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Emily Randolph with the band Oaklawn performed at the Summer Concert Series at the Covington Community Park July 25. The series is presented by the Covington Parks and Recreation Department. Island Bound will be on stage tonight at 6:30 p.m. and Ian McFeron will perform Aug. 8. All concerts are free and at the Covington Community Park. DENNIS BOX, The Reporter

Belting out the Blues

BY KATHERINE SMITH

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Th e Maple Valley City Council burned the midnight oil Monday night interviewing and discussing candidates for the City Council Position No. 6 vacancy.

Th e seat was previously held by Victoria Laise Jonas who had been the longest serving member of the council but resigned her post last month due to moving

outside of the city. Nine candi-

dates applied for the va-cancy and were interviewed

by the council Monday night. Aft er

concluding the main portion of the meeting the council went into executive session to discuss the candidates at approximately 10:30 p.m. and emerged and adjourned

Applicants vie for open City Council position

BY ERIC MANDEL

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Th e Covington City Council selected an interim city manager from within to at least temporar-ily replace Derek Matheson.

Th e council picked Finance Di-rector Rob Hendrickson to fi ll the void at the July 22 meeting, with his fi rst offi cial day in the role being July 26. Since Hendrick-son had a previously scheduled two-week vacation that started Monday, Parks Director Scott Th omas is the acting city man-ager, as part of a rotating schedule of department heads who fi ll in during vacations.

Matheson, who accepted a role as the city of Kent’s Chief Admin-istrative Offi cer aft er seven years at his post in Covington, had his last day in the offi ce on July 25. He is technically on vacation for two weeks and is expected to take

Covington names interim city manager

BY ERIC MANDEL

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Th ere’s not much that slows Richard Christiansen’s fl ow once he starts on the topic of religion. He’s a natural salesman, speaking with a rapid panache and self-assurance.

“Tell me about Genesis 3:16,” he says to Sister Pearson and Sister Webb, who are leaning on their respective handlebars. “Get your Bible out.”

We’ve only just met Christian-

sen. Pearson had complimented his patterned, short sleeve button-up as we cycled up behind him near a stoplight not far from Cov-ington City Hall. He immediately off ered to sell the shirt and later joked that he worried the biking ladies were delinquents who planned to throw slushies at him.

With that initial confusion now quelled, it becomes clear that Christiansen is no secular slouch.

Th e area real estate broker quizzes the sisters about Bible scripture, Satan, Adam and Eve

and God’s kingdom. He explains to the ladies, who are now each armed with mini New Testaments, that there are three things that people don’t like to talk about — the three natural things in life: politics, religion and sex.

“What you are doing is not nat-ural,” Christiansen says. “It’s very hard for a person to go out and do missionary work. Very, very hard. Because people are afraid of the message that you have.”

I’m learning a lot from Chris-tiansen as he talks. Not about religion itself, but about the zeal some people have for discussing spirituality with complete strang-ers. He says he’s spoken to with many Mormons, Protestants and

Nobody is ‘beyond saving’

Sisters Pearson (right) and Webb (middle) handed out at least a dozen Mormon.org informational cards to people they met on the street. ERIC MANDEL, The Reporter

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With the departure of two influential staff members, including the city administrator, city of Black Diamond employees are a little busier than usual. And while at least one City Council member staunchly supports hiring a new city administrator, Mayor Dave Gordon says he has no plans to fill that position.

“I don’t plan on hiring a city administrator for the rest of my term,” Gordon said following the July 17 City Council meeting.

Former City Administra-tor Christy Todd resigned on May 15, after about four months on the job. Todd and the city settled on a severance package that officially kept her under contract until July 31. As part of the agreement,

Todd terminated her sexual harassment allegation com-plaint against the mayor. Todd alleged the mayor made harassing and unwel-come comments, emails and behavior toward her.

Since Gwendolyn Voelpel was terminated with-out cause in 2009, Black Diamond has gone through four city administrators, none of whom stayed in the position for longer than one year.

City Clerk Brenda Marti-nez has taken over the role of assistant city administra-tor, a title she previously held for more than two years. She told the Reporter Monday that she has been busy, but that the mayor has taken over a majority of the city administrator’s functions.

“Things seem to be mov-ing forward,” Martinez said.

Stacey Welsh resigned as the city’s Community Development Director in mid-June, taking a job as Associate Planner for the city of Federal Way, accord-ing to her Linkedin profile. To cope with her loss,

Gordon added Commu-nity Development Director to Aaron Nix’s title. Nix also works as the Natural Resources Director.

In response to the leaner than usual staff numbers, the city has contracted with Parametrix to work as a senior contract planner in phase two of plat C in The Villages project.

“This is not intended to be a permanent solution, only a temporary fix,” City Councilwoman Janie Edel-man told attendees of the July 17 meeting.

Gordon has also instruct-ed staff to limit the hours for accepting city permits applications to Monday,

Wednesday and Thursday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Economic Development Director Andy Williamson said there is no timetable for when those hours would re-expand to every day.

“It is what we have to deal with,” he said. “We have limited funding and are trying to cover the staff positions.”

Councilman Ron Taylor expressed his belief that a city administrator is an important and needed position for the city at the end of the July 17 meeting. He said it’s important to have someone with proper credentials in charge of the city’s major operations.

“I’m not OK with not having a city administrator,” Taylor said at the meeting.

When asked by The Reporter after the meeting about Taylor’s comments, Gordon said he thought there were good pro-cesses in place and that city operations were running smoothly.

“I just don’t plan on it without some windfall in revenue,” Gordon said.

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Jehovah’s Witnesses on the topic. He relishes it. Corruption and greed are everywhere and the further you get away from God’s spirit, the worse it gets, he says.

He’s a metaphysical machine. And, I assume, very close to his own Higher Power.

“Oh no,” Christiansen says. “I’m gone… I’m greedy for money, I’m greedy for toys; I’ve got motorcycles. I want to go to Arizona, I want to retire.”

“That’s OK,” Pearson responds gently.“Do you believe people can change?” Webb

asks.“Oh, of course people can change,” Chris-

tiansen says. “I can’t change. I’m beyond saving.”

“Think about how Jesus went fishing with people,” Christiansen continues. “He was out there walking on water and said, ‘put your net over here.’ And then, wooh, filled it up. He had a net. To get me, you’d have to have a long line. You gotta go down deep. And then, you might not find me down there.”

The conversation continues for more than 20 minutes and the three agree on only a few concepts. The main one — that Jesus and God are separate beings — inspires a high five from Pearson. Even though Christiansen may be “beyond saving” he admires the heck out of the sisters’ confidence and conviction.

“Everybody knows you are either going to be a Mormon or a Jehovah’s Witness because nobody else has the back-bone, guts or belief to do what you are doing,” he says. “The courage you have is phenomenal. You’re out there. You’re the leader of the pack. Keep up the good work.”...My original stated goal for riding along with a pair of

Mormon missionaries was to see the reaction from the community at-large.

Are the sisters heckled? Ridiculed? Met with interest?With few exceptions, during my day as part of the

bicycle train, Sister Mikayla Pearson and Sister Savannah Webb were met with general common courtesy and at least benign interest.

As we made our way northeast, person-by-person, through the center of Covington, I noticed the familiar drill of small talk with everyone they encountered: “Where are you going?” … “Where are you from?” … “Where do you work?” … “What do you like to do?”

The conversation then shifts to more pointed questions: “Are you familiar with any Bible stories?” … “If you lived in the time of Noah, would you get on the arc?”

That leads to suggestions: “… one way to find out is through prayer. Follow someone you trust — God.” … “...You should check out this super cool website, Mormon.org…”

It’s not that the sisters aren’t sincere about their questions and interest in people’s lives. To me, it just also seems they are trying to gauge the best way to integrate the teachings and importance of Jesus and the Book of Mormon into the conversation.

“We are not here to tell anyone that they are wrong,” Pearson told me. “But just to build off the faith that they

already have.”The sisters get new planners for storing phone num-

bers, addresses and email addresses of strangers every six weeks. Pearson said she’d collected hundreds of names and numbers since she started her mission 10 months ago, estimating five to 10 phone numbers each week. Pearson and Webb were far more successful than that with Brother

Mandel taking notes in the caboose. Over a period of six hours, the pair handed out at least a dozen Mormon-related informational cards and pamphlets and jotted a combined eight new phone numbers into their contact books. Some of those people may never show interest again, but the sisters will certainly try. Even if, as Pearson told me, the number of converts isn’t the most important part of a mission.

In her mind, passing someone up, and thereby denying them the opportunity to learn about the LDS faith, is the biggest sin. It’s more about eter-nal life than reaching any baptism quota.

“Everyone, to us, is our brothers and our sisters and we want to help,” she said. “Talking to people, even if they don’t like us at the moment, from an eternal perspective, we’re are going to be glad we went up to them. I can’t imag-ine going up to live with God and then (have there) be people com-ing up to me (saying), like, ‘Why didn’t you tell me?’”...We just finished chatting with

the lady who holds the “SLOW” sign in front of a construction zone. This wasn’t their first conversation, but could be one of their last, since the roadwork is coming to a conclusion. The sis-ters attempted to set up a home visit with the peppy laborer, who gushed over their “beauti-ful smiles.” They will come by tomorrow to finalize a time.

Webb is now taking the lead in the discussion with a young guy wearing earbuds and carrying a backpack. At first, I couldn’t tell if Caleb Iness, a 23-year-old who recently moved to Covington from Olym-pia, was just being nice and courteous enough to talk with some friendly ladies. But his authenticity about the cause is now readily apparent.

Iness says he majored in theology and is religious. He has a strong faith in Jesus Christ and prays often.

“I had to pray for some people at my work today,” he tells the sisters. “You’re supposed to pray for your enemies, kind of thing. Love those who persecute you. It can be a little hard sometimes but it is good practice to have.”

Iness says he has a good relationship with God, though, he acknowledges that “it can always be better.” Webb sees the obvious opening and goes in for the kill. Or, salvation, I suppose. She pulls out her contact book and gets Iness’ address and phone number. They set up an appointment for 6 p.m. Friday to discuss the gospel from the Book of Mormon. Iness is open to hearing what the sisters have to say.

“It’s always a growing process,” he says....Beyond spreading the word of Joseph Smith (who I once

inadvertently referred to as John Smith), the Sisters also of-fer their services to help. To anyone. The overtures have led to some sometimes inappropriate and crude conversations.

“We volunteer to do service for people and they will take it down the wrong path,” Pearson said. “…So we say, ‘Kay. Bye.’”

But even the perverted and manipulative can’t bring these two down.

“Even if they are super rude to me, I’ll love them no mat-ter what,” Webb said.

That doesn’t mean there aren’t trying moments.Pearson still has trouble visiting one neighborhood that

left her crying on a stranger’s porch, after a woman holding a crying baby followed she and her companion to another house and berated them for “selling Jesus.”

“It was so embarrassing because we were still talking to the other lady on her front porch,” Pearson said. “…You’re just not used to people talking to you that way. I’ve always been someone that — I was nice to people and people were nice to me. But, whatever.”

The hatred seems to stem from, at least partially, a fis-sure between the teachings of Mormonism, and whether its people should be considered Christians. Members of the LDS Church regard themselves as Christians, teaching that Jesus is the son of God and the savior. However, Mormons differ significantly from other forms of the faith, especially with their belief in a modern day prophet. They also believe the authority and pureness of Jesus’ church and his doctrine were lost, with changes being made to the original teachings during the time after the origi-nal Apostles’ deaths. Joseph

Smith eventually restored the gospel of Jesus back to earth, they say.

“There’s a lot of Christian people that don’t like us,” Pearson said. “They don’t think we’re Christian. But they don’t understand, because we have the nickname Mormon. But Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is all revolved around Jesus Christ and I think that’s just a hard thing for people to understand. Christian faith uses the Bible and we don’t call them Bibles.”

Webb tries to remember that, even in rudeness, everyone is “brothers and sisters of God,” which, when thought of in those terms, makes it easier to love everyone. Still, the mission has been an emotional roller coaster, with days of homesickness and rejection intertwined with genuine happiness.

“I just didn’t think people could be so mean,” she said. But the sisters do anything but dwell on pessimism.

Where I tend to see luck or chance, they sing about miracles.

Webb recounted the biggest miracle on the mission thus far: convincing a woman who obviously didn’t want to speak with her to open up about her troubles.

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“Everybody knows you are either going to be a Mormon or a Jehovah’s Witness because nobody else has the backbone, guts or belief to do what you are doing.” Richard Christiansen

In the Word of Wisdom, the following substances are said to be harmful:

• Alcoholic drinks

• Tobacco

• Tea and coffee

• Illegal drugs, including abuse of prescription drugs

Mormons believe the Lord declared in the Word of Wis-dom that the following foods are good:

• Vegetables and fruits, which should be used “with pru-dence and thanksgiving”

• The flesh “of beasts and of the fowls of the air,” which is “to be used sparingly”

• Grains: such as wheat, rice, and oats, which are “the staff of life”

Source: LDS.org

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Two weeks ago we explored our innate desire to experience new states of consciousness; that is, when we’re dissatisfi ed with our present state of mind, we change it by ingesting various drugs. So, we drink coff ee because we want to be more alert. We use alcohol to relax and be more sociable. Th e intensity of our need to seek and experience new consciousness varies greatly from one individual to the next but, in any case, the desire for change, be it large or small, is always there because it’s in our genes.

Th is week I want to examine how easily we get hooked on any particular drug which, as you may suspect, also varies greatly from one individual to the next. Again, our propensity for addiction is determined mostly by our DNA. Of course, our genetic inheritance is weakened or strengthened by our social situation and conditioning but, in this particular case, I believe our genes are far more important than the way we’re raised.

At any rate, some people are easily addicted to any damned thing and others are not. Th erefore, it isn’t true that people can’t be hooked on pot. You see, it’s not the drug that determines addic-tion, it’s the individual. At one extreme end of the continuum, some people can smoke a couple of joints and they’re suddenly hooked on three joints a day for the rest of their lives. Take away pot and they suff er withdrawal pains and symp-toms that are just as severe as those felt by meth addicts. On the other hand, some people simply can’t be addicted to anything, not even heroin. Th ey can smoke three packs of cigarettes a day

for 30 years and then abruptly quit – cold turkey – and not suff er so much as a single tremor.

Of course, most of us fall somewhere in be-tween these extremes.

Now, if you’re still with me, you’ll see we have two things working here: First, how easily we get hooked, and, second, how intense our desire is to seek new types of consciousness. Th ese two phenomena can unite in four diff erent combina-tions. (Or permutations, if you recall Math 101.) First, you can have a person who has little desire to experiment with new states of consciousness and, in general, can’t be addicted to anything. Obviously, there’s no problem here. Th is fella simply goes on about his merry, carefree life. Second, you can have someone who has little need to test new states of mind, but is highly prone to addiction. Here again, one can predict this individual probably won’t have any prob-lems because he’s not especially interested in

fooling around with any drugs, but if he happens to try alcohol at a frat party, owing perhaps to social pressure, this might be a sorry mistake. Th ird, there’s the person who’s interested in trying all kinds of drugs, but simply can’t be ad-dicted to any of them. Th is situation can be a bit problematic if he used a large amount of meth or crack or booze or cigarettes for a number of years because, addicted or not, these drugs can take a serious physical and mental toll.

But it’s the last category that raises hell with the user, his family and our communities in gen-eral. Th is individual longs to experiment with all kinds of drugs – seeking that profound, existen-tial break-through to the “other side” – and is easily addicted to everything. Woe be the plight of this poor fellow.

Th ere are still a few more things I want to say about this subject, but they’ll have to wait until next week.

In October 1998, Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin’s predecessor, strongly objected to Presi-dent Clinton’s bombing of Serbia to liberate Kosovo. Th e United States and the West ignored him. At that time, Rus-sia’s economy was in shambles. Just over a year later Yeltsin resigned, naming Putin as his successor.

To end the confl ict in Kosovo, Russian troops were supposed to act as peacekeepers. It was not allowed to happen. Putin never forgot that insult and, as the new leader of Russia, this was a turning point in his at-titude toward the West, according to George Friedman, head of the global intelligence company Stratfor, in his July 21, 2014, article, “Can Putin Survive?” He was determined to rebuild Russian power and prestige. Now, 14 years later, because of the Malaysian Airlines shoot-down, Putin’s days in power may be numbered.

In 2008, the Russian Army invaded parts of Georgia, breaking off two provinces made up of primarily of pro-Russian peoples. Th is was

a forceful statement from Putin to the US and the West that Russia was back as a military power to contend with. Th e US, under George W. Bush, was powerless to stop the Georgian takeover. It was also a message to Ukraine, ac-cording to Friedman, that the West could not be relied upon to protect them either.

Putin continued to increase his prestige in negotiating the removal of chemical weapons from Syria in 2013 and by the success of the Sochi Winter Olympics.

Victor Yanukovych was elected to power in Ukraine in 2010. Th is in-creased Putin’s reputation, especially when Yanukovych moved away from economic links with the European Union and moved toward Russia in November 2013.

But beginning in February 2014 Putin’s control of events in Ukraine

began to slip, as did his forceful image. Street demonstrations in Kiev protesting Yanu-kovych’s policies forced Yanukovych to fl ee to Russia. Putin’s policy for Ukraine fell apart. In March, Putin annexed Crimea aft er a referen-dum, regaining popularity with the Russian public

Pro-Russian rebels, apparently aided by Russian Special Forces, according to Fried-man, rose up in eastern Ukraine and took several cities, claiming independence from the Ukrainian government in Kiev. A new Ukrai-nian leader, Petro Poroshenko, was elected

in late May. Petroshenko’s policy has been to retake rebellious eastern Ukraine, in spite of Putin’s warnings to stop.

Putin’s strategy has been to tone down the confl ict in Ukraine, while sending in more, sophisticated weaponry to the Ukrainian rebels. At the same time, he has attempted to split the Europeans who need Russian oil and natural gas.

To shore up Russia’s ability to survive fur-ther sanctions and to show he is an eff ective leader, he signed an enormous 50-year natural gas deal with China.

On July 19, Malaysian Flight MH17 was shot down, in all probability by a Russian anti-aircraft missile, putting Putin on the defensive. Rather than being able to divide the Europe-ans with their need for Russian natural gas, and the looming winter heating needs, Euro-pean anger has united them against Russia, again putting Putin’s eff ectiveness in question.

Greater sanctions have been imposed to a Russian economy already stagnating and, ac-cording to Stratfor, is expected to slide into a recession this year. Added to this, $76 billion in foreign investments have fl ed Russia since the beginning of 2014, due to the crisis in Ukraine.

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Th ose who applied for the seat were Cathy Hilde, Pamela Shinsato, Leslie Burberry, Scott Travis, Katherine Turner, Christina Delia, Megan Sheridan, Sara Gilbert, and Dana Parnello.

Th e candidates were individually interviewed by the council, with each being given fi ve minutes to expound upon their appli-cations and share informa-tion about themselves with the council, then council members each had a chance to ask questions related to what the candidate had said or provided in their application. In their ap-plications candidates were asked about why they want to be on the council, if they had any prior experience as an elected or appointed offi cial, what strengths they would bring to the council, what their top three priori-ties would be as a council member, how they view the council’s role in the com-munity, and what they view the city’s greatest challenge as.

Hilde has lived in Maple Valley for 20 years and currently serves as an alternate on the planning commission and has done extensive volunteering in the community. She listed “reducing spending” as one of her top three priorities, which Councilwoman Erin Weaver asked Hilde to expand upon.

“It has less to do with cutting where or how, what types of cuts to make, and has more to do with a thoughtful examination of where we are spending our money,” Hilde said. “Quite honestly I believe a big piece to that happens to be a real need in the city for a sense of direction, I have felt for a long time there is no clear direction the city is heading into.”

She went on to compare

the city’s position to that of a skydiver jumping out of an airplane with a para-chute — in the city’s case the parachute being reports, surveys, information and plans, “But we don’t seem to be pulling the rip cord,” Hilde said.

Shinsato has lived in the city for three years. She spoke about her business and education experi-ence and her in-volvement in the arts, describing herself as “creative yet ana-lytical.” She emphasized her creativity in tackling and solving challenges, not just thinking outside the box, but as she described it, “get rid of the box.” Shinsato also has extensive volunteer experience for a variety of organizations over the years and spoke about fi scal responsibility and fostering community.

When asked by Coun-cilman Gerken why she moved to Maple Valley, Shinsato said she was look-ing for somewhere closer to a good dance studio for her daughter and said, “We just looked at it, fell in love with it and said, ‘Th is is where I need to raise my daughter.’”

Burberry, who ran against Laise Jonas for the seat in November, was next up.

“During my campaign last year I was impressed both by the concerns and the aspirations the citizens had for Maple Valley,” Burberry said.

He has lived in the city for 17 years and currently

serves on the planning commis-sion, he also has volunteer experi-ence. “I’ve always served in one way or another,” Burb-erry said.

He went on to speak about his experience work-ing with budgets and about his drive and desire to serve the city. When asked about

economic development, Burberry emphasized partnerships, particularly

meeting with developers to discuss both their and the city’s wants and needs, and attracting businesses to Maple Valley.

“It’s just a matter of how do you appeal to the right

people at the right time and the right opportunity,” Burberry said.

He also spoke about community engagement and involving citizens with business and leadership experi-ence.

Travis has lived in the city for nine years and has had a 30 year career in pub-lic service, serving in the Marines and law enforce-ment.

Travis listed “balanc-ing economic growth with the residential, parks, and recreation areas,” as one of his top priorities on his application. When asked to expound upon that he said, “I just don’t want to see the city become too commercialized…. I just don’t want to see Maple Valley become another Covington.”

He also spoke about the impor-tance of public safety and mainta-ing or even grow-ing what the city is currently doing and about effi ciently running the city government. When asked what he thought the biggest challenge to an effi cient government was, Travis cited balancing fi nancial realities with expenditures.

“Obviously there’s a lot more priorities and things the city would like to see done then the city has money to do,” Travis said. He went on to say that prioritizing those wants will be key for the city.

Turner has lived in the city for 12 years and has served with several dif-ferent groups during that time. She said that she decided to apply aft er being encouraged by friends and family. She spoke about the importance of economic growth to her as well as the importance of parks, traffi c, and sharing resources with

surrounding communities. When asked about

her vision for the Legacy Site, Turner spoke about partnering with an outside group to, “create something special out here.”

As a follow-up she was asked how to pay for a project of that scale, Turner said she sported giving the community a chance to vote on a bond.

“I believe they should be given the chance to vote if they want it or not,” Turner said. “If they vote that they don’t want it then they can’t complain.”

Delia has lived in the city for eight years and spoke primarily about her desire to reach all the residents of Maple Valley. She also spoke about her business management experience both at a large business and at the small business level, and the desire to better ad-vertise and expand services within the city.

“It’s fi nding what livable means to all the citizens and not just the citizens that we com-monly would serve,” Delia said. “By commonly I mean your middle income family that owns a home, that’s not all the residents.”

Sheridan has lived in the city for fi ve years and cur-rently serves on the plan-ning commission. She has also done other volunteer work throughout the com-munity.

She began by reminding the council members how she has known them and worked with them in the community. She said her top priority is economic development in the city.

“For me that’s huge,” Sheridan said.

She went on to say that bringing living wage jobs to the city so people stay during the day is, “what we need.”

“I talked to many depart-ment heads,” Sheridan said. “Th e biggest thing that jumped out at me, sitting down with Shawn (Hunt-stock, fi nance director), is

“It’s fi nding what livable means to all the citizens and not just the citizens that we commonly would serve.” Christina Delia

“It has less to do with cutting where or how, what types of cuts to make, and has more to do with a thoughtful examination of where we are spending our money.” Cathy Hilde

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“It’s just a matter of how do you appeal to the right people at the right time and the right opportunity.” Leslie Burberry


PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON

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NOTICE OF HEARING FOR SALE OF PROPERTY

Notice of Proposed Sale. In accordance with RCW 70.44.300, the Board of Trustees of Valley Medical Center hereby gives notice of its intent to sell property belonging to the District by private sale. The property to be sold is a vacant building owned by the District and located in Auburn, WA. The Board has previously declared this property surplus to the District. Prior to such sale, the Board shall con- duct a public hearing and will consider any evidence offered for and against the propriety and ad- visability of the proposed sale. The date and time for such hearing shall be Monday, August 18, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. in the Board Room of Valley Medical Center, at the beginning of the Valley Board’s scheduled meeting. The public is invited to attend.BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSPUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON (VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER)By: Sandra Sward

Assistant to the Valley BoardPublished in the Kent, Renton,Covington/Maple Valley/BlackDiamond Reporters on August 1,2014, August 8, 2014.#1101448.

PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING A regular scheduled meeting ofthe Board of Directors of Enum-claw School District No. 216 willbe held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday,August 18, 2014, at EnumclawSchool District Board Room,2929 McDougall Avenue, Enum-claw, Washington. At this meeting, information willbe provided on the Budgets forthe General Fund, Capital Projects Fund, TransportationVehicle Fund, Debt ServiceFund, and the Associated StudentBody Fund for the 2014-2015school year. Copies of the proposed budgetsare available to the public at the

(address above) or can be foundonline at the district’s website:www.enumclaw.wednet.edu/departments/business/budget_

Any person may appear at themeeting to be heard for oragainst the budget or any partthereof. Published in Covington/MapleValley/Black Diamond Reporteron Aubust 1, 8, 2014. #1095700.

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CITY COUNCIL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2014 – 7:00 PM

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Chapter 35A.63.220 of the Revised Code of Washington, the Covington City Council will a hold a public hearing on a proposed ordinance which establishes a six-month extension on a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries, production and processing facilities, and collective gardens, at its regular meeting on Tuesday, August 12, 2014, at 7:00 p.m., to be held in the Council Chambers at Covington City Hall, 16720 S.E. 271st Street, Covington, Washington.

The purpose of this public hearing is for the City Council to receive comments from the public, both written and oral, regarding a proposed ordinance extending the current moratorium within the City of Covington on the establishment, location, operation, licensing, maintenance, or continuation of medical marijuana dispensaries, production facilities, processing facilities, and collective gardens.

All persons desiring to comment may do so in writing to Sharon Scott, City Clerk, at 16720 SE 271st Street, Suite 100, Covington, Washington, 98042 or by appearing at the public hearing on August 12, 2014.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that agenda information will be posted the Friday prior to the above meeting at Covington City Hall, and on the City’s web site: www.covingtonwa.gov. For further information, please contact Richard Hart, Community Development Director at [email protected] or by phone at 253-480-2441.

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Apparently, Webb and Pearson didn’t feel like bik-ing that day, but persuaded themselves to anyway. Webb described wobbling along on her bike as the woman speed-walked away. Webb managed to sneak in one query: “If you could

ask God one question, what would it be?”

The lady’s response: “Why me?”

After a few words of encouragement, the woman stopped. She explained how her nephew had killed her mom, dad, sister and sister’s fiancée, before stabbing her 13 times. The question was

really: “Why me? Why did I live?” It provoked tears and descriptions about rehab and the battle to regain custody of her children and life. The woman had no phone number and the sis-ters never found her again. But it was enough.

“She needed us that day,” Webb said. “…Sometimes you just know when you are talking to someone that you were placed in their path just to talk to them, to help them that day.”...Webb tries a similar

tactic with a 26-year-old Arby’s employee we meet at a bus stop. They discuss the $15 minimum wage and his ex-girlfriend before Webb asks, “What would be the one question you would ask God?”

After a moment, the man responds, “For a loan?”

The sisters laugh but prod for more. He caves with the question: “Why?” The bus arrives before either could pass him a Mormon.org card that, they know, could provide answers.

“There was promise in

him, I think,” Pearson says.“We’ll have to remember

to go to lunch at Arby’s,” Webb adds.

I ask the sisters if following the guy to his place of work might seem a little stalker-ish. The idea seems to catch them slightly by surprise.

“Some people might,” Pearson says.

“I don’t think he would,” Webb adds.

I start to understand their logic: why would a persistent, positive attitude ever be considered sinis-ter? It’s a slightly different wavelength than I’m used to, but one I am learning to appreciate....About five hours into our

ride, we stop by the home of Brother Steve Wierlo, who fell from a ladder while cleaning his gutters three weeks earlier. The clean-cut, middle-aged man suffered a broken nose, badly injured wrists and fractures in his

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It’s a remarkable recovery. One that I would generally attribute to Wierlo being a quick healer who has taken proper care of his body over the years (thanks, at least in part, to the Word of Wisdom) and lots of luck. But that kind of rationale isn’t in the ever-optimistic sister’s thought process.

“Miracles happen!” Webb says. “That’s what I’m talk-ing about.”

...As we ride away from

the house, we talk about our dreams and goals. The sisters are curious about how I hope my future plays out. No matter what I say, it always seems to make them happy and excited about life. The positivity is contagious. I wonder why everyone isn’t so ... Pffffffffff.

My front tire pops. The rubber flattens against the road, producing a pathetic melody of thuds.

“There goes that,” I say, as my 8-ball-shaped tire valve rolls onto the pavement. “This may be the end.”

The sisters laugh and never lose their enthusiasm. There are too many other things left to do to end now. It’s only 3:45 p.m. We still have a dinner to attend.

“We can just walk with the bikes,” Pearson says.

Pick up next week’s paper for the conclusion of Man-del’s adventure with the Mormons.

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“Sometimes you just know when you are talking to someone that you were placed in their path just to talk to them, to help them that day.” Sister Savannah Webb

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

LARCENY• A burglary was

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Sheridan also spoke about community engage-ment and when asked what she would do differently she said, “really going to them.”

“I was a youth leader for years,” Sheridan said. “One of the things we always lived on was you have to go to them. We are asking our residents to come to us instead of going to them.”

Gilbert has lived in the city for 16 years and serves as a city park commissioner as well as on the board of the Lake Wilderness Arboretum and is involved in other organizations in Maple Valley.

When asked about funding options Gilbert spoke about a bond or a metropolitan parks district to fund parks as well as bringing in businesses and employers for economic de-velopment. She also spoke about wanting to develop nonmotorized transporta-tion options within the city to give residents more, and safe, options.

Parnello has lived in the city for 11 years and served on the council from 2010-11 after being appointed to an open position, and has also served on the planning commission in the past, as well as with other large organizations.

“I think I’m pretty quali-fied for the role,” Parnello said. “I’ve sat on the council with most of you.”

He spoke about his ex-perience working with data as well as a master’s degree that he earned in recreation administration. His main focus, he said, would be on education and economic development, two topics he said he feels go hand in hand.

“We need to leverage what has made Maple Valley a great place to live, we need to make it a great place to work,” Parnello said.

Since the meeting was adjourned without an ap-pointment being made, the discussion on who should fill the vacancy will be revisted for further discus-sion at the Aug. 4 special meeting.

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Volunteers from the Lake Wilderness Arboretum Foundation served up burgers, hot dogs and drinks this year at Maple Valley’s annual Kids Festival, which took place on Saturday, July 19 at Lake Wilderness Park.

“A huge thanks to everyone who came hungry and purchased hot food and drinks from the concessions stand,” said Noel Paterson, Foundation President. “With your help the community raised nearly $900 to benefit Lake Wilderness Arboretum.”

Paterson also acknowledges city staff members Jennifer, Bobby and Annalisa for all their help, as well as arboretum volunteers Sarah Gilbert, Criss and Ray Vefik, Eva, Quinn and Kallen Paterson, Mike Newell, Cindy Ostermann, Bob Dunning and Diane Barnes.

“It is the support from people like you that makes it possible for the arboretum to even exist. Thank you so much!”

Children ages 2-12 found tons of free things to do, including live music and comedy shows, face painting, children’s crafts, the candy cannon, model airplanes, inflatable toys, interactive exhibits, even warming up their throwing arms and taking their revenge on the park lifeguards at the dunk tank.

Visit LakeWildernessArboretum.org, email [email protected] or call 253-293-5103 to volunteer, donate or become a member.

What’s blooming at Lake Wilderness Arboretum

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AUG. 5On Tuesday, August 5 communi-ties all over the country and their residents will be sending a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and working together in order to watch out for each other and address any crime and disorderly issues.

The goals of National Night Out are to:

• Strengthen relationships between neighbors, residents, and police

• Spread crime prevention awareness

• Generate support for, and partici-pation in, local anticrime programs

Neighborhoods in Maple Valley will celebrate NNO with a variety of events and activities such as: block parties and cookouts.

Maple Valley Police will be visiting neighborhoods in the city through-out the evening and at 7 p.m. will wrap up the celebration at Glacier Valley Community Park where all Maple Valley citizens are welcome to attend a free barbecue.


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We write today in an ongoing effort to keep our members informed and engaged regarding chamber affairs. Your board of directors is dedicated to provid-ing members with the highest value and growing the organization to increase our strength as a chamber. Our goals are clear. Our plan is strong.

In recent months this organization has endured sig-

The board has committed to utilizing these events as a way to recruit and position the right person to help us with our effort to provide the highest value to you and grow the organization as a whole. In the upcom-ing weeks we will be going through the process of evaluating candidates and hope to move forward soon. In the meantime, the board will divide and con-quer the many tasks that the position is responsible for in an effort to make this transition as seamless as possible.

We would like to take this opportunity to ensure you that the Covington Chamber is in capable hands and that we have a plan to dramatically improve the orga-nization. The plan is founded on the belief that value is driven by our strength. We believe that strength is not simply a result of numbers. Rather, strength is a result of an energized and active base. Covington has a diverse business population and each of us require support at different levels and in different arenas. What binds us as a group is our desire to make Cov-ington a business friendly environment as we each look to succeed in our business endeavors. While

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Track and Field ath-letes from Kentwood and Tahoma competed at the USA Track and Field Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships last week outside Houston, Texas.

To qualify for the event, athletes had to fi nish in the top fi ve at the regional championships that were

held in Spokane. Brock Eager, who

graduated from Tahoma High School in June and competed for the team Seatown Express, won the men’s hammer throw with a throw of 67.98 meters.

Seatown started in 1999 and Eager was coached by his dad, Keith Eager.

Four athletes from Kent-wood High School com-

peted with Xtreme Speed Track Club which practices at Kentwood.

Keetaan DeWitz, a sec-ond year national qualifi er who will be a sophomore in the fall, competed in the 400 meter hurdles, fi nishing 37th overall.

TJay Mason is heading into his senior year and made his fi rst trip to na-tionals, fi nishing 34th in the

400 meter hurdles and 17th in the high jump.

Samantha LaRue will be a junior at Kentwood this year and also made her fi rst trip to nationals. Despite competing on a fractured foot she fi nished 40th in shot put.

Rounding out the group from Kentwood, junior Corey Tullio was also com-peting for the fi rst time and

fi nished 26th in shot put. Xtreme Speed was

founded in 2010 and is led by head coach Rob Th omas, throws coach Isan Gold-wire, jumps coach Mekco Caldwell, hurdle coach Kaid Tipton, and hurdle coach Jo-Nathan Th omas.

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Track and field athletes compete at nationalsTahoma High School’s Brock Eager wins national title in hammer throw with a 67.98 meter toss

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over in Kent on Aug. 11. Hendrickson will receive a pay bump to the level two city manager pay scale while in the position.

City Councilman Joseph Cimaomo, Jr. said Hendrickson’s previous experience as city manager for the city of Newcastle, as well as his knowledge of Covington’s finances, helped aid the decision.

“We know he can do the job; he has done it before,” Cimaomo said. “We believe he will do well for us. He knows the city and what is going on.”

The council is waiting on bids from three outside agencies, which were suggested by Matheson, to help look for a permanent city manager. The selected firm will search internally and externally for candidates. The council expects to discuss the bids at its Aug. 12 meeting.

Cimaomo did not know if Hendrickson

wants to be considered for the job full-time. He said the council hopes to select a permanent replacement by November.

“I personally think it might take us a lit-tle longer than that,” he said. “It all depends on the amount of applicants we have.”

Cimaomo said it is “possible” that Senior Accountant Casey Parker will act on Hen-drickson’s capacity as Finance Director in his stead.

“I know we put the city in good hands with Rob at the helm while we search for a new city manager,” Cimaomo said.

Reach Senior Reporter Eric Mandel at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054. To comment on this story go to www.covingtonreporter.com.

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In August 1991, there was an at-tempted coup by the Communists who put Mikhail Gorbachev under house arrest as he vacationed at his summer home in Crimea. The USSR was break-ing up and Communist hardliners were frightened and worried by the changes wrought by Gorbachev. Even though he was returned to power two days later, this event is seen as one of the major events ending the USSR. Boris Yeltsin pushed Gorbachev out of power.

Putin has built his own coalition of powerful factions as part of his politbu-ro. He has been good at building coali-tions among them, but only because he

has been seen to be tough and effective. That reputation has been damaged and could crumble with repercussions of the MH17 shoot-down: more sanctions causing more capital flight and deeper economic problems, with its rivals smelling weakness. Putin better not be taking any vacations any time soon, unless he can pull himself out of his recent nosedive.

Rich Elfers is a history instructor at Green River Community College and former Enumclaw City Council member.

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