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King County to buy out lease with golf course
Council extends temporary ban on pot
BY KATHERINE SMITH
BY ERIC MANDEL
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emandel@covingtonreporter.com
The next step in the future of the Donut Hole, and toward a new Tahoma High School, is for King County to buy out its lease with the Elk Run Golf Course. The Donut Hole is 154 acres of unincorporated land within the urban growth MAPLE boundary off VALLEY Kent-Kangley Road Southeast and Southeast 228th Street that is home to the back nine holes of Elk Run Golf Course, a stand of trees and the county’s 13-acre roads maintenance facility. The land, which is owned by the roads division of King County, was annexed into the city after changes were made to the state’s laws governing annexation processes last year, specifically with
Until the state decides how to juggle the regulations between recreational and medical marijuana, the city of Covington is content with waiting. The City Council extended its ongoing moratorium on medical marijuana COVINGTON production and processing facilities, dispensaries and collective gardens for an additional six months — the fifth moratorium since August of 2011. The Washington State Liquor Control Board and the state legislature are in the process of developing a new regulatory framework for medical marijuana, which will likely be similar to the recently adopted state regulations for recreational marijuana.
Packing To Fight Hunger
Jessica Brown (left), and Caren Neohl, practical nursing students at Green River, packed 230 backpacks for Covington Rotary’s Backpack Buddies program last week with other members of the college’s Nursing Club. The program sends the packs home with students over the weekends who otherwise might not have enough to eat. KATHERINE SMITH, The Reporter
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The games begin with top honors for Bear Metal BY ERIC MANDEL emandel@covingtonreporter.com
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he No. 2046 robot, named Bearium, would not move; stuck with its mechanical arms up in the air — or its proverbial pants down. The three-person driving team “lost comm” frantically refreshed the joysticks, rebooting the onboard computer — attempting to salvage the match. Once the
rolling dynamo finally regained connectivity, the clock ticked to zero. Tahoma High School’s Bear Metal club had lost the match. But the point of the FIRST Robotics challenge is not to see how a team’s robot performs once, but how it’s builders respond. “Malfunctions,” said senior Gavin Collins. “It happens.” The Bear Metal group competed with 31 other teams from Washington and Oregon in the
seasons’ first competition Feb. 28-March 1 at Auburn Mountainview High School. Despite its initial hiccups, the Bears earned first place in the event and also won the coveted Chairman’s Award. Having grown to more than 150 teams in Washington, FIRST, which stands for, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, changed from its large regionals format to one with multiple district competition. Tahoma will take part in two more events, and if their robot earns enough points, will be among the 64 teams that advance to the Pacific Northwest District [ more METAL page 8 ]
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The Tahoma Bear Metal Club won the first of its three district competitions in the FIRST Robotics challenge at Auburn Mountainview High School. ERIC MANDEL, The Reporter
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