Bonney Lake and Sumner Courier-Herald, June 12, 2013

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Rule change for Sumner City Council

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By Theresa De Lay

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Bonney Lake-Sumner Little League Tournament of Champions results Baseball: South Hill 4 - BLS- 1 Softball: Chinook 12- BLS -4

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Bonney Lake High graduate Chantay Courneya, above left, receives her diploma at the ShoWare Center in Kent Friday during the commencement ceremony. Jocelyn Galvan, above right, celebrates during the Sumner High commencement Thursday at White River Amphitheatre. Garrett Beasley, bottom left, prepares for the Bonney Lake program to begin and Bo Rainwater, bottom right, is about to receive his diploma at the Sumner ceremony. The Elhi Hill High School Program, center, celebrates its first group of graduates this year. Photos by Theresa De Lay and Dennis Box

At the June 3 Sumner City Council meeting, council members voted 4-2 in favor of a new rule change. The ability for any two council members to add an item to a council meeting agenda, without first taking that item to a committee meeting or council study session, has been stricken. The change was first introduced by council members Cindi Hochstatter and Mike LeMaster. At voting, it was opposed by council members Randi Hynek and Nancy Dumas. Councilman Brown was not present for the vote. Several weeks ago, Anne McFarland, an efficiency expert brought in to examine council meetings, noticed items were routinely placed before council for

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Sumner senior founds club for Latino students By Daniel Nash

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Karen Fierro is one of eight Sumner High School graduates recognized at the 2013 Senior Showcase, an annual ceremony honoring the outgoing students who most personified school ideals during their high school career. A full diploma International Baccalaureate, avid painter and speaker of three languages, Fierro also founded Orgullo Hispano,

a club celebrating Latino culture that became the most popular on campus. She is described by faculty as “soft-spoken,” yet “ambitious” and “driven” — Fierro chose “patience” as the most important quality of a Spartan. She earned a scholarship to Whitworth University, where she plans to take classes in international studies and political science.

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When Karen Fierro set out to found a club connecting students to Latino culture, she may not have realized it would strike a chord. But in the nearly two years since it’s founding, Orgullo Hispano became the largest club at Sumner High School. Then again, Fierro knew Hispanic students were one of the fastest growing populations in her school. And though young Latinos don’t always come to English as a second language, she knew from experience the feeling of separation

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that can come hand-in-hand with learning the common language when you’re already embedded in the community that speaks it. “I’ve grown up here,” she said. “This is what I consider my home. “I do remember kind of being outcast from the rest because we were kind of separated… when we were in kindergarten, first and second grade we were separated from the rest of the class and brought to

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