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Considering the Thomas Farm land
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Weather The forecast for today, Wednesday, calls for a 30 percent chance of showers and thundershowers before 11 a.m. and partly sunny in the afternoon. Thursday and Friday calls for mostly sunny skies with highs to 84. Saturday and Sunday highs will climb to 85 with overnight lows to 56.
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Relay for Life Walk
Ellie Schmidt and Millie Poulin, both 7, did some walking and talking at J.J. Smith Elementary Saturday during the Relay For Life fundraising event to fight cancer. The relay began at noon Saturday and included music and many events for all ages. The event wrapped up Sunday. Photo by Dennis Box
One horse euthanized in Saturday barn fire Dennis Box Editor
One horse was euthanized following a barn fire Saturday morning on Green Valley Road near Black Diamond. Firefighters from the Black Diamond Fire Department/
Mountain View Fire and Rescue, King County Fire District 28, Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety and Valley Regional responded to a dispatch call at about 7:30 a.m. according to a Twitter post from Tim Perciful, public information officer for Mountain View.
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According to Perciful there were 22 horses in the barn located on 2100 block of Green Valley Road. Perciful and emergency workers gave oxygen and fluids to the rescued horses. A vet also checked the horses. Perciful stated most of the horses were led out of the barn by the staff before it became too smoky. Damages to the barn are estimated at more than $200,000. The fire investigator reported Tim Perciful gives oxygen to one of the horses rescued the fire was accidental. following a barn fire. Courtesy photo
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JULY 24TH 2013
There may be a solution for a vexing issue concerning a 155-acre farm on state Route 410 inside the Enumclaw city limits. The site is the Thomas Farm at 123 Roosevelt Ave. In 1990 King County purchased the development rights under the county Farmland Preservation Program, prior to the Growth Management Act. The issue for the city is, the farm is one of the only farmland preservation parcels inside a city. City officials through the years have looked for ways to convert the site for urban use. In 2007 Mayor John Wise sent a letter to King County Executive Ron Sims stating, “Operation of a dairy farm on the Thomas Farm has become problematic due to encroaching urban development. Active farming on the Thomas Parcel is incompatible with surrounding property uses as well.” Changing the designation of the property would call for a countywide vote and a comprehensive plan change.
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