VALLEY RECORD SNOQUALMIE
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2011 n DAILY UPDATES AT WWW.VALLEYRECORD.COM n 75 CENTS
Road rage
Follow us on Facebook and Twitter
Car-punching, kicking clogs North Bend traffic
last three months of a 13-year run on the city council, and about to see years of his and the council’s efforts to improve city saftey come to fruition. Walking at the intersection of Tolt Avenue and Entwistle Street, Lisk gets a question from a friend: “What are you running for now?” Nothing at all. He’s simply enjoying one of his last
A two-man confrontation stalled downtown traffic and left two cars worse for wear in North Bend on Thursday, Oct. 6. North Bend Police are investigating the apparent road rage incident, which happened around 3:30 p.m. on Bendigo Boulevard. According to an eyewitness, several cars were lined up at the stoplight on Bendigo when one man, the passenger of a Ford Fusion in the line, got out of his vehicle and walked up behind the driver’s side of the next car, a Mini Cooper. The man, an Upper Valley resident, began yelling at the driver, then kicked the driver’s rear-view mirror off the car, breaking it off and sending it flying into the air. He then started to return to his vehicle. In response, the Cooper driver got out of his vehicle, walked back to the Ford, and drove his fist into its hood, the witness stated.
SEE LIGHT, 2
SEE RAGE, 2
Mount Si girls shut down Mercer with two from Corra Page 9 Carol Ladwig/Staff Photo
Carnation Councilman Stuart Lisk holds one of the flags that city residents have used to cross Tolt Avenue, which is also State Route 203, for years. Soon, the flags won’t be necessary, when the city’s first four-way traffic signal is installed in December.
SCENE
Carnation at the crossroads Local man champions pristine fishery with letters, film Page 11
Long-awaited traffic signal will change the face of small, poised-to-grow city BY CAROL LADWIG Staff Reporter
Outgoing Carnation City Council member Stuart Lisk is entitled to have a little fun these days. He’s in his
INDEX
Y leaders chasing new standards
OPINION 4 5 LETTERS 5 OUT OF THE PAST 6 SCHOOLS 11 PUZZLES 12 OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS 13, 14
With three months until opening, director wants local focus BY SETH TRUSCOTT Editor
Vol. 98, No. 20 Seth Truscott/Staff Photo
Led by contractors and YMCA officials, a tour group checks out the front patio and exercise room of the Snoqualmie Y. The silver LEED-standard building is slated for a January 2012 opening.
Bangs and booms echo through the ceiling and off bare concrete walls as Laura Soma steps through a puddle of water and leads a group of hard-hatted tourists through the shell of the future Snoqualmie Y and Community Center. Unfazed by the deafening sound of roof work or the drips of rain through gaps in the ceiling, Soma is distinguished from the rest of
the group by her blazing orange vest and her aura of confidence. Her helmet is special, too, plastered with stickers from past YMCA projects over the last 14 years, including one that shows a crying baby—“No whining,” Soma explains. “Each project that I work on, in a small way, is like raising a child,” Soma said. “I’m a proud mama.” This is the sixth Y that Soma, a project coordinator for Bellevue-based GLY Construction, has built for the YMCA of Greater of Seattle. SEE STANDARDS, 3
YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER, SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF SNOQUALMIE n NORTH BEND n FALL CITY n PRESTON n CARNATION
4FSWJOH UIF 4OPRVBMNJF 7BMMFZ TJODF XJUI MPDBUJPOT JO 4OPRVBMNJF t 'BMM $JUZ t %VWBMM "VUP t )PNF t -JGF Kevin Hauglie - Agent | 425.222.5881 | www.farmers.com/khauglie
Kevin Hauglie Insurance Agency
510790
SPORTS
By Valley Record Staff