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Articles by Carol Ladwig
North Bend's 2011 Citizen of the Year
Growing his community earns Melgaard Citizen of the...
By Carol Ladwig • January 9, 2012 7:10 pm

He’s a gardener, not a musician, but it’s fitting that Nels Melgaard helped to re-charter the Sallal Grange in 2009, when a musical group was looking for a gathering place. Melgaard has a lot in common with the revitalized service group.

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District denies transfer, preserves ‘cascading’ corridor
District denies transfer, preserves ‘cascading’ corridor
By Carol Ladwig • January 9, 2012 4:00 pm

After two failed attempts to transfer out of the Snoqualmie Valley School District, a group of Sammamish parents is deciding on their next move.

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Karen Woodward
In from the cold: Valley volunteers, churches, police...
By Carol Ladwig • January 3, 2012 2:54 pm

Empty beer cans littered the ground in front of an abandoned car wash, but there were still two full, sealed, and intact in their plastic-ring carrier.
“They’ll probably be back tonight, then,” said Carnation-Duvall Police Sergeant Lori Batiot, as she searched the area for the local people who she knew partied here.
The beers were sitting in plain sight, just outside the doors that are supposed to keep people from getting into one of the old wash bays. The doors open inward, though, so all anyone has to do is climb onto the hood of the huge truck blocking the doors and push to get inside, out of the rain and wind.

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Helping dozens of homeless people in the past year through their Free Letters Home project
Human link: Couple helping the Valley’s homeless write...
By Carol Ladwig • January 3, 2012 2:47 pm

It’s been almost a year since Greg Barber first got the idea for Free Letters Home.
From their first trial run in mid-January through today, he and his wife, Stacey, have been connecting families, accepting unexpected and unsolicited donations, and becoming more sure each day that they are doing a good thing.
The problem is, “I keep thinking, this is such a simple idea, so what’s wrong with it?” Greg said.

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Glenn Anderson
Anderson calls for change in Legislature, plans run...
By Carol Ladwig • December 30, 2011 5:07 pm

It’s time for new blood in the legislative and executive branches of the state, Glenn Anderson says. Washington’s billion-dollar budget deficit and flagging economy are only proof of that.

“We’ve got a lot of big problems and we don’t seem to be making any progress,” Anderson, State Representative for District 5, and a Fall City resident, told the Record Thursday.

He plans to create some of that needed change, and hopes to combat the widespread pessimism, by freeing up his seat in the House of Representatives, and pursuing a higher office.

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Cathi Woolley
North Bend, Snoqualmie schools’ Cathi Woolley named ‘Nurse...
By Carol Ladwig • December 30, 2011 5:02 pm

Cathi Woolley, school nurse serving North Bend Elementary and Snoqualmie Middle Schools, was recently named School Nurse of the Year by the March of Dimes.
A nurse for nearly 30 years, Woolley was nominated for the honor by Snoqualmie Middle School Principal Vernie Newell, and counselor Heather Kern. Their nomination praised her professionalism, and her willingness to work in consultation with families to assist students when health issues seem to affect their overall education.

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Sheltering under a highway bridge in North Bend
Slideshow | The invisible people: Life on the...
By Carol Ladwig • December 27, 2011 4:05 pm

Someday soon, Joey Bradshaw is going to be warm again. It will be only temporary, while he’s recovering from shoulder surgery in a transitional home, but he hopes that it will mark a turning point for him.
If all goes well, he envisions a quick recuperation, so he can get back to work soon, buy a cell phone and call his kids in Oregon to let them know he’s OK. Longer term, he might—maybe—be able to save some money and get a place, if he can find a roommate who’s not on drugs.

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Snoqualmie Tribe considering $260 million Fiji casino partnership
Snoqualmie Tribe considering $260 million Fiji casino partnership
By Carol Ladwig • December 27, 2011 3:15 pm

For $1 million and some sharing of its expertise, the Snoqualmie Tribe could take part-ownership of a $290 million luxury resort and casino operation in Fiji.

The offer, from developer Larry Claunch’s One Hundred Sands corporation, proposes a partnership with the tribe in developing a resort and casino on Denarau Island, on the west coast of Fiji, in early 2012, and possibly a second casino at Suva, on the southeast coast, to be built later.

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An EF&R firefighter works to control a home fire in rural Preston Thursday morning. The home was a total loss
Preston home destroyed in early morning fire
By Carol Ladwig • December 22, 2011 5:54 pm

One firefighter was injured while battling an early-morning blaze in the 8300 block of 293 Avenue Southeast in Preston Thursday, Dec. 22. The injury, burns to the face, was the only one reported in the incident, which began at 2:45 a.m. when the couple living there called 9-1-1 to report their garage and carport were on fire.

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Carnation City Councilman Stuart Lisk grins as he flips the switch to light up the city's first-ever traffic signal
Green light: Carnation activates first traffic signal
By Carol Ladwig • December 21, 2011 8:26 pm

“You can start it now!” Lynn Gombinski declared.
The driver of the little red Bug was lined up at the intersection of Entwistle Street and Tolt Avenue in Carnation, waiting for the city’s first traffic light to be activated on a cool and rainy morning, Thursday, Dec. 15.

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The Toft family is hosting French exchange student Pierre Perez for part of his stay in the Valley this year
Visiting student adapts to Valley’s pace from big-city...
By Carol Ladwig • December 21, 2011 8:24 pm

It’s not the French food that Pierre Perez misses while on his year-long stay in the United States, so much as the ritual that surrounds it.

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Court win fuels Snoqualmie man’s fight for deaf rights
Court win fuels Snoqualmie man’s fight for deaf...
By Carol Ladwig • December 15, 2011 12:43 pm

Court appearances are inherently scary, and not just because of the legal or financial outcomes. The language of law is obscure, and, for the average person, difficult to follow. For a profoundly deaf person like W. Michael Kral of Snoqualmie, without an interpreter, the language might as well be ancient Greek.
Kral, 33, was arrested in 2005 on suspicion of driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license, and served nine months in jail, he says because he didn’t understand the proceedings at the Benton County Court in which he was tried.

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Residents of Snoqualmie’s Ernie’s Grove fighting back against brazen out-of-town burglars
Residents of Snoqualmie’s Ernie’s Grove fighting back against...
By Carol Ladwig • December 14, 2011 8:53 pm

A recent series of daytime burglaries in the Ernie’s Grove area of Snoqualmie has neighbors justifiably concerned. What’s more concerning, it’s nothing new to the King County Sheriff’s Office.

“We’ve got burglaries in the Snoqualmie Valley every day,” said Detective Scott Allen, with Precinct 3 of the Sheriff’s Office, which covers the unincorporated areas of the Valley. “The whole area, we’ve been nailed by a rash of daytime burglaries…. It’s really been a pain in our butts!”

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