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To help fund Snoqualmie Valley School District intervention programs, just answer the phone. On Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 12 and 13, more than 100 student and parent volunteers will be making calls in the Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation’s third annual phonathon. Their goal is to raise $20,000 or more. “We want to fund the math intervention and enrichment program in all elementary schools,” said Foundation President Carmen Villanueva, “plus we will fund fully the Natural Helpers weekend training that they have in the fall.” To donate early, visit the foundation website, www. svsfoundation.org
Horse Tales Author’s ‘Smokey’ sets an example for children BY CAROL LADWIG Staff Reporter
When Julie Harris realized her horse was going blind, she didn’t know what to do. Smokey had been a beloved family member for years on her Snoqualmie farm, but she worried on what might happen if he lost his eyesight completely. Putting him down was not an option, but neither was keeping him in the barn all day.
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“We still wanted him to have his freedom,” she said. It was a big problem, and Smokey helped to solve it. The horse proved to be resilient, and he quickly adapted to his condition. He’d lost vision in only one eye, and could see well enough to find the pasture on his own. Getting back into the barn was more difficult. “He could make out that it was a barn, but he couldn’t get into it,” Harris said. After some thought, she and her son decided to try music, a way for Smokey to use his ears instead of his eyes to find his way home for supper. With a radio playing in his stall day and night, Smokey was able to get around all by himself,
and he did it while dancing. “To compensate for his blindness, he would tilt his head, so he JULIE HARRIS could see with the good eye,” Harris said, “and because he didn’t know quite where his feet were, he stepped a little higher. It really did look like he was dancing!” Smokey lived for another year following this routine. Family members would ride him in the pasture, and friends came over to see his dance. Harris recalled that “Oh boy, when you would ride him, he
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Author Julie Harris’ real horse Smokey was the inspiration for the story of the “One-Eyed Horse in a One-Horse Town.” would puff up with pride! He never thought he was lacking, he never thought he was differently-abled.” That spirit, that attitude, is
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