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Covington is proceeding with the second phase of its Northern Gateway study in an effort to plan for future development of land that the city could potentially annex. Two main conclusions came from the first phase of the study which was conducted earlier this year, explained Covington’s Community Development Director Richard Hart in an email interview. First, the city met five of COVINGTON the six criteria required by King County to move the Urban Growth Area boundary to include a portion of the study area, known as “the Notch,” and eventually allow the city to annex the land. Second, Hart wrote, the first phase of the study concluded it would be not only possible but wise to develop the Hawk property, presently home to gravel extraction and asphalt operations, but where residential, office and commercial retail development could be built.
The Maple Valley City Council approved an ordinance to re-zone the Brandt Property in the northern part of the city at the Dec. 10 meeting. The 50 acre chunk of land, located northeast of state Route 169 and Southeast 240th Way, is seen by both the city and the property owners as a potential location for future business growth and tax revenue. Although the ordinance allows for taller MAPLE buildings to be VALLEY built on certain sections of the property, City Manager David Johnston stated that various conditions were placed on development to address concerns from homeowners in nearby residential neighborhoods. Concerns range from the possible effect on traffic to the appearance of buildings that could potentially go up there. During the public comment section of meetings, as well as in letters written to the city, residents repeatedly asked for a greenbelt buffer
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Conquering Hunger
Farelli’s brings pizza and brews to town Puget Sound chain opened its doors in October in Maple Valley Town Center BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@maplevalleyreporter.com
At Farrelli’s, it’s a self-serve kind of place when it comes to the tap. The restaurant, located Maple Valley Town Center at 26642 Maple Valley-Black Diamond Road, offers a combination of wood fire baked pizza and a direct approach for
Kentwood student Sara Elzinga places a box of food on the scale as part of the school’s fifth annual Munch Madness food drive. The drive raised more than 50,000 pounds of food. The food drive is a competition among classes similar to a March Madness bracket. Last year Kentwood students raised about 40,000 pounds for local food banks. To view a slide show go to www. maplevalleyreporter.com. TJ MARTINELL, The Reporter
patrons to refill their drinks. Although the restaurant is divided into two different sections, family and adult, Clayton Krueger, director of marketing and communications at Farrelli’s, said they strove for a relaxed environment. The adult section, for example, has a fire table with a fire in the center, while the family section is designed to resemble the family dinner table. Farrelli’s also has two tables with four self-serve taps, which makes it the second restaurant in the state to do so, Kruger said. Rather than order a full glass of beer, a person can fill up a smaller amount to see if they like it before committing to the brew. A customer is ultimately charged based on how many ounces they’ve consumed of which beers.
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The pizzas are baked on an apple wood, which is intended to create a more balanced heat and a caramelized crust, which Kruger said is hard to do with a conventional oven. They also use the best ingredients possible, Kruger said. Their cheese is delivered through a partnership with Grande Cheese, which is not sold to the public. Farrelli’s also offers an entire gluten-free menu section and diabetic friendly foods. “We do not skimp on quality,” Kruger said. “We seek out the best quality products we can have for our products. I think you can taste that difference in every bite.” Farrelli’s, which has five other locations in the state, [ more PIZZA page 6]
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COVINGTON CHURCH TO HOST BLOOD DRIVE DEC. 16 HighPoint Church will host the Cascade Regional Blood Mobile 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16. at the Covington Elementary School. The school is located at 17070 SE Wax Rd. For more information, send email to info@thehpchurch.com or call 253-239-3008
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Covington replaces damaged community tree cade before incorporation. In 1988, when the councilman first opened the A vandal may have doors of Wagner’s Crafts caused fatal damage to the in Covington Square, the city’s holiday tree owner of the shopbut Covington ping center would officials didn’t let pay to bring in a the destruction tree that was then hamper the spirit set up in a hole in of the season. the ground where A new tree was the Auto Zone planted less than a now sits. week after someWagner helped one sawed into pay to decorate the the community temporary Christtree, a 35-foot “I think it’s a shame mas tree, which Spruce, the early that the Grinch had he described as morning hours to come and cut the the original comof Dec. 1. In its munity holiday place in the Don tree down. As soon tree that was set Henning Round- as I heard about it, up annually well that’s the first thing about at 168th before Covington Place Southeast that came to mind, was even a city. ‘How the Grinch a 25-foot-tall “We did that the Stole Christmas.� Mountain first Friday of DeHemlock now cember for years,� stands after it was Wagner said. planted Dec. 7. “Then the city of CovingCovington City Councilton and parks department man Jeff Wagner described worked to decorate the tree the vandal as a Grinch as he in front of Fred Meyer. The recalled the origins of the one in front of Fred Meyer city’s holiday tree lighting was the original planted which began almost a deBY KRIS HILL
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Christmas tree but the one that was put in every year where Auto Zone now sits was the original Christmas tree. We used to have hundreds of people come to the tree lighting when Santa Claus would come in every year on a fire truck.� That tree in front of Fred Meyer, which was located near the corner of 168th Place and Southeast 272nd Street, came down in March 2008. It was diseased, Wagner said, not to mention being in the path of construction for the road which needed to be upgraded as the city prepared for the construction of Costco. Once the roundabout, which was named after Covington Councilman Don Henning who died in 2007, was complete in October 2008 the new tree was placed. At the time it was 25 feet tall. For Wagner, the damage done to that tree was “gut wrenching.� [ more TREE page 4 ]
A vandal fatally damaged the Covington Community Tree Dec. 1 by sawing into the trunk. The tree was replaced Dec. 7. Courtesy photo
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[4] December 14, 2012 [ TREE from page 3] “Even though I didn’t do anything to plant that tree, I’m taking it personally, because it’s our tree, it’s our community holiday tree,� Wagner said. “I think it’s a shame that the Grinch had to come and cut the tree down. As soon as I heard about it, that’s the first thing that came to mind, ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas.’ It’s a shame that someone had to do that for their own
personal reason.� Covington Police responded to a call around 5:30 the morning of Dec. 1 to a report that someone was allegedly attempting to saw the tree down. When officers arrived, the suspect was gone, but had left a metal wedge and a sign near the trunk of the tree in the roundabout. Still, it did not dampen the spirit of the tree lighting event later that day, Wagner
said. provided by Karla Slate, “It had to be the biggest Covington’s community crowd we had since the tree relations coordinator, the went into the Don city will accept donaHenning Roundtions to help defray the about,� he said. associated with COMMUNITY costs “It was nice to see replacing the comthe support from munity tree, which the community.� includes replacing the A second tree LED lights which had lighting ceremony was been installed on the tree scheduled for Wednesday, for lighting ceremonies. after the Reporter went to Donations can be made press. by mail or in person at According to information Covington City Hall, 16720
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in locating here, you provide a certain amount of latitude,� Johnston said. of roughly 200 feet to be placed between any development Before, the property was zoned as multiple use which the and homes. owners, according to the Planning Commission’s Johnston stated that such a proposal would recommendation, “have said repeatedly that they have required the city to buy the property from have been unable to successfully attract investors the owners. Instead, the ordinance requires a and partners and unable to market the property building taller than 35 feet to add three feet of effectively.� setback per extra foot of additional height. In adAmong the Planning Commission’s recomdition to the 20 foot setback already required by mendations was to split the property into three existing code, a building 85 feet high would have separate zoning areas. The first section, approxia setback of 170 feet between it and the residenmately five acres abutting state Route 169, would tial property zoning line. be designated as parks, recreation and open In between the building and residential zonspace. ing line, however, other infrastructure, such as This would allow for limited commercial and “We’re here smaller buildings and streets, could be built, residential uses. Such a designation, according to to attract jobs, but would still have to be 20 feet away from the the Planning Commission’s report, “provides a and because we residential zoning line. buffering of the neighborhoods from the highdon’t know what Johnston said that while the council and the way.� businesses would Planning Commission understood residents’ The second area, which is 13 acres, would be be interested in concerns, the property had already been zoned designated as commercial business zoning, which locating here, you for commercial development when residential allows retail ventures. This would limit a retailer’s neighborhoods were built. provide a certain He added the new zoning code gives greater amount of latitude.� size to no more than 100,000 square feet. The largest portion which comes in at 36 acres, flexibility for potential development. David Johnston changed to service commercial, which allows for “We’re here to attract jobs, and because we offices, retail, manufacturing and vocational or don’t know what businesses would be interested educational uses.
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Volunteering Can Be Easy and Rewarding For many of us, December is a month when our thoughts and concerns for the less fortunate in our communities really come to the forefront. This is no doubt due in part to the holidays we celebrate and due in part to the seasonal weather. Cold, wet and windy days remind us how tough life can sometimes be. For an organization like Food Lifeline, the less fortunate are always at the forefront of their thoughts and efforts. Each year in November and December QFC is proud to support Food Lifeline in the Puget Sound area and the Oregon Food Bank in Oregon with a twomonth campaign to collect both food and cash for these organizations. Our campaign is called Bringing Hope To the Table. The food and money that is accumulated helps sustain these organizations and their clients for months after the holidays are over. QFC is also proud to be a year ‘round partner with these organizations in providing wholesome food through the Grocery Rescue Program. Food that no longer meets our standards for quality and
freshness, but that is still wholesome and healthful is donated and used to feed hungry people through the great work of these organizations. Much of the great work that Food Lifeline does would not be possible without the assistance of a large group of volunteers. Nora Peters, a Grocery Rescue Program Representative at Food Lifeline notes, “All non-profits agree that volunteers who give their skills and time are a precious resource and are really the backbone of our operations. This is even more true at Food Lifeline where every year over 9,000 volunteers help us sort and repack food donations, help with administrative tasks in our office, and with food and fund drives. These volunteers are the equivalent of 20 full-time employees!� Many volunteers return often to help Food Lifeline, but the door is always open for people who want to donate even just a few hours of their time. As the Food Lifeline website notes, “Businesses, schools, social clubs, faith-based groups, service
SE 271st St. Suite 100, Covington, 98042. Covington staff are also working with Crime Stoppers, which will offer up to a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the vandal. To report tips anonymously, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or provide a web tip at www.crimestoppers.com. For more information
send email to raisethetree@covingtonwa.gov or call Community Relations Coordinator Karla Slate at 253-480-2402.
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Under service commercial, the minimum height of a building would be 45 feet and the maximum height allowed 100 feet. Under multiple use, the maximum height allowed is 45 feet. According to a memo sent by Community Development Director Ty Peterson to the City Council, the Planning Commission decided to recommend allowing for building heights up to 100 feet after also agreeing that certain conditions must be met. Some of those conditions include requiring the structure to be on a site 10 acres or larger and increasing the landscape buffer requirements based on the additional height above 35 feet. Transpo Group performed a traffic analysis and concluded that traffic volumes would not likely change and that Level of Service (LOS) would essentially remain the same, according to Peterson’s memo. The Maple Valley City Council first considered the zoning changes in September, after the Maple Valley Planning Commission voted to recommend the changes. The City Council eventually voted to amend the city’s comprehensive plan, the city’s blueprint for development.
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connections, and hone marketable skills in communication and leadership. What’s more, volunteering can just be plain old fun!� Volunteers age 6 or older are welcome to come as individuals, as a family, or as a group of friends/co-workers/members of a place of worship/sports team, etc. To learn more about Food Lifeline’s volunteer opportunities, please visit their website www.foodlifeline.org/volunteer or send an email to the Volunteer Team at volunteer@ fll.org. Paid Adver tisement
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Yes, I personally know Santa Claus
TJ Martinell Staff writer
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Every Christmas there is one debate that should never exist. At this time of the year, something which should never even have to be asked about not only is questioned, but extreme skepticism is cast on it. It dredges up philosophical, practical and economical issues which serve to divide us rather than unite us. I am, of course, speaking as to the proven existence of Santa Claus. Being a reporter, I am often asked by the true believers, i.e. young children, whether Santa Claus really does exist. Fifty years ago, this would be unheard of. But prevailing subversive elements of our society and culture perpetuated by both the Grinch and certain factions seeking to overthrow the Christmas holiday spirit, has festered a cynicism which has affected even the most innocent and pious among us. The children, trusting my investigation skills and finicky attention to factual accuracy, require further confirmation to assure them that their faith is not misplaced. My answer is always immediate and direct. “Of course! And I can say this without any need for an investigation or additional facts beyond that of my own childhood experience.� To those children, still dubious of my words, I tell them of my family’s long connection with Santa Claus. First off, like Elvis, there are lots of impersonators and impostors. But there is only one Santa Claus. Like the Highlander, there can only be one. Ever since I was a young tyke, Santa Claus made a regular appearance on Christmas Eve, whether we were at our own house, at our
Bipartisanship work in senate Imagine picking up your local newspaper to find this story: “Today lawmakers from both political parties agreed to cooperate in support of a shared set of principles that include helping middle-class families and promoting a worldclass public education system.� As of this week that headline could be a reality, not in Washington, D.C. but right here in the Washington state Senate. Earlier this week I helped lead a bipartisan majority of my colleagues to change the way the Senate operates. Members of this coalition of Democrats and Republicans agree on a set of ideals that reflect the things I believe our community expects us to work towards in the Legislature — growing jobs, helping middle-class families, making government accountable, and supporting public schools. In order to realize these goals, we must first change the way the senate operates. To appreciate these changes let’s look at how the Senate handles its workflow through its current committee structure. Committee chairs are powerful people in the Legislature and decide the fate of proposals brought before them. Cur-
State Sen. Joe Fain
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� D I D Y O U K N O W ? : The name ‘Santa Claus’ originated from a mispronunciation of ‘Saint Nicholas.’
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grandparents home in Issaquah, or even at my uncle’s house in North Bend. So how did I know it was the real Santa? Because kids just know. Call it a sixth sense. It allows us to tell a fake Santa from the real one. There was no special or magical quality around the fake ones. When they laughed, we smiled, but it didn’t fill us with happiness and excitement like it did when the real Santa laughed. Plus my bothers and my cousin had a test. We plucked at the beards to see which one was real. The fake ones, which still carried the smell of the plastic bag their beard came in, gave themselves away easily. If Santa winced and the beard remained intact, we knew he was genuine. But most importantly, we knew who the real Santa was if he knew who we were by name without us telling him. You see, our family
rently, the partisan majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate controls every chairmanship in the Legislature. Unlike the current arrangement, we believe the organizational framework our bipartisan coalition has created will provide more balance, greater accountability, and allow -- even promote -- compromise. When the 2013 legislative session begins in January, we will do so with a balanced committee structure. Of the Senate’s 15 policy committees, six will be chaired by Democratic senators, six by Republicans and three chaired jointly by a senator from each party. This new approach to governing is unprecedented in our state and we’re confident it will be a catalyst for the new ideas we need to address the serious issues facing Washington families. The results of what lawmakers in Olympia do next year are essential to shaping our future prosperity. Like my colleagues in the Majority Coalition Caucus, I am committed to continue working with both Democrats and Republicans for a sustainable budget that takes a long-term approach towards shaping our state’s financial future. Being your state senator is so much more than taking votes and developing legislation — it’s engaging with our community and listening to people of all backgrounds and perspectives. It’s about spending time in our schools and listening to parents and teachers. It’s about studying stacks of budget documents on any given program one day, and visiting the
actually knew the real Santa Claus, thanks to his friendship with my grandpa. My grandpa is a special guy. Not only can he fix anything, including Santa’s sleigh when it broke several times due to a worn out head gasket on the magical compass needed to find every kid’s home in the world, but he was the one person Santa trusted to go up on the rooftop and take care of the reindeer while he visited with us. While Santa handed out candy canes to us and told us stories, we would heard the reindeer stomping on the roof when they got impatient. They also uttered noises that no animal can make unless they’re magical. Mobileous rangier tarandus, or flying reindeer, are extremely volatile creatures. One time, Rudolph knocked my grandpa off the roof, and he had the bruise to prove it. [ more MARTINELL page 6 ]
homes of the people that program affects the next. It’s about brushing aside predetermined talking points and briefing memos and instead seeing and hearing things for myself. It’s about making difficult decisions with the greater good of our community in mind. What I have heard consistently, from the time I started knocking on doors in 2010 through meetings I’ve had this very week, is that the public wants real value for the hard-earned money they send to Olympia, and they want their elected officials to work together to solve problems. People are rightfully demanding results and we are responding to that call, not settling for a traditional approach to making policy just because it has been done a certain way in the past. We will continue working together to achieve real results based on the quality of ideas and the interests of our communities. We have taken these bold steps to ensure Washington state isn’t subject to the partisan gridlock that dominates Washington D.C.
State Sen. Joe Fain represents the 47th Legislative District in the Washington State Senate. He serves on the Transportation, Education, Financial Institutions, and Rules committees, and is the Senate’s incoming Majority Floor Leader. Fain is also a member of the senior leadership team for the Majority Coalition Caucus.
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[MARTINELL from page 6] I’m sure some kids might be skeptical as to my claims. After all, just how the heck did my grandpa actually meet Santa? You will be pleased to know that I conducted a very thorough examination of this as a child while we waited for Santa to arrive. Every Christmas I pressed my grandpa for further details about his friendship with Santa. After all, how could they have ever met, since Santa lives in the North Pole? Apparently, my grandpa said, the North Pole is where Santa’s workshop is located, because the North Pole National Labor Board will not allow him to build a new workshop in any other part of the world, as there are very few jobs available in the North Pole. The United Elves Toy Workshop Local does not
allow the elves to participate in sleigh rides with Santa due to a contractual dispute. That is why my grandpa had to take care of the reindeer instead letting an elf attend to it (don’t tell the elves, as they consider this to be ‘sleighing jobs overseas.’) Santa actually lives in the greater Seattle area due to its rainy seasons and relative lack of snow outside the Cascades. He met my grandpa one day while they were shopping at Sears, both of them buying the same watch. When he’s not in his outfit, Santa looks like every other elderly man and goes by Chris Kringle in public. He goes by his real name, Saint Nicholas, when he’s serving at church, where he is able to determine who is naughty and nice. Second, they are both
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diabetics and visit the same doctor. This makes sense. If you eat milk and cookies at hundreds of millions of households in a single night for five hundred years, chances are your blood sugar level is going to rise somewhat. So every Christmas we put out sugar-free cookies and non-fat milk, which were always eaten and a nice thank you note left. One year, in an effort to be clever, I put out regular cookies and 2 percent lowfat milk. Santa didn’t touch them and left a note reminding us of his diabetes. I also found out that Santa suffered from real-life difficulties that fake Santas don’t. For example, one year Santa had to come through the backdoor to put presents underneath the tree
because my dad forgot to put out the fire in the fireplace. He then had to come through the front door when we installed a new fireplace stove. He also struggled with weight troubles. Unlike everyone else, Santa has an ultra-high metabolism rate, which forces him to work hard to gain weight and remain plump by the time Christmas comes. Some years, however, due to his tight schedule and the austere conditions of the North Pole, he doesn’t quite make it. I noticed this several years when Santa had noticeably lost significant pounds and didn’t have the same rosy cheeks and lovable paunch. My grandpa, who was able to delegate his reindeer task to another close friend of Santa’s in the same neighborhood that year, told us
not to point it out, as Santa struggles with weight-loss image problems. Lastly, one time when I was three I had an argument with my parents over a very important matter that I cannot recall. They threatened to get Santa on the phone and have him put me on his naughty list. The first time they had done it, I had begged them not to. The second time, however, I started to wonder. Just who’s side was Santa on? Feeling brave and courageous, I called their bluff and appealed their decision. Sure enough, they made a long-distance phone call to Santa’s workshop that took fifteen minutes to connect. My parents then handed me the phone, telling me it was Santa on the other line. After consulting with Santa for several minutes,
I explained to him my side of the story. Not only did he seem to agree with me, but in the background I could hear Mrs. Claus expressing her sympathy to my plight. Santa finally decided the issue in question fell outside his jurisdiction per the Tenth Amendment to the Santa Claus Clause: All matters of naughty and nice not expressively delegated to Santa Claus for arbitration by the Clause, nor prohibited to the parents, shall be reserved to the family and the respective parents thereof. The ruling was technically a victory for me, but Santa still reminded me to obey my parents. So whether you’re a kid or an adult, whenever someone questions the existence of Santa Claus, you can tell them that yours truly has settled the matter now and forevermore.
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tive influence,� Kruger said. “We had an opportunity to serve the community by entering it, fulfilling our mission. Another aspect of that is to give young people a job that values good work ethic, that’s a good part of what we do as well. That was a part that wasn’t fully
being met in that community.� So far, Kruger said, they seem to appeal to Maple Valley’s heart, or liver. “We’re experiencing sales volumes there we’ve never experienced there in our history,� he said. “I think we’re doing really well.�
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New project for Carly Stowell Foundation The Carly Stowell Foundation is branching out to help disadvantaged youth in Brazil. Elena Stowell’s trip to Brazil this past summer to promote her book, “Flowing With the Go: A Jiu-Jitsu Journey of the Soul,� has led to a new project for the non-profit she founded with her husband Chuck, The Carly Stowell Foundation, in memory of their daughter who died in April 2007. Stowell’s book, which was released in July, is about her journey into Brazilian jiu-jitsu as she coped with the grief over her daughter’s death. The first charitable project the foundation is working on is to collect used gis (the uniforms worn by jiu-jitsu practitioners) and submission grappling gear for the adults and children in the Projeto Social in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Families living in these districts have few financial resources, limited access to food, transportation and daily necessities. The mission of the Carly Stowell Foundation is to provide enhanced skill training in athletics and music to young people who demonstrate passion for learning and
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a commitment to excel. Carly, who was the starting point guard for the Kentlake girls basketball team when she was a freshman there during the 2006-2007 school year, was also a talented musician and encouraged others to do what they love as well as love what they do. The Carly Stowell Foundation helped sponsor a youth BJJ Tournament in September in Rio de Janeiro with members from the Copa Top Brother (Master Cezar Guimaraes) team. Top Brother athletes volunteer their time to teach Jiu-jitsu in the Projeto Social. More than 370 children participated and in keeping with the foundation’s mission to support both sports and music, a young string ensemble and rock band performed. For more information on this event go to www.elena-stowell.com Stowell encourages anyone who plans to buy a new gi for themselves soon or for their children who have outgrown theirs to consider donating used ones to the project. Donations of submission grappling gear are also on the wish list for the project. Monetary donations will be accepted, as well, and can be made online by using the Jammin’ BJJ PayPal button at www.JamminBJJ.org. All donations will be used to purchase gear for the program which will then be sent to Brazil. The Carly Stowell Foundation is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization and all donations are tax- deductible. For those who belong to gyms in the Greater Puget Sound area, volunteers will pick up your donations. To mail your donation of gear or to donate using a check, you can mail your items to: Carly Stowell Foundation, JamminBJJ, 16915 272nd st SE, Suite 100 Box 101 Covington, WA 98042 For more information: www.carlystowellfoundation.org or call Elena at 206-8411037 or send email to contact@jamminBJJ.org.
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Community News and Notes KING COUNTY PROSECUTOR PUSHES FOR INCREASED SENTENCES IN JUVENILE GUN CRIME LAWS King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg announced a renewed effort aimed at increasing sentence ranges for juveniles who illegally possess firearms. The proposal has gained the support of gun rights advocates and Washington Ceasefire. In a news conference, Satterberg was joined by gun rights advocate Dave Workman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and Ralph Fascitelli of Washington Ceasefire, who support reforming juvenile gun laws. Satterberg stated in a press release he will take this measure to the Washington State Legislators and ask them to introduce a bill in the 2013 legislative session. It currently takes five convictions of unlawful possession of a firearm second degree before a juvenile is sent to the Department of Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration (JRA), where the youth will serve a sentence of 15 weeks. The proposal unveiled today would call for a mandatory 10-day sentence upon the first conviction, and a 15-week sentence upon the second conviction.
“On most issues you would not find common ground between Washington Ceasefire and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, but they join together with prosecutors on this issue,� Satterberg said. “Our state law regarding illegal gun possession by juveniles is ridiculously lenient, and serves neither the youth nor public safety,� he added. Under current law a juvenile must be convicted of five felonies before a conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm in the second degree (UPFA 2) results in a sentence at the Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration (JRA) of 15 to 36 weeks. Current law calls for a mandatory 10day sentence for the first four convictions for UPFA second degree. Under the proposed law, juveniles convicted of illegal gun possession will have to serve a mandatory 10day sentence on their first conviction. Juveniles who have already been convicted of a felony or who are convicted a second time of illegal gun possession will be sent to JRA to serve a sentence of 15 to 36 weeks. The proposed law would also eliminate sentencing alternatives that permit juveniles to escape serving the mandatory 10-day sentence called for under current law on their first illegal gun possession conviction. Satterberg stated that while at JRA, a gun violence education curriculum should be developed for juvenile offenders serving sentences for illegal
For six years, Palmer Coking Coal Co. has made a tradition of giving out free “lumps of coal� to those Christmas shoppers looking for a funny gift or gag. Palmer’s goal is to raise funds for Vine Maple Place. A donation box is available for those willing to support this local, non-profit organization providing home for single parents with children. If you know someone “naughty� deserving of a lump of
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CITY SEEKS LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD VOLUNTEER YOUTH-ATLARGE Maple Valley is seeking a youth-atlarge member to serve on the Library Board. The youth-at-large member is a junior high or high school student and a resident of the city. The youth-at-large position serves for a one-year term, renewable upon request by the member for an additional one-year term. The term shall commence January 2012 through January 2013. If you are interested in serving your community through this unique opportunity, please stop by City Hall, 22017 SE Wax Road, Suite 200, or the Maple Valley Library, 21844 SE 248th Street, and fill out an application, or download the application at the City’s website, www.maplevalleywa.gov. Applications will be received through December 21, 2012. Applicants will be asked to meet with the Mayor and Deputy Mayor for a short interview.
coal in their stocking, stop by Palmer Coking Coal located at 31407 state Route 169 in Black Diamond and pick up a free gift-wrapped piece of coal and make a donation to the children helped by Vine Maple Place. Although the company no longer sells coal, Palmer is one of south King County’s largest providers of landscape products including sand, gravel, rock, topsoil, beauty bark, play chips, lava rock, red cindex:3 and compost. To learn more about the company and their retail products, visit their website at www.palmercc.com or call 425-432¡4700.
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not - and because the city’s 2009 downtown plan calls for a wide range of uses Before any more develop- along the corridor such as ment can happen along the retail, office, housing and Covington Way corridor light manufacturing just sewers need to be built. to name a few examples, With the growth in that kind of development downtown Covington, couldn’t happen. explained Soos Creek Water “The lack of mains and and Sewer District manthe prohibitive cost to any ager Ron Speer, it became one developer to install clear the utility needed to them, has severely hamupgrade as well as add to pered development and existing infrastructure redevelopment there,� in the city. Matheson wrote. Soos Creek “The city was COVINGTON Water and Sewer excited when the provides service Soos Creek Water to more than and Sewer District 35 square miles and announced plans at thousands of residents in a joint meeting with the Covington, Maple Valley Covington City Council and surrounding areas. last year to invest (millions “There are developers of dollars) to install a lift interested in those areas station and mains along the (along Covington Way) but corridor.� there’s just no sewer lines Speer said the district is there at all,� Speer said. in the early planning stages “There’s just not enough and recently awarded a capacity right now.� design contract for the lift Covington City Manager station, a sewage collection Derek Matheson explained station where raw sewage is in an email that most of sent by gravity pipelines en downtown is on sewer route to a sewage treatment systems - Covington Way is plant. Additionally, Speer BY KRIS HILL
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said, the process to design the bore that will go from the south side of state Route 18 to the north of KentKangley Road is nearly complete. That bore needs to be built before work can begin on the lift station. Construction on the bore is expected to begin some time in the next six months, while the plan is to get the entire project complete by summer of 2014. “The main thing was we had to figure out how to get from the other side of (SR) 18 to the Calhoun pit,� Speer said. “We’ve got most of that worked out. We’ll be asking for proposals on the design of the gravity lines. We hope to have the proposals out for that by the middle of next year.� Ultimately, Speer said, once the project is complete developers will know the capacity is available in the sewage system to handle whatever they want to build. That is also an exciting prospect for Covington, Matheson said. “This will greatly increase the likelihood of development and redevelopment of the corridor, which includes some very desirable parcels like the old United Rentals site at the north end,� Matheson wrote.
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Community Note MAPLE VALLEY LIBRARY TO HOST WACKY WINTER ADVENTURE PUPPET SHOW SATURDAY The Maple Valley Library will host the Wacky Winter Adventure Puppet Show at 3 p.m. Saturday. The show will be presented by Elizabeth Luce. The show is for ages 3 and older with adult. Travel along with Pepe the Dog and Freezey the Snow Girl on their adventure to the North Pole to find the Gingerbread Princess. Free tickets are available. The library is located at 21844 SE 248th Street, Maple Valley.
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Premier Golf Centers will manage Lake Wilderness Golf Course after the Maple Valley City Council approved a $3.84 million contract with the Seattlebased company, extending the contract to 2016. The current contract golf course management contract with Premier was approved in 2011 and is set to expire at the end of the
year. Rather than a one-year contract, the new contract will last four years. As part of the contract, Premier Golf will receive a monthly $8,000 management fee, a total of $96,000 per year. Premier Golf Centers has managed the day-to-day affairs at the golf course since May 2007 after Maple Valley purchased the course in November 2006. According to City Manager David Johnston, dur-
ing the past two years the city staff initiated a request for qualifications (RFQ) in order to find a vendor willing to take over the food and beverage elements of the golf course operation. City staff concluded that the golf course facility would require the city to spend more money to renovate the clubhouse and update the kitchen based on the response to the RFQ. Although city officials had previously hoped the golf course would break even this year and be financially self-sufficient, estimates indicate it will require $36,000 from the city. It is a far cry, however, from the $227,045 the city put into the golf course in 2010.
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The Maple Valley City Council amended an ordinance that will allow non-profits to hold social card games at their Nov. 26 meeting. According to City Manager David Johnston, the Greater Maple Valley Community Center wanted to host a Texas Hold ‘em tournament as a fundraiser approximately a year ago. When it went to the Washington State Gaming Commission to obtain a license for the event, they were informed that they could not receive a license due to the municipal code prohibiting it. According to Johnston, the Community Center then approached the city and asked them to consider changing it so non-profits would be able to use it as a fundraiser. Under an ordinance passed in 1999, social card games are prohibited in the city limits. Under state law, social card games are defined “a card game that constitutes gambling and is authorized by the commission.�
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RCW 9.46.0311 CHARITABLE, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS — AUTHORIZED GAMBLING ACTIVITIES. The legislature hereby authorizes bona fide charitable or nonprofit organizations to conduct bingo games, raffles, amusement games, and fund-raising events, and to utilize punchboards and pull-tabs and to allow their premises and facilities to be used by only members, their guests, and members of a chapter or unit organized under the same state, regional, or national charter or constitution, to play social card games authorized by the commission, when licensed, conducted or operated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
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Community Note Two dozen Puget Sound Energy natural gas employees headed to New York to help restore heat for customers on Long Island, where overnight temperatures this week are expected to dip into the 20s. PSE employees will work with National Grid to replace
has every blooming thing, here’s some “green thumbs up� ideas for creative gift giving — no wrapping paper needed. Membership to Lakewold Gardens starts at $20. Lakewold Gardens is probably the best kept secret and most European of the few show gardens in Washington State available for public visits. Located near Tacoma in the Lakewood area with spectacular mountain and lake views the house and extensive gardens are now run as a non-profit and so buying a membership is not just an original gift idea but a tax deduction as well. Depending on what level of sponsorship you want give, the recipient will be getting free admission to the gardens, the quarterly newsletter, a discount at the gift shop, admission to the plant sale preview, invites to special events and tours with the garden manager. If you really want to dig deep and donate at a higher level of sponsorship your benefits will include the use
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Marianne Binetti has a degree in horticulture from Washington State University and is the author of “Easy Answers for Great Gardens� and several other books. For book requests or answers to gardening questions, write to her at: P.O. Box 872, Enumclaw, 98022. Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for a personal reply. For more gardening information, she can be reached at her Web site, www.binettigarden.com.
Now that the winter season is upon us, many people are getting ready for the holidays and spending more time inside with friends, families and lots of goodies. As such, some helpful reminders about common household dangers will keep your beloved dogs and cats healthy and happy as we celebrate a new year. Let’s start with the facts about chocolate ingestion. The chemical in question is theobromine which can cause heart, blood pressure and central nervous system problems. The severity of these symptoms will depend on the amount ingested and the size of the dog. Baking chocolate contains the most theobromine while white chocolate contains the least. Also be aware of less obvious sources such as cocoa mulch which is used as a natural fertilizer in landscaping. Caffeine ingestion can cause similar clinical signs. Chocolate covered expresso beans or even your yummy cup of coffee could be very tempting to your dog. Other less commonly known problem food products include macadamia nuts, xylitol (artificial sweetener), grapes/raisins and onions/garlic. We don’t know why macadamia nuts cause toxicity, but it can result from ingesting as little as 5 nuts. Clinical signs include weakness, depression, vomiting, and tremors. Xylitol is found in many baked goods, sugarless gum, and some types of toothpaste and mouthwash. Toxicity can occur with very small amounts (i.e. a couple of pieces of chewing gum) and result in vomiting, weakness, and tremors or seizures. Ultimately it can cause a very low blood sugar and/or liver failure. Grapes and raisins are also potentially toxic in small amounts. As few as 5 to 6 raisins may result in vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite and kidney failure. Onions and garlic ingestion could cause problems with the red blood cells resulting in anemia (low red blood cell count), breathing problems, and weakness. Possible sources include home cooked food or human baby food. During the holidays, it’s
especially important to be mindful of the different food or treats to which your pets are exposed since they may be more plentiful or available this time of year. Household medications can also be extremely dangerous for our pets. While there are several medicines that both animals and humans alike may take, dosages are often very different. Never attempt to treat your pet at home without the specific recommendation from your veterinarian. The most common drugs used by clients to treat ailments in their pets are pain relievers. Acetaminophen, ibuprofen and naproxen are often given by well intentioned people but may have very serious consequences involving liver or kidney failure. Other complications include gastrointestinal upset. There are also instances when the medication ingestion is accidental. Because there are so many different types of drugs prescribed to humans, whenever there has been a known or questionable ingestion, Animal Poison Control (888-426-4435) is a great resource for information about possible risks Household plants may pose a risk to dogs and cats. Many people are aware that holiday plants like Poinsettias, Mistletoe, and lilies can cause toxicity. Other less commonly known plants include English holly, evergreen trees, Christmas cactus and Sago palms. The most prevalent clinical signs involve gastrointestinal upset, depression, liver or kidney disease. The ASPCA has a photo list of toxic plants on their website www.aspca.org. This may be a good starting point to determine if you have a risky plant in your home. Awareness is very important when dealing with potential toxins and household hazards. Be sure to protect your furry loved ones from accidental exposure, but in the event a possible exposure has occurred, it is imperative that your pet receive medical attention as soon as possible. Have a safe and happy holiday season.
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already forcing buds, bulbs and blooms for a spectacular display of color and fragrance. You may not be able to escape winter in a tropical paradise, but tickets to this show will transport visitors to a colorful spring just when we need it the most. To buy this gift visit a local nursery or go online at www.gardenshow.com. Membership to Pacific Horticulture Society costs $28. You’ll be joining knowledgeable gardeners and plant lovers all along the Western Coast when you become a member of this elite group. The annual membership fee includes a one year subscription to the quarterly journal Pacific Horticulture plus advance notice of programs, tours and events. You’ll also receive an informative monthly newsletter full of tips and growing advice. A recent peek into the latest copy of this respected journal displayed fantastic photography and a story about how a pair of garden-
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the spring. These tough slug, deer and droughtresistant plants have been improved from resent breeding experiments and many now boast blooms that are larger, more upright and adaptable to indoor use. This means you’ll find potted hellebores, wrapped in foil and ready to give as indoor gift plants - enjoy hellebores indoors for a few weeks and then remove the plant from the foil wrapping and plastic pot and replant in a shaded spot in the garden. You can plant hellebores in the winter months, just not when the ground is frozen. Gardeners appreciate gifts like potted hellebores as well as practical stocking stuffers like garden gloves, pruning shears and gift certificates to local nurseries. But just in case you know a gardener that already
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The second week of December is a dormant season in the garden. Container gardens that once bloomed with colorful annuals will look drab and lifeless unless you get snippy now and celebrate the season with evergreen clippings. Simply prune off sections of sturdy evergreen shrubs such as boxwood, pieris, pine, cedar, fir and even big leaf rhododendrons and use these pruning snippets to poke into the soft soil of your winter-weary pots and window boxes. Add a few pine cones or weather-resistant ornaments and you’ll have a festive display of outdoor evergreens to enjoy for months. Look for blooming, potted hellebores this week at area nurseries and garden centers. Hellebores are perennials with evergreen foliage that flower as early as December and continue to bloom into
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Mastering the art of Christmas gift wrapping tape, so I don’t understand why, at the end of every year, I’m out. We’re talking at least six roles of tape in each economy package; I could count on one hand how many times we use tape and for all of those we probably wouldn’t even consume one whole roll. When my daughters were little, tape was a forbidden fruit. If they got a hold of a roll, they would secretly begin to use it. The kids would think I didn’t notice they were using tape with abandon, but it wasn’t hard to figure out they had found some. I never Gretchen Leigh
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I know I have purchased one of those huge economy packs of adhesive tape. But do you think I can find even one roll? My daughters have been fascinated with the sticky stuff since they were small; kind of like Winnie-the-Pooh is with honey. ‘Tis the holiday season and tape is one of those necessities we need to make it through our to-do list. I thought since my children had reached their teen years, their use of tape for entertainment purposes would have passed. Yet, I can’t find one roll of tape nor the package of dispensers. There aren’t many occasions in which we use
stopped the activity, because I could think of worse things for them to get into. Nothing was safe from the tape treatment. Mysterious tape spider webs would appear across doorways, between shelves on bookcases, wrapped around handles of drawers, sometimes attaching cabinet doors together, connecting all the kitchen chairs securely around the table. I would act surprised when I discovered tape in abnormal places: “Now who taped the cat to the broom?� (Just kidding that didn’t really happen). The kids would giggle, run away and never claim ownership unless the composition was particularly imaginative – tape from the couch, to the TV stand,
across the TV stand, to the shelves, thus preventing anyone from entering or leaving the family room was a particular source of pride. I believe it may have even been a team effort; who am I to stop their efforts to learn how to work together? It’s good training for adulthood when they’ll have to work in harmony with others. What’s running into a “little� tape across a doorway to my children’s futures as harmonious adults? It’s understandable why I was always out of tape in those days; all I had to do was untape the house to understand where it went. But now my daughters are teens and as far as I know they don’t use tape like they used to; I haven’t found a
tape spider web in years. My youngest daughter loves to wrap presents; she’ll wrap her friends’ birthday presents and wrap presents I need for Christmas and birthdays, but at 15 years old, she is pretty good at controlling the quantity coming off the tape dispenser. My oldest doesn’t wrap presents, preferring gift bags instead, but I could see her mindlessly emptying a roll that presented itself in front of her as she surfed the internet. As I am seeking tape, I can’t help but think of my little girls and the hours they spent emptying tape dispensers. It makes me smile and the Pete Seeger song “Where Have all the Flowers Gone?� runs through my head (adjusted
to fit the situation): “Where have all the tape dispensers gone, long time passing, where have all the tape dispensers gone, long time ago, where have all the tape dispensers gone, little girls have used them every one, when will they ever learn, when will they ever learn?� I haven’t even told you what happened to the paperclips.
Gretchen Leigh is a stayat-home mom who lives in Covington. She is committed to writing about the humor amidst the chaos of a family. You can also read more of her writing and her daily blog on her website livingwithgleigh.com. Her column is available every week at maplevalleyreporter.com under the Lifestyles section.
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attention next year ‌ to the planning and future development of the South Subarea (Hawk Property) which is already within the UGA and city limits,â€? Hart wrote. “However, the North Subarea or ‘Notch,’ which King County declined to add to the UGA will still be studied to a limited degree for a concept plan, hoping that King County will at some future date consider adding this area to the UGA so it can be eventually annexed to the city of Covington. That decision still remains with King County.â€? There is still a significant amount of developable property in the Northern Study area, however, and the city wants to evaluate how to proceed. Hart wrote that the city has divided the second phase of the study into two areas: the North Subarea, or Notch, and the South Subarea, or Hawk Property. “The North Subarea or ‘Notch’ portion will involve a shorter and more simple study to develop general land use categories and intensities along with transportation access possibilities for the developable land portion of the ‘Notch’ near the Highway 18 interchange, as well as the environmental and open space preservation potential for the Jenkins Creek drainage corridor that preserves that critical resource,â€? Hart wrote. “The South Subarea or Hawk Property will involve a longer and more complex study to develop a very detailed subarea plan, with proposed zoning districts and zoning and design regulations governing future development of the gravel pit and asphalt operations.â€? The South Subarea is within the UGA boundary and mostly inside the city of Covington with about 80 acres — which are vacant — to be submitted for annexation into the city in 2013. All of the Hawk property, Hart explained, is zoned for mineral extraction cur-
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open space corridors along the stretch of Jenkins Creek, other pedestrian trails systems, and an important new roadway connection between Southeast 256th Street and 204th Avenue Southeast which eventually connects to Kent-Kangley Road.� Details of the potential development as well as zoning will be hammered out during the second phase of the study and subarea plan process, which Hart said should take about a year. During the course of the
second phase of the study for both subareas both the Planning Commission and City Council will hear input from anyone who wishes to offer it during public hearings as part of the process. Hart wrote that the expected result for the North Subarea will be a simple concept plan which could be used if the county at some point approves bringing the Notch into the urban growth boundary. Meanwhile, a details South Subarea plan is expected to come out of the
study process, Hart added, which will outline for future development, which would probably happen in a number of phases, of the area over a 15 to 20 year period. This plan will likely involve retail commercial and a variety of residential types on the 220 acres of what is currently a gravel pit operation and vacant forested land which is east of the Hawk property.
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Although some Maple Valley property owners lost value this year, they will still have to pay a higher property tax rate in 2013. The Maple Valley City Council passed two ordinances at its Nov. 26 meeting creating a 2013 property tax levy, as well as a levy
lid increase of 0.9 percent. 2013, $2.2 million to $2.3 Property owners will pay million, an increase of 3.7 $1.55 for every $1,000 of percent. Finance Direcassessed value, a 0.9 tor Tony McCarthy percent increase stated much of the from last year. city’s increase in MAPLE In 2012, property property taxes for VALLEY owners paid $1.396 next year is due per $1,000 of asto the Fred Meyer sessed value. construction. Had it City officials expect to re- not occurred, he said, the ceive an estimated $119,520 increase would have been more in property taxes in around 1 percent.
According to McCarthy, the property tax levy makes up around 15 percent of the total levy, the other 85 percent made up of the fire district, school district and liberty district levies.
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made a few minor revisions. As we listen to business leaders and read the current literature on the key skills students need for college and career success our District Outcomes are proving to stand the test of time. Tahoma Outcomes and Indicators Many of our students are doing amazing work both in school and outside of school. This award allows them to be recognized for exemplary work aligned with our District Outcomes. Parents and students are invited to contact Mrs. Young (TSHS counseling) or Ms. Fox (TSHS administration) for questions and guidance on the application process. Check out the application materials on-line. There is also a growing FAQ available.
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This comes at a time when the city’s new construction increased by 116 percent, $26.6 million to $57.5 million. McCarthy stated, however, this number reflects a collective loss and does not apply to individual properties, meaning certain properties might have actually gained in value while others did not.
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At the same time, the total property value within the city limits has dropped by $148.55 million, a 6.5 percent decrease from last year. According to a report by the King County Assessor from Nov. 19, the total property value in Maple Valley was worth a total of $2.1 billion compared to 2.3 billion when the levy was adopted in 2011.
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Some have criticized the accomplishment due to the difference in poverty rate and diversity in Finland. These are facts that cannot be disputed, however, Finland’s accomplishment cannot be explained in such a simple way. Pasi Sahlberg is the minister of education in Finland. He recently came
to speak in Seattle and I was fortunate enough to be there to listen to him. He shared with us their 40-year journey. It began with the decision on the part of the country to commit to the goal of making an equitable playing field for all children, letting no student’s background adversely affect their education. They did
not focus on test scores, but on the entire child. In Finland, 45 minutes of instruction is followed by 15 minutes of recess, even for older students. Teachers only instruct children for four periods a day, receiving professional development and developing curricula for the additional two periods.
Standardized tests are only given once in a child’s educational career – at the end of high school. Instead of curriculum and assessment being developed from top down, teachers in each local community develop their own, using a framework of national guidelines. If a child needs additional support in the classroom, there are additional teachers that work with that child. Their average class size is 19 in elementary school and 17 in upper grades. Finnish schools are funded with the guarantee of equal allocation of resources to each school regardless of its location or its community wealth. The funding formula is based on number of students, with extra funding provided to schools that have high proportions of immigrants or students with unemployed or uneducated parents. Instead of competition, the Finnish believe in collaboration. In place of test-based accountability, it
is trust-based responsibility driving the system in Finland. In America, it is standardization, at times removing creative innovation. In Finland, it is personalization with schools organized to meet individual needs. Finland and America are different in many ways: Form of government, size and diversity among them. In spite of our differences, there are lessons to learn from each other. It’s certainly food for thought.
Cindy Prescott is a fourth-grade teacher at Crestwood Elementary School in Covington and vice present of the Kent Education Association. A Kent resident for 20 years, she has been teaching in the Kent School District for 15 years. Her four children have attended Kent schools and her grandson is now just starting kindergarten in the district.
Community Note On the eve of his retirement from Republic Services, Don Frey received the Lifetime Environmental Stewardship Award from the Washington Refuse and Recycling Association (WRRA) at a banquet held December 1, 2012, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seattle. Frey has worked in the transportation and environmental services industries for more than three decades. He joined Republic Services (then Allied Waste) eight years ago as a general manager and served more recently as a municipal relations manager in Bellevue and in South King County. He received a letter of recommendation from the city of Bellevue for his work ethic and dedication to service in the community. Frey will be replaced by Jeff Wagner, the current mayor pro tem of the city of Covington. He previously worked as a financial advisor with Ameriprise Financial and Waddell & Reed. Wagner was recognized as Covington’s Citizen of the Year in 2012. He currently serves as co-chair of Covington’s Economic Development Council and is an ambassador to the Auburn Chamber of Commerce. Wagner is a
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Maple Valley’s king of sprawl and brawl Tahoma High graduate Jens Pulver tells junior high students about path to UFC BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@maplevalleyreporter.com
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inning fights is how Maple Valley native Jens Pulver shows his gratitude to the community that raised him. For the 38-year-old mixed martial arts fighter and 1993 Tahoma High graduate, every fight, whether it’s in a boxing ring or in a cage, is another opportunity to make the people who helped him through a rough upbringing proud. “There is not a time I never thought about my team, my school, or my town, whether I made you proud or not,� he said. A two-time state wrestling champion at Tahoma, Pulver was also UFC’s first lightweight champion of the world, a title he won in 2001. “It was for all my friends and families and coaches and peers and took care of me and believed in me,� he said. Coming back to Maple Valley for the second time
since he left for college to wrestle, Pulver spoke to students at Tahoma Junior High about overcoming adversity and not quitting when things get tough in life, two things he learned while growing up. The son of a horse jockey, Pulver describes his childhood as “living on egg shells.� With an alcoholic father, he said his family was accustomed to beatings and violence practically every day. When he was as young as five, he said he took several beatings to protect his mother, who was often the object his father’s rage. Pulver explained that while this went on, he was often teased and ridiculed for the clothes he wore and the toys he had, which he refers to as the “rainbow bike story� in reference to the type of bike he rode. He stressed this is why people should not judge when it comes to a person’s appearance. Fortunately for Pulver, he found a means of escape through wrestling in the school district. There, he also found a role model
Jens Pulver discusses his fighting career and childhood to Tahoma Junior High students Dec. 6. A 1993 Tahoma graduate, Pulver won two wrestling state championships. TJ MARTINELL, The Reporter in his coaches, including Russ Hayden, after whom he named his daughter, Hayden Spring. Wrestling worked well for Pulver, he said, due to his height. Growing up, he aspired to be a horse jockey and trained at local racetracks with horses, but when he got to high school he went through a growth spurt — he rapidly put on weight and became too tall. Yet, he was still too small to play baseball or football. “Wrestling saved my life,
and that’s a God-given fact,� he said. What also attracted him to wrestling was the individual aspect of the sport, in which each wrestler performed to the highest individual ability in order to create a successful team. “I love being the individual,� he said. “Your heart, your courage, grit, how much you trained, you can’t hide from it. It was the opportunity to showcase everything you’ve done. You’re looking at your
coach, your school and wanting their acceptance instead of being on a team doing everything to get away from them and stand out.� Rather than use wrestling as a means of channeling the anxieties from his unhappy home life, Pulver said he forgot about it entirely while on the mat. “It didn’t have nothing to do with being abused,� he said. “Not at that age. It was my escape.� [ more BRAWL page 16 ]
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Runners from Maple Valley post big times Riley Campbell, 17, of Maple Valley won the 10K at the city of Kent Christmas Rush Run presented by Multicare Health System. Campbell, a junior at Tahoma High School, covered the course Saturday in 33 minutes, 14.3 seconds. The race drew 461 runners. Christopher Fisher, 17, of South Prairie placed second in 33:18.4. Rounding out the top five were Jeciah Griswold, 30, of Renton, 33:28.2; Jacob Fullen,
21, of Kent, 34:39.4; and Tyler Nugent, 30, of Seattle, 35:56.1. Michael Chinchar, 24, of Kent, won the 5K Fun Run, which had 1,894 participants. Chinchar had a time of 15:54.1. The next four finishers were Phil Rock, 33, of Enumclaw, 16:29.6; Tyler Eidsmoe, 24, of Auburn; Abebaw Asrebebe, 17, of Kent, 16:40.4; and Keefe Hanson, 20, of Lake Tapps, 17:03.2. The course for each run
[ BRAWL from page 15] It was during high school that he discovered his greatest strength and weakness, his mental state, a trait which he said persists to this day when he fights. “There would be some days I could beat anybody,� Pulver said. “I had the emotional setting that I could beat the national champion because I’m supposed to, but I could lose to the worst guy. It just all depends mentally on how I was doing how I felt. Some days I was on and going to conquer the world. If I’m hell bent, I’m doing it and no one’s going to stop me.� After graduating from Tahoma, Pulver wrestled for Highline Community College. There, he became an NJCAA All-American, placing in the top eight at the NJCAA National Championships. He then wrestled for Boise State University, where he graduated with a degree in criminal justice. During college, Pulver was introduced to boxing and mixed martial arts and became instantly fascinated. After a brief stint in California training, he began competing in
started at Russell Road Park Highlights included live holiday music and prizes and awards for the topfive finishers in each age group. Special activities and vendor booths rounded out the morning to create a festive atmosphere. Numerous runners wore holiday hats and outfits. Participants ages 13 and under ran for free, and received a complimentary T-shirt, courtesy of MultiCare. For complete results, go to www.buduracing.com. Meanwhile, Maple valley runners, Brian, 10, and Faith Martinez, 8, qualified to run in the National Championships last weekend in Albuquerque, NM.
the Ultimate Fighting Championship series in 1999. His unique fighting style, which called for defensive wrestling and boxing strategies, was dubbed “sprawl and brawl.� Pulver said this style enabled him to take on other fighters who were either predominately wrestlers or boxers. “Wrestlers were the dictators,� he said. “You were going to dictate where (the fight) went. Fitness was lacking in toughness. We just beat the mess out of each other. At the time, I think that’s what it needed. The wrestler was the dictator. If I didn’t want you to take me down, you didn’t. If I wanted to take you down, I did. (If they were a wrestler) don’t let them use a take down and just punch them and hit them.� In February 2001, Pulver faced top ranked Japanese Fighter Caol Uno for the lightweight title, the first time the title was available. Pulver won by unanimous decision. Winning the title, Pulver said, was not only a gesture of gratitude to Maple Valley, but a way of redeeming the name Pulver.
They qualified after running in the USATF Junior Regional Cross Country Championships in Spokane and the State Championships in Seattle. Brian and Faith were both state champions on Nov. 10, qualifying them for the regional meet in Spokane Nov. 17. Three states were represented in the meet (Idaho, Washington, and Oregon). Faith Martinez won her race and Brian Martinez finished sixth in his race. More than 3,000 runners will compete in the race. Faith averaged a 6 minute, 51 second per mile pace for her 2K race. Brian averaged 6:16 per mile for his 3K race.
Brian and Faith Martinez of Maple Valley were speedy in their respective categories in a national running meet. Courtesy photo
Before, he had wished to change it, but then later realized the only way to do so would be to change its meaning. “This was my way of saying ‘thank you’ and ‘goodbye’ to the name that I wasn’t going to be, the drunk wife beating POS sitting in jail,� he said. “It literally went through my mind. It wasn’t until I woke up in the hotel room the next day and I looked at it (the championship belt) and said, ‘It’s really mine.’� Pulver defended his title twice, which included a fight against B.J. Penn, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and the first American-born to win the World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship. Winning with a majority decision by the judges, it is considered to be Pulver’s best fight. He later turned to boxing, winning five matches with no losses. But it was in the World Extreme Cagefighting Pulver fell into a six match losing streak, which he said caused him to fall into a rut. Complicating this was what he termed the “one-ton brick� of negative
comments from others that only added to his own self-criticism. “I became my own worst enemy,â€? he said. “Nobody called me a loser more than myself. I lost in front of my family.â€? When speaking to Tahoma Junior High students, Pulver used this as an example of the damage “flicking out insultsâ€? can cause to other people, many of whom are often already feeling depressed about themselves. Additionally, Pulver stated that those who suffer from depression and anxiety, something he said he suffers from, should not let the present define the rest of their lives. “Don’t close the door on the person you haven’t met,â€? he said. “Don’t close the door on who you’re going to be in six years because you haven’t met them yet. If you just keep moving forward no matter how bad life is‌it’s going to get better.â€?
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How to prevent ski and snowboarding injuries BY DR. MASON PLATT MultiCare Medicine Orthopedics & Sports
With the winter weather upon us, it’s a great time to head for the hills for some relaxation and exhilaration on the slopes. We’re fortunate to live in a part of the country that offers so many opportunities for outdoor recreation, like skiing and snowboarding. By the end of a day on the mountain, most of us come home with aches that require little more than rest and anti-inflammatory medication, such as Advil or Aleve. Yet skiing and snowboarding involve inherent risks and the possibility of serious injury. Lack of training or improper preparation, varied snow conditions and poor judgment can all lead to unexpected injuries. In my daily orthopedic practice, I focus on helping patients understand their treatment options, both surgical and nonsurgical, and getting them back to
their life as quickly as possible. However, it’s far easier to not get injured in the first place. Here are five common questions about skiing and snowboarding injuries – and some tips to prevent them: What are the most common skiing and snowboarding injuries? Some of the most common upper extremity skiing and snowboarding injuries I see are shoulder dislocations/separations and wrist and thumb injuries and fractures. Common lower extremity injuries include anterior cruciate ligament injuries, collateral ligament injuries and fractures. More serious spinal injuries and closed head injuries also occur. Are there any injury trends? Broken legs have declined more than 95 percent since the 1970s thanks to improved ski-binding-boot systems. In recent years, the introduction of shorter
Kent School District part of group which won Race to the Top grant A grant application written by the Kent School District in conjunction with six other King County school districts has won $40 million in federal Race to the Top funds, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday.
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skis has led to a 30 percent decrease in serious knee injuries, according to the National Ski Areas Association. Are injury rates going up or down among skiers and snowboarders? In the past 10 years, the overall rate of reported alpine ski injuries remained essentially the same—2.63 reported injuries per 1,000 skier visits. The injury rate for snowboarders is 50 to 70 percent higher than for skiers, according to Dr. Jasper Shealy, who has studied ski-related injuries for more than 30 years. What about head injuries? In the past 10 years, head injuries have declined by 50 percent thanks to the increased use of helmets, NSAA said. More than half of all skiers and snowboarders now wear helmets. What can skiers or snowboarders do to prevent injuries? Many injuries can be prevented by proper physical
preparation, suitable and properly adjusted equipment and common sense. In many instances, fatigue after a long day on the slopes or poor judgment can be blamed for injuries, according to the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. They offer these tips to prevent injuries: Proper instruction: Instruction prior to getting on the slopes is important in preventing injuries. Instructors can educate beginners on the importance of a good warm-up and cool-down, properly fitted equipment, and safe skiing techniques. These same principles hold true for snowboarders. They can also determine at what point it is appropriate for beginners to progress to more advanced levels of terrain. Appropriate equipment: Poorly functioning or improperly adjusted equipment is a frequent cause of injuries. Bindings that are
too loose or too tight, as well as equipment that is improperly sized or used on improper terrain, can cause injury. Equipment such as helmets can prevent disastrous and even fatal accidents. In terrain parks, wrist guards and elbow and kneepads are also recommended. The use of protective equipment has been associated with a 43 percent decrease in the rate of head, neck, and face injuries. Parental oversight: Parents play an important role in educating their children about safe skiing and snowboarding practices. They should help their children avoid terrain that is beyond their ability and encourage professional instruction and routine rest breaks with rehydration. It is also important to caution children against improper speeds and the risks of skiing or snowboarding out-of-bounds. Common sense precautions: Most injuries occur after lunch and
Dr. Mason Platt is an orthopedic surgeon at MultiCare Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, which has offices in Covington, Tacoma, Puyallup, South Hill, Bonney Lake and Gig Harbor. He is fellowship trained in sports medicine, and his special interests include general orthopedics and arthroscopy. He has particular expertise in shoulder and knee reconstruction. Dr. Platt can be reached at 253-459-7000, or visit www.multicare. org/home/orthopedics.
matically improve education in South Seattle and South King Countya The King County districts’ application was among 16 winners selected out of 372 applications. Awards ranged from $5 million to $40 million, depending on the number of students served by the plan. The Road Map District Consortium was one of only two applicants to win the
maximum award of $40 million. The winning plan covers 261 schools and 150,000 students, including 36,000 high-need children. KSD will use the four-year Race to the Top grant to improve student learning and college/career readiness by: Providing funds to help districts work with preschools and early learning programs to help kids be ready to be successful in kindergarten.
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Published in the Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on December 14, 2012. #717578.
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Passed by the City Council of Covington, Washington, at the City Council meeting of December 11, 2012 to take effect five days after publication.
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