Encompass readies to open new facility in North Bend
September 21, 2011
Encompass is expanding next month.
The children’s and family services organization is opening a satellite office in downtown North Bend. The new facility will offer two categories of services: Pediatric therapy programs and family support.
Pediatric therapy programs include in-home therapy for infants and toddlers and in-clinic therapy for children ages 3 to 18. Encompass has offered the service since 2008.
Police and fire reports
September 21, 2011
North Bend police
Don’t drink and drive
At 10:09 a.m. Sept. 9, in the 300 block of Mount Si Boulevard, police observed a man remove a bottle of whiskey from a bag, open it, toss the bag on the ground and drive away. Police had heard many complaints about this man in the past, including two days earlier, when the same man took a swig from a bottle before driving away. On this day, police approached the man, who had not yet opened the bottle, and told him to place it in the back of his vehicle, so it would be unreachable while driving. He was cited for littering.
Really, don’t drink and drive
At 2:27 a.m. Sept. 10, police assisted the Washington State Patrol with a reported collision on Interstate 90 near milepost 31. Police saw a white Chevrolet pickup parked on the grass next to the westbound lanes. It appeared to have been involved in a collision but it showed no major damage. A man identified as 22-year-old Aaron Steele was sleeping on the passenger seat. He told police he had driven to North Bend to return his friend’s handgun and now was driving back to Tacoma. Since he had a few beers in North Bend, he had stopped to sleep for a while. Police asked Steele if he had any weapons on him; he said his friend might have taken his weapon and Steele’s, too. Police checked Steele and the vehicle for weapons. Once the state patrol arrived, they checked again. Though they found no weapons, police found three magazines, a brown bag full of .45 caliber ammo and a long clip lying in the grass with about 25 rounds in it. After failing sobriety tests, the state patrol arrested Steele. The vehicle was impounded.
Youthful Mount Si volleyball squad seeks another league title
September 21, 2011
Mount Si High School’s volleyball team is younger than last year’s team that won the KingCo Conference and finished sixth in state.
But the Wildcats are making another run for the league title. They are already off to a 3-0 start in conference play.
The team’s new faces picked up some valuable experience Sept. 17 while taking on some of the Pacific Northwest’s top teams at the Kent Classic. The Wildcats went 3-3 in the tournament, and stayed close in their losses.
Mount Si High School group gets in the business of building bridges
September 21, 2011
From all corners of Mount Si High School, a group of 30-plus students head to Vashon Island for a weekend in the fall.
From glances, they graduate to looks. From looks they move on to bashful dialogues and from dialogues they start friendships.
Then, they return to Mount Si and repeat the recipe, this time with as many classmates as they can.
TV gardening show to feature North Bend’s Dahlia Farm
September 21, 2011
 Television gardener Ciscoe Morris (center) visits with Aimee and Jerry Sherrill at their Dahlia Barn in North Bend. (Contributed) |
TV gardener Ciscoe Morris is having a dalliance in North Bend. Or rather, a dahlia-nce.
Morris will air an episode filmed in North Bend’s Dahlia Barn.
“Two reasons why we did the Dahlia Barn,” Morris said. “It was unbelievably colorful and we love to shoot our show in a really beautiful, colorful spot. And we really like to support small, family-owned companies and nurseries.”
The episode was recorded Sept. 9. It will air Sept. 24 and Oct. 8.
Initiative 1125 calls for tighter rules on highway tolls
September 21, 2011
Tim Eyman said that for him, Initiative 1125 isn’t so much about highway tolling as it is a continuation of the same idea he has been promoting with his various ballot issues for 18 years.
I-1125 would change the way state conducts highway tolling in several ways. Among other provisions, I-1125 would require the Legislature to set toll amounts — rather than the appointed Washington State Transportation Commission — and mandate that tolls end when the state finishes paying off projects funded by tolling.
Voters will decide on the initiative in November.
North Bend puts joint police force decision on hold
September 21, 2011
North Bend has put its consideration of ending its contract with the King County Sheriff’s Office for police services on hold.
The city is waiting to see what savings come from budget cuts and consolidation of resources at the sheriff’s department, City Administrator Duncan Wilson said.
“We are sort of waiting for them to get through that,” he said.
Phonathon nets $15,000 for Snoqualmie Valley student programs
September 21, 2011
Yes, it fell short, but it was not a failure.
Sure, the goal of the 2011 Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation Phonathon was $20,000, and it collected a little more than $15,000. But last year’s phonathon raised “only” $12,000.
Besides, foundation treasurer Cheryl Duncan said the group pulled that goal amount out of the air.
