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December 07, 2011 edition of the Snoqualmie Valley RecordTRANSCRIPT
City Administrator Duncan Wilson headed
to Friday HarborBY CAROL LADWIG
Staff Reporter
Only paradise could have induced Duncan Wilson to leave his position as North Bend’s city administrator.
“I love this city, I love this area. I love the mayor and the counci l ,” he said Thursday. “ T h e r e’s n o t h i n g about this job I don’t like.”
Then paradise came call-ing, in the form of an offer from Friday Harbor, and Wilson, after a long struggle, accepted.
“It took over a month for me to go through this…a lot of sleepless nights trying to decide what to do,” he said. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to escape to paradise.”
His wife, Traci, a teacher in the Kent School District where they live, was also ready for some new challeng-es, Wilson said, which made the decision a little easier.
New club fueled by serviceBY CAROL LADWIG
Staff Reporter
It looks like a family gathering at a local restaurant. There are handshakes and hugs all around, energetic adults just arriving from the office, a couple of school-aged children entertaining them-selves along one side of the table, and plenty of food being passed around.
This meeting of the Mount Si Lions Club, it’s ninth since being chartered in May, is a family gathering.
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Charter members of the Snoqualmie Valley’s new Lions Club gath-er. Pictured are, from left, back row, President Sarah Fisher, Vice-President Rolfe Philip; front - Treasurer E l i z a b e t h Gi l d e r s l e e v e , Tonya Eliason, and Secretary July Kippen and her two children.
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Taking their cause to the downtown Snoqualmie streets, Mount Si High School teachers Bill Halstead, left, and James Gibowski march in an education rally Wednesday, Nov. 30. Valley teachers, administrators and parents waved signs to send a message to Olympia opposing more cuts.
Valley educators push back against new round of budget cuts
BY CAROL LADWIG AND SETH TRUSCOTTValley Record Staff
Teacher Bill Halstead would normally be at home with his family by late Wednesday afternoon.
But last week, Halstead seized a sign and joined a hundred other Valley educators and parents on the street.
Teachers, administrators, parents and residents, some of whom brought their children, marched through downtown Snoqualmie on November 30, airing opposition to Wash. Gov. Chris Gregoire’s latest supplemental budget cuts in a rare street rally.
“This isn’t just a teacher thing, this is a whole education thing,” said Mount Si teacher Jim Gibowski, who marched beside Halstead.
“We’re hoping we can… make a better situation than the one we’re facing,” Halstead said.
Aiming to shave $2 billion from the state budget, the governor has proposed a number of education cuts, including a four-day, $99 million reduction in the school year; a one-day delay of the state’s June 30, 2013 education allocation, shifting that $340 million expenditure into the next biennium; and a $160 million reduction to state college support.
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We aren’t all athletes. Not every teen plays on the varsity team, or even
plays at all. Few adults ever had the honor of putting on a state champi-onship ring, and some people might never even slip on a jersey.
Yet we as a society, and as a com-munity, pay attention to sports. That’s because there are kernels of local truth, timeliness, triumph and trag-edy in athletics.
Public schools organize and pro-mote more than a dozen different sporting events year-round because they help young people grow to be well-rounded, confident adults. The shape of our society would be very differ-ent without the many lessons that sports provide.
You might be surprised by what you can learn, simply listening to the focused young athletes and their coaches now ramping up for the Valley’s winter sports season. Here are just a few of the lessons we at the Record have learned:
Adversity can be overcomeSeasoned athletes understand that
life isn’t always easy, but that challenges can be overcome with perseverance and a positive attitude. Take Mount Si state champion wrestler (and D-1 foot-ball signee) Josh Mitchell. You wouldn’t
think it to look at him, but Mitchell was pretty much winless his freshman year. But he didn’t give up, took the long view, and wound up beating all comers last year. He passes that lesson on to his teammates.
Then there’s Mount Si junior Jess Trotto. She’s fractured her spine twice during her gymnastics career, but keeps coming back. Why the tenac-ity? “Gymnastics is my life,” she told me. Giving up on her team wasn’t an option, and you can find her back on the floor, jazzing it up this season.
Coaches don’t always get their dream teams, athletes can be injured, but life goes on, and so do these kids. They keep on coming because of the connec-tion they’ve built.
Many Valley athletes have played together since grade school, and they can count on those relationships. That shared experience is what keeps some of the Valley’s best athletes coming back. Mitchell and Wildcat football
quarterback Ryan Atkinson signed on to the wrestling and basketball teams, respectively, this season in part because they did not want any regrets about what they might have missed.
Set realistic goalsWhen a season begins, spirits are so
high. I love how athletes are unabashed about their desire to win, from league all the way to state. Mount Si gymnast Lexi Swanson’s enthusiasm was practi-cally contagious as she told me she had a real good feeling about state in 2012.
But once you get past the optimis-tic predictions, you start to hear the details of how they plan to get there. Encouragement. Hard work. Team building. Teens become managers, emphasizing the drills and skills, push-ing everyone to work in unison and leave it all on the floor. “Our mindset has to be ‘win one quarter, one game at a time,” Mount Si girls basketball player Jordan Riley told me. These
young people start to look at the small steps that they’ll need to get to the big goals. The ability to break big objectives down to small tasks—how important is that skill to master?
Sports stay with youCoaches know that the game isn’t all
about wins. It’s human nature to seek victory, but good coaches often tell me that their biggest goal is to instill a life-long love of the game.
Varsity play can lavish glory on some players and leave others feeling left in the shadows. But every player has a role, and when players feel connected, their love of the sport, and their memories, continue for decades.
Please make time this winter to sup-port our athletes. Attend games, cheer on the teams, and not just varsity. See a sport you’ve never seen before. If you know a student athlete, encourage her or him. By doing so, you keep these lessons of sports going strong.
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Thanks for Loudenback’s service
As a North Bend resi-dent, I have been particularly observant of North Bend resi-dent Caroline Loudenback’s service as a director on the Snoqualmie Valley School District board. Many in our community know that I have supported the election of her replacement on the school board, but I am writing today to give recognition where it’s due for Caroline. Loudenback is the only incumbent director that I have observed invest-ing the unusual amount of extra unpaid time that I feel is required of a school board director, by visiting and vol-
unteering in our schools and discussing issues with teach-ers, kids, and community members. For that, I want to commend her.
As of my writing, the November election has not yet been certified, but it is clear that we have two new direc-tors on the SVSD board, one of whom is replacing Caroline Loundenback (Geoff Doy). Despite her leaving the school board in January, my hope is that Caroline will continue joining the many of us in our community who volunteer time for kids and our schools. If you see her doing that, be sure to thank her for her vol-unteer service, as “doers” are more valuable to us than those who limit their school reform to just complaining.
Stephen KangasNorth Bend
First dinner came together
This year, for the very first time, the Snoqualmie Valley Rotary Club offered a free dinner to the public on Thanksgiving Day at the Mount Si Senior Center.
We are very grateful to have the senior center available to make this offering. There was an impressive outpouring of generosity and support from many volunteers, made up of Snoqualmie Valley Rotarians, family and friends along with members of local churches and businesses.
The Thanksgiving dinner came together so well, you would think we’ve been doing this for years. I can’t say enough about how well the volunteers worked together. The food
was delicious and everything looked great. A special thank you to Judy Boyce and Chris Garcia for their expert guid-ance in the kitchen.
We didn’t get quite the masses we were expecting but we can learn from this and discuss how to improve for the future. Thanks to the help of dedicated volunteers, din-ners were delivered to some homeless in North Bend and Fall City. Other food left over was given to the food bank and senior center. A great time was had by all and we hope to provide this service again in the future.
Jolene Kelly, Rotary President
Attend hospital meetings, ask questions
For 25 years I’ve watched the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital stumble and stagger along. Always broke. Closing their doors on three separate occa-sions for lack of funds.
Firing the doctors and clos-ing the surgery department. Finally, selling the hospital building to the Snoqualmie
Tribe and leasing it back. Always supported by our property tax dollars.
Now, believe it or not, the hospital commissioners have figured out the problem! We need a new hospital! Who knew it was that simple? Of course, there are always a few naysayers in the community.
But, no worries! The com-missioners will take care of us. Not many knew about the plans. Perhaps that’s the rea-son the papers with the con-tractor were signed at 7:30 in the morning last week, with little fanfare. Strange how that worked out. Now we’re on the hook for $30 million. I don’t remember them asking the community for approval or even an invitation to the big event.
I would encourage all to attend the monthly com-missioners meeting, open to the public. Public comment is allowed. You might ask a few questions. I would like to know who was fired after signing a contract with Leisure Time Resort. A contract they couldn’t get out of that cost the district seven million dollars. Oh, yeah. I forget. They don’t answer questions.
Herschel BackuesNorth Bend
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In Brief
Snoqualmie improvements to be displayed at open house
The second phase of downtown Snoqualmie’s Town Center Infrastructure Improvement Project is on the horizon.
Phase II designs include improvements on Railroad Avenue between Newton Street and Fir Street, rebuild-ing sections of roadway, improving pedestrian safety and on-street parking, upgrading utilities, and enhancing the aesthetics along Railroad Avenue.
The public is invited to an open house to learn more about Phase II, Wednesday, Dec. 14 at City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St.
From 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., preliminary designs will be displayed for viewing. City staff from the City’s Planning and Public Works departments will be available to discuss design plans along with the firm KPG, which worked on the Phase I renovation and will continue to work with us for Phase II.
A presentation on the plans is at 7 p.m.Questions may be directed to Kamal Mahmoud, City
of Snoqualmie Project Engineer, at (425) 831-4919 or .
Flags to be flown at half staff for Pearl Harbor Day
Governor Chris Gregoire has directed that flags at all Washington State agency facilities be lowered to half-staff on Wednesday, Dec. 7 for National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day was created by Congress in 1994 in honor of those Americans killed or injured as a result of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Flags will go back to full-staff at the end of the day or the next morning.
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HELP VALLEY FAMILIES IN NEED THIS WINTERContribute to the One VOICE Holiday Event
Here are the winter items being collected by participating One Voice organizations:Toilet paper and personal hygieneGrocery-store gift cards and ANY unused gift cardsNew and gently used winter clothingLaundry soapDiapers and wipesToys for the Kiwanis Giving TreeNon-perishable food for Mt. Si Helping Hand Food BankBaking supplies for Encompass Respectful Giving dessert basketsNew and gently used blankets
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I would also like to say “Thank You” to those who endorsed me
Joint Council of Teamsters No. 28
Sherwood B. Korssjoen, Valley Businessman and former North
Bend Planning Commissioner
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Here’s to the future of our great city!
Ryan Kolodejchuk City Council # 7Paid for by Vote Ryan Kolodejchuk - [email protected]
To the voters and all of our citizens, let’s work together to keep North Bend a great place to live.
My sincere appreciation and personal gratitude also goes out to those of you who voted for and had faith in me - my supporters, friends and, most importantly, my family.
Thanks to your votes, my new contact email is:[email protected]
THANK YOU!
Flood workshop is Tuesday at Snoqualmie City HallA flood awareness workshop is 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, at Snoqualmie City Hall,
38624 S.E. River St. Participants can learn how to recognize a threat, prepare for floods, learn the status of flood control projects, and learn about flood insurance. The workshop will be co-hosted by the Hauglie Insurance Agency, Kathy Lambert’s office and the National Flood Insurance Program. For more information, call (425) 222-5881.
Wings over Encompass
U.S. Air Force Capt. Kristin Hubbard simulates the wingspan of her Thunderbirds jet formation for a combined preschool classroom on Wednesday, Nov. 23, at the Encompass Main Campus. Originally from Renton, Hubbard, one of many family members to visit Encompass on “Bring a Special Guest Day,” is based in Las Vegas and soon will be stationed with the rest of her elite flying corps in Italy. She was visiting her sister, Anna Taylor (center, holding sons and Encompass preschoolers Brandon, left, and Jacob), of Snoqualmie, for the Thanksgiving holiday. “It’s a good chance for the kids to see me in uniform,” she said, “and for my nephews to see that their auntie is proud of them.”
North Bend’s Sallal Grange holding bazaar, bake saleNorth Bend’s Sallal Grange holds its first annual Holiday Bazaar and bake sale, Saturday,
Dec. 10. The bake sale benefits Mount Si Food bank, and the Grange seeks bakers and candy makers to help by donating some holiday treats and delivering them to the Sallal Grange after 9 a.m. on Saturday.
The food bank has been struggling to stay afloat after unexpectedly losing federal funding this summer, having decreased food donations, and facing a growing number of clients.
The Sallal Grange is located at 12912 432nd Ave., North Bend. To learn more, visit www.SallalGrange.org.
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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 7
NETWORK: Snoqualmie Val-ley Community Network Board meeting, 6:30 p.m. in the Riverview School District boardroom.
LIVE MUSIC: Open mic is 7 to 10 p.m. at The Black Dog, Snoqualmie.
TALES: Move and Groove Story Time for Toddlers is 10:30 a.m. at Carnation Library.
TALES: Preschool Story Time is 1:30 p.m. at Carnation Library, for ages 3 and older with an adult.
COMPUTER HELP: Get extra help on the computer with volunteer assistance, 6:30 p.m. at Fall City Li-brary.
MOUNTAIN FILMS: Banff Mountain Film Festival tour at North Bend Li-brary.
TALES: Young Toddler Story Time is 9:30 a.m. at the Snoqualmie Library; For children ages 6 to 24 months with an adult.
TALES: Preschool Story Time is 10:30 a.m. at the Sno-qualmie Library; for ages 3 to 6 with an adult.
COMPUTER HELP: Get extra help on the computer with assistance, 1 p.m. at North Bend Library.
TALES: Pajamarama Story Time is 6:30 p.m. at the North Bend Library; all young children are wel-come with an adult.
THURSDAY, DEC. 8
YOUTH STRINGS: Snoqualmie Strings Youth Orchestra holiday concert, “Winter Carnivale, is 6 p.m. at the North Bend LDS Church, 527 SW Mount Si Blvd, North Bend. Admission is free.
LIVE SHOW: “A Christmas Carol” is 7:30 p.m. at Val-ley Center Stage in North Bend. Tickets are $15 for general admission; learn more at www.valleycen-terstage.org or call (425) 831-5667.
STUDY ZONE: Students in grades K-12 can get free
homework help at the Fall City Library, 5 p.m.
HOLIDAY CONCERT: Old-fash-ioned holiday sing-along accompanied by violin, bells and classical guitar is 7 p.m. at Fall City Library. Spiced apple cider and cookies will be served.
MOUNTAIN FILMS: Banff Mountain Film Festival tour at North Bend Library.
LIVE MUSIC: Gig for Guate-mala fundraiser is 6 to 9 p.m. at The Black Dog, Snoqualmie. A Guatema-lan dinner, open mic, raffl e and silent auction are planned; all ages welcome.
GAME ON: Teens can play video games at the Fall City Library, 3 p.m.
HEALTH GROUP: Healthy Community Coalition meets, 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Riverview School District boardroom.
TALES: Pajamarama Family Story Time is 6:30 p.m. at Carnation Library, for ages 3 to 7 with an adult.
TALES: Pajama Story Time is 7 p.m. at the Snoqualmie Library; all young chil-dren are welcome with an adult.
LIFE CHANGES: Continuing the Conversation: Cop-ing with December’s Challenges is noon at Snoqualmie Library. The holiday season can mean extra challenges in coping with life’s circumstances. Leslie B. Savage will facili-tate the discussion. Dis-cover when it’s time to see a professional rather than talking with a friend.
PLAY CHESS: Snoqualmie Valley Chess Club meets at 7 p.m. at the North Bend Library. Learn to play chess or get a game going.
STUDY ZONE: Teens and chil-dren can drop in for free homework help at 4 p.m. at the North Bend Library.
LIVE MUSIC: Open mic is 7 p.m. at Sliders Cafe, Car-nation.
FRIDAY, DEC. 9
LIVE SHOW: “A Christmas Carol” is 7:30 p.m. at Val-ley Center Stage in North Bend. Tickets are $15 for general admission
GAME ON: Teens can play video games at the North Bend Library, 3 p.m.
LIVE MUSIC: Folk singer/songwriter Adena Atkins plays at 7:30 p.m. at Slid-ers Café, Carnation.
LIVE MUSIC: ‘Old Fashioned Christmas’ with carolers and Gift of the Magi, 7 p.m. at The Black Dog, Snoqualmie. Dinner will be served between 6:30 and 8 p.m. $10 suggested dona-tion. Call (425) 831-3647.
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LIVE SHOW: “A Christmas Carol” is 7:30 p.m. at Val-ley Center Stage in North Bend. Tickets are $15 for
general admission; learn more at www.valleycen-terstage.org or call (425) 831-5667.
JOURNEY THROUGH THE SEA-SON OF ROCK: Presented by The Not-Its, this up tempo, rockin’ perfor-mance will have kids and families bouncing around in a journey through the seasons, 2 p.m. at the North Bend Library, for ages 2 and older.
TALES: Once Upon a Saturday Special Needs Story Time is 10 a.m. at the North Bend Library. Come for stories, songs and activities designed for children with special needs and their families. This program tar-gets developmental ages 3 to 6, although children of all ages and abilities are welcome with an adult caregiver.
LIVE MUSIC: Bluegrass music by Stillwater Hill Band is 7:30 p.m. at Sliders Café, Carnation.
LIVE MUSIC: ‘Old Fashioned Christmas’ with carolers and Gift of the Magi, 7 p.m. at The Black Dog, Snoqualmie. Dinner will be served between 6:30 and 8 p.m. $10 donation. Call (425) 831-3647.
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SHORES FROM 1
Wilson will leave North Bend in May, and will start his new role as town administrator of Friday Harbor, in June.
He was recruited to the position by the retiring town administra-tor, King Fitch, and Friday Harbor Mayor Carrie Lacher, without ever applying for the job.
“I didn’t seek this out, it came to me,” he said. Before he leaves, Wilson plans to continue shepherding some
of the many projects he’s seen off to a good start in his five years with North Bend. These include the new fire station that voters
approved in February, and construction of a hotel in the city to encourage tourism and economic development.
Wilson counts among his accomplishments the acquisition of city water rights, ending the city’s 10-year building moratorium, annexations expanding the city as far east as Trucktown (exit 34 on I-90), construction of the park and ride and beautification efforts on the city’s west side, adoption of a master plan for the city’s downtown, and creating the Transportation Benefit District that will levy a 0.2 percent sales tax for street improvements starting later this year.
“He’s done an awful lot for us as a city,” said North Bend Mayor Ken Hearing, who added the construction of the First Street roundabout to Wilson’s list of achievements.
Wilson also credits fellow city staff members Ron Garrow in public works, Gina Estep in community and economic develop-ment, and Cheryl Proffitt-Schmidt, and Susie Oppedal in admin-stration for the city’s success, saying “It was an absolute and com-plete team effort… I’m extremely proud of the accomplishments this city has made in the past five years.”
Replacing Wilson is a task that the Mayor has just begun consid-
ering. “What we’re talking about right now, is what kind of person we want to put in that position,” he said. “Duncan came to us with a certain set of skills that we needed at that time…” and now Hearing wants to re-examine the skills the city will need for the future.
Wilson left an assistant administrator position in Covington to apply for the North Bend city administrator position.
Hearing plans to discuss the city’s needs with each council mem-ber, and expects to hire the candidate through the city’s internal process, rather than hiring a recruiter.
“There are an awful lot of really good people looking for work right now,” he said, taking a positive approach to the transition. “This could work to the city’s advantage, the timing of this could be in the best interest of the city.”
Wilson expects challenges similar to North Bend’s when he starts his new role at Friday Harbor, but with a stronger focus on economic development for the tourist-dependent community. He hopes to help select his successor in North Bend, and says he’ll be back to see completion of major projects, like the new fire station.
“I’m certainly going to get it started, and I’ll certainly be back for the ribbon cutting,” he said.
That’s because the club is a family, in the larger sense of the community.
“The motto of the Lions club is ‘we serve,’” said Sarah Fisher, club president, adding “The beauty of a charter club is it gets to become whatever the community needs.”
The club started by meeting the needs of its charter members, 20 people who wanted to become involved in community service, but couldn’t, for various reasons, join the already-existing North Bend Lions, Rotary, Kiwanis, or another service organization.
Tonya Eliason, raised in the Lions tradition, said she was “already trying to do things for the community.” She’s a friend of the current Rotary Club president, Jolene Kelly, and she considered joining Rotary, but “I can’t do the 7 a.m. meet-ings,” she said.
Mount Si Lions meet twice a month at 6 p.m., a time chosen by a majority of the members.
“We do evenings, because there are already two great service organizations that meet in the mornings,” said Fisher.
Another thing about the meetings, says club secretary July Kippen is “they’re kid-friendly, so I can bring my monkeys to every meeting.”
Kippen was already working with national
organizations serving veterans, but wanted to work locally, as well, and saw the opportunity when members of the Greater Bellevue Lions district office started recruiting members for a new club in the Upper Valley in early spring.
Fisher said the decision to launch a new club rather than trying to rejuvenate the existing club in North Bend, the Snoqualmie Valley Lions Club, was made at the district level, but she understood the reasoning, of bringing in a new group and the new energy that comes with them.
The district chartered three new clubs this year, in Sultan, Seattle, and the upper Valley.
Since its charter in May and first meeting in July, the Mount Si Lions have been active in several events, large and small. A successful wine-makers’ dinner fundraiser in October gave them enough money to make their first contribution to the Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank, and a recent partnership with the North Bend branch of the King County Sheriff’s Office, will enable the Lions to provide free bicycles to people in the community who need them.
North Bend Police Chief Mark Toner said the program benefits his department, as well as com-munity members. Rather than having to store and eventually sell off in a county auction any abandoned bicycles that officers find, Toner said his department will now hold the bicycles for 60
days, long enough to investigate potential thefts, and for owners to reclaim their bikes. Then, the bikes are donated to the club, and Lions members will fix the bikes up and give them to community members who can use them.
“It all comes down to the local level, and what the local (community) needs,” said Elizabeth Gildersleeve, club treasurer.
For Gildersleeve, the bike program, solving two problems at once and connecting people with opportunities, is a great example of why she joined the Mount Si Lions.
Having also grown up in the Lions tradition with an uncle who’d “been a Lion as long as I can remember, probably longer than I’ve been on the earth,” Gildersleeve was always trying to help people individually, “… getting them connected with the resources they need,” she said. The club expands her ability to do that, “Because now, I have other people I can call on. If I don’t know where to find something, or to get help for some-one, chances are there’s someone in the room that is going to know.”
Group effort, even more than fund-raising, is the key to this Lions Club, in Fisher’s opinion.
Sure, she admits, they could each just write checks to support the cause or organization, “but I think the value of the Lions Club coming together is the ability to lead by example, and by visibility….It’s been my experience, that there are
often times, in anything, people that are willing to participate but don’t know how.”
Building the club’s visibility is an important next step, she feels, but along with that will come many club discussions about what the club’s guid-ing vision will be. Each member has his or her own interests within the community and they will all influence the club’s mission, Fisher said.
“Part of that process is to reach out to the com-munity and ask about its needs, too,” said Rolfe Philip, club vice-president. As an example, for this meeting, he’d invited Mount Si Food Bank Director Heidi Dukich to give a brief presentation about the food bank’s role in the community.
Philip jokes that he joined the Lions when a friend “dragged me to a meeting,” but his role in the club has been motivated by service.
“I really just wanted to get involved in the local community,” he said, so he accepted the title of club president, initially. He quickly realized he couldn’t do justice to the demanding role, how-ever, and stepped down.
That experience was much like his first meet-ing. “I honestly had no idea what Lions were,” he admits. “It was all kind of a learning process, but here I am.”
The Mount Si Lions Club meets at 6 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at Boxley’s in North Bend. For more information, visit www.mountsilionsclub.com.
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Team connectionThere’s a close connection between players on the 2011-12 Mount Si girls basketball team. Just ask the three seniors on the team, Jordan Riley, Alex Welsh and Shelby Peerboom.
The trio have played together since their earliest days, and agree that they do that well.
“That camaraderie translates to the court,” said Riley, who has played basketball since she was 4 years old. She is cousin to the Trent, Tanner and Tyson Rileys who have heated up the Mount Si court in recent years; Wildcat hoops are in her blood.
“My dad played here, my uncles played here. My dad is a basketball fanatic, and I’ve played my whole life. I love it.”
Welsh has tried other sports, but basketball is the one she’s always stayed with. She uses her experience to bring a positive attitude and help her teammates.
“Shelby is our rock,” Welsh said. “She’s very level-headed, keeps us going. Jordan speaks. She’s loud.”
“When something goes wrong, I try to bring everybody back in,” Riley said.
Peerboom is a hard worker, who has seen her teammates step up.
She’s excited to see teammates including Katie Lindor, Katie Swain and long-shot sniper Molly Sellers return.
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The Wildcat spiritWildcat spirits are always high, but this winter, they’re extra strong for the Mount Si boys basketball team, says senior Anthony McLauchlin.
“It’s a whole new squad,” said McLauchlin, who leads a reloaded team that includes fellow senior Miles Zupan, Ryan Atkinson and Josh Piper.
New additions for the team include several football players—Atkin-son, Mount Si’s 2011 quarterback, is one.
“They’re going to bring some size, quickness, athleticism to the squad,” McLauchlin said. “Everyone can do something. It’s going to be a season to see all that develop.”
Competition-wise, this could be the best year in a long time for good games. McLauchlin said Mercer Island, Lake Washington and Sammamish are teams to beat.
“We’re going to go out there and do our very best,” McLauchlin said. Districts and state are top goals. “We’ll go as far as we can.”
Atkinson’s decision to play was based on having no regrets.
“I just want to step into my role as a leader, motivate the team to do as well has they can,” the senior said.
Going a year without play has made Zupan hungry for play, and wins.
“It’s constantly going, you’re constantly moving,” the forward said. “I like that about the game.”
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The big pictureNot many of the foes that he’ll face across the mat will come much bigger than six-foot-three Mount Si senior Josh Mitchell.
Sweating in the Mount Si mat room, the D-1 Oregon State signee is switching gears from lineman to heavyweight wres-tler, aiming to defend his 285-pound state wrestling title.
Football is plenty physical, but “this takes a lot of strength and tons of cardio,” the senior said.
Mitchell returned on the encouragement of family members and Mount Si wrestlers, who insisted the team wouldn’t be the same without him.
He’ll be a leader, pushing everyone to reach their goals.
“We want to send as many guys to league to qualify,” Mitchell said, then keep moving on to regionals and state.
Why wrestle? “Being able to look at the guy across the mat, and knowing you can beat him,” Mitchell.
He tells younger wrestlers to keep going. He didn’t have many wins his first year, but didn’t give up.
“Keep going, it’s only going to make you better. You’ve just got to stay on your feet. In the long run, it’ll pay off.”
Soaring once againJessica Trotto has overcome some real challenges to be where she is today, co-captain of the Mount Si cheerleading squad as a junior.
Trotto, who started gymnastics at age 9, fractured two of her lumbar discs at age 11. Her spinal fractures returned again last season, but she made it all the way to state anyway, and after a summer hiatus, is back, as a vocal presence on the team.
“Gymnastics is my life,” Trotto explained. “I absolutely wanted to come back.”
Along with co-captain and senior Lexi Swanson, Trotto is part of a solid core of state-experienced girls that includes juniors Hannah Richmond, Elizabeth Holmes, Carissa Castagno, sophomore Mackenzie Brown, and new freshmen additions Jennifer Rogers and Hailey Johnson. All in all, coach Jessica Easthope says Mount Si has a solid top ten.
Look for Trotto to be strong on beam, jazz it up on the floor, and help other girls know the ropes this season. Her top goal: “I want to encourage other girls to do better,” she said. “I want to encourage them to see that the little skills progress to bigger skills.”
As for Swanson, she’s pumped.
“This year, I have a great feeling that we’re going to do awesome at state,” the senior said. She’s working on an advanced floor routine with plenty of flips, and enjoys con-necting with the audience, winking at friends during her instrumental number.
She’s excited about seeing friends like Jen Rogers join the team.
“It’s like having another sister on the team,” Swanson said—Lexi’s sister Olivia hap-pens to be a junior varsity gymnast.
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Todd and Judy Noel have opened Wired Up Electronics, a consumer electronics store, in North Bend.
The Noels have more than three decades years of experience running a Radio Shack franchise store in Belgrade, Mont.
Todd, who is originally from Woodinville, decided that after 29 years of being away from Washington, it was time to go home. Seeing the need for a similar store in North Bend, he and his wife, Judy decided to move their store. They bring with them their existing man-ager, Tim Langworthy, who has over 15 years of experience run-ning a hobby store.
Wired Up carries televisions, stereos, car stereos, CB radios, telephones, MP3 players, digital cameras, and all the accessories for these products.
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BY CAROL LADWIGStaff Reporter
The store hasn’t been open a full minute before someone steps inside to look around. Seconds later, the shopper sees the owners, Steve and Nancy Wray, and a stricken look crosses her face.
“What are you doing here?!” she asks. “Have you closed down there now?”
It’s a question the Wrays have already gotten used to in the two short weeks since they opened their second North Bend shop, ZO Home, at 139 East North Bend Way, and they have a ready answer, at least for the second part of her question.
Birches Habitat, the shop down the street that many shop-pers associate with “eclectic, soulful living” and with the Wrays, is not going anywhere. In fact, Birches is thriving, and since the opening of its sister store November 20, shoppers may notice that Birches Habitat seems bigger.
“The only thing I did was take the big furniture pieces out (of Birches), so there’s a little more room,” said Nancy, explain-ing the differences between the two stores. “This,” she gestures around the ZO Home space, “is more home furnishings, with a little bit of a contemporary edge to it.”
Heavy bookcases, and Mission-style tables fill the floor along with rustic finishes, woven-twig pieces, and glossy and matte metalwork, a lodge look that’s gone city.
Getting back to the other half of the question, what they’re doing there, Steve shakes his head, laughing. “It’s completely ridiculous,” he says.
In October, the couple had merchandise stacked in their living room, the result of Nancy ordering too much and the manufacturers delivering too soon. By mid-November, they’d had a grand opening for their second North Bend store. In between, there were conversations about starting a new busi-ness, partnering with friend and photographer Mary Miller for display and studio space in the back office of the building, and a lot of hard work and late nights as friends and staff, including “our right-hand person” Ahn Lee Horn, helped the couple move into their new store.
“We spent many long nights,” Steve said, “then Nancy put it all together.”
That was a process requiring everyone, including Steve, to clear out of the store, so Nancy could really unleash her artistic vision.
“You wouldn’t want to be here for that,” Steve jokes, and Nancy agrees, “It’s terrible!”
Steve continues, “The thing about Nancy, is trying to keep up with her, and seeing her vision… but, bottom line, we’re still married!”
Actually, the couple share the vision for the store, which they say will have the same fun and what Steve calls “flavor” as Birches, without directly competing.
How long ZO will live will depend on its success in the next month, because the Wrays and Miller have committed to only a short-term lease, for now. Steve said the commu-nity’s response and loyalty to Birches has been humbling, and they have no intention of putting that store at risk with this venture.
Should ZO prove popular with shoppers, though, it will permanently join the Wrays’ family.
“We’re ordering for here, we’re stocking for here, with the idea that it is going to work,” Steve said. “You can’t do anything if you don’t try.”
ZO Home is open seven says a week, from noon to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays. ZO Home shares staff and contact information with Birches Habitat. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/bircheshabitat, or call (425) 292-9390.
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Steve and Nancy Wray take a breather in their new venture, ZO Home, which had its grand opening Nov. 20. The home furnishings store features furniture, art, creative housewares, and the same spirit of fun as its sister store, Birches Habitat.
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New Miller film at Mtn. Festival“Like There’s No Tomorrow,” a film by Warren Miller, will
cap off the North Bend Mountain Film Festival Saturday, Dec. 9, at the North Bend Theatre, 125 Bendigo Blvd, North Bend. The movie, currently on a world tour, was recently added to the lineup at the North Bend Theatre, and is a real coup for the theatre and the city, says theatre owner Cindy Walker.
It will be the last film screened during the evening, which will also showcase the winning movies of the North Bend Amateur Film Challenge. The event starts at 7 p.m. For more information, contact Walker at [email protected] or call (425) 246-1336.
Honk! musical at Mount Si HighMount Si High School will present its annual fall musical
production, “Honk!” December 7 to 10 at the high school auditorium, 7 to 9 p.m. The family-friendly show takes a musical look at the adventures of the Ugly Duckling.
Directed by teacher Ryan Harris, “Honk!” will feature the performances of 33 talented Mount Si students singing, acting, and dancing. Students also did the construction, staging and technical work, with help from alumni Katlin McCauley as assistant choreographer and in costuming, and Erik Beatie on set construction.
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Holiday Gift SpecialsCarnation’s holiday faces
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Concentrating intently, Adrianna Draper paints a snowman on Kailey Breen’s cheek, as a line of Christmas in Carnation celebrators forms up in the Hopelink building. Draper’s whole family, sister Alexandria and parents Jeremy and Amy, volunteered with free face-paintings for the com-munity event Saturday. See more photos in an online slideshow at www.valleyrecord.com.
Donate toys at Sheriff’s Office
The Kiwanis Giving Tree campaign is underway, collecting donations
of new, unwrapped toys and clothing for children up to age 18,
throughout the Upper Valley.
A new partner in the program this year is the North Bend office
of the King County Sheriff’s Department, which will take
donated gifts for the Giving Tree during regular business hours
at its North Bend location, 1550 Boalch Ave. Northwest.
“Our goal is to help Kiwanis obtain more toys than ever before in
order to help bring joy to local children who might not other-
wise get a toy,” said Officer Amy Jarboe.
To participate, simply take a tag from one of the Giving Trees
on display in North Bend and Snoqualmie, and buy one or more
items for the person described on the tag. Donations can be
returned to the same place where you picked up the tag, the Sallal
Water Association, the King County Sheriff’s Office or Cook
Real Estate in North Bend.
North Bend Holiday FestivalNorth Bend’s civic holiday celebration is 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, on the main block of North Bend Way, which will be closed to car traffic.
The fun-filled evening will include a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony, the Community Holiday Sing-along, live music, fire pits, food and drink, crafts for children, a visit and photo session with Santa Claus.
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Ronald C. Wilkerson
Ronald C. Wilkerson, 69, formerly of Fall City, died Wednesday, Nov. 23, at Auburn Regional Medical center.
Ronald was born on February 14, 1942, in Oklahoma City, the son of Wynon and Frances Wilkerson. He was raised in Fall City, and married Linda M. Ludwigsen in 1987.
Survivors include his wife Linda and brother Larry Wilkerson of Fall City.
Private family services will be held. Arrangements are by Flintoft’s Funeral Home.
James McKiernanJames Michael
McKiernan, 23, son of Jim and Karen McKiernan, former owners of the Snoqualmie Valley Record, died early Sunday morning, Dec. 4, in Pasco.
James was a 2006 gradu-ate of Mount Si High School, along with his father, 1980, mother, 1984, and sister, 1988. He is also a gradu-ate of Central Washington University, walking in com-mencement this past June. He had recently been hired by Connell Grain Growers in Connell, Wash., as a seed broker and was living in Pasco.
James was an avid fisher-man, fly fishing being his passion, and he had been known to take a few shots at passing deer and even an occasional coyote.
If you are a fan of Mount Si football, you will remem-
ber him as the small center on the 2005 team who was not afraid to take on a nose tackle twice his size while hiking the ball to his good friend Rollin Smith.
His latest fun came from stirring up the world of seed sales for Connell Grain Growers and furnishing his new house with anything his parents were willing to give up.
James touched many lives in his short 23 years and
will be remembered for his unwavering smile, flip-ping off his dad for taking too many pictures, begging his mother to bring down food and prodding his sister to keep her grades up at Central.
James is survived by his mother Karen, father Jim, sister Lynnae, grandmother Avon Barquist, grandpar-ents Bob and Sandie Scott and grandmother Patricia McKiernan. He is also sur-vived by numerous cousins, uncles, aunts and hundreds of friends.
Services will be held at noon Saturday, Dec. 10, in the Mount Si High School Auditorium and will be officiated by Pastor Monty Wright. A graveside ser-vice will be held afterwards at the Fall City cemetery, followed by a reception at the Mount Si High School Commons.
Those wishing to post their thoughts and pho-tos may do so on Jim McKiernan’s Facebook page.
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Jack graduated from Boise City high school and served in the army in Korea, returning in 1962, and continued to serve as a reservist until 1966. In 1968 he and his family relocated to Bellevue, Washington where Jack worked for Puget Sound Energy as a Lineman, Foreman, General Foreman and finally finishing his career as a Construction Supervisor before retiring after 32 years. He made many life long friends during his professional career. Over the years Jack has enjoyed spending time outdoors fishing, golfing helping his friends and always attending to his many projects around home. During retirement he most enjoyed spending time with his family and three wonderful grandchildren.
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NOTICE OF LAND USE PERMIT APPLICATIONREQUESTS: Conditional Use Permit (CUP) File: L10CU006 Applicant: Rainbow Temple and Columbarium Site location: 14310 476th Ave SE North BendProposal: Convert exist residential house & several accessory facilities into a temple and construct new 2-story columbarium.Project Manager: Kim Claussen 206-296-7167COMMENT PROCEDURES: DDES will issue a decision on this application following a 21-day comment period ending on January 6, 2012, written comments and additional infor- mation can be obtained by con- tacting the Project Manager list- ed above.Published on December 7, 2011
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the Snoqualmie Valley School District #410 Board of Directors will hold a Special Board Meet- ing with representatives of the Lake Washington School District Board of Directors to discuss the proposed transfer of territory from Snoqualmie Valley School
District #410 to Lake Washing- ton School District #414. The meeting will take place on Monday, December 12, 2011, 4:00 p.m. in the Lake Washing- ton School District Resource Center, 16250 NE 74 St., Red- mond, WA. Published in the Snoqualmie Valley Record on December 7, 2011.
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NOTICE OF LAND USE PERMIT APPLICATION REQUESTS: Critical Areas Alteration ExceptionFiles: L11AE011Applicant: Cynthia Hahn Location: 33455 SE 50th Ct. Fall City Proposal: Install new mobile home within wetland buffer w/approx. 3,500 sq. ft. of buffer to be impactedProject Manager: Dave Sandstrom 206-296-7184COMMENT PROCEDURES: DDES will issue a decision on this application following a 21- day comment period ending on January 9, 2012, written com- ments and additional information can be obtained by contacting the Project Manager listed above. Published in the Snoqualmie Valley Record on December 7, 2011.
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Canoe Family hosts sock, blanket driveThe Snoqualmie Canoe Family is holding its annual sock and blanket drive. The Tribe’s heritage group is collecting new socks, wool in particular, and new or gently used blankets and sleeping bags to be distributed on Christmas eve to homeless people in Seattle.
Donations can be dropped off at the Canoe Family office at 4480 Tolt Ave., Carnation, at the tribe’s main office at 8130 Railroad Ave., Ste. 103, in Snoqualmie, or the tribe’s Health and Social Services office at 9450 Ethan Wade Way S.E.,
Snoqualmie. For pick-up, contact Jean Medina at (206) 280-4092 or [email protected].
Santa to visit NB MooseSanta will be visiting the Snoqualmie Valley Moose Lodge on Saturday, Dec. 10. A compli-mentary breakfast will be served at 9 a.m., and Santa arrives at 10 a.m. The event is open to all children, and the lodge is located at 108 Sydney Ave. in downtown North Bend.
Complimentary Santa photos will be available at the lodge the following week. Call the lodge at (425) 888-0951.
Firefighters on food drive The Snoqualmie Firefighters’ Association and the city of Snoqualmie seek donations in their third annual Holiday Food Drive to benefit the Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank.
More families than ever are seeking assistance during these tough economic times, and food banks are struggling to keep their shelves stocked.
Food, non-perishables, toiletries and money donations can be dropped off 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week, now through Dec. 18, at Snoqualmie Fire Station Lobby, 37600 SE Snoqualmie Parkway. To learn more, call (425) 888-1551.
Holiday movies showing at the City HallThe Snoqualmie Arts Commission will host two holiday movie nights at Snoqualmie City Hall Council Chambers, 38624 SE River Street. All ages are welcome. Refreshments will be served.
December 9, 7 p.m. Admission: Non-perishable food items for the Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank
December 10, 7 p.m. Admission: Unwrapped new toy for the Mount Si Food Bank
Flix for Fix is ‘Love Actually’
15 at the North Bend Theatre. The evening of socializing, wine, appetizers, holiday shopping and a showing of “Love Actually,” is a fundraiser for Valley Animal Partner’s local pet spay and neuter program.
Tickets can be purchased at U Dirty Dog, Pet Place Market, Another Hair Place and www.northbendtheatre.com, or at the door.
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Additional cuts proposed would reduce or eliminate funding for school child care programs, lower bus depreciation payments $49 million, reduce bonus pay for national board-certified teachers $8.6 million, and change attendance policies to treat students with unexcused absences of five consecutive days as dropouts, rather than the 20 days specified now.
Valley teachers who marched Wednesday were asked to dress in red and wear buttons, which pictured a bitten apple.
That bite needs to look bigger, said Art Galloway, president of the Snoqualmie Valley Education Association.
“We’ve had enough cuts,” he said. “We’ve already absorbed what we can.”
According to the WEA, Washington has lost more than 2,600 K-12 public school employees in recent years, while enrollment has grown by 6,500 students statewide. Washington ranks 47th in the nation on class size, according to the union.
Teachers say newly proposed cuts would mean nearly $1 million less in funding for this district, a shorter school year, and impacts on bussing and early childhood programs.
For the past three years, Galloway said cuts have been kept away from Valley classrooms.
“Now, it’s going to go in the classroom,” he said. “The next cuts are really going to be felt.”
Board discussionMeeting last week, members of the Snoqualmie Valley School
Board agreed that a shortened school year is no better than
increased class sizes, as options for the state to save money go.The board discussed the proposed cuts as part of its Dec. 1
legislative update, and heard from a parent.“Something is going to happen here,” said North Bend parent
Steven Kangas. “What is the board’s position on some of these ideas?”
Superintendent Joel Aune’s response, echoed by all board members except Scott Hodgins, who was absent, was “As a superintendent, my position right now is that none of this is acceptable.”
The good news so far is that there are no mid-year cuts, District Finance Officer Ryan Stokes said in his review of the budget pro-posal. He pointed out that the suggestion of larger class sizes had been eliminated from the Governor’s supplemental budget.
“In her proposal of increasing class sizes for grades 4 to 12, the savings were very close to a reduced school year,” Stokes said.
A proposal to limit the levy equalization payments made to property-poor districts could save the state some $152 million. Districts with low property values and high tax rates would receive more funding than those with rates closer to the state average. This proposal wouldn’t affect the Snoqualmie Valley School District, Stokes said, but it could open the door to future reductions, should the legislature decide to balance this reduction with one to property-rich districts.
The sum of the proposed cuts would save the state $507.5 mil-lion, of its $15.3 billion education budget, and the Governor’s new sales tax proposal might buy back some of these cuts.
Gregoire has proposed a referendum on a half-cent sales tax increase to stave off further cuts to education and law enforce-ment.
Donning red for the street march, Janna Triesman, a floating librarian at Mount Si, Snoqualmie, Chief Kanim, and Twin Falls, said she would welcome a higher tax over more cuts.
“I’ve got two kids in school,” she said. “I’d rather pay higher taxes than cut their opportunities.”
The legislative special session began Nov. 28, and is expected to conclude before Christmas. The regular legislative session begins Jan. 9, 2012.
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Drivers honk as Valley educators march on Snoqualmie’s Railroad Avenue, protesting a new round of state cuts to schools.
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