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Search for legal services extended

Process to redefine city’s image continues

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Maple Valley City Manager David Johnston will recommend a one month extension of the city’s contract for short term legal services with the Lighthouse Law Group when the City Council meets March 25.

Johnston cited the city’s involvement in supporting Senate Bill 5417 and its companion bill, House Bill 1539, as taking away time from the MAPLE process of hirVALLEY ing long term legal services. “I haven’t been able to give it (the search for legal representation) the attention I’ve wanted to,� Johnston said in a phone interview March 18. “We’re going to be recommending a month long extension to the

Mention Covington, particularly to residents of neighboring cities, and two things spring to mind: traffic and shopping.

Knowing the city has more to offer, the city’s Economic Development Council partnered with the Covington Chamber of Commerce to develop a brand which would help make the city more recognizable to those from outside the COVINGTON region.

As the process — which began in the fall — has progressed city and chamber officials have recognized what the city’s image is now and want to refine it to communicate what Covington has to offer beyond traffic and shopping.

Cole Tanner grabs some pizza during the HSPE breakfast at Tahoma High March 14 in preparation for the state test. The PTSA fed students all three mornings of the test with the help of Garlic Jim’s, Grocery Outlet and Fred Meyer which donated food and supplies. Each morning the school served 75 pizzas, grilled cheese sandwhiches and yogurt. KATHERINE SMITH, The Reporter

Japanese culture blooms at cherry blossom festival hosted by Kentlake

BY KATHERINE SMITH ksmith@covingtonreporter.com

This year Kentlake will host the annual Kent Area Cherry Blossom Festival, an event that celebrates Japanese culture and welcomes exchange students from Japan who will spend 10 days with host families from the Kent School District. “I love sharing my culture, especially with children,� said Risa

Wright, a junior at Kentlake who is in her second year studying Japanese at school and president of the school’s Japan Club.

The festival is a chance for students from the different Kent high schools to work together and collaborate to create an event for the community and the students from Japan. The event is sponsored by all four of the Kent high schools, the judo team and the schools’ PTSA organizations.

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This year students have organized a martial arts demonstration, talent show, karaoke, Taiko drummers, a break dancing demonstration and a variety of booths that will showcase a variety of Japanese foods and activities.

Kei Higaki, the Japanese teacher and club advisor at Kentlake, estimates more than 500 students are a part of organizing the event with about 120 of those from Kentlake.

Higaki said the event usually draws between 1,500 and 2,000 community members.

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Educator from Mattson Middle School recognized by Covington Chamber

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Tammy Unruh, principal at Mattson Middle School, believes Jim Ulrich could teach anything. “He says he teaches metal and wood shop, but, I say he teaches kids,� Unruh said. “He is a true professional.�

Ulrich was recognized March 14 as the Covington Chamber of Commerce’s Teacher of the Year.

Educators at the 10 Kent School District buildings in Covington were eligible for nomination. He has taught at Mattson since it opened in 1981. “I love what I do and that’s an elegant thing to say

about a job,� Ulrich said. “Thank you for honoring me with this award. I was truly caught off guard.�

Unruh sent Ulrich a message to come see her.

He wasn’t sure if that was a good thing. Then Unruh congratulated him and gave him the good news. “I believe that the most important thing I can convey to (students) is a quality relationship between students and teachers,� Ulrich said. “Once I establish that

relationship ‌ we end up with a quality product. The kids learn. They enjoy what they’re doing and they walk away with success. When they walk away with success it builds to other classes and their future.�

Ulrich is the glue, figuratively and at times literally, which holds Mattson together, Unruh said. During the course of a school year students will come to her and offer their opinion on teachers.

“I’ve never heard any kid utter anything but kind words and praise for Mr. Ulrich and that’s tricky because we teach middle school, because you can be their best friend one day and their enemies the next,�

Unruh said. “He is an absolute delight to work with and we are so fortunate to have him at Mattson.�

Reach Assistant Editor Kris Hill at khill@covingtonreporter.com or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054.

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Community News and Notes KENTWOOD JROTC BRINGS HOME AWARDS Kentwood Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps participated in the JROTC drill championship at Graham-

Kapowsin High School on March 16.

Kentwood took first place in the Armed Drill category. The team commander, Chris Salois, was also awarded the first place plaque for best

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â—? D I D Y O U K N O W ? : A great city is one where people want to go out of their homes. Public space is a magical good, and it never ceases to yield pleasure; we should give it a lot of attention. - Enrique Penalosa

Covington, lets keep going up

Vegas, L.A., New York City, Seattle — these are all pretty popular cities.

Now, what makes Covington one of those? I grew up in Covington, 12 years of seeing it grow.

Costco, The Rock, Home Depot. I saw it all.

Covington already has so many amazing things in it.

Thank goodness for Foss!

I love the Red Robin and Game Stop. My friends Kylie Carlsen and Devon Nyberg both think that the Puerta Vallerta and U-top It are big hits! Devon thinks it would be great for all of us sport gurus to have a Sports Authority in the area. Also, Devon would totally come back to Covington later on in life if there were some more sit-down restaurants, like Ristorante Isabella and Red Robin. “I would like to see a little bowling alley,�

Devon said.

I told him I stink at bowling so I could practice more with one close by. Great idea huh?

Kylie enjoys a lot of things in the vicinity also, including the Jamba Juice and Cold Stone. But if you knew her like I do you’d know she loves to shop at the store Justice. Girls would love to see one of those! Something she loves even more is swimming at the Tahoma Aquatic Center. “I want like, an outside swimming pool,� Kylie said.

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did for Renton! Either would be great.

Now, something I would love to see but don’t now, is a dog shelter. All us dog lovers want to see a no kill — yes, I emphasized no-kill — adoption center that takes care of all those homeless little pups. It would make me feel better when I see those ASPCA commercials. I know I am not the only one that bawls at those.

Just thinking about it is heartbreaking.

So, Covington has a ton of cool things in it, but I don’t see many tourists. We don’t need to be a Washington D.C. or anything, but a little

memory recall from some people would be nice.

It’s wonderful to be proud enough to say, “I grew up in that town.�

Covington, we’re almost there. Just look at all the things that have been built and all the new stores. Lets keep going that way. All these ideas could continue us in the right direction. Tee hee!

That makes me think of One Direction.

Annie Livengood of Covington is an aspiring journalist and sixthgrader at Crestwood Elementary.

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More than seven years ago I had a vision of what I wanted the Covington-Maple Valley Reporter — we didn’t plan to cover Black Diamond right away — to be as a newspaper.

I wanted it to be a place where readers could find stories they wouldn’t see anywhere else in the region. And I believed a community journalist should write stories about our readers, their friends, their neighbors, their kids and things which impacted their wallet. Since we started this paper in September 2005 that vision has not changed.

There were times this vision has been evident in the paper but I think what we offer now fulfills that ideal generally. I did realize over the weekend, however, that what I believe our mission is as a community newspaper has expanded.

Now, between you and me, the lessons I’ve learned about what our newspaper’s role in the communities we cover have come from Dennis Box. But, don’t tell him I said that, he may start telling people he’s the likable one and some other nonsense about being a deity.

Trust me, you don’t want to go down that path.

Still, one of the most important things we

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do here never leads to a story or photographs for the paper. Instead, it’s about community goodwill. That’s when we host Cub Scout groups who need to take a tour of some kind of media business. Everything I know about hosting this kind of group and making it engaging as well as effective I learned from Dennis. Again, don’t tell him that, it will only cause more trouble than it’s worth.

As a business in this community, however, it’s important for us to give back. Hosting a Cub Scout Den every few months is part of that role. On the surface, it may seem like the newspaper gains nothing from it, but that’s not the point of service. And it turns out our local Scouts sometimes have hard time finding a media business — they can choose from newspapers, radio or TV stations, from what I understand — to host them or that makes sense logistically. We’re right here in downtown Covington and we love teaching children about what we do. It’s a part of being a contributing member of the community we serve.

Another element of service involves hosting job shadow students from Tahoma, Kentwood and Kentlake. I love doing this. It took me four years to figure out how to do it right. What I like to do is bring students in on Tuesdays when we lay out the paper so they can see the process. I also ask them to help come up with headline ideas — it’s good for teens to see what happens when I get stuck and how I get unstuck — or pick a photo for the front page or proofread the pages when we’re done with layout. The other approach is to set up a job shadow experience so a student can come with me to cover sports. I like to take kids to football games or the district volleyball tournament. I’ll hand them my camera or notepad

and ask them to help me out. It gives them a sense of what it really takes to multitask when covering an event.

In the past few months I’ve hosted two special needs students, one from Tahoma in December and more recently a teen from Kentwood. Both times the adults who arranged the job shadow experience thanked me profusely for helping them out because it was hard to find someone who would host these students.

This infuriates me. If special needs students are capable of — and therefore expected — to complete a job shadowing experience then businesses in the community should make it happen when asked. We have high expectations for the schools our students attend, whether the kids are in all kinds of rigorous courses or struggling in core classes or doing the best they can in the Adapted Services Center, so we should hold ourselves as leaders in the community to the same standards.

Anyone who doesn’t find a way to host job shadow students, regardless of the kid, is missing out. The young woman we hosted from Kentwood High was awesome. She had plenty of questions, she was ready to offer suggestions and help pick out photos. She was attentive when we explained how we did things and asked what she would need to do to get a job with this company. Katherine and I thoroughly enjoyed it. In fact, it wouldn’t have happened had Katherine not filled in for me at the Job Shadow Expo at Kentwood a few weeks ago. She connected with a staff member from the school who in turn called me to set up the job shadow experience. I’d do it again [ more COMMUNITY page 5 ]

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Residents value protecting parks Thank you for highlighting the current events going on at Cedar Creek Park.

Lisa Parsons and Middle Green River Coalition have been instrumental in improving and expanding the trail network by bring-

ing King County Parks, Outdoor Academy, WTA and REI together in our backyard.

Hopefully, these efforts will help to protect the open space park from damages caused by improper use.

But, community engagement is needed to ensure that Cedar Creek Park stays

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After thinking about this job shadow hosting experience and the most recent group of Cub Scouts I hosted from Maple

[ IMAGE from page 1] During the first phase of the process there were workshops that gathered the input of Covington department heads, CEDC, chamber members and others.

The second phase is nearing completion and Karla Slate, along with Derek Gillette, who is consulting on the project pro bono, brought the chamber membership up to speed at its monthly luncheon March 14 at Real Life Church. “We’re trying to make it a win-win situation here,�

Gillette said. “We’re here to get your valuable input and feedback.�

Slate, community relations coordinator for Covington, said during the luncheon the idea is to build on the momentum of the Destination Covington event in October 2011 that helped city officials get the message out to companies and developers about what the city has to offer.

Since then, Slate said, they’ve worked with several different focus groups and have gathered data from a number of sources.

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Lisa and MGRC created Friends of Cedar Creek Park to be the voice for this open space and to represent the people’s desire for local outdoor recreation opportunities as well.

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Valley, I realized that what we do as community journalists goes way beyond that vision I’ve long held for this newspaper.

And I believe we’re all better off for it. In fact, I get much more out of giving back to the communities I live and work in

In those groups they discussed who the target audiences are for a branding campaign, who the city is competing with for the attention of developers, and what do those groups want as well as what makes Covington unique, what sets it apart from other cities in the region and the country. “We can talk about short term fixes: a new logo, website,� Gillette said. “But we want to talk about long term results. We have to find that perfect balance between logical and emotional response.�

In order to do that, during the second phase of the branding process, Gillette said it was important to learn about Covington’s history to understand its identity, both how it is perceived and what is true. Decades ago it was a railroad stop. “When we talk about identity, it was a place to pass through but, not to stay for any period of time,� Gillette said. “What we’re trying to do is change the idea that we’re a pass through or a short cut.

With the addition of a large amount of retail, that idea

was cemented.�

Another element of Covington’s identity is a connection with nature, but, that’s on the other end of the spectrum from the concept of the city as a short cut, a place to shop or the city people drive through to get to Maple Valley. In order to develop an identity for the city those two elements need to be unified somehow. “That’s really what the branding strategy is about,�

Gillette said. “A branding strategy is not necessarily changing the plan of the city. A branding strategy just finds a way to communicate that (identity) in a better way. It invites people to the party and to participate.�

During the second phase of research and data gather-

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than anything else I do in this job.

So, if you want Katherine or I to come give a presentation at your school about journalism, or want to bring your Cub Scouts for a tour of the office or need a business to complete a job shadow exing, Gillette said, they defined three main audiences for the branding message: those who live in Covington, those who do business in the city and those who are visiting Covington.

To that end, a working tagline, “Growing Towards Greatness,� has been developed for the city. And a name for the town center area of downtown, which is meant to be a pedestrian friendly place for residents to gather, live and shop, could be called The Stop at Covington. “The most important stage we’re at now is to make sure everyone feels accurately represented,�

Gillette said. “Have we captured the heart of Covington and its future.�

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As the city, the chamber and CEDC work toward the third phase, the effort now is to define the brand. Input from chamber members was solicited to help accomplish that. “That’s what we’re coming to the community for: what is that one, single most important thing you want us to convey ‌ to the world about Covington,â€?

Slate said.

Once the feedback from the business community has been gathered and analyzed, city staff will get together with CEDC to respond to that information and strategic changes made as a result, then take that to the Covington City Council. “From that, we’ll create a

strategic brand project ‌ then look at how to bring that to life,â€? Slate said. “One city which recently did this in house ‌ is the city of Sumner. They went back to their roots of being the rhubarb capital of the world. I think what they’ve done is pretty spectacular.â€?

Jeff Wagner, who is mayor pro tem of Covington and CEDC co-chair, reiterated the purpose of the branding campaign. “What Karla, Derek and Jeff are doing is getting community buy-in so (residents) can own it,� Wagner said. “If you give them something they can buy into, they can own it.�

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Senior Jordan Gormeley, vice president of the Japan Club, got involved because she was taking Japanese at Kentlake and then joined Japan Club because she wanted to learn more about the culture. “(I’ve) always been interested in Japanese

culture,� Gormeley said.

Gormeley also loves the challenge of organizing such a big event and working with the other students. Gormeley said she has learned a lot through working on the festival the past few years. “Time management, making sure everything is prepared, being on top of everything, (being) more aware of what’s going

Maple Valley Fire to host meeting about levy Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety has scheduled three public meetings to answer questions from the community about the maintenance and operations

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levy on the April Special Election ballot.

The public meetings will feature a brief presentation on the levy by the fire chief, followed by a question

expires March 31. Maple Valley is searching for new legal services after the city parted ways with its attorney in December in an effort to close a gap in the

2013 budget.

The city received 11 responses to the request for qualifications for legal services when it was advertised. “That kind of pleasantly surprised us,� Johnston said

on around me,� Gormeley said.

Higaki is proud of the way the students dive in every year and take on planning the festival. One of the most meaningful parts of the experience for her is, “seeing how much ownership the students (take) and the excitement they have.�

Gormeley said the event is about broadening horizons and learning something

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and answer session with attendees. All meetings will be held at Station 81 located at 22225 SE 231 Street in Maple Valley. The meeting times are: 3 p.m., Saturday, March 30 Noon, Tuesday, April 2

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in a phone interview March 1. “All of them were in King County or Pierce County.�

Johnston will make the first cut and decide which firms to interview, then a team of department heads and council members will

new. “All are welcome,� Wright said. “Even if you don’t know the culture you can always come.�

interview the candidates and make a recommendation to the council.

Johnston said that he hopes they will be able to make a recommendation to the City Council by its meeting set for April 22.

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Date: March 22, 2013 Signature: Steve Pilcher You may appeal this determination at the Community Development Department, 24301 Roberts Drive, Black Diamond, no later than 5:00 p.m., April 5, 2013 by completing the proper appeal form and paying an appeal fee of $263.00. You should be prepared to make specific factual objections.

Contact the Community Development Department at 360-886-5700 to read or ask about the procedures for SEPA appeals.

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You don’t need to own your own home to liven up your entry. Even the darkest basement apartment can benefit from a portable pot of living plants. Add some life to the dark side with foliage plants that stay evergreen all year long and don’t mind the full shade.

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The third week of March is the best time to fertilize established roses, lawns, and small fruits like blueberry, raspberry and strawberry plants. The longer days are waking up these plants and the new foliage tells you that these plants want food now!

March is also the month

summer months you can add shade tolerant annuals such as impatiens, lobelia, begonias and coleus. White and light-colored bloomers stand out in the shade.

Next, consider painting the front door a vibrant accent color or at least light up the space with a fresh coat of white. A new door mat, upgraded light fixtures and dusting the cobwebs from the corners will turn any first impression from poor to positive.

Many homeowners rarely use their own front door — so it is easy to forget about the overgrown plants, slippery sidewalk and other hazards that make the walk to the front door less than welcoming. Take the route your guests must use and then determine if walkways need pressure washing or if there are overgrown plants in need of pruning.

A great design idea to widen a narrow walkway is to add pavers alongside the

existing walkway creating more surface area. Installing outdoor pathway lights is another bright idea to improve curb appeal. Don’t forget about the impact of blooming plants as you rethink your front walk. Pots aren’t just for the porch. Set a trio of container gardens into the planting bed, keeping the pots level by setting them on top of stepping stones or a grouping of pavers. Pots in beds raises the blooming plants closer to eye level and creates an instant focal point in a boring landscape. The deep blue, deep red, rich purple and other highly glazed and shiny pots sold at local nurseries are frost and crack resistant and can be left outdoors all year long to add structure and color.

Control the chaos with some repetition.

Adding curb appeal to your front landscape can be as simple as repeating a plant, color or form in

at least three spots. Plant different sizes and shapes of containers with the same variety of purple petunia, repeat the rounded form of a clipped boxwood or repeat an evergreen signature plant such as Nanina (Heavenly Bamboo) or Dwarf Alberta Spruce. You can group the same plant material in clusters of three to five, in a staggered hedge, in the center or corner three different beds or even as the focal point plants in container gardens.

The reason that repetition works to calm the chaos in a front yard landscape is because it gives the eye a familiar place to rest when your home is viewed from the curb or street. Repetition is like a melody that reappears throughout a song or the repeating patterns that Mother Nature designs when rolling hills, fields of wild flowers or ocean waves repeat to calm and delight the human senses.

Don’t Forget the Obvious: Maintenance Matters Improving your home’s curb appeal can be as simple as mowing and edging the lawn, clearing away the clutter and weeding and mulching the beds. Repair the gutters, get rid of the moss on the roof and keep your driveway free of fallen leaves and debris.

A well-kept home does more than improve the real estate values in your neighborhood – it welcomes the homeowner as well as the guest, calms the mind and raises the spirit. We humans get spring fever for a reason – feather your nest, clean up your cave and create a buzz about your home hive.

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The kitchen offers a multitude of life lessons When you plan meals ahead, it saves time and money. Pots and plastic bowls are a two-year old’s best toys. The best conversations are had over a hot cup of coffee or tea.

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The pilot who crashed a Cessna 172 plane last year into Mount Si in North Bend that killed himself and both passengers, including Kentlake High School swim coach Seth Dawson, was intoxicated, according to a factual report issued by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

Pilot Rob Hill, 30, swim coach at Federal Way’s Decatur High School, had a blood alcohol level of 0.15 percent, according to the

report issued last month.

The Code of Federal Regulations prescribed by the Federal Aviation Administration prohibits civil aircraft pilots from flying if their blood alcohol level is 0.04.

The FAA’s Civil Aeromedical Institute in Oklahoma City, Okla., performed toxicology tests on Hill.

NTSB investigators determined that “the on-site examination of the airframe and engine revealed no evidence of a mechanical malfunction or failure with

the airframe or engine prior to impact,� according to the factual report.

Elizabeth Redling, 29, of Federal Way, also was killed in the Feb. 15, 2012 accident.

The three were on a “personal sightseeing flight,� according to the report.

The plane crashed at about 1:54 a.m. after leaving the Renton Municipal Airport at about 1:35 a.m.

The three went to a Seattle Thunderbirds hockey game earlier in the night at the ShoWare Center in Kent and then out to dinner, ac-

cording to the report.

The NTSB issued a preliminary report a few days after the accident and the factual report last month.

A final probable cause report is expected to be issued later this month, according to the NTSB website. “The airplane fragmented upon impacting trees and up-sloping mountainous terrain, which resulted in substantial structural damage,� according to the report. The fuselage was found upside down.

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Dawson, 31, was in his second season of coaching the Kentlake boys swim and dive team. He coached the Kentlake girls team in the fall of 2011.

Hill had been the Decatur swim coach for five years.

According to the report, Christiansen Aviation, Inc., of Wilmington, Del., the plane’s registered owner, leased the plane to AcuWings, a Renton flight school.

The flight originated from Renton Municipal Airport, but no flight plan was filed. A NTSB crash investigator said there is no law that requires a flight plan for a sightseeing personal flight.

A review of FAA recorded radar showed the aircraft had an initial climb out of Renton to 2,400 feet mean sea level as indicated by its altitude encoding transponder. “Initially, the aircraft proceeded in a northeasterly direction,� according to the report. “However, as the

aircraft approached Snoqualmie Falls, it descended to 1,500 feet and proceeded on an east-southeasterly course.

The last radar hit occurred at 1:46 a.m., at which time the aircraft was about 1 mile southwest of the falls, and about 1 mile north of Interstate 90.

During the last minute of recorded flight, the aircraft’s ground speed decreased from about 112 to 106 knots.�

Dawson grew up in Vancouver, Wash., where he was a state championship swimmer at Hudson’s Bay High before competing on scholarship at California State Bakersfield.

In 2009, Dawson was coaching boys and girls high school swim in Corbett, Ore., but decided he wanted to move closer to home and took a position with Valley Aquatics, a club team that uses pools in Federal Way, Auburn and Puyallup. Hill also coached at the club.

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Conquerors ignore the target on their backs as they seek back-to-back state titles and third in four years

Conks prepare for league play which started Tuesday afternoon against Auburn entwood’s baseball Riverside. team has a target “We’re just being comon its back and the municative with the young players are doing their best guys and letting them pick to ignore it. our brains a bit,� McGuire Being the defending 4A said. “It’s pitch by pitch.� state champions can come Or as head coach Mark with some pressure espeZender tells them, they’re cially after losing two of the “one pitch warriors.� best pitchers to graduation Kellen Wilson, senior — Taylor Jones and Skyler third baseman, said the Genger, both of whom seniors have worked to are now playing Division help the younger members I ball — but the of the team feel Conquerors are comfortable and “We tell the doing their best prepare for the younger guys to to manage this season so they relax and have season. can handle the fun.

Don’t think Catcher Reese about the targets pressure of deMcGuire, who fending the title. has signed to play on our backs. Just “We just love it have fun and play because we know for the Univerbaseball.� Tanner sity of San Diego, everyone’s comWessling said Kentwood is ing out with their focused on combest and it makes ing together as a us give our best,� team.

Wilson said. “We “Kentwood has always go out and we play hard.� had a target on our back,�

Besides, they know what McGuire said. “Not just in got them to the state title baseball, but, as a school, game a year ago, McGuire people maybe look at said, they need to try and Kentwood, they hate us but do the same things again at the same time they wish this year. they went here.�

For McGuire, Wilson As one of five seniors on and right fielder Tanner the team, McGuire is work- Wessling, there is only one ing to be the kind of leader goal this season: win a state the younger players on the championship. team can look to as the “That’s what we focus

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on,� Wilson said. “It’s all about being able to execute our plays. Through execution we’ll win games. As long as we work together as a team, we’ll make it to the state championship.�

Thus far, there have been a few surprises for McGuire. The pitching has been better than expected as have the new players to varsity. “The young guys stepping up and not being nervous, the typical freshman or sophomore starter and dealing with the jitters,�

McGuire said. “Everybody has played well all their lives, it’s just a matter of jelling as a team.�

Ultimately, it’s a matter of enjoying the game, Wessling said. “We tell the younger guys to relax and have fun,�

Wessling said. “Don’t think about the targets on our backs. Just have fun and play baseball.�

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Days start early for the Tahoma dance team with 6 a.m. practices, long before the first bell rings.

All the early mornings and hard work paid off — the 24-member team scored high enough at the district competition to qualify for the state competition Friday and Saturday at the Sundome in Yakima. “It’s a really cool accomplishment to go to state with all those teams who have been practicing year round,� said Justyne Snyder, a senior and one of the team’s co-captains.

Unlike many of the local high schools dance teams, Tahoma doesn’t begin practicing until November.

The team, led by co-captains Snyder, Haley Alderson, Maddie Williams, Brooke Proctor and Kaylee Meadows, usually competes in four or five regular season events.

At those competitions a point total of 195 or greater will qualify a routine for districts. At the district competition scoring more 210 points will punch a ticket to state.

Tahoma’s hip hop and military routines both qualified

[ TITLE from page 10] the Conks are capable of this spring. “I feel like we’re getting in season shape,� McGuire said. “The talent is a little down this year around the league. There’s not as many power pitchers who can

shut people down. I think we have a good chance of going back (to state).�

Wessling said the nonleague games helped Kentwood learn the little things it needs to work on as a team and what’s working. Hitting is strong again

for state this year.

For Snyder, being on the squad is just as much about team bonding and having fun as it is earning high scores and making it to the state competition. “We’re really going to have fun,� Snyder said. “Qualifying for state, that’s the victory.�

Lara Lindersmith, who teaches language arts at Tahoma High, is in her 12th year of coaching the dance team.

Lindersmith is excited to see the team grow as performers while the program attracts more dancers and have the chance to compete with the top teams from around Washington. “We have a huge group of sophomores, which is exciting because the team is growing,� Lindersmith said. “I’m excited that they’re going to get to go (to state), and see the other teams.�

Lindersmith said one of the things which most impresses her about the team is that they all work hard to excel at academics as well as dance. “They’re all good students,� Lindersmith said. “I’m very proud of them.�

The team earned the WIAA Distinguished Scholastic Award this year for having a team grade point average between 3.0 and 3.49.

For assistant coach Andrea Hicks, one of the notable things about the team is the camaraderie among the girls. “It’s awesome that they are all good friends,� Hicks said. “There’s no drama or catiness.�

The team will travel to Yakima on Friday and will watch other teams compete Friday night before performing on Saturday.

In addition to the two routines the team will be performing, seven girls from the team will be competing individually in the drill-down competition.

Drill-down focuses on individual skills and memory — the dancers have to perform moves as it is called out to them, remembering the sequence and performing the moves correctly. “We’ve come such a long way since the beginning of the season,� Snyder said. “I’m very thankful for the team we have because we’re all so crazy. It has made my last year so much fun to be on a team with these girls.�

this season, for example. “Our pitching is better than I think a lot of people thought it would be,�

Wessling said. “The talent we always get (is helpful).

We always seem to come together as a team. I think we’ll be pretty good.�

“The biggest strength (of the team) ‌ is just our overall attitude,â€? Wilson said. “Everyone has the same approach.â€?

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It’s all about working on the little things, Wessling explained, which will help them with the big goal: another 4A state championship trophy.

Wilson said mental preparation is key all season long.

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Question:

My mother, who is in an assistant living residence, would like to get a small dog. I worry that it’s too much responsibility for her. Thoughts?

Answer:

There is overwhelming evidence that our four-legged friends are a real health benefit for seniors – helping them live healthier and happier lives! As one can imagine, pets need attention and help keep one active (whether we want to or not!). Dog’s help seniors establish a routine such as getting outside and going for a small walk, feeding, grooming and playing. Cats are great for those who are a bit more limited mobile wise, but can still give them the companionship and responsibility just as dogs do.

Seniors can benefit greatly from the unconditional love of a pet, and also give them a sense of self-esteem since the pets need and rely on their owners for their caretaking. Studies have shown that pet-owning citizens have lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels than non-owners!

Additionally, some studies have suggested that pet owners have a better chance of long term

survival after surviving a coronary event than non –pet owners (Pet Insurance.com).

It is important however, to find the right pet for the right senior situation. Check on size and breed restrictions on where you mom lives, and also make sure the dog or cat has the right temperament. Cats are easier to take care of in some ways, but a dog can lend to a more social environment. This isn’t a decision to take lightly, but also can lend to a very good outcome as well.

Dru Fleming is the Marketing and Community Manager for Farrington Court and has been in the elder industry for over 10 years.

Farrington Court is an Independent and Assistant Living Community that has been in the Kent Community for over 35 years. Please call Dru or Kim Kraft for more information or to tour at 253-852-2737. Or for questions to be published email dfleming@stellarliving.com.

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