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2015potlightA supplement to the Snoqualmie Valley Record

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We Appreciate Your BusinessNorth Bend Chevrolet ®

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Chaplins is a family run business. Our mission is to embody the spirit and culture of our auto makers, and personify the spirit of excellence in our store. We strive to provide the highest level of service for our customers. Whether you are buying, selling, or servicing your car, Chaplin's customer service approach will provide you with the peace of mind that your safety and satisfaction is our top priority.

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In July 2012, we added a drive-thru co� ee stand, Wanted Espresso, to our gas station, Mt. Si Shell. Shopping locally is important to us, which is why we have partnered with several terri� c local vendors: Pioneer Co� ee, Steve’s Doughnuts and Rose Ridge Café & Deli. We also have a fantastic sta� of experienced, friendly baristas that you will enjoy getting to know. Some unique items we o� er are “Bacon In A Bag” (yes, just 4 pieces of delicious hot bacon!), “Bull Shakes” (Red Bull frappe) and “Muscle Mochas” (iced protein drink with 2 espresso shots). We want the locals to know that weekday tra� c at the Interchange is not bad, come on out and give us a shot! Thank you! ~ Tessa & Bryan Wyrsch

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742 SW Mt. Si Blvd., North Bend (next to Burger King)

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Sabrina, Tami, Nikole, Jessie, Tessa, Christina & Vanessa (not pictured: Amanda)

2015 Spotlight on BusinessAt work and play

in the ValleyMeet the people, visit the shops,

rediscover the place you call home homeThe Valley Record’s annual Spotlight on Business, in the follow-

ing pages, is both a great introduction to the people who have set up shop in our beautiful Valley, and a good reminder that you can often find what you need, right here at home.

Spotlight on Business is an annual yearbook of Valley businesses, giving the people who work behind the counters and windows, and in the cubicles and corner offices of our businesses, a moment in the spotlight.

Here in the Valley, we are all connected. The people on these pages are the owners, managers and employees who keep our communities running and working every day. They are also probably your neigh-bors, friends, or family, your fellow PTSA, service club, or congrega-tion members, and your community.

We hope you enjoy this tour of local businesses, and take the opportunity to get to know everyone inside a little better.

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Amber, Rafael and Gwendolyn Gasior were hang out at Si View Park during the North Bend Farmer’s Market.

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2015 Spotlight on Business

Under new ownership, remodeled George’s Bakery

will look new, but keep the same community feel

By CAROL LADWIGEditor

For the last month or so, North Bend has been different, missing something, but that changes this week. George’s Bakery, closed Jan. 5 for renovations, will re-open on Wednesday, all new, but almost all the same.

The pastry destination and lunch stop on North Bend Way has been part of the city’s downtown for almost 90 years, and it really didn’t need changing, said new owner Steve Teodosiadis. He should know, too; he’s been shopping at George’s since 1983.

“I know George’s Bakery from when George was here!” he says.

George Macris, the namesake of George’s Buttercrust Bakery, started running the bakery in 1964, and oper-ated it for several decades. A lot of people remembered George, and those people are the reason Teodosiadis wants to keep the bakery going, just as it was.

“The staff is going to stay, the prod-ucts are all going to be the same,” said Teodosiadis. “We’re not changing the recipes.”

Joe McKeown, the baker and former owner is also staying, but his wife and bakery co-owner, Kathy Stokesberry, has officially retired.

People will notice a few changes, but little that wasn’t there all along.

A dropped ceiling was removed, and a row of windows along the original ceil-ing are now uncovered. They were part of the original construction, Teodosiadis said, based on photos of the building he looked up at the Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum in North Bend.

“The pictures showed that the win-dows had to be there,” he said, and they were probably walled over, both inside and out, some time after the 1940s.

The “new” windows will provide more light in the bakery and, even though the bakery is surrounded by other buildings, a scenic view, too.

“You can see Mount Si out the win-dows, almost all the way back,” said Teodosiadis, stepping off the distance from the storefront to the counters, most-ly still in place at the back of the shop.

Although the bakery gained a view, it also lost something, the Alpine façade that had been a prominent feature of many North Bend businesses in a move to increase tourism to the city.

“It was the last one that was still around from that effort in the ‘70s,” said Teodosiadis.

Inside, there’s new paint, new wain-scoting, and a bit of furniture rearrange-ment, too. Some of the counters have been moved and a window display will be replaced by more seating.

There will also be a subtle change to the bakery’s name.

“My wife is Georgia, so it will be called Georgia’s Bakery,” Teodosiadis said.

The Teodosiadis family had already owned the George’s Bakery building for about a year, buying it from Jean Macris, the widow of George and the owner of the adjoining Nature’s Marketplace. They hadn’t planned on running a bakery until McKeown and Stokesberry said they wanted to retire.

“I wanted to keep it a bakery,” Teodosiadis said. “It was really impor-tant to us. We couldn’t find anyone will-ing to do it, so…”

So he and Georgia, along with their four children, ages 23 to 12, decided to take it on. Neither of them are profes-sional cooks, said Teodosiadis, but “first and foremost, I’m a good eater.”

They, like Macris, are also Greek, and are considering adding such Greek spe-cialties Spanakopita, and loukomades to the menu, eventually.

For now, though, the menu is not going to look any different.

New look, shared outlook

Top, right, Carol Ladwig/Staff Photos; Middle, courtesy photo

Top: Georgia and Steve Teodosiadis, new owners of George’s Bakery, take a break from renovations for a photo. Middle: The Alpine facade of George’s Bakery was removed earlier this month during a remodel, to reveal a row of windows, right, from the original 1928 construction.

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NORTH BEND is the small town that is

creating a premiere outdoor adventure destination in the

Puget Sound region.

� e City of North Bend partnered with the Downtown Foundation, a 501c3 organization charged with revitalization and economic vitality of Downtown North Bend. From this partnership the North Bend Visitor Information Center and Mountain View Art Gallery (VIC) was created. Strategically located at the gateway to Downtown, the VIC hosts a full scale tourist information center and professional art gallery.

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Edge Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation would like to thank the community for it’s strong support, which has allowed us to grow and thrive. We are grateful that we have been able to make a positive healthy impact in our patients’ lives. We offer physical therapy, sports therapy and massage therapy. We recently added a Regence massage contract, so now are able to take massage clients in the Regence network.

Edge continues to follow it’s core philosophy: to provide a more personal experience that is often lacking in today’s health care. Edge will guarantee you receive top quality, individualized therapy that is provided directly by a therapist to allow you to not only participate in, but exceed in your active lifestyle. Come let Edge PT & Rehab � nd “your edge”!

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Make your Reservations with us!www.FallCityBistro.com

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Acclaimed & celebrated Chef Sean Langan brings to the scenic Snoqualmie Valley an adventure in dining. Organic and all natural ingredients with global flair.

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2015 Spotlight on Business“The doughnuts are good, the maple

bars are good, the apple fritters are good, the quiche is good,” he said. “None of that is going away.”

As Teodosiadis talks about the future, a small group walks by on the sidewalk. There’s scaffolding over the entire store-front, and two men are at work on the façade, but they peek in the window any-way, hopeful that the bakery is open.

“Just being closed, you can tell people miss it,” Teodosiadis said.

He’s seen a lot of that kind of thing, and is anxious to get the bakery re-opened.

Last week, he said, a cycling club rode up, and one of the members told him the Bakery was on their regular route. Later, a father and his young son came by. They told Teodosiadis that they always stopped at George’s on their way to the mountains, and again on their way back home.

Teodosiadis hopes the community approves of the renovations, and the continuity. He plans to participate in farmers markets and the upcoming Jazz Walk, as always, and to offer local products soon.

“To me, it’s not a drastic change,” he said. “We just want to be that bakery, where people come together.”

George’s Bakery is located at 127 West North Bend Way, (425) 888-0632.

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George’s Bakery alums, Jean Macris, owner of Nature’s Marketplace and widow of George Macris, with Joe McKeown and Kathy Stokesberry, who recently sold the North Bend shop.



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We exists for one reason – To help the communities of The Valley thrive. We do this by:

• Providing networking opportunities for our local businesses• Offering business education opportunities• Marketing the Snoqualmie Valley to the outside world• Working with state and local government to make sure businesses can succeed• Producing events for the community

Our staff is here to help! Member Services Manager Kaylee Hardman can help you utilize our fantastic website, answer community questions, help you publicize your event- and much more! Our CEO Lizzy Billington is happy to chat with you about the bene� ts of membership or about one of our great community events that brings activity to our Valley.

For 2015, we are focused on exploring new ways that the Chamber can support this amazing region. Please reach out to us with any questions or ideas!

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9010 BOALCH AVE SE • SNOQUALMIE • 425-888-1541

We have the best view in the Valley!

Our restaurant serves up one of the best breakfasts in town and our lunch is awesome too. Thanks to all our locals who keep coming out to see us. We have some great new menu selections. If you are planning a golf tournament, birthday party, class reunion, wedding or any other celebration give Tracy, our Restaurant Manager a call at (425) 888-2150. Our location, customer service, food and view are top notch. The golf course is in top condition this winter and we are working hard everyday. We have introduced a new greens program to keep the greens rolling their best and have a fresh look in the golf show where we’d love to help you get your golf supplies for the new season.

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Seattle Magazine Salutes Yvonne DalkeWinner of 5 Star Real Estate Award

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Sno Falls President/CEO

has big plans for Valley credit union

By CAROL LADWIGEditor

Maybe he’s joking, but when Tim Williams says he doesn’t sleep a lot, it sounds believable — he’s too busy. The banker and entrepreneur has spent the past six months, assisted by a staff of 25 mostly long-term employees, push-ing out innovations and new products at Sno Falls Credit Union. He and staff will be doing more of the same through June, when he marks his first anniver-sary as the president and chief executive officer of the credit union.

All of that work—a recently completed rebrand-ing effort, the launch of a new website in December, the new checking account offering this month, the new computer system to be implemented in February, and the updated online banking system and mobile banking app expected in March—is really just a good start, though.

“These things are just basically getting us caught up to where we need to be,” says Williams, a career

banker and 20-year resi-dent of the Seattle area. He moved to Washington from California, but he grew up in Albany, Georgia. After serving eight years in the Navy, he made his life in Washington, getting a degree in finance from St. Martin’s University, then serving in various leader-ship roles at Hometown National Bank, KeyBank, Verity Credit Union, and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle. He also owned a Ford dealership.

Every day, he considers new possibilities for Sno Falls Credit Union, too. It’s strategic planning, tem-pered by business realities.

“Some of the projects we’re doing take a year or a year and a half to do,” he says, “but we don’t have a year or a year and a half.”

The modern world, he says, has changed bank-ing for the better, in many ways, but it’s created chal-lenges, too. For the 58-year-old Valley institution, the challenge is keeping their 6,000-plus customers happy —they are the owners, after all—while keeping up a stiff competition with other financial institutions.

“It’s a balancing act, to be able to continue to offer the products and services that our older customers want, and the modern con-veniences that younger cus-tomers want,” Williams said.

Credit unions are owned by the members who bank there, and so, are not-for profit, like other banks.

“Everything we make

goes back to the members in different forms,” said Williams, including larger dividends, lower loan rates, and no-fee services.

Updates like the ones now in play at Sno Falls will help keep the facility competi-tive, but they aren’t always welcome, Williams says.

“Change can be difficult,” he says, but “everything we’re doing is for the benefit of our membership.”

None of the changes will involve staff, or locations (there are three branch-es, at the North Bend QFC, the Ridge Market on Snoqualmie Ridge, and the main office on Meadowbrook) although many of them should improve the organization’s

overall productivity.The new computer sys-

tem, for instance, is “…going to allow us to be even bet-ter at service,” Williams said. “It’s going to allow us to be faster and more nimble.”

It will also enable the facility, now well over the regional economic struggles of 2008, to expand.

“We’re ready to start growing again, growing the asset base of the credit union, growing the mem-bership,” said Williams. But rest assured, he says, “We’ll always be Valley focused.”

Williams was hired last June to replace retiring CEO Linda Larion.

Learn more about Sno Falls Credit Union at www.snofalls.com.

Network while playing slotsThe next Chamber After Hours is also the Valley Young Professionals Hangout, 6 to 9 p.m., Wednesday Jan. 28, at Snoqualmie Casino.

The event includes a free slot tournament, prizes, live entertain-ment, food and beverages.

The Valley Young Professionals are dedicated to fostering an authentic culture for young professionals to connect, serve, and grow within the Snoqualmie Valley.

Learn more at http://business.snovalley.org/events/details/january-2015-chamber-after-hours-at-snoqualmie-casino-123.

Tailgate party on the RidgeSnoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce hosts a 12th Man tail-gate party, 1 to 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, in the Snoqualmie Valley YMCA parking lot.

Show your Seahawks spirit and join in for the 12th Man costume contest, buy raffle tickets for Seahawks jerseys, and collect other free Seahawks swag. There will be lots of children’s activities, including carnival games and face painting.

“It’s going to be a very kid-friendly event, with bounce houses, a football throw... it should be a lot of fun,” said Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Lizzy Billington.

Social media announcements of the tailgate party had produced 4,500 hits on the website over the weekend, which was more than the Chamber saw for its extremely popular Winter Magic ice rink in December, Billington said Monday, in a presentation to the Snoqualmie City Council.

Save the date: Chamber to co-host sustainability event Leading the Way to a Sustainable Valley is a lunch event planned for Friday, Feb. 20 at the Snoqualmie Ridge TPC.

The event, co-hosted by the Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Mountains to Sound Greenway and the Snoqualmie Valley Community Network, offers an open forum discussion with community feedback on creating a vibrant, economically successful Valley.

Ready to grow

Business Briefs

Tim Williams, President and CEO of Sno Falls Credit Union.



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• Frontier Pest Control is locally owned & operated in North Bend, WA. We have been providing quality pest control services in the Snoqualmie Valley since 2009. • We also perform crawl space/Attic clean out, vermin abatement, � ea control, Bed-bug, Spider and wasps control and a host of other customized exterminator services in residential, light industrial and commercial situations throughout the greater Puget Sound, Eastside, Snoqualmie Valley, Cle Elum & Upper Kittitas areas.

Licensed and insured • Visit us on Facebook

Alan LaBissoniere, OwnerFrontier Pest Control, [email protected]

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Quality, Caring Dentistry

For Children & Adults

Peter J. Ristuben, D.D.S.Anna P. Lee, D.D.S.“The Gentle Dentists”

Left to right: Gina Coleman, Cindy Spencer, Leanne Higgins, Dr. Peter Ristuben, Dr. Anna Lee

Snoqualmie Family Dentistry

38475 SE River St.On the Corner of River & Silva Streets

888-2684www.snoqualmiedentist.com

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CascadeDiesel Truck

and RV Repair

Motorhomes Gas or Diesel All Towable RV’s

Large Trucks • All Pickups

www.cdtrv.com

(425) 888-188645830 SE North Bend Way

North Bend, WA

left to right: John, Scott, Mark, Diesel (dog), Karen, Steve, and Brian

Pick up Last years picture and style. IO: 318674 Add red bullet points and replace existing text to include: -Scheduled Maintence and Service-All Diesel Repairs-Drive Train-Brakes and Suspension-Engine Exhaust Brakes-RV work Interior / Exterior- Generators and Electrical- Extended Service / Insurance

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Selecting the right local real estate agent to help buy or sell your home is essential to a smooth transaction. As a valley resident, Laurie has 20+ years of real estate experience you can trust so that not only can she o� er full buyer representation but sellers receive complete, full service listings with the latest in marketing technology for just a 1% listing fee.

Call today for a complimentary market analysis!

Laurie TarantolaBrokerThe Cascade Team Real Estate

[email protected]

1% FULL SERVICE LISTING FEE

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The Encompass Early Learning Program is nationally accredited and offers classes for children 12 months to 5 years old. We have a NEW drop-off toddler program. Enrollment begins January 26th, 2015. Contact Julie Forslin at 425.888.2777 for details and tours.

425.888.2777 • encompassnw.org1407 Boalch Ave. NW • North Bend

The Encompass Early Learning Program is nationally accredited and offers classes

Encompass Early Learning Center

encompassnw.org

209 Main Avenue S.North Bend, WA 98045

425.888.3347



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Clayton, Kelly, and Jerry Moe.Clayton, Kelly, and Jerry Moe.

Collision Repair

Since 1991

• Secured Facility• All work is guaranteed*• Service with a smile• We’ll work with your

insurance to get your car back on the road.

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HOURS: Mon-Fri: 5:00am-7:00pmSat: 6:00am-7:00pm • Sun: 7:00am-6:00pm

101 W Park St • North Bend, WA425.888.4678

GET YOUR DAY OFF TO A GREAT START AT HUXDOTTER. Enjoy the BEST Coffee, and service. We have breakfast sandwiches, burritos, melts, cookies, muf� ns, donuts, oatmeal and more. Don’t forget to try on our famous “Beast Mode” before the SUPER BOWL!

Snoqualmie ValleyBEST OF 2014

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Residential and Commercial Carpet Cleaning Specialists

VALLEY PROFESSIONAL CLEANING SERVICE

(206) 930-5387 • www.valleyprofessionalcleaningservice.com

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Mon.- Sat. 9am-6pm • Sun. 10am-4pm

"YUP! We're Here."

425-888-6502

The friendly folks at North Bend Materials are ready to assist you with your soil, sand, gravel, cedar chips &

bark needs. We also carry propane, RV, spa & hot tub supplies, hay, straw and shavings, as well

as heating pellets.Join our Punch Card Club!Gift Certificates Available.

We Deliver.Fred Seemann, Owner,

Tammy Seemann, Co-Owner, Jeff Roth

NORTH BEND MATERIALS

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(425) 888-2301234 E. North Bend Way • North Bend

(425) 888-2301(425) 888-2301

Ken Hearing – Owner

Check out our New Expanded Menu

234 E. North Bend Way • North Bend

Come see why we’re the oldest hamburger establishment

in the Puget Sound.

Scott’s has been in business since 1951.

Ken Hearing has owned it for over 20 years.

His motto: Good Fast Food At A Reasonable Price.

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Carmichael’s

WITH ALL YOUR HARDWARE NEEDS

425-888-11078150 Falls Ave. SE, Snoqualmie, WA 98065

READY FOR ANYTHING...



ELEVATEYOUR DININGEXPERIENCERefine your wine-and-dine at

one of Snoqualmie Casino’s

five restaurants. From French-

inspired Pacific Northwest cuisine

to a mosaic of original Asian

dishes from around the globe,

and don’t forget our impressive

buffet—you are in for a treat.

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We Appreciate Your Business

North Bend Chevrolet®

106 Main Ave N. North Bend • www.Chevyoutlet.com • 425.888.0781

2014 Chevy SilveradoTruck of the Year

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