North Bend golfer playing in state tournament
July 29, 2010
NEW — 12:05 p.m. July 29, 2010
After finishing third in the Washington Junior Golf Association District 2 Championship, North Bend’s Jack Kelly has advanced to the state tournament.
Kelly played for the lead every day during the July 19-20 tournament at Sand Point Golf Course in Seattle, but ran into trouble while putting.
Snoqualmie Valley Cup champions named
July 29, 2010
NEW — 12:01 p.m. July 29, 2010
The annual Snoqualmie Valley Cup champions have been named.
Paul Abdalla, of Duvall, won the men’s division. Gail Hall, of Bothell, won the women’s division.
Snoqualmie accepting applications for funding tourism projects and activities
July 29, 2010
Snoqualmie’s Lodging Tax Advisory Committee is accepting applications for 2011 lodging tax fund requests.
The committee is accepting proposals for tourism-related services to be provided during the calendar year 2011. Local organizations that provide activities for tourists and benefit the tourism industry in the upper Snoqualmie Valley are eligible to apply.
Snoqualmie Tribe gives out more than $350,000 in mitigation money from casino
July 28, 2010
NEW — 4:50 p.m. July 28, 2010
Snoqualmie Valley groups received more than $350,000 from the Snoqualmie Tribe in its first disbursement of mitigation money from the tribe-owned Snoqualmie Casino.
The payments were based on the casino’s proceeds from its opening in November 2008 through 2009. They are required as part of the tribe’s compact with Washington state.
King County Council passes sales-tax measure to prevent cuts to public services
July 28, 2010
NEW — 3:50 p.m. July 28, 2010
King County voters will have the choice on the November ballot of raising the sales tax to maintain public safety services and replace the county’s Youth Services Center.
The Metropolitan King County Council approved the tax measure, which would increase the sales tax by two cents on a $10 purchase, at its July 27 meeting. It replaced a measure passed earlier.
Former Snoqualmie Mayor Jeanne Hansen still sparks debate nearly 10 years after death
July 27, 2010
Beloved by some, vilified by others, but always on people’s minds. That was how several people described former Snoqualmie Mayor Jeanne Hansen at the Snoqualmie City Council’s July 26 meeting.
The council ensured her name is not soon forgotten, when it approved naming a future park in Snoqualmie Ridge II after Hansen.
Small earthquake shakes Valley
July 27, 2010
NEW — 1:14 p.m. July. 27, 2010
A 1.3 magnitude earthquake rattled North Bend near Ernie’s Grove at 3:45 a.m. July 27 at 18.6 kilometers, or about 11.6 miles, underground.
“It’s one of 306 earthquakes of equal or greater magnitude that we’ve located in our region so far this year,” said Paul Bodin, manager of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network.
View a map of the earthquake here.
To learn more about the 1.3 earthquake, visit The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network’s preliminary earthquake report.
North Bend Way closed for work on North Bend’s park and ride project
July 26, 2010
Both directions of North Bend Way will be closed part of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for construction work of the North Bend’s park and ride project.
The road will be closed between Bendigo Boulevard and Sydney Avenue on Monday, July 26 until 5 p.m. The street section will also be closed from 7 a.m. Tuesday, July 27 until 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 28.
Signs will indicate a detour for vehicles.
Residents blast back at casino’s concerts
July 21, 2010
e Snoqualmie residents protest Snoqualmie Casino’s outdoor concert series, which they say is too loud. By Dan Catchpol
A handful of Snoqualmie residents protested the July 15 show of Snoqualmie Casino’s summer concert series. While Peter Frampton and Yes played on an outdoor stage overlooking the Snoqualmie Valley, the residents, who say noise from the concert series is a nuisance, blasted air horns, and demonstrated with signs and shouts at the casino’s entrance.
The protestors were targeting concertgoers as they drove in, asking them to boycott the casino.
Protesters turn up the volume; casino says it’s a good neighbor
July 21, 2010
As musician Peter Frampton twanged on his guitar at Snoqualmie Casino, about 2,000 fans cheered at the casino’s outdoor Mountain View Plaza, about 10 protestors picketed outside the casino’s entrance and people across Snoqualmie Valley either opened or closed their windows, so they could either hear or block the music wafting from the concert July 15.
Some Snoqualmie residents said they are unhappy with the noise from the casino’s outdoor concerts, calling the noise disruptive. Casino staff said they had voluntarily implemented a sound curfew and decibel limit, and might make changes to the venue next summer.
Snoqualmie Casino Marketing Director Dana Nelson (left) and Mike Gallagher, vice-president of marketing, take a decibel level reading in a parking lot in downtown Snoqualmie during the July 15 show. By Laura Geggel
When the casino opened in 2008, it had two concert venues: the Snoqualmie Ballroom, seating 1,000 people, and Sno Lounge, seating 250 people. Last year, casino staff found they could transform the performers’ parking lot into a concert venue they named Mountain View Plaza, seating about 2,000 people.
“Once we started outdoor shows, we knew that sound was going to travel,” said Snoqualmie Casino Vice President of Marketing Matt Gallagher, explaining why the casino has a 10 p.m. curfew, the same as the city of Snoqualmie’s noise ordinance, and a 95 decibel limit.
Snoqualmie Tribe Administrator Matt Mattson said the tribe supported the decisions.
