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Hats off to the graduates Mount Si High School awarded diplomas to 356 members of the Class of 2015 Friday, in commencement exercises. Two Rivers celebrated the graduation of 26 on Wednesday. See pages 2 and 3 for more graduation coverage. Right: Mount Si graduates toss their caps. Below: Two Rivers graduates try a warm-up toss. Mary Miller Photos
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Fall City festival features family fun and rubber duckies Page 9
Northwest Honkers call Fall City field home, Hurricanes are just starting up
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By CAROL LADWIG Editor
Opinion 4 On the Scanner 8 8 Puzzles Classifieds 14-17 19 Calendar
Vol. 102, No. 4 Mary Miller Photo
Semi-pro baseball has come to Snoqualmie Valley with not one, but two teams calling the Valley home. The Northwest Honkers, in green, started in 2010 and the Snoqualmie Valley Hurricanes, red, are all new this season. Both play in the Pacific International League.
First, Fall City was known for its floaters, the hundreds of people who drift down the Snoqualmie River on sunny days in inflatable vessels of some sort. Soon, though, the little community at the confluence of the Snoqualmie and Raging Rivers, and the junction of State Routes 202 and 203, could be known for its Honkers. What’s a Honker? It’s either one of the mostly collegeage athletes on the Northwest Honkers semi-pro baseball team (www.honkersbaseball.com) that now calls Fall City home, or a Canadian goose, the team mascot. Her husband, Martin, picked the name, says Jocelyn Lawrence, who comanages the team; it’s a Northwest thing. SEE BASEBALL, 5
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