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Earth Hero teaches kids about recycling
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Tahoma student wins design contest
BY REBECCA GOURLEY
BY REBECCA GOURLEY
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You wouldn’t know it by talking with him, but John Olson, a custodian at Shadow Lake Elementary, was recently named one of King County’s 2015 Earth Heroes at School. Instead of talking about his own ways of helping the school and students stay sustainable, he boasts about his colleagues and the collective effort made by all of them to teach the kids about recycling and composting. Principal Chris Everett echoed those observations and said Olson is a big part of the community at Shadow Lake that helps keep it green. “He’s kind of a quiet soul,” she said. “He’s humble and very much just a team player.” Everett said she sees Olson help kids sort their own recycling, compost and trash during breakfast and lunch. Olson also works with other staff to teach kids why composting and recycling is important. Olson said teaching sustainability is important. Nothing matters if we don’t have our earth, he said. He explained the knowledge of
Emily Mozzone, a senior at Tahoma High School, is an aspiring graphic designer. In her young career, she already has at least one recognition to put on her resume. She recently won the US Composting Council’s international poster design contest. The contest is an annual event that occurs around International Compost Awareness Week, which was May 3-9 this year. “Be Loyal To Your Soil” was the theme for this year’s contest. Her graphic design teacher, Mozzone said, encouraged her to enter the contest. It seems like it was a perfect fit. Mozzone is not only interested in graphic design, she also has an interest in sustainability. She is in Tahoma’s National Honor Society and as part of that group she helps clean up the school campus by encouraging her peers to recycle. Her and her family also grow a fruit and vegetable garden in the summer. In addition to her design being chosen to be put on T-shirts and posters for the compost week,
Memorial Day
Lauren Hathaway, 10, and her dad, Donald, from Duvall, spent time at her great grandfather’s (and his grandfather’s) grave, Stanley Pike, a Merchant Marine who served during World War II. Scott Powers and his children, Alexa, 7, and Kai, 9, bring flowers to a family grave. The Memorial Day program at Tahoma National Cemetery commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. More photos on page 10. DENNIS BOX, The Reporter
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According to Logan Harris, Public Affairs Manager for the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, the redevelopment of the property has been in the works for more than four years. from the King County Parks, Harris wrote in an email the Ravensdale Park that the King County Foundation and the city Parks’ Community of Maple Valley. MAPLE Partnerships and Grants In addition to the two VALLEY Program and the city new fields, Ravensdale of Maple Valley both Park includes a synthetic provided $2 million to this infield for the baseball field, a synthetic soccer field, an indoor project. He added, the Ravensdale baseball training facility along with restrooms, a parking lot, Park Foundation provided an maintenance building and a additional $1 million along with community meadow. other services and resources.
Ravensdale Park completed after years of redevelopment BY SARAH WEHMANN Reporter
After years of work on the Ravensdale Park, the completion was celebrated with a ribbon cutting on May 21. The final two, lit multi-sport synthetic fields were unveiled to the public at the gathering. Present at the ceremony were a number of residents and baseball teams along with people
King County Councilman Reagan Dunn along with the help of two kids cut the ribbon at Ravensdale Park celebrating the completion of two new fields. SARAH WEHMANN, The Reporter