Find DUI patrols locations online
August 30, 2011
State traffic officials revealed the locations of planned driving under the influence patrols on a website for motorists.
Before hitting the road, head to http://watikileaks.com to find police patrols in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties. The interactive map includes dates, times and locations for planned DUI patrols, such as the emphasis on Snoqualmie Valley roads during Labor Day weekend.
Calendar
August 30, 2011
Events
North Bend Farmers Market and Summer Concert Series, 4-8 p.m. Sept. 1, Si View Park, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive. See a performance by Collin Mulvany Quartet at 5:30 p.m.
Purl One, Listen Too,” 1 p.m. Sept. 1, Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie. Learn new stitches, meet new friends, listen to new books and talk about knitting.
Poetry Open Mic Night, 6-8 p.m. Sept. 1, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie
School starts today
August 30, 2011
Teachers union, school district reach 2-year agreement
Teacher Rene Peterson raised her arms in victory and let out a cheer.
“We start school,” she said, “which is awesome. Yay!”
The Snoqualmie Valley Education Association voted to approve a tentative agreement with the Snoqualmie Valley School District on Aug. 23. School started right on schedule when classes resumed Aug. 30.
The school board met Aug. 25 at Mount Si High School to confirm approval of the agreement. The agreement is for two years. The contract that expired Aug. 31 was a three-year deal.
Mark Calcavecchia wins Boeing Classic after one-hole playoff
August 28, 2011
 Mark Calcavecchia drives off the 18th tee at TPC Snoquamlie Ridge during the final round of the Boeing Classic. Calcavecchia won the tournament -- his first on the Champions Tour -- after a one-hole playoff. (Dan Catchpole) |
If there is one thing true about the Boeing Classic, it is that it almost always comes down to the last hole. Three days, 54 holes of golf, 80 golfers, and it almost always comes down to the final hole.
This year was no different.
Mark Calcavecchia and Russ Cochran broke away from the pack early on the third day of the Champions Tour tournament, but they couldn’t lose each other.
Calcavecchia took a two-stroke lead on the sixth hole, where he birdied and Cochran had a bogey. But he couldn’t shake Cochran, who trailed by one after the first nine at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge.
Golfers take to the links at Boeing Classic
August 26, 2011
Seattle-native Fred Couples drives off the tee on the third fairway during the first round of the Boeing Classic at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. It was a warm day for the Champions Tour tournament. (Photo by Dan Catchpole)
Boeing Classic opens with a quiet flyover by Boeing 787 Dreamliner
August 26, 2011
 A Boeing 787 Dreamliner flies over the 18th fairway at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge to open the Boeing Classic. The plane will be delivered to ANA, a Japanese airline. (Photo by Dan Catchpole) |
[An earlier version of this story misidentified the pilot and co-pilot of the Boeing 787.]
The Boeing Classic opened with a nearly whisper-quiet flyover by the airplane maker’s long-awaited 787 Dreamliner. The jet passed over TPC Snoqualmie Ridge at 1,000-foot altitude, seemingly almost close enough to reach out and touch.
The plane’s body sparkled in the August sun as it turned around over Snoqualmie Valley and headed back up the 18th fairway at TPC, which hosts the Champions Tour golf tournament.
Boeing Classic gets three year extension at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge
August 25, 2011
The Boeing Company, Virginia Mason Medical Center and the Champions Tour have agreed to extend the Boeing Classic through 2014. TPC Snoqualmie Ridge will continue to be the sponsor.
The golf tournament features the best golfers on the 50-and-older tour and is the largest annual golf tournament in the Pacific Northwest. Since it began in 2005, the tournament has raised more than $3 million for The Heart Institute at Virginia Mason Medical Center.
Teachers agree to return to work
August 25, 2011
Teacher Rene Peterson raised her arms in victory and let out a cheer.
“We start school,” she said. “Which is awesome. Yay!”
The Snoqualmie Valley Education Association voted to approve a tentative agreement with the Snoqualmie Valley School District on Aug. 23.
The school board met Aug. 25 at Mount Si High School to confirm approval of the agreement.
The agreement is for two years, as opposed to the one that would have expired Aug. 31, which was a three-year deal.
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Weyerhaeuser mill site annexation schedule set
August 24, 2011
Ross Bentley, the soft-spoken former professional driver and current president of DirtFish Rally School, wants someone to tell him what to do.
“What we want is someone to tell us what we can do and what we can’t do. Right now, it’s a bit vague,” Bentley said. “Tell us what the regulations are, tell us what we can and can’t do, and we’ll operate that way.”
DirtFish sits on land in unincorporated King County, but Snoqualmie is considering annexing the site, which until 2003 was a working Weyerhaeuser wood mill. The site is still dominated by former mill buildings.
The Snoqualmie City Council set a schedule for moving forward with the proposed annexation at its Aug. 22 meeting. The nonbinding timeline would have the annexation completed by November.
While the council has not voted in favor of the annexation, several of its seven members have spoken favorably about the proposal. Still, all members have said they want more information before they commit the city to anything.
Many local residents are hoping to slow the annexation process down or stop it altogether. The proposal’s opposition has raised a broad range of concerns, many of which have nothing to do with DirtFish directly. But some residents do want to shut the business down because, they say, it hurts residents’ quality of life and home values in the area.
Voters overwhelmingly renew veterans levy
August 24, 2011
King County voters overwhelmingly supported renewing the Veterans and Human Services Levy until 2017 in the Aug. 16 election. Money collected by the levy supports social services in and around the Snoqualmie Valley.
The measure, Proposition 1, garnered 69 percent of the vote in early returns released by King County Elections. By Aug. 22, more than 332,000 ballots had been counted. That is about 30 percent of registered voters.
The levy renewal is expected to generate $100 million for a wide range of social services through 2017. The money will be split 50-50 between programs for veterans and for King County’s neediest residents.
Organizations operating in the Snoqualmie Valley and the surrounding area, such as Friends of Youth and Hopelink, receive money from the existing levy.
