Bellevue downs Mount Si in KingCo finals
February 21, 2009
The game was for the KingCo 3A/2A championship, but Mount Si’s opponent was playing more like it was ready to win state.
The Wildcat basketball team saw its three-game winning streak end when it ran into a buzz saw known as Bellevue Saturday night at Bellevue Community College in the finals of the league tournament. Led by a balanced effort, the second-ranked Wolverines jumped on top early and controlled the entirety of a 67-39 win.
Tanner Riley gets off a shot against Mercer Island in the semifinals of the KingCo 3A/2A tournament. The Wildcats defeated the Islanders, but then fell to Bellevue the next night in the finals.
Bond would alleviate crowding in the short term
February 20, 2009
This is the second in a three-part series describing the items on Resolution 727, a Snoqualmie Valley school bond set to be voted on March 10.
By Laura Geggel
Mount Si High School could have a ninth-grade academy and a new commons area if Snoqualmie Valley School District residents approve an upcoming $27.5 million bond.
For $5.4 million, the high school is slated to place 12 portables on top of the current tennis courts and move the six tennis courts across Meadowbrook Way. The portables would have men’s and women’s restrooms, a covered walkway from the main building and would be elevated to circumvent flooding.
By housing 360 more students, the portables would alleviate crowding in the short term.
Mount Si High School students navigate through the main hallway after lunch. The crowded scene is a common one at the high school.
School maintenance bond imperative to pass
February 20, 2009
Editorial:
Ballots arrive in the mail this week as the Snoqualmie Valley School District once again attempts to get approval for a school bond. This request will pay for repairs to existing structures, as well as provide relief to the crowding problem at Mount Si High School. Read more
Letters to the Editor 2-19
February 20, 2009
Hospital needs to take second look at teen health
North Bend speaks with annexation petitioners
February 20, 2009
At the end of a North Bend open house meeting Feb. 10, Ryan Kolodejchuk gave the city a stack of about 50 annexation petitions.
“We want a voice about what is happening out on our end of the road,” Kolodejchuk said.
The petitions came from residents of the Wood River subdivision, who want to join the city of North Bend. Read more
South Korean students bid farewell to Mount Si
February 20, 2009
Equipped with blue Sharpies and Mount Si High School gear, 12 South Korean students signed each other’s T-shirts during a celebratory goodbye luncheon Feb. 12.
Senior Lazarus Honeywell and juniors Meghan Travis and Suzye Carroll organized the event to show their appreciation for the South Korean students from Snoqualmie’s sister city, Gangjin, South Korea.
After five weeks, the South Korean students reflected on their time in Snoqualmie Valley.
Haeun Kim, Hyeon Ju Kim, Suin Oh and Pilsoon Kim hold up their Mount Si High School T-shirts at a farewell luncheon.
Chief Kanim students learn about leadership
February 20, 2009
While many people may learn conflict-resolution and public speaking skills as adults, five Chief Kanim Middle School sixth-grade students grasped the reins at a leadership conference and galloped through four days of training.
Fall City Elementary staff nominated the students — Meg Myers, Kelly McCracken, Madison Brown, Emma Gieseke and Colby Bentley — for the conference last year when the students were in the fifth grade.
Calling them go-getters and positive role models, Fall City Elementary Principal Dan Schlotfeldt explained why he and Counselor Kelly Stinson nominated the students.
Chief Kanim Middle School sixth-grade students Meg Myers (left), Kelly McCracken, Madison Brown, Emma Gieseke and Colby Bentley learned leadership skills at the National Young Leaders State Conference.
School notes 2-19
February 20, 2009
Cascade View Elementary
Kindergarten packets will be available from 7:30 a.m. — 3:30 p.m. and 5:30-6:30 p.m. Feb. 24. Read more
Quilter to needle North Bend audience
February 20, 2009
North Bend resident Susan Olds began quilting as a 7-year-old youngster.
“My grandmother’s quilt was on my bed,” Olds said. “It was made of rayon dress fabric, and the fabric had frayed. I was sick a lot when I was a little girl. So, I’d sit in bed and work on the quilt repairing it.”
Her great-grandmother quilted, as did her grandmother. One quilt she came across was dated from 1876.
Now, all of these years later, Olds is giving a lecture about the history of quilting, from 1726 to the present. Her free lecture, “Brief History of American Quilts: 1800 to the Present,” is scheduled at the North Bend Library from 10:30 a.m. — 12 p.m. Feb. 28.
Susan Olds will give her lecture Feb. 28 at the North Bend Library.
Citizens go to jail for fundraiser
February 20, 2009
Eastside Fire & Rescue arrested about 50 people Feb. 12, put them behind bars and asked them to help fundraise for Jerry’s Kids, a non-profit supporting children with muscular dystrophy.
Their crime? Having a big heart for Jerry’s Kids.
Eastside Fire & Rescue firefighters transported the jailbirds to and from the Woodman Lodge Restaurant and Steakhouse in Snoqualmie.
Chris Littlejohn, left, of Snoqualmie and Carol Flannick of Issaquah get their mug shot taken for the Jerry’s Kids fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
