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Alpine expansionU.S. Senate approves adding to wilderness area.

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Shoes neededDonate to shoe and school supply drive this summer.

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Serving up summerPage 5

Run for the titleLocal girls soccer team in the hunt for a national championship.

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Police blotter

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By Michele Mihalovich

Karie Downing, of North Bend, practices her fire act for an out-door Fourth of July performance at The Bindlestick Coffee and Beer House while at Sandy Cove Park in Snoqualmie. Downing said she learned her art from Kiki and the Flaming Gypsies, a fire and dance troupe in the Caribbean.

Fire walk with me

By David Hayes

When fans of Kenny Loggins attend his concert July 14 at the Snoqualmie Casino, they may be surprised to learn he is also in the opening act.

Renowned for his collabora-tions in his 40-plus years of per-forming, Loggins, who was born in Everett, is ready to debut his latest group effort — Blue Sky Riders. The trio includes Nashville songwriters Gary Burr and Georgia Middleman.

Loggins’ career was launched in 1972 with the teaming of Jim Messina, and the duo would go on to sell more than 4.5 million copies of their seven albums.

When Loggins and Burr collabo-rated in 2008 for an album for Target featuring the song “How About Now,” the two knew they were onto something special.

“The best part was when we sang together, we sounded like brothers,” Loggins said. “The last time I experienced that kind of blend was with Jimmy Messina in 1971.”

Burr is an award-winning songwriter in the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame, who has written 13 No. 1 hits, penning songs for the likes of Tim McGraw, Reba McEntire, LeAnn Rimes, Ricky Martin and

Kenny Loggins to perform with Blue Sky Riders

By Michele Mihalovich

David Herman, who was denied a business license to open a tattoo parlor in down-town North Bend, claims the

city is violating his constitu-tional rights to practice the art of tattooing.

Herman owned Ambrosia Tattoo Gallery in Redmond and decided to relocate to North Bend. He told the City Council March 5 that he had wanted to check with city staff beforehand, to make sure it was a permitted

Tattoo parlor owner says city violated his rights

By Michele Mihalovich

Moreland Pacific, the California-based developer for the new Snoqualmie Valley Hospital, had trouble securing financing, so hospital admin-istrators turned to Benaroya Capital to take over the project.

The hospital board was asked

at a special June 26 meeting to approve a settlement agreement with Moreland, the develop-ment agreement with Benaroya, and easement and rights of way agreements with the city of Snoqualmie.

All of the resolutions passed 4-1, with Commissioner Gene Pollard voting against approval.

Hospital CEO Rodger McCollum told the commis-

Benaroya is new developer for hospital

See TATTOO, Page 2

See BAND, Page 3

See HOSPITAL, Page 2

Says city closing loophole kept him from opening business

Old developer had trouble with financing

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Opening for Kenny Loggins July 14 at the Snoqualmie Casino is Blue Sky Riders, featuring (from left) Loggins, Georgia Middleman and Gary Burr.

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Londi Lindell at that council meeting said Herman was told initially that a tattoo parlor was not allowed downtown, but she said he came back with another proposal — asking if he could operate a tattoo parlor out of his home if the home were located in the downtown commercial district.

Gina Estep, North Bend’s community and economic development director, told the coun-

cil that the city attorney looked over the city’s zoning laws and saw that there was nothing pro-hibiting the use under its current home-occupation zoning ordinances.

Home-occupation laws in North Bend require that the business operator actu-ally live in the home; the business cannot occupy more than 25 percent or 500 square feet, which-ever is less, of the total floor area; and a few uses are not allowed outright — automobile-related ser-vices, direct sales of mer-chandise on the premises and manufacturing that involves the conversion of raw materials.

Based on advice

Herman said he received from city staff members, he leased a space, applied for a business license and made approximately $10,000 worth of improvements to the space.

But at that meeting, the council voted to close the loophole that would allow the use, and Lindell later said Herman would not be issued a business license.

Ambrosia’s website does

indicate that the business has moved to North Bend, and that peo-ple should call him for an appoint-ment. But when

reached by the Star, Herman said to call his attorney Charles S. Hamilton III.

Hamilton would not say whether Herman was oper-ating the tattoo parlor.

He said, “We have served this city with a complaint … Because this

is in litigation, I cannot make any comment.”

Hamilton said the com-plaint has not been filed with the court. The city of North Bend forwarded a copy of the complaint to the Star, which states in part, “The art and practice of tattooing are activities protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. North Bend City Ordinance No. 1482 was enacted over hastily by the city’s policy mak-ers with the intention of depriving Plaintiff of his constitutional right to practice tattooing in the city of North Bend. The acts of the city of North

Bend directed towards Plaintiff have deprived him of property rights, liberty rights, and his con-stitional rights, causing irreparable harm to his livelihood, his person and his reputation within the community.”

Herman is request-ing that a temporary and permanent injunction be issued prohibiting North Bend from imposing unconstitutional limita-tions on the practice and art of tattooing within the city.

Lindell said in an email that the city would pre-pare an answer to the complaint within a couple weeks.

TattooFrom Page 1

sioners that it became apparent after the hospital district and Moreland were issued a cer-tificate of need from the state public health department in June 2012 that Moreland was having trouble getting financ-ing.

“We determined that we couldn’t go forward with them and started the termination pro-cess and interviewing another development company — Benaroya,” McCollum said.

Under the terms of the lease to own agreement with Moreland, the hospital district could have either paid Moreland $281,400 per month for 30

years, or purchased the building for $38.5 million within a cer-tain time period.

Jay Rodne, attorney for the hospital, said everything that was agreed to in the contract with Moreland will be the same with Benaroya, with a few amendments.

One amendment calls for the hospital to put $4 million in an escrow account, which will go toward the purchase of the hospital. According to an April financial statement, the hospital district has $7.7 million cash in its coffers.

Rodne also said that an amendment to the certificate of need would have to be secured, and that the amendment would simply change the name from Moreland to Benaroya.

“We’re not changing any-thing,” Rodne said. “It’s the

exact same obligation with the same guaranteed price. We’re just substituting one developer for another. Benaroya is a local, well-known and trusted name rooted in the community.”

Pollard expressed his objec-tion to the hospital even being built.

He said he was recently elect-ed to the board because of his “no new hospital” stance.

Pollard said he objected to the board never having a public hearing about the new hospital.

Commissioner Dick Jones

said that all of the meetings the board has had in the past five years regarding a new hospi-tal have been public and that the reason they didn’t “take it to the voters” is because they didn’t want the public’s taxes to increase.

Pollard asked if the votes on the three resolutions could be set aside so that the board could finally hold a public hearing and “let them decide” if they even want to go forward with a new hospital.

McCollum said time is of the essence because state and federal building codes were changing July 1.

The current design plans were drawn to then-current codes, and if those plans weren’t presented to the city of Snoqualmie’s permit department before July 1, everything would

have to be redrawn, McCollum said.

The new codes would delay the process, could cost the dis-trict a lot more money and it would extend the building time-line, he said.

Jim Grafton showed the Star around the 9-acre construction site of the new hospital after the meeting. So far, tree clearing and grading has taken place, and Grafton said most of the sewer, water and natural gas utilities have gone in.

He said he hoped the project could pick up again within a few weeks and a new hospital could be completed at the end of 2014.

Michele Mihalovich: 392-6434, ext. 246, or [email protected]. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.

HospitalFrom Page 1

“Benaroya is a local, well-known and trusted name rooted in the community.”

— Jay RodneHospital attorney

“The art and practice of tattooing are activi-ties protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.”

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When Loggins and Burr decided a band was in order for their efforts, they decided a woman’s voice was needed to round out the harmonies they were looking for. The short list they considered, Loggins said, really only contained one name — Middleman. Her résumé includes pen-ning songs for artists including Keith Urban, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney

and McEntire.She said when the trio

sang together for the first time, they knew from the start that they were on the right track.

“It felt right. It felt like a band,” she said.

They went to work, crafting 15 songs dipping into the pop, rock and country genres, featuring three-part harmonies and each taking a turn singing lead. What resulted was the album “Finally Home.”

Loggins said the album doesn’t really have a target audience, especially since he feels that’s a record company phrase any way.

“We’re making our own music. What we’re writing is what’s working for us. So, you might say we’re

our target audi-ence,” Loggins said. “We just make it acces-sible, and hope someone else reacts to it the way we do and comes along for the ride.”

Now that Burr and Middleman have gotten a taste of stepping out of the shadows of writing songs for others and have felt the spotlight on themselves onstage, they plan to keep a good thing going. Burr said Blue Sky Riders is not a one-off thing for Loggins’ current tour.

“We’re a real band,” he

said. “We’re already col-laborating on songs for our next album and are planning a Christmas album. We see a long future.”

Middleman said the pro-cess has been really, really

fun.“Usually, writing music

has so much business to do, that this allows us to do what we do best,” she said.

Fans of Loggins will still get to hear his greatest hits when he hits the stage solo, from his days with Messina, including “Your

Momma Don’t Dance,” “Danny’s Song” and “My Music” to his solo efforts featuring “This is It” and “What a Fool Believes” to his iconic soundtrack songs like “Footloose,” “Danger Zone” and “I’m Alright.”

With a decadeslong cat-alog of music to his credit, Loggins said he felt he’d gotten lazy in recent years. His most recent project with Blue Sky Riders has relit a fire inside.

“I love the collaboration process,” he said. “When it works you end up taking things in directions not expected.”

For example, Loggins explained, each of the trio would have little bits and pieces of a song living with them for years, fish-ing for an idea.

“But working with oth-ers, you can take this good start, ask where they’d go with it and be completely surprised where it ends up,” he said.

He added in the midst of his own set, he will bring out Middleman to help him with Stevie Nicks’ part on “Whenever I Call You Friend” and all three will reunite at the end to cover “Conviction of the Heart.”

“And then the crowd goes wild,” Burr predicted.

Learn more about the band at www.blueskyriders-band.com.

David Hayes: 392-6434, ext. 237, or [email protected]. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.

BandFrom Page 1

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Senate unanimously passes Alpine Lakes Bill

The United States Senate has unanimously passed the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act.

The bill, which was drafted by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Congressman Dave Reichert (R-WA, 8th District), will increase the amount of wilder-ness adjoining Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area by 22,000 acres and add 10 miles of the Pratt River and 30 miles of the Snoqualmie River to the National Wild and Scenic River System, according to a news release.

As a result, these areas will be federally protected, and residents will enjoy more access to more recreational activi-ties in both the middle fork of the Snoqualmie River and the newly augmented Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area, the release said.

“Today’s vote shows real momentum for this popular and carefully crafted legisla-tion,” Tom Uniack, conservation director for Washington Wild, said June 20. “We applaud Sen. Murray’s efforts to tirelessly push this important legislation forward in the Senate.”

In addition to Uniack, more than 100 outdoor local business-es; 150 conservation, recreation, hunting and religious leaders; and 70 elected officials endorsed the act.

Financial assistance is available for YMCA summer camps

There is still some financial assistance available to aid in pro-gram registration fees for YMCA summer day camps.

The camps, offered by the Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, are open to children of all ages.

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Donate to shoe and school supply drive this summer

Local churches and the Mt Si Food Bank in North Bend are collecting and distributing school supplies and shoes for those in need again this sum-mer.

Students who attend school (preschool through grade 12) in the Snoqualmie Valley are strongly encouraged to sign up at the food bank July 17-31. School supplies and shoes will be handed out Aug. 21-28 at

the food bank at North Bend Community Church, 146 E. Third St.

School supplies, shoes and/or cash donations are greatly appreciated. Drop-off sites for supplies will be located at Mt. Si Lutheran Church in North Bend and Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Snoqualmie, and (new) shoes can also be dropped off at Snoqualmie Valley Alliance Church, 8020 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie.

Checks for school supplies can be made out to “Helping Hands Schools” and mailed to Joan Ritland, c/o Mt. Si Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 487, North Bend, WA 98045. The supply drive will end Aug. 12.

Snoqualmie competing for green power

Snoqualmie is one of five local cities competing in the PSE Take Charge Green Power Challenge.

Out of 4,000 properties, the city has about 150 homes par-ticipating in green power. If at least 40 or more homes or busi-nesses go green, Snoqualmie will automatically win a $20,000 grant to fund a solar project at the community center, and the city with the greatest percent-age of program growth will earn another $20,000 from PSE. Currently, Tumwater is ahead.

You can sign up for the pro-gram for only $4 per month added to your electricity bill. There is no equipment to buy or systems to install; instead, PSE simply buys the green power on your behalf and adds it to the power pool. For $10 per month, your home or business can be 100 percent green power. You can even enter to win a solar panel system valued at $10,000 by enrolling by Sept. 30.

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“Loved it. He told me about see-ing the block where the heads were lopped off hundreds of years ago, and the kings’ and queens’ crowns, and the guards on their horses around Buckingham Palace. I think he was jealous of all the rain they get over there, too.”

“Always the farmer,” said Steve.

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It’s good times in the Snoqualmie Valley as festival sea-son is upon us. But instead of just attending these great events, how about volunteering your time?

When you volunteer, you get an entirely different per-spective of everything that goes into these events. There are plenty of opportunities this summer, with the North Bend’s Block Party kicking things off July 20.

Every year tourists and townies are treated to music, dancing, yummy food, a dog fashion show and a strong person competition. Maybe you could be a stage hand or help keep the dogs from urinating on the competition’s outfit. To volunteer, email Gina Estep at [email protected] or Stacey Cepeda at [email protected].

And who knows what’s available at the following events.

Twin Peaks Fest, held Aug. 2-4, celebrates the quirky television series with celebrity guests, a bus tour of filming locations and contests. Visit www.twinpeaksfest.com.

The following week, Aug. 9-11, brings on the Festival at Mount Si in North Bend. There’s a parade, children’s games, train and bike rides, arts and crafts, food and live music. Go to www.festivalatmtsi.org/volunteer.php for details about volunteering. The festival needs help with set up, the information booth, various contests and the silent auction.

Snoqualmie then hosts the Railroad Days celebra-tion Aug. 16-18. This annual community festival honors Snoqualmie railroad heritage with train rides, a parade, fun run, entertainment and a car show. Visit www.rail-roaddays.com.

There are also lots of nonfestival events happening this summer that feel pretty festive, like the new Snoqualmie Arts Market debuting July 27 at the Railroad Community Park.

The North Bend Farmers Market, held every Thursday, has a festive feel, especially with the outdoor concerts.

The Sounds of Snoqualmie returns for its fourth year, the last Sunday of the month, June to August, at the Snoqualmie Community Park. The next free concert is the Roberts Music Institute July 1.

Also on the horizon are the Annual Tour de Peaks cycling event, Run Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie Plein Air Paint Out, Legends Classic Car Show, Dog Days of Summer, Relay for Life, North Bend Adventure Sports & Iron Horse Relay Race and North Bend Jazz Walk.

And let’s not forget the Aug. 19-25 Boeing Classic Golf Tournament, when Snoqualmie is happily overrun with golf fans and senior golfing pros.

Lots of businesses and organizations in the community also show their support with their checkbooks. We thank those businesses, because really, without their help, cit-ies probably wouldn’t have the funds to even offer such events.

The Snoqualmie Tribe, Finaghty’s Irish Pub and Carmichael’s True Value are just a few of the gold and platinum sponsors for Snoqualmie Railroad Days. The Festival at Mount Si has a long list of financial sponsors, but also a lot of in-kind donors.

Volunteering at summer festivals is good for you and it’s good for the community.

Hospital does notify public about meetings

The article “Most local gov-ernments are going above and beyond” in the July 4 paper gives the Star’s opinions about what it means to do “more than what is required by law in keep-ing citizens informed about gov-ernment business.” The article claims that the hospital district needs improvement, while con-firming that we are “following the letter of the law…”

The statement that we do not utilize the web to notify about upcoming meetings or post the agendas for those meetings is not true. These documents are posted on our website under the “Board of Commissioners” link at least 24 hours before any regular or special meeting, in accordance with the Washington Open Public Meetings Act. The minutes

of each meeting are available on the website after they are approved by the board at the fol-lowing month’s regular meeting.

We provide all supporting documents of the meetings to anyone who requests them. We haven’t invested in an online document request system because email and regular mail have been working well. We invest this money in supporting health care services.

The hospital district notifies the public about these meetings and other programs in the local papers, through social media, at the post offices, at our hospital and in community newsletters, to name a few.

While I agree that public agencies should be open and transparent, every public agency goes “above and beyond” in different ways. The hospital dis-trict board is making efforts for

constituents to be informed by holding its monthly meetings in the communities we serve.

We encourage members of the public to attend the board meetings, which are held at 6:30 p.m. the first Thursday of the month. Our commis-sioners welcome more public involvement and are available to discuss hospital issues. To reach the commissioners, call Valerie Huffman, the board secretary, at 831-2362, or email [email protected]. For more information, go to www.svhd4.org and click on the Board of Commissioners meet-ing link on the home page.

The next meeting is at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 1 at the Snoqualmie Pass Fire Station.

Jill GreenPublic information officer

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“That Harley Jacobsen,” said Doc, grinning and shaking his head. He waved his empty cup toward Loretta, who brought the pot over.

“What’d Harley do now, Doc?”

“He came in the other day, looking good. Relaxed, happy. I’d been after him for some time to take a vacation and get away from the farm and just have some fun. So he and Gladys went on a trip to England.”

“No kidding?” Dud said. “Did Gladys have to use whips and chains to get him away from the farm?”

We all laughed, because Harley is one of those 24/7 farm-ers. There’s always something to do, and he knows he was put here on earth to do them, every day. And farm? Well, it’s said he could grow wheat on rocks and hair on a bald man’s head.

“How’d he like England?”

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were on this tour, you know, and they saw the Greenwich clock. That tour guide said, ‘This is the famous Greenwich clock. All the world gets its time from this very clock.’

“So what does Harley do? Pulls out his five-dollar Bullseye pocket watch and says to Gladys, ‘Not bad. Ain’t but two minutes fast, too.’”

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Levi Noel asked for the ‘biggest, swirliest ice cream cone ever’ at Scott’s Dairy Freeze in North Bend on July 1. The burger and ice cream stand was started by Al and Dorothy Scott in 1951, a full three years before Dick’s Drive-In, owner Ken Hearing is quick to note. Hearing isn’t just the owner though — he’s been the mayor of North Bend since 2004, and is serving his third term. ‘It’s the oldest Puget Sound fast food restaurant,’ Hearing said. ‘And the best burgers in the Valley.’ He bought Scott’s Dairy Freeze 23 years ago — on July 2, 1990 — but don’t ask him if the sign will ever read ‘Ken’s.’ ‘Only vanity would suggest I change the name,’ Hearing said.

Cool ice cream refreshes North Bend on a hot, hot day

Zoe, 7, a Weimaraner, tries to get the last vanilla ice cream out of the cup. It’s not a normal occurrence, but a special treat after a 4-mile hike, said owner Rhonda Hartzell, of Bellevue. Zoe, Hartzell and her daughter Brianna had just trekked around Source Lake nearby.

Cassidy Dao, 10, of Snoqualmie, pays for cones for herself and her brother.

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Community Stage cont.3:00 Reptile Man4:00 Mt Si Sports and Fitness Zumba Demo4:30 Bella DiDomenico (2013 Snoqualmie Valley Idol Winner)5:00 Dance Like No One is Watching – line dancing demonstration Kids Activities & More· Climbing wall· Petting zoo (noon-6:00pm)

· Obstacle course inflatable· My I.D. club· Artist Alley including an interactive children’s paint-out sponsored by Mount Si Arts Guild· Create your own unique Tie Dye t-shirt sponsored by Chaplin’s North Bend Chevrolet· Beer Garden sponsored by Boxley’s Music Foundation

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By Michele Mihalovich

There’s adventure. And then there’s high adventure, which is what the Snoqualmie Valley Venturing Crew No. 115 is serv-ing up.

A Venture Crew is a co-ed division of Boy Scouts of America for youth ages 14-20, and at least once a month, Crew No. 115 could be kayaking, mak-ing kayaks, cooking for a crowd over a campfire, and learning the art of staying warm and dry in tents.

In June, the crew hiked, camped and kayaked at Little Lake Kachess. Future overnight trips are planned for Glacier National Park, Priest Lake and the San Juan Islands.

But Kim Ferree, who started the crew in 1987, said that’s what they do during nice weath-er months. Their busiest time of the year is in the winter, when they ride their fleet of more than 20 snowmobiles on over-night trips.

Ferree said the boys and girls are learning life and leadership skills.

These members aren’t just rid-ing snowmobiles; they’re main-taining them and rebuilding engines, taking certified safety instructor classes, and learning

the importance of organization skills and record keeping.

Members are also learn-ing business skills from Thanksgiving to Christmas, when they operate a Christmas tree lot in Snoqualmie to raise money for equipment.

And whenever the commu-nity needs their assistance, like helping with flood control, they show up. They also do public service, like Adopt a Road.

Besides all of that, Ferree said, is the inclusion of girls.

He said nearly every girl who has joined said she watched her brothers doing “cool stuff” with the Boy Scouts and wanted to join in the fun.

“Having girls in the mix is important. It makes it feel more like a family environment,” Ferree said.

Ferree said they do allow 13-year-olds if they’ve gone through eighth grade.

Get involvedAnyone interested in joining

or wanting more information can email the group at [email protected], or send a message on their Facebook page at http://on.fb.me/12BnOJt.

Teens on Venture Crew are always having an adventure

By Kim Ferree

Snoqualmie Valley Venturing Crew No. 115 members enjoying some quiet time on a log in June at Little Lake Kachess. From left are Jarvis Keller, Cody VanWinkle, Joe Keller, Nick Larson, Avalon Roe, Mia Graves, Emily Ferree and Amber Boyce.

By Kim Ferree

Snoqualmie Valley Venturing Crew No. 115 members kayaking in June at Little Lake Kachess are (from left) Jarvis Keller, Emily Ferree, Joe Keller, Mia Graves, Amber Boyce, Avalon Roe, Cody VanWinkle and Nick Larson.

By Kim Ferree

Joe Keller, 15, a Snoqualmie Valley Venturing Crew No. 115 member, cooks over a campfire at a June camping and kayaking trip at Little Lake Kachess.

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Giving everyone a spark

The cheer team at Mount Si High School is starting a “Sparkle Effect” team.

The Sparkle Effect is a nationwide cheerlead-ing and dance initiative focused on empowering teens to include students with disabilities in those programs. Typically, teens on the teams per-form together as one at school sporting events, regardless of ability. All high school-aged stu-dents, male or female,

are welcome.The informational

meeting for the group is at 7 p.m. July 15 in the Mount Si Wildcat Court; practices will begin in August. Grants and scholarships can be pro-vided through Varsity, a cheer and dance brand, making this a low-cost program for participants.

Email Marci Nicholson at [email protected] or head coach Jessii Stevens at [email protected] for additional information. Learn more about the program at www.thesparkleeffect.org.

By Neil Pierson The group of girls who

form the Eastside FC 95 White soccer squad have tasted unprecedented suc-cess over the course of the 2013 season.

First came a strong reg-ular season in which the 18-and-under club went 10-3-1 and outscored its opponents 30-6.

Many of the players had been with coach Ryan Dortch since they were 11, but none of them had hoisted a state-champion-ship trophy.

That changed when Eastside FC obliterated the opposition at the Virginia Mason Washington Youth Soccer Challenge Cup. Their offense erupted for 27 goals over seven games.

Winning the state cup sent Eastside FC to Boise, Idaho, in June for the Region IV Presidents Cup. After some easy victories in the group stages, the knockout rounds proved much more difficult. Eastside FC survived a penalty-kick shootout to beat an Idaho team in the semifinals, then got a late goal from Viktoriya Vasina to win the regional title, 1-0, over a Utah oppo-nent.

Now, the team faces one more test: Win the National Presidents Cup tournament, which takes place July 11-14 in Auburndale, Fla.

Eastside FC will face opponents from Texas, North Dakota and New York in the round-robin format.

Another claim to fame is on the line. According to club records that date back to 1998, no Eastside FC girls squad has won a national title.

Most of the girls attend different high schools, but they’ve bonded through their club schedule, which comprises a big chunk of the year.

“I think we’ve really gotten to know how everyone else on the team plays,” said Emma Elder,

Eastside FC girls looking to make historya Skyline High School senior-to-be. “We’ve really been able to mesh well together, so we’re really in synch, and I think that helps out a lot.”

While the team prac-tices together only twice a week, their sessions are an intense, lunch-bucket approach to soccer. They’ve been playing in sweats to prepare for the heat in Florida.

Dortch has asked them to wake up earlier than normal so they can adjust to the three-hour time change.

“We work really hard together, and we’ve just been taking one step at a time and checking off the to-do list to get to where we need to be,” said Kelsey Lindor, a Mount Si High School senior-to-be.

While the offense gets much of the accolades for Eastside FC’s winning ways — they had eight dif-ferent goal-scorers in a 9-1 regional-tourney win — the defense has been just as good.

Along with goalkeeper Emily Baril, of Skyline, and left back Amanda Ulrich, of Issaquah,

Lindor, a central defender, and Elder, a defen-sive mid-fielder, have keyed the team’s shutdown tactics.

“We’ve figured out how to shift and move as a unit, and when someone steps (up), there would always be someone to drop back,” Elder said. “So, we’re all on the same page 99 per-cent of the time.”

Amanda Ulrich and her sister Ally said the team is hungry to win at nation-als.

“Every single practice, we come in and the first thing we talk about is our determination for it, and make sure we all have the mindset for it,” Amanda Ulrich said.

The team had some new personnel at the start of the season, and a couple of players had to bounce back from injuries, but there was little long-term impact, Ally Ulrich said.

“In the beginning, with a new team, it’s always a little tough, but then right as the season start-ed, we just hit it off, and we were beating teams and destroying them,” she said.

The postseason has been a grind, Dortch said. Eastside FC had to play six games in five days at regionals, which clearly took a toll on many of the players.

Vasina, who attends Auburn Mountainview High School, was a major reason why the team pulled through, the coach said.

“I think she played every minute of the semi-final the day before, which went into extra time, so she played 120 minutes the day before,” Dortch said. “But she just was so determined, and you could tell that she was going to be the difference-maker in that (championship) game.”

Neil Pierson: 392-6434, ext. 242, or [email protected]. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.

“We work really hard together, and we’ve just been taking one step at a time and checking off the to-do list to get to.”

— Kelsey LindorSoccer player

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q Toddler Story Time, 10-10:45 a.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. Stories, songs and surprises! Ages 2-3 with an adult, sib-lings welcome.

q Preschool Story Time, 10:45-11:45 a.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. Stories, songs and surprises! For ages 3-6 with an adult; siblings are welcome.

q You Are Next! Author Event, 1-2:30 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. A panel of young adult authors, including Cat Patrick, Sean Beaudoin, Martha Brockenbrough and Kevin Emerson, will answer questions about publishing their books, story ideas and will also have their books available for sale and signing.

q Aaron Tevis Project, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend

q City Council meeting, 7-9 p.m., Mt. Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S. North Bend. Email [email protected] for more information.

q Karaoke Night, 9 p.m. to midnight, Finaghty’s, 7726 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie

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q Merry Monday Story Time, 11 a.m. to noon, North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St. All ages are welcome.

q CCK Workshops, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend

q Public Works Committee, 5-6 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St. Email Diane Humes at [email protected] for more informa-tion.

q Planning and Parks Committee, 6:30-7 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St. Email Gwyn Berry at [email protected] for more information.

q Planning Commission, 7-8 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St. Email Gwyn Berry at [email protected] for more infor-mation.

q Parks Board, 7-8 p.m., City Hall, 38624 S.E. River St. Email [email protected] for more informa-tion.

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q Cynthia Kuni, 10 a.m. to noon, The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie

q Northwest Railway Museum Train Rides, Saturday and Sunday, leaving from Snoqualmie station, 38625 S.E. King St., Snoqualmie, at 12:01, 1:31, 3:01 and 3:46 p.m., North Bend station, 205 McClellan St., North Bend, at 12:31, 2:01 and 3:31 p.m.

q Family waterfall tours, 10:15-11:15 a.m. and 1:15-2:15 p.m., Cedar River Watershed Education Center, 19901 Cedar Falls Road S.E., North Bend, $5 per seat, kids on laps are free. Email [email protected] or call 206-733-9421 to register.

q Danny Kolke Trio, 6 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend

q Kenny Loggins, 7 p.m., Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. North Bend Way, Snoqualmie. Tickets from $35-$68, buy online at http://bit.ly/1cNn88C. Ages 21 and older only.

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q Historic Cedar Falls Townsite tour: Water, Power and Light, 9:30 a.m. to noon, 19901 Cedar Falls Road S.E. Pre-register online at http://bit.ly/18mAF4J, $10, adults

q ‘Creating and Decorating Cupcakes and Cake Pops,’ 2-3:30 p.m., North Bend Library, 115 E. Learn how to make cake pops and see how to dip and decorate them. The class will conclude with a sampling. Free, pre-registration required at http://bit.ly/12bXuV7, for ages 13-18

q Bernie Jacobs Quartet, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend

q Ask Sophie, 8 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie

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q Sid Law, 8 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie

q Jay Thomas Trio, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend

q Kid Free Fridays, 7-9 p.m., Snoqualmie Valley YMCA, 35018 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie. Drop off the kids and enjoy a couple hours kid-free. Ages 3-12, $10

q Fall City Arts presents a Greenstage production of Shakespeare in the Park: “Midsummer Night Dream,” at 7 p.m. in Fall City Park, 4101 Fall City-Carnation Road S.E.

q Northwest Heritage Resources presents Scottish traditional fiddler Ryan McKasson with Dave Bartley on guitar, at 7:30 p.m. at the Tree Farm Barn, 31523 N.E. 40th St., Carnation. Tickets are $5 at the door.

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q Young Toddler Story Time, 10-10:45 a.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E. Enjoy bouncy rhymes, familiar songs and stories with your little one. Ages 6 months to 24 months with adult, younger children and siblings wel-come.

q Anime and Manga Club, 3 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie. Watch anime mov-ies, eat popcorn and practice your draw-ing.

q Future Jazz Heads, 5 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend

q Wii Wednesdays, 6 p.m., Finaghty’s, 7726 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie. Come play your favorite Wii games all night long.

q Are you new to couponing? Learn the basics of couponing, 7-8:30 p.m., Si View Park Studio Room, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend, $10

q Jazz Heads, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend

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q Colin Mulvany, 6-7:30 p.m., Si View Park, 400 S.E. Orchard Drive, North Bend

q Public Safety community meet-ing, 6-8 p.m., Mt. Si Senior Center, 411 Main Ave. S., North Bend

q School’s Out Matinee: ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lighting Thief,’ noon, North Bend Theatre, 125 Bendigo Blvd. N. Free, rated PG.

q Mordy Ferber Trio-Special G, 7 p.m., Boxley’s, 101 W. North Bend Way, North Bend

q George Nixon, 7:30 p.m., The Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie

q Tales of a Trickster Guinea Pig Puppet Show, 7-8 p.m., Snoqualmie Library, 7824 Center Blvd. S.E. Meet Quwi, one of the most fearless, cunning and mis-chievous trickster characters around. All ages welcome.

Don’t miss a Day Out with Thomas the Tank Engine, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 12-14 at the Northwest Railway Museum/Snoqualmie Depot, 38625 S.E. King St., Snoqualmie. Tickets are $21 for everyone ages 2 and older. Thomas departs every 45 min-utes.

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Stop in the name of the law

Two suspects who were located at the newly con-structed fire station ran away from a deputy at 1:32 a.m. June 22.

That’s not for saleA woman reported to

police that while she was having a garage sale June 22, someone stole her cell-phone off a table.

We got a man downA person phoned police

at 5:58 p.m. June 22 to report an older white guy lying on his back between Southeast Orchard Drive and Thrasher Avenue Northeast. The reporting party said he didn’t look good, but didn’t stop to see if he was breathing. Police found the man was sleeping.

Young entrepreneurA 15-year-old boy was

caught stealing mul-tiple bottles of alcohol from Safeway at 2 p.m.

June 24. The boy said he planned to sell the liquor for money. The boy was arrested for theft and minor in possession of alcohol, and was released to a parent.

Trespass in progressAn employee at the

North Bend Train Depot reported to police at 11:06 a.m. June 24 that a man in his 60s was drinking beer and throwing cans all over and refusing to leave. This is an ongoing problem.

Just doing our jobPolice received a report

at 3:31 p.m. June 24 of a suspicious vehicle that keeps driving around the parking lot at Truck Town. Police stopped the vehicle, which turned out to be Samsung and AT&T employees testing cell ser-vice and cellphones.

Not whispering sweet nothings

A woman reported that at about 2 a.m. June 24, she heard two males outside her home on Southeast 137th Street. One male said, “No, not that one, the lights are on, and they have an alarm.”

She said she heard some more whispering, and then nothing.

Trespass reportPolice received a report

from the North Bend Train Depot at 3:50 p.m. June 24 of two transient subjects sleeping on the wooden deck with beer cans next to them. Police found two sober subjects with no alcohol visible.

What part of camping ban didn’t you understand?

A deputy observed a man sleeping under the bridge at Northwest Eighth Street and Bendigo Boulevard at 1:22 a.m. June 25. After running the subject’s name, deputy learned there was a war-rant for the man for camp-ing in a prohibited area in North Bend. The man was booked into the Issaquah Jail.

Buying or selling?Police were notified

at 9 p.m. June 25 that a man was at Truck Town, knocking on several semi truck doors, asking driv-ers if they wanted to buy

Police blotter marijuana. Police found the man, who said he was looking to buy marijuana. He was asked to move along.

Discriminating palate

A Mt Si Food Bank employee reported June 26 that someone had climbed the fence, and then climbed up to a window that was seven to eight feet off the ground, and stole two cans of green beans and two cans of cranberries.

What’s wrong with the playground?

Police received a call at 5:59 a.m. June 28 that kids were playing on the

roof of Opstad Elementary School. No kids were around when police arrived.

Snoqualmie

FireworksPolice received multiple

complaints about fire-works being set off July 1. In one of those inci-dents, a small brush fire was started by fireworks at 9:14 p.m. July 1. Police also got several complaints July 4. Several subjects were warned about fire-works at Snoqualmie Park. Two male subjects from Bellevue with fireworks were escorted out of an Autumn Avenue Southeast park. Police asked subjects

who were drinking alcohol and setting off fireworks at a soccer field to leave. And a caller on Southeast Gravenstein Court report-ed fireworks being shot off outside a bedroom win-dow. Police contacted sub-ject and advised them to “shut down for the night.”

My baby needs milkPolice at 11:35 p.m.

June 28 pulled over a driver on Snoqualmie Parkway who was speed-ing and drifting over the fog line. The driver said he was rushing to gas up his vehicle and buy milk for his 3-month-old baby. The officer smelled alcohol and the driver failed field sobri-

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North Bend fire callsOne fire engine

responded at 8:09 p.m. July 1 to an unauthorized burn call on Southeast Cedar Falls Way.

Two fire engines responded to a vehicle fire at 8:53 a.m. July 2 on Highway 18.

One fire engine responded to a vehicle accident with injuries at 3:26 p.m. July 4 on Boalch Avenue Northwest.

Two fire engines responded to an unauthor-ized burn call at 8:35 p.m. July 4 on 448th Avenue Southeast.

Snoqualmie had no reports due to the Fourth of July holiday.

The Star publishes names of those charged with felony crimes. Informa-tion comes directly from local police reports.

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Free home-buying seminar July 17

Chase Bank and RE/MAX are sponsoring a free home-buying semi-nar from 6-6:45 p.m. July 17 at Chase, 35019 S.E. Center St., Snoqualmie.

Carol Wright, who has 22 years as a real estate professional in Snoqualmie, will conduct the seminar on the home-buying process, and the market and trends of local real estate. She works at RE/MAX.

Attendees will get a free, one-year warranty on any home they buy from RE/MAX.

North Bend local on OSU spring honor roll

Molly Cordell, a sopho-more studying zoology at Oregon State University, made the Scholastic Honor Roll for the spring 2013 term.

In order to achieve the accomplishment, students must take on a full course load of at least 12 graded hours of course work dur-ing the term and earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.