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By Tami Asars

A 304-pound black bear near Issaquah-Hobart Road peers out of the large trap where he sits in a pile of straw behind bars. He pops his jaw, sways back and forth, and then explosively charges with wild fervor. He’s following his instincts for finding food.

The large bruin and at least five other bears have been repeatedly coming to a residence near Issaquah, where, for the past 13 years, the occupant has been feed-ing them 5-gal-lon buckets full of bird seed in her backyard, Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife Officer Jason Capelli said.

Like most animal lovers who fall into the trap of feeding wild-life, she likely meant no harm. However, her lack of education on the subject has created tur-

moil for the bears that now asso-ciate humans with handouts, a potentially dangerous situation that now is being handled by authorities.

There are roughly 500 bear-related calls in King County alone each year, most of them related to habit-uated or fed bears, Capelli said. However, there is no way to catalog the number of peo-

ple who do not call.“Bear feeding can mean a lot

of things,” Capelli said. “Just one incident with a trashcan or

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Community invited to hospital board’s strategic planning session

Help shape the future of Snoqualmie Valley Hospital.

The King County Public Hospital District No. 4 Board of Commissioners is inviting the community to their stra-tegic planning retreat 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 7. The meeting will be held at the Cedar River Watershed Education Center,

19901 Cedar Falls Rd. S.E., North Bend.

The day will be spent dis-cussing a possible affiliation with Overlake Hospital Medical Center, planning what will happen if the affiliation goes through and planning the future of the hospital district.

The public is welcome to attend and share thoughts and comments during the day-long session said district spokeswom-an, Jill Green.

By Sherry Grindeland

Officer James Sherwood wants to introduce you to your neighbors and to the police who patrol your North Bend and Snoqualmie neighbor-hoods. Sherwood will even throw in dinner, some free handouts for children and fun activities.

He’s the officer spearhead-ing the Snoqualmie Police Department’s open house

from 5-9 p.m. Aug. 5, which is part of the National Night Out Against Crime.

The National Night Out program has been bringing citizens and cops together on the first Thursday in

August since 1984. National Night Out is the

Be bear awareNot feeding wildlife will help animals survive

See BEARS, Page 2

Photo by Sherry Grindeland

Liz Davis (left) and JoAnn Stringfellow (right) cut fringe on fleece blankets during a work party at the Sallal Grange July 28. The two North Bend women responded to a plea from Leah Aichele of the grange for volunteers to help make blankets for Project Linus. The national charity, which distributes blankets to local hospitals for children in traumatic situations, asked regular donors to pull together summer work parties because the supplies had been depleted. Nearly a dozen people completed 65 blankets.

Volunteers bring comfort to children

If You GoNational Night Out Against CrimeFree5-9 p.m. Aug. 5Snoqualmie Police Department34825 S.E. Douglas St.Snoqualmie

Meet the neighbors and the policeoutreach portion of the National Association of Town Watch – the parent organizations behind what is better known in the Pacific Northwest as neighbor-hood watches.

That’s one of the local police department’s goals for hosting

See WATCH, Page 3

By Tami Asars

Lindsay Welfelt, WSU master student/bear researcher (from left to right); Brian Kertson, wildlife research scientist, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; and Jason Capelli, a Fish and Wildlife officer, record mea-surements on a tranquilized black bear.

“Whenever we have to get involved, the survival rate of these animals goes way down.”

— Jason CapelliState Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

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bird feeder can create a problem bear. Sometimes, after a bear incident, the homeowner realizes his mistake and takes down the feeder or pulls the trashcan inside, but by then, it’s too late. The bear simply moves on to the next neighborhood and targets those specific food sources.”

When a bear becomes habituated, it becomes a public safety issue and the Department of Fish & Wildlife has to intervene.

In a procedure called

“capture, chemical immobilization and hard-release,” a bear is captured in a trap using a sweet treat such as doughnuts, and then tranquilized, measured, tagged, collared and weighed. After that,

the animal is released in another location, using Karelian bear dogs and nonlethal force in an effort to give the bear the scare of a lifetime. The goal is to rehabilitate habituated bears and make them want to stay away from homes and people. But it doesn’t always work.

“Whenever we have to get involved, the survival rate of these animals goes way down,” Capelli said. “Tranquilizing is not an exact science, since we have to guess the weight of the bear and judge the quantity of injected drug.”

Capelli said occasional-ly adverse reactions occur, or a darted bear falls wrong, getting injured or asphyxiating. Even if all goes well with tranquil-izing, the bear is still in

jeopardy. A bear moved to a new location faces territorial aggression from other bears, becomes an easier target for hunters and has the potential to be a repeat offender.

Presently, three of the six habituated Issaquah back-yard bears have been hard-released, but the large empty bear traps wait for more.

Trail cameras have

identified at least six indi-vidual bears that have fallen victim to backyard handouts in this one iso-lated case, but the number could grow even higher.

“Educating the com-munity on how to live in harmony with bears to prevent human conflict is one of the department’s main priorities,” Capelli said.

Tami Asars is a Snoqualmie Valley resident and bear expert.

How to helpq Invest in a bear-resistant trash can.q Put trash out the morning of garbage pickup only.q Avoid feeding birds, or only feed in winter months, keeping in mind that during mild winters, bears may still be active.q Avoid open compost piles and bins.q Keep pet food indoors.q Secure beehives, orchards and crops with electric fences.q Avoid feeding any wildlife, including chipmunks and raccoons.

BearsFrom Page 1

By Tami Asars

A large habituated black bear anxiously waits behind bars.

By Tami Asars

The paw pads of a black bear caught near Issaquah-Hobart Road measure 18 inches. That doesn’t include his claws.

On the Web

Learn more about the wildlife feeding law by Googling RCW 77.15.790. You’ll get the entire stat-ute regarding “negligently feeding, attempting to feed, or attracting large wild carnivores to land or a building.”

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the free open house.“We want to help

you form neighbor-hood watches because we police officers can’t be everywhere at once,” Sherwood said. “When you don’t know your neighbors, it makes it easy for the bad peo-ple.”

The other goal is to have a good time and get to know the police department and its offi-cers better.

Sherwood has the good time part well covered.

There will be a boun-cy house for children, a mechanical bull for the brave and tours of the inner workings of the police department headquarters for the curious.

Add well-fed to the list, too.

Officers will be grill-ing hot dogs. There will be chips, juice, water donated by Costco, and coffee and iced tea from Pioneer Coffee in North Bend.

Outside groups, such as Puget Sound Energy, will be hosting infor-mation tables.

“We want people to bring their com-ments and questions about what we do in the community,” Sherwood said. “And we’re hoping a lot of people from both cities come.”

Sherry Grindeland can be reached at [email protected] or 425-392-6434 ext. 246.

WatchFrom Page 1

By Sam Kenyon

The Snoqualmie City Council voted unani-mously July 22 to appoint Chelley Patterson to fill council position number two.

The seat was vacated by Jeff MacNichols who resigned May 31 due to a move out of the commu-nity.

Patterson has been the director of research and development for the University of Washington Foster School

of Business. She has lived in Snoqualmie Ridge for 13 years with her husband and two children, Sam, 13, and Jessica, 10.

“I’m feeling humbled and overwhelmed,” Patterson said after being appointed. “This is a big and important responsibil-ity and I hope that I can do a really good job for my fellow citizens and neighbors and friends that live in Snoqualmie.”

The council held a spe-cial meeting on July 22 for the second round of coun-

cil inter-views for appli-cants. Six resi-dents origi-nally applied. Three were invited to sec-

ond interviews. Patterson was one. The other two were Brad Toft, a mortgage banker, and Steve Smith,

who works in public rela-tions.

The council asked each candidate about various issues from economic development to the pres-ervation of the small town community atmosphere of Snoqualmie.

After the interviews, the council deliberated for approximately 40 min-utes before voting and announcing their deci-sion.

The council expressed how difficult a decision it was due to the strength

of all three finalists. Council member Kingston Wall addressed all the candidates before the decision was announced.

He emphasized how well qualified the appli-cants were and how well they all performed during the interview process. “I’m glad we have people like you to serve the city,” he said.

Sam can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @samuel_kenyon.

Chelly Patterson named to Snoqualmie City Council

Chelley Patterson

By Nicole BrodeurSeattle Times staff columnist

He messed up the call letters to the radio station. His voice cracked. And for a moment, it sounded like Bob Rivers — who has filled morning-drive radio time in Seattle for 25 years — was at a loss for words.

“It’s been a long time and a lot of rock ’n’ roll,” Rivers said from his seat at KJR-FM at 7:45 a.m. July 28. “I am stepping away from the micro-phone.”

In other words, he’s retiring.

“The one thing that has happened is that I am about to become a grandfather myself and I no longer want to be running from thing to thing so much,” Rivers explained. “I want to have time with my fam-

ily, I want to have time with my friends, I want to study music. My bees feel so neglected.”

Rivers, 58, made the announcement on the air Monday morning while KING 5 reporter Mimi Jung stood beside him doing a live broadcast.

“I did want to retire before I got stale,” he joked to his listeners. “But that was 20 years ago.” Ba-dum-bump.

His last day on the air will be Aug. 8 — 25 years to the day after he first signed on with Clear Channel Communications.

“It was just an acci-dent, and a happy one,” Rivers said of the anni-versary, “but I think it signifies that it was time. I didn’t want to be in a 12-by-12 room every day, five days a week, forever.”

Rivers, a native of Connecticut, was just six when he called into a radio station and — with the help of his grandfa-ther — answered a ques-tion that won a contest.

“I was hooked,” he said. “The moment I was on the radio, I was insepa-rable from radio.”

He moved to Seattle with his family in 1989. He did morning radio at KISW for 11 years, then moved to KZOK for 10 years before joining KJR four years ago.

On the phone as he drove home to North Bend after the announce-ment, Rivers was still tak-ing it all in.

“It was surreal,” he said of the announce-ment. “The thing about this kind of decision is that it’s a long time com-ing, but it’s difficult, because there is so much

good in my day-to-day life that I love.”

And yet, he has dreams to fulfill.

He wants to improve his keyboard playing, something he started with his popular Twisted Tunes song parodies and parlayed into playing with two bands, Heart to Heart and Spike and the Impalers.

He started taking for-mal piano lessons five years ago and wants more time to practice and

study. He also wants to write

and do a podcast that would allow him to pres-ent in-depth interviews with musicians. And he will continue to produce Twisted Tunes.

“Some people hoard junk in their garage,” he said. “I hoard new experi-ences.”

For now, though, his goal is to get ready for the end.

“I’m actually very relieved that I got the initial announcement out and now I am going to focus on the same thing that I always focus on,” he said. “Make people laugh, have great guests and reminisce.

“I have to com-mend our management for giving us a two-week party,” he added. “Because that’s what it is going to be.”

North Bend resident Bob Rivers announces retirement

“I did want to retire before I got stale, but that was 20 years ago.”

— Bob RiversRadio personality

Roger’s. He paused a moment and went from pure observa-tion to learn-ing toward philosophy.

He con-sidered that fences and land deeds and farming contracts meant nothing to these birds. There was more than a bit of envy

there, but just for a minute.Harley stood, stretched his

back and drank from the can-teen on the tractor.

Crows didn’t worry about deeds, he thought, but hey, they didn’t get to watch football in the fall, either.

All in all, on a nice summer’s day like this, there’s nothing wrong with being a farmer.

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Farmer enjoys musing in his recliner

“A fed bear is a dead bear.”Those were true words from an expert who spoke to

The Issaquah Press, a sister newspaper to the SnoValley Star, several years ago about the bears people were report-ing in their yards and trashcans in the Issaquah area.

They are still true now.We have built our homes and businesses in their yards,

here in the Snoqualmie Valley and we are going to come into contact with wildlife.

We are the stewards of this land, and we have a respon-sibility to keep those animals (along with our neighbors) safe. That means letting animals be when we encounter them. Don’t hassle them. Don’t try to pet them. Don’t feed them.

Bears regularly prowl through the Valley, including Snoqualmie Ridge, Wilderness Rim and the on the out-skirts of North Bend. They are sighted annually on school grounds in the area. In May 2011, a surprised woman found one in her garage near the Sammamish Family YMCA. A few weeks ago children getting off the school bus in Snoqualmie spotted a bear. The screams of the chil-dren reportedly caused the creature to hit the trail.

State Department of Fish and Wildlife officers recently learned about a woman off Issaquah-Hobart Road near Issaquah who was feeding bears five-gallon buckets of birdseed. The woman thought she was helping the between six and 10 bears that have been seen on the property, but she was actually hurting them — not to mention likely scaring residents with a parade of bears in the neighborhood.

When bears learn they can get food from a source other than in the wild, they become habituated. Not only is that bad for people, because the bears will keep coming back for more, but it’s also bad for the majestic animals.

Once they become a problem (habituated and reported to officials regularly), bears have to be captured and moved. It isn’t always safe, for the people or the bears.

Officers have to guess at the weight of a bear to tran-quilize it, and like a medical procedures, things can go wrong. The tranquilized bear is then taken to a mountain-ous area.

The bear, which has become accustomed to eating what people provide, suddenly has to remember how to hunt and forage on its own, on top of competing with bears already in the area.

Let the wild animals stay wild. Don’t feed the bears.

Tollgate Farm Park story needs corrections

As a Park Commissioner for the Si View Metropolitan Park District, I am very excited that the park at Tollgate Farm, off of North Bend Way, will be opening this fall.

This new park will allow access for the first time to the meadow via trails and will have rest-rooms, a playground and picnic shelter. It would not have been possible without the support of residents of the Upper Valley and the City of North Bend, the owner of the prop-erty.

The Tollgate Farm Park Project is based on the Master Plan approved by the City of North Bend in 2004.

However, it is the Si View MPD that is funding, building, and operating this new (not ‘reopening’) park, having entered into a Memorandum of

Understanding with the City.

Sadly the Si View MPD is not even men-tioned in the Star article that ran July 17. Compounding this error, the person inter-viewed and quoted in the article was Travis Stombaugh, Executive Director of the Si View MPD, not Mark Pray who works for the City of North Bend.

It has been 11 years since the voters of the Upper Valley approved the formation of the Si View Park District, and four years since approval of a Capital Improvement Bond to renovate Si View Community Center and Park and create the new park and trails at Tollgate Farm.

Yet confusion remains about the Si View Park District; compounded by the July 17 article.

I believe the Park District has an excel-lent staff and has worked hard to fulfill

their mission to ‘work in partnership with the Community to preserve historic Si View Park and pro-vide opportunities to enhance the quality of life through the facili-tation of recreation programs and parks in the Snoqualmie Valley, while at the same time being responsible stewards of limited financial resources graciously provided by district residents and program participants.

I would like to thank our community for their continued support of the Park District, its programs, and facilities.

Mark Joselyn

Si View Metropolitan Park District

CommissionerNorth Bend

Editor’s note: The SnoValley Star ran a correction in the July 24th edition and corrected the online version of the story. The SnoValley Star is committed to

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Use the local trail system as a great stress reliever

If you are a runner who needs a new stress-reducing outlet or have been experiencing leg aches and pains from your road runs, take to the woods!

Trail running is a great alternative to running on pavement and Snoqualmie offers 30 miles of trails that link up throughout the community.

There are varying levels of difficulty from flat loops to steeper ups and downs and the city does a great job of maintaining the trail system.

I love to head out at lunch from my office on the Ridge for a 45-60 minute run on

Harley pulled the tractor over to the ditch and cut the engine. He climbed stiffly down, walked to the water and soaked his head and shirt. Then he looked around.

No cars were coming down the county road. No one at the house could see him. So he smiled, sat on a rock and leaned back against the ditch bank.

A farmer’s recliner, he thought, wiggling slightly to avoid kidney puncture by a twig. He was smiling that dignified farmer’s smile on the outside but laughing on the inside.

“So nice to just rest here for a minute in the sun,” he thought.

Oh, he wouldn’t have done it if he’d left the engine running. Waste of gas. But the engine was off, all the seeds were in for this year, and all he was doing was plowing summer fallow now. No rush. Do it any time.

So Harley locked his hands behind his head, lay back against the ditch grass, and just looked around.

Marshmallow clouds today against a dark blue sky. Crows flying in to Harley’s fields from

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the trails to de-stress and recharge for the afternoon.

Studies have shown that spending time outdoors, away from traffic and close to nature can significantly reduce stress.

One of my favorite loops starts on the Silent Creek Trail at Snoqualmie Parkway and transitions to Deep Creek Trail at Azalea Park.

This scenic trail winds down into dense forest and after a couple creek crossings over solid bridges climbs up to Whitaker Park and a stunning over-look of the Valley off Whitaker Trail.

Pausing for a few min-utes to take in the beauty of our surroundings is enough for me to forget the fatigue in my legs and reenergize for the final leg past Snoqualmie TPC back up to the Ridge.

A great resource for finding the trails is the Snoqualmie Map & Guide provided by the City of Snoqualmie. It can be found on their website and at the Chamber of Commerce.

Don’t take this great local resource for granted. Get out there and breathe the fresh air!

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Casino is a bad neighbor

The Snoqualmie Casino staff left their trash lay-ing in my front yard a few weeks ago. It was a flyer announcing summer con-certs. Again, they claimed to appreciate me as a neighbor so they offered two free tickets to hear their noise that already can be heard in my back yard.

The Snoqualmie can waste $1.5 million in Fiji, but only give 50 tickets for the entire area. I do not want their noise in my back yard; even if I could ‘luckily’ manage to get free tickets.

They never respond to the letters and emails I send. They have placed their hands in my mailbox with flyers, claiming they were studying Kimball Creek to improve water quality.

They have stunk up

my street with their sewer stench. They lowered my property value with their presence. Now they have crossed my property and left this trash in my front yard.

The 2010 Kimball Creek study, funded by King County Conservation (that would be us taxpayers), was to ‘benefit’ the com-munity. I have not seen nor heard of any improve-ments.

But, they do put up road signs so we know who put up the road signs. Any ‘neighbor’ who walks in the vicinity of the ditch that borders their property and the neighborhood remains aware of the ever-present casino sewer odor. According to my neigh-bors, they are making lower than appraised value proposals on bordering properties.

This year they, the Snoqualmie Casino, in their flyer are proudly call-ing their noise ‘back yard bash.’

Jenny BardueSnoqualmie

Hospital sale needs more discussion

I have grave concerns about the possibility of the

new Snoqualmie Valley Hospital being bought by anyone. Especially after the hospital board (not we the tax payers), agreed to reduce the purchase price of the old hospital to the Snoqualmie tribal group by almost 50 percent.

The agreement was done then with no public meeting due to the dead-line the tribe demanded from our elected hospital board of directors. They weren’t allowed to even negotiate a delay for pub-lic input.

Now that we are facing similar circumstances with the new hospital, a build-ing that isn’t even com-pleted yet.

I hope that the board does bring this important matter up for public vote. Please, no more back door dealings with our tax dollars. This is especially important if the selling price is below the price of the old hospital.

It seems to me too many people have their hands in the hospital’s money cookie jar.

I would like to have a thorough investigation of the hospital’s financial records.

I want to make certain someone isn’t selling

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out the locals who voted for this new hospital. Although why they voted for the new facility I will never know.

Grant EdwardsNorth Bend

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By Sam Kenyon

When Josh Tuininga goes to work, he walks across his yard to an old school bus permanently parked near his home. The illustrator and author con-verted the bus he found on Craigslist into a studio, complete with futon and a wood stove.

In his bus that goes nowhere, Tuininga created “Why Blue?”

The children’s book tells the story of Maya, a young girl who wonders why the sky is the color that it is. She asks the people in her community for an explanation.

Their answers are reflected across the sky in Tuininga’s illustrations.

“I wrote it with the idea that kids have ques-tions all the time, and that should be encouraged,” Tuininga said.

He had the rough idea for the book for sev-eral years. Once he began working on it, he realized the enormity of the task.

“I’ve kind of always, in the back of my mind, had the idea to do a children’s

book,” he said. “I thought it would an easy undertak-ing, but it turned out to be one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.”

The book was published in April.

“It took a lot longer than I thought it would,” Tuininga said.

Tuininga and his wife, Lisa, live in North Bend. Their six-year-old twin daughters, Hazel and Klara, attend Opstead Elementary. The girls had a big part in the creation of “Why Blue?”

Sometimes, Tuininga said he would be torn over a creative choice while making the book. He would go to his daughters for their opinion.

While he fretted over the choice, his girls would instantly make a deci-sion with the certainty of 6-year-olds.

“That would have to be probably one of the most rewarding parts of work-ing on this … that they were such a big part of it,” Tuininga said. “They actu-ally did help.”

He also used the girls as a model for the character

Maya. He would some-times get the girls to pose for him. Klara modeled most often.

“Hazel doesn’t like to sit still for very long,” Tuininga said.

Since helping their dad with his book, the girls have started putting together their own story books, mostly about ani-mals.

“I like his books because he copied me for those drawings,” Klara said.

Future authors and illustrators? Not if the girls have their way. They both said that when they grow up they would like to be ninjas.

After submitting “Why Blue?” to several pub-lishers, it was picked up by Xist Publishing in California.

Xist publishing was founded in 2011 by Calee Lee. She wanted to start a company that would pro-vide quality books for the digital age.

Although “Why Blue?” was published in print, too, Xist focuses on mak-ing quality digital books available.

“Xist publishing was founded to create books for the touch screen gen-eration,” Lee said. “One of the things that’s great about “Why Blue?” is that it really evokes a sense of wonder and curiosity in children.

“I felt it would be a good fit for our readers.”

Lee thought that the message of the book was good for children, and described the art as very compelling.

“The illustrations are one of the things that attracted us initially, and they have been well praised all over the indus-try as being both beautiful and really well composed,” Lee said.

For Lee and Xist, chil-dren’s books are for more than entertainment. They play an important role in children’s development.

“Children being read to is the number one factor in predicting their suc-cess,” Lee said. “If children are read to, they are much more likely to go on to succeed in school and suc-


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RE-ELECT JAY RODNE State Representative, 5th District

Our Shared Priorities: • Restore fiscal responsibility in Olympia • Reduce taxes on families and small businesses • Build a world-class education system for our kids’ future success • Reduce regulatory burdens on businesses • Commit to a priorities-based state budget • Invest in our transportation infrastructure to reduce congestion and improve commute times

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Author Josh Tuininga turns to family for inspiration, advice

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By Sam Kenyon

Hazel, Josh, Klara and Lisa TuiningaposeoutsidethedefunctschoolbusparkedneartheirNorthBendhome.ThebluebusservesasJosh’sstudio.Klara,inthestrippedtop,posedforherfatherwhenhewasillustratinghisrecentlyreleasedchildren’sbook,“WhyBlue?”Klaraposedbecauseshecansitstilllongerthanhersix-year-oldtwin.BothgirlsservedasconsultantswhenTuiningawaswritingthestory.


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The Valley Center Stage Players will present “Paul Sill’s Story Theatre,” a new way of telling favorite folk tales and fables, at 7 p.m. Aug. 1 and at 2 p.m. Aug. 2 in North Bend.

Paul Sills invented the Story Theatre style, a no-frills storytelling method that uses the actors’ bodies and voices to convey the message.

An abbreviated version of the show was done at Si View Park July 26 before an audience of 125.

“That show was very interactive with the kids,” said Gary Schwartz, the artistic and founding director of Valley Center Stage. “This weekend we will include 45 minutes of material we didn’t do in the park, something for adults as well as kids.”

The cast includes Craig Ewing, Julia Buck, Ed Benson, Pasquale Vitullli, Joan and Ben Sanders, Rachel and Alex Friedman, David Selvig and Rachel Mills.

Sills, said Schwartz, is best remembered as the co-founder and director of the Compass Players and Chicago’s Second City comedy troupes.

Sills left Second City in

1965 to form the Game Theater, where he coached Theater Games, techniques developed by his mother, Viola Spolin. While there, he also created a new acting style called Story Theatre. He took Story Theatre on to Broadway,

winning a Tony award and establishing the credibility of this new form.

Schwartz, who is the director of this show, worked directly with both Viola Spolin and Paul Sills for many years.

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The Tuininga family also runs a design busi-ness called The Medium which has an office in North Bend. They do design work for busi-ness websites and create logos.

They have a num-ber of clients from the Seattle area, but they also have a handful of local clients. For instance, right now, Tuininga is designing a new logo for the Snoqualmie Brewery.

Lisa Tuininga works as the project manager of the design business and Josh is the artist. She wit-nessed the entire process

of her husband complet-ing “Why Blue?”

“I did get a lot of ideas bounced off me, so I do feel like a part of it,” Lisa said. “It’s really exciting to be able to hold it and see the finished prod-uct.”

Like Josh, she didn’t realize what the under-taking involved.

“I couldn’t believe how much work it actu-ally was,” she said.

“Why Blue?” is avail-able at the King County Library branches in Snoqualmie and North Bend. It’s also avail-able for purchase at area bookstores and can be purchased through Amazon or the book’s website, www.whyblue-book.com.

Sam can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @samuel_kenyon.

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Snoqualmie Police serving North Bend and Snoqualmie

SwervePolice responded at

11:11 p.m. July 19, to the intersection of Stone Brook Drive and Quartz Drive to reports of a pos-sible intoxicated driver. The driver hit a parked car while attempting to park and then appeared to be passed out behind the wheel. The driver will be cited.

Bear in mindPolice responded

at 10:44 a.m. July 20, to the intersection of Snoqualmie Parkway and Fisher Avenue to reports of an animal problem. A black bear with three cubs was seen at the location.

A nearby couple with a child in a stroller was warned of the animal. A group of people were also stopped on the road and attempting to assist the bear to cross the road and go back into the woods. Officers asked the people to stop trying to help the bear.

Late night workoutPolice responded at

10:51 p.m. July 21, to Mt. Si High School to reports of a break-in. Police found the glass door to the gym shattered. They cleared the area and didn’t find anyone. Then they approached three subjects near the entrance to the football field who were drinking. The officers issued a warning about public consumption of alcohol.

Rock and strollPolice responded at

11:42 a.m. July 22, to the 45000 block of Southeast North Bend Way to reports of suspicious cir-cumstances. A subject was hanging around the

entrance to the mobile home park for two hours. When police approached him, he explained he was collecting rocks for his col-lection.

He made an impression

Police responded at 2:49 p.m. July 22, to the inter-section of Ballarat Avenue and East Sixth Street to reports of suspicious activity. A man was seen attempting to open vari-ous car doors before leav-ing the area. He was then seen nearby vomiting on the side of the roadway. Then he was spotted dig-ging through someone’s bushes.

Neighbor flips the bird

Police responded at 10:56 a.m. July 25, to the 43000 block of Southeast North Bend Way to reports of a dispute. One neighbor came to the call-er’s porch and flipped her off. The caller said there were additional problems with the neighbor, but no crime had been committed

at that point.

Illegal camp outPolice responded at

10:59 a.m. July 25, to the 400 block of Southeast Orchard Drive to reports of a transient camp. The caller alerted police to a transient camp in the woods across from the Si View Park. The respond-ing officer took two of the subjects into custody and later released them after citing them.

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Trail blazingEmergency Medical

Technicians responded at 4:05 p.m. July 19, along with Eastside Fire & Rescue for a rescue on the “Mailbox Peak” trail. The caller said a hiker had fallen while hiking. Crews assisted bringing the patient out in a rescue basket for transport to a hospital.

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q ‘Tad and Fry Puppet Show: A Tale of Metamorphosis and Friendship,’ 10:30 a.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554

q Vox at the Box, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307

q Competitive Play Drop-In Volleyball, ages 16 and older, 7-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., 256-3115

q Tuesday Night Book Club, ‘Calling Me Home’ by Julie Kibler, 7 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554

q National Night Out Against Crime, 5-9 p.m. Snoqualmie Police Department, bounce-house, mechanical bull, hot dogs and chips, free for North Bend and Snoqualmie residents, 34825 S.E. Douglas St., Snoqualmie

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q Summer camps available through Aug. 15 at Encompass, 1407 Boalch Ave. N.W., North Bend, 888-2777 or www.encom-pass.org

q Alex Conde Trio, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307

q Drop-In Basketball, ages 16 and older, 8:15-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie, 256-3115

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q Snoqualmie Valley Railroad Train Rides, departures begin at 11:01 a.m. from the Snoqualmie Depot, 38625 King St., and 11:31 a.m. from the North Bend Depot, 205 McClellan St., $18/adults, $15/seniors, $10/chil-dren, www.trainmu-seum.org

q Fiddler on the Roof, 2 p.m., Snoqualmie Fall Forest Theater & Family Park, 36800 S.E. David Powell Road, Fall City, $20/adult, $18/senior, student, $10/child, ages four and young-er free, barbecue dinner for additional fee, foresttheater.org

q Way Kong Happy Paradise, 6 p.m., 21 and older, the Mountain View Plaza at Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. North Bend Way, Snoqualmie, $10-15, www.snocasino.com

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q Tour the Snoqualmie Train Depot, docent led tour and train ride to the exhibit build-ing and the top of Snoqualmie Falls, noon, Northwest Railway Museum, 38625 S.E. King St., Snoqualmie, www.trainmuseum.org or call 425-888-3030 x7202, $20/adults, $18/seniors, $12/kids ages 2-12, not recommended for children under 5

q Fiddler on the Roof, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Snoqualmie Fall Forest Theater & Family Park, 36800 S.E. David Powell Road, Fall City, $20/adult, $18/senior, student, $10/child, ages four and young-er free, barbecue dinner for additional fee, foresttheater.org

q ‘Impressions of the Dance,’ slide show of the works of Renoir, Degas and Talouse-Lautrec with art historian Tamara Moats, 2 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554

q Katy Bourne Quartet, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307

q Fred Francis Trio, 8 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-3647

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q Family Movie Night, 6:30 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., 256-3115, free to members, $5/program mem-ber, $10/commu-nity

q Ham Carson Quartet, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307

q Left Coast Gypsies, 8 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-3647

q Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 9 p.m., 21 and older, The Ballroom at Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. North Bend Way, Snoqualmie, $5-10, www.snocasino.com

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q ‘Tad and Fry Puppet Show: A Tale of Metamorphosis and Friendship,’ 10:30 a.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223

q Preschool Story Time, ages 3-6, 11 a.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223

q Anime and Manga Club, 3-5 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223

q Future Jazz Heads, 5 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307

q Jazz Heads, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307

q Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-3647

q Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night, 7 p.m., Snoqualmie Falls Brewery and Taproom, 8032 Falls Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-2357

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q Snoqualmie Valley Hospital Board of Commissioners Strategic Planning Retreat, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Cedar River Watershed Education Center, 19901 Cedar Falls Road S.E., North Bend

q Diabetes and Nutrition Lunch and Learn with Dr. Leslie Bedell, noon to 1 p.m., Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway, Snoqualmie, reg-ister at http://bit.ly/1xbQ1FF

q Farmer’s Market, with concert by The Beautiful Strangers, 4-8 p.m., Si View Park, 420 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend, www.siviewpark.org

q Game Night, 4-9 p.m., Snoqualmie Falls Brewery and Taproom, 8032 Falls Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-2357

q Dan Greenblatt & Chuck Kistler, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307

q Alyse Black and Sue Quigley, 7:30 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-3647

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American Spirit $7.39 Marlboro $6.72Newport $6.79Camel $6.42Native $4.69

Copenhagen Promo $3.89 Skoal Extra $3.79 Grizzly $3.79Kodiak $5.85Camel SNUS $4.79

FEATURED SPECIALS

A. Fuente Chateau Fuente

$4.99

Crown Royal .750

$20.99

Bulleit Bourbon or Rye

.750 - $23.99

Ketel One.750 - $19.99

Fireball.750 - $13.99

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Four RosesYellow Label.750 - $18.49

Be sure to check out our great selection of small batch whiskies and scotches

GREAT PRICES ON WINE AND BEER - 10% off all wine

Kestrel Lady in Red$14.99

Tamarack Cellars Merlot

$19.99

Novelty Hill Royal Slope

$14.99

Hedges CMS

$10.99

14 Hands Hot to Trot

$10.99

Mens Room 6 pks$9.29

Red Hook 6 pks$7.89

Pike 6 pks$9.79

Woodinville Bourbon & Rye Whiskey

.750 - $38.49

BOX SALE DISCOUNT

Residential values are determined based on mul-tiple sales of similar prop-erties.

The assessor’s office annually revalues all properties and conducts a physical inspection

on each property once every six years. The last physical inspection of the Snoqualmie Ridge area, prior to this spring, was conducted in 2008.

Property owners should carefully review the valu-ation notice. If you feel there’s a mistake, contact the assessor’s office at 206-296-7300 or [email protected].

Some low-income

seniors, disabled veterans or disabled persons retired because of a disability might be eligible for a property tax deferral or exemption. Contact the assessor’s office to deter-mine eligibility.

To learn more or receive additional advice, con-tact the King County Tax Advisor at 206-477-1060 or [email protected].

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Horde and Harem entertain at the Salish Aug. 7

The Horde and the Harem, an indie folk rock band from Seattle, will be the featured art-ists at the Salish Lodge in Snoqualmie Aug. 7. The

concerts in the lodge’s Centennial Park are lim-ited to 200 guests. Tickets, $125 per couple, include a Salish signature blanket, a gourmet picnic tote with a bottle of wine and nibbles for two and complimen-tary parking.

Music on The Green

guests must be 21 and older. Doors open at 6 p.m.; shows start at 7:30 p.m.

The final concert of the season will be Aug. 14 and features Kris Orlowski.

For more information visit www.salishlodge.com/musiconthegreen.

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