Covington/Maple Valley Reporter, November 14, 2014

REBECCA GOURLEY AND DENNIS BOX

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High winds knocked trees down and caused power outages Tuesday in Black Diamond and South King County.

As of Tuesday aft ernoon, the National Weather Service forecast windy conditions were expected to continue through early Friday morning.

Th e service recorded east winds from 25 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.

On Tuesday, Puget Sound Energy reported power outages in the Covington and Maple Valley area, aff ecting thousands of people.

In Black Diamond, offi cials said six trees were down in the area on Tuesday as of 1 p.m. One tree fell over a power lines on 224th Avenue Southeast in Black Diamond and more hot lines were down on the road

on Southeast 296th Street.Th e PSE website showed areas of be-

tween 501-2,500 customers aff ected in the Kent area and Auburn was at more than 2,500 aff ected customers.

Capt. Kyle Ohashi, Kent Fire Depart-ment public information offi cer, said crews received “a lot” of calls in the area about scattered, momentary power outages Tues-day morning but said there had been no signifi cant damage resulting from the wind in Kent.

Puget Sound Energy cautioned residents about downed power lines, saying on its website to “assume it’s energized and stay clear.”

Th e company recommended residents using portable heaters should keep them away from furniture, draperies and other fl ammable materials.

Check the PSE website for updates.

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Tahoma seniors Taylor Wall, right, and Kara McGee, middle, along with junior Emmy Link, left, attempt to stay warm and cheer on their peers during a district soccer match Nov. 8. Tahoma defeated Curtis 2-0 to fi nish third and earn a spot in the 4A WIAA State Tournament. ERIC MANDEL, The Reporter

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As election results keep rolling in, the races for the 5th and 47th Legislative Districts are becom-ing even more one-sided, with incumbents prevailing.

With a few more votes to count, it’s still hard to say if Initiative 1351, which aims at reducing class sizes for K-12 education, will pass or not. As of press time, it was passing by a slim margin.

LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 47SenatorIncumbent Joe Fain, R, won

with almost twice as many votes, 63.9 percent to Democrat Carol Barber’s 36.1 percent.

State Rep. Position 1Incumbent Mark Hargrove,R,

took 55.9 percent to Democrat Chris Barringer’s 44.1 percent.

State Rep. Position 2Incumbent Pat Sullivan, D, won

Incumbents dominate legislative elections

BY ROBERT WHALE

News Reporter

For the 11,000 people every year from Auburn to Black Dia-mond who rely on the services King County’s Public Health Center in Auburn off ers, the news could hardly have been better.

Th e clinic will stay open.King County Executive Dow

Constantine announced last week in a news conference at Auburn City Hall that he and Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus have put to-gether public and private partner-ships that will contribute in total between $550,000 and $700,000 to help maintain services at the Auburn clinic through the 2015-16 biennium.

“Th is partnership brings together cities, tribal government, nonprofi ts and business – united in a shared commitment to the health and prosperity of the peo-

King County partners to keep health clinic open

Trees down and power outages from Tuesday wind storm

At least six fallen trees were reported in the Black Diamond area by 1 p.m. Tuesday after wind gusts reaching up to 60 mph blew through the region. DENNIS BOX, The Reporter

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We shall never forgetBy Ray Still

Staff Writer

“’For God’s sake, grab silk!’”Those are the words Plateau resident

Staff Sgt. Hiram P. Jameyson heard when his B-17 was shot down near Brunswick, Germany, on March 23, 1944.

Although Jameyson died in 2002, records of his life during his 15 months of captivity in Germany exist in the form of letters to his wife Lorraine and a daily diary, which he kept hidden from his captors.

His letters and a transcribed version of his journal are available at the Enumclaw Historical Museum.

The Reporter is presenting his letters and journal entries as a tribute to Veterans Day.

Shot DownJameyson recalled his experience in

vivid detail to The Courier-Herald in March 1968.

“It all began on our fourth mission,” he recalled. “We were hit with flak on the way to our target and it knocked out one engine. They got us again over the target and we had to drop out of formation. We began to lose altitude and then we saw them – the German FW-190s just waiting for stragglers like us. Next thing I knew we were on fire and the flames were starting to swell over the wing gas tanks. Then – on the intercom – the last words from our

pilot. ‘For God’s sake, grab silk!’”Jameyson watched his B-17 bomber

plane crash and burn while he was held aloft by his parachute. His landing was

marginally better – Jameyson broke a leg, the bone protruding from his flesh as he was quickly captured by German soldiers.

Letters and diary entries“Dearest angel Lorraine,I am alive and well. I have a broken

leg but am getting good treatment for it. Please don’t worry about me honey. Tell mother I am well. I can write 2 letters and 4 postcards a month. At present I

have no return address. I was shot down over Germany and I will have to stay here until the war is over, so have courage and wait for my return.”

Jameyson wrote this letter on March 28, 1944, five days after his plane was shot down. Jameyson wrote to his newly-wed and pregnant wife as often as he could, optimistically sharing that he was healthy and doing well in Stalag III.

His journal revealed his situation was not always as bright as he made it seem to his wife.

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impor-tance, if R e d Cross parcels don’t come soon, we will all die of starvation. Wonder if Lorraine is think- ing as much of me as I think of her.”

Food was a precious commod-ity in the camp. There were more than 1,200 American prisoners in the camp when Jameyson arrived, and the num-

ber increased by several thousand by the time the war was over. In July, more than 2400 prisoners were forced to evacuate Heidekrug to Stalag III.

“July 18 - ‘44My crew is with them – maybe – I

haven’t seen them as yet. So many men were machine gunned and they ran them the three miles from the station. The slow, the maimed and the sick or weak were bayonetted and left to die along the road.”

Over the months, the number of pris-oners grew and the challenge of feeding them all became nearly impossible. The German guards devised a gruesome solu-tion to their problems – they started hold-ing machine gun practices by firing into the POW camp.

“Anyone who happened to be in the way had better run for cover quickly,” Jameyson described. “The more of us they killed off, the less to feed.”

Fuel and heat were also invaluable resources not just to the prisoners, but other unwitting members of the camp as well.

“Oct 23 - ‘44The weather is extremely cold and wet,

about as miserable as I am. Last night a mouse got into my bunk and crawled around my neck and down my legs. It bothered me so much I got up and slept on the table. The cold weather is driving them into the barracks in great num-bers.”

It was not always cold and glum, though. According to Jameyson, the prisoners formed their own society in the camp.

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ple who live here,” Constantine said. “I’m proud of the innovative local solutions we’ve crafted to help maintain important health services, but we must ultimately develop a sustainable funding source for Public Health that our state has lacked for many years.”

Constantine also said that he is working with the King County Council to find the additional funds needed to fully maintain services for the next two years while efforts continue to find a long-term solution.

“The Auburn clinic is going to stay open as a result of a number of partnerships and invest-ments from a variety of groups, including King County,” said Michael Hursh, the city’s director of administration. “Auburn led in a lot of the fundraising efforts to preserve services for the next two years, and now we’re looking at part-nering with King County on funding sources go-ing forward for the whole public health system.”

Given that financial support from the state and federal governments has been on the decline over the last few years, King County announced earlier this year that it would close the clinic and others by the end of 2014.

As of Nov. 5, the funding partners include the cities of Auburn, Enumclaw, Algona and Pacific:

• The city of Auburn: $220,000• The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe: $150,000• Group Health: $100,000• Orion Industries: $40,000• The city of Algona: $10,000• The city of Pacific: $10,000• The city of Enumclaw: $10,000• The Valley Regional Fire Authority: $10,000Some of the numbers could change, city of-

ficials say.Although the Black Diamond city council

passed a resolution supporting the clinic, the city has not made any formal financial commit-ments.

“This is a big deal,” Hursh said. “It goes to the preservation and the safety and health of all of South and Southeast King County, which have some of our most needy populations.”

Public health in King County has not had a sustainable funding source since 2000 when the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax was eliminated.

The public health staff in Auburn primar-ily provides services designed to help young mothers, including maternity services, nutrition programs, and family planning.

“I am humbled, but not surprised, by what has been accomplished by the South (King) County cities, the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, the Auburn

School District, Valley Regional Fire Authority, health care agencies and employees, and private industry working in partnership with King County to maintain the services for our region’s most vulnerable people,” Backus said. “As often happens in Auburn, when a need arises and something monumental needs to happen, we step up to the challenge and get it done.”

“When community leaders first came to coun-cil chambers to discuss the need to keep the Au-burn Public Health Clinic open, I was optimistic it could happen,” said King County Councilman Pete von Reichbauer. “By working together and developing unique funding partnerships, we are very close to providing critical services to those who need it most in our community.”

County Councilman Reagan Dunn, who voiced support for the clinic last month, said he was grateful that Constantine “continues to work diligently with area partners in putting together funding commitments that will provide a por-tion of the needed funds to keep the clinic and the satellite offices open.”

“I’m going to work closely with my colleagues on the County Council to find the additional funding needed during the Council’s budget process to ensure that this health center will remain open,” Dunn said.

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Construction for the lift stations No. 46 conveyance project will begin in the downtown area of the Covington at the start of 2015. Construction on private property has already begun. This project is part of the Soos Creek Water and Sewer District’s regional plan to serve the city of Covington’s Town Center in the future.

The project is expected to handle the considerable growth and zoning changes from the last 10 plus years and is just one of four separate projects the district is undertaking.

This project will install a new gravity main from the Covington Elementary School on Southeast Wax Road down to Covington Way and then northerly to south 168th Place Southeast, where the main will continue on private property easements.

The new sewer main will allow the district to remove the existing Lift Station 28B from service that is nearing capacity.

WHAT TO EXPECT:• Construction noise and dust

• Traffic delays

• Upcoming road closures along Covington Way Southeast (between January 2015 and April) and Southeast Wax Road (between April 2015 and June)

• Access will be maintained for properties along the route, and for emergency, mail and garbage ser-vices

• School bus stop relocations (School District will notify students when and where)

• Temporary pedestrian walkway on the west side of Southeast Wax Road.

For construction questions or concerns, the district maintains a construction hotline — (425) 747-6290 — between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Project updates can be found at www.sooscreek.com

Lift station construction set for 2015

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Maple Valley will be among the 300 stores that will be donating

and volunteering at local food banks through its “Stop the

Hunger” initiative.The retail store will be

participating in the fundraiser through Friday, Dec. 12.

Stores across the U.S. are encouraging local families to

bring in canned and boxed food, which will be delivered to the

community’s food bank.

Th ere were only a few surprises in last week’s elections. Th e outcome turned out to be pretty much what I expected: the Republicans took control of the Senate, the state Repub-licans became the majority in the Senate legislature, Dave Reichert got re-elected to the House of Represen-tatives, and the state voter turnout hovered near 40 percent, about aver-age for midterm elections.

Th ere were a few surprises: the passage of gun background Initiative 594 and the uncertain fate of reduc-ing class size Initiative 1351.

Th e passage of Initiative 594 that closed the loophole on gun sales by requiring back-ground checks of all purchases including those at gun shows, was a great victory for reality and reason. With the help of wealthy donors

like Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Michael Hanauer and Michael Bloomberg, the NRA was thwart-ed in its attempts to push its agenda over the will of most Americans. Th e NRA’s death grip on the U.S. Congress has at least been loos-ened in a state initiative election.

I’ve always been amazed at the reaction of people when a school shooting occurs, rush-ing out to buy a gun because they’re afraid the “President will take their guns from us”

because of the shooting. What these people do not realize is that neither the president nor Congress has any constitutional power to do this because the right to bear arms is guaranteed by the Second Amend-ment. Additionally, the NRA lobby is so strong in Congress that even Democrats do not dare to challenge them lest money from the NRA be

used to defeat them in the next primary.Initiative 1351 looks like it may fail, though

at this writing the outcome is still in doubt. Its backers desire to ensure better education through smaller class sizes in K-12 is well-meant, but research shows that smaller class

sizes are only eff ective in the lower grades and not so much in the higher levels.

If it passes, this initiative will require the hiring of 7,000 additional teachers, More classrooms will have to be constructed to house the smaller class sizes. It is projected that it will cost the State an additional $2 bil-lion/year.

Th e state Legislature is already struggling to fund the McCleary court decision. Passage of this Initiative will only make it more dif-fi cult to fi nd the money, especially with a large percentage of the public demanding, “No new taxes.”

Elections always bring surprises, but this one had few. Th e few surprises we did see came either as a result of the support of a wealthy few acting for the good of the major-ity, or hopefully, enough understanding on the part of the majority of voters to turn down an expensive and unproductive attempt to improve education.

As Charles Dickens noted 155 years ago, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”

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A recent Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter’s “police blotter” noted that the Issaquah police responded to a report of a vehicle being driven erratically. An officer quickly found the car parked in a Safeway parking lot. The driver was fast asleep. When woken up and inter-viewed, the driver said he had been working almost 72 hours straight before he got behind the wheel of his car to go home.

While in line at the bank one day, I heard a conversation between a customer and a bank teller. The customer told of his recent extreme sports bike trip in the Cascades. He then casually said he had been up for more than 24 hours before he drove back over the pass to his home in Bellevue. The somewhat macho tone of the biker was as if driving while tired was also part of his extreme sport.

And the teller was impressed.A coworker works a second job in addition

to her “day job.” She mentioned that many times each week she gets only four hours of sleep each night. When she drives home from her “moonlighting” job at 2 or 3 in the morn-ing, she is usually very tired. But she said “it is a straight line on the freeway” and she knows the way home – even when exhausted.

In 2006, our then 17-year-old daughter Mora nearly died from multiple fractures and traumatic brain injury injuries caused by a driver who fell asleep at the wheel of a car. Several months after the accident, Mora was still in recovery and rehabilitation. During that time, we talked with the nurses and caregivers about what caused Mora’s injuries. A few of the nurses said they regularly work double shifts each week and drive home exhausted after being up nearly 24 hours.

Even in front of our daughter, they freely said they did not want any increased drowsy driv-ing penalties, because they said caregivers were often the worst offenders.

Experts say that after 24 hours without sleep, a driver is as impaired as if he or she were over the legal limit for alcohol. Not only every driver in our state, but our legislators and our judges need to understand the widespread seriousness of drowsy driving and how many people are injured and killed by this pandemic each year. Their attitudes about drowsy driv-ing need to change.

But like attitudes about drunk driving 30 years ago, like texting while driving and dis-tracted driving today, the only thing to really change mind-sets and habits toward getting behind the wheel of a car when you have not slept for 20 or more hours is swift and sure penalties.

We urge our legislators to put aside bick-

ering of partisan politics and to beef up Washington’s reckless driving penalties if a driver injures or kills someone after deliber-ately getting behind the wheel of a car after being awake more than 20 hours. Or, like New Jersey’s “Maggie’s Law,” to find the vision and the guts to pass a specific drowsy driving law in Washington state.

Yes, in some cases, an accident caused by a driver who fell asleep at the wheel may be harder to prove than drunk driving. But drowsy driving kills, injures and shatters lives just the same. Just ask the survivors. Ask the family and friends of those lost or injured last month or last year. Just ask our daughter.

Washington state’s Drowsy Driving Prevention Week was Nov. 2-9. We urge all drivers to be aware of their level of fatigue or alertness before they get behind the wheel of a car, during the coming busy holiday season and throughout the year.

D I D Y O U K N O W ? : ”Everything I Never Told You “ topped Amazon’s list of the 100 best books of the year.

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

LARCENY• A theft was reported at 9:33 p.m. on Nov. 6 from

a vehicle parked in the back entrance of Kentwood High School, 25800 164th Ave. SE.

• A purse and other items were reported stolen at 6:37 p.m. on Nov. 6 from a vehicle parked on the 17400 block of Southeast 272nd Street.

• A residential burglary was reported at 10:01 p.m. on Nov. 5 after police say unknown suspects broke two pane windows in the family room of a residence on the 27700 block of 213th Court Southeast.

• Police reported at 1:47 p.m. on Nov. 5 that a wal-

let was stolen and credit card subsequently used at Foss Market, 16255 SE 256th St.

• License plates were reported stolen at 5:51 p.m. on Nov. 4 from a vehicle parked on the 23300 block of Southeast 267th Place.

• A GPS was reported stolen at 2:35 p.m. on Nov. 4 from an unlocked vehicle parked in a driveway on the 25000 block of 222nd Court Southeast.

• Police received a theft report at 11:56 a.m. on Nov. 4 after unknown suspect(s) took the alleged female victim’s dog out of her unlocked car while in the Goodwill, 27077 Maple Valley-Black Diamond Road SE, parking lot.

• A cellphone and charger were reported stolen at 7:44 a.m. on Nov. 4 from a locked vehicle parked in a driveway on the 19000 block of Southeast 269th Street.

• A residential burglary was reported at 8:12 p.m. on Nov. 1. Police said a pistol was taken from a garage on the 18700 block of Southeast 268th Street.

VANDALISM• Vandalism was reported at 10:07 p.m. on Nov. 6

to a vehicle parked on the street in the 17100 block of Southeast 261st Street.

• A broken window was reported at 3:38 p.m. on Nov. 4 by an unknown object at a single family resi-dence on the 16600 block of Southeast 262nd Street.

DRUGS• Police reported at 9:12 a.m. on Nov. 5 that

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• Police received a report at 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 4 that an individual living on the 25200 block of Witte Road Southeast received a verbal death threat over the phone.

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send a person to the doctor for a round of prescription drugs. In fact, there’s something called a “microbiome” that is made up of an individual’s own personal arsenal of bacteria and, believe it or not, is vital to good health and survival. A microbiome is a collection of bacteria, microbes, and fungi that we all accumulate in our intestines, mouth, skin, nose, genitalia, and urinary tract. This collection is so vast that for each human cell in a person’s makeup, there are approximately ten microbial cells. These cells are, in part, passed on maternally at the time of birth. The rest are accumulated throughout life. A diverse microbiome is a healthy microbiome.

To schedule an appointment at Southlake Clinic, please call (253) 395-1972. We encourage our patients to get regular health exams because they can help find problems before they start. They also can help find problems early, when the chances for treatment are better. By getting the right health services, screenings, and treatments, you are taking steps that help your chances for living a longer, healthier life.

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November is the start of the winter season and time to put the garden to bed. Cut back, chop up, haul off and in general clean up any perennials or annuals that are yellow and frostbitten.

This is a good time to start a compost pile in a hidden corner of the land-scape. Just layer brown material (brown leaves, bark chips, soil) with green material (grass clip-pings, green leaves, green weeds) and let it all rot. You can hurry the decomposing by chopping the material

into small pieces, covering the pile to keep it warm and by adding air to the process either by turning the contents or giving it all

a good poke with a sharp stick. Some gardeners crank up the heat of their compost pile by us-ing hollow metal pipes

stuck into the center of the pile to add air. Every few weeks they wiggle the pipes or remove and then poke them back into the pile in a different spot. Anytime you add a channel of air to

your compost pile it helps to turn the garden garbage into garden gold.

Q. I grow vegetables in raised beds. Must I uproot all the old tomatoes, bean and squash plants now or can I wait until spring to clean up? B.L., Puyallup

A. You can always imitate Mother Nature and let your summer bounty rot back into the earth with the winter rains. The advan-tage of a fall clean-up is that you will be removing any plants with disease or insect problems that could overwinter. However, the advantage of a more laid back approach to garden clean-up is that you are not

disturbing the tiny little soil critters or organisms that add tilth to your soil. Some gardeners combine the two methods and layer compost right on top of old plants. If you have a weed problem in your vegetable bed then fall is the time to pull and re-move those summer weeds, roots and all.

Q. Will a compost pile attract rats? Anonymous

A. No, a properly made compost pile heats up quickly and does not supply food for rats and mice. You must be sure to never add meat, bones, grease or other difficult to break down kitchen debris to a compost pile.

Q. Can I make my own raised beds by piling up grass clippings and leaves into mounds? Do I need to add soil as well or will my garden clippings and fall foliage turn into soil? S., Email

A. You can easily create your own raised beds with plant material that com-posts over the winter but to make these piles most favorable to growing veg-etables use equal amounts of soil and aged manure to help break down the plant material. Remember that mounds of composting ma-terial will shrink after just one winter. Your original 4-foot tall raised beds can

end up as a mound of soil less than one foot high. Put the most coarse or woody material down first, layer green grass clippings, then brown leaves and cap it all off with at least a six-inch layer of aged manure and garden soil.

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 more gardening information, she can be reached at her Web site, www.binettigarden.com.

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55.7 percent to Barry Knowles R, at 44.3 percent.

LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 5State Rep. Position 1Incumbent Jay Rodne, R, won 57.7 per-

cent to Democrat Essie Hicks’ 42.3 percent.State Rep. Position 2Incumbent Republican Chad Magendanz

won 59 percent to David Spring, D, 41 percent.

CONGRESSIONALU.S. RepresentativeDave Reichert,R, overwhelmingly won

63.4 percent to Jason Ritchie’s 36.6 percent.

INITIATIVES594 - background check expansion for

gun sales - passed 59.1 percent to 40.9 percent.

591 - not require a background check on firearm recipients unless a national standard is required - failed 45 percent to 55 percent.

1351 - reduce class sizes in K-12 educa-tion - currently passing 50.7 percent to 49.3 percent, with a difference of 26,960 votes.

King County voter turnout was at 48.4 percent as of press time.

Final election results will be certified by the Washington Secretary of State’s office by Dec. 4.

[ ELECTIONS from page 1] formed their own society in the camp. They held elections, had judges and juries, even performed in shows and organized ball games to keep their heads high and spirits free.

“June 17 - ‘44Finally got our Red Cross Parcels

today, everybody is happy. One prisoner went across the trip wire after a ball and the guard in the tower shot at him, kicking up dirt two feet behind him. They really mean business here.”

“April 25 - ‘45Another warm day. We had a boxing

match in our compound today very interesting and some very good boxers.

Our garden is looking very good but must put some water on it, if it don’t rain soon. We had lights for one hour again last night. War news is scare these last few days.”

But not everyone was civil, especially after half a year of being exposed to harsh weather, starvation and the constant fear of German bullets. To say the men were on edge would be an understatement – Jameyson described in his journal how quickly fellow prisoners can turn on each other. At one time, Jameyson was accused of being a “Kraut lover” and was cornered and beaten by other prisoners.

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BY KEVIN HANSON

Senior Writer

Making signifi cant improve-ments to Enumclaw High School and replacing the aging Black Dia-mond Elementary would require somewhere in excess of $80 mil-lion, with about three-quarters of that sum coming from local pocketbooks.

It’s a fi nancial investment voters will likely be asked to make during a spring election.

A fi nal, offi cial decision will not be made until January, but everything is falling into line as follows: members of the Enumclaw School Board and district admin-istration are now in the public information phase; numbers will continue to be fi rmed up through the winter, with a board resolution coming in January; followed by a public vote in April.

Th e district’s bond request would require a super majority for pas-sage, or 60 percent support.

PROPOSED CONSTRUCTIONTh e district would like to build a

two-story structure on the southern edge of the current Enumclaw High campus that would replace existing but aging classrooms, along with the library, science labs, music facil-ity, auditorium and gymnasium. According to the district website, the new construction “would

dovetail into the remodeled commons, offi ces, and art and automotive wing.”

Construction at the high school is estimated

at approximately $62 mil-lion.

Plans for Black Diamond call for replacing the existing school with a new facility, built on the same ground. For a full school year, dur-ing construction, Black Diamond students would be transported to Enumclaw where they would fi ll the J.J. Smith building.

Th e cost for the new elementary school is estimated at about $20 million.

SECURITY AN ISSUEWhen Superintendent Mike Nel-

son went before the Enumclaw City Council recently to explain district

plans, he emphasized that student safety was a major concern.

He noted that Enumclaw High now houses students in 10 portable buildings on campus and, at Black Diamond, 40 percent of the student body is housed in portables. Th at makes for a lot of entry points, Nelson said, allowing anyone into school spaces.

If construction is completed as planned, Enumclaw High would have just three outside entrances instead of the present 70. Th e cur-rent Black Diamond Elementary now has more than 20 entry doors; a new school would have just one.

FINANCING PLANSIf district voters were to approve

a bond between $60 million and $65 million, the district would receive an additional $18.1 million from the state.

Th e district will be pitching the fact that local sales taxes would not increase with passage of the bond issue. Th at’s because an existing bond, passed years ago to build Th under Mountain Middle School, will be paid off at the end of 2016.

Th e Th under Mountain bond now bumps up the district wide property tax rate by a sum of $1.60 for every $1,000 of assessed prop-erty value. Th at means the owner of property assessed at $250,000 pays $400 annually due to the existing bond.

Tax bills will drop by $400 at the end of 2016 or be replaced with the potential new bond.

PUBLIC INPUT SOUGHTTh e district held two open

houses to explain the proposed bond and hear public comments — the fi rst on Nov. 4 in Enumclaw and the second at Black Diamond Elementary on Nov. 6.

Additionally, the district is hosting an online survey. It can be found at https://www.survey-monkey.com/s/bondsurvey2014. Th e survey also can be accessed by visiting the Enumclaw School District website and clicking on the appropriate link on the home page. Th e survey will be available until Dec. 1.

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Kent Mountain View Academy, Mattson Middle School, and Covington, Jenkins Creek, and Martin Sortun elementary schools all received the 2014 School of Distinction award for outstanding improve-ment in reading and math sustained over a fi ve-year period.

Th e honor recognizes the schools for being in the state’s top 5 percent of im-provement for their levels. Th e schools were chosen by the Center for Educational Eff ectiveness in partnership with the Association of Ed-ucational Service Districts, the Association of Wash-ington School Principals, Washington Association

of School Administrators, Washington State School Directors’ Association, and Washington State Associa-tion for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Th is is the third year in a row Jenkins Creek earned this distinction, the fi ft h time for Martin Sortun, and third for Kent Mountain View Academy. Th e 2014 School of Distinction award winners include 54 elemen-tary schools, 22 middle/junior high schools, 17 high schools, and eight alterna-tive schools from across the state.

“Our schools are com-mitted to improvement and student success,” said Kent

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Special Olympics Nov. 2 bowling tournament results

Kentlake High SchoolJoey & Derick Panico (doubles) -

silver 173

Kentwood High SchoolBreeann Shaw - gold 157

Mikayla Hurley - gold 219Elena Davocal - gold 188

Anthony Nyguyen & Mia Team KW9 - 4th 380

Conny Castro - silver 135

Jenkins Creek ElementaryKyle Hinkle - gold 163

Drew - silver 179

It’s time to clean out your closets.

The Tahoma Junior High Parent Teacher Association, which also serves Tahoma and Cedar River Middle Schools, is collecting clothes and other textiles next week.

The PTA is partnering with Clothes for the Cause to help keep household textiles out of landfi lls and to raise money for the PTA. They are looking for donations of clothes, towels, sheets, blankets, stuff ed animals, shoes, gloves, hats and more. Any condition is fi ne, because items that are no longer usable in their current state will be recycled, and the ones that are still usable will be donated.

Donations will be collected at Tahoma Middle School from Nov. 17 -19. Then at noon on Nov. 19, the truck will be moved to Cedar River Middle School where it will stay until the end of the school day Friday, Nov. 21.

The PTA’s goal is to get over 500 bags of donations. If donations exceed a certain weight, the amount per pound that the PTA receives increases, says Kartha Keinz, PTA president for Cedar River Middle School.

Clothes for the Cause said it recycles or reuses about 95 percent of the donated textiles they receive. Forty-fi ve percent is donated back as usable clothing, 20 percent is converted into new fi bers and 30 percent is remade into wiping cloths.

There are a few things that are not accepted during the fundraiser. These items include glass, breakables, electron-ics, pet beds, bed pillows, uniforms, carpeting, hotel linens or items previously for sale at a thrift store.

Money earned from the fundraiser will be split between Tahoma Middle School, Cedar River Middle School and Tahoma Junior High.

Clothing drive next week

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INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUES AND THE 2015 PRELIMINARY OPERATING AND

CAPITAL BUDGETTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2014 – 7:00 PM

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2015 Preliminary Operating and Capital Budget has been placed on file with the City Clerk and is available for review at Covington City Hall and the Covington Library. The public is encouraged to attend budget hearings and provide written or verbal testimony on any provisions of the proposed CY2015 Budget.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Covington City Council

will conduct a Final Public Hearing on revenue sources, including consideration of possible increases in property tax revenues, and the 2015 Preliminary Operating and Capital Budget at the City Council meeting on November 25, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located at Covington City Hall, 16720 SE 271st Street, Covington.

All persons desiring to comment may do so in writing to the City Clerk at 16720 SE 271st Street, Suite 100, Covington, Washington, 98042 or [email protected] or by appearing at the Final Public Hearing. Copies of the 2015 Preliminary Operating and Capital Budget are available for inspection and copying at Covington City Hall.

Agenda information will be posted the Friday prior to the above meetings at Covington City Hall, Covington Council Chambers, Covington Library, and the City’s web site: www.covingtonwa.gov. For further information, please contact the Covington City Clerk at 253-480-2405.

Published in the Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on November 14, 2014. #1181764.

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School District Superintendent Edward Lee Vargas, “and these awards celebrate the hard work of staff members, students, and school communities.”

Regional educational service districts throughout the state will be hosting award ceremonies to recognize the award winners within their areas, and the Kent School District will be hosting its own celebration for the fi ve win-ning schools.

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Be able to recognize the signs and symptoms of carbon monoxide “poisoning”:

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A few members of the Tahoma girls soccer team smiled and joked with one another as they left the district tournament victorious, tak-ing third place overall and headed for state. But it was a subdued joy for a number of reasons. Th ere was the frigid, 40-ish-degree game time temperature and the physically draining contest against Curtis, which followed an even more demanding 2-1 win against rival Th omas Jeff erson that went to pen-alty kicks on Nov. 6. Th ere was also a mental toll, as 47 of their athletic peers had been handed suspen-sions, including four of their own teammates, a few of whom were starters.

Tahoma soccer coach Jason Johnson said his team seemed to be waiting to take on some sort of adversity all year. It fi nally came while the ladies were playing the best soccer of the season. And, he says, they’ve handled it well.

“It’s not a negative,” Johnson said following the Bears 2-0 win. “Th ey’re feeding off it; starting to rally off each other.”

As of Monday, 47 Tahoma High School student-athletes had been

suspended from participating in any games or contests for being involved in a party that occurred the previous weekend.

Fourteen of those athletes were on the football team, who sub-sequently lost in district play to Camas, 47-18, ending the team’s season Friday.

Kevin Patterson, spokesperson for the Tahoma School District, said the King County Sheriff ’s Offi ce informed the school on Monday, Nov. 3 that some student-athletes were at a party on Oct. 31 where alcohol and/or drugs were involved. Authorities were unsure whether any athletes were con-suming any alcohol or drugs, but according to the school’s athletic code, it didn’t matter.

Patterson said if student-athletes are just attending a party where alcohol and/or drugs are present, it’s a violation of the athletic code that every athlete must sign before participating in any sport.

Th e length of suspension from their sport varies based on the degree of violation. In this case, Patterson said most of the students will likely have to forfeit about 25 percent of their season. For football (a 10-game season), that means the suspended players will have to sit on the sidelines for 2.5 games.

Because the season is now over for the football players, the suspension will carry on to other sports that they participate in or to the next football season.

Th e punishment will diff er for the other athletes involved because their season may have more or fewer games.

Th e school has suspended four from girls’ soccer, two from boys’ soccer, twelve cheerleaders, two soft ball players, four wrestlers, seven baseball players, one golfer and one volleyball player.

Even though some of the students may not be playing their sport at the time of the suspension, they will still have to sit out for a period of time when their season rolls around.

Patterson also said that there may be some students suspended from school, not just athletics, in connection with this incident. But, students who only attended the party won’t be suspended, he said.

Th e school is investigating threats that have occurred over so-cial media that were allegedly sent by students involved in the party. Th e threats, Patterson said, are directed toward whoever “turned them in.”

A letter explaining the investiga-tion and suspensions was sent to all parents and families of Tahoma High School students Nov. 6.

“It is disappointing that these

Tahoma athletes cope with suspensions

Madison Haines wins a header during Tahoma’s Nov. 7 win. ERIC MANDEL, The Reporter

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TAHOMA CROSS COUNTRY TAKES BRONZE

AT STATE MEET The Tahoma boys and girls

took third at the 4A state meet at Sun Willows Golf Course in

Pasco Saturday, Nov. 9.The top runner for the

girls was sophomore Kayla Contreras running eighth in 18

minutes, 18.94 seconds.Junior Graeme Schroeder, the

top runner for the boys ran eighth in 15:36.15

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The Conks and Bears played in the South Puget Sound League 4A district playoffs Nov. 7 an 8, respec-tively. The Falcons finished with a week 10 game Nov. 6.

KENTWOODThe Conks hosted Bellarmine Prep in the district

playoffs but lost 17-6.Bellarmine Prep had an early lead, being the only

scorer in the first quarter. The Lions continued to control the game, scoring another touchdown with the Conks still at zero.

Kentwood got on the board in the fourth quarter with a two-yard touchdown run by Chavez Kalua-Fuimaono. The Conks failed the two-point conversion.

TAHOMADespite being short 14 players (see pg. 9), the Bears

still suited up to play Camas in the 4A district playoffs, but lost 47-18.

Camas scored two touchdowns, taking a 13-0 lead into the second quarter. Tahoma senior Jerome Woods scored on a three-yard run, but the team missed the extra point. Tahoma trailed 20-6 at halftime.

Camas scored four more times in the third quarter, and Tahoma scored a four-yard touchdown pass from junior Amandre Williams to junior Austin Brown. The Bears failed in their two-point conversion attempt, trail-ing 47-12. They added a 26-yard touchdown pass from Williams to junior Cole Peckham in the fourth quarter. But, they missed another two-point conversion.

KENTLAKEThe Falcons ended on a high note, defeating Thomas

Jefferson 17-8. Kentlake scored first with a one-yard touchdown run by senior Danstan Kaunda. They added a safety in the first quarter and led 9-0 at the half.

Kentlake finished with a one-yard touchdown run by senior Tino Wells.

Football season ends

StateBound

The Tahoma volleyball team will play in the state tournament Nov. 14 at Saint Mar-tin’s University in Lacey. As long as they don’t lose their first two matches, they will play Saturday, Nov. 15.

The Bears earned fourth place at the South Puget Sound League 4A District 3 tourna-ment last weekend.

Right: 6-foot sophomore Ginny Mehl blocks a Kentwood attack. Top left: 6-foot-2-inch

sophomore Allana McCollum tips the ball over a Kentwood block. Top center: Senior Amanda Troxel angles her hit toward a hole

in Kentwood’s defense. Top right: Freshman Emily Smith sets the ball on a serve-receive.

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GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS8. Kayla Contreras (So.)- Tahoma - 18:18.9410. Delaney Tiernan (Sr.) - Tahoma - 18:22.82 34. Amanda Kiefer (Sr.) - Tahoma - 19:12.0644. Alice Jensen (Sr.) - Tahoma - 19:27.7848. Peyton Shinnick (Jr.) - Tahoma - 19:30.7963. Nicole Soleim (So.) - Kentwood - 19:46.3583. Katelyn Sherick (Sr.) - Tahoma - 20:07.1989. Chloe Hobson (Jr.) - Tahoma - 20:14.13

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[ BRONZE from page 9] [ JAMEYSON from page 6] “October 29 - ‘44Being shut in with the

group of men for so long is beginning to tell a lot of us. One must be care-ful what he says or there will be a dozen men at his throat. I hope to every-one’s sake it will not last the winter through.”

If there was one thought that kept Jameyson going, though, it was of his soon-to-be-born son. Shortly after Jameyson was deployed, he received news that Lorraine was pregnant, and the baby would be due in July 1944. I

“October 31 - ‘44Oh happy days, today

I received my first mail since being shot down. Five letters from my dear-est wife, informing me I was the proud father of a

baby boy born July 7. That is the best new up here I ever heard. I hope I get a cigar parcel soon. I was so excited I could hardly eat my supper.”

“June 26 - 44Today we started a pool

in our room, there are 16 men, each pay $10 and set a date for the end of the war – nearest man wins, my date is July 28.”

Although Jameyson didn’t win his bet, he cel-ebrated none-the-less when the Russian army liberated Stalag III on May 1, 1945.

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ing a year and two months for this wonderful day. We are eating all we can hold and feel wonderful. It is now 10:15 in the evening and we are listening to the Hit Parade direct from New York. We have never heard any of the songs before. Everyone is going wild and dancing and jit-terbugging in the hall.”

Jameyson was freed in May, but he wasn’t able to get back home to his wife and son until June.

“June 27 - ‘45Finally arrived home

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Jameyson lived in Enumclaw with his wife for the remainder of his life. He is buried at the Tahoma National Cemetery.


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students made poor choices affecting both themselves and their teammates,” Principal Terry Duty said in the letter. “Our student-athletes are well aware of the Tahoma School District Athletic Code and the consequences of these poor choices. We hope this will be a lifelong lesson for our entire school, both those who choose to attend the parties and those who elect to do the right thing and not attend. We have been overwhelmed with support from our school community and students who applaud the consequences for students who knowingly disregard the rules designed to protect them.”

The Bears are coming off successful regular seasons in multiple sports: advanc-ing deep into districts in girls basketball, a fifth-place team finish in state wrestling, a softball team that finished undefeated and won the SPSL 4A North championship, track teams that both took third at the 4A state meet on Nov. 9 and the state bound soccer and volleyball teams.

Despite the distractions, Tahoma soccer swept through its bracket in the district tournament, finishing Curtis with goals by junior forward Mia Corbin and senior Cara Scammon, which were assisted by fresh-man Abby Despain and senior Rachel Duty, respectively.

The Bears were scheduled to face Skyline in the first round of the state tournament on Nov. 12, which was after press deadline.

Johnson said he was confident about his group’s chances at state even after the “eventful week,” saying the girls have “the right mentality” and that there is an “ur-gency” and “amplified sense of pride” that he hasn’t seen in previous teams.

VOLLEYBALLThe Bears volleyball team continued the

school’s success by taking fourth place at the district tournament last weekend. They will travel to the state competition at Saint Martin’s University Friday, Nov. 14. To start their state matches, they will play Snohom-ish at 5:15 p.m.

They started the district tournament last Friday strong with a win against Kentwood, 3-0. They continued their dominance by beating Timberline, 3-0. The win gave them their state tournament berth.

However, they weren’t done with district play yet. Bellarmine proved to be a chal-lenge for the Bears and as a result, they lost 0-3 on Saturday. Bellarmine went on to win the championship, beating Emerald Ridge 3-1 later that day. Tahoma’s next game again Curtis was more evenly matched, but the Bears still came up short in a 2-3 defeat.

SWIM AND DIVENine swimmers and one diver from

Tahoma are headed to the state tournament this weekend. The team as a whole was un-defeated and placed first in the SPSL North division during the regular season. Coach Dave Wright says it was the first time in the history of the school that the team has won a championship.

Ashley Lewis, junior, will be the sole diver representing the Bears. Of the nine swimmers on their way to state, two of them will be competing in two events. Lindsey Hanger, sophomore, and Jessica Miller, senior, are both experienced state competitors. For Hanger it will be her second year swimming at state. Miller has competed at state the past three years, mak-ing this her fourth year in the competition.

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