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No tigers or lions yet. But thebears, oh my.

With temperatures on therise, hungry ursines begin theirannual hunt for food, upendinggarbage bins and scaringhumans and other highlydomesticated critters.

“They’re getting pretty com-fortable with traffic and people,”North Bend resident Janet

Thorpe wrote on a North BendYahoo! newsgroup about a bearsighting she had two weeks ago.

According to a press releasefrom the city of Snoqualmie,bear sightings have occurred inboth rural and urban areas,including Snoqualmie Ridge.Most sightings happen betweendawn and noon, the release said.

Renee Bodine, with theUnited States Forest Service, saidin a press release that these fel-

lows are out of hibernation andthus, hungry.

“In the absence of sufficientbear food, they forage peoplecuisine,” Bodine said. “Enjoyingpicnics in ice chests, snackingfrom backyard bird feeders, tast-ing camping snacks left in thetent, and scarfing leftover pizzaand beer thrown into thegarbage.”

Effective control of personalgarbage may help reduce the

odds of bears snacking on it, therelease said.

The best way to discourageclose encounters with bears is tomanage garbage, the release said.“Keep garbage cans with tight-fitting lids in a shed, garage orfenced area. Put garbage con-tainers out for collection shortlybefore the truck arrives — notthe night before.”

Bear sightings on the rise in the Valley

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North Bend’s neighbors tothe southwest could find them-selves in another King CountyCouncil district when the coun-ty’s redistricting committee fin-ishes its work.

Population growth in thecounty has been uneven sincethe existing districts were set in2005. District 3, where NorthBend and Snoqualmie are cur-rently located, has grown fasterthan any other district.According to the 2010 census,nearly 245,000 people live in thedistrict, which includes theentire Snoqualmie Valley, aswell as Issaquah, and parts ofRedmond and Bellevue.

To give the districts equiva-lent populations, the redistrict-ing committee has to carveabout 30,000 residents out ofthe district represented by KathyLambert.

Three of the four draft plansunveiled in mid-June putDistrict 3’s southern border closeto North Bend’s southwesternedge. Each plan would transfersome residents living just out-side the city into District 9,which stretches southwest toMaple Valley.

North Bend’s administrationis adamantly opposed to any

County Councilredistrictingcould cut offNorth Bendneighbors

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By Dan Catchpole

Frances Lucero inspects a site along the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River infested with knotweed, aninvasive plant. Lucero coordinates King County’s campaign to eradicate the non-native weed.


There is a battle being wagedalong the banks of theSnoqualmie River. Natives arefighting foreigners — withsome help from humans.

The Snoqualmie River is oneof six where King County iscombating Japanese knotweed.Knotweed is one of the area’smany invasive weeds — plants

that push native species out ofthe way and often harm theexisting ecosystem. The county,other agencies, organizationsand residents have been eradi-cating the plant for severalyears in a targeted campaign toreclaim the river.

Invasive species can causedevastating ecological and eco-nomical damage. But with somany of them around, people

charged with controlling themmust pick their battles.

“Just because it’s not nativeisn’t enough,” said Sasha Shaw,the Noxious Weed Program’soutreach manager.

To be considered a problemby the county, non-nativeplants must hurt the localecosystem by pushing out native

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plan that would break those resi-dents off.

“We are not in favor of anyplan that would divide NorthBend residents up into differentdistricts,” City AdministratorDuncan Wilson said.

None of the people who couldend up in District 9 actually livein the city, but North Bend offi-cials think of them as comingfrom the same community.

“They identify with us,”Mayor Ken Hearing said.

That is what Hearing told theredistricting committee during apublic hearing June 30. The five-person committee is taking publicinput after releasing the four draftplans, none of which are binding.

The four maps explored dif-ferent ways to approach redis-tricting, said Simon Farretta, thecommittee’s lead staff member.

“They absolutely canchange,” he said.

The committee could vote onone of the four plans, but itcould just as likely combineaspects of more than oneapproach, Farretta said.

The differences between thefour approaches are technical,but all follow legal require-ments. The King County Chartersays districts should be “withcompact and contiguous territo-ry, composed of economic andgeographic units, and approxi-mately equal in population.”

Districts should follow city

borders when possible, but itisn’t required.

Some cities want to be split,Farretta said.

Woodinville’s city administra-tion asked to be split betweentwo districts as a way to increaseits clout on the council. Butother cities have told the com-mittee to keep them intact.

When drawing district bor-ders, committee members don’twant to create any orphan areas.

“If you are going to split anarea, there needs to be enoughof that area to make the coun-cilmember feel that they areinvested in that area,” Farrettasaid.

Lambert, who representsDistrict 3, knows that problemfirsthand. Her sprawling districtincludes all or much of nine

cities, various unincorporatedcommunities, a plethora ofother entities — fire protectiondistricts, a flood control district,park districts and so on — anda sliver of Bellevue.

“If you have only a tinypiece of an area and you have acity where you have all of it,which council meeting are yougoing to go to? There’s onlyseven days in the week,”Lambert said.

Splitting off the areas justoutside North Bend would hurt

those residents’ representationon the County Council.

It can be confusing for resi-dents who don’t realize they arein a different district from theirneighbors and it can be confus-ing for council members whoshare a city or community,Lambert said.

Hearing and Wilson said theyfear that North Bend’s neighborswould be an afterthought if theyare put in District 9, which isrepresented by Reagan Dunn.

While the current council

members from Districts 3 and 9might typically vote together,that might not always be thecase, especially since Dunn isrunning for state AttorneyGeneral, Wilson said.

Keeping North Bend and itsunincorporated neighbors in thesame district would give theupper Snoqualmie Valley morepolitical clout, he said.

Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or [email protected]. Comment at www.sno-valleystar.com.

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Three of the four draft plans for redistricting the Metropolitan King County Council move neighborhoods justoutside North Bend city limits from District 3 into District 9. The shaded areas are in District 9 in at least oneof the four draft plans.

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The state liquor store’s oldsite in North Bend, across fromQFC, still sits empty, more thanthree years after the WashingtonState Liquor Control Board left.The store’s relocation came afterongoing complaints aboutunpleasant odors.

Those same smells causedheadaches for a dental clinic inthe same complex. Some daysthey were so strong, the clinichad to send patients home.

The odors have not been aproblem for tenants or customerssince the property owner, NorthMountainview, installed an airfiltration system in 2008.

But the system and the envi-ronmental consultants hired in2007 to locate the odors’ origincost money, so NorthMountainview’s owner, JohnFujii, has sued the owner of theneighboring 76 Gas station andits former landlords for at least$5 million. The lawsuit was filedApril 19 in King CountySuperior Court.

The franchise owner of thestation has enrolled it in thestate’s Voluntary CleanupProgram, run by the Departmentof Ecology.

Fujii claims the station’sowner, Wagih Abu-Rish, discov-ered a leak in the station’sunderground storage tank inearly 2004, but didn’t report it tothe department. Fujii claims thatabout 5,000 gallons of gasolineseeped into the ground beforethe leak was plugged that year.

As the gasoline filtered throughthe ground, tenants began tocomplain about the odors inNorth Mountainview’s property.

“God, it was just awful,” saidDr. Eric Opsvig, who rents spacefrom North Mountainview.

The smell was most notice-able when the barometric pres-sure changed, but it was alwaysaround to some degree, he andstaff said.

The odor caused headachesand shortness of breath, Opsvigsaid.

“Some days, we couldn’t evenbe in here,” he said. “We’d haveto send patients home.”

While Opsvig said he lostmoney from the odor, he doesnot stand to gain money fromthe lawsuit.

The smell prompted the stateliquor store to relocate in early2008, a spokesman for theWashington State LiquorControl Board told the Star atthe time.

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minations, because to sell or refi-nance the property, they have toshow potential buyers or a bankthat it is clean, Altose said.

“At some point it’s going tobe evaluated,” he said.

Still, the system largelydepends on self-reporting, andyears of budget cuts have left thedepartment without theresources to be very proactive infinding pollution. The depart-ment also learns of many conta-minations from spill reports andproperty assessments, Altose said.

“It’s working well, but I think

it’s working because banks aresort of stepping into the role ofenforcer,” said Linda Larson, apartner with the Marten LawGroup, an environmental lawfirm based in Seattle.

The system doesn’t rewardintentionally delaying reportingpollution.

Contaminants spread overtime, increasing the cost ofcleanup, Larson said.

“The way the Model ToxicsControl Act is set up, you areresponsible all the way downthe chain,” she said.

But it is usually up to busi-ness and property owners totake the first look, and have test-ing done to determine whethera site is contaminated.

Studies done by the depart-ment in February show thatmore cleaning up is needed atNorth Mountainview’s site,Altose said. The contaminationhas spread under the QFC park-ing lot to the northwest, but ishighest near the station’s pumps.

More work is expected thissummer. The site’s clean upshould take another one to twoyears, Abu-Rish said.

Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or [email protected]. Comment at www.sno-valleystar.com.

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A July 4 family hike onDenny Creek Trail ended witha 4-year-old girl being taken byhelicopter to Seattle’sHarborview Medical Center incritical condition.

The girl, who lives in Kent,fell into the creek. Fellow hik-ers, including an off-dutyShoreline firefighter, helpedfind her and pull her out of thewater.

She was unconscious andhad been underwater for 10 to15 minutes, according to Sgt.John Urquhart, spokesman forthe King County Sheriff’sOffice.

Sheriff’s deputies and para-medics took the girl to thetrailhead, about two and a halfmiles away. She was then takenby helicopter to Harborview incritical condition.

Urquhart said he doesn’tknow how the accident hap-pened.

Fujii lost a steady tenant asthe country’s economy wasbeginning to unravel. The stateliquor store relocated little morethan a mile away.

Even though the smell is notan issue for current tenants,“Mountainview’s ability to mar-ket that rental space has beendamaged by the contamination,”according to the lawsuit againstAbu-Rish and his former land-lords, Robert and Leora Wheeler.Abu-Rish bought the propertyfrom them in January 2005.

The contamination also pre-vented Fujii from refinancing theproperty when interest rates wereextremely low, the suit claims.

While Abu-Rish and theWheelers deny full responsibilityfor the contamination, Abu-Rishtold the Star that he found a leakin the underground tank in 2004.

But it wasn’t reported to theDepartment of Ecology untilOct. 2, 2007, according todepartment records.

The leak was reported as soonas an environmental consultantconfirmed there was contamina-tion, Abu-Rish said.

“Basically, it was done rightaway,” he said.

The Wheelers could not bereached for comment.

The 76 Gas station is not theonly contaminated site in NorthBend. There are 29 sites in andnear the city registered with thestate Department of Ecology.Snoqualmie has another 13 sites.

That is not unusual, though,said Larry Altose, a spokesmanfor the department. “There’sprobably no place in the statethat doesn’t have some contami-nated sites, especially since somegas stations were built beforecurrent standards were in place.”

All underground storage tanksfor fuel are registered and periodi-cally inspected by the Departmentof Ecology, Altose said.

“For today’s gas stations, theyare all monitored,” he said.“They are all inspected.”

All contaminations must bereported to the state within 90days of discovery or a fine canbe imposed. Under the state’sModel Toxics Control Act, prop-erty and business owners areresponsible for cleaning up cont-aminations and can be heldliable for damages.

Property owners have a greatdeal of incentive to report conta-

Photos by Dan Catchpole

Above: The Washington State Liquor Control Board moved its NorthBend store due to noxious odors, which are at the center of a lawsuitbetween two neighboring land owners. Right: Wagih Abu-Rish, the ownerof a 76 Gas station on North Bend Way is cleaning up a gasoline leakthat was discovered in 2004.

his accordion.He lookedhappy andsurrealistic inthe mutedreddish lightson the stage.

Next tohim sat CarlaMartinez,playingrhythm guitarand smiling out on her townand her life. Jim Albertson wasup there, too, playing the waltz’smelody on the harmonica, andtrading the lead with JasperBlankenship on his fiddle.

As Mrs. Doc and Pop Walkerdanced away, the bandstandreceded in a blur of light and

sound. Passing like ships in thenight were Dewey Decker withMavis from the Mule Barn truckstop. Mavis’ hair is growing backin since the treatments, givingeveryone in the valley just onemore reason to be thankful.Randy Jones and Katie Burchellsailed by on wings of love.

The waltz ended and Popwalked Mrs. Doc to her seat.

“Thanks for the dance, er …Honey,” he said.

“Thank you, Pop.”The people who dance through

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Preserving natural beautyis a Valley-wide effort

Snoqualmie Valley’s residents are quick to comment onthe area’s natural beauty. It is a treasure.

Like most treasures, it requires good stewardship. Valleyresidents must take an active part in preserving the area’snatural beauty.

Many do already. Local volunteers have helped pullinvasive plants like English ivy out of forestland nearTollgate Farm in North Bend. Others, such as the UpperSnoqualmie Valley Elk Management Group, help to keeplocal residents and wildlife on good terms that are mutu-ally beneficial. Two of the group’s members were recentlyrecognized by the state Department of Ecology for theirhard work.

The efforts of these local residents show that we can allhave a positive effect. It is simply a matter of getting dirtunder our fingernails.

There is plenty of work to do. Invasive plant species such as English ivy and

knotweed are rife throughout the Valley. They choke outnative species, depriving local wildlife of food sources.Fighting them requires man-hours — boots on theground, so to speak — and education. Get involved byattending one of the three workshops in SnoqualmieValley hosted on July 19 and 20 by the King CountyNoxious Weed Program.

Living with wildlife requires good stewardship as well.Bears in Snoqualmie Valley are beautiful creatures whenseen from a safe distance, but a close encounter can turndangerous. We can all help minimize these run-ins bysecuring garbage and not leaving food out. (See the articlein this week’s issue for more tips.)

Snoqualmie Valley is a treasure. Many residents arealready doing great work to maintain its natural beauty.But there is still plenty of work to do, so roll up yoursleeves and dig in.

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Mrs. Doc watched the dancersswirl around the cleared hard-wood floor of the Legion hall,and smiled to see her husband,Doc, waltzing with Ardis Fisher.But Mrs. Doc was never one tosit out a waltz, so she lookedaround at the menu.

Over in the corner, smilingand tapping his foot, was PopWalker. Pop and several otherresidents of the Rest of Your Liferetirement home were there toenjoy the dance and celebratethe nation’s birthday. Pop has ahard time with his memorythese days, but always forgetsthings with a smile.

“Pop,” asked Mrs. Doc, “howabout a dance?”

“Why sure … uh?”“Mrs. Doc.”“Right. Mrs. Doc.”Pop had learned to waltz back

when more people did it, andthe decades had smoothed hisdance steps with the fine sand-ing of time. It was a pleasure forMrs. Doc to go around the floorwith him.

She smiled and winked at herhusband as she and Pop dancedby, and Doc grinned and swirleda fancy di-do with Ardis, just toshow off. Then, she and Pop gotcloser to the bandstand andthere was Dud Campbell playing

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plants, and depriving wildlife offood sources and habitat.

Knotweed does all of those onthe Snoqualmie in abundance.It’s broad leaves block out thesun for other vegetation on theforest floor. Its roots suck upnutrients, starving other plants.

It takes away habitat fromnative species and contributesto riverbank erosion. It crowdsout native plants with strongerroot systems that help holdriverbanks together.

Knotweed’s roots and stemsare designed to break apart andfloat downriver, which is how itspreads itself. As the knotweeduproots, the dirt in riverbanksgets washed downstream.

Knotweed also takes awayhabitat from native insects onthe river. Along the river, theleaves of indigenous plants typ-ically sit a few inches off thewater, creating a shelteredspace for insects to live.Knotweed’s leaves reach downto the water.

But the problem doesn’t endwith the insects. Fewer bugsmeans less food for fish, whichmeans less food for other ani-mals higher up the food chain.

That is the real ecologicaldanger of invasive species: theireffect isn’t limited, but it rip-ples through the local ecosys-tem, said Heidi Bohan, an eth-nobotanist who works with theSnoqualmie Tribe.

Ultimately, the effects arefelt by the wildlife, Bohan said.

Those effects can be felt farand wide, and can quicklybecome full-fledged economicdisasters. Since the emerald ashborer beetle was detected inNorth America in 2002, it haskilled more than 30 million ashtrees. Every year, Europeangypsy moths defoliate millionsof acres of forest in the easternUnited States.

Invasive species cost the U.S.almost $120 billion a year,according to a 2004 estimate byresearchers at Cornell University.

Human travel typically ishow invasive species move intonew areas. Sometimes it isunwitting, but sometimes it isintentional.

Knotweed became a popularornamental plant in 1920s andwas widely planted through the1960s.

“It was an exotic plant thatwas promoted,” Shaw said. “Soa lot of people planted it in thisarea, and each one of thoseplantings became a vector forinfestation.”

To fight knotweed in theupper Snoqualmie River water-shed, King County spendsabout $450,000 a year, withmore than $400,000 comingfrom grants, according toFrances Lucero, who managesthe county’s efforts.

She coordinates eradicationcampaigns on six rivers. Thework is done by privatelandowners, volunteers, KingCounty weed experts and otherpublic entities, including thecity of Snoqualmie.

“It’s a lot of work for one per-son to go out and take care of aproblem like this, but it’s not ahuge problem for lots of differ-ent people to chip away at, a lit-tle bit at a time,” Lucero said.

Education and outreach aretwo important weapons for theprogram. Each year Lucerotrains dozens of volunteers touse guns that inject herbicideinto the knotweed stalks.

Eradicating knotweed froman area takes four or five years,with regular monitoring to fol-low, Lucero said.

Infested sites often requiretwo years of treatment with tar-geted herbicide, and nativespecies must be re-planted,sometimes more than once.

Once knotweed is clearedout, sometimes other non-native plants move in.

“You just pick your battlessometime,” Lucero said. “It’llnever be perfect. This is a dis-turbed area — people havebeen here, a big river runsthrough here. There are alwaysgoing to be some non-nativeand invasive plants. You justtry to keep it in check.”

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When camping, the forest ser-vice recommends camping awayfrom streams or trails, as bears usethem as travel routes. Same forcamping near bear food sources,like berries. Wash all dishes andcans immediately after eating.Dump dishwater at least 100yards from your campsite.

Pepper spray is a good defense,forest service wildlife biologistSonny Paz said. Firearms help,too, but people don’t alwayshave one on them when they seea bear. Knives are tricky, since itmay not be legal to carry them incertain jurisdictions.

“You may get in trouble withthe law and with the bear,” Pazsaid.

When barbecuing, burn thegrease off your grill after you aredone, as the odor of cookedmeat can travel for miles.

While cougars retreat aftereye contact, making eye contactwith a bear may elicit a charge,Bodine said. On the other hand,Paz said it helps to keep youreyes on the bear, just to seewhat it might do.

Bears are generally afraid ofhumans, Paz said, but bears inan urban interface like the

Valley may be accustomed topeople and to getting food fromthem.

“Bears like that may be a littlemore unpredictable and mightnot run away from you,” hesaid. “Hopefully, nobody’s feed-ing the bears.”

The one thing Paz said toavoid doing may well be thething you naturally feel likedoing when faced with a blackbear — running. Bears will out-run you, so don’t try.

Instead, Paz said, “Back awayslowly and if the bear is unre-sponsive, try to make yourselflook big by holding a coat overyour head, or raising your arms.”

Don’t yell at it, but do talk toit, he added, as the bear mayidentify your yelling as a desireto attack. Paz said talking mayhelp the bear think you are notafraid.

If things go sour and the beardoes attack you, crawl into afetal position and protect theback of your head and your neckwith your arms, said Paz said.And if things really go sour,well, it’s go time.

“If it looks like the bear isgoing to eat you, then you’rejust going to have to fightback,” Paz said.

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A DUI stop almost turneddeadly for a Washington StatePatrol trooper from Snoqualmielate the night of June 30.

Trooper Michael Porterstopped a silver BMW X3 justbefore midnight on the north-bound side of Interstate 405near the interchange with stateRoute 520. He suspected the dri-ver was intoxicated.

The 28-year-old Porter, whohas been with the State Patrolfor two and a half years, was

arresting the driver when anAcura Integra hit the back of hispatrol car, which hit the BMW.

The BMW’s hood hit Porterand the driver, a 32-year-oldman from Bellingham.

The driver of the Acura, a 26-year-old woman fromShoreline, was arrested andcould face charges of drivingwhile intoxicated and vehicularassault.

Porter and the two driverswere taken to Overlake MedicalHospital in Bellevue. Porter hadinjured his leg, but has beenreleased from the hospital.

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When Geoff Doy moved fromLondon to North Bend in the1980s, he said it was an easydecision.

“The town had so much tooffer, we didn’t want to leave,”he said.

He couldn’t have known themove embodied a tagline hewould help craft as a citizen vol-unteer for North Bend’s market-ing and branding efforts 20years later.

Doy is one example of someonewho happened upon North Bendand decided to stay. Gina Estep,North Bend’s economic develop-ment director, decided to capital-ize upon the trend when sheapproached the mayor last year.

On the eve of North Bend’scentennial, Estep said, “It’s beena great 100 years. What are wegoing to do to build the city forthe next 100?”

That question kicked offNorth Bend’s first formal brandinitiative. Before the year wasout, Estep had assembled a teamof business owners, city officialsand volunteer citizens with mar-keting and branding experience.

“It was important for NorthBend to use a grass-rootsapproach to branding,” Estepsaid.

Cost savings was another con-sideration. As neighboring citiesspent between $60,000 and$100,000 with private marketingcompanies, North Bend used “theassets and the experience withvolunteers who were committedin the long term,” Estep said.

Fortunately for North Bend,its community is filled with for-mer and current marketing andbranding executives who volun-teered to be a part of the initia-tive. Doy, the CEO of Internetfirm Marconi, who sold his firmto Erickson, facilitated a “brownpaper bag” session. The brain-storming exercise walked thefive-member team through anexercise of identifying, refiningand selecting the attributesunique to North Bend.

The group realized the city“attracts tourists that appreciatelocal activities,” said FritzRibary, of the Snoqualmie Valley

Chamber of Commerce, a non-voting member of the group.

The challenge of the group isto provide the outlets that allowfor tourists to “unwind, relax andshare the experience they justhad.” By promoting North Bendas a small town creating the pre-mier outdoor destination in thePuget Sound region, it becomes“the jump-off point and the hubto the Cascades,” Doy said.

The City Council agreed,approved the recommendations,a 2010 implementation plan wascreated, a budget was passed andprograms were initiated.

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is a catchy tagline, and the logo,created by local resident andbusiness owner Brent Cook, ofFront Row Graphics, is crisp,modern and clean.

But Estep and her team know

they are at the beginning of amultiyear initiative. This yearalone, North Bend will hold sev-eral major events.

The second annual blockparty is slated for July 17. Likelast year, the city will shut downthe streets and “throw a party for2,500 people.” This fall, NorthBend will hold its first OutdoorRecreation Industry Conference,designed to “bring all the stake-holders together,” includingretailers, manufacturers and fishand wildlife representatives. TheMount Si Challenge, the NorthBend Rock Challenge, partneringwith the Tour de Peaks and theFestival at Mount Si and moreare also on the calendar.

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hold great events. It must pro-vide more venues for touristsand locals alike.

Guy Lawrence, marketingdirector at the Summit inSnoqualmie, said he believeseven minor improvements tothe downtown area can have amajor impact on the area.

“The historic downtown is cru-cial, as well as the plaza con-cepts,” for encouraging tourists tostay after a day of fishing in therivers, climbing the mountains orriding on the trails, he said. “Weneed a town that matches theactivities of the visitors.”

It must also provide local busi-nesses with ongoing support.Jolene Kelly relocated her smallbusiness, a salon, fromSnoqualmie to North Bend. Andwhile she supports the initiative,she said she would like to see

more done to encourage collabora-tion among the business owners.

“A merchants associationwould go a long way to support-ing one another, makingimprovements and drawing innew businesses,” she said.

With committed businessowners like Kelly and forward-thinking planners like Estep,North Bend’s marketing effortsjust may pay off. And Doy’svision of North Bend becomingthe jumping off point to theCascades may be shortly realized.

Sarah Gerdes is a freelance writer for the Star.Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.

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A Fall City man avoidedinjury late July 4 when hiscar was hit by another carchanging lanes on stateRoute 18.

The man, 57-year-oldPatrick Nause, was east-bound at about 10:40 p.m.in a 2005 Ford F-150 truck.

Heinrich Wolf, ofCovington, was traveling inthe same direction in a1996 Honda Accord whenhe moved into the laneNause was in.

The 67-year-old Wolf’scar hit Nause’s truck, wentoff the road and hit theguardrail, according to theWashington State Patrol.

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At 1:07 p.m. June 26, policeresponded to a bike theft atRattlesnake Lake Cycles, 410Main Ave. S. At about 12:20p.m., a male teenager enteredthe store and looked around,saying he was going to buy abicycle for his brother’s birthday.

He later said he had changedhis mind due to the bikes’ pricesand he was going to buy a skate-board instead. He returned laterand removed a bicycle from thebike rack and rode it away. Twoteenagers saw him, but said theythought he was trying it out.The teenagers could only offer apartial clothing description ofthe suspect.

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At 11:50 a.m. June 14, policeresponded to a harassment callfrom Starbucks Coffee inside theQFC grocery store, 460 E. NorthBend Way.

Two males approached abarista and ordered drinks. Oneof the men started telling thebarista how beautiful she was,how he was new to the area andhow they should get together.He gave her a business card forNorth American Entertainmentand said he was looking forwomen as beautiful as she wasfor his business.

After the barista told him shewas not interested, he kept ask-ing for her phone number. Thebarista told police both men havefrequented the business and havetried to pick up both her and acoworker, sometimes aggressive-ly. Police contacted the coworkerwho said one of the men hadtried to get her number and hadtold her they should “hook up.”She told him she was 17.

The men kept returning to thecoffee stand and the girl startedfeeling scared. A male employeeescorted her to her car when hershift was over. Police contactedthe two men June 16 at the T/Arestaurant, 46600 S.E. NorthBend Way, and told them theyhad been banned from QFC.

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At 8:06 a.m. June 16, policeresponded to multiple car break-ins in the parking lot of NorthBend Automotive, 43306 S.E.North Bend Way.

The manager of the businesssaid she arrived at work and sawat least four vehicles were bro-ken into. She told police thatsuspects had stolen stereos fromvehicles and broken side win-dows on some of them.

One of the vehicles belongsto the shop. No prints could befound, leading police to believethe suspect or suspects may haveused gloves. The manager said

she had no idea who could havedone it.

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At 12:46 a.m. June 20, policesaw a black pickup travelingsouth on Bendigo BoulevardSouth near the corner ofSouthwest Mount Si Boulevard.As the truck reached the inter-section, it skidded to a stop,power-sliding into the intersec-tion over the stop line.

The driver backed up andthen stopped behind the stopline to wait for the green light.When the light turned, the dri-ver accelerated into the left-turnlane, traveling east on Mount SiBoulevard. As the vehicleturned, the driver lost tractionand the wheels began to peelout on the pavement.

The driver kept acceleratingand the wheels kept spinningfaster. Police stopped the vehi-cle, recognized the driver andasked him why he was drivinglike that. The driver said he wassorry and that he had not seenthe patrol car. He was arrestedfor reckless driving.

Police later learned the 18-year-old driver only had a learn-er’s permit. He was fingerprintedand later released. The vehiclewas impounded.

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At 6:30 p.m. June 25, policeresponded to a call from the 900block of Pickett Avenue. A mantold police he went to his mail-box and found the box and thepole on the ground, driven overby a vehicle.

The man added that the neigh-borhood has been a continuedtarget of vandalism, from col-lapsed mailboxes to trees coveredin toilet paper. Tire tracks indicat-ed the driver deliberately left theroadway, driving in a straight linethrough lawns and crashing intotwo mailbox stands.

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At 9:30 p.m. June 25, policeresponded to a noninjury acci-dent near the corner of RibaryWay and Bendigo Boulevard.Two groups of teenagers hadbeen driving around in twovehicles, tossing firecrackers ateach other, until one of themcrashed into the other. The dri-vers were arrested and releasedto their parents.

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At 2:33 a.m. June 23, policeresponded to a call from the9400 block of Frontier AvenueSoutheast about a female bearwith three cubs in someone’sbackyard. The female left andone of the cubs crawled underthe fence, causing the female


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When you’re 61 and yourshort-term goal is 15 yearsaway, it’s safe to say you mightqualify as an optimist.

When you’re 61 and yourshort-term goal is 15 yearsaway, and you have stage 4 col-orectal cancer, then it’s reallysafe to say it.

And that’s the way Carl Hartwants it.

The North Bend resident wasdiagnosed a year ago nextmonth, but judging by the hairon his head and his easy laughor his Hawaiian shirt that ablycovers his scars, you wouldnever know it.

“We’re going to kick this,”he said July 1 in his Redmondoffice. “We’re going to beat itto the ground with a big, uglystick.”

Three years prior to the diag-nosis, doctors had found andremoved polyps, so when hewalked into the doctor’s officethat day in 2010, he was there tomake sure nothing had changed.Instead, everything did.

“Nobody expected it,” hesaid. “That was the ‘Oh, damn!’moment for the doctors andmyself.”

The next day, a Friday, hesaw an oncologist and a sur-geon. Three days after that, heunderwent a PET scan. The nextday, oncologists met to decide

how to treat him. A week later,he met with the oncologistagain. And a week after that, hestarted chemotherapy.

“It was head-spinning,” hesaid.

Hart found hope in the facthe lived in the Puget Soundarea, famous worldwide for itstop-class cancer treatment cen-ters, including the University ofWashington, the HutchinsonCenter, and Overlake andSwedish hospitals.

“There’s no better place tocatch it than Seattle and thePuget Sound area,” he said.

He also found hope in thewoman he calls his “rock,” hiswife of 41 years, Donna.

“It’s very important to beable to draw emotionalstrength,” he said. “It’s 41 yearswe’ve been together, so we’vebeen together longer than wehave been apart.”

Still, it was painful, tiringand often scary. When peoplehear the words stage 4 cancer,they tend to assume the worst,Hart said.

Stage 4 colorectal cancer, hesaid, means that it could beseen through the walls of theintestines, the lymph nodeshave been compromised andthe cancer has metastasized.

People, however, “look atyou like you’re a dead manwalking,” Hart said. “Not true.It means it has metastasized.”

So far, chemo has shrunk thetumor, the metastases and theinfected lymph nodes. He stillgets tired easy, but he was ableto attend his daughter’s wed-ding in the San Juan Islands,and he has been back at worksince last fall.

If he has it his way, the goodnews will continue for at least adecade and a half. Sure he wantsto garden again, travel more.The real goal, though, is to seeSofia, the only child of his onlychild, graduate from college.

She’s 8. There will be at leastfour more presidential electionsbefore his dream comes true.

The uncertainty gives himpause. He does not know howlong it will take to leave thischapter behind or whether heever will.

“I want to, I think I will, butit all depends on what my bodysays,” he said. “I don’t knowthe answer.”

True to his optimism, Hartchooses to accentuate the posi-tive in what he calls “my longjourney.”

Caregivers have been great,his wife has been indefatigable,his coworkers and his boss haveoffered plenty of support, andhe’s still around, fighting thegood fight.

“From day one, I was saying,‘Let’s get on with what we gotto do to get this beaten,’” Hartsaid. “That’s still my attitude.”


Would you welcome anaddict into your school? TheSnoqualmie Valley SchoolDistrict did, and they arethrilled.

“There’s something incrediblyaddicting about having a stu-dent who feels very little aboutthemselves and then realizetheir potential,” said AmyMontanye-Johnson, the newprincipal at Two Rivers School.“It’s hard to walk away fromthat.”

Montanye-Johnson, whosefirst last name is pronouncedMon-TANE, was officially namedthe new principal of the dis-trict’s alternative school June 23,replacing Tom Athanases, whobecame the district’s alternativeprogram planning coordinator.

“I’ve known Amy for sometime, working for alternativeschools’ organizations in thestate,” Athanases said, “she’s awonderful leader.”

Montanye-Johnson emergedfrom a pool of more than 25candidates to get the job. Shehas never been a principal buthas worked in alternative educa-tion for the past 11 years atSequoia High School in theEverett School District.

Snoqualmie Valley Schools’Superintendent Joel Aune calledMontanye-Johnson “the bestmatch for the district, our com-munity, but most important, forher school.

Feedback from staff at TwoRivers and Sequoia aboutMontanye-Johnson was verypositive, he added.

Sally Lancaster, principal ofSequoia High School, calledMontanye-Johnson a smart, car-ing educator.

“She’s wonderful with studentrelationships,” Lancaster said.

“She’s been a part of our schoolimprovement team, she’s coordi-nated our advanced placementclasses, just lots of good things.”

Aune said the district looksforward to the new principal’spassion, vision and energy.

Montanye-Johnson said somethink alternative schools don’tchallenge students much, andthat students don’t rise to chal-lenges when they appear.

“In my experience, it’s exactlythe opposite. Students come toschool because they want to bethere, because they want tolearn, and they’re prettyfocused,” she said.

Montanye-Johnson’s back-ground includes working withhomeless and runaway students,she said. In her time at Sequoia,she said she helped change theschool’s performance levels.

“We’ve gone from a schoolwhere students were barelymeeting graduation require-ments to having advanced place-ment courses. Just two, butstill,” she said. “Sequoia hascontributed to the EverettSchool District in a large, largeway.”

Two Rivers under Montanye-Johnson will be an alternativeschool, not an alternative toschool, she said.

“Teachers need to be reallyintentional about what they aredoing and why they are doing itand students need to be there tolearn,” she said.

Staff at Two Rivers was “superexcited” during the interviewprocess about doing new thingsat the school, she said.

“It was very exciting to sitaround a table with a group ofteachers and professionals whowere ready to go to work and dowhatever they need to do tomake it work,” she said. “I hopethat continues.”

By Sebastian Moraga

Carl Hart, of North Bend, is still determined to beat the colorectal cancer he was diagnosed with last year.

Battle goes on forincurable optimist

By Sebastian Moraga

Amy Montanye-Johnson (right), the new principal at Two Rivers Schoolstands next to her predecessor, Tom Athanases.

Everett educator namednew Two Rivers principal

“From day one, I was saying,‘Let’s get on with what wegot to do to get this beaten.’That’s still my attitude.”

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Jennie MaeMirandaAmelia Baker,of NorthBend, passedawayThursday,June 23, atOverlakeHospital sur-rounded bymany familymembers.

Jennie Mae was born toHenry and Jane Rosenbauer onMarch 8, 1916, in Clear Lake,Iowa. The family moved toMinnesota, where she and her10 siblings helped run a farm.

She was 95 years of age andwas the last surviving memberof her family.

She graduated from GreenwayHigh School in Coleraine, Minn.,in 1934. After graduation, sheworked for a family doing house-work and taking care of their sixchildren until she met and mar-ried her husband, Martin“Buster” Baker in 1937. He pre-ceded her in death in 1988.

She, Buster and three childrenmoved out west to North Bendin 1946. They first lived in a lit-tle cabin in Maloney’s Groveand eventually settled in theirhome on “Baker’s Corner” onthe North Fork Road in 1949.

She was a member of theWomen of the Moose for morethan 60 years, attaining theirhighest accolades.

Besides raising her family, sheworked for many years for Boband Georgia Bybee on their truckfarm down the road. She retiredfrom Scott’s Dairy Freeze in 1990.

She will long be rememberedfor all the crocheted afghans shemade for family, friends ordonated to organizations.

She is survived by her sevenchildren: Robert Baker (Pat), ofMoses Lake; Shirley Brodie(Conrad), of Rio Verde, Ariz.;Roger Baker (Jackie), of Kellogg,Idaho; Roy Baker (Char), ofNorth Bend; Bradley Baker, ofNorth Bend; Terri Pratt (Dean), ofNorth Bend; and Deborah Bakerof Snoqualmie; 13 grandchildren;and 15 great-grandchildren.

A memorial service is at 11a.m. July 30, at OpstadElementary School multipurposeroom, 1345 Stilson Road, NorthBend. Reception to follow at42905 S.E. 137th Place, North

Bend.Her final resting place will be

at Tahoma National Cemetery,where her ashes will be placedwith Buster’s.

The family invites you toview photos and share memoriesin the online guestbook atwww.flintofts.com.

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Dorothy(Bliss)Leingang, ofNorth Bend,died June 2,2011, inNorth Bend.She was 86.

Dorothywas born May16, 1925, inFall River,Mass.

She moved to the SnoqualmieValley in 1950 with her husbandGlen Bliss. Glen was a lifetimeresident of the Valley, wherethey raised their two children,Shirley and Glenn.

A special thanks to familyand friends for their help,strength and support in her lastdays. The family thanks theSnoqualmie Valley clinic,Evergreen Hospice and Mount SiSenior Center for their assistanceand support.

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It’s a new thing, it’s an oldthing. It’s brand-new, it’s a tra-dition. It’s the first year. It’s the14th year.

It’s the Challenge Day Race.And this year, there will be atouch of Mount Si red on it.

The speedfest for childrenwith special needs returns July16, with developmentally dis-abled individuals teaming upwith able-bodied children torace down Issaquah’s SecondAvenue in modified soapboxderby cars.

Mount Si High Schoolincoming senior Abby Conradhas attended every year since2008 and five times since 2004.

This is the first year class-mates from Mount Si’s KeyClub will attend with her, tovolunteer and entertain.

“We are doing face-paint-ing,” Conrad said, “and thatgame where you toss a fishingline over a wall and you win aprize.”

Valley students will helpfrom 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. next tothe Issaquah CommunityCenter, entertaining childrenand adults during downtimebetween races.

In the races, children withspecial needs sit in soapboxesthat are driven by able-bodiedchildren.

More than 50 volunteers areexpected to participate, includ-ing several from the RotaryClub of Issaquah, to whichConrad’s father belongs.

“This is our way to not onlyraise funds for LEO,” StanConrad said, referring to LifeEnrichment Options, anIssaquah-based nonprofit orga-nization that advocates for peo-ple with special needs. “But thisis an activity for kids and adultswith disabilities.”

Rose Finnegan co-foundedLEO with her husband Leo andother parents of children withdisabilities. Since their able-bodied children had participat-ed in soapbox races, Rose said,Leo Finnegan came up with theidea of modifying the cars to fita co-pilot and the ChallengeDay Race was born.

Stan Conrad said the eventraised about $2,000 last year.Abby said she expects eight to10 Mount Si Key Club volun-teers this year.

“It’s a great opportunity forthem to come out and dostuff,” Abby said. “Hopefully, it

will become an annual thing.”One does not have to belong

to Key Club to volunteer. Hoursspent at Challenge Race Daywill count toward graduationcommunity service require-ments at schools that requirethem, Abby said.

“I’m asking a friend fromCedarcrest High School,” shesaid. “That friend is bringing asister and her sister is bringinga friend. It’s open to anyone.”

Well, sort of. Spots for vol-unteers are filled, but peopleare welcome to fill in as alter-nates for last-minute absencesor to put their names down fornext year.

“There’s nothing hard aboutit except having to get up earlyon a Saturday,” Abby said. “Atthe end of the day, I’m a bittired. You’ve been in the sun allday and your feet hurt, but it’sthe sense of accomplishmentthat I love.”

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As Rich Belcher would say,“Are you kidding me?”

The Snoqualmie Ridge resi-dent, longtime teacher and for-mer hoops coach at Eastlake andNewport high schools will beinducted into the WashingtonInterscholastic BasketballCoaches Association’s Hall ofFame this month.

Belcher, whose catchphrase ison his vehicle license plate,learned last Christmas that for-mer players had joined forces toget him inducted.

“One of my former players,Travis Thompson from Newport,initiated contact with the Hallof Fame,” Belcher said. “He con-tacted former players fromEastlake and Newport and askedthem to make recommenda-tions.”

Thompson showed up onChristmas Eve with a manilaenvelope for his former coach.Inside were 30 letters from for-mer players to the Hall of Fame,recommending induction forBelcher.

“I just broke down and cried,”Belcher said. “I could not believeit.”

What touched Belcher themost was having letters fromboth stars and players who hadbarely stepped on hardwood.

“It meant a great deal to me,”he said, “because those lettersshowed that we had built a fam-ily atmosphere.”

Belcher, whose father andmother coached him in LittleLeague, and who married theolder sister of one of his players,knows a little about makingcoaching a family venture.

“You know how coachesretire and say they want tospend more time with their fam-ily?” he said. “I didn’t resign tospend more time with my fami-ly, my family was with me allthe way.”

The first play Belcher used ingames was named after his son,Mitchell. Both Mitchell and hisbrother Brian played for Dad.

“It was a treat,” Belcher said. Family was the reason he

never strayed from the prepgame, although colleges camecalling.

“My family is No. 1 to me,”he said. “I was very flattered tobe considered but I knew Iwould have to be traveling quitea bit, recruiting.”

A look at the basketball land-scape shows the Belcher hand-print throughout. Current headcoaches or assistant coaches atNewport, Eastlake, Issaquah,Yakima’s Eisenhower, Blanchetand Mount Si either played foror were assistants to Belcher.

The strength coach for theSacramento Kings, the basketballoperations director for thePortland Trailblazers, an assis-tant coach for Brigham YoungUniversity and ESPN analyst JayBilas, all played for Belcher, too.

“It’s really something to haveall these kids,” he said. “None ofthem are kids anymore but theyalways will be to me.”

One kid is Steve Helm, thehead coach at Mount Si, whomBelcher calls “quite a coach anda very good friend.”

Helm’s first play is “Mitchell.”Another of Belcher’s kids is

Bilas, who won a national cham-pionship at Duke and is a topcollege basketball analyst withthe “worldwide leader.”

“He was my Englishteacher my freshman year ofhigh school, and I played forhim during the summer-

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Snoqualmie’s Rich Belcher is now a Hall of Famer thanks to stellarsuccess as a prep basketball coach.


Davis Karaica knows what’s atstake.

Not only is the Mount Siincoming senior’s club soccerteam on the verge of nationalsuccess, but it also stands on theverge of erasing some bittermemories.

The team Eastside FC Boys 94Red won the Far West RegionalChampionship in Boise, June 26,beating teams from across thewestern United States, and nowprepares for the United StatesYouth Soccer national tourna-ment’s final round in Las Vegasthis month.

The past two years, EastsideFC lost in regional semifinals,yielding in overtime. This trip toVegas means more than a shotin the national stage. It meansredemption.

“We’re very excited,” he said.The road to Vegas has been

loaded with milestones. Theteam they beat in the regionalsemifinals was an out-of-staterival of Eastside FC, Albion fromCalifornia.

The Washington side won 2-1in a shootout.

“We’d played them five timesbefore,” Karaica said.

In the finals, they bestedMount Hamilton’s Pac Tigres,also from the Golden State.

Both opponents were nation-ally ranked. This is the firstregional title for the team,

according to the Eastside FCNews blog.

Eastside FC will arrive in

Vegas at the same time sevenother teams do. The octet will besplit into two groups of four

that will play a round-robin for-mat. The winners of each willplay for the national crown.

Besides the obvious, there’sadditional incentive this year.Many players who have beenteammates of Karaica’s for yearsare moving on after this season.

“If we had lost at regionals, itwould have been the last gamewe would have played,” he said.“It’s pretty awesome that we getto play again.”

The players are friends butthat does not keep them frompushing each other at practice.

The team has been a jugger-naut this year, scoring 14 timesat regionals and surrenderingonly one goal.

Eastside FC practices inPreston but carries players fromTacoma, Bellevue, Sammamish,Wenatchee and even as far asSpokane. The team has only oneplayer from Mount Si — Karaica.In 2012, that will change.

“We’ll have Alex Censulloand Kody Clearman next year,”he said.

Censullo said he’s lookingforward to joining the team in2012. He has been practicingwith the team but can’t play inthe tournament.

Only the players who playedin the squad that won this year’s

Davis Karaica heads to nationals with his club soccer team

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Davis Karaica, in action here for Mount Si, is playing for a national title as member of Eastside FC this summer.

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state championship and quali-fied for regionals can play,Censullo said.

“It motivates you to try andexperience the same thing againnext year,” said Censullo said.

Clearman echoes Censullo’s joy.“I’m really excited about get-

ting the opportunity to playnext year and all the exposurethat comes with being on theteam,” Clearman said. “A lot of

the college coaches are going tobe watching us now.”

Right now, however, Karaica’sfocus is on what happens thisyear and on erasing what hap-pened in years past.

“We have a stronger teamthis year,” he said. “We havewanted it more.”

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Three local Little Leagueteams are out of the AAA districttournament for 10 and 11-year-old boys.

Snoqualmie Valley LittleLeague’s team was knocked outof the district tournament onJuly 3 by Bellevue East, whichwon 20-7 in the four-inninggame.

Falls Little League was downin a close 6-4 loss to KirklandNational.

In the AA district tournamentfor 9 and 10-year-old boys, theSnoqualmie Valley Little Leagueteam lost a 17-11 game againstKirkland National, which putthe Valley team into the conso-lation bracket.

The Falls team lost a 12-2game against Redmond West,which also put the team intothe consolation bracket.

In the AAA district tourna-ment for 10- and 11-year-oldgirls, a combined team fromSno-Valley North andSnoqualmie Valley Little Leaguescame up just short in a hardfought 6-5 game against a teamfrom Bellevue West, BellevueThunderbird and Mercer Island.

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North Bend hydroplane driverBrian Perkins crashed his boat,the U-21 Miss Lakeridge Paving,during a qualifying heat at theMadison Regatta, the openingrace of the unlimited

hydroplane season.Perkins hit a rescue boat dur-

ing the July 3 race in Madison,Ind.

Three people on the rescueboat were taken to a local hospi-tal, according to the website ofH1 Unlimited, which organizesthe racing circuit.

Perkins was not injured.Race organizers are investigat-

ing the collision, according tothe website.

The crash pushed back thechampionship race, whichended with a collision. SteveDavid, driving the U-1 Oh Boy!Oberto boat, won the regattaafter crashing into another boatthat had spun out at the finishline.

David was declared victorafter lengthy deliberations.

time,” Bilas said, addingthat Belcher is a teacherfirst and foremost.

“He understands kids, heunderstands the learningprocess. He’s a great coach butwhat sets him apart is his abil-ity to teach,”said Bilas,one of the30 people towrite lettersto nominateBelcher.

Bilas wona nationalchampionship under MikeKrzyzewski, the winningestactive coach in college’sDivision I.

“I haven’t played for a bet-ter coach than Rich Belcher,”Bilas said, adding that “CoachK” and Belcher were as goodas it gets.

To elicit such warmth fromformer charges might surprisesome, but not Belcher.

Unlike the drill-sergeant

image that coaches like BobKnight aspire to portray,Belcher always sought to haveplayers both respect and likehim.

“They have the fans, theyhave the opponents and theyhave the officials,” Belchersaid. “Last thing they need isto have an enemy on the side-line.”

He has used the sameapproach in the classroom.

The same wayhis name wasnot CoachBelcher, he’snot Mr.Belcher. He’sMr. B.

Mr. B maynot be Coach

B anymore and he may sport agold watch on his left wrist,but Belcher is not going any-where.

Next year will be his 39thin front of a class.

“I tell my students, ‘I’molder than you, but I’m notold,” Belcher said.

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and the driver’s red watery eyes.The driver, 28-year-old Ryan D.Carver, from New York, said hehad pink eye.

Police asked him to performsobriety tests. Carver askedpolice to tell him what to dorepeatedly, and to give him abreak. Police told him he couldrefuse to do the tests if he want-ed, but that it may be usedagainst him in court.

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❑ At 4:18 p.m. June 25, EMTs

and Bellevue paramedicsresponded to SnoqualmieHospital for a medical call. Apatient was treated and thentransferred to another hospitalby Bellevue paramedics.

❑ At 10:22 p.m. June 25,EMTs were dispatched toSnoqualmie Casino for a med-ical call. A patient was treatedand then transported to a hospi-tal by EMTs.

❑ At 8:53 p.m. June 26, EMTswere dispatched to FairwayAvenue Southeast for an 87-year-old male experiencing afever and general weakness. Theman was evaluated and trans-ported to a hospital by privateambulance.

❑ At 9:49 p.m. June 26, EMTswere dispatched to CarmichaelAvenue Southeast for a 6-year-old boy who had suffered a headinjury from a fall. He was evalu-ated and taken to a hospital byhis family.

❑ At 2:32 a.m. June 27, EMTswere called to SnoqualmieCasino for a person reportingchest pain. A patient was evalu-ated on scene and transported toa hospital by ambulance.

❑ At 11:11 a.m. June 27, fire-fighters were dispatched toAspen Village Townhomes foran automatic fire alarm. Theydetermined the alarm had mal-functioned. The alarm was reset.

❑ At 9:06 p.m. June 27, fire-fighters responded to a report ofnatural gas odor in a residence.The house was aired out andchecked with a gas monitorbefore firefighters allowed theoccupants to re-enter.

❑ At 2:53 p.m. June 29, EMTswere dispatched to Southeast FirStreet for a man experiencing adiabetic issue. He was evaluatedand left in care of his girlfriendat his home.

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Snoqualmie for a suicidal sub-ject. A patient was evaluated andtransported to a hospital bySnoqualmie’s aid car.

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❑ At 1:50 p.m. June 29,Eastside Fire & Rescue unitsfrom North Bend joined otherrescue personnel in rescuing acouple of hikers stranded on acliff on Rattlesnake Ledge. Thehikers, a man and woman, wererescued and uninjured.

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❑❑ King County RedistrictingCommittee public hearing,6:30 p.m. July 7, HighlineCommunity College, Building 7,2400 S 240th St., Des Moines.

❑❑ Snoqualmie public hear-ing: Mill planning area zoningordinance, 7 p.m. July 11, 38624S.E. River St.

❑❑ Snoqualmie City Council,7 p.m. July 11, 38624 S.E. RiverSt.

❑❑ North Bend Finance andAdministration Committee, 2p.m. July 12, 211 Main Ave. N.

❑❑ North Bend Public Healthand Safety Committee, 4 p.m.211 Main Ave. N.

❑❑ Snoqualmie Communityand Economic AffairsCommittee, 5 p.m. July 12,38624 S.E. River St.

❑❑ King County RedistrictingCommittee public hearing, 6:30p.m. July 12, Van AsseltCommunity Center, 2820 S.Myrtle St., Seattle.

❑❑ Snoqualmie ShorelinePublic Hearing, 5 p.m. July 13,38624 S.E. River St.

❑❑ Snoqualmie Public SafetyCommittee, 5 p.m. July 14,37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway

❑❑ North Bend PlanningCommission, 7 p.m. July 12,211 Main Ave. N.

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Market and Summer ConcertSeries, 4-8 p.m. July 7, Si ViewPark, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive. Seea performance by Alex Zerbe at5:30 p.m.

❑❑ Clark Gibson Trio, 7 p.m.July 7, Boxley’s, 101 W. NorthBend Way, North Bend.

❑❑ Kids Showcase, 1-4 p.m.July 10, Snoqualmie Point Park,37580 S.E. Winery Rd.,Snoqualmie. Bring a blanket,lawn chairs and picnic to theopen-air amphitheatre atSnoqualmie Point Park. Theshow line-up is in progress andperformer applications are stillbeing accepted. For information,call 831-5784.

❑❑ Master Gardeners’ PlantClinic, 6-8:30 p.m. July 11,Snoqualmie Library, 7824Center Blvd. S.E.

❑❑ Toddler Story Times, 9:30a.m. July 12, North BendLibrary, 115 E. 4th St., NorthBend. For ages 2-3 with an adult.

❑❑ Toddler Story Times, 10a.m. July 12, Fall City Library,33415 S.E. 42nd Place, Fall City.For newborns to 3-year-oldsaccompanied by an adult.

❑❑ Preschool Story Times,10:30 a.m. July 12, North BendLibrary, 115 E. 4th St., NorthBend. For ages 3-6 with an adult.

❑❑ Preschool Story Times, 11a.m. July 12, Fall City Library,33415 S.E. 42nd Place, Fall City.For ages 3-6 with an adult.

❑❑ World Art Explorations:Pre-Columbian Mosaics, 1 p.m.July 12, Snoqualmie Library,7824 Center Blvd. S.E. For chil-dren 8 years and older.

❑❑ Open mic, 6:30 p.m. July12, Twede’s Café, 137 W. NorthBend Way, North Bend.

❑❑ Open mic, 7 p.m. July 13,The Black Dog, 8062 RailroadAve. SE, Snoqualmie.

❑❑ Young Toddler StoryTimes, 9:30 a.m. July 13,Snoqualmie Library, 7824Center Blvd. S.E. Ages 6-24months old accompanied by anadult.

❑❑ Preschool Story Times,10:30 a.m. July 13, SnoqualmieLibrary, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E.Ages 3-6 accompanied by anadult.

❑❑ Pajamarama Story Times,6:30 p.m. July 13, North BendLibrary, 115 E. Fourth St. Allyoung children are welcomewith an adult.

❑❑ 3-on-3 BasketballTournament, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.July 16, Snoqualmie Ridge. Thetournament will be held onSoutheast Ridge Street betweenBaker Avenue Southeast andFairway Avenue Southeast. Lateregistration is open through July13 online atsnoqualmie3on3.com.

❑❑ Knotweed workshops, 7-8:30 p.m. July 19, MeadowbrookFarm Interpretive Center, 1711Boalch Ave., North Bend; 9 a.m.to noon or 1-4 p.m. July 20,Three Forks Natural Area, 39912S.E. Park St., Snoqualmie.Presented by King County’sNoxious Weeds Program. Learnhow to fight invasive knotweed,which chokes out native plantsand contributes to riverbankerosion. To reserve a spot, emailSasha Shaw at [email protected] or call her at 206-

296-0290. VVoolluunntteeeerr ooppppoorrttuunniittiieess❑❑ Elk Management Group

invites the community to partic-ipate in elk collaring, telemetryand habitat improvement pro-jects in the Upper SnoqualmieValley. Project orientation meet-ings are at 6 p.m. the thirdMonday of the month at theNorth Bend City Hall, 211 MainAve. N. Email [email protected].

❑❑ Snoqualmie ValleyHospital is accepting applica-tions for ages 16 or older to vol-unteer in various departments ofthe hospital. Email volunteercoordinator Carol Waters at [email protected] toarrange an interview.

❑❑ Spanish Academy invitesvolunteers fluent in Spanish toparticipate in summer camps onits three-acre farm-style school.Must love children and nature.Call 888-4999.

❑❑ Senior ServicesTransportation Program needsvolunteers to drive seniorsaround North Bend andSnoqualmie. Choose the timesand areas in which you’d like todrive. Car required. Mileagereimbursement and supplemen-tal liability insurance are offered.Call 206-748-7588 or 800-282-5815 toll free, or email [email protected]. Applyonline at www.seniorservices.org.Click on “Giving Back” andthen on “VolunteerOpportunities.”

❑❑ Mt. Si Senior Center needsvolunteers for sorting and salesin the thrift store, reception andclass instruction. The center is at411 Main Ave. S., North Bend.Call 888-3434.

❑❑ Hopelink in SnoqualmieValley seeks volunteers for a

variety of tasks. Volunteers mustbe at least 16. Go to www.hope-link.org/takeaction/volunteer.comor call 869-6000.

❑❑ Adopt-A-Park is a programfor Snoqualmie residents toimprove public parks and trails.An application and one-yearcommitment are required. Call831-5784.

❑❑ Study Zone tutors areneeded for all grade levels togive students the homeworkhelp they need. Two-hour week-ly commitment or substituteswanted. Study Zone is a free ser-vice of the King County LibrarySystem. Call 369-3312.

CCllaasssseess❑❑ “English as a Second

Language,” 6:30 p.m. June 13,North Bend Library, 115 E.Fourth St.

❑❑ “Microsoft Excel Level 1,”7:30 p.m. June 14, North BendLibrary, 115 E. Fourth St. Learnhow to perform calculationsusing formulas, copy formulaswith the fill handle and useAutosum for quick addition.

❑❑ Get free gardening advicefrom the Snoqualmie ValleyMaster Gardeners, 6-8:30 p.m.June 13. Clinics meet the secondMonday of the month throughOctober at the SnoqualmieLibrary, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E.

❑❑ S.A.I.L. (Stay Active andIndependent for Life) exerciseclass meets Monday, Wednesdayand Friday at the Mt. Si SeniorCenter, 411 Main Ave. S., NorthBend. Led by certified exerciseinstructor Carla Orellana. Call888-3434.

CClluubbss❑❑ Moms Club of North Bend

meets at 10 a.m. the lastMonday of the month at Totz ofNorth Bend, 249 Main Ave. S.,#E, North Bend. Children arewelcome. Go towww.momsclub.org.

❑❑ Elk Management Groupmeets at 6:30 p.m. the secondWednesday at the U.S. ForestService conference room at 130Thrasher Ave., behind the visi-tors’ center on North Bend Way.Interagency committee meetingsare at 1:30 p.m. the firstMonday at North Bend City Hallannex, 126 Fourth St. Bothmeetings are open to the public.Go to snoqualmievalleyelk.org.

❑❑ Sallal Grange, 12912432nd Ave. S.E., North Bend,meets the first Friday for apotluck and open mic with localmusicians. The potluck starts at6 p.m. with the music from 7p.m. to midnight. Open to allpeople/ages. Go to www.sallal-grange.org.

❑❑ Snoqualmie Valley ChessClub, 7 p.m. Thursdays, NorthBend Library, 115 E. Fourth St.Learn to play chess or get agame going. All ages and skilllevels are welcome.

❑❑ The North Bend ChessClub meets every Thursday from7-9 p.m. at the North BendLibrary, 115 E. Fourth St. Allages and skill levels are invited.

❑❑ Snoqualmie Valley RotaryClub meets at 7 a.m. everyThursday at the TPC SnoqualmieRidge Golf Club Restaurant. Allare welcome. Go to www.sno-qualmievalleyrotary.org.

❑❑ American Legion Post 79and the American LegionAuxiliary meet at 7 p.m. the sec-ond Thursday at 38625 S.E. RiverSt., Snoqualmie. Call 888-1206.

❑❑ Snoqualmie ValleyGarden Club meets at 6:30 p.m.the second Thursday at theMount Si Senior Center, NorthBend. Call 453-8630

❑❑ Snoqualmie ValleyKiwanis Club meets at 7 a.m.every Thursday at the Mount SiGolf Course restaurant inSnoqualmie. [email protected].

❑❑ Snoqualmie FraternalOrder of Eagles Women’sAuxiliary meets the first andthird Tuesday at 7 p.m. TheMen’s Aerie meets the first andthird Wednesday at 7 p.m. at108 Railroad Ave. Call 888-1129.

❑❑ A cancer survivor groupmeets at 9 a.m. the secondSaturday at Sawdust Coffee inthe North Bend Factory Storesmall. [email protected].

❑❑ Snoqualmie Valley YouthHub provides cultural, athletic,recreational and educationalopportunities to more than4,000 young people in theValley. Call 831-1900.

❑❑ Loyal Order of Moose,108 Sydney Ave., NorthBend. Men meet at 6 p.m.the first and third Monday.Women meet at 7 p.m. thethird and fourth Tuesday.Call 888-0951.

❑❑ Washington Freemasonsmeet at 7:30 p.m. the firstWednesday at Unity LodgeNo.198 in North Bend. Call 888-5779.

❑❑ Anime and Manga Clubfor teenagers, 3 p.m.Wednesdays at SnoqualmieLibrary, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E.Watch anime movies, eat pop-corn and practice anime drawing.

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Climb aboard for a day out with Thomas the Tank Engine, 10a.m. to 5 p.m. July 8-10 and 15-17, Northwest Railway Museum,38625 S.E. King St., Snoqualmie. Tickets are $19 for ages 2 andolder. Tickets are available online atwww.trainmuseum.org/Thomas/Main.html. A portion of the pro-ceeds from ticket sales supports the museum.


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