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Walking around WarrenRose’s property on Indian Hilloutside Snoqualmie, there isthe steady hum of distant traf-fic from the Valley floor.

That is white noise, drownedout by birds chirping or treesrustling in the wind. Whatbothers Rose and his family isthe roar of motors from theirneighbor at the bottom of thehill, DirtFish Rally School.

They can’t escape that noise,he said.

Rose is one of a growingnumber of residents fightingSnoqualmie’s proposed annexa-tion of DirtFish’s home, a for-mer Weyerhaeuser mill site in

unincorporated King County.Opponents to the annexa-

tion say DirtFish is hurtingtheir quality of life, loweringproperty values and causingenvironmental damage. Theywant city or county officials tomuffle DirtFish.

The business says it is operat-ing within county guidelinesand that it wants to work withresidents to mitigate any noisefrom the driving school. A

noise complaint was filed withthe county, but it was put onhold once city and county offi-cials began discussions aboutannexation in late March.

A change in the county’sview of whether DirtFish’s oper-ations constitute redevelop-ment of the site prompted theannexation talks.

“Still at issue for us, though,was whether introducing a newuse to the site constituted rede-velopment. Our attorney con-cluded that it did,” said JohnStarbard, director of the coun-ty’s Department ofDevelopment andEnvironmental Services.

By Dan Catchpole

Warren Rose listens to his children practice outside his family’s home on Indian Hill in unincorporatedKing County. Rose, some of his neighbors and some Snoqualmie residents say that noise from the nearbyDirtFish Rally School is hurting their quality of life and property values.

Opposition grows to proposedformer mill site annexation

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The redrawing of directorseats for the Snoqualmie ValleySchool Board continues to leavepeople incensed.

While accusations of gerry-mandering the district’s firstattempt have dissipated, thenew proposal has some folks stillfeeling ignored.

The second proposal woulddivide the board into five dis-tricts — two in North Bend, onein Snoqualmie, one in Fall Cityand one shared betweenSnoqualmie and a fragment ofFall City. Each spot would haveabout 7,000 people living ineach.

“This is the closest we will getto a 2-2-1,” school board mem-ber Craig Husa said, referring tothe desire of a citizens group tohave the districts redrawn intotwo seats in North Bend, twoseats in Snoqualmie and one inFall City.

Board president Dan Poppcalled the 2-2-1 idea, “brilliant.”

Fall City resident Bill Blakelycommended the board on beingresponsive to citizens, althoughnot all were as enamored with

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The Snoqualmie Valley chap-ter of the American Legion isscheduled to participate inseveral events on Memorial Day.

Renton-Pickering Post 79’sHonor Guard will begin the dayby presenting the colors at 9a.m. at Preston Cemetery. Then,at 10 a.m., the guard will takepart in a ceremony at Fall CityCemetery.

At 11 a.m., the guard will pre-sent the colors in North Bend.Finally, at noon, the guard willparticipate in a memorial serviceat Mount Si High School inSnoqualmie.

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The King County Sheriff’sOffice is looking for help witha string of burglaries thatinclude two robberies from theCoach store at the North BendPremium Stores.

In each case a man wearinga knit hat broke the store’sglass front door and made offwith thousands of dollarsworth of expensive purses.

The sheriff’s office is work-ing with police in Burlingtonand Woodburn, Ore. Policebelieve that the same peopleare behind four late night bur-glaries at Coach stores in thosetowns and North Bend, wherethe sheriff’s office providespolice services.

The suspect is an adult blackmale who wears gloves and aknit hat with a unique pattern,

according to Crime Stoppers ofPuget Sound.

The suspect is believed tohave had an accomplice.

Police say he has made offwith thousands of dollars inmerchandise.

“We’re looking for help inidentifying this guy,” said Sgt.Mark Toner, a sheriff’s deputyand head of North Bendpolice.

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Police in the upper SnoqualmieValley netted about 135 poundsof discarded pills while participat-ing in National Prescription DrugTake-Back Day on April 30.

It was the second year localpolice have joined in the nationaleffort.

Snoqualmie police collectednearly 60 pounds of drugs, whileNorth Bend police took in morethan 75 pounds.

People could anonymously dis-pose of unwanted, unused andexpired medications, which couldotherwise be misused or pollutegroundwater.

Across the country, nearly377,000 pounds of medicationswere collected this year.

The medications are passed onto the U.S. Drug EnforcementAgency, which disposes of themfollowing strict guidelines.

The event could turn into atwice-annual event, according to anews release from the SnoqualmiePolice Department.

Drug overdoses from illegallytaken pills have increased substan-tially in Washington state inrecent years.

Deaths from pain pillsincreased 90 percent between2003 and 2008, according to thestate Department of Health.

In 2008 — the most recent yearof data — 505 people died afteroverdosing on pain pills.

Among 12th-graders, 12 per-cent have used pain medicine toget high in the past 30 days,according to the Department ofHealth.

Fortunately, fewer than 10teens die each year from an unin-tentional overdose involving painmedicine, according to the depart-ment’s website.

Most teens and adults whomisuse or abuse prescription painmedicine get it from the medicinecabinet. According to theDepartment of Health, 65 percentacquired medicine from a friendor family member. A doctor pro-vides the medicine for 19 percent.About 4 percent get it from a drugdealer, and about 0.1 percent buyit over the Internet.

Drugs can be discarded yearround during business hours atthe King County Sheriff’s Officestation, 1550 Boalch Ave. N.W.,North Bend, or the SnoqualmiePolice Department, 34825 S.E.Douglas St., Snoqualmie.

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

Valley policenet 135pounds ofpills in drugtake-back day

As a redevelopment, DirtFishwould have to undergo anextensive review process, whichcould result in expensive mitiga-tion costs.

Snoqualmie’s administrationdoes not see DirtFish as redevel-opment. Developing the landwould potentially require exten-sive environmental mitigation,as it is heavily contaminatedfrom the mill’s operations,according to the stateDepartment of Ecology and thefederal EnvironmentalProtection Agency.

Snoqualmie Mayor MattLarson and other city officialswant the site, which sits insidethe city’s growth boundary, toopen up for business develop-ment in addition to maintainingthe rally school.

King County wants to transferall unincorporated lands that sitinside growth boundaries tomunicipalities, allowing it tofocus its services on a more ruralpopulation.

Large crowds have turned outfor three public hearings aboutthe annexation, including oneMay 17 quickly organized byCounty Councilwoman KathyLambert in response to thegrowing opposition. Commentsat Snoqualmie City Council’sMay 23 meeting echoed those ofearlier hearings.

The noise and other impactsfrom DirtFish, which teachesrally car driving, are hurtingSnoqualmie Valley’s idyllicnature, according to opponents.

“We are a family community.Let’s keep it that way,” Rose saidat the May 17 hearing.

Rose and his neighbors in

unincorporated King County haveformed a citizens’ group, YourSnoqualmie Valley, to oppose theannexation. They have hired aland-use consultant and are dis-cussing hiring a land-use attorneyto help make their case.

Critics’ comments at hearingshave been deeply cynical aboutthe annexation process and havebeen skeptical about DirtFish’sintentions.

Lambert said residents’ con-cerns had been heard “loud andclear.”

DirtFish President RossBentley asked people with com-plaints about the operation’snoise to talk with him in hopesof finding a solution.

Stephen Rimmer, who ownsDirtFish and the land it occu-pies, said he is not concernedthat the opposition will stop theannexation.

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SnoValley Star staff was recog-nized for excellence in reportingin the annual awards contest forthe Society of ProfessionalJournalists’ Northwest chapter.

A ceremony at Safeco Field inSeattle on May 21 honored morethan 200 journalists in print,online, radio and televisionnews media. The Star competedagainst publications in Alaska,Idaho, Montana, Oregon and

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tions The Issaquah Press andSammamish Review claimedawards in numerous categoriesin the contest, including asweep in the environmentalreporting category.

Former Star reporter LauraGeggel took first place in thecategory for a report aboutSnoqualmie Valley’s wet and

windy weather.Geggel also earned second place

in the education reporting catego-ry for a piece about auto crashsafety at Mount Si High School.

Star editor Dan Catchpoletook third place in the govern-ment and politics reporting cate-gory for a piece about KingCounty Sheriff’s Office deputysalaries, a subject of intensefocus amid cuts last fall.

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More public hearings are sched-uled or will be scheduled by theSnoqualmie City Council andMetropolitan King CountyCouncil. The city of Snoqualmiewill have to hold at least threepublic hearings before an annexa-tion can happen, according to CityAttorney Pat Anderson.

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Snoqualmie Valley’sAmerican Legion post is recruit-ing members for two new posi-tions on its Honor Guard.

The Renton-Pickering Post79 has raised enough moneyto equip and uniform two newpositions. The money camefrom a donation from theSummit at Snoqualmie andthe Tahoma NationalCemetery Honor Guard.

The unit performs in localceremonies and events, andrenders final honors at funer-als for veterans.

Learn more at http://cpoap-nw.com.

Eastside Fire & Rescue fire-fighters pulled a youngwoman from the SnoqualmieRiver near Fall City late theafternoon of May 22. Theycould not find her fiancé,however.

Rescue personnel beganlooking for the 29-year-oldman that day but ended theirsearch the morning of May 24.Divers from the King CountySheriff’s Office and MercerIsland Police Department leadthe search.

The divers “spent most ofyesterday in the water search-ing back-eddies and whirlpoolsdownstream from where theman was last seen, but to noavail,” sheriff’s spokesman Sgt.John Urquhart said in a newsrelease. “Visibility during thedives was between two and fivefeet, with many car-sized boul-ders, rock walls and logdebris.”

The Bothell couple had beenplaying with their two dogs inthe river in the 37200 block of

Southeast Fish Hatchery Roadbelow Snoqualmie Falls, whenone of the dogs began strug-gling in the water.

The man and woman wentinto the water, but quicklyfound themselves in troublebecause of the current’sstrength and the water’s coldtemperature, according toUrquhart.

Witnesses called for help,and rescuers were able to getthe woman out of the river.She was taken to OverlakeMedical Center in Bellevuewith minor injuries.

The dog made it to shore onits own.

The sheriff’s office plans tocontinue looking for the man.The department’s marine unitwill search the river each week,and its air unit will do frequentflyovers.

Sheriff’s deputies located thebody of a recent drowning vic-tim near North Bend on April29. He had been missing fortwo days.

Woman is pulled fromriver, man still missing

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The Snoqualmie Valley SchoolBoard has an important decisionto make May 26. On that night,board members will vote on a 10-year plan to realign the schoolboard director districts, pursuantto state law and new censusresults, in order to reflect a shiftof population among NorthBend, Snoqualmie and Fall City.

The school board has achoice. It can accept the dis-trict’s revised plan, which keepsall incumbents in place and lim-its and delays long-awaitedSnoqualmie representation, or itcan make two adjustments tothis plan to ensure the schoolboard is balanced withSnoqualmie representation intime for this year’s election.

One of the key componentsof the District Plan is to reducethe number of North Benddirectors from three to two, free-ing up one new seat forSnoqualmie. But the district’splan divides North Bend in a

way that maintains all threeNorth Bend seats until 2014.

An idea that came forththrough the public hearingprocess, which was included in aCitizen Redistricting Plan, freesup that Snoqualmie seat in timefor candidates filing this Junefor a seat on the school board byJanuary. The difference is simplywhere to draw the dividing linein North Bend coupled withwhen director terms expire.

Another key component ofboth the District Plan and theCitizen Plan is the method ofbalancing seats between Fall Cityand Snoqualmie. To keep popu-lation balanced districts, one ofthe two Snoqualmie seats needsto have a small piece of the FallCity area. The District Plan keepsthe Lake Alice area (home of theincumbent director) withSnoqualmie, but an idea fromthe Citizen Plan adds a differentpart of Fall City, which is morefully compliant with criteriaspecified in state law.

Please join me and many oth-ers in encouraging the schoolboard to make two adjustmentsto the District Plan for timely andbalanced representation and deci-

sion-making on the school board.Carolyn Simpson

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Snoqualmie Valley parentsand taxpayers will soon face sig-nificant change in their represen-tation on our school district’sboard of directors on May 26, at7:30 p.m., at the district’s head-quarters, the school board isexpected to make a decisionabout adopting a new directordistrict map that will affect us all.

The district is required by lawto redraw its director districtboundaries based on the 2010 U.S.Census results, which show popu-lation growth and shift betweendirector districts. Washington statelaw specifies criteria for districtboundary changes, includinggrouping communities of mutualor related interests against balanc-ing populations.

The board’s two proposedchanges met with much resistanceat public hearings. The latest ver-sion splits two districts of North

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Take time this weekendto remember the fallen

In the more than 140 years that Americans have livedin the Snoqualmie Valley, many have given their livesduring wartime while serving their country.

Memorial Day is an opportunity to pay tribute to thefallen and set an example for future generations.

The following is an incomplete list of the Valley’s fallen:

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I was studying my card whenthe guys walked in for coffee.

“What did you get?” asked Doc.“D-24.”“Just one?”“Yeah. The boys caught me

when I was kinda short, so Ionly got the one this year.”

“They hit me for 10,” Docsaid. “In E section.”

Dud looked at us. “I think E section’s a pretty

good bet. Especially later in theafternoon. The sun will be overthere then. Nice and warm.She’s liable to go there.”

It’s Cow-a-Dunga time again.It was Bill Shaver’s idea. He’s themusic teacher for all three of ourschools here, and he needed away the kids could raise somemoney for band trips.

“I hear they’re using one ofSimmons’ cows this year,” Dudsaid. “Doc, is there any kind oflaxative you can give a cow?”

“How should I know? I’m nota veterinarian. Besides, you knowthey’ll keep her identity a secretuntil Saturday. They know thereare people out there just like youwho’d like to doctor that cow.”

We all laughed. No onewould think of bothering thecow, of course, but we’ll allspend at least part of Saturdaydown in the bleachers at thehigh school football field keep-

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ing an eye onthat cow.That’s thewhole fun ofCow-a-Dunga, ofcourse.

By now,the kids havethat acre ofgrass all criss-crossed withchalk lines, dividing the field upinto one-yard squares. Eachsquare sells for a buck. If all ofthe squares sell, that’s five grandfor the kids. The winner is deter-mined by a cow.

On Saturday, a cow will bereleased onto the field, andwatched carefully by a wholebunch of us. When the cow’s

digestive system causes her toplop a decoration on the field,the lucky holder of that squaregets five hundred bucks.

There are, of course, strictrules against arm waving,chowsing noises, horn honkingand the application of anythingthat might sway her toward oraway from any particular square.

“I wonder,” said Steve, “ifthere’s any rule against usingthe evil eye. You know, like ifshe’s heading for Doc’s block ofsquares, I could send her a signalto hold it for a while.”

“Cheaters never prosper,” Docsaid.

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At 1:16 p.m. May 19, policeresponded to a theft in the 900block of Mountain ViewBoulevard Southeast. A mansaid he parked his companyvan in his driveway and heprobably left the front passen-ger door unlocked. The nightbefore, someone stole a cablecompression tool, a laptopcomputer, a screwdriver set, asound pressure meter, a grocerysack, a staple gun and three setsof wire strippers. The totalvalue of the stolen items was$1,076. The suspect took toolsout of the tool bag but leftmore expensive toolsuntouched.

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At 8 a.m. May 19, policeresponded to a forgery callcoming from a residence inthe 44000 block of Southeast146th Street. A woman report-ed to Issaquah Police thatsomeone had cashed checkson her account, totaling$174.45. The first of sixchecks was cashed inSeptember 2010.The womansaid she has no idea who didthis, since she gave no onepermission to withdrawmoney from her account.

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At 4 p.m. May 18, a womanreported a burglary in the 700block of Northeast 10th Street.She said someone stole a com-puter tower from her backyardshed. She left the shed thenight before without locking it.The morning of May 18, shesaw the door to the shed wasopen and the computer towermissing. The woman said shebelieved the theft might haveoccurred that morning, sinceshe slept with the windowopen and her dog kept her upmost of the night. She saidfriends and neighbors knew thecouple kept computers in theshed. Police took prints at thescene and submitted them tothe King County Sheriff’sOffice substation.

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At 3:37 p.m. May 19, a manreported someone burglarizedhis unlocked vehicle in the 400block of Southeast Eighth StreetSoutheast. The man’s wallet,cash, credit cards and GPS sys-tem had been stolen. The itemstotaled $480.

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At 5:08 p.m. May 13, policereceived a call from a man inthe 34000 block of SoutheastDouglas Street. The man said hewanted to file a theft report

because a mechanic in Everettwas refusing to return hismotorcycle. Police told the manit was a civil matter.

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At 10:20 p.m. May 13, policesaw a blue Volvo travel acrossthe intersection ofMeadowbrook Way Southeastand Railroad Avenue Southeast.A registration check showedthe owner’s license was sus-pended for driving under theinfluence and he was requiredto drive with an ignition inter-lock device. After policestopped the vehicle, the driveridentified himself as the ownerand showed police the inter-lock device on his dashboard.He said he thought that is allhe needed to do. Police toldhim to not drive again until hislicense was reinstated. He wascited for driving with a sus-pended license.

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At 3:04 a.m. May 15, policespotted a black 2001 Volvonear the intersection ofSnoqualmie Parkway andSoutheast Jacobia Street travel-ing under the speed limit. Asthe police car passed theVolvo, the Volvo swerved tothe right about three feet overthe fog line and onto theshoulder. The vehicle kepttraveling on the shoulder forabout 60 feet. Then, at the traf-fic light at the intersection of

the parkway and Interstate 90,the vehicle turned right with-out signaling, drove on theshoulder and traveled in theturn-off lane for commercialtrucks. After stopping the vehi-cle on the on-ramp toInterstate 90, the policenoticed a strong odor of alco-hol coming from inside thecar. The driver, 35-year-oldBrian E. Fellon, had a red face,droopy red eyes and dilatedpupils. He admitted to havingtwo drinks, but none in thepast two hours. After failingsobriety tests and a breath test,police arrested Fellon for dri-ving under the influence andtook him to the Issaquah CityJail for booking.

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At 12:24 p.m. May 17,police responded to a vehicletheft call at Snoqualmie PointPark. A woman told police sheparked and locked her loanervehicle at the park to go on ahike and that she covered anempty Louis Vuitton purse inthe back seat. When shereturned an hour later, theleft, rear passenger windowwas broken and the purse, val-ued at $300, was missing. Shesaid several piles of brokenglass lay on the ground, butshe had seen no other carswith broken windows. Policefound no witnesses.

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

Bend from the historical West-East division (along Interstate 90)to a North-South split that groupstogether unrelated communities,in an attempt to protect incum-bent directors’ seats.

In addition to placing NorthBend voters at a disadvantage intheir board representation, thedistrict proposal causes problemsfor Snoqualmie residents. It does-n’t assure them a resident repre-sentative director in one of theirdistricts, and denies them anyresident representation in theirother district until January 2014.

The proposal does not honorour American tradition of truerepresentative democracy. Itallows for elected directors whoare not fully familiar with theneeds, issues and aspirations ofyour community to make deci-sions about where schools arebuilt and when, when and howmuch taxes to levy against you,where to bus your kids, andother important policies.

Contact your school boarddirectors to demand that theyimprove their proposed map toreturn North Bend districts to aWest-East split along I-90, andto exclude the Lake Alice areafrom Snoqualmie districts.

By the time you read this theremay only be a day or two leftbefore they meet, so you’d bestemail the school board directors.

Stephen KangasNorth Bend

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In 2010, Memorial Day week-end traffic over Snoqualmie Passdecreased slightly from 2009,but drivers still ran into longdelays caused by a collision. Inall, about 187,000 vehiclescrossed the pass between Fridayand Monday.

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the plan.Carolyn Simpson, who presented a

plan to the board that included the2-2-1, said the second proposal wasbetter than the first but she was stilldisappointed.

“There was no time spent on thecitizens’ plan,” she said, adding thatSnoqualmie Ridge is still underrepre-sented.

“District 3 is still represented byan incumbent from Fall City andDistrict 1 can’t go up for re-electionin two years,” she said. “It’s not fair.”

Simpson said she did not believethe board actually considered publiccomment.

“But I look forward to new schoolboard members who build consen-sus,” she said.

Popp defended the board, sayingthat by adopting the 2-2-1, the boardshowed it did review the citizens’plan.

“In principle, we adopted most ofthe concept from the citizens’ plan,”he said.

A supporter of that plan, boardmember Stephen Kangas, from NorthBend, said the board listened andimproved the proposal in relation tothe first one.

However, Kangas said, the percep-tion in the Valley is that no propos-al yet embraces the letter of the law.

“You can do more and you shoulddo more to embrace grouping com-munities of mutual and related inter-ests,” he said. “What I see in this lat-est proposal is not that.”

Board member Marci Busby refut-ed claims that the board was still try-ing to hold on to power with thisproposal.

“Obviously not,” she said. “Bydoing this plan, it puts (board mem-ber) Scott Hodgins and I in the samedistrict.”

Besides, she added, the seats onthe board are elected at-large, withmembers not specifically represent-ing each community.

“All five of us represent the entiredistrict,” she said, “and everybodyvotes for every single director and wework on behalf of all the kids.”

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By SebastianMoraga

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Between sips of hot cocoaand swings at her father’s armwhen in sight of a VolkswagenBeetle, 6-year-old Zoe Perkinshonored her family’s heritage.

The daughter and grand-daughter of military men,Perkins stood with her father,Navy officer John Perkins out-side the North Bend QFC May21 asking people to donatemoney for veterans.

In the meantime, she passedout American flags and littlepaper poppies made by veter-ans nationwide.

“I try to include her ineverything we do,” Perkinssaid, “so she understands whatthe military is about and help-ing others. Anything we havetime to do, we try to do.”

Zoe is the youngest memberof the American Legion’sAuxiliary, said Perkins, who at40 is one of the younger mem-bers of the Legion chapter.

“It’s not very common,” hesaid of the Legion and theAuxiliary having youngermembers. “There are a few kidsthat come down there but it’snot very broad.”

Helping veterans is alwaysspecial to Perkins, if not alwayseasy.

“I have been in for 20years,” he said. “I know of a lotof people who are stilldeployed. I try not to think ofit sometimes.”

He paused for a second.“You don’t want to lose any

friends,” he then said, his voicethick with memories.

This year, Perkins and the

Legion are collecting money forthe Wounded Warrior Project,which helps veterans maimedin combat, and the EquineProject, which provides horse-riding therapy for veterans.

“Vietnam veterans have alot of problems,” said LeeScheeler, an Army veteran ofWorld War II, who was stand-ing at the other QFC entrance,“and therapy is not cheap.”

Perkins and fellow Legionmembers will honor fallen war-riors on Memorial Day (May 30)with ceremonies at Valley ceme-teries and Mount Si High School.

The ceremony at Preston’scemetery starts at 9 a.m., andthen moves to Fall City’s ceme-tery at 10, North Bend’s ceme-tery at 11 and Mount Si HighSchool at noon.

A hot-dog-and-chili lun-cheon-by-donation will openat 11 a.m. at the Legion post,38625 S.E. River St.,Snoqualmie, the AmericanLegion Auxiliary’s PamCollingwood said.

Perkins is the senior enlistedleader of the Navy’s unit in the


Sparse attendance for theinaugural Lance Cpl. Eric WardTournament in Snoqualmie hasthrown the event’s future intoquestion.

The tournament, which pit-ted a variety of martial artistsagainst each other, was orga-nized to raise money for theWounded Warrior Project,which supports wounded veter-ans.

But small turnout amongcompetitors and spectators lefttournament organizer Jim Curtisbarely able to cover costs.

“The turnout for this memori-al tournament really makes mewonder about the folks thatmake up the greater SnoqualmieValley community,” he wrote inan email to the Star.

Curtis, who runs a martialarts studio in North Bend, hadhoped to raise several thousanddollars to contribute to theWounded Warrior Project.

The event did have some pos-itive results, even if it fell shortof the intended goal.

A large, carved wooden eagle

CommunityPAGE 10 MAY 26, 2011

Martial arts tournamenthonors wounded veteransLow turnoutjeopardizesevent’s future

By Scott Harris

Two competitors spar during the Ward Tournament in Snoqualmie.

By Scott Harris

Jim Curtis (left) watches as a competitor at the Ward Tournament inSnoqualmie snaps a piece of wood in half with a sharp kick.

By Sebastian Moraga

Retired Navy Chief Petty Officer John Perkins hands out a paperpoppy flower outside the QFC in North Bend.

American Legionkicks off programto honor veterans

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By Sebastian Moraga

Perkins holds a paper poppy hehanded out as part of a fundrais-er for wounded veterans.


Nothing could be finer thanto be in Carolina in the morn-ing, unless you are GibsonBardsley.

In that case, evenings are justas fine, particularly those spentat Christian Stadium, home ofthe Charlotte (N.C.) Eagles.

Bardsley, a graduate of MountSi High School and WesternWashington University, madehis pro debut as a United SoccerLeagues of America player theevening of April 25, entering asa sub against the CharlestonBattery.

“It was a really cool experi-ence,” the 21-year-old forwardsaid in a telephone interviewfrom Charlotte. “I had been train-ing for a while and been waitingfor a chance to get in a game.”

The game was 2-1 Charlestonin the 70th minute, when theCharlotte coach gave Bardsleythe go-ahead.

“Coach said, ‘You’re up, andtry to get us a goal,’” Bardsleysaid.

The game ended 2-1Charleston. Bardsley didn’t gethis goal, but he did get areminder of his first time as apro booter.

“I ended up getting a yellowcard,” he said of his welcome-to-the-pros moment. “It was a veryphysical game and the ref wasletting a lot of stuff go.”

Ref did not let this one go.

Bardsley and a Charleston playerwent shoulder-to-shoulder for aball and the Charleston playerfell. Yellow card.

According to uslsoccer.com,the Eagles are last in the league’sAmerican Division as of May 20,with one win, four losses andone tie. Still, Bardsley said thestats don’t tell the whole story.

“We haven’t been able to getthe results we wanted, but wehave outplayed most of theteams we have played,” he said.

Numbers lend credibility toBardsley’s claim. In six games,the Eagles have only surrenderedseven goals, and every loss hasbeen by one goal, includingthree 1-0 scores.

Mount Si head coach DarrenBrown called Bardsley, a success-ful prep player, one of hisfavorites of all time.

“Great kid, incredible workethic,” Brown said. “Relentlesshard worker, he always put inthe time. I always knew he wasgoing to be special. In high

school, hewould getdouble-teamed,triple-teamedand still putup ridiculousnumbers.”

Bardsleyfinished hiscollege careerby winningthe trophy for

the Great Northwest AthleticConference’s best player of 2010.

The pros, so far, have been ahumbling experience after allthat success.

“You realize you might not bethe only good player on thefield,” he said. “There are otherpeople around you who are justas good and cultured and experi-enced in the game of soccer.”

The pace of play is faster andmore physical, and the mentaldemands are unmatched, hesaid.

“You have to be mentally

focused for 90 minutes,” he said.“If you turn your brain off forone second, your guys will getpunished.”

Brown does not hesitate tovote for his former charge.

“All Gibson needs is achance,” he said. “I guaranteeyou he will take command ofthat chance. He will seize it.He’s that kind of kid.”

When it comes to a chal-lenge, though, nothing beats

what’s ahead: soccer in theCarolina summer. Many thingscould be finer than that.

“People keep telling me I’mgoing to die if it really gets hotand humid,” Bardsley said. “I’mkeeping my fingers crossed thatit doesn’t get worse, but it prob-ably will get a lot worse.”



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was presented to Mount Si HighSchool, which hosted the event.The eagle will be displayed atthe school in honor of Ward, aMount Si graduate and U.S.Marine who died in combat inAfghanistan in February 2010.

Curtis said he will meet withWard’s mother to discuss possi-ble events next year.

The event had great personalsignificance for the members ofthe Marine color guard, whichhelped open and close the tour-nament.

The Marines belong to the

Drill and Ceremony Unit basedat Joint Base Lewis-McChordnear Tacoma. The unit’s colorguard participates in about 200events each year.

“It’s our community sup-port,” said Sgt. Major RonaldJenks, the unit’s senior noncom-missioned officer.

But this assignment had spe-cial significance, because Wardis “one of our heroes,” Jenkssaid.

Members of the unit were thefirst to notify Ward’s parents hehad died overseas. The role isofficially known as “casualtynotification,” and it is takenvery seriously by the men andwomen who carry it out, Jenkssaid.

After the family was notified,

he assigned one of the unit’sMarines to be at their disposal tohelp with anything they needed.

While presenting the colors atthe Ward Tournament, Sgt.Julian Salazar was thinking ofWard and another Marine heknew who died — his brother,Cpl. Omar Salazar.

“Doing this for the families,for the people who knew theMarine, it’s an honor,” Salazarsaid.

His brother returned fromAfghanistan shortly before hedied in a traffic accident causedby another Marine drivingdrunk.

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

Members of aU.S. MarineCorps colorguard watchcompetitionduring thetournament.

By Scott Harris

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Brooke Perry Wambaugh wasborn April 25 to John and AnitaWambaugh, of Snoqualmie.

Brooke was delivered inSeattle, weighing 6 pounds, 6ounces, and measuring 18.5inches.

The Wambaughs also have ason, Austin.

Brooke’s great-grandmother,Alice Pottratz, lives in Latah. Shealso has three grandparents,Susan and Terry Wambaugh,and Perry Hook.

The Wambaughs have livedin the area for nearly a decade.John is a local builder, andowns Rivers WestDevelopment.

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Army base of Fort Lewis in southKing County. Four people inPerkins’ 35-person unit will bedeployed to Afghanistan withinthe next 30 days, he said.

A product of the Midwest,Perkins said he likes how somany people in the Valley havea link to the military.

“One lady had four links to it:Dad, husband and two nephews,”Perkins said, “So she donated four

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dollars. It’s awesome.”Scheeler said he felt the same

connection.“I live between Preston and

Issaquah, been here since ’65,”he said. “And everybody’s gotsomebody in the service.”

Sometimes, the opposite hap-pens and he encounters some-one who dislikes the military,Scheeler said.

“Makes me wonder how these

people got that way,” he said.“Nobody here forces you to doanything.”

Scheeler said Valley residentstend to appreciate military service.

“People here are so respectfuland generous,” he said. “It’sunbelievable.”


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If you ask Phoenix Moomaw,it was a scream. If you ask JacobWachtendonk, it was almostone.

Moomaw, Wachtendonk andthe rest of the Twin Falls MiddleSchool Jazz Band took first placeat the Bellevue Jazz Festival onMay 13, shocking older, moreestablished bands, like thosefrom Everett’s Eisenhower andSeattle’s Eckstein middleschools.

“It felt really great,”Wachtendonk said.

Moomaw called winning thecompetition, “exhilarating.”

Almost to the end, screamingwas in order. Wachtendonk saidthat before the Twin Falls bandplayed a note, they had a cheer-ing and screaming section atBellevue High School.

Then, at the end, when thesecond-place finisher wasannounced, it was time foranother scream. Almost.

“The moment it struck mewas when I heard Eckstein hadgotten second, which means wegot first,” Wachtendonk said. “Iwanted to yell, but it wouldhave been really unprofession-al.”

Still, the win was a coup forTwin Falls, Moomaw said.

“Eckstein has won for four tofive years, so for a 3-year-oldschool like Twin Falls to winand upset that balance, it wasreally not expected of us,” hesaid.

Wachtendonk agreed, sayingthe school from North Bendwalked into Bellevue High as anunderdog.

Next year, the band will strollin as defending champions, butthe mentality must remain thesame.

“We have to act as if we’rethe underdogs again,” he said.

The band practiced every dayof the school year, he added andthat made a big difference.

“It put us over the top with

our sound and our tightness,”he said.

The acoustics at BellevueHigh School weren’t thesmoothest, with every note tak-ing a big bouncy echo. Thecrowd, other than the screamingsection from the Valley, wasdecidedly short on cheers.

“You’re playing and thejudges are 10 feet in front of

you, watching your everymove,” Wachtendonk said.“Then, you look into the standsand there are all the otherbands, hoping you mess up.”

The band played three songsin the preliminary round: “St.James’ Infirmary,” “Blue andSentimental” and “Now Is TheTime.” In the final round, theband performed “Running ofthe Bulls.”

The toughest song was “Blueand Sentimental,” Wachtendonksaid. Since it’s a ballad, it’s easyto fall prey to nerves and play it

slower or faster than it is sup-posed to be.

The band kept calm,Moomaw said, thanks tomonths of preparation.

“Mr. Wenman always pushesus to do our best,” he said ofBand Director Matt Wenman.“And we really nailed it. It was agroup effort.”

‘Underdog’ Twin Falls earns top honors at Bellevue Jazz Festival

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Trombonists from the Twin Falls Middle School Jazz Band’s perform during the Bellevue Jazz Festival.


Mount Si High School hasconfirmed a student has beendiagnosed with varicella, alsoknown as chickenpox.

“It is possible that your childhas been exposed to chicken-pox at school,” a statementfrom the school stated, lateradding “keep your child out ofschool during this time if youthink he or she may havechickenpox.”

Chickenpox is a sudden-onset

virus characterized by fever,fatigue and tiny fluid-filled blis-ters. It can endanger infants,adolescents, pregnant womenand people with weak immunesystems, according to therelease.

King County Public Health’swebsite deemed the conditionhighly contagious.

Chickenpox may bring seri-ous complications, like pneumo-nia and bacterial skin infections.

The statement from theschool recommends that chil-

dren 1 or older who have nothad chickenpox and who havenot been vaccinated should con-tact their doctor as soon as pos-sible, the same for adults in thatsituation.

Children and adults whohave had a confirmed case ofchickenpox do not need immu-nization, the release stated.

A person who has not hadchickenpox immunization has a90 percent chance of becominginfected if a family member con-tracts the disease.

People with children withchickenpox should dispose ofcontaminated tissues, and washtheir hands thoroughly withsoap and water.

Children should not par-ticipate in school andextracurricular activitiesuntil all of their blisters havecrusted over.

Carolyn Malcolm, publicinformation coordinator for theschool district, said kindergart-ners and sixth-graders arerequired to have chickenpox

vaccinations. She said the Mount Si High

School student stayed homefrom May 16-20 due to the con-dition.

“Even though we didn’t knowfor sure, this person stayedhome,” Margie Blackmon, thedistrict’s nursing supervisor said.“That’s the best thing to do for acommunicable disease.”


Mount Si High School confirms a case of chickenpox

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Emily Reitz holds the school’s win-ning trophy.

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A saxophonist takes his turn atsoloing during the festival.

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Members of the Twin Falls Middle School Jazz Band celebrate theirstunning win at the Bellevue Jazz Festival.

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The Mount Si Wildcats soft-ball team continues its statetourney run with a game againstTacoma’s Wilson High Schoolon May 27.

The Wildcats earned a playoffberth after their showing in theSeaKing District Tournament. Itis the team’s first trip to thestate tournament in five years.

Mount Si rolled over SeattlePrep with a 16-4 win May 18 atSeattle’s Lower Woodland Park.Celine Fowler and KassidyMaddux helped lead the Wildcats’offensive display. Fowler had tworuns batted in and scored twice.Maddux went 4 for 4 at the plate,scoring three runs.

The Wildcats piled on sevenruns in the bottom of the fourthinning. When Seattle Prep man-aged only one run in the nextframe, the game ended due tothe mercy rule.

Later that afternoon, MountSi took down West Seattle in atight 5-4 win. Maura Murphyled the bats for the Wildcats,scoring twice on two hits.

Mount Si didn’t have long torest, though, and was back onthe field the next day to take onHoly Names.

The Wildcats couldn’t getgoing, however, and fell 12-2.

Murphy was 3 for 3 at the platewith one RBI.

A short while later, Mount Sifaced off against Bainbridge.Again, the Wildcats couldn’t gettheir offense going and lost,13-4.


Mount Si High School wasone out away from advancing tothe semifinals in the 3A statebaseball playoffs when D.J.Hitch stepped up to bat forEnumclaw. The Hornets had arunner on first base, but theWildcats led 6-2.

On the second pitch of the at-bat, Hitch connected. WhenMount Si shortstop TimProudfoot saw the ball come offthe bat, he said he had onethought, “I am going to catchthis ball no matter what.”

Sprinting to his right andback, the lanky infielder doveand landed with the ball secure-ly in his mitt.

Proudfoot’s catch was anotherexample of the pitching anddefense that the Wildcats haveridden to the semifinals underthe leadership of first-yearCoach Elliott Cribby and hisnew staff.

Earlier that day, fifth-rankedMount Si (20-3) beat Timberline,of Lacey, 4-2, in the first roundof the playoffs.

Timberline (20-4) andEnumclaw each scored first, butMount Si shut down the oppos-

ing offenses and responded withtimely hitting.

On the pitching mound,Trevor Lane and Reece Karaluseach threw complete games forthe Wildcats.

Karalus efficiently retired third-

ranked Enumclaw’s powerfuloffense, which struggled againsthis velocity and command. Forthe second consecutive start, thesenior did not walk one batter.

“There wasn’t a point when Ifelt I could back off,” he said.

Karalus tried to keep the ballinside to Enumclaw batters, whohave trouble pulling the ball.

“They didn’t dominate us byany stretch of the imagination,but he hit spots,” EnumclawCoach Eric Fiedler said.

The Hornets got on the boardquickly, scoring on a one-outdouble in the first inning thatleft runners on second andthird.

But as he has in other tightsituations this season, Karalussettled down and struck out thenext two batters on eight pitch-es to retire the side.

The Wildcats went to work inthe bottom of the first inning,scoring two runs. The second runcame with controversy, though.

With two outs, Mount Si cen-terfielder Max Brown hit a ballto the shortstop, who’s throwpulled the first baseman off thebag. Mount Si’s Robb Lane camehome from third, but his rundidn’t count, as Brown was ini-tially called out.

Both teams cleared the field,but Cribby protested the call.The umpires conferred andreversed the call, allowing therun to stand.

With that play, momentum

SportsPAGE 16 MAY 26, 2011

Mount Si baseball advances to semifinal round in state playoffs

By Dan Catchpole

The Wildcats’ Ryan Atkinson reaches around Enumclaw catcher D.J. Hitch to avoid the tag and score inMount Si’s 6-2 win in the state playoffs. Trevor Lane (2) watches the play up close.

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Mount Si High School’s Maura Murphy gets a hit in a game earlier this year against Bellevue.

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Broadwell owns MountainGurus, a climbing guide service;Dickinson is trying to climb thehighest peak on each continent.

Broadwell is filing regular dis-patches from the trip. Thesehave been abridged for theSnoValley Star. Follow himonline atmountaingurus.blogspot.com.

April 23Yesterday was a great day.

Pasang Temba and I climbedthrough the Khumbu Icefall toCamp 1 at 20,000 feet. The ice-fall is 2,000 vertical feet of ajumbled maze of seracs, iceblocks and crevasses consideredby some the most technicallychallenging part of the climb.We climb using fixed ropesattached to ice screws or snowpickets.

Aluminum ladders are used tocross large crevasses. Sometimes,two or three ladders are lashedwith hand lines to help with

balance when crossing.I’m not sure I’ll ever real-ly get comfortable cross-ing these longer spanningladders. It’s just part ofthe game and you make ithappen; you just do it …and don’t look down.

The icefall is not aplace where you want torelax. You need to be vigi-lant always, assessing the riskand making sure you’re clippinginto the fixed lines.

Pasang Temba makes it alllook easy, but I can tell he takesnothing for granted. He’s alwayslistening and watching for dan-ger.

After crossing the last ladder,the Western Cwm (a Welshword, pronounced COO-m, for abowl-shaped valley) comes intoview. This is the high valley thatleads up Mount Everest. It’stotally surrounded by hugemountain walls on all sidesexcept from the Khumbu Icefall.Nuptse, the Lhotse face, SouthCol and finally Everest’s summitcome into view. It’s hard tobelieve the summit still stands

9,000 feet above us. It’s a beautiful day with light

wind. We sit and enjoy lunch.Nearly 100 tents make up Camp1.

We descend to Base Camp.It’s been a long, tough day. Mylegs and lungs are tired. PasangTemba tells me the second timeup will be much easier. I hopehe’s right.

April 24Today I’m hanging out for

my second rest day at BaseCamp.

We have three staff here atBase Camp. Lhachmi is ourcook, Jangke is our kitchen boyand Gurung helps retrieve waterand does other general chores.

We’re served three west-ern meals per day, at 8,noon and 6.

We have our ownthree-person tents atBase Camp — plenty ofroom to organize all ofour gear.

We have a toilet tent.All of the waste isdeposited in blue barrels

and carried out of Base Camp.We also have a shower tent,which despite being here almosta week, I haven’t utilized yet.Thank God for wet wipes.

Despite all of these luxuries,life is still tough here on themountain. But it’s a far cry fromexpeditions of old. Stayinghealthy and motivated at highaltitude remains difficult. It’sbeen a real blessing to be able tocall my wife and boys every day.

April 28Pasang Temba and I climbed

through the Khumbu Icefallagain, spending two nights atCamp 1 to acclimatize to thealtitude.

Our second day, we climbed

up the Western Cwm towardsCamp 2. The climbing is mostlygradual, unlike the icefall. It’sonly a few miles to Camp 2, butat 21,000 feet, it’s still relativelyslow going.

The sun is shining, and thewhole Western Cwm feels likean oven. The solar radiation offthe white snow is intense.

One section of the route has ahuge crevasse, with five ladderslashed together spanning theenormous expanse. A fewSherpas are taking the laddercrossing; the ladders are bounc-ing up and down. The wholething looks sketchy as hell, and Ieasily decide to take the 10-minute walk-around option.

At Camp 2 it’s now snowinghard. Pasang Temba drops hisload, and we quickly descend toCamp 1 in a snowy whiteout.The weather changes fromwhiteout to hot sun again with-in a few hours.

Everest is a new environment,unlike anyplace I’ve everclimbed. The thin air makeseverything really challengingand slower paced.

Dispatches from Everest: climbing the challenging Khumbu Icefall

switched to Mount Si, whichnever let go of it.

Playing in Bellevue’s expan-sive Bannerwood Park, MountSi’s batters couldn’t rely on thelong ball, which they have usedeffectively this season.

Instead they showed theirability to play small ball bysteadily advancing runners withtimely hitting and aggressivebase running.

Early that day, Lane shut downsixth-ranked Timberline, notch-ing 10 strikeouts. He had a heavy

workload, though, throwing 120pitches overall as he struggledwith his location early on.

But he settled down by thethird inning, and challengedTimberline’s batters.

“I’ll throw my fastball untilthey can prove they can hit it,and they didn’t prove theycould hit it,” Lane said.

Mount Si went into the thirdinning trailing 2-0, when RyanAtkinson connected for his firstcareer home run to tie the game.

With one out and a runneron first base, Atkinson wasfocused on making good con-tact. He was looking for a firstpitch fastball, which he got.

“The ball just went furtherthan I expected,” he said.

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track & field 33AA SSeeaa--KKiinngg DDiissttrriiccttCChhaammppiioonnsshhiippssMMaayy 1188--2200 aatt SSWW CCoommpplleexx,, SSeeaattttlleeTeam scores: 1, Franklin 83; 2,Liberty 81; 3, Bellevue 74; 4,O’Dea 70; 5, Mount Si 66; 6,Seattle Prep 52; 7, Juanita 49; 8,Mercer Island 43; 9, RainierBeach 32; 10, Bishop Blanchet30.5; 11, Bainbridge 23; 12,Cleveland 17; 13, Nathan Hale13.5; 14, Chief Sealth 11; 15,Eastside Catholic 7; 16, Lakeside3; 17 (tie), West Seattle 2, Lake

Washington 2.

IInnddiivviidduuaall rreessuullttss(Top 5 placers advance to

state)100: prelims, 9, Kaleb Huerta(Mount Si) 11.22. 200: 7, ShaneBlankenburg (Mount Si) 23.13.400: 4, Mason Bragg (Mount Si)51.90. 110 hurdles: 8, NateChase (Mount Si) 16.74. 300hurdles: 5, Chase (Mount Si)41.83. 4x100 relay: 3, Mount Si(Huerta, Bragg, Blankenburg,Tyler Button) 43.57. 4x400relay: 4, Mount Si (Bragg, LeviBotten, Huerta, Button) 3:28.95.

High jump: 11, Jon Proctor(Mount Si) 5-6. Shot put: 1,Kolton Auxier (Mount Si) 51-10; 4, Doc Derwin (Mount Si)

46-7; 6, Brian Copeland (MountSi) 44-10. Discus: 3, Zach Storm(Mount Si) 136-10; 5, Auxier(Mount Si) 133-7; 9, Derwin(Mount Si) 111-0. Javelin: 3,Storm (Mount Si) 179-1; 4,Bradly Stevens (Mount Si) 172-7. Pole vault: 5, Jimbo Davis(Mount Si) 12-0.

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2, Juanita 85.5; 3, Nathan Hale80; 4, Lakeside 68; 5, Liberty 51;6, Bishop Blanchet 50; 7, SeattlePrep 45; 8, Rainier Beach 33; 9,Mount Si 30; 10, Mercer Island28; 11, Franklin 27.5; 12,Bellevue 22; 13, Cleveland 16; 14,Bainbridge 15; 15, West Seattle12; 16 (tie), Chief Sealth 10, LakeWashington 10.

IInnddiivviidduuaall rreessuullttss(Top 5 placers advance to

state)200: prelims, 9, Sophie Rockow(Mount Si) 27.21. 800: 7,Christina Volken (Mount Si)2:24.18. 1,600: 9, Bailey Scott(Mount Si) 5:20.85. 300 hurdles:3, Ashley Jackson (Mount Si)46.66. 4x100 relay: 8, Mount Si

(Rockow, Jessie Guyer, AbbeyBottemiller, Kristen Kasel) 51.82.4x200 relay: 7, Mount Si(Rockow, Guyer, Sydney Dore,Bottemiller) 1:50.58. 4x400relay: 6, Mount Si (LindsayKirby, Volken, MadeleineHutchison, Bottemiller) 4:14.19.Triple jump: 4, Leslie Stevens(Mount Si) 34-9.25. Javelin: 4,Stevens (Mount Si) 105-3. Pole vault: 3, Lexi Swanson(Mount Si) 9-6.

Prep girls golf33AA SSeeaa--KKiinngg DDiissttrriiccttTToouurrnnaammeennttAAtt RRiivveerrbbeenndd GGCCMMaayy 1166 rreessuullttssIndividual scores: 7 (tie),Danielle Burns (Mount Si) 90,Maggie Robinson (Mount Si) 90;13, Julia Dorn (Mount Si) 92.

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Mount Si 5, West Seattle 4,winner to state May 19 GamesHoly Names 12, Mount Si 2Bainbridge 13, Mount Si 4,third, fourth, both to state

MOUNT SI 5, WEST SEATTLE 4Mount Si 400 000 1 - 5West Seattle 003 001 0 - 4Mount Si highlights: DanielleMassengill 2B; Maura Murphy 2-4, 2 runs, 1 RBI.

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❑❑ Pajamarama Story Times,6:30 p.m. June 1, North BendLibrary, 115 E. Fourth St. Allyoung children are welcomewith an adult.

❑❑ Open mic, 7 p.m. MayJune 1, The Black Dog, 8062Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie.

❑❑ Rise and Shine Breakfast,7:30-9 a.m. June 2, Camp RiverRanch, 33300 N.E. 32nd St.,Carnation. Free breakfast tohonor Snoqualmie Valley volun-teers who make this communitya better place to live.

❑❑ Sallal Grange’s open mic,7 p.m. June 3, Sallal Grange,12912 432nd Ave. S.E., NorthBend

❑❑ Valley Center Stage pre-sents “And I Can Cook, Too!”7:30 p.m. June 3-4, ValleyCenter Stage, 119 W. NorthBend Way, North Bend. A frankand funny take on being awoman in the modern world.Tickets: $12.50 ($10 for seniors)

❑❑ Snoqualmie ValleyResource Fair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.June 4, Cascade CovenantChurch, 13225 436th Ave. S.E.,North Bend. The fair is to assiststruggling families, and is beingorganized by One VOICE. CallStacey Cepeda at 888-2777 oremail [email protected].

❑❑ The Little Black Bottles,7:30 p.m. June 4, The Black Dog,8062 Railroad Ave. S.E.,Snoqualmie. Suggested dona-tion: $5

❑❑ Argentine Tango Lessonswith Travis Boothe, 4-5 p.m.June 4, 11, 18 and 25, The BlackDog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E.,Snoqualmie. Cost: $35 for seriesor $12 each lesson

❑❑ Dominoes, 1 p.m., June 6,Mt. Si Senior Center, 411 MainAve. S., North Bend

❑❑ Abe and Friends, 7 p.m.June 11, The Black Dog, 8062Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie.Suggested donation: $5

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invites the community to partic-ipate in elk collaring, telemetryand habitat improvement pro-jects in the Upper SnoqualmieValley. Project orientation meet-ings are at 6 p.m. the third

Monday of the month at theNorth Bend City Hall, 211 MainAve. N. Email [email protected].

❑❑ Snoqualmie ValleyHospital is accepting applica-tions for ages 16 or older to vol-unteer in various departments ofthe hospital. Email volunteercoordinator Carol Waters at [email protected] toarrange an interview.

❑❑ Spanish Academy invitesvolunteers fluent in Spanish toparticipate in summer camps onits three-acre farm-style school.Must love children and nature.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.Call 206-748-7588 or 800-282-5815 toll free, or [email protected] online at www.seniorser-vices.org. Click on “Giving Back”and then on “VolunteerOpportunities.”

❑❑ Mt. Si Senior Center needsvolunteers for sorting and salesin the thrift store, reception andclass instruction. The center is at411 Main Ave. S., North Bend.Call 888-3434.

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

❑❑ Adopt-A-Park is a programfor Snoqualmie residents toimprove public parks and trails.An application and one-yearcommitment are required. Call831-5784.

❑❑ 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 the King County LibrarySystem. Call 369-3312.

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❑❑ City offices will be closedMay 30 for Memorial Day.

❑❑ North Bend PlanningCommission, 7 p.m. May 26,211 Main Ave. N.

❑❑ Snoqualmie Valley SchoolBoard, 7:30 p.m. May 26, 8001Silva Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie

EEvveennttss❑❑ Mount Si Artists Guild

exhibit, through May 30, NorthBend Library, 115 E. Fourth St.See artwork by local artists.

❑❑ Valley Center Stage pre-sents “The Foreigner,” 7:30p.m. May 26-28, Valley CenterStage, 119 W. North Bend Way,North Bend. Check out thisuproarious comedy set in ruralGeorgia. Tickets are $15 foradults, $12.50 for students andseniors. Go to www.valleycenter-stage.org.

❑❑ Stories from Junk PuppetLand, 2 p.m. May 26,Snoqualmie Library, 7824Center Boulevard S.E.,Snoqualmie.

❑❑ Student Clinic: Worldmusic and influence on jazz,4:30 p.m. May 25, Boxley’s, 101W. North Bend Way, NorthBend

❑❑ Chris Stover’s Q.E.D. Trio,7 p.m. May 25, Boxley’s, 101 W.North Bend Way, North Bend

❑❑ Halie Loren with GregWilliamson Trio, 7 p.m. May26, Boxley’s, 101 W. North BendWay, North Bend

❑❑ Bingo, 6:45 p.m. May 27,Mt. Si Senior Center, 411 MainAve. S., North Bend

❑❑ Milo Petersen Trio, 7 p.m.May 27, Boxley’s, 101 W. NorthBend Way, North Bend

❑❑ The Fire Inside, 7:30 p.m.May 27, The Black Dog, 8062Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie.Suggested $5 donation.

❑❑ Carolyn Graye & PaulGreen Quartet, 7 p.m. May 28,Boxley’s, 101 W. North BendWay, North Bend

❑❑ David Ayers, 8 p.m. May28, The Black Dog, 8062Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie.

❑❑ Bingo, 5:45 p.m. May 29,Mt. Si Senior Center, 411 Main

Ave. S., North Bend❑❑ Danny Kolke Trio, 6 p.m.

May 29, Boxley’s, 101 W. NorthBend Way, North Bend

❑❑ Open mic, 6:30 p.m. May31 Twede’s Café, 137 W. NorthBend Way, North Bend.

❑❑ Cascade Jazz Ensemble, 7p.m. May 31, Boxley’s, 101 W.North Bend Way, North Bend

❑❑ Young Toddler StoryTimes, 9:30 a.m. June 1,Snoqualmie Library, 7824Center Blvd. S.E. Ages 6-24months old accompanied by anadult.

❑❑ Preschool Story Times,10:30 a.m. June 1, SnoqualmieLibrary, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E.Ages 3-6 accompanied by anadult.

❑❑ Teen study zone, 3 p.m.June 1, North Bend Library, 115E. Fourth St. Drop-in duringscheduled study zone hours for

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Memorial Day weekend train rides, various times, May 28-30,Northwest Railway Museum, 38625 S.E. King St., Snoqualmie.Northwest Railway Museum’s scenic 65-minute round tripdeparts from Snoqualmie or North Bend. Special weekday trainride on Monday. See schedule at www.trainmuseum.org. Cost:$12, $10 seniors, $8 ages 2 to 12, $5 military with ID card.

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