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Law change halts tattoo plans
People powered Valley creative types turn to crowd funding for ambitious projects By Seth Truscott
They’re off and running: The faces of Valley spring sports Pages 11-15
Hunting for the treasures of downtown Snoqualmie in special art walk Page 23
Index Opinion 4 7 Schools On the Scanner 8 9 Puzzles Classifieds 18-21 Best Of Contest 22
Vol. 99, No. 42
The clock is ticking for Jerry Mader. He’s got an ambitious goal, less than a month left to meet it. And he’s depending on friends and strangers to invest in his latest book, that helps and documents people they’ll probably never meet. Crowd funding is a new thing for this Carnation author, photographer and musician, working on his fourth book, “A Gathering of Stories.” He’s self-published histories of Carnation and local farms, but is now one of several Valley creative types to turn to Jerry mader Internet investors to bankroll a project. He’s using a company called Indiegogo to connect with would-be investors interested in seeing artistic projects come to Jonathan nelson life. As an artist, “you’re always trying to find funding sources,” says Mader, who was tuned into crowd funding through his visual artist wife, Steph, and their artistic friends. With the gradual erosion of funding for various arts agencies, and the explosion of the Internet, it’s getting harder for artists and writers like Mader to break through the static. “The publishing world is crazy,” says Mader, who self-publishes. “You can get it out there. Will anybody pay attention?” See Kickstart, 16
Home business ban on tattoo parlors passed in emergency ordinance By Carol Ladwig Staff Reporter
Carol Ladwig/Staff Photo
Jesse and Tiffany share a hug after dinner at the Snoqualmie Valley Winter Shelter. The couple comes to the shelter often for the hot meal, but like about half the diners, they don’t sleep under the shelter roof, unless its extremely cold outside.
The safe place For people who use North Bend’s homeless shelter, it’s a rare haven By Carol Ladwig Staff Report
Problems brought this group of people together, the guests of the Snoqualmie Valley Winter Shelter. Unemployment, mental or physical illness, disability and addiction all
contributed to one or more of the 30-plus guests’ showing up in the North Bend Community Church’s dining room on this blustery February night. Debbie, a mom with a teen and adult daughters and a volunteer at the Mount Si Food Bank, lost her job when she needed reconstructive surgery to repair the damage to her jaw from a mis-fit pair of dentures. See HAVEN, 17
Tattoo parlors are not allowed in North Bend, except in an employment park zone on the extreme eastern edge of the city. At least, that’s what North Bend planning staff thought until tattoo artist David Herman, currently of Redmond, David herman made plans to move to North Bend. Herman, owner of Ambrosia Tattoo Gallery (www.tatguy.com), had planned to open his shop April 1 in a building on Ballarat Avenue, squarely in the city’s Downtown Commercial zone, where such businesses are prohibited. However, he also planned to live in the building, making his business home-based, and legal, according to the city’s code. “The main problem here is that the underlying zone did not allow it,” said Gina Estep, North Bend’s economic development director. See TATTOO, 6
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