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Hefting bricks for the new monument plaza in Snoqualmie, Lee Prewitt, Kathy Kerr and Dave Battey are helping build the Snoqualmie Valley Veteran’s Memorial. Kerr bought the first brick sold for her father, Silver Star honoree Clifford Gohkle. The monument will honor all Valley soldiers, including the men who served in industrial roles at the Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Company during World War I, pictured below.
Momentum, donations grow as volunteers
gather names, deeds for all-Valley monument
BY SETH TRUSCOTTEditor
Clifford Gohlke never talked much about what he did during World War II.
It took 50 years for his daughter, Kathy Kerr, to find out that her father had earned a Silver Star medal for valor.
“He said he used to chase Rommel around the desert,” said Kerr, a North Bend resident and American Legion Auxilliary officer. “That was all he would tell me.”
It took many years and the dis-covery of newspaper clippings and discharge papers to tell the tale of Private Gohlke, who spent nearly
all of his married life in the Valley and died in 2006 at age 83.
From his papers, Kerr learned that her father had spent Word War II in North Africa and Italy with an 105-mm artillery compa-ny. A cousin sent her a 1943 clip-ping from the Belle Plaine, Minn., Herald detailing Clifford’s bravery.
Gohlke’s Silver Star was earned
in 1943 when he and two other sol-diers volunteered to find an enemy artillery observation position that was calling down heavy fire on their unit. The three men crossed a minefield and four miles of open Tunisian terrain to find the enemy nest, then relayed coordinates to
Tolt boy jailed on suspicion of threats to
family, schoolMiddle schooler, 12, expelled
after police find weapons in camper By Valley Record Staff
A Tolt Middle School student has been held in a juvenile detention center for four weeks during an investigation into his alleged threats to family members, students and teachers.
Arrested on Wednesday, Oct. 6, the 12-year-old boy was charged with felony harassment of family members October 11 in King County Juvenile Court.
According to charging documents, Carnation police learned that the teen had talked about wanting to kill his family during a call to his home for a runaway complaint. Family members discovered that the boy had been staying in a neighbor’s camper and called police, who found two shotguns and a loaded handgun inside.
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New beat for Snoqualmie?
North Bend looks to neighbor as possible police partner
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For 37 years, the arm of the law in North Bend has worn a King County Sheriff ’s uni-form. Now, rising costs have North Bend city officials wondering whether Snoqualmie Police might be a better fit.
The North Bend City Council voted Oct. 19 to approve a letter of intent to terminate its county police services contract. King County has 45 days to respond; the contract’s cool-down terms say the county would cease police services 18 months later.
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big guns to destroy it. Gohlke was cited for gallantry in action.
During the war, he would be pro-moted only to wind up getting busted back for one lapse or other. Returning stateside to raise a big family, his soldier-ing days were simply not a topic of family conversation. Like many soldiers, Gohlke was tight-lipped about his past.
When Kerr learned about a memorial brick program undertaken at the new Snoqualmie Valley Veteran’s Memorial, she knew right away that her father’s name needed to be there. The brick with Clifford Gohlke’s name on it was the first one sold.
A place for allKerr and other veteran’s organiza-
tion members have desired an all-Valley memorial for three decades.
While localized memorials exist at Mount Si High School and some Valley cemeteries, other monuments have come and gone. Large memorials once stood at the Weyerhauser mill entrance and at the Bendigo intersection in North Bend. But they vanished decades ago.
“All the temporary monuments to those who died have been lost,” Kerr said. “It is so very important to make a permanent memorial for them, one that will with-stand time and can be viewed and enjoyed by all.”
Two years ago, the Snoqualmie Valley Veteran’s Memorial Committee formed to push for a new monument in association with the Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum, American Legion Post 79, VFW Post 9476, the Tolt Historical Societies and the city of Snoqualmie.
The project would memorialize veter-
ans from Snoqualmie Pass, North Bend, Snoqualmie, Fall City, Preston, Carnation, Duvall, surrounding areas and the nation at large.
Committee members pored over monthly newsletters from the Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Company, which listed fall-en local soldiers in World War II, and explored records from the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Historical Society member Dave Battey explained that some Valley residents were so eager to fight the Axis even before Pearl Harbor, they went to Canada and volunteered.
Twelve Valley residents died in World War I, six in the Korean War and eight in Vietnam. One name, Mount Si graduate and Marine Lance Cpl. Eric Levi Ward, is on the list for the current Iraq-Afghanistan conflict.
Forty people—38 men and two wom-en—gave their lives for their country dur-ing World War II. Battey said that number seems like a dramatic sacrifice for so small a community.
Shape of SiGround was broken for the project
on Veteran’s Day, 2008, on land next to the Snoqualmie Legion Post, donated by the city directly across from city hall. Committee members considered places like Tollgate Farm, Meadowbrook Farm and the Fall City roundabout, but chose the Snoqualmie site for its easy access, association with veteran’s groups and lack of cost.
Plans call for a central stone monu-ment, carved in the likeness of Mount Si, surrounded by seven flag poles, benches and a brick plaza. Stone columns will dis-play the emblems of military branches.
Part of the stone will be carved with a tribal symbol reflecting Snoqualmie Tribe members’ sacrifices for the larger nation.
In 1855, Snoqualmie warriors fought on the side of Washington territory’s white settlers.
“There were losses,” Battey said. “Nobody knows who they were. But we still want to honor them.”
Big nightWhile progress has been slow, monu-
ment boosters have recently begun an energetic series of pitches to Valley service clubs and regional groups.
The project requires about $72,000 in cash and in-kind donations. To date, the committee still has $27,000 in cash to raise.
The main brick fundraiser sells memorial blocks for $100. Bricks can be inscribed with the name of any loved one who served their country, regardless of whether the Valley was their home.
The memorial project should get a big boost from an upcoming dinner and auc-tion fundraiser.
The Veteran’s Memorial Foundation hosts a silent auction, wine tasting and dinner benefit, 3 to 8:30 p.m. on Veteran’s Day, Thursday, Nov. 11, at the Fall City Roadhouse, 4200 Preston-Fall City Road, Fall City. Reservations can be made by calling (425) 222-4800.
The dinner and action is being co-sponsored by Donna Padilla and the Ward and McNeal family, survivors of Marine LCpl. Eric Ward.
Monica McNeal, mother of Eric, said the all-Valley memorial is long overdue.
When ground was broken in 2008, “it just didn’t have the momentum,” she said. “The momentum is behind it now. We’re hoping we can get it up and running.”
“11/11/11 is my goal,” said committee chairwoman Chris Chartier. “I see that ribbon being cut in my mind on Veteran’s Day of 2011.”
MONUMENT FROM 1 Remembering the fallen
Members of the Snoqualmie Valley Veteran’s Memorial Committee have gathered the following names of those who gave their lives in service to the nation.:
World War IArthur William LyfordBattista PasiniDavid RentonEdward Clements KoesterPeter EricksonAlfred ParentiBert SmithWilliam SwenCarl LarsonAlbert EmeryLester PickeringVirgil Detrick
World War IIRichard DunnGeorge Webb-VenniksenWilliam Hronek, Jr.Bernard BriggsWilliam BordenLloyd ScheelJack DubeyFrank Martindale, Jr.Harvey KierstinsRodney BoalchRoy HackneyVictor HartleyElizabeth EricksonHerman James JensenVincent RobelLoyal BrightClarence ChurchRobert White
Norman ChristiansenEugene SmithJames O’NeilDonald OlsonCharles ScheuchzerThomas SoisterRobert HatcherClaude Brown StephensonJames Machan Leo Harry McGrathLawrence CarmichaelTheron WhiteDean AschinF.O. GoebelCarol CameronJames KennedyJack OdlinJoe SheppardMartin JamesJames BarberRichard Carol Hall Lawrence Crotts
KoreaWilliam ScottJohn CarlsonGordon BothellAlbert BarfuseCharles EnglehartDonald B Cameron
VietnamDonald Gene DavenportRobert Allen MontgomeryTimothy Demos James David NanselJames SandersRonald James JohnsonLarry Michael Heen Joe Sweetman
Iraq-AfghanistanEric Levi Ward
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“I think people should display the flag. We all used to go that a
lot more often.”
Sean LehanSnoqualmie
“Support the monument at the American Legion hall and the
Vietnam memorial at the high school. Pause to remember all
our veterans’”
Carol MosherSnoqualmie
“Individually, I have friends and family who have served. I’d thank
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“We should do something spe-cial. The monument would be a
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How should the community honor its veterans?
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Preserving memories has been a common thread in recent Valley Record stories.
Last week, we met members of the Snoqualmie Valley Veteran’s Memorial Committee, who are spearheading a drive to build a new monument to those who served and sacrificed for their nation. The push for an all-Valley memorial started ramping up two years ago, but the desire for one special, pub-lic place dates back decades.
This week, our front page story catches up with the Fall City Historical Society’s local memory book efforts. Society members spent three years inter-viewing Lower Valley residents and have completed a thick tome full of memories of Fall City life, “Preserving Fall City’s Stories.”
Our lives and communities are always in transition. Yet the pages of the memory book and the stones and bricks of the veteran’s memo-rial provide a still point and con-crete reminder, telling us about who came before, what they prized,
and what they sacrificed. Both of these projects are helping connect the Valley’s past with its present.
With Veteran’s Day upon us, I urge Valley residents to reflect on their own memories of loved ones who have served our nation.
Tomorrow, please take a moment to think about the soldiers or ser-vicepeople in your own life, and how they have affected you and the greater communities around us.
If you would like to do some-thing more tangible, consider attending the Veteran’s Memorial Foundation benefit dinner and auc-tion, 3 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, at the Fall City Roadhouse, 4200 Preston-Fall City Road. Tickets can be reserved at (425) 222-4800.
Beyond that, you can also get involved with the foundation itself. The group is considering a number
of fundraising options, and if your family or group can help, reach out.
The most critical fundraiser for the monument is the foundation’s memorial brick sale. These sturdy blocks can be inscribed with the names and deeds of loved ones who served their nation, and will become part of the Snoqualmie plaza. Each brick speeds the monu-ment toward completion, and pre-serves that memory in an impor-tant site for our community.
As they build momentum, Valley veteran’s groups hope to see com-pletion of this important project in the next year. With your help, the flags will wave atop the foundation’s finished monument on Veteran’s Day, 2011.
As we connect with our memo-ries, we must also preserve them.
Each Valley community should take note of what the Fall City Historical Society has accom-plished. Individuals spent years collecting tales of work and play, service and sacrifice, through good times and bad. Each interviewed family received a written record of their elders’ recollections, while the best stories were shared with the community.
If you’d like to meet the peo-ple behind “Preserving Fall City’s Stories,” consider attending a book launch party, 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, at the Fall City Masonic Hall, 337th and 43rd Streets, Fall City.
Let’s keep these memories of local life, love and sacrifice alive around us.
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Santa will visit the Snoqualmie Valley Venturing Crew and Boy Scout Troop 115 tree lot from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4.
The lot is located at the cor-ner of Snoqualmie Parkway and Railroad Avenue.
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Forty-three years ago this month, Marty Kester survived the worst that the Viet Cong could throw at him during the Tet Offensive.
A 23-year-old weather observ-er and artillery spotter with the United States Air Force, Kester witnessed the sneak attack in Hue and Phu Bai during one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War.
“That was not good,” Kester summed up his experience. “It’s one of those things you forget for a reason.”
When his tour was up, Kester rotated home, leaving the Air Force in 1969—one of the worst times to be a veteran and an ex-soldier. At an off-base latrine outside of Travis Air Force Base in California, a long-haired patron had the nerve to call him “nothing but a hired killer.”
“We weren’t getting any respect, coming back from Vietnam,” Kester, a three-decade North Bend resident, remembers. “The guys who came back from ‘Nam had this stigma, this cloud, over the top of their heads, especially in ‘68 and ‘69. We were the bad guys, as far as the students were concerned.”
Today, the atmosphere has changed for vets like Kester. Americans draw together to sup-port the troops; the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall, finished in 1982, gives those affected by that
conflict a place to come together.Kester, who owns Mr. K’s
Construction in North Bend, is doing his part to give the Valley just such a place. Kester is donat-ing his time and resources as the builder of the new Snoqualmie Valley Veterans Memorial.
Slated to open this Veteran’s Day, the monument recognizes all local men and women who gave their lives in service to their country. The monument replaces and con-tinues the legacy of older veteran’s monuments spread throughout the Valley.
Forty years ago, such a monu-ment would have made a world of difference to Kester.
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Backers of the planned Snoqualmie Valley Veteran’s Memorial are nearly ready to begin construction. Above, contractors Stewart Germain and Jack Johnson, left, and Martin Kester, second from right, meet with committee members Lee Prewitt, Kathy Kerr, Dave Lake and Chris Chartier at the Legion Post. Below, an artist’s conception of the monument and park.
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Show inves-tors get a full year to consid-er investing in Mitchell’s business. Mitchell, however, is not waiting to hear from the sharks. He’s busy growing his business, Clean Earth, Inc., and has been selling his odor-eliminating product, Pure Ayre, for about 10 years.
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Hearing said he accomplished a lot in seven years, meeting major objectives to get water flowing and end a growth mora-
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“It brings to your heart the reason why I’m standing here, and somebody else isn’t,” he said. “You feel that cama-raderie. You’re not alone.”
Nearly ready to roll With help from Kester, as well
as landscape architect Jack Johnson with Outdoor Studio LLC and archi-tect Stewart Germain of Miller Hull—who are also providing services pro bono—construction on the memorial is expected to begin this spring.
After a three-year fundraising cam-paign, the Snoqualmie Valley Veteran’s Memorial Committee has raised near-ly $34,000, enough to start work. The group raised $10,000 alone in a gala dinner and auction held on Veteran’s Day 2010. Major contributors include the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9476, the Snoqualmie Tribe, the Whitaker Foundation, the Lions Club and the Fraternal Order of Freemasons.
The group was raising funds in one of the most challenging economic environments. At first, the going was slow.
“All of a sudden, bang!” said com-mittee member and veteran Lee Prewitt. “I’ve been surprised by how suddenly it came together. We had Marty and (the architects) come on board, money started coming in. But it won’t be unstoppable until we cut the ribbon.”
November 11, 2011—11-11-11— is the “absolute date” to dedicate the memorial, committee member Kathy Kerr said. To get there, the group is continuing to push on fundrais-ing, campaigning for memorial brick sales to fill out its plaza and seek-ing donations to pay for upkeep and maintenance. For instance, Kerr and company are approaching the Seattle Mariners in hopes of starting a match-ing-funds rivalry with memorial sup-
porters on the Seattle Seahawks. She’s also seeking a $15,000 grant from the state patriotic license plate fund.
“We need to push bricks sales,” said Kerr, who wants enough to make an impact. “We could always use help.”
What is the monument?Right now, the monument is just
a plan on paper and in the heads of the committee members. But soon, Kester and company will start work, transforming a grassy, open space at the American Legion post, next door to the Snoqualmie post office, into a shaded, grassy space for reflection as well as education.
Committee members combed the pages of the Valley Record, the Weyerhaeuser newsletter and other sources, gathering more than 70 names of locals who fell in service to their nation.
For such modest communities, “We said, ‘Wow, there’s a lot of names,” Kerr said.
The names will be inscribed on a block of stone, whose peak will be cut by Quiring Monuments into the shape of Mount Si. The monument will be visible from the street, but visitors must enter the park to see the names.
The United States and armed ser-vices flags will fly, and a legacy tree, a plane or sycamore planted as a living memorial, will be surrounded by boul-ders from each Valley community.
“We’re actually bringing the Valley in,” Germain said. “It’s multiple levels of symbolism.”
The stone wall will be built from stone excavated from under Snoqualmie Falls during the current hydropower plant remodel.
“It’s about as local as you can get,” Kerr said.
Kester, Germain and Johnson said their donation of work is important and personally relevant.
“The Valley’s helped us,” Kester said. “The people in this Valley are behind veterans. They embrace them. It was
easy for me to say yes.”To Germain, the monument “brings
an important subject downtown. It adds to the city.”
“It’ll raise awareness for people who aren’t expecting it, who maybe have forgotten about veterans in their own families,” Johnson added. “When you walk to the front door of city hall, you’re looking right at the monument.
“Anything on this level of symbol-ism and grassroots, we take very seri-ously,” he added. “The mission that these people are carrying forward is serious, it’s important to get that story out. They’re going to have repercus-sions 100 years down the line.”
Buy a brickFundraising efforts continue for the
Snoqualmie Valley Veterans Memorial, including the memorial brick sales.
For $100, a brick paver can be inscribed with the name of any loved one who served the nation, regardless of whether the Snoqualmie Valley was their home.
To order a brick or get involved, contact committee chairwoman Chris Chartier at (425) 888-9152 or by cell at (425) 802-5174. Or, e-mail her at [email protected].
MEMoRIAL FRoM 1 What happened to the North Bend veteran’s memorial?Construction of a proposed City of North Bend veteran’s memorial is in a holding pattern.City Administrator Duncan Wilson said the project is a victim of steep 2011 budget cuts. The city had no discretionary money with all the budget problems, and only made human services contributions to the local food bank, senior center and Encompass. The project won’t be discussed again until at least September, when the next budget cycle starts.
Benefit gala helps railway museum
Northwest Railway Museum’s annual benefit promises a cultural, history-filled evening with a dinner,
silent auction and local enter-tainment.
The event, “Working on the Railroad,” is Friday, March 4, at the Salish Lodge & Spa, and includes a no-host bar, meal and auction and a prog-
ress update on Messenger of Peace. A brief auction of select-ed big ticket items will pre-cede the feature presentation of the evening, “A Twentieth Century Missionary Method.” Performers from Valley Center
Stage will share stories of life lived on the rails. Tickets are $75 and can be bought online at www.trainmuseum.org and at the Snoqualmie Depot.
Planning commission has vacancy The city of North Bend is seeking an applicant for the Planning Commission to complete the term for Position 4, expiring May 18, 2014. The commission prepares and recommends coordinated plans, regulations and restrictions for the physical development of the city. Meetings are typically twice each month on Thursday evenings. City code allows an applicant to this position to live either in the city limits or within the 98045 zip code.Interested applicants can pick up the application form at City Hall, 211 Main Ave., N., or download it from the city’s website under ‘forms‘ at http://ci.north-bend.wa.us. Applications are due Feb. 25. Submit forms to contact the City Clerk at 888-7627 or by e-mail at [email protected].
