North Bend resident David Moskowitz can think like a wolf. He walks into a forest and follows a trail left by a wild canine. He sees the prints, the scrapes, the markings. To be honest, he could probably think like most animals because he works as a professional tracker, an “outdoor educator” at the Wilderness…
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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…
Project Crayon Drive collects crayons for Seattle Children’s
For the eighth year in a row, Cascade Team Real Estate is collecting crayons and coloring books for hospitalized children. Every year, Seattle Children’s goes through 240,000 crayons, according to the Cascade Team Real Estate website. Amid the medicine and blankets, something as simple as crayons and coloring books are often overlooked, but are just…
Valley author Victoria Bastedo publishes her first romance novel
For her first romance novel, Snoqualmie writer Victoria Bastedo flew without a net. To Greece, no less. Bastedo, a fantasy novelist until “Dear Miklos” was published in August, decided to write her first lovey-dovey story not knowing where it would end. Not only that, but she based the story in Greece, circa 1975. “I wanted…
Eighth time is charm for local author
It’s not “Harry,” it’s not “Hunger” and it’s not him, either. “Stars in the Texas Sky,” the eighth novel by Snoqualmie Valley author Stephen Matlock, may not fit in with the best-sellers of the young-adult genre and it’s obviously not based on his California childhood. But the novel, which tells the story of a 13-year-old…
A pair of Valley chess players will compete in U.S. Open
In a half-empty room, a milestone brews. Four chessboards are lined up; one of them is occupied. On one side is Matt McKendry and on the other side is Jim Nelson. Both are chess aficionados getting ready to make history, if only personal history. Nelson has played chess for four decades. McKendry has been alive…
Little ones learn about reading
Encouragement to early literacy is provided every week at the King County Library System’s Snoqualmie Library, at 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie Ridge. oung Toddler Story Time, ages 6-24 months with an adult, is Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. Preschool Story Time, ages 3-6 years with an adult, is Mondays at 1:30 p.m. and Wednesdays at…
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…
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…
Brakeman training returns to museum
BIt’s time to train for the train. The Northwest Railway Museum train opens its season April 2, but the museum itself won’t wait that long to train volunteer. Volunteers hold many posts — such as brakeman, switchman and attendant — and training for the positions starts 10 a.m. March 19 at the Snoqualmie depot. The training…