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November 1, 2012 VOL. 4, NO. 44
Here’s your diploma Snoqualmie’s citizen academy students graduate. Page 3
Fall back Time to change your clocks and batteries. Page 3
Talk turkey Food bank explains what it really needs. Page 3
Big swing going international Page 9
Echo Glen officials talk to public about recent escape, security issues By Michele Mihalovich The recent escape of six inmates from Echo Glen Children’s Center near Snoqualmie prompted center officials to address questions from the public and the City Council. The incident happened Sept. 22, when one of the center’s male inmates struck a staff member with a frozen water bottle, grabbed her keys and then released the other males from a maximum-security cottage. The six inmates were rounded up about three hours after the escape with the help of the Guardian One helicopter, 21 King County Sheriff’s Office deputies, two dogs and multiple law enforcement officers from Issaquah, Snoqualmie and the Washington State Patrol.
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Even though the capture was quick, the big question at the Oct. 22 City Council meeting was, why is there no fence around a facility that houses medium- and maximum-security youths charged with felonies? To be clear, the maximumsecurity cottage where the attack and escape occurred is surrounded by a 20-foot fence, according to David Griffith, director of institutions for Washington’s Rehabilitation Juvenile Administration in Olympia, who spoke at the meeting. The facility first opened in January 1967, decades before Snoqualmie Ridge even existed. Today, the Ridge continues to expand closer to the juvenile detention facility. And because of that, City See ECHO, Page 2 By Sebastian Moraga
Teach the vote Students learn about making voting decisions. Page 7
Earthquake recorded near North Bend By Michele Mihalovich
Playoff bound Mount Si football team heads into post season. Page 8
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A 2.3 magnitude earthquake was detected 12 miles south of North Bend at 11:23 a.m. Oct. 28, according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network website. This is the fourth small quake, this time with a depth of 12.6 miles, to hit the Snoqualmie Valley since Jan. 14. According to the same site, the first earthquake felt near North Bend in 2012 was on Jan. 14, when a 1.1 quake occurred at 2:50 p.m., 3.9 miles southwest of the city. The second earthquake, on Jan. 16, had a magnitude reported as high as 2.1 and as low as 1.6, and had a depth of about 9.7 miles. The quake’s epicenter was 1.3 miles north of North Bend. The third earthquake, a magnitude .9 that hit 4 miles south
of North Bend at 4 p.m. Jan. 30, occurred at a depth of 12.2 miles. North Bend, Palmer and Stampede Pass suffered minor damage following an earthquake on April 29, 1945, according to United State Geological Survey website. Slight damage occurred in a number of other towns in the area and large rockslides occurred on the west face of Mount Si. Many reports described moderately loud to explosionlike sounds accompanying the ground shaking in 1945. That earthquake was felt over the greater portion of Washington, a small section of western Idaho and near Portland, Ore. A strong aftershock caused additional slight damage at North Bend about 10 hours later; another aftershock on May 1 was widely felt, according to the website.
Cassidy, Courtney and Chelsea Hineman take a break from their trick-or-treating to pose in their costumes. The three siblings were but a few of the children who braved the Snoqualmie Ridge rain to collect candy from businesses.
Two Rivers students get cut from bus service By Michele Mihalovich September cuts in Snoqualmie Valley Transportation bus service included all rides to and from Two Rivers School, an alternative high school within the Snoqualmie Valley School District. Two Rivers Principal Amy Montanye-Johnson said she learned of the terminating service in a Sept. 10 letter from B.J. Libby, executive director of Mount Si Senior Center, which oversees SVT. Libby told the Star in a previous SVT story that cuts to service in Carnation, Duvall
and Monroe were due to a cut in funding. But terminating service to Two Rivers students had to do with federal grant restrictions, according to an Oct. 23 letter from Libby to MontanyeJohnson. Libby did not return email and phone requests for an interview before press time. The reasoning in the letter from Libby to the principal said that because school bus service is available through the Snoqualmie Valley School District, and federal funds were used to See BUS, Page 2
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Bus From Page 1 purchase buses for the school district, that SVT had to discontinue transportation service for Two Rivers students or it would violate the terms of a Washington State Department of Transportation grant. “I want to make it clear that SVT is mandated to work within the guidelines of the grant agreement,”
Libby wrote in the letter. “It is with great sadness I have to tell you and your students this, Amy, but my hands are tied and I must follow the grant agreement.” Several Two Rivers students affected by the service cuts wrote the Star a letter to the editor, saying that one student rarely makes it to school anymore, and that several are arriving late every day. They wrote that they feared that could affect
their being able to graduate. “If it comes to that, we’ll get it figured out,” Montanye-Johnson said. The principal said that the school district did contact her after learning about the SVT service cuts and offered a possible solution. The district offered a bus that would pick up the affected students and get them to school by 9:15 a.m. and pick them up at 4 p.m., she said. However, Montanye-
Johnson said that Two Rivers offers a flexible schedule to its students, which is what makes the alternative format successful, and why a bus with set pick-up and return times wouldn’t work for her students. She said she’s hearing from students and teachers about the hardship the termination has caused. One Fall City student is riding her bike to and from school, “which I consider a very dangerous, long commute,”
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Montanye-Johnson said. She told about another Fall City student who is a parent, and used to spend $20 a month on SVT in order to get herself and her child to school. In order to catch a King County Metro Transit bus, which is available, it would cost her $100 per month, MontanyeJohnson said. The district has provided that student and four others with Metro passes, she said. “The situation has
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improved somewhat,” Montanye-Johnson said. “Students are figuring out different ways to get here. Some are riding bikes, some are ride sharing … but some students are just not going to be able to get here on a consistent basis.” She said she is reaching out to the community for possible solutions. Michele Mihalovich: 392-6434, ext. 246, or editor@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
“They have to make sure they see skin, hair or movement,” he said. The reason that is being From Page 1 made an issue is because Administrator Bob Larson it is believed that one said the public is expressinmate made up his bed ing to the city that they to look like a body was in want more security at the the bed, and then hid in center, such as a fence. a bathroom, according to Dr. Don Mead, center information provided by superintendent, reassured Griffith after the escape the council that escapes happened. from the facility are Griffith told the counextremely rare and that all cil that those policies are escapees have been capalready in place, “but we tured rather quickly. are reinforcing those poliRegarding a fence cies.” around the perimeter, He also told the council Mead said that after “One of the inmates as he underinternal and stood it, local inveswas found just 200 the center are yards from a neighbor- tigations did apply complete, for a permit ing home.” RJA will to build conduct a fence — Jim Renahan a capital with King resident facilities County, but inventory, that request looking at was denied whether because the project would something should be have disturbed wetlands. updated or if more camCouncilman Bryan eras need to be added to a Holloway pointed out that certain area. counties have been known “And this inventory to allow an exchange: will be done annually,” If wetlands in one area Griffith said. must be disturbed, then Resident Jim Renahan, the applicant can mitigate the only resident to speak wetlands in another area. at the meeting about the Larson agreed that it center, said he thinks was worth looking into everyone seems to be and said he would make downplaying the serioussome inquiries with King ness of the matter. County officials. “One of the inmates Holloway also asked was found just 200 yards center representatives from a neighboring what they have been home,” he said. “I don’t doing differently at the know about you, but facility since the recent that’s a little too close for escape incident. my comfort.” Mead said staff memRenahan said he was bers are being directed to happy to hear that sometake refresher courses on thing might be done about security procedures, espea security fence in the cially in the evenings. future, but he also wants He said staff members a better alert system for need to make sure the kids neighbors who live near are locked in their rooms, the facility. and staff members cannot He said he liked the just look into a room to idea of a siren or email see if it looks like a body is notifications from the city in a bed. or police.
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By Michele Mihalovich
Good citizens
Here are the most recent graduates of Snoqualmie’s Citizens Academy, a six-week course about how the city works. Mayor Pro Tem Kathi Prewitt handed out the diplomas at the Oct. 22 City Council meeting with ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ playing in the background. Pictured from left to right are David Castle, Debbie Rienti, Christa Ostrem, Brian Jacobsen, Gabby Pozega, Jenna Hutt, Jim Renahan, Patricia Bondi, Choi Hoon, Ruth Johnston, David Wright, Mayor Pro-Tem Kathi Prewitt, Jules Binder-Sifford, Mike Solomon, Pam Wickard, Julie and Sage Edwards. Not pictured are Kyle and Natasha Epstein, Michael Eusebio and Tony Gilbert.
Change your clocks and your batteries
shuttling birds for a couple of weeks, according to a press release. A turkey fund will allow the food bank to purchase the right amount of turkeys at the right time. Monetary donations for pumpkin pies, butter and cheddar cheese will also be accepted. Donate online at www. mtsifoodbank.org or mail a check to 122 E. Third St., North Bend, WA 98045. The suggested donation for the purchase of one turkey is $15. Donations for holiday menu items outside of the Turkey Fund Drive are being collected and include canned cranberry, pumpkin, green beans, corn, peas, olives and fruit, as well as stuffing mix, gravy, 5-pound bags of sugar or flour, cooking
On Sunday, Nov. 4, at 2 a.m., daylight saving time ends and we “fall back” one hour. The city of Snoqualmie Fire Department urges you to make a habit of changing the batteries in smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors when you reset your clocks. Such devices are the most important means of preventing house and apartment fire fatalities, and carbon monoxide poisoning, according to a press release. In addition to new batteries, fire detectors should be tested each month and replaced every 10 years. The minutes required to maintain the devices can mean the difference between life and death. Call the Snoqualmie Fire Department at 888-1551 to learn more.
Instead of a turkey, how about cash?
Where would you store 350 frozen turkeys? That’s the same question Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank organizers ask every November around Thanksgiving. But this year, they are asking the public to donate money rather than a giant frozen turkey. Mount Si Food Bank serves an average of 400 families every week, and often holiday weeks bring even more families to its door, according to a press release. The facility is extremely small and space is limited for storage, especially freezer space. The food bank had turkeys all over town last year in different freezers, and staff was
oil and onion soup mix. Drop off donations at the food bank until Nov. 7. The food bank accepts donations from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays, 9-11 a.m. Tuesdays, and 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays.
County permitting agency opens in Snoqualmie On Oct. 23, King County Executive Dow Constantine issued the first single-family, homebuilding permit from the new Snoqualmie offices of the renamed King County Department of Permitting and Environmental Review. Constantine said in a press release that the Snoqualmie location would be much more
convenient for customers, more efficient for staff members and will save money compared to the former offices in Renton. Constantine issued a permit to Lori Reynolds, owner of The Permit Group, who applied on behalf of a client building a home in Redmond Ridge, according to the release. “It is definitely more convenient and I’m looking forward to conducting business here,” Reynolds said. Most of the agency’s customers are now in rural east King County, as a result of annexations and incorporations that have dramatically reduced the size and number of urban areas in unincorporated King County, and therefore reduced the number of customers, according to
the release. “It is by far more convenient than dealing with all the traffic at Renton,” Jeff Peterson, with developer CamWest, who also picked up a permit on opening day, said in the release. “I think it will be good for everyone up and down the Valley.” The move is expected to save hundreds of thousands of dollars per year, and is the latest in a series of customer servicefocused changes made in the past two years by Department Director John Starbard. “We can now focus our energies on reviewing and issuing quality, accurate and timely permits,” he said in the release. The new offices at 35030 S.E. Douglas St., Suite 210, are designed
to serve customers more easily, and create new efficiencies and transparency for staff. Customerfriendly changes already made include: ❑ Over-the-counter permits issued in two hours instead of two months. ❑ Fixed fees for service give customers cost certainty, unlike former billing by the hour. ❑ One stop to connect to Permitting, Public Health and Roads. ❑ A new computer software portal that makes a wealth of information newly accessible. Office hours for the King County Department of Permitting and Environmental Review are 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Learn more at www.kingcounty.gov/permits.
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Snoqualmie’s Prop. 1 is too short on details
Keep Snoqualmie safe with Proposition 1
The city of Snoqualmie is asking voters to approve a property tax hike in order to save the current service levels, but makes few guarantees about how it plans to spend the money. If voters approve the public safety levy, the city has appropriately committed to adding one fulltime firefighter to the fire department. What is not appropriate is the city asking voters to approve a tax increase without more guarantees about how the funds will be spent. City officials say that in the past decade, police and fire calls have steadily increased, the number of parks and roadways has increased, operation expenses have increased and the number of people demanding service has increased. But in the past decade, only one officer has been added to the police department. No new firefighters or road worker positions have been added. The tax hike, which city officials said could bring an additional $430,000 to city coffers, will add one firefighter. In the police department, “community policing” isn’t just a fancy catch phrase. Officers literally respond to every call they get, and the value of helping a guy who locked himself out of his house or car cannot be understated. The officer gets to know the man, the man gets to know the cop, the officer hears about problems the neighborhood might have — be it thefts, graffiti or speeding drivers. There has been a significant increase in the number of calls to SPD. One new officer in 10 years is not enough. But the city will not commit to adding another officer. Since Snoqualmie Ridge was built, the inventory of city roads jumped from 10 to nearly 44 miles of roads, maintained by just three employees. Ridge roads are starting to show signs of wear, and potholes on streets in the older areas need repair. But the city won’t commit to hiring another road maintenance worker. A public safety tax hike request is in order, but not without a defined plan on what the money will buy. Try again next year with specific details and we’ll back it.
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We urge you to vote this November and we ask for your support for Snoqualmie Proposition 1, the Public Safety, Streets and Parks Maintenance Levy, to maintain current levels of outstanding fire, police and emergency medical services, and maintain basic maintenance of streets, parks and natural areas. We believe that Proposition 1 is a balanced approach to citizens’ needs for city services, as expressed in the April 2012 Citizen’s Survey by EMC Research. The levy will maintain the “No Call Too Small” position for Snoqualmie police and firefighters, which rated very high on the survey. It will ensure response times will continue to be fast as the city continues to grow. Voting yes on Proposition 1 will also help maintain safe roads and sidewalks and preserve Snoqualmie’s parks, sports fields, playgrounds and natural areas — a very high priority on the citizens’ survey. Thirty-five percent of Snoqualmie’s population is 17 and younger. Let’s preserve what contributes to our children’s health and well-being. We proudly note that the city of Snoqualmie has never before requested an Operations Levy, but believe that the time has come for all of us who enjoy this special place we call home to assist in maintaining public safety and the environment. Without the levy, the current levels of service we enjoy cannot continue to be met at the levels our community expects. The cost for this measure would add about $4 per month for a $200,000 home. We urge you to vote yes on Snoqualmie Proposition 1. Jim Schaffer, Chelley Patterson and Dave Battey Keep Snoqualmie Safe co-chairs
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Si View Metro Park District has a proposition on your voting ballot again this year, seeking renewal of part of its levy for next year. Since real estate values are still low, the state’s complicated tax formula has once again kicked in, and we need voter approval to keep operating at current levels. This is not a tax increase but a renewal of the current levy. Why should you vote yes? Because Si View Community Center is busier than ever, sup-
NOVEMBER 1, 2012 porting Snoqualmie Valley residents and families. Day camps in summer keep kids busy, healthy and happy. Exercise and dance programs help keep the winter blues at bay, and the indoor playground provides a place for little ones to be active during rainy months. The upper Valley’s only farmers market is hometown living at its best. Youth sports and recreational programs at Si View, and at our partner Snoqualmie Valley School District gyms, provide a chance for kids to develop skills and become part of a team. Swim lessons and open swim times in the Valley’s only public pool are not just for fun, but for safety in our abundant river valley. The community center is rented out for family parties, reunions, club events, and for social and community service groups. People need to gather at our community center more than ever now, during this difficult economic time. I am very proud that our program-earned revenues are rising every year, and the district is recognized for its good fiscal management. But our beautiful, historic facility has size and other limitations that require some funding to stay open. Our aging pool requires constant maintenance and care to stay in service. This year’s capital improvements at Si View were approved by voters, and our community center is beginning to shine again. The roof no longer leaks, and much of the building is finally insulated. But capital bond funds can’t be used to operate and maintain the buildings or run programs. I encourage you to maintain our community center and Park District programming by voting yes on Proposition 1. Linda Hamm Grez commissioner Si View Metro Park District
Allow same-sex couples to marry
I’m sure you value your vote and cast it after thinking about the candidates and the ballot questions — the initiatives, the referenda, the propositions — where We the People decide
what we want from our government. When voting, remember our Constitution and our history: Our current governor and both U.S. senators are women, and our current president is black. This wasn’t possible until We the People figured out that “We” really meant “We” and not just “people like me.” Our founding document says “in order to form a more perfect Union…” — we’re not there yet, but we hope to get there — to that more perfect Union. Now, Referendum 74 looks like a difficult question, but really, it’s simple: Should samesex couples marry? Many of us are trained to think of same-sex couples as wrong or evil. If we’re honest, we wish it would all go away because these relationships make us uncomfortable. But you aren’t being asked to be in such a relationship yourself. You’re being asked to allow marriage to include same-sex as well as opposite-sex couples. That is all. Same-sex marriages will not affect opposite-sex marriage. No extra burden will be placed upon us, other than what would be required if they were opposite-sex couples. You can still attend the church or synagogue or mosque you like, and no church or synagogue or mosque will need to change their worship, their beliefs or their own institutions of marriage. The only thing that will change is that you will see more married people at concerts or theaters or sporting events. You will wake up on Nov. 7 with all the privileges and rights you already have. You will simply awaken to a society that has granted more people the right to marry. That is all. Someone I respect highly said this about America and Americans: “The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends towards justice.” I hope we do the right thing Nov. 6, and will be saddened if we don’t, but I am assured that eventually we will do the right thing, because we are Americans. Stephen Matlock North Bend
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Snoqualmie resident rings bell for cancer milestones By Sebastian Moraga A teacher for 36 years, Anita Cox knows about bells. So, when she was diagnosed with stage 3 uterine cancer a month after she retired from teaching in summer 2011, the Snoqualmie resident wanted something to mark milestones in her treatment at Swedish/ Issaquah. “Kind of to break it down in baby steps and mark off each step,” she said. “It’s kind of a way to celebrate getting to that one milestone.” She heard about a friend who had battled the disease and had donated a bell to a hospital in Georgia, so she decided to be her buddy’s copycat. When her radiation treatment ended in March, she bought a bell and rang it. So did the wife of another cancer patient at Swedish/Issaquah, who had heard Cox talk about the idea. Besides, she said, bells are a symbol of joy and her middle name is Belle. And when battling cancer, one needs all the joy one can get. Students from Sammamish’s Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, where she had taught for 16 years, had sent her cards and organized meals for her. Still, it had not been easy. “I hated the chemotherapy,” she said. “Not the chemotherapy itself, but what would follow in a couple of days.” So, as an antidote to the antidote to cancer, she decided to do something fun every time she had chemo. Turkey hats in November; Santa hats in December. It did not hurt that she also had a strategy, borrowed — again — from her friend in Georgia. “Somebody had told her to ‘get her bitch on.’” Cox said. “So I decided that would be my
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theme: Get my bitch on. I even brought a bottle of wine called ‘Bitch Wine.’” Getting one’s , um, female canine on does not mean walking around acting mean toward people, Cox said. “It wasn’t being bitchy,” she said. “It was just being a strong woman. It’s the strength and the courage you find you have that you never thought you had.” When she was finished getting her you-know-what on, in March of this year, she decided to spread a little bit of that courage and joy to the cancer patients to come. She contacted the hospital’s higher-ups and suggested donating a bell. “They ran it by the doctors and nurses and their feedback was positive,” Cox said. “We had to think of the size of the bell — we didn’t want to disturb patients.” Cox donated two bells. She chose to add an engraved quotation to each bell. One received a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt about facing one’s fears and the other received a quote from motivational speaker Emory Austin about remaining optimistic. One went to Swedish/ Issaquah’s radiation unit and another went to the chemo unit. With her cancer in remission, Cox does not get to the hospital as often, so she does not get to ring the bells much. Still, two weeks ago, she went in for a CAT scan and saw the bell for the first time. She also surveyed the nurses. “They told me the bells have been getting a workout,” Cox said. “People like them and that makes me feel good. Even if you know it’s not the end of the cancer treatment, it’s the end of that phase. And even if you have more phases, you can check it off the list and say, ‘Let’s move on.’”
Grade-schoolers of all ages hit the Snoqualmie Ridge Oct. 27 to trick-ortreat. Children like Evelyn Scott in her kitty costume, at left, carried a “passport” which every business owner she visited marked. Other girls like Taylor Satterlee, at right, stayed warm thanks to her fluffy unicorn, “Bubble Gum.”
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A week of ‘paying it forward’ helps residents plant the seeds of kindness By Sebastian Moraga The folks behind Pay It Forward Week are already looking forward to next year. What to repeat — the good turnout and multiple ways people paid it forward. What not to repeat — the poor turnout at the showing of the Kevin Spacey movie “Pay It Forward,” and what to expect 12 months from now. “What we found out was, adults were less likely to share,” said Debby Peterman, vice
president of Snoqualmie Valley Women In Business, which spearheaded the week of good deeds. “They wanted to do the act, they just did not want to tell anybody about it.” But a few did share, posting online on the WIB’s website and on its Facebook page, what they had done the week of Oct. 15-21. The week sought to get people to do things for people who had done nothing for them. Instead of paying back — a favor, a deed, an act of kindness — this week was about
paying forward. “Baking cookies, letting people get ahead of them in line, buying people coffee,” Peterman said, adding that the turnout was great across the Valley, particularly in schools. “The most satisfying part was how people were happy to get involved,” she said. “One teacher wrote to us saying, ‘So many things we have to do for the kids, to add one more is a big effort, but when I saw the topic, I said, “We’re in.”’” Students at all Valley pub-
lic schools, plus Saint Joseph’s Catholic School in Snoqualmie, participated, asking students to do nice things for others and to write essays about the concept of paying it forward. “Some of the classrooms took the whole week and called it Pay It Forward Week,” Peterman said. “We had a really positive response.” The 13 top essay writers received checks for $50. At Saint Joseph’s, Peterman said the essays were so touching, they had grown-ups in tears.
At Cascade View Elementary School, Principal Ray Wilson praised his students for their involvement in Pay It Forward. Out of the 13 essays, three came from CVES, by students Colten Griffin, Kiara Goodwin and Sage Phelps. Wilson and teachers read highlights of the essays. “If you want to make a change,” Griffin’s essay read, “You have to do it yourself. The world won’t change unless you change it. Go out and make a change and be proud you changed the world.”
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Politics are an entertaining adventure for CVES fifth-graders By Sebastian Moraga The students snickered as the idea danced in their heads: firing their teacher. Hmm… The topic at hand involved comparing charter schools to public schools, and the idea of having a classroom full of busy desks except for the big one in front amused students. “If I were a bad teacher,” Kate Sharkey told her students in a fifth-grade class at Cascade View Elementary School, “as much as (principal) Mr. Wilson would want to fire me, he could not fire me.” The giggles continued, with Sharkey surrendering a quick smile. “He could not fire you because we like you?” student Camille Lyles asked. “Not just because you like me, but because there are a lot of steps to fire a teacher in a public school,” Sharkey said. “In a charter school, you can fire teachers who do poorly.” “If you ask a lot of teachers,” she continued. “They might say, ‘I like the job security.’ But does that mean it’s good?” Discussions like that abounded in Sharkey’s class the week of Oct. 29, when students argued and later voted on a handful
health insurance, which is a terrible idea, because everyone should have health insurance,” student Natalie Tassielli wrote in her essay on health care. Isaac Edson’s essay about education gave the former Massachusetts governor his props. “To make this country better, I believe we have to do what Romney thinks and expand the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program,” he wrote. Students By Sebastian Moraga remained inquisiFifth-grade teacher Kate Sharkey finds during a discussion about charter schools tive and polite. The versus public schools that she has two very enthusiastic students in Isaac Edson and lesson on politics Gracee Gorrell. that resulted in the weeklong vote of issues, including education, she said. “We decided not to do first started with health care, taxes, defense and that. It’s not appropriate for an a discussion about civility and the state of the economy. elementary.” responsible, respectful opinions. Students also voted for goverStudents researched candi“We talked about how great nor, president and on the initiadates’ views about topics and it is to have an opinion, but tive proposing charter schools. wrote essays supporting who respecting your opponent’s Other topics remained off the best represented their own opinion is even more imporballot. views. tant,” Sharkey said. “It’s gotten “The high school students “Mitt Romney’s health care heated, but we have made an also voted on Proposition 74 plan is not very good. He wants effort to learn from the other and the marijuana” initiative, to make it not required to have side.”
Issaquah campaign to benefit North Bend Elementary School Area church group to do maintainence work at school By Sebastian Moraga All you need is love. And paint. The Love Campaign, organized by Issaquahbased Eastridge Church, will take on volunteer projects across the Eastside, including showing some love to the handrails at North Bend Elementary School. The churchwide campaign means to emphasize and teach what the Bible says about love, Executive Pastor Larry Murrell said. The campaign has three parts, Murrell explained: elevating love, living love and giving
love. The first part will invite all church members to learn what the Bible says about love. The second part will split the congregation into groups and the groups will find ways they can live love, by connecting and building friendships. The third part will send the groups out to do service projects on the Eastside each week. “The groups will take on different projects,” Murrell said. “Doing projects with seniors, going to the Bread of Life Mission in Seattle, working with the Issaquah Valley Senior Center.” Among the projects is the painting of handrails at the North Bend school. Principal Jim Frazier said the painting of handrails has been scheduled for 9 a.m. Oct. 27.
The class also placed a premium on facts, as opposed to opinion. When student Sage Phelps said charter schools “take money that public schools need,” Sharkey corrected him. “That’s an opinion,” she said. “We want facts. We could say instead they both take money from the same place.” Students took the corrections in stride, remaining engaged until the last minute of their social studies hour. “It was fun,” student Lily Strong said. “We get to learn about Democrats and Republicans and the president, and we get to learn about the big issues.” Better now than later, Sharkey noted. “This is why we are teaching you now to be good citizens,” she said. “Because so many adults in this country don’t take the time to figure this stuff out.” So far, it’s working. Even the sight of a Washington state ballot gets this class excited and wondering how come they don’t have one like that. “You don’t get a ballot like this, you get one from my computer,” Sharkey said. The class groaned. “Don’t worry,” she said. “It’s still going to be awesome.”
Twin Falls has got talent
The campaign will culminate in one big churchwide endeavor, a turkey-and-groceries giveaway later this fall. The church will also give away clothes and gloves. More than 1,000 grocery bags and turkeys will be donated by the church, said Murrell, who added that although the church organizes a campaign every year, this is the first year of a Love Campaign. The church contacted the school, asking if there was anything it needed, Murrell said. The rest of the campaign’s stops occurred via contacts in the church. The campaign ends Nov. 25. By Sebastian Moraga
Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. 221, or smoraga@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
Andrea Scott sings ‘Reflection’ during the Twin Falls Middle School Talent Show. Besides Scott, artistic numbers included juggling, unicycle riders, softshoe, hardshoe, dance and piano performances. The Oct. 25 show was the fifth consecutive year of the event.
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Wildcats end football season with big win first points of the night. Mitchell continued to drive Mount Si High School is the ball down the field, with heading into the playoffs with a a final handoff to Trent Riley, confidence-boosting overall 8-1 who ran 8 yards for a 14-0 finish season. at the half. Even though In the third the Wildcats quarter, Riley beat the Liberty intercepted If you go Patriots on Patriots’ quarMount Si High School will their own turf terback Tynan collect canned and nonperishOct. 26, 35-7, Gilmore’s pass able food items, along with head coach that eventually monetary donations, for the Charlie Kinnune led to another Mount Si Helping Hand Food described the Wildcats touchBank at the stadium gate Nov. game as “windown. nin’ ugly” and Gilmore com2. Kickoff to the first round warned the pleted about 50 of the KingCo district playoffs team that they percent of his between the Wildcats and couldn’t “go passes. However, Auburn’s Mountainview begins into the playoffs his receivers at 7:30 p.m. this way.” could just not The night make it past started slowly the Wildcats’ for both sides, and the Wildcats defense. didn’t toss up points until the So, he took matters into his final minutes of the second own hands in the fourth quarter quarter. by catching a punt return and Mount Si’s Joey Cotto ran a slipping right past the Wildcats punt return just 2 yards from for the Patriots’ only TD of the the end zone, and quarterback night. Nick Mitchell sprinted in for the Riley put up another touch-
By Michele Mihalovich
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Joey Cotto (25), Mount Si High School senior running back, begins plowing through the Liberty defense with his long second-quarter punt return, which went to the Liberty 2-yard line and led to the Wildcats’ first score during their 35-7 victory Oct. 26. down for Mount Si, followed by an 8-yard run by Bailey Takacs after Beau Shain intercepted a Gilmore pass, for a 35-7 final score. “Our offense just couldn’t get going, and I don’t know why,”
Kinnune said. “Joey Cotto gave us a spark with his punt return. If our defense continues to be strong, we’ll be in good shape.” Nov. 2 marks the first round of KingCo district playoffs and Mount Si will go against
Auburn’s Mountainview (3-6) at 7:30 p.m. at Mount Si Stadium. Michele Mihalovich: 392-6434, ext. 246, or editor@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www. snovalleystar.com.
Mount Si soccer closes season with thriller; playoffs are next By Sebastian Moraga The visitor, vastly — and firmly tongue-incheek — regarded as a jinx, could breathe a little easier. The minute he arrived at Liberty High School’s
soccer field, the Mount Si Wildcats had taken a 3-2 lead over the Patriots. But then, minutes later, Liberty tied the game, 3-3. “So, it IS you,” Wildcats’ assistant coach Tom Burford joked and pointed toward the bleach-
ers. “For the rest of the game, look that way.” Burford and the rest of the Wildcats could afford to joke. Tied or not, the team had put on quite a show against the Patriots. Down 2-0 in the first half, KingCo Conference
Player of the Year Miranda Rawlings scored her first hat-trick of the season to leave the league-leading Pats reeling. Liberty came back to tie and pushed hard during both overtimes, but the game ended in a draw.
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While the regularseason champs Patriots earned a state berth, the Wildcats finished tied with Mercer Island for second in the conference. The Islanders earned the second seed after three
tiebreakers. Both schools had similar records; both schools defeated each other once. But Mercer Island had a better record against the Patriots than See SOCCER, Page 9
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Former Wildcats hitter will play for New Zealand By Sebastian Moraga
Former Mount Si Wildcat baseball player Max Brown earned a spot on the provisional roster of New Zealand’s national team. Brown is an outfielder for Bellevue College. He played on the Mount Si High School team that won the state championship in spring 2011. He hit the title-clinching single against Shorewood in Tacoma’s Cheney Stadium. He played as a centerfielder and earned AllLeague Player of the Year honors for KingCo 3A. During his last year at Mount Si, he hit .500, drove in 24 runs and stole 25 bases, including six in one game. During his year at Bellevue, he hit .339, drove in 14 runs and stole seven bases. Brown and his New Zealand teammates will represent the nation in the World Baseball Classic Qualifier scheduled for Chinese Taipei, from Nov. 15-19. The Kiwis, as the squad is known, will play the hosts, Thailand and the Philippines. Winner moves on to the main tournament in March
2013. The November games will be streamed live on worldbaseballclassic.com. New Zealand plays Chinese Taipei at 2:30 a.m. Pacific Time Nov. 15. The Kiwis will play again the next day at the same time and the subsequent day at 10 p.m. Pacific. The order of their next two rivals has not been determined. It’s the first time the country has been invited to participate in the tournament, and it is considered the group’s underdog, according to the World Baseball Classic website. The International Baseball Federation has Chinese Taipei ranked eighth in the world, Thailand 23rd, Philippines 31st and New Zealand unranked. A press release from the website baseballnewzealand.com described the invite as a reward for the growth of baseball in New Zealand. “We’re incredibly excited about the roster we’re going to have on the field for us in Taiwan,” said Andy Skeels, the manager of the San Jose Giants, a farm team of the World Series champs
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Max Brown, centerfielder with the 2010-11 state champion Mount Si Wildcats, will play for New Zealand in World Baseball Classic qualifiers in Taipei this month. San Francisco Giants, and the skipper of the New Zealand squad. “It’s great to have identified so many New Zealandeligible players of this caliber.” Thirteen of the roster’s 25 players have played
professionally overseas. Tryouts were held in the New Zealand cities of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Brown is training with the team in New Zealand and was not available to comment for this article.
Mount Si did. As a result, Mercer Island hosted the first round of playoffs Oct. 30. “No worries,” Mount Si head coach Darren Brown wrote on his website after the Liberty game. “We are a great team on the road.” To make it to state, Mount Si would have to survive three loser-out games in five days, starting with an Oct. 30 match against Interlake. A win against the Saints meant a 7 p.m. game Nov. 1 against the winner of the Mercer Island-Bellevue game. Since Mount Si is the No. 3 seed, it would either host the No. 5-seed Wolverines or visit the second-seeded Islanders. A second win would mean a Nov. 3 game against the second seed from the Metro League at a time and place to be determined. If they beat the Metro squad, the Wildcats will
enter the state tourney as the second seed from KingCo. Heady stuff for a team that finished the first half of the season with as many wins as losses, only to skyrocket to a 5-0-2 record in the second half. “You need to set the standard, and we weren’t meeting the standard,” Brown said of its team’s first half, which ended with four wins, three league losses and a nonleague loss to Issaquah. “Now, we are.” Goalkeeper Lauren Solene agreed. “We started working together better, making more passes instead of just kicking it,” she said of the second half of the season. “We got comfortable with each other’s style of play.” That was never more evident than against Liberty in Renton, a place that’s as unwelcoming to foes as any in the conference. “We did good,” she said. “The goals they scored were good, not flimsy little things, and we showed we are definitely just as good.”
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Police blotter North Bend
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A Safeway employee reported at about noon Sept. 27 that a man left the store without paying for his groceries. When she confronted him outside, he told her he didn’t appreciate being harassed, jumped into a black truck and sped away.
You may have a drinking problem if… At 11 p.m. Oct. 6, a Safeway employee reported that several people left the store with 12 high-end bottles of liquor, totaling $466, without paying.
Special delivery A woman reported Oct. 15 that the U.S. Post Office notified her that someone had found her mail on the ground and turned it into the post office. Two other customers reported to police that the same thing happened
to their mail.
Suspect hates upright chairs
A man reported Oct. 14 that during the night someone tipped over chairs and planters in his front yard. Normally, he wouldn’t report something like this to police, but it happened the prior weekend as well, he said in the report.
Political differences Brad Toft reported Oct. 15 that during the night, someone knocked over one of his campaign signs.
Stealing coffee creamers
Shell Station employees reported at 2:17 p.m. Oct. 14 that a man left a bag in the gas station, and when they looked in the bag, they found store creamers. Just then, the bag owner stepped in the gas station and got upset about the employees going through his things and said, “You do not know who you are messing with.” Employees
recovered the stolen creamers and the suspect left before police arrived.
Social Security folder, birth certificate, makeup and Day Planner.
Brake and gas lines cut
Suspect hates intact passenger windows
A man who lives on North Bend Way called police Oct. 15 to report that someone had cut the brake and gas lines on his truck the night before. The man suspected it might have been done by a man he’s had a longstanding dispute with.
Scent snatcher Perfumania reported at 7:15 p.m. Oct. 17 that a man came into the store and asked to buy two bottles of True Religion perfume. The clerk placed them on the counter and the man grabbed them and ran out of the store.
Sensitive docs stolen A North Bend woman reported Oct. 17 that someone had stolen a backpack out of her unlocked vehicle, which was parked at QFC. Inside the pack was the woman’s
A woman at 4:51 p.m. Oct. 18 reported to police that someone broke out the passenger window of her vehicle, which was parked at Safeway, and stole a bag from the vehicle. When police investigated, they also found bags and papers near where a suspect vehicle had been parked. The officer went to the Gap, where the bags and papers were from, and learned that a Gap customer also had her passenger window busted out and items stolen from her vehicle.
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A man reported that between 9 p.m. Oct. 20 and 1:30 p.m. Oct. 21, someone keyed his truck, which was parked in the street in front of his home on Warren Avenue Southeast.
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Two fire engines responded to a vehicle fire at 2:23 p.m. Oct. 19 in the 500 block of access road Main Line. Six fire engines responded to a motor vehicle accident with no injuries at 5:14 p.m. Oct. 21 on Interstate 90. Three fire engines responded to a motor vehicle accident with no injuries at 10:39 p.m. Oct. 21 on Interstate 90. One fire engine responded to a burning rubbish call at 5:46 p.m. Oct. 23 in the 900 block of Stone Brook Drive Southwest. One fire engine responded to an electrical wiring/equipment problem at 10:09 p.m. Oct. 24 in the 900 block of Southeast Symmons Place.
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❑ City offices will close Nov. 12 in observance of Veterans Day. ❑ Finance and Administration Committee, 4 p.m. Nov. 6, City Hall, 211 Main Ave. N. ❑ City Council, 7 p.m. Nov. 6, Mount Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S. ❑ Planning Commission, 7 p.m. Nov. 8, City Hall ❑ Public Health and Safety Committee, 4 p.m. Nov. 13, City Hall ❑ Economic Development Commission, 7:45 a.m. Nov. 15, Community and Economic Development Office, 126 E. Fourth St. ❑ Community and Economic Development Committee, 1:30 p.m., Nov. 20, Community and Economic Development Office
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❑ First Thursday of each month, 6:30 p.m., Snoqualmie City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St.
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❑ 6:30 p.m. Oct. 30, district office, 8001 Silva Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie
Events ❑ Early registration for Little League opens Nov. 1, with a $25 discount. Go to www.fallsll.org. ❑ Santa’s Toy Shop Toy Drive at the North Bend Substation of the King County Sheriff’s Office, 1550 Boalch Ave N.W., to Dec. 11. New, unwrapped toys for children tots to teens welcome. Office
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❑ “Couponing 101,” 10 a.m. Nov. 10, Si View Community Center Fireside Room; learn all about a great way to save your family money. ❑ American Red Cross Wilderness First Aid Course, offered through the Si View Metropolitan Park District, Meadowbrook Farm, 1711 Boalch Ave. Participants must be at least 14 years old and have current CPR/AED certification. $184 fee. Nov. 16 lesson starts at 6 p.m., Nov. 17-18 lessons start at 9 a.m.
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Snoqualmie ❑ City offices will close Nov. 12 in observance of Veterans Day. ❑ Public Safety Committee, 5 p.m. Nov. 8, Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway ❑ Public Works Committee, 5 p.m. Nov. 5, 19, City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St. ❑ Planning and Parks Committee, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 5, City Hall ❑ Planning Commission, 7 p.m. Nov. 5, City Hall ❑ Finance and Administration, 5:30 p.m. Nov. 6, City Hall ❑ Arts Commission, 6 p.m. Nov. 12, City Hall ❑ City Council, 7 p.m. Nov. 12, City Hall ❑ Community and Economic Affairs Committee, 5 p.m. Nov. 13, City Hall ❑ Shoreline Hearings Board, 5 p.m. Nov. 14, City Hall
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Veterans such as Rich Collingwood will get some TLC this week from schools in the Snoqualmie Valley, as children of all ages celebrate Veterans Day. Every school in the Valley will host assemblies from Nov. 7-9. The Mount Si Senior Center and the Kiwanis will offer a free lunch to veterans at noon Nov. 8. The center is at 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend. is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 8:30 a.m. to noon Friday. Santa will visit the toy shop at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 1. ❑ Lunch and Learn, noon Nov. 1, Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway. Topic of the month is “Hospitalization for Acute Medical Care,” with Dr. Kim Witkop, vice president of Medical Affairs for the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital District. Open to the public. Register at www.snoqualmiehospital.org. ❑ Snoqualmie writer Toddie Downs hosts a launch party for her first novel, “Summer Melody,” from 4-7:30 p.m. Nov. 3, at The Bindlestick, 8010 Railroad Ave. S.E. Food, prize raffles and books will be for sale at the launch party. ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation fundraising show of Disney’s “Wreck-It Ralph”, 2 p.m. Nov. 4, North Bend Theatre, 125 Bendigo Blvd. N. Tickets are $15 per person, two for $25 or $50 for a family of five. Admission includes a soda and popcorn for each ticket. All proceeds go to foundation programs and grants. ❑ Veterans’ Day Lunch, noon, Nov. 8, Mount Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S. If you are a veteran, your lunch is free. Meals for non-veterans and
seniors are $3 and $6 for people younger than 60 years old. ❑ Veterans’ Day Assembly, 2:30 p.m. Nov. 6, Snoqualmie Elementary School; 10 a.m. Nov. 7, Cascade View Elementary School; 2 p.m. Nov. 7 Chief Kanim Middle School; 8:20 a.m. Nov. 8, Mount Si High School, breakfast to follow;10:30 a.m. Nov. 8, Twin Falls Middle School; 2:15 p.m. Nov. 8, North Bend Elementary School; 7:30 a.m. Nov. 9, Snoqualmie Middle School; 9:15 a.m. Nov. 9, Fall City Elementary School; 9:30 a.m. Nov. 9, Opstad Elementary School. ❑ Ski and Snowboard Swap, 9 a.m. Nov. 10, Snoqualmie Middle School. Proceeds benefit the Snoqualmie Valley ski and board clubs. Email fredenburgc@ svsd410 org. Bring your washed, used ski and snowboard equipment and clothes to sell at the swap, and you will receive 70 percent off the sale price. ❑ ValleyFest craft festival, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 10, Mount Si High School, 8651 Meadowbrook Way S.E. Gifts, clowns, face-painting, passages, great food and plenty of crafts. Special guest: Santa. ❑ 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
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.
Classes ❑ Watercolor workshop, 10 a.m. Nov. 3, for ages 16 and older, learn the basic elements of watercolor and advanced techniques that separate the mundane from the spectacular. First session will present an intro to watercolors; the second session will give students tools to improve their painting. Fee is $40; bring a sack lunch. ❑ Adult/senior tap lessons. Learn basic steps and rhythms, traveling time steps and shuffles. Wear comfortable clothing and bring your tap shoes the first day. Fees are $7 for drop-ins or $30 for a five-day punch card good for 90 days. Lessons start Tuesdays at 1:15 p.m. at the Mount Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., through Dec. 18. ❑ Adult CPR/AED, 5:30 p.m. Nov. 9, for ages 14 and older. Fee is $62, including American Red Cross certification, valid for two years. Classes take place at the Si View Community Center, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend.
❑ Mount Si Fish and Game Club, 7:30 p.m. first Thursday of each month, October through May, 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 are 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 Submit an item to the calendar by emailing smoraga@snovalleystar.com.
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