Covington/Maple Valley Reporter, September 23, 2011

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REPORTER

COVINGTON | MAPLE VALLEY | BLACK DIAMOND

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IN CLASS | Pen pal project at Rock Creek elementary [page 11]

ON THE PITCH | Tahoma, Kentlake and Kentwood girls soccer squads battle for FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 the top spot in the SPSL North [12]

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DEBATE | The Chamber or Commerce City Council candidate debate is at 7 p.m. Sept. 29 at Rock Creek Elementary.

Reno Air Races crash eyewitness account

Candidate answers bankruptcy questions

BY TJ MARTINELL

BY DENNIS BOX

tmartinell@maplevalleyreporter.com

dbox@maplevalleyreporter.com

Maple Valley resident Sean Kelly went to Reno last weekend to enjoy his third trip to the annual National Championship Air Races. Instead he witnessed the worst accident in its history on Friday, Sept. 16, when a vintage World War II fighter plane crashed into the main grandstand, with dozens injured and 10 confirmed dead as of Tuesday. Up until the last moment before the crash occurred nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary. “We weren’t expecting it at all,� Kelly said. Kelly, who was sitting approximately 150 yards away from the main grandstand with King County SWAT Capt. Robert Mendel, stated they noticed something was wrong as the P-51 Mustang was coming around for a pass.

A financial issue concerning a bankruptcy case has arisen in Karen Crowe’s candidacy for Maple Valley City Council. Crowe, along with her husband Michael Evan Crowe, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Karen Crowe on Feb. 10 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Washington for unsecured debts adding up to about $82,000. The case was completed and the debt discharged June 17 according to court records. Discharging a debt in a bankruptcy means a person is no longer responsible to pay the debt. The bankruptcy was for individual debt, not for a business.

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McDonough, front right, along with Suzanne Matzat, left, Monica Stewart, Nicole Walking for Tina McDonough, Shar Wagers, Nina Neal, Abby Steiner, Shar Wagers, Jolene Coward, Nikki Rubino and & Guys during the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s 3-Day Walk for the the Cure TiffCure.anie Tatick lead the ValleySeeGirlsstory on page 3 DENNIS BOX, The Reporter

Education a calling for Grass Lake principal BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@covingtonreporter.com

Studying to become a nurse at the University of Washington in 1988, Harjeet Sandhu-Fuller got a job as an intern at the UW Hospital. Though she wouldn’t act on it until she transferred to Eastern Washington University, it was there Fuller decided her calling was not in medicine. “I wanted to be in a service-sector job,� she said. “But I realized being around sick people every day was not where I wanted to be.� Fuller had a strong desire to help people, but in a more positive manner. Teaching, she realized, was where she was called to be.

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“I felt I was being proactive,� she said. “The medical system is a reactive one mostly.� Twenty three years later, Fuller is now the new principal at Grass Lake Elementary School in near Covington, a journey which began merely with the desire to teach. After transferring to Eastern’s nursing program in 1990, Fuller switched to the education program. Teaching at the Robert Reid Lab School located next to the university, she graduated with a Bachelor’s in Education and an Endorsement in ESL and Sociology. Originally from Auburn, Fuller moved to Bellevue in 1995 and taught at Highland Middle School. Although she had no intention of becoming a principal, Fuller stated she gradually gained interest as she learned more about the inner workings of administrative duties. “I was happy (just) to be a teacher,� she said. “Once I started teaching, I started to understand the system.�

Harjeet Sandhu-Fuller in her office at Grass Lake Elementary in Kent. Fuller and her [ more CALLING page 5 ] husband also own a motel business in Idaho. TJ MARTINELL, The Reporter.

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