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February 01, 2012 edition of the Snoqualmie Valley RecordTRANSCRIPT
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Vol. 98, No. 36
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S Meet the first youth of the year award winner, Heidi DeHart Page 3
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Juice on the loose
Snoqualmie business owner’s generator disappears when
power comes backBY CAROL LADWIG
Staff Reporter
Within minutes of Joe Dollente turning off his emergency generator Saturday night, Jan. 21, in downtown Snoqualmie, somebody stole it.
Dollente, co-owner of Gianfranco’s Ristorante since October, had been using the generator to run the res-taurant through a four-day blackout caused by the severe winter storms of the previous week.
“It was out-side, right out-side the door,” he said, pointing to the back door of the restaurant.
The power came back to S n o q u a l m i e around 8:40 p.m. Saturday, he said, but he kept the gen-erator running until his last customer left, around 9 p.m. After shutting it off, he put the cords away and did general clean-up inside while he let the genera-tor cool, and when he came back a few minutes later to put it away, it was gone.
“I’m pretty sure it was between 9 and 9:20 p.m. when it happened,” he said.
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JOE DOLLENTE
State shortfall could enter 5th year at Upper Valley district
BY CAROL LADWIGStaff Reporter
Three hours into the Snoqualmie Valley School Board meeting, acting board president Scott Hodgins decid-ed it was time to speed things up.
“Get on to the bad news,” he sug-gested to Business Services Director Ryan Stokes, as he reviewed the district’s finances January 26.
Stokes complied by telling the board and the 30-plus audience members still in the room that the district is facing an $800,000 shortfall for this school year, and is planning for about $2 million in
cuts from the 2012-13 budget. The news, following discussions
on a proposed Kindergarten format change and how the potential tran-sition of Snoqualmie Middle School to a freshman campus will affect middle schoolers, drew little reac-tion from the worn-out audience.
Almost $3 million in cuts loom for schools
Cultural crossroads
Seth Truscott/Staff Photo
The city of Snoqualmie welcomed the first group of exchange students from its friendship city of Chaclacayo, Peru. From left are Peruvian consul-general Miguel Angel Velásquez, students Renato Cocchella, Michelle Riedner and Valeria Gamonal, and, at rear, Mayor Matt Larson. Below left, Riedner ties a friendship bracelet on host family member Will Scott, 12.
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Youth are the vanguard for ties between Snoqualmie,
new Peru friendship cityBY SETH TRUSCOTT
Editor
Renato Cocchella and Valeria Gamonal are still shy with the English language. Kim Min Soo is more con-fident.
Baking cookies with American students in a Mount Si High School classroom, the three teens rely more on teamwork than words. The vibe is low key as students take in their assignment, then munch on the finished product with fellow cooks.
As the chocolate melts and the dough rises, three cultures are coming together in a subtle way in Laura Tarp’s culinary classroom.
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Cocchella and Gamonal are the first high school exchange students from Snoqualmie’s new Friendship City of Chaclacayo, Peru. Soo is one of about a dozen visiting high schoolers from the Sister City of Gangjin, South Korea.
Last week, Snoqualmie host-
ed two delegations of students from partner cities overseas. The youth are in the vanguard of new international connec-tions happening here.
Young people have been at the heart of Snoqualmie’s sis-ter cities relationship from the beginning. Snoqualmie and Gangjin’s connection began in 2008, when Mayor JuHong Hwang of Gangjin asked to
establish a student exchange. Groups of students have been shuttling between Gangjin and Snoqualmie since 2009, when the two communities became sisters.
Chaclacayo, a city of 41,000 with striking similari-ties to Snoqualmie, became an official Friendship City last November. Friendship city status is a forerunner to
becoming a sister city. Snoqualmie’s connection
with Chaclacayo happened through the efforts of Tina McCollum, vice president of the Snoqualmie Sister Cities Association. Members of the association wanted more inter-national connections, but also wanted a more easily broken language barrier. With Spanish already taught at Mount Si High School, the association decided to explore a Latin American connection. McCollum’s friend and former tour guide Ernesto Riedner lives in Lima. She asked him to identify a likely candidate city in Peru.
“I need a city that has easy access, comparable to Snoqualmie-North Bend,” McCollum told Riedner.
Chaclacayo topped the list, and Mayor Alfredo Valcarcel Cahen jumped at the oppor-tunity.
Just like with Gangjin, the Chaclacayo connection began with the young.
“Our students are our key element to building friend-ships,” and those friendships are forming fast, McCollum said. “The kids are the future, so we start with them first.”
Students firstThe journey left teens
Renato, Valeria and college exchange student Michelle Riedner in a flip-flopped world. When they left Peru, it was summer. Bundled in gloves and hats, when they got off their 22-hour flight from Lima via Houston and San Francisco, the trio stepped into winter’s grip.
McCollum knew they were tired Monday evening, as she waited with the students at City Hall for pick-up by host fami-lies.
“They were so happy to be here,” she said. “I think they’re enjoying the weather today.”
Peru’s dry climate—the region gets about five inches of snow annually—contrasted with the Valley, where stubborn snow drifts lingered Tuesday.
Unearthing all her winter clothing back in Chaclacayo, Gamonal knew it would be a drastic change. Taking in the view from the airplane, she decided she loved it. That impression didn’t fade the next day, after she met students at Mount Si.
“People at the high school are very friendly,” she said. “I love the way that school is. I am very grateful to be here.”
Cocchello, too, felt welcomed here. “We’re going to have a lot of fun memories,” he said, “lots of things to remember.”
The friendships made in these exchanges last for a lifetime, McCollum says. She should know, as she’s developed close bonds with counterparts in Korea.
“The family enhances, becomes bigger,” McCollum said. All these connections… introduce other experiences. Cities build relationships. They build friends.”
Chaclacayo linksVisiting Snoqualmie for a
student exchange banquet, Miguel Angel Velásquez, Peru’s Seattle-based Consul General, said he sees many similarities between the communities.
Like Snoqualmie, “Chaclacayo is a touristy town,” Velasquesz said. “A lot of people visit on weekends. It has much better weather than Lima.”
People with respiratory ail-ments often go there to recover. Weekenders buy homes there.
The name comes from ancient Aymara Indian roots meaning “foot of the reeds.” But the city itself is young; The first house was built by Dr. Mario Accinelli, a local benefactor, in 1931.
Peruvian students have been traveling overseas for years, but the practice is becom-ing increasingly common, Velazquez said.
“They become ambassa-dors,” he added. “We want to welcome more people to visit
Peru, because we have so much to offer—history, archaeology, sights.”
Snoqualmie, Chaclacayo and Peru could all benefit from the budding cultural exchange, Velazquez said.
“We have to celebrate this opportunity, and through friendship, the possibility of exchanges and trade,” he said. Chaclacayo’s mayor Valcarel Cahen is reviewing how busi-nesses can connect.
“It’s always easier to do exchanges and trade among friends,” Velazquez said. “We consider Snoqualmie a friend of Chaclacayo and Peru. It will be natural now.”
During Tuesday’s banquet, both sides exchanged gifts. Peruvian dignitaries received a Salish Lodge gift bag that included a crystal box engraved with an image of Snoqualmie Falls, and a Snoqualmie Winery cabernet.
In return, Snoqualmie received a golden replica of an Incan imperial death mask, a collection of butterflies for Mount Si High School, wood-carvings of vicuna—a llama-like native animal—and a tiny, handcrafted tin church.
The Peruvian students, meanwhile, received bags of high school apparel.
“You now are officially Wildcats,” Tina said. “We’d like to say ‘thank you,’ remember us, and salud!”
As diners tucked into salad and salmon during Tuesday’s welcome banquet at City Hall, Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson counseled the young visitors to consider the broader picture.
“You’re here, representing not only your family, you’re rep-resenting your nation,” he said. “Always have that in mind, and take that back in the future.”
Chance of a lifetimeSnoqualmie seems a beauti-
ful place to Michelle Riedner. The college student from Lima is used to Peru’s dry conditions. Here, in one of the wettest plac-es on the North American con-tinent, she’s enjoying the rare weather and looking forward to snowboarding—in Peru, they sandboard.
“Our lifestyles are a little bit different,” Riedner said. “For me, this is an amazing experi-ence. I can learn about your culture, and you can learn about my culture.”
Riedner is an artist. She loves painting, theater and hospital clowns. She’s trying to find her place, her calling, and her host family, the McCollums of North Bend, plan to show her local cultural features. She’s also assisting the Spanish language department at Mount Si during her visit.
“This is new, and I have to take advantage of this,” Riedner said. “Everything has possibil-ity. I have to take it.”
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CONNECT FROM 1 Hello, ChaclacayoTo Tina McCollum, the similarities between Snoqualmie, USA, and Chaclacayo, Peru, make for a natu-ral connection:
Seattle, on the banks of a river, next to the main highway, and happens to be a major tourist center.
Peruvian capital of Lima, along the Carretera Central, or main highway.
the town, which is a getaway from the big city. Weather is warm in the summer, flipped to December and February, mild in the winter.
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Youth Citizen of the Year Heidi Dehart loves uplifting others
BY CAROL LADWIGStaff Reporter
What Heidi Dehart does, she does because of other people.
People are what motivates the Mount Si High School senior to volunteer for various Key Club activities, and to coordinate the club’s big garage sale fundraiser each summer.
“The part that I really enjoy…is watching people who were looking for some-thing and just being really overjoyed that they found it,” she explained, “or just being so happy that other people are willing to help them.”
Her positive approach is just one of many reasons she was recently awarded the first-ever North Bend Youth Citizen of the Year Award.
“She leads by example and is always the first one into a service project and the last one to leave,” said Mayor Ken Hearing. “Her com-mitment to Key Club is just an extension of
her hard work in academics.” Dehart, the daughter of Larry and Pirjo
Dehart of North Bend, was listening to Hearing read the nomination and assuming the award was going to her best friend, Jewel Dockery, who recruited her into Key Club when they were both in sixth grade.
“I was thinking, that could apply to Jewel,” she said, “but no, Jewel doesn’t play soccer….”
Dehart was more than surprised when she realized the award was for her.
“I like just sitting back and watching, so get-ting an award was really kind of shocking,” she said—especially when it’s simply for doing the things she likes to do, like volunteering for Key Club projects.
“I just saw how much fun it was and I really enjoyed working with people in the commu-nity,” she said.
Sidelined from soccer by a medical condi-tion this year, Dehart is taking two Advanced Placement classes this year at school, and help-ing to manage the year-old writing club that started at Mount Si High School last year.
Her favorite event, though is the Key Club’s involvement with Relay for Life, and the fund-raising garage sale she has coordinated for years. The garage sale happens in the summer, but she’s still thinking about it now.
“I’m trying to find an underclassman who’s willing to take over the project, so it can con-tinue,” Dehart said.
For the people
HEIDI DEHART
“So, when Ryan was talking about depart-ment heads… looking at how to reduce their budget, you were talking about staff cuts, not necessarily programs or paper … he was basically talking about personnel?” asked teacher Lisa Radmer.
“Yes, that’s where we are,” responded Superintendent Joel Aune. “There are always smaller-type reductions you can make… but we’re beyond that.”
No staff cuts will be made for the current year, Stokes said, because the school has a one-year contract with all staff. However, staff cuts are a real possibility for the 2012-13 school year, depending on the state legis-lature’s current-session budget decisions.
The current-year shortfall of $800,000 will have to be absorbed by the district, reducing its $3.4 million fund balance. The fund bal-ance took its first such hit the previous year, when the state legislature decided in the spring of 2011 to reduce the district’s cur-rent-year funding by more than $300,000.
Stokes said the causes of the current shortfall could mainly be attributed to lower enrollment than budgeted, and the district’s decision to “make whole” the teacher pay that the state reduced funding for by 1.9 percent, among other concessions to the Snoqualmie Valley Education Association
during last summer’s contract negotiations. Enrollment for the year is averaging about
75 full-time-equivalent students less than the district had budgeted. Since the state funds schools on average FTE enrollment (around $6,000 per FTE) the loss is about half of the shortfall.
The $2 million in planned cuts for 2012-13 could also be affected by enrollment.
“If there’s some enrollment growth, that’s less that we have to cut,” Stokes said.
More than half of the $2 million figure is earmarked for potential cuts in state fund-ing, added Stokes, who said the Governor’s proposal to increase class sizes (by reducing teacher funding) would cost Snoqualmie Valley about $1.2 million in the coming year. A lot will depend on the legislature.
“It could very easily be only $500,000 by the time we’re done,” Stokes said.
However, while the district waits for leg-islative action, it is also required to send notifications by May 15 to any teachers who might be laid off for the coming year. This requirement is one of several that the dis-trict must comply with before fully knowing the impact of state funding cuts.
Stokes said staff have been working on the 2012-13 budget since November, and hope to present it to the school board for adoption in July. By law, the district must adopt the next year’s budget before the start of school.
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Lunch and Learn looks at Valley’s senior housingSnoqualmie Valley Hospital Foundation’s Lunch and Learn discussion series hosts the
first of a two-part session on senior housing, noon Thursday, Feb. 2, at the Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 Snoqualmie Ridge Pkwy.
The Valley has options for senior living and a strong collaboration among the organiza-tions who meet the needs of seniors. At the series, hear from Cascade Park and SnoRidge Apartments and Red Oak Residence, among others.
To register, RSVP to www.SVHDlunchandlearn.eventbrite.com The series is sponsored by the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital District.
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As city looks at issues in broad strokes, it’s a good time for locals to do the same
By day, Kathi Prewitt is a business man-ager for a busy bank. By night, she’s a mom and a city council member for
Snoqualmie. So the one thing that drives her crazy is to feel like she’s wasting her time.
So when Prewitt started thinking about what she wanted to accomplish at this week’s council retreat, she decided it was time to look at how the council organizes itself.
Each city council in the Valley tackles the issues of the day by committee, breaking the issues (and themselves, in groups of three) off into four or five categories.
It’s been at least eight years since the Snoqualmie City Council reorganized its council committees. Back in 2004, a rapidly growing city was building so many parks, it was decided that parks issues were best addressed as part of the planning committee, which looks at how the city will grow and change.
Today, the city’s parks are pretty much a done deal. Now, they could well go under the com-munity heading. Or, maybe, they could be linked with public works. It all depends on how you break down the issue.
Sno qua lmie’s five committee themes may not even be the sole, best way to orga-nize the city’s busi-ness. Notice how every Valley city seems to approach things a little dif-ferently?
To Prewitt’s mind, Snoqualmie has already done a good job of streamlining its own internal oper-ations during the recession. Now, it’s time for the coun-cil to streamline its own brainpower, pondering the most efficient, up-to-date ways for the council to con-sider its business.
At the same time, council com-mittees may also be considering splitting the focus of their bi-monthly meetings. Once a month, they would handle an agenda of business. The other meeting would be a deep-diving discussion of policy and strategy.
Committee meetings and broad strokes of pol-icy may sound boring on the surface, but I can’t help but sense something intriguing here.
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“Why not something in Europe, like Italy? Our heritage is from Europe, we should keep close ties with Europe. Go to the roots.”
Ivo BrunelloSnoqualmie
“The African continent, maybe a Muslim country. If we really look in our back yard, we can find people from all over the world.”
Dwight SmithSnoqualmie
“How about Australia? Just because, they’re very far down there. It would be fun, something different.”
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What region would you reach out to for a sister city?
SETH TRUSCOTTValley Record Editor
Snoqualmie made the network news this week, after a film crew visited the city to cover a “smorgasbord” of issues, including John Sheppard’s resignation as mayor, the police chief’s struggles with staff and a vote of no-confidence, and a proposed expansion of the city’s annexation area to include Snoqualmie Ridge and a new PGA golf course.
Garrett Heyns, director of the state’s Department of Institutions, has recommended building two new state custodial schools on land near Preston. The new schools would replace the Luther Burbank School for Boys on Mercer Island, and the Martha Washington School for Girls in Seattle.
through Snoqualmie at 5:45 a.m. lost a rear wheel and blew the opposite-side tire, which caught fire. The blaze was first reported by Cub Larson, who’d been on his way to open his restaurant.
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Great show of support for health center
The Mount Si Transitional Health Center would like to thank the Snoqualmie Valley for all their wonder-ful gifts, volunteer efforts and support graciously pro-vided over the holidays.
A special thanks to Snoqualmie Valley Kiwanis who coordinated the giv-
ing trees, collected all the gift and helped make sure everyone had something to unwrap; to all the loca-tions through the Valley who hosted the giving trees; the churches, organizations, individuals and families that caroled, volunteered their time and donated gifts. We would also like to thank Gary Weisser who visits us yearly as Santa; Snoqualmie Elementary School who helped to brighten our doors with festive posters.
Many things happen to make the holidays a special time at the nursing home. The residents and staff are thankful for being part of such a giving and sup-portive community. Thank you from all of us at the Transitional Health Center.
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Braving the snow for band student success
This is 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 the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 17.
We were able to raise more than $2,000 to help these kids represent Mount Si High School and the Snoqualmie
Valley at the Savannah Music Festival’s Swing Central high school jazz band competition and workshop in Savannah, Ga., in late March.
Earlier in the day these young musicians spent three hours rehearsing with and learning from jazz trombon-ist Wycliffe Gordon, a cur-rent faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music in New York.
Mr. Gordon was sent from Swing Central to do a clinic in advance of the festival. He was a brave soul himself, driv-ing from Battleground, Wash., to us during Snowpocalypse 2012! A big thank you to him for his gift of time and talent.
In addition, and as always, Boxley’s Danny Kolke and his family opened their doors not only for the morning session (since the schools were closed) but also for a warm place for good food, good music and fundraising. We are so lucky
to have Boxley’s and all that they do as part of our com-munity.
Thanks again to all who supported these kids the other night. This is an expensive trip (roughly $1,000 per person). If you were unable to make it but would like to support us, you can still make a tax deductible donation in one of two ways. Either online via PayPal at www.jazzattheclub.com (click the donate button on the left menu) or by send-ing a check payable to MSHS Band Boosters, PO Box 92, North Bend 98045. Please indicate “Swing Central” in the memo line. We have less than a month left to raise our funds. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact us at [email protected].
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At the most basic level, everything in life can be orga-nized by ideas. They are the frame that gives shape to all that we do. So it’s healthy, now and then, to take a fresh look at the underlying ideas—ideas like “public safety” and “Community affairs”—and ask ourselves to define priorities and needs.
As the Snoqualmie council begins to ponder new ways of organizing its own thoughts, I’m reminded that we all should remember to step back from time to time, look at our communities in the broadest of strokes, and ask ourselves what our needs and missions should be. Self-knowledge, in a citizen as much as a city, has its uses.
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Wildcat wrestling
Mount Si wrestlers faced Lake Washington during a road match on
Thursday, Jan. 26, winning handily, 69-12, with many Kangs forfeits.
120: Ryley Absher, MTSI, pinned Austin Flegel, LWSH, 5:12.
132: Benson Hull, LWSH, pinned Adam Taylor, MTSI, 1:37.
138: Justin Edens, MTSI, pinned Mason Gray, LWSH, 3:54.
182: Timothy Corrie, MTSI, dec. Jared Parker, LWSH, 6-1.
195: Mitch Rorem, MTSI, pinned Andrey Ilnitsky, LWSH, 1:10.
220: Jack Michels, LWSH, pinned Nate Whited, MTSI, 0:26.
285: Joshua Mitchell, MTSI, pinned Gabriel Olson, LWSH, 0:52.
Red Wolves wrestling
Cedarcrest hosted Granite Falls on Thursday, Jan. 26. Cedarcrest bested
the Tigers, 51 to 18.
106- Bailey McBride (CC), technical fall, Logan Corbin (GF) 17-1
113- Chris Jenkins (GF), fall, Connor Lemons (CC) 1:32
120- Josh Short (GF), decision, Nik Werner (CC) 9-5
126- Ely Malametz (CC), decision, Ryan Nash (GF) 3-1
132- Riley Hansen (GF), decision, Tim Kozemzak (CC) 7-0
138- Nick Decker (CC), fall, Tysen Campbell (GF) 2:51
145- Austin Koons (CC), decision, Moses Sun (GF) 6-4
152- DJ Bergquist (CC), forfeit
160- Eli Gremmert (CC), major decision, Tommy Eadie (GF) 14-5
170- Cody Paxman (CC), forfeit
182- Martin Vakamoce (CC), fall, Mike Poyner (GF) 1:22
195- Spencer Boak (CC), fall, Justin Ray (GF) 1:31
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Making trouble
Never-say-die Mount Si grabs must-win in Saints game, nearly upsets Totems
BY SETH TRUSCOTTEditor
The camouflage warm-up jerseys only get broken out in do-or-die moments. Black and red letters spell out “WAR TIME” across the shoulder blades, underlining how the Mount Si boys basketball team treats each game like a battle.
Last week, it was a case of a battle won and a battle lost. The camo jerseys were on display on Friday, Jan. 27, as Mount Si faced Sammamish at home. Missteps in the first half left the Totems with a sizable lead, and although Mount Si battled hard in the second to nearly reclaim the lead, Sammamish held on for a 71-58 win.
The next day, in a must-win game at home, Mount Si deliv-ered, claiming a 49-39 win over Interlake.
Against the Totems, senior forward Ryan Atkinson delivered a season high of 26 points. He compared his ride that night to a well-played pick-up game.
“I was playing my hardest,” he said. Atkinson went to the free-throw line several times on the night after being jostled and floored in mid-charge by Totems players.
“When you go down, you want to get right back up and get at them,” Atkinson said.
Left, Mount Si High School’s Ryan Atkinson leaps for the hoop during play Friday, Jan. 27, at home against Sammamish. Atkinson, who led the Wildcats with 26 points, keyed in with help from post Anthony McLaughlin, going up for a shot above.
Mount Si junior Levi Botten heads to the basket during play Friday at home. Mount Si fell to Sammamish, but Botten had 10 points on the night.SEE BATTLE, 7
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Getting back into the game was the theme of Friday night’s play. The quick, accurate Totems grabbed a 14-2 lead in the first quarter, ending the second at 38-18. Following halftime, Mount Si pushed hard to close the gap, get-ting to within four, 54-50, in the fourth, before shots by Sammamish sealed the deal.
Atkinson stressed play-ing all four quarters.
“What we did in the second half was great,” he said. “When people start making shots and the defense starts closing, it opens up other people.”
Atkinson and Anthony McLaughlin worked together, with the post
and forward spotting for each other.
“We’re thankful we came in in the second half and made a game of it,” head coach Steve Helm said. “We were hoping to steal this one. You wish you didn’t get down by 20 like we did, and have to fight back—it takes a lot of energy. We’ve got to take care of business.”
Against the Saints Saturday, Atkinson shared lead scoring honors with senior guard Miles Zupan, scoring 13 points apiece, followed by junior guard Levi Botten’s seven.
On Thursday, Feb. 2, Mount Si plays Liberty, 7:30 p.m. at home.
“Treat each game like a battle, and you can win the war,” Helm said.
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The seventh grade Wildcat Select girls basketball team traveled to Ferndale January 14 and 15, winning the Chelsey Ebert Ferndale Jam Basketball Tournament. Wildcat Select competed in a field of eight teams in the Gold Division, beating Edmonds in the championship. The Select girls are, from left, back row, assistant coach Monty Chellis, Scout Turner, Olivia Wilson, Cassidy Rudd, Kallin Spiller, Jillian Chellis, Meredith Burke, coach Rick Turner, front row, Natalie Weidenbach, Emma Smith, Hayden Frederick, Greta Chappell and Kelly Keene.
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Wildcat Classic championsThis group of sixth grade girls won the championship in their age group Sunday, Jan. 15, during the Wildcat Classic Basketball Tournament at Mount Si High School. From left are, back row, Natalie Carlson, Ruby Madrone, Taylor Montgomery, Lauren Wilbourne, Tatyana Utley, Abby Mason, Coach Aaron Colby, front row, Allie Murphy, Erin Benedict, Mia Fowler and Mackenzie Smith
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The thief had to be fast and strong to accomplish the theft so quickly, and he or she would have needed a partner.
“It had a flat tire on both tires, and it’s really heavy,” Dollente said. “You’d have to have a truck, and you’d have to have two people carrying it.”
For all its size and weight, though, the 7,000 watt Honda Powerboss generator has disappeared. Dollente flagged down a patrolling Snoqualmie Police officer and told him what happened, and police con-tacted a suspicious person seen nearby, but he had nothing to do with the theft. Dollente also talked with the neighboring Snoqualmie Tribe office, to ask if they’d spotted anything on their outdoor security cameras. The cameras would have recorded the vehicles going into and out of the back parking lot, but there was no film of a truck in that time period.
Without witnesses to the crime, it’s unlikely that the generator will be recovered, according to Snoqualmie Police. Dollente’s was the only one reported stolen during the power outage.
Since the theft, Dollente has contacted his insurance company (the estimated value
of the generator is about $1,200 to $2,500) and, although he hasn’t given up hope of finding his, he’s started looking at new generators.
The restaurant will always need a generator just in case. “It was nice being able to have power, and to be open for people,” he said.
This is the first theft Dollente experi-enced since taking over the restaurant, he said, but he knew the former owner did have occasional thefts. He admits that he should have known that the chain with the generator was to fasten it in place, but he didn’t use it.
“I grew up in South Seattle, and I know things like this happen,” he said, “but I just…wanted to give the benefit of the doubt.”
Dollente is disillusioned by the incident, but still happy to be in the area, and plan-ning to move closer to Snoqualmie from his home in Renton. He is excited about the opportunity of the restaurant, too. The menu hasn’t changed, and the recipes are all still the same, he said, because he doesn’t want to change what people like, but he is planning to add more desserts, and more vegetarian and gluten-free options to the menu.
He will also be more cautious in the future, he said.
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Don Joined the US Army in 1963. He earned several medals and commendations while serving. Don worked for General Electric for 25 years repairing and installing X-ray equipment. Don enjoyed spending time with his grandkids, going for long drives, spending time in the woods by a creek side, cleaning up his neighborhood on his John Deer Lawn tractor and spending time with his sister in Montana during the summer.
Don is survived by his daughter and son-in-law Wendy & Charles Mosher and their children Charles, Joshuah, Amelia & Jacob of Fall City WA, his sister and brother-in-law Karla & John Nelson of Helena MT, sister-in-law Marilyn Peterson of Redmond WA and many other family members. He is preceded in death by his brother David Peterson, his nephew Mark Peterson and parents Carl and Lois Peterson. Please remember Don by taking the time to stop and look around to see if there is something that you can do for someone else because above all that is what he enjoyed most was helping others.
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