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Mind your manners
Voters to decide on North Bend’s eighth officer
FESTIVAL
Fall City Days schedule, events preview, see inside Pages 9-16
SCHOOLS
New Snoqualmie Valley School District civility policy lays out rules for staff, student behavior
Twin Falls science, math whizzes wow at competition Page 6
INDEX Opinion 4 7 Obituaries On the Scanner 17 Classifieds 17-20 22 Movie Times 23 Calendar
Vol. 101, No. 3
Proposed sales tax increase would support police, fire coverage for city
BY CAROL LADWIG
BY CAROL LADWIG
Staff Reporter
No single group or incident provided the push for the Snoqualmie Valley School District’s new civility policy, say school district staff. Instead, the policy, formally adopted by the school board at its May 29 meeting, grew from discussions that began more than six months ago, after contentious contract negotiations with the district’s teacher union were completed just hours before a teacher’s strike would have begun. “ T h i s JOEL AUNE policy was developed Snoqualmie Valley Schools in collaboSuperintendent ration with Lisa Radmer, who is the president of the Snoqualmie Valley Education Association,” Aune told the school board before the first reading of the policy, May 15. Aune said the policy was meant to guide everyone in the district. “This policy holds all of us accountable. That includes parents, staff and students, to interact, and behave in appropriate fashions that will serve the betterment of our schools and the betterment of our school district.” SEE CIVILITY, 5
Staff Reporter
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Owners Jim and Cindy Walker hold one of the granite stars used for the top-level donors to North Bend Theatre’s digital upgrade project. The stars went into the sidewalk in May.
Walk of fame Sidewalk stars crown North Bend community’s successful fundraiser campaign to ‘Save Our Theatre’ BY SETH TRUSCOTT Editor
“Isn’t it cool?” Cindy Walker asks. The North Bend Theatre owner is justly proud of her new digital projector. Its high-tech computer system and 4,000-watt bulb took the local moviehouse out of the old days of film and into the modern era. Bought with the assistance of Walker’s neighbors and customers, this $100,000 machine shows how much locals love the business. A year ago, in the “Save Our Theatre” campaign, locals crowdfunded that amount to upgrade the theater’s projection system to digital, and preserve its independence. SEE STARS, 7
Police and fire services in North Bend will both get a boost next year if city voters approve a proposed sales tax increase in November. The sales tax of 0.1 percent could raise an estimated $180,000, if approved by a 60 percent majority of voters. Much of that revenue would go toward hiring an eighth dedicated police officer for Snoqualmie, North Bend City Administrator Londi Lindell told the North Bend City Council at its May 20 meeting. Other funds would go toward fire services, she said, pointing out that the city’s existing contract with Eastside Fire & Rescue will increase in cost by about $80,000 next year. An eighth police officer would give North Bend two-officer coverage in the city for 18 hours each day, Lindell said. SEE OFFICER, 5
Two calls for rescue at Olallie, Little Si Two men were injured on climbs early Sunday, June 8, calling on King County Search and Rescue for assistance. The first call, at 11:35 a.m. from Olallie State Park, was cancelled within 40 minutes, said Sheriff 's Department spokeswoman Sgt. DB Gates, who had no further information on the incident. The second, at noon, brought Search and and Rescue volunteers to Little Si, where a Seattle man had been rock climbing. The report indicated he may have broken bones in a fall. He was off the mountain and in an ambulance by 4:15 p.m.
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