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Things have gotten even more tense between the Casino and its neighbors since we last mentioned the issue:
A handful of Snoqualmie residents protested the July 15 show of Snoqualmie Casino’s summer concert series. While Peter Frampton and Yes played on an outdoor stage overlooking the Snoqualmie Valley, the residents, who say noise from the concert series is a nuisance, blasted air horns, and demonstrated with signs and shouts at the casino’s entrance.
The protestors were targeting concertgoers as they drove in, asking them to boycott the casino.
The Casino isn’t taking the criticism lying down, though:
During every show, casino Marketing Director Dana Nelson said he drives through Snoqualmie, taking measurements with a decibel reader. Background noise from cars and airplanes registers on the reader, along with noise from the concert.
On top of Indian Hill and later near the Snoqualmie Valley School District office in downtown Snoqualmie July 15, the decibel reader gave a measurement of about 40, some of it from ambient noise.
“We’re definitely not saying you can’t hear it three and a half miles away at Indian Hill,” Gallagher said. “It’s audible. It’s consistent with a radio being put on at its lowest level in a car.”
Read the full article for additional details and commentary at the SnoValleyStar.
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A group of Snoqualmie Valley residents are using social media tools in an effort to quiet Snoqualmie Casino’s outdoor concert series.
Complaining that outside shows generate “extreme noise,” several residents started a Facebook page called “Stop the Snoqualmie Casino Outdoor Concert Noise.” Members handed out flyers in Snoqualmie, and a dozen brought concerns to the Snoqualmie City Council at its Monday, July 12, meeting.
Check out the group’s Facebook page, or read more at the Snoqualmie Valley Record.
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Here are some week-end headlines from around the valley that caught our attention. Hopefully everyone is enjoying all that sunshine!
Starting off our weekend roundup is a series of Little League updates from Rhett at the SnoValleySports blog for the entirety of last week:
- Monday — Our Little League All-Stars coverage starts…….
- Tuesday — Little League update
- Wednesday — Little League update
- Thursday — Little League update
- Friday — Today’s Little League update
Mount Si graduation rates surge
The Snoqualmie Valley School District is experiencing a boom in on-time graduation rates, according to data from the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Seven years ago, about 54 percent of students graduated on time from the Snoqualmie Valley School District, according to the OSPI. That number steadily increased: in 2004, 79 percent graduated on time, 88 percent in 2006 and 93 percent in 2008. In 2009, 85 percent of seniors graduated on time in the district.
Internet counterfeiters raided in North Bend
The federal government’s fight against Internet counterfeiting and movie piracy came to North Bend, when federal agents served a search warrant June 30.
Deputies from the King County Sheriff’s Office assisted agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement when the warrant was executed at a home on Pickett Avenue at about 6:30 a.m.
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Mount Si High School announced the hiring of a new boys’ basketball coach, and he should be a familiar face in the community:
The school named Steve Helm to the post, replacing Jeff D’Ambrosio, who resigned following a 16-8 season last winter which earned the Wildcats a trip to the SeaKing District Tournament.
This will be Helm’s first head coaching assignment at the high school level, and he is thrilled. “I’m humbled, blessed and very honored,” Helm said.
If you follow the Sno-Valley Sports blog at all, you’ve probably seen his handiwork behind the camera in some of the videos posted there. Helm has a YouTube account where he’s been posting footage of the Wildcat baseball games for the last few months.
Helm led the current Wildcat varsity players to the championship game of their youth select league for four straight years from 2004-07. Here’s hoping we’ll see similar results!
Get the full story at the Snoqualmie Valley Record.
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