MyCakes becomes senior citizen’s dessert
April 22, 2010
NEW — 6:00 a.m. April 22, 2010
MyCakes sweetens senior center
It was snowing powdered sugar on the strawberry tarts as 7-year-old Caitlyn Golpe lightly tapped a sieve filled with the sweet stuff over the desserts.
Across the counter, her mother, Cynthia Golpe took a break. She had just baked 36 tarts for the Mount Si Senior Center.
FISH JOURNAL | Bar codes help kokanee salmon in their survival
April 22, 2010
NEW — 6:00 a.m. April 22, 2010
Under the direction of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, the efforts of the Lake Sammamish Kokanee Work Group to increase dwindling kokanee salmon numbers in Lake Sammamish are now underway.
Snoqualmie music teacher takes up weeklong skating challenge
April 22, 2010
Snoqualmie Middle School music teacher Dean Snavely taught the fundamentals of music on eight wheels before a class of sixth graders. Snavely said if students raised enough money for music boosters, he would wear roller skates for one week. (Photo by Laura Geggel)
NEW — 6:00 a.m. April 22, 2010
If you think teaching on two feet is hard, try teaching on eight wheels. Snoqualmie Middle School music teacher Dean Snavely lost a challenge, and had to skate on old-school roller skates for an entire school week.
That’s five days on wheels. One more day and he might have had to join Seattle’s Rat City Rollergirls.
Farming sprouts up in Snoqualmie Valley’s urban areas
April 22, 2010
NEW — 6:00 a.m. April 22, 2010
Several thousand chicks are sold every spring at The Grange Supply, with more and more customers getting into raising chickens for the first time. (Photo by Greg Farrar)
Where did your dinner today come from?
If you’re like Teresa Schomber, it could come from your own backyard.
“I plant everything so there’s a salad in the yard,” the Riverbend resident said.
While Schomber has been growing fruits and vegetables since she was a little girl, urban farming has become increasingly popular in recent years, and people are pushing its boundaries beyond a few tomato plants. Year-round vegetable, fruit and herb gardens, and chickens, goats and even bees are now being raised in people’s yards.
“The last couple years, we’ve seen a huge upsurge in people’s interest in growing food in the city,” said Liza Burke, communications director of Seattle Tilth, a nonprofit education group with classes in Seattle and Issaquah.
School board approves elementary school boundary change
April 21, 2010
NEW — 10:19 p.m. April 21, 2010
The Snoqualmie Valley School Board unanimously approved the modified Option C elementary school boundary change at a special meeting April 21.
At the meeting, school administrators addressed concerns made by community members. After the Elementary Boundary Study Committee made its recommendation to the school board April 15, the school district has received hundreds of e-mails, online comments, phone calls and a petition signed by 323 people against the modified Option C change.
King County officials caution pet owners of distemper outbreak
April 21, 2010
NEW — 3:00 p.m. April 21, 2010
King County and state wildlife officials encouraged residents to avoid feeding wildlife, keep domestic pets away from wild animals and ensure pets have updated vaccinations, in response to a canine distemper outbreak last week.
School district restores heat at Mount Si
April 21, 2010
NEW — 3:00 p.m. April 21, 2010
After a week of rumbling space heaters at Mount Si High School, the heat is back on.
Wave Scholarship winner
April 21, 2010
NEW — 2:32 p.m. April 21, 2010
Mount Si High School senior Brianna Kelly won the Washington Award for Vocational Excellence, better known as the WAVE Scholarship. Kelly is the only applicant from the 5th Legislative District to receive the scholarship for 2010-11.
Fit challenge lets residents burn the fat
April 21, 2010
NEW — 2:45 p.m. April 21, 2010
Chris Kindelberger works up a sweat to help the pounds melt away. (Photo by Greg Farrar)
By Marisa Willis
Fast food, fatty meats and carbohydrates were Chris Kindelberger’s weight loss weakness and the reason for him weighing 372 pounds.
North Bend Elementary students round up reading for prizes
April 21, 2010
Five North Bend Elementary School students — (from left) Ruby Harlin, Cara Guttenberg, Ian Brink, Logan Garwood and Gordy McCreadie — sort through books after winning a reading contest drawing. (Photo by Laura Geggel)
NEW — 2:34 p.m. April 21, 2010
With a tall, black cowgirl hat atop her head, North Bend Elementary School librarian Lisa Radmer congratulated students for reading until the cows came home, and then some.
