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Legislative short session kicks off Monday

Land and Water Conservation Fund restored

BY DENNIS BOX

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BY RAY STILL

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The state Legislature rings in the 2016 regular session Monday under the capitol dome in Olympia.

This year is a short session with adjournment scheduled for March 10.

The 60-day session is designed for adjustments to the state budget , while the long sessions of 105 days is for writing the biennial budget.

In 2015 the House and Senate found itself hanging out in Olympia for the regular long session plus two special sessions tacked on to finally come to a budget the two chambers and Gov. Jay Inslee could live with for a couple of years.

The Office of Financial Management released Inslee’s supplemental budget for the upcoming session stating in the document, “The primary focus of his (Inslee’s) 2016 supplemental budget is to cover spending increases needed to continue delivering services at current levels, cover caseload and enrollment increases, and pay for emergencies and other costs not anticipated when the budget was approved in June. Beyond that, his budget meets a handful of highpriority needs, especially for vital

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Kentlake sophomore Tony Heimann wrestles during the first day of the two day All-South Puget Sound League tournament at Auburn High School on Jan. 1. The Falcons finished with a total of 18 points. For more information on the tournament, see Sports on page 10. DENNIS BOX, The Reporter

Editor’s note: In a previous article about the Land and Water Conservation fund it was incorrectly stated the fund has been fully funded twice in its 50 years of existence, once in 1998 and again in 2011. The correct dates are 1998 and 2001.

Outdoor enthusiasts and environmental activists can breath a sigh of relief as the new year brings in more funds for the national Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Congress restored the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) on Dec. 18 when legislators and the president approved the federal budget.

The LWCF expired Sept.

30 because Congress did not reauthorize the fund, which was created in 1965 by Washington state Sen. Henry Jackson. The fund was authorized for 25 years, and was reauthorized in 1990 for another 25.

“We are grateful to Washington’s Congressional Delegation for being leaders in the fight to save LWCF this year,” said Andrea McNamara Doyle, the interim [ more RESTORED page 2 ]

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Roaring ‘20s surprise 90th birthday party

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he 1920s came to life at Joy Block’s 90th surprise birthday party Monday.

Block was surrounded by family and friends at the Maple Valley Community Center.

Her family decided to have the party at the community center since she has been going there for more than 25 years, Block’s daughter, Jamie MacDonald said.

They also knew she would want all of her friends from

the center to be at her party, so having it at the center was perfect, MacDonald said.

It was only fitting they made it a Roaring ‘20s theme since Block was born in 1929.

Block dressed up in a Roaring ‘20s outfit complete with a feather headband.

Block’s family got a lot of help from Tracy Jones, the director of senior programs and transportation at the community center, and her staff, MacDonald said.

She said they couldn’t have pulled off the surprise party

without their help.

They served hors d’oeuvres, lunch and dessert. They set up decorations and a photo booth for the party, along with family photos to share with her friends.

They also invited some of her friends from Pantera Lago, where she previously lived in Kent, MacDonald said.

Including their family, about 75 people were in attendance.

“The surprise party went off without a hitch and I think everyone had a fun time,” MacDonald said.

Joy Block was thrown a surprise 90th birthday party at the Maple Valley Community Center Jan. 4 by family and friends. Courtesy photo

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[ RESTORED from page 1] executive director of the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition in a press release. “It is a huge relief to know that this program that is so important for our state’s economy and way of life will continue to be there for our communities, but LWCF needs permanent reauthorization and full funding so that we can continue to protect our state’s valuable natural resources and heritage.�

The fund was reauthorized for the next three years, with a budget of $450 million for each year, although local Sen. Patty Murray and Sen. Maria Cantwell have been pushing for the fund to receive permanent authorization. “This is a critical tool to protect our open spaces in Washington and around the country,� said Cantwell. “This increase in real funding and a three-year reauthorization will allow us to do important work in our state.�

Money for the LWCF comes from royalties paid to the

government by federal oil and gas leases, not taxpayer money.

The LWCF is authorized to have a maximum budget of $900 million, but has only been fully funded twice in its existence – once in 1998 and again in 2001 – despite the fact that the government collects many million more in royalties every year, according to the Land and Water Conservation Fund Coalition.

CONSERVATION IN WASHINGTON Because the LWCF funds conservation efforts across the country, Washington and many other states stood to lose millions that would have gone toward various projects for national parks, state parks and local recreation areas.

With the fund reauthorized, Washington will receive $9.8 million this year for several projects across the state, said the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition.

These projects include improvements made to the Pacific Crest Trail, purchasing property around Lake Quinault to

protect local fisheries and water quality, bolstering efforts to protect forests around Mount Saint Helens and preserving Ebey’s Landing on Whidbey Island.

The reauthorization of the LWCF is especially important in Washington because outdoor recreation is arguably one of Washington’s largest industries, said Vlad Gutman, senior policy director of the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition. “LWCF forms a foundation of an outdoor recreation economy that is, by some measures, the largest industry in the state of Washington. Outdoor recreation sports 198,000 jobs, and much of them depend on access to public lands that LWCF has made possible,� said Gutman. “Consumers in Washington spend $21.6 billion every year on outdoor recreation, much of which happens on these federal and state lands that LWCF supports. Out-of-state visitors have a total economic impact of nearly $5 billion dollars as well.�

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be prompted by trying some new, distasteful food, she’d make bold proclamations – “I’m never eating again!”

I resolve to eat only one peanut butter cup instead of the whole two-cup package is a more sensible goal. It’s ultimately semantics; how something is worded. We have to choose words we can live with. To me resolution feels like something I can fail at. Goals are something I can break down into manageable tasks.

However, is my goal smashed to bits if I have a package with half-pound peanut butter cups?

(That’s a pound of peanut butter cups.) If I say I’m only going to eat one of those humongous cups at 1140 calories, have I achieved my resolution? Or have I just fooled myself into thinking I’m working my way towards giving up peanut butter cups?

(Seriously, they make those and they’re half price after Christmas.)

Maybe the resolution is to only eat the equivalent of one regular, eighty-seven calorie peanut butter cup. Or maybe the ultimate goal is admitting that one regular peanut butter cup is a serving, not two.

Or is that a resolution?

Weight loss is a typical New Year’s resolution for Gretchen Leigh

I’ve decided to make New Year’s goals instead of resolutions. I’ve never really believed in resolutions at the New Year, because I don’t enjoy setting myself up for failure. Why is it we believe that just because the calendar changed, we will, too? What is it about throwing out the used calendar for a new one that makes us long for a fresh start? What is it that makes us think we can or will do anything differently? If we really wanted to change, why didn’t we do it on Dec. 14 or some other equally random date?

Resolution sounds so cliché, like something that can be dismissed rather than achieved. So with my approach to call that thing we do at the New Year a goal, and with a somewhat self-righteous attitude, I looked up the difference between goal and resolution to prove I was right.

Turns out resolutions are steps to achieving a goal.

“I resolve never to eat peanut butter cups again,” doesn’t sound particularly realistic for someone who adores Reese’s Peanut Butter cups. It sounds more like my youngest daughter when she was young. Whenever she got angry, which could

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Traffic advisory this weekend on SR 18

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The Washington State Department of Transportation urges drivers to plan ahead for the closure of eastbound state Route 18 in Auburn beginning tonight, Friday, Jan. 8.

The closure is expected to last until the morning of Monday, Jan. 11.

During the closure contractor crews working for the WSDOT will replace a portion of the

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roadway near the Green River (Neeley) Bridge that was severely damaged by heavy rainfall on Dec. 8.

“We’ll need drivers to help keep traffic moving while we complete this critical safety work,” WSDOT Engineer Mike Swires said in a press release from the department. “We will see slowdowns on eastbound SR 18 in Auburn as well as on interstates 5 and I-405 as drivers bypass

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Before the roadway can be repaired, contractor crews needed to stabilize the hillside. They spent the past two weeks installing more than a dozen drains in preparation for pavement repair work.

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many people. I’m not saying I’m committing or not to that particular goal, though if you know me personally, you know I could use it. I’m just saying that if I work towards a healthier weight it feels more doable than being resolute to lose weight.

It allows me to make mistakes and not get bumped off the wagon every time I chomp into a half pound Reese’s Peanut Butter cup.

Who’s to know how much weight a person could lose in any given month? I can’t leap into January saying to myself I’m going to lose fifty pounds.

Because when I decide I want to lose fifty pounds, I usually mean that I want to do that in my spare time over the weekend. I hate the constant diligence it takes to watch what I eat.

But if I work towards losing five pounds this month by only eating one peanut butter cup, it feels more doable. Keeping the short term goal in front of me doesn’t feel as overwhelming as looking at the whole fifty pounds.

However, when faced with a half-pound Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, one should definitely resolve to cut it up into 17 gram pieces (one serving) and share it. See? Small goals broken down into manageable bites – uh resolutions.

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The easiest path to becoming a life-saving hero will lead to the local blood donation bank. Blood donations are always needed. Some people wonder about eligibility, or may assume that they are not eligible. For the most part, healthy adults over the age of 18 and over 110 pounds are wonderful candidates to be blood donors. There are some restrictions, however. Instances such as receiving an organ transplant, having a blood transfusion, and becoming infected with certain types of illnesses may require a donor to wait for a certain period of time before donating or may disqualify him or her entirely.

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Deciphering health plan terms and numbers Ana Karen Perez Guzman

Sometime last Feb. at about 5 p.m. my three friends and I were buzzing around the kitchen trying to make dinner. We are all tired from a day of sledding at Mount Baker and I was still dizzy and on cloud 9 from seeing Britney Spears in concert the night before. My childhood dream of seeing Britney Spears had finally come true thanks to my amazing friends. In the midst of all of the excitement, I had that tiny feeling that I was forgetting something.

You know the feeling, the one that just won’t go away until you remember what you were missing. And I finally remembered… I had one hour to sign up for health insurance.

Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, everyone has to have health insurance or there will be a penalty. In 2014, I qualified for free health insurance so I didn’t have to pick a plan, it was done for me, thanks to the nice lady on the other end of the phone. It was a different story in 2015 . I actually had to pick a plan with zero knowledge on how health insurance worked. I looked at the clock and I had 30 minutes to figure it out. It was not an easy task. I had to look up what some terms meant and I was even more confused by the end of it all. With 10 minutes left to go, I picked the cheapest plan and called it a day.

While I chose a plan in time to not get penalized, I still did not understand exactly what I was paying for. The deadline for coverage starting on Jan. 1, 2016 was Dec. 23 but coverage starting in Feb. or later isn’t until the end of the month, or later, depending on your coverage. I got a

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lot of calls and emails weeks before the Dec. 23 deadline (even though my coverage doesn’t need to start until March). But, it was a nice reminder that I have a month or so to pick a good plan.

I decided to really look into figuring out how all of this health insurance stuff works instead of blindly picking a plan again. I wanted to completely understand what every term meant, I wanted to be an expert at finding the perfect plan. After looking through dozens of webpages and documents, here are a few things you should know to help you.

First of all, there are a few terms you will have to know and understand.

DEDUCTIBLE: The amount you are responsible for paying for medical expenses each year, before your health insurance takes over and pays the rest. For example, if your deductible is $1,000 and you have a medical bill of $6,000, you pay

$1,000 and your health insurance pays the rest.

CO-INSURANCE: The amount you have to pay for medical services after you’ve satisfied any co-payment or deductible required by your health insurance plan. Co-insurance is typically expressed as a percentage of the charge. For example, if your bill is $10,000, co-insurance is 20 percent and deductible is $1,000; you will have to pay the $1,000 deductible then $2,000 for the co-insurance (20 percent of $10,000), so all together you’re paying $3,000 for a $10,000 bill.

COPAYMENT: Usually a fixed dollar amount such as $15, every time you visit the doctor or to fill a prescription. Not all plans have copayments and they do not usually accumulate toward the deductible.

OUT-OF-POCKET MAXIMUM: The most you will have to pay for covered medical expens-

decisions are emotionally based.

Westen suggests that pushing these emotional buttons about death can and have been used as a tool for political manipulation. The implications are enormous. The solutions are clear.

Does this tendency of human nature help explain the increase in threats of violence and intolerance toward immigrants and Muslims we are seeing recently in the Republican Party?

Does this explain why the more radical Donald Trump becomes the more he rises in the polls? Is he using fear to manipulate his base?

Does it also help explain the “Black Lives Matter” movement’s strong reactions to police violence toward unarmed blacks? Blacks rising up demanding the end of injustice seem to fit the pattern explained by these studies.

Does it explain the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s more aggressive recent activity toward the United States Navy in the Persian Gulf? Because of the recent nuclear agreement between Iran and the West, the Revolutionary Guard leadership is feeling its power slipping. Stirring up fears of “The Great Satan” – the U.S. – can bring the wavering back into the Revolutionary Guard’s fold so they can retain their power.

ISIS has used this awareness of death very effectively in it’s gory depictions of executions to bring more extremist Muslim fighters to their cause.

We are about to enter the presidential primary season. Based on this information, I would expect more emphasis from the left and the right

on reminders of 9/11 or of death to motivate voters to come out and vote – and vote traditional values – for each group’s base. It’s a way to manipulate us to act.

Awareness of this information can make all of us more thoughtful when we hear or see campaign ads or speeches manipulating this human tendency. According to Westen, 80 to 90 percent of us make our political decisions emotionally.

Listen to the candidates’ statements. Do you hear fear or reassurance? If you hear references to death and destruction then your emotional radar should be activated and you should start asking questions about possibly being manipulated.

During Hitler’s advances in Europe, Franklin D. Roosevelt reassured the American public with his “fireside chats” by stating, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.”

Good presidents react calmly and thoughtfully to threats. Good presidential candidates offer hope rather than fear. Politically aware voters are aware of how they are being manipulated by the use of emotion and concern over death. Politically aware voters stop to think rather than react.

It takes awareness of our very human tendency to move to the right or to the left when death is referenced.

Forewarned is forearmed. The more we can see the manipulation techniques used on us, the more we can respond, rather than emotionally react.

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Does this apply to you? “More than 250 experiments in more than a dozen countries have demonstrated that reminding people of their mortality – activating networks about the fear of death – tends to tilt our brains to the right” (Drew Westen, “The Political Brain”).

According to Westen, these reminders can come from questionnaires asking whether one prefers cremation or burial. Seeing gory photos, pictures taken in front of funeral parlors or even looking at the words “dead” or “death” can set off an emotional response. Across the world people of all cultures “will cling more tenaciously to the world views they hold dear,” Westen wrote.

It also means reminders of mortality bring less tolerance toward people who differ in religious belief or cultural values.

This death response also applies to people with more progressive political views who tend to hold strongly to their own perspectives and become rigid under pressure. All of us are emotional creatures who tend to react emotionally more often than rationally. Reason does not triumph over emotion very often. Most political In Focus

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one of the subjects was arrested on warrants.

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• On Dec. 26 it was reported that a father did not return his children to their mother per their parenting plan. According to the police report, the father advised the mother that he would not make it back to return the kids.

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

VIOLATION OF COURT ORDER • On Dec. 22 it was reported that grandparent attempted to “friend” their granddaughter on Facebook using a different first name. This act is in violation of a court protection order.

HIT AND RUN • On Dec. 22 a subject fled the scene after causing an accident. He was later contacted and provided a statement to officers that contradicted witness statements. At the time of the police report, the extent of the victim’s minor injuries were unknown.

• On Dec. 26 it was reported that an unknown vehicle hit a parked, unoccupied car.

DISTURBANCE • On Dec. 24 officers responded to reports that a husband and wife were arguing over the husband’s marijuana use. According to the police report, the husband threw a plastic cup into the sink and broke it.

• On Dec. 31 officers responded to reports of a family disturbance between adults with children in common. According to the police report there is a his-

• On Dec. 29 officers contacted and formally trespassed a subject after management at Starbucks, Gyros House, Panda Express and Jersey Mikes reported he loiters and panhandles in front of their businesses without being a customer. According to the police report, the subject pretends to be deaf. He also reportedly bothers other customers, uses the restroom and internet without being a paying customer.

• On Dec. 31 two male subjects were trespassed from Pla-Mor Tavern after getting in altercation with an employee.

• On Jan. 3 it was reported that a McDonalds manager requested a juvenile be trespassed for making a mess and loitering.

911 HANG UP CALL • On Dec. 25 officers responded to a cellphone call that had hung up. According to the police report, the call gave concerned officers enough to check on it.

• On Dec. 26 a subject was seen loitering in the Big Lots parking lot for 45 minutes. Once contact was made, it was determined he had a felony warrant out of King County.

• On Dec. 28 it was reported that a suspicious vehicle was parked in the Wal-Mart parking lot. The subject inside the vehicle had a warrant. The police report also stated that the van was hooked up and was stealing power from KinderCare.

• On Dec. 24 it was reported that an ex-husband refused to exchange his children, violating their parenting plan.

• On Dec. 24 officers responded to reports of the reporting party giving their daughter to a friend for a play date. According to the police report,

• On Jan. 1 officers responded to reports of two armed subjects arguing.

They were armed with a knife and a crowbar. The argument ended when

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• On Dec. 27 it was reported that a gun was stolen out of an unlocked vehicle.

• On Dec. 28 a suspect was arrested for walking out of QFC with a basket of goods and not paying for them.

• On Dec. 30 it was reported that a jacket was stolen from a gym that had the victim’s keys in the pocket.

• On Dec. 30 an identified male had shoplifted from Wal-Mart after taking items from the store and returning them for cash.

BURGLARY • On Dec. 29 it was reported that unknown suspects entered a church and vandalized it once inside.

• On Jan. 4 officers responded to reports that a suspect used a key to enter Sports Clips. Once inside, it is reported that the subject took money

• On Dec. 29 a subject was found by a witness laying on the ground, unresponsive.

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• On Dec. 25 officers did a house check due to suspicious circumstances and the possible risk of a squatter.

• An unknown subject on Dec. 29 reportedly used stolen checks when shopping at Costco.

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FRAUD

• On Dec. 29 officers responded to reports that the recipient of a temporary protection order had not been served it yet and returned back to the residence. The petitioner called 911 to have officers come serve the order.

• On Dec. 30 officers responded to reports that an unknown suspect picked up a package at the Post Office that was intended for the victim. According to the police report, the suspect forged a signature for the release of the package.

ASSAULT

• On Jan. 1 officers responded to reports that a subject had taken a sweater from Wal-Mart and attempted to return it without purchasing the item first.

• On Dec. 28 officers arrested a male subject and booked him for domestic violence fourth degree assault. According to the police report, there was a pre-arranged family intervention that led to a heated argument. He then reportedly assaulted his mother. Two brothers were also involved in the discussion but not in the assault.

VANDALISM • On Dec. 27 a subject that had reportedly been drinking drove his vehicle onto a golf course fairway where he got stuck.

• On Dec. 29 officers detained an intoxicated subject. It was then

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• On Dec. 22 officers responded to reports that an unknown suspect shattered the victim’s vehicle window with a rock. Then they reached inside and stole the victim’s card holder and money clip with cash and identification card inside.

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State voters will decide on carbon emissions tax

The following is from the Kent Regional Authority: Every winter we hear about a source of poisoning and death that is fully preventable.

Almost every home has a device/appliance that produces carbon monoxide.

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a by-product of incomplete combustion. Anything that burns produces it.

Gasoline, propane, natural gas, and wood/paper products all give off CO gasses that can be deadly.

Homes that have professionally installed devices such as a gas furnace or wood stove have vents to protect occupants. But even the best furnace or stove can malfunction; an incorrectly installed or poorly maintained device

WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF CO POISONING?

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WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS? • Purchase and install carbon monoxide alarms on each floor of your home. Follow the

PUBLIC NOTICES Notice of Public Hearing TITLE 1 / LAP MEETING Place: Enumclaw School District Administration Building 2929 McDougall Avenue Enumclaw, Washington Date: Tuesday,January 12, 2016 Time: 4:00 p.m.

Enumclaw School District will hold a public hearing for the purpose of gathering input for the Title 1/LAP Grant for the 2015-2016 school year.

For more information contact Mr. Terry Parker, Title 1/LAP Grant

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• Carbon monoxide is a gas that blocks the body’s ability to absorb oxygen – and it doesn’t take much to make you sick.

• You cannot detect CO with your normal senses.

It is odorless, tasteless and invisible.

• The symptoms of poisoning are often misdiagnosed as “flu-like” symptoms.

manufacturer’s instructions when installing it.

Buy alarms that have an Underwriter Laboratory seal of approval.

• Never bring barbecues or gasoline generators into/near your home.

• Never leave a vehicle running while it is in a garage and never run it with the garage door closed.

• Have CO producing devices (furnaces, fireplaces, wood stoves) serviced regularly.

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• Call 911 once you and your family are safely outside.

• Do not go back inside until the fire department has given you the OK. As we enter the stormiest winter months of the year and potential power outages, be aware of the dangers associated with carbon monoxide and what you can do about it.

[ PLAN from page 4] es in a plan year through deductible and coinsurance before your insurance plan begins to pay 100 percent of covered medical expenses.

The next thing you need to know before choosing a plan, is deciding on your needs. You may need a lot of medical services or you may not. This might be one of the most important pieces to the health insurance puzzle. You shouldn’t have to pay for services you don’t think you will use. Yes, accidents happen unexpectedly and that’s the reason for deductibles and out-ofpocket maximums, but will you really need to pay for an insurance that provides acupuncture? Or chiropractor visits? Or massages? If you answered yes to any of these, then go for the plan that covers those things.

If you answered no, you shouldn’t have to pay for a plan that provides them.

Most insurance websites ask you questions about your health and habits to help you choose what coverage

That won’t be hard, as they’ve been lobbing verbal jabs for awhile. And this week, they latched onto a state Department of Revenue analysis they claim shows the initiative won’t be “revenue neutral” but actually cause the state lose money over time.

Adam Glickman, secretary-treasurer of Service Employees International Union Local 775 and an alliance steering committee member, called it a “poorly written” and “deeply flawed” initiative that will drain valuable dollars from the state treasury without force major polluters to reduce carbon emissions.

“Big Oil is dancing in the streets over this,” he said.

Bauman offered a robust rebuttal to the economic analysis, saying the model and assumptions used by legislative staff didn’t accurately reflect the measure.

“We believe that further analysis by the state will show that the measure is revenue neutral, or very close to it,” he said.

“We think I-732 is a terrific policy,” he said. “Fossil fuels will cost a little bit more and everything else will cost a little bit less and that’s how we’re going to save the world.”

We’ll see what Washington voters think about that next fall.

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you need. While it may seem like a tedious task, it is very important that you do. Based off your answers, you will get the right coverage. Some provide discounts based on your answers. Such as, if you’re a nonsmoker, you could get a small discount. The more medical services you will need, the more expensive your monthly payment will be. You also have to decide how much out-of-pocket you can pay if a big medical bill came along. If you can pay more, your monthly bill will be cheaper. If you could not pay much, your bill will be higher every month. The insurance companies are trying to cover their bases.

If you can pay a higher deductible and out-of-pocket expenses, they know during a big emergency they won’t have to pay as much because you can. So, your monthly bill will be cheaper to make up for that.

There have been a lot of disagreements over the years about our health care system and some people

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different approach they think will fare better with voters.

That approach would involve capping emissions, collecting a fee from emitters and spreading that dough around to clean energy and community-building projects.

CarbonWA supporters decided not to join them partly because their offering had not been fully refined.

“Our approach was to come with a great policy and bring people together to support it,” he said. “Their approach has been to bring a bunch a people around the table and come up with a policy they can all agree upon.

And they are finding that to be challenging.”

The alliance brain trust is now debating — and polling — their options.

Three stand out: Do nothing, craft a measure to complement I-732 or push ahead with a competing measure.

Not going forward is an absolute possibility, if there is no clear and surmountable path to winning, alliance members said.

When voters are faced with competing items on a ballot they tend to turn both down. Alliance members are frustrated I-732 forces don’t see the potential damage to their cause in losing as much as they do.

If the alliance proceeds, its members would need to spend as much time talking up their proposition as they have been talking down I-732.

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A not-so-funny thing happened on the long march to save Washington from the damaging undulations of climate change.

A fight broke out among the warriors.

A little jawboning in the summer escalated this week with a flurry of verbal punches directed at the campaign to create a carbon tax with Initiative 732, as its leaders turned in the last of 350,000 signatures gathered in support of the measure.

“It’s the culmination of a long journey this year and the start of a new journey next year,” said Yoram Bauman, cofounder of Carbon Washington, the group behind I-732.

“We’re super excited about what comes next.”

That’s going to be months of campaigning to educate voters on their measure to tax carbon emissions from gasoline, natural gas and fossil fuels. It also would lower the state’s retail sales tax, trim the business and occupation tax and give low-income families a tax rebate. The claim is it will be “revenue neutral” for state coffers.

There’s going to be opposition. But the loudest opponents may not be in the ranks of climate change deniers but among those in a coalition of environmental, labor and progressive groups.

Leaders of the Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy, with a 30-person steering committee and roughly 150 groups as members, had been trying for months to get I-732 supporters to stand down and join them with a

don’t think it’s fair to force health insurance upon us. But the whole goal of everyone having health insurance is prevention. I’ve read countless stories about people going to the doctor because of the insurance they have and they were able to catch an illness early enough to where it wasn’t life threatening. Some will also argue that it is cheaper to pay the penalty at the end of the year than for health insurance. While that may be completely accurate (I pay more than three times as much for health insurance in one year than the penalty would be), I would need to never get sick or need medical services. Once I would need those services without insurance, I will have wished I had insurance because of how expensive health services are without insurance.

Even a normal doctors visit can be expensive.

I have been very lucky in the sense that I do not need medical services and it is frustrating sometimes to see money taken out of my account every month, for something I am not using.

But, it is nice knowing I have insurance to fall back on if I ever do need more medical services than just a check-up. In the long run, I would save money if I needed emergency services, and potentially my life.

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Emergency medical tech’s license suspended for felony charges

BY DENNIS BOX

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The state Department of Health reported the emergency medical technician license of 22-year-old Zachary Alex Cadiente has been suspended.

Cadiente was charged Sept. 23 with third-degree rape of a child, which is a class C felony, by the

King County Prosecutor’s Office.

According to the charging documents Cadiente is a Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety volunteer firefighter who stays at the Ravensdale fire station. The prosecutor’s office stated he is the “sole person that inhabits the fire station.”

The charging papers alleged Cadiente had relations with a

15-year-old girl at the station Aug. 24.

Cadiente has no criminal history and was released on his personal recognizance after his arrest. A no-contact order was filed by the prosecutor prohibiting Cadiente from contacting the girl.

A case setting hearing is scheduled for Jan. 14. at the

Enumclaw man among nine charged with attempted child rape

BY DENNIS BOX Editor

The Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office has charged nine suspects with attempted child rape, including a 48-year-old Enumclaw man.

Eric Kermit Jacobson was arrested and charged with first-degree attempted rape of a child and commercial sex abuse of a minor Dec. 17. He is in custody in the Pierce County jail and bail has been set at $250,000.

The nine were charged following a two-week undercover operation by the Washington State Patrol and the Exploited Children Task Force. According to the charging documents, the suspects responded to online posting and a “Craig’s List chat room.”

The suspects contacted the undercover detectives during the operation through emails and cell phones.

According to a Washington State Patrol probable cause document, between Dec. 7-16 a detective worked undercover posing as a mother with three children, a 13-yearold boy, an 11-year-old

daughter and an 8-year-old daughter.

In Jacobson’s case, the document stated, “The defendant emailed, texted and spoke on the phone with undercover detectives acting in their assumed personas and agreed to meet and commit sex acts with the 11-year-old daughter.”

The investigating officers noted Jacobson was “very cautious about getting caught and used applications to conceal his phone number.”

According to the charging documents he agreed to provide a gift card for sex acts with the child and agreed to meet the undercover officer in Tacoma.

The detective wrote, “When he (Jacobson) arrived at the meeting location he was arrested. He had a cell phone, condoms, lube and Skittles on his person. The officers were able to confirm the cell phone was the same device he had used to communicate with the officers for the sex acts.

The defendant agreed to an interview and requested an attorney.”

All of the nine cases involved undercover detectives posing as the mother or children with the suspects seeking sex encounters from the children.

In some of the cases the suspects were seeking sex from a detective posing as

a 13-year-old girl. In others the suspects were seeking relations with the 11 and 8 year old girls. Others were attempting contact with a 13-year-old boy and the girls.

The nine suspects are: • Paul Anthony Carson, 59, Olympia First-degree attempted rape of a child • Eric Kermit Jacobsen, 48, Enumclaw First-degree attempted rape of a child and commercial sex abuse of a minor • Anthony Ray Blankenship, 32, Tacoma, (not in custody) Second-degree attempted rape of a child and communication with a minor for immoral purposes • Charles Andrew Drury, 50, Puyallup First-degree attempted rape of a child and commer-

cial sex abuse of a minor • Manuel Antonio Figueroa, 37, Federal Way Second-degree attempted rape of a child and commercial sex abuse of a minor • Jehran Steven Franklin, 20, Puyallup (not in custody) Second-degree attempted rape of a child • Shelley Dianne Harper, 51, Vancouver, Wash.

Second-degree attempted rape of a child and commercial sex abuse of a minor • Robert John Quintero, 49, Vancouver, Wash.

First-degree attempted rape of a child and commercial sex abuse of a minor • Kennet h Pau l Zimmerman, 57, Puyallup (not in custody) Second-degree attempted rape of a child

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Keep and regularly update a complete written description of your child.

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The longer stems you notice is a sign that the sedums are not dormant and reaching for more light. It is not too late to move your Echeverias to a colder location and let the soil dry out. In late spring you can shorten the sedum plants by taking cuttings off the top. New leaves will sprout from the stump left behind and new roots

will form on the long stem you cut from the mother plant.

Q. My poinsettia plant still looks lovely. I have heard I can place this potted plant in a dark closet and it will bloom again next Christmas. Is this true? S.C. North Pole A. It is possible to keep a poinsettia alive as a blooming houseplant but only if you love a challenge. Using the closet treatment, it may be possible to force a poinsettia into blooming next Christmas. You must provide total night darkness for a specific number of hours for six to eight weeks. Even a reading light or street light can keep poinsettias from creating colorful new growth next Christmas.

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The second week of January may feel like the dark days of winter but the days are getting longer and spring is on the way. Study seed and plant catalogs either online or from your mailbox so you can place your order early. Don’t walk on your lawn if the ground is frozen or try to use a dormant spray or do winter pruning unless the weather is mild. If evergreens boughs fall from trees during a winter storm lie them on top of tender perennial plants for added protection from the wind and cold.

Q. I enjoyed my wonderful, potted succulents this past summer and because I know that these are the tender Echeveria succulents they will not survive our cold winters.

Following your advice in the newspaper I moved my pot of mixed Echeveria

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SPORTS

Three tourneys, three champions

BY SARAH BRENDEN

Reporter

The holiday break was a winning one for boys and girls basketball.

The Kentwood boys, Kentlake boys and Tahoma girls won their holiday tournaments and were crowned champions.

KENTWOOD BOYS

ALL-STATE 2015 FALL SOCCER TEAMS ANNOUNCED Two Tahoma Bears were named to the 2015 all-state team voted on by Washington State Soccer Coaches Association members.

Senior Mia Corbin was named to first team as a midfielder.

Junior Zoe Milburn received honorable mention as a forward.

The Conks traveled east to participate in the Idaho Tournament.

Kentwood won its first match up Dec. 28 73-62 against Post Falls from Idaho.

The next day Dec. 29, Kentwood won 65-39 over Lake City, Idaho And finally on the last day of the tournament, the Conks beat Sandpoint, Idaho 69-50.

The Conks are sitting in first place in the South Puget Sound League 4A Northeast division with an undefeated 4-0 league record and 8-2 overall.

KENTLAKE BOYS The Falcons traveled far north for the Capital City Classic in Juneau, Alaska over the holiday break.

The first game on Dec. 28, Kentlake won 70-56 over Sitka High School.

On day two, the Falcons won 82-27 over Hydaburg High School.

And on the final day of the classic, Kentlake beat Juneau Douglas High School from Alaska 53-48.

Seniors Trey Helgeson and Julion Mackey were named to the Juneau Classic All-Tourney team.

And senior Austin McBryde was named tourney Most Valuable Player.

The Falcons are in last place in the SPSL 4A Northeast with a league record of 0-4 and an overall 6-4 record.

TAHOMA BOYS The Bears are in fourth place with a 1-3 league record and 1-9 overall.

Tahoma did not participate in a tournament over the weekend.

The last game it played was Dec. 28 against Bethel.

The Bears lost 53-48.

Up next for Tahoma is a Saturday match up against Mount Rainier.

Tip off is set for 7 p.m. at [ more CHAMPIONS page 15 ]

All-SPSL Tourney

Auburn High School hosted the All-South Puget Sound League wrestling tournament Friday, Jan. 1 and Saturday, Jan. 2.

Kentwood finished in 20th place out of 27 teams with a team score of 57.

Junior Andy Sandhu finished in fourth place at 120 pounds. Sophomore Stephen Watson placed seventh in 160. And seniors Matt VanBrunt and Trenton Harris came in sixth place in 182, 195 weight classes, respectively.

The Bears had one top eight finisher during the tournament and finished in 26th place with 22 points.

Reid Carlton came in sixth place in weight class 132.

The Falcons came in last place with a total of 18 team points. No wrestlers placed in the top eight in any weight class for Kentlake.

Junior Steven Bounyavong, above, from Kentwood wrestles during day one of the tourney.

And left, Miles Foucault from Tahoma wrestles Friday.

DENNIS BOX, The Reporter

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New Year’s business resolutions for 2016

BY NANCY PORZIO

Small Business Administration

As we enter into the New Year, here are some simple resolutions with your businesses well-being in mind: 1. Revisit your record keeping practices: Records are vital for both business and tax purposes.

They help know whether or not you’re profitable and provide key information to help you take business actions, such as adjusting prices, cutting expenses, or raising money.

More importantly, at the end of 2016 when it is time to look at deductions and tax credits your business is entitled to, these will be the records you’ll be looking back on in a year. Business owners often fail to pay attention to their record keeping until it is too late.

Ensure you have a record keeping system that both satisfies tax law requirements (Check IRS Publication 583 for details on record keeping) and works for both you and the business. Find a bookkeeper you can trust and work closely with them, which

leads us into our second resolution.

2. Plan to work closely with your tax and financial advisers.

Make it a New Year’s resolution to stay in touch and work closely with these professionals. Unless the business you own is a bookkeeping service, chances are (much like many other small business owners) bookkeeping is not one of your strengths. While there are fees for the services, employing and working closely with these people will likely save you money in the long run.

3. Review your business plan Your business plan (which you should be regularly updating) should include projections for sales and expenses for the coming year. If you haven’t yet updated those numbers for 2016, now is a great time to do so. While these projections aren’t set in stone, they are a very useful benchmark to measure your results.

Take this time to measure the results for 2015 against prior projections as well.

This will help you to more accurately project for 2016 and you’ll get an idea of changes that may need to be made to your business model.

4. Check your odometer come January 1 No, this isn’t a metaphor for internal reflection. If you use your personal vehicle for business, you can deduct the cost of business driving only if you have the records to back this up.

This means noting your odometer at the start of the year and then regularly tracking any business trips and the mileage associated with them.

Consider using a mobile app to do this with ease; many are free, others entail a modest fee.

5. Fix your withholding/ estimated taxes If you work for your corporation, make sure that withholding for 2016 will cover your projected tax obligations. Be sure to take into account additional Medicare tax on taxable compensation over a threshold amount that depends on your filing status as well as additional

Operation Homefront receives donation from Fred Meyer Operation Homefront Pacific Northwest accepted a donation of $131,378 from Portland-based Fred Meyer. The retail supermarket company’s donation stems from $61,160 from its regional store-based coin boxes and from $70,218 in donations from its associates located in Idaho, Oregon and Washington.

Operation Homefront is a national nonprofit organization that helps the families of service members, veterans and wounded warriors by offering emergency and other financial assistance, caregiver support initiatives, back-to-school supplies and programs that provide short-term transitional housing and mortgage-free homes.

“Fred Meyer generously sponsors programs and events that strengthen communities,” Operation Homefront Western Region Director Kari McClellan said. “Consistent with its commitment to America’s heroes, Fred Meyer helps Opera-

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tion Homefront to build strong, stable, and secure military families so that those families may thrive in the communities that the service members protect. The staff and volunteers of Operation Homefront commend Fred Meyer for being a good neighbor to the men and women who serve in the U.S. armed forces and to their families.”

The retail supermarket company has donated $756,911.77 since 2010 to Operation Homefront.

“While dropping a nickel or dime in the coin box from time to time may not seem like much, those small donations really do add up,” said Melinda Merrill, public affairs director for Fred Meyer Stores. “We have so many generous customers and employees dedicated to military family support in their communities and we’re grateful to all of those that donated their hard-earned money to the Fred Meyer Fund and Operation Homefront.”

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...obituaries Laverne Mattie (England) Higgs January 26 1937 – December 29 2015

Greatly loved, Laverne peacefully passed with her daughter at her side following a 5 year decline from Alzheimer’s.

She was one of 9 children born in Gainesville GA and often shared many cherished memories of growing up in a loving family. She recalled fondly playing the piano for her church and at her high school graduation, becoming a member of the National Beta Club, and earning an award as a high school basketball player.

She moved to Atlanta to follow her dreams of becoming a Registered Nurse attending Georgia Baptist School of Nursing (today Mercer University). While in school, she was featured in a local newspaper as senior student nurse Laverne England ‘…admiring the beautiful baby who will one day thank you for saving her life’. She graduated and received her Registered Nurse degree June 1958.

Laverne met Robert, her beloved husband, through mutual friends and married August 9, 1958. Together they built a beautiful life in Atlanta with their priorities being family, their faith in God and close friends.They often said their daughter Sherry was one of their greatest blessings. Laverne loved her profession which she considered a calling. Throughout her career she practiced all aspects of her profession from surgical nursing to private practice with MD’s in the Atlanta area.

Laverne was known for her sparkling and gracious personality and for making all feel welcome and loved. She and her husband moved to Seattle to be with their daughter Sherry and her husband in September 2001. Her faith in God and strength in character helped her through difficult times when she lost her beloved husband in 2003 to an untimely death. Afterwards, she developed a close circle of friends at St. George Episcopal Church in Maple Valley, WA where she attended with her daughter and son-in-law.

She is survived by daughter and son-in-law Sherry and Michael Maple, sisters Illa Wilkes, Mildred Ables, Betty Roberts, brother Eugene England and many loving nieces and nephews.

She inspired the best in all that have known her and will live forever in our hearts. We take comfort in knowing she is with God and those she loved that passed before her.

Memorials celebrating her life will be held in Maple Valley WA and Gainesville GA. Donations to Alzeheimer’s Association (Alz.org) or Providence Hospice of Seattle Foundation (425 Pontius Ave. N, #300, Seattle WA 98109) in lieu of flowers are preferred.

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Inslee stated the state revenue forecast has increased by about $245 million, but it doesn’t cover the increase in expenses that checks in at $700 million.

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“the State of Washington is assessed a remedial penalty of one hundred thousand dollars ($1 00,000) per day until it adopts a complete plan for complying with article IX, section 1 by the 2018 school year.”

The court order opened noting, “The Washington Constitution imposes only one ‘paramount duty’ upon the State: “to make ample provision for the education of all children residing within its borders, without distinction or preference on account of race, color, caste, or sex.”

In imposing the fine the nine judges wrote, “As it has since the constitutionality of Washington’s school funding system was first litigated

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[ CHAMPIONS from page 10] Tahoma High School.

KENTWOOD GIRLS The Conks are sitting in last place in the SPSL 4A with a 1-3 league record and 3-8 overall.

Kentwood faced Lindbergh Monday and won 58-35.

During the week, the Conks faced Thomas Jefferson and Decatur.

Those games were played after the press deadline.

Up next for Kentwood is an away game at 7:30 p.m. at Todd Beamer.

second place behind Kentridge.

Kentlake has an undefeated 3-0 league record and a 7-3 overall record.

The last game the Falcons played was Dec. 30 against Wilson.

The girls won by one, 66-65.

Kentlake was scheduled to face Federal Way and Mount Rainier this week with games being played after the press deadline.

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Tahoma participated in the Napavine Tourney in Chehalis.

On Dec. 29, the Bears won 53-35 over Roosevelt.

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Tahoma is in third place in the SPSL 4A Northeast with a 2-2 league record and 5-3 overall.

The girls faced Todd Beamer and Federal Way this week after the press deadline.

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in Seattle School District, the court assumes and expects that the other branches of government will comply in good faith with orders of the court issued pursuant to the court’s constitutional duties.

Seattle Sch. Dist. 1, 90 Wn.2d at 506-07. Our country has a proud tradition of having the executive branch aid in enforcing court orders vindicating constitutional rights.”

The legislative leaders have met since August but a plan to follow the court order has yet to be released.

Working out a budget plan to fund public education that will get the state out from under the contempt order will likely top the agenda for the session.

appliance that gives off heat. When starting seeds in Western Washington it is more important to have a good source of light, a quick draining seed starting medium and the right planting date. Most gardeners in our area make the mistake of starting seeds indoors too soon. Then the seedlings grow tall and leggy waiting for the weather to warm up so they can go outdoors. Read the planting instructions for each seed type.

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