backup, probably, if no one real-ly changes their habits,” Olsen said.

By Sam Kenyon

Drivers of westbound Interstate 90 should ready them-selves for significant delays due to a $1.6 million construction project that begins July 18.

Westbound I-90 will be reduced to one lane near Bellevue Way for seven days as the Washington State Department of Transportation replaces the expansion joints on the East Channel bridge, which connects Mercer Island to Bellevue over a small channel of Lake Washington.

WSDOT recommends all driv-ers change their driving habits to reduce the inevitable traffic buildup.

“Traffic and delays are going

to be hard to judge right now,” Kris Olsen, a spokeswoman for the WSDOT, said in a phone interview last week. “A lot of it depends on what drivers do.”

Drivers are encouraged to use any and all resources to reduce their westbound I-90 commute, such as carpooling, alternate routes, telecommuting, delay-

ing discretionary trips and only using westbound I-90 early in the morning or late at night.

During the closure, WSDOT engineers expect the best times to travel will be before 6 a.m., between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., and after 7 p.m. More than half of the 85,000 drivers who use west-bound I-90 each day must use an alternate travel mode to keep travel time from Snoqualmie and North Bend to Seattle at less than one hour.

“We’re thinking probably two and a half, three miles of

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By Peter Clark

Voters will have four choices for state representative in the 5th Legislative District primary Aug. 5.

The two candidates who receive the most votes will run in the Nov. 4 general election.

Incumbent Republican Chad Magendanz will run again. He touts his expertise on educational issues and his willingness to reach across the aisle as reasons for residents to re-elect him.

“McCleary is going to suck all of the oxygen out of the room,” he said, referring to the Washington State Supreme Court decision requiring the Legislature to provide more funding for basic education.

“There is a lot of work left to do and I’m increasingly in a posi-tion to do it.”

After serving as the president of the Issaquah School Board and now the ranking member of the House Committee on Education, he pledges to con-tinue focusing on educational issues.

His two years in the job has left him with expe-rience creating deals in an increasingly partisan envi-ronment, he said.

“The movement

as a minority party mem-ber really surprised me,” Magendanz said, referring to the Democratically controlled House. “I’ve had allies from

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He said he has the impression he has repre-sented the district well.

“There’s been a lot of local support,” he said. “I think I reflect the district in many ways. I’m a pro-choice, fiscally conserva-tive Republican.”

Concentrated campaign

David Spring will once again run on the Democratic ticket with a concentrated campaign.

“I’m basically a par-ent from North Bend with a single issue — to restore school funding,” Spring said. “It is the para-mount duty of our state Legislature to fund our schools completely and they’re not doing it.”

Spring, a teacher at Bellevue College, said he believes he has an educa-tional insider approach to addressing his concern about underfunded public schools.

“Since 2000, the state has dramatically increased its corporate tax breaks,” he said. “Our property taxes and other taxes have gone up, but corporations are paying less. Requiring corpora-tions to pay their fair share of state taxes will not harm them, because they can deduct their

state taxes from their federal taxes.”

This election marks the fourth time Spring has run for the 5th District seat. He remains commit-ted to the single message of his campaign.

“I will keep trying until our kids get the schools and the teachers they need,” he said. “I just want all kids in all our schools to have a fair chance. Our state supreme court has agreed with me.”

Spirited newcomer

Newcomer Colin J. Alexander said he may be young, at 24, but he said he has the spirit and commitment to insti-tute new ideas in the Legislature.

“I’ve always been told you need to be the change you want to see in the world,” he said. “I want to be that change.”

He also wants to focus on education. However, he said he can approach it from a different perspec-tive, having recently grad-uated from college and experienced the difficulty of the job market.

“I’d like to see some education reform and not just primary, but second-ary,” he said. “Instead of

pushing people to four-year degrees, I want to put an emphasis on voca-tional schools. I want to see people get hired, so people my age could add to the economy instead of being a drain on it.”

The North Bend native said his degrees in eco-nomics and political science left him with a broader understanding of the government’s role within citizens’ lives.

“I understand the money side and the theory side,” he said. “Yeah, the other candidates have other experiences, but I feel like we need some-one with theoretical knowledge. It’s more of the ‘whys’ instead of the ‘hows’ and I am bringing those ‘whys.’”

No party preference

The final candidate, Ryan Dean Burkett, identi-fied no party preference for his campaign.

He runs a nontradi-tional campaign in which he said he would not create a website or put up campaign signs, but instead write letters to citizens.

“I just believe govern-ment should be acting in a different manner than it is,” Burkett said. “I believe it should be a resource for the people.”

He has many ideas for how to create sustainable growth and local protec-tion with a position in

the state Legis-lature.

“I’d like to look more into a state bank,” he said, high-lighting the benefits it could offer to state agricul-ture and education. “It’s worked for North Dakota for the past 100 years. We could keep our money locally, invest more in small business and pick and choose where our money goes.”

Burkett also ran for the position in 2012. He said his years of custom-er service have left him with a keen idea of how to lead.

“In my 20 years I’ve had in the restaurant industry, I’ve taken care of people’s needs and wants,” he said. “I’m doing it in a different kind of manner, but I feel it’s the same.”

Burkett declined to sub-mit a photograph to The Star or to the King County Department of Elections, saying he believes citizens should vote on what can-didates say, not what they look like.

King County mailed ballots July 16. The dead-line for new, in-person voter registration is July 28.

Register in person at 500 Fourth Ave., Room 440, Seattle, or 919 S.W. Grady Way, Renton.

Reach Issaquah Press reporter at pclark@isspress.com. Editor Sherry Grindeland contributed to this story.

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Chad Magendanz Colin J. Alexander David Spring

By Sam Kenyon

Tollgate Farm Park will re-open this fall, giving North Bend residents a better open area for rec-reation.

They will still have to share the park with some friendly cows.

The park should be finished in October. It is located west of down-town, between North Bend Way and state Route 202.

“It’s more readily available space for the public and it expands the trail system,” said Mark Pray, the lead parks technician for the North Bend parks department. “The view from it is amazing.”

The upgraded park will feature a fenced area for local cattle, a playground and an expanded trail system. The trail will cir-cle the park before going underneath state Route 202 to eventually con-nect with the Snoqualmie Valley Trail.

“It promotes a little bit of connectivity,” Pray said.

The project has had

a few small bumps in construction so far, but nothing extraordinary, Pray said.

Considerations of several environmental factors had to be handled during construction, plus the land is designated as a significant archeo-logical area. The parks department completed a lot of surveying and probing before it could begin the improvements.

In addition to being one of the earliest farm-steads in the Valley, the park encompasses some traditional American Indian prairie land that’s part of the Snoqualmie Tribe’s oral legends. Beyond the legends, it is known that the Tollgate Farm and nearby Meadowbrook Farm lands were used for winter set-tlements by the American Indians. They probably burned the area to keep away forest and build up grazing land for roving wildlife that they hunted.

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Tollgate Farm park to re-open this fall

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The two expansion joints to be replaced, each 92 feet long, were installed in 1981. In 2001, WSDOT discovered that water was leaking into the joints due to a broken rubber seal.

Water and contami-nants flowed into the joints causing deteriora-tion. Failing expansion joints are a safety hazard to drivers and can cause a bridge to bend, crack or even collapse.

Emergency repairs were made, but the rubber seal cannot be fixed. It must be replaced.

“They’ve reached the end of their useful life,” Olsen said. “We need to replace them now before we encounter a more seri-ous problem, which would be a failure of the joint altogether.”

The expansion joints are necessary to allow the bridge to have some flexibility, to expand or contract due to weather conditions or traffic. Expansion joints also help protect bridges against seismic events.

The expansion joints over the pedestrian and bicycle path will also be replaced. The path will remain open during the day, but pedestrians and cyclists can expect delays of up to five minutes from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

The project is too large to accomplish in a shorter time frame, like a weekend closure. The huge joints are deeply embedded in the bridge. A typical week-

end construction closure is about 55 hours, not long enough to replace the joints and pour the con-crete.

“It’s just the nature of this particular work, unfor-tunately,” Olsen said.

State Route 520 also has multiple weekend closures scheduled this summer, and the expansion joint repair project can’t overlap with any 520 closures.

“We can’t close I-90 and 520 at the same time,” Olsen said.

Mowat Construction has been awarded the con-tract for the project. All westbound I-90 lanes are expected to be open again at 5 a.m. July 25.

WSDOT has offered a financial incentive to Mowat of $50,000 per day if they finish early, up to $100,000.

Sam Kenyon can be reached at sken-yon@snovalleystar.com or on Twitter @samuel_kenyon.

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aware of events in the Seattle area during the closure that will cause additional congestion:

The Bite of Seattle at the Seattle Center is July 18-20.

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The Seattle Mariners start a seven-game homestand July 21 against the New York Mets and the Baltimore Orioles.

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1856. The fort was a small stockade and abandoned when the anticipated war with Eastern Washington tribes did not occur.

Joseph and Lucinda Fares moved to the Valley and began farming and raising dairy cattle in 1867. They reportedly used the old stockade as

a barn. The land changed hands several times and by 1900, the Queen Anne style farmhouse had been built. The farmhouse still stands and the city hopes to restore it when funding is available.

The name Tollgate comes from the late 1800s. People who traveled the toll road over Snoqualmie Pass stopped at the farm to pay their fees.

North Bend’s Tollgate Park master plan calls for preserving as much of the

history and archeology as possible.

“We’re sensitive to those things,” Pray said.

The project also had to consider the wetlands near the Snoqualmie River and Ribary Creek and how the construction would affect them.

“Our building practices are mitigating any impact on those,” Pray said.

In the future, there may be more features added to the park. The master plan calls for play-

ing fields to be built, but for now the city will delay that improvement.

“We`re excited about the park opening up later this fall, and I think it will be a great regional asset and a great recreation ame-nity for the Snoqualmie valley,” Pray said.

Sam Kenyon can be reached at sam.kenyon@gmail.com or on Twitter @samuel_kenyon. Editor Sherry Grindeland contributed to this story.

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Summer heat can be as deadly as winter cold.

Hypothermia — when the body temperature goes too low — is a hot topic of outdoor safety talks during Northwest winters.

But hyperthermia is just as dangerous. That’s when the body gets too hot.

An abnormally high internal temperature is usually caused by the body’s failure to deal with heat. Common forms of hyperthermia are heat stroke, heat syncope (sudden dizziness after prolonged exposure to the heat), heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat fatigue.

Older adults, young children and people with chronic conditions are particularly susceptible.

Tips from The National Institute on Aging, part of the U.S. Government’s National Institutes of Health, on avoiding hyperthermia include:

q Stay indoors, prefer-ably with air conditioning

or at least a fan to provide air circulation

q Drink plenty of fluids through-out the day

q Avoid overdress-ing

q Avoid visiting over-crowded spaces

q Exer-cise only in the cool of the morning or evening

People without air conditioners should go to places that do have air conditioning, such as senior centers, shopping malls, movie theaters and libraries.

Other things that may exacerbate problems cop-ing with heat include:

q Age-related changes to the skin, such as poor blood circulation and

inefficient sweat glands q Alcohol use q Being substantially

overweight or under-weight

q Dehydration q Heart, lung and

kidney diseases, as well as any illness that causes general weakness or fever

q High blood pressure or other health condi-tions that require chang-

es in diet. For example, people on salt-restricted diets may be at increased risk. However, salt pills should not be used with-out first consulting a physician.

q Reduced perspira-tion, caused by medica-tions such as diuretics, sedatives, tranquilizers, and certain heart and

Beware: Summer heat can be a killerHeat turns parked cars into danger zones

Leaving your children, elderly relatives or pets in a parked car can cause a deadly situation.

Even if windows are left slightly open, the temperature inside the vehicles rises within minutes after you shut off the engine and the air conditioner.

It is against state law to leave children younger than 16 unat-tended in a vehicle at any time, even if it is idling.

Consequen-ces for children, seniors and animals can include heat stroke, brain damage or death.

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Many things needed to end homelessness

I recently read the article on our community’s issues with homelessness, as well as the responses. I, too, found the sug-gestion of a Tent City disturb-ing, but for other reasons.

Having worked with non-profits for over a decade, the number one issue faced by any in-need population is how to move forward into a better situ-ation. This means turning band-aid solutions into life-changing solutions, and in order for a community to enable that, they must have the infrastructure to support that transition. This includes things such as food banks, transition-shelters, men-tal health facilities, drug reha-bilitation, etc...

North Bend is simply not equipped to turn a Tent City (aka Band-Aid solution) into a better path forward for tran-sients. This doesn’t mean we

can’t be compassionate and intelligent about how we approach the issues. Winter Shelters, for example, provide humanitarian relief but are not permanent and do not invite more problems than already exist.

We can be compassionate beings and still protect our-selves, our families and our com-munity.

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Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank receives tax-exempt status

It is with great joy that the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank announces we received 501(c)(3) tax exempt status from the IRS.

The good news is that with our tax-exempt status, all dona-tions made to the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank are tax-deductible and retroactive to our application date of December 27, 2013. In addition, our 501(c)(3) allows us to operate as an

independent nonprofit entity and opens doors to other fund-ing opportunities.

Having a sustainable food sys-tem in our community is impor-tant. The face of food banks have changed over the years. No longer are food banks strictly for the homeless and downtrodden.

Across the nation, food banks operate to fill the gap for the working poor, seniors living on a fixed income and broken fami-lies — the list could go on and on. People from all walks of life rely on the food bank from time to time.

Our goal is to be a place where all are welcome and help is available. We do more than just hand out food. We are a place of resources, where cycles of poverty can be overcome.

It takes money to operate a food bank. We are deeply grate-ful for the wide diversity of sup-port. SVFB is able to be a beacon of hope and health because of the assistance we receive from businesses, churches, service

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“For what?” Marjorie said at breakfast.

“You know … love advice,” Marvin said.

“Well, you have the sign out front. I think everyone in the valley already knows about it.”

“But they’re not coming in,” he said.

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WEEKLY POLLShould students get credit for sports participation?

A) Yes, it is silly not to give P.E. credit for all the workouts our athletes do.

B) No, sports are an extracurricular activity and no credit should be given.

C) Maybe. It depends upon how hard the sport is.D) You’re kidding! Our students don’t need P.E. They play

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Students can get physical education credit for taking a class online, but not for playing sports. This policy has its root in a confusing aspect of state law, which needs to be cleaned up and changed to allow for credit for sports.

Under current law, a student can waive the requirement for taking a physical education class if he or she is play-ing a sport, though students must still take a test to show they understand the concepts taught in class. However, they can’t earn the credit for knowing those concepts.

The benefit to students is in freeing up a class period to take something that might look more interesting on their college application.

P.E. classes, for those who haven’t stepped foot in a school gym for a while, are no longer just about tor-menting the fat kid during dodge ball. Now, students are taught lessons about physiology, nutrition and healthy living — important lessons. It makes sense to ensure that teens have mastered these concepts.

There is an aspect of the class that focuses on getting students moving. This is also important, but it seems that playing on a sports team is going to cover this end.

So, if students are moving on the soccer field or around the track, and they can show they understand the more academic concepts of the class, why not give them credit?

Particularly since students can get credit for the class online, which can’t possibly involve any supervised move-ment activities. It’s an illogical double standard.

It seems a surmountable problem. While the state Legislature doesn’t seem to want to do anything but squabble about partisan politics, this should not be a par-tisan issue.

The state should adjust the laws and find a way to allow P.E. credit for playing sports. There’s no reason not to.

Things were going kinda slow down at the Fly Tying Love Center and it bothered Marvin Pincus a lot.

He found it hard to believe that, out of all the people in the valley, none of them needed love advice and the proper type of fishing fly to illustrate it.

He had the sign made and put in the yard, and he’d obvi-ously had great results with the Jones kid and good ol’ Dewey. Since Marvin’s advice to Dewey to shower before asking a girl for a date, Dewey Decker, the Fertilizer King, had met Emily Stickles, the love of his life.

Now the fishing-fly earrings part of the business was going great. Women all over town were wearing dingle-dangle earrings with Marvin’s point-clipped fishing flies. He learned that short ladies tended to go for the smaller dries, like Griffith’s Gnats and Royal Coachmen, and the taller ladies leaned toward salmon streamers. For the “simple black dress” that women seem to need, Marvin discovered a pure-black stonefly nymph tied on a number 6 was just the right touch. Some of the ladies slipped Marvin’s wife, Marjorie, a couple of bucks to help buy more feathers and hooks.

But on the love advice front, there was a dearth of heartbro-ken customers.

“What would you think,” Marvin said, “if I ran an ad in

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One local business, George’s Bakery, is cel-ebrating their current ownership of 50 years with an Elvis imperson-ator and guitar shaped cookies.

Twede’s Cafe will be sponsoring the Twinkie eating contest.

“We do an eating con-test every year,” said Kyle

Twede. “We’ve done pancakes, burgers and hot wings. I like to mix it up a bit and thought

Twinkies would be good.”Twede expects about

10 contestants for the 2 p.m. event. Each contes-tant will be given a box of Twinkies.

No, the Twinkies won’t be unwrapped – that’s part of the five-minute contest.

“We’ll give them each a bottle of water,” Twede said. “I don’t want anyone choking on that sponge cake.”

There’s no age range or limit, he said. To enter call 831-5511 and ask for “The

Boss.”The winner will receive

a trophy shaped like a pig.At the other end of the

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Chug down as many Twinkies as you can in five minutes, and you might take home a pig trophy.

Twede’s Café will host its annual eating contest at the Sixth North Bend Block Party July 19. The free-for-all with the cream-filled sponge cakes is just one of many activities at the community summer festival.

The Block Party, orga-nized by the city of North Bend, Encompass and the North Bend Downtown Association, will feature two stages, hours of per-formances, and an Elvis impersonator.

“It’s basically a celebra-tion of North Bend and North Bend businesses for our North Bend citizens and the upper valley,” said Gina Estep, the director of community and economic development for the city of North Bend.

More than 60 local busi-nesses will have booths set up for the party, and many will be participating in some kind of show or demon-stration on the second stage.

The main stage will feature musical acts such as Spike and the Impalers and Heart by Heart.

“From 7 to 11 p.m. the streets will be rocking and rolling,” Estep said.

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Annual North Bend Block Party set for this weekendthemselves, get their name out there and market themselves to the commu-nity,” Estep said.

The event is for all ages, with a children’s section featuring a petting zoo, a dunk tank, and dodge ball. The block party is expect-ed to draw three to four thousand people through-out the day.

“The vibe on the streets every year has just been fun, festive,” Estep said. “The community really comes out in numbers.”

The booths from local vendors will be selling a wide variety of goods

while the games and con-tests provide fun for every-one attending.

There will be a fitness challenge from Mt. Si Sports and Fitness as well as a beer garden, food trucks, and a climbing wall.

The event will take place on North Bend Way between Bendigo Boulevard and Ballarat Avenue. The streets will be closed during the block party.

Prior registration is not needed and all ages are welcome to attend the event free of charge.

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Tour Snoqualmie Valley by two wheels instead of four in the 26th annual Tour de Peaks bicycling event July 19.

Participants can choose from three distances — 25-, 50- and 100-mile routes.

The 100-mile or century ride in biking lingo, begins at 7 a.m. and goes as far as Duvall and back to North Bend.

The 50-mile ride starts at 8 a.m. and goes into Carnation before returning to the Upper Valley.

The 25-miler begins at 8:30 and features close-up views of Mount Si.

All three rides start and finish at the corner

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Park Street Healing Arts Offers Unique Weight Loss Programmuscle and other lean tissue. The protocol attributes its success at facilitating weight loss to its focus on factors associated with metabolic syndrome, a disorder of energy utilization and storage. The hormone insulin is believed to play a central role in metabolic syndrome and excess weight gain. Certain foods cause an excess of insulin to be produced, which in turn causes low blood sugar and the storing and “locking away” of fat. Low blood sugar and unavailable fat stores causes sugar cravings and more poor food choices are consumed. The cycle be-gins again. Breaking this cycle is the principle behind The Ideal Protein Weight Loss method. The proper blend of nutrient rich foods, the right amount of high quality proteins and select supple-ments combined with knowledge and understanding of weight loss challenges is the key to success. “In the last five years, we have coached hundreds of clients to lose over 5000 pounds. We have over 60 products in stock to satisfy all taste preferences and keep things interesting. It is clearly defined and structured to give reliable, reproducible results with-out guesswork. If you follow our program you will lose weight in a healthy way and feel great doing it. If you have been told by your doctor that you need to lose weight for health reason, our program is great for that,” says Dr. Jill. Park Street Healing Arts offers private, weekly, one on one coaching, education and guidance by trained professionals including Dr. Scott and coach Esther. “We offer extensive education so our clients un-derstand the science behind weight loss and weight maintenance. Patients learn exactly how the choices they are making or not making influence their weight and health,” says Dr. Scott. Clients agree that the program is unique. A current client of Esther’s described her initial experience: “Esther renewed my confidence in myself to achieve my weight loss goal. My first session last Saturday was a reminder that it is not just about my weight, but

about accepting the whole me. I see more clearly the connection between stress and weight gain and will be working towards gaining control over my stress level. So many good things to look forward to. ”

The Ideal Protein protocol has been used success-fully by millions of people in over 3,000 professional establishments worldwide. Park Street Healing Arts was established two years ago after 20 years in business as Straight Chiroprac-tic. The natural healing center includes specialists in weight loss, chiropractic, massage, nutrition, reflex-ology, naturopathy and therapeutic yoga. A large offering of natural healthcare products are sold at clinic to support the various therapies. “We are a one-stop shop for natural healthcare ser-vices with over 90 years of combined clinical experi-ence,” says Dr. Jill. A long-time local resident, Dr. Jill is an active member of the North Bend community and presi-dent of the North Bend Festival committee for 14 years. She is also an active participant in the plan-ning and operations of the Festival at Mt. Si. Park Street Healing Arts is located at 318 E. Park Street in North Bend. Office hours vary by day and Saturday appointments are available. Appointments can be made at 888-4170. Learn more at www.parkstreethealing.com.

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Enforce fireworks laws, please

Just because it’s legal for Native Americans to sell fireworks on their reserva-tions doesn’t mean that it’s legal to use them off of the reservation. State law defines what a “legal” firework is outside of the

reservation, and the city of Snoqualmie currently per-mits use of these “legal” fireworks on July 4th from 9 a.m. to midnight.

The problem is there’s almost zero enforcement of this law. That, plus having a reservation in our backyard, means that more often than not, people are not just firing off “legal” fireworks even during the 9-midnight time frame, but instead are lighting “illegal” fireworks of the kind that likely caused the house fire just

down the road from my house on July 4.

I think there’s a need for (1) education on what is a “legal” firework, (2) enforcement of the exist-ing state and city laws, and (3) a serious discus-sion about whether or not any fireworks should be permitted in an area that has less than 100-feet of space between houses here on the Ridge. I think we’re fortunate that the recent fire was limited to a single house, but there are certainly

steps that we as a commu-nity and as a city should have taken to ensure that nobody’s house burns down.

Now, before someone thinks I’m a humbug about fireworks, I’m not. As a kid, we lit off fireworks in large, open parking lots, gigantic empty dirt fields, or over the water on the Sound. We never lit off fireworks within close proximity to someone’s home, or in close proximity to dry grass, trees or other com-

bustibles. When you create a planned community like ours that puts homes so close together, certain con-siderations need to apply — not the least of which is to not light off Roman candles, bottle rockets, and aerials within 100 yards of peoples’ homes.

There is a time and a place for fireworks; in front of my house and my neighbors’ homes is not an appropriate place.

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ications. It is important, however, to continue to take prescribed medica-tion and discuss possible problems with a physi-cian.

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Heat stroke is a life-threatening form of hyperthermia. It occurs when the body is over-whelmed by heat and is unable to control its tem-perature.

Heat stroke occurs when someone’s body

temperature increases significantly (above 104 degrees Fahrenheit) and shows symptoms of the following: strong rapid pulse, lack of sweating, dry flushed skin, mental status changes (like com-bativeness or confusion), staggering, faintness or coma.

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stroke, call 911.q Apply a cold, wet

cloth to the wrists, neck, armpits and/or groin. These are places where blood passes close to the surface of the skin, and the cold cloths can help cool the blood.

q Help the individual to bathe or sponge off with cool water.

q If the person can swallow safely, offer flu-ids such as water or fruit and vegetable juices, but avoid alcohol and caf-feine.

Get cooling help

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program within the Administration for

Children and Families in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services helps eligible households pay for home cooling and heating costs.

People interested in applying for assistance should contact their local or state LIHEAP agency or go to www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/liheap.

For a free copy of the NIA’s AgePage on hyper-thermia in English or in Spanish, contact the NIA Information Center at 1-800-222-2225 toll free or go to www.nia.nih.gov/health/publication/hyper-thermia-too-hot-your-health or http://www.nia.nih.gov/espanol/publicaciones/hiper-termia (Spanish).

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Seniors may qualify for property tax break

Senior citizens can learn if they qualify for property tax deferral or exemption at a King County Department of Assessments community presentation. The free event will be held at 12:30 p.m. July 23 at the Mount Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend.

Low-income and disabled seniors often qualify for property tax exemptions.

“If you paid your prior years’ taxes because of a mistake, oversight, or were not aware of the exemp-tion program, you may apply for a refund by filing an application for refund

with our office,” said King County Assessor’s Office spokesperson Phillip Sit.

In 2014, the Department of Assessments assessed approximately 690,000 par-cels in King County worth $341 billion. This total valuation generated $3.92 billion in property revenue to support vital public pro-grams and services.

“Property values for King County have con-tinued to show signs of strengthening as we emerge from the Great Recession,” said King County Assessor Lloyd Hara.

For more informa-tion, please visit the King County Assessor’s website at www.kingcounty.gov/assessor.

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q Mach One Jazz Orchestra, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307

q Ideal Protein Weight Loss Workshop with Dr. Scott Massengill, 6:30 p.m., Park Street Healing Arts, 318 E. Park St., North Bend, RSVP 888-4170

q Town of Snoqualmie Falls Mill and Logging Video, with Dave Battey, 7 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St.

q Competitive Play Drop-In Volleyball, ages 16 and older, 7-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., 256-3115

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q Summer camps available through Aug. 15 at Encompass, 1407 Boalch Ave. N.W., North Bend, 888-2777 or www.encom-pass.org

q Mount Si High School Vocal Jazz Clinic, 5 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307

q Dan Taylor, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307

q Drop-In Basketball, ages 16 and older, 8:15-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie, 256-3115

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q Day Out With Thomas, train rides with Thomas the Tank Engine, starting at 9 a.m., Northwest Railway Museum, 38625 S.E. King St., Snoqualmie, $23 advance purchase at www.trainmuseum.org or call 866-468-7630, please arrive 1 hour early

q Danny Kolke Trio, 6 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307

q Fiddler on the Roof, 2 p.m., Snoqualmie Fall Forest Theater & Family Park, 36800 S.E. David Powell Road, Fall City, $20/adult, $18/senior, student, $10/child, ages four and young-er free, barbecue dinner for additional fee, foresttheater.org

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q 26th annual Tour de Peaks Bike Ride, 7 a.m., starts at Main Avenue and North Bend Way, $69, www.tourdepeaks.org

q Watercolor Workshop, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Si View Community Center, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend, $40

q Aging Well Learning Community: Poetry Out Loud, 10:15 a.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223

q North Bend Block Party, noon to 11 p.m., 100 E. North Bend Way

q Christina Stembler, psychic readings, 2-6 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-3647

q Family Corks and Canvas, 2 p.m., SnoValley Coffee Company, 7811 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie, must register 396-0337, $27/person

q Vodka Rocks, 3 p.m., 21 and older, the Mountain View Plaza at Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. North Bend Way, Snoqualmie, $15, www.snocasino.com

q Laura Meyer, 8 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., 831-3647

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q Day Out With Thomas the Tank Engine, starting at 10:30 a.m., Northwest Railway Museum, 38625 S.E. King St., Snoqualmie, $23 advance purchase at www.trainmuse-um.org or call 866-468-7630, please arrive 1 hour early

q Kids-Free Friday, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie, 256-3115, $10/child

q Michael Barnett Trio, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307

q Rusty and the Buckshanks and Gavin Treglown, 8 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-3647

q Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 9 p.m., 21 and older, The Ballroom at Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. North Bend Way, Snoqualmie, www.snocasino.com

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q Preschool Story Time, ages 3-6, 11 a.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223

q Qualified Senior and Disabled Property Tax Exemption Program Q&A, 12:30 p.m., Mount Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend, 206-263-2261

q Two Rivers School PTSA Organizing Meeting, help cre-ate the PTSA for Two Rivers School, 4-5 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend, email info@tworiversptsa.org for more information

q Future Jazz Heads, 5 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307

q Jazz Heads, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307

q Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-3647

q Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night, 7 p.m., Snoqualmie Falls Brewery and Taproom, 8032 Falls Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-2357

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q Sno Valley Book Club: ‘The Three Weissmanns of Westport,’ by Cathleen Schine, 1 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223

q Planet of the Amps Concert, 2 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223,

q Farmer’s Market, with concert by Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer, 4-8 p.m., Si View Park, 420 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend, www.siviewpark.org

q Bret Michaels, 7 p.m., 21 and older, the Mountain View Plaza at Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. North Bend Way, Snoqualmie, $25-75, www.snocasino.com

q Nate Parker Duo, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307

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The Snoqualmie Falls Forest Theater presents ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, at Snoqualmie Fall Forest Theater & Family Park, 36800 S.E. David Powell Road, Fall City. Tickets are $20/adults, $18/seniors and students, $10/chil-dren 5-12, and children 4 and younger free. There’s a barbecue dinner for an additional fee. Go to foresttheater.org.

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When the going got hot, the tough kept on walking.

Teams at the 13th Annual Snoqualmie Valley Relay for Life worked just as hard to stay cool in the 90-plus degree weather July 12-13 as they did walking around the track at North Bend’s Torguson Park said event coordi-nator Bev Jorgensen.

“We had a few melt downs and discovered we had to be cre-ative in our cooling attempts,” she said. “We filled small plas-tic pools with ice and people soaked their feet.

“There were spray mist bottles and a lot of people using wet towels.”

A nurse was on duty in the aid station to help people who were overheated. Local musi-cians helped entertain partici-

pants and visitors. Part of the fun, say partici-

pants, is enjoying the fundrais-ing that happens at the Relay. Teams have activities or sell things such as baked goodies to help raise money.

But other than going through a lot of ice and water, the heat didn’t slow down the 35 teams who raised more than $83,000 for the American Cancer Society.

“Our goal is to reach $100,000 and that’s still doable,” Jorgensen said.

Team members will continue to raise money for the 2014 event until Aug. 31.

The Dynomites will be host-ing a Hair Salon Happy Hour 6-10 p.m. July 19 at Another Hair Place, 113 Bendigo Blvd. N., North Bend. Tickets are $15.

The Walk the Walk and PartyLite team will hold a style show and dinner Aug.

2. Jorgensen said they will announce the details on that event soon.

To contribute or for more information about Relay for Life, go to www.snovalleyrelay.org.

Walkers beat the heat and finish the relay

Joe McNames completes his Eagle Scout project

Joe McNames, 14, com-pleted the service portion of his Eagle Scout rank July 4. The Snoqualmie Boy Scout is from Troop 706.

As part of the require-ment to earn the Eagle Scout rank, candidates must plan and complete a large community service project.

Joe contacted Denny Hancock, founder of Mama’s Hands. Under his mentorship, Joe organized a two-day project to pro-vide food, hygiene kits and blankets to homeless and disadvantaged people in Seattle.

Part of the prep work began several months ago when Joe requested dona-tions from friends, neigh-bors and area businesses.

Twin brothers, Dylan and Lucas Christensen, celebrated their seventh birthday by asking for donations for the project.

“Those are some awe-some 7-year-olds,” Joe said.

He collected more than 180 blankets and bath-robes; the majority from the Seattle Fairmont and Bellevue Hilton hotels. Joe also gathered enough toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, hand sanitizer, Band-Aids and pairs of socks to create more than 300 hygiene kits. There were enough donations of food, including 250 apples and cheese from the Snoqualmie Ridge IGA, for Joe’s team of 75 volun-teers to pack 450 lunches on July 3. The volunteers included fellow Boy Scouts and members of the Snoqualmie Falls congre-gation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

On July 4, Scouts from Troop 706, Joe and his family, went with Hancock in the Mama’s Hands bus to Seattle. There they stopped at City Hall and Occidental parks. Hancock has been weekly handing

out food and supplies for 25 years in the two Seattle parks.

After distributing the food sacks, the team went to Mary’s Place, a home-less shelter for women and children. There, Joe donated loaves of bread, bathrobes, pillowcases and toothbrushes.

Mount Si High School on 2014 Best High Schools List

Mount Si makes Best High School list

Mount Si High School was named to the 2014 Best High School list by U.S. News and World Report. The magazine annually recognizes the highest performing schools in the nation.

The rating is based on a review of math, reading and college readiness data from schools throughout the United States.

“We have great lead-ership and outstanding teachers engaging in work there,” said Joel Aune, superintendent of the Snoqualmie Valley School District. “It’s making a dif-ference for our students. We’re proud of Mount Si and look forward to improving on that ranking in the future.”

In addition to earning a national and state rank-ing for placing among the highest performing public high schools, Mount Si High School was awarded a 2014 Silver Medal by the national publication.

This is the second year in a row that Mount Si High School has been named on this Best High Schools list. The school also earned a Silver Medal in 2013.

Schools were awarded gold, silver or bronze medals based on their per-formance on state assess-ments and how well they

prepare students for col-lege. Only schools that are gold or silver medal win-ners receive a ranking.

In Washington State, there were 9 gold med-als, 46 silver medals, and 78 bronze medals awards among 408 high schools reviewed. Nationwide, the top 500 schools earned gold medals, the next 1,519 schools (including Mount Si) were awarded silver medals, and another 2,688 school earned bronze medal recognition.

On a national level, Mount Si High School was ranked 1,594th out of 19,400 schools reviewed by U.S. News & World Report in 2014.

For more information about the 2014 Best High Schools list from U.S.

News & World Report, visit www.usnews.com/edu-cation.

Task force will develop campaign to raise awareness of how to relinquish newborns

A new King County Task Force has been formed to develop a cam-paign to ensure people know they can safely relin-quish newborns.

Representatives from public health, criminal jus-tice agencies and human service programs will work on educating people so they know there is a safe

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Kathy Evans-Boyd and other participants light candles for the luminaries that honor those who have died from cancer. The luminaries lit the track during the night.

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EBC employees to present at national conference

Three members of the Eastside Baby Corner staff were selected to present at the National Diaper Bank Network’s third annual Diaper Banks in America Conference on Oct. 9 and 10 in Kansas City, Mo.

Renee Zimmerman, EBC executive direc-tor, and Madeline Fish,

operations manager, will present a panel titled, “Moving Beyond Diapers: Providing the ‘Stuff’ for the Whole Child.” Cori Benson, community engagement coordina-tor, will talk about EBC’s social media successes.

Eastside Baby Corner is an Issaquah-based dia-per bank that distributes more than 600,000 dia-pers annually to children throughout greater east King County.