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Alexis Markham, 4, leads a friend out of the corn maze at Maris Farms during a field trip Oct. 17. Maris Farms offers farm-based fun for all ages. Below, Bryson Flores, 3, gets some help picking out a pumpkin from mom, Cassie Flores. Photos by Brian Beckley
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hough it’s all a lot of fun and games, the folks at Maris Farms take their scaring seriously. “We start in November,” Dale Maris said with a laugh. “This is absolutely a passion for us.” This year, Maris’s passion for scaring people expands again, with the addition of a new attraction that he said he’s been developing for about a decade. Along with the traditional corn maze, goat walk, pumpkin cannon and haunted woods, Maris Farms has added a new feature called the “Monster Safari,” which allows patrons on a specially modified school bus to fire paintballs at “zombies” positioned throughout a large section of woods near the back of the farm’s 40-acre property. Throughout the ride, there are 40 pop-up targets
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The Bonney Lake City Council on Tuesday was expected to pass a new package of fee and rate reductions designed to spur development in the city. The two ordinances would temporarily eliminate the city’s traffic impact fee for qualifying businesses as well as reduce sewer and water system development charges by 30 percent each. “I think it’s the right thing to do at this time,” Mayor Neil Johnson said during a discussion on the issues at Tuesday’s council workshop. Both reductions are designed to sunset, but can be extended. All new businesses in the downtown
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votes to sell golf course By Brian Beckley Staff Writer
Nearly 20 years after buying the land, the city of Sumner is ready to sell off Sumner Meadows Golf Course. The council on Monday voted 6-1 to sell the course, with Randy Hynek voting against the measure. The city purchased the northernmost land in 1993 and developed the course on
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