Encompass gala plans to “Fall In Love” this year
October 22, 2008
Some call it the social event of the season.
Every year, Encompass holds an autumn gala filled with music, dinner and a silent and live auction.
“It’s one for the few fundraisers I’ve been to where it’s actually considered a date I can go on with my own husband,” said Encompass coordinator Kim Ayars. Read more
Engagement
October 22, 2008
Bissell, Gehre
Greg and Bonnie Bissell, of Issaquah, and Mark and Krista Liburdi, of Snoqualmie, announce the engagement of their daughter Katrina Bissell to Robbie Gehre, son of Ernie Gehre and Debbie Palmer, of Kirkland. Read more
Calendar 10-23
October 22, 2008
Events
North Bend group is taking out the trash
October 15, 2008
Wade Holden knows trash. He knows about dumped refrigerators, shotgun shells, broken bottles and moldering boxes. In 1997, he even arranged for the U.S. Army Reserve to airlift 38 abandoned vehicles out of the Middle Fork.
A Texas native, Holden moved to North Bend with his wife Tania in 1992. He’s no stranger with the land. His father traded cattle and sold real estate in Texas.
Sean Callaghan and Wade Holden lift a rock slab into the back of a truck.
Glass ornaments benefit cancer research
October 13, 2008
Nine-year-old Natalie Smith of North Bend has well-wishers across the county, but the roots of her support group began in Snoqualmie Valley.
Smith is an athletic girl, who enjoys running around the soccer field. Now, she is stationed in a hospital bed recovering from a bone marrow transplant she received to help her battle acute myelogenous leukemia. Read more
Alpacas on the loose
October 8, 2008
North Bend farm recently added 19th alpaca to its herd
From spinning fleece to birthing babies, the alpaca business is booming for the Clark family in North Bend. Their front yard, dubbed Clarkshire, is now home to 19 alpacas. The newest addition, Pippin, a little white alpaca with spindly legs and a pink nose, joined the Clarkshire herd Sept. 29. Read more
Community invited to create zines at workshop
October 8, 2008
Mount Si High School Librarian Elaine Harger makes a mean zine, and she’s inviting the community to join her. In a free, nine-week workshop, Harger will teach people how to create zines — personal magazines — using silk-screening, papermaking, rubberstamp carving and more. Read more
World traveler set to speak at library
October 2, 2008
One hike around Rattlesnake Lake led to Joyce Major seeing the world.
Joyce Major rides atop an elephant in Thailand. Contributed
The long-time Seattle resident will be at the Snoqualmie Public Library at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6 to talk about her recent five-month experience working for the Sumatran Orangutan Society in Bali. Read more
Childhood development workshop planned for Snoqualmie Ridge
October 2, 2008
Parents check out resource tables on Early Childhood Education at the Giraffes conference. Contributed
Parents of young children are invited to attend a free child development workshop at Cascade View Elementary Oct. 11. The workshop, “Children and Giraffes: Tall Orders in Development,” will feature classes on subjects from brain development to early literacy. Read more
Stitching up a storm
October 2, 2008
Club helps women find their own styles
Mary Maupin holds up a bat she sewed at the Sno-Valley Quilters Club. Photo by Laura Geggel
Quilting can be methodical and creative. The seamstress may have to attend quilt shows and leaf through magazines before a design inspires her. Selecting the right shade of cloth before measuring twice and cutting once leads to the most labor-intensive part — sewing sometimes hundreds of pieces together to perfect a pattern. Read more
