Sober thoughts: Mount Si students stage mock crash for Think and Drive week | Slideshow
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"What did you do?"
Tracie Smith's howl shreds the stunned silence on Schusmann Avenue Thursday morning, as a sickening scene begins.
Staggering with shock and mindless of two cuts on her face, Smith confronts a dazed and bleeding Taylor Pearlstein, staring, horrified, at the hood of her car, where her boyfriend Chace Carlson is lying prone.
"You've been drinking! What have you done to my babies?" Smith screams again, but soon, all sound is drowned by incoming sirens, and the hydraulic pump for the "jaws of life" equipment.
Film crew goes back in time at Snoqualmie Railway Depot, Tollgate Farm | Slideshow
"Who would hang an umbrella on a hat rack?" a set dresser grumbles as she shifts the collection of umbrellas and old-fashioned hats hanging in the entry of the Northwest Railway Museum depot in Snoqualmie.
She's talking to herself, as she fusses with suitcases and furnishings in the depot, and there seems to be a lot of that going around Wednesday morning in Snoqualmie, as headset-wearing, clipboard-carrying creative types bustle around the depot and, kitty-corner across Railroad Avenue, an empty lot now overflowing with trailers and cars.
Building with beads: Fundraiser helps Ugandan women build livelihoods, improves life for struggling Valley families | Photos
As early shoppers admire displays of hand-made jewelry, Taylor Mosier hovers nearby, waiting to answer questions about the products, the event, or the causes it supports.
"I hope people are really touched by the stories of the women, and how they are trying to improve their lives," she said. Mosier and her classmates, a Current Issues class from Two Rivers School, have been affected by those stories enough to throw this party, a fundraiser that will help both local families, and Ugandan women and their children.
Mount Si’s Tabitha Dorn golfing at state
Mount Si junior Tabitha Dorn competed starting Monday, May 21, at the state girls golf championships in Spokane.
State is Monday through Wednesday at the Esmerelda Golf Course in Spokane.
Dorn qualified for state at districts, held May 14 at Riverbend Golf Course. She came in 21st with her best round of nine this season in the first part of the tournament, a 43, one stroke better than her previous personal best. On the back nine, she shot a 49.
Vets discount for Memorial Day trains at Snoqualmie Railroad Museum
The Northwest Railway Museum pays tribute to America’s service men and women and their families on Memorial Day with a special weekday train run on Monday, May 28.
To commemorate the holiday, the museum will offer a $5 roundtrip train fare Saturday, Sunday and Monday, to anyone with a valid current military ID card. Learn more at www.trainmuseum.org.
Robbed with a club, possible drug deal: Weekly Snoqualmie Valley police, fire reports
Robbery: On May 10, North Bend police were called to a business in the 200 block of West North Bend Way for a reported robbery. The suspect apparently used a club to break into a motel room, in search of money or drugs.
Register early for Si View's Daddy Daughter Dance
Si View Daddy Daughter Dance is June 2Si View Community Center's Daddy Daughter Dance is 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 2.
Fathers and daughters can dance the night away to tunes spun by local disc jockey Roger Cleven. Space is limited. Register at www.siviewpark.org or call (425) 831-1900.
Graffiti’s growth needs fast, creative Valley response
The plain white surface of the alley wall along North Bend’s McClellan Street is begging for adornment.
The trouble is, the ones doing all the painting are vandals.
I had my eyes opened wide to the culture of graffiti and tagging during a recent walk around North Bend, courtesy of Police Chief Mark Toner. Probably like most locals, I didn’t know North Bend had a graffiti problem. It’s hard to notice the tags during the daily round. But it turns out that tagging is a lot like a secret language.
King County weighs tobacco ban in parks
King County would join a growing list of local parks, hospitals and schools with policies for tobacco-free areas under a proposed ordinance, prohibiting tobacco use in the busiest areas of the county’s expansive parks system, being considered by the county council.
The proposed ordinance would mean visitors to county parks could no longer use tobacco in heavily-used park areas such as children’s playgrounds, athletic fields, picnic shelters and trailheads.
Mount Si's high-flying Dana Pecora heads to Montana
High-flying cheerleader Dana Pecora —she’s the one at the top of the pyramid—is more spirited than ever these days. The Mount Si High School senior, oldest daughter of Peter and Patty Pecora, auditioned recently for the competitive cheer squad at the University of Montana at Missoula, and made the team.
“I absolutely loved my experience cheering here, and really wanted to continue that in college,” she said, after the April 28-29 audition.
Wildcat baseball's benefit M's game is coming up
Attention, baseball fans who bought Seattle Mariners tickets to support the 2012 Wildcat team: Your game is here.
The Thursday, May 24 M's game against the Los Angeles Angles, the first time that Albert Pujols visits Seattle, had tickets sold by local Wildcat players. Boosters hope to fill an all-Valley section at the Safe'
