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Weed retail ban goes to vote in March
Two Rivers students turn to the crowd to fund greenhouse project By EVAN PAPPAS
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Two Rivers School in North Bend has successfully completed its third crowd funding campaign through the donorschoose. org website for student projects. They raised $1,656 for supplies to expand their student garden and greenhouse to teach students about nutrition and healthy food choices. Laurie Weinkauf, family and consumer science teacher at Two Rivers, said the garden was started two
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Gabby Burrell and Laurie Weinkauf stand with the Two Rivers school garden. This will be the site of an all new greenhouse supported by community members. years ago and was supported by grant money. The students used the garden to grow vegetables used for school meals and to donate to the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank. “Through the generous donation of many
supporters from within and outside of our community, we were able to obtain funding for the green house,” Weinkauf said. “Our plan is to teach students additional gardening skills, increase our school-wide meals, and
increase the amount of food we can donate to the food bank.” Gabby Burrell, a senior at Two Rivers, was familiar with donorschoose.org and worked with Weinkauf to SEE GREENHOUSE, 3
Winter homeless shelter moves to Fall City March 8 By EVAN PAPPAS Staff Reporter
The Snoqualmie Valley Winter Shelter moves to the Fall City United Methodist Church on March 8 and will remain there until April 30. Jennifer Kirk, Valley Renewal Center’s shelter director, said the organization held two meetings at Fall City United Methodist Church, Feb. 18 and 20, to answer questions for citizens who may be concerned about the shelter moving to Fall City. “Those meetings were a bit mixed, some people came for information and some people are against the program and against the shelter in general,” she said. “We saw that mix a little bit in the first meeting, the second one was very calm and straightforward.” “There is always some concern when we move to a new community
and we have never been in Fall City before, but I think we did a really good job answering questions and giving them access to ask more.” According to Kirk, the general community is supportive of the program and just wanted information on how the shelter operates. Currently located at the Snoqualmie United Methodist Church, the winter shelter has come to the end of its 60-day permitted stay. Valley Renewal Center staff has made plans to move to Fall City for the next two months. The time periods in which the shelter can stay in a community are determined by city and county ordinances, Kirk said. “Those are usually based on the ordinances that the city has put into effect, we started in North Bend and their ordinances are for 45 days and
Snoqualmie is 60 days. We will be there for exactly 60 days before we transition to Fall City,” she said. In order to help the homeless community they serve, the winter shelter has partnered with the local bus service, Snoqualmie Valley Transportation, to adjust routes in Fall City. The adjustments will ensure that the buses drop off and pick up at the shelter. There will also be private transportation on the weekend. Kirk also mentioned volunteers as an important part of shelter operations. Last year, volunteers brought food in the mornings and evenings every day and served more than 2,700 meals Kirk said. Volunteers will be helping this year as well, not just with food, but with moving the shelter to the church in Fall City.
A prohibition on any business related to marijuana is now being considered by the Snoqualmie City Council. The group received a recommendation at its Feb. 22 meeting, from the Community Development Committee to not allow any production, processing or retail sale of marijuana in Snoqualmie. The council will now review the recommendation and is expected to vote on it at the March 14 city council meeting. Snoqualmie has an existing moratorium on marijuana retail businesses, which expires in March. In early December, the planning commission held a public hearing to gather public feedback on the proposed city code change and the possibility of allowing marijuana businesses into Snoqualmie. At that meeting the comments from the public were entirely against bringing in retailers and producers to the city, said Economic Development Director Mark Hofman. The Community Development Commission used the data that was gathered to develop its recommendation for the city council to adopt the ordinance prohibiting marijuana business in Snoqualmie. Two other Valley cities, North Bend and Carnation, have allowed marijuana related businesses in certain zones, while other regional cities like Sammamish have prohibited it outright.
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