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The way back machineHistorical society parties like it’s 1940.

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November 21, 2013

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By Sam Kenyon

Mount Si High School will be performing a classic piece of live theater, “Fiddler on the Roof,” on Nov. 21-23 at 7 p.m. with a matinee show on Saturday at 2 p.m.

First-year choral and drama director Haley Isaacs chose the play because it is a classic with high quality music and a large cast.

The cast includes students of all grade levels and classes out-side the traditional music and drama department. Students from the construction and art classes helped build the set and paint the backdrop.

“We’ve got some amazing tal-ent and they’ve put a lot of hard work into this,” Isaacs said.

The student actors bring strong chemistry with each other on stage.

“The cast is a pretty tight-knit group,” Isaacs said. “They have a lot of pride in drama and in what they do.”

Mount Si drama fiddles through the weekend

By Michael Kilian

Tevye (Fletcher Van Buren) takes center stage during a rehersal.See FIDDLER, Page 2

By Sherry Grindeland

After 18 months of chess-like moves among the players, Eastside Fire & Rescue Board may have averted a checkmate by the city of Sammamish. It unanimously approved a new funding model at its Nov. 14 meeting.

The group agreed to shift to an 85-15 split.

That means 85 percent of EFR money would come from taxes on assessed property value and 15 percent from call volume. The change will be effective beginning with the 2015 bud-get. The change was recom-mended and presented by an ad hoc committee appointed last month to see if it could move negotiations along.

Currently, the funding is sole-ly based upon assessed property values. Because Sammamish has the high property values and the

low call volumes, the city coun-cil there demanded an alterna-tive funding model.

North Bend City Council voted to support the ad hoc committee at its Nov. 5 meeting.

“Sammamish feels they’ve been subsidizing the other part-ners,” said North Bend Mayor Ken Hearing. “We agreed to allow for calls for service to be part of the charge for each entity.”

Sammamish also approved the funding model change at its Nov. 12 City Council meeting.

In recent months, Sammamish explored establish-ing its own city fire department. Sammamish City Council said if funding wasn’t changed it was leaving the consortium.

The threat of Sammamish’s departure challenged the future of the fire agency that is com-

EFR may be saved under new funding model


Marci Busby still has the lead in the race for the District 4 seat on the Snoqualmie Valley School Board. Busby, an incumbent, was one of four people who filed for the seat after the dis-trict was restructured earlier this year.

As of Nov. 18, she is lead-ing with 4,362 to David Spring’s 3,961 votes in the Nov. 5 King County General Election.

Busby and Spring were the top two contenders from the September primary, outdis-tancing community activist Stephan Kangas and current school board president G. Scott Hodgins.

Gene Pollard’s winning margin has slowly increased in his run against incum-

bent Kevin Hauglie for posi-tion four on the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital Board. Pollard is ahead of Hauglie, 4,257 to 3,586. Pollard, already a hospital commissioner, ran against Hauglie in an effort to change the makeup of the board.

In the other hospital race, newcomer Dariel Norris is outpacing board president and incumbent Dick Edward Jones by a wide margin, 4,947 to 2,466.

The hospital is officially known as King County Public Hospital District Number 4.

Matt Larson has been re-elected Mayor of Snoqualmie. He has 1,802 votes to his chal-lenger, Ed Pizzuto’s 624.

Heather Munden will

See EFR, Page 3

Marci Busby ahead in school board race, Pollard up in hospital district

See ELECTION, Page 3

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Tony Erickson is a senior and has been involved in drama since his freshman year.

He plays Fyedka, and is also the understudy for Tevye.

In this production, the understudies are given a chance to perform their lead roles on the mati-nee show on Nov., 23. Effectively, there will be two productions - the

regular cast show and the understudy show on Saturday.

“There is a very strong sense of family and com-munity amongst the cast,” Erickson said.

He has enjoyed learn-ing the “fantastic story” of the show, as well as the perspective it pro-vides.

As opening night approaches, he says he is feeling eager and ready.

“I’m feeling real good about it,” he said.

Isaacs hopes to see the community come enjoy

the show. She chose the play for its appeal to a wide range of audiences.

“These kids have done a really great job with it,” she said. “So it’s a night well-spent.”

Tickets can be pur-chased at the MSHS finance office or at the door until they are sold out.

Pricing is $5 for stu-dents in the Sno Valley School District and $8 for adults.

Sam Kenyon can be reached at [email protected] or @samuel_kenyon.

By Michael Kilian

Abi Bateman, Krista Cassidy, Brooke Beatie, Jonica Beatie and Madeline Weinstein pre-pare food during a rehersal for ‘Fiddler on the Roof.’

FiddlerFrom Page 1

Hospital budget approved

The Snoqualmie Valley Hospital District Board of Commissioners approved the 2014 annual bud-get at a special budget hearing meeting Nov. 14 at Snoqualmie City Hall. The vote was 4-1. Commissioner Gene Pollard voted no.

The hospital projects total revenue of $29.3 mil-lion and expenses of $28.8 million.

Revenue comes from net patient charges of $26.2 million and taxes of $2.9 million. A small portion comes from other sources including interest.

Expenses include about $19 million in salaries and benefits, $2 million in supplies, $1.7 million for purchased services, $1 mil-lion in leases and rental fees and nearly $2.2 mil-lion in interest on debt.

Family Night features magic show

Come enjoy another Family Night at the Si View Community Center and see Louie Foxx per-form. Foxx and the One Man Side Show is a hilari-ous magic show for all ages.

Families can come and see Foxx make his own head shrink, or watch him balance a cup of water upside down. This fun and funny show is a great way to spend the evening of Friday, Nov. 22.

Foxx holds two

Guinness World Records and Parent Map Magazine voted him Best Live Entertainment two years in a row.

The center, located at 400 S.E. Orchard Drive in North Bend, opens at 6:30 p.m. for a light dinner and crafts and the show will begin at 7 p.m. The sug-gested donation per family is $10. Family Night is an ongoing series of events at the Si View Community Center. Family Night is sponsored by Si View Metro Parks and Encompass. Encompass is a North Bend non-profit organization whose mis-sion is to foster families and communities.

Junior Lifeguard class offered at Si View pool

Si View Metro Parks is offering a Junior Lifeguarding Course for youth ages 11-14. The course is designed to teach relevant swimming and lifeguard skills to kids as a foundation for future life-guards.

Participants will learn in-water rescues, use of rescue tube, first-aid, CPR, and AED. They will have an opportunity to shadow real lifeguards to get a sense of the job. This course will help kids be safer in the water by being stronger swimmers. It will also give them a platform for future employment as lifeguards.

This course is a key

component of the life-guarding program at Si View and will help partici-pants meet the lifeguard-ing course prerequisite. The program runs from 3:30 - 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 5, 12, 16 - 19. The cost is $80 and participants can regis-ter at www.siviewpark.org or call 425-831-1900.

Volunteers needed to plant trees in Snoqualmie

Come help the city of Snoqualmie move closer to the long-running proj-ect of replacing the street trees along Eagle Lake Drive, one of Snoqualmie Ridge’s main thorough-fares. The two year project has been the result of a partnership between the city and the Snoqualmie Ridge Residential Owners Association and Washington State Department of Natural Resources.

There will be a tree planting event on from 9:30 a.m. to noon Nov. 24 on Eagle Lake Drive and volunteers are needed. In the morning, there will be a presentation about the project and the benefits to the community. Then vol-unteers will plant 10 new street trees of two different varieties.

Refreshments and tools will be provided for the educational and fun event. Children are welcome with a parent. RSVP to Phil Bennett at [email protected].

the situation,” he said. “Unfortunately the union doesn’t have a seat at the table.”

Beyond the 85/15 split, funding for two stations will also be changed: Station 81 near Pine Lake in Sammamish, and Station 72 in Issaquah near the transit center. Both of these stations

will be treated as regional assets. The home city will pay for 75 percent of the costs, and the other 25 percent will be split among the partners.

These two stations often act as backups, filling in when firefighters at other stations are on calls out-side their areas.

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prised of North Bend, Issaquah, Sammamish and Fire Districts 10 and 38.

At an Oct. 10 meet-ing of the EFR Board of Directors, the board appointed a group to engage in a last-ditch effort to negotiate a fund-ing model agreeable for everyone.

The ad hoc commit-tee, which included Alan Gothelf of North Bend, Don Gerend of Sammamish, Bob Harrison of Issaquah, Chris Dahline of Fire District 38, and Michael Fisette of Fire District 10, came up with the new plan.

Jon Wiseman, the fire fighters union president who works out of the North Bend station, has been a faithful attendee at EFR meetings as the lead-ership group has struggled with differences. He hopes the movement on the funding model keeps Sammamish part of EFR.

“I’m cautiously opti-mistic this will work out,” he said. “It doesn’t make sense for Sammamish to start their own fire depart-ment when they’ve got the funding model they want.”

The benefits of a regionalized model, Wiseman added, mean you don’t have a lot of duplicate positions. Instead one maintenance division and one fire mar-shal can cover the area.

“I keep monitoring

Who pays what?Under the new funding model, each of EFR’s

partners will see changes in the amount they pay. A portion of Issaquah’s change is not directly related to the funding formula change, but to that city’s plan to move a fire station.

Fire District 10 (-182,244.46)Fire District 38 35,416.11Issaquah 428,533.59North Bend 130,179.77Sammamish (-411,883.02)Source: city of Sammamish

on funding, the chess game is still in progress.

Sammamish also wants changes to the ILA – the Inter Local Agreement or charter– that governs the consortium.

“The hope is to change the governance model,” said EFR Deputy Chief of Operations Greg Tyron.

Some of the desired changes in the ILA, Tyron said, are just a matter of document housekeeping – they’re things the EFR already does but the ILA hasn’t been kept current.

Rather than go through another prolonged nego-tiation, the EFR board appointed another ad

hoc committee to come up with recommended changes. That committee is due to start meeting Nov. 22.

Sherry Grindeland can be reached at [email protected] or 425-392-6434 ext. 246.

EFRFrom Page 1

replace outgoing Snoqualmie City Council member Maria Hendricksen. Munden has 1,697 votes to the other candidate, Terry Sorensen’s 689.

In North Bend, the Si View Metropolitan Park operation and maintenance levy is passing 3,469 to 963.

Because this was an election by mail, ballots are still being counted. Updated results are regularly posted on the King County Elections web-site. The election will be certified – declared official – Nov. 26.

ElectionFrom Page 1

CorrectionMacy Hedger’s

name was misspelled in the story that appeared in the Nov. 14 edition about scholarship winners from Cascade Dance Academy.


When it comes to local his-tory, there’s nothing boring or dusty about the Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum mem-bers.

They will be singing like it is 1940 at their annual meeting at 2 p.m. Nov. 24 at Boxley’s Jazz Club, 101 North Bend Way. This is one meeting, said Museum President Kris Kirby, that the public as well as members shouldn’t miss.

The program, “I Hear America Singing in 1940,” will be led by lifelong Valley resident, musi-cian and Museum board member Harley Brumbaugh. Members

and the public are encouraged to dress appropriate to the era.

“I’ve already found an old dress that looks like the 1940s at Value Village,” said Kirby. “I can’t wait to wear it. But you don’t have to dress up to attend.”

The 1940 theme celebrates the current featured show at the Museum, “Snoqualmie Valley in the 1940 Census: A Record in Time.”

The Museum collects and documents the history of Snoqualmie, North Bend, Cedar Falls, Fall City, Preston and Snoqualmie Pass.

The collection began when Ada Snyder Hill came to the

Valley in 1910 to teach school. She saw the significance of preserving and documenting local history and incorporated a display into an empty room at North Bend High School.

The collection has grown and today is housed in a museum at 320 Bendigo Blvd. S. in North Bend.

The collection includes numerous Native American and early valley artifacts, documents and photographs. Winter hours are noon to 4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday or by appointment.

The 1940 display, said Kirby, represents a significant point in American history.

The country was just com-

ing out of the Depression and people were enjoying increased prosperity and community activ-ities. The big band sound was popular and music was upbeat.

“You don’t even have to know the words,” Kirby said. “We’re putting together a songbook.”

Danny Kolke, owner of Boxley’s, will be accompanying Brumbaugh and the audience as they sing.

There is no charge to attend the meeting. The bar and restau-rant will be open and dinner res-ervations may be made by going to www.boxleysplace.com.


Sing like its 1940 at Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum annual meeting at Boxley’s Jazz Club

He took a break while Mavis returned with more cof-fee and with strange looks at our faces while we tried not to stare at her. Then she was gone, and Doc began again.

Finally, when we had been pretty well checked out on the mysterious workings of the gentle gender, Doc said, “Bert, if your wife is having some prob-

lems, have her give me a call.”“Oh, it ain’t her, Doc,” Bert

said. “It’s Dud.”We all looked at Dud. He

grinned sheepishly. No one wanted to say anything. Finally, Steve said, “I’m not going to be the one to ask.”

“That’s what you said, Dud, right?” Bert asked. “That’s why Saturday’s plans are shot.”

“Female trouble?” Doc said, looking at his old friend.

Dud nodded. “Anita won’t let me go fishing this weekend.”

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Congratulations to the Mount Si High School football team, coaches, parents and fans for a great 9-2 season!

The amazing athletes, led by Nick Mitchell, Bailey Takacs, Trevor Daniels, and Beau Shain – to name just a few of the seniors — dominated nearly every opponent they faced.

Mount Si’s season-ending game was played Nov. 15 in Seattle’s Memorial Stadium, against O’Dea. The Fighting Irish and Bellevue High School were the only two teams to beat the Wildcats. The former is ranked number 2 in the state; the latter number 1.

But the Wildcats had a fantastic run.They earned every yard they gained – not just by their

efforts on the football field – but the preparation for the sport. In that regard, their success has taken years of work.

It began back in the mid-1990s, when these young men were born. Their families worked to raise them, to feed them, clothe them, keep them healthy and provide homes and love.

Their families deserve a big round of applause.Their teachers get credit for building not just ath-

letes but young men paying attention in the classroom. Although the days of athletes getting free passing grades just because they play sports haven’t completely disap-peared, players these days know they need to hit the books if they want to play for a college team.

So the teachers deserve a big round of applause.And then there is the head coach, Charlie Kinnune. He

knows every young man on the team, he inspires them and teaches them to play football. Kinnune and the assis-tant coaches emphasize more than football. Players must adhere to a four-pronged code: ethics, enthusiasm, loyalty and good decision making. Kinnune and his coaching cadre track grades to make certain every player is eligible to play. They learn the players’ backgrounds and know when an athlete needs a pat on the back or a gentle nudge or not-so-gentle kick to get moving.

The coaches deserve a resounding round of applause.The young men themselves have worked for years to

become great football players. They’ve spent long hours in the weight room, sitting in front of boards as coaches teach them plays and countless practice days on the foot-ball field.

The Wildcats may have run into more muscle in last week’s final game, but no one had more grit and heart than this classic small town team that was pitted against a much larger big-city school. Give this 2013 Wildcat foot-ball team a much-deserved standing ovation.

Happy shopping!Shop smart and support

small businesses on Nov. 30. Small Business Saturday started in 2010 and was later recog-nized by U.S. Senate in 2011 the once little-known campaign has become a movement that individuals, businesses, and communities have embraced nationwide.

Small businesses are the cornerstone of any commu-nity by providing jobs, stimu-lating local economic growth, and giving back to the com-munity.

The Better Business Bureau concluded when you shop locally owned businesses, your money is circulated further cre-ating up to 75 percent more tax revenue to your community, county and state.

For every $100 spent at a locally owned business, $73 remains in the local economy and $27 leaves.

For every $100 spent at a non-locally owned business, $43 remains in the local economy and $57 leaves.

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Life Enrichment Options luncheon a success

Life Enrichment Options would like to express our heartfelt thank you to every-one who attended our recent fundraising luncheon, “It’s About the Journey”, and to those who sent donations to support our work of providing a quality of life for adults with developmental disabilities.

Your support creates true inspiration for us in working toward making dreams come true for these unique and spe-cial people who play such a vital role in the fabric of our community.

Our sincere thanks go out to our sponsors and our raffle prize donors for their gener-

ous contributions, allowing our organization to raise over $88,000 towards our plans for a third adult family home for people with disabilities to be located in the Snoqualmie Valley.

Special acknowledgement must be given to Leo and Rose Finnegan, John Curley, and Sue Vigal and Howard McOmber and the members of the Issaquah Parks and Recreation chorus class, for a heartwarming and poignant presentation.

The nest egg to build our fourth adult family home, which will make dreams of independent living come true for five more young adults, is well on its way because of the generosity of our donors.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Life Enrichment Options, thank you so very much!

Nancy Whitaker President

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The morning conference began innocently enough, with Steve and Doc arguing over which of the little packaged jel-lies went better on sourdough toast, and no one caring which one was right.

Dud and Bert and I sat silent-ly, sucking down the morning elixir until it spread life to our outermost reaches as the Mule Barn truck stop’s world dilemma think tank crept to life. Bert was unusually quiet this morning and we asked why.

He hemmed and hawed a little, then said, “Doc, you know about these things. What exactly is female trouble?”

Oh shoot. Pretty heavy stuff for just two cups of coffee, so the rest of us hurried down a third as Doc puffed up a bit and got ready.

“Sure, Bert,” Doc said kindly.Then Doc gave us the best

his nine years of college and 50 years of medical practice had blessed him with. He waxed elo-quent on hormonal elements, the ebb and flow of female fertil-ity, things that could go wrong with tubular parts, and the effect all of these things could have on the attitudinal proclivities of the dear ladies we all love and admire.

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Terry Fator and a high school buddy were going door-to-door selling candy

early one eve-ning. They stop-ped at a house with no lights on.

When they knocked, a voice told the boys he would be there in a min-ute. The voice encouraged the boys to stay on the doorstep several times.

About 10 minutes into the wait, Fator’s buddy fig-ured out the voice wasn’t coming from inside the house, it was right beside him.

Today that voice – in different characterizations – entertains thousands of fans weekly in Fator’s headliner show at the Mirage in Las Vegas.

Fator, who won “America’s Got Talent” show in 2007, will be bringing his ventrilo-quism talent, wild humor and cast of crazy pup-pet characters to the Snoqualmie Casino Ballroom Nov. 24.


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Was there ever a family gathering where a Seven-Layer Salad was not pres-ent when we were kids?

There are as many ver-sions of this salad as there are cooks and everyone, it seems, has their own spe-cial vision of what it takes to make a Seven-Layer Salad.

Mine? Well, I prefer three times seven for an abundant 21 layers.

The best bowl for lay-ered salads and desserts is a deep, straight-sided trifle bowl. Serving any food in a trifle bowl turns the dish into a gorgeous memory maker.

Seven-Layered Salad Times Three

1 head of romaine let-tuce, chopped and cut into bite-size squares

1 cup frozen peas (pref-erably baby or petite peas) - divided

1/2 large red onion, finely diced – divided into

three1 1/2 cups bacon bits

(or more if you like bacon) – divided into ½ cup por-tions

3 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and diced – divided into three

1 1/2 cups grated ched-dar cheese – more is bet-ter - divided into ½ cup portions

1 bunch green onions, diced – divided into three

Salad Dressing1 cup sour cream1 cup mayonnaise1/2 cup sugar2 tablespoons vinegarSaltPepperWhisk ingredients

together. Divide the dress-ing into thirds.

Constructing the saladDivide the lettuce into

three equal portions. Put one portion in the bot-tom of your glass trifle bowl. Sprinkle 1/3 cup of the frozen peas over the lettuce. Spread 1/3 of the onions on the salad.

Now scatter ½ cup of bacon bits around. But if you like bacon like I like bacon, well it is just likely you’ll need to add more. Lots and lots more bacon.

Top that with egg, then a ½ cup of cheese. The grated cheese is like the bacon. If a little is good, more is better and a lot

more is best.Now add the green

onions.Finally, slather one-

third of the dressing over the top of everything.

Repeat this process for the next seven layers and add dressing again.

Start final set of lay-ers but this time; put the dressing on top of the red onions. Then add the bacon, egg, cheese and green onions for a visual feast.

Allow to set long enough for the peas to defrost and the dressing to drizzle down into the salad.

You can play with the layers if you like, introduc-ing new ingredients to your liking or remove the peas for the kid’s sake.

Voilà! Memories made with lots of layers and lots of love.

Deanna Morauski owns, operates and cooks at The Old Hen Bed & Breakfast

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This 7-Layer Salad Recipe tastes three times better than ever

Ventriloquist Terry Fator will perform at Snoqualmie Casino

Terry Fator

Both stages are a life-time away from Fator’s roots in North Texas where he found a book about ventriloquism in the school library. He was 10 at the time.

“I had been singing and doing characterizations of singers from the time I was a kid,” he said from

his home in Las Vegas. “I used a puppet to do Michael Jackson songs from back when he was with the Jackson 5.”

Learning to throw his voice seemed a natural progression.

By the time he was in high school, Fator could project voices from the

other side of the room and from under desks to entertain friends and frustrate teachers. But he didn’t see that as a career option then.

He also didn’t like working while he was still in school in his parents’ janitorial service.

“If you want to get

good at something, work at a job that you hate,” he said. “I hated dusting and vacuuming offices, emp-tying trash and cleaning

the bathrooms. But I used the time while I was alone doing the fifth floor in an

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By Sam Kenyon

Adi Hienzsch doesn’t want to be called an art-ist, the 89-year-old thinks of himself as a craftsman. Nearly every part of the house and property he and his wife of nearly 58 years share is covered with his craft. He is a wood sculptor and painter, and has sold his wares in the Snoqualmie Pass and Valley for 46 years.

“Snoqualmie Pass is our second home,” said his wife, Eva.

Eva and Adi came to the U.S. from Germany in 1963 and settled in their current place in 1967. They raised a son and daughter in North Bend. They were drawn to the area by the same thing that inspires Adi’s work: The mountains.

Their whole life Eva and Adi have spent time in the mountains, skiing, hiking,

and climbing. Adi calls his work “Alpine Style,” and many of his paintings are mountain scenery. Over their front door is one of

the most common themes of his work: A large, wood-en edelweiss, the white flower found high in the mountains. The name of

their business is Edelweiss-Chalet.

Adi’s wooden carv-ings are varied in size and subject, but they usually

North Bend resident carves wood into pieces of art A relief wood carving ofhorsesrunsalongthetopoftheHienzsch’sgaragedoor.

have a nature theme. The Hienzschs sell the color-ful gnomes that sit along their fence or the large mushrooms decorating their yard. He carved the horse mural that is dis-played above their garage door. He carved the large, bald eagle resting on a rock from a single tree stump. Their yard, show-room, and home are fully adorned with a lifetime of his pieces.

“I’m so proud of him,” said Eva.

Using nature as his muse is part of why he doesn’t feel like an artist. He says modern artists aren’t as connected to

nature.“That’s what makes me,

probably, an old-timer,” he said, laughing softly. “Everything is different now.”

They have been able to make a living off of Adi’s work for decades, and he has yet to lose any of his passion. He still awakens in the middle of the night, stricken with inspiration.

Scott Cannon has been a family friend of the Hienzschs for nearly 40 years. He skied with their son when they were younger. He likes and respects the Hienzschs very much.

“They have got the

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sweetest, kindest disposition,” Cannon said. “They’re kind of like how everyone’s grandpar-ents should be.”

Cannon owns three pieces of art from Edelweiss-Chalet. He has a wooden Edelweiss, which is Adi’s signature, and two nature paintings. One of the paintings is Cannon and his wife climbing Mt. Rainier. They took a picture of their climb at sunset and gave it to Adi who made them a custom painting of the scene.

“He did a beautiful job,” Cannon said. “He’s phenom-enal. They’re just a phenomenal couple.”

In recent years, age has slowed Adi Hienzsch’s produc-tion. Where before he would have to be dragged away from

his shop in their backyard after a 10 hour day, now he works for a few hours at a time, with frequent naps in between. He no longer accepts custom orders like he used to.

Not long ago, he transitioned away from wood. It has become too heavy and unwieldy for him so he uses high density foam. This makes his carvings lighter and completely weatherproof. Although the material has changed, his desire to create is still strong.

“When I’m finished with these, that makes me happy,” he said. “It’s my life.”

Edelweiss-Chalet is open every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Their biggest seasons are Christmas, and summer, when visitors are driving to or from a vacation and they see the hand carved sign advertising wood carvings and paintings. Their customers appreciate the quality of Adi’s pieces said his wife.

“Everyone is a handmade original,” Eva said.

When visitors come through, especially children, they are often amazed at the level of ornate woodworking that adorns nearly every inch of the Hienzsch property. Adi has spent decades applying his trade to his own home. Eva says that people always tell them that their place is like a museum.

But the Hienzschs are used to the ornate detail because that is Adi’s way. Whether his label is artist or craftsman, he has created pieces his whole life. After nearly half a century, their house and livelihood are exten-sions of his passion.

As Eva said: “For us, it’s just home.”

Sam can be reached at [email protected] or @samuel_kenyon.

Photos by Sam KenyonA woman stands inagrapearborasthebackpartofabench.

A carved scene(above)hoversoverAdi’snewmushroomsinfront.ThemountainsinthebackgroundaretheAlpsofGermany.

A seated man(right)greetsvisitorscomingintotheHienzschhome.


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North Bend Police

Driving the H-trainPolice stopped a driver

on the 200 block of Main Avenue North on Nov. 8 at 5:02 p.m. who was driving on a suspended license. The driver was also carrying 0.01 grams of heroin.

Suspicious circumstances

Police responded to the 200 block of East Third Street on Nov. 8 at 7:38 p.m. to a report of a from a homeowner who thinks someone came into her backyard, possibly with the intention of casing her house. The woman believes the trespasser came in via a temporary gate she has erected.

Prowling through town

On Nov. 8 from 11:18 - 11:59 p.m. police received

four separate reports of vehicle prowlers. The reports began at the 600 block of Pickett Avenue Northeast and ended on the 800 block of Northeast Eighth Street. Unknown suspects were trying the doors of cars testing if they were unlocked.

Testing the law and blood sugar

Police responded on Nov. 9 at 10:45 a.m. to the 1100 block of Rancher Place North to reports that five cars were broken into overnight. The vehicles were all parked in the driveways of their owners. The suspect apparently entered the cars through unlocked doors. Loose change, a diabetic test kit, and a satellite radio were all taken. The radio was dropped and left in the front yard.

Calling the cops on each other

Police responded on Nov., 12 at 6:14 p.m. to

Contributed

Mount Si High School studentsposedwiththeircounterpartsfromGladbeck,Germany.

A group of German high school students spent 2.5 weeks visiting the Snoqualmie Valley. The 21 Germans were paired with host Mount Si High School students and their families. Mount Si High German teacher Edina Kecse-Nagy coordinates the annual program.

In June, a group of Mount Si stu-dents will go to Germany for the reciprocal exchange.

While here, the German students

visited other Snoqualmie Valley School District schools, sharing a video about schools and life in Europe.

They did typical tourist things such as tours of Pike Place Market, the Science Center, Space Needle, and the Museum of Flight. The stu-dents also participated in Mount Si’s Homecoming celebration, attended football games, went to a jazz night at Boxley’s and hiked in the valley.

German students visit ValleyPolice blotter the 200 block of Cedar

Avenue South to reports from two neighbors in an apartment complex.

Each neighbor com-plained that the other is involved in domestic violence. The neighbors accused one another of creating disturbances by calling the police on each other.

Snoqualmie PoliceNo reports available.

Fire Reports

North Bend

Fire in the fireplaceEight engines respond-

ed to the 44700 block of Southeast 71st Street on Nov. 8 at 11:24 p.m. to a fire that was confined to a chimney or flue.

A friendly assistOne engine responded

to the 43800 block of Southeast 142nd Street on Nov. 10 at 6:56 a.m. to provide medical assistance to the emergency medical service team.

This is Only a TestOne engine responded

to the 36200 block of Southeast 89th Place on Nov. 12 at 1:23 p.m. to an unintentional fire detector alert. There was no fire.

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Firefighters responded to the 8600 block of 384th

on Nov. 6 due to an unau-thorized burn pile.

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Fresh from the dryer

Firefighters responded to Curtis Drive on Nov. 6 to reports of an unusual smell coming from a residence. Investigation

revealed that the odor was coming from the laundry dryer.

Cleaning after up Mother Nature

Firefighters assisted the Sheriff’s Office from King County on Nov. 11 with a tree that had fallen across the roadway on Southeast North Bend Way.

The tree produced sig-nificant debris that cov-ered all of the eastbound

lane.

This is only a testFirefighters responded

to the Snoqualmie Ridge area on Nov. 12 due to a residential fire alarm.

Investigation revealed that it was a false alarm set off by a worker on scene.

In addition to the above calls, Snoqualmie firefight-ers responded to 19 medical aid calls bringing our annual call number to 1029.

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q No School Day camp, 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Si View Community Center, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend, half-day kindergar-teners, $60/day, reg-ister online at www.siviewpark.org or by calling 831-1900

q Toddler Story Times, 10 a.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., ages 2-3 with adult, free

q Preschool Story Times, 10:45 a.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., ages 3-6 with adult, free

q BB and Friends, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, 292-9307

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q No School Day camp, 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Si View Community Center, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend, half-day kindergar-teners, $60/day, reg-ister at www.siview-park.org or 831-1900

q Infant and Young Toddler Story Time, 11 a.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., newborn-age 2 with adult, free

q MSHS Vocal Jazz Clinic, 5 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, 292-9307Christian Henriksen Project, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, 292-9307

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q Cedar River Watershed Education Center, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 19901 Cedar Falls Road S.E., free, 206-733-9421

q I Hear America Singing in 1940 (community sing-along), 2 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 North Bend Way, North Bend, presented by the Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum, 292-9307

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

q Terry Fator, 7 p.m., The Ballroom at Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. North Bend Way, ages 21 and older, tickets available through Ticketmaster

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q Snoqualmie 101, 10 a.m. to noon, Meadowbrook Farm Interpretive Center, 1711 Boalch Ave., free, 831-1900

q Mimosas in the Morning, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Optimal Health Chiropractic, 7726 Center Blvd. S.E., Suite 125, Snoqualmie, bring a food bank donation

q NaNoWriMo Write-Ins with SnoValley Writes!, 1-4 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St.

q Rock Stars Show featuring Big Star Studios, 5-9 p.m., Finaghty’s, 7726 Center Blvd. S.E. Snoqualmie, Suite 110, all ages, 888-8833

q Bernie Jacobs Quartet, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307

q 34th Annual Seattle International Comedy Competition Semi-Finals, 8 p.m., The Ballroom at Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. North Bend Way, ages 21 and older, tickets available through Ticketmaster

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q Pre-Kids Night Out pizza party, 5:30-6 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., ages 3-12, $5/participant, reg-ister online at bit.ly/17gUddU

q Hammer, Clark and Price Trio, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, 292-9307

q The Stars of the Chelsea Lately Roundtable Show, 8 p.m., The Ballroom at Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. North Bend Way, ages 21 and older, tickets available through Ticketmaster

q Seastar, 8 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie 831-3647

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q No School Day camp, 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Si View Community Center, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend, half-day kindergar-teners, $60/day, reg-ister at www.siview-park.org or by calling 831-1900

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

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

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q Boxley’s closed for Thanksgiving

q The Black Dog closed for Thanksgiving

q North Bend and Snoqualmie City Offices closed for Thanksgiving

q Mount Si Senior Center closed for Thanksgiving

q Special Thanksgiving hours at Finaghty’s, 4 p.m. to 12 a.m., 888-8833

November Family Night pres-ents Louis Foxx’s One Man Side Show — featuring magic tricks, comedy, cowboy tricks, hand shadows and much more — from 6:30-8 p.m., Nov. 22 at the Si View Community Center, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive. Tickets are $10/family. Call 831-1442.

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By Sam Kenyon

The Mount Si Wildcats’ strong football season came to an end underneath the shadow of the Space Needle Nov. 15 at Seattle Memorial Stadium. The number 2 ranked O’Dea Fighting Irish beat Mount Si in a one-sid-ed 49-7 victory. The loss ended the Wildcat’s playoff run after an impressive 9-2 season, where they only lost one other game against the number 1 ranked Bellevue High School.

The playoff atmosphere before the game was full of energy as the two team’s bands played back and forth, warm-ing up the crowd. The Mount Si crowd was in a frenzy early on in the contest as a light rain misted the field. The game began with the teams trading possessions due to the strong defense coming from both sides. They also traded turnovers, with Mount Si bobbling a punt attempt followed by an O’Dea fumble that the Wildcats recov-ered.

Then, late in the first quarter,

the game broke for the Irish. Running back Myles Gaskin went for a 76-yard touchdown. The ensuing Mount Si posses-sion ended in a punt, and after a hard fought drive back down the field, the Irish scored again. O’Dea would score touchdowns on the following two posses-sions, both by Gaskin, racking up a score of 28-0 at halftime.

O’Dea sealed their victory early in the second half when Gaskin ran 42 yards for his

fifth touchdown. The Irish run-ning game continued to score through the third quarter, even using a fake punt play when the score was 42-0 to secure a first down. That ultimately led to another touchdown.

In the fourth quarter, Mount Si managed to score the final touchdown of the game on a pass from senior quarterback Nick Mitchell to senior wide receiver Trevor Daniels.

The O’Dea defense gave

Mitchell a hard time in the pocket throughout the game. He completed 11 of 26 passing attempts and also picked up a meager nine rushing yards.

Daniels was Mount Si’s most productive receiver with five catches for 36 total yards. Fellow senior Wyatt Baker-Jagla had the largest gain on a single reception with 29 yards. Sophomore wing-back Parker Dumas had 19 total yards off two catches. Senior tight end Beau Shain had one

catch for a gain of 17 yards. Like he has all season, senior

running back Bailey Takacs car-ried the Wildcat’s rushing game. He had 12 carries for a hard fought 46 total yards, more than double the combined rushing total of all other Mount Si play-ers. Fellow senior running back Jordan Chapman had three car-ries for eight total yards.

With the season over, the

O’Dea brings down Mount Si football

By Calder Productions

Mount Si’s Trevor Daniels tries to slip past an O’Dea defender.

By Calder ProductionsMount Si Quarterback Nick Mitchell (pictured in photo at right) lofts a pass to senior Wide Reciever Wyatt Baker (pictured at left).

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Instead, he and some friends formed “Texas: The Band.” Their specialty was country-rock.

“That was before Garth Brooks rocked up country,” said the 48-year-old Fator. “We were very popular for an unsigned band.”

As the lead singer, he had a chance to do a lot of impressions of other singers.

From that he developed a cadre of characters and voices includ-ing Walter T. Airedale, soul singer Julius, annoying neighbor Duggie Scott Walker, and Emma Taylor, a female singer.

Eventually his characteriza-tions and zany puppets demanded more of his time and he went solo. He auditioned for “America’s Got Talent” and won the second season of the television show.

He started at the Mirage shortly after that.

Fator recently introduced a new show to Mirage audiences. It is autobiographical and has received good reviews. He wrote the bulk of it himself, although he has a team of writers.

“Four writers and I sit around and throw out ideas. Our writing sessions are a lot of goofing around and having fun,” he said. “They help me punch things up.”

Fator likes writers – he’s an avid reader of fiction books and relaxes by playing video games.

“I don’t have a lot of spare time, but when I do, I like to get online and kill zombies with my friends,” he said.

This will be Fator’s second appearance at the Snoqualmie Casino – the first was shortly after the Casino opened five years ago.

He added this show will be similar in one way to what he did before.

“I can almost guarantee that if you come see us, you’ll leave the show feeling great,” he said. “We all have a good time on stage and in the audience.”


Breshears signs with Oregon University

Mount Si Senior Carson Breshears signed a let-ter of intent to attend Oregon University and play baseball after he gradu-ates. Breshears, who has a 3.8 GPA, signed the letter on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at

Mount Si. Breshears plays the middle

infield positions, second base or shortstop, and has started for the Mount Si varsity team since he was a sophomore. Head coach Zach Habben describes Breshears as a speedy defender with great hands and feet who has built up his ability to hit with power over his high school career.

Breshears has played baseball all his life, and his older brother Dustin plays on the Gonzaga University team. Breshears plans on entering Oregon’s sports busi-ness program, and his ultimate goal is to try to play beyond college. Breshears chose Oregon because he felt the coaching structure and style of play suited him best.


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team now begins prepa-rations for next year. A significant portion of the Wildcat’s most effective offensive pro-ducers from this season will graduate. Shain, Daniels, Takacs, Baker-Jagla, and Chapman will all be gone next year, as

well as Jake Smith, Evan Johnson, Drew Cotto, Jack Nelson and others.

Mitchell will be play-ing for Oregon State University next season, so the quarterback posi-tion will likely go to the backup quarterback from this season, junior Jonathan “Jo Jo” Hillel.

Sam can be reached at [email protected] or @samuel_ke-nyon.

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Students at Chief Kanim Middle School had a lesson they won’t forget about what it means to be a veteran.

At the Veterans Day assembly Nov. 12, they met Monica McNeal, mother of Eric Ward. Ward was a Chief Kanim and Mount Si High School graduate.

Ward was also a Marine who didn’t come home. He was killed February, 2010 in Afghanistan.

He was recently memo-rialized in a portrait by artist Michael Reagan. The Pacific Northwest artist draws pictures of soldiers who have died in active

duty and gives them to their families. Reagan’s ongoing project is called Fallen Heroes.

He not only sketches military veterans, he also does pencil-on-paper drawings of victims in tragedies, such as the 20 children of Newton, Conn. who were killed in their school earlier this year.

Reagan doesn’t charge for his pictures and for a number of years funded the costs out of his own pocket.

People wanted to help and he started a nonprofit, Fallen Heroes, to cover expenses such as the $700 a month required to mail

portraits to families.Kanim teacher Tom

Burford told his students about Reagan’s Fallen Heroes project. Last year, while he was at the for-mer Snoqualmie Middle School, Burford and six

students raised $1,650 for the artist’s fund.

Chief Kanim students decided they could top that figure and began rais-ing money a few weeks ago.

At the recent assembly,

they presented Vietnam War vet Reagan a check for $2,962.55.

In turn, Reagan gave the portrait of Eric Ward to his parents. The por-trait will be hung at Chief Kanim Middle School.

In closing the ceremony, Ward’s mother gave Reagan a commemorative blanket.

For more informa-tion on the Fallen Heroes Project go to: http://www.fallenheroesproject.org.

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Community veterans were invited to participate in Veterans Day assemblies at Snoqualmie Valley School District schools. Several attended the program at Chief Kanim Middle School where the school was presented with a portrait of Eric Ward.

Community at Chief Kanim honors veterans

Nominees sought for Citizen of the Year

The City of North Bend is seeking nominations for its 2013 Citizen of the Year Award.

The Citizen of the Year

is an individual or busi-ness that has gone above and beyond to make North Bend a better place to live, through profes-sional or volunteer efforts, or by an extraordinary contribution to the com-munity.

“We want to honor those who have shown, through their initiative and actions, that they truly care about the com-munity,” said Mayor Ken Hearing.

The winner will be announced at the Jan.

7, 2014 City Council Meeting.

To make a nomination, send a letter detailing what the person/business has done for the com-munity and why they deserve the award by Dec.

2, 2013. Please include daytime telephone num-bers for yourself and the nominee.

Nominations should be directed to the atten-tion of City Administrator Londi Lindell.

They can be sent by e-mail to [email protected], by regular mail to City of North Bend, P.O. Box 896, 211 Main Ave. N., North Bend, WA 98045; or dropped off in person.

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