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Bellamarie Hoover, 2, opens an egg with her parents Christine and Joshua during the Bonney Lake Easter Egg Hunt at Allan Yorke Park Saturday. Photo by Dennis Box
Parks comment raises tensions By Daniel Nash Staff Writer
Tensions bristled at the March 26 Bonney Lake City Council meeting as a former council member took the podium to oppose the upcoming Metropolitan Park District vote. His statements led to an increasingly heated exchange with Councilman Jim Rackley, ending with the suggestion that Rackley should watch his mouth. Dan Decker approached the dais during pub-
lic comment to express his concerns about Proposition 1; he said he was opposed to an unexpiring property tax, and disagreed with the combination of recreation and parks issues in one vote. Current Councilman Jim Rackley countered several of Decker’s points as mistruths and questioned why his arguments were being targeted at the council. “You’re lecturing to the wrong people,” Rackley said toward the end of their exchange. “All we’re doing is asking the people if they want
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to do this. That’s all we’re doing.” Proposition 1 — ballots for which are being mailed by the Pierce County Auditor Friday for the April 23 special election — would form a municipal corporation assuming control of “some or all of the City’s parks, trails and other recreational facilities,” according to the ballot’s explanatory statement. The park district would be a government technically separate from the city, yet connected in certain fundamental ways: the members of the city council would fulfill dual roles as parks commissioners, and city staff would fulfill support roles such as accounting and legal management. If formed, the parks district would have
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The forecast for today, Wednesday, is for partly sunny skies with highs to 62. The overnight forecast calls for clouds with rain Thursday and highs to 61. Rain continues Friday changing to showers over the weekend.
Thursday’s Community Summit in Bonney Lake High School’s commons saw a packed house for its Unsung Hero awards and keynote speech by former drug prosecutor Monte Stiles. Seven Unsung Heroes were awarded for their community service outside the limelight. The awards were the penultimate presentation of the 20th Annual Community Summit, hosted by the Communities for Families Coalition. Award winners were Heather Haugen, Robyn Delorm, Claude Brown, April Young, Mikayla Harmon, Melanie Roach and Dave Radcliffe. Haugen, an eighth grade student, is an active member of Mountain View’s club for Rachel’s Challenge, the national antibullying campaign. She and her team organized the club’s annual spring food drive. The ASB president volunteers as a peer-liaison in the committee for helping underclassmen adjust to middle school, and on the Prevention Team. “Because of her enthusiasm, kindness and thoughtful determination, Heather
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