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STUART MILLER | [email protected] Ledbetter stands next to some of his hives, swarming with action.

BY STUART [email protected]

Honeybees are complex and often misunderstood creatures. Some might say the same thing about beekeepers.

Everyone present at the Old Honey Farm on the afternoon of June 6 was slightly confused when a police officer descend-ed on a man in a beekeeping

suit setting hundreds of bees free from a bee box-hive, and his irate neighbor trying to stop him.

Bee-hind the suitThe man in the suit was Roger

Ledbetter, a beekeeper who lives in Snoqualmie. He was shaking the bees free of a hive that had gone bad, a common practice among beekeepers.

He had split some of the hives he keeps at his home (a few hundred yards from the Old Honey Farm property on 384th Avenue) to make room for more bees. Two of the new hives lost their queens but still believed they were “queenright” — a term for a hive that has a queen that lays fertilized eggs.

The confused hives “won’t accept a new queen,” Ledbetter

said. “They’ll kill it.”Without a queen, the hive is

doomed, Ledbetter said. The queen’s pheromones that sup-press the ovaries of worker bees, which are all females, are not present. Thus, some start laying unfertilized eggs, which grow into drones. Drones are male bees and cannot sting.

BY STUART [email protected]

An anonymous tip was unsuccessful in bringing wanted man Shaun Tubbs into police custody on June 14.

A caller phoned Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound around 10:15 a.m. claiming they’d seen Tubbs at a mobile home park on the 43000 block of Southeast North

Bend Way. Snoqualmie police arrived within min-utes and called in the King County SWAT team to help lock down the area.

Tubbs was not located. He is wanted on suspicion of com-mitting more than 10 felonies,

ranging from theft of a motor vehicle to firearms violations, Snoqualmie Police Captain Nick Almquist said.

When King County deputies tried to arrest him on June 4, he rammed their patrol car and fled on foot, deputies said. A K-9 unit was unable to track him. The deputies said they found guns in his car after he fled.

Tubbs expressed his

disagreement with the deputies’ version of events in a Facebook post to Crime Stoppers host David Rose’s wall. Rose released the post online with expletives removed.

“[A]ll you stereotyp-ing (expletive) pukes just believe everything you hear on TV or the internet

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BY STUART [email protected]

Snoqualmie Police Chief Steve McCulley retired on June 15 after six years with the department, four of which were spent as chief.

McCulley’s retirement came suddenly, accord-ing to Snoqualmie City Administrator Bob Larson. McCulley will be using about a month of accrued vacation time before he officially leaves the department in mid-July.

“Chief McCulley has reached a time where he feels that his goals for the community and the police department have been accomplished,” a City of Snoqualmie press release stated. “He is announcing his retirement to allow new lead-ership to continue to enhance the development of law enforcement services for the upper Snoqualmie Valley.”

His retirement came amid community concerns about the judgment of the city in hiring Officer Nick Hogan to the force.

“There has been conversa-tion in the community” about the questionable hiring, Larson acknowledged.

Hogan has been put on leave three times since the city hired him in 2014. Hogan is currently on paid administrative leave from the department after being federally indicted for violating a man’s civil rights by using exces-sive force. That incident occurred while he was employed with the Tukwila Police Department,

Police chief suddenly retires

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Tribe observes National Day of Prayer to protect Snoqualmie FallsBY STUART [email protected]

A group of about 30 people gathered near the foot of Snoqualmie Falls to observe the National Day of Prayer to Protect Native American Sacred Places on Friday.

The attendees, ranging in age from elders to babies strapped to their parents’ chests, gathered at 6 a.m. in chilly but sunny weather. After the gatherers formed a circle, Tribal Councilmember Lois Sweet Dorman began a prayer requesting protec-tion of Snoqualmie Falls. The falls are a sacred site for the Snoqualmie Tribe, not only spiritually, but historically.

“This was a great gathering place,” Dorman said during the ceremony. Native people would meet at the falls with family and friends traveling down-river from over the Cascade Mountains, people moving upstream from the Puget Sound area, and everyone in between.”

People in the circle took turns saying their own thanks and prayers. Some expressed sadness about how much

the falls have changed. One woman who had brought her daughters along encouraged folks to build memories of the falls and the day of prayer held there.

“Scientists say memories are built from what you smell and what you see,” the attendee said. “Even if a child cannot understand the words, they build memories.”

After the gatherers had said their prayers, Dorman commenced a “closing of the circle.” She walked through the inside of the circle and touched hands or hugged every per-son she passed. Whoever she touched would then get in line behind her and do the same, creating a snake-like line that ended back in the original circle.

She said this “circle within a circle” tradition started when Skagit people showed up behind Snoqualmie people at gatherings long ago and joined their circles.

It was the 14th year the day of prayer has been held. This year’s observation was especially important, tribal members said, because of a proposed Tokul Road develop-

ment that would include a hotel, conference center, and up to 175 homes. The tribe filed a lawsuit in late May against the City of Snoqualmie in an

effort to stop the development.Standing in the paved park-

ing lot with lights and sidewalk and a restroom, Dorman said the falls are becoming more

like Disneyland.“It is the heart and soul of

the Snoqualmie,” she said. “It doesn’t need improving, inter-pretation, or paving.”

SCOTT STODDARD | [email protected] Tribe elder Linda Sweet (right) prays during a ceremony to observe the National Day of Prayer for Native American Sacred Places on the morning of June 17 near Snoqualmie Falls. At left is Lois Sweet Dorman.

“Drones don’t do any-thing but chase queens and eat honey,” Ledbetter said.

Ledbetter put one of the hives in his truck and drove into the parking lot of the Old Honey Farm Country Inn, an old farm-house that was converted to an inn and abandoned after a fire. He parked, then shook and beat the bees out of the hive.

“There are two classes of bees in a hive. There are the field bees and the house bees,” Ledbetter said. “The field bees travel all around the neighborhood and they have all the landscape memorized and all the landmarks memorized. The house bees haven’t been outside the hive. They do all the chores inside the hive.” Chores like feeding the queen, taking care of the queen, feeding the brood, taking honey from field bees and laying drone eggs.

When you go a few hundred yards from home and shake out the hive, the field bees go right back home, and the other bees are lost and soon die, Ledbetter said.

He got back in his car and drove back home behind his field bees, not knowing that a neighbor near the Old Honey Farm had reported him to the police.

Suspicious bee-haviorA few days after

his first hive-clearing, Ledbetter drove back to the parking lot to repeat the process with his sec-ond doomed hive.

“I turned around and there was this guy taking pictures of me, my license plate, and everything. He came on really strong,

said I was trespassing.”Ledbetter maintains

there were no “No Trespassing” signs and that he was not doing anything illegal.

“(He said) that I didn’t belong in the neighbor-hood, which, I live here,” Ledbetter said. He’s lived in the area since 1979.

The man yelled that there was a 7-year-old that had been stung seven times that day.

“I don’t know what he was talking about, but he was so angry and so hos-tile you couldn’t talk to him,” Ledbetter said.

Ledbetter said it is very unlikely it was his bees that stung the kid.

“There were enough girls there that somebody could get stung, but I stood a hundred feet away from the house. The field bees go right back to my place. The other ones disperse. Probably in two hours there’s none down there, and the boys can’t sting. Honeybees can only sting once, so I suspect their kid got into a yellow jacket nest.”

The bees do get riled up when you bang and shake them from the

hive, Ledbetter said.After being confronted,

Ledbetter started to leave. The neighbor informed him that he’d called the cops. Ledbetter said he’d stick around for the offi-cer to arrive.

Bee on your wayThe officer rolled up to

the scene and stopped his squad car. Opening the window about an inch, he informed the men that he is allergic to bees.

Ledbetter invited him to talk at his house near-by. The officer followed him home. Ledbetter explained that he didn’t want to bother anybody and can go somewhere else. The officer took his name and advised him not to let out bees in resi-dential areas.

Ledbetter cleared the rest of his hive near

North Bend Way.He considered bringing

the angry neighbor some honey and apologizing, but thought it better to leave the situation alone.

“I’m sorry that I made them uncomfortable,” he said.

For a man who is at ease surrounded by thousands of bees, other people’s comfort levels might be hard to judge.

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STUART MILLER | [email protected] Roger Ledbetter said ‘The hive is the actual organism. A single bee is just a part of it, like a piece of the liver.’

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The Snoqualmie Valley’s only locally owned newspaper recently welcomed a new reporter to its staff.

Stuart Miller joined the SnoValley Star on June 20. You’ve likely seen his byline in recent editions of our newspaper as a freelance writer.

Miller is a 2015 graduate of Western Washington University, where he wrote for The Western Front, the school’s twice-weekly

newspaper, and Klipsun, an independent student magazine.

“I signed up for a news writing class and knew from the first week that journalism was what I wanted to do,” Miller said.

Miller has already covered City Council meetings, the North Bend Farmers Market and the groundbreaking for the new Mount Si High School.

“In my few weeks writing for the SnoValley Star, I’ve learned more than I ever knew about how Snoqualmie and North Bend are actually run,” he said. “I grew up in Issaquah, so I’ve spent a lot of time over the years hiking, floating, playing sports, shopping and hanging around in North Bend and Snoqualmie.”

You can reach Miller with your story ideas via email at [email protected] and via telephone at 425-392-6434, extension 246.

“I’m looking forward to getting to know the Snoqualmie and North Bend areas as intimately as I know my hometown,” Miller said. “There are certain things, places, quirks that only longtime locals know about a town. I’m looking forward to understanding the communities on that deeper level.”

Email SnoValley Star editor Scott Stoddard at [email protected]. Twitter: @sstoddard. Facebook: facebook.com/presseditor

From The Editor’s Desk

Editor’s note: As the debate continues over proposed development in the vicinity of Snoqualmie Falls, we offer this historical perspective from the Aug. 3, 1876, edition of Seattle’s major newspaper of the day, The Daily Intelligencer.

THE SNOQUALMIEAS A SUMMER RESORT

The Americans are peculiarly a traveling people. Through the States generally, all the world repairs en masse

in summer-time to the seaside, “the Falls” or the mountains to rusticate, and there is health as well as enjoyment in the custom. In the east, the Niagara Falls is one of the principal national watering places, whilst in California, the Yosemite is a great resort, attracting pilgrims from all parts of the world. We have here in this Territory, the Falls of the Snoqualmie, only about 30 miles east of this city in a direct line, a grand “water-bit” which is hardly surpassed in attractiveness for a summer resort on the continent.

This natural wonder was first published to the world by Capt. George B. McClellan in the Government Report on the Pacific Railroad survey. The Falls are 275 feet in perpendicular height as measured by Gen. Tilton, and the volume is so great that steamers of light draught can ordinarily ascend nearly to the foot. They have the advantage of proximity to the sea-side and civilization, whilst located just at the base of the snow-capped Cascade range of mountains. The scenery combines all the elements of picturesqueness and sublimity.

The cataract lies in a deep mountain gorge, the cliffs rising

on each side high above the brink, and the river, wide and clear, is compressed at the break into a narrow channel between ledges of basalt. A short distance above, under the craggy shadows of the mountain range, lies the broad Snoqualmie Prairie with its wavy expanses of ferns and grasses, dotted with farm-houses and channeled by the tree-fringed meanderings of the river. Below opens out the fertile valley of the Snoqualmie and Snohomish, with its farms and growing villages.

There are at present two ways of reaching them, one, overland by way of Renton and Squak Lake, the other by water, up the Snohomish and Snoqualmie. Owing to the circuitousness of the routes, the roughness of the road, infrequence

of communication and want of accomodations on the spot, these Falls have hitherto been only a kind of far-off Mecca to a few adventurous tourists. But the number of visitors is increasing year by year, and this season will be greater than ever before. At the present time, a large party of ladies and gentlemen from Olympia are sojourning there, one from Seattle has just returned and others are in contemplation. In a short time, probably the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad will be running close by. A good hotel for tourists will be demanded at no distant day, and then we may expect this point to become the great summer resort of the Territory, and eventually one of the renowned watering places of the world.

Snoqualmie Falls targeted for development – in 1876

This engrav-ing from the Nov. 6, 1908, edition of The Seattle Republican shows the beginning of development at Snoqualmie Falls. The Snoqualmie Falls Hydro-electric Project powerhouse (center), built in 1898-99, is visible, and four diminu-tive homes that served as company housing are seen on the hillside above. A passenger train powered by a steam locomotive heads upriver along the hill-side.

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The North Bend Masons awarded four local students with bicy-cles and helmets as part of the Bikes for Books campaign.

The bikes and helmets were given to North Bend Elementary kindergar-tener Lilyan Cummings

and first-grader Ian Millstein, and Cascade View Elementary fourth-grader Trenton Boggs and second-grader Maya Shekhar.

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cause I didn’t ram no (expletive) cop or they didn’t find no guns in the vehicle either,” he posted.

Tubbs also said that he would turn himself in once he put together enough money for a lawyer.

“I’m proud of who I am and I’m not really proud of some of my actions but no this I’m (expletive) human just like you I bleed just like you and I breathe just like you,” he posted.

Police believe that he is staying with friends in the Snoqualmie and North Bend areas.

“He’s got a lot of peo-ple that like him and say he’s a good guy,” Rose told KIRO-FM radio’s Ron and Don Show. “I think he likes the attention.”

Tubbs is a 28-year-old white male, approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs approximately 150 pounds, and has visible tattoos.

He is considered armed and dangerous. Police ask that anyone who sees him call 911 immediately.

which later fired him in 2013.

McCulley approved Hogan for the city’s police force, and Mayor Matt Larson made the final decision to hire.

McCulley served as a captain in the Snoqualmie Police Department for two years before being promoted to chief. Previously, he served

for 27 years with the Washington State Patrol.

Snoqualmie has grown and changed since McCulley started working in the city. He’s overseen such milestones as the Snoqualmie Police Department taking over police duties for neigh-boring North Bend.

Jim Schaffer, who McCulley replaced as chief in 2012, will serve as interim chief while the city looks for a replacement.

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Saturday, June 25Yard waste recycling

program, 8 a.m. to noon, Public Works Facility, 1155 East North Bend Way

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Museum Tours, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., free, SE 69th Place, Snoqualmie

Train Rides with Northwest Railway Museum, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Northwest Railway Museum, 38625 SE King St., Snoqualmie, $10 children, $16 seniors, $18 adults, under 2 ride free, trainmu-seum.com or 888-3030

Nontoxic Printmaking, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Cedar River Watershed Education Center, 19901 Cedar River Falls Road SE

Kids Night Out at the Y, ages 3-12, 6-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 SE Ridge St., Snoqualmie, register at 256-3115

Purple Reign, 8 p.m., Snoqualmie Casino Ballroom, 37500 SE North Bend Way

Stillwater Hill Band, 8 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. SE, 831-3647

Sunday, June 26Brunch with Pete Alba,

11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. SE, Snoqualmie, 831-3647

Train Rides with Northwest Railway Museum, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Northwest Railway Museum, 38625 SE King St., Snoqualmie, $10 children, $16 seniors, $18 adults, under 2 ride free, trainmu-seum.com or 888-3030

Monday, June 27Snoqualmie City Council

meeting, 7 p.m., City Hall, 38624 SE River St.

Drop-In Basketball, 16 and older, 8:15-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 SE Ridge St., Snoqualmie, 256-3115

Tuesday, June 28Drop & Go at the

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The Snoqualmie/Fall City Family History Group, we help people find their family and com-plete their family tree, 10-11:30 a.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. SE, 888-1223

Free Summer Matinee, North Bend Theatre, noon, 25 Bendigo Blvd., N., North Bend, northbendtheatre.com

Wii bowling, 1 p.m., Mt. Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave., North Bend, 888-3434

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Development Committee meeting, 4-5 p.m., Community & Economic Development Department, 126 East Fourth St., North Bend

North Bend City Council workstudy, 7-9 p.m., City Hall, 211 Main Ave. N., North Bend

Competitive Play Drop-In Volleyball, 16 and older, 7-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 SE Ridge St., 256-3115

Wednesday, June 29Sno-Valley Indoor

Playground, ages 0-5, 9:30-11:30 a.m., $1 donation, Si View Community Center, 400 SE Orchard Drive, North Bend, snovalleyindoorplay-ground.org

SnoValley Quilters, noon, Mt. Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave., North Bend, 888-3434

BUNCO, 1 p.m., Mt. Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave., North Bend, 888-3434

One-on-One Computer Help, for adults, 1-3 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 East 4th St., 888-0554

Teen Super Smash Bros. Tournament, grades 5-12, 3-4 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. SE, 888-1223

Yogo II classes, Wednesdays 5:30-6:30 p.m. through Aug. 31, Meadowbrook Interpretive Center, 1711 Boalch Ave. North Bend, 831-1900

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Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. SE, Snoqualmie, 831-3647

Thursday, June 30Yarn Therapy, 10 a.m.,

free, Mt. Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave., North Bend, 888-3434

Free Summer Matinee, noon, North Bend Theatre, 125 Bendigo Blvd., N., North Bend, northbendtheatre.com

Public Safety commit-tee meeting, 5-6 p.m., Snoqualmie Fire Station, 37600 SE Snoqualmie Parkway

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Games You Can’t Lose Magic Show, 7-7:40 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. SE, 888-1233

Jay Alm, 7:30 p.m., Black Dog Arts Café, 8062 Railroad Ave. SE, Snoqualmie, 831-3647

Movies & Music in the Park: music by The Beatnik’s, 8-10 p.m., Snoqualmie Community Park, 35016 SE Ridge St.

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Camp: Star Wars Extreme w/Leap4Kids, ages 8-13, 9:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., YMCA gym, 35018 SE Ridge St., 256-3115

Sno-Valley Indoor Playground, 9:30-11:45 a.m., Si View Community Center, 400 SE Orchard

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Wii Bowling, 1 p.m., Mt. Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave., North Bend, 888-3434

Teen STEM Club: Snap Circuits Electronics, for grades 5-8, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. SE, 888-1233

Snoqualmie YMCA Wrap Around Camp, $5 per fam-ily, 4-6 p.m., 35018 SE Ridge St., 256-3115

Family Bounce Night at the YMCA, 6:30 p.m., 35018 SE Ridge St., 256-3115

Lisa Dilk, 7 p.m., Snoqualmie Brewery Taproom, 8-32 Falls Ave. SE, 831-2337

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Residents on La Forest Drive Southeast reported at 12:39 p.m. June 12 having a dispute with a neighbor parking vehicles on their lawn. When confronted, the neighbor reportedly said he was not going to move the vehicle in light of 50 people dying and slammed the door. An officer arrived, spoke with both parties and gave resolution options.

An odd walk back home

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As lacrosse continues to gain a foothold in schools and communities around the state, youth players are getting more opportu-nities to test their skills in out-of-state tournaments.

The Mount Si Lacrosse Club will cross into unchartered territory next month when it sends a group of third- and fourth-grade girls to the Rose City Lax Showdown in Portland, Ore.

Rick Kaiser, coach of the Mount Si U11 Red girls team, said he isn’t aware of any other programs in the state who’ve com-peted in an offseason, out-of-state event with girls so young.

“Mount Si sent one team last year to a tour-nament, but they were much older,” Kaiser said. “So these girls are all breaking ground … They’re very tenacious and they deserve the same opportunities that most boys take for granted.”

The team is practic-ing twice a week in Snoqualmie in prepara-tion for the Portland tour-nament, July 15-17. The Wildcats are guaranteed to play on the first two days and will look to qual-ify for the championship round on the final day.

The 13 players attend schools around Snoqualmie and North Bend. They are Margaret Champlain,

Elle Enselman, Ana Holversott, Katherine Kaiser, Kira Kalvelage, Rachel Keller, Katie Mills, Jaycie Prescott, Avery Pynn, Kole Razwick, Julia Stanley, Brooke Staude

and Ember Thompson.“Some are new to the

sport this year, some played last year and some have played for three years,” Rick Kaiser said, “so it’s a good mix

of girls. They’re all very competitive but, most importantly, they’re hav-ing a lot of fun and they’re learning the essentials of teamwork and leadership on the field.”

Stanley, an incoming fifth-grader at Cascade View Elementary School, said she picked up lacrosse nearly two years ago after trying softball but not getting enough playing time.

“In lacrosse, you get to go out on the field tons of time per game,” she said. “I kind of like when you get to kind of push and shove, kind of aggressive.”

Kaiser’s oldest daugh-ter, Elizabeth, has helped her Mount Si team com-pile a 35-1 record over the past three seasons. She

also plays for a travel-ing select team, Vand’al Lacrosse. Her involve-ment pushed Rick into coaching last season.

“It has been a gift to coach these girls,” he said.

Katherine Kaiser, who will be entering fourth grade at St. Joseph School, said she enjoys the sup-port of her teammates and has found lacrosse to be an easy sport to learn. She typically plays mid-field.

“I’m best at catching the ball and running down the field to pass to anoth-er person,” she said.

Pynn, an incoming fourth-grader at North Bend Elementary, is a first-year player who

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When Austin Fokkema joined the Snoqualmie Valley Hurricanes semipro base-ball team, coach Peter Kairis was blunt about Fokkema’s chances to contribute.

“I didn’t expect anything out of him,” Kairis said. “As a matter of fact, he’s only on this team because his older brother is a good pitcher, a left-handed pitcher that plays first base.”

Brandon Fokkema had already proven his worth to the Hurricanes, but Austin had some work to do. He might have solidified regular playing time with his performance against the Northwest Honkers.

Austin Fokkema tossed seven shutout innings and the Hurricanes earned a 2-0 win over their local rivals on June 16 at Fall City Community Park.

“I just threw some strikes, made sure I worked ahead,” said Fokkema, a 2015 Tahoma High School graduate who now plays at Dordt College, an NAIA school in Sioux City, Iowa.

“I fell behind a few batters, walked four guys. I just made sure I kept throwing strikes, kept throwing ground balls. These guys were aggressive hitters … Double plays helped

me out. The defense was great tonight.”

Kairis credits Fokkema’s work with Dan Galaz, the team’s player development director and a former scout for the Seattle Mariners. Fokkema wasn’t in good physical shape at the start of the season, but has worked hard and had a couple good outings prior to his start against the Honkers.

“He understands how to change speeds and spot his pitches,” Kairis said. “He’s not overpowering – on the radar gun, maybe 81 or 82 (mph) if the wind is behind him.”

Fokkema had to work out of trouble on several occasions

and stranded seven runners during the first seven innings. He allowed three hits, struck out four and coaxed a pair of double-play balls.

Bryan Lounsbury got a two-inning save for the Hurricanes, although he also had to deal with runners in scoring position. He allowed two hits and struck out two.

The Honkers, who fell to 14-5 overall, simply couldn’t convert the scoring opportuni-ties they created, general man-ager Martin Lawrence said.

“If we’ve got runners in scoring position all day and we can’t do anything but hit a fly ball, it’s going to be a long day for us,” he said.

Based in Fall City, the Honkers are chasing their fourth berth in seven seasons to the National Baseball Congress World Series.

They’re off to a good start in Pacific International League play and have an experienced roster that should work to their advantage. Starter Brandon Bennett threw well, trailing 1-0 after seven innings, but didn’t get help as Austin Fokkema shut down the Honkers’ offense.

“He did a really good job of throwing pitcher’s pitches, making us hit what he wanted, not what we wanted,” Lawrence said of Fokkema.

Snoqualmie Valley, which is playing 2016 as an independent team, took the lead in the third inning when leadoff hitter Corey Saeda doubled inside the left-field line, moved to third base on Sayler Shank’s bunt and scored on a Chase Kairis groundout.

That was the only run of the game until the top of the ninth when the Hurricanes scored against relievers Spencer Trautmann and Ryan Sheeley.

Snoqualmie Valley loaded the bases on an error, a Lucas Thrun double and an inten-tional walk. Jake Masters hit a sacrifice fly to score Thrun for a 2-0 lead.

Peter Kairis said he has shifted philosophy this season. After using a 25-man roster in 2015 that kept too many players off the field, he’s going with a shorter bench in 2016. And it’s a versatile group of players, too.

“Everybody on that field can pitch and play multi-position,” Kairis said, noting that his son, Chase, filled in at catcher against the Honkers with the Hurricanes’ two regular back-stops on vacation.

“We’re on a little roll right now because everybody is understanding it’s the little things. It’s not the big things. Baseball is real basic.”

Lawrence said his team has generally done well to utilize its depth and veteran savvy, but will have to play better than it did against the Hurricanes to contend for the 82nd NBC World Series, July 29-Aug. 13 in Wichita, Kan.

“This is a nonleague game so we went in thinking we wanted to get everybody involved and make sure we get a lot of guys getting into this game,” Lawrence said.

“There was definitely a few situations … we thought we could capitalize on by using certain guys that were actually supposed to have off days today. We ended up using them and it ended up not really working out.”

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Lacrosse team prepares for Oregon tournament

GREG FARRAR | [email protected] Snoqualmie Valley Hurricanes’ Corey Saeda (left) scores on a Chase Kairis RBI groundout as Northwest Honkers catcher Jose Acosta waits for the throw in the third inning of their June 16 game.

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GREG FARRAR | [email protected] Kaiser shares a high-five with one of his U11 Red team members during an agility and shooting drill June 20 at a Snoqualmie Ridge practice field.

had previously tried sports like basketball, soccer, swimming and tennis. “Hauling around a stick” is one of her favorite things about lacrosse.

“I like doing new things and my cousin really likes lacrosse, so she said I should try it,” Pynn said.

U11 teams have modi-fied rules. They have

eight players per side, 20-minute halves and use significantly shorter fields. Mount Si travels far and wide for its league games, including Puyallup, Gig Harbor, Silverdale, Everett and Snohomish.

During a June 20 practice, the Wildcats worked on passing and shooting drills, some-thing the girls already believe is a strength. They’re looking to hone their skills in time for the Rose City Lax

Showdown.“I’m a little nervous,”

Pynn admitted.“I think we’re going to

do really good but we’ve just got to practice a lot,” Stanley said.

“We expect to win,” Rick Kaiser added. “The level of competition, we’re not sure yet, but this group of girls is very feisty and quite good at going to the ball. So we expect they’re going to do quite well regardless of who they play.”

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The New York Yankees selected for-mer Mount Si High School baseball player Trevor Lane in the 10th round of the MLB draft.

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