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Holiwell pleads guilty to charges
BY KATHERINE SMITH
BY DENNIS BOX
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Dana Parnello was appointed to Maple Valley City Council Position No. 6 in a 5-1 vote by the City Council Monday night. Parnello was one of nine applicants for the position that was vacated by longtime Councilwoman Victoria Laise Jonas earlier this summer. Parnello Dana Parnello has lived in the city for 11 years and has previous City Council experience, serving an appointed term on the council from 2010-2011. He also served in various roles on the Planning Commission from 2007-2010. Council members Layne Barnes, Erin Weaver and Noel Gerken, as well as Deputy Mayor Sean Kelly and Mayor Bill Allison, all voted in favor of appointing Parnello. Councilwoman Linda Johnson was the lone nay vote.
Former King County Sheriff ’s Office deputy, Darrion Keith Holiwell, pleaded guilty Monday to three felonies in King County Superior Court. Holiwell, 49, will serve one year and a day in prison for the three crimes and one year of community custody once he is released. He was ordered to pay $1,600 plus restitution and have no contact for five years with his wife and 20 witnesses listed by the court. Holiwell was found guilty of promoting prostitution in the second degree, first-degree theft and selling steroids, a controlled substance. He was arrested June 19 and has been incarcerated in the King County jail in Seattle since then on $150,000 bail. The King County Prosecutor’s Office charging documents stated Holiwell “did knowingly advance and profit from the prostitution” of his wife. Holiwell told his wife, a former exotic dancer, to start an
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Digs For Denise
Annie Meines, 13, returns a serve Sunday at Lake Wilderness Park during the Digs for Denise volleyball tournament. More information about, and a recap of, the Digs for Denise tournament can be found on page 3. DENNIS BOX, The Reporter
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Missionaries go beyond the bike Part three of ‘Biking with the Mormons’ BY ERIC MANDEL emandel@covingtonreporter.com
Editor’s note: This is the final piece in a three part series. My cheeks feel slightly flush as I sit in front of my plate that’s holding a chicken pot pie and mashed potatoes. The questions I’m being asked aren’t making me uncomfortable, per se, just pushing me out of my spiritual comfort zone. I’m searching through my brain’s incomplete notecards on Judaism principles and practices. “Is synagogue a weekly thing?”
asks Kathy Higgins, my meal hostess, who is also celebrating her birthday. “… What is Shabbat? Is that a family thing?“ I’m not used to being the primary source on such pointed questions. Ever since college, telling people that I am “Jew-ish” has been enough. I was Bar-Mitzvahed at the traditional age of 13. I’m a biannual (at best) templeattender. I fasted once on Yom Kippur, only to find out I was a day early. I believe that faith is a good thing. The Higgins family — Kathy and her husband Steve, along with
children Spencer, 6, and Stephanie, 7 — invited me, sight unseen, into their home with the Mormon missionaries I’d followed for the day. Now, Kathy is hoping to learn more about me. “Do rabbi’s report to someone higher?” she continues. “I don’t necessarily think there would be a leader,” I respond, shaking. “There’s probably a hierarchy of rabbis, kind of. Maybe just based on their knowledge of the Torah. Probably.” … During my day of probing into [ more BIKE page 6 ]
Sister Pearson, left, and Sister Webb, middle, sing happy birthday and eat cupcakes with the Higgins family following their day of biking. ERIC MANDEL, The Reporter