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Chris and Marty Fagan, of North Bend, became the first American married couple to ski, unguided and unsupported, from the edge of the Antarctic continent to the South Pole. They reached the South Pole the afternoon of Jan. 18.

To get there, Chris and Marty each hauled 220 pound sleds filled with food and equipment, averaging 9 hours a day for 48 days over a distance of 570 miles. During their seven weeks on the ice, they endured the coldest and windiest place on earth while experiencing intense physical and mental challenges – something few married couples have ever attempted.

“Adventure is in our DNA,” said Chris Fagan. “We longed to experience the challenge of Antarctica’s wild and pristine environment.”

Only about 100 people have completed an unsupported and unguided full expedition to the South Pole. After 48 days Marty said: “There is a reason it hasn’t been done very many times.”

The Fagans didn’t face this challenge unprepared. Between them they have resumes that

include climbing some of the world’s highest moun-tains, (Denali, Aconcagua, Kilimanjaro), and years as endur-ance athletes running numerous 100-mile mountain races.

They acknowledged that the challenges in Antarctica were beyond anything they had ever experienced.

“Chris and I never, ever, talk-ed about stopping” Marty Fagan said. “We always knew we were going to keep driving on.”

The Fagans hope their suc-cessful effort at the South Pole will inspire their son, the stu-dents at his school and all the people that followed their jour-ney since they left for the South

Pole last November.“We want to inspire people to

imagine possibilities that seem beyond their reach, to push outside their comfort zones, and reach their full potential,” said Chris Fagan.

Follow them on their trek at www.facebook.com/ 3belowzeroex-pedition.

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Hit and run driver sentenced to 15 months

Cody Eads, 19, was sen-tenced Jan. 17 in King County Superior Court to 15 months in prison for vehicular homicide in a hit and run death on Jan. 1, 2013. He was texting and speeding when he hit Lucinda Pieczatkowski, 57, of North Bend. Eads pleaded guilty in December, 2013 to the charge.

Pieczatkowski was walking along Stone Quarry Road around 2 a.m. when she was hit by a truck and killed.

The Eads’ family attorney contacted the King County Sheriff’s Office the next day and told them that the pickup involved in the crash was at the Eads’ residence.

Detectives impounded the pickup, which had damage consistent with striking a pedes-trian, the sheriff’s office said. It took detectives several months to collect enough evidence to determine who was behind the wheel.

By Sherry Grindeland

Snoqualmie Valley business owners are being challenged to Paint the Valley – and their storefronts – purple as part of the kickoff for the annual Relay for Life. The contest begins Feb. 1 and winners will be announced at the opening showcase event from 5-6:45 p.m. Feb. 12 at the North Bend Theatre.

Purple was picked because it is the official color of the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life campaign.

DeAnna Haverfield, of Pioneer Coffee in North Bend, said she plans to cover both the Seahawks and the Paint the Valley Purple projects at once.

“I will have a lot of the 12th

Man in purple instead of blue,” she said in an email. “I’ll show some love for both.”

Haverfield is a member of the organizing committee for the Snoqualmie Valley Relay for Life. The Relay for Life is a 24-hour event. Volunteers form competitive teams to partici-pate. The competitive part isn’t about racing around the relay course but about which team can raise the most money for the American Cancer Society.

Teams camp out at the event and members take turns walk-ing. Each team has someone on the course for all 24 hours. This year’s event will be held July 12-13 at Torguson Park, 750 E. North Bend Way, North Bend.

A number of the Snoqualmie Valley teams return each year,

and some have already started raising money. As of Jan. 20, teams have raised $6,468.

Haverfield said the Paint the Valley Purple helps raise com-munity awareness and helps recruit participants. Haverfield and other committee members will begin calling on local busi-nesses Jan. 24, asking them to participate in the promotion.

“Businesses of any size can engage with the Relay for Life,” she said, “just by painting their storefront.”

The kickoff party will feature information stations, activi-ties, food and entertainment. Kim Berkebile will be the guest speaker. The event will be fol-lowed by the first fundraising

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event of the year – a showing of the popular and inspira-tional movie “Up.” Half of the $10 admission fee will go to Relay for Life.

The Snoqualmie Valley Relay for Life committee includes,

besides Haverfield, Bev Jorgensen, Erin Mitchell, Betty Rhynalds, Rick and Shelley Gildersleeve, Nikole King, Jeff and Teresa Warren, Kathy Boyd, Beth Anderson, Anne Loring and Bruce Sullivan.

Haverfield said the commit-tee welcomes ideas and vol-unteers. For more information or to join the group, go to www.snovalleyrelay.org or email them at [email protected].

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

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Voters will have the chance to vote on two levy proposals the Snoqualmie Valley School District is placing on the Feb. 11 ballot. Both levies would replace existing ones.

The district is seeking renewal of an Educational Programs and Operations levy, formerly known as Maintenance and Operations, and a Technology levy.

Neither levy would fund any construction.

“Levies are for learning,” said District Superintendent Joel Aune. “Bonds are for buildings.

“It’s an easy way to remember the difference and we do want clarity. We want our voters to be able to distinguish between a levy and a bond.”

The EP&O levy would increase taxes by 22 cents per

$1,000 of assessed valuation, to $2.70 in 2015. For the owner of a $350,000 home, that would be an increase $77 per year.

The Technology Levy would increase by 4 cents to 47 cents per thousand. That same home-owner would see an increase of $14 per year.

Together, the levies would mean a $91 per year tax hike for a $350,000 home.

The EP&O money provides nearly one quarter of the dis-trict’s day-to-day operations, programs and personnel, includ-ing teachers and staff, who work with students. The current maintenance and operations levy expires this year.

The technology levy would fund class equipment, sup-port, training, and resources for teachers and staff – in other words the hardware, software and infrastructure to support

technology. Washington State does not

provide any funding for technol-ogy in schools. When the state defined basic education in 1977 it didn’t include any allowance for technology.

This is the third time the Snoqualmie District has asked for a technology levy.

Jeff Hogan, executive direc-tor of information technology, remembers when the first one passed in 2006.

“We updated the infrastruc-ture and computer labs in schools and put projectors in classrooms,” he said. “Now we’re doing Wi-Fi in all the schools and classrooms.”

Back in 2006, space wasn’t much of an issue Hogan said.

“Now, you just can’t get by on a gigabyte.”

Where desktop computers were once innovative, things

such as tablets, Ipads, notebook computers and other handheld devices are common. Textbooks have gone digital. Computers now support everything from heating and cooling the build-ings to planning bus routes and ordering food for student lunches.

Hogan and the technology support staff have found ways to save the district money. They replace broken glass on laptop computers and other devices in-house. They try to stay ahead of technology demands with fiber optic wiring.

One of the challenges is train-ing the teaching staff to keep up with the latest devices and how to use them.

The new technology levy would provide about $425 per year per student. That would put Snoqualmie seventh, behind lev-ies being voted on in Bellevue,

Lake Washington, Issaquah, Mercer Island, Riverview and Northshore districts. Bellevue’s proposed levy would provide about $1,361 per student.

The EP&O levy will fund extra teachers to reduce class size, an issue that nearly caused a strike last fall. It will pay for school operations, transporta-tion, special education programs (mandated but not funded by the state), school support staff such as counselors, librarians and custodians, safety and secu-rity enhancements and basic things such as utilities, supplies and classroom materials.

Kirk Harris is chair of the Snoqualmie Valley Citizens for Schools – the volunteer group of parents and community activists supporting the levies. He and his wife have children at Chief

Pair of school district tax levies would fund basic operations

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King County Executive Dow Constantine on Jan. 14 pro-posed an April 22 vote on a tax measure to sustain current ser-vice levels at Metro Transit and to support county and city road departments.

County voters would decide whether to increase sales taxes for 10 years by one-tenth of a penny per dollar and to enact a flat $60-a-year car-tab fee with no expiration date, if the Metropolitan King County Council adopts his plan.

The new revenue would pro-vide $80 million for transit and $50 million for roads the first year, the county predicts.

In addition, King County Metro Transit fares would increase 25 cents in March 2015. That would boost the top fare to $3.25 for a peak, two-zone adult trip through Seattle and a suburb.

Also, for people earning less than twice the poverty level, a flat $1.50 Metro fare would be established in March 2015.

A single person with less than $23,000 in annual income would qualify, or a family of four at less than $47,000.

Metro predicts it would sell up to 100,000 low-income ORCA passes, spokeswoman Rochelle Ogershok said. The low-income fare would be electronic-only, not cash. The senior-disabled fare, now 75 cents, would become $1 in March 2015.

King County has warned for months that without a new rev-enue source, Metro Transit ser-vice would have to be cut by up to 17 percent — with the agency deleting 74 routes and changing scores of others.

County leaders in 2013 asked the Legislature to allow a coun-ty-only, car-tab tax based on a vehicle’s value; the Legislature didn’t act.

Key state legislators, notably Senate Majority Leader Rodney Tom, D-Medina, have insisted that local transit taxes be yoked to a statewide highway plan, to prevent pro-transit voters from turning against gas taxes and highways.

Constantine finally decided to go ahead and act alone — his “Plan B” — because state lawmakers don’t appear ready to tackle the problem anytime soon by allowing other varieties of local taxes, or even agreeing on a $10 billion highway pack-age.

Move King County Now, the official campaign for the pro-posed April ballot measure, reg-istered with the state last week.

Board members include Rob Johnson, executive director of the Transportation Choices Coalition; David Freiboth, exec-utive secretary of the M.L. King County Labor Council; and Jon Scholes, vice president for advo-cacy and economic develop-ment for the Downtown Seattle Association.

Johnson said the campaign is seeking $500,000 to sway voters in the unusual special election, which he thinks may attract 30 percent voter turnout.

“Ladies and gentlemen, we are out of time,” Constantine said at the news conference. “We cannot responsibly wait another year in hopes the

Legislature will act.”Metro buses carried 392,000

passengers per weekday in November. Ridership has grown even though the downtown free-ride area was canceled in fall 2012.

Metro blames its budget prob-lems on the Great Recession, which caused a $1.3 billion loss of expected revenue since 2008.

Unlike many large transit agencies, Metro managed to sustain service hours by drawing down cash reserves, reorganizing schedules and collecting a flat $20 car-tab fee, which ends in mid-2014.

Fares have increased $1 since the 2008 recession.

But even with recent increas-es, fares cover less than 30 per-cent of Metro’s operating budget — $640 million this year. Sales taxes supply more than half of that, and the new proposal would raise Metro’s share from 0.9 cent to 1 cent on a $1 pur-chase. Sound Transit collects another 0.9 cents, and a car-tab tax.

Tim Eyman, who makes his living promoting initia-

tives, said: “A $60 car tab tax was recently rejected by tax-friendly Seattle voters. There is zero chance King County vot-ers will OK these massive tax increases.”

Meanwhile, King County roads are crumbling, largely because city annexations have depleted the county’s property-tax base.

Some rural roads are revert-ing to gravel, and snow response will be curtailed. An estimated 35 bridges and 72 miles of road are at risk of decline, said Councilman Joe McDermott, of West Seattle.

A solid majority of the County Council members sup-port a local transportation vote. Councilwoman Jane Hague, of Kirkland, said the county has a thriving economy that needs to be sustained.

“We were not elected to mini-mize and dysfunction some of our basic infrastructure,” Hague said.

The council ought to listen to the public, as well as act in the coming weeks as it hammers out a detailed plan, she said.

Voters may decide on new Metro Transit, road service package

Kanim Middle School and Fall City Elementary School.

“I appreciate the schools,” Harris said. “We volunteer at school and I want to make sure these levies get passed so our kids will have the things they need.”

The group will be conducting a telephone campaign to encourage people to vote for the lev-

ies – something the dis-trict can’t do. Harris and other volunteers have also been putting out vote-yes signs.

“Like the district, we operate on a small bud-get,” he said. “We’re even reusing signs that were stored in someone’s garage from four years ago.”

Getting people to vote, stressed Aune and Harris, is important.

“The last time the dis-trict ran a bond election, it lost by one vote,” Aune said.

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Get the low-down on how to touch-up your business plan

Join the Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce for a College of Business Knowledge breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Jan. 24 and learn tricks and techniques to upgrade your business plan. The meeting will be held at the Mount Si Golf Course Restaurant.

Arnie Hendricks, a Certified One Page Business Plan consultant, will lead you through a planning session. Hendricks has been help-ing businesses with part time CFO services and business planning for 22 years.

The program will focus on key questions that will help you develop your vision, mission, strate-gies, objectives, and action plans.

This planning meth-odology can be used for a total company, or eas-ily adapted to divisions, departments or major projects.

The breakfast is $15 for Chamber members and $20 for non-members. Mount Si Golf Course is located at 9010 Boalch Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie. To make a reservation, call the Chamber of Commerce at 888-6362.

Free dental service offered for children

Children can receive free dental care 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 8 at the Lake Washington Institute of Technology Dental Clinic, 11605 132nd Ave. N.E., Kirkland.

Volunteer dental hygienists, dentists and dental assistants will pro-vide free exams, x-rays, fluoride and dental seal-ants to underserved chil-dren.

Appointments will be made for any children who have cavities that need treatment. The repair work will also be free.

The Lake Washington Dental Hygienists’ Society provides this annual program in honor of the National Children’s Dental Health Month.

Space is limited in this program so appointments are required. To make an appointment call 739-8100, then press 8 and then dial extension 8612.

Learn about preschools and other early childhood programs at open house

The Sno-Valley Indoor Playground hosts its annual Snoqualmie Valley

Preschool Education and Enrichment Fair, 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 25, at the Mount Si High School Commons, 8651 Meadowbrook Way S.E., Snoqualmie.

The free event introduc-es families to preschools, enrichment programs, day care facilities and other services for infants, tod-dlers and children under 5. Child-friendly activities and demonstrations will help entertain the chil-dren.

Teachers and adminis-trators will be on hand to answer parents’ questions.

The Sno-Valley Indoor Playground is open 9:30-11:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the school year in the gym of the Si View Community Center, 400 S.E. Orchard Dr., North Bend.

The volunteer-run play-ground is open to children 5 and under. Donations, $1 per child, are wel-comed.

Nominations sought for Earth Heroes at School awards program

King County wants to honor the very best students, teachers, staff, school volunteers, pro-grams and even entire

schools that are contribut-ing to student environ-mental education and environmental protection, through the county’s Earth Heroes at School awards program.

Nominations for the 2014 Earth Heroes at School are due March 10, and winners will be honored at an event this spring.

Earth Heroes can be nominated by colleagues, classmates and the public. Self-nominations are also encouraged.

Nomination forms are available by contacting Donna Miscolta at 206-477-5282 or [email protected], and also online at http://bit.ly/earthheroes.

Recycling, restor-ing habitat, composting lunchroom waste and growing pesticide-free gar-dens are among the many types of award-winning projects carried out by stu-dents, teachers and staff in King County schools.

By acknowledging these school community envi-ronmental leaders through the Earth Heroes at School Program, King County hopes to inspire others to adopt similar actions to protect the environment.

The program is offered through the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks.

Vote for school leviesRegistered voters within

the Snoqualmie Valley School District (SVSD) will be receiving their ballots this week for the Feb. 11 election. There are two four-year replacement levies on the mail-in ballots.

The Education Programs & Operations (EP&O) Levy, for-merly called Maintenance & Operations (M&O), provides nearly one-quarter of the costs of our District’s day-to-day oper-ations, programs, and personnel needed to serve the basic educa-tion needs of our students.

The Technology Levy pro-vides funds for all technology equipment, service support, and training because our state does not include technology in its definition of “basic education.”

I encourage you to vote yes on both of these levies for the following reasons:

q These are replacement lev-ies. In 2010 voters approved the current levies which expire this year. These replacement EP&O and Tech levies will run from 2015 to 2018.

q Our property values are directly connected to the success of our local schools. Quality

schools positively influence the property values in our commu-nity.

q Our community is receiv-ing an incredible return on the levy investment. First, 100% of these levies stay local. Second, of the 19 school districts in King County, the Snoqualmie Valley ranks near the top in terms of school test scores, but near the bottom in terms of school tax rates.

q Our students and teach-ers rely on the passage of these levies: They provide $1 out of every $4 spent in our District. Without funds from local levies, the impact to our community’s children would be catastrophic.

Last week we received in the mail the District’s Winter Edition Newsletter. Detailed information about the replace-ment EP&O and Tech levies is included in it. More impor-tantly, this newsletter highlights a few of the accomplishments recently achieved by our stu-dents.

It is clear to me that fantastic work is being done by our stu-dents, teachers, and staff of the SVSD. To help our students con-tinue to excel in the classroom, the SVSD needs the support of our community to approve the two replacement levies in this

election.Please vote yes on both

Proposition 1 (EP&O Levy) and Proposition 2 (Technology Levy).

Kirk Harris, Chair Snoqualmie Valley Citizens for

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Help American Legion fill gift boxes for soldiers

The American Legion Auxiliary has adopted a troop of 35 soldiers deployed from Joint Base Lewis McChord and plans to send them care packages for Valentine’s Day. We need dona-tions to fill these boxes.

The list of needed items includes: Valentine cards, let-ters, socks, gloves, hand warm-ers, snacks, cans of tuna, energy bars, chewing gum, candy, beef jerky, current magazines and travel size personal care items. Funding for postage is also needed.

Your support means more than you know. If you have items to contribute or would like to help with packing, please contact me via email to [email protected] or call 831-1914.

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will die. People will win honors and people will go to jail. People will create things today that live past them and people will disappear for-ever. People will write about these things and other people will read about these things.

And then the world will go dark and dormant on us again and we’ll think about what

happened in our tiny portion of this huge moving amalgam and hopefully we’ll sleep easily tonight. Then, when we arise tomorrow and head for the cof-fee pot, we can think about what happened today, and how it has made us slightly different for tak-ing on the next tomorrow.

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Bring on the day: after a cup of coffee

There is no doubt that voters should approve the two Snoqualmie Valley School District levy requests on the Feb. 11 ballot arriving in mailboxes this week.

There are questions every voter should ask: 1) Is it essential? The most important funding request is for the four-year

Educational Programs & Operations Levy, paying 24 per-cent of the classroom costs. Washington State and federal funds do not provide enough money to fully fund school programs and services.

The EP&O levy helps pay for teachers to reduce class size, school nurses, custodial service, cooks, and counsel-ors. It covers textbooks, classroom and library resources.

AP and Honor classes at the high school are funded through the EP&O levy along with things such as music, art and special education.

The technology levy will fund computer replacement and upgrades. These are a necessity in today’s world. Training teachers to stay ahead of our digital age children is a requirement.

Everything in the school district, from bus routes to bells, food services to keeping track of student grades and even heating and cooling is controlled by computers.

2) Will the expense equate to better education for students?

Teachers and computers are the foundation of a good education. These are essential, not a luxury.

We need nurses in our schools, we need coaches and counselors, we need the music specialists and we need to cover the costs of salaries and benefits. Without competi-tive salaries, we won’t be able to keep our high quality teachers and staff.

3) Will the money be well spent?The Snoqualmie Valley School District knows how to

stretch a dollar. Currently the SVSD per pupil revenue ranks 275th out of 295 school districts, making the EP&O levy a necessity, not a luxury. The district’s technology department does everything in-house, even cobbling together replacement machines out of defunct ones.

Both levies added together would increase taxes $7.58 per month for a $350,000 house.

In this case, good education will still cost less per month than taking a family of four to a fast food restau-rant for lunch.

All signs point to a yes vote for the two levies.

Daybreak. Coffee. The Big Two.

There’s something so satisfy-ing about getting out of bed when the world is still dark and quiet and resting. Making the coffee gives us time to scratch and think. Well, scratch, any-way.

Most of that thinking will start after about the third cup.

But it’s a quiet time. A private time. When the world is dark, and there isn’t yet a hint of pink over the eastern mountains, it’s very good. We can relax. No one is expecting anything from us right now. Our guilt can take some time off, and we can listen to music or work a crossword puzzle or turn on the TV and watch the weather guy discuss millibars and troughs.

Soon enough, we’ll have to be out there living for others: our bosses, our customers, our ani-mals, our fields. But right now no one needs us except the dog, and she does well on kibbles and an occasional drive-by ear rumple.

We can look out the window at the eastern glow and wonder what will happen in the hours until our world turns dark again. People will be born and people

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Burt Bacharach songs keep falling on our ears – often sung by legend-ary names such as Frank Sinatra, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, REM, Wynonna Judd and Mike Meyers.

His movie scores have been unforgettable for decades. Think Austin Powers movies, classics such as “Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid” and “Forest Gump,” and children’s films such as “Stuart Little.”

But the 85-year-old composer does more than write a few million notes. Bacharach also sings and tells stories. You can catch his act at 7 p.m. Jan. 23 at the Snoqualmie Casino.

“I like bringing my music to people,” he said during a telephone inter-view from his home in Southern California. “I enjoy meeting people and sharing my songs with them.”

Wherever his shows

take him – from the U.S. to Europe to Japan – Bacharach sees some-thing in the audience that delights him: the appeal of his music to all genera-tions.

“There will be a 17-year-old girl or boy

sitting there with their mother or their grand-mother and they all seem to be enjoying it,” he said. “The cross-generation thing is a beautiful, acci-dental occurrence.”

The market, he says, has changed since he

began his career. It is now a youth-driven market which is why he particu-larly appreciates seeing the 17-year-olds in the audience. (No one under 21 will be admitted to the Jan. 23 show.)

In recent months, when he hasn’t had a concert on the road, Bacharach has been working with Elvis Costello and Mike Meyers, creating an Austin Powers musical they hope to stage on Broadway.

“Things move slowly in the theater world,” Bacharach said. “But I’ve written eight new songs – they’re best suited for stage, not for the radio. It’s a relief, not having to worry about songs being radio-friendly.”

Like many creative people, Bacharach will occasionally hear an old number and wonder why he wrote it a particular way. Or he will let some-thing go when he isn’t quite satisfied.

“That happened with “A Little Prayer” (“I Say

a Little Prayer for You”) that I wrote for Dionne (Warwick),” he said. “I was not as comfortable with it, it wasn’t as smooth as I wanted it, the tempo was too fast, but sometimes you have to let it stand.”

The song went on to be the number four record in the country back in the late 1960s.

“I was wrong,” Bacharach said. “Sometimes it is fine to be wrong.”

At an age when many people retire, Bacharach stays strong and work-ready with daily exercising – he jogs in the swimming pool. His autobiography

was published in 2013. One of his hobbies is rais-ing race horses.

Currently, he’s watch-ing a lot of movies – he’s a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and votes for Oscar nominees. He won Oscars himself – two in 1969 and one in 1981, as well as eight Grammy Awards.

In 2012 Bacharach, along with his collabora-tor Hal David, received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. It was the first time the Gershwin was awarded to a songwriting team.

“Academy Awards are an unbelievable thrill, but the biggest thrill was the Gershwin,” he said. “An Academy Award is for one work, one song. When you get the Gershwin, you’re being honored for all your work, for every-thing you’ve done.”

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

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State Attorney General Bob Ferguson recently said local governments are allowed to effectively ban recreational marijuana businesses.

The state Liquor Control Board asked Ferguson for his opin-ion on whether state law allowing marijuana under Initiative 502 preempts local jurisdictions from banning marijuana retail-ers, producers or proces-sors, and whether local

governments could estab-lish land-use regulations that made it impractical for those businesses to operate.

Ferguson said no to the first question, and yes to the second.

The state constitution gives cities and counties broad authority, Ferguson said, and I-502 did not intend to pre-empt that local authority.

“Nothing in the initia-tive itself says it allows

businesses to operate in conflict with local law,” Ferguson said. “If the authors of I-502 wanted to pre-empt local authority, they could’ve done so but did not.”

He noted the opinion is not binding in court, but such advisory opinions are often given careful weight and respect. He said he wouldn’t be surprised if the opinion was chal-lenged in court.

“I don’t think our

Localities can likely clamp down on marijuanaopinion changes the fact we’ll ultimately see this resolved in court,” Ferguson said.

Alison Holcomb, chief author of I-502, disagreed with Ferguson’s opinion,

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q Toddler Story Time, 10-10:45 a.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., ages 2-3 w/adult, 888-0554

q Preschool Story Time, 10:45-11:45 a.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., ages 3-6 w/adult, 888-0554

q Home school drop-in play-group, 1-2 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35108 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie, free to all home school families

q Bob Baumann and Friends, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, 292-9307

q Aquatic arthri-tis therapy pro-gram, for ages 12 and up, 7:30-8:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, $5/$4 for seniors, Si View Pool, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend, 831-1900

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q Deep water aerobics, for ages 12 and up, 7:30-8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, Si View Pool, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend, first class free, 831-1900

q Infant and Young Toddler Story Time, 11 a.m. to noon, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., 888-0554

q Open Discussion with City Council, 6-7 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St., [email protected], 888-1555

q MSHS Vocal Jazz Clinic, 5 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, 292-9307

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

q City Council meeting, 7-9 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St., [email protected], 888-1555

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q Nature Journaling and Discoveries, 1:30 p.m., Cedar River Watershed Education Center, 19901 Cedar Falls Road S.E., all ages, free

q The Apple Blossom Concert, 4 and 7 p.m., The Ballroom at Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. North Bend Way, ages 21 and older, $10-15, tickets available through Ticketmaster

q Seattle Jazz Singers, 6 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, 292-9307

q Free blues har-monica workshop with Paul Green, 2-4 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., 831-3647

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

q Annual Preschool Education and Enrichment Fair, 9 a.m. to noon, Mount Si High School, 8651 Meadowbrook Way S.E., no registration required, 443-1584

q Little Hurricane, 8 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., 831-3647

q Kid’s Night Out: Winter Games, 6-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., ages 3-12 years, $20/facility member, $28/pro-gram member, $36/community member, register online at www.seattleymca.org

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q Kid Play Indoor Playground, 9-11 a.m., Church on the Ridge, 35131 S.E. English St., chil-dren ages 0-5, free, [email protected]

q Wyldlife Club (Young Life’s middle-school group), games and crazy fun, 7-8:30 p.m. 8036 Falls Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, free

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

q Lojo Russo, 7 p.m., Snoqualmie Falls Brewery and Taproom, 8032 Falls Ave. S.E., 831-2357

q The Groovetramps, 7:30 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., 831-3647

q Will Durst: BoomeRaging, 8 p.m. through Jan. 26, Valley Center Stage, 119 W. North Bend Way, $17.50, purchase tickets online at www.valleycenter-stage.org

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q Toddler Story Time, 10-10:45 a.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223

q Preschool Story Time, 11 a.m. to noon, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223

q Creedence Clearwater Revisited, 7 p.m., The Ballroom at Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. North Bend Way, ages 21 and older, $35-80, tickets available through Ticketmaster

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

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

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q Call for vol-unteers: Native Plant Salvage Program, sal-vage from 9 a.m. to noon and pot-ting from 1-4:30 p.m. on Feb. 1, salvage site: S.E. Swenson Drive, Snoqualmie, plant holding facility: 27101 S.E. Duthie Hill Road, Fall City, volunteers receive free plants, [email protected]

q Story Boxx ‘Evening of Gratitude,’ 7:30 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., 831-3647

q Bob Hammer and Chris Clark, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, 292-9307

q Family Story Time, 7-8 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., 888-1223

Mount Si Artist Guild Art Exhibition pres-ents a ‘Celebration of Color’ through March 8 at the North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. View this year’s Winter MSAG exhibition. The guild is a nonprofit organi-zation and consists of Snoqualmie Valley residents who gather to foster and pro-mote visual fine arts through encourage-ment, education workshops and events. Call 888-0554.

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saying it was the “wrong call.”Authors of the law thought

it would’ve been redun-dant, she said, to specify in I-502 that local bans weren’t allowed.

The law, she maintained, gives state officials the author-ity to determine the maxi-mum number of stores per county in order to make sure consumers have adequate access to pot to discourage purchases from the illicit mar-ket.

“You can’t say counties are allowed to ban businesses without conflict with the pro-vision that there be adequate access,” she said.

To read the entire opinion, go to: http://atg.wa.gov/upload-edFiles/FosterAGO2014No02.pdf

— Seattle Times staff reports

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Lawsuit filed against Snoqualmie Casino by former chairman

Former Snoqualmie Gaming Commission Chairman William Papazian has filed a lawsuit against the Snoqualmie Casino.

According to reports from King5, the former chairman, who resigned less than two months ago after serving for five years, is suing the Casino for illegally controlling a commis-sion that is supposed to remain “independent” and “separate ... from that of the Gaming Facility or Tribal Government,” according to the gaming com-pact established by federal law.

After Papazian’s resignation and lawsuit became public, the casino appointed the new commissioners to the SGC the next day. Reports from King5 are that the casino says the appointments are not related to the lawsuit.

The casino maintains that it has not taken over the SGC, as Papazian claims. Rather, the

casino eliminated two positions within the SGC, the Executive Director and Manager, that had been hired by Papazian.

The casino says that the people in these positions were behaving unreasonably by threatening the casino’s gaming license. The Snoqualmie Tribal Chairwoman Carolyn Lubenau says these threats occurred “for no reason.”

“It was very clear, if we wanted to have our gaming commission functioning in the way we want to go, we need to terminate those two positions,” Lubenau said.

The casino says that Papazian’s departure was ami-cable, claiming he cited a family matter as his reason for leaving. In the interim since his depar-ture, the commission has been led by the Tribal Council.

The names of the new com-missioners have not been released yet. Snoqualmie Tribe spokesperson Jaime Martin explained that the Snoqualmie Tribal Council’s will not release

the names until the tribal mem-bership has been updated.

Citizens are invited to visit with Snoqualmie City Council

Residents and business own-ers are invited to discuss current issues and offer suggestions to the City Council at an informal gathering from 6:15 to 6:45 p.m. Jan. 27 at the Snoqualmie City Hall, 38624 S.E. Ridge St.

Hospital board meeting dates set for 2014

The Snoqualmie Valley Hospital, officially known as the King County Public Hospital District No. 4, will hold a spe-cial Board of Commissioners meeting at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 6 at the Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway. The word special indicates that the meeting will be held in a different location than usual.

The Board of Commissioners

meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Thursday of each month in the Council Chambers at Snoqualmie City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St. The meeting dates for 2014 are March 6, April 3, May 1, June 5, July 3, Aug. 7, Sept. 4, Oct. 2, Nov. 6 and Dec. 4.

Sign up to audition for SnoValley Idol Jr.

Auditions for the SnoValley Idol Jr. contest will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 8 at Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend. Preregistration is required.

Solo singers ages 10-14 are eligible for the contest. The top 12 contestants will perform in the finals March 28.

The panel of judges will be looking for natural ability, qual-ity of performance and audience appeal. The entry fee is $10. To register call Si View Metro Parks at 831-1900 or go to http://www.siviewpark.org.

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The Valley turns blue

School campuses celebrated Blue Friday Jan. 17 to show support for the Seattle Seahawks. Students, faculty and staff dressed in Seahawk regalia and colors.

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North Bend Police

E-harassmentPolice responded at

10:19 p.m. Jan. 10 to the 42900 block of Southeast 140th Street to reports of threats. The subject received a Facebook mes-sage from a former rela-tionship partner that was thought to be a veiled threat.

Emergency mental health

Police responded at 7:31 a.m. on Jan. 11 to the Gull Gas Station at 14420 468th Avenue Southeast to a phone call they received from a subject who described himself as depressed, cold, and sui-cidal.

Wanted at the auto parts store

Police responded at 10:44 a.m. Jan. 12 to the O’Reilly’s Auto Part Store at 350 Southwest Mt. Si Boulevard to reports of suspicious activity. The subject was behaving sus-piciously inside the auto parts store and employees believe the suspect stole

something. When a depu-ty arrived it was revealed the suspect had an out-standing criminal warrant.

Stealing from school kids

Police responded at 9:00 a.m. Jan. 11 to the Mountain View Montessori School at 248 Main Avenue South to reports of burglary. The suspects broke the front window and glass door to gain entry and stole a plas-tic bin, food, and Chinese antiques.

Stealing powerPolice responded at 9:54

p.m. Jan. 12 to Twede’s Cafe at 137 West North Bend Way to reports of an employee’s generator that had gone missing from the back of a pick-up truck.

Stealing vehicle identity

Police responded at 4:23 p.m. Jan. 13 to the 1100 block of 13th Place Southwest to reports of a missing front license plate.

Guard your windows

Police responded at 9:38 a.m. Jan. 14 to the 1500 block of Northwest 8th Street to reports of a bur-glary. The resident’s home

was entered through an unlocked bedroom win-dow between 2 and 4 p.m. Jan. 10 and jewelry and credit cards were stolen.

Produce prowlerPolice responded at

4:17 p.m. Jan. 15 to the Safeway at 460 Southwest Mt. Si Boulevard to reports of theft.

The victim had her purse stolen from her shopping cart while inside the grocery store.

Double purse snatching

Police responded at 5:46 p.m. Jan. 15 to the Clark’s at 461 South Fork Avenue to reports of theft.

A purse was stolen from the storage room at the shoe store. Two purses were later discovered by a janitor inside the trash in front of the Safeway com-plex.

No outside beverages allowed

Police responded at 10:00 a.m. Jan. 16 to the Snoqualmie Casino due to reports of a suspicious person.

The subject poured two cans of Four Loko out when staff would not let the subject in the casino with them. The subject then insisted it was theft

and demanded to press charges against them. Drugs appeared to be influencing the subject’s behavior.

Snoqualmie PolicePolice report unavail-

able.

North Bend fire

Electrical disturbance

A total of seven engines responded between 1:53 a.m. and 12:11 p.m. Jan. 11 to three separate instances of downed power lines in the 42300 block of Southeast 168th Court, the 17200 block of 428th Place Southeast, and the 15400 block of Uplands Way Southeast.

We’re not needed here

Three engines were dis-patched at 2:36 p.m. Jan. 11 to the 13600 block of 439th Avenue Southeast to provide medical assis-tance, but the Emergency Medical Service call was cancelled at the scene.

Wild fireOne engine was dis-

patched at 1:24 p.m. Jan. 15 to the 13600 block of 440th Place Southeast to

respond to unauthorized burning.

Wrong locationFour engines were dis-

patched at 6:33 p.m. Jan. 11 to the 400 block of Main Avenue South but no incident was found on arrival at the dispatch address.

Too slowOne engine was dis-

patched at 7:08 a.m. Jan. 14 to the 400 block of Southwest Mt. Si Boulevard to provide medical assistance, but the patient was gone upon their arrival.

The fourth this weekOne engine responded

at 4:59 p.m. Jan. 16 to the 300 block of East North Bend Way to deal with the fourth downed power line in the space of a week.

Snoqualmie fire

Natural gas scareFirefighters responded

on Jan. 15 to reports of a gas smell in the Maple Avenue area. Crews noticed the smell, and Puget Sound Energy was called. PSE reported they were working on a line break nearby that was

the probable cause of the smell.

Blustery dayFirefighters responded

on Jan. 10 three separate times to respond to power lines arcing and sparking due to the wind storm. No damage or injuries were reported.

Water alarmFirefighters respond-

ed on Jan. 11 to a fire alarm at Space Labs on Snoqualmie Ridge. The alarm was triggered due to water getting into the smoke detector, there was no fire.

Flue seasonFirefighters responded

on Jan. 11 to a fire alarm at the Salish Lodge. Investigation revealed an occupant started a fire in the fireplace but forgot to open the flue. Firefighters assisted with smoke removal.

In addition to the above calls, Snoqualmie Firefighters responded to 15 medical aid calls bring-ing our total 2014 annual call number to 38.

The Star publishes names of those charged with felony crimes. Informa-tion comes directly from local police reports.

Police and fire reports

Free tax preparation available through United Way

The United Way Free Tax Preparation Campaign runs through April 15, 2014.

This program helps lower-income individuals and families secure all the refunds and credits that they’re eligible for, includ-ing the Earned Income Tax Credit.

The service is for house-holds that earn less than $52,000 per year, with tax returns that do not involve business taxes, rental income, or sale of property or stocks.

The program is espe-cially helpful for people who aren’t sure which deductions they qualify for, whose first language isn’t English, or who have trouble because of a disability or other chal-lenge.

The service is free with no hidden costs or fees.

IRS-certified and mul-tilingual volunteers are ready to help at several

sites. People also can sign

up for public benefits such as children’s health care, food stamps, and utility assistance; get help with the application for college financial aid; and pull credit reports, among many other ser-vices.

Location days and times vary. Please visit www.uwkc.org/taxhelp or call 800-621-4636 for loca-tions, language translation services, and required doc-umentation for filing.

Boomers are funny fodder for comedian Will Durst

Will Durst takes aim at boomers in his one man show, “BoomeRaging: From LSD to OMG” at Valley Center Stage Jan. 24-26.

The comedian finds fodder in the joys, achievements, and frus-trations of the Boomer Generation during the per-formance. Best-known for

his political satire, Durst blends stand-up comedy and acting in a wide-rang-ing 85-minute show.

Durst has authored three books, performed

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comedy in 14 countries, and appeared on televi-sion more than 800 times.

Tickets are $17.50 and are available online at www.valleycenterstage.org or at the box office at 119 North Bend Way. The show begins at 8 p.m. on

Jan. 24-25 and at 2 p.m. Jan. 26.

Middle school students invited to Wyldlife Club

The Wyldlife Club,

Young Life’s program for middle school stu-dents, will meet at 7 p.m. Jan. 24 for an eve-ning of games, singing and fun.

The program runs for 1 ½ hours at 8036 Falls Ave. S.E. in Snoqualmie.

Wildcats lose a squeaker to Lake Washington

Senior Jack Nelson put up a last second shot attempt to tie the game and hold off defeat, but the Mount Si Wildcats could not take home the victory over the Lake Washington Kangs. The home loss came Jan. 17, as the Kangs won, 65–63, despite allowing the Wildcats to shoot 45 percent from the floor.

Mount Si took the lead in the first frame, but gave up a big second quarter to trail at half-time. The second half remained tight until the end, with the Wildcats coming up two points shy.

It was an even scoring night for the Wildcats, with five play-ers scoring at least nine points. Senior Tyler McCreadie led his team with 18 points on 7-9 shooting from the field. Fellow senior Beau Shain pulled down

the team’s best 10 rebounds to go along with his nine points.

Sophomores Parker Dumas and Danny Thompson scored 12 and 11 respectively, while Nelson finished with nine points.

The win gives Lake Washington a 10-3 record on the season, good for second in the conference behind Bellevue. The loss brings Mount Si to 3-6 overall with only one conference victory. They are near the bot-tom of the conference, ahead of only Interlake.

Wolverines shellac Mount Si boys

Mount Si took a thumping at the hands of the Bellevue Wolverines who left the Wildcats reeling after a 63-17 final score. The Wildcats were scoreless in the first quarter and were held to just four points in the entire first half the night of Jan. 14.

The offense could not get any momentum, shooting 18

percent against Bellevue. The Wolverine defense took advan-tage of the Wildcats for 22 turn-overs on the night.

Only three players for Mount Si scored any points.

Sophomore Parker Dumas led the team with 10 points. He also pulled in two rebounds and one block. Senior Jack Nelson scored five points. He also recorded one assist and a team-high four steals.

The only other Wildcat to register points was sophomore Matt Myers on a pair of free throws.

He also had two assists. Senior Beau Shain pulled down six rebounds and had one assist.

Bellevue holds the best record in the district with only three losses overall, while Mount Si has yet to win three games against district opponents. The Wildcats are currently in sixth place.

Mount Si girls slip to Lake Washington, 47-36

The Wildcat girls were out-scored in the first quarter and

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By Maria Erickson

Mount Si high school’s gym-nastics team has been breaking records all season long, thanks to some very talented gymnasts.

One of these talented athletes is Maggie Kenow. Although she is just a sophomore, she brings years of experience to the gym-nastics team.

“I’ve done gymnastics since I was little,” Kenow said. “So I’ve grown up in the gym.

“I love getting the chance to be with all my friends that I’ve done it with for so long, and I love making new friends on the team!”

These friends are all of the teammates on Mount Si’s gym-nastics team, and they’re quite close. Being a small team has advantages Kenow said.

“We know how to cheer each other up and what exactly each person needs in order for them to do their best,” she said. “So that makes it really easy to encourage and help each other out!”

The team spends many hours together, practicing several hours each day. When they don’t have practice, they’re at meets.

In practice and at competi-tions, they’re constantly cheer-ing each other on and helping each other out.

Practices run from right after school to nearly dinner time. On competition days, the gymnasts enjoy a short break between classes and gathering time. Kenow and the girls meet at the high school by 4:15, and either set up for a home meet, or hop on a bus to head to an away meet, at other high schools.

Meets, say the team members, are a thrill to watch as well as to compete in. During a regular meet, gymnastic teams will com-pete against each other in dif-ferent categories, such as vault, balance beam, and doing floor exercises. There are different sets of scores, ones for each gymnast, team, and category.

There is always a small crowd of fans at the meets, many of them children just beginning to learn gymnastics. They’re there to observe the high school team and see how competitions work.

When asked what advice she would give to these younger gymnasts, Kenow says “keep doing it no matter how hard it gets, because it doesn’t always come easy. You really have to

work long and hard to get the results you want, but it’s always worth it.”

Kenow, being a sophomore, has only been on Mount Si’s team for a little while, but she’s

been working hard her whole childhood in order to get to the point where she’s on a top-rate high school team, like Mount Si’s.

After high school, Kenow

plans to coach gymnastics, and perhaps continue competing.

Maria Erickson is a junior at Mount Si High School. She can be contacted at [email protected].

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were unable to recover in their loss to the Lake Washington Kangs on Friday, Jan. 17.

Mount Si had strong offensive moments, scor-ing as many as 14 in the second quarter, but could not keep up with Lake Washington’s scoring.

The Mount Si defense did intensify for a late-game rally, holding the Kangs to just three points in the final quarter.

The defense also forced the Kangs lead scorer, Sydney Shepard, into eight turnovers. But the Wildcats’ point deficit was insurmountable at that point and they lost by 11, with the final score at 47-36.

Mount SI shot just 31 percent from the field for the night. Senior Sally Nelson and Junior Elizabeth Prewitt both scored eight, tying for the team high. Prewitt also had two assists, two steals, and three rebounds. Nelson also chipped in a block, a rebound, and a steal.

Sophomore Annie Hiebert pulled down the team-high seven rebounds. Hiebert also scored four points and earned three assists and two steals. Senior Kylie McLaughlin had six points and three rebounds.

The Lake Washington Kangs were led by Shepard who scored 17.

This is Mount Si’s fourth loss in a row, bring-ing their overall season record to 2-12. The team is still searching for their

first win against a district opponent.

Mount Si girls outgunned by Bellevue

The Mount Si girls took a hard loss to Bellevue in a 77-33 contest on Jan. 15, in a game where the Wolverines made eight shots from beyond the 3-point arc. The Wildcats were outscored 33 - 8 in the opening quarter of the

one-sided contest. They were held to four points in the final frame.

Junior Elizabeth Prewitt led Mount Si in scoring with 12 and she also had a team-high nine rebounds. Sophomore Camryn Buck had seven points and also grabbed a rebound and an assist. Senior Sally Nelson had three blocks along with four points, three rebounds, and an assist.

The Bellevue Wolverines were led in scoring by junior Mandy Steward who had 20.

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