Snoqualmie Valley Record, January 04, 2012

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Fall City Republican won’t seek seventh term, considers new role BY CAROL LADWIG Staff Reporter

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Helping dozens of homeless people in the past year through their Free Letters Home project, Stacy and Greg Barber are reconnecting families. The Barbers are collecting unused stationery at Carmichael’s True ValueHardware in Snoqualmie, North Bend’s ACE Hardware, Carnation Market and Duvall True Value. Learn more about their activities on page 3.

In from the cold Valley’s homeless taking new steps with help from volunteers, churches, police BY CAROL LADWIG Staff Reporter

Empty beer cans littered the ground in front of an abandoned car wash, but there were still two full, sealed and intact. “They’ll probably be back tonight, then,� said CarnationDuvall Police Sergeant Lori Batiot, as she searched the area for the

people who she knew partied here. The beers were sitting in plain sight, just outside the doors that are supposed to keep people from getting into one of the old wash bays. The doors open inward, though, so all anyone has to do is climb onto the hood of the huge truck blocking the doors and push to get inside, out of the rain and wind.

Defining homelessness By morning, the beer was gone, and the smell of cigarette smoke, just a trace the night before, penetrated the area.

Faces of homelessness

‘In from the cold’ is the final story of a two-part series on the lives of the homeless in the Snoqualmie Valley. This week, explore how Valley residents are making a difference. Batiot said this place, right in town but still secluded, is an occasional haunt of homeless people. SEE COLD, 3

It’s time for new blood in the legislative and executive branches of the state, Glenn Anderson says. Washington’s billion-dollar budget deficit and flagging economy are only proof of that. “ We ’ v e got a lot of big problems and we don’t REP. GLENN ANDERSON seem to be making any progress,� Anderson, State Representative for District 5, and a Fall City resident, told the Record Thursday. He plans to create some needed change, and hopes to combat widespread pessimism, by freeing up his seat in the House of Representatives, and pursuing a higher office. “After 12 years of serving the district, it’s time to step up the game a little bit,� he said. “I’m actually going to run for lieutenant governor.� Anderson, a Republican, is a minority in the House, but that was less a factor in his decision not to run for re-election than the realization that “what we’re doing isn’t working. This is an opportunity to say ‘let’s do something different.’� SEE ANDERSON, 2

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