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Time for Tahoma to consider next steps
Jail costs soar for city in first year of contract
BY KATHERINE SMITH
BY KATHERINE SMITH
ksmith@maplevalleyreporter.com
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With the passage of the $195 million school bond by voters, Tahoma School District officials are turning their attention to next steps and going forward with the long list of projects. The first step for the Tahoma School Board is to select a contractor, district spokesman Kevin Patterson TAHOMA said. He added SCHOOL DISTRICT that the district will utilize the general contractor construction manager process for the high school project. That means that the contractor will work with the architects, DLR Group, from the beginning in designing the school. That, Patterson said, will help minimize change orders during the project and give the district more leverage in dealing with any unforeseen
The city of Maple Valley is projecting that jail costs will finish the year up 144 percent over 2012 while court costs are estimated to be nearly 70 percent higher. Prior to this year the city had interlocal agreements for both courts and jail services with the city of Enumclaw. MAPLE This year Maple VALLEY Valley moved to interlocal agreements with Kent for those services. In 2012 Maple Valley spent $237,379 on court costs, according to city documents. In 2013 the budgeted amount for court services was $328,000. As of Sept. 30 the city spent $278,195 with a year end estimate of $403,233. In 2012 the city spent $83,427 on jail costs. In 2013 the budgeted
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Veldwky, 2, sits on the shoulders of Guy Woodell, her step-grandfather who served in the A Day To Hailey Navy. The family was at Tahoma National Cemetery for the Veterans Day ceremony. Remember To view a slide show go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com.
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Grown ups to battle for teen musicians’ approval BY KRIS HILL khill@maplevalleyreporter.com
A battle of the bands event seemed like the perfect kickoff event for Megan Sheridan’s new nonprofit, Pull Together. Sheridan was brainstorming with Arielle Young, a musician who helps Dace Anderson run Dace’s Rock ‘n’ More that has locations in Maple Valley and Redmond.
“I love what they do (at Rock ‘n’ More),” Sheridan said. “The bottom line is the goal of the battle of the bands is to help with tuition assistance to give kids access to lessons.” Initially the idea was to do a traditional battle with a bunch of youth bands competing for prizes. It made sense to work with Young and Anderson. “What business do we have in
town that we could partner with, do something fun,” Sheridan said. “It just made sense knowing the role they play here and the role they want to play.” Sheridan, who lives in Maple Valley, started Pull Together in an effort to bring all the resources in the city to bear to help create the kind of community she believes residents want to live in. She thought a battle of the bands would be a great place to start as she pursuits her nonprofit tax exemption status and partnering with Rock ‘n’ More could bolster that effort further. “With all the hoops to go [ more BATTLE page 7 ]
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Members of Heat perform during Dace’s Rock ‘n’ More’s spring Rockcital in March. They will judge Pull Together’s inaugural Battle of the Bands. DENNIS BOX, The Reporter
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