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Baker Street Bookstore owner’s farewell Green Society Store closing party for Bob Charles also a chance to celebrate a new beginning

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BY KRIS HILL khill@maplevalleyreporter.com

Baker Street Bookstore was on the verge of closing when just days before the iconic Black Diamond business was to shut its doors a white knight rode in to save it.

Patrons gathered on Sunday to mourn its closure, celebrate the joy the business had brought to the community as well as its owner, when it was announced that Kent resident Todd Hulbert was the white knight who had purchased the business from owner Bob Charles.

Charles explained that when he made the announcement on Sunday those in attendance cheered and applauded.

The deal was sealed just days before the store was to close, Hulbert said.

Hulbert, who owns an online clothing and apparel business, said he had books but no place to put them.

“My speciality is in Internet marketing,” he said. “Books fit so beautifully into that. I wanted to get into the online book business, so, I started buying very large lots of books all up and down the West Coast.”

Charles and Hulbert were able to come to an agreement, Hulbert said, and now the store will be home to 150,000 books he’s acquired.

After months of thought, Charles said, he decided in February to close the store and made the announcement March 1.

“I had been thinking about it the past six or seven months, business had been going down because of the economy and people switching to ebooks,” Charles said. “Then on March 8 I took a tumble and fell on my back. I like to joke that the bookstore was getting even with me.”

He woke up 12 days later at Harborview Medical Center with screws and rods in his back “and a whole bunch of nurses and doc[ more BOOKSTORE page 4 ]

Owner describes new business as an access point for medical marijuana patients his business as specializing in “palliative care and networking solutions,” which Let the legal wrangling includes medical marijuana over medical marijuana collective gardens. begin.

GSG, located at A new business 22210 S.E. 272nd called Green SociStreet in FronMaple ety Group opened tier Square, is Valley up in Maple Valley designed with a on April 20, run by more welcoming Chris Schoonover and environment than most his business partner, Jon business dealing with mediHofer. A dispute has arisen cal marijuana, according between the city of Maple to Schoonover. The main Valley and Schoonover as room resembles a medical to whether or not Green office with a security door Society Group is violating through which someone the city’s moratorium on with an authenticated medmedical marijuana.

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Doug Ostgard plays a solo on the saxophone with By Committee during a going out of business party for Baker Street Bookstore in Black Diamond on Sunday. kris hill, The Reporter To view a slide show go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com

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Covington water district to host gardening classes may 12 Covington Water District, Cascade Water Alliance and the Saving Water Partnership will hold free Savvy Gardener classes at 10 a.m. on May 12 at the Covington Water District in the District's Board Room.

The theme of the May 12 class will be "Water Saving Ideas from Italy."

The classes will help gardeners create healthy lawns and gardens that do not require excessive water or chemicals. Topics include food gardening, garden design and plant choice.

The classes are taught by gardening experts Marianne Binetti, Don Marshal and Peggy Campbell.

Classes will also be held on Wednesday, May 23 and Saturday, June 23.

All classes are free of charge to residents within the Covington Water District service area. Visit covingtonwater.com to learn more about the classes at other locations and for registration details.

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Tahoma student wins business award slowly began to develop confidence speaking and addressing people publicly.

Tahoma High senior “When you’re excited Anthony Yun took first about something and you’re place at the Future Business passionate about it you Leader of America State make long-lasting friendConference. ships,” he said. “I broke out It’s a far cry for the of my comfort zone.

18-year-old Washington In addition to the FBLA, state FBLA officer, who Yun also is involved with admitted that he used to be the Math Team, the Asextremely shy. sociated Student Body, the That changed after he National Honor Society attended the Washington and the Maple Valley Youth Business Week Council. program at In February of Pacific Lutheran last year, Yun parUniversity his ticipated in a Young freshman year.

Entrepreneurs There, he was event, in which given a menhe worked with a tor and a team team of high school to work with. students to write a When it came business plan for a time to select wristwatch alarm a “CEO” for “Seeing high school that wakes up the the team, they students in suits user based on their decided to select really intrigued me. sleeping patterns, Yun, which he I had never seen an idea Yun was found ironic. someone speak so inspired by from “They picked articulately. She his AP Psychology the shyest kid, was my role model. class. Yun later held me,” he said.

I wanted to be just a mock presenta“Since then I like her.” Anthony Yun tion of the plan for have become investors. completely “It solidified my enamored with desire to pursue the concept of business,” he said. business.”

As part of the FBLA Before he attended the state conference, Yun had week-long program, Yun to undergo a 100 question met student officers from exam, as well as an interDECA, a not-for-profit view, the hardest of which student organization that he said were the accounting helps emerging leaders and questions. Then, finally, the entrepreneurs prepare for awards were announced on their careers, when they the stage, until there was gave a presentation at the only himself and the state Greater Maple Valley Com- FBLA president on the munity Center. stage.

Yun couldn’t help but “I thought he was going be impressed by the nice to win,” Yun said. “But they clothes a female student called his name for second. officer wore, as well as her I had the biggest smile on professional demeanor. my face when they called “Seeing high school my name for first.” students in suits really inMuch of the preparatrigued me,” he said. “I had tion for the conference Yun never seen someone speak credited to his teachers at so articulately. She was my Tahoma, including his busirole model. I wanted to be ness teacher Deb Wood. just like her.”

“She had to look at my As Yun involved himself resume a dozen times bemore and more, he said he fore I submitted it to state,”

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Maple Valley Creative Arts Council accepting submissions for art show

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The Maple Valley Creative Arts Council is accepting submissions into the Juried Art show.

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Submissions are due prior to June 1.

Up to $1,000 is available in purchase awards in the juried exhibit as well as many awards in the form of People’s Choice and various local business donations (cash and gift certificates).

To learn more about Arts Festival 2012, go to: www.maplevalleyarts.com.

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As part of winning first place, Yun has also been accepted into the Foster Business School at the University of Washington, as well as a position of student leader for Bank of America.

Yun said he intends to use his skills to start a nonprofit organization, which he feels uses many of the

education tools designed for business.

“A business doesn’t have to just be a business,” he said. “It can be a nonprofit, too. You can use the skills you acquire to help others.”

Yun said if he started a nonprofit it would be youth-directed, as a way of helping other students like himself.

“I think my time in ASB showed me high school students can make a difference and they should be supported,” he said.

His student leader position at BOA, he said, will involve an eight-week internship with a nonprofit.

“I will see what it’s like and if it’s something I’d like to pursue,” he said.

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[4] April 27, 2012 [ bookstore from page 1] tors looking at me.”

His prognosis is good, though, and he is looking forward to retirement after owning and operating the store for 17 years.

Charles started the store in the north half of the building in 1985 after looking for the right place he settled in the small community because “Black Diamond seemed like home to me.”

As the business grew, Charles explained, he even-

www.covingtonreporter.com • www.maplevalleyreporter.com tually took over the entire building which is 3,000 square feet.

One of the features of the business that many patrons at the going away event — which Charles described as a wake but everyone else called a party — said they would miss would be the live jazz performances on Friday nights.

That began with a simple conversation, Charles said.

“About six years ago one of my good friends, Doug Ostgard, he would come in and buy books, and we

were talking about music,” Charles said. “I was complaining that the only kind of music you could get out here in southeast King County was country western. Not that there’s anything wrong with country western. He asked me what kind of music I liked and I said, ‘Well, I like jazz myself.’”

It just so happens that Ostgard is a jazz musician — he’s a saxophone player — and knew quite a few jazz musicians in the area.

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were playing twice a month. purchased. The plan is to Word got around among re-open under a new name, the jazz artists in the area, Finally Found Books, in Charles said, and before he July. knew it there were three There is one, part-time performances a month by employee, Hulbert said, “a whole litany of different whom he plans to retain groups and performers.” and someday he may hire Bob Jay, a Maple Valley one additional part-time resident, while perusing staff members.

“The Junks and Sampans of Given the history of the the Yangtze” on business and the Sunday afternoon “I’m just tickled pink fact it’s the only said he would go that there’s going to bookstore within to all the gigs on be a bookstore here a 15-mile radius Friday nights over for the community, which serves not not just for Black the years. just Black DiaDiamond... but for mond, but Maple Fred Davis, a horn player Valley, Covington all of my patrons with the group and surroundfrom all over the of Enumclaw Puget Sound area. ing unincorpomusicians who It will still be a place rated areas, it performed at the they can come and was important beginning of the browse books.” to preserve it, event, said “this Hulbert said.

Bob Charles is a great event to “Bookstores celebrate all the are integral to great things Bob’s done for any community,” Hulbert jazz over the years.” said. “Having a bookstore Maple Valley resident Ed within any community is Monger, who taught music important. Books are so for 30 years in the Tahoma important. This particular Schools, said the free jazz store is an icon within the performances in a corner community because it’s of the bookshop were been around so long.” something the community And Baker Street Bookenjoyed. store can continue to be a “People were free to drop gathering place in the era of in and listen,” Monger said. e-readers.

“More importantly it brings “People are losing their jazz musicians to the area connection to the comthat we ordinarily wouldn’t munity,” Hulbert said. “It’s get to hear.” important to have a place While the music may like this where you can get not continue at the store, out and meet people, where Hulbert does have plans you can enjoy yourself for for other ways to make a while.” customers feel at home, and Hulbert said he wants the building will be his efthe store to be inviting for fective May 1, Charles said. patrons to sit down, read Hulbert said the plan a book and enjoy a cup of is to close the store for 60 coffee as well as a gatherdays in order to make a few ing place for community upgrades around the shop groups to meet, plus he as well as stock it with the plans to offer signing events thousands of tomes he’s with authors as well as

space for artists to display and sell their works.

“We’re going to try and get local artists to bring their stuff in on consignment,” he said. “We will try to rotate it every 90 days.

They have a hard time finding places to sell so here’s a new venue.”

Hulbert will also work to encourage youngsters to read by offering a free book from a special section to children under 10 as well as providing coupons to local school districts for teachers to give to students.

Charles plans to watch baseball, as much as he can of the Seattle Mariners and the Tacoma Rainiers, as well as get outdoors to fish and hike which will be easier once the back brace comes off on June 3.

“I’m a big walker, I like to go walking and hiking,” Charles said. “We live in a great part of the country to go hiking and walking, so, I’m going to take advantage of that, especially down in Enumclaw where I live.”

And he can retire knowing the bookstore will continue on.

“I was relieved that someone had come forward to continue the bookstore in Black Diamond,” Charles said. “That was one of the things I agonized over and that’s why it took me so long to make the decision. I’m just tickled pink that there’s going to be a bookstore here for the community, not just for Black Diamond… but for all of my patrons from all over the Puget Sound area, that it will still be a place where they can come and browse books.”

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Parsons described as a safe alternative to get from Maple Valley to Covington and vice versa while walking or cycling.

As work progressed, Parsons said, in 2005 the coalition worked with the city of Covington, which purchased two properties from private parties, with a grant from King County Conservation Futures money and a special city fund for park acquisition.

An elderly couple which lived on the edge of the Cedar Creek Park site had planted more than 300 species of rhododendrons, Parsons said, and they wanted to see the property preserved for future generations.

“One of the reasons I worked on making this a park is one of the few places left in King County

according to Lisa Parsons, executive director of the Middle Green River Coalition.

“I hadn’t been there in a while, so, I went there in July 2010,” Parsons said.

“It was getting absolutely decimated by off-road vehicles. After doing all that work, to have it decimated by off-road vehicles was devastating.”

In the late 1990s as Covington and Maple Valley were working toward incorporating as cities, Parsons said, the coalition began working to preserve the Cedar Creek property with an eye toward eventually developing it into a park.

“This park could be a focal point for the community sentiment that they needed to have a say in how their communities developed,” Parsons

said. “We basically asked the county and the department of natural resources who owned the land at the time... to make the whole 84 acres of department of natural resources land into a park instead of a (housing) development.”

There were public meetings, Parsons said, local and regional politicians were lobbied.

Members of the coalition met with Ron Sims, who was the King County executive at the time, and discussed a land swap.

Once that swap was completed the 84 acres were set aside as open space.

“It was a huge victory for the community,” Parsons said. “This is a huge success story especially in how it brought the communities together.”

There is a trail that was once a road bed which is a mile and a half long that

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Beyond the door is an “informative table,” which Schoonover said is part of his plan to maintain strong communication with the city and remove any skepticism about the nature of his business.

He stated he intends to have the business open to the public once a month in order for people to come in with any questions they have.

According to Schoonover’s attorney, Jay Berneberg, the business manages collective gardens, yet does not act as a dispensary or a collective garden, and therefore does not violate the city’s moratorium or state law on medical marijuana.

According to state law, up to 10 people can grow a collective garden together.

A person is also allowed to individually possess up to a 60 days worth of medical marijuana, which is defined as up to 24 ounces or 15 plants.

Berneberg stated in a telephone interview that businesses such as GSG manage the collective gardens for the medical patients, something which the state doesn’t regulate.

He also said that only those who are documented

members of a collective garden managed by GSG are given access to the medical marijuana. GSG, he stated, keeps documentation on members who enter or leave the collective garden, as well as store the medical marijuana.

“They’re (GSG) hired by the collective garden to do it,” Berneberg said.

“We have a management company in Maple Valley and that’s where people can go and access their medicine. They come there, they obtain the medicine and they leave. Nobody’s using the medicine there. People come up like they’re going to the pharmacy. There’s not any partying going on. They don’t have a vapor room.”

LEGAL LOOPHOLE

Confusion due to the ambiguity in state law, as well as the exact intentions of GSG, has left the city at a loss of what actions to take, said City Manager David Johnston in a telephone interview.

“They’re (GSG) saying that they don’t fall under the moratorium,” he said.

“We know what our moratorium states and through the discussions it says we believe it falls under the moratorium. We’ll do what we have to do to enforce any action that may have to happen. It’s unfortunate

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that there is no clarity in this issue. You still have the federal, state law issue.

It’s not clear. Some of these actions can be illegal under federal law but it’s allowed under state law. So I think our hope would be the state would clear up any ambiguity, but they got caught in their budget issues.”

Johnston added that this dispute was “not a matter of if but when.”

The moratorium was passed by the City Council in July 2011. At its Feb. 21 meeting the City Council voted to support a letter signed by Gov. Chris Gregoire asking the DEA to consider reassigning medical marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule II drug, which would make it legal for medicinal purposes.

Meanwhile, Schoonover said, he has no intention of letting the business get shut down.

“I won’t quit,” he said. “As long as I’m breathing air I’m going to fight this fight.”

Due to the dispute between the city, Berneberg advised Schoonover not to sell any medical marijuana until the issue has been cleared up. Even though he ultimately chose not to have any medical marijuana in the business during its grand opening, Schoonover said, he was determined to

open on April 20.

“I made a promise that they would be able to speak to me,” he said of clients.

“I was very adamant about that. Being the guys we are, this was an opportunity to prove that I am who I say am.”

It is unlikely at this time, however, that any action will be taken by the city against GSG, according to Johnston, who said at the Maple Valley City Council’s meeting on Monday that the King County prosecutor’s office will dismiss any charges the city may bring.

He also discussed a meeting he had had with Berneberg earlier that day.

“What we are in is an assessment process because first of all, the thing came as a shock to the city staff,” Johnston said. “We’re going to take our time. So, we’re looking at all our legal review on the situation that we have. We’re dealing with some interesting interpretation of current state law.

We’re trying to figure out if they’re valid or not. When we have more information to talk about, we will.

We have to digest that. It’s an unfortunate, ambiguous situation that we face because of what happened with the governor’s line item veto last year.”

Johnston said, “they are being very open and they

have a desire to be follow the rules and regulations and the laws.”

REMOVING THE ‘BLACK EYE’

Schoonover said he did not intend to open up his business in Maple Valley originally, but, changed his mind after the lease at Frontier Square became available.

“Quite honestly my path stumbled in here,” he said.

“I didn’t want to open here.

I’m a firm believer in fate and destiny, so when the door’s wide open you’d be foolish not to at least try it.”

One of his intentions, he said, is to improve the reputation of businesses that deal with medical marijuana.

“Certain individuals in this industry have done things incorrectly,” Schoonover said. “They have given us this black eye. We’ve tried to take the grey area out and take the black eye away. But we have to have a symbolic relationship with the community. You’ve got to.”

Schoonover stated he opposes Initiative 502, which if passed, would legalize small amounts of recreational marijuana.

Although he believes GSG does not violate the moratorium, Berneberg stated a moratorium on collective gardens and dispen-

saries is still the incorrect way to deal with the issue.

“Whether anyone wants to admit it or not there are already quite a few collective gardens in Maple Valley,” he said. “It goes on all over the place because it’s allowed under state law.

They can put their head in a deep dark place. They can say it’s not happening because they’re got a moratorium. Prohibition is a terrible way to regulate medical marijuana. They lose revenue. They lose knowledge. They wash their hands of it and actually have the complete opposite effect of what it was intended to do. It says, ‘As long as you can keep it out of sight that’s OK.’ It’s a way for city to avoid responsibility.”

A medical marijuana dispensary, Covington Holistic Medicine, has remained open due to Covington’s moratorium being passed after it was in operation.

Last year, several medical marijuana dispensaries in Kent were shut down in July and then reopened several weeks later, which Berneberg said is proof that the law is on their side.

“It was like a gang came in and trashed the place,” he said. “It was an ugly show of force. So they send it over to the King County prosecutor and he says they’re not violating state law.”

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We have to do things like say the alphabet as fast as we can and do a sort of horse mouth where we let out the air and if we support correctly our lips vibrate and we have to hold that as long as we can.

Other than how silly we feel doing warm-ups, we kids are just naturally silly as well.

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We practice on the pronunciation of Italian. And we do warm-ups.

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Some of you might be wondering where the people of the Seattle Opera rehearse.

Well, it’s no big ornate room with chandeliers or anything. It’s basically, in short — just a space.

A huge warehouse space with concrete floors and props from previous shows shoved in every corner.

When we walk in for music rehearsal for “Turandot” every Tuesday and Thursday we all head to a big chorus rehearsal room with things that look like mattresses on the walls.

There must be at least six of them on each wall that towers above us. These are

to hang out with the staff and each other during our breaks.

However when we get back to singing all eyes have to be on the Chorus Master, singing at all times and working as hard as we can to get the Italian said right.

Last rehearsal we worked mostly on how to say the Italian words and we also assigned harmony parts, which is where we split into two groups and we all sing the same words but on different notes.

The end of the last bit of music we get to do is my favorite — everyone joins together and we sing really high. Most of the kids in the

youth chorus are sopranos which means we are more comfortable at the higher notes, but we do have some altos mixed in with us too, which means they are more comfortable with the midrange notes.

So far, “Turandot” has been an amazing experience and I am loving every second of it, just as I did “Carmen.”

The music is running through my head already and I could break out into song any moment just like in the movies but I might get some weird looks for that.

If you’re still looking for that big lady with

the Viking hat and two braids running down her neck with the oval shaped mouth, that’s too bad, because that’s not opera.

Opera is another way to tell stories.

My friend Alban Dennis, whom I did the play “A Christmas Carol” with, said this to me just the other day – “That is what we are after all, those of us on the stage, storytellers.”

Hopefully I can change just a little bit of what some people think opera is.

I can’t wait until next week when I get to tell you more about the process of rehearsals and how they are going.

Cenex makes donations for Harvest for Hunger

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Boxes distributed through the food pantry at Black Diamond Community Center will be fuller thanks to donations from Cenex.

Donations were collected at Cenex gas stations

in Black Diamond and Auburn through its second annual Harvest for Hunger campaign which ran March 1-16. Doug Ernst, a fulltime volunteer who manages the food pantry, said the donation of 358 pounds of food and $2,262.81 will go far.

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Boxes are filled with non-perishable stables such as canned vegetables, pasta and instant potatoes, the kinds of items that keep people from starving said Cheryl Hanson, executive director of the community center. Ryan Strong, a certified energy specialist for Cenex, explained that parent company CHS is a large

agriculture business and produces a lot of grain so it places significant emphasis on helping out those who might otherwise go without food.

“This year they doubled the expectations,” Strong said. “They raised enough (food and cash donations) for 2.4 million meals in this region.”

According to a letter Strong provided, the CHS Auburn Group collected $3,583.11 for Food Lifeline which the company part-

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of CHS matching contributions, $1,262.58 from CHS County Operations match plus $1 for every five pounds of food,” the letter said. “And an additional $1,000 from CHS Auburn, rewarding the Black Diamond community for their extraordinary efforts which resulted in more donations collected than any of our six participating locations.”

Hanson said she couldn’t be more pleased with the ongoing partnership with Cenex.

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At the Maple Valley City Council’s April 16 meeting, Mayor Bill Allison did something that you rarely see a politician do.

Very frankly and candidly, he addressed several business owners who own property within what’s known as the northwest quadrant who were in the audience, telling them that he hopes they are eventually bought out and different types of businesses replace them.

The City Council is set to vote on the zoning code for the northwest quadrant, which is part of a larger long-term planning piece called the Four Corners Subarea plan, in May. In the meantime, there has been a debate over whether certain businesses such as automotive repair should be classified as conforming, with a possibility of a 50 percent expansion, or whether they should nonconforming.

The Planning Commission has recommended that businesses be nonconforming, which means they will be allowed to remain in operation but will not be able to expand. Some of the business owners, such as Leslie Westover, have insisted their businesses will have a much harder time getting a loan if they are nonconforming.

Allison’s remark, however, revealed what’s really at the heart of the issue.

The squabble over zoning and land use is actually a debate over the different visions people have for the city’s identity.

It’s a predicament many cities have grappled with, but Maple Valley’s situation is unique.

Traditionally, a city has an original street, a main street, from which growth and expansion stems from.

Bellevue and Issaquah, for example, were once rural bedroom communities like Maple Valley, yet they both had main streets which acted as the center of town. I grew up on Bellevue’s second Main Street, located on the east side of Interstate 405, and drive through Front Street in Issaquah where the historic district is located as a part of my daily commute.

In some ways, however, Maple Valley more closely resembles an ancient Irish settlement than small town America. Before the cultural influence of the Danes, the Anglos or the Normans, the bucolic Irish had no town center, per se, but a collection of farms and homes which formed the local community. Dublin, for TJ Martinell Staff writer

example, was created by the invading Danes and introduced the concept of a town center to the rest of the country.

Maple Valley has other attributes which distinguish it from other former small towns.

State Route 169 runs down the middle of the city and has been there since before it was incorporated, effectively preventing its use as a main street. It’s a problem the city of Sultan also suffers from due to U.S. Route 2.

Essentially, Maple Valley is looking to create a main street to define its future identity, which is unusual. Typically, a city looks to its main street or historic district as a source of inspiration and history. For Black Diamond, it’s (the other) Baker Street, where the old railroad station and now home to the Historical Society stands.

When I was a student at Eastern Washington University, there was a big push to renovate and revitalize downtown Spokane, which had acquired a reputation for being a hub for the homeless population.

This included changing the name of the Clemmer Theater in 2006 to the Bing Crosby Theater.

One of the best examples of a town redefining itself is Leavenworth, which transformed from a dying logging community into a Bavarian tourist attraction.

But with all of these cities, there was a “main street” or district to start with. That’s where Maple Valley starts to run into problems. Due to its decentralization, there is no “heart” of the community.

Maple Valley High School, where the His-

torical Society is located, is not even within the city limits but remains in unincorporated King County.

It’s hard to have a city’s source of civic pride come from a place that’s technically not even a part of the city or in a convenient location.

Someday, Maple Valley may be the next big city, and another small rural town will act as the bedroom community.

But before that, it’s going to need a main street. The Legacy Site, located in the Four Corners Subarea Plan, is intended to be the town center the city never had.

And this is where a second problem comes into play. There is not a single, unified vision for what residents want Maple Valley to look like in 10 years, which has resulted in a bloodless war between separate factions with competing visions.

There are those who want to preserve Maple Valley’s former rural culture and sense of community, which might be affected by both growth and changes due to the Subarea Plan.

They’re afraid that these changes will cause the city to lose many of the appealing qualities and traditions that they have come to cherish.

Then there are those who feel Maple Valley has outgrown its rural identity and must move beyond merely acting as a bedroom community.

There are also people who want to bring in the conveniences they had to give up to move here.

Next month, the council will decide whether the businesses in the northwest quadrant are a part of the city’s “main street” vision or not.

Our budget funded education first, in a separate budget, then prioritized services for the most vulnerable and public safety. We made tough decisions, but if we want to get our budget under control, programs we cannot afford today or tomorrow need to be reformed or eliminated.

While minority House Republican budget solutions were rejected by the majority party, I believed that in the absence of a House or Senate Democratic budget, it was important to start the dialogue about how we craft a balanced, sustainable budget.

When the House and Senate Democratic budgets finally appeared, there were serious flaws, including pushing $330 million in delay of payments to schools, which ultimately would have led to a $2 billion deficit in the next biennium’s budget.The good news is that,

in a rare development, a bipartisan coalition formed in the state Senate.

This philosophical majority forced the debate on how we responsibly reform government to address long-term fiscal stability and balance the budget within reasonable tax collection expectations. Because of this coalition, we were able to enact several much-needed, long-overdue government reforms, including: Senate Bill 6378: is a pension reform policy that only applies to newly-hired employees beginning in 2013.

The state’s pension system is among the biggest cost-drivers in state government. This reform is expected to save public employers and taxpayers approximately $1.3 billion over the next 25 years.

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On Feb. 17, House Republicans offered the first balanced budget solution during the 2012 regular session.

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How medical marijuana can make men cry office and verified that he was a qualified patient. As soon as the patient was alone with me, he began to bitterly weep because he had no money to buy any. I was immediately taken aback because, even in my line of volunteer work, I am unaccustomed to seeing grown men break down in near hysterics. Still shaken up about it a bit later, I sat down and nervously

flipped through the pages of the magazine when the shopkeeper nodded at it and asked, “What do you think about that?” I looked down and really focused for the first time on the glossy, full-page advertisement I’d only been pretending to read up to that point.

The ad proclaimed a new dispensary would be opening in two days, on April 20.

I checked the ad more

closely and, sure enough, the listed address for the new shop was in Frontier Square, just three miles from my doorstep, in my beloved, cozy, little town of Maple Valley, Wash., USA. I decided I had to investigate this new shop for myself. So, the next morning, I went to Frontier Square to snoop around. But, as it turned out, absolutely no snooping was necessary.

Because, when I arrived in Frontier Square all brighteyed and bushy-tailed on

Thursday morning, I was given a grand tour of the new dispensary.

The shop is called Green Society Group, or GSG. As a volunteer myself, I’ve done a lot of work in a lot of dispensaries but I’ve never seen one that looks as good as this one. Of course, one thing I didn’t see anywhere on the premises that morning, was any marijuana of any kind, but still desperately wondered, among other things, how on earth GSG could open their doors on

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budget writers from using gimmicks, such as the delayed school payment Democrats proposed, to balance the current budget by pushing the problem to the next two-year budget.

While my seatmates, Rep. Pat Sullivan and Sen. Joe Fain, and I supported these reforms, I could not support the final budget.

My two main concerns

with the final budget were the low ending reserve balance and the lack of additional reforms to rein in spending. The House Republican budget would have left more than $600 million in ending fund reserves to help our state weather a downturn in the economy. The final budget passed leaves just $318.9 million in reserve, $238

million of which is simply a one-time accounting change that doesn’t actually change the amount of money coming in or going out. This leaves just $80.9 million in actual reserves. To me, that isn’t a responsible reserve given the fragile nature of our economic recovery. The budget that passed was far better than the starting

product, but tough choices were not made to reform programs that continue to make our budgets unsustainable.

A frustration is that when one party had complete control, this problem wasn’t fixed, causing us six special sessions in two years. It was only when the Senate coalition forced bipartisan negotiations

that we finally came to a solution. My hope is when we return next January both parties will work together to focus on the priorities of government that will lead to sustainable budgets.

Fortunately, this budget made some important first steps to get us on that path, but more work remains.

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Kentlake has hired Godfrey Drake to take over as head boys basketball coach according to Bruce Rick, the school’s athletic director, who made the announcement Wednesday.

Drake has worked as an assistant coach at Green River Community College the past four years. The Mississippi native had previously coached AAU basketball in his home state.

He played college hoops at Southern Mississippi University, a Division I program, followed by a short stint in the European League.

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Tahoma’s boys and girls track teams continued a double undefeated league meet streak with wins against Kent-Meridian on the Bears home track April 19.

The Bears boys defeated last year’s 4A state champions 78-67, while the Bears girls won 105-44. Both Tahoma teams are currently undefeated in league meets.

Tahoma Head Coach Gary Conner stated in a telephone interview that he expected it to be a close meet.

“They were good wins for both teams,” Conner said.

“It turned out to be in our favor. I knew we were going to have to perform really well just to win. For us, we had to do well in all our areas.”

Conner said the meet against Kentwood on

Wednesday would give more of an indication of where Tahoma stands in the league.

“What we’re hoping is to get through Kentwood,” he said. “If we can get through Kentwood (Wednesday)… hopefully (Tahoma has a shot at a) league title.

Tomorrow’s meet is going to be tough for both boys and girls so it’s going to be a lot of fun.”

Bears senior Aaron Davis took home two first places in the 100 meters and the shot put, running a time of 11.53 seconds and throwing a distance of 48 feet and a half inch. His 100 meter time tied his personal record.

Junior Jacob Larsen won the 800 meters with a time of 2:04.11.

Senior Tyler Ward took first in the mile with a time of 4:45.99, a three-second improvement over his previous personal record from

Tahoma junior Elizabeth Oosterhout runs alongside Kent-Meridian senior, Alexia Martin, in the two mile.

Martin took first with a time of 11:19.20. TJ Martinell, The Reporter the March 21 meet against Mt. Rainier.

Sophomore Riley Campbell won the two mile with a time of 9:55.50.

In field events, junior Dallas Hayes won the

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Junior Abu Kamara took first place in the 110 hurdles and the 300 hurdles, crossing the finish line with a time of 15.38 and 42.20 respectively.

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Junior Juliana Adams won the pole vault after vaulting eight feet, six inches.

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Junior Elizabeth Oosterhout won the 800 meters with a time of 2:25.07, a three second improvement over her personal record from the March 29 meet against Kentlake. Junior Paige Hammock took first in the 100 meters with a time of 13.22. Freshman Abby Atchison won the mile with a time of 5:35.30.

Junior Savanna Haverfield won both the 100 hurdles and the javelin, with a time of 16.01 and a throw of 103 feet, 11 inches respectively.

Senior Cassidy Richmond won the 300 hurdles with a time of 49.56. The 1,600 relay team, comprised of Cheyenne Haverfield, Madeline Smith, Ranft and Richmond, won with a combined time of 5:30.21.

In the field events, junior Kylie Eager won the shot put after throwing it a distance of 33 feet, four inches.

Senior Nadine Hyde won the discus after throwing it 113 feet, one inch.

Senior Chelsea Muskelly won the high jump after a vertical leap of five feet.

Royals senior Jarey Suiter took first in the 200 meters, crossing the finish

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Walley stepped up two batters later and send the ball to the center field fence for a double that drove in Elliott.

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The battle for the top spot in the South Puget Sound League North division continued among Tahoma, Kentwood and Kentlake’s fastpitch teams in the past week.

On Monday Thomas Jefferson knocked off Kentwood in a 10-inning thriller while Tahoma put together a 6-1 victory on April 18 over Kentlake for the Falcons first league loss of the season.

Jefferson scored early and held onto a 1-0 lead until the bottom of the seventh when Rachel Burr hit the

ball between first and second base that drove in the tying run for Kentwood.

But, the pitching duel between Conqueror freshman Kendall Goodwin and Raiders hurler Rocky Hale continued, as the Jefferson defense was able to hold Kentwood.

The Conks struggled to put down bunts in the bottom of the 10th when international tiebreaker rules come into play — a runner is on second base at the start of the inning — while an errant throw to third base at the top of the 10th pushed the Raiders into the lead.

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third and fourth innings.

Jordan Walley and Beckstrom drew back to back walks. Morgan Engelhardt’s single drove Walley in to make it 2-1 Tahoma in the bottom of the third then Beckstrom scored when Lauren Maulden reached first on an error to make it 3-1.

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pitched well and both teams struggled to adjust to the zone established by the umpire,” he said. “Our goal will be to continue to play the best game we can. We need to eliminate the errors and execute in situations when they happen. Our goals are still in reach and we fully intend to accomplish them.”

Kentwood hosted Tahoma Tuesday and weather permitting the Conks were scheduled to get in five games this week.

Meanwhile, through Monday, Tahoma had won three straight including a tough game against Auburn and a major morale booster in beating Kentlake on April 18.

Kentlake’s only lead of the game came in the first inning against Tahoma when Kellie Nielsen scored on an error.

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moved Michaela Patton over to third base for Jefferson. Katie Jackson, who pitched the final inning in relief for Hale and picked up the win in the circle, bunted and was able to reach when a throw to third base went over Bailey Marshall’s head which allowed Patton to score.

While everything came together for Jefferson it all fell apart for Kentwood, explained Conks head coach Jason Wisor in an email interview.

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The girls are working hard and getting better, it just so happens that yesterday we could not execute.”

He credited Hale and Goodwin for pitching well.

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Kentwood has SPSL North baseball crown wrapped up while the Falcons and the Bears square off this week for the No. 2 seed double on a 1-for-2 batting performance.

D.J. Vallala hit a two-RBI double in his single plate appearance.

While Kentwood’s baseball team has conquered the Michael Parrott pitched a complete game, walking one, South Puget Sound League North division there is a battle striking out three while allowing six hits. going on between Tahoma and Kentlake for second place.

Kentwood followed that up the next day with a Kentwood’s winning streak continued with vicdouble digit win over Jefferson. tories over Auburn, Thomas Jefferson, and KentIt was a 9-6 Kentwood lead after two and a half prep Meridian. innings before a few errors and lot of hitting led to On April 20 Kentwood put together a 6-2 win a 10-run third inning for the Conquerors, who talover Auburn, scoring two in the bottom of the lied a total of 22 hits in five innings, as they cruised second and four in the bottom of the third, poundto the win on April 21. ing out eight hits.

On Monday Kentwood hosted Kent-Meridian.

Kade Kryzsko was 1-for-3 with a two-RBI double, Taylor The Conks scored nine runs on 12 hits against the Royals Jones finished 1-for-2 at the plate, Skyler Genger went while Kentwood sent four different pitchers to the mound 2-for-3 while Jarrett Retz was 1-for-2 with an RBI. in the 9-0 victory.

Tanner Wessling made his hit count with a two-RBI Lucas Gately was 1-for-2 at the plate with a double and

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www.covingtonreporter.com • www.maplevalleyreporter.com [ streak from page 13] single into shallow right field behind first base and Walley scored to make it 5-1.

Tahoma tacked on one more run in the bottom of the sixth when Amanda Allison’s single brought in Molly Lathrop, who slapped a single by the short stop then stole second base, to make it 6-1.

[ fighting from page 14] over Thomas Jefferson on April 18.

First pitch. Fastball. All the Bears needed was the ball to go deep enough to drive Bodenhammer in.

“I was hoping the run would just score,” Anthony said. “Then it picked up again and I could tell that it was gone.”

With the win, Tahoma improved to 9-4 in South Puget Sound League North play, and it helped the Bears post-season aspirations.

“Just one game closer to the playoffs,” Anthony said.

“Ultimately that’s where we want to be.”

Tahoma tied the game in the bottom of the sixth when Connor Cloyd dropped a single into center field that drove in Nate Brown, who earned the win on the mound for the Bears.

The win was also im-

Lathrop finished the day going 2-for-3 at the plate with a run scored and two stolen bases, Walley was 1-for-3 with a walk, two runs scored and an RBI while Beckstrom was 2-for3 with a single, a double, a run scored and two RBIs. Engelhardt went 1-for3 with an RBI, Lauren Maulden was 2-for-3 with a single and a double, and

Elliot was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a pair of stolen bases.

Mariah Hill got the win in the circle, pitching a complete game, giving up five hits — all singles — and one walk.

A day earlier Tahoma’s defense saved a close win against Auburn.

Center fielder Jena Waler hurled a perfect throw to

home plate to get the runner for Auburn coming in for the tying run in the top of the seventh to seal the 4-3 victory.

Lathrop was 1-for-2 in the game with a single, a walk, and a run scored while Walley was on fire at the plate on April 17 going 2-for-3 with both hits long balls accounting for three RBIs.

Tahoma followed that up with a 15-0 spanking of Mount Rainier on Monday to improve to 10-1 in league play and at that point the Bears had sole possession of first place in the North division.

West was 2-for-3 with a pair of triples and two RBIs while Walley was 2-for-3 with a single , a double, three runs scored and

two RBIs, with Beckstrom following suit at the plate going 2-for-3 with a double, a triple and two RBIs, and Engelhardt having a 2-for-3 day as well, chipping in a single, a double, two runs scored and an RBI. Tahoma traveled to Kentwood on Tuesday and hosted Jefferson Wednesday after the Reporter’s press deadline.

portant for Tahoma after a 5-1 loss to division leader Kentwood on April 17.

Tahoma followed that up with a 3-0 victory over Kentridge on Monday.

The Bears scored all three runs in the first inning and held the Chargers scoreless despite giving up seven hits.

Sheldon Stober led Kentridge at the plate going 2-for-3 with a double while Devin Riley hit 2-for-4.

Reed Johnson was 2-for2 for Tahoma while John Bodenhammer drove in all three runs with another longball, his sixth of the season.

Brandon Fokkema got the complete-game victory on the mound for Tahoma which improved to 10-4 in league play.

Kentlake was on a roller coaster with a win over Auburn on April 17, a loss to Kentridge the next day, a

win over Mount Rainier on April 20 then a loss to Auburn Riverside on Monday.

Against Auburn on April 17 Kentlake had a two run lead after the fourth inning then tacked on two more runs in each of the last two innings on nine hits.

Dylan Wright got the win on the mound for the Falcons, striking out nine, while allowing just three hits and walking four.

Jarred Mulliken led Kentlake offensively with a 2-for-2 performance including a double and two RBIs while Morgan Jones finished with a 2-for-4 day at the plate with an RBI and three runs scored and Ryan Archibald went 1-for-3 with a triple and DJ Elmer was 1-for-4 with an RBI. Kentlake struggled against Kentridge and while the Falcons nearly came back — they scored two

runs in the top of the sixth to close the Chargers’ lead to one run — they couldn’t put together the win.

On April 20 Kentlake found its rhythm offensively and got things started early, scoring five runs in the bottom of the first, putting together an 11-5 win on nine hits.

Down 3-1 in the bottom of the fourth to Auburn Riverside on Monday, Kentlake cut the lead to one when Elmer was able to drive in Jarred Mulliken.

But that was all the Falcons could muster against the Ravens down the stretch.

Kentlake had opportunities to score in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings but couldn’t manufacture runs.

Riverside scored three insurance runs in the top

of the seventh after the first three batters hit singles and the fourth walked.

Conner Powell came in to close out the game and struck out the final two bat-

ters he faced.

Kentlake played Kentwood Tuesday and finishes the regular season against Tahoma at 7 p.m. Thursday at Kent Memorial Park.

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[18] April 27, 2012 [ park from page 4] with mature growth forest,” Parson said. “It has not been disturbed since the 1930s, which is pretty rare in this area because we have mostly third and fourth generation tree farms. It has a large wetland system which is part of the Jenkins Creek system which still has salmon spawning in it.”

All that effort could be undone if the damage from the off-road vehicles and January storms aren’t fixed,

[ BINETTI from page 11] green Sweet Caroline sweet potato vine would make a great contrast to the deep purple tones. If you use petunias with bicolored blooms the solid color of a foliage plant provides a stunning backdrop for the big show.

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[ LEXMIEUX from page 8] all of the volunteers’ moms.

GSG, it seems, is quite the family affair.

Also, a phalanx of patients were coming and going all day long.

Ah, but here is the rub: the patients were coming in curious and going out with

www.covingtonreporter.com • www.maplevalleyreporter.com Parsons said.

First, she approached the city of Covington, working with Parks and Recreation Director Scott Thomas.

Thomas credited Parsons for advocating to preserve Cedar Creek Park.

“Lisa and the Middle Green River Coalition are visionary,” Thomas said.

“Lisa’s advocacy has helped focus our attention on the issue.”

Thomas said much of the work that has been done

has been in Cedar Downs Park so he has worked to support the coalition’s partnership with the county.

Parsons explained what Covington has been able to do to help during the past two years.

“They went in and they put up barriers at the park entrance, they posted signs, they started to try and deter the off-road vehicle use,” Parsons. “There’s less of it but there’s still access points. We realized the only

way to save it is to develop the park.”

To save it, Parsons said, means partnering with Covington and King County to create a stewardship program for the park.

“We’re really encouraging local homeowners to get involved with stewardship of the park,” Parsons said.

“We’re going to develop a stewardship committee to work with King County to decide how the park should be developed. We need to

get community input. We need park stewards, we need people to be the eyes and ears, people to make sure there’s not illegal activity.”

Residents of Cedar Downs in Maple Valley, people who live off of 204th Street Southeast and KentKangley Road, near Pipe Lake, in Tall Timbers and Timberlane.

Thomas said the trail is in much better shape than when he first started work-

ing for Covington in July 2008. The park and the trail have considerable potential to benefit those who live near it including Covington residents.

“The three cities (Covington, Black Diamond and Maple Valley) are actively working with King County to do trail feasibility planning right now,” Thomas said.

off the Darkness We do have a lot of gray days in our gardens and our beautiful evergreens can cast dark shadows onto the landscape. Use white and silver plants to sneak in a knock out punch of color: Use white impatiens, white lobelia and white begonias for a planting bed in

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ing a yard that really does stop traffic should be on everyone’s bucket list. Or you could take that bucket, add some drainage holes and contain yourself, along with your petunias and verbenas.

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empty bottles. That’s right, empty, as in, not filled with any marijuana of any kind.

I was able to sit in on Chris Schoonover’s interview with the press.

During his interview, Chris was pressed to answer why he feels so passionately about medical marijuana that he is willing to test

Maple Valley’s moratorium.

He answered by talking about his own loved ones that had wasted away with cancer and without access to medicine that could have eased their suffering as they passed. At this point, Chris Schoonover broke down in tears and the interview had to pause for a few, awkward

moments.

And that was the second grown man I’d seen crying about medical marijuana in the same, three-day stretch.

As I drove the three miles home that day, I thought of my weeping patient and the crying President of GSG. My mind was filled with far more questions than

answers. But, the most burning question I have is for the Maple Valley City Council.

And that question is this: If grown men are literally crying out for this medicine, and other grown men are literally crying out to be able to dispense this medicine, can’t the city of Maple Valley

find a path right now to allow dispensaries that are safe, secure and tastefully done?

If I had the prescience to answer to that question, I’d figure out a way to put that in a bottle and sell it.

Or, maybe I’d give it away free, for a small donation, of course.

Free Savvy Gardener Classes Covington Water District, Cascade Water Alliance and the Saving Water Partnership have teamed up to bring you the Savvy Gardener Class series.

The Savvy Gardener Classes will inspire you to create beautiful and healthy lawns and gardens that don’t require excessive water or chemicals.

Topics include food gardening, garden design and plant choice, drip irrigation and rainwater harvesting, and soil improvement.

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The classes are taught by popular gardening experts such as Marianne Binetti, Don Marshall and Peggy Campbell.

There are dozens of classes available in many locations near you. The following classes will be held at the Covington Water District in the District’s Board Room:

Sat. May 12 at 10:00 AM

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Sat. June 23 at 10:00 AM

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All classes are free of charge to residents within the Covington Water District service area.

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