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A Spotlight on historic Snoqualmie Valley Businesses
Mount Si brings back Homecoming parade
PTSA fun run raises $80,000
By EVAN PAPPAS
SPORTS
SCHOOLS
Staff Reporter
Snoqualmie Valley shifts elementary boundaries Page2
Olympic athletes visit snow sports museum Page 4
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Children and parents raised more than $80,000 for their PTSA when they gathered on Thursday, Oct. 15, for the Orange Ruler Fun Run at Snoqualmie Elementary School. The event was a collaboration between the cchool, PTSA, and Orange Ruler, an educational fundraising organization. Diana Reul-Shapiro, PTSA president, said that the group had done fun run events in the past but after hearing about the Orange Ruler from schools in the Issaquah School District,
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The most eye catching costume of the SES Orange Ruler fun run Oct. 15 belonged to the mysterious student in red with a neon green afro wig. she thought it would be a good opportunity to work with them. Chris Eastwood, cofounder of Orange Ruler,
was at the event on Thursday helping out with organization. Coming from a traditional product sales fundraising background,
he wanted to find a better method to raise money for schools.
Under the microscope Hospital Commission candidates discuss finances, relationships at forum By EVAN PAPPAS Staff Reporter
Accountability, in finances, transparency, and public outreach was the theme of the third and final Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce candidate forum on Oct. 16. This time, candidates running for positions on the Hospital District Commission answered the public’s questions. Only four of the six candidates attended, David Speikers, incumbent in position 1, Ryan Roberts incumbent in position 3, and for position 5, Joan Young, incumbent, and Steve Weaver. Fritz Ribary challenging Speikers for position 1, prepared video messages for his opening and closing statements. Emma Herron, challenging Roberts, did not attend. Moderator Steve Pennington asked the candidates six questions over an hour at the monthly
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Ryan Roberts explains why he thinks he is the better candidate for the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital commissioner position than his opponent. luncheon at the Snoqualmie Ridge TPC and imposed a two minute limit on responses, which the candidates usually did a good job of sticking to. The forum started with a discussion of the hospital’s $98 million debt and whether tax-payers would be liable for it. Roberts said the district was performing as predicted and the hospital is making the necessary payments. The remainder of the debt is on an amortization schedule and will be paid over the next 30 years. All candidates agreed there was no need to increase taxes at all.
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It has been several years, since Mount Si High School has marked Homecoming with a parade, but the tradition is back for Homecoming 2015. Community members and alumni are invited. The parade starts, 5:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, at the back parking lot of the high school, turns right onto Schusman and proceeds to Park Street. At Park, the route turns right, then right onto Meadowbrook Way, on to the front parking lot of the school. A pep rally starts at 6 p.m. at the stadium and the Homecoming football game starts at 7; Mount Si hosts Newport.
Pennington then asked the candidates why they feel they are a better choice than their opponents. Young spoke about her history in the medical field, citing her involvement in nursing for over 40 years and her experience seeing health care change over the years. Weaver said bringing a business and management perspective to the board would be more useful than a medical perspective today because board finances don’t require an in-depth medical background. “We’ve got a staff that can educate us to those issues,” he said. Speikers said he has taken a leadership role on the board through his handling of the finances and his knowledge of the hospital district. He emphasized his passion for this role and his ability to work while under pressure. Roberts spoke about his career working with hospitals and physician groups around the state. He said his work gives him a unique perspective into running a hospital as he has seen the challenges many hospitals around the state face and understands the business side of what they are dealing with. The hospital has been criticized for not being transparent about its decisions and finances. SEE HOSPITAL, 3
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