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Teen celebrating six months of sobriety to speak at info night BY REBECCA GOURLEY Reporter
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he took her first drink at the age of 12. By her senior year in high school, the teen (whose name will not be used for privacy reasons) had tried nearly every drug out there. From the outside, she seemed like the average high school student – good grades, close friends, outgoing personality. She managed to keep her addiction mostly to herself by keep-
ing her grades up so her parents wouldn’t suspect anything was amiss. Today, April 17, marks six months of sobriety for the teen. She said she’s glad she got sober when she did. “I didn’t hit rock bottom, and I don’t think I ever want to see me hit rock bottom,” she said in an interview. She sought out help from school counselors, Monica Robbins and Shelly Veazey. Robbins, who has been a counselor for 21 years and the
Intervention-Prevention Program counselor for the Tahoma School District for six years, said in a phone interview the teen is not a typical case of drug and alcohol addiction. “She’s very high-functioning,” Robbins said. “She was able to maintain a very high GPA.” But, after two years of ongoing communication with the teen, Robbins said she was concerned enough to call the teen’s parents. Students can expect a great deal of confidentiality when they talk to school counselors, Robbins
said. But, if the student starts inflicting self harm or are being hurt by someone else, then parents or authorities are brought into the picture. With the 17-year-old senior Robbins has been working with, it was different. Robbins said it was just time. She first told the teen of her plan to tell her parents, and then made the call. “She understood,” Robbins said. Three days after Robbins called the teen’s parents, she checked in to Sundown M Ranch, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center
Covington announces plans to raise a banner
Tahoma releases data behind closure decision
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Nora Langdon, 8, reacts to a magic trick done by Xakary The Magician at the Maple Valley Library April 10. Xakary lives in Kenmore and has been performing magic since he was in High School. REBECCA GOURLEY, The Reporter
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Russell Ridge Center is classified as an Alternative Learning Experience school and thus must meet certain standards set by the state and district, just as any school in the district. The closure analysis states the school is not preparing students to graduate and is not meeting those state and district standards. However, parents of Russell Ridge students disagree. Larry Baldwin, who has two daughters that currently attend the school, planned to speak at the Tuesday, April 14, school board meeting. The meeting took place after the press deadline. In a statement made to the Reporter April 10, Baldwin
During the 2013 legislative session, lawmakers approved legislation (ESSB 5946) intended to stimulate more accountability and transparency in ALE programs all across the state. The bill, which is now law, directs the State Auditor’s Office to conduct biennial financial audits and measures of student outcomes for ALE programs, for which the district has to pay for. The Auditor’s Office is currently working on a performance audit of ALE programs. The office will publish its first in a series of audit reports later this year. The second report is scheduled for late 2016 and the final report will come out in [ more CLOSURE page 6 ]
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After making the decision to close Russell Ridge Center and notifying parents March 13, Tahoma School District released an analysis of the school March 31, which outlines its reasons for the permanent closure.
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During the March 24 Covington City Council meeting, the City Manager Regan Bolli announced the city will be putting up a new banner sign. The preferred location for the banner is near the Applebee’s on SE 272nd Street. Regan Bolli Poles for the banner will be placed on either side of the street and the banners will hang above the road “(The) hope is to have them in time for Covington Days,” he said. “But no promises yet on when they will arrive.” The ideal use will be to hang banners announcing festivals, recreation activities and other city functions, Bolli said in an email.
in Selah, Wash. After spending nearly two months at the center, she came back to Maple Valley. She said she thought about telling people she was doing college visits for two months. Instead, she decided the easiest part about coming back was admitting where she went. “It’s part of me,” she said. “It’s going to be part of me for the rest of my life. And I just need to own up to it.” She said she now wants to help people with chemical dependency [ more TEEN page 15 ]
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Life with kidney disease tough, but possible By Debbie Graves For The Reporter
I first experienced kidney failure when I was 19. I had surgery and some microscopic bleeding went unnoticed, which then led to liver failure, kidney failure and chronic anemia. Once the surgery was reversed and the bleeding was under control, I made a full recovery. Then, when I was 30, newly married to my husband, Rick, and living in California, I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Stage 4. I underwent chemo treatment that put my cancer in remission. However, I was warned that my treatment had probably severely damaged my kidneys and that they would most likely fail. Nine years later, they did. More commonly, people get chronic kidney disease as a complication of diabetes or high blood pressure. Inherited conditions can lead to it, too. Unfortunately, I didn’t
have a good doctor and because my husband had lost his job we didn’t have insurance. Meanwhile, my kidneys were failing and I was getting sicker and sicker as I waited for Medicare to kick in so I could get medical care. I tried to educate myself about kidney disease by reading about it and the more I read, the more scared I got.
On the verge of dying
When I finally went to the doctor, he said, “What have you done? You’re on the verge of dying.” He put me in the hospital right then. That was the beginning of my life on dialysis. I was scared to death. Luckily, the crew at that dialysis unit was wonderful. My husband had gotten a job in Washington and I stayed in California with my sister because we were remodeling two houses to sell. I knew eventually I’d move to Washington so I started researching dialysis providers. I found that Northwest
before I forget them. That means all last week I did not write my daily blog or my newspaper column. Leaving my laptop behind was not an agonizing issue for me. Although I’m attached to it in general, being the lifeline to my writing career, I didn’t miss it. That may have been because I was too busy to notice, but was also nice not to have the task of coming up with something witty to write every day. However, when I got home, the gravity of what I may have missed kind of descended upon me. I have to say, I had bit of a panic attack just thinking of what awaited me. It wasn’t even a matter of “missing” some aspect of life, it was more of the thought that I would have a lot to take care of that felt overwhelming. Although we got home by noon on Saturday, I was reluctant to face my demons, so I didn’t. I spent the rest of that day unpacking and playing Words with Friends on my cell phone. Sunday dawned and I decided I couldn’t put it off any longer. I opened my personal emails first. It wasn’t too bad; Gretchen Leigh
I just got home on Saturday from California. My husband, youngest daughter and I went down there for spring break to visit a college she is interested in. Since we were there, we also went to Disneyland and Universal Studios. It was a successful trip as trips go; also seeing as how the whole idea of the trip was to look at a college in another state. I’m not super excited by the thought of my baby moving away, but I understand kids grow up and must go where the wind takes them. She has another year of high school, so if that’s where she ends up, I have a year to get used to the notion. All that being said, it’s not the part of our vacation I want to write about. The most standout part for me was that I didn’t take my computer. Sure, I had my cell phone, but I had no computer; so no convenient way to write. Paper and pen come to mind, but I haven’t used those primitive methods of writing since high school, nor did I have paper with me. I’m not even sure I could write fast enough by hand to get out all the thoughts that come to me
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Unplug from work on vacation there were only around five that had anything of importance in them; the rest were junk and I deleted them. Then I tackled my business email – nothing; meaning no one was jumping on the bandwagon to publish my book. Sigh. Next up, phone messages, blinking away on my answering machine like an annoying child calling my name (“Mom, mom, mom”). We are one of those families who like people to leave messages on our land line when we’re away and not track us down like dirty dogs by calling our cell phones. Not too bad. Five messages, only one junk (political, I think, same thing), an appointment reminder, the ones that needed a response were businesses, so I had to wait until Monday morning to deal with them anyway. All in all it really wasn’t worth the energy I spent fretting over what I may have missed. I have to admit, it kind of deflated me thinking no one needed my attention as much as I thought they would. It’s a lesson on the importance we place on our electronic devices; life goes on whether we check email or not. I guess I wasn’t missing anything after all.
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Lake Wilderness Park to host Envirothon April 30 The 2015 Washington NW Regional competition of the annual Washington State Envirothon is hosted by the King Conservation District, Lake Wilderness Arboretum and the city of Maple Valley, and takes place Thursday, April 30 at Lake Wilderness Park. Arboretum volunteers will set up stations at the lodge and the arboretum. The Envirothon is a natural resource-based competition where high school students throughout the United States and Canada demonstrate their hands-on knowledge and problem-solving skills of aquatic ecology, forestry, soils and land use, and wildlife. Winning regional teams move on to the state event May 27 and 28, where the winning team will represent Washington at the national NCF Envirothon in Missouri starting July 27. “Through this competition, students are motivated to learn about real-world problems and solutions,” said Kristen Reichardt, Education Program Coordinator for the King Conservation District. “Today’s Envirothon participants will become tomorrow’s leaders in stewarding Washington State’s natural resources.” In addition, free educational tours of the arboretum led by trained volunteers called docents start Saturday, April 18. Free to the public, docent tours leave from the gazebo at 10 a.m. on the third Saturday of each month through October. Plan special group tours by emailing tours@lakewildernessarboretum.org.
Lake Sawyer Park clean up on Earth Day The city of Black Diamond and Lake Sawyer Park Foundation are teaming up April 25 – Earth Day – to clean up Lake Sawyer Park. Volunteers are needed to help with the clean up projects, which include clearing and removing
with the center’s supervision for a year. But since I didn’t know anybody here I thought, well, I will go back to the dialysis center to meet people and get a chance to visit. I was there when Northwest Kidney Centers opened dialysis centers both in Auburn and Enumclaw. The nurses and techs could not be better. I really like it – and the Enumclaw clinic is probably the only dialysis center in the country where they saw a calf being born (across the street)! It’s a good thing to be surrounded by friendly people since dialysis takes a half-day three times a week.
Making an effort to stay positive
I try to stay positive. I’m Enumclaw resident Debbie Graves took part in the grand opening of the currently recovering from Northwest Kidney Centers facility in Enumclaw. another gastric bleed and am Submitted photo. doing very well getting my strength back. My husband Kidney Centers is one of hit it off. has Lou Gehrig’s disease She saved my life and got (ALS) and has been given six the best in the country. I picked the Renton loca- me back to being healthy months to live. Emotionally tion, nearest to where I and taught me how to take it’s a roller coaster, but we’re lived, and found Dr. Teresa care of myself. She taught me surviving. My daughter and Rattazzi. At the time her how to eat a kidney-healthy her daughters, ages 13 and 8, husband had to quit his diet, especially to avoid salt live with us. practice because he had in preserved and processed When I had the cancer, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. foods. my daughter was only 5. I I did self-dialysis at home thought, I have to make it. We shared information and
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I can’t not make it, that’s all there is to it. I made up my mind I was going to, and now the family is the major motivator. I tell new dialysis patients that if they have no family support, to join a support group that can encourage them to go on. You can have an active life with a chronic health problem. I used to go tubing down the river after dialysis every time. You have to keep pushing yourself forward. The thing that’s kept me going all these years is positive thinking.
Understanding the disease
Understanding kidney disease is a way for everyone to keep their kidneys as healthy as possible. Here are some tips: • Know if you’re at higher risk. Your risk is greater if you have diabetes or high blood pressure, are related to someone with kidney disease, are African American, Native American, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, are obese, or over age 60. • If you are at risk, get tested. Your doctor can check easily and inexpensively. It takes a blood sample, urine sample and blood .
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Why have so many young men and women from the West flocked to join ISIS? What is the attraction of such a violent and brutal regime in Syria and Iraq? Since I will be teaching a continuing education class in May at Green River College on “Cults in America,” I’ve been reading up on the topic of mass movements. The best book I’ve found on the topic is Eric Hoffer’s “The True Believer,” written in 1942. Hoffer, having analyzed the rise of Hitler, Mussolini and the Japanese, had deep insights into human nature that help explain the modern day phenomena we see in the Middle East today, and in Europe and America. The common links are: deep frustration, a sense of meaninglessness, the desire for change and a tunnel vision focus on the future. Muslim youths, especially if unemployed, suffer from frustration with themselves. Joining a mass movement like ISIS appeals to them. It gives meaning to their existence. Hoffer summarized it this way: “The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause.” Hoffer also states, “Faith in a holy cause is in some ways a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves.” Hoffer continues: “For men to plunge headlong into an undertaking of vast change, they must be intensely discontented yet not destitute, and they must have the feeling that by the possession of some potent doctrine, infallible leader or some new technique they have access to a source of irresistible power. They must also have an extravagant conception of the prospects and potentialities of the future. Finally, they must be wholly ignorant of the difficulties involved in In Focus
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Fuel that adventurous boy spirit Hello my name is Brett Easter. I am 14 and take flying lessons at Crest Airpark in Covington. I have a deep passion for aircraft. My father is a pilot and my great-grandfather had an unfortunate incident during WW II when he was shot down in a US Navy aircraft. Regardless, there is an undoubted connection between aviation and my family. I am not sure if you are familiar with Kern and Rinker Buck,.They were the youngest pilots to fly coast to coast. These brothers are my role models and I try and live the adventurous lives they were fortunate enough to live. They too had a pilot for a father, and had the teenage instinct to find adventure and pursue it. Although I have to be 17 to earn my private pilots license, I can legally fly an ultralight under
their vast undertaking.” Hoffer’s insights into human nature and mass movements clearly summarize the thoughts and feelings of thousands of idealistic and naïve young Muslim youth who journey to Syria and Iraq to fight for ISIS. These youth also desire change since their own situations in Western Europe and America give them a sense of helplessness. “The men who rush into undertakings of vast change usually feel they are in possession of some irresistible power.” Power and control are what these youth are craving. “They (these youth) also crave to dissolve their spoiled, meaningless selves in some soul-stirring spectacular communal undertaking – hence their proclivity for united action.” Joining ISIS after watching its phenomenal rise last year must have inspired many youths to travel to the Middle East to start a new life with a new mission. True believers also ignore the past and the present and look solely to the future. Any suffer-
ing they may feel in the present is swept away by their hope of the bliss to come. The present can be wrecked if necessary, because the future is all that matters. These attitudes aptly describe the young who join ISIS. The bloody, gruesome murders of captives only more clearly demonstrate to these impressionable youth the clear, single-mindedness of ISIS’ goals and the rightness of the cause. Human nature has not changed much since the insanity of World War II that Hoffer observed 73 years ago. Youth are driven to end the sense of meaninglessness and frustration in their lives. By joining a mass movement like ISIS, their individuality, doubts and failures can be absorbed by a cause that is larger than they are. True believers can become the anonymous members of a great cause – the restoration of Islam to its rightful place in history. Their identities can be absorbed in the change they seek to bring about. Thinking only about the future, death and destruction do not matter to them. All that matters is the future bliss to come.
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Federal Aviation Regulation 103. I hope to take advantage of this regulation and purchase myself an ultralight. These wonderful machines are not expensive to the average American adult, they are to a 14-year-old boy. One of my goals on this journey was to facilitate and execute this project on my own. I hope you can join me on my project of self recognition and adventure. After all, boyhood doesn’t last forever. I currently have a GoFundMe website setup for my campaign (https://www.gofundme.com/ brettsultralight). The photograph is a ultralight currently for sale in Seattle. This is the ultralight I hope to purchase. Please spread my word as this may be a historic event to some degree. Most youth don’t commit to a campaign like this. I thank you dearly for your support and the support you may bring upon me.
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The Bonney Lake community is reeling from a tragedy Monday when a concrete wall fell from the state Route 410 overpass onto the road below, crushing a truck and the family inside. Josh and Vanessa Ellis, with their 8-month old son Hudson, were driving north on Angeline Road when the concrete wall, which was as long as the road is wide, fell onto their vehicle around 10:15 that morning. Josh and Vanessa Ellis were youth pastors at the Eastpointe Foursquare Church, which currently operates out of Cascade Christian Schools in Sumner. “To see such promising lives cut short - a father, mother, and young son - lives serving and loving the youth of our community gives us deep sorrow,” Bonney Lake Mayor Neil Johnson said in a press release Tuesday. “We trust God that they are in a better place.” The construction project
underway on SR 410 is to widen the overpass and install a sidewalk for pedestrians and bicyclists to cross the overpass safely, according to Bonney Lake City Clerk Woody Edvalson. Edvalson said the city is not aware of why the concrete wall fell, and said the city will learn more after the police finish their investigation. Edvalson also said police interviewed workers on the scene. According to Edvalson, there was no anticipated danger to motorists on Angeline road, which is why the road remained open during construction. “They did have flaggers on site. They anticipated that later in the day, the work they would be doing then to remove the barrier would require some temporary alternating lane closures on Angeline,” Edvalson said. “So they had flaggers on site, but they weren’t active because it wasn’t anticipated by the contractor that the work they were doing would result
stated the subject concealed the items in a purse from the store and in their own bag. The subject was arrested and charged with third degree theft. A friend with the subject was also arrested for an outstanding warrant and booked into SCORE.
on April 9 for reports of a subject contacting juveniles during online gaming sessions and developing relationships with the young males. The report stated after gaming sessions they would later meet and hang out at the library.
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said the two passengers were each in their 20s but it has not released their sexes or hometowns. The driver of the Ford, who investigators believe took his eyes off the road to look down at his phone, had no reported injury. The Sheriff’s Office major accident response and reconstruction detectives are investigating. No arrest has been made at this time. “We at the Sheriff’s Office
urge drivers to minimize distractions while driving, as this sad incident reminds us of the potential cost,” the Sheriff’s Office stated in its media release. “No text message, phone call or social media update is worth the damage done by taking your eyes off the road.” The Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority, King County Medic One and the Renton Fire Department also responded to the accident.
• Around 5:30 p.m. on April 8 officers responded to the report that a 7 year old hit a 12 year old with a stick at an apartment complex’s playground.
parts because they were broke and hungry, according to the police report. They claimed it was not to be used for heroin. They were released from the scene and the plumbing parts were returned. • On April 9 around 8 p.m. officers responded to Kohl’s where the subject was being detained by the loss prevention for exiting the store without paying. The report
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[6] April 17, 2015 [ CLOSURE from page 1] late 2018, according to office’s website. In the school board’s viability update, which was revised in May 2013, it states Russell Ridge has not been operating on a cost-neutral basis “recently.” This, according to the report, is due to enrollment decreases, apportionment per student from the state
has decreased and requirements for tracking and monitoring students has increased. Since then, the apportionment per student has gone back up, said Kevin Patterson, spokesperson for the district.
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dents, not the total number of students enrolled. Patterson said the district receives the same amount of money per full-time equivalent student for Russell Ridge students as students in the traditional neighborhood schools. There’s also no difference in revenue received for Russell Ridge students that live within the Tahoma School District and those that do
not. According to the closure analysis released by the district, the amount of revenue received from the state for the 2013-14 school year was about $317,000. Subtracting expenses outlined in that report, the end result was a negative $6,000, approximately. According to a Jan. 28 report from the Office of Superintendent of Public
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Tahoma High School’s head custodian, Rick Bergum, is a finalist for a nationwide Janitor of the Year contest. Sponsored by Cintas Corporation, the contest aims to recognize the best-ofthe-best. Bergum is one of 10 finalists competing for a $2,500 cash prize along with $2,500 in Cintas products and services for his or her school. Bergum has worked for Tahoma 16 years and takes great pride in doing his part for students by ensuring that the building is clean, warm and safe. “The job is challenging but enjoyable,” he said. “Every day has unique situations that must be assessed and solved. There’s always something new to learn.” Bergum was nominated for the contest by a former student. “I have a good rapport with teachers and administrators and try to care for requests they have within just a few days if possible,” Bergum said.
“I enjoy working with the staff and helping them when needed as well as working with the students when the need arises.” The online contest will run until May 1, with the top vote-getter being honored as Janitor of the Year. Last year’s winner, from Nevada, attracted more than 30,000 votes. To cast your vote and to read more about the other nine finalists, go here: http://www. cintas.com/customer_applications/ JanitorOfTheYear2015/. Bergum said he works on everything from plumbing and electrical systems to checking motors, changing filters and replacing lights, in addition to a wide array of other issues. “I work with our crew of seven at different times during the day and interact with each of them personally one day a week to provide one-on-one training and help so that we are all a better crew,” he said. “I love work-
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NEW SCHOOL MENU APP The Kent School District has released a new mobile app to allow parents and students to access daily menus from their smart phones and tablets. The My School Menus™ app is available for iOS and Android devices. It is designed to provide detailed nutrition information about the foods served in the school meal programs. The menus can also be filtered for allergens to see what menu choices are available for students and staff with food intolerances or allergies. The same information in the app is also available on the district’s website or visit www. MySchoolMenus.com and select the Kent School District from the list of state school districts. The app can be used as an alternative to printing the school menus.
A total of 401 schools earned Washington Achievement Awards for 2014. Award-winning schools were notified last week via email by State Superintendent Randy Dorn and State Board of Education Chair Isabel MuñozColón. Schools in Covington, Maple Valley and Black Diamond received awards – Covington Elementary, Martin Sortun Elementary,
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Mattson Middle School, Sawyer Woods Elementary, and Tahoma High School. The Washington Achievement Award recipients are the highest performing schools in the state based on three years of academic information as reported in the Washington Achievement Index. The index was approved for use in 2014 by the State Board of Education. “Honoring success-
Custodian Rick Bergum from Tahoma School District. Courtesy photo ing with the Tahoma School District and am proud to be part of a district whose achievements in academics and student success have reached national status.”
ful schools is one of the most important things we do,” Dorn said. “We know schools are doing great work and are getting better at serving all students every day. We may not be where we want to be, but we are making progress. These awards celebrate both achievement and growth.” Schools are recognized in six categories: • Overall excellence • High progress • Reading growth • Math growth • Extended graduation rate • English language acquisition “The achievement awards
are an opportunity to acknowledge the school communities who have made the greatest difference in the lives of Washington students,” Muñoz-Colón said. “The state board hopes to use this opportunity to share schools’ results and their stories so that we can replicate their great work in other areas of the state.” The schools will be honored during an award ceremony on April 28 at Spanaway Lake High School in Bethel School District. This is the sixth year of the Washington Achievement Awards.
Kent School District names teacher of the year Stephanie Bolinger, a math intervention specialist and response to intervention (RTI) coordinator, at Martin Sortun Elementary School has been selected as Kent School District’s 2015 Teacher of the Year. Interim Superintendent Tony Apostle and other district leaders made a surprise visit to Martin Sortun before classes began last Tuesday morning to announce the honor. Bolinger has worked at the school for the past 14 years, first as a third grade teacher, then teaching grades six and four, and English language learners before becoming the school’s math intervention specialist in 2009. In 2012, she added the role of response to intervention coordinator to her duties, coordinating instructional interventions for students who are struggling for various reasons in reading, writing, or math. “Stephanie provides visionary leadership and serves as an inspiration to her colleagues,” said Principal Gregory Kroll. [ more TEACHER page 12 ]
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It’s OK to be slow, just remember to move On the door of the Fleet Feet running store in Bonney Lake hangs a sign that says, “Don’t worry about being slow, only worry about standing still.” This quote is adapted from a Chinese Proverb and could be interpreted in a few different ways. On one level, it speaks to not getting stuck, that any movement is better than no movement and that we Stephanie Norton-Bredl need to make things happen in our lives rather than let life happen to us. The more literal interpretation of this quote is about physically moving and it aligns with the purpose of this article, to encourage you to adopt the habit of regular physical activity. The American Heart Association recommends adults receive 150 minutes per week of moderate physical activity or 75 minutes per week of vigorous physical activity. Moderate physical activity could be compared to what it feels like to take a brisk walk. You can slice and dice the time as you choose to best fit your schedule. Thirty minutes a day, five times a week, is one way to meet the recom-
mended goal. For this month, we invite you to make two commitments for yourself: Achieve 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week for the next four weeks. Consider taking a walk, hiking Mount Peak or riding a bike. Be creative in finding ways to meet this goal; pulling Bruce deJong the kids in a wagon around the neighborhood, walking behind a lawn mower as you cut the lawn or even gardening all contribute toward achieving weekly physical activity. Participate in a new activity each week for the next four weeks. Changing up the activities each week is a great way to have fun while exercising, meet new friends and work different muscles. Try walking, hiking or biking a different trail each week. You can find interesting paths, trails and routes at www.alltrails.com. Also, consider trying a new group exercise class at a local gym. The classes may include indoor cycling, yoga, strength and conditioning, Zumba, Barre, Pilates, step aerobics and water aero-
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JUNIOR THUNDERBIRDS EARN BRONZE MEDAL Maple Valley resident and Tahoma High School student, Hunter Jenkins, and the Junior Thunderbirds earned bronze medal at the USA Hockey National Championship March 26-30 in Salt Lake City. The T-Birds faced teams from Vermont, Texas, Georgia, Utah and Missouri. “Their achievement is definitely the result of talent, hard work and team spirit -- and we couldn’t be more proud of them,” Sno-King Hockey Director Doug Kirton said.
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The season is nearing the halfway mark and the Tahoma Bears softball team is sitting in the top spot of the South Puget Sound League 4A North division. The Bears are undefeated with a 7-0 league record and a 9-0 overall record. Tahoma faced the nowsecond place Todd Beamer Titans Wednesday in a match up of the undefeated teams. And the Bears won the battle. Tahoma won 4-3. The Bears had 10 hits during the win and a team high three hits came off the bat of Emily Bishop. Carley Nance not only helped the Bears on the mound but she also had three runs batted in (RBI). The next game for the Bears was scheduled for Tuesday against Kentlake. Due to the weather, the game was postponed with a new date and time still to be determined.
Tahoma was scheduled to face the Kentridge Chargers at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Kent Service Club Ballfields. The game was scheduled after the press deadline and it is unknown if it would have been played depending on weather conditions. If the game was played, scores and updates can be found online at maplevalleyreporter.com. The next home game scheduled for the Bears is at 4 p.m. Monday, April 20 when it hosts the Thomas Jefferson Raiders.
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Group plants, create garden pockets Marianne Binetti will be making the following appearances: • 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 21 at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma. The topic is “The Unthirsty Garden,” how to lower your water bills and still have a lovely landscape. For more information visit FriendlyTacomaYards.org or call 253-798-4708. • noon April 22 at Windmill Gardens in Sumner. “The Renovated Garden” is a tea thyme talk. Register at www.windmillgarden.com. Fee is $5. • 1 p.m. April 25 at The Barn Nursery in Olympia. Topic is “Pocket Gardening – in pots and in the Landscape.” Visit www.thebarnnurseryolympia.com for more information. The third week in April is a good time to weed, feed and add plants
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to your perennial or shrub borders. Every weed you pull in April can mean thousands fewer weed seeds to deal with during the summer. Once you have your beds weed-free and ready to plant, consider grouping plants together to create theme or pocket gardens.
Placing Pocket Gardens in the Landscape
Just as a pocket is added to a small area on an item of cloth-
ing, pocket gardens are compact compositions of plants grouped in areas like near the front door (the “welcome” pocket garden) along a perimeter fence (the border pocket garden) or under the shade of a large tree (a pocket garden for woodland or shadeloving plants.) You can also add a pocket of color to your landscape by choosing a theme, such as an all-white garden in the shade, a garden of heritage vegetables in a sunny bed or a miniature fairy garden that fits in a small sliver of space – like on top of a stump.
Choosing Plants for a Pocket Garden
Once you decide on a theme – let’s say a fragrance garden near the patio – jump start your pocket planting ideas by picking
Spring pests come to life the pest properly identified; 2) Determine the appropriate treatment by asking nurseries and reading pesticide labels; and 3) Apply the recommended treatment at the proper time and at the recommended rate. If these rules are not followed, the treatment will be
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a striking pocket garden in the shade. Hostas, ferns and astilbe are perennials for the shade and white blooming annual flowers like begonias, lobelias and impatiens will add to a shaded pocket planting that will light up those dark areas of the landscape. The evergreen foliage plant called Japanese Aralia or Fastia japonica has large, pointed, tropical-looking leaves. This Japanese shrub will survive even in dry, dark shade. Use the shiny green foliage as your backdrop to display colorful coleus in pots and add golden lamium as a groundcover plant. Call this your pocket garden with jungle fever. Sedum Pocket Garden: sedums and succulents are plants that store water in their plump leaves and they add texture and color to areas with good drainage and lots of sun. By grouping a collection of sedums in a dry area of the landscape you’ll have a pocket of happy plants without
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[ PESTS from page 13] landscape will eliminate guesswork and will be the best chance for a proper diagnosis. The following are signs of some of the more common insects and diseases that will be visible. Please note - most of these pests do not kill their hosts. Insect Damage Colorado blue spruce: old dead brown tops. Pest: white pine weevil larvae have been feeding on the top leader in the past. Other branches may have turned up to form new tops. New growth that is under attack will soon begin to wilt. Treatment: if reachable, cut out the drooping top below where the larvae are feeding and destroy them. Sprays are not practical. Various spruce species: severe loss of interior needles and sections where branches have died. Pest: most likely the spruce aphid – a tiny green insect that does its damage in late winter. Treatment: tap the foliage to dislodge insects onto an index card. If very tiny green spots begin to slowly move, you’ve got them! Hose small spruce trees with high-pressure water or spray larger trees with insecticides. Note: any fast-moving insects are likely beneficial predators. Flowering plums and cherries: curled or wrinkled leaves. Pest: most likely aphids visible as tiny, light-colored insects when the infected leaves are uncurled. Treatment: they can be sprayed but generally are not worth worrying about. Alpine or subalpine fir trees: ugly, deformed branches often curled like a bird’s claw. Pest: balsam woolly adelgid – a devastating insect pest of Fraser, alpine and sub-alpine fir trees.
Visible when new growth begins as tiny white cottony tufts on the undersides of branches or on the trunk. Treatment: difficult to control, but can be sprayed for as the new growth expands and the tiny crawlers begin to hatch. Badly deformed trees should be removed. Disease Problems Flowering cherries: infected blossoms will die and persist on the branches; small cankers may produce gumming and kill small branches that will be visible this summer. Pest: most likely brown rot, a common fungus on cherries. Treatment: can be ignored or fungicides can be applied beginning when blossoms begin to open, at full bloom and during petal fall. Very difficult to control. Flowering plums and cherries: leaves with several small holes, sometimes The premature heavy loss of leaves. Pest: Evergreen Coryneum blight or “shothole” fungus. Treatments: rake and destroy leaves. Arborist Fungicides can be applied at leaf fall in late summer and in the spring when flower petals have fallen and the leaves begin to Dennis Tompkins emerge. Columnist Dogwoods: new leaves wrinkle up and have brown splotches; can have premature heavy loss of leaves. Pest: most likely dogwood anthractnose – a very common fungus that infects many native and nonnative dogwoods. Treatment: rake and destroy fallen leaves. Fungicides can be applied at bud break and continued at 10- to 14-day intervals until weather dries out. Resistant varieties are available at nurseries. Japanese and lace-leaf maples: suddenly wilted foliage that hangs on the branches; may start with a single branch dying and spreading to others. Pest: possibly verticillium wilt – a soil-
PUBLIC NOTICES Notice of Public Hearing Title VII Indian Education Program Place: Enumclaw School District Administration Building 2929 McDougall Avenue Enumclaw, Washington Date: Thursday, May 7, 2015 Time: 6:30 p.m. Enumclaw School District will hold a public hearing for the purpose of gathering input and approving the Title VII Indian Education Program Grant for the 2015-2016 school year. For more information contact Terry Parker,
Title VII Grant Manager, at (360) 802-7124. Published in Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on April 17, 2015. #1296407. SCHNEIDER HOMES, PAT SHEA, 6510 Southcenter Blvd Tukwila WA 98188, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The Proposed project, WYNCRES II is located at S 300th & 64th Ave S in Auburn in King County.This
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project involves 10.85 acres of soil disturbance for Residential, utilities construction activities. The receiving water is Mill Creek Outfall. Any persons desiring to present their views to the Washington State Department of Ecology regarding this application, or interested in Ecology’s action on this application, may notify Ecology in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether discharges from this project would cause a measur-
able change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the projet is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II antidegradation requirements under WAC 173-201A-320. Comments can be submitted to: Department of Ecology Attn: Water Quality Program, Construction Stormwater P.O. Box 47696, Olympia WA 98504-7696 Published in Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on April 10, 17, 2015.#1297127.
District and sewer service will be provided by Soos Creek Water and Sewer District. Emergency services will be provided by the City of Covington and the Kent Fire Department, Regional Fire Authority. A major tree clearing permit will be reviewed concurrently with the development application. The site contains critical areas. Comp Plan/Zoning Designation: Density Residential, R-4
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Consistency with Applicable City Plans and Regulations: This proposal will be reviewed for compliance with all applicable City of Covington ordinances; including Title 18-Zoning, Title 12-Design and Construction Standards, Title 14-SEPA Environmental Review, Title 13-Surface Water regulations, and applicable design requirements. Other known permits not included in this Application: Engineering Phase Review, Clearing and Grading Permit, Single Family Residential Building Permits (compliance with the International Building, Fire, Mechanical and Plumbing Codes); Certificates of Water and Sewer Availability; applicable Right-of-Way Permits from the City; issuance of other permits required by separate jurisdictions (i.e. Qwest, Puget Sound Energy, etc.); and any other permits as deemed necessary.
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Project Location: The subject property is located at 20714 SE 260th St (Parcel No 2922069134), and is situated in the NE Quarter of Section 29, Township 22N and Range 6E in the City of Covington, King County, WA. Project Description: The developer is proposing to subdivide 3.53 acres into 14 single family residential lots. Main access to the property will be via the Maple Hills Development to the north. Emergency fire access will be provided via a controlled access gate at SE 260th St. Transportation Concurrency was granted pursuant to the Settlement Agreement and Settlement Agreement RE: Traffic Concurrency signed December 14, 2010 and amended January 14, 2015. Water service will be provided by Covington Water
This is a Type 3 Application in accordance with CMC 14.30.040 whereby a Public Hearing before the City of Covington’s Hearing Examiner is required. Notification of the public hearing will occur at least 14 days prior to the scheduled hearing. The Hearing Examiner will issue the final decision that is appealable to King County Superior Court. The Community Development Director is the SEPA Official for the project. To make written comments, please mail, email, or handdeliver specific comments to City Hall, Community Development Department, 16720 SE 271st Street, Covington, WA 98042, no later than May 1, 2015. Please contact Permit Services at 253-480-2400, or via email at permitservices@covingtonwa.gov should you have any questions or comments pertaining to this proposal. Published in the Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on April 17, 2015. #1299628.
borne fungus that affects roots and spreads upward throughout a tree. Infected trees may be killed outright or may tolerate the fungus for several years. Treatment: prune out and destroy infected branches. No controls are recommended. This is a highly contagious disease of maples and several other hosts. Dig out as many of the roots as possible if removing a diseased tree that has become unsightly. Personally, I am not anti-pesticide. But I choose to live with most of the pests unless they threaten the health of a plant or cause it to become an eyesore. Dennis Tompkins is an ISA Certified Arborist, ISA Qualified Tree Risk Assessor and Master Gardener from the Bonney Lake-Sumner area. He provides pest diagnosis, hazardous tree evaluations, tree appraisals, small tree pruning, and other services for homeowners and businesses. Contact him by email at dlt@blarg.net.
[ BINETTI from page 13] any drinking problems. Use a large boulder as a focal point for your sedum pocket garden and the smooth texture of the rock will help showcase the interesting shapes of the succulents. Pocket Gardening can be as simple as grouping dark purple heucheras and black mondo grass together for a gothic display or collecting different types of primroses to group together under the skirts of a rhododendron. Plants like company – and
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Increased patrols for prom parties On April 18, extra Maple Valley police officers will be out around the city in an effort to reduce the instances of teen drinking parties in connection with the Tahoma High School prom.
[ TEEN from page 1] interview. She sought out help from school counselors, Monica Robbins and Shelly Veazey. Robbins, who has been a counselor for 21 years and the Intervention-Prevention Program counselor for the Tahoma School District for six years, said in a phone interview the teen is not a typical case of drug and alcohol addiction. “She’s very high-functioning,� Robbins said. “She was able to maintain a very high GPA.� But, after two years of ongoing communication with the teen, Robbins said she was concerned enough to call the teen’s parents. Students can expect a great deal of confidentiality when they talk to school counselors, Robbins said. But, if the student starts inflicting self harm or are being hurt by someone else, then parents or
The Maple Valley Police have historically included emphasis “party patrols� during Tahoma High homecoming dances and proms. The extra officers will be responding to party complaints called into 911 and will also be focusing on impaired drivers. The police generally respond with a zero tolerance on these emphasis nights to juveniles consuming alcohol and incidents of driving under the influence of alcohol. Police officers will also arrest and
authorities are brought into the picture. With the 17-year-old senior Robbins has been working with, it was different. Robbins said it was just time. She first told the teen of her plan to tell her parents, and then made the call. “She understood,� Robbins said. Three days after Robbins called the teen’s parents, she checked in to Sundown M Ranch, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Selah, Wash. After spending nearly two months at the center, she came back to Maple Valley. She said she thought about telling people she was doing college visits for two months. Instead, she decided the easiest part about coming back was admitting where she went. “It’s part of me,� she said. “It’s going to be part of me for the rest of my life. And I just need to own up to it.� She said she now wants to help
prosecute adults who furnish teens with alcohol or provide a premises for teen drinking, both violations of Washington state law. When asked about Party Patrol, Maple Valley Police Chief, DJ Nesel, replied, “We believe in party patrol because it’s a direct way for the police to help protect our teens from the temptation to consume alcohol and potentially get behind the wheel of a car. Party patrol saves lives.�
people with chemical dependency and she plans to go to college to get the education she needs to pursue that. Since admitting her addiction to her friends and peers and sharing her story of sobriety, she said she has already had people reach out to her about getting help. The teen’s advice to parents or friends of people who are going through addiction is to have patience. “It took me a while to realize that not everybody is open minded yet,� she said. “You can’t help everybody. Be patient with them. You can’t force them to do anything that they don’t want to do.� However, Robbins said parents are often in denial and don’t see the warning signs of their child’s addiction. “Parents are usually the last people to see what’s going on because they don’t want to see it,�
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Unincorporated Area Council The Greater Maple Valley Unincorporated Area Council’s next monthly meeting is from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, May 4 at the fire station on the southeast corner of the intersection of SE 231st Street and state Route 169. Meetings are the first non-holiday Monday of each month. A public comment period at the beginning of each meeting provides an opportunity to voice issues of concern to area council members and government officials in attendance. The area council serves 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. Visit: www.greatermaplevalleyareacouncil.org.
she said. A few warning signs of drug and alcohol abuse to look for include slipping grades, change in friends, dropping sports or other extracurricular activities, personality changes, depression and problems at school or in their social life.
TRENDS In general, Robbins said she doesn’t think there has been an increase in teen drug use, but there’s been a “shift.� That shift, she said, is with the type of drugs teens are using and their availability. Dabbing, she said, is one of two drug trends she’s currently seeing among teens. The other is e-cigarettes. The two are very similar, but instead of nicotine being the drug of choice, dabbing utilizes a highly concentrated level of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in
cannabis or marijuana. Dried marijuana – which is usually smoked – has a THC concentration of about 5 percent according to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Dabs, which are made from hash oil and butane, can contain upwards of 60 percent THC concentration. Robbins also said the legalization of recreational marijuana has made it more available to teens. “The message they are getting from the community is that it’s OK now,� she said. “It’s much more acceptable (and) more available.� Wednesday, April 22, Robbins will host a parent information night on teen drug use trends. The teen mentioned in this article will tell her story, as will a parent. Maple Valley Police Chief DJ Nesel will also give a presentation. The event is free and will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at The Den at the Maple Valley Community Center.
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Tahoma Community News
Tahoma School District 409, serving the greater Maple Valley community School news at a glance School board asks community to take its survey Every 5 years, the Tahoma School Board formally reviews its current goals and determines whether changes are needed. An important part of this process is getting input from parents, community members, staff and students. The board invites community members to participate in a short survey evaluating the current goals and prioritizing potential needs in the system. Access the survey by visiting the Tahoma web page: www.Tahomasd.us
THS contractor seeks intern The construction company in charge of building the new Tahoma High School is looking for Tahoma High grads who are currently pursuing a college degree in construction management or engineering. The contractor, Skanska USA, wants to hire an intern to work at the high school site during the summer. Students interested in the position should contact senior project manager, Dan Curtiss: Dan.Curtiss@ skanska.com
Middle school name ideas needed
When the new Tahoma High School opens in September 2017, the existing high school and junior high buildings will be converted to middle schools and will be renamed. A volunteer committee will meet soon to consider what to call the two schools. The school district is asking the community for ideas that meet the following guidelines: Area names; events or areas RI KLVWRULFDO VLJQL¿FDQFH geographical landmarks; voting precincts; major arterial; persons who contributed to the district’s early years; directional names. Naming ideas can be sent to Kevin Patterson, director of communication, by email at kpatters@tahomasd.us, or by phone at 425-413-3409.
June 5 groundbreaking set for new THS Tahoma School District is inviting the community to be part of a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Tahoma High School and regional learning center on June 5. Festivities begin at 2:30 p.m. at the site of the new school, 27500 228th Ave. SE in Maple Valley, on what was the second hole at Elk Run Golf Course. The building contracWRU 6NDQVND 86$ DQG PDQDJHPHQW ÂżUP OAC, are providing refreshments as part of the event. The ceremony marks the end of the design phase and the start of actual site preparation and construction of the school, which is the biggest project funded by a $195 million bond measure approved by Tahoma voters
in November 2013. When it is completed, the school will be the largest high school in Washington state, with 315,000 square feet of instructional space. It will have an enrollment capacity of 2,400, which allows 9th grade to be moved into the high school. The current Tahoma High has more than 1,600 students in grades 10-12. Completion of the school is scheduled for May 2017, which allows time to prepare the school to open that September. At the same time, Tahoma’s existing schools will be gearing up for the biggest restructuring in district history. Late spring and summer of 2017 will be spent converting four schools to new grade alignments and getting started
on one school’s renovation: • Old Tahoma High School and Tahoma Junior High will become middle schools for grades 6-8; • Cedar River Middle School and Tahoma Middle School will become elementary schools; • Lake Wilderness Elementary School will begin a major renovation to eliminate portable classrooms and older portions of the main school campus while adding new classrooms. The realignment is designed to ease overcrowding across the district and will result in six elementary schools, two middle schools and one senior high school.
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in one way: We all just want to have friends and be understood.� Students watched a video called “What if,� showing children with disabilities doing activities such as paddleboarding, wrestling, swimming, basketball, skiing, cheerleading, mini-golf and wakeboarding. “Those kids in the video could do lots of things that you guys can do,� said Bureau, who has a son in special education at Rock Creek. “It might take them a little bit longer, but they still get there.� Tailoring the conversation according to the class age, she explains more terms and concepts at the kindergarten level and adds in other elements at the fourth-grade level, such as sharing a long list of celebrated and accomplished celebrities and athletes with disabilities. Then, students had the chance to try activities that simulate elements of what it’s like to live with a disability, such as the marshmallow activity described above. After eating their marshmallows, the kids turned their attention back to Bureau. “Was that hard? Kind of, right?� She explained how for some children, tongue and
Students attempt to follow directions while listening to white noise and being distracted by parent volunteers who tickled them with dusters, learning a bit about what it is like to try to do school work with sensory sensitivities. mouth muscles develop difreading with a learning disabilferently, making speech more ity; completing a maze with a GLIÂżFXOW processing disorder; and putting “It’s really frustrating someRQ D FRDW ZLWK ÂżQH PRWRU LVVXHV times for students who have At the sensory station, for things they really want to tell example, students were asked to you,â€? Bureau added. “Just be a wear headphones playing white little bit patient with them.â€? noise and try to follow direcBefore last week’s interactive tions while volunteers tickled presentations by the I.D.E.A. them with dusters and gloves project, an individual teacher covered in velcro. invited Bureau to talk with her “All of the stations were really students about similar topics hard, but I think the sensory stabecause one student in the class tion was the hardest because of was being picked on about a all the distractions and everydisability. The teacher reported thing that was going on,â€? one back to Bureau that the bullying student said afterward. essentially disappeared once Another student described the the class better understood their experience as “fascinating,â€? and fellow student. added: “It’s kind of cool to hear After the initial talk in the lihow people with disabilities do brary, Rock Creek students had things.â€? the chance to try other activi$Q\RQH ZKR ZRXOG OLNH WR ÂżQG WLHV DW ÂżYH VWDWLRQV PHDQW WR out about scheduling Bureau simulate doing schoolwork with to present at their school may a sensory disorder; communicontact her at allison@theidecating with a speech disorder; aproject.org.
Dean of Students Jerry Gaston has been chosen to lead Shadow Lake Elementary School when Principal Chris Everett retires in June. Gaston said he feels extremely lucky to be chosen as the next principal of Shadow Lake.
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