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Down to the wire
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Strike narrowly averted in deal over class size, pay raises By Carol Ladwig and Seth Truscott Valley Record Staff
Hundreds of Snoqualmie Valley teachers walked into the Mount Si High School auditorium, blue ballots in hand, at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, to vote on a new three-year
Fall sports roll for Mount Si High School: Season preview Pages 11-15
Turning the earth for new Hansen park in Snoqualmie Page 8
Index Opinion 4 10 Puzzles 15 Obituaries 15 Movie Times Classifieds 17-21 On The Scanner 23
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contract. Officially, they were on strike, per an overwhelming majority vote of the Snoqualmie Valley Education Association members from last Tuesday, Sept. 3, but their actions Sunday averted that. By 8 p.m., the deal was in hand. It passed with 59 percent of the 295 teachers voting to approve the deal, which lays out a roughly 12 percent pay increase over the next three years. See NO STRIKE, 22
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Watching their watchers this summer, two loose steers on Meadowbrook Farm were finally taken.
Odyssey ends for fugitive cows
A new beginning
Free summer over for Meadowbrook steers The two steer that have stopped traffic and started lots of local speculation this summer are gone now. Since May, the animals have been making the rounds of the Snoqualmie area, from Meadowbrook Farm to Indian Hill.
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Maddie Hager, front right, smiles as she and the rest of the Mount Si swim team take to the pool for a practice at the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. This fall, the first independent local swim team, 18 girls in all, competes in the KingCo League. Learn more on Page 14.
See CAPTURED, 8
A strong life
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Looking back at 100 with Marie Nichols of North Bend By Seth Truscott Editor
When Marie Nichols of North Bend blows out the candles this weekend, she’ll have a century of experiences to look back on. Many memories are faded, but Nichols, who turns 100 on September 15, remembers of the big moments and the major changes of her long life, with help from her children. Growing up in Auburn, Wash., she was an avid skiier who focused on family, supported an ailing husband for decades, and ultimately outlived three spouses. See 100 YEARS, 10
North Bend resident Marie Nichols, left, with son Steve, turns 100 this week. In her long life, she danced, skiied (right, at Alaska’s Independence Mine in 1942), married three times, and singlehandedly raised a family.
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Ready to vote on a contract, Valley teacher Jack Webber holds his ballot with one hand, along with a picket kit and signs in the other, Sunday evening at Mount Si High School. Teachers were technically on strike Sunday afternoon, but a deal passed putting educators back to work.