SLIDESHOW | Focus factor: Mount Si’s Alex Johnson zeroes in on getting back to state
April 30, 2010
NEW — 12:35 p.m. April 30, 2010
Focus factor: Mount Si's Alex Johnson zeroes in on getting back to state
Don’t let the ribbon in her hair fool you. Mount Si’s Alex Johnson is a fierce competitor when she toes the rubber for Wildcats softball. She isn’t going to let any batter push her around.
Snoqualmie Valley students put their backs into Earth Day
April 30, 2010
NEW — 11:45 a.m. April 30, 2010
Twin Falls Middle School students pulled Scotch broom for Earth Day April 22 to clear way for a frog pond. Seventh-grade students Gunner Harrison (left) and Kieren Harris dislodge a particularly deep-rooted weed using all of their might. (Photo by Dawn Frearson)
Opstad Elementary students learn cool way to say ‘no’ to smoking
April 30, 2010
During an anti-tobacco presentation from Mount Si High School students, two Opstad Elementary School fifth-graders, Thomas Graves and Raven Marcelynas, examine a model of a smoker’s mouth. (Photo by Laura Geggel)
NEW — 11:40 a.m. April 30, 2010
Warning them of emphysema, hairy tongue and the pesticides in cigarettes, three Mount Si High School juniors convinced an entire class of fifth-graders to trash the ash.
During the Teens Against Tobacco Use presentation the juniors broke down popular misconceptions, telling fifth graders about the dangers of smoking and showing them smoke-damaged lungs and teeth — promptings plenty of ewws from the class — so that the elementary students would have no misconceptions about the negative effects of smoking cigarettes.
William E. Bedell
April 30, 2010
William E. Bedell
William ‘Bill’ E. Bedell was born Aug. 3, 1949, in Bridgeport, Conn., and died Feb. 12, 2010.
It was with great sadness that hundreds of people filled Mount Si High School’s auditorium Feb. 21 to honor Bill’s life.
He was well known throughout the Pacific Northwest due to his pastoral work at Snoqualmie Valley Alliance Church and the business he shared with his wife, Leslie.
He touched hundreds of people through their Life Recovery Skills business.
Kathryn Lanning Emerick
April 30, 2010
Kathryn Lanning Emerick
Kathryn Lanning Emerick died March 30 at Foundation House Retirement Center in Federal Way, where she had been a resident since July 2009.
Kathryn was born to Mathias and Suzanna Schantz July 1, 1915, in Glen Ullin, N.D., where she was raised. As a young woman, Kathryn moved to North Bend to live with her brother John Antone and family. It was here she met and married Roy Lanning. They remained in Snoqualmie until Roy died in September 1975.
Thomas Henry Creighton
April 30, 2010
Thomas Creighton
Thomas Henry Creighton passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones during his final hours, on Thursday, March 25, 2010, at the age of 91.
Snoqualmie fire run reports, April 30: Missing children, eye injury, car accident and more
April 30, 2010
NEW — 11:05 a.m. April 30, 2010
Snoqualmie Fire Department had a busy day April 23, with four calls, including a search for two missing four-year-old children.
Here are the reports from the department:
Snoqualmie Valley to host half marathon
April 29, 2010
NEW — 1:20 p.m. April 29, 2010
Snoqualmie Valley is hosting its first half marathon May 1 in more than two decades.
Organizers expect nearly 1,000 runners from across the region to participate in the inaugural Cinco de Mayo Mini Marathon and 8-kilometer run. The event will start on Schusman Avenue behind Mount Si High School and finish at the school’s track facility.
Snoqualmie Tribe canoe blessing
April 29, 2010
Police blotter, April 28
April 28, 2010
NEW — 8:00 p.m. April 28, 2010
Snoqualmie
You’re wanted…
