Letters 4-23
April 22, 2009
Day of Silence a
necessary event
Cascade View Elementary principal takes new job
April 22, 2009
Come July, Cascade View Elementary will need a new leader. Principal Tim Nootenboom has resigned from Snoqualmie Valley School District to take a job in Spokane’s Central Valley School District.
In Central Valley, Nootenboom will act as the Executive Director of Elementary Education for 13 elementary schools. He said he wasn’t looking for a job, but a friend told him about the opportunity and, after some thought, he decided to apply.
“I went into it very reluctantly and I asked them as many questions as they probably asked me,” Nootenboom said. “It just felt right.”
Anime and manga draw students together
April 22, 2009
The Snoqualmie Library Anime & Manga Club sang happy birthday to Garrett Sharpe April 8, but Marissa Monahan sang a different set of words — Japanese lyrics to go with the anime and manga culture.
Sharpe got an earful of the Japanese song — 15-year-old Monahan gave her a big bear hug and let her voice soar above the others. After the song, the middle and high school students split into different activities. Some children watched an anime show, others read manga comics and a third group drew its own manga.
Another large crowd expected for bike rodeo
April 22, 2009
This year’s Tanner Jeans Bike Safety Rodeo in Snoqualmie is expected to draw a record crowd. Organizers expect at least 1,200 people to attend.
The event’s great expectations come from its new partnership with Radio Disney. The radio arm of the Disney Corporation will promote the event on its popular station and will also broadcast live from the June 13 rodeo.
The event’s first year in 2005 drew about 400-500 people, mostly from the Snoqualmie Ridge neighborhood. As new families moved to the neighborhood, more people attended the event, said Laurie Gibbs, president of the Tanner Jeans Foundation. Last year’s crowds were estimated at 800.
Obituary – Shirley Cleven
April 22, 2009
Shirley Cleven
English gents play soccer with Mount Si
April 22, 2009
The pupils at Bishop Heber High School call cleats ‘football boots’ and they’re more likely to be seen rooting for Manchester United than they are the Seattle Sounders, but they do have one thing in common with the Mount Si boy’s soccer team.
They all love soccer.
Mount Si social studies teacher and assistant soccer coach Ben Tomlisson is the brainchild behind the English soccer exchange. From 1999 to 2005, Tomlisson taught history and coached soccer at Bishop Heber High School, a school near Liverpool in England. Then, he fell in love with an American from Maple Valley who was studying veterinary science at the University of Liverpool. The two married in 2002 and moved to Maple Valley in 2005.
Members of the Bishop Heber High School and Mount Si High School soccer teams.
Calendar 4-23
April 22, 2009
Events
Baseball team wins fifth straight league game
April 22, 2009
Another 15 hits, another 13 runs and yet another impressive outing by the Mount Si baseball team.
The Wildcats won their fifth straight league contest with a 13-3, run-rule-shortened pounding of Sammamish April 20 at home. Mount Si scored eight runs in the bottom of the first inning and got a three-RBI day out of Justin Breshears as it waltzed to the easy win.
With six regular-season games left to play, the Wildcats are now 9-3 in league play and in second place — close enough to begin talk of making a run at the league title.
Mount Si pitcher Alex Hiebert delivers a pitch during his mound win against Sammamish April 20.
Softball team rallies for easy win
April 22, 2009
The Mount Si softball team rediscovered its swing and picked up additional veteran leadership all in one defeat of Sammamish April 20.
The Wildcats smacked 14 hits and overcame an early three-run deficit to down Sammamish, 11-4, at home. The win made Mount Si 3-2 in KingCo 3A/2A.
The victory marked just the third time this season the Wildcats have been able to post double figures in runs scored, yet came four days after being shutout by Juanita standout Kylie Sparks.
Go figure.
Lobdell to run for King County Executive
April 20, 2009
Alan Lobdell doesn’t want your money, but if you agree with him that it’s time to change King County government, he will take your vote.
Lobdell, who served as interim public works director for Snoqualmie and is currently working for the city as a project manager, has thrown his hat into the ring to be the next King County Executive. He ran for the position once before in 2001, but quit campaigning after his wife’s breast cancer returned.
Even though he effectively withdrew from the race, Lobdell received 12 percent of the vote in 2001 without campaigning or spending any money.
“I’m ready to go 110 percent,” said Lobdell, about his dedication to this campaign.
