Snoqualmie Valley Record, September 21, 2011

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Board hopefuls look for change

Saviors of the soil Author drawing attention to Valley farms’ mission for change

Husa, Simpson tout different approaches at Rotary candidate forum

BY SETH TRUSCOTT

Fall blooms at Dahlia Barn with visit from colorful television hosts Page 9

Kicker busts records in a hurry, and he’s only a junior Page 7

Yellow juice drips down Jerry Mader’s beard as he bites into a slice of Yellow Doll. Next to him, orange utility knife in hand, Erick Haakenson cuts another piece from the watermelon, which moments before had been resting at the end of a vine in Haakenson’s field. Spitting seeds, both men slurp the bounty of Carnation’s Jubilee Farm. Mader has spent many hours here, both as a Valley historian, a customer of Haakenson, and as a person who takes food very seriously. “Eating is a political act,� Mader says. By going straight to the farm, “I’m making a statement about the relationship between me and other people.� Jubilee Farm is one of nine Snoqualmie Valley farms documented in Mader’s new book, “Saving the Soil—The New American Farmer.� In it, he uses verbatim oral histories and photographs to show how local farmers are changing the world and getting the message to consumers. SEE SOIL, 5

BY SETH TRUSCOTT Editor

Seth Truscott/Staff Photo

Jubilee Farm owner Erick Haakenson, left, gives Carnation author Jerry Mader a taste of life on the land, exploring a watermelon field Wednesday, Sept. 7. Haakenson’s organic practices are among those of eight other Snoqualmie Valley farms highlighted in Mader’s new book, “Saving the Soil.�

Survival stories

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North Bend woman shares her father’s story of battling brain cancer, beating the odds

OPINION 4 6 LEGAL NOTICES 9 BUSINESS 10 CALENDAR 12 OBITUARIES 12 PUZZLES CLASSIFIEDS 13, 14

BY CAROL LADWIG Staff Reporter

Vol. 98, No. 17

Carol Ladwig/Staff Photo

Jenn Clarke recruits her father, Al, a three-year survivor of brain cancer, to help her string together thousands of paper cranes for this weekend’s Seattle Brain Cancer Walk. Jenn and Al have participated in the walk every year, and Jenn is the spokesperson for the walk again this year.

Craig Husa and Carolyn Simpson have contrasting visions for change in local schools. Both candidates for Snoqualmie Va l l e y S c h o o l D i s t r i c t ’s position 3 board seat a n s w e r e d CAROLYN SIMPSON questions at a Thursday, Sept. 15, Rotary Club candidate forum at the Ridge TPC. Husa, the incumbent, stressed his CRAIG HUSA collegiate, managerial approach, while Simpson took aim at weak points in local schools’ graduation and advancement rates and called for change at the top.

Low grad rates?

After his brain tumor was removed, Al Clarke of North Bend lost a few things. His peripheral vision in his left eye was diminished, and the taste for onions and garlic that he shared with his wife and two daughters was just gone. “When he did the chemo, everything tasted bad,� said Jenn Clarke, Al’s oldest daughter, and the spokesperson for this year’s Brain Cancer Walk in Seattle. When he finished his treatment, Al could enjoy food again, except for the onions and garlic. “Now he doesn’t like them,� Jenn said.

Simpson said statistics she discovered through work with the Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation paint a troubling picture of the prospects of Valley students. Valley schools have some of the worst rates for drop-outs, on-time graduation and progression on to college of all schools on the Eastside, she said.

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SEE FORUM, 5

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