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Joan McIntyre chops celery Tuesday morning at the Maple Valley Food Bank prior to its opening to clients to select food. McIntyre has volunteered with the food bank for 12 years. Clients can select food three days a week. KRIS HILL, The Reporter
Feeding Those Less Fortunate
BY KATHERINE SMITH
Funding for several public works projects as well as sup-porting a reinstatement of liquor revenue sharing and supporting Covington’s project to widen Kent-Kangley at Jenkins Creek are the top legislative priorities for Maple Valley in 2014.
City Manager David Johnston presented the proposed priori-ties to council at the City Council meeting on Monday night, to which council members off ered
their consensus. One of the
projects the city will seek fund-ing for is for improvements
to state Route 169 between Witte Road
and Southeast 240th Street.Th e project would add a second
northbound lane to that section of roadway as well as a bike lane, sidewalk, lighting, and landscap-ing.
Th e estimated cost of the project is $6.35 million, with $2 million to come from local fund-
Money for roads a top legislative priority
BY KRIS HILL
Joseph Cimaomo, Jr., started meeting with Covington City Council members and staff not long aft er he defeated Dave Lu-cavish in the Nov. 5 election.
Not only is Cimaomo the new-est City Council member, but at 28, he is the youngest. He is passionate about politics and gov-ernment and he knows it will take time to learn how to be a council member.
In some ways, though, Ciamao-mo’s youth and energy could be a good thing.
“I believe it is a benefi t being a younger age, being a young family guy,” he said. “Being that young guy gives me that fresh set of eyes. What’s worked in the past 20 years may not work work in the future.”
Cimaomo said during an inter-view Dec. 5, just a few days before his new council member orienta-tion Monday at City Hall, he was told to expect to leave with stacks
Councilman lays out goals for first year
BY KRIS HILL
Nearly three years aft er a storm which dumped record amounts of rain on the region washed out the bridge in Jenkins Creek Park in Covington, the city received grant funding to pay to replace the span.
Th e bridge was originally built in 1990 when the park was owned by King County. Covington received the park from the county in November 2002.
Because the bridge was part of a walking transportation corridor heavily used by residents of the Timberlane neighborhood to get to Covington’s downtown core as well as children to get to school, it is a victory the city was awarded a $418,000 federal community development block grant to cover the cost of building a new bridge.
“Basically what that does is re-establishes the bridge cross-ing there at Jenkins Creek,” said Don Vondran, Covington’s public works director. “It also creates an
ADA accessible route all the way through the park from the west side across the bridge through the park to the east side of the bridge in the vicinity of Jenkins Creek Elementary.”
Covington staff received a letter Nov. 12 that it received the grant in order to make it possible for those who rely on the bridge crossing such as children and the elderly to get to school as well as into the downtown core.
Th e bridge was built out of timber boards and logs anchored by cement pads on either side of the creek. Parks and recreation staff planned to put the bridge through a stress test in December 2010 to determine if it was safe
Grant to cover the cost of building new bridge in Jenkins Creek Park
The bridge at Jenkins Creek Park crumpled under the weight of a storm in December 2010. Covington recently received a grant to replace it. Photo courtesy of the city of Covington
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COUNTY COUNCIL ADOPTS REGULATIONS FOR MARIJUANA OPERATIONS IN UNINCORPORATED KING COUNTYThe Metropolitan King County Council unanimously adopted legislation modify-ing King County building codes and development regulations for the siting of recreational marijuana businesses licensed by Washington State Liquor Control Board.
In 2012, state voters adopted Initiative 502, which legalized the purchase, pos-session, and use of small amounts of marijuana by state residents 21 years and older. The initiative also established the means for regulating the production, processing, sales, and taxing of marijuana.
The legislation adopted by the council — which is in effect only in the unincor-porated areas within King County — sets the regulations on the production, processing and sale of marijuana in those communities:
Production
· Outdoor and greenhouse growing would be allowed in the Agricultural (A) zone as a permitted use up to 2,000 square feet.
· Outdoor and greenhouse growing would be allowed in the Rural Area (RA) zone as a permitted use up to 2,000 square feet and as a conditional use up to 30,000 square feet.
· Indoor growing would be allowed in the Community Business (CB) and Regional Business (RB) zone as a permitted use up to 2,000 square feet and as a conditional use up to 30,000 square feet.
· Indoor growing would be allowed in the Industrial (I) zone as a permitted use up to 30,000 square feet.
Processing
· Light processing as an accessory use to production would be allowed in the A and RA zones as a permitted use up to 2,000 square feet.
· Light processing would be allowed in the CB and RB zones outside of the ur-
ban growth area as a permitted use up to 2,000 square feet and as a conditional use up to 30,000 square feet.
· Processing would be allowed in the CB and RB zones, and inside of the urban growth area as a permitted use up to 2,000 square feet and as a conditional use up to 30,000 square feet.
· Processing would be allowed in the I zone as a permitted use up to 30,000 square feet.
Retail
· Retail sales would be allowed in the CB and RB zones as a permitted use up to 2,000 square feet.
As outlined in Initiative 502, the legislation prevents any of these operations from being established within 1,000 feet of a number of facilities including schools, public parks, day care centers, arcades and libraries.
The adopted ordinance does not impact the production, processing and sale of medicinal marijuana. Those businesses will continue to be governed by current county codes.
Community News and Notes
CHILDREN’S DANCE THEATER TO PRESENT “THE NUTCRACKER”This year Children’s Dance Theater’s production of “The Nutcracker” has grown to include a cast of close to 60 performers ranging from the age of 5 through adults.
While most of the dancers are from Auburn, there are families from all
over the Puget Sound including, Covington, Tacoma, Renton, and Federal Way.
Tickets are available online at www.auburnchildrensdancetheater.com, pre-sale price is $13, $15 at the door.
Performances are at 7 p.m. Dec. 20 and 21 and at 2 p.m. on Dec. 21 at the Fife Performing Arts Center, 2901 54th Ave East in Fife.
BY KATHERINE SMITH
Communities in Schools of Kent is connecting com-munity mentors to students at area schools including Covington Elementary to help students thrive.
Th e program, which is part of the national Com-munities in Schools orga-nization started in Kent in the 1990s and moved to a site coordinator based model in 2003. Site coordi-nators work with the school to facilitate the mentor-ing program, and in some other school districts other Communities in Schools affi liates also have tutoring programs, as well as con-necting various community resources to students and their families.
“Communities in Schools has a model of pro-viding site coordinators at the schools that help con-nect community resources to the students, and the whole idea of that is to let us do that so the schools can teach,” said Dee Klem, the elementary mentor co-ordinator for Communities in Schools of Kent, said.
Currently, the program has site coordinators at Sce-nic Hill Elementary, Mill Creek Middle School, and
Kent Phoenix Academy and also works with Cov-ington Elementary through the school’s family and community engagement facilitator, Angela Stave.
Th e program has had mentors at Covington Elementary for more than fi ve years, and currently has three mentors at the school.
Mentors are matched with students for the school year and spend an hour a week with the student at school. At the elementary level, Klem said, that oft en is visiting during lunch or recess.
“All of the contact with the student is at school during school,” Kelm said. “Because we are the nation’s leading drop out preven-tion program, so for us that mentor contact being at school, during school, that mentor contact makes that positive connection to school for the student. So we actually have some pretty strict rules about them not having contact outside of school because then it’s all the sudden not about school any more and that is really our focus as an organization.”
Klem added that the focus of the program is on students who need that extra bit of attention or
encouragement to be suc-cessful.
“One of the things that’s really important for people to know is that as much as our program is sort of an intervention for students, it’s a pretty mild interven-tion,” Klem said. “Students that are really serious behavior or academic issues usually are not a good fi t for our program. Th ey need more help than somebody who goes to our two or three hour training and comes once a week can provide to them. Someone who phrased it once, and I thought it was really beau-tiful, it’s really for students who are on the brink of success.”
Stave, who works for the school district and coordinates the program at Covington Elementary said that she sees benefi ts for the students who are mentored.
“I think it helps with at-tendance, I think kids look forward to it,” Stave said. “I think it helps with behav-ior, too. It just re-enforces positive behavior.”
Stave said that they can always use more mentors.
“I think the more caring, consistent adults you have in a building the more the entire community benefi ts,” Stave said.
Leslie Hamada is a Covington resident who has mentored at Kent Phoenix Academy for three years and through various organizations in several diff erent school districts for more than 40 years.
“I know the great need in certain areas with high school kids and so I just focused on that when I started to mentor here (Kent Phoenix Academy),” Hamada said. “Th e Com-munity in Schools in Kent is one of the best commu-nity of schools of all that I have worked in.”
Hamada said one thing that drew her to mentor-ing is her desire to see the achievement gap between students closed.
“It has been a really good experience,” Hamada said. “Kids who have that life-line, whether it’s a teacher, a mentor, or somebody in
the community that has reached out to help them in a more personal way can make a diff erence in their future tremendously.”
Kelm said that the program is always look-ing to grow and add more schools, more site coordi-nators and more mentors.
“We would really like to expand the site coordina-tors,” Klem said. “Cov-ington Elementary would be near the top of our list where we would like to see one. Th at provides more comprehensive services for those schools. We’re always looking for more mentors and we do usually focus them on schools that have site coordinators but we have a long track record of being fl exible.”
Reach Katherine Smith at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5052. To comment on this story go to www.covingtonreporter.com.
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Sometimes I forget about the need of those in the community who have less than my family does so sometimes I forget about the Food Pan-try at the Black Diamond Community Center, the Storehouse at Real Life Church or Maple Val-ley Food Bank and Emergency Services.
I visited the Maple Valley Food Bank Tuesday morning to help jog my memory about what that organization does to help those who are in need in the area. I wanted to get photos but I realized it had been at least a year since the last time I stopped in. Changes to the food bank have brought a grocery store style system. Clients can pick items off shelves like they would shopping at Safeway, on a small scale, rather than going through a line getting a handout. Years ago, when Executive Direc-tor Lila Henderson fi rst started working at the food bank, they would bag up food and hand it out, so much has changed during the past two decades.
It is important that I do not forget about MVFB or other organizations who help out those in need in our communities. I grew up poor in Bellevue in the ‘80s and I can imagine growing up on free and reduced lunch in Maple Valley is equally challenging for children of the 21st century. Walking into the revamped food bank to see it set up like a store gave me child-hood fl ashbacks to going through the food bank line with my mother, grabbing boxes and cans of nonperishable foods laid out on tables. I remem-ber as a fi rst grader feeling ashamed that we were in such a place. I am not sure where we went then but Hopelink in Bellevue now provides a food bank in my hometown. We also relied heavily on the Overlake Service League, which is now called Bellevue LifeSpring, a 102-year-old organization that provided many of the services Maple Valley Food Bank does now in terms of emergency assistance with paying bills, meals
and gift s during the holidays, to name a few.Th ere is something about the new grocery
store format, which Henderson told me went into use in mid-August, which feels like it wouldn’t be a place I would have been ashamed to go as a child. Th ere is something to be said about helping those who are in need to feel like human beings and to treat them with dignity. I am proof that children in those situations can break that cycle, so imagine what happens if more youngsters fi nd dignity in going to the food store at MVFB with their parents. I saw moms there Tuesday with toddlers bundled up against the cold, women like my mother and like myself now, doing the best they can to take care of their children.
Henderson said the feedback about the new format has been positive. Clients love it and feel more comfortable there. It was a risk, Henderson added, to switch to the format and they watched other food banks carefully. Th e board and the staff were not sure if it would be fi nancially sus-tainable but it works.
It will continue to be viable thanks to a large outpouring of community support during the
holiday season. Th is time of year more than half of the in-kind donations made to MVFB comes in and that allows Henderson, the staff as well as volunteers to continue off ering all the services the nonprofi t provides. Not only does the food bank have the standard nonperishable staples of peanut butter, canned goods, maca-roni and cheese, boxed potatoes, and so on, but Henderson said they also are able to supplement the fresh produce grocery stores donate with purchases from Charlie’s Produce as well as fresh dairy products. Th is allows more variety of food and healthier choices available to balance out the mass produced, inexpensive preservative-laden junk food poor families oft en buy because it is what they can aff ord. Th is is the kind of food volunteers and staff can send families home with knowing they are helping to fi ll their bellies with healthy food as well as helping parents model good eating habits. As someone who grew up on free and reduced lunch, who ate a lot of Rice-A-Roni, Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, Corn Flakes, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches but made
BY CALVIN W. GOINGS
During the holiday season, Americans across the country have a unique opportunity to strengthen their local economies, support their communities and get great services and products by shopping small – shopping at small businesses, that is. Th e holidays give us all the chance to reconnect with our neighbors and, whether you’re grabbing a cup of coff ee from the shop around the corner or patron-izing a local book store, every purchase at a small business makes a diff erence in your community.
America’s 28 million small businesses are the backbone of our economy, creating two out of every three net new private sector jobs, and we all have a role in helping small busi-nesses succeed. At the U.S. Small Business Administration, we are committed to ensuring
small businesses have access to the capital, counseling and contracting opportunities they need to start and grow a business.
Since 2009, SBA has supported more than $126 billion in lending to more than 260,000 small businesses and entrepreneurs across the country. In Fiscal Year 2013 alone, SBA supported more than $29 billion in loans to America’s small businesses and entrepreneurs. Since 2009 in the Seattle District, SBA guaran-teed $2.9 billion in supported loans.
SBA also has an extensive counseling and training network of Small Business Develop-ment Centers, Women’s Business Centers and SCORE volunteers which cumulatively reach more than 1 million people each year. In the Seattle District offi ce, our partners have pro-vided counseling and training to more than 7,500 small businesses.
In addition to helping small businesses ac-cess the tools and resources that can help them take their business to the next level, SBA also encourages the federal government to shop small by overseeing its supply chain for small businesses. Federal contracting is a win-win. Th e federal government gets to work with in-novative small businesses – oft en with direct access to the CEO – and small businesses get
an important source of revenue. In FY 2012, 22.25 percent of federal con-
tracting dollars went to small businesses, up from to 21.65 percent in FY 2011. And for the fi rst time, more agencies than ever before reached or surpassed their prime contracting goals. In Washington state, nearly $2 billion of federal contract dollars awarded went to small businesses in FY 2013.
On Nov. 30, millions of Americans shopped small in celebration of Small Business Satur-day. By shopping small and supporting local business during the rest of this holiday season, we can all help give millions of families the opportunity to achieve the American dream.
When small businesses succeed, we all win. Here in the Seattle District offi ce, the SBA is committed to helping small business own-ers do what they do best: provide exceptional products and services and create jobs. And American consumers have an important part to play.
For more information about the small busi-ness resources in your community, contact the Seattle District offi ce at 206-553-7310.
Calvin W. Goings is the Regional Administra-tor for the Small Business Administration
D I D Y O U K N O W ? : According to the Offi ce of Superintendent fo Public Instruction for Washington state, 46.1 percent of students were on free and reduced lunch in the 2012-2013 school year, in the Kent Schools 52.5 percent were in that category while 15.5 percent of Tahoma students received help for meals.
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it to adulthood not under-standing the importance of eating lots of fruit and veggies, this is a big deal. We did not eat out much and when we did, it was fast food usually, when there was a deal or a coupon. It took me entirely too long to figure out how to eat well. I don’t think that is the case of children who get prod-ucts from the Maple Valley Food Bank.
In an email Henderson sent me with additional information after my visit, she pointed out that the
grocery store style system follows the USDA’s MyPlate nutrition guide, which has increased the amount of food they provide to house-holds by 60 percent.
“Monthly we give out over 80,000 pounds of food,” Henderson wrote. “Each day our doors open we see between 80 and 100 households. Thirty-three percent of our customers come from Covington. We distributed 680 Thanksgiv-ing meals last month.”
More than 1,000 children are expected to receive gifts from the Christmas Store,
Henderson added.And while there is con-
siderable support during the holidays for MVFB, it is important not to forget it is there, to not forget the need. I know I do. My life has gotten comfortable. I can buy whatever I want. I have the choice of not only avoiding fast food and processed, pre-packaged food primarily in favor of fresh meat, dairy and produce, but I often go the route of non-GMO organic products. It is too easy to rise above poverty and forget where you came
from but I will try not to going forward. I hope you also do not forget to sup-port the nonprofits in our communities which fill the bellies of those in need and not just now. Summer is a tough time for families with children on free and reduced lunch. They are not getting meals because they are not in school. Donate all year round, organize food drives at work or with your children’s scouting troops or youth sports programs.
I know the communities we cover believe in support-ing nonprofits, especially
those such as MVFB that help their neighbors. Still, a gentle reminder cannot hurt, right?
Do not forget the need. Henderson said that though the spike in demand for services after the reces-sion leveled off, it did not decrease and it is possible it could increase again if cuts are made to federal pro-grams. Do not forget those in our community who we may not see their need be-cause being poor in Maple Valley, a city with a median household income around $90,000 a year, comes with
a different set of challenges. Do not forget to support the food bank throughout the year.
For more information about MVFB log on to www.mapleval-leyfoodbank.org.
Reach Assistant Editor Kris Hill at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054. To comment on this story go to www.maplevalleyre-porter.com.
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The middle of December means the celebration of the winter solstice, which is the shortest day of the year. For gardeners this means that by the end of the month, the sun will set later each day and bulbs and buds will begin to stir in a slow wake up toward spring.
This is part two of creat-ing and celebrating the winter garden.
Last week, I wrote about choosing a site, (one you can see from indoors or near the entry), adding out-door lighting and choosing a focal point plant.
Now it is time to consider some of the best plant ma-terial for winter gardens.
Top plant for winter color: Heavenly hellebores – for indoor and outdoor color.
Hellebores are drought, shade and deer resistant perennials.
Once known as “the Christmas rose” or the
“Lenton Rose,” today helle-bores are new and improved with larger, more colorful blooms that can bedazzle the garden all winter long.
In western Washington the wholesale grower Skagit Gardens has been providing hellebores that can take the place of poinsettias as in-door Christmas gift plants. You can now find the white-blooming hellebore Jacob potted up and wrapped in festive red foil to give as an easy-to-grow gift plant for indoor enjoyment.
Americans are finally catching up to the Europe-ans who have made Helle-bore gift plants a Christmas
tradition. The advantage of giving
a potted hellebore over a potted poinsettia is that the hellebore can go right out into the garden immedi-ately after the holidays and continue to bloom and grow for many winters to come.
White-blooming helle-bores may be the most pop-ular as holiday gift plants but there is now a rainbow of hellebore varieties that bloom deep purple, green, pink, spotted, splotched, peach and ruby red.
Hellebores have been cross bred and improved to become the perfect plant for western Washington winter gardens.
Look for locally grown hellebores later this spring from the Gold Collection that offer not only impres-sive blooms but also more compact plants with at-tractive, evergreen foliage. Exciting new plants like
these hellebores are just one more reason to give a gift certificate to a local nursery.
MORE WINTER GRACE NOTES
Plants with beautiful bark and berries or interesting winter forms may not be as flashy as winter-blooming flowers but there is a grace to learning to appreciate the subtle charms of the winter landscape.
Notice how a white-barked birch contrasts against the gray winter sky or the allure of bright red berries for the local bird population.
CHRISTMAS GREENS FROM YOUR OWN BACKYARD
Adding evergreens like cedar, arborvitae, blue spruce and golden cypress to the landscape offers more than just evergreen color and texture.
Now is the time to prune
and trim your evergreens and use the clippings to fill empty window boxes and container gardens for the holidays. Add a few bare branches of coral bark maple, red twig dogwood or the twisted branches of contorted filbert to your collection of evergreen boughs and you have a Christmas display that can be enjoyed all winter long.
TIPS FOR USING CUT EVERGREENS
Cut the evergreens at a joint or where the branch joins to the trunk.
Cut evergreens can be stored for weeks inside a plastic bag if left outdoors in a cold but shaded loca-tion.
The cut end of any ever-green or bare branch can be poked into the moist soil of an empty container garden and they will look fresh for up to eight weeks if left out-doors. For indoor use you
can count on your cut holly, pine or cedar lasting just 24 hours unless the stems are in water.
Avoid using hemlock, especially indoors, as the needles fall quickly from the cut branches.
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of three-ring binders filled with reading material in preparation for his first meeting in January.
“I’ve just been attending the meetings,” Cimaomo said. “Again, just keeping involved, speaking with city staff, talking with Derek (Matheson, city manager).”
Cimaomo, who is originally from California, moved with his family to Kent in 1992 then into the Covington area in 1999. He is a 2004 graduate of Kentwood High. He has been married for more than six years and has a 5-year-old son. Cimaomo is a manager at Big Lots!
While he may be new to city government when he is sworn in next month, Cimaomo said he learned much about what residents want in his campaigns — he challenged Marlla Mhoon in 2011 — that he hopes to bring to the conversations in City Hall in the future.
“What I did was really just got out there and knocked on doors and made sure I knocked on as many doors and talked to as many people as possible,” Cimaomo said.
“What I really learned in those last two campaigns, the people of Covington, they may not be coming to the council meetings but they stay informed. They appreciated
me coming out here. One lady said, ‘I’m going to put this on my refrigerator because if you come to my door it shows that you care. They want to know that their elected officials are go-ing out there and keeping them informed.”
Cimaomo wants to focus on a handful of issues in his first year on the council — he will serve a four year term.
“My biggest concern and thing I really want to work on this year is I want to work on roads and finding a solution to that problem,” Cimaomo said. “Is it the transportation benefit district? I’m not sure. I want to work on finding a solution. It’s something I want to bring up at council meetings. We need to fix our roads. That’s a conversation I’ve been having constantly with council members … what’s the best option.”
Covington formed a transpor-tation benefit district earlier this year. It is
overseen by the City Council in its capacity as the TBD board of directors. A TBD would allow the city to generate additional revenue through a few routes including a sales tax increase, which was recommended by a report put together in 2012 by the city’s budget priorities advisory commit-tee, a group of residents who went over the city’s finances with a fine-toothed comb. The sales tax increase was put to the voters Nov. 5, but failed by a small margin.
Had it passed, revenues generated by the sales tax increase could have been put toward road projects on city streets as well as making it possible for the city to hire an-other police officer. Public safety is among the other issues on Cimaomo’s agenda.
“As far as other issues that we have, adding to our police force, seeing how that works out,” Cimamo said. “And re-ally working on our parks plans, working closely with our parks director, seeing what our parks commission comes up with and providing those things for young families to do on those warm summer days. We’re taking great steps to make sure parks and recreation is a big focus.”
Cimaomo said the city has a number of young people who not only like to play video games but like to play outside, walk on trails, participate in sports and go to events in the city preferably in its parks
system.He added that he is looking forward to
how the Hawk property subarea planning process develops as the city plans for that chunk of land off of Southeast 256th Street and state Route 18 which is set to be devel-oped with possibly retail and housing.
“I want to ensure that we’re doing it the right way,” Cimaomo said. “I just want to make sure we’re going to build what’s right for the city so we’re not a cookie cutter city.”
Cimaomo added that it means so much to him to have earned the approval of vot-ers in Covington.
“I may have been born in California but Covington has been my home for so long,” he said. “The fact that the people of Cov-ington have given me this opportunity to make sure their home is great and is grow-ing responsibly is something that I cherish. I will be at their doors again sometime this summer to keep them informed.”
Reach Assistant Editor Kris Hill at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054. To comment on this story go to www.covingtonreporter.com.
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ing and an additional $4.35 million needed.
A second project the city would like to see funded by the state is an extension to the water main at 240th Street.
Johnston told council
that the project would improve service and make sure there are adequate levels of service for future commercial development at the Brandt property.
Additional legislative priorities for 2014 will be to support the Association of
Washington Cities, a non-profit group that represents Washington cities before the legislature.
Those priorities will include an effort to restore liquor revenue sharing among cities and the state, funding transportation
needs, a share in marijuana revenues for cities, and rebuilding infrastructure funds including the Public Works Trust Fund.
Council members also discussed their desire to support Covington’s plans to widen Kent-Kangley
from the Jenkins Creek bridge east of Wax Road to 185th Street and the ben-efits that project would have for residents and visitors as they drive to and from Maple Valley.
The 2014 legislative ses-
sion will begin Jan. 13.
Reach Katherine Smith [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5052. To com-ment on this story go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com.
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REGIONAL FIRE AUTHORITY BOARD MEMBER AND COMMISSIONER TO RETIREKent Regional Fire Authority commissioner Pat Riordan will retire at the end of the year and was recognized for his service to both the Regional Fire Author-ity and King County Fire District 37 at the Dec. 4 Regional Fire Authority board meeting.
Riordan has served as a King County Fire District 37 Commissioner since 1997, as the Chairperson of the district from 2009 – 2012, and as a member of the RFA Governance Board from its inception in 2010.
At the meeting, both Covington Mayor Margaret Harto and Fire Chief Jim Schnei-der praised Riordan for his dedication to the job.
Harry George Jr. has been elected to replace Riordan.
“What I really learned in those last two campaigns, the people of Covington, they may not be coming to the council meetings but they stay informed. They appreciated me coming out here.” Joseph Cimaomo
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for pedestrian crossing, Scott Thomas, the city’s parks and recreation direc-tor told the Reporter then. There was discussion of reinforcing the bridge at that time. Then a real-world stress test in the form of a heavy winter rain storm Dec. 11, 2010 pounded the bridge. The resulting flooding was more than the bridge could bear.
What remained of the span was removed as quickly as possible because
it was unsafe to use, but, in the first few days after the storm the bridge was crossed by children on their way to school.
One of the conditions of the grant, Vondran explained, is that the city needs to demonstrate it benefits low to moderate income households.
Next up is a survey go-ing out to residents in the surrounding area of Jenkins Creek Park, Vondran said, which will then go to the King County Community
Services Division. The grant money is distributed by the county. Vondran said it is important that residents fill out the survey and their responses will be forwarded to the city without personal information about respon-dents.
“Once that is done and we get that information back, then we would begin the design process, selecting a consultant to design the project, going through the environmental review since it is impacting streams and
buffering wetlands along that area then going into construction,” Vondran said.
“Design and environ-mental (review) will prob-ably occur the majority of next year and construction will be late next year and likely into 2015.”
Vondran said he would envision parks and rec-reation department staff would be quite involved in the design process of the bridge, how it would look and so on, and that public
works would administer construction of the project. This is similar to how the two departments worked together, he said, on the design and construction of Covington Community Park.
The big news, though, is the fact the city was awarded the grant money.
“We applied for a Safe Routes to School Grant and actually did pretty well on it and we almost made it to the cut line,” Vondran said. “They talked about
allocating more funds to get it there, we just didn’t quite make it. They really liked the project but they just ran out of funds. In the meantime we applied for this grant and this one has worked out.”
Reach Assistant Edi-tor Kris Hill at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054. To comment on this story go to www.covingtonre-porter.com.
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Lake Wilderness Arboretum’s eagerly awaited new website is now live at www.LakeWildernessArboretum.org.
Maple Valley’s Arboretum is one of the few remaining public gardens in south
King County. In an effort to position it for the next 50 years as a vibrant destina-tion in the Puget Sound area, the Lake Wilderness Arboretum Foundation worked with New York-based web designer David Milner, who volunteered his time and expertise on its complete redesign.
Milner worked with Foundation President Noel Paterson, Write Janet Muniz and former Executive Director Amy Hardebeck to present a more informative, user-friendly and beautiful digital environment to the public. Volunteer Bob Dunning is also working behind the scenes on the site’s functionality, which is a work in progress.
Milner is well versed in designing websites for nonprofits, having created the first website for the ASPCA, as well as volunteering to help Defenders of Wildlife, Rainforest Alliance and United States Fish and Wildlife Service, among others create or improve their user experience.
The arboretum connected with Milner through Idealist, an organization that brings together people and resources with companies to find practical solutions to social challenges.
Visit LakeWildernessArboretum.org, email [email protected] or call 253-293-5103 to volunteer, donate or become a member.
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CHRISTMAS HOUSE OF LIGHTS SHINES WITH OVER 60,000 LIGHTS
The Very Merry Christmas House of Lights show in Cov-ington has over 60,000 lights synchronized to classic holiday music.
The free drive by show
runs daily from dusk until 11:30 p.m. through Jan. 3.
The house is located in Crest Air Park at 30211 176th Ave SE in Coving-ton. Follow signs off of Covington/Sawyer Road and 179th.
Caned food dona-tions to benefit the Black
Diamond Senior Center/Food Bank are being accepted.
Special thanks go out to sponsors The Nail Genie and Kent Truck & Equipment
NEXT MAPLE VALLEY PARENTS NIGHT OUT TO BE HELD DEC. 14
The next Parents Night Out, a drop-off,
babysitting program sponsored by Maple Valley, is Dec. 14.
Maple Valley Parks & Recreation and Camp Wild staff host the pro-gram.
Your children will enjoy a pizza dinner, snacks, age appropriate games, crafts, activi-ties, reading, homework help, group projects,
movies, and much more. Online registration
is strongly encouraged and you can take advan-tage of registering up to four children in the same family. A 10-1 staff to participant ratio will be held at all times.
Registration is limited and online registration closes 24 hours before the start of the program.
To register your child within 24 hours of the start call 206-941-9662.
Parent’s Night Out hours will be from 6-10:30 p.m. and you may drop-off and pick-up your child anytime during program hours. Parents or guardians must sign a waiver at drop-off.
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ORDINANCE ADOPTED On December 5, 2013 the City Council of the City of Black Diamond, Washington adopted the following ordinance:ORDINANCE NO. 13-1016 An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Black Diamond, King County, Washington, amending the Budget for calendar year 2013 as adopted by Ordinance 12-
994 and 13-1005 for means of appropriations, adjustments and transfers within various funds in accounts in the 2013 Budget. Copies of this ordinance are available for review at City Hall, 24301 Roberts Drive, on the City’s website www.ci.blackdiamond.wa.us, or by contacting Brenda L. Martinez, City Clerk at 360-886-5700. Published in Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on December 13, 2013.#946080.
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Application Name: Cedar Springs Apartments Commercial Site Development Application
File No: LU13-0018/0006
Primary Contact: Brett Jacobsen Where’s Walter LLC 2711 West Valley Highway N. #200 Auburn, WA 98001 253-333-7007
Application Submitted: October 28, 2013
Date of Incomplete Application: November 13, 2013
Date of Complete Application: November 26, 2013
Notice of Application: December 13, 2013
Project Location: The property is located at 18205 SE 272nd St and is situated in the SE Section 24, Township 22N and Range 5E in the City of Covington, King County, WA. The development includes King County Parcel Nos. 312206-9018, 9020 and 9021.
Project Description: The Developer is proposing to construct a 172 unit residential apartment, with associated parking, carports, garages, office/lounge and associated site improvements on 15.8 acres in the Downtown Mixed Commercial (MC) zone. Water service will be provided by Covington Water 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. The site contains environmentally critical areas. Comp Plan/Zoning Designation: Downtown Zone, Mixed Commercial (MC) district. 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, Building Permit(s) (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.
Comment Period: December 13, 2013 – January 3, 2014
This is a Type 2 Application in accordance with CMC 14.30.040, whereas the City of Covington Community Development Director issues the final decision for the applications, which is appealable to the Hearing Examiner. To make written comments, please mail, email or hand-deliver specific comments to City Hall, Community Development Department, 16720 SE 271st Street, Covington, WA 98042, no later than January 3, 2014. Please contact Permit Services at 253-480-2400, or via email at [email protected] should you have any questions or comments pertaining to this proposal
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With its ranks swelling, Kent’s iGrad program has expanded to a 4,000-square-foot building formerly occupied by a Kent real estate company.
With 564 students enrolled, iGrad has doubled in size. Th e growth refl ects an increased demand for iGrad’s services from at risk students and high school dropouts. It is the fi rst program of its kind in Washington state.
“We had to send kids home for a couple of weeks until I acquired the space and got it open,” said iGrad Prin-cipal Carol Cleveland.
Th e name iGrad is an acronym for Individualized Graduation and Diploma
program, which started as a partnership with Green River Community College and a $20,000 endowment from the state. Th e
free program is open to students between the ages of 16 and 21.
Cleveland said she’s had to wait list other students in the GED program, which is at capacity at 150 students.
iGrad’s most desired programs are split between culinary arts, dental assistants and the visual arts, as well as technical programs like computer programming, en-gineering and robotics. Because not all of these programs are of-fered at Green River Community
College, Cleveland is reaching out to the Puget Sound Skills Center in Burien.
Th e new building provides two addition-al classrooms, seven offi ces, a nurses station
and two conference rooms.“It’s a nicer facility than the facility that I
currently have,” Cleveland said.Th e student body isn’t the only thing
expanding at iGrad. Th e alternative school now off ers three other credential options in addition to its original three: an industry certifi cate for those with trade schools in mind, a college certifi cate and a two year degree option, the equivalent of a commu-nity college degree.
With the infl ux of new students, new staff was needed. Cleveland has added a part-time educational assistant and a full time data processor, as well as counselor and a special needs teacher. She is look-ing for a full time math teacher, as well as an English Langue Learners teacher and paraeducator. Th e new building also needs a second security guard.
With classes off ered in three-hour blocks
available throughout the day and evening, the specialized alternative school helps reengage dropouts and students at risk of dropping out of high school by providing them with the resources to learn on their own time. Classes are off ered Monday through Th ursday while Fridays are dedi-cated to individual and small group tutor-ing as well as counseling services.
“Kent School District off ers a second chance for students who want to complete this phase of their education,” said Kent Superintendent Edward Lee Vargas in a statement. “Th e demand for our programs shows how eager people are to succeed.”
Ross Coyle can be reached at [email protected] or at 253-872-6600, ext. 5056. To comment on this story log on to www.covingtonreporter.com.
Kent Schools’s iGrad enrollment doubles
“Kent School District off ers a second chance for students who want to complete this phase of their education. The demand for our programs shows how eager people are to succeed.” Edward Lee Vargas
More than 500 students signed up for classes intended to help students who may not graduate from high school otherwise
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Students in the new Jam Club program are getting ready for their first performance with the Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra Friday night.
Jam Club, which is part of the Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra, serves special needs students, teaching them about music and giving them hands-on experi-ences with a variety of instruments.
The class is 45 minutes once a week and is led by Janea Christensen, the special needs program director and a board certi-fied music therapist.
Christensen’s daughter is a member of the sym-phony orchestra and Christensen said that she wanted to find a way for special needs students to get involved as well.
Last year Christensen and Executive Director Elisa Lewis started talking and discovered that they had the same idea, there wasn’t a program like it nearby, so why not start one?
“I have a passion for music therapy and wanted to get involved,” Christensen said. “This program is very unique.”
The class includes songs as well as experiences with a variety of different instruments from timpani and cymbals
to autoharp and jingle bells, music educa-tion like different kinds of notes, starting and stopping on cue and rhythm patterns, as well as opportunities for students to develop their social skills.
“In music therapy your goals aren’t only musical,” Christensen said. “There are so many social and cognitive skills you can work on.”
Christensen said that one of the things that is special about the group is that the students get to perform with the sym-phony.
“We’ve been waiting a long time,” said Carla Snyder, a parent who has a son in the orchestra and a daughter in Jam Club, of a program like Jam Club. “I was excited when we
first started mentioning it…it’s not separate only, they get to be involved — not a spec-tator but a participant, which is cool.”
Snyder said that her daughter, Cecile, always enjoyed going to her brother’s performances and hearing the orchestra and now because of Jam Club she gets to be involved too.
The program started in October and cur-rently has six students.
“The kids enjoy coming, that we know,” Christensen said. “I would say that’s a fruit of how engaging music is.”
Lewis said that she sees how students are
more outgoing and are eager to volunteer and participate, and how they have become friends with each other in the short amount of time that the program has been in exis-tence.
Lewis also added that they as a staff are getting to know and learning about the students as well.
“Once you get to know the kids, (you) can see them come closer to the music,” Lewis said.
Christensen described how music is a
multi-sensory experience — seeing, hear-ing, and feeling the vibrations, and how they can tailor what they do to the different needs of their students.
“Music is magical like that,” Christensen said. “It offers a very rich sensory program.”
Reach Katherine Smith [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5052. To comment on this story go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com.
Jam Club makes music magic for special needs children
Jordan Price, Cecile Snyder, and Maeson Harper rehearsed with the Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra Monday night alongside Janea Christensen in preparation for their first concert on Friday. Courtesy photo
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The Maple Valley Youth Sym-phony Orchestra holiday concert, “The Gift Best Shared,” is at 7 p.m. on Friday at Maple Valley Pres-byterian Church, 22659 Sweeney Rd SE.
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Participants in new Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra program set to perform for the first time Friday night
Area Council to Launch NewsletterThe Greater Maple Valley Unincorpo-rated Area Council discussed starting a newsletter as well as development in Covington and the Landsburg Mine cleanup plan at its monthly meeting on Dec. 2.
The Area Council’s outreach/survey/election committee presented its final plan for the area council upcoming newsletter. The newsletter will be mailed to unincorporated area resi-dents in the Tahoma School District early in the new year.
The newsletter will provide infor-mation on the area council and its activities.
Covington Master Planned DevelopmentCovington released its final Environ-mental Impact Statement for the proposed master planned develop-ment to be located between SR-18, SR-516, and Cedar Creek Park.
The area council’s growth manage-ment committee is reviewing the statement for resolution of concerns originally voiced in August in its
detailed comments on the draft envi-ronmental impact statement.
Although several area council concerns have been addressed in the statement, some, such as, traffic impacts still require additional consideration. The committee currently is documenting those concerns. At
the Jan. 6 meeting the area council will review a final set of comments from the committee.
In late January the Covington City Council will be holding a public hear-ing on a planned action ordinance that would approve the proposed MPD based on mitigation outlined in the statement. The area council plans to offer oral testimony at the hearing.
Rural stormwater retention facilityThe King County Executive has drafted a development agreement with Yar-rowBay to permit a 77-unit clustered housing development on 394 acres in the rural area immediately west of Black Diamond.
As part of the draft regional storm-water facility would be built in the rural area to primarily serve the master planned developments in Black Diamond. The facility also would be used to alleviate occasional flooding of nearby Horseshoe Lake, outside the city.
The area council previously has testi-fied, during the Black Diamond MPD public hearings, about the problems with siting such a facility to primarily serve an urban area. The area council also is concerned with the precedent
such a facility could present.
The area council agreed to present oral testimony before the King County Council at its December public hear-ing on the draft. That testimony will request the King County Council reject the draft, while continuing to improve its current process to alleviate occa-sional flooding of Horseshoe Lake.
Landsburg Mine cleanup planThe area council’s natural resources/parks committee completed its review of the Landsburg Mine Draft Cleanup Action Plan (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/gsp/Sitepage.aspx?csid=60) and presented a set of comments for full area council review.
The committee listed several long-term concerns including long term liability by the responsible parties and lack of specific plans should moni-toring show major leakage of con-
taminants. In addition, the Committee remains concerned the consent decree specifies “indefinite” funding, which courts in the past have interpreted as “temporary.” Because the in-ground contamination is potentially a very long term problem, such language does not guarantee that sufficient cleanup and remedial funding will be there when needed.
The area council authorized prepara-tion and submittal of final comments to the State Department of Ecology by its Dec. 12 deadline.
The area council’s next monthly meet-ing will held from 7-9 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 6 at the Fire Station at SE corner of 231st St & SR-169. Meetings are held the first non-holiday Monday of each month.
Visit www.greatermaplevalleyarea-council.org for more information.
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At a time when extreme sports are all the hype, mundane activities like walking don’t get much atten-tion. It’s just too basic, too boring to even think about it. Yet walking can be a great indicator of both physical and mental well being.
In addition, walking is consid-ered by health experts as one of the most effective ways to stay fit and fend off illnesses like high blood pressure, heart disease, and even dementia.
A recent study from England found that taking a long walk every day can help de-crease the risk of stroke, especially in older men. It doesn’t seem to matter as much how fast someone walks, just how often and for how long.
“Our study suggests that maintaining an active lifestyle, specifically by spending more time on all forms of walking, could
be an important part of stroke prevention strategies in older peo-ple,” said Dr. Barbara J. Jefferis, a epidemiologist from University College London and lead author of the study, in an interview with Reuters.
According to her findings, men who walked four to seven hours
each week were 11 percent less likely to suffer a stroke than those who walked three hours or less. Participants in the study who walked the most – more than three hours daily – had a 60-percent lower risk than those who spent the least amount of time walking.
Although this particular study included only men, there is no reason to assume that walking wouldn’t benefit women in similar ways.
Walking seems to provide other advan-
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Of course, there is no need to wait until old age to take up walking as a form of ex-ercise. At any time in life, going on hikes or just strolls around the block can help with overall fitness, weight management, bone and muscle strength, balance and flexibility, and also stress management, sleep, and emotional wellbeing.
Unfortunately, according to the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Americans are notoriously averse to walk-ing and prefer driving even for short dis-tances. This is especially true in rural areas and cities that lack a walkable infrastruc-ture. Nevertheless, in its recommendations for greater public health, the agency urges everyone to get a minimum of two and a half hours moderate exercise per week. It may take some creativity and rethinking of lifestyle, but the sooner you start, the better the results will be, now and long-term.
Timi Gustafson R.D. is a registered dieti-tian, newspaper columnist, blogger and author of the book “The Healthy Diner – How to Eat Right and Still Have Fun”®, which is available on her blog and at amazon.com. For more articles on nutri-tion, health and lifestyle, visit her blog at www.timigustafson.com.
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In the locker room at Western Washington University there is a poster board covered with sticky notes that outline the wom-en’s soccer team’s goals.
Before the season started, explained Kentlake High graduate Katherine Miccile, the board went up and was covered with sticky notes.
“A lot of it was ‘Get out of the Sweet 16,’” Miccile said. “It’s been awesome seeing everything fall into place.”
A year ago the Vikings women’s soccer team made it to the round of 16 teams in the NCAA Division II tournament for the fi rst time in WWU history, but fell in an overtime loss to University of California San Diego, Miccile explained.
Th is season, Western went a step further, making it to the Final Four.
“It’s the fi rst time in our school history that has happened so it’s a really big deal,” Miccile said in a phone interview Dec. 4 before the semi-fi nal match against defending national champion West Florida. “We were thinking, ‘Get past the Sweet 16.’ It’s not a settling feeling. We still have to go further. When we won (in the Sweet 16)
everybody made new goals.”
Miccile, a junior de-fender, loves playing soccer and going to Western. She would enjoy it even if the team weren’t among the best in Division II.
“It’s been really positive and really benefi cial to me,” Miccile said. “When I fi rst started being recruited, I was thinking I wanted to go (Division I) and be at the biggest school possible. I settled in at Western and it was the perfect fi t for me. You have a smaller team of girls and you really get to know everybody. Th ey were really welcoming and I felt like I was wanted.”
Miccile noted the com-munity at Western is pretty wonderful, too, and the smaller school environ-ment means the team gets plenty of support from their classmates. Other students, she said, will wish her luck in between classes and some students even fl ew out to Georgia for the fi nal four match.
Success on the fi eld, however, certainly has been satisfying as well. Miccile explained that the balance of the team was one of the key factors of how far the Vikings have come since she started playing at West-
ern in the fall of 2011.“I honestly think it’s our
whole entire fi eld because in our whole conference we have the most goals scored and only eight goals against,” Miccile said. “We have seven seniors and four or fi ve juniors so we have a really experienced team. Last year we were fi rst in the nation for defense … this year we were in the top 10. We have the two top scorers in the GNAC so that’s helpful, too. Our team is really, really balanced, so it’s hard to compete with our team.”
When Miccile was a freshman, there wasn’t a conference tournament, instead the winner of the GNAC got an automatic bid to the tournament. Last year the Vikings won the league and the conference tournament.
“We were so close (to the Final Four) my sophomore year, which just made it better,” Miccile said. “When we lost we just knew that we were just going to fi ght so much harder… to go further in the tournament. Th ere’s been a lot of passion and intensity. Everybody’s been really focused.”
Th at focus pushed Western Washington into
MAKING HISTORY
Kentlake graduate Katherine Miccile dribbles the ball during a Western Washington womens soccer match. Photo courtesy of WWU Athletics[ more HISTORY page 18 ]
Former Falcon soccer player Katherine Miccile part of WWU’s fi rst-ever Final Four squad
MAPLE VALLEY RUNNERS TOP FINISHERS AT 5K/10K
Nearly 1,900 people participated in Kent’s 31st annual Christmas Rush Fun Run/
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The course started and fi nished at Russell Road Park.
10K Top Five:1 Curtis Surer, Colorado Springs, age 27,
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33:51.93 Jacob Fullen, Kent, age 22, 33:55.1
4 Keegan Fitzpatrick, Maple Valley, age 15, 35:38.2
5 Isaac Derline, Kent, age 18, 36:06.35K Top Five:
1 Riley Campbell, Maple Valley, age 18, 16:27.1
2 Keefe Hanson, Lake Tapps, age 21, 16:29.4
3 David McCulloch, Seattle, age 43, 16:53.2
4 Matthew MacFarlane, Lakeside, Mont., age 18, 17:18.0
5 Jeff Brady, Maple Valley, age 44, 17:38.8
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A year ago the Tahoma boys basketball team won its first league champion-ship in school history but the Bears already learned how hard it is to repeat.
With a tough overtime loss to Kentwood Dec. 5 at home, Tahoma seniors DeShon Williams, Coleman Wooten and Julian Sum-ler know the Bears have a target on their backs.
“We can’t take breaks,” Williams said the next afternoon during practice. “We’re going to get every team’s best shot being league champs.”
Sumler said second-year head coach Brian Davis explained to them it is harder to repeat than win the South Puget Sound League North division the first time.
“Everyone is trying to knock us off the mountain,” Sumler said. “I feel like everyone’s coming at us.”
What Tahoma does have in its favor is a team loaded with experience in nine se-niors on the roster, Wooten pointed out.
Davis noted that as a strength in his team.
“Having a group of nine seniors is a special deal,” Davis said. “It will be fun to watch our growth this year.”
They’re going to need that experience to make a deeper run in the playoffs this year — the Bears fell in the West Central District tourna-ment in February. After getting off to a quick start in the district tour-nament at home against Olympia, Tahoma’s boys lost two straight to miss state. The Bears have not played in the state tournament since 1997. They finished the 2013 campaign 13-3 in league, 17-7 overall.
“It’s a whole different
environment (in the post-season),” Wooten said. “Everybody is out there fighting for their lives.”
Williams said Tahoma’s players learned some im-portant lessons at the end of last season.
“Now that we know what we need to do to get there, we need to come out with intensity in practice and games and build off that success,” Williams said.
Wooted added that the team played summer ball and fall league together as well as extra workouts off the court which should help them play better.
There’s a level of bonding which happened thanks to those games and workouts which could make a difference.
“All of us have been on Tahoma for the past several years,” Sumler said. “We’ve all grown
up together, so, that helps with chemistry on the court. We can laugh. We’re pretty relaxed.”
Wooten said that chem-istry Sumler noted could be a strength for Tahoma this season.
“Just how close we are,” Wooten said. “We’re all brothers — very, very tight knit.”
While the trio mentioned the idea of going further in the playoffs this season, they keep their sights on what they can do daily to prepare, on taking it one game at a time.
That philosophy helped Tahoma focus on Kent-Meridian Dec. 7. The Bears bounced back after the loss to the Conquerors to beat the Royals 62-56 at Tahoma.
Next up for Tahoma was Auburn Riverside on the road Tuesday night.
Wooten explained that the focus is on the immedi-ate task at hand and there are no specifically stated long-term goals.
“Just getting better every day,” Williams said. “And the league champion-ships and playoffs will be a byproduct of being better than we were yesterday.”
Reach Assistant Editor Kris Hill at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054.To comment on this story go to www.maplevalleyre-porter.com.
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Tahoma’s Coleman Wooten goes up for the layup against Kent-Meridian in a 62-56 win Dec. 7 at home. Photo courtesy of Rimas Piliusenko
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overtime against West Florida Dec. 5 in the semi-final but the ninth-ranked Vikings lost 2-1 to the third-ranked Argonauts thanks to a pair of goals including the game winner from Sashana Campbell.
Kristin Maris, a senior from Issaquah, scored a tying goal with just 36 seconds left for Western to send the match into extra time.
The Vikings finished the season with a 20-2-1
record, according to the WWU Athletic Department website.
Miccile said that it is easy to get lost in the tourna-ment but she felt like the team dynamics helped them keep their perspec-tive.
She is also grateful for the support not just of the community at Western but her friends and family, especially her parents and twin brother Andrew, who is a junior at the University of Washington.
“My parents came to
every single game,” Miccile said. “I see them twice a week during the fall. Last year, when we went to the Sweet 16 they traveled to California and Colorado. I’ve been getting text mes-sages (from former Kent-lake coaches), saying ‘Good luck. We’ll be watching in you.’ Even people from my high school graduating class have been texting me. It’s been really awesome.”
And even though it was hard at first to go to dif-ferent universities, Miccile said, she and her brother
have adjusted.“He was between UW,
Gonzaga and even West-ern,” Miccile said. “He got this big envelope from UW and he said, ‘I have to go.’ He comes to a lot of the games with my parents. He is a big support system. He texts me all the time. He is one of my best friends.”
Andrew and her dad, Paul, also trade off giving her pep talks.
Miccile said her father sends her video clips from inspirational sports movies and quotes them frequently.
She loves it, though, and even her teammates ask if her parents are coming to the games.
The Vikings women’s
soccer program has become an extension of the Miccile family in a sense.
And while she may be away from Kentlake, Mic-cile has not forgotten the lessons she learned there.
“Just being able to play with a team,” Miccile said. “I know for high school you had to put up with a lot of different people, a lot of different attitudes … but they’re friends also. I think it really helped figure out how to interact with teammates, I guess, and play with different types of competition. Kentlake was a place that had a lot of community-oriented people, everybody loved being a Falcon.”
Before the semi-final match, Miccile said, the Vi-kings seemed to be clicking.
She was enjoying the experience and she knew there was much to take away from it, win or lose.
“It’s a big stepping stone,” Miccile said. “I think it will help for next year. If it doesn’t turn out the way we want … we’ll just have another goal for our board. This has been the most beneficial and awesome year.”
And the sticky notes on that poster board in the locker room next fall will likely say, ‘Get to the na-tional championship game,’ and Miccile will be ready to help make it happen.
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How Rates Are EstablishedStarting in May of each year, Covington Water District engages in one of its key fi nancial activities – the
preparation, evaluation, and adoption of the subsequent year operating and capital budget. A center point of the budget process is determination of water service rates.
Rate setting contemplates a number of broad expense categories. The cost of service, or more simply put those outlays necessary to deliver safe, reliable water to our customers 24/7/365, fi gure prominently in rate development. Cost of service includes, but is not limited to operational expenses such as water system maintenance, water quality testing, treatment, security monitoring, customer response and billing, technology support and engineering services, in addition to capital reinvestment and development, and debt repayment.
The graph to the right depicts the amount of each operating revenue dollar allocated to operations, debt service, and capital expenses.
2014 Water RatesOn October 2, 2013, the Board of Water Commissioners approved a 4.25% revenue increase which becomes
effective beginning with the January 3, 2014 billing cycle. The revenue requirement is necessary to meetmaintenance, operations, capital, and debt service needs for the upcoming year.
The revenue requirement is achieved through an increase to both the fl at rate meter charge and Block 1consumption. For a typical single-family residence with a 5/8” meter, the increase for the 2-month bill is $3.80.
The 2014 rate schedule may be accessed on the District’s website at covingtonwater.com.
Winter Storm PreparednessA little preparation now can save a lot of discomfort or expensive repairs later. Here are some things to consider:
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• Plan for power outages. Have a way of lighting and heating your home that does not rely on electricity. Do not burn charcoal or use a generator indoors.
• Winterize your vehicle with anti-freeze.
• Winterize your house.
• Drain/blow out irrigation system, insulate exposed pipes and faucets to prevent freezing.
• Know where your Master Meter Shutoff Valve is located.
There are many resources available to assist you and your family in preparing for emergencies. You can fi nd additional resources by calling King County, your local city, or visit the library. The following website Take Winterby Storm at www.TakeWinterByStorm.org offers detailed information.
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