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BY CAROL LADWIG
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her promise to “be right back” with a donation. I’ve also failed to take anyone’s photo as they made their contributions. “You know why?” Erland asked me. “They don’t want a picture because the Bible says ‘when you give, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,’” quoting Matthew 6:3.
Julie Moshay is a reluctant hero, an avoider of the spotlight. She likes being on the team, and if she has to lead, it’s going to be by example. When someone gave her a “World’s Best Waitress” pin to wear on her apron, she added a small “in Training” label to the bottom of it. Moshay’s actions may be the only reason that truck driver Ralph Snyder is still driving around, but she’s not comfortable being called a hero. “I understand why people say ‘I just did what anyone would have done,’ because that’s what I was thinking!” said Moshay, recounting JULIE MOSHAY how she saved Snyder’s life on Sunday, Dec. 12. It was a very busy day at the Country Pride Restaurant at Travel Centers of America in North Bend. Moshay and her co-workers were in the back, picking up orders, when Snyder came down the hallway, coughing. Snyder felt his throat closing up while he’d been eating at the counter, and he tried drinking some iced tea to clear his throat, but that didn’t work. He went down the hallway, trying to clear his throat, but mainly to avoid the busy dining area. “It’s kind of embarrassing, not being able to breathe, in front of people,” he said.
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Setting up for a bell-ringing shift, Kiwanian David Olson, center, puts a starter donation in the kettle for Mount Si High School Key Club members, from left, Katie Brennan, Marissa Roy, Madison Bardsley and Aja Corliss. The girls were soon singing holiday songs for shoppers.
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Kiwanis hands off ringing duties to volunteers BY CAROL LADWIG Staff Reporter
A Santa hat, that’s what I need, I’m thinking. Definitely, a big, furry hat. OK, I’ll take any hat, and some mittens would be nice. It’s cold and drizzling, and I’ve learned that I can’t sustain any
kind of musical rhythm with the Salvation Army bell in my left hand (my right hand is staying warm in my pocket). But no one’s complaining about my technique, and they’re still putting money in the kettle, so I’m happy. By the time Harold Erland comes back with his coffee, I’ve seen a mother teaching her little daughter about giving, and another woman make good on
Twin Falls lessons go into new school bond Regardless of passage, SMS will be freshman campus BY CAROL LADWIG AND SETH TRUSCOTT Valley Record Staff
From a visual sweet spot directly in front of the commons stage, Twin Falls Middle School Assistant Principal Marty Barber looked straight down the
Middle Fork sixth grade hallway. With a turn of his head, his view shifted to the seventh or eighth grade wings. In an era when bullying and school safety are at the forefront of many parents’ minds, Barber or any other administrator can be aware of most of what’s going on in the school at a glance, thanks to insightful layout. “That’s the design brilliance,” said Barber, who led a group of parents on a tour of middle school features meant
to be incorporated into a planned new Snoqualmie Ridge Middle School. The tour, held Wednesday, Dec. 8, was part of a series of informative meetings on bond concepts being held by the Snoqualmie Valley School District. On it, Barber showcased team planning rooms, multipurpose facilities and an abundance of natural light at the 2008-built Twin Falls, the Valley’s newest school. Twin Falls is the basis of the
proposed new middle school, in part to save time and money, in part because of lessons learned from the building.
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Starting in the fall of 2013, Snoqualmie Middle School will no longer exist. Instead, the building will become the freshman campus of Mount Si High School. What happens to the SEE BOND, 5
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In the past, Snyder had a similar experience in Los Angeles, only then, no one even tried to help him, he said. Maybe that’s why he wasn’t looking for help, and he wasn’t really scared—yet. “When you stop breathing, though, how long can you last?” he asked. Moshay and the other servers knew something was wrong, but no one knew how soon help would arrive after a 911 call. She had been trained in first aid and the Heimlich maneuver in the 1980s, and she remembered the number-one rule was “as long as he’s making noise, leave him alone.” When Snyder stopped breathing entirely, then she could do something. “He had his hands to his throat, and he wasn’t breathing, so I asked him if he
Korean youths to visit Snoqualmie Thirteen students from Gangjin, Korea, will arrive on January 6 in Snoqualmie for a student exchange through the Snoqualmie Sister Cities Association. The students will stay with host families through Jan. 31. During those weeks, the host family will provide housing and meals for the student and will share cultural traditions and lifestyles. Two more host families are needed. Contact Tina McCollum at valent6222@aol. com for more information.
wanted a hug,” Moshay said. Snyder nodded vigorously, so Moshay gave him the Heimlich maneuver, remembered from her training. Snyder coughed, started breathing again, and Moshay was thrilled that “it worked! Then he got a real hug!” she said. Moshay still had a couple of hours to go in her shift, and the place was packed, so with Snyder’s assurance that he was OK, she went back to work, charged up from the experience. “They’re always telling me to slow down here,” said Moshay, so the extra adrenaline wasn’t much of a problem for her. Before leaving the restaurant, Snyder wanted to thank Moshay again, and to tell her that he firmly believed that she saved his life. All she could say was “You’re welcome! I’m glad you’re OK.”
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BELLS FROM 1 Erland had something there. He’s been doing the bellringing gig for 25 years, and has lived in North Bend most of his life, so he knew a lot of the people who came by his kettle at the North Bend Safeway last week. It was his first shift of the bell-ringing season, and he was ready for it, in boots, layers of sweaters topped by a winter coat, and a stocking cap. “And I’ve got warmer stuff than this at home!” he said. “When I dress to ring the bell, I don’t get cold.” A shift is two hours, and his tradition is to ring the bell for 16 hours each season, partly because the Snoqualmie Valley Kiwanis Club that coordinates the event for the Salvation Army never seems to have enough volunteer bell-ringers, partly for personal reasons. “It’s fun. It gives you a good feeling,” he said. Also, it’s easy, easy enough that anyone can do it, and Kiwanis is encouraging everyone to give it a try. “You just set this here,” Erland said, putting together
the two halves of the kettle stand, “and ring the bell. There! You’re trained!” Mount Si High School sophomore Aja Corliss and freshman Kelsey Seiser both needed a little coaching from other Key Club members helping at the North Bend QFC to get the right sound, at first. “We were kind of making fun of her (Corliss),” said Marissa Roy, a senior in Key Club. Down at the other entrance, junior Douglas Knox was demonstrating the right way to do things for Seiser. The source of his talent? “I’m really good at ‘Rock Band,’” he explained. “I just joined Key Club, and I wanted to do something for the community. They told me this was how.” All of the students were new to bell-ringing, but in Erland’s experience, they’ll come back again in future years, for the same reasons he does. “I just enjoy it. I know where the money goes, it all stays in the Valley, and everybody knows what the Salvation Army is,” he said. “All the money stays here in the community,” Key Club president Madison Bardsley volunteers. She added that the
Salvation Army spends about $80,000 in the community in a year, much more than the bellringing campaign brings in. Erland is an authorized distributor of Salvation Army funds, and he confirmed that the organization usually gives more than it receives, especially during floods. He’s got plenty of stories about people that he, or the administrators at the North Bend and Snoqualmie Police Departments, have helped. “What people need to remember is when they get cold and put the bucket away, when they quit, that’s as warm as some of the people we help get,” he said. This year’s goal for the bellringing campaign is $8,000, the same as the last several years. Last year, the campaign fell short of the goal for the first time, and this year, Erland says donations have been slow in coming. That won’t change his approach to potential donors, though. He’ll always smile, and say “Merry Christmas,” whether you donate or not. “People don’t have to put money in the bucket,” he said. “It’s a volunteer thing. It’s a heart thing.”
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