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Mayor, council to re-up, clean up firing range
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Cemetery Club brings the laughs, tears at Center Stage Page 8
City looks at special town meeting, new fireworks rules By Seth Truscott Carol Ladwig/Staff Photo
It had to be a faith community that opened the Valley’s first winter shelter for the homeless. Only a church could organize quickly enough, generate donations and recruit volunteers to open its doors while it still mattered.
Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson ended speculation last Monday on whether he will seek a third term. “It’s been an honor for the past seven years to serve with such a fine group of people, the staff and this council,” Larson Matt Larson said at the Snoqualmie close of the Mayor Februar y 25 council meeting. “If the citizens of Snoqualmie allow me, I’d like to throw my hat in for another four years.” Larson was unopposed in 2009. In 2005, he beat James Harrelson, 55 percent to 43 percent, at the polls. His announcement prompted the rest of the council to declare their intentions, and like Larson, all those due to re-run this fall choose to do so.
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Cast and crew members from “Lucky Them” exit the Mount Si Pub for another take of a scene that begins in the car outside. The film crew spent most of a day filming at North Bend’s Mount Si Pub, in a story tracking Toni Collette’s character throughout the area.
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Vol. 99, No. 41
Actors keep dropping into North Bend, Carnation for independent films By Carol Ladwig Staff Reporter
“Is this a movie movie, or is this a monster movie?” That was a logical question in Carnation, which last year was the setting for the Syfy Channel’s made-for-TV movie
“Bigfoot,” and Becca Hall, who teaches a children’s writing class in Carnation, was probably asking for a lot of residents. “Lucky Them,” the movie in question, is an independent film directed by Seattle writer/director/producer Megan Griffiths (“Off Hours,” “Eden”), and starring Toni Collette (“Little Miss Sunshine,” “United States of Tara”) and Thomas Haden Church (“Sideways,” “Wings”). See MOVIES, 2
A season of shelter
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Valley Winter Shelter supervisor Linda Beckvold laughs at the teasing she gets when she brings out the night’s chores list. One of the requirements for staying at the shelter is that guests help take care of the facility.
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