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Nothing can keep this man from golf Page 8

GOP convention trip is a political junkie’s dream come true

August 30, 2012 VOL. 4, NO. 35

Get groovy North Bend to host Jazz Walk on Sept. 8.

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By Michele Mihalovich

Art abounds Valley is home to many artists.

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By Michele Mihalovich

Jay Don Blake reacts after winning the three-day Boeing Classic tournament Aug. 26. He went head to head against Mark O’Meara in two playoff holes.

Fashion police Back to school means shopping for cool clothes.

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Boeing Classic is more fun when it’s seen up close and personal

By Michele Mihalovich

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Yes, you might be able to follow the Boeing Classic golf tournament easier by watching a TV from the comfort of your couch, but you’d be missing out on so much.

Aside from just seeing the legends you’ve heard about for years, you get to stand so close you can smell their aftershave when they walk by.

When you’re 10 feet away from the tee box, you hear the swoosh of air when Duffy Waldorf swings his club, immediately followed by a distinctive plink when the club

smacks the ball.

Or you can brag to your friends that you personally helped Willie Wood shave two strokes from his game, like spectator Charles Bremson gets to when he returns to Lake Tahoe.

Wood’s second ball at the Aug. 24 round struck Bremson, who was standing against the rope, in the back.

“I stopped it from going out of bounds and saved him two strokes,” he said proudly.

For some, the Boeing Classic is about more than just the golf.

See BOEING, Page 2

For a political junky like Bob Brunjes, getting elected to serve as a delegate at the National Republican Convention in Tampa is like a football fanatic getting Super Bowl tickets.

And he wasn’t going to let the threat of a possible hurricane dampen his spirits.

Brunjes, 64, of Snoqualmie, spoke to the Star Aug. 23 from his oceanfront-view hotel room.

“Probably not the best decision, considering Isaac could hit at the opening of the convention,” he joked.

By Monday, convention organizers had decided to postpone opening day to Tuesday, but it looked like tropical storm Isaac was veering toward Louisiana and away from Tampa, according to the Weather Channel.

Brunjes said despite the weather, he is honored to be elected.

This was the third try for Brunjes, who serves as a Snoqualmie Valley precinct committee officer and chair of the 5th Legis-lative District Repub-

licans.

“This is a great honor, since I’ve been a true Mitt Romney, die-hard supporter,” he said.

Brunjes’ interest Bob Brunjes in politics began as a teenager, when he volunteered for Barry Goldwater’s presidential bid in 1964.

Politics, however, took a backseat to Brunjes’ other priorities, like college, the military, wife, kids and establishing his career.

But 12 years ago, Brunjes said it was just “me, the wife and the dog. So I decided to get involved again.”

He was the primary owner of Wes-tek for the past 32 years, but he sold the business last year and has finally retired.

“Now, I’ve made politics my See BRUNJES, Page 3

North Bend moving toward switching police

By Michele Mihalovich Four of seven North Bend city councilmembers said they would vote to switch police services from the King County Sheriff’s Office to the Snoqualmie Police Department, but in the end, they voted to wait until the final details of the contract between the two cities are hammered out.

The councilmembers who support a move to Snoqualmie PD listed multiple reasons.

Councilwoman Jeanne Pettersen said King County’s current service model, which will cost North Bend $1,431,262 this year, is outdated.

She said North Bend citizens deserve to have at least one officer within city limits at all times, something King County doesn’t guarantee with its current “flex” model, but what the Snoqualmie department is offering for $1.33 million in 2014.

Councilman Jonathan Rosen listed an increase in the level of service the Snoqualmie department would provide.

“We’ve had to constantly chip away at service with King County to meet our budget, like not responding to all 911 calls,” he said. “Snoqualmie has a ‘No See POLICE, Page 3

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Boeing

“It was like a bomb went off in my lower back.

I think it’s time to rest.

I’m sad I won’t be able to From Page 1 play in this year’s event.

Ken Fowler, of For this to happen to me Snoqualmie, hasn’t missed in Seattle, this is a rough any of the eight tournaone,” Couples said after ments that have been being carted off and withheld at TPC Snoqualmie drawing from the tournaRidge. The tournament ment. drew 81,000 spectators When word spread this year. among the spectators that He enjoys the Boeing Couples was out, people jet flyover, and claimed expressed shock and hearthis spot on the clubhouse break. balcony nearly an hour Couples was Rons’ before the event. first pick for winning the “It looks like it’s headtournament, but if that ing right for you,” he said. didn’t happen, he said And, when the Boeing he wouldn’t mind seeing jet did not crash into the Gene Sauers do well. clubhouse, the tournaSauers’ hard-luck story ment officially began. struck a cord with Rons.

Fowler, About like many five years Check it out othago, ers, also Sauers Read more about the turned developed Boeing Classic on Page 8. out Friday a rare to watch skin conthe crowd favorite — Fred dition, where his skin Couples, who grew up in burned from the inside Seattle — hopefully win out. Instead of working on the three-day tournament. his game, he fought for his Arlen Rons, of life and endured unthinkSammamish, also came to able pain. see Fred win, as did Rocky Last August was the first Reiter, of Tacoma. time he’d picked up a club Taylor Walz, of Ballard, in years, and after slowly however, came to see “Ted getting his skills back, and Couples, or is it Todd. Oh, turning 50 this week, he I don’t know. I’m horrible became eligible for the with names.”

Champions Tour at the She said her 81-yearBoeing Classic. old father really wanted “I love stories like that, to come to the Boeing of overcoming adversity,” Classic, so they decided to Rons said. “It really makes have a nice father-daughyou grateful for what you ter day. have.”

Walz, along with the Sauers did not, howrest of the crowd gathever, take home the ered at the first hole $300,000 winning share tee, snapped photos and on the final day. chanted, “Freddy. Freddy.

That honor went to Freddy,” as Couples, who Jay Don Blake, after two recently won the Senior playoff holes against Mark British Open, walked O’Meara on Aug. 26. toward the tee box.

Judging by cheers after He swung a nice drive, the close match, the crowd but as he walked down enjoyed the show, even the hill, he said his back though Couples couldn’t seized up. be a part of it.

Photos by Michele Mihalovich

Michael Allen sizes up the best way to hit his ball on the 18th hole at the Boeing Classic Aug. 26.

Sunday was Military Appreciation Day at the Boeing Classic. Marine Cpl. Thomas J. Groom, 25, was one of several soldiers who removed the flag during play at the 18th hole of TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. Here, Air Force Staff Sgt. Sean Tobin photographs Groom.

By Michele Mihalovich

Chase Rigg, 8, of North Bend, practices his putting as Quinlan McCabe, 6, of Snoqualmie, waits for his turn Aug. 26.

By Michele Mihalovich

By Michele Mihalovich

John Cook checks out the competition in his day one group, which included Fred Couples and Mark O’Meara, on Aug. 24.

Fred Couples swings at the first hole tee Aug. 24. He withdrew from the Boeing Classic immediately following the swing due to lower back pain.

By Michele Mihalovich

A Boeing jet flyover on Aug. 24 opened the three-day tournament.

SnoValley Star

AUGUST 30, 2012

Jazz Walk is coming Police to North Bend From Page 1

and middle schools: Future Jazz Heads.

One night, six venues and The money raised will go 20-plus performers equal to the Boxley Music Fund, music magic for North Bend. a nonprofit organization The North Bend Jazz that supports live music and Walk, a music educamusical buftion in the fet of sounds Valley.

If you go and talent, “When we comes to 6-8 p.m. Sept. 8 started the fruition Sept.

Get tickets at www. foundation, 8, when one northbendjazzwalk.com. supporting a ticket will be Ages 15 and older: jazz walk was good for as $12 in advance, $15 at one of the purmany perthe door. Ages 14 and poses,” Kolke formances as younger: $5 in advance, said. you choose $8 at the door.

Jazz Walk to watch.

Children welcome. organizers Musicians have encourfrom all aged the over the Puget Sound area public to visit and support will showcase their gifts the businesses hosting the downtown. performers as well as the Places they’ll play performers, Kolke said. include Twede’s Café, With summer endNorth Bend Bar and Grill, ing soon, early September Valley Center Stage, North seemed like the perfect time Bend Theatre, Boxley’s and to hold the walk, Kolke said.

Pioneer Coffee, all within a “It’s a great way to kind half-mile of one another. of kick off the new school All places have been vol- year,” she said. “Everyone is unteered by their owners, back in town, getting ready Robyn Kolke, of Boxley’s, for things.” said.

Whether there will be a Performers include second jazz walk remains to Carolyn Graye, the Danny be seen, but a good start for Kolke Trio, the Jay Thomas this one would do wonders.

Quartet, the Kelly Eisenhour “It would be great if it Quartet, Milo Petersen, the could be something we Janette West Quartet and could do every year,” she the uber-talented youngsaid. “But first you have to sters from the Valley’s high start somewhere.”

By Sebastian Moraga

Brunjes From Page 1 full-time, unpaid job,” he said.

Brunjes will be thrilled when it’s time to cast his vote for Romney on the convention floor, but there are plenty of other things he’s looking forward to, like meeting notable Republican party members, such as Colin Powell, Mike Huckabee, Condoleezza Rice, Carl Rove and Rick Santorum,

and attending a Chet Atkins concert after all the speakers are done Tuesday.

But he isn’t losing sight of why he’s there.

call too small’ policy.

That is key, and why you see a 92 percent approval rating.”

Pettersen, Rosen, and Councilmen Dee Williamson and Ross Loudenback all said Snoqualmie’s offer of a set price for the first five years of service gave them peace of mind financially.

“We need that stability,” Pettersen said, adding that King County is unwilling to offer anything other than one-year contracts for service.

The three councilmen who wanted to keep King County also expressed varied reasons.

King County has been serving North Bend since 1974.

Snoqualmie has never been a contract provider and that concerned Councilman Ryan Kolodejchuk.

Councilman David Cook agreed with that point, and added that Snoqualmie cannot match the depth of services, like SWAT and helicopters, like King County has.

He also had a long laundry list of why he didn’t want North Bend doing business

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with Snoqualmie, saying he didn’t like how the city managed its money.

“We’re going to give them 38 percent of our budget and we’ll have no recourse, no representation,” Cook said. “You’d figure we’d have more of a say with that kind of money.”

Many of the councilmembers mentioned a recent survey, where 120 people in North Bend said they are overwhelmingly satisfied with King County police services, but they do like Snoqualmie police’s less expensive price tag.

“Our job is to represent our citizens,” Rosen said, “65 percent (in the survey) endorsed switching to Snoqualmie and we have to listen to them.”

Williamson and Councilman Alan Gothelf said many of the questions on that survey were biased, and shouldn’t be factored into the decision.

“The results in that survey aren’t jiving with the overwhelming letters, emails and comments from my constituents who are saying to keep King County,” Gothelf said.

None of the councilmembers had anything bad to say about the service King County has

been providing.

“We are very fortunate to have Chief (Mark) Toner,” Pettersen said.

“And if we were setting up our own police department, he’d be my chief pick, hands down.”

But savings was a key factor in the council’s decision.

In an 11th-hour attempt to sway city leaders, King County offered what it called a “modified dedicated” service model.

The dedicated model would cost North Bend $1.71 million in 2014.

The modified model would come in at $1.47 million.

King County Chief Deputy Dave Jutilla asked the council to at least give the modified model a try for 12 months before jumping into another contract.

Kolodejchuk and Gothelf supported the idea.

But in the end, the council voted 4-3 to allow Mayor Ken Hearing to finalize negotiations with Snoqualmie for police services and then come back with a completed police service contract.

City Administrator Londi Lindell said after the meeting that the negotiation wouldn’t change the numbers Snoqualmie has submit-

ted.

“It’s going to be more about the details, like if the Snoqualmie officers hired to serve North Bend will have North Bend emblems on their uniforms,” she said.

She expected that agreement to come back to the council at its Sept. 4 meeting.

Then, Snoqualmie’s City Council will also have to approve the contract.

North Bend must give an 18-month notice to King County if it is going to terminate services with them.

Toner said after the meeting that he was disappointed and a little surprised by North Bend’s vote.

But, he said, because the council didn’t direct Lindell to send King County a termination notice, “there may still be a window of opportunity.”

“We appreciated the vote,” Snoqualmie Police Chief Steve McCulley said after the meeting. “There was a robust discussion, and we are confident we can enhance North Bend’s police services.

King County and Mark Toner have been doing an outstanding job, and we’ll continue and expand on what they started.”

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Opinion

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Editorial

Letter

School begins with need for volunteers

School safety is a priority

This week, parents across the Snoqualmie Valley School District will walk their kids to the school bus or to the school for the start of a new school year.

Ahhhh, finally, a bit of free time for a second cup of coffee!

But wait, your school needs you! The volunteer jobs at school are endless. The playground needs monitors, the library can use assistance, the front office might need your organizational skills, teachers almost never have enough helpers and the nurse’s office is often in need of help with vision and hearing screenings.

But the best of the volunteer jobs may be working directly with students. Parents, grandparents and other citizens are welcome to become reading buddies and listen to children read. For a bigger role, ask about becoming a mentor to students, helping guide them in their social development and their studies — or sometimes just to be there to listen.

If you prefer something more athletic, check into becoming a volunteer to a coach. The middle schools and high schools have an array of sports teams that need both organizational and skills assistance in support of its coaches. Also, many club activities welcome expertise from the community. Robotics is a growing interest in the schools and is looking for volunteers.

Volunteers at schools are not expected to take a leadership role and do not get involved in discipline or instruction. Their role is one of helper.

Getting involved in school doesn’t necessarily mean more time with kids. The PTSA at each school is looking for parents to volunteer in everything from teacher recognition to fundraising. Start by joining your PTSA, then get involved.

The district requires a volunteer disclosure form be completed by every volunteer. Schools may also request photo identification as part of their background check through the Washington State Patrol’s Washington Access to Criminal History program. All volunteers must apply and be approved before they get clearance to begin service.

WEEKLY POLL A state Supreme Court justice surnamed Gonzalez won no counties east of the Cascades in the Aug. 8 election, and his opponent had barely campaigned. Do you think race and ethnicity played a factor?

A. Heck, yes.

B. No. His message just did not resonate with voters on the east side of the state.

C. No. He was appointed by Gov. Chris Gregoire and people punished Gonzalez for that association.

D. No. Heavy Latino population in Central Washington.

They can vote, too. OK, some of them can.

E. It doesn’t matter. Gonzalez won anyway.

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I would like to remind drivers that school begins Aug. 29. School zone safety is a top priority for the Snoqualmie Police Department and we would like to ensure all drivers are aware that the school zone speed limit is 20 mph in all Snoqualmie school zones.

Schools zones vary city to city and are posted in several different ways. School zones can be posted with flashing lights, times of enforcement and when children are present. Please remember to give yourself extra time when driving your children to school.

Statistics show that a child hit at 20 mph or less by a moving vehicle will probably survive the impact. If a child is struck at speeds over 20 mph, the likelihood is the child will not survive the impact.

I would also like to remind drivers to not talk illegally on their cellphone or text while driving.

Talking on your cellphone and texting is one of the leading causes for car accidents and serious injuries. In 2010, 3,092 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver, and an estimated additional 416,000 were injured in crashed involving a distracted driver.

It is also important to remember that for drivers with children under 13 years of age, state law prohibits children from riding in the front seat of a motor vehicle. This is separate from the child seat law.

Snoqualmie Police will conduct extra traffic emphasis for school zone violations, talking or texting while driving, and child-restraint violations. Please remember to drive safely and allow plenty of time to get to your next destination. The start of the school year is an exciting time for stu-

dents and parents. My police officers are committed to ensuring the safety and security of your students, their schools and their school bus drivers.

If you have related questions, or need additional information, please contact our office at 888-3333.

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Share your views Citizens can make a difference by contacting their elected representatives.

North Bend Mayor Ken Hearing, mayor@northbendwa.gov Councilman Dee Williamson, dwilliamson@ northbendwa.gov Councilman Jonathan Rosen, jrosen@northbendwa.gov Councilman Ryan Kolodejchuk, rkolodejchuk@northbendwa.gov Councilman Alan Gothelf, agothelf@northbendwa.gov Councilman Ross Loudenback, rloudenback@ northbendwa.gov Councilman David Cook, dcook@northbendwa.gov Councilwoman and Mayor Pro Tem Jeanne Pettersen, jpettersen@northbendwa.gov Write to the mayor and City Council at City of North Bend, P.O. Box 896, North Bend, WA 98045. Call 888-1211.

Home Country

Old things can become new things

By Slim Randles The hassled, red-faced man cruising the neighborhood Saturday morning in the pickup truck is good ol’ Bert, of course.

It’s a Saturday in summer, which means only one thing in our part of the country — yard sales. That’s why the charming lady riding next to him, his wife Maizie, was wearing a big grin.

“There’s one, Bert,” she said.

“On the right. Pull over and park.”

It took Maizie almost 20 minutes to work her way up the driveway. There were three boxes of paperback books to go through first, then a shelf full of various knobs.

After getting two paperback books that she hadn’t read in several years, there was a little stack of doilies to go through.

“We don’t need doilies,” Bert said.

“Hush!” said Maizie. “People will think you aren’t friendly.”

Then she spotted the lamp.

It was only five bucks, and it was a golden brown like a big fat vase and had a nice amber shade on it.

“Oh Bert,” Maizie said. “It’s

a lot like the one we used to have.

Remember that one? It used to sit on the end table closest to the door to your Slim Randles den. I really Columnist miss that lamp. Let’s get this one, Bert. It’ll remind us of the one we used to have, OK?” “It is kinda nice,” Bert said.

Maizie bought it and Bert loaded it in the pickup, along with the new ironing board,

game cartridge for the grandkids, plant pots for the geraniums, dishes for Maizie’s dish collection, a serving spoon holder from Niagara Falls, and a five-gallon milk can to put magazines on.

When they got home and were unloading, Bert noticed Maizie’s initials on the bottom of the new table lamp. Didn’t the Johnson’s buy this from them in their yard sale about 10 years ago?

Oh well, nothing shines like a new lamp, and Bert might be tired of yard-saling, but he is still gentleman enough not to spoil it for Maizie.

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community

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Valley inspires creativity Local artist paints her own world anyone of any age or skill level is welcome to join the club.

With all of the beauty the The city’s Arts Commission Snoqualmie Valley has to offer, helps advise city leaders about it’s no wonder opportunities public artwork, and promotes abound for visitors and longand encourages programs time residents to get in touch for residents in the fine and with their creative side. performing arts. The sevenThe Mount Si Senior Center is member commission meets the a good place to start for residents second Monday of the month looking for a place to develop at City Hall. Call 888-1555 or the right side of their brain. It email info@ci.snoqualmie. features paper-crafting classes wa.us to get involved. (where people can make cards, The Snoqualmie Valley is baskets and scrapbook pages), also home to the Mt. Si Artist watercolor classes and opportuGuild, a nonprofit organization nities to quilt, crochet and knit. to bring together local artists A collection of paintings at the and provide encouragement, center was done by students education and a forum for the from the watercolor class held promotion of visual fine arts in Saturday mornings. The center the area. also displays It helps local Check it out quilts that are artists find a for sale and This story kicks off an place to cremade by the Sno occasional series of feature ate and display stories about artists in the art, as well as Valley Quilters.

Snoqualmie Valley. promotes artists The center, throughout the in North Bend Valley, includprovides an ing through auctions and shows. area for the quilters to meet The guild also reaches out to the and host activities for residents community through art classes in North Bend, Snoqualmie, for adults and children.

Fall City and other surroundArtists in the guild include ing areas twice a month. The Audrey Zeder, Chris Schrenk, club’s quilts have landed in Diane Solomon, Gloria places like the Madigan Army Danielson, Janice Wermann, Medical Center at Joint Base Julia Hicks, Lee Zinkan, Marcia Lewis-McChord, Camp Korey Tuttle-Ryon, Pam Whittington, in Carnation, the Mount Si Ranita Chowdhury, Sandra Transitional Health Center in North Bend, and have been Passeck Robinson, Richard given to people with ailing Burhans and Tami Donnelly.

View their galleries at www. spouses. mtsiartistguild.org/msag/index.

The group also makes bags, php/artists-gallery. The group potholders and other decorameets at 9:15 a.m. the third tions that the members sell at Saturday of the month at the quilt shows. Members of the club generally range in age from Mount Si Senior Center in North Bend. their early 40s to early 80s, but

By Christina Lords

Obituary Marnel Rae Arena Marnel Rae Arena (Wiggins) was born April 8, 1953, in Seattle, the first of three daughters born to Austin and Betty Jo Wiggins, and passed away peacefully at her home, of breast cancer, on Aug. 15, 2012, with her family by her side.

She grew up in Issaquah in the home that her father built. She attended Clark Elementary School and Issaquah Junior High School, and graduated from Issaquah High School in 1971.

At Issaquah High, she was involved with the girls’ club, cheered on the JV cheer squad her junior year, served as ASB secretary her senior year, was crowned Queen of the Senior Ball, and was

on the honor roll throughout her entire high school career.

Following gradMarnel Rae Arena uation, Marnel attended then-Bellevue Community College and earned her Associate of Arts degree.

On Aug. 17, 1974, Marnel married the love of her life, Nicholas Arena, at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Renton.

They began building their first home together with the assistance of Marnel’s father in June 1979.

In December 1979, they

By Kristine Kim Gloria Danielson’s identity as an artist started at the thenSouthcenter Mall.

When she was in her early 20s, she came home with an art piece from a show at the shopping center and, with her mother’s encouragement, was soon enrolled in a painting class. From there, Danielson’s art flourished.

“Of course, back then, I wasn’t so good,” she said. Nonetheless, “It was very relaxing for me. I enjoyed it, so I started painting.”

In the class, she Contributed worked with oils.

One of the walls in the gallery in Gloria Danielson’s home shows her work.

However, after taking a break from painting to raise her family, she began work- offered their work to be hung creative ing with water-based oils — a in lieu of their giving the walls minds, but medium that confused her. a new coat of paint. The coffee Danielson “When I started to paint shop agreed enthusiastically. also enjoys again, my oils had all dried up.

Their work is also displayed talking to I could hardly get the lids off in other local cafes and shops. passing the tubes, and it frustrated me,” In addition to showing her people Danielson said. “My son and his art in local community areas, about their wife bought me a set of water Danielson is also part of the work. mixable oils. I looked at that Mount Si Artist Guild, a nonDespite and went, ‘Water and oil don’t profit organization. She’s been a Danielmix. This is crazy. I don’t under- member for about four years and son’s love Gloria Danielson stand.’” currently is vice president of the for art, But she worked through her group. being an puzzlement, and has been using The guild organizes a number artist is not her entire identity. the paints ever since. of projects, including a semianShe is also a grandmother, and Her water-based oil paintings nual showing at the North Bend has worked at her daughter’s are currently hanging in the Library. It also does something now-former high school for the Sawdust Coffee Co. in the North Danielson calls “art in the past 20 years. Rita Danielson, Bend Outlet Mall. A couple of park,” in which artists paint at the artist’s daughter, cites her months ago, she and her painta local park. Part of their goal See PAINT, Page 10 ing partner Janice Wermann had is to paint outside with fellow

moved into their finished home on Lake McDonald, that they lived in for 24 years, and raised two children.

Marnel worked for 32 years at the Renton School District in their administrative offices; she was awarded Employee of the Year in 1992 and oriented thousands of new teachers. She retired in June 2011.

Marnel was known as an avid cook, seamstress and card-maker that gifted many of her creations to family and friends. She was a devoted wife and mother who radiated kindness and a positive attitude.

Marnel was preceded in death by her father.

She is survived by her husband Nicholas; children Andrew, of Seattle, and Michelle (Paul), of Mesa,

Ariz.; mother Betty Jo, of Issaquah; sisters Theresa (Gordy) Reece, of Issaquah, and Amy Wiggins, of Renton; as well as a large extended family and a large circle of friends.

Memorial contributions should be made to Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, or Virginia Mason Medical Center.

Friends are invited to attend Marnel’s celebration of life and memorial service on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, from 1-3 p.m. at the Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, 400 S. Second St., Renton, WA 98057.

Please share memories, view pictures and sign the family’s online guest book at www.flintofts.com.

Arrangements are by Flintoft’s Funeral Home, 3926444.

Birth Liam Jacob Barker

Liam Jacob Barker

Liam Jacob Barker, the son of Jacob and Julie Barker, of Kirkland, was born Aug. 9, 2012, at Overlake Hospital in Bellevue.

Liam weighed 7 pounds and 6 ounces, and measured 19 inches long.

He joins sister

Olivia, age 2 1/2.

Liam’s grandparents are Jeff and Cathy Mika, of North Bend, and Allan and Patty Barker, of Snohomish.

His great-grandparents are Virginia Bryant, of Rancho Cordova, Calif.; Jim Wright, of Bothell; and Hugh Barker, of Seattle.

Julie Barker is a 1999 graduate of Mount Si High School.

Schools

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There’s plenty to consider in options for back-to-school threads

By Sebastian Moraga The drawing by Snoqualmie Middle School alum Amanda Ryan sets the record straight: This is what you can wear at SMS, and this is what you can’t wear.

Shoulders uncovered, out.

Fingertip skirts, in. Gangsta rapper-wannabe, out. Waists covered, in. No pajamas, no hats, no undies showing.

No problem? Most of the time, teacher Tom Burford said.

“We have a little bit of trouble at the beginning of the year,” he said. “Mainly, it’s the eighth-graders, they’ve been waiting two years to be the top dog.”

Other than that, very few get in hot water over cool duds, and when it happens, it’s mostly in the spring and usually the girls, school secretary Jean Christensen said. That’s when the sun is out and skimpy is in, and not just at SMS. “I’ve heard there’s a bit of an issue here,” said Mount Si High School teacher Kim Sales.

“Though I haven’t seen it personally. On warm days, girls wear either cleavage or these really short skirts, like way up here.”

Oddly, with days still sunny, those in charge of fashion trends here in the Valley said skimpy outfits remain on the shelf while other threads fly away.

“Denim,” said Lynn Carlisle, store manager at Maurices in North Bend. “Everybody shops for blue jeans at back-to-school time.”

Jessie Mullen, assistant manager at North Bend’s Rue 21, agreed, and said denim in colors other than blue are also hot items.

Furthermore, distant cousins of the jeans have also achieved popularity. A mixture of leggings and jeans, called jeggings, catch the eye of many girls.

“A very snug fit,” Carlisle said, “tight all the way down to the ankle.”

In an equally tight economy, shoppers try hard to find the best deals, said Kaylee Galloway, assistant manager at Maurices.

“They really look for the sales, they want to know if they can get a percentage off,” she said.

Even when not looking for the sales, some teenagers are savvy shoppers.

“Lace shirts are definitely in,” said Leanna Hoover, a senior at Mount Si High School.

Her classmate Hannah Larson had an even more discriminating eye.

“Things that make you look

By Sebastian Moraga like you’re Adyson LeeMaster, not trying 11, smiles from too hard,” behind a glassesshe said. and-mustache set.

“Sort of vintage-y, classy.”

Price is always a consideration, she added. Well, sort of.

“The cheaper the better,” Larson said, “as long as it looks expensive.”

Brook Gouge, an Issaquah mother of two, including a 12-year-old girl, said the prices in the Valley looked OK. She had already shopped for her daughter, and it had been a challenge.

“With dress codes, you have to layer things,” she said. “You have to be very careful. We try to get things she likes that are also appropriate. Lucky for me, she likes hoodies.”

By Sebastian Moraga

Leanna Hoover, at right, and her friend Hannah Larson shop for clothes at the North Bend Premium Outlets two days before the start of their senior year at Mount Si High School.

Adyson LeeMaster, a year younger, has a different favorite.

She likes mustaches. On herself.

“She draws mustaches on herself all the time,” her mother Camden said. Adyson clarified that they were rub-on tattoos.

No matter, said Katie Wilbert, assistant manager at North Bend’s Claire’s store. Mustaches

are in among girls.

Plastic mustaches, mustache earrings, rings, necklaces, bracelets. You name it, mustachin’ is in fashion.

Some other favorites are a little more conventional.

“Hello Kitty is like a bomb,” Wilbert said. “She never went away, she’s always in style.”

Elementary school science takes on an assortment of faces

By Sebastian Moraga Kindergarten starts in two days and Lucy is on schedule.

It’s noon, it’s naptime and that means no disruptions.

North Bend Elementary School’s Mary-Lee Johnson tries to move her, and Lucy squeals and kicks. It’s naptime, dang it.

Johnson leaves Lucy and her neighbor Ethel alone. Their mood will improve.

Lucy and Ethel are guinea pigs living in Johnson’s garage during the summer and inside Johnson’s classroom during the school year.

“They read to them and tell secrets to them,” said Johnson of her students. “Not too many people have pets anymore. I’ve had them for 20 years.”

Besides Lucy and Ethel, Johnson has owned guinea pigs named Ben and Jerry, Thelma and Louise, Lewis and Clark.

The names are her private jokes.

The children may not carry the guinea pigs, for the animals’ safety. On special days, Johnson lets the children pet the animals as they lie on a basket.

A teacher for 20 years at the school, Johnson said she has not encountered a child allergic to the guinea pigs.

By Sebastian Moraga

Fish in Mary-Lee Johnson’s kindergarten class share the attention of children with two guinea pigs.

The pets, she added, attract struggling kindergartners.

“We’ve had a lot of shy little kids that parents get them to come to school by giving them a carrot to give to Lucy and Ethel,” Johnson said. “It’s a real incentive to get them to go over the hump and leave Mom.” If the two guinea pigs aren’t enough, there’s always PeeWee. Surrounded by gargantuan goldfish, PeeWee looks just like his name says he does.

“He’s the runt,” Johnson said.

Children use magnifying glasses to look at PeeWee and his siblings. Science at the kindergarten level is all about observing and recording, Johnson said.

“They talk to them, name them, observe the number of times they go to the top,” she added.

Some children will clink fingers on the tank glass, which gets them a reminder from

Johnson. How would you like it, she asks, if someone did that to you?

When the children get rowdy, the guinea pigs act as an ally to Johnson. If the children get loud, the animals squeal.

“I tell the children that they think they’re being too loud,” Johnson said. “They look at me fascinated that I can speak guinea pig.”

At Snoqualmie Elementary School, learning about nature is as easy as a-b-c. Or as difficult.

In the school’s courtyard that the PTSA built three years ago, parents and teachers tried to bring one plant per letter of the alphabet. Some were easy like G (ginger) and D (dogwood).

“But some of them were really obscure,” said Ali Paredes, the school’s PTSA president, standing next to some kinnikinnick.

So now the teachers have instead brought curriculumbased projects to the courtyard.

They planted sunflowers to study bee conservation and they will bring butterfly-friendly plants to study their life cycles.

The courtyard has enough room for an entire classroom of children, Paredes said. It also serves as a good place for teachers to meet.

At first, it was wooden boxes that would rot with the rain, past PTSA president Monique Kruyt said. Now the plants live in raised concrete beds.

Elsewhere in the courtyard, Boy Scouts built the tables, Girl Scouts painted them and teachers did the planting, she said.

The next step for the courtyard is to have a greenhouse, a project that keeps getting nudged aside. Mike Cuddihy, a school counselor, helped raise the money with his leadership team; the PTSA matched it, but still no greenhouse.

“I’m sure they have a lot of priorities,” Cuddihy said of the Snoqualmie Valley School District.

If the greenhouse were up, Cuddihy said, it would house class projects, it would grow edible plants, and plants that could be potted and sold in the spring.

In charge of it would be fifthgrade teacher Desi Cuddihy, Mike’s wife.

For now, there’s just a square on the ground. Despite everything, Mike chooses to laugh at his wife’s new duties. He points at the square and its sparse greens.

“I guess she’s in charge of that,” he said.

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Golf clinic makes everyone a winner

By Sebastian Moraga

On a cloudy summer day, two men stood on one end of the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge golf course. They weren’t alone, but they may as well have been.

A cart drove by, combing the grass a good 40 yards away at the least. One man turned to the other and said 100 bucks were on the line if his buddy could decorate the cart with the imprint of a flying golf ball.

The other man smiled. In fact, he hadn’t stopped smiling in who knows when. He grabbed his club with his left arm, reared back and swung.

No hundred bucks for him today, but Don Risan still felt like a victor. The ball landed short of the cart, but it had flown off of his club before flopping to the grass.

Felled almost 20 years ago by a stroke that limited his speech, the use of his right arm and his balance, Risan took to golf about a year ago. Every swing of his left arm that meets with the ball, even those that roll down the slope with the speed of the last day of school, mean a victory for him.

“He golfed before, so it’s wonderful to see him out here, pur-

“I’ve got a running leg, a swimming leg, a golfing leg and a regular leg.”

— Ron Carver Golfer suing his interests,” said Margot Howell, a therapeutic recreation specialist from Spokane, who witnessed Risan and his new friend Jim Martinson make the friendly wager.

Risan and Martinson were among the scores of amputees, stroke survivors and children with disabilities participating in the Boeing Classic’s adaptive golf clinic, where a golf instructor like Martinson and a therapist like Howell helped a golfer like Risan swing a club.

Golf helps people practice things like their balance, their concentration and it’s a good outdoor workout.

Martinson lost both his legs during the Tet Offensive in 1968. Strapped to a ParaGolfer — a golf cart for people with disabilities like his, complete with electronic seats — he coached, prodded and encouraged Risan to keep golfing.

“If you come back here and

you haven’t practiced,” he told Risan, “I’m going to kick you in the butt. I got little short legs but they still hurt.”

Martinson said he wants Risan to start setting golf goals for himself, like going to driving ranges or signing up for tournaments.

On this day, the goal is to hit the ball off the tee. Like any golfer, Risan can’t hide his frustration when one swing swooshes past the ball.

“You missed it but you missed it by a little tiny bit,” Martinson said, encouraging Risan to try again. Sure enough, the next swing was perfect: Tee remains in place, ball loses itself in flight.

“Beautiful,” Howell said.

Next to him, swinging right handed so his back is to Risan, is a man with five legs.

Two sprout downward from his waist, one made of flesh and blood, the other one of titanium. The other three sit on the backseat of his car, for now.

“I’ve got a running leg, a swimming leg, a golfing leg and a regular leg,” said Ron Carver a 53-year-old from Rainier, who lost his leg at age 18 in a horseSee CLINIC, Page 9

By Sebastian Moraga

Ron Carver, who lost his leg as a teenager, swings a golf club during the adaptive golf clinic at the Boeing Classic.

Mount Si golf squad is betting on inexperience Season preview

By Sebastian Moraga In the movie “The Mask,” actor Jim Carrey advised that you can’t make the scene if you don’t have the green. Well, this year, the boys golf squad at Mount Si High School has plenty of green.

Just a different kind of green.

The team’s one would-be senior moved to Norway to pursue his main sport — skiing. Out of the team’s juniors, only three are returning varsity players. Out of the team’s sophomores, two played in varsity last year.

“It’s definitely a rebuilding year,” said Jake Archambeau, one of the experienced returning players, ironically wearing a green shirt.

In a season where reigning 2A state champ Interlake makes its 3A debut, and youth abounds in the MSHS team, coach Brandon Proudfoot could be excused if he agreed with his player’s words.

No way, said Proudfoot, who declares himself excited about the prospect of leading this

group of players in particular.

“This is the first year with kids who have only had me as coach,” he said. “We had some players who had been through the old system that did things differently, so we butted heads a little.”

Things have changed, he said. For example, every year he encourages his fall squad to play through the summer to stay sharp.

“It used to be, only one player would do it, Jack Kelly,” Proudfoot said of the now Western Washington University golfer. “This summer, I saw everyone at least four times.”

Moreover, fall tryouts had more than 30 golfers showing up.

Tryout scores dropped six strokes from last year, he said.

“The program’s gotten stronger,” he said. It helps when your golfers actually like golf.

The team likes to be out there, in the waning days of the Valley summer, hitting the dimpled ball and learning to deal with its moods.

“You ever see the movie

Photo by Sebastian Moraga

Brandon Proudfoot, head coach of the Mount Si High School golf team , lectures his team about dressing like golfers during practice and matches.

‘Happy Gilmore?’” asked firstyear varsity junior Marcus Deichman, referring to the 1990s movie about a nucleartempered, blue-collar golfer.

“There’s always moments where you feel you are in a ‘Happy Gilmore’ moment.”

On the other hand, he added, there’s always that one good

shot that keeps bringing players back.

“They are excited to be out See GOLF, Page 10

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ball takes flight, just like it did for Risan and his smile and for Carver and his magic leg.

The jokes, the wagers, the camaraderie grow by the minute. The skies never clear, the swings never stop.

Off to the side, Martinson and Howell prepare a certificate of appreciation for Risan, who keeps giving that dimpled ball

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“He’s just got to think past the idea that he’s disabled,” Martinson said from his ParaGolfer. “He just does things differently.”

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A group of future Mount Si Wildcats football players took a spin on a hayride, offered by The Nursery at Mount Si, at the booster’s first Football-A-Palooza Aug. 24, just prior to the Scarlet and Gray exhibition games.

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mother as one of the kindest people she knows.

Her kind nature is one thing that Danielson’s daughter remembers of her high school experiences.

“If she took the day off because she was sick, kids would come up to me in the hall and say, ‘Where’s your mom? Why isn’t your mom here? I need your mom here.’”

Such questions even continued when the she went to a high school reunion.

“She is a very persistent, strong, positive, caring individual,” said Janice Wermann, Danielson’s weekly painting partner.

Wermann describes her friend’s art as comfortable and soothing, aspects that reflect her love for the beauty in life.

With such a love for beauty, it’s no wonder Danielson’s favorite subject to paint is Mount Rainier. She often finds a way to fit it into her paintings, in a method her daughter

likes to call “The World According to Gloria.” Rather than simply painting true-to-life scenes, the artist often picks parts that she likes and fits them into her own work.

It is a method she has honed since her second painting, which she said she will never sell, in which Mount Rainier is in the background of a river lined with trees, a scene that does not exist in real life.

It is this passion for art that Danielson and the Mount Si Artist Guild hope to pass on. In the future, they hope to put together a small gallery in which to display their work and gear their group toward more commercial success.

The guild is also working to put together a scholarship for two fledgling high school artists to work with them, with hopes that they would make art a part of their futures.

With artists like Danielson on their side, there is no question that a love for art — and life’s beauty in art — is something they could come to truly appreciate and enjoy.

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Golf From Page 8 here,” Proudfoot said.

“They are out here because of golf. That gives us a bit more of buy-in than if they were here because a buddy of theirs were here.”

Besides the addition of 2A powerhouse Interlake — which lost no seniors — Lake Washington and Sammamish dropped to

2A. With one fewer team, the 3A division will likely get fewer playoff berths.

Proudfoot knows things got tougher, but he remains calm. This team of young unknowns will not remain that way for too long.

“What I’m after is whether I can get the kids to buy in,” he said. “Keep them engaged, lower those scores. As they stay engaged, the superstar golfers will come.”

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Music/entertainment ❑ Open Mic Ukelele Night, 7 p.m. Aug. 30, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-3647 ❑ The Mediocres, 6 p.m.

Aug. 30, Si View Park, 400 Orchard Drive S.E., North Bend, 831-1900 ❑ Trombonasaurus Wrecks 6+3: BMF Fundraiser and Special Event, 7 p.m. Aug. 30, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, 292-9307 ❑ Milo Petersen Trio, 7 p.m.

Aug. 31, Boxley’s ❑ Lindsay Street, 7:30 p.m.

Aug. 31, The Black Dog ❑ Raleigh School, 8 p.m.

Sept. 1, Snoqualmie Brewery and Tap Room, 8032 Falls Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-2337 ❑ Katy Bourne and Randy Halberstadt Quartet, 7 p.m.

Sept. 1, Boxley’s ❑ Velveeta Jones and the Sippers, 8 p.m. Sept. 1, The Black Dog ❑ Danny Kolke Trio, 6 p.m.

Sept. 2 and 9, Boxley’s ❑ Poetry Open Mic Night, 6 p.m. Sept. 6, The Black Dog ❑ The Winterings, new folk, 4 p.m. Sept. 6, Si View Park ❑ Geoff Baker, 8 p.m. Sept.

7, The Black Dog ❑ Ed Littlefield Trio, 7 p.m.

Sept. 7, Boxley’s ❑ Jude Contreras, 8 p.m.

Sept. 8, The Black Dog ❑ Pearl Django with special guests, 7 p.m. Sept. 12, Boxley’s ❑ Hamartia, 7 p.m. Sept. 13, The Black Dog ❑ Valley Center Stage presents “An Evening With Mark Twain,” starring Kurt H. Sutton, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14, and 2 p.m.

Sept. 16, 119 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, second floor.

Tickets available at www.valleycenterstage.org, 831-5667 ❑ Roy Reinertsen, 8 p.m.

Sept. 14, The Black Dog

Events ❑ U-Pick blueberries at Bybee-Nims Blueberry Farm.

9 a.m. to 8 p.m. through Sept.

16. Call 888-0821 to confirm the farm is open. Farm is at 42930 S.E. 92nd St., North Bend.

Blueberries are $1.95 per pound, cash or check only. ❑ Evenings Around the Campfire, 7 p.m., Sept. 2 at the Cedar Falls Watershed Education Center 19901 Cedar Falls Road S.E., North Bend. Learn about nature while sharing snacks and activities around a campfire.

Evening includes a stroll through the center. $5 per family, ages 4 and older. Call 206-733-9421 or 831-6780 to learn more or email crwprograms@seattle.gov ❑ Hidden Connections: Habitat Restoration in the Upper Watershed, 9 a.m. Sept.

8. Explore differences in wildlife habitat and ecosystems between young and old forests in the Rex River Basin, $15 per person. Call

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Six downtown North Bend venues will host the first North Bend Jazz Walk Sept. 8, with dozens of performers including teenagers, playing for four hours. Audiences may go from one show to the other as many time as they want. Go to www.northbendjazzwalk.com to get tickets, or buy them the night of the walk.

206-733-9421 or email crwprograms@seattle.gov. ❑ Iron Horse Relay, formerly the Mountains To Sound Relay, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 9. Race starts at Keechelus Lake, and it offers a 70-plus mile course of water trails and roads, including the Iron Horse Trail, the Three Forks Natural Area, Meadowbrook Farms and an obstacle course at the end.

Fees: $400 for tandem paddle teams of up to six racers, $375 for single paddle teams of up to five racers, $200 for pairs, $150 for solos and $30 for children 12 and younger. Event includes an “Iron Pony” division for children within that age bracket. Learn more at www.ironhorserelay.com ❑ Grandparents’ Grand Excursion, 11 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Sept. 9, Northwest Railway Museum, 38625 S.E. King St., Snoqualmie. Grandparents ride the train free with a paying grandchild of any age, $10 for children, $12 for seniors, $15 for adults. Call 888-3030, ext. 202, or email info@ trainmuseum.org to learn more. ❑ Let There Be Light: Historic Cedar Falls. Take a stroll behind the gates to Cedar Falls, birthplace of Seattle City Light. Discover the stories of those who worked, lived and grew up in this unique setting.

2-4 p.m. Sept. 9, Cedar River Watershed Education Center, $10 per person. Call 206-7339421 to learn more. ❑ Lunch and Learn, 1 p.m.

Sept. 6; topic is “Gluten-Free Diet, Beyond Myth or Fad,” with speaker Nancy Baker, for-

mer director of education for the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness. Seminar, which is open to the public, is at Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway, Snoqualmie. Register online at www.snoqualmiehospital.org ❑ 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 ❑ North Bend Farmers Market, 4-8 p.m. Thursdays through Sept. 13, Si View Park, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive

North Bend Library All events, unless otherwise noted, take place at 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend. The library will be closed Sept. 3 for Labor Day. ❑ Toddler Story Time, 9:30 a.m. Sept. 4, ages 2-3 with adult.

Share the world of books with your child and come for songs, stories and surprises. ❑ Preschool Story Time, 10:30 a.m. Sept. 4, ages 3-6 with adult, siblings welcome ❑ First Tuesday Book Club, 7 p.m. Sept. 4, discussion of the book “In The Garden of Beasts,”

by Erik Larson. Adults only. ❑ One-on-one computer assistance, 1 p.m. Sept. 5. Get extra help on special projects or getting an email account. Adults only. No appointment necessary. ❑ Pajamarama Story Time, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 5. All young chil-

dren welcome with adults. Wear your pajamas if you like. ❑ Book Cover Walking Tour, 1 p.m. Sept. 8. The Take Time To Read campaign has placed 15 posters of book covers on display across North Bend. Have you seen them all?

This tour will let you do just that, as we talk about books.

Refreshments along the way.

Open to everybody. Register by calling 888-0554. ❑ “In The Garden,” 3 p.m.

Sept. 8; Master Gardener John Helbacka will talk about bulbs to plant now for summer and fall bloomers, like lilies, iris, allium, autumn crocus and hardy cyclamen. Adults only. Master Gardeners will be available to answer questions from 2-5 p.m.

Snoqualmie Library All events, unless otherwise noted, take place at 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie. The library will be closed Sept. 3 for Labor Day. ❑ Meet the Author, 7 p.m.

Sept. 5. Meet Sudhir Diddee, author of “Priceless Computer Tips at Your Fingertips,” a book that helps computer users of all skill levels become more productive when using programs like “Windows 7” and “Microsoft Office 2010.” ❑ EReader assistance, 11 a.m. Sept. 6. Learn how to download eBooks to your eReader or computer during this demonstration. Look at popular eReaders and software. Adults

only, registration not required. ❑ Purl One, Listen Too, 1 p.m. Sept. 6. Learn new stitches, meet new friends, listen to new books and talk about knitting. ❑ Spanish-English Story Time, 10:30 a.m. Sept. 8. All ages welcome with adult. Enjoy stories, songs and fun activities in both languages. ❑ Preschool Story Time, 1:30 p.m. Sept. 10, ages 3-6 with adult

Churches Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church will meet at 9:30 a.m.

Sept. 15 to discuss “Cry The Beloved Country,” by Alan Paton.

Call 773-551-5492 to learn more.

Clubs ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Rotary Club, 7 a.m. Thursdays, TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club Restaurant, 36005 S.E. Ridge St. Snoqualmie; all are welcome; www.snoqualmievalleyrotary.org ❑ American Legion Post 79 and the American Legion Auxiliary, 7 p.m. second Thursday, 38625 S.E. River St., Snoqualmie, 888-1206 ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Garden Club, 6:30 p.m. second Thursday, Mount Si Senior Center, North Bend, 888-4646 ❑ Snoqualmie Valley Kiwanis Club, 7 a.m. Thursdays at the Mount Si Golf Course restaurant, 9010 Boalch Ave., Snoqualmie, snovalley@member. kiwanis.org ❑ SnoValley Beekeepers, 7 p.m. first Tuesday, Meadowbrook Interpretive Center, Meadowbrook Farm, 1711 Boalch Ave., North Bend, www.snoqualmievalleybeekeepers.org ❑ Trellis gardening club, 10 a.m. third Saturday, Valley Christian Assembly, 32725 S.E. 42nd St., Fall City, new and experienced gardeners are welcome Submit an item to the community calendar by emailing smoraga@snovalleystar.com or go to www.snovalleystar.com.

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