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July 17, 2014

Four candidates face off in Aug. 5 primary “There is a lot of work left to do and I’m increasingly in a posiVoters will have four choices tion to do it.” for state representative in the After serving as the president 5th Legislative District primary of the Issaquah School Board Aug. 5. and now the ranking member The two candidates who of the House Committee on receive the most votes will run Education, he pledges to conin the Nov. 4 general election. tinue focusing on educational Incumbent Republican Chad issues.

Magendanz His two will run again. years in the On the Web He touts his job has left Learn more about the expertise on him with expecandidates on their webeducational rience creating sites: issues and his deals in an www.vote4chad.com willingness to increasingly www.springforhouse.org reach across partisan enviwww.votecolinjalexander.com the aisle as ronment, he reasons for said. residents to re“The elect him. movement “McCleary is going to suck as a minority party memall of the oxygen out of the ber really surprised me,” room,” he said, referring to Magendanz said, referring to the Washington State Supreme the Democratically controlled Court decision requiring the House. “I’ve had allies from Legislature to provide more See PRIMARY, Page 2 funding for basic education.

Summer is in full swing

By Peter Clark

By Mike Williams

Ella Borsheim, 7, swings over Roaring Creek near the Mount Si trailhead.

Prepare for huge delays on westbound I-90 starting tomorrow Interstate will be down to one lane July 18-25 between Mercer Island and Bellevue

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By Sam Kenyon Drivers of westbound Interstate 90 should ready themselves for significant delays due to a $1.6 million construction project that begins July 18.

Westbound I-90 will be reduced to one lane near Bellevue Way for seven days as the Washington State Department of Transportation replaces the expansion joints on the East Channel bridge, which connects Mercer Island to Bellevue over a small channel of Lake Washington.

WSDOT recommends all drivers change their driving habits to reduce the inevitable traffic buildup.

“Traffic and delays are going

Courtesy of Washington State Department of Transportation

The metal expansion joints seen here will be replaced over the course of next week. to be hard to judge right now,” Kris Olsen, a spokeswoman for the WSDOT, said in a phone interview last week. “A lot of it depends on what drivers do.”

Drivers are encouraged to use any and all resources to reduce their westbound I-90 commute, such as carpooling, alternate routes, telecommuting, delay-

ing discretionary trips and only using westbound I-90 early in the morning or late at night.

During the closure, WSDOT engineers expect the best times to travel will be before 6 a.m., between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., and after 7 p.m. More than half of the 85,000 drivers who use westbound I-90 each day must use an alternate travel mode to keep travel time from Snoqualmie and North Bend to Seattle at less than one hour.

“We’re thinking probably two and a half, three miles of

backup, probably, if no one really changes their habits,” Olsen said.

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Tollgate Farm park Primary to re-open this fall From Page 1

a few small bumps in construction so far, but nothing extraordinary, Pray said.

Considerations of several environmental factors had to be handled during construction, plus the land is designated as a significant archeological area. The parks department completed a lot of surveying and probing before it could begin the improvements.

In addition to being one of the earliest farmsteads in the Valley, the park encompasses some traditional American Indian prairie land that’s part of the Snoqualmie Tribe’s oral legends.

Beyond the legends, it is known that the Tollgate Farm and nearby Meadowbrook Farm lands were used for winter settlements by the American Indians. They probably burned the area to keep away forest and build up grazing land for roving wildlife that they hunted.

The U.S. Army built Fort Smalley on what is today Tollgate in 1855-

By Sam Kenyon Tollgate Farm Park will re-open this fall, giving North Bend residents a better open area for recreation.

They will still have to share the park with some friendly cows.

The park should be finished in October. It is located west of downtown, between North Bend Way and state Route 202.

“It’s more readily available space for the public and it expands the trail system,” said Mark Pray, the lead parks technician for the North Bend parks department.

“The view from it is amazing.”

The upgraded park will feature a fenced area for local cattle, a playground and an expanded trail system. The trail will circle the park before going underneath state Route 202 to eventually connect with the Snoqualmie Valley Trail.

“It promotes a little bit of connectivity,” Pray said.

The project has had

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Concentrated campaign David Spring will once again run on the Democratic ticket with a concentrated campaign.

“I’m basically a parent from North Bend with a single issue — to restore school funding,” Spring said. “It is the paramount duty of our state Legislature to fund our schools completely and they’re not doing it.”

Spring, a teacher at Bellevue College, said he believes he has an educational insider approach to addressing his concern about underfunded public schools.

“Since 2000, the state has dramatically increased its corporate tax breaks,” he said. “Our property taxes and other taxes have gone up, but corporations are paying less. Requiring corporations to pay their fair share of state taxes will not harm them, because they can deduct their

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both sides. There are just so many ways to get stuff done in Olympia.”

He said he has the impression he has represented the district well.

“There’s been a lot of local support,” he said. “I think I reflect the district in many ways. I’m a prochoice, fiscally conservative Republican.”

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state taxes from their federal taxes.”

This election marks the fourth Chad Magendanz time Spring has run for the 5th District seat. He remains committed to the single message of his campaign.

“I will keep trying until our kids get the schools and the teachers they need,” he said. “I just want all kids in all our schools to have a fair chance. Our state supreme court has agreed with me.”

Spirited newcomer Newcomer Colin J. Alexander said he may be young, at 24, but he said he has the spirit and commitment to institute new ideas in the Legislature.

“I’ve always been told you need to be the change you want to see in the world,” he said. “I want to be that change.”

He also wants to focus on education. However, he said he can approach it from a different perspective, having recently graduated from college and experienced the difficulty of the job market.

“I’d like to see some education reform and not just primary, but secondary,” he said. “Instead of

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pushing people to four-year degrees, I want to put an emphasis on vocational schools.

I want Colin J. Alexander to see people get hired, so people my age could add to the economy instead of being a drain on it.”

The North Bend native said his degrees in economics and political science left him with a broader understanding of the government’s role within citizens’ lives.

“I understand the money side and the theory side,” he said. “Yeah, the other candidates have other experiences, but I feel like we need someone with theoretical knowledge. It’s more of the ‘whys’ instead of the ‘hows’ and I am bringing those ‘whys.’”

No party preference The final candidate, Ryan Dean Burkett, identified no party preference for his campaign.

He runs a nontraditional campaign in which he said he would not create a website or put up campaign signs, but instead write letters to citizens.

“I just believe government should be acting in a different manner than it is,” Burkett said. “I believe it should be a resource for the people.”

He has many ideas for how to create sustainable growth and local protection with a position in

the state Legislature.

“I’d like to look more into a state bank,” he said, David Spring highlighting the benefits it could offer to state agriculture and education. “It’s worked for North Dakota for the past 100 years. We could keep our money locally, invest more in small business and pick and choose where our money goes.”

Burkett also ran for the position in 2012. He said his years of customer service have left him with a keen idea of how to lead.

“In my 20 years I’ve had in the restaurant industry, I’ve taken care of people’s needs and wants,” he said. “I’m doing it in a different kind of manner, but I feel it’s the same.”

Burkett declined to submit a photograph to The Star or to the King County Department of Elections, saying he believes citizens should vote on what candidates say, not what they look like.

King County mailed ballots July 16. The deadline for new, in-person voter registration is July 28.

Register in person at 500 Fourth Ave., Room 440, Seattle, or 919 S.W. Grady Way, Renton.

Reach Issaquah Press reporter at pclark@isspress.com. Editor Sherry Grindeland contributed to this story.

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Beware: Summer heat can be a killer Summer heat can be as deadly as winter cold.

Hypothermia — when the body temperature goes too low — is a hot topic of outdoor safety talks during Northwest winters.

But hyperthermia is just as dangerous. That’s when the body gets too hot.

An abnormally high internal temperature is usually caused by the body’s failure to deal with heat. Common forms of hyperthermia are heat stroke, heat syncope (sudden dizziness after prolonged exposure to the heat), heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat fatigue.

Older adults, young children and people with chronic conditions are particularly susceptible.

Tips from The National Institute on Aging, part of the U.S. Government’s National Institutes of Health, on avoiding hyperthermia include: q Stay indoors, preferably with air conditioning

or at least Heat turns parked cars into danger zones a fan to Leaving your children, elderly relatives or pets in a parked car provide air can cause a deadly situation. circulation Even if windows are left slightly open, the temperature inside q Drink the vehicles rises within minutes after you shut off the engine plenty and the air conditioner. of fluids It is against state law to leave children younger than 16 unatthroughtended in a out the vehicle at any day time, even if it Outside Inside q Avoid is idling.

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a barn. The land changed hands several times and by 1900, the Queen Anne style farmhouse had been built. The farmhouse still stands and the city hopes to restore it when funding is available.

The name Tollgate comes from the late 1800s.

People who traveled the toll road over Snoqualmie Pass stopped at the farm to pay their fees.

North Bend’s Tollgate Park master plan calls for preserving as much of the

From Page 2 1856. The fort was a small stockade and abandoned when the anticipated war with Eastern Washington tribes did not occur.

Joseph and Lucinda Fares moved to the Valley and began farming and raising dairy cattle in 1867. They reportedly used the old stockade as

history and archeology as possible.

“We’re sensitive to those things,” Pray said.

The project also had to consider the wetlands near the Snoqualmie River and Ribary Creek and how the construction would affect them.

“Our building practices are mitigating any impact on those,” Pray said.

In the future, there may be more features added to the park. The master plan calls for play-

ing fields to be built, but for now the city will delay that improvement.

“We`re excited about the park opening up later this fall, and I think it will be a great regional asset and a great recreation amenity for the Snoqualmie valley,” Pray said.

Sam Kenyon can be reached at sam. kenyon@gmail.com or on Twitter @samuel_kenyon. Editor Sherry Grindeland contributed to this story.

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Traffic From Page 1 The two expansion joints to be replaced, each 92 feet long, were installed in 1981. In 2001, WSDOT discovered that water was leaking into the joints due to a broken rubber seal.

Water and contaminants flowed into the joints causing deterioration. Failing expansion joints are a safety hazard to drivers and can cause a bridge to bend, crack or even collapse.

Emergency repairs were made, but the rubber seal cannot be fixed. It must be replaced.

“They’ve reached the end of their useful life,” Olsen said. “We need to replace them now before we encounter a more serious problem, which would be a failure of the joint altogether.”

The expansion joints are necessary to allow the bridge to have some flexibility, to expand or contract due to weather conditions or traffic.

Expansion joints also help protect bridges against seismic events.

The expansion joints over the pedestrian and bicycle path will also be replaced. The path will remain open during the day, but pedestrians and cyclists can expect delays of up to five minutes from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

The project is too large to accomplish in a shorter time frame, like a weekend closure. The huge joints are deeply embedded in the bridge. A typical week-

Special events Drivers should be aware of events in the Seattle area during the closure that will cause additional congestion: The Bite of Seattle at the Seattle Center is July 18-20.

The Seattle Sounders have a match against the Tottenham Hotspur on July 19 at CenturyLink Field.

The Seattle Mariners start a sevengame homestand July 21 against the New York Mets and the Baltimore Orioles. end construction closure is about 55 hours, not long enough to replace the joints and pour the concrete.

“It’s just the nature of this particular work, unfortunately,” Olsen said.

State Route 520 also has multiple weekend closures scheduled this summer, and the expansion joint repair project can’t overlap with any 520 closures.

“We can’t close I-90 and 520 at the same time,” Olsen said.

Mowat Construction has been awarded the contract for the project. All westbound I-90 lanes are expected to be open again at 5 a.m. July 25.

WSDOT has offered a financial incentive to Mowat of $50,000 per day if they finish early, up to $100,000.

Sam Kenyon can be reached at skenyon@snovalleystar.com or on Twitter @samuel_kenyon.

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Editorial

Letters

Give school credit where it is due

Many things needed to end homelessness

Students can get physical education credit for taking a class online, but not for playing sports. This policy has its root in a confusing aspect of state law, which needs to be cleaned up and changed to allow for credit for sports.

Under current law, a student can waive the requirement for taking a physical education class if he or she is playing a sport, though students must still take a test to show they understand the concepts taught in class. However, they can’t earn the credit for knowing those concepts.

The benefit to students is in freeing up a class period to take something that might look more interesting on their college application.

P.E. classes, for those who haven’t stepped foot in a school gym for a while, are no longer just about tormenting the fat kid during dodge ball. Now, students are taught lessons about physiology, nutrition and healthy living — important lessons. It makes sense to ensure that teens have mastered these concepts.

There is an aspect of the class that focuses on getting students moving. This is also important, but it seems that playing on a sports team is going to cover this end.

So, if students are moving on the soccer field or around the track, and they can show they understand the more academic concepts of the class, why not give them credit?

Particularly since students can get credit for the class online, which can’t possibly involve any supervised movement activities. It’s an illogical double standard.

It seems a surmountable problem. While the state Legislature doesn’t seem to want to do anything but squabble about partisan politics, this should not be a partisan issue.

The state should adjust the laws and find a way to allow P.E. credit for playing sports. There’s no reason not to.

WEEKLY POLL Should students get credit for sports participation?

A) Yes, it is silly not to give P.E. credit for all the workouts our athletes do.

B) No, sports are an extracurricular activity and no credit should be given.

C) Maybe. It depends upon how hard the sport is.

D) You’re kidding! Our students don’t need P.E. They play too much.

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I recently read the article on our community’s issues with homelessness, as well as the responses. I, too, found the suggestion of a Tent City disturbing, but for other reasons.

Having worked with nonprofits for over a decade, the number one issue faced by any in-need population is how to move forward into a better situation. This means turning bandaid solutions into life-changing solutions, and in order for a community to enable that, they must have the infrastructure to support that transition. This includes things such as food banks, transition-shelters, mental health facilities, drug rehabilitation, etc...

North Bend is simply not equipped to turn a Tent City (aka Band-Aid solution) into a better path forward for transients. This doesn’t mean we

JULY 17, 2014 can’t be compassionate and intelligent about how we approach the issues. Winter Shelters, for example, provide humanitarian relief but are not permanent and do not invite more problems than already exist.

We can be compassionate beings and still protect ourselves, our families and our community.

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independent nonprofit entity and opens doors to other funding opportunities.

Having a sustainable food system in our community is important. The face of food banks have changed over the years. No longer are food banks strictly for the homeless and downtrodden.

Across the nation, food banks operate to fill the gap for the working poor, seniors living on a fixed income and broken families — the list could go on and on. People from all walks of life rely on the food bank from time to time.

Our goal is to be a place where all are welcome and help is available. We do more than just hand out food. We are a place of resources, where cycles of poverty can be overcome.

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Home Country

Slow business for love and fly-fishing Things were going kinda slow down at the Fly Tying Love Center and it bothered Marvin Pincus a lot.

He found it hard to believe that, out of all the people in the valley, none of them needed love advice and the proper type of fishing fly to illustrate it.

He had the sign made and put in the yard, and he’d obviously had great results with the Jones kid and good ol’ Dewey.

Since Marvin’s advice to Dewey to shower before asking a girl for a date, Dewey Decker, the Fertilizer King, had met Emily Stickles, the love of his life.

Now the fishing-fly earrings part of the business was going great. Women all over town were wearing dingle-dangle earrings with Marvin’s pointclipped fishing flies. He learned that short ladies tended to go for the smaller dries, like Griffith’s Gnats and Royal Coachmen, and the taller ladies leaned toward salmon streamers. For the “simple black dress” that women seem to need, Marvin discovered a pure-black stonefly nymph tied on a number 6 was just the right touch. Some of the ladies slipped Marvin’s wife, Marjorie, a couple of bucks to help buy more feathers and hooks.

But on the love advice front, there was a dearth of heartbroken customers.

“What would you think,” Marvin said, “if I ran an ad in

the Valley Weekly Miracle?”

“For what?”

Marjorie said at breakfast.

“You know …

Slim Randles love advice,” Columnist Marvin said.

“Well, you have the sign out front. I think everyone in the valley already knows about it.”

“But they’re not coming in,” he said.

Marjorie smiled.

“Honey, some people find it hard to talk to others about their personal problems. That’s probably it.”

Marvin got a piece of paper and began writing. Then he’d

scratch it out and start again.

This went on through both bacon and toast.

“How’s it coming, Honey?”

“About got it right, I think, Marge.”

“May I see it?”

He handed it to her.

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“What do you think?”

Marjorie just smiled and nodded her head. What she thought, however, was that retirement isn’t for sissies.

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Annual North Bend Block Party set for this weekend

By Sam Kenyon Chug down as many Twinkies as you can in five minutes, and you might take home a pig trophy.

Twede’s Café will host its annual eating contest at the Sixth North Bend Block Party July 19. The free-for-all with the creamfilled sponge cakes is just one of many activities at the community summer festival.

The Block Party, organized by the city of North Bend, Encompass and the North Bend Downtown Association, will feature two stages, hours of performances, and an Elvis File impersonator.

Hundreds of people came to last year’s North Bend Block Party.

“It’s basically a celebration of North Bend and One local business, No, the Twinkies won’t Boss.”

George’s Bakery, is celNorth Bend businesses for be unwrapped – that’s part The winner will receive ebrating their current our North Bend citizens of the five-minute contest. a trophy shaped like a pig. and the upper valley,” said ownership of 50 years “We’ll give them each At the other end of the with an Elvis impersonGina Estep, the director of a bottle of water,” Twede entertainment spectrum, community and economic ator and guitar shaped said. “I don’t want anyone the stylish-minded will cookies. choking on that sponge enjoy a summer fashion development for the city Twede’s Cafe will be cake.” show put on by Birches of North Bend.

More than 60 local busi- sponsoring the Twinkie There’s no age range or Habitat. eating contest. limit, he said. To enter call “It’s an opportunity nesses will have booths “We do an eating con831-5511 and ask for “The for businesses to market set up for the party, and many will be participating test every year,” said Kyle Twede. in some North Bend Block Party 7/19/14 - Visit our booth!

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QUALITY mix it up The a bit and main thought stage will Twinkies would be good.” feature musical acts such Twede expects about as Spike and the Impalers 10 contestants for the 2 and Heart by Heart. p.m. event. Each contes“From 7 to 11 p.m. the tant will be given a box of streets will be rocking and Twinkies. rolling,” Estep said.

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Participants can choose from three distances — 25-, 50- and 100-mile routes.

The 100-mile or century ride in biking lingo, begins at 7 a.m. and goes as far as Duvall and back to North Bend.

The 50-mile ride starts at 8 a.m. and goes into Carnation before returning to the Upper Valley.

The 25-miler begins at 8:30 and features close-up views of Mount Si. All three rides start and finish at the corner

of North Bend Way and Main Street.

This year’s event is sponsored by the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital and the SnoValley Chamber of Commerce.

themselves, get their name out there and market themselves to the community,” Estep said.

The event is for all ages, with a children’s section featuring a petting zoo, a dunk tank, and dodge ball.

The block party is expected to draw three to four thousand people throughout the day.

“The vibe on the streets every year has just been fun, festive,” Estep said.

“The community really comes out in numbers.”

The booths from local vendors will be selling a wide variety of goods

while the games and contests provide fun for everyone attending.

There will be a fitness challenge from Mt. Si Sports and Fitness as well as a beer garden, food trucks, and a climbing wall.

The event will take place on North Bend Way between Bendigo Boulevard and Ballarat Avenue. The streets will be closed during the block party.

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Park Street Healing Arts Offers Unique Weight Loss Program When doctors Jill and Scott Massengill opened their practice 22 years ago, their goal was to help patients achieve wellness without resorting to surgery or drugs.

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Seniors may qualify for property tax break Senior citizens can learn if they qualify for property tax deferral or exemption at a King County Department of Assessments community presentation. The free event will be held at 12:30 p.m. July 23 at the Mount Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend.

Low-income and disabled seniors often qualify for property tax exemptions.

“If you paid your prior years’ taxes because of a mistake, oversight, or were not aware of the exemption program, you may apply for a refund by filing an application for refund

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with our office,” said King County Assessor’s Office spokesperson Phillip Sit. In 2014, the Department of Assessments assessed approximately 690,000 parcels in King County worth $341 billion. This total valuation generated $3.92 billion in property revenue to support vital public programs and services.

“Property values for King County have continued to show signs of strengthening as we emerge from the Great Recession,” said King County Assessor Lloyd Hara.

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reservation, and the city of Snoqualmie currently permits use of these “legal” fireworks on July 4th from 9 a.m. to midnight.

The problem is there’s almost zero enforcement of this law. That, plus having a reservation in our backyard, means that more often than not, people are not just firing off “legal” fireworks even during the 9-midnight time frame, but instead are lighting “illegal” fireworks of the kind that likely caused the house fire just

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temperature increases significantly (above 104 degrees Fahrenheit) and shows symptoms of the following: strong rapid pulse, lack of sweating, dry flushed skin, mental status changes (like combativeness or confusion), staggering, faintness or coma.

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down the road from my house on July 4.

I think there’s a need for (1) education on what is a “legal” firework, (2) enforcement of the existing state and city laws, and (3) a serious discussion about whether or not any fireworks should be permitted in an area that has less than 100-feet of space between houses here on the Ridge.

I think we’re fortunate that the recent fire was limited to a single house, but there are certainly

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YOUR WEEK

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SCHEDULE THIS: The Snoqualmie Falls Forest Theater presents ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, at Snoqualmie Fall Forest Theater & Family Park, 36800 S.E. David Powell Road, Fall City. Tickets are $20/adults, $18/seniors and students, $10/children 5-12, and children 4 and younger free. There’s a barbecue dinner for an additional fee. Go to foresttheater.org.

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q Day Out With Thomas the Tank Engine, starting at 10:30 a.m., Northwest Railway Museum, 38625 S.E. King St., Snoqualmie, $23 advance purchase at www.trainmuseum.org or call 866468-7630, please arrive 1 hour early q Kids-Free Friday, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie, 2563115, $10/child

q 26th annual Tour de Peaks Bike Ride, 7 a.m., starts at Main Avenue and North Bend Way, $69, www.tourdepeaks.org q Watercolor Workshop, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Si View Community Center, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend, $40 q Aging Well Learning Community: Poetry Out Loud, 10:15 a.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd.

S.E., 888-1223

q Day Out With Thomas, train rides with Thomas the Tank Engine, starting at 9 a.m., Northwest Railway Museum, 38625 S.E. King St., Snoqualmie, $23 advance purchase at www.trainmuseum. org or call 866-4687630, please arrive 1 hour early q Danny Kolke Trio, 6 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 2929307

q Summer camps available through Aug. 15 at Encompass, 1407 Boalch Ave. N.W., North Bend, 8882777 or www.encompass.org q Mount Si High School Vocal Jazz Clinic, 5 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 2929307

q Preschool Story Time, ages 3-6, 11 a.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223

q Mach One Jazz Orchestra, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 2929307

q North Bend Block Party, noon to 11 p.m., 100 E. North Bend Way

q Michael Barnett Trio, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307 q Rusty and the Buckshanks and Gavin Treglown, 8 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 8313647 q Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 9 p.m., 21 and older, The Ballroom at Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. North Bend Way, Snoqualmie, www. snocasino.com

q Christina Stembler, psychic readings, 2-6 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-3647 q Family Corks and Canvas, 2 p.m., SnoValley Coffee Company, 7811 Center Blvd.

S.E., Snoqualmie, must register 3960337, $27/person q Vodka Rocks, 3 p.m., 21 and older, the Mountain View Plaza at Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. North Bend Way, Snoqualmie, $15, www.snocasino.com q Laura Meyer, 8 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., 831-3647

q Fiddler on the Roof, 2 p.m., Snoqualmie Fall Forest Theater & Family Park, 36800 S.E. David Powell Road, Fall City, $20/ adult, $18/senior, student, $10/child, ages four and younger free, barbecue dinner for additional fee, foresttheater.org

q Dan Taylor, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 2929307 q Drop-In Basketball, ages 16 and older, 8:15-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie, 2563115

q Ideal Protein Weight Loss Workshop with Dr. Scott Massengill, 6:30 p.m., Park Street Healing Arts, 318 E. Park St., North Bend, RSVP 8884170 q Town of Snoqualmie Falls Mill and Logging Video, with Dave Battey, 7 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St. q Competitive Play Drop-In Volleyball, ages 16 and older, 7-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., 256-3115

q Qualified Senior and Disabled Property Tax Exemption Program Q&A, 12:30 p.m., Mount Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend, 206-263-2261 q Two Rivers School PTSA Organizing Meeting, help create the PTSA for Two Rivers School, 4-5 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend, email info@ tworiversptsa.org for more information q Future Jazz Heads, 5 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 2929307 q Jazz Heads, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 2929307 q Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 8313647 q Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night, 7 p.m., Snoqualmie Falls Brewery and Taproom, 8032 Falls Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 8312357

q Sno Valley Book Club: ‘The Three Weissmanns of Westport,’ by Cathleen Schine, 1 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223 q Planet of the Amps Concert, 2 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223, q Farmer’s Market, with concert by Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer, 4-8 p.m., Si View Park, 420 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend, www.siviewpark.org q Bret Michaels, 7 p.m., 21 and older, the Mountain View Plaza at Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. North Bend Way, Snoqualmie, $25-75, www.snocasino.com q Nate Parker Duo, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 2929307 q King Mulhacen, 7:30 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 8313647

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Walkers beat the heat and finish the relay When the going got hot, the tough kept on walking.

Teams at the 13th Annual Snoqualmie Valley Relay for Life worked just as hard to stay cool in the 90-plus degree weather July 12-13 as they did walking around the track at North Bend’s Torguson Park said event coordinator Bev Jorgensen.

“We had a few melt downs and discovered we had to be creative in our cooling attempts,” she said. “We filled small plastic pools with ice and people soaked their feet.

“There were spray mist bottles and a lot of people using wet towels.”

A nurse was on duty in the aid station to help people who were overheated. Local musicians helped entertain partici-

Joe McNames completes his Eagle Scout project Joe McNames, 14, completed the service portion of his Eagle Scout rank July 4. The Snoqualmie Boy Scout is from Troop 706.

As part of the requirement to earn the Eagle Scout rank, candidates must plan and complete a large community service project.

Joe contacted Denny Hancock, founder of Mama’s Hands. Under his mentorship, Joe organized a two-day project to provide food, hygiene kits and blankets to homeless and disadvantaged people in Seattle.

Part of the prep work began several months ago when Joe requested donations from friends, neighbors and area businesses.

Twin brothers, Dylan and Lucas Christensen, celebrated their seventh birthday by asking for donations for the project.

“Those are some awesome 7-year-olds,” Joe said.

pants and visitors.

Part of the fun, say participants, is enjoying the fundraising that happens at the Relay.

Teams have activities or sell things such as baked goodies to help raise money.

But other than going through a lot of ice and water, the heat didn’t slow down the 35 teams who raised more than $83,000 for the American Cancer Society.

“Our goal is to reach $100,000 and that’s still doable,” Jorgensen said.

Team members will continue to raise money for the 2014 event until Aug. 31.

The Dynomites will be hosting a Hair Salon Happy Hour 6-10 p.m. July 19 at Another Hair Place, 113 Bendigo Blvd.

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He collected more than 180 blankets and bathrobes; the majority from the Seattle Fairmont and Bellevue Hilton hotels.

Joe also gathered enough toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, hand sanitizer, Band-Aids and pairs of socks to create more than 300 hygiene kits. There were enough donations of food, including 250 apples and cheese from the Snoqualmie Ridge IGA, for Joe’s team of 75 volunteers to pack 450 lunches on July 3. The volunteers included fellow Boy Scouts and members of the Snoqualmie Falls congregation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

On July 4, Scouts from Troop 706, Joe and his family, went with Hancock in the Mama’s Hands bus to Seattle. There they stopped at City Hall and Occidental parks. Hancock has been weekly handing

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Kathy Evans-Boyd and other participants light candles for the luminaries that honor those who have died from cancer. The luminaries lit the track during the night.

The Walk the Walk and PartyLite team will hold a style show and dinner Aug.

out food and supplies for 25 years in the two Seattle parks.

After distributing the food sacks, the team went to Mary’s Place, a homeless shelter for women and children. There, Joe donated loaves of bread, bathrobes, pillowcases and toothbrushes.

Mount Si High School on 2014 Best High Schools List Mount Si makes Best High School list Mount Si High School was named to the 2014 Best High School list by U.S. News and World Report. The magazine annually recognizes the highest performing schools in the nation.

The rating is based on a review of math, reading and college readiness data from schools throughout the United States.

2. Jorgensen said they will announce the details on that event soon.

“We have great leadership and outstanding teachers engaging in work there,” said Joel Aune, superintendent of the Snoqualmie Valley School District. “It’s making a difference for our students.

We’re proud of Mount Si and look forward to improving on that ranking in the future.”

In addition to earning a national and state ranking for placing among the highest performing public high schools, Mount Si High School was awarded a 2014 Silver Medal by the national publication.

This is the second year in a row that Mount Si High School has been named on this Best High Schools list. The school also earned a Silver Medal in 2013.

Schools were awarded gold, silver or bronze medals based on their performance on state assessments and how well they

To contribute or for more information about Relay for Life, go to www.snovalleyrelay.org.

prepare students for college. Only schools that are gold or silver medal winners receive a ranking.

In Washington State, there were 9 gold medals, 46 silver medals, and 78 bronze medals awards among 408 high schools reviewed. Nationwide, the top 500 schools earned gold medals, the next 1,519 schools (including Mount Si) were awarded silver medals, and another 2,688 school earned bronze medal recognition.

On a national level, Mount Si High School was ranked 1,594th out of 19,400 schools reviewed

by U.S. News & World Report in 2014.

For more information about the 2014 Best High Schools list from U.S.

News & World Report, visit www.usnews.com/education.

Task force will develop campaign to raise awareness of how to relinquish newborns A new King County Task Force has been formed to develop a campaign to ensure people know they can safely relinquish newborns.

Representatives from public health, criminal justice agencies and human service programs will work on educating people so they know there is a safe See BABY, Page 12

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EBC employees to present at national conference Three members of the Eastside Baby Corner staff were selected to present at the National Diaper Bank Network’s third annual Diaper Banks in America Conference on Oct. 9 and 10 in Kansas City, Mo. Renee Zimmerman, EBC executive director, and Madeline Fish,

operations manager, will present a panel titled, “Moving Beyond Diapers: Providing the ‘Stuff’ for the Whole Child.” Cori Benson, community engagement coordinator, will talk about EBC’s social media successes.

Eastside Baby Corner is an Issaquah-based diaper bank that distributes more than 600,000 diapers annually to children throughout greater east King County.

Baby From Page 11 way to give up babies.

State law allows parents to hand over a newborn within 72 hours of birth to qualified personnel at a hospital, fire station, or federally designated rural health clinic, without fear of prosecution for abandonment.

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out of the unsolved Baby Kimball case in North Bend. A deceased newborn girl was found in February.

She was wrapped in a towel within a half-mile of a hospital.

Following the incident, the King County Council unanimously approved a motion, co-sponsored

by Councilwoman Kathy

Lambert, setting up a task force to increase awareness of options to legally and safely give up a newborn.

The Task Force will determine how the county can engage in a collaborative public education campaign; work with the state to better track incidences, and whether there are opportunities to expand

drop-off locations.

The group will present a report to the county executive and the council by the end of October 2014.

The next meeting of the task force will be July 17. Anyone seeking more information about the task force may contact Helen Chatalas, Public Health, at 206-263-8560.

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