INSIDE: Senior center sponsors Respect Our Elders Day, page 4 . . . . Special Occasions, pages 11 and 13 . . . . Community Click! Check out readers’ photographs, page 23 . . . . Enumclaw football marks new era with victory, page 14 . . . White River falls in double-overtime, page 14 . . . . High school fall sports previews, page 14
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
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Health Summit launches challenges By Brenda Sexton Staff Writer
About 100 representatives from the Enumclaw, Buckley and Black Diamond communities attended Thursday’s fourth Enumclaw Regional Healthcare Foundation Health Summit at Thunder Mountain Middle School. The afternoon’s early ses-
sion featured the Rainier Foothills Community Health Network and the progress its task forces have made in the past months. Each task force came from suggestions at previous Health Summits and concentrate on specific areas of need in the Foothills communities. “We want to honor the hard work the four task forces have done,” ERHF President Kaylee Garrett said.
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Access to Information Task Force The Access to Information Task Force took the opportunity to launch its AskFLIN website. In December 2009, a task force was formed to create an electronic public health and human service information data base that provides easy access for Foothills residents to local and statewide services. The
The AskFLIN website puts Plateau services at everyone’s fingertips. AskFLIN website is the result of the Information Task Force’s commitment to creating “healthy communities.” SEE SUMMIT, PAGE 3
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Enumclaw, White River and Carbonado test scores Updates daily. Go to: www.courierherald.com
Jack Kirsch, 7, driving, Will Kirsch, 8, and Taylor Claggett, 7, speed through the course during Black Diamond’s cart races Saturday. The Coal Kart Derby is part of the city’s Labor Day celebration. Festivities concluded Monday with breakfast, a parade through town, car show, entertainment, awards and more games. Alexis Mix, 9, and her dog Teaka, a Yorki-pug mix were part of Saturday’s Black Diamond Dog Show.
Weather Today, Wednesday, should bring sunny skies with high temperatures in the upper 80s. Skies stay clear and sunny through the weekend with highs near 90. For details go to: www.courierherald.com click on weather
Photos by Dennis Box/To view or buy photos go to www. courierherald.com.
Watch for it... The Enumclaw Courier-Herald’s annual Fall Home and Garden Supplement will be published in the Sept. 21 edition. Watch for stories about keeping your home in top shape, both inside and out.
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Car show takes over downtown Saturday
Street rods, cruisers, motorcycles, customs and hot rods will again be hitting the streets of downtown Enumclaw. The Stratocruisers Street Rod and Collectable Car Club will put on its 10th annual Cruise Into Fall car show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. This year, there will be an Enumclaw police cruiser and the Enumclaw Fire Department will have a live demonstration of a simulated automobile
accident where they will demonstrate the use of specialized tools like the Jaws of Life. Visitors to the show will be able to vote for the car they like best in categories like “best grocery getter” or the car most likely to outrun the Enumclaw police. There will be entertainment and a raffle for a wide variety of prizes. Proceeds from both the raffle and show will be donated to charities like Enumclaw’s St. Elizabeth
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Hospital, Medic One in Pierce and King counties, Children’s Hospital, Northwest Second Harvest, Toys For Tots, Red Cross and the Enumclaw Senior Activity Center. The show is open for all cars, trucks, motorcycles, customs and street rods pre-1981. Registration is $15 and set up begins at 8 a.m. There will be dash plaques and goodie-bags for the first 150 cars to register. For information, 360-825-6343.
Sept. 9 - 25
Visit thefair.com for details.
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