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BY KRIS HILL
BY KRIS HILL
khill@covingtonreporter.com
khill@maplevalleyreporter.com
A police volunteer walking through Covington neighborhoods checking on homes while residents are on vacation may seem like a small effort but it could have a larger ripple effect on patrol officers and the community. Covington Police Chief Kevin Klason explained the program, which is a pilot project that began in the fall. Over the COVINGTON years, Klason said, residents have inquired about volunteering with the department because they wanted to help out. Because it’s a small operation it wasn’t something which could be offered nor could a volunteer program be developed quickly or easily.
With opening day of the fifth season of the Maple Valley Farmers Market less than two months away, planning for this year has kicked into high gear. Victoria Laise Jonas, market manager and one of the founders of the venture, wrote in an email interview that past farmers and vendors have submitted applications already. MAPLE She wrote she VALLEY expects to see many more during the next two months. Jonas added that she will be out in the community recruiting potential vendors as market coordinators are always looking to add to the lineup. Patrons can expect some changes this season, Jonas wrote,
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Johnson, a senior at Tahoma High, is at the front of the chain gang as Jean Valjean during Jean Valjean, Tyler rehearsal of the opening number of Les Miserables. There are 36 Tahoma High students in the and nine elementary and middle schoolers. The show opens May 3 at Tahoma Middle Prisoner 24601 show School. To view a slide show go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com KATHERINE SMITH, The Reporter
DRIVEN TO HELP Maple Valley teen Colton Egberg raises money to donate to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center BY KRIS HILL khill@maplevalleyreporter.com
Colton Egberg remembers the day his grandmother died after a two-year battle with cervical cancer: May 5, 2012. Colton, an eighth grader at Tahoma Junior High, also remembers the night three months earlier when his friend Cameron slept over and helped him make fliers to hand out so he could raise money for cancer research. “I went around the neighborhood asking for money,” Colton said. “I was thinking I didn’t want anybody else to suffer, I wanted to try to make sure nobody else went through this.”
An energetic 13 year old his dad Joel described as a good salesman going back to his Cub Scout days slinging popcorn to raise money, Colton would get home from school, do his homework then head out to knock on the doors of his neighbors. He would hand them a flier and explain what he was doing. Then he would head home for dinner, typically with about $100 in hand. In 2012, inspired by the battle his grandmother fought but ultimately lost, Colton raised $5,000. In addition to his door-todoor work, which raised $3,000, family and friends donated another $2,000 at her funeral. They dropped donations into a big
box after the pastor who officiated the service told those who attended what the boy was doing. Some donated directly to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Colton said, including one person who wrote a check for $500. This year, though, Colton has a new goal: raise $10,000. He plans to continue to knock on the doors of neighbors and reactivate a PayPal account he used last year for online donations. Colton will host a cancer rally April 21 at Lake Wilderness Park in Maple Valley. He’s spoken in all of his classes at school about the rally and asked Chris Feist, the dean of students at the junior high, about allowing Colton to do a fundraiser at school. There are more plans for the summer, Colton said, as he has set a deadline of September to raise the money. All money raised will go to Fred Hutchinson. [ more DRIVEN page 5 ]
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Colton Egberg, 13, right, asks a neighbor to support his cancer research fundraising efforts. His grandmother died in 2012 after a battle with cervical cancer. Courtesy photo