BY DENNIS BOX [email protected]e water is still unsettled aſter Black Diamond City Council members Craig Goodwin and Bill Saas removed themselves from the closed record hearing for the YarrowBay developments Sept. 26. e councillors recused themselves from the hearing aſter YarrowBay’s attorney, Nancy Rogers, submitted emails between Goodwin, Saas and opponents of the development. Rogers’ letter to the council members dur- ing the appear- ance of fairness portion of hearing stated the emails constituted ex-parte contact. Goodwin made a statement at the hearing the emails to Bob Edelman were concern- ing vesting and were not about the development hearing. e councillor stated in his view the communication did not involve ex-parte contact. Saas stated at the meeting, “Do I regret what I have done? Not one bit.... Would I do things differently in retrospect? I can say yes and no.” BY TJ MARTINELL [email protected]Candidates for Maple Valley City Council tackled a variety of topics at a debate ursday, Sept. 29 hosted by e Greater Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce and e Reporter at Rock Creek Elementary. Among the topics the candi- dates discussed were economic development, the Four Corners sub- area plan, Lake Wilderness Golf Course and if a YMCA in Maple Valley is viable. e debate began with a lightning round, where both the panel and members of the audience were asked yes or no questions, such as “is the city ever going to do anything with the Legacy Site?” On many of the questions, the panel and the audience either completely agreed or disagreed. For example, with the Legacy Site question, the panel said “yes,” while nearly all in the audience replied, “no.” However, almost everyone concurred the recession was not over and were against any kind of MAPLE VALLEY A DIVISION OF SOUND PUBLISHING BUSINESS | Banking on success of new coffee shop and wine bar [page 9] CONKS CONQUER | Kentwood takes the first game from Tahoma in a contest of undefeated girls soccer teams [13] FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2011 NEWSLINE 425-432-1209 COVINGTON | MAPLE VALLEY | BLACK DIAMOND R EP O RTER Candidates tackle wide range of city issues Questions, answers and looking at the future Colin Wiseman, 2, multitasks at the Maple Valley Farmers Market by decorating a gingerbread cookie while sampling the decorations. KRIS HILL, The Reporter To view a slide show go to www. maplevalleyreporter.com and to buy photos go to the Web site and click on the photo reprints tab. C is for Cookie and Colin BY TJ MARTINELL [email protected]S eventh grade students at Cedar River and Tahoma Middle schools spent the entire school day planting rain gardens on Sept. 29-30. Assisting them were Peter Don- aldson and Insa Karmini from the Friends of the Cedar River Watershed (FCRW). Funded by a grant from the Project Learning Tree Green Schools, the Tahoma School District is using the project both as an integration of the seventh grade science curriculum and as a way of elevating their Green School ranking. At Cedar River Middle School seventh grade science teacher David Reynoldson stated the rain gardens are a part of a long desired push for more education done outside of the classroom. “We’re in the process of creating outdoor classrooms,” he said. Renyoldson stated he also already taken the kids outdoors to study birds such as Stellar Jays. In addition, they have also worked at the Lake Wilderness Arboretum, where they have learned about how trees assist in water retention. “We’re trying to get a better understanding of what we can do to help the watershed,” he said. “We’re trying to apply what they learned here and at home,” he said. “ey learn about the role they can play here in their com- munity. We’ve been pushing it for years at this school district.” Students like Sam Bennett, a seventh grader, are taking advan- tage of the outdoor curriculum. He explained how chemicals from the roofs can be swept away along Rain gardens teach middle schoolers about science Sam Bennett from Cedar River Middle School prepares to add plants to the rain garden as a part of his seventh grade science curriculum. TJ MARTINELL, The Reporter [ more GARDENS page 3 ] WEBSITE | Check the website for breaking news stories and weather updates. maplevalleyreporter.com or covingtonreporter.com [ more ISSUES page 4 ] [ more ANSWERS page 5 ] BLACK DIAMOND
Th e water is still unsettled aft er Black Diamond City Council members Craig Goodwin and Bill Saas removed themselves from the closed record hearing for the YarrowBay developments Sept. 26.
Th e councillors recused themselves from the hearing aft er YarrowBay’s attorney, Nancy Rogers, submitted emails between Goodwin, Saas and opponents of the development. Rogers’ letter to the council members dur-ing the appear-ance of fairness portion of hearing stated the emails constituted ex-parte contact.
Goodwin made a statement at the hearing the emails to Bob Edelman were concern-ing vesting and were not about the development hearing. Th e councillor stated in his view the communication did not involve ex-parte contact.
Saas stated at the meeting, “Do I regret what I have done? Not one bit.... Would I do things diff erently in retrospect? I can say yes and no.”
Candidates for Maple Valley City Council tackled a variety of topics at a debate Th ursday, Sept. 29 hosted by Th e Greater Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce and Th e Reporter at Rock Creek Elementary.
Among the topics the candi-dates discussed were economic development, the Four Corners sub-area plan, Lake Wilderness Golf Course and if a YMCA in Maple Valley is viable.
Th e debate began with a lightning round, where both the panel and members of the audience were asked yes or no questions, such as “is the city ever going to do anything with the Legacy Site?”
On many of the questions, the panel and the audience either completely agreed or disagreed.
For example, with the Legacy Site question, the panel said “yes,” while nearly all in the audience replied, “no.”
However, almost everyone concurred the recession was not over and were against any kind of
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Colin Wiseman, 2, multitasks at the Maple Valley Farmers Market by decorating a gingerbread cookie while sampling the decorations. KRIS HILL, The Reporter To view a slide show go to www.
maplevalleyreporter.com and to buy photos go to the Web site and click on the photo reprints tab.
Seventh grade students at Cedar River and Tahoma Middle schools spent the
entire school day planting rain gardens on Sept. 29-30.
Assisting them were Peter Don-aldson and Insa Karmini from the Friends of the Cedar River Watershed (FCRW).
Funded by a grant from the Project Learning Tree Green Schools, the Tahoma School
District is using the project both as an integration of the seventh grade science curriculum and as a way of elevating their Green School ranking.
At Cedar River Middle School seventh grade science teacher David Reynoldson stated the rain gardens are a part of a long desired push for more education done outside of the classroom.
“We’re in the process of creating outdoor classrooms,” he said.
Renyoldson stated he also already taken the kids outdoors to
study birds such as Stellar Jays. In addition, they have also worked at the Lake Wilderness Arboretum, where they have learned about how trees assist in water retention.
“We’re trying to get a better understanding of what we can do to help the watershed,” he said. “We’re trying to apply what they learned here and at home,” he said. “Th ey learn about the role they can play here in their com-munity. We’ve been pushing it for years at this school district.”
Students like Sam Bennett, a seventh grader, are taking advan-tage of the outdoor curriculum. He explained how chemicals from the roofs can be swept away along
Rain gardens teach middle schoolers about science
Sam Bennett from Cedar River Middle School prepares to add plants to the rain garden as a part of his seventh grade science curriculum. TJ MARTINELL, The Reporter[ more GARDENS page 3 ]
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And fi nding money to fi ll in the gaps, explained PTA President Kim Walley, re-quires some creativity when you are working at the high school level.
Walley, who has two daughters in the Tahoma School District, has been volunteering since her old-est Jordan — who is now a senior — was a kinder-gartner.
“At the elementary level... it’s easy to do fundraisers,” she said. “You send all that stuff home with 700, 800 kids and it all comes back. At the high school you can’t send home stuff with 1,700 kids. For us to raise money at the high school, you have to be very unique.”
Th e Tahoma High PTA runs the Bear Beans espresso stand, which is open every morning before school and during lunches, staff ed by volunteers. Th ey ask people to sign up with eScrip so they get a per-centage of sales when folks who are enrolled use their grocery store reward cards.
Th ey also sell Jamba Juice cards and drinks as well as spirit wear.
With the money raised — this year the high school PTA has $125,000 budgeted for expenditures — the money goes to feed kids before the High School Profi ciency Exam in the spring, the junior art fi eld trip, grad night and senior scholarships.
“Every time there’s open house or the AP Scholar awards, any type of func-tion the parents come to school, we do the hospital-ity for that,” Walley said. “We sponsor student of the month in partnership with Jamba Juice. We do Teacher of the Month. We help pay for the leadership retreat for the leadership class. And on top of that we give opportu-nities to clubs and boosters to work in the concession stand so they can raise money.”
One of the reasons fund-raising is challenging, Wal-ley explained, is because unlike at the elementary school level the money doesn’t go to an individual classroom and kids are involved in clubs and activi-ties which have their own fundraisers.
In a way, Tahoma parents end up competing against
one another for the same community dollars because they are spread out among diff erent clubs and sports.
With 80 members and a core group of volunteers, Walley said, the high school PTA could use more help so it can continue to fi ll in the gaps.
“It gets a bad rap a lot of the time,” Walley said. “It’s the at-home moms or oh, it’s cliquish. It’s a bunch of volunteers who want the best for the students and the staff at the school. Th ere’s no hidden agendas. We want to make sure they have everything they need to be successful.”
And with the current state of the economy, more help would be welcome, Walley added, because “there’s more on our shoul-ders.”
“If I can’t make enough money to make HSPE breakfasts or those scholar-ships, they’re gone, there’s no money for those things at all,” she said. “Last year at the high school we had only 80 PTA members out of 1,700 plus students. We don’t expect everyone to give 20 hours a week like I do because this is what I’ve decided what to do with my time. Th e more people that are involved, the more we
can get done.”Even with needing more
help, Tahoma High Princi-pal Terry Duty had nothing but praise for the PTA.
“Our PTA is the heart of our school,” Duty wrote in an email interview. “Th ey care for our students and staff , tending to our essen-tial needs. When we wanted to feed our HSPE test takers before the test, PTA was there serving over 600 free breakfasts everyday. From running our entire grad night event so our seniors are safe aft er graduation to feeding our teachers amaz-ing lunches... our PTA is always there.”
Dawn Wakeley, associate director of teaching and learning for the Tahoma School District, also has been impressed with the PTA.
“Our PTAs at all the levels were absolutely incredible (during testing),” Wakeley said. “Th ey really have at their heart, ‘How can we help support kids to really shine and do their best and display what they know and are able to do.’”
Walley said the PTA will need to fi nd new partners in the community, as well, because they need to ease the burden on the staunch, long-time supporters such
as Garlic Jim’s, Jamba Juice and Java! Java!
Walley said the PTA will take whatever support people and businesses can provide.
“We need everybody,” she said. “Th e myth that you have to be an at home mom is not realistic. My right hand woman is Jo Haverfi eld. She does the website. She’s the computer guru. And she works 60 hours a week but she fi nds time. And she has four kids. Th at’s an example of a woman who works for a living but she fi nds time to fi t it in her life.”
Ultimately, Walley said, don’t believe all the negative things you hear about PTA.
“Being involved at every level, elementary, middle school, junior high and nowthe high school, I would nottrade the high school level for the world because you really get to work with the kids,” she said. “Th e kids are involved in what we do, the decisions we make, because we’re spending the money on them so we want to make sure they support what we’re doing. I pull up to that school and I’m excited to be there. I don’t have two daughters, I have 1,700 plus kids and I’d do anything for them.”
Filling in the gaps at Tahoma High
MAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT NEAR MAPLE VALLEY
A man died shortly after 10 p.m. on Sept. 30 in the 32700 block
of Southeast Kent Kangley Road after his vehicle had gone off
the road and rolled over several times, according to information
provided by Maple Valley Fire and Life safety offi cials.
The man, who had not been identifi ed as of Tuesday morning,
was ejected from the car and found on the road nearby.
Emergency personnel from Kangley-Palmer Fire and King
County Paramedics responded to the single vehicle accident.
Emergency responders attempted to resuscitate the driver, who as taken to Ravensdale Park to be
airlifted to a trauma center, but rescue eff orts were unsuccessful
with the water and enter the rivers. When they are drained into the rain gardens, however, the soil and plants help break down the chemicals.
“We’re trying to reduce waste pollu-tion at our school,” he said. “I’ve defi -nitely learned a lot about pollution, even though it’s just the beginning of the year.”
“(We’re) making it cleaner,” said Clarissa Nelson, a seventh grader at Tahoma Middle School. “(I’ve) learned a lot.”
Each year, a new seventh grade class will maintain the garden and build on
the work of the previous class.Th e rain gardens are also a way
for Tahoma schools to increase their ranking among Green Schools. Th ey are currently certifi ed for level two which requires energy conservation and recycling programs. According to Green Team leader Treena Fritsch, with a rain garden in place they hope for Cedar River to be certifi ed for level three, the highest level achievable.
“We’re still working on it,” she said. “We’re trying to get there this year.”
And it’s not just something the
students are enthusiastic about.“We have a great environment out here,” Reynoldson said. “Our teach-
ers are really excited about it.”Donaldson stated that when
Tahoma schools are remod-eled, they will be 100 percent infi ltrated, which means all of
their rooft op rainwater will go into a rain garden.
Reach TJ Martinell at 425-432-1209 ext. 5052.To comment on this story, go to mapl-evalleyreporter.com
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A pancake breakfast and all the fi xings prepared by FAST (Fund-raising
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FAST is a local nonprofi t organiza-tion dedicated to raising funds to assist with legal expenses related to the fi ght against the proposed master planned developments in the greater Black Diamond area.
Pancake breakfast
tax increases. Th e issue of local busi-
ness versus outside compe-tition was the fi rst question that was fi elded by Sean Kelly and Bill Woodcock, who are both running for position No. 1, currently held by Dana Parnello who chose not to run for re-election.
Woodcock stated there needed to be a balance.
“We don’t want to harm local businesses, but at the same time we need to do what’s best for the city in the long run,” Woodcock said.
Kelly argued zoning needs to be consistent “in the entire city” and to avoid too much “micromanag-ing.” On transportation and impact fees, Woodcock said the fees need to be restruc-tured.
“Developers need to cover their impacts to the city,” he said. “It’s a matter of doing business. Is it fair? I think we as a city could do a lot better job of monitor-ing what other cities are charging.”
Kelly, on the other hand, said he supports the park fees to build more ball fi elds.
“We need more ball fi elds,” Kelly said. “Th ere is only one baseball park in Maple Valley and half the
time it’s a swamp. We have the schools, but, they’re all tied up.”
Th e lack of ball fi elds was also discussed by Layne Barnes and Linda Johnson who are both running unop-posed.
Johnson explained there have been proposals for a bond issue to pay for several new ball fi elds, but it would cost $17 million, which she felt is too much to ask of Maple Valley residents at this time.
“In this economy we weren’t at all sure the citizens would support a bond issue,” she said. “We’d like to wait until the economy goes around. But it’s probably not going to happen for a while.”
Barnes expressed similar sentiment, though he said he disagreed with Johnson on whether the residents would support a bond.
“Now obviously, just say-ing that we can go forward on that basis is not enough,” he said. “Th ere’s going to have to be education.”
Mayor Noel Gerken, who is seeking re-election to position No. 5, and his challenger, Karen Crowe, took on questions about the Northwest Quadrant of the Four Corners subarea plan, which involves existing busi-nesses in that section of the planning area.
“Simply running a busi-ness over and saying this is
what we’re doing is not the way to do things,” Crowe said. “We need to keep them involved and make sure everything is fair and equitable.”
Gerken said, “I think we need to stick to what we’re doing with the Planning Commission and to go for-ward and make a good thing happen there in Four Cor-ners. We’re going to have to work together, but, it’s a huge and incredible opportunity for the city. We’re not going to kick anybody out. Th ey’re going to stay there forever.”
Candidates were allowed to ask each other questions and there was a testy ex-change when Gerken asked Crowe about her personal bankruptcy which was com-pleted in June.
“A part of your platform is running the city like a busi-ness,” he said. “But we saw you had a bankruptcy for $80,000, primarily for giving money to your family and your business.”
Crowe said she had already written a letter to the editor in the newspaper explaining what happened.
“I am shocked that you would bring that up,” she said. “We’ve all been through struggles. It sounds as though you never have. I’m sorry you don’t understand what those challenges are like. I believe the bankruptcy is a personal issue.”
Crowe asked Gerken how he planned to increase rev-enues to the city “rather than raising taxes.”
Gerken said, “We’ve raised taxes once in years, that was the utility tax. No, we don’t need more taxes.....We’ve got to learn to live within our means, but, certainly no increased taxes.”
Earlier in the evening Gerken also asked Crowe about her supporters who he said were mostly small businesses. “when issues important to these businesses come up to the council, and you’re on the council, will you take a position friendly to them?”
Crowe answered, “In go-ing out and talking to these businesses I made it pain-fully clear that I won’t always vote in favor with them.... I believe I can be absolutely objective, and keep in mind community.”
Crowe asked Gerken about the recent scuffl e between the city and King County concerning a Letter to the Editor published in Th e Reporter and the Voice of the Valley newspapers supporting Powell Devel-opment’s proposal for the Donut Hole property.
Th e county owns the 156-acre property that is located inside the city limits, but, has not been annexed into the city.
“I understand your angst,”
Gerken said. “I think we did the right thing with the letter. So, the thought was let’s lead the discussion.... It would have been fi ne, but it turned sideways on us. And then it became a political storm. I’m proud of what we did. I’m still talking to these folks. It’s going to turn out in the end better since we stood up.”
Kelly asked Woodcock about his stance on the three percent increase in the utility tax which was used to hire more police offi cers. Kelly noted he was “a proponent for that because it concerned public safety.”
Woodcock answered, “I support our police depart-ment. I believe the process could have had more out-reach. We did not do much to pursue other options fi rst. I wished we would have done that.”
Concerning taxes Kelly said that voters should have the opportunity to decide on tax increases to support schools or parks.
Gerken and Crowe did fi nd common ground on supporting the Greater Maple Valley Community Center, whether or not a YMCA is brought into the city.
“It’s one of the greatest assets that we have for our residents in Maple Valley,” Crowe said. “I think it is criti-cal that our city support the community center...I’m not
for bringing in a YMCA at this time.”
Gerken said, “It’s im-portant for the city to keep supporting the center. It’s really a good deal for the city. Regarding the YMCA, we should go slowly and look at all the options. I think we could have a YMCA and a community center in the same building.”
“One of my passions on the council has been trans-portation and getting more funding,” Gerken said. “One thing we have to keep doing is act regionally to get at the table.”
Kelly and Woodcock were asked about how they plan to curtail growth in Maple Valley until school needs are met.
“I don’t think that’s pos-sible,” Woodcock said. “What we can do as a city is help the school district, work with them, get these bonds approved...Help them by fast tracking their permitting process.”
Kelly had a diff erent ap-proach.
“One area in growth is new business,” Kelly said. “New business means new taxes. I work at one of the schools. It’s massively overcrowded. It’s danger-ous sometimes. We need to advocate for the next levy.”
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Rogers’ letter stated Goodwin and Saas should recuse themselves. Also council women Leih Mul-vihill and Kristine Hanson should recuse themselves because they own property near the development.
Once all four recuse themselves, the letter noted all could return because of the doctrine of necessity, or the need for a quorum to make a decision on the agreements.
“In this way, YarrowBay and community member against community mem-ber attacks can be avoided, the city’s fiscal interests will be protected, and the full five-member City Council can sit together with the community, to review The Villages and Lawson Hills Development Agreements,” Rogers wrote in the letter.
Hanson and Mulvihill re-turned to the hearing Sept.
29 creating a quorum with Councilman Bill Boston al-lowing the process to move forward.
Ex-parte contact in this case refers to a council member, who is acting in a quasi-judicial role, par-ticipating in discussions outside of the hearing with opponents of the develop-ments.
Goodwin said at the Sept. 26 hearing he did not see the email as “legitimate” reasons for recusal and he stated he would have to hire an attorney to defend him-self and he was not willing to take the financial risk.
During an interview Sept. 30, Goodwin said he agreed the development agreement hearings are a quasi-judicial process, but he again emphasized his belief there was no ex-parte contact.
“Anything I have been doing I’ve been straight up with YarrowBay,” Goodwin
said. “My objective was to be open.”
Goodwin said his plan was to bring the oppos-ing sides together and he pointed to an attempt to put together a meeting between the citizens technical com-mittee and YarrowBay.
“To YarrowBay’s credit they agreed to that,” Good-win said. “Unfortunately the (citizens techni-cal) committee established a bunch of preconditions which killed it. That was a poor decision on their part.”
According to Goodwin he is not anti-development.
“Black Diamond needs this development,” he said. “It is appropriate.”
Goodwin said the “ap-propriate checks and bal-ances need to be in place.... We need to make sure the citizens don’t pay for it.”
The councillor said he did not recuse himself for
political reasons or because he is trying to seek high office.
“It is important to have principles and live by those principles,” Goodwin said. “And I’m not taking my ball and going home. I am even more committed.”
Megan Nelson, director of legal affairs for Yar-
rowBay Holdings, wrote in an email, ““The
objections regarding ex-parte contacts in YarrowBay’s letter were based on a
totality of the com-munications. Under
the appearance of fairness doctrine, the question to be asked is whether a disinter-ested third party observer would think from reading the communications that bias exists. We believe the answer to that question is yes. As a result, our letter was about protecting the city and the planned com-munities from a potential
risk of future challenges. We also identified a solution that would have allowed all members to participate in the process.”
The development agree-ment hearings are scheduled to continue Friday and Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the Black Diamond Elementary School gymnasium, 25314 Baker Street.
Goodwin said he and Saas have scheduled a meeting for the public at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10 at the Black Diamond Community Cen-ter, 31605 3rd Ave.
He said people can come and ask questions concern-ing the recusals “and set a strategy for moving forward.”
Another issue Goodwin will address at the meeting is a comprehensive plan amendment regarding resi-dential density requirements.
The councillor considers this an critical issue for the future of the city.
In a letter to Steve Pilcher,
community development director for Black Diamond, Goodwin recommends the city, “Delete the require-ments that an MPD have any residential density at all” and “For those developments that include residences, change the minimum residential density required from 4 dwelling units per gross acre to 4 per net residential acre.”
The issue will be going before the Planning Com-mission and there will be a public hearing regarding the proposed comprehensive plan amendment at 7 p.m. Oct. 18 in City Council chambers.
Reach Dennis Box at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5050.To comment on this story go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com.
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October 7, 2011[6]
The political wind machine is shift ing into high gear with about a month before the election verdicts are handed
down from the voters.I have been tossing a political theory around
the last few days on my drive from Enumclaw to Kent. Th e drive gives me just enough time to entertain a bunch of goofy ideas, but not quite enough time to get me put away in a home for the newspaper loonies who have gone over the edge... yet.
My latest fl ickering light bulb has to do with the agendas and strategies.
Over the years I have seen countless can-didates enter the political ring because of an agenda. I’ve seen it at all levels of government.
Oft en a candidate’s supporters carry the magic agenda bag around and keep shaking it at anyone who will listen.
When I am asked for advice from candi-dates, I usually tell them, “Stop listening to your friends. Th ey probably know nothing about political left hooks and they have an agenda.”
What is the problem with agendas? Noth-ing at all. Agendas are about as common in politics as bald guys... not that I know any bald guys.
An agenda is the premise a story is built on and it is oft en the essence of successful politi-cal campaign.
My theory is the missing link in many cam-paigns is the strategy.
A political agenda without a hand-in-glove strategy to execute the premise of the campaign may be one of the most common reasons folks lose political races — other than picking the wrong guy to challenge.
Picking the right guy to fi ght is a tactic learned in fi rst grade.
Here is rule No. 1. Don’t challenge an in-cumbent just because your friends tell you to – that’s called losing.
Dino Rossi found this out in boldface the second time he ran against Gov. Chris Gre-
goire. You don’t get to tie the champion, you have to go the distance and really beat them.
Challengers do beat incumbents, but it is usually a bloody battle. Th e rule is don’t pick the biggest guy on the playground to swing at if Wally Wimpy Pants is close by.
Two of the best campaign strategists of recent time are James Carville and Karl Rove. Depending on the side of the aisle, many consider them Satan’s chauff eurs, but they are a couple of political geniuses when it comes to pairing a strategy with an agenda.
Although diametrically opposed on the po-litical spectrum — Carville is a Democrat and Rove a Republican — both feature a genetic talent for attaching a stiff -spine agenda to a brilliant strategy.
If the agenda is the love of the girl, the strat-egy is how you get the girl to marry you. If it is all agenda you aren’t getting to fi rst base. A good strategy with a passionate agenda means you just might be sliding home.
It is a very tricky balance.One agenda I oft en hear is a business owner
running on the platform he will run the gov-ernment like a business.
It is a perfectly good agenda as long as no one thinks about it too much.
Free market businesses and the government are not even remotely similar, except both need money, which is what the candidate is usually trying to say. We hear the guy say he will rein in government or spend less money or be fi scally responsible or some other sen-tence along the same line.
Th e on-the-street reality is American busi-nesses must be as agile as Muhammad Ali.
Successful businesses move quickly in tough times or they die.
American government is contemplative and slow moving. A business makes a mistake and it goes under. A government has to guard against knee-jerk reactions. Fresh ideas are es-sential, but there has to be a legislative process to protect the whole against the goofy few.
Th e government is also expected to be transparent, at least to some degree. Ask the next candidate who talks about running the government like a business how much he wants to open up all his business books and display his secrets.
Governments and businesses are two separate beasts. Th ere are places where ideas from each can be shared. Th at is where a well-thought-out premise coupled with a strategy can be a winning combination.
I am always attentive to a candidate’s prem-ise and I watch the execution of the campaign strategy.
I want to know if the candidate can pull off a campaign and if there is some understand-ing what this puzzle called government is all about.
If a candidate follows Shakespeare’s advice, “Th is above all, to thine own self be true,” win or lose it is a good campaign.
And for a candidate who ends up on the losing end, all he has to do is wait a while and things will probably go south. Th en he gets to say, “See I told you this guy was a pinhead.”
Stealing campaign signs is an act of vandalism
Having been a resident of Maple Valley for more than 16 years, I am truly disgusted about the recent turn of mischief that has been hap-pening in our city.
We proudly displayed political signs in our yard for three of the candidates, Karen Crowe, Linda Johnson and Bill Woodcock, who are running for City Council positions in Maple
Valley. Th ese signs were very close to the front of our home for three days. Th en just this morning, we awoke to the signs having been removed from the yard and placed upside down in a tree. In addition, it has been noticed that all the signage along Witte Road for candidate Bill Woodcock have been removed, as well. Th ese acts of mischief are certainly not funny or cute. Th ey are acts of vandalism.
So, a suggestion from a resident. If you are a juvenile doing these acts and think it’s funny, believe me it’s not. If in fact, you are an adult, who thinks that by removing and vandalizing specifi c candidate’s signage will promote less votes for that person, think again. Whoever you are, whatever your age, these acts of van-dalism are certainly signs of a very sick mind.
I will continue to support these three can-didates for council positions with or without signs.
Evelyn DeFriscoMaple Valley
Council members did not violate hearing rules
In the ongoing closed record hearings concerning the development agreements for proposed Black Diamond master planned de-velopments council men (Craig) Goodwin and (William) Saas were challenged by the developer,YarrowBay, to recuse themselves. Th e reasons given by YarrowBay were that both council-men spoke with our citizens’ technical team last spring and, thus, according to YarrowBay, violated the quasi-judicial development agree-ment hearing rules.
Th is is nonsense! All discussions and emails between the councilmen and our team dealt with the MPD ordinances passed in Sept. 2010 (existing city of Black Diamond law). Th ere is nothing illegal about that and it has nothing to do with the ongoing quasi-judicial development agreement hearing.
Th e record must be straight. Two such dedi-cated public servants like Black Diamond city
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council men Goodwin and Saas should not be chal-lenged for something that was completely legal and, I might add, part of the normal process to obtain input from the public which they serve.
We should all remember that we are very fortunate to live in a democracy, which provides us the opportunity of free speech, and we live in a republic, which allows for representation. Both the council men and our team were exercising their rights as American citizens.
Peter RimbosCitizens’ technical team leader
Goodwin had no legal reason to step down
On the evening of Sept. 26 Craig Goodwin, a Black Diamond City Council member, made a strong statement on the record as part of the appearance of fairness proceedings prior to the start of the closed record hearings on the development agreements in Black Diamond.
His statement has been provided to this newspa-per and hopefully will be published.
There are some very serious questions that need to not only be asked, but also answered here in Black Diamond. All of us who are paying our hard earned American dollars into the pool of municipal funds that run this city need to be a part of that process, both asking the questions and pushing for truthful answers.
Mr. Goodwin said that while he has done nothing illegal and nothing that requires him to be recused from the above mentioned
proceedings he cannot participate because of the threat of lawsuit by Yarrow-Bay and the inability to per-sonally take on the financial burden of his defense in such a legal action.
For what reason would Mr. Goodwin, or any other City Council member, not be provided coverage for lawsuits threatened by developers?
Under what conditions would our city insurance fail to protect the people elected to serve?
How can our elected
representatives act with integrity in representing us if they are subject to threats of lawsuit and personal loss by a big dollar developer seeking approval from these same representatives?
I assume our tax dollars were expended in acquiring the insurance policy that is supposed to provide protec-tion for our city. I demand to know why Mr. Goodwin felt our city would not stand by him when he has done no wrong.
I want to know why my city allowed YarrowBay
to hire a speaker for a city “work session”, that was held on city property and required attendance of both staff and City Coun-cil members but did not allow citizen groups to use those same rooms or have meetings with City Council members and city staff.
I want to know why when I asked council member Kristine Hanson to recuse herself because her property is adjacent to the proposed project, and because she recused herself for that same reason last
year with legal advice from MRSC (Municipal Research and Service Center of Washington), she refused....but when Yarrow Bay asks her to recuse herself for the same reason she complies.
I want the appearance of fairness to mean just that.
The truth is that Yarrow Bay did not like the look of their odds with four seated council members evaluating the development agreement.
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their odds with four seated council members evaluat-ing the development agree-ment.
The truth is our city is ac-commodating YarrowBay’s request that we once again usethe doctrine of necessity
to justify admittedly biased jurors to preside over hearings on Yarrow Bay’s projects.
The question is “Why?” And we deserve an answer.
Cindy WheelerBlack Diamond
Fred Meyer supports community
Recently at a Maple Valley City Council hear-ing, a charge was levied against Fred Meyer Stores by another member of the community. The charge was that Fred Meyer does not contribute to the commu-nity and is not involved.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
We contribute more than $4 million in cash and an additional $4 million in food to our communities each year in our four-state market (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington).
We do more for our com-munities than any of our competitors, hands down. The Maple Valley store will be an active part of this network of time, money and product donations.
Here’s what Fred Meyer has done in Maple Valley over the last few years:
the Chamber;
Valley Rotary fundraiser at $10,000 and
-ley Days.
Here’s what Fred Meyer will do in Maple Valley once the store is open.
In all our communities, once the store opens, each school in the area will get a donation of between $2500 and $5000 each year to be distributed as the schools see fit.
We have an active em-ployee volunteer program in each store. One great
example is that our stores each have American Cancer Society Relay for Life teams and combined Fred Meyer employees raise more than $200,000 each year.
We donate more than two million meals in Wash-ington state from our stores through our perishable do-nations program — meat, dairy and some produce. The Maple Valley store will be part of that and the food will go to a food bank in Maple Valley.
Our coin boxes raise more than $550,000 a year and go to non-profits in the communities where our stores do business. Maple Valley will be part of that program.
Non-profits such as Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts and veteran’s groups use our doorways to raise more than $2 million each year.
The Fred Meyer Fund is funded by our employees’
generous donations and we make more than $1 million in grants from that fund each year, in the communi-ties where we have stores and where our customers and employees live.
We are very aware that if our communities are not strong, then our business will not be strong. We take our responsibility to our communities very seriously and we show it with cash, product and employee vol-unteer time. We are thrilled to be coming to Maple Val-ley and cannot wait to start serving your community!
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EMERGENCY COORDINATION PREPAREDNESS FAIR OCT. 8
The city of Maple Valley Emergency Coordination Center Emergency Pre-paredness Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8 at Rock Creek Elementary.
Once upon a time the vision for the stand alone business at
Sawyer Village on Kent-Kangley Road and South-east 216th Street was for a bank with a drive through.
On Oct. 10, though, Ristrettos will open as a coffee shop and wine bar in the plaza.
Jeff Potter, director of land development for Maple Valley-based Curtis Lang Custom Homes, which owns the property, explained that when the team was developing a con-cept for the shopping center it included a variety of uses ranging from doctor’s offices to small boutique shops.
It has all that now with the Valley Medical Center Clinic, for example, as well as a Subway, Get Hot! Yoga and Bike Masters and Boards.
All Sawyer Village needed was something to go in that standalone spot on the southeast end of the property.
“When we were looking for tenants (in 2008) we weren’t getting a great deal of interest in this site,” from banks, Potter said. “At the time, the city didn’t allow drive-throughs for anything but banks and drug stores. We decided whatever we
wanted to have on this pad, we needed the zoning amended. Ultimately about a year later we were able to get the allowance to have a drive through for our coffee shop. That allowed us to go out and market this site.”
Potter noted that Lang has connections through
his business in which he deals with developers and home builders who also know the coffee and wine industries as well as the restaurant busi-ness. Through talking with those resources, Lang discovered putting a
coffee shop and wine bar on the site was something
he was interested in, Potter said.
“We knew that it was a good loca-tion because of the
traffic counts,” Potter said. “We started laying
out what we could put here.
This pad was originally ap-proved for a 3,500-square-foot building, say a bank and maybe a restaurant or coffee shop. We decided if we were going to do a coffee shop that it was cost effec-tive for now not to build a whole (3,500-square-foot) building. Let’s make this a
marquee building just for this one user and that’s how we ended up with an 1,800 square foot building, that includes the upstairs.”
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October 2011 City of Covington: Unmatched Quality of Life16720 SE 271st Street, Suite 100, Covington, WA 98042
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PUBLIC WORKS 101EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT & RESPONSE
One key responsibility of the City of Covington
Public Works Department is Emergency Manage-
ment. Emergencies come in all shapes and sizes -
from responding to a traffi c accident to an earthquake
response. The City must be ready to respond to all
incidents to the best of its ability. Luckily, the City
is not alone in this effort. King County, the State of
Washington and the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) are all prepared to provide backup to any response within
the City.
There are four main areas of focus for emergency management. They are:
Preparedness, Response, Recovery and Mitigation.
Preparedness – Covington has a Comprehensive Emergency Management
Plan that is the basis of the preparedness for any disaster within the City. The
City has a budget allocation to assure we are prepared. This includes ensur-
ing that City staff is prepared at work. Are you prepared? Contact the City
of Covington or go to www.covingtonwa.gov/city_departments/publicworks/
emergencymanagement/helpfullinks.html for more information on personal
preparedness.
Response – This is the area that you regularly see
on the nightly news as a particular event is unfold-
ing. Much of the preparation is focused on respond-
ing to save and protect life and property. One of
the best ways you can help with response is to be
self-suffi cient for at least three days. This allows
the City to focus resources where they are most
needed. You can also help by becoming a more in-
formed and prepared citizen. If you are interested
in supporting the response effort, specifi c training is
available. Please check out the Community Emer-
gency Response Team (CERT) training, which is
available at the following locations:
Recovery – Recovery is often the most diffi cult and longest part of the pro-
cess. Resources can be slow in coming and rebuilding anything takes time.
Priorities for the health and welfare of all must be considered. With many
can arise for citizens and emergency workers alike. This is the time when
support, good communication and patience are essential. Please remember,
when emergencies arise, that the local emergency workers and their families
are victims, too. They have the same concerns and worries as everyone else
for the safety and well-being of their families.
Mitigation – Once the event is over, and recovery is well under way, the
response and recovery process is reviewed. Possible issues that may arise in
ed, mitigation begins. This is the proactive part of Emergency Management.
Once the mitigation projects are prioritized, these projects are considered to
assure there won’t be repeated issues during similar events. This process can
also identify the need for new equipment, response procedures, or training
leads back to preparation.
The City of Covington has recruited volunteers who have completed the
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training. This group – the
They are led be Consuelo Davis. This group of volunteers is actively meeting
and continuing their training, so they are better able to assist the citizens of
Covington in emergency preparedness and response activities. If you are in-
terested in learning more information about this group, please contact Shellie
Feel free to contact the City of Covington for more information, or to fi nd
out how you can get involved in preparing yourself, your family, and our City,
should a major emergency arise.
City of Covington Maintenance Responsibilities for Emergency ResponseSnow and Ice Control – The Covington Maintenance Team takes the lead
and is responsible for snow and ice control within the City. Each event is
different and requires unique methods of treatment. The maintenance depart-
ment utilizes snow plows, sanders, and a deicer tank to remove snow, pro-
vide traction, and prevent ice from forming on roadways. The team prepares
for these events months before the threat of freezing
temperatures arise by reviewing established routes,
inspecting and repairing equipment, and coordinat-
ing with material suppliers and other agencies.
In the event of a snow and ice storm, City crews are
prepared to work around the clock to keep our streets
drivable for all motorists, but especially emergency
response vehicles. On more than one occasion, the
City has received recognition for the way we handle
snow and ice events.
Flooding – The Maintenance Team, in tandem
with the Stormwater Management Team, coordinates
efforts in the City to prevent and respond to fl ooding
events. Responses can be anything from setting up
traffi c control for water over roadways to placing sandbags where needed.
Covington also partners with King County, who can assist the City in respond-
ing to large events.
ILA –
an Inter Local Agreement which
allows our two cities to share re-
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well as during emergency events.
ability to quickly respond (with ad-
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during emergency events. Having
the ability to draw on our neighbor’s
fl eet and staff puts each of our cities
in a better position to respond to any
event.
On Saturday, October 8, 2011 the City of Covington will be
participating at theMaple Valley Emergency
Preparedness Fairat Rock Creek Elementary School
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.Please stop by and learn more about
emergency preparedness.
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The City of Covington has provid-
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to King County Sexual Assault
Resource Center (KCSARC) program
for over ten years. The Center special-
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sexual assault services to Covington
children, teens, and adult survivors of
sexual assault and their families. KC-
SARC also operates a 24-hour resource
line to provide additional referrals, and
has a content-rich website available to
victims and concerned individuals.
Part of the grant funding contract pro-
vided by the City requires that each agen-
cy have annual performance measure-
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an end-of-year outcome report, which
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always exceeded their annual goals. In
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Covington residents; provided 396 legal
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The City is pleased to partner with
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COVINGTON AQUATIC CENTER NEWS-SPLASH
SPOOKY SWIM ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 29th!!! Lights out, a glowing pool, and ghoulish fun await you at the annual Halloween
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Session 2: (preteens and teenagers) Saturday, October 29, 6:30-8 p.m.
CostAdvance registration (available 10/3-10/28) General Fee: $3.25;
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SHOW YOUR SUPPORTPurchase purple light bulbs and purple string
lights at Covington City Hall to show yoursupport for Purple Light Nights®throughout the month of October.
Purple light bulbs are $3 each or two for $5and purple string lights are $20 each.
The color purple has long been recognized as the international color symbolizing domestic violence. The simple idea of shining a purple light on every front porch, in every business, and on our street trees encourages the community to remember and
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Dirt-cheap gardening awaits thrifty gardeners this month as nurseries put trees, shrubs, vines and many perennials on sale for fall planting. In our climate, autumn is the best time of year to add plants to the landscape because the cool soil and fall rains encourage stronger root growth.
Look for plants that will
enhance your garden dur-ing the cold, dark months of November, December and January.
Top plants to buy now for winter color
Plants with colorful bark: Jackmonti birch with pure white bark, coral bark maples, paper bark maples and shrubby red twig and
yellow twig dogwoods will change the look of your winter landscape.
You can really play up the drama by aiming an out-door landscape light onto the colorful bark. What a way to warm up your welcome home on a dark winter night.
Plants with bird-feeding berries: You get a bonus
here with color from both the berries and the birds that will visit your garden. Hollies, Oregon grape, py-racanthea and cotoneaster all provide beauti-ful berries for the birds.
Plants that look good naked: Trees and shrubs that twist and turn will hold snow and frost on their beautiful limbs and add texture to the winter garden. Beautiful nudes look especially nice when placed in front of a solid wall or dark evergreen background. Look for contorted filberts, “Twisty baby” dwarf black locust or Robinia, gracefully weep-ing wisteria trees and the delicate-looking but winter-hardy weeping threadleaf arborvitae.
Fall is for Feasting: Extend the season of your
vegetable harvest.Simply covering your
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harvest for weeks or even into late Novem-ber.
Saving tomatoes:
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turn red. Use tall stakes of rebar to make a teepee over tall tomato plants in the ground and drape with plastic. Move potted tomato plants under cover. You can also harvest green tomatoes and let them ripen indoors or uproot the entire plant and hang upside down from the rafters of a garage or garden shed.
Dirt Cheap Cold Frames:Use PVC plastic hoops,
metal hoops or even hula hoops for support and cover your rows of veggies
with bubble wrap, cor-rugated plastic or use old windows laid atop a stack of cement blocks. Just a small area covered by glass can continue to provide fresh greens and herbs from the garden all winter.
Fall is for Fabulous Con-tainers:
Consider October a sec-ond spring and replant your summer-weary pots and containers with color that you can enjoy all winter and into the spring. Start your autumn containers by planting some spring-blooming bulbs into the potting soil now so they can break through and bloom this winter.
Crocus bulbs and dwarf daffodils will bloom as early as January in a container that is grown close to the house.
Next add a perennial like Sedum “Autumn Joy” or Euphorbia “Glacier Blue” in the center or back of the pot. Contrast the upright form and colorful foliage with of a winter bloom-ing heather near the front of the pot and use the rest of the available space for winter-blooming pansies. The smaller the flowers on the pansy the better they can tolerate cold weather.
If you follow this recipe using bulbs, perennials, heathers and pansies you will have color all winter – with spring bulbs that will pop up through the foliage of the other plants.
October 8, Saturday 1:00pm Meet Marianne Binetti at Furney’s Nursery for a free seminar on “The Forgotten Season: Add-ing Winter Color” plus fall maintenance. Go to www.furney’s nursery.com
Also hosting on the ra-dio, KIRO fm 97.3 from 10 to Noon this Saturday and the topic is “Planting for the Winter Garden“.
Marianne Binetti has a degree in horticulture from Washington State University and is the author of “Easy Answers for Great Gardens” and several other books. For book requests or answers to gardening questions, write to her at: P.O. Box 872, Enum-claw, 98022. Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for a personal reply.
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This time around, Kentwood didn’t need double overtime to beat Tahoma in a girls
soccer match on Oct.1.The Conquerors put away the
Bears 2-1 in their first meeting of the season.
“The victory is a big one,” Kent-wood Head Coach Aaron Radford wrote in an email. “Being the first game against Tahoma since the championship last year, we felt the pressure to perform well.”
Kentwood’s Mykala Benjamin scored both goals for the Conks, notching an unassisted score at the 35 minute mark then the insurance goal at the 59 minute mark.
Benjamin got a ball up the middle, battled past a defender then dribbled into the box and shot with her right foot from about the 18 into the far side of the goal for the Conquerors’ first score.
On the second goal, Benjamin took a ball from Jen Oak that was played through the defense, allowing Benjamin to run on and shoot under Tahoma’s goal keeper as she came out.
Tahoma fought back with a goal at the 67 minute mark when Brie Hooks sent the ball to Mackenzie Henke.
“It was a physical game,” Rad-ford wrote. “Both teams had good chances. The team stepped up and played probably the best game of the season.”
With the victory, Kentwood is in the driver’s seat in the South Puget Sound League North, improving to
8-0-0 with 24 points while Tahoma dropped to 6-1-1 with 19 points.
“The win helps us maintain a lead in the standings,” Radford wrote. “This league is tough and every game is huge, so, to get some separation on Tahoma is big right now. But, we know we need to work even harder
this second round of games to keep our position and give ourselves a chance to be the top team in the SPSL.”
Tahoma and Kentwood meet again on Oct. 27 at French Field in the final
It’s been a long time since Kentwood has beaten Auburn on its home turf at Auburn Memorial Stadium.
In fact, Conquerors coach Rex Norris couldn’t even remember the last time.
“I don’t think we’ve won here in 10 years,” he said. “Actually, I’m pretty sure I’ve never beat them here.”
On Sept. 30, however, Kentwood (3-1 South Puget Sound League North 4A, 4-1 overall) was able to control the fourth-quarter clock and hand the Trojans (2-3, 2-3) a 24-17 loss, their third in a row.
After Auburn scored on a Darnell Hagans’ 5-yard run with 7:14 left on the clock bringing the Trojans to within a TD of Kentwood the Conquerors took over on their own 21-yard line and put together a time-consuming, 15-play drive to close out the game
“Our kids responded,” Norris said. “We’re getting a lot from them right now.”
Auburn opened the scoring in the first quarter when kicker Axel Barajas’ field goal dribbled over the crossbar after a Conk defender got a hand on it.
Kentwood responded with Chance Kalua-Fuima-
Kentwood gets big win over Auburn
Kentwood’s Sarah Bindl battles with Tahoma’s Brie Hooks for the ball during the game which the Conks won 2-1 on Oct. 1 at Maxwell Stadium. DENNIS BOX, The Reporter
Despite four turnovers Kentlake held off another upset bid with a 42-33 win over Tahoma on the gridiron Sept. 29 at French Field.
The Falcons fumbled the ball on the kickoff return to start the game but the Bears gave it right back.
Tahoma struck first with a field goal by David Stoecker at the 8:56 mark in the first quarter.
Little more than two minutes ticked off the game clock before Kentlake an-swered after Austin Pernell
caught a bullet from Steffin Church to put the Falcons on the Tahoma 10. On the next play the Falcons put their first touchdown of the night on the score board at the 6:26 mark.
The see-saw scoring continued with 3:26 left in the first as Tahoma running back took it up the middle from 14 yards out to score, making it 10-7 Bears.
Less than a minute into the second quarter Stoecker nailed his second field goal of the night, extending the Tahoma lead to 13-7.
Kentlake drove 80 yards on the next series on four
plays and took its first lead of the game in which Nu’U Vaifale had a 22 yard run and a 38 yard pass from Church to Breton Me-dina before Tanner Lucas punched it in from a yard out.
Tahoma answered with a 58 yard pass by Shane Nel-son that set the Bears up in the red zone and then Beau Riggs, who carried the ball the most for the Bears, took it in two plays later from one yard out. After the two point conversion failed, Tahoma was up 19-14 with 7:47 left in the first half.
On the ensuing kickoff Austin Pernell may well have broken the league record with a 96 yard return for a touchdown which gave Kentlake a 21-19 lead.
Kentlake stays perfect with win over Tahoma
Kentlake’s Austin Pernell, left, tries to pull in the ball while Jason Smith of Tahoma works to take it away. CHARLES CORTES, The Reporter
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Kentwood picks up the 2-1 victory in a key South Puget Sound League North Division contest
[ more KENTLAKE page 14 ]
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Bill Stearns of Des Moines drained a hole in one on the
15th hole at Lake Wilderness Golf Course on Sept. 29.
Stearns was using a six iron on the par 3, 156-yard hole, when he nailed the shot. He
was golfing with Bryan Willis of Maple Valley, Sharon Parsons
and Stephen Jenson. Marlene Willis, Bryan’s wife, was also
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NOTES: Kentlake 3, Thomas
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Laura Rayfield netted the first goal for the Falcons while Sarah Landram put
the ball in the goal for the second score and Callen Shelton took a ball from Landram for the third goal.
With the win, Kentlake improved to 4-3-1 with 13 points, and fourth place in the SPSL North.
Kentlake takes on Au-burn Riverside on Tuesday.
Kicks for the Cure set for Saturday: It’s time for rivals to come together to paint French Field pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Kentwood and Kentlake will meet on the pitch at French Field for the Third Annual Kicks for the Cure game.
Kentwood’s C team plays Kentridge at 11 a.m., then the Kentlake JV squares off against Kentwood’s JV at 1 p.m. with the varsity set to match up at 3 p.m.
A year ago the match raised nearly $5,000 for MultiCare’s Mammogram Assistance Program, which provides diagnostic services
to women who can’t afford them at clinics in Coving-ton and Auburn as well as the Carol Milgard Breast Center in Tacoma.
Kicks for the Cure began in 2009 when Kentwood coach Aaron Radford and his wife, Tara, came up with an idea that summer which would allow the team to give back to the commu-nity.
Angy Mathena, first year coach at Kentlake, said girls from both teams have done fundraisers over the sum-mer and will sell T-shirts at the game, among other ways to bring in money.
“It is a great way for the girls to get involved and give back to their commu-nity,” Mathena wrote in an email.
Reach Kris Hill at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054.To comment on this story go to www.maplevalleyre-porter.com.
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But Tahoma had an answer in the form of Riggs, who ripped off another big run to the Kentlake 5, then took the ball again and scored making it 26-21 which was where things stood at half time.
“We had a (pass defense) package in place this week because last year they threw the ball effectively against us,” said head coach Chris Paulson. “So we put Austin Pernell out there on Jason Smith. We manned up Stephon on the other kid.”
But what hurt the Falcons in the first half was run de-fense, something Paulson said they got fixed in the second half.
It took four minutes, 29 seconds into the second half before another touchdown was posted on the board.
Kentlake covered half the field in two plays when Pernell put together a 25 yard catch followed by a 25 yard touch-down run by Church on an option play to take the lead back, 27-26.
Late in the third quarter Stephon Vaifale made a short run to put the Falcons on the Bears 7 yard line which set up Pernell who ran it in two plays later on an end around then laid out to get the touch down to extend the Kentlake lead
to 35-26 with 3:40 left in the third.Tahoma wasn’t done yet.The Bears started the next drive on
their own 36 and a few plays later, in-cluding a 25 yard reception by DeShon Williams, scored again to pull within two at 35-33 with five ticks left on the clock in the third.
Deep in Tahoma territory it looked like Kentlake might extend the lead until a fumble on the exchange at the 4 yard line gave the Bears the ball back.
But Nelson threw a pick from his one 1 yard line under pressure from Kentlake which took over at the Tahoma 30.
Lucas got the ball on three straight plays going for 14 yards, then took it to the two followed by a touchdown up the gut to make it 42-33 Kentlake.
From there the Falcons got the ball back with less than four minutes to
play and went to the ground game to run out the clock.Tahoma drops to 2-2 in South Puget Sound League
North division play.Kentlake improved to 5-0, a spot it was in last year after
beating Tahoma at Maxwell Stadium, before dropping its next two games.
“We’ve got a group that’s a year more mature, that remembers how that felt,” Paulson said. “They all know what’s at stake next week. We’re going to prepare the same way we did the past two weeks.”
Heading into the game Sept. 23 against Thomas Jefferson Paulson talked to the team about finishing the game, some-thing they had to do against the Raiders and again Friday night against the Bears.
“We told them going into the Jefferson game were going into a four game stretch against Jefferson, Tahoma, Kent-wood, Auburn that would be for the league title,” Paulson said.
Kentwood beat Auburn 24-17, making the next match up at French Field on Friday, Oct. 7, another big test for Kentlake as Kentwood is in second place in the North.
Tahoma hosts Kent-Meridian at 7 p.m. on Friday at Maxwell Stadium.
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“We told them going into the Jefferson game we’re going into a four game stretch against Jefferson, Tahoma, Kentwood, Auburn that would be for the league title.” Chris Paulson
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Kentwood stretched its lead to 9-3 on Mitchell Cox’s 33-yard field goal in the second quarter.
On its next drive, Auburn capped a 10-play, two-minute drive with a 10-yard TD reception, taking a 10-9 lead into halftime.
In the second half, the
Conks opened with an eight play, 80-yard drive culmi-nating in Matt Hubbard’s 2-yard scoring run.
Kentwood padded its lead in the fourth quar-ter behind senior Visa Thach’s 1-yard TD run. The Conquerors converted the two-point play, putting the score at 24-10.
Auburn pulled within a touchdown on Hagans’ fourth-quarter TD run, but was unable to stop Kent-wood in the final minutes of the fourth quarter.
“We just didn’t play well enough to win,” Auburn coach Gordon Elliott said. “We just need to get better. We needed to stop them and we didn’t. I thought we moved the ball well and found some things we could do. We just didn’t stop them.”
“It’s gratifying to come in here and get a win. That’s a coach (Elliott) over there who doesn’t lose often,” Norris said.
The Conks’ Hubbard agreed that the win on Au-
burn’s home turf was a big boost for Kentwood, which plays undefeated Kentlake at 7 p.m. Friday at French Field.
“They were here to defend their house, but our mentality is that wher-ever we go, we make it our house,” Hubbard said. “And I think we made it our house tonight. We proved tonight for every team that has doubted us that we’re here to play and we’re not going to back down to anyone.”
Tahoma High’s boys and girls cross country teams outran Mt. Rainer and Kentwood at a
meet on Sept. 28 at Lake Wilderness Park.Yet, despite this double victory, Head
Coach Gary Conner said it is not indica-tive of his team’s potential.
“We’ve got a ton of talent,” he said. “But we’re in that mid-season blues.”
In the boy’s varsity race, Kentwood’s Danny Lun-der came in first at 16:21, but was followed by a steady succession of Tahoma runners such as junior James Dagley and sophomore Riley Campell, who came in at 16:31 and 16:48 respectively.
With a strong showing, they defeated Kentwood, 20-37, and Mt. Rainier 15-49. Kentwood beat Mt. Rainier, 17-45.
In the girl’s race Tahoma had seven runners in the top 10. Though Mt. Rainier’s Jordan McPhee came in first at 18:57, Tahoma runners such as junior Elizabeth Ooster-
hout (19:49) and freshman Delaney Tiernan (20:47) were able to fill in the other top finishes necessary for a team victory. They won 18-45 over Kentwood and 20-43 over Mt. Rainier in spite of having three top runners — Julianna Mock, Cheyenne Greenside, and Abby Atchison — sit out the race due to injuries.
Conner explained the primary emphasis is to prepare the teams for the end of the season races where placement will either allow them to advance to the next meet or not.
“Our coaching style is league, district, state,” he said. It is a strategy which seems to be working effectively.
During the 15K coed cross country relays at Lake Wilder-ness on Sept. 13, the girls team placed third, and both varsity teams beat Auburn and Kent-Meridian at their Sept. 21 meet.
Conner’s focus on the state championship is understand-able as the girl’s varsity narrowly missed second place at the 2010 4A state championship meet a year ago. The Bears ultimately placed third right behind Eastlake.
“We’re racing for a state title,” Conner. “Those other teams better be better or they’re in trouble.”
a unique building and to take advantage of the view of Mount Rainier.
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a memorable experience, not just get in, get your coffee and get out.”
As the plan continued to evolve and the con-cept expanded to include wine, Potter said, the idea of having a larger, more diverse food menu made sense.
To that end, there are going to be 25 employees at Ristrettos, in order to
fully staff the hours it will be open.
Potter explained that in order to cre-ate a unique, welcoming and comfortable environment, there are a number of re-used and recycled materi-
als such as worm-wood from a pier in the Puget Sound region that was placed in the walls, posts on the patio came from Mount Rainier National Park, as well as rough cedar pieces from old construc-tion sites.
A metal worker from
Enumclaw made a number of copper pieces to give the place a warm, lived-in feel.
“There’s been a lot of thought put into the details,” Potter said. “The intent of the atmosphere should be comfortable. It should be like you’re hanging out at home in a nice room in your house and socializing.”
Lang hired Jake Potter, the 25-year-old son of Potter, who has a business degree with an empha-sis in finance from the University of Washington as well as experience in the wine and food service industries.
“The key for Jake’s hiring process is presen-tation, how they treat people, because service has to be the No. 1 consid-eration here,” Potter said of his son. “How you treat people is what gets people to talk about the business in a positive way.”
Potter coaches youth volleyball and the moth-ers of his players have told him they’re excited to have another venue to meet people and he thinks it’ll be a great place for that.
“We think there’s enough people out there
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Reach Kris Hill at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054.To comment on this story go to www.maplevalleyre-porter.com.
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COVINGTONC H A M B E R O F C O M M E R C EOctober 2011
Welcome to our New Executive Director,
Tamara RoseThe Chamber Board of Direc-
tors is pleased to present to the
Membership our newest Execu-
tive Director. After an exhaus-
tive process (during which over
45 applicants’ resumes were
reviewed), the Board made
their selection after the Sep-
tember luncheon. Tamara Rose
comes to us with a background
in chamber business manage-
ment and membership services.
Prior to coming to us, Tamara
was with the Puyallup/Sumner
Chamber of Commerce and the
Fife-Milton-Edgewood Chamber of Commerce. She has a
BA in Leadership and is currently working towards a Mas-
ter’s degree. Tamara has 3 daughters and 8 grandchildren.
She lives in Black Diamond and calls Covington her pre-
ferred shopping option. Please join us in welcoming Tamara
Rose to the Covington Chamber of Commerce.
I would like to extend a thank you to Jim Hutchison, Ta-
mara Paul, and Cathy Wahlin for their time and commitment
throughout our search for an Executive Director.
–Rick Oliveira, Chair
5th Annual Golf Classic was a great success!
Thank you to our Sponsors:
Gold Sponsors: Lakeside Industries, 2Seven2
Silver Sponsors: Prudential Meridian Valley Realty
and The Iron Grill
Beverage Cart Co-Sponsors: Tamara Paul, Pruden-
tial Meridian Valley Realty and Kaye Eilers, 3R’s Mas-
sage Therapy
Cart Sponsor: Valley Medical Center
Hole Sponsors: Cascade Regional Blood Services,
Kinder Swimmer, IHOP, Covington Family Wellness and
Body Works Massage Clinic
Members and Friends
Welcome New & Returning MembersJohn L Scott
Remax Choice Executives
Waste Management
Solid Rock Community
Church
October 13 Chamber Luncheon
Power Breakfasts are Back!!
The candidates running for Covington City Coun-cil and Kent School District Board will be speaking at the October 13th Covington Chamber Luncheon. The candidate forum is your chance to ask questions about each candidate before the November 8th elec-tion. Luncheon is from 11:30am-1pm at Covington Christian Fellowship Church (26201 180th Ave SE, Covington). $20 for full lunch; $15 for soup & sal-ad; $10 for no lunch and non-members
City of Covington Joseph Cimaomo, Jr.
Council Position No. 1 Marlla Mhoon
nonpartisan offi ce
Kent School District No. 415 Larry Sims
Director District No. 1 Russell Hanscom
nonpartisan offi ce
Kent School District No. 415 Debbie Straus
Director District No. 3 Leslie Kae Hamada
nonpartisan offi ce
To RSVP for the luncheon please email info@coving-
tonchamber.org or call 253-631-6117 by Tues. 10/12 at
5pm. We hope to see you there!
We are bringing back the quarterly Executive Power
Breakfasts. We held a Power Breakfast on September 27
where Derek Matheson spoke on professional leadership
in local government. The Power Breakfasts will be held
quarterly at Covington Christian Fellowship Church from
7am to 8:30am and feature homemade scones, coffee,
networking and learning. The next power breakfast will
be held on January 24, 2012. The speaker will be Paul
Bernal. Paul is an Independent Management Consultant,
and is on the Covington Economic Development Council
(CEDC).
First Place Winners: MetLife
Kaye Eilers, Tamara Paul, Ina Balash, Liz Collins
Putting Contest Cruise Winner: Bryan Collins
Executive Director, Tamara Rose
Thank YouMomentum Partners
Our Partners understand the value a united chamber brings
to the business community and have aligned themselves
with the efforts of the Covington Chamber in creating a
strong local economy in our Business Community.
COVINGTON | MAPLE VALLEY | BLACK DIAMONDREPORTER
The single most important enjoyment I get from my role, as
the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, is the opportu-
nity to meet with so many different people. Some may view
this as simply shaking hands and kissing babies. I think of it
as engaging and a privilege. It is a privilege because each and
every one of you are extremely busy in your business. The
fact that you all take a moment out of your busyness to visit
with me lets me know my role is cherished. If I haven’t said it
before – “THANK YOU.”
When you think of the dynamics of our organization, you
can’t help but feel a part of something huge. This is largely
evident from an article I read from the Duarte Chamber of
Commerce. The author quoted “The Chamber of Commerce
is a catalyst – a common vehicle through which business and
professional people work together for the common good of the
community. A better community means better business condi-
tions, and we work for a better community for everyone.”
When our members invest in the Chamber, they invest in
the future of the business community and ensure that the
Chamber keeps working towards its mission – to provide
an economic environment that enhances the businesses and
communities we serve. This is not a unique mission state-
ment or ideology. All you need to do is visit other Chamber
websites and read their mission statements. Then review the
history of the Chamber.
The history of Chamber of Commerce can be traced back
almost 6,000 years ago. Then it was labeled as a Trade associ-
ation movement. The fi rst use of the term Chamber of Com-
merce began in 1599 in France. It wasn’t until 1881 when a
Chamber was established in London. About a year later, in
1882, the Seattle Chamber of Commerce was founded. To-
day, there are approximately 4,000 Chamber organizations in
the United States.
As our forefathers banded together to protect and promote
commerce, they saw the importance, as we do, that individual
prosperity depended upon the development of a prosperous,
healthy, and happy community.
Yes, we belong to something extraordinaire and huge. We
belong to an organization where we are friends working to-
gether to build not only our business to succeed, but also to
build your business to succeed.
“Don’t knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn’t start a conversation if it didn’t change once in a while.” Kin Hubbard
