For the fourth year in a row, the Snoqualmie Valley Record is opening its pages to the best vistas that local shutterbugs can capture on film, digital or otherwise.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea, or OSA, has become more common due to America’s obesity epidemic. OSA is the term used to describe a patient who, during the deeper stages of sleep when muscles are most relaxed, allows their upper airway to be sucked closed as they try to draw in a breath.
“Back to Borneo, a one-man Show by Sparky Johnson” will run 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 21 and 22, at Valley Center Stage in North Bend.
Sometimes what you’ve always been told isn’t necessarily what you should do. This is the lesson Eva Moon learns in the course of one hilarious and harrowing night’s encounter with the specters of Sloth, Envy, Greed, Pride, Anger, Gluttony and most of all, Lust.
Q: I have twins in the eighth grade. Over the past few years, they have developed an increasing interest in popular music. I listened to a few of the songs recently and was disturbed by some of the content. My kids tell me everyone listens to this stuff and that it’s no big deal, but I feel uncomfortable letting them listen to just anything. What should I do to minimize the influence I feel this type of music may have on my family?
A team of four area women, the “SnoValley4,” recently climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Their story, remarkable not only because of the rugged seven-day journey, but also because each of the women was age 60 or older, will be featured on King 5’s “New Day Northwest” on Monday, Jan. 3.
Valley Center Stage is holding auditions Jan. 3 at 6:30 p.m. for an interactive production of “The Emperor’s New Clothes” for children.
Parts are available for a man aged 18 to 25, a man aged 30 to 50 and a woman aged 30 to 50. Actors must be able to relate to children and be playful with young audiences.
With a little creativity and a lot of flour, 11-year-old Dylan Riley made more than $2,000 to help children in Africa.
Doug Ostgard played in a pit orchestra for legends like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Johnny Mathis. He’s been a professional musician in Las Vegas, and was part of rock band Heart’s 1980 world tour. His musical career has spanned more than 30 years, but it wasn’t until this year that he fulfilled a longtime dream.
“I always told myself ‘Some day, I’m going to make my own Christmas record,'” Ostgard said. Now, he has.
Big, colorful canvases at Boxley’s Place restaurant and jazz club in North Bend have been drawing looks and remarks from patrons.
Scenes from St. Nick’s storied visit to a different kind of Valley hang on the walls—more than a dozen canvasses from Valley artist Richard Burhans’ 1994 Valley-themed Christmas book, “St. Nicholas and the Valley Beyond,” written by Ellen Kushner.
Pastor Phil Harrington has been impressed, and inspired, by the actions of some outstanding young people in the past year.
“I’ve been noticing in our church, but also in the broader community, youth taking some initiative to make the world better,” he said—from those who spoke out against human trafficking, to the students who worked with the Snoqualmie Valley School District to take a stand against bullying.
The Eastside Fire and Rescue Reindeer Engine is visiting local cities to help non-profits and food banks.
The engine, decked out with lights, music, a sleigh, and Rudolph the Reindeer strapped to the top, travels through several communities collecting unwrapped toys, food and clothing for families in need.
The Reindeer Engine will visit North Bend from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10; Carnation Hopelink from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16; Carnation from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 22; and North Bend’s city tree lighting from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 23.
Valley Center stage presents Charles Dickens’ classic Scrooge story, “A Christmas Carol” weekends through Dec. 18.
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