Bring your favorite breakfast dish to share, 8 to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9 at the Sno-Valley Senior Center, 4610 Stephens Ave., Carnation, and enjoy company, coffee, and newspapers, provided by the senior center.
Young Life of Snoqualmie Valley holds a Harvest Party, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct, 12, at Si View Community Center in North Bend. Grab your friends, your cowboy hat and boots and get ready for a good old-fashioned hoedown complete with a barbecue dinner, homemade harvest desserts and barn dancing. Hear inspiring stories from Young Life youth and volunteers as well as what’s new for Snoqualmie Valley Young Life in 2013-14.
Keetna, the lovable dog that for years greeted patrons at Mount Si Sports + Fitness in North Bend, has died at the age of 16. That’s about 80 in dog years.
Owner Ben Cockman brought Keetna (her full name was Talkeetna) to work with him most days. As the business’s beloved mascot, Keetna did a lot to help create a laid-back atmosphere at the gym.
Give your Halloween costumes a test run on the Halloween Train in the Valley this fall. Gather the family, suit up in your costumes and take part in the fall festivities at the Snoqualmie Depot on Saturday and Sunday, October 26 and 27.
“Autumn Moon” is the theme of Snoqualmie artist Richard Burhans’ current showing of art at the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. Burhans painted fall scenery, inspired by the Valley, for the club’s Dining Room. The exhibit runs until the holidays.
Snoqualmie Valley Hospital is providing drive-thru flu shots from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 5, for anyone who wants to be vaccinated.
Drive-thru flu shots are fast and don’t require people to leave their car. This year, there are two locations.
North Bend artist Leslie Nan Moon is showing her works at the Sammamish Arts Fair, the weekend of October 12 and 13 at Sammamish City Hall and Library.
She will set up a demo area to teach people about her medium, printmaking, allowing visitors to try their hand at carving into a block. Admission is free.
PlayOn!, a new area chamber music ensemble, hosts a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, at Snoqualmie United Methodist Church, 38701 S.E. River St., Snoqualmie. Hear music by Schubert, Mahler, Milhaud, Barber and Barab. Mary Jo DuGaw as vocalist, Mary Cantor on clarinet, Kristoff Iverson on piano, Martha Garrett on violin, and RoseMarie Tamburri on piano, all interspersed with poetry read by actor David Ketter.
Valley Animal Partners hosts its fourth annual Chili Showdown, Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Snoqualmie Eagles Lodge. Locals are invited to enter their six quarts of their homemade chili into the cookoff. All proceeds from the nonprofit event benefit pets of Valley residents.
The following stories made the news in the Valley 50 and 25 years ago, as found in the Snoqualmie Valley Record archives: • Somewhere, nine flags that should be flying over Mount Si Golf Course are stashed where they shouldn’t be. The flags and poles were stolen Saturday night and hastily replaced to give golfers their targets.
This year marks IGNITE Dance And Yoga’s third year performing in Snoqualmie Ridge’s “Night On A Dark Trail.” All ages come together to dance to “Thriller,” and several community rehearsals are planned at IGNITE:
• 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6;
Parents always called it the “Red Park.” The new Snoqualmie playground, Autumn Avenue Park, kept its red accents, but it’s much more fun now, thanks to a $100,000 remodel by the city. Dozens of neighborhood kids turned out Thursday, Sept. 19, for the grand opening of the new features at 7121 Autumn Ave. S.E., near the intersection of Autumn Avenue and Pratt Street.
The following stories made the news in the Valley 50 and 25 years ago, as found in the Snoqualmie Valley Record archives.
• If the massive Snoqualmie Ridge proposal becomes a reality, the local school district will face a bulge in the student population—maybe $26 million worth. That is the estimated cost of finding room for 1,500 new students.