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Hargrove visits Tahoma students
Area police expect crime increase over holidays
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BY REBECCA GOURLEY rgourley@covingtonreporter.com
State Rep. Mark Hargrove visited Tahoma High School Dec. 12. After a morning of observing different language arts classes, he did some co-teaching with Daren Fickel, a National Board Certified teacher. After Hargrove introduced himself, one of Fickel’s students asked him, in a very candid spirit, “Why are you here?” As subtle laughter came over the classroom, Hargrove responded that he was there to learn. “Your teacher invited me to come and see what’s going on here,” he said. “I saw teachers teaching on the same subject MAPLE but with very different VALLEY styles; from a much more formal setting to much more casual.” He added, “It’s good for me to see how this stuff works.” Fickel, who has been at Tahoma for two years, was teaching his pre-AP language class with Hargrove. The sophomores were tasked with analyzing the structure and content of argumentative essays that were written by other students for the SAT exam. Part of the learning has been about ethos, pathos and logos, also known as Aristotle’s “ingredients for persuasion.” Hargrove connected the lesson of the day to his work as a legislator, saying having a well thought out argument is very critical in politics, especially in committee hearings and on the floor in Olympia. He said if someone testifies in front of a committee and their argument is not well organized, they may have lost their effect on the legislators.
BY ERIC MANDEL emandel@covingtonreporter.com
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Lawrence Campbell debated the decision. On the one hand, the long-time commercial architect from Kent is entirely anti-drugs of all kinds. On the other, he figured that he could potentially be part of a process that is the lesser of two evils. “I did some soul searching for a while,” Campbell told The Reporter over the phone. “If there ever was an anti-drug guy, it’s me. I don’t like people who do it. But that’s their business, I’m not
Hargrove during the visit but ultimately couldn’t make it because of a last-minute conference call. He rescheduled his visit to Fickel’s classroom for Friday. On Dec. 2 Sen. Joe Fain, made an
When the sales are announced and the wallets come out, there’s always one safe bet: Tis’ the season for thefts and scams. “There are a lot of vulnerable people out there,” said Covington Police Chief Kevin Klason. Crimes typically increase across the nation during the holiday season. The mix of alcohol, depression, heavy shopping and family obligations can produce a piteous blend. Large and small cities alike face this increase in nefariousness, be it bank robberies and murders or mail theft and phone scams. Area law enforcement officials say the spike locally is centered on the latter of those crimes — specifically scams. The Federal Trade Commission reports thousands of people lose money to phone scams every year, from a few dollars to life savings. The Bonney Lake Police Department warned its residents of a phone scam reported by several citizens that involved an automated phone call falsely identified as being from the city of Bonney Lake. The recording
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State Rep. Mark Hargrove speaks to a pre-AP class of sophomores at Tahoma High School on Dec. 12 about his job as a legislator in Olympia. REBECCA GOURLEY, The Reporter “It needs to be concise, it needs to have all of those elements of the ethos, pathos and logos,” Hargrove said to the students. “If you don’t have all of those things organized, you’ve lost your impact.” Rep. Pat Sullivan was scheduled to join
Covington issues permit for prospective pot shop BY ERIC MANDEL
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going to sit in moral judgment of anybody.” Campbell is working with a company called Crimson Wave, Covington’s first prospective recreational marijuana retail store, which was issued a tenant improvement building permit in the city last month. The proposed location is 27623 Covington Way SE, next to the Napa Auto Parts store, just south of Costco. The tenant improvement permit was the first step required by the state before inspectors check the store location for compliance with all state regulations.
Crimson Wave joined a pool of 1,174 applicants for one of the state’s 334 recreational marijuana retail licenses. Each of the applicants were placed into a lottery system, with a certain number of stores allotted in each city. The state liquor board issued the state’s first recreational pot licenses in July. According to the board’s website, the number of retail locations was determined using a formula that distributes the number of locations proportionate to the most populous cities within each county. Smaller cities in the county, like Covington, were placed in a group called “King County at Large,” which would be given 11 total stores. Crimson Wave received a No. 11 lottery rank for King County at [ more POT page 8 ]
Crimson Wave, the tradename of a prospective marijuana store, was issued a tenant improvement permit for the vacancy at 27623 Covington Way SE. ERIC MANDEL, The Reporter