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Mayor proposes AYP safety enhancements By Brian Beckley Staff Writer
In the wake of the drowning death of 16-year-old Quentin Boggan two weeks ago, Bonney Lake Mayor Neil Johnson is planning to propose a series of possible changes at Allan Yorke Park in an attempt to prevent another tragedy at Lake Tapps. During the July 3 city council workshop, Johnson updated the council on a series of ideas he is working on, ranging from addi-
tional signage to the removal of the park’s floating dock. Johnson said he began working on the list of ideas after Boggan’s death and following a meeting with Melissa Thomas, a friend of the Boggan family who has taken up the cause. The mayor said as a parent of a teenager, Boggan’s death affected him personally. “I can only imagine if I had lost Rendi,
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The floating dock at Allan Yorke Park may be on its way out as part of new safety proposals by the mayor. Photo by Dennis Box
City comes up dry at Reed property
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Andrew McCann was among the many Sunset Meadows kids showing their patriotic spirit during the neighborhood’s annual Fourth of July parade. Each year, youngsters decorate bicycles, tricycles and scooters and wind their way through the housing development off 234th Avenue. Photo by Kevin Hanson
No water found at 20-acre site purchased for water right By Brian Beckley Staff Writer
Perhaps they should have used a divining rod instead? Attempts by the city of Bonney Lake to find a new water source on the Reed Property, located just outside city limits, have gone dry. According to Public Works Director Dan Grigsby, the firm contracted to drill on the site, RH2, completed its first well on the property and found nothing but silt and clay to a depth of 1,000 feet. The find makes it unlikely the property, which was purchased specifically for the water right, will yield the amount of water the city hoped.
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