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Home for the homeless Tent City 4 sests up camp in Preston By ALLYCE ANDREW
LOCAL
Staff Reporter
Firefighters ready for season with wildland training Page 2
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Camp advisors Sam Roberson and Perry Debell pose outside of the entrance to the Puget Sound area’s newest homeless encampment, Tent City 4, near Preston.
SCHOOL
Thinking ahead
Saving a seat for Josh: Twin Falls Student remebered on bus Page 8
INDEX Opinion 4 On the Scanner 5 9 Puzzles Classifieds 11-14 15 Calendar
Vol. 102, No. 3
Think and Drive assembly pushes students to think about, plan for futures beyond prom By ALLYCE ANDREW Staff Reporter
At least 500 juniors and seniors at Mount Si High School crowded onto the football field at 8:30 a.m. for the ASB-sponsored annual Think and Drive event. Students participated in a golf-cart obstacle course, which simulated the dangers of texting and distracted driving, and later strapped on alcohol-simulating goggles to gain perspective from various levels of intoxication. Senior Lyndsi Messa, head chair of the campus life committee with the Mount Si Associated Student Body, organized the impaired driving assembly and declared it a success.
“I think some students take the assembly more seriously than others,” Messa began, “and obviously there’s going to be some who are jokesters, but overall I think the assembly went very well… It’s a good way to get kids involved and thinking about it and having fun at the same time.” The Think and Drive assembly has been a Mount Si High School staple for more than a decade, geared toward students prepping for prom. Think and Drive events include this year’s field exercise as well as a mock crash, which are held on alternating years, so juniors and seniors from each class will see both events. Snoqualmie’s community policing coordinator, Nigel Draveling, has worked for the Snoqualmie Police Department for 15 years and has participated in the mockcrash exercise, but this was his first time to attend the field event. “A lot of changes are going to come into their lives,” Draveling said, referring to the last few weeks for school leading up to college and summer. SEE THINK, 7
Tent City 4 has called a wooded nook at exit 20 off Interstate-90 home for the last three months and has until July before its 52 residents will be asked to pack their tents and move along. The roving city sits on a trail that links to Tiger and Squak Mountains. It’s based in High Point, between Preston and Issaquah, on King County land, though the Department of Natural Resources pays taxes the property. When asked what the camp provides, both camp advisors, Sam Roberson and Perry Debell, asserted that safety is its number one priority. “A safe place to live where they’re not going to get hurt or injured or killed,” Roberson stated about the camp’s intent. SEE TENT CITY, 3
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Senior Caitlin Maralack tries to throw a ball while wearing “beer goggles” that simulate intoxication, during last week’s Think and Drive assembly at Mount Si High School.
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