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Northwest quadrant approved by council

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Valley Medical Center has changed its plans to open an emergency department in Covington, opting instead for an urgent and multi-specialty clinic.

A letter addressed to Mayor Margaret Harto from Valley Medical Center CEO Rich Roodman stated that changes to the health care industry precipitated the decision.

“We felt that we can better serve the needs of the community much more effectively by providing an expanded urgent care and multi-specialty clinic, instead of just a smaller emergency Covington room,” the letter stated.

According to the city’s Community Development Director Richard Hart, the city was notified about a two months ago about Valley’s intention to change plans for its new building currently under construction. He stated that most of the changes would occur internally and not affect their permitted based on the original plans.

“Our preliminary view is that it’s going to be no problem (for us),” he said.

Multicare Covington opened its 24,000-square-foot emergency department in early April.

According to Valley spokeswoman Kim Blakeley, the length of time it took to get the project off the ground caused hospital officials to have seconds thoughts.

“When we first started we thought that a 24-7 free stand-

It’s one small step for the northwest quadrant, one giant leap for future economic development in Maple Valley.

The City Council approved an amendment to the northwest quadrant zoning code at its May 14 meeting, which also involved a final compromise which allows the existing business to remain XXX conforming.

To vi “For me this has been the most community engaging process I’ve ever been in,” said Victoria LaiseJonas, deputy mayor. “We have listened to the community members and the business Maple owners, and I’m Valley pleased that we went through this process and that they’re have been number of compromises. Not everyone’s going to be happy with the outcome. However, sitting up here as city officials, we are up here to represent all of our community and in the end make the best decision to move Maple Valley forward.”

Council member Noel Gerken said that it allows for the area to move beyond its original King County zoning and one which is better suited for the city.

“I think we’re taking control of our city here,” he said. “We’ve got zoning that’s appropriate for us…

There’s been a lot of process here.

We want zoning that’s friendly to this area that we can build upon.

It’s time to step up and begin planning this center of our city here and this is the first step and I

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We will then come back when it is a closer to the time we do the shows so we can brush up on the music with the Chorus Master and get it down perfectly again to be ready for the Stage Director and Music Director to hear us and rehearse the show with the whole cast in late July.

A lot of you are probably wondering why we spread the process out so much and it’s because we really want to be perfect and

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This means that the group of about 30 kids that is singing will not be seen onstage. We might come out and bow at the end but other than that we are never seen by the audience! At first I thought I would be disappointed not to be on stage, but now I’m not! We still get to learn all of the music and get an amazing experience!

Backstage in the “opera house” known as McCaw Hall, it is a whole new experience. There are countless sets, props, people, instru-

ments, risers, and music stands. I remember in Carmen when we would come offstage we would have to trudge through the dark crowded place silently and make our way back to the Green Room. The Green Room is known in theater as a room where they have snacks, tea, and chairs so that performers can wait until they hear their cue to be on waiting onstage. If the Carmen youth choristers weren’t in the Green Room making too much noise we were down stairs in our very own dressing room playing ‘apples to apples’ in our costumes until we were told to go onstage for bows to end the night. I had the best times playing charades

“Cheryl is well respected by both sides of the aisle as an effective problem solver and has served her constituents well,” Gregoire said.

“It is an honor and privilege to receive this appointment by Governor Gregoire,” Pflug said in a press release.

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Turandot music rehearsals have been going by so fast! It seems like just yesterday I walked in without knowing many people, but now I know almost everyone. Last Thursday was the very last youth chorus rehearsal until July.

The reason we start rehearsing so early considering that the actual shows are in August is because the music is in Italian and we can never have too much time to learn another language.

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in the dressing room with all of my fellow Carmen castmates -- we were all laughing on the floor! Plays are a place to work and get a job done, but they are also a place to make new friends and enjoy what you are doing! If it wasn’t fun and all of us didn’t love performing than nobody would be there!

I know I have enjoyed Turandot every second so far and can’t wait until July when rehearsals continue to tell you more about getting closer to the actual Turandot performances!

Morgan Roberts is a 13-year-old from Maple Valley preparing to sing in her second production with Seattle Opera.

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The board has representation from three unique geographical and regional areas in the state, including the Eastern region for counties and cities east of the Cascade Mountains, the Central Puget Sound region and the Western region for counties and cities west of the Cascade Mountains.

Pflug has a bachelor’s of science in nursing from the University of Washington and is currently completing her law degree at the Seattle University School of Law. Pflug is an active member of her community, serving as a board member to the Washington Trails Association, Maple Valley Chamber of Commerce and Sammamish Symphony. The board is comprised of six members who earn a salary of $92,500 per year, each serving six year terms appointed by the governor.

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Hidden gem creates sense of community Black Diamond Community Center provides services for those in need

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wice a week the Black Diamond Community Center fills up with seniors who show up for lunch but stay for the conversation.

Providing wrap-around services for seniors is a central mission for the Community Center’s Executive Director, Cheryl Hanson, as well as its board of directors.

But this place is an unintentionally hidden gem in a small town such as Black Diamond even with all that it does not just for seniors but for many segments of the community.

“The Community Center is where the people can come for help, friendship, food, news, and get a feeling of belonging to something bigger then themselves: a community,” wrote Board President Keith Watson in an email interview. “We need to get the word out to our community about our full scope of services.

People are hurting at times and I feel the Community Center fills many needs that hurting people have.”

And in the past year Hanson has tried to build on what previous long-time director Judith Black had built prior to her retirement.

Hanson, who grew up in Bozeman, Mont., but moved to the Puget Sound area in 1972 to attend Seattle University, had previously worked as a prevention and intervention counselor working with underserved youth in the King County Health Department.

for. That’s one program, which in and of itself, is huge.”

Another major focus, Hanson said, is the food In 2010 federal funding pantry program. disappeared for her job “We will keep people with the county. Hanson from starving,” she said. “It’s fell victim little more than enough to keep them going a year ago once the funding weekly. We don’t turn anycompletely dried up to a reduction in force initiative. body away … if they come here and they’re hungry.”

Around that time Black It helps now that the Comgave Hanson a call. munity Center can offer help Hanson had worked with to people who can’t provide the Community Center an address. Fundin her prior role ing from other with King County organizations used to help provide to be contingent funding so the on that. two women knew “The address each other well. isn’t as important Black told Hanas the fact that son in May 2011 we’re helping she was ready to people,” Hanson retire and sugsaid. “In 2011 we gested Hanson served almost apply for her job. “When I look at 3,000 unduplithe wrap around Hanson services, I saw some cated clients. reworked her That’s not seniors, resume, applied of the essential that’s various in June, and was services such as populations to hired quickly. clothing, good, head, our food pantry.

Then she got water, but for some They would come to work in the of indigent seniors, I in for food, for Community saw a need for more.” dog food, for Center which Cheryl Hanson energy assistance, was founded in blankets, rental 1988. It started vouchers and gas out as a food vouches for docbank program tors appointments or job run out of the home of forinterviews.” mer Mayor Howard Botts.

Hanson has tried to Senior programs are a expand on what the center primary focus, Hanson provides so it can provide said, which are fairly coma cushion to those in need prehensive and are known particularly seniors who as “wrap around services.” live on a fixed income. If a “A wrap around service for us is food and nutrition, Social Security check is two or three days late that can the clothing bank, recrespell disaster. ation, mental stimulation, “When I looked at wrap exercise and companionaround services, I saw some ship,” Hanson said. “Every of the essential services month we celebrate somesuch as clothing, food, head, thing. It’s very important to water, but, for some of our them. We are their family indigent seniors, I saw a for a lot of these people. need for more,” she said.

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we provide transportation and we partner with Maple Valley Community Center.

I couldn’t do all this without partnerships with Maple Valley Community Center, Enumclaw Senior Center, Maple Valley Rotary, the police department keeping us safe.”

Watson said Hanson has helped further cultivate those partnerships since her arrival nearly a year ago.

“The Community Center partners very well with other like community centers,” he wrote. “Cheryl touches base with a lot of local groups and seeks their support in helping the community. You may have noticed she has a charming way about her that develops meaningful relationships with other groups and people.”

And the work continues as the list of programs seems almost endless.

Hanson is thankful for all the support she and the Community Center receive to help accomplish its many missions for those it serves.

“Our hats off to the United Way, a funder of ours, and King County Aging and Disability,” she said.

“Everything else is private donations or small grants.

I’ve got a wonderful board of directors. They support me. They work all of our events.”

It makes the Black Diamond Community Center the hidden gem that it is, a place for everyone in the area to find something bigger than themselves.

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up the homes they’ve lived in, some of which have been unbelievably deplorable but often they are the only other option aside from living in a car due to a lack of affordable senior housing in the area.

Providing assistance to seniors to help pay bills when a pet is sick has been an important addition to wrap around services.

“Over the last nine or 10 months, my board has been phenomenal,” Hanson said.

Watson, the board president, has high praise for Hanson, as well.

“Cheryl has an A personality and this rubs off onto other people — she is bright — and knows how to communicate with people,” he wrote. “She is inspiring to all age groups and a real asset for Black Diamond.”

Hanson has also worked to offer more services for youth.

Opening up the gym down the street, which the center owns, has been crucial in that effort.

And thanks to Maple Valley Rotary, which took care of getting the floor replaced in the gym Hanson said, the space is ideal for all kinds of uses such as a weekly ballet class, Jazzercise, open gym for basketball as well as the Black Diamond Police using it for defensive training.

“We are a community center, so the senior programs and the food pantry are important, but we have other youth programs that here monthly such as Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Lucky Horseshoe,” Hanson said.

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The urgent care clinic, she said, would serve the needs of those without lifethreatening injuries, which an emergency department would have been able to serve.

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Johnson also called for the council to create a new sub-area plan, calling the existing one “flawed.”

“We had leadership on council that insisted it go forward,” she said. “So it’s been pushed and pushed and pushed. We’re going to do a new subarea plan, hopefully, as soon as this when gets put to bed, so to speak. What we’re trying to do is just complete the subarea plan so we can start over again and do it right this time. I think the majority of the council has recognized that this process has been grossly flawed. I think that we need to leave this quadrant as close to the way that it is, the way that it has been until we can do it right and still close out this subarea plan. I think it’s important that we protect our business as we try to

stop going to the emergency department for non-life threatening injuries and illnesses,” she said. “This is kind of in keeping with this new thought. It’s based on a lot of things like health care reform. For us it’s making

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ing emergency department would best serve the community out there in Covington and the surrounding area,” she said. “But frankly it took a long time to get permits and over the course of working with the city and get all of those plans and permits in place there was some studies done and the state legislators were questioning how many emergency departments do we really need. Over time started taking a look at it in a different light and what would probably best serve those in the community.”

Blakelely added that Valley was able to change plans because the construction of the new building is still in the preliminary stage, which allowed modifications to the interior layout.

Valley first completed the deal in December 2010

with Ashton Development for the 10 acre site.

Valley Medical paid about $5 million for the property in the town center area behind Safeway and Fred Meyer.

Blakeley said the new multi-specialty clinic would include services such as rheumatology, and they hope to add pediatrics as well.

“Right now we don’t have that in concrete yet,” she

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be harmed by the zoning changes. He made a motion to amend the proposal by allowing existing business to expand by 50 percent.

“I want us to move forward as well,” he said.

“And to move us forward we need to have some discussion about how we’re moving forward. One of the reasons this is a value for us is this is a first step. We are going to be making a future step when we go and come back for basically phase two. At phase two we will be making a much more substantial to everything.

But in the meantime allowing some business which are being successful to continue to be successful, to continue to provide jobs.”

The motion received support from council member Linda Johnson, who also argued that there was no reason why the businesses there had to be nonconforming.

“He’s trying to protect the existing businesses there until we can do a new sub-

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Before the amendment to the city’s zoning code was approved, a compromise was reached that allowed business owners in the northwest quadrant to remain conforming.

Council member Layne Barnes first brought up the matter by saying that existing business should not

The new zoning code changes, however, under its previous wording, would affect existing business and property owners. While zoning for three of the four quadrants were adopted, the northwest quadrant was delayed due to disagreements between the city and existing property and business owners over the new zoning code. Interim zoning was adopted in the meantime.

The northwest quadrant first entered into a moratorium in 2007 and then interim zoning. The last extension occurred Feb. 13.

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Community Development Director Ty Peterson explained in a telephone interview that the northwest quadrant’s zoning is designed to be a “business park.”

“It became clear at the time you have a really golden opportunity,” he said. “This land is situated in such a manner that it poses some of the greatest potential in the city in terms of its location. There’s no other place in the city that has little development that’s primed for redevelopment … if we wanted to create something unique.

This location is the best this community has to do something in. That’s what the subarea plan takes.”

Peterson added, however, as far as a vision for the area’s development goes, it will have to be implemented in phases.

The subarea plan is a long

term community development piece of the city’s comprehensive plan and is intended to provide a blueprint for future development of the Four Corners area.

The primary purpose of the subarea plan, City Manager David Johnston said, is to create new zoning for commercial development, with the idea of having what he called “festival retail” located near the Legacy site which is a 56acre city-owned property Maple Valley purchased nearly a decade ago.

The northwest quadrant has been subject to greater debate than the rest of the plan.

The northwest quadrant saga first began in June 2005, when the city authorized the establishment of the Four Corners Subarea Plan as part of the new comprehensive plan, which affects the properties located at the intersection of the Maple Valley Highway and Kent-Kangley Road.

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Having been a reporter for only a few years, I’ve already encountered a lot of misconceptions, confusion and stereotypes about the profession from peers, friends and family. Some of them are humorous. Others, to put it mildly, elevate one’s heart rate considerably. To a strong degree, the image of journalism hasn’t really kept up with reality.

The industry has changed so fast and is undergoing so much upheaval and transformation that it’s impossible for anyone, even a reporter, to have a clear perspective of what we actually do and what really goes on inside of a newsroom.

Thus, in the hope of clarifying some of the issues, here are a few items I feel obligated to address.

1. Reporters only cover what’s in their coverage area A reporter writes about what their newspaper readers want to hear about. I had one person ask me if I was covering this upcoming presidential election, to which I replied, “Not unless one of them plans on campaigning in Maple Valley, Covington or Black Diamond.” Every now and then I get emailed a press release from California or, like this week, one about a high school in Queens, New York. It provides me a moment of humor before I delete it. The reason is because our readers can find news stories anywhere else about topics such as the presidential election. Also, if we write about those stories, then it means a local story gets missed or goes unreported, which defeats the whole point of a community newspaper.

2. We’re only human Inasmuch as we try to the best of our ability, we can’t be everywhere at once. Without the support of readers and the community, a newspaper can’t survive. A reporter’s greatest ally is a community that helps keep them informed of what’s going on, when an event is happening, who’s received

How money buys elections In the first decade of the 20th century Teddy Roosevelt came to the presidency by the fluke of an assassin’s bullet. His goal as president was to regulate and control, but not destroy big corporations or “malefactors of great wealth” that had a stranglehold on the nation.

As president he worked to break up harmful monopolies, to regulate railroads and the meat packing industry and to protect consumers with the Pure Food and Drug Act. Additionally, he succeeded in protecting our nation’s resources with the creation of national parks and forests, and leveling the playing field between labor and management.

In the second decade of the 21st century, it seems we are in such a time again when the nation needs to be protected from big corporations, with unions and the like now being included in the term “corporation.”

One of the ideas that came out of this early 20th century period was the introduction of voter Rich Elfers

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an award or broken a school record. Additionally, half the time there’s a name missing from a story or a factual mistake, it’s unintentional, not because we’re secretly plotting with the Free Masons to prevent the truth from coming out about the precise location of Freischütz’s magic bullet.

3. Activism and journalism are not and should not be the same thing In college, I got a lot of weird reactions from people when I told them I was studying to be a reporter. They seemed more fitting for a missionary or humanitarian. The rise of activist journalism didn’t help me much. I finally felt compelled to say something when one person asked me how I was going to make the world a better place. I said, “That’s not my job. My job is to write about people who are trying to make the world a better place, what their actually doing and whether it’s working or not.”

4. Editorials and columns state opinions, not absolutes Editorials and columns are written to express a certain perspective or belief. They’re not to declare what everyone else must believe. Someone once asked me why the opinion section of the

newspapers are so biased. I was at a loss of what to say, other than, “They’re someone’s opinion. It’s supposed to be biased.” Objectivity and factual accuracy, however, is another matter.

People who’ve confused the two tell me, “You should write about (fill in the blank controversial issue) and how it’s (fill in the blank conclusion).”

Not only is the issue usually completely outside of my coverage (it’s inevitably a national/state political issue) but they want me to write with a specific slant, regardless of what an investigation would show. And label it as a news story.

I think Sherlock Holmes said it best when he stated, “Never theorize before you have data. Invariably, you end up twisting facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.”

An editorial also doesn’t speak on behalf of the entire newspaper. When I write “Our Corners” I speak only for myself, as does Kris and Dennis or whoever else’s opinion is stated there. A lot of times we run columns we don’t necessarily agree with or support, but the point of the newspaper is to just be more than a talking piece for one point of view. It’s meant to be a form of communication within the community.

initiatives and referendums. This was an effort by farmers and labor unions to wrest control of government from the hands of “special privileged corporation interests and the organized liquor traffic.” These “corporate interests” helped to defeat a Washington state initiative and referendum amendment in 1907. It finally passed by a five to two margin of voters in 1912. (iandrinstitute.org) Ironically, today, the state initiative process seems to be used more by moneyed interests from the conservative side of the political spectrum.

This is probably due to the frustration of Republicans not having control in the governor’s office or the Legislature for a long time. Two examples will illustrate the point.

The Eyman initiatives: Tim Eyman has written 19 initiatives and one referendum since 2000 when he began his new occupation as an initiative proponent. He has gotten nine of those 20 passed, all initiatives. Every one of his them has been aimed at reducing the size of state government or cutting taxes and fees – a conservative agenda. His major funding sources include a real estate developer, the Association of Washington Businesses and even an oil company or three, according to a recent Seattle Times article.

The recent liquor Initiative 1183: It passed with a 60 percent favorable vote with the help of $22.7 million from Costco. Those who opposed this initiative were also big businesses; the wine and liquor distributors who feared similar regulation would spread to other states. They, too, spent

millions to keep the state in the liquor business.

In this case the battle was between two sets of corporate giants. The one who spent the most won the struggle of the titans. The use of state voter initiatives and the purchase of legislation through campaign contributions to bring about laws favorable to corporations on both the right and the left is part of a larger process going on nationally – the buying of the government by the rich and powerful for the benefit of the rich and powerful. On the national level powerful financial lobbies have been able to keep Wall Street from being properly regulated by Congress. Prosecutions for criminal behavior have not been initiated by the current Democratic administration, encouraging future financial abuses. This portends another 2008-style financial meltdown.

This trend is often the case with laws passed to help those harmed by one financial disaster or another, as with the farm subsidies passed in the 1930s to help farmers during the Great Depression. Much of that money now goes to agri-business and not the small family farms the law was originally designed to help.

The reason for the change is the increased use of money from wealthy organizations to manipulate the legislative process to their advantage. This battle between the “malefactors of great wealth” goes on, off the radar of most Americans. It is the duty of voters, both liberal and conservative, to wake up to the buying of elections, laws and initiatives.

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How much? A.N. email A. Dolomite lime or calcium does not kill weeds or moss - but it does slowly change our naturally acid soil and buttercups and moss love acid soil. Add lime every year to help break up clay soil but keep it away from acid-loving plants like rhodies and azaleas. Apply lime in spring or fall when rain is abundant to wash it down to plant roots.

Always read and follow the application directions on the package as there are different types and grades of lime. I prefer the pelleted lime often sold as “Soil Sweet” because it is heavier particles that won’t be blown about the way lime dust can drift application.

Q. Are there any plants that should not be mulched? I use MooDoo that is a dark mix of composted manure. L.P., Sumner A. Don’t mulch plants from hot, dry countries Marianne Binetti

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The third week in May has gardeners sending in a lot of great questions on their way to creating beautiful gardens.

Here’s the easy answers to the most-asked questions this spring: Q. Why do some Exbury azaleas go straight to leaf and forget to stop at the flower stage?

None of mine are in deep shade but some skip years and don’t bloom. K.K. Enumclaw A. My best guess for a lack of blooms on azaleas is that the plants dried out just a bit in late August or September when they were setting buds.

The driest time of year in Western Washington is in early fall and this is a crucial time for spring flowering shrubs. Rhodies, azaleas and camellias have very compact root systems and can be hand watered during the dry season of late August and early September.

This summer give them a good drink and see it they don’t grow happy.

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such as Mediterranean herbs, lavenders, yuccas, sedums, thymes and cacti.

Organic mulches such as bark dust, moo-doo and compost seal in moisture, help to block weeds and help improve soil structure but in our climate they also keep the soil cool and damp - and heat-loving plants hate this.

Rocks and gravel are the preferred mulch for these unthirsty plants.

Q. Why won’t my peony bloom? (asked by many people from many cities) A. Most likely it is planted too deep. Scrape away the mulch or soil so the growth eye or union of the root with the stem is just barely beneath the soil.

(I do love this question removing mulch is such an easy answer.)

Q. What vegetables will do well in the shade? T.P., Tacoma A. Leafy edibles such as Swiss chard, lettuce, spinach, kale and some herbs like mint will survive in partial shade - but most vegetables crave full sun especially in our cool climate.

Q. Why do my tomatoes never ripen before fall arrives? Anon, Email A. In our climate you

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The council eventually voted against two separate amendments proposed by Barnes.

Johnson then proposed another amendment, in which all heavy equipment storage and sales and self-storage would remain conforming.

The amendment ultimately carried 4-3.

The amendment was supported by business owners in the northwest quadrant, such as Leslie Westover, who owns Westover Auto Rebuild with her husband.

Westover said it would have been unfair for the council to make businesses like hers nonconforming when the vision for the area has not yet been fully defined by the City Council.

“Until they really figure out what they want to do, to make them nonconforming, it just isn’t fair,” she said.

The motion to approve the zoning code amendment passed 6-1.

The zoning amendment will go into effect May 31.

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kentlake youth girls hoops camp in june Kentlake High’s girls basketball team is hosting a youth hoops camp June 27-29.

Camp, which will run from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each day, is open to students who will be in second through ninth grade this fall.

Participants will learn techniques and fundamentals through drills.

Campers will receive a basketball and Kentlake cinch sack pack.

Awards will be given at the end of the camp, as well.

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ON TRACK FOR STATE

Tahoma and Kent athletes qualify for 4A state meet

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The Kentwood girls put together strong performances at the West Central District meet on May 19-20 at Mt. Tahoma High in Tacoma.

Kentwood girls placed third, racking up 66 points, the highest of any Kent or Tahoma team. They also brought home two gold medals, with senior Alyx Toeaina and junior Beth Parrish winning the discus and pole vault respectively.

Kentwood Head Coach Steve Roche stated he has high hopes for the girls team at the state meet.

“I feel guardedly optimistic that we can be successful as a team,” he said. “How good that is it just depends.

“It’s going to come down to a matter of inches.”

The Bears boys placed 11th with 23 points, while the Conks boys placed 18th with 12 points. Kentridge girls placed 20th with 12 points, while the boys took 28 with .75 point. Kentlake girls placed 27th with two points.

Tahoma Head Coach Gary Conner said he was pleased with the team’s performance.

“The Tahoma girls had a fantastic district meet. I think they’re going to put themselves into a situation where they’re going to a have great state meet.”

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The 4A state championship meet is set for Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Mt. Tahoma.

Bears senior Aaron Davis took third in the shot put, throwing it 51 feet, 11.5 inches and fifth in the discus with a throw of 150 feet, three inches. Junior Dallas Hayes placed fifth in the shot with a throw of 48 feet, 2.5 inches and fourth in the discus with a throw of 151 feet, six inches. Sophomore Tucker Mjelde placed fifth in the pole vault, vaulting a height of 13 feet.

Tahoma junior Olivia Ranft placed fourth in the 400 meters with a time of 58.82. Ranft also took eighth in the triple jump with a leap of 34 feet, 9.5 inches. Freshman Delaney Tiernan placed eighth in the 800 meters and the mile, with times of 2:28.09 and 5:13.78. Junior Elizabeth Oosterhout finished sixth in the mile with a time of 5:10.62. Freshman Abby Atchison took eighth in the two mile with a time of 11:18.04. Sophomore Cheyenne Haverfield placed fifth in the 100 hurdles with a time of 15.65. Senior Cassidy Richmond took third in the 300 hurdles with a time of 46.15. The Bears 400 relay team, made up of Savanna Haverfield, Richmond, Paige Hammock and Emery Dillon, took fifth with a combined time of 49.95. The 1,600 meter relay team, made up of Ranft, Richmond, Emma Terry and Nadia Sinner, took sixth with a time of 4:07.36. Senior Alivia Ward placed fifth in the shot put

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with a throw of 38 feet, 8.75 inches. Sophomore Claire Whiting took seventh in the discus with a throw of 109 feet, three inches.

Senior Nadine Hyde placed eighth in the discus with a throw of 104 feet, one inch. Savanna Haverfield placed third in the javelin with a throw of 127 feet, 11 inches. Kentwood senior Danny Lunder finished sixth in the 800 meters and the mile, running them in 1:59.95 and 4:22.60 respectively. The Conks 400 relay team, comprised of Matt Riddle, Bailey Paladin, Ivan Semerenko and Brandon Stribling took fifth with a time of 44.02. Their 1,600 meter relay team, comprised of Tanner Heinz, Paladin, Robin Cheema and Lunder took seventh with a combined time of 3:32.52.

Mykala Benjamin, a senior from Kentwood, took fourth in the 100 meters and fifth in the 200 meters, running times of 12.67 and 26.42 respectively. Senior Madelayne Verela placed seventh in the 100 meters and eighth in the 200 meters, with times of 12.76 and 28.24 respectively. She also took fourth in the long jump with a leap of 18 feet, 3.25 inches. Sophomore Sarah Toeaina placed sixth in the 100 hurdles, finishing at 15.73. The Conks girls 400 relay team placed seventh, with Tori Vallal, Sarah Toeaina, Malea Munoz and Benjamin running a combined time of 50.33. Their 800 meter relay team, made up of Amari Bradley, Sarah Toeaina, Benjamin and Varela took second with a

combined time of 1:43.96.

Senior Alyx Toeaina won the discus with a throw of 128 feet, four inches. She also took second in the shot put with a throw of 43 feet, 1.25 inches. Senior Kacie Seims placed fourth at 127 feet, nine inches. Junior Carly Horn placed sixth in the high jump at five feet,

two inches. Parrish won the pole vault with a vault of 10 feet, six inches.

Kentlake sophomore Matt Dispensa placed seventh in the high jump with a vertical leap of six feet.

Falcons junior Tori Lanza placed seventh in the 300 hurdles with a time of 47.53.

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Kentlake’s Kara Ikeda was named the Girls Tennis Player of the Year in the South Puget Sound League North.

All League selections included Laura Tran of Kent-Meridian, Kyana Esber, Karissa Lau and Katie Ly of Kentridge, Maddie Belmondo, Tess Manthou and Dalena Nguyen of Kentwood as well as Kelly Bentrott and Maddie Turek of Tahoma.

Kimberly Williams of Kentlake, Katelyn Overland of Kentridge and Rachel Venn

of Kentwood all received honorable mention.

Tracy Tran of Kentridge, Mina Sultana of Kentwood, Turek and Laura Tran of K-M, all earned 4.0 GPAs and were among several players who earned All-Tournament Academic honors. In addition, Ly, Manthou, Amanda Peng and MacKenzie Galloway of Tahoma as well as Ikeda were on the list.

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Tahoma and Kentlake may have been underestimated at the beginning of the season, but thanks to solid performances at the 4A West Central-Southwest District fastpitch tournament May 18-19 both teams are going to state ready to show what they’re made of.

Kentlake is making its fourth straight trip and ninth appearance in 10 years this season while Tahoma earned its second straight berth thanks to a 4-3 win over South Puget Sound League North rival Kentridge in a winner-tostate, loser-out game.

It’s been a decade since the Chargers made it to the state tournament when they won it all in 2002.

Tahoma and Kentlake squared off in a seeding game with the Falcons coming away with a 10-7 victory over the Bears to earn the fifth seed and a match up with Monroe in the first round of state. Tahoma gets Richland in the first game of the double-elimination tournament which starts Friday at the Merkel Sports Complex in northwest Spokane.

Kentlake senior Brittany

Jacobsen, who is a team captain, said it was a big deal for the Falcons to get back to state.

“For me, it means a lot because at the beginning of the season, a lot of people doubted us or that we could make it this far,” Jacobsen said. “And just because it’s my senior year and you always want to go to state your senior year.”

Kentlake punched its ticket to state with a 6-0 victory over Todd Beamer in a winner-to-state, loser-out game, which the Falcons were in after a loss to the Raiders from Thomas Jefferson High the day before.

“After that loss we talked about wanting it and making routine plays and that we just needed to come back together as a team,” Jacobsen said. “Our goals are to get as far as we can (at state). We’re going to work hard … and focus on what needs to get done.”

A year ago the Falcons played three games at the state tournament but were eliminated on the first day.

It was a tough pill to swallow for a team that had won the division, league and district titles.

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we have, so it shows how far we’ve come,” Walley said. “Winning a game (at state)… just to show that we belong, that we’re not a fluke because we played crappy teams, which we didn’t.”

Kentwood coach Jason Wisor said that while the Conquerors came up one win short of their first trip to state since 2009, but given what this group of girls has been through off the field, he said in an email interview he was proud of what the team accomplished.

“This weekend we just didn’t hit the ball,” Wisor wrote. “We couldn’t string any hits together or get runners on. We ended up making a few more errors in the Bellarmine and Central Kitsap games that really took momentum away from us.”

Wisor added his freshman pitcher Kendall Goodwin may have run out of gas by the end of the district tournament after pitching nearly 100 innings just in league play.

“For a freshman to come in and throw that many innings and do as well as she did is unbelievable,” Wisor wrote. “I am really proud of her for fighting through the soreness and fatigue.”

This season was the best Kentwood has had since 2009 as it finished 10-6 in league after back-to-back 7-9 seasons.

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Bears junior second baseman Courtney Cloud clinched the win thanks to a catch in foul territory near first base of a Kayla Andrus pop up when the Chargers had the tying run on third and the winning run at second base.

For Jordan Walley, one of two seniors on a team that in 2011 made its first state appearance in more than two decades, that moment was huge. Walley, who will play at Western Washington next year, pitched her first complete game since injuring her back in early April.

“Before (Cloud) caught it, I thought, ‘Someone better catch that ball,’” Walley said.

“When Courtney reached out, I was like, ‘Hold onto it.’ That was my proudest moment, to see an underclassman do that.”

After graduating six seniors, four of whom are now playing college ball, Tahoma came into this season flying under the radar.

Early on even Walley and co-captain Hayley Beckstrom weren’t sure what the team had but they still wanted to get back to state.

Now Walley and the rest of the Bears want to prove they have reloaded, not rebuilt.

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Kentwood baseball headed to Final Four

BY KRIS HILL khill@covingtonreporter.com

Kentwood’s baseball team is ready to take its one-pitch warrior mentality to Pasco for the 4A state final four this weekend.

“The key for us is to stay relaxed,” said senior outfielder Carson McCord.

And take it one pitch at a time.

That strategy has worked for the 23-2 Conquerors all

season and Taylor Jones, who pitches as well as plays first base, doesn’t want to see that change.

“If we continue to do what we do, we’ll be all right,” Jones said. “Don’t do anything different. Absolutely nothing different.”

Senior Lucas Gately said the team’s consistency will help them win a state title.

Then there’s the other things Kentwood does well.

“Playing as a team,” Gately said. “No one’s ever negative.

Everyone’s picking each other up. And hitting the crap out of the ball.”

Kentwood’s bats were pretty hot in the first two rounds of state.

First, there was the 8-3 victory over Edmonds-Woodway in which Kentwood had 13 hits.

Cash McGuire went 3-for-3 with three triples and three RBIs against Edmonds-Woodway while McCord was 3-for-

4 with a run scored, a double and an RBI. Jones said McCord has been hot at the plate lately.

“I’m feeling really comfortable,” McCord said. “I’m seeing the ball really well. We’re all pretty much clicking pretty well.”

Kentwood’s been clicking so well, in fact, the 5-0 win over Redmond in the second round of state on May 19 almost seemed easy.

Add to that it was a little payback when the Conks punched the Mustangs out of the tournament to make it to the final four.

“I didn’t really about it until I got into the parking lot,” McCord said. “We didn’t get as far as we wanted to last year and we lost to Redmond in the quarterfinals. We got a little revenge.”

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Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporters on May 18, 2012 and May 25, 2012.#623363 CITY OF BLACK DIAMOND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Black Diamond City Council will be conducting two (2) public hearings on: 1) Proposed 2013-2018 Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program, and 2) Proposed 2013-2018 Capital Improvement Plan. The hearings will take place on Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at the Black Dia-

CITY OF COVINGTON NOTICES ORDINANCE NO. 07-12 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COVINGTON, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON AMENDING COVINGTON MUNICIPAL CODE 8.20, NOISE CONTROL, AND PROVIDING FOR EXEMPTIONS TO THE HOURS FOR NIGHTTIME CONSTRUCTION AND NOISE PROVISIONS FOR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND UTILITY COMPANIES OR DISTRICTS. ORDINANCE NO. 08-12 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COVINGTON, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON AMENDING SECTION 3.70.040 OF THE COVINGTON MUNICIPAL CODE ENACTING A TAX ON THE GROSS REVENUES OF THE SURFACE WATER UTILITY OPERATING WITHIN THE CITY TO PROVIDE REVENUE FOR CITY SERVICES AND CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS. Passed by the City Council of Covington, Washington, at the City Council meeting of May 22, 2012 to take effect five days after publication.

SEPA DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE (DNS) Application Name: City of Covington 2012 Comprehensive Plan and Text (Development) Regulations Amendments Application File Number:

SEPA12-03

Applicant/Contact:

Ann Mueller, Senior Planner City of Covington 16720 SE 271st St. Covington, WA 98042 253-480-2444

Date of Issuance:

May 25, 2012

Project Location: The non-project action to amend the Comprehensive Plan Downtown Element and associated development regulation (CMC 18.31) will be applicable to the city’s Town Center (TC) zoning district of the downtown zone. The non-project action to amend the Comprehensive Plan Introduction and Land Use Element will affect land currently outside of the city limits, but within the Urban Growth Area (UGA), and future annexation requests.

Project Description: The 2012 Comprehensive Plan and Text (Development) Regulations Amendments consist of the following: Amendments to the Downtown Element of the Comprehensive Plan, DTP Policy 2.4, requiring ground floor retail, restaurant, and/or personal services as part of any new multi-story, multi-family residential

mond City Council Chambers, 25510 Lawson Street, Black Diamond, WA. The purpose of the hearings is to hear public testimony on the above listed subjects. Written comments may be submitted to the Clerk’s office at 24301 Roberts Drive, PO Box 599, Black Diamond, WA, 98010 no later than 5:00 p.m. on June 7, 2012, otherwise they must be submitted at the hearing. All documents related to the hearings are available for inspection or purchase at City Hall, 24301 Roberts Drive, or on the City’s website at http://www.ci.blackdi-

amond.wa.us.

Dated this 15th day of May, 2012 Brenda L. Martinez, CMC City Clerk Published in Covington/Maple Valle/Black Diamond Reporter on May 18, 2012 and May 25, 2012. #626084..

CITY OF BLACK DIAMOND PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON AMENDMENTS TO TITLES 17 & 18, BLACK DIAMOND MUNICIPAL CODE, REGARDING

development in the Town Center (TC) zone (CPA2012-01); Amendment to the City’s Zoning Code (CMC Chapter 18.31), implementing the policy language in CPA 2012-01, which requires ground floor retail, restaurant, and/or personal service uses in any multi-story, multi-family residential developments in the Town Center zone (DRA2012-01); and, Amendments to the Comprehensive Plan’s Chapter 1- Introduction and a new Appendix T-3 relating to criteria for annexing unincorporated areas within the city’s UGA. Also included are changes and additions to the existing annexation policies in Chapter 2, the Land Use Element, Section 2.8.2 Urban Growth Area and Potential Annexation Areas to guide any future annexations (CPA2012-02).

Documents Reviewed: Environmental Checklist (City of Covington, 05/15/2012), City of Covington Comprehensive Plan (Adopted 12/16/03 and as amended), Covington Downtown Plan and Zoning Study (09/30/09), and other information on file with the lead agency.

Responsible Official/ Richard Hart, Community Development Director Lead Agency City of Covington SEPA Official 16720 SE 271st Street, Covington, Washington 98042 253-480-2441 X This DNS is issued under WAC 197-11-340. Notice is hereby provided for the SEPA action for a non-project GMA Action. The comment period is 14 calendar days and ends June 8, 2012 at 5:00 p.m.

Comments and Notice of Appeals Any notice of appeals must be filed in writing, with the required filing fee paid in cash or check and received within 14 calendar days of the end of the comment period at Covington City Hall Offices by July 22, 2012. You must make specific factual objections, identify error, harm suffered, or identify anticipated relief sought and raise specific issues in the statement of appeal. Contact the Community Development Department at Covington City Hall to ask about the procedures for SEPA appeals.

ADDENDUM TO SEPA MITIGATED DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE (MDNS) Transportation Improvements Projects (TIP) 2013-2018 (Revised) Proponent:

City of Covington, Public Works Department 16720 SE 271st Street, Suite 100 Covington, Washington 98042 253-638-1110

Date of Original MDNS Issuance: July 5, 2001 Date of Addendum:

May 18, 2012

Date of Revised Addendum:

May 25, 2012

City File No:

SEPA12-02

Purpose of Amended SEPA MDNS: The addendum to SEPA MDNS for City’s Six Year Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) 20132018, issued on May 18, 2012, is revised to include CIP project

PRELIMINARY PLAT APPEAL PROCEDURES The City of Black Diamond Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 25510 Lawson Street, Black Diamond. The public is invited to provide testimony on proposed amendments to both Title 17 (Divisions of Land) and Title 18 (Zoning Code), regarding the appeal process of the Hearing Examiner’s decision on a preliminary plat. The proposal would have appeals be directed

to the City Council, rather than Superior Court.

Copies of the proposed amendments are available on the City’s website (www.ci.blackdiamond. wa.us) and at the Black Diamond Community Development Department, 24301 Roberts Drive.

For further information, contact Steve Pilcher, Community Development Director, (360) 886-5700 or spilcher@ci.blackdiamond.wa.us.

Published in Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on May 25, 2012. #627551.

1057. The SEPA determination addresses environmental impacts for transportation support for land use consistency with City adopted plans and policies, impacts to environmental, transportation, utilities, and capital facilities. No significant adverse impacts are anticipated as a result of this proposal.

Project Location: The completed list of proposed TIP projects include right-of-way improvements in the vicinity of SE 272nd Street, Jenkins Creek to 185th Place Extension (CIP 1127); SE 272nd Street, 185th Place to 192nd Avenue SE Extension (CIP 1128); 185th Place SE Extension, SE 272nd Street to Wax Road/180th Avenue SE (CIP 1124); portions of 180th Avenue SE and SE 256th Street (CIP 1056 and 1149); SE 272nd Street, 160th Avenue SE to 172nd Avenue SE (CIP 1063); and newly included 156th Place SE, SE 272nd Street to SE 261st Place Rehabilitation Project (CIP 1057). All TIP improvements will occur within the boundaries of the City of Covington, King County Washington.

Project Description: The proposal is to adopt the City of Covington’s Six Year TIP 2013-2018 by the Covington City Council. This proposal is for the overall Capital Improvement and Transportation Improvement (CIP/TIP) programs. Most of the projects under this SEPA review are exempt under WAC 197-11-800 because the improvements are located within existing street right-of-way and/or reconfiguration of existing streets. Additional SEPA review will be supplemented by individual project review of each non-exempt proposal, if not covered by the limits of the original MDNS. A map of the proposed projects and locations of this proposal are identified in Attachment A. The purpose and need of this proposal is in compliance with State law as defined in RCW 35.77.010 and 35.36.70A. Documents Reviewed: Revised 6-Year TIP 2013-2018 (Attachment A), Revised Description of TIP/CIP (Attachment B), and other information on file with the lead agency.

Responsible Official/ Richard Hart, Community Development Director Lead Agency: City of Covington SEPA Official 16720 SE 271st Street, Suite 100 Covington, Washington 98042 253-480-2441 X This MDNS is issued under WAC 197-11-350. The comment period is 14 calendar days and ends June 8, 2012 at 5:00 p.m.

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Published in the Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on May 25, 2012. #628667.

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John Bodenhamer of Tahoma was named South Puget Sound League North MVP while Mark Zender of Kentwood was named Coach of the Year in the AllLeague Selections.

Bodenhamer hit .414 this season with a slugging percentage of .829 with seven doubles, six home runs and led the team with 31 RBIs this season while drawing a team-high 19 walks. He also tallied a 5-2 record on the mound for Tahoma with an ERA of 2.49.

John Bodenhammer and Hayley Beckstrom of Tahoma were named MVPs for in the SPSL North in baseball and fastpitch respectively. boomer burnham, For the Reporter

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Fastpitch players from Tahoma, Kentwood and Kentlake were well represented on the South Puget Sound League North All-League selections.

Honorable Mention: Nate Brown, pitcher, Tahoma; Jack Zielinsky, pitcher, Kentlake; Nick Hamre, pitcher, Kentridge; Tanner Lucas, catcher, Kentlake; Kyler Swan, catcher, Tahoma; Nate Brown, first base, Tahoma; Ryan Malone, short stop, Tahoma; Kade Kryzsko, short stop, Kent-

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On the First Team are Kendall Goodwin, pitcher, Kentwood; Allison Newcomb, catcher, Kentwood; Jordan Walley, first

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Honorable Mention selections were Mariah Hill, pitcher, Tahoma; Libby Riehl, catcher, Kentlake; McKenna Johnson, first base, Kentwood; Bri Drury, third base, Kentridge; Abagail Bellin, designated player, Kentridge; Courtni Easton, outfield, Kentwood.

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