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Final state budget provides money for Tahoma, Covington BY KRIS HILL khill@maplevalleyreporter.com

Families in Covington and Maple Valley can celebrate this week as the ink dries on the state budget thanks to several million dollars set aside for the Tahoma School District and parks projects.

As part of the state budget, Tahoma will get $4 million to go toward the purchase of 35 acres inside a King County-owned property in Maple Valley nicknamed the Donut Hole, which could be the future home of a brand new Tahoma High School. Tahoma Superintendent Mike Maryanski thanked a number of people for help per-

suading legislators to approve adding the $4 million to the state’s capital budget in a post on his blog, “Seeking Shared Learning,” Monday morning. Maryanski thanked the Tahoma School Board, Maple Valley Mayor Bill Allison and City Manager David Johnston, as well as county staff members. “Not knowing how exactly our request

made it through the difficult interactions we have witnessed with two special sessions, I know that without the leadership and support of Senators (Mark) Mullet and (Joe) Fain and Representatives (Pat) Sullivan and Dunshee success would not have been possible. Also in the House, Represen[ more STATE page 7 ]

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Partnerships work well for Covington and it recently formally extended its agreement with Black Diamond to continue one such relationship. Covington, thanks to an interlocal agreement approved by the council members of both cities, provides building official services to Black Diamond. This partnership began in 2011 as part of a larger conCOVINGTON versation at the 2010 tri-council meeting between Covington, Black Diamond and Maple Valley which laid the groundwork for such partnerships. Covington’s Community Development Director Richard Hart explained in 2011 that Black Diamond hired Robert Meyers to do consulting work. Meyers, who worked for the city once before, is now Covington’s building official. The ILA worked so well, Black Diamond asked Covington earlier this year to extend the agreement for a variety of building safety services, according to documents

The city of Maple Valley recently stepped up enforcement of its sign code much to the frustration of business owners. “The last two weeks I’ve had my signs down I’ve gone from $300 to $400 days to $40 days,” said Norm Holcomb, who owns and operates Bees in the ‘Burbs. “It’s to the point where it’s very concerning. I’m going to do everything I can to try to survive, MAPLE but it’s not good. VALLEY They’re not helping small business.” Holcomb said he first saw a city truck out by his sign and then received a letter stating that he was in violation of the sign code and that he had to remove his sign. “People are trying to get creative but it’s going to be very tough,” Holcomb said. The city’s attention was drawn to the issue of out of compliance A-boards and other non-compliant signage throughout the city’s commercial areas after several complaints were received, City

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One step closer to Tahoma construction bond

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COVINGTON STUDENT ON DEAN’S LIST Timothy Charles of Covington made the Dean’s list this spring at Norwich University in Vermont. Norwich University is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as civilians. Norwich is one of six senior military colleges and the birthplace of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. www.norwich.edu

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Board of Directors could approve putting measure on ballot at July 23 meeting to meet county deadline BY KRIS HILL

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With the decision to include Lake Wilderness Elementary in a proposed construction bond measure at its June 25 meeting the Tahoma School Board moved one step closer to putting the issue to voters. Asking for community support of the construction bond measure — the amount has not yet been determined — is critical said Tim Adam, president of the school board. “The schools are overcrowded,” Adam said. “Class size is getting to the point where we don’t want it to effect the quality of the education. We’ve found ways to make do over the years because we have to.” It’s time, though, Adam said, for Tahoma to stop making do with what they have and support students as well as teachers with school buildings which support all the good things happening in the district. “We can do better than this,” Adam said. “We have to do better than this and it’s for the kids. That’s what

it’s all about, and for our collective future in the community.” In order to make an Aug. 6 King County Elections deadline for filing the construction bond measure for the November ballot, the board would most likely vote to put a bond measure to voters at its July 23 meeting, explained district spokesman Kevin Patterson in an email interview. If not, a special meeting would need to happen prior to the county elections deadline. A final decision on the amount of the bond has not been made, Patterson noted, though the board did decide to go with the option that would keep Lake Wilderness Elementary in use. The board was initially presented with six options which were then narrowed down to two. At its June 25 meeting, the board members chose what was known as Option D, which would make Glacier Park, Rock Creek, Shadow Lake and Lake Wilderness elementary schools kindergarten through fifth grade schools along with Cedar River and Tahoma middle

schools. Students at the middle school level would be sixth, seventh and eighth — currently the two district middle schools serve sixth and seventh graders while eighth and ninth graders go to Tahoma Junior High — while a new Tahoma High would be home to ninth through 12th grade students. Adam said it was obvious after a joint meeting with the Maple Valley City Council and Maple Valley Fire Department in May that the community wanted to keep Lake Wilderness Elementary an active school. Adam said during the meeting the board wanted to get input from the community and was flooded with emails shortly thereafter. “To keep Lake Wilderness, we heard loud and clear,” Adam said. “So we made the decision at the last meeting to include Lake Wilderness in the bond measure.” By the time the July 23 board meeting comes along, Patterson wrote, district staff could have more information about what the

various elements of the proposed construction bond measure would cost. “The board is still awaiting information from our architects on the estimated cost, so that we can set a bond amount,” Patterson wrote. “By including Lake Wilderness Elementary as part of the project, the cost will be increased by about $15 million to pay for improvements to the 1986 portion of the school — including a new heating and ventilating system — and to add six classrooms. We would demolish the 1959 portion of the school — and remove portables — except for the gymnasium. The school would have a capacity of 550, compared to the 1,100 currently at (Lake Wilderness).” As of June 27, Patterson wrote, the bond amount could range between $125 million and $150 million. The cost would depend on the level of matching funds the district would be eligible to receive from the state. A significant chunk of that cost would be for the construction of a brand

new Tahoma High School. District officials are hopeful resumed talks with King County to purchase about 35 acres in the property known as the Donut Hole will solve the issue of where to build it. Rough estimates on the cost of constructing a new high school are in the $90 to $110 million range. Tahoma last passed a construction bond in 1997, which generated about $45.5 million in revenue plus an addition $30 million in state matching grants, and was spent over the course of eight years with the money used to remodel Tahoma High and build Tahoma Junior High, among other projects. The school board put a $125 million bond measure to residents who live within the district boundaries in April 2011 but it failed to garner the 60 percent supermajority approval required. Instead, about 52 percent of voters ticked the yes box on the ballot. That was a tough year for such measures across the state. A dozen similar measures, [ more BOND page 5 ]

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bers of the 20-man Granite Mountain Hotshots crew this week made the fire they were fighting in Arizona the deadliest wildfire for firefighters since 1933.

The challenge of school safety Staff Writer Katherine Smith

When Kris Hill and I started talking about potential series ideas that I could work on my thoughts immediately jumped to schools and school safety. Keeping students and staff safe on school grounds has been a hot topic this year, a discussion that was thrust upon us in December after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut. I was interning at the Tahoma School District that Friday in December and the shift in the mood and the solemnity at the district office was palpable as the news of the tragedy broke and the media was flooded with first reports and then the ongoing coverage. We’re over six months out from that now and I found myself wondering what, if anything, had changed in Kent and Tahoma schools as a direct result of Sandy Hook. I also wondered just what exactly school safety looks like these days. I felt like I had a pretty good idea, after all I went to Kent Schools, I graduated from college not all that long ago, and last year I was at Tahoma. But even still I found myself learning new things about our schools as I sat down with heads of security and other members of school security teams. After such tragedies talk inevitably shifts to things like banning backpacks, installing metal detectors and having more armed security on school campuses. Do those things really help make our schools safer? What can be done, realistically? What are we OK with as a community and what measures do we really want to take? How do we make those decisions?

An ode to our Independence Here it is. The great Fourth of July. The day we celebrate our independence in America. Fireworks are one way to symbolize our joy, but one thing that gives America our own pride, is our flag. My late greatgrandfather Claude L. Rickard was a wonderful poem writer, among many other things. My dad owns a book of fun poems, all written by Claude himself. One of them is about our American flag, written around 1975. I would like to share this poem simply because it reflects on today, Independence Day.

Or do you think the same as me, And in your mind see things I see? And let that old flag represent, Things both earned and heaven sent?

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Over the next two weeks we’ll be running two pieces on school safety — a look at what school safety efforts have looked like historically in our two districts, at what has driven change, how the philosophy of school safety in the districts has evolved, and where they stand today including district partnerships and what is done to prepare students and staff for a host of situations from fires and earthquakes to shelter in place and lockdown drills. A couple themes I’ve come across in talking to folks for these stories is the importance of con-

That was a symbol of our land, Clutched by dying heroes’ hand

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Can you watch our flag go by, No lump in the throat, no moist of eye Can you hear our anthem played, Without a private prayer said?

Our Constitution gives the right, If conscience dictates, not the fight It also guarantees each one, The same as those fought and won That old flag that waves up there, Whispers softly in the air And sends a message on the breeze, “Hear me, hear my memories”

Your Flag is Proud of You

“I was born of freedoms womb, And I shall never know the tomb As long as men love liberty, As I am now I’ll always be”

What does old glory mean to you, Just so much red white and blue? Just a banner floating there, A bit of bunting in the air?

“I was a youth at Valley Forge, There I met a man named George With his help along the way, I knew that I was here to stay”

Or do you think “That is my Flag” And do you revere every rag?

“A lot of heroes of this land,

stant vigilance and community awareness – that is the power of knowing our own community and creating a culture of saying something when something feels amiss, not letting it go by. That very well may be one of the greatest tools we have as a wider community for keeping our schools safe. Look for part one of the series, Gun Free Zone, in the July 12 issue of the Reporter.

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Offered me a helping hand Politicians, fighting men, Some with deeds and some with pen” “But I recall a lot of things, Each time the bell of freedom rings, I’m just as proud that I stand for Many things not won in war” “I like to think of pioneers, Railroads, cowboys, longhorn steers, And I recall the Model T, A preview of what was to be” “I made the first trip to the Moon, I plan to go to Mars, and soon I feed the hungry, nurse the sick, I’m tough as concrete, steel and brick” “I represent the greatest land, I bear no monarchs name or brand I suffer no invaders’ scars, I’m thirteen stripes and fifty stars” “Two hundred years I’ve been around, Two hundred more I’ll still be sound And why am I so arrogant? Because it’s YOU I represent!” Claude L. Rickard

Annie Livengood of Covington is an aspiring journalist and will be a seventh grader at Mattson Middle School in the fall.

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Black Diamond needs a mayor that will listen Dear Editor and citizens of Black Diamond, The most important may-

oral election in the city’s history is coming up soon in Black Diamond. The big issue is YarrowBay’s massive development. Dave Gordon is the candidate who will do the best at preventing this development from literally

[BOND from page 3] Tahoma Junior High Principal Rob Morrow described to the board June 25 the two scheduling options the district will have if voters do not approve the bond measure. “These are the same choices that were reviewed two years ago: double-shifting and year-round multi-track,” Patterson wrote. “Scheduling is critical because we would need to notify parents, students and staff a year in advance so they could begin planning for it. We would also have to discuss and negotiate the schedule changes with our labor organizations. Budgets would have to be adjusted to reflect increased operating costs that would occur, especially on a year-round schedule.” These alternatives may be considered scare tactics by some residents of the district based on the Tahoma’s history after such measures failed.

Community News and Notes MAPLE VALLEY ONCE AGAIN RANKED NUMBER 1

RAINIER YOUTH CHOIR HOSTS SUMMER DAY CAMP

A consumer advocacy website, NerdWallet, has ranked Maple Valley as the top city in Washington to raise a family. Contributing factors included the high rating of the Tahoma School District, median home value, cost of living, median household income, and population growth over a ten year period. To learn more about how Maple Valley made the list, check out the link below, which includes a detailed methodology. http://www.nerdwallet.com/ blog/2013/best-towns-washingtonstate-raising-kids/

Youth entering grades four through eight are invited to Rainier Youth Choir’s Summer Day Camp August 19-22 on the Kent East Hill. Campers will learn music with fun activities between 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. each day and perform a free concert for their family and friends August 22 at 7 p.m. The $25 camp fee includes all clinic materials, a camp T-shirt, and daily lunch. To learn more and to register visit www.RainierYouthChoirs.org.

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ruining the whole area. We need a mayor that will represent and listen to the people of this town. The present mayor has ignored the people. In a recent newspaper article about the three candidates, the mayor

to YarrowBay. Other cities have done it, and Black Diamond should also. Dave Gordon will not fall for false promises and or mislead us with optimistic tax revenue projections from new growth. He

and the planning commissioner stated that they are clearly in favor of the YarrowBay development. In contrast, I liked Dave Gordon’s statements about promoting local business. He is willing to stand up

Adam said the bond measure can pass if those who campaign for it appeal to those who aren’t registered to vote to get them signed up to cast a ballot, to make their voice heard, as well as provide information to those residents. “That’s where we really need to concentrate our efforts, younger voters and new people moving into the community,” Adam said. “We have world class teachers here, we have a world class curriculum so I think we need world class facilities to support that.”

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at Crestwood Elementary, Brixey Painter was selected as an assistant principal at Kentlake High School, and Emrie Hollander was selected as an assistant principal at Kentwood. The district’s Board of Directors approved the appointments June 26.

MacKenzie Higgins has been named to the Grinnell College Dean’s list for the spring semester. Higgins is one of 236 students honored for outstanding academic achievement this semseter. To make the Dean’s list, students must have a grade point average of 3.75 or above. Higgins is the daughter of Anthony Denise Higgins of Covington.

NEW KENTWOOD PRINCIPAL

ANNOUNCED BY KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT John Kniseley was selected as the new principal at Kentwood High School according to the Kent School District website. Kniseley was previously the principal at Hazen High School in the Renton School District. He holds degrees from the University of Southern California and City University. At other schools, Mike McCarthy was named principal of Covington Elementary, Travis Smith was named principal

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“We can’t turn a blind eye to what happens if it doesn’t pass,” Adam said. “We’ve started looking at a track system. We don’t want to go that direction but we can’t ignore that we just can’t squeeze more of these kids into some of these classrooms. We want to at least have a backup plan if the bond measure fails.” All this discussion went on while the state Legislature was in its second special section to hammer out a budget before the fiscal year ended. Part of the capital budget included $4 million for Tahoma which would be used to put toward the purchase of property in the Donut Hole. Having a site selected, particularly one that is highly desirable for the district, could help those who campaign on the district’s behalf. Tahoma is not allowed to use district resources to encourage voters to approve the bond measure, instead it can only provide information on what it would do with the money raised.

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Talks begin to reopen Precinct 3 in Maple Valley Talks have begun to reopen Precinct 3 of the King County Sheriff ’s Office, also known as the East Precinct Headquarters, which was closed in late 2011 due to budget cuts. At the Maple Valley

City Council meeting June 24 City Manager David Johnston told the council the precinct, the building for which is located at the corner of state Route 169 and Southeast 231st Street, is expected to reopen the end of this year or early next year. Johnston told

[ CODE from page 1] Manager David Johnston said. “We’ve never not enforced our sign ordinance,” Johnston told the Maple Valley City Council at the June 10 Council meeting. “Of late, Johnston went on unfortunately, to explain that in the we’ve had more and past, approximately more infractions. once a month a crew We’ve had to step up would go out on enforcement during weekends and colthe week.” lect signs that were David Johnston in violation of the code. “Of late, unfortunately, we’ve had more and more infractions,” Johnston told the council. “We’ve had to step up enforcement during the week.” The area of the city municipal code at the center of increased enforcement relates to the use of A-board or A-frame signs, which according to the code are banned in the city. Section 18.5 of the Maple Valley Municipal Code states, “A-frame or A-board signs, except for civic event or community service signs subject to a temporary sign permit,

the council the reopened precinct is expected to be smaller but that it may also be home to the sheriff ’s office special operations unit. Sgt. Katie Larson, who was filling in for spokeswoman Sgt. Cindi West last week, said in an email that reopening the precinct is

offsite real estate signs, religious institution and garage sale and yard sale signs...” are prohibited. Steve Clark, the city’s public works and community development director, said in an interview Monday that when the city incorporated the sign code was created through collaboration with business and property owners. There was one attempt to update the code in the mid 2000s but that effort stalled in 2008. At the council meeting Monday, Clark explained that currently the city is working to educate business owners as to the code and give them a chance to comply. After those steps are taken if business owners are still displaying the signs, then signs are confiscated and citations are issued. Clark told council that while he has a stack of violations approximately six inches high on his desk, the city has issued 10 fines or less. City code states the fine for a first time violation is set at $100. With one previous violation the fine jumps to $500, and with more than two previous violations the fine is double the

still in the planning stages and that the King County Council will have to approve its reopening. With the closure of Precinct 3 the Sheriff ’s Office moved into a smaller office in Covington City Hall. “I had the terrible choice of cutting deputies or shut-

rate of the previous penalty. To reclaim a confiscated fine costs $25. “I think you need to take time to let the sign code work,” Clark said Monday at the council meeting. Also at the meeting this week, Johnston noted that a multitude of A-boards can cause safety and aesthetics issues while explaining the sign code exists to control the amount and types of signs and business owners can’t just do whatever they want. “Where you’re seeing the angst is, ‘We should be able to do what we want to get our business to succeed,” Johnston said. Councilwoman Erin Weaver said she agrees with Clark. “There’s always going to be a dissonance,” Weaver said of perspectives on the sign code. “I think education (about the code) is a huge issue.” At the meeting Monday Clark also told council that city staff simply don’t have the time to work up changes to the code at this time. Clark said that the two big projects on the staff ’s proverbial plates at the moment include revising and updating the comprehensive plan and updating the zoning code. “What you’re seeing, what’s being asked

able to sustain them full-time 100 percent of the time due to a lack of work or reduced building permit revenues in provided by Hart. “The revised ILA is very similar to the (first) ILA, except Covington.” Meanwhile, Black Diamond doesn’t have to suffer befor the removal of code enforcement services currently cause of its current limitations due to being a smaller city, provided, a slight reduction of the minimum hours from explained Stacey Welsh, the city’s community development 56 hours to 45 hours a month, and a $3 per hour increase director, in an email interview. in hour rates for our services,” the document, dated “At this time with our low level of permit activity March 26, stated. we don’t have a workload or budget for full time BLACK This agreement will generate about $40,000 in staff,” Welsh wrote. “To provide quality revenue which will cover the costs of the building DIAMOND building building services to our citizens, continuation of safety services hours provided to Black Diamond the ILA with Covington was the best choice.” as outlined in the agreement, the document states. It’s an agreement that also makes sense from Hart’s From Covington’s perspective, Hart wrote in an email interview, the agreement is mutually beneficial for all perspective. “And for Black Diamond they often don’t have the involved. “Covington believes this is a great benefit to us because it demand for a full-time position involving building adallows us to supplement our revenue a bit from our charges ministration and plans examinations services so they can request and pay for only the amount they need whether to Black Diamond for the building administration and plan review services we provide,” Hart wrote. “That way we it’s half-time or quarter-time,” Hart said. “Plus the hourly charges we have for Black Diamond are less that they could can maintain our building official and plans examiner as find on the open market with outside consultants. So, it’s a full-time employees in an economy where we might not be win-win for both cities. And the building codes that both

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is reflective of what Maple Valley wants,” Clark told Council. “It’s not as onerous as it seems.” It isn’t just A-boards but also things like signs in windows that the city is stepping up enforcement on. “I understand what Shawn Beresford they’re trying to of Shawn’s Quality do, but these guys Meats and Smokeare just trying to house has heard talk conduct business.” about the signs in his Shawn Beresford windows. “I have not been sent a warning about it (his signs), nor have I been fined,” Beresford said. “I don’t know if it’s the truth or if it’s a threat, but a lot of the businesses are very concerned.” Beresford is concerned about what the signs, or lack of signs, will do to small businesses in Maple Valley. “I understand what the ordinance is and so forth because if you’re making a homemade A-board it can look pretty tacky,” Beresford said. “But if you have one that’s professionally made and so forth, it can be really good…I understand what they’re trying to do, but these guys are just trying to conduct business.”

cities enforce are the same, the ones adopted by the state. That makes the application of building code standards the same in both cities.” Welsh agreed with the idea of the agreement being a “win-win.” “We are really fortunate to have access to certified staff with their knowledge and expertise,” Welsh wrote. “They provide on site counter service to our citizens and do building plan review here in our office. We would be hard pressed to find anyone with their experience level willing to work only 12 hours a week. The ILA gives us good customer service, plan review, inspections, and a certified building official with our limited budget, which is a great benefit for Black Diamond.”

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Considering that in February the district and the county amicably parted ways to end discussions of the property purchase, Maryanski wrote that it was a complex process which has led to a positive end result, one he wasn’t sure would happen just a few months ago. “We can now move forward and answer the question in the minds of many,” Maryanski wrote on his blog. “Where will this school be built? In what we in our community have come to call the Donut Hole. So, I guess its time for even me to celebrate.” While school funding was a significant part of the agenda for the legislature during the past six months, local parks projects were a priority for representatives from the 47th and 5th Districts, as well. Also receiving money from the state legislature, according to Fain’s office, is the city of Covington, which will get $2.1 million for the second phase of Covington Community Park. Covington’s Parks and Recreation Director Scott Thomas wrote in an email that city staff was, “deeply appreciative of the support Covington residents and the surrounding community received from our 47th District legislators, Sen. Fain and Reps. Sullivan and Hargrove.” Thomas said this funding allocation is a significant step toward accomplishing one of the city’s major goals — which was also identified during the citizen-driven Budget Priorities Advisory Committee process as a priority — of finding money to pay for the next phase of the park. City officials celebrated completion of the work of the first phase in June with the trails open and the soccer field nearly ready for use. “The phase two project provides important local facilities including the community event stage, group picnic shelter, tennis courts, extended trail system and outdoor exercise stations, so families and youth don’t need to travel

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The nostalgia of having a grown-up daughter beginning of a long period of history considered particularly significant. A child getting up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night when she never had before was a step towards independence. Okay, she was only about four years old, but as I attempted to fall back to sleep that night, I couldn’t help but dwell on its impact in my life. It was all I could do to not wake my husband up and tell him, “Our daughter went to the bathroom.” He would’ve thought I was crazy, because the child was well Gretchen Leigh

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One night, many years ago, I sat bolt upright in bed. What was that strange sound? The toilet flushing? Not an unusual sound, but as I observed my husband next to me sound asleep, very odd. The only two adults in the house were still in bed. Then I realized we had children. But these children were very young and had never gotten out of bed in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. At that very moment, I realized we had entered a new epoch. I use that word purposefully because it means the

Community News and Notes COVINGTON CITY COUNCIL NAMES CITIZEN AND HONORARY CITIZEN OF THE YEAR Bryan Higgins was named Covington’s Citizen of the Year and Julie Stein was named the city’s Honorary Citizen of the Year at the Covington City Council meeting on June 25. Bryan Higgins, served on the city’s parks commission for 10 years and also

past potty training. But I’m a mother and those kinds of things weighed heavily on my mind. What did this mean? What next? I thought of that night as my now graduated daughter walked out of the house, got into her car and went off to a friend’s house for the evening. Though she is 18 years old, she still asked me if she could go. She’s well aware of her teenage dependence on her parents — graduated, but not able to function without us – yet. Besides, though we call it “her car,” it’s in my husband’s and my names and we have rules about the car. But it was all I could do not to jump out of my

served as chair of the commission for two years. Higgins served on the commission during the time when there was no Parks and Recreation director and worked to keep the city on track with aquatics, recreation, park maintenance and park development. He also worked with the city throughout the stages of the Covington Community Park design process, development and construction. Higgins was committed to making sure the park came to fruition. Honorary Citizen of the Year, Julie Stein, has been involved in two of Covington’s biggest annual events for several years – the Covington Days

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chair and run after her; take one last look, warn her of the dangers of the world, tell her to drive safely (the whole three miles), caution against stopping to give strangers directions, worrying that she’d go somewhere else without telling me and I’d never see her again. I know, this is all very hysterical, that’s why I stayed in my chair, told her I loved her and prayed to myself. Her father heard the front door open and close. Not knowing she had come to me to tell me what she was doing, he shot out off the couch, ran to the front door, declaring loudly that he heard the front door open and close. He flung the door open and watched

his daughter walking to the car and yelled out to her, “Are you leaving?” She told him goodbye, then climbed into her car and drove off. He came to me, somewhat perplexed, with the hang dog look of a rejected puppy, “Did you know she was leaving? Where is she going?” I told him, but still determined that I wouldn’t make a big deal didn’t get up and grieve the reality of how much our daughter has grown up. It had happened before, our daughter going somewhere on her own. He went back to the family room with a sigh. This morning I laugh at myself for my crazy sentiment. She came back safely, didn’t get in trouble, didn’t

go anywhere she wasn’t supposed to go. I know, the next time she walks out of the house to go somewhere, I will have the same reaction and I will keep it to myself. But still – I often long for the days when the most bewildering part of my life was the sound of the toilet flushing.

Gretchen Leigh is a stayat-home mom who lives in Covington. She is still sentimental whenever the toilet flushes. You can also read more of her writing and her daily blog on her website livingwithgleigh. com or on Facebook at “Living with Gleigh.”

Festival and Covington Hollydaze – as the Covington Days Parade coordinator and the Hollydaze bazaar coordinator. Stein’s efforts on these two events has helped bring fun, family-oriented events to the residents and surrounding communities. The Citizen and Honorary Citizen of the Year will be honored at the July 9 Regular Council Meeting at 7 p.m. and at the Covington Days Festival on Saturday, July 20 at noon. For more information, contact Community Relations Coordinator Karla Slate at kslate@CovingtonWA.gov or 253.480.2402.

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RED The color of geraniums, roses and salvia, red is also a foliage color that can of-

fer some respite from our evergreen and ever-boring landscapes. Visit a nursery this month to pick out a redleaf Japanese maple and youâ€™ll enjoy years of carefree beauty. Japanese maples do well when grown in large containers, making them perfect patio pets or small trees for a deck or balcony. Youâ€™ll also find huecheras with a deep red tint to their leaves as well as summer-flowering hardy fuchsias with dainty red and purple flowers. Hardy fuchsias are happy close to the house where they can be protected from the Marianne Binetti

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Itâ€™s time to celebrate all things red, white and blue as July marks the return of summer to western Washington. That means your garden wants to sparkle with color, color and more color. If you are hosting for the Fourth of July, or just want to add some summer sizzle to your landscape, start the fireworks with these amazing plants that add patriotic color as well as easy care:

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WHITE Thereâ€™s a new hydrangea on the market that loves our climate â€“ it is called â€œThe Blushing Brideâ€? hydrangea and it displays pure white petals in mid-summer, fading to a soft pink in the fall. Unlike most hydrangeas, Blushing Bride flowers on new wood so you can prune this lady back to short stumps in the spring and still enjoy blooms the same summer. Blushing Bride is another great plant that will be happy in a large container and this bride will celebrate many anniversaries with blooms year after year. Other white flowers that can be used to fill in a small

Whatâ€™s blooming at Lake Wilderness Arboretum Just before classes ended for the summer in June the arboretum hosted educational field trips for all seventh graders in the Tahoma School District. â€œUsing the arboretum as an outdoor classroom is a wonderful opportunity to introduce the kids to the benefits of a healthy forest,â€? said Susan Goodell, garden manager . This is the third year the arboretum partnered with teachers at Cedar River and Tahoma middle schools, leading student learning activities such as identifying plants, noting native vs. non-native species, measuring tree canopy and forest restora-

Community News and Notes MAPLE VALLEY TO HOST OPEN HOUSE TO DISCUSS IMPROVEMENTS TO WITTE ROAD The city of Maple Valley will host an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. on July 17 at Lake Wilderness Lodge to discuss improvements to Witte Road. The city is updating the Witte Road Corridor Plan for the sections of road from state Route 516 to Southeast 249th Place and from Southeast 240th Place to state Route 169. The basis for the update will be the 2001 Witte Road Corridor Study, the Maple Valley Non-motorized Transportation Plan which is currently in draft form, and the 2011 Transportation Plan.

The plan update will focus on providing pedestrian, bike, and intersection improvement as well as reflecting the character of the community. The revised plan will identify priority projects for future construction. The Lodge is located at 22500 Southeast 248th Street in Maple Valley. To view the project webpage and participate in an online questionnaire visit www.maplevalleywa. gov.

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BLUE A deep true blue was once rare in garden flowers but with new lobelia and some very impressive new salvia, your garden can happily sing the blues. The deep blue new salvia is called Salvia Black and Blue as the deep blue petals are arranged on deep black stems. For carefree shrubs look to Ceanothus or California lilac and the perennial garden can be planted with delphiniums, monkshood and lavender plants. The ultimate shrub for adding blue to summer gardens is the old fashioned hydrangea â€“ in our

naturally acid soil the big leaf hydrangea will bloom blue. The everblooming Endless Summer hydrangea can provide an encore of blue blooms as the more you clip and harvest the flowers from this hydrangea the more blooms the plant will make. July is an excellent month to use hydrangeas as cut flowers in arrangements or even fresh in a wreath for the front door.

ALL TOGETHER NOW Celebrating the trifecta of patriotic blooms is as easy and gathering flowers from the plants above and adding them to a vase of water â€“ but here are some tips to extend the bounty when youâ€™re missing one or more

of the colors: â€˘ Place one red geraniums in a blue pot and add a white candle for a practical centerpiece. â€˘ Float red and white roses in a bowl of water â€“ tinted with a bit of blue food coloring. â€˘ Tie blue hydrangeas to an outdoor or indoor chandelier using red and white ribbon. â€˘ Decorate the top of cherry pie with edible blue and white pansies Who says plants canâ€™t be patriotic?

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tion. â€œKids created slash piles in the forest, which become a habitat for small forest animals,â€? Goodell said. â€œSome planted sword ferns and cleared out lamiastrum, a noxious weed in King County.â€? Because the Tahoma School District is growing, the arboretum needs additional volunteers to assist with student field trips, encouraging kids to learn more through the experience. The next opportunity to volunteer takes place this fall, for the second graders field trip sponsored by the master gardeners. Contact info@lakewildernessarboretum.org or 253-293-5103 if interested. The member newsletter, Branching Out, is back in publication. The arboretum is sharing the current issue with the public. Visit LakeWildernessArboretum.org to read it, become a member or donate.

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TAHOMA STUDENT SETS AMERICAN RECORD Tahoma High’s Denham Patricelli won the javelin event at the Youth World Trials in St. Louis, setting a new American record with a 700 gram javelin. The throw was 67.49 meters (221.5 feet). Patricelli is a likely candidate for the World Team. He had Tommy John surgery last summer on his throwing elbow.

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Synergy Volleyball is a growing club in need of more practice space. Now in its third year, the Maple Valley-based youth club could use a gym to play in, even if that means converting a barn, said Jeff Potter, who started the program. “Because of the fact it is a struggle for us year in and year out to get gym time we’re looking for other opportunities,” Potter said. “We worked a deal with a local church to install the equipment in the floor so we could practice in their gym … so that helped us stay local. But that doesn’t give us all the time we need (in the gym). We were thinking as a club, ‘What other opportunities are out there?’ We’re looking for a gym that doesn’t necessarily have to be a gym, a warehouse, or a pole building, a barn.” The club needs someplace they can install equipment, put down a sport court and pad that’s 50-feetby-80-feet with a ceiling which has a clearance of at

least 25 feet. This kind of facility would allow Synergy to do more as well as build on the success its teams had during the first three seasons. This past season, the U-11, U-12 and U-14 teams were competitive in the region, Potter said. The season runs from November — tryouts are typically shortly after the high school season ends — through May. When the season ended, the U-14 finished ninth as did the U12s, while the U-11s were developing as a team which had to play up against squads a year older. “The Puget Sound region is pretty big, there’s probably close to 100 U-14 teams in the region, so when you look at that (ninth place finish), not too shabby for a small club based out of Maple Valley,” Potter said. “Our U-12 team ended up ninth in the region, as well. They were very competitive in the top levels.” Synergy is part of a larger vision Potter has for growing volleyball in Maple Valley. It started more than a decade ago when Potter began

a volleyball program for elementary school students in partnership with Tahoma Learning Communities. It’s offered every spring for six weeks. Synergy Volleyball was started in 2010 to build on the success of that elementary school program and offer local players the opportunity to train as well as play close to home. A year ago, that elementary program fed into Synergy, Potter said. “Last year there was a group of fourth grade girls who seemed to enjoy it, they were very athletic and I asked the parents if they’d be interested,” Potter said. “So they showed up at tryouts in the fall, 12 of them. I told the parents and the players this is a development year. We’re not going to win tournaments necessarily, we’re going to learn the game, we’re going to learn the skills.” And learn they did, Potter said, including a sophisticated offense which will look familiar to them if they continue on at the high school level. But, more [ more SYNERGY page 11 ]

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than that, Potter said, the U-11 team developed a level of resilience. â€œThe players, I think now, understand,â€? he said. â€œIf all the players (from U-11) return next year, theyâ€™ll be a U-12 team that will have a year under its belt and theyâ€™ll be very competitive. So, that was an exciting year for the club in that respect.â€? Potter said itâ€™s nearly a miracle how Synergy was able to draw competitive, athletic players for three teams while many clubs based in larger communities canâ€™t do that. â€œThatâ€™s a big statement about Maple Valley and what we have here,â€? Potter said. â€œMaple Valley is a community thatâ€™s sports

oriented. There are a lot of girls out there who may not have found their sport.â€? Volleyball could be just what girls in the area â€” players donâ€™t have to be from Maple Valley â€” are looking for in terms of a new sport. And unlike other athletics or activities where the best players start as early as pre-school, volleyball players do start later, even middle school. And Synergy is a club, Potter said, that is about more than learning how to play the sport. He wants players to walk away having grown as people not just as athletes. â€œWins will come, dependent on the players commitment and the coaches efforts, but personal growth is really what weâ€™re looking

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for â€Ś on the court and off the court,â€? Potter said. â€œVolleyball â€Ś is a tool for you to deal with life better, get a little tougher, discover what you can accomplish and have friends around you while youâ€™re doing it. Weâ€™ve gotten a lot of feedback that weâ€™re doing the right thing. Weâ€™re excited for next year.â€? And what could make the season better would be more gym space. â€œWith all the great families and all the people out

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