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		<title>Theft after house fire kicks local family when it’s down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chad Reynolds’ luck went from bad to worse. His family was one of six who lost their homes in last year’s Thanksgiving fire at the Mount Si Court Apartments in North Bend. And if that wasn’t bad enough, someone broke into the vacant apartment and stole electronics and jewelry that hadn’t been damaged in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/theft-after-house-fire-kicks-local-family-when-it%e2%80%99s-down</link>
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		<title>Public weighs in on Snoqualmie Corridor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[About 150 showed up at an open house Feb. 1 to give their two cents about how the Washington Department of Natural Resources should manage 53,000 acres of newly acquired land referred to as the Snoqualmie Corridor. And those ideas often conflicted from one user group to another. Doug McClelland, assistant region manager for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/public-weighs-in-on-snoqualmie-corridor</link>
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		<title>Snoqualmie Tribe pledges $100,000 to Intellectual House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe has pledged $100,000 to support the design and construction of the University of Washington’s Intellectual House, a longhouse-style facility to be built on the UW Seattle campus that will serve Native American students, faculty and staff, according to a press release from Jaime Martin, of the Snoqualmie Tribe. The donation will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/snoqualmie-tribe-pledges-100000-to-intellectual-house</link>
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		<title>Poster contest is open to young artists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The annual Snoqualmie Arbor Day poster contest is open to children in fourth and fifth grades, according to a press release from the city of Snoqualmie. This year’s theme is “Trees are Terrific in All Shapes and Sizes.” Contest details, such as poster size, medium and submission requirements, are posted on the city’s website at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/poster-contest-is-open-to-young-artists</link>
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		<title>Get free inspections for storm damage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unincorporated area residents and businesses that suffered property damage in the recent snow, ice and wind storms can obtain free building inspections, King County Councilwoman Kathy Lambert said in her monthly newsletter. The county has waived the fee to help residents speed up repair to their property, she said. Priority service will be given for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/get-free-inspections-for-storm-damage</link>
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		<title>GOP gears up for caucuses, a chance to pick presidential nominee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Local Republicans could tilt the national contest to nominate a GOP challenger to President Barack Obama, as residents across Washington gather for caucuses early next month. King County Republican Party officials and Republicans statewide plan to hold caucuses March 3. Interest in the caucuses is high, party officials said, amid a spirited nomination battle. In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/gop-gears-up-for-caucuses-a-chance-to-pick-presidential-nominee</link>
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		<title>District leaders offer cautious praise for supreme court ruling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s great news, for now. That was the attitude among Snoqualmie Valley School District leaders regarding the Washington State Supreme Court’s 7-2 ruling that stated the Legislature is not living up to its constitutional mandate to fund basic education. “It could not have been better news for education,” Superintendent of Valley Schools Joel Aune said. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/district-leaders-offer-cautious-praise-for-supreme-court-ruling</link>
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		<title>Letters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you, everyone A huge thank you to everyone who braved the snow and cold to attend the Mount Si High School Jazz Band fundraiser at Boxley’s on Jan. 17. We were able to raise more than $2,000 to help these kids represent Mount Si and the Snoqualmie Valley at the Savannah Music Festival’s Swing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/letters-50</link>
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		<title>Council retreats set good fiscal example</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are boundless examples of government agencies spending excessive amounts on frivolous things, but it’s a rare occasion to see it in North Bend or Snoqualmie. For example, there are many city councils and school boards around the state that still think it’s OK to spend a couple of days at a resort for an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/council-retreats-set-good-fiscal-example</link>
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		<title>Landscape artist pays tribute to his youth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Evergreens, meet Everclear. Real garden, meet Soundgarden. Adam Gorski, a landscape architect from North Bend, has created “Grunge Garden,” a leafy display of evergreens, willows, sequoias and other greenery reminiscent of the music that captured Seattle’s and the world’s attention in the early 1990s. The plants and trees have been shaped to look like a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/landscape-artist-pays-tribute-to-his-youth</link>
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		<title>Police Blotter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Snoqualmie Police Meat me out front An Elderberry Avenue Southeast resident reported to police that at 2:45 p.m. Jan. 30 a man in a white van approached her and her children while they were in the garage. She said he asked if her family were “meat-eaters.” He apparently was selling meat. She asked him to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/police-blotter-57</link>
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		<title>Work is coming to parks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s all coming together for the Si View Metropolitan District. Work at the Si View Community Center will follow a complete overhaul of Tollgate Park worth more than $3.5 million. “We are in the process of putting a new roof on the center, and then we will do the siding,” said Travis Stombaugh, executive director [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/work-is-coming-to-parks</link>
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		<title>Chance Sebastian Adventure Lacefield</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chance Sebastian Adventure Lacefield, son of Phil Jr. and Calye Lacefield, of North Bend, was born Jan. 25, 2012, at Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue. He weighed 6 pounds and 15 ounces and measured 22 inches. He joins siblings Rhiannon, 11, and Xander, 8. His grandparents are Jennifer and Phil Lacefield Sr., of Middletown, Ohio, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/chance-sebastian-adventure-lacefield</link>
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		<title>People laugh, cry, remember fourth-grader at celebration of her life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Those who had never met her cried. Those who had met her and will miss her most laughed. Lily Gallacher, a Cascade View Elementary School fourth-grader who died Jan. 18, was remembered Feb. 1 as a funny, talented, loving child who charmed everyone she met. More than 200 people filled a room at the Snoqualmie [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/people-laugh-cry-remember-fourth-grader-at-celebration-of-her-life</link>
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		<title>Skill, colors, attitude are on display at library’s teen art show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[She came, she yawned, she doodled. She won. “I just got really bored in my horticulture class and just started doodling,” Mount Si High School student Sydney Tulip said. She doodled the profile of an Indian from South America. She had researched the Indians earlier that week, after she — you guessed it — got [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/skill-colors-attitude-are-on-display-at-library%e2%80%99s-teen-art-show</link>
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		<title>Grange academy is offering Wintergrass youth scholarship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sallal Grange in North Bend will award a Snoqualmie Valley student a scholarship to the Wintergrass Youth Academy. The academy will occur during the Wintergrass Music Festival, Feb. 23-24, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bellevue. It will feature music educators from Washington, California, Oregon and Ohio. The winner of the scholarship will receive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/grange-academy-is-offering-wintergrass-youth-scholarship</link>
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		<title>Twin Falls teacher wins monthly award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kyle Wallace, a sixth-grade math and science teacher at Twin Falls Middle School, has been named the Macaroni Kid Teacher of the Month for January. Wallace will receive a $100 gift certificate to the Woodman Lodge, a massage gift certificate from Therapeutic Health and a plaque. Cascade View Elementary School teacher Calla Kinghorn won the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/twin-falls-teacher-wins-monthly-award-2</link>
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		<title>Mount Si wins KingCo wrestling championship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Mount Si Wildcats wrestling team put on one of its finest performances of the season, winning the KingCo Conference championships Feb. 4. Ryley Absher, Mitch Rorem and Josh Mitchell won conference championships, with Rorem defeating teammate Tyler Hutchinson for the 195-pound crown. Third place or better earned wrestlers a ticket to the Feb. 11 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/mount-si-wins-kingco-wrestling-championship</link>
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		<title>Mount Si Cheer squads compete at State and one heads to Nationals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two things can be said of the 2012 State Cheerleading Championships held at the Comcast Arena in Everett. One, it is so loud inside with 53 cheerleading teams competing that arena staff members sell earplugs for two bucks a pop. And two, a fast recovery after a big misstep is the only thing that will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/mount-si-cheer-squads-compete-at-state-and-one-heads-to-nationals</link>
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		<title>Mount Si Gymnastics advances to districts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Mount Si High School Gymnastics team is heading to the district competition next weekend after getting the top overall score at the KingCo 3A Gymnastics Championships Feb. 4. Mount Si garnered a team score of 155.8 points out of 300, compared to Mercer Island’s second-place score of 150.525. Both teams will advance to districts, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/mount-si-gymnastics-advances-to-districts</link>
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		<title>Sign on, sign off</title>
		<description><![CDATA[They wore their new colors with pride, and with relief. “It’s finally final, it’s written down on paper,” said Josh Mitchell, after inking his letter of intent with Oregon State University Feb. 1. “I’ve been looking forward to it for some time, and it’s nice to have it done with.” Letter of Intent Day was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/sign-on-sign-off</link>
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		<title>Streaky shooting sinks Mount Si</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With six minutes and 13 seconds left in the third quarter of their Feb. 2 game against Liberty High School, the Mount Si Wildcats had 31 points. Those six minutes disappeared, and so did the first six and a half minutes in the fourth quarter. During that 12-minute span, the Wildcats scored two points. Those [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/streaky-shooting-sinks-mount-si</link>
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		<title>Calendar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Public meetings  Both cities’ offices will be closed Feb. 20 in observance of Presidents’ Day. North Bend Planning Commission, 7 p.m. Feb. 9, North Bend City Hall, 211 Main Ave. N. North Bend transportation and Public Works Committee, 3:45 p.m. Feb. 15, North Bend Public Works, 1155 E. North Bend Way  North Bend Economic Development [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/calendar-106</link>
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		<title>King County to restore Cedar Falls free recycling services Feb. 11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New: 2:51 p.m., Feb. 8, 2012 King County Solid Waste Division will reinstate free recycling services at the North Bend Cedar Falls Drop Box and Enumclaw Transfer Station on Feb. 11, according to a press release from the city of North Bend. In an effort to save $400,000 per year, King County  stopped the free [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/king-county-to-restore-cedar-falls-free-recycling-services-feb-11</link>
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		<title>Kindergarten parents worry about schedule overhaul</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Call it nap-gate. The new model for half-day kindergarten in 2012 presented by the Snoqualmie Valley School District has parents upset about what would be expected of their five-year-olds. The Snoqualmie Valley School District’s budget-trimming suggestion would turn Kindergartners&#8217; half-day schedule into two sets of all-day school days with alternating Fridays. “The new model may [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/08/kindergarten-parents-worry-about-schedule-overhaul</link>
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		<title>New art dedication in Snoqualmie Feb. 11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New: 4:25 p.m., Feb. 7, 2012 The Snoqualmie Arts Commission will dedicate a new piece of public artwork at 10 a.m. Feb. 11  on the front steps of the Snoqualmie Community Center,  35018 SE Ridge St. The sculpture, titled “Tah Dah,” stands 18 feet high with the top section revolving in the wind. &#160; The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/07/new-art-dedication-in-snoqualmie-feb-11</link>
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		<title>Wood debris drop-off and tree workshop this weekend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New: 1:56 p.m. on Feb. 2, 2012 Free drop-off of wood debris from the recent storm is available Feb. 4 &#8211; 5, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the corner of Snoqualmie Parkway and State Route 202. No leaves, sod, grass clippings, food waste or animal waste will be accepted, nor construction debris or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/02/wood-debris-drop-off-and-tree-workshop-this-weekend</link>
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		<title>Nikki Winters wins 2012 Wildcat Idol</title>
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		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/02/nikki-winters-wins-2012-wildcat-idol</link>
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		<title>Community speaks up about middle schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The prospect of the community’s children attending a two-middle-school district has their parents speaking out on both sides of the issue. Parents and teachers crowded the conference room at the Snoqualmie Valley School District offices Jan. 26 and waited hours to speak their mind. The issue of whether the district will turn the 40-year-old Snoqualmie [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/01/community-speaks-up-about-middle-schools</link>
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		<title>Festival at Mount Si makes some changes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Street closure should allow residents to get to their homes After meeting with a small group of concerned neighbors Jan. 24, organizers of the Festival at Mount Si are moving to revamp their plans for this year’s event. “We will be moving forward with a different option,” said Jill Massengill, president of the board of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2012/02/01/festival-at-mount-si-makes-some-changes</link>
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