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October 27, 2011 VOL. 3, NO. 41
School Board race Dan Popp faces Peggy Johnson. Page 6
In charge of the port Eastsider Dean Willard wants to unseat Bill Bryant. Page 8
Police blotter Page 10
Tune them up Area musical group seeks new members. Page 13
A Christmas Story Local girl has part in a new movie. Page 14
Football going to playoffs Page 16
North Bend Happy Halloween! wants money for roadwork Ballot proposal targets out-of-town shoppers By Dan Catchpole North Bend voters are being asked to approve a sales tax increase to raise money to pay for street maintenance. The 0.2 percent increase is expected to bring in about $400,000 a year, according to city estimates. Supporters say that it will save the city money in the long run and will be paid for mostly by shoppers from outside the city. Opponents say that it is an added tax burden during hard economic times. If approved by voters, the proposition would raise the city’s sales tax from 8.6 percent to 8.8 percent. Residents would pay $10 more in sales tax on $5,000 of retail purchases, which would not include groceries. It would expire after 10 years. Money collected by the tax See TAX, Page 3
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Edrie Csendes (left) holds up her daughter, Jaidyn, at the Si View Harvest Carnival on Oct. 22. The carnival, co-sponsored by Encompass and Si View Metropolitan Parks District, featured a haunted house. The Si View Parks District will have a full haunted house open from 6-8:30 p.m. Oct. 29 at Si View Community Center. For more events, see Calendar, page 19.
Community groups join forces to host job fair By Dan Catchpole
Top runner Mount Si sophomore finishes fourth in KingCo. Page 16
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Meadowbrook Bridge rises above the Snoqualmie River during the January 2009 flood. Snoqualmie would assume the cost of maintaining the bridge if it annexes the Weyerhaeuser mill site.
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Two community groups have joined together to host a free job fair that will include networking opportunities. The New Livelihoods Job Fair is scheduled for Nov. 5 and is being hosted by the Snoqualmie Valley Community Network and Transition Snoqualmie Valley. “The overarching vision of the fair is to stimulate our local economy and spark new vitality, a new livelihood in the face of challenging economic times,” Kristy Trione, executive director of Snoqualmie Valley Community Network, said in a statement. David Korten, author of
Agenda for a New Economy, will speak at the fair. Job seekers will be able to find local businesses with open positions, résumé and interview coaching, and business card creation. People interested in finding new careers can attend sessions about starting a business and identifying new income opportunities. The Coalition for Attainable Financial Education is sponsoring a workshop called “Managing Your Credit Reputation.” More employers these days do credit checks on job applicants before making an employment See JOBS, Page 2
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North Bend resident starts write-in campaign for mayor
Curtis, in on your election ballots for the position of North Bend’s Mayor,” he wrote in the email. A longtime North Bend resident, Curtis owns and teaches at a martial arts school. He served in the United States Marine Corps in Vietnam. In 2003, Hearing beat Ed Carlson with nearly 60 percent of the vote. He ran unopposed and was re-elected in 2007, when he received 95 percent of the vote. Hearing owns Scott’s Dairy Freeze. The North Bend native served in the U.S. Navy. He is backing a proposed 0.2 percent sales tax increase to
North Bend resident Jim Curtis is launching a write-in campaign to unseat Mayor Ken Hearing, who is running unopposed for a third term. In an email announcing his candidacy, Curtis criticized the city for not building a veterans memorial and for letting side streets deteriorate. “If you think (like I do) that all of the above points to a need for leadership change in North Bend, then please feel free to write my name, Jim
raise money for roadwork.
Snoqualmie Valley Y begins hiring for community center staff The YMCA is holding two job fairs to fill positions for the community center currently being built on Snoqualmie Ridge. The center will be operated by the Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, the local chapter of the Greater Seattle YMCA, as part of an agreement with Snoqualmie, which will own See YMCA, Page 3
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greatest benefit to the city will be having control over what happens on the large industrially-zoned site that sits across the From Page 1 Snoqualmie River from the city’s ing the property. historic downtown. The vote on annexation could The council also approved come as soon as Nov. 14. zoning for the site if it is While the pre-annexation annexed into the city at its agreement passed with unanimeeting. It would be similar to mous support at the Council’s the existing zoning but slightly Oct. 24 meeting, several council more restrictive. members expressed reservations Until 2003, Weyerhaeuser operabout added infrastructure main- ated a lumber mill on the land. tenance costs the city would take For decades before, the mill on by annexing the property. was an economic engine for the After annexation, the city Snoqualmie Valley. would assume responsibility for City officials hope that it can maintaining the Meadowbrook be again. Way Bridge, Mill Pond Road and In 2010, DirtFish Rally School a stretch of Reinig Road. opened on the site. The business Maintaining teaches rally the two roads car driving. “I’m trying to keep an open and bridge could mind, but I have strong reserQuestions cost Snoqualmie about whether vations as to this annexation.” the business more than $25,000 a year, constituted — Charlie Peterson according to a redevelopment Snoqualmie City Council of the site fiscal impact study by the prompted King city. The costs County and are currently Snoqualmie to covered by King County. begin discussing transferring the These added costs come at a land to the city. time when the city is already At the same time, a grassroots struggling to find a way to pay group, Your Snoqualmie Valley, for the upkeep of its existing formed to oppose the annexation. infrastructure. At the Oct. 24 council meet“I’m trying to keep an open ing, Your Snoqualmie Valley mind, but I have strong reservamember Warren Rose said if tions as to this annexation,” Snoqualmie votes to annex the Councilman Charlie Peterson said. property, the group will fight “I think you speak for more the decision in court. than one of us there,” said Many of the group’s members Councilwoman Maria Henriksen. want DirtFish shut down. They The city’s administration is say the school is ruining their firmly in favor of the annexaquality of life and will lower tion, arguing that Snoqualmie property values. can absorb the added costs, and Other members are concerned the long-term benefits far outthat the city is sidestepping its weigh the costs. own flood-mitigation policies in The fiscal impact study project- the annexation process. ed that taxes collected by the city Officials from DirtFish say from the annexed area would that they are good neighbors. cover the added annual costs. A sound study of DirtFish But some council members that was commissioned by don’t want Snoqualmie to assume Snoqualmie in August found the multimillion-dollar price tag that the school is operating of rebuilding the Meadowbrook within legal noise limits. Way Bridge in 15 to 25 years. Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or ediMayor Matt Larson supports tor@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snothe annexation, saying that it valleystar.com. will benefit Snoqualmie. The
Jobs From Page 1 offer. The workshop will cover how to maintain or achieve a good credit score. Participants should bring a copy of their credit report obtained through www.annualcreditreport.com, the official website of the three major credit bureaus. For anyone needing help in getting a credit report, Rob Wotton, branch manager of Sterling Savings Bank in North Bend, will offer assistance from 8:30-9:20 a.m. CAFE serves north and east
King County, raising awareness of financial issues. In all there will be more than 25 workshops to attend. For a complete list, go to www.newlivelihoods.net/workshops. The fair is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Chief Kanim Middle School, 32627 S.E. Redmond-Fall City Road, Fall City. Local chefs will have food for sale. Activities will be available for children 3 and older. Register for the fair at www.newlivelihoods.net/register. Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or editor@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
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Snoqualmie and schools move closer on impact fees By Dan Catchpole and Sebastian Moraga Officials from Snoqualmie and the Snoqualmie Valley School District are closer to an agreement on collecting impact fees from housing development for 2012. But the district won’t get any money for 2011. The city and the school district still haven’t reached a compromise regarding the agreement’s indemnity clause. Snoqualmie officials don’t want the city to be held liable for any lawsuit challenging the fee’s collection or a capital project paid for by the fees. But district officials say that would be an unusual exemption. “The representatives from the city did share with us their intent to recommend to the [Snoqualmie City] Council collection of the full impact fee amount for 2012,” Joel Aune, superintendent of Valley schools, said after an Oct. 18
Tax From Page 1 would come, in large part, from shoppers at North Bend Premium Outlets, City Administrator Duncan Wilson said. The proposition was approved by the city’s Transportation Benefit District board of directors Aug. 2. The board consists of City Council members. The proposition stipulates that any revenue from the tax must be used on projects in the city’s Transportation Improvement Plan. North Bend resident Sherwood Korssjoen helped write the statement for the proposition in the voters’ guide, and said that delaying roadwork will only cost the city more in the future. “The more that infrastructure is damaged, the further you have to get into it to repair it,” Korssjoen said. The author of the statement against the proposition, Mark Dilger, said that the tax increase will hurt local businesses. But if passed, North Bend’s sales tax would be only margin-
meeting with city officials. “At this point, it’s all but too late to do anything about 2011.” Late last year, school officials asked cities in the district to approve a 300 percent increase in impact fees for 2011 to $8,140. Homebuilders objected to the jump, which the district said was needed to help build a new middle school. North Bend and Sammamish approved the fees. Snoqualmie City Council delayed a vote on collecting the fees until after district voters passed a $56 million bond to build a new middle school. When that failed twice, the council shelved making a decision on the fees. The city’s move toward collecting fees in 2012 is long overdue, Aune said. Before a final agreement is reached, the city and district must resolve concerns in the interlocal agreement regarding the degree to which the city ally higher than in Snoqualmie, which has an 8.6 percent sales tax. “The TBD’s proposed projects, like lighted cross walks and handrails, are nice improvements, for some day, but they do not address concerns that many of our business owners have for bringing in more business now,” Dilger wrote in the voters’ guide statement against the measure. Dilger lives in unincorporated King County and cannot vote on the measure. North Bend’s revenues from taxes, fees and grants haven’t kept pace with the rising cost of maintaining transportation infrastructure, Public Works Director Ron Garrow said. North Bend has paid for some road improvement projects with grants, but they are expected to dry up in the future, Garrow said. Population growth and annexations have pushed North Bend into competing for grants with larger cities, making it less
would be responsible for any lawsuits regarding impact fees. “The city is basically saying to the school district, ‘We want to be held harmless against any lawsuit of any kind originated from the work that we do around capital facilities,’” school board president Dan Popp said. “We should not participate or bear any expense related to our collection of school impact fees under an ordinance they provide to us and which is for their sole financial benefit. This has to be in the interlocal agreement,” City Attorney Pat Anderson wrote in an email to city officials in August. But the district’s lawyers maintain that the proposed agreement is standard, Aune said. The district does not know what the city’s full proposal looks like yet, he said. One of the things the city seeks is changing the timing of collection of impact fees, from when permits are issued to when
the sale closes. Delaying the collection makes it easier for housing developers to build and sell homes, according to the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties. A 2011 study by the Washington Center for Real Estate Research at Washington State University found that delaying collection didn’t affect the ability of the Kent, Issaquah and Lake Washington school districts to pursue capital projects. “The city remains firm that it does make a difference, impacting [builders’] ability to get credit and impacts their ability for cash flow, etc.,” Popp said. “I don’t know. I’m not an accountant for a contractor, so I couldn’t tell you.” Popp said a resolution hinges on whether the district feels comfortable with a new agreeSee IMPACT, Page 6
From Page 2 the building. The YMCA is looking to fill several open positions, including health and wellness instructors, a children’s program instructor, a member services representative and a maintenance assistant. The YMCA’s news release about the jobs highlights “three overarching goals” driving its work — youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. The job fairs are from 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 29 and from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 3, at the Snoqualmie Fire Department, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway. Interested candidates should come with a résumé and cover letter, and be ready to interview for open positions, the news release said. Apply online at www.yemployment.org.
Local sales tax rates City Local rate State rate Combined sales tax North Bend .021 .065 .086 Snoqualmie .021 .065 .086 King County .030 .065 .095 King County Non-RTA* .021 .065 .086 Issaquah .030 .065 .095 Issaquah Non-RTA .021 .065 .086 Sammamish .030 .065 .095 Sammamish Non-RTA .021 .065 .086 Bellevue .030 .065 .095 Bellevue Non-RTA .021 .065 .086 * A Regional Transit Authority (RTA) tax is not collected in Snoqualmie Valley or in all areas of Sammamish, Bellevue, Issaquah and unincorporated King County. Source: Washington State Department of Revenue competitive. Transportation benefit districts have become an option for cities looking to bolster flagging funds for transportation. At least 14 other cities, including Snoqualmie, have created a district. Most existing districts have bypassed voters and opted to impose car tab fees. Under state law, a district can charge up to $20 per registered vehicle with-
out voter approval. In Leavenworth, the city’s district increased the sales tax by 0.2 percent, raising the combined rate to 8.3 percent. “If we’re going to do this, we wanted to put it to a vote,”
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Hospital district needs Gene Pollard
Hospital commissioner race
The Snoqualmie Valley Hospital has long served the taxpayers of Public Hospital District No. 4 and will continue to do so. But it faces big choices in the near future as it prepares to build a new facility and deal with potential changes to Medicare reimbursement rates after 2014. With such big changes in the wind, it’s time an independent voice joined the district’s board of commissioners. Gene Pollard offers that voice. He is running for Commissioner Position No. 3. Pollard will ask hard questions of the district’s administration that the current board has not. He also promises to push for increased transparency for the board by having documents and meeting minutes posted online. Despite collecting millions in property taxes, the district does not make it easy for residents to find out how their money is being spent. Pollard’s opponent, Karyn Denton, has not pledged to make similar reforms. Denton is the hospital district’s former chief operating officer. How can she be asked to provide oversight of her former colleagues? It’s this close tie that concerns us, that she will not be the independent voice the commission needs during this important transitional time in the hospital’s history. Pollard will serve the hospital district and the taxpayers well.
As a long time resident of the Valley, I have watched the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital deal with the challenges faced by many small hospitals. Few successes, many failures. We need a change in the public persona and oversight on the board of commissioners. Gene Pollard will give us that change. Snoqualmie Valley Hospital has a checkered past, to be sure. Going broke and closing the doors on three different occasions. Silly, absurd mistakes has cost and lost millions of our tax dollars. Opening and closing various
Ron Pedee has served Fire District 38 well and voters should reelect him to Commissioner Position No. 1. Pedee’s opponent, Daniel Lang, is well intentioned, but it isn’t clear that he can improve on the commendable job that Pedee has done. Pedee should take note of Lang’s pledge to control costs. Taxpayers have been hard hit by the Great Recession and sluggish recovery. Pedee should take a tough stand on his directive to EFR when negotiating contracts with firefighters. Pedee has already demonstrated his ability to keep costs down, even if not as much as some taxpayers would like.
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medical clinics, attempting to compete with the likes of Overlake, Evergreen and now Swedish was, and is, a fool’s errand. Where is the common sense? Where is Gene Pollard when we need him? It’s my opinion that if Gene was aboard, this hospital would be more than a nursing home and a couple of medical clinics, as it is now. There is a serious question as to whether we need this hospital. They are simply hanging on, waiting for a miracle, going further and further in debt. Surviving on our considerable tax dollars. I, for one, would never consider being a patient at SVH with Swedish and Overlake
nearby. Swedish and Overlake don’t take my tax dollars. If Gene was a commissioner, I doubt we would be stuck for a piece of property that the county wouldn’t allow development on. The contract to buy this property was well written. The hospital couldn’t break it and cost us (the Valley taxpayer) $7 million. I’ve sat in the SVH public meetings. The commissioners refuse to enter into dialog with the public. If you continue to ask questions, you are considered disruptive. I’ve personally asked for special meetings, question/answer format. I’ve See LETTERS, Page 9
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His date becomes a study of one By Slim Randles
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When Dewey realized what he’d just told the woman of his dreams, he couldn’t say another thing. Struck dumb by the shock of telling her he was in cow manure, he silently handed her the flowers and looked down to see if the sidewalk would kindly swallow him. But Emily Stickles, she of the perfect cheekbones and bureaucratic curiosity, smiled and looked at Dewey as if she’d just stumbled over a twenty-dollar bill. “Mr. Decker,” she said, kindly, “thank you for the flowers. And I’m curious … how long have you had this condition?” “Er … ah…” “Never mind. That will all come in time. Now I was just on my way to the café across the street there for lunch. Will you be my guest? That way we can discuss your problem and see if we can come to a workable solution.” “Wha … bu…” “Come along,” she said, slipping her arm through his. “One step at a time … that’s it.” An hour later, Dewey was at the philosophy counter of the Mule Barn. The guys were there. Well, almost all the guys. When Dewey told them about how he introduced himself to the lovely Ms. Stickles, Steve, Dud and Bert suddenly had to go outside for some reason. The laughter out there made the plate-glass windows vibrate. Only Doc was left to console Dewey. “Well, Doo,” Doc said. “Leave it to you to make a great first
impression.” Then Doc had to turn his head away for a few seconds, too. Dewey pretended not to notice. Slim Randles “See, the Columnist worst of it is she thinks I’m some kind of a nut with a manure fetish. I couldn’t have just told her I owned a fertilizer company. Not me. I have to sit through lunch making silly noises as she explained to me that there is always hope for an answer. I had no idea she was a
graduate student in psychology, Doc. “Doc?” Dewey’s face pleaded. “I’m a test case! I’m going to be doctoral thesis! I’m …. oh man…” “And all that planning,” Doc said. “And all that washing. And then it has to end this way. Sorry, Doo.” “Ending? No way,” Dewey said, the slightest smile emerging. “We’re having dinner at the Italian place tonight. She’s bringing her tape recorder.” Brought to you by Slim’s new book and great stocking stuffer, “A Cowboy’s Guide to Growing Up Right.” Learn more at www.nmsantos.com/Slim/Slim.html.
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Dan Popp defends his School Board seat against Peggy Johnson By Christina Lords and Sebastian Moraga The third race in the Snoqualmie Valley School District school board elections this year is between the mom and the Popp. Peggy Johnson, mother of four, and Dan Popp, father of five, square off in a November showdown that pits the incumbent Popp against the challenger Johnson. Peggy Johnson Drawing from volunteer experience with Eastside youths, and a desire to decrease bullying and increase graduation rates, Johnson said she is ready to take the issues facing the district head on. The Fall City resident said the school board is inattentive to student and parent concerns, especially when it comes to providing a safe environment for children. Johnson said the district must create an environment where students feel safe traveling to and from school and while
they’re in the district’s facilities. “It’s impossible for higher learning to take place when one is in survival Peggy mode,” she Johnson said. “I feel a lot of these kids are in survival mode.” (Johnson is passionate about the issue because her son was attacked by a Mount Si High School classmate in 2009 in a bullying incident.) She said parents must feel respected and heard when they come before administrators or the school board. If elected, Johnson said she’d bring honesty, transparency and accountability to the board — qualities she said the current board is lacking. Repairing the reputation the school district has in the region and across the state would be something Johnson said she’d like to address. Johnson said she has experi-
ence with youth after volunteering in the Lake Washington School District when three of her four children attended school there. She has volunteered through Healthy Start, an education program that aims to support teens experiencing their first pregnancy. Johnson said she has begun to attend the Snoqualmie Valley’s Healthy Community Coalition and taken on an administrative role with Safe Buttons for Schools. She is a member of the Parent Advisory Council of the state Office of Education Ombudsman. Johnson said she would continue to make connections with area youths by reaching out to them when they are at-risk of dropping out or when they’re most vulnerable. “I’m passionate about seeking solutions to prominent problems that are in our school district,” she said. Dan Popp Popp said that in the years
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since he was first elected, the district has made great strides. He wants to continue that trend. “Over the Dan Popp next four years, I want to focus on improving the quality of education and improving the experience with students in our school,” he said He added his main desire is helping the community. “I’m here to serve,” he said. The 49-year-old Popp is betting on his experience and enthusiasm as the trump cards in this race. “The same reason I was interested in running years ago still applies today,” he said. “My commitment to our community to get an excellent education.” He pledged to be “super careful” with the district’s budgets, to ensure the district’s facilities remain well, and to ensure students receive the maximum amount of individual attention. “I want to create a better environment for our faculty and staff where they are meeting their career goals and meeting
the expectations of the community,” he added. Popp declined to compare himself to his opponent, saying Johnson did not have any experience on the school board and therefore a fair comparison was impossible to make. “I can’t make an apples-toapples comparison,” he said. Nonetheless, the former head of the Valley’s Little League program, and current Microsoft executive, touted his background as a unique combination of community involvement and business know-how. “My background helps me make sure we run a tight ship,” he said. Popp said his family knows that another four years as a board member will mean a chunk of time away from his family. “It’s a lot,” he said. “But everyone in my family recognizes it’s a worthy time investment. We have been involved since we moved here in 1998. We are going on 14 years of being directly involved.”
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School board member Scott Hodgins said knowing that the city will collect the fees next year is good enough for him. Popp’s reaction was a bit more tempered. “I’m a little less excited about that than Scott is,” Popp said.
From Page 3 ment and the conditions the council seeks. Snoqualmie Councilwoman Kathi Prewitt said during the Oct. 19 school board meeting that the City Council is composed of district parents and grandparents entrusted with defending the interest of all taxpayers of Snoqualmie.
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Port of Seattle is major economic engine for region, candidates say By Tom Corrigan In November, voters in King County, including those in Snoqualmie Valley, will be asked to choose from among four candidates hoping to serve as commissioners for the Port of Seattle. The port includes both the seaport in downtown Seattle and Sea-Tac International Airport. According to the port’s annual report for 2010, the port collected $75.6 million in property taxes in 2009. The projection for 2010 was $73.5 million. Those collections come from all King County residents. “The port is an economic engine for the entire county, not just the city of Seattle,” said Charla Skaggs, corporate media officer for the port. Both Skaggs and other port officials said thousands of jobs depend directly and indirectly on port operations. According to what is billed by the port as an independent report released in
2009, the port was directly and indirectly responsible for 190,000 jobs in the Puget Sound region. Port facilities generated more than Bill Bryant $17 billion in revenue for businesses who deal with the port or the port tenants who operate the maritime terminals. All in all, those employers and employees pay about $867 million in state and local taxes. Finally, the 2009 report stated that more than 135,000 people are employed at regional businesses that have cargo moving through the Port of Seattle. Skaggs talked about how plenty of Eastside companies depend on the port for importing or exporting goods and raw materials. She stated port operations create a wide variety of jobs from the longshoremen
“The port is an economic engine for the entire county, not just the city of Seattle.” — Charla Skaggs Port of Seattle who load and unload cargo to cruise ship employees. Port operations themselves employ about 1,600 people, said Port Commission President Bill Bryant, one of two incumbent commission members up for election this year. All in all, just from its maritime operations, Bryant said about 70,000 families depend on the port. Although his opponent in the upcoming election disagrees, Bryant said those jobs are well-paying, family-wage positions. He further argued the port is one of the top five or six job creators in King County, right up on the list with Boeing and Microsoft. “I think the port is becoming
an example of an agency that can create jobs,” Bryant said. Bryant also wants to help support existing jobs and to create new Dean Willard ones outside Seattle by steering cruise ship tourists to visit places such as Snoqualmie Falls. “There is no doubt the port is a critical economic engine for the region,” said Dean Willard, who is opposing Bryant for the latter’s spot on the port commission. Willard specifically said the port does not do enough to create living-wage jobs, but also was highly critical of the port’s environmental record. “I have observed decisions that are not transparent and not reflective of local values,” Willard said, adding those local values include environmentally sound operations. Bryant
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sharply disagreed, arguing the port’s environmental record is another reason the institution is important to voters and residents in the Puget Sound area. As one example of what he said is the port’s environmental stewardship, Bryant pointed to what ultimately becomes of contaminated dredging materials the port removes from around its maritime facilities. He said the port legally could dump those materials into Elliot Bay. Instead, the port takes on the added expense of having the materials moved inland. As one example of how the port has dropped the ball environmentally, Willard pointed to what he said is the port’s lack of attention to problems with the Duwamish River. He said the port undoubtedly has a shared responsibility for cleaning up the waterway. For his part, Bryant agreed the port has some responsibility
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OCTOBER 27, 2011
King County offers wildfire workshop for rural residents Now is the time to plan for next year’s fire season in Western Washington, and King County is helping rural residents stay safe with a free workshop on wildfire safety. Communities in the Snoqualmie Valley are at particular risk of wildfires because of their exposure to strong east winds that blow down from the Cascade Mountains in the summer. Workshop participants will learn how to maintain a zone of safety around structures, create a fire-resistant garden, and work with neighbors and fire districts to develop a plan for dealing with wildfire and other emergencies. The workshop will also include a panel discussion with emergency responders. The workshop is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Cedar River Watershed Education Center, 19901 Cedar Falls Road S.E., North Bend. It is being held by the county’s Department of Natural Resources and Parks. The workshop will teach fire-safe landscaping techniques and show homeowners how to plan a safe response to wildfire threats. Pre-registration is required, and can be done online at www.kingcounty.gov/forestry or email linda.vane@kingcounty.gov.
Letters From Page 4 been denied at every turn. It is past time for the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital to be open, transparent and receptive of public concerns. It’s time for new perspectives and oversight. It’s time for Gene Pollard for hospital commissioner! Herschel Backues North Bend
School board candidates forum You have to be kidding me! Cathy Renner says that they declined to have questions from the crowd at the Oct. 13 forum for the school board candidates. This was because, as she states, “it wanted candidates to give good, elaborate answers.” Wow. Remind me to say that to my boss the next time he asks me difficult business/budget questions … I’ll just tell him that you can’t ask me those questions because all my answers must be rehearsed ahead of time. Then she went on to say that “we weren’t really interested in immediate response.” What? Why did you even have a forum for the public if you did not care about an “immediate response?” That’s exactly what’s wrong with this school board … just beg for more
school bond money constantly and let people ask questions later. I don’t work that way. Candidates for District 2, 3 and 5, I’m not voting for any of you now because Cathy Renner says she’s “really not interested in immediate response.” If it’s all about transparency, Cathy, you are off to a very bad start. How’s that for an immediate response? Brian Murphy North Bend In a recent school board questionnaire, Carolyn Simpson, a candidate running for school board position 3, responded to the question, “What role, if any, do you think the school board has in the Day of Silence?” Mrs. Simpson does not “support designating any school day for any one special cause” and instead wants to establish one day in the fall called the “Day of Respect.” She also stated that the Day of Silence interferes with academics. The Mount Si Gay-Straight Alliance, the student club which runs the Day of Silence, is encouraging both Carolyn Simpson and Valley voters to consider the following: -As all other candidates indicated, the Day of Silence is legally protected under the first amendment. Mount Si’s own alliance has had support from the ACLU and Equal Rights Washington when the event was threatened in the past. -The Day of Silence is a
PAGE 9 nationwide event with hundreds and thousands of participants, organized by students to help raise awareness of the prejudice, harassment and discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning LGBTQ students regularly face in their schools and communities. -The reason LGBTQ students need a day free of harassment and bullying is because they are the most at-risk group for abuse and suicide. At Mount Si specifically, 79 percent of students do not think that the student body is respectful of people’s sexual orientations. Simpson’s suggestion of A Day of Respect, although convenient, would only sweep important, hard-to-discuss issues under the rug, diluting the importance of this cause and perpetuating the problem the students and staff of Mount Si have been working so hard to address. Furthermore, the belief that the Day of Silence somehow interferes with academics is simply not true. The day occurs without interruption or interference; classes occur just like any other day. With this in mind, we would like Simpson to reconsider her position and we ask voters to cast an educated vote. Also, we invite Simpson and any other community member to email the alliance at mshsgaystraight@gmail.com if they have any questions. Mount Si Gay-Straight Alliance officers on behalf of the alliance
Port From Page 8 for the Duwamish, but said officials are living up to the responsibility. He said the port has supported a plan to restore the river’s habitat, another environmental step he said the organization was not required to take. Another voluntary environmental move, according to Bryant, includes replacing outdated port trucks with newer, more efficient models. By 2015, he said all port trucks must meet certain EPA standards. Willard said Bryant and other board members consistently “talk the talk, but fail to walk the walk.” For example, he again argued the port’s efforts regarding the Duwamish are completely insufficient. Willard backed a protest held downtown Sept. 15 as the Port of Seattle was hosting the American Association of Port Authorities. The group directly mounting the protest is known as Puget Sound Sage. Among other claims, the group charges seaport truck drivers often are forced to work 10- to 12-hour shifts while not receiving health benefits or sick time and earning about $28,500 a year. The other port commission spot on the ballot this year currently belongs to Seattle resident Gael Tarleton. Neither she nor challenger Richard Pope, of Bellevue, responded to repeated requests for comment.
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Police Blotter Snoqualmie Police Yikes! There’s a bear in the garbage At 1:20 a.m. Oct. 14, police found a bear in the trash in the 35300 block of Kinsey Street. Police asked the bear to leave the area, and the bear left toward a utility road.
Open gas cap At 3:07 p.m. Oct. 14, police responded to a call from the 9500 block of Point Avenue Southeast. The caller told police that the gas cap of his neighbor’s truck had been tampered with. The officer found the vehicle with the gas cap open, and cobwebs on the cap and on the door. Police could not determine if someone had siphoned gas, and closed the cap and the door.
Unlocked front door At 7:25 p.m. Oct. 14, police arrived at the 8400 block of Maple Avenue Southeast. A woman there told police that she had left her house earlier without locking her front door because it is hard to open. When she returned, she found the front window open and some items missing, including two laptop computers, two digital cameras and a handful of
memory cards. The woman said she did not know who broke into her home. She said she thought it could be one of her son’s friends but wasn’t sure. A neighbor told the woman that around 2 p.m., he saw a man and woman near her home. The man was six feet tall, wearing a backpack, and the woman was about a foot shorter, and had on a gray hoodie and backpack. Police asked the woman to call if she notices anything else missing.
Snoqualmie fire ❑ At 2:12 a.m. Oct. 8, EMTs were dispatched to downtown Snoqualmie for a medical call. A patient was treated and transported to a hospital by EMTs. ❑ At 8:51 a.m. Oct. 8, EMTs responded to Snoqualmie Casino for a 41-year-old man who was dehydrated. He was evaluated and transported to a hospital by private ambulance. ❑ At 4:24 p.m. Oct. 8, EMTs responded to Southeast Northern Street for a 38-year-old woman with diabetes. She was evaluated by paramedics and left at the scene. ❑ At 7:12 p.m. Oct. 8, EMTs were requested by Snoqualmie police to evaluate a 34-year-old woman experiencing a medical problem. She was evaluated and left at the scene with the police. ❑ At 12:25 a.m. Oct. 10, EMTs were dispatched to
Snoqualmie Casino for a medical call. A patient was evaluated and transported to a hospital by EMTs. ❑ At 3:14 a.m. Oct. 10, EMTs responded to Snoqualmie Ridge for a medical call. A patient was evaluated and transported to a hospital by a private ambulance. ❑ At 1:18 p.m. Oct. 11, EMTs and Bellevue paramedics were dispatched to Snoqualmie Casino for a medical call. A patient was evaluated and transported to a hospital by paramedics. ❑ At 3:24 p.m. Oct. 11, EMTs responded to Mount Si High School for a sports injury. A patient was treated and then transported to a hospital by EMTs. ❑ At 9:45 a.m. Oct. 15, EMTs responded to the Northwest Kidney Center at 35131 Southeast Douglas Street for an 87-year-old woman with a decreased level of consciousness. The woman was transported to a hospital by private ambulance. ❑ At 10:46 a.m. Oct. 15, EMTs responded with Bellevue paramedics to Southeast Cochrane Street for a 70-year-old man who had fallen off a building’s roof. The man was put on a back board and transported to a hospital by paramedics. ❑ At 2:30 a.m. Oct. 16, EMTs responded to Snoqualmie Casino for a 41-year-old woman who had been drinking. The woman was evaluated and transported to a hospital by private
OCTOBER 27, 2011 ambulance. ❑ At 2:44 p.m. Oct. 16, EMTs were dispatched to Snoqualmie Ridge for a medical call. The patient was evaluated and then left in care of family on scene. ❑ At 5:55 p.m. Oct. 16, EMTs responded to Snoqualmie Ridge for a medical call. The patient was treated and then transported to a hospital by EMTs. ❑ At 6:49 p.m. Oct. 16, EMTs and Bellevue paramedics were dispatched to Snoqualmie Ridge for a medical call. The patient was evaluated and then transported to a hospital by paramedics. ❑ At 2:01 p.m. Oct. 17, EMTs responded to Mount Si High School for a 17-year-old boy who was feeling ill. The student was evaluated and left with his parents. ❑ At 5:47 p.m. Oct. 17, EMTs responded to Southeast Northern Street for a 39-year-old woman suffering from a diabetic issue. The woman was given some sugar, and then evaluated and left at her home with friends.
North Bend fire ❑ At 2:58 p.m. Oct. 18, firefighters responded to a car accident on state Route 18 south of Interstate 90. The Star publishes names of those arrested for DUI and those charged with felony crimes. Information comes directly from local police reports.
Volunteers needed for tree planting in Valley The Mountains to Sound Greenway is looking for volunteers to help plant trees as part of its campaign to restore the natural habitat of the Three Forks Natural Area between Snoqualmie and North Bend. The group has scheduled two planting days — Oct. 29 and Nov. 5 — along the Meadowbrook Slough in Snoqualmie. The 418-acre Three Forks Natural Area is located at the confluence of the three forks of the Snoqualmie River, the largest river system in King County. The campaign’s goal is to plant more than 20,000 native trees and shrubs in the park. The Meadowbrook Slough is one of the area’s most important wetlands, but has suffered degradation through the introduction of invasive plants such as Himalayan blackberry and Japanese knotweed. These plants do not provide needed shelter for wildlife and fish, and they deprive native vegetation of vital nutrients. Native trees and shrubs improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gases, reduce riverbank erosion and improve water quality. Volunteer by going to www.mtsgreenway.org/volunteer, or contact 206-812-0122 or volunteer@mtsgreenway.org.
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Movie festival builds the thrills
King and Queen of Mount Si
By Sebastian Moraga
By Calder Productions
Seniors Dana Pecora (left) and Jake Rouches wave to the crowd after being crowned as Mount Si High School’s 2011 homecoming queen and king at the school’s Oct. 21 football game with Bellevue High School. The pair was elected by their fellow students. Pecora is a Wildcats cheer captain, and Rouches plays for the school’s tennis team.
The North Bend Mountain Film Festival returns this weekend with yet another serving of outdoor thrillers. The promotion dubbed “Sledder Double Header” brings to the big screen of the North Bend Theatre the productions “Flirting with Danger” and “Thunderstruck Ten.” The double header will be the fourth consecutive week of outdoor-themed movies shown at the North Bend Theatre. Next, the theater will feature the movies “The Art of Flight” Nov. 6, “Solitaire” Nov. 13 and “All I Can” Nov. 20. The festival’s series will serve as a preamble for two more events: an award-winning movie from the Canada-based 2011 Banff Film Festival, Dec. 7-8, and the showing of the winning movie of the North Bend Amateur Outdoor Film Challenge on Dec. 9. “They are accepting submissions now,” Walker said of the amateur film challenge. The deadline is Nov. 15. The weekly series represents a switch from last year’s festival, which happened in five days in early December, and showed movies every day from Sunday through Thursday. The Banff movies served as the festival’s weekend finale. Last year, people showed up for the Banff movies, but attendance suffered during the other movies, said Cindy Walker, co-owner of the North Bend Theatre and co-founder of the festival. Guy Lawrence, marketing director for the Summit at Snoqualmie and another founder of the festival, agreed. “Once ski areas open, ski movies don’t do as well,” he said. September, October and very early November are the best months for ski
On the Web ❑ See show times for the North Bend Mountain Film Festival at www.northbendtheatre.com. ❑ Submit your amateur movie for the Film Challenge at www.ci.north-bend.wa.us.
movies, he added. “There’s a real desire,” he said. “If I can’t ski, at least I can watch some action,” he said. Walker called October “the sweet spot” for getting people to watch ski movies. So far, the sweet spot has yielded several hits. About 125 people showed for “Breaking Trail” Oct. 9. “A sellout is 275, so 125 is a pretty good houseful,” Walker said. The Oct. 16 movie, “The Grand Bizarre,” also drew a crowd, she added. This year’s festival counts on additional attractions to put bottoms in the seats, such as the guest appearance by the director of “The Grand Bizarre” the day of the showing and the upcoming appearance by freestyle skiing star Lynsey Dyer. Dyer will meet fans at ProSki, 108 W. North Bend Way, at 4 p.m. prior to the showing of “All I Can.” Lawrence said the event helps put the Valley’s name out there. “Cindy and I talked about it with a couple of the guys at ProSki,” he said of the creation of the festival four years ago. “How do we make North Bend more of a ski town than it already is?” Walker said the festival was not her idea, but it works for the theater and the city. “It’s a great venue,” she said. “Let’s do some fun stuff in there.”
Pumpkin recipes get delicious use out of that old Jack-o-lantern Share your recipe Do you have a great recipe? Want to share it with Snoqualmie Valley? Email the recipe and a photo of the finished product to editor@snovalleystar.com.
By Deanna Morauski After you’ve carved your pumpkin, don’t just toss out the innards. Use them to make some fall treats.
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Sugared pumpkin seeds Ingredients: 2 egg whites 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup white sugar 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon Dash of freshly grated nutmeg (optional) 2-3 cups of pumpkin seeds (remove excess pumpkin pulp, rinse and pat dry) 1 cup of pecans (optional) Directions: Using a hand mixer, whip egg whites until frothy. Add vanilla, sugar, salt, cinnamon and nut-
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Area organization donates large gift to help foster children By Sebastian Moraga The 180 Foundation, a King County philanthropy organization, has committed $250,000 to better education for foster children in the county. Tom Hawley, a North Bend resident and a member of the executive board of the foundation, said the organization wanted to impact as many children as it could, and thus directed its first major donation toward
helping foster children. “We were eager to find something specific,” he said. “Not just writing a check to a general fund of an organization, but to make sure that money went toward a specifically targeted program.” In this case, the program is Treehouse, a 23-year-old nonprofit that seeks to double the graduation rate of foster children in King County by 2017. Graduation rates for foster kids hover between 35 percent
and 45 percent, Hawley said. “It’s clear that foster kids are struggling much more than their peers. Without an education their future is bleak,” Hawley said. “I simply see it as a good investment that we can invest in the kids now or we can help support them later at a much higher cost if they don’t get the tools to get themselves into college, jobs or even the military.” Treehouse serves about 5,000 foster children per year, accord-
ing to a press release. The $250,000 commitment to Treehouse is the largest commitment the 180 Foundation has ever made, Hawley said. “We support Special Olympics, we do a smaller donation to the Children’s Home Society, but this is the largest,” he said. According to the Treehouse website, its core programs serving foster kids in King County include college and career planning, tutoring, summer camps
and a retail store. Treehouse also runs a statewide Educational Advocacy program to help foster youths to stay in school and remain on track to high school graduation. “It’s hard to argue with a program like Treehouse,” Hawley said. “Their goal is to give foster kids a childhood and a future.” Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. 221, or smoraga@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
SnoValley Winds Ensemble seeks new band members By Sebastian Moraga The visitor, armed with nothing more musical than fingers to snap together, earned a few stares and then an invitation, seconds later. “Hey, do you want to join us?” David Kelley said. “We need a clarinetist.” Such are the days at the SnoValley Winds ensemble, a group of community musicians seeking members for their upcoming gigs. “We will take anybody,” tuba player Lorraine Thurston said. Bandmate Natalie Kryger agreed. “Any willing soul willing to share Monday nights with us,” she said.
Well, almost any willing soul. The band would prefer that the musicians own or rent their own instruments, be older than 18 years old and already know how to play their instruments. “If you’ve ever played an instrument, we will take you,” Thurston said. The group meets every Monday night for two hours to practice together at Snoqualmie Middle School. The band was created by Dean Snavely three years ago. When Snavely moved to Ellensburg to study at Central Washington University, Mike Herb took over. Herb is the director of bands at Woodrow Wilson High School in Tacoma, and one of
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three music teachers in the band. To the untrained ear, this bunch sounds like quite the ensemble. But these musicians insist that their sound should be fuller, and that’s where the empty chairs dotting their rehearsal come in. “There should be at least four to six clarinets,” Kryger said. “We have two.” The group also needs more percussionists. Their next gig is the Snoqualmie tree lighting ceremony, Dec. 3, the same gig that got the band together in the first place, three years ago. “After we played the tree lighting, people decided this was
something we wanted to keep doing,” Kelley said. They still want to keep doing it, and they want you in on it, if only for the inescapable fact that they are having too good a time. “It enriches your day,” band
member Jean Woods said. “And when you don’t have it, you miss it.” Herb agreed, inviting adults of all ages to participate. “From 18 to 100,” he said. “OK, if you’re 102, we’ll let you play. We’ll feature you.”
The Star wants your Halloween pics Have a ghastly costume or a ghoulish jack-o’-lantern? Show us your handiwork. Email a photograph to editor@snovalleystar.com by 9 a.m. Nov. 1. For costume photos, identify who is in the picture and what they are dressed up as. For jack-o’-lantern photos, include who carved it and what it is a carving of. The best photos will be in the Star’s Nov. 3 issue and online at www.snovalleystar.com.
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Snoqualmie 12-year-old tells tale of her first movie By Sebastian Moraga Snoqualmie middle-schooler Shaye Hodgins walked down a Leavenworth street in the middle of a snowfall. Someone she barely knew walked right alongside her, holding an umbrella. For her. Welcome to Hollywood, Shaye. The 12-year-old Hodgins acted in a motion picture, “Ira Finkelstein’s Christmas,” a yuletide flick currently in post-production. In January, while Hodgins acted in “A Christmas Story” in Seattle’s Fifth Avenue Theater, an agent sat in the audience. The agent, Jodi Rothfield, invited the children in the play to audition for the movie in Seattle. Hodgins had to act in the audition and sing during callbacks. As a theater actor, Hodgins was accustomed to the opposite. It took about a month before Hodgins found out she was in a movie for the first time. “I didn’t expect to get any-
thing, so I wasn’t really like, ‘Did I get it? Did I get it?’” she said. “I was just like, ‘Oh, well.’” Then, she found out she was in. “I was ecstatic,” she said. The movie filmed in Leavenworth for three weeks and then one week in Seattle. Filming was fun, she said, but also tedious at times. During her time in central Washington, she kept up on homework with a tutor, so when she wasn’t acting, she was keeping up with school. Having her daughter far away fell far from being fun for Cynthia Hodgins, Shaye’s mother. “I was lonely,” she said. “She lived in Leavenworth for two and a half weeks and since I’m a teacher, I can’t leave my students for two and a half weeks.” Shaye’s dad traveled with her, increasing Cynthia’s loneliness. Being alone wasn’t the only odd thing, Cynthia said. Not only was Shaye staying in her own apartment, for a while, but the 12-year-old out-earned her mother.
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Valley middle-schooler Shaye Hodgins (foreground, center) during filming of “Ira Finkelstein’s Christmas” in Leavenworth. Movie director Sue Corcoran (gray jacket, sunglasses on forehead) stands behind Hodgins. Moviemaking was great, but not something the family will dedicate itself to, Cynthia said.
“We are a family,” she said. “The acting is great but we are not heading out to L.A. and the
big, bright lights. We want a See MOVIE, Page 15
Seven Mount Si High School students hit heights on the PSAT By Sebastian Moraga Seven Mount Si High School students earned high PSAT scores and a variety of laurels at the national level. Seniors Brian Copeland, Riley Edwards and Sally Miller were named National Merit Semifinalists after their test scores finished among the nation’s top 16,000 students. More than 1.5 million children took the PSATs. Seniors Natalie Brookes, Landon Edwards (Riley’s twin sister) and Kayla Tostevin were named National Merit Commended Students, as their scores stood among the top 50,000 in the nation. Senior Kyle Seymour was named Outstanding Participant in the National Achievement Scholarship Program. Seymour scored in the top 3 percent of more than 160,000 black American students who took the test. About 3,100 students nationwide received the honor. “Congratulations to you, it’s an extraordinary accomplishment,” said Dan Popp, the president of the Snoqualmie Valley school board.
By Sebastian Moraga
The Snoqualmie Valley School Board honored these seven Mount Si High School seniors for their PSAT scores. Back row from left: Brian Copeland and Kyle Seymour. Front row, from left: Kayla Tostevin, Natalie Brookes, Sally Miller, Riley Edwards, and Landon Edwards. The students and their families received certificates and a string of ovations at the Oct. 20 school board meeting.
“It is my honor to demonstrate the quality and caliber of students coming out of Mount Si,” Principal John Belcher said
at the meeting. “You’re looking at basically the top 5 percent of students in the country.” Belcher praised the students
as children who take tough classes and work hard all day. Copeland is the president of the school’s Key Club, a football player, a track athlete and a wrestler. He will apply to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cal-Tech, Cornell and the University of Chicago. Riley Edwards is a member of the choir and the copy editor of the school’s newspaper. She’s applying to Yale, Georgetown and the University of Washington, and said she hopes to major in international relations. Tostevin is a member of band, writing club, Key Club and the Gay-Straight Alliance. She said she wants to major in creative writing at Emerson College in Boston. Seymour is a member of band and a prospective charter member of an Ultimate Frisbee club at school. He said he hopes to apply to the University of California at Berkeley and study architecture. Miller likes math and science classes, participates in cross country and track, and will apply to MIT, Cal-Tech and the See PSAT, Page 15
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Snoqualmie, Twin Falls middle schools plan trip to Grand Canyon By Sebastian Moraga Wanted: a yo-yo with a 2,000-foot string. OK, so maybe comedian George Carlin’s invention won’t travel to the Grand Canyon, but a group of Valley middle schoolers might. Sixth- and seventh-graders from Snoqualmie Middle School and Twin Falls Middle School plan to visit Arizona’s grandest natural wonder during their 2011-12 spring break, March 31 to April 4. The trip will happen if enough children show interest, said Heather Kern, a Snoqualmie Middle School counselor who would also go on the trip. “We have got to get enough kids in order to make it happen,” she said. The trip will be part recreation, part academics, she added. “They’ll be learning about the geography of the area, how it was formed, the flora, the fauna,” she said. They would also raft, hike, rock-climb and mountain-bike. The four-day trip takes up to 20 students. The trip costs about $1,200 per child. That money will cover everything, Kern said, including transportation, hotel accommodations, meals, activities and medical insurance. Deadline to sign up for the trip is Nov. 1. The trip is the brainchild of Twin Falls Middle School science teacher Dawn Frearson, who
On the Web Grand Canyon trip: www.grandclassroom.com/2012/snoqualmie
They’ll be learning about the geography of the area, how it was formed, the flora, the fauna,” — Heather Kern School counselor asked Snoqualmie Middle School administrators if they wanted to join. Kern has never been to the Grand Canyon. “It does sound fun,” she said. “I hope it works out.” The third middle school in the Valley, Chief Kanim Middle School, won’t be involved. Chief Kanim leaders told the organizers that if the trip happens this time, maybe they’ll join in next time, Kern said. Don’t weep for those poor, little Canyon-less children in Fall City just yet. This year alone, Chief Kanim students will travel to Philadelphia, France and the Galapagos Islands. Their choir will go to Portland and the school’s band will go to
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Corvallis, Ore., home of Oregon State University. Hence, the “no” to the trip to Arizona. “We can only go so many places,” Chief Kanim principal Kirk Dunckel said. The trips to France, the Galapagos and Philadelphia are open to any Chief Kanim student, Dunckel said. This is the first time Chief Kanim is sending students to the Galapagos. One teacher, Theresa Frank, will study the island’s ecosystem. Another teacher, Joyce Kjorsvik, will travel with the children to France. Snoqualmie Middle School is organizing the trip to Philly. Dunckel himself will join in that trip, but not just yet. “It sounds like a pretty cool trip,” he said. “I have always told myself I will go before I retire.”
University of Washington, to major in aeronautical engineering. Landon Edwards is an eightyear member of jazz band, and a member of the school’s GayStraight Alliance. She said she wants to apply to Hampshire College in, Amherst, Mass.; or the College of the Atlantic, in Bar Harbor, Maine, and study international organic agriculture. “And I want to own a farm in Peru,” she said. Brookes likes writing and drawing. She said she loved her two art classes her freshman year, but has not taken one since. Her career interests range from A (archaeology) to B (bounty hunting) to C (chemistry). She also said she wants to apply to Seattle University. “I really love the area around here,” she quipped, “and I really love my mom’s washing machine.”
family lifestyle.” Shaye agreed. “I would love to do another movie,” she said. “But I definitely want to be a kid. When else do you get to do it?” Valley resident Doug Horn is one of the screenwriters. Child actor Cameron Washington also lives in the Valley and appears in the movie. Horn’s child was a student of Cynthia’s. “We knew some of these people,” Cynthia said. “I trusted Doug and Ahn Lee Horn, and I knew they would not be associated with anything I would have to be worried for.” A perfectionist, Shaye dreads the day she gets to see herself on the big screen. She said she will only remember her performance’s flaws. “It’s going to be hard,” she said. “I will be like, ‘Oh, dangit! I just totally screwed that line up.’”
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By Dan Catchpole
Mount Si High School quarterback Ryan Atkinson looks for a receiver as Bellevue players close in.
Mount Si football folds to Bellevue but still clinches a playoff berth By Dan Catchpole Mount Si got on the board against Bellevue, but after a close first quarter, the Wildcats couldn’t hold the Wolverines back. Bellevue won the Oct. 21 game at Mount Si, 35-3. Mount Si Coach Charlie Kinnune was upbeat about the loss to Bellevue, one of the top high school teams in the country. “We’ll come out of it a better team,” Kinnune said. That is good news for Mount Si’s young team, which replaced 18 starting players this year and features many underclassmen. Despite the loss, Mount Si secured a No. 3 seed in the playoffs thanks to Liberty’s loss to Interlake. The Wildcats are 4-2 in conference play and 5-3 overall. The Wildcats scored first late in the first quarter in the Oct. 21 game. They recovered a fumble by Bellevue, and drove deep into the Wolverines’ territory. Junior Cameron Vanwinkle kicked a 31-yard field goal. Meanwhile, Mount Si’s defense managed to hold back Bellevue’s dynamic offense. But the Wolverines broke away in the second quarter with two touchdowns and didn’t look back, while the Wildcats struggled to get their
offense going. Bellevue’s well-disciplined offense used its typical deception to keep Mount Si’s defense off balance. The Wolverines threw the ball more than they typically have this season. Quarterback Tyler Hasty had three touchdown passes, including a 45-yard pass to Joey Moore. Mount Si has struggled against pass offenses this season, giving up a league-high
1,035 yards. “They’re a good team, first of all,” Wildcats running back Connor Deutsch said. Mount Si suffered from a few miscues, penalties and mental mistakes, the senior said. “We just got to fix that up,” he said. Deutsch’s night ended in the fourth quarter, when he left the game with a sprained ankle. One of the top running backs See FOOTBALL, Page 18
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Mount Si running back Connor Deutsch runs for a first down during the first quarter. Deutsch later left the game with a sprained ankle.
By Greg Farrar
Bailey Scott, Mount Si High School sophomore cross country runner, reaches the finish line in fourth place with a time of 19 minutes, 47.3 seconds, during the girls 3A KingCo championship Oct. 20 at Lake Sammamish State Park.
Mount Si runner takes fourth place in KingCo said of her teammates. Scott ran the course in 19 Bailey Scott finished fourth minutes, 47.3 seconds. among girls in the KingCo Sophomore Abbey Bottemiller Conference Cross Country cham- finished 18th in 20 minutes, pionships at Lake Sammamish 33.1 seconds. Freshman Angelina State Park on Oct. 21. Belceto finished 25th in 21 min“That’s better than I could utes, 23.8 seconds. Sophomore ever have asked for,” said the Erin Rylands finished 34th in 21 sophomore Scott after the race. minutes, 54.62 seconds. “Last year, I got 16th.” Sophomore Delaney Hollis finOn a mild, windless day, Scott ished 43rd in 22 minutes, 56.39 and the rest of seconds. the competitors “That’s better than I could ever Sophomore ran for 3.1 miles Ella Thompson have asked for.” on a flat course, finished 44th with stretches — Bailey Scott in 23 minutes, of sand, grass Mount Si High School runner 20.71 seconds. and dirt. Among the “The sand boys, Richard was the hardest Carmichael part,” Scott said. was the top The Wildcats, Scott said, Wildcat, finishing 13th in 17 made it into districts last year minutes, 10.29 seconds. and showed up in Issaquah “I’m pretty happy with that,” wanting to repeat the feat. he said. “I was seeded 14th going The top four teams and 20 in, so I actually gained a spot.” individual runners in both boys Like Scott, Carmichael liked and girls races make it to districts. the course and disliked its sand. “I thought we all ran really See RUNNING, Page 17 fast, placed really good,” Scott By Sebastian Moraga
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C team finishes season undefeated By Sebastian Moraga The goalkeeper practices her French while on the field. The postgame talks deal with diapers and deodorants. The bench players drink from an upside down water bottle. And instead of eye black, some of the defenders have drawn cat whiskers. It’s life on the Wildcats’ soccer C-team, a squad that has as good a time on the field as off. The team’s last game, a 1-1 tie against Mercer Island, sealed their impressive 2011 season: 10 wins, no losses, two ties. Forty goals scored, three received. “We are small and feisty,” said head coach Bronwyn McDaniels, who at one point led this group to a six-game winning streak, interrupted by a cancelled game. The team won four out of their last six after that. All accomplished by a group of three sophomores and 15 freshmen, the latter group in their second month of high school. “We are all really close,” player Katherine Ramirez said. “We have been playing together for years in select teams.” Still, it’s a big accomplishment to run the table when considering that at the beginning of the season neither McDaniels or assistant coach Jerry Bopp knew what kind of players they were getting. “It does take a while to sort things out and figure out who can fill what role,” Bopp said. As it turned out, what they got was plenty.
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Scoreboard Prep football KingCo Conference 3A/2A Standings: Bellevue 6-0 (L), 8-0 (S)*; Mercer Island 5-1, 6-2*; Mount Si 4-2, 5-3*; Liberty 3-3, 3-5; Interlake 3-3, 3-5; Juanita 24, 3-5; Sammamish 1-5, 1-7; Lake Washington 0-6, 2-6. *Qualified for state preliminary round playoffs
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Coach Bronwyn McDaniels addresses the Mount Si High School Girls’ Soccer C-Team after a victory against Redmond. The team finished the season unbeaten, with 10 wins, and two ties. “It’s a really nice bunch of girls,” Bopp said. “We don’t have any head cases.” The C-Team plays 3A and 4A schools during its season. Last year, the team only lost one game, to Skyline, on the Wildcats’ first game of the 2010 campaign, and the Spartans’ third. “That’s the only reason we lost,” Bopp said. McDaniels said she never lets the team use an unbeaten season as their main goal. Still, when the Mercer Island game ended, players brought it up during the postgame talk. Along with other topics. An inside joke on the team is how scary it is to be goalie — “scary enough to pee or poo your pants,” as player Brooke Potoshnik put it. So after the game, goalkeeper Hannah Wilhelm received as a parting gift from the team a
bag of hand-decorated Pampers, one of them with a message in French. “She practices French out there,” player Bailey Pfeiffer said. “We hear her doing her homework.” Diapers aside, the team’s real goal is climbing to junior varsity and varsity, McDaniels said. McDaniels advocated hydration, good nutrition and forbid her team from eating fast food until after the last game of the season. “Eat foods your great-grandma would recognize,” she told them after their next-to-last match, a 6-0 romp over Redmond. The team listened, put the group over the individual and then got on the field, cat whiskers on, game face on. “It’s been a privilege to coach this team,” McDaniels said.
Oct. 21 Game BELLEVUE 35, MOUNT SI 3 Bellevue 0 14 14 7 – 35 Mount Si 3 0 0 0 – 3 First Quarter MS – Cameron Vanwinkle 31 FG Second Quarter Bel – Ari Morales 22 run (Mitch Johnson kick) Bel – Scott Whiting 15 pass from Tyler Hasty (Johnson kick) Third Quarter Bel – Joey Moore 45 pass from Hasty (Johnson kick) Bel – Dakota Jones 2 run (Johnson kick) Bel – Moore 5 pass from Hasty (Johnson kick)
Prep girls soccer KingCo Conference 3A/2A Standings: Liberty 12-0-0 (L), 131-0 (S)*; Interlake 9-2-1, 11-2-1; Lake Washington 8-3-1, 8-4-2; Bellevue 4-5-3, 4-5-4; Mount Si 4-6-2, 5-7-2; Mercer Island 3-8-1, 3-10-1; Juanita 1-8-3, 2-9-3; Sammamish 1-10-1, 1-12-1. *League champion, state qualifier Oct. 18 Game MOUNT SI 1, JUANITA 1 Juanita 0 1 – 1 Mount Si 1 0 – 1 First half scoring: 1, Leah Corra (MS, Alyssa Proudfoot assist), 42:00.
Second half scoring: 2, Kaila Bass (J, unassisted), 66:00. Oct. 20 Game INTERLAKE 2, MOUNT SI 1 (overtime) Mount Si 1 0 0 – 1 Interlake 0 1 1 – 2 First half scoring: 1, Sophia Rouches (MS, Leah Corra assist), 6:00. Second half scoring: 2, Isabel Farrell (Int, unassisted), 45:00. Overtime scoring: 3, Emma Bergstrom (Int, Hannah Pratt assist), 83:00.
Prep volleyball KingCo Conference 3A/2A Standings: Mount Si 12-1 (L), 15-4 (S); Mercer Island 12-2, 123; Interlake 9-4, 11-4; Juanita 76, 7-6; Lake Washington 5-8, 59; Bellevue 4-9, 4-10; Liberty 210, 2-11; Sammamish 0-11, 1-12. Oct. 17 Match MOUNT SI 3, INTERLAKE 2 Mount Si 23 23 25 25 15 – 3 Interlake 25 25 22 14 9 – 2 Mount Si statistics: Kailey Capelouto 7 kills, 17 digs; Lyndsay Carr 15 kills, 9 digs; Rachel Hayford 23 digs, Sarah McDonald 33 kills, 19 digs, 4 aces; Lauren Smith 45 assists, 14 digs. Oct. 20 Matches MOUNT SI 3, BELLEVUE 0 Mount Si 25 25 25 – 3 Bellevue 18 17 7 – 0 Mount Si statistics: Kailey Capelouto 10 digs, Lyndsay Carr 13 kills, Rachel Hayford 10 digs, Sarah McDonald 13 kills, Lauren Smith 22 assists.
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From Page 16 “Everybody deals with that, though,” he said. “You just got to fight through it.” Mount Si’s Ben Houldridge finished 16th in 17 minutes, 32.83 seconds. Teammate Dominick Canady finished 18th in 17 minutes, 43.64 seconds. Wildcat Tommy Kirby finished 27th in 18 minutes, 7.92 seconds. Teammates Timothy Corrie and Ryan Olson finished 38th and 39th in 18:41.41, and 18:46.13, respectively. Spencer Ricks finished 41st in 18 minutes, 48.01 seconds. “We can’t complain about today,” Olson said. “It was a great competition against probably the fastest group of people we’ll be running against.” Carmichael agreed. “It was a great day for Mount Si cross country,” he said.
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Football From Page 16 in the 2A/3A KingCo Conference, Deutsch has led Mount Si’s rush offense this year. He has averaged 93.7 yards per game this season. Deutsch said he hoped to be back for the Oct. 28 game against Sammamish, and defi-
nitely in time for the playoffs, which start Nov. 4. Since Mount Si is already headed to the playoffs, Kinnune could have Deutsch sit out against the struggling Totems. The Wildcats travel to play the second-place team in the South Puget Sound League. Currently, that is the Peninsula Seahawks. “We feel like we match up pretty good,” Kinnune said.
During his tenure as Mount Si’s coach, the school is 5-0 in the first round of the current playoff format. The Wildcats and Seahawks last played in 2008 in the playoffs, when Mount Si won 33-9. In that game, Wildcats running back Sean Snead set the school’s single-game record for most touchdowns with five. Mount Si takes on the Totems at 7 p.m. Oct. 28, at Sammamish
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Prep boys cross country KingCo 3A Championships At Lake Sammamish State Park Team scores: 1, Bellevue 19; 2, Liberty 87; 3, Mercer Island 94; 4, Sammamish 111; 5, Mount Si 112; 6, Lake Washington 118; 7, Juanita 183. Mount Si runners: 13, Richard Carmichael 17:10.29; 16, Ben Houldridge 17:32.83; 18, Dominick Canady 17:43.64; 27, Tommy Kirby 18:07.92; 38, Timothy Corrie 18:41.41; 39, Ryan Olson 18:46.13; 41, Spencer Ricks 18:48.01. Junior varsity race Top local finishers: 10, Sam Egan 18:44.73; 28, Landon Storrud 19:26.22; 33, Justin Klock 19:37.85; 38, Colby Bentley 19:40.01; 40, Sean Hecker 19:46.87.
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Public meetings ❑ Cancelled: North Bend Planning Commission, 7 p.m. Oct. 27, 211 Main Ave. N. ❑ Snoqualmie Public Safety Committee, 5 p.m. Oct. 27, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway ❑ North Bend Finance and Administration Committee, 2 p.m. Nov. 1, 211 Main Ave. N. ❑ North Bend City Council, 7 p.m. Nov. 1, 411 Main Ave. N. ❑ Si View Metro Park District Board of Commissioners, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 2, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend ❑ Public Hospital District No. 4 Board of Commissioners, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 3, 38624 S.E. River St, Snoqualmie ❑ Snoqualmie Valley School Board, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3, 8001 Silva Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie
Events ❑ Marcus Brothers, 7 p.m. Oct. 27, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ Open mic, 7 p.m. Oct. 27, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie ❑ Oregon Shadow Theatre presents “The Green Bird,” 7 p.m. Oct. 27, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie. For ages 4 and older with an adult. In a story told with music and shadow puppets, a boy is transformed into a fortune-telling bird by an evil magician. ❑ American Association of University Women, Issaquah branch general membership meeting, 7 p.m. Oct. 27, Issaquah City Hall, 130 E. Sunset Way N.W., Issaquah. Learn more by emailing issaquah@aauwwa.org. ❑ MAD and Minority Child, 8 p.m. Oct. 28, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie ❑ Black Dog Supper Club: ‘Saving the Soil’ by Jerry Mader, 4-8 p.m. Oct. 29, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie. Dinner menu will feature local fare. Meet author Jerry Mader. ❑ Jessica Lynne and Rachel Rae, 8 p.m. Oct. 29, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie ❑ North Bend Mountain Film Festival presents “Sledders Double Feature,” 4 p.m. Oct. 30, North Bend Theatre, 125 Bendigo Boulevard, North Bend ❑ Danny Kolke Trio, 7 p.m. Oct. 30, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Hospital Lunch and Learn: “Insights from Care Receivers” panel discussion, noon to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 3, Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway, Snoqualmie. To RSVP, go to svhdlunchandlearn.eventbrite.com.
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Halloween Happenings ❑ Pumpkin Patch Swim, 5-7 p.m. Oct. 28, Si View Community Center, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend. Pick a pumpkin from our patch in the pool. Open to all ages; children under the age of 6 must have a parent accompany them in the pool. Cost: $5 for pre-registration, $8 at the door. To register, go to www.siviewpark.org. ❑ Night on a Dark Trail, 7-9 p.m. Oct. 28, Trailside Building, 35131 S.E. Douglas St., Snoqualmie. All ages welcome. Sponsored by City of Snoqualmie and others. Proceeds from the event will benefit local community organizations. Suggested donation: $6. For details, go to nightonadarktrail.weebly.com. ❑ Zombie Challenge, Oct. 29, Mountain Meadows Farm, 10019 420th Ave. S.E., North Bend. Come by for the ultimate Halloween obstacle course. Get tickets at www.zombiechallenge.com. ❑ Camp Korey Fall Festival, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 29-30, Camp Korey, 28901 N.E. Carnation Farm Road, Carnation. Lots of activities. For details, go to campkorey.org/fallfestival. ❑ Halloween Train, Oct. 29-30, Northwest Railway Museum, 38625 S.E. King St., Snoqualmie. Live entertainment at Snoqualmie Depot. For details, go to www.trainmuseum.org. Cost $12 adults, $10 seniors (62 and older), $8 children (2-12), under 2 free. Wear your costume and get $2 off your ticket price. ❑ Si View Haunted House, 6-8:30 p.m. Oct. 29, Si View Community Center, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend. Not for very young children. Cost: $3. For details, go to www.siviewpark.org. ❑ Adult Halloween cos❑ Open mic, 7 p.m. Nov. 3, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie ❑ Mount Si Lutheran Church’s 2011 Family Harvest Carnival, 4-7 p.m. Oct. 23, Benson Barn, 14120 424th Ave. S.E., North Bend. Activities include: costume contest, chili cook off, carnival games, cookie decorating, Halloween-themed crafts and more. Open to everyone. ❑ Study zone, 3 p.m. Nov. 1, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie. Drop-in during scheduled Study Zone hours for free homework help from volunteer tutors. ❑ North Bend First Tuesday Book Club: ‘Some We Love,
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Dylan Banks (left), of Snoqualmie, and Lydia Sauer, of North Bend, are ready for Halloween. tume party and dance, 8 p.m. Oct. 29, Snoqualmie Valley Moose Lodge, 108 Sydney Ave. N., North Bend. Costume contest. Music by The Little Hurricanes. ❑ “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” 10 p.m. Oct. 29, North Bend Theater, 125 Bendigo Boulevard, North Bend. ❑ Children’s Halloween costume party and carnival, noon to 2 p.m. Oct. 30, Snoqualmie Valley Moose Lodge, 108 Sydney Ave. N., Some We Hate, Some We Eat’ by Hal Herzog, 7 p.m. Nov. 1, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend. ❑ Future Jazz Heads, 7 p.m. Nov. 1, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend ❑ Young Toddler Story Times, 9:30 a.m. Nov. 2, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie. For ages 6 months to 24 months with adult. ❑ Preschool Story Times, 10:30 a.m. Nov. 2, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie. For ages 3 to 6 with an adult. ❑ Open mic, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 2, Twede’s Café, 137 W. North Bend Way, North Bend
North Bend. Free lunch, costume parade and carnival games. ❑ Community Halloween Party, 5-9 p.m. Oct. 31, Chief Kanim Middle School, 32627 S.E. Redmond-Fall City Road, Fall City. Sponsored by Fall City Arts. For details, go to www.fallcityarts.org. ❑ Snoqualmie Treat Harvest, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 31, downtown Snoqualmie. For ages 5 and younger. Gather treats from store to store. ❑ Purl One, Listen Too, 1 p.m. Nov. 3, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie. Learn new stitches, meet new friends, listen to new books and talk about knitting. ❑ Pajama Story Times, 7 p.m. Nov. 3, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie. All young children welcome with adult. ❑ Spanish/English Story Time, 10:30 a.m. Nov. 5, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie. All young children welcome with adult. ❑ Turkey Trot, 9 a.m. Nov. 12, Cascade View Elementary School, 34816 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie. Come out for a 5K
❑ Snoqualmie Sister Cities Association invites community members to join a newly formed group to support Snoqualmie’s new sister city, Chaclacayo, Peru. The association already has developed a close relationship with sister city Gangjin, South Korea, which more than 30 residents have visited in the past four years. Email Mary Corcoran at maryrcorcoran@gmail.com or call 503-1813. ❑ The Mount Si Food Bank is looking for volunteers to help unload food at noon Mondays, sort food at 9 a.m. Tuesdays or pass out food on Wednesdays. Call the food bank at 888-0096. ❑ Elk Management Group invites the community to participate in elk collaring, telemetry and habitat improvement projects in the Upper Snoqualmie Valley. Project orientation meetings are at 6 p.m. the third Monday of the month at the North Bend City Hall, 211 Main Ave. N. Email research@snoqualmievalleyelk.org. ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Hospital is accepting applications for ages 16 or older to volunteer in various departments of the hospital. Email volunteer coordinator Carol Waters at carolw@snoqualmiehospital.org to arrange an interview. ❑ Hopelink in Snoqualmie Valley seeks volunteers for a variety of tasks. Volunteers must be at least 16. Go to www.hopelink.org/takeaction/volunteer.com or call 869-6000. ❑ Mount Si Senior Center needs volunteers for sorting and sales in the thrift store, reception and class instruction. The center is at 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend. Call 888-3434.
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