Snoqualmie Valley Record, January 25, 2012

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Valley residents hunker down amid days-long outage, regional disaster

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Snoqualmie resident Marietta Modl counts herself lucky.

When the power vanished in a region-wide disaster Thursday, Jan. 19, Modl found herself prepared for a few days of darkness.

Even though her family’s gas-powered generator wasn’t working, Modl had plenty of other ways to stay warm and cozy. On Friday, 24 hours into a prolonged power outage, her living room was warmed by a butane heater. Modl cooked canned soups for herself and her husband on a propane stove, and ground coffee with a hand-powered grinder.

At night, she broke out the candles and flashlights, and planned to keep herself entertained with novels downloaded on a “Nook,” a Barnes and Noble e-reader, at least until the battery died. Modl hoped to find a way to charge it from the hand-cranked emergency radio chattering in the corner.

Above, navigating slippery streets with a load of fuel, Tychon and Sophia, both age 8, and Georgia, age 5, help mom Sundy of Snoqualmie back from the 76 station. Valley gas stations saw queues of trucks, pedestrians carrying gas cans and at least one sled during prolonged power outages that began Thursday, Jan. 19.

Below, Marietta Modl cooks with propane during power outages Friday. The Snoqualmie resident heated her home with a butane burner, and stayed entertained with an e-reader.

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What made Afghanistan memorable for North Bend’s Andrew Conway, serving there as an intelligence analyst for NATO, were the mountains and the friendly people.

What the U.S. Army first lieutenant most vividly remembers about Iraq, where he was stationed from last April to November, ANDREW CONWAY are the heat, dust and a breakdown one night in Baghdad.

It happened in the last mess hall on the closing U.S. Army base, packed with soldiers and foreign nationals. They were the last soldiers to be sent home as the U.S. withdrew, he recalled.

The place was noisier than usual with all the extra people, but got very quiet when some started hearing a loud, shrill whistle, like the sound of an incoming rocket.

“It was dead silence.

Everybody stared at each other, then in a split second, at the exact same time, everybody took cover underneath their tables,” Conway said.

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BLACKOUT FROM 1 “Another 24 hours, we’ll be OK,” Modl said.

“But if it goes into three days, I’m going to be miserable.”

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The center burned through one generator, then put two on duty to warm the main building via radiant floors.

“The floor is 80,” said Director of Nursing Sharon Bare. “The air is 74.”

Residents moved into offices, the library, conference room and the beauty salon.

“Everyone has a roommate,” Bare said. Staff devised makeshift privacy curtains between clients.

Moving the residents out of the Valley was too risky in the storm, center administrator Beth Marsh said.

“At this point, we’re going to give them everything they need,” Marsh said. “It’s safer to keep them here.”

Modl’s power came back on that third day, along with most of the Valley’s main urban areas. Neighborhoods in North Bend, Snoqualmie and Carnation saw the electricity return Saturday afternoon, although windy weekend conditions made for sporadic return of outages.

Puget Sound Energy reported that people living in remote or forested areas of the Valley may not see electric service restored right Filling up away. By press time Tuesday, Jan. 24, rural Valley gas stations with the foresight to install areas of Snoqualmie and North Bend had backup generators saw massive traffic Thursday been reenergized, with Fall City and Preston and Friday, as locals queued up for $80 or $90 fuel neighborhoods expected to receive power by purchases. late evening.

“We don’t know how long Puget Sound Energy line crews the power is going to be out,” worked around the clock during said North Bend resident Jerry When will my the weekend, assessing damage King, who bought 17 gallons power return? and restoring power. in Snoqualmie to take to his Residents in some parts of the

By Friday afternoon, a large mother Emma in Wilderness Valley were expected to be PSE crew had managed to repair Rim. without power through late a major transmission line that “Someone said Sunday. We’ve Tuesday of this week. had fallen on the Snoqualmie had no communication. We Parkway near Fisher Creek. A don’t have the Internet.”

As of press time Tuesday, timber pole had snapped on the Cell phones remained down Puget Sound Energy crews are north side of the Parkway, closthrough Friday, with intermitstill working to fix lines, starting traffic in both directions. tent spurts of availability. People ing with the largest breaks, Scouting for damaged lines, a who needed to make emergency and working their way down member of a PSE damage assessto calls were advised by King to smaller outages. ment team traveling through County to go to their nearest fire The utility asks residents to Snoqualmie told the Record that station, or drive until they find make sure that the weatherrepairs to major lines enabled service. Cell phone bars started heads or service lines from the company to reenergize parts to light up toward Issaquah. powerpoles to their homes of the system, allowing crews to On the opposite pump are intact. Damaged weathwork their way down the system, from King at the Snoqualmie erheads on private property finding breaks.

76 station, Fall City resident may require the services of a The blackout posed chalWalt Watkins filled his tanks. professional electrician. lenges for many, including local Watkins had chainsawed his way homeless and those without t 5P GPMMPX 1VHFU 4PVOE through a half-dozen trees on alternate heat sources. The cities Energy service alerts, visit closed Highway 202, bushwackof Snoqualmie and North Bend http://pse.com/Pages/default. ing his way to Snoqualmie. He opened warming shelters at local aspx. The company is also was probably the first to drive city halls. The new Snoqualmie putting updates on Twitter from Snoqualmie to Fall City in YMCA, which was supposed to and Facebook. more than a day. celebrate its grand opening this “There’s room for one rig,” MORE PHOTOS ONLINE weekend, instead became a disasWatkins said. www.valleyrecord.com ter shelter. A handful of people A 42-year Valley resident, visited these shelters, some simWatkins is an old hand at outply to charge their cell phones. ages.

But one homeless man who came to the North “We’ve had the power go out so many times Bend shelter badly needed help. here, I went and got a 7,000-watter.” His generator “His feet were really bad,” said Duncan and wood stove provide for almost every conveWilson, North Bend’s city administrator, nience, except a hot shower. who staffed the city’s shelter and Emergency Big business Operations Center.

North Bend employee Tom Meagher gave Business Thursday was “amazing” for the man a pair of socks and two of his own Snoqualmie’s Carmichael’s True Value Hardware, pairs of shoes, then drove him to the Issaquah owner Brian Woolsey said. The rush was for proRed Cross shelter. pane canisters, lamp oil and other power-outage “On TV, you see this high-tech thing, pal- essentials. Down to a couple of gas cans—Woolsey lets, arrays of trucks,” Wilson said. “The real was asked for two in mid-conversation—the hardEmergency Operations Center is me sitting ware store was expecting more deliveries Friday here, trying to find help for a guy who needs to evening. warm up. It’s having a place for people to come “You hate to see people going through it, but it’s in and charge their cell phones. It’s not sexy, definitely good for business,” he said. One of only but we’re doing what we can. You’re solving a a handful of businesses with open doors, powproblem for someone who has no one else to ered by generators, Woolsey said it’s important for turn to.”

Carmichael’s to be open when customers need it.

“This is what we do,” Woolsey said. “Even more North Bend seniors so when it’s like this.”

About 40 residents at the North Bend Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire has declared Transitional Health Center had to be evacuated a state of emergency due to the storm, and from the north wing Thursday, after power loss Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson issued an emercooled that side of the building. gency proclamation to the Snoqualmie City “It was so cold, and they told me at night- Council on Monday. time, it was going to get even colder,” said Flora t 'PS DJUZ FNFSHFODZ JOGPSNBUJPO WJTJU /PSUI Jean Buso, who joined two roomates in new Bend’s website at http://northbendwa.gov/ or go to quarters down the hall. “I said, I’ll go down Snoqualmie’s website at http://www.ci.snoqualmie. here, I like it.” wa.us/

DAYS OF DARKNESS IN THE VALLEY A routine snowstorm turned more serious early Thursday, Jan. 19, as the Snoqualmie Valley was hit by a massive ice storm. Without electricity for three days or more, residents had to rely on older technology and their own ingenuity for warmth, safety and entertainment.

Above, Fall City resident Walt Watkins fills up fuel cans at the Snoqualmie 76 station, part of a busy stream of customers Thursday and Friday. Watkins sawed his way through a blockade of fallen trees, below right, on Highway 202 between Fall City and Snoqualmie, but said the road was still treacherous.

Below, Scott Fisher, at right, spreads a privacy shade for Flora Jean Buso, who was moved from the north wing with about 40 residents when the Mount Si Transitional Health Center lost power. “It was so cold, and they told me at nighttime, it was going to get even colder,” Busso says. “I said, I’ll go.”

Above, Sean Adams, a temporary employee for Puget Sound Energy, watches over road barriers on Snoqualmie Parkway near Fisher Creek. A major transmission line had broken just up the hill during Thursday morning’s ice storm. Crews had to repair major lines first to bring power back to local substations.

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Snowplow driver Todd Shinn makes a pass on Eagle Lake Drive Wednesday, Jan. 18.

Shinn and other drivers clear major routes first, and say they have to stay sharp at the wheel to protect pedestrians, children and parked cars.

EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson issued a proclamation on the winter emergency, Monday, Jan. 23.

The proclamation states that “it has been reported to the Office of the Mayor, beginning January 15, 2012, that a severe winter storm has caused disruption of services, affected roadways, and caused temporary closures of key transportation routes throughout the state of Washington, including cities in King County.

“These problems have caused a threat to life, health, property and public safety… Therefore, be it proclaimed by the mayor than an emergency exists in Snoqualmie.” The mayor authorized city departments to enter any contracts necessary to protect citizens and provide emergency assistance to victims of disaster.

“As city assets and systems may be overwhelmed, the city… can only endeavor to make every reasonable effort to respond based on the situation, and information and resources available at this time.”

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snowplow Road crews spend long hours making Valley’s slick streets safer

BY SETH TRUSCOTT Editor

For four straight days and nights, the plows haven’t stopped in Snoqualmie.

Nine drivers on Snoqualmie’s three shifts worked steadily, keeping their spirits up with regular coffee and lunch breaks. Yet, by Wednesday, Jan. 18, faced with a fourth overnight shift, a dwindling sand pile, worn plow blades and one truck down for maintenance, Mike Roy, operations manager for Snoqualmie’s public works division, figured his street team was good and ready for clear skies.

“Since Sunday at 1 a.m., it’s been nonstop, all-day,” he said.

Keeping roads safe is a battle against time, with drivers spread thin and plows continually scraping and peeling, bringing the blacktop back to light.

Patrolling the Ridge on Wednesday afternoon, Roy’s cell phone kept ringing as he tracked down plows. He had put out a call for extra equipment to break through an icy crust on Fairway Avenue, and finally found an extra frontend loader.

“It’s not ‘one pass and you’re done,’” Roy said. With 42 miles of roadway to clear with three drivers in three trucks, the job is straightforward but never easy.

“We’re always challenged to let citizens know that,” Roy said.

“We’re trying to make it safer for everyone to travel,” Roy said.

They can’t hit every road at once, though. This week, Roy’s team fielded six phone calls from residents wondering if and when the plows were coming.

“We say, ‘Please look at the map,’” he said.

Like North Bend and King County, Snoqualmie works by a snowplow priority map and a snow and ice removal plan.

In Snoqualmie, “we focus on the Parkway, and the main collectors: Meadowbrook, Fairway, Ridge Street,” Roy said. Secondary streets come next, then residential streets, then alleys.

Typically, the public works crew knows when snow is coming, and they work with police to decide when to bring in drivers and roll the plows. Most of Roy’s team rely on four-wheel-drive vehicles to make it to work. Their other cars are snowplows.

Plow drivers Don Harris, Snoqualmie’s Fleet and Facilities Supervisor, splits his time between driving a plow and working in the shop, keeping trucks on the road.

He and part-time driver Todd Shinn recounted where conditions were the worst Wednesday—on the hillsides.

“We’re lucky it didn’t hit the downtown area as much,” Harris said. “When it’s widespread like this, we’ve got three plows spread in every direction.”

Plow-driving can be nerve-wracking for Shinn.

“The roads are pretty narrow,” he said.

“There are cars everywhere, kids everywhere. You’re constantly checking where you’re going.”

The big GMC plow trucks are plenty heavy, but they must obey the laws of physics just like any other vehicle. Shinn knows he needs stopping distance, and recalls at least one hillside slide.

“A lot of the time, it’s whited out,” Harris said. “You don’t see any fog lines.” When he drives, “you’re constantly keying in your sides,” ensuring the truck is on the road and not endangering the cars and people along the edge.

Roy said his team rarely gets the credit they deserve for keeping the city’s streets and pipes functional in all weather. But snow puts them in the public eye.

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Jessica Petitjean, an employee at Carmichael’s True Value Hardware in Snoqualmie, hand-letters a sign warning of carbon monoxide dangers from stoves used inside the home.

Know monoxide’s dangers You can’t see or smell carbon monoxide, but poisoning from the gas can kill. During power outages, King County asks residents to be aware of monoxide dangers posed by generators, heaters, grills and other fuel-powered tools.

Residents can avoid deadly carbon monoxide poisoning by keeping grills and generators outside. Only use a generator outdoors and far from open windows and vents. Never use a generator or portable propane heater indoors, in garages or carports. Never cook or heat inside on a charcoal or gas grill.

Carbon monoxide poisoning can happen suddenly and without warning. Physical symptoms may include splitting headache, nausea and vomiting, and lethargy and fatigue.

If you believe you could be experiencing carbon monoxide poisoning, get fresh air immediately. Call for medical help from a neighbor’s home. The local fire department will tell you when it is safe to re-enter your home.

North Bend residents can clean up storm debris

Priority routes Roy’s nine drivers go in shifts, morning, day and night, with the most experienced drivers on the night shift. While most Valley streets were quiet Wednesday, with many commuters opting to stay off the road, plow drivers in Snoqualmie, North Bend and unincorporated King County remained at the wheel.

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Breaking out signs to close city streets during the Jan. 19 ice storm, Gary Stevens and Kevin Halbert, Snoqualmie Street Department employees, finish an early-morning shift.

The city of North Bend, in cooperation with Allied Waste, will open a storm debris collection site noon to 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at the North Bend Public Works yard, 1155 E. North Bend Way. Residents can bring branches and other wood debris from the recent winter storm to the collection site. The site is open only to North Bend utility customers, and participants must show a copy of a recent city utility bill to use the collection site.

Only wood debris will be accepted at the site. All branches must be cut into four-foot lengths or shorter.

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Patience during the storm Positivity sees Lower Valley through outage

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A fleet of electrical service trucks rolled into Carnation Saturday morning, when a group of volunteer construction linemen from Montana came to the area to help repair lines and restore electricity to the Valley. Crew members said Saturday that they were expecting about 40 more volunteers by Sunday.

Monday morning was the first day back for Carnation City Hall staffers, who found their offices just as they left them the previous Wednesday, warm and powered up. They knew power had been out for part of the week because the phone system needed a tweak, but snow and ice kept the office closed the rest of the week, so they didn’t know when the power failed (early Friday morning), or when it was restored.

The same was not true in neighboring Fall City, where

homes and businesses were still running on generators and still talking about when the power would be back on. Many had gathered Saturday afternoon in the few Main Street businesses that offered light, heat and water.

In the Raging River Bar and Grill, with a full bar and a halffull restaurant, Kia Geeles, who co-owns the business with husband Lyle, thought things had slowed down enough for them to go home for a few hours – taking the restaurant laundry with them to wash at home.

“This is empty right now, for this week,” said Geeles, as she looked around the restaurant that had been running on emergency generators since

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The Raging River, and the rest of Fall City’s business corridor, lost power a little after 8 a.m. Thursday, and Puget Sound Energy on Monday was estimating restoration some time Tuesday evening, Jan. 24.

Fall City’s downtown blocks were re-energized by Tuesday morning.

A week-long power outage in 2006 is what prompted the Geeles to install the generators that kept the Raging River a light in the community last week. Geeles remembered seeing her whole community, dark and isolated, and thinking, “we need to do something.”

They brought power back to the restaurant piecemeal, with four “mini-generators” that required trips every two hours into Seattle to buy gasoline for them.

“I swore I’d never go through that again,” said Geeles, so after the storm cleanup in 2006, they bought three generators, two for their business and one for their home.

“And we haven’t used them much since,” she said.

Down the street at the Farmhouse Market, people were relieved to find the store open and a refrigerator truck running outside filled with dairy items.

“Are we still able to buy stuff?” a customer asks as he steps inside the open door.

“Yes,” says store employee Bill Frankell, wearing a headband flashlight. One till was up, he told customers, and they could even pay with plastic, for a little longer.

“We don’t really have an Internet connection, so we are taking credit cards and debit

cards, but once the spool on the computer fills up, that’s it,” Frankell said.

The bread aisle, cleaned out Wednesday night, was restocked the next morning, and after the power failed, the store called in the refrigerator truck.

“It was a life-saver for us,” Frankell said.

For the most part, the store is getting along, “but the thing is, we can’t keep water on the shelves.”

Residents on their own wells have no way to pump water, so every bottle of water that comes in the store gets sold.

Customers Saturday afternoon were buying basic blackout necessities, matches, fruit, snacks that don’t need preparation, and some wine.

Most customers here, and at the Raging River, feel the same as Frankell.

“They said this is exciting,” he said, referring to two youngsters who came in with their mother to shop. “I’m over the excitement.”

Carnation outage The mood was still largely positive in Carnation, that Saturday. A fleet of electrical trucks massed in the Tolt Middle School parking lot got some friendly waves and honks, and a visit from two very excited black Labs, reinforcing what David Dixon remembered from his last visit to Washington.

“The attitudes of the people out of power, it’s applaudable here,” he said.

Dixon, a construction lineman from Montana, was on an emergency repair crew that came to Washington in 2006, following the Dec. 15 windstorm that left nearly half a million homes without power.

This time, the situation wasn’t as severe, but the scenario was the same for Dixon and his crewmate, Rocky Peterson: Get a call, drive all night – each lineman brings his own truck – through awful weather to reach headquarters, sleep for a few hours, eat a big breakfast, and then scramble to fuel up before going out on assignment.

“I don’t even know where we are right now!” Dixon said.

He and his 15 colleagues, all construction workers from Montana, were in the darkened city of Carnation. It was around 3 p.m., and they were just waiting for confirmation of their assignments from a Puget Sound Energy coordinator.

They had dropped everything to take the voluntary assignment, in a reciprocity agreement that Washington shares with several states for emergency assistance.

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f all the things we take for granted, electricity is easily the biggest. I never realized how much of my routine depends on Puget Sound Energy’s fragile grid.

For even simple things like hot food, fingers that aren’t icicles or a face free of beard stubble, I’ve come to depend on electrical devices, to say nothing of entertainment or the ability to get the news out.

Sometime in the last six years, I forgot the lessons of 2006. My wife remembers the December 15 storm and, where we lived, the subsequent four-day outage, as a quiet time to work by the dim light of generators and cuddle under piles of blankets. I remember it less fondly, driving 20 miles just to send an e-mail, and longing to be able to take a hot shower.

When the power finally came SETH TRUSCOTT on, I told myself, “Never again.� Valley Record Editor We stocked up on candles and lanterns that autumn, but fell out of storm-prep practice as mild five winters went by.

Flash forward to last week. I happened to be scraping a glasslike sheet of ice off the car at 7:51 a.m.

Thursday, Jan. 19, when I watched the streetlights suddenly go dark. North Bend was dead. So was Snoqualmie. The Valley Record office was a cacophony of beeps, as battery backups for the computers ran down their stored juice. Cell phones were useless. It felt like we were going back to the stone age.

But when I hit the streets, I was amazed at how upbeat everyone else was. Folks who survive Valley storms quickly learn to stock up and buy a generator.

One man simply retreated to his camp trailer. Most folks were positive about the whole thing, despite the inconveniences; they treat it like a snow day, and don’t worry about the possibility of spoilt food or spoilt weekend plans.

I was also struck by Valley ingenuity. One Snoqualmie family turned an outing to the gas station to buy generator fuel into a fun sledding trek. A neighbor kept life normal with a hand grinder for coffee and an e-reader. At the Transitional Health Center, staff quickly got residents out of cold areas, rigging up offices and the beauty salon as makeshift rooms.

A storm shout-out also goes to this newspaper’s carriers. I witnessed several young carriers making their rounds even during the blackouts. There’s determination for you!

Of course, with the good comes the bad. I wouldn’t wish this disaster we’ve just been through on anyone (except, maybe, those folks in Los Angeles who call us “snow wimps.â€? Come stay at my place, AngeleĂąos!)

People who weren’t ready for this were caught flatfooted. I heard from a Beaverton, Ore., resident who was amazed that no one had checked up on his mother at her local senior residence after two days without power. I sympathize with anyone whose health or livelihood suffered due to the storm.

I wholeheartedly agree with this week’s letter writer who asks why we have to keep plunging into darkness every few years, and wants someone to do something about it. But there are no simple answers.

PSE trims trees and buries lines when and where it can, as it’s cost effective. With forest all around us, though, we may not be able to tree-trim our way out of danger. But we can prepare at a local level and in the grid, by reporting dangerous trees and stocking up. I thought that was the lesson of 2006; how many times do we have to repeat it?

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PAST This week in Valley history

Thursday, Jan. 22, 1987: A letter

“I’m definitely walking in it. If you’re living in the Northwest and you don’t like this, you might as well live in southern California.�

John Medina North Bend

“I love it. Growing up, I was always disappointed when it didn’t snow.�

Matt Bacon Snoqualmie

announcing the resignation of John Sheppard as mayor of Snoqualmie appeared in council members’ inboxes on January 19.

Sheppard’s resignation followed three weeks of non-attendance at scheduled meetings, and weeks of disputes with council members, in which Sheppard accused them of undermining his authority as mayor.

Mayor Pro Tem Frank Myers was unanimously voted in as new mayor by the council.

Thursday, Jan. 25, 1962: Burglars entered The Little Chalet restaurant in North Bend sometime between 10 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Saturday and escaped with $120 in small coins. Thieves got in through a back window.

“I like it when I don’t have to drive in it.�

Lindy Leifer Snoqualmie

“I love it. You get to take a day off from work�

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In the absence of permanent back-up generators, these individuals worked long hours, conducting many operations manually due to woefully inadequate rented generators. Instead of caring for their families, they were caring for the many residents in need.

But it’s incredulous that we have a state-of-the-art City Hall, but no state-of-the art back-up system for our pumping stations. There’s something amiss with priorities.

Sue Mackey Snoqualmie

PSE could learn from Tanner Co-op

City’s Public Works did great, but where’s water back-up?

In the storm and subsequent power outage, recognition needs to be given to the individuals in the Snoqualmie Public Works department for their nonstop efforts to keep water and sewer operational.

We need a new utility around here. Where else in the country do 300,000 customers regularly lose power and heat during a typical weather event? Here, it happens every few years and is considered business as usual

by Puget Sound Energy. We need a utility that performs regular, routine and preventative tree maintenance, to trim and cull potentially harmful branches and limbs to avoid catastrophe. PSE rakes in its profits, waits for a catastrophe, herds in a few extra workers, and expects to be seen as a hero when

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power and heat finally return to its beleaguered customers.

Undoubtedly, PSE will whine to the legislature for a rate hike due to its “extraordinary� efforts during the storm, and also, ironically, to pay for the ensuing lack of gas and electricity usage by its customers during this time.

Our local co-op, Tanner Electric, as usual, worked most efficiently and admirably. We can always count on it. When we phoned in for updates, we spoke to a human being. PSE could learn a great deal from Tanner’s model.

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I would like to give a shout-out to Ivalee Widrig, who is 92 years wise, well known in North Bend for her services and contributions, especially with the Mount Si Senior Center.

And still, today, she finds time to go on a few trips with the seniors, and to catch up with longtime friends. She has fond memories of her volunteer days throughout the past 40 years, such as teaching little children to swim, being V.P. at North Bend Elementary and working with Alzheimer’s patients.

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Around 3 p.m., the four four-man crews got their final assignments and rolled out of the parking lot, each one heading north. They were scheduled for 18 hours of work, then six hours off, for as long as it would take. “We just do it safely, then get some sleep, then do it again,� said Peterson, who may hold the record for the longest stint on an emergency crew from spending six weeks in North Dakota in 2009 following a major ice storm.

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Permit office’s Tom Meagher is North Bend Employee of 2011 The city of North Bend honored Tom Meagher, office manager and permit coordinator for the city’s Community and Economic Development Department, as the 2011 Employee of the Year. Mayor Ken Hearing and staff recognized Meagher for his dedication and hard work on behalf of the city at the annual Wellness Employee Recognition Luncheon in December.

Meagher began working for the city of North Bend in 2006, having previously worked for the Valley Record newspaper. He was recognized for his exemplary work performance, positive attitude, and for always going above and beyond in the service he provides to both citizens and fellow employees.

Mayor Ken Hearing was also pleased to introduce two new employees at the annual luncheon. Russell Steinike, TOM MEAGHER North Bend the city’s building official, began work in late November, Employee of the Year having worked most recently for the city of Edmonds.

Melissa Wagner, Police Administrative Assistant, started in December, and previously worked as a community service officer with the city of Lakewood Police Department.

DNR reschedules open house on Corridor rec The Washington State Department of Natural Resources has rescheduled the open house that was to kick off the Snoqualmie Corridor recreation planning effort.

The event is 7 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 1, at the Snoqualmie Middle School commons, 9200 Railroad Ave. S.E. The Snoqualmie corridor, located in eastern King County, offers opportunities for outdoor recreation near the ever-growing Seattle metropolitan area. In the past 20 years, the DNR has increased the amount of land it manages in the corridor. Some are state trust lands—working forests; other lands form the largest network of natural areas in the state. The 53,000-acre planning area includes two newer DNR-managed properties: the Raging River State Forest, purchased in 2009 to replace state trust lands previously transferred out of trust status, and the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Natural Resources Conservation Area. Learn more about the plan at www.dnr.wa.gov/RecreationEducation/ Topics/RecreationPlanning/Pages/amp_rec_snoqualmie_corridor_recre.aspx.

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Ken Knowles, Gary Stevens and Kevin Halbert prep closure signs Thursday morning, Jan. 19, in the Snoqualmie Public Works yard. Street division employees worked in shifts to keep roads plowed and safe during a week-long storm.

PLOWS FROM 3 “This is when these guys shine,” Roy said. “Public works is the silent soldier.

These guys work their butts off. They don’t get to see their families. They don’t get much chance to enjoy the snow.”

Asked whether he’d like a snow day, Harris laughs.

“It’s part of our job,” he said. “They don’t work me 24 hours a day. When I do go home, I’m tired. But I still get family time.”

Besides, the snow is fleeting.

“How often do we have these snow events?” Harris asked.

“Too much of a good thing is bad,” Roy said. “You like to see the snow, but three or four days of it will make anybody crazy.”

He understands the importance of ensuring that residents can enjoy winter safely.

“There’s still a little kid in all of us,” he said. “That’s why you put the time in.”

Proud of results Besides the six phone calls, Roy also got one muchappreciated “attaboy” e-mail from a resident. He believes Snoqualmie deserves it.

That’s because, unlike bigger cities, Snoqualmie has the means to plow residential streets along with the big collectors.

“We’re small enough that we can do a really good job,” Roy said. “It may not look like it right now, but as soon as this starts to turn, this will thaw to bare pavement a lot quicker than other agencies who let it pile up.”

“Right now, we’re kind of in the middle of it,” Roy said

Wednesday. Snow turned to slush early in the week, but it kept coming, followed by ice.

“This is challenging, because it’s frozen,” Roy said.

“When it gets below freezing, it’s stuck. (Plow drivers) are constantly trying to get it worked down, so it goes away quick.”

Besides people, the storm is hard on resources. The city starts going through salt, sand and plow blades.

On Wednesday, one of the city’s three plows was down for maintenance.

“We budget for it, we budget for the overtime,” Roy said. But costs continue even after the snow is gone.

Following the melt, the city has to sweep up all the sand.

Frozen-over storm drains make for other messes.

“We’re going to have some localized urban flooding,” Roy said. “This stuff will plug the drains.”

Priority plowing King County and the cities of Snoqualmie and North Bend plow streets based on a priority list, with major collectors plowed first, secondary streets afterward.

North Bend, for example, prioritizes North Bend Way, Bendigo and Mountain View Boulevards, while King County plows the PrestonFall City Road first.

North Bend’s priority routes are at http://ci.northbend.wa.us.

You can learn about King County’s unincorporated area snowplow routes at http://www.kingcounty. gov/transportation/kcdot/ Roads/RoadsMaintenance/ SnowAndIcePlan.aspx. The county priority map can be viewed at http://your.kingcounty.gov/kcdot/roads/wcms/

What’s on the roads?

To combat ice and provide traction, Snoqualmie uses bulk sand from the local CalPortland quarry, and a granular product called Ice Slicer, a magnesium chloride salt. Magnesium chloride is much less corrosive than rock salt. According to Operations Manager Mike Roy, by the time it reaches the edge of the road, it’s so diluted that it’s environmentally harmless.

The Martin Luther King, Jr., week storm had the city quickly using up its sand pile, which was restocked Wednesday morning.

Afterwards, the job turns to cleaning the grit from the streets. In the 2006 snowstorm, “We spent two or three weeks sweeping up,” Roy said.

The city is trying to reduce reliance on sand, but the gritty stuff is useful.

“In places here, you’ve just got a sheet of ice,” Roy said. “The sand has its place.”

The city will soon purchase liquid de-icer, similar to what the Washington state Department of Transportation uses on overpasses. maintenance/snowicemap.pdf.

Snoqualmie’s snowplow map and snow removal plan can be viewed at http://www.ci.snoqualmie. wa.us/Departments/ EmergencyManagement/ FloodStormInformation/ tabid/429/Default.aspx.

Residents can help by moving their cars off of the street and into their driveways. The clearer the street, the quicker and better it can be plowed.

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School’s back in the Valley After a week-long break due to weather, power outages and a holiday, Valley schools resumed classes Monday, Jan. 23.

Schools will run four days longer in the summer to make up the four days missed last week.

The last day of school is now set for Friday, June 15.

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When Mount Si High School students mount up for their first race of the Washington High School Cycling League season in March, it will be as part of an already winning team.

That team, comprised of 15 Skyline High School freshmen, had an excellent showing in last year’s inaugural season of the mountain biking league, finishing fifth overall in the state.

This year, the team will include a handful of Mount Si riders, thanks largely to the efforts of Upper Valley parents Luke Talbott and Karen Auletta.

Talbott, the creator of Compass Outdoor Adventures, (www.compassoutdoor.org) and Auletta, a self-described “motivated parent advocate, who wants to see this get set up so my sons can be on a moun-

tain bike,” have long wanted to add mountain-biking to Mount Si’s sports or club offerings. It just made sense to Auletta.

“We’ve got these amazing trails, and we’ve got lots of kids who mountain bike,” she said.

Until last year, liability concerns kept the sport off the school-sanctioned activity list, but “Washington State has since joined the national mountain biking association for high school teams,” Auletta said. “That kind of opened the door for us.”

Talbott hosted a student meeting in December to gauge interest, then set up a registration table one day during Mount Si’s lunch periods, to sign up students and provide information.

They also connected with Phil Therrien, coach of the Skyline team, about adding other schools. He immediately agreed, saying it’s a great opportunity for students who might not choose more traditional sports.

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Lining up for a race in last year’s first-ever mountain bike racing season, riders get briefed on the course. At center, # 316, is Jake Therrien, a Skyline freshman who finished second overall in the junior varsity division, for the team that Mount Si students will join this year.

Mountain bike races are scored individually, and by team, Therrien explained, and the team score is a combination of the scores of the top finishers for boys and girls.

Last year, the team was all boys and for the state rankings, “We had to have a best composite score for male and female so we took a zero on the female side,” Therrien said.

Registration is still open for interested riders, and organizers are actively recruiting all riders, but

especially girls. Therrien encourages anyone who is interested to try it.

“We would characterize it as a ‘no-cut’ sport,” he said.

“We’re going to tailor our practices so all the kids are getting what they need.”

Practices will begin in early February, and will include parent-led rides twice a week during the weekdays, with longer rides on the weekends. The Saturday before each race, so the team will ride the course together, then discuss how to handle its obstacles.

Therrien is not worried about school rivalries on the team because mountain biking is not a mainstream sport, he says.

“While the kids are competitive and want to do well, it’s also a very internally supportive community,” he said. “We’re there to support each other no matter what place they finish.”

Mountain biking is a lifelong sport, organizers say, with lasting benefits.

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Then the sound stopped, and nothing happened. People got up off the floor, righted the tables, and sat down to continue eating. At the second sound of the whistle, about half the people reacted, but by this time, others had noticed the man in the corner waving his arms and yelling something about the sound coming from the broken ice cream machine.

That machine gave Conway one of his favorite memories, and serves as a metaphor for much of the time he spent in Iraq. As an officer and “multifunctional team leader” of a group of 10 intelligence analysts attached to a larger infantry unit, he was frequently frustrated by the broken systems he encountered.

Tied hands Justice in Iraq was especially difficult to navigate, politically.

“Our hands were so tied,” he said. As the country resumed its own governance and policing, officials focused more closely on local issues and local crimes, rather than international criminals or even attacks on Americans, he said. Often, he or his men would arrest someone, only to see them back on the streets within 72 hours.

“It was really hard for us to keep a guy detained,” he said.

Military contractors, on the other hand, had more authority to arrest and detain prisoners,

“so as a result, all the fun missions went to those guys,” he said, adding that “Getting those really nefarious characters off the street is always fun to me.”

Conway’s other main frustration was how hard he had to work just to get his soldiers involved in daily operations with the infantry group.

“They always look at the intelligence guys like they’re aliens,” he explained. “They don’t know what my guys can do, they don’t know them, they haven’t worked with them, so why risk their lives?”

The intelligence guys, and girls, don’t go through the same training as infantry, but are equally physically fit and combat ready. Their job description can vary dramatically.

Instead of focusing solely on “what the enemy had, what the enemy was capable of, and that kind of stuff,” Conway said modern analysts gather information in hundreds of different ways. “The whole mindset of military intelligence has changed. Since the last two of our wars have been predominantly nation-building, our focus has been on economics, international affairs,” he said.

As an analyst in Afghanistan, he specialized in Pakistan, and “anything that would happen with Pakistan, their influence predominantly, of course, on Afghanistan, world affairs, what their relationship is with India and other countries, and pretty much whatever the general (Stanley McChrystal, then commander of all U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan) wanted.”

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Back in the Valley following the completion of a Middle Eastern tour, Andrew Conway plans life after deployment. analyst, Lauran Walker, spent her time on humanitarian missions. Walker went to Iraq on the same deployment from Joint Base Lewis -McChord as Conway, but she went to a very remote, rural area.

Her job, she said, was to talk with the local women. “Just talk to them, see how they were doing, see if they needed anything, if we could bring them anything,” she said. On that assignment, she’d been asked to fix a village well, help make bread, watch the children, and just generally build a relationship with the native residents.

“They were enthusiastic that we were there,” Walker said.

“They always ran up to us when we went through on our missions. They always stopped, they talked to us, they gave us hugs. They were very appreciative that we were there and actually spending time with them.”

“We call that atmospherics,” Conway said. “A lot of commanders nowadays like to

know what the feeling is in the towns, the positives and negatives, … it’s a good way for us to gather information and provide it to the real decision makers.”

For Walker, a Florida native who volunteered for the LewisMcChord group, it was simply a good experience.

“Before going into the deployment, I said I wasn’t going to let it change me, so I focused on all of the positive things that were going on,” she said.

Conway is sensitive to the demands of a soldier’s life, from the daily strain of life in enemy territory to the effects of posttraumatic stress disorder, which is a very real condition he says, but maybe not as common as it’s perceived to be.

“There isn’t a person in Iraq that didn’t lose sleep, that didn’t have problems sleeping …. It’s just one of those things, when you have rockets and things flying over your head. You just don’t know if tonight’s your night. You spend your entire deployment strung up, listening for these things. It’s not something that’s turned off readily or easily.”

It’s also part of the job, and few people are cut out for it.

Conway is one of them. So is Walker, at least for as long as they remain in the Army Reserves.

“We’re just doing our jobs,” Walker said. “We appreciate people’s support, but for us it’s what we do.”

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Snoqualmie Police TUESDAY, JAN. 17 SNOW AND ICE: At 12:44 a.m., 6:44 a.m., and 7:09 a.m., police received multiple reports of vehicles stuck in the heavy snow and blocking the roadway, at Southeast Jacobia Street and Snoqualmie Parkway Southeast.

SATURDAY, JAN. 14 LICENSE TO CHARGE: At 10:29 p.m., a business on Better Way Southeast reported two intoxicated men driving away. The responding officer stopped the vehicle

on Railroad Avenue. The driver offered the officer his debit card, saying it was his driver’s license. The officer told the driver he didn’t take Visa, conducted sobriety tests and then arrested him for driving under the influence.

FRIDAY, JAN. 13 RECKLESS DRIVING: At 12:59 p.m., a caller reported a green Volkswagen Jetta at Southeast Ridge Street and Center Boulevard Southeast, that was swerving between lanes and cutting off other vehicles. Police officers did not locate the Jetta.

PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE #575064 Notice of Public Hearing A public hearing before the City of Snoqualmie Planning Commission has been scheduled for Monday, February 6, 2012 at 7:00 PM or soon thereafter. The public hearing will be held at the Snoqualmie City Hall Council Chamber, located at 38624 SE River St, Snoqualmie.

Topics: To hear testimony on Element 8 of the Comprehensive Plan- Parks, Recreation and Open Space, which will become effective upon future adoption by the City Council.

Public Comment Period:Verbal comments can be made at the hearing. Written comments may be submitted to the City of Snoqualmie, PO Box 987, Snoqualmie, WA 98065, Attention: Nicole Sanders on or before February 6, 2012 at 5:00 PM. Application Documents: The proposed Parks Plan is available for public inspection at the City of Snoqualmie, Planning Department, 38624 River St SE Snoqualmie.

Publication Date: January 25, 2012 in the Snoqualmie Valley Record.

PUBLIC NOTICE #573408 SNOQUALMIE VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 410 Snoqualmie, Washington SMALL WORKS ROSTER NOTICE RCW 39.04.155, commonly known as the Common Small Works Roster Procedure, and RCW 28A.335.l90, commonly known as the Public School Bid Law, provide that school districts establish a Small Works Roster of qualified contractors who wish to receive bidding information and be considered for performing work on public works projects estimated to cost less than

three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000).

Applications are now being received by the Snoqualmie Valley School District Business Services Office, 8001 Silva Ave. SE., Snoqualmie, Washington 98065, for contractors who wish to be placed on the District’s Small Works for 2012. In order to qualify, contractors must demonstrate the following requirements: I. Registered contractor in the State of Washington.

2. Pay prevailing wage rates in accordance with RCW 39.12.

3. Provide Certificate of Insurance.

4. Comply with federal, state and local laws regarding non-discrimination.

Interested contractors may contact the Business Services Office at (425) 831-8011 for an application form at any time, or write to Sylvia Evans, Administrative Secretary, P0 Box 400, Snoqualmie, WA 98065. An application is also available on the district website, www.svsd410.org under District Departments/Business Services.

Published in the Snoqualmie Valley Record on January 18, 2012 and January 25, 2012.

PUBLIC NOTICE #575067 The Snoqualmie Valley School District Board of Directors has scheduled a Work Session for Saturday, February 4, 2012, 8:00 a.m. - noon in the District Administration Office Boardroom located at 8001 Silva Ave. SE, Snoqualmie, WA 98065.

The purpose of the Work Session will be for planning and team building.

Published in the Snoqualmie Valley Record on January 25, 2012 and February 1, 2012.

North Bend Police THURSDAY, JAN. 5 GUNSHOTS: At 11:31 p.m. police received a report of eight to 10 gunshots heard in the 600 block of Southeast North Bend Way.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 4 BURGLARY: At 6:36 p.m. a resident of the 400 block of Southeast Maple Drive reported that someone had entered the home through a small window, seven feet off the ground, and rummaged through the master bedroom.

MONDAY, JAN. 2 THEFT FROM RUINS: At 11:15 a.m., a victim of the Mount Si Court Apartment fire on Thanksgiving called police to report that someone had stolen items from his fire-

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18 POWER SURGE AND BURN: At

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TREE ON ROAD: At 2:19 p.m., the Fall City Fire Department responded to the 6800 block of Tolt River Road Northeast for a tree over the roadway.

Crew members removed the tree.

FAINTNESS: At 5:25 p.m., the Fall City Fire Department responded to the 4900 block of 335th Place Southeast for a 62-year-old man who was feeling faint. The man was treated and transported to a hospital by ambulance.

TUESDAY, JAN. 17 FALL: At 10:31 a.m., the Fall City Fire Department responded to the 5400 block of Preston-Fall City Road Southeast for a report of a 48-year-old woman experiencing back pain from a fall. She was treated and

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CHIMNEY FIRE: At 11:47 a.m., the Fall City Fire Department responded to the 4300 block of 334th Place Southeast for a chimney fire. Crew members extinguished the fire, and advised the resident to have the chimney professionally cleaned.

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ARM PAIN: At 12:07 p.m., the Fall City Fire Department responded to the 4400 block of 328th Place Southeast for a 40-year-old man experiencing left arm pain and shaking. He was treated and transported to a local hospital by an ambulance.

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Snowbird party planned in Arizona The ninth annual Snoqualmie Valley Picnic for traveling residents in Arizona is planned for Thursday, Feb. 2, in Uma, Ariz.

The picnic is 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Riverside Park in the former Uma Prison complex.

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North Bend resident Bev Jorgensen’s vibrant new scarf matches her designer glasses.

Jorgensen took a leap of style this winter with big help from her friend and supervisor, Barbie Young.

Jorgensen, a saleswoman for PartyLite gifts and a single mother, was treated to a makeover in December by Young, a Kirkland resident and Jorgensen’s PartyLite leader.

An excited Jorgensen tried on her new designer frames, their sides stamped into vine-like shapes, telling Allison Smith, her attendant at Snoqualmie Valley Eyecare Associates, “I’m walking out the door with these.� “She’s just been spoiled,�

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Bev Jorgensen holds a new pair of eyeglasses, helped by Allison Smith at Snoqualmie Valley Eyecare. Jorgensen’s glasses were part of a surprise makeover she received with help from her PartyLite supervisor, Barbie Young of Kirkland. practice, Young wanted to give her friend a pick-meup, that included a new hairdo and clothes. She posted her ideas on Facebook, and received a recommendation to call Snoqualmie Valley Eyecare. “After hearing Bev was in need of eyewear and lived in our community, Snoqualmie Valley Eyecare decided to partner with Barbie to bless her friend,� Duvall told the Record. “Beverly and Barbie worked together to select beautiful new eyewear. The makeover is complete! And now, Beverly will not only look better—she’ll see better too.�

Putting on her new glasses, Jorgensen noticed how things were much clearer, and that her frames are lighter. She expects to “just live better� as

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Both women are very special to each other, and Jorgensen feels good about her new look. “It makes a difference when you trust somebody,� she said. Barbie “always thought I was a little too conservative, so she’s always trying to push me out of the box a little bit.�

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Scots troubadour Jim Malcolm to play in Duvall Jim Malcolm is the ultimate Scots troubadour. Travelling the world with his guitar, harmonicas, and engaging wit, he sings the traditional songs of Scotland and his own masterfully crafted songs in a style which is modern and accessible, yet utterly authentic. He is highly regarded as an interpreter of the songs of Robert Burns, and has been described as “one of the finest singers in Scotland in any style�.

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SNOQUALMIE VALLEY COMMUNITY NETWORK: Board meeting is 6:30 p.m. in the Riverview School District boardroom.

TALES: Young Toddler Story Time is 9:30 a.m. at the Snoqualmie Library; for children ages 6 to 24 months with an adult.

TALES: Preschool Story Time is 10:30 a.m. at the Snoqualmie Library; for ages 3 to 6 with an adult.

MEET A RANGER: U.S. Forest Service Ranger Teresa Sollitto presents information about the National Forest and family-friendly hikes, 7 p.m. at the Snoqualmie Library.

STUDY ZONE: Teens can drop in for free homework help at 4 p.m. at the Snoqualmie Library and 7 p.m. at North Bend Library.

ANIME CLUB: Teens who enjoy anime and manga can meet, draw and watch movies, 3 p.m. at Snoqualmie Library.

TALES: Pajamarama Story Time is 6:30 p.m. at the North Bend Library.

COMPUTER HELP: Get extra help on the computer with volunteer assistance, 1 p.m. at North Bend Library and 6:30 p.m. at Fall City Library.

THURSDAY, JAN. 26

After snowshoe proposal, Parsons, Anderson to marry

Library; all young children are welcome with an adult.

STUDY ZONE: Teens and children can drop in for free homework help at 4 p.m. at the North Bend Library and 5 p.m. at the Fall City Library.

PLAY CHESS: Snoqualmie Valley Chess Club meets at 7 p.m. at the North Bend Library. Learn to play chess or get a game going.

MEET A RANGER: U.S. Forest Service Ranger Teresa Sollitto presents information about the National Forest and family-friendly hikes, 7 p.m. at the Fall City Library.

FRIDAY, JAN. 27 GAME ON: Teens can play video games at the North Bend Library, 3 p.m.

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Now engaged, Jeremy Parsons and Patience Anderson will wed in 2012. Parson proposed to Anderson on a snowshoeing trip to Snoqualmie Pass. Parsons, son of Ken and Nancy Parsons of North Bend, and Anderson, daughter of Robert Anderson of Maple Valley and Gale Miner of North Bend, will marry August 4 in Darrington, Wash. tion and Enrichment Fair is 9 a.m. to noon at Mount Si High School commons.

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MONDAY, JAN. 30 TALES: Afternoon Preschool Story Time is 1:30 p.m. at Snoqualmie Library; for ages 3 to 6 with an adult.

TALES: Merry Monday Story Time is 11 a.m. at North Bend Library; for newborns to age 3 with an adult.

STUDY ZONE: Teens and children can drop in for free homework help at 3 p.m. at the North Bend Library.

JOB CLUB: Connect with fellow job seekers for support, networking and

employment resources, 2 p.m. at the North Bend Library.

LEARN ENGLISH: English as a Second Language (ESL) Class is 6:30 p.m. at the North Bend Library.

TUESDAY, JAN. 31 STUDY ZONE: Teens can drop in for free homework help at 3 p.m. at Snoqualmie and North Bend Libraries.

TALES: Toddler Story Time is 9:30 a.m. at North Bend Library; for ages 2 to 3 with an adult.

The Mount Si High School Football Wildcat Booster Club would like to warmly thank the Snoqualmie Tribe for their generous sponsorship of $10,000 in 2011.

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Free workshop on tree repairs at Ridge Center The city of Snoqualmie hosts a free 45-minute workshop for homeowners on how to assess tree damage and take corrective steps that may salvage limbs that are not too badly damaged.

The workshop is 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at the Snoqualmie Community Center/ Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St. in Snoqualmie.

You do not need to be a member of the YMCA to attend the class.

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The American Association of Retired Persons, or AARP, offers its free Tax-Aide service, February 1 to April 11 at the North Bend Library.

Volunteers can help people prepare their tax returns, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the library. The service is free and there are no age, income or membership requirements, but the service is meant for taxpayers with low- or middle-incomes, with special attention to those age 60 and older.

All returns are e-filed and refunds can be received in less than 14 days using direct deposit When you visit a Tax-Aide site, bring a copy of last year’s return, valid ID for you, spouse, and dependents, records of all income received; W-2 and 1099 forms including SSA-1099 for Social Security benefits paid, gambling winnings, unemployment, pensions, stock sales reports, alimony received or paid and if itemizing property tax and mortgage interest records, all receipts and canceled checks for contributions, medical expenses, Social Security cards for yourself and dependents and, if applicable, dependent care provider information including name, employer, and Social Security number.

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GENERAL CATEGORY THIRD PLACE:

STX-Pro 92 Camera Tripod (with sleeve)

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Courtesy of Omega Photo in Bellevue

Courtesy of Omega Photo in Bellevue

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