Farm fresh and ready for business
July 31, 2010
NEW — 9:00 a.m. July 31, 2010
Brittni Mortensen (left), a 2007 Mount Si High School graduate and Delaney Nohavec, a junior at Mount Si, prepare the Catanzaro Produce stand for business, arranging Bing and organic cherries from Yakima, peaches from California, Walla Walla onions and other produce. The stand — near the intersection of West North Bend Way and Main Avenue South in North Bend — is open from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday and from noon - 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday until September. Phil Catanzaro, of North Bend, also sells fresh produce at Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle. (Photo by Laura Geggel)
Mount Si High School students travel to Germany as part of exchange
July 30, 2010
NEW — 12:01 p.m. July 30, 2010
Mount Si High School students Marley Robbins, Max Reppin, Franziska Hanke and Anna Neubold walk toward the Tetraeder in Bottrop, Germany. Students hiked to the site and climbed the Tetraeder, allowing them a view of the region. (Photo by Jodie Magnuson)
Last fall, a group of 21 German students visited Mount Si High School. This summer, Mount Si students saw them again, but this time in Germany.
A group of 18 Mount Si students was in Germany from June 26 – July 13.
Newcomer, old foe challenge Rep. Glenn Anderson
July 30, 2010
NEW — 8:00 a.m. July 30, 2010
Snoqualmie Valley and other 5th Legislative District voters must narrow the field of state House of Representatives candidates from three to two in the Aug. 17 primary election. The top vote-getters advance to the November general election.
The race comes as a rematch of sorts for the incumbent, Glenn Anderson, and his 2008 opponent, David Spring. But newcomer Dean Willard hopes to clinch the GOP-held seat for the Democrats.
Mount Si food bank provides a helping hand, not a handout
July 30, 2010
By Laura Geggel and Christopher Huber
NEW — 7:00 a.m. July 30, 2010
Dinora Barahona (left), of North Bend, picks out food while volunteer Denise Angrisano assists July 21 at the Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank. (Photo by Christopher Huber)
Juan Carlos Giron waited in line with about a dozen other Valley residents July 21 as the morning sun hit the east wall of the Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank.
Giron is originally from El Salvador, he said, but he has lived in North Bend for about two years since moving from Los Angeles, then Federal Way. He loves it here because of its tranquil atmosphere, he said in Spanish — he speaks enough English to get by, though. And he has some friends in the Valley.
Trevor Lane ready to take ‘it’ to next level
July 30, 2010
NEW — 6:00 a.m. July 30, 2010
Trevor Lane, 16, of North Bend, gets ready to hit the ball against the Spokane Heat during a tournament last week at Bellevue College. (Photo by Elizabeth DeVos)
He may only be 16, but with hard work, Trevor Lane has a chance to play baseball beyond high school, according to Aaron Horrocks, assistant coach for the Washington Brewers 18U elite baseball team.
“Trevor has ‘it.’ We call it ‘it.’ You have to have strength and twitch,” Horrocks said. “I can teach strength, but I can’t teach twitch.”
Lane has been playing baseball since he was 5, made varsity his freshmen year at Mount Si High School and has given up playing two other sports to concentrate on baseball.
According to Trevor’s mom Darlene Lane, he gave up basketball and then broke his arm freshman year and was not able to play football.
“His sophomore year, he decided to work out, and do batting with Aaron,” she said. “I think having his broken arm and sitting out a season made him decide to just do baseball and get stronger for that.”
While Trevor said he misses football, he looks at the positive side of things, like concentrating on baseball and training as much as he possibly can.
“I get an edge on other kids that play other sports by just playing baseball,” he said.
While most of his time is spent either playing in games or training, trevor said he finds a little bit of time to hang out with friends and have a life.
“I think he does miss a lot of stuff because of baseball,” his mother said. “But he does have his baseball friends.”
Trevor trains with Horrocks at Rips Baseball Training Complex in Burien, about five to seven times a week in the off-season and about two to three times a week during the season.
“I take everything I learn from the Brewers and put it into play with my high school team,” Trevor said. “My high school coach respects what I do in the off-season and he knows how much I work with Aaron, so he doesn’t try and change my swing.”
Trevor has an excellent work ethic, Horrocks said. Trevor made Mount Si’s varsity team his freshman year with a batting average of .450 and since then has continued to excel in the sport. This past year, he received a KingCo League honorable mention.
Last summer, he also received an award for most valuable player during the world wood bat tournament held in East Cobb, Ga. The award is generally given to a player on the winning team.
“It felt really good to get that,” Trevor said. “I performed really well in that tournament.”
Trevor and his older brother Robert have played together on Mount Si’s team the past two years. Both boys play on different select teams. Although they have played against each other a couple of times, there is not a big rivalry between the two.
Trevor found out about Rips when he was 13 and told his parents he had to try out. Since then, his career has taken off. While he may be a junior, he is already getting a lot of looks from Division I colleges and professional scouts.
Baseball has made him who he is, and has helped him to appreciate life for what it is, he said.
“Trevor’s just a good-natured kid,” said Kelley Gately, another player’s mom.
If baseball doesn’t pan out for Trevor, he said he would most likely go to college and get a degree.
Elizabeth DeVos: 392-6434 or isspress@isspress.com.
Snoqualmie Valley Special Olympians play in tourney
July 30, 2010
Thomas White, 9, of Snoqualmie, goes to catch the ball during softball practice July 22. This is White’s first year on the team. (Photo by Elizabeth DeVos)
NEW — 6:00 a.m. July 30, 2010
Sports are not always about winning, although every team wants to win. Sometimes, it’s about just getting out and playing for fun.
Special Olympics in the North Bend and Snoqualmie area got their start 11 years ago, after a 20- to 30-year absence, according to Becky Kitz. The North Bend Special Olympics began with a soccer team; about eight years ago, a softball team began.
“I got tired of driving to Issaquah for practices,” she said. “We realized we had enough kids going down to Issaquah to create two and a half teams out here.”
The North Bend Special Olympics softball team will play in the regional tournament next weekend at Tibbetts Valley Park in Issaquah.
Special Olympics are divided up into three different age groups — juniors (ages 8-15), seniors (ages 15-21) and masters (ages 21 and older).
Snoqualmie Valley students to represent peers on school board
July 29, 2010
NEW — 8:00 p.m. July 29, 2010
Chace Carlson
For the second consecutive year, the Snoqualmie Valley School Board will have two student representatives serving on its board.
The students, Mount Si High School senior Cassady Weldon and junior Chace Carlson, will serve for the 2010-11 school year after being sworn in at the Aug. 26 school board meeting, attending its bimonthly meetings and serving as liaisons between the school board and the Mount Si Associated Student Body.
School board President Caroline Loudenback said the students’ input was invaluable.
Snoqualmie Valley hospital district closes two clinics
July 29, 2010
NEW — 4:24 p.m. July 29, 2010
Editor’s note: This story has corrected information about the number of employees laid off.
Snoqualmie Valley Hospital has closed its Fall City and North Bend medical clinics and plans to redistribute its resources on new technology, CEO Rodger McCollum said.
Both clinics began operating in 2005, when the Valley had a shortage of primary care providers after several left the area or retired, according to McCollum.
“We had a responsibility as a hospital district to make sure people had access to primary care,” he said. “That has changed substantially in the last six months.”
School administrators elect Snoquamlie Valley Superintendent Joel Aune as president of state association
July 29, 2010
NEW — 5:15 p.m. July 29, 2010
Snoqualmie Valley Superintendent Joel Aune’s administrative peers have voted him president-elect of the Washington Association of School Administrators. Aune will follow the current president, Saundra Hill, superintendent of the Pasco School District, when her term ends in July 2011.
He said he was “deeply honored” to serve WASA and thanked his colleagues for electing him to office.
Snoqualmie fire runs, July 29
July 29, 2010
NEW — 4:00 p.m. July 29, 2010
Snoqualmie firefighters had another busy week with several medical calls keeping them running around Snoqualmie Ridge and the downtown area. Fortunately most of the calls were routine.
Snoqualmie Fire Department’s reports:
