By Michele Mihalovich Every neighborhood is bound to have a troublemaker or two. And that is true, even if your neighborhood is a homeless camp in North Bend. North Bend Police Chief Mark Toner and the Star walked along the Snoqualmie River South Fork trails on Sept. 27 in search of the chronically homeless who live in tents along the river. Turns out, that group was just as upset about a recent incident — in which a couple who came down to fish were told by a man with a machete that they didn’t belong there, and not to come back — as the rest of the public. “I would have told them to knock it off,” said Joey, a man in his early 50s who didn’t give his last name. “There’s always people who come down here, drinking and causing trouble for the rest of us.” There are some regulars Toner confirmed that some of the people causing trouble are not part of the homeless com- munity living in tents on the Tollgate Farm property. They have homes, but they come down to the river and drink and when they cause trouble, they get lumped in with the homeless living down there, he said. Toner said about 20 to 24 reg- ulars live along the river, but he added that during the summer, that number tends to double. He said that for the most part, the regulars, many of whom are dealing with mental illnesses, are quietly living in the forests and don’t bother anyone. “I tell them they have to keep a clean camp, and try to keep out of sight,” Toner said. “And they know that if two homeless Detour ahead Lake Alice Road closes temporarily. Page 2 Budding author Valley woman publishes her first novel. Page 6 Heartbreaking loss Mount Si football team loses first game of season. Page 8 Fundraiser next week School’s custodian is stricken with leukemia. Page 9 Police blotter Page 10 October 18, 2012 VOL. 4, NO. 42 Tiny dancer Page 7 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 Two North Bend area teens have been charged with multiple counts after a five-hour vandal- ism spree that included fires, damage to vehicles and stolen property. Jarred M. Burklund, 18, and Charles Daniel Naub, 15, were each charged with one count of felony second-degree attempted arson, one count third-degree theft, one felony count second- degree burglary, one count sec- ond-degree malicious mischief and three counts third-degree malicious mischief, according to charging documents from the Superior Court of Washington for King County Juvenile Department. The nonfelony charges are gross misdemeanors. Burklund was 17 at the time of the incident, which police say began at 10:15 p.m. Aug. 6, and ended about five hours later. In a probable cause state- ment, investigators say Burklund and Naub began the evening by stealing 10 peaches from QFC and then threw them at cars in the Chaplin’s Chevrolet lot. They then walked to Si View Park, pulled a metal parking post out of the ground and tossed it through an office window and kicked sprinkler heads, breaking them off at the ground. Burklund and Naub walked across the street to a residence and covered two cars with con- struction adhesive and a white foamy substance, according to Two area teens charged with multiple felonies By Michele Mihalovich A youth organization is ask- ing the city of Snoqualmie to allow a temporary, overnight, emergency homeless shelter, but neighbors who live by the proposed shelter have con- cerns. Friends of Youth, based in Redmond, is the primary pro- vider of housing to homeless youth on the Eastside, Terry Pottmeyer, CEO of Friends, said at a public hearing with Snoqualmie’s hearing examiner Oct. 8. She said the organization has been offered a grant to open an overnight shelter for three months. The shelter, which would operate from 8:30 p.m. to 8 a.m. for up to eight home- less 18- to 24-year-olds, is being proposed at Friends’ existing counseling building at 7972 Maple Ave. S.E. in Snoqualmie’s historic down- town district. Pottmeyer told Ron McConnell, the hearing exam- iner, that there has been a sig- nificant increase in homeless- ness among young people 11 to 24 years old over the past couple of years in Washington, and that a lack of resources has created challenges, espe- cially in the Snoqualmie Valley. She said that during the three months of operating an emergency overnight shelter, Neighbors are leery of proposed youth shelter No easy solutions to North Bend homeless problems See TEENS, Page 2 See SHELTER, Page 2 By Michele Mihalovich Joey, a homeless man who has lived by the Snoqualmie River in North Bend for about 20 years, agrees to be interviewed at his camp Sept. 27. See HOMELESS, Page 3
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By Michele Mihalovich
Every neighborhood is bound to have a troublemaker or two. And that is true, even if your neighborhood is a homeless camp in North Bend.
North Bend Police Chief Mark Toner and the Star walked along the Snoqualmie River South Fork trails on Sept. 27 in search of the chronically homeless who live in tents along the river.
Turns out, that group was just as upset about a recent incident — in which a couple who came down to fish were told by a man with a machete that they didn’t belong there, and not to come back — as the rest of the public.
“I would have told them to knock it off,” said Joey, a man in his early 50s who didn’t give his last name. “There’s always people who come down here, drinking and causing trouble for the rest of us.”
There are some regulars
Toner confirmed that some of the people causing trouble are not part of the homeless com-munity living in tents on the Tollgate Farm property.
They have homes, but they come down to the river and drink and when they cause
trouble, they get lumped in with the homeless living down there, he said.
Toner said about 20 to 24 reg-ulars live along the river, but he added that during the summer,
that number tends to double.He said that for the most part,
the regulars, many of whom are dealing with mental illnesses, are quietly living in the forests and don’t bother anyone.
“I tell them they have to keep a clean camp, and try to keep out of sight,” Toner said. “And they know that if two homeless
Detour aheadLake Alice Road closes temporarily.
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Budding author Valley woman publishes her first novel.
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Heartbreaking lossMount Si football team loses first game of season.
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Fundraiser next weekSchool’s custodian is stricken with leukemia.
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Police blotter
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October 18, 2012
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By Michele Mihalovich
Two North Bend area teens have been charged with multiple counts after a five-hour vandal-ism spree that included fires, damage to vehicles and stolen property.
Jarred M. Burklund, 18, and Charles Daniel Naub, 15, were each charged with one count of felony second-degree attempted arson, one count third-degree theft, one felony count second-degree burglary, one count sec-ond-degree malicious mischief and three counts third-degree malicious mischief, according to charging documents from the Superior Court of Washington for King County Juvenile Department. The nonfelony charges are gross misdemeanors.
Burklund was 17 at the time of the incident, which police say began at 10:15 p.m. Aug. 6, and ended about five hours later.
In a probable cause state-ment, investigators say Burklund and Naub began the evening by stealing 10 peaches from QFC and then threw them at cars in the Chaplin’s Chevrolet lot. They then walked to Si View Park, pulled a metal parking post out of the ground and tossed it through an office window and kicked sprinkler heads, breaking them off at the ground.
Burklund and Naub walked across the street to a residence and covered two cars with con-struction adhesive and a white foamy substance, according to
Two area teens charged with multiple felonies
By Michele Mihalovich
A youth organization is ask-ing the city of Snoqualmie to allow a temporary, overnight, emergency homeless shelter, but neighbors who live by the proposed shelter have con-cerns.
Friends of Youth, based in Redmond, is the primary pro-vider of housing to homeless youth on the Eastside, Terry Pottmeyer, CEO of Friends, said at a public hearing with Snoqualmie’s hearing examiner Oct. 8.
She said the organization has been offered a grant to open an overnight shelter for three months.
The shelter, which would operate from 8:30 p.m. to 8
a.m. for up to eight home-less 18- to 24-year-olds, is being proposed at Friends’ existing counseling building at 7972 Maple Ave. S.E. in Snoqualmie’s historic down-town district.
Pottmeyer told Ron McConnell, the hearing exam-iner, that there has been a sig-nificant increase in homeless-ness among young people 11 to 24 years old over the past couple of years in Washington, and that a lack of resources has created challenges, espe-cially in the Snoqualmie Valley.
She said that during the three months of operating an emergency overnight shelter,
Neighbors are leery of proposed youth shelter
No easy solutions to North Bend homeless problems
See TEENS, Page 2See SHELTER, Page 2
By Michele Mihalovich
Joey, a homeless man who has lived by the Snoqualmie River in North Bend for about 20 years, agrees to be interviewed at his camp Sept. 27.
See HOMELESS, Page 3
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court documents.The teens returned to Si
View Park, and damaged
a 2007 Ford Econoline van by scratching “hell,” “Satan,” “666,” and pic-tures of a penis and swas-tikas into the paint.
Burklund and Naub then entered the U.S. Post Office, dumped all the recycling bins in the
lobby, and used the bins to destroy light fixtures and ceiling tiles.
A Chaplin’s Chevrolet security camera at 1:14 a.m. Aug. 7 recorded the two boys running across the parking lot, but did not capture them tamper-
ing with the fuel tanks of three vehicles. According to charging documents, it appears urine was poured into the fuel tanks.
The boys then broke into the North Bend Nail Salon and stole fingernail polish, cash and electron-
ics, according to court documents.
Burklund and Naub returned to QFC and stole lighter fluid, long wood matches and a bundle of firewood.
They are accused of lighting fires at three loca-tions: a field at North Bend Elementary School, a newspaper box and two fires at the North Bend Library, according to court documents.
The teens were found
by King County Sheriff’s Office deputies sitting in some shrubs behind the Pizza Place. According to court documents, the boys admitted to the crimes and were booked into the King County Youth Center.
According to Dan Donohoe, a spokesman with the King County Prosecutor’s Office, both boys are out of jail and were scheduled for arraignment Oct. 17.
TeensFrom Page 1
Friends would be able to ascertain the need for services in the area; connect young people to needed services, such as mental health coun-seling; and provide a safe and stable environment until they can be transitioned to long-term housing.
But seven people who live and work in the area expressed concerns to the hearing examiner.
Several said they have young children and they were concerned that kids wouldn’t be able to play outside if the shelter were in operation.
Jeremy Fursman, a nearby resident, said he supports the shelter’s mission, “but I don’t feel a homeless shelter is appropriate in a residential neighborhood. I’m sure that 80 percent of the people who stay there are not going to create any problems. It’s the other 20 percent that con-cerns me.”
Tracy Neether, another neighbor, said she was wor-ried that sex offenders, drug addicts and felons would be utilizing the shelter.
Pottmeyer assured the group that a criminal check would be conducted for every new “guest,” and that no sex offenders would be allowed at the shelter.
Peg Johnston, principal at St. Joseph’s Catholic School, which is near the proposed shelter, said, “We support what you are doing, but my school has been the victim of regular vandalism and thefts. I don’t get a sense that the police have the resources to patrol the area now. How is it going to manage with an increased potential for crime?”
Pottmeyer said, “Being homeless doesn’t mean you are a criminal. We don’t expect to be housing a crimi-nal element.”
Liana Montague, a child and family therapist who works at the Friends of Youth center on Maple Avenue, also reassured the audience that the youths using the shelter are not criminals, and are living in Carnation, Duvall, North Bend and Snoqualmie.
“These are your kids,” she said. “They are living under bridges and on friends’ couches. We are not ship-ping them in from other areas.”
Many in attendance asked
if the proposed shelter could be placed in a less residential area.
Pottmeyer said that in order to be able to afford the three-month test, they would have to utilize the building they already have in the area, which has a kitchen, showers and a laundry room.
She did say that if after the test period it was deter-mined that the Snoqualmie Valley did need a shelter, she would look for an alternative area.
Charles Peterson, a Snoqualmie councilman, also spoke at the meeting, but as a concerned neighbor.
He wanted to make sure that if the proposed shelter were approved, that it was only approved for the 90 days of operation.
McConnell said after the meeting that the city does allow him to make that time limit part of his condition for approval.
McConnell now has two weeks to submit a report to the city about his deter-mination on the proposed shelter.
Michele Mihalovich: 392-6434, ext. 246, or [email protected]. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
ShelterFrom Page 1
Due to the temporary closing of Lake Alice Road for a culvert repair, an access road between Lake Alice Road Southeast and Southeast Sorenson Street will temporarily open for up to three weeks beginning Oct. 15, accord-ing to a press release from the city of Snoqualmie.
King County discovered the failing culvert on Lake Alice Road, which connects the Lake Alice community with Fall City and is the sole access to approximately 200 homes in the Lake Alice neighborhood, according to the release.
The opening of the access road, which will go through Snoqualmie Ridge, was approved by the Lake Alice Community Association Oct. 12, according to Joan Pliego, com-munications manager for the city.
Upon completion of the roadwork, the access road to Snoqualmie Ridge will be closed until further work begins next summer, except for fire, emergen-cy medical or public safety servic-es, and public works department, according to the release.
The city and King County have worked together to explore ways to reduce traffic impacts through Snoqualmie neighborhoods,
according to the release.View the detour from the city’s
website at www.ci.snoqualmie.wa.us.According to the release, a sec-
ond detour route is being consid-ered, which would further reduce traffic through the primary streets of the Heights neighborhood of Snoqualmie Ridge.
The Snoqualmie Police Department will monitor traffic, add patrols to the area and place a radar speed trailer on Southeast Sorenson Street. Detour signs and reduced speed limit signs will be added where appropriate. Drivers should anticipate traffic delays and plan accordingly, according to the release.
Information about the Lake Alice Road culvert replacement project and a detour map is available at www.kingcounty.gov/LakeAliceRoad. Direct project ques-tions to Ashley DeForest, King County community relations plan-ner, at [email protected] or 206-684-1154. Citizens may subscribe to project updates by emailing her a request.
Direct traffic management questions to Kamal Mahmoud, Snoqualmie project engineer, at [email protected], or call 831-4919.
Three-week detour route for Lake Alice Road starts
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people cause trouble, it could mean all of them have to move and give up their fake homes, which is all they have. So, they are really good about policing themselves.”
Joey has been living in the woods near North Bend for 20 years, after he and his wife divorced and drugs and alcohol got the best of him.
No one walking along the main trail by the river could have spotted his camp. He was living in a blue tent on one side of a 4-foot-wide tree.
A 27-year-old woman named Sunny was living in a tent on the other side. And they had draped a tarp around the backside of the camp, and brush and trees camouflaged the camp from any onlookers from the river.
Quietly living in the woods, being invisible to society, is how Joey prefers things. And that’s why keeping the peace in his neighborhood is impor-tant to him.
“But I’m like the sher-iff,” he said. “I can’t be everywhere at once. I can’t stop everything from hap-pening.”
The fact remains, how-ever, that incidents are happening, and the public
is letting their city officials know about it.
No easy solution
North Bend City Administrator Londi Lindell said there is no easy solution.
“Councilmembers are compassionate and want to do the right thing,” she said. “But at the same time, there is a concern about public safety. The council will always err on the side of citizens’ safety.”
Lindell said she recently received a call from a woman who had taken her daughter to the river, but had to leave because there was a group of homeless adults and some teenagers getting drunk under a bridge.
“She felt very uncom-fortable and didn’t feel safe,” Lindell said. “It appears that there are some homeless who are interfering with recre-ational opportunities in North Bend.”
A couple of council-members also said they had concerns about the group of homeless who hang out all day at the park near the depot, she said.
They thought maybe other users were being dis-couraged from using the park because of their pres-ence, she said.
To try and address
the situation, Lindell has asked Toner to “please use the tools in your toolbox. I told him that if people are breaking the law, we need to enforce those laws.”
Long-term camping under a bridge, or any publicly-owned property, does violate city laws, she said, adding that provid-ing alcohol to underage youth is also against the law.
Toner said his deputies do enforce the laws when they see they are being broken.
Not everyone is homeless
With regards to people in the park, Toner said it
is a public park and every-one has a right to be there, so long as they are not violating laws.
But he also reiterated the fact that not everyone hanging out at the park, or down at the river, is home-less.
Toner said resi-dents of
the Mount Si Transitional Center near the park often come and sit at the pic-nic tables wearing their pajamas or with a blanket wrapped around their shoulders.
“Anyone driving by the park might get the impres-sion that those people are homeless, when in fact, they aren’t,” he said. “But everyone is getting labeled as homeless.”
Toner said the matter is further complicated by the fact that North Bend doesn’t have a homeless shelter for men.
“So, I could chase off the homeless who are liv-ing in tents by the river, but where are they sup-posed to go?” he asked.
Lindell said that per-haps directing the home-less to services in the greater Seattle area would be appropriate.
“There are facilities there that provide for the homeless, services such as shelter, food and counsel-ing,” she said.
North Bend has a lim-ited amount of financial resources, but it does what it can by providing fund-ing to organizations that help the homeless, Lindell said.
Last year, the city of North Bend provided near-ly $90,000 to organiza-tions in the area that help those vulnerable popula-
tions, she said.Toner said he often asks
the homeless who are liv-ing in tents, “What can we do? How can we fix this? Some are happy with the way things are. Some want help finding a job or get-ting counseling, and I try to put them in touch with people who can help.”
Toner asked Joey if he would go to a shelter in Seattle.
Joey rubbed his ankle, which was wrapped in gauze from what he said was a recent cougar attack.
“I’m not a city person at all, you know that,” he told Toner. “But I’ve been out here a long time. I’m getting too old to live out here. If North Bend had a shelter, I’d go. Or Bellevue, maybe, I would go there.”
Michele Mihalovich: 392-6434, ext. 246, or [email protected]. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
HomelessFrom Page 1
“So, I could chase off the homeless who are living in tents by the river, but where are they supposed to go?”
— Mark TonerPolice chief
Don’t redefine marriageI am saddened and upset
that our state has changed the definition of marriage through the passage of SB 6239. Since the beginning of our state-hood, marriage has always been between one man and one woman. I do not want that changed. Do we really under-stand the “ABCs” of this?
A: We already passed the “Everything But Marriage” law in 2009 for gay couples. They now have all the legal rights a married couple does.
B: Both parents, male and female are valuable in raising children.
C: The consequences of passing this law are far reaching.
Individual persons or busi-nesses can be sued if businesses refuse to participate in gay mar-riage ceremonies that require photographers, wedding coordi-nators, counselors and wedding venues.
Our schools will be forced to comply with the new genderless definition of marriage and will
be teaching this from our grade school students on up. Parents will not be allowed to opt their children out of this instruction.
There have been 32 others states whose legislatures have passed gay marriage bills. In all 32 states when brought to the voters to decide, gay marriage was rejected. Washington, let’s not be the first state to allow the redefinition of marriage.
Is this what we want for the future of our children? I, for one do not. And I hope and pray there are many others that will join me in voting to reject R-74.
Vivian BattjesNorth Bend
No group deserves discrimination
My husband and I come from rather conservative backgrounds but we will be supporting R-74. We have a personal stake in this. Our neighbors and best friends for almost 20 years are a gay couple.
Our friends have contributed positively to this community in so many ways. They have orga-nized neighborhood food drives
for the food bank. They have served on community boards. They are the first ones who rally the neighborhood to organize meals for neighbors who are ill or who are bringing home a new baby. They are the good neigh-bors who shoveled our driveway five times during the big snow-storm and cared enough to drive 300 miles to my mother’s funeral.
They are the first ones to stand up and do what’s right for everyone else. Now, it’s time to do what’s right for them. Are they threatening in any way? Are they hurting anyone? Absolutely not! Are they push-ing an “agenda?” Absolutely not! They conduct their lives as model citizens.
It is time for society to realize that no group should be discrim-inated against or denied rights because of their sexual orienta-tion. Look around. Members of the “gay community” are part of “our” community. They are our doctors, accountants, teachers, and soldiers. They are our neigh-bors and our friends. Please sup-port R-74.
Shelley and Steve BehrensSnoqualmie
It wasn’t easy finding this hole-up spot. He’d had a bunch of false starts before finding it. It’s never easy. The real estate sales piranhas don’t like to deal with them because — if it’s a real hole-up spot — there’s no money in it. Basically, if lots of people want it, it can’t be a hole-up spot.
Steve considered writing a book once, but he didn’t like words, so he revised that plan. He thought of painting a picture once, too, but the result looked worse than what’s on the wall at Parent’s Night in the second
grade. His 12 chords on the guitar didn’t lend itself to him becoming a composer, either.
But these were the kinds of things a guy can do in a hole-up spot.
He smiled as he sipped his coffee in his turret, in his cabin on his hole-up spot, with his horse, Ol’ Snort, happily munch-ing his supper out in his stable. If he ever decided to become artistic in any way, he now had the perfect place to do it.
But sometimes it’s enough just being a good cowboy and sipping coffee and smiling at the world.
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Referendum 74Referendum 74 offers Washington voters a chance to
expand civil rights to same-sex couples.In February, after receiving crucial support from the
state House of Representatives and state Senate, Gov. Chris Gregoire signed landmark legislation to legalize same-sex marriage. Opponents petitioned to put the measure before voters on the November ballot.
Washington already affords rights to same-sex couples, but the existing law is incomplete. Marriage is a basic civil right, and that word is missing in our current “everything-but-marriage” law. R-74 offers voters the chance to take the next step, and extend marriage rights to same-sex couples. The measure, simply put, is about equality. Opponents claim same-sex marriage is certain to damage the sanctity of marriage. If R-74 critics want to preserve marriage, per-haps they should target divorce laws rather than a measure to expand the right to marry.
Voters should affirm equality for same-sex couples and approve R-74.
Initiative 502Despite decades of enforcement and untold millions of
dollars, marijuana prohibition does not work.Initiative 502 could allow Washington to legalize small
amounts of marijuana for recreational use among adults 21 and older, and outlines a plan for the state to legalize, regu-late and tax marijuana.
I-502 is not a perfect plan, but the potential benefits out-weigh the potential pitfalls. I-502 earmarks the funds for health insurance, state and local governments, and, most importantly, drug research, prevention and treatment.
Critics claim the initiative could make marijuana more accessible to teenagers. In reality, marijuana, like alcohol, is widely available to minors. The onus is on parents to teach teenagers to make responsible choices.
Legalization could carry another benefit—an estimated $1.9 billion in tax revenue from marijuana sales.
Passage could also squeeze Congress to consider over-hauling antiquated marijuana laws at the federal level.
I-502 is backed by law enforcement and legal profession-als. The fragmented opposition to the initiative seems more concerned about maintaining the status quo than engaging in a debate about real reform.
The choice for Washington voters is clear. Vote yes on I-502.
Steve finished the ride up the mountain on Ol’ Snort and just sat there in the saddle, looking at his cabin for several minutes. Each board had been personally nailed in place, and the epicen-ter of his delight, of course, was the turret. After stabling Snort and feeding him, Steve went in, built a fire in the Home Comfort range’s firebox, and then went up into the turret for a look at … well, everything.
Down the long, timbered ridges to the valley below, and off to the hills on the other side of Lewis Creek, it was all there. Up here, there were no worries about doctoring cattle or help-ing cows to calve. If a corral board fell down, well … OK. The other guys could handle it. When he and Snort came up here, all that temporarily went away.
Steve climbed down and put the coffee pot on, swept up some wind-borne dust that had invaded the place, and then went up the ladder again, this time with a cup of coffee.
The light of the late sun shining on Miller Pond, just out of town there, turned first a glassy brass, and then a deeper purple as the world prepared to rest. The lights in the town appeared and he looked down and smiled. Behind each of those lights was a friend of his. In anyone’s book, that’s a smil-ing situation.
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For her first romance novel, Snoqualmie writer Victoria Bastedo flew with-out a net. To Greece, no less.
Bastedo, a fantasy nov-elist until “Dear Miklos” was published in August, decided to write her first lovey-dovey story not knowing where it would end.
Not only that, but she based the story in Greece, circa 1975.
“I wanted it to have a nostalgic feel to it,” said Bastedo, whose debut romance novel is the 22nd book she has written, but the first one to get published.
Bastedo wrote the book, the tale of a young woman reuniting with a childhood pen pal from Greece who had once saved her life, during National Novel-Writing Month in 2011.
NaNoWriMo encourag-es people to write 50,000 words of a new novel between Nov. 1 and 30.
She wrote it as a trib-ute to Mary Stewart’s 1962 novel “The Moon-Spinners,” also based in Greece.
“I told my husband, ‘I need to do research. Can I go to Greece?’” Bastedo said with a laugh. “He said ‘No. We can’t spend
thousands when you’re going to make hundreds with the book.’”
Bastedo said her
family has been very sup-portive. Her daughter, “who never reads,” read the whole book, Bastedo said. Her husband read the first three chapters.
“He doesn’t do senti-mental,” Bastedo said.
Still Rick Bastedo helped spread the news of Victoria’s book getting published. A quick Google search yields Rick’s post-
ings about “Dear Miklos” on blogs about British cars.
“Thanks for your sup-port,” one post reads in part. “Now, back to our regularly-scheduled rant-ings regarding triple wip-ers versus dual wipers.”
Bastedo used her own personal memories of the 1970s, as well as plenty of research of the period, to write her novel. She wrote without a plot in mind, instead wanting, she said, to let the story tell itself to her.
“Outlines,” she said, “are inspiration-killers.”
Bastedo calls the 21 novels she wrote before Oregon-based Black Lyon Publishing released “Dear Miklos,” her learning experiences.
“I don’t normally write romances. I’m a fantasy writer,” Bastedo said. “I set out to write a romance novel but I was just hav-ing fun. I did not know it was going to be special.”
Halfway through it, she said, she changed her mind.
“I thought, ‘Hey, this
isn’t bad,’” she said. Writing fantasy is hard-
er than writing romance,
she said. In romance, she develops characters. In fantasy, she has to create
whole worlds.Nevertheless, to write
“Dear Miklos” she had to immerse herself in Greek minutiae. This included researching the ferry sys-tem that operated on the islands 37 years ago, or watching “For the Love of Benji,” a 1977 movie where a dog gets lost in Athens.
When she finally held a printed copy of the book, she could not believe it. She still can’t, so used she was to rejection slips and contenting herself just with having finished another novel.
Now, her work is for sale on Amazon and listed on the King County Library System’s website.
Bastedo said she turned 40 before she allowed herself to think she could write a book.
“Now I’m 50 and to have a dream come true, it’s wonderful,” she said.
Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. 221, or [email protected]. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
Valley author Victoria Bastedo publishes her first romance novel
By Sebastian Moraga
Victoria Bastedo, the author of “Dear Miklos,” and a copy of her book, the 22nd of her career and the first one to get published. A fantasy writer, she temporarily abandoned her genre to write a romance novel.
“I don’t normally write romances. I’m a fantasy writer.”
— Victoria BastedoAuthor
North Bend seeks nominations for Citizen of the Year
The city of North Bend
is seeking nominations for its 2012 Citizen of the Year award.
The annual Citizen of the Year is for an indi-
vidual or business that has gone above and beyond to make North Bend a bet-ter place to live, through professional or volunteer
efforts, or by an extraordi-nary contribution to the community.
“We want to honor those who have shown,
through their initiative and actions, that they truly care about the com-munity,” Mayor Ken Hearing said in a press
release.This year’s winner will
be announced at the Dec. 4 City Council meeting.
To nominate someone, send a letter detailing what the person/business has done for the commu-nity and why he, she or it deserves the award by Nov. 12. Include a day-time telephone number for yourself and the nomi-nee.
Nominations should be directed to City Administrator Londi Lindell. They can be emailed to [email protected]; mailed to City of North Bend, P.O. Box 896, 211 Main Ave. N., North Bend, WA 98045; or dropped off in person.
games she played, all had a ballet theme. As she grew up, she passed up parties and socializing in order to go to dance class.
“I like that ballet is challenging and I like that you can express yourself through the emotional side of it,” Chloe said. “I like the artistry part where you can pretend to be a character and just act.”
She then added, “I also really like being able to improve your technique,
because when you can master a step, it feels really good.”
‘An amazing turner’
Titova said Chloe has indeed mastered steps. One, called the Fouette, is a whip-fast turn with a raised leg. Students are expected to do 32. Titova said Chloe can do 50.
“She’s an amazing turn-er,” Titova said.
Now she turns one more time, east, to Moscow and a dream she has held for seven years.
“If it had been any other school, I would have said no, wait until you’re older. But this is abso-lutely her dream,” Titova added.
Bennett admitted to feeling apprehensive about leaving her daughter behind.
“It’s super scary to send your daughter around the world,” she said.
Furthermore, the train-ing is for nine months, but the top dancers of the training have a chance to continue indefinitely with the Bolshoi, Titova said.
“We don’t know how long Miss Chloe will be there,” she said.
Bennett said that’s a discussion for next spring.
For now, Bennett said Chloe will come home for two weeks in January dur-ing the Russian Christmas, before returning to Moscow.
She said she hopes all of the sacrifices are worth-while. Chloe, Bennett said, has a good shot at becom-ing a professional dancer.
The family is excited, but also really sad to let her go.
Soul of a dancer
The trip is hard on the heart and the budget.
Preston-based Talking Rain is helping with some of the costs of the trip, said Vivian Page, an employee of the company whose daughter is a ballet classmate of Chloe’s.
“I have been around ballet a long time, so I know what it takes to get to that level,” Page said of Chloe. “She’s just a gor-geous dancer, but more than anything, she’s an incredible hard worker.”
Talking Rain will pro-vide sweatshirts and other clothes for Chloe in addi-tion to the money, Page said.
The costs are consider-able, so the family contin-
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Victoria Titova knew from the start.
Titova, the artistic director of the Emerald Ballet Theatre in Bellevue, knew she had someone special in Chloe Heninger, a 6-year-old from Preston.
The year was 2005, and Titova had been Chloe’s teacher for less than a year. In the middle of a lesson, the CD player quit.
Chloe wouldn’t.The music would not
start. Chloe could not wait
to.“I was struggling with
the music,” Titova remem-bers. “She was 6 years old. The dancers are usually like, ‘OK, let me know when you are ready.’”
Not Chloe. She did not move from her pose. She did not even blink, Titova said, until the music was ready.
“That really let me know she really wants to do it and that she really wants to work hard and that’s what’s really in her heart: She’s a ballet danc-er,” Titova said.
Off to the Bolshoi
Titova’s words leaped toward becoming true this month, as 13-year-old Chloe joins a training program with the world-famous Bolshoi Ballet Academy, in Moscow, Russia.
She will spend an entire school year in Moscow. Her mother traveled with her Oct. 11. After about a week, Kristin Bennett will return stateside, leav-ing her daughter in the Russian capital.
“I’m really excited,” Chloe said by phone the night before she left, “but I’m really going to miss my family and my friends.”
Chloe is one of 100 international students participating in the pro-gram, ages 10-21. The ratio stands at about 10 students per year of age, Bennett said.
She was chosen after she participated in a summer intensive camp the Bolshoi held in Connecticut.
“At the end of the camp, they got to choose which students they wanted to invite to go to Russia,” Chloe said, later adding, “I’m excited to learn from all of the teach-
Preston girl Chloe Heninger to study at Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow
Courtesy of Heninger Fotographik http://heningerfoto.com
Chloe Heninger, 13, (front) performs in Emerald Ballet Theatre’s performance of ‘Les Sylphides’ in June. The Preston teen was invited to train at the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Russia.
ers and also be able to learn from the students there.”
Six days a week
She does not speak Russian, so that scares her a bit, since that’s what her teachers will speak, she added. She will study Russian while living there, as well as take online class-es with Brigham Young University to keep up with school.
Titova said Chloe will study ballet at least three hours a day, six days a week, with Sundays off.
Those who have watched from the start
said they believe Chloe is up to the many challenges ahead.
“She’s one of the hard-est workers that I have ever seen,” Titova said. “She works very hard toward her goals, and always works with her heart and with lots of love to do any dance step that a choreographer or dance teacher will give her. She will work until she does it right.”
A lifelong dream
Dancing for the Bolshoi has been a lifelong dream of Chloe’s, Bennett said. The stories she wrote, the
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for a tournament. Peter contacted Bert Richardson from International Sports Services on the island and they arranged this year’s trip.
In 2011, the focus was on the performance; this year, the focus was teach-ing, Peter said.
The Dominican chil-dren took the clinic for free. The American players were encouraged to pay their own way for the trip.
“Most of the kids
worked odd jobs and I petitioned the parents to have the kids get more out of it,” Peter said. “They could mow lawns to help offset the costs, instead of paying the bill for them.”
Chase said his dad made him pay for most of the trip.
Once in the Dominican Republic, the group trav-eled to fields big and small, from the one Chicago Cub outfielder Alfonso Soriano built to
the one Hall of Famer Juan Marichal played in. At one point, they played in front of Soriano’s family in his hometown.
“For Chase, it was a real eye-opener to see kids that have nothing, compared to him that has pairs of cleats, multiple stuff. That got the ball rolling,” Peter said, later adding, “It was very humbling.”
Chase agreed.“The poverty level is
just insane,” he said. “It
really makes you appreci-ate how good you have it here.”
A team parent and two players — including Chase — acted as interpreters. Richardson provided a fourth interpreter who helped during baseball games, including arguing with the umpires.
Outfielders taught outfielders and infielders taught infielders, Chase said. It was the first time teaching for several play-ers.
“We just taught the basics,” he said. “It was really nice to be able to do it, learning how to teach.”
Players had curfews and stayed out of trouble while in the Caribbean, Peter said. They bonded and stayed together. They even played a tournament right before they left for the island, to get play-ers acquainted with each other.
Once on the island, friendships grew.
“It brought the kids together a lot more,” Chase said of the trip. “Down there, our chemis-try got a lot stronger. Not a lot of people get to play baseball in the Dominican Republic.”
SportsPAGE 8 OCTOBER 18, 2012
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By Michele Mihalovich
The Mount Si High School football team got a taste of what all of its opponents have felt this season — the agony of defeat.
The Wildcats, ranked No. 2 in the state, posted its first loss this year Oct. 12, getting a 49-10 lashing by Bellevue High School, which holds the Class 3A’s top spot in the state, and is ranked by Sports Illustrated as No. 4 in the nation.
Just two minutes into the soggy game played in front of a sellout crowd at Mount Si stadium, the Wolverines’ Myles Jack ran 19 yards for the first touchdown of the night.
Bellevue’s Bishard Baker followed with a 53-yard touchdown run, and then wracked up another touch-down in the first quarter with a 36-yard intercep-tion return, for a 21-0 lead.
The second quarter didn’t improve for the Wildcats, but at least kick-er Cameron Van Winkle put some points on the board with a 35-yard field goal. However, Bellevue posted another 28 points before the halftime whis-tle, for a 49-3 score.
Neither side scored in the third quarter, but in the final frame, Mount Si’s Griffin McLain caught a 4-yard pass from quarter-back Nick Mitchell for the Wildcats’ only touchdown of the game, putting the final score at 49-10.
A touchdown — nor-mally considered a nice feather in the cap — didn’t bring McLain any joy, he said.
“We were so far down, it didn’t even matter at that point,” he said after the game.
He said the Wildcats had really great practice sessions all week and thought they had a good shot at actually taking
down the Wolverines.“But I don’t know what
happened tonight,” he said. “We came out flat. We just weren’t in sync for some reason.”
Mount Si hasn’t beat Bellevue in regular play since 1997, and in a 1998 mini playoff round, head coach Charlie Kinnune said.
“We knew we couldn’t come out here and allow any mistakes. But we just couldn’t get the momen-tum going on our offense. We weren’t protecting our quarterback like we should and they got in some really big plays early in the game,” Kinnune said. “We all wanted to win this game, but we had no grand illusions about it. We have the utmost respect for Bellevue and we got our tails whipped.”
But at the same time, talk about Mount Si’s defensive line had not gone unnoticed by Bellevue, assistant coach
Pat Jones said.“That had us a little ner-
vous,” he said after Friday’s match up. “And we saw tonight that their defense is really good, very solid.”
The Wildcats, now 6-1, will get a chance to redeem themselves at 7 p.m. Oct. 19 at Mercer Island High School. Mercer Island (5-2) beat Liberty
High School, 7-3, Oct. 12.
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Wildcats’ first loss of the year
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Mount Si Wildcat Tyler Button, right, celebrates as his teammate Griffin McLain catches a touchdown pass against Bellevue Wolverines Oct. 12. Mount Si lost, 49-10.
By Sebastian Moraga
They traveled without a tourney schedule, yet they knew they would work hard.
They came back with-out a trophy, but they felt like winners.
Baseball players from Oregon and Washington, including two from the Snoqualmie Valley, trav-eled to the Dominican Republic in August and hosted baseball clinics for children ages 4-17.
“It was not about going down to play to win a big trophy,” said Peter Kairis, the father of one of the Valley players, Chase, “but for the love of the game.”
About nine players made the trip, haul-ing dozens of baseballs, gloves, bats, shoes and
jerseys for the Dominican children. More than 100 local children participated.
“The irony of it all,” Peter said, “is hav-ing Americans teach Dominican children how to play baseball. We did grounders, we taught mechanics and each one of my players that went had their own group of kids.”
The poverty level was much worse than the American players had ever seen, with large groups of children sharing one bat or one glove.
“Being down there, helping the kids out, it was so inspiring,” Peter said.
The idea for the trip emanated from a 2011 trip Chase and his baseball team made to the island
Youth trip to the Caribbean has baseball theme, Valley heart
Contributed
Dominican and American players gather around a pile of baseball gear brought from the U.S. to youth players on the island. Two players from North Bend were among the group of teenagers who held baseball clinics with local children.
SchoolsPAGE 9OCTOBER 18, 2012
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By Sebastian Moraga
John Faccone, a parent at Fall City Elementary School, said it best: To know P.J. is to love him.
“It always seems that the best people are the ones chosen to fight the toughest battles,” P.J. Duvall’s sister Kelli wrote on his CaringBridge website.
Patrick “P.J.” Duvall, custo-dian at FCE and sign-language instructor, has been diagnosed with leukemia, so Faccone and his business partner Peter Click teamed up to raise some money for him.
“We just really need the com-munity to get behind this event and support this man,” Faccone wrote in an email.
Click and Faccone will hold a wine-themed fundraiser, P.J.’s
Sip and Social, at Fall City Bistro at 6 p.m. Oct. 24. Event tickets are $100 each, with 90 percent of the proceeds going to Duvall’s care and recovery from the dis-ease, Click said.
Fall City Bistro’s owner Sean Langan is a renowned Seattle chef, who recently opened a restaurant in the Snoqualmie Valley.
He will provide a gourmet meal at cost, while Faccone and Click will provide the wine. The event will also include musical numbers.
“It’s 10 wines, each one matched with a specific food preparation by Chef Sean,” Click said. “It’s actually quite a lot.”
The event lasts until 9 p.m. “Drop in when you like, leave
when you like,” Click said. “It’s
informal, but very gourmet in terms of the foods and the selec-tion of wines from around the world.”
Faccone wrote, “We hope to hand P.J. a check for $10,000 when this happens.”
Faccone’s two children attend FCE, one in kindergarten and another in fourth-grade. Click has had three children attend
the school.“We have known P.J. for
a long time,” Click said. “Wonderful human being, and a great man.”
Faccone agreed.“Many, many, many children
have gone through Fall City Elementary, then off to Chief Kanim or Snoqualmie Middle School, and then Mount Si High School,” Faccone wrote. “P.J. has been around a while, and is beloved by them all.”
The Click children brought piggy-bank change to school to raise money for P.J., Click said.
The illness has kept Duvall from working and teaching, but he still makes sporadic appear-ances at Fall City Elementary, Faccone said.
“The kids are happy to see P.J., but he’s lost some weight,
so they were probably taken aback by that,” he said.
Kelli wrote that her brother last visited the school on Oct. 11.
“Wow,” she wrote. “It was so nice to see everyone and for him to be around his ‘family’ again, joking with them and catching up on things.”
She added that her brother has taken to fighting the disease from the start.
“The diagnosis is what nobody expected, leukemia,” she wrote. “My brother, the fighter that he is, took the results like a champ and simply said, ‘What’s next?’”
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If you goP.J.’s Sip and SocialFall City Bistro4050 Fall City-Carnation Road S.E.6 p.m. Oct. 24Buy tickets at www.winefidence.eventbrite.com.Donate to CaringBridge at www.caringbridge.org/visit/patrickduvall.
Fundraiser planned for leukemia-stricken school custodian
MSHS student picked for WIAA committee
The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association chose Mount Si High School junior Adam Husa to serve on the Leadership through Education, Activities and Personal Development Committee.
The LEAP committee picked seven juniors from across the state for the student leadership group.
“This is the first time a rep-resentative from Mount Si High School has been chosen for this
leadership opportunity with the WIAA,” said Greg Hart, Mount Si High School associate principal and athletic director. “Adam will do a great job rep-resenting our Wildcat commu-nity and providing student per-spective in decisions regarding interscholastic activities among schools.”
The LEAP Committee pro-motes the core values of the WIAA through student leader-ship. LEAP members promote sportsmanship, respect and community service through interscholastic activities,
according to a press release.In 2009, just by collecting
money during the state bas-ketball championships, the LEAP committee raised $1,000 for the Special Olympics of Washington.
Students apply for the opportunity in May before their junior year. They are chosen based on a written application, video message they create and letters of recommendation. LEAP participants serve on the committee throughout their junior and senior years of high school.
By Sebastian Moraga
Students at Snoqualmie Middle School will pay tribute to the American flag by learning how to retire it.
Children in Tom Burford’s social studies class are collecting old, worn and tattered versions of Old Glory this fall, so the flags can be disposed of properly.
“We are trying to teach peo-ple there’s a proper way to dis-pose of a flag,” Burford said.
The disposal of the flag includes cut-ting the flag lengthwise in half, and then cutting the canton — the upper left cor-ner of the flag, which contains the stars — and then burning the separate pieces
When a flag gets old, people don’t know what to do, Burford added, so they tend to just hold on to it.
“We feel like we can offer a service to them,” he said. “We know what to do, and we know people who know what to do.”
Members of the American Legion and the Boy Scouts help dispose of the flags properly.
Burford has spearheaded a similar campaign every year for the past four years. Last year, the group collected 22 flags, including some still with 48 stars on them. (The last year the U.S. flag had 48 stars was 1959.) It was the most flags the cam-
paign has collected.The flag is an important sym-
bol that deserves respect, he said.Participating students from
his class agreed, adding that those who defended it deserve respect, too.
“My grandpa was also in the Navy a little after the Korean War and before the Vietnam War,” student Hannah Waskom wrote in an email. “So I wanted to honor him by helping out.”
Throwing the flag away when it gets old is disrespectful, she
wrote.Waskom
added that the flag to her means freedom. To classmate Claire Lis, the flag represents a “country that never gives up.”
The group will have a small ceremony at 8 a.m. Nov. 9 with the flags that have been collected up to that point.
The totality of the flags will be disposed of once the weather improves and Memorial Day draws nearer.
In the meantime, the group will continue welcoming ragged old flags to give them a proper send-off and teaching peers about the importance of the flag, and those who put their lives on the line for it.
“Most of the time, I think students now just think of Veterans Day as a ‘no school day’” Lis wrote. “But really, it’s a day of recognition.”
By Sebastian Moraga
Tom Watson, from left, Duane Duim, Julie Duim, Lyndsey Watson and Brent Cook receive a cer-tificate from Snoqualmie Valley School Board President Dan Popp, at right, for helping clean Snoqualmie Valley schoolhouses for the start of the school year. The group represented North Bend’s Cascade Covenant Church.
Group honored for helping schoolsStudents learn how to dispose of flag properly
“We are trying to teach people there’s a proper way to dispose of a flag.”
— Tom Burfordteacher
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No! Not my cup of pennies!
At 2 a.m. Sept. 29, a man returned home on Forster Boulevard and found a man in his garage. The man left, but it is believed he stole a cup of pennies from a vehicle in the garage.
Uh, that’s a rock, not a bullet
At 2:40 p.m. Sept. 29, police responded to a report of someone possibly shooting a bullet through a residential window. An officer observed the bro-ken window and the hole in an interior wall. After digging in the wall, the officer found a rock. It’s believed that someone mowing hit a rock and it shot through the window.
Drunken drivingAt 8:11 p.m. Sept.
29, a police officer noticed expired tags on a vehicle driving toward Ballarat Avenue. The driver, Cassandra Monique Boulanger, 23, of Fall City, was arrested for driving under the influence.
Here I amA 27-year-old Kirkland
man turned himself in to deputies on a misdemean-or warrant for failing to comply on a driving while his license was suspended charge.
BMX theftA woman reported Oct.
3 that someone stole her son’s bike from her back porch on East North Bend Way.
Alert citizenA woman who was sit-
ting in her parked vehicle
at 7:40 p.m. Oct. 5 at the North Bend Outlet Mall witnessed a driver back into a parked vehicle. The witness said a woman and man got out of the vehi-cle, looked at the damage and then drove off. The witness said the woman and man returned later in a different vehicle, looked at the damage and drove off again. The witness had written down license plate numbers from both vehi-cles, and officers were able to track down a 20-year-old Snoqualmie woman, who was cited for hit and run.
Sparkin’ tire rimsAt 10:40 p.m. Oct. 5, a
police officer parked at Les Schwab on North Bend Way observed a vehicle drive by that was missing two tires. The officer said metal and sparks were shooting out from the tire rims. The driver told the officer that he knew the
tires were flat, but that he only had a mile to go. The officer smelled a mild alcohol odor on the driver, and the man said he was returning from a dinner party. Peter J. Montson, 59, of North Bend, was arrested for driving under the influence.
Snoqualmie
Hit and runA man reported Oct. 8
that someone hit his rear bumper while they tried to park Aug. 4. His vehicle was parked in front of the Tanning Salon on Center Boulevard, and an employee who witnessed the accident encouraged the driver to contact the person who owned the vehicle he’d hit. According to the police report, the driver did leave a note say-ing, “I bumped your back bumper when I parked” and left his first name and
Police blotter phone number. But when the vehicle owner tried calling, the person never called back.
Expensive tools stolen
Officials at St. Joseph’s Catholic School contacted police Oct. 8 to report that someone had stolen a leaf blower and weed trimmer from the school’s garden shed, which had been pad-locked. Police did conduct a database search for the items at pawnshops, but it came back negative.
FraudA Snoqualmie resident
reported Oct. 8 that an unauthorized charge of $441.18 had been charged to an account.
Dog biteA caller reported Oct.
11 that his or her grand-daughter had been bit-ten by a dog at a park on Southeast Park Street. The caller said a granddaugh-ter did not need medical attention, but just wanted to report the incident.
North Bend fire calls
Two fire engines responded to a smoke scare at about 7 a.m. Oct. 5 in the 45000 block of Southeast 150th Street.
Five fire engines responded to a natural vegetation fire at about 9 p.m. Oct. 5 in the 13000 block of 415th Way Southeast.
One fire engine responded to an unauthor-ized burn call at 8:24 p.m. Oct. 6 in the 38000 block of Southeast 92nd Street.
One fire engine responded to a smoke scare at 6:45 p.m. Oct. 7 in the 6600 block of 405th Avenue Southeast.
Two fire engines responded to an unauthor-ized fire call at 7:13 p.m. Oct. 9 in the 45000 block of Southeast 150th Street.
Two fire engines responded to an unauthor-ized fire call at about 2 p.m. Oct. 11 in the 43000 block of Southeast 139th Street.
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Public meetings
North Bend
� Economic Development Commission, 7:45 a.m. Oct. 18, Community and Economic Development Office, 126 E. Fourth St.
� City Council Work study, 7 p.m. Oct. 23, City Hall, 211 Main Ave. N.
� Parks Commission, 6 p.m. Oct. 24, Community and Economic Development Office
� Planning Commission, 7 p.m. Oct. 25, City Hall
Snoqualmie� City Council, 7 p.m. Oct.
22, City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St.
� Community and Economic Affairs, 5 p.m. Oct. 23, City Hall
� Shoreline Hearings Board, 5 p.m. Oct. 24, City Hall
� Public Safety Committee, 5 p.m. Oct. 25, Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway
Snoqualmie Valley Hospital District No. 4
First Thursday of each month, 6:30 p.m., Snoqualmie City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St.
Unless otherwise noted, all events will occur at 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend. Call 888-0554 to learn more.
� Family Film Night, 6 p.m. Oct. 22. Watch family movies. Snacks will be provided.
� Merry Monday Story Time, 11 a.m. Oct. 22, 29. For children to age 3 with adult, siblings and older children welcome. Songs, rhythm instru-ments, action rhymes and a tiny tale for the very young.
� E-reader assistance, 6 p.m. Oct. 22, 29. Learn how to download KCLS e-books to your e-reader or computer during this demonstration for adults.
� Toddler Story Time, 9:30 a.m. Oct. 23, 30, ages 2-3 with adult. Younger children and sib-lings welcome. Share the world of books with your child and come for stories, songs and sur-prises
� Preschool Story Time, 10:30 a.m. Oct. 23, 30, ages 3-6 with adult. Siblings welcome.
� Study Zone, 3 p.m. Oct. 23, 30. Free homework help for teenagers from volunteer tutors.
� Pajamarama Story Time, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 24, 31, for all young children, with adult.
� Sno Valley Writers Work Group, 3 p.m. Oct. 28. For adults only. Join other writers for exercises, critique and les-sons on voice, plot and point of view. Contact [email protected] for an assignment prior to class.
Snoqualmie library
Unless otherwise noted, all events will occur at 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie. Call 888-1223 to learn more.
� Radical Robots, 3:30 p.m. Oct. 18. Learn how robots can help us solve problems. Presentation by the Pacific Science Center. Participants must be 8 or older and register before at www.kcls.org or by call-ing the library.
� Pajama Story Times, 7 p.m. Oct. 18, all young children wel-come with adults, wear pajamas if you like.
� Family Film Night, 6 p.m. Oct. 22, come watch “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!” while having snacks. For chil-dren and families.
� Anime and Manga Club, 3 p.m. Oct. 24, 31. Come watch Anime movies, eat popcorn and practice your Anime drawing. All skill levels welcome. For teens.
� Study Zone, 3 p.m. Oct. 24, 31. Free homework help for teenagers.
� E-reader Assistance, 11 a.m. Oct. 25. Learn how to download KCLS e-books to your e-reader or computer during this demonstration for adults.
� Toddler Story Time, 9:30 a.m. Oct. 31, ages 6-24 months with adult. Younger children and siblings welcome. Enjoy rhymes, familiar songs and sto-ries.
� Preschool Story Time, 1:30 p.m. Oct. 29, 10:30 a.m. Oct. 31, ages 3-6 with adult. Siblings welcome.
Music/entertainment
� Al Reiter, 7 p.m. Oct. 18, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-DOGS
� Young Lizards, 7 p.m. Oct. 18, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, 292-9307
� Chris Kendziorski, 8 p.m. Oct. 19, The Black Dog
� Milo Petersen Trio, 7 p.m. Oct. 19, Boxley’s
� Mike Antone and Cameila Jade, Cynthia Marie, Seth Engle and Dana Hubanks, 8 p.m. Oct. 20, The Black Dog
� The Hipsters, 9 p.m. Oct. 20, Finaghty’s, 7726 Center Blvd. S.E., Suite 110, Snoqualmie
� Jon Hamar Group with Rich Perry and Todd DelGiudice, 7 p.m. Oct. 20, Boxley’s
� TFMS Café Night 7 p.m.
Oct. 23, Boxley’s� Chris Morton, 7 p.m. Oct.
25, Boxley’s� Dan O’Brien and Eric
Reid, Brazilian jazz, 7 p.m. Oct. 26, Boxley’s
� Becky Alter, 8 p.m. Oct. 26, The Black Dog
� Left Coast Gypsies, 7 p.m. Oct. 27, The Black Dog
Churches
� Youth group high school yard sale at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church Parish Hall, 4:30-6 p.m. Oct. 20. All donations accepted at the parish hall from 3-7 p.m. Oct. 19. 39025 S.E. Alpha St., Snoqualmie.
� Mount Si Lutheran Church’s annual Harvest Carnival, 4-7 p.m. Oct. 28, Benson Barn, North Bend. Free to the community; donation of canned goods for Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank encouraged. Children also encouraged to wear costumes. Barn is at 14120 424th Ave. S.E. Email Lauren Frerichs at [email protected] to learn more.
Classes
� Super Sitters workshop for children ages 11-15 at Encompass. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 27, 1407 Boalch Ave. N.W., North Bend. $40. Register by calling 888-2777 or at www.encompassnw.org. The class cov-ers parent expectations, child development and home security.
Events
� Mount Si Lacrosse Fall Clinic, 6 p.m. Oct. 19 and 26, for girls and boys grades two through eight at Mount Si High School’s stadium. No fees or special gear needed. Register at www.mountsilacrosse.org.
� First Aid and CPR class, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Snoqualmie Fire Department, $25 fee includes workbook, keychain/face shield and a CPR card good for two years. 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway, Snoqualmie.
� Valley Animal Partners’
Chili Cook-off and Dessert Auction, Oct. 20, 5:30 p.m. Come support pets and their families in our community. Spots still open for people want-ing to show off their chili-cook-ing and dessert-making skills. Event held at the Snoqualmie Eagles’ Club. Call Andrea Logan at 466-4621.
� Slipper and boot sale at the Mount Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 20. All sizes of sheepskin slippers and boots for children, men and women.
� Harvest Carnival, 1-4 p.m. Oct. 20, Si View Community Center, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend. Put on your cos-tume and enjoy carnival games, refreshments and a G-rated haunted house. Fees are $5 per person and $1 for the haunted house. A real haunted house has been scheduled for Oct. 27.
� Snoqualmie Valley PTSA Council presents a showing of “Finding Kind,” an award-winning documentary bringing awareness of girl-on-girl bullying 7 p.m. Oct. 22, Mount Si High School, 8651 Meadowbrook Way S.E. Tickets are $5.
� Mount Si High School Choir presents A Haunted Hallows’ Eve, 4-9 p.m. Oct. 26, $5 entry fee. Costumes encour-aged, all ages welcome. Proceeds will benefit the school’s choir. Contact Lisa Esteb at 941-9036 to learn more.
� Halloween Train, Oct. 27-28, starting at 11 a.m. at the Snoqualmie Depot, 38625 S.E. King St. and starting at 11:26 a.m. from the North Bend Depot at 205 McClellan St. Roundtrip fares are $10 for children ages 2-12, $12 for adults age 62 and older and $15 for other adults. Show up in costume and get $2 off. If in full costume, you will get a prize.
� Downtown Snoqualmie Treat Harvest, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Oct. 31, children ages 6 and younger can gather goodies. Participating business will have balloons outside.
� The Snoqualmie Valley Museum presents: “Beyond Smokey: The USFS In The Snoqualmie Valley,” 1-5 p.m. Saturdays through Tuesdays, 320 Bendigo Blvd. S., North Bend
Volunteer opportunities
� The Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank is looking for volunteers to help unload food at noon Mondays, sort food at 9 a.m. Tuesdays or hand out food on Wednesdays. Call 888-0096.
“‘Why are you letting Chloe go?’” she said he asked. “Why don’t you
make her stay home?”’The answer is in every-
thing that Chloe does and is, from her blistered feet on up.
“I have always felt like she had the heart and soul of a dancer,” Bennett said. “Her little soul is just about dancing.”
Titova agreed.“She’s my little dancer
that grew up, and now she has wings to fly,” she said. “I feel really proud of her.”
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Snoqualmie’s Reverse 911 system test begins Oct. 22
The city of Snoqualmie, which oper-ates its own Reverse 911 community notification system, will test the sys-tem Oct. 22-25, according to a city press release.
During one of those evenings, all phone num-bers in Snoqualmie that are registered in the city’s Reverse 911 community notification system should receive a call.
The recorded voice will identify the call as a test from the city of Snoqualmie Emergency Operations Center, accord-ing to the release.
Detailed information about the system test is posted on the city website
at www.cityofsnoqualmie.orgin “City News” and in the Department of Emergency Management pages.
October chamber luncheon features candidate forum
A debate-style forum will be held by the Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce featuring local candi-dates Oct. 19 at the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Banquet Room.
Registration for the luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m., with the program beginning at noon, according to a chamber press release.
The forum will include a head-to-head debate between Brad Toft and his
opponent Mark Mullett for state senate; David Spring and Chad Magendanz for state representative posi-tion 2; and Jay Rodne, who is running unopposed for state representative position 1.
The luncheon pro-gram will also include a brief information pre-sentation on the city of Snoqualmie’s Proposition 1. A city representative will present the facts and information about the public safety operations, streets and parks main-tenance levy coming up in the November general election.
Cost for the luncheon is $25 for members; $30 for nonmembers. Register at www.snovalley.org or by calling 888-6362.
