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October 23, 2014
Treat the entire family to friendly Halloween tricks Boo! Halloween may not be until the end of the month but the fun and games start early. Here are a few things happening around the Snoqualmie Valley. Some are free and some have a nominal charge.
Oct. 24 Night on a Dark Trail: 6:30-9:30 p.m., Snoqualmie Community Park, 35016 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie. $10 per person
Oct. 25 Trick or Treat on Snoqualmie Ridge: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., pick up a treat bag and Halloween passport at the Sno Falls Credit Union in the IGA Market, 7730 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie. Visit participating Ridge businesses for a treat and
By Sherry Grindeland
Ken Rogers pulls ribs out of the smoker at Rhodies Smokin BBQ. Rogers moved his restaurant from North Bend to Preston earlier this year.
to get your passport stamped. Turn in your stamped passport at the Snoqualmie Valley YMCA for another treat before playing at the carnival, 35018 S.E. Ridge St. Kids Costume Halloween Party: noon to 2 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley Moose Lodge, 108 Sydney, North Bend, costume parade, games, face painting, prizes and lunch Mysterious Tales and Ghostly Stories: 2:30 p.m., family friendly story time performed by Bob Antone and Friends at the Visitor Information Center and Mountain View Gallery, 250 Bendigo Blvd. S., North Bend Si View Haunted House: 4-8 p.m., a haunted house with a variable scare factor; witches, mad scientists and singing pumpkins will entertain younger See TREATS, Page 3
Fall’s fine features
Rhodies offers same quality barbecue in new location By Sherry Grindeland Ken Rogers learned the restaurant trade early. He started by riding his Big Wheel through the parking lot at the truck stop and restaurant on the eastern edge of North Bend. That was in 1976. A couple of years later, he turned in his Big Wheel for a tray and began bussing tables in the restaurant. The place was named after another Ken Rogers — his grandfather. The elder Rogers had opened Ken’s Restaurant in North Bend in 1941 and later, along with a mechanic friend, started Ken’s Truck Town. What applied back then still applies to this Ken Rogers business model: location and
If you go Rhodies Smokin BBQ q 30375 S.E. High Point Way q Preston q Exit 22 q 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily q 222-6428 q www.rhodiesbbq.com quality. When he opened his barbecue restaurant, Rogers searched for the best rolls he could find for sandwiches, created a top-notch rub and developed his own barbecue sauce. This year, it is all about location. Rogers, who lives in
Snoqualmie, needed a new site for his nearly decade-old Rhodies Smokin BBQ. The popular restaurant was a mere toss of a rib bone away from the original truck stop near exit 34 off Interstate 90. Rogers’ family had sold the truck stop and opened a gas station with a kitchen and restaurant area across the road. When the family closed the franchise restaurant that occupied the space, Rogers decided to try his hand at barbecue. He visited as many barbecue places as he could and still expresses gratitude toward the chefs and owners who shared their expertise. The combination of his restaurant experience and See RHODIES, Page 3
By Camille Bodey
Camille Bodey often carries her camera while taking walks. She captured this fall scene earlier this month in North Bend.
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