Story of “Zelda” at Valley Center Stage
• Camp Fire leaders and children come and go, but you can always depend on Kay Kohlruss when candy sale season arrives. The North Bend woman has been candy distributor for the Snoqualmie Valley for 29 years, continuing volunteer efforts that began with Camp Fire in 1947. Kohlruss has had a daughter and granddaughter go through the Camp Fire program. But she still delights in handing out the candy and working with local leaders. The job entails storing mints, Almond Roca and Smokehouse Almonds in her garage for six troops.
• The Steve Bell Band plays at Finaghty’s Irish Pub and Restaurant, 7726 Center Blvd. S.E., Suite 110, Snoqualmie Ridge; (425) 888-8833.
Snoqualmie Valley Moose Lodge is holding their Valentine’s Day dinner and party on Friday, Feb. 13. Dinner begins at 6 p.m., and festivities follow.
Longtime Snoqualmie resident Bob Drake’s legendary skill with wood and saw is immortalized in Valley artist Dick Burhans’ canvasses.
A friend called just as I was finishing Jana Richman’s book, The Last Cowgirl.
• Mother Nature demonstrated her awesome strength in dramatic fashion last week by demolishing the 100,000-gallon water storage tank in Wilderness Rim. The force of trees carried by water and mud down the hillside was enough to totally wipe out the tank, constructed of three-eighths-on-an-inch-thick steel plates. The tank was used by residents for fire protection and as a backup water source. Fire flow was reduced to the west portion of the residential area.
North Bend graduate Kathryn McFarland is exploring college life with a European twist.
• Classes are scheduled to start in June at the state fire training center now under construction east of North Bend. The center, which will serve as a training facility for all of Washington’s firefighters, is located about seven miles east of the city near I-90. Once operational, the center will provide basic and advanced hands-on training for about 13,000 firefighters a year.
Carnation residents are getting ready to cut the ribbon on their new, 5,000-square-foot Carnation Library.
A team of North Bend activists joined forces for Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, last Monday, Jan. 19, to clear storm debris and native plants at the Mount Si Natural Resources Conservation Area last Monday.
Fall City resident Ralph Teller knew at a young age that he wanted to live a long, healthy and active life.
• A dramatic increase of 500 students is projected over the next five years in Snoqualmie Valley School District 410. Superintendent Gerald Post unveiled school enrollment projections for the next five years to the board. If those projections are accurate, a new elementary school will be needed, and the district will have to begin planning soon for a new facility.
