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		<title>Mount Si drama teachers meet Broadway greats in New York</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 6:00 a.m. Sept. 2, 2010 Snoqualmie Valley student drama shows may sparkle with ideas from Broadway, now that drama teachers Dean and Kim Snavely have completed the Broadway Teachers Workshop. In New York, the Snavelys rubbed elbows with Broadway stars and participated in dozens of workshops, including ones detailing stage makeup, sound, lighting and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/09/02/mount-si-drama-teachers-meet-broadway-greats-in-new-york</link>
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		<title>Phoneathon will help fund tutoring programs across the school district</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 6:00 a.m. Sept. 2, 2010 As if it were in a 1990’s game show, the Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation wants to phone a friend. Actually, thousands of them. The foundation’s second annual Phoneathon is from 4:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 13 and 14. Every family with children in the school district will receive a phone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/09/02/phoneathon-will-help-fund-tutoring-programs-across-the-school-district</link>
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		<title>Mount Si’s Zoe Gogan commits to play volleyball for WSU</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 6:00 a.m. Sept. 2, 2010 A year ago, Zoe Gogan wasn’t sure where she wanted to go to college, but she knew one thing: She wanted to play volleyball for a Pac-10 university. The Pac-10 is one of the country’s strongest conferences for women’s volleyball. Last year, it was the only conference to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/09/02/mount-si%e2%80%99s-zoe-gogan-commits-to-play-volleyball-for-wsu</link>
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		<title>Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation has new interim president</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 6:00 a.m. Sept. 2, 2010 Carmen Villanueva began volunteering at Snoqualmie Valley schools in 1994. The same year, her daughter Jasmin took her baby sister Chloe to kindergarten class for show and tell. Sixteen years later, Jasmin is living in Hawaii, Chloe is a junior at Mount Si High and Carmen is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/09/02/snoqualmie-valley-schools-foundation-has-new-interim-president</link>
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		<title>Snoqualmie Valley taxpayers to get a break from refinanced bonds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 6:00 a.m. Sept. 2, 2010 Snoqualmie Valley taxpayers will pay less each year on school bond repayments until 2020. The Valley’s school board and Jon Gores, the school district’s financial advisor, made the announcement at the Aug. 19 school board meeting. Gores said the district refinanced $30 million out of a $53.5 million [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/09/02/snoqualmie-valley-taxpayers-to-get-a-break-from-refinanced-bonds</link>
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		<title>Snoqualmie Valley School District results are above state average for new standardized tests</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 11:15 p.m. Sept. 1, 2010 The new standardized test scores released Tuesday brought mixed results for Snoqualmie Valley School District. Some schools in the district saw big improvements in their standing relative to other Washington schools over last year. Other schools saw continued success, but some schools slipped. This year was the first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/09/01/snoqualmie-valley-school-district-results-are-above-state-average-for-new-standardized-tests</link>
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		<title>Woodman Lodge is in running for best steak</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 8:00 p.m. Sept. 1, 2010 KING 5’s Evening Magazine is looking for the best of Western Washington, and Snoqualmie’s Woodman Lodge is in the running for best steakhouse. Vote for the restaurant at http://best.king5.com. The restaurant is housed in the former lodge of Modern Woodman of America Camp 8630 in the city’s historic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/09/01/woodman-lodge-is-in-running-for-best-steak</link>
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		<title>Two Rivers School to begin holding Friday classes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 3:00 p.m. Sept. 1, 2010 Two Rivers School will offer Friday classes this year for the first time, Principal Tom Athanases said. Friday classes will end at about 12:35 p.m. and teachers will work the rest of the day on professional improvement, he said. Both things already occur at the district’s other schools. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/09/01/two-rivers-school-to-begin-holding-friday-classes</link>
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		<title>SLIDESHOW &#124; Boeing Classic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 1:00 p.m. Sept. 1, 2010]]></description>
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		<title>Ambulance fees    worth considering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 1:00 p.m. Sept. 1, 2010 Yes, the economy has not turned around, but sometimes government cannot simply slice and dice its way to a balanced budget. All ideas are on the table for increasing revenue — including an Eastside Fire &#38; Rescue fee for ambulance rides. Hit by falling tax revenue, contract cities, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/09/01/ambulance-fees-worth-considering</link>
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		<title>EFR considers charges for services, ambulance rides</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 1:00 p.m. Sept. 1, 2010 Call it the fire department equivalent of tolling. Faced with the steadily rising costs of health care and personnel, and repeated calls from partners to limit their annual increases in contributions, Eastside Fire &#38; Rescue is considering charging citizens for various fire services, from ambulance rides to car [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/09/01/efr-considers-charges-for-services-ambulance-rides</link>
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		<title>Nellie M. Gamble</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 12:47 p.m. Sept. 1, 2010 Nellie M. Gamble, of Fall City, died Aug. 25, 2010, at Snoqualmie Valley Hospital. She was 89. Burial was held at Hillside Cemetery, Issaquah. Nellie was born June 12, 1921, in Barnesville, Ohio, the daughter of Harry and Edna Holland. She was raised in Ohio and married Wilfred E. Gamble [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/09/01/nellie-m-gamble</link>
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		<title>Calendar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 12:45 p.m. Sept. 1, 2010 Events Mount Si Artist Guild’s Art in the Park, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sept. 4 and 11, Gardiner Weeks Park, (south of Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum, 320 Bendigo Blvd.) North Bend. Artists will demonstrate painting techniques and have paintings for sale. There will also be a yard [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/09/01/calendar-43</link>
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		<title>Public meetings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 12:40 p.m. Sept. 1, 2010 North Bend and Snoqualmie city offices are closed for Labor Day, Sept. 6. Snoqualmie Community and Economic Affairs Committee, 5:30 p.m. Sept. 7, 38624 S.E. River St. North Bend City Council, 7 p.m. Sept. 7, 411 Main Ave. N. North Bend Public Safety and Health Committee, 3 p.m. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/09/01/public-meetings-14</link>
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		<title>Bernhard Langer wins Boeing Classic, continues winning streak</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 12:20 p.m. Sept. 2, 2010 [Click to go to slideshow]   The summer of Bernhard Langer continued a little longer at the Boeing Classic at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge beneath overcast skies. He won the tournament Aug. 29 with an 18-under-par 198. Langer has dominated the Champions Tour this year with five wins, including [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/09/01/bernhard-langer-wins-boeing-classic-continues-winning-streak</link>
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		<title>Chief Kanim kicks off new school year with welcome back barbecue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 12:14 p.m. Sept. 1, 2010 Nothing beats a great burger. Not even raindrops falling on it. Just ask the students at Chief Kanim Middle School. Sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders at the Fall City school braved the rain, in shorts and T-shirts some of them, to celebrate the start of a new school year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/09/01/chief-kanim-kicks-off-new-school-year-with-welcome-back-barbecue</link>
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		<title>EFR honors firefighter, with help from others</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 12:10 p.m. Sept. 1, 2010 Surely, Tom Stapleton would have appreciated it. A man whom his friends say thrived on making you smile would have loved seeing his fellow firefighters smile during his life celebration Aug. 17. A man whom his friends say loved helping others would have loved seeing firefighters help firefighters [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/09/01/efr-honors-firefighter-with-help-from-others</link>
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		<title>Local students win essay contest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 12:05 p.m. Sept. 1, 2010 Tannim Salisbury, of Twin Falls Middle School, and Laurel Kroschel, of Mount Si High School, won awards at the Evergreen State Fair’s “Living Evergreen” essay contest Aug. 26. Salisbury finished first in the middle school division and Kroschel finished second in the same division, which included students from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/09/01/local-students-win-essay-contest</link>
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		<title>Snoqualmie man sentenced to more than four years in prison for racist graffiti</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 11:00 a.m. Sept. 1, 2010 Almost a year after downtown Snoqualmie was hit by racist graffiti and vandalism, a Snoqualmie man pleaded guilty to the spree and assaulting a police officer. He was sentenced to more than four years in prison. Adam Moore pleaded guilty June 17 in King County Superior Court to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/09/01/snoqualmie-man-sentenced-to-more-than-four-years-in-prison-for-racist-graffiti</link>
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		<title>Class to educate landowners about protecting forests</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 6:00 a.m. Sept. 1, 2010 Landowners can learn how to protect forests from fires, diseases and insects at a forestry stewardship class offered by the Washington State University Extension and the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks. The course aims to teach participants how to develop a personal forest stewardship plan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/09/01/class-to-educate-landowners-about-protecting-forests</link>
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		<title>Single-car crash kills driver near summit of Snoqualmie Pass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 6:00 a.m. Sept. 1, 2010 The Washington State Patrol is investigating a one-vehicle crash on Snoqualmie Pass that killed a man Aug. 28. Troopers don’t know how or exactly when Edward C. Traweek crashed his 2002 Chevrolet Blazer, according to Trooper Trisena John, a WSP spokeswoman. The 53-year-old Maple Valley man’s car left [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/09/01/single-car-crash-kills-driver-near-summit-of-snoqualmie-pass</link>
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		<title>Police blotter: Car accident, car prowl and a stolen blender</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 8:00 p.m. Aug. 31, 2010 Snoqualmie Dead animal At 8:30 p.m. Aug. 21, an officer was contacted about a dead dog at the Fraternal Order of Eagles’ beer garden near the corner of Southeast King Street and Railroad Avenue Southeast. A witness told the officer he saw a large, off-leash Husky dog attack [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/08/31/police-blotter-car-accident-car-prowl-and-a-stolen-blender</link>
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		<title>Back to school</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 1:30 p.m. Aug. 31, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/08/31/back-to-school</link>
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		<title>Bernhard Langer wins Boeing Classic with record-tying score</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED &#8212; 11:57 p.m. Aug. 29, 2010 The summer of Bernhard Langer continued a little longer at the Boeing Classic at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge beneath overcast skies. He won the tournament Aug. 29 with an 18-under-par 198. Langer has dominated the Champions Tour this year with five wins, including two of the tour’s five major [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/08/29/bernhard-langer-wins-boeing-classic-with-record-tying-score</link>
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		<title>Dave Rummells gets three eagles on first hole at Boeing Classic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW &#8212; 1:10 p.m. Aug 29, 2010 For the third day in a row Dave Rummells has eagled the first hole in the Boeing Classic at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. Rummells started the day tied for 13th place with a three-under-par 141. German Bernhard Langer leads the field with a 15-under-par 129 after the first two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/08/29/dave-rummells-gets-three-eagles-on-first-hole-at-boeing-classic</link>
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		<title>King County aims to keep former offenders jail free</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 6:00 a.m. Aug. 29, 2010 King County Council members have called for County Executive Dow Constantine to develop a plan to help people transition from jail to society, and to prevent them from re-offending. Issaquah-area County Councilman Reagan Dunn serves as chairman of the council Law, Safety, Health and Human Services Committee. He [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/08/29/king-county-aims-to-keep-former-offenders-jail-free</link>
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		<title>Positions open on Snoqualmie arts and economic commissions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 6:00 a.m. Aug. 28, 2010  Snoqualmie has openings on both the city’s Arts Commission and Economic Development Commission. The commissions advise Snoqualmie City Council and the mayor on policy. The Arts Commission works to promote and develop programs that engage public interest in fine and performing arts. It also works to preserving Snoqualmie’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/08/28/positions-open-on-snoqualmie-arts-and-economic-commissions</link>
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		<title>SLIDESHOW &#124; Boeing Classic opening round</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW &#8212; 9:00 p.m. Aug. 27, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/08/27/slideshow-boeing-classic-opening-round-2</link>
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		<title>SLIDESHOW &#124; Boeing Classic opening round</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW &#8212; 2:20 p.m. Aug. 27, 2010 (Click on photo to go to slideshow) Seattle-native Fred Couples birdied the first two holes, sinking a long putt on the second hole. But the fan favorite ran into problems on the third hole, which he bogied. Couples finished the day tied for seventh place with a 4-under-par [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/08/27/slideshow-boeing-classic-opening-round</link>
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		<title>Boeing Classic gets underway despite clouds and early rain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW &#8212; 12:15 p.m. Aug. 27, 2010 The Boeing Classic is underway. Despite early rain and continuing overcast skies, the Champions Tour tournament started on time at TPC at Snoqualmie Ridge, Friday Aug. 27. The Classic’s traditional flyover started the three-day tournament. A Boeing 777 dropped down from the clouds, banked hard in front of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://snovalleystar.com/2010/08/27/boeing-classic-gets-underway-despite-clouds-and-early-rain</link>
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