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Tribe sues city for discrimination By Dylan Chaffin dchaffin@snovalleystar.com The Snoqualmie Tribe filed a lawsuit in federal court last week that accused City of Snoqualmie officials of “intentional race discrimination” against the tribe, according to a tribal press release. The city denied the allega-

tions and, in a press release, said it was “surprised and disappointed” to learn of the suit. The 19-page lawsuit lays out alleged instances of discrimination by Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson, including the decision to terminate sewer utility services to the Snoqualmie Casino by November 2016. “Without sewer services, the

casino will be forced to close indefinitely, threatening the tribe’s ability to offer core governmental programs and services to its tribal members, jeopardizing business relationships upon which the tribe depends, and risking the jobs of 1,200 employees,” the lawsuit reads. City of Snoqualmie Public Information Officer Joan Pliego

said the city is not the only option for sewer treatment services for the Snoqualmie Casino. The tribe’s other options include constructing and operating its own onsite treatment and disposal system, the city said. Many other tribes have utiSee LAWSUIT, Page 2

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This man walked into the Bank of America branch on Bendigo Boulevard in North Bend and demanded cash.

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By Dylan Chaffin dchaffin@snovalleystar.com

By Scott Stoddard sstoddard@snovalleystar.com A man who authorities believe robbed two banks in Issaquah during the first week of December is wanted for his role in a robbery Dec. 9 in North Bend. At around 5:45 p.m., a man walked into the Bank of America branch at 128 Bendigo Blvd. S. and demanded money. He left the bank on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. Authorities described the man as Hispanic or Caucasian. He is 5-foot-6 with a thin build and was wearing a black hooded jacket, sunglasses and latex gloves. A similarly dressed man is being sought by authorities for bank robberies in Issaquah on Dec. 1 and Dec. 3. In those robberies, the man was described as being between 5-foot-10 and 6-feet tall. Law enforcement officers from Issaquah, Bellevue and the King County Sheriff’s Office, along with King County’s Guardian One helicopter, assisted the Snoqualmie Police Department in searching for the suspect. Authorities later determined that he had a vehicle nearby and fled the scene. An investigator with the FBI’s Seattle Safe Streets Task Force responded to the bank and took over the investigation.

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The flooded Snoqualmie River laps onto the Park Avenue Southeast roadway Dec. 9 at the corner of Southeast River Street in Snoqualmie.

Flooding causes road, school closures and landslides By Dylan Chaffin dchaffin@snovalleystar.com It didn’t break any records, but two days of heavy rain and wind did cause severe flooding to the cities of Snoqualmie and North Bend — resulting in road and school closures late last week. A total of eight roads were closed within Snoqualmie city limits with a Level 1 evacuation notice posted to residents

in the Mountain Avenue Southeast neighborhood and Pickering Court apartments. The Snoqualmie River peaked near the city at 49,000 cubic feet per second, warranting a Phase 4 alert on the King County flood scale. The Snoqualmie Valley School District closed its doors Dec. 9 and 10 because of weather and road conditions. King County Executive Dow Constantine held a press brief-

ing Dec. 9, reminding residents to avoid driving through standing water and to sign up for flood alerts. It was the fourth time in five weeks that officials had to open the flood warning center, he said. He also reminded citizens that the flood warning was still in effect, even if the storm had passed. See FLOODING, Page 3

The long-awaited largescale grocery store and retail space some Snoqualmie citizens have been waiting for is now one step closer to reality. The Snoqualmie City Council voted to allow Mayor Matt Larson to sign a development agreement with the property owners of Snoqualmie Ridge Business Park lots 11 and 12-1 during the Dec. 14 meeting. The project, if passed by the council, will be overseen by Snoqualmie-based developer Tom Erlandson of EDG Development LLC. A dozen supporters of the project were in attendance, with Snoqualmie citizen Doug Evans speaking confidently of the quality of Erlandson’s work. Evans also addressed prior public comment at a previous council meeting that See PARK, Page 3 Prsrt Std U.S. Postage PAID Kent, WA Permit No. 71 POSTAL CUSTOMER

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From Page 1 lized the option, Pliego said, including the Tulalip, Nisqually, Skagit, and Grand Ronde tribes. The Snoqualmie tribe’s lawsuit addresses this fact, she said, “admitting that the vast majority of other landowners outside City of Snoqualmie limits and within the urban growth boundary rely on private septic systems to address their sewer needs.” The tribe does not have the resources or capability to do so at this time, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit claims the city was to provide the tribe with 35 years of sewer utility services, ending in 2043. That agreement came to an end with a City Council

Victims of storm damage can apply for assistance Residents and businesses that suffered property damage or other losses in the this week’s storm may be eligible for assistance from King County to get their property back in order. Eligibility is determined through a damageassessment process, which takes into account the

vote earlier this year. Larson was not the only person to be sued by the tribe. All of the City Council members were listed as defendants in the lawsuit, as well as the city’s administrator, Robert Larson, and public works director Dan Marcinko. The termination of the service agreement extends to fire and emergency medical services provided by the city, and the lawsuit accuses city representatives of directly interfering with the tribe’s ability to seek out other fire and medical services. The lawsuit also alleges that city representatives contacted Eastside Fire & Rescue while the service agreement between the city and the tribe was still in effect and asked EFR to not enter into an agreement with the tribe. EFR and the tribe have since signed a six-year contract to provide

fire and emergency services to the casino. In a Dec. 15 email, Pliego wrote that the city had been served with the suit on Dec. 14. “It is unfortunate that the lawsuit specifically names the Snoqualmie Mayor, the City Council Members, the City Administrator, and the Public Works Director. These individuals should not have been included in the lawsuit.” The lawsuit mentions an individual who has not been sworn in or seated as a council member, and could not have taken any part in the actions the lawsuit complains of, she wrote. The city requested numerous meetings with the tribe over a two-year period for development negotiations, all of which the tribe declined or refused to answer, she

added. According to Pliego, the tribe refused to discuss a long-term extension to the sewer agreement. Instead, the tribe insisted on a oneyear extension, she said. “The city agreed to the tribe’s request and the city signed the extension document the tribe drafted.” In addition, the city claims the tribe attempted to terminate the fire and EMS portion of the agreement on less than twomonths’ notice before entering into the contract with Eastside Fire & Rescue, therefore breaching the contract. The city has received payment through the end of the year for the fire and medical services, Pliego wrote. But the city wants the tribe to fulfill the contract’s financial obligations of the one-year notice period, which would end

total reported losses within King County. In order to compute the losses, individuals and businesses are encouraged to submit damage reports to King County Emergency Management. Visit kingcounty.gov/ damage online to submit a report. Alternatively, call (800) 523-5044 Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. beginning Dec. 14. The county notes that submitting a

report does not guarantee reimbursement.

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on Nov. 30, 2016. Jerry Lamb, a spokesperson for the tribe, said in a Dec. 15 email, “The bottom line is the City made the decision to end all essential services.” “The Tribe had no choice but to take immediate steps to protect its rights, its business, and the livelihoods of the 1,200 employees at the Casino by finding another provider for fire and EMS services. The Tribe is excited about the new partnership with Eastside.”

Correction A sentence in the Dec. 11 edition mischaracterized City of Snoqualmie Public Information Officer Joan Pliego’s description of a press release that the city issued in response to the Snoqualmie Tribe’s criticism of development near Snoqualmie Falls. The sentence should have read, “Pliego said the press release was objective and not accusatory of the tribe and their efforts.”

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Flooding From Page 1 “The water is still coming down from the hills, so don’t let the blue skies fool you,” he said. “There’s plenty more to cause trouble in these rivers.” Though the Snoqualmie River has receded, the heavy rains that caused the flooding are still having lasting effects -- namely in the way of landslides. On Dec. 14, the state Department of Transportation tweeted that a landslide closed eastbound Interstate 90 near mile marker 34. The roadway was cleared around 10 a.m. Joan Pliego, public information officer for the City of Snoqualmie, said in a press release that a landslide caused a partial closure of a trail that links the city’s Deep Creek Trail and the Whitaker Trail on

Park From Page 1 concerned the controversial drive-thru that was not in the city’s updated comprehensive plan. “From a practical standpoint, a drive-thru just makes sense,” he said. But one councilman did not agree with the proposal. Councilman Charles

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The flooded Snoqualmie River creeps toward a home on Southeast Walnut Street on the morning of Dec. 9.

Peterson added to amend the planning development to include only two drive-thrus — one for a gas station and the other for a pharmacy. He did not support drive-thrus for restaurants, he said. The motion was struck down by the six remaining council members. Prior to the motion, Councilman Bob Jeans voiced concern after planning consultant Ann Nelson told the council that

the updated development plans included removing trees from the existing property for grading purposes. “We’ll try to save as many trees as we can,” Erlandson said. “We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.” City Attorney Bob Sterbank told the council that improperly graded landscapes usually don’t see long-term survival of plants. Erlandson said

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Snoqualmie residents have long had to do their grocery shopping in the neighboring towns of North Bend and Issaquah because the existing grocers do not fill the needs of the city’s 13,000 citizens. He emphasized that the new grocery store and retail

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From the Editor’s Desk

To the Editor

As flood waters rose, we sprung into action

Critics of Rep. Rodne should respect his service

As the Snoqualmie River crested in the early morning hours on Dec. 9, the journalists of the SnoValley Star were hard at work before the sun came up. I received my first email from reporter Dylan Chaffin that morning at 5:03 a.m., relaying information from the City of North Bend regarding the flooding. Our social media expert, Christina CorralesScott Toy, was distributing news that was Stoddard critical to our readers, like the closure of Snoqualmie Valley schools, through Facebook, Twitter and our website, snovalleystar.com. And I was providing visuals of sites around Snoqualmie affected by the rising river. I ran into 9-year-old Quinlan McCabe and his father, David, as they took photographs of the scene at inundated Sandy Cove Park. The large trees there groaned in the wind, but at least the rain wasn’t pelting my camera gear at that point. Earlier, the rain had come down hard as I walked along Mountain Drive Southeast. As the sun tried in vain to penetrate the dark clouds, I saw yards that looked like lakes, and water was knee-deep in at least one garage. We’re making a push at the Star to cover the Valley as if we were a daily newspaper. In this instance, I think we accomplished that in fine fashion. Although we publish a print edition once a week, we will use our online platforms to report and post stories — including breaking news like last week’s flooding — as they happen. To that end, I invite you to follow us on Facebook (facebook.com/snovalleystar) and Twitter (twitter.com/snovalleystar). Not everything we post online makes it into the weekly newspaper. For example, a video of the swollen river I shot from the Meadowbrook Bridge has been viewed more than 5,000 times on Facebook. It’s been wildly popular with our online readership. And we can provide you with up-to-the-minute information that would no longer be relevant when we published the newspaper, such as Interstate 90 closures or The Summit at Snoqualmie’s decision to open for the season Dec. 11. So join us online and experience our news report there, too. You won’t regret it.

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Thanks for publishing my letter last week in the SnoValley Star. Regarding the other letters you published last week about Rep. Jay Rodne’s comments on Muslims, I think they were pretty harsh considering Jay is a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran like myself. He’s fought face to face against Muslim thugs in Iraq just like I did against communist thugs over in Vietnam many years ago. No doubt when Jay hears about innocent civilians being slaughtered here in America, he goes off the deep end just as I often do. I hope everyone can forgive him for this behavior just as I know Jesus will. Merry Christmas & Semper Fi. Jim Curtis North Bend

removed his post. His opinion, an ignorant response about people he will not make the effort to understand, is wrong, and his leadership is faulty. Still, as a result of his outburst, there are people here who are now fearful that our community hates them, wishes them harm and wants them gone. I want to assure our Muslim neighbors and friends that Rep. Rodne does not speak for us. Muslims, like Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, agnostics, atheists, and indeed anyone of any faith or of no particular faith at all, are welcome in the Snoqualmie Valley. Those who would attempt to stir us up to fear our neighbors and hate strangers are wrong. They are simply loud voices with angry opinions. We should not listen to them. Instead, we should rebuke them for their attempts to destroy us and our community. We are better than those voices. We are all Americans. Let’s act like it. Stephen Matlock North Bend

Divisive comments show leadership is faulty

Rodne’s critics fall prey to political correctness

I live in the Snoqualmie Valley. It’s beautiful here. We have amazing views, a strong community, a safe environment and good neighbors. We’re like most other communities in America — we want the best for our children, want good schools, want peace and safety, want to know that we are accepted and respected by our neighbors. Recently our state representative, Jay Rodne, made some divisive statements on Facebook about our own community, accusing our Muslim neighbors of evil intentions. He has since

As an Asian-American immigrant and U.S. Army veteran, I am deeply appalled and offended by the vitriol directed at Rep. Jay Rodne by Dan Olah (Dec. 4). With regard to the issue and concern about Islamic terrorism, we have let political correctness run amok, and we have let Islamophobia-phobia affect the political discourse. As Democratic Reps. Loretta Sanchez and Stephen Lynch have stated, the U.S. needs to improve an unreliable vetting process. We cannot afford to have a recurrence of terrorism such as the one

in San Bernadino, Calif. One of their neighbors suspected the couple of amassing weapons for the purpose of terrorism, but refused to talk to the police for the fear of a being labeled a racist. As a consequence, 14 Americans of all races are dead and numerous others’ lives shattered. By the way: Islam is NOT a race. It is a religion. In his letter, Olah equates a fear of radical Islam with bigotry. I am familiar with the Mideast and South Asia, including the languages and the cultures. My family members have been victims of radical Islam, my mother and father escaping the clutches of radical Islam because of their refusal to accede to the demands of Islamic terrorists who told them that not accepting the supremacy of the third Abrahamic faith was the equivalent of blasphemy and tantamount to “hate speech,” the same words used in a letter by R. Becker (Dec. 11). Supreme irony: While the political left is eager to launch personal attacks on white Christian Republicans and conservatives, it ignores the atrocities of ISIS committed against women, gays and religious minorities because that would undermine their political narrative. One does not have to be black in order to condemn racism. One does not have to be gay to condemn homophobia. And one does not have to be Muslim to condemn radical Islam, as explicitly stated by former jihadist Maajid Nawaz. I suggest to your readers they read the writings of liberal and progressive Muslims such as Dr. Qanta A. Ahmed, Dr. Zuhdi Jasser and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who are trying to reform Islam. Ron Kanjilal North Bend

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Bows and arrows and warm coats for kids Well, the first archery tournament to raise money to buy warm clothes for some of the local kids is now in the history books, and it would have to be considered a success. Doc, who has more initials after his name than anyone in town and there-

fore is considered by strangers to be smarter than anyone else, masterminded the tournament. He charged a ten-dollar entry fee and each shooter was given five shots to hit a paper cup at 75 yards. To See KIDS, Page 5

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Local students make deans’ lists q Sierra Morin, a Mount Si High School graduate, was recently named to the University of Washington’s 2014-15 annual dean’s list. To qualify for the annual dean’s list high-scholarship award, an undergraduate student must have achieved a quarterly

Kids From Page 4 the winner would go half the total money taken in. Nobody won. Strange how that worked out, isn’t it? So almost all the money went for winter coats for the kids. But not all of it. And it is for this reason that Doc hopes to return to his annual one-of-akind golf tournament next year. Bert brought his bow and several dozen arrows to be used for the contest, and the paper cup sat on a stump 75 yards away. Well, inside that cup was probably the safest place to be for a distance of … say … 75 yards. Oh, a handful of arrows actually came close to the

grade point average of 3.5 or more in 12 or more numerically graded credits each quarter for three quarters of the academic year (summer through spring). q Shannon Barnhart and Rebecca Mott, both of North Bend, were named to the spring 2015 dean’s list at Biola University, in La Mirada, Calif. paper cup, and each of those shots was greeted by enthusiastic applause by the audience, by which we mean everyone. But it didn’t take long for Doc to discover several things: 1. Arrows can hit rocks and bend or break, 2. Arrows can hit trees and never come out, 3. Arrows dive under the dirt and become immediately invisible, and 4. Arrows cost money. Dud’s metal detector got a good workout that day, finding grass-root killing arrows, and a trip to the archery shop in the city got Bert back in shooting shape again. But hey, it’s for the kids, right? And it sure was fun.

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Police blotter Wires down Firefighters were dispatched at 8:47 a.m. Dec. 3 to 372 Place due to downed wires. Crews found a tree had fallen across the road and the wires. One wire landed near an outhouse and was arcing. Puget Sound Energy was called and the crew remained on scene until they arrived.

No fires in the library Firefighters were dispatched at 10:25 p.m. Dec. 4 to the Salish Lodge and Spa due to smoke in the library. The crew was met by Salish staff and informed of a small fire in the library fireplace. The staff stated that the fire started in the fan located in the flu and that they had secured power to the fan and had put out the majority of

the fire with small extinguishers. The crew located the library and found it charged with smoke and dust from the extinguishers. They made sure the initial fire was completely extinguished and then worked on removing the smoke. The majority of the smoke was removed and the fire was completely extinguished. The area around the fireplace and chimney were checked to make sure that there were no hot

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spots. Salish staff were left with instructions to leave the alarm system in test mode until the majority of the room could be cleaned of all the powder residue from the extinguishers.

age. The system had been in trouble mode due to a prior call. The alarm company was contacted and informed to keep the alarm in trouble mode until the morning.

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EFR’s new fire chief coming north from Arizona By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@snovalleystar.com The Eastside Fire & Rescue board made a conditional offer to Jeff Clark, chief of the city Fire, Health and Medical Department in Chandler, Ariz., to take over the fire department here as soon as Feb. 1. “I’m excited,” the 47-year-old Clark said in a phone interview. “It’s a big change.” Sammamish City Councilman Bob Keller also said he was excited with the choice of Clark from among four finalists for the chief’s position. “He has a reputation of implementing new ideas,” Keller said, noting Clark was involved in various areas of Chandler government. “Everybody just gave him glowing references.” EFR serves both Issaquah and Sammamish, and Keller chairs the personnel committee that selected Clark. Clark spent 25 years with the Chandler Fire, Health & Medical Department, the last seven as chief. He also served as chief for the Chandler

County Island Fire District, which provides fire and emergency medical service for islands within the Jeff Clark municipal boundaries of Chandler. In 2011, Clark began a three-year stint as an assistant city manager, a job that included oversight of the city’s Neighborhood Services and Information Technology divisions. The added duties were a result of financial troubles experienced by the City of Chandler, Clark said Why did Clark try for a job so far from what is now home? Clark said he and wife Lori have visited the Seattle area many times. They decided at least a couple of years ago to move here, but they promised their two daughters they could finish high school in Chandler. The two are now out of school, and when the opportunity with EFR happened along, Clark said he jumped at the chance.

While he has visited the Northwest, Clark said he was not overly familiar with the areas served by EFR and studied the area as part of his preparation for applying for the chief’s position. Still, Clark said he assumes he has a lot to learn. “That’s an exciting part of it,” he added. Keller said Clark’s appointment was conditional on further background investigations and successful negotiation of an employment contract. The new chief will earn $154,000 to $180,000 annually, according to information previously released by EFR. Clark replaces long-time Chief Lee Soptich, who led the department for 15 years. Soptich’s last day on the job was Nov. 30. With the help of a California consultancy, EFR launched a national search for a new chief. A total of 24 people applied for the position. The consultancy cut that number down to 12. Keller and the personnel committee picked four finalists, including one local applicant. EFR flew the other finalists to

Issaquah, where they all underwent extensive interviewing by three panels: the personnel committee, a technical committee and

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The Snoqualmie Watershed Forum released its 2015 poster, featuring the winning entry from last summer’s photography contest, “Focus on the Snoqualmie.” The poster is free while supplies last. Danny Raphael of North Bend submitted the winning photo showing a dramatic Mount Si at sunset with a foreground of plowed fields. Raphael received a framed copy of the poster at the Snoqualmie Watershed Forum meet-

ing Nov. 18. A Valley resident since 1998, Raphael is a self-taught amateur photographer whose favorite subjects are Mount Si and family members. Also recognized at the meeting were four additional photographers whose entries were incorporated into the poster design. They are Bill Cottringer, of North Bend, Pat Dunn, of Oxbow Farm, Randy Green, of Carnation, and Mount Si High School sophomore

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q Aging Well Learning Community, 10:15 a.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223 q Winter Magic Ice Skating, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 6-9 p.m., Railroad Park, 7971 Railroad Ave, Snoqualmie, residents, ci.snoqualmie.wa.us q Will Crandell Project Student Showcase, 6 p.m., Diana Page Holiday Quartet, 7:30 and 8:45 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307 q ‘Tis the Season,’ 7:30 p.m., Valley Center Stage, 119 W. North Bend Way, $17.50/adults, $14/students and seniors, 831-5667

q Blues Brunch with the Groovetramps, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Goodtime Travelers, 7:30 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 8313647 q Winter Magic Ice Skating, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 6-9 p.m., Railroad Park, 7971 Railroad Ave, Snoqualmie, residents: $3/ages 10 and younger, $5/ ages 10 and older, nonresidents: $5/ ages 10 and younger, $10/ages11 and older, ci.snoqualmie. wa.us q Vocal Jazz Lab Showcase, 4 p.m., Danny Kolke Trio, 6 p.m., Vox at the Box, 7:30 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 2929307

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q Parks and Public Works Committee meeting, 5 p.m., Community Development Meeting, 6 p.m., parks Board meeting, 7 p.m. and Planning Commission meeting, 7 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St., Snoqualmie, 8881555

q Winter Magic Ice Skating, 1-5 p.m. and 6-9 p.m., Ridge Amphitheater, Center and Ridge St., Snoqualmie, residents: $3/ages 10 and younger, $5/ ages 10 and older, nonresidents: $5/ ages 10 and younger, $10/ages11 and older, ci.snoqualmie. wa.us

q Winter Magic Ice Skating, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 6-9 p.m., Ridge Amphitheater, Center and Ridge St., Snoqualmie, residents: $3/ages 10 and younger, $5/ages 10 and older, nonresidents: $5/ages 10 and younger, $10/ ages 11 and older, ci.snoqualmie.wa.us

q Yoga with Dr. Jill, 12:15 p.m., Park Street Healing Arts, 318 Park St., North Bend, call 888-4170 to RSVP

q Competitive Play Drop-In Volleyball, 16 and older, 7-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., 256-3115

q One-on-One Computer Help, 1 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554

q Christmas Show with Eleanor Lang, 6-8 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-3647 q Family Film Festival Holiday Movie, 6:30 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223

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Abby Webber leads Mount Si to season’s first victory By Sam Kenyon skenyon@snovalleystar.com The Mount Si gymnastics team has one win and one loss in their early-season results after a lopsided victory over the Redmond Mustangs, 164.05 to 28.1, on Dec. 10 at Newport High School. “I think they did great,” first-year head coach Kelly Loranger said of the team’s first win. Loranger was a coach for the Issaquah High School gymnastics team for seven years, and she also volunteered for Mount Si last season. “I’m really familiar with all the girls,” she said. “Pretty smooth,” she said of her first two meets. “It’s been a pretty easy transition.” Although the Wildcats didn’t face them, Newport

and Issaquah were present at the four-team meet in competition with each other. Newport won, 164.65 to 149.55. Six of the top 10 allaround scores at the fourteam belonged to the Wildcats, with the other four going to Newport. The highest Mount Si score went to senior Abby Webber with 34.4, one-tenth of a point shy of tying for first place with Newport’s Maddie LoMauro. Samantha Holmes finished in third place with a score of 32.6. Spots six through 10 went to Mount Si’s Maggie Kenow, Shelby Johnson, Amanda Antoch and Morgan Lowell, respectively. As a team, the Wildcats took first place on the balance beam with a score of 44.1. They took second

place as a team in each of the other three events. Webber came in second place in two events, scoring 8.7 on the vault and 9.4 on the beam. Webber and Holmes were part of a three-way tie for fourth place on the uneven bars with a score of 6.8. Shelby Johnson finished in second place on the floor with a score of 9.55. Loranger expects Webber will be one of the top all-around contenders for the team this season, along with Holmes and Kenow. But she believed the team’s top performer will often depend on which event they’re competing in. Each gymnast has different strengths and weaknesses. As a team, the Wildcats also have strengths and weaknesses in each event.

“Bars (are) everybody’s weakest (event),” Loranger said. At practice, the team plans to add new elements to its gymnasts’ routines on the bars in order to boost their scores. Loranger said she has seen some improvement in other areas. “Vault was a huge improvement from last week,” she said, referring to Mount Si’s loss to Bothell in a Dec. 3 seasonopening meet. As in seasons past, the floor exercise is both a favorite event and a big strength for the Wildcats Five of the top 10 scores in the last meet went to Mount Si gymnasts. “They’re rock solid,” Loranger said of the team’s floor routines. “It’ll turn out to be a great season on the floor.”

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Abby Weber, Mount Si High School senior, rotates off the vault with a flip before sticking the landing, scoring an 8.7 to earn second place.

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Emma Smith, Mount Si High School junior, rounds a pick set by senior Annie Hiebert Dec. 11 against Inglemoor.

Inglemoor extends winless run for Mount Si girls By Sam Kenyon skenyon@snovalleystar.com It was a hard loss to swallow for the Mount Si girls basketball team when they lost to the Inglemoor Vikings, 54-18, on Dec. 11 at Inglemoor High School. The loss kept the Wildcats (0-4 Class 4A KingCo Conference) from their elusive first victory of the season. “We’ve just got to figure out how to score more points,” said junior captain and point guard

Emma Smith. “We have to get more aggressive.” The Vikings were up 16-4 at the end of the first quarter against the undersized Wildcats. The second quarter was actually Mount Si’s best stretch. Inglemoor extended its lead by only two points, bringing the score to 26-12 at halftime. The second quarter was Mount Si’s highest scoring quarter with eight points. The third quarter really sealed the dominant vicSee WINLESS, Page 11

It was a hot start for the Mount Si boys basketball team against the Inglemoor Vikings, which made an eventual loss all the more frustrating for the Wildcats. Mount Si lost, 64-55, on Dec. 11 at Inglemoor, bringing their season record to 0-4 in Class 4A KingCo Conference play. “We started off great,” said acting head coach Dillon Shain, who filled in for Kyle Clearman while he served a twogame suspension for being ejected from a game earlier in the season. “We were passing the ball, doing what we’ve been asking them to do in practice, give it one extra pass.” The Wildcats started the night with a 9-0 run against the Vikings thanks to a strong start from 6-foot-6 junior Taylor Upton, who finished the game with 16 points, four rebounds and one steal. Mount Si’s offensive motion was flowing in the early game. The starting point was the team’s two guards, senior Danny Tomson and junior Gavin Gorrell. Tomson was the high scorer on the night

By Sam Kenyon/ skenyon@snovalleystar.com

Danny Tomson, Mount Si High School senior, fights off a defender under the hoop Dec. 11 against Inglemoor. with 20 points to go along with eight rebounds and three steals, and he committed only one turnover. Gorrell chipped in six points to go with three assists, one rebound and one steal. He was the only Wildcat with more than one assist. Senior Colton Swain also had big contributions with six points and 10 rebounds. “Having fun,” Shain said. “We’ve been trying to get these kids just to have fun. That’s where this game comes easiest.” But Inglemoor shook

off the initial scoring barrage, and by the end of the first quarter Mount Si’s lead shrank to 13-9. Six minutes into the second quarter, Inglemoor caught up and took the lead. The Vikings then went on a run, taking the game’s momentum into halftime with the score 29-19 in their favor. The Wildcats’ free-flowing offense had stiffened somewhat. “We started getting away from that later in the game,” Shain said. “It’s tough starting off that hot and just hitting

the downslide.” Mount Si outscored the Vikings by three in the third quarter, and headed into the fourth quarter down 47-40. In the final frame, turnovers held back the Wildcats. With a little more than five minutes remaining, Mount Si turned it over three times in four possessions. Every big shot they made, Inglemoor had an answer for. Eventually, down by nine points, the Wildcats had to start intentionally fouling to stop the clock, and the Vikings made more than enough free throws to ice the game. “Turnovers killed us,” Shain said. “We’ve got to start taking better care of the ball.” Shain said he was pleased with the effort and intensity of his team, if not the execution. “Everyone left everything on the court like we’ve been asking them to,” he said. “They tried their absolute hardest, just flying around doing everything we asked them to do without any questions.” The Wildcats next travel to face the Bothell Cougars at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18.

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Girls From Page 10 tory for Inglemoor. The Vikings poured in 16 points while holding the Wildcats scoreless, pushing the lead to 42-12 going into the final frame.

Smith said her team needs to work on every aspect of their offense. “I don’t think it was any one thing in particular,” she said. Four Wildcats made shots from the field – senior captain Annie Hiebert had six points, junior Hayden Frederick had four points, while

junior Adya Kumar and sophomore Sam Smith each had two points each. Early on, Inglemoor threw a full-court press at Mount Si, a maneuver that has caused the Wildcats severe problems in past games. They were able to pass through the press successfully, for the most part.

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“I think we did a good job breaking their press,” Smith said. “We made them back off of that.” The Wildcats also had positive signs on the defensive end. Mount Si forced the Vikings to give up 10 turnovers. “Our defense, we’ve been working on that a lot,” Smith said. “We have

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captain Scout Turner and junior Chaija Olsson. “Annie and Chaija and Scout, they’re all able to find ways to attack the basket,” Smith said. The Wildcats played at home Dec. 16 against Issaquah, results that came after press time. Their next game is at 6 p.m. Dec. 18 at Bothell.

Annie Heibert Mount Si senior captain Annie Hiebert (right), defends during a Dec. 4 basketball game against Eastlake. Hiebert led the Wildcats with eight points, and is comfortable with getting into the paint to put up shots.”We are all able to step up and contribute,” she says.

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