SnoValley Star 9/15/2010

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Get in a lateseason climb before the rains return.

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County tax hike goes to voters Nov. 2

September 16, 2010 VOL. 3, NO. 36 Students on the move Middle school likely to house freshmen in 2013.

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By Dan Catchpole Hey buddy, can you spare a dime? Well, actually, can you spare two cents on every $10 purchase?

King County officials say that is what is required to avoid drastic cuts in criminal justice and public safety services. Voters will decide in the Nov. 2 election whether to increase the county sales tax by two-tenths of a cent to minimize layoffs of sheriff’s deputies, prosecutors, public defenders and court employees.

After several months of debate, the Metropolitan King County Council voted 5-4 to put the proposal on the general election ballot.

The proposal would raise the sales tax in most of King County from 9.5 percent to 9.7 percent. The county has one of the highest sales tax rates in the country, according to economists.

Hunting critters State studies wildlife near city to reduce collisions.

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Fundraising continues Local Veterans Memorial fund tops $15,000.

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See SALES TAX, Page 6

Twilight Tour takes people Doggiestock invites back in time responsible pet lovers

By Kelly Swedick

Top of the world Russian climb opens eyes to new levels of corruption.

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Doggiestock, the ‘day of tails and music,’ returns to the Valley at 11 a.m. Sept. 18 at Centennial Fields in Snoqualmie. Pet lovers and their four-legged pals are welcome.

By Sebastian Moraga

Last year, Doggiestock — whose name, slogan and poster come from the

Your child is not home yet. It’s late. You’re worried.

So, you do what every neighbor of yours would do: You get every telephone in town to ring at once.

To Nancy Carlson, author of the book “Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest,” that was just one of the quirks of life in the old town of Cedar Falls.

People can revisit the relics of the town where Seattle City Light employees lived for decades this Sept. 25 and 26, during the annual Twilight Tour.

The vampire movie has nothing to do with this tour. It owes its name to its scheduled times: From 6-8:30 p.m. the first day and 5-7:30 p.m. the second day.

Celese Spencer, public education coordinator

See DOGGIESTOCK, Page 7

See TOUR, Page 7

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Few people would attend a fundraiser intended to keep them from reproducing.

And yet, chances are many dogs will show up — wagging tails and all — to the second annual Doggiestock.

Doggiestock is the name of the fundraising festival that helps lowincome people pay the costs of having their pets spayed or neutered.

This year’s edition is Sept. 18 at Centennial Fields Park, Snoqualmie.

The uncontrolled pet population is a problem in the Valley, said Cathi Linden, of U Dirty Dog Grooming in North Bend.

Linden is a member of Valley Animal Partners, which started Doggiestock.

If you go ❑ Cost: Free ❑ When: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sept. 18 ❑ Where: Centennial Fields Park, 39903 S.E. Park St., Snoqualmie ❑ Doggiewalk, one of Doggiestock’s first events at 11 a.m., is $15. ❑ Go to www.valleyanimalpartners.com to volunteer.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Middle school likely to house freshmen in 2013

By Sebastian Moraga Snoqualmie Middle School will become a high school annex for ninth-graders if the Snoqualmie Valley School Board accepts a group’s suggestion.

The High School Educational Program Committee — a group of teachers, parents and administrators — recommended to the district that it turn the middle school into a ninth-gradersonly addition to Mount Si High School in 2013.

Snoqualmie Middle School students would then move to a new building.

The group made the suggestion at a school board work session Sept. 9.

The creation of a ninthgraders’ annex would help students ease into high school life, Superintendent Joel Aune said.

“Our freshmen are struggling with the transition more than we would like,” he said during a presentation.

Mount Si High School Principal Randy Taylor, another member of the committee, said freshmen struggle with the requirements of an integrated high school.

The move would also reduce crowding at the high school, but that’s not the main goal, said committee member Lisa Truemper, a social studies teacher at Mount Si. “Overcrowding and enroll-

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The ban has been issued in coordination with Pierce, Snohomish and Mason counties

ment became secondary to freshmen getting additional attention and not falling through the cracks,” she said.

The group was to share the results of its report with Mount Si High staff Sept. 14.

The board will study the new middle school’s specifications at its next board meeting, Sept. 23.

During September and October, the board will set the limits of a bond that will pay for the new middle school.

The board will hear a recommendation about the bond during its Oct. 7 meeting.

“There’s a lot of work ahead of us and thank goodness we have two to three years before we launch this process,” Aune said of the 2013 move.

He praised the work of the group, but warned that deciding to separate ninth-graders is just the start.

The move has to include a year-long support system for students, a continued connection between students at the high school and at the annex — via activities like dances and assemblies — an intervention program, community and parental involvement, and lastly, integrated honors and regular classes, Aune said.

“We’re not talking about moving 500 students from point A to point B. We’re going to have to do things differently.

Otherwise, we’re just moving

kids around,” Aune said.

The board meeting had its share of turmoil when a presentation about bullying prevention was halted by a confrontation between Peggy Johnson and Aune. Johnson is the mother of the child who was attacked by a classmate last November, and she wanted to know how a student could reach those in charge of the prevention programs presented.

Aune asked student represen-

tative Cassady Weldon to answer the question. When Johnson pressed further, Aune told her she was putting Weldon on the spot, which Johnson refuted. School Board President Caroline Loudenback slammed her gavel several times to quiet Johnson.

and the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. The ban was put into effect July 15.

Under a Phase 1 ban, forest and yard debris burning is not allowed. It does still allow recreational campfires in approved fire pits. However, campfires and fire pits are only allowed if they are located on private land with the landowner’s permis-

sion and if built according to county specifications.

Such fires must: ❑ Be built in a metal or concrete fire pit, such as those typically found in designated campgrounds; ❑ Grow no larger than three feet across; ❑ Be located in a clear spot free from any vegetation for at least 10 feet in a horizontal

direction, including a 20-foot vertical clearance from overhanging branches; and ❑ Be attended at all times by an alert individual with immediate access to a shovel and either five gallons of water, or a connected and charged water hose.

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Caroline Loudenback (right), Snoqualmie Valley School Board president, swears in the board’s new student representative, Chace Carlson. Carlson, a student at Mount Si High School, joins Cassady Weldon as a student rep for this school year.

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Snoqualmie will break ground on a new community center on Snoqualmie Ridge in April 2011 and the project is expected to finish in early October 2011.

Following completion, the center will be maintained and operated by the Y of Greater Seattle.

The city has assembled a development team to finance, design, construct and equip the center. The team consists of Wallace Properties, Lance Mueller and Associates, and GLY Construction.

The team was selected after years of debate over the center, which several fitness businesses and some residents opposed.

Voters previously rejected three ballot measures to publicly pay for the community center.

By building a scaled-down version, the city was able to avoid asking voters again for support.

The city and the Y reached a tentative agreement in March, but details remain to be finalized.

The development team proposed a facility of 11,895 square feet. The design includes a gym (3,700 square feet), a cardiovascular workout room (2,100 square feet), four multipurpose rooms (one with a kitchenette) and family changing rooms with showers.

The budget for the center — including all permitting, preconstruction work and equipment — is slightly less than $4 million.

The money for the project will come from developer mitigation fees, Snoqualmie Tribe casino impact fees and real estate excise tax from the sale of homes, according to city officials.

A public meeting about the center’s design and future programming is scheduled from 6:30-8 p.m. Sept. 28, at Snoqualmie City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St. Learn more about the development team’s proposal at www.cityofsnoqualmie.org. Click “City Projects/Snoqualmie Community Center.”

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State studies animals near North Bend to reduce collisions

By Dan Catchpole The ribbons of highway that crisscross Washington help move freight, commuters and vacationers. They also put humans and wild animals on a collision course.

Each year, 10,000 deer are hit on state highways, according to rough estimates by the Washington State Department of Transportation.

To protect humans and wild animals, biologists from universities and with WSDOT are trying to find better ways to move wild animals over and under its highways.

They are studying how animals move over and under existing structures, including in Snoqualmie Valley, to better design animal crossings that will get wildlife off of roads.

The threat to drivers is huge from the state’s perspective, WSDOT biologist Kelly McAllister said.

Solutions tried in the past have not proven effective at significantly reducing the danger.

Fences with crosswalks and flashing signs signaling animal crossings don’t adequately work, according to McAllister.

Overpasses and underpasses specially built for animal crossings have proven “to work the best with the lowest level of maintenance,” he said.

Collisions are not the only threat roads pose to animals, though. Roads cut through their territories, forming barriers to their ability to move, forage, hunt and even mate.

On an average day, about 60,000 vehicles travel past North Bend on Interstate 90.

“It’s so constant, it’s like a fence,” said Patricia Cramer, a biologist from Utah State University working with the state on the project.

“You end up cutting off habitat that would otherwise be used by that endangered species,” McAllister said.

The state is concerned about more than just endangered species, but they are the highest profile. In the worst circumstance, fragmentation can help push a species into extinction.

“The nature of fragmentation

is you end up with these small patches that support fewer animals,” he said.

That makes animals more vulnerable to things such as illness and weather, and decreases animals’ genetic diversity and leads to a potentially less healthy population. It also reduces a species’ food supply, and for some animals, such as grizzly bears and mule deer, fragmentation can make finding mates difficult.

Under such circumstances, minor threats to a species can push its population number past the point of recovery.

“We’re trying to be proactive,” McAllister said.

Some species are already feeling the effects, though.

Researchers from Western Washington University recently published in the journal Molecular Biology their findings that I-90 has separated Cascade mountain goats. It has led to genetic differences in the goat populations north and south of the highway.

“This research suggests that the mountain goat population in the Cascades are likely to start declining as a result of this fragmentation,” said David Wallin, one of the researchers.

The state is paying for a 15-

month project that will cost between $30,000 and $50,000.

State biologists are working with Cramer and a biologist from a private consulting firm to determine how species move around culverts and bridges. They will use the findings to develop a rating system that will help engineers design structures that will facilitate animal movement.

But there is no one-size-fits-all solution, according to McAllister.

Prey animals, like deer and elk, are wary of any space they cannot see the other end of.

They need open space. So, they will not cross under a bridge that is dark and overgrown.

Conversely, bears and cougars prefer a lot of cover and don’t mind small, dark holes.

The researchers are gathering data from cameras set up to film wildlife around various structures in a wide array of environments, including near North Bend.

The data will help the state make existing structures more conducive to animal crossings, rather than build costly new crossings, McAllister said.

Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext.

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Pet license amnesty period ends Sept. 30 Beginning Oct. 1, residents in Snoqualmie, North Bend and unincorporated King County must have their pets licensed or pay a fine if caught.

As part of the county’s new Regional Animal Services model for animal control, residents were given a 90-day amnesty period to license their pets

without facing a fine. But that ends Sept. 30.

After that, residents who have unlicensed cats or dogs face a fine of $125 for spayed or neutered pets, and up to $250 for an unaltered pet.

Under the new model, which took effect July 1, pet licenses for spayed or neutered animals cost $30, and licenses for unaltered pets cost $60. Discounts are available for disabled and

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Washington State Department of Transportation biologists evaluate how easy it is for animals to pass under a highway bridge using guidelines being developed in a study that includes areas around North Bend. senior residents, as well as for residents with juvenile pets up to 6 months old. All dogs and cats more than 8 weeks of age must be licensed.

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The licenses come with benefits, including a free ride home for a stray pet the first time it is found and a longer holding time for found stray pets before they are put up for adoption.

Learn more or purchase or renew a pet license at www.kingcounty.gov/pets.

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Editorial

No Child Left Behind Act needs rewriting In the latest results related to No Child Left Behind, five schools in the Snoqualmie Valley School District did not meet progress goals. They are Opstad Elementary, Mount Si High, Snoqualmie Elementary, Snoqualmie Middle and Two Rivers.

But the results are more a statement on the failings of the law, not the failings of students or teachers.

The law slices the student body of each school into slivers — mostly along racial lines, but also including special categories for children with special needs or who are just learning English.

A percentage of students in each of these sub-groups must be proficient on state standardized tests for the school as a whole to be considered passing. Likewise, if enough students in one sub-group don’t pass the test, the school fails, even if 100 percent of the students in all the other groups do make the grade.

The system seems largely set up to create failure. By 2014, schools will have to achieve a 100 percent pass rate to be considered a passing school.

Unless the test is a mere rubber stamp, common sense suggests that a 100 percent “pass” rate is impossible or at least impractical. In practice, this means that a single child could have a bad day on a single test, and the entire school would be considered failing as a result.

The idea behind the No Child Left Behind law was admirable. It has helped focus attention on historically underserved student populations and made educators think hard about how to reach all of their students.

Tracking students by different demographic markers (not solely race, though) helps ensure that no group is being overlooked.

But the law is rapidly outliving its usefulness. Once all schools are failing, then what? The term will lose its meaning and no longer motivate learning communities to improve, since everyone will be failing no matter what they do.

Congress needs to overhaul this law long before we reach that threshold. Educators must find ways to continue to push student achievement forward without unrealistic goals.

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Letters New car fees are harsh for low-income families This letter is to express my heartfelt apologies to the lowincome and elderly residents of our community for the recent approval of a $20 car tab fee to be imposed on all residents.

For most residents, a $20 annual fee ($40 for households with two vehicles) doesn’t seem like much. But for Snoqualmie’s

low-income and elderly residents on fixed incomes, this may be the difference between paying their heating bill this winter, feeding their children or going without needed medication.

Perhaps the council members who make up the transportation board have never been faced with the difficult decision of feeding one’s child or paying another imposed tax or fee. It

appears that the government has forgotten its role of helping those who cannot help themselves.

When all is said and done, will it matter more if the city of Snoqualmie has beautiful sidewalks or a roundabout at Tokul Road, or that our entire community is fed, clothed and warm this winter?

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and natural beauty is money well spent.

All of this takes great coordination and project management skills. Congratulations to Snoqualmie’s new Public Works Director Dan Marcinko and contractor Al Sanders.

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Doggiestock will even be beneficial to some of our local merchants considering the beautiful location and so much to do there.

Something people of all ages will enjoy, with much to do for those who choose not to spend the entire day at the festival.

Don’t forget Sept. 18th….fun for all!

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From the Web About Snoqualmie’s downtown renovation: What a great job the city and the contractor have done so far on this project. Well planned, well funded and well done.

Little interruption of traffic and business compared to some projects in the area. The infrastructure and public walks of downtown Snoqualmie being upgraded to match its history

About Doggiestock: I would venture to say, that

Home Country

Ahh, the lure of love and fishing

By Slim Randles

M

arvin Pincus sipped his coffee, looked out the window at his sign proclaiming the Pincus house the “Fly Tying Love Center” and sighed.

Business wasn’t good.

Before Marvin retired, he would’ve attacked this problem with what amounted to a public-relations blitz, but time and the tides and the occasional need for linimental help with aching muscles had taken effect.

What, he wondered, could he do in a … casual … way to stir up business.

He realized he was a pioneer … perhaps the pioneer … in combining fly tying and romance advice, but that doesn’t mean he couldn’t quietly hope for his neighbors to have more love problems.

His advice had worked well with Dewey (a lead-wirewrapped wooly bugger leading to the suggestion he showers before he asks a girl out on a date), and with Randy Jones (a pheasant-tail nymph and a Parmachene Belle sending him on his way to girlfriend happiness with Katie Burchell). But there were others out there.

There had to be others.

Other advice counselors, the ones who just sat there taking notes, managed to find any number of Slim Randles unhappy Columnist potential love victims, but the Fly Tying Love Center was noticeably short of them at the moment.

Oh, he had taken Marjorie’s advice and tied up a mess of streamer flies with the points and barbs taken off and made earrings out of them. He sold a bunch, too. The problem with that was, he’d really enjoyed being asked for advice. Advice, not earrings. And it wasn’t happening.

Marjorie walked in and gave

him a kiss. “I’m headed out to the beauty parlor, Honey. Wish me luck.”

“You don’t need any luck,” Marvin said. “You were born beautiful and you keep improving every day.”

“If you give that kind of love advice with your fishing flies, hon, I’ll spread the word and every woman in town will send her husband over here to fill their tackle boxes,” she said.

As the front door closed behind Marjorie, Marvin sipped more coffee and smiled. It just might work. I mean, she could tell some of the women, and the word could spread…

It could happen.

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Vets memorial fundraising tops $15,000

By Elizabeth DeVos The Veterans Memorial in Snoqualmie has been in the works since early 2008, when a committee formed. Since then, organizers have raised $15,000 of the $40,000 - $60,000 the project needs to be completed.

“We need $10,000 for the center monument,” said Chris Charitier, chairwoman of the project. “A lot of the money raised is going towards that right now.”

If more funds than are needed to build the project are raised, any extra money will go to the upkeep of the memorial.

“We’re looking for a large company to sponsor the project,” Charitier said.

Right now, the project is waiting on more funds. The committee would like to see as many people donate to the memorial as possible, she said.

“It’s a much-needed project that we need in this Valley,” she said. “We need to support our veterans, more specifically those who were killed in action who were from the Valley.”

Fundraising efforts are still going on. The committee held a bake sale July 17 at the second annual North Bend Block Party, raising about $400 toward the memorial.

The committee hopes that once construction begins on the site, more people will donate.

It’s important the memorial

How to donate ❑ Write a check payable to Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum, 320 Bendigo Blvd. S., North Bend, WA 98045. On the check, note that the money is for the memorial. ❑ Purchase an engraved brick at the memorial for $100, paid to the museum. Note on the check that it is for a brick. The bricks can be engraved with anyone’s name, regardless of branch of service.

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When completed, the Veterans Memorial will pay tribute to locals who have died in previous wars. gets built soon, especially with the recent passing of Mount Si High School graduate and North Bend resident Lance Cpl. Eric Ward, Charitier said.

The memorial will have five different phases of construction.

Of the five phases, only the first phase has been contracted; the other four are waiting to find the contractor with the best bid for the project.

Phases one and two will prepare the land for the memorial, which will begin construction during the third phase. At that point, a boulder will be put into place and the engraving of Snoqualmie Falls, Mount Si and

an American Indian symbol will begin. Along with art, the words “Remembering Those Who Served” and “Welcome Home” will be included. Also during that phase, the names of those who have lost their lives will be engraved into a bronze plaque.

The final two phases will be when eight flags — the American, POW-MIA flag, Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Navy, Marines and Merchant Marines flags — will be put into place. In front of the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Navy, Marines and Merchant Marines flags, granite columns will be put into place with a bronze seal of the military branch.

During the final phase of the memorial, eight benches and two concrete picnic benches will placed in the area.

King County budget public hearing to be held in Snoqualmie King County officials are preparing for the unpopular task of closing a $63 million budget shortfall.

To get public input, the county is holding four public hearings on the budget this fall, including one in Snoqualmie.

The hearings are being organized by the Metropolitan King County Council’s Budget and Fiscal Management Committee.

Later this month, King County Executive Dow Constantine will send a proposed budget for 2011 to County Council. The proposed budget will be available at www.kingcounty.gov/budget.

The council then analyzes the proposal, conducts public hearings, makes changes to the proposal and votes on its adoption. By tradition, the council adopts the budget the Monday before Thanksgiving.

The council’s review of the budget will be coordinated by the four-member Budget Leadership Team — Julia Patterson, Larry Gossett, Reagan Dunn and Kathy Lambert, who represents the Snoqualmie Valley.

The hearing in Snoqualmie is from 6:30-9 p.m. Oct. 12 at Mount Si High School, 8651 Meadowbrook Way S.E. Hearings are also sched-

uled in Seattle, Bellevue and Kent.

King County reaches cost-of-living increase agreement with union The Washington State Council of County and City Employees has ratified an agreement with King County to forego a cost-of-living increase for 2011.

In an effort to reduce next year’s estimated $63.5 million budget gap, the county has been in talks with dozens of unions representing county employees to renegotiate pay increases. The Washington State Council of County and City Employees was the first union to officially ratify an agreement.

About 69 percent of ballots returned by members were in favor of a tentative agreement reached between the union and the county Aug. 16, according to Chris Dugovich, the council’s president.

“Saving services for the public and preserving jobs must come first in an economy like this,” Dugovich said in a news release. “I am pleased to see that a majority of our members agree.”

The council represents nearly 500 county employees in a wide range of offices.

The new agreement becomes effective Jan. 1.

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Sales tax From Page 1 If passed, it is estimated to raise $59 million in 2011 and $80 million in 2012, the first full year it would be in effect.

Half of the tax increase would be collected to keep employees who would otherwise be laid off.

That portion would expire after three years, unless extended by voters. The county would receive 60 percent of that money, and cities would receive 40 percent.

The other half would pay for a new Youth Services Center courthouse in Seattle and would be collected for 20 years.

Public safety and criminal justice officials backed the sales tax measure as a way to diminish cuts to their agencies.

Deep cuts King County faces a $63.5 million budget shortfall in 2011 and potentially a more than $80 million gap the next year, according to the county’s economic forecast.

To close the gap, King County Executive Dow Constantine has proposed an across-the-board, 12-percent budget cut to all taxsupported county agencies.

“It threatens the whole administration of the criminal justice system,” Superior Court Presiding Judge Bruce Hilyer said.

He joined District Court Presiding Judge Barbara Linde, Prosecutor Dan Satterberg and Sheriff Sue Rahr in backing the tax increase.

In courthouses, budget cuts will mean fewer prosecutors and

public defenders, fewer court employees, more time before cases go to trial, longer waits for court records and to even enter the courthouses, and fewer cases being tried.

On the streets in unincorporated areas, budget cuts will mean things like longer response times, fewer investigations and less backup for sheriff’s deputies.

The King County Sheriff’s Office has already started preparing to lay off nearly 30 officers, demote 12 and transfer 50 detectives and supervisors back to patrol if the tax proposal doesn’t pass, according to Rahr. The department is also preparing to consolidate facilities.

The Youth Services Center courthouse must be replaced. It is crowded, unsafe, and stiflingly hot in the summer and chillingly cold in the winter, Hilyer said.

“No one drinks the water — it’s all brown,” he added.

Sales tax is already a burden The sales tax measure will only require a simple majority to pass, but County Councilwoman Kathy Lambert, who represents the Snoqualmie Valley, said she is doubtful it will manage that based on conversations with her constituents.

“It was a pretty overwhelming ‘no,’ bordering on ‘hell no,’” she said of their reaction.

Lambert joined fellow Republicans Jane Hague, Reagan Dunn and Pete von Reichbauer in voting no on putting the proposal on the general election ballot. (While voters made the council nonpartisan in 2008, members continue to vote along partisan lines on

By the numbers On a $1 purchase in King County, 9.5 cents are charged in sales tax. (An additional half-cent is collected in restaurants and bars for Safeco Field construction.)

Here’s where it goes: ❑ State general fund: 6.5 cents ❑ County and cities basic fund: 1 cent ❑ King County Metro Transit: nine-tenths of a cent ❑ Criminal justice (county and cities): one-tenth of a cent ❑ County services for mental health and drug dependency: onetenth of a cent ❑ Sound Transit*: nine-tenths of a cent ❑ Total: 9.5 cents ❑ Proposed increase to support criminal justice: two-tenths of a cent ❑ Proposed total: 9.7 cents * Collected only in areas served by Sound Transit, which do not include Snoqualmie or North Bend Source: State Department of Revenue

many issues.)

“The economy’s hurting so bad that people don’t have money to pay any extra in taxes,” she said.

The additional sales tax likely won’t have a direct impact on people’s purchasing power, but it could have a negative psychological effect on spending, according to Lew Mandell, an economics professor at University of Washington.

The increase simply adds a little more onto a tax burden that

already hits low- to moderateincome households hardest.

They typically spend a larger portion of their income on taxable goods and services than do richer people.

“At close to 10 percent, the sales tax is one of the highest in the country. The disparity is already there — this just adds to it,” Mandell said.

Republicans on the County Council wanted to offset the increased sales tax by rolling back property taxes, but couldn’t get enough support for their plan.

They are also upset that the tax measure would move $15 million from road services in unincorporated areas to the sheriff’s office. Already, $4 million of the rural roads program’s $80 million budget supports traffic enforcement by sheriff’s deputies.

The council has protected criminal justice from budget cuts as much as possible, Lambert said.

The sheriff’s office and courts had about 1 percent budget cuts last year.

“At this point, it’s their turn to be looked at and ask where can you cut?” she said.

But the courts have offset would-be budget cuts by increasing fees, Hilyer said.

In effect, the courts have seen money from the county’s general fund decrease by about 12 percent over the past two years, he said.

Labor costs add to budget problems Both sides agree that rising labor costs are aggravating the situation.

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representing county employees, asking them to defer guaranteed cost-of-living increases next year. So far, three unions have agreed.

But the budget shortfalls are coming before labor policy reform can be implemented, Hilyer said.

The county’s hands are also tied by the state’s 1 percent cap on how much it can raise property taxes.

“We can’t keep pace with inflation because of that, but our expenses keep going up beyond the rate of inflation,” said Councilwoman Julia Patterson, who voted for the tax proposal.

Bad labor policies and bad budget prioritizing are behind the budget crisis, according to Paul Guppy, vice-president of the Washington Policy Center, a free-market think tank.

The county is putting money toward lower-priority programs and salary increases rather than first fully funding criminal justice, Guppy said.

After several years of deep cuts, only essential programs remain, according to elected officials.

“I don’t think that legally we can do away with the elections office or the executive branch or the assessor’s office,” Patterson said.

Some local officials are concerned that if the tax measure passes, it will make it more difficult for municipalities to ask residents for money to address city issues.

In Snoqualmie, the city needs several million dollars for infrastructure work.

“We have to be pretty measured about what increases we ask citizens for,” Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson said.

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Doggiestock From Page 1

If you go Twilight Tour ❑ Sept. 25 and 26 ❑ Cedar River Education Center ❑ 19901 Cedar Falls Road S.E. ❑ North Bend ❑ Admission to the tour is free. ❑ Call 206-733-9421 to volunteer.

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Folks line up by the school bus in old Cedar Falls. This defunct company town will come to life again Sept. 25 and 26 during the Twilight Tour, which will examine the history of the people who once made it their home.

Tour From Page 1 for Seattle Public Utilities, said people only need comfy shoes and a flashlight for this tour.

You don’t even need to know much history, Carlson said.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity for families to come and walk through the town that really existed into the 1970s,” she said.

In 1977, three families still lived there.

Its heyday, though, was during the 1930s and 1940s, Carlson said. While America limped in and out of the Great Depression, residents of this town had steady incomes and benefits. Many men — mostly engineers — married schoolteachers, making Cedar Falls even more unique, Carlson said.

“Cedar Falls was unusual for the education level and the income level,” said Carlson, who will show slides of old Cedar Falls and sell copies of her book

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By the 1950s, machines had replaced muscle, and the population had dwindled. The school district consolidated and a longtime schoolteacher moved to Fall City.

By the 1990s, the onetime home of railroad, light and logging employees — complete with swimming pool, tennis court and community center — had nothing but empty houses full of memories.

A handful of homes remain in what Spencer calls the “birthplace of Seattle City Light.” The homes serve as offices for Seattle Public Utilities.

For security reasons, the utility excludes its power plant from the tour. A gate keeps visitors out of old Cedar Falls and the plant for most of the year.

“It used to be open all the time,” Spencer said, “until Sept.

11, 2001.”

Former Cedar Falls residents

or their descendants sometimes show up at the tour. That’s as close as one might get to seeing private-company towns return, Carlson said.

“It could happen again, but it would be unusual,” she said.

“Back then, the location was remote and transportation was limited. Today, the gate at Cedar Falls is operated by someone in downtown Seattle.”

Besides, she said, companies just don’t want to spend the money.

Last year, 400 people showed up for the tour. At least one of them can’t wait.

“I’m looking forward to coming out to Cedar Falls again,” Carlson said. “It’s always a wonderful trip.”

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Woodstock festival, with a dog instead of a bird atop a guitar neck — helped Valley Animal Partners pay for 90 surgeries.

“If people around here barely knew we existed, and we are spaying and neutering 90, that means we have an issue here, too,” Linden said.

Fifty-five percent of dogs and puppies and 71 percent of cats and kittens entering shelters are euthanized, the National Council on Pet Population has stated.

“If we could get people to leave the breeding to professionals, we could get these numbers down,” Linden added.

Instead, people insist on breeding their dog with their neighbor’s, she added.

Thanks to Doggiestock and other fundraisers, Valley Animal Partners grew a fund that subsidizes the cost of spaying or neutering pets for dozens of people.

Many of the people are elderly, said Tracy Skylstad, a volunteer for the Valley Animal Partners.

People apply to go to Value Pet Clinic in Kent, which offers the surgeries at a cheaper rate, Skylstad said.

Pet owners only pay a copay, $5 for a cat and $15 for a dog. Valley Animal Partners pays the rest.

All of the profits from Doggiestock go in the fund, Linden said. Last year, the event did not raise much

money, but it did create awareness, she said.

This year’s Doggiestock will have dog games, including bobbing for hot dogs, a costume contest, a peanut butterlicking contest and a fastest tail wag contest. Other attractions include a pet photo booth and an agility demonstration. Help booths include a mobile veterinarian clinic and pet-adoption booths.

A beer garden, a food booth and musicians, such as The General, Kellee Bradley, The Fabulous Boomers and Hiwatt will entertain the bipeds.

The Doggiewalk is a stroll through the Valley in a petfriendly environment, Skylstad said. People can increase their contribution to the fund by finding sponsors before the walk, she said.

Doggiestock’s slogan is “A day of tails and music.” There’s some growling, too, and not just from dogs.

Linden said some criticize people who need help maintaining a pet.

“They say, ‘If you can’t afford the pet, why do you have it?’” Linden said. “I can understand that thought process, but these pets provide happiness to a lot of these people. They are their family.”

Skylstad agreed.

“Everybody deserves a companion, regardless of income,” she said.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Russian climb helps to open eyes to corruption

By Paige Collins One fee to get out of the airport. Another to get through the city in a crazy van ride. Multiple fees to get up the mountain. A final one to leave the country.

Brian Dickinson, of Snoqualmie, completed the third of his planned seven summits at Mount Elbrus in Russia in July. He said he left the country amazed at the corruption and differences in the way law enforcement works.

“It’s not something we will forget, but I’m not in a hurry to go back,” he said.

Dickinson took the 10-day

trip with his wife JoAnna and friends David and Jessica Heyting, of Snoqualmie Ridge.

He, Jessica Heyting and their Russian counterpart Oleg Banar reached the 18,510-foot summit.

“It was a great experience to be up there and to realize you Summit

are on the highest point in Europe,” Jessica Heyting said.

However, she described the feeling as bittersweet, as her husband, David Heyting, battled altitude sickness and poor weather conditions and didn’t make it to the top.

Elevation (m) Elevation (ft)

The seven summits project involves climbing the highest seven peaks on the seven continents. So far, Dickinson has climbed Denali in Alaska, Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa and now Mount Elbrus.

Dickinson said he sees each of

Continent

Country

First ascent

Mount Everest

8,848

29,035

Asia

Nepal/Tibet

1953

Dickinson

Aconcagua

6,962

22,841

South America

Argentina

1897

Denali

6,194

20,320

North America

United States

1913

X

Mount Kilimanjaro

5,892

19,340

Africa

Tanzania

1889

X

Mount Elbrus

5,642

18,510

Europe

Russia

1874

X

Vinson Massif

4,892

16,050

Antarctica

N/A*

1966

Mount Kosciuszko

2,228

7,310

Australia

Australia

1840

his summits as an opportunity to help others, and in turn brings toys and supplies to orphanages in each country he visits. For this trip, the group brought more than 1,000 toys and gifts to an orphanage in St. Petersburg. Unfortunately, in the summer months, the children are taken to the countryside, so Dickinson and friends did not get to meet the children. When they get back, the children will find many new presents and hopefully know that someone out there cares, he said.

“You just never know what See CLIMB, Page 9

Altitude (meters) 9,000

Mount Everest - 8,848

8,000 7,000

Acongcagua - 6,962 Denali - 6,194

6,000 5,000

Mount Elbrus - 5,642

Mount Kilimanjaro - 5,892

Vinson Massif - 4,892

4,000

3,000

The Seven Summits Climbing to the summit of each of the world’s seven continents has been one of mountaineering’s highest goals since it was introduced in the 1980s by Richard Bass.

Two versions of the list exist. Bass’ version (pictured) uses Australia as a continent. The other version was created by Reinhold Messner and uses Oceania, which includes New Guinea, in place of Australia.

An estimated 275 climbers have summitted all seven peaks. That includes one married couple — Susan and Phil Ershler, of Kirkland.

Mount Kosciuszko - 2,228 2,000

1,000

0

Source: 7summits.com.

By Dan Catchpole

Musician’s album carries Valley flavor

By Sebastian Moraga Carlos Gardel, the legendary tango singer from Argentina, once sang that waiting 20 years was nothing.

Another singer, E.M. Bodwick, probably would agree. After all, the North Bend resident waited 24 years to release his first record.

The album, “This Life,” came out in July. Bodwick, 40, first lifted a guitar pick at 16.

“I started playing probably around the late 1980s, doing talent shows around the Valley,” he said. “I never released anything.”

In 1994, he stopped playing

music and worked promoting electronic music. That lasted five years and through two moves, first to Los Angeles and then to Las Vegas.

As quickly as he had stopped playing, he picked it up again in Nevada.

“Electronic music seemed to have hit a creative wall,” he said, “so I started practicing and playing again.”

With no band prospects, Bodwick recorded two songs solo in Las Vegas before returning to Seattle. There, he unloaded his more than 10 years of musical frustrations onto the page.

When he finished, he had

written 14 songs. By the time he recorded those, he had written 14 more.

But he still had no album.

“Maybe it was fear of putting it out there,” he said. “You put something out there and people trash it, you can see how it can ruin people’s confidence.”

Of the 28 songs, some were rock, some were electric, some were acoustic, so to avoid being pigeonholed or rejected, he didn’t record an album.

That’s when a friend decided to put Bodwick’s music in a skateboarding video and another friend got radio station KEXP to See ALBUM, Page 9

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Obituaries Kay Annette Stadick Kay Annette Stadick, of Bothell, died Sept. 6, 2010. She was 70.

Her funeral service was Sept. 13 at Flintoft’s Funeral Home, Issaquah.

She was laid to rest next to her mother at Fall City Cemetery.

Kay was born Jan. 10, 1940, in Douglas, N.D., to Kay Stadick Clarence and Mary Stadick.

She was raised in Minot until age 3, when her family moved to the Puget Sound area and settled in Snoqualmie, where she attended public schools including Mount Si High School.

Kay enjoyed family gatherings, the company of friends, taking walks, traveling, attending church and the pursuit of a good cup of coffee.

Kay is survived by her sister Ruth Stadick Meadows and her husband Joe, of Woodinville, and her brothers Douglas and his wife Diane Stadick, of Salem, Ore., and Ron and Marlene Stadick, of Sammamish. She will also be missed by numerous nieces and nephews.

Kay was preceded in death by her parents Clarence and Mary, and her sister Nancy Peden.

Arrangements were entrusted to Flintoft’s Issaquah Funeral Home and Crematory, 3926444.

Friends are invited to view photos, share memories and sign the family’s online guestbook at www.flintofts.com.

Felix (Phil) Szemplenski Phil Szemplenski, of Snoqualmie, died peacefully Friday, Sept. 3, at Evergreen Hospice. He was 88.

A funeral Mass was Sept.

9 at Our Lady of Sorrows in Snoqualmie. A reception followed with a procession to Tahoma National Cemetery for a service.

Phil was born Jan. 31, Felix (Phil) 1922, in Akron, Ohio, to Szemplenski Rozalia and John Szemplenski. He graduated from high school and enlisted in 1939 in the U.S. Navy, where he served his country for six years. Two of the ships he was stationed on included the USS South Dakota and the USS Missoula. He was in the Pacific Theatre in the battle of Guadalcanal.

When Phil was discharged from the Navy, he moved to Washington state, where he opened his own Texaco service station and met his wife of 49 years, Dorothy. Married in 1953, he lived in Puyallup with Dorothy and his three children, Connie, Patricia and John.

Phil later retired from the city of Puyallup in 1986 and enjoyed traveling the United States with Dorothy; they visited 49 of the 50 states. Two of his favorite places to camp were Mount Rainier and Kalaloch. He also enjoyed gardening, bird watching, wood carving and spending time with his children, grandchildren and the family dogs. Phil was a devout Catholic and his friends from church were very dear to him.

Phil is survived by his daughter Patricia (Gordon) Anderson, of Snoqualmie; son John Szemplenski, of Kaui, Hawaii; three granddaughters; and four great-grandchildren.

The family suggests remembrances to Evergreen Hospice.

Arrangements were by Flintoft’s Funeral Home and Crematory.

Friends are invited to share memories and sign the family’s online guest book at www.flintofts.com.

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Snoqualmie recognizes home-grown poem The Snoqualmie City Council thanked Caroline Petgrave for her poem, “Snoqualmie,” which celebrates the city, at its Aug. 23 meeting with a certificate of appreciation.

Petgrave is in the eighth grade and lives in Snoqualmie.

‘Snoqualmie’

By Caroline Petgrave My town, your town Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie Oh the sacred sites I see They are the only ones for me.

My river, your river The Snoqualmie River

How beautiful, how cold the flow The river sings a song as it moves along An icy ribbon to all who know.

My trains, your trains The long, long track It looks as if you can’t come back Useless, rusty abandoned boxcars Even though they’ve gone so far No one wants them, so they sit.

They stand, they’re still And always chill.

Strawberries, raspberries growing in green Picked juicy and plump as soon as they’re seen.

Like radiant red rubies, dripping

with dew Do you like them? I sure do.

The thunder, the boom of Snoqualmie Falls Making a grand entrance from the dam to the walls.

The whistle, the whining of the wind as it whips It even chills tourists’ finger tips.

A slice of the past near the train, near the track Written on the tree trunk, you must come back.

The wonders, the people, and the sites are so fun When you return, you must bring everyone.

Climb From Page 8 will inspire a child,” Dickinson said.

Jessica Heyting said she also found the Russian culture to be shocking and different from what she had experienced before. Faced with law enforcement wanting to be paid off at every possible opportunity, the group spent all of their money to get through unexpected checkpoints.

“You just never know what they’re going to do,” she said.

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Album From Page 8 play one of Bodwick’s songs.

“That helped my confidence, made me want to try and put something out again,” he said.

He said he would record an album after recording two more songs. But he didn’t.

“I started to delay, delay, delay,” he said of the year 2007. “I was trying to get the perfect album.”

The band-less Bodwick was pursuing drummers, horn players, even an opera singer —Steve Thoreson — for his album.

Bodwick calls his childhood friend Thoreson the best singer in America.

“As a performer who splits his time between here and Europe,” said Thoreson, who lives in Sweden and Seattle, “it was nice to have an oppor-

tunity to work with him.”

Thoreson’s contribution included opera improvisations behind the tracks.

“I would liken it to a jazz improvisation,” he said. “When you get together with friends and start making music, but with an opera tone to it.”

An album is expensive, but when a friend suggested an online album, Bodwick hesitated.

“I’m old-fashioned,” he said. “I want the CD, the liner notes, the artwork.”

Now, he has an album, but no physical CD. He doesn’t mind too much, though. He saved money he later spent recording more songs.

“This Life” contained, trip-hop, techno, rock, acoustic, orchestra and the afore-mentioned opera singer.

“I wouldn’t want to be in that situation where I feel like I’m trapped,” Bodwick said. “I love all kinds of music.”

The music loves him back. The

record is for sale in places like www.cdbaby.com. He’s working on a second album, and YouTube videos of his songs feature Mount Si and get him fans in Japan.

“I’m brimming high with confidence,” he said.

Thoreson agreed.

“If he continues to do what he is doing, and if he presses forward, there are multiple markets here and in Europe that would embrace E.M.’s music,” he said.

Looking back at the 24 years it took, Bodwick said he made some tough calls, all in the name of music.

“My whole world revolves around music,” he said. “Music came first, always. People who are not musicians don’t understand the devotion, but when you get bit by the bug, there’s no going back.”

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Schools

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Teens brush away jitters to face the spotlight during auditions

By Sebastian Moraga Before they were told to break a leg, they shook a leg.

“My legs are shaking a bit, ” said 14year-old Brooke Beatie, waiting along with tens of other teenagers to audition for “Guys And Dolls,” the high school musical that opens Nov. 17.

Beatie has either performed or worked backstage in plays and musicals since the sixth grade. But this was a high school audition, the big time, Valley-style.

“I’ve never done something like this before,” she said while standing outside the Mount Si High School Auditorium.

Even as her knees knocked, Beatie smiled and encouraged her friends.

“Even if you suck, have fun,” she told sophomore Jordy Larsen.

Nick Vikara said he was nervous about the audition, but not about it being a high school gig.

“I’ve been in musicals all my life,” said the freshman, who added that his family watches a musical every Sunday.

Mackenzie Bradburn could relate to Beatie’s nerves.

“I had a really good start, then I forgot the words to the song,” she said. “I started, then forgot. Started again where I had left off and began singing a completely different part of the song.”

Tough audition, nonetheless, she did not seem too upset.

“They were really nice,” she said of musical director Dean Snavely, producer and director Kim Snavely, and choreographer Stephanie Lynn Merron. “They said, ‘We know you can sing well.’ I have done plays since the sixth grade.”

Beatie said she did not care if she were

in the cast or crew. She just wants in the musical.

Hers would be the 18th audition of the day.

“The wait makes it worse, but I wouldn’t want to be the first one,” she said.

Chloe Bergstrom, a 15-year-old sophomore, was the first one. The longtime choir singer had never auditioned for a musical before.

In a choir, she said, she can rely on others. At this audition, it was all on her.

“I could get out of tune way easier than in choir,” she said.

Students had to learn a couple of songs from the musical, a third song of their choice and a short monologue.

Bergstrom said she picked her monologue the day before.

“It’s not that I procrastinated, it’s just that I couldn’t find anything I really liked,” she said.

She settled on Robert Mauro’s “The Runaway,” a story about an old woman who feels lonely and misunderstood in a world that values youth.

“I wanted to be comfortable with what I was saying. Here’s an old woman with passion, with intent to convince the listeners of what she was saying,” Bergstrom said. “As opposed to a teenager, my-life-sucks type of thing.”

Shawn Quinn delivered a monologue a friend of his wrote about a teenager whose mother died and whose dad can’t understand why he’s not over it.

Quinn sang three songs, “My Time of Day,” “I’ve Never Been in Love Before,” and the one he picked, “If I Were a Rich Man,” complete with some fancy steps.

“You get extra points for that,” Dean Snavely told him.

By Sebastian Moraga

Shawn Quinn auditions for a role in ‘Guys and Dolls,’ a musical opening in mid-November at Mount Si High School.

Vikara and Bergstrom said if they don’t get cast, they would try again next year.

Bergstrom had some advice for those whose next time will be their first.

“Know what you’re doing and be confident in yourself,” she said. “If you’re not, you’re going to get up there and be a nervous wreck.”

Mount Si’s freshmen kick off the year in style

By Sebastian Moraga

By Sebastian Moraga

Tony Torchia, a junior at Mount Si High School, entertains ninth-graders during the Freshman Lock-In Sept.

10. One week into their high school careers, the freshmen partied like it was 2014.

Normally, it would sound like every ninth-grader’s nightmare: Come back to school after a full week there, sign in, do what the upperclassmen have prepared for you and don’t leave until it’s really dark out.

But on Sept. 10, these freshmen didn’t mind. This was Freshman Lock-In, the start-ofthe-year bash for all ninthgraders, which lasted until 2 a.m. Sept. 11.

“The freshman class comes in, they dance, they play games and they are not allowed to leave until 2 a.m.,” said junior Alex Welsh, one of the blueclad chaperones of the event.

The event coincided with the White-Out theme on the stands of the football field for the game against Bothell.

This led to freshman Patrick Hills showing up for the lock-in with painted skin.

“My friends were like, ‘You’re not white enough. Let me spray paint your face,’” Hills said with a big smile.

Hills, who moved from Colorado in the fourth grade, said he was thrilled to finally be a part of “the big school.”

Another painted face was that of Tony Torchia, a junior and a member of the Associated Student Body’s spirit committee, who was dressed as an American Indian.

“We gotta be as spirited as possible,” he said. “We have to be the icebreaker.”

He took his icebreaking duties seriously, too, walking around in his Indian getup with a pair of shades and a megaphone.

Besides his role as entertainer, Chief Icebreaker had big plans for the night.

“I’m asking someone special to Homecoming,” he said. “She doesn’t know, and it will be a See FRESHMEN, Page 11

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Parents get help, surprises at middle-school seminar

By Sebastian Moraga The lessons middle-schoolers will learn at Encompass this fall go beyond saying no to drugs.

They’ll also be taught refusing water and eggs, if needed.

Strengthening Families, a once-a-week seminar for children ages 10-14 and their parents, will teach children to refuse all dangerous invitations, including a swim in a river or a full carton of eggs with directions to the school principal’s home.

Above all, the seminar wants to teach these children, also known as “tweeners,” to communicate with Mom and Dad. The seminar will not lecture children, Encompass teacher Nikki Slaght said. They get enough of that at school.

Instead, activities will teach how to ask and answer the tough questions.

Meanwhile, the parents will talk elsewhere about dealing with a “tweener.”

School notes Districtwide School board meeting, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 23 Early dismissal, Sept. 17 Morning kindergarten only, Sept. 24 Afternoon kindergarten only, Sept. 17, Oct. 1

“Kids go from sitting in the living room watching TV, to getting through the door, grunting at you and walking straight to their room,” program coordinator Kerry Beymer said. “It’s so hard for parents to understand that that is developmentally OK.” Children at the seminar talk without parents around, to make it easier to share concerns about drugs, grades, self-image, their parents’ marriage, the economy, etc.

Learning what worries their children often shocks parents, Beymer said.

Learning what jobs their children want sometimes shocks them again, Slaght said.

One activity asks children to place images and cut-out words on a poster to describe career, health, leisure and family goals.

Parents have to guess which poster is their child’s.

“One parent went to the poster that said ‘dancer’” Slaght said.

But the child’s poster was the one that read “equestrian.”

The activity opens dialogue between parents and children about how to achieve those goals as a family and what can derail them.

Children learn some, too.

“One lesson is, we place the children in the role of an adult and we give them a scenario,” Slaght said. “So they can better understand the parent’s stress.”

That way, the next time a parent yells about a bad report card, the child knows the parent might be mad at something else.

“Maybe their boss yelled at them because of their own bad report card,” Slaght said.

Corissa McGehe, who works at Encompass, has taken the seminar with her 12-year-old son Jordan.

“Jordan is more open with his communication now, more willing to come to me,” she said. “He tries to initiate conversations with me, instead of trying to handle the problem on his own.”

There’s a need for a seminar

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Curriculum night, 6 p.m. Sept. 16 Student portraits, Sept. 21 and 22 Second-grade Community Walk, Sept. 23 and 24 Popcorn Friday (free), 11:30 a.m. Sept. 24

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like this, Beymer said.

“I see people who have taken my parenting classes,” she said, “and whose kids are reaching that age. They go, ‘Oh, can you help me? Is there anything you offer?’”

The seven-week seminar starts Sept. 21 from 6-7 p.m. at Encompass, 1407 Boalch Ave. N.W., North Bend.

From Sept. 28 on, the seminar moves to Snoqualmie Valley Hospital, 9575 Ethan Wade Way, S.E. in Snoqualmie, from 5:30-8 p.m.

Beymer said the $35 registration fee includes a weekly dinner.

Encompass has scholarships for people unable to pay.

Fifteen-year-olds and their parents can come, too, Beymer said.

Parents need to bring nothing but an open mind, McGehe said.

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Get up on that rock: There’s still time to learn how to climb

By Dan Catchpole The Snoqualmie Valley is known as an outdoor playground with great hikes, but don’t forget rock climbing. From Little Si toward Snoqualmie Pass, the Valley offers dozens of routes for novices and experts, and while the fall rains are not far off, it isn’t too late to get in a few late-season climbs.

Snoqualmie firefighter Darby Summers climbs with a passion that is infectious.

“The adventure,” he answers instantly when asked why he climbs. “The exercise isn’t bad, either.”

Of course, Summers’ job involves plenty of excitement, as well. But he finds serenity out on the rock.

“Here’s what I don’t think about — I don’t think about my bills or the stress in my life,” he said.

Climbing safely While rock climbing may be adventurous, it doesn’t need to be dangerous.

Summers and his climbing partner Mark Lynum are very serious about safety. Equipment is checked and double checked.

Neither one has had anything

If you go Want to get started climbing? Check out these recommendations from Joe Hoch, manager of Pro Guiding Services in North Bend, and Dave Jordan, one of the company’s guides.

Get directions to areas at www.deceptioncrags.com.

Beginners: Write-Off Rock ❑ Routes: 5 ❑ Difficulty: 5.4 - 5.9 ❑ Area: Exit 38, Deception Crags Intermediate: We Did Rock ❑ Routes: 9 ❑ Difficulty: 5.6 - 5.10c ❑ Area: Exit 38, Deception Crags Expert: World Wall I ❑ Routes: 12 ❑ Difficulty: 5.9 - 5.14b ❑ Area: Exit 32, New World

more than a bruise.

“Anyone who’s ill-prepared to do any activity is in danger —

By Dan Catchpole

Snoqualmie firefighter Darby Summers makes his way up a route on Nevermind Wall, a climbing area off Interstate 90’s Exit 38. whether it’s sewing or rock climbing,” Lynum said.

Rock climbing cannot be taken lightly. Conditions can change quickly, making safe sit-

uations riskier.

Summers recently was twothirds of the way up a climb that runs for several hundred feet with his girlfriend when the

weather turned ugly.

“The wind was so intense,” he said.

His clothing whipped around his body and rain fell nearly sideways in the strong gusts. His hands shook as he reached for the next holds.

“For a minute there, it looked real bad,” he said.

Summers and his girlfriend didn’t have enough rope to lower themselves off the climb.

“There was no bailout,” he said. “We weren’t going down.

We were going up, and up didn’t look possible for awhile.”

But they didn’t panic. They still took all the safety precautions necessary to get off the climb without injury.

Finally, the couple made it to the top, and were able to hike safely to their car.

The scariest moment for Lynum was the first time he was the lead climber.

In rock climbing, a lead climber goes first, clipping the rope to preplaced bolted anchors or gear he places in cracks. If he falls, he falls twice the distance to the last place he clipped in.

Lead climbing is much more dangerous than being the secSee CLIMB, Page 13

Wildcats fall short in football opener Golf team builds on talent

By Dan Catchpole Mount Si went head to head with perennial 4A powerhouse Bothell in the Wildcats’ home opener, but the visiting team’s depth won out in the end.

After trailing for most of the game, the Cougars rallied in the fourth quarter.

The Wildcats were within a few yards of the end zone, but the team’s shallower roster couldn’t break through. Mount Si has six players who start on offense and defense.

Mount Si scored first, with a 28-yard field goal in the first quarter. In the second quarter, running back Matt Bankston had a 17-yard run for a touchdown and sophomore Cameron Van Winkle made the extra point kick.

Bothell responded with a 6yard run touchdown by Luke Proulx, but missed the kick.

Van Winkle kicked a 41-yard field goal to send the Wildcats into halftime with a13-6 lead.

In the third quarter, Bothell wide receiver Nick Anthony caught a 22-yard pass from quarterback Braden Foley for a touchdown. The Cougars took

the lead with the extra point.

Late in the quarter, Mount Si’s defense stopped Bothell’s rally when senior Alec Deichman intercepted a pass from Foley. He returned the ball to Bothell’s 15-yard line. It was his second interception in as many games.

Mount Si retook the lead on quarterback Ian Ilgenfritz’s 1yard touchdown run.

The Cougars struck early in the fourth quarter with a 5-yard touchdown run by running back Tavern Shumaker. Mount Si clung to a 20-19 lead after Bothell again missed the extra point.

The Wildcats showed their weariness during an ineffective possession.

Bothell only needed one play on their possession to jump ahead. Foley found receiver Trent Sewell downfield for a 52yard pass, which he ran in for a touchdown. It was the first time the Cougars led the game.

Down 27-20, Mount Si fought back to third and goal. But the Wildcats’ line broke down, and Bothell’s Wendell Galvan knocked down Ilgenfritz’s pass attempt to squash Mount Si’s final threat.

Bankston ran for more than 100 yards, including his 17-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.

Van Winkle’s 41-yard field goal in the second quarter was one of the longest of his short career.

Mount Si would have liked to start its preseason with two wins against 4A schools. It beat Woodinville Sept. 2. But the game showed that the Wildcats will be tough competitors in the 3A KingCo League this season.

“From an analytical standpoint, I’m pleased with where we’re at,” Mount Si coach Charlie Kinnune said.

There are things the team needs to work on.

“We broke down when we were tired,” he said.

The week after the game, he had the team focusing on conditioning and basic drills, in addition to drills on pass protection.

The Bothell game exposed that area as a weakness for the Wildcats, which relies heavily on a running offense.

“Ian probably took more hits than any of our quarterbacks have taken in a long time,” Kinnune said.

Mount Si has two road games next.

By Tim Pfarr The Mount Si High School golf team has a new head coach and looks to be a threat in KingCo again this year.

“Our team has a bunch of raw talent,” head coach Brandon Proudfoot said. “We have quite a few juniors and seniors, but we only have a handful who have played in a number of matches.”

He said he encourages his team to be thoughtful on the course with every shot and not to give up, even after bad shots.

The team’s top returning players this year are seniors Jack Kelly and Brandon Snyder, and junior Ben Wheeler. Kelly qualified for the state tournament last year after trying for third individually in the district tournament.

Proudfoot said all three have looked strong so far this season, and that Wheeler in particular has spent a great deal of time improving his game.

“His golf swing has improved tremendously,” he said.

The team also has freshman

Sebastion Gant and sophomore Dominick Daley on its junior varsity team, and Proudfoot said both are sure to be a threat in the coming years.

“Both of them have a ton of potential,” he said. “They’re both very impressive for a freshman and sophomore.”

However, the team will need to stay sharp this year to fill the shoes of Bradley Harrelson, Bryce Karalus and Matt Prewett, as each graduated last year.

Harrelson qualified for the state tournament last year after tying for 14th in the district tournament. Karalus and Prewett finished 25th and 34th, respectively, in the district tournament last year.

“All three were good players that played through the program for all four years,” Proudfoot said.

The team had its first jamboree match of the season Sept. 2 against Interlake, Bellevue and Sammamish high schools. Mount Si took down all three schools, scoring 196.

Interlake scored 201, Bellevue See GOLF, Page 13

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Climb From Page 12 ond climber.

Lynum felt exposed out on the rock.“My backpack couldn’t even hold my head anymore,” he said.

But he ignored the jitters and pushed through.

Summers and Lynum have been climbing partners for nearly a year.

For the love of it The relationship between climbing partners has been a fundamental part of the modern sport since its earliest days in the last part of the 19th century.

Rock climbing started as a necessity in mountaineering, with early climbers scrambling up sections of rock when no easier route was available.

Eventually, it split off into its own activity, first in Europe, and then North America and around the world.

The Snoqualmie Valley has been a local climbing area since at least the 1950s, according to Garth Bruce, author of two guidebooks to rock climbing in the Valley.

In the more than 20 years since he moved here, Bruce has seen the area’s climbing culture

Golf From Page 12 scored 207 and Sammamish scored 237.

The Wildcats faced off against Interlake, Mercer Island and Liberty high schools in another jamboree Sept. 7, taking third with a score of 217.

Mercer Island scored 194, Liberty scored 200 and Interlake scored 245.

The team began league play Sept. 13 on the road against Liberty at Maplewood Golf Course, and it also squared off against Bellevue at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Sept. 14, but both matches were after the Star’s deadline.

Next, the team hosts Juanita at 3 p.m. Sept. 20.

evolve.

In recent years, there has been a trend toward family climbing as more climbers have children and the sport becomes more mainstream.

Like many climbers, Bruce does it for his own enjoyment.

“Overall for me, climbing is just a way to appreciate the outdoors in the Northwest,” he said.

He also volunteers with Seattle Mountain Rescue.

Most of the climbing areas in the Valley are managed by the state Department of Natural Resources, which tries to maintain a balance between access and environmental protection.

The rock in the Snoqualmie Valley is hard, which makes it safer and less likely to flake.

Rock faces tend to have many features on them.

Many routes have large jugs — big, solid handholds — that are good for beginners and intermediate climbers. More experienced climbers often take on routes with fingertip holds and dime-sized toeholds.

To be good at climbing requires great physical control and balance. Strength is of less importance. It also takes practice.

Summers and Lynum are logging plenty of practice hours.

Lynum especially enjoys picking

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Prepare before you climb Rock climbing is inherently dangerous. Careful preparation can reduce, but not completely eliminate, the danger. Check out these sources for information and lessons on climbing.

Rates for guiding services vary depending on the type of session and the number of people participating. Contact organizations for rates. ❑ North Bend Rock: Companion website to Garth Bruce’s two guidebooks to climbing around North Bend. Links to more local guiding services. www.deceptioncrags.com ❑ Pro Guiding Services: Individual and group sessions and classes. Location: 909 N.E. Sixth St., North Bend. Phone: 8886397. Online: www.proguiding.com. ❑ The Mountaineers: Wide-range of classes in Seattle area for members. Location: 7700 Sand Point Way N.E., Seattle.

Phone: 206-521-6000. Online: www.mountaineers.org. ❑ Vertical World: Indoor climbing gym with several Puget Sound locations. Offers several classes in gyms. Location: 15036 B N.E. 95th St., Redmond, and other locations. Phone: 881-8826. Online: www.verticalworld.com. ❑ Stone Gardens: Indoor climbing gym with classes in Seattle. Location: 2839 N.W. Market St., Seattle. Phone: 206781-9828. Online: www.stonegardens.com.

apart routes like puzzles, working and reworking a climb’s hardest moves until he finds that specific sequence of handholds and toeholds to get through it.

The men have their eyes on big-wall climbing — taking on rock faces that rise up thousands of feet.

In the meantime, they are toiling away on the walls of the Snoqualmie Valley and other Washington climbing areas.

Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext.

246, or editor@snovalleystar.com.

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❑ Belaying: Holding the opposite end of a rope that is tied to a climber, so that it can be held if the climber falls. ❑ Bouldering: Climbing short, often very difficult routes on boulders. Ropes are not necessary. ❑ Crux: The hardest part of a climb. ❑ Free climbing: Climbing without using any artificial means to pull yourself up a route. ❑ Jug: A large, stable hold that allows a climber to pause or rest, if necessary. ❑ Slab: A less-than vertical rock face. Slab routes emphasize balance and dexterity over strength. ❑ Rappel: Descending a rock face by sliding down a rope with specialized techniques. Known as abseiling outside of the U.S. ❑ Rock: Shouted whenever something — a piece of rock, equipment or anything else — is falling and could hit someone below, causing injury.

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North Bend Theater ❑ Thursday, Sept. 16, 7 p.m., “Nanny McPhee Returns” ❑ Friday, Sept. 17, 5 and 8 p.m., “The Expendables” ❑ Saturday, Sept. 18, 5 and 8 p.m., “The Expendables” ❑ Sunday, Sept. 19, 5 p.m., “The Expendables” ❑ Monday, Sept. 20, 7 p.m., “The Expendables” ❑ Tuesday, Sept. 21, 7 p.m., “The Expendables” ❑ Wednesday, Sept. 22, 10 a.m. Mommy Matinee, 1 p.m Adults Only Matinee and 7 p.m., “The Expendables” ❑ Thursday, Sept. 23, 7 p.m., “The Expendables”

Volunteer opportunities ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Hospital is accepting applica-

tions for ages 16 or older to volunteer in various departments of the hospital. E-mail volunteer coordinator Carol Waters at carolw@snoqualmiehospital.org to arrange an interview. ❑ Spanish Academy invites volunteers fluent in Spanish to participate in summer camps on their three-acre farm-style school. Must love kids and nature! Call 888-4999. ❑ 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.

For more information, call 206748-7588 or 800-282-5815 toll free, or e-mail melissat@seniorservices.org. To apply online, go to www.seniorservices.org and 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 St., North Bend. Call Ruth or Janet, 8883434. ❑ Hopelink in Snoqualmie Valley seeks volunteers for a variety of tasks. Volunteers must be at least age 16. Go to www.hope-link.org/takeaction/volunteer.com or call 869-6000. ❑ Adopt-A-Park is a program for Snoqualmie residents to improve public parks and trails.

An application and one-year commitment required. Call 8315784. ❑ Study Zone tutors are needed for all grade levels to give students the homework help they need. Two-hour weekly commitment or substitutes wanted. Study Zone is a free service of King County Library System. Call 369-3312.

Classes ❑ Love and Logic Parenting, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Fridays, Sept. 24 – Oct. 22, Si View Community Center, 400 Orchard Drive, North Bend. Learn how to handle misbehavior without breaking a sweat. Childcare provided during class time for additional fee. Course fee is $75 for individuals and $100 for couples. ❑ Acting and comedy improv class meets from 7:30-9

p.m. Mondays, Sept. 27 – Nov. 15, Valley Center Stage, 119 E. North Bend Way, North Bend.

Classes taught by Gary Schwartz.

Cost: $90 for eight-week course.

Drop-in fee: $15 per class. ❑ S.A.I.L. (Stay Active and Independent for Life) exercise class meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Mt Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend. Led by certified exercise instructor Carla Orellana. Call 888-3434. ❑ Quilting, noon – 9 p.m.

Sept. 23, Mt. Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend.

Bring your projects to these free classes.

Clubs ❑ Mount Si Fish and Game Club meets at 7:30 p.m. the first Thursday of the month, October through May, at the Snoqualmie Police Department. ❑ Mt. Si Artist Guild meeting, 9:15-11 a.m. third Saturday of each month at the Mt. Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend. ❑ The North Bend Chess Club meets every Thursday from 7-9 p.m. at the North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. All ages and skill levels are invited. ❑ Sallal Grange meets the first Friday of each month for a potluck and open mic with our local musicians. The potluck starts at 6 p.m. with the music from 7 p.m. - midnight. Open to all and all ages, 12912 432nd Ave. S.E., North Bend. Visit www.sallalgrange.org. ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Rotary Club meets at 7 a.m. every Thursday at the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club Restaurant. All are welcome. Visit www.snoqualmievalleyrotary.org. ❑ American Legion Post 79 and the American Legion Auxiliary meets at 6 p.m. the second Thursday at 38625 S.E. River St., Snoqualmie. Call Rich and Pam Collingwood at 8881206. ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Garden Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Thursday at the Mount Si Senior Center, North Bend. Call Linda at 453-8630 ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Kiwanis Club meets at 7 a.m. every Thursday at the Mount Si Golf Course restaurant in Snoqualmie. E-mail snovalley@member.kiwanis.org. ❑ Snoqualmie Fraternal Order of Eagles Women’s Auxiliary meets the first and third Tuesday at 7 p.m. The Men’s Aerie meets the first and third Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Meetings are held at 108 Railroad Ave. Call 888-1129.

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Police blotter Snoqualmie Car towed At 5 p.m. Sept. 3, officers requested a car abandoned for three weeks be towed from a field near the corner of Railroad Avenue and Snoqualmie Parkway. Police contacted the registered owner who said he sold the car to another man.

Police contacted that man, who was in jail. He said he was glad the vehicle had not been towed. However, by Sept. 1, the car was still there and was impounded.

Animal problem At 11:35 p.m. Sept. 4, an officer saw five elk on the roadway at the intersection of Allman Avenue Southeast and Southeast Snoqualmie Parkway. The officer honked his car horn and activated his siren, but ended up having to chase the elk away on foot.

Theft At 9:52 p.m. Sept. 5, an officer received a complaint from a tavern in the 38000 block of King Street in Snoqualmie. An employee there told the officer

that a man ordered a round of drinks for some customers in the bar. The employee said she held onto the man’s credit card to ensure the tab would be paid.

After some discussion, the man took his card back and walked out of the bar. The employee yelled at him to come back and pay. The man yelled back, refused to pay, called her names and interrupted her as she tended to other customers. The tab ran close to $28, but the man said he only owed one beer’s worth. The employee finally expelled the man from the bar, and on his way out, as a customer tried to talk to him, he threatened to beat both the customer and the employee, and then left. Police tracked the man down, the employee and the customer identified him using a photo, and the man was arrested for third-degree theft and disorderly conduct.

Theft At 1:15 a.m. Sept. 6, an officer saw a truck with the passengerside window broken and glass strewn on the street. Police contacted the owner, who checked the inside of the truck and discovered that his GPS system was missing, valued at about $190.

Theft At 6:15 p.m. Sept. 6, an offi-

cer showed up at the Snoqualmie Falls gift shop, following a report of a car prowl.

The victim, a 43-year-old woman from Lynnwood said she parked her unlocked car in the parking lot and when she returned, she found the passenger door ajar, and her $400 purse missing. Inside the purse, the woman carried some Nintendo games and a blouse.

A person sitting on a picnic table within the park had a similar purse. Police contacted the person and the woman confirmed that it was not her purse.

North Bend Erratic driving At 10:21 p.m. Sept. 2, an officer saw a car exit the roundabout at the 48000 block of East North Bend Way and swerve into the opposite lane, with both tires on the driver’s side at least two feet into the opposite lane. The car then overcorrected and went over the shoulder fog line, twice. The vehicle was stopped at the 43000 block of the same street. The driver, 26year-old Jennifer Herberg, told the officer she had been on the phone and she did not have a license on her. Herberg seemed fidgety, was sweating and had trouble staying still. Since no

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 odor of alcohol could be detected, the officer suspected she was on drugs. A check showed she had a suspended license, was required to have an ignition interlock in the vehicle and had an outstanding warrant out of Snohomish County for DUI. Herberg was arrested and taken to the North Bend substation when it was confirmed that she was under the influence of opiates.

Theft At 4:40 p.m. Sept. 1, an officer was dispatched on a report of a robbery at a sunglasses store at 461 S. Fork Ave. S.W., North Bend. An employee there said a man entered the store and asked him for a special deal on sunglasses. He even tried to barter a Bluetooth headset in exchange for a reduced price.

The man tried two pairs of sunglasses on and walked out of the store. The employee noticed that one of the sunglasses the man had tried on were missing.

He followed the man and told him he needed to go back inside the store and return the sunglasses. The man complied, saying he had left his Bluetooth inside. The man emptied his pockets to show he did not have the sunglasses, then pulled out an item with a metallic edge, about one inch in length and held it close to

his hip. The employee told the man, “Heh, I thought we were bros,” and the man put the item away, handed him the sunglasses from his waistband and fled the scene.

Narcotics At 1 a.m. Sept. 5, an officer saw a man walking westbound in the 44000 block of Southeast 136th Street in North Bend, carrying a heater. The officer recognized the man from prior contacts and asked him what he was doing. The man seemed nervous and could not explain why he was carrying a heater. He was also wearing a fanny pack and a heavy winter jacket with bulging pockets, and kept touching his fanny pack. The officer asked him what was in it and he replied it was marijuana, but that it belonged to his girlfriend.

He was arrested and searched.

During the search, the officer found a glass pipe, which the subject identified as a methamphetamine pipe and as also belonging to his girlfriend. He later said the pipe was hers, but the marijuana was his. He was booked into the King County Jail.

The Star publishes names of those arrested for DUI and those charged with felony crimes. Information comes directly from local police reports.