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Celebrate the 50th anniversary of George’s Bakery at the Block Party BY SETH TRUSCOTT
Locals walk to ‘Finish the Fight’ in Saturday’s Relay for Life Page 2
Saturday, July 19, 2014
George Macris loved his city. There is no doubt that if George were alive today, he’d be all over the North Bend Block Party, selling cookies and bread, or mingling with the crowd. Probably both. Macris, the namesake of George’s Bakery, founded his business 50 years ago this month. He took over the baker’s role at a spot that had been a bakery for 42 years prior. But Macris really made this place his own. In the summer of 1964, George and his wife, Jean, opened Butter Crust Bakery. Jean remembers that her husband was a hard-working Greek immigrant a few years older than her, who washed dishes, worked in a bakery and learned the trade. “When we were first married, we
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In the heart of North Bend, Wash.
Cop sees ‘awesome transformation’
A supplement to the Snoqualmie Valley Record
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Jean Macris, left, wife of the late George Macris, visits with Jim McKeown and Kathy Stokesberry, current owners of George’s Bakery in North Bend. The bakery celebrates its 50th anniversary at the North Bend Block Party, Saturday.
Elvis, bunnies, Twinkies, and geocaching: Don’t miss the Block Party Pages 7-14
Safety instructor takes a beating, but growing confidence is worth it
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Snoqualmie Officer Nigel Draveling wears protective gear for a RAD, or rape defense, class in June.
As serious classes go, the RAD training put on by the Snoqualmie Police Department is probably one of the most fun, for instructors and students alike. RAD, or Rape Agression Defense, is a free national women’s self-defense program that teaches women not just how to defend themselves from an attacker with hands-on training, but also how to make and keep themselves safe. The women-only classes are free and include both class discussions on safety and an end-of-course
practical session, in which every student demonstrates her new skills against attack, going all-out against an attacker in a well-padded suit. Nigel Draveling, a 14-year veteran of the Snoqualmie Police Department, started work on bringing RAD classes to Snoqualmie about six years ago, he said. As police officers, “all of us were reporting numerous requests,” he said, for women’s self-defense, defense tactics and firearms classes, he said, but there was no money in the budget for them. Draveling had some background in martial arts and defensive tactics through his work with Snoqualmie, SEE CLASS, 3
No DNA match yet for Baby Kimball King County Sheriff’s deputies now have DNA profiles that could connect an abandoned infant, found February 12 in North Bend, with the people who left her. The baby, a girl believed to be full term, was dead when she was found in a wooded area near the Kimball Creek Bridge. Deputies named her for the area. A scientist with the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab used evidence at the scene to develop the profiles. So far, there are no matches, but detectives hope the profile will help locate and identify those who abandoned her. Anyone with tips on the case is asked to call (206) 296-3311.
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found this for sale,” she said. “It was a run-down bakery,” dating back to the 1920s. For George, still learning the business, running his own place was a new challenge. Over 28 years, they made it work, putting a lot of pride, sweat and hard work into it, and building a strong community bond. According to the Valley Record archives, Jean worked alongside George, and their children had their first work experiences behind the counter. George sat on the North Bend Chamber of Commerce and helped plan the North Bend celebration that was once known as Alpine Days, and is now the Festival at Mount Si. At first, Jean kept her teaching job in Seattle, but found it hard to commute. She worked in the bakery before starting her own business next door. In 1980, the Macrises cut a hole in the wall of their bakery and opened a nutritional supplement store next door, Nature’s Marketplace.