Seattle Times staff reporter A divorced father of five, Kenneth Boonstra had a job, a house and a virtually spotless criminal record. How the 48-year-old ended up dead inside a North Bend house he’d broken into twice in a 12-hour span is a mystery the King County Sheriff’s Office may never solve. “Certainly there’s no pattern. It…
Month: May 2013
Community works to save theater
The tranquil image of the small-town business Cindy and Jim Walker imagined when they purchased the North Bend Theatre has crashed head first into the business side of Hollywood. The proprietors of the single-screen movie house on Bendigo Boulevard were told they must invest in digital projection equipment to meet the requirements of distributors or…
North Bend library made promised changes
The inboxes of the North Bend City Council and staff members and police had been filling up with complaints about things going on at the North Bend Library, but Police Chief Mark Toner said the library has followed through with its promise to make some changes and he’s hearing very few complaints from the public…
Police blotter
North Bend No big deal Police took a report at 7:15 a.m. April 13 of a possible drug deal on Main Avenue South. Police checked the area but found nothing. Stop following me Police took a report at 4:51 p.m. April 13 of three males on South Fork Avenue Southwest. The males appeared…
Letters
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…
Battle of the books brings students into the library
The Fall City Elementary School library was packed with people, students and adults, and a nervous tension is in the air. Students sitting on the floor held construction paper pennants and poster boards with team names on them. “In which book does a character eat a delicious shelled fruit called a rambutan?” librarian Meg Handy…