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Working in the food bank Volunteers drive the Mount Si Food Bank, support Valley families in need By EVAN PAPPAS
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Minutes before the doors opened, 15 volunteers, including myself, joined hands in a circle. One by one, each of the volunteers introduced themselves and the group shared a prayer for the well-being of the clientele and for everything to run smoothly for the day. This was the start of another Wednesday at the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank. The food bank, located next to the church on East 3rd Street and Ballarat in North Bend, has been a staple of the Valley community for over a decade. Two years ago, when the Mount Si Food Bank left that location, it became the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank. Now after a couple years, the food bank has been built back up to help support those who need it. Executive Director Heidi Dukich told me that the strength of the food bank comes from the amount of passionate volunteers they get. In 2015, she said the food bank has already exceeded 15,000 volunteer work hours, and regularly
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Lori Bailey, operations manager at the food bank, Lydon. gives out 13,000 to 15,000 pounds of food a week. “There are a lot of giving hearts in our community and it’s really what makes us able to provide the service that we do,” Dukich said. Dukich and Operations Manager Lori Bailey, the only two employees of the food bank, made sure the volunteers were up to date with the day’s
discusses the station operations with volunteer Mar workload before getting everyone to join hands for a prayer lead by Karen Birzell, a volunteer and member of the food bank’s board of directors. Each volunteer took a position along the aisles of the food bank. Some were in charge of fruits SEE FOOD BANK, 4
Flood rescue
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Firefighters save man trapped in car swept away by floodwater By EVAN PAPPAS Staff Reporter
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Vol. 102, No. 27 Photo courtesy of Washington National Guard
Flooding submerged N.E. 124th St. near the S.R. 203 roundabout Wednesday, Nov. 18. This photo was taken from a Washington National Guard Blackhawk helicopter flying over the flood.
Firefighters saved a man from a car sinking into the flooding Snoqualmie River Wednesday evening, Nov. 18. Duvall Fire Department staff were dispatched for the swift-water rescue at 6:10 p.m. in the 16500 block of West Snoqualmie River Road. Firefighters were able to quickly identify the vehicle in the water, despite the car being almost completely submerged. Jared Shoop, one of the responding firefighters, explained that the car was tricky to find in the flooding that night. “It was easy to miss, there was a lot of stuff floating down, logs, debris, grass bunches,” Shoop said. “We are very fortunate we found him.” The driver had about four to six inches of air above his head when rescuers reached him, Shoop said. They SEE RESCUE, 5
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