Open opportunity New school board seat is there for the taking. Page 2 Top teacher Foundation honors Opstad third-grade instructor. Page 5 Big Apple bound Snoqualmie ballerina heads to big competition. Page 7 Police blotter Page 11 March 28, 2013 VOL. 5, NO. 12 Mount Si battles the elements to win first home meet Page 8 Your locally-owned newspaper, serving North Bend and Snoqualmie, Washington Prsrt Std U.S. Postage PAID Kent, WA Permit No. 71 POSTAL CUSTOMER Contributed Stairmasters Snoqualmie Fire Department firefighters (from left) Mike Wallace, Ben Parker and Chris Stephen par- ticipated in the 22nd annual Scott Firefighter Stairclimb March 10. They raised $3,050 between them, and climbed 69 flights of stairs, 1,311 steps with 788 feet of vertical elevation, Battalion Chief Todd Reynolds said. The firefighter’s union, Local 2878, which represents most of the firefighters in the area, raised $30,888 with the stairclimb, which gives money for Leukemia and Lymphoma Foundation. By Michele Mihalovich Nathan Perea was named as the executive director for the Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce, and starts April 1. The position has been open since early January, when former director Kevin Dwyer left for a job in Oregon. Perea, 34, served as director of membership development at Issaquah’s chamber for the past two years, and said he has some innovative programs that proved suc- cessful in Issaquah that he’d like to apply to the Valley. He said what he finds to be most successful is taking a cham- ber from being generic to getting specific to member needs. Perea said he plans to do that by taking time getting to know current members, as well as meeting as many people from the community as possible. “My role is to support the entire community, which is why I think it’s good to meet every- one,” he said. Perea said the chamber board’s biggest goal for him is to infuse new energy and passion into the chamber. “I’ll work on behalf of the entire Valley with a unified voice so everyone feels a part of this,” he said. “One thing I’ve found in modern chambers is that geographic boundaries are less important. The quality of programs you’re providing is much more important.” Perea received a degree in business administration and information systems from Western Washington University in Bellingham. He’s married and has three children. Michele Mihalovich: 392-6434, ext. 246, or [email protected]. Comment at www. snovalleystar.com. Nathan Perea Chamber names new director By Michele Mihalovich No arrests have been made yet in the Jan. 1 hit-and-run that killed 57-year-old Lucy Pieczatkowski, but the case is progressing, Sgt. Cindi West with the King County Sheriff’s Office said. “I can tell you that I have had some calls since the acci- dent, but the ones I had were people that did not have first-hand knowledge but had ‘heard’ something,” she said. “Sometimes, on cases, we can still use that information to try to contact others who may have actual knowledge.” The accident happened at about 3 a.m. Jan. 1. On Jan. 2, police did locate a white Ford truck in the North Bend area they believe was involved in the fatal accident. North Bend Police Chief Mark Toner said the sheriff’s office still has the truck. Many in the small town are wondering why an arrest hasn’t been made when police know who owns the truck, West said. “We may know who the vehicle belongs to in a case like this, but we still have to have evidence of who was driving at the time of the accident,” she said. “I know it can be frustrating for family and friends of the vic- tim, but conducting a thorough investigation from the start will help to ensure that charges stick if and when we make an arrest in the case. Better to take the time and investigate thoroughly than make a hasty arrest and have the suspect released and ultimately not be prosecuted for the crime. “I can tell you the case is progressing. That is all I can say on that for now.” Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the King County Sheriff’s Office at 206-296-3311 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477) toll free. Michele Mihalovich: 392-6434, ext. 246, or [email protected]. Comment at www. snovalleystar.com. No arrests yet in New Year’s fatal hit-and-run accident
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Open opportunityNew school board seat is there for the taking.
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Top teacher Foundation honors Opstad third-grade instructor.
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Big Apple boundSnoqualmie ballerina heads to big competition.
Page 7Police blotter
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March 28, 2013
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Mount Si battles the elements
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StairmastersSnoqualmie Fire Department firefighters (from left) Mike Wallace, Ben Parker and Chris Stephen par-ticipated in the 22nd annual Scott Firefighter Stairclimb March 10. They raised $3,050 between them, and climbed 69 flights of stairs, 1,311 steps with 788 feet of vertical elevation, Battalion Chief Todd Reynolds said. The firefighter’s union, Local 2878, which represents most of the firefighters in the area, raised $30,888 with the stairclimb, which gives money for Leukemia and Lymphoma Foundation.
By Michele Mihalovich
Nathan Perea was named as the executive director for the Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce, and starts April 1.
The position has been open since early January, when former director Kevin Dwyer left for a job in Oregon.
Perea, 34, served as director of membership development at Issaquah’s chamber for the past two years, and said he has some innovative programs that proved suc-cessful in Issaquah that he’d like to apply to the Valley.
He said what he finds to be most successful is taking a cham-ber from being generic to getting specific to member needs.
Perea said he plans to do that by taking time getting to know current members, as well as meeting as many people from the community as possible.
“My role is to support the entire community, which is why I think it’s good to meet every-one,” he said.
Perea said the chamber board’s biggest goal for him is to infuse new energy and passion into the chamber.
“I’ll work on behalf of the entire Valley with a unified voice so everyone feels a part of this,” he said. “One thing I’ve found in modern chambers is that geographic boundaries are less important. The quality of programs you’re providing is much more important.”
Perea received a degree in business administration and information systems from Western Washington University in Bellingham. He’s married and has three children.
Michele Mihalovich: 392-6434, ext. 246, or [email protected]. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
Nathan Perea
Chamber names new director
By Michele Mihalovich
No arrests have been made yet in the Jan. 1 hit-and-run that killed 57-year-old Lucy Pieczatkowski, but the case is progressing, Sgt. Cindi West with the King County Sheriff’s Office said.
“I can tell you that I have had some calls since the acci-dent, but the ones I had were people that did not have first-hand knowledge but had ‘heard’ something,” she said. “Sometimes, on cases, we can still use that information to try to contact others who may have actual knowledge.”
The accident happened at about 3 a.m. Jan. 1.
On Jan. 2, police did locate a white Ford truck in the North Bend area they believe was involved in the fatal accident. North Bend Police Chief Mark Toner said the sheriff’s office still has the truck.
Many in the small town are wondering why an arrest hasn’t been made when police know who owns the truck, West said.
“We may know who the vehicle belongs to in a case like this, but we still have to have evidence of who was driving at the time of the accident,” she said. “I know it can be frustrating for family and friends of the vic-tim, but conducting a thorough investigation from the start will
help to ensure that charges stick if and when we make an arrest in the case. Better to take the time and investigate thoroughly than make a hasty arrest and have the suspect released and ultimately not be prosecuted for the crime.
“I can tell you the case is progressing. That is all I can say on that for now.”
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the King County Sheriff’s Office at 206-296-3311 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477) toll free.
Michele Mihalovich: 392-6434, ext. 246, or [email protected]. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
No arrests yet in New Year’s fatal hit-and-run accident
By Michele Mihalovich
Snoqualmie residents are getting a rare oppor-tunity this election cycle. The newly created Snoqualmie Valley School District No. 1 is open.
No one wishing to run for the seat will have to run against an incumbent.
After the 2010 U.S. Census indicated sig-nificant growth in Snoqualmie, it became apparent that school board districts would have to be redrawn to better reflect current population cen-ters.
“Given the large size, odd shape and rapid growth of our district over the past 10 years, our process a couple years ago was a complex one, which involved working with a professional demographer and substantial commu-nity engagement,” said Carolyn Malcolm, public information coordinator for the school district.
The district encompass-es 400 square miles and stretches northwest as far as Sammamish and east to Snoqualmie Pass.
Malcolm said the redrawn five districts include about 7,000 people each, and put two
school board members into North Bend’s No. 4 district.
School board member Scott Hodgins was in the Snoqualmie No. 1 district before the redistricting; now, he and board mem-
ber Marci Busby are both in No. 4.
Malcolm said that according to state law, both board members could continue to serve until the end of their terms, Dec. 31.
Hodgins and Busby can both run for the No. 4 seat this election. Any eligible voters who live in the dis-trict are also eligible.
Maps indicating the
boundary of District No. 1 are difficult to see from the district’s website, http://svsd410.org/dis-trictinfo/board/revised_direc-tor_boundaries.pdf.
Jeff Hogan, the execu-tive director of instruc-tional technology for the district, said the area basi-cally includes all of histor-ic Snoqualmie and unin-corporated portions of Snoqualmie, as well as east
of Snoqualmie Parkway and a small portion on the west side of Snoqualmie Parkway.
Hogan admitted the maps are hard to figure out from the website. However, he said people needing to figure out which board district they live in can call him at 831-8004 and give him their address.
Hodgins said he has not made a decision yet on whether he will run again.
“I will likely make that decision in May, after the school board has devel-oped a long-range strategic plan, and the scope of the next capital bond measure is determined,” he said. “At a minimum, I want to make sure our school dis-trict is headed in the right direction before my term is up in December 2013.”
Busby could not be reached regarding whether she was going to run again.
Citizens wishing to put their hats in the ring can file May 14-18. Learn more at www.kingcounty.gov/ elections/candidatefiling.aspx.
If there are three or more candidates vying for a seat, there will be an Aug. 6 primary. Otherwise, can-didates will face off in the Nov. 5 general election.
Michele Mihalovich: 392-6434, ext. 246, or [email protected]. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
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By Dona Mokin
This map is a small section of Snoqualmie Valley School District area. The full 400-square-mile area stretches from Sammamish to Snoqualmie Pass. District 1 has new boundaries for the Snoqualmie board seat.
School district refinances bonds
The Snoqualmie Valley School District recently refinanced a portion of its outstand-ing bonds from 2005, in order to take advantage of favorable municipal bond market conditions.
As a result, the dis-trict was able to secure a total debt service savings to taxpayers of $655,611 over the remaining life of the bonds, for a 15.86 percent savings on the refunded bonds.
These savings will flow directly to taxpay-ers through reduced tax levies, and are not avail-able for district expens-es. This refinancing effort, combined with refinancing of other bonds completed in the past few years, brings the total net savings to Snoqualmie Valley tax-payers to about $3.98 million and more than 9 percent savings on about $40 million of refunded bonds.
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By Michele Mihalovich
Eastside Fire & Rescue partners are generally unwilling to change the way they fund the agency to save Sammamish a few bucks.
At a March 18 funding model committee meeting, members told Sammamish they wanted to find some way to preserve the part-nership, but they were unwilling to change the current funding arrange-ment.
Right now, EFR part-ners, made up of Issaquah, North Bend, Sammamish, and fire districts 10 and 38, pay into the partner-ship based solely on prop-erty values.
Sammamish representa-tives have threatened to withdraw from the part-nership unless the fund-ing model was changed to reflect the amount of calls each partner handles.
The agency determines each partner’s payment based on the value of property covered by spe-cific stations, something Sammamish representa-tives say unfairly impacts them due to the expensive homes in the city.
Since October, EFR part-ners, city officials and fire department administrators have been meeting to see if different funding models could be worked out.
North Bend Councilman Alan Gothelf said after the meeting that North Bend would be open to a 75/25 split, which is based on 75 per-cent property value and 25 percent on actual calls for service, “but the rest of EFR partners seem to be in a holding pattern.
“At this point, unless there’s a willingness of the partners to look at alter-native funding models, I think we’ve exhausted our
options,” he said.Sammamish’s 2013
bill will come in at $5.6 million, less than District 10’s share of $6.6 mil-lion, and slightly more than Issaquah’s share of $5 million. District 38 will pay $1.3 million this year, compared to North Bend, which will pay $777,222.
If the partners agreed to a 75/25 split that was phased in over a three-year period, North Bend’s share would jump an additional $75,689 (9.7 percent) and Issaquah would see a $245,851 (4.8 percent) increase.
District 10’s bill would go down by $73,652 (1.1 percent), District 38 would decrease by $90,930 (6.85 percent) and Sammamish would realize $156,957 (2.8 percent) in savings.
Issaquah Councilwoman Eileen Barber said at the meeting
that she wants to see the partnership stay together, and that her council did a straw poll and wants to stay with the current fund-ing model.
She also said she was disappointed that after all the time spent on looking at other funding model options, Sammamish is only looking at saving about $157,000.
District 10 Commissioner Michael Fisette said he looked forward to ideas from all of the partners so that all partners could maintain their current level of ser-vice and remain in the partnership.
He also suggested that maybe some financial cuts could be looked at to help lesson the burden, and offered that a committee be formed to look at some efficiencies.
Ron Pedee, District 38 commissioner, said that
when the partnership was first being formed, there were discussions about how to go about funding it, and the current model was determined to be the “most fair.”
He said one thing he does not want to see is someone pulling out of the partnership because they can’t afford it.
Barber and others did agree that some good had come out of the monthly meetings because it’s clear that periodic reviews of the funding model should be done — especially after big annexations — but not now.
Sammamish City Councilman Tom Vance said at the meeting that he was disappointed and didn’t think the commit-tee needed to meet again.
He said after the meet-ing that he appreciated the support from North Bend, “but I’m disappointed
that we couldn’t make a change for the entire part-nership that would have been a more equitable way to assess funding.”
Vance said Sammamish City Manager Ben Yazici would probably pre-pare a report for the full Sammamish City Council in April so it can look at its options.
Vance said it’s hard to say what direction Sammamish will go. He said, “All I can say right now is to stay tuned.”
If Sammamish does decide to pull out of the EFR partnership, it must give notice by the end of this year, and the new EFR contract could be “Sammamishless” begin-ning Jan. 1, 2015, Fire Chief Lee Soptich said.
Michele Mihalovich: 392-6434, ext. 246, or [email protected]. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
Most EFR partners are happy with current funding model
Firefighters from Eastside Fire & Rescue responded to a house fire about 6 p.m. March 21 in the 44700 block of Southeast Tanner Road of North Bend. One of the occupants of the home called 911 and reported a fire on the stove.
When fire crews arrived, the occupants were waiting outside the home. They said the fire started in the kitchen after leaving the stove unattended while cooking, according to an EFR press release. One of the occupants received burns to a hand and was later transported to the hospital by a family mem-ber. Firefighters entered the smoke-filled home for fur-ther evaluation and found the fire was out.
The kitchen can be one of the most dangerous rooms in the house if you do not practice safe cook-ing habits. Cooking equip-ment, most often a range or stovetop, is the leading cause of reported home fires and home fire injuries in the United States.
EFR offered the follow-ing tips:
q When in doubt, just get out. When you leave, close the door behind you to help contain the fire.
Call 911 after you leave.q If you do try to fight
the fire, be sure others are already getting out, and you have a clear path to the exit.
q Always keep an oven mitt and a lid nearby when cooking. If a small fire starts in a pan, smoth-er the flames by carefully sliding the lid over the pan (make sure you are wearing the oven mitt). Turn off the burner. Do not move the pan. To keep the fire from restart-ing, leave the lid on until the pan is completely cool.
q The best practice in preventing a cooking fire is to stay alert. Stay in the kitchen when you are fry-ing, grilling or broiling food, and if you leave the kitchen for even a short period of time, turn off the stove.
Unattended stove causes kitchen fire
State auditor gives EFR a clean audit
The state auditor’s office just completed its audit of Eastside Fire & Rescue for 2011 and found that the agency had complied with all state financial laws and regulations.
EFR, since its incep-tion in 1999, has always been free of negative findings. View the audit at www.sao.wa.gov/AuditReports/AuditReportFiles/ar1009217.pdf.
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Two options for the free training are avail-able: in Renton, from 6:30-9 p.m. Thursday evenings, April 25 to May 16 or in Kent, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays, May 4 and 11.
Learn more at your.kingcounty.gov/solid-waste/mrc/index.asp.
By Michele Mihalovich
The Eastside Fire & Rescue board set seven goals for Fire Chief Lee Soptich to fulfill in 2013 at its March 14 board meeting.
Top on the list is to prepare for the 2014 collective bargaining agreement with the fire-fighters’ union, which also includes hiring an attorney to provide com-parison data.
The second goal is to explore expanding the EFR partnership, which currently includes Issaquah, North Bend, Sammamish, and fire dis-tricts 10 and 38.
This comes at a time when the board is still waiting to hear whether Sammamish is going to withdraw from the partnership because it is
unhappy with the cur-rent funding model that bases partnership costs on assessed property val-ues.
The goal asks Soptich to research the pros and cons of expanding into neighboring jurisdictions, reaching out to potential partners and advising the board who, how and when is the best to invite potential jurisdictions to consider partnering.
The third goal is to consider creating and adopting a strategic plan for pursuing international accreditation.
Soptich’s fourth goal is to evaluate the need for an emergency man-agement coordinator, a battalion chief or chiefs, and a facility mainte-nance position, along with costs for the new personnel.
Soptich is also being asked to provide better awareness of fireworks safety and stepping up enforcement of violators in coordination with law enforcement agen-cies.
The sixth goal is to look at considering the possibility of offering early retirement incen-tives, and the seventh goal is to implement the volunteer live-in/sleeper program at station 88 in Wilderness Rim in North Bend and con-sider the same for station 79 in May Valley near Issaquah.
The board came up with the set of goals at its board retreat held Feb. 6.
Michele Mihalovich: 392-6434, ext. 246, or [email protected]. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
EFR board sets goals for 2013
Master Sergeant Sprack. It turned out that Marsh did things in combat that none of us could imag-ine him, or anyone else, doing. Later, we said the miracle of Marsh’s life was that he made it home. Now, at last, we understood the rea-son for his slight limp. And, we can also understand a bit more why he didn’t go in for
the shallow, flippant conversa-tion we practice daily. He had things he could have said, but he didn’t have to because he knew them.
Well, we started out on Saturday thinking we were bury-ing our old pal Marsh, the morn-ing dog walker. But by the time that bugler played “Taps,” we realized that we didn’t bury him at all. His country showed up to bury him and say goodbye.
Marsh … thank you.
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Snoqualmie Valley School District Board Position 1, which covers the city of Snoqualmie, is open for the tak-ing. All you have to do is toss your hat into the ring for the November election.
There is much going on in this giant, 400-square-mile school district that stretches from Sammamish to Snoqualmie Pass.
In a March 16 Town Hall meeting, 5th District legisla-tors got an earful from a room full of local teachers about how lack of education funding in recent years has had a negative impact on our schools.
Elementary school teachers are being pushed beyond their limits with overcrowded classrooms and, as one teacher said, our schools are “bursting at the seams.”
A new school board member will have big decisions to make:
q Will there be a bond proposal going to voters to fund a new middle school on Snoqualmie Ridge?
q How important will grades be in the future, as asked by two Mount Si High School students in their documentary called, “Education in America: The Reprehensible System.”
q The Freshman Learning Center opens this fall, an experiment that may or may not work. Students will be shuffled like a deck of cards to accommodate the center. What affect will this have on their school day?
Becoming a school board member is one of the best ways to make your voice heard, and this election cycle, you won’t have an incumbent to unseat. We hope to see numerous people step forward for this public service posi-tion — the ultimate volunteer job.
Jeff Hogan, executive director of instructional technol-ogy for the district, said anyone can call him at 831-8004 to confirm that they reside within District 1 boundaries.
Citizens who want to put their hat in the ring must file May 14-18. Learn more at www.kingcounty.gov/elections/candidatefiling.aspx.
Donate formula to help babies who need it
March 25-30 marks Hunger Action Week, which highlights those who are at risk of hunger, and hunger’s harmful impact on our community.
While the week shines a light on those in our community without enough food to eat, we pose the question, “What about babies without enough to eat?”
Why is formula an important ‘hunger’ problem? Whereas food for hungry families can be econ-omized by purchasing a variety of cheap alternatives, there are no ways to safely economize infant formula. A 12-ounce can of powdered formula that feeds a baby for approximately three days costs $16 a can.
Infant formula safely provides babies with the building blocks they need to build brain cells and brain connections.
What about breast milk? Breast milk is still the ideal source of nutrition for infants, but not all babies are able to
nurse well and not all mothers are able to provide sufficient milk for their babies.
How do we help? For 23 years, our social service organization, Eastside Baby Corner, has been committed to making sure that every infant has the formula it needs to reach its full potential. Since our inception in 1990, we have fulfilled every order, a 100 percent fill rate, for formula.
This task is not easy, as for-mula is one of our most request-ed items. Since EBC is commit-ted to ensuring that every child who requests formula from our agency receives it, we purchase any formula that we are not able to provide through community donations.
What can you do? Donate formula with a shelf life of six months or more to Eastside Baby Corner, and we will ensure your donations go to babies and mothers who desperately need it.
Karen Ridlon, Eastside Baby Corner,
Founder, executive director emeritus
City needs to be more business friendly
Let the tattoo guy in! This town needs all the help it can get. Lower leases on empty spaces and get business in here. It creates jobs, generates income and helps the econo-my.
We need a good drugstore; Bed, Bath and Beyond; Bath Body Shop; Radio Shack; book store; and nice restaurants. Things that appeal to the pub-lic so they won’t spend their money in Issaquah. Keep it in our Valley!
I’ve lived here for 30 years, and the first chance I got after graduation was to get a job. No opportunities here. Give the kids coming up that chance. Driving in Seattle, Renton, Bellevue, Everett is a nightmare. I know because I did it for 36 years (retail).
So, I say let the tattoo guy in!J. HamptonNorth Bend
We buried Marshall Sprack last Saturday, and we will miss him. Ol’ Marsh was the cheer-ful old-timer who could be seen each day walking his two tiny dogs around the neighborhood. He always had a smile and wave for everyone.
He was a very private guy, however. We all knew him, but didn’t really know him, if you get my drift.
He’d been retired for more years than some young married folks here had been alive. And he wasn’t the kind of guy who needed to come down to the Mule Barn coffee shop and settle the world’s troubles like the rest of us do. He stayed home and he walked the dogs.
We didn’t really know Marshall Sprack until Saturday, really. On Saturday, as we gath-ered to say goodbye to him, the military honor guard showed up. He was buried in his dress uniform from a war most of us can’t remember. His medals were on display next to the casket. The honor guard carried his flag-draped coffin to the gravesite, and other honor guards fired a three-volley salute to Marsh. Then, the flag was folded care-fully into a tight triangle and presented to Marshall’s daugh-ter.
When the chaplain rose to speak to us, it was about
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By David Hayes
Ask a student what makes Opstad Elementary School third-grade teacher Marianne Bradburn so good and the answer might be: It’s her humor.
“I like doing math. She makes us laugh and makes it really fun to do math,” Elion Kaestner said about his favorite subject.
“She uses word stories when we do math to make it funny,” Willow Olson said.
“Math is fun because she uses lots of problems and funny jokes,” Tyler Barber said. “Like drawing hats for snails.”
Luckily, being honored by the Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation as educator of the year didn’t come down to Bradburn’s ability to draw said snails in hats. They appeared more like the ghosts from the “PAC-MAN” game.
But the lesson plan on fractions is an illustration Bradburn points to that she believes has earned her kudos from the foun-dation — technology. Using a digital pen on an ActiveBoard means no longer having to rely on an overhead projector and a black marker pen to add notes to a lesson plan.
“I can’t imagine doing anything without an ActiveBoard now,” Bradburn said. “It’s a part of everything I do. I don’t have black-and-blue hands anymore when I go home after using the overhead projector.”
Actually, a glance around Bradburn’s class-room reveals not a single chalkboard in site. That’s testament to her dedica-tion to going digital. She’s twice been the beneficiary of successful grant applica-tions to the Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation for iPads.
“We use them for math apps, such as Educreations,” Bradburn said.
The students record themselves doing the lessons, which are then downloaded to the class-room websites and are watched by the other students as a broadening of the learning experience
through sharing.While the technology
has changed over the years, the one constant has been her students. Their grade level, that is. When Bradburn started teaching in 1988, her first job was with the Mercer Island School District.
“I was one of the first of 24 new hires the district made, plus there were a lot of retiring at the same time, so I ended up with seniority of all the new people,” Bradburn said. “I loved the third grade and was able to stay the whole time.
“The thing I love about the third grade is it’s the first year the kids are a little more individual. They’ve learned to read, now they’re reading to learn,” she added.
Bradburn, originally from Bellevue, comes from a long line of teachers. Growing up, games usu-ally revolved around play-ing school, usually with her as the teacher. It’s not surprising, really, as her dad and four others in her family were also teachers.
“I guess it’s just a thing we do,” she said.
The career path of one
of her pals in kindergarten mirrored Bradburn’s and she now teaches across the hall from her longtime friend Sharon Piper. The Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation honored Piper with her own teacher of the year award a couple years ago.
“I can’t imagine doing this without her,” Bradburn said. She added they’re always bounc-ing ideas off each other, often staying late into the evening on Fridays just to plan out the next week.
By the time the founda-tion presented its award to Bradburn, she knew something was up. It was confirmed when cake and balloons arrived one day in her classroom. The whole situation proved to be a validation for her.
“It’s always been my dream to be a teacher,” Bradburn said. “My hus-band even said how awe-some is it that I have a job I’m passionate about, I love to do and get acknowledged for doing it well.”
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The Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation also named counselor Joe Galagan, from Mount Si High School, and teacher Thomas Burford, from Snoqualmie Middle School, as its educators of the year. Burford was featured in the Star on March 17.
“The thing I love about the third grade is it’s the first year the kids are a little more indi-vidual. They’ve learned to read, now they’re reading to learn.”
— Marianne BradburnSnoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation
elementary teacher of the year
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By Deanna Morauski
Just when you thought chocolate truffles couldn’t be any better, enter red wine chocolate truffles.
You know, for when you’re feelin’ all fancy-pants. Of course, they can also be enjoyed while drinking Diet Coke and wearing comfortable yoga pants that you just wore to clean house in, too. Don’t ask me how I know. I just do.
Red wine chocolate truffles recipe
q 20 ounces of the best semi-sweet chocolate you can find, broken into pieces (not chocolate chips)
q 1/2 cup heavy creamq 1 1/2 cups red wineq 1/2 cup unsweetened, pow-
dered chocolatePlace chocolate pieces into a
double boiler on low heat to melt chocolate. If you have a candy ther-mometer, you can make sure the temperature of the chocolate doesn’t go above 110 degrees. Stir occasion-ally and remove from heat when almost completely melted. Stir occa-sionally until fully melted.
In a separate pan, bring 1 1/2 cups red wine to a boil over medium heat then turn down to medium-low heat to allow to simmer. Reduce until about 1 cup of wine is left in pan.
Stir reduced red wine and heavy cream into chocolate. Stir until smooth and shiny.
Allow to cool to room tempera-ture, and then place chocolate in fridge for about a half-hour or until
firm.Scoop out chocolate and form
into about 1-inch truffles. Coat them lightly with dark cocoa pow-der.
Make these for your next party. And by party, I mean feel free to make them to celebrate a successful day of work or cleaning house; or, simply because you just finished
reading this blog post. I say cel-ebrate everything. In comfortable yoga pants as often as possible.
Deanna Morauski owns, operates and cooks at the Old Hen Bed and Breakfast near North Bend with her husband John. She also blogs about food and cooking at www.theoldhen.com. Follow her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/theoldhen or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/theoldhen.
Red wine, chocolate make great trufflesKelly ‘Doc’ Lee FarrellFeb. 22, 1960 — March 5, 2013
Kelly “Doc” Farrell, of Issaquah, passed away sud-denly on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at 53 years of age.
Doc was born in California but he always considered Preston — where his family moved when he was very young — his true home.
Doc spent his life work-ing in construction and towing. He was a mem-ber of the National Rifle Association and the Pinto Car Club of America. His passions were his purple Pinto, politics, 4-wheeling and his family.
He was preceded in death by his mother Vonda Newkirk. He is sur-vived by his wife Brandi Farrell (Zimmer); daugh-ters Nicole Thorensen (Farrell), Michele Farrell and Cheyenne Farrell; and eight grandchildren.
There will be a potluck memorial on Saturday, April 13, between 1 and 5 p.m. at Meadowbrook Farm, 1711 Boalch Ave., North Bend, WA 98045.
Obituary
Kelly Farrell
Snoqualmie Elementary School was recently recognized as a Reward (High Progress) School by the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, according to the school district’s web-site.
Snoqualmie Elementary is one of 69 Highest Performing and/or Highest Progress Title I schools in Washington state to be designated a “Reward” School for 2013-14, based on the school’s perfor-mance over three years.
Snoqualmie Elementary qualified as a High Progress Reward school by scoring in the top 10 percent of Title I schools for sustained progress in reading and math over a three-year period, accord-ing to Washington State’s
Elementary and Secondary Education Act Flexibility Request requirements.
“We subscribe to the notion of continuous improvement in our schools and across the dis-trict,” Snoqualmie Valley Schools Superintendent Joel Aune said at a recent School Board meeting. “The improvements that have been achieved at Snoqualmie Elementary over an extended period of time — and especially during the past three years — is a credit to the staff’s commitment to seeking out better ways to improve student learning. They have been deliber-ate and consistent in their work, staying the course and staying focused over an extended period of time.”
Snoqualmie Elementary is high progress school
By Megg Joosten
Mackenzie Jones and her dance partner Danil Zinovyev, both 10 years old, recently took second place in a ballet competi-tion and are headed to New York City in April.
Jones competed in the Youth America Grand Prix competition in February, beating out other ballet students in Washington ages 9-19. Mackenzie and her partner will face many more ballet competitors from all over the world in the world finals held in New York, according to Erin Jones, Mackenzie’s mother.
Mackenzie trains several hours a week in group and private lessons at Emerald Ballet Academy in Bellevue, where she has been dancing for the past three years. In the coming year, Mackenzie intends to train harder, in the hopes of placing in the solo category, along with the ensemble category with her partner, according to her mom.
In an effort to help alle-viate the financial burden, Mackenzie’s parents have set up a donation site to assist with travel future expenses. Mackenzie is scheduled to compete in
New York on April 12, so donations made by April 10 will help her achieve this dream. As of March 22, they had raised $735.
Donate at www.gofund-me.com/bigballetdreams.
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In an effort to “get out there and let them see our faces,” Snoqualmie Valley Hospital commis-sioners will hold their regular business meetings in the communities they serve.
Commission Chairman Dick Jones said the board has tried that before, “and it really wasn’t very well attended. But, we want to get folks to come out and hear what we’re doing. It’s valuable to do this every once in a while.”
The schedule, with all
meetings beginning at 6:30 p.m., is:
q SnoValley Senior Center, 4610 Stephens Ave., Carnation, April 4.
q United Methodist Church, 4326 337th Place S.E., Fall City, May 2.
q Preston Community Center, 8625 310th Ave. S.E., Preston, June 6.
q Snoqualmie Pass Fire Station, 1211 State Route 906, Snoqualmie Pass, Aug. 1.
q North Bend Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend, Sept. 5.
The commission, which met March 7, did not make a determination
about the July meeting, which would have fallen on July 4.
Commissioner Gene Pollard said he hoped the board would still meet sometime in July, even if it were as a retreat or for training, but the rest of the commission voted to table whether to hold a meeting that month.
The community meet-ings will be considered “special meetings” because they won’t be held at the official meet-ing place at Snoqualmie City Hall, but the board will be taking action at the meetings, Jones said.
Snoqualmie Valley Hospital board will meet in district communities
Ballerina heads to Big Apple
Contributed
Mackenzie Jones, 10, of Snoqualmie, performed in ‘The Nutcracker’ in December.
Elementary school adopts, tracks elk
Snoqualmie Elementary School has a new student.
With the help of Harold Erland, a local research biologist, the school was able to “adopt” an elk named Twix. Twix lives
in the fields behind the school, and is sporting a GPS collar, which will col-lect information about her location, according to a school newsletter.
Once a month, the data will be put into a report for the fourth-grade stu-dents to analyze, supple-
menting their recent unit on ecosystems. This will give the students the opportunity to make their lessons come to life.
The adoption, and the education, are being made possible by the Upper Snoqualmie Valley Elk Management Group.
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By David Hayes
Old Man Winter was not ready to relinquish his reigns March 21, when the Mount Si High School track and field team host-ed its first home meet of the year.
Braving strong winds, driving rain and the occa-sional snow flurry mixed in, the Wildcats overcame the elements to defeat Interlake, 81-55, for the girls, and 82-63 for the guys.
“It was amazing we did
as well as we did,” girls head coach Dave Clifford said.
Boys coach Greg Meyers said the weather will actu-ally play to the team’s favor come the end of the season.
“It will help them understand the state meet, what it takes to win the gold, getting used to the weather with its wind and rain,” Meyers said.
Clifford, now in his 30th year coaching at Mount Si, hopes to improve this year upon
last year’s results. The Wildcats sent eight girls to state last year, but were shut out in the medal count. Meanwhile, of the three guys sent to state, Bradley Stevens returned with a championship in the javelin.
Meyers said the team will be quite young this year, even with Stevens returning along with fel-low senior Jimbo Davis, who is expected to be another top pole-vaulter
By Greg Farrar
Jimbo Davis, Mount Si High School senior, throws up a spray of snow, hail and rain from the chilly afternoon weather as he lands and sinks into the mattress after clearing 11 feet in the pole vault March 21 against Interlake.
By Greg Farrar
Mackenzie Hutchison, Mount Si High School freshman, clears the bar in the final turn, on the way to winning the 300-meter hurdles in a time of 50.82 seconds during the March 21 track meet against Interlake.
By Michele Mihalovich
The Mount Si High School cheer-leading team, now state champs and ranked nationally, is holding a pre-tryout clinic followed by tryouts for anyone wishing to get on this season’s squad.
Cheer coach Jessii Stevens said the tryout clinic will be held from 3:15-6:15 p.m. April 2 at the school.
She said the clinic, which costs $30, is open for current eighth- through 11th-grade students inter-ested in trying out for the team.
“We sometimes have a hard time spreading the word,” Stevens said about tryouts, “because they aren’t
at the beginning of an actual sport season, and also because they are open to current eighth-graders who obviously aren’t at Mount Si yet and don’t realize they can try out.”
Register at www.mountsicheer.wee-bly.com.
Official tryouts for the team begins April 15. Stevens said tryout packets will be available soon on the Mount Si cheer website.
The team is ranked sixth nation-ally in the small school, nontum-bling category.
Michele Mihalovich: 392-6434, ext. 246, or [email protected]. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
Cheer clinic happening April 2 in preparation for full tryouts
Wildcats battle elements, win first home track meet
See TRACK, Page 9
First-time champsThe Ridge Valley U14 Black Volleyball team celebrates winning the Dominos Pizza Volleyball Invitational tournament March 16 at Franklin Pierce High School in Tacoma. The team was undefeated in pool play, beating each of the other three teams. The Dominos Tournament is the first one that any team from Ridge Valley has won, according to coach Larry Carr.
Contributed
in the state this season.“We’re really young
now, but we have some up-and-coming talent in hurdles and throwing that we’ll not see the fruits of this year,” Meyers said.
With such a young team, Meyers said the goal is always to do what is best for the team. The challenge, he added, is get-ting athletes to buy into that philosophy when it’s drummed in their heads how much an individual sport track and field usu-ally is. To accomplish that,
he’ll assign his stronger athletes to events they wouldn’t normally com-pete in to strengthen the team overall.
“This gets the kids ral-lying for each other,” he said. “That way, all meets get us ready for May.”
That’s when the cham-pionship season starts.
With just one meet under their belts, Meyers has been pleasantly surprised to discover a strength in the four-by-four relay team — Preston Banks, Sam Isen, Devin
Sharps and Jimbo Davis combined to take first against Interlake in 3 min-utes, 35.43 seconds.
Clifford said he also likes the girls who make up his relay teams, in both the 200 and 400. Mount Si also swept the long jump, with sophomore Karlie Hurley logging the longest leap at 15 feet, 9.2 inches.
While he’s got experi-ence in returning team member Ashley Jackson, Clifford was impressed by freshman Mackenzie Hutchinson, who edged
her in the 300 hurdles, 50.82 to 52.92 seconds.
Her older sister Madeleine Hutchinson should be a mainstay atop the leaderboard this sea-son as well — she took the 800 meters in 2 minutes, 28.64 seconds.
“These are some young kids, but they’re competi-tive and are really fun to coach,” Clifford said.
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q Open Mic night, every Monday, 8-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Brewery, 8032 Falls Ave. S.E. Call 831-2357 or go to falls-brew.com
q Public Works Committee, 5-6 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St., [email protected]
q Support the Snoqualmie Valley YMCA by eating at Ana’s Family Style Mexican Restaurant, 7713 Center Blvd. S.E., 5-8 p.m., pro-ceeds from the pur-chase of both regular and enchiladas suiza will go toward the Partners with Youth campaign
q Planning and Parks Committee, 6:30-7 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St., [email protected]
q Planning Commission, 7-8 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St., [email protected]
q Sensory-Friendly Movie Night, 6-8:30 p.m. April 1. Come watch the movie ‘Cars’ in an autism and sensory disorder friendly way.
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q Easter Breakfast, 8-9:30 a.m., North Bend Community Church, 146 E. Third St., North Bend, Easter Sunday service follows at 10:30 a.m.
q Solo Piano Easter brunch, noon to 1 p.m., March 31 at Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend
q Danny Kolke Trio, 5-7:30 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend
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q Community Easter Egg Hunt, 9 a.m., Little Si Course at Mount Si Golf Course, 9010 Boalch Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 888-0951, breakfast fol-lows at the Moose Lodge, 108 Sydney Ave., North Bend
q Egg Hunt & visit with the Easter Bunny, for ages 0-12, 10 a.m., Centennial Fields, 39903 S.E. Park St., Snoqualmie, 831-5704 or [email protected]
q Kid’s Night Out, 6-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie, $36, $20 for facility members
q Stereo Fidelics, 8 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie
q Dance Dance Dance, 10 p.m., free, Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 North Bend Way, Snoqualmie
q Special Needs Story Time, 10-11:30 a.m., for developmental ages 3-6, children of all ages welcome with an adult. Stories, songs and activities designed for chil-dren with special needs and their families, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. North Bend, 888-0554
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q Quin Arnold, 7:30 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave S.E., Snoqualmie
q Milo Peterson Trio, 7-9:45 p.m., Boxleys, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend
q Gaming Unplugged, 3-5 p.m., ages 8 and up, adults welcome. A different selection of board games every week. Bring your own games, too, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend, 888-0554
q Beatlemania Live, 7 p.m., 8 p.m. March 29 and 30. Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 North Bend Way, Snoqualmie. Go to http://sno-casino.com/events/beatlemania-032813 to purchase tickets
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q Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation Spring Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., TPC Snoqualmie Ridge, 36005 S.E. Ridge St., minimum $100 donation, reserve seat at svsfounda-tion.org
q Craig Hoyer, 7-9:30 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend
q Jazz, Blues and Barbecue with Paul Green, 7-9 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave S.E., Snoqualmie
q Beatlemania Live, 7 p.m. March 28, 8 p.m. March 29 and 30. Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 North Bend Way, Snoqualmie. Go to http://sno-casino.com/events/beatlemania-032813 to purchase tickets
q Public Safety Committee Meeting, 5-6 p.m., Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 Snoqualmie Parkway, [email protected]
q Wombat Stew puppet show, 7-8 p.m. March 28. A puppet show based on a book by Marcia Vaughan, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie, 888-1223
TUES
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q Finance and Administration Committee, 5:30-6:30 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St., [email protected]
q North Bend first Tuesday book club, 7-8 p.m., book dis-cussion about ‘We Need to Talk about Kevin,’ by Lionel Shriver, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. North Bend, 888-0554
q SnoValley Beekeepers, 7 p.m., Meadowbrook Interpretive Center, Meadowbrook Farm, 1711 Boalch Ave., North Bend, www.snoqualmievalleybee-keepers.org
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q Open mic, 7 p.m., every Wednesday at The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave S.E., Snoqualmie
q Tax Prep Assistance, Wednesdays 10 a.m.-3 p.m. March 20 to April 10. Free tax preparation for all ages and incomes, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend, 888-0554
q Anime and Manga Club, 3-5 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie, 888-1223
q Future Jazz Heads, 5-7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend
q Jazz Heads, 7-9 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend
Teen Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt, 8:30 p.m. March 29, Centennial Fields, 39903 S.E. Park St., Snoqualmie. Meet at the picnic shelter. Bring a flashlight and go on an Easter egg hunt in the dark. After the hunt, there will be food, bever-ages and a mobile game truck. Call 831-5704 or email [email protected].
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p.m. March 8 to a report that a man was lying on the sidewalk on East North Bend Way, near Sure Tavern. Upon reviv-ing the 52 year-old man, police determined he was intoxicated; he could not remember his own name. He was transported to detox for his own safety.
Illegal campingPolice responded to a call
at 8:13 p.m. March 8 regard-ing smoke coming from under a bridge on West North Bend Way. Police found a man and woman camping under the bridge, using a fire to keep warm. Police informed them that it is illegal to camp on city property, and they left.
Abandoned drugsA manager at Safeway
on Southwest Mount Si Boulevard called police at 10:56 p.m. when a purse was discovered in the parking lot. Police found a syringe in the purse with blood and what looked like black tar heroine. The ID in the purse was for a woman from Bellingham who is a convicted felon.
Early morning partyPolice responded at 2:09
a.m. and again at 3:47 a.m. March 11 to an apart-ment building on Stow Avenue South with very loud Mexican music.
Chainsaw burglarAt 10:30 a.m. March 11,
police took a report of a theft that occurred in the past three weeks. A male reported that a chainsaw and gas cans had been stolen from his unlocked shed, at his residence on Northeast 12th Street.
Chainsaw burglar 2Police responded at
3:30 p.m. March 11 to a report that in the past two weeks a chainsaw and gas can have been stolen from an unlocked shed on Northeast 142nd Street.
Well-dressed thiefPolice arrived at 6:26
p.m. March 12 to a house on Forester Boulevard Southwest that had been burglarized. Between 1:30 and 6 p.m., someone had broken a window and entered the residence. Two drawers of jewelry valued at $7,000 and a laptop val-ued at $3,000 were stolen.
Just doing some laundry
Police responded at 10 a.m. March 13 to a laun-dromat on East North Bend Way where there was a report of two men who appeared to be doing drugs. When police arrived they located only one man, who had a felony warrant for arson out of Florida. Police did not arrest the man.
Wrong house
A man reported that while working in his base-ment at his residence on 14th Place Southwest, he realized someone had been knocking on his door and ringing his doorbell for over a minute. When he answered the door, a woman said she was at the wrong house and got in a car and drove away.
A few loose screwsA man reported at 3
p.m. March 12 that dur-ing the night the lug nuts were loosened on one of the wheels of his truck. He drove about 12 miles before the lug nuts fell off and he realized what had happened.
Bad sleeping arrangements
Police responded at 9:41 p.m. March 13 when a man reported that his wife had hit him with a baseball bat because she was upset that he was sleeping in another room. His wife stated that she only “bumped” him with the bat. She appeared to be delusional and was highly medicated, so police transported her to the hos-pital for her own safety.
Oops, wrong carPolice responded to a
report at 11:10 a.m. March 14 of possible casing at the North Bend Library park-ing lot. A woman reported that a man had been look-ing into her car, and then opened the door and was surprised to see her and
her child inside. He imme-diately closed the door and left the area.
Up to no goodPolice responded at 7:18
p.m. March 14 to a yoga studio on East North Bend Way when a woman report-ed that eight teenagers were hanging around and looked like they were “up to no good.” When police arrived, the crowd had dispersed.
No mail todayPolice responded at 6:15
p.m. March 14 to a report that several teenagers had destroyed a mailbox in an alley between Third and Fourth streets.
North Bend fire callsq Two fire engines
responded at 9:02 p.m. March 15 to a motor vehicle accident with injuries on 428th Avenue Southeast.
q One fire engine responded at 1:16 p.m. March 18 to a report of carbon monoxide on Southeast Orchard Road.
q Eight fire engines responded at 5:59 p.m. March 21 to a structure fire on Southeast Tanner Road.
Snoqualmie fire callEMTs assisted Eastside
Fire & Rescue March 15 with a vehicle accident at 428th Avenue Southeast and Southeast Reinig Road. One person had minor injuries, and was treated and released from the local hospital.
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Snoqualmie firefighter Brian Busby was thinking on his feet Feb. 1 when he rescued a woman from drowning in the Snoqualmie River.
Busby was honored at the Snoqualmie City
Council meeting March 25 for his heroic actions dur-ing the river rescue.
Investigation revealed that the woman would have drowned were it not for Busby’s quick decision to keep her head above
water until additional help arrived. King County sheriff’s deputies provided timely and crucial assis-tance, enabling Busby to hold the victim until additional rescue crews arrived.
By Ethan Glynn
Snoqualmie firefighter Brian Busby is honored at the Snoqualmie City Council meeting March 25 for rescuing a woman from downing in the Snoqualmie River. From left are Mayor Matt Larson, Busby, Battalion Chief Todd Reynolds and Chief Bob Rowe.
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The Snoqualmie Valley Hospital Foundation has hired Eric Kaltenbacher as its new executive director.
Kaltenbacher has a master of public admin-istration from Seattle University, a Bachelor of Arts in political science and philosophy from the University of Oregon and a certificate in nonprofit management from the University of Washington. In addition, he completed two management intern-ships with the city of Snoqualmie in city man-agement and finance.
“I had the advantage of seeing Eric’s work first-hand during his internships,” Jim Schaffer, foundation board president, said in a press release. “He has excellent attention to detail, is hard-working and has the job experience and education to make him a good fit for the foundation director.”
Kaltenbacher, who gradu-ated from Skyline High
School in 2003, will plan fund-raising pro-grams and special events, man-age a grant-writing program and develop ways to increase the number of financial donors. Over the years, the founda-tion has raised money for an Affordable Access vouch-er program, which provides scholarships for people who don’t have money for health care. They have also funded Lunch and Learn classes and awarded scholar-ships for students pursuing a medical career, according to the press release.
“I’m excited about this opportunity to work with the foundation board, community members and
local leaders to increase awareness about the foun-dation and the hospital district,” Kaltenbacher said.
The job will pay him $36,000 per year.
He replaces Kim Arellano, who was the director for the past two years. Arellano resigned to focus on her business, Workforce Evolution, earn a PhD in organizational systems transformation and spend more time with her family, according to the press release.
“There are so many exciting things happen-ing with the foundation and the hospital district right now,” Arellano said. “I knew I didn’t have the time needed to accomplish the foundation goals. Even though I am pursuing other avenues, I will help out in any way I can.”
Learn more at www.svhospitalfoundation.org or email [email protected].
Snoqualmie Valley Hospital Foundation hires a new executive director
