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By Michele Mihalovich

There is more than meets the eye when you look at Julie Michelle Moshay.

If all you see is a waitress at the Country Pride Restaurant in North Bend’s “Truck Town,” then you’re missing a lot.

She’s the landscaper at the restaurant, and her co-workers call her the hummingbird whis-perer because of her ability to feed the skittish birds right out of her hands. She also organized North Bend’s recent first cash mob.

But Moshay’s ability to see more than meets the eye is what landed her on an all-expense paid voyage on the luxury liner MS Paul Gauguin in Tahiti, where she gave a series of lec-tures on Gauguin’s life and art-work.

Gauguin, who was born in Paris in 1848 and died in French Polynesia in 1903, is famous for his vibrantly colored paintings of Tahitian women, and some art historians con-sider him to have been an early influence on Pablo Picasso. Plenty has been written and

documented about the post-impressionist artist — except for

one little detail — hidden faces in many of Gauguin’s paintings,

according to Moshay.

Bring in your drugsDrug take back day nets a lot of medications.

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My generation Learn how to get along with co-workers of all ages.

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Girl power2012 is the Year of the Girl.

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Fishing lessonsAnnual fishing derby reels in the fun.

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Art attackSchool district showcases students’ artwork.

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What took eight years for Peter Keller to build only took a couple of days to dismantle.

Workers from the state’s Department of Natural Resources and King County Parks destroyed the multi-level, 30-foot deep bunker on Rattlesnake Ridge that Keller killed himself in on April 28.

Doug McClelland, assis-tant region manager for the department, said that after law enforcement collected all the evidence needed from the bun-ker, such as guns and ammuni-tion, workers started bagging up everything else May 1.

He said about 25 black plas-tic garbage bags filled with plastic bottles, plumbing pipes, clothing, food, bedding and oils were removed from the bunker before workers started demol-ishing the structure.

Workers used chainsaws to cut logs supporting the bunker

into 2- and 3-foot long sections and tossing them and dirt into the hole, McClelland said.

He said the inside of the

Man’s bunker is emptied, destroyed

Photos contributed by Washington’s Department of Natural Resources

Workers from King County Parks and the state’s Department of Natural Resources spent May 1-2 dismantling Peter Keller’s 30-foot-deep bunker, located on Rattlesnake Ridge.

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Evan E. Eichler, a North Bend father and University of Washington professor, was named to an elite group of sci-entists May 1.

The National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., elected 84 new members and 21 foreign associates from 15 countries in recognition of their distinguished and continu-ing achievements in original research.

Those elected bring the total number of active members to 2,152, according to a press release from the nonprofit organization.

An Act of Congress, signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 at the height of the Civil War, called upon the acad-emy to provide independent advice to the government on

North Bend man is named to National Academy of Sciences

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Woman takes a close look at Gauguin’s paintings

Contributed by Julie Michelle Moshay

Julie Michelle Moshay, 55, of North Bend, stands in front of the MS Paul Gauguin in Tahiti. She was invited to give a series of lectures about Gauguin’s life and artwork aboard the ship.

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She does not have any formal training in the arts. Moshay said she used to work as an advertising sales repre-sentative at a newspaper in California. One day in 1997 a co-worker, Peter Teekamp, con-fided to her that he’d discov-ered hidden faces in Gauguin’s artwork that no one else had found, and he asked for her help in validating the discov-ery.

“Well, if you make a state-ment like that, you can bet I’m going to look into it to see if it’s true,” she said.

Moshay, 55, got her hands on everything she could read about Gauguin and his paint-ings, a collection of about 100 books, and couldn’t find any references to the hidden faces except for a few noted “obvious faces.”

Moshay and Teekamp worked together for years to document the findings, which can be viewed at www.PassItOnArtHistory.com.In 2007, they were invited to lecture about Gauguin on the ship named after him.

Moshay said that most recently, she’d been goofing around on Google and saw that the boat had new owners who lived in Bellevue, so she con-tacted them and submitted a proposal for a lecture series.

Moshay’s two-week trip to Tahiti occurred in April.

“It was the highlight of my life,” she said. “If you’re going to talk about a misunderstood artist, who I am passionate about, what could be more

fitting than sailing on a ship named for him, on an island where he painted many of his pieces, and encouraging people to take a closer look at his work?”

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matters related to science and technology.

Eichler, 43, wrote in an email that his appointment was based primarily on his work on human genome “hotspots,” regions of instability in our genetic code that could predict diseases such as developmental delay, autism and epilepsy.

“Our work suggests that about 10-14 percent of these

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diseases are caused by mutations that arise specifically in these hotspots — this is significant because it is thought that 1 out of 50 births in the U.S. suffer from one of these diseases,” he wrote. “Our lab has identified six new syndromes where recur-rent gains or losses of DNA … lead to children with autism and

developmental delay. “

Eichler’s wife Marla said her hus-band received a 6 a.m. phone call May 1 from colleague

Mary-Clair King, who nominat-ed him in 2009.

“He was shocked and hon-ored all at the same time,” she said. “A smile and a look of amazement and disbelief were on his face ... He was bombarded with emails imme-diately from colleagues, so we realized that it really had to be true, even before the official announcement.

“He is very honored and humbled by this recognition and appointment from fellow scien-tists,” she added. “He has spent his life, his interest in genetics began at age 12, being dedicated to helping others through his work, and I am very pleased that he has been recognized for all his hard work.”

Evan and Marla Eichler, origi-nally from Canada, moved to North Bend in 2004 after living in Texas, California and Ohio.

They have four children: Matt, a Mount Si High School senior; Ehren, a sophomore at Mount Si; Teresa, a seventh-grader at Twin Falls Middle School; and Jacob, who is in preschool.

Michele Mihalovich: 392-6434, ext. 246, or [email protected]. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.

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Evan E. Eichler reviews some scientific information in a laboratory.

“He was shocked and honored all at the same time.”

— Marla EichlerEvan Eichler’s wife

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“When will you marry?” 1892 Gauguin (above) —

The half face of Meyer Dehaan is in the top right corner within the ‘Y’ of the tree, according to

Moshay. It is very impression-istic, a half face with hand on

chin. At right, Paul Gauguin.

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bunker looked like you were standing in a log cabin, it just happened to be encased in soil except for the opening and a small section of the roof.

The standoff between law enforcement and Keller, accused of shooting his wife, daughter and pets, and then trying to set the house on fire to cover up the killings, made national news.

McClelland said the bunker had to be destroyed because its history would have made it an “attractive site that people would have wanted to hike to.”

“It was a public safety issue,” he said. “But also, it was located in a Natural Resources Conservation Area and we want to keep the area natural. I think we can agree that a bunker doesn’t fit that criteria. Now it’s all filled in and can start going back to its natural

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Law enforcement in North Bend and Snoqualmie col-lected 155 pounds of expired or unused medications April 28 as part of National Drug Take Back Day.

North Bend Police Chief Mark Toner said his deputies collected 68 pounds, while Snoqualmie Police Chief Jim Schaffer said his officers collected 87 pounds.

The one-day effort was intended to bring national focus to the issue of increasing phar-maceutical controlled substance abuse while giving the public the opportunity to safely dispose of medications without contami-nating the environment or water systems.

Toner previously said the ser-vice is offered as a public safety measure because prescription drug abuse is a serious and grow-ing problem in the area.

The majority of overdoses, a leading cause of accidental deaths in Washington, involve prescription opiates.

Toner said having those kinds of drugs in your home that aren’t being used “may be a driver behind some burglar-ies, when suspects target homes with the knowledge that the occupants are likely to have them.”

Three out of five teens report that prescription pain pills are easy to get from their parents’ medicine cabinets, and that it’s surpassing marijuana as a teen’s drug of choice, Toner said.

Extra medicine lying around the home may be “shared” with other people that could have

adverse effects, or they could be stolen by houseguests or an intruder and used to facilitate illegal drug use, he said.

Last year, law enforcement officials in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington collected 21,500 pounds of unused pharmaceu-ticals that homeowners didn’t quite know what to do with.

Toner and Schaffer said this

year’s numbers are still being tal-lied, so the total pounds for the entire region won’t be known until later.

If you weren’t able to make it to the collection sites April 28, you can drop off unused or expired medications to either police department during busi-ness hours.

The King County Sheriff’s

Office in North Bend is at 1550 Boalch Ave. N.W. It’s open from 8:30 a.m. to noon, and 1-4:30, Monday through Thursday, and from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Friday.

The Snoqualmie Police Department is at 34825 S.E. Douglas St., and the hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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Snoqualmie resident Betty Morgan drops off medication to Snoqualmie Police Officer James Sherwood at the April 28 drug collection site.

National Drug Take Back Day brings in piles of pills Chamber hosts ‘Generations in the Workplace’ class

Is there a generation gap in your place of business?

Come explore the topic of “Generations in the Workplace” with Kim Arellano at the Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce’s next Education Series pro-gram from 7:30-9:30 a.m. May 10 at the DirtFish Rally School Conference Room, 7001 396th Drive S.E., Snoqualmie. The cost is $10 for members and nonmem-bers. Register online at www.snovalley.org or by phone by calling 888-6362.

Arellano is a chamber member, human resource consultant, facilitator, key-note speaker and radio host.

“We’ll look at the genera-tional differences, challenges and how different perspec-tives and stereotypes influ-ence collaboration and pro-ductivity in the workplace,” Arellano said. “You will leave with a better understand-ing of how your coworkers, employees and clients think, and what things you can do to communicate and partner better.

“Each generation brings a wealth of different perspec-tives and talents that are a culmination of experience gained by living through the times.”

“Each gener-ation brings a wealth of different per-spectives.”

— Kim ArellanoChamber of Commerce

told me they were on the phone. I still have a hard time getting used to them.

“But this latest doo-lol-ly they have,” he says, “gives me the heat-seeking fantods. They got these sneakers now … maybe you seen ‘em … got these little wheels in ‘em?

Yeah, like half a roller skate. Well, those kids come along and I go to stop traffic and before I can do that, you know, these lit-tle turkeys sit back on their heels and go sailing across the street on them wheels. They’re too fast for me now.”

He shook his head. “Ain’t safe, you know. Just ain’t safe.”

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Slim RandlesColumnist

The times, they sure are a changin’

WEEKLY POLLWhich event are you looking forward to the most this

summer?

A. Railroad DaysB. Festival at Mount SiC. North Bend Block PartyD. The Boeing ClassicE. I am looking forward to one, but it’s elsewhere.

Vote online at www.snovalleystar.com.

It takes a special someone to voluntarily get involved in small-city government.

Everybody knows where the mayor, city councilmembers and planning commissioners live. Those elected and appoint-ed officials will tell you that constituents have no problem calling them, day or night, to voice their opinions or dissatis-faction about something happening in the city. Angry emails and Letters to the Editor are par for the course.

People get involved in politics for a lot of reasons. Sometimes, it’s in their blood — they come from a long line of civic-minded family members. Sometimes, it’s out of pure frustration with current leaders and how they are han-dling community matters or dealing with the public.

But sometimes a noble cause drives a person to jump into the hotbed of small-town politics. Such is the case with 16-year-old Aubrey McMichael, of North Bend, who was appointed to the city’s Parks, Recreation and Beautification Commission on April 17.

McMichael said she loves the city parks and wants to help keep them beautiful.

“I also think it’s important to have a teen’s perspective on the board,” the Mount Si High School sophomore said.

She said as much to the council after it confirmed her for the full-voting-rights youth position, but also said she was looking forward to seeing how government works first hand.

Seeing the process could be a life-changing, positive event for her. She could love it so much that she contin-ues to pursue a political career: earning a political science degree, campaigning for elected positions, developing a platform to sway voters, creating laws that protect human rights, seeking the office of the President of the United States.

Or she could be bored to death by the never-ending meetings, seeing that the wheels of government turn oh-so-very-slowly, or learning that compromise can often be a bitter pill to swallow. We hope, though, that she loves it and wants to continue after her term ends in August.

Suppression and safetyI am dumbfounded by groups

in America stating they are sup-pressed by the government and corporate greed. Gratefulness is being lost to entitlement, com-passion to self-absorption. I am asking for us all to take a closer look at what we have here and what suppression looks like out-side the comforts of America.

Imagine living in a small town in the mountains where an army comes in and wipes you out. Imagine soldiers taking your house, killing your neighbors, forcing your family into labor, raping your sister. Or maybe your small town is wiped out, everyone who does not run is killed and everything is burned up. You are alone: no family, friends, church, community, and certainly no government to help. That is government sup-pression.

I’m not sure why, we in America aren’t informed much about these tragedies. Maybe because there’s not enough drama or human lives lost, there is no easy solution or someone has decided it’s not our concern. I have been informed and I can’t ignore it. We have the capacity to create a community for those in Burma whose community has been annihilated.

The Snoqualmie Valley Alliance is financially support-

ing the Bueng Klueng Hostel in Thailand. The hostel provides shelter, food, clothing, medical care, education, safety and hope to children who have lost their families because they existed in that small town the Burma Army wiped out. Only $18,000 per year is needed to operate the hostel, which can care for 50 children.

Bite of the World is an annual fundraising event showcasing food from around the world, music, and silent and live auc-tions. This year, 100 percent of all proceeds go directly to the Bueng Klueng Hostel. More information on the Bite of the World and donation opportuni-ties can be found at www.svaon-line.org. You can also find more information about Burma from the Free Burma Rangers by visit-ing their site at www.freeburma-rangers.org.

Wendy EckmanNorth Bend

Keep playground aliveSno-Valley Indoor

Playground’s annual Safety Fair, held May 4, was a rous-ing success, if you ask the little folks who lined up to explore a real fire truck and a sheriff’s car! Fifty free bike helmets were distributed to local families, complimentary child car-seat

safety checks were provided and there were bags of information and coloring materials for each family.

We’d like to thank the pro-fessionals who made it a great experience for the youngest members of our community: Eastside Fire & Rescue, the city of North Bend Police/King County Sheriff’s Office and the “Car Seat Ladies” (Sue Emery and Kathy Kruger).

As the Indoor Playground winds up its season before summer vacation, we are looking for new parents to join our all-volunteer board to keep the nonprofit play-ground operating. Email us at [email protected] if you want to keep this great community organization alive and vibrant.

Jaymie Blatt, presidentSno-Valley Indoor Playground Board

Too many intrudersOn May 5, I was unable to

reach my home as I returned from shopping in Issaquah because the Volks March had Reinig Road closed. I wish all these people from the city would just go home and stay out of our Valley.

John GainesSnoqualmie

By Slim Randles

You know, it isn’t always easy being a crossing guard for the kids.

It especially isn’t easy when you’re an old crossing guard, and Martin is old.

One of these days we’ll find out he discovered fire, I think.

This isn’t meant as a slight, because there are few people around here who don’t treasure Martin for the many years he’s spent ushering kids across the intersection at the school since he retired from the ranch work. It’s just a fact, being old means extra work trying to keep up with trends and fads and technology.

“The first problem I had,” said Martin, “was those cell-phone thingies. You know … the ones that stick in your ear and make you look like a Martian with an earring? Man oh man, the first few times I saw kids using those I thought the world was coming to an end. I’d stop the cars for a kid and he’d walk across the street, talking to himself. I thought them kids were nuts, you know? Then they

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North Bend

You get on outta hereA clerk at Edgewick Inn asked

police on April 24 to get two transients sleeping in the stair-case at the hotel to move along.

Daylight theftA man who lives in the 4000

block of Southeast Tanner Road reported to police that power tools had been stolen from his fenced-in shed in his backyard

at about 2 p.m. April 23. The man’s neighbor saw a man and woman, in their 20s pull up in a blue Honda, go into the back-yard and then leave.

Up to no goodA resident at the Mount Si

Trailer Park told police that he heard noises outside his trailer at about 4 a.m. April 22. When he went outside to investigate, a 6-foot-tall, heavy-built man was standing by his tile saw. The man ran off.

WannabesThe director of the Northwest

Railway Museum called police to report graffiti on a train bridge. The graffiti occurred between April 22 and 25. The incident report read, “Unknown if this graffiti was created by real gang members or gang wannabes.”

Snoqualmie

Anti-bullying protestorAt 2:23 April 27, police were

called to Mount Si High School to warn a person that he or she would be removed from the school if he or she continued to randomly confront people about bullying. The person was not

there when police arrived.

Mud piesUnknown children threw

mud on the side of a home located at the 6000 block of Salmon Berry Court Southeast on April 27.

Fire calls from Eastside Fire & Rescue, North Bend

At 9 a.m. April 27, EMS responded to a medical call in the 1300 block of La Forest Drive Southeast.

At 9:37 a.m. April 27, a fire

engine responded to a smoke scare in the 46000 block of Southeast Mount Si Road. It was a false alarm.

At 4:33 p.m. April 28, a fire engine responded to a smoke scare in the 100 block of Southeast 140th Street. It was a false alarm.

At 8:50 p.m. April 28, five fire engines responded to a vehicle accident with injuries in the 43000 block of Southeast 177th Street.

The Star publishes names of those arrested for DUI and those charged with felony crimes. Information comes directly from local police reports.

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Natalie Brookes and Taylor Wiles, from Girl Scout Troop 442, presented the U.S. and North Bend flags at the May 1 North Bend City Council meet-ing.

Afterwards, Mayor Ken Hearing read a proclamation, naming 2012 as the Year of the Girl.

The proclamation read:“March 12, 2012, marks the

100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, which began in 1912 when Savannah, Ga., native Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low gathered 18 girls to provide them the opportunity to devel-op physically, mentally and spiritually;

“For 100 years, Girl Scouting has helped build millions of girls and women of courage, confi-dence and character who act to make the world a better place;

“Today, more than 50 mil-lion American women are Girl Scout alumnae, 3.3 million girls and adult volunteers are active

members and Girl Scouts is the largest member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, a global movement comprised of more than 10 mil-lion girls in 145 countries world-wide;

“394 girls from our local Service Unit 442, comprised of Snoqualmie, North Bend and Fall City, and more than 100 dedicated adult volunteers, are proud to be a part of the Girl Scout tradition in our commu-nity;

“The Girl Scout Leadership Program helps girls discover themselves and their values, connect with others and take action to make the world a bet-ter place;

“Our community has benefit-

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North Bend Mayor Ken Hearing(left), presented Natalie Brookes (center) and Taylor Wiles (right), from Girl Scout Troop 442, with a proclamation naming 2012 as the Year of the Girl.

2012 named Year of the Girl

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ed significantly through count-less troop community service activities and the major project efforts of individual girls pur-suing their Girl Scout Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards.”

Hearing proclaimed 2012 as Year of the Girl and applauded

the Girl Scouts of the United States of America for their 100 years of leadership and exper-tise as the voice for and of girls.

He also credited the Girl Scouts of Western Washington for providing the local support for Girl Scouting in the com-munity and the Girl Scouts of Snoqualmie Valley for their courage, confidence and char-acter to act to make the world a better place.

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Downtown street improvement plans to be displayed at open house

The Falls Avenue Southeast and Southeast Cedar Street Rehabilitation and Infrastructure Improvement Project is on the horizon. Local residents and businesses are invited to view and discuss project plans at an open house from 6-9 p.m. May 16 in the Snoqualmie City Hall

Council Chambers at 38624 S.E. River St.

The locations of general infra-structure improvements current-ly proposed are as follows:

q Southeast Cedar Street from Silva Avenue Southeast to Southeast Fir Street

q Southeast 90th Street from Railroad Avenue Southeast (state Route 202) to Falls Avenue Southeast

q Entire width of Falls

Avenue Southeast from Southeast 90th Street to the intersection of Southeast Beta Street

q Southeast Epsilon Street from Schusman Avenue Southeast to Falls Avenue Southeast

q Southeast Beta Street from Schusman Avenue Southeast to Railroad Avenue Southeast (state

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By Deanna Morauski

If you make these, Mom will feel especially special. And then add cream cheese syrup. And a sprig of mint. These are the mak-ings of an exceptional family brunch or a surprise breakfast for Mother’s Day.

Place ingredients for icing in a medium-large bowl and set aside while butter and cream cheese come to room temperature.

Syrup ingredients:4 ounces cream cheese4 tablespoons butter3 cups powdered sugarJuice of half a lemonZest of lemon (optional)Dash of saltFew drops of water if needed

to reach the consistency you would like

To make these fresh, sweet puffs of perfection, begin by measuring out the dry ingredi-ents and set aside.

Dry ingredients:1 cup flour2 tablespoons sugar2 teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon salt

Place wet ingredients into a medium-large bowl.

Wet ingredients:1/2 cup milk2 large eggsZest of 1 to 2 lemons3/4 cup juice from 1 to 2

fresh lemons (Use water to fill 3/4 cup measure to make up for any shortage in the amount of lemon juice.)

Sift all dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and stir well. Stir in 1 cup of sweetened coconut.

Give your batter a sniff. There it is. That is spring in a bowl. You’re welcome.

Preheat a good quality non-stick pan on just below medium-low heat. Allow batter to sit while pan preheats and then use a 1/4 cup measure to scoop batter into pan then smooth the pancake out just a bit.

Tips for how to cook a perfect pancake:

Never use a scratched nonstick pan. Keep your nonstick pans in a special location all their own to prevent scratching and only use plastic and wooden utensils when

cooking with them. Don’t use too much sugar.

Too much sugar in the batter will make the pancakes burn.

Preheat your pan. If you’re not sure what temperature will work best on your stove, try low and slowly work your way up one smidge at a time until you find a heat that is perfect for pancakes and then remember it for the future. You can’t speed up the cooking time by using a higher heat or they will simply burn.

Low and slow. Cooking at a low heat does two things. It helps

the bottom not to burn before the inside finishes cooking and it helps the pancake to rise a bit.

Wait for the bubbles. When the bubbles start to form in the middle of the pancake and start popping around the outer edges, it’s time to flip.

After pancakes are cooked, blend syrup ingredients with hand mixer. Heat the syrup on low heat while continuously whisking until creamy, melted and warmed. If needed, add a few drops of water at a time after it’s cooked to make it the consis-

tency you’d like it to be. Garnish with a fresh sprig of mint or a fresh pansy for a beautiful touch.

This recipe makes four 8-inch pancakes or eight 4-inch pan-cakes. In my opinion, the eight 4-inch pancakes taste consider-ably better.

Deanna Morauski owns, operates and cooks at the Old Hen Bed and Breakfast near North Bend with her husband, John. She also blogs about food and cooking at www.thecleverculinarian.com. Follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/clvrculinarian.

Lemon coconut pancakes with cream cheese syrup

By Sebastian Moraga

Dozens of people filled the room, but it was still a tea for two.

Two groups of longtime friends, Mount Si Senior Center members and the area’s Girl Scouts, renewed their friendship with an annual afternoon tea in North Bend on April 20.

It was the 11th edition of the tea, where the Girl Scouts prepare and serve food for senior citizens, including B.J. Libby, the center’s director, who is also a Girl Scout.

“Some of the best years of my life,” Libby said of her time as camp counselor for the Girl Scouts.

Reminiscences aside, a mix-ture of joy and melancholy

reigned during the tea. The first generation of girls to serve the tea 11 years ago is graduating high school this year. This was their last tea.

“They were in the second grade when they started,” said Jo Ann Brookes, troop leader for Girl Scout Troop 41784.

Taylor Wiles, one of the grad-uating seniors, has participated in the last five teas. She said she likes the camaraderie that builds between women and women-to-be, sometimes standing decades apart.

“They are hilarious ladies,” she said. “They are pretty fan-tastic. I really would not want to do this tea if it weren’t for them. I wouldn’t keep coming back every year if we didn’t have the same ladies coming back.”

Carmen Krochel highlighted

the things she had learned from some of the senior citizens over the years, remembering a chat she had with one of them, a onetime resident of an Issaquah very different from today’s.

“She lived there before there were any stores,” Krochel said. “She had to go to Seattle if she wanted something.”

As the graduating Girl Scouts chatted at one table and the grownups talked at another, younger Girl Scouts looked on, some amused and some awed.

Wiles said younger Girl Scouts should continue with the tradition, even as their schedules get busier and they get older.

“It is a bit of work,” she said, later adding it gives girls a chance to leave their comfort zone.

“Little girls especially, and a lot of teenagers, don’t get the chance to talk to adults outside of their family. That kind of interaction is interesting. It’s rewarding,” Wiles said.

Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. 221, or [email protected]. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.

Girl Scout tradition turns over a tea leaf

By Sebastian Moraga

Girl Scouts from the Valley hosted the 11th annual Girl Scout Tea with the members of the Mount Si Senior Center. Natalie Brookes and other older Girl Scouts began the tradition more than a decade ago and as they prepare to gradu-ate high school, they passed on the teapot to younger Girl Scouts like Lindsey Flanagan.

“They are pretty fantastic. I really would not want to do this tea if it weren’t for them.”

— Taylor WilesGirl Scout


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Joseph S. Hircko

Joseph S. Hircko, of North Bend, passed away at age 91 on Saturday, April 7, 2012.

He was born in Issaquah on Dec. 2, 1920, graduated from Issaquah High School in 1939 and then served in the United States Navy during World War II. Joe was a retired meat cutter and worked for years at Tony and Johnnies Supermarket on Front Street.

Throughout his life Joe enjoyed pheasant hunting with

friends and family; he also loved the game of golf.

Joe is survived by his wife Eleanor, of North Bend; sons Steve (Nadine), of Reno, Nev., and Don (Linnea), of Sammamish; daughter Jan (Brian) Jeffers, of Issaquah; and two grandchildren.

Per Joe’s request, no service was held; he was interred at Tahoma National Cemetery.

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Obituary


Things weren’t looking too good for Hamed Mokrani at the 63rd annual Mount Si Fish and Game Club’s Kids Trout Derby.

“So far, I’ve only caught rocks and seaweed,” said the 7-year-old from Kirkland.

Two of the three ponds behind the Snoqualmie Police Department on Douglas Avenue were lined with young anglers try-ing their luck at the May 5 derby.

At stake were prizes, like poles and fishing gear — not to men-tion bragging rights.

Ruby Richter, 9, of Issaquah,

came with the goal of winning, like she’d done in years past. But it wasn’t to be.

Prizes were awarded for the four fish that weighed the most for each age category from 5- to 14-year-olds, and her fish got bumped off the board.

The competition began at daybreak, and organizers who showed up at about 5:30 a.m. to set things up found children already casting lines.

Ericka Scholz of Normandy Park, one of the early birds, brought her twin, 6-year-old daughters.

By 9:30 a.m., not one fish had hit the girls’ Barbie and princess fishing pole lines.

“But we remain optimistic,” Scholz said.

Byron Brown, 5, of Snoqualmie, had no trouble whatsoever landing a fish — and not just any fish.

The shy little fisherman hooked a 2-pound, 10-ounce trophy trout, not only winning first place in the 5-year-old cat-egory, but landing the biggest fish of the derby.

This is the third year Brown has competed in the derby.

His uncle Chad Charbonneah has been bringing the seasoned pro to the derby to “teach him how to fish and learn values and good sportsmanship.”

It seemed to be working, because Brown left with a bag of

Fishermen in training catch big onesfishing gear.

Garry Trussell, president of the Mount Si Fish and Game Club, said the derby is a fun way to get children interest-ed in the sport of fishing.

“These kids are the future of fishing,” said Milton Keizer, a club member. “And it’s a day they will remember the rest of their lives.”

Michele Mihalovich: 392-6434, ext. 246, or [email protected]. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.


Byron Brown, 5, of Snoqualmie, shows off his winning 2-pound, 10-ounce trout to his uncle Chad Charbonneah.


Doug Turnure (left) watches his son D.J. Turnure, 6, practice casting at the 63rd annual Kid’s Trout Derby in Snoqualmie. The Mount Si Fish and Game Club put on the derby.

places,” she said.Students had received a post-

card at home telling them they would represent their school at the show.

“It feels good,” said third-grader Makena Lau, who drew with crayons a landscape of pink and yellow flowers. “It feels good that other people can see my art and I can see what they think of it.”

Some didn’t even know about a postcard and instead found out through Huschle.

“A student called her mom and said, ‘Mom, guess what? My portrait got chosen to be in the

art show.’ She was just thrilled,” Huschle said. “For some kids this

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By Sebastian Moraga

Where we see art, Bryce Meserve sees freedom.

“It’s uninhibited,” said Meserve, an art teacher at Mount Si High School. “They just want to create.”

They, in this case, are the elementary school students from the Snoqualmie Valley School District who presented their art during the district’s art show at the high school May 4.

Meserve marveled at how little difference existed in some cases between the elementary school students’ art and the older students’ art. But above

all, he praised the young-est children’s creative free-dom.

“They don’t really care what it’s going to end up look-ing like, and

it often ends up looking good because of that,” he said.

High school and middle school students also presented art during the show. The older students tend to be more self conscious about their work, Meserve said.

“They don’t want to screw it up,” he said. “So they either stop drawing or painting, or they are really nervous and they don’t want to try new things with their art.”

During the show, parents marveled at the array of talent, and were even surprised by what they saw.

“I have never seen him do a human,” said Paige Dolecki, star-ing at a self-portrait of middle-schooler Spencer Dolecki, her

son.The art show displayed the

district’s range of visual arts talent from kindergarten to 12th grade, said Ruth Huschle, a Snoqualmie Middle School art teacher and the show’s coordinator.

“A lot of the kids we show-case in this event aren’t kids that necessarily that get a lot of recognition in a lot of other

Snoqualmie Valley School District shows off its artsy side

is the thing that is their stand-out thing. They may not be super-strong athletes, but this is their really strong thing, so it’s a really special event.”

Children did not compete for spots in the show. Instead, teachers chose from works the students had done throughout the year. Lau’s flowers were at least a month old, for example.

“A competition changes the dynamics and it’s not really what this is about,” Huschle said. “It’s really about showing what we do in the district as far as the visual arts go.”


“It feels good that other people can see my art.”

— Makena LauStudent artist

By Sebastian Moraga

The work of dozens of students from across the district ran the gamut of artistic styles.

Photos by Sebastian Moraga

Makena Lau, of Fall City Elementary School, stands next to her drawing of pink and yellow flowers.


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By Sebastian Moraga

Kathy Baker loves every day. And struggles every day.

Loves every day she gets to spend with her 5-year-old grand-son Landon. And struggles to keep his world normal.

Baker is Landon’s primary caregiver. Has been for a year and a half, while Baker’s daugh-ter tends to serious health issues.

Watching Landon grow feels great. Watching him feel like Mom left him hurts.

Caregivers endure similar com-binations of pain and joy when raising the child of a relative.

“They love the child, but there’s definitely a bit of griev-ing because things aren’t going according to how they had thought,” said Emili Fletcher, family support manager at Encompass, a nonprofit family services organization in North Bend that offers resources for kinship care.

Most kinship care involves grandparents, Fletcher said. Sometimes even great-grandpar-ents participate.

“Relative caregiving can be generational,” she said, “where it can be the third time that it happens. It’s a really unique situation, but it can happen.”

People in caregiver roles require multiple help, from legal advice to diapers and wet wipes,

By Sebastian Moraga

Camera-shy and uncomfort-able with the spotlight, Matt Bumgardner nevertheless dis-plays an honesty as uncommon as his talent with the trombone.

A senior in high school building a bright future with the sounds of his instrument, Bumgardner declares the trom-bone to be “lame” without sounding clichéd or like a too-cool-for-school teenager.

“You don’t have nearly as much freedom as you have with other instruments, just because of the nature of it,” he said. “Just because it’s really difficult.”

That’s what keeps it a chal-lenge for Bumgardner and what keeps him enthralled with it.

“There’s a bunch of good pianists, there’s a bunch of good drummers, there’s always going to be way too many saxophon-ists,” he said. “But when you can find a trombonist who can really find their own unique voice in the instrument, that’s really cool.”

Mount Si High School music teacher Adam Rupert has called Bumgardner the best jazz trom-bone improviser in the nation.

This after his trombone-play-ing prowess took Bumgardner to places like the Grammy Awards in California and before it earned him tickets to Japan this July through the Monterey Jazz Festival.

“They have auditions from around the country,” Bumgardner said of Monterey, “and they pick out a big band and then every summer they have a tour. Last year, they did kind of a West Coast tour and this year they are doing Japan.”

Then in September, the band, including Bumgardner, will play at the actual Monterey Jazz Festival.

An incoming freshman at the New School of Music in New York, Bumgardner said the important thing is not where he goes or will go, but whether he learns once he is there.

“Anytime I get the chance to play with people who are better than me, whether it’s profes-sionals or other students, that really helps a lot,” he said. “It keeps your ego from getting too big and it keeps you working hard.”

Bumgardner said all of these trips make for a busy and stress-ful schedule.

“But it’s a good busy and a good stressful,” he added. “I’d rather be busy doing all these things than not do any of it at all.”


Matt Bumgardner’s musical odyssey continues from winter into spring

Contributed

Matt Bumgardner, a senior at Mount Si High School, will perform in Japan and in the Monterey Jazz Festival this summer.

Encompass helps caregivers navigate caring for young relativesFletcher said. Baker said many grandparents don’t realize help exists.

“We are not therapists,” Fletcher said. “We offer support and validation and empathy, but we are not therapists.”

Sometimes, people just like to know they are not alone.

“The Encompass people are fabulous,” said Baker, who will contribute to an Encompass blog with stories about raising Landon, an Encompass student.

Kinship caregivers remain optimistic, sometimes only to protect children from worry.

“They are all for unification. They are all really good with the kids,” Fletcher said of kinship caregivers.

Until unification occurs, they have to deal with diapers and

plans changing all the time.Baker said this is not how she

pictured her golden years.“You were picturing cruises,”

she said. “And now you’re at a T-ball practice again.”

Instead of cruising, Baker and her husband find themselves navigating a child’s founda-tional years, while their buddies enjoy wine tastings.

On the downside, they have to witness their adult child being unable to be a parent and

their grandchild struggling to understand why Mommy is not around.

On the upside, they know that the time they are giving up allows their daughter to get healthier and their grandson a chance to develop.

“We are providing a safe, stable home for him,” she said. “And it’s crucial at this time in his life.”

Besides, she said, life is more than just entertaining yourself.

“Just seeing how hard that caregiver works to make that life for that child,” Fletcher said. “They are all very compassionate people, but they are sacrificing, definitely.”


“They are all very compas-sionate people, but they are sacrificing, definitely.”

— Emili FletcherEncompass

“When you can find a trombonist who can really find their own unique voice in the instrument, that’s really cool.”

— Matt BumgardnerTrombonist

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By Sebastian Moraga

It’s over.Ahead 2-0 in the first half, the

Mount Si High School Wildcats’ boys soccer team surrendered momentum at the edge of half-time and never quite got it back.

The team who finished a point short from an outright berth to state gave up a goal with seconds left before the break and watched as Juanita mounted a second-half come-back to win, 3-2, in Snoqualmie.

“I don’t know what to say,” Wildcats head coach Darren Brown said. “This isn’t the way it was supposed to be.”

The loss ended the season for the Mount Si players including several seniors so talented, they had the Wildcats faithful and themselves thinking state from before the season’s first game against Issaquah.

“This was going to be the year,” assistant coach Ben Tomlisson said.

Instead, the season ended two weeks too early, with players collapsing in tears and Brown, 2012 KingCo Conference Coach of the Year, shaking his head at the idea of Sammamish and

Juanita moving on. Mount Si was a combined 4-0 against Totems and Rebels during the season, though the Wildcats never won by more than one goal.

The game started with Mount Si setting the pace, with quick runs along the flanks. Juanita limited itself to counterattacks via Javier Macias and Genki Marshall. Still, nobody seemed too surprised when Mount Si’s Davis Karaica received a through-ball on the right wing from Dane Aldrich, and then nailed it low and past the keeper for the 1-0.

The game’s rhythm did not diminish and Wildcats keeper Hunter Malberg rose as one of the standouts of the first half, stopping a point-blank shot two minutes later.

Then, with a minute left in the half, Mount Si’s Chace Carlson channeled Brazilian star Roberto Carlos to fire a no-angle shot from 10 yards out on the right flank. The shot, intended as a cross, instead bounced off the right upright before going in — 2-0 Mount Si.

Fans had barely enough time to sit back down from celebrating

Carlson’s jewel of a goal when Juanita’s Nick Horne left things 2-1, with a goal eerily similar to

the second Mount Si score.Although the second half

started with Mount Si laying

siege to Juanita’s goal, the Rebels

Juanita stuns Mount Si soccer team into an early offseason

By Christina Lords

Game day looks and feels a little different to coach Phil Therrein and his crew of 18 stu-dent athletes.

“Nobody sits on the side-lines,” he said. “Everybody races on race day.”

Therrein, the coach of an Eastside composite competitive high school mountain biking team since the Washington High School Cycling League’s inception two years ago, said he wouldn’t have it any other way.

The team took second place overall out of 19 teams at the Washougal MX Challenge on April 15 in Washougal.

Members of the team include four Mount Si High School stu-dents, as well as athletes from Issaquah, Skyline and Mercer Island high schools.

The Mount Si students are freshmen Nate Lewiston, Nick Larson, Joe Steenvroode and sophomore Boone Hapke.

Hapke finished the sopho-more boys race in 58 minutes, 38 seconds, while Steenvroode, Lewiston and Larson fin-ished the freshmen boys race in 47:48, 56:07 and 1:02:05, respectively.

The team competed for the

third time this season at the Fort Steilacoom Invitational on April 29 in Lakewood before planning to attend the state champion-ships May 20.

The team practices three times a week at various loca-tions, including Duthie Hill Park, Grand Ridge Park and Soaring Eagle Park and includes

riders from the freshman to var-sity level for girls and boys.

Each race takes place on a cross-country course between four and five miles long, taking

about an hour and 15 to an hour and 30 minutes to complete.

Therrein said the team focus-es on strengthening skills in two areas: safe bike-handling skills and physical fitness.

“For us, it’s a no-cut sport,” he said. “We welcome anyone that wants to join the team. For our team, we have people that are brand new to competi-tive cycling. Some of them have never ridden a mountain bike or had never ridden a bike on a trail in their lives.

“We’re all out there together,” he said. “When the boys are out there racing, the girls are cheer-ing them on. When the girls are out there racing, the guys are cheering them on. We encour-age all of the families to come to events … it’s a very supportive environment.”

The team’s success wouldn’t be possible without Compass Outdoor Adventures, which provided bicycles to some of the team members who didn’t have them, and Gerks Ski and Cycle, which provides maintenance for the team at a discounted rate, Therrein said.

Christina Lords: 392-6434, ext. 239, or [email protected]. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.

Local students take second place at state mountain biking race

Contributed

Eastside Composite team member Silas Harrison navigates a curve in the trail during the Washougal MX Challenge on April 15 in Washougal, Wash.

See SOCCER, Page 14

By Calder Productions

Mount Si High School’s Davis Karaica, right, battles for a ball against Juanita High School’s Jon Ellis on May 7. Karaica scored one of Mount Si’s two goals in a 3-2 loss to the visiting Rebels.


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Beau Bachand, Mount Si High School midfielder, scores a goal against Roland Deex of Liberty High School during the third quarter for a 5-0 lead on the way to the Wildcats’ 11-3 lacrosse victory May 2.

By Christina Lords and Sebastian Moraga

They say you never forget your first time.

If so, May 12 will remain a milestone for the Mount Si Lacrosse team regardless of how their game ends.

The three-year-old team will play its first playoff game that day against either Garfield or Three Rivers at home.

Game time will be posted at www.mountsilacrosse.org.

The playoff berth crowns a terrific season for Mount Si. They won two combined games in their first two seasons. This year they have won 10 of 13.

“The season was a great suc-cess,” head coach Woodroe Kiser wrote in an email. “Our goal this season was to get to the playoffs so it was a success. We have a new goal now of winning this playoff game.”

Mount Si’s rise from winless in year one to playoff hosts in year three has caught the atten-tion of other teams, Kiser wrote.

“Most of them want to know our secret for building the pro-gram,” he wrote, later adding.

“Several of the coaches love how this program has grown. They love that we play fundamentally sound lacrosse.”

The keys, Kiser said, are hav-ing a clear goal, sticking with fundamentals of the game and making it fun.

“Realize that it isn’t easy,” he added. “It’s going to be really tough for a while.”

A solid youth program helps, too.

“You have got to have players in the pipeline,” he wrote.

A playoff year for the varsity will raise the expectations at the JV and C levels, he added.

The C team has struggled but the JV team had a 5-2-1 record entering their season finale against Gig Harbor.

The varsity team closed the season winning four of the last five matches, including road wins against Liberty and Gig Harbor.

Success like this does not hap-pen in a vacuum, team captain Andrew Bottemiller said after the Liberty game. The team has worked for it.

“One thing that has helped us

First playoff game ever looms for lacrosse team

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successfully slowed the tempo down. Trusting more in their counterattacks and aided by a lenient referee, the scrappy Rebels tied the game with nine minutes left and then took the lead with four minutes left.

“It’s unfortunate how the game turned out,” senior midfielder Nate Popp said, later adding, “It’s unfortunate we couldn’t score another one, put them 3-1 down and then crush their spirits.”

Brown agreed.“We had opportunity after

opportunity after opportunity,” he said. “You leave any team, I don’t care who you are facing, with a 2-1 lead and they are in the ballgame.”


SoccerFrom Page 12

a lot is this is the first year where many of the players played in leagues other than spring league,” said Bottemiller, a senior. “We played during the summer and that helped us. Everybody got

LacrosseFrom Page 13

Route 202)During the project, the exist-

ing roadway, including curb, gutter, planter and sidewalks, will be removed and replaced. Sidewalks, sidewalk ramps and street signs will be evaluated

for compliance, constructed and installed per standards and guidelines. The storm drain-age, water main and sanitary sewer lines will be evaluated and replaced where needed.

Preliminary designs will be displayed at the open house for viewing. City staff mem-bers from the Planning and Public Works departments will be available to discuss design

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Questions may be directed to Kamal Mahmoud, city of Snoqualmie project engineer, at 831-4919 or [email protected].

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better individually.”As a group, the team has

improved, too.“The difference is our chemis-

try,” freshman Tyler Smith said.Kiser agreed.“We have more game MVPs

than season MVPs,” he said. “We are a team and from week to week different players have excellent games. If they key on one or two players, we have

others that can pick up their games.”

The winner of the May 12 game will play the winner of a May 11 contest between Snohomish and Roosevelt, May 18, in the state quarterfinals.


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Public meetings

� North Bend Public Health and Safety Committee, 4 p.m. May 8, City Hall, 211 Main Ave. N.

� North Bend Planning Commission, 7 p.m. May 10, City Hall

� North Bend Community and Economic Development Committee, 1:30 p.m. May 15, Community and Economic Development Department, 126 E. Fourth St.

� North Bend Finance and Administration Committee, 4 p.m. May 15, 4 p.m. City Hall

� North Bend City Council, 7 p.m. May 15, Mount Si. Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S.

� North Bend Transportation and Public Works Committee, 3:45 p.m. May 16, Public Works office, 1155 E. North Bend Way

� North Bend Economic Development Commission, 7:45 a.m. May 17, 126 E. Fourth St.

� Snoqualmie Valley Hospital Board meeting, 6:30 p.m. May 10, Snoqualmie City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St.

� Snoqualmie City Council, 7 p.m. May 14, Snoqualmie City Hall

� Snoqualmie Community and Economic Affairs Committee, 5 p.m. May 15, Snoqualmie City Hall

� Snoqualmie Arts Commission, 6:30 p.m. May 15, Snoqualmie City Hall

� Snoqualmie Economic Development Commission, 8 a.m. May 16, Snoqualmie Valley Hospital District Office, 34929 S.E. Ridge St.

Music/entertainment� Benefit for Bead for Life

and the Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank, 4 p.m. May 10, The Black Dog

� Alexey Nikolaev and Chuck Kistler, 7 p.m. May 10, Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way

� Dar Stellabotta will per-form at the Black Dog Café in Snoqualmie at 7 p.m. May 10.

� Forrest Roush, 8 p.m. May 11, The Black Dog

� Vintage Jazz Quartet, 7 p.m. May 11, Boxley’s

� Poetry Alive, 6-9 p.m. May 11, The Black Dog

� Leah Stillwell Quartet, 7 p.m. May 12, Boxley’s

� Charlie Loesel, 8 p.m. May 12, The Black Dog

� Left Coast Gypsies, 8 p.m. May 12, Snoqualmie Taproom and Brewery, 8032 Falls Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie

� Jon Hamar Trio, 6 p.m. May 13, Boxley’s

� Carolyn Graye’s Singer Soiree, 7 p.m. May 14, Boxley’s

� Future Jazz Heads, 7 p.m. May 15, Boxley’s

� Bob Hammer, 7 p.m. May 16, Boxley’s

� Chris Clark and Darin

Clendenin, 7 p.m. May 17, Boxley’s

Events� Teen Late Night at the Y

includes classic movies, trivia challenges, ping pong, Kinect tournaments and board games, 7-10 p.m. May 11, 35018 S.E. Ridge St. Free to all teens. Participants must register before-hand.

� Adult hike, 9 a.m. May 12, 8-mile roundtrip around the Valley. Meet at the YMCA lobby, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie. Free to the com-munity.

� Community Barbecue, 11 a.m. May 12, Snoqualmie Community Park, 35016 S.E. Ridge St. Residents of Snoqualmie welcome Waste Management as their new ser-vice provider for recycling, gar-bage and composting.

� Walk to the Big Cedar, 9 a.m. May 12, Meadowbrook Farm, 1711 Boalch Ave. North Bend. Hike to see a 500-year-old 9.5-foot diameter tree.

� Gravity Fest, featuring local teen bands, 7:30 p.m. May 12, Si View Community Center, $6 admission

� Quiet Water: Exploring Wetland Ecology, 9 a.m. May 12, Cedar River Watershed Education Center, 19901 Cedar Falls Road S.E., North Bend. Fee: $15. Call 831-7390.

� All Comers Fun Meets, 2 p.m. May 13 and 20, Mount Si

High School. This is a chance for children ages 3-14 to participate in up to five events, includ-ing sprints, runs, long jump and javelin. Register online at www.siviewpark.org. Call 831-1900. $5 drop-in fee

� Mother’s Day Tea and Talks, 10 a.m. May 13, Cedar River Watershed Education Center. Free to the public. Watch a slideshow about the watershed, stroll around and learn about Rattlesnake Lake, discover fun tidbits about moms (human and otherwise) in the watershed.

� Reptile Man at Si View, 7 p.m. May 18, arts and crafts show and dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. Scot Petersen helps children get up close and per-sonal with 15 live reptiles from around the world. A donation of $10 per family is suggested.

� Fundraising plant sale and raffle, 9 a.m. May 19, Mount Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend. Funds will help Mount Si High School students pursuing careers in botany.

� Art opening for Jennifer Stewart, 7:30 p.m. May 19, The Black Dog

� Print-making, 10 a.m. May 19, Cedar River Watershed Education Center. Fee of $15 for a parent with a child; $7 for each additional child. Participants will gather leaves and use nontoxic inks and a portable press to make prints for notecards or to take home.

� SnoValley Indoor

Playground, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays when school is in ses-sion, Si View Community Center, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive. A donation of $1 per child per visit is appreciated.

� Sallal Grange Community Games Night, 7 p.m. last Wednesday of each month. Please consider bringing a small monetary donation to help the Grange keep organizing events like this, www.sallalgrange.org.

� Carnation Farmers Market, 3-7 p.m., every Tuesday from May to November, fresh food from family farms and small producers, including ven-dors from the Upper Valley, downtown Carnation

� Watercolor exhibit at Mount Si Senior Center through June 9, artists range from high-schoolers to senior citizens, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend

North Bend LibraryThe following events take

place at the North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St.

� Mount Si Artists Guildexhibit, May 1 to June 15. Themes are “Summer is Coming,” and “Summer in the Valley.” All ages welcome during library hours.

� Snoqualmie Valley Chess Club, 7 p.m. Thursdays. Learn to play chess or get a game going; all ages/skill levels wel-come

� One-on-one Computer

Assistance, 1 p.m. May 16; for adults

� Study Zone, 4 p.m., May 10, 17; 3 p.m. May 15, 22; 7 p.m. May 16; free tutoring for grades K-12

� Game On! 3 p.m. May 11, 18; play Xbox 306, PlayStation and Nintendo, “Guitar Hero” and “Dance Dance Revolution;” board games and snacks will be available

� English as a second lan-guage classes, 6:30 p.m. May 14, 21

� Merry Monday Story Time, 11 a.m. May 14, 21; newborns to age 3 with adult; siblings and other children are welcome

� EReader assistance, 6 p.m. May 14. Learn how to download library eBooks to your eReader or computer.

� Preschool Story Time, 10:30 a.m. May 15, 22; ages 3-6 with adult, siblings welcome

� Toddler Story Time, 9:30 a.m. May 15, 22; ages 2-3 with adult

� Pajamarama Story Time, 6:30 p.m. May 16; all young children welcome with adult.

� Special Needs Story Time, 10 a.m. May 12. Stories, songs and activities designed for chil-dren with special needs and their families. Program focuses on developmental ages 3-6, though all ages and abilities are welcome.

� In the Garden – Northwest Perennials, with Master Gardener Pat Roone, 3 p.m. May 12

� SnoValley Writers Work Group, 3 p.m. May 13. Join local writers for writing exercis-es, critique and lessons on voice, plot and point of view. Adults only. Email [email protected] for assignment prior to coming to class.

� Friends of the North Bend Library meet, 9:30 a.m. May 14

Snoqualmie LibraryThe following events take

place at the Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E.

� Pajama Story Times, 7 p.m. May 10, 17. All young chil-dren welcome with adult.

� EReader Assistance, 11 a.m. May 10, 17. Learn how to download library eBooks to your eReader or computer.

Submit an item for the community calendar by emailing [email protected] or go to www.snovalleystar.com.

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Dar Stellabotta will perform at the Black Dog Café in Snoqualmie at 7 p.m. May 10.


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