Calendar 4-16
April 15, 2009
Events
A free class, “Parenting of Teens with Love and Logic,” will be offered by the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital from April 13- May 18. The meeting time is from 6-8 p.m. in the board room of the main hospital. Cost is $10 for a workbook. To register, or for more information, go to www.impactparenting.com or call 890-2081.
There will be a bake sale to benefit the Snoqualmie Valley Relay for Life at 9 a.m. April 18 at the North Bend QFC. The event is sponsored by team DY-NO-MITES. For more information, call 888-0104.
A large group of musicians will come together for a concert benefiting the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Puget Sound Affiliate at 7:30 p.m. April 18 at Snoqualmie Casino. Musicians include Alan White (Yes, John Lennon), Sheldon Reynolds (Commodores), Mandi Perkins (singer/songwriter), Shawn Smith (singer/songwriter), Elliott Easton (The Cars), Mark Hudson (singer/songwriter), Chris Squire (Yes), Spike Edney (Queen), Jamie Moses (Queen) and Ryan Roxie (Alice Cooper), among others. Tickets are priced $50-300. For more information, call Ticketmaster at 206-628-0888 or visit www.snocasino.com.
Super Sitters, the popular class for teens at Encompass, has added a new session to the spring calendar to accommodate a growing demand. The 18 slots in the Super Sitters class held Feb. 28 filled quickly, as well as the 18 slots for another session set for May 30. As a result, another session has been added for April 18. Some who have signed up for the May 30 session have been moved up to the April session. The class, held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays, is taught by Overlake Hospital. Teens 11 to 17 learn about parental expectations, first aid, child development, personal safety, the Heimlich maneuver, nutrition, home security, fire prevention, telephone tips, infant care and other sitter responsibilities. Cost is $35. For more information or to sign up, call 888-2777.
“Raising Healthy Children,” a five-class series that starts on April 14, is geared to Spanish-speaking parents. The series covers effective praise, communication, responsibility, consequences and problem-solving. It will take place from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays through May 12 at Encompass, 1407 Boalch Ave. N.W. in North Bend. A light meal will be served at each session and child care is free.
“Make Parenting a Pleasure” is a nine-week series aimed at parents of infants through age 8, which covers parental self-care, stress and anger management, communication skills, realistic expectations, positive discipline and handling challenging behavior. Classes will run from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesdays from April 15 to June 10 at Encompass, 1407 Boalch Ave. N.W. in North Bend.
Si View Community Center will host April Pool’s Day from 12-12:30 p.m. April 18 at the Si View pool. The event is free and will include exhibits and contests.
Pet Walk for Autism, a fundraiser for the national organization Today’s Hope, will be from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. April 25 in downtown Snoqualmie. Today’s Hope provides access to early intervention services to families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder by funding providers of the services. For more information, go to www.todayshopeautism.org.
Valley Center Stage in North Bend will host stand-up comedy with the Ha-Ha Sisterhood at 7:30 p.m. April 25. Hosted by comedienne Jeanann O’Brien, the night will also feature headliners Susan Rice and Amy Alpine. Tickets are $12.50.
A class that teaches how to assemble a container that works as a hanging basket or pot will be offered free at 10:30 a.m. April 25 at The Nursery at Mount Si in North Bend. Please register prior to arrival at cyndi@thenurseryatmountsi.com or call 831-2274.
Our Lady’s Angels, a Snoqualmie Valley Relay for Life team, will host a fundraiser poker tournament from 2-7 p.m. April 26 at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 39025 S.E. Alpha St. There is a $35 fee to enter for timed rounds of Hold ‘Em. Participants will have a chance to win trophies and sample the buffet. RSVP to Denise Dubose at 888-0918.
Sign-ups for Sno-Valley Wildcats Junior Football and Cheerleading have begun. Football registrations through April 30 are $225 a player, and are $275 a player from May 1 to June 30. No registrations will be accepted after June 30. Cheer registrations through April 30 are $195 per person. No registrations will be accepted after April 30. Sign-up online at www.WCJFA.org or e-mail secretary@wcjfa.org for more information.
The Snoqualmie Valley Hospital Auxiliary will hold its annual plant sale from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. May 2 at the Mount Si Senior Center in North Bend. There will be a wide assortment of plants, decorative urns, baked goods and an opportunity to participate in a garden cart raffle.
The Snoqualmie Library is accepting donated books for an upcoming book sale. The library seeks gently used books that can be dropped off at the library during hours of operation. They do not need magazines, encyclopedias or textbooks. The book sale is scheduled for May 15-16.
The America Legion is fundraising for the Snoqualmie Valley Veterans’ Memorial at the North Bend Theatre. The group will show “Sergeant York,” with Gary Cooper, on Armed Forces Day Weekend, at 5 p.m. May 17-18. Tickets are $10 and include a small drink and popcorn, with partial proceeds going to the memorial. Tickets can be purchased at the theater or at Emerald City Smoothie.
Movie Times
North Bend Theatre show times for this week are as follows:
Thursday – “Monsters vs. Aliens,” 7 p.m.
Friday — “Monsters vs. Aliens,” 2, 5 and 8 p.m.
Saturday — “Monsters vs. Aliens,” 2, 5 and 8 p.m.
Sunday — “More than Myth,” noon (world premiere, directed by North Bend resident Levi Isaacs with local cast and crew); “Monsters vs. Aliens,” 2, 5 and 8 p.m.
Monday — “Monsters vs. Aliens,” 7 p.m.
Tuesday — “Monsters vs. Aliens,” 7 p.m.
Wednesday — “Monsters vs. Aliens,” (Mommy Matinee) 10 a.m.; “Monsters vs. Aliens,” 7 p.m.
Classes
Heather Evans with the Bellevue Community College Career Center in Snoqualmie provides free career services from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. every Tuesday at the Snoqualmie Tribe Headquarters, 8130 Railroad Ave. in downtown Snoqualmie and from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. every Wednesday at the North Bend Library, 115 4th St. in North Bend. For more information, call 888-6551, ext. 101 or e-mail heather.evans@bellevuecollege.edu.
Let’s Make a Play, a class that explores theatre and creation, will meet Mondays from Jan. 26 – April 27 from 4-5:30 p.m. at Si View Community Center in North Bend. The class, which is for ages 11-16, chooses a topic to tell a story with ensemble building and acting skills. Fee is $75.
The teen drop-in program happens from 3-5 p.m. on Mondays and 1-5 p.m. on Fridays at Si View Community Center in North Bend. For more information, contact Ryan Daly at rdaly@siviewpark.org or 831-1900.
Spanish classes are held every Thursday, 3:30-4:30 p.m. at the Sno-Valley Senior Center. Open to the community. $5 per class, drop-in basis, taught by Celide Rivero.
Food Addicts Anonymous meets at 7 p.m. every Thursday in North Bend. For more information, please call 888-0314.
The Arthritis Foundation Aquatic Program meets at Si View Park from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. every Monday through Thursday. Cost is $4.
An Alzheimer’s Association caregiver support group meets from 6:30 – 8 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at Holy Innocents Catholic Church, 26526 Cherry Valley Rd., Duvall. For more information, contact group facilitator Irene Olson at 868-4889.
Volunteer Opportunities
The Senior Services Transportation Program seeks volunteers to drive seniors around North Bend and Snoqualmie. Volunteers will drive their own vehicles and choose the weekdays, times and areas in which they’d like to drive. Mileage reimbursement and supplemental liability insurance are offered. For more information, call 206-748-7588 or 1-800-282-5815, or e-mail melissat@seniorservices.org. To apply online, go to www.seniorservices.org/vts/vts.htm.
The Mount Si Senior Center thrift store is looking for volunteers to sort donations and help with cash sales a few hours a week. The thrift store is located in the Senior Center at 411 Main Street in North Bend. For more information, call Janet at 888-3434.
Hopelink in the Snoqualmie Valley is seeking volunteers for a variety of tasks. Volunteers must be at least 16 years of age. For more information, go to www.hope-link.org/takeaction/volunteer or call 869-6000.
Adopt-A-Park with yourself, your family, neighbors or club. Adopt-A-Park is a volunteer program for Snoqualmie residents willing to help improve and enhance public parks and trails. Volunteering requires an application and a one-year commitment. Call 831-5784.
Be a Study Zone tutor and give students the homework help they need. Study Zone needs volunteers to tutor elementary through high school students in math, science, English, social studies and study methods. A two-hour weekly commitment and flexible substitute scheduling are available. The Study Zone program is a free service offered by the King County Library System. For more information, call 369-3312.
Share your love of books and make new friends by becoming a Friend of the Library in either Snoqualmie or North Bend. Annual memberships cost $5 for individuals and $10 for families and help expand opportunities for children, families and seniors around the community. To learn more, call 888-0554.
North Bend Library
Join the North Bend Library Tuesday Book Group for an evening of lively conversation about a variety of new and notable fiction and nonfiction. The group meets the first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the North Bend Library meeting room. New members are always welcome. For more information, call 888-0554.
The North Bend Chess Club, for all ages, meets from 7-9 p.m. every Thursday.
English as a Second Language classes meet at 6:30 p.m. Mondays.
Toddler Story Time, for ages 2 to 3 with an adult, meets at 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays.
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Creepy crawlers invade North Bend Elementary science class
April 15, 2009
Isopods and darkling beetles captured the attention of North Bend Elementary’s fifth-graders, but the students were not poking under rocks or in the muck by the river. They were studying the habits of bugs for a science unit illuminating the scientific method.
Although the fifth-graders have completed several labs throughout the school year, many said they favored the bug unit.
“At first we were afraid they would leap out of the tubs,” Brittany Justham said, shivering at the idea of bugs on the loose.
Soccer team gets itself back in league hunt with wins
April 15, 2009
The Mount Si boys soccer team followed up disappointment with jubilation.
Now, the Wildcats will see if they can follow up a slow week with a fast run at a league title.
After putting themselves in a hole with back-to-back league losses, Mount Si scored a pair of impressive league wins last week against Sammamish and Interlake. That rebound left the Wildcats still within striking distance in KingCo 3A/2A with a huge week approaching that includes matches against Bellevue and Mercer Island.
As of April 14, Mount Si — which was scheduled to face Juanita the night of April 14 – was 3-2 and in second place in the league. Mercer Island sat atop the league standings with a perfect 6-0 mark.
Mount Si's Doug Silvius fires a shot during a game this spring.
North Bend officials celebrate end of moratorium
April 13, 2009
City leaders toasted the end of North Bend’s building moratorium April 8 with glasses of fresh city water.
The official end of the decade long moratorium was marked at the April 8 North Bend City Council meeting. The next day, water began flowing from the city’s new pump station.
“It seems like we have taken the longest possible road to get here, but we are here,” Mayor Ken Hearing said.
City and county officials celebrate the end of North Bend's building moratorium with a glass of water.
Wildcats play game at Safeco Field
April 13, 2009
Mount Si loses one-run game to Auburn Mountainview
A surging Mount Si baseball team went 1-1 last week. And, believe it or not, the loss may have actually been the highlight.
That’s because the Wildcats were invited to play Auburn Mountainview at Safeco Field – the home of the Seattle Mariners – on April 11. Mount Si lost the game, 2-1, but savored every bit of the rare opportunity.
“It was a fun game. We were all real excited,” junior outfielder Roscoe Castagno said. “We all had the butterflies before the game, but I think it was a good experience. There were a lot of people here and it was loud.”
The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for Mount Si and marked the first time since March 29 that the Wildcats had been held to single digits in scoring.
Mount Si coaches and players watch the action from a dugout at Safeco Field April 11.
North Bend merchants plan for centennial
April 10, 2009
North Bend’s downtown merchants are gearing up to help the city celebrate its centennial this summer.
A group of downtown merchants are planning two block parties that they hope will attract people to North Bend’s downtown. The group is also working to establish a North Bend Merchants’ Association.
“I think it will be a blast,” said Nancy Wray, owner of Birches Habitat, an eclectic home décor store in downtown North Bend.
She said that the block parties should be a fun source of evening entertainment.
Mount Si sophomores sponsor backwards prom
April 10, 2009
Mount Si High School’s sophomores are inviting their classmates and community to a fire-breathing, hypnotic 1970s-themed morp.
Only one group is not welcome to the morp: Mount Si seniors.
“This is the first year that Mount Si is having a senior-only prom,” sophomore Shayne Allen said. “We were getting rubbed the wrong way. We thought, ‘Why not do this dance in morp style, which is a backwards prom.”
With about 300 students, the senior class is too large to include the 415-student junior class. Seniors can bring prom dates from other grades or schools. Likewise, seniors can attend the morp if freshmen, sophomore or juniors invite them.
A fire ignition troop gives a performance.
North Bend fire station talks continue
April 9, 2009
Negotiations for a new fire station in North Bend have not been very active but are still on-going, said City Administrator Duncan Wilson.
“The need is still as great, if not more so. While we can continue to operate from the existing station, it is woefully inadequate for its intended purposes,” Wilson said.
Wilson said that, within the last year, the city has made some progress in its negotiations with Eastside Fire and Rescue, but that stumbling blocks remain. Among the issues that remain to be sorted out are where the fire station would be located, how it would be managed, and what would happen to the current building if it were no longer a fire station.
The North Bend Fire Station, built in 1946, operates as Eastside Fire and Rescue Station 87.
New owners have plans for Cascade Golf Course
April 9, 2009
Cascade Golf Course in North Bend has new owners and interesting plans for the future.
Diann Patterman, her husband Dean, Bob Hentges, and several silent partners bought the golf course about a month ago. The Pattermans’ plan is to operate the golf course, its restaurant and general store over the next five years. Afterwards, the front 10 acres of the 40-acre site will be developed by Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Snoqualmie into a new church and school.
School district proposes $4.1 million in cuts
April 8, 2009
The Snoqualmie Valley School District is doing its best to keep class sizes low, despite a proposed cut in funding for teachers from the state Legislature.
At an April 2 Snoqualmie Valley School Board work session, Superintendent Joel Aune announced the district is preparing to cut $4.1 million from the 2009-10 school year budget. Out of a budget amounting to about $52.1 million, that amounts to an almost 8 percent slash in funds.
The cuts include eliminating about 18 full-time teachers, a middle-school assistant principal and various programs like the after-school activity bus and middle school interscholastic sports.
Members of the Snoqualmie Valley School Board, along with Superintendent Joel Aune, work on plans for drastic budget cuts.
