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Stabbed intruder dies
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Early a.m. home invasion in North Bend turns fatal A North Bend family, defending themselves from the second home invasion attack in 12 hours, stabbed and killed an intruder in their home in the 10100 block of 420th Avenue Southeast early Monday morning, May 13. The family, a husband, wife and infant, were not reported to have any significant physical injuries. Sheriff ’s deputies are investigating the incident, said Sheriff ’s spokesperson Cindi West, and whether the intruder is the same man who broke into the home around 1:10 p.m. Sunday, May 12.
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Sheriff’s deputies and camera crews line up outside the scene of a fatal home intrusion Monday morning near North Bend.
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Vol. 99, No. 51
Filling the coffers Carol Ladwig/Staff Photo
Pastor Steve Qualls and wife Karil are ready to ride on their Road King custom Harley. The couple are regulars at the Valley Ministerial Association’s biker dedication. Below, this year’s patch.
Highway to heaven
By Seth Truscott Editor
Roy, for instance, hosted a prayer service, specifically for motorcyclists at the start of the riding season, Wild Bill asked Peacock.
Bill Melton won’t be walking the trail for the Snoqualmie Valley CROP Hunger Walk this weekend. Fighting prostate cancer, he’s not up for hiking right now. But he will be on the sidelines, cheering on local walkers as they march against hunger.
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Bikers gather at Preston to seek a higher power By Carol Ladwig Staff Reporter
It started with a wild man, and a wilder idea, heaven meets hell-for-leather. Bill Chase, known as “Wild Bill” in Preston, had
this idea, and pitched it to his coffee buddy, Pastor Roy Peacock, more than 10 years ago when he was a newcomer to the Raging River Community Church. What if somebody, Pastor
Valley’s ninth Hunger Walk returns Sunday with concert, car wash, Meadowbrook benefit
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Art Hobbs, of Our Lady of Sorrows, guides walkers in the 2012 Valley CROP Hunger Walk. The fourchurch effort returns this weekend.
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