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State, judge races in the primary A handful of Valley offices are on the state’s primary ballot, sent out to all voters earlier this month. Voters can make their choices for the candidates to appear on the November general election ballot at the federal, state and judicial level. Candidates for the U.S. Representative seat for Congressional District 8 include incumbent Dave Reichert.
Ex-Snoqualmie mayor Fuzzy Fletcher is all about the preparedess Page 3
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Dan Eastman, Mary Maier and Perry Falcone give a tour of the Upper Carlson Floodplain Restoration Project near Fall City. The project will make long-lasting improvements in fish habitat and flood protection, but closes the stretch below Fall City to floaters for the rest of the season. Along the river, trees are being uprooted, below, and used to anchor the new levee.
Roger Thorson’s big barn inspires dance performance Page 5
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Vol. 101, No. 10
Floods, fish and farms Floodplain project on the Snoqualmie’s Carlson stretch resets river’s history BY CAROL LADWIG Staff Reporter
Uprooted trees lay flattened in the glare of the sun on the north bank of the Snoqualmie River. The dirt, churned up for the first time in decades, was a uniform, sun-baked beige color, and in its narrow channel, the river lazed past, too quiet to drown out the surprised chatter from a group of visitors.
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Sold-out Twin Peaks Fest starts Friday
Almost two months along, the $4 million Upper Carlson floodplain project looked rough when the Snoqualmie Watershed Forum stopped here on its annual floodplain tour July 16. But it was also a good example of the Forum’s efforts on what presenters called “the three F’s,” fish, farms and flooding. The project includes demolishing a 1,600-foot stretch of the 80-yearold levee on the north bank and setting it back from the river on the county-owned Fall City Natural Area, improving a side channel that the river historically follows in flood events.
Fans of the cult phenomenon “Twin Peaks” will come from all over the world Aug. 1 through 3 to eat doughnuts and cherry pie, meet friends, watch David Lynch films, visit the filming locations in the Valley, and generally just celebrate their passion for the early 90s television show. Tickets for the 21-year-old event sold out in early June; typically about 150 people attend the festival, which has its base at the Sallal Grange Hall in North Bend.
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