Your locally-owned newspaper, serving North Bend and Snoqualmie, Washington
November 3, 2011 VOL. 3, NO. 41
Family shelter needs your help Page 12
Mailing glitch delays some ballots
Trick-or-treat double take
Not stealthy enough North Bend “ninja” pleads guilty to copyright infringement. Page 2
By Warren Kagarise
Let our people flow North Bend neighborhood wants sewer service. Page 3
Cold, wet winter ahead Forecast calls for potential flooding. Page 6
Police blotter Page 8
Contributed
Give it a whirl Mount Si students start Frisbee group. Page 14
Twins Avery (left) and Lauren Cays, 13 months, take a break from trick-or-treating at the Treat Harvest in Snoqualmie. Avery is dressed as a monkey, and Lauren went as a frog. See more Halloween photos on page 10.
Years-in-the-making memorial will be dedicated on Veterans Day By Dan Catchpole
Knock down the Totems Mount Si football ends season with a win. Page 16 Prsrt Std U.S. Postage PAID Kent, WA Permit No. 71 POSTAL CUSTOMER
Not long ago, there was an empty lot beside the American Legion Hall on If you go Southeast River Snoqualmie Street. Valley Veterans Over Memorial dedication the past couple of ❑ 11 a.m. Nov. 11 months, ❑ American it has been Legion Hall, trans38625 S.E. River formed St., Snoqualmie into a hallowed space to honor Snoqualmie Valley residents who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces during wartime. It has been many years in the making. Ground was ceremoniously broken on Veterans Day 2008, and now, three years later,
King County Elections officials said ballots for 11,000 Eastside voters — including 1,118 people in North Bend and 72 in Snoqualmie — did not go out last week as planned due to a glitch. Some Issaquah, Newcastle and Sammamish voters also faced delays in receiving ballots. The elections office plans to mail ballots Saturday; voters should receive them early next week. The deadline to return ballots via mail, drop box or accessible voting center is Nov. 8. King County Elections started mailing 1.1 million ballots to voters Oct. 19. “Fortunately, we had some voters who were on top of it and that tipped us off to start checking and seeing if there were any anomalies,” King County Elections spokeswoman Kim van Ekstrom said. “There are always voters who don’t get their ballots. Things happen, and that’s why they have several weeks to try to connect with us.” Officials review calls to the elections office’s phone bank to determine if any issues arise See GLITCH, Page 2
Check the Star’s website for election results
By Dan Catchpole
Workers from Mr. K’s Construction hoist a flagpole at the Snoqualmie Valley Veterans Memorial. the site will be dedicated at 11 a.m. Nov. 11. The site won’t be 100 percent finished at the dedication, said Marty Kester, whose company,
Mr. K’s Construction, is building the monument. Some landscaping will remain See MEMORIAL, Page 3
The Nov. 8 general election doesn’t have any marquee races: no presidential or gubernatorial races, no Congressional or even Legislative races for Snoqualmie Valley voters. But ballots for Valley voters are full of races that could dramatically influence cities, the school district, the parks district and the hospital district. Get the latest election results and analysis at www.snovalleystar.com.