Valley Record SNOQUALMIE
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2014 n DAILY UPDATES AT WWW.VALLEYRECORD.COM n 75 CENTS
Dueling gun laws on Nov. ballot
Turning point
BY CAROL LADWIG
Telling the Woods triplets of North Bend apart these days is far easier than it was, say 17 and a half years ago. You could probably do it just by listening to them talk. “I’m the oldest,” says Ursula, adding after the briefest hesitation, “and the smartest, too.”
A split vote on funding part of a business plan for Meadowbrook Farm Oct. 21 followed an expansive discussion among North Bend’s City Council on the city’s investment in, and obligation to, the historic property. The 460-acre farm sprawled along S.R. 202 between Snoqualmie and North Bend, is jointly owned, and funded at an annual amount of $20,000, by the two cities, along with a volunteer group, the Meadowbrook Farm Association. Since the association was formed 16 years ago, the farm has grown into a popular event venue, and beyond the abilities of the volunteer group to manage it, says association President Mary Norton. “We’ve reached our limit in what we can do with volunteers,” Norton told the city council, during the discussion. “I think this business plan will be a really helpful thing for we and the cities to decide what’s the next step.” The proposed business plan is intended to help the partners determine how to increase revenues, staff the facility, and fund it long term, said North Bend planning staff.
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Partners look to future for Meadowbrook Farm BY CAROL LADWIG Staff Reporter
WINTER
Prep for bad weather, cold with Fall readiness plan Pages 9-16
SPORTS
Staff Reporter
Mount Si football team has tough night at Newport Page 21
INDEX Letters 5 6 Puzzles Legal Notices 7-8 On the Scanner 8 Calendar 17 Classifieds 17-20
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Two statewide gun measures will be decided in the Nov. 4 election, Initiative 591 and 594. Supporters of the conflicting initiatives claim they are about gun rights and public safety, respectively, but neither issue is as simple as it sounds. Initiative 591, supported by Protect Our Gun Rights (wagunrights.org), prohibits government agencies, including police, from confiscating citizens’ handguns and long guns, without due process, and does not allow the state to implement a background check policy of its own, but to adhere to the federal standard only. The federal standard calls for background checks on all gun sales made at federally licensed retailers. In direct contrast, Initiative 594, supported by the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility (wagunresp on sibi lit y. or g ) , calls for more restrictions on gun sales and transfers. The measure would require background checks for nearly all gun sales,
Carol Ladwig/Staff Photo | Below, file photo
Ursula, Muriel and Frank Woods, pictured with their mother Jean at home, recently turned 18. The North Bend triplets, born in 1996, share a connection but have always had their own identities. Below, a group photo with Jean, brother Tyler and dad Roy, ran in the Valley Record when they came home from the hospital.
One of a kind, times 3 North Bend triplets grow up to be surprisingly different BY CAROL LADWIG Staff Reporter
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