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Mount Si loses halftime lead, falls to Skyline Page 6 Your locally owned newspaper, serving North Bend and Snoqualmie, Washington January 8, 2015 Prsrt Std U.S. Postage PAID Kent, WA Permit No. 71 POSTAL CUSTOMER By Sam Kenyon Josue Mejia, of Snoqualmie, took advantage of the free sandbags offered by the city. He built a small barrier along his driveway as the Snoqualmie River began overflowing its banks Jan. 5. The water kept rising and eventually flooded Mejia’s side yard. But Mejia and his house stayed dry. This was a puddle compared to other floods, he said. In the 2009 flood, Mejia’s house got more than 56 inches of water. That was the worst he has seen. “Compared to that, this is nothing,” he said. “We’re used to this stuff.” Mejia has lived on Southeast Park Street, an area of town prone to flooding, for nine years. Many of his neighbors received evacuation notices when the Snoqualmie Emergency Operations Center began issu- ing them at about 2 p.m. Jan. 5. Residents were told they could find shelter at the YMCA. Some neighbors appeared not to follow the city’s advice and leave. Employees at the YMCA said no one had come to the building in the Ridge area seeking shelter. Mejia picked up his sandbags right after noon, when the city set up a sandbag operation on King Street, providing sand and bags to residents who brought their own shovels. Like Mejia, several residents took advantage of the sandbags. A pile of dirt, almost as tall as a person, sat in the middle of the lot with heaps of flat burlap bags nearby. Sarah Ricks and her children were driving by when she saw the sandbag pile. Ricks had just picked up three of her four chil- dren at the Mount Si Freshman Campus. The children attend Snoqualmie Elementary School, which was evacuated at about 2 p.m. as a precaution as the water rose. She and the children stopped and helped fill sandbags for people who needed them. “It’s just a good opportu- By Sam Kenyon A truck filled with volunteers pulls up to the city of Snoqualmie’s dirt pile to get a load of sandbags. In the background, the water level is rising visibly during the loading process. Sandbagging efforts pay off for residents as flood waters recede Don DeBerg, the North Bend project manager and engineer, has been named the 2014 Employee of the Year. He was honored at the city’s annual Wellness Employee Recognition Luncheon on Dec. 12. DeBerg was recognized for his strong work ethic, positive attitude, outstanding customer service skills and willingness to take on new projects, Mayor Ken Hearing said. “Don’s willingness to step in as interim Public Works Director for a three-month period during an exceptionally critical time when we faced many challenges speaks to his professionalism, exceptional leadership skills, and strong sense of responsibility and commitment,” Hearing said. New staff members who were also recognized at the luncheon included Dave Spencer, building official; Jake Thompson, mainte- nance worker; Mark Rigos, public works director; Ryan Dalziel, waste water operator; Brian Tucker, project manager; Lynn Fredenburg, associate planner and Joe Davis, maintenance worker. Don DeBerg named North Bend Employee of the Year By Greg Farrar Bruce Richards (left), a Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife agent, holds the door closed before releasing a ‘bear’ from the bear capture trailer during a wildlife lesson skit Jan. 2 at the Cedar River Watershed Education Center. See FLOOD, Page 2 By Sherry Grindeland If you want to open a grocery store for bears, just put your gar- bage can out where it is acces- sible and set out bird seed for the birds, said Bruce Richards, a Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife agent. Bears, he said, will find the free food. He was teaching children, youths and adults how to save bears’ lives at the Wondering About Wildlife family day Jan. 2 at the Cedar River Watershed Education Center. “We have bears all around — here in North Bend, in Redmond, Issaquah and Sammamish,” Richards said. “That’s because we make it easy for them to find food in our backyards.” Save a bear’s life, he said, by not feeding them. For the two-dozen children and youths in the audience, it was a show they won’t forget said Ericka Thomas, who works in the department’s Mill Creek office. “These kids are going to grow up knowing the right things to do to save our bears,” Thomas said. “We have children and families who come to these classes every time we offer them.” Thomas would know. She recognizes the families because she has an important role in the show. She’s the bear. Thomas wears a back bear pelt and pretends to raid the demonstration garbage can, she climbs into the bear cage, she gets “barked out” of the cage by the two Karelian bear dogs used by Fish and Wildlife agents, and then bombarded with soft rubber toys as the youth “teach Children learn wildlife ways at family day See WILDLIFE, Page 3
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Mount Si loses halftime lead, falls to Skyline
Page 6
Your locally owned newspaper,
serving North Bend and Snoqualmie,
Washington
January 8, 2015
Prsrt StdU.S. Postage
PAIDKent, WA
Permit No. 71
POSTALCUSTOMER
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By Sam Kenyon
Josue Mejia, of Snoqualmie, took advantage of the free sandbags offered by the city.
He built a small barrier along his driveway as the Snoqualmie River began overflowing its banks Jan. 5. The water kept rising and eventually flooded Mejia’s side yard.
But Mejia and his house stayed dry.
This was a puddle compared to other floods, he said.
In the 2009 flood, Mejia’s house got more than 56 inches of water. That was the worst he has seen.
“Compared to that, this is nothing,” he said. “We’re used to this stuff.”
Mejia has lived on Southeast Park Street, an area of town prone to flooding, for nine years.
Many of his neighbors received evacuation notices when the Snoqualmie Emergency Operations Center began issu-ing them at about 2 p.m. Jan. 5. Residents were told they could find shelter at the YMCA.
Some neighbors appeared not to follow the city’s advice and leave. Employees at the YMCA said no one had come to the building in the Ridge area seeking shelter.
Mejia picked up his sandbags right after noon, when the city set up a sandbag operation on King Street, providing sand and bags to residents who brought their own shovels.
Like Mejia, several residents took advantage of the sandbags.
A pile of dirt, almost as tall as a person, sat in the middle of the lot with heaps of flat burlap bags nearby.
Sarah Ricks and her children were driving by when she saw the sandbag pile. Ricks had just picked up three of her four chil-dren at the Mount Si Freshman Campus. The children attend Snoqualmie Elementary School, which was evacuated at about 2 p.m. as a precaution as the water rose.
She and the children stopped and helped fill sandbags for people who needed them.
“It’s just a good opportu-
By Sam Kenyon
A truck filled with volunteers pulls up to the city of Snoqualmie’s dirt pile to get a load of sandbags. In the background, the water level is rising visibly during the loading process.
Sandbagging efforts pay off for residents as flood waters recede
Don DeBerg, the North Bend project manager and engineer, has been named the 2014 Employee of the Year.
He was honored at the city’s annual Wellness Employee Recognition Luncheon on Dec. 12.
DeBerg was recognized for
his strong work ethic, positive attitude, outstanding customer service skills and willingness to take on new projects, Mayor Ken Hearing said.
“Don’s willingness to step in as interim Public Works Director for a three-month period during
an exceptionally critical time when we faced many challenges speaks to his professionalism, exceptional leadership skills, and strong sense of responsibility and commitment,” Hearing said.
New staff members who were also recognized at the luncheon
included Dave Spencer, building official; Jake Thompson, mainte-nance worker; Mark Rigos, public works director; Ryan Dalziel, waste water operator; Brian Tucker, project manager; Lynn Fredenburg, associate planner and Joe Davis, maintenance worker.
Don DeBerg named North Bend Employee of the Year
By Greg Farrar
Bruce Richards (left), a Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife agent, holds the door closed before releasing a ‘bear’ from the bear capture trailer during a wildlife lesson skit Jan. 2 at the Cedar River Watershed Education Center.See FLOOD, Page 2
By Sherry Grindeland
If you want to open a grocery store for bears, just put your gar-bage can out where it is acces-sible and set out bird seed for the birds, said Bruce Richards, a Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife agent.
Bears, he said, will find the free food.
He was teaching children, youths and adults how to save bears’ lives at the Wondering About Wildlife family day Jan. 2 at the Cedar River Watershed Education Center.
“We have bears all around — here in North Bend, in Redmond, Issaquah and Sammamish,” Richards said. “That’s because we make it easy for them to find food in our backyards.”
Save a bear’s life, he said, by not feeding them.
For the two-dozen children
and youths in the audience, it was a show they won’t forget said Ericka Thomas, who works in the department’s Mill Creek office.
“These kids are going to grow up knowing the right things to do to save our bears,” Thomas said. “We have children and families who come to these classes every time we offer them.”
Thomas would know.She recognizes the families
because she has an important role in the show. She’s the bear.
Thomas wears a back bear pelt and pretends to raid the demonstration garbage can, she climbs into the bear cage, she gets “barked out” of the cage by the two Karelian bear dogs used by Fish and Wildlife agents, and then bombarded with soft rubber toys as the youth “teach
Children learn wildlife ways at family day
See WILDLIFE, Page 3
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nity for my kids to roll up their sleeves and do some-thing,” she said.
Ricks and her family have lived in Snoqualmie for nine years, and their house is on the Ridge, about 1,000 feet above the river, so they were not in any personal danger of flooding.
The family shoveled dirt into empty sandbags and tied them off, leaving them ready for anyone who came by. Trucks and cars frequently came through the lot to grab sandbags before leaving again.
King County opened its flood-warning center over the weekend due to rising waters in the area.
The river peaked at about midday Jan. 5 at just under 30,000 cubic feet per second, according to information from King
County. It was forecast to be less than 10,000 cubic feet per second Jan. 6, put-ting the river at a flood stage one instead of three.
At the Snoqualmie Falls measuring station, the river was 18.65 feet at 4 p.m. Jan. 5. Flooding begins
at 12.98 feet. Flooding in the lower Snoqualmie Valley, particularly in the Carnation area, closed major roadways.
A number of roads in the Snoqualmie area were also closed due to water on the roadway.
Ricks, too, said this wasn’t the worst flood she’s seen.
Once, she said, she watched a cooler floating quickly down a flooded Railroad Avenue.
“This isn’t quite as bad I guess,” she said.
The Snoqualmie Valley Hospital board of commissioners will meet at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 8 at the Snoqualmie Fire Department, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway.
The commissioners usually meet the first Thursday of the month but the meeting was changed due to the New Year’s holiday.
Because the meetings of the commissioners, the governing board of King County Public Hospital District No. 4, are established by the group’s bylaws, any meeting that deviates from the scheduled first
Thursday of the month is called a special meet-ing. It will be the board’s regular month business meeting.
Public comment is always welcome at the monthly board meetings. Speakers are encouraged to limit their comments to three minutes.
The board is expected to vote on a resolution setting the remaining meetings for 2015. If approved, the commis-sioners will meet Feb. 8, March 5, April 2, May 7, June 4, July 2, Aug. 6, Sept. 3, Oct. 1, Nov. 5 and Dec. 3.
Artist to be feted at Piccola Cellars reception Jan. 9
Kristin Johnson will be the featured artist in January at Piccola Cellars in North Bend.
Her artwork will be
hung in the tasting room for several weeks.
A reception in Johnson’s honor will be from 6-8 p.m. Jan. 9 at the Cellars, 112 W. Second Ave., North Bend.
There is no cover charge to attend.
Hospital board to set 2015 meeting calendar
FloodFrom Page 1
Valley Snowbirds to gather Feb. 3
The 12th Annual Snoqualmie Valley Snowbirds Gathering will be at noon Feb. 2 at the Foothills Eatery, 12871 S. Frontage Road, Yuma, Arizona.
Vicki Ryhnalds-Prien organizes the event, typi-cally held on Groundhog Day.
In 2014, the Snowbirds met the day after Groundhog Day because of the Super Bowl. More than 40 people from North Bend, Snoqualmie and Fall City participated last year.
Ryhnalds-Prien said last year’s crowd was small, possibly because it was the day after the Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl. Usually the gather-ing attracts more than 100 people.
Learn more by calling Ryhnalds-Prien at 623-974-9944 or emailing her at [email protected].
Record number of species tallied at annual bird count
Members of the Eastside Audubon chapter counted a record 97 species of birds during their annual Christmas Bird Count on Dec. 20.
This was the 31st year for the count that takes place in Issaquah, Preston, Fall City, the Snoqualmie Valley, Redmond, on the Sammamish Plateau and along the east and west sides of Lake Sammamish.
Four new species were added to the all-time list of birds seen, including a Golden Eagle, Eurasian-collard Doves, a Turkey Vulture and a Gyrfalcon.
A recent report from the National Audubon Society on birds and cli-mate change identified 50 birds in Washington state at risk.
The data collected are sent to the National Audubon Society, which has been conducting simi-lar counts for 115 years, since Christmas Day 1900.
The early-winter bird census involves thousands of volunteers across the U.S., Canada and many countries in the western hemisphere. The data collected over the past century allow researchers, conservation biologists and interested individuals to study the long-term health and status of bird popula-tions across North America.
More than 50 people participated during the Eastside Audubon count, following specified routes and counting every bird
they saw or heard.
County celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 15
King County’s annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration is noon, Jan. 15, at the Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine St., Seattle.
Author Maria Gitlin will be the keynote speaker. Gitlin wrote “This Bright Light of Ours,” an oral his-tory of the voting rights movement, one of King’s legacies. County Executive Dow Constantine will also speak.
The winner of the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Student Essay Award contest, sponsored by the King County Civil Rights Commission, also will be recognized during the event.
By Sam Kenyon
Josue Mejia’s side yard is covered in rising water. He positioned a line of sandbags to help protect his driveway and garage.
JANUARY 8, 2015 SnoValley Star PAGE 3
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her to run away from humans.”
Indeed, Margaret Bagshaw, of Ballard, said her girls are repeat fans. She and her husband, Pat Phibin, have taken Jill, 11, and Amy 8, to these things for three or four years.
The girls, who proudly said they also did the Polar Bear Plunge on Jan. 1 at Seattle’s Golden Gardens, know what to do if they meet a real bear.
Richards has taught them to yell, “Go away, bear.”
Family days at the Cedar River Watershed bring out repeat custom-ers.
Geoff Cummings, of North Bend, and his children were back for a second year. He helped his children Allie, 8, and Adrian, 5, and family friend Stella Schwippenheiser, 7, dis-sect owl pellets.
Owl pellets are the equivalent of a cat hair ball. The pellets contain indigestible parts of the owl’s prey.
Using a toothpick, the children operated on sterilized pellets. They removed layers of small feathers and dug out rodent skulls, small bird beaks and tiny claws. The children concen-trated so intensely, they didn’t notice adults peer-ing over their shoulders or people taking photo-graphs.
“The kids like doing these things,” he said. “They have a good time.”
There were a number of activities for families.
In one area, children could create necklaces or bookmarks with pictures of animals. Pelts and skulls on display in a fourth area were part of an identify the animal game. Outside, paper and paw footprints offered another identi-fication game for fami-lies. There were also free refreshments and guided hikes.
The Cedar River Watershed offers numer-ous family events through-out the year. Learn more about events, hikes and tours at http://bit.ly/1BHncEk.
Sherry Grindeland can be reached at [email protected] or 392-6434, ext. 246.
WildlifeFrom Page 1
At left, Fish and Wildlife employee Ericka Thomaswears a pelt to play a black bear foraging for food in a garbage can, as the audi-ence of adults and youngsters learns that it should not be left out to attract wildlife to urban areas. Below, Geoff Cummings (left), of North Bend, and his children Allie, 8, and Adrian, 5, dissect and examine the contents of owl pellets, which are the regurgi-tated indigest-ible parts of an owl’s prey full of feathers, hair and bones.
Photos by Greg Farrar
Above, Caris Carter (left), 7, of North Bend, and her cousin Owen Thomas, 7, of Bend, Oregon, look through the back of the bear capture trailer during Wondering About Wildlife family fun day.At left, Pierre LeBarge (left), a natural-ist with Seattle Public Utilities, shows a Rocky Mountain Elk horn to (from left) Luke Wendlick, 9, Vivian Shaw, 7, Lilah Shaw, 5, and River Hill, 2, during a short hike outside the wildlife center.
Above, Nicholas Jorg, Fish and
Wildlife enforce-ment officer,
stands nearby as Henrietta
McClelland, 10, of Issaquah, meets
Karelian bear dogs Colter (left), 6, and
Mishka, 12. At right, one of the education activi-ties is matching pelts and skulls.
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the following day.Jim Kennedy showed up
driving a Bobcat, Doc brought a chain saw, and Steve had his four-wheel-drive pickup with a big chain in it.
At the end of three hours, a long, sloping gentle run began up by the road and looped around two turns, and ended in a gentle upslope on the far side of the frozen creek.
Of course, this activity ruined what snow cover there was, so the kids looked disap-pointed.
But last week it snowed hard, a good six inches, and the kids went running down to try the new sled run.
It wasn’t all that exciting for them. So when Doc and Herb and Dud and Steve showed up,
one of the kids politely pointed out to Mr. Collins that they couldn’t real-ly get going very fast down that hill on the new run.
“I know that,” said Herb. “But see all those other steep runs you have? You can go break your neck on any of them. This run is for a special purpose.”
“A special purpose, sir?”Herb nodded. “Steve? If you
please.”And Steve brought out the
toboggan from his pickup truck, and the old guys took turns being kids once more down their own sledding run.
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Yee, haw! Make room for the duffers on the toboggan
Unfortunately, when the rain falls here in the Snoqualmie Valley, it doesn’t stay mainly on the plain. It heads right to our rivers — the South Fork, the Middle Fork and the North Fork of the Snoqualmie. Plus, we get runoff
from that wonderful mountain range to the east — the Cascades.
So when we have several days of intense downpours, the water rises and keeps rising.
King County began issuing warnings over the weekend and by Monday morning, Jan. 5, the rushing waters were headed to flood stage.
Crazy as it seems — the water attracts tourists who want to see huge volumes of water cascade over Snoqualmie Falls and who want to drive through the Valley to see water lapping at the edges of the streets.
But even more amazing than the amount of water pour-ing through the area was the way the city of Snoqualmie and area residents handled the borderline emergency situ-ation.
Kudos to the city for opening its emergency operations center early and for the efforts of the staff to keep the public apprised of the situation.
The communications staff issued frequent updates via email and through the media. The staff did an excellent job of reminding residents not to walk across a flooded road or drive around closed-road barricades — even if you think you can make it easily because of the possibility of swift currents and undertows.
Setting up a do-it-yourself sandbag operation early was also helpful. While not everyone has a vehicle to transport filled sandbags, such as a truck, or the manpower to fill sandbags, volunteers kept stopping by and offering help.
Doing a precautionary evacuation of Snoqualmie Valley Elementary School was also a good move on the part of the school district.
It’s so much better to evacuate before the flooding reaches a crisis situation than during an emergency. And if the need should ever arise again, the staff and students at that elementary school will be well-prepared.
The good news is the waters are receding without a lot of loss of property and with no serious accidents.
But none of us should get complacent just because this flood was an easy one. Always be prepared to evacuate or shelter in place and never, ever drive or wade across a flooded roadway.
The whole thing began right after the first good snow this year. Herb Collins was looking out his window at the point on his small farm where Lewis Creek cuts through a rather steep hill.
Neighborhood kids were sledding up there and trying to avoid rocks and one gnarly tree that stuck out. He also noticed that if the kids were successful in avoiding death and destruc-tion, they came to an immediate and violent halt at a submerged log next to the creek.
He brought this up at the next unscheduled-but-daily-anyway meeting of the World Dilemma Think Tank down at the Mule Barn. Some executive decisions were made rather sud-denly, and construction began
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Police blotterSnoqualmie police serving North Bend and Snoqualmie
I’m the landlordPolice responded at
9:05 a.m. Dec. 27 to the Pro Ski shop, 108 W. North Bend Way, to reports of a distur-bance. The caller heard someone in the unused apartment above the shop. The man claimed he was the landlord but the caller didn’t think he was. Officers arrived and detained the intruder, who broke the lock and entered the apartment to get out of the rain.
Happy New YearPolice responded at 8:17
p.m. Dec. 31 to the 7000 block of Snowberry Avenue Southeast to reports of fire-works. The caller wanted the police to advise the subjects about the hours they are allowed to set off fireworks. When officers arrived, no one was at the location. The police depart-ment only had a total of
three fireworks calls on New Year’s Eve, but officers were unable to locate any of the subjects.
Mail theftPolice responded at 1:52
p.m. Dec. 30 to the Post Office North, 451 E. North Bend Way, to reports of theft. Several mailboxes had been broken into over the past week.
Disorderly conductPolice responded at 9:46
p.m. Dec. 31 to Frankie’s Pizza, 249 Main Ave. S., to reports of a disturbance. A man who callers described as intoxicated and possibly a transient was yelling and harassing people outside the business. Employees locked the doors to the restaurant as a safety pre-caution. The man yelled at several people, includ-ing following one caller to their car. Police contacted the man at an outside cof-fee stand and cited him for disorderly conduct.
ShopliftingPolice responded at 2:49
p.m. Jan. 2 to Vanity Fair, 521 South Fork Ave. S.W., to reports of shoplifting. A woman appeared to be taking several items from the store and hiding them in her bag or under her jacket. Employees watched her in the store for some time before police arrived and arrested her for shop-lifting.
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Police responded at 9:33 p.m. Jan. 1 to the QFC, 460 E. North Bend Way, to reports of shoplifting. Two males took some items without paying and were last seen heading westbound on North Bend Way. The subjects were known by the police and were arrested.
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Watch your valuablesPolice responded at
1:18 p.m. Dec. 19 to the Snoqualmie Casino, S.E. 37500 North Bend Way, to reports of theft. A woman discovered that her cell phone had been stolen while she was playing slot machines at the casino. She was unsure of the time when it was taken.
You snooze you losePolice responded at
11 a.m. Dec. 28 to the Snoqualmie Casino, S.E. 37500 North Bend Way, to reports of a suspi-cious person. A security guard noticed a sleeping woman at one of the slot machines. The guard recog-nized the woman as some-one currently not allowed to be in the casino.
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dispatched at 8:25 p.m. Dec. 26 to the 400 block
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One engine was dis-patched at 8:37 p.m. Dec. 29 to the 700 block of East North Bend Way to provide medical assistance but was cancelled at the scene.
Car accidentSix engines were dis-
patched at 12:46 p.m. Dec. 30 to the 53800 block of east bound Interstate 90 to provide emergency medical service for a motor vehicle acci-dent that did not result in injuries.
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By Neil Pierson
Despite several positive performances, the Mount Si High School girls bas-ketball team couldn’t find a way to pick up its first conference win of the season.
The Wildcats got 18 points from junior Annie Hiebert and 16 points from senior Elizabeth Prewitt, but fell victim to a rough third-quarter stretch and lost to the visiting Skyline Spartans, 65-55, in Class 4A KingCo Conference action Jan. 3.
Transition defense and rebounding might have been the difference makers, Mount Si coach Taylor Bass said. The Spartans ran up and down the court during the third period, when they turned a 29-23 halftime lead into a 50-33 margin that proved too much for the Wildcats to overcome.
“It’s one of those things where we know we have a quarter … where things just don’t go quite
right,” said Bass, the team’s first-year coach. “So we’re just working on trying to figure out how to contain those, and focus on the defen-sive end instead of the offensive end, and we did a much better job in the fourth quarter.”
Hiebert and Prewitt each scored eight points in the final period as the Wildcats outscored the Spartans 22-15. But Mount Si never got closer than nine, as a Hiebert layup with 2:30 to play was immediately neu-tralized on a 3-pointer from Skyline’s Maddie Adamson.
Skyline’s balanced attack proved difficult for Mount Si to solve. Taylor McKerlich, Julia Mitchell and Kailey Kassuba all scored in double figures, and Kassuba, a 5-foot-10 sophomore, was a tough matchup, finishing with 18 points.
“Realistically, it was a matter of matchups and they didn’t have any-
body who could guard her,” Skyline coach Joe Fithian said of Kassuba. “That’s not a knock on the Mount Si kids – they really played hard – but when you look at the size and the agility that she has as a four (power for-ward), it presents a lot of matchup problems for the other team.”
Bass said his play-ers need to understand they’re likely to be out-sized regardless of who the opponent is.
“We’re the smallest team in the league,” he said. “It’s probably going to be that way for a year or two before we get some of the volleyball kids to hopefully come out. But for us, it’s just under-standing what our game is, what it is we want to do, and staying true to that and not letting the other team dictate the things we want to do.”
Neil Pierson can be reached at [email protected].
By Neil Pierson
The Mount Si Wildcats put together one of their better stretches of the season Jan. 3 when they raced to a 29-24 halftime lead over the Skyline Spartans.
It wasn’t enough in the end, though, as visiting Skyline roared back with a huge surge in the third quarter and claimed the win, 64-56, in Class 4A KingCo Conference boys basketball play.
Mount Si coach Kyle Clearman said he was pleased with his players’ overall performance, but acknowledged the third quarter as the turning point, when the Spartans outscored the Wildcats 20-7.
“Overall, it was pretty good, but they went to a 2-3 zone that kind of shook us up in the third quarter, and we didn’t make the right adjust-ments.”
The Wildcats slipped to 1-8 overall, 1-5 in KingCo, and will have some work to do over the final 10 conference games in order to make the postseason.
“We can go through a quarter or two, or a few minutes of playing with the best teams in this league, but it’s just con-sistency,” Clearman said. “We’re young and inexpe-rienced, and we’re getting there.”
Skyline senior Robert Biegaj, a 6-foot-3 senior guard, led the Spartans (3-5, 2-3) to the win. Mount Si held him to two points in the first half – he spent the entire second quarter on the bench after picking up three fouls – but poured in 16 points after the half, including a pair of fourth-quarter dunks that sealed the result.
The Wildcats went on an 11-0 run in the second quarter, and Clearman didn’t think they could’ve done much more with
Biegaj out of the game.“I don’t there was one
player that made the dif-ference in the game,” he said. “Like I said, I think we just didn’t make the right adjustments, and down the stretch we just weren’t quite good enough.”
Junior guard Danny
Tomson paced Mount Si with 17 points, and senior JoJo Hillel added 10.
Skyline had an 18-12 edge in bench points, and Spartans coach Bill McIntyre said his players committed to team-first basketball in the second half.
“The first half it was
catch, head down, drib-ble. There was no ball movement,” McIntyre said. “Once we started getting ball movement, we started getting good looks.”
Neil Pierson can be reached at [email protected].
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Forest Service offers snowshoe tours
The U.S. Forest Service offers several snowshoe treks and classes at nearby Snoqualmie Pass.
Suggested donation is $15 for adults, $10 for youths 16 and younger and $25 per person.
Meet 15 minutes before the scheduled outing at the Snoqualmie Pass Visitor’s Center at exit 52 off Interstate 90.
Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Reservations are required for all treks and walks. The Forest Service will supply snowshoes and poles. Call 434-6111.
Opportunities include:
90-Minute Trek� 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m.
and 1 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays
� Learn about the win-ter ecosystem, wildlife and safety on this 1-mile loop walk through opulent old-growth forest. Limited to 20 participants.
Extended Hikes� 9 a.m. Fridays and
Saturdays� Experience
Commonwealth Basin in the winter surrounded by the Cascade crest peaks. Bring a lunch, a well-stocked day pack, extra clothing and water; you will be out from about 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Winter Photography Outings
� 9:30 a.m. Jan. 17 and 31, Feb. 14 and 28, and March 14 and 28.
� Geared for photog-raphy enthusiasts of all abilities, this trek into the Commonwealth Creek offers intriguing image possibilities with ice falls, cool vapors and swirling dark waters.
‘Kids in the Snow’� 1 p.m. Saturdays
starting Jan. 17� Children can earn a
Junior Ranger Snow mem-bership and badge. The course includes winter tracking, how plants and animals survive through the winter and finding hardy winter critters on this 90-minute walk.
Avalanche Awareness Walks
� The Northwest Avalanche Center and the Forest Service for will host six snowshoe walks focusing on Avalanche Awareness. Call for dates and times.
Wildcat boys lose halftime lead, fall 64-56 to Spartans
By Greg Farrar
Gavin Gorell (left), Mount Si High School sophomore guard, puts up two points as Skyline senior forward Drew Stender defends during the first quarter of their Jan. 3 basketball game.
By Greg Farrar
Annie Hiebert, Mount Si High School junior post, is fouled while going to the basket between Skyline’s Kelli Sullivan (left) and Caroline Bowman during the second quarter of their Jan. 3 basketball game.
Mount Si girls stay winless in 65-55 loss to Skyline
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YOUR WEEK
SCHEDULE THIS:Valley Center Stage presents ‘First You Jump,’ a musical in five stories, in which each character must make an extraor-dinary choice that could lead to his or her greatest dream or worst nightmare. Showtimes are at 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 16-18 and 23-25, 119 W. North Bend Way. Tickets are $17.50 for adults and $14 for students and seniors. Call 831-5667.
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q Si View Metro Parks offers youth and adult guitar lessons, 2-9 p.m., Meadowbrook Farm Interpretive Center, 1711 Boalch Ave., North Bend, 831-1900
q Newport Jazz Combos, 7 and 8:30 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307
q Si View Metro Parks offers youth guitar lessons, 2 p.m., 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend, 831.1900
q Early Literacy Parties in Spanish, help pre-pare your children for kindergarten, 6 p.m., series of eight free workshops, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223
q Competitive Play Drop-In Volleyball, 16 and older, 7-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., 256-3115
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q Study Zone,drop-in help for grades K-12, 3-5 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554
q ‘Using Your eReader Gifts,’drop-in help, 6-8 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554
q Study Zone, drop-in help for grades K-12, 5-7 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223
q Kids Night Out, 6-10 p.m., Si View Community Center, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend, preregistration required, $20/child, 831-1442
q Bob Baumann and Friends, 7 and 8:30 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307
q Friends of the North Bend Library monthly meeting, 7 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554
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q Winter Adventure Hike, 1:30 p.m., Cedar River Watershed Education Center, 19901 Cedar Falls Road S.E., North Bend, free, register at http://bit.ly/JZfCAj
q Katie Davi and Chris Morton Quartet, 7 and 8:45 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307
q Playwrights Fest, Best of Fest, 8 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-3647
q Karaoke, 8 p.m. to midnight, Mt. Si Pub, 45530 S.E. North Bend Way, North Bend
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q Kids Indoor Playground, ages 0-6, 9-11 a.m. every Friday, Church on the Ridge, 35131 E. Douglas St., free, 888-7474
q Ham Carson Quartet, 7 and 8:45 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307
q Playwrights Fest, Best of Fest, 8 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-3647
q Eastside Jam Band, 9 p.m., Finaghty’s Irish Pub, 7726 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-8833
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q Toddler and Preschool Story Times, ages 0-3 at 10 a.m., ages 3-6 at 11 a.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223
q Anime and Manga Club, 3 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223
q Future Jazz Heads, 5 and 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307
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 Game Night, 4-9 p.m., Snoqualmie Falls Brewery and Taproom, 8032 Falls Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-2357
q The Tiptons Sax Quartet, 7 and 8:30 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307
q Thought Reading Thursday with Mentalist Lance Campbell, 7 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, 831-3647
q ‘First You Jump,’ a musical in five stories, 7:30 p.m., Valley Center Stage, 119 W. North Bend Way, $17.50/adults, $14/students and seniors, 831-5667
q Motown Memories, 8 p.m., The Ballroom at Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. North Bend Way, Snoqualmie, $10 to $15, www.snocasino.com
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q Winter Adventure Hike, 1:30 p.m., Cedar River Watershed Education Center, 19901 Cedar Falls Road S.E., North Bend, free, register at http://bit.ly/JZfCAj
q Danny Kolke Trio with Rob Scheps, 6 and 7:30 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, 292-9307
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