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Snoqualmie weighs options for business park development By Dylan Chaffin dchaffin@snovalleystar.com
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Crew members ready the camera for the next shot of lead actress Samara Lerman, who will play protagonist Lily in “End of the Line,” filmed at the Snoqualmie Depot on Nov. 18. By Dylan Chaffin
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The City of Snoqualmie gathered public testimony regarding the proposed development agreement of a new grocer and potential retail space to be built in Snoqualmie Ridge at the City Council’s Nov. 23 meeting. The proposed development would sit on a 7.4-acre lot zoned as mixed use that is currently vacant, east of Snoqualmie Parkway and North of Douglas Avenue Southeast. The agreement aims to ensure the development of a full-service grocery store, with a minimum of 30,000 square feet and a maximum of 55,000 square feet, according to council documents.
The estimated floor space is the total amount of space prior to issuance of certificates of occupation for any non-grocery retail. Snoqualmie-based company EDG Development LLC submitted the proposal alongside Puget Western Inc. last summer. With the new grocery store and retail space, Snoqualmie could ease retail leakage, or money spent in the neighboring towns of North Bend and Issaquah, and establish a more stable tax base — in an effort to wean the city off of the revenue solely generated by new construction, said developer Tom Erlandson. A lot of money is being lost in all avenues of retail to See RETAIL, Page 2
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Crew chooses Snoqualmie Depot for historical short film By Dylan Chaffin dchaffin@snovalleystar.com Standing amid the giant metal engines, it’s easy to see why Seattle film director Gabriel Gonda chose the Snoqualmie Depot as a backdrop for his new short film. “I’ve always loved trains,” Gonda, 35, said. The film, “End of the Line” — a working title — will be set in the time period of World
War I, he said. “It’s a historical film telling the forgotten story of a woman railroad worker during the war,” he added. Seattle actress Samara Lerman will play the protagonist, Lily. Gonda and Lerman had worked together on previous projects, but the film is the first time they’ve worked as actor and director, Lerman said. They share a similar passion
for the locomotives, and both knew they wanted to tell a story central to life working on the railroads. The answer was closer to home than they thought. While gathering research, Lerman came across an article published by former print newspaper the Seattle Post Intelligencer — a front page spread with a photo of a See FILM, Page 3
By Dylan Chaffin dchaffin@snovalleystar.com Taxpayers in North Bend will see a decrease in their property taxes next year, as per a decision made by the City Council at its Nov. 17 meeting. However, property tax revenue will rise, according to council members, because of projected growth. The tax levy was set forth as the first option of three presented to the council. The council voted to approve a zero present increase on the city’s 2015 levy of $1,470,306. The 2015-2016 adopted biennial budget includes $1,535,255 for the 2016 property tax levy. While the
levy amount assumed a zero percent increase, new construction and assessed valuation growth was slightly lower than projected, according to council documents. The impact on a homeowner with a $400,000 home will decrease from the current $1.44 levy rate to $1.40 under the decision. Homeowners See TAXES, Page 2 Prsrt Std U.S. Postage PAID Kent, WA Permit No. 71 POSTAL CUSTOMER
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Light and audio crew members ready the passenger train engine for filming on the set of “End of the Line.”
woman working on a railroad. A year of research and script writing later, the crew arrived to begin production in Snoqualmie. In just four days, the crew filmed the majority of the project, but will return in December for aerial footage — a task made impossible at the time by the storm that swept across western Washington last week. For the crew, the film will tell the important story of the vital role
women played in the workforce during World War I. “During World War I, women entered the workforce by the millions,” Lerman said. “Then they lost those jobs when the men started coming back.” “There was even a brief moment when there were agencies looking out for women’s rights,” she added. For her character, the railroads represent “power and freedom, in a time when women had little of either,” she said. Behind the scenes, the Northwest Railway Museum’s curator of large objects Stathi Pappas
taught Lerman how to seamlessly operate the large passenger trains using both textbook engineman learning and hands on practice. Pappas said he wanted to help the crew in accurately portraying train operations, so that any audience member who knew some of the basics would recognize them. “Railroading is a very social and mechanical system,” he said. “It’s only as good as the people within it.” Gonda said he hopes to complete and release the film by late summer or early fall next year, when he will screen it for audiences in Snoqualmie.
Rep. Jay Rodne criticized for Facebook remarks on Muslims By Joseph O’Sullivan Seattle Times Olympia bureau Rep. Jay Rodne, R-Snoqualmie, came under fire the week of Nov. 16 for comments he made regarding Muslims, including referring to them as “barbarians” and accusing President Obama of trying to import 1.5 million Muslims into the U.S. Rodne’s 5th District
includes Issaquah. On Nov. 13, Rodne’s Facebook page included the following comment: “Obama wants to import 1.5 million muslims (sic) into the U.S. This is absolute madness! Islam is incompatible with western civilization! How anyone (sic) people need to die? In the interim, Amicans (sic) arm yourselves.” Rodne also blasted Gov. Jay
Inslee’s comments that Syrian refugees would be welcome in Washington. “Washington will continue to be a state that welcomes those seeking refuge from persecution, regardless of where they come from or the religion they practice,” Inslee said in a recent statement. In another Facebook post, Rodne described Inslee’s stance as “utterly irresponsible.”
“Governor Inslee should be worrying about protecting the residents of Washington state rather than following lockstep Obama’s policy of allowing unvetted Syrian migrants in,” Rodney wrote. Obama has pledged to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees in the U.S. over the next year. Among other things, the refugee-resettlement process includes security checks by the
U.S. Department of State and an in-person interview with U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Inslee condemned the Islamic State group, also know as ISIS, and described its attacks on Paris, Beirut and elsewhere as “evil.” “ISIS is a terrorist organization, one that must be destroyed and erased from this planet,” Inslee said.
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A good man leaves a great legacy at EFR If Lee Soptich had been a fire chief when I was a child, and he had made as big an impression on me then as he and his Eastside Fire & Rescue firefighters do today, I would’ve said I wanted to be a firefighter when I grow up. He loves the people who work for him, he loves his profession, he loves the communities he serves, he loves his family and he loves his Creator, all with a combination of humility and humor that’s rare, if not unique, these days. His retirement on Nov. 30 matters. One of my favorite pictures in our files tells the whole story: It’s of Soptich in 2008, looking straight at me with twinkling eyes bugged out and an expression that combines fear and laughter, and his hair is in a Mohawk as he is getting Greg shaved bald. Farrar The first thing you have to realize, if you’ve never met him in person, is that Soptich has a really great head of hair, thick and not graying, so we’re talking about a big (although admittedly temporary) sacrifice. In a picture before the shearing starts, he was definitely biting his lip. The next important thing to know about this picture is that it was part of a fundraiser for EFR office staff member Rona Harris, who was fighting breast cancer and about to undergo rounds of chemotherapy and radiation, who is today retired and a cancer survivor. While Soptich was just one of the 60 firefighters and staff who went bald to raise money to support her, it was the bidding on shaving Soptich’s head that raised $1,773! Everyone had a turn at the clippers. “She definitely inspires our group,” Soptich said at the time. “That is what she does for us. She is always worrying about everyone else, and this is our chance to worry about her for a bit.” Other photos tell similar stories. There’s one of Kalsa and Scott, two of his seven children, joining him on “Shadow Your Parents At Work Day” in 1999, with their dad after a natural gas leak at Gilman Village. Another one shows him on top of a flatbed EFR truck as teachers and the principal at Creekside Elementary hand him 2,639 pounds of food for delivery to the Issaquah Food Bank for the holidays in 2010. One of my Salmon Days Festival photos this year is of Soptich in the Grande Parade, giving one of his final moments in the spotlight to granddaughter Emerson, 3, waving to the spectators. This handful of photos at Soptich’s home in Carnation, which he generously opened up to us as he showed me his family’s emergency stockpile, was in a mutual effort to teach the people EFR serves, who are also our readers, how to be prepared in the event of a disaster. And make no mistake, whether his firefighters are spraying children with water every year at Beat the Heat Splash Day, manning the aid units at our local football games, climbing the Columbia Tower or doing the real work of putting out fires and saving accident victims, they are all doing awesome work with a great attitude because they love their awesome leader and the attitude he lives by. Thank you for the privilege of knowing you, Chief. It’s not surprising that you and your wife Carrie, whom you still lovingly refer to as “my bride,” have even more service planned in your future on church mission trips. All the best from all who know you. Charles Horton
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To the Editor Rep. Jay Rodne does not represent me I, like many other citizens, was aghast when I read the Truth Needle article in The Seattle Times (published Nov. 18) about 5th District state republican Rep. Jay Rodne’s posts on Facebook after the horrific attacks in Paris. Rep. Rodne linked a questionable “news” source (pamelageller.com) reporting that “Obama is trying to import 1.5 million Muslims.” He also stated on Facebook that “Islam is incompatible with Western civilization” calling them “brutal barbarians” and telling a commenter on his post to “wake the f$&k up.” Fear mongering from questionable “news” sources and what I consider to be hate speech, has no place in American society and certainly shouldn’t be from an elected representative. He is admitted to these posts and is not apologizing or backing down. This is not about being politically correct, it’s about the mindset and beliefs of an elected official of Washington. As a Christian, I vehemently believe that Rep. Rodne does not represent me. I am asking the voters of the 5th District to consider Rep. Rodne’s comments
Home Country Nothin’ funner than an ol’ ghost hunt “Moon’s getting big,” Dud said over coffee the other day. “Sure is,” said Herb Collins. “Time to go after The Ghost again.” “Tomorrow night?” “I’ll be there,” said Dud. The Ghost, hereabouts, is a raccoon. He lives along Lewis Creek and is a wily old rascal. We love going coonhunting here, but the way we do it is a bit different than they do it other places. Since we don’t have a lot of water around us, as they do in some areas, we don’t have a lot of ‘coons, either. So we conserve the ‘coons, but not the fun. We throw ‘em back when we’re done. So we take these beautiful fall and winter nights, put on several layers of longjohns, and turn the hounds out along the creek. Sometimes the dogs strike a ‘coon track and put the ‘coon up the tree quickly. Then
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Rep. Jay Rodne’s comments are wrong, inflammatory Jay Rodne, who represents Issaquah and the rest of the 5th Legislative District in the state House, posted the following to his Facebook page: “Obama wants to import 1.5 million muslims into the U.S. This is absolute madness! Islam is incompatible with western civilization! How anyone people need to die? In the interim, Amicans, arm yourselves!!!!!” Unfortunately, the spelling and grammar mistakes are the least of this post’s problems. The Seattle Times investigated Rodne’s claim that Obama is seeking “to import 1.5 million muslims” and found it to be completely false. Really though, the factual inaccuracies are merely symptomatic of a disturbing worldview. Rodne’s comments here — and others in which he calls Muslim people “barbarians” — espouse a shocking degree of ignorance and hate. Millions of Muslim men, women and chil-
we tell the dogs how wonderful they are, hook the dogs to leashes, and drag them back to the truck. It’s hunting’s answer to catch-and-release. The coons stay in the tree until we’re gone and then go back to making the nights more interesting. But not The Ghost. The Ghost is a big male, or boar. We’ve treed him more than a dozen times now, and then he discovered this was kinda fun. So now he waits in a one-acre patch of trees. Waits for the dogs. And when they catch his scent, he takes those dogs through farmyards, across busy streets, even past the dog pound. He does everything he can to shake them off his trail, and it works. The
dren already live in the U.S., and there is no evidence that their religion is incompatible with Western civilization. On the contrary, a Pew Research Center report found that, compared with the average American, Muslim-Americans are happier with the state of our country, more likely to believe that they can get ahead through hard work and more likely to be small business owners. If Rodne’s concern is terrorists sneaking into our country disguised as refugees, he should consider that the West refusing Syrian refugees or restricting them only to Christians is exactly what ISIS wants: It aids their narrative that the West is hostile to Muslims and bolsters their recruitment efforts. He should consider that the U.S. already has an extensive, multiagency vetting process for refugees. Most of all, he should consider one of our country’s greatest ideals — to be a beacon of hope for “your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Rodne may believe indulging base, fear-mongering impulses is “Amican,” but it is certainly not American. Ahren Stroming Issaquah
dogs haven’t treed him in three years now. If the dogs get smart to his ways and put too much pressure on him, Slim Randles he swims the Columnist river. So Dud and Herb will try The Ghost again tomorrow. Will the dogs put him up a tree this time? Don’t bet on it. Brought to you by The Complete Cowboy Bucket List by Slim Randles. www.LPDpress. com
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Mitchell family’s legacy leaves lasting impact at Mount Si By Sam Kenyon skenyon@snovalleystar.com On Oct. 24, when Oregon State University quarterback Nick Mitchell stepped onto the field for the first time in a game against Colorado, his first snap came from a teammate he’s known his entire life his older brother Josh. “I don’t know if it’s ever been done at the NCAA Division I level,” Mount Si High School head coach Charlie Kinnune said of the rare sibling pair. OSU records say the Mitchell brothers are the first such quarterback-center combo. “It’s allowed their relationship to mature as siblings,” said their father, Jeff Mitchell. “It feels good to see them getting along and enjoying one another.” Four Mitchell boys have played in the Mount Si football program. The youngest, Caleb, just finished his senior season with the Wildcats, playing wide receiver and defensive back. Nick Mitchell, who played quarterback for Mount Si before graduating in 2014, went on to redshirt his freshman year for the Beavers. Josh joined the team two years earlier, when he was one of only five true freshman to earn playing time his first season. The eldest Mitchell brother, Taylor, currently plays linebacker for Humboldt State University in California. “We’re excited that they
all got to have that experience,” Jeff said of the boys’ time playing for Mount Si. Nick’s time as a Wildcat was very successful. He was named the Class 3A KingCo Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 2013. “He can run, he can throw, he can think,” Kinnune said. “He’s mentally tough, physically tough, so he’s got a lot of real good things going on. And he’s going to need those things going on right now playing in an extremely tough conference, the Pac-12, and he’s going to have to draw on his mental toughness, for sure.” So far it’s been a challenging season for Oregon State, which has a record of 2-9. Nick has played in the last five games, all losses, the most recent of which was a 52-7 beating against Washington on Nov. 21. “He’s had good times and he’s had tough times,” Kinnune said. “He’s going to have to continue to draw on his mental toughness, and that’s one of his strengths. He knows that, as quarterback, he’s the leader of that offense, and he has to exude confidence and toughness, and he will continue to do that.” Jeff Mitchell has been pleased with the way his son has dealt with the challenges of a losing record. “As a young quarterback you’re going to have lots of adversity,” he said. “That’s
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Taylor Mitchell, Mount SI High School tight end, carries the ball into the end zone for a touchdown during a 2009 win against Issaquah. the biggest thing that I’ve been impressed with, who he is as a person. He’s kept a good perspective and a very calm and poised demeanor.” Jeff said that while he and his wife Rhonda are thrilled to watch any of their children excel on the field, it’s the people they are off the field that matters most. Jeff said the way Nick has kept his head lets him know that his son is on the right path. “Those are things that matter because football will be done in a few more years, but who he is as a person is going to continue on,” he said. The Mitchells have been deeply involved with Wildcats football for nearly a decade. Jeff is the program’s booster club president. “He’s really incited a lot
of togetherness,” Kinnune said of Jeff Mitchell’s contribution to the team. “He’s been a real uniting factor. In a nutshell, the Mitchells have united us.” It’s the end of an era with Caleb completing his final football season. The Mitchell’s run lasted through four players across eight years. “It’s difficult to believe our little time is done,” Jeff said. “It seems like it was just yesterday that our boys were getting going playing football.” He said that might make their family travel plans a bit easier, and since they will have Friday nights free, they won’t have to leave so early on Saturdays to go watch their boys play college games. “We are grateful to this community; it has been a fantastic place,” Jeff said.
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Nick Mitchell, Mount Si High School’s junior quarterback, throws to a receiver during a scoring drive in a 2012 win over Liberty. “Coach Kinnune and his program had an incredible impact not only on our family but a lot of other families.” Kinnune said the same thing about the Mitchells. “We’re very lucky that the Mitchells chose this community to live in,” he said. “And they didn’t just choose the community to live in, they chose to be vital in their community and they chose to be involved. That’s a phi-
losophy that runs through the family starting with Jeff and Rhonda. They’ve always rolled up their sleeves and helped us out.” Now Nick and Josh get to continue their long legacy together as a football family. “They’re a family of significance,” Kinnune said. “And it’s not just their rare physical ability but their ability to serve others. I feel great to be on the same team as they are.”
KingCo honors Mount Si cross country coach Christine Kjenner By Sam Kenyon skenyon@snovalleystar.com Christine Kjenner, the Mount Si High School cross country coach, has been named the Class 4A KingCo Conference’s girls cross country Coach of the Year. “It’s been a long time coming,” assistant coach Sean Sundwall said of Kjenner’s award. He said that this season, the choice was inevitable. “I don’t know how you could have picked anybody else because the girls were just so dominant this year,” he said. Mount Si girls’ team came in third place at state
this season, and junior Hannah Waskom finished in second place with a personal record time of 18 minutes, 4.2 seconds. Prior to state, the Wildcats won the bi-district and KingCo meets. Sundwall said it wasn’t just a good season. “I think we’d use the word ‘spectacular,’” he said. “It exceeded even my very bullish expectations going into the season. And it was just a tribute to the athletes who, although small in number, worked incredibly hard to maximize their performances when it mattered most.” He also said that Kjenner was, and has been, a huge part of that
success. “She’s fantastic at creating an environment that all runners want to be a part of, whether they’re the fastest on the team or the slowest on the team,” Sundwall said. “She creates an environment where everyone is very welcome. There’s an opportunity to have a lot of fun and an opportunity to work really hard and be successful, whatever success means to that individual.” Kjenner has been coaching cross country or track for more than 20 years. This year, she lobbied hard to add a third coach to the team because it had grown, and she
wanted to maintain the same amount of coaching quality. Sundwall said Kjenner is part of the reason for the team’s growth. “I think word eventually gets out,” he said. “People hear that a certain coach is fun to run for or play for.” Sundwall said Kjenner was so instrumental in the success of the Wildcats cross country program that she should have actually won more awards. “I was a little bit bummed when we got the announcement that she wasn’t also boys’ Coach of the Year,” he said. “It was pretty obvious that she
was going to be Coach of the Year for the girls. They divide it up in KingCo so there’s a boys’ coach and a girls’ coach, even though oftentimes they’re actually the same coach, but they give two awards.” This season, the Mount Si boys earned a trip to the state meet for the first time in 40 years, where they finished in 11th place. Their fastest runner was freshman Joe Waskom, who came in 18th with a time of 15:45.4. “I thought she deserved that just as much,” Sundwall said of the boys’ Coach of the Year award, “because actually what
the boys did was probably more spectacular than what the girls did in terms of what the expectations were coming into the season. “The boys’ side of things was just completely turned around,” he said. “The girls were trending in the direction they went; the boys weren’t.” Even without both awards, Kjenner has still been recognized as a key part of one of the best cross country seasons in school history. “She creates a loyalty amongst the kids and gives them that extra thing to fight for,” Sundwall said.
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