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Home intruder shot, killed in North Bend Break-in ends with deadly exchange for man, 30 By Valley RECoRD STAFF
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A North Bend man shot and killed an intruder who smashed his way into a Si View residence late Friday, March 30. According to reports by the King
County Sheriff’s Office, the resident, who is 46 years old, and his girlfriend were awakened just before midnight when a man threw a propane tank through their sliding glass door. They live at the 400 block of Orchard Drive. Reports say that while the residents hid, they could hear the intruder rummaging through their belongings. The male resident warned the intruder several times that he had a
gun, but the intruder refused to leave and threatened violence. According to reports, the residents heard the intruder yelling, “Where are you? I’m going to kill you!” The man at the home retrieved a handgun from his nightstand and yelled numerous times, “I have a pistol. Get out of my house!” See DEADLY, 3
Rare killing The shooting death of a man in North Bend last week—which is being ruled as self defense by King County sheriff’s deputies—is among a small number of violent deaths to occur in North Bend over the last decade. See story on page 3
Schaffer signs off as top cop
Mount Si softball makes a perfect start to season Page 5
Capt. Steve McCulley tapped for Snoqualmie Police Chief
Shields, who owns Excavators Northwest of Seattle, is entering the final leg of an 18-month restoration project as chief contractor.
After 23 years with the Snoqualmie Police Department, Police Chief Jim Schaffer will retire this June. Colleagues in city government say Schaffer’s impact on the city, heading a growing department during an era of great change, has been profound. Following work at the FBI and the Issaquah Police Jim Schaffer Department, Schaffer became a Snoqualmie Police Snoqualmie police Chief officer in 1989 and was promoted to sergeant, captain, and then chief in 2003. “Jim has played a significant role in humanizing police officers to children, particularly with the bike safety rodeo,” said Councilman Bob Jeans. Schaffer helped establish the annual Tanner Jeans Memorial Bike Safety Rodeo – a partnership between the Snoqualmie Police Department and the Tanner Jeans Memorial Foundation. The rodeo teaches the fundamentals of bike safety to hundreds of children each year.
See BARN, 10
See TOP COP, 3
PARENTING
For historic barn, it’s a
Seattle restauranteur shares career thoughts with local teens Page 12
Index
Rustic rebirth Seth Truscott/Staff Photo
Opinion 6 6 Past Time 8, 9 Easter 9 Best Of Classifieds 13,14 On The Scanner 15
Vol. 98, No. 45
A new era is dawning for Fall City’s 112-year-old Kinnear Ambold Farm barn. Contractor Frank Shields, pictured visiting the restored loft, is working with owners Tim and Nancy Uhrich to rebuild the barn, piece by piece.
Fall City’s century-old ‘Ruth’s Barn’ getting a second century with major restoration By Seth Truscott Editor
Frank Shields slides up the window sash and takes in the view from the loft of the Kinnear Ambold Farm barn. Outside the window, beyond the metal scaffolding surrounding the barn walls, past the vintage milking shed by the road, Fall City’s rural vista of pastures, barns and farmhouses beckons. “When this was a dairy, there were acres of area that
this farm had to graze cattle,” Shields said. “Now, it’s all bought up in real estate.” The Ambold dairy is now lost to time, and the barn itself, derelict to age, almost became a casualty. But next-door neighbors and new owners Tim and Nancy Uhrich stepped up to make sure that the century-old “Ruth’s Barn” has another solid hundred years of life.
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