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Though the Nick Hogan saga appears to finally be over, taxpayers have footed the $34,772 bill for nearly 1,000 hours of the former Snoqualmie police officer’s paid administrative leave since 2015. Hogan, a former Snoqualmie police officer, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for pepper-spraying a patient who was handcuffed to a gurney at
Harborview Medical Center. The incident occurred while he was a Tukwila police Nick Hogan officer, before he was fired from that city’s department in 2012. The plea agreement Hogan entered into forbids him from being employed in law enforcement, private security or a job
Snoqualmie Tribe, city work to mend frayed relationship BY STUART MILLER smiller@snovalleystar.com
Near the end of September, the clock was running out on the deadline for the City of Snoqualmie and Snoqualmie Tribe to reach a sewer service agreement. If the two organizations could not come to an agreement by November, the Snoqualmie Casino and Reservation would have been cut from using city sewer utilities — plunging the casino’s more than 1,100 employees, countless patrons and other reservation residents into uncertain waters. On Sept. 27, the two sides sent a joint press release announcing that an agreement had finally been reached. Importantly, both the city and tribe acknowledged the agreement was a step in the direction toward a better working relationship between the two bodies. It is no secret around town that the city and tribe have been butting heads for a while. Between development projects, utility agreements and
PAID TO NOT WORK Former Snoqualmie Police Officer Nick Hogan received nearly $35,000 in paid administrative leave in 2015 and 2016. n 2015 paid administrative leave: $17,994 (550 hours) n 2016 paid administrative leave: $16,778 (440 hours) n Total paid administrative leave: $34,772.44 (990 hours)
where he must carry a gun for at least 15 years. In return, the felony civil-rights violation charge he was indicted on in May was reduced to a misde-
meanor “deprivation of rights under color of law” charge. Hogan’s sentencing is set for Jan. 27, where he could face up to one year in jail, a fine of up to
$100,000 and a year of supervised release. Since joining the Snoqualmie Police Department in 2013, Hogan was involved in four encounters involving use-offorce, according to Jodi Duran, the department’s records technician. “All four were reviewed by command staff and were justified per policy, training and procedure,” Duran wrote in an SEE PAY, PAGE 2
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lawsuits, the relationship has become strained on both sides. This small victory for partnership may be a step in the right direction, but the possibility of more discord looms on the horizon. The past “There was a difficult period of about 18 months to two years,” Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson said of recent relations between city and tribe. The joint press release ends with two similar paragraphs, one from each authoring party. Both factions give a nod to their history. “Known as the People of the Moon, Snoqualmie tribal members were signatories to the Treaty of Point Elliott in 1855,” reads part of the tribe’s sign-off paragraph. Similarly, part of the city’s sign-off reads, “Established in 1903, the City of Snoqualmie is located in the heart of the Mountains to Sound Greenway.” Both entities have co-existed for more than a century. SEE MEND, PAGE 3
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Rex Price of Snoqualmie Ridge deposits his ballot into the King County drop box outside the Snoqualmie Library on Tuesday. Election results were released after press time for this week’s newspaper; please visit us online at snovalleystar.com for the latest updates on all of the local races.
Solutions sought at teen homeless forum BY STUART MILLER smiller@snovalleystar.com
A second forum on teen homelessness was held Nov. 2 at Sallal Grange in North Bend, expanding on the ideas and progress made at the first forum in October. Representatives from many local organizations attended the second forum, ready to make concrete progress toward solutions and help for
the more than 60 homeless teens in Snoqualmie Valley. “At the last meeting we had a great conversation, but some people were a little frustrated. They wanted to get stuff done,” moderator Alexis Kaplan said at the meeting. “Maggie Wong is going to help us accomplish that in this meeting.” After introductions by representatives from the Snoqualmie Valley School
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email. Hogan’s troubles in Snoqualmie began in 2015. Payroll data obtained by the SnoValley Star shows A 26-year-old North Hogan was paid gross ening the four males Bend man is in jail wages of $17,994 for 550 from the noise comon multiple counts of hours of administrative plaint. first-degree assault and leave that year. “Arriving officers possession of a stolen His first 30 hours of learned that the firearm. administrative leave in suspect had first disThe Coalition of 2015 came in February, played a handgun in Small Police Agencies’ the same month he was his waistband before Special Operations involved in two use-ofdrawing it and pointTeam took the man into ing it at one person’s force incidents in a threecustody just after 3:45 day span. Both incidents head,” the city said in a a.m. Thursday after he involved suspects “influnews release. reportedly threatened enced by alcohol.” The suspect then four people with a hand- returned to his apartHogan has been linked gun, according to a City to the “Straight Edge” ment in the 400 block of of North Bend news philosophy, in which Southeast North Bend release. followers abstain from Way. Police contained The Snoqualmie Police the scene and successfuldrugs and alcohol and Department responded are sometimes violent to ly removed the handgun to a noise complaint those who do use them. and three people, includin the 400 block of Hogan has the words ing a 13-month-child, Southeast North Bend “Straight Edge XXX” tatfrom the apartment. Way at about 8:45 p.m. tooed across his chest, After attempts to conWednesday. The officer according to court docutact the North Bend man spoke with four adult ments obtained by The failed, police entered the males, who agreed to Seattle Times. apartment at 3:45 a.m. keep the noise down. In October 2015, Hogan and took the suspect Police returned to the was put on administrainto custody without same location at about tive leave pending an incident. 10 p.m. after receiving investigation into his Police say the case is multiple 911 calls with affair with a fellow still under investigation, reports of a male armed officer’s wife. He would with additional charges SANDY/LAURA F.noPROOF.SV.CMYK. with a handgun threatlog 10 hours of regular pending. PDF 1103 LAM
work and 160 hours of paid leave that month, followed by 170 hours of paid leave in November and 190 hours of paid leave in December. After an investigation uncovered Hogan’s affair, which included sexting while on the job, he was suspended without pay for 20 days in January 2016. However, payroll records show that Hogan collected pay for 160 hours of administrative leave that month, the same amount he collected the following month in February. Around this time, 19 of the 21 officers on Snoqualmie’s police force signed a letter disputing the city’s defense of Hogan and saying he was heavy-handed and abrasive with his fellow officers and citizens. City officials have said it was the strongest punishment they could deliver under Hogan’s union contract, because only the sexting part of the affair occurred while on duty. Hogan returned to duty in March and worked through May, when he was indicted for federal civil-rights violations for the 2011 pepper-spraying
SNOVALLEY STAR incident at Harborview. Public outcry over Hogan’s employment in Snoqualmie swelled after the indictment. In June, Police Chief Steve McCulley retired with little notice after four years as chief. McCulley’s retirement came suddenly, according to Snoqualmie City Administrator Bob Larson. At a North Bend City Council meeting following his retirement, McCulley was given a standing ovation and thanked for his service to the community. No such ceremony was held at any Snoqualmie City Council meeting. Jim Schaffer, the newly appointed interim chief, ordered Hogan to return to work, a job he couldn’t do without his gun. A federal judge ruled that Hogan could not carry a gun because of his status as an indicted defendant. About a week later, the judge reversed his decision after finding an exception for law enforcement. Refusing to put Hogan back on the streets, Schaffer placed him back on administrative leave. Hogan collected wages for 120 hours of paid leave in
July, as well as 40 hours of combined vacation, sick, and compensatory pay. Hogan was fired Aug. 1. All told, taxpayers funded 440 hours of paid leave for Hogan in 2016, or $16,778, for a combined 2015-16 bill of $34,772 for 990 hours of Hogan’s paid leave. Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson made the final decision to hire Hogan. Four other police departments had rejected Hogan’s applications in the past, even before his firing from Tukwila, and his aggressive tendencies had been documented. Larson has said he trusted another SPD officer, who served with Hogan in Iraq, when he vouched for Hogan. Larson has taken personal responsibility for the hiring on numerous occasions. The city has made adjustments to the hiring process since the Hogan ordeal, Schaffer said. One is that the city administrator is now brought in earlier in the process. This helps keep the mayor, who has the final say on hiring, informed about the situation.
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“Development” long ago didn’t look like a housing subdivision or a roundabout — instead, it was similar to the quarrying of Swing Rock in North Bend. Swing Rock plays an important role in Snoqualmie tribal legends as the spot where a rope swing between the sky world and earth landed when the rope was cut down. Today, what’s left of the mythic rock sits at Mount Si Quarry. The tribe lost federal recognition in 1953 but regained Bureau of Indian Affairs recognition in 1999, according to its website. Since then, a large casino has gone up on the reservation, a substantial development in its own right. The recent spat of bad blood was largely fueled by the construction of the Tokul Roundabout above Snoqualmie Falls. Tribal members and their supporters argued that the area is a sacred ancient burial ground for the tribe. An ancient spearhead estimated at 4,500 to 9,000 years old was found during construction of the roundabout, which was completed in spring 2016. The roundabout is often seen as the gateway
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Tribal Chairwoman Carolyn Lubenau (center) waits to testify against development near Snoqualmie Falls at the Snoqualmie City Council meeting May 9.
Snoqualmie,” she said. “It and first step toward the Salish Expansion project. doesn’t need improving, interpretation or paving.” The proposed developAnother reason for the ment includes a hotel, conference center and 175 tension was a federal lawhomes on the hillside just suit filed by the tribe in north of the falls. It is also December 2015 alleging “intentional race discrima sacred site of ancient ination” by Larson, every burial grounds, said Carolyn Lubenau, former City Council member, City Administrator Bob Snoqualmie tribal chairLarson and Public Works woman. Director Dan Marcinko. City Council meetings involving the roundabout The suit came after the and the Salish Expansion city’s decision to stop have drawn large crowds sewer services to the casino by November 2016. of protester, many part of the “Save Snoqualmie The present Falls” group. What it came down The falls are becoming to, city officials said, more like Disneyland, is that sewage coming Tribal Councilmember from the casino required Lois Sweet Dorman more treatment than said in June. “It is the other waste large, heart SANDY/LAURA and soul of theF.FINAL.SV.CMYK. PDF from 1107 LAM 46.18020.FRI.1111.4X5.LAM
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contracted facilities like Echo Glen. Disagreements arose about the proper utility rates. “It came to a head,” Larson said of the disagreement. “The mediation process afforded a connection to meet with the (tribal and city) councils on both sides.” With the sewer agreement, the tribe dropped its discrimination suit against the city and its staff. “It’s a much better position we’re in now,” Larson said. “We’ve got good positive momentum and we’re moving together.” A separate lawsuit between the tribe and city might be a roadblock to that momentum. In May 2016, the tribe filed suit, accusing the city of violating environmental and land-use laws in its recent decision to allow large-scale development around Snoqualmie Falls as part of the Salish Expansion. The lawsuit hinges mostly on an environmental review for the development project that the tribe says is outdated and was flawed when it was released in 2003. The tribe argues a new environmental review is necessary in light of Snoqualmie Falls’ addition to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009, and because the
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Election season does not end after last ballot is cast BY STUART MILLER
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y the time readers see this column, this godforsaken election will be over with. All ballots will be cast, and we’ll all likely know which of our virtuous, upstanding candidates we’ve chosen to lead us. We’ll know which projects voters decided to spend unfathomable sums of money on — or not spend at all. But as I write this, the race is yet to be decided. Votes are still being cast as I type, and I personally
still have bubbles to fill and an envelope to seal. I have Stuart Miller never been more excited for an election to end. Every presidential cycle seems to be more ridiculous than the last, but this year has taken the cake. While bizarre nonsense has become the status quo in this year’s political arena, an odd phenomenon has stuck out in particular the last few days.
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n Mayor Ken Hearing, mayor@northbendwa. gov n Councilman Trevor Kostanich, 269-2002,
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Many Washington voters, including people in the Snoqualmie Valley area, have been receiving political mailers printed with their name, address and whether or not they voted in the last three elections. Then it lists the same info for nine of their neighbors. What kind of shenanigans are these? Perhaps the mailer’s goal was to encourage people to vote, as the card reads: “After the November 8th election, we intend to update our chart to let you know how you’re doing.” Why thank you, GOPAC
Education Fund! Nice of your nonprofit organization (which is connected to the GOPAC political action committee that recruits and finances Republican candidates around the country) to help us keep up with our neighbors voting habits! I recently received an email from a Snoqualmie resident who was delivered one these handy postcards. She noticed that her info showed a No, No, Yes record from the last three elections. GOPAC failed to take into account that she’d changed her name before the August
tkostanich@northbendwa.gov n Councilman Brendan Elwood, 2923996, belwood@northbendwa.gov n Councilman Martin Volken, 466-4783, mvolken@northbendwa.gov n Councilman Jonathan Rosen, 206683-9486, jrosen@north-
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2016 election, and thus they only hit the mark correctly on one-third of the elections listed. Not a great ratio… but hey, they tried! Never mind the fact that the woman now feels the need to correct GOPAC’s mistake to her neighbors, and also has the discomfort of knowing their voting history – whether or not it’s correct. This kind of stunt is a whole new level of messed up. Reminds me of China’s new program to issue every person a “citizen score.” Look it up. I pray that the coun-
try has not descended into chaos by the time this paper reaches your grasp. If all is lost, at least we’ll have the comfort of knowing that GOPAC will soon update us with information on which of our neighbors did or did not vote. Email reporter Stuart Miller at smiller@snovalleystar.com. Valley View is a weekly column by SnoValley Star reporter Stuart Miller. It does not necessarily represent the editorial views of the newspaper.
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a resident on Bendigo Boulevard North reported a cow on the side of the Snoqualmie police reports road looking to cross. An officer arrived to assist the rancher drive the cow Shoplifting back near its old farm At 4:43 p.m. Oct. 30, a house. male suspect stole some alcohol from the North Car prowl Bend Safeway at 460 SW A resident on Raven Mt Si Blvd. Avenue Southeast in Snoqualmie reported at Potted plants 8:31 a.m. that sometime pilfered overnight someone rumA resident on Better maged through their Way Loop Southeast unlocked Honda minivan. reported at 2 p.m. Oct. 31 Nothing was reported that sometime overnight stolen. someone stole three potted plants from the yard. Car pounded by
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At 11:31 p.m. Nov. 3, a resident on Douglas Avenue At 2:47 p.m. Oct. 31, a res- Southeast in Snoqualmie ident in the 38000 block reported someone threw of Southeast River Street pumpkins at their vehicle. reported that a group of The pumpkins hit the transients hanging out bumper and smashed the nearby had been aggreswindshield. sive towards her daughter Snoqualmie fire reports while walking.
How does the cow Burnt toast sets cross the road? off fire alarm At 3:03 p.m. Nov. 1,
At 10:52 a.m. Oct. 28,
Snoqualmie firefighters investigated an automatic fire alarm at Cascade View Elementary School. The crew found bells and strobes sounding and the building evacuated. The alarm was reported to have been activated by burnt toast in the staff break room. The fire crew then opened the windows and door for ventilation and reset the alarm system.
False alarm at Echo Glen
At 5:53 p.m. Oct. 30, Snoqualmie firefighters responded to an automatic fire alarm at Echo Glen Children’s Center. Upon arrival, the staff informed the crew that the alarm had been reset and there was no need for them to enter the property. The call was canceled and the crew returned to quarters. In addition to the above calls, Snoqualmie EMTs responded to two medical aid incidents bringing the total number of calls to date to 941. In 2015, there were 878 EMT calls.
Obituary
through the 5th Robert Mikkola grade when he Robert Mikkola left this moved to world far too soon on the Newport, morning of Friday, Sept. Ore., Robert 23rd. where he Mikkola For over 4 1/2 years he attended had battled a rare form of Newport Elementary and melanoma that started in Newport High (Class of his eye and later settled in 1978). his liver. He passed painRobert carried out free and at peace with a 20+ year career as a wife Karolyn, son Jeremy, cement mason for J&S and brother John by his Masonry. He also served side. as a seabee in the U.S. He’ll be remembered Navy from 1978-1981. for his service-oriented He also won numerous and selfless ways — (informal) father- and always determined uncle-of-the-year to make people’s day awards and continues to brighter with his over hold the title of Best Dad the top witty humor Ever. often followed by his One of his biggest signature laugh. He motivators was to be was a “good worker” as here to meet his first he jokingly referred to grandson, Luca, which himself. he accomplished for the Married 32 years, first 6 weeks of Luca’s Karolyn and Robert life. They shared a special were true soul mates and connection. Robert held forever best friends. They Luca’s gaze for ages; they lived in Salem, Ore., for 27 were mesmerized by one happy years. Prior to this, another, a bond like no they lived in Newport, other. Ore. For the last four Robert was born and months, Robert and raised in Coos Bay, Ore., Karolyn lived in North
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Bend with Jeremy, Bethany (daughter-inlaw) and Luca. The son of Carl Mikkola and Audrey Baylor, Robert is survived by the aforementioned family as well as siblings George Mikkola, Kristine Smith, Karen Mikkola, Jim Aden, Sarah Mikkola and Geri Mikkola; mother to Jeremy, Robin Custer; and nieces and nephews Nicole Osterson, Travis Mikkola, Lisa Rodriguez, Kamen Crites, Tamagen Aden, Natalia Mikkola, Bryant Mikkola, Denise Woosley, Kaitlin Woosley, KJ Woosley, Sophie Snyder and Hannah Ramirez. In his passing he is joining mother Audrey Baylor, father Carl Mikkola, brother Carl Mikkola, sister Kim Woosley, brother Robert Smith, brother Don Mikkola and sister Kailene Mikkola. A life celebration with family and friends will be held at a later date. We love you and miss you Robert, dad, best friend forever.
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Calendar of events Saturday, Nov. 12 Snoqualmie Ridge Turkey Trot 5K & Kids’ 1K Fun Run, 9 a.m., Cascade View Elementary School, 34816 SE Ridge St., runsoqualmie.com Start From Scratch, for ages 8-12, 1-2:30 p.m. or 3-4:30 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. SE, register at kcls.org or 888-1223 NaNoWriMo Write-in, for adults, 3:30-5 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554 Parents’ Night Out, for children ages 2 and older, $20/child for four hours of
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Snoqualmie Valley Community Network, Trail Youth, Encompass and Snoqualmie Valley Congregations for the Homeless, the meeting split into four groups. Each group brainstormed ideas for a certain category of needs and then shared the ideas with the
care, 4-8 p.m., Encompass Main Campus, 1407 Boalch Ave. NW, North Bend, goencompassnw.org or 888-2777 Kids Night Out at the Y, ages 3-12, $20 per child for members/$36 for non-members, 6-9 p.m. Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35108 SE Ridge St., make reservations at 2563115 or bit.ly/2a3gynZ Black Dog Howls: A Collaboration of Muses CD Release Party, 8 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. SE, Snoqualmie, 831-3647
Sunday, Nov. 13 Snoqualmie Valley School Foundation Fifth Annual Movie Day: “Trolls!” 1:30-4
whole room. The group focused on emergency housing recognized there are different populations of youth that needed help. Some want to stay in the woods, a group representative said, and they might need sleeping bags and tents to get by. Another idea was that some kids could stay in the Senior Center, which would fill their shelter needs and give seniors
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Literacy, Screen Time and Young Children, for adults, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. SE, 888-1223 Snoqualmie City Council meeting, 7-9 p.m., City Hall, 38624 SE River St. Friends of the North Bend Library meeting, for adults, 7-8 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554
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taurants were a popular idea, as teens are more apt to go to a restaurant for a meal than shelters or food banks. The group focused on outreach to teens seemed most enthused by the “Trail Youth” approach that Kristin Zuray has used in Issaquah. Zuray was successful in reaching homeless and at-risk youth in Issaquah by setting up a free coffee table on the Rainier Trail — a well-known hangout spot for youths wanting to keep out of the public eye. One woman in the audience thought the
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Songs: Catrinas Paper Dolls, ages 6-12, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., register at bit. ly/2egyMFr Snoqualmie Finance and Administration committee meeting, 6-7 p.m., City Hall, 38624 SE River St. Slaying the Social Dragon, for adults, 6:30-8 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. SE, 888-1223 North Bend City Council meeting, 7-9 p.m., Mt Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S.
Wednesday, Nov. 16 Friends of the Snoqualmie Library meeting, 7-8 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. SE,
approach might enable the kids rather than help them. “You have to have a kind of living room effect,” Zuray said. You meet their needs for hot food or drinks, and over time they’ll keep coming back, she said. “The walls are starting to come down now.” The fourth group focused on communication between the helpers and volunteers themselves. They suggested a pocket guide or notecard listing all the resources available in the area. It would help mobilize people who want to volunteer and help out, they said. “All the resources here (in this meeting) are incredible, and I’ve only heard of like two of them,” one group member said. Snoqualmie Police Captain Nick Almquist also said a pocket-sized quick-reference guide for resources would be extremely helpful for his officers. By the Monday following the meeting, Almquist said that he’d already received a couple emails with resource lists for the officers. Wong, a teen librarian at Snoqualmie, North Bend and Fall City libraries, led most of the meeting. She’s been working in the community for three years, and learned at the forum about three new programs she’d never heard of. Kelly Coughlin from the Mount Si Food Bank said she was able to connect with YMCA and school district representatives at the meeting.
888-1223 Snoqualmie Economic Development committee meeting, 8-10 p.m., City Hall, 38624 SE River St.
Thursday, Nov. 17 Artisan Fair and Wine Tasting, 4-8 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. SE, Snoqualmie, $15, bit. ly/2fikCAs Snoqualmie Public Safety Committee meeting, 5-6 p.m. Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 SE Snoqualmie Parkway Screenagers: Growing up in the Digital Age, 6:30-8:30 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554
As a result, they have teamed up to put together backpacks full of food and necessities for homeless youth. Nurses and counselors are helping identify those in need, and pointing them Coughlin’s way. Coughlin said the majority of the kids she helps have had family issues. “The family issues put them out,” she said. “Some were trust issues with parents, there were problems with different cultures (between parent and child), denouncing a religion. Drugs are an issue.” Since she started working at the food bank in August, Coughlin said there has been a major increase in patrons. Many are everyday workers and families who just cannot afford both rent and food every month. Besides the progress made at the second forum meeting, it was a morale boost for volunteers, as well. “I was completely impressed with the amount of organizations that were there,” Almquist said. Wong said she was impressed at how the community takes care of its own. Coughlin, who has lived around the country and is new to the valley, shared that sentiment. “Most people around the country will turn their cheek. If it’s not happening to them, it’s not happening,” Coughlin said. “From what I’ve experienced here so far, once people know there’s a problem, they work on it and fix it and come together.”
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Bothell ends Mount Si’s season at KingCo 4A volleyball tournament BY NEIL PIERSON npierson@ snovalleystar.com Against an opponent with more weapons and more experience, the Mount Si Wildcats knew they’d have to be at their best to keep their season going. But the Bothell Cougars overpowered the Wildcats in a firstround elimination match at the Class 4A KingCo Conference volleyball tournament, winning in three sets (25-18, 25-16, 25-17) on Nov. 3 at Bothell High School. Fifth-seeded Mount Si (7-8) lost for the third time this season to No. 4 seed Bothell (13-3), which went on to a five-set win over No. 1 seed Eastlake later that night. Mount Si coach Bonnie Foote praised the Cougars for their quality play. “That’s a really, really good team and really great teams can make you look not so great,” Foote said. “Our passing wasn’t the greatest and our offense struggled a little bit, but Bothell, I’m going to give them credit. They served tough at us tonight. They’ve got hitters all over and they’re a really good
team. I wouldn’t be surprised if that team ends up clinching a berth to state.” Foote’s comments turned out to be prophetic as Bothell won the KingCo title Nov. 5 over Issaquah. The Cougars beat the Wildcats in five sets during a Sept. 20 nonleague match, then swept Mount Si in conference play eight days later. Having won eight of nine matches, Bothell might be one of the hottest teams entering the Nov. 11-12 state tournament in Kennewick. The Cougars came out swinging early, using three aces from Camille Gilmore to take a 7-0 lead in the first set. Mount Si had some nice moments from outside hitters Katie McCreadie and Sophie Click, rallying within 18-15, but the Cougars locked up the set with the hitting of Gilmore and Maddie Butters. The Wildcats were less error prone in the second set and continually fed McCreadie, Click and Emma Anderson for their offense. But with a tenuous 13-10 edge, Bothell closed with a 12-6 kick, fueled by three more aces. And the Cougars quickly took control of
Wildcats finish season with blowout win over Seagulls, 62-13 Mount Si senior backup quarterback Zeke Barden (4) gets protection in the pocket as he finds senior wide receiver Eric Daniels for a fourth-quarter, 55-yard touchdown pass as the Wildcats finished the 2016 football season with a rousing 62-13 victory over the Everett Seagulls on Nov. 4 at Everett Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats rolled up a 41-7 halftime lead as starting quarterback Cale Millen threw five touchdown passes. Barden threw another fourth-quarter touchdown pass of 35 yards to Garrett Stiller as well. Mount Si finished its season with a 5-5 record. CURT CARLSON | Calder Productions
the third set through Sydney Cowan and Alexa Torres, building a double-digit lead at 19-9. Gabrielle Kepley finished off the win with a block on match point. Gilmore (11 kills, 12 digs, three aces) was an all-around star. Torres added six kills and 14 digs, Kepley and Butters each had seven kills, and setters Noelle Sirmon and Lizzy Shrum combined for 31 assists. Alisa Kim had a team-high 22 digs for Bothell. The Wildcats were a relatively young and inexperienced squad in 2016. Having outside hitter Patience O’Neal transfer out of the program prior to the season didn’t help as the 6-foot-2 McCreadie, a former middle blocker, was forced into a new position. “I have an outside hitter that’s been training for two months on the outside and you’re playing against outside hitters that have been playing for four and five years,” Foote said. Still, the Wildcats took positives from their season. After starting 0-3 in KingCo play, they won three of their last four to clinch a postseason berth. “My team improved
a ton in serve receive,” Foote noted. “Our serving got so much better this year. We went from serving, like, 80 percent in to 92 percent in. “You just deal with the hand that you’re dealt in this game and our girls improved a lot this season. The numbers are there to show it and tonight we just didn’t have our best match. But we’ve had some great matches this year.” It was the final game in the careers of five Mount Si seniors – McCreadie, Click, Courteney Carr, Katherine Larson and Cameron Kendall. Each of them had solid numbers in their final match: Carr contributed 20 assists and eight digs; McCreadie had a team-high nine kills; Click had eight kills, 16 digs and a block; Kendall had 16 digs and two aces; and Larson had nine digs. “We knew that, coming in, we had to be pretty clean and be real crisp in our game, and we (weren’t)” Foote said. “That’s what happens. But you know what? I’m excited for our future and I’m proud of my seniors. It has been a nice season.”
SCOTT STODDARD | sstoddard@snovalleystar.com
Mount Si High School’s Waskom siblings Joe (above) and Hannah (below), shown here at the KingCo cross country championships, each finished in the top five at the 4A state cross country finals Nov. 5 in Pasco.
State cross country
Waskom siblings get top-five finishes
BY SNOVALLEY STAR STAFF It was a podium finish for both Waskom siblings at the state cross country meet in Pasco on Nov. 5. Mount Si sophomore Joe Waskom took third place (15 minutes, 23.1 seconds) in the Class 4A boys race, while senior Hannah Waskom finished fourth (18:17.1) in the girls race. Additionally, Hannah Waskom led the Mount Si girls to a ninth-place finish in the team standings. The Wildcats had an average time of 19:58.3. Junior Chloe Cosgrove (46th, 19:41.5), junior Julene McDonald (94th, 20:15.8), sophomore Addie Kaess (108th, 20:37.3), junior Lexi Winter (130th, 20:59.4) senior Ellie Bruce (149th, 21:41.7) and junior
Quinn Van Buren (152nd, 21:44.9) were the other Wildcat finishers. On the boys’ side, senior Grant Baker finished 51st (16:35.2) and senior Jackson Stokes placed 83rd (16:52.3).
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