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		<title>Snoqualmie Valley residents say goodbye to a fallen son</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW &#8212; 4:40 p.m. March 13, 2010
Check back for updates and pictures online and in the March 18 issue of the SnoValley Star.
Hundreds of Snoqualmie Valley residents lined Railroad Avenue and Meadowbrook Way holding American flags beneath a cloudy sky Saturday March 13, to pay tribute to Eric Ward, a 19-year-old Marine from Redmond and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calendar, March 11</title>
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Public meetings

North Bend Planning Commission, 7 p.m. March 11, 211 Main Ave. N.
Snoqualmie Public Safety Committee, 5 p.m. March 11, Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway.
Snoqualmie Public Works Committee, 5 p.m. March 15, City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St.
Snoqualmie Planning and Parks Committee, 6 p.m. March 15, Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway.
Snoqualmie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attorney general warns of prescription drug abuse dangers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED — 2:25 March 11, 2010
State Attorney General Rob McKenna shared some startling facts at the Youth Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention forum Feb. 24.
For instance, about 700 people die from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in Washington every year, he said.
“Most often, people who overdose go to sleep and they simply don’t wake up,” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/11/attorney-general-warns-of-prescription-drug-abuse-dangers</link>
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		<title>Tip the glass and pass the hat for Encompass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 2:20 p.m. March 11, 2010
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		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/11/tip-the-glass-and-pass-the-hat-for-encompass</link>
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		<title>Scoreboard, March 11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prep boys basketball
3A/2A KingCo Conference
10-2 Conference record
16-8 Overall record
Sea-King District tournament
At Bellevue College
March 2 Games
Rainier Beach 69, Franklin 62
Bellevue 66, Sammamish 49
O’Dea 72, Mount Si 65, loser out
Chief Sealth 57, Seattle Prep 50, loser out
March 4 Games
O’Dea 72, Sammamish 61, loser out
Franklin 68, Chief Sealth 65, loser out
March 6 Games
O’Dea 59, Franklin 57, third, fourth [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/11/scoreboard-march-11</link>
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		<title>Decision on North Bend hotel amendment delayed again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED — 2:00 p.m. March 11, 2010
After months of delays, North Bend City Council voted to wait a little longer to vote on a proposal to amend the city’s development regulations to allow a hotel to be built south of Interstate 90’s Exit 31, at its March 2 meeting.
Following statements from opponents and supporters of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/11/decision-on-north-bend-hotel-amendment-delayed-again</link>
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		<title>North Bend Boy Scouts among first to earn scuba merit badge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 2:00 p.m. March 11, 2010 
Cold waters greeted Boy Scouts from Troop No. 609 on Jan. 26.

Submerging up to 60 feet underwater, 20 of the 39 troop members completed their final dive off Alki Beach for their Professional Association of Diver Instructors certification for scuba diving and their Boy Scout merit badge.
“I’ve been scuba [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/11/north-bend-boy-scouts-among-first-to-earn-scuba-merit-badge</link>
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		<title>No Saturday mail beats another price increase</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States Postal Service is projecting a $7 billion loss this year, and the picture looks even bleaker in the coming decade. Cutting Saturday delivery is a controversial cost-saving proposal for many. It shouldn’t be.
The postal service has come a long way to meet its business’ changing profile. New technology has reduced the number [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/11/no-saturday-mail-beats-another-price-increase</link>
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		<title>Lead found in high school portable classrooms&#8217; water</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 1:55 p.m. March 11, 2010
Tests done in early March showed that water in Mount Si High School’s portable classrooms had levels of lead higher than what is recommended by the EPA.
District administrators advised teachers and students in the portables not to drink water coming from the faucets.
As a precaution, tests were performed on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/11/lead-found-in-high-school-portable-classrooms-water</link>
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		<title>Roll call, March 11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Y = Yes, N = No, E = Excused, X = Not Voting
Senate Bill 6444, which passed the Senate 25-19, would make modifications to the state’s operating budget. It’s now before the House.
45th Sen. Cheryl Pflug, (R-Maple Valley) — N
Senate Bill 6381, which passed the Senate 41-3, modifies the state’s 2009-11 transportation budget appropriations. It’s now before [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/11/roll-call-march-11</link>
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		<title>Residents call for more details on Snoqualmie&#8217;s community center plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED — 11:55 a.m. March 11, 2010
Check back for updates
A group of Snoqualmie residents are asking City Council to take a  closer look at a proposed agreement with the YMCA of Greater Seattle for  operation of a future community center.
The group  presented a range of concerns to the council at its March [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/11/residents-call-for-more-details-on-snoqualmies-community-center-plan</link>
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		<title>Eastside FC BU16 wins Washington State Challenge Cup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW &#8212; 11:15 a.m. March 11, 2010
The Eastside FC BU16 soccer team won the Washington State Challenge Cup March 7 with a 2-1 overtime victory over the Columbia Timbers.It was the team&#8217;s second consecutive win of the Challenge Cup.
Snoqualmie Valley resident Chace Carlson helped give the Eastside FC the edge against the undefeated Timbers with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/11/eastside-fc-bu16-wins-washington-state-challenge-cup</link>
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		<title>North Bend unveils ambitious marketing plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW &#8212; 10:40 a.m. March 11, 2010
North Bend’s marketing team has finished its plan for 2010, some of which has already been implemented. The plan is part of the city’s strategy to draw more visitors – and their money – to North Bend.
The team is composed of residents with backgrounds in marketing and city employees.
Highlights [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/11/north-bend-unveils-ambitious-marketing-plan</link>
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		<title>Season in review, winter 2009-2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED — 2:58 p.m. March 11, 2010
It was a season of highs and lows. And no shortage of excitement. Every Mount Si team went to postseason play, and two Wildcats — gymnast Georgia Reynolds and swimmer Chase Goulart — became state champions. Some records fell, such as career points in boys basketball, which Tanner Riley [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/10/season-in-review-winter-2009-2010</link>
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		<title>School notes, March 10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cascade View Elementary
Class photos K-2 March 16
North Bend Elementary
Haiti coin and shoe drive. Drop off donations at the front office.
Opstad Elementary
Bingo Night, 6-7:30 p.m. March 12
PTA general meeting, 6:50-7 p.m. March 12
Third-grade concert, 6-7 p.m. March 17
Science fair entry forms due March 18
Snoqualmie Elementary
Second-grade concert, 7-8 p.m. March 11
Art and Science Night, 6:30-8:30 p.m. March [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/10/school-notes-march-10</link>
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		<title>Foundation honors top teachers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 9:04 a.m. March 11, 2010
Christi Wright didn’t know what to say when she learned that she had been named one of Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation’s four educators of the year.
“There are so many other people I can think of and name who are so much more deserving,” said Wright, Mount Si High School [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/10/foundation-honors-top-teachers</link>
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		<title>Schools foundation holding annual fundraiser</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 12:37 p.m. March 10, 2010
Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation is hosting its third annual spring fundraiser and aiming for the stars with a goal of raising $100,000.
Attending the lunch is free to the public, although the foundation encourages participants to open their wallets as they learn about educational opportunities the foundation would like to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/10/schools-foundation-holding-annual-fundraiser</link>
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		<title>Obituaries, March 10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barbara Austin Sheldon Greenstreet
Barbara Austin Sheldon Greenstreet died Feb. 22 at home, surrounded in her last few days by all of her family with love, laughter and music.

A celebration of Barbara’s life followed by a reception was held 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. March 6 at Emily Dickinson Elementary School, 7040 208th Ave. N.E., Redmond.
Barbara [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/10/obituaries-march-10</link>
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		<title>Opstad students collect coins for schools in Asia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 11:20 a.m. March 10, 2010
An average person might not think much of a penny, but a penny can buy a pencil in Afghanistan, fifth-grader Shelby McCaddon said.
Students at Opstad Elementary School learned that if they collect enough pennies, they could amass enough money to pay for a new school in Afghanistan or Pakistan.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/10/opstad-students-collect-coins-for-schools-in-asia</link>
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		<title>Letters, March 10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adopt standards for new hotel, but keep it north of I-90
The North Bend City Council should separate the controversy regarding a new hotel into two simple questions: first, what should a new hotel look like? Second, where should we build it?
The answer to the first question is easy. The council should adopt “performance standards” developed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/10/letters-march-10</link>
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		<title>Eastside Fire &amp; Rescue response times improve, overtime drops</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 6:00 a.m. March 10, 2010
When Eastside Fire &#38; Rescue Chief Lee Soptich finally had a chance to reflect on 2009, one he counts as the most stressful of any in his 24 years as a fire chief, he said it was a mixed bag.
“It was the best of years and the worst of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/10/eastside-fire-rescue-response-times-improve-overtime-drops</link>
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		<title>Police blotter, March 10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 6:00 a.m. March 10, 2010
Snoqualmie
Who crashed the car?
A car went into a ditch at about 12:45 a.m. Feb. 26, in the 9500 block of Meadowbrook Way Southeast. Wyrsch’s Towing impounded the car.
An officer saw a woman walking near the car, but the woman said the car was not hers.
Later that night, a woman [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/10/police-blotter-march-10</link>
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		<title>Loss to O’Dea ends season for Mount Si</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 3:30 p.m. March 9, 2010
Despite season-best scores from two players, the Mount Si boys basketball season ended with a 72-65 loss to O’Dea March 2 in the Sea-King District tournament.
The Wildcats trailed by one point going into the fourth quarter, but couldn’t overcome the deficit. O’Dea padded its lead with late free throws [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/09/loss-to-o%e2%80%99dea-ends-season-for-mount-si</link>
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		<title>Voters need to put Legislature back on a leash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 3:23 p.m. March 10, 2010
By Tim Eyman
I was disrespectful of Governor Gregoire when she signed Senate Bill 6130, gutting voter-approved Initiative 960.
I attended the public bill signing wearing a suit and tie, and standing beside her, I held my nose with one hand and went thumbs down with the other for the official [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/09/voters-need-to-put-legislature-back-on-a-leash</link>
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		<title>Snoqualmie City Council hears concerns about Ridge community center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 3:15 p.m. March 9, 2010
A group of Snoqualmie residents are asking City Council to take a closer look at a proposed agreement with the YMCA of Greater Seattle for operation of a future community center.
The group presented a range of concerns to the council at its March 8 meeting, including the cost of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/09/snoqualmie-city-council-hears-concerns-about-ridge-community-center</link>
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		<title>Outdoor recreation lobbyists fight to get keep Mount Si trail open</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 6:00 a.m. March 7, 2009
With the State Legislature’s current session winding down, advocates for outdoor groups are lobbying representatives to restore money to operate 22 popular trails and campgrounds in Snoqualmie Valley and the rest of Washington.
The money was initially cut from Gov. Chris Gregoire’s supplemental budget proposal in January to close the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/07/outdoor-recreation-lobbyists-fight-to-get-keep-mount-si-trail-open</link>
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		<title>Snoqualmie City Hall offers help on U.S. Census forms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW &#8212; 6:00 a.m. March 6, 2010
United States Census forms will arrive this month. The form has only 10 questions and takes about 10 minutes to complete. Forms should be returned as quickly as possible.
Responses should include everyone who will be living at each residence as of April 1, 2010, the official day of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/06/snoqualmie-city-hall-offers-help-on-u-s-census-forms</link>
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		<title>Snoqualmie man dies after single-car crash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 4:19 p.m. March 5, 2010
The State Patrol has reported that a 52-year-old Snoqualmie man who was involved in a single-car crash on February 22 has died at the hospital, according to the Tacoma News Tribune. 
Kenneth J. Treichel’s 2001 Kia Spectra had been traveling westbound on Interstate 90 when it went off the road. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/05/snoqualmie-man-dies-after-single-car-crash</link>
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		<title>King County Executive Dow Constantine to outline reform plans in speeches</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW &#8212; 6:00 a.m. March 5, 2010
As his first 100 days in office draw to a close, King County Executive Dow Constantine plans to outline his reform agenda for county government in a series of speeches next week.
Constantine was elected in November after running on a reform agenda, promising to change the culture of King [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/05/king-county-executive-dow-constantine-to-outline-reform-plans-in-speeches</link>
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		<title>Weigh in: Elementary school boundary survey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 1:53 p.m. March 4, 2010
As Snoqualmie Valley School District administrators prepare to do an elementary school boundary review for the 2010-11 school year, they are asking the public for feedback through an online survey.
To learn more about the boundary review, visit www.svsd410.org and select “Elementary Attendance Boundary Study.”
The survey will be open until [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/03/04/weigh-in-elementary-school-boundary-survey</link>
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