Complaints pile up North Bend residents are concerned about library. Page 2 Global leader World traveler is coming to Women in Business luncheon meeting. Page 3 Tax time Free help is available. Page 5 The replacements Mount Si starters are missing in rainout. Page 8 Police blotter Page 10 April 4, 2013 VOL. 5, NO. 13 Baseball team plays in the big-league stadium 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 By Michele Mihalovich North Bend Mayor Ken Hearing was arrested March 26 on allegations that he struck his wife with a golf club March 24. Sgt. Cindi West, of the King County Sheriff’s Office, said deputies responded to Hearing’s home after he called police about 5:30 p.m. March 26 to say his wife was “tormenting him.” West said Hearing and his wife were at home, and while speaking with deputies, Hearing said he struck his wife with a five iron during an argument three nights before. While deputies investigated, Hearing attended a City Council workstudy session from 7-9:40 p.m. West said Hearing was arrested shortly after the council workstudy and booked into the King County Jail on suspicion of fourth-degree domestic violence assault. According to jail records, Hearing, 62, was released at 2:01 p.m. March 27. Charges have not been filed with the King County Prosecutor’s Office. Hearing did not respond to a call from the Star asking for a comment, but he did send an email with the following state- ment: “I want to thank the many citizens who have contact- ed me in support. I believe in the judicial process and I would ask that people allow this pro- cess to unfold. I have been grate- ful to serve the city of North Bend since 2004 and care deeply about our city. I want to assure the citizens that this matter will have no impact on city business. I would ask that you respect my family’s privacy during this dif- ficult time.” North Bend mayor arrested By Michele Mihalovich North Bend city leaders have been talking about building a civic center for years, but the idea is gaining momentum after the City Council made it a pri- ority at its January retreat. At a March 26 workstudy, the council was presented with a vision and some preliminary numbers that left some mem- bers with a bit of sticker shock. Mark Hinshaw, with LMN Architects in Seattle, told the council he was asked to come up with a “first-blush, con- ceptual idea” for a civic cen- ter situated between Bendigo Boulevard, North Bend Way and Main Avenue. He said he was asked to include certain things, like the council chambers doubling as a theater/performance space, some retail space on the first floor, maintaining the alley as a pedestrian plaza space, a parking area that could be used for public events or a farmers market, administration areas on the first and second floors, a 500-square-foot area for Snoqualmie Police Department when it takes over police servic- es in March 2014 and space for possible future expansion. Hinshaw shared colored, concept drawings of the front and back of the civic center, which he described as contem- porary, but in an Art Deco style that fits with the current down- town. Councilman David Cook, however, described the center as “very slick and modern,” and said that he’d want to get the blessing of historical landmark groups before any designs were approved. Councilwoman Jeanne Pettersen told Hinshaw that he really gave the concept “life.” Councilman Ryan Kolodejchuk said he liked the clock tower, but he’d really like to see the alleyway include some sort of roof. “This is the Pacific Northwest, after all,” he said. Gina Estep, director of com- munity and economic develop- ment, asked the council if there was anything in the design that they considered “a fatal flaw.” “Cost,” Councilman LMN Architects This concept drawing, presented to the City Council at a March 26 workstudy, shows how North Bend’s new civic center could look. North Bend mulls new civic center See CENTER, Page 3 By Michele Mihalovich When a group of about 30 volunteers banded together and decided they were somehow going to open a winter shelter for the homeless in Snoqualmie Valley, there was no recipe they could follow. None of them knew the first thing about how to open a shelter, let alone how to run one. And yet, they managed to transform places of worship into warm, dry places where the homeless could sleep at night, eat a hot, cooked meal and feel the community’s love. Paula Matthysse, of Fall City, showed up at the first commu- nity meeting on election night in November, and became one of the big driving forces that made the Snoqualmie Valley Winter Shelter a reality. The shelter, which opened a couple days before Christmas and stayed open until Good Friday, served 122 people since opening its door — first at the North Bend Community Church, and then later at the Mount Si Lutheran Church. Of those 122 people, Matthysse said 87 were male, 35 were female and 37 were children. She also said 41 of the patrons were 18- to 25-year- olds, seven families stayed at the shelter, eight patrons were veterans and 30 were disabled. Going way beyond Matthysse said the shel- ter served 2,243 meals — all cooked by community volun- teers. “We were thinking how wonderful it would be to pro- vide food each night at the shelter,” she said. “But then, they brought breakfast every morning. And later, they Homeless shelter closes its doors, but it ends with a lot of success stories See HOMELESS, Page 2
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Complaints pile upNorth Bend residents are concerned about library.
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Global leader World traveler is coming to Women in Business luncheon meeting.
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Tax timeFree help is available.
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The replacementsMount Si starters are missing in rainout.
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Police blotterPage 10
April 4, 2013
VOL. 5, NO. 13
Baseball team plays
in the big-league
stadiumPage 8
Your locally-owned newspaper,
serving North Bend and Snoqualmie,
Washington
Prsrt StdU.S. Postage
PAIDKent, WA
Permit No. 71
POSTALCUSTOMER
1
By Michele Mihalovich
North Bend Mayor Ken Hearing was arrested March 26 on allegations that he struck his wife with a golf club March 24.
Sgt. Cindi West, of the King County Sheriff’s Office, said deputies responded to Hearing’s home after he called police about 5:30 p.m. March 26 to say his wife was “tormenting him.”
West said Hearing and his wife were at home, and while speaking with deputies, Hearing said he struck his wife with a five iron during an argument three nights before.
While deputies investigated, Hearing attended a City Council workstudy session from 7-9:40 p.m.
West said Hearing was arrested shortly after the council workstudy and booked into the King County Jail on suspicion of fourth-degree domestic violence assault.
According to jail records, Hearing, 62, was released at 2:01 p.m. March 27.
Charges have not been filed with the King County Prosecutor’s Office.
Hearing did not respond to a call from the Star asking for a comment, but he did send an email with the following state-ment: “I want to thank the many citizens who have contact-ed me in support. I believe in the judicial process and I would ask that people allow this pro-cess to unfold. I have been grate-ful to serve the city of North Bend since 2004 and care deeply about our city. I want to assure the citizens that this matter will have no impact on city business. I would ask that you respect my family’s privacy during this dif-ficult time.”
North Bend mayor arrested
By Michele Mihalovich
North Bend city leaders have been talking about building a civic center for years, but the idea is gaining momentum after the City Council made it a pri-ority at its January retreat.
At a March 26 workstudy, the council was presented with a vision and some preliminary numbers that left some mem-bers with a bit of sticker shock.
Mark Hinshaw, with LMN Architects in Seattle, told the council he was asked to come up with a “first-blush, con-ceptual idea” for a civic cen-ter situated between Bendigo Boulevard, North Bend Way and Main Avenue.
He said he was asked to include certain things, like the
council chambers doubling as a theater/performance space, some retail space on the first floor, maintaining the alley as a pedestrian plaza space, a parking area that could be used for public events or a farmers market, administration areas on the first and second floors, a 500-square-foot area for Snoqualmie Police Department when it takes over police servic-es in March 2014 and space for possible future expansion.
Hinshaw shared colored, concept drawings of the front and back of the civic center, which he described as contem-porary, but in an Art Deco style that fits with the current down-town.
Councilman David Cook, however, described the center
as “very slick and modern,” and said that he’d want to get the blessing of historical landmark groups before any designs were approved.
Councilwoman Jeanne Pettersen told Hinshaw that he really gave the concept “life.”
Councilman Ryan Kolodejchuk said he liked the clock tower, but he’d really like to see the alleyway include some sort of roof.
“This is the Pacific Northwest, after all,” he said.
Gina Estep, director of com-munity and economic develop-ment, asked the council if there was anything in the design that they considered “a fatal flaw.”
“Cost,” Councilman
LMN Architects
This concept drawing, presented to the City Council at a March 26 workstudy, shows how North Bend’s new civic center could look.
North Bend mulls new civic center
See CENTER, Page 3
By Michele Mihalovich
When a group of about 30 volunteers banded together and decided they were somehow going to open a winter shelter for the homeless in Snoqualmie Valley, there was no recipe they could follow.
None of them knew the first thing about how to open a shelter, let alone how to run one. And yet, they managed to transform places of worship into warm, dry places where the homeless could sleep at night, eat a hot, cooked meal and feel the community’s love.
Paula Matthysse, of Fall City,
showed up at the first commu-nity meeting on election night in November, and became one of the big driving forces that made the Snoqualmie Valley Winter Shelter a reality.
The shelter, which opened a couple days before Christmas and stayed open until Good Friday, served 122 people since opening its door — first at the North Bend Community Church, and then later at the Mount Si Lutheran Church. Of those 122 people, Matthysse said 87 were male, 35 were female and 37 were children.
She also said 41 of the patrons were 18- to 25-year-
olds, seven families stayed at the shelter, eight patrons were veterans and 30 were disabled.
Going way beyond
Matthysse said the shel-ter served 2,243 meals — all cooked by community volun-teers.
“We were thinking how wonderful it would be to pro-vide food each night at the shelter,” she said. “But then, they brought breakfast every morning. And later, they
Homeless shelter closes its doors, but it ends with a lot of success stories
See HOMELESS, Page 2
their family homes after the holidays and enrolled in treatment programs.
q A couple that had recently been hired has been saving their money to get an apartment.
q A single female adult was reunited with family and has been in recovery for 30 days.
Volunteers were changed, too
While many lives of the homeless were changed along the way, volunteers’ lives were, too.
Volunteer Steve Miller also showed up at that first meeting held at NBCC, where he attends church.
He said he had a vague awareness of the problem of homelessness in the Valley, and he knew his church sat empty about 90 percent of the time and could be transformed into a practical use to help serve the homeless neigh-bors.
Miller said he also got to know Matthysse, and her passion for the shelter rubbed off on him. So, he took an active role in helping run the shelter, serving as a supervisor in the first month, which meant he stayed up all night in the shelter, check-ing to make sure every-thing was safe and secure, rules were being followed and that the patrons had food to eat.
Miller, who used to be a newspaper reporter and editor, said he drank a lot of coffee trying to stay awake, and would read a book and listen to the patrons snore.
“I was very tired, but so grateful to be a part of this historical experience. It kept me coming back,” he said.
But, the experience opened his eyes to much more than he expected, he said.
“What I learned about the homeless is that they are just like you and me,” Miller said. “They are just trying to get through life every day. They have the same wants and needs and hopes for their lives — and dreams for their kids — we all do,” he said. “Suddenly, there was a face and personality attached to the homeless population which hadn’t been there for me before.”
Miller learned some-thing about himself in the process as well.
“I learned that giving to others is really how I want to live,” he said, add-
ing that before he started helping at the shelter, he thought that he had been giving to others.
He is an elder at his church and serves on a lot of committees, but in truth, Miller said, he’d been pretty self-centered.
“It was mostly all about Steve,” he said. “I’ve learned that other people’s lives are more important to me than they ever were before. I’m a lot happier knowing that I’m giving more to others.”
Where will they go now?
Now that the volunteers have a basic recipe to fol-low, they already have ingredients they’d like to add when the shelter opens again this coming winter.
Miller wants to see job counseling added to the offerings.
“If they want to get a job and all they need is help with a résumé or fill-ing out an application, why not help them with that?” he asked.
He also wants to see drug and alcohol reha-bilitation services being offered in North Bend.
Matthysse and Miller are concerned for the homeless who, beginning March 30, no longer have a warm, dry refuge for the night.
Also complicating the matter is North Bend’s new ordinance that bans camping on public prop-erty.
“I’ve spoke with some of the patrons, and with the city ordinance the way it is, they knew that they were going to have to be invisible again,” Matthysse said. “And that is hard for me to think about.”
Miller said he knows some people are going to have to camp beyond the city limits.
“I am not angry at City hall or the police for doing what they need to do,” he said. “I have no bitterness. But, it is an issue that has to be dealt with. We’ll know more in a month or two how it’s going to play out.”
However, Police Chief Mark Toner said April 1 that it’s already playing out.
He said since the shel-ter closed, he has already received five calls for ser-vice about someone camp-ing in people’s back yards.
“I just cannot have them camping on peoples’ private property,” he said. “That is a huge public safety issue.”
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started bringing sandwich meat and snacks to tide people over until the eve-ning meal. The communi-ty was incredible. I don’t think any of us had any idea what this community would do. I thank them so much for caring and going way beyond what they were asked to do.”
Even with trying to manage a temporary shel-ter without a recipe to fol-low, Matthysse said there were plenty of success stories:
q A fragile person was able to address medical issues and received much-needed back surgery.
q A man found a job in Redmond and was accepted into senior hous-ing.
q Five patrons found jobs.
q A single-parent fam-ily was accepted into tran-sitional housing.
q An individual found housing and purchased a bicycle to use to get to work.
q An individual enrolled in food stamps and SSI and is looking for help to find affordable housing for seniors.
q A veteran accessed veteran’s services, addressed a debilitating medical condition and enrolled in a treatment program.
q Two youths younger than age 24 returned to
HomelessFrom Page 1
By Michele Mihalovich
The inboxes of City Council and staff mem-bers and police have been filling up with complaints about things going on at the North Bend Library.
Parents are afraid to let their children go to the library anymore because of perceived drug deals going down, homeless people sleeping in chairs, and groups of people smoking cigarettes and pot, as well as using foul language and gathering at the entrance, Police Chief Mark Toner said.
That is why he, Mayor Ken Larson and City Administrator Londi Lindell met with library officials a couple of weeks ago. Toner attended a March 26 City Council workstudy session to update the council on what is being done, and to hear suggestions from the council.
He first told the coun-cil that he was rather surprised to hear library officials say that they encourage people to come in and loiter at the library, they don’t want the homeless kicked out and they don’t want the kids kicked off the front porch.
Toner said after the
meeting that he respect-ed their freedom to run their business the way they wanted, but he was also encouraged by the “progressive” list of things the library was willing to do.
They’ve agreed to:q Install additional
lighting behind the library.
q Trim shrubs around the building to limit blind spots.
q Remove picnic tables from the east lot.
q Construct a fence between the library and food bank.
q Add “library patron parking only” signs.
q Encourage groups that are outside to come inside or move along.
q Ask that people not smoke near the building.
q Enforce library code of conduct standards.
q Offer more programs for neighbors, commu-nity groups and students.
q Call the sheriff when appropriate.
Toner told the council and city staff that prob-ably within two weeks of those changes, the library probably wouldn’t be an issue anymore.
There was a lot of dis-cussion about why there had been such a spike in complaints about the library recently.
“The mayor had a the-ory that it was because the homeless shelter had opened. So, I decided to check out his theory,” Toner said.
He said looking at his call logs in December, when the shelter opened, the crime pattern last December was roughly the same as other Decembers.
“The uptick hap-pened Jan. 16, when you enacted the no-camping ordinance,” Toner said. “You displaced them by flushing them out of the woods and into the city.”
Councilmen David Cook and Ryan Kolodejchuk said they had a tough time swal-lowing that.
“There are a lot of new people and a lot of new young people,” Cook said.
Possible solutions
Councilman Jonathan Rosen asked if a security camera could be installed at the library.
Toner told the council that the library used to have a security camera, but after an arson inci-dent at the library last year, the King County Sheriff’s Office requested
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Jonathan Rosen said. “We really need to look at what could be done to dramati-cally reduce the costs.”
The two-building civic center, as designed, includes 16,520 square feet, and 31,300 square feet for parking and out-door plazas. The estimated cost for the land, owned by Bill Glazier, is between $1.2 million and $1.4 mil-lion. The building costs range from $5.8 million to $8.1 million, and the parking and plaza esti-mates range between $1.6 million and $3.1 million. That brings the grand total to $8.6 million to $12.6 million.
The council was also given documents that showed what other municipalities have spent recently on civic build-ings. On the low end was Port Townsend, which in 2005 paid $3.7 mil-lion for a new building. Shoreline in 2009 spent $22.4 million for an administrative building and council chamber with a LEED Gold rating, and Snoqualmie spent $7.3
million in 2010 for its new City Hall and administra-tion building.
The council was also provided with a document that showed some possible funding resources. The city could raise between $400,000 and $600,000 from selling surplus prop-erty.
It also has $400,000 available from the 2012 general fund that carried over to this year’s budget.
Securing a 20-year bond is another possibility.
Jim Nelson, a bond underwriter with D.A. Davidson in Seattle, was at the meeting and said North Bend has an excel-lent bond rating of AA-.
The document pre-sented to the council indicated several bond sce-narios, ranging from a $5 million bond with a tax levy impact of .39 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation up to a $10 mil-lion bond with a tax levy impact of .78 cents per $1,000 of assessed valua-tion.
Nelson told the council that “these are fantastic times” for interest rates on municipal bonds. He said there has been talk of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates in 2015.
“So, we have a small window,” Cook said.
Hinshaw also said the city could consider build-
ing the civic center in two phases, and Nelson agreed that could be a good alter-native.
In the end, it was Cook who said that perhaps the design could be reigned in.
“Let’s not get the Cadillac. Let’s just get what we need,” he said.
When asked what dollar amount he would be more comfortable with, Rosen said, “I don’t know. This seemed to be pretty high compared to the others. This is very preliminary at this stage. But, I know I don’t want to keep going in that direction,” he said, pointing at the $8.6 million to $12.6 million figure.
City Administrator Londi Lindell said after the meeting that the next steps were to continue
negotiations with the prop-erty owners and provide alternative designs for the council’s consideration.
CenterFrom Page 1
By Megg Joosten
She was 50 when she became the first woman to travel solo to the North Pole. She has walked more than 12,000 miles in Africa, study-ing and living with indigenous peo-ple. She is planning a 2,000-mile walk across northern India.
Now in her 70s, New Zealand-born Helen Thayer travels the world, speaking and sharing her stories and experiences. The Snoqualmie Valley Women in Business is pleased to welcome the author, photographer and national speaker back for the fourth time to speak at a luncheon April 10.
“She’s always well-received,” said Chris Fagan, president of the Snoqualmie Valley Women in Business. “She’s so motivational and inspiring, and each story is so remarkable.”
Thayer and her husband, of Snohomish, have walked more than 12,000 miles in Africa, from the Savannah to the Serengeti Plains. “Walking Africa” is the story of her adventures with her husband through central and eastern Africa. Thayer’s photos of the animals, birds and indigenous tribes will illustrate her stories. Thayer uses
her “Walking Africa” program to encourage people to be persistent in their goals.
“Age is no barrier to our dreams and goals,” she said in a phone interview. “We set our goals and plan and we look beyond our hori-zons to infinity.”
Thayer said she hopes her sto-ries encourage people as they hear about the problems she has faced and solved on her own. She said she wants people to realize they shouldn’t be discouraged by com-plications that come up, and they should continue to work towards
their ambitions.“I’m still a work in progress,”
Thayer said.“She’s inspiring, and it’s a real
treasure to have her live within an hour of the Valley,” Fagan said. “The first time she came to speak, she loved the feeling of the group so much she wanted to come back.”
The luncheon will start with a meet and greet at 11:30 a.m. Lunch will be served at noon at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge, 36005 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie. All are welcome. The cost is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Go to www.svwib.com/payments to reserve your spot by April 8.
Learn more about Thayer at http://helenthayer.com.
Megg Joosten: 392-6434, ext. 221, or [email protected]. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
World traveler Helen Thayer will speak at local Women in Business luncheon
Helen Thayer
She’s inspiring, and it’s a real treasure to have her live within an hour of the Valley.”
— Chris FaganWomen in Business
North Bend public hearing to discuss proposed hotel
Residents of North Bend are invited to a public hearing at 2 p.m. April 10 to discuss the proposed New Sky Hotels, according to a press release from the city of North Bend.
The hearing will be held at the North Bend City Hall Conference Room, 211 Main Ave. N. The proposal is to build two multistory buildings to accommodate hotels, res-taurants, a conference cen-ter facility and associated parking at the intersection of Bendigo Boulevard South and South Fork Ave Southwest.
If approved, the devel-opment will be built in two phases. Phase I includes a hotel with res-taurant, conference center, meeting room and possi-bly a sweet shop. Phase II will develop a multistory hotel, restaurant and con-ference center facility. Both phases will include improvements to the area, such as parking and land-scaping, according to the release.
All public comments must be received in the
North Bend Department of Community Services by noon April 10. Written comments may be mailed or delivered to City Hall, 211 Main Ave. N, North Bend, faxed to 831-6200 or emailed to [email protected].
Snoqualmie’s historic trains will run again
Trains will soon be running again from Snoqualmie’s historic train station, according to the Northwest Railway Museum.
Rides will resume on the vintage railway, begin-ning April 6 and run every Saturday and Sunday through October.
The 75-minute trip is a scenic ride through the Cascade Foothills and to Snoqualmie Falls.
Also opening April 6 is the exhibit “Rails to Sails” at the Snoqualmie Depot. Learn all about how trains and ships worked together to transport valuable prod-ucts such as timber, coal and wheat from the Pacific Northwest to the rest of
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It’s been nearly a dozen years since 9/11. Memories of that day have faded, but not if you are an airline traveler in a long security line at the airport, questioning whether the added security actually protects passengers from ter-rorists.
After all this time, we’ve learned to accept the new norm in airport security. After turning over pocketknives and having the short file on nail clippers removed for all these years, the Transportation Security Administration’s new policy allows small knives back onto planes. We agree with flight attendants, little knives can be big secu-rity risks.
The knives the TSA has decided to permit must be short-er than 2.36 inches. That’s still plenty long enough to kill a person, especially when it’s being held against someone’s throat. Maybe we’ve just seen too many movies?
Box cutters, by the way, are still forbidden, because of the “emotion associated with them” in the light of 9/11, according to TSA Administrator John Pistole. In other words, TSA is allowing emotion to make decisions about what is or is not appropriate to bring on a plane. That’s no way to run a security system.
Deodorant, shampoo, perfume and sunscreen larger than a couple ounces all remain forbidden. Apparently, terrorists can do more damage by smelling fresh than by stabbing a person in the heart.
Allowing knives means that potential terrorists don’t even need to try and be clever to get onboard a plane. They don’t need a chemist to give them instructions on how to cook a concoction that will blow up. They just need a trip to the mall to buy a small Swiss army knife.
The unfortunate fact is that air travel will never be 100 percent safe from the intents of those wanting to cause us harm. No list of restricted items will cover everything. But some common sense needs to apply. Knives can be a dan-ger to travelers confined to a crowded plane, even when hijacking is not the motive.
Knives, intuitively, should be banned.
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He said the library never did turn over the tape, and also removed the camera from the library.
Rosen asked if a cam-era could be installed at the city’s Community and Economic Development building across the street.
Toner said it was pos-sible, but that it would be hard from that dis-tance to distinguish whether a person was handing over drugs or a York Peppermint Patty to another person.
He also reminded the council about the backlash from the public when the city of Seattle proposed using drones for surveil-lance.
Toner said cameras would be a good, long-term investment, but he
suggested the council take it to the public first before they invest a bunch of money in equipment.
“I appreciate that. I agree. Let’s engage the public and get their response first,” Rosen said.
“OK, but what can we do in the short term,” Councilman Alan Gothelf said. “We haven’t talked about increased patrol-ling.”
Toner said extra patrols would do a lot to deter crime — more visibility is essential; but it costs money.
Lindell said the council already approved about $30,000 during this bud-get cycle that had been set aside for detective services, so a decision did not need to go before the council at a regular council meeting to allocate the funds for extra patrols.
Toner said after the meeting that the $30,000 had been budgeted for the 2012 budget, and that they looked it up after the meeting and saw that
$19,000 was available this year.
The council was very supportive of Toner using those funds to beef up the police presence at the library, but also at other trouble spots, like the QFC grocery store and the skate park.
“Use your discre-tion, Mark. Do whatever you need to take care of this problem. You have the council’s support,” Kolodejchuk said.
Toner said after the meeting that he plans extra patrols, two to four hours a week, which he will assess for effective-ness.
He said it might have to go up, or down.
Toner said that he doesn’t just want deputies driving around during the extra patrols; he wants them out of their cars and making contact with the public.
Michele Mihalovich: 392-6434, ext. 246, or [email protected]. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
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the world. The exhibit will be open April through June.
Board the train for your scenic ride in Snoqualmie at 12:01, 1:31 or 3:01 p.m. at 38625 S.E. King St., or in North Bend at 12:26 p.m. or 1:56 p.m. at 205 McClellan St. Cost is $10 for children, $12 for seniors and $15 for adults; children younger than 2 ride free.
Call 888-3030 or go to www.trainmu-seum.org.
Free tax preparation available through United Way
The United Way Free Tax Preparation Campaign runs through April 15 and helps lower-income individuals and families secure all the refunds and cred-its that they’re eligible for, including the Earned Income Tax Credit, accord-
ing to a press release from the city of Snoqualmie.
The service is for households that earn less than $51,000 per year, with tax returns that do not involve business taxes, rental income, or sale of property or stocks.
The program is especially helpful for people who aren’t sure which deduc-tions they qualify for, whose first lan-guage isn’t English, or who have trouble because of a disability or other challenge.
The service is free with no hidden costs or fees.
IRS-certified and multilingual volun-teers are ready to help at several sites. People also can sign up for many public benefits, such as children’s health care, food stamps and utility assistance; get help with applications for college finan-cial aid; and pull credit reports.
Location days and times vary. Learn locations, language translation services and required documentation for filing at www.uwkc.org/taxhelp. All sites have lim-ited capacity.
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q Rocks and Ropes, ages 10-15, 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie. Pre-register by calling 256-3115; $50/members, $60/nonmembers.
q Jewelry mak-ing for kids, ages 5 and up, 10 a.m. to noon and 1-3 p.m., SimplyAnne’s, 8050 Railroad Ave., Snoqualmie, $20. Go to www.simplyanne.com or call 954-5240 to RSVP. Space is limited.
q Open Mic night, 8-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Brewery, 8032 Falls Ave. S.E. Call 831-2357, fallsbrew.com
q Arts Commission, 6-7 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St., [email protected], 888-5337
q City Council meeting, 7-9 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St., [email protected], 888-1555, ext. 1118
YOUR WEEK
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q Free Sunday Funday for families, 2-4 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie. Families will play themed games and sports, do crafts and more.
q Dave Peck Trio, 6-8:45 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend
q Various jazz art-ists perform Sunday through Saturday, 7 p.m. at Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307. Check website for daily performer schedule at www.box-leysplace.com.
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q Dy-no-Mites Relay For Life BBQ Dinner and Silent Auction, 5-8 p.m. April 6, Snoqualmie Eagles, 8200 Railroad Ave. Guests and members are wel-come. Tickets avail-able at Another Hair Place or at the door: $10 adults, $7 kids
q Aria Prame Quartet, 7-9:45 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend
q Zumba classes for people with special needs, 10:15-11 a.m. Saturdays through Apr. 27, $7 drop-in fee or punch-pass fee of $30 for five visits, Si View Pool, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend, 888-1447
q Be the Band, 7 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., www.betheband.net
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q Family BINGO night, 6:30-8 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie, $5 for YMCA members, $10 for nonmem-bers
q Native Jazz Trio with Christian Fabian, 7-9:45 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend
q The Butternuts and Orphan Train, 8 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E.
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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 Eric Verlinde, 7-9:30 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend
q Australia’s Thunder from Down Under, 7 p.m., Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. North Bend Way, Snoqualmie
q Snoqualmie Valley Kiwanis Club, 7 a.m., Mount Si Golf Course restau-rant, 9010 Boalch Ave., Snoqualmie, [email protected]
q Snoqualmie Valley Rotary Club, 7 a.m., TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club Restaurant, 36005 S.E. Ridge St. Snoqualmie, www.snoqualmievalley-rotary.org
q Snoqualmie Valley Chess Club, 7-8:30 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. North Bend, 888-0554
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q Paintball, ages 10-15, 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie. Bring a sack lunch and wear closed-toed shoes; $50/members, $60/nonmembers. Pre-register by calling 256-3115.
q Beginners knit-ting, 7-9 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie. A six-week class that will cover the basics of knitting. Pre-register by calling 256-3115; $75/six-week ses-sion, includes a ball of yarn, knitting needles and a sewing needle.
q Courtney Cutchins Duo, 7-9:30 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend
q SnoValley Writers Group, join other local writers for writ-ing exercises and critiquing, 6-8 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. North Bend, 888-0554
WED
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q Got Game? Whirly ball and game challenges at Microsoft for ages 10-15, 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie. Bring a sack lunch and wear closed-toed shoes; $50/mem-bers, $60/nonmem-bers. Pre-register by calling 256-3115.
q Open mic, 7 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave S.E., Snoqualmie
q Shoreline Hearings Board, 5-6 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St., [email protected], 888-5337
q Free Tax Prep Assistance, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 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
Mount Si baseball crushes Issaquah in game at Safeco FieldTwelve prep baseball teams from throughout Puget
Sound got to play at Safeco Field as guests of the Seattle Mariners over three weekends before the first home game of the Major League Baseball regular season.
Mount Si was one of those teams, and it took its chance to humiliate Issaquah with a 10-0 victory March 30.
Joey Cotto, Mount Si High School senior left fielder, gloves a deep fly at full sprint to get the first out of the game, as a portent of what would be the Wildcats’ 10-0 shutout of the Issaquah Eagles.
At left, Chase Kairis, Mount Si High School senior, pitches during the High School Baseball Classic.
At left, Austin Hall, Mount Si High School senior, slides across home plate on team-mate Connor Jensen’s RBI single in the bot-tom of the second inning.
At right, Joe Done, Mount Si High School senior, hits a sacrifice
RBI to score Carson Breshears in the bot-
tom of the first inning at Safeco Field against
Issaquah.
Tanner Simpson, Mount Si High School junior, stands in the last spotlight of infield sun on second base, with a 2-RBI double in the bottom of a five-run third inning for the Wildcats.
The Mount Si and Issaquah High School baseball teams line up on Safeco Field to shake hands after the Wildcats’ 10-0 win in their High School Baseball Classic game, one of the six high school matchups hosted by the Seattle Mariners before the start of the Major League Baseball regular season.
By Greg Farrar
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Mount Si freshman Bayley Barnett winds up and strikes out a Lake Washington player March 28 before the game was called due to a down-pour. Barnett has been filling in for starting pitcher Paige Wetherbee, who is out from injuries. Starting catcher Mickey Blad is also benched due to injuries. None of the stats from the March 28 game will count, which is too bad for Rachael Picchena and Tamarra Crowe, who both hit home runs. As of April 2, the Wildcats overall record is 5-3.
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Snoqualmie Valley Hospital is donating a long list of expired supplies to Third World countries around the world.
The surplus supplies include expected items such as bandages, washcloths, syringes, tubing and swabs, but also include off-the-wall items like lemon-scented moist tow-elettes, RV toilet paper and red patient slip-pers.
Steve Daniel, chief financial officer for the hospital, told district commissioners at their March 7 meeting that it’s against the law for hospitals in the United States to use expired items, but that there are nonprofit agencies that distribute those kinds of perfectly good supplies to countries that need them.
Jesse Waite, the hospital’s director of materials management, wrote in an email that he’s working with a nonprofit organi-
zation called Rescue - Medical Supplies for Nations in Need.
The hospital district is also surplusing some equipment like old monitors and printers, to a company called Far West Medical.
Waite, who was recently hired, said he went through the hospital’s entire inventory as part of a periodical inventory review of the supply room to make sure there were no expired items in the warehouse.
Since the new hospital could be com-pleted in early 2014, Waite said getting rid of the supplies and equipment will also help eliminate excess inventory in preparation for the upcoming move.
If you know of other nonprofits that take expired medical supplies or know of any learning facilities or colleges that could use such supplies for education purposes, email [email protected].
Hospital to donate supplies to Third World countries
Snoqualmie offers free renewal of pet licenses for month of April
During April, pet owners can renew their expired pet licenses without paying late fees or license currently unlicensed pets without penalties, thanks to the Regional Animal Services of King County, according to a press release from the city of Snoqualmie.
At any other time, pet owners are sub-jected to a $125 fine for unlicensed spayed and neutered pets or $250 for unlicensed unaltered pets.
All pets 6 weeks and older in Snoqualmie are required to be licensed, even if they are indoor only, to ensure that they are returned in case they get lost. Prices are $15 for dogs and cats younger than 6 months and senior citizen pet owners; $30 for altered dogs and cats older than 6 months; and $60 for unal-tered dogs and cats older than 6 months.
Pet licenses can be purchased online at www.kingcounty.gov/pets or in person at Snoqualmie City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St., or Sno-Falls Credit Union, 9025 Meadowbrook Way S.E.
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Star incorrectly identified a suspect arrested for drunk driving in North Bend. We mistakenly said that Spencer Goodwin, age 46, was that suspect. He was not. The Star apologizes for the error.
North Bend
Undercover flirtingAn employee of a gas
station on East North Bend Way reported at 5:40 a.m. March 14 that a man claiming to be an under-cover police officer for the Seattle Police Department was talking to her and asked for her number. Police determined that he is not an employee of the Seattle Police Department.
Don’t tell momPolice responded at
10:36 p.m. March 15 to a report of a juvenile drink-ing party on West Fourth
Street. Police discovered five juveniles hiding liquor bottles in the bushes. No parents were home.
Accident with injuryPolice responded to a roll-
over accident at 9 p.m. March 15 on Southeast Reinig Road. One woman was transported to the hospital.
Low on gasPolice took a report at 11
a.m. March 15 about diesel fuel stolen from a business on Southeast North Bend Way. Someone had stolen 415 gallons of diesel fuel from a generator.
Hungry loiterersPolice responded at 9:13
p.m. March 16 to an alley on Main Avenue North near a food bank where people with bags were hanging out.
Drunk at the libraryPolice responded at
11:24 a.m. March 16 to the North Bend Library where a juvenile was apparently drunk. When police arrived, they found a bottle of Irish
whisky that was one-third full and a marijuana pipe in his backpack. Police determined that he is 14 years old, and contacted his mother to pick him up from the police station.
No turnaroundsPolice responded at 2:08
a.m. March 17 to a report that a vehicle was driving by East Park Street and Ballarat Avenue South sev-eral times, turning around in various driveways.
Why did the cow cross the road?
Police responded at 1:14 a.m. March 17 to Bendigo Boulevard North and Boalch Avenue Northwest to a report of five cows grazing on the side of the road. Police left a message for the owner.
Hungry?Police responded at
about 9 a.m. March 19 to a residence on Bendigo Boulevard North where a woman was throwing food and plates at her fiancé.
Needing a little change
Police reported at 6 a.m. March 19 to a laundromat on East North Bend Way where change was stolen from the soap dispenser.
No change at the car washPolice responded at 5:25 a.m. March 19 to a car wash on West Park Street where a suspect was attempting to pry open an outdoor change machine at a car wash. Two suspects were not able to gain entry to the machine and ran from the scene before police arrived.
Umbrella attackPolice responded at 10:26
p.m. March 20 to a report that a woman on Northeast Eighth Street at the home-less shelter was hitting a woman with an umbrella. She was asked to leave.
Napping in the shedPolice responded at 10
a.m. March 21 to a business on East North Bend Way where a woman reported that a “bad guy” was sleep-
Police blotter ing in her smoking shed.
No shopping spreePolice responded at
12:42 p.m. March 21 to a report of an argument between a mother and daughter. The daughter was upset because she couldn’t locate a Target gift card and thought she gave it to her mother. The argument resulted in the mother and daughter wrestling and scratching each other.
Snoqualmie
Night burglaryA Melrose Lane
Southeast resident report-ed that between 4 p.m. March 22 and 6:30 a.m. March 23 someone broke into his car, which may have been unlocked, and stole two pair of binocu-lars valued at $830, a GPS worth $140 and a digital camera worth $200.
Dumpster DivingPolice responded at
1:55 a.m. March 24 to a report of someone dig-ging in a trash bin at the bowling alley on Southeast Douglas Street.
Generous donationsPolice responded at
2:55 p.m. March 25 to a report of several new bicycles leaning against a Goodwill truck at Fischer Avenue Southeast.
Disappearing cougarPolice responded at 7:41
p.m. March 25 to a report of a cougar that appeared to be carrying a small dog around Southeast Ridge Street. Police could not locate the cougar.
Heil Obama?Police received a call at
1:35 p.m. March 28 from someone upset about a protestor holding a sign with a photo of Obama with a Hitler mustache. The protestor was with an impeach Obama group on
the sidewalk on Railroad Avenue Southeast.
North Bend fire calls
Firefighters were dis-patched at 3:52 p.m. March 22 to Quartz Drive Southwest for a carbon monoxide incident.
Firefighters responded at 4:52 p.m. March 4 to Southeast Mount Si Road for a report of unauthor-ized burning.
Firefighters responded at 12:40 p.m. March 28 to 382nd Avenue Southeast for a report of unauthor-ized burning.
Snoqualmie fire callsFirefighters were dis-
patched March 21 to the IGA Village Foods for an automatic fire alarm. After investigation, it was deter-mined that it was a false alarm set off by workers.
Firefighters assisted Eastside Fire & Rescue March 21 at a house fire on Southeast Tanner Road. The fire was out upon arrival of the first unit. Firefighters assisted with ventilation of the smoke and made sure there was no fire.
Firefighters responded March 22 with the Fall City Fire Department to the Salish Lodge for a fire alarm. The alarm was set off when a guest neglected to open the flue after start-ing a fire in a fireplace. The alarm was reset.
Firefighters were dis-patched March 26 to an automatic fire alarm acti-vation at the Snoqualmie Community Center. Officers determined that the alarm was set off by a plastic con-tainer that was accidently set on a hot burner.
In addition to the above calls, firefighters respond-ed to 12 medical aid calls, bringing the annual call number to 254.
The Star publishes names of those arrested for DUI and those charged with felony crimes. Information comes directly from local police reports.
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The Snoqualmie Tribal Council is taking a fresh look at the tribe’s possible casino expansion, includ-ing the idea of a 20-story hotel next to its casino.
The tribe canceled a meeting of its general membership in February to discuss refinancing its debt for the project, while the council takes a second look at the plan.
The project has been controversial in Snoqualmie, where the hotel would be the tall-est building for miles. An original proposal called for a 340-room hotel, confer-ence center, larger casino
and theater, and two new parking structures.
One estimate indicates that could pump up total revenue for the tribe’s casi-no property to nearly $300 million a year, including $230 million in gambling revenue.
That would be a big jump from 2012, with $189 million in gambling revenue and $40 million from the casino’s restau-rants and other facilities.
The city of Snoqualmie provides sewer, emergency and fire services to the tribe’s casino property, and is in negotiations about what size expansion of the Snoqualmies’ devel-opment it would or could
service. The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe beat out the Snoqualmies in 2007 to purchase the nearby Salish Lodge.
Consideration of the development comes at a time when the tribe is struggling with other issues.
The tribe’s longtime administrator, Matt Mattson, is on paid administrative leave dur-ing separate investigations by the tribal council and tribal gambling commis-sion.
Robert Roy Smith, attor-ney for the Snoqualmie Tribe, said he could not discuss the details of the investigations.
Snoqualmie tribe gives casino expansion plan another lookTribal members also
met last week to try to resolve a long-running enrollment dispute but did not have a quorum to take action.
At issue is the base roll of tribal members.
“The base roll is just a mess,” said Milo Gabel, a tribal member who turned out for the meeting at the Preston Community Center on March 17.
Members at the meet-ing signed a statement declaring they are true Snoqualmies, entitled to vote or hold office, because they are at least one-eighth Snoqualmie in their blood line, as the tribe’s constitution requires.
They also agreed to accept an enrollment audit done last year, so far ignored by the tribal council, and to submit it
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where. This is a starting point for our tribe,” said elder Arlene Ventura, of Renton, one of 38 tribal members of all ages who gathered at the commu-nity center.
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Refinancing Snoqualmie Valley School bonds saves taxpayers money
The Snoqualmie Valley School District recently refinanced a portion of its outstanding bonds from 2005, in order to take advantage of favorable municipal bond market conditions.
As a result, the district 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, as stated in a Snoqualmie Valley School District press release.
These savings will flow directly to taxpayers through reduced tax lev-ies, and are not available for district expenses.
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 approximately $3.98 million and more than 9 percent savings on approximately $40 million of refunded bonds.
Learn, and then teach, recycling
Did you know half of what goes to Cedar Hills Regional Landfill could be recycled?
The King County Solid Waste Division is looking for outgoing individuals who want to inspire oth-ers to reduce waste and recycle more, according to a press release from the division.
Learn all about curbside recycling, including food scrap recycling, and then put your training to work through volunteer out-reach.
This free training is open to King County resi-dents outside of the cit-ies of Seattle and Milton only.
Two options for train-ing are available: 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.king-county.gov/solidwaste/mrc/index.asp.
Chief Kanim students place in Science Bowl
Chief Kanim Middle School students Rahul Chaliparambil and Vishnu Rathnam competed on teams that placed first and second March 2 in the 2013 Inland Northwest Regional Science Bowl, at Whitworth University, in Spokane, Wash., according to a press release from the
school.The two participated
as part of Science Infinity Club, with teammates from Redmond/Bellevue schools. Chaliparambil’s team earned second place in the competition among 26 five-person teams (about 125 students).
Rathnam was on the first-place team that has been invited to participate in the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Science Bowl, in Washington, D.C., where they will join more than 77 regional team winners, April 25-29.
The Science Bowl features head-to-head, fast-paced, buzzer-style competition similar to “Jeopardy!” The students competed to be the first to answer questions about all science disciplines — astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, mathematics, physics and energy.
The Department of Energy created the National Science Bowl in 1991 to encourage stu-dents to excel in math-ematics and science, and to pursue careers in these fields.
More than 225,000 stu-dents have participated in what is one of the nation’s largest science competi-tions.
Learn more at http://sci-ence.energy.gov/wdts/nsb.
Local charity helps those with hair loss
Anyone who has suf-fered hair loss from an ill-ness knows how difficult it can be to hide the evi-dence of their illness.
Good Wishes is a chari-ty started by local resident Laurie Erickson.
Her goal is to provide men, women and children with a fashionable scarf to brighten their outfit and envelop them in good
wishes as they recover, according to a press release from the organization.
Good Wishes was founded in 2006 when Erickson, after working for 20 years with hair acces-sories, was approached by a woman requesting one thing she could not provide — something to cover her head as her hair grew back after chemo-therapy.
Erickson saw a need and, six years later, Good Wishes has been very suc-cessful.
Recently, the organiza-tion sent out its 20,000th scarf.
Each scarf is sent to a recipient along with a card full of well wishes from everyone on staff.
Anyone who has under-gone or is undergoing treatment is eligible for a scarf, free of charge.
Get a scarf, or donate one, at www.goodwishes-scarves.org.
