Snoqualmie Tribal woodcarver applies finishing touches to canoe
June 30, 2011
 John Mullen, Snoqualmie Tribe woodcarver, drops a white-hot lava rock into a new dugout cedar canoe. (Photo by Dan Catchpole) |
John Mullen begins stoking the fire Sunday night. He and fellow Snoqualmie Tribe members add thick logs to the blaze outside the tribe’s woodcarving workshop. Once the fire is roaring, he adds lava stones. They sit in the flames until they are glowing hot.
It’s Monday morning by the time the stones are ready to come out.
Mullen digs a shovel into the fire and pulls out a stone the size of a bread loaf. Carrying it with the shovel, he walks 10 feet to a freshly carved cedar dugout canoe that sits waist high and is full of water.
He dumps the stone in. Steam rises in the air, and the water hisses.
Snoqualmie Tribal woodcarver applies finishing touches to canoe
June 30, 2011
Snoqualmie Tribe woodcarver puts finishing touches on canoe
Mount Si softball players head to tournaments in Colorado
June 29, 2011
Several current and former Mount Si High School softball players have been playing this week in Colorado in two tournaments.
Mount Si catcher Danielle Massengill is playing in the Colorado Sparkler in Aurora for the LadyHawks Gold-Hawkins. Massengill was named to the KingCo 3A All-League First Team.
City and school board at odds over mitigation fees in Snoqualmie
June 29, 2011
Snoqualmie Valley School Board member Scott Hodgins has said impact fees don’t solve anything.
“Impact fees don’t even come close to the cost of building a new school,” he said.
And yet, Hodgins and the rest of the board bristled, again, at the Snoqualmie City Council’s opposition to increasing impact fees.
Snoqualmie Valley Boy Scout collects worn out U.S. flags
June 29, 2011
The U.S. flag comes with many nicknames — Old Glory, Stars and Stripes, the Star-Spangled Banner — and many traditions. Among the most important traditions is that tattered, torn or worn out flags should be respectfully retired.
North Bend resident Cody Copitzky wants to make sure that happens in Snoqualmie Valley. Copitzky is teaming up with the Valley’s American Legion Post 79 to collect and retire U.S. flags according to standard practice.
Becker-Kari
June 29, 2011
Cortney Becker and Justin Kari are engaged to be married. The wedding has been scheduled for Aug. 6 in Fall City, Becker’s hometown.
Becker’s parents, Ed and Lori, live in Fall City. Kari’s parents, John and Becky, live in Sherwood, Ore.
Mount Si shortstop Tim Proudfoot commits to play for Texas Tech
June 29, 2011
 Tim Proudfoot drives the ball during Mount Si's semifinal game against Kamiakin during the Wildcats' run to the state 3A championship. Proudfoot will put his bat and glove to work next for Texas Tech University. (Photo by Sandy Horvath) |
Tim Proudfoot looks like a normal, lanky teenager, until he gets on the baseball field. Then everything seems to click for the shortstop on Mount Si High School’s state championship team.
Proudfoot’s ease on the diamond caught the eye of Texas Tech’s baseball program. He recently committed to play for the Divion I school next year in the Big 12 conference. He is one of eight Mount Si seniors who will be playing at a Division I school this fall, and one of 26 students who have committed to play sports in college.
Mount Si shortsop commits to play for Texas Tech
June 24, 2011
Mount Si shortstop Tim Proudfoot has committed to play ball for Texas Tech University. He is one of eight Mount Si seniors who will be playing at a Division I school this fall, and one of 26 students who have committed to play sports in college.
Proudfoot’s defense and offense were key pieces of Mount Si’s run to the 3A state baseball title. He hit .360 with nine home runs, while driving in 21 runs and scoring 33 runs. He led the team in home runs and runs scored. At shortstop, he demonstrated excellent range and glove work. He and second baseman Dustin Breshears paired up for a stellar double-play team.
Volunteers clean up cars dumped along Snoqualmie River
June 23, 2011
Public meetings
June 22, 2011
North Bend Planning Commission, 7 p.m. June 23, 211 Main Ave. N.
Snoqualmie Valley School Board, 7:30 p.m. June 23, 8001 Silva Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie.
Snoqualmie City Council, 7 p.m. June 27, 38624 S.E. River St.
Snoqualmie Community and Economic Affairs Committee, 5 p.m. June 28, 38624 S.E. River St.
North Bend City Council workstudy, 7 p.m. June 28, 211 Main Ave. N.
Snoqualmie Shoreline Hearing Board, 5 p.m. June 29, 38624 S.E. River St.
Snoqualmie Public Safety Committee, 5 p.m. June 30, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway.
