Nearly 1,000 ballots were cast in an online vote for the Snoqualmie Valley Record’s 2008 “Best of the Snoqualmie Valley.” Winners included:
Recreational Equipment, Inc., has paired up with wildlife scientist Brian Kertson to bring public awareness to recreating safely in cougar country. The class, “Recreating and Living in Cougar Country,” will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 14 at the Issaquah REI location.
Involvement in positive activities is one way to protect youth from substance use and other risky behaviors. Groups that offer activities for middle school youth can spread the word and give kids the opportunity to learn about what’s available in the area, at a lunch gathering on Wednesday, May 28 at Chief Kanim Middle School, 32627 SE Redmond-Fall City Road in Fall City.
Hopelink’s Eastside Literacy and other programs are always looking for volunteers comfortable communicating in English to help people in need in the Snoqualmie Valley.
The North Bend Elementary School Panther Pride unicycle team, headed by physical education teacher Alan Tepper, hosts a unicycling skills clinic, gumbo feed and public show, this Saturday, April 26, at the school, located at 400 E. Third St. in North Bend. The clinic starts with registration at 9 a.m. The dinner, which includes a gumbo meal for $6 and a chicken nugget dinner for $4, is from 5 to 7 p.m. The public show is scheduled for 7:15 to 9 p.m. For learn more about the event, which features the all-ages Valley unicycle squad, visit www.pput.org or e-mail to teppera@snoqualmie.k12.wa.us. For dinner, RSVP at www.pput.org or call (425) 246-5142 or (425) 442-2099.
Families with children, newborn to age five, are invited to attend Early Literacy Parties in Spanish, a series of weekly workshops that bring Spanish-speaking families together to learn and practice essential early literacy skills.
A trio of fourth-graders held their noses as they dumped food waste into a worm bin at Snoqualmie Elementary School’s courtyard. Smelly as the task was, the girls’ appreciation of the environmental importance of composting spurred their enthusiasm to complete it. It’s all thanks to the education they receive as part of the school’s award-winning participation in King County’s Green Schools Program. At lunch, students and teachers dump food scraps into bowls, understanding that instead of being added to piles of garbage, their waste will help create rich soil.
The Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce has rolled out its new tourism Web site.
The Snoqualmie Valley Track Club hosts all-comers track meets for Valley youth, ages two to 17, on several Sundays this spring at Chief Kanim Middle School and Mount Si High School.
The city of Snoqualmie will more than triple its funding for charitable services and programs that help people in need this year.
Though the sub-prime mortgage crisis hasn’t hit Washington as hard as other parts of the country, local governments are feeling some pain as the real estate market slows.
Friends of Snoqualmie Library is holding a used book sale, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, May 16, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at the library, located at 7824 Center Blvd. S.E.
The city of North Bend invites residents to help clean up their community, at a recycling event, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at Mount Si High School’s back parking lot.
