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More houses, more cars North Bend candidates discuss city’s growing pains in candidate forum By CAROL LADWIG
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Snoqualmie Tribe addresses Snoqualmie City Council Monday Page 7
Growth and its accompanying strain on traffic, city infrastructure and the existing city residents continues to be the biggest issue for candidates for North Bend City Council. The incumbent and aspiring city councilors gathered at the Oct. 7 Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commercesponsored candidate forum at the North Bend Theater, discussed the challenges of growth for several hours that evening, each emphasizing his or her own take on the issues. Mary Miller, write-in candidate for mayor, talked about her passion for the people in the community, and her desire to represent them in city government. Mayor Ken Hearing, running for his fourth term, talked about his leadership through the city’s long history of slow growth or none at all,
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In a nod to the evolution of social media as a news source, Steve Pennington, moderator of the Oct. 7 candidate forum at North Bend Theater, held up his camera phone and told candidates and audience members, “Everybody wave, you’re all going on my Facebook feed.” Pennington led the candidates for North Bend City Council through a series of questions about city issues, including their use of communication tools like social media, in the Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce sponsored event. and wins the city has had in dealing with past and future growth. Martin Volken, running for Position 7 talked about good governance, and what was needed to keep North Bend the “cool” place that had attracted him, and many others to live there, as people continue to move into the city.
Judy Bilanko, opposing Volken at Position 7, said “I love North Bend for what it is,” adding that she wanted to make sure the city maintained its charm and independence. Brenden Elwood, running for Position 5, SEE FORUM, 2
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Night on a Dark Trail runs again Saturday
Siblings share air time in silly, science-y ‘Station Wagon’ By CAROL LADWIG Editor
Proudly bearing the virtual symbol of old suburbia, the Station Wagon podcast got off to a slow start with its launch earlier this year, much like a real car stuck in rush hour traffic. Lately though, it’s been gaining an audience, and, at the risk of drawing derisive snorts from both of its creators, picking up speed. “Over the last three weeks, we haven’t had any zero-listener days,” said Marc Shecter, the Snoqualmie half of the brother-sister team that created the half-hour podcasts. His sister, Julie Kinn of Olympia, watched eagerly over his shoulder as the dashboard ticked up to show another listener found their show. He gave a small cheer, then asked if that was dorky. She answered him.
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Julie Kinn of Olympia and Marc Schecter of Snoqualmie clown around with their hankies, part of giving up paper for their current episode of “The Station Wagon” podcast. “It’s the best day,” said Kinn. “It’s dorky when you do it,” she said. For both of the siblings, any day “It’s very sophisticated when I do it.” They let it go, because both are in a spent on The Station Wagon is a good mood to celebrate. They just released SEE SHOW, 9 the latest episode of the Station Wagon.
The second showing of Night on a Dark Trail, cancelled last Saturday, has been rescheduled for Saturday, Oct. 17. Heavy rain forced the cancellation of last Saturday’s show, said director Mark Hennig, but Friday’s opening night event brought out about 450 people. Night on a Dark Trail will run from 7 to 10 p.m. this Saturday, at the former Leisure Time Resort, 34500 S.E. 99th St., Snoqualmie. Tickets are $10 per person and parking is free. Proceeds benefit the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank. To learn more, visit http:// nightonadarktrail.org.
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