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INTO THE WOODS | Tahoma High’s spring production offers a twist on the traditional fairy tale [3]Friday, May 4, 2012

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Kylie Lidstand, 3, gets some help from her dad Robert Lidstand while fishing off the dock at Lake Wilderness during the annual Hooked on Fishing opening day trout derby on April 28. dennis box, The Reporter To view a slide show go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com.

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BY DENNIS BOX

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The State Supreme Court has denied the petition for review requested by Toward Responsible Development of a Court of Ap-peals decision.

The appeals court reversed the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board decision regard-ing the mas-ter planned development ordinances for YarrowBay’s Vil-lages and Lawson Hills in Black Diamond.

The appeals court ruled the growth board lacked jurisdiction to review the 2010 ordinances which approved the two master planned developments.

According to Seattle attorney David Bricklin no further appeals are available for the growth board case.

Supreme Court won’t review petition

BY KRIS HILL

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Covington Days Festival organizers could use some more support — specifically from businesses willing to sponsor the event.

Coordinated by the Coving-ton Lions Club since 2006, the Seafair-sanctioned festival will be at Cedar Heights Middle School for the second year, but there will be some differences from 2011 to this year according to Judy Swan-berg, who is chair of the festival for the club.

Prior to a year ago the festival had been on what is now the site of the Covington MultiCare Emergency Department which had been a vacant lot.

“We worked with the best op-tion we had,” Swanberg said. “It worked last year. There really isn’t any place in Covington that’s big enough to hold it.”

Swanberg hopes one key differ-

Festival planners need sponsors

BY TJ MaRTINELL

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Nothing seems to faze 16-year-old Abigail Brown.

Born with only one fully devel-oped hand, the Tahoma sopho-more said that she grew up as any ordinary child would. Raised in Phoenix, Ariz., she said she never felt different from other kids, nor did she ever feel like things were harder for her to do,

even if they were. “Figure it out,” she said was her

family motto. This can-do attitude has

enabled her to play the violin as a part of the Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra. Brown first developed an interest in music in fifth grade after a sixth grade or-chestra performed at her middle school.

“It was just a decision,” she said. “I said, ‘I’m going to do that.’ I

came home and told my parents, and they were like ‘Sure.’”

Out of all the instruments to play, she settled on the violin, which she was attracted to due to its light weight and quality of sound.

“It just seemed like a lot of fun,” she said. “It wasn’t big like the bass.”

Brown eventually joined the orchestra at Centennial Middle School where everyone else were novice musicians.

“I had no idea how to play,” she said. “Sometimes, at first it was hard. You just get used to it.”

Unlike the rest of the students,

With one hand violinist hits the right notes in youth symphony

abigail Brown of Maple Valley demonstrates how she plays the violin with the aid of a device attached to the bow. Photo courtesy of Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra

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Bricklin wrote in an email there is a land use petition act or LUPA appeal of the developments in superior court “pretty much ready to go.”

The growth board had ruled the city should have used a legislative rather than quasi-judical pro-cess to approve the MPD ordinances. The board remanded the ordinances back to the city.

YarrowBay appealed the decision. The parties agreed on a direct appeal to the state Court of Appeals. The appeals court reversed the growth board decision and the Supreme Court denied a petition for review.

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ence this year will be better weather for the event which is schedule from July 20-22 — better weather.

“Last year it didn’t help that it rained the entire time,” she said.

This year there will not be a carnival element due to booking conflicts with the company that brings the rides and midway to Covington Days.

Swanberg said the festival committee is looking for an alternative such as laser tag, bounce houses among other possibilities for smaller children as well as activities that would appeal to teens.

And the parade will go on starting again at Jenkins Creek Elementary, traveling down South-east 272nd Street, then ending at Cedar Heights the Saturday morning of the festival.

There will be plenty of vendor booths as well as live entertainment, with a mix of past performers and new ones, Swanberg said.

Thus far the festival has two major sponsors, Cascade Water and Valley Medical Center, but Swan-berg said they could use a few more.

“We’re still accepting applications for everything,” Swanberg said. “We need volunteers. If we could get every business in Coving-ton then we wouldn’t have to worry… we would be able to do a really good job of it.”

Swanberg said she has had to battle the miscon-ception that the city of Cov-

ington helps foot the bill, which can run as high as $40,000, but the city hasn’t done that in several years. Covington staff members do help with planning, however, but the city just doesn’t have the money to help cover costs.

The festival commit-tee has also worked with the Covington Chamber of Commerce as well as individuals in the commu-nity, Swanberg said, and she plans to get out in search of support by going to door-to-door soon.

With additional spon-sors more elements could

be added to the event beyond what is cur-

rently offered such as a car show as well as climbing walls and athletic

demonstrations for children.Still, as things come

together, Swanberg believes this annual festival is im-portant for those who live in and near Covington.

“I would like to stress that it is an event for the community,” she said. “It’s to bring the community together. We took it over because … we didn’t want to see it end.”

Reach Assistant Edi-tor Kris Hill at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054.To comment on this story go to www.covingtonre-porter.com.

For more information log on to www.covingtonfestival.com or call 425-432-9140.

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free seMInars to Be offered In MayEdward Jones in sawyer village in Maple valley is offering a trio of free seminars this month. First is smart choices in Retirement at 7 p.m. May 3 in Library B at Lake Wilder-ness Elementary during which participants will learn 10 principles to help them make their money last in retirement, with the goal of providing a stable, steady retirement income.next up is a seminar called “Retirement Has changes, What’s your next Move?” at 7 p.m. on May 10 in Library B at Lake Wilderness Elementary. during this seminar learn about what to do to be financially prepared for what-ever one will do after retirement whether it’s a part-time job, returning to school or volunteering, whatever the decision, one needs to be financially prepared. the final seminar will cover managing money during retirement at 7 p.m. May 24 in Library a at Lake Wilderness Elementary. For more information call 425-413-5156.

Community Notes

By TJ MarTinell

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A vindictive widow, an embittered spouse and a spoiled brat don’t sound like fairy tale creatures, but in Tahoma’s upcoming pro-duction of the musical “Into the Woods,” these charac-ters are brought to life.

It will be the fourth Tahoma musical directed by Melissa Corby, who di-rected last year’s production of “Children of Eden.”

Based on the book by James Lapine, “Into the Woods” takes a Shrek-like approach to classic fairy tales by continuing the stories beyond their tradi-tional “happily ever after” endings.

Corby said that she ul-timately chose the musical due to its popularity among the students as well as its maturity.

“It’s the kids’ favorite,” she said. “Lots of students pushed for it. It’s got a lot of different roles that plays to the students’ strengths. I wanted to challenge them because it is a hard play.”

The challenges which presented themselves ap-plied to both the students as well as Corby. While she was very familiar with “Children of Eden,” she was not well acquainted with “Into the Woods,” having not seen the production in roughly 10 years.

“Children of Eden was fairly challenging, but this is definitely the most chal-lenging so far,” she said.

The production also involves various technical complexities which pushed

the skills of Michael Ha-mann, the set and lighting designer. Part of the musi-cal requires a giant’s head to roll onto the stage, flying characters, in addition to smoke and fog. Since Taho-ma Middle School doesn’t have a flying mechanism, improvisation in set design has been required.

Another challenge is the maturity of the musical’s tone, which switches be-tween lighthearted comedy in the first act where all the

fairy tales conclude with happy endings, to solemnity in the second act where the tales are given less quixotic dilemmas.

For example, the wife of the giant from Jack and the Beanstalk seeks revenge for the killing of her husband, Little Red Riding Hood is left without a family after her mother dies and Cin-derella’s prince has an affair.

This required Corby, as well as the students, to accurately convey the right

tone during each act.Nevertheless, the musical

also provided students, such as junior Cole Wil-helm, with the chance to play fairy tale characters who were created spe-cifically for the musical. Wilhelm plays the baker,

an original character who, along with his wife, played by Allie Hilde, attempt to find magical milk to help break a spell on the baker that has prevented them from having children.

Although the wish is ful-filled, a series of events take place which culminate in the baker, Little Red Riding Hood and Jack sharing the same home in an attempt to get along.

Wilhelm described the baker as a middle-aged chauvinist who suffers from

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Tahoma’s Ben Fisher looms over Justyne Snyder as the wolf and Little Red Riding Hoof respectively at the dress rehearsal for the upcoming production of “Into the Woods.”. TJ MaRTIneLL, The Reporter

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I taught in the seemingly similar, yet immensely dif-ferent, English culture for the duration of a full school year. It was definitely an experience.

And, it rocked my world. Better yet, it exposed me

to a radical idea – some things are just different. Actually, what occurred was a shift in what I believed to be essential for a child developing the ability to function as a citizen of humanity. My perceptions were no longer complete. There were suddenly more pieces to the puzzle. And, the puzzle just grew — ex-ponentially.

We don’t have all the an-swers? We don’t even have the best answers?

However, my short experience was based on having taught a single class within a single school in a single city among those of another culture on an island barely larger than the size of Washington state

(only with seven times the population density). Would I denounce my own cul-ture’s education system for that of another’s based on that very narrow life experi-ence? Most definitely not. I buy into the American culture of thinking rather than isolated knowledge: problem solving at the core of innovation and creativity driven by collaboration and effective communication.

I am a little frustrated, though.

The great discovery for me after having recently returned home from having the privilege and honor of participating in a Fulbright Teacher Exchange is that dealing with a persistent bombardment of angst and confusion can be incredibly valuable. Change is a diffi-cult process — and let’s face it, I’m a processor — yet, it is inevitable.

So what to do with all that angst and confusion? How about create a place where I get other people to contribute their diverse ideas and perspectives:

On April 30 a thought provoking resource called the Conversation Project published its first writing piece on the website anedu-cationprojects.org.

It is organized as a way to establish a platform for inspiring civil discourse on the complex issue of education in America by examining our own culture and individual experiences.

The main goal of the Conversation Project is to seek out a variety of writers from local communities to contribute their thoughts, stories, perspectives and ideas. We hope to achieve a repertoire of diverse ideas in a place where civility and open mindedness is the standard, yet pushing the status quo is possible, even expected.

Business owners or teachers, community mem-bers or school administra-tors along with those in specialized fields, such as dentistry or carpentry, are all encouraged to partici-pate.

I’m nothing more than a

small piece trying to under-stand the whole, which is why I want you to make me think. I want to learn from you. I want to be inspired.

As I said earlier I am beginning a journey by attempting to turn my angst and confusion into something positive. Listen-ing to what other people in the community and beyond have to say about education, both formal and personal, is only the first step. Over time, the real hope and passion is aimed at building a network of supportive community members that will raise money in order to give back to our local com-munities for the purpose of promoting new experi-ences, personal change and community cohesiveness.

Since my hope is to better understand the sea that is our education system, I have a goal to bring the communities of Enum-claw, Maple Valley and the surrounding areas into the conversation. This process is meant to inspire people, get to them to think and,

even more importantly, learn from each other.

I was exposed to a radical idea when I lived abroad. It was simple. Some ways are not better just different. The reality is that I do not consciously recognize my cultural values and norms because I live them daily. I only understand little of the world in which I call home.

However, having lived abroad gifted me privilege to care about my home, cul-ture and values. I am proud of where I come from and where I live.

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sawyer woods elementary recognized with state award

Sawyer Woods Elementary was one of six schools in the Kent School District recognized by Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn as 2011 Washington Achievement Award recipi-ents. The celebration took place at Mariner High School in Everett. Superintendent Edward Lee Vargas,

district executives, and school leaders were in attendance to represent the school district. Kent-Merid-ian High School, Kent Mountain View Academy, Kent Elementary, Neely-O’Brien Elementary, Sawyer Woods Elementary, and Mattson Elementary received the award from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Washington State Board of Education. The Washington Achievement Award celebrates schools for overall excellence and special recogni-tion in: language arts, math, science, graduation rate, improvement, and closing achievement gaps. Schools are selected based on their statewide assessment data for the three previous years. Kent Elementary and Kent Mountain View Academy received the award in 2010.

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however, Brown also had to figure out how to practically hold and play her instrument.

Ultimately Brown and her parents researched and con-tacted various support groups for children with missing or underdeveloped limbs.

They eventually used a rubber sleeve which ran down to her mid-arm. The bow was then attached to the sleeve by a screw.

Although it enabled her to play, Brown said, that after an hour of playing the sleeve tended to get heavy and hot. It also restricted her wrist from moving which gave her less control over the bow and consequently the notes she could play.

Nevertheless she didn’t let it stop her from progressing along with the rest of the students.

“It’s something you get used to,” she said. “I didn’t have

to learn how to hold a bow because I had something to do that for me. Some things were a little harder, but, I picked it up just fine.”

Finally her father, who happens to be a mechanical engineer, created a new device using a molded plastic cup which fit around her hand with a bit attached that her bow can screw into with an elastic strap. The new device, she

said, is much lighter and gives her greater movement. “It was a big improvement,” she said. “I didn’t

have to press as hard to get the same sound. It was just a lot better.”

Brown continued to play for her middle school orchestra up to the eighth grade, which included

a trip to Disneyland, where they played “Over the Rainbow.”

As the orchestra continued to improve Brown started to take private lessons.

“It was lots of fun,” she said of her middle school orches-

tra. “I expected it to be fun and challenging, and it was just that.”

In 2011, her family moved northwest to Maple Val-ley, where she enrolled as a sophomore at Tahoma High. After they learned the high school had no orchestra for her to play in, Brown and her mom did some research and discovered the Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra. Brown has been performing with the group since the fall.

“I love everything and everyone,” she said. “The people and the music we play is great.”

Brown will perform with the rest of the symphony at its next concert at 7 p.m. on Friday at the Maple Valley Presbyterian Church.

“I’m really excited about it,” she said. Brown said she intends to continue playing after high

school.“Not big like New York or something, but most definitely

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a group known as lady Buds has applied for a business license in Black Diamond to open a medical marijuana facility.the proposed facility would be located at 31521 3rd av-enue, Black Diamond, next door to the liquor store.steve Pilcher, Director of Community Development for Black Diamond, said it is currently unclear whether or not a business license will be issued to lady Buds.lady Buds could not be reached for comment.

maple Valley food bank kicks off “lettuce” garden campaignJoin Maple Valley Food Bank and emergency services in its “lettuce” garden to share campaign. residents can participate by making a commitment to

grow as well as donatefresh fruits and vegetables for their neighbors in need. here are some ways to help:grow fruits and veggies to donate. help neighbors harvest fruit trees. Donate garden seeds or garden starts for others to grow. Purchase and donate fresh produce. Businesses, churches, or homeowners associations could add edible landscaping for the food bank. With 100 or more produce provider pledges, the food bank will be able to improve nutrition for clients this summer. to join the effort sign up now at www.maplevalleyfood-bank.org.

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Lately I have been talking about how the opera is all about telling a story.

Well there is one more crucial part of opera… its almost all music. It’s the most recognizable music too. Sometimes when you hear it, you know exactly where it came from and the emotions of the character singing it.

It’s amazing to me how just a simple tune and words can make the audi-ence feel something that they didn’t come in feeling. That’s one of the joys of theater — to make people feel happy, sad, angry, or even upset with one of the characters that they know

in their mind isn’t real after the show, but, during the show they get lost in it and begin to think it’s almost real. Or at least that’s what happens to me when I go to see a show.

The music that we do for “Tu-randot” is a soft melody that I just can’t seem to get out of my head no matter how hard I try! I will find myself singing it around the house without even knowing it.

A lot of people are asking me how I memorize the Italian, but I don’t really have a specific answer, I

guess. It’s like asking a baseball player how to hold a bat or a basketball player how to shoot a hoop. You just practice.

Other than prac-ticing the Italian, the notes are very important. If you sing a wrong note, it sticks out like a gray hair. Weird analogy, I know, but do you get the picture?

Everyone has to be right on key to really bring across the full experience of the music. I have finally memo-rized the words and almost all of the kids are comfort-able with the Italian.

Some of you also might

be wondering what all “Tu-randot” is about… well, its basically about a princess whose ancestors have been betrayed by a man and so now she never wants to get married.

So, she comes up with three riddles that a man who wants to marry her has to answer. If the man gets even one of the questions wrong then he is put to death by his head getting chopped off in front of the town.

I don’t want to give too much away but it’s one of the few operas that ends even remotely in a happy ending. A side from the opera tragedies, the envi-

ronment of rehearsals is an amazing judgment free place where you can always be yourself.

I’m really looking for-ward to the shows but I am dreading the end of what has been so far an amazing experience.

Make sure to come straight back here next week so I can tell you more on how things are going!

Morgan Roberts is a 13-year-old from Maple Valley preparing to sing in her second Opera with Seattle Opera. She will be writing about her experi-ences as part of Puccini’s

Turandot which will be performed at McCaw Hall this August. She was profiled in the Maple Val-ley Reporter in fall of 2010 when she was cast in her first professional show, A Christmas Carol at ACT Theater in Seattle.

Morgan is a familiar face within Tahoma School District’s musical theater after-school program, performing the roles of Pi-nocchio, Violet Beauregard and Mary Poppins. She also appeared with the Hi-Liners in Burien as Young Cosette in Les Miserables.

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but becomes more compas-sionate,” he said.

Justyne Synder, who plays Little Red Riding Hood, said that now that the big, bad wolf is dead, the girl is forced to deal with her own problems.

“She has to try and fend

for herself,” Synder said. “She tries to be a big kid, but is obnoxious. She learns she has to be nice and co-operate with other people. She think she’s the best.”

Sophomore Kaitlin Duffy plays Cinderella, whose dreamworld has been shat-tered.

“It’s quite the scandal,” she said.

Duffy said the second act tries to present a more real-istic desire for Cinderella.

“She dreamed of being a princess and she (really) wanted something normal in-between,” she said.

Hilde admitted that the musical’s humor made it hard not to laugh during rehearsal, but there is very much a serious tone to the

plot and story. At the same time, she

said the musical addresses a question people tend to ask about how fairy tales conclude and wonder themselves how it might have ended.

Some of the students, such as Brock DenHerder who plays Jack, plans to dye his hair for the musical

after Corby suggested it to him. Since Jack is “stupid,” according to DenHerder, he felt it was an appropriate choice.

“I think it will add to the character,” he said. “It something unique that I can add to it. My personal-ity will change with the hair color.”

Into the Woods runs 7

p.m. Friday, May 4, 10, 11 and 12, and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on May 5.

All performances will be held at Tahoma Middle School.

Reach TJ Martinell at 425-432-1209 ext. 5052.To comment on this story go to maplevalleyreporter.com.

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Area residents should mark their calendar now for the upcoming biannual Maple Valley Library Guild Book and Media Sale. The library’s meeting room will be filled from wall-to-wall with a variety of

donated, gently-used adult and children’s books, including new releases and old classics, as well as some CDs and DVDs. Most items are priced at $1 or less. This is a bargain that cannot be missed.The sale will run from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 17, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, May 18 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, in the library meeting room. Shoppers can also fill a plastic grocery bag for only $5 per bag from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.

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Starting in May, the Maple Valley Creative Arts Center will hold its open micas to the second and fourth Thursday of the month. The event will still be held at the Maple Valley Creative Arts Center, starting with a featured performer, and then followed by the open mic. New starting time will be 6:30 p.m., and will run until 9 p.m. Go to www.maplev-alleyarts.com for more information.

Community Notes


Albert Einstein once said nothing is more de-structive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.

I would have to disagree. There is something more destructive: Passing laws that either nobody understands or nobody wants to enforce.

This is exactly the situation Maple Valley currently faces with the is-sue of medical marijuana. Green Society Group, which opened up April 20 in Frontier Square, has apparently unintentionally thrown back the curtain on our legal system to reveal just how convoluted it is now.

In July 2011 the Maple Valley City Council passed a moratorium on medical marijuana col-lective gardens and dispensaries. This was done in response to a state law legalizing the posses-sion and growing of medical marijuana, large sections of which were vetoed by Gov. Chris Gregoire.

Many of those sections contained clauses pertaining to the regulation of collective gardens and dispensaries. Because parts of the bill were left out the result is a legal nightmare, particular-ly for city governments. Nobody knows what it means or how the law is to be enforced. This has left the cities with the responsibility of handling it in terms of land use and zoning.

Yet, at the same time all of what the state legalized is still illegal under federal law, but the federal government has not taken any action to resolve the discrepancy.

In the meantime the cities are stuck at ground zero.

The city faces one of the strangest legal conun-drums since Prohibition, which is a tad unfair to Prohibition, because there wasn’t anything ambiguous or unclear about it.

Under federal law, the growing, selling, pur-chasing or possession of medical marijuana is considered a felony. Under state law, however, it’s perfectly legal. But, according to the city’s mora-torium….well, as City Manager David Johnston put it, they really don’t know whether it’s legal or not, because there isn’t a clear cut definition of what constitutes a dispensary as opposed to a management company.

As Prohibition demonstrated, though, a law

isn’t worth the paper or ink used to write it if it’s not enforced. The King County Prosecutor’s Office has ostensibly told the city it will dismiss any felony charges brought to them regarding medical marijuana gardens or dispensaries. On a federal level, the Drug Enforcement Agency will also not take any action unless outright, flagrant violations of municipal or state law occur.

To put it plainly, there’s a federal law that’s not being consistently enforced by the DEA, a fractured state law and a city moratorium that is either superfluous under federal law or poten-tially inapplicable depending on one’s interpreta-tion of the state law.

If you’re not confused by this point, you’re either a lawyer or you’re not paying close enough attention. And even if you’re a lawyer you should be slightly confused.

The issue here isn’t about the legalization of medical marijuana. It’s about the lack of legal clarify and consistency, and the victims are city and law enforcement officials who have had the buck passed onto them. It’s not fair for them to have to wade through this legal mire and contra-diction between state and federal law when they have no power to change it.

When those who are supposed to uphold the law don’t even understand a law, something’s wrong, and it’s usually the law itself.

The state legislature needs to do what it can to resolve this matter by either repealing the law in its entirety and reintroducing a modified version

or adding sections to the existing law that would address these problems. And the governor, whether it’s Gregoire or a new one, must either sign the bill as it is or veto it completely.

At the same time, this entire legal fiasco could also be resolved by a single person, DEA Admin-istrator Michele Leonhart.

The DEA administrator has the authority to classify a drug as Schedule I or II. Schedule I makes it illegal under any circumstances to use, grow or sell. Schedule II allows a drug to be sold and used for medicinal purposes.

Leonhart has two choices. She can continue to keep medical marijuana classified as a Schedule I drug, but she has to accept responsibility for the decision by enforcing the law consistently, not handing it off to local law enforcement who are caught between a rock and a hard place. If this option isn’t feasible or practical, than she needs to consider reclassifying medical marijuana as a Schedule II drug, which would give the states the ability to regulate it properly. This is why the City Council voted to support Gregoire’s letter to the Leonhart asking her to reclassify medical marijuana.

To quote a tired, cliche, but ever so true say-ing, you can’t have your cake and eat it, too. You can’t ban a substance and then be wishy-washy about it enforcing the ban.

Until that happens, unfortunately, cities like Maple Valley will be stuck with it.

This week is National Teacher Appreciation Week, and I want to encour-age each of you to take some time to thank your teachers, or thank a teacher you know for all the work they do each day in our classrooms.

No matter where life’s journey has taken us, we all remember our teachers.

It doesn’t matter if you graduated from high school 50, or just five years ago, most people can point to one or two

individual teachers who said what we needed to hear at just the right time in our lives. They opened the world to us and helped us realize our potential and we hear their voice again in our memories.

For me it was Mrs. Hotten who taught me high school English. In order to practice extemporane-ous speaking, she had the entire class go outside and learn to play tennis.

She knew the experience would give us all plenty to talk about!

We have 1,733 teachers in KSD. Over 1,200 have advanced de-grees and all of our teachers have been rated as “Highly Qualified” by the state of Washington.

We should note the incredible opportuni-ties they create every day for our kids. With

more than 135 languages spoken across our district, our teachers are faced with an increas-ingly diverse student population and all of the

wonderful opportunities that brings. Think of it, our student population looks like the world, full of differing languages, cultures, and customs and our teachers are preparing those students to be a part of a global economy.

Our diversity gives our students an introduction to the real world of work.

Our technology gives them a head start on the modern workforce. And, our teachers give our students

that spark of hope and enthusiasm, that fire of knowledge, and that confidence and prepara-tion they will need to be successful in the 21st

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“It doesn’t matter if you graduated from high school 50, or just five years ago. Most people can point to one or two individual teachers who said what we needed to hear at just the right time in our lives.” Edward Vargas

century.It is not easy work. KSD

is like every school district in Washington; we are be-ing asked to do more with less as state and federal resources and educational support decline.

Yet, there are higher and higher levels of accountability and expectation for our educators.

In KSD, our teachers are an-swering the call. Our test scores are up. Our

graduation levels are up. Our number of schools being rec-

ognized for their innovation and achievement is increasing. And the oppor-

tunity gap between our

majority and minority students is decreasing with all subgroups doing better.

These successes are due to the hard work of our staff members, our students, our families, and our community, but it is our teachers who rightfully

take the greatest measure of responsibility and pride.

On behalf of the Board of Directors and approxi-mately 28,000 students we serve, please join me in offering a heartfelt thanks to KSD teachers for their passion, commitment, and

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Edward Lee Vargas is the superintendent of the Kent School District.


In July of this year Susan G. Komen for the Cure® will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its founding as a non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives and ending breast cancer forever. QFC is proud to again be the presenting sponsor of the Seattle Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure being held on Sunday, June 3rd, at the Seattle Center.

Komen for the Cure has in some way touched every major breast cancer breakthrough in the last 29 years and has been associated with three Nobel Prize winners. Thanks to the many volunteers, sponsors and participants, the Komen organization has been able to raise and invest over $1.9 billion for breast cancer research, treatment and education. It has affiliate organizations in over 120 U.S. communities and relationships in 50 countries around the world.

Of the money that Komen raises at its events, 75% stays in the local community for breast health education, breast cancer screening and treatment and other direct help. In 2011, Komen invested $93 million in local community programs, which provided for 700,000 breast health screenings and diagnostic procedures.

The remaining 25% of funds raised support breast cancer research. Currently,

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Worldwide, breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death among women. More than 1.6 million are diagnosed each year. One in eight women in the U.S. will be diagnosed in her lifetime and breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among U.S. women 40 – 59. The work that Komen is doing to eradicate breast cancer is making a tremendous impact.

In 2007, economists estimated that Komen funded research and programs saved 4,500 American lives. Between 1989 and 1999 the percentage of women

aged 40 and above getting annual mammograms rose from 54% to 71%. There are currently more than 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S. Susan G. Komen for the Cure® has played a huge role in raising awareness and supporting research, treatment and education.

If you would like to join QFC in supporting the valuable work of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® there are several ways you can do so. One way would be to join us at the Race for the Cure on June 3rd. Every QFC store has been asked to create a store team. You don’t have to be a QFC associate to be on your favorite store team. We encourage family, friends and our great customers to join our teams. Ask

any of the store managers for information on how you can be on our team, to walk or run with us, or just to donate.

A second way to support the organization is to donate at our checkstands. We have donation scan cards in $1, $5, and $10 amounts and also change jars for your spare change. You can also donate your bag recycle credit. We thank our generous customers for their great support and for joining with us to support a truly worthy organization.

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Have you ever thought about how much energy goes into the seemingly simple act of grocery shop-ping? Each degree of gro-cery shopping is an entity in itself and deserves admi-ration and respect from the family who benefits.

The first degree is to compile a list by check-ing the pantry, opening cupboards, refrigerator and freezer to see what you are lacking. I also have a chalk board with a running list of items my family has or-dered. I provided the chalk board several years ago because rather than exclaim out loud that we are out of something, they can write it on the list. I can see how desperately they want an item by the number of ex-clamation points or capital letters. However, I only go

grocery shopping every two weeks on payday, ignoring their graphic pleas. Lastly, I add whatever coupons I have to the list and I’m ready for the second degree – going to the store.

If you’re like me, it’s not just one store, but several. Most of the goods I get are from Costco. I don’t know if it’s really money-saving, but I like buying the bulk items because they last longer. If I’m lucky an item doesn’t end up back on the list for a month or two. After Costco, I go to Fred Meyer to fill in those items I prefer not to buy in bulk or favored food-stuffs they don’t sell at Costco. Then every month

or two, I hit Safeway to take advantage of their BOGO meat sales.

When I leave the store, thereby initiat-ing the third degree, I’m really hoping the actual degrees outside are in my favor as I load groceries into the car. Of course, living in the Northwest it’s most likely

raining. But sometimes I luck out and even if it’s raining it’s fairly warm outside or the wind isn’t blowing.

Loading Fred Meyer and Safeway groceries are easy because they’re in bags already. But it takes time for me to load Costco grocer-ies because I never get a

box. Although the box fits into the cart, it is difficult to get out of the cart when it’s full of groceries. I also hate having to deal with the box once I get it home and empty. So I have all the gro-cery items loose in the cart, wheel them out to my car and put them in cloth bags to make it easier to carry them into the house.

My fourth degree could be easier if I shopped when my family was home. Un-loading the groceries into the house is a chore.

When my family is home, it’s a snap. But if I shop when my family is home, invariably one of them wants to shop with me. If one of them shops with me, it costs me more money. So it’s really better to shop by myself, which then requires I unload by myself.

The fifth and sixth de-grees bleed together and are the most baffling ones. The fifth degree is putting the groceries away and seems straight forward enough. But it’s not as easy as it sounds, which brings me to the sixth degree.

Every time I put grocer-ies away, there is never any space. So in my sixth degree of grocery shopping I have to start looking for aban-doned containers. There are usually many; just the other day there was an empty chicken pot pie box in the freezer, an empty cracker box in the laundry hall, an empty plastic storage container in the fridge, an empty taco shell box in the pantry, as well as an empty fruit cup box. It’s kind of like following a trail, ala Hansel and Gretel. I can see

what my family has been eating the past two weeks.

Once I even found an old oil filter in the freezer. But I didn’t know if my husband was sending me a message or if he needed medical attention, so I just left it in there and walked away. That, I suppose, is a column for another day.

Gretchen Leigh is a stay-at-home mom who lives in Covington. She is commit-ted to writing about the humor amidst the chaos of a family. You can read more of her writing and her daily blog on her website livingwith-gleigh.com.

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Tahoma High School’s team of constitutional scholars finished 10th at the national competition finals for We the People, April 27-May 1 in Washington, D.C.

This is the 17th time that Tahoma High School has represented Washington state at the national com-petition.

It is the second time that Tahoma High, or any Washington team, has advanced to the top 10.

Tahoma’s team is coached by Gretchen Wulfing. The team is composed of se-niors who began preparing for We the People competi-tion last June during their summer vacation.

Team members are: Nathan Farnsworth, Sarah

Fuller, Mark Gato, Kath-erine Hartke, Matthew Horne, Kristen Jamieson, Oliver Kombol, Kaitlin Lowe, Emily Martin, Allanah Miller, Sadie Lee Nelson, Emily Page, Julianne Reilly, Thomas Reinhard, Justin Ross, Lora Sonnen, Grace Taylor, Ken-dall Thiele, Clara Tibbetts, Harrison Waldock, Caitlyn Ward, and Barrett Weston.

The 25th Anniversary We the People National Finals is the culminating event of the We the People high school program. Classes qualify for the National Finals by either placing first in their state competition or through a “wild card” availability.

The competition is con-

ducted on the campus of George Mason University and in hearing rooms of the U.S. House of Representa-tives.

The competition takes the form of simulated congressional hearing. Dur-ing the hearings, groups of students testify as con-stitutional experts before panels of judges acting as congressional committees scoring the groups through a performance-based as-sessment.

Each class is divided into six groups based on the six units of the We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution high school textbook. Each hearing begins with an opening pre-sentation by students from

one of the six unit groups. The opening presentation is followed by a period of questioning during which judges probe students’ depth of knowledge, under-standing, and their ability to apply constitutional prin-ciples.

The format provides students an excellent op-

portunity to demonstrate their knowledge and under-standing of constitutional principles while providing the seventy-two judges with an excellent means of as-sessing students’ knowledge and application to historical and current constitutional issues.

While in Washington,

D.C., students also have the opportunity to tour our na-tion’s capital and meet with members of Congress and other important dignitaries.

Since the inception of the We the People program in 1987, more than 30 million students and 90,000 teach-ers have participated in the program.

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May Day! May Day! All hands on deck – and patio – as this is the week to fill your container gardens and window boxes with geraniums, bacopa, lobelia and petunias. Wait a few more weeks to set out heat-loving annuals like zinnias, marigolds, impatiens and coleus. These could suffer from the cool nights even if they don’t get hit by a frost.

The most weather-resis-tant and adaptable annuals that will thrive outdoors now are pansies, violas, lobelia, alyssum, bacopa, vinca, and dianthus. Add more color with the silvery foliage of Dusty Miller or deep purple leaves of heu-chera, “Black Scallop” ajuga, black mondo grass or hardy perennial plants mixed in with your annuals.

Most hanging baskets will thrive outdoors this time of year but only if they

are under the protection of a roof eave or covered patio. All plants grown in a comfy greenhouse appreciate some “hardening off ” or gradual introduction to the cold cruel world. Bring them home but keep them pro-tected the first few nights by moving them into a garage or under cover. If a late frost or hail storm threatens, drape a sheet or other light covering atop the plants.

Q. I am going to give a rhododendron as a gift. What variety do you rec-ommend? S.H., Tacoma.

A. What a lovely idea. Rhododendrons are one of the best shrubs for our climate, plus they are ever-green, some bloom in the shade and in the right place

will live for years with very little care. For deep shade and early bloom nothing beats the pink “Christmas Cheer” rhodie and for

windy or hot locations lavender “PJM” thrives with attractive burgundy foliage. For small spaces the compact

“Scarlet Wonder Dwarf ” is a slow-growing charmer less than 3 feet tall and then there are the weevil resis-tant “yak” rhododendrons like ’Yaku Princess” or the furry and chunky “Teddy Bear” rhododendron. The yak rhodies have compact and tidy growth forms and leaves that have their undersides covered with a densely hairy and soft “fur.” It is this furry texture

that makes the leaves more resistant to insects. Enjoy your search for the perfect rhododendron; you can’t choose wrong even if you simply pick a plant with the best-looking blooms.

Q. My question is about an old lilac shrub. The win-ter ice storm split and broke many stems and it has not been blooming well for years. Should I cut it to the ground? Dig it up? Help! W., email.

A. Lackluster lilacs can be renovated with an extreme makeover. Grab a saw and chop it all down. You’ll soon see new shoots and after a three-year wait your lilac could bloom again. Pruning right after blooming is the general rule of green thumb. You might also consider replacing your weary lilac with a fresh new variety. Life’s too short to put up with ugly plants and

plants are not like children – you do not owe them a lifetime of commitment.

New and improved lilacs shrubs include the compact dwarf Miss Kim, the repeat blooming Bloomerang that flowers once in the spring and again in the summer, and the more shade-toler-ant President Lincoln lilac. You can find lilacs in white, pink, deep purple and even wine-red colors. Lilacs love full sun, wind and good drainage. For the best blooms do not overwater your lilacs.

Q. I have a nandina do-mestica or heavenly bam-boo plant that has grown taller but the lower half of this shrub is leafless. Plus, I see some black stems. What should I do? R.T., Buckley.

A. Get some courage, sharpen the saw and cut that baby down to a few stumps. Nandina, hebe,

spiraea and plenty of other winter weary shrubs will reinvent themselves as healthy, happy plants after a drastic spring pruning.

Q. What perennials or plants that are easy to grow should I plant in a shaded area? There are also tree roots so the soil is dry. Nothing wants to grow in this spot. C.B., email

A. Dry shade is tough for most plants but if you add some compost and water well the first year you’ll have some luck with lamiums, heucheras, eu-phorbias, vinca, pachysan-dra, sword ferns and a new golden sedum called sedum Angelina. Plant some rocks and boulders as well. You can’t kill a good rock.

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NFL Network’s Keep Gym in School campaign has named Tracy Krause the “NFL Network PE Teacher of the Year.”

Krause will receive a $10,000 award as well as a $10,000 grant for the PE program at Tahoma High School in Maple Valley, Wash.

Krause was chosen out of more than 2,000 entries and will be honored in a ceremony during the NFL Draft week in New York City as the second NFL Network PE Teacher of the Year to be chosen.

“Mr. Krause epitomizes the dedicated teachers we want to recognize and applaud,” said Dena Kaplan, NFL Network’s senior vice president of market-ing in a press release statement. “His hard work and commit-ment to educating children about health, physical fitness and how to be educated users of the outdoor resources around them helps stimulate a lifelong pas-sion in them to be healthy and fit. His staff wellness program has changed the lives of count-less district employees, from the kitchen staff to the admin-istration, and setting a positive example for the students.”

Krause teaches Physical Edu-cation at Tahoma High School. A National Board Certified Teach-er, he has served as co-chair of the National Board’s Physical Education Standards Committee and was invited by the NASPE, the National Association for Sports and Physical Educa-tion to serve on the PE 2020 Planning Com-mittee.

He also cur-rently serves on the Physical Education Steer-ing Committee for NASPE and on the Board of the Washing-ton Alliance for Health, Physi-cal Education, Recreation, and Dance (WAHPERD), and is a regular guest presenter at state, district, and national professional workshops and conferences.

“My goal is for the young people in our community to leave our school system with the foundation, experience, and skills necessary to be effective movers for a lifetime,” said Krause. “If

you want to change the graph for childhood obesity you have to get kids moving, you have to engage them in something that stimulates a lifelong passion. You have to get them to believe in themselves and crave move-

ment. That is what I try very hard to do everyday when I get a chance to work with my kids. That is what drives my decisions.”

“Tracy’s teach-ing career has been exemplary not just because of the qual-ity of his personal teaching skills, but especially for his commitment to innovative physical

education curriculum thinking,” said Dr. Stephen C. Jefferies, NASPE Past-President, Dept. of Physical Education, School and Public Health, Cen-tral Washington Uni-versity. “He worked on revising the high school physical education pro-gram to meet the present-day interests and needs of high school students and simultane-

ously structure it to motivate them to become more physically active and healthy outside of school. Tracy is an inspiration

for physical education teachers nationwide.”

As part of the league’s NFL PLAY 60 youth health and fitness cam-paign, Keep Gym in School

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has awarded nearly $625,000 in PE grants to 47 schools. KGIS has trained 7,500 students with NFL players in minicamps and has used PE to motivate and in-spire fitness for 125,000 students at 212 schools across 13 school districts.

For more information about Keep Gym in School, visit www.keepgyminschool.com.

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Tahoma PE teacher Tracy Krause (center) holding his award next to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (right) and former coach and NFL Network commentator Steve Mariucci (left). CouRteSy photo

“My goal is for the young people in our community to leave our school system with the foundation, experience and skills necessary to be effective movers for a lifetime. If you want to change the graph for obesity you have to get kids moving, you have to engage them in something that stimulates a lifelong passion.” Tracy Krause

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May 10 Chamber Luncheon Covington Christian Fellowship 28201 180th Street SE, Covington, WA 98042 Go to www.covingtonchamber.org for details and to register

Save the DateJune 2 Relay for Life of Black Diamond, Covington, Maple Valley 5:00pm at Kentwood High School

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May 2012 City of Covington: Unmatched Quality of Life16720 SE 271st Street, Suite 100, Covington, WA 98042

Tel: 253.638.1110 Fax: 253.638.1122 Website: www.covingtonwa.gov

Mayor Margaret Harto

Mayor Pro TemJeff Wagner

Council MembersMark Lanza, David Lucavish, Marlla Mhoon, James A. Scott,

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That’s a Wrap!Over the last 18 months the

Covington Public Works Department has shared with you the core services we and our partners provide. As a wrap-up to these articles, we would like to share our team’s mission statement and values that help us stay focused on what we do and who we are.

MissionServing the community by fostering

a sustainable environment that will have a lasting positive legacy.

T Talent (using for the betterment of all)

E Enthusiasm (taking on new tasks, high energy)

A Accountability (for success and actions)

M Mentor (teach all you know and learn from others)

The Public Works team is honored to serve the Covington community. Our goal is to always provide excellent service. The team is proud of constructing over $30 million in capital projects over the past � ve years, providing increased water quality through our storm water program, keeping the infrastructure clean, and responding to emergencies when the community counts on us the most. We welcome your

feedback on how we are doing, and ideas on how we can improve. We very much appreciate the Covington community’s support of the department over the years.

The Public Works team strives to do its part in providing Covington with an Unmatched Quality of Life.

PUBLIC WORKS 101

NEW MAINTENANCE WORKER

The Public Works Department would like to welcome its newest member, Maintenance Worker Bill

Fealy. Bill joined the team on Monday, February 27th. He comes to us with over a decade of municipal maintenance experience, as well as in recent years being self employed as an arborist. Please join us in welcoming Bill to the Covington Team.

05/02 – Budget Priorities Advisory Committee Meeting, 6:30 p.m.05/03 – Planning Commission Meeting, 6:30 p.m.05/08 – City Council Joint Meeting with CEDC, 6 p.m.05/08 – City Council Regular Meeting, 7:30 p.m..05/10 – Human Services Commission Meeting, 6:30 p.m.05/10 – Arts Commission Meeting, 6:30 p.m.05/16 – Parks Commission Meeting, 6:30 p.m.05/16 – Budget Priorities Advisory Committee Meeting, 6:30 p.m.05/17 – Planning Commission Meeting, 6:30 p.m.05/22 – City Council Special Meeting for Interviews, 6 p.m.05/22 – City Council Regular Meeting, 7 p.m.05/24 – Economic Development Council Meeting, 6:30 p.m.05/28 – Memorial Day Observed – City Offi ces Closed

For more information on any of these events, please contactKarla Slate at (253) 638-1110 x2234 or [email protected]

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HUMAN SERVICES SPOTLIGHT

The City of Covington designates a portion of their general budget to fund a variety of human services agencies that serve low- to moderate-income residents. Every two years the consortium of South King County cities puts out a competitive application to all non-profi t organizations in order to request funding from one or more cities. One of the Human Services Commission’s responsibilities is to evaluate and make recommendations to the City Council on funding requests submitted to the city.

The Human Services Commission

takes their role very seriously as they consider how best to use taxpayer’s dollars to help our most vulnerable residents. During the year, the Commission conducts site visits to some of the funded agencies to see fi rst-hand how they operate their programs. Each quarter, the agencies are required to submit a report that includes how many residents they served, a demographic report of the residents served, and an outcome report which determines how well the program is working. The agency is reimbursed each quarter in which they meet their performance goals.

The Human Services Commission will be spending the next fi ve months determining their recommendation to Council for agencies that will receive funding in 2013.

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NORTHERN GATEWAYSTUDY OPEN HOUSE

The City of Covington invites you to attend an open house for Phase 1 of the Northern Gateway study on Tuesday, May 15, from 6:30-8 p.m. at Crestwood Elementary School’s Multipurpose Room (25225 180th Ave SE).

The City of Covington is beginning a comprehensive, multi-phased study of a 485-acre area located in the northern portion of the city. Approximately 210 acres is currently located within the city’s Urban Growth Boundary (UGA) and the other 275 acres, north of SR 18, is located outside of the city’s UGA. The city’s goal is to consider the impacts and benefi ts of developing land within the Northern Gateway. We are looking for public input related to the existing conditions from those that live within, or adjacent to, the study area at this open house.

Over the next few months, the city will evaluate the existing conditions, market demand and fi scal impacts on the city of future development in the study area to determine if the area is suitable for urban development. The city is interested in hearing from property owners and residents about their needs within the study area.

Please plan to attend this open house to learn about and comment on Phase 1 of this study. Staff representatives will be available to provide information. Additional project information is available at www.covingtonwa.gov. For questions or concerns, please contact Senior Planner Ann Mueller at [email protected] or 253-638-1110 ext. 2224 or Community Development Director Richard Hart at [email protected] or 253-638-1110 ext. 2226.

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MAY IS NATIONAL WATER SAFETY MONTH! In recognition of the popularity of

swimming and the need for ongoing public education on safer water practices, the month of May is National Water Safety Month.

Unfortunately, over 1,500 children and teens die every year in the U.S. from drowning. In Washington State, an average of 25 children and teens drown every year. Most of them are swimming, boating or just playing in or near water. The good news is that most drowning accidents are preventable. By learning about water safety and learning water safety skills, you can keep yourself and your family safe in and around water.

The Covington Aquatic Center is your best local resource for water safety. Just last month Covington Aquatic Center hosted April Pool’s Day – an event that promotes water safety. Coming up July 14 is Summer Splashtacular – another day the pool will be highlighting water safety. At these events, Covington Aquatic Center lifeguards share lessons on how to properly use a life jacket, the dangers of hypothermia, the dangers of currents, and other water safety related topics. Covington Aquatic Center also offers American Red Cross swimming lessons, which is another great way for you or your family to learn to be safe in and around water.

Attending lifeguarded swims is also a great way to stay safe while enjoying swimming. All of Covington Aquatic Center’s public swims are lifeguarded and, to celebrate May as National Water Safety Month, all Tuesday and Thursday 7-8 p.m. public swims are at a reduced price (during the month of May). Prices for individuals are $3.25 (regular fee) or $2.50 (Covington resident fee); for families, prices are $9.75 (regular fee) or $7.50 (Covington resident fee).

OPEN REGISTRATION FOR SUMMER ACTIVITIESSummer activities and swimming lessons are open for registration. Spaces

for swim lessons, Dash and Splash, Aquatic Volunteer Academy, Lifeguard Training, and other programs will be limited, so be sure to sign up early!

DASH & SPLASHBack for the fifth summer is

Dash & Splash! Don’t miss out on this summertime fun. Dash & Splash is fun and fitness all rolled into one! Each day will begin with an hour of outside games, followed by an hour of in-water pool activities in the Covington Aquatic Center. A special summertime Dash & Splash package is also available for those that cannot get enough time at the pool. The package includes Dash & Splash sessions 1 and 2, as well as a three-month Unlimited Use Membership, which can be conveniently used to attend the two public swims that immediately follow Dash & Splash. The package only costs $106.25 ($87.50 for Covington residents). The first of two sessions begin on June 26, and the recommended age range is 6-14 years old. Register today at the Covington Aquatic Center (space is limited).

SAVE THE DATE: SUMMER SPLASHTACULAR ON SATURDAY JULY 14th!

Covington Aquatic Center will open its doors for a FREE two-hour public swim and activities on Saturday, July 14. During this event, lifeguards will be on hand demonstrating how to properly fit a life jacket, and providing lifesaving water safety information. The event kicks off at 1 p.m. with Big Red (the large octopus inflatable), the water slide, and the rope swing. This is a fun opportunity for the whole family – don’t miss out!

FOR MORE INFORMATIONFor more information about the Covington Aquatic Center or to register for activities, visit www.covingtonwa.gov/cac, call 425-413-POOL(7665), or visit us at 18230 SE 240th St, Covington WA 98042 (Next to Tahoma High School).

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PUBLIC WORKS WEEK

In accordance with the tradition of the American Public Works Association, those who work in professions that provide and maintain public facilities and services will be honored during National Public Works Week, May 20-26, 2012.

National Public Works Week (NPWW) is a celebration of the tens of thousands of men and women in North America who provide and maintain the infrastructure and services collectively known as public works.

Instituted as a public education campaign by the American Public Works Association (APWA) in 1960, NPWW calls attention to the importance of public works in community life. The Week seeks to enhance the prestige of the often–unsung heroes of

our society – the professionals who serve the public good every day with quiet dedication.

Public works professionals include those who manage water, sewer, public transportation, and solid waste collection, as well as those responsible for public building and grounds maintenance. They are, in fact, the people who maintain and improve the systems and services that are vital to a community’s health, safety and comfort.

In the City of Covington, our Public Works Department is responsible for the maintenance, inspection and construction of most of the city streets, sidewalks, storm sewer facilities, street lights, signs and some traffic signals. Our public works professionals respond eagerly to all emergency situations created by natural disasters, flood-producing rainfall, and crippling ice and snow events. The City of Covington is very aggressive in its approach to plan, schedule and carry out the preventative maintenance of new and existing systems throughout the city. In recent years, the Public Works Department Engineering Division

has constructed over $30 million in transportation improvements throughout the city, including the award winning SE 256th Street and 164th Project. In the last five years, the Public Works Department has also formed the Surface Water Management Team (SWM Team) to implement the federal and state regulations pertaining to the NPDES permit. This team has been very successful at meeting most of the deadlines of the permit.

There is great reward experienced in the work that is performed by public works. The feeling of safety, contentment and pride are experienced from a clean and well-maintained city. The protection and conservation of native wildlife – which flourishes in our streams, creeks and local eco-systems – are partly a result of our tremendous efforts to clean our storm waters and construct and maintain the entire infrastructure using the least impactful techniques.

The City of Covington Public Works Department would like to thank the citizens of Covington for allowing us the privilege to serve them. We also thank our public works employees for their dedication to improving the quality of life for present and future generations.


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Tahoma has positioned itself for a battle with

Thomas Jefferson for first place in the South Puget Sound League North boys soccer standings.

Both the Bears and the Raiders stand at 11-2-1 with 34 points with a week of league play remaining.

They squared off Tuesday night after the Reporter’s press deadline.

The winner will likely take the division crown while the loser will likely end the season in second place thanks in large part to Kentwood’s five ties which puts the Conquerors in third place well ahead of Kentlake and Auburn Riverside.

Tahoma set up the battle thanks to six straight wins after a 1-1 tie with Kent-wood on April 4.

On April 24 Tahoma beat Kent-Meridian 3-0 then fol-

lowed that up April 26 with a 2-0 victory over Auburn and a 3-0 defeat of Kentlake on April 28 at French Field.

Three different Tahoma players scored against K-M: Mac Henderson and Jordan Jolley both scored off passes from Jordan Downing in the first half then Bryan Anderson put an exclama-tion point on it with an unassisted goal late in the game.

Downing got a goal of his own in the first half of the Auburn match before the Trojans gave up an own goal for the second Tahoma goal.

Tahoma had a 1-0 lead at half against Kentlake thanks to a Logan Young goal that came off a free kick.

In the second half the Bears amped up their at-tacks on the Falcons goal.

It paid off early when Henderson poked the ball in when Kentlake’s keeper came out to help defend against Tahoma’s attack.

Finally with less than a minute on the clock junior forward Bryan Anderson popped it in after the ball bounced around in the box off a penalty kick to make the final 3-0.

That loss put Kentlake at 5-6-3 with 18 points but the Falcons are in fourth place thanks to giving Kentwood

two of its five ties as well as beating fifth-place River-side both times during the season.

After the game against Jefferson on Tuesday Tahoma finishes the season with Kentwood on Friday.

Kentlake played Mount Rainier on Tuesday then takes on Jefferson in the

final match of the league schedule.

Kentwood traveled to Auburn on Tuesday.Reach Assistant Editor Kris Hill at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054.To comment on this story go to www.maplevalleyre-porter.com.

Bears gets second win against Falcons on pitch

Tahoma’s Logan Young, left, dribbles upfield as Kentlake’s Preston Slane marks up. Young scored the Bears first goal of the match off a free kick. KriS hill, The Reporter

Tahoma’s 3-0 victory over Kentlake means no worse than second place finish while Kentwood falls to third place with five ties

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A pair of Kentwood high football players have signed letters of intent

to play in college.Visa Thach will play at Menlo College in San Francisco and Quincey Davison will play at Pima Community College

in Tucson, Ariz.Thach is a 5-foot-9, 230 pounder

who played on both sides of the ball, lining up at fullback offensively and as an inside linebacker defensively.

Davison, listed on the Kentwood football roster at 6-foot-3 and 305

pounds, served as a lineman for the Conquerors on both sides of the ball.




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The Bears boys and girls track teams have got some-thing good going on.

With an undefeated league season so far, they are entering into the league meet with victories against Kent-Meridian boys and Kentwood girls teams, both of them last year’s state champions. Last week, the Bears boys and girls defeated the Conks 98-47 and 82-68

“We just ran well again,” said Gary Conner, Bears head coach said . “They (Kentwood) put up a good fight.”

Girls coach Jeff Brady said the meet results are a good indication of where the team is in terms of their capabilities.

“With the girls we knew it would be tough,” Brady said. “They’re (Kentwood) a great team. A lot of our girls really stepped it up.”

For Bears seniors, it’s a

big change from their fresh-man year, when the teams were struggling simply to be competitive at dual meets.

“Three years ago I wasn’t sure that would (ever) hap-pen,” thrower Aaron Davis said. “I’ve never remem-bered us beating them or getting close.”

Outside of invitationals, Davis has been undefeated in both the 100 meters and the shot put, with a best time and throw of 11.53 seconds and 50 feet, 11.5 inches. Davis broke his personal record for shot put at the Kentwood meet.

“I’ve been improving on a lot of things,” he said. “That (Kentwood) was my best meet.”

Senior long distance run-ner Tyler Ward, who has also been on the team for four years, said their suc-cess has been due to overall improvements in every aspect.

“This year it all came to-gether,” he said. “We used to

not score points in sprint-ing. Everything improved. Our throwers got better.”

The improvement with the boys throwers could be attributed to the arrival of a new throwing coach, Korion Morris, a 2006 Renton High graduate who attended University of Ari-zona on a track scholarship.

“We’ve got a lot of good kids,” he said. “I’ve been able to help them out with things I’ve learned.”

Another area Davis felt particularly impressed by was the 400-meters relay team, which he has been a member of since his fresh-man year.

“We’ve been doing so much better,” he said. “More than any other team I’ve been on.”

Filling in gaps has also contributed to the girls success against teams like Kentwood, said junior sprinter and hurdler Paige Hammock.

Hitting stride heading into the postseasonTahoma track and field teams dominating the South Puget Sound League North as well as at large invitational meets

Kentwood senior Danny lunder leads in the mile against Tahoma junior Riley Campbell (left), fellow Conk Dasan Telford (mid-right) and Tahoma senior James Dagley (far left). TJ MaRTiNeLL, The Reporter To view a slide show go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com and to buy photos go to the Web site[ more STRIDE page 19 ]


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Winning streaks abound and not just Kentwood’s which stands at 18 but teams like Tahoma which has won four straight as well as Kentridge which had four victories out of its last five games.

Kentwood is in first place while Tahoma is in second and thanks to that last stretch Kentridge — as well as a win over Tahoma early in the season — has moved into third place. Auburn Riverside beat Kentlake Monday night, which put the Ravens in fourth with the Falcons in

fifth respectively. Kentlake will get Graham-Kapowsin in a loser-out game for the ninth seed out of the league at 4 p.m. on Thursday at Curtis High.

The top five teams in the North division will go to the South Puget Sound League playoffs, which are seeding games for the West Central District tourna-ment.

Tahoma wrapped up the season with a 5-2 win on April 27 over Kentlake at Kent Memorial Park.

The Bears started it off with a 3-run first inning thanks to a Tanner Antho-ny hit in which he reached

second which allowed two runs to score immediately followed by Ryan Malone’s RBI single.

It looked like the Falcons might mount a comeback in the bottom of the third when DJ Elmer drew a walk followed by a Dylan Wright bloop single to shallow left center. Two batters later Jordan Cowan walked then Ryne Shelton hit a rope to drive in Elmer and Wright to make it 5-2 but from there the Bears pitching staff and defense held the Falcons’ bats.

Anthony finished the game 2-for-4 at the plate with an RBI while Malone went 2-for-3 batting with a double and an RBI.

Nate Brown got the win on the mound for Tahoma, striking out seven, walking two while allowing three hits in five innings pitched. Christian Saez came in to close and got the save after throwing 19 pitches in the final two innings.

Tahoma put together wins on back-to-back days — April 23 and April 24 — over Kentridge and Auburn

Teams to fight for district spots in SPSL baseball playoffs

Kentlake’s Dylan Wright hurls the pitch at a batter in a tiebreaker game against Auburn Riverside on Monday. Riverside won the game 10-2 for the fourth seed into league playoffs. shAwn skAgeR, The Reporter

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COMMENT PROCEDURES: DDES will issue a decision on this application following a 21-day comment period ending on June 4, 2012, written comments and additional information can be obtained by contacting the Project Manager listed above. Published in Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on May 4, 2012. #618766.

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NOTICE OF PETITION OF STREET VACATION AND PUBLIC HEARING

Application Name: Street Vacation of a Portion of 176th Pl SE

Application File Number: LU11-0017Primary Contact: Michael Crowson Covington Investments II, LLC 11711 SE 8th Street Bellevue, WA 98005 425-453-9501

Notice of Public Hearing Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 10:30 am

Date and Location: City of Covington - City Hall Council Chambers 16720 SE 271st Street, Suite 100 Covington, WA 98042 253-638-1110

Project Description: The developer is requesting to vacate a portion of 176th Pl SE between SE Wax Road and SE 270th St. Speci�cally, the proposed vacation includes the southern portion of the street and the option for the full eastern portion of the ROW. The properties adjacent to the street vacation areas are owned by the developer and the city. The remaining western portion of 176th Pl SE, adjacent to Parcel Nos. 3780400110 and 3780400110, is not proposed to be vacated at this time and will remain to provide access to those properties.

Petition Filed: On November 15, 2011, the developer submitted a letter requesting a street vacation petition and paid the associated $920.00 application fee.

Public Hearing: This notice constitutes the Notice of Petition and Public Hearing for a street vacation in accordance with CMC Section 12.55.080. This is the sole public hearing for the street vacation petition. A copy of the proposed conditions will be available from the Community Development Department at Covington City Hall no later than 1 week prior to the public hearing.

Per CMC Chapter 12.55.100, the Hearing Examiner will hold a public hearing on the street vacation and make a recommendation to the city council. The city council may adopt, reject or modify the hearing examiner’s recommendation.

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public hearing. To submit written comments prior to the public hearing, please mail, email via [email protected], or deliver the comments to the Community Development Department at Covington City Hall, prior to the hearing date. Please contact Permit Services at 253-638-1110, or via email at should you have any questions regarding the hearing process.

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The Of�ce of the City Clerk will receive sealed bids at Covington City Hall, 16720 SE 271st Street, Suite 100, Covington, Washington until 1:00 PM local time on May 17, 2012, and will then and there be opened and publicly read aloud at City Hall. All bids shall be �led with the City Clerk on or before the time set for bid opening.

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BY KRIS HILL

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Tahoma’s fastpitch team is on a roll having won eight straight since its first league loss to Kent-wood a month ago.

Thanks to that streak Tahoma was all alone in first place in the South Puget Sound League North through April 27 with an 11-1 league record.

The Bears avenged their April 2 defeat at the hands of the Con-querors on April 24 with a 12-9 comeback.

Down 7-0 after two innings, Tahoma took advantage of costly mistakes by Kentwood, and scored seven in the final two in-nings to keep the winning streak going. The Conks committed eight errors in the game.

Senior Jordan Walley hit 3-for-4 with a single, a double and a home run to account for four RBIs. Sophomore catcher Bre West had a 2-for-5 day with a pair of doubles and three RBIs. Hayley Beckstrom, a senior shortstop, finished 3-for-5 with a pair of singles, a double and an RBI while Halle Elliot was 2-for-4 with a pair of singles and a run scored.

Maddie Scott got the win in the circle. She pitched six innings and struck out four.

A day earlier Tahoma beat Mount Rainier 15-0.

West was 2-for-3 at the plate with a pair of triples along with two RBIs, Walley was 2-for-2 with a single, a double and two RBIs, Beckstrom finished the day 2-for-3 with a single, a double and two RBIs while Elliot was 2-for-4 with a single, a double and two RBIs.

Amanda Allison was 2-for-2 with two singles, an RBI and two runs scored as well as two stolen bases.

Meanwhile Kentridge has quietly moved into fifth and final spot for the playoffs in the past week.

After a 4-2 loss to Auburn on April 23, Kentridge beat Kent-Meridian then upset Kentlake and beat Auburn Riverside before losing to second-place Thomas Jefferson on April 28.

On April 24 the Chargers put together a 10-1 victory against the Royals with Abagail Bellin leading the way at the plate going 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and two RBIs while Kayla Andrus with 1-for-3 with a triple and three RBIs. Ashley Conradi was 2-for-5 with a pair of singles, a triple, two runs scored and two RBIs.

Andrus pitched a complete game. She scattered six hits and struck out 14.

Kentlake and Kentridge seem to like extra innings. Both match ups went to an extra frame.

The 3-2 victory on April 25 over Kentlake was key for Ken-tridge’s playoff hopes.

Kentlake narrowly defeated Kentridge in the first league game of the season in March in eight innings.

Bellin was 1-for-2 with a single and an RBI. Defensively Bellin was crucial as well as she tallied eight put outs.

Conradi was 1-for-4 with a single and an RBI on a sacrifice fly.

Finally Bri Drury led the Char-gers at the plate with a 3-for-4

day and

contributed the third RBI.Lizzet Dominguez pitched a

complete game for Kentridge. She allowed two runs despite giv-ing up 10 hits, all of which were singles, and struck out three.

Kentridge followed that up with a 10-3 win against Auburn Riverside on April 27.

Hannah Overall was 3-for-4 in the game with three RBIs while Anna Dugan went 2-for-3 at the plate with three runs scored.

Dominguez struck out seven, scattered seven hits, walked one batter and allowed three runs in a complete game outing in the circle for the Chargers.

Kentridge couldn’t keep up the momentum on April 28, however, and lost 8-5 to Jefferson.

Bellin was 2-for-2 with a single, a double, two runs scored and an RBI while Drury was 2-for-3 with a pair of singles, a run scored and an RBI.

Kentlake sandwiched its loss to Kentridge with wins over Auburn on April 24 and Mount Rainier on April 27.

In those two wins pitcher Han-nah Sauget picked up a pair of victories in the circle to go with a pair of bombs at the plate.

Sauget was 2-for-5 with a double, a home run and three RBIs in a 16-3 defeat of Auburn, while she struck out 10.

Brittney Jacobsen finished the day 3-for-5 with an RBI and a stolen base.

The Falcons jumped on the Rams pitching right away scoring three runs in the bottom of the first inning then put the nail in the coffin with five more runs in the bottom of the sixth.

It was a home run derby for Kentlake as three different players hit home runs.

Sauget pitched a complete game and helped herself out going 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs while Jacobsen was 3-for-5 with three RBIs and a home run with Lexi Engman rounding it out with a home run and two runs scored.

Kentwood bounced back from

back-to-back losses against Jef-ferson and Tahoma on April 23 and April 24 with a 5-2 on April 28 over Auburn.

Bailey Marshall hit her first home run of the season for the Conks in the top of the second inning when she crushed the ball over the left center field fence — hitting it more than 200 feet. She finished the day 2-for-3 at the plate with two RBIs.

Kentwood scored all five of its runs in the first two innings.

Kendall Goodwin got the com-

plete game victory in the circle for the Conks.

Next Kentwood put away Riv-erside 17-5 on April 28 to avenge an early season loss to the Ravens which the Conks dropped 6-5.

The home run parade con-tinued in the SPSL North when Tiana Faagalulu hit a long ball against Riverside in a 2-for-4 day which she drove in three runs, scored two and hit a triple.

Allison Newcomb was 3-for-3 at the plate with two RBIs and three runs scored.

Fastpitch heading into last of league games

Kentwood’s Kendall Goodwin hurls a pitch in a 5-2 victory over Auburn on April 27. The Conquerors are battling for a top spot in league. kris hill, The Reporter

Tahoma in first place heading into the week while kentwood and kentlake are right behind

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on April 14 the snergy u12 volleyball team played in the power league No. 4, a puget sound region - usA Volleyball event, in Tacoma.

The synergy u12 Team went unde-feated all day to take first place in the eight-team tournament. on that same day, The synergy u15 team also went undefeated in its power No. 4 Tournament in Tumwater.

To top off the day, the synergy u13 team competed with 35 other teams (most were u14 teams) in the Annual Tulip Festival Tournament in Mt. Vernon. The synergy u13 team took first place in morning pool play and then proceeded to the quarter finals against strikeforce 14 Black.

After taking the match in two straight games, the synergy team proceeded to beat the Whatcom 14 team in two straight games to advance to the championship match.

The championship match against All out 14 was tough but the synergy team won the match in three games.

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“Everyone just did great,” she said. “They stepped up and helped get us a win. I think every part (of the team) brings a couple of strong girls.”

Whether these victories will translate into similar success at league, district and state is uncertain, said Conner.

In spite of their league record, he and Brady both stated the team has had to contend with a lack of per-sonal record setting, some of it due to bad weather conditions, which has consequently affected the athletes’ individual standing in the league.

“We haven’t really had a chance to run for a PR this season,” Conner said.

Some of that, accord-ing to junior sprinter and hurdler Paige Hammock, is the result of hand timers as opposed to automatic tim-ers, which she feels are more accurate.

The other issue, Conner said, is the varia-tions between a dual meet, where Tahoma has benefited from large num-bers, and league meets, where much of that advantage over other teams will diminish.

The point system is also different.

With dual meets, first

place takes five points, sec-ond three points and third place one point.

In many events, Tahoma has been able to overwhelm

other teams through higher numbers, mean-ing even if an opposing school takes first, they can still manage to place second and third. From the league meet up to state, however, a separate scoring system is used. Additionally, only athletes who qualify for

league will be able to com-pete at the meet, reducing Tahoma’s numbers.

“In a dual meet you can

take first because we just have depth,” Conner said. “It’s not the case in league.”

At the same time, the Bears are confident they have a shot at the league title.

“I think we’re strong not only because we have depth, but because we have a lot of kids who are going to get into that state meet,” Brady said. “It’s just getting them to the next level. It’s going to be a matter of good coaching, getting those kids to peak at the end of the year.”

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Riverside.The Bears beat the

Chargers 3-0 after scoring all three of their runs in the first inning.

Tahoma knocked off Auburn Riverside 5-2 again scoring three runs in the bottom of the first while allowing just two hits.

With that four win streak Tahoma wrapped up the season 12-4 in SPSL North play.

Kentridge bounced back from that loss to Tahoma with a 13-3 victory over Mount Rainier the next afternoon.

The win came thanks to an eight-run third in-ning for the Chargers who

pounded out 13 hits.In its third game in as

many days Kentridge then beat Jefferson 3-2 on the road in an extra-innings affair.

Conner Bennett led the Chargers offensively in the win over the Raiders, bat-ting 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored.

On April 27 Kentridge dropped a game to Au-burn Riverside, 5-0, but put together a 9-0 victory the next afternoon against Auburn.

The Chargers put together a five-run first in-ning then added three more to the board in the top of the fifth.

Carl Derline led the

charge for Kentridge at the plate going 2-for-2 with a home run and three RBIs. Derline also got the win on the mound for the Chargers allowing four hits in five innings while striking out seven.

Michael Leverenz fin-ished the day 3-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI.

Joe Wainhouse put together a 1-for-2 hitting performance with a double, a sacrifice fly and two RBIs.

Kentridge finished league play at 9-7.

Kentlake lost three straight — to Riverside on April 23, to Kentwood on April 24 and finally to Tahoma on April 27 — to finish the season 9-7 in

league play.Kentwood will play

Puyallup at Kent Memo-rial Park for the first and second seeds in the district tournament. Tahoma gets Todd Beamer in the third-fourth game at Heritage Park while Kentridge takes on Rogers for fifth and sixth. The winner of the Riverside-Kentlake tiebreaker gets Emerald Ridge at Heritage Park. All games will be on Thursday afternoon or evening.

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The Bainbridge Island Review, a weekly community newspaper located in western Washing- ton state, is accepting applications for a part- time general assignment Reporter. The ideal candidate will have solid reporting and writing skills, have up-to-date knowledge of the AP Style- book, be able to shoot photos and video, be able to use InDesign, and contribute to staff blogs and Web updates. We offer vacation and sick leave, and paid holidays. If you have a passion for community news reporting and a desire to work in an ambitious, dynamic newsroom, we want to hear from you. E.O.E. Email your resume, cover letter and up to 5 non-returnable writing, photo and video samples [email protected]

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3 GORGEOUS VIEW Plots at Washington Me- morial in The Garden of Communion. Well kept, l ove l y & yea r r ound maintenance included. Fr iendly, helpful staff. Section 15, block 232, plots B; (2, 3 & 4), near Veteran section. Asking below cemetery price, $8,000! Will separate. 206-246-0698. Plots located at 16445 Interna- tional Blvd.

ACACIA BURIAL Plot, $2,190 (Lake City). Aca- cia Memorial Park, Birch Section, one grave site. Lovely o lder sect ion, beautifully maintained. A few steps off the road next to the fountain and Greenbelt at the top of the park. Perpetual fee included. Acacias price for this section is $3,991. We are asking $2,190 and are looking for a quick sale to close the estate. Call Chris 425- 405-0664 or [email protected]

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ACACIA Memorial Park, “Birch Garden”, (2) adjacent cemetery plots, #3 & #4. Se l l ing $4,000 each or $7,500 both. Lo- cated in Shoreline / N. Seatt le. Cal l or email Emmons Johnson, 206- 7 9 4 - 2 1 9 9 , [email protected]

C E M E T E R Y P L O T Greenwood Memor ia l Park in Renton. One plot avai lable in beaut i fu l Rhododendron section. P u r c h a s e d i n 1 9 6 6 among Renton families and veterans. This section is filled, lock in price now! $4000. For more details, call Alice: 425- 277-0855

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ART SUPPLIES: Clip Art Drawing Board, Drawing Tablet, Charcoal, Pas- tels, Water Color, Water Color Pads, art journals, etc. 3 lots for $50 each. 425-837-9816.

China Hutch, real wood, $65 . Treadm i l l , $15 . (253)981-4340

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ObituaryNaomi Charlotte

rohwederNaomi was born to Lil-

lian and Ray McGonagill on April 14, 1924. She was a retired school bus driver for Tahoma School District and homemaker of four children. She passed away on April 29, at the age of 88, after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease.

Naomi is preced-ed in death by her husband Jack and her parents, Lillian and Ray McGonagill of West Seattle. She is survived by her brother Keith McGo-nagill, her children Richard Rohweder, Charlotte Get-zlaff, Carol Fay, and Paul Rohweder as well as many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Naomi grew up in West

Seattle on Alki Beach. Her parents owned a little grocery store right by the beach. She loved to tell stories about living at Alki

and about how her room was above the store and she loved to look out at the water from her window. Other stories included how she went polar bear swimming, rented bicycles and rode up and down

Alki, and how she’d take a trolly to town.

Other things Naomi en-joyed were playing baseball, bowling, dancing, garden-ing, walking, reading, and being with family and friends.

She attended University of Washington and was majoring in P.E. when she met Jack at a Navy dance

in Seattle. He was tall and handsome and asked her to dance even though he didn’t know how. Jack built a house near Naomi’s parents house for them to live in and had their first two children, Richard and Charlotte, there. They resided in West Seattle until about 1959 when they bought a farmhouse in Maple Valley.

A memorial service and celebration of her life will be held on Sunday, May 6, at 2 p.m. at Evergreen Four-square Church in Auburn.

In lieu of flowers, the family request donations to Alzheimer’s Association at P.O. Box 7012, Albert Lea, MN 56007-8012.

Friends and family are invited to share memories, view photos and sign the on-line guest book at www.eycfc.com.

Naomi Rohweder

A residential recycling collection event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 12 at Rock Creek Elementary School. The school is located at 25700 Maple Valley Highway. There will also include

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