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Bill Roth vies for open City Council seat
Future of city focus of candidate forum
Editor’s Note: Erika Morgan was unable to schedule a time to participate in this article.
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BY KATHERINE SMITH
BY KATHERINE SMITH ksmith@maplevalleyreporter.com
Bill Roth, who has lived in Black Diamond for about 14 years, is running against Erika Morgan for the open Position No. 2 seat on the Black Diamond City Council. Roth, who moved to Washington in late 1991 from California and lived on the Eastside before moving to Black Diamond, is a career businessman and has worked in sales, sales management, distribution management as well as marketing and budgeting. Roth said that the community is what drew him and his wife to the area. “My wife and I were living here on the Eastside and we wanted to [ more COUNCIL page 10 ]
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Jerrel Chapman carries the ball during Tahoma Junior High’s eighth grade Gold team’s game against Northwood Middle School Sept. 25. Northwood won the game 12-0. Photo courtesy of Tracy Arnold To view more photos from this game visit http://tracyarnold.smugmug.com/Sports/Northwood-Middle-School/FootballNorthwood-vs-Tahoma-/.
Retreat welcomes ninth graders to Kentlake High BY KATHERINE SMITH ksmith@covingtonreporter.com
Freshmen at Kentlake—the class of 2017—were welcomed to high school and the Falcon family Sept. 18-19 its second annual retreat for ninth graders at Lake Retreat near Ravensdale. The event, which half of the freshman class attended each day, was focused on introducing the new students to each other and to
the culture of the school as well as a crash course on what it takes to graduate. “We’re one,” said Kyle Anderton, a senior and student in the leadership class who helped run the retreat. “I feel like Kentlake has the opportunity to change the culture of the community.” The retreat was organized and run by staff members as well as students in leadership and Link
Crew, which is a group dedicated to helping freshmen get oriented to their new school. Students gathered together in the morning for what they called “Woot, woot”, a mini pep assembly of sorts. They then heard from coaches at the school about taking advantage of the opportunities they’ll have during the next four years. Next came small groups where students got to know each other through sharing their stories and participating in team building activities. In the afternoon the class came back together and heard about what it takes to graduate from [ more RETREAT page 2 ]
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Maple Valley’s future — including development of the Legacy site, ballfields, and economic development — was the focus of a forum which featured Maple Valley City Council candidates Sept. 26. The forum, hosted by the Greater Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce, also featured incumbent County Councilman Reagan Dunn who is up for re-election and his challenger Shari Song. Mayor Bill Allison is running for re-election to Position No. 2 unopposed, and Erin Weaver is also up for re-election and running unopposed for Position No. 4. The only contested race in Maple Valley is for Position No. 6 which is held by Victoria Jonas. [ more FORUM page 3 ]
Freshmen studens at Kentlake High School are officially welcomed to the school and its culture at a class retreat at Lake Retreat near Ravensdale. Courtesy Photo
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