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July 15, 2010
VOL. 3, NO. 27
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Page 7
Take a bite
out of
Rattlesnake
Ledge
Page 12
Protest of casino concert planned
By Dan Catchpole
Some Snoqualmie residents
say no one is listening to their
complaints about the how loud
the Snoqualmie Casino’s outdoor summer concerts are. To
get their message across, they
are planning to protest the July
15 concert.
A handful of the residents
asked the Snoqualmie City
Council at its July 12 meeting to
take up their case. Council
members did not take sides in
the matter.
The city has said that the
casino, on the Snoqualmie
Tribe’s reservation, is not subject
to city noise ordinances.
Casino officials said that
while the casino is not under
the city’s jurisdiction, it does
follow the city’s ordinances in
A buzzing hobby
By Laura Geggel
A North Bend woman rescued
an 11-year-old Snoqualmie girl
from Rattlesnake Lake in North
Bend at about 1:30 p.m. July 11.
The girl, Tessa Hisel, moved
to Snoqualmie with her family
from Redmond in June. On July
11, a friend of her mother took
her son, Tessa and her sister
Teya to Rattlesnake Lake to go
swimming.
The mother’s friend went
swimming and Tessa followed
her, not even stopping when the
friend swam back to shore
because she was tired and
thought the water was cold. The
friend called out to Tessa to
come back, but Tessa ignored
her and continued swimming.
Then, the woman took her son
to the bathroom.
Tessa said she was determined
Walking for the cure
Relay for Life fundraiser
tops $111,000.
Page 8
Canine party
Event-filled summer day
planned for dog park.
Page 16
Police blotter
Obituaries
Page 10
Calendar
Page 14
Prsrt Std
U.S. Postage
PAID
Kent, WA
Permit No. 71
POSTAL
CUSTOMER
See PROTEST, Page 7
Snoqualmie girl
saved by kayaker
Beekeeper relishes solving
problems of his beehives.
Page 8
Page 6
hosting its summer concert
series. The stage for the concerts
overlooks historic Snoqualmie.
“It’s so loud at our home that
it rattles our windows and
walls,” said Snoqualmie resident
“I started floating on my
back and I realized that
there was no one else there.
I started swimming back,
but then I realized that I was
way too tired.”
— Tessa Hisel
Snoqualmie
to swim to the other side. She
had been to the lake twice
before, and “the second time, I
was staring at the other side of
the lake and I thought it would
be really cool to get there,” she
said.
Halfway across the lake, a
man in a sailboat asked her how
she was doing. Tessa said she
was fine, and asked him if there
See RESCUE, Page 3
By Dan Catchpole
Balancing act
Cory Cotto (left) and Sam Isen try to push each other off a log submerged in the Snoqualmie River, which offered a chance to cool
down with temperatures exceeding 90 degrees. For an additional
look at how residents cooled off, see Page 2.
Missing North Bend man’s body
found in Snoqualmie River
The body of a missing
North Bend man was found in
the South Fork of the
Snoqualmie River near the
Mount Si Golf Course about 6
p.m. July 7.
The King County Medical
Examiner identified the man as
Harlan Wilson. The 39-year-old
North Bend resident had been
missing since June 5.
The body appeared to have
“been in the water awhile,”
said Sgt. John Urquhart,
spokesman for the sheriff’s
office.
Block party features concerts,
eating contests, dog fashion show
By Dan Catchpole
North Bend is getting ready
for what organizers say will be
the “party of the year.” The city
will host its second annual
Downtown Block Party from
3-10 p.m. July 17.
The city will shut down two
blocks for residents to come
down and enjoy a long list of
activities, performances and vendor booths. After drawing about
2,500 people last year, organizers said as many as 3,500 people
could come this year to the free
event.
Shows will take place on two
stages on North Bend Way,
which will be closed between
Bendigo Boulevard and Ballarat
Avenue. The musical lineup was
scouted by Danny Kolke, of
Boxley’s, and is headlined by
Shelly and the Curves.
As with last year, the party
will feature a children’s area
sponsored by Encompass. It will
include games, a dunk tank, a
build-your-own-car raceway,
putt putt golf, a rock climbing
wall, an obstacle course, a hoop
See BLOCK PARTY, Page 7
SnoValley Star
PAGE 2
JULY 15, 2010
Residents keep their cool
during record-breaking heat
By Chantelle Lusebrink
and Laura Geggel
Temperatures in Snoqualmie
Valley rose into the 90s last
week, as summer weather made
a belated debut.
The area posted records July
7-9 with three days that sent the
mercury soaring past 90 degrees
at Sea-Tac International Airport,
where official measurements are
taken, National Weather Service
Meteorologist Mike McFarland
said.
The 90-degree heat July 7
and 95-degree heat July 8 broke
records set at 88 degrees in
1953, while the 93-degree
record July 9 broke the record
of 91 degrees set in 1985, he
said.
During the hot spell, police
officers, city officials and firefighters said they kept busy with
routine calls, and there weren’t
any cases involving heat-related
injury or illness, Eastside Fire &
Rescue spokeswoman Josie
Williams said.
The local American Red Cross
chapter and Public Health –
Seattle & King County reminded
Snoqualmie Valley and King
County residents — including
children, the elderly and people
with chronic health issues — to
take precautions to address the
heat and stay safe.
At Mt. Si Senior Center, quite
a few locals gathered to play
cards in the air-conditioned
building, director Ruth
Tolmasoff said. She called
Snoqualmie Valley Hospital and
got a few tips for her elderly
clientele, including encouraging
them to drink water to prevent
dehydration.
“We gave them 16-ounce
plastic cups and told them to
take those home with them and
remember to fill them up,”
Tolmasoff said.
Although no official cooling
centers opened last week, several
cooling stations were opened
last July, including at the North
Bend and Snoqualmie libraries
and the Church on the Ridge,
Snoqualmie Emergency
Management Department assistant Liz Luizzo said.
If people need a cool place to
stay, Snoqualmie spokeswoman
Joan Pliego suggested they go to
libraries or other free, public, airconditioned buildings to escape
the heat.
Local veterinarians said their
offices remained fairly calm as
well.
Karianne Allen, a veterinarian
at Snoqualmie Ridge Vet
Hospital, said she was unaware
of any heat-related visits last
week, but she reminded pet
Photos by Dan Catchpole
Above, Dominic Catanzaro sprays vegetables at his family’s organic
produce stand in downtown North Bend. At right, Joey Lane beats the
heat with a big splash on the Slip’n Slide at Si View Park’s day camp.
Above, Justin Harper, of North Bend, inflates his raft beside the Snoqualmie River. At right, a Si View Park’s day camper runs through a sprinkler to
cool off.
owners to be vigilant in taking
care of their animals.
To keep your pets safe in
heat, make sure they have an
endless supply of cool, clean
water; limit exercising them to
the coolest part of the day, usually the morning; and never
leave a pet in a car — even for a
few minutes.
Even in the coolest part of
the day, watch for signs of trouble. Glassy eyes and frantic
panting indicate a dog needs
help. Owners who have a thermometer should take their cat or
dog to the veterinarian if the
animal’s temperature goes higher than 106 degrees Fahrenheit,
Allen said.
Signs of heat stroke, which is
deadly for pets, include sluggish
and nonresponsive demeanor,
bright red or dry tongue and
gums, vomiting or diarrhea,
unusual breathing patter, heavy
panting or high heart rate. If
your pet displays these symptoms, get emergency medical
attention.
So, when might Snoqualmie
Valley see another 90-degree
day? It might be a while.
A typical Northwest summer
only sees three days of temperatures above 90 degrees,
McFarland said.
“I’d say it is going to be an
average summer, if I were a betting man, and I am,” he said.
“We’ll probably be waiting for
the next 90-degree day for a
while. There’s also a chance we
might not make it again.
“Hot spells are pretty special
around here, because so many
things have to line up.”
For now, temperatures are
heading to a more normal
range, McFarland said.
County Wastemobile
coming here
July 23-25.
The vehicle will then go to
Woodinville July 30 – Aug. 1.
A permanent household
hazardous waste collection
site is located in the northwest corner of the Auburn
SuperMall, 1101 SuperMall
Way (near the loading docks
and Sports Authority). The
site operates from 10 a.m. - 5
p.m. Friday through Sunday
on the first and third full
weekends of the month.
Snoqualmie Valley residents
will be able to safely dispose of
old car batteries, oil, paint thinner and other household hazardous materials at no cost
when the King County
Wastemobile arrives at
Snoqualmie Elementary School.
The vehicle will be in the
school’s parking lot and open
between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
SnoValley Star
JULY 15, 2010
Rescue
From Page 1
were any sharks in the water.
By the time she reached the
other side, Tessa realized the
bank was covered with blackberry bushes, and there was
nowhere for her to rest.
“I started floating on my back
and I realized that there was no
one else there,” Tessa said.
“I started swimming back, but
then I realized that I was way
too tired.”
Tessa said she wanted to be
back with her sister on shore,
and yelled for help.
Carla Orellana heard Tessa’s
calls. Orellana said she often
comes to the lake to meditate,
and though she usually doesn’t
come on Sundays, she had come
that day to clear her mind.
She was seated near Tessa’s
group and had noticed people
swimming toward the other side
of the lake. When the man on
the sailboat stopped by to report
he had talked with Tessa and
that she said she was fine, “I
thought, ‘Wow, she’s over there
by herself and the lake is cold,’”
Orellana said. “I swim the lake
with a wetsuit, a cap, goggles
and booties and fins. It’s a cold
lake. I know what it takes to
swim that distance and I know
what it takes to get back.”
When Tessa yelled for help,
the man in the sailboat tried to
reach her, but he was unable to
move his boat toward her. It was
then that Orellana’s adrenaline
kicked in.
“I threw stuff in my kayak
and I got over to her as fast as I
could,” she said.
Within minutes, Orellana had
given Tessa her lifejacket and
had her straddle the back of the
kayak, so Orellana could paddle
her to a large rock and give her
a towel.
“She started to dry herself off,
but she dropped it because she
was shaking,” Orellana said.
Although the kayak was made
for a single occupant, Orellana
had Tessa squeeze in with her
and asked her to sing songs as
she paddled back. Tessa’s 10year-old sister, Teya, was overjoyed to see her.
“I hugged her until my arms
hurt,” Teya said.
Orellana said the moment felt
surreal. After the incident, she
tried to swim the lake in her
wetsuit, but had to return
because it was too far.
“I’m just grateful that I happened to be there and I really
just feel like it was one of those
expected, supposed-to-be-there
moments in life,” she said. “It’s
an unworldly feeling to know
you’ve been able to help rescue
someone.”
By then, someone had called
911, and the Snoqualmie Fire
Department, Eastside Fire &
Rescue, King County Marine
Unit and North Bend Police had
responded. None of them had a
boat with them, and if it were
not for her, Orellana was told
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“It’s an unworldly feeling to
know you’ve been able to
help rescue someone.”
— Carla Orellana
North Bend
the emergency workers would
have swam into the lake themselves to rescue Tessa.
When Tessa’s mother, Tatiana
Hisel, learned the emergency
workers had no boat, she said,
“Thank god Carla was there and
she had equipment.”
There are no lifeguards at
Rattlesnake Lake, and posted
signs say as much, said Ingrid
Goodwin, of Seattle Public
Utilities, which runs the Cedar
River Watershed.
Tony Gomez, manager of violence and injury prevention for
Public Health — Seattle & King
County, said there have not
been any recent drownings at
Rattlesnake Lake. Most incidents
occur in the Snoqualmie River,
because of its cold water and
swift current, and at Lake
Sammamish State Park, which
has no lifeguard, he said.
King County Sheriff
spokesman John Urquhart
warned swimmers not to overestimate their swimming abilities,
which could put not only their
life, but someone else’s, at risk.
“Don’t get in over your head,
so to speak,” he said.
After the rescue, the Hisel
family invited Orellana to dinner at Boxley’s in North Bend
Contributed
Tessa Hisel (left) gets a hug from Carla Orellana after being rescued
from Rattlesnake Lake.
and said they would stay in
touch with each other.
“July 11 will be forever the
day that she was born again,”
Tatiana said of her daughter.
Laura Geggel: 392-6434, ext. 221,
or [email protected].
Comment at
www.snovalleystar.com.
Correction
The list of Chief Kanim
Middle School Honor Society
members in the July 8 issue gave
the incorrect grade point average cutoff. Students earning a
3.7 grade point average or higher made the honor roll.
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Opinion
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Editorial
Letters
Casino concerts are
noise pollution
School district must
face its shortcomings
The beating of a student at Mount Si High School last
November and the school’s handling of the matter have
prompted federal and state officials to look into whether
the student’s civil rights were violated and to help with
mediation.
The incident, which had homophobic tones, was tragic
and traumatic for the community.
School district officials should seize this opportunity to
rebuild its relations with the community by cooperating
with the state and federal departments in an open and
transparent manner. Let the public see what the monitors
and mediators see.
Perhaps more importantly, the school district has an
obligation to be candid with the community about the
findings of the Department of Justice and the Office of
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
The Justice Department cannot divulge any mediation
activities it has with the district. It is up to district officials to share the progress and challenges it faces, and the
goals it sets with the community.
The community’s trust has been tested by the
November beating, which did not become public until it
was reported on in early June, and other events in recent
years.
The review by the Equity and Civil Rights Office within
the OSPI will be the second civil-rights monitoring of
Mount Si High School it has conducted in the past two
years.
School district officials and employees have tried to do
right by their students. No one believes they harbor any
ill will against their students. They have tried to teach
them in a safe environment.
For most students most of the time, it is a safe environment. But it has problems that must be faced.
The victim in the November assault was sent to the
hospital.
Many parents and students sought out the SnoValley
Star, recounting episodes of repetitive and sometimes violent bullying. The Star’s reporting found still more victims.
A few of the victims said they don’t feel safe at school.
A handful of students even transferred to what they felt
were safer environments.
Bullying and homophobia are not to be taken lightly. Like
malignant tumors, they must be targeted and eradicated.
The school district has an opportunity to rebuild its
relationship with the community, but it must fearlessly
and publicly face its own shortcomings.
Debbie Berto
Kathleen R. Merrill
Publisher
Managing editor
Dan Catchpole
Editor
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JULY 15, 2010
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Enough with the Snoqualmie
Casino. As if it weren’t bad
enough that the casino managed
to put their driveway with a
giant advertisement right in the
middle of the main street to our
town, now they’ve somehow
procured a noise permit.
How many people have heard
the music/noise emanating from
the casino Thursday, Friday,
Saturday and Sunday nights?
How many of you were unable
to relax and enjoy a couple of
the first warm days of the year
because a wall of sound emanating from the casino assaulted
you?
I live three miles from the
casino on Indian Hill — I can
only imagine how loud it must
be downtown. This concert
venue is too close to too many
homes to be fair to residents
here. Apparently, the plan is for
these concerts to happen for
Thursday-Sunday nights through
the rest of summer.
They rake in cash while we
watch our property values go
down as we are now forced to
listen to the racket coming out
of there more than 50 percent of
the evenings for the rest of the
summer. My neighbors and I
called the casino repeatedly asking for a manager, we called the
Snoqualmie police, we called
King County — no one can do
anything.
Apparently someone at the
county issued them a “permit.”
Permission to do what?
Generate a profit while the rest
of us lose the very peace and
quiet we moved here for?
Enough!
Call the casino and let them
know how you feel — do it
every time you hear the racket!
Call the tribe. Call King County
Councilwoman Kathy Lambert,
and ask to have the permit
rescinded. While a permit may
give the Snoqualmies the legal
right to disturb the peace and
tranquility of this valley, they
certainly don’t have a moral
right. I’d think they’d be in a
unique position to understand
this difference.
Kit McCormick
Snoqualmie
Say ‘no’ to
Si View Park bond
It seems that again the people
in charge of our tax dollars have
not spent it wisely. The newest
inept group is the local Si View
Metropolitan Park District (the
last one was the Sno Valley
School District, with its recently
passed bond increase). They are
now pushing for a bond (tax) to
repair old buildings and other
urgent needs recently reported.
This is beyond insanity when
it’s still quite obvious that we
are still in a recession, and the
liberal agenda is still to tax and
spend more. Being a TEA (Taxed
Enough Already!) Party member,
I strongly oppose this and any
other bond (tax) that asks for an
increase of any community, city,
county or state operating budgets when the majority of private companies are drastically
slashing theirs, but still maintaining operations.
Why improve the parking lot
and still usable sidewalk (while
the new ones have so many
boondoggles it’s ridiculous) in
which they just cut the ribbon
on last month, when you have,
what has been said, severely
decaying buildings that have
been maintained “with duct tape
and baling wire?” Can someone
explain that one to me?
How many playgrounds do
we need in this small community when we have a natural playground in our community backyard (it’s called Mount Si,
Rattlesnake Lake, hiking, canoeing, camping, etc.)?
My family uses the Si View
Community Center regularly.
Summer and sport camps, swimming lessons, etc. If the community can’t support it through
fees that it pays to use it, then
why not get the community to
step up for fundraising programs? Not another bond (tax)
on others who (1) can’t afford it
and (2) never use the facilities.
Grant Edwards
North Bend
Home Country
We all live in an age of small miracles
By Slim Randles
W
hen we first
noticed the
baby sparrow,
here at the
house, it saddened us all. He had fallen from
his nest and was slowly walking
around the front yard under the
tree while his mother and father
had an absolute fit.
We knew we were looking at
a dead baby bird, as it was only
a question of who does it, where
it is done and how long before it
happens. Years of experience in
these kinds of things have
taught us the finality of a baby
bird falling out of a tree.
Would the end come from a
cat, or from a raccoon wandering up from the creek, or a
snake? One of the problems
with being a baby bird is that
almost everything with teeth
wants to eat you, and if you
can’t fly, there’s not much you
can do about
it. We learned
that picking
the baby up
and putting
him back in
the nest
wouldn’t
work, so we
Slim Randles
were forced
Columnist
to just watch
his timid
movements around the yard and
whisper to him, “I’m sorry, pal.”
You might think that the
older we get, the tougher our
shells become to these little natural tragedies, but it doesn’t
seem to work that way. Maybe
it’s because we’ve now had children of our own, and grandchildren, too. Maybe that’s why it
actually hurts more to see a
helpless baby bird today than
when we were 11 and riding our
bikes on the river trails.
Back then we were bulletSee MIRACLES, Page 5
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JULY 15, 2010
WEEKLY POLL
What is the best way to
beat the summer heat?
A. Marinate in the
Snoqualmie River.
B. Go swimming at
Rattlesnake Lake.
C. Take a cool shower.
D. Turn on the AC.
E. It doesn’t get hot around
here.
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Councilwoman kicks off
listening tour locally
Metropolitan King County
Councilwoman Kathy Lambert is
kicking off a “listening tour” in
Snoqualmie July 17.
During the tour, Lambert will
host a series of community town
hall meetings to talk with residents of Council District 3.
“I would like to invite anyone
interested to stop by and give
me their input and comments
on local issues and the county’s
budget priorities, as well as get
more information,” Lambert
said in a news release.
After cutting about $160 million from the budget in the past
two years, the county is expected
to face another multimillion dollar budget shortfall this coming
year. All services are expected to
have budget cuts as the 2011
budget is finalized this coming
fall.
The meeting is from 10 a.m. noon at Snoqualmie City Hall,
38624 S.E. River St.
She represents Snoqualmie,
North Bend, Fall City, Preston,
Issaquah, Sammamish and other
areas.
Miracles
From Page 4
proof, flexible and immortal.
But we learned things over the
years. We saw people our age
die. We saw younger people die.
We accumulated our own little
collection of personal tragedies.
Then, the baby found the
drain spout. Yep, that little rascal hopped into the drain spout
coming off the roof and had
sense enough to stay in there,
coming to the edge of his “cave”
only for meals from his anxious
mother. A week later, I thought I
recognized him sitting on a tree
branch, looking smug. He wasn’t
in the drain spout and I didn’t
see any feathers around on the
ground.
We live in an age of small
miracles.
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down while he visited a friend in
another car. When he returned,
the items, valued at $400 total,
were missing. The man saw a
2000 Chevrolet Impala near the
campground and confronted its
occupants, who denied taking his
property. A police officer also
spoke with them, but they
denied any wrongdoing.
were under the impression the
house had been vacant and that
the man had moved out a few
weeks ago. The man would not
offer the police officer a list of
stolen items, and decided not to
report the alleged burglary at that
time. When the officer looked up
the man’s name during a standard search, he found the man
had an outstanding misdemeanor
warrant for driving with a suspended license. The man was
taken into custody and booked
into King County Jail.
Missing bicycle
Where are my backpacks?
A woman reported someone
had stolen her silver-and-blue
mountain bicycle with a
speedometer on its handle
between 9:15 and 9:20 p.m. July
10 from a bike rack located in
the 400 block of East North
Bend Way. The woman had not
locked her bike.
A Connecticut man reported
someone smashed a window on a
rented 2010 General Motors
Yukon and stole two backpacks
between 10:30 a.m. and 4:30
p.m. July 7, while the car was
parked at the Pratt Lake Trailhead
parking lot, off Interstate 90’s
exit 47. The broken rear cargo
door is valued at $2,500. The
man provided no description of
the backpacks or their contents.
Police blotter
North Bend
Stolen sandwich
A man stole a sandwich at 8:30
p.m. July 9 from the 76 Gas
Station, 520 E. North Bend Way,
and got into a grey 2007 Honda
Accord. He was described as a
white male in his mid 50s, 6 feet
tall with a thin build and wearing
a Hawaiian style shirt and jeans.
Robber takes laptop
A woman in the 1000 block
of 463 Avenue Southeast reported someone had broken into her
house between 11 a.m. and 1
p.m. July 8 and stolen her laptop. It appears someone broke
into a side door in her garage.
Broken windshield
Someone broke the windshield of a parked 1997 Dodge
Ram by throwing a rock at it
between 9 p.m. July 7 and 6:30
a.m. July 8 at Si View Park, 400
S.E. Orchard Drive. Damage is
estimated at $350.
Thief at campground
A man reported someone had
stolen his Verizon cell phone and
white iPod nano from his 2006
Toyota Tacoma at 6:23 p.m. July
10. The man parked at the
Middle Fork Campground and
left it unlocked with a window
Alleged victim had
outstanding warrant
A man called police at 9:36
p.m. July 11 to report a burglary,
in the 400 block of Bendigo
Boulevard North, while he was on
vacation the previous week. The
man walked an officer through
the house, pointing out locations
of missing property, including all
of his electronics. The man said
his windows and doors were
locked, but his ex-girlfriend had a
key and she hadn’t returned his
phone calls. The officer could not
find a forced point of entry. He
spoke with the neighbors, who
Snoqualmie
Couldn’t wait for the 4th
An officer responded to a fireworks complaint at 9:39 p.m. July
3 in the 35000 block of Southeast
Ridge Street. The officer confiscated some fireworks after finding
juveniles in a park lighting them.
Fireworks central
An officer provided flyers about
the city’s fireworks ordinance to
several houses between 9:50 and
JULY 15, 2010
10:10 p.m. July 3 at the intersection of Huckleberry Avenue
Southeast and Southeast Isley
Street after hearing complaints
about people lighting fireworks.
Don’t light it!
Several people were warned to
stop lighting fireworks at 10:06
p.m. July 3 at the intersection of
Southeast Swenson Drive and
McIntosh Court Southeast.
No more fireworks
Police warned a group of
neighbors to stop lighting fireworks at 10:21 p.m. July 3 at the
intersection of Southeast Moffat
Street and McIntosh Court
Southeast.
Fireworks on the fourth
A resident reported a large
amount of fireworks being lit
between 9:25 and 9:36 p.m. July
4. All of the fireworks were legal.
Ban the fireworks
A caller complained about fireworks at 9:43 p.m. July 4, insisting
that the fireworks ordinance be
changed. Police advised the caller
contact City Hall or the mayor’s
office the following week.
More fireworks
A caller reported someone set
off illegal fireworks between
9:56 and 10:11 p.m. in the 9400
block of Hancock Avenue
Southeast.
Drunken driving
A man driving a red dune
buggy drove in circles around
children lighting fireworks in a
cul-de-sac and yelled at them
from his vehicle at 10:16 p.m.
July 4 at the intersection of
Swenson Avenue Southeast and
Southeast Moffat Street. An officer noticed the vehicle wasn’t
licensed and there were no taillights on the back. He pulled
over the man, who had a young
boy in the passenger seat. The
man did not have his license on
him and failed several sobriety
tests. He admitted to drinking
six or seven beers, and said he
probably shouldn’t be driving.
The officer arrested the man for
DUI and later released him to
his wife. He advised the man he
would receive a criminal citation
in the mail.
Fireworks shake house
A woman reported that her
house was shaking from the
amount of fireworks being set
off between 10:07 and 10:34
p.m. July 4 in the 7800 block of
Cortland Avenue Southeast.
Stop the fireworks
At 11:20, an officer advised a
group of people that no fireworks were allowed in
Snoqualmie after 11 p.m. July 4.
The people went inside.
Really, stop the fireworks
An officer warned a person to
stop lighting fireworks at 11:43
p.m. in the 7800 block of
Pickering Court Southeast.
Fireworks ordinance hours
ended at 11 p.m.
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Jason Weatherholtz, who
lives about three miles away.
He and others said they
have approached U.S. Rep.
Dave Reichert (R-Auburn),
King County Councilwoman
Kathy Lambert and the city of
Snoqualmie, and have gotten
almost nowhere with anyone.
To draw attention to their
message, the group of residents plan to protest the next
concert at the casino July 15.
Weatherholtz said he expects
more than 100 people to
show up.
The tribe said in a news
release that it is committed to
be a good neighbor but will
continue the concert series as
scheduled.
“Following this summer’s
concert season, the casino
will evaluate the concert
venue and schedule to determine if changes need to be
made to next summer’s
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the concerts by 10 p.m. and
takes decibel level readings.
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Bendigo Stage
❑ 3 p.m. — Cascade Dance hiphop demo
❑ 3:45 p.m. — Doggy fashion
show
❑ 4:30 p.m. — Doughnut-eating
contest
❑ 5:15 p.m. — Gary Schwarts’
old time radio
❑ 6 p.m. — Hamburger-eating
contest
❑ 6:45 p.m. — Tuba band
Other
❑ 1 p.m. Boarder Alley —
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skate park
❑ 3 p.m. Children’s Bike Parade
(on North Bend Way)
❑ 4 p.m. Strongman competition (in front of main stage)
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for a new director. The current director, Greg Schatzlein,
is stepping down to take on a
full-time position with World
Vision, a Christian humanitarian organization.
The food bank is looking
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To register to vote, you must
be a citizen of the United States,
a legal resident of Washington,
at least 18 years old by election
day and not under the authority
of the Department of
Corrections. Go to www.kingcounty.gov/elections or call 206296-VOTE (8683) to learn more.
Snoqualmie Valley voters will
have a chance to vote on the
$6.7 million Si View
Metropolitan Park District bond
for community center preservation and parks and trails
improvement.
Voters will also narrow the
field in legislative, congressional
and judicial races in the Aug. 17
primary.
Voters will winnow the contenders in each race — regardless of party affiliation — to two
candidates. The top candidates
advance to the November general election.
Republican state Rep. Glenn
Anderson will face Sammamish
Democrat Dean Willard as he
campaigns for a sixth term to
represent the 5th Legislative
District. The race also includes
David Spring, the 2008
Democratic nominee for the
seat, although local Democrats
endorsed Willard for the post
this year.
Besides Snoqualmie and
North Bend, the 5th Legislative
District includes Issaquah, as
well as parts of Sammamish,
Renton and unincorporated
King County.
Snoqualmie Valley voters will
also pick the top two candidates
from Donna Tucker, Larry
Mitchell and Ketu Shah for a
King County District Court contest. State Supreme Court contests will also appear on the
August ballot.
Incumbent Congressman
Dave Reichert, a Republican, has
attracted eight challengers,
including the Democratic nominee, Suzan DelBene.
Incumbent U.S. Sen. Patty
Murray, a Democrat, faces Dino
Rossi, a former Issaquah representative in the state Senate and
former Republican gubernatorial
candidate, Tea Party favorite
Clint Didier and 12 lesserknown challengers.
ing, marketing, and recruiting
and retaining volunteers,
Schatzlein said.
The food bank is located at
North Bend Community
Church, 146 E. Third St. It
serves more than 200 families
each week.
To apply for the part-time,
paid position, submit a
resume by July 31 to
[email protected].
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Finding a sticky solution
to a buzzing puzzle
Beekeeper relishes
solving the problems
beehives throw at him
By Dan Catchpole
By Dan Catchpole
Bob Combs, of North Bend, inspects a few of the thousands of bees living in one of his
hives at Meadowbrook Farm.
Bob Combs has been having problems
with bees this spring and summer. He
doesn’t have enough of them.
Most people instinctually draw away
from bees, fearing their sting. But the
quiet, introspective Combs cultivates
them.
The North Bend resident keeps several
beehives at Meadowbrook Farm, where
he also teaches introductory classes for
would-be beekeepers.
Beekeeping is almost a way of life. It
combines his passion for problem solving
with a touch of being a social misfit, said
Combs, who has a sharp edged goatee and
looks like he belongs on a motorcycle.
“Swarms are always entertaining,”
Combs said as he lifted the cover off of a
hive box after pumping smoke into it to
calm them. “They always throw some
curves at you. They’re not quite what you
expect.”
It’s that challenge that pulled Combs
back into beekeeping a couple of years
ago after a 15-year break. He started raising bees as a child in Gig Harbor with his
grandfather, and continued beekeeping
while studying physics at Reed University.
Over the years, his bees have thrown
him a wide range of curveballs. This
By Dan Catchpole
Bob Combs uses smoke to sedate the bees
so he can inspect a hive that has not been
producing enough offspring.
spring, it was a dud queen — a queen bee
that wasn’t producing enough new bees.
Typically, a queen bee lays about 2,000
eggs each day in the spring to support a
hive of between 20,000 and 30,000 bees.
Combs had some grassroots help from
the bees in solving the dud queen problem, though. The bees essentially staged a
coup d’etat. They killed off the dud queen
and replaced her with a new queen.
The bees are just acting in the hive’s
best interests, he said.
Making a queen bee is just an issue of
what a bee in the pupa stage is fed. So, if
a queen bee isn’t producing, worker bees
can make a new one. Worker bees hedge
their bets, too, Combs said. They make
several potential new queens, and
whichever one hatches first knocks off
See BEES, Page 9
Relay for Life raises big
bucks for cancer research
By Laura Geggel
More than 330 people
slapped on hats and sunscreen
to shield themselves from the
hot sun at the eighth annual
Snoqualmie Valley Relay for Life
July 10. Neither the heat nor the
struggling economy stopped the
participants from raising,
$111,400, about 85 percent of
their goal of $130,000.
Relay participants have until
Aug. 31 to reach their goal, relay
spokeswoman Lisa Newell said.
Proceeds from the event benefit
the American Cancer Society.
Before the relay began, participants listened as Newell read
names of 21 participants who
had raised at least $1,000 for the
relay, amid clapping and
whistling from the audience at
Centennial Fields in
Snoqualmie.
The clapping continued as
Snoqualmie Valley Relay for Life
veterans and cancer survivors
Sharon Larson and Sharon Posey
cut the ribbon, signaling the
start of the relay.
Their team, the Snoqualmie
Valley Dy-No-Mites raised
$17,100, more than any other
team.
With the Everett High School
Navy Junior ROTC Color Guard
leading the way, the survivor’s
walk began, with 60 proud people wearing lavender-colored
survivor shirts.
“It’s hard not to cry,” Posey
said.
People walked at the relay for
different reasons. Mount Si High
School student Nolan
See RELAY, Page 9
By Laura Geggel
Sharon Larson (left) walks with her husband Dale Larson and her friend Sharon Posey during the survivor’s
lap at the 2010 Snoqualmie Valley Relay for Life.
SnoValley Star
JULY 15, 2010
Bees
From Page 8
the others before knocking off
the old queen.
Solving a problem often
means just taking cues from the
hive and letting it sort the issue
out, such as with a dud queen.
“I’m their servant, and they’re
my masters really,” Combs said,
leaning over a hive box.
He keeps his swarms in a
clearing a few minutes walk
from the road at Meadowbrook.
The area is roped off with electrical fencing.
“It’s the whole Winnie-thePooh thing,” he explained —
bears really do love honey, and
once they find a source they will
keep returning.
Meadowbrook lets him keep
his hives there in return for teaching beekeeping classes, the only
ones on the Eastside, according to
Combs. This year’s spring classes
had several dozen students.
Beginners tend to read too
much into day-to-day changes
and crack open beekeeping
books to find some explanation
for something that is usually
trivial, he said.
“All the books are telling
what to expect, and the bees
don’t read the books,” he said.
Combs shares his wonder of
bees with his students.
“I tell my students, ‘Bees
know calculus,’” he said, referring to their “waggle” dance.
The waggle dance, an actual
term used by beekeepers, is how
a honeybee that has found a
food source gives directions to
the rest of the hives. It’s movements tell other bees how far to
fly and in what direction.
Bees use the sun as a reference
point for direction. Since the sun
moves in the sky, a bee will calculate the change into its waggle
dance, which requires calculus.
Of course, the bees don’t know
they’re using calculus.
As a physics major in college
and a current software engineer,
Combs said he appreciates their
use of mathematics.
His science background also
makes him skeptical of the more
extreme claims that have been
made of colony collapse disorder
— when honeybees suddenly
desert a hive for good.
The U.S. honeybee industry is
vital to pollinating the country’s
food crops.
So, while the problem is disconcerting, the data, Combs
said, is not conclusive.
Experts agree.
There has been a “significant
increase” in honeybee mortality
in recent years, but commercial
beekeepers in the Pacific
Northwest have been able to
increase their number of bees,
said Michael Burgett, a professor
at Oregon State University.
“I’m not worried about if
there’s going to be food on my
table tomorrow because bees are
going to be dead,” he said.
Colony collapse disorder first
appeared in 2007, “and we still
have a beekeeping industry,”
said Washington State
University’s Steve Sheppard. But
“certainly we’re at a critical
point.”
Why it happens is not clear,
Sheppard said. One recent paper
identified 61 factors associated
with the disorder, including the
presence of toxic pesticides in
the brood combs, where young
bees are raised.
“If you’re fed as a youngster
semitoxic materials, then you’re
not going to be as healthy when
you grow up,” he said.
For the time being, though,
Combs bees are returning.
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Relay
From Page 8
Wolgamott said he came to
walk with his friends, while
Mount Si student Michael
Blackmon said he walked for
his mother, a breast cancer survivor.
“I think it’s really great that
everyone is willing to support
things like this,” Blackmon
said.
DeAnna Haverfield, who
works at the North Bend QFC,
said she came with her sister
and daughter to walk with
Team Q.
“It’s amazing what they’ve
done, all of these teams,” she
said, surveying the tents and
displays. “A lot of the walkers,
the survivors, are people we see
every day.”
Across the field, a group of
survivors ate dinner. Cathy
Westerlund, of North Bend,
said doctors diagnosed her with
breast cancer six years ago. Her
friend, Sue Beauvais, urged her
to walk the survivor’s lap at the
2004 Snoqualmie Valley Relay
for Life.
“I said, ‘I just started chemo,’
and she said, ‘Well, you’re surviving it,’” Westerlund said.
Now, with her cancer in
remission, Westerlund comes to
the relay to support other people who have been affected by
cancer.
“It’s just a way to give back
and to hope that other people
By Laura Geggel
Jodi Bauman, of North Bend, holds a survivor stone. Mount Si is in the
background. She learned she had breast cancer in 2006 and now
that her cancer is in remission, she comes to Relay for Life to support
her community.
don’t have to go through what
I did,” Westerlund said.
Bonnie Jo, of North Bend,
said both of her parents and
many of her closest friends are
cancer survivors.
“I think about how lucky
they are and I am that they’re
still around,” Jo said.
One of her recent mammograms showed some unusual
results, and she said it was hard
to wait for the results without
knowing a definite answer
about her condition.
“They say early detection is
everything, so I’ll do whatever
it takes,” she said, adding that
she’s preparing herself for the
worst, but hoping for the best.
The relay ended the following morning, after a moving
luminaria ceremony that night.
At the ceremony, participants
wrote the names of friends and
family on paper lunch bags and
placed tea candles inside, lighting up the bags as tiny memorials or support messages.
“It was absolutely beautiful,
very peaceful,” Haverfield said.
“It was done in silence. They
kept replacing candles all night
long, so they burned until daylight.”
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Obituaries
Donald Alan Hand
Donald
Alan Hand, of
North Bend,
died at
Overlake
Hospital in
Bellevue on
Saturday, July
3, 2010. He
was 53.
A memoriDonald Hand
al service will
be at 11 a.m.
July 17 at Flintoft’s Funeral
Home, 540 E. Sunset Way,
Issaquah.
Donald was born Oct. 22,
1956, in Soap Lake, Wash., the
second son of William and
Carolyn Hand. He was raised in
Ephrata and North Bend, and
graduated from Mount Si High
School in Snoqualmie.
After several years in the
home-building industry, Donald
moved to Ellensburg and
enrolled at Central Washington
University. After graduating
with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
geography and land studies in
June 1990, he returned to North
Bend and was employed by
Nintendo of America at their
Sno Falls Credit Union
awards scholarship
Mount Si High School graduating senior Marley Robbins
received a $1,000 scholarship
from Sno Falls Credit Union.
Robbins earned the scholarship
based on her grade point average, community service and
written essay.
Marley’s accounting class cur-
North Bend facility. While working at Nintendo, Donald built
his own custom home near the
base of Mount Si, drawing on
his years of experience in home
building and passing on that
experience to other family members during the process.
In 2002, he was diagnosed
with leukemia and took a leave
of absence from Nintendo while
receiving treatment, eventually
achieving full remission in 2004.
After returning to work at
Nintendo, Donald spent his free
time traveling and enjoying life,
including tinkering with his
Jaguar XKE.
In May 2010, he was diagnosed with relapsed leukemia
and was admitted to Overlake
Hospital for treatment.
Throughout his final days,
Donald displayed a quiet
strength of character that
impressed all of the medical staff
members who he interacted with.
He was preceded in death by his
grandparents, Vernon and Willie
Hand, and Louie Sorensen.
Survivors include parents
William and Carolyn Hand, of
North Bend; brothers David
Hand, of Ephrata, and Douglas
Hand, of North Bend; sister Lila
Howard, of North Bend; grandmother Ruth Sorensen, of
John
Stephens
(Schifsky) —
a loving husband, father,
brother and
friend — died
suddenly
while mountain biking
with his
John Stephens
brother and
friends July 4, (Schifsky)
2010. He was
54.
A celebration of John’s life
was July 12 at Pickering Farm,
Issaquah.
John, who was born Oct. 12,
1955, is survived by his wife
Sheila, his son Ian and their
daughter Lauren. John had 17
brothers and sisters, and many
nieces, nephews and cousins,
and was loved by all. John loved
the outdoors: biking, hiking and
riculum
included
learning business accounting and management,
with handson experience
as an employee of Sno Falls
Credit
Union’s Wildcat branch inside
Mount Si High. She was cobranch manager for two years
and earned 10 college credits for
her participation in the program.
This summer, she is attending a foreign exchange program in Germany. She will
attend Western Washington
University in the fall, and work
at Sno Falls Credit Union as
Marley Roberts
Chelan; and eight nieces and
nephews.
Arrangements are by Flintoft’s
Funeral Home and Crematory.
Friends are invited to share
memories and sign the family’s
online guest book at
www.flintofts.com.
John Stephens (Schifsky)
JULY 15, 2010
skiing, but he delighted most in
spending time with his family,
especially his children.
In lieu of flowers, the family
requests donations to the
American Cancer Society in
memory of his parents, Virginia
Wonsetler and Jack and Carol
Schifsky.
Arrangements were by
Flintoft’s Issaquah Funeral
Home, 425-392-6444.
Friends are invited to view
photos, share memories and sign
the family’s online guestbook at
www.flintofts.com.
Ad Tubbs
Ad Tubbs,
of North
Bend, died
July 6, 2010,
at Evergreen
Hospice in
Kirkland. He
was 86.
A viewing
was July 9 at
Flintoft’s
Ad Tubbs
Issaquah
Funeral Home. A graveside service was July 9 at Mount Si
Memorial Cemetery.
Ad was born July 3, 1924, in
Plainfield, Wis., the son of
Leonard and Blanche Tubbs. He
was raised and attended school
in Plainfield. He served in the
United States Marine Corps during World War II.
He married Eunice “Buck”
Benjamin on Feb. 13, 1947, in
Seattle. He moved to the
Snoqualmie Valley in 1947. He
worked in construction for many
years. He farmed in Wisconsin
until he was 79, when he
returned to North Bend.
He was a member of the
Snoqualmie Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post No. 9476, Snoqualmie
Valley Eagles and the North Bend
Moose.
Survivors include son Melvin
Tubbs, of North Bend; daughters
Jacqueline Robinson, of Preston,
and Jean Magdlin, of Meridian,
Idaho; sisters Colleen Sparks and
Beverly Mitchell, both of
Plainfield, Wis.; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and
two great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by
son Mitchell and grandson
Benjamin Magdlin.
Remembrances may be made
to the VA Hospital in Seattle.
Arrangements are by Flintoft’s
Funeral Home and Crematory.
Friends are invited to share
memories and sign the family’s
online guest book at
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School Honor Society
4.0 grade point averages
Eighth grade: Karinne Bailey,
Aaron Baumgardner, Carson
Breshears, Riley Buck, Marcus
Deichman, Tabitha Dorn, Ehren
Eichler, Sean Flanagan, Carly
Goodspeed, Nathaniel Hinton,
Olivia Howland, Jordan Koellen,
Gregory Malcolm, Rachel
Mallasch, Tyler McCreadie,
Nicholas Mitchell, Emma
Panciroli, Lydia Petroske, Elizabeth
Purser, Alexandra Raphael, Rian
Ruyle, Bailey Scott, Christopher
Solomon, Samantha Sparling,
Melanie Templin, Zachary Tidwell,
Elizabeth Young and Maile Young
Seventh grade: Megan Ayers,
Ali Barry, Haley Burbrink,
Gretchen Chase, Becca Crowley,
Emma Currie, Mykaela Gardner,
Kaitlyn Gate, Benjamin
Gutenberg, William Hinman,
Aoife Hough, Karlie Hurley, Kenon
Jeffers, Hailey Johnson, Rachel
Massey, Anna McCreadie, Andrea
Mills, Phoenix Moomaw, Sean
Pilon, Nina Pinkley, Erin Shervey,
Renee Spear, Paul Stedman, Joshua
Stone, Jesse Tavenner, Jake Turpin,
Heidi Vikari, Natalie Werner and
Zachary Williams
Sixth grade: Samantha Bleha,
Zachary Blessard, Emily Creamer,
Joshua Ebert, Jacob Engdahl, Brian
Helzerman, James Howland,
Nellie Joselyn, Brittany Justham,
Hayden Kajercline, Leslie Kolke,
Indira Lalgee, Hannah Martin,
Megan McCullough, Caleb
Mitchell, Megan Morrell,
Alexander Nelson, Brenna
Quinton, Axel Smith, Jake
Stringfellow, Ashlee Treharne,
Jamie Trotto, Fletcher Van Buren
and Jacob Wachtendonk
3.2-3.99 grade point averages
Eighth grade: Madeline
Ashby, Jacob Barrus, Wesley
Behrend, Alex Blair, Austin
Borgstrom, Morgan Braun, James
Calhoun, Krista Cassidy, Calli Clay,
Logan Cochran, Brandon
Copitzky, Lauren Creed, Joshua
Crowley, Trevor Daniels, Joseph
Dunning, Caitlyn Eads, Willy
Eand, Josiah Ellsworth, Joshua
Fisher, Jackson Foster, Sebastian
Gant, Daniel Green, Amanda
Hagen, Sarah Hays, Joshua
Helzerman, Chelsea Henak,
Samantha Hontas, Rebekah
Houldridge, Hanna Houser, Kaitlin
Howland, Sarah King, Natalie
Korssjoen, Laurel Kroschel,
Veronika Legat, Sydney Leonard,
Lyric Lewis, Kelsey Lindor, Peter
Link, Eric Lynne, Peyton McCulley,
Aubrey McMichael, Wilkins
Melgaard, Sonora Metreveli, Kristin
Moore, Tyler Moore, Madison
Murphy, Mikayla Nelson, Sally
Nelson, Lauren Padilla, Collin
Peery, Autumn Pesce, Shelby Pillo,
Ashley Poirier, Rachel Prior,
Christian Ramos-Pena, Joanne
Richter, Tye Rodne, Emmitt Rudd,
Tanner Simpson, Conner Skylstad,
Mitchell Smith, Tatyana Stangell,
Britney Stevens, Jacob Stoddard,
Logan Stone, Nicole Stone, Grant
Thomas, Raisha Tibbetts, Nicolas
Vikari, Ingalisa Wickstrom, Grace
Williams, Kyle Williams, Mikayla
Williams, Nolan Wolgamott and
Andrew Zinkan
Seventh grade: Nicole Acker,
Alexander Adams, Adrienne
Barnhart, Dylan Cannon, Trystan
Cannon, Ryann Carney, Anthony
Channita, Natalie Chow, Matthew
Cowan, Avery Dahline, Micaela
Davidson, Cameron Davis,
Mikaelyn Davis, Sophia Fischer,
James Grice, Justine Harte, Jordan
Hartman, Gunnar Harrison, Kyley
Hayes, Forest Heintz, Claire Hill,
Seth Houldridge, Jesse Howland,
Sean Hyland, Samantha Inman,
Jonah Kingery, Sarah Kirschner,
Tanner Lakeman, Kaitlyn
Lilleberg, Hayden Malberg, Shawn
Masters, Brendan McCartney,
Madeline Montgomery, Kailene
Morgan, Andrew Oakley, Colton
Oord, Erin Parsons, Kiley Pfiffner,
Jacob Pinkston, Brooke Potoshnik,
Jordan Pulsipher, Aydin Quinton,
Adrienna Rasmussen, Harley
Salter, Rebekah Serchio, Miles
Shimchick, Sydnee SpringerSimon, Joseph Steenvoorde,
Katelyn Stewart, Olivia Swanson,
Jordan Tedeschi, Alyce Titus,
Jalenica Troutman-Watson, Maria
Villegas, Dane Whetsel Jr,
Brandon Whiteley, Sky Whitson,
Hannah Wilhelm, Richard Willard
III, Connor Williams, Muriel
Woods and Ursula Woods
Sixth grade: Collin Anderson,
Madison Andrews, Amanda
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Antoch, Ashley Armstrong, Colby
Ballas, Nathan Blazevich, Breanna
Bolves, Dayna Boord, Baly Botten,
Darren Breshears, Chayla Brewster,
Camryn Buck, Gabrielle Burrell,
Ashley Buzard, Katherine CavaPeltan, Kaitlin Chomentowski,
Cody Copitzky, Kelly Corder,
Thomas Crandell, Cecilia Dahl,
John Day, Estella Diegel, Matthew
Diloreto, Mitchell Dover, Elizabeth
Dowling, Parker Dumas, Zachary
Dunning, Sommer Edmonds,
Makayla Edwards-Bentley, Kelsey
Frederick, Forrest Golic, Jake
Guenther, Abigail Gunning, Riley
Haney, Alek Harbachuk, Carissa
Howland, Ryan Hyland, Michelle
John, Dylan Johnson, Jake
Karavias, Emma Kenney, David
Lancaster, Jessica Lelas, Nicolas
Lydon, Elijah Magnan, Stefan
Mahler, Savanah Manos, Emmillie
Marconi, Nicholas Mcalister, Sarah
Miller, Ryan Moore, James Morris,
Elijah Murphy, Leia Nedblake,
Jillian Nelson, Cruz Parker, Riley
Peerboom, Cody Perrine, Joseph
Petroske, Cody Randall, Nathaniel
Raphael, Jordan Rawlings, Emilie
Reitz, Kalyn Rodne, Lauren
Rutherford, Christian Spencer,
Colton Swain, Zoe Thompson,
Hunter Titus, Mylan Trostel,
Joshua Trotto, Makayla Turpin,
Cole Van Gerpen, Taylor Watne,
Elizabeth Webb, Hailey Weed,
Anastasia Wilbert, Kelsey Willard,
Hailey Williams, Ireland Wood
and Zachary Wunder
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JULY 15, 2010
Take a bite out of
Rattlesnake Ledge
Rattlesnake Mountain Trail can
be tackled by novice hikers and
Itching to get hiking now
offers views that will keep hikers
that summer weather has finally of any level interested.
arrived? Get out and head up to
The trail begins at Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake Ledge, which offers
Lake, about 1,160 feet below the
spectacular views after a moderledge. As you walk in on the
ate, well-shaded hike. Located
access road, look up through the
near North Bend in the Iron
trees to get a glimpse of what
Horse State Park, the hike is a
you came for — the towering
“must do” for the Seattle area.
rock faces above. You can also
Best of all, the hike up
see the ledge from the lake.
The trail’s
start is clearly
marked by a
signpost near
the lake.
From the
lake, the trail
heads up with
a slight-tomoderate
incline that is
often rocky
near the bottom.
Nonetheless,
the hike can be
done in running shoes, if
you have good
balance.
Otherwise,
wear hiking
boots to avoid
rolling an
ankle.
The trail was
lengthened by
adding new
switchbacks to
lessen its grade.
The trail
comes to a T
By Dan Catchpole
with a signpost.
Rattlesnake Ledge looms over the access road
Go right for
leading to the Rattlesnake Mountain Trail.
another 100
By Dan Catchpole
By Dan Catchpole
Summer haze obscures the view from Rattlesnake Ledge of the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. The start
of Snoqualmie Pass can be seen here, as can Rattlesnake Lake in the lower left corner.
feet to reach the lower ledge.
The rock outcropping offers
spectacular views of Snoqualmie
Valley and the Cedar River
Watershed area. To your left,
Mount Si maintains its silent
vigil over the valley. Behind
you, Rattlesnake Mountain soars
higher in the sky. To your right,
Rattlesnake Lake glitters in the
sun. Ahead of you, Chester
Morse Lake peeks through the
Cascade Mountain foothills.
Because of its incredible
views, the lower ledge is a very
popular area and is often crowded on nice days.
For less crowded — and still
stunning — views, continue up
to the middle and upper ledges.
The middle ledge is only
another 150-200 feet past the T
junction. Look for a small,
unmarked trail leading off from
a switchback. The ledge is 20 to
30 feet away.
Continuing a few more minutes up the trail takes you to the
upper ledge, which is much larger than the middle one and
offers a great spot to have lunch
with your feet dangling over the
edge.
A short scramble down a
small route takes you to a large,
flat section, but the scramble
requires some agility and is not
suggested for dogs.
Stronger hikers can continue
up the trail to Rattlesnake
Mountain’s East Peak (3,527
feet) and beyond. For a good,
full-day hike, Rattlesnake
Mountain Trail continues for
another eight miles to
Snoqualmie Point.
The trail’s current state is the
product of thousands of volunteer hours by the Mountains to
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The trail can be done yearround, but careful attention
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In the winter, the through-hike
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in winter conditions.
Be sure to stay hydrated while
hiking, especially on hotter
days.
Also, Rattlesnake Ledge can
be dangerous. It is easy to reach,
but it still has a very dangerous
fall. Over the years, several hikers have fallen to their deaths
there. Once off the main trail,
drop-offs can sneak up on you,
so pay attention to where you
are.
The lower forest is mostly second-growth coniferous or mixed
coniferous/deciduous forest,
according to Friends of the
Cedar River Watershed. While
heavily canopied, the lower portions are dominated by tall
Douglas-fir, Western hemlock
and Western red cedar, and have
a very open, airy feeling. The
trail snakes around moss- and
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Cascade FC wins championship
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Hike
From Page 12
Contributed
The Cascade FC Select G98 soccer team won the GU-12 bracket at the Kent Cornucopia Cup tournament
July 11. The team, girls 12 and younger, did not give up a single goal during the entire tournament. The
championship match was a 4-0 rout of Mercer Island FC Forza. The team, coached by Alex Hickox and Mark
Warnke, is made up of girls from Snoqualmie, North Bend and Carnation.
Results for the WJGA
tournament at
Snoqualmie Falls
The following are results for
Snoqualmie Valley residents
who participated in the WJGA
sub-district tournament July 5 at
Snoqualmie Falls Golf Course.
Boys age 16-17 group: Jack
Kelly (North Bend), 74 strokes;
Sean Ballsmith (Snoqualmie), 78
strokes.
Girls age 16-17 group: Claire
Lucas (North Bend), 92 strokes
(qualified for district tournament); Maggie Robinson (North
Bend), 93 strokes.
Girls age 8-11 group: Caitlin
Maralack (Snoqualmie), first, 45
strokes.
The trail seamlessly passes
into denser evergreens higher
up.
There is not much in the
way of wildlife. The hike does
not go through wilderness and
is very popular, so it sees a
steady stream of hikers in the
warmer months.
On our hike, we were
accosted by an irate squirrel
while trying to eat lunch near
the middle ledge. And we did
briefly see a small snake — too
briefly to identify.
Given the hike’s popularity,
go earlier in the day. We started at 9:45 a.m., and it was
only moderately crowded.
After your hike, cool off in
Rattlesnake Lake, the site of the
former railway town Moncton,
which now sits below water
level. Railway workers from the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul Railway Co. lived there
until the lake — originally
named Rainy Season Lake —
was dammed in 1915.
Also, stop by the Cedar
River Watershed Education
Center, which offers a wealth
of information on the area.
At a moderate pace, the hike
takes about an hour up and 40
minutes down, but pad in time
enough to enjoy the views.
By Dan Catchpole
Near the middle ledge, a curious
squirrel takes a closer look at
some hikers. The hike does not
offer much wildlife.
Getting there: Take Interstate
90 east. Just after North
Bend, take Exit 32 (436th
Avenue Southeast). Turn
right off the exit and drive
south for about three miles
on 436th Avenue Southeast,
which turns into Cedar Falls
Road. Follow the signs posted
for Rattlesnake Lake. After
parking, walk down the gated
access road, which curves
around the lake, to the official trailhead.
Learn more: Several groups
offer more information about
Rattlesnake Mountain and the
Cedar River Watershed.
❑ Friends of the Cedar River
Watershed: www.cedarriver.org
❑ Seattle Public Utilities:
www.seattle.gov/util (search for
“Cedar River”)
❑ Issaquah Alps Club:
www.issaquahalps.org
❑ Snoqualmie Ranger District:
425-888-1421
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Public meetings
❑ North Bend Economic
Development Commission, 8
a.m., July 15, 126 E. Fourth St.
❑ Snoqualmie Public Safety
Committee, 5 p.m. July 15,
37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway.
❑ North Bend Community
and Economic Development
Committee, 1:45 p.m. July 20,
126 E. Fourth St.
❑ North Bend City Council,
7 p.m. July 20, 411 Main Ave. N.
❑ Snoqualmie Public Works
Committee, 5 p.m. July 19,
38624 S.E. River St.
❑ Snoqualmie Planning and
Parks Committee, 6 p.m. July
19, 38624 S.E. River St.
❑ Snoqualmie Planning
Commission, 7 p.m. July 19,
38624 S.E. River St.
❑ Snoqualmie Finance and
Administration Committee,
5:30 p.m. July 20, 38624 S.E.
River St.
❑ Snoqualmie Arts
Commission, 10 a.m. July 21,
38624 S.E. River St.
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Volunteer opportunities
Events
❑ North Bend Farmers
Market and Summer Concert
Series, 4-8 p.m. July 15, Si View
Park, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive.
❑ All in a Day’s Work,
through Aug. 13, Isadora’s Café,
8062 Railroad Ave. S.E.,
Snoqualmie. Exhibit of artist
Bonnie Fritz’s work while working for the Peace Corps in
Guatemala. Reception at 7 p.m.
July 17.
❑ Hair Salon Happy Hour,
6:30-9:30 p.m. July 17 at
Another Hair Place, 113 Suite B
Bengido Blvd., North Bend.
Hosted by Team Dy-no-mite and
Another Hair Place for Relay for
Life. A $15 ticket buys a plate of
dessert and one ticket to the
mini bar. Tickets for nonalcoholic drinks and children are
$10. Proceeds benefit the
American Cancer Society.
❑ Family Fun Night at the
Park, 6 p.m. July 15,
Snoqualmie Community Park,
Southeast Ridge Street (next to
Cascade View Elementary
School). Games and events for
ages three to 12. Bring a picnic.
❑ Day Out With Thomas,
July 16-18, Northwest Railway
Museum, 38625 S.E. King St.,
Snoqualmie. For details, visit
www.trainmuseum.org.
❑ 3-on-3 Basketball
Tournament at Snoqualmie
Ridge, 8 a.m. July 17, Southeast
Ridge Street between Baker
Avenue Southeast and Fairway
Avenue Southeast. Event parking
at 35131 S.E. Center St. Team
registration at 7 a.m. For details,
go to www.snoqualmie3on3.com.
❑ Tunes and Trains at
Railroad Park, noon to 3 p.m.
July 17, 7971 Railroad Ave.
Music by Valeri Lopez, Abbey
JULY 15, 2010
Contributed
Classical and jazz guitarist Scott Lindenmuth plays at the North
Bend Farmers Market Concert Series. The Seattle Times wrote,
“Lindenmuth is justifiably considered one of the finest guitarists
in the greater Northwest ... sparkling, inventive, technically
astute yet musically passionate.” The free concert lasts from
5:30-7 p.m. July 15 at Si View Park, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive.
White and Max Capestany.
Event sponsored by Snoqualmie
Parks and Recreation
Department.
❑ North Bend Downtown
Block Party, July 17, downtown North Bend. Shelly and
the Curves are headlining.
❑ Snoqualmie Ridge
Community Garage Sale, 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. July 17-18.
❑ Dog Days of Summer, 1-3
p.m. July 18 at Three Forks OffLeash Dog Park, 39912 S.E. Park
St., Snoqualmie. Contests
include disc catching, agility,
best owner-dog look alike, best
howl or bark, ugliest dog and a
child-dog dress up contest.
❑ Owls and woodpecker lecture, 9 a.m. to noon, July 24 at
the Cedar River Watershed
Education Center, 19901 Cedar
Falls Road S.E., North Bend.
Photographer Paul Bannick will
talk about his book, “The Owl
and Woodpecker.”
❑ Seattle Public Utilities
Naturalist Julie Stonefelt will
lead a walk into the Cedar River
Municipal Watershed after the
talk. Register for the $15 event by
calling 425-831-6780 or e-mailing
[email protected].
North Bend Theater
❑ Thursday, July 15, noon
free summer matinee “The
Computer Wore Tennis Shoes,”
3 and 6 p.m. — “Sorcerer’s
Apprentice.”
❑ Friday, July 16, 2, 5 and 8
p.m. — “Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
❑ Saturday, July 17, 2 p.m.
— “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” 8 p.m.
“D.O.P.E. Boarder’s for Christ”
❑ Sunday, July 18, 1, 4 and 7
p.m. — “Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
❑ Monday, July 19, 1, 4 and
7 p.m. — “Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
❑ Tuesday, July 20, noon free
summer matinee, — “Flipper” 4
and 7 p.m. — “Sorcerer’s
Apprentice”
❑ Wednesday, July 21, 1, 4
and 7 p.m. — “Sorcerer’s
Apprentice”
❑ Thursday, July 22, noon free
summer matinee, — “Flipper”
❑ Tour de Peaks needs volunteers to distribute flyers and
posters, man water stops, handle
course management, and work
at the start and finish lines on
Aug. 15. For information, call
Dave Nye at 425-831-3444 or email [email protected].
❑ Spanish Academy invites
volunteers fluent in Spanish to
participate in summer camps on
their three-acre farm-style
school. Must love kids and
nature! Call 425-888-4999.
❑ Senior Services
Transportation Program needs
volunteers to drive seniors around
North Bend and Snoqualmie.
Choose the times and areas in
which you’d like to drive. Car
required. Mileage reimbursement
and supplemental liability insurance are offered. For more information, call 206-748-7588 or 800282-5815 toll free, or e-mail [email protected]. To apply
online, go to www.seniorservices.org
and click on “Giving Back” and
then on “Volunteer
Opportunities.”
❑ Mount Si Senior Center
needs volunteers for sorting and
sales in the thrift store, reception and class instruction. The
center is at 411 Main St., North
Bend. Call Ruth or Janet, 425888-3434.
❑ Hopelink in Snoqualmie
Valley seeks volunteers for a
variety of tasks. Volunteers must
be at least age 16. Go to
www.hope-link.org/takeaction/volunteer.com or call 425-869-6000.
❑ Adopt-A-Park is a program
for Snoqualmie residents to
improve public parks and trails.
An application and one-year
commitment required. Call 425831-5784.
❑ Study Zone tutors are
needed for all grade levels to
give students the homework
help they need. Two-hour weekly commitment or substitutes
wanted. Study Zone is a free service of King County Library
System. Call 425-369-3312.
Classes
❑ S.A.I.L. (Stay Active and
Independent for Life) exercise
class meets Monday, Wednesday
and Friday at Mt Si Senior
Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North
Bend. Led by certified exercise
instructor Carla Orellana. Call
425-888-3434.
Clubs
❑ Sallal Grange meets the
first Friday of each month for a
potluck and open mic with our
local musicians. The potluck
starts at 6 p.m. with the music
from 7 p.m. - midnight. Open to
all and all ages, 12912 432nd
Ave. S.E., North Bend. Visit
www.sallalgrange.org.
❑ Snoqualmie Valley Rotary
Club meets at 7 a.m. every
Thursday at the TPC Snoqualmie
Ridge Golf Club Restaurant. All
are welcome. Go to www.snoqualmievalleyrotary.org.
❑ American Legion Post 79
and the American Legion
Auxiliary meets at 6 p.m. the
second Thursday at 38625 S.E.
River St., Snoqualmie. Call Rich
and Pam Collingwood at 425888-1206.
❑ Snoqualmie Valley
Garden Club meets at 6:30 p.m.
the second Thursday at the
Mount Si Senior Center, North
Bend. Call Linda at 425-4538630
❑ Snoqualmie Valley
Kiwanis Club meets at 7 a.m.
every Thursday at the Mount Si
Golf Course restaurant in
Snoqualmie. E-mail [email protected].
❑ Snoqualmie Fraternal
Order of Eagles Women’s
Auxiliary meets the first and
third Tuesday at 7 p.m. The
Men’s Aerie meets the first and
third Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Meetings are held at 108
Railroad Ave. Call 425-888-1129.
❑ A cancer survivor group
meets 9 a.m. the second
Saturday at Sawdust Coffee in
the North Bend Factory Stores
mall. Email Lisa Newell at
[email protected].
❑ Snoqualmie Valley Youth
Hub provides cultural, athletic,
recreational and educational
opportunities to more than
4,000 young people in the
Valley. Call 425-831-1900.
❑ Loyal Order of Moose, 108
Sydney Ave., North Bend. Men
meet at 6 p.m. the first and
third Monday. Women meet at
7 p.m. the third and fourth
Tuesday. Call 425-888-0951.
❑ Mount Si Fish and Game
Club meets at 7:30 p.m. the first
Thursday of the month at the
Fall City Firehall.
❑ Washington Freemasons
meet at 7:30 p.m. the first
Wednesday at Unity Lodge No.
198 in North Bend. Call 425888-5779.
❑ Moms Club of North Bend
meets at 10 a.m. the first
Wednesday of the month at the
North Bend Library. Children
are welcome. Go to www.momsclub.org.
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www.snovalleystar.com.
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(2) HUGE MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE-4343 Issaquah
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WA
98075.
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equipment, toys, household
items. Only Saturday, July
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clothing. 1035 1st PEace Se,
Issaquah 98027 (off Wildwood
& Sunrise Place)
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energy efficient. Quiet acre.
NP/NS, $995/month. Credit
check, F/L/Deposit. 425-4320533
41-Money & Finance
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loans money on real estate
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land, commercial property and
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coffee mill with 14-in. wheel in
good condition. $145. 425836-0563
59-Collectibles
DOLLS-DOLLS-DOLLS!! An
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44” ROUND WHITE tile table
with 16.5” leaf, $75. Good condition. 425-313-1734
BEAUTIFUL 40”X40” GLASS
& brass coffee table plus one
matching
end
table,
$150/both. 425-836-5141
ILLNESS FORCES SALE. Excellent condition: maple dining
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hutch. $400, OBO. 425-4320777 or 425-891-5224
LA-Z-BOY ROCKER/RECLINER, wine-colored fabric, good
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70-Office Equipment
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July 16 &17, Friday/Saturday.
Over 250+ homes participating. Art and Merchant Sidewalk Sale on Center Blvd.
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Look for red balloons!!
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135-Help Wanted-Other
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32
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Event-filled day planned for dog park
By Sarah Sexton
Enjoy a free afternoon of dogs
at play during the Dog Days of
Summer — with no dog required
to join the fun.
The fun is from 1-3 p.m. July
18 at Snoqualmie’s Three Forks
Off-leash Dog Park, 39912 S.E.
Park St.
Vehicle parking is available both onsite and in the
Centennial Fields parking
lot.
The merriment will
include demonstrations by
the Washington Owners of
Flying Disk Dogs, with members on hand to offer throwing and training advice to all
dog owners. See dogs fly
through the air as they chase
and catch disks.
A second group, The Dog
Savant, will demonstrate the
obedience and agility of its dogs
that jump through hoops, vault
over hurdles and zigzag through
poles.
Several friendly competitions will also entertain families and their dogs. Watch
out for the Dog/Owner LookAlike Contest, for any dog
and human who bear a striking resemblance.
The Best Howl or Bark
contest is for the most vocal
dogs.
The Ugliest Dog competition
serves dogs with faces only an
owner could love.
Dashing Duos is a child-anddog dress-up contest — dress
your toddlers in tutus and tuxes,
and dress the dogs to match.
This event is being coordinated by the city Parks &
Recreation Department to
supply a fun, free environment for dogs and their families, and to introduce new
people to the Three Forks
Off-leash Dog Park.
The park opened a few years
ago, so it remains, to some, a
well-kept secret.
Dog Days also provides an
Lawn&Garden
opportunity for regular users to
meet other dog lovers and owners.
Interested in learning more
about the dog training groups
present at the park?
Go to Washington Owners of
Flying Disc Dogs at
www.woofd2.com, and The Dog
Savant group at www.thedogsavant.com.
Sarah Sexton: 392-6434 or [email protected]. Comment at
www.snovalleystar.com.
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