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Food bank safe stolen during break-in More than $2,500 in
Senior living community planned Project is expected to be built 16 months after plans approved
gift cards for Christmas taken in theft
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A new senior community in Maple Valley is planning to break ground in early 2016. In early November, Curtis Lang Custom Homes announced plans to develop a luxury senior living residence. According to a press release, the senior living community will MAPLE be on a 12-acre VALLEY piece of land in Maple Valley. The main senior living community building will be three stories and house 130 apartments. The community will include independent living, assisted and memory care for those with dementia. Senior Housing Consultant Stephen Wright said the entire property is more than 30 acres [ more SENIOR page 2 ]
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Serving up the stuffing
Tahoma High junior Alana Golding, left, and Nikki Westover serve up a plate of Thanksgiving favorites during the Black Diamond/Maple Valley Kiwanis seventh annual community dinner Sunday at Black Diamond Elementary. DENNIS BOX, The Reporter
The Maple Valley Food Bank and Emergency Services provided more than 6,000 individuals with food and nearly 3,000 with emergency services between 2013 and 2014. This year will be no exception in the amount of food and other services it provides, but there have been some setbacks in the past six months. The food bank was broken into and gasoline was siphoned from its vehicles on numerous occasions. The most recent break-in was the most devastating, Lila Henderson said, executive director of the Maple Valley food bank. In the early hours of the morning on Nov. 18, the food bank’s safe was stolen. Keys to the whole [ more STOLEN page 3 ]
Maple Valley Christmas tree lighting moves to Four Corners Ceremony name changed to Maple Valley Hometown Holidays BY ANA KAREN PEREZ-GUZMAN Reporter
As the city of Maple Valley has grown, so have the crowds during special events. For the past 12 years, the tree lighting ceremony has been at the Lake Wilderness Lodge. As the years have gone by, the event has attracted more people and has exceeded the space capacity at the lodge. The event will now be staged at the Maple Valley Town Square at Four Corners, Allison Scott said, recreational specialist. “The ceremony will be the same as previous years, but on a much larger scale,” Scott said. The tree lighting was also given a new
name, Maple Valley Hometown Holidays. the site and will be decorated every year. As The name was decided on by the participat- with previous years, there will be vendors ing merchants, Recreational Manager Mark handing out snacks and warm drinks, the Ratcliffe said. tree lighting ceremony, a welcome speech When looking into new locations for the by the mayor and other small activities for event, the accessibility and space of the lochildren and adults. cation were the main factors, Ratcliffe said. While the feedback from changing locaThe expense of putting on the “The ceremony tions has been mostly positive, event at the lodge was getting will be the same as some vendors questioned the too high for the percentage choice of moving the event previous years, but on of residents who attended the since it had been in the same event. Putting the event on in a much larger scale.” location for many years. But a larger, more accessible loca- Allison Scott when the vendors found out the tion would mean more people reason and that they could still could attend without the space participate, most were on board limitation. and are participating. One of the major differences between the “We are trying to be as inclusive as poslocations from the lodge to Four Corners is sible so nobody feels left out, especially the tree being decorated. In previous years, people who have helped out for years,” the outside of the lodge and surrounding Scott said. trees were decorated. This year the city As a way to encourage the public to bought a live tree, which will be planted at shop local and include merchants, the
recreational staff developed the Merry Merchant Game, Ratcliffe said. Merchants who wanted to be part of the game signed up and were assigned a unique game code they will post in their shop. Community members can print off a game piece to see which merchants are participating (available Nov. 30 at any participating merchant or the Maple Valley website) and as they shop around in Maple Valley, they can write down the game codes of the participating merchants on their game pieces. Once the game piece is filled out, they can turn it in by 7 p.m. on Dec. 6 at Johnson’s Home and Garden. The Parks and Recreation staff expect between 2-3,000 but many factors including weather, could affect the number of people who end up showing up, Scott said. The tree lighting event will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Dec. 3.
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Covington Hollydaze Events Craft Bazaar: • 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Jenkins Creek Elementary School • Shop for handmade gifts. Gift of Life Blood Drive • Noon to 3 p.m. • Safeway parking lot. • Cascade Regional Blood Services Bloodmobile will be available for people to donate blood. Community Tree Lighting Ceremony: • 4 p.m. to 6. • Don Henning Roundabout(by Pier 1 Imports). • Festivities begin at 4 p.m. , tree lighting at 5 and Santa arrives at 5:30. • Singing, hot cocoa, holiday music, live reindeer and santa will all be part of the ceremony. Free caroling guides with coupons to local businesses will also be handed out at the event.
The city of Covington will be putting on its own tree lighting ceremony, among other events on December 5. Reindeer Dash 5k for Food: • 8 a.m. check-in; 8:30 a.m. run start. • Check-in will be in the Valley Medical Center North Clinic parking lot, by City Hall. • Registration is $5 or 5 non-perishable food items. • Pre-registration is not required. • Goody Bags and reindeer antlers for the first 100 participants. Pancake Breakfast and Santa Photos: • 9 a.m. to noon. • City Hall community room. • Annual pancake breakfast including photos with Santa. Breakfast is free with cash or food donation for area food banks.
[ SENIOR from page 1] include single family homes, cottage homes for seniors as well as restaurants and other services. “People of all ages will be living in this area,” Wright said. Also on-site will be a “state of the art fitness center,” Wright said as well as a number of walking and biking trails. Following ground breaking, Wright said it will take about 16 months to complete the work on the senior living community. Also after construction begins and near the new year, Wright said an information office will open either on site or at the nearby shopping area. This office will help those interested in living in the community come by to see renderings and floor plans, he said. “As a long-time member of this community, I knew that the time was right for this type of project to be built here in Maple
Valley,” Curtis Lang, principal of Curtis Lang Custom Homes, said in the press release. This area is located off the Maple Valley Black Diamond Road and 240th. According to the release, the projection is 150 people employed once the community is complete. Also, according to the press release, a number of local and regional vendors will be used throughout the entire building process. Wright said those vendors will include landscapers, food delivery, exterminators and much more.
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[ STOLEN from page 1] building and monetary donations were kept in the safe, including gift cards. Henderson estimated about $2,500 worth of gift cards were in the safe when it was stolen. The gift cards were $25 a piece and were going to be Christmas presents for 13 to 15 year olds. “I felt like I was punched in the stomach,” Henderson said. The confusing part about this robbery is there was no evidence of forced entry, Henderson said. The safe was also hidden away
her quandary how to conform to my whims, nor I hers, but she should learn my idiosyncrasies so she’s not surprised by them. I am the momma; the nucleus of the household whether they believe it or not. Her reactions to my obsessive behaviors only highlight how ridiculous some of my self-imposed rules are. My children have grown up with them; seeing them from someone else’s eyes, just serves to emphasize that I really should get out more.
and bolted, and it wasn’t public the food bank had a safe. None of its alarms were set off and the person knew to bring power tools since the safe was bolted down. “We were definitely targeted,” Henderson said. “This robbery was a whole different caliber than the others; it’s just too sophisticated.” This robbery has affected everyone coming to the food bank to volunteer or for services. All of their time, energy and money is now going toward solving this problem, instead of the services they provide, Henderson said.
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As is with anything new that comes into your life, you have to get used to its presence and the change it inevitably brings. This can apply to new furniture, carpet, fresh paint or any sort of noticeable difference. It doubly applies when a new person moves in, as did my daughter’s friend, whom I call my middle daughter (by birth order, not size). Not that I’m comparing her to a piece of furniture, but still, you have to get used to how you move around each other. We have to figure out how to work with her and she has to figure out the dynamics of our family; most especially mine. However, it’s not really
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The perfect example is the laundry. For those who’ve been reading my column for awhile, you know laundry is “my thing.” I do it once a week, have a certain way I do it, and pride myself on completing it in a day, aside from the clothes I hang to dry. Those clothes I have to have folded and put away by the next day in order for my week to be a success. I hang my biological daughters’ clothes, because they are tall and if I put shirts and pants in the dryer, it shrinks their lengths. My middle daughter is short; by about 4 inches from the shortest in our family (me). We’ve had to adjust to accommodate her stature by moving some kitchen items down to her
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level. But the most notable modification to having her in my life is she likes her clothes in the dryer. She doesn’t care about length and she doesn’t like “crunchy” clothes she claims they become from line-drying. So, while I don’t mind, because I don’t have room to hang more clothes in the winter anyway, I have to sort the clothes as they come out of the washer. Sometimes I make mistakes and her pants end up on the clothes line and one of my daughter’s shirts in the dryer. Accidently line-drying is no big deal; I can’t ruin clothes that way. One week, though, I pulled one of my youngest daughter’s shirts out of the dryer. I became really upset because it was a new shirt. Short of praying over it before she tried
Two days before the safe was stolen, there was another break-in, but the staff could pinpoint exactly what happened. One of the plexiglass panes by the garage was unscrewed and dismantled, and a standup heater was stolen. While it was not as tragic as the safe being stolen, it did make the food bank change their security system. The food bank may put in a wall or a bar on the plexiglass, so this doesn’t happen again. While the break-ins before the safe was stolen weren’t as bad, it is an issue Henderson has been dealing with for a while now. Gasoline being siphoned from the cars
it on, there was nothing I could do but apologize if it had shrunk. My middle daughter said, “OOOOOHHHHHH” in a sarcastic, mock tragedy sort of way. It made me stop and consider her point of view. Yes, it seemed silly to be upset; it was just a shirt, after all. I realize such angst is very much a first world problem; at least I have a washer and dryer in which to make tragic laundry mistakes. And as we enter this week of Thanksgiving, I’m happy to have only such a minor issue in my life. It’s good to be reminded once in awhile of my good fortune; maybe not as welcome coming from my short, middle daughter, but it’s good. Now I think I’ll move the plastic sandwich sacks to the top shelf again. See? The struggle is real.
started around the time when gas prices were very high a few years ago, and even though gas prices have gone down, it is still an ongoing issue. Since it was happening a few times a week for months, a garage door was built to secure the cars, Henderson said. As far as trying to keep the rest of the building secure, the food bank is trying to upgrade its security systems. “We are hoping to get a heftier, bigger and better safe and security system, this just can’t happen,” Henderson said. “But at this point, I really don’t know what else we
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The Paris terrorist attacks. Suicide bombings in Beirut and Baghdad. The university killings in Kenya. The natural disasters that rocked Mexico and Japan. With everything that has happened in the past few weeks (the Kenya massacre happened in April but didn’t manage to make headlines until recently), it’s no wonder that our country is still trying to regain its balance while also dealing with our own issues surrounding race, school shootings and gun control. We are afraid, probably for good reasons, but I think we’ve let our fear get the best of us and helped us get more than a little ahead of ourselves, especially concerning the 10,000 Syrian refugees the Obama administration plans to accept into the country over the next year. Many Americans have an opinion about whether or not the country should continue accepting Syrian refugees. Thirty-one governors have said they will not let refugees into their states, although their legal ability to refuse refugees is questionable at best. I formed an opinion about this issue straight away, but it wasn’t until I sat down to write about the Syrian refugees did I realize that despite my strong opinion on the topic, I didn’t know why these people are refugees in the first place. Everyone seems to know that Syria is a “wartorn” country, but beyond that, details are sparse. Many of the news articles that have come out over the last week about the U.S. accepting refugees have failed to remind us why these people are fleeing their country. Millions of people have been reduced to nothing more than numbers and a label in our media – silhouettes painted in our minds, the details of their tragic lives escaping Ray Still Reporter
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our notice. The Syrian civil war started in 2011 as the authoritarian government, led by President Bashar al-Assad (and backed by Iran and Russia, according to the BBC), started cracking down on pro-democracy demonstrations. The use of heavy-handed force only spurred more of the country’s citizens to call for the President to step down from power. By 2013, more than 90,000 people had been killed. Between 300 and nearly 2,000 of those deaths have been attributed to chemical weapons that were launched around the capital of Damascus. The weaponized chemical used was sarin, a nerve agent that was classified by the UN as a weapon of mass destruction in 1991. Death by sarin is quick, but not painless. The chemical paralyzes the lung muscles, causing the victim to suffocate within minutes. Those who miraculous-
ly survive suffer permanent neurological damage. Assad agreed to a complete removal or destruction of his regime’s chemical weapons (fearing direct U.S. intervention), a mission lead by the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. By this point, the war became sectarianized as the Sunni Muslim majority of the country started fighting against Assad’s secretive Shia Alawite sect. This religious split has drawn neighboring countries into the war and opened the way for religious extremists, like the Islamic State, to gain a foothold. The death toll rose to 250,000 last August. Since the start of the war, more than four million refugees have fled the country, roughly a quarter of the country’s population. The United Nations High Commissioner
and his life.” All Muslims must pledge themselves to the Caliph—the Muslim successor to Mohammed. Those who did not, “must be killed, their wives and daughters ravished, and their possessions confiscated,” al-Wahhab wrote. Al-Wahhab’s teachings were used to the advantage of Abd al-Saud, the founder of the modern nation of Saudi Arabia in the early to mid-twentieth century. Al-Saud used the fervor of alWahhabism to unite the Bedouins. But by the 1930s the al-Wahhbabis rebelled against al-Saud in a civil war. When al-Saud defeated them, he machinegunned them, according to Crooke. Al-Saud then used the discovery of oil in his land to build his kingdom. On one hand, he built a modern nation based on oil production, protected by the United States, and on the other his family held to the teachings of al-Wahhab. That split personality of Saudis persists to this day. Osama bin Laden was a Wahhab who used his family’s oil wealth to wage jihad against first the Soviets in Afghanistan from 1979-1985, and then against the United States leading to 9/11. “On the one hand, ISIS is deeply Wahhabist. On the other hand, it is ultra radical in a different way. It could be seen essentially as a corrective movement to contemporary Wahhabism,” according to Crooke. The Saudi government supports war against ISIS while other Saudis support it. This schizo-
phrenic approach is a major threat to the Saudi royal family and to the oil wealth of Saudi Arabia. ISIS not only sees the Royal Family of Saudi Arabia as infidel, but it also sees al-Qaeda as apostate as well. Bin Laden counseled it was too soon to take territory because having boundaries opened the movement to attack from the United States and the West as we are seeing now in Iraq and Syria. Patience, according to bin Laden, required that the West wear itself out. At that point Wahhab Islam would rise to defeat the West. The leaders of ISIS violently disagree. Their strategy is to build their state, proclaim a caliphate, and use modern media to attract mujahideen (Muslim holy warriors) to their cause. Attacks against Paris twice in recent months, first against Charlie Hebdo and then recently against Parisian diners, a museum attack against westerners in Tunisia, destruction of a Russian airliner flying from the Sinai Peninsula, the killing of Turks at a peace rally in Istanbul, the bombing of a mosque in Tunisia, a bombing in Beirut, and others in Yemen and Libya, and an embassy bombing in Egypt, have all been tied to ISIS, according to an article from the New York Times called “ISIS is Probably Responsible for at Least 1000 Deaths Outside Iraq and Syria.” The goal of ISIS is to start a holy war of the West against Islam. The more the West reacts,
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I cringed as I watched the bloodbath claimed by ISIS in Paris in the news recently and wondered, “Why Paris?” The world was shocked by the wanton murder of at least 129 people while they ate their dinners, drove down the street and entered a soccer stadium. The West and the rest of the world do not understand that ISIS, like its parent organization al Qaeda, is only following the thinking and practices of an 18th century Saudi named Abd al-Wahhab. Alastir Crooke has written an insightful article for the “Huffington Post” called, “You Can’t Understand ISIS if You Don’t Know the History of Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia.” From al-Wahhab and his followers’ perspective, the world was divided into faithful Muslims who followed al-Wahhab’s teachings while the rest of the Muslim world was infidel, worthy of death. Infidels (unbelievers) in his view would include Shiites, and all Sunnis, as well as the rest of non-Muslim world. According to Crooke, “Any doubt or hesitation” of any of al-Wahhab’s beliefs “would deprive a man of immunity of his property
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Should kittens have a can? Even though your house cat doesn’t need to hunt prey for survival, their digestive systems remain unchanged from their ancestors. Cats are obligate carnivores; they evolved to eat a diet that is almost exclusively meat. The natural feline diet is high protein, extremely low carb, moderate in fat and very high in moisture. Because cats are designed to enjoy high-moisture diets, their thirst drive is very low. Kibble (dry food) diets often leave cats in a state of mild dehydration. So if kibble isn’t the best choice for cats, why is it so popular? The two primary reasons are convenience and
cost effectiveness. There is nothing easier than pouring several days’ food in a dish and getting back to your busy life. Kibble is also a way to utilize food not fit for human consumption (i.e., by-products) and low-cost grains can make kibble feeding quite inexpensive. But what is the cost to the cat? Obesity, kidney disease, diabetes, allergies, digestive and skin issues are all on the rise in cats and dogs. The reasons are multifactorial, but replacing a natural diet high in meat, moisture and enzymes with a highlyprocessed, high carb, low-quality protein dry diet has a significant impact on long term health. A mouse or rabbit
Keep pets safe when outdoors Different types of animals and breeds have different needs, but one thing is certain: when the conditions are right, most dogs and cats love the outdoors. Like their wild cousins, our fur-covered friends typically welcome the chance to spend more time with Mother Nature. Of course, just like people, dogs and cats also get cold or overheated. They’re suscep-
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has about 70 percent moisture, whereas kibble has about 10 percent moisture. The chronic, mild dehydration that an exclusively kibble fed cat may experience puts a lot of stress on the kidneys. In addition, low-quality meat meals and are harder to process and are typically higher in phosphorous and ash which further taxes the kidneys. The high percentage of carbohydrates in many kibbles can contribute to obesity and diabetes, as well as skin and digestive issues. Pet parents don’t need to forgo all the convenience of kibble to improve your cat’s health. Many vets advise a diet of at least 50 percent canned or raw food, but the more the better. Start by offering a tablespoon of canned, raw or fresh cooked cat food in addition to their regular kibble. Some cats will accept the change eagerly, others resist change. Cats are very texture sensitive, so try different pro[ more CAN page 11 ]
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Head to your local library or computer and look up Beverley Nichols. This opinionated, snobby and always entertaining author was popular in 1940s and ’50 in post-war England but then forgotten as suburban gardeners preferred convenience over the perennial borders that Nichols brags about or his scolding tone on what flower colors may clash in a vase. Today, his series of books
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As winter arrives it is time to settle in with some great garden reads. Garden lovers have been using the winter dormant season to read up on new plants, explore new ideas and study seed catalogs even before Thomas Jefferson made it popular among the aristocrats of the new world. This year consider getting lost in another time by reading some gardening classics, become inspired by trying a new garden magazines or fall hopelessly in love with a plant you discover on the pages of a garden catalog.
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Time for some winter reading about his own garden and the visitors he loves to gossip about have been reprinted for a new audience by Timber Press. The first book in the series, “Down the Garden Path,� centers on buying his first thatched cottage and making a garden in the English countryside, followed by “Merry Hall� and a list of other books that celebrate his rambling, name dropping and out-of-date methods of garden making. If you like English gardens, history and reading about people who have manservants and drink tea, Beverly Nichols should be on your list for winter reading.
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The trade and shelter magazines struggled to adapt when new media arrived on the garden scene but things have settled or at least driven again into hiding. Osama bin Laden’s strategy for conquest through patience was right, though evil. Bin Laden’s $100,000 investment in the 9/11 attacks have brought at least a $3 trillion return through wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. His was a far more dangerous strategy. While ISIS attacks on the West and elsewhere will continue, the responsibility of the U.S.
down and you can still subscribe to Horticulture, Fine Gardening and my personal favorite “The English Garden – For Everyone who loves beautiful gardens.� Blame it on reading those Beverley Nichols books, but spending money on this glossy imported magazine is a luxury that rivals chocolate on a cold winter night. If you can’t find these garden magazines on your local newsstand you can subscribe online by Googling the name. Another favorite is one you would never find on local store shelves. It is called “Green Prints� and there are no glossy photos or “how-to� articles. Instead, this small, homespun, quarterly publication from North Carolina celebrates the personal side of gardening with stories about garden chores, pruning mistakes and furry garden companions. GreenPrints magazine is a relaxing read that provides an escape from a too-busy world (www.greenprints.com).
Many seed catalogs, like local Ed Hume Seeds, have gone to online-only ordering formats and this is an efficient way to order seeds. For winter escapism however, the seed catalog that inspires the most edible gardens has to be the Oregonbased Territorial Seed Company. The offerings
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able PDF catalog. Like Territorial Seed, Nichols is based in Oregon so the varieties they sell play well with our climate. So now I realize I have started and ended this column by recommending both a garden author and a nursery owner with the last name “Nichols� – I’d bet 5 cents that these green-thumbed Nichols are related – by plants if not by blood. Copyright for this column owned by Marianne Binetti
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and tempest-tossed masses. Although recent events are causing the country to hyper-focus on Syrian refugees, they only make up 2 percent of all the refugees that came into our country during the last fiscal year, according to the New York Times. More than 700,000 refugees came into the U.S. during the 2015 fiscal year, the largest groups from Myanmar (nearly 20,000 refugees), Iraq (around 13,000 refugees), and Somalia (around 8,000 refugees). Washington State alone has received 33,000 refugees since 2003 from all around the world, including Iraq (3,700 refugees) and Iran (1,200). Only 25 Syrian refugees have settled in this state. Out of the 2,500 Syrian refugees taken in by the US since 2011, 50 percent are children and the
rest evenly split between men and women. Only two percent of refugees were single men of combat age. The screening procedure we use to check out Syrian refugees takes between 18 and 24 months, has an acceptance rate of 50 percent and already involves the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center, the National Counterterrorism Center, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State and the Department of Defence. Despite this, the House of Representatives recently passed a piece of legislation that would put new screening procedures in place, requiring the director of the FBI, the secretary of Homeland Security and the director of national intelligence to confirm each Syrian and Iraqi refugee admitted into the country poses
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CONKS AT STATE The Kentwood Conquerors finished last season sixth in state. Kentwood opens the 2015 season with a home match Monday, Dec. 7 with tip off set for 6 p.m. against Yelm.
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Looking ahead to the 2015 season
The Bears 2014 season ended with a 6-16 overall record and a 1-12 record in district play. Tahoma opens the 2015 season with a 7 p.m. game Thursday, Dec. 3 at Puyallup. The first action at home for the Bears is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8 against the KentMeridian Royals.
Last season the Conquerors finished second in the West Central District and sixth in state. Its overall record for the 2014 season was 24-5 and in district play, the Conks only lost one game ending with an 12-1 record, coach Blake Solomon said. That only district loss for Kentwood came in January to the state champion Federal Way Eagles. The Conks graduated league Most Valuable Player Malik Sanchez, first team all league Preston White, Marcus LuBom, Josiah Bronson and Brandon Stribling. Returning for Kentwood this season, Solomon said are first team all league Darius LuBom, Rayvuaghn Bolton Jr., Davonte Sanchez Sr., Connor Benson Sr. and Jared Goldwire Sr. New to the team are Beau Roggenbach Jr. and Koby Huerta Jr., Solomon said. Two of the returning players were starters last season and Solomon said this year’s team will be “athletic and very skilled.” Solomon added the team “likes to play uptempo and pressure on defense.” In late December, Kentwood will travel east to play in the Idaho Tournament. “If our guys can work hard and come together we can have an even better year this season than we did last year,” Solomon said.
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The 2015 season gets underway Saturday, Nov. 28 as the Kentwood Conks and Kentlake Falcons girls basketball teams play its first game of the season.
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The 2015 boys basketball season begins Tuesday, Dec. 1 when the Kentlake Falcons travel to Enumclaw to face the Hornets. Tip off for the game is set for 7 p.m. at Enumclaw High School. Last season the Falcons ended with a 15-11 overall record and a 2-6 in district play. The second game of the season, the Falcons are set to play the Bonney Lake Panthers at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4 in the Valley Buick GMC Kickoff Classic held at Auburn Riverside High School. The first home game of the season for Kentlake is a league match up against the Kentridge Chargers. The game is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8. Tahoma
Kentwood The Conks travel to Auburn Mountainview Saturday for a 7 p.m. tip off against the Lions. Kentwood finished last season with a 8-22 overall record and 8-12 in district play. The first home game for the Conks is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1 against Puyallup. Kentwood will also be playing in the Valley Buick GMC Kickoff Classic against the Ravens at Auburn Riverside High School at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. Kentlake The Falcons’ new season also begins Saturday when Kentlake hosts Puyallup. Tip off is set for 7:30 p.m. Last season Kentlake finished with a 20-7 overall record and 11-2 in district play. The two losses came back to back in midJanuary against Kentridge and Todd Beamer. Tahoma The Bears 2015 season begins at home when it hosts Bethel. The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2. Tahoma finished last season with a 16-9 overall record and a 8-5 district record. Editor’s Note: Unless otherwise stated, the 2014 season records were taken from MaxPreps.
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Did you k now that Christmas trees are a terrific bargain when comparing how long you can enjoy them compared to other family activities? For example, you can enjoy and celebrate a $60 real tree for up to three weeks versus enjoying a $60 family dinner on the town for one to two hours.
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Pacific Northwest farmers “baby” their trees for six to 10 years before realizing a return on their investment. During this time, growers fight weeds, insects, diseases, heavy rain and/or drought
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The weekend following Thanksgiving is the beginning of a fun filled-experience for thousands of families that include honest-togoodness, real Christmas trees in their holiday festivities. It is the time when America’s Christmas tree farmers display their trees at retail lots or invite families to visit their plantations to have fun harvesting home-grown trees. Christmas tree farmers spend years and considerable dollars in nurturing their trees. They are faced with many challenges before that fir tree reaches maturity after several years of TLC. The following are some interesting facts about that tree a family is going to display in its home.
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Nearly all Christmas trees are grown on plantations. Very few are harvested from the wild under programs often organized by various national forests. Most are grown as sustainable crops like corn or pumpkins. They simply have longer rotations.
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Between 1,500 and 1,700 trees are generally planted per acre. On average, 80 to 85 percent of the Douglas firs and 60 to 65 percent of the noble fir trees will become marketable as high-quality Christmas trees.
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Nearby tree farms • Coates Christmas Trees in Auburn is open Monday through Friday noon to dusk and Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to dusk. Santa is around from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. • Pfaff ’s Christmas Trees in Auburn is open weekdays 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and weekends from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. • Crystal Creek U-Cut Christmas Tree Farm in Maple Valley open daily starting at 9 a.m. to dusk. • Three Tree Farm in Maple Valley is open Thursdays through Sundays 9 a.m. to dusk.
Christmas tree delivery Customers shopping for a Christmas tree at McLendon Hardware in the greater Seattle/Tacoma area will be able to buy a sheared 6-to-8 foot Douglas fir Christmas tree at any of seven McLendon locations for under $50, which includes same-day delivery service by Fleetzen if purchased by 5 p.m. In addition to the sheared 6-to-8 foot Douglas fir for $24.99, McLendon’s will sell a 6-to-8 foot grand fir for $29.99 and a 6-8 foot noble fir for 39.99 as well as smaller and larger tree sizes and a full complement of decorative holiday products. Delivery for all trees is an additional $25. After going through checkout, the customer goes a few feet over to the service desk where a McLendon representative schedules a delivery later that day. Fleetzen is a new company started by two former Microsoft executives.
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[ CAN from page 6] teins and textures, (pates, chunks, gravies, etc.). High quality canned foods are made with human-grade meats, are low in ash and phosphorous and have limited ingredients. Lower quality canned foods may include by-products, grains, salt and sugar, and chemical preservatives. Select the highest quality your budget allows, keeping in mind price does not always dictate quality. There are many 95 percent meat formulas at a similar price as the lower quality varieties. If kibble is the foundation diet for your kitty, choosing a high quality kibble can greatly improve your cat’s health. Grains are not a natural part of a cat’s diet and should be minimized. Look for a kibble that is mostly meat. A label that reads chicken, turkey, chicken meal, whole peas, is going to have significantly more animal protein than a label that reads chicken, corn gluten meal, pea protein and chicken by-products, even though
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From the Book of Matthew: Vs 1: A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham: 2: Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3: Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, 4: Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nashon, Nashon the father of Salmon, 5: S a l m o n t h e fa t h e r o f Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, 6: and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife, 7: Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa, 8: Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah, 9: Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10: Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah, 11: and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the timeof the exile to Babylon. 12: After The Exile To Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13: Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, 14: Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Eliud, 15: Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, 16: and Jacob the father of Joseph, the Husband of Mary, of whom was born J e s u s, w h o i s c a l l e d Christ. 17: Thus there were four teen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from D av i d t o t h e ex i l e t o Babylon, and fourteen f r o m t h e ex i l e t o t h e Christ.
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Creamy Marsala Gravy Ingredients 1 cup heavy cream 1 cup Marsala cooking wine 1 cup chicken broth 3 gloves of garlic (minced) 1/2 stick of unsalted butter 1 cup of chopped mushrooms handful chopped sage handful chopped parsley juice from 1/2 lemon salt and pepper to taste olive oil
V Sweet yeast rolls (makes 12 large rolls)
Ingredients 1 cup hot water 1 tablespoon active dry yeast 1/3 cup chickpea water, whipped until it’s mostly foam 3 tablespoons melted vegan margarine (smart balance is a good choice) 3 tablespoons organic cane sugar 1 teaspoon salt 2-1/2 to 3 cups allpurpose flour, plus extra
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Instructions Add hot water and whipped chickpea water to a large bowl. Cool until about 110 degrees (or bath water temp). Add yeast and stir for 10 seconds. Set aside to allow yeast to proof. It’s done when the yeast rises to the top of the water level. It will probably happen all at once. Add melted butter, sugar and salt. Stir for a few seconds. Add 2-1/2 cups flour, 1/2 cup at a time. Once fully combined, cover and let rise until doubled (about 40 minutes). Prep the baking sheet Lay a sheet of foil on a large baking sheet, shiny side down. Using a paper towel, cover the foil is a light oil like canola. Once dough has risen, kneed on a counter with extra flour. This is going to get messy, dough will
be wet. Preheat oven to 200 degrees (you will increase heat later). Form dough into 12 equal sections, rolling slightly into a ball. Spread rolls on the baking sheet. Keep in mind they will double in size. Cover the rolls, let rise until doubled. Keep them on top of the warm oven to help them rise faster. Once they are nearly double in size, increase oven heat to 350. Bake rolls for 12-15 minutes. They will spread. You can cut them apart once they are cooled slightly with a pastry cutter. Take rolls out of the oven just before they start to brown. You can brush some melted vegan butter on top to prevent the tops from getting hard. Let cool, cut apart and serve immediately.
Instructions In a hot pan, melt butter with olive oil. And add minced garlic and mushrooms. Once the garlic begins to brown, add chicken broth and Marsala cooking wine. Next add chopped sage and heavy cream then let simmer. After five minutes, stir in lemon juice. Sprinkle salt and pepper to taste and use the parsley to garish the dish.
Assembly Grill chicken breasts and serve them with the creamy Marsala gravy on top along with homemade mashed potatoes and steamed green beans.
Coming up next month: family traditions December is a month we spend with family and our recipes will reflect traditional dishes we enjoy throughout the holiday season.
Chicken Marsala recipe and photo by Clayton and Sarah Brenden. Sweet yeast rolls recipe and photo by Rebecca Gourley.
[16] November 27, 2015
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