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Back in school after a week of snow days

Moving from storm response to recovery

BY KRIS HILL

BY TJ MARTINELL AND KRIS HILL

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A snow day is one thing but a snow week can wreak havoc on a school district’s schedule.

Officials from the Kent School District had to cancel school on Monday due to a litany of weather-related issues from last week’s storms, but all schools had power and were open on Tuesday morning.

Power outages, downed tree limbs and disrupted supply deliverSCHOOL ies forced the DAYS district to take another day to recover from the snow and ice storms which hit the week of Jan. 16.

On Monday, Kentwood High still didn’t have power, along with several elementary schools including Covington and Soos Creek. By late Monday Kentwood still did not have power.

“We also have power lines and downed trees limiting access at a number of schools,” said district spokesman Chris Loftis in an email. “Our own maintenance and operations teams are working [ more SCHOOL page 4 ]

What A Big Mess

Randy Payne cleans up his property near Lake Sawyer on Jan. 21 after freezing rain and snow storms last week scattered tree limbs all over his yard. He said he was lucky none of the buildings on his land were damaged and no one was hurt. 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.

Aili Carmichael works on a film in Rick Haag’s video production class. The film academy will integrate with English, history and art classes. TJ MARTINELL, The Reporter

Lights, camera, academic integration Film Academy program integrates multiple subjects to be offered this fall at Tahoma High

BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@maplevalleyreporter.com

The Tahoma School Board recently approved a new academic program at Tahoma High teachers hope will allow them to give a more specialized focus to their classroom instruction.

Although it is called the Film

Academy of Tahoma, the twoyear program is an integration of language arts, social studies, career and technical education and the arts.

According to Tahoma video production teacher Rick Haag, the academy will start in the fall.

“It’s ready to run,” he said.

Glenn Akramoff was not surprised by the ice storm on Jan. 19 that followed on the heels of snow the previous three days.

Experience informed the decision by Akramoff, the Covington Public Works director, to prepare for it even when weather forecasters were calling for warming temperatures and rain instead of the freezing rain and snow which arrived last Thursday Glenn Akramoff afternoon.

“We started planning for ice even though they weren’t calling for it as early as Tuesday,” Akramoff said. “They compared it to ‘96 and I was working in the Olympia at the time. The next thing that happened (after the snow that year) was ice.”

Despite being prepared for the ice storm that led to destruction and power outages throughout the region, including Covington, Akramoff said the recovery isn’t

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The film academy is an idea Haag said he has been promoting for roughly eight years and is pleased to see that it has finally been approved.

“I’m ready to go,” he said.

“We’ve got a lot of great staff.”

The film academy is designed for 60 students in their junior or senior year. Junior year, the academy will run from 8:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. daily. The students take a video production class taught

by Haag, a performance arts class taught by Melissa Corby, American Expression taught by Allison Agnew and American Studies taught by Mike Seger.

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Property Rights for Trade

Understanding how transfer of development rights works and how the program could affect Maple Valley and Black Diamond Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series looking at the TDR program and its role in land use and development in Southeast King County.

the landowner is issued “TDR credits,� which is like a property deed they can sell to any potential buyers.

A landowner or developer who wants to buy or receive a TDR to use in a development project is required to submit a preliminary plat application.

BY TJ MARTINELL There are restrictions, however. Only rural lands located tmartinell@maplevalleyreporter.com outside of the King County urban growth area can be conAt a time when infrastructure, population density and sidered potential sending sites. Likewise, only urban lands, development are a major concern for cities like Maple located within the urban growth area, can be considered Valley and Black Diamond, King County’s Transfer of Depotential receiving sites. velopment Rights program has the potential to significantly There is no fixed or determined price for a TDR, Greve affect future development and growth. explained, as the price is set by supply and demand. “The value of the TDR commodity is based on TDR market conditions,� he explained. “That is, the intersection WHAT IS IT, EXACTLY? of price at which a developer is willing to buy TDR and the The TDR program is a voluntary system which allows price at which a sending site landowner is willlandowners to transfer their development “The ultimate goal of our ing to sell their TDR(s). In this way interested rights to another property. In Maple Valley, program is to relocate buyers and sellers can figure out for themselves TDRs have the potential to affect the defuture development what the ‘market price’ is for the TDR comvelopment of the Donut Hole site. In Black growth away from rural, modity and negotiate openly with current and Diamond, the recently rescinded commuup-to-date market information.� nity facilities district used TDRs in order to farm, and forest lands Once the use of TDRs in the development increase the population density allowed for and into existing urban zoning, one of the main sources of criticism by areas using a voluntary project is approved, the county eliminates the TDRs so they cannot be used again. its opponents. and market-based Successful TDR programs, Greve wrote, are Basically, the TDR program does two things. system.� Darren Greve the ones which “designate their TDR receivFirst, it protects certain rural property from ing areas in places with a real estate market being developed by sending its development strong enough for the development commurights over to an urban property, which is then nity to want to build and use TDR to increase development allowed to increase its capacity beyond what it was previcapacities.� ously permitted.

According to Darren Greve, King County TDR program manager, the system was first started as a pilot program BENEFITS from 1997-1999. In 2000 it was officially adopted by the There are various reasons why someone would sell their King County Council as a stand-alone program. development rights. “The ultimate goal of our program is to relocate future The most obvious is if they wanted to protect their propdevelopment growth away from rural, farm, and forest erty from development, but, the TDR program also offers lands and into existing urban areas, including both cities a variety of incentives. For those strapped for cash they and unincorporated urban county areas using a voluncan sell their development rights — which they might have tary and market-based system,� Greve wrote in an email never intended to use — in exchange for financial compeninterview. sation, as opposed to selling their land outright, which they Although King County’s TDR program is essentially taiare not required to do under the TDR program. lored for the county’s urban growth area, Greve said, many According to Greve, it can also reduce the property similar programs in the state and nation-wide are based on tax, depending on how much the TDR is purchased for, King County’s version due to its success in protecting rural although it is not always the case. areas and directing urban growth in cities. “Property taxes may be reduced on a property with a Since it was first started, the TDR program has preserved conservation easement because the property’s assessed 141,500 acres of rural and resource land in King County, value may be less since the development potential is allowing 2,4767 potential dwelling units to be built in an removed from the land,� he wrote. “Many of the sending urban area instead of rural. site properties in county’s TDR program are in a “current use� tax status – meaning that they are assessed based on the property’s current use as a forest or farm rather than HOW IT WORKS speculative development potential. Therefore, the conserIf a landowner wants to sell their development rights, vation easement often times doesn’t have an impact on they first have to enroll in the county’s TDR program. the property taxes the landowner pays. However, property To qualify, they must be able to demonstrate the proptaxes would likely reduce if and when such properties are erty has certain potential, such as agricultural or forestry. taken out of their ‘current use’ taxation status in the future.�

It also has to be able to prove the land would provide some Developers, on the other hand, are able to add addiform of public benefit, such as regional trail connectors or wildlife habitat. Once their property is considered qualified tional housing units in their projects. In other words, they to be a “sending site,� the owner then places what is called a are able to increase the square footage, height or number of units on the property beyond the maximum number “conservation easement� on the property. allowed by zoning. After a new policy was implemented in A conservation easement legally protects the property from being developed. Once the easement has been placed, 2008, TDRs now can also help them meet traffic concur-

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rency requirements, according to Greve.

There are, however, some potential downsides to TDRs, which will be explored further in Part II.

IMPACT The King County TDR program has heavily affected the areas of growth and development, particularly in cities such as Seattle, Bellevue and Issaquah, where growth has been focused in specifically planned areas, rather than spread out. It has also created areas where future development is an impossibility.

In Seattle, for example, the city used a TDR agreement to protect over 800 acres of rural land surrounding the Cedar River watershed — the city’s water supply — from development. The development rights were then transferred to the Denny Triangle neighborhood to allow for greater population density there. “All residents of King County, including its cities, benefit from the TDR program, as farm and forestlands are permanently protected from sprawl development and growth is shifted into existing urban areas,� Greve wrote.

The TDR program, Greve added, also has environmental and financial benefits. “On the financial side this will save the county and taxpayers significant sums by not having to provide remote services to distant exurban development,� he wrote. “On the environmental side, rural open space is permanently protected and forest and farms can continue to provide ecological benefits (e.g. habitat for animals, flood storage, clean water, local food etc.) while preserving rural character and traditional rural economies such as farming and forestry.�

FUTURE OF TDRS With the current recession, however, the TDRs market, much like the housing market, has seen a drop in sales. In turn, this has also negatively affected the amount of financial compensation a sending site landowner will receive.

In June 2010, for example, an individual TDR sold for $15,000. At the height of the housing market in 2006, the average rural TDR sold for $30,000. “The TDR market is inherently linked to the local and regional real estate markets,� Greve wrote. “Demand for the TDR commodity (and subsequently its price) oscillates with the real estate markets. So it is not a surprise that with the downturn in the real estate market we have experienced a downturn in the TDR market.�

Greve wrote that the TDR program has begun to show recent signs of buying and selling, but it will take some time before it picks up again. “Like the real estate market it will be a slow and protracted recovery that may take three to five years before we start to see the volume of TDR transactions like we saw in the years 2004-2007,� he said. “I don’t see the number of TDRs (i.e., the TDR supply) rising very much beyond what it is now until the demand for TDRs rises well beyond the level it is now at.�

Part II will discuss Maple Valley’s TDR program and how it may be used in the Donut Hole and the potential to impact future development in the city.

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[4] January 27, 2012 [ CAMERA from page 1] Seniors will have the academy throughout the entire school day every other day of the week. Their curriculum will consist of advanced video production with Haag, APGI (senior history) taught by Mike Seger, Story Development and Screenwriting by Jamie Vollrath.

The intent of the Academy is to allow the teachers to focus on their one subject and skill, such as writing in English class,

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By isolating the curriculum for each teacher, Haag believes this will help address various problems teachers have been dealing with. “For years it’s bothered

me that they’ve asked teachers to do things outside of their realm,� he explained. “We’re asking them to do everything, help kids learn how to read, do math, learn science, and those are not our specialty.

What makes the most sense is when teachers can be specialized in their subject area, so the history teacher can take on the history and how to do research on it.

And the English teacher can focus on how to teach students to read and write and format and how to ap-

ply that knowledge. I get to focus on my specialty in the technology area and how to use technology as a tool, to demonstrate their knowledge and skills in social studies and English.�

Haag first thought of the idea when he took a class to the Sundance Festival. “As I was seeing the process I stopped and thought how can I bring things to the next level? I’m not a writer. I haven’t been trained on how to help kids on story line. So the first idea was to get connected

with an English teacher,� he said.

Haag approached Vollrath, who taught a class called Film is Literature, who he felt shared his views.

The eight year timeline between the idea and the academy’s approval by the school board, Haag explained, involves a lot of consideration and solving various problems within the school’s class scheduling. “Part of it is to do it and to do it right,� he said. “There has to be a lot of thought in the process, a lot of planning. The environment has to be right. If you try to force something and push it through quickly there’s a good chance that you’re not going to be prepared. So we want to make sure what we’re doing is right. And anytime you do something new there are questions, there are problems. It creates scheduling issues, it also creates issues with classes offered in other departments. We tried to make out any possible issues. Teachers understand the power of this type of power.�

After they had the technical dilemmas solved, they also planned to introduce the Academy when a new building was constructed for the school, something which never materialized, and in 2009 they finally decided to move ahead without it.

The Tahoma Joint Leadership Council eventually approved the academy in December, and the school board gave its approval earlier this month. “The school board and the administration have been very supportive of the program,� Haag said. “They understand the value that we offer students.

For the academy to succeed, however, it will need 60 students to register for it in February, when they are signing up for their 2012-2013 classes. “It’s important that there’s a good match between the students and the programs because it is a two year program,� Haag said. “It’s important for the kids to really think about their future and what they want to do post-secondary.�

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But, it wasn’t just five missed days of school due to inclement weather for Kent students.

The district’s Technology Expo scheduled for Jan. 18 at ShoWare Center in Kent had to be postponed as were several College Goal Sunday events scheduled for last week. The College Goal events were planned to help high school seniors work on federal financial aid application forms for college.

On Monday, Tahoma School District officials were on a two-hour delay schedule due to icy roads in the early morning hours.

The weather impacted the end of course assessment schedule for algebra and geometry students at Tahoma High and Tahoma Junior High, requiring those tests to be rescheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.

According to Tahoma district spokesman Kevin Patterson, the first snow day will be made up Friday, “which would otherwise be a non-student day for a semester break.� “Other snow days would be made up in June,� Patterson wrote in an email. “We won’t make a final decision on other options, such as moving one of the waiver days to June and using it as a makeup day, until we see how many cancellation days we have. We probably won’t know for certain (on makeup days) until February, except for the Jan. 27 date.�

with (Puget Sound Energy) to systematically correct each issue.�

By Monday afternoon, Loftis wrote, there were only three schools in the district — which is the fourth largest in the state and covers a significant geographic area — without power.

The decision was made to get kids back to school on Tuesday. “Our objective through all of this has been to keep our students, staff, and facilities safe and to get back to regular classroom operations as soon as possible,� said a statement released by the district on behalf of the Kent School Board of Directors and Superintendent Edward Lee Vargas. “Our work is important, our students need us, and our community counts on us.

The district is in the process of requesting a waiver of makeup days from OSPI. When we have a response to that request we will be able to finalize the revised calendar.�

Additionally, the board and superintendent signed off on moving a previously scheduled optional day at the end of the first semester from Monday, Jan. 30, to Monday, Feb. 6, making next Monday a regular school day for students and staff. The first semester will instead end on Friday, Feb. 3.

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Community news COVINGTON ARTIST ACCEPTED TO STATEWIDE ART SHOW Covington artist Elinor Maroney has been accepted into the 2012 CVG Show, a statewide juried art show held at the Collective Visions Gallery in Bremerton.

Her artwork wall sculpture titled “Tree Pods� is one of 136 artworks chosen from more than 800 works submitted by artists

throughout Washington state by exhibition juror Kathleen Moles, Curator of Exhibitions and Collections at the Museum of Northwest Art in LaConner. Accepted artists will be competing for $6,000 in cash prizes plus potential purchase awards and will be on display at CVG from Jan. 28 through Feb. 25. Maroney is a local clay artist whose studio is in her home near Covington. Much of her work is functional but for galleries she is doing wheel thrown and altered work for wall installations.

She has a Master’s in Fine Arts in Ceramics from Antioch College and teaches for Seniors Making Art in the area. The Collective Visions Gallery is located at 331 Pacific Avenue in downtown Bremerton and will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 1-5 p.m. on Sundays during the exhibition.

The public will have the opportunity to vote on a $300 People’s Choice award up to 5 p.m., Feb. 24. A public reception is set for 5 p.m. on Feb. 3 during Bremerton’s First Friday Gallery Walk.

“We had trees fall on five homes,â€? Arkamoff said. “We were able to identify those fairly quickly. The maintenance crew going to be easy. stayed out plowing roads‌ until Friday at 5 p.m. because “I’d rather have two feet of snow than deal with ice,â€? he there was still slush on the roads. Most of the plowing on Frisaid. “It’s just very difficult and very risky and it’s a scary day was plowing snow away from catch basins so we wouldn’t thing listening to those trees pop as you’re driving down have flooding.â€? the road.â€?

City staff worked with Puget Sound Energy to partner with In addition to the efforts of Covington and Maple Valley Covington Christian Fellowship to open an emergency warmpublic works crews, entities from throughout the region ing shelter for those still without power. responded to the hazards created by the storm ranging “It was about 1 p.m. on Saturday that we shut down our opfrom Washington State Patrol to Maple Valley Fire and Life erations to give our guys some rest before we hit our recovery Safety, Kent Regional Fire Authority and Mountain period,� Akramoff said. “We’ve kind of been supporting View Fire. the shelter in minor ways over the weekend.�

Covington and Maple Valley have an interlocal Now it’s time to prepare for recovery and postSNOW AND agreement with their public works departments, storm clean up. which has them aid either city if they encounter “People are very patient with response. People difficulty handling any problems clearing up their know you’re doing your best,� Akramoff said. “People roads and streets. This interlocal agreement allowed are not as patient with recovery because they want them to make improvements to the roads during the their power on, they want their cable on, they want their summer. Covington also replaced its old four yard dump streets cleaned up. Recovery is the hardest because it takes the truck with a new truck retrofitted with snow and ice equip- longest.� ment.

Akramoff foresees a three week recovery period.

Covington city staff from all departments helped support A full-time crew of four staff will work on clean up, but, the efforts of public works crews, Akramoff said, by workthe public works director said, Covington has also brought in ing 10 or 12 hour shifts in the city’s emergency coordinatemporary emergency workers to assist. tion center on Jan. 19 and Jan. 20, taking reports of fallen Crews will start on the west side of the city and work their trees, cable and power lines. way east and will go street by street with dump trucks and “All hands were on deck,� Akramoff said. “Our team back hoes to clear fallen trees as well as debris. That will be certainly came together, we had people from community followed by a street sweeper later to get smaller debris. development out in the field, we had finance and our There could be anywhere from 1,000 to 1,500 cubic yards of executive department helping to run our ECC. Everyone debris to clean up over the coming weeks. kicked in to help us.� “When we’re in an emergency, that’s what we’re here for,�

And staff worked to deal with the emergency situation Arkamoff said. “People count on us to do our day to day activcreated by the weather. ity and keep the city running. When it comes to a situation

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like last week, they expect us to shine‌ and I think every entity to PSE to all the cities to the county, to the state, all worked to make sure they did the best they could.�

In Maple Valley, crews worked to clear six inches of snow off 30 miles of streets with sand, deicer and salt, while at the same time carefully monitoring the National Weather Service updates, according to Public Works Director Steve Clark.

The public works department also kept in communication with Maple Valley Life and Fire Safety. Operations ceased on Jan. 20. Clark said the storm will cost the city approximately $30,000.

At the Maple Valley City Council’s meeting on Monday, Clark stated the city benefited from preparations that had been made during the late fall, as well as the their new maintenance facility located at Southeast 264th Street. The city purchased the 2.79 acre property for $1.1 million in November. “Overall, I think we were well prepared to respond to this event,� Clark said. “We had the pieces of equipment ready to go. It really elevated morale.�

Meanwhile, emergency responders also had to contend with accidents in the area due to fallen trees and poor road conditions.

From Jan. 17-19 the Washington State Patrol reported 10 collisions, nearly all of them on state Route 18, which was eventually closed due to the number of fallen trees.

Kent Regional Fire Authority spokesman Kyle Ohashi stated that on Thursday, Jan. 19 he received nearly 500 non-emergency calls. Kent Fire provides service to the city of Covington.

Between Jan. 17-23 Mountain View Fire and Rescue, which serves Black Diamond and surrounding unincorporated areas, received 161 calls, when it normally receives around 20, according to department spokesman Tim Perciful.

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Preparation and some luck

Every time a storm rolls through like the one we had last week I park my rear-wheel-drive Mustang in the garage.

This year I was fortunate enough to have my mother-in-law’s 2006 all wheel drive Chevy Equinox at my disposal so I was able to get around.

Oh, don’t get me wrong, I can drive my Mustang in the snow but I love my car and don’t wish to endanger it among the motorists who don’t know how to drive their AWD or four wheel drive SUVs in the white stuff.

Plus, it’s no fun slipping around or getting stuck, nor is chaining up to get out of my neighborhood then removing the chains once out on the main roads.

Still, it’s not really the snow that gets us around here. It’s the ice that inevitably comes along with it — on the hills we have all over the region — that can cause problems.

Or the crazy thing that happened on Jan. 19 when we were all expecting it to warm up and rain.

Instead, we got freezing rain then snow on top of it, something none of the weather forecasters predicted.

In fact, Cliff Mass, a meteorologist and professor at the University of Washington (whom I consider the go-to weather expert when things get extreme) even essentially said, “Oops, our bad,� on behalf of weather forecasters.

OK. Actually, what he said on his blog, cliffmass.blogspot.com, “Well folks, this is not my profession’s finest hour. We had forecast the continuation of the light freezing drizzle of yesterday (an irritant, but not a major threat) and then a warm-up today with rain coming in late.

Our models did not indicate that the precipitation would move so far north, so fast.�

I would bet, however, based on numerous discussions about weather preparation with Covington’s Public Works Director Glenn Akramoff, that he wasn’t surprised at all by the turn for the unexpected worst.

Back in December 2008 Akramoff told me his staff tried to be ready for any other potential circumstances that could follow snow as the Kris Hill Staff Writer

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weather changed such as flooding as the temperatures rose, freezing rain or wind storms. I am pulling that directly from a sentence I wrote in a story dated Dec. 18, 2008, the last big, nasty snow storm I remember.

Last week was crazy to me because I felt even more of an outsider looking in than normal.

I was able to get to work and drive around in the weather thanks to the Equinox (and, I won’t prevaricate, I love driving in the snow with the right vehicle). My house lost power but for little more than 24 hours.

At first, the snow was a lovely thing, as it coated lawns and hillsides with the perfect stuff for snowmen as well as sledding while leaving the roads passable.

It first arrived when kids weren’t in school.

But then it kept kids out of school in Tahoma for four days and Kent for five. Then the power went out. We all saw the trees laden with ice and it wasn’t long before they started breaking under the weight of the frozen rain along with snow, taking out power lines, littering the road with limbs causing greater disruption than the snow.

In the midst of all that, the Los Angeles Times had the chutzpah to call Seattlites “snow wimps,� send a surge of outrage regarding the apparent hypocrisy rippling through social media and local news outlets.

Yep, other media wrote stories about how the

LA Times wrote a headline calling us out up here in rainy Seattle, something which kind of made me chuckle. Still, I agree with the outrage.

Ad hominem attacks don’t belong in headlines, especially for stories about weather. Seriously.

Shame on the LA Times.

As I write this on Monday afternoon, I know folks in East Kent who still do not have power, while most in Covington and Maple Valley have it back.

Still, by the time this column hits print, clean up may still be under way around the region as well is in our own communities.

In the end, this is why I park my Mustang somewhere, because Mother Nature is unpredictable at best and downright cruel at worst.

Somehow, though, we all manage to get through it and with each big storm we all learn something.

And it’s late January, so, it’s entirely possible we could have another storm of some kind so I hope you’re all prepared.

It’s one thing to know how to drive in the snow, how to steer out of a skid after hitting a patch of hidden ice, but it’s another thing entirely to get through more than a day or two without a power. Especially, when like me and many of my neighbors, you have pets and young children, so that’s an area where I will try to be better prepared.

net for most of its work and communication.

As a result, the father had the greatest of all job benefits; he was able to pick whenever he wanted to live in the country.

So, naturally, he chose to live in Leavenworth, the most beautiful area in Washington.

Then there is one of my family friends, who used to go to work at a huge building like everyone else. Due to the Internet, however, the company cut out the unnecessary overhead costs and closed his office. Now, he has the pleasure of working at home.

Another instance which piqued my curiosity on the matter was when King County Sheriff Sue Rahr discussed the closing of Precinct No. 3 in Maple Valley. Technology, she explained, allowed the deputies to complete most of their work from their laptops in their vehicles, removing much of the need for a precinct office.

I believe that in the future, traditional media will begin to move in this direction, as well. Although there is still the ironic “Daily

either running around or pecking away loudly on typewriters, the reality is newspapers more resemble the quiet cubicle environment of Office Space.

The trouble with writing about this was that I could never find a specific example of how reporters have done this which was applicable to the area.

Thanks to the snowstorm last week, I do.

Although I was able to make it down to Maple Valley on Tuesday and Thursday, the weather conditions kept me in Bellevue for most of the week. Fortunately, I was still able to call fire departments and the Washington State Patrol, as well as receive updates about the weather conditions of the roads. Modern technology allowed me to publish my stories online and follow hour-by-hour updates on the Washington State Department of Transportation website, as well as Tweets by local fire departments. Even though I wasn’t able

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The future of journalism For a while I have desired to write a column about how technological advances, particularly within the Internet, have the potential to affect the role and manner in which a reporter operates.

The Internet, as most of us have seen, has radically changed the way many businesses conduct their day to day affairs. My first observation of this was when a family I knew moved out of Bellevue because their father had a job working for a company that used the Inter-

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The city of Black Diamond Public Works Department is not able to provide collection of residential or business storm debris. However, there are some local options residents can use to dispose of storm debris.

Residents who subscribe to curbside yard and food waste can put storm debris into their yard carts.

The material cannot be larger than 4 inches in diameter or 4 feet in length; weight varies by container size and hauler. Allied Waste will accept a double load of yard waste even if your last yard waste collection was not missed.

Allied Waste will accept a double load of yard and food debris on your next regularly scheduled yard waste collection day only if your yard waste collection was missed on your last regularly scheduled yard waste collection day. Roll-off containers (large containers dropped off by the hauler) can be delivered for storm

[MARTINELL from page 6] to get my car out of my own neighborhood cul-de-sac, I could keep people in Maple Valley, Covington and Black Diamond informed of the situation (those who had power, at least).

I see journalism, specifically community journalism, moving to the point where newspapers won’t have an office in a traditional sense.

Reporters and editors won’t begin their day by coming into a specific building. They will operate out of their homes and cars or wherever they choose to set up their work station, resembling a

freelance reporter lifestyle.

Now that phones have Internet access, stories can be allocated through email and Skype will allow editors to hold meetings and conferences with their reporters at any time or location.

I can’t predict for certain what will befall print versions. Frankly, I think national and international newspapers will eventually all go online.

But regardless there will be a shift, gradual or dramatic, towards online publication. This will have a huge impact on the concept of “deadline.�

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They are closed Wednesday and Thursday and open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

For more information, visit King County’s website at www.kingcounty.gov.

Cedar Grove Composting is located at 17825 Cedar Grove Road SE, Maple Valley.

They are reducing their fee for storm debris to $10 a ton with a$10 minimum.

Additional information is on the website at http://www.cedar-grove.com/. Hours for drop-off are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and they are currently assessing whether to open the Maple Valley facility for limited weekend services.

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have a “deadline� defined by the timeliness and originality of the story.

Also, with phones now acting as little computers, at some point reporters will be able to interview, write, photograph, film and publish, as well as update their Facebook and Twitter accounts with their phone.

Like everything in life, I see this future bringing with it both a blessing and a curse.

The blessing is that it would allow reporters to cover issues during a crisis, like the snow storm, when they might not be able to do otherwise. Had I lived in Maple Valley, I may have lost power and

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There is also the potential that it could contribute to poor journalism skills. Some news outlets may try to use technology as an excuse to never actually visit areas they report on, culminating in a noticeable disconnect between the media and the community.

And much like book publishing, it can lead to an influx of people who think because they have a camera, some basic writing knowledge and the capacity to publish online that they are a journalist or reporter.

Ultimately, no matter how technology changes the face of journalism, some aspects of reporting will remain the same.

Nothing beats good old fashion on-site coverage.

A community needs that presence in order to trust its source of news.

This is why I’m not worried about reporting jobs getting shipped overseas and one day having a man from India call up a woman to talk about the shooting she witnessed at the corner drugstore.

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This has also allowed less people to do more work with greater speed and efficiency.

The massive downsizing of newspapers has been due to the fact that reporters are now required to be a jack-of-all-trades who can write, copy-edit, photograph and publish.

The potential curse, however, is putting all one’s eggs into a single basket, that basket being the Internet and phone satellites. If Internet or

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Rainier Wood Recyclers is located at 27529 Covington Way SE, Covington, WA 98042 (across from Costco).

They will accept storm debris for a reduced fee for the next month. Fees will be $5 a cubic yard with a $10 minimum and free drop-off for senior citizens.

At this facility customers have to unload their own material. Hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.

To accommodate the storm clean up they will also be open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. the next two Sundays. Additional information is available on their website at http:// www.rainierwood.com or by calling 253-333-0333.

Pacific Top Soils is located at 21700 SE Lake Francis Road, Maple Valley, WA 98038 accepts storm debris. Fees are $20.60 per cubic yard and hours are Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., closed Saturday and Sunday. Customers have to unload their own material at this facility.

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266th Street and 194th Avenue Southeast. A man was signaled to stop while riding his bicycle in the Timberlane neighborhood. The man fled but was later caught and arrested for two warrants related to controlled substance violations, according to a police report.

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Dec. 31 FLED ON FOOT: Southeast

26800 block of Maple Valley Highway. Someone tried to pry open the window of an SUV parked in the lot of a gas station and convenience store. Suspects were caught on video and latent prints were submitted.

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FLED IN STOLEN CAR: 27600 block of 220th Court Southeast.

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There is a suggested donation of $5 for adults.

Seniors, veterans and children under the age of 12 are free.

Don Mason, the “mayor� of Franklin, stated he

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The Black Diamond Historical Society will offer tours of the ghost town of Franklin at noon on Saturday, Feb. 4 and Sunday, March 4.

The tour group will meet at the Black Diamond Historical Museum, located at 32627 Railroad Ave., Black

Community Note BLACK DIAMOND POLICE CHIEF GRADUATES FROM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY’S CENTER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY Black Diamond Police Chief Jamey Kiblinger has graduated from the School of Police Staff and Command (SPSC) at Northwestern University.

The 10 week staff and command program was held in Burien from Sep. 19 - Dec.16.

Kiblinger was a student in SPSC Class #321 which accommodated a total of 23 students for the 10 week period.

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intends to emphasize several historical events and themes for this year’s tour.

Formed in 1886, Franklin was a coal mining town of about 1,000 people. The diverse population consisted of immigrants from Wales, Italy, Slovenia, and Sweden.

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by the coal company in 1891 to break a union strike.

When the black miners arrived in Franklin they were greeted by company men who handed them all firearms and told that there were violent Indians in the region. They went to the mines where fences had been placed around it

to keep the striking miners out.

A conflict occurred as a result in July, in which two men were killed, and the National Guard had to be brought in to restore order.

Yet, the racial tensions settled quickly afterwards, according to Mason. “There was some friction, but it wasn’t company

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An old mine cart near the ghost town of Franklin. It is located near the Green River Gorge. The Black Diamond Historical Society will offer tours of the town on Feb. 4 and March 4. TJ MARTINELL, The Reporter. opportunities the immigrants had when they came to Franklin. “Immigrants coming to America came here for opportunities,� he explained. “As a farmer in Italy or Slovenia, there was no opportunities for advancement.

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For those of you not familiar with the sport of cyclocross, let me give you a brief tutorial about this crazy form of bike racing. Cyclocross racing has roots that are deeply set in the cold and wet winters of northern Europe. Many years ago, one of our cycling forefathers decided that bike racers could stay fit in the fall and winter months by putting knobby tires on their road bikes and racing over muddy courses that were filled with obstacles of all shapes and sizes.

My first season of cyclocross was fantastic until I hit a muddy rut I didn’t see, falling hard on my rear end and tearing some fibers of gluteal muscle tissue off the back of my femur bone.

No problem, I thought.

This will get better soon.

Now comes the part that I’m ashamed to admit: For the next 18 months of my clinical practice, I preached much more than I personally practiced. Every day, I would see patients with sore knees, clicking hips, or any other manner of musculoskeletal issue that prevented them from leading a comfortable life. Day after day and patient after patient, I would extol the virtues of taking time to engage in physical therapy and recondition the body back

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My symptoms reached a point that I could no longer tolerate, and I carved some time out in my schedule to have a physical therapist devise a plan for my rehabilitation. “Great,� I thought. “Finally I will commit myself to getting this problem fixed.� Three days into my treatment plan, life threw another curve at me when I received a call from my sister telling me that my father had a heart attack and would need a four vessel bypass surgery. Suddenly, the hip didn’t matter so much anymore and I was on the way to California to spend time with my dad.

I spent hours in the hospital with my dad that week before and after his surgery.

I was lucky I still had the chance to do it. Things don’t always turn out well

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t was watching Olympic gymnasts on YouTube elegantly moving on the balance beam that made Delanie Cornwell want to be a gymnast. “It looked so cool and I wanted to learn how to do everything they did,� said Cornwell, 18.

Cornwell started gymnastics in seventh grade, falling in love with the sport right away. “At first everything was just fun and not taken too seriously,� she said. “Then I went to high school and it’s still fun, but we have to work really hard and prepare ourselves more, which I like better.�

The senior at Kentwood High School is excelling this year and is meeting the goals she set for herself in the past few meets. During her last invitational meet against Auburn Mountainview High School, Cornwell took third place in the balance beam and bars. “The pressure from the meets is a good thing for me because it pushes me to be better,� she said.

Cornwell credits her coaches, teammates and work ethic for her success. “There are some

things that come easily to me, but some things that take awhile,� Cornwell said. “Luckily I have great coaches that encourage me at every moment and that helps a lot. Also, there are some girls that have been doing gymnastics since they were five and they have a lot of advice for us.�

Cornwell’s coaches are impressed with the positivity she brings to the team. “She always has a great attitude and is such a hard worker,� said Coach Ann Diaz.

Cornwell is also enjoying the role of captain this year. “I really like helping the girls out and having them come to me with questions,� she said. “What keeps me motivated the most is feeling that all these girls are relying on me. All my teammates are really talented and will accomplish great things.�

All the girls on Cornwell’s team are close friends. “The best part of being on the team is the girls,�

Cornwell said. “We become like a family because we spend so much time together and go through similar things.

We never stop talking after the seasons ends,

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Cornwell hopes to take her talents to college. “I know that no matter what happens I will keep gymnastics a big part of my life,� she said. “But I do hope to make it onto a team in college.�

In addition to gymnastics, Cornwell enjoys outdoor activities such as snowboarding, wakeboarding, camping and swimming. “I just like to do anything active basically,� she said.

Cornwell took advanced placement classes last year and is enrolled in running start classes at Green River Community College this year.

She has already received academic scholarship offers from Oregon State University, University of Idaho and Washington State University. “I’m not sure what the future holds, but I do know I will be coming back to Kentwood to watch gymnastics meets and keep in touch with everyone,� Cornwell said. “I love this sport and all that this team has given me.�

Kentwood hosts the All City Meet on SaturKentwood’s Delanie Cornwell works on a routine on the bar during practice day after the Reporter’s Tuesday afternoon in preparation for a meet on Saturday. SARAH KEHOE, The Reporter deadline.

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Swimmers on the Kentwood’s boys swim team who have qualified for league will compete at the South Puget Sound League championship meet Saturday.

Members of the team can compete in two individual events as well as relays.

Varrick Anderson qualified for the 100 freestyle with a time of 57.30 seconds and the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:12.08. Taylor Casillas qualified for diving. Nick Creasia qualified in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:14.76 and the 500 freestyle with a time of 6:19.65.

John Croce qualified in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:16.16. John-Jyle Davis qualified in the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.69. Jesse Dehnert qualified in diving. Cole Hen-

dricks qualified in the 500 freestyle with a time of 6:21.35.

Dane Hendricks qualified in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:13.46 and the 500 freestyle with a time of 6:18.58. Dan Lalime qualified in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:11.27.

Kevin Molloy qualified in the 200 individual medley, the 50 freestyle with a time of 24:09, the 100 freestyle, the 100 butterfly and the 100 breaststroke.

Edward Quantos qualified in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:30.49 and the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:12.02. Logan Stoick qualified in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:08.32, the 200 medley with a time of2:28.07, the 100 freestyle at 56.69 and the 100 backstroke at 1:00.95.

Dane Turnball qualified in the 200 individual medley at 2:27.55, the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.77, the 100 freestyle at 55.73 and the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:02.48. Ian VanMatre qualified for the 500 freestyle with a

when they would make up boys and girls basketball, boys swim and dive, gymnastics and wrestling events canceled last week.

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So far, five Kentwood swimmers have qualified for districts. Molloy qualified in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:11.66, the 100 butterfly at 58.76, and the 100 breaststroke at 1:05.17. Logan Stoick qualified in the 100 backstroke. at 1:00.95. Turnball qualified for the 100 backstroke at 102.48. Casillas and Jesse Dehnert have qualified for diving.

Denhert has also qualified for state in diving.

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The Shootout features five South Puget Sound League basketball games with both boys and girls teams playing.

All four of the Kent School District high schools will have at least one game in the Shootout.

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Angelo retired as a Washington State teacher and school administrator. He had been active in many local fraternal, veterans and church organizations. They moved to Sequim in April 1999.

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can prune fruit trees any time of year but in the winter it is easier to see the shape and form of the tree. No, you don’t have to prune fruit trees to keep them alive – only if you want more fruit or to train the tree to stay low or thin so the fruit is easier to harvest.

Thinning can be done on fruit trees now to open up the center of the tree and allow more sunlight to hit the fruit. Just cut off a thin or inward-facing branch at the joint where it sprouts from a larger branch. A thin branch is anything less than a finger width wide. When pruning pear or apple trees you can also make heading cuts. This is when you shorten a long branch so you leave only two or three buds. Some orchardists call this type of cut “tipping back� and it encour-

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Wait until the weather warms in late spring to prune cold-sensitive plants because pruning always stimulates growth and you want these light sleepers to remain in the fog of winter dormancy. Instead, make your cuts on fruit trees and overgrown but hardy deciduous trees and shrubs.

Q. My question is about pruning. How do you know when and how much to prune a tree or shrub? K.K., Tacoma A. The old rule says that the best time to prune is when the shears are sharp

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for work, but quite honestly I thought our septic tank was going bad. It smelled like rotten eggs and when I got up about three hours later, I was sure bad things were happening to our septic when I went out into the living room.

The smell was in the hallway and in the entry way; which is odd considering the septic tank is on the other side of the house. As I got closer to the fireplace, the source of the stench finally occurred to me. I got my youngest and her friend up at the ungodly hour of 8:00, just to come smell it, so I could be sure.

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now just a sloppy mess.

Besides homework in silence at the library, we were discussing how things could have been so much worse: I could have made the cake and have just been putting it in the oven when the power went out or I could have made the cake and it could have been in the oven partially done when the power went out; both scenarios are markedly worse than not getting to make a cake at all.

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The power came on for 10 minutes Thursday night then went off. When it came on a half hour later, we thought it would hold.

An hour after it had been on, I literally stood up to make a cake and the power went off again. That was at about 6:50 p.m.

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and ready for us to move out. I told her we’d go to a hotel if we had to, but that I wouldn’t leave until my husband came home from work. I mean, why should he rush home from work just to die along with us?

Seriously, though, gas leaks are nothing to mess with and by that time I knew it had been the fireplace and was on top of it. Besides the carbon monoxide alarm hadn’t gone off and our bird, who resides in the living room, wasn’t dead. Miners used to bring birds down into mine shafts to check for carbon monoxide. If the bird died the miners would hustle themselves out of the mine.

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lives have become overrun with schedules, emails, smartphones, sports practices for our kids, work pressure and stress — and little time to take care of ourselves.

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will have our winter war stories; I mean we had to eat all our ice cream before it became a soupy mess. My neighbor called me before I came to the library. She told me how they had their wood fireplace going and a generator to keep their fridge running and kids’ movies playing. I told her how we still have hot water when the power is out.... she said “lucky dog.�

I better just quit while I’m not ahead.

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bring $5 for food and climbing harnesses if they have one.

The cost for the climbs, which will happen in May, June and July, will be $160.

The dates will be decided by the meeting on Jan. 31.

All who intend to climb with Fisher will need to sign release forms before going on the expedition.

I am personally working on an even better hearthealthy diet, and my hip will be more than ready to go in the next few weeks.

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I shut the gas valve off that feeds the fireplace.

Then it took me the rest of the morning to get rid of the stench by opening the front and back doors to let not only the smell out but the remainder of our heat. The smell must’ve been heavier than the air, because it took so long to move out, at one point I wasn’t even sure it had been the fireplace leaking and had to get the neighbor to come over and smell, just for a fresh nose.

I called my husband who pointed out that the stench is more powerful than the leak so you can smell it long before it could kill you. Hmm? Not sure that was comforting or not. My mom was worried

Research shows some promise and hope for the sufferers of the debilitating effects of Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s is a disease that affects a person’s gait and balance, slows down movement, and causes muscle rigidity. There is no cure for Parkinson’s, but medication and surgery can sometimes help. Now, breakthrough technology has been shown to have some positive effects for those suffering from the disease. Special video games that are similar to Wii and Kinect games have been designed to help people with Parkinson’s move their bodies in specific ways. Once a person masters a level of the game, the game becomes harder. The games may prove to be a customizable and “fun� way to combat Parkinson’s.

No known treatment can stop or reverse the breakdown of nerve cells that causes Parkinson’s disease, but drugs can relieve many symptoms of the disease. Surgery also can be effective in a small number of people to treat symptoms.

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Think of a certified arborist as a doctor for your trees

present or are suspect.

Many offer pruning BE SUSPICIOUS OF DOORBELL While it is not possible services. Certification RINGERS to predict if or when failnot only means that an What the heck ures may occur, an arborist the arborist will Beware of the tree is a certified can point out the possibili- “expert� or “arborist� that use the proper arborist? And why ties to be aware of. techniques for knocks on you door and is the designaDamage appraisals may tree care, but proclaims that a tree looks tion important to be called for under various sick and must be removed that he/she also homeowner? circumstances. Certiknows what not or have some type of The simple fied arborists use widely to do to improve treatment to make it safer. answer is that in recognized tree formulas the health, safety Sometimes these are salesmany respects we to estimate the value of and appearance persons paid on commisare like tree docof a homeowner’s trees. For large trees that sions. Do they really have a tors. That seems are a significant feature landscape. homeowner’s best interests to answer the Tree removal is in a landscape, values can at heart? “Anyone can call question in most easily be several thousands a big business.

Oftentimes, it is wise themselves an people’s minds. of dollars.

Th e primary to get a second opinion.

But it really goes arborist that can Many off er legal services goal of certifi ed I have been called in on spell the word. But much deeper arborists is to use that may include expert situations where I recomonly those that than that. witness testimonies at removal as a last mended something other have completed Anyone can depositions and trials. resort. They are than what the unsolicited a certification call themselves Most offer a wide range trained to use doorbell ringer was sugprocess can earn an “arborist� of consulting services to their best judgegesting. The recommenthe professional that can spell homeowners, local govern- dations resulted in saved ment, experithe word. But designation of ments, developers and ence and tools trees and money. only those that certified arborist.� to evaluate the other entities involved in have completed Dennis Tompkins tree preservation or tree health and safety SOURCES FOR CERTIFIED a certification care. of trees and to ARBORISTS process can earn Several communities make appropriate the professional and homeowner associarecommendations.

The “Tree Services� secdesignation of certified tions have tree preservaSuch tree hazard assesstions in the yellow pages of arborist� tion ordinances. ments may recommend various communities list a The International SociOftentimes they will removal where construcfew arborists or state that ety of Arboriculture (ISA) tion or other activities have require a report from a cer- a tree service has such on requires passage of a comtified arborist if a resident drastically altered a tree’s their staffs. prehensive examination on growing environment, has safety concerns about The Internet offers the art and science of tree protected trees. serious defects are visible lists from various areas. care, at least three years or root diseases may be Many links will lead to the of practical experience, membership in a professional organization and participation in continuing education programs.

Certification measures the tree knowledge of an individual, but it cannot guarantee quality performance of work.

That is something a potential consumer must judge by asking questions, checking references and, for those arborists involved with tree services, being certain they are bonded or otherwise properly insured.

Those of us that have earned the designation take pride in it. While we feel we can offer quality and conscientious services, we also believe that we Earn Extra Income Delivering have an important role to The Maple Valley/Covington Reporter help educate the public about proper tree care.

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Many certified arborists are self-employed individuals that perform all their own services. Some are WSU Master Gardeners that are adept at diagnosing pest problems.

Others have crews and offer expanded tree care and landscape services. Public agencies also have employees that have attained the designation.

Call or visit the Maple Valley/Covington Reporter office to find out if your neighborhood is available!

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Pacific Northwest Chapter of the ISA that lists certified members in British Columbia, Oregon and Washington.

Local county extension services also use the same list and may offer specific recommendations.

As the winter storm season progresses, a consultation with a certified arborist may be prudent if a homeowner has concerns about his or a neighbor’s trees.

Dennis Tompkins is a Cer-

tified Arborist, Certified Hazard Tree Risk Assessor and Master Gardener from the Bonney LakeSumner area.

He provides small tree pruning, pest diagnosis, hazard tree evaluations, tree appraisals and other services for homeowners and businesses.

Contact him at 253 863-7469 or email at dlt@blarg.net. Website: evergreen-arborist.com.

PUBLIC NOTICES KING COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT #43 PUBLIC HEARING A PUBLIC HEARING, as required by state law, will be held on February 2, 2012 – 6:00 pm at 22225 SE 231st Street, Maple Valley WA 98038, for the purpose of discussing the Annexation of: “Lake Youngs Annexation�: Four parcels located at 182XX SE Lake Youngs Road.

Published in Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on January 27, 2012. #575335.

PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING TIME CHANGE The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of

Public Hospital District No. 1 of King County, (Valley Medical Center) scheduled for the 1st Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m., has been rescheduled to the first and third Mondays of every month at 5:30 p.m. in the Board Room of Valley Medical Center.

Meetings will be moved to Tuesday if the Monday is a holiday.

This meeting schedule will become effective at the next regular meeting, February 6, 2012.

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON (VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER) By: Sandra Sward Assistant to the Board of Commissioners Published in the Kent, Renton, Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporters on January 27, 2012 and February 3, 2012. #577278.

CITY OF COVINGTON NOTICES ORDINANCE NO. 03-12 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Covington, King County, Washington amending the impact fee exemption requirements and process to cmc chapter 12.105 transportation impact fees and cmc chapter 18.120 school impact fees.

ORDINANCE NO. 04-12 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Covington, King County, Washington amending CHAPTERS 18.20 TECHNICAL TERMS AND LAND USE DEFINITIONS; 18.31 Downtown Development and Design Standards; 18.40 Development standardslandscaping and 18.55 signs OF THE COVINGTON MUNICIPAL CODE associated with MINoR corrections to the downtown zoning provisions.

Passed by the City Council of Covington, Washington, at the City Council meeting of January 24, 2012 to take effect five days after publication.

Published in the Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on January 27, 2012. #577214.

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