Public in dark about hospital board hijinx
May 22, 2013
The May 2 board meeting of the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital district was a jaw-dropper for newcomers. But even for regular attendees, the board and staff hit a new low.
The public meeting was fraught with name calling, gavel pounding and the hospital attorney yelling at a member of the public about an unrelated topic when he dared to suggest ideas for a more open and transparent hospital board. People who regularly attend these meetings often see the contentious behavior — namely between Commissioner Gene Pollard and the rest of the commissioners and staff.
Letters to the editor
May 22, 2013
Plant sale thanks!
The Snoqualmie Valley Hospital Auxiliary appreciates the support from the North Bend, Snoqualmie, Fall City and surrounding-area residents, the North Bend QFC and the many Valley businesses that displayed our publicity fliers for our annual plant sale held May 4.
The Auxiliary is especially grateful to Carmichael?s True Value Hardware and Adventure Bowing in Snoqualmie, North Bend Ace Hardware, Home Depot, Fred Meyer and Lowes in Issaquah for their generous donations.
Because of the success of the sale, the Auxiliary will be able to fund its sixth annual $1,000 scholarship for a Mount Si High School graduating senior pursuing studies in the medical field. Congratulations to Bob Edwards, who was the lucky winner of our garden cart.
John McLean
Secretary of the Snoqualmie
Valley Hospital Auxiliary
North Bend Theatre deserves benefactors
May 15, 2013
Owners of a North Bend icon are asking the community for help.
Very few small-town movie theaters have survived the public’s modern love of technology.
Bigger, brighter, flashier, faster … that’s how we roll today.
And yet, the 72-year-old North Bend Theatre has been lovingly tended to by multiple owners, and has thrived.
May 15, 2013
Slim Randles
Columnist
I heard the rumor down at the feed store, later in the afternoon. We had a real live Sherlock Holmes in our community, and he was our local barber, Curtis Naismith.
“What do you mean?” I asked Julie, the stout girl hired to carry 100-pound sacks of grain out to waiting trucks.
“Curtis can tell,” she said. “He can tell where you’ve been and what you’ve been doing, and it’s a kind of magic, like that e.s.p. stuff.”
The local political landscape heating up
May 8, 2013
Things are starting to heat up in local elections, with a couple of folks beginning to make announcements about running.
This week, however, Snoqualmie Councilwoman Maria Henriksen announced that she would not seek re-election.
May 9, 2013 Letters to the Editor
May 8, 2013
Thank our firefighters, paid and volunteer
Our family has lived in North Bend for the past 13 years and only found out last Friday night that the North Bend and Snoqualmie fire stations are run by a combination of paid firefighters and volunteer medics.
You have to work your way up the ladder
May 8, 2013
Slim Randles
Columnist
When the Rafter E branded recently, a bunch of us went out to help. It’s a badge of pride to have worked your way up the branding ladder.
As a kid, you flank the calves; you grab them, throw them and hold them down. This is conducive to abrasions, muscle strain and involuntarily changing the color of your shirt. Read more
Editorial
May 1, 2013
Don’t miss out on the new North Bend
North Bend is turning in to quite a happening place, and we love seeing it.
When the city faced a decade-long moratorium on new development, city leaders did not just give up. Read more
Letters
May 1, 2013
Thank you for supporting the first North Bend Blues Walk
The first-ever North Bend Blues Walk was a great success thanks to everyone involved. More than 1,200 people came out April 20, filling 13 venues downtown. Following in the same fashion as the successful Jazz Walk in September, music could be found all up and down North Bend Way from 6 p.m. to midnight, and patrons wandered from venue to venue enjoying the experience of it all. Read more
Home Country
May 1, 2013
Promoting business is a job itself
Slim Randles
Columnist
Emily’s dilemma was obvious: How do you sell manure? Since she fell in love with Dewey Decker, she could think of nothing less than spending her life with him and embracing the fertilizer business whole hog, so to speak. Emily Stickles has never done anything halfway.
In her job with the county, she has kept a vigilant eye on almost every business around, encouraged where she could, and crushing hard if she needed to stomp on violators. Read more
