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Lunchtime at Isadora’s Caféin Snoqualmie was busier thanusual the week after Christmas.Regulars pulled up chairs onthe restaurant’s well-wornwood floors to get a last mealbefore Isadora’s closed with thenew year.

For the owners, Jody andMichael Sands, the decision to

close the doors after two yearswas a long time coming.

“It was heartbreaking,absolutely heartbreaking,” JodySands said.

She had learned a lot aboutthe restaurant business whilewaiting tables at the café in themid-‘90s. Owning Isadora’s hadbeen a dream come true for theSnoqualmie native.

Like several other indepen-

dent owners of food servicebusinesses in the Valley, Sandsendured the economic reces-sion in 2008 and 2009, butcouldn’t overcome the laggingrecovery in 2010. Squeezed byanemic revenue, rising costsand no available credit, thesemerchants either closed or soldtheir businesses.

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The Snoqualmie Valley SchoolDistrict is once again asking vot-ers for money to help solvecrowding. In this part, districtleaders explain the desperateneed for a new middle school.

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If the $56.2-million schoolbond passes Feb. 8, a new mid-dle school will be built,although calling it new won’ttell the whole story.

It would be a new building,complete with that fresh-paintsmell, but much of it wouldhave a familiar look.

First, the building wouldretain the name, colors and mas-cot of the one it would replace:

Snoqualmie Middle School,home of the Eagles.

Second, the new middleschool would be on property theschool district purchased yearsago, under the administration offormer Valley schools superin-tendent Rich McCullough.

Third, the building would bevery similar in design and con-struction to what today isnewest school in the Valley,Twin Falls Middle School.

This measure, current super-

intendent Joel Aune said, savedthe district $400,000, whichwould otherwise have gone todesigning a new building fromscratch.

With the vote three weeksaway, members past and presentof the Snoqualmie Valley SchoolDistrict insist that what hangs inthe balance is not just the whimof a few but the future of many.

“People will realize we defi-

Officials say a new middleschool a must for district

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By Dan Catchpole

Hilary Shemanski makes a drink for a customer at Koko Beans in Snoqualmie. Despite the tough timesother food service businesses have endured in Snoqualmie, Shemanski is confident she can succeed.


Snoqualmie police havearrested an 18-year-old male anda 19-year-old male in connec-tion with the Jan. 6 break-in atMount Si High School.

A press release from the cityof Snoqualmie stated that policerecognized one of the twoteenagers in a surveillance tapefrom the break-in. Officers thenobtained a search warrant forthe suspect’s Snoqualmie homeand gave the suspect a call. Thesuspect then agreed to turn him-self in to police.

At the suspect’s home policelocated an Xbox that officerssaid had been stolen from theschool.

The day of the theft, MountSi High School principal RandyTaylor said the Xbox and a TVset had been reported missingthe day before.

The second man arrested isfrom Auburn, the release said.

The two men will be bookedinto the King County Jail and

‘Ridiculous’theft leavesschool staff,studentsperplexed

Small businesses feeling squeezed

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will likely face charges of sec-ond-degree burglary, first-degreetheft and malicious mischief.

The Star is not naming theindividuals because they have notyet been charged with a crime.

Lindsay Masters could notcontain her amazement.

“It’s ridiculous,” the Mount SiHigh School student said.“When I think of places to gorob, not that I would, I think ofa bank or a store, not a school.”

But a school did get hitaround 1 a.m. Jan. 6. And notjust any school but Masters’school. Not just Masters’ school,but Masters’ school club, DECA,which runs a store and a caféwithin Mount Si High School.

“We’re OK, although we losta pretty good chunk of money,”

Masters said.The thieves also targeted the

ATM inside the school, and thesafe room, failing on both counts.

They managed to steal about$1,500 in checks and cash. Policealso found an Xbox at one ofthe suspects’ home they said hadbeen taken from the school.

What makes the theft evenmore strange is that most of thechecks stolen were made toMount Si High School, andtherefore impossible to cash.

In total, the thieves made offwith about $600 in cash, Taylorsaid, from DECA and from theschool’s Food Services.

Security cameras at the schoolshowed two individuals involvedin the theft. Their actions werediscovered at 6 a.m. Jan. 6.

“In my 30 years in schoolsI’ve never seen a school get tar-geted,” Taylor said, adding thatthough the school kept function-ing normally, certain thingsseemed off. For one, the DECA

store was out of commission andwould be for at least a few days.

“We not only lost the moneythey stole,” Masters said. “Butwe lost the money we wouldhave made today.”

Moreover, the mood insidethe main office was anxious,Taylor said, with personnelknowing that their workspacehad been invaded.

“It’s almost as if they’ve beenviolated,” Taylor said. Themorning after the theft, 17teachers had been out whilethey attended a conference. Theresulting influx of substitutesadded to the strange feeling.

“They’re feeling very unset-tled,” Taylor said of his staff.

The thieves used crowbarsand screwdrivers to jimmy thelocks, Taylor said.

As he spoke, school personneland technicians fromSnoqualmie Falls Credit Unionworked feet from each other, theformer fixing a door, the latter

fixing the ATM.Once the thieves targeted the

ATM, a mechanism inside itkicked in, locking the cash boxand thwarting their efforts,Taylor said.

What puzzles students andstaff is that little vandalismoccurred in the theft.

“They only wanted somemoney,” Taylor said of thethieves. “There was some tech-nology in the rooms they werein that was left untouched.”

Masters’ DECA friends werejust as puzzled.

The night after the theft theschool housed a wrestling event, abasketball practice and a receptionfor Korean dignitaries. Everythingseemed back to normal, but forTaylor the questions remained.

“Why go after a school?” hesaid. “It’s like going after achurch. I’m really disappointedthat they have to target aschool. What they are doing isthey are stealing from the kids.”

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Snoqualmie Valley’sMailbox Peak is receiving$325,000 in grant money fortrail development from theWashington Wildlife andRecreation Program.

The popular hiking trailjoins dozens of parks, trails,farm and open space projectsin King County that are get-ting hundreds of thousandsof dollars from the grant pro-gram.

For projects to receive themoney, the awards must beapproved by the stateLegislature. However, moneyfor the grants comes from thestate’s capital budget, whichdoesn’t face a shortfall likethe state’s operating budget.

The program has requestedthat the Legislature allocatemoney for 124 projects in2011-13.

To be eligible, recipients hadto provide matching funds.This year, cities, counties andstate departments requested$192 million for nearly 280projects.

The grant program is runby the state’s Recreation andConservation Office.

The WashingtonDepartment of NaturalResources used a grant fromthe program to buy 680threatened acres for theMount Si Natural ResourcesConservation Area.

To learn more, go towww.wildliferecreation.org/wwrp-projects/counties/King_county.

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Officials and trail advocatesgathered in Preston Dec. 16 toopen a key link in theMountains to Sound Greenwaytrail network.

The state Department ofTransportation and theMountains to Sound GreenwayTrust completed the 1.25-miletrail connector last month.

The piece connects theIssaquah to High Point Trailalmost to the trailhead for thePreston-Snoqualmie Trail and

completes a gap in the green-way. Before crews completed theproject, hikers and other trailusers had to detour onto roadshoulders for the route.

Crews started construction onthe connector project in June.The team constructed a pedestri-an bridge and upgraded a formerrailroad trestle across the EastFork of Issaquah Creek to pre-vent trail users from disturbingthe creek and nearby wetlands.

The project also requiredretaining walls to be constructedalong steeper sections. The wallshelped reduce the overall foot-

print of the trail and environ-mental impact.

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Two public parks inSnoqualmie are partially out ofcommission at least until spring.Centennial Field Park andSnoqualmie Point Park were van-dalized when people drove inthe parks’ open space after recentsnowstorms, damaging carefullymaintained grass and turf.

Centennial Fields Park is apopular sports venue.

Snoqualmie Point Park is a pop-ular location for weddings.

Snoqualmie Parks andRecreation Department officialswill inspect the damage andrepair it in the spring. It couldtake several weeks to get thedamaged sections back to condi-tions suitable for sports and wed-dings, according to a news releas-es from the city of Snoqualmie.

The city has asked that any-one witnessing someone drivingon or vandalizing park propertycall 911, and give police alicense plate number or vehicledescription, if possible.

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A North Bend woman waskilled in a single-car accidentJan. 2 in Idaho.

The woman, Gina Wiley, diedfrom injuries sustained whenthe car she was riding in rolledover on Interstate 15 nearSpencer, Idaho, at about 10:45p.m., according to an IdahoState Police news release.

The car, a 1996 PontiacGrand Am, was headed south onthe highway, which was coveredby snow and ice. The car wentoff the right side of the road, hita post and flipped over, accord-ing to the release.

While the driver had a seat-belt on, none of the three pas-sengers did.

The 23-year-old Wiley diedbefore emergency responderscould reach the accident.

The driver and passengerswere taken to Madison MemorialHospital in Rexburg, Idaho, withnon life-threatening injuries.

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A North Bend man was takento Harborview Medical Centerafter a crash on Interstate 90 sixmiles west of Cle Elum onWednesday afternoon, theWashington State Patrol report-ed.

Joseph Magnuson, 21, wasbeing treated for cuts to the headand neck, and back pain, accord-ing to a patrol news release.

The other driver, Roy K.Walker, of Washougal, Wash.,was not hurt, troopers said.

Magnuson, driving a Toyotapickup, and Walker, driving aKenworth tractor and trailer,were both headed west about2:30 p.m.

Magnuson lost control andwent sideways, then was hit bythe semi, troopers said.

Magnuson was going too fastfor conditions, although anycharges were pending, accordingto the news release.

A mix of snow and rain wasreported throughout the day.Intoxicants were not suspected.Both drivers had their seat beltson.

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Recession technically ended in2009, the economy has contin-ued to limp along. The recoveryso far has been fueled byincreased productivity fromexisting workers, rather thannew hires.

“Job growth has been slowerthan molasses,” said Arun Raha,Washington State’s chief econo-mist.

For many businesses, thatmeans their customer base has-n’t been growing. In addition,people are still saving more andspending less, especially on non-essential goods and services.

That has not been good newsfor the Snoqualmie Valley’sbusinesses, most of which offernon-essential goods and ser-vices, especially food.Snoqualmie has 37 businesseswhich sell food, according toBob Cole, an economic consul-tant for the city.

“From the beginning, I couldsee we were going to have aproblem,” Sands said.

When she took over Isadora’sin December 2008, Sandschanged the menu — keepingthe mainstays, while addingdishes to cater to a wider crowd.Over the next couple years, sheworked to increase traffic withmore live music, an open mikenight and small stage theater.

She had enough people com-ing in through the door to keepthe lights on from day to day,but not enough to provide anysecurity for the future.

Several owners of retail andfood businesses in downtownSnoqualmie said that customertraffic was down this summer,the peak season for manystores, during work on the city’sdowntown revitalization pro-ject. The work included tearingup one side of the commercialarea’s main street.

“Between the economy andall the construction they did lastyear, we put so much moneyinto it, we just couldn’t keep itgoing,” said Kathy Twede, whorecently sold the Choo ChooCafé at the Snoqualmie FallsCandy Factory.

Her husband, Kyle Twede,owns Twede’s Café in NorthBend.

Both Twede and Sands saidthat the downtown work willbenefit the city in the future.

The city’s primary role inboosting the local economy isproviding and maintaininginfrastructure to support busi-nesses, Cole said.

“I love this town, this com-munity, and I’m really excitedto see it blossom. Unfortunately,we’re going out at the begin-ning of this,” Sands said.

FFeewweerr rreessoouurrcceess Independent restaurants are

having difficulty getting creditto get through the lean times.Twede couldn’t even get over-draft protection for her restau-rant. It had been easy to get 10years before when her husbandopened Twede’s Café.

“Nobody’s willing to shellout money like they used to,”she said.

To maintain a positive cashflow, Twede cut back heremployees — from six to two —and increased her own hours.

To get credit, businesses have

to show that they can make aprofit and pay off their debt.

For small businesses strug-gling to stay open in a smallmarket, it becomes a Catch-22:They need credit to keep afloatand eventually turn a profit,but they have to show they areprofitable to get credit.

“They don’t have the busi-ness plans that a banker wouldbe interested in,” Raha said.

Typically, smaller restaurantslack resources and expertiseavailable to larger businesses,said Arnold Shain, founder ofthe Restaurant Group, Inc., aconsulting firm.

“Smaller restaurants are moreon the line of being chef dri-ven, and while that is appealingto many people, it is somewhatone-dimensional in operationalknowledge required.”

Restaurants must succeed inmany areas: cuisine, branding,service and management, atmos-phere, and systems and control.

“If one or more of these legsis longer, shorter than the otherthan the chair either leans orfalls over,” Shain said.

But the state has been seeingsome positive signs for restau-rants across the state, Raha said.“After two years of eating athome, they’re getting sick of it.”

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brightening horizon. A fewdoors down from Isadora’s,Hilary Shemanski just boughtKoko Beans, a struggling coffee-house, in December.

“I feel fortunate, actually,”she said. “It feels like I got in atthe right time.”

One benefit to her location isits low overhead. Koko Beans isa coffeehouse in a comfortableshoebox with room for a hand-

ful of tables. “As cute as it is, it’s obvious-

ly not working because I’m thefourth owner in three years,”said Shemanski, who has livedin the area since 1998.

She thinks she has the miss-ing ingredient: high-end beer,which she plans to add by mid-April. It will still be a coffee-house, though.

Shemanski hopes that willhelp her capture more of thetourist market while maintain-ing the store’s local regulars.

But even after the economyrecovers and business picks up,Shemanski has discovered a long-term obstacle that business own-ers must put up with: permits.

“Going through the permitprocess, it almost fizzles outyour creativity. You come inwith all these ideas, and thenyou find out there’s a form foreverything,” she said.

Currently, she is trying to geta license to serve beer and look-ing into getting a license toserve prepared foods, such assandwiches. But the costs ofpermits can add up for smallbusinesses.

So can other small costs, likecustomers using debit or creditcards rather than cash, she said.

Each time a customer uses adebit card she has to pay 25cents. Credit cards with rewardsprograms are worse; they cancost her up to 7 percent of thetotal purchase, she said.

Despite the obstacles,Shemanski is confident she’llsucceed.

“If you do it right, you canmake it,” she said.

Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or [email protected]. Comment atwww.snovalleystar.com.

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State budget ideas arejust starting points

Gov. Chris Gregoire has presented a long list of possiblecuts for Washington to balance a $37 billion two-yearbudget. Legislators convened this week to begin sortingthe ideas and adding their own.

All of the governor’s ideas have merit, some more thanothers.

❑ Gregoire and state employees’ unions have agreed toa five-hour-per-month furlough, reducing pay by 3 per-cent. It’s not enough. The goal should be 5 percent.

❑ The idea of creating a new ferry district may get thetax-supported transportation monkey off the state’s back,but only creates another level of government and taxa-tion. We can’t imagine the voters supporting this one.

❑ Combining the many authorities overseeing educa-tion from early childhood through universities couldimprove the education system and save money. But itwon’t happen this year. Can the idea be studied withoutadditional expenses?

❑ Combining other departments to improve efficiencyand reduce overhead is good, but the Legislature shouldstill allocate money by existing departments to indicatespending preferences.

❑ The state should toll on both the state Route 520 andInterstate 90 bridges to pay for state Route 520’s replace-ment. The federal government has signed off on tollingon I-90. That would reduce both tolls and avoid creatingcongestion on interstates 90 and 405 from commutersseeking to avoid a toll on only state Route 520.

❑ Eliminating state support for programs for children,the disabled and mental-health patients is not acceptable.Less care for the most vulnerable will only add costs inother areas. Pay now or pay later — that is the question.

❑ It may take a tax increase to make things better. Thevoters rejected the tax on candy and bottled water, andthe governor is committed to no new taxes. But let’s getreal, people: We need to pay taxes if we want services.The biggest question will be whether the two parties arewilling to combine forces for the two-thirds majority voteneeded to approve any tax increase.

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Mickey Baker, down at TheStrand, really knows how tostart the new year off right.Mickey has owned our localmovie house since Ike was play-ing golf, you see, and he haslearned to adapt to the times byignoring them.

When new movies went fromwomen wearing skimpy clothesto no clothes at all, fewer of uswent to the movies. Mickey was-n’t happy with the newer films,either. He kept going to morefamily-oriented films, but foundthat Hollywood decided thatmeant violent cartoons.

When the home video marketexploded, there was very littlereason for The Strand any more,except for teenage dating. Thebalcony cuddlers will always bein our lives, of course, and manyof us made lifelong plans upthere, too.

And there were a few yearswhen The Strand closed itsdoors. Mickey occasionally rent-ed it out to bands, but sincethere was no dance floor, theaudience had to be contentedwith screaming and throbbing.

Then he started playing oldmovies. Good ones. Roy leaped

off Trigger toquell the badguys. Tyronedrew swordsagainst theSaracens.BomberCommanddestroyeddams on theRuhr. Bogarttwitched his lip against themob. It was just great.

We paid too much for pop-corn, but we didn’t care. Wecheered in the good parts andbooed in the bad parts and, bestof all, we went home happy,having relived something won-derful from our childhoods.

So how did Mickey start theyear? By having a toofer-one saleon Jujubes at the snack bar and

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kicking off the year with“Captain Horatio Hornblower.”Not that youngster on publictelevision, mind, but the captainhimself, Gregory Peck. When itcame to buckling swash, ol’ Gregknew how to do it. And insteadof imaginationless nudity, wegot Virginia Mayo for two hours!Swimsuits come and swimsuitsgo, but you get Virginia Mayowearing what looks likeGrandma’s ruffly bathroom cur-tains … that’s a woman!

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I guess there must be somejustifiable complaints about thealleged “poor service” at theNorth Bend Post Office.However, my own experiencediffers. For example, the employ-ees have more than once divert-ed a letter (or parcel) to my P.O.Box that was improperlyaddressed to my street addresswhere I do not have mail service.

Had it not been for a postalworker willing to take the extratime and trouble to place mymail into my P.O. Box it wouldhave been returned to thesender. In other words, a wholelot of trouble and delay wereavoided by the extra care takenby a postal employee.

On top of that, of all peopleto show in a photo on that frontpage, your photographer took asnap shot of my favorite postalservice worker. She is always effi-cient, does not waste any time,is always pleasant and courteousand can always be dependedupon for top job performance.

So, next time, try to give a littleconsideration to the photo youchoose to accompany an article.

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In a few weeks there will bean election. The local districtsare asking us if it is a good timeto raise our taxes for construc-tion of a new school atSnoqualmie Ridge and evenhigher taxes yet for a new firestation east of North Bend. No,it is not a good time. We are ina season where we need to getby with what we have.

There are also some designproblems with the fire stationplans. The city did not arrangepermission to cross the abandonedrailway easement that runs alongNorth Bend Way, so the currentdesign would have response vehi-cles entering onto a narrow resi-dential street across from a day-care. Then, eastbound vehicleswould need to round a sharp cor-ner. It’s a 55 degree angle. Truckswill need to swing into theoncoming lane if it isn’t alreadyblocked by stopped vehicles.

I’d rather see a more practicaldesign for this project with anentrance directly onto the North

Bend Way arterial. Let’s post-pone this until the city securesthe right to cross the abandonedrailway easement. We will reducethe risk for unexpected cost dueto likely design changes andprobably get a safer, and morefunctional design proposal.

David WillsonNorth Bend

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A big thank you to theSnoValley Star for all your helpin securing a new home for theGift Of Apparel Clothing Bankin Snoqualmie.

After your article appearedstating that the Clothing Bankwas still looking for a home, wereceived a call from the city ofSnoqualmie telling us we coulduse the old City Hall buildinguntil it sells.

Isn’t it great that an oldempty community building isstill being used to serve the com-munity? Another big thank yougoes out to Mayor Matt Larsenand Bob Cole of the city ofSnoqualmie for all they did tomake this happen. The Gift OfApparel Clothing Bank exists toserve the less fortunate here inthe Snoqualmie Valley.

Jan Van LiewDirector

nitely need three middleschools,” said Jim Reitz, memberof Valley Voters for Education.

The alternative, Reitz andothers said, is far from palatable.

“I hear the idea of going backto two middle schools and myheart sinks,” Snoqualmie MiddleSchool counselor Heather Kernsaid last December.

In the last two years prior tothe opening of Twin FallsMiddle School, both ChiefKanim Middle School andSnoqualmie Middle School hadbecome crowded, Aune said.

Karen Deichman teaches atTwin Falls Middle School butprior to the construction of theNorth Bend facility, she taughtat Snoqualmie Middle School,back when it was one of twomiddle schools in the Valley.

“We had a commons areathat was where the childrengathered before and after schooland it was obviously crowded,”she said. “We also had crowdedhallways, students had to sharelockers and when the lockerswere stacked, we had four kidsto the same space.“

Since classrooms were scarce,teachers sometimes had to carrytheir supplies around in a cart,she added, hampering the teach-ers’ ability to create a positivelearning environment.

Language arts teachers had tocarry around dictionaries, the-sauri and novels. Teachers’ plan-ning time sometimes happenedwith another professional teach-ing a class in the same classroom.

The real problem, Aune said,happened outside of a class-room. “When there’s excess ofcapacity, the common areasdon’t function properly,” Aunesaid. “And it becomes more of achallenge to sustain the relation-ship between a middle-schoolerand an adult.”

A loss at the ballot box meansthe district goes back to havingtwo middle schools. SnoqualmieMiddle School will become anannex for Mount Si High Schoolninth-graders regardless of thevote.

By 2013, there will be about1,400 Valley students of middleschool age, Aune said.

“We’re talking two middleschools of 700 students each,”he said. “We’re right back wherewe were, and that doesn’t evenbegin to talk about 2014, 2015or 2016.”

Aune said it’s easy to tell whena school is crowded. Just wait fora midday bell to ring and gostand in its library, in its lunch-room, in its restrooms. Classroomspace can be solved with porta-bles, not so a place for students toeat or wash their hands.

Deichman wonders how hav-ing two schools will affect thequality of education. Identifyingstudents with special needswould become more difficult ina crowded school, she said.

If the bond passes and a newschool opens in 2013, the workwill not stop, Deichman said.Starting a new building takeshard work, she said.

“Physically opening a newbuilding is wonderful,” she said.“But it doesn’t go without a lotof planning and work for staffand teachers.”

The bond needs 60 percentplus one vote to pass. Aune hascalled the 60-percent plateau “achallenge, even on a good day.”

The changes in the popula-tion of the Valley have madereaching that mark trickier thanit used to be, said Rudy Edwards,a former school board member.

“We had a small, tight-knitcommunity, now we have peo-ple from all over the world,” hesaid, “with different educationlevels. Some you can satisfy,some you can’t.”

In the first part of this series,former board members criticizedthe McCullough administrationfor playing catch-up with thecrowding of schools.McCullough refutes the charge.

“It’s Public Administration101,” he said from his office atSeattle University, where heteaches educational administra-tion. “You don’t build facilitiesuntil the need exists.”

It’s not playing catch-up if aschool will open three yearsfrom now on land purchasedmore than five years ago, notedMcCullough, who retired fromthe district in 2005.

“The idea that we playedcatch-up is contradicted by goodpublic policy,” he said.

Difficulties aside, supporterslike Edwards even refuse to con-sider the bond not passing nextmonth.

“The bond will pass,” he said.Other supporters consider the

possibility but hate it.“If the bond were not to

pass,” said Cliff Brown, of ValleyVoters For Education, “I’ve lostmost of my hair thinking aboutthat.”

Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. 221, [email protected]. Comment atwww.snovalleystar.com.

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Around 8:30 p.m., Dec. 31, apolice officer traveling south onthe 7000 block of RailroadAvenue Southeast, saw a red Kiain front of the patrol car, drift-ing past the fog line for abouttwo blocks.

The driver, once stopped,was unable to provide proof ofinsurance and a status checkrevealed his driving status wassuspended due to four unpaidparking tickets. He was told hewould receive a citation in themail and received a ticket forlacking proof of insurance.

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Around 2:13 p.m. Jan. 1, twopeople left their wallets at thepolice department, on the34000 block of SoutheastDouglas Street. The wallets,which belonged to high schoolstudents, were taken to theschool a couple of days later.

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At 5:46 p.m. Jan. 3, a mancontacted police asking if hecould build a fire in thewoods near the golf course.The golf course let the tran-sient man sleep in a shed forthe night.

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At 11:00 p.m. Jan. 4, policesaw a Honda van travel west-bound on Southeast RidgeStreet near the intersection ofDouglas Avenue Southeast. Thedriver rolled right through thestop sign, on a night with wetroads and spots of snow andice.

Police clocked the driver, 36-year-old Tonya M. Guinn, at 44mph in a 25-mph zone. Whenpolice stopped her, the officerimmediately notice the odor ofintoxicants from within herHonda as well as her watery,red eyes. After failing fieldsobriety tests and declining abreath test, she was arrested fordriving under the influence.She was booked into theIssaquah City Jail.

Snoqualmie fire ❑ At 10:57 a.m. Dec. 31,

Snoqualmie EMTs responded toCommunity Park for a 55-year-old male who injured his backwhile sledding. Patient wasevaluated, and transported tothe hospital by private ambu-lance.

❑ At 4:25 p.m. Dec. 31,Snoqualmie EMTs responded toSilent Creek Avenue Southeast fora 3-year-old female who had got-ten her leg trapped in her bicycle.

❑ At 7:20 p.m. Dec. 31,Snoqualmie EMTs responded toRailroad Avenue Southeast for a27-year-old female with abdom-inal pain. Patient was evaluatedand transported to the hospitalby private ambulance.

❑ At 11:20 p.m. Dec. 31,Snoqualmie EMTs responded toSnoqualmie Casino for a 35-year-old female with a medicalproblem. Patient was evaluatedand left with her boyfriend.

❑ At 8:09 p.m. Jan. 1,Snoqualmie EMTs responded toSnoqualmie Ridge for a medicalcall. The patient was treatedand then transported to thehospital by private ambulance.

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A Michigan-based home-building company has pur-chased 500 lots in theSnoqualmie Ridge IIDevelopment, a joint venture ofQuadrant Homes and MurrayFranklyn Family of Companies.

The buyer, Pulte Group, ofBloomfield, Mich., built somehouses in the first phase of devel-opment on Snoqualmie Ridge.

The purchase gives PulteGroup an opportunity to enterthe Seattle market, according toJohn Ochsner, president of thecompany’s Pacific Northwestdivision.

The company is the result ofa merger last year betweenPulte Homes and Centex.

Pulte Group had “been look-ing for the right location andtime to expand its brands local-ly,” Ochsner said.

Involving other builders hasalways been a part of the busi-ness plan for the Ridge, saidDave Dorothy, vice-presidentfor Quadrant.

Between 15 and 20 otherbuilders have been involved inthe some part of the Ridge’sdevelopment, Dorothy said.

Quadrant and MurrayFranklyn will continue to buildhomes, and will lead develop-

ment of commercial and retailparcels in the second phase ofdevelopment.

That phase is slated for 1,850houses, 36 acres of commercialand retail space in four areas, a16-acre park and several smallerparks, and two schools, accord-ing to Dorothy.

The 16-acre park is slated togo in where the existing dogpark is at Eagle Pointe.

“The current plan for thatpark does not include the dogpark,” Dorothy said.

The school sites include a40-acre area the school districthad earmarked for a new mid-dle school.

Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or [email protected]. Comment atwww.snovalleystar.com.

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The clinic, which is operatedby the Snoqualmie ValleyHospital District, was one of 10medical practices in Washingtonto receive the award. The recog-nition is based on meeting orexceeding nationally recognizedstandards for care.

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The state’s project to buildanimal crossings over and underInterstate 90 east of SnoqualmiePass could run into fundingproblems with the new stateLegislature.

The project was approved bythe Legislature in 2005 to helpprevent potentially fatal colli-sions between animals and vehi-cles. As part of a public aware-ness campaign, WashingtonState Department ofTransportation used a posterdrawn by a student at NorthBend Elementary in billboards.

Gov. Chris Gregoire has pro-posed using savings from theproject’s first phase on othertransportation projects, eventhough the Legislature stipulatedin 2005 that any savings gotowards the second phase.

The project’s budget for thisyear has already been cut by $20million, which will be put toother projects around the state.

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State Sen. Cheryl Pflug has beennamed as the ranking Republicanon the Senate JudiciaryCommittee in the state Legislature.

Pflug also serves on theHealth and Long Term Care

Committee, the Ways andMeans Committee, and theRules Committee.

The Judiciary Committeeaddresses civil and criminal lawissues. Civil law issues includeprobate, corporations, trusts andestates, family law and tortreform. Criminal law issuesinclude criminal penalties andsentencing, drunken driving,domestic violence, identity theftand animal cruelty. It also con-siders legislation affecting thecourts and law enforcement.

“Legal issues affect virtuallyevery area of our lives, protect-ing us from criminals, providingremedies for harm done, andsometimes adding unnecessarycomplication and expense,”

Pflug said in a news release. “Ilook forward to working acrossthe aisle and with AttorneyGeneral McKenna on a varietyof equal justice issues.”

The committee’s former rank-ing minority member had beenSpokane Valley’s Sen. BobMcCaslin, the Senate’s most-senior member.

The committee chairman isSen. Adam Kline, D-Seattle.

Pflug has represented theSnoqualmie Valley in the Senatesince 2004, when she wasappointed to fill an empty seat.Voters in the 5th LegislativeDistrict re-elected her in 2008.

She has been taking nightclasses at the Seattle UniversitySchool of Law since 2009.

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Singer and actress Eva Moonlikes to turn things upsidedown, forcing her audience tosee the world from a new per-spective. That is what she’s donewith one of her favorite stories,Charles Dickens’ “A ChristmasCarol,” in her show “7 DeadlySins…and Me.”

While Dickens’ tale is thestory of a cold-hearted miserbeing transformed by visits fromthree spirits into a generous per-son, Moon tells a darker — butlighthearted — story.

Moon’s protagonist lives agood life and is bound for heav-en, where the character’s sisteris. But this heaven is dusty, staidand dull. Her sister wants tosave her from spending eternitythere, and sends the spirits of

the seven deadly sins of theChristian tradition — wrath,greed, sloth, pride, lust, envyand gluttony — to visit themain character.

“She’s reluctant at first, butshe comes around,” Moon said.“It’s all good fun… but definite-

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Seahawks go to the dogsTroll shows off his support for the Seahawks. The 8-year-oldMaltese from North Bend was rooting the team when it upset theNew Orleans’ Saints last week. When he’s not watching theSeahawks, Troll specializes in being ‘adorable and charming, andenjoys carrots, tomatoes, and walks at the P-A-R-K,’ said hisowner, Calye Lacefield.

‘7 Deadly Sins’ serves up satire on stage


Angelique Saffle called calen-dulas hearty when she meanthardy, but Saffle should definite-ly be forgiven for that slip.

After all, calendulas, a flowerof the marigold family, have asecure spot in Saffle’s heart.

“I just love that flower,” shesaid.

Saffle, an entrepreneur fromNorth Bend has dedicated mostof the last eight years to study,research and preach the virtuesof the calendula, a flowerknown for its curative powers onhuman skin.

Saffle grows her own calendu-las in Snohomish and at the footof Mount Si; she gets her own

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Calendula (above) is a flower known for its curative powers. Below, Williamand Olivia Grosvenor pick calendula in a field. Their mother, AngeliqueSaffle, has turned this flower in to a cottage industry in the Valley.

Singer EvaMoon performswith her band,the Lunatics.Moon’s self-pro-duced musical“7 Deadly Sins…and Me” will beat North Bend’sValley CenterStage .

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calendula extract, and then shesells that via the store she co-owns in North Bend and hercompany, BodyceuticalsOrganic Body Care.

The flower grows best inorganic soil, free of pesticidesand chemicals, she said.Calendula is unusual in thatit’s resilient in some waysand delicate in others. Onone hand, it requires con-stant attention and lots ofwater. On the other hand,when the deer come throughthe field, they can barelymake a dent.

“It’s very robust,” she said.“It’s composed of a powerfularray of antioxidants, a verystrong flower, resistant to dis-ease and pets, but it does needlots of water, sun and somereally good soil.”

Robust it must be, becauseresearch has shown that calen-dula has been used for healthpurposes since the 12th centu-ry, according to the University

of Maryland Medical Center’swebsite.

The virtue of calendula,Saffle explained, is in its petals.There, scientists have found apungent, sticky, resin-like sub-stance that houses the chemi-cal compounds the flower ismost noted for — curing allsorts of skin ailments.

Some experts have warnedthat calendula is no magicpotion.

The Canadian website PlanetBotanic Canada gave calendulahigh praise, calling it “thefancy cosmetics companies’worst enemy.”

Nevertheless, it warned thatuse of calendula alone cannotcounter the effects of overallbad health, calling the skin “abarometer” of the body’s con-dition.

Still, Saffle vouched for heryellow-and-green friend.

“It’s got no toxic effects. It’sedible,” she said. “That rightthere should tell you that it’ssafe. You can grow it and put itin your salad.”


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The show premiered Oct. 17at Seattle’s Open Circle Theater,where it plays once a month.Audience reception has beenvery good, Moon said.

The show is a one-womanperformance starring Moon,with backing from her band, theLunatics. The inspiration camewhen an acquaintance offeredher use of Open Circle Theater’sstage.

“The thought of producing a

show hadn’t occurred to mebefore, but when I was giventhis opportunity to use this the-ater, I started wondering what Icould do,” Moon said.

She looked to her music forinspiration, and found many ofher songs took a satirical,humorous approach to sin andindulgence.

“I guess I have a natural affin-ity for deadly sinning,” she saidand laughed.

While the show isn’t an actu-al endorsement of any behavior,it does have a moral message.

“The way you were raisedisn’t necessarily the way youshould live your life,” Moon

said. “I’m not saying peopleshould do certain things butthey should question it.”

She describes her ownupbringing as “free-wheeling.”

Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or [email protected]. Comment at www.sno-valleystar.com.

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No asinine behavior, nopranks, no bad attitude. Infact, these buttheads werenothing but friendly.

Wearing large cigarette-buttmasks on their heads, MountSi High School students walkedaround campus posing for pic-tures and passing out fliers onsmoking prevention.

Phoebe Terhaar, the schooldistrict’s student assistanceprevention and interventionspecialist, chaperoned the in-

costume students through thehallways of the school. Shecounted stair steps for them,warned them about low ceil-ings, guided them and helpedthem spread the gospel of asmoke-less life.

In the last 10 years, smok-ing rates have plummeted inthe state, Terhaar said. Withfunding for education pro-grams drying up, she fearsthey might spike again.

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Eighteen students rocked thehouse at Mount Si High Schoollast Jan. 7, when the first roundof contest and fundraiser“Wildcat Idol” began in theschool auditorium.

In the first round, the per-formers sang a song of theirchoice.

Ten performers moved on tothe final round: AmandaBeekman, Kayelynne Grant,Natalie Guterson, KatlinMcCauley, Shawn McNabb,Taylor Pearlstein, Chase

Rabideau, Megan Vogel, EmmaWright and Megan Zavar.

On Jan. 21, the 10 finalistshave to sing a song from amovie.

Dean Snavely, musical direc-tor at Snoqualmie Middle Schooland one of the “Wildcat Idol”judges, said requiring a songfrom a movie makes the judgingeasier.

“The thematic element helpskeep things on track,” he said.“If you give kids an amplerange, it gets hard to judge.”

Judges looked for presenta-tion, musicality and a per-

former’s ability to make a songhis or her own, he said.

“The idea is not to have themmimic what they hear,” he said.

Songs could not be longerthan three minutes.

The contest coordinator, SueMcCauley, said past performersreally have seized their 180 sec-onds in the spotlight.

“They blow me away,” shesaid. “These kids get up thereand really put themselves outthere. There’s quite a bit of tal-ent in the Valley.”

Students belt ‘em out at Wildcat Idol

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Anti-smoking pushinvades Mount Si High

By Sebastian Moraga

Two students wear cigarette-butt masks during the school day Jan. 6to help promote teen smoking prevention.

By Sebastian Moraga

Katlin McCauley punctuates her performance of Shania Twain’s ‘Man! I Feel Like A Woman’ by tossing glitterin the air. McCauley was one of 10 performers chosen for the Jan. 21 final round of Wildcat Idol.


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Snavely said any student canbecome the next singing star ofthe Valley, not just those with abackground in music andsinging.

While a background insinging was permitted, back-ground singers were not. Onlyone voice can be heard.

The contest allowed accom-paniments or performers play-ing an instrument whilesinging. Zavar played thepiano, Rabideau played the gui-tar and Pearlstein played theukulele.

This is the competition’seighth year. The first round’s

judges were Snavely, JenniferFoster and Chelsea Ploof.

Ploof is a Linfield Collegemusic student and Mount Sigrad who reached the 2007Wildcat Idol finals.

“It was a great experience,”she said of the three years shecompeted. “In the last year, Iwas taking more ownership ofthe stage and connecting withthe audience more, because Ithink that’s really important.”

A first-time performer mustpick a song that reflects himselfor herself as a performer, Ploofsaid.

Above all, she said, a per-former has to have fun.

“Don’t overthink things,” shesaid. “Things are a lot simpler ifyou go in to have a good time.”

A video of Ploof’s perfor-

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school will begin what Terhaarcalls a cessation program for stu-dents at Mount Si wanting toquit using cigarettes or smoke-less tobacco.

According to a WashingtonState Department of Healthreport titled “Disparities inYouth Tobacco Use inWashington State,” 45 childrenstart smoking every day in thestate. About 70,000 childrensmoke cigarettes, the June, 2009report stated.

The reasons teenagers startsmoking haven’t changed muchover the years. Boredom, peerpressure, anxiety and depressionare but a few, Terhaar said.

Terhaar said students whosmoke are more likely to get Cs,

Ds and Fs at school. The reportadded that students who smokewere more likely to get drunk orhigh at school, skip school, feelunsafe at school, get suspendedor be bullied

Lastly, Terhaar said tobaccoacted as a gateway drug.

The report backs Terhaar bystating that youth who smokedcigarettes were more likely todrink alcohol, use marijuanaand other drugs.

Seventy-four percent of smok-ing eighth graders and 78 per-cent of smoking 10th- graders inthe study also said they drinkalcohol, compared to 12 and 24percent of non-smokers, respec-tively.

Sixty-one percent of smokingeighth-graders in the study and68 percent of smoking 10th-graders said they also smoke pot,compared to 4 and 11 percent ofnon-smokers, respectively.

Twenty-nine percent of smok-

ing eighth-graders and 33 per-cent of smoking 10th-graderssaid they use other drugs, com-pared to 1 and 3 percent of non-smokers, respectively.

“Early intervention remainsthe best way to prevent,”Terhaar said. “We want studentsto know there’s support here.”

At the same time, the situa-tion is far from critical, sheadded in an e-mail.

“While we still have work todo as a community,” she wrote,“it is encouraging to note thatthe majority of our students arenot using tobacco on a regularbasis.”

The 2010 data of the HealthyYouth Survey will have updatedinformation on tobacco useamong teenagers and will beunveiled in May.


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mance of ‘Somewhere Over TheRainbow,’ can be found onYouTube.

“I’m more of a classicalsinger, so Wildcat Idol was astretch for me. I’m not used toperforming really popularmusic,” Ploof said.

The final round’s judges willbe Snavely, Knowles and a thirdjudge to be announced. Lastyear’s winner, ShannonMcEldowney, had been sched-uled to judge the finals butbacked out two weeks ago.

The judges’ votes will counttoward 70 percent of the finaltally. The other 30 percent willbe the audience’s call.

The $5 admission price willcount as one vote.

From then on, every dollarpeople donate counts as a votetoward a performer of thedonor’s choice.

All of the money will gotoward the school’s VOICEBoosters Club, said McCauley,who encouraged people to showup, cheer and support the voicearts at Mount Si High.

“It’s too late to sign up, butnot too late to attend,” she said.

The finals start at 7 p.m.


By Sebastian Moraga

Taylor Pearlstein sings the PlainWhite Ts’ song ‘Rhythm of Love’while playing the ukulele.

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Mount Si boys basketball overcomes No. 9 Sammamish

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While the weather might becold and wet, it is time to regis-ter for spring Little League.Upper Snoqualmie Valley is cov-ered by two leagues. The FallsLittle League covers part ofSnoqualmie Ridge and Fall City.

The Snoqualmie Valley LittleLeague covers the other part ofSnoqualmie Ridge, historicSnoqualmie and North Bend.

All leagues require birth cer-tificates if registering for yourfirst season.

Registration for the Falls LittleLeague’s upper division (for ages9-12) ends Jan. 23. Registrationfor the lower division ends Jan.30. Players can be registeredonline at www.fallsll.org.

Registration for all divisionsin Snoqualmie Valley LittleLeague ends Jan. 30. Players canbe registered online atwww.svll.net or at registrationsessions, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Jan. 15at the North Bend RailroadDepot, Snoqualmie MiddleSchool and Cascade ViewElementary School.

There is another registra-tion session 7-9 p.m. Jan. 19at the North Bend RailroadDepot.

Practices for upper divisionswill begin in late February andgames will start in early April.For lower divisions, practiceswill start in mid-April and gameswill begin in late April.

Coaches will contact par-ents once teams have beenselected, and practice datesand locations have beenassigned.

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Registration for the Mount SiLacrosse Club’s second seasonbegins Jan. 15.

Players in second through12th grades and potentialcoaches are welcome to regis-ter for the program.

The club plays in theEvergreen Conference of HighSchool Boys Division 2, whichalso includes Redmond,Sammamish, Liberty andHighline.

The club also runsSnoqualmie Valley YouthLacrosse, which operated lastseason as an apprentice orga-nization under IssaquahYouth Lacrosse and offeredthree divisions: Seniors Team(seventh-eighth grade),Juniors Team (fifth-sixthgrade) and a LighteningClinic (second-fourth grade).

The Seniors and Juniors teamscompeted in the Greater EastsideLacrosse League, which includesIssaquah, Mercer Island,Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmondand Maple Valley.

The club is partnering withIssaquah Youth Lacrosse to offera girls program for all levels.

Register at www.mountsi-lacrosse.org.

By Calder Productions

Sophomore Trent Riley drives past Sammamish’s John Steinberg and tothe basket early in Mount Si’s 53-46 upset victory at home.

By Dan Catchpole

A member of the Mount SiLacrosse Club sprints during apractice last spring. Despite itsyouth, the club attracted many

players in its first year.


The Sammamish Totems havehad a hot year this season, butthey stepped in molasses whenthey walked into Mount Si’sgym in the school’s Jan. 7 game.

Mount Si’s tight, man-on-man defense slowed down theTotems’ offense.

The Wildcats’ high-pressureplay opened up opportunitiesfor quick transition baskets,which they capitalized on.

Already ahead 25-20 at thehalf, the Wildcats opened thethird quarter with a trio ofthree-pointers in less than twominutes from sophomore TrentRiley.

The 6-foot-3 guard started offa decisive quarter, during whichMount Si cemented its lead.

The No. 9-ranked Totems ral-lied in the fourth quarter, goingon a 15-4 run.

But they couldn’t overcomethe Wildcats’ lead. Mount Siwon 53-46. The win improvedthe school’s conference recordto 3-3 and its overall record to5-7.

Riley led the offense forMount Si, scoring 17 points. Healso had four rebounds, twosteals and two assists.

Senior Dallas Smith had 11points, 10 rebounds, four stealsand three assists.

Senior Joe Farmer led theteam’s rebounding efforts with13 boards. He also had twoblocks, a steal and two assists.

Sammamishwas missingstarting pointguard GeorgeValle. The 6-foot-3 junior isthe team’s sec-ond highestscorer, averag-ing 15.4 pointsper game. Hewas out with aconcussion.

Dakota Olsenled the Totems’offensive effort,putting up 17points. The 5-foot-10 sopho-more sunk athree-pointerwith 1:17 left inthe game to cutMount Si’s leadto 49-43.

But theWildcats keptthe door closedand held their lead.

Sammamish’s top scorer, JohnSteinberg had 15 points. Heaverages 16.4 points per game.

The loss droppedSammamish’s record to 3-3 forthe conference and 8-4 overall.

Mount Si came into the gameafter losing a close game to No.6 Bellevue on Jan. 5. TheWildcats outscored theWolverines in the second half,but couldn’t overcome the firsthalf deficit and lost 61-55.

Smith led the team’s offense

with 24 points. He also had fiverebounds, three steals and twoassists.

Riley had 16 points, threerebounds, three steals and twoassists.

Bellevue’s William Locke ledhis team’s offense with 17points. Kendrick Van Ackerenand Nate Sikma each had 14points.

Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or [email protected]. Comment at www.sno-valleystar.com.

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Junior Mason Bragg slips past Sammamish guardSami Jarjour late in Mount Si’s 53-46 win on Jan. 7.Bragg scored 10 points.


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No such thing as a gracioushost at the Everett Classic thisyear. Not for Mount Si anyway.

Three Everett grapplers keptMount Si from turning a goodperformance into a great one,kicking Wildcat wrestlers ontothe losers’ bracket on three occa-sions Jan. 8.

Still, Mount Si High Schoolwrestlers finished seventh out of20 teams in this year’s tourney.

The Wildcats finished with97.5 team points, trailingInterlake, Timberline, EmeraldRidge, the hosts Everett High,Mount Vernon and the tour-ney’s champs, O’Dea, which fin-ished with 157.5 points.

Other than Josh Mitchell,who won at 285 pounds, BrianCopeland, Shane Dixon, AJBrevick, Mitch Rorem, and RyleyAbsher all finished third, and allthat stood between them and ashot at the finals was a loss toan Everett wrestler somewhere

along the way. Josh Mitchell finished first at

285 via pins of Squalicum’s KyleStallo, Interlake’s Fine Naguamo,Timberline’s Cole Stevens andfellow finalist Cole Fulleton, ofO’Dea. The last three pins allcame in the first period.

Copeland finished third inthe same weight class.

He pinned Newport’s TaylorShimoji in the first period,before losing to Everett’s LeviCarroll 8-0. Copeland went onto defeat Vince Jovanovich ofVashon Island, 8-0./

At 160, Brevick beatInterlake’s Jeremiah Robey ofSouth Whidbey, 7-2 beforeyielding to Everett’s ZachSkorka, 18-4.

Brevick came back to beatDan Biladeau of LaConner, 16-1,to pin Kyle Sallo of Squalicum inthe first, and to defeat ColeStevens of Timberline, 1-0.

He then beat Ethan Martinezof Emerald Ridge, 6-0, AlexGiseburt of Interlake 10-9,

At 103, Absher finished inthird place, having defeatedJames Webber by pin in thefirst, David Yingling by pin inthe second, Issac Morales by ascore of 5-0.

Absher’s only loss came at thehands of Justine Palabrica, ofEverett, who defeated theWildcat grappler 14-4 in thetournament’s second round.

At 215, Mitch Rorem also fin-ished third. After a first roundbye, he defeated LaConner’sBrandon Drye by injury default,before losing to Stone Hart ofTimberline, 6-5. Rorem thenbeat Ricky Rodriguez of MountVernon, 10-0.

At 171, Shane Dixon also hada first round bye. In the secondround of the tourney, he dis-patched Tyler Saichompoo ofTimberline with a pin in the sec-ond period. He then lost to even-tual champion James Souza ofEmerald Ridge by pin in the first.

Dixon went on to defeatMount Vernon’s Cody Patrick 8-1.

Josh Mitchell wins, other Wildcatwrestlers hold own at Everett Classic

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The Mount Si girls basketballteam started 2011 off with twocrushing wins over Bellevue andSammamish. Both games wereon the road.

The Wildcats beat Bellevue

44-26 in their Jan. 5 game.Seniors Hailey Eddings andKassidy Maddux led the offensewith 14 points each.

Two days later, the Wildcatstore into Sammamish, winning52-10. Eddings led the offensewith 11 points. Molly Sellers had10 points.

The two wins improved theteam’s overall record to 9-3 andits conference record to 5-1.

Coach Megan Botulinski usedthe games to get more playingtime for reserve players.Sophomore Katie Swain madeher varsity debut againstSammamish, scoring two points.

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❑❑ City offices are closed Jan.17 for Martin Luther King Jr.Day

❑❑ Snoqualmie Public SafetyCommittee, 5 p.m. Jan. 13,37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway

❑❑ North Bend Fire Stationopen house, 6 p.m. Jan. 13,North Bend Railroad Depot, 205McClellan St.

❑❑ North Bend PlanningCommission, 7 p.m. Jan. 13,211 Main Ave. N.

❑❑ North Bend Communityand Economic DevelopmentCommittee, 1:15 p.m. Jan. 18,126 E. Fourth St.

❑❑ Snoqualmie Public WorksCommittee, 5 p.m. Jan. 18,38624 S.E. River St.

❑❑ Snoqualmie Finance andAdministration Committee,5:30 p.m. Jan. 18, 38624 S.E.River St.

❑❑ Snoqualmie Planning andParks Committee, 6 p.m. Jan.18, 38624 S.E. River St.

❑❑ Snoqualmie Parks Board,7 p.m. Jan. 18, 38624 S.E. RiverSt.

❑❑ Snoqualmie PlanningCommission, 7 p.m. Jan. 18,38624 S.E. River St.

❑❑ North Bend City Council,7 p.m. Jan. 18, 411 Main Ave. S.

❑❑ Snoqualmie ArtsCommission, 10 a.m. Jan. 19,38624 S.E. River St.

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

EEvveennttss❑❑ Katy Bourne Duo, 7 p.m.

Jan. 13, Boxley’s, 101 WestNorth Bend Way, North Bend.Vocalist Katy Bourne teams upwith pianist Randy Halberstadt.

❑❑ Reuel Lubag Trio, 7 p.m.Jan. 14, Boxley’s, 101 WestNorth Bend Way, North Bend.With Geoff Harper on bass andMatt Page on drums.

❑❑ Aging Well withConsciousness Book Club andConversation, 10:15 a.m. Jan.15, Snoqualmie Library, 7824Center Blvd. S.E. This month:“The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain,” by Barbara Strauch.

❑❑ “7 Deadly Sins... and Me,”7:30 p.m. Jan. 15, Valley CenterStage, 119 E. North Bend Way,North Bend. Local musician andactor Eva Moon stars in this sen-suous, one-woman musical com-

edy, about one woman’sencounters with sloth, envy,greed, pride, anger, gluttony andlust. Admission is $12.50, andtickets are available online atwww.valleycenterstage.org or atthe theater box office. The showis not recommended for chil-dren.

❑❑ Leah Stillwell Quartet, 7p.m. Jan. 15, Boxley’s, 101 WestNorth Bend Way, North Bend.Stillwell’s popular styling isstraight ahead, rooted in thefemale crooners of the golden era.

❑❑ Danny Kolke Trio, 7 p.m.Jan. 16, 23 and 30, Boxley’s, 101West North Bend Way, NorthBend. Blues, gospel, and straightahead jazz.

❑❑ Toddler Story Times, 9:30a.m. Jan. 18 and 25, North BendLibrary, 115 E. Fourth St. Forages 2-3, accompanied by anadult.

❑❑ Preschool Story Times,10:30 a.m. Jan. 18 and 25, NorthBend Library, 115 E. Fourth St.For ages 3-6, accompanied by anadult.

❑❑ Snoqualmie Book Group,6:30 p.m. Jan. 18, SnoqualmieLibrary, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E.Come by to help choose thebooks the group will read in2011.

❑❑ Pajamarama Story Times,6:30 p.m. Jan. 19 and 26, NorthBend Library, 115 E. Fourth St.All young children welcomewith adult.

❑❑ Teen study zone, 3 p.m.Jan. 19 and 26, North BendLibrary, 115 E. Fourth St. Drop-in during scheduled study zonehours for free homework help inall subjects from volunteertutors.

❑❑ Young Toddler StoryTimes, 9:30 a.m. Jan. 19 and 26,Snoqualmie Library, 7824Center Blvd. S.E. Ages 6-24months old accompanied by anadult.

❑❑ Preschool Story Times,10:30 a.m. Jan. 19 and 26,Snoqualmie Library, 7824Center Blvd. S.E. Ages 3-6accompanied by an adult.

❑❑ Friends of the Snoqualmie

Library Meeting, 6 p.m. Jan. 19,Snoqualmie Library, 7824Center Blvd. S.E.

❑❑ John Hansen, 7 p.m. Jan.19, Boxley’s, 101 West NorthBend Way, North Bend. Hansenexplores standards and originalarrangements on the mightySteinway piano.

❑❑ Boxley’s MusicFoundation: Student clinic withMordy Ferber, 5-6 p.m. Jan. 20,Boxley’s, 101 West North BendWay, North Bend. Learn guitarlicks from New York’s MordyFerber.

❑❑ Mordy Ferber and Friends,7 p.m. Jan. 20, Boxley’s, 101West North Bend Way, NorthBend. New York guitarist MordyFerber brings his singular styleto town.

❑❑ Bryant Urban’s BlueOasis, 7 p.m. Jan. 21 and 28,Boxley’s, 101 West North BendWay, North Bend. Bryant Urbanis a guitarist and vocalist utiliz-ing smooth Brazilian rhythmsand lyrics. With Chris Symer onbass and Jose Martinez ondrums.

❑❑ Town of Snoqualmie Fallsvideo and discussion, 10 a.m.Jan. 22, Meadowbrook FarmInterpretive Center, 1711 BoalchAve., North Bend. Led by localhistorian Dave Battey.

❑❑ Snoqualmie ValleyPreschool Education andEnrichment Fair, 9 a.m. – noonJan. 22, Mount Si High School,8651 Meadowbrook Way S.E.,Snoqualmie. The annual fairintroduces Valley families topreschools, enrichment pro-grams, day care facilities andother services for children up to5 years old.

❑❑ Janette West CD releaseparty, 7 p.m. Jan. 22, Boxley’s,101 West North Bend Way,North Bend. Filled with fun latinand funky grooves, vocalist Westtakes it from high-texture tostripped-down beauty and intro-spection.

❑❑ Merry Monday Story

Times, 11 a.m. Jan. 24 and 31,North Bend Library, 115 E.Fourth St. For newborns to age3, accompanied by an adult.

❑❑ Afternoon Preschool StoryTimes, 1:30 p.m. Jan. 24 and 31,Snoqualmie Library, 7824Center Blvd. S.E. Ages 3-6accompanied by an adult.

❑❑ Emerald City Little BigBand, 7 p.m. Jan. 26, Boxley’s,101 West North Bend Way,North Bend. Ten-piece versionof the full jazz orchestra, thisband features arrangements writ-ten especially for the mid-sizejazz orchestra.

❑❑ Travis Ranney Duo, 7 p.m.Jan. 27, Boxley’s, 101 WestNorth Bend Way, North Bend.Ranney brings his smooth andmelodic style to Boxley’s for anevening of intimate saxmelodies.

❑❑ Tracy Knoop and BillRamsay CD release party, 7p.m. Jan. 29, Boxley’s, 101West North Bend Way, NorthBend. Saxophonist Knooprecorded his new CD Live atBoxley’s last year, and bringthe band back together for aromp through some of hisfavorite material.

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Greenway Trust needs volun-teers to plant native trees and topot seedlings at its nursery.Upcoming dates include Jan. 29at Tollgate Park in North Bend.No experience required. Full-and half-day shifts available. Fordates and information, go towww.mtsgreenway.org/volunteer,or contact 206-812-0122 or [email protected].

❑❑ Elk Management Groupinvites the community to par-ticipate in elk collaring, teleme-try, and habitat improvementprojects in the UpperSnoqualmie Valley. Project ori-entation meetings are at 6 p.m.the third Monday of the monthat the North Bend City Hall,211 Main St. For more informa-tion email [email protected].

❑❑ Snoqualmie ValleyHospital is accepting applica-tions for ages 16 or older to vol-unteer in various departmentsof the hospital. E-mail volun-teer coordinator Carol Waters at

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“Back to Borneo,” 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21-22, Valley Center Stage,119 E. North Bend Way, North Bend. Canadian actor and play-wright Paul Johnson kicks off the US tour of his one-man show inNorth Bend. The play explores the life of a man who has becomeunstuck in time. Admission for the Jan. 21 show is pay-what-you-can. Admission for the Jan. 22 show is $12.50 for adults, $10 forstudents and seniors.

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[email protected] arrange an interview.

❑❑ Spanish Academy invitesvolunteers fluent in Spanish toparticipate in summer camps ontheir three-acre farm-styleschool. Must love kids andnature! Call 888-4999.

❑❑ 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.For more information, call 206-748-7588 or 800-282-5815 tollfree, or [email protected]. Toapply online, go towww.seniorservices.org and clickon “Giving Back” and then on“Volunteer Opportunities.”

❑❑ Mount Si Senior Centerneeds volunteers for sorting andsales in the thrift store, recep-tion and class instruction. Thecenter is at 411 Main St., NorthBend. Call Ruth or Janet, 888-3434.

❑❑ Hopelink in SnoqualmieValley seeks volunteers for avariety of tasks. Volunteers mustbe at least age 16. Go towww.hope-link.org/takeaction/vol-unteer.com or call 869-6000.

❑❑ Adopt-A-Park is a programfor Snoqualmie residents toimprove public parks and trails.An application and one-yearcommitment required. Call 831-5784.

❑❑ Study Zone tutors areneeded for all grade levels togive students the homeworkhelp they need. Two-hour week-ly commitment or substituteswanted. Study Zone is a free ser-vice of King County LibrarySystem. Call 369-3312.

CCllaasssseess❑❑ S.A.I.L. (Stay Active and

Independent for Life) exerciseclass meets Monday, Wednesdayand Friday at Mount Si Senior

Center, 411 Main Ave. S., NorthBend. Led by certified exerciseinstructor Carla Orellana. Call888-3434.

CClluubbss❑❑ Elk Management Group

meets at 6:30 p.m. the secondWednesday of the month at theUS Forest Service conferenceroom at 130 Thrasher Ave.,behind the visitors’ center onNorth Bend Way. Interagencycommittee meetings are 1:30p.m. the first Monday of themonth at the North Bend cityhall annex, 126 Fourth St. Bothmeetings are open to the public.For information, go to sno-qualmievalleyelk.org.

❑❑ Trellis gardening club,meets at 10 a.m. the thirdSaturday of each month, atValley Christian Assembly,32725 S.E. 42nd St., Fall City.Trellis is an informal supportgroup for the SnoqualmieValley’s vegetable gardeners,who have special climactic chal-lenges and rewards. New andexperienced gardeners are wel-come.

❑❑ Mount Si Fish and GameClub meets at 7:30 p.m. the firstThursday of the month, Octoberthrough May, at the SnoqualmiePolice Department.

❑❑ Mount Si Artist Guildmeeting, 9:15-11 a.m. thirdSaturday of each month at theMt. Si Senior Center, 411 MainAve. S., North Bend. For infor-mation, visit www.mtsiartist-guild.org.

❑❑ Snoqualmie Valley ChessClub, 7 p.m. Thursdays, NorthBend Library, 115 E. Fourth St.Learn to play chess or get agame going. All ages and skilllevels welcome.

❑❑ The North Bend ChessClub meets every Thursdayfrom 7-9 p.m. at the NorthBend Library, 115 E. Fourth St.All ages and skill levels areinvited.

❑❑ Sallal Grange meets thefirst Friday of each month for apotluck and open mic with ourlocal musicians. The potluckstarts at 6 p.m. with the musicfrom 7 p.m. - midnight. Open toall and all ages, 12912 432ndAve. S.E., North Bend. Visit

www.sallalgrange.org.❑❑ Snoqualmie Valley Rotary

Club meets at 7 a.m. everyThursday at the TPC SnoqualmieRidge Golf Club Restaurant. Allare welcome. Visit www.sno-qualmievalleyrotary.org.

❑❑ American Legion Post 79and the American LegionAuxiliary meets at 6 p.m. thesecond Thursday at 38625 S.E.River St., Snoqualmie. Call Richand Pam Collingwood at 888-1206.

❑❑ Snoqualmie ValleyGarden Club meets at 6:30 p.m.the second Thursday at theMount Si Senior Center, NorthBend. Call Linda at 453-8630

❑❑ Snoqualmie ValleyKiwanis Club meets at 7 a.m.every Thursday at the Mount SiGolf Course restaurant inSnoqualmie. E-mail [email protected].

❑❑ Snoqualmie FraternalOrder of Eagles Women’sAuxiliary meets the first andthird Tuesday at 7 p.m. TheMen’s Aerie meets the first andthird Wednesday at 7 p.m.Meetings are held at 108Railroad Ave. Call 888-1129.

❑❑ A cancer survivor groupmeets 9 a.m. the secondSaturday at Sawdust Coffee inthe North Bend Factory Storesmall. Email Lisa Newell [email protected].

❑❑ Snoqualmie Valley YouthHub provides cultural, athletic,recreational and educationalopportunities to more than4,000 young people in theValley. Call 831-1900.

❑❑ Loyal Order of Moose, 108Sydney Ave., North Bend. Menmeet at 6 p.m. the first andthird Monday. Women meet at7 p.m. the third and fourthTuesday. Call 888-0951.

❑❑ Washington Freemasonsmeet at 7:30 p.m. the firstWednesday at Unity LodgeNo.198 in North Bend. Call 888-5779.

❑❑ Moms Club of North Bendmeets at 10 a.m. the firstWednesday of the month at theNorth Bend Library. Childrenare welcome. Visit www.mom-sclub.org.

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Snoqualmie Casino’s bondcredit rating has been upgradedby two investment-rating com-panies. Both companies bumpedthe casino’s rating up two levelsas a sign of easing concernsabout its ability to pay off its debt.

Despite the improvement,though, its rating remains lowand is deemed speculative byboth companies.

Moody’s Investor Serviceraised the bond rating forSnoqualmie EntertainmentAuthority, which owns the casi-no, from Caa3 to Caa1. The

Snoqualmie Tribe fully ownsSnoqualmie EntertainmentAuthority.

Moody’s decision, which wasannounced Dec. 29, was basedon changes made to make thecasino’s debt structure moremanageable and its improvedperformance in 2010, accordingto the company’s CreditOpinion.

The upgrade followed onefrom Standard & Poor’s in mid-December that bumped the casi-no’s rating from CCC to B-.Standard & Poor’s also removedtheir Credit Watch warningfrom the casino.

“The stable outlook reflectsour belief that under our perfor-mance expectations, theAuthority should generate suffi-cient levels of free cash flow tosupport fixed charges,” Standard& Poor’s said in their analysis.

The casino has about $330million in notes that begin com-ing due in 2014.

Michael Barozzi, CEO of theSnoqualmie EntertainmentAuthority and SnoqualmieCasino, said in a news releasethat the improved ratings arethe result of progress made sincethe casino opened in November2008.

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