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Election day, when voters who live in the Tahoma School District will vote to approve or deny the district’s $195 million dollar construction bond measure, is less than a month away. Here at the Reporter office we’ve been hearing questions about how school districts are funded — where the money comes from, where it goes, why hasn’t the influx of new families over the years equaled an increase in funding that would enable building new spaces, etc. So we decided to ask some questions and see what we could find.
The Maple Valley City Council voted unanimously Monday night to support Ravensdale Park to the tune of $2 million. Earlier this year council members agreed to fund an initial $500,000 toward the park to come from existing city resources. Members of the Ravensdale Park Foundation MAPLE approached the Maple Valley VALLEY City Council about helping to fund the park project about a year ago and the city created a parks commission to vet the idea and offer its recommendation. The commission recommended that the city give $2 million to the park project as a near term fix to the city’s lack of parks and ballfields.
SCHOOLS FUNDING EXPLAINED Schools are funded by the state in two primary ways: through property taxes and through the state apportionment fund, which [ more SCHOOLS page 6 ]
Demcilio, center, offers tips to his Jammin’ boys basketball players during a recent Jammin’ On Bryce tournament. Jammin’ teams are part of the Carly Stowell Foundation programs for youth who wish to pursue sports or music. The foundation was started by Chuck and Elena Stowell to honor the memory The Court of their daughter, Carly, who died in 2007 at the age of 14. Photo courtesy of Kent Photo Survey
Rock ‘n’ More summer school all about musicians BY KRIS HILL khill@maplevalleyreporter.com
Summer for Dace’s Rock ‘n’ More Music Academy students and teachers was about networking as well as cultivating opportunities. Musicians from the nonprofit music school, which was founded in Maple Valley by Dace Anderson in 2005, spent the warm months of the year playing at a variety of events and venues which
could lead — and some cases already have — to other chances to play throughout the region. Anderson’s band, Sealth, which started at Rock ‘n’ More several years ago, played at the Seattle True Independent Festival’s kickoff party before summer started which set the tone for the coming months. “That was pretty cool … because in that whole scene we’re networking with really creative
people and getting to know filmmakers,” Anderson said. “Besides just getting to know these really cool creative people it may open up opportunities for us or our students to get music in films or work with filmmakers to make music videos. We did a lot of stuff this summer that is going to be opening up a lot of opportunities for our students.” Beyond the film festival, Rock ‘n’ More partnered with the Rat City Rollergirls on a songwriting contest. The winner, the Dakota Poorman Band, played at halftime of a contest at Key Arena. “His songs got three times as
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Long days and late nights for teachers who coach Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series which offers a glimpse into the lives of high school teachers who coach, a look into their classrooms and their practices, as well as some of the time in between. The first part ran Oct. 4. BY KRIS HILL AND KATHERINE SMITH khill@maplevalleyreporter.com ksmith@covingtonreporter.com
During the past decade athletic directors in both the Kent and Tahoma school districts have worked to hire coaches who can or already do teach in their buildings — though in Tahoma there are at least two exceptions. Given that many high schools start the day by 7:30 a.m. and
practices run from 3-5 p.m. with planning for games, matches or meets taking up additional time not to mention lesson planning, being a high school coach and teacher means long days. Yet, the coaches the Reporter shadowed during the past five weeks put in that time because they believe they make a difference in the lives of the students and athletes they work with, which is what keeps them going.
AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S PERSPECTIVE Though Bruce Rick, the athletic director at Kentlake, no longer coaches he understands what it means to spend the day in the classroom then afternoons and evenings on the sidelines. He coached football
from 1979-1998 at both the junior college and high school level including more than a decade at KentMeridian. He arrived at Kentlake in the fall of 2003. In addition to his duties as athletic director he is an assistant principal. Rick wrote in an email interview what drew him to coaching. “My coaches instilled so many values in me that help lead to success in life, I wanted to do the same for others,� Rick wrote. “(He wanted) players to learn the importance of how working with others as one unit is essential when trying to accomplish common goals, for them to develop a never quit attitude no matter what the outcome, to understand the importance of commitment and loyalty to a cause.
All of these are life lessons outside of football.� He also has a keen understanding of the misconceptions coaches face. Rick wrote that there are some in the community who think coaching is all fun. “They have no idea the time, effort and work that goes into creating a successful environment for student-athletes,� Rick wrote. “It’s a year-round job.� Coaches also don’t take anything out on studentathletes, Rick wrote, just because parents may be upset with the coach. “I’ve heard it all too often,� Rick wrote. “A parent voicing their concern about a coach or his (or)
her program, concluding by requesting I don’t tell the coach because of the concern the coach will take it out on his (or) her child. So untrue!� His experiences as a coach at several different schools and levels of football have helped Rick form a philosophy he hopes helped shape the athletic program at Kentlake. “By believing that your team should stand for something and what that something is should be visible by the way the team carries itself on and off the field,� Rick wrote. “I worked with our coaches to develop core values that we feel should define Kentlake athletics and our athletes.�
To that end, studentathletes and coaches were given a set of values this year defined by an acronym FALCONS, which plays off the school’s mascot. The acronym and what it represents was printed on business size cards for studentathletes, who were expected to agree to those values as part of their participation this year. Rick’s experience also means he is prepared and willing to offer advice to his coaches. He tells them not to ever accept mediocrity. Rick insists coaching requires a total effort to make the program the best it can be and 100 percent commitment to [ more COACH page 8 ]
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I have a crazy idea which some people may not like but I want to throw it at the wall and see if it sticks. Actually, it’s more of a vision for what Maple Valley could be like in five years if a handful of amazing things happened. Some people will likely think I’m crazy. This whole concept came into my brain after I started getting calls, emails and messages on Facebook about the impending end of the Children and Family Programs at the Greater Maple Valley Community Center. While a number of passionate people are rallying to save those programs I wondered aloud in the office, “What would happen if someone or something else stepped in to offer these programs? What would that look like? And is it really the city of Maple Valley’s responsibility to offer or even financially support these programs at the Community Center?” What sprang to mind immediately was the push to bring a YMCA to Maple Valley. It’s happened twice — at least that I am aware of — in the past decade. In both instances, the effort fizzled out. But, what if someone resurrected that effort? There is a foundation laid, at least the start of a relationship, between the city and the YMCA as former staff writer TJ Martinell laid out in an article in June 2011. Martinell quoted the minutes of the April 25, 2011 Maple Valley City Council meeting that, “The YMCA wants to explore the area in South King County based upon their thoughts that it is an underserved community.” Census data from 2010 offered in that article indicates that 32 percent of the population is under 18 and that from 2000 to 2010 the city’s population grew by nearly 60 percent. In 2011, the Maple Valley City Council was also scheduled to tour two YMCA locations in Newcastle and Burien. A feasibility study was conducted by the YMCA in 2005 but discussions ended shortly after that. It is unclear to me at this point why nothing happened since the meetings and tour of mid-2011. It’s unfortunate. Since 2008, according to a letter sent out by Mark Pursley, executive director of the Community Center, the private nonprofit has operated at a deficit due to reduction of cash flow from a number of sources. “As a result, we are faced with the same challenges that every family faces at home – what do we do when our expenses exceed our income?
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Know the facts before you vote I don’t consider myself a political person. I don’t get involved with political discussions and I don’t feel like I have the time to research various candidates for a particular office. I often opt to withhold my vote if I feel like I
The options are to increase our revenue or decrease our expenses,” Pursley wrote. “We’ve worked hard to increase our revenue in several ways this year … Ultimately, these revenue enhancements are not enough to offset our loss in foundation, county and state funding. We must continue to reduce costs. In a service oriented non-profit (sic) such as the Community Center, this translates into cutting staff and eliminating programs.” I don’t want to see the community center go away. I don’t think anyone does, however, it seems to me that the campaign to bring the YMCA here should be resumed. A partnership between the Y and the community center was discussed. I would consider pursuing that again. And given that the city has a piece of land, 50 acres on Maple Valley Highway known as the Legacy Site across from Rock Creek Elementary, it seems like locating the Y there would be a win-win. I know there are dreams of putting Maple Valley City Hall on that piece of property and I don’t think putting a YMCA there would preclude that from happening. Think about the possibility of a lovely YMCA smack in the middle of the city offering programs for all the youngsters who live in this city. Maybe there is a pool involved and Tahoma won’t have to share Covington Aquatic Center with Kentlake or the water polo team at Kentwood would not have to play at 8 p.m. during the week. We know there is a need for ballfields but the YMCA could fill a gap fields would not, however, since I brought that up, here’s my vision. In five years — and perhaps this is a bit lofty, but, it’s a vision so I’m going to dream big — what if Maple Valley has a YMCA, the Summit
Ballfields and Park, along with a brand new Tahoma High school. Add to that the plans for Ravensdale Park just outside the city limits and Maple Valley could be transformed in many ways while meeting the needs of many more residents all the while preserving a cherished asset in the community center. This community, which goes beyond the 5.8 square miles of the city of Maple Valley, could create a heart, a center, a group of gathering places which are centrally located that would tie us all together and enhance our identity as well as our service-oriented spirit. This will take work. Tahoma’s school construction bond measure will need to pass. Meetings will need to happen between the city and the YMCA. Committees will likely need to be formed. Grants will need to be pursued. A bond may need to be put to voters. Egos will need to be set aside. And concerns about how this may affect one’s political legacy should be forgotten. It could happen. I believe the people who live in this area have the desire to see these things happen based on conversations with friends and neighbors, Facebook posts, testimony at public meetings not just this year or last year but going back to 2006, comments on the Reporter’s website and letters to the editor. And if my crazy, lofty vision for the city does happen, efforts in the economic development department could really begin to happen. I think this difficult situation for the Community Center could be an opportunity to start something amazing. The question is are all the stakeholders involved ready to do what it takes? That remains to be seen. That’s just me and my crazy idea.
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am not knowledgeable enough to make an informed decision on a particular candidate. I do, however, have an opinion on how Black Diamond should proceed into the future as the city is faced with the need to grow. Growth in itself is a necessity for our culture, country and local community. I think most of us know why we have been growing and need to plan for future growth, so I am not going
into discussion about the “why grow” question at this time. I have attended City Council meetings for selfish reasons when my neighborhood’s property was up for re-zoning and new Critical Areas Ordinances. It was at this time I realized what the city was going through to develop a [ more LETTERS page 5 ]
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www.covingtonreporter.com • www.maplevalleyreporter.com [ LETTERS from page 4] growth management plan that was acceptable to King County. I have dealt with King County codes that pertain to development during my career in the geotechnical field, and I know that these codes are among the strictest with regard to protecting the environment. I was impressed how the council hashed out all of the code changes and created a new development plan that even King County was happy with. It was during these council meetings when city planning discussions occurred. Ample time was provided for citizens to weigh in about how our city should be developed in a way that was acceptable to the city as a whole. Many drawings were drawn up, critiqued, changed, tweaked and agreed upon prior to allowing the developer to make semi-final plans for development. I am prompted to write this letter based on a conversation with Black Diamond City Council Candidate Erika Morgan, who paid me a visit Sunday while I was watching the Seahawks game. She asked me about my viewpoint and we got into a discussion about the proposed development for Black Diamond. She said that the land for the proposed development had not been studied adequately and that she knew the ground was unsuitable for construction. She referenced an old report from the state written about a possible sewage treatment facility that was proposed for my neighbor’s back yard. Apparently the report indicated that the ground was unsuitable for construction. This particular property is located near Rock Creek and was later rezoned with wetland buffers according to the new Black Diamond CAO. I became angry in the fact that she will take a state report of a particular wetland and extrapolate it to encompass the entire development area and deem it “unsuitable for developmentâ€? in order to sway our city’s vote in her direction. When I rebutted her argument, that the state’s study for the sewer treatment plan had been directed toward a wetland that was off limits to any new construction, she claimed that no studies had been conducted on the proposed development property. I knew this statement was false. I know that all of the necessary studies have been conducted on the proposed development land. There have been wetland specialists, surveyors, geotechnical reports and civil engineers working to make sure that any possible obstacles are dealt with on a professional level. I feel a person running for office should be honest and educated. Erika tried to sway me by saying that the ground for the proposed development was unsuitable for building on, when in fact that soil has been mined to provide suitable fill for other construction projects. She told me that her fear was that the developer would start the project, realize the ground wouldn’t support the project, then abandon the project for us tax payers to clean up. I’m not sure if there are people out there that would
fall for this, but I can’t believe that a City Council candidate would go door to door giving misinformation. Please know the facts before you vote. On the other hand, my wife and I have had the opportunity to talk to other candidates running for city council and I’ve found they have a much better understanding of the development coming to Black Diamond and aren’t spreading misinformation to voters. Because of this Bill Roth, Patrick Nelson, Shawn Oglesbee and Mayor Rebecca Olness are getting our votes.
Steve Scharf Black Diamond
able person believes that his opponents are trying to destroy their city. The current mayor and her administration have not served the citizens and the city well. The three candidates who align themselves with the current mayor clearly do not understand the citizens or their concerns. I’m voting for Dave Gordon for a mayor who will listen to the people and is not beholden to special interests. And I’m voting for Carol Benson, Janie Edelman and Erika Morgan for an independent City Council that is dedicated to protecting our rural environment and the financial health of the city.
Sheila Hoefig Black Diamond
MPDs not written in stone In Mr. Watson’s “As I See It� letter to the editor, he is entitled to his own opinions, but not his own facts! Although Black Diamond as an incorporated city is expected to take its share of growth under the state’s Growth Management Act, that growth is tempered by many, many things. The Puget Sound Regional Council set a growth target for Black Diamond of 1,900 homes, not the huge 6,050 home YarrowBay development approved by the old City Council and current mayor. Such massive development eviscerates the “Rural by Design� philosophy of our city’s comprehensive plan. Yes, the MPD plans have been extremely controversial with our citizens throughout the area, since they all will be affected, especially by the ever expanding traffic gridlock. Hundreds of citizens testified in many public hearings, desperately trying to get their City Council to hear them. Many called for the MPDs to be downsized to something reasonable – NO. Many pleaded for traffic issues to be addressed from day one – NO. Many desperately worried about their rural character being destroyed forever – NO. After all this, Mr. Watson seems to worry more about YarrowBay’s interests than everyone else’s quality of life. The MPD plans are not written in stone. Such growth is not inevitable. The ultimate fate of the MPDs is being decided by the Court of Appeals. Mr. Watson then goes on to place arbitrary labels on people. There is no “stop Yarrow Bay at any cost� movement consisting of “small groups of residents.� These are people fighting to save their city and community. The vast majority of citizens deeply care about their future. In the 2010 City Council election the voters threw out the council members who chose to ignore their own citizens by an unprecedented margin of 75 percent. In the recent mayoral primary the incumbent mayor garnered only 18 percent of the vote and Mr. Watson — who now supports that mayor — received 15 percent. Mr. Watson brings up ridiculous charges that don’t deserve to be repeated. Suffice it to say that no reason-
Vote yes on school bond I want to voice my family’s support for the Tahoma School District construction bond. Even though my children have progressed far beyond the classroom, I have grandchildren to think of. I am impressed with the projected direction of the Tahoma schools especially the educational specifications for the new high school. Much of my career was spent calling on the vocational departments of high schools in the Northwest and Alaska. I observed the difference that can be accomplished when students have a choice of career direction and find a program that fits their talents. The school systems that had multi-path programs available turned out more successful graduates than those who didn’t. In the past 20 years these programs have been decimated by budget cuts and graduation rates have suffered. The management side of my career required hiring capable employees that needed vocational experience. The program that the Tahoma administration is proposing will address both the college bound plus the larger group who will never complete a degree or attend a college. The bond measure is the only way this can be accomplished as well as solving deferred maintenance and the overcrowding of the current buildings. I urge all of you to support the upcoming bond.
Larry Lindstrand Maple Valley
Growth exceeds targets There have been several letters stating Black Diamond is mandated to take the amount of growth proposed by YarrowBay — not true. [ more LETTERS page 12 ]
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LAURIE CARDOZA OF MAPLE VALLEY AWARDED GOLDEN CIRCLE HONOR BY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Laurie Cardoza, who resides in Maple Valley and is a professional organizer with Simply Placed, received Golden Circle designation for 2013 by the National Association of Professional Organizers for her experience and achievements in the field of organizing.
[ PARK from page 1] Last week council members put committing to the additional $1.5 million on hold, unable to agree on how the city should seek funding for the project. The two options presented to council by city Finance Director Shawn Hunstock were councilmanic bonds, which the city could issue unilaterally and pay for through raising some kinds of taxes in the city, or a voted bond issue that then could also including funding for Summit Park. City Council members have still not decided on the particulars of how to finance the $1.5 million and will have to come back to that issue in November when the the 2014
[ SCHOOLS from page 1] also comes from the property taxes. A certain percentage of property taxes that are paid by a resident goes directly to the district in which they live. Then another percentage goes into the state apportionment fund, which is then doled out to districts according to their size. That’s the short version. How much districts get from the apportionment fund is based on what is commonly referred to as FTE, or full time equivalent. Think of it as how many students the district serves. But, it isn’t always a round number. For example, a student who goes to Tahoma High full time, six periods a day would get counted as one FTE. A student who spends half the day at Green River Community College would be allotted as .5 FTE.
Then a formula created by the state determines how many teachers a school should have based on the FTE for that school. Another formula that takes into consideration the base pay of teachers as well as other levels of pay based on teacher experience and education level — bachelors, masters, etc.— and the number of teachers the school should have based on the FTE then determines how much funding the school gets from the apportionment fund. In Tahoma those two sources, the money received directly from property taxes and money received from the apportionment fund, makes up about 80 percent of the district’s operating budget according to Kevin Patterson, spokesman for the district. “It’s severely underfunded,” said Lori Cloud, director of financial services for
To be awarded membership, organizers must have at least five years of experience. The designation has been awarded since 1990 and membership is only given to those applicants with an elevated level of experience. Cardoza was awarded Golden Circle membership for her commitment to the organizing profession and in recognition of her six years of experience in the industry. Cardoza started her own organizing business and joined the Na-
tional Association of Professional Organizers, http://www.napo. net, in 2007. She is currently working as a professional organizer for Simply Placed since moving from California to Maple Valley in 2011. “Being organized has an actual physical feeling to it, Cardoza said. “It feels like a deep breath of fresh air, and I see my clients take that deep breath and smile when they look at their newly organized space. It is a very rewarding career. To help people get to that place, to find that deep breath, that is why I love organizing.”
budget process begins in earnest. “I think the understanding was we still have to, when we look at the 2014 budget, we still need to figure out a way to fund the ball parks but what last night was about was saying we are committed to finding out a way to do it,” said Maple Valley Mayor Bill Allison in a phone interview Tuesday morning. The plans for Ravensdale Park, which is located outside the city limits of Maple Valley, are laid out in the Ravensdale Park Master Plan and are overseen by the Ravensdale Park Foundation. The master plan was adopted in 2009 and includes a community meadow, six fields designated for baseball, soccer and all purposes uses. Phase one of the
master plan was completed in January 2012 which included renovating a pre-existing field. Phase two of the project, for which the foundation is currently preparing and plans to break ground in January with estimated completion next fall, is budgeted to cost $6 million and include adding two multi-use fields, additional parking, restrooms, a concessions stand, play structures, an open area, trails, and maintenance facility. The foundation is receiving funding at the county and state level, as well as funds from the city and multiple private donors.
the Tahoma School District. The district’s estimated revenue it will receive from the state for the 2013-2014 school year is $6,478 per student, Cloud said.
THE OTHER 20 PERCENT Where, then, does the other approximate 20 percent of the district’s budget come from? Levies. Levies, which were designed to fund extra programs or wants by a district have become a key part of districts meeting their budget needs. This year 21 percent of Tahoma’s total revenue comes from the district’s two levies. A levy requires a 50 percent yes vote to pass and a district can only go out for a levy twice per calendar year. Tahoma collects a maintenance and operations levy, often referred to as simply an operations levy, and a technology levy.
The operations levy, Patterson said, mostly pays for people and is also used for supplies, equipment and materials. The technology levy is used to maintain and improve technology resources in the district. Levies are voter approved measures which can be collected for up to six years and per the state they can be used to fund maintenance and operations, technology, transportation, and capital improvements. Patterson said that levies aren’t used for large scale building projects, like the proposed construction of a new Tahoma High School, because of the six year limitation. “It’s just too high of a rate to try to collect back,” Patterson said.
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DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY Every year the district is audited by the state auditor’s office, which sends a staff member to spend two months at the district office, going over the books and making sure funding is spent the way it should be. Patterson noted that the district tries to operate as efficiently as it can and keeps only 3 percent to 4 percent in reserves on average. “We’re trying to build our reserves a little higher, but we always run very lean,” Patterson said. “We put everything we can into the classroom and keep a smaller reserve.” Cloud said the recommended amount of reserves is 5 percent of the budget. “Where’s all that money you collected?” Patterson said people ask. “It’s where it’s supposed to be, being spent on kids and running buildings every day.”
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[ ROCK from page 1] many votes as all of the other bands,” Anderson said. “We had a band from California enter, as well, and they were finalists. Dakota was able to get all of his friends to rally around and support him.” In addition, Amanda Brielle, another student of Rock ‘n’ More — Poorman is a student of Anderson’s — got sing something she wrote at halftime. The success of that halftime show during the summer led to more chances for students to perform at roller derby matches in the future. “It sounds like we’re going to have some people play in the concourse at Key Arena during all the roller derby bouts next year starting in January,” Anderson said. “It won’t be in front of 5,000 at halftime but it will be as those 5,000 as they come into Key Arena.” A new event over the summer was the 24-hour webathon, which Anderson said went well in terms of a high entertainment factor, but it did not bring in as much money as the fundraiser it replaced. That means Rock ‘n’ More’s tuition assistance
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program will need additional support this year. Anderson said the tuition assistance program still is in high demand by students despite the apparent recovery in the economy in the past year. “A recession like that, a business like ours, we’re the first to get hit and we’re the last to recover,” Anderson said. “When the economy tanked and people couldn’t afford lessons, one of the things that started happening is people started learning online. So, now even though the economy might be recovering a bit, there are so many free options, a lot of people don’t realize that in person lessons might be a little bit better than video lessons.” Still, Anderson remains undeterred in providing classes and lessons to anyone who wants to take them, no matter how much they can afford to pay. And he wants to continue to go beyond that by building on the networking from this past summer to offer even more to students than instruction. During the summer, Anderson said, they took advantage of a number of opportunities to get involved in community events
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such as booking the music for the Covington Days Festival in July, playing at Maple Valley Days in June and Black Diamond Labor Days as well as at Renton’s Movies in the Park. “Because of all of that stuff, I suppose, we’re starting to break into the Eastside,” Anderson said. “We’re going to be playing at Redmond Town Center every Friday night during the holidays. By doing these things locally … we’re opening up more opportunities for our students. We spent the summer just trying to get out and get to know people.” Anderson will also start teaching guitar classes at Crossroads Community Center soon while classes at the Renton Community Center are slated to begin in January. It is important, Anderson said, to be flexible when partnering with cities or community organizations which is something he believes Rock ‘n’ More does well much to the betterment of the students.
“I think we’ve got the best music school there is, for one thing, we’re the only music school that I can think of that will actually teach you to play and perform whatever it is you want to play and perform,” Anderson said. “No other music school that I know of does that for everybody, adults and kids. We’re willing to work harder than any other music school to get our students opportunities to do what they want to do. We work with cities, we work with community centers, we work with schools, filmmakers, all this stuff. What it does for us, it makes us so that we’re better known, our name is getting out there. They work with us, and it’s easy, we make other people’s jobs easier when we work with them. That’s our goal, to use the things we do well to make other people’s jobs easier.” It seems like that approach is working as the opportunities for students to play throughout the region are rolling in thanks to Rock ‘n’ More’s productive summer.
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[ COACH from page 3] the responsibilities which come with the position. “Also, one of the responsibilities as a head coach is to be a good communicator with parents,” Rick wrote. “Parents will always be in the background so you cannot pretend they are not there. Parents’ No. 1 priority is what’s best for their child, while on the other hand, the coach’s No. 1 priority must be what’s in the best interest of the program. The two don’t always align and that sometimes means difficult conversations must take place with parents.” Rick said the ultimate gauge of success is not wins or losses but rather the ability of a coach to create an environment which allows the student-athlete to grow and reach her potential.
MEET THE COACHES Gary Conner has coached cross country as well as track and field in addition to teaching in the Tahoma School District for more than two decades. At his core, he is a runner. Conner, who grew up in a small town outside of Billings, Mont., began running in elementary school. “It’s just always been part of my lifestyle,” Conner said. “Everywhere we went (growing up), we ran.” When he first started teaching physical education in the Tahoma School District in 1989 — at Lake Wilderness Elementary before moving to Tahoma Junior High — he did not coach. “Then I went to a practice and thought, ‘I want to do that,’” Conner said. He was an assistant coach then moved into the heading coaching position in 1996, around the same time he began teaching at the junior high. It may seem like it would be hard to coach the high school cross country team from there but, Conner said, it is actually ideal. “For me the eighth/ninth combination has been really nice,” Conner said. “Since we don’t have a junior high feeder program, it’s been my recruiting ground. The fact that I’m here right now outweighs all the (challenges).” For the past two years, one of his assistant coaches, Anne Hobson, has been at the high school which creates a bridge between Conner and his runners in that building. Like Conner, Tahoma volleyball coach Sally Eager does not teach at the high school, yet it seems to work
www.covingtonreporter.com • www.maplevalleyreporter.com well. Eager has coached volleyball at a variety of levels from club to high school since the mid-1980s. Eager is a second career teacher and currently teaches math at Renton High, where she played volleyball and won three state titles, as well as met her husband Keith, who is a throwing coach for the Tahoma track and field team. Keith Eager also coaches the Renton wrestling team in addition to teaching health and fitness. Their three children, Derek, Kylie and Brock, have all gone through the Tahoma School District. Derek Eager is throwing for the UCLA track and field team. Kylie is playing volleyball and Brock is a senior at Tahoma High. Athletics is an integral part of Sally Eager’s life at school and at home. Eager isn’t the only one who returned to coach and teach at her alma mater. Kentlake cross country coach Scott Cleary is no stranger to running for the Falcons. Cleary, who cocoaches with Carrie Heitz, graduated from Kentlake in 2000 where he was a member of the cross country team. After high school Cleary earned his bachelors degree at Washington State University and went on to earn his masters in curriculum and instruction at Seattle University. This year marks his sixth at Kentlake at where he teaches English. “When I actually got a job here, that was an aspiration — to coach for the team I ran for,” Cleary said. Logging the miles to train for a marathon this fall means Cleary’s alarm goes off at 4:30 a.m., and then it’s off to school by 7 where he puts the finishing touches on planning for the day. After a busy day of teaching 10th grade English and a UW in the High School class on comparative literature, Cleary laces up his running shoes again for practice, which often finds him and Heitz running out on the road alongside the student athletes. Cleary said what inspired him to become a teacher was the teachers he had growing up, especially at Kentlake, and it’s also why he wanted to become a coach. For Heitz, who moved to the Pacific Northwest from Missouri, this year is her ninth teaching English at Kentlake and her fourth year coaching. After attending the University of Missouri and getting married, Heitz and her husband de-
cided they wanted to move and landed on Seattle. Heitz grew up playing soccer and ended up on her high school cross country team at the urging of one of her friends. “I think I really wound up enjoying the (cross country) team more than I enjoyed soccer,” Heitz said. “It became more of a passion for me.” Even though it wasn’t her first sport, running is one she has continued to love and participate in, running a marathon earlier this month. Heitz’s mornings start at 4 a.m. and she’s at Kentlake by 6:30. Often she doesn’t leave the school until 7 p.m. and doesn’t get home until 8. This year Heitz is teaching four core 10th grade English classes and one honors English class.
PHILOSOPHIES AND MISCONCEPTIONS Until two years ago Conner, the Tahoma cross country coach, would run at every cross country practice with the boys team, but three knee surgeries since 2011 have kept him off the trails. That has fundamentally changed his perspective and coaching style for the better, he said. “I now have a better understand of the progress of the runners and what the needs are,” Conner said. “My philosophy is that I always ran with the kids. They never go, ‘Hey, Conner, why are we doing this.’”
Gary Conner, center, talks to the Tahoma High varsity boys cross country runners after a meet against Kentlake and Auburn at Game Farm Park . Conner told the boys there was still work to do. KRIS HILL, The Reporter Conner is thankful for his assistant coaches who he said complement him well. “I’ve got great assistant coaches,” he said. “I have three other people in our program who are just fantastic.” Even with that help, Conner said, there are always those who just don’t understand the time commitment coaching requires. He works with the cross country runners all summer. In 25 years of marriage, he said, he and his wife have not gone on vacation while he was on summer break. That’s because running cross country for Tahoma is a lifestyle, one that Conner always modeled thanks
to his passion for distance running. “People really have no how idea how much work we put in as coaches,” he said. “I’m fortunate that my wife is patient.” While teaching is an important part of his life, Conner said, coaching is where he believes he has the most impact on kids. “My passion is coaching,” Conner said. “I feel like that’s where I touch lives. Our goal at Tahoma is to make you better, not just a running, but in the classroom and in life.” Conner talks to his athletes about balance, how to manage stress, and at practice he preaches the importance of keeping
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www.covingtonreporter.com • www.maplevalleyreporter.com [ COACH from page 8] it has to be a lifestyle. It’s my hope that by the time they graduate they take a little bit of Tahoma cross country with them.” Sophomore Tristan Houser used to play football. Now he is on the cross country team. His parents pushed him to run track when he was in eighth grade at the junior high. That’s when Conner noticed Houser. “He decided I should be on the cross country team,” Houser said. “It’s hard. Most of the time it’s hard. The way we’re coached … we’re always really well prepared.” Nick Pennington, a senior, explained running for Conner is great. “It’s the one thing outside of school that I’m really passionate about,” Pennington said. “Conner really got me passionate about running. I can do what I think I can’t do. It’s a good way to actually see you can overcome the challenges life throws at you.” For junior Delaney Tiernan, running was something she started doing in seventh grade with her dad to get in shape for basketball. She discovered she liked it. Heading into ninth grade she went to a cross country camp with the team and “just fell in love with it and all of Tahoma cross country.” Tiernan described the team as one big family. “I love everyone on the team,” she said. “This program is great for everyone here. Everyone on the team has a passion for it. We put in a lot more time than other teams do.” Running is a lifestyle for Tiernan and she likely will take a little bit of Tahoma cross country with her when she graduates because she believes, as long as her body is able, she will run for the rest of her life. As for Conner, Tiernan said, she knows the reputation he has outside of Tahoma does not really reflect what is important to him. “He comes across pretty rough and tough to other teams, but we know he cares about us,” Tiernan said. “He really does care about each an every one of us. I don’t think he’ll ever give up his coaching position. This is his passion. This is his life.” Conner’s passion is demonstrated in the time he puts in during the summer and after school. There are many days during cross country season he doesn’t get home until 8:30 p.m. Long days are nothing new for Eager, either. Eager’s day at Renton High starts early. She arrives at 6:45 a.m. First period starts at 7:20. When the Reporter shadowed her Sept. 27, Renton High was in the middle of a late start day. It was just after lunch and fourth period algebra 3/4 was about to start. She got class going with an entry task then checked on homework — students who completed it got a stamp on paper, others tried to dodge a stamp on the forehead. From there, the kids worked on problems in table groups of three or four as preparation for a quiz the following week. Eager went from table to table answering questions but she encouraged them to help one another. “Let’s try and finish this before the end of the period so you don’t have homework,” Eager said. For those who didn’t get the problems finished Eager suggested they take a photo of the remaining problems — which were on slips of paper she handed out — with their cell phones because she needed to hang onto them until the end of the day for her other classes. Eager earned a business degree at the UW and worked
at IBM while she was in college then for a number of years after graduating. Her passion was marketing. She left IBM after six and a half years after her first son was born. Eager said she was working a lot of hours and she was reluctant to put him in daycare. She was familiar with coaching as she worked with club teams after earning her bachelor’s degree from UW. Her husband taught from the time he finished college so once they started a family, there was the appeal of having the same hours, the same vacation time as well as being able to spend time with their children. Initially she worked as a substitute teacher after student teaching at Lindbergh while working through a one-year program through Central Washington University. She earned a master’s in education in curriculum and instruction but that didn’t come with teaching certification and her career and technical education certification didn’t work quite how she thought it would. When she first began teaching at Renton she took on business classes with a conditional certificate. Eager eventually earned her teaching certificate through City University-Seattle. Eventually she worked as a long term substitute in math. She coached Renton High’s volleyball team for seven years before Tahoma’s volleyball coaching position opened up in 2009. It was perfect. Her oldest son, Derek was a senior, her daughter was heading into ninth grade, so it was an opportunity to be closer to her children’s practices and competitions. Now that Kylie has graduated, it’s a bit different at practice in the Tahoma gym for Eager, but she is adjusting. Her middle child is now playing volleyball for Clark College in southwestern Washington in a league which consists of Green River and Highline community colleges, so, Eager gets to see her play fairly often. While there are some challenges for Eager not teaching at Tahoma High, one of her assistant coaches is there, and the team is at a point in her fifth season they can get rolling at the start of practice before she even arrives after the 30 minute drive from Renton High. It is fortunate, too, that she gets done with her school day before her players do so the timing works out well. The girls get the gym set up and do their warm ups so when Eager arrives they can get right into practice with a laser focus. “The focus today is to get as much out of practice as you can,” Eager said Sept. 27 after she arrived. When the drills were over — the kinds of exercises which allowed the players to work on several different skills such as passing, serving and communication — Eager said, “You guys need to be sure you’re going 100 percent of the time.” Eager said she is supported by both schools she works for throughout her time coaching at Tahoma which has made it easier. There are some misconceptions she deals with that are specific to her sport. “In volleyball, part of it is that (idea) that high school coaches don’t know what they’re talking about,” Eager said. “But, the truth is a lot of high school coaches are club coaches.” And ultimately, it’s about what the players take away from the experience. “The main thing is they get a sense of community,” Eager said. “In volleyball you don’t win without a team effort. The
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girls learn how to get along, that they have to rely on each other.” The attitude she tries to help the girls adopt is they need to work hard and play hard as well as always be competitive. If she does that, then regardless of wins or losses, she is successful as a coach. “I’m not in it for the money,” Eager said. “I’m in it because I love volleyball and I want them to come away loving volleyball.” Kentlake’s cross country coaches, Cleary and Heitz, both said the biggest thing they don’t think people recognize about coaching is the time that goes into it. “A lot of people don’t understand the stuff that goes on behind the scenes,” Cleary said Oct. 3. “I was here until 7:30 last night. The coffee shop is my favorite place on Saturday mornings.” Cleary explained that he and Heitz plan the season by dividing it into four sections and focusing on a different skill, like building strength or endurance, in each section. “We try and focus on individualized training plans and then they’ll have the ability to design their own training plan,” Cleary said. Heitz said her goal is to help students develop a life long love of running and she hopes they learn about determination and how to overcome obstacles by being on the team. “Your legs hurt, your lungs hurt, your mind is telling you to stop but you push through it,” Heitz said. Another aspect that they focus on is goal setting and helping their runners to set measurable goals that they can achieve. In a goal setting session Oct. 3 they went over setting team and individual goals for the rest of the season. They talked to the team about setting goals that were SMART: specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. That was followed by a 40 minute run from Kentlake to Kent-Kangley and back. Heitz said that she became a teacher both because of her family’s influence — both Heitz’s parents were teachers — and a teacher who impacted her. “I had a really awesome 10th grade English teacher who showed me what good teaching was,” Heitz said. “The kids are really awesome, coaching is just the cherry on top.” Heitz’s coaching career started off when some students who knew she ran asked her to start a running club and then the cross country coach asked her to join the team as an assistant coach. Cleary said that his coaching philosophy revolves helping students do their best. “I would describe my coaching philosophy as balancing,” Cleary said. “Establishing that amongst a team and balancing that with designing training that is going to make each runner successful.” Heitz and Cleary are working to build team unity and a running culture through team events like pancake breakfasts after morning workouts and other activities. One tradition that the team has come to look forward to each year is running the homecoming football game ball to French Field from Kentlake. “Cross country doesn’t get a ton of recognition,” Heitz said. “Our team is getting bigger so we’re getting more attention.” Heitz also added that it’s the young athletes that are her favorite part of coaching. “The kids, definitely,” Heitz said. “Cross country kids have the best personalities.”
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Proceeds from Kentwood Idol will help pay for judged competitions, bus Singer Stefano Langone is rental fees, sound equipback in town to give a benment, sheet music and efit concert for the Kentcreate scholarships to help wood High School choir as students attend music field part of the Kentwood Idol trips. program. “I am so proud of Stefano Langone, 24, who finfor agreeing to do this,” ished seventh on “American Emans said. “He is giving Idol” in the spring of 2011, back so generously with his took a week away from time and energy to make his Los Angeles home to this a great fundraising help out the school that event that showcases the prepared him for a music talent we have at Kentwood. career. These are his “First and kentwood roots and he’s If You IDOL foremost I’m showing all Go coming for of us the imKentwood Idol Kentwood,” portance of Langone said • 6:30 p.m. Friday giving back during a phone • Kentwood Performing Arts Cen- to the cominterview. “I ter, Covington munity that graduated from has shaped • Tickets $12, www.brownpaperthere and the and evolved tickets.com/event/495285 support I had him as a • 10 student singers compete folfrom the school musician.” and community lowed by Stefano Langone concert After were pivotal in Emans told my development.” Langone about the budget Langone participated in cuts to the music programs, the school choir and drama Langone said he had to help programs. He attended out. numerous competitions “To hear they are not through the school. But funding trips to competimost funding for trips and tions — things I was able to competition entry fees was do — hurts me,” Langone cut by the Kent School said. “I want to do anything District. I can to help out the com“Funding for the music munity. It’s bigger than me. programs in Kent have It’s the full picture.” been reduced drastically,” Langone participated said Kentwood choral diin choirs at Emerald Park rector Daisy Li Emans, who Elementary School and Meinvited Langone to return ridian Junior High before for the benefit show. attending Kentwood. Emans said 10 years ago “Teachers were a huge the choir program would influence on my life and receive about $3,000 per they were all in the arts,” year. This year the proLangone said. “If I did not gram’s budget is $300. have the guidance and help, By Steve Hunter
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Maple Valley Community Center to shutter programs by KATHERINE SMITH ksmith@maplevalleyreporter.com
The Greater Maple Valley Community Center is set to close its children and family programs Oct. 31 due to budget cuts. Community Center Executive Director Mark Pursley announced the changes last week as a result of years of running a budget deficit and using reserves to make ends meet. “We’ve run an operational deficit here every year since 2008 and we’re looking at the same thing this year,” Pursley said Monday. “It’s bad enough where we’re drawing out of our reserves to meet operating expenses at this point.” The Community Center has four main branches of programming: senior programs, youth programs that serve teens, community programs and children and family. Children and family programs at the center include Toddler Time, family movie nights, Play and Learn, a school readiness co-op, babysitting classes as well as family movie night.
There are a variety of special events including Trick or Trunk, a bi-annual clothing exchange, parents’ night out and an annual community egg hunt. “The big one is Toddler Time, I think that one has hit the nerve,” Pursley said. “It’s a good program, unfortunately it’s an unfunded program.” Pursely explained more than 70 percent of the Community Center’s annual budget comes from various grant funding sources. The rest, about 30 percent, comes from program fees, fundraising, facility rentals, program sponsorships and other small donations. Much of the grant funding, Pursley said, is designated for specific programs and the money has to be spent on those programs. “The problem is that we have had very, very, very little designated funding four our children and family program,” Pursley said. “So I’m asked often, ‘Why don’t you just take money from that program and move it over here?’ We can’t, for the most part. We do have some funds that are called
discretionary that are used to fill holes, but as our overall grant monies have gone down, those discretionary funds have been spread thinner and thinner and thinner. So, the result is we have to make a significant change.” The children and family program had a 2013 budget of $103,000 according to Pursley who said that through cost-cutting measures that number was brought down to approximately $75,000, but that still wasn’t enough and the Community Center leadership made the decision to lay off the staff member who oversees the programs and close the programs. The community center is also cutting expenses by reducing some other programs such as drug and alcohol prevention as well as raising program fees. “These steps we’re taking should balance our budget in 2014,” Pursley said. “But what it doesn’t do is replace any of the reserves we’re depleting. It took us a long time to get into this situation and it’s going to take us a little bit to get out.”
Community members who have attended children and family programs over the years rallied in response to the announced program closure, starting a Facebook page dedicated to saving the programs and turning out to the Maple Valley City Council meeting Monday night. The city has supported the community center through grant funding. Pursley said this year city funding was more than $100,000 and the center has again applied for grant funding for next year. At the City Council meeting Monday, community members took to the podium during public comment to urge the city to increase its funding of the Community Center so the programs can be maintained. Community member Christie Cummings spoke to council and encouraged them to approve emergency funding for the children and family programs that would keep them going for three months during which time
a long term solution could be worked on. She also encouraged the council to specifically designate any city funding for the programs to keep them open. “When you (the city) give money to the community center you have the right to direct where those funds go,” Cummings said. “Clearly what needs to happen is children and family programs need to be primarily funded by the city.” Tonia Schwope, who lives in Black Diamond and said she has attended programs at the Community Center for seven years, spoke to council about what the programs provide. “The parents need this program almost as much as the children,” Schwope said. “They (the programs) create family memories and create community.” Pursley said the Community Center staff is working with other community organizations in the hope that they will be able to take over running some of
the programs. Pursley also said that while he won’t have a staff person to run programs any more, if community members want to take over running them he is happy to provide a space for them to meet. “We are going to provide the services that we can afford at this point, with the full hope and expectation that as we can get back on our feet financially or establish our financial stability we can take a look at what the wants and needs of the community are and work to meet those fully,” Pursley said.
For more information about the community center go to www.maplevalleycc.org. For efforts to save the children and family programs search Saving the GMVCC Children & Family Programs on Facebook.
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[ LETTERS from page 5] The Puget Sound Regional Council, which covers the four county Puget Sound area, establishes guidelines and growth targets. They are embedded in both the countywide planning policies and the King County comprehensive plan. The amount of growth Black Diamond has approved with the two MPDs — 6,050 homes — far, far exceeds its growth targets. Black Diamond is not mandated to take such growth. There is no state RCW, countywide planning policy, or King County comprehensive plan policy that mandates anything in terms of growth targets. The state Growth Management Act mentions urban growth area cities take their share of growth. In fact, VISION 2040 calls for decreasing the amount of growth targeted to small cities including Black Diamond. Such mandate statements seem to be used to simply
create confusion and controversy and scare people into accepting a fate they need not accept. The Black Diamond Mayor and City Council circa 2010-2011 were not forced to accept such massive growth. In fact, there has been such an uproar in Black Diamond because they did not impose sufficient mitigation conditions on YarrowBay. This was most conspicuous in the realm of traffic analysis, where they ignored the city’s Hearing Examiner and decided not to use a new traffic model to determine what mitigations truly might alleviate the onslaught of 10,000 more cars and trucks on one-lane roads. Instead, they unfathomably decided to impose this condition after The Villages MPD Phase 1A is fully permitted.
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Look at YarrowBay realistically The YarrowBay development planned for Black Diamond is complex and many millions of dollars are at stake. What they do doesn’t just affect them, it drastically affects everyone else’s rights nearby. It changes whether we live on a quiet street or a busy street. Whether we can drive to work in 30 minutes or an hour. Whether the elk and wildlife will still visit our back yard. Whether water drains and gets clean, or floods those downstream and pollutes our lake, river and streams. The incumbent mayor has taken $1,400 from YarrowBay contractors, and now another $900 — the maximum — from the Affordable Housing Council, a lobby arm of the Master Builders Association, and more from realtors and developer consultants. They all want to profit from the old mayor’s blind belief in YarrowBay. This information is all readily available to the public. Another contributor to the incumbent mayor is city council candidate Bill Roth. His campaign literature tries to soften his message, but he’s a friend of Brian Ross, the head of YarrowBay, LLC. Not to mention his spouse is currently on the city planning commission. The evidence leaves little to show that he wouldn’t go along with whatever YarrowBay says. On Facebook, he endorses going to hear YarrowBay’s sales pitch, and he waves signs and campaigns with a YarrowBay (public relations) employee. The people of Black Diamond have always been concerned about YarrowBay and for good reason! Many of the citizens have spent hours, months and years doing due diligence research on this excessive development. That depth of involvement does not make them special interests groups, it makes them informed voters. YarrowBay’s plan is riddled with details that add more to their pocket and shift risks and costs to city taxpayers. We can’t leave our future to those who won’t look at YarrowBay realistically. For City Council, we’re voting for people who have consistently cared for Black Diamond and its residents. We support Erika Morgan, Carol Benson, and Janie Edelman for the city council positions. For mayor, we support Dave Gordon.
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Community News and Notes KENTLAKE TO HOST FUNDRAISING EVENTS Students in Kentlake’s leadership class will host the second annual Breast Cancer Dinner Auction from 6-8:30 p.m. on Oct. 25 at Kentlake. The evening will include an Italian dinner, silent auction and entertainment from a variety of student groups including Kentlake’s jazz band, orchestra, choir, drama, and dance team. The event will honor those who have been affected by breast cancer. Proceeds from the dinner and auction will be donated to cancer research foundations. Cost is $8 per person for adults, $4 for students in kindergarten through sixth grade. Children five and under are free. Adult tickets must be purchased in advance from the Kentlake cashier or from a leadership student. Children’s tickets may be purchased at
the door. Additionally, Kentlake High School will be hosting the Scare Away Breast Cancer fun run and walk fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 26. All profits will go to the Susan G. Komen Foundation of Seattle. The event which will include a 5K and 2K will be held at Kentlake High School in Covington. Sign in the day of the event will begin at 9 a.m., the 5K will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the 2K to follow. Preregistration cost is $13 for the 5K and shirt, or $8 for the 5K only. The children’s 2K is free. The day of event cost for the 5K and shirt is $15 and $10 for 5K only. The event will also include a costume contest, music, food and prizes. Registration can be paid in advance to the Kentlake cashier or can be completed day of the event.
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Know your Body Mass Index According to the Centers for Disease Control, nearly 70 percent of adults in America are categorically overweight or obese. Obesity is a medical condition that if left unchecked can have serious consequences. Interestingly, when asked to categorize themselves, only about 20 percent of Americans accurately identify where they fall in the weight spectrum. This equates to roughly four out of every five people
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Community News and Notes October is a transitional month for weather in the Northwest. The Kent Fire Department would like to offer the following safety tips to help ensure residents have a safe fall and winter. Heating safety: Have furnaces, wood burning stoves, and fire places inspected by a professionalMove all flammable materials at least three feet away from baseboard or electric heaters. Place ashes from a fireplace or stove in a metal container with a tightly sealed lid. Always have working smoke alarms.
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This week perfect time to nourish lawn, plant bulbs Marianne Binetti
basic requirement is good drainage. If your soil is too hard to dig you can still enjoy spring-blooming bulbs the lazy way. Loosen the soil just a few inches deep, set the bulbs on top, then cover them with potting soil or topsoil you can purchase in bags at a garden center. It is most practical to consider tulips as annual flowers – this means they live only one year and are not likely to rebloom as well the second year. Daffodils are another story. Even in rocky soil or in a shaded area, daffodils have a good chance of returning year after year – especially if you plant the small or dwarf daffodils such as “Tete a Tete” or the early blooming daffodil “February Gold.” Q. Do I have to buy and add fertilizer when I plant spring bulbs? What about bone meal? Is bone meal considered a fertilizer? I am a thrifty gardener. R.T., Tacoma A. No, dirt cheap gardeners will still enjoy spring blooms if all you do is dig and plant bulbs now. You can even wait a few more weeks until all the bulbs
What’s blooming at Lake Wilderness Arboretum Mulch could be a gardener’s most effective secret weapon, especially in the fall. Stu Campbell, author of The Mulch Book: A Complete Guide for Gardeners, explains that adding mulch to your gardens in cooler months not only reduces water loss in soil and suppresses weed growth, it also protects plants from temperature extremes. If you think of mulch as insulation, then you can understand how it can keep underground soil and plant roots cool or warm during fall’s rapid the temperature shifts. Typically, plants that need mulch protection are rhododendrons, azaleas, roses, bulbs and annuals.
in bins go on sale and load up with the leftovers or picked over bulbs for mere pennies. Bone meal is a soil additive that ensures the bulbs have enough minerals for root growth but is not considered a complete fertilizer. Here’s the real dirt on growing bulbs. The flower is already formed and ready to grow inside the bulb. There is nothing you can feed the bulb at this point to improve that bloom. Planting early into loose, well-drained soil is what new bulbs need to make strong roots and perform at their peak. If you want to ensure many more blooms in future years you need to feed the foliage of the bulb after it is done flowering and don’t remove the yellowing leaves for at least six weeks after the flower fade. Invest in the biggest, fattest and firmest bulbs you can find for the largest blooms this coming spring. Q. I was impressed with the flowering onions or alliums that I saw you spray paint purple in your garden. I saw them in person on the Enumclaw garden tour and
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form, Purple sensation is a deep purple and there are even some blue alliums. Enjoy the blooms while they are fresh and then wait until the flowers dry and turn brown before you preserve them with a dusting of spray paint. The hollow stems of these bulbs may grow weak and fall over by mid-summer so I cut them off at ground level and then slip the cut stem over thin garden stakes or wooden dowels to keep them standing upright.
Depending on the plant, several types of mulch can be applied. For rhododendrons and azaleas, an organic mulch like leaves or pine needles may be appropriate. Weathered wood chips and sawdust or peat moss can be substituted for pine needles. Other appropriate materials are corncobs, nut shells, grape clippings, rotted manure and compost. Campbell says to mulch annual beds early before the first frost has settled into the soil, “so that earthworms and beneficial microorganisms can stay at work longer during the cold months.” Volunteer for Maple Valley Make A Difference Day, Saturday, Oct. 26.
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also saw how you painted them by using a newspaper cone and purple spray paint on your TV show Dig In Seattle. My question is where do I buy bulbs like that and when do I plant them? B.F., Enumclaw A. I was impressed with my flowering alliums as well – those giant purple orbs looked great all summer and into the fall and I think the spray paint preserved the dried flower heads so they continue to add color and texture. You can find the huge blooms of alliums at local nurseries, garden centers and from mail-order bulb catalogs. As a member of the onion family these late-spring blooming bulbs are deer and mouse resistant. They do have rather large and floppy leaves that follow the flowers but they are one of the few bulbs that you can remove the leaves once the bulbs bloom without harming future flowers. There are many different varieties of alliums. The giant Globe Master allium has huge blooms up to 10 inches around on strong stems. Mount Everest is a white
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will also help clay soils break down and improve drainage. Just be patient – it may take several years and multiple applications to notice results. Another outdoor project this week is to plant spring-blooming bulbs. In our mild winter climate you can plant tulip, daffodil and hyacinth bulbs until November for glorious spring blooms. Here are the most asked questions about planting bulbs: Q. We just moved into a new home and have not been able to add topsoil or improve the soil. Would I be wasting my time by planting tulip and daffodil bulbs in the lousy, rocky soil? We live in Bonney Lake, an area known for lean and rocky soil. N.H., email A. Dig in and you’ll enjoy the flowers of your labor this spring. Rocky, sandy soil is actually a great home for most bulbs as the most
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If you haven’t yet given your lawn the all-important fall feeding, it is time to get growing. In western Washington it is more important to fertilize the lawn with a slow-release fall and winter lawn food than it is to fertilize in the spring. Do not use a “weed and feed” product. Our lawns do best when fertilized in both the fall and spring but if you only feed once a year, make it during the months of September or October. A fall feeding not only nourishes the lawn but will also help the early-spring grass crowd out the new weeds. Our plentiful winter rains will wash a fall application of lawn food down to the grass roots. This is also the perfect week to add lime or Soil Sweet to your lawn area. Our soils are naturally acid in western Washington and this encourages moss and slows down the growth of lawn grasses. Adding lime
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The challenges of parenting in the 21st century I found that in the 17th and early 18th centuries, “these earliest families were productive units, not sentimental, affectionate groupings… Children assisted their parents from an early age… Everywhere, family, business and social order were combined. Emotional satisfaction was not a function of the family.” My daughter was lucky to have been born in the late 20th century and live into the 21st century. Not only was her function in my husband’s and my lives not for practical contribution, but as a female, she got to go to Gretchen Leigh
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I’ve kind of gotten into the groove of having my oldest daughter home during the day. She graduated from high school and only has evening college classes. I mourned losing my quiet, solitary mornings until I began to realize what a great thing it could be. Since she seemed in no hurry to get a job, I decided she could “work” for me. I wasn’t going to pay her, but if I had to put up with her all morning and afternoon, she might as well be useful to me. So I did some research to justify my plan. On the website, theusaonline.com,
school, finish school and go on to higher education. She gets to live in a time when her purpose in our lives is only to add to the affectionate, sentimental and emotional satisfaction of our family unit. But let’s get real here. I had a teenager, graduated from high school, riding the waves of luxury, staying up all hours of the night and sleeping in until noon. Not in my house. I informed her I would not tell her when to go to bed anymore, she was old enough to decide (yes, I’m one of those parents who insist my high school children get 8 hours of sleep, even if it means setting their bedtime). However, I would be getting her up at 8 a.m. and she would be doing chores
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for me. I figured this would achieve one of two things. She would hate doing chores and hurry up and get a job and/or I would get a lot done around the house. The first couple weeks, it all went very well. She went to bed at a decent hour, I got her up at 8 a.m., I gave her a small list of chores and we began to click along at this rhythm. After a few weeks of this, she started ignoring her alarm knowing all she really had to accomplish that day was to get to school. I’d get caught up in whatever work I was doing across the house in the computer room and totally forget I even had a child in the house. It also began to take her
so long to get up, eat and shower that by the time she was ready, it was time for me to start dinner and time for her to go to school. Then the homework started happening. She is taking art classes, how much homework could there be? Well, when it’s painting, the homework is not so much “home” work, but go to school and work on it work. There went the last of the time for extra chores. Then the next phase began. I was yelling instructions across the house to her the other morning. She was up, dressed and had eaten. No answer. I yelled again (yelling across the house being my preferred model of parenting). Still no answer. I stormed down the hall and into her room,
furious that she was ignoring me. She was sitting happily in front of her computer, earphones plugged into her iPod, humming along to the tunes. Life was difficult for parents in the 17th and 18th centuries, but they never had to compete with a computer and an iPod.
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tunity for the community to gather, ask questions and connect with other South King County residents. Regular Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Senator Fain can be reached via email at joe.fain@ leg.wa.gov or phone at 253-929-6232.
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South King County residents are invited to attend an after-work open house at Sen. Joe Fain’s district office in Auburn at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 23. “I look forward to gathering with anyone who wishes to address the future needs of our community,” said Fain, who represents Auburn, Kent and Covington in the state Senate. “I know it will be helpful for area residents to have a central meeting point to discuss issues with state government, gather helpful information and discuss solutions to the many challenges we face.” The office is located near Auburn City Hall at 2 First Street, Suite A, Auburn, WA 98001. The open house is an informal oppor-
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DROP IN VOLLEYBALL BEGINS NOV. 8 Maple Valley Parks & Recreation’s adult coed drop-in volleyball will be held on Friday nights from Nov. 8-Dec. 20 at Tahoma Jr. High School. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the cost is $3, cash only, for the entire three hours. Come as a team or individually, teams will be formed from the players that attend. If school is canceled or released early due to inclement weather there will be no drop-in that evening. No pre-registration required.
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Week six saw some firsts in the South Puget Sound League 4A North 2013 season. Kentlake won its first game with a 26-20 win over Mount Rainier at Highline Stadium while Kentwood lost for the first time in a non-league contest to Rogers Oct. 11 at French Field. Tahoma, meanwhile, rolled to another victory setting up this week’s matchup with Kentwood Thursday night. The Tahoma defense shut down Kentridge in a 41-7 win in which the Bears limiting the Chargers to just one touchdown in the first quarter at Maxwell Stadium. Kentridge struggled to move the ball downfield and went three and out on the first drive of the night. Tahoma took over on its own 30 yard line and quarterback Shane Nelson connected with DeShon Williams, who ran the ball in for the Bears first touchdown of the night. The extra point put Tahoma up 7-0. On the next series Kentridge got its only break of
the contest with a successful drive which ended in a touchdown and the extra point to tie things up at 7-7. The Chargers recovered a Bears fumble later in the first quarter on the Chargers’ five yard line but ended up punting and the Bears took over on the Chargers 35. A touchdown by Jerome Woods and the extra point put Tahoma up 21-7 at the end of the first quarter. On their first drive of the second quarter the Bears went for it on fourth and 10 but the pass was intercepted by the Chargers’ Braiden Beckman. The Chargers pushed down to the Bears’ 17 yard line but a penalty cost them, backing the ball up to about the 27 and a field goal attempt went wide left. A touchdown by Denham Patricelli put the Bears up 28-7 at halftime. Tahoma started the second half fast, moving downfield with a series of catches and a touchdown by Williams in under a minute to put Tahoma up 35-7. On their next possession the Bears Williams and Patricelli earned back-to-back first downs and Patricelli ran it in for the touchdown. The Tahoma kicker got a
Kentlake’s Tyler Harris carries the ball while Mount Rainier defenders attempt to tackle him. The Falcons got their first win of the season, 26-20, over the Rams Oct. 11 at Highline Stadium. Courtesy of Michelle Rogers second chance at the extra point after a flag for roughing the kicker but the second attempt was blocked, making the score 41-7. Patricelli came up big again on the next drive when he intercepted a high pass from the Kentridge quarterback and returned the ball 45 yards. Nelson went 16 of 23
on the night for 315 yards passing and five touchdowns. Woods had eight runs for 71 yards and a touchdown and Joe Donahue had eight runs for 57 yards. Additionally for the Bears Williams had nine catches for 198 yards and three touchdowns, Patricelli had four catches for 85 yards,
two touchdowns, and one interception, Alex Jeric had four catches for 58 yards, Elijah Suka had 10.5 tackles and Blake Donohue had nine tackles. This week Tahoma played Kentwood at French Field Thursday night, after the Reporter’s press deadline. [ more FIRST page 17 ]
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Kentwood to play in boys water polo invitational BY KRIS HILL khill@covingtonreporter.com
Water polo is growing increasingly popular in the Kent School District. In an effort to bring more attention to the sport, this weekend will feature the inaugural Kentridge Invitational from 2-6 p.m. Saturday at the Lindbergh Pool, explained the Chargers boys head coach Mike McKee. “There’s going to be four
teams,” McKee said. “We’re trying to bring a little bit more publicity to our sport. It’s a long term goal of mine to make this a varsity sport in the Kent School District.” Kentwood’s boys team, which a year ago struck out on its own after combining with Kentridge for a time, along with squads from Wilson and Auburn will participate in the invitational. A game that will look
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Week six in the SPSL North: ROGERS 34, KENTWOOD 33
Kentwood gave up 162 yards on special teams and turned the ball over four times inside its own 30 in the loss to Rogers. At the end of the first quarter of the back and forth affair, Kentwood and Rogers were tied at 7-7, but then the Rams scored 14 in the second quarter to the Conquerors nine in the second. One of the special teams frustrations for Kentwood was a 96 yard punt return for a touchdown by Rogers. After Isaiah Williams put Kentwood on top late in the fourth quarter with a 12-yard
familiar to fans of a number of sports ranging from soccer to hockey to basketball has been played for more than a decade at Kentridge. It was important for Kentwood to split off again to form its own boys team because coaches from other schools in the South Puget Sound League which field teams — the sport is not officially sanctioned by the WIAA but is still popular in South King County — were
scoring run, Rogers answered with 43 seconds left in the fourth quarter to take the lead and the victory. Kyler Ooley hauled in a 21 yard pass from Grayson Madland to take the slim lead. Brandon Sytsma led the Conks running game with 105 yards on 26 carries with one touchdown Tim Angevine contributed touchdowns for Kentwood — Williams had a 26-yard pick six followed by a two-point conversion by Sytsma in addition to his rushing score. Meanwhile quarterback Brian Campbell went 10-for-18 with 149 with a pair of interceptions. Terrence Grady pulled in five catches for 62 yards. Brandyn Bangsund
concerned that if a multischool Kent team continued to play it would end up as an all-star type of team of players from throughout the district. Playing water polo is a bit tougher as a result. The teams are last in line for time at the pool with practices and games starting around 8 p.m., often on school nights. The sport is also more expensive yet Kentwood’s team continues to grow. McKee said eventually athletes from the other Kent high schools will want to play and it will be necessary to garner more support from the community and the district to allow those students to participate.
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There are currently 40 athletes between the girls and boys teams at Kentwood and Kentridge playing water polo — boys play in the fall, the girls season is in the spring. The game is played in four quarters which last seven minutes at the varsity level. There are six players plus a goal per side. Unlike soccer, basketball or hockey, there are no set positions. Each player is expected to play on offense and defense. Like hockey, if a player breaks a rule, fouls, then he can be pulled out and there is a situation similar to a power play also known as ‘man-up.’ This invitational, McKee said, is a critical part of
kicked a pair of field goals for Kentwood.
KENTLAKE 26, MOUNT RAINIER 20 Kentlake scored first on a 44-yard touchdown run by junior quarterback Tino Wells but had to hold off Mount Rainier in its first victory of the 2013 campaign. Mount Rainier answered with a touchdown of its own in the ensuing drive. Both teams missed the point after kick and it was 6-6 with 7 minutes, 23 seconds left in the first quarter. The Falcons defense held the Rams on the next series then put together a 76-yard scoring drive capped by a short rushing touchdown by senior running back Taylor Rodney to put Kentlake up 12-6 early in the
growth for the sport in the Kent schools. “By bringing publicity to it … we’ve increased both our team sizes, both schools, to a point where we believe that we’re just making it more legitimate,” McKee said. “The feeling is that we’re creating a strong case for consideration (for support from the district). It’s not going to happen overnight. We want to bring awareness and that there’s another high school sport. I’m going to fight for this for many years, I want to see the kids recognized because they’re loving it. As people see it, because we’re going to let the community come out and watch, we’re hoping they’ll support it.”
second quarter. With 6:30 left on the clock in the third, Daunston Kaunda stretched the lead for Kentlake with a touchdown, pushing it to 18-6. The Rams cut the lead to 18-13 early in the fourth quarter but the Falcons answered with a 29-yard touchdown run by Tyler Harris. D’Marye Dedrick, who was in at quarterback after Wells suffered an injury playing on defense in the first half, punched in the two point conversion to give Kentlake the 26-13 lead with 3:34 left in the game. Kentridge will play Kentlake at 7 p.m. Friday at French Field.
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Landsburg Mine cleanup discussed at Area Council meeting The Landsburg Mine cleanup project along with updates on the proposed Tahoma and Enumclaw school district land transfer, and upcoming model train show ere the main topics at the Greater Maple Valley Area Council monthly meeting Oct. 7. During public comment former Area Councilman Bill Beck spoke of the update to the King County Solid Waste Plan. Beck serves on the Solid Waste Advisory Committee. The County is looking at eight different scenarios for Transfer Stations. In all cases the Renton Transfer Station would be closed. Some options look at some a small facility, such as a
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LANDSBURG MINE CLEANUP PLAN Jerome Cruz of the Northwest Regional Office of the Toxics Cleanup Program announced that the State Department of Ecology is planning for the cleanup of the Landsburg Mine site in Ravensdale. A Public Meeting will be held from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24 at Tahoma Junior High School in Ravensdale. Public Comments will be taken between Oct. 11 and Nov. 11. Comments can be sent directly sending an email to jerome.cruz@ecy.wa.gov or by mail to 3190 160th Ave Southeast, Bellevue, WA
Community News and Notes KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOLS EARN AWARDS FOR READING AND MATH Outstanding improvement in student achievement over five years led to a special honor for two Kent School District elementary schools, Jenkins Creek and Martin Sortun. They received the 2013 School of Distinction Award from The Center for
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SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARY DISPUTE The Area Council submitted written comments and presented oral testimony to the Puget Sound Educational Service District in support of the Tahoma School District in its efforts to retain a piece of its territory in Black Diamond. The Enumclaw School District petitioned to shift its boundary north into TSD to capture potential future revenues. On Oct. 3 the PSESD Board voted unanimously in TSD’s favor and, thus,
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TRAIN SHOW From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 19 and 20 the Area Council will hold its 16th Annual Model Train Show at Gracie Hanson Community Center at 27132 SE Ravensdale Way in Ravensdale. The Train Show provides a wonderful opportunity for local train enthusiasts of all ages. All gauges of model trains are available for viewing. There are many different train layouts, both large and small, displayed throughout both floors of the facility. There is also a train that children can ride on. This is the largest operat-
Educational Effectiveness, the Association of Educational Service Districts, the Association of Washington School Principals, Washington Association of School Administrators, and Washington State School Directors’ Association. This is the second year in a row Jenkins Creek earned this award, and it’s the fourth time for Martin Sortun. This is the seventh annual School of Distinction award recognition in Washington State. Superintendent Edward Lee Vargas said, “Jenkins Creek and Martin Sortun are models of student achievement. I am proud that their commitment to the success of their students is being recognized.” The Schools of Distinction award is bestowed on schools that are performing at or above the state average in each grade level measured on the reading and math assessments. “These schools represent the top 5% of improvement of all schools in the state,” noted Greg Lobdell, CEE President. “They’ve demonstrated that significant improvement is occurring all across our diverse public schools.” Each regional Educational Service District throughout the state will be hosting an award ceremony to recognize the School of Distinction award winners within their districts.
ing-only model train show in King County. The show is designed to demonstrate that model trains are a viable and enjoyable hobby for people of all ages. Model trains encourage children especially to be more curious about the world around them and to learn more about math, physics, history, electricity, and art.
NEXT AREA COUNCIL MEETING The Area Council’s next monthly meeting will held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 4 at the fire station at the southeast corner of 231st street and state Route 169. Meetings are held the first non-holiday Monday of each month. A Public Comment period at
the beginning of each meeting provides citizens an opportunity to voice issues of concern to Area Council members and government officials in attendance.
The Area Council “works to keep the Rural Area rural” by serving as an all-volunteer, locally elected advisory body to King County on behalf of all rural unincorporated area residents living in the Tahoma School District. For more information on the Area Council visit www.greatermaplevalleyareacouncil.org.
STATE SENATOR JOE FAIN NAMED LEGISLATOR OF THE YEAR BY WASHINGTON MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING ASSOCIATION The Washington Multi-Family Housing Association chose state Senator Joe Fain (R-Auburn) as its Legislator of the Year for his outstanding leadership during the 2013 legislative session. Senator Fain was recognized on Sept. 26 at WMFHA’s annual Washington Apartment Outlook, an industry event which provides economic forecasts and highlights industry trends. The event gathered over 700 professionals from the multi-family housing industry. Senator Fain serves on the Senate Financial Institutions, Housing and Insurance committee where many of the issues affecting the industry receive testimony and are acted upon. He also serves as the Senate Floor Leader and part of the Senate Majority Caucus Coalition leadership team allowing him to make sure issues of interest to residents and owners are brought to the table and given thoughtful consideration. Senator Fain also worked to ensure tax on rental income, as well as other tax increases that would hurt families and small businesses were not considered in the 2013-15 budget.
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Elementary math competition in Kent this weekend
Disney on Ice in Kent Nov. 13-18 Disney On Ice presents Rockin’ Ever After, an all-star lineup of favorite Disney characters in a live production Nov. 13-18 at the ShoWare Center in Kent. The new spectacular features scenes from Disney Pixar’s “Brave,”“Tangled,”“The Little Mermaid” and “Beauty and the Beast.” Tickets go on sale Tuesday, Oct. 15. Ticket prices range from $20 to $72. For tickets, go to showarecenter.com. To learn more about Disney On Ice, go to www.disneyonice.com.
Students in the second through fifth grades can compete for free in the third annual National Trimathlon on Saturday, Oct. 19 at Kent Mathnasium, 10216 S.E. 256th St., Suite 104. Three events are available to enter. Pre-registration is required. Go to mathnasiumtrimathlon.com/register or call 253-639-6284. The competition is designed to generate excitement about math among area students and schools by testing mathematical thinking skills as well as the ability to compute. Number sense will be as important as computation speed in the events, so one doesn’t have to be a math whiz to compete.
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PUBLIC NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF BLACK DIAMOND King County, Washington NOTICE OF INVITATION TO BID The City of Black Diamond is accepting bids for the City’s “Official Newspaper” for the year 2014. The successful bidder will receive legal notices and notices to bid, as required by law, for publication. Bidders must meet the qualifications set forth in RCW 65.16.020, as well as have the ability to provide the City with an Affidavit of Publication within two weeks of the publication date. A qualified bid will consist of a Statement of Qualifications and Publication Rate per column inch. Qualified Sealed Bids should be delivered to the attention of City of Black Diamond, City Clerk, and clearly marked “Official Newspaper Bid” on the outside of the envelope, and addressed to PO Box 599, 24301 Roberts Drive, Black Diamond, WA 98010 Bids will be accepted until 11:00 a.m. on November 8, 2013 at which time the City Clerk will open the bids. All bidders will be notified of the results. Posted: October 17, 2013 Published: October 18, 2013 in Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter. #902983. CITY OF BLACK DIAMOND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PETITION FOR FORMATION OF BLACK DIAMOND COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2013-1 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Black Diamond City Council will be holding a public hearing on Thursday, November 7, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Black Diamond Council Chambers, 25510 Lawson Street, Black Diamond, WA. APPLICANT: BD Village Partners, LP and YarrowBay Development LLC, 10220 NE Points Drive Suite 310, Kirkland, WA 98033 ISSUE UNDER CONSIDERATION: The City of Black Diamond has received a petition from the applicant for the formation of Community Facility District No. 2013-1 (hereinafter the “District”) pursuant to Chapter 36.145 RCW. The petition proposes over $20 Million of assessments upon the property located within the boundaries of the proposed District, which consists of 377.8 acres. The purpose of the hearing is for the Black Diamond City Council to receive public comments and evidence in support of, or in opposition to, formation of the District. The City Council is required by law to take action approving or denying the petition within 30 days after the hearing. OBJECTIVE: The proposed District’s objective is to finance portions of eight specific improvements that provide special
benefits to property located within the District through the application of assessments. The applicant states in its petition that the net amount proposed to be assessed on each parcel within the District is proportional to the special benefit conferred on such parcel by the eight improvements. The applicant has proposed financing the following eight specific facilities: • SR-169/RobertsDrive/Black Diamond – Ravensdale Rd Interim Intersection - This improvement will reconfigure two intersections to increase their collective capacity to adequately operate through the completion of the District’s occupancies. Located within close proximity of each other, the two intersections are the connections of Roberts Drive to S.R. 169 and Black Diamond – Ravensdale Road to S.R. 169. Reconfiguration will change the existing Roberts Drive intersection from its current “Y” configuration to a “T” intersection. Ravensdale Road will be adjusted to align with the current Palmer Coking Coal Company access road/future Pipeline Road. Traffic signals will be installed at both intersections, replacing the current stop/yield signs. Additionally, a right turn drop lane will be added to southbound SR 169 at the Roberts Drive intersection. • Pipeline Road Water Main Extension – This main line extension is necessary to provide water services and to satisfy fire flow requirements for the District. The construction includes extension of approximately 8,700 feet of 850 pressure zone water main from SR 169 to the Auburn-Black Diamond Road/ Villages Ring Road intersection. A portion of the 8,700 feet of water main extension includes connecting to the existing water main within Bruckner’s Way. An additional 800 feet of main line extending east from the Auburn-Black Diamond Road/ Villages Ring Road intersection to the existing water main within Roberts Drive near Rock Creek is also included in this project. To provide adequate fire flow and redundancy, a new tap to the City of Tacoma water main and extension to The Villages project site is also included. Construction will include two pressure reducing valves for connections to existing 750 pressure zone water mains. • Pipeline Road (tie to interim Improvement) – This improvement will include approximately 7,300 feet of new roadway connecting the interim SR 169/ Ravensdale Road intersection improvements and Lake Sawyer Road SE. The new roadway is proposed to be a two lane minor arterial per the City of Black Diamond Road Standards. The road section includes 30 feet of paving with vertical curbs along with a 4-to-6-foot planter strip and 6-foot sidewalk on both sides of the road. Construction of this
project will include stormwater conveyance and management facilities. • Lake Sawyer / Pipeline Road Roundabout – The scope of this improvement includes a single lane roundabout at the intersection of the newly constructed Pipeline Road and Lake Sawyer Road SE. • Onsite Spine Road – The Onsite Spine Road is a street entirely within the District, intersecting Auburn - Black Diamond Road and traversing the District in a north-south orientation. The limits of construction extend south of the District boundary by approximately 500 feet, however further extensions of the road will eventually serve all Phases of the Villages MPD to the south when the MPD is entirely built out and occupied. The Onsite Spine Road through the District will consist of a single 10-foot lane in each direction with 5-foot bike lanes. Some locations within the Onsite Spine Road also include left turn lanes and planted median islands. An 8-foot wide multi-use, hard surface, cross community trail will be constructed along the section of the Onsite Spine Road. Utilities will also be installed as part of this improvement. • Onsite Ring Road – The Onsite Ring Road connects to Auburn – Black Diamond Road and travels in a circular arc as it traverses the District properties. This road provides additional traffic capacity within the internal road network and also provides an additional point of access to the District properties for fire and safety equipment. The Onsite Ring Road will consist of a single 10-foot lane in each direction with 5-foot bike lanes and intermittent 7-foot wide parking on both sides of the road. Utilities will also be installed as part of this improvement. • Stormwater Detention Pond – The Stormwater Detention Pond is designed to detain, treat and infiltrate stormwater runoff from large portions of the District as well as other parts of The Villages MPD. In addition, the pond serves as the ultimate overflow route for all stormwater runoff from the District that is not infiltrated or detained in other facilities within the District. The pond is located near the southern edge of the District in Lot 10. • Sanitary Sewer Lift Station – The Sanitary Sewer Lift Station is being constructed to service the District as well as other portions of The Villages MPD. The Lift Station is located north of the Stormwater Detention Pond within Lot 10. At a later date, a higher capacity sewer lift station sized to service all of The Villages MPD (including the District) may be constructed in a different location. In such case, this lift station will be retired. PURPOSE: The purpose for forming the District is to finance portions of the Improvements as they provide special benefits to
the property located within the District. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: See the below diagram showing each separate lot, tract, parcel of land, or other property in the District. The District boundary legal descriptions by metes and bounds is available for review in the Petition. Written comments may be submitted to the Clerk’s office located at 24301 Roberts Drive, Black Diamond, WA until 5:00 p.m. on November 7, 2013, or otherwise they must be submitted at the hearing. The applicant’s petition for formation of the District and all documents related to the petition and the hearing are available for inspection or purchase at City Hall, 24301 Roberts Drive, or on the City’s website at http://www.ci.blackdiamond.wa.us under “Public Notices”. Dated this 8th day of October, 2013 Brenda L. Martinez City Clerk Published in Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on October 11, 18, 25, 2013. #900063. Superior Court of Washington County of King In re the Estate of: Jane Michell Armstrong, Deceased. No. 13-4-09978-8KNT PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: The above Court has appointed me as Personal Representative of Decedent’s estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to me at the address below a copy of the claim. The claim must be presented by later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice as provided in RCW 11.40.020(1) (c), or (b) Four (4) months afer the date of first publication of this Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the Decedent’s probate assets and nonprobate assets. Date of first Publication: October 11, 2013 Personal Representative: John Melcher Jr. 1816 W. 6th St. Port Angeles, WA Published in Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on October 11, 2013, October 18, 2013 and October 25, 2013. #900211.
CITY OF COVINGTON NOTICES NOTICE OF COMMUNITY MEETING ON THE HAWK PROPERTY PLANNED ACTION ORDINANCE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2013 – 6:00 PM Pursuant to RCW 43.21C.440(3), the City of Covington will host a community meeting on the Hawk Property Subarea Planned Action Ordinance. The community meeting will be an open house format, held on Tuesday, October 29, 2013, starting at 6 p.m., in the Covington City Hall Council Chambers, 16720 SE 271ST Street, Covington. City staff and the project consultants will be available during the community meeting to give an overview of the Hawk Property Subarea Planned Action Ordinance and answer questions. Written or verbal testimony will be accepted for consideration during the Planning Commission Public Hearing on November 7, 2013 The Covington City Council is currently scheduled to hold their public hearing on the Hawk Property Subarea Planned Action Ordinance in early 2014; additional verbal and written testimony may be submitted at that meeting. For more information call Ann Mueller at 253-480-2444 or email at amueller@covingtonwa.gov. *** PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2013 – 6:30 PM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Covington Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing on Thursday, November 7, 2013 during the regular scheduled Planning Commission meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Covington City Hall Council Chambers, 16720 SE 271ST Street, Covington. The purpose of the public hearing is to receive comments from the public on the Hawk Property Preferred Subarea Plan & the Draft Planned Action Ordinance. For more information or to submit comments, contact Planning Commission Clerk Kelly Thompson at kthompson@covingtonwa. gov or 253-480-2400. WHAT IS THE HAWK PROPERTY SUBAREA PLAN & ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW? The Hawk property subarea is 210 acres located southeast of SR 18 on the northern border of the city. The subarea consists of the Lakeside gravel mine, an asphalt batch plant and a highway interchange. In 2013, the city initiated a study to develop the Hawk property subarea plan and an environmental impact statement which will guide future development in the subarea (from mineral related uses to an urban village with mixed-use commercial and residential uses) and provide for a streamlined environmental review of future development proposals through a SEPA Planned Action. Objectives of the planning effort include: • To plan for future development of the Hawk property in Covington’s Northern Gateway area by defining future land use options, • To protect environmentally sensitive areas while fostering economic development, and • To create a village for housing, regional commercial and related employment, and public parks, open space and trail facilities that are unique but secondary to Covington’s downtown. More information available at City Hall or on the city’s website: http://covingtonwa.gov/city_departments/communitydevelopment/ northern_gateway_study.html. Published in the Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on October 18, 2013. #902881.
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Baby boomers tried they could be healthiest generation ever BY TIMI GUSTAFSON, RD
Older Americans have a much better chance to enjoy many more years of good health and vitality than any generation before them due to better medical treatment and easier access to healthcare, according to a recent study, based on data collected by government health agencies over the last three decades. On average, seniors living today in the United States can expect about two more years of healthy living than their parents. Health problems that were debilitating just a short while ago, like vision problems or cardiovascular disease, can now be treated more successfully, said Dr. David Cutler, an economics professor at Harvard University and one of the authors of the study report. “There are a number of conditions, such as heart disease, that used to be very, very impairing. It used
to be that after a severe heart attack, people would essentially be bedridden, or they would wind up in nursing homes. We’re not seeing that anymore,” he added. While that is good news for retiring baby boomers, these findings are not universally applicable. A higher percentage of the boomer generation — about 36 percent — is obese compared to any other group in the U.S. The two generations directly above and below are about 25 percent. That puts boomers at an exceptionally high risk of suffering from diet and lifestyle related illnesses like diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and cancer, all of which may be treatable but still have diminishing effects on people’s quality of life. In other words, although boomers can greatly benefit from the enormous medical and pharmaceutical advances that have been
made over the last decades, their wellbeing still largely depends on how well they take care of themselves. Unfortunately, current trends are not pointing in the right direction. Studies show that younger boomers, those born in the 1960s, have a higher prevalence of obesity than those born one or two decades earlier. The overall increase in obesity rates throughout the boomer generation is steeper than any other before them. Considering the means and opportunities older Americans have today to meet their health needs, it is surprising that so many ended up less healthy than previously thought, said Dr. Dana King of the West Virginia University Department of Family Medicine and author of a study on the health prospects of the aging population. The reasons for these developments are multiple and they are well docu-
mented. Increased food consumption, poor diet choices and sedentary lifestyles are at the forefront, as they are in most other parts of the population suffering from weight problems and related ills. Likewise, the solutions would be similar. It would indeed be surprising if this generation that has always been known
for its high expectations couldn’t meet the challenges of healthy aging. There is certainly no shortage of advice for how to go about it, this blog included. Yes, boomers are lucky to be able to benefit from many opportunities that were not available before; but they can also learn from some old-fashioned wisdom that helped our
forbearers to get through life – sometimes better than we know how to today.
Timi Gustafson R.D. is a registered dietitian, newspaper columnist, blogger and author of the book “The Healthy Diner – How to Eat Right and Still Have Fun.” Visit her blog at www.timigustafson.com.
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Knowledge is the first step to a healthier you! Maintaining the best health possible should be a priority. Give yourself a wellness advantage by keeping informed on health issues that matter most to you and your family. Valley Medical Center is dedicated to improving the health of the community by offering seminars and events led by our expert physicians and healthcare specialists. Presentations cover a wide range of topics, so keep checking our line-up for the events of most interest and importance to you.
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Southcenter Babies R’Us / Toys R’Us 17501 Southcenter Parkway, Tukwila WA 98188 Health & Safety Fair for New & Expecting Parents Great giveaways and drawings Learn about valuable resources and health information from Valley’s Birth Center, Level III NICU, Midwives, OB/GYNs, Urgent Care, Children’s Therapy, and Pediatrics Free health screening for gestational diabetes
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HIP & KNEE REPLACEMENT Thursday, October 24, 6 – 7:30 PM Medical Arts Center Auditorium William Barrett, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon
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