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Riverwalk closer to reality
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Snoqualmie sets aside $700K for grant for new attraction BY SETH TRUSCOTT
Carnation newcomer keeps your racquet in tune Page 7
Mount Si market day NEWS
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Mt. Si church members giving back, cleaning up
Her dad enjoys pizza, mom eats a sandwich, and Gwendolyn Gasior, age 1, tries bites of both on a blanket with a sunny view of Mount Si Thursday afternoon, Aug. 28, at Si View Park. Amber and Rafal Gasior were hanging out during the weekly North Bend Farmer’s Market, and like many families, they hit the grass. “The market gets us out of the house,” says Amber. Si View hosts the final farmer’s market of the season on September 11. See more North Bend Farmer’s Market photos on page 9.
Time travelers
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Living history event comes to Snoqualmie Sept. 6
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Members of the Washington Civil War Association’s 20th Maine, Company F, commanded by Paul Timmerman of Snoqualmie, pose for a photo at a re-enactment of the battle of Antietam.
Valley mom rides to fight MS BY SETH TRUSCOTT Editor
It may look like a group of people “playing army” at Rotary Park this Saturday, Sept. 6. It may even sound like it, if the Washington Civil War Association re-enactors get city permission to fire—black powder only—their muskets that day. It is, in fact, a fun day for the participants, but it could be the start of something much bigger. Paul Timmerman, dedicated Civil War re-enactor and member of the WCWA board, is hoping that this living history demo will attract enough attention and interest for him to bring his hobby home. “We (want to) re-enact a Civil War battle, so there would be muskets blazing and cavalry,” he said in a recent phone interview. SEE HISTORY, 8
SEE MS RIDE, 3
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Su z a n n e Perkins laughs and admits she’s not exactly ready for her fifth Bike MS ride. When the North Bend mom hits the pedals this Saturday and SUZANNE PERKINS Sunday, taking part in the bicycle trek and fundraiser for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, she doesn’t plan to ride far.
BY CAROL LADWIG
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A riverside boardwalk in downtown Snoqualmie has been a dream for nearly a decade. That dream took a step closer to reality Monday, Aug. 24, when Snoqualmie City Council set aside more than half a million dollars as match funding for a potential grant. The council voted unanimously to reserve $713,000, in order to seek a Washington State Department of Ecology Floodplain by Design grant for the city’s Snoqualmie Riverfront Project.
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