Valley Record SNOQUALMIE
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2014 n DAILY UPDATES AT WWW.VALLEYRECORD.COM n 75 CENTS
Who will run city parks?
4-car crash hurts three
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NB man, 28, badly hurt in I-90 collision Sunday ‘Cats volleyball is a family: An undefeated, close family Page 8
Wild gateway: Hiking trail up to Mailbox Peak is new and improved Page 7
A 28-year-old North Bend man who caused a fiery four-vehicle collision Sunday afternoon on I-90 was hospitalized at the critical-care Harborview Medical Center, and two other drivers suffered less serious injuries. The accident was reported at 2:11 p.m. Sunday, in the westbound lanes of I-90 near milepost 22 (the Preston-Fall City exit). SEE CRASH, 3
Snoqualmie should seek manager for recreation, put parks under public works, says consultant BY SETH TRUSCOTT Editor
Sleek blends with rustic in the Piccola Cellars new tasting room in North Bend. Warm gold walls, a polished concrete floor and steel light fixtures, give the place a modern edge, while the unfinished planks in the bar, plain picnic tables and, on warm days, the open garage doors, create a homey feel.
What Snoqualmie really needs is a recreation manager—that’s the recommendation of Ralph Dannenberg, the consultant the city hired to examine efficiencies and leadership of its parks and recreation arm. Snoqualmie has been without a standalone parks and recreation head since Gwen Voelpel resigned in 2011; Dan Marcinko’s Public Works Director role expanded to become Interim Parks and Public Works Director. However, in October of 2013, Snoqualmie’s city council pledged to bring back an independent parks and recreation director. Last June, Dannenberg, a former parks director for Puyallup and former public services director for the city of Pullman, was contracted for $35,000 to take a detailed look at the city’s parks and recreation side, then give the city his recommendations on how it should be led.
SEE PICCOLA, 15
SEE PARKS, 5
Autumn’s bounty for Nels Seth Truscott/Staff Photo
October sees a bumper apple crop for Nels Melgaard, owner of the Nursery at Mount Si. Apples are a positive for the nursery this fall, which saw problems with its pumpkin patch. Read more about fall at the nursery on page 2.
Old ideas, new wines
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Piccola Cellars transforms former fire hall, downtown
Opinion 4 On the Scanner 6 Legal Notices 6 7 Puzzles Classifieds 11-14 10 Calendar
BY CAROL LADWIG Staff Reporter
Vol. 101, No. 19 Carol Ladwig/Staff Photo
Offering wine tastings (and sometimes, French lessons) from a transformed bay of the former North Bend fire hall, Piccola staff members are, from left: Rich Jansher, sales manager, Diana Kaspac, Nicole Tastad and Shawn Lorenz.
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