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    Articles by Allison Espiritu
    As Mount Si High School students look on
    Mock crash moves Mount Si students to think...
    By Allison Espiritu • May 14, 2010 6:20 pm

    The sound of sniffles filled the Mount Si High School gym as the casket was rolled out for senior Rossco Castagno.
    Castagno played the part of the victim in a fatal drunk-driving accident during a mock DUI incident held Thursday, May 13, at the Mount Si campus. The memorial, and the accident scene preceding it that morning behind the school may not have been real, but it moved students to tears just the same.

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    Josh Mabel opened Mabel’s on the Ridge in March after he and his wife Tawnie longed for a place serving great breakfast
    Mabel’s brings taste of Pacific Northwest to Snoqualmie...
    By Allison Espiritu • May 11, 2010 4:18 pm

    A comfortable neighborhood restaurant was what Snoqualmie Ridge residents Josh and Tawnie Mabel had in mind when they opened Mabel’s on the Ridge.

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    Seeking partners in a Valley-wide compost program
    Mount Si High students start compost program
    By Allison Espiritu • May 11, 2010 3:58 pm

    As the Mount Si High School Green Team, a group of Valley teens are spreading words and wisdom about ways to make their school more earth-friendly.

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    Snoqualmie Valley cities will participate in King County regional animal plan
    Snoqualmie Valley cities will participate in King County...
    By Allison Espiritu • May 6, 2010 4:03 pm

    The cities of North Bend and Snoqualmie have signed on to King County’s new regional animal control and shelter plan.

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    Provoked by his own reflection
    Lurking turkey pecking on North Bend neighborhood
    By Allison Espiritu • May 5, 2010 6:51 pm

    Residents in North Bend’s Wilderness Rim neighborhood had to think twice about stepping out of their homes and cars this week, scared of an unprovoked attack.

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    Pursuing a healthier life after receiving a heart transplant in 2009
    New heart means fresh perspective for Snoqualmie man
    By Allison Espiritu • May 4, 2010 6:41 pm

    When drivers ponder whether to check the organ donor box at the Department of Licensing counter, they may not think their decision is a big deal.
    But to Snoqualmie resident Nate Gunderson, that check mark meant everything.

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    North Bend floats counter-proposal for new fire hall
    North Bend floats counter-proposal for new fire hall
    By Allison Espiritu • May 4, 2010 6:38 pm

    The North Bend City Council is working on a counterproposal to King County Fire District 38’s proposition splitting the cost of a new North Bend fire station.

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    Mount Si High School senior Brianna Kelly
    Scholarship safe for Mount Si senior?
    By Allison Espiritu • May 4, 2010 6:36 pm

    Mount Si High School senior Brianna Kelly has been on edge since February, waiting to learn whether she will win the Washington Award for Vocational Excellence, or WAVE scholarship.

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    Snoqualmie Middle School students Katelyn Sundwall and Sabrina Hill
    Fancy footwork in Snoqualmie school Skakespeare visit
    By Allison Espiritu • May 4, 2010 6:34 pm

    Students at Snoqualmie Middle School took dance steps invented centuries ago, as a member of the Seattle Shakespeare Company visited the school Wednesday, April 28, for a trip back in time.

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    Studio 202 lead stylist Tricia Yaap gets a cut from salon owner Sarah Keiffer.
    Style biz on the grow at Fall City’s...
    By Allison Espiritu • May 4, 2010 6:27 pm

    At the age of 14, Fall City resident Sarah Kieffer was told she had a knack for cutting hair.
    Hair design was only her hobby then, but years later, after a taste of college life, she realized her passion could also be a career.

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    Fall City pupil Aaron Stone and his brother Quinn
    From imagination to glass: Fall City boy’s poultry...
    By Allison Espiritu • May 4, 2010 1:01 pm

    When Fall City Elementary fourth grade teacher Kate Walsh asked her students to make a picture for the Tacoma Museum of Glass Kids Design Glass program, never in 9-year-old Aaron Stone’s wildest dreams did he think his drawing would come off the paper and into real life.
    Walsh’s imagination created a heartbroken chicken ninja.

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    The newly reorganized Sallal Grange is focusing on family
    North Bend’s new Grange making music
    By Allison Espiritu • May 4, 2010 3:56 pm

    The newly reorganized Valley Grange has taken on a personality of its own as a community center with a focus in the arts.
    The original 77-year-old Sallal Grange surrendered its charter in 2007. Eight months ago, locals Allen Roberts and Nels Melgaard began organizing a group of Valley residents with an interest in arts and music. Former Grange member Karen Granger helped spark interest in Sallal.

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    Encompass student Cade Hayertz
    Seattle Seahawks’ Hasselbeck hails North Bend school in...
    By Allison Espiritu • April 30, 2010 5:42 pm

    As Bonneville Seattle Radio’s charity of the month of April, Encompass got a visit from Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and team mascot Blitz.

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