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If necessity is the mother of invention then the current economy may well be the catalyst for creative problem solving when it comes to the area’s transportation woes. For the past three years Covington, Maple Valley and Black Diamond have been working together on a commuter rail concept that would use diesel multiple units, or DMUs, on existing Burlington Northern Santa Fe lines to shuttle commuters from here to Auburn. But, as the economy has taken its toll on the checkbooks of government at all levels, leaders from the cities have realized there needed to be a shift in focus. After studying the issue, officials said, they realized the price tag for a long term commuter rail plan as they envisioned would cost tens of millions of dollars the cities don’t yet have. So, now they are pulling back to
The first community facilities district in the state received the thumbs up from one Black Diamond City Council and the thumbs down from the new council Jan. 5. At a Dec. 27 special meeting, the last act of the 2011 City Council was to pass a resolution authorizing the formation a community facilities district, a special taxing district, to complete 10 projects associated with the YarrowBay’s master planned development The Villages. The Kirkland developer is also planning to build a second MPD in the city, Lawson Hills. The first vote was 4-1 with council members Bill Boston, William Saas, Leih Mulvihill and Kristine Hanson voting yes and Craig Goodwin voting no. With the dawn of a new year and three new members in the seats at the dais, the council moved to rescind the resolution
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Jeffrey Lee, a Kentwood High senior, listens as judge Jennifer Bowman offers him feedback during the Green River Music Region Piano Competition Jan. 7 at Kentlake High. DENNIS 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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Rich Young takes his final bow at Tahoma BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@maplevalleyreporter.com
Rich Young decided to take his final bow after 33 years of directing theater productions at Tahoma High. In November, he submitted his resignation as drama director to the school, after the department had wrapped up the production of “Much Ado About Will.” “I’m getting old,” he said. “It was just time.” Young, however, will continue to teach at the school. “We need someone with more energy,” he said. With more than three decades at the school, Young has
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seen its student population change and transform, as well as the venues for the school’s theater productions. When he first arrived in 1979 after four years as a Russian linguist in the Air Force, the region was sparsely populated with farming families. “It was still pretty rural,” he said. This became evident to him when he put on the school’s first musical, “South Pacific,” in 1980. When the cast was rehearsing the song “I’m gonna wash that man right out of my hair,” Young recalled, “A girl came up to Rich Young me and said, ‘Why did you take the song out of a commercial?’” The commercial she was referring to was for a Clairol hair product which used samples of the song. “I realized how rural it was, how little the students knew of live theater,” he said.
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Some things, however, never changed as the years went by. Tahoma still does not have a theater or performing arts center. “South Pacific” was performed in the gymnasium, while plays were put on in the student lounge, where a sunken area allowed them to perform. In 1981, when he put on “Brigadoon,” the school built its multipurpose room, where the school plays have been performed since. “We had very minimal sets (in the lounge),” he recalled. “Virtually no set at all in most cases. We couldn’t have any background.” The first play Young put on was “Bad Seed,” a story about a child serial killer based on a 1954 novel by William March and the subsequent Broadway adaptation. “Because it was a shocking ending it went quite well,”
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Bill Allison is city’s youngest mayor while Victoria Jonas continues as deputy mayor BY TJ MARTINELL
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HARGROVE TO HOST TELEPHONE TOWN HALL MEETING JAN. 17 Rep. Mark Hargrove, R-Covington, will host a district wide telephone town hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 17. Constituents are invited to call in to ask questions and listen to other residents’ concerns around the 47th Legislative District. The call will last one hour. To participate, constituents should call the toll-free number 1-877-229-8493 and, when prompted, enter PIN number 17556. Once on the call, participants can press star 3 (*3) on their telephone keypads and staff members will assist callers with asking their question live. To schedule an appointment with Hargrove or to ask for help dealing with or finding a state agency service, residents can call his legislative office at (360) 786-7918 or mark.hargrove@leg.wa.gov. For more information, contact Bobbi Cussins, public information officer: (360) 786-7252.
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The Maple Valley City Council selected Councilman Bill Allison as its new mayor at its Jan. 3 meeting. Allison, who holds Position 2, was first elected to the City Council in 2010. “When I first was elected I knew there was going to be a learning curve,� he said. “But the opportunity to be the mayor was always there and was always an aspiration because I do believe I have the ability to speak and to lead people to a common vision. It’s a huge responsibility and honestly it’s a great honor to have the trust of the council to lead them and to be one of the seven voices that
goes before King County and represents our 23,000 residents.� Allison has lived in Maple Valley since 1999 and is the city’s youngest mayor. He will replace Noel Gerken, who was selected as mayor in January 2010. The Maple Valley City Council members select the mayor from among their ranks every two years. As mayor, Allison said, he will work to unite the City Council in order to address various issues which it has been dealing with for several years. “We are seven voices and it needs to be seven voices communicating together, working together to get things accomplished,� he
said. “We see economic talk about summit ballfields development and creating and see if we can get that new revenue is absolutely ballpark.� essential for this city. We The City Council also need to be aggresreelected Victosive in that area. We ria Laise Jonas as need to get back to deputy mayor. Jothe table with King nas, who currently County, annexholds Position 6, ing in the Summit has served on the Place, and we need City Council since to come up with January 2000. Bill Allison a solution for the “I’m very honnorthwest quadrant. ored my fellow People have been council members talking and waiting continue to have for four years. We the trust to reelect need an actual plan me as deputy that works and we mayor,� she stated need to move forin a telephone ward with that.� interview. “I look Allison added Victoria Laise Jonas forward to us workthat, “We’ve got ing together collecto do something tively for the benefit with our ballfields. When of our city. It’s awesome. It’s we’re having to do athletics quite a responsibility. I look outside of town because we forward to assisting Mayor can’t accommodate in town Allison anyway I cane. we’ve got to be willing to Over the last two years, I’ve
gotten to know him. He’ll make an awesome mayor for our city. “ In addition to her reelection, the Jan. 3 meeting marked Jonas’ 13th year on the City Council, the longest in city history. “I’m humbled by the fact,� she said. “So I think my experience on the council and my connections in the community both locally and regionally... will help Bill and I’m willing to share and help in any way possible. It’s a new chapter.�
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Filmmaking talent of Tahoma students earn awards video as a part of a history class project spreading awareness about the Puget A pair of Tahoma Junior Sound and the Cedar High ninth graders won River. Initially, he intended the Puget Sound Facing to simply discuss the issues the Future video contest in the video, until by making two very his mother ofdifferent videos. fered an alternaWhile Sierra Sative suggestion. rino created a silent “My mom said video featuring signs I should do a song and various locafor it,� he said. “I tions, AJ Tift made a didn’t think I’d be music video featurable to, but I got Sierra Sarino ing himself singing out a pad and pen environmental lyrics and the words to a rap song. just started comFor their creativing to me.� ity both of them will After writing receive a $300 cash the song, Tift prize. then went to “I feel great about Seattle to film the it,� Tift said. “To be video “Power to honest, I didn’t feel the Puget,� which AJ Tift like I had much of a he said took chance because my about 15 takes. classmates’ videos “I got kind of were really good.� nervous,� he said. “There Tift explained he origiwere a lot of people staring nally planned to make the at me.� BY TJ MARTINELL
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For the background music to the song, Tift picked an app on iTunes called “I am T-Pain,� which also altered his voice so that if sounded like that of the rapper whom the app is named for. “It has beats on it and I didn’t know I would be able to make a song on my own,� he said. “I heard one of the song’s beats and I thought it was perfect.� Sarino, on the other hand, had an entirely different idea about the kind of video she wanted to make. Instead of singing, “A Runoff Experience� uses music and signs to explain how households items such as pesticides and herbicides can pollute the Puget Sound when dumped into the Cedar River through storm drains. She filmed the video at the Cedar River as well as at piers in Seattle.
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from 2000, when “Fiddler on the Roof � brought the largest audience in, to the year he had to cancel the production three weeks before its opening night when his son was sent to the hospital, as well as a year when he was forced to step down as drama director when his son was diagnosed with cancer for the fourth time. Some years, he had only 11 students audition. Other years, 30 students would show up, requiring him to cut. Interestingly, when he put on his favorite play, “The Clumsy Custard Horror Show,� he saw the biggest student turnout, and decided to double cast rather than cut anyone. “It’s twice the work in a short amount of time,� Young said. “It’s one of those where working with the two separate casts, you’ll tell one cast something and then you have to
tell the other cast the same thing the next day, so it’s devoting twice the energy to one show.� Although his last play involved selections from Shakespeare, Young said, he tended to avoid the Bard. “Shakespeare doesn’t tend to draw too well,� he said. “The name scares people. They’re afraid of the language and they don’t realize seeing things makes it a whole lot clearer. I love directing drama because there is so much meat to them, something people can connect with. But people tend to be drawn to musicals. They’re just a huge amount of work.� As for the students who participate in theater, Young said, there are varying reasons for them to get up in front of an audience on stage. “I think a lot of the kids go through a phase where
they dream of becoming the next Meryl Streep and making a million dollars,� he said. “For some, it’s like high school sports. They do it because they enjoy it while others see it as a springboard for a college scholarships.� Staff at the high school are looking for a replacement for Young who reflected on the impact he hoped he had on kids. “I wanted to make sure I gave students exposure to theater and hopefully give them a life long source of entertainment and pleasure,� he said. “I’ve seen the quality of acting grow tremendously because they’ve been exposed to so many other things. I have so many amazingly talented kids. That’s the one thing I will miss.�
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he new year has started and there are few items I would like to write about as the 2012 engine revs up. None are worthy of a column on its own, but here are a few notes about issues I am interested in or would like to figure out. COUNCIL ELECTIONS The first council meetings of the year can be quite intriguing depending on the city. The obligatory swearing in of candidates freshly elected is a nice picture, but the more interesting story can be the choosing of council presidents for strong-mayor systems or mayors for council-manager forms of government. In the council-manager form the mayor is chosen by the council. Maple Valley is a council-manager system as is Covington. Black Diamond, Kent and Tukwila are strong-mayor systems and the about just before Christmas. It is currently my council will choose a council president, mayor pro tempore or deputy mayor. It is basically the top business idea for 2012. Initially it made absolutely no sense to me. same position with a different name. Maple Valley is usually the most fun to follow After thinking about it and observing certain because there are plenty of back-room gymnas- behavior around the office I decided this may be the real salami. tics going on prior to a mayor being selected. A couple of weeks ago our newest reporter, The choice tells us a great deal about the group Sarah Kehoe, told me about this ShoeDazzle dynamics of the council. thing. It’s like a book-of-the-month for shoes. This season in Maple Valley, Councilman Now when I was a kid I lived Bill Allison won by a 5-2 vote replacing “Maple Valley is usually for the Book-of-the-Month former Mayor Noel Gerken. The deputy the most fun to follow club. My grandma got me startmayor position went to Victoria Laise ed on it and I still have some of because there are Jonas on a 4-3 decision. the books, which explains why I plenty of back-room Covington chose Margaret Harto as had mainly imaginary friends. gymnastics going on the mayor for a third two-year term. I Apparently, through Shoeam pretty sure God couldn’t beat her for prior to a mayor being Dazzle, a woman can get three selected The choice tells the job. or four pairs of shoes to try each us a great deal about Jeff Wagner will again serve again as the group dynamics of month and if they keep them it mayor pro tem. costs a certain amount or they Black Diamond’s City Council is the the council.� send them back. very interesting with three new memSeriously, is this brainy or bers swept into office on what appears what. to be a wave of voters voicing their opI mentioned this to my daughter and you position to the YarrowBay developments. In my would think Moses came down from the years of reporting I have often seen that voters mountain all full of light, carrying tablets presumptions about a candidate and the reality and shoe boxes. of governing hit head on very quickly once the I asked Sarah if men were doing this and chair is filled. I got the look. (Men know exactly what I Councilman Craig Goodwin was chosen as mean.) mayor pro tempore for Black Diamond. Apparently only women understand the Kent elected Councilman Dennis Higgins need to have 700 pairs of shoes. unanimously to the council president position. I admit that I hate buying shoes, I hate I am sure there was some backyard croquet bespending money on them, I even hate lookfore the decision was made, but nothing nearly ing down and thinking about shoes. as entertaining as Maple Valley. But this business idea is a stroke of twisted I guess there can only be one Maple Valley. genius and I wish I had thought of it. I hear God looks down occasionally and A BRAINY BUSINESS IDEA asks Peter, “Are those things really shoes? Here is a quirky business venture I heard Dennis Box Editor
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How come no one ever tells me about these things?� ShoeDazzle – I bet it will make a million bucks for someone. TO IRON OR NOT TO IRON Here is something I cannot figure out, and I need help. You know all that permanent press stuff sold in stores – shirts and pants and whatever. I take that particular advertising claim at its word. Permanent press means forget the ironing. I know this woman who thinks you still have to iron permanent press things. In fact, she had a closet built just for her ironing board. When she started talking about the ironing board I tried to make an intelligent comment and I suddenly got this silence. I quickly gathered myself and began lying. I said I had an ironing board... oh yeah and an iron. I tried to explain to her that wrinkles on permanent press will fall out after you wear them for a while. Or if they don’t fall out, after an hour or so the new wrinkles cover up the old ones and it doesn’t matter anymore. It’s a mathematical cancellation equation, like a positive and a negative. I heard something about me being nuts and a pig. I am male so I didn’t know what else to say. I ran out of lies so I began whining. I would like to understand this ironing phenomena in the new year. Are we supposed to iron things that say permanent press or not? This seems a lot harder and more relevant than property taxes and council elections. To iron or not to iron‌ that is the question.
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How a court decision could affect education funding Many educators in Kent and Tahoma say they can’t wait until 2018 to receive the funds they need to properly educate their students. “Our teachers are doing they best they can with the limited resources they are given, but any mor cuts schools will hurt our students’ education,� said Antonio Morales, Mill Creek Middle School principal. “We can’t sit back and say, ‘well this funding will come in 2018,’ we need to be proactive now.� This discussion follows a decision made Jan. 5 by the Washington State Supreme Court, who ruled in favor of a lower court’s finding that
the government is failing to meet its constitutional duty to fully fund basic education for all the state’s children. The justices said they could monitor the Legislature to help facilitate progress toward full funding, but the ruling did not require lawmakers to take specific or immediate action. Instead, the court deferred to legislation already on the books from as late as the 1978 to as current as 2007, which gives the state until 2018 to provide enough funding to meet its own definition of “basic education.� “The Supreme Court decision confirms what the state constitution says: Education is the paramount duty of the state,� wrote Tahoma
School District spokesman Kevin Patterson in an email. “What is less certain is how the state will carry out its duty. At the very least, it is our hope that discussion of reducing the number of school days and other severe cost cutting will cease and more effort will be put toward establishing reliable funding for education over the long haul.� The decision is symbolic of the fight to fund schools, educators said. “I find it interesting how long this conversation has been in our court system and we’ve continued to see increased cuts in our funding every year,� said Kathy Torres, math teacher at Mill Creek. Many principals and
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Community Notes UPDATED CEDAR RIVER REPORT The city of Maple Valley, Tahoma School District and Friends of the Cedar River Watershed will cohost a community screening of the annually updated Watershed Report at 7 p.m. at the Tahoma Middle School Auditorium Narrated entirely by local high school students, the Watershed Report is a series of short videos that track and update positive sustainability trends in the 13 school districts and 28 cities of the greater Cedar River/Lake Washington Watershed.
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[ COALITION from page 5] have mass transit.� Gerken stated, “It’s not just about commuting, it’s about services, it’s about economic development, it’s about quality of life.� Mass transit planning, however, has not been a historically easy or popular thing in the Puget Sound area and the region is way behind on such infrastructure funding, Snoey said. But, there also has to be a balance and mass transit has to work in tandem with those who do use the roads, or else neither will be effective he added. “Not everybody can ride the bus,� Snoey said. “So, we have to allow for both, those people who can’t and those who can. The delta is those who can’t ride the bus, if things slow down enough, people won’t ride the bus.� It’s also important to reiterate the importance of transportation to the economy. “Everything we use in and around our home is delivered by truck,� Snoey said. “We need to have good freight mobility. It’s a key component.� And this is why the coalition exists, because transportation is a regional issue, and there’s power in numbers.
“The SEATS Coalition is trying to figure this all out rather than each city doing its own battle,â€? Snoey said. “At this exact moment I’m working “Going forward on a simple trifold brochure‌ that outlines our key projects, our mission. if you don’t have coalitions... you are This year we need to introduce our unlikely to get state priorities and our mission (to key or federal funding. community groups and the legislature). Going forward, if you don’t We’ve been ignored have coalitions‌ you are unlikely in South County to get state or federal funding. We’ve for too long. We’re been ignored in South County for too going to be visible.â€? long. We’re going to be visible.â€? Wayne Snoey Gerken said the coalition will also advocate for improving Metro’s service in Southeast King County particularly through a public relations campaign to increase ridership on Route 168 which is currently funded by a two year grant that increased headways from an hour to half an hour. “Those are our three focuses, the two (state) highways and Metro,â€? Gerken said. “And at a lower level we’ll continue to focus on the rail piece. You’ve got to have the team together and have the plans.... so when there’s an opportunity you can strike. That’s what we’re waiting for. So, we’ve
got the whole spectrum of funding opportunities covered.� Being creative while the economy slowly climbs out of the downturn, Gerken said, will serve the coalition well later. “I think eventually things will turn around,� he said. “There will be more opportunities downstream and we’ll be ready to roll.� The coalition has been effective thus far, Snoey said, and can take examples from other ways the cities are working together to show what they can do as partners. “It’s being good stewards of the public money,� he said. “We’re trying to be creative.�
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VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER SHOWCASE SET FOR MONDAY AT SHOWARE ShoWare Center in Kent will be the site of the second annual Valley Medical Center Showcase, an event featuring seven high school basketball games, with some of the top local teams involved on a day honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A pair of girls games and four boys games are on the schedule starting with a 10 a.m. contest between the Auburn Riverside girls and Bellarmine Prep girls. Other matchups include a girls game between Kentwood and Federal Way at 1 p.m. and boys games featuring Cascade Christian and Auburn Mountainview at 11:30 a.m. then Kennedy will go up against defending Class 2A state champion Clover Park at 2:30 p.m. followed by seventhranked Mount Rainier against Benson from Portland at 4 p.m. The slate rounds out when Kent-Meridian takes on Kentridge at 6 p.m. and Jefferson facing Kentwood at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students with ASB and seniors.
Tahoma’s Joey Palmer works to gain a better position against Kentlake’s Colton Marlowe in the 138 pound match during a double dual meet. Kentlake and Kent-Meridian traveled to Tahoma for the double dual on Jan. 4. Tahoma won both of its duals while Kentlake beat Kent-Meridian. KRIS HILL, The Reporter
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ahoma wrestlers lost just three matches combined against Kentlake and Kent-Meridian in a double dual meet at home on Jan. 4. The Bears held off the Falcons, winning easily 66-6, as well as the Royals who were forced to forfeit three weight classes. Joey Palmer picked up a pair of wins with a 13-8 defeat of Kentlake’s Colton Marlowe and a pin of K-M’s Josh Smith at the 4 minute, 51 second mark of the match. At 113 pounds, Todd Link picked up a pair of wins by forfeit, while Jesse Vaughan tallied two victories as well including a pin in 37 seconds of Kentlake’s Mike Halvorson. Garrett Autrey pinned Chad Jonnie of Kentlake and Treyvon Wilson of Kent-Meridian at 170 pounds.
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At 182, Thomas Kemp got a 6-3 win for the Royals over Tahoma’s Austin Perry. Josh Beckler of Kentlake beat Brandon Scheiver of Tahoma 6-5 in the 183 pound match. Scheiber picked up a win later in the evening, beating Alec Moss of K-M 4-3. Nick Smith of Kentlake beat Colton Jackson of Tahoma at 106 pounds. Jackson turned around in his next match and pinned Harmon Gill of Kent-Meridian with 16 seconds left in the first period. It was a much tighter dual between Kentlake and Kent-Meridian, but, the Falcons earned a 36-27 victory thanks to Marlowe’s pin of Josh Smith at 145 pounds in the second to last match of the night. Gabe Carrilo followed that with a 5-0 win over K-M’s Charles Johnson at 152 pounds to seal the win for Kentlake. Nick Smith pinned Harmon Gill of K-M in
In the tough South Puget Sound League North division, anyone can beat anyone in boys basketball, and last week was a prime example. Kentridge did on Jan. 6 what Kentwood nearly pulled off a few days earlier: an upset of highly-touted Mount Rainier, winning 80-72, thanks to Jawan
Stepney’s game-high of 26 points. The Chargers sophomores led the way against the Rams, with Danny Torlai adding 19 to Stepney’s output, along with junior John Okot-Okidi chipping in 17 points. It was a back and forth first half between Kentridge and Mount Rainier. The Rams took a one point lead into halftime and the Char-
2:46, picking up his second win of the night. The Royals dominated the rest of the lower weight classes as Luis Gutierrez won at 126, David Watson won at 132, both by pins. Then Moss beat Beckler 9-4 at 138. Archie Blawogee pulled off a close win over Matt Nutting of Kentlake, escaping with the 4-3 victory for K-M at 160 pounds. Johnnie bounced back after his loss to the Tahoma opponent to beat Wilson 7-5 at 170. Thomas Kemp also picked up a win, getting a 7-0 decision for the Royals over the Falcons’ Hayden Lasher at 182. Kentlake travels to Kentwood on Wednesday for the annual Cov-Town Throwdown while Kentwood goes to Mount Rainier and Tahoma heads to Thomas Jefferson. On Thursday, K-M has the night off, Tahoma heads to Kentwood while Kentlake hosts Auburn. All matches start at 7:30 p.m.
gers kept it close through the third quarter. Then Kentridge broke out in the final period, outscoring Mount Rainier 27-19. That win opened the door for Kent-Meridian to challenge for the division as it stood at 6-2 in league play, the same mark Mount Rainier was at following the loss to Kentridge, but the Royals lost early in the season to the Rams. A rematch was scheduled for Tuesday night between the two teams after the Covington-Maple Valley Reporter’s deadline. Meanwhile, Kentwood very nearly pulled off an [ more WILD page 15 ]
Kentwood’s Taylor Jones passes the ball while Tahoma’s Jason Smith defends him in a game Jan. 6. DENNIS BOX, The Reporter
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Kentwood holds off Tahoma, Kentlake has first league win With 36.5 seconds left Luce made one of two free throws to tie it up. A few seconds later Jefferson made the front end of a one Kentlake’s girls basketball team picked up its first South and one to take the one point lead before Simonson’s heroPuget Sound League North Division win of the season ics put Kentlake ahead for good as the Falcons outscored thanks to a put back by Alyssa Simonson Jan. 6. the Raider 10-7 in the final period. It has been a rough season for Kentlake, which put On the other side of the division, Tahoma traveled together a 43-42 victory over Thomas Jefferson at to Kentwood, where the Conks raced out to a 10-0 GIRLS home, as it tallied its second win overall — its first lead in the first quarter over the Bears. win came in a tournament in Wasilla, Alaska, in But Tahoma pulled within two at the half, 25-23, December. thanks to three pointers from Jordan Eberhardt Simonson had 13 points on the night while and Kymber Morrison as the Bears outscored the Stephanie Luce led the Falcons with 20. Conquerors 18-11 in the second period. The Falcons were down 35-33 at the start of the fourth The Conquerors seemed to make the necessary adjustquarter to the Raiders and with 2 minutes, 30 seconds left, ments at halftime to defend the hot shooters, holding the trailed 41-35. Bears to just four points in the third period. But Kentlake didn’t give up. Tahoma fought back in the fourth quarter, outscoring Simonson made a free throw to make it 41-37 then Paige Kentwood 19-12, but it wasn’t enough and the Conks won Engeland drained a three ball to cut the lead to 41-40. 56-46. Engeland finished with five points. Morrison led Tahoma with 16 points while Eberhardt BY KRIS HILL
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XXX DPWJOHUPOSFQPSUFS DPN t XXX NBQMFWBMMFZSFQPSUFS DPN [ DISTRICT from page 1] forming the district, and the measure passed unanimously. To rescind the resolution, a member voting in the majority for the resolution had to bring the motion forward, which was done by Saas. After the three council members — Tamie Deady, Joe May and Ron Taylor — were sworn in, Goodwin requested an amendment to the agenda to discuss rescinding the resolution which approved the formation of the CFD. Once the agenda was amended the members recessed into executive session to discuss potential litigation. Following the executive session each member gave the reason for voting to rescind the resolution. YarrowBay had requested formation of the community facilities district to fund 10 projects related to The Villages including improvements to Roberts Drive and the intersection of Roberts Drive and state Route 169, a sanitary sewer lift station and storage facility. The total estimated cost rang up at about $26 million. A CFD allows a developer the option to arrange long term financing for projects using municipal bonds that is paid for only by the property owners in the community facilities district, which in this case would be The Villages. According to City Attorney Chris Bacha the city would not be responsible for repayment of the bond or at risk if the CFD failed for some reason. Bacha did note there is no way to state there is zero risk, but, he noted language in the resolution and supporting documentation protects the city
[ WILD from page 13] upset of highly-touted Mount Rainier on Jan. 4, but squandered at 12 point third-quarter lead, as the Rams beat the Conks 64-62 at Kentwood. With four minutes, 21 seconds left in the third quarter, the Conks had the double digit lead thanks to a Taylor Jones layin but the Rams chipped away at the lead the rest of the period. In the fourth quarter, Kentwood went cold, going nearly four minutes between buckets while Mount Rainier went on a 10-3 run. Jeremy Smith drained a three pointer with 6.7 seconds left to cut the Mount Rainier lead to one point, 62-61, but Kentwood just couldn’t get the game tied up or take back the lead. Jones and Austin Benson were the leading scorers for the Conks with 18 points each. Adrian Davis led the Rams
with 20. Tahoma had a 10 point lead at halftime and hung onto the victory despite being outscored by K-M in the second half. Coleman Wooten had 16 points for the Bears while De’Shon Williams added 11. Abu Kamara led the Royals with 15 while Mike Banks chipped in 13. Kentwood bounced back in a match up against Tahoma on Jan. 6. What started out as a close game in the first half with the Conquerors taking a one point lead into the locker room turned into a blowout in the second half as the Bears were held to single digit scoring in each of the final two quarters. Benson tallied 19 points while Jones added 12, but, five other Kentwood players contributed four or five points apiece to create a balanced offensive effort. Dominic Smith and Coleman Wooten led Tahoma with 9 points each.
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from legal risk as much as possible. Goodwin stated at the January meeting, “This is a very complex issue. There are lots and lots of questions. In a very short period of time it is hard to cram all of that information in your brain.� Goodwin said he did feel all questions raised were answered. “If you don’t know what your are getting into how can you even have a clue how to proceed and ask the questions how to figure it out,� Goodwin said. He stated his recommendation was to form a special committee of council members, staff and YarrowBay representatives to work through the questions concerning the formation of a CFD. Goodwin said, “The purpose of this resolution (to rescind the CFD resolution) is not to add delay upon delay. It is quite the reverse. It is to create a structure so that this council can move forward deliberately.� Saas said after the last council meeting when he voted for the CFD, “I went home that night and I really didn’t have a peace about the decision I made. Much of that stems from not being fully knowledgeable and educated on both sides as to what I was really going for.� Taylor noted, “I want to make it clear I am not ultimately going to stand in the way of CFDs.� He also raised the issue of the future homeowners in The Villages development paying for the projects. “Sometime down the road we’ve got to look those citi-
zens in the eye and explain to them why your tax base is two or three times higher than anyone else’s,â€? Taylor said. At the Dec. 27 meeting when the resolution authorizing the CFD passed, Councilman Bill Boston, who retired from office at the close of 2011, raised the question, “Whether the formation of the CFD is in the best interest of the city, or the opposition to it is only to delay the project‌. Possibly. There is a lot of security for the city (with a CFD). The city is not responsible for the bond, growth pays for growth, jobs will be created, projects benefit current residents who pay nothing for them. Infrastructure is built earlier. Infrastructure has always been an issue. With infrastructure in this state and a lot of cities it has to fail before anyone does anything.â€? Following the vote Jan. 5 to rescind the resolution Colin Lund, director of development for YarrowBay, said he was disappointed with the vote. “I think there is a lot of misinformation. I heard Mr. Taylor say a property owners in the CFD would have a tax rate two or three times that of anyone else in the city. That’s just not the case. Hopefully you read the information that was provided by the fiscal consultant that the city hired to review the CFD. If you didn’t I’m discouraged by that.â€? Lund said YarrowBay answered all of Goodwin’s question. He stated, “We have to learn to work together. I’m not sure why you’re not communicating with us‌. I’m discouraged and I’m not sure where we’re headed with this, but we’ll figure it out in the next few weeks.â€?
Finally, Kentlake put together a pair of key victories last week against league rivals Kentridge and Thomas Jefferson. Kentlake found a way to win after being down early at home to Kentridge, putting together a strong second half for the 64-59 victory. At the end of the first quarter, the Falcons were down 22-11 to the Chargers, as they struggled to get points in the paint. At the 5:23 mark in the second quarter, Kentridge was up 29-13 thanks to a Roddy Hanson three ball, to which Kentlake responded with a 12-3 run to cut the lead to six at the half, 32-26.
off a narrow victory over Jefferson on the road winning 74-72. The Falcons had a five point lead after the first quarter, but, the Raiders outscored them in the second and third quarters.
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Kentlake managed to overcome a double digit deficit in the fourth quarter to get the win. Heck led the Falcons in scoring with 25 while Dedrian Miller tallied 17, Jama had 14 and Pernell added 13.
PUBLIC NOTICES KING COUNTY DEPT. OF DEVELOPMENT & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (DDES) 900 Oakesdale Ave SW, Renton, WA 98057-5212 NOTICE OF PERMIT APPLICATIONS RECOMMENDATION & HEARING BUILDING AND FIRE SERVICES DIVISION Request: Formal Subdivision File # & Name: L11P0002 Sugarloaf Mountain Ranch Estates Applicant: 9700 Partners LLC Location: South side of SE Kent-Kangley Rd btwn 309th Ave SE & 320th Ave SE (approx.) Ravensdale Proposal: Subdivide 290.43 acres zoned RA-5 into 52 lots for S/F detached residences & a private
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CITY OF COVINGTON NOTICES ORDINANCE NO. 01-12 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COVINGTON, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON AMENDING SECTIONS 18.20 TECHNICAL TERMS AND LAND USE DEFINITIONS; 18.25 PERMITTED USES; AND 18.31 DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS, OF THE COVINGTON MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT REGULATIONS PERMITTING SHOOTING RANGES WITHIN THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL (GC) ZONE. ORDINANCE NO. 02-12 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COVINGTON, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON REINSTATING THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL. Passed by the City Council of Covington, Washington, at the City Council meeting of January 10, 2012 to take effect five days after publication. Published in the Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on January 13, 2012. #572934.
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Safe Drinking Water ‌ Making It So
health concerns shifted from waterborne illnesses caused by micro organisms to chemicals such as pesticide residues, industrial sludge and other organic and inorganic compounds. With the guiding principle that every person has a right to safe drinking water, the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) was enacted in 1974. The SDWA and subsequent legislation enhancing the SDWA created a multi-barrier approach that mandates requirements to protect drinking water from the source to the tap. To meet today’s stringent federal, state and local drinking water requirements, Covington Water District samples, tests and closely monitors the water at each source, throughout the distribution system, including storage reservoirs, and at the customer’s tap. The District’s wells are
routinely tested for bacteriological quality, over 80 chemicals, and other contaminants such as radon to assure that the water is free of contaminants. The water quality in the distribution system is monitored daily. Water quality parameters such as chlorine residual, pH and temperature are monitored continuously to assure treatment effectiveness and continuing compliance with water quality regulations. At least 50 samples per month are drawn from various locations throughout the distribution system and sent to an independent state certified laboratory to test the bacteriological quality of the water. Finally, the water is periodically tested at the customer’s tap for lead and copper. The federal Lead & Copper Rule requires all US water purveyors to test the water at select customer locations on an annual or tri-annual basis, depending upon test results. Analyses of the initial samples taken in the early 1990’s indicated that the District didn’t meet the federal limit of copper at the customer’s tap. As a result, a treatment plant to adjust the pH of the water was built at the District’s wellfield in the late 1990’s. Subsequent testing results have been well below the limit, which indicates that the treatment plant is meeting its goals. The sampling, testing and monitoring procedures described are just a part, a very important part, of the procedures and processes the District conducts to meet its responsibility to supply safe drinking water on a continuous basis.
HOW DO WE DETERMINE GOOD QUALITY WATER?
Water at each source may have different treatment requirements. Well and surface water sources can be hard or soft, alkaline or acidic, cool or cold, have high or low mineral content, high or low conductivity, and high or low pH. It’s because of these differences that each source may be treated differently to achieve drinking water standards. The District has treatment plants at three separate sources and the water at these sites is treated for the following: Wellfield pH Adjustment for Lead and Copper Control The District’s wellfield requires pH adjustment to stop harmful lead and copper leaching from the pipes within our customer’s homes. High levels of lead and copper in drinking water is a serious health threat, especially to children. Water that has a pH lower than a neutral 7 is more acidic and corrosive than water that has a pH of 7 or higher. Low pH water causes the corrosion or leaching of the metals within metal piping systems. Raw water at the Wellfield, which has a pH in the range of 6.6 – 6.8, is treated to a finished water pH that ranges from 7.6 – 7.8. The treated water effectively reduces lead and copper leaching to acceptable levels within a customer’s plumbing. Test results from samples taken at a representative number of residential taps continue to show that lead and copper levels are well within acceptable ranges, which confirms the effectiveness of the treatment. Iron and Manganese Removal The minerals iron and manganese, which commonly occur in well
water, are called secondary contaminants because they do not have a negative health impact but they do cause aesthetic concerns, such as discolored water and staining of plumbing fixtures and/or laundry. The green sand filtration systems at the well sites almost completely strip these minerals out of the water and help minimize discolored water in customer’s homes. Disinfection with Chlorine All of the District’s sources are treated with chlorine to maintain an optimal bacteriological water quality throughout the distribution system and to the customer’s tap. Maintaining chlorine residuals in the water system assures the destruction of harmful bacteria, viruses or pathogens that may have entered the water from the source or into the distribution system due to incidents such as main breaks. Our job is not only about making sure that water is available to you in an abundant and consistent quantity, it’s also about making sure You can refill an 8-oz glass that the water is safe for of water approximately 15,000 you to drink and use. We times for the same cost as a take pride in our history of six-pack of soda. complying with federal and state safe drinking water Studies show that bottled water regulations, but more im- is no purer than tap water, yet bottled portantly, we take comfort water costs about 1,900% more. in knowing that we have Community water supplies are tested done our utmost to protect every day – far more frequent testing your health by providing than for bottled water. you safe drinking water.
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