Snoqualmie-area dog owners are invited to the second annual “Dog Days of Summer” event at the Three Forks Dog Park in Snoqualmie, Sunday, Aug. 7, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Local pet-based vendors will be available to show off their wares, while dogs and owners will show off their best tricks in a variety of competitions during the day. There will also be a hot dog cart, naturally, and other goodies.
Chinook Bend Natural Area near Carnation will celebrate summer with a field day, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6. Artist Betsy Damon, environmental expert Steve Tolzman and Snoqualmie Steward Mary Maier will be on hand to greet participants and provide guided tours of the recently enhanced area.
Guys, it’s time to dust off your jeans and stomp the mud from your boots, because your moment has arrived. Photographer Robin Woelz wants to make stars of you, and your tractors if you have them, in a fun and funny new calendar.
The 2012 “Tractor Men of Snoqualmie Valley Calendar” coming out later this year will feature 12 of the Snoqualmie Valley’s finest farmers and would-be farmers, as a fund-raiser for one or more Valley-based charities for children. The calendar is inspired partly by Ballard Firefighters fund-raising calendar, partly by the Carnation 4th of July parade.
Carnation dog-lovers gathered Wednesday, July 27, in a celebration of dogs, their humans, and small-town community spirit. They came to cut the ribbon to the city’s new off-leash dog park, or rather to watch a handful of dogs lick the peanut-butter-covered ribbon instead of chewing through it.
Finally, Ann Estrin-Wassink, who led the dog park project, decided to break the ribbon and let the dogs into the eight-acre park next to the city’s wastewater treatment plant and vacuum station. Then the festivities and the tail-wagging began in earnest.
Bring a picnic and a blanket, friends and family to Fall City Park this Friday and next for a dose of the bard.
Greenstage’s Shakespeare in the Park company presents “The Tempest,” 7 p.m. today, July 29, at Fall City Park off Neal Road. Next week, “Antony and Cleopatra” is 7 p.m. at the park.
The event is underwritten by the Friends of Fall City Library.
Community gardens are becoming increasingly popular in the Valley. The city of Snoqualmie has two, Snoqualmie Ridge has another, and the city of North Bend is pursuing the development of at least one garden plot open to the public, in the short term.
“The long term intent is to have some community P-patches at the Tollgate Farm,” said North Bend Associate Planner Mike McCarty. For now, though, the city wants to be sure that people would make use of the patches, if they were available.
Tracy McKenzie, a Snoqualmie Valley native and Fall City resident, is to be married to Drew Edwards of Kent.
Tracy is the daughter of Steven and Lisa Bray of Fall City. Drew is the son of Robert and Valerie Edwards of Manchester, Wash. A June wedding is planned for 2012.
The Nursery at Mount Si welcomes back singer-songwriter Carrie Elkin to kick off its Summer Guest Artist Concert series, Friday, July 29 in the nursery gardens.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with Elkin taking the stage at 7:45 p.m. An opening set with Charlie Loesel starts at 7:10 p.m.
The “Shake it Up Cafe” vacation Bible school will be held 10 a.m. to noon, August 4, 5 and 6, at the Fall City United Methodist Church. The camp has a cooking theme and will include crafts, music, Bible stories, kitchen science, and games for children ages 4 through 10.
Theatre Black Dog presents Agatha Christie’s mystery, “And Then There Were None,” onstage this month and next at The Black Dog Cafe in Snoqualmie and Valley Center Stage in North Bend.
Showtimes are 8 p.m. July 28, 29, 30, at the Black Dog, 8062 Railroad Avenue, downtown Snoqualmie, and August 4, 5, and 6 at Valley Center Stage, 119 West North Bend Way.
The Snoqualmie Firefighters Association holds its annual fundraising Pancake Breakfast, 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at the fire station, 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway, during Railroad Days. The non-profit association supports Snoqualmie Fire Department with special equipment purchases and helps local charitable organizations and historic preservation.
Gut-busting burgers are on the menu for North Bend’s downtown Block Party this Saturday, but someone has to order them—someone really, really hungry.
“It’s five pounds of beef, but when it’s all said and done, it’s probably a 10-pound burger,” said Kyle Twede, who is organizing the third annual burger-eating contest for the block party.
Glenn Derwin’s been busy making trips to Tiger Mountain, bringing a friend’s big collection of heavy, clunky competition gear to North Bend. Today’s trip brings in a few huge tractor tires, which join the heavy blocks of stone, steel dumbbells and 400-pound sled that Derwin will use to challenge the Valley’s strongest.
Derwin, owner of Alpine Fitness in North Bend, hosts the Almost Strongest Man contest Saturday, July 23, next to Boxley’s Place. It’s the third year for the contest, which has been part of the North Bend Block Party since year one.
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