Editorial
July 17, 2008
Relay for Life shows the best of community
Congratulations to the 270 community members and the organizers who camped out overnight at Snoqualmie Valley’s seventh annual Relay for Life at Centennial Fields last Saturday night to raise money for cancer research and education. Special thanks to the staff and volunteers who planned the two-day event.
When the first Relay was held here, about $50,000 was raised. That number continues to grow.
More important, that first Relay started the community on the road to raising about $600,000 over seven years. Some years, like this one, it has been warm and balmy and Relay team members enjoyed the starlight above the luminaries, lighting the way for all-night walking. Other years, it has been windy and wet as walkers bundled themselves in their sleeping bags to keep warm between laps, all to keep up the pace for a good cause.
In the end, the effort is worth it. The actual all-night event is really just a party to celebrate the hard work of fundraising during months beforehand. This year, the total raised has already topped $85,000 with more pledges to come in and a concert to be held at 5:30 p.m. July 26 at the Nursery at Mt. Si, featuring Down the Road.
The work is not done. Already there is talk about the next Relay for Life and the fun activities that will be offered. More important, team members keep their eye on the goal of the American Cancer Society, to eliminate cancer altogether by finding a cure.
Life without cancer? It’s hard to imagine, especially for those 30 cancer survivors who walked the first lap of the Relay at opening ceremonies Saturday afternoon. Yet they are the ones who let us believe. They live in testimony to how far medical advancements have come.
Relay for Life is proof again of the strength of our communities, two cities known for their caring ways - and one more reason to be proud of what we can do when hands are joined for the common good.
Neighbors challenge T-Mobile at company picnic in North Bend
July 17, 2008
Protestors are angry about proposed tower that will block their view
A North Bend protest received a mixed reception from T-Mobile employees attending a company picnic at Mountain Meadows Farm July 11.
The neighbors - who are opposed to the construction of a 150-foot T-Mobile cell phone tower - protested in their front yards near the entrance to Mountain Meadows Farm as Read more
Body found in river
July 17, 2008
The body of an adult male, found in the Snoqualmie River by passing rafters Sunday afternoon, is likely Read more
New school budget falls short
July 17, 2008
The school board approved the 2008-09 Snoqualmie Valley School District’s budget, which is about $2 million short, at its July 10 meeting. Read more
Shift coming at Mount Si bridge
July 17, 2008
Although the new Mount Si Road bridge is still months from completion, motorists will begin using the new structure on July 28. Read more
Councilman rebuts Oberlanders
July 17, 2008
The Snoqualmie city councilman tasked with determining the need for an outside auditor to examine the city engineer’s billing practices, remains Read more
The great 1909 car race
July 17, 2008
Museum hopes to re-enact historic event through North Bend
Prior to 1909, the only horsepower that concerned most Snoqualmie Valley residents was the four-hoofed variety that was depended upon to help till a field or get a crop to market.
Few people, according to local historians, owned automobiles. With local roads being shaky and access to surrounding towns limited, the railroad was the dominant form of long-distance transportation.
That all changed in a major way with the announcement that, as part of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, a coast-to-coast automobile rally - the first ever of its kind - would include a passage across Snoqualmie Pass, and in turn, participants would pilot their horseless chariots through the town of North Bend. Read more
Health center would target high-school students
July 17, 2008
The task force studying the need for a teen health center in Snoqualmie Valley has decided to target high-school students as the center’s patient base.
After speaking with both Two Rivers School Principal Tom Athanases and a focus group composed of Mount Si High School students, the task force decided there was a greater need for physical and mental healthcare among high-school students than for their younger middle-school counterparts.
Debby Peterman, the contracted teen health center Read more
North bend debates responsibility of mini-parks
July 17, 2008
As the city of North Bend grows nearer to lifting its decade-long moratorium on most new development in the city, work on updating the vital municipal code chapters designed to provide orderly Read more
Relay for Life raises $85,000 for cancer research
July 17, 2008
More than 270 community members showed their fundraising prowess and solidarity at the Snoqualmie Valley Relay for Life July 12-13.
Fundraisers have until Aug. 31 to reach their goal of $130,000, but as of July 14, participants had raised about $85,000.
Denise DuBose, co-chair of the event, said the ceremony went “wonderfully,” from the survivor’s lap to the lighting of the luminaries.
About 30 cancer survivors walked Centennial Fields for the survivor’s lap. Read more
