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Fighting hunger across the Valley from rooms in a Methodist church, volunteers at the Fall City Food Pantry are, from left, back row, Jon Kummen, Richard Terbrueggen, Andrea Duffy, Joe Farnsworth, Bob Hamerly; front row, Lee Hartman, Lisa Hall, Arleen Eby, Nancy White, Cheryl Duncan, Janet Ewing and Johann Sasynuik. The pantry hosts its first benefit in October.
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Changing times for food pantry New faces on the move in Lower Valley classrooms Page 3
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Vol. 98, No. 16
First benefit could help meet demand at tiny, but growing, charity BY SETH TRUSCOTT Editor
The man walked in, quietly handed the $100 bill to a volunteer, then left with as little notice.
The private donation is a ritual that happens a few times a year. It’s only quietly remarked, but means a lot to the two-dozen volunteers on the receiving end at the Fall City Food Pantry. “He didn’t want a receipt, he didn’t want anyone to know what his name was,” said longtime volunteer Janet Ewing. “We just wanted to give that $100.”
The unknown donator is far from alone. Since opening in 2007, the grassroots pantry has relied on private donations to keep doors open and food flowing. Demand has grown and supplies occasionally get sparse, but the Food Pantry’s needs are always, somehow, met. SEE PANTRY, 5
Not forgotten Ten years later, residents unite to share lessons of 9/11 BY SETH TRUSCOTT Editor
The moon was rising over the Cascades as the candles began to glow at Si View Park. Seated on a lawn chair, Kevin Fisher of Preston helped two family friends, young Rhys Kippen, 9, and sister Ridley, 5, with a flickering flame, listening as the Cascade Covenant Choir raised voices for peace. An hour earlier, Si View Park had taken a more festive look, SEE 9/11, 5
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Kevin Fisher of Preston helps Ridley, 5, and Rhys Kippen, 9, also of Preston, with a lit candle during the North Bend Sept. 11 vigil. “It’s a sad day,” says Fisher, who lost close colleagues to the attacks. “You just look for hope out of the ashes.”
Bears on the block Ridge sightings show that region remains wild BY CAROL LADWIG Staff Reporter
Eighteen times in August, Snoqualmie Police officers were dispatched to Snoqualmie Ridge homes to handle a bear sighting. “That’s not all of them either,” said Becky Munson, administrator with the Snoqualmie Police Department. “Some people called the next day.” Munson has been recording the locations and times of day that people have been reporting wildlife sightings to the police, and although she can’t say her list is definitive, she is certain about the type of sightings. “It’s all bears,” she said, and the numbers seem to be rising. SEE BEARS, 14
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A juvenile bear climbs a tree in this photo, snapped locally by a wildlife officer. Bear sightings have been frequent this summer on Snoqualmie Ridge.