Covington/Maple Valley Reporter, November 25, 2011

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DaVine hosts fundraiser for Dace’s Rock ‘n’ More Academy

BY KRIS HILL khill@maplevalleyreporter.com

A little music, a little wine and a chance to support Dace’s Rock ‘n’ More were on the menu Wednesday night at DaVine in Maple Valley.

Dace Anderson, president of the Maple Valley-based non-profit music school, explained in an email that the event was a great partnership.

“We’re always looking for new ways to interact with the community and to give our students opportunities to perform,” Anderson wrote in an email interview. “There are still a lot of people who are having a hard time financially and, luckily for us, DaVine has given us a space where we can strive towards our goals of community interaction, student performance and raising money for people who can’t afford lessons.”

The event drew quite a few patrons to DaVine, where they had the opportunity to fill a drum, bid on silent auction items and hear music by Anderson and Arielle Young, as well as a number of bands that formed at the music school such as the Small Town Boys. [ more CAUSE page 5 ]

BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@maplevalleyreporter.com

Dace Anderson, president of Dace’s Rock ‘n’ More, plays the ukelele during a fundraiser Nov. 16 at DaVine in Maple Valley. Rock ‘n’ More is a non-profit music school and proceeds will go to the school’s tuition assistance fund. DENNIS BOX, The Reporter To view a slide show go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com and to buy photos go to the website and click on the photo reprints tab.

Space filling up at Maple Valley Town Square

BY KRIS HILL khill@maplevalleyreporter.com

Work is moving along nicely at Maple Valley Town Square, the future home of Fred Meyer, restaurants, shops and a 10,500square-foot MultiCare facility that will offer medical services.

Lisa Powell, director of leasing for Bellevue-based Powell Development, said quite a few new

tenants have signed on the dotted line since the developer broke ground in April.

“We have a whole medical corridor,” Powell said. “We have Pinnacle Physical Therapy, Smile Brands… we have BECU, Chase Bank, Sprint, Burger King, Desert Sun and most recently Super Supplements.”

In addition, some other companies from the region have signed

The city of Maple Valley purchased 2.79 acres of land for $1.1 million at Southeast 264th Street on Nov. 18.

The purchase was made at a foreclosure auction after the City Council authorized City Manager David Johnston to bid for the two property lots a special meeting Thursday, Nov. 17.

The resolution allowed Johnston to bid up to $1.3 million on the property lots.

“This has been a long process with lots of ‘challenges,’” wrote Victoria Laise Jonas, deputy mayor, in an email interview. “But in the end I am very pleased.”

According to Jonas, the city intends to use the property as a maintenance facility to store Public Works department vehicles, as well as an Emergency Operation Center (EOC), which is currently located at the King County Sheriff ’s Office Precinct 3. When the precinct closes the EOC will be moved to City Hall “Now, we now can utilize the existing panabode type modular house that is on our new property [ more LAND page 5 ]

leases including The Spot Coffee, a nail salon called Tip Toe Paradise Nails as well as a yogurt shop called The Nutty Squirrel.

“That’s everybody we have officially signed a lease with right now,” Powell said. “We are working with a bunch of others but we can’t reveal them yet.”

Fred Meyer had been interested in locating a store in Maple Valley for a number of years but the city had an ordinance on the books since incorporation that prevented big box stores coming in that had footprints of more than 60,000 square feet.

That’s not an unusual tactic, [ more SQUARE page 5 ]

An overhead site plan for Maple Valley Town Square at Four Corners shows many of the tenants that have signed leases with the property owner. Courtesy Powell Development

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Working miracles on the stage

KENTLAKE GRADUATE COMPLETES ARMY BASIC TRAINING Army Pvt. Zachary G. Bennett has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.

Bennett is the son of Jeffery and Angie Bennett of Covington.

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Kentwood High’s drama production tackles the dark, silent world of blindness and deafness in The Miracle Worker

BY TJ MARTINELL

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After performing musicals such as “Once Upon a Mattress� and tales of romance such as “Romeo and Juliet,� Kentwood’s fall drama production explores the triumph of human perseverance in “The Miracle Worker,� which premiered Nov. 17. “It’s going to be an incredible show,� Kentwood Drama Director Rebecca Lloyd said. “These actors are brilliant. They are brilliant in this role. They’re really, really good.�

The play, written by William Gibson, tells the story of Helen Keller who suffered from both blindness and deafness at a young age. Through a life-long relationship with teacher and friend, Annie Sullivan, she was able to overcome her debilitations and become a prolific writer and political activist.

The role of Annie Sullivan, Keller’s teacher, is played by Kentwood junior Maggie Mosbarger while Sunshine Elementary fifth grader Megan Lewin plays a young Helen Keller.

Lloyd decided on this particular production because she felt Mosbarger had the background suitable for the part of Sullivan. “I look at my kids and decide what play,� she said. “I picked this play last year for Maggie Mosbarger because I knew she would be incredible in this part. The way she is able to perform on stage — she’s just really intuitive and very sensitive to people who have to live outside of the mainstream.�

Other roles include Keller’s mother, Kate, played by Megan Ingales, her brother, James, played by KJ Knies and her father, played by Jordan Kawachi.

Knies also played Prince Dauntless in Once Upon a Mattress and Romeo in Romeo and Juliet.

Whereas Romeo and Juliet focused around young love, the theme of the Miracle Worker is tough love, according to Lloyd. “She (Annie) believes in tough love before tough love was invented,� Lloyd said.

The story begins with Keller’s birth in 1880. At 19 months she contracted a serious illness which leaves her both blind and deaf.

Unable to see or hear, Keller grows up in her own world of darkness and isolation, a world which is never challenged by her family.

“Her parents coddled her,� Lloyd explained. “She does whatever she wants and she gets away with it. She feels entitled to do whatever she wants.�

Having exhausted their efforts to reach out to her, Keller’s parents bring in 20-year-old Annie Sul“We take it for livan. Impaired with poor granted that we eyesight due to an infection, can see and talk Sullivan was educated at a and communicate. school for the blind, and What would happen while she empathizes with if that was taken Keller’s condition, she is away from us? What shocked by the freedom her if we couldn’t talk? family has given her.

What if we couldn’t “She (Keller) just goes see?� Rebecca Lloyd from plate to plate and takes food (at dinner),�

Lloyd explained. “Annie is appalled by that. She knows how things are supposed to be. She is appalled by how they have let this child dominate the house.�

Taking Keller under her wing, Sullivan attempts to teach Keller the meaning of words. The stark difference between her methods compared to that of Keller’s parents leads to conflict in several scenes which emphasize the chasm Sullivan must cross to get to Keller. “Helen is not a sweet little girl,� Lloyd said. “She slaps people. She hasn’t been taught any

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better, so she doesn’t know any better, so it isn’t her fault but it’s still happening. Annie comes in and says ‘No I don’t think so.’ It’s a hard lesson for Helen, but, Helen finally gets it.�

Sullivan’s patience with Keller, as well as her unwillingness to give up on her, is one of the main focuses of the play. “It’s Annie’s determination,� Lloyd said. “She believed the only way to get through to Helen is to make her understand what she needs to do.

Make her see what she needs to do, because Helen became blind when she was about a year old, and she can’t see and can’t hear. So she doesn’t have any words for whatever is in her head, and she needs words for those things really badly.�

The play ends as Keller is beginning to learn the meaning of words and, Lloyd added, Keller discovers her own humanity in the process. “Learning to be human, learning to be a thinking, feel human being,� she said. “If you’re just running over people, like the entitled do, then you’re not being a human being. You’re being a bully and that’s what she’s doing. She’s bullying the entire house.�

The play also highlights the complex reality someone with a handicap has to face. “Being both blind and deaf is really a hard thing,� Lloyd said. “And so Annie’s struggle is to just recognize that one word makes it into her head and then all the other words will follow.

She teaches her how to sign, and she thinks it’s just an activity at first, but then she just connects.�

Producing a play about a blind and deaf child proved to be tricky for both Lloyd and Lewin, as it required them to think of every action through the mind of a severely handicapped child. “We take it for granted that we can see and talk and communicate,â€? Lloyd said. “What would happen if that was taken away from us? What if we couldn’t talk? What if we couldn’t hear? One of the things I have to do is Lewin is‌has to move through the set — I have to put myself in that space as a blind child. When she starts moving across the stage without her hands in front of her — she’s supposed to be from one place to another — I’m like ‘Helen would never get there that easily.’ It’s been a real interesting lesson for Lewin and I and the rest of the cast. I think it’s a great Thanksgiving show.â€?

There will be performances at 7 p.m. tonight and tomorrow, as well Dec. 1, 2 and 3. Tickets are $5 at the door.

Reach TJ Martinell at 425-432-1209 ext. 5052.

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Community Notes MAPLE VALLEY FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY COLD WEATHER HAZARDS TIPS Pets: Do not leave your pets outside in the cold for long periods of time. Limit outdoor activity and give plenty of water. If your pet is sensitive to the cold, let them outside long enough to relieve him/herself. Please keep in mind wind-chill makes days colder than actual temperature readings.

Frozen Lake/ Ponds: No, ice is never safe. Please do not let children or pets play on iced over water. The water in our area does not freeze deep enough for any type of activity. If someone does fall into the water call 9-1-1 immediately and know the signs and symptoms of hyperthermia.

Hyperthermia: Hypothermia is a medical emergency that occurs when your body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing a dangerously low body temperature. Normal body temperature is around 98.6 F (37 C). Hypothermia occurs as your body temperature passes below 95 F (35 C). When your body temperature drops, your heart, nervous system and other organs cannot work correctly. Left untreated, hypothermia eventually leads to complete failure of your heart and respiratory system and to death.

[ LAND from page 1] for a maintenance office for our crew and for an EOC,� Jonas wrote. “I see it as a win-win situation, for our maintenance staff, preservation (of) our Lake Wilderness environment.

It meets a significant city need and you never can go wrong purchasing land for the long term.�

Jonas added that the city also plans to use the property to build a bypass road which will go through the 54 acre Legacy site. The road would connect to Kent Kangley Road. “The specific location of this bypass road was a very controversial issue between the

[ SQUARE from page 1] Powell said, and in other cities such an ordinance has been called ‘The Walmart Clause.’ So, the first step was to get approval of an ordinance that would allow for big box stores, Powell said.

That happened in 2009 after lengthy discussion and deliberation by the city’s Planning Commission and City Council.

Work is expected to be complete on the project in less than a year with business openings planned for March 2012, Powell said.

In addition, there will be a pair of sit-down casual dining spots called Hop Jacks and Farrelli’s Pizza.

[ CAUSE from page 1] “It’s better than a win-win situation,� Anderson wrote. “It’s a win-win-win situation. Throw in the fact that a local business, DaVine, had a pretty good night and it’s a win-win-win-win situation.�

Anderson said the next day there wasn’t yet a total for how much money was raised but it will help pay for music lessons for students who wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford

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Items to have in your car: Jumper cables, small shovel (It’s useful to have a shovel to dig out your wheels in case you get stuck), kitty litter (to pour under the wheels for traction), first aid kit, water/food, extra change of clothes, sturdy shoes/ boots, blanket and flashlight. Pack chains if you plan on heading into the snow. Once you get on the road, drive slowly and carefully.

Don’t drink and drive; be aware of your physical and legal limits and the potential dangers of intoxicated driving. To avoid other drivers who may have celebrated too much, stay off the roads at high-risk times, such as after nightfall on New Year’s Eve.

city and the surrounding business owners in the (northwest) quadrant area,� Jonas wrote. “Now this specific issue has a positive resolution.�

Right now there is a light industrial shop building, a small wooden frame office and a temporary storage cover on the property.

The land was originally owned by Western Asphalt. The trustee who sold the property was Schweet Rieke and Linde, PLLC, a Seattle-based law firm.

Reach TJ Martinell at 425-432-1209 ext. 5052.

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Maple Valley Town Square is located on the northeast corner of state Route 169 and Kent Kangley Road.

Fred Meyer alone will bring 250 jobs to Maple Valley, something that city officials point to as Powell Development has been working with John Morris and his family.

Morris owns the property and runs TRM Wood Products from the site now. The project has a price tag of $45 million. “Now that the ground’s been broken and you can see all the activity, people are pretty excited about it,� Powell said. “We’re trying to be active in the community and listen to what they want in the Town Square.�

She explained that the plaza is more than 80 percent is

them. “Music lessons also make a great Christmas gift,�

Anderson said. “We have gift certificates.�

For more information on Dace’s Rock ‘n’ More log on to www.rocknmore.org, email uofrock@hotmail. com or call 425-413-2165.

Reach Kris Hill at khill@ maplevalleyreporter.com or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054.

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leased. “I would guess we’ll be pretty close to 100 percent leased by the time Fred Meyer is open,� Powell said. “We have great brokers. We’ve been lucky to get some great tenants.

It sounds like they’re just trucking along and the city’s been great to work with. It’s been a bit of a learning process on both sides because this is a pretty big project for Maple Valley and we haven’t worked in Maple Valley before but it’s gone pretty well so far.�

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The chocolate milk dilemma

About a month ago the Tahoma School District decided to remove chocolate milk from its cafeteria menus.

Not the greatest tragedy, but I can’t help but be fascinated, as well as bemused, by what schools choose to remove and preserve, and the bizarre results you can get occasionally.

Sheri Melewski, the district’s food and nutrition services supervisor, explained that the decision was made due to federal regulations prohibiting the sale of chocolate milk.

The argument is that it has too much sugar or high fructose corn syrup in it and they are pushing for products which use natural cane sugar.

All of this may be true, but it’s sort of like pulling a guy over for driving five miles over the speed limit, while discounting the cyclists cruising at 150.

Last week I visited Tahoma Junior High. In the cafeteria I couldn’t help but noticed kids walking around with salted pretzels and fake-looking cheese sauce on their trays. I’m not a nutritionist or a pediatrician, but I can tell you whatever ingredients were used to make them are far more unhealthy for your child than a small carton of chocolate milk.

Additionally, I observed students buying Klondike ice cream bars for $1. Just one of them has 250 calories, 14 grams of fat, 27 grams of carbs and 25 grams of sugar - the same amount as a carton of chocolate milk. Essentially, it has 22 percent of your daily fat, 55 percent of your saturated fat and 9 percent of your daily carbohydrates.

Let me put you in the mind of a student — when the school removes something the implication is that it is harmful to them. It also sends a very confusing signal when it gets rid of a relatively minor source of sugar but sells them something laden with it.

In all fairness to the district, I’m 99 percent certain they did this merely to comply with federal regulations, and are just as perplexed by the government’s incoherent priorities as I am.

Out of the all the things in the world going wrong, you’d think there would be something else I could use this space to critique, but it’s another example of contradictory messages stuTJ Martinell Staff Writer

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Education needs involvement

BY CHARLES HOFF Special for the Kent Reporter

This past week the National Assessment of Educational Progress put out its annual report on the achievement levels of fourth and eighth graders in this nation. This assessment is done by taking a random sample of students from each state; local school districts have been involved in the past, comparing them to previous year’s achievement.

The news this year isn’t much different than

dents get in schools due to a blend of state and federal requirements.

If you do the research into how these regulations are put in place, you realize it has nothing to do with children’s health and everything to do with politics. Currently, the Agriculture Department has proposed certain lunch guidelines for schools, which includes promoting vegetables.

So what do politicians do? They want the tomato paste on pizzas to be counted as a vegetable and french fries to count as potatoes. The reason they do this is because the proposed guidelines as is would be costly for many schools at a time when they are trying to cut unncessary spending.

Am I the only one who finds it ironic that the most distrusted people in American are the ones we trust to decide what is healthy for our kids?

It’s almost humorous how they find some new “health enemy� to pick on. First, it’s carbs. Then sugar is our bane, followed by salt.

Just to show you how ridiculous this is, when I was in high school, my weight training teacher gave a lecture every week or so about healthy eating and exercising. During one of them, he talked about how chocolate milk is actually healthier for athletes than Gatorade after a workout, because it repairs muscles faster, even more so than one percent milk. Ever since, I have included chocolate milk as a part of my daily workout regimen.

So you can imagine my bafflement when I

heard chocolate milk was removed from schools for health reasons.

The truth is many foods can be unhealthy depending on the level of consumption. Wine contains antioxidants, which fight free-radical toxins in the cells, but that doesn’t justify finishing off a whole bottle of merlot with dinner.

Historically, soda drinks such as ginger ale and cola were home-brewed with herbs and spices and were noted for their health-giving properties.

There is nothing wrong with the district pushing for healthier food options. But this needs to be decided by the district, not a federal regulation. And then perhaps they should start with something like pizza, mozzarella breadsticks or chicken nuggets.

If I were a teacher I would use it as an educational moment and talk to students about the differences between cane sugar and high fructose corn syrup. I would also take the time to explain how sugar tariffs weaken foreign competition and allow companies in the US to have higher sugar prices, which is why high fructose corn syrup has been used to sweeten drinks such as chocolate milk and sodas.

This is why you’ll find foreign sodas use cane sugar and have a better taste. Only recently are American companies beginning to revert back to cane sugar due to ethanol subsidies.

Or just let them eat a Klondike bar.

in past years. They figure about 35 percent of kids are “proficient� in mathematics. When we compare our nation’s students to students in other countries, we tend to be, depending upon what measurement, somewhere in the 20 to 30th place when compared to the rest of the developed world.

I believe that there three possible reasons for this. Is it the genetics? If so I don’t think there is much hope. Is it the water? There are school districts in this country that seem to do quite well on most assessments. Perhaps we could get a truckload of water every week from them. Or is it the will? As a former school board member in South Puget Sound, I would have to suggest that “will� was hard to find. One superintendent, when discussing possible measures to change achievement levels, stated, “Our community isn’t ready for this.� Sadly the rest of the world seems to be “ready� for much of what probably needs to

happen to prepare our children for the 21st Century.

A look at the minutes of local school board meetings would tend to confirm that it is “business as usual,� with the usual complaints and blame upon either Olympia or the feds for lack of funding, while the districts continue to spend vast sums on distractions, entertainment and disruptions that our international rivals consider to be absurdities. Attempts to change the system, which most agree isn’t working, are not mentioned very often in the school board minutes.

In fact I have now seen two documentaries in Europe on the American high school, which they consider as fascinating as we might see the raising of lesser bandicoots While there is general agreement that education, beyond high school, is almost mandatory for success, this state is 42nd in the [ more HOFF page 7 ]

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Making the simplest Thanksgiving meal My husband always throws in his “helpful� comments like, “Maybe you can cook on Friday instead of Thursday,� like there is some sort of rush hour for my kitchen on Thursday. No matter what day of Thanksgiving weekend I cook, I still have to plan it and cook it.

I really was contemplating going out this year, but we still have to pay for it.

With five of us eating out it would probably come to the same amount as a whole Thanksgiving dinner with lots of leftovers.

So I decided I would

cook. The kids said they’d help; it’s time they learned a few things in the kitchen anyway. When I sat down to plan and write a shopping list, I was determined I would make the simplest Thanksgiving meal I could get away with.

Potatoes, lots of potatoes. Isn’t that the main staple at a Thanksgiving meal? You have one dish of mashed potatoes and one dish of yams with little marshmallows on them.

That’s really just carb loading and you only need to carb load if you’re going to run a marathon the follow-

ing day. If you’ve seen me and my family you know we aren’t going to be running any marathons. So I can eliminate the potatoes.

I don’t trust the stability of stuffing inside a raw bird, so I usually just make dressing. Maybe since stuffing a bird is traditional, it’s pointless to just make dressing. Besides dressing is just another carb, so it can go too.

Then there are the cranberries. I enjoy making my own cranberry sauce, but I’m really the only one who eats it. So I won’t make my own cranberry sauce this year. My family likes the canned, jellied ones, so that’s pretty simple. They do have a lot of sugar in them,

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most cases.

OK, what should we do?

Notice that it is “we,� not someone else. A look at attendance at local school board meetings would suggest that there isn’t a “we!� This is our major problem, lack of adult concern about what is happening in our schools.

Part of this problem rests with our school boards.

They don’t seem to want to engage in any two way discussions about education, certainly if the discussion has any connotations that improvements are needed.

Visiting school districts

that have higher achievement levels than those of South Puget Sound, one tends to find that the adults in those communities are far more interested in improving the education of their community’s children. Perhaps this is the case because many of these school boards hold candid discussions with their constituents. What I tend to find as I attend school board meetings in South Puget Sound is a “PR� event where, as I put it, they “Pour Maple Syrup on Lutefisk.� They cite accomplishments of a very

few, while neglecting to even discuss what material steps they could take to increase the accomplishment of the majority.

Improving our schools, and therefore our communities, is going to take the involvement of far more people and a tolerance for critical discussions about educating children. There are places in this world where education has a much higher priority than in South Puget Sound.

The results of this should alarm even those who are sitting in front of their flat screens.

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though. I think I’ll scratch those off the list.

I like to sautĂŠ fresh green beans in olive oil, garlic and salt instead of the traditional Thanksgiving fare where you smother them in mushroom soup and cover them in crispy fried onions. In fact, I have frozen green beans in the freezer, I can just use those. But my family specifically requested the smothered green beans.

I’ll just take that off the list since we can’t agree.

Now for the turkey. If you spend enough money at some stores, you can get a turkey free or at least greatly discounted. But now that I’m not buying carbs, green beans or cranberries, I doubt I can spend enough

to even get a discount on the turkey. I guess we won’t be having turkey for Thanksgiving dinner either.

Hmm? What’s left?

Pie? Costco makes some great pies and Thanksgiving wouldn’t be complete without pie. An apple pie is $10.00. That’s kind of pricy, but pumpkin pies are only $6.00. So we don’t need apple pie. I’ll just go buy a couple pumpkin pies. We can carb load on those and get our vegetable serving at the same time. I’ll pick up some whip cream, too – gotta make sure we get enough dairy.

Pumpkin pie is all we need for Thanksgiving.

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nation in high school completion. The Kent School District is below the state average for high school completion and is located in the heart of the aerospace industry.

This is not a pattern that one would suggest for the prosperity of South Puget Sound, and it should be mentioned that surrounding school districts aren’t doing any better.

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Well, Thanksgiving is upon us. I don’t have a large family or extended family, so I only cook for my two teenage daughters, my husband, my mom and me.

Every year I contemplate the value of cooking a big Thanksgiving meal for five people, four of whom I plan and cook for five days a week already.

There have been years in the past when I’ve had company. But I usually am the hostess of those events and have to plan everything anyway. At the beginning of November I start whining and pouting and suggesting we go out to eat on Thanksgiving, because I really don’t want to be the sole person responsible for the meal.

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Be thankful we don’t have gophers.

Yes, we deal with moles, mice and voles making tunnels in our garden beds and lawns but gophers make even bigger mounds and live in large communities.

In the Midwest gophers make mountains out of our molehills. At least our moles are antisocial.

Be thankful we don’t have tree-toppers.

Thanks to educational organizations like Plan Amnesty and Master Gardeners, the yard care professionals in our area know better than to cut the tops off of trees.

Tree topping can slowly kill healthy specimens and actually makes them more likely to topple after they sport side branches that can act like a sail in the wind.

You can find cruel examples of plant butchery in even the finest neighborhoods in the Northeast and around New York. If you visit these regions, forgive their unsightly and ignorant ways as they mutilate trees and shrubs - they know not what they do.

Be thankful we can grow spring bulbs without a refrigerator visit.

In the warm winter areas of the country you may find refrigerators filled with

daffodil and tulip bulbs because they live in a climate that does not get cold enough for these spring bloomers to flower. Then after all the extra work, the spring colors fade quickly in the South as heat arrives in April and May. Our winters and summers are mild and our autumn and springs long and colorful.

Be thankful for the wide variety of plant material that thrives here.

I just gotta say, the rest of the gardening world envies our wide palette of plant material.

Not only does our mild climate and abundant rainfall allow us to play with plants from the tropics (windmill palms, hibiscus and jasmine) but we can also grow desert vegetation (yuccas, sedums and cacti) as well as the woodland plants, ferns, clematis, fuchsias and hydrangeas that grow better in our backyards than anyplace else in the world.

Be thankful for our local nurseries and garden shows Plant breeders, growers and independent, familyrun nurseries are located in our area and this means we never have to send money far away for mailorder delivery to try a new, unique or exotic plant. We Marianne Binetti

green lawns all year.

Droughts have forced communities across the country to ration and charge more for water.

Entire neighborhoods in the arid South are landscaped with displays of rocks, gravel and boulders instead of soft green grass. Who do they think they’re fooling? We know

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Our fabulously-famous gray days and abundant rain can make one winterweary, but this is the week to remember how lucky we are to garden here.

Be thankful we can enjoy

are within a few hours of specialty nurseries, nurseries with show gardens, free seminars and informative lectures.

You don’t even have to hunt around for all this wealth of plant material and information this winter. The Tacoma Home and Garden Show and the Northwest Flower and Garden Show in Seattle both boast indoor color, show gardens and free gardening seminars before spring even begins.

Yes, winter is here, but there’s no need to whine.

Sneak a peak at the mountains, the moss and the evergreens this week and remind yourself we’re all pretty lucky to live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. t t t

Marianne Binetti has a degree in horticulture from Washington State University and is the author of “Easy Answers for Great Gardens� and several other books.

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Kent schools may be closed due to budget cuts

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Some Kent schools may be shuttered next school year due to impending state budget cuts.

The idea came from Kent School District staff looking for ways to sidestep the loss of federal and state funds.

Kent School Board members unanimously approved the idea to look into the school district’s proposal at the last board meeting. “Nothing concrete has been decided yet,� said Richard Stedry, the district’s chief business officer.

District staff hosted a legislative breakfast Nov. 17 at their administrative campus to discuss accomplishments and budget concerns. They urged the legislators present at the meeting to protect K-12 education funding as much as possible, saying that if reductions need to occur, they should take place early in the year for school boards and districts to begin crafting their

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State Rep. Pat Sullivan, D-Covington from the 47th District, Rep. Tina Orwall, D-Des Moines from the 33rd and a staff member from the office of Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Kent, voiced their support of the school district and noted past efforts to maintain funding for public education, according to Chris Loftis, district spokesman.

Loftis said the district is facing a possible $3 million reduction during the upcoming mid-year legislative session. District officials say there are options for making up that loss of revenue, including tapping the district’s fund balance.

In 2010, the school board opted for that choice when the state stripped money from the district’s budget.

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reduction was more than $5 million. “What’s positive is that our enrollment is up this year and everything we predicted in our budget is happening so far,� Stedry said.�I would say our cash flow right now is sufficient to handle it.�

The Kent School Board unanimously approved a

$308 million budget on Aug. 24 for this 2011-12 school year that is $18 million less than last year and includes 78 fewer jobs.

The final cuts included 39 teachers. All but 10 of those were hired back to fill other vacancies created by retirements, career and family moves and other attrition.

The district does not

know yet how much money closing schools would save. “This is a very systematic process and we will be analyzing the cost benefit to doing this and looking many other issues before any decisions are made,�

Stedry said.

District staff will present their findings to the board in March to determine

if they should continue with the process of closing schools. If the school board votes yes, they must hold a public hearing to get input from the community.

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November 25, 2011

Tahoma School District uses food for compost

BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@maplevalleyreporter.com

Tahoma School District students are now recycling food scraps on all campuses.

From now on the majority of lunchroom waste will be recycled by Cedar Grove Composting instead of sent to the landfill.

Many of the schools, such as Tahoma Junior High, have had recycling programs in place for sev-

eral years already. Tahoma Middle School was the last school to launch the program, which started this month. According to the School District’s PIO Kevin Patterson, the schools created individualized programs for their student body, faculty and staff and specifically the custodial staff. At schools such as Tahoma Junior High, there are three different colored garbage cans in the cafeteria. The red is for food, the blue is

for recyclable products such as milk cartons and the gray one is for garbage.

The food scraps are then collected by Cedar Grove Composting, a Maple Valley-based company.

Mark Sutton, a Tahoma Junior High employee, said the process was tricky at first, but students are learning quickly. “It gets a lot easier,� he said.

According to Kim McHenry, Tahoma Junior High’s green team leader, diverting food to compost will not only help Cedar Grove, but it will also decrease the amount of space

used in the landfills. “Basically the landfill takes so much time to brown down, if we can get the food waste, they actively turn it over and then they can sell that,� she said. “So keeping that out of the landfill is going to reduce that amount of waste.�

According to Bob Moselle of Cedar Grove Composting, the Tahoma School district will divert approximately 134 tons of food per year. At Tahoma Middle School, the new composting program will benefit another new feature at the school: a rain garden that filters rooftop runoff.

McHenry added that the schools are trying to use as many compostable products, such as lunch trays, as possible. “Sometimes I don’t think we’re recycling enough,� she said. “We’re not throwing away as much garbage as we used to.�

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am worried about the effects state budget cuts will have on our district next year, but I am more worried about what will happen two or three years down the road,â&#x20AC;? Stedry said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the state continues down the road they are on, pretty soon there will be nothing left to cut.â&#x20AC;?

Gov. Chris Gregoire proposed $2 billion in budgets cuts Oct. 27 that would increase class sizes in public schools by two students in grades 4-12, reduce support to colleges and universities by 15 percent and cut levy equalization payments to property-poor school districts in half. She also recommended delaying a state payment to public schools by one day, pushing $330 million of state spend-

ing into the next two-year budget. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hearing something like this makes people want to push the panic button,â&#x20AC;?

Stedry said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we have consistently planned our budget for each school year well. The important thing is to not panic and to constantly be aware of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on.â&#x20AC;?

The governor reminded the public in her October speech that her proposed cuts are recommendations for now and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll talk to the communities and groups that will be affected before releasing a full budget next month. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We could lose nothing or we could lose $8 or $10 million,â&#x20AC;? Stedry said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What we do is take the governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed budget to plan for our school year, because

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Sports funds programs Shugâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts did not go solely through registration unnoticed. She received the fees, donations, sponsorMolina Healthcare Comship fees and grants. munity Outreach Education Requests for scholarship Award in October. assistance has continued â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trudy embodies the to climb over the past 24 spirit of the community months, while donations, champions we honor every sponsorships and grants year,â&#x20AC;? said Greg Smith, have declined. director of community So far this year, Covingoutreach at Molina. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When ton Sports has provided her nomination came to the over $5800 in scholarships review board, picking her to participants in the surwas a no-brainer.â&#x20AC;? rounding community.

Around seven everyday â&#x20AC;&#x153;My students at Park heroes were honored for Orchard Elementary, the service and civic contribumany young people I coach tions. Each honoree rethrough the Covington ceived a grant to give to an Sports program and my organization of their choos- own children always seem ing and a Molina Healthto amaze me and exceed my care award trophy, named expectations,â&#x20AC;? Schug said. in honor of Molina Healthâ&#x20AC;&#x153;When you set the stancareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s physician founder, Dr. dards high and focus on C. David Molina. attitude, they shine and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Molina Healthcare is contagious.â&#x20AC;?

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SPSL GIRLS SOCCER ALL-LEAGUE HONORS South Puget Sound League North AllLeague selections include a number of players from Tahoma and Kent school district teams.

Kentwood: Mykala Benjamin, forward, First Team; Reilly Retz, midfield, First Team; Sara Bindl, defender, First Team; Madison Fuller, defender, First Team; Laura Moore, midfield, Second Team; Megan McNally, midfield, Second Team.

Kentlake: Callen Shelton, forward, First Team; Sarah Landram, midfield, First Team; Laura Rayfield, defender, First Team; Ashlann Wood, defender, Second Team.

Kentridge: Mikenna Hayes, forward, Second Team; Shyann Glasser, midfield, First Team; Hunter Mar, midfield, First Team; Jessica Hendricks, defender, First Team.

Kent-Meridian: Nikole Cruz, midfielder, Second Team.

Tahoma: Mackenzie Henke, forward, First Team; Becca Velasco, forward, Second Team; Tori Tappero, forward, Second Team; Brie Hooks, midfielder, First Team; Lauren Duty, midfielder, First Team.

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here was a defensive wall known as the Skyline back line between Tahoma and a return to the 4A girls soccer title match.

Skyline, which knocked off Kentwood in the quarterfinals on Nov. 12, beat Tahoma 2-0 in the semifinal on Nov. 18 en route to the Spartansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; third girls soccer championship while denying the Bears a shot at their third crown.

Still, Tahoma bounced back and beat Gig Harbor in overtime to take third place. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We played very well (against Skyline) and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very proud of my girls,â&#x20AC;? wrote Tahoma coach Jason Johnson in an email interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Both teams had chances, the difference was Skyline was able to find the net during their chances. I feel like it was a very hard fought game, one that we were proud of.â&#x20AC;?

Skyline scored both of its goals late in the game.

But, Tahoma was able to recover in the thirdfourth place match the next afternoon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The girls really rallied,â&#x20AC;?

Johnson wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were very tired, but, everyone wanted to send the seniors out with a win. The girls played with passion and pride and played extremely

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well. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m amazed and proud of this team.â&#x20AC;?

Tahoma had to take Gig Harbor to overtime to take home the third place trophy with Kaysha Darcie booting in the winning goal on a penalty kick.

Until the loss to Skyline in the semis, Tahoma had not lost a match since it was dropped by Kentwood 1-0 on Oct. 27, the final regular season game in the South Puget Sound League North.

The Bears finished third in the division and ended the season with a 15-4-2 record overall.

Johnson said he was pleased with the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance over the course of the season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a success,â&#x20AC;? he wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We played through lots of adversity and I believe that we improved after every game. It was fun being a part of this team. They came together and worked toward a goal of winning state and came up just short. But, along the way were able to accomplish many wonderful things.â&#x20AC;?

Reach Kris Hill at khill@ maplevalleyreporter.com or 425-432-1209 ext.

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Tahomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tori Tappero, a sophomore forward, takes aim while a Skyline player looks for an angle to cut off the ball. Tahoma lost 2-0 to Skyline in the 4A girls soccer semifinals on Nov. 18. DENNIX BOX, The Reporter To view a slide show go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com and to buy photos go to the Web site and click on the photo reprints tab.

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ahoma High graduate Taylor Smart signed a letter of intent to play baseball at the University of Tennessee on Nov. 15.

Smart, a sophomore at Western Nevada College, plays second base. According to information provided by WNC, he was named to the Scenic West Athletic Conference First Team last season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Smart hit in the two hole for most of the season and was in the top five for the conference in on-base percentage and walks,â&#x20AC;? said head coach DJ Whittemore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Taylor

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Marvena Kemp says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doubtful her husband Shawn Kemp will play in the inaugural Hoopfest at Kent-Meridian High School. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He might but I doubt it,â&#x20AC;? Kemp said about the former NBA player who lives in Maple Valley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rehabbing from flag football. But he will come out to support it.â&#x20AC;?

Teams can still sign up for the Dec. 3-4 event. Games will run from about 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. Proceeds will benefit the Kent-Meridian girls basketball team to help pay for uniforms , travel to tournaments and other expenses.

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A friend of Marvena Kempâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suggested that she start a tournament in Kent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do a lot with the Franklin girls and I live in Maple Valley,â&#x20AC;? Marvena Kemp said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never done anything in Kent.â&#x20AC;?

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Jamal Crawford, Nate Robinson and Isaiah Thomas are a few of the players Kemp hopes to persuade to compete in the event.

Teams can sign up for the 5-on-5 games in one of four divisions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Open, Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 35 and Over, Women and Recreation. The entry fee is $225 per team with a three-game guarantee. The entry deadline is Nov. 28.

Teams will get a chance to play in the new Kent-Meridian gym that opened in September. Winning teams will receive trophies and T-shirts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great, I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know it was here,â&#x20AC;? Kemp said about her reaction when she first saw the new gym.

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Taylor would be off to the side nutrition. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think Taylor is the most of the field taking ground balls athletic player I have ever coached, but he from his dad, Dave, or playing did more with his body size and ability wall ball by himself working on than any of the others. If I could coach a his fielding.â&#x20AC;? team of guys with Taylorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drive, we would Smartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work ethic continued have a shot at the state title every year.â&#x20AC;? when he got to Tahoma High.

Smart was the leadoff hitter for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;During his high school Bears when he was a junior and years, Taylor did everysenior while playing shortstop.

WHERE ARE THEY His senior year, Smart hit .438 thing we asked of him as a coaching staff and with a slugging percentage of .822. more,â&#x20AC;? Hayden wrote.

He had 32 hits, including 13 extra â&#x20AC;&#x153;After every practice or base hits along with five doubles, game, Taylor would go to one triple and seven home runs.

Rock Creek Sports (which is run by his father) and take a few more rounds of BP (batting practice). During the off seasons through high school, Taylor Reach Kris Hill at khill@maplevalleyrewas a fitness freak. He couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t porter.com or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054. get enough of the weight room, To comment on this story go to www. speed training camps and good maplevalleyreporter.com.

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has really grown in the past year and a half as player, person, student, and leader. His growth is a big reason our team is confident heading into the 2012 season.â&#x20AC;?

During his first season at WNC Smart added nine stolen bases and 34 hits.

Russ Hayden, his high school coach at Tahoma, had nothing but praise for Smart in an email interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If any kid I have ever coached deserved to get a D-I scholarship, it is Taylor,â&#x20AC;? Hayden wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have watched Taylor since his older brother, Ryan played for me.

Ryan was a 2003 graduate who I coached during summer ball from seventh grade in 1998, making Taylor about 10 years old. While we played games or had practice,

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CITY OF COVINGTON NOTICES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Application Name: Woodbridge Preliminary Plat - Major Revision Application File Number: LU11-0012/2106 Primary Contact: Brent Rollins Tritec Homes PO Box 951 Sumner, WA 98390 Public Hearing Date and Location:

Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 1:30 pm City of Covington - City Hall Council Chambers 16720 SE 271st Street, Suite 100 Covington, WA 98042 253-638-1110

Project Location: The subject property is located adjacent to the Prestige Park Div. I, a residential plat at 15416 SE 256th Street, Covington WA. The site lies within the SE Âź Section 23, Township 22N, Range 5E, and consists of King County Tax Parcel No. 2322059071.

Project Description: The Developer is proposing to revise the preliminary plat of Woodbridge (City File No. LU06-0080/2106) and has withdrawn the preliminary approval of Woodbridge II (City File No. LU09-0014/2106) and the associated Memorandum of Understanding between Tritec Homes and the City of Covington, King County Recording No. 20081002001034. The Major Revision consists of modifying the original Preliminary Plat (Hearing Examiner

power for these street lights that desire to voice approval or disapproval thereof will be heard and their views considered.

If the Board of Water Commissioners determines that the proposed street light district will be formed, the cost thereof will be met by future monthly charges added to the water bills of the benefited water customers.

Secretary Jeff Clark Board of Water Commissioners Covington Water District Published in Covintong/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on November 25, 2011 and December 2, 2011 #545492.

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approval dated 04/25/2007) from 8 lots with a new local access road that would have extended west from 155th Ave SE to a 6 lot subdivision whereby all lots will take access from 155th Ave SE. Water service will be provided by King County Water District #111 and sewer service will be provided by Soos Creek Water and Sewer District.

Emergency Services are provided by the City of Covington and Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority.

SEPA Determination: Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance (MDNS) dated October 21, 2011 Public Hearing: City staff recommends that the Hearing Examiner APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS the proposed Major Revision to the Woodbridge Plat. A copy of the proposed conditions will be available from the Community Development Department at Covington City Hall no later than 1 week prior to the public hearing.

This notice constitutes the Notice of Public Hearing in accordance with CMC Section 14.40.020.

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has been rescheduled to Monday, December 5, 2011, at 3:00 p.m. in the Board room of Valley Medical Center.

Regular meetings of this Board will continue to be held on the 3rd Monday of each month at 2:30 p.m. thereafter unless changed by public notice.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES (District Healthcare System) By: Sandra Sward Executive Assistant to the Board of Trustees Published in the Kent, Renton, Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on November 18, 2011 and November 25, 2011. #545686.

COVINGTON WATER DISTRICT NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR STREET LIGHTING NOTICE IS GIVEN that a Petition for Street Lighting within the following area has been presented to the Board of Water Commissioners of the Covington Water District: Within the Plat of Fernwood Lane A hearing on this Petition for Street Lighting will be held at the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office at 18631 SE 300th Place, King County, Washington on the 7th day of December, 2011 beginning at 6:35 p.m. All persons interested in or affected by the creation of a lighting district to pay the cost of

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Piggy banks at Rock Creek Elementary are filling with coins.

It was a simple idea which came out of a development team meeting at Vine Maple Place.

Tina McDonough just volunteered to try and get it going. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a third grader,â&#x20AC;? McDonough said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just approached her teacher, Lisa Mocquet, and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What if I come and talk to all the third graders?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; She didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if all the teachers would be on board.â&#x20AC;?

McDonough went in before school started one day and spoke with all of the third-grade teachers at Rock Creek. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I told them I wanted to explain to the kids about the face of homelessness,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After I talked to themâ&#x20AC;Ś they were all on board.â&#x20AC;?

Mocquet, who is also a friend of McDonoughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, said she

was happy to help. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have such a heart for the efforts of Vine Maple Place and of course for anything Tina is involved in that I was on board right away,â&#x20AC;? Mocquet wrote in an email interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I arranged to have Tina come talk to the third-grade team about piloting a program for the school or for the district.

I was enthused about this.... at Rock Creek, we take part in the Maple Valley food drive and also in the toy drive.

We have also taken part in Global Initiatives like Pennies for Peace. However, this fundraiser seemed to be the first of a kind...collecting money to provide for local needs. As third graders, the students learn about being a community contributor and about Maple Valley and its history. This type of fundraiser fits in perfectly with our curriculum and our community needs.â&#x20AC;?

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And the Rock Creek third graders embraced the challenge of filling up the piggy banks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One girl said her mom gives her two quarters every week for popcorn and she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really like popcorn, so, she would donate those quarters every week,â&#x20AC;? McDonough said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had to call on every single kid in every presentation because they all had stories like that.â&#x20AC;?

McDonough said her daughter, Trista, came home from school on the first day and told her that the piggy bank was overflowing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When my class came back to the classroom and I showed them the bank, immediately kids started pulling change out of their pockets to be able to donate,â&#x20AC;? Mocquet wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even some of my students

who have their own finanand Colleen (Starr) have cial burdens donated what started and those families,â&#x20AC;? they had. Some gave up she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I their popcorn money. It was picked third graders, our hard for me to not just go kids get more than we think buy my class popcorn that they do. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re breaking the day. But I allowed them to cycle of homelessness.â&#x20AC;? feel the pride and joy of sacMcDonough will collect rificing a bit for the benefit and count the coins on Nov. of others. They have been 22, after the Reporterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early so excited about their dona- holiday deadline this week, tions. Initially, and presented the â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have been they were asked check the next so excited about only to bring day. their donations. spare change. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The biggest joy Initially they were will beâ&#x20AC;Ś when Many brought dollar bills as well only asked to bring we total up the for the benefit of spare change. amount of money Vine Maple Place. Many brought donated by these Our bank was full dollar bills as well caring and generwithin 24 hours ous children,â&#x20AC;? for the benefit of and the donations Vine Maple Place.â&#x20AC;?

Mocquet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We continue to roll will be presenting Lisa Mocquet in.â&#x20AC;? a check to Colleen McDonough Starr, the director said she was thrilled with of Vine Maple Place. Cory the initial response. and Tina McDonough will â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an amazing thing be providing ice cream for we can start,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m an ice cream social. The ice excited that it started with cream social will be offered our little people. I can tell to all students in celebrayou that money is going tion of their giving attito add up quickly. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tudes. All in all, I would say seven teachers, so, if each this â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;pilotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fundraiser was a (piggy bank) is filled up huge success.â&#x20AC;? thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $700. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just really Reach Kris Hill at khill@ excited.â&#x20AC;? maplevalleyreporter.com For McDonough, who has volunteered at VMP for or 425-432-1209 ext.

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PUBLIC NOTICES Continued from previous page CITY OF BLACK DIAMOND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PETITION FOR FORMATION OF BLACK DIAMOND COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2011-1 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Black Diamond City Council will be holding a public hearing on Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the Black Diamond Council Chambers, 25510 Lawson Street, Black Diamond, WA. APPLICANT: BD Village Partners, LP and YarrowBay Development LLC, 10220 NE Points Drive Suite 310, Kirkland, WA 98033 ISSUE UNDER CONSIDERATION: The City of Black Diamond has received a petition from the applicant for the formation of Community Facility District No. 2011-1 (hereinafter the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Districtâ&#x20AC;?) pursuant to Chapter 36.145 RCW. The petition proposes over $20 Million of assessments upon the property located within the boundaries of the proposed District, which consists of 377.8 acres. The purpose of the hearing is for the Black Diamond City Council to receive public comments and evidence in support of, or in opposition to, formation of the District. The City Council is required by law to take action approving or denying the petition within 30 days after the hearing.

OBJECTIVE: The proposed Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s objective is to finance portions of ten specific improvements that provide special benefits to property located within the District through the application of assessments. The applicant states in its petition that the net amount proposed to be assessed on each parcel within the District is proportional to the special benefit conferred on such parcel by the ten improvements. The applicant has proposed financing the following ten specific facilities: r SR-169/Roberts Drive/Black Diamond - This construction is intended to reconfigure two intersections to increase their collective capacity to operate adequately through the completion of the proposed Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s occupancies. Located within close proximity of each other, the two intersections are the connections of Roberts Drive to S. R. 169 and Black Diamond â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ravensdale Road to S.R. 169. r Roberts Drive â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 750/850 Zone Water Main Extension â&#x20AC;&#x201C; This main line extension is intended to provide water services and satisfy fire flow requirements for the District. The construction consists of two lines, oriented vertically, one pipe over the other, configured as a looped system. r Auburn â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Black Diamond Road Frontage â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The proposed scope of the construction is to augment the current through traffic lanes with turning structures and intersections to facilitate ingress and egress into The Villages MPD. The current design includes two roundabouts, a center turn lane and frontage landscaping. The Improvements are grouped into three construction phases. r Onsite Spine Road â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Onsite Spine Road is an in-tract road which intersects Auburn-Black Diamond Road and traverses the District in a North-South orientation. While the limits of construction are the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boundaries, extensions of the road will eventually serve all of The Villages Master Plan Development (MPD) when built out and occupied. r Onsite Ring Road â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The proposed onsite Ring Road connects to Auburn â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Black Diamond Road and will travel in a circular arc as it traverses the District. This road is intended to provide additional traffic capacity within the internal road network and also provides an additional point of access to the District for fire and safety equipment. r Stormwater Detention Pond â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Stormwater Detention Pond will be designed to detain, treat and infiltrate stormwater runoff from large portions of the District as well as other parts of The Villages MPD. In addition, the pond will serve as the ultimate overflow route for all stormwater runoff from the District that is not infiltrated or detained in other facilities within the District. r Sanitary Sewer Lift Station â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Sanitary Sewer Lift Station will be constructed to service the District as well as other portions of The Villages MPD. At a later date, a higher capacity sewer lift station sized to service all of The Villages MPD (including the District) may be constructed in a different location. r Sanitary Sewer Storage Facility â&#x20AC;&#x201C; This facility will work in conjunction with the Sanitary Sewer Lift Station described above. The Sanitary Sewer Storage Facility will be sized to detain sewer flows from the full District as well as other areas within The Villages MPD. r Village Green Park Improvements - These improvements will provide park space, recreational facilities, and open-space facilities for the use of The Villages MPD residents, the Lawson Hills MPDs residents, and the public at large for entertainment, assembly, and recreation. r Civic Park Improvements â&#x20AC;&#x201C; These improvements will also provide park space, recreational facilities, and open-space facilities for the use of The Villages MPD residents, the Larson Hills MPDs residents, and the public at large for entertainment, assembly, and recreation.

PURPOSE: The purpose for forming the District is to finance portions of the Improvements as they provide special benefits to the property located within the District.

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: See the below diagram showing each separate lot, tract, parcel of land, or other property in the District. The District boundary legal descriptions by metes and bounds is available for review in the Petition.

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Written comments may be submitted to the Clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office located at 24301 Roberts Drive, Black Diamond, WA until 5:00 p.m. on December 15, 2011, or otherwise they must be submitted at the hearing. The applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s petition for formation of the District and all documents related to the petition and the hearing are available for inspection or purchase at City Hall, 24301 Roberts Drive, or on the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at http:// www.ci.blackdiamond.wa.us under â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the Spotlightâ&#x20AC;?.

Dated this 18th day of November, 2011 Brenda L. Martinez, Assistant City Administrator/City Clerk Published in the Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on November 18, 2011, November 25, 2011 and December 2, 2011. #546604.

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November 25, 2011

Shop local on Small Business Saturday Maple Valley-Black Diamond chamber urges residents to stay local this weekend

BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@maplevalleyreporter.com

While shoppers will flock to big box stores on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Black Friday,â&#x20AC;? the Greater Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce is promoting a relatively new event, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Small Business Saturday.â&#x20AC;?

Inspired by American Expressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Small Business Saturday event, which is approaching its second year, the chamber is using social media outlets such as Facebook as a way to promote locally-owned businesses that can be overlooked during the holiday season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing is weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve kind of got a hybrid of an idea and that is of course to shop locally at our small business,â&#x20AC;? said Chamber Executive Director Sue VanRuff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to engage people and get their ideas.â&#x20AC;?

Chamber Board President Kevin Patterson explained the

concept is a win-win for residents and business owners. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Around the holidays people are always looking for good gift ideas,â&#x20AC;? Patterson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes we forget to look in our own backyard.â&#x20AC;?

A Nov. 11 blog entry on the chamberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website listed several gift ideas, such as books, derby shirts, gas cards and haircuts, products and services which can be found locally. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now, we all realize the importance of international trade,â&#x20AC;? Patterson wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s equally important to keep some of our dollars right here in our community.â&#x20AC;?

Patterson said his hope is that others, including chamber members, will post their own ideas and propositions as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re pointing out that there are other opportunities for these goods which are either produced locally or are sold locally,â&#x20AC;? Patterson said.

The use of blogs and Facebook are a part of the chamberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts to use social media to spread news about its members, while providing a forum for residents to offer suggestions or provide feedback. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Social media is a very powerful tool,â&#x20AC;? Patterson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one tool in the box, (but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) a terrific tool. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of

the several things we can use to reach out to people and get information.â&#x20AC;?

Patterson explained they chose not to participate in the American Express event due to the required registration, whereas the chamber event is free. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ours is open and we encourage people to share their ideas,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want a high level of participation right here.â&#x20AC;?

It is not merely buying locally, however, as the chamber posted a list of non-profit organizations in Maple Valley and Black Diamond to which donations can be made. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our hope is people will be more attentive to growing our local economy, keeping it local, discovering whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s here in Maple Valley and Black Diamond, and how easy it is to shop locally and get creative ideas,â&#x20AC;? VanRuff said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The creative ideas are close to home.â&#x20AC;?

Patterson stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about) supporting the community.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the people who pay taxes and contribute to the services. It makes sense to support the people here.â&#x20AC;?

Reach TJ Martinell at 425-432-1209 ext. 5052.

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Black Diamond man suspected in hit-and-run REPORTER STAFF

Police are still investigating a 23-year-old Black Diamond man tracked via the Auburn dealership that fixed his car after he allegedly struck a 60-year-old bicyclist last month and fled.

A judge set the manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bail at $5,000 at his first appearance Oct. 19 at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t filed a charge yet, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still under investigation,â&#x20AC;? said Dan Donohoe, a spokesman for the King County Prosecutorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The case has not been submitted to our office.â&#x20AC;?

The Reporter is withholding the manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name from publication because he has not been charged.

The victim, Barbara Jime-

nez, is recovering at home.

According to court information, Jimenez had been riding her bike along Southeast 288th Street in Black Diamond at about 1:30 p.m. Oct. 14 when a vehicle struck her from behind, pitching her onto the gravel and grass shoulder before leaving the scene.

Medics transported Jimenez to Valley Medical Center, where doctors treated her for a fractured nose and cheek, a concussion and multiple bruises and cuts.

The impact cracked Jimenez helmet in five places.

According to court papers, investigating officers spotted a silver passenger side mirror casing on the ground at the accident scene with the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kia,â&#x20AC;? and several part numbers on it. Officers contacted the

Kia dealership in Renton, business where he works. from which they learned According to court records, that the vehicle equipped a few moments after with that mirror was investigators showed a silver 2010 or the man a television 2011 Kia Forte. news clip about the CRIME Over the next accident, the man, three days inveshead in hands, said, tigating officers â&#x20AC;&#x153;Did I kill someone? contacted every Kia Oh, my god, did I kill dealership in King and someone?â&#x20AC;?

Pierce counties, asking He told investigators them to call 911 should a vehicle missing those parts show up.

Deputies got the break they had been looking for when the service department manager at the Auburn Valley-Kia dealership called police about a damaged vehicle heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d seen in the shop matching the description of the car investigators were seeking. Deputies arrested the man at the Auburn window installation

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THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US: A woman came to the police department to obtain a criminal trespass notice on a man who has repeatedly come onto her property. The woman stated the man had previously lived at her residence, but moved out over a year ago. She signed the trespass notice and officers contacted the man, who signed the notice and agreed not to come on the property.

A HOUSE CALL: 26100 block of Lawson Street. Officers were dispatched to a residence to conduct a welfare check on a woman.

Relatives stated she had a history of medical problems and they were unable to get a hold of her at this residence. Officers attempted to contact the woman, but she would not answer her phone or the door at her residence. Medics and police officers forced entry into the residence and found the woman responsive, but having a medical emergency. She was transported to a medical facility.

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