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BY KATHERINE SMITH

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Economic development will be the focus of Maple Valley’s com-prehensive plan update that will offi cially begin this month.

Th e plan is updated every seven years, with the next update due in mid 2015. It was originally adopted in late 1999 and was last updated in 2008.

“We’re starting now so we have a full 18 months to get on top of

it,” said city Senior Planner Matt Torpey.

Th e plan is divided into

several sections: land use, capital

facilities and public services, housing, environmental quality, parks and recreation, transporta-tion, and utilities.

Some of those sections have been updated over the past year, including the transportation and the parks and recreation plans.

Evolving business scene key to city plansBY ERIC MANDEL

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Elizabeth Ollom shoots her tiny, 2 1/2-year-old fi sts through the air and takes a forceful step forward, making a stern face and squeal.

“Hi-yahh” … “Hiii-yahhh.”Ollom is trying to prove

her equal with the nearby 6 to 12-year-olds, who are clad in pris-tinely white judo training outfi ts, rolling around on the mats.

“Hi-yeahhh.”Ollom’s older sister, Elana

Cueto is out mingling, helping raise money for the Kentwood Judo team. Her mother, Em-ily Cueto, knew the little fi ghter would prefer watching people her size in action. But Ollom is now pleading and about to scamper onto the mats.

“You can’t do that right now,” Emily Cueto said, catching her daughter by the waist and explaining that she is still a little too little.

“Mommy ppplease,” Ollom pleaded. “I will grow.”

Ollom joined hundreds of

Judo promotes Cherry Blossom Festival spirit

BY KATHERRINE SMITH

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More than 15,000 students poured into Key Arena on March 21 including students from Tahoma Middle School, Kentwood High and Kentlake High.

Students couldn’t buy tickets or sign up for We Day, they had to earn their spot. Specifi -cally, they had to participate in community service projects — some with a focus on their local community and some with a global reach.

Students from the three area schools participated in food and supply drives, raised thou-sands of dollars to support

international nonprofi ts, are taking part in events to raise awareness of struggles that people around the world face, and some are even traveling to Ghana, a country on the West coast of Africa, as part of com-munity missions trip.

According to the We Day website, the event, which is sponsored by several organiza-tions including Free the Chil-dren and Me to We, is about empowering young people to make a diff erence and helping them realize the ability they have to impact both their communities and the world.

Th at message is repeated over and over again to We Day

attendees: you are one person, but one person can make a diff erence.

We Day reports that over 160,000 students from 4,000 schools have participated in a We Day event this school year.

Th e event itself is about celebration for the work the students have accomplished and motivation for them to spread a spirit of service. Performances from popular singers are also mixed in.

“All young people should experience something like this,” Kentwood junior Sarah Caviness said.

Famous faces at We Day

From me to we one at a time

Kentlake student Shelby Greget throws up a hand sign at We Day Seattle at Key Arena on March 21. More than 15,000 students gathered for the event. ROSS COYLE, The Reporter

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Kentwood High School judo team members mentor youngsters

Mayumi Lum-Lung , 7, right, attempts to throw her opponent, Jaclyn Takamiya, 6, during a judo competition at the Cherry Blossom Festival on March 28 at Kentridge High School. ERIC MANDEL, The Reporter

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BY ERIC MANDEL

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The city of Black Dia-mond has agreed to assist in a potential flooding event at Horseshoe Lake, located just west of the city.

Horseshoe Lake is fed by ground water and has no outlet, making it prone to elevated water levels and has flooded on five occasions since 1990, ac-

cording to Don Althauser, King County Stormwater Capitol Projects Manager. The largest event, in 1990, flooded the public access road, which covers approxi-mately 35 homes. Pumping for the previous two events went to a nearby infiltra-tion pond, but Althauser said this event had a larger magnitude and required an alternative site.

“This is a complex one,”

Althauser said. “This ground water has a delayed reaction.”

Because of its flooding susceptibility, Althauser said the county has been plotting the lake since Feb-ruary and saw the lake rise from 503 to 512 feet in one month. Typically, it would take 2 1/2 to three months to raise nine feet. The eleva-tion coincided with one of the highest precipitations for March on record.

“We are seeing a direct response to the March rain events,” Althauser said.

The elevation jump trig-gered an emergency pump-ing request from the county, which Althauser said comes when multiple homes could be flooded and access to the homes by emergency officials is compromised. The county’s stormwater division director made it an emergency determination, which essentially speeds up the permitting process.

Seth Boettcher, Black Diamond Public Works Director, said the city may need to process its own permitting papers, but that

it wouldn’t stop them from assisting.

“That takes a while,” he said. “But that doesn’t mean we are going to wait and let people flood while we are processing permits. We can handle that kind of paperwork afterwords.”

Althauser said there are six homes on the perimeter of the lake that would be directly impacted by the flood-ing. He said 3,800 feet of 12-inch pipe will carry the water from the northeast corner of the lake to an unused gravel pit located between the Black Diamond Highway and Green Valley wall, which is part of the Yarrow Bay development property. The pipe will follow roadways and existing trails and is not expected to impact any

vegetation or the public. Althauser said the

process could take between three to four weeks, but if all goes as planned, to

have it under control by mid-to-late May.

“If we can pump at a higher rate we can provide relief more quickly,” Althauser said. “We can also cost the public less.”

In order to pump, the county entered into a temporary

construction agreement with Yarrow Bay. The county worked off ver-bal permission to enter the site, with written permis-sion to be given before any action would be taken on the property. The city will be monitoring the down-stream areas daily to ensure no groundwater surfaces. The county will pay for

Black Diamond’s services in the matter.

Mayor Dave Gordon said in an email that city staff is working to expedite the process with the county.

“We have a plan and thank Yarrow Bay for their assistance,” he said. “Without Yarrow Bay this wouldn’t be possible. This is technically outside of city limits. But everyone is com-ing to together in a com-mon goal of helping these people that live around Horseshoe Lake.”

Althauser said this was a unique emergency because it required substantial “pre-paring and stage time.” The large pump takes up to two weeks to get in position. Black Diamond officials were concerned about rout-ing water to Rock Creek, fearing flooding in Lake Sawyer, Althauser said.

Gordon thanked the county for declaring a state of emergency quickly.

“This is a perfect case for why the county wants to build the regional storm facilely,” he wrote. “But that is still several years away.”

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A row of panel mirrors across the stage at Kent-wood High School imme-diately gives evidence to the emphasis on dance in “West Side Story.”

A recent dance rehearsal opened with 10 minutes of stretching followed by a re-view of the dances that the players had already learned. Th en it was time to shake things up.

Blocking was changed and adjusted with a focus on cleaning up sight lines and teaching the actors to fi ll the stage.

“We’ve gotten a lot of things done and we’re in good shape,” Director Rebecca Lloyd told the stu-dents. “And you really don’t hear me say that.”

Th is year is the 16th that Lloyd has been involved with Kentwood drama, before that she was involved

with drama in the Renton School District. She said she chose “West Side Story” because she loves the music.

“Every song is memora-ble and people love to sing every single song,” Lloyd said. “Rarely in musicals, especially in modern musi-cals, do you fi nd that.”

On the Kentwood stage this year are both new and returning faces.

One of those is Dreu Lambarena a senior who has grown up in Kentwood productions. Lambarena plays the part of Maria in “West Side Story” and is in her 15th show with the group. Her fi rst was “Annie” when she was just eight years old. One of her other many roles in Kentwood productions was Juliet in “Romeo and Juliet” as a freshman — the play on which the plot of “West Side Story” is based.

“I love the community of the theater,” Lambarena said. “Everyone here is always friends as they continue,” she said of the camaraderie of the group. She went on to explain that she is still friends with members of that fi rst cast that she performed with.

What Lambarena loves about the group this year is twofold.

“I like how relaxed ev-eryone’s being, and they’re working really hard.”

Th is is the second Kentwood musical for junior Makani Mafua who is playing the part of Riff . Aft er being in the school’s production last year he was hooked.

“I fell in love with the theater,” Mafua said.

Mafua described the character of Riff as multi-faceted, going from funny and laid back to angry and intense.

“I enjoy being able to cre-

ate a real character,” Mafua said.

As with all high school musical production at this stage, there are seemingly a million things going on at once. Talk of costumes, set construction, learning dance routines, blocking, and memorizing lines, put-ting all the pieces together and cleaning up all of the little things in a mad dash toward opening night.

Th e role of Tony is being played by junior Shaun Fisher, his second musical with Kentwood, which is also his second role as a lead.

Th e highlight of the drama program for Fisher is, “being surrounded by all this talent and having the cast get so close,” he said.

He added that the intriguing thing for him about “West Side Story is the production’s music.

“It’s just diff erent,” Fisher said. “It’s a lot more chal-

lenging then other shows I’ve been in.”

Lloyd said that the great-est strength she sees so far in this year’s cast is in how quickly they picked up the dances.

“Th ey’ve really surprised me with how well they can dance,” Lloyd said. “Th e kids are working so hard at learning the dance that they are doing a great job, I’m re-ally impressed with them.”

Th is month, Lloyd said, will be for working out all the kinks and focusing on the acting.

“Th e kids are working hard to get their character and feel their character and be their character,” Lloyd said.

Th e musical will run May 14-17 and 21-24.

Tickets will be for sale at the door, $10 each, all ages.

Tony and Maria coming to the Kentwood stageThe Kentwood Players are preparing “West Side Story” to open May 14

PUBLIC COMMENT OPEN ON HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN The city of Covington is

asking citizens to review and comment on its Hazard

Mitigation Plan.The public comment period

began March 21 and ends at 5 p.m. on April 25.

The plan is available on the city’s website at

www.covingtonwa.gov/hazardmitigation/index.

html. Additional hard copies of the

draft plan are available at the Covington City Hall and

library.For comments and questions contact Programs Supervisor

Shellie Bates at [email protected] or (253)

480-2463.

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THE DANGERS OF ALCOHOL ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE

While there are all kinds of benefits to be found from enjoying a glass of red wine with dinner, it’s important to practice moderation when it comes to all things, and especially alcohol. A person who drinks every day or who drinks too much at a time is practicing alcohol abuse, which can lead to trouble with work and problems on the job, and it can also lead to alcohol dependence. Alcohol dependence, or alcoholism, is when a person cannot quit drinking without withdrawal symptoms. Alcoholism is a chronic disease that can lead to liver problems, destroy relationships, and cause many secondary problems in a person’s life. Talk to your healthcare provider about alcohol dependence. Alcohol abuse and dependence is nothing to be ashamed of and is a disease that can be treated.

If you want to stop drinking, talk to your healthcare provider. When you get your provider’s help, treatment for alcohol abuse or dependence is safer, less painful, and quicker. Treatment for alcohol abuse and dependence usually includes group therapy, one or more types of counseling, and alcohol education. You also may need medication.

To schedule an appointment, please call Southlake Clinic at (253) 395-1972. Our primary care providers are part of a multi-specialty physician network and are also available on Saturdays. Our multi-specialty group has a clinic in Covington at 27005 168th Place SE.

KENTLAKE GRAD WINS THIRD ANNUAL GUITAR CENTER CONTESTKent musician Tess Henley has been named the winner of the third annual Guitar Center’s Singer-Songwriter competition.

As the winner, Henley will have the opportunity to record a four-song EP with Grammy Award-winning producer Don Was. She also will receive digital distribution through TuneCore, recording time at Con-verse Rubber Tracks Studios, pocket $25,000 cash and take home new musical equipment.

Henley, 26, is a Kentlake High School graduate.

Part of a musical family, Tess’ brother Carson Henley competed in the competition last year and – even after falling short in the fi nal round – had such a great experience that he encouraged his sister to give it go.

Henley – out of nearly 10,000 entries and 10 fi nalists selected to perform live in the grand fi nals at Hollywood’s Hotel Café on March 1 – was the one who most impressed the judge, Was. Was has worked with The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Elton John, John Mayer and more.

Henley began training under the Suzuki Method for piano at age 3. She’s honed her live skills opening for folks like Jill Scott and Anthony Hamilton and playing her own solo shows while also building her profi le as a songwriter.

To date Henley has won multiple awards and released her debut album in 2013.

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I have found a new meaning to life — cheese making.

Aft er spending the past several weeks watch-ing political Kabuki kooks fi nd ways to be silly and not govern, I needed some relief.

Aft er a couple of sleepless nights, my own personal, political Lorax popped out of a tree stump in my bedroom looking all grumpy and rumpled.

“Th e secret to getting elected is fi nding friends to pound signs into the ground … then comes governing,” he said. “All those weird rules about being open and transpar-ent. Seriously, it makes my tummy hurt.”

Th en the Lorax repeated some line from the ‘60s — make cheese, not words … or something like that. He was chewing Cocoa Puff s for his tummy ache, and I couldn’t quite understand him.

I rolled out of bed and checked out some cheese-making websites. I discovered a whole world of cheese making.

I remember my grandmother used to make cheese and butter. I can still see a white, cheese-cloth bag hanging on the porch with whey drip-ping out from it.

My grandmother always made the best-tasting meals for me.

One of my favorites was grandma’s wild black-berry pie, right out of the oven with her home-made vanilla ice cream on top. Of course, her crusts were perfect, and made with buttermilk, butter and lard.

One reason is grandma’s pies were perfect was

she had real buttermilk, made from our cows on the farm.

And that leads me back to the point of this column and the meaning of my silly life.

While researching cheese making I came across the recipe for making my own buttermilk. When I read it I got all warm and fuzzy and had an out-of-body experience.

All I recall from the recipe is to get some raw milk, four or fi ve gallons, I think, set it on the counter until something gets lumpy and glumpy, like fl oating balls of … never mind.

Now that sounds like real food. Th e chefs on food TV always talk about multiple textures, and this is milk with variable textures and some chew to it. One cannot ask for more out of life than that.

I will now be able to magically create but-termilk, cheese and many globs of glump that reveal the secrets of the universe and solve annoying grammar questions that God hid from mankind aft er Adam ended a sentence with a preposition.

Today I am feeling much better about the governing glad hands who are wrestling with these weird rules.

Th ere is a solution, fl oating somewhere … on top of old buttermilk.

Dennis Box is editor of the Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter and Enum-claw/Bonney Lake Courier-Herald. Reach him at [email protected] or 425-432-1209, ext. 5050.

Initiative 502 is bad for usTh e more that I read concerning the mari-

juana issue, the more that I believe that Initia-tive 502 was and is bad legislation! Marijuana is an addictive drug and is also a gateway drug to more powerful drugs, such as methamphet-amine or heroin.

An article in Th e Seattle Times last August explains it best. It was written by Dan Lab-riola. He pointed out three things: Marijuana is a drug; marijuana is addictive when used regularly, and marijuana does not have social value. See Th e Seattle Times- August 25th, 2013.

Natural marijuana has a very low concentra-tion of the ingredient that causes the “high” . I believe that the people who sell marijuana, il-legally or legally, adulterate it so it can be very potent. And since it is marketed in food such as gummy bears, cookies, and brownies, what is the possibility of children being exposed to these products thinking that they are just regular snacks?

In your article spotlighting MMJ Universe, the picture shows two T-shirts with the mes-sage that”marijuana is safer than alcohol”. Th at

message is nothing more than a blatant lie. Th e terms “medical” and “recreational” are

also misleading. Are alcoholic products mar-keted with the same message?

Th is is a very complex issue. I for one, be-lieve that Initiative 502 should be repealed. It would be interesting to fi nd out what some of your readers have to say on this subject.

Terry Guptill Kent

Time for Maple Valley to move on

It’s now time to heal the community. Th ere have been too many rumors and innuendos over the last few weeks about Mayor Bill Allison.

According to this newspaper, he has been cleared by the prosecutor and the case is now closed. Maple Valley doesn’t even have a compre-hensive code of ethics for elected or volunteer staff .

I did a sampling of ethics codes and found that in many cases they would eliminate all but

two of our Council members. Without this, I do not see how any actions can be adjudicated. It’s time we move forward and work together with Mayor Allison to meet the real challenges facing the city.

Th e Mayor has worked tirelessly, along with city staff and the State Legislature, to get a bill passed that would allow Maple Valley to annex Summit Place. Additional accomplishments include IEDC Report for the Comprehensive Plan (required by state statute), the Ravensdale ballpark agreement, the Witte Road Corridor Study, the Witte Road Roundabout, Expansion of SR 169 from Witte Road to the 240th intersec-tion and other SR 169 improvements.

Th ere was new zoning adopted for the Brandt property, the Northwest section of Four Corners. Mayor Allison has met with many Community, County, State and National groups to promote Maple Valley.

It is now time for Council, Staff and Maple Valley residents to rise up and face the chal-lenges that lie ahead.

Lawrence Lindstrand Maple Valley

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Teen suicide is a horrible thing and a growing health concern.

According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, it is the third leading cause of death for young people ages 15-24, surpassed only by homicide and accidents.

Such a rare, unfortunate act struck close to home March 3 when a Green River Community College international student from China was found dead on the walking trail near campus.

Auburn police say that the student took his own life. The Reporter’s policy is not to disclose his name.

According to college offi-cials, the Chinese consulate was informed, the student’s family notified.

“Some people had no

idea, other students were shocked by it,” said May Huang, a sophomore at GRCC.

Huang and other stu-dents are upset that college officials didn’t directly and

widely inform them of the inci-dent.

“I am very dis-appointed at my school for never officially releasing this information to all students as well as to the

community,” Huang said. “… While international students did receive an of-ficial email, and there was a post on Facebook from a worker from International Programs (on her personal page), the entire school hasn’t been notified.”

But Ross Jennings, GRCC vice president of International Programs & Extended Learning, said students and staff were

notified of the death on the day it happened.

“We have had three counseling and remem-brance sessions specifically for students, two the week of the death and one last week, in which the name of the student was identified,” Jennings responded in an email. “The school news-paper also ran a detailed article about the suicide, also giving the name of the student.”

Huang’s concern is un-derstandable. She no longer takes her dog for walks along the trail.

For other students, it remains an emotional time.

“It’s a terrible, scary tragedy,” said one freshman student, who wanted to re-main anonymous. “We tend to look the other way when a suicide happens, but we can’t here. It happened to one of our classmates, and we must deal with it as best as we can.”

More than anything, stu-dents at Green River want to increase community awareness of the suicide issue.

Taking it a step further, a committee of experts has convened to review deaths

of young people in King County and is calling for action to prevent them, after a high number of such suicides in 2012.

Last year, 11 children died by suicide, according to the King County Medi-cal Examiner’s office. That compares to four suicides in an average year among children younger than 18 years of age.

In recent years, the highest number of youth suicides in any one year had been seven, based on a review of data from 1999 to the present. While the numbers do not represent a statistical trend, the suicides are worrisome.

The King County Child Death Review Committee recommends increasing public awareness of the warning signs of suicide and risk factors for suicidal behavior and available crisis response resources. The committee also wants as-surance that medical and mental health care provid-ers are trained to screen children for suicide and mental health risk factors and able to connect youth to resources or treatment.

“Suicide is everyone’s

business,” said Victoria Wagner, executive director of the Youth Suicide Pre-vention Program, a state-wide nonprofit organization based in King County.

State leaders have lis-tened.

Gov. Jay Inslee is expect-ed to sign House Bill 2315 Thursday, which calls for expanding the state’s capac-ity to help suicidal persons and save lives. The new law would extend suicide risk assessment, management and treatment training re-quirements to doctors and nurses working in primary care settings. It also calls for Washington’s Department of Health to develop a state plan to reduce lives lost to suicide across age groups.

Rep. Tina Orwall, D-Des Moines (33rd Legislative District), a leader in the suicide prevention move-ment, is the prime sponsor of the legislation.

Orwall stepped in to do more for suicide prevention after a University of Wash-ington professor whose husband had committed suicide approached her.

“I knew there was more we could be doing,” Orwall said.

The UW has since be-come a partner with Orwall in her mission. Washing-ton has become a national leader in requiring suicide prevention training for its medical professionals and providers.

But much more work needs to be done, especially with other high-risk groups, like college students.

“Early intervention is highly effective,” Orwall said. “Unfortunately, Wash-ington has a 15-percent higher suicide rate than the national average … and we’ve stepped to the fore-front (of the problem).”

The Crisis Clinic offers telephone-based emotional support to those experi-encing stress or problems, and can provide referral to counselors for men-tal health support. The clinic’s 24-hour help line is 206-461-3222 or toll free at 866-4CRISIS (866-427-4747).

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This week’s…

Police Blotter

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

LARCENY• Two juveniles were

arrested for shoplifting at 1:30 p.m. on March 30 at Kohl’s, 17002 SE 270 Place.

• A burglary was reported at 4:14 a.m. on March 30 after a large rock was thrown through a glass door at Sally Beauty Supplies, 16929 SE 270 Place.

• An adult female was arrested for shoplifting at 8:53 p.m. on March 29 at Fred Meyer, 16735 SE 272 St.

• Shoplifting was reported at 7:31 p.m. on March 29 at Kohl’s, 17002 SE 270 Place.

• A laptop was re-ported stolen at 9:33 a.m. on March 29 from the Covington Library, 27100 164 Ave. SE.

• Extension cords were reported stolen at 2:28 p.m. on March 28 from a construction site on the Southeast corner of Southeast Timber-lane Boulevard and 184 Avenue Southeast.

• A debit card and other items were re-ported stolen at 10:29 a.m. on March 28 from a vehicle parked in a

residential driveway on the 25500 block of 159 Court Southeast. Police said the debit card was later used at an ATM.

• A vehicle was report-ed broken into at 7:07 a.m. on March 28 in the AT&T parking lot, 27112 167 Place SE, but nothing was stolen.

• A car stereo was reported stolen at 7:30 p.m. on March 27 from a residential driveway on the 22900 block of Southeast 266 Street.

• A male was arrested at 6:13 p.m. on March 27 for shoplifting at Kohl’s,

27245 172 Ave. SE, and running away before be-ing caught and booked on a warrant.

• Items were reported stolen at 5:29 p.m. on Mach 27 from a locked gym locker at LA Fit-ness, 27245172 Ave. SE.

• A bag full of items was reported stolen at 10:01 p.m. on Mach 26 from a vehicle parked at Walgreens, 17804 SE 257 St.

• A package was reported stolen at 5:35 p.m. on March 26 from the front porch of a residence on the 26400

block of 187 Avenue Southeast and the items returned to the store that they came from.

• Liquor was reported stolen at 1:19 p.m. on March 26 by a known suspect at Safeway, 17023 SE 272 St.

• Miscellaneous change was reported stolen at 11:03 a.m. on March 26 on the 12700 block of Southeast 86 Place from an unlocked vehicle in a driveway.

• A shoplifting was reported at 7:13 p.m. on March 25 at Safeway, 17023 SE 272 St.

• A shoplifting arrest was made at 10:34 a.m. on March 25 at Fred Meyers, 16735 SE 272 St.

• A shoplifting ar-rest was made at 10:03 a.m. on March 22 at Walmart, 17432 SE 270 Place.

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The future of borrowing be-came a little brighter for Coving-ton thanks to some positive news from Moody Investor Services.

On Feb. 27, Covington became the only city in the state to have a bond rating upgrade from Moody’s, moving the city’s issuer rating to Aa2 from Aa3. Moody’s also changed Covington’s Limited Tax General Obligation bonds to A1 from Aa3, which is outstand-ing in the amount of approxi-

mately $14.1 million. The upgrade means multiple potential benefits: better interest rates for projects that require construction bonds, help for investors in the second-ary market and higher credibility for the city.

“It’s not anything we can take to the bank at this point, its just a feather in our cap,” said Rob Hen-drickson, Covington’s Finance Director.

Moody’s initiated a review of Covington for a possible upgrade in January. In its report, the well-respected credit rating business

wrote that the upgrades primarily reflect the city’s significantly im-proved financial profile and posi-tive multi-year financial trends.

Besides “prudent financial policies and conservative budget-ing,” Moody’s lauded the city’s proactive management during the beginning of the downturn in the economy that ensured “structural balance in each year.” For example, city officials imple-mented a utility tax in 2007 that provided a revenue source that offset declining sales tax revenues. Then, following layoffs of 20 per-cent of the workforce in 2009 and 2010, “management established a Cumulative Reserve Fund equal to one year of debt service, and set an informal 30 percent fund balance target, which has been exceeded in each of the last three years.”

Other key considerations in the

rating included the city’s history of solid reserve levels and modest debt burden, including the lack of any pension liability.

“Moody’s expects financial operations to remain strong given prudent fiscal management and ample reserve levels,” the report stated. “Sales tax receipts, the city’s largest source of revenue have rebounded following the recession. Despite this reliance on economically sensitive revenues, the city has maintained healthy General Fund reserves, averaging 47.4 percent of revenues of the last three years.”

Karla Slate, Covington’s Com-munications and Marketing Man-ager, said the rating boost should show the public that the city is being fiscally responsible.

“We are not taking steps backward, we are taking steps forward,” she said.

Hendrickson said the some-times “bold” moves during the recession apparently paid off. He credits the city council leadership and city manager for conservative spending and tax increases.

“We had to lay off employees,” Hendrickson said. “It was a bold decision at the time and it helped keep the city on a good financial track.”

Hendrickson said this is the first upgrade from Moody’s he’s ever been apart of.

“I’m not taking any credit for this at all,” he said. “It’s a team effort and leadership started at the top.”

Reach Senior Reporter Eric Mandel at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054.

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CITY OF MAPLE VALLEY SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSIONThe City of Maple Valley is recruiting up to three voting members and one non-voting alternate position to serve

on the city’s Parks & Recreation Commission. The alternate position is a non-voting position and serves to fill vacancies that occur other than through term expiration.

The seven-member commission meets at least bi-monthly, on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Lake Wilderness Lodge.

Appointment to the commission shall be made by the

mayor, with confirmation by the city council. Applicants must be residents of the city of Maple Valley.

Appointees shall serve three-year terms expiring on Decem-ber 31, 2016.

The volunteers selected to serve on the commission will work with city staff as it studies matters pertaining to parks, open space, natural areas, trails and recreational facilities and programs for the purposes of informing, advising or recommending certain actions to the city council.

Those who are interested in serving in this role can download the application from the city’s website at www.maplevalleywa.gov or stop by City Hall, 22017 SE Wax Road, Suite 200, or the Maple Valley Parks & Recreation Depart-ment (located at the Lake Wilderness Lodge), 22500 SE 248th St. to fill out an application.

The deadline for applications is 5 p.m. April 7. Applicants will be requested to meet with the mayor, deputy mayor, and parks & recreation director for a short interview.

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Among the students who attended from Tahoma Middle School, Kentlake and Kentwood, Spencer West — who doesn’t have legs and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro on his hands

in 2012 — was a favorite speaker.

“He was just really encouraging and I felt like he believed in kids,” said Kentlake freshman Analiz Baluca.

Students from all three schools used words like “in-spiring” and “eye-opening” to describe their day. One student said, “it’s the most inspirational thing I’ve ever done in my life.”

Another favorite speaker that many of the students mentioned was Derrick Coleman, who is deaf and plays fullback for the Seahawks.

“All his life he was told he couldn’t do things because he was deaf,” Kentlake freshman Brittany Royall

said of why Coleman stood out to her. “And people tell me I can’t do things.”

And that was the message of the day, Tahoma Middle School associated student body adviser Lindsay Richter said it’s not about what someone doesn’t have, but what they choose to do with what they do have.

“It was a way bigger event than I thought it would be,” said Avery Simpson, a seventh grader at Tahoma Middle School.

The other aspect of We Day that students at all three schools specifically mentioned was the impact that seeing their peers on stage, and seeing students younger than themselves on stage, had on them.

“I always thought it was older people,” Baluca said of people who change the world.

That illusion was shattered for students by high schoolers and ele-mentary students who shared the work they have done fundraising for causes.

“There were kids in, like, elementary,” Caviness said. “If they can make a difference, then why can’t we. They had so much confidence.”

The message that they are capable of impacting the world came through for students loud and clear.

“Even though you’re just one person you can make a difference and leave the

world a better place,” Tahoma Middle School sixth grader Megan Foster said of how she would summarize the message of We Day.

The takeaway, students said, was that they want to continue to

serve the community and make a difference. Students talked about raising money to build schools in other countries, and going on humanitarian trips as just a few of the ways they want to carry the message of We

Day forward and imple-ment it in their lives.

Kentlake freshman Ashley Bailey said she has learned a lot about the world and about herself through getting involved and going to We Day.

“I feel like you find your-self in service,” Bailey said.

Reach Katherine Smith [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5052. To com-ment on this story go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com.

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“There were kids in, like, elementary. If they can make a difference, then why can’t we. They had so much confidence.” Sarah Caviness

students and families in the Kent School District for the 17th annual Cherry Blossom festival on March 28 at Ken-tridge High School. The festival, which celebrates spring, cultural diversity and international understanding, featured Japanese cultural traditions, such as taiko drumming, Japanese folk tales and cuisine, origami making, cultural displays and, Ollom’s favorite, a youth judo competition. The festival also recognized the Japanese exchange students in the Kent School District, with remarks made by the mayors from Covington and Kent.

Andrea Alba-Martin, a junior at Kentwood, thinks the yearly event is a worthwhile endeavor.

“It brings a lot of people together from different schools from all over the city,” she said.

The judo competition pitted youth from Maple Valley and Covington dojos with young combatants from Seattle and Emerald City dojos.

Members of the Kentwood High School Judo club mentored the area youth, training on the mats before the tournament. The Kentwood athletes said judo is a commu-nity endeavor that fosters a spirit of helping others.

Amy Brandt, a Kentwood senior, said she’s been practic-ing martial arts since she was 6 years old.

“It gets passed on,” she said.Judo is unique in the Kent School district, being offered

as a varsity sport for more than 50 years. Leslie Mizuki, one of Kentwood’s instructors, said there are between 40-45 participants on the Kentwood team and more than 200 participants total in the district.

Kentwood and Kentlake join the two other Kent schools and Enumclaw in matches and tournaments through mid-May.

Tanner Abernathy, a senior at Kentwood, is a wrestler and also in his third year on the judo team. He said, in wrestling, there is crying and pain when training is done.

“Here it’s a laugh and a high five at the end of practice,” Abernathy said.

At practice on Monday, Elana Cueto laughed and rolled with her teammates. She expects her sister to join the ranks someday.

“I’m gonna make her,” she said. “How cute would that be.”

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pulling on the ear and pushing the juvenile that was involved.

• A fourth-degree assault was reported at 12:42 a.m. on March 27 at a house on the 26400 block of 187 Avenue Southeast. Police said a male suspect allegedly hit a victim in the face with his closed fist.

DRUGS• A suspect was seen

jaywalking and was arrested for an outstand-ing DUI warrant at 9:08 a.m. on March 31 near the Covington Library, 27100 164 Ave. SE. Police also found having black tar heroin in the suspect’s position.

• A juvenile was reported as possessing

marijuana at 2:28 p.m. on March 24 at Cedar Heights Middle School, 19640 SE 272 St.CHILD MOLESTATION• Police received a report of child molestation that involved sexual touching at 2:16 p.m. on March 28 at Kentwood High School, 25800 164 Ave. SE.

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• Spray paint vandal-ism was reported at 10

p.m. on March 29 in the Timberlane neighbor-hood at Southeast 267 Street and 184 Avenue Southeast.

• Police received a report at 11:30 a.m. on March 27 of paint being thrown onto various business’s exterior walls and windows on the 22035 block of Southeast Wax Road.

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Economic development has several considerations and goals like land use and bringing living wage jobs to the city, Torpey said.

Last year the city hired a consultant, the International Economic Development Council, to study the city and “provide an economic recommendation,” according to Torpey.

The study looked at the current and potential economic development of Maple Valley.

The recommendation presented in the study was to focus on development at the North end of the city as a more immediate area of economic development with an eye

on long term projects and partnerships in the Donut Hole and keeping the Legacy Site for a future community centerpiece project.

The report considered the city’s strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and threats to economic development.

Among the strengths presented were the City Council’s support of development, City Manager David Johnston’s experi-ence with economic development in other cities, the creation of the city’s Economic Development Committee, the city’s AA+ bond rating and the lower cost of land and development in the city, to name a few.

Weaknesses the report cited were the city’s reactive approach, not having a city staff member whose job is solely economic

development, not having a specific devel-opment plan in place, the city’s location on the edge of King County, and traffic con-gestion on state Route 169, among others.

Some of the opportunities identified were building or strengthening partner-ships with local and regional partners, growing the role of the Economic Develop-ment Committee, supporting the Tahoma School District’s regional learning center vision, and changing zoning to attract busi-nesses.

Threats to economic development included competition with other cities for development, split opinion on develop-ment by Maple Valley residents, the city’s need for new revenue sources to maintain the city’s reserve requirement, and the likelihood that traffic would increase with development.

The report recommended that the city continue and grow relationships with busi-ness partners as well as start new partner-ships to assist with development.

The city will be hosting a town hall ice

cream social at 6:30 p.m. at Lake Wilder-ness Lodge on April 23 to talk about the comprehensive plan and what residents would like to see.

Some of the things Torpey noted that are on the city’s radar are where development could still occur in the city, the possibility of increasing allowable building heights and the construction of more apartment options for residents.

“Currently the city of Maple Valley has no areas where somebody could come in and develop apartment buildings,” Torpey said. “Because we have heard a need from citizens and developers who want to build multi-family properties that is something that is worth considering.”

Torpey said that after the town hall meeting the city will continue working with the city Planning Commission who will make a recommendation to the city council late this year or early next year on the revised plan. To comment on this story go to mapleval-leyreporter.com.

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The Black Diamond and Maple Valley Kiwanis Club is looking for host families for nine French students and one adult escort for a cultural exchange from July 13-Aug. 9 in the area.

The French students are 14-18 years old and will spend

four week in the area, living with host families so they can experience American culture and practice speaking English.

The French students will participate in weekly excursions to explore the Puget Sound area, host families are wel-come to participate.

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A commercial kitchen in Arlington has become the front line for feeding search and rescue teams in Oso.

Ginger Passarelli and the Soup Ladies hustle through the days preparing and de-livering lunch and dinner to the searchers.

Last weekend marked a week since the mudslide that changed the course of the Stillaguamish River and, as of Monday, was confi rmed to have claimed 28 lives.

Passarelli, who lives in Black Diamond, founded the Soup Ladies over eight years ago to respond to disasters by feeding fi rst responders. Th ey have served fi rst respond-ers of Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy and wildland fi refi ghters in Southern California, as well as fi rst responders to the tornados in Oklahoma in 2013, to name a few.

“We’re going to stay until they tell us to go home,” Passarelli said last Friday. “It could be two or more weeks.”

Passarelli said the Soup Ladies hit the kitchen early, then ferry those meals out to the fi rst responders before returning and

beginning to cook dinner. Th e number of meals they prepare depends on the needs of the day. Passarelli said sometimes that’s 280 lunches and dinners, or, like last Friday, when it was closer to 500 meals for the day.

“Every day we have at least fi ve or six people in the kitchen,” Passarelli said. “We have teams that take food out to the fi eld and we have teams that are cooking in the kitchen.”

Th e commercial kitchen is being loaned to the group.

“We’ve been so overwhelmed with dona-tions of stuff , it’s just been fabulous,” Pas-sarelli said. “Everybody up here has been so wonderful.”

She added that thanks to donations they have had all their food needs provided.

“Our biggest need is we have expenses like gas and stuff like that,” Passarelli said. “We are just asking if people want to donate to the Soup Ladies that would be great. Our food and everything else that we need are all covered because people have been so generous.”

Passarelli summed up the Soup Ladies’ mission succinctly: “We’re just cookin’ and feedin’.”

Soup Ladies bring warm food in tragedy

Ginger Passarelli, center, with her Soup Ladies’ team Sheila Lein and Christy Dunn at Oso March 23. Courtesy Ginger Passarelli

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The March 22 Oso mudslide has drawn resources and people from across the region to help in the tragedy.

Tim Perciful, public information offi cer for Mountain View Fire and Rescue, has been on the scene for nearly a week.

He said in a phone interview Tuesday that he may be back at Mountain View Friday, though that may change if there are funerals that day.

Perciful said the current concern is continuing to search for those still missing, and with the warmer temperatures , the snow melt may cause the water level to rise.

“The Army Corps is coming to see what can be done,” Perciful said. “We are still trying to do searches.”

The landslide created a natural dam, Perciful said,

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It’s hard to improve on an undefeated conference season that ended with the South Puget Sound League 4A North’s top player, pitcher and coach and a top three fi nish in state. But with all three of those pieces returning, the Tahoma soft ball team has a chance at greatness.

Th e Bears have returned to the fastpitch diamond in 2014 right where they left off , winning their fi rst four games, as of press time on Tuesday. Last year’s best hit-ter and pitcher, Mia Corbin and Carley Nance, both returned and are off to fast starts.

Head coach Tom Mil-ligan isn’t making any loft y predictions, only saying that he is confi dent his group can challenge as a state caliber club.

“You have to have some luck,” said Miligan, in his 10th year as head coach. “A lot of things can happen between here and May.”

KENTWOOD Goals and expectations

For the fi rst time in many years, Kentwood failed to make the postseason in 2013 aft er posting a 7-9

league record, marred by injuries. Head coach Jason Wisor said the team is determined to turn things around and compete for a league title, as well as to advance to the state tournament.Challenges:

Wisor said this is the fi rst time as a head coach that he does not have a returning catcher.

“We are currently trying a number of girls at the position and working in a lot of players that have little to no varsity playing experi-ence,” he said.

Top returners:• Kendall Goodwin

(junior, pitcher) — Named to the SPSL fi rst-team SPSL in 2012 and second-team in 2013.

• Tiana Faagalulu (senior, SS/3B) — Back-to-back fi rst-team SPSL honors in 2012 and 2013.

• McKenna Johnson (junior, 2B) — Apart of the SPSL second-team in 2013.

• Courtni Easton (junior, SS/3B) — Joined her team-mates with an SPSL second-team award in 2013.

Newcomers:• Allison Haines (senior,

catcher/OF)• Ashleigh Key (senior,

catcher/1B/pitcher)• Jaclyn Rainer (senior,

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KENTLAKEGoals and expectations:

Aft er advancing to the West Central District Tour-nament in 2013, fi rst year head coach Kevin Smith hopes for a return run to the playoff s. Beyond that, he wants his ladies to rep-resent the school with class and to “work together and put aside personal goals for the team’s best interest.”

Challenges:

Th e team will be without Madoline Seumalo, an all-league fi rst baseman, for a majority of the season because of an injury.

Top returners:• Kayla Strand (senior,

pitcher/CF) — Co-captain and leader who took over as centerfi elder midway through last season.

• Regan Rudisill (senior, SS) — Other captain who moved to shortstop aft er strong play as 3rd baseman in 2013.

• Katie Habryle (junior, pitcher/catcher) — Top notch hitter who brings

stability to the fi eld from behind the plate.

Newcomers:• Brooke Bennett (sopho-

more, 1B/SS) — Moved to Kentlake this year and is solid at the plate and in the fi eld.

• Kalina Despain (sopho-more, 2B) — Great attitude. Played a minor role with varsity 2013.

TAHOMAGoals and expectations:

Tahoma fi nished third in state in 2013, going

Tahoma again pitching for perfection

BASEBALL SCORES March 26

Auburn Riverside 6 - Kentlake 1March 27

Thomas Jeff erson 0 - Tahoma 2Kentlake 7 - Auburn 4

March 31Tahoma 14 - Kent Meridian 0

Mt. Rainier 0 - Kentwood 1SOFTBALL SCORES

March 21Eastlake 3 - Kentlake 5

Tahoma 15 - Yelm 12March 25

Kentwood 16 - Auburn Riv. 8March 26

Auburn Riv. 3 - Kentlake 18March 27

Kentlake 18 - Auburn 3March 31

Auburn Riv. 1 - Kentlake 12Tahoma 11 — Kent Meridian 0

Mt. Rainier 0 — Kentwood 1

Falcons and Conks hope to catch the Bears after their third place fi nish at state in 2013

The Tahoma softball sluggers dominated Kent Meridian with an 11-0 win on March 31. The win upped the Bears record to 4-0, keeping pace with their undefeated conference run in 2013. ERIC MANDEL, The Reporter

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The track and field season is off to a brisk start with the first meets in the books.

Kentlake competed against Kentridge on March 26 and the Chargers boys team won 80-63 while the girls team won 104-41.

Tahoma took on Kentwood on March 27 at Tahoma and the Conquer-ors defeated the Bears’ girls team 94-56. The Kentwood boys team edged out the Tahoma boys 77-68.

TAHOMAThe South Puget Sound

League 4A North champs last year for both the boys and girls, the two Tahoma teams went 4-0 on the season in 2013.

On the girls team key

returners are senior hurdler Cheyenne Haverfield, senior sprinter Danielle Agoh who also competes in long jump and triple jump, and senior Clair Whiting who competes in shot put and discus. Also returning is distance runner Delaney Tierman.

Top newcomers as an-ticipated by the Bears’ girls coach, Jeff Brady, are Olivia Ribera, Peyton Shinnick, and Kayla Conteras.

“We are a very young team so we will be putting a lot of focus into technique and hoping to get some good, positive experi-ences in for these younger athletes,” Brady wrote in an email.

Key returners for the boys team are seniors Tucker Mjelde, Brock Eager, Riley Campbell and Den-

ham Patricelli. Patricelli was the state

champ in javelin in 2013 and Mielde made the state podium last year in pole vault. Eager is one of the best in the state at hammer throw according to boys coach Gary Conner, and Campbell is a key distance runner for the team.

“Our depth is our biggest asset,” Conner wrote in an email.

KENTWOODThe Kentwood boys track

team went 4-1 in 2013 and the girls went 3-2. This year coach Steve Roche has his eye on a SPSL North league title.

“Goals for both boys and girls teams is to improve every meet, compete hard every meet and win the SPSL title,” Roche wrote in an email. “Our focus is always on improvement, hard work, discipline and competition.”

Key returners for the Conquerors this year are Terence Grady, Brandon Stribling, Bailey Paladin and Robin Cheema on the

boys team. On the girls team the key returners are Sarah Toeaina, Amari Leander, Tessa Carlin, and Brittany Woke.

Grady is a hurdler and also throws shot put and discus, and he qualified for the state championship meet in discus in 2013. Stribling is a sprinter who qualified for state in the long jump last year, and was a part of the Conqueror’s state relay for the 4x100 meter relay that finished second at the championship meet. Paladin was a state qualifier in the 100 meters and 200 meters last season, and also was a member of the state 400 relay and the 1,600 relay teams.

Toeaina placed seventh in the long jump at the 2013 state championship and also competes in the triple jump. Leander runs the 400 meters and was a member of the Conks’ state qualifying 1,600 meter relay last year. Carlin runs the 800 meters and was also a member of the 1,600 relay in 2013. Woke competes in high jump and was also a

part of Kentwood’s 4x200 relay last year.

Top newcomers are distance runners Nicole Soleim and Emma McMeen and sprinters Bebe Thomas and Reese Paladin.

KENTLAKEKentlake has been work-

ing on building its track and field program and this year is no exception for coach Brian Wilson.

“My hope this year is to be competitive in all events,” Wilson wrote in an email. “We are working on getting kids into every event and making sure that we have underclassmen in events to replace this year’s seniors.”

Last year the Falcons’ girls team went 3-2 on the season and the boys team went 1-4.

Key returners for the Falcons this season are Travis Rogers who com-petes in shot put and discus and qualified for the state championship meet in dis-cus in 2013, sprinter James George, sprinter Casey Schwartz, distance run-

ner Ben Mitchell, sprinter Vincent Menickelly who also competes in long jump, Malik Arrington who is a sprinter and competes in triple jump, Timary Mathena who is a pole vaulter, Lizzy Reichlinger who qualified for districts in pole vault last year, Jes-sica Kuntz who specializes in the 400 meters and also qualified for districts last year, Kaela Galvizo who is a sprinter and district quali-fier, and Avalyne Peters who qualified for districts in the high jump and triple jump in 2013. Wilson also noted that many of the aforementioned returners are also key contributors to the Falcons’ relay teams.

Top newcomers this year are sprinter Carson Whitaker, distance runner Liz Archuleta, Derek Welch who throws the javelin, and thrower Mia-Elena McFarland.

Reach Katherine Smith at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5052.

Track pushes off the starting line

SOCCERMarch 21

Auburn Riverside 1 — Kentwood 2

Thomas Jefferson 1 — Tahoma 0

March 25Kentwood 3 — Auburn 2

Kentlake 1 — Kent Meridian 3

March 27Thomas Jefferson 1 — Kentwood 2

Auburn Riverside 2 — Kentlake 2Tahoma 0 — Mount Rainier 1

March 29Kentwood 2 — Tahoma 2

Kentlake 1 — Auburn 6

TENNISMarch 20Kentwood 3 — Tahoma 2Kentlake 1 — Kentridge 4

March 31Kentridge 2 — Kentwood 3Tahoma 1 — Kent Meridian 4

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...obituariesLola Belle Karr, age 83, passed away on

Sunday, March 30, 2014 in Shoreline, WA.Memorial services will be held Monday,

April 7, 2014 at 11:00 am at Salmon Creek United Methodist Church, with the Reverend Joyce Emery officiating. Interment will follow at Northwood Park Cemetery in Ridgefield, WA with a reception to follow at Tri-Mountain Golf Course in Ridgefield, WA.

Lola was born to the late Charles and Weltha Hutchison on December 24, 1930 at Pumpkin Ridge, Oregon. She attended Hillsboro High School in Hillsboro, Oregon. In 1947 Lola married the love of her life, John D. “Dave” Karr and moved to Vancouver, WA. Lola and Dave were happily married for 42 years, until Dave’s death in 1989. In 1994 Lola relocated to Black Diamond, WA to be closer to her daughter and granddaughters.

Lola was a homemaker while her children were young. She went to work for Hi School Pharmacy in 1974 as a bookkeeper, and retired in 1994.

She was a former member of Salmon Creek United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday school and ran the nursery for many years. For the past 20 years Lola has attended Cornerstone United Methodist Church in Covington, WA, where she was involved in a variety of ministries including the Welcoming Team, Prayer Chain, Vacation Bible School, and Finance Team.

Lola was an avid volunteer who spent hundreds of hours helping others. She was very active in the Salmon Creek American Legion Auxiliary where she served as past president, volunteered at the Veteran’s Hospital, and baked dozens of pies to sell at the Clark County Fair. She lead Girl Scouts troops and Cub Scout dens, and was a March of Dimes Area Coordinator and the Cystic Fibrosis Area Chair, who coordinated the first door-to-door campaign for CF in the Salmon Creek area. In 1970, she was named Citizen of the Year by the Salmon Creek Community Club. Lola was

active with PTA as well, receiving the Golden Acorn Award in

1971 for her service to children and youth. When she moved to Black Diamond in 1994 she continued to find many outlets in the community to serve. She was very active in her granddaughter’s lives and supported their many activities. Lola was “adopted” by the Kentlake Drama program as their honorary grandmother in 2006. She spent many hours backstage sewing costumes for her granddaughters who were active in the program, along with many other students. She also baked endless cookies and cupcakes and never missed a show.

Lola had a true servant’s heart. Her kindness was apparent in her everyday life. Her home was always open to family and friends. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother; she was a loving sister and aunt, and she was a wonderful neighbor and friend. Simply put she was an amazing woman, strong, independent and above all a selfless caregiver.

Lola is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Carolyn and Doug Callahan of Black Diamond, WA. She also leaves behind two dearly beloved granddaughters, Jillian Callahan of Renton, WA, and Caitlin Callahan of Pullman, WA. She is also survived by sisters Della Karr, Forest Grove, OR; Violet Schwander, Hillsboro, OR; Cora Hoisington, Portland, OR; Faye Wyatt, Hillsboro, OR; and Nadine Armstrong, Madras, OR. Surviving brothers are Arnold Hutchison, Aloha, OR and Ralph Hutchison, Vancouver, WA. She also leaves behind many caring nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

Lola was preceded in death by her husband John David Karr in 1989, her beloved son David Reed Karr in 1981, son John Karr and daughters Constance Jo Karr and Janice Rose Karr. Sisters Lonnie, Thelma, and Hazel, and brothers Charlie and Vince also preceded Lola.

The family wishes to thank the staff at North Ridge House who loved and cared for Lola over the last months of her life, as well as Evergreen Hospice. Remembrances may be made in Lola’s name to the Alzheimer’s Association at www.alz.org.

Arrangements were provided by Beck’s Funeral Home in Edmonds, WA.

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CITY OF COVINGTON, WASHINGTONCITY COUNCIL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2014 – 7:00 PM

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Chapter 35A.63.220 of the Revised Code of Washington the Covington City Council will a hold a public hearing on proposed Ordinance No. 06-14, which establishes interim zoning regulations for the production, processing, and retailing of recreational marijuana, at their regular meeting on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, at 7:00 p.m., to be held in the Council Chambers at Covington City Hall, 16720 S.E. 271st Street, Covington, WA.

The purpose of this public hearing is for the City Council to receive comments from the public, both written and oral, regarding a proposed ordinance establishing interim zoning regulations for the production, processing, and retailing of recreational marijuana.

All persons desiring to comment may do so in writing to Sharon Scott, City Clerk, at 16720 SE 271st Street, Suite 100, Covington, Washington, 98042 or by appearing at the public hearing on April 22, 2014.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that agenda information will be posted the Friday prior to the above meeting at Covington City Hall, and on the city’s web site: www.covingtonwa.gov. For further information, please contact Salina Lyons, Principal Planner at [email protected] or by phone at 253-480-2442.

Published in the Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on April 4, 2014. #1017706.

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My youngest daughter went to Comicon this week-end in Seattle. For those who don’t know, Comicon is a convention held every year celebrating the world’s cartoon charac-ters.

It’s a very popular event for young and old, spanning every cartoon and pop culture icon (think Star Trek, Sherlock, The Hobbit) ever viewed on TV, movies and in comic books.

My daughter went as a female Loki. Loki is a male character from Marvel’s Thor comic books. With his ability to shape-shift, he spent some time as a female in one of the editions.

This costume was

particularly intricate as it involved scale mail. I’m talking about individual metal scales that knights in shining armor made their suits out of.

They arrived loose in a box, she then had to link them together with small metal rings. It took her months.

Her abilities to build costumes have gone way

beyond my knowledge base and into some other dimen-sion. She finds the informa-tion by Googling it, but she does have a talent for it. Maybe it’s her willing-ness to suffer the details of these costumes that makes her good at it. I’m a “good enough” sort of costume

designer; in fact, I saw some perfectly good “scaly” fabric at JoAnn Fabrics when she began designing this costume.

In the beginning, her convention attending days, used to be all about the cartoons. She and her friends would spend hours watching them; then they’d decide who they wanted to dress as. Now, although my daughter is currently obsessed with the Thor movies and comics, the conventions are really about the costume. The success of the costume is measured by how many people stop and ask for a photo. Her Loki costume was a huge success; she said she was probably stopped a hun-dred times.

This is where I must take offense. I think the quality

of my children’s childhoods have been based on my de-sire to get photos of them.

I create family photo albums every year and I’ve become obsessed trying to make sure I have photos for every month, which means we have to go fun places in which to take photos.

I want these to be happy, willingly-obtained pho-tos, but they aren’t always. When they were in their tweens, my penchant for making them pose in lav-ender fields and cling to the side of trees wasn’t particu-larly welcome.

Sure, maybe making them go out in a blizzard to sit on Santa’s lap when he was just about to pack it up and head back to the North Pole because it was snowing too hard, was bit pushy of me, but my heart was in the

right place.They’ll remember that

day when they look back through our family albums and see that snow-blurred picture of them in front of Santa’s shack.

“Remember when mom made us go out in the teeth of the storm? Noth-ing was open and no one was around because of the blinding snow and Santa was just trying to get out of there before the roads got too bad.”

So why is it my kids are perfectly willing to let strangers stop them to take a picture? My young-est, being shy, is the one that astounds me the most. Granted, she has the costume to hide behind and she doesn’t actually have to talk to anyone, but she holds still for the photo op

her mother could never get. When I dropped her and

her friends off in down-town Seattle in a loading zone, I asked them to stand away from the car door so I could snap a picture of them. “Hurry up mom!” my daughter exclaimed, eyes rolling at my pride.

“Stand still, look at me! I need a picture for March.”

Gretchen Leigh is a stay-at-home mom who lives in Covington. She is commit-ted to getting the picture whether they want her to or not. You can also read her writing on her website livingwithgleigh.com or on Facebook at “Living with Gleigh.”

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league, with an opportunity to compete in the State tournament.Challenges:

Miligan says the state tournament is always tough, and that injuries and school issues are always a concern.

“You still have to play the game,” he said.Top returners:

• Mia Corbin (sopho-more, SS) — The SPSL North MVP in 2013 batted .443, scored 46 runs and notched 43 stolen bases.

• Halle Elliott (senior,

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• Morgan Engelhardt (senior, 3B) — 1st team SPSL, who batted .453 with 29 RBI’s.

• Maddie Scott (Junior, pitcher) — 2nd Team SPSL

with a 11-1-2 record, 2.40 ERA and 65 strikeouts in 2013.

• Carley Nance (sopho-more, pitcher) — SPSL North MVP pitcher posted a 16-4 record, 2.24 ERA and 77 strikeouts in 2013.Newcomers:

• Emily Bishop (junior, RF)

• Kinzi Sanders (fresh-man, C)

• Morgan Cloud (fresh-man, 2B)

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Our Chamber is continually growing with new members and new businesses in Covington! We are happy to an-nounce two new members this month: Keller Williams Realty - Monica “Moose” Cordell and Stonebrook Funding. Another new businesses in our community, Acupuncture Center, P.S. had a successful grand opening event and ribbon cutting ceremony last month in which many chamber members attended and Mayor Harto gave them a special welcome. Our members heard from Calvin Goings of the U.S. Small Business Administration about their core services and programs and a discussion of several national initiatives that have a direct local impact. Our March Business After Hours, hosted by Alpine Mortgage Planning was one of the largest After Hours events of the year! They had amaz-ing food, cupcakes, and their signature “candy bar” full of green jelly beans and other sweets. One of our members even walked away with a small basketball and hoop as a prize for winning the March Madness shootout that eve-ning. We welcome our members to attend our next Busi-ness After Hours on April 17 at Covington Place Senior Apartments. The Chamber is also partnering with the City of Covington to hold a Spring Business Breakfast on April 30 to provide Leading Edge Marketing Best Prac-tices to businesses in the Covington area. Please visit www.covingtonchamber.org for more information about what’s happening in Covington!


We are Honored to Support Our Neighbors Throughout Washington StateAs a sovereign tribal nation, the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe is a government. The Tribe uses its revenues from economic enterprises to fund infrastructure, educational opportunities, healthcare, housing assistance, conservation, and an array of other vital programs and services. These enterprise revenues serve the same government purposes as tax revenues received by state and local governments.

The Tribe also honors a cultural tradition of sharing with neighbors and with those in need. In 2013, we are proud to have supported our neighboring communities with over $3.6 million of assistance to the following Washington nonprofit organizations and to local governments’ fire, police, and other services. We thank them for their service and reaffirm our commitment to helping our neighbors and building communities throughout the state.

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