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Rotary donates event proceeds to Foster Champs City Council approves

Witte Road art project reduce costs.

The pool of artists was reduced to three for the inArtist Lydia Aldredge, of terview process. The artists Seattle, is moving forward pitched their concepts for with her artwork for Maple the artwork to the commisValley’s Witte Road imsion and one was chosen. provement project.

Glaser said because this The City Council was the first project Monday night unanithe commission has mously approved vetted for the city, MAPLE Aldredge’s public art they would like VALLEY concept of “the nest,” to hear from the to be displayed on community about three light poles along how they can make the Witte Road. process better for the next project.

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Dace Anderson and Arielle Young of Dace’s Rock ‘N’ More Music Academy perform for the wine-tasting crowd at Maple Valley Rotary’s A Taste of the Valley event. REBECCA GOURLEY, The Reporter

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aple Valley Rotary held their annual “A Taste of the Valley” event last July 30.

The evening was full of wine tasting, food sampling, spirits and live music.

Each year the Maple Valley chapter of the Rotary chooses one local nonprofit or organization to benefit from the event’s ticket sales. For the last two, they have chosen Foster

arrive with only the clothes on their back. The duffle bags are filled with clothes, toiletries, shoes, a blanket, a flashlight and a stuffed animal or comfort item. The average cost of a filled duffle bag is about $200 according to the Rotary’s website for the event.

The Rotary is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The club’s calendar is full of events throughout the year, including their annual auction on Nov. 7 at Green River College.

Highly qualified status of KSD teachers at stake

BY HEIDI SANDERS Reporter

A clerical error in 2012 has left 181 teachers in the Kent School District needing to reconfirm their status as highly qualified teachers, and 72 of those teachers, who teach Title 1 core subjects, have until school starts Aug. 31 to do so.

Highly qualified teachers have shown they are an expert in the subject matter they teach, either through

testing, experience or other means, district spokesman Chris Loftis said.

“Our goal is for every teacher in the district to be highly qualified when people come in, and when we hire them we set them on a pathway to do that in the first couple of years to get to that status where they are recognized as such,” Loftis said.

He said the district keeps record of the teachers’ status [ more TEACHERS page 2 ]

THE ARTIST Aldredge has a master’s degree in architecture from the University of Oregon and has a studio in Seattle, where she has lived since 1981.

She said she’s been doing public art pieces for about 25 years.

Aldredge said her interest in doing the Witte Road project stemmed from her experience on the King County Boundary Review Board.

“I remember when Maple Valley applied for annexation,” she said.

Aldredge said the last time she was in Maple Valley, it wasn’t even an incorporated city yet.

“I was curious to see what had happened (since incorporation),” Aldredge said.

Aldredge’s other public art pieces can be seen at Kent Station, Greenbridge Community Center and Miller Community Center (both in Seattle), among [ more ART page 2 ] August 27, 28, 29 at the Enumclaw Expo Center

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Foster Champs is run by Kim Emmons, who is a foster parent herself.

Emmons said the group helps bridge the money gap between what the state funds and what is often considered extra activities for kids.

She said that includes funds for high school dances, getting a driver’s license, extracurriculars, sports, etc.

The Rotary’s event benefited the group’s duffle bag program.

Emmons said when a foster child is placed into a home, they often

The project is the first city-funded public art display that has been vetted through the city’s Public Arts Commission, which formed in early 2013.

In January 2015 and again in February, the commission sent out a request for qualifications for the Witte Road project.

Mary Jane Glaser, who represents the Maple Valley Creative Arts Council on the city’s Public Arts Commission, said in addition to the city reaching out to multiple forums in the Pacific Northwest, she also reached out to her local network of artists.

The commission received 14 qualified responses after extending the submission deadline, said the commission’s staff liaison, Dorothy Stickney. One of the artists was local to Maple Valley.

Stickney said the commission chose to publish the request in free forums to

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www.covingtonreporter.com • www.maplevalleyreporter.com powder coating. Inside the nest will be small LED lights that will be on a timer, so they only shine when the sun goes down, Aldredge said.

On the two adjacent light poles will be two pairs of intertwined branch sculptures, made out of the same material as the nest. The branches will be accompanied by blown glass globes with small led lights inside. The branch sculptures will be about 8 feet tall, according to the artist’s sketches.

Aldredge said she was inspired by one of the student commissioner’s “poetic” descriptions of Maple Valley,

[ ART from page 1] other places. Photos of her artwork can be found at www.archetypeseattle.com.

THE CONCEPT Aldredge plans to construct a series of lightweight sculptures, all encompassing her theme of “the nest.”

The focal point of the artwork will be a woven metal sculpture in the shape of a nest, 6 feet tall and 3 feet in diameter and about 13-14 feet off the ground.

The materials will be aluminum with a bronze

calling it a “threshold” to both the wilderness and the urban city of Seattle.

Aldredge also said she sees the city as a place for families to connect and be safe, and to “launch people into the world.”

She said she also plans on incorporating a metal mesh material to prevent birds from actually nesting in the sculptures.

They will also be able to stand up against pressure washing without having to take them down, Aldredge said.

COST At the time the Public Arts Commission was formed, the city designated 1 percent of city-funded projects for public art pieces.

The cost of the Witte Road improvement project is about $1.6 million according to City Manager David Johnston. That leaves $16,000 for the public art portion.

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The improvements to Witte Road are scheduled to be completed in October, weather permitting. The public art installation is schedule to be done at the same time.

[ TEACHERS from page 1] as highly qualified and submits that information to the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

“Somewhere along the line in this, 181 teachers’ highly qualified status was misentered,” Loftis said. “Nobody knew that.”

The district discovered the error at the end of the school year, Loftis said.

“One of our teachers, one of the 181, was going to another school district to teach and needed the verification of her highly qualified status, and when that was researched at the state level it was found it was not there,” Loftis said. “Our HR (human resources) department did an internal audit and found 181 mistakes were made in a batch of those in 2012.”

Under federal law, educators who teach core classes, such as math, reading or writing, at Title 1 schools are required to have highly qualified status.

The district has 21 Title 1 schools, which have high poverty rates, and receive Title 1 federal funding to serve vulnerable student populations.

Loftis said the Title 1 core teachers will need to pass a content specific exam before school starts, but the remainder of the 181 teachers can work to obtain their highly qualified status again throughout the year.

The district reached out to OSPI seeking to remedy the situation when it learned of the error, Loftis said.

“OSPI’s initial response was there are some waivers you can get ...,” he said.

“There are a couple of times during the year where you can say, ‘We screwed this up. We need to fix this record,’ and that had already passed. Our response is ‘yeah, we know it has already passed but we didn’t

know there was a problem.’ It is not like we missed the deadline. We didn’t even know we had a problem to apply for a deadline in the first place.”

The district learned on July 24 that the teachers would need to take the exam, Loftis said.

Nathan Olson, communication manager for OSPI, said taking the exam is the only option under federal law. State Superintendent Randy Dorn is trying to contact U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to see if there is something that can be done to help the teachers, he said.

“Unless federal government allows leeway on this issue, there is nothing we can do,” Olson said.

This is the first time there has been a situation like this in the state, Olson said.

Loftis said the district sent letters to the 181 affected teachers. He said some of the teachers are distraught by the prospect of taking the exam.

“You can imagine a teacher getting a letter saying, ‘You have been teaching math for the past 20 years. Because of a clerical mistake you have got to take a math test,’” Loftis said. “You are not all that happy.

Rightfully so. We understand that but OSPI has given us no other choice.”

Loftis said the teachers may not have initially taken a test to obtain highly qualified status.

“Their experience may have supplemented their degree,” he said. “There are a lot of ways when you get that highly qualified rating. ... Unfortunately, the state has only given us one pathway to fix this clerical error. That one pathway is problematic for folks.” [ more TEACHERS page 6 ]

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EAGLE SCOUT AWARD TO BE PRESENTED Adam Wengreen, 14, of Ravensdale and Ben Hansen, 14, of Maple Valley have earned the highest rank awarded by the Boy Scouts of America – the Eagle Scout Award.

The two friends have

My whole house has been turned on end as we prepare to welcome my youngest daughter’s best friend into our home to live with us during their senior year.

It would have been easy to install her into my oldest daughter’s room since she’d moved out for school last August and hadn’t returned.

But her life took a tumble and she moved back in just about the time we decided to add the young lady to our lives.

Never fret, I had a plan B. I moved my oldest daughter to my youngest daughter’s room, moved my office/craft stuff to my oldest daughter’s room and moved my youngest and her friend to the computer/craft room. It’s the largest room in the house, a kind of “great” room, and it made sense to have them share one large room instead of a small room.

Also, with my youngest’s continued hobby of sewing costumes, she was pushing my office/ craft area farther and farther out anyway. I was constantly rearranging my stuff to fit her ever growing craft.

I have to admit, I’m thrilled to have my office space back. It’s where it was originally before my

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chosen to celebrate and receive their awards together at a combined Eagle Award Ceremony at 7 p.m. Saturday at the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Chapel.

“We wanted to have a combined ceremony,” Hansen said. “Because we supported each other throughout our individual Eagle projects and it is something special to

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youngest was born. I always knew it would again be my office space one day. I like having it in the main part of the house rather than in the more disconnected “great” room.

So we’ve been living with chaos for a couple weeks now; there is a lot to downsize in order to fit my office/computer/craft stuff into a much smaller room. My first step was to find one large desk that would fit the room rather than the several small pieces I had in my former space.

I say COMMIT TO THE FURNITURE, as I found one year when I committed to a huge couch for our family room instead of the small couch with a couple chairs and their ottomans.

The space completely opened up, and as I suspected, so did my new office space when I found a very large, L-shaped desk. It was a chore getting it into the room, but it works beautifully.

My excitement over my new space was dashed when I put our futon couch into the room. It didn’t fit, it was way too huge, even though I measured and I was sure it would. So I found an adorable, little couch/cot ensemble as a seating option and guest bed. It remains to be seen whether it will work as a guest bed, but it’s so cute in there I don’t even care.

One use for the computer/office/craft room that I had only briefly ruminated over was my

celebrate this accomplishment with your friend.”

The mission of the scouts is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law. A large part of how the scouts accomplishes this is by developing leadership in scouts through an extensive, community cen-

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Wengreen worked with King County Parks Department and Maple Valley Soccer Association to plan, organize and build park benches located outside the new Ravensdale Sports Fields.

This project took more than 120 hours from March through June.

Hansen worked with the Tahoma National Cem-

etery to remove overgrown sod, lay bark and plant rhododendrons.

“I’m impressed with the respect and appreciation the young people and volunteers in our community have shown our servicemen and women,” Steve Hansen, Ben Hansen’s father, said after inspecting the project site.

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husband’s evening activity. He surfs the internet for cars, car parts and other such manly items while he watches TV. Now picture this: the house is a literal shambles with my office things stacked up the walls and littering the floor of the office and hallway, the dining and living rooms are full of my daughters’ bedroom items they were still figuring out how to fit into their new rooms, as well as more of my office things.

What do you think my husband was concerned about?

The TV. He was worried how our old TV did not fit into the new office space. So, amidst the piles of books, boxes and debris, my husband bought a smaller TV (yet larger than the kitchen TV we already own) and installed it in the new office before I even had the internet reconnected or before the cable guy had even come to wire the room.

The house still looks like a hurricane went through, but in my husband’s world, all is well.

Gretchen Leigh is a stay-at-home mom who lives in Covington. You can read more of her writing and her daily blog on her website livingwithgleigh.com or on Facebook at “Living with Gleigh.” Her column is available every week at maplevalleyreporter.com under the Lifestyles section.

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For a long time, people commonly (and mistakenly) believed that excessive stress was the cause of stomach ulcers: there is no actual evidence that a stressed-out person is any more likely to get an ulcer than a chilledout one. In addition, a diet of fast food is probably not the culprit either. So what causes one out of every ten Americans to suffer from the painful burn of an ulcer? Most likely it is a bacterial infection. Research has shown that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, otherwise known simply as H. pylori, has been found in 80 percent of stomach ulcers and a whopping 90 percent of duodenal ulcers. Fortunately, these ulcers can be treated with antibiotics. Smoking, stress, alcohol, and excessive use of over-the-counter pain killers can make a person with H. pylori more likely to suffer an ulcer.

You should not treat an ulcer on your own without first seeing your healthcare provider. Over-the-counter antacids and acid blockers may relieve some or all of the pain, but the relief is always temporary. With your provider’s help, you can find relief from the ulcer pain, as well as a lifelong cure from the disease.

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Marriage, belief and change

I consider myself extremely lucky to have spent most of my childhood in an amazingly accepting and loving church environment.

Even so, many months and countless hours were spent in committee meetings and bending over the church charter, which expressly denied performing same-sex marriages. Eventually, the congregation decided the charter did not accurately reflect God’s love, and my community joined the ever-increasing number of churches that believe the idea of marriage in the church is not as limited as we used to think.

Marriage is a concept that has followed countless civilizations and cultures throughout time and is one of the few that will continue to go hand-in-hand with homo sapien culture as we expand on earth and into the heavens.

There are few things more beautiful than joining two individuals as one, to bring them together in union in love and before their god(s).

But for hundreds of years (some historians say around 800 in Caucasian Christian culture) we’ve repeatedly denied, legally and religiously, the holy matrimony of countless same-sex couples who express the same love for their other halves as different-sex couples.

So like my ancestors of old, I look around and ask, “Why?” Because there must be a reason why we’ve persecuted countless souls who only want to spend their lives with who they love.

I’ve yet to find an answer that satisfies me.

One I hear the most is, “it is against God’s word/law/will,” for these people to be together in any fashion.

But I was taught God created us in his image, all of our perfections and all of our flaws.

I was taught of a Son who said the greatest commandments were to love our Lord and to love each other, and how we can’t love God if we don’t love our neighbor.

And I was taught that above all, if God is perfect, and God is love, then love is perfect, even with our human weakness and limitations.

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Finding a solution to street gangs

BY SEN. JOE FAIN AND REP. ERIC PETTIGREW

Criminal street gangs are a serious burden in Central and South King County. Gang violence is not a new phenomenon and needs to be addressed. The most fertile ground for the spread of gangs is the hearts and minds of our youth. At a young age, our most vulnerable children are making decisions that could lead them to a lifetime of violence and criminal behavior. In order to address the problem, we must look to prevention and early interventions.

Gangs recruit using the need for belonging and guidance, thriving on a lack of social structure and support in children’s lives.

They give young men and women a sense of identity and a feeling of power, however

So when the Supreme Court legalized all marriage throughout the United States, given it was between two consenting adults, I finally saw our nation take steps towards accepting all love, legally and culturally.

The concept of marriage has followed us throughout the ages, and we’ve morphed this idea to fit how we see the world. Some cultures have limited the definition of marriage to one man and one woman, despite humanity’s rich history of joining same-sex couples together in union before their laws and their gods.

But the issue surrounding same-sex marriage isn’t just about the history of marriage, or the history of religion. If changing culture were as easy as giving a small history lesson, there never would have been any controversy in the first place. What it comes down to is belief, and some people hold strong to the belief that marriage can only be between a man and a woman.

I strongly disagree.

Any couple who comes before God to be joined together in spirit, whether they be different or same-sex, are equal in every way, including God’s love.

If you don’t agree with me, that’s your privilege, and I think that’s totally chill. The legalization of all marriage doesn’t mean every American has to

accept it straight away. It doesn’t even mean every church, pastor and priest has to perform marriages that they don’t morally agree with. The separation of church and state is a wonderful thing, and like President James Madison said, “Every new & successful example therefore of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters, is of importance. And I have no doubt that every new example, will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion & government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.”

Long story short, both government and religion function better when the two do not mix. The government’s job is to impart a legal and economic contract to those who want to be married before the law, and the church’s job is to present two people before their creator to be joined together in love.

Sometimes the church and state agree, but not always.

So let’s at least have legal equality on Earth, and let God sort everything out later.

The only thing besides love that I believe is true, and will always be true, no matter how people feel, how they act or what they believe, is that we are all born equal.

And I believe He would agree.

false it may be.

Research shows the most vulnerable children are from communities of color, in high poverty areas, and surrounded by violence or substance abuse. The symptoms of gang activity are crime, but the illness is social and must be cured as a community.

A diverse coalition of state, city, law enforcement and local leaders came together around a plan of action to make prevention and early intervention a priority in this year’s budget. With their support and guidance we secured $1 million for gang intervention targeted at vulnerable youth, garnering the backing needed in the House and Senate to make it a reality.

This investment builds on work that started in 2012 to provide gang intervention grant funding to organizations with a successful and proven record of striking at the roots of gang activity. Street outreach workers who do the difficult work of intervention need reliable funding to maintain a sustained effort to combat the growth in gang activity. Grant applications for

these services have soared across the state, exceeding the amount of available funding and leaving some communities without any meaningful support.

There are more than 12,000 documented gang members in King County alone with ongoing gang activity in Yakima, Tacoma/ Pierce County, Spokane, Snohomish County, and southwest Washington. The continuing investments we make this year are targeted to cut off the supply of young people being drawn into the gangs through proven intervention and outreach. Research by the Washington Institute for Public Policy shows that, “youth who spend their freetime in pro-social and constructive activities are at lesser risk of violence.”

The model for success in these efforts is the Alive and Free program operated by the YMCA of Greater Seattle. Based on a successful program transported from Los Angeles by Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, Alive and Free pursues the hearts and minds of youth and empowers them to take control [ more GANGS page 15 ]

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All subjects in the police blotter are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

CIVIL PROBLEM • On July 24 officers responded to reports of a dispute between two recently divorced subjects over property and visitation.

• On July 29 officers responded to reports that someone took the reporting party’s vehicle without permission.

According to the police report, the subject had permission in the past to drive the vehicle but not this time.

BURGLARY • On July 26 it was reported that a bike and lawn trimmer were taken from an open garage overnight.

• On July 30 it was reported a homeowner found their bedroom window pried open and items missing. According to the police report jewelry and cash was taken.

LARCENY • On July 26 officers to reports that a unknown subject put two grills from outside Bartell Drugs inside their van and drove off.

• On July 27 it was reported that unknown suspect entered the vic-

• On July 31 officers responded to reports that the reporting party’s vehicle had been broken into and her MultiCare access card had been taken along with some change.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES • On July 26 it was reported that an unknown male knocked over air conditioners near the John L Scott in Maple Valley.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE VIOLATION • On July 27 officers contacted a male and female subject outside the Maple Valley McDonalds after the two bought heroin.

• On July 30 officers contacted a driver for not wearing a seat belt. Once officers made contact, it was determined the driver was driving with a suspended license and had multiple warrants for his arrest. According to police reports, he also had a pocket full of heroin.

• On July 30 officers responded to reports that an unknown person cut through fencing at a construction site and damaged a window on a tractor.

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE • On July 29 at 2:15 a.m. officers pulled over a vehicle for driving over a curb and for improper lane travel. The driver was then arrested for driving under the influence.

FORGED PRESCRIPTIONS • On July 29 an unknown subject attempted to fill a forged prescription at Bartell Drugs.

According to the police report, the subject was not in the store when the forged prescription was written.

• On July 28 it was reported that for the past year, the reporting party had been witness to ongoing narcotics activity happening within Jerry Creek Skate Park.

BY STEVE HUNTER Reporter at The Kent Reporter

Kent firefighters extinguished a twoalarm fire on Monday afternoon at KentMeridian High School, 10020 S.E. 256th St. The fire caused considerable damage to the building. No one was in the building at the time of the fire. There were no injuries to civilians or firefighters, said Kyle Ohashi, spokesman for the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority.

The fire, which was first reported at 4:23 pm, started on the west side of the building where tall shrubs burned, allowing the fire to get into the small attic space of the single-story, flat-roofed building, Ohashi said.

The fire also broke out the windows on the west side, resulting in a small amount of fire and smoke damage to the interior, Ohashi said.

Firefighters from the Kent, Renton and Tukwila fire departments found most of the fire in the two-foot deep attic. The fire required firefighters to cut back large sections of the roof to reach the fire and ensure it was extinguished, Ohashi said.

Crews rotated regularly because of

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire late Monday after at Kent-Meridian High School. KENT FIRE DEPARTMENT, Courtesy photo

the heat.

Fortunately, the fire took place during the summer break period, with only a few students on the K-M campus, Ohashi said.

The fire is under investigation.

In addition to the fire departments, King County Medic One and the Zone 3 Fire Explorers provided support and rehabilitation.

BOMBING • On July 29 it was reported that an unknown person blew up a toilet paper dispenser in a bathroom at Lake Wilderness Park.

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makes then good candidates for transplant surgery.

Just use the shovel to slice off the outer sections of the poppy’s root clump and share or move them around the garden. The very center of the poppy clump will be the oldest section and like most things, they become weary and less productive with age. Retire any sad-ooking perennial roots to the compost pile where they can rot in peace.

I have Lady’s Mantle growing in my garden and this plant has reseeded all over and is taking over the flower beds and sprouting in the pathways. Is there a way to grow this plant but control all the babies that sprout? I don’t want to use a weedkilling spray because the baby plants are popping up

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also for the rounded, scalloped leaves. The foliage will hold drops of dew and rain atop the hairy surface of the leaf displayed like glistening jewels. ••• Marianne Binetti has a degree in horticulture from Washington State University and is the author of “Easy Answers for Great Gardensâ€? and several other books. For book requests or answers to gardening questions, write to her at: P.O. Box 872, Enumclaw, 98022.

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Loftis said the tests are offered by agencies outside of the district at various locations and dates.

If a Title 1 core teacher does not pass the exam by the first day of school, Loftis said, the teacher still may be able to teach.

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State Department of Health policy allows infants in the workplace Editor’s Note: Information provided by the Washington State Department of Health A development that could seem like an extreme youth movement at the state health department is actually the agency’s newest policy to protect and improve people’s health — including the health of agency employees and their families.

The state Department of Health has an “Infants at Work Policy” based on the long term health value of breastfeeding newborns and infant/parent bonding.

The concept is the realization of the mantra of Secretary of Health John Wiesman, who has long encouraged employees to “bring their whole selves to work” each day.

“We know bonding of infants with their parents during the earliest stages of life can have positive long-term effects,” Wiesman said. “This early bonding is crucial to a baby’s healthy brain development, and it’s good for mom, dad or guardian. We want to make breast-feeding easier and more practical for moms who want and are able to do so, because it improves lifelong health and allows new parents to bring their whole selves to work.”

The new policy that was effective July 1 is similar to one Wiesman implemented as director of Clark County Public Health in Vancouver, Wash., allowing infants from six weeks to six months in the workplace. Before the policy was written, Wiesman initiated a pilot project in which agency employee Marissa VanHoozer brought her baby boy to work, relieving the stress of pos-

Kent Fire Department receives Medic One Foundation grant The Kent Fire Department/Regional Fire Authority recently received a grant from the Medic One Foundation for $1,530 to purchase five electrocardiogram rhythm simulators.

The ability to quickly and accurately read heart rhythms is critical for firefighters, who are usually the first emergency responders to see a patient who is experiencing cardiac issues.

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Baby Gavin was in the pilot program of the new policy at the Department of Health. Courtesy photo sible financial strain that accompanied the joy of learning she and her husband were having a baby.

“My husband and I had moved here from Hawaii where we served in the Army and I was a new state employee,” said VanHoozer. “I had maybe enough leave to get through my prenatal appointments but after that, I knew we’d be down to one income until I felt comfortable enough to return to work.”

When Gavin, or “Office Baby” as he was better known, was 8 weeks old, he joined mom at work. VanHoozer had pre-arranged her schedule with her boss so it would be a mix of being in the office with Gavin and teleworking while her husband was on baby duty.

While some people wonder if offering this type of program forces moms and dads back to work sooner than they’d like, VanHoozer believes it gave

her more options. She felt supported and was able to work without missing out on monumental moments like a first tooth poking through or the day that Gavin started crawling at the office.

“Without this program, I would not have been there for all of Gavin’s ‘firsts,” VanHoozer said. “I will forever be grateful that my employer made it possible for me to be with my son for those milestones while continuing to help with our family budget and my career progression by returning to work.”

Babies and parents are beneficiaries of the program, and so is the employer.

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lite volleyball has brought out the best in Courtney Thompson.

The sport has opened the door to many opportunities – the chance to play with the best against the best, a chance to see the world.

Thompson – one of the country’s most decorated players, a 2012 Olympic Games silver medalist and 2014 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball World

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champion – came home this past weekend to share the game that she loves, reunite with friends and contribute to a worthy cause.

By returning to a familiar neighborhood, she has come full circle.

“This is where I started so it’s really fun to give back to the community that has allowed me to have all these experiences,” said Thompson, pausing between instruction and drills at a Give It Back Camp for youth at Kentwood High School.

“I’m just thankful for everyone in Kent who has helped us put this on.”

Thompson, a former Kentlake High and University of Washington star who has gone on to a successful international career, joined 10 of her teammates from the USA National squad to lead the two-day camp.

“It’s definitely a great opportunity, and I’m glad I decided to do it,” said Olivia Alexander, a 6-foot outside hitter and junior-to-be at Sumner High who was one of 130 girls at the camp. “Courtney has been everything. She’s been great.”

The Give It Back Foundation, an effort Thompson co-founded, sponsored the camp, which is designed to inspire athletes to “lead, play and compete” on the court and in life.

“We’re hoping they all will become better versions of themselves and celebrate their uniqueness,” Thompson said. “We want them to understand that learning is a process that never ends, and really, the fun is committing in the process.

“And we want to preach competing – to be the best that they can be every single day.”

Proceeds from the camp, which was run in partnership with Puget Sound Volleyball, benefited the Children’s Therapy Center in Kent.

“Children’s Therapy Center has been a big part of my family’s life for as long as I can remember,” Thompson said. “For over 30 years, my mom (Linda) has worked at CTC as a pediatric physical therapist, helping children who have disabilities or delays in their development.”

Thompson’s mom, who recently retired, still works as a consultant for CTC, one of the largest and most comprehensive pediatric therapy programs in the state. The center serves thousands of families as a nonprofit in the Seattle-Tacoma area.

“My mom has been my hero for as long as I can remember, and a lot of that comes from seeing her passion and care for other people through her work at CTC,” Thompson added.

Each of the 28 members on Team USA are given a chance to host a Give It Back Camp in their home towns, with proceeds going to a beneficiary of their choice.

The players volunteer their time to teach youth the fundamentals and strategy.

“These are the LeBron Jameses of volleyball … and to have all the players here is pretty special,” said Jenné Blackburn, executive director and co-founder of the Give It Back Foundation.

“By having all the players come together makes for the most value for the camp … to see elite-level athletes coaching the next generation of players.”

For Team USA, the camps come as rare, off-week periods between international tournaments, Olympic qualifiers and 2016 Olympic Game tryouts.

The Americans recently won their sixth FIVB World Grand Prix title.

The U.S., ranked No. 1 in the world by the FIVB, now embarks on an unprecedented 12-month run of international play, with the focus immediately shifting to the first Olympic qualifier, the World Cup in Japan on Aug. 22-Sept. 6.

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REPORTER The Snoqualmie Valley Record, a division of Sound Publishing Inc. is seeking a general assignment reporter with a minimum of 1-2 years writing experience and announcements photography skills. This position is based out of the Nor th Bend office.

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YWCA Seattle|King|Snohomish seeks an ASSISTANT APARTMENT COMMUNITY MANAGER The part-time Assistant Apar tment Community Manager position is responsible for all daily proper ty management functions, on-site monitoring and emergency response, showing units to prospective residents, proper ty and resident paperwork, maintaining resident files, assisting with unit turnover ( s c h e d u l i n g ) fo r 1 4 4 units of permanent affordable tax-credit housing. The successful candidate must be able to work independently at the proper ty; however, this position is part of a housing management team that includes staff from other regions and both receives support as well as needs to be able to periodically suppor t management activities at other properties as needed. YWCA programs have a reputation in the community for providing culturally competent services. Valuing diversity and championing anti-racism policy and p r o gra m d e l i ve r y a r e core values. As an equal oppor tunity employer, we highly encourage people of color to apply.

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EDITOR Sound Publishing has an immediate opening for Editor of the weekly publication on beautiful Va s h o n I s l a n d , T h e Vashon Island Beachcomber, in Washington State. This is not an entry-level position. Island residence is required.

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REPORTER The award-winning w e e k l y n ew s p a p e r, Bainbridge Island Review, on Bainbridge Island, WA, has an opening for a general assignment reporter. We want a skilled and passionate writer who isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afraid to tackle meaty news stories. Experience with photography and Adobe InDesign p r e fe r r e d . A p p l i c a n t s must be able to work in a team-oriented, deadline-driven environment, possess excellent writing skills, have a knowledge of community news and be able to write about multiple topics. Must relocate to Kitsap County.

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Rep. Eric Pettigrew represents Seattle and serves as the House Democratic Caucus chair. Sen. Joe Fain represents the 47th District and serves on the board for Auburn Youth Resources.

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District 43 commissioner opening Maple Valley Fire & Life Safety, (King County Fire District No. 43) is accepting letters of interest and resumes from residents of the fire district whom would like to be considered for the recently vacated position on the district’s Board of Fire Commissioners.

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Submit your letter of interest and resume by mail, email or fax no later than Aug. 31.

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“We’re all gunning for that,” said Thompson, a 5-foot-7 setter who has been on Team USA since 2007.

Thompson’s resume is impressive.

At Kentlake, Thompson led the Falcons to three state volleyball championships and also earned all-state honors

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She was valedictorian of her graduating class.

At UW, Thompson was a catalyst, one of the driving forces behind the Huskies’ 2005 NCAA title season. When she left Montlake, she set the Pac-10 record for career assists with 6,552, which was third-best in NCAA history.

She was the first female player at UW to have her collegiate jersey retired.

Thompson was a

three-time American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America first-team selection and ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American.

“I have always felt, not to sound cocky or anything, I am here to do something special,” she said. “I know I can do it.”

With a heavy schedule, frequent travel and intense play just ahead, Thompson appreciated the pause last weekend to come home and enjoy family and friends.

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“It’s amazing. It’s a pretty surreal day. It’s just cool, like all my worlds are colliding,” Thompson said of the camp experience. “I have some of the most incredible teammates here.

They all volunteered to come up here and just make the difference and connect with kids. We’re all doing it for a good cause. Everybody wins today.”

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