Library Journal Magazine, the oldest library periodical in the U.S., and Gale Publishing have named the King County Library System the Library of the Year. The nationwide honor has folks in the KCLS Valley branches, the easternmost in the system, every bit as thrilled as their coworkers to the west. “It’s a real honor to…
Year: 2011
Steve Martin is coming, Steve Martin is coming
Comedian brings his take on Paul Revere and other musical tales to Snoqualmie Casino For a guy once known for his wild-and-crazy ways, he sure seems mellow now. And Steve Martin, the legendary comic and actor, credits an old friend for the change: his banjo. Martin, who is coming to the Snoqualmie Casino on July…
Mount Si shortstop Tim Proudfoot commits to play for Texas Tech
Tim Proudfoot looks like a normal, lanky teenager, until he gets on the baseball field. Then everything seems to click for the shortstop on Mount Si High School’s state championship team. Proudfoot’s ease on the diamond caught the eye of Texas Tech’s baseball program. He recently committed to play for the Divion I school next…
Seattle beekeeper brings buzz to Snoqualmie Valley
You have got to let bees be bees. That’s the philosophy of beekeeper Daniel Sullivan, who has just brought his life’s passion to the Snoqualmie Valley, with four hives in Snoqualmie. “If I could put beehives everywhere, I would,” said Sullivan, a banquet manager for a hotel in Seattle who is entering his second year…
DirtFish Rally School draws noise complaints from neighbors
Gail McCullough works construction. She drives a dump truck for a construction company. Her husband Tim also drives a dump truck. Their workdays are full of loud noise, so they appreciate the quiet of their home the east of Snoqualmie, overlooking the former Weyerhaeuser Mill site. But the mill’s new tenant, the DirtFish Rally School,…
Snoqualmie Falls shows up in statistics classes
Snoqualmie Falls gets around. The impressive image of the cascading water has been regionally famous since cameras were first lugged to its location in the late 1800s. But Snoqualmie Falls is well known to some people for something not so obvious to visitors: data. The falls are used as an example of statistical forecasting in…
Flooding along Snoqualmie River shuts down several roads
Emergency officials have had to shut down several roads Thursday in Snoqualmie Valley due to flooding along the Snoqualmie River. Two roads in the city of Snoqualmie and several roads in unincorporated King County have been topped by floodwater. No injuries related to the flooding have been reported. The localized flooding is the result of heavy rains in…
State uses heavy artillery to keep Snoqualmie Pass safe for motorists
Keeping Snoqualmie Pass open in winter is serious work involving big explosions and a surplus U.S. Army tank. Without avalanche control, snow slides can bury vehicles or close Interstate 90, which crosses the Cascade Mountains through the pass, for hours, said John Stimberis, the Snoqualmie Pass avalanche forecaster for the Washington State Department of Transportation….
Professor calls on teachers to engage students
Daniel W. Rasmus, a former Microsoft executive and now a consultant and visiting liberal arts fellow at Bellevue College, told Valley educators to lose their fear of saying “I don’t know.” “Let’s just say we don’t know something and co-learn with students,” he said during the annual Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation fundraiser. The event raised…
Snoqualmie Valley to host extreme car race
Snoqualmie could host one of three events in the Global RallyCross Championship at the former Weyerhaeuser mill site. DirtFish Rally School is in talks with the championship’s organizer, Rally Cross Management, to finalize the deal. The school is also waiting to hear back from King County for approval to hold the event. The mill is…