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Federal regulators have givena green light to TollhouseEnergy to begin feasibility stud-ies on the company’s proposedhydroelectric project on theNorth Fork of the SnoqualmieRiver.

The Federal Energy RegulatoryCommission approved the pre-liminary permit Oct. 14 for theBlack Canyon hydroelectric pro-ject near Ernie’s Grove. A sub-sidiary company, Black CanyonHydro, that is owned byTollhouse Energy applied for thepermit March 14. TollhouseEnergy is a hydroelectric devel-opment company based inBellingham.

The permit allows the compa-ny to begin studying “what canbe built and what should bebuilt,” said Thom Fischer, presi-dent of Tollhouse Energy.

A wide array of conservationgroups, American Indian tribes

and government entities filedcomments against the project.

Conservationists and theSnoqualmie Tribe said the pro-ject would hurt the local envi-ronment, is unnecessary andwould be on protected land.

The majority of commentsfiled with the commissionopposed the project, accordingto the commission’s order grant-ing the license.

Some comments claimed thatthe project would take too muchwater out of the North Fork,which ranges from torrents inthe spring to a trickle in latesummers. Other comments citedpotential damage to wildlife,natural habitat and culturalresources.

But these comments jumpedthe gun, because they are con-cerned with potential impacts ofthe project, while the commis-sion was only ruling on a pre-liminary permit, the commis-sion said.

“The purpose of a preliminarypermit is to study the feasibilityof the project, including study-ing the potential impacts identi-fied by commenters,” the com-mission said in its order. “Thus,the concerns raised in the com-ments are premature at the pre-liminary permit stage…”

The issues raised will beaddressed if Tollhouse Energyapplies for a hydroelectric plantlicense.

In the meantime, the compa-ny will begin talking with the

groups that weighed in on itspreliminary permit application.It will also start conducting abevy of tests to study the pro-ject’s feasibility.

Fischer said he hopes to havea project proposal available forthe public by April 2012. After itis released, Tollhouse Energy willconduct public hearings.

Still, he doesn’t expect to filea license application for two tothree years. During that time, he

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An incorrect front-page head-line in the Oct. 13 issue of theStar prompted a flood of calls,emails and Web comments fromsupporters of Si ViewMetropolitan Parks District. Theheadline characterized the dis-trict’s two ballot measures in theupcoming election as a tax hike.However, as stated in the articlethat followed, if both proposi-tions pass, they will not increaseresidents’ taxes.

Without the propositions, thedistrict is projected to lose morethan half of its budget next year.The district’s supporters havebeen working long hours toshore up support for the twopropositions. Given the generalanti-tax climate in the country,they expressed concern that theheadline would damage theirefforts.

“Our town loves our commu-nity center, but many voterswon’t be able to say ‘yes’ toprops 1 and 2 if they are underthe mistaken impression thesepropositions raise taxes,” NorthBend resident Kirby Corder saidin a comment on the Star’s web-site.

The Star received more than a

dozen calls, several emails and17 comments on the paper’swebsite regarding the headline.No one took issue with the arti-cle or that issue’s editorial,

which supported the two propo-sitions.

The person who laid out thepages wrote the incorrect head-line.

“Unfortunately, that mistakewas not caught by our proof-reader or editor, who had the

Parks district propositions will not raise taxes

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Young dancers practice their moves at Si View Community Center. The parks district’s dance programis among the many that district officials say would be cut or would have higher user fees if two ballotpropositions don’t pass.

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“We don’t have a crystalball,” he said. “We will look atthe numbers and the timeline.”

Nevertheless, he called afreshman-only campus a goodtransition spot for eighth-gradersand a good chance to broadenthe ninth-grade curriculum.

Regarding Snoqualmie’srefusal to pay the school district-backed impact fee increase onnew housing, Johnson’s answerstated that that the school dis-trict was not playing fair.

“The real problem with theimpact fee,” Johnson’s answerread, “is that our current schoolboard keeps approving impactfees based on the highest of atleast four enrollment forecastassumptions. This kind of dis-honesty has to stop.”

Johnson’s opponent, incum-bent Dan Popp said the blamelay elsewhere.

“I believe the city ofSnoqualmie leadership is puttingproperty developers first,” Poppsaid. “They need to put childrenfirst.”

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In a forum where agreementreigned and barbs were scarce,Snoqualmie Valley School Boardcandidates made one more pitchfor the community’s support.

Three incumbents, two chal-lengers and a stand-in — com-munity member Stephen Kangasfilled in for challenger PeggyJohnson — offered two hours’worth of friendly discussion infront of a sizeable crowd at theMount Si High SchoolAuditorium.

Candidates had received 21questions in advance. Questionsrotated per election race, witheach candidate and his or herrespective opponent answeringthe same seven questions.

Challenger Geoff Doy said itwas time the school board listento the needs of the communityall the time and not just whenit’s bond time.

“‘The only time we hear fromthe district is when they needmoney,’” Doy said. “How many

times have I heard that? Thishas to change.”

His opponent, incumbentCaroline Loudenback, said thedistrict has done a good job ofincluding the community.

She added that the perceptionthat it has done otherwise wasthe work of “detractors whocontinue to misinform.

“Unfortunately,” she said,“Responding to them takesresources away from the class-rooms and our kids.”

Challenger Carolyn Simpsonsaid that unlike opponentCraig Husa, she did not supportturning Snoqualmie MiddleSchool into a freshman-onlycampus.

“It creates overcrowding inthe middle schools, a problemthat wasn’t there anyway,” shesaid. “We need to make sure ourfacts are strong. Until we dothat, we shouldn’t put bonds onthe ballot.”

Husa said the plan to create afreshman-only campus wasexcellent, but not perfect.

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Community members showered the Oct. 13 forum ofschool board candidates with both praise and condemnation.

While school volunteer Lanice Gillard said all six candi-dates showed they care deeply about the community, punditDana McCall said she liked seeing the candidates speaking ona stage.

“I could not do it,” she said. “I would get too nervous.They all seemed really, really prepared.”

Conversely, Valley parent Max Gibbs criticized the forum,organized by the Snoqualmie Valley PTSA, for not allowingquestions from the crowd.

Gibbs said the decision wasted a chance to inform peopleon issues like bonds and the redrawing of district boundaries.

“Whoever orchestrated the criteria for this forum, eithermissed grossly, formatted it so questions couldn’t be asked ordidn’t have the requisite vision,” he said.

Cathy Renner, head of the SVPTSA’s legislative council,said the council declined having questions from the crowdbecause it wanted candidates to give good, elaborate answers.

“We weren’t really interested in immediate response,” shesaid. “They’re not the president, they don’t have to have anyof that 3 a.m. decision-making.”

The council wanted to post candidates responses onlineafter the forum, she added, so the council had to have theanswers beforehand.

Criticism aside, Gibbs said the forum helped him decidefor whom to vote.

“The incumbents were very calculated in their answers,”he said. “The challengers were much more open and broaderwith their vision.”

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In an unfortunate twist, asimilar error occurred in an arti-cle that ran in August about thetwo propositions. At that time,Merrill had the final look at thepages.

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Even if passed the two propo-sitions would not increase theactual amount paid for propertytaxes.

The measures are neededbecause the district is in dangerof having its budget next yearcut in half primarily due todeclining property values and astate-imposed cap on propertylevies.

The cap limits the total of allproperty levies not collected bythe state to $5.90 per $1,000 ofassessed value. All property taxesare subject to a constitutionallimit of 1 percent — or $10 per$1,000 of assessed value.

As home values havedeclined, most taxing districtshave maintained their budgets.That means they have to take a

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The Snoqualmie Valley Hospital Auxiliary is holding itsannual Holiday Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 22, at theMount Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave., North Bend.

The event will feature holiday craft items, baked goods andother locally made products.

All proceeds from the sale will go to support a scholarshipfor a Mount Si High School graduate who plans to enter themedical field.

bigger share per $1,000, whichhas pushed non-state propertylevy rates up against the cap inseveral taxing districts across thestate.

Si View collected 53 cents per$1,000 in 2011. Based on cur-rent projections from the KingCounty Assessor’s Office, itcould only collect 9 cents per$1,000 next year.

That would be an 84 percentcut in the amount Si View col-lects in property taxes, droppingfrom $1.18 million in 2011 to aprojected $190,000 in 2012. Thedistrict also collects about$800,000 in user fees.

Si View would have to cutmany of its 300 programs, layoff staff and raise user fees justto keep the doors open andsome programs operating, saidTravis Stombaugh, the district’sdirector.

To avoid that scenario andprotect the district’s existingbudget, the district’s board ofdirectors approved two ballotmeasures: propositions 1 and 2.

Proposition 1 protects 25cents of the district’s levy,meaning the combined propertylevy total would exceed $5.90.

Proposition 2 asks voters toapprove a maintenance-and-operations levy for 21 cents per$1,000.

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Explaining the intricacies ofWashington’s property tax sys-tem has not been easy for thevolunteers of the Save Si Viewcampaign, which is leading theefforts to increase support at thepolls for the two propositions.

Volunteers have made hun-dreds of phone calls andengaged residents.

They are not assuming any-thing. Instead, they are workingas if the odds are against,because in these economicallyhard times, they might be, saidSarah Werner, one of the cam-paign’s organizer and a danceinstructor at Si ViewCommunity Center.

Werner is especially con-cerned about Proposition 2,which needs 60 percent votersupport to pass. Prop 1 onlyneeds a simple majority.

Losing Si View would devas-tate the community, she said.

“This is such a small town,there is not much to do here,”

she said. Si View offers a wide array

of programs from youth soccerto swim classes to family-friendly performers to exerciseclasses.

Werner helped establish thedistrict’s dance program in2004, and has seen it growfrom about 30 students to morethan 400, including her threechildren.

For her, supporting communi-ty-based programming is a fami-

ly legacy. When Werner wasgrowing up in California, hergrandmother ran a nonprofitcommunity group.

That is where she learned todance.

Voters created Si View districtin 2003. Currently, the parksdistrict serves about 110,000people a year.

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figures Tollhouse Energy willspend about $2 million to $3million on studies.

Based on the comments filedagainst the company’s prelimi-nary permit application, Fischeris confident that the companycan find middle ground withconservationists, the tribe andother groups that weighed in.

“I didn’t see anything therethat is a fatal flaw or that scaredme,” he said.

Conservationists aren’t wor-ried either that they will be ableto stop the Black Canyon project.

“I find it very hard to believethat FERC would rule that the

project is in the public interest,”said Thomas O’Keefe,spokesman for AmericanWhitewater, one of the groupsthat filed against the project.

Black Canyon would notinclude a traditional dam. Itwould be a run-of-river project,meaning water would be divert-ed from the main flow, runthrough turbines to generateenergy and then be returned tothe stream downriver.

The project would require astructure built across the river.The structure would have aninflatable dam for when waterlevels are low.

The project’s undergroundpipe would run for more than amile to a powerhouse northeastof Ernie’s Grove. To access thepowerhouse, a logging road

would have to be extended byabout three-quarters of a mile.To connect to the power grid, a4.2-mile transmission line wouldhave to be built.

Black Canyon would produceabout 10.2 megawatts of powerannually.

The project is necessary tokeep up with the area’s growingdemand, Fischer said.

Both North Bend andSnoqualmie filed commentswith the commission. NorthBend raised concerns that theproject could raise water ratesfor its residents. Snoqualmieexpressed concern that the pro-ject could add to flooding down-stream and could affect CanyonSpring, which provides 10 per-cent to 20 percent of the city’sdrinking water.

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Ecology is urging residents notto give in to the temptation toburn vegetation.

In most areas, includingrural King County, burning isregulated to protect peoplefrom breathing smoke and toprevent fires from spreading.

Smoke from burning leaves,grass, brush and tree needlescan aggravate or contribute toasthma, emphysema, bronchi-tis and lung cancer.

If left unattended, yardwaste fires can spread out of

control, damage property andthreaten people.

Most cities and all urbangrowth areas do not allow resi-dential outdoor burning.

The state also bans burninggarbage or using burn barrelsacross Washington.

Residents in rural areasshould call local fire agenciesbefore burning.

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SnoValley Star endorses candidates

Snoqualmie Valley voters have a range of candidates tochoose from on this year’s ballot. Whoever is elected willinfluence the Valley for at least four years, perhaps more.So, fill out your ballot with care and consideration. Andremember, it must be postmarked by Nov. 8.

Here are the SnoValley Star’s endorsements:School Board No. 2: Geoff Doy. As a longtime volun-

teer, Doy has shown that he is dedicated to building onSnoqualmie Valley School District’s successes. He haspledged to improve communication with the community,and to push the district to improve its operations and stu-dents’ education. He has not been afraid to question dis-trict policy from time to time. That is good, because moreopen debate of school district policy is greatly needed.

School Board No. 3: Carolyn Simpson. This race offers adifficult choice with no overwhelmingly attractive candi-date. Like Doy, Simpson is a longtime volunteer. As presi-dent of the Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation, shedisplayed leadership and creative thinking. Since then, shehas clashed with the district, sometimes seemingly forinconsequential reasons. But she will ask tough questions,which will generate better policy. Her opponent, CraigHusa has not done that since being appointed to the boardin 2009.

School Board No. 5: Dan Popp. Popp is among the mostthoughtful school board members. He appreciates issues’complexities and carefully weighs the options. He has alsopromised to improve students’ experiences and the qualityof their education, and to support faculty and staff devel-opment.

North Bend City Council Position No. 7: Piper Muoio.This race offers two appealing candidates. But Muoio’sbroader business experience is an asset, especially if shecan use it to encourage investors to look at the city. Bothcandidates are focused on jobs. Muoio has more concreteideas for what that entails, and she has spent time on thecity’s Planning Commission. If she wins, we recommendthat her opponent, Ryan Kolodejchuk fill her vacancy onthe commission.

Snoqualmie City Council Position No. 2: JeffMacNichols. As the longest continually serving council-man, MacNichols has institutional knowledge and has aproven record of making good policy. He has continued tofocus on keeping the city financially healthy and encour-aging businesses to move to Snoqualmie.

Snoqualmie City Council Position No. 4: KingstonWall. Wall has also shown himself to be a capable andconsiderate councilor. And while he takes his position seri-ously, he also sometimes brings some much-needed levityto tense discussions. He continues to be driven by a deter-mination to keep the city’s expenses under control.

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The Snoqualmie EducationAssociation has interviewed allschool board candidates, attend-ed the PTA candidate forum andinterviewed individuals thathave worked with all candidates.We enthusiastically endorseCraig Husa, Dan Popp andCaroline Loudenback.

Teachers support Popp as aschool board member becausehe represents our community asa whole. Dan wants our studentsto be prepared for the future. Hehas demonstrated a strong abili-ty to collaborate with districtadministrators, teachers, stu-dents and community members.

Husa has earned districtteacher support as a school

board candidate because he seesthe big picture and listens to theviews of all community mem-bers. Craig continues to demon-strate a team player attitude anddepth of compassion.

In her position on the schoolboard, Loudenback has provento be an effective listener and isthoughtfully able to look at allsides of an issue. Caroline basesher decisions on what is best forall students. She has proven hercommitment to the district byworking collaboratively withteachers towards a continuousimprovement plan in teachingand learning.

What these three candidatesbring to the school board is apositive view of the work wehave accomplished to betterimprove teaching and learning

along with the commitment forcontinued improvements. Theirchallengers are focusing on whatis “wrong” with our school dis-trict and have offered unin-formed easy answers to verycomplex challenges, such ascontinued funding cuts from thestate and unfunded mandates.There are no easy answers!

I have been a teacher in theSnoqualmie Valley for 32 years, Ihave encountered many schoolboard members during this timeand the present school boardclearly are the most professionalduring my career. All three haveproven track records of effectiveleadership as school board mem-bers.

We have much to be proud of

WEEKLY POLL

How do you plan tovote on Si View parksdistrict’s two proposi-tions?

A. Yes for bothB. Yes for No. 1; no

on No. 2.C. No for No. 1, but

yes for No. 2.D. No for both.E. I’m not voting.

Vote online at www.sno-valleystar.com.

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Why are yourunning in this

election?

I am very proud of ourschool district and it isan honor to represent

this outstandingdistrict. I would liketo continue to serve.

To make improve-ments in our school

district. To reconnectthe school board withparents, teachers and

the community.

While SVSD is a topperforming district inthe state and has wonnational awards, ourwork is not completeand I can contribute.

I want to focus onsetting goals, measur-

ing progress, andhelping all kids, so alldoors of opportunityare open after their

K-12 education here.

Borrowing terms fromMr. Kinnune’s MSHSLeadership class, I seemyself as a “Servant

Leader.” I serve a won-derful district, but my

work’s not done.

I want to improve gradu-ation rates, reduce bully-

ing, improve relation-ships with our teachers

and parents — and offervoters more responsible

and honest building-construction plans.

Governmentshould be fiscal-ly responsible.

What does thatmean to you?

Making the most ofthe taxpayers’ money.Getting creative anddoing more with less.

We’re doing thattoday quite well.

Government entitiesmust work within a

balanced budget thatreflects clear priorities

and reflects a plan thathas been agreed with

the community.

From a budgeting andgovernance standpoint,

we must strive to domore with less, balanceour budget and planfor the unexpected.

Fiscal responsibility is theobligation of governmentto ensure that the use oftaxpayer funds is justi-

fied, balanced, and mini-mized in achieving gov-ernment's good works.

We have inadequateand still shrinking statefunding. We must be

super vigilant withexpenditures, maintainadequate reserves while

providing the besteducation possible.

Being responsiblemeans treating taxpay-ers fairly. It is not fair

that we pay high prop-erty taxes while ourchildren attend verylow funded schools.

Governmentshould be

transparent.What doesthat mean

to you?

Operating with integrity and openly.

We do that.

There must be fulland easy access to allrelevant information.Issues must be debat-ed in public. Opinionsfrom the community

must be heard.

In compliance with lawand to ensure commu-

nity trust and confi-dence, all school boardbusiness is deliberated

and acted upon inopen public forums.

The public has the rightto observe the conduct

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The public shouldhave easy access to

information, govern-ment must be proac-

tive in sharing dia-logue and the publicmust be confident in

the transparency.

Transparency meansbeing honest about

problems — includingthe fact that out of 425

ninth-graders, fouryears later only 312

graduated — worst onthe Eastside.

If elected, whatis the mainchange you

would like tosee in the dis-

trict by the endof your term?

Finding a good way tolet the public knowthe truth about the

great things happen-ing in our schools.

Confidence in theschool board and districtadministration will havebeen restored. Teachers,parents and taxpayerswill feel they are all on

the same team.

The continued and deeperadoption of 21st century

learning strategies includingtechnology-enabled individ-

ualization; inquiry-basedlearning; and Science,

Technology, Engineeringand Math curriculum.

Currently one out offive students dropout ortake five years to gradu-

ate here. With goalsand accountability, we

will help these kidsgraduate successfully.

I would like to seenormal school build-ings for students, not

portables, smaller classsizes, improved

graduation rates andopen communicationwith the community.

Better, more collabora-tive problem solving

skills — especiallyencouraging better

communication withparents and teacherson a clear long-termplan for our schools.

The one areaof our schools

that shouldreceive moreattention is…

...how much good ishappening in our

schools and that wereally are a very good

school district.

...more money inclassrooms. Help

teachers create theenvironment and

teach the programsthat they know make

the difference tolearning.

...state funding. Ourstate constitution callsout adequate fundingfor our schools to be

the paramount duty ofour Legislature. This is

not happening.

...changing the philoso-phy that our children

are “different out here,”and ensuring students

receive similar educationopportunities and

expectations as otherchildren on the Eastside.

...program excellence.Continued focus on

improving student perfor-mance through innovative

program development,technology investments,teaching enhancementsdelivering 21st century

learning skills. And acknow-ledging our successes.

...improving gradua-tion rates. It is notacceptable that we

have a dropout rate of25 percent. This is theworst of any Eastside

school district.

What schoolboard decision

made in thepast two years

would youchange?

20/20 hindsight does-n’t count. We take theinformation we have atthe time and make thebest decision we canwith what we have.

Earlier this year Iwould not have

agreed to the runningof exactly the same

bond twice.

I believe every boardmember, past and pre-

sent, worked to dotheir best with the

information available atthe time. I’m looking

forward, not backward.

Top was the decision touse SMS as high school

space without areplacement middle

school, since enrollmentnumbers no longer

supported such a need.

The last two yearshave been very chal-lenging with enor-mous budget cuts.

Decisions made havebeen well-vetted andmade with the best

information available.

The board repeatedlyapproved capital plansbased on the assump-tion that we had hun-dreds of students morethan we actually have.

We need more honesty.

What is yourposition on

building a newmiddle school?

I support it.

At the moment, wehave three middle

schools with enoughcapacity to meet our

requirements.

The two-year study onprojected high school

overcrowding andenhanced curriculum

recommended a replace-ment middle school for

the SMS freshmancampus. I support that.

Strong facts and rea-sonable assumptionswill determine whenwe need more high

school space. We can-not reduce to twomiddle schools in agrowth community.

The community gavetheir input to the long-term facilities commit-tee. This was the com-

munity’s plan. Weneed real, not

portable, school build-ings for our students.

Rather than buildinganother middle school,which we do not need,we should build anoth-er elementary school on

the Ridge, which wegreatly need.


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with recent school achievementawards, greatly expandedAdvanced Placement classes,high school classes with collegecredit, technology innovation,high number of national boardcertified teachers and very suc-cessful co-curricular activities.We need to celebrate these suc-cesses while collaborating onour continuing work to improveteaching and learning.

Art Galloway, presidentSnoqualmie Education

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The third annual SnoqualmieValley Schools FoundationPhonathon was held at TwinFalls Middle School on Sept. 12and 13.

Thank you to everyone whodonated via phone on thoseevenings and to those of youwho have mailed us your checksor donated on our website,www.svsfoundation.org. Your sup-port encourages and motivatesus as the foundation continuesits mission to assure opportuni-ties and encourage excellence.

We wish to acknowledge andthank the following, whose con-tributions helped ensure the suc-cess of this year’s event: PiaLarson, for poster design; JeffHogan and crew, who set up thephone bank; Twin Falls Middle

School, for the use of theirphones and library for two days;Elaine Marie Kugen, for signingletters and encouraging herDECA students to participate;Sahara Pizza in Snoqualmie, forproviding delicious pizza, saladand pop for all of the volunteersboth nights and for donatinggift certificates to each studentvolunteer; Huxdotter Coffee, forproviding a free drink coupon toeach student volunteer;MyCakes, for providing gift cer-tificates for every student volun-teer; Scott’s Dairy Freeze, forproviding a free ice cream conecoupon to each student volun-teer; the Law Office of JonathanPearlstein, for water and snacksduring the two nights; andRhodies BBQ, for the paper cups.

Of course, we couldn’t havedone it without the help of 70-plus student volunteers, whomade the calls, overcoming theirfears and discomfort, resolved tomake a difference and continuedto “smile and dial.” A specialthanks to the Mount SiCheerleaders, the DECA Cluband Ms. Kugen, Mount SiAssociated Student Body, theKey Club and AmnestyInternational.

It’s not too late to add yoursupport for our continuing pro-grams. Please visit www.svsfoun-dation.org and click on thedonate button to make your tax-free contribution today! Withyour help we can help every stu-dent, in every classroom, inevery school.

Lorraine ThurstonSnoqualmie Valley Schools

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Even though Snoqualmie isoutside of the Si ViewMetropolitan Park District’sboundaries, I appreciate the ser-vices offered by our sister parkagency. I sincerely hope that itdoes not become the next casu-alty of this economic recession.

In addition to providingrecreational programming inpartnership with the city ofSnoqualmie, the SnoqualmieValley Metropolitan Park Districtoperates our only swimmingpool in the Snoqualmie Valleyand offers a wide array of activi-ties for people of all ages andabilities.

Unfortunately, the economicdecline and associated drop inproperty values will make itessentially impossible for the SiView district to operate if votersdon’t act on Nov. 8. With theformula in state law that putsthe park district at the bottomof the pecking order when levyrates are adjusted, the park dis-trict is in very real danger.

The park district will lose 84percent of its funding withoutan affirmative vote of the peoplefor Si View Metropolitan ParkDistrict Propositions 1 and 2.Clearly, that kind of cut cannotbe absorbed by any governmentagency. Services will cease. Thepool will close. Multitudes ofSnoqualmie Valley families willsuffer. By voting yes onPropositions 1 and 2, taxes willnot be increased, but fundingcan be secured so these negativeimpacts can be avoided.

Propositions 1 and 2 seek tomaintain the current level offunding that support Si ViewMPD and honor the 71 percentof voters who approved the fund-ing and formation of the parkdistrict in 2003. I urge everyoneto support the Si View MPD’s bal-lot issues in November.

Matthew R. LarsonMayor, city of Snoqualmie

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Fellow citizens of SnoqualmieValley — it is so inspiring to bea part of a community effortthat shows our support for SiView and all of the services andprograms we enjoy. My mother-in-law learned to swim at SiView pool when she was a

teenager in the ’50s and mychildren are swimming in thatsame pool now.

Fortunately, the vote is clearand easy – Props 1 & 2 are nottax increases, and are a commit-ment to continue providingexisting funding form existingrevenue streams. As I talk to myneighbors and make calls to vot-ers, the resounding positive sup-port is a refreshing contrast tothe negativity that seems tooccur at the federal level. Let’sshow our children and ourelders and our selves that we areabout a positive and healthyfuture by voting yes.

Kathy

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What is the No. 1issue facing thecity that yourleadership will

impact?

Lack of transparencyand consideration ofcitizens’/taxpayers’comments, views

and issues.

Fresh ideas to old prob-lems. I think having anew face/new ideas inany situation is only

going to result in goodthings to come.

The plan to hold downour expenses and stabi-lize our revenues. It wasfor this purpose that Ijoined City Council.

We need to fill ourbusiness park withstrong financially

stable businesses thatare able to bring highpaying jobs to the city

of Snoqualmie.

Keeping Snoqualmiefinancially sustainable,

yet maintaining itsunique character. My

judgment and leadershiphas fostered these goalsfor the past eight years.

What City Councildecision made in

the past twoyears wouldyou change?

Development conditionsand zoning restrictionsprecluding commerce,trade, job creation, taxbase and prosperity for

our community — meet-ing the needs of the

community/consumer.

The ban of vinyl siding. Ididn’t support this as a

member on the PlanningCommission and feel it isan overstep by the city.

I would change mydecision to opposebuilding the new

City Hall. Time hasshown that we

actually can afford it.

I want to focus onwhat I’ll do for the city

over the next fouryears; I’m not sure

what I would change.

I was against the cartab fee increase. I

believe the ultimatebenefit to the city did

not outweigh thefinancial impact to

many citizens.

What should the city’s topinfrastructure priority be?

Roads — repairs to existing infrastructure —traffic impacts existing

damaged roads in the city of North Bend

are increasing the cost of repairs.

Transportation and associ-ated safety/management

in the truck stop area.The Tanner Annexation

added a big responsibilitythat needs detailed atten-

tion in the near term.

Maintaining the city’sinfrastructure will be achallenge, and I am

committed to movingforward with our current

plans to address that need.

After visiting the publicworks department andtalking with employees,I was told how mucheverything costs; it

would be prudent tosave money now.

Ensuring that new infra-structure remains at its

current level while invest-ing in repairing failinginfrastructure. Creating

reserve funding for futurerecurring infrastructurerepair and replacement.

How can thecity encourage

economicdevelopment?Or should it?

Yes — by involving businesses in regulatorydecisions/encouraging

business to locate in thecity of North Bend —

creating jobs and opportunity for our

labor force.

Yes. The city could facilitate citizen, business,entrepreneur programs

to constructfinance/investment

programs, employmentinitiatives, business development plans.

This council has beenworking to encourage

economic developmentfor some time, and we are

committed to doing sowithout sacrificing

Snoqualmie's character.

We should encouragedevelopment as long

as the city has a sustainable economic

development plan. Butdevelopment for its own sake is just silly.

Streamline permittingand approvals for new

business, continuedinvestment in the

chamber of commerceand working with

current businesses toenhance their viability.

How would you help the city keep its

spending down?

By reducing administrativecosts of operating the cityand involving the citizensto participate in citizen

advisory (using the existing intellectual capital) capacities.

Get citizens involved.Have the local nursery orgarden club volunteer to

maintain the hangingbaskets in the city instead

of using city resources.

With help from experts and staff we

have formed conservativefiscal policies. I

intend to maintain those policies.

Working closely withcity departments, man-aging growth within the

city and ensuring wehave the right level ofservices for the citizens

of Snoqualmie.

I support results-orientedbudgeting, cutting ineffi-cient programs, findingeconomies of scale andpartnering with othergovernment entitieswhen appropriate.

Governmentshould be

transparent.What does thatmean to you?

Willing to be open with information andengaging in dialoguewith the taxpayers,

involving citizens in theprocess and answering

hard questions.

It means the govern-ment should ensuredecisions, operations

and other activities arevisible to the citizens forwhich they represent.

This council remains atall times transparent. Iwould like to continue

to expand our methodsof communication.

Keeping citizens informedand engaged with our

local government.Snoqualmie is prettygood, but we shouldstrive to do better.

City officials shouldalways be available and

accountable, all decision-making done in a publicforum, and documents

and reports should alwaysbe available upon request.

What will you do to support

community nonprofit

organizations?

I am on the NorthBend Parks Foundationboard, have been for

the past four years andwill continue to volun-teer at the food bank.

I’d find ways that the citycan facilitate bringingfolks together at city-

sponsored events in sup-port of local nonprofits.

I serve on the HumanServices Committee that

funds our local healthand human services

providers. We work toensure that funding is

distributed fairly.

Nonprofits have uniqueneeds, each bringingvalue and support to the community. I’d

work to utilize facilitiesthe city owns to support

local nonprofits.

I helped establish the1 percent allocation

(approximately$100,000/year) of thebudget to communityorganizations such asthe food bank, senior

center and Encompass.


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Rick Cary never planned onending up in Snoqualmie. Butnow that he is a police officer inthe city, he wants to finish hiscareer here.

Growing up in northernWisconsin, he’d never heard ofSnoqualmie. It was a twist offate — or several twists — thatbrought him to the city.

Cary had been doing fieldtraining to become a deputywith the King County Sheriff’sOffice when he was laid off atthe beginning of the year due tobudget cuts. Eleven otherdeputies were also laid off.

Cary knew he wanted to be apolice officer. It didn’t matterwhere. He’d served 10 years as amilitary police officer in theUnited States Army and Air Force,including a year in Afghanistan.

After getting out of the mili-tary and while still living inAlaska, he applied to join theKing County Sheriff’s Office.

As with all applicants, Caryhad to pass through a longprocess of evaluations — med-ical, physical, psychological,aptitude, background and so on.

In the meantime, he moved toWashington and worked securi-ty at a hospital in Tacoma topay the bills.

Finally, he began at the acad-emy as a cadet in March 2010.

In August 2010, Cary wasonly a couple of months awayfrom finishing his cadet training

when he heard whispers ofpotential deputy lay offs. He andother new hires would likely bethe ones to be cut.

Cary graduated Oct. 5, 2010,and began field training as adeputy in Kenmore, which con-tracts with the sheriff’s office forpolice services.

He heard the SnoqualmiePolice Department had an open-ing and applied in December,shortly before being laid off as a

deputy. Cary joined the department

in March. The culture of the 14-person

department was different fromthe sheriff’s office, which hasmore than 700 officers and1,000 employees.

“I didn’t know what toexpect,” Cary said.

As an officer in a smallagency, Cary has to wear manyhats. He is a patrol officer, detec-tive and victim advocate, amongother roles.

“It was a little overwhelmingat first,” he said.

But he has adjusted to it.Unlike a sheriff’s deputy, Cary

can develop closer relationshipswith the community.

“You’re not walking blindinto some situation,” he said.

While he would work as apolice officer anywhere, he isglad the budget cuts worked outthe way they did.

“I think this is where I’mgoing to end up and spend therest of my career,” Cary said.


Officer likes his new assignment

By Dan Catchpole

Snoqualmie Police Officer Rick Cary had been in training to become a King County Sheriff’s Office deputywhen he was laid off due to budget cuts last January. Now with the Snoqualmie Police Department, heexpects to finish his career in the city.

“I think this is where I’mgoing to end up and spendthe rest of my career.”

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King County earned a nation-al award recently for turningasphalt shingle waste intopaving material.

The county received aNational Association of CountiesAchievement Award for the

“Shingles in Paving” project.The awards highlight the mostoutstanding county model pro-grams.

Countywide, about 40,000tons of asphalt shingle waste isdisposed of each year. Thoughsome shingle waste heads forrecycling centers, some ends upin the landfill.

In other states, the waste issuccessfully recycled for roadapplications, such as hot-mixasphalt pavement.

The award-winning local pro-gram has engaged the recycling,transportation and paving com-munity to establish a strong, localhot-mix asphalt pavement marketfor recycled asphalt shingles.

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There’s not much left of theold mill town known asSnoqualmie Falls.

Remnants of a smoke stack, asycamore-lined street, a peacefulpond with Mount Si as its back-drop, but mostly, it’s just end-less forest.

You’d be hard pressed tobelieve there used to be a com-munity there.

But indeed, it did exist, andfor its former residents, growingup in the town was the idealupbringing.

“It was just an absolutely phe-nomenal place to be raised andat the time we even knew it,”Harley Brumbaugh, who grewup in the mill town, said.

Construction on the townbegan in 1916 as part of a socialexperiment based around theSnoqualmie Falls Lumber Co.mill, according to David Battey,who considers Snoqualmie Fallshis hometown, and who wroteand narrated a documentaryabout the lost community.

“Of course, the mill town wasa social experiment,” Batteysaid. “The original houses wereput in place with strict rules thatyou had to be married in orderto be able rent a mill house. And

the reason for that was that millworkers and woodworkers had areputation for being hard-drink-ing drifters, and so they wantedthat stability that a familyensured.”

For Weyerhaeuser, who owned

and operated the mill town, itwas a way to discourage unionactivity, according to GardinerVinnedge, president of the boardof directors of the SnoqualmieValley Historical Society.

“The Industrial Workers of

the World, the Wobblies, werequite strong in Washingtonstate,” Vinnedge said. “That’swhy Weyerhaeuser built compa-ny towns, because if you gotpeople into acompany townand got themwith families,then instead ofthinking aboutall your griev-ances, you’d think about howyour kids were doing in school.”

Company towns gaveemployees and their families allof the necessary amenities inone place but workers didn’town their homes; they paidrent.

Snoqualmie Falls had aschool, a community hall, a hos-pital and more at its disposal.

Ultimately, the experiment

worked.“They did not hear the

Wobblies,” Battey said. “Theydidn’t have it up here at allbecause they treated their folks

right.” The com-

munity wasextremelytight-knit.The fathersworked at

the mill or in the woods, thechildren went to school and themothers stayed home.

Brumbaugh said there washardly any crime and the chil-dren always stayed out of trouble.

For the youth, there was asense of freedom living in thetown.

“In the summertime you had

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Karie Downing still can’tquite believe it.

The Munroe family, onetimeNorthwesterners now spread outacross the United States, hadhired Downing’s employer,Bicycle Adventures, for a birth-day-celebration-slash-guided-ridelast July along the ColumbiaRiver gorge.

Nothing unusual about that.What was unusual was whoshowed up. Four generations ofthe family, ages ranging from aspry 80 years old to a youthful90. As in 90 days old.

“The couple brought theirchildren, grandchildren andgreat-grandchildren along,”North Bend’s Downing said.“The baby was 3 months old.”

People bring their children tobike tours, Bicycle Adventures’vice president Brad Barnard said,but normally they are adultsbringing adult children along.Never somebody still masteringthe art of blinking.

“We quite often get threegenerations of family out there,but to bring a great-grandchildwas a new thing for us even.”Barnard said.

Bracken Robertson may havebeen blissfully unaware of the

adventure he bookended, butthe rest of the group was not.

“The opportunity to makememories was very special,”Mary Jeanne Munroe, great-grandma to Bracken, wrote in anemail.

Though Munroe and her hus-band Richard are Washingtonnatives and graduates ofWashington State University,most of the subsequent genera-tions had moved far away fromthe upper left corner of the

nation.“Our kids had traveled wide-

ly, but never to the PacificNorthwest,” she wrote. “Thus,the plan with BicycleAdventures was a perfect intro-duction to the beauties of the

region.”The trip, a zigzag along the

Oregon-Washington border, last-ed five days and included hoursof biking, hiking and rafting.The baby skipped the last por-tion, staying with tour guides inthe van.

The trip began and ended inPortland.

Kristen Hurd, Bracken’sgrandmother, described the tripas “absolutely fantastic.”

“We just plain had a blast,”she wrote in an email.

Born while the trip was beingplanned, Bracken traveled in aspecial carriage hitched to theback of bicycles.

The group preceded the tripwith a trek up Mount St. Helens,minus baby, and closed it bymaking plans to visit CraterLake and Wizard Island in cen-tral Oregon. The five days,Munroe said, flew by.

“In fact, the wish for a secondweek was voiced by more thanone person,” she wrote in an e-mail to Bicycle Adventures.

The desire to extend the trip,even after hundreds of miles,did not surprise Barnard.

“Anytime you bring a 3-month-old baby,” he said,“that’s a pretty adventurousfamily.”

North Bend resident tells the tale of a once-in-a-lifetime trip

Contributed

Four generations of the Munroe family toured the Oregon-Washington border. North Bend’s Karie Downing,an employee of the company that made the trip possible, said the experience was nothing short of unforget-table for the family.

Memories of old mill town of Snoqualmie Falls haven’t faded

Contributed

The town of Snoqualmie Falls once occupied the land aroundWeyerhaeuser’s lumber mill along the Snoqualmie River. The townincluded worker housing, a school, hospital and community center.

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the forest, you had the lakes,you had the rivers, you had thecreeks, you could go fishing,”Brumbaugh said. “It was a TomSawyer existence.”

Residents rememberedspending much of their time atthe community hall, the socialcenter of the town that housedthe YMCA and its programs.

“It was the heart of the com-munity,” Battey said. “Having

that community hall right inthe middle of all of these littlemill communities as a place forthose kids to go and keep outof trouble was crucial.”

The town thrived for about50 years before its decline.

“They had logged it out,”Vinnedge said. “There wasn’tgoing to be sufficient timber ora base for operations here.”

All of the houses were sold,everything closed andWeyerhaeuser replanted the landwith trees to make it productiveagain, according to Vinnedge.

“It’s very rare to have a 250-

house town disappear and getreplanted as a Douglas fir plan-tation, it’s usually the otherway around,” Battey said.

Still, Brumbaugh wouldn’ttrade his childhood for any-thing.

“We had everything that wasneeded and there was a sense ofsecurity that I don’t thinkmany kids can have nowa-days,” he said.

Christina Corrales-Toy is a student in theUniversity of Washington Department ofCommunication News Laboratory. Commentat www.snovalleystar.com.


Teenagers didn’t pay for theclothes they took. And theydidn’t get in any trouble.

If anything, they were askedto tell their friends.

Monica Rutherford, a Valleyresident, organized a giveawayof used teenage-sized clothesand started The Teen Closetevent in downtownSnoqualmie.

For two hours, a small storeon Railroad Avenue became theepicenter of fashion in theValley on Oct. 12.

A mother of two teenagers,Rutherford said she saw theValley had few places offeringaffordable teen clothes, andrecruited her friends to openThe Teen Closet.

“That’s just an age group thatdoesn’t have a lot of stuff avail-able to them,” she said. “I justwanted to cater to them, andteenagers are typically a groupthat cares a lot about theirclothes.”

Moms, dads, teenagers andpre-teens flocked to the clothingbank of the Snoqualmie ValleyAlliance Church, to try onboots, jeans, blouses and jerseys.Each person could take up to 10items.

Rutherford collected clothesfor two months before holdingThe Teen Closet event.

She said she feared no onewould show.

Instead, people lined up out-side the door for at least 15 min-utes before doors opened at 4:45p.m.

Rutherford said she hoped

Teen Closet gives awaystyle to Valley youths

this Teen Closet would becomethe first of many.

“Ideally, I’d like to do thisevery month,” she said, “if I canget enough donations.”

She even welcomed people tobring back the clothes they took,if the teenagers weren’t usingthem.

Parents loved giving theirpocketbooks a break.

Elizabeth Stapleton showedup on behalf of her two illteenage children.

But she brought 9-year-oldIssaiah, who walked away withsome new sweaters and sweat-shirts.

“It’s a wonderful idea,”Stapleton said. “It helps us outin this economy.”

Teenagers liked the idea ofgetting free clothes and dis-missed the idea that somemight feel embarrassed to getsome free threads.

Hope Gray, 15, arrived withher mother Denetia at TheTeen Closet and left withbulging plastic bags full ofitems.

“If it’s brand name and it’sfree,” Hope asked, “why would-n’t you take it?”


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Licensed Zumba instructorKelly Saunders will join morethan 650 instructors across thenation to host “Party in Pink,”a Zumba Fitness event thatteams up with the Susan G.Komen for the CureFoundation to raise money forbreast cancer awareness.

The event will be from 2-4p.m. Oct. 23 at Cascade ViewElementary School inSnoqualmie, and all proceedsfrom the event will benefit theKomen foundation.

Cost is $15 at the door. “It’s going to be two hours

of crazy hip-shaking fun, all forthe cure,” Saunders said. “Ihave four other instructorslined up to teach.”

Saunders teaches classes atRidge Fitness and TPCSnoqualmie Ridge, and knowswhat it can be like to watch afamily member or friend com-bat the disease.

“I am a daughter of a breastcancer survivor,” she said. “Ithas been almost 10 years sincemy mom was diagnosed. Shefought her battle and is doinggreat.

“I am also motivated by

three women in my neighbor-hood fiercely battling breastcancer,” she added. “Theirstrength and courage amazeme.”

Raffle prizes from local mer-chants will be available, includ-ing prizes from Ana’s Mexican,Daisy Boutique, Finaghty’s andRidge Fitness.

Participants can bid on silentauction items from TPCSnoqualmie Ridge, Clarisonic,Vera Bradley and the ArcticClub Hotel, among others.

Learn more at http://zumba-thon.zumba.com or emailSaunders [email protected].

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Fall is here and winter is fastapproaching, but that doesn’tmean you can’t get a jump ongardening next spring.

Gardenerscan reduce thework they willhave to do nextyear by prepar-ing their gardenfor winter.Taking a fewsteps will mini-mize the weeds,diseases andpests, and createa healthier gar-den for next spring.

Gardens in the late fall in theSnoqualmie Valley don’t looklike they are brimming with life,but below the surface, important

developments are taking place.Divided perennials, transplantedtrees and shrubs, and strongbulbs are still growing andexpanding their root systems.Organic material is still being

processed bymicrobes andearthworms.

In general,the plants thatdo the best inthe area’sweather arenative species.They havealready adaptedto the region’swet and cold

winter weather. Don’t leave the soil bare, cau-

tions Joan Helbacka, a King


Katie Haynes was on a mis-sion to pick the perfect pumpkinfrom the plethora in the pump-kin patch at Fall City Farms.

The 4-year-old trompedamong the bright orange gourds,intently inspecting the offeringsuntil she spied the one she hadbeen looking for.

Her arms barely wrappedaround the pumpkin, whichshe proudly carried back to herparents, Ashley and PaulHaynes.

“I wanted the perfect one,and I found it,” Katie declared.

So, what made the tall, oblongpumpkin she picked perfect?

It had no dirt on it, she said,adding, “I liked the way it wasshaped.”

No doubt, the Haynes familycould have found a similarpumpkin sans dirt at a grocerystore in just a few minutes forless money. Instead, the Fall Cityfamily spent the morning look-ing for a perfect one along witha few hundred other people.

Why?

“The experience,” Ashley said.“It’s just part of fall and autumnand Halloween.”

Going to a pumpkin patchturns an item on a grocery listinto a fun family outing. There

is no shortage of farms tochoose from in the SnoqualmieValley. In addition to Fall CityFarms, there is the Nursery atMount Si, Jubilee Farm, OxbowFarm, Remlinger Farm and Two

Brothers Farm.For many people, it is a

multigenerational outing aswell.

By Dan Catchpole

Katie Haynes, of Fall City, carries the perfect pumpkin she found at Fall City Farms’ pumpkin patch. Every fallthousands of people head to Snoqualmie Valley u-pick pumpkin patches for a fun, sometimes muddy outing.See a slideshow of photos at www.snovalleystar.com.

UU--ppiicckk ppuummppkkiinn ppaattcchheessFall City Farms ❑❑ Where: 3636 Neal Road,Fall City❑❑ Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Tuesday to Saturday; 11 a.m.to 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed onMonday.

Nursery at Mount Si❑❑ Where: 42328 S.E. 108thSt., North Bend❑❑ Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.daily

Jubilee Farm❑❑ Where: 229 WestSnoqualmie River Road N.E.,Carnation❑❑ Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Saturday and Sunday

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Hours listed are for u-pickpumpkins in October.

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Inspect trees and remove anydead, damaged or diseased woodthat could be blown down dur-ing a winter windstorm.

For information about prun-ing specific plants and trees,Helbacka recommended consult-ing PlantAmnesty’swebsite or alocal nursery.

If you needhelp pruning alarge tree, hirea professional.To ensure youget a qualifiedspecialist, lookfor the initials“ISA” forInternational Society ofArboriculture or “NAA” forNational Arborist Association inadvertisements and on businesscards.

Don’t give disease-causingorganisms or pests a place towait out the winter, Helbackasaid. As you harvest your vegeta-bles, remove and compost croprefuse.

To protect a tree that hasbeen recently transplanted, wrapits trunk with a light-coloredbark wrap in the fall, Helbacka

said. If you are worried about ani-

mals gnawing the bark of ayoung tree, wrap wire or com-mercial tree guards around stemsor trunks.

Gardeners should make surethat landscapeplants are get-ting enoughwater duringdry spells infall and earlywinter. This isespecially truefor plants thatdo not receivemuch precipi-tation.

When itcomes to the lawn, Helbacka rec-ommended fertilizing betweenmid-November and earlyDecember, and then not againuntil next April.

While waiting for warmer —if not drier — weather to arrive,take a few minutes to organizeand stow tools, supplies, andgarden or outdoor furniture, shesaid.



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It is too late to plant a covercrop, so instead, cover the soilwith burlap bags or mulch,Helbacka advised.

“Cover bare vegetable andflowerbeds with burlap bags or amulch to keep weed seeds fromsprouting, and plus it preventswinter rains from compactingthe soil and washing out nutri-ents,” she said.

An even cover also helpsmaintain an even temperaturein the soil during the wintermonths.

Fertilizing or pruning plantsand shrubs too late in the sea-son can be harmful, Helbackasaid.

It can encourage late-seasongrowth that can be more vulner-able to cold-weather damage.

Prudent pruning is worth-while.

Chop off any diseased foliageand stems, and discard them.Also, clean up and dispose ofany mulch that might be carry-ing disease spores.

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So winter’s coming. Thatmeans imitating squirrels andstarting to stock up on stuff forthe cold months ahead. And youbetter start now, right?

Maybe.In some aspects, it makes

sense to winterize your homewhile winter is still a few weeksaway and youcan step outonto yourfront yardwithout fear-ing mud upto your anklesor a fall onthe ice.

But whilestarting earlyis recom-mended, it’snot mandatory for everything.

Bryan Woolsey, co-owner ofSnoqualmie’s Carmichael’s TrueValue hardware store, said goodwinterizing tasks include insulat-ing windows and doors, protect-ing pipes from freezing, andblocking underneath the house.

“The stagnant air under thehouse actually helps keep pipeswarm,” he said. “Of course, youdon’t want stagnant air therecontinuously because it willmake things rot.”

The solution, he added, isblocking the cold air to keep itfrom blowing the warm air outand freezing the pipes.

Cardboard, insulation andStyrofoam can be used to blockthe cold breezes.

Woolsey said homeownerscan tackle most of these tasksthemselves, but recommended

Winter is coming: Getyour home ready now

doing some research before-hand, for instance, for whencleaning out a chimney.

“There’s a lot of circum-stances where you mightneed a professional to do it,”he said, “like if you have acatalytic converter in thestove.”

On the other hand, whendealing with floods, prepar-

ing monthsahead of timemay well beunnecessary.

“Most peo-ple won’t real-ly prepare fora flood,” hesaid. “All thatreally consistsof is gettingthings upabove where

the water is going to go. Youwon’t sandbag if you’re notexpecting a lot of water.”

Preparing for the coldmonths entails getting areasoutside the home ready, likegardens, he said.

“The main thing is to

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band and their child, who wereexploring another part of thefarm.

“Long stems are really good.I’m digging the green veins thisyear,” she said.

The smooth surface is forFirmin’s husband, who takes his

carving pretty seriously, sheteasingly.

“It gives him a bigger surfaceto wield his weapon.”


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For the past four years, Billand Paula Lamb, of Duvall, havebeen coming to Fall City Farmswith their children and grand-children, who live in Kent.

“It’s an adventure for thegrandkids, and where else canyou get a kiwi pumpkin?” PaulaLamb said, holding up her prizefind.

Rob and Deb Arenth, ownersof Fall City Farms, began grow-ing pumpkins for their children,and began selling them nearly

20 years ago. Back then they planted 270

seeds. This year, they planted sixacres with 22,000 seeds — byhand.

The biggest threat is birds,Rob Arenth said.

The Arenths make sure thereis plenty for guests to do beforeand after walking to the pump-kin patch. Outside the farm’sstore is an open-air market witha band, fresh doughnuts, hotcider, crepes and an espressostand. There are hay rides and anair-powered pumpkin cannon.

The weekends are the busiest,but the farm is open every day.

“Last year, we saw the mid-

week sales take off,” Arenth said.As for finding the perfect

pumpkin, Arenth’s primary pre-requisite is a good stem, whichcan get knocked off when theyare transported from the otherfields to the picking patch.

Picking the perfect pumpkinis, of course, a matter of person-al preference.

Many people want big, brightpumpkins with no blemishes,but not everyone.

“For myself, it has to haveat least a pretty smooth sur-face,” Holly Firmin, of Seattle,said as she walked through thepatch.

She had come with her hus-

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Pumpkins make good decorations, especially for entryways. Patti Bosket, an indoor/outdoor designer, has encouraged

some of her Snoqualmie Valley clients to add the seasonalhighlights around their homes.

Bosket suggests stacking several pumpkins of varying sizesand colors beside a front door, along a walkway or driveway, orin a fun container.

Placement is the key, she said. It also helps to mix in other gourds, such as squash, which

can add great texture as well.You can even mix in moss or leaves between pumpkins to

give them a more natural look, Bosket said. It is best to do thiswith larger pumpkins.

Another autumn decoration to incorporate is dried corncobs. Bosket suggested tying several together to create bigger bundles

to add to your stack of pumpkins or hang around your house. Adding fresh or silk leaves is a nice finishing touch, she said. For ideas and materials, Bosket recommends that people sim-

ply walk through their yard. Good materials to work withinclude rose hips, berries from mountain ash, twigs, assortedgrasses and dried leaves.

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cover the plants,” Woolseysaid. “Certain things willgrow year round, but the bestthing you can do is throwsomething over the top, likea sheet.”

Vehicles require their ownbrand of attention. Thingslike antifreeze, scrapers,windshield de-icer and wind-shield cleaner become essen-tial to have before the mer-cury drops.

“They should check thattheir washer fluid is up tolevel,” he said. “That’s onething that people will miss.”

If snow and mud pile upon driveways and sidewalks,that’s not the only thing

people will miss. Woolsey rec-ommended getting a pair ofextra boots.

And speaking of Boots...Cats and dogs also require

special care during the wintermonths. A press release fromthe Humane Society of Seattleand King County, recommend-ed tips as simple as hitting thehood of your car before startingit, to make sure no cat nappingin your engine gets hurt onceyou turn the key.

“Outdoor cats will climb

under the hoods of cars forwarmth, so be safe and bangloudly on the car’s hood,” therelease stated.

Other tips include increasinga pet’s food supply, dressingyour pet appropriately — espe-cially short-haired dogs —watching for puddles ofantifreeze that may poison apet, and providing a warm, safespot for Spot to sleep.


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Customers who combine PSErebates with contractors’ promo-tional offers could receive asmuch as $2,000 back afterinstalling home heating equip-ment and as much as $2,250 forwindows.

“PSE encourages customers tomake energy-efficient choiceswhen they are ready to upgradeor replace equipment,” said CalShirley, PSE vice president ofEnergy Efficiency Services. “Theincreased rebate amounts canhelp more customers save ener-gy and money.”

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Customers can receive up to$3,950 when converting electricspace and water heating equip-ment to natural gas. The utilityalso offers customers in-homeservices such as a free HomePrintAssessment and a $450 rebateon Home Performance withENERGY STAR.

Get information about rebatesand incentives by calling a PSEEnergy Advisor at 800-562-1482toll free between 8 a.m. and5 p.m. Monday through Fridayor go to www.pse.com/rebates.


The music leaving WaltCesmat’s computer speakersmakes him smile. Not justbecause the performer plays hiskind of music.

The performer is his kind ofdaughter.

Samantha Cesmat is 15 yearsold and weeks away from turn-ing into a reality somethingmost teenagers dream about. Inmid-November, iTunes will fea-ture her first CD, “Perfect Time.”

Like all dreams, Cesmat’s

needed help becoming reality.This time, the help came fromthree boys from New Jersey.

“I have always loved singingbut I really found my passionafter I went to the JonasBrothers’ concert in 2009,” shesaid. “I saw them and I said,‘Oh, my goodness, I want to dothat. I want to perform.’”

Her singing goes beyondmimicking a boy band. A gui-tarist since age 9, Samantha’smusic talks about topics like

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WWee wwaanntt yyoouurr sscchhooooll nneewwssIs your child going on an interesting field trip? Know a student who overcame barriers to be successful? Hear about something interesting going on in the class-

room?Let the SnoValley Star know.We want to deliver the best possible coverage of education

in Snoqualmie Valley. To do that, we need to hear from ourreaders. Send your tips, updates and photos to SebastianMoraga at [email protected].

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Forget “The Great Santini,”“The Great Gatsby” or “GreatExpectations.” What makes youa good reading mentor is theGreat You.

“It’s not always your readingbackground that makes you agood Reading Buddy,” said KatieMorris, coordinator for the pro-gram that recruits adults to readto elementary school students.“It’s being a mom, or a grandmaor a coach.

“Everything that’s importantto you,” she added, “will beimportant to the program.”

Reading Buddies meet at leastonce a week for 30 minutes toread to or alongside OpstadElementary School students.

The program wants to turnreading into a chosen activityfor children, instead of some-thing they are forced to do.

“It’s about giving them agood experience with reading,”said Barbara Touchette, aReading Buddy for three yearsand a first-grade teacher atOpstad until 1998.

Turning children into lifelongreaders takes more than just

focusing on the mechanics ofreading, Morris said. It requires arelationship of trust between theBuddy and the student.

“You need to go beyond theshort vowel sound,” Morris said.“They need to trust that theirBuddy will be there every week.”

Louise Lapine, a ReadingBuddy entering her second yearin the program, agreed.

“It’s not about the words, it’snot about the task,” she said.“It’s about the moment whenthey see and get involved in thestory, and they treat that bookas a reflection of the world.”

Building up a child’s readingself-esteem helps, Morris said.

She suggested ending everysession talking about what willhappen the next week and withBuddies complimenting the stu-dent’s progress

“Were they a good listener, agood sharer, did they read atricky word well?” she said.“Anything they did well.”

Lapine called being involvedin a child’s learning “a privilege,”while Morris said the impact in achild’s life goes beyond syllablesand consonants.

“In addition to reading,” shesaid, “you’re another layer of

encouragement and personalsupport.”

People interested in becomingReading Buddies may attend atraining session at 9:15 a.m.Nov. 2 at the Snoqualmie Valley

School District’s boardroom,8001 Silva Ave. S.E.

Touchette said she relishesthe chance to teach withoutbeing a teacher, being in aschool again but being able to

leave after the half-hour is up, ifshe so desires.

“I really like being involvedwith kids,” she said, “withouthaving all the stresses of theclassroom.”

Reading Buddy programencourages its students

By Sebastian Moraga

Nancy Huestis, librarian at Opstad Elementary School, reads to a group of the school’s first-graders. Theschool’s Reading Buddy program will pair up adults and children for 30 minutes of reading each week.

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friendship, redemption, heart-break and faith.

She is the lead songwriter ofall 10 songs on the album.

Love of friends and love ofthe Lord are the main themes inher music, Walt added. Sheemphasizes how God helped herovercome adversity.

Samantha isestranged fromher biologicalfather, whomshe stoppedseeing whenshe was 7.

“I want arelationship with him, but Idon’t want it to be like the rela-tionship I had,” she said. “Hehas not talked to me in ninemonths.”

For her last birthday, her bio-logical father sent her $50.

“I was like, ‘I want a relation-ship, I don’t want money,’” shesaid.

She calls Walt her real dad.He loves Samantha’s dedica-

tion to her music, her desire tomake singing her career. He is

less enamored with the idea ofhis daughter touring.

Samantha sounds less worriedthan her father, probablybecause real touring opportuni-ties will not materialize until thealbum comes out.

“The music industry can bepretty crazy, up and down, hotand cold, but we’ll continue tohelp her with her education aswell,” he said.

A part-time student at MountSi High School, Samantha ishome-schooled the rest of the

time. Askedwhat her PlanB is in case thesinging doesnot work, shementionsdancing. Askedif she has a

plan that may pay the bills, shementions babysitting, “or maybenursing,” she said.

Her father quips, “electricalengineering,” to which shereplies “Not!”

Walt knows he has to supportSamantha as she chases herdreams. It was Walt who talkeda friend who owns a recordingstudio in Bellevue into lettingSamantha record a song. Nextthing she knew, she was record-ing a whole album, with musi-

By Sebastian Moraga

Samantha Cesmat and one of her best friends, the guitar.

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cians, not tracks.“It was amazing,” she said.She said feeling so comfort-

able in a professional studio sur-prised her.

She felt so at home, she said,that the producers noticed itand told her it was a sign she

would probably keep recordingfor years.

Whether fame and fortuneknock on her door, Samanthasaid she wants people to knowone thing. It’s not her singing,it’s Christ singing through her.

“I don’t want them to look at

my voice or at how good I am atplaying guitar,” she said. “I wantthem to see my heart throughthis.”


“The music industry can bepretty crazy.”

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Singer

By Sebastian Moraga

Alan Tepper, back row, left, has won the first-ever Macaroni Kid Teacher of the Month award forSeptember. Tepper is a physical education teacher at North Bend Elementary School. His prize is agift certificate to a local restaurant.


The Mount Si Wildcatsdefeated Juanita, 28-21, in anOct. 14 performance thathelped Mount Si High Schoolrebound from its loss to MercerIsland a week earlier.

“We’ve bounced back fromour losses, Woodinville andMercer Island,” head coachCharlie Kinnune said. “That’sreally what I want to see is thesekids bouncing back. As youngmen, they need to learn how tofight back and claw back.”

The game was marred by astream of penalty flags withMount Si missing several oppor-tunities to seal the game.

“The referees were a little flag-happy,” the Wildcats’ ElijahMayfield said, “but we alsomade our fair share of mistakes.”

Mount Si held leads of 21-7and 28-14 and let the hosts backin the game both times.

After Juanita’s second touch-down, the Mount Si Wildcatsfumbled the ball with 2:40 left inthe game and the Rebels TyGriffith caught a 33-yard bombto leave the score 28-21 Wildcats.

Juanita’s onside kick wascaught by Mount Si’s HunterMalberg, closing a cold eveningthat nonetheless left Mount Sifans sweating.

“It’s never easy, is it?” a side-line observer commented.

It looked easy at first, withMount Si scoring on the game’sfirst drive. Quarterback RyanAtkinson engineered a 61-yardmarch that concluded with a 5-yard Connor Deutsch touch-down.

Halfway through the secondquarter, Mayfield ran on a full-back dive from the Juanita 17-yard line to leave the score at14-0.

On the next drive, defensiveback Tyler Button intercepted

Riley Hilliker at the Mount Si 25,with 2:51 left in the first half.

What looked like a smoothfinish to the half instead turnedmurky three plays later when

Mount Si fumbled the ball onthird down. The Rebels cashedin on the reprieve and scored ona 27-yard pass to Griffith.

Up 14-7, Mount Si struck first

in the third quarter. Malbergintercepted a Hilliker pass at theMount Si 8-yard line and

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Once we get it together, lookout KingCo.

That is the gospel head coachDarren Brown is spreadingamong his troops. After a 3-4-0mark at the halfway point of theseason, the Mount Si Wildcats’girls soccer team is off to a 1-1-1record in the second half.

“We have yet to play 80 min-utes this season,” Brown said.“The good news about that iswhen we do get those 80 min-utes, we’re going to be a heck ofa team.”

Their 1-1 tie against LakeWashington Oct. 13 was amicrocosm of their season so far,a really good half of play fol-lowed by a letdown in the sec-ond half.

Sophomore Leah Corra scoredearly in the first half for the

Wildcats, her third varsity goalthis season.

Three minutes into the sec-ond half, Lake Washingtonscored on a free kick from 23yards out.

The Wildcats’ match againstthe Kangs showcased two teamsvying for a higher playoff spot.The teams matched up nicely,and split the points after twoovertimes.

“We wanted to get threebecause our goal is to get thatsecond position in KingCo,which is protected,” Brown saidof the points the team wantedto earn with the win. “Little dis-appointed we didn’t get thethree out of it.”

Still, the team believes it’s upto something good, he said. Thebumps on the road to the 2011By Drew McKeen

Claire Johnson in action against the Lake Washington Kangs. The 1-1 tie was an unsatisfying end for a hard-fought match, but the Wildcats remain optimistic that they can get a good spot for the playoffs.

Wildcats keep believingeven after tough firsthalf of soccer season

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Mount Si endures mistakes, late scare in win against Juanita

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Hunter Malberg intercepts the Juanita quarterback during the Wildcats-Rebels match Oct. 14. Malbergreturned the pick for a touchdown in the third quarter of the game. Mount Si prevailed 28-21.

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“We are young, inexperi-enced,” he said. “The speedof play is tough for some ofthese youngsters coming up.”

But the future looks brightfor the Wildcats.

For starters, some futurevarsity stars are toying withthe competition. As of Oct.13, the junior varsity and Cteams had yet to lose a regu-lar-season game, with a com-bined record of 16-0-2.

The varsity squad carries along-standing reputation ofimproving as the season pro-gresses.

“We are known as a sec-ond-half-of-the-season team,”assistant coach BenTomlisson said. “We buildmomentum and always fin-ish stronger than we start,and that’s what we’ll be look-ing to do next week.”

The varsity Wildcats host-ed Juanita Oct. 18 and visitInterlake Oct. 20.

“We should go 2-0 onthose,” Brown said.

Corra agreed.“Next week, we have got

to go hard,” she said. “Wegot to get both of thosegames.”


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returned it for a touchdown. Itwould be the only score of thequarter.

Juanita forced a punt to startthe fourth, and the Rebels’Kendrick Murphy returned it fora touchdown with 8:52 left inthe game.

Mount Si, aided by twoJuanita unsportsmanlike-con-duct penalties, pressed forwardand bled the clock, using up

more than five minutes untilDeutsch found the end zonefrom 12 yards away.

Then came the late fumblethat left coaches shaking theirheads, leading to the last Juanitascore.

Now Bellevue looms large andthe first order of business iskeeping the Wildcats from beat-ing themselves, Kinnune said.

Still, the 2011 Wildcats haveput up quite a fight, he added.

“For this team to be 5-2 rightnow, for us to be replacing 18starters and to be where we areat,” he said, “it’s phenomenal.”

Players remain optimistic as

they await their stiffest visitor yet.Kickoff in Snoqualmie is 7 p.m.Oct. 21

“We won this, now we’repumped,” running back Kailund

Williams said. “Now I feel likewe’re going up against Bellevuewith great momentum, and Ithink we can put up a goodfight.”

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The Mount Si Wildcats girlsvolleyball team overcame atwo-set deficit Oct. 18 to beatthe Interlake Saints in BellevueOct. 17.

In a thrilling match, Mount Siremained poised even after theSaints took a 2-0 lead.

“We never played bad,” coachBonnie Foote said. “They justcame at us full speed ahead.They were not just going to rollover and die.”

Neither, for that matter, werethe Wildcats. Inspired by acareer night by Sarah McDonald,whose 33 kills broke a schoolrecord for kills in a match, theWildcats never panicked.

“I’m proud of my team,”Foote said. “They kept theircomposure and played Mount Sivolleyball.”

Wildcat Kailey Capeloutoagreed.

“Our team has heart,” shesaid. “Took us two games tobring it, but we have it.

Interlake took the first game,25-23, and the second, 25-23.

Mount Si won the third game,25-22, mounting a late comebackfrom a late 22-19 deficit. MountSi started strong in the fourthgame, grabbing leads of 11-4 and17-8 before prevailing, 25-14. TheWildcats repeated the recipe inthe last game, winning 15-9.

“They have a great team,”Foote said of Interlake.

At the end of the match, Footehugged Interlake senior KoriMaitlen and called her a star.Foote’s props to Maitlen surprisedno one, least of all her players.

“Coach told us to respect ouropponent,” Wildcat NoelleStockstad said.

With Interlake running theshow early on, Foote told her teamInterlake was playing “like theywanted it more,” Stockstad said,and told her team to step it up.

Having beaten a good teamon the road after trailing 2-0 latein the third game will help theWildcats come playoff time,Stockstad said.

“It’s going to give us moreconfidence to know we havedone it before,” she said. “Andthat we can do it again.”

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Oct. 14 GameMOUNT SI 28, JUANITA 21

Mount Si 7 7 7 7 – 28Juanita 0 7 0 14 – 21First QuarterMS – Connor Deutsch 5 run(Cameron Vanwinkle kick)Second QuarterMS – Elijah Mayfield 12 run(Vanwinkle kick)Jua – Ty Griffith 27 pass fromRiley Hilliker (Colton Blaisdellkick)Third QuarterMS – Hunter Malberg 90 inter-ception return (Vanwinkle kick)Fourth QuarterJua – Kendrick Murphy 65 puntreturn (Blaisdell kick)MS – Deutsch 18 run(Vanwinkle kick)Jua – Griffith 36 pass fromLandyn Milburn (Blaisdell kick)

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Oct. 13 GameMOUNT SI 1,

LAKE WASHINGTON 0

Lake Washington 0 1 – 1Mount Si 1 0 – 1First half scoring: 1, Leah Corra(MS, Miranda Rawlings assist),9:00.Second half scoring: 2, AmyJohnson (LW, unassisted),43:00.

Oct. 11 GameMOUNT SI 4, SAMMAMISH 2

Mount Si 1 3 – 4Sammamish 1 1 – 2First half scoring: 1, RachelRock (Sam, Naza Hernandezassist), 8:00; 2, Laura Barnes(MS, Brittany Duncan assist),26:00.Second half scoring: 3, MirandaRawlings (MS, unassisted),41:00; 4, Madison Cooley(Sam, unassisted), 44:00; 5,Alyssa Proudfoot (MS, LeahCorra assist), 45:00; 6, Rawlings(MS, Claire Larson assist),72:00.

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Oct. 12 MatchMOUNT SI 3, JUANITA 0

Juanita 17 17 22 – 0Mount Si 25 25 25 – 3

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Mount Si statistics: KaileyCapelouto 10 digs, Lyndsay Carr7 aces, Sarah McDonald 15 kills,Lauren Smith 27 assists.

Oct. 10 MatchMOUNT SI 3,

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L.Washington 25 12 21 13 – 1Mount Si 21 25 25 25 – 3Mount Si statistics: Lyndsay Carr16 kills, Sydney Leonard 10assists, Sarah McDonald 14 kills,5 aces; Lexie Read 6 aces, LaurenSmith 12 assists, NoelleStockstad 15 assists.

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Singles: Josh Hamann (MS) d.Michael Payant 6-1, 6-1; NatePopp (MS) d. Brandon Yan 7-5, 6-2; Azhar Khandehar (MS) d. BlakeReeve 6-4, 6-2; Brock Mullens(Lib) d. Jordan Koppa 6-0, 6-2.

Doubles: Justice Canley-Tyler Le(Lib) d. Alex Pease-Jake Rouches6-4, 6-3; Kevin McLaughlin-Matthew Griffin (MS) d. JacobLindstrom-Brian Linnenkamp 6-4,6-2; Matthew Cao-Senn Kleiner(Lib) d Rhett Hanley-JacksonFoster 6-2, 2-6, 12-10.

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❑❑ North Bend EconomicDevelopment Commission,8 a.m., Oct. 20, 126 E. Fourth St.

❑❑ Cancelled: ULID No. 6hearing: Final assessment roll,3 p.m. Oct. 20, 411 Main Ave.N., North Bend

❑❑ Snoqualmie Valley SchoolBoard, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 20, 8001Silva Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie

❑❑ Snoqualmie City Council,7 p.m. Oct. 24, 38624 S.E. RiverSt.

❑❑ Snoqualmie Communityand Economic AffairsCommittee, 5 p.m. Oct. 25,38624 S.E. River St.

❑❑ Snoqualmie EconomicDevelopment Commission,noon Oct. 26, 37600 S.E.Snoqualmie Parkway

❑❑ North Bend City Councilworkstudy, 7 p.m. 25, NorthBend City Hall, 211 Main Ave.N.

❑❑ Snoqualmie PublicHearing, 5 p.m. Oct. 26, 38624S.E. River St.

❑❑ North Bend ParksCommission, 6 p.m. Oct. 26,126 E. Fourth St.

❑❑ Cancelled: North BendPlanning Commission, 7 p.m.Oct. 27, 211 Main Ave. N.

❑❑ Snoqualmie Public SafetyCommittee, 5 p.m. Oct. 27,37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway

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❑❑ Mount Si Lions ClubWinemakers Dinner and SilentAuction, 5 p.m. Oct. 20,Boxley’s, 101 W. North BendWay, North Bend. Tickets: $45per person. Tickets must be pur-chased by Oct. 17, and are avail-able at Boxley’s, Toad’s Coffee,Hauglie Insurance or online atwww.mountsilionsclub.com.

❑❑ Pajama story times, 7 p.m.Oct. 20, Snoqualmie Library,7824 Center Blvd. S.E.,Snoqualmie. All young childrenwelcome with an adult.

❑❑ Syd Potter Quartet, 7 p.m.Oct. 20, Boxley’s, 101 W. NorthBend Way, North Bend

❑❑ Open mic, 7 p.m. Oct. 20,The Black Dog, 8062 RailroadAve. S.E., Snoqualmie

❑❑ Shunzo Ohno with JayThomas, 7 p.m. Oct. 21,Boxley’s, 101 W. North BendWay, North Bend

❑❑ BBQ and Blues, 7 p.m.Oct. 21, The Black Dog, 8062Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie.Come by for a variety of localblues musicians and great barbe-cue.

❑❑ Walk to big cedar, 10 a.m.Oct. 22, Meadowbrook FarmInterpretive Center, 1711 BoalchAve., North Bend. Check out a500-year-old cedar tree. Dress forthe weather.

❑❑ Harvest Carnival, 1-4 p.m.Oct. 22, Si View CommunityCenter, 400 Orchard Drive,North Bend. Put on your cos-

tume and enjoy some harvestseason fun! Harvest Carnival ispart of the Family Night series,co-sponsored by Encompass andSi View Metro Parks. Fee:Carnival games 5/$1; hauntedhouse $1.

❑❑ Snoqualmie Pass Women’sGroup Oktoberfest Fundraiser,5-9 p.m. Oct. 22, Alpental SkiResort. Cover: $15 (includes din-ner and one beer).

❑❑ Katy Bourne Quartet,7 p.m. Oct. 22, Boxley’s, 101 W.North Bend Way, North Bend

❑❑ Monster Halloween Bash,7:30 p.m. Oct. 22, The BlackDog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E.,Snoqualmie

❑❑ Howlin’ Halloween Party,8-11 p.m. Oct. 22, Si ViewCommunity Center, 400Orchard Drive, North Bend. Geta costume for the costume con-test, and come party the nightaway with us! Grades: 6-12. Fee:$5.

❑❑ Sallal Grange fundraiser,6-9 p.m. Oct. 22, Sallal Grange,12912 432nd Ave. S.E., NorthBend. Tickets: $15. Live music,silent auction and local food.

❑❑ Zumba Party in Pink,2-4 p.m. Oct. 23, Cascade ViewElementary School, 34816 S.E.Ridge St., Snoqualmie. Cost:$15. Proceeds benefit Susan G.Komen for the Cure, a breast-cancer research fundraising orga-nization. Email [email protected].

❑❑ North Bend MountainFilm Festival: “One for theRoad,” 4 p.m. Oct. 23, NorthBend Theater, 125 BendigoBoulevard, North Bend

❑❑ Mount Si LutheranChurch’s 2011 Family Harvest

Carnival, 4-7 p.m. Oct. 23,Benson Barn, 14120 424th Ave.S.E., North Bend. Activitiesinclude: costume contest, chilicook off, carnival games, cookiedecorating, Halloween-themedcrafts and more. Open to every-one.

❑❑ Danny Kolke Trio, 7 p.m.Oct. 23, Boxley’s, 101 W. NorthBend Way, North Bend

❑❑ Merry Monday StoryTimes, 11 a.m. Oct. 24, NorthBend Library, 115 E. Fourth St.,North Bend. For newborns to 3-year-olds accompanied with anadult.

❑❑ Blues dancing workshop,6 p.m. Oct. 24, The Black Dog,8062 Railroad Ave. S.E.,Snoqualmie. Learn the stepsfrom Darryl Neufeld. Cost: $5per person.

❑❑ “Preparing Your Gardenfor Winter,” 7 p.m. Oct. 24,Snoqualmie Library, 7824Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie.King County Master GardenerJoan Helbacka will run a work-shop on what to do this fall tolessen winter damage, plus gar-dening practices that will mini-mize weeds, diseases and pestsin next spring’s garden.

❑❑ Toddler Story Times, 9:30a.m. Oct. 25, North BendLibrary, 115 E. Fourth St., NorthBend. For ages 2-3 with an adult.

❑❑ Preschool Story Times,10:30 a.m. Oct. 25, North BendLibrary, 115 E. Fourth St., NorthBend. For ages 3-6 with an adult.

❑❑ Study zone, 3 p.m. Oct. 25,Snoqualmie Library, 7824Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie.Drop-in during scheduled StudyZone hours for free homeworkhelp from volunteer tutors.

❑❑ Future Jazz Heads, 7 p.m.Oct. 25, Boxley’s, 101 W. NorthBend Way, North Bend

❑❑ Frightful Art!, 7 p.m. Oct.25, Snoqualmie Library, 7824Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie.Susan Olds presents an array of“frightful art” complete withvisions of heaven and hell, thehistory of Halloween, Celtic andNorse legends, Dante’s DivineComedy, Grimms’ fairytales andother influences.

❑❑ Pajamarama Story Times,6:30 p.m. Oct. 26, North BendLibrary, 115 E. Fourth St., NorthBend. All young children arewelcome with an adult.

❑❑ Open mic, 6:30 p.m. Oct.26, Twede’s Café, 137 W. NorthBend Way, North Bend

❑❑ Chris Morton, 7 p.m. Oct.26, Boxley’s, 101 W. North BendWay, North Bend

❑❑ Marcus Brothers, 7 p.m.Oct. 27, Boxley’s, 101 W. NorthBend Way, North Bend

❑❑ Open mic, 7 p.m. Oct. 27,The Black Dog, 8062 RailroadAve. S.E., Snoqualmie

❑❑ Oregon Shadow Theatrepresents “The Green Bird,”7 p.m. Oct. 27, SnoqualmieLibrary, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E.,Snoqualmie. For ages 4 andolder with an adult. In a storytold with music and shadowpuppets, a boy is transformedinto a fortune-telling bird by anevil magician.

❑❑ American Association ofUniversity Women, Issaquahbranch general membershipmeeting, 7 p.m. Oct. 27,Issaquah City Hall, 130 E. SunsetWay N.W., Issaquah. Learn moreby emailing [email protected].

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❑❑ Snoqualmie Sister CitiesAssociation invites people tojoin a newly formed group tosupport Snoqualmie’s new sistercity, Chaclacayo, Peru. The asso-ciation has developed a closerelationship with sister cityGangjin, South Korea, whichmore than 30 residents have vis-ited in the past four years. Emailat [email protected] orcall 503-1813.

❑❑ The Mount Si Food Bankis looking for volunteers to helpunload food at noon Mondays,sort food at 9 a.m. Tuesdays orpass out food on Wednesdays.Call the food bank at 888-0096.

❑❑ Elk Management Groupinvites the community to partic-ipate in elk collaring, telemetryand habitat improvement pro-jects in the Upper SnoqualmieValley. Project orientation meet-ings are at 6 p.m. the thirdMonday of the month at theNorth Bend City Hall, 211 MainAve. N. Email [email protected].

❑❑ Snoqualmie Valley Hospitalis accepting applications for ages16 or older to volunteer in variousdepartments of the hospital.Email [email protected] to arrange an interview.

❑❑ Senior ServicesTransportation Program needsvolunteers to drive seniorsaround North Bend andSnoqualmie. Choose the timesand areas in which you’d like todrive. Car required. Mileagereimbursement and supplemen-tal liability insurance are offered.Call 206-748-7588 or 800-282-5815 toll free, or email [email protected]. Applyonline at www.seniorservices.org.Click on “Giving Back” and thenon “Volunteer Opportunities.”

❑❑ Mount Si Senior Centerneeds volunteers for sorting andsales in the thrift store, recep-tion and class instruction. Thecenter is at 411 Main Ave. S.,North Bend. Call 888-3434.

❑❑ Study Zone tutors are need-ed for all grade levels to give stu-dents the homework help theyneed. Two-hour weekly commit-ment or substitutes wanted.Study Zone is a free service ofthe King County Library System.Call 369-3312.

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a suspended license. The 27-year-old driver apologized to policeand said she did not want to getcaught with a suspended license.

The woman said she had somemarijuana and meth pipes in herpurse and a bottle of whiskey inthe car. She said she had dranksome of it while driving. Policereleased the passenger at hishome and took the driver to thepolice station. She passed fieldsobriety tests, but was chargedwith attempting to elude a policevehicle, driving with a suspendedlicense and negligent driving.

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At 2:53 p.m. Oct. 11, policeresponded to an animal problemnear the intersection ofSnoqualmie Parkway andInterstate 90. A driver told police

he had hit a deer on the parkwayand that he believed it mightstill be alive on the side of theroad. Police found one healthydeer but no injured ones.

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❑ At 10:46 p.m. Oct. 7, fire-fighters were dispatched toSnoqualmie Ridge for the smellof gasoline in a house. After aninvestigation, no smell or gaso-line was found.

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No reports were available thisweek.

The Star publishes names of those arrested forDUI and those charged with felony crimes.Information comes directly from local policereports.

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