Snoqualmie Valley Record, July 25, 2012

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The bear solvers

Flood fighters won’t throw in towel

Officers: Human behavior needs to change to end unwanted encounters By Seth Truscott

Bucks, Dodgers claiming major wins this summer Page 7

Railway fun for Thomas seekers at Snoqualmie’s historic depot Page 8

One night last spring, two moms—one a human, the other a bear—came face to face. Becca Russell of Preston was a new mom, up late tending to her newborn, when she heard a noise in the night. “Oh, shoot, it’s the bears,” she thought. But it wasn’t one roving, garage-browsing bear, but three: A sow and two cubs. Russell’s annoyance that now more of the hungry creatures were making a haven of her home turned to fear, when she tried to shoo them away, hollering from the safety of her home. Outside her office window, the mama bear rose to her hind legs and huffed in defiance. Russell backed off, shut the curtains, but returned to see what happened next. “They just went back to eating my garbage until they were done, and moseyed on,” Russell said. Russell’s sense of being under siege was reinforced when a bear tore off the door of an outside shed at her home earlier this year. She’s regained control by building a stronger shed, and is keeping her trash in a strong steel container, but wonders at reports of bears wandering local streets. See BEAR solvers, 3

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Lower Valley Alliance wants reconsideration of Army Corps decision By Carol Ladwig Staff Reporter

Bend enjoyed when “Twin Peaks” came out. Then again, maybe not. “The influx of people was just amazing,” said the 81-yearold North Bend resident. Soon after “Twin Peaks” went on the air Thursday nights, customers began pouring into the cafe, all wanting a slice of pie and “a damn fine cup of coffee”

On the heels of another court loss, the Snoqualmie Valley Preservation Alliance is still fundraising, still fighting. “We haven’t given up, and we will not give up, until every option is exhausted,” said Erick Haakenson, a Carnation farmer and member of the SVPA board of directors. T h e S V P A (www. svpa.us) is a group of Valley residents, farms, and dairies Erick Haakenson that united SVPA board member in an effort to address the causes of increasing Lower Valley flooding. They are enmeshed in a legal battle with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers which they claim erroneously authorized its lowering of the dam at Snoqualmie Falls and the multi-million dollar update of Puget Sound Energy facilities there, under a general nationwide permit permit, or GNP, provision.

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See CASE, 5

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With trash-raiding bears a common nuisance in Snoqualmie, city, state and Waste Management officials are working together to find solutions. Wildlife enforcement officer Chris Moszeter, left, works with bear dog Savute to keep bears in the woods. Jeff McMahon, District Manager for Waste Management, center, orders bear-proof garbage bins. Police officer Nigel Draveling, right, wants residents to help by promptly reporting encounters.

Back to Twin Peaks

Opinion 4 Back to School 11 13 Movie Times 14 Calendar On the Scanner 16 Classifieds 16-18

Fans of shows reunite in North Bend, Aug. 3 to 5 By Carol Ladwig

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Pat Cokewell looks over some of the Twin Peaks memorabilia she’s collected over the years, including a write-up in the National Enquirer. “I’ve really made it now!” she joked.

No one warned her about the pie. If they had, Pat Cokewell might have been better prepared for the rush of business her little Mar-T Cafe (now Twede’s) in North

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