one of the teams will be posting its first loss of the season. That game, already being predicted to be a media frenzy, will be at Mount Si stadium at 7 p.m. Oct. 12. Michele Mihalovich: 392-6434, ext. 246, or editor@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www. snovalleystar.com.
Volunteers improve Little League fields Little League baseball players will find some new green on the outfield next spring as volunteers did a major overhaul recently, according to a press release from Snoqualmie Valley Little League. “The sod replacement at the Majors Field is one of the many upcoming projects designed to transform the Torguson Park complex into the showpiece we know it could be, if the maintenance it receives is taken to the next level,” Greg Rothe, League director of fields and facilities, said in the release. “We want our facilities to be a physical reflection of the dedication, passion and support our kids have from the sponsors and volunteers in our community.” Rothe, along with league director of fundraising Roy Baunsgard, and a host of other volunteers coordinated the
project. “This was a huge job. Much bigger than expected,” Baunsgard said in the release. He worked with multiple vendors to secure equipment and arrange for transportation and disposal of the old sod, including Westerlund Construction, Fadco Trucking, R&R Rentals and Country Green Turf Farms. The sod was removed and the city of North Bend was called in; field technician, Mark Pray installed new sprinkler-system heads. Then, the new sod was installed and SVLL worked with the city to set up a watering schedule. The field will be closed the rest of the season to allow the new grass to establish a solid root system. Incorporating the donations of time, man-hours, equipment and supplies, the project
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Volunteers and contractors work to get new sod down on the majors field at Torguson complex, where the Snoqualmie Valley Little League plays. cost the league more than $20,000, the release said. “This project would not have
been possible without the generosity of our sponsors and volunteers,” Baunsgard said. “We’re
looking forward to many more years of kids getting to enjoy playing ball in Torguson Park.”
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Fashion show presents a mixture of teen style, nerves By Sebastian Moraga For an hour last week, Kasey Maralack got to act her age, twice her age and three times her age. She was her age, 8, as she tried on clothes prior to the annual Fashion Show at Mount Si High School. She got to act twice her age as she waited for the show to start with her big sister and her sister’s teenage friends. And she got to act thrice her age when the clock hit 7:30 p.m., the show started and she hit the runway like a professional model. “I just wanted to try it,” said Maralack, who added
she does not want to be a model when she grows up. Caitlin Maralack, Kasey’s big sister, said Kasey loves hanging out with her and her friends. The friends love her right back, Caitlin said. “They all think she’s really cute and talk to her like she’s one of us,” said Caitlin, a 14-year-old freshman at Mount Si High School, site of the fashion show. Caitlin said Elaine Marie Kugen, teacher of marketing at MSHS, came up with the idea of having an 8-year-old model. “She went to Macy’s with us to pick out
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The Fashion Show of early October at Mount Si High School is the last fall fashion show after 10 years as a Homecoming Week mainstay. From now on, the spring fashion show will be the only one on the calendar, MSHS teacher Elaine-Marie Kugen said.
Three earn spot on WSU’s honor roll Wendy Lee Discher, of Fall City; Krista Rachelle Reed, of North Bend; and Kelsey Cristine Wise, of Snoqualmie, earned a spot in the Washington State University President’s Honor Roll for the 2012 summer quarter. The President’s Honor Roll recognizes students who either enrolled in a
minimum of nine graded hours in a single term and earned a grade-point average of 3.75, or earned a cumulative GPA of 3.5 based on 15 cumulative hours of graded work.
Macaroni Kid names Opstad teacher best of month Suzanne Spuhler was named the Snoqualmie
clothes,” Caitlin said of Kasey. “And Mrs. Kugen got the idea, she said she would be adorable.” Adorable she was, with a big smile and a confident step, fitting right in with most of the models during the evening show, the fourth and last show for the day. Students modeled clothes for their classmates during the school day. The evening show had By Sebastian Moraga a milestone touch to it, Students from Mount Si High School, plus grade-schooler Kasey Maralack, third from left, as Kugen announced it starred in four fashion shows in one day. would be the last autumn show, due to time constraints. and in parproblems real models ticular of one “I can’t do it in 15 have, like lack of time to days,” said Kugen, who change outfits. Sophomore proud, though exhausted usually had a month to Kaitlin Gate had to wear teacher. organize the show but tall boots that betrayed Kugen said only had 22 days her during “You just go out, one of the that stores this year. like Banana The fashion and everyone is morning Republic, show usually shows. Buckle and occurs during “The first staring at you.” Gap pick the Homecoming time, I didn’t clothes for Week, Kugen — Danny Thompson do it fast the children said. Model enough,” she to wear. At The evening said of losing Macy’s, the show’s audithe boots for ence was mostly parents. the next outfit. “So I could models pick Oddly, students said they not come out with my sec- the outfits. At Men’s liked having their parond outfit.” ents instead of their peers She could have kept the Wearhouse, it varies, dependwatching. boots on, but they did not By Sebastian Moraga ing on the “It’s easier to perform match her blue dress, she Eight-year-old Kasey Maralack, and show. for the parents,” said Paige said. Mount Si High School freshman Bryce Every stuNeether, a first-time model Boys in the show also Crowe strike a pose. dent has a at 14. “Other kids will had their troubles. Since a grade on his or her task. make fun of you. The pargirls outnumbered boys by job either before or during the show, Kugen Well, almost everyone. ents think it’s cute.” about a 2-to-1 ratio, boys added. Teenagers serve as “I’m not going to grade Performing in the had to model more often announcers, decorators, anyone on how well they morning was nervein the same show. disc jockeys, coordinators modeled,” she said. “I want wracking, said freshman “At one point, you just and models. Everyone gets my models to have fun.” Ashland Malone, but after kind of run out of poses,” the first show, the jitters said Drew Hadaller, a mostly vanished. junior. “So, you just sort “It’s embarrassing a of stand there and you little bit,” said Danny don’t know what to do.” Thompson, another freshStill, the smiling modman. “You just go out, and els, boys and girls, teens everyone is staring at you.” and not-quite-teens, overThough inexperienced, came every obstacle, much they dealt with the same to the delight of the crowd
Valley-Issaquah Macaroni Kid Teacher of the Month for September, according to an email from the online newsletter. Spuhler is a pre-kindergarten teacher at Opstad Elementary School. She is the first winner of the second year of the award. “You just could not ask for a better, more dedicated teacher,” her nomination stated.
She will receive a $100 certificate to Flat Iron Grill, a one-hour massage from Therapeutic Health and a plaque from Issaquah Trophy & Awards. Macaroni Kid selected eight Valley teachers as teachers of the month during the 2011-12 school year. The other two months, the award went to Issaquah School District educators.
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Police blotter North Bend
Quick recovery of stolen vehicle At about 2 p.m. Oct. 4, an Idaho woman pulled into a store parking lot off exit 31 and went into the store for a few minutes. When she returned, her 1993 Honda had been stolen, according to North Bend Police Chief Mark Toner. He said an immediate notice went out and deputies spotted the vehicle 20 minutes later on Highway 202 near Duthie Hill Road heading toward Redmond. A deputy forced the vehicle to stop and a 27-year-old male and a 27-year-old female were taken into custody, Toner said. Both suspects were booked into the King County Jail, and the car was returned to the Idaho woman.
Stolen Typhoon Chaplin’s North Bend Chevrolet reported to police that between Sept. 18 and 22 a 1993 GM Typhoon SUV was stolen from its lot.
Unplugged A Carnation man plugged in his iPhone and charger at the entryway of Si View Community Center on Aug. 11. When he returned for his phone later, the center was closed. He found someone with a key, but found that the phone and charger had been stolen.
Trespassed Two high school students were banned from the VF Outlet store Sept. 25. The store manager saw the two teens, and remembered that on a previous occasion, they had tried to use four
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different credit cards to make purchases. This time, an employee observed that one of them stuck a dress in a baby stroller. Before leaving the store, the teen tossed the dress, but the manager wanted them banned.
This is my house At about 7 a.m. Sept. 27, a woman hired to do work on an East Park Street property called police to report that a man was on the property claiming he owned it, which she knew was not true. Police came and asked the 50-year-old man to leave. Two hours later, he returned to the home with a bottle of Jack Daniels and started smoking cigarettes inside the property. He was arrested for criminal trespass and taken to the Issaquah Jail.
North Bend fire One fire engine responded to an unauthorized burning call at 4:33 p.m. Sept. 28 in the 700 block of Northeast Eighth Street. One fire engine responded to a rubbish fire at 7:05 p.m. Sept. 29 in the 16000 block of 421st Avenue Southeast. Two fire engines responded to a natural vegetation fire at 3:46 p.m. Oct. 1 in the 100 block of Southeast North Bend Way. Two fire engines responded to a rubbish fire at 4:47 p.m. Oct. 3 in the 17000 block of 428th Place Southeast. One fire engine responded to a smoke scare call at 8:11 p.m. Oct. 3 in the 100 block of Southeast Middle Fork Road. The Star publishes names of those arrested for DUI and those charged with felony crimes. Information comes directly from local police reports.
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Approval from city allows hospital construction Snoqualmie Valley Hospital received approval from the city of Snoqualmie last week to begin construction on their new site located off Interstate 90 at exit 25, according to a hospital press release. “The permit approval is a significant milestone,” Jim Grafton, capital projects manager for SVH, said in the release. “For the first time, it allows us to start building structures on the site.” The review process granted permission to construct water, sewer and storm drainage systems, roadways, sidewalks and paving. It also verified that environmentally sensitive areas (wetlands and streams) would not be affected by construction, according to the release. Utilities work and site improvement construction began this week with completion expected by mid-November. The new 70,000-squarefoot facility will be more than twice the size of the existing hospital, according to the release. Construction will allow for full occupancy of the hospital’s 25 licensed beds and better access and service to outpatients, hospital CEO Rodger McCollum said in the release. The new building will have individual, private inpatient rooms, inpatient and outpatient physical therapy, a larger emergency department, women’s health services, senior health services, rehabilitation services, a larger gastroenterology service, expanded laboratory services, imaging and diagnostic services, and will accommodate an enlarged primary and specialty care clinic. “We’re not changing anything that we’re doing, we’re just going to have more room to do it,” McCollum said in the release. A groundbreaking ceremony is expected in early 2013.
Snoqualmie gets good grade in audit The city of Snoqualmie’s 2011 finances were given clean bill of health, according to a Sept. 26 report from the state auditor’s office. The city showed no deficiencies in its financial statements and complied with all financial reporting requirements in regards to federal awards, according to the report. Snoqualmie’s general fund began 2011 with $4,412,990. It earned $12,575,523 in revenues from taxes and other resources. The government spent $12,722,260 in operating expenses and toward debt, with an ending general fund balance of $4,267,980 on Dec. 31, 2011.
Commission hosts pizza party, workshop at City Hall The city of Snoqualmie Planning Commission will host a workshop and pizza party for people to learn about and discuss the update of the city’s Comprehensive Plan, the primary guide for future growth and development in the city. The workshop will be from 7-9 p.m. Oct. 15 at City Hall. Pizza and beverages will be served. A presentation about the city’s Comprehensive Plan will start the meeting, followed by citizen review and comments on the draft vision and policies that address how the city will develop over the next 20 years. Topics include land use, housing, economic development and transportation. Learn more at www. cityofsnoqualmie.org and go to “Public Input” box. Questions may be directed to Nicole Sanders, associate planner, at nsanders@ ci.snoqualmie.wa.us or 888-5337.
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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.
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❑ Youth group high school yard sale at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church Parish Hall, 4:30-6 p.m. Oct. 20. All donations accepted at the parish hall from 3-7 p.m. Oct. 19. 39025 S.E. Alpha St., Snoqualmie. ❑ Mount Si Lutheran Church’s annual Harvest Carnival, 4-7 p.m. Oct. 28, Benson Barn, North Bend. Free to the community; donation of canned goods for Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank encouraged. Children also encouraged to wear costumes. Barn is at 14120 424th Ave. S.E. Email Lauren Frerichs at lauren@mtsilutheran.org to learn more.
Classes ❑ Super Sitters workshop for children ages 11-15 at Encompass. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 27, 1407 Boalch Ave. N.W., North Bend. $40. Register by calling 888-2777 or at www. encompassnw.org. The class covers parent expectations, child development and home security.
❑ “Pay It Forward Week” in the Snoqualmie Valley for the week of Oct. 14-21. Everyone in the community is encouraged to participate by spreading kindness around the Valley. Event kicks off with a free showing of “Pay It Forward,” starring Helen Hunt, at the North Bend Movie Theater, 7 p.m. Oct. 10. Sponsored by Snoqualmie Valley Women in Business. ❑ Pizza Party and Workshop at Snoqualmie City Hall, 7 p.m. Oct. 15. Come learn about the city’s comprehensive plan and policies that address the city’s growth for the next 20 years, including land use, housing, transportation and economic development. ❑ Mount Si Lacrosse Fall Clinic, 6 p.m. Oct. 19 and 26, for girls and boys grades two through eight at Mount Si High School’s stadium. No fees or special gear needed. Register at www.mountsilacrosse.org. ❑ First Aid and CPR class, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Snoqualmie Fire Department, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway. The $25 fee includes workbook, keychain/face shield and a CPR card good for two years. ❑ Valley Animal Partners’ Chili Cook-off and Dessert Auction, Oct. 20, 5:30 p.m.
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Becky Alter, an indie singer from Austin, Texas, will perform at the Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 8 p.m. Oct. 26. Alter’s song “Nana’s Lullaby” was a finalist in the Best FolkTraditional Song category of the 2012 New Mexico Music Awards. Learn more about Alter at www.beckyaltermusic.com.
Come support pets and their families in our community. Spots still open for people wanting to show off their chili-cooking and dessert-making skills. Event held at the Snoqualmie Eagles’ Club. Call Andrea Logan at 466-4621. ❑ Slipper and boot sale at the Mount Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 20. All sizes of sheepskin slippers and boots for children, men and women. ❑ Snoqualmie Valley PTSA Council presents a showing of “Finding Kind,” an awardwinning documentary bringing awareness of girl-on-girl bullying 7 p.m. Oct. 22, Mount Si High School, 8651 Meadowbrook Way S.E. Tickets are $5. ❑ Mount Si High School Choir presents A Haunted Hallows’ Eve, 4-9 p.m. Oct. 26, $5 entry fee. Costumes encouraged, all ages welcome. Proceeds will benefit the school’s choir. Contact Lisa Esteb at 941-9036 to learn more. ❑ Halloween Train, Oct.
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27-28, starting at 11 a.m. at the Snoqualmie Depot, 38625 S.E. King St., and starting at 11:26 a.m. from the North Bend Depot, 205 McClellan St. Roundtrip fares are $10 for children ages 2-12, $12 for adults age 62 and older and $15 for other adults. Show up in costume and get $2 off. Those in full costume will get a prize. ❑ Downtown Snoqualmie Treat Harvest, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 31, children ages 6 and younger can gather goodies. Participating business will have balloons outside. ❑ 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
Clubs ❑ Mount Si Fish and Game Club, 7:30 p.m. first Thursday of each month, October through May at the Snoqualmie Police Department, 34825 S.E.
Douglas St. ❑ 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 8200 Railroad Ave. S.E. 888-1129 ❑ Cancer survivor group, 9 a.m. second Saturday, Sawdust Coffee, North Bend Factory Stores mall, 461 South Fork Ave. S.W., Unit K. newellvl@yahoo. com ❑ 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
Music/entertainment ❑ Valley Center Stage presents Phillip King’s “See How They Run,” Thursdays through Saturdays through Oct. 13, 119 W. North Bend Way, 831-5667. Order tickets at www.valleycenterstage.org. ❑ Poetry Open Mic Night, 6 p.m., Oct. 11, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-DOGS ❑ Craig Hoyer, 7 p.m. Oct. 11, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, 292-9307 ❑ Little Hurricane, 8 p.m. Oct. 12, The Black Dog ❑ Budget Funeral Band, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13, The Black Dog, fundraiser for the Si View Parks Dance Program. ❑ Bernie Jacobs, 7 p.m. Oct. 13, Boxley’s ❑ Ravinwolf, 8 p.m. Oct. 13, Snoqualmie Brewery and Taproom, 8032 Falls Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-2357 ❑ Danny Kolke Trio, 6 p.m. Oct. 14, 21, Boxley’s ❑ Christian, Crandell and Kolke Workshop, 7 p.m. Oct. 15, Boxley’s ❑ Future Jazz Heads, 7 p.m. Oct. 17, Boxley’s ❑ Al Reiter, 7 p.m. Oct. 18, The Black Dog ❑ Young Lizards, 7 p.m. Oct. 18, Boxley’s ❑ Chris Kendziorski, 8 p.m. Oct. 19, The Black Dog ❑ Milo Petersen Trio, 7 p.m. Oct. 19, Boxley’s ❑ Mike Antone and Cameila Jade, Cynthia Marie, Seth Engle and Dana Hubanks, 8 p.m. Oct. 20, The Black Dog ❑ The Hipsters, 9 p.m. Oct. 20, Finaghty’s, 7726 Center Blvd. S.E., Suite 110, Snoqualmie ❑ Jon Hamar Group with Rich Perry and Todd DelGiudice, 7 p.m. Oct. 20, Boxley’s ❑ TFMS Café Night 7 p.m. Oct. 23, Boxley’s ❑ Chris Morton, 7 p.m. Oct. 25, Boxley’s ❑ Becky Alter, 8 p.m. Oct. 26, The Black Dog ❑ Left Coast Gypsies, 7 p.m. Oct. 27, The Black Dog ❑ Dan O’Brien and Eric Reid, Brazilian Jazz, 7 p.m. Oct. 26 Submit an item to the community calendar by emailing smoraga@snovalleystar.com or go to www.snovalleystar.com.
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