INSIDE: Old fire lookout gets complete makeover, page 2 . . . . Black Diamond Scout given life-saving award, page 4 . . . . Directors hear need for social media, page 5 . . . . Council considers parking lot consistency, page 6 . . . . Check out Community Click!, page 23. . . White River football spotless in league play, page 19
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
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Several chances to meet candidates By Kevin Hanson Editor
The public will have several opportunities to hear from candidates during the next couple of weeks. A number of local positions
will be decided during the Nov. 8 general election. Voters will begin making their feelings known when ballots are put in the mail; in King County, mailing will be Oct. 19 and in Pierce County ballots will go out Oct. 21. Those seeking office – or looking
to be re-elected – have been invited to several appearances. A session for city council candidates in both Enumclaw and Buckley, sponsored by The CourierHerald, is planned for 6:30 p.m. Oct. 13 in the auditorium of the Glacier Middle School Annex in
Buckley. The debate format will include the two candidates running for Enumclaw City Council Position 2 and the four candidates chasing the Position 6 and Position 7 posts
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Noah Gambino, 4, and his family took advantage of Sunday’s pleasant weather to make their annual trip to Maris Farms. It was the third year the Spanaway family has trekked to the Buckley farm for a day of fun. The seasonal destination on Sumner/Buckley Road is one of several farms that offer attractions throughout October. Photo by Kevin Hanson/To view or buy photos go to www.courierherald.com.
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Buckley finds trouble with road project It has become clear to workers that Buckley’s “Disfunction Junction” realignment project – an ornery triangle of city streets, county roads and state Route 410 – has taken on a life of its own. This vehicular no man’s land does not cotton to folks digging, drilling or generally rearranging things and is doing everything in its power to thwart the construction personnel involved. Causing grief for the city of Buckley and various contractors has been a century-old wooden water transmission pipe that materialized along 112 Street East and a 42-inch boulder discovered directly in the path of a tunnel being bored under SR 410. The tunnel was needed to connect a storm drain line to existing pipe that sits 13 feet under the Hinkelman Extension on the north side of 410. Phillip VanEarwage of Gray and Osborne said his crews decided to eliminate the boulder by drilling it full of holes, then pulverizing and extracting the remains. “The huge rock was closer to the starting point of the tunnel where we first began to bore, so my guys were able to remove the remnants with a bit more ease,” VanEarwage said. Shortly after the boulder incident, crews
SEE BUCKLEY, PAGE 24