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December 15, 2011 VOL. 3, NO. 50
Stay a while Plan is filed for new hotel near North Bend. Page 2
VOICEs united Valley nonprofits come together to help others. Page 3
Police blotter Page 6
Winter blahs Counselors give tips for dark day doldrums. Page 8
Reading is fundamental Page 10
Shouting North Bend lights up ‘fore’ was not enough State OK’s elk hunting to curtail damage to TPC Snoqualmie Ridge golf course By Dan Catchpole In an effort to curtail damage from elk at the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge golf course, a limited hunt is being permitted on the property. The hunt will occur sometime before March 15 and will be managed through the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The hunting will be done by members of the state’s Master Hunter Permit Program, which promotes responsible hunting. The elk herd has caused increasingly extensive damage to the club’s facilities for the past two years, said Ryan Whitney, TPC Snoqualmie Ridge’s general manager. “It’s the first thing we check every morning, and the first thing we repair every day.” The golf course hosts the See ELK, Page 3
Riverdancers Locals show off Irish dancing skills. Page 10
Rookies hold court Basketball team has athleticism, lacks experience. Page 12
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Members of Snoqualmie Valley’s Panther Pride Unicycle Team perform for the crowd at North Bend’s annual holiday tree lighting ceremony on Dec. 10. Despite chilly weather, hundreds of people turned out to enjoy the holiday season event.
Food bank is lifesaver for a life-enjoyer By Sebastian Moraga For people on a tight budget in a rough economy, the Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank is a lifesaver. For Jen Hansen, that is literally the case. A diabetic at 89, Hansen lives on her pension and a strict diet. The North Bendbased food bank helps her on both counts. By her own account, she lives on cereal, milk, eggs, veggies, raw fruit and a particular kind of bread she likes. The food bank has got them all. “I’ve been able to eat some of the things I’m supposed to, because I get it from them,” she said. “And for free.” If the food bank weren’t there, her blood sugar would
Fund for the Valley The SnoValley Star’s Fund for the Valley benefits a 501(c)3 charity each holiday season. This year’s recipient is the Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank. Contribute by sending donations to Fund for the Valley, c/o SnoValley Star, P.O. Box 2516, North Bend, WA 98045. Donor names will be published — but not donations amounts — unless anonymity is requested. not be what it is, and she wouldn’t be who she is: An 89year-old pistol full of stories, one-liners and interests, from picking berries in her yard to
grabbing a shovel and giving it the business with her nonagenarian hips. “These are still my hips,” she said. “I’ve got them wired together.” A pause and then, “I’m like a junkyard.” Her cardiologist, she said, would beg to differ. “‘Jan,’ he told me, ‘I’ve never seen anybody as healthy as you. You’ll make 100 easy.’” The idea of hitting the century mark does not hold the same appeal it once did. Not since 2005, when the love of her life left her side after 64 years. “We got married in 1941,” she said. Since Norman Hansen died, See FUND, Page 2
Organizations in the Snoqualmie Valley received more than $180,000 in grants for new sports facilities from King County. In all, the county awarded $685,185 to 13 entities as part of the King County Parks’ Youth Sports Facilities Grant program. The matching grants were announced in November. “Through these grants we can support the kind of activities that promote good health, build self-esteem and teach teamwork,” County Executive Dow Constantine said in a statement. The grants, as large as $75,000, are administered by the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks. Grant funds can be used for a variety of projects, including construction or rehabilitation of ball fields, playgrounds and sport courts. The program is funded and sustained through a one-quarter of 1 percent tax on car rentals. The money can only be used for developing and constructing facilities, and not for maintenance or operations costs. The recipient organizations match the grant awards with their own money. “By partnering with these worthy organizations, we are able to accomplish more than any of us could do alone,” Constantine said. Three groups in the Valley received grants. The Si View Metropolitan Park District got a $65,000 grant to improve athletic fields at Si View Park. The Snoqualmie Parks and Recreation Department received $70,644 for work at Carmichael Park Field. The Snoqualmie Valley School District got $45,000 to help pay for improvements to playground facilities at Fall City Elementary School. Also, the Sammamish Rowing Association was given a $50,000 grant for improvements to the Marymoor Boathouse. Several Valley teens row with the association. Since the grant program began in 1993, King County has awarded more than $11 million for use in nearly 300 new or renovated youth sports facilities, according to a news release from the executive’s office.
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Developer plans new hotel near North Bend By Dan Catchpole A Bellevue-based developer has begun the permitting process for construction of a new hotel complex along Bendigo Boulevard next to the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River in North Bend. The company, New Sky, wants to build at least one and possibly two hotels on the nine-acre site. Most of the land would be left untouched as a buffer. According to the development proposal that the company filed in early November, New Sky would first build a 106-room Holiday Inn Express hotel on a 1.91 acre site, and potentially build an 85-room Hampton Inn and Suites on a 1.32 acre site in the future. The franchises could change, according to the document. No representative from New Sky or its owner, Paul Pong, could be reached for comment. The 106-room building
would have five stories and be 55 feet tall. It would have a conference room and restaurant. The second development, if constructed, would have four stories and be 55 feet tall as well. It could be changed to provide space for retail, residential or commercial use, according to the document. The site is zoned as Interchange Mixed Use, which allows residential and commercial uses. New Sky filed preliminary documents with North Bend in January 2011. The documents filed last month outline the steps in which the site would be developed. The company has developed several hotels in the Seattle area, including the Courtyard Inn by Marriott in downtown Bellevue. The nine-acre site, next to the Shamrock Park neighborSee HOTEL, Page 6
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betes,” she said. “I just control the food I eat.” In that regard, the food bank has been great. At first, they even delivered the food to her. Heidi Dukich, the director of the food bank, is her next-door neighbor, and to her buddy Jan, one of the unluckiest people around. “She’s too close to the trees, so she doesn’t have the view that I have,” Hansen said with a grin. “That’s Mount Si over there.” The big rock and Hansen have something else in common: They’ve both been around the Valley forever. Hansen arrived at age 2. “I have lived here my whole life,” she said. A Valley mainstay, Hansen relishes the social aspect of the food bank, even when people there poke fun at her milk intake. “So many nice people down there,” she said, swinging her home’s sliding doors open with an easy move. A try by someone 60 years younger reveals a surprise: Those doors aren’t light. By Sebastian Moraga “I can work all day Jan Hansen, 89 years old, and the view from her back yard. Hansen, a diabetic, on the back end of a credits the Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank with helping her stay healthy. shovel,” she said. “And I can kick it all the way to “I’m just putting in my time,” the hilt, too.” she said. “Until I meet my husA bowl in the kitchen band again.” reveals a clue as to why and A hint of sadness sheaths her how. It’s overflowing with From Page 1 voice, but the good times far oranges. it’s been Jan and a daughter-inoutnumber the bad times, even Open the basement freezer law living in the house he built nowadays. and therein lies another clue. 55 years ago. “I take no pill for my diaTwo Ziploc bags sit inflated with fresh berries. The berries come from Hansen’s own backyard, and Dukich said one thing Hansen loves from the food bank is the raw fruit. That and the bread, Hansen said. “The only bread I eat is Dave’s Killer Bread and it’s $6 a loaf,” she said. “At the food bank I get it for free. Sometimes, they even hold on to it for me.” The bread is not the only killer in her house. Hansen’s daily routine puts younger people to shame. She has a treadmill upstairs, she still picks fruit and she refuses help getting out of her favorite chair. “If you don’t keep active, and if you don’t keep this moving,” she said, shaking her hips, “you’re going to lose it.”
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Snoqualmie resident starts over with help By Sebastian Moraga Sandra Kee hurts so bad, she can’t stop smiling. Less than two years ago, she felt no pain. And if she did, she drowned it. For more than a year, the pain has been plentiful, but she chooses to face it instead of numb it. “I always drank to help with depression,” she said. “I realized I had to change. It’s been rough but we all got to help each other out.” Now, she said, lots of good things keep happening, not least of all 15 months of sobriety. Another good thing for Sandra, and her daughter Jessica, will happen Dec. 15 and 16: the One VOICE event. Encompass Daycare and Preschool will hold “One VOICE,” (Valley Organizations In Collective Effort) where local groups gather toiletries, household items, gifts,
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and toys for families in need. The families will have from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Dec. 15 and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 16 to go to the North Bend Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and take whatever they need. Sandra will be there. After all, Encompass has become part of her life, as a place where she seeks counseling for herself.
“They helped me out a lot,” she said. For this Hawaii native, getting her life sailing straight took hard work. People have helped, she said, but she has also helped herself. “Everything I did was voluntary,” she said. “No court orders, no DUIs, no nothing.” Since sobering up, she has revisited almost everything: the wreckage of three failed marriages, her troubled relationship with her mother, the help she received from her grandfather, the fact they both died on or around her birthday. See VOICE, Page 7 Sandra Kee, right, and her daughter Jessica let an improvised hula dance lesson turn into a tickle-fest in the living room of their Snoqualmie home. By Sebastian Moraga
Elk From Page 1 annual Boeing Classic, an event on the PGA’s Champions Tour. Working with the state, the club has tried other methods to drive the elk away, but none have been effective and have sometimes simply caused more damage, he said. Mount Si Golf Course had experienced problems with elk and built a fence in 2008. But TPC Snoqualmie Ridge officials ruled out a fence, Whitney said. Unlike the Mount Si course, TPC’s course is strung out on Snoqualmie Ridge and has many trails, roads and other access points to it. In the meantime, the number of elk visiting the sprawling, house-lined golf course has at least doubled, said Brian Kertson, the district wildlife biologist for WDFW. Finally, officials from the club and the state decided that controlled hunting would be the best way to address the problem. “It’s one of the tools we have available to address issues like damage to private property,” Kertson said. To become a Master Hunter, a person must demonstrate shooting proficiency, conduct 20 hours of volunteer work on a project benefiting wildlife resources, pass a written exam
and pass a background check, according to the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s website. “It’s a select group of hunters,” Kertson said. Hunting on the golf course will be allowed on Mondays until two or three female elk are killed or mid-January. Some of the elk visiting the golf course have been collared with tracking devices, so state officials will be able to track their movement before and after the hunt. Unlike general elk hunting, master elk hunts in Snoqualmie Valley target females in an effort to control the herd’s population,
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which has grown substantially during the past eight years, Kertson said. In the past three years, about 35 elk have been killed in the Valley through the program. Hunting at TPC will be overseen by Jim Gildersleeve, a Valley resident and the area’s Master Hunter hunt coordinator for fish and wildlife. He has surveyed the area to determine safe locations from which hunters can shoot. As the hunt coordinator, he can set tight restrictions on where a hunter can be, lanes of fire and methods of fire. There will never be more than
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Elk have been damaging the golf course at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge for two years. The damage has only worsened as time has gone on. Controlled hunting of the elk is the best option left at this point. This page has consistently stood for conservation but that is not a concern in this case. Club officials have tried other measures, even having an employee stay on the course during the night to scare away the elk, but these measures have failed. The club is losing money. Its value is in its golf course, which elk are tearing up. It is not simply an issue of aesthetics, but of a potentially significant economic loss. The state-run Master Hunter Program will conduct the hunt in a safe and humane way. It will be controlled and careful. The goal is to kill two or three elk in the hope of discouraging others from visiting the golf course. Snoqualmie Valley’s elk herd is large with more than 400 head. They have found comfortable living close to the Valley’s recent residential developments, where they have plenty of food and few predators. As a result, their population has rapidly grown during the past 10 years. Their numbers do not need to be protected. Some in the community object to controlled hunting, saying that the elk were here before Snoqualmie Ridge. But the herd was much smaller when the golf course was developed. There was no conflict then. Human development has helped the Valley’s elks. But there is a bigger question that remains unresolved: Sprawl. How much should humans be permitted to develop in currently undeveloped areas? The answer doesn’t matter for the Ridge. It has already been almost entirely built. The answer matters for the next potential development. If we want to avoid shooting elk for trampling a golf course, we must commit to creating more density in already developed areas.
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I was taken aback by the number of people in attendance at the Dec. 10 memorial service for James McKiernan that I had to write an “atta boy” to our community for the tremendous support given to this family that many of us have had the pleasure to know and love. I’d also like to say the same to those who had a part in the service: Pastor Monte Wright was amazing; Austin Jenckes’ music and soulful voice was a balm to aching hearts; speakers Charlie Kinnune and Corey Lindberg (among others) were touching and honoring. The McKiernans are “lifers” to the Valley. Though they recently moved to the Moses Lake area, all of them — Jim, Karen, James and Lynnae — graduated from Mount Si High School. As previous owners of the Valley Record, they became well-known and loved by many as they poured themselves into our community. You showed them how much
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you love them this weekend. You showed up in droves at the service, then joined the processional to Fall City, led by a Snoqualmie Police escort. You stood at the side of the road — firemen, the Venturing Crew at the tree lot, residents who had to work but just had to participate somehow. I can’t imagine what that show of love and respect did for the McKiernans, but I know what it did for Larry and me: It made us proud to be “Valleyites,” Wildcats’ fans, and part of a community that cares for its own. Jim, Karen and Lynnae — we are so very sorry for the tragic loss of such a fine son, but knowing your character — what fine and decent people you are, I am confident that Saturday’s “send off” of one of this Valley’s sons will forever be etched in your minds. We are grateful to you for all you did to support us over the years — the citizens of this wonderful place, teachers, coaches, leaders and all who serve here —
and it was a true pleasure to be part of giving some of that back to you. Larry and Kathy White Carnation
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Warmth is nice, but I’ll stay where I belong By Slim Randles The last of the geese went by the other day. The late ones. The big dark geese. Headed south noisily. I used to envy them, somehow. They go down there to the warm coastal areas, where the jacks swim and the nights are chilly but livable this time of year. If they’re especially sensitive geese, they’ll keep going until there are mangoes and palm trees and the language of the people is Spanish. But they cross over here in their long, languorous Vs, and all we can do is look up and wonder what our lives would be like if we could go along. To fly over the farms and valleys, to coast along on the rising thermals, to sail down the long way to warmth and sand and comfort, how nice it might be. But if we did that, we’d miss the snow and the fire in the fireplace when the work was done in the evening. We’d miss how the snowy world looks just at dusk, when the snow is an Alpen-glow orange and tells us secrets it has saved for us all these years. It wouldn’t seem like Christmas if we were wearing bathing trunks in the tropics, and if we went with them to the
winter-feeding grounds, we wouldn’t be able to appreciate how splendid the spring will be with the basking Slim Randles rays of sun Columnist on our necks and the swelling of the buds in the fruit trees. To truly appreciate warmth, we must first get cold, and that’s evidently a part of our lives that the geese won’t ever get to share. Of course, they seem quite content to sail on down the southern winds to the warm
places, leaving us to wrap ourselves tighter in thicker clothes and dream of sandy beaches and snorkels. Have a good winter, geese. Eat a crab or two for me. You see, I’ll be here for you to honk at when you head north again in the spring. I’ll be right here, living in the same place. Cold or hot, windy or still, my world and my responsibilities are here, and I’ll be right here taking care of them. It’s my way of doing things, and I’m used to it. Brought to you by Slim and Catherine Randles and this newspaper, who ask you to remember those who have less this Christmas and enrich your holiday fun with new friends.
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Police Blotter North Bend Police Ironic bike theft At 4:15 p.m. Nov. 16, police responded to the theft of a bicycle from the North Bend branch of the King County Library System. A 16-year-old boy had his bike stolen while he had a drink of water inside the library. The bicycle is a MirraCo Essex 2010 BMX, with green handle bars, black grips, a black frame and two black rims. The handlebars say “Stolen” on them, which is the name of the company.
Driving while suspended At 11:10 p.m. Nov. 10, police spotted a black Volkswagen near the intersection of Ballarat Avenue and Northeast Sixth Street. The owner had a suspended license and had a requirement to drive with an interlock ignition device. The driver ignored the police’s emergency lights and kept on driving. He then pulled into his own driveway. Police arrested him as he got out of the car. He apologized profusely and said he was not thinking right. He will face charges of driving with a suspended license, operating vehicle without an ignition interlock, failing to obey an
officer and driving with expired license plates.
The door did someone wrong At 10:36 a.m. Nov. 12, police responded to a report of vandalism in the 400 block of Southeast 10th Street. A man said someone kicked in his car door during the night. He heard no noise, and has no idea who did it. The car, a Ford Focus, was parked in the driveway of his home.
Snoqualmie Police Parking (and driving) while intoxicated At 1:30 a.m. Dec. 2, police parked in the 8200 block of Railroad Avenue saw a car try to park at a gas station. Instead of fully parking, the car stopped halfway between parking lot and roadway and then parked diagonally in a handicapped parking spot. Police saw no handicapped parking permits on or in the car and watched as the driver looked at police, at the store and then back at police again. The man exited the gas station and drove away. This suspicious behavior caused police to follow the driver, who weaved back and forth between the lanes on Falls Avenue. After the car ran a stop sign, police stopped the vehicle as it pulled
into a driveway. The driver, 61year-old William L. Metcalf, staggered out of the car and ignored police’s requests to get back in the car. He smelled of alcohol and had watery bloodshot eyes. After failing sobriety tests, he was arrested for driving under the influence, taken to the Snoqualmie Police Department and was later booked into the Issaquah Jail.
Who is she, really? At 2:30 a.m. Dec. 4, police stopped a car for following too close in the 8800 block of Meadowbrook Way Southeast. The driver of the vehicle said she had no ID and proceeded to give police a fake name three times. After a computer search showed no record of any of the names, police said that she would be arrested for not having a valid license. The driver gave her real name and said she had been lying because her license was suspended. She was arrested for driving with a suspended license and for giving false information to a police officer. She was taken to the Snoqualmie Police Department and later released. She will receive a criminal citation in the mail.
DUI At 2:30 a.m. Dec. 4, police saw two vehicles headed north in the 9200 block of Meadowbrook Way. One of the cars, a Pontiac with a brake light out, was following the other, an
DECEMBER 15, 2011 Acura, too closely. Police stopped both cars near the intersection of Meadowbrook and Railroad Avenue, with the Pontiac stopping two feet from the Acura’s rear bumper. The driver of the Acura and the driver of the Pontiac both smelled of alcohol. The driver of the Pontiac was eventually arrested for giving a false name to police (see case above). The Acura driver, 23-yearold Anna Roberts, failed sobriety tests and was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. She was booked into the Issaquah City Jail for driving under the influence.
Where’s the lock? At 8 p.m. Dec. 5, police saw a Ford F-250 travel south near the intersection of Millpond Street and Railroad Avenue. A status check showed the owner had a warrant for driving with a suspended license and had to drive with an ignition interlock until mid-December. The driver said he did not have a license and did not know he had to have an ignition interlock. He smelled of alcohol and had an open container of beer on the floor. He was arrested at the scene and booked for driving with a suspended license and for violation of ignition interlock. The Star publishes names of those arrested for DUI and those charged with felony crimes. Information comes directly from local police reports.
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Voice From Page 3 Sometimes the day feels so dark, she struggles to get out of bed. Sometimes the obstacles loom so large, she wonders whether she will make it. Aided by her faith and her friends, she said, she just might. “This community is so great,” she said. “It’s very beautiful here, with Mount Si. We are very lucky.” Living in county-governed apartments in Snoqualmie, far from her homeland of Hawaii, Sandra has pledged to return someday. “I’m from the island,” she said. “I need to go back to find my identity.” She wants her daughter to embrace her Hawaiian roots, too. “I have told her that if I pass to please go to Hawaii so she can see where we are from,” Sandra said. Even in the Snoqualmie winter, there’s a touch of the big island in their home. Photos, decorations and an impromptu mother-daughter hula dance lesson keep things ‘hanging loose.’ A bright child with a smile as blinding as the Christmas tree in her living room, Jessica reminds her a lot of herself, Sandra said. That worries her, but it also gives her a purpose. “I didn’t have a childhood,” Sandra said. “I had a pretty rough life,” and she wants something better for Jessica. A self-described “Jaclyn of all trades,” Sandra worked her whole life, both inside and outside the home since age 14. “But I had to have that drink,” she said.
After the third divorce, she quit liquor and stuck to beer, thinking that was a step in the right direction. She realized quickly that alcohol is alcohol. Then, on Sept. 7 of last year, she stopped. “I did it for my daughter,” she said. That was 15 months ago, and by far her biggest triumph since Jessica was born. The victories, she said, have not stopped, and she would like to score a few more in the next year: A job, less debt, a car where none of the tires have nails in them and a steady relationship with someone of the opposite sex. “I want to be loved,” she said, smiling through the tears, while Jessica braided her mom’s hair. She later added, “but I love God and he loves me. That’s where I find my peace.” Jessica said her mother has improved, and gives her a nine on a happiness scale of one to 10. “It’s better that she’s not suffering anymore,” Jessica said. Sandra dares not go that far yet. She no longer has a tumor on her neck, which turned out to be benign. But she still has trouble sleeping, paying bills or finding a job. She is still on medication and still smokes just under a pack a day, down from her onetime three-pack habit. Still, the biggest battle is waged every day, and every day brings a victory, small as it may be. “I’m going through the roughest time of my life, I’m living on 500 bucks a month,” she said. “But I’m not drinking.” Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. 221, or smoraga@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
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Irish dancers tap their way to success By Laurie Meckling Plenty of toe-tapping, hard work and dedication took four young Snoqualmie Valley dancers to Anaheim, Calif., last month to compete in the Western Regional Irish Dance Competition. The dancers — Madison Murphy (16), Sydney Dore (15), Carly Goodspeed (15) and Sarah Kate Goodspeed (11) — competed against hundreds of other premier Irish dancers from a number of states, including Alaska, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming. The group competed before judges in both “soft-shoe” and “hard-shoe” choreography, and represented Scoil Rince Slieveloughane Irish Dance in three age groups: U11, U15 and U16 (“U” meaning under a given age number). The longtime North Bend residents have performed in various Irish dance competitions over the past year, which qualified their participation in the regional competition, or the “Oireachtas.” Madison took 35th place out of 108 dancers in the U16 age group, qualifying for the North American Championships in Chicago next July. Sarah Kate, U11, placed 32nd out of 98 dancers, which also
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Sarah Kate Goodspeed, 10, placed 32nd out of 98 dancers in her age group at the Western Regional Irish Dance Competition.
qualified her for nationals. She and Murphy hope to qualify for the World Competition in Ireland. Each of the young women began dancing at a young age, practicing with ballet, jazz and lyrical teams at the Puget Sound Gymnastics and Dance in North Bend. “I am honored to have them dancing and representing my studio,” Competitive Dance Team Director Amy Murphy, mother of Madison and owner
“It shows them what Irish dance is and what it’s about.” — Sarah Kate Goodspeed Dancer
of the studio, said. “They all do well in school, and work hard at the things they love. And their self-discipline has paid off.” What interested the group in Irish dance? For Sydney, it was the awe of seeing the unique act on stage for the first time. “I saw a Riverdance show at Dollywood theme park and told my mom that I wanted to dance just like them,” she said. For the Goodspeed sisters, it was a matter of friendship and excitement. Sarah Kate remarked that she first became interested when the Murphy family (friends of the Goodspeeds) started pursuing the sport. She want-
ed to join in on the new activity, which she said brought “joyful moments” and new friends. All four of the girls attend classes two or three times weekly at PSGD with Scoil Rince Slieveloughane Irish Dance, taught by instructor Robert Haley. Originally from Ireland, Haley has students in Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Kirkland and North Bend. Haley “is a talented teacher and extremely gifted choreographer,” Murphy said. The competitive Irish dancer must spend more than a few days a week in a dance studio, though, the girls agreed. Madison refers to her practice as a “lifestyle,” devoting time every day to her sport. “Off days” are spent stretching, “drilling” skills and practicing step after step — especially during the weeks leading to competition. “It is so healthy and good for girls this age to have a focus … something to work for and something to be passionate about,” Madison’s mother said. The young dancers realize this, too. Carly is grateful for the positive influence that Irish dance has had on her as an individual. It “has helped structure my life — to become responsible in practicing my dancing, going to dance classes, balancing my other sports and studying for school,” she said. In addition to learning the ways of perseverance, passion See DANCE, Page 9
A quick guide to beating the holiday blues By Sebastian Moraga Hectic meeting, furrowed brows, business suits. Tense shoulders, long table, longer faces. And what are you doing? You’re sitting there, thinking about your rear end. Way to go, therapist Mia Angela Barbera would say. Barbera and three other therapists and counselors shared tips Dec.1 to beat December stress at work and at home. One trick when you can’t go for a walk or a run or a skip, Barbera said, is reducing stress by diverting attention from the source of the worry. “Can you feel your butt in the chair?” Barbera asked the audience at the monthly Lunch and Learn panel at the Snoqualmie Fire Department. “Focus on your butt on the
chair. Can you worry while you focus on your butt?” Health care workers quizzed Barbera, Snoqualmie Elementary School counselor Mike Cuddihy, marriage therapist Leslie Savage and family therapist Steve Chick regarding how to beat the holiday season’s madness and all its cousins: depression, nostalgia, stress and trauma. Depression As days get shorter and clouds remain, sometimes sadness follows. Savage recommended making room on December’s skyscraper-sized to-do lists for things that make people feel alive. “Pay attention to the things that bring you passion,” she said. “We sometimes have to-do lists filled with things that See BLUES, Page 9
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From left, therapists Leslie Savage, Mia Angela Barbera and Steve Chick share a laugh during a conference on how to overcome the December stress.
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and discipline, the girls have each acquired a sense of confidence when facing an audience. “Big crowds don’t bother me,” Sarah Kate said. “Actually, I like dancing in front of people — all the flicks and tricks, foottapping and high jumping. It shows them what Irish dance is and what it’s about.” Even with years of experience, the group continues to search for opportunities of growth and perfection, living a life of dance. “Someday I wish to be a remembered Irish dancer… dancing from heart and soul, like always,” Sarah Kate said.
deplete us. Make time for things that energize you.” Chick suggested increasing exercise time, even if it’s from zero. Bad weather is no excuse. “I tell that to kids,” he said. “They say, ‘But it’s cold outside!’ Well, get going.” No need to run or jog, Chick said. Just make sure you walk fast enough to get your heart pumping. Barbera had a different suggestion. “Why walk when you can skip,” she said.
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Madison Murphy standing with her dance teacher, Robert Haley, at regionals in Anaheim, Calif., where she took 35th place out of 108 dancers in the U16 age group, qualifying for nationals. By Amy Murphy
Christmas madness Busy, Barbera said, is the cultural norm. December, she added, is the cultural norm times 20. What helps, she said, is another bit of math: percentages. “Doing things 10 percent slower,” she said. “If you can practice speaking, or eating or any activity you can do 10 percent slower, it builds new neuropathways in your brain and it allows you to come back to center.” Savage invited audience members to challenge their holi-
PAGE 9 day expectations. Time spent trying to impress people who are trying to impress us leads people to lose sight of what matters. “Ask yourself: ‘Who am I doing this for? Who do I want to be with?’” Savage said.
not to share their emotions.” While Savage said guys need to hear that it’s OK to share, the boys on the panel organized by the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital Foundation advised against rushing them. “Don’t try to Remembering “Ask yourself: ‘Who am I drag it out of deceased him,” Chick doing this for?” relatives said. For people Cuddihy — Leslie Savage who have lost agreed, saying, Therapist loved ones “Support them around wherever they Christmastime, are at. Because the arrival of December can be it’s a long process.” trying. Savage suggested including their memory in the festivi- Trauma and PTSD ties, by putting together a holiPeople who have witnessed day photo album of the person or endured traumatic events or setting an extra place at the sometimes struggle during the table. holidays. Cuddihy said someWhatever you do to rememtimes what people call a probber your loved one, Cuddihy lem is actually a symptom of said, make it a celebration. another problem, and he rec“Celebrate their life,” he said. ommended getting a physical. “Don’t mourn their passing.” Chick suggested measuring the extent of the problem. The ‘Boy Code’ “Ask yourself if it affects, Here’s a “little-known” fact: work and school, your family Men are different from women. and your social life,” he said. Part of that difference, Savage “if you say yes to two of the said, is how people share feelthree, get help.” ings. Women tend to be experts Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. 221, or at it, while guys are, well, guys. “There is a ‘Boy Code,’” Savage smoraga@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com. said. “Guys are taught by society
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Debate team puts in the hours, miles and effort By Sebastian Moraga Call it an occupational hazard. “My stepdad wishes I had never joined the debate team,” Mount Si High School student Douglas Knox said. Once he joined, he began winning arguments. To his stepfather, Knox has become, in Knox’s own words, a pain in the butt. The 20-plus students in the Speech and Debate team at Mount Si can relate, in a way. They also have become pains for several opposing teams around the Northwest. Success in recent competitions at Whitman College in Walla Walla and the University of Washington has built their reputation, which seemed all but unthinkable two years ago. Jeremy Knight is a junior and the longest-tenured member of
the team. His freshman year, he had five teammates. “We were OK,” he said. “We were never an embarrassment, but we weren’t as good as we are today.” The team competed Dec. 2 and 3 at the University of Washington against Northwest and Canadian high school teams. Brothers Andrew and Ryan Hartman won the Novice category. Ali Raphael and Lydia Petroske made it to the semifinals. Riley Dirks and Kevin McLaughlin reached the Novice quarterfinals. Will Richards and Knight made it to quarterfinals in the Open division, the highest level of Public Forum debate. “To see people go to UW, and face teams from Oregon and See DEBATE, Page 11
By Sebastian Moraga
The students in Mount Si High School’s Speech and Debate team represent the school in competitions as far away as Walla Walla and Tacoma. Students at Mount Si may letter in Speech and Debate.
Reading unites local teenagers and elementary school students By Sebastian Moraga ‘Twas two weeks before Christmas And the little grade schoolers, Watched the teens read them stories Thinking, “This can’t get cooler.” Normally rambunctious, the second-graders became an enraptured audience for eight students from Charlie Kinnune’s leadership class at Mount Si High School. The Nov. 9 session of the weekly program dubbed By Sebastian Moraga Lead2Read Mount Si High School senior Alina Reed reads a enchanted the litbook to second-graders at Cascade View tle ones and the Elementary School in Snoqualmie. The program older children Lead2Read uses reading to young children as a alike. “It’s so awesome leadership tool for high schoolers. to see the smiles on their faces,” said Ethan who replaced Katie Williams as Waud, one of the students who second-grade teacher while reads to the grade schoolers. Williams was on maternity This is the first year of the leave. “But we want to get the program, which long-term subprogram established first.” stitute teacher Rhonda Mitchell In January, once the program said will go year round. gets a few weeks older, teachers “There’s another grade level will consider expanding it to that wants in,” said Mitchell, other elementary schools,
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Mount Si High School sophomore Abby Nelson captures the attention of a handful of grade-schoolers during the weekly Lead2Read session at Cascade View Elementary School. Mitchell added. Mitchell is the mother of Josh Mitchell, the football and wrestling standout at Mount Si who attended the first week of
the Lead2Read program. Mitchell showed up wearing his football jersey. Days later, one of the second-graders recognized him outside of school and tried
to get his attention. “He shouted, ‘Number 63! Number 63!’” Rhonda Mitchell See LEAD, Page 11
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Debate From Page 10 Canada, and see the team win, I could have never imagined that as a freshman,” Knight said. “I’m so proud of everyone in this room.” Success has a price. Team members must prepare before a debate, and be ready to argue both sides. “My weekends have gotten a lot shorter,” Scott said. The topics are not favorite colors or the best Lady Gaga song. Students debate issues like
Lead From Page 10 recalled. Mitchell’s classmates have also received their share of love. Senior Maddy Schwabbe received a big hug Dec. 9 from a second-grader who remembered her from last week. And all the students got a big chorus of “thank-yous” at the end of the program. “You try not to mess up,” said Hayley Koellen, another senior, “but it’s great to see them so interested.” Teenager Abby Nelson agreed. “Kids look up to older siblings and parents,” she said. “It’s great to see them have someone new to look up to.” Koellen and the other teenagers can only wish that a program like this existed when they were in elementary school. “It probably would have made class more fun,” Koellen said. It sure did for these secondgraders, who gasped with excitement when they learned that the teenagers would escort them to the lunch room. Teenagers headed to the lunch room, watching the second-graders lead the way and whispering things like, “They are so adorable” and “I want one.” The younger children were just as enchanted to have such tall companions. “It’s almost a status symbol in a way,” Rhonda Mitchell said. “They are like, ‘Look who I brought.’” Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. 221, or smoraga@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
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income disparity and rate hikes in college tuition. “Instead of discussing facts, you discuss concepts,” teammate Liam Crozier said. Sometimes, the topic choice leads to unusual situations, like debating in America about American democracy, but against Canadian students. Speech and debate is more competitive and harder than people realize, Andrew Hartman said. It’s also more important. “It’s not just an extracurricular activity,” teammate Vanessa Scott said. “It’s something you put in a college application.” Diana Young-Blanchard, the
“For every case, we spend a couple dozen hours preparing, and to go to a debate and have someone rip apart what you create, it kind of sucks.” — Mathew Scott Debater team’s adviser, teaches five Language Arts classes before she trains 20 debaters. “It’s a curse and a blessing,” she said. “But as long as they are committed, I will keep doing it.” A win is always a thrill and a
PAGE 11 loss is always devastating, Mathew Scott said. “For every case, we spend a couple dozen hours preparing, and to go to a debate and have someone rip apart what you create,” Mathew said, “it kind of sucks.” A win, on the other hand, is a big deal, considering how far the team has to travel —Walla Walla, Tacoma, Auburn, Seattle — and the level of competition. Schools that may be expected to excel at debate teams don’t. Speech and debate powerhouses tend to come from smaller schools like Gig Harbor and Mount Si, Knight said. The phenomenon of smaller is
better goes beyond Puget Sound. “There’s a lot of research that shows that debate teams in impoverished, urban schools thrive,” said Young-Blanchard. “Because you are giving them a voice.” The Mount Si Speech and Debate team has a voice, but its members want it to be louder. “I would really like more membership, more recognition,” Hartman said. “Have kids know and be excited about Speech and Debate as they are when the football team wins.” As teammates exchanged looks, Hartman replied, “Hey, I can dream.”
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Mount Si boys basketball squad is full of fresh faces this season By Dan Catchpole It has been a difficult year so far for Mount Si High School’s boys basketball team. The team is without many of its would-be returning players. That means the varsity squad is made up mostly of athletes who’ve never played one minute of varsity basketball. But the Wildcats (1-2 conference record, 1-3 overall) are showing the same dogged tenacity they always do, and while they might lack experience, they do have athletic ability. It will be up to their coach, Steve Helm, to mold them into a basketball team. “I’ve got 12 kids who’ve never really played varsity before,” Helm said. “I think we’re going to get there, but it’s not going to happen overnight.” Mount Si’s opponents in the tough 2A/3A KingCo Conference won’t let up on the team, either. The Wildcats are led by Anthony McLaughlin and Levi Botten, the only two players to have logged significant time on varsity last season. As the team’s point guard, Botten runs the show on the court by setting up the team’s offense. The 5-foot 9-inch junior is a tough competitor and a good leader for the team, Helm said.
“He knows our system. He’s smart.” While Botten logged some time last year as point guard, it was as a backup to Dallas Smith, who graduated. This year, he is getting used to playing a more prominent role, especially when it comes to scoring. So far this season, he’s averaged 4.5 points per game, which is what he averaged last season. McLaughlin has been the Wildcats’ key offensive threat this season, averaging 12.3 points per game. The 6-foot 6inch junior scored a career-high 19 points against Interlake in the Wildcats’ win on Dec. 6. McLaughlin is Mount Si’s key to controlling under the net. The team is missing Tyler McCreadie, a 6-foot 8-inch sophomore who is out for the season. McCreadie had surgery after dislocating his knee for a second time in a fall league basketball game. Without, McCreadie’s height, the Wildcats will have to battle fiercely for rebounds and controlling the post play. Miles Zupan will be an important piece of that effort. The 6foot 4-inch senior is back after sitting out much of last season due to an ACL injury. Zupan has averaged 6.3 points per game so
far this season, including 13 against Interlake. Sophomore Beau Shain has stepped up this season as a guard and forward. Through four games, he’s averaging 7.5 points per game. “They’re competitors, they’re athletes,” Helm said. He pointed to senior Ryan Atkinson, who was Mount Si’s starting quarterback this fall, as a player with athleticism and a drive to win, but not a lot of basketball experience. “Now, I’ve got to mold them into good basketball players,” Helm said. “We’re still trying to figure out our identity.” That won’t be an easy task to do while facing the tough competition in the KingCo Conference. Mercer Island, Bellevue, Sammamish and Lake Washington all have squads full of returning, talented players. “If we finish between fourth and sixth, that’s good,” Helm said. That would give the Wildcats a shot at making the playoffs. “We’re going to have our hands full with those teams,” he said. Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or editor@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
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Wrestling team wants to live up to reputation place finish in the KingCo Conference last year was one rung lower than this year’s will be. Having lost two varsity wrestlers, one of whom did not By Sebastian Moraga even finish the 2010-11 season anyway, the Mount Si grapplers Tony Schlotfeldt says that his look, if not unbeatable at least wrestlers are impressive. starting to get it. “We are the team to beat.” Galvanizing the team even more “It’s the third year under our — Mitch Rorem is the memory system,” he said. Wrestler of Mitchell’s “And they really performance at are starting to state last year. buy in.” The gentle Thirty-seven wrestlers turned giant earned the first state out for this season, where the crown of Schlotfeldt’s tenure as goal is to live up to the image coach, beating Juanita’s the wrestlers have of themselves. Jeremiah Laufasa in the finals at “We are the team to beat,” the Tacoma Dome last winter. said 220-pounder Mitch Rorem. “It totally created a different Heavyweight Josh Mitchell agreed, saying the team’s second See WRESTLE, Page 14
State champ Josh Mitchell returns for another season
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From left, Tye Rodne, Bruce Stuart and Riley Absher, members of the Mount Si High School wrestling team, work out at practice.
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KingCo Conference 3A Dec. 6 Game MOUNT SI 71, INTERLAKE 69 (OT) Mount Si 11 16 21 13 10 – 71 Interlake 14 20 11 16 8 – 69 Mount Si: Anthony McLaughlin 19, Beau Shain 15, Miles Zupan 13, Jack Nelson 11, Griffin McLain 4, Ryan Atkinson 3, Levi Botten 2, Tyler Button 2, Josh Piper 2. Interlake: Sam Finfer 20, Sam Shank 19, Kamano Adriano 18, Etai Schwartz 4, Dexter BarcusGlover 2, Dawson Henshaw 2, Carl Snaring 2, Nate Wehner 2.
KingCo Conference 3A Dec. 7 Game MOUNT SI 53, INTERLAKE 37 Mount Si 13 10 20 10 – 53 Interlake 2 13 11 11 – 37 Mount Si – Jordan Riley 10, Molly Sellers 10, Shelby Peerboom 8, Elizabeth Prewitt 8, Katy Lindor 6, Alex Welsh 4, Grace Currie 2, Sally Nelson 2, Katie Swain 2, Darian Michaud 1, Kelsey Lindor 0, Ally Pusich 0. Interlake – Marta Mueller 11, Eboney Jackson 8, Cassidy McDermott 5, Cate Mueller 5, Hannah Pratt 3, Camille Sullivan 2, Lauren Van Draanen 2, Kaeleigh Randolph 1, Rachel Brous 0, Emma Ostlund 0.
Dec. 9 Game LAKE WASHINGTON 63, MOUNT SI 46 L. Washington 19 19 11 14 – 63 Mount Si 11 15 11 9 – 46 Lake Washington – Guy Lynott 15, Darien Nelson-Henry 15, Cody Bernstein 4, Matt Staudacher 13, Kelly Guy 10, Jamal Muhammad 6, Marcus Giovacchni 0, Shawn Gray 0, Drew Heimdahl 0, Jeff Staudacher 0. Mount Si – Anthony McLaughlin 12, Beau Shain 8, Levi Botten 7, Miles Zupan 6, Ryan Atkinson 4, Tyler Button 3, Brandon Justham 3, Jason Smith 3, Griffin McLain 0, Jack Nelson 0, Joe Williams 0.
Dec. 9 Game LAKE WASHINGTON 42, MOUNT SI 33 L. Washington 8 15 11 8 – 42 Mount Si 11 8 8 6 – 33 Lake Washington – Whitney Dunlap 11, Hunter Hopkins 10, Peyton Wozeniak 7, Sara Wilson 5, Claire Anderson 4, Cassie Lively 2, Margo Lynott 2, Kalena Dierick 0, Madison Shepard 0, Jessica Tramp 0. Mount Si – Jordan Riley 10, Shelby Peerboom 8, Molly Sellers 8, Alex Welsh 4, Katy Lindor 3, Grace Currie 0, Kelsey Lindor 0, Darian Michaud 0,
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Foote earns kudos after volleyball season Mount Si High School volleyball coach Bonnie Foote won the Seattle Times’ nod as the coach for its annual Star Times all-area volleyball team. Foote also won the KingCo Conference 3A Volleyball Coach of the Year award for the third consecutive year. Mount Si’s Sarah McDonald won the KingCo Conference’s Most Valuable Player award. McDonald, Lauren Smith and Lindsay Carr made the all-conference first team. Krista Galloway and Rachel Hayford made the second team. Kailey Capelouto and Lexie Read received honorable mentions.
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Public meetings ❑ No Snoqualmie city committee meetings, Dec. 15-26 ❑ North Bend Community and Economic Development Committee, 1:15 p.m. Dec. 20, 126 E. Fourth St. ❑ North Bend City Council meeting, Dec. 20, has been cancelled. ❑ North Bend Transportation and Public Works Committee, 3:45 p.m. Dec. 21, 1155 E. North Bend Way ❑ North Bend Planning Commission, 7 p.m. Dec. 22, 211 Main Ave. N.
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Events ❑ Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, Dec. 15, 16 and 17, at Valley Center Stage above the SingleTrack bike shop in downtown North Bend. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12.50 for seniors and children. You can purchase tickets online at www.valleycenterstage.org. Learn more by calling 831-5667. ❑ Flix For The Fix, 5:30-9 p.m., Dec. 15, North Bend Theatre, 125 Bendigo Blvd.. Tickets are $25, good for one alcoholic beverage — for people 21 and older, appetizers, a soda, popcorn and a ticket for the 7 p.m. showing of “Love Actually.” Purchase tickets at U Dirty Dog, Pet Place Market, Another Hair Place and www.northbendtheatre.com. Tickets are cash only on Dec. 15. ❑ Jeff Parker Jazz Fusion, 7-9 p.m. Dec. 15 at Black Dog Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E. ❑ One Voice Holiday Event, 8 a.m.-7 p.m., Dec. 15, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 16, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel, 527 N.W. Mount Si Blvd., North Bend. ❑ The Gift of the Magi, 6:30 p.m. Dec.16 and 17, at Black Dog Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E. Caroling sing-along-to follow. $10 at the door for entertainment. Food and beverages sold separately. Donations of food, toys, funds, household items, new and gently used clothes are welcome. ❑ Santa Train, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 16-17. Trains depart hourly from the Northwest Railway Museum Depot, 205 McClellan St. North Bend. Tickets are $20 for everyone ages 2 and older, are available by reservation only at www.trainmuseum.org and should be purchased in advance. ❑ Game On! 3 p.m. Dec. 16, at the North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. Come play video games. Free admission ❑ Keep The Valley Warm Coat Drive, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 17 at the North Bend
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888-2099 or 888-534-TREE www.yourchristmastree.com Holiday Mountain Trees S.E. 104th St. and state Route 18, Snoqualmie Ridge 253-838-7979 or 253-927-1911 www.pscta.org/central.htm#24
Crown Tree Farm 13005 424th Ave. S.E., North Bend 425-888-1506 www.crowntreefarm.com Keith & Scott Tree Farm 42999 S.E. 120th St., North Bend 206-669-8025 or stringfamily@comcast.net www.kandstreefarm.com Christmas Creek Tree Farm 15515 468th Ave. S.E., North Bend
Library, 115 E. Fourth St. Volunteers welcome. Contact Rene Price at keepthevalleywarm@yahoo.com. For information, go to keepthevalleywarm.wordpress.com. ❑ Alpen Folk Holiday Concert, 7 p.m. Dec. 17, Mount Si High School, 8651 Meadowbrook Way S.E., Snoqualmie. Experience the magic of an Alpine Christmas with German, Austrian and other carols. Admission: $10 or a new and gift-wrapped toy. ❑ Janette West Group, 7 p.m. Dec. 17, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend. ❑ Ask Sophie, 8 p.m. Dec. 17, Snoqualmie Taproom, 8032 Falls Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie. A donation of warm clothes is appreciated. ❑ Community yoga class, 11:30 a.m. Dec. 18, North Bend Yoga Shala, 325 Bendigo Blvd. N., North Bend. No fee. ❑ Danny Kolke Trio, 6 p.m. Dec. 18, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend.
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For regional options, check the following websites: ❑ Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Association: www.nwtrees.com ❑ Puget Sound Christmas Tree Association: www.pscta.org ❑ National Christmas Tree Association: www.christmastree.org
❑ Afternoon Preschool Story Time, 1:30 p.m. Dec. 19, Snoqualmie Library 7824 Center Blvd. S.E. Ages 3-6 with an adult. Free admission. ❑ Offbeats Jazz Choir, 7 p.m. Dec. 19, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend. ❑ Future Jazz Heads, 7 p.m. Dec. 20, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend. ❑ Toddler Story Times, 9:30 a.m. Dec. 21, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E. Ages 6-24 months with an adult. Free admission. ❑ Randy Halberstadt, 7 p.m. Dec. 21, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend. ❑ Reuel Lubag Duo, 7 p.m. Dec. 22, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend.
Classes ❑ S.A.I.L. (Stay Active and Independent for Life) exercise class meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Mount Si
Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend. Led by certified exercise instructor Carla Orellana. Call 888-3434. ❑ English as a second language, 6:30 p.m. Mondays, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend. A formal class to learn English grammar, reading, writing and conversational skills. ❑ One-on-One Computer Assistance, 1 p.m. Wednesdays, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend. A KCLS volunteer instructor can give you one-on-one assistance with computer questions. ❑ Community yoga class, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Dec. 18, at North Bend Yoga, 325 Bendigo Blvd. N. Admission is free.
Volunteer opportunities ❑ Encompass is currently seeking volunteers to help with our landscape and maintenance
at both the downtown North Bend and Boalch Avenue locations along with office help. This can be a weekly to monthly commitment. If interested, contact Michelle at michelle.mccormick@encompassnw.org or 888-2777. ❑ Snoqualmie Sister Cities Association invites community members to join a newly formed group to support Snoqualmie’s new sister city, Chaclacayo, Peru. The association already has developed a close relationship with sister city Gangjin, South Korea, which more than 30 residents have visited in the past four years. Email maryrcorcoran@gmail.com or call 503-1813. ❑ The Mount Si Food Bank is looking for volunteers to help unload food at noon Mondays, sort food at 9 a.m. Tuesdays or pass out food on Wednesdays. Call the food bank at 888-0096. ❑ The Elk Management Group invites the community to participate in elk collaring, telemetry and habitat improvement projects in the Upper Snoqualmie Valley. Project orientation meetings are at 6 p.m. the third Monday of the month at the North Bend City Hall, 211 Main Ave. N. Email research@snoqualmievalleyelk.org. ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Hospital is accepting applications for ages 16 or older to volunteer in various departments of the hospital. Email carolw@snoqualmiehospital.org to arrange an interview. ❑ Senior Services Transportation Program needs volunteers to drive seniors around North Bend and Snoqualmie. Choose the times and areas in which you’d like to drive. Car required. Mileage reimbursement and supplemental liability insurance are offered. Call 206-748-7588 or 800-2825815 toll free, or email melissat@seniorservices.org. Apply online at www.seniorservices.org. Click on “Giving Back” and then on “Volunteer Opportunities.” ❑ Mount Si Senior Center needs volunteers for sorting and sales in the thrift store, reception and class instruction. The center is at 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend. Call 888-3434. ❑ Adopt-A-Park is a program for Snoqualmie residents to improve public parks and trails. An application and one-year commitment are required. Call 831-5784.
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