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King County saw a 19 percent increase of unsheltered homeless indi-viduals between 2015 and 2016 during the One Night Count. Th e fi rst year southwest King County participated in the count was 2015 and there was a total of 209 homeless individuals. Th is year 315 homeless individuals were recorded.

The One Night Count is an orga-nization in King County that counts homeless individuals in the county. More than 1,000 volunteers spread out across the county to count the homeless who were sleeping out-doors without shelter between 2 and

5 a.m on Jan. 29.Th e city of Covington has seen an

increase of homeless individuals, more specifi cally, the youth, said Covington Senior Human Services Planner Victo-ria Th rom.

“Th e reason for this could be be-cause of the increase of heroin use by the youth and because of dysfunctional homes,” Th rom said. “Some young individuals choose to leave their homes instead of staying in a dangerous envi-ronment.”

Karla Slate, Covington communica-tion manger, noticed there is a defi nite problem in the community with home-less youth. Th e One Night Count statis-tics brought the problem into focus.

“Many students within the school

district are homeless, and we are concentrating on helping them more,” Slate said.

While some of their ideas are still in the beginning stages, the city of Covington is taking steps, like making sure the police are informed. Most police offi cers have an idea of where the homeless youth hangout and try to bring resources, food and hygiene kits to them, Th rom said.

One of the main reason for home-lessness stems from domestic violence. Women take themselves and their chil-dren out of violent situations but don’t know where to go, so they opt for being homeless. A few programs and

On Wednesday, Feb. 10, at the 2016 MTR Western Sports Star of the Year Award ceremony, former Covington resident Katie Collier will be honored

with the Wayne Gittinger Inspirational Youth Award.Collier has been cancer free for almost four years aft er

battling Leukemia.She is a redshirt junior at the University of Washington

and plays forward/center for the Huskies.Redshirting means a player does not play for a year,

delaying the athlete’s eligibil-ity to participate. An athlete can redshirt for medical or athletic reasons.

Th e Wayne Gittinger In-spirational Youth Award, ac-cording to the Seattle Sports Commission’s website, “is given to an inspirational young athlete who has overcome major medical obstacles to inspire others.”

Th e award is presented by Seattle Children’s Hospital.She said she feels “insanely

honored” to receive this award.“Th ere are a multitude of youth and people that sur-

round me that inspire me and so to be recognized for inspiring others… Wow, I am so honored!” she wrote in an email.

When Collier was diagnosed, she was a senior at Seattle

Hoping to break ground in the summer, Vine Maple Place is raising money to help build its new 15,000 square-foot facility called the Family Hope Center.

Th e $4.7 million project will add more counseling of-fi ces, training rooms and more children and youth areas to serve an estimated 400 more families per year, according to a press release.

“Th e services are customized for each family to give them the tools they need to avoid homelessness in their future,” the release stated.

So far more than $3 million has been raised in initial

fundraising eff orts from gift s and pledges, Executive Direc-tor Michelle Frets said.

Th e Family Hope Center will be built on the .77 acre plot of land behind where Vine Maple Place is located, Frets said.

Th e goal is, she said, to open the doors to the new facility a year aft er breaking ground.

From 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 13 at Tahoma High School, Vine Maple Place has scheduled a communi-ty celebration to raise money for the Family Hope Center.

Last year, Frets said Vine Maple Place helped 141 fami-lies, which equaled roughly 410 individuals.

Since 2000, Vine Maple Place has been helping single parents and their children who are facing homelessness.

And in 2012, they started helping those who may not be homeless yet but those who are also in danger of becoming homeless.

Located in Maple Valley, Vine Maple Place provides single parents with fi nancial literacy training, employment and livable-wage development, housing case management,

counseling and life skills development. Vine Maple Place also provides child and youth services, according to its website.

Aside from the training, Vine Maple Place has a number of duplexes where single families can stay for 30 to 60 days while they look for work and a place to stay.

Even aft er the families move out of the temporary hous-ing on site, Vine Maple Place helps assist with rent, Frets said.

She added Vine Maple Place has a good relationship with a number of landlords around the area to help transition these families into their new housing.

Th e new Family Hope Center will be a resource center and will not include additional housing units for families.

Frets said the facility will provide the families with ser-vices to get back on their feet.

Vine Maple Place covers a 9-mile radius, Frets said.A majority, roughly 40 percent, come from the Maple

Valley and Covington area.

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Christian and made it her goal to play bas-ketball her final season with the Warriors.

According to the Huskies’ website, Collier was the Warriors all-time leading scorer.

When she entered the U in the 2012-2013 season, she redshirted after suffering a knee injury during the preseason.

She played in 32 games the next season, starting four and averaged 3.8 points a game and was ranked 14th in the Pac-12 with 24 blocked shots.

Last season, Collier played in 29 games and started one of them. She averaged 2.8 points and 2.3 rebounds per game.

This season, she is part of the Dawgs starting five and averages six points per game and 5.1 rebounds.

So far she has recorded nine steals and 23 blocked shots.

The Huskies are 16-5 overall and 7-3 in Pac-12 play.

Collier’s message is simple.She wants her journey and story to help

others push themselves.“Our bodies are incredibly strong, most

of the time it is our minds that surrender first and then our bodies follow,” Collier said. “Be a person of great mental tough-ness.”

Since winning the battle almost four years ago, she said her health is great.

“I am feeling stronger than ever and am currently starting as the power forward on the University of Washington women’s basketball team and our team is having a great year, life could not be any better!” she wrote.

According to the Seattle Times obituar-ies, D. Wayne Gittinger died in 2014.

He was a corporate lawyer in Seattle, Husky enthusiast and was a pitcher for the Dawgs.

Gittinger returned to Seattle in 1959 and during his time here, he served on a num-ber of boards including the Seattle Sports

Commission.According to the SSC’s website, the

Wayne Gittinger Inspirational Youth Award was once known as the Seattle Children’s Inspirational Youth Award.

Since 2009, the past recipients of this honor include Shawn Berg, a wrestling all-

star, Ike Ditzenberger from the Snohomish football team, Jake Finkbonner of Assump-tion Catholic School and Josh Dickerson from the O’Dea baseball team.

This year the award ceremony will be at the Paramount Theatre with the reception at 5:30 p.m. and the awards show starting

Twenty percent of families are from Kent, 15 percent from the Fairwood/Renton area and the remaining reach out to Vine Maple Place from Auburn, Hobart and Ravensdale.

The goal is to help end family homelessness, according to their website.

“We can solve this problem,” Frets said.

She added that in order for families to move forward, they have to feel safe.

Vine Maple Place works with fami-lies to help them grow and reunite as a unit, she added.

They work with families to “break the generational cycle,” she said.

Vine Maple Place is a last resort, she said, it is the last place people go.

They work with families who do not have their own support networks to

turn to, and 92 percent of the families Vine Maple Place works with are still housed and working, Frets said.

Community members are welcome to donate online, Frets said, at vine-mapleplace.org or during the commu-nity celebration in March.

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We’ve been through so much togetherI was sitting in the

living room yesterday just aft er I started the dishwasher. Appar-ently, I’m not usually near the dishwasher when it gets started. It fi lled with water, then began to make the worst sounds I’ve ever heard coming from an appliance.

Startled, I gazed at its door, fully expecting it to burst open and a monster explode into the room. I pictured it as a blobbish dragon-like, green creature with bulging red eyes, and a huge drooling mouth full of sharp, yellow teeth. I haven’t decided if it was coming aft er me or if it was trying to fl ee the noises of the dishwasher.

When we moved into this house 24 years ago it came with a free standing, rolling dishwasher. It was very noisy, but the cabinet layout didn’t seem conducive for a built-in

one. However, aft er living with the beast for a couple years (unlike the creature I expect is living in the dishwasher), we sacrifi ced a column of drawers next to the kitchen sink and in-stalled a dishwasher. It was so blessedly quiet.

We can’t even remember if we had children yet when

we replaced the rolling beast; that’s how long ago it was. Th e year my oldest turned eight, we remodeled the whole kitchen, re-positioning the sink to the outside wall and of course, the dishwasher moved along with it.

Th e dishwasher has been through the war with us. It has a slight green hue on the inside from when I told my husband to put our daughters’ paint cups in the dishwasher. Th e unspoken direction was to rinse them fi rst; he just emptied the paint and stuck them in. Since then I’ve told him we could sell the

dishwasher on eBay if one of our daughters became a famous artist.

But the dishes still came out clean; it has always given an im-pressive performance. I’ve never even rinsed our dishes before we put them in the dishwasher and no matter how sloppily we loaded the dishes, it seemed to fi nd the grime and get everything clean with no problem (probably the monster who now is trying to get out).

As with anything, though, time and use wore out its shine. We have to be more careful about rinsing and positioning of the dishes and it’s obviously lost its blessed quiet-ness. Th e green interior has faded over time, so it’s really not eBay worthy anymore and the color has been replaced over the last couple years with a pink.

We had problems with it leak-ing for several months last year. Aft er replacing the door gasket and a few minor parts didn’t fi x it, my husband noticed the vent

was leeching pink grime (maybe my monster is pink). It was so gummed up aft er twenty-some years, it was leaking steam onto the fl oor. He cleaned it out and it quit leaking.

We rejoiced that we had averted another appliance crisis, but as I sat in my Big Red Chair and watched my dishwasher, I began to think it might be the end. So my husband and I looked at new dishwashers. Th ey run in price from ridiculously expensive to modestly priced. I don’t need bells and whistles or even stainless steel. I just want a simple, white dishwasher that cleans like the champ my current one used to be.

I found one I loved. Same brand even, better design. But then I thought of my old, noisy dishwasher with the monster inside and the memories rushed in; “We’ve been through so much together.”

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Nine-year-old Riley Ottele thought it was a little strange when his parents walked into his lunchroom at St. Anthony’s Elementary.

When his father handed him a phone, saying that there was a call for him, Ottele was very confused.

He stepped out of the lunchroom and answered the call.

“Hi, my name is Trent Dilfer,” said the voice over the phone.

Ottele’s mouth dropped in disbelief. He knew that Dilfer was a former quarterback for teams like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Se-ahawks and currently is an NFL analyst for ESPN. Ottele also knew that if Dilfer was calling him, he must have just won himself a ticket to the Super Bowl.

Ottele had entered the Panini Super Bowl Kid Reporter Contest, a contest run by Panini America, a sports and entertainment collectables company. Th e winner of the contest wins two tickets to see the Super Bowl and a chance to interview the players.

Ten lucky winners were randomly selected from a Pa-nini sweepstakes and were asked to record a short video showcasing their interviewing skills, sharing the types of questions they would ask the athlete.

“I was nervous when I made the top 10 because I was kind of scared,” Ottele said.

Ottele says that he was completely shocked when Dilfer, special ambassador and coach for Panini’s Kid Reporter contest, called him.

“He [Dilfer] said, ‘Congratulations, you won the Kid Reporter contest,’ and I was like, ‘Oh! Th anks! Oh my gosh I’m really excited!” Ottele said.

In the video, Ottele shares that his favorite team is the Denver Broncos and that one of the questions he hopes to ask the athletes is what kind of breakfast they eat before a game.

“It tells you a lot about their personality,” Ottele said.

“It’s also nice to know what breakfast is good to eat, so whatever they say, I’ll probably eat that a lot.”

“With more than 120,000 entries in this year’s Pa-nini Super Bowl Kid Reporter contest, Riley overcame amazing odds to just become a top 10 fi nalist,” said Jason Howarth, vice president of marketing for Panini America. “His video submission that a number of Panini execu-tives and ESPN analyst Trent Dilfer voted on was more than impressive. Riley clearly demonstrated creativity in his proposed questions to ask NFL players and has ability to relate them to Panini NFL trading cards. Th at set him apart from the rest of the fi nalists. We can’t wait to work

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As Super Bowl 50 looms in the distance, we Se-ahawk fans are reminded of what happened in the previous two Super Bowls.

Two years ago today (I sit here writing this column on Tuesday, Feb. 2), 12’s everywhere went crazy when we crushed the Denver Broncos 43-8.

But a year ago yesterday is a whole other story.

We are reminded of the decision to pass the ball to Ricardo Lockette from the 1-yard line instead of giving the ball to Beast Mode on second and goal with one timeout and 30 seconds remaining in the game.

Th e interception at the goal line by Malcolm Butler may very well haunt Seahawks and their fans for many years to come.

And this year, the Hawks, as much as they stressed us fans out in the beginning of the season and throughout many of their close games, made their way back to the playoff s.

Th is year not the Seahawks did not have the home fi eld advantage they are so used to having.

No one can fault the Hawks for not making it back to the Super Bowl for the third consecutive year, the Patriots didn’t return to defend their title either.

But with that said, who should we as Seahawk fans root for on Sunday?

And that is what brings me to the main point of this column… I am rooting for the Carolina Panthers to win Super Bowl 50.

Now, wait… before everyone gets angry with me and my decision, let me explain.

All season, I have liked the Panthers.I was excited for them to go undefeated, which

they fell short by one game when they lost to the Atlanta Falcons in their second to last regular season game.

When the Hawks traveled to Carolina to face the Panthers in the post season, the game was out of control.

Th e Hawks played an awful fi rst half but came back aft er halft ime.

Th e Panthers didn’t help themselves by going scoreless in the second half, almost giving up their lead.

But with time ticking down, the Hawks didn’t have enough to win.

A video of Cam Newton grabbing and throwing a 12 fl ag from a fan was seen by many Hawk fans, and a petition was even started to ban Newton from returning to Century Link Field.

Th at may not have been the best decision by him to throw a beloved 12 fl ag but I don’t think we should hold it against him.

Newton is a good quarterback and has led his team to the Super Bowl and a nearly perfect season.

Even Richard Sherman has come to Newton’s

defense in an interview with 710 ESPN saying that the criticism of Newton is “unfortunate.”

An article on MyNorthwest said, “Sherman believes the criticism against Newton is unfounded considering he ‘hasn’t done anything wrong to anyone.’ He hasn’t done anything (bad) off the fi eld or hurt anyone or committed a crime or done anything. He plays the game like a young kid, like a kid’s supposed to play it.”

Aside from the Panthers being the National Football Conference champions representing our division, there are some other reasons that make them deserving of the title come Sunday.

Linebacker Th omas Davis is in his 11th season in the NFL and has suff ered a number of injuries during his career.

He injured his knee in 2010 and in 2011, he tore his ACL for the third time in three years.

And not to mention, he broke his arm in the

A Republican lawmaker wants to tax political campaigns and use the money to teach civics in schools and boost enforcement of the state’s election laws.

Th e idea from state Sen. Joe Fain, R-Auburn, is to treat candidates, initiative campaigns and political com-mittees — including those run by the Democratic and Republican parties — like small companies and require them to pay business taxes if they collect enough in contributions.

He’s introduced Senate Bill 6232 to get it done. Eight senators, includ-ing Sen. Rosemary McAuliff e, D-Bothell, are cosponsors.

“What better and more popular thing to tax than politicians” Fain told the Senate education committee at a recent hearing.

Fain didn’t get quizzed on whether it’s even legal to tax political activity in this manner.

If somehow it could be done, however, this is a good year to make money in this manner.

Elections attract big sums of money, especially this year when voters will be casting ballots for a

president, U.S. senator, 10 members of Congress and a governor. Also every seat in the state House and about half of those in the Senate are on the ballot, though not Fain’s.

Four years ago, contributions totaled $166.1 million, according to records compiled by the state Public Disclosure Commission. Candidates hauled in $61.5 million and committees took in $104.6 million.

Th e tally doesn’t take into account federal races which Fain’s bill aims to do.

Here’s how it would work.Washington imposes a business

and occupation tax — B&O for short — on the gross receipts of business activities conducted within the state. Fain’s bill would apply the rules to campaigns and committees. Th ere is a threshold. A company will owe taxes if its receipts — or contributions in the case of a candidate — exceed $56,000

in a calendar year.An analysis by the Department of Revenue

estimates this would result in 2,000 new taxpay-ers, generate $937,000 for the state in the fi scal year that starts July 1 and $1.6 million in the next budget.

Who might pay? Both Dave Somers, Sno-homish County’s new executive, and John Lovick, the former one would have paid something based on their 2015 campaigns. But none of Everett City Council candidates would owe taxes.

Fain’s bill would steer part of the revenues to the Secretary of State’s offi ce to develop a curriculum for teaching civics to students in secondary schools and colleges.

“Why is this not an obvious one to do espe-cially when you can use the money to give us a civically literate society,” Fain said following the hearing.

Another chunk would go to the Public Disclosure Commission to bolster its ability to investigate campaign complaints.

And a third less altruistic reason is to make every one running for offi ce experience what small business owners go through with taxes, he said.

“I do want every state elected offi cial to fi ll out a B&O form,” he said.

Th ough it seems unlikely this bill will reach the governor’s desk, it is still moving in that direction.

Sen. Steve Litzow, R-Mercer Island, who heads the education panel and is a co-sponsor, said he intends to move it to the Ways and Means Committee where the chairman, Sen. Andy Hill, R-Redmond, also is a backer of the bill.

Th ere’s no organized opposition. Maybe that’s because, as Fain said, there’s not a more deserving group to tax than politicians.

Political reporter Jerry Cornfi eld’s blog, Th e Petri Dish, is at www.heraldnet.com. Contact him at 360-352-8623; jcornfi [email protected] and on Twitter at @dospueblos

D I D Y O U K N O W ? : According to the NFL, after winning Super Bowl I, the Green Bay Packers collected $15,000 per man and the Kansas City Chiefs $7,500, which at the time was the largest single-game shares in the history of team sports.

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Panther fan favorite Luke Kuechly is another reason Carolina deserves the win… He is a tackling machine.

Receiver Ted Ginn Jr. stepped up this year for the Panthers when they lost Kelvin Benjamin in the preseason.

With Benjamin out, the Panthers turned to Ginn Jr. to provide depth to their passing game.

This is Ginn Jr.’s ninth season in the NFL and in that short amount of time he has played for the Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers, Panthers,

Arizona Cardinals and back to the Panthers this season.

Timberline High School and University of Oregon graduate Jona-than Stewart is another reason I think the Pan-thers deserve the W.

Stewart has played all of his eight NFL seasons with the Panthers as a running back.

He also returned to practice Monday after sitting out last week with an ankle injury.

And finally, an-other player I see on the Panthers that makes them deserving of the Super Bowl ring is Shaq Thompson.

Now, just like New-ton, I know there will be

Seahawk fans hating me for this opinion, but I am a die hard Husky fan and I think an ex-Dawg and rookie like Thompson is deserving of the ring.

Many Hawk fans know Mr. Thompson posted a video to Snapchat following the Panthers win over Seattle saying “Seahawks fans, I’ve got a message… (bad word), the Seahawks.”

No one will know why he made the video or what prompted him to say those things toward Hawk fans because earlier in the season, he was excited to return to Seattle… a place he called his second home after living here for three years and playing at the Uni-

versity of Washington.Regardless of this

video, I still see Thomp-son as the stud who played both offense and defense for the Huskies in his final year at the U and I think he, too, is deserv-ing of the Super Bowl 50 title.

So despite how you personally feel about the players or the team, I am still rooting for the Panthers Sunday and I have a strong feeling they are going to be the new world champions.

But aside from who wins, there is only one team I truly root for and that is our beloved Seahawks… can’t wait for the new season to begin.

Go Hawks!

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New council members doing the right thing

Black Diamond’s new council members are doing all the right things, but their opponents from the election are wasting time and taxpayer money trying to disrupt them. With sour grapes after their endorsed candidates lost last fall, in a landslide election, some are trying to keep doing busi-ness the old way.

There is an old say-ing, that one definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over again, expecting different results. Well, doing the same things over and over again got us YarrowBay, and little action

to control it.When council members

(Pat) Pepper and (Brian) Weber ran for office last fall, they promised to do more – and that’s what we’re getting.

It started Jan. 7. Council member (Erika) Morgan tried to propose that the council appoint its own council committee mem-berships. She followed the rules – no parliamen-tary tricks – of the Black Diamond City Council – a behavior that seemed to be in short supply on Jan. 7.

In response, the mayor said that if things weren’t done her way, there would be no council commit-tees. Go here and listen for yourself: http://www.ci.blackdiamond.wa.us/Depts/Clerk/Agendas/

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This was a very serious issue – an interference of the mayor into council’s ac-tions. So, council members Morgan, Weber, and Pepper followed state law and requested a special meet-ing to consider council rule changes so that the council could do its legislative work. The mayor ordered the clerk to not issue a public notice, so the council couldn’t meet – again, in direct violation of Black Diamond City Council rules.

Determined, Morgan and Pepper released draft rule changes, sent them out pub-licly and held an open infor-mation session on Jan. 19. Sticking to their promise to the voters, council members

Morgan, Weber and Pepper, at the Jan 21 meeting, voted 3-2 to reform the councils’ rules. New council commit-tees and membership will be created by a vote of the council. Meetings will be fully noticed and conducted when the public can at-tend – at night, after work and not during the day. All legislation will go through a rigorous review over several weeks and involve multiple opportunities for public input.

Peter KelemenKent

Election, not rules, split council

The rule changes didn’t split the Black Diamond

City Council, as you re-ported; the election did.

Last fall the mayor and four incumbents cam-paigned for the status quo. Their incumbent favorites (Ron) Taylor and (Craig) Goodwin lost big, garner-ing about 30 percent of the vote. Some of us wrote let-ters to your paper warning the mayor that it wouldn’t be a good idea to endorse one side or the other. She did, and lost big.

The mayor’s behavior at the first council meeting of the year was abysmal. She gave a big block of the council’s time to Yarrow Bay’s dog and pony show. She offered up her commit-tee appointments without even consulting with the newly elected council members. She gave her

crony (Janie) Edelman con-trol of the Growth Manage-ment Committee. Then, when the council offered an amendment to appoint their own members, she declared that only she had the authority to create committees, and only she could unilaterally remove items from the council’s agenda, which she proceed-ed to do on every other is-sue when one of the newly elected council members offered an amendment that she didn’t like.

Folks, I voted for a mayor-council, also know as “Strong Mayor” form of government, but I didn’t vote for a “Dictator-Coun-cil” form of government.

Bryan StitesBlack Diamond

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shelters can help house women and children for a few days, but it is not a long term solution, Throm said.

A major misconception people tend to have about homeless individuals is that they are on drugs or jobless. The truth is, a lot of them are working families who just can’t afford to live off what they make, Throm said. Or, they are involved in domestic violence situations. Family Hous-ing Connections helps families get into permanent living situa-tions, but the problem with the organization is that it is very back-logged. It may take a few months for a family to start the process of finding a new home through the organization because there are many individuals ahead of them.

“We want people to know we are making the homelessness issue a priority in Covington,” Throm said.

Homelessness and mental health issues are two priorities Maple Valley Mayor Sean P. Kelly is trying to concentrate on in the next two to three months. Kelly has personally seen an increase of homeless individuals in Maple Valley, he said.

Kelly wants to have a summit in the next few months to figure out what resources homeless individuals have and what more the city can do to help them. He wants to make sure homeless in-dividuals are safe and have food.

Like Covington officials, Kelly has seen many homeless youth. Some live in cars with their families.

“That’s what bugs you the most, the homeless youth,” Kelly

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Early February is when nurs-eries begin to stock bare root roses, fruit trees, shrubs and berry bushes. You can plant strawberry, raspberry, roses and trees now as soon as you see them for sale.

Bare root means that these plants will be sold in their dor-mant state with no soil around the roots. As long as the ground is not frozen you can dig in and start planting these hardy plants. Bare

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Q. Do I need to remove the foliage from my

blooming hellebores? I started adding these winter-blooming plants to my landscape a few years ago after I won a plant at

one of your talks. They are doing well but my neighbor insists I must cut back their leaves to keep them healthy. R.P., Puyallup

A. Early spring is a good time to snip off the old foliage from around the

stalks of flowering hellebores so you can bet-ter enjoy the blooms and to discourage any fungal diseases that thrive on the old foliage. Laid back gardeners can get away with skip-ping this task for a year or two but in our wet climate hellebores do best when the old leaves are removed. Removing the old leaves is especially important if you see black spots or dark areas on the leaves as this is a sign of a fungal infection that could spread to the flowers and new leaves. To make quick work of this important job grab a handful of hel-lebore leaves so you can see where they join the main stalk and snip a cluster of leaf stems all at the same time, removing the cut foliage from the garden immediately. On some hel-lebore varieties you can tug the base of the leaf stem downward and it will detach easily from the main stem. The blooms will be able to star in the spotlight once the oppressive old leaves are gone.

Q. When should I prune my roses? We just moved to a new house.

Anonymous, email

A. Roses can be pruned back by one-third from mid-February until mid-

March, but our mild climate means you can prune as late as April or as early as January and I can still promise you a rose garden. Giant, old rose plants will often be revitalized by a severe pruning using loppers to shorten the canes or branches so that they are just 1 to 2 feet tall. Climbing roses should be pruned

by shortening the side shoots rather than cutting back the main trunk. Every rose will be happier if you snip out any branch that is brown and dead, bent or damaged or that shows signs of disease. Clean up your pruning crumbs and spread a fresh mulch around the base of your roses to discourage disease spores.

Q. I followed the advice you gave on Facebook and snipped off bare

branches from my forsythia so they bloomed indoors. I brought the vase of flowers to my mother who is in a nursing home and she and the staff was so impressed that I want to try this forcing trick on other plants. What other shrubs can I cut now and bring indoors for an early forced bloom? B.H., Bonney Lake

A. You can hurry spring by harvesting the bare branches of flowering plum,

quince, apricot and cherry and give a try to anything other shrub that blooms early in the spring. Witch hazel and sarcococca are two early bloomers that also fill a room with fragrance. Another way to jump start winter blooms is to dig up bulbs of snowdrop, crocus and dwarf daffodils when you see the foliage poking from the ground. Bring the entire bulb indoors and set on a dish of gravel and water to keep the humidity high while the flowers open. The first blossoms of spring are always the most appreciated.

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LARCENY• On Jan. 22 it was re-

ported that a blood pressure monitor was stolen from Rite Aid.

• On Jan. 25 officers responded to reports that a suspect entered Walgreens to purchase cigarettes but distracted the cashier and swapped out the box with an empty one.

• On Jan. 26 the victim arrived home and parked his pickup truck in his driveway. He left his moun-tain bike in the bed. When he later returned to his truck, the bike was missing.

• On Jan. 26 officers responded to Kohl’s after a subject was apprehended and released by loss preven-tion for stealing clothing. He was charged with third degree theft. According to the police report, he con-cealed the clothing under his own and walked out of the store.

VIOLATION OF COURT ORDERS

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FAMILY DISTURBANCE• On Jan. 26 officers were

called to reports of a daughter being aggressive toward her mom. According to the police report, it was because the daughter did not want to go to court.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE• On Jan. 26 it was

reported that for the past three months, officers had been investigating a multihouse marijuana grow. According to police reports, during the investigation another set of houses that may be growing marijuana were discovered.

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reported that an unknown suspect forced open the victim’s mailbox and took mail without permission.

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Ottele said that even though he is ner-vous to interview the athletes, he is very excited to watch the game and interview Peyton Manning, his second favorite player.

“My absolute favorite player is John Elway, one of the former quarterbacks for the Broncos” Ottele said. “He was the Super Bowl MVP and one of the best

quarterbacks of all times, and I really like him.”

Apart from watching previous contest winners’ interview videos, Ottele said he’s preparing by practicing his reporting skills with his parents. Ottele is also glad that he will be interviewing the players alongside Dilfer. “He is the kid-helper,” Ottele said. “He helps you do all the sweeping through the crowd and stuff .”

Ottele has an impressive collection of NFL trading cards, three drawers full of them to be exact. A collector since two years ago, Ottele has arranged his favor-ite cards neatly on a cork board, and has organized the rest systematically in his drawers. His favorite card include a signed Tarrell Davis and Garrett Grayson col-

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Imagine waking up every morning and not knowing who or where you are. All you really remember is, you’re in your 20’s,with your whole life ahead of you. But when you look in the mirror, the 20-something you thought you were isn’t staring back.

You see pictures around the mirror of the person staring back at you, smiling next to a man you do not recognize, in places you have never seen before. Th e man in the pictures is in the other room and explains he is your husband, you have been married for 22 years. You had an accident, and your memory is erased every time you go to sleep.

Th is is the reality for Christine Lucas, in “Before I Go to Sleep” by S.J. Watson

A few years ago, I was wandering the isles of Barnes and Noble, not looking for anything in particular. I came across the clearance section and picked up a random book that

was strewn about. It looked interest-ing, and it was on sale, so I bought it. Fast forward three years and I still hadn’t read more than 20 pages of the book and it was quietly sitting with the rest of the half read books on my bookshelf.

I was looking for something to watch on Netfl ix one day, and I was looking through my favorite category, the thriller section. A movie came up called, “Before I Go to Sleep”. I

thought it was a weird coincidence until I read the descrip-tion. It was the movie made from the book I had randomly bought three years before! So naturally, I watched the movie. And it was so intriguingly good. I had to read the book as soon as possible. I like watching movies made from books, it’s exciting seeing books come to life.

“Before I Go to Sleep” was no exception, except this was the fi rst time I had watched a movie before reading the

book,which in the end turned out to be a better choice.I noticed one thing right away, the movie and the book

both follow the main details of the story, although they are structured diff erently. Th ey both mention Christine and her amnesia, her husband and the doctor she is seeing. But, the book focuses a lot on Christine remembering her past while the movie focuses more on the present.

Some minor details are changed, such as people’s ages, which aff ects some of the events and relationships. Th e de-tails seem to change for cinematic eff ect. Th e only peculiar change I noticed was the ending. Th e ending was more dramatic in the book, which doesn’t make sense since I feel it could have been very easy to visually duplicate, and thus make the ending to the movie even better than it already is.

Usually I suggest reading a book and then watching the movie but this time, I suggest watching the movie and then reading the book. Th e book has much more detail (as books usually do compared to the movies), but with “Before I Go to Sleep”, the movie is defi nitely lacking some of the details in the book that could have easily been added in. I highly suggest reading the book and/or watching the movie. You won’t be disappointed. Th ey both keep you guessing what is going to happen next and it has such a great twist you won’t see coming.

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Five time training title winner Frank Lucarelli joined Chris Stensli and more than 200 horses Mon-day as thoroughbreds began training for the 2016 live racing season at Emerald Downs.

Th e oldest active trainer, 92-year-old Don Munger, was on hand for his 21st straight stable opener.

Other trainers on hand were Robbie Baze, Terry Gillihan, Roy Lumm, Vince Gibson, Jose Navarro, Tom Wenzel, Cliff Balcom, H.R. Mullens, Candi Tollett and Robert Sodergren.

Pippa Bou Peep returned as fi rst horse on the track in

2016. With trainer Charles Essex aboard, Pippa Bou Peep stepped onto the race-track at exactly 8:30 a.m., the second straight year the Harbor the Gold fi lly was the fi rst horse on the track for the new season.

Stable superintendent Vern Baze reported 211 horses on the grounds – up 23 runners from last year – and he expects the total to grow daily over the next nine weeks. Last year, the horse population sailed over the 1,000 mark for the fi rst time in four years.

Noosito, champion 3-year-old of 2014 and twice runner-up to Stryker Phd in 2015, was on the track Monday for trainer

Doris Harwood. Howard Belvoir’s 3-year-

old Barkley, winner of last year’s Emerald Express Stakes, made an appearance on the track Monday.

Several jockeys were out exercising horses, includ-ing Javier Matias, Jennifer Whitaker and Matt Hagerty.

Gallyn Mitchell, the track’s all-time leader with 1,419 wins, also was on hand, although the 53-year-old announced his retire-ment last year.

Training hours are 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily, and fans can eat breakfast and watch training in the Quar-ter Chute Café.

Emerald Downs’ 20th anniversary season begins

Saturday, April 9 and runs through Sunday, September 11.

Th e 70-day meet features 28 stakes beginning with the $50,000 Seattle Handi-cap for 3-year-old fi llies

on Sunday, May 9, and includes the 81st running of the $200,000 Longacres Mile, Grade 3, for 3-year-olds and up on Sunday, August 14.

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and White River in the fi nal regular season meet of the year

Jan. 27.The Bears fi nished in third place with an overall score of 149.85.

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BOYS SWIMThe 4A district meet began Thursday and runs through

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Some people came to find out what resources were available in the coun-ty. Other came to help a family member, or two, or three. But everyone who went to Pierce County’s presentation on hoarding came away learning how vast the mental disorder can be, and that they were not alone.

The county’s Aging and Disability Resources presented “Hoarding: The Hidden Problem Exposed” Jan. 20 at the Sumner library with Terina Bainter, an orga-nizer with Clutter Cutters.

The purpose of the pre-sentation was not only to provide accurate infor-mation about hoarding tendencies and resources for those affected, but to also combat the misin-formation spread in the media, especially reality TV shows like “Hoarders” and “Hoarding: Buried Alive.”

“That first thing I get when I get a phone call is, ‘I’m not like those peo-ple on TV,” Bainter said. “What you see on TV is complete and utter squa-lor, and that is not what we are talking about.”

Between 1.4 to 2 mil-lion people across the U.S. have hoarding ten-dencies, said Bainter and Bob Riler, Aging and Disability Resources com-munity outreach special-ist. “That’s 2 to 5 percent of the population, which doesn’t sound huge until you put it in perspec-tive that it’s about one in twenty individuals.”

It is estimated that there are 345,000 people with hoarding tenden-cies in Washington alone, although Bainter and Riler said hoarding ten-dencies often go under

reported, sometimes due to a fear of being com-pared to the stereotypes seen on reality TV.

Collecting vs. hoarding

According to Bainter and Riler, there is a big difference between collect-ing, a normal and com-mon human behavior, and hoarding.

They defined collect-ing as the acquisition, and eventual disposal, of items. It’s often an organized activity and special care is taken to keep the collec-tion tidy.

In contrast, hoarding is the acquisition of items without the disposal, and is often much less organized than a regular collection.

Telltale differences between collecting and hoarding, Bainter said, are that the items someone with hoarding tendencies keep may appear to be of useless or limited value and living spaces are so cluttered that they can’t be used for their intended purposes.

Mental disorderBainter said hoarding

used to be classified as a form of obsessive-compul-sive disorder but recent research shows that isn’t always the case. However,

in 92 percent of diagnosed hoarding cases, there is at least one other co-disorder that may cause or worsen the hoarding tendencies.

Bipolar disorder, demen-tia and brain trauma are among some of the other disorders that are often co-diagnosed, but Riler said depression, “is the most characteristic co-disorder.”

Additionally, many people with hoarding ten-dencies don’t often realize how bad their situation is, Bainter explained. Instead, many people with hoard-ing tendencies rely on vari-ous, and inventive, thought processes to explain their situation to others.

Some of the excuses Bainter and Riler have ran into include sentimentality, a fear of forgetting (infor-mation, memories, etc.) and that what they have will eventually become of

some use to them or some-one else and shouldn’t be discarded.

Safety in cleanlinessOne of the toughest

things to realize when working with people with hoarding challenges, Bainter said, is they have the right to live the way they want to live.

It’s when their way of life becomes not just clut-tered, but actively unsafe, is when steps need to be taken to ensure safety, she continued.

“The No. 1 issue that we need to address with anybody with any type of moderate to severe hoarding challenges is safety. Period,” Bainter explained. “Unless we live there and unless they are endangering us, them-selves or the community,

they get to live how they want to live.”

Infestations and gar-bage can be a health haz-ard if not taken care of quickly, and fire hazards can quickly multiply as clutter crowds around heaters and electrical out-lets, Bainter said.

Bainter also men-tioned having 3-foot wide walking paths through

rooms, not just to limit the amount of tripping hazards and escape from their place of residence quickly during an emer-gency (meaning all doors and windows should be easily accessible), but so emergency services can enter and exit a house more easily during an emergency as well.

For more information about hoarding, visit the King and Pierce County’s joint task force website, The Hoarding Project.


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She taught at elementary level for the next 23 years in four diff erent school districts. Her specialty was teaching her students to read with “phonics.” With her quiet, loving manner, she had much success. She also earned credentials to counsel in elementary in latter years.

Ethel became the sole breadwinner for her family when Thomas had a debilitating coronary heart attack in 1955. He passed away 10 years later, after 31 years of marriage.

A few years later, Ethel met and married John Tyler. They lived in Maple Valley, WA, St. Maries, ID and Spokane Valley, WA where John died in 1994 after their 25th wedding anniversary.

Ethel not only was widowed twice, but was preceded in death by her beloved son, Thomas, his wife Margie, and son-in-law Bruce Prescott. She is survived by her daughter, Eve Prescott; four grandchildren: Thomas Tabor, Jr., Gregory Tabor, Cindy Fischer, and Christine Buchanan; 11 great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren.

A strong and independent person, Ethel often helped her children and grandchildren fi nancially for college or other challenges, while denying herself luxuries.

She loved raising fl owers, playing her piano, oil painting, sculpting, wood carving, Republican politics and all things chocolate.

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A King County task force recommended a host of reforms and fund-ing principles for addressing the rap-idly deteriorating network of bridges and roads in the unincorporated area of the county.

Th e panel pre-sented its fi ndings to County Execu-tive Dow Constantine and Councilwoman Kathy Lam-bert, according to a Jan. 20 county media release.

“Providing safe and reli-able roads is a top priority, and in continued partner-

ship with the cities we will again look to the Legisla-

ture for solutions that can work for the 21st century,” said Constantine. “Th ese recommen-dations reinforce the urgency of the need, and provide new ideas for keep-ing communities connected.”

Nearly three decades of annexations, declines in gas tax revenues, and the eff ects of voter initiatives have led to chronic under-funding of county roads across the state. Over the last six

months, members of the King County Bridges and Roads Task Force studied the road services funding gap, and the effi ciencies that have been put in place to address this shortfall.

Th e Task Force identi-fi ed the range of the roads funding gap as $250 to $400 million a year, and gener-ated 152 recommendations to address that gap.

• Revenue: Authority from the state Legislature for a fair, nonregressive countywide revenue tool that is tied to infl ation, that is sustainable over the long-term, and that provides a benefi t to both cities and the county. Th e Task Force recognizes that the most successful approach may involve using multiple revenue tools and effi cien-

cies with some additional resources dedicated to city transportation needs.

• Infrastructure: Author-ity from the state Legisla-ture that provides for cities to annex orphan county roads that lie inside their boundaries, and supports annexation of Potential An-nexation Areas within the growth boundaries of those cities.

• Outreach: Many Task Force members plan to serve as ambassadors to increase awareness about issues facing road services during implementation of these recommendations.

People from all parts of the county – and beyond – take more than one million trips per day on the 1,500 miles of roads and 181 bridges maintained by King

County. About half the trips on the high-volume roads originate not only in cities, but in other counties. Th ese roads connect people in cities who are traveling to work, school and recre-ation.

King County has about $100 million in annual rev-enue for the care of county bridges and roads – enough to address immediate safety issues, clean water requirements and a modest amount of maintenance and preservation. At this level of funding, however, it’s estimated the system will continue to deteriorate and that, over the next 25 years, an estimated 35 bridges will need to be closed as they become unsafe, and about 72 miles of roadway restricted or closed.

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Residents can let the governing board of the Kent Regional Fire Authority know what they think about an April 26 ballot measure to extend a fi re benefi t charge to prop-erty owners for another six years.

Th e public hearing is at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at Fire Station 78, 17820 SE 256th St., in Covington.

Voters in Kent, Covington and Fire District 37 in 2010 approved the formation of the Regional Fire Authority (RFA) with 72 percent in favor of funding the agency through a property tax levy and a new fi re benefi t charge.

Th e fi re benefi t fee is a variable rate based on the square footage and the amount of resources need-ed to provide emergency services to each house or business.

Th e property tax levy of $1 per $1,000 assessed valuation covers about half of the RFA’s operating budget. Th e fi re benefi t charge in 2016 will cover 46 percent of the budget. By state law, a fi re benefi t charge cannot exceed 60 percent of the operating budget.

Previously, Kent funded its fi re department through the general fund. Covington and Fire Dis-trict 37 contracted with Kent for

services.Just as in 2010, a 60 percent ap-

proval vote will be needed to pass the April measure.

Th e RFA is overseen by a board that includes three Kent City Coun-cil members, three Fire District 37 commissioners, and one non-vot-ing advisory board member from the cities of Covington and SeaTac.

For more information, go to kentfi rerfa.org.

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2016 EARTH HEROES AT SCHOOL

King County is seeking nominations for the Earth

Heroes at School program, which recognizes students,

teachers, staff , school volunteers, programs and

even entire schools that are doing the work of protecting

the environment and teaching others to do the same.

Nominations for the 2016 Earth Heroes at School are due March 11, and winners will be

honored at an event May 5. Earth Heroes can be nominated

by colleagues, classmates and the public. Self-nominations

are also encouraged.Nomination forms are available

by contacting Donna Miscolta, 206-477-5282, donna.

[email protected], and online at http://your.

kingcounty.gov/solidwaste/education/earth-heroes.asp.

Nominations can be made in any of the following categories:

• Waste reduction, reuse, or recycling

• Food waste prevention or food waste collection

for composting• Household hazardous waste

prevention or management• Sustainable gardening, landscaping, or building

• Climate change education or greenhouse gas

emissions reductionThe program is off ered through the King County Department of

Natural Resources and Parks.

Contact and submissions: Sarah Brenden

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