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BY KRIS HILL

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Officials in the Tahoma and Kent school districts now have a better understanding of what they can do with properties they own outside of the urban growth boundary.

A 30-member School Siting Task Force formed at the behest of King County Executive Dow Constantine completed a report March 30 after working on the issue since December.

The task force developed rec-ommendations for each of the 18 sites affected by changes proposed to countywide planning policies.

For both districts, the task force stated in its report that Tahoma find an alternative site within the urban growth boundary but “if no viable alternative site that fits within the district’s financial plans can be expeditiously found, the availability of sewer and an existing school on the site present compelling reasons for devel-opment of the site to meet the district’s needs,” the report stated.

“The site does have conserva-tion value and the Task Force rec-ommends that any new develop-ment on the site occur adjacent to the existing school so that impacts

Task force guidance on rural school sites

BY DENNIS BOX

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Finger painting is usually thought to be part of a kindergar-ten class project.

Through the finger tips of Iris Scott finger painting has been raised to a fine art.

Scott was raised in Maple Valley and is a 2002 graduate of Tahoma High School. She credits the art teachers she had through her school years as helping her get started as an artist.

Scott attended Washington State University and spent her ju-nior year studying at an art school in Florence, Italy.

After graduating from WSU and paying off her student loans working as a nanny, she decided to fly to Taiwan to work on her art.

“I came up out of the subway and I was blown away by the heat,” Scott said.

She found a room to rent and, of course, an art store.

“I bought oils and put in a ton of hours painting,” Scott said. “It was the first time I had all day to paint.”

It was in Taiwan when she dis-covered the art of finger painting.

Her room had a kitchen and bathroom down the hall, which is where she had to go to clean her brushes.

She had a brush with Prussian blue that needed cleaning, but the kitchen and bathroom down the hall were steaming hot and her room was air conditioned.

“I didn’t want to leave my room so I started painting with my

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BY KRIS HILL

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Little more than 24 hours after the Legislature passed the supplement budget in the early morning hours of April 11, Rep. Pat Sullivan, D-Covington, visiting the Covington Chamber of Commerce to offer some insight on this year’s session.

Sullivan, who apologized if he appeared to be slightly groggy thanks to the long hours put in as the Legislature

worked to pass the supplemental budget, talked about the 91-day session.

“This has been kind of an interesting week,” Sullivan told the chamber members. “Tuesday morning we worked through the day and through the night. The most impor-tant thing we had to accomplish was re-balancing our budget.”

In the fall, Sullivan said, there was a $2.2 billion gap in the state budget but by February a number of factors allowed forecasters to adjust the shortfall to about $1.1 billion.

“Things improved a little bit,” he said. “So, that made our job a little bit easier.”

Sullivan, who serves as the House Majority Leader, ex-

plained that in his first six years — from 2004 to 2010 — in the Washington state House of Representatives the number of bills introduced and passed each session was “unbeliev-able.”

Things have changed this year.“Because of the budget, far fewer bills were introduced

and passed,” Sullivan said.With the supplemental budget passed, Sullivan said, he

was pleased to see that a balanced operating budget as well as capital budget of which the focus was a jobs package was passed that also had no cuts to education and protected safety net programs for vulnerable citizens.

How the Legislature spent 91 days in Olympia

Finger painting a stroke of talent for Maple Valley artist

Tahoma High graduate Iris Scott is now making a living as an artist using a finger painting technique which has netted her thousands of dollars for her paintings. She recently demonstrated the technique at Grass Lake Elementary. Courtesy photo

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fingertips,” Scott said. “Once I started I couldn’t stop. The next day I bought gloves.”

The art that flowed from her fingertips that night in Taiwan has blossomed into fine art that is being sold around the world.

“For the first time in my life everything I posted would sell,” Scott said. “I came across a style that was working.”

After about a year in Taiwan she returned to the Maple Valley area. She

found an online gallery to display her work and has now sold more than 50 paintings through www.irisfingerpaintings.com.

Recently she sold two painting for $2,500 each and one to a customer in Dubai for $13,000.

“I can’t believe it,” Scott said. “I was told by many you can’t make a living as an artist.... It’s is very excit-ing.”

Her inspiration as an art-ist comes from Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet and Gustav Klimt.

And like so many artist

before her, once the inspira-tion came, a new world opened up for her and anyone who experiences her art.

Scott said her training began in school, but it is the many hours of work and dedication that created the art and the artist.

“The learning takes place at home and through prac-tice,” Scott said

Through her finger tips a world of art does flows.

Reach Dennis Box at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5050.

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“For the budget, our pro-posal was to have no cuts to K-12 education, no cuts to higher education, no cuts to vulnerable populations… and I think we were able to accomplish those things,” he said.

It wasn’t easy, though, Sullivan said. In order to balance the budget “there were cuts, cuts to programs and those cuts will impact communities. They were real cuts. Just ask Green River Community College.

Just ask the University of Washington.”

During the course of the regular and special sessions there was talk, Sullivan said, of developing a four-year balanced budget.

“There were a number of concerns,” he said. “It’s very difficult to project one year down the road, let alone two, four or six years. In the end we did negotiate where we did put in a four-year requirement… but what we passed built in some flexibility (for changing forecasts).”

An issue Sullivan is particularly passionate about is education and he worked on a bill, HB 2799, which created a five-year pilot project known as the Collaborative Schools for Innovation and Success.

The project partnered struggling schools with teacher preparation pro-grams around the state to create new opportunities for students in those build-ings.

This bill is intended to encourage colleges and school districts to collabo-

rate in developing research-based models of teaching that are known to close the opportunity gap and help students learn better while also testing new methods of teaching training. It authorizes a maximum of six college-school district partnership to compete for grant funds of which three will receive money.

“It’s a program I’m ex-cited about for those strug-gling schools as well as for those incoming teachers,” Sullivan said.

Other issues that were focused on during the ses-sion were state employee benefits as well as teacher health care plans.

Sullivan said it was important to try and find ways to cut costs while still providing state employee benefits.

“Washington state has one of the three best funded pension systems in the country,” he said.

On the topic of health care plans for teachers, Sullivan said, it required a different approach because so much is handled at the local level by individual school districts.

“There was some belief a statewide program was the way to go,” he said. “Trying to provide some kind of parity for family cover-

age was of concern for a number of members of the legislature.”

In addition, Sullivan said in response to a question about funding for local transportation projects, representatives from the 47th district were able to bring in funding for proj-ects in Covington.

City officials requested funding to pay for repairs to the Covington Aquatic Center as well as a pair of transportation projects in Covington.

“That’s what we’ve done for the last 91 days,” Sulli-van said. “We worked really hard right up until (the end of the session).”

Chamber members asked about what the Legislature can do in overseeing costs and fees of state colleges and universities as well as what the governmental body did to deal with the rising costs of health care for small businesses.

Sullivan explained that higher education institu-tions have a fair amount of autonomy but must assess fees within certain param-eters.

A decade ago, he said, about 70 percent was covered by the state and the rest by students, but now it’s a 50-50 split. Rising costs as a result of cuts made by the

state have been passed on to students and their families which leads to the number of students, for example, the University of Washington can accept.

This also leads to cuts in programs that would pro-vide employees to growing companies such as Google, Sullivan said, so “over the next decade we have to make significant invest-ments” in higher education programs which will train students for those kinds of jobs.

And, at this point, Sul-livan said it is hard for the state Legislature to tackle health care beyond what is provided for state employ-ees, teachers and vulnerable populations.

“Healthcare is very com-plex,” he said. “And a lot of it is tied to federal health care reform. But, we’ve really got to wait until the federal ruling in June.”

After 91 days of regular and special sessions there are still some things left for 2013.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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this painting, titled “imidilazone,” is one of many of Iris Scott’s finger painting works which has sold. More can be found on her website, www.irisscottfingerpaintings.com. Image courtesy of Iris Scott

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to the site’s forest cover are minimized,” the report stated.

Tahoma and Kent were among eight schools dis-tricts which owned a total of 18 sites — Tahoma has one site, Kent has four — that are near or outside of the urban growth bound-ary, which was established as part of the growth management act which was intended to protect rural farms and forest from as well as prevent urban sprawl.

In an email interview Tahoma spokesman Kevin Patterson said the task force’s recommendations are an important step forward.

“But the decision goes further by encouraging us to find a site within the urban growth area while still allowing us flexibility to use the Summit-Landsburg Road site for school siting if necessary,” Patterson wrote. “The biggest news to come from our involvement in the process is conversations between (Tahoma Superin-tendent) Mike Maryanski and King County officials about the potential use of a portion of the Donut Hole property as a high school site. If we are successful, then a new Tahoma High School could be built on property in the Donut Hole, which is inside the urban growth boundary, and the land adjacent to Tahoma Junior High can be pre-served as open space.”

Kent’s four sites, mean-while, were recommended to be held for future development which would have to be consistent with the county’s long-term planning policies, sold or swapped in effort to preserve properties with conservation value.

In September 2011 the county’s Growth Manage-ment Planning Council voted to update County-wide Planning Policies, according to the task force’s report, but “could not reach consensus on policies gov-erning the siting of public facilities and services. At issue was whether public schools serving primarily urban populations should be sited in rural areas.”

Part of the county’s VISION 2040 policies included making it stan-dard for schools and other community facilities which primarily served urban populations — residents living in cities within the urban growth boundary — should be allowed in rural areas outside of the UGA. In addition, services such as sewer should not be provided in rural areas.

Since 1992 county policy has allowed public schools to be served by sewer in rural areas if no alternatives were workable. The only sewer option in this case is a tightline sewer, which is designed specifically to serve only a particular facil-ity or place.

Tahoma Junior High is located outside the UGA and had been built with a tightline sewer.

Next to the junior high is 37 acres the district had planned to use for a fifth elementary school.

With the changes pro-posed in the fall, however, Tahoma officials were con-cerned they may not be able to build the school.

Couple that with the failure of a construction bond measure in April 2011 and things looked grim for the district’s efforts to resolve overcrowding in its classrooms.

As district officials began evaluating the impacts of the failure of the bond and this proposed change to county policy nearly si-multaneously a whole host of creative, out of the box ideas emerged.

During the task force’s work on the issue, Mary-anski began taking the conversation in a different direction.

“We asked them if they would consider having some conversations about a potential land swap with their property in the Donut Hole and our property by the junior high,” Maryanski told the Reporter in March. “That came out with that experience of the siting task force and the real passion people brought to that table and our willingness on our part to explore other pos-sibilities. It’s really prelimi-nary thus far.”

King County owns a

piece of property within the city limits of Maple Valley. The 156-acre chunk of land — which is located off Southeast Kent Kang-ley Road and 228th Stree Southeat — is home to a county transportation maintenance facility which takes up about 13 acres, nine holes of Elk Run Golf Course and a large stand of trees. It is known as the Do-nut Hole because it is zoned rural, it is considered unin-corporated King County yet is wholly surrounded by the city of Maple Valley, a piece of real estate in the heart of the city.

King County has worked to sell the property since 2007 with an eye toward moving its maintenance facility out to Ravensdale.

Maryanski said the Donut Hole would be the ideal place for the district to build a new high school. It would benefit the district as well as the entire commu-nity to have Tahoma High, which is currently in un-incorporated King County between Maple Valley and Covington, in the city of Maple Valley.

When the change in policy was proposed in the fall, Tahoma was not the only district with ques-tions, the task force’s report stated.

“This potential change in policy was of concern to school districts, many of which owned or had an in-terest in undeveloped rural properties,” the report said. “While some had acquired their properties before the adoption of the GMA and CPPs, most had not. Those school districts purchasing land after 1992 did so under a regulatory framework that permitted schools in rural areas and that allowed a tightline sewer if needed. At the time, with rising land costs in urban areas and rapid growth, choosing less expensive rural sites seemed the most judicious use of limited taxpayer funds.”

Additionally, many district officials told the task force that it is difficult to find parcels big enough for a school in urban areas, as well as putting schools in locations which are convenient for all students

including those in rural areas.

“School districts leaders testified that they do not distinguish between the urban and rural portions of their service areas; their planning takes into account the needs of their districts as a whole,” the report stated.

There were also concerns from residents in rural areas. Issues such as traffic congestion, environmental impact and loss of rural character came up among others.

During the process the task force was provided with information about or opportunities to discuss de-mographics, school district enrollment projects, costs and funding sources for school construction, public health aspects of school sit-ing and costs for mainte-nance of county roads.

Next the report will be reviewed by Constantine who will propose county-wide policies for the GMPC to consider before it recom-mends them to the County Council for adoption.

And while the report is encouraging, Patterson said, there is still much work to be done.

“There is a long way to go in this process but the potential benefits to the community are immense,” Patterson wrote. “We are hopeful that we can create a proposal that is acceptable to King County and that we can work with the county and city of Maple Valley to site a new high school in the middle of the Maple Valley community.”

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Kent School District’s 2012 Technology Expo, which was originally scheduled for January but was postponed due to storms, is set for 6-9 p.m. on April 24 at ShoWare Center in Kent.The 2012 Tech Expo showcases how one of the school districts leading the nation in classroom technology prepares students for the future, today. More than 3,000

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The King County Sher-iff ’s Office is asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect who allegedly robbed a Subway at gun point in the 27200 block of 216 Avenue Southeast.

The suspect was de-scribed as a white male, 20 to 35 years old, approxi-mately 5-foot-11, with a thin build.

He has a pale, freckled complexion, and light blue or green eyes. He was last seen wearing a white and blue or grey hooded jacket, a black and white skeleton print bandana, dark gloves, blue jeans and “skater

shoes.” The suspect entered the

Subway store around 3:40 p.m. on March 27.

Holding a handgun, he ran to the counter, jumped over and told the employee, “Give me the money.”

The employee asked if he was serious and the suspect replied, “Yes I’m serious.”

The suspect nudged the employee with his left hand and she opened the register. The suspect took the money from the cash register, jumped back over the coun-ter and exited the store.

The suspect fled east-bound toward Kent Kangley Road on a bicycle, possibly blue in color.

Detectives believe this suspect may also be linked to two other robberies that occurred in the area dur-ing the past three weeks. On March 30 the Four Corners Teriyaki located in the 26900 block of state Route 169 was robbed by

a suspect with a similar description, and on April 16 the Pro Shop at the Elk Run Gold Course in the 22500 block of Southeast 275th Street was also robbed.

Detectives said in each of these cases the descriptions and method were similar.

Crime Stoppers is of-fering a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest in this case.

Callers can remain anonymous.

Call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS(8477).

police search for armed robbery suspect

still photos from the video recordings of the robbery suspect. A man is suspected of robbing three separate businesses in Maple Valley. The King County Sheriff’s Office is asking for any information. Courtesy photo

play set for april 20-21 at tahoma junior high

Tahoma Jr. High drama club will be performing “Let’s Hang Him and Read the Will” in The Commons at Tahoma Jr. High School at 7 pm on April 20. They will also three performances at at noon, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. on April 21. Tickets are $7 general admission, $5 students, and free for 5 and under at the door.The play is made up of actors who are in 8-9 grade at Tahoma Junior High. Most of them are “seasoned” actors who have been the program for three to four years and have had experiences in acting both in elementary school and outside of the school setting. Students have to wait until they get to Junior High to be able to do the school’s “straight” or non-musical plays.

Each year TJH does one non-musical play in which students who are not comfortable with the singing/dancing and hustle/bustle of the musical productions can join and learn the craft of acting. While researching their characters and the setting of the play, students learn a lot about history, other regions, and people other than themselves. In the current production, the setting is in the south. Students have been working on developing Southern accents that make sense for their particular characters.

maple Valley resident earns presidential scholarship at uniVersity of north dakota

Matthew Eaton of Maple Valley received the Presidential Scholarship from the University of North Dakota for the 2011-2012 academic year.UND welcomes and supports students who aspire to excel as learners and members of our community. This scholarship program is intended to honor and reward students who contribute to enhancing UND as vibrant and connected learners.

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Man suspected in three robberies in three week period in Maple Valley

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My husband left town for a couple days this last week. Every year he goes to a big swap meet in Portland. It’s miles and miles of car parts. I’ve never gone with him to this particular swap meet. And actually I’ve only been to one or two swap meets with him at all. Truthfully, I really couldn’t care less about car parts and he probably has a better time with-out me anyway.

What guy wants a bored wife following him around asking if he’s done looking?

This is the only swap meet where he’s gone over night. He used to leave Wednesday night and come home on Sunday afternoon. Now he leaves Thursday morning and comes back late Friday night. I’m sur-prised he leaves at all.

You see, I tend to get in trouble when he’s gone. We’ve been married 20 years now and every time he comes home something major has changed. I’ve started major remodels he’s had to come home and finish.

I’ve bought large items he’s had to help bring into the house. One year he came home to find that my mother was moving in with us.

Having my mother move in was logical at the time. My father had passed away six months before and I was worried about my mother’s health.

With two small children at home, it was easier for me to check up on her if she was living with me. I also had the warped notion I think every overwhelmed, young mother has in the back of her head: My mom will move in and take over the mothering so I don’t have to.

I don’t know if my hus-band shortened his time at this big swap meet because he figured less time would mean less trouble I could get into or if he decided four days was too long.

But last year‚ his first shortened year ‚he came home to find we had acquired two rats and one rabbit. So if his plan was to lessen the

chances of me getting in trouble, it didn’t work.

He’s usually pretty easy going about it and although sometimes reluctant to help with my convoluted plans, always does. I don’t know what happens to my judg-ment when my husband leaves, it’s not like I’m some oppressed wife.

But apparently I’m not the only one it happens to. I’ve written about these crazy decisions on my blog and the phrase‚ “when the husband’s away the wife will play,” is one of the biggest search phrases that directs people to my website.

But I’m not naive enough to think these people are using these search phrases because they are thinking of moving their mothers into their homes or buying rats. I’ve thought about taking that particular blog down, but, who knows, maybe I’ picked up some fans along the way?

Most things have worked out for the bet-ter. My mother lived with us for about 2 years, then hightailed it back to her mobile home; I think to get some peace and quiet away from a chaotic house full of energetic children.

I realized you can’t go back and I couldn’t revert back to my own childhood by having my mother move

in with me. But we were left with a spare room that has come in handy as my kids have gotten older and is now the computer/craft/hobby room.

The house remodels have always turned out well and have kept the house updated over the years. The rats have continued to delight my older daughter,

although one recently went to the big rat house in the sky.

The rabbit didn’t turn out so well and went back to the rabbit rescue from which it

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Mama’s got another award to add to her collec-tion.

Ginger Passarelli-Senecal, affectionately known simply as “Mama,” is one of two re-cipients for the 2012 Frank Kampsen Community Spirit Award for her work with The Soup Ladies.

She will receive the award

at the Behind the Badge Foundation’s 14th annual Law Enforcement Memo-rial Ball and Auction on Saturday, April 14 at the Hilton in SeaTac.

According to the founda-tion’s Executive Director Kit Ford, Passarelli won the award due to her work providing hot meals for law enforcement officials who worked during in the line of duty deaths, such as

the Lakewood Memorial Service and the death of Ranger Margaret Anderson.

“She has such a huge heart,” Ford said.

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past few years.”Passarelli said she is hon-

ored by the award and had a strong reaction when she read the letter from Ford.

“I cried,” she said. “It’s a really nice letter.”

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Small signs of economic recovery popped up in Covington in January.

January sales brought in more than $228,000 in sales tax, according to data provided by the city of Covington, which was a 16.5 percent increase compared to January 201l. Those numbers, however, are part of a larger five-year trend that Covington Finance Director Rob Henderson observed.

“Rather than just look at January 2012, let’s go all the way back to 2007,” Hendrickson wrote in an email interview. “That year was consistently ahead of 2006 every month. In fact the city received $352,000

more in sales tax revenue in 2007 than 2006.”

And 2008 was better, Hendrickson wrote, as $451,000 more came in relative to 2007.

“On the sur-face that looks really good,” Hendrickson wrote. “But, when you ana-lyze the under-lying numbers, what jumps out is that con-struction sales tax was driving the large increases.”

While retail went up by nearly 14 percent in 2007 and 4.1 percent in 2008, revenue from construc-tion increased by $356,000 from 2007 to 2008, a 98.3

percent jump.“If you were to straight

line the numbers it looked like the city was going to continue with double

digit increases every year,” Hendrick-son wrote. “However, in 2009 construc-tion took a substantial dive – drop-ping almost 73 percent — $522,000

— over the previous year. Fortunately, the addition of Costco, Home Depot, Red Robin and other businesses offset that loss.”

Still, from 2008-2010, total collections from all revenue sources was es-

sentially flat.“Given that some cit-

ies were seeing double digit declines I would say Covington weathered that storm pretty well,” Hen-drickson said.

Then a year ago the city saw the biggest increase since 2008 and leading that again was construc-tion, Hendrickson said, with 11 straight months of increases in revenue collec-tion. It’s important to note that construction sales tax dollars are one-time collections while retail and restaurants provide a con-tinuous stream of revenue.

And while there were three months where retail was down slightly other categories offset that.

To start this year, the

first month saw increases in sales tax revenue at Costco of 6 percent, Fred Meyer was up 8.5 percent, Home Depot was up 8 percent, while food and restaurants increased 7.8 percent.

Meanwhile, construc-tion revenue went up 202 percent due to MultiCare Emergency Department project which was recently completed.

“January is up because we are seeing a trend – both in retail and construc-tion – that the economy appears to be doing better here and has been over the last 11 months,” Hendrick-son wrote. “As far as the health of the business in the city, I can’t specifically say other than to note that

the sales tax numbers are up, we are seeing more permitting this year than last and we will continue to monitor the trends.”

While those numbers are small signs of positive growth there is still more that needs to improve, Hendrickson wrote.

“Housing is still down unfortunately,” he wrote. “Real estate excise tax collections continue to lag. When they begin to increase due to increased home sales, then I think we can begin to look forward to a recovery from the recession.”

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Property owners who have land in the northern part of Maple Valley will now have greater options for development.

At its March 26 meet-ing, the Maple Valley City Council approved two or-dinances that amend Title 18 of the municipal code, creating a new service commercial zone.

According to Commu-nity Development Director Ty Peterson, the zoning change was originally

brought up by the Hayes family, which owns the gravel pit located off of Witte Road Southeast, in late 2009.

The Hayes submitted an application for the zoning to be changed to commu-nity business. The Plan-ning Commission deferred the application for a year before it made a recom-mendation to the City Council. Ultimately, the commission recommended that community business was not the ideal zoning for the area, but the Hayes

had demonstrated that the current zoning would give them enough development options.

A service commer-cial zone, Peterson said, is more general and is designed for areas that are visually or geographically iso-lated from the main part of the city. Several examples include rental services, wholesale, warehousing, lumberyards, manufactur-ing, self-storage, brewery and hotels.

“There are no size limitations,” Peterson said. “You could put in a car lot, storage units. Those are

the kinds of things that you could character-ize as aesthetically intriguing. Before you were really restricted to light

industrial office.”City Manager David

Johnston stated that the new zoning will allow the city to have a new “gate-way.”

“It gives them some latitude with more permit-

ted uses,” he said. “You’ll see that businesses that fall under that category kind of support a gateway type function. Even if it’s a nurs-ery it’s an acceptable use. They tend to add to the gateway feel … and even some manufacturing is al-lowed if they meet certain design standards. This is the first step to help bring that into a reality.”

According to the city code, service commercial zoning is “best suited for areas where commute trips entering the City

will not disrupt traffic on City streets for the most part. This area should be capable of being buffered from adjacent residential properties and character-ized by features that can accommodate uses without adversely impacting sur-rounding residential areas.”

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“On the surface, that looks really good, but when you analyze the underlying numbers, what jumps out is that construction sales tax was driving the large increases.” Rob Hendrickson


Driving to the office the other day on my tediously long eight minute commute from the south end of Maple Valley to the north end where my office is located I noticed the sign is up on the new Fred Meyer going up in Four Corners.

First, I apologize, I know all of you who com-mute to Seattle and the Eastside hate me right now. My bad.

Second, I got excited at the thought of how close the grand opening of Fred Meyer is now.

Maple Valley Town Square is going to bring many of the things those of us who moved from ur-ban areas out to the literal fringe of the urban growth boundary have missed.

My husband and I have lived in Maple Valley for nearly eight years. After growing up in Bellevue, living in Spokane, visit-ing family in Los Angeles, traveling to various parts of the western United States and living in Las Vegas for two and a half years, settling in Maple Valley is one of the best decisions we’ve made.

We knew, however, that we would be making some trade-offs for the peace and quiet of life on the edge of civilization.

Like having plenty of restaurants to choose from when we want to eat out, or a movie theater close by, or a bowling alley, or a place to shop for clothes, or a Costco.

Did I mention restaurants? Oh. I did. Moving on then.Now, our neighbor to the west Covington, has

filled in a number of the gaps during the past five years or so. And that’s wonderful.

Folks at Covington City Hall also think it’s wonderful. All the “retail leakage” that Maple Valley city staffers refer to when discussing the need for economic development now goes to downtown Covington.

Therefore, I must confess: I spend a lot of money in Covington.

Someone will have to dole out the punish-ment.

When my daughter Lyla was born in Novem-ber 2009 I was ill-prepared in one area: newborn size clothes. She was smaller than we expected. Fred Meyer to the rescue for this sleep-deprived, first-time mommy. It’s cold around here when you’re a winter baby.

How nice it would have been to just zip over to a Fred Meyer in Four Corners, just five min-utes from my house.

Yes, I know, first-world problem.Still, having Fred Meyer so close will be

convenient for myself and all the other parents around here, given that more than 30 percent of our population is under 18.

There’s plenty of other great stuff coming into Maple Valley Town Square. A couple of sit-down restaurants, a gelato shop, banks, a big MultiCare facility and… a Burger King. Well, you can’t win ‘em all.

Still, with all this great new economic develop-ment, I know there are businesses residents want to see in Maple Valley.

It’s entirely possible the city could attract investment in a number of areas. Office space

would be nice, maybe the kind of technology in-cubator thing I’ve been hearing about for nearly a decade, or someplace one of those big Eastside or Seattle tech companies could set up a satellite branch for all those folks who commute. Cough. Microsoft. Cough.

More restaurants would be great. With the addition of Gino’s Bistro catty-corner from Maple Valley Town Square as well as Hopjacks and Farelli’s Pizza the offerings are more diverse around here.

Still, who wouldn’t want a place to get a nice steak? Lately, I realized I have never tried a lobster roll — maybe I watch “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives” too much on Food Network — but how awesome would it be to have a place that serves up the kind of food that could end up on Triple D.

It would also be nice to have a Whole Foods. In fact, I would do many, many legal activities for the amusement of others to get a Whole Foods, however we aren’t going to get one any time soon.

And by that, I mean in the next five to 10

Groupthink — the word has popped up quite often recently.

I have seen the word in action many times through the years in the council meetings I have covered for the various pa-pers. The word is always alive and well in the audience.

As I recall, when I first began reading Plato’s “Repub-lic,” I could never figure out why Socrates was so grouchy about democracy, even before the Athenians had a chance to off him.

For years I simply thought Plato and Socrates wore bathroom robes and funny shoes, which caused them to have kinky political ideas.

My readings about the writing of the U.S. Constitution and the government meetings

I have covered during the past 20 years have changed my mind.

I think one of Plato’s philosophical points and a real concern for the founders of this country is the tyranny of a pure democracy, which is why we have a republic form of government.

The power of a group of people, believing they have found the one and only fountain of truth, is often tyranny. No tyrant can rule without group-think. You either agree with them or you are out of the group. Go to a council meeting when a hot issue is boiling over. You are either with them or against them.

I will get all sorts of calls and emails about how to cover these types of stories. They call it balanced, but what they mean is suppress the other group, because we found the fountain and we are drinking the Kool-Aid.

I have many times heard council members say they are on the dais to do what their constituents demand.

At that point I usually try to hit myself in the head a couple of times with the Constitution. Apparently these councillors slept through their high school class on what a republic is – repre-sentative government, not sheep herding.

What a republic form of government means

continues to be as important today as it was more than 200 years ago.

There have been multiple references to Mar-bury v. Madison (1803) in news reports regard-ing the health-care law before the U.S. Supreme Court.

In Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall established the court’s judicial review responsibility to decide if federal and state laws violated the Constitution.

Today, you will most often hear some guy on TV carry on about how it gives the court the right to overturn legislation.

What is not discussed is the years of discus-sion and disagreement that followed because Thomas Jefferson thought the court should not necessarily have that power.

As he aged, he became a stronger advocate of pure majority rule and states’ rights.

The debate by the founders about majority rule, democracy, the courts and how we should run our county is great reading.

It continues to be just as relevant and interest-ing today inside the council chambers and other government meetings as it was 200 years ago.

It makes the fuming and fighting at the po-dium better than a sitcom... or like one.

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Some people think that the opera is just like a cartoon — a big lady with two long braids running down off her head onto her shoulders with a Viking hat and an oval shaped mouth, but it’s not.

In opera we tell a story, just like in musical theater but we don’t have micro-phones, and our voices are

kept in a way that we don’t have to sound like a charac-ter — our main goal is to project and make sure we keep our voices in pristine condition.

Last Tuesday (April 10) in rehearsals for

Seattle Opera’s “Turandot” (Tur-And-Oh) we had a conversation about this, all of the differences between musical theatre and opera.

But I’m going too fast. Let’s start where I began, at my audition for my first opera, “Car-

men.”I walked into a huge

rehearsal hall, all stocked up on sets from their latest show, “The Magic Flute,” other than that there was a single person and a grand piano.

It could be very intimi-dating for someone who hasn’t prepared for things like this her whole life, but even still, there were but-terflies in my stomach.

I walked in with my sheet music that I had prepared earlier with my voice teacher Fran Reid, and handed it to Beth Kirchhoff, the chorus master who was auditioning us and pre-pared to sing. The song that I had picked for this audi-tion was a classical Italian song named Bella Bimba. I chose it because it’s in Italian and it can show off that I am able to sing in a different language since we would be singing in French for “Carmen.”

I tried not to show that it was the first and only song I had ever sang in a differ-

ent language — even still I felt prepared. The song you choose to audition with al-ways depends on the show, for example I wouldn’t want to go in there singing a song from “Beauty and the Beast.”

When I open my mouth and start to sing I try to remember everything Fran has taught me, diction, annunciation, support, breathing techniques, send-ing the sound out and away, it’s not easy to remember, let me tell you that! Those were the two minutes that I had to impress this one person to let me be in this show I had been thinking about for the last couple of months. Two minutes to impress.

So, because I am writing this article I went back and asked Kirchoff about my audition such as what she saw in me and what she was originally looking for.

She said she was looking for only 14 youth choristers for “Carmen.”

“So each voice needed

to be a strong, solo qual-ity size,” Kirchoff said. “In opera, a big, strong sound is what we love. In “Turandot,” I could have 30, so I can have some younger, smaller voices as well. If my memory serves me correctly, I believe I listened to nearly 100-plus young singers for the “Car-men” auditions, allowing five minutes per singer. In opera, we are looking for unchanged voices in boys, which usually means between ages 10-14, and for girls 10-15 or 16 years old. Singers need to be able to read music, and some choir experience is helpful, but not required. I also look for a strong sound — an easy, natural sound — not a belt’ quality, and no artificial vi-brato. Opera voices need to have a healthy head voice, which means high notes incorporated into the basic quality of sound.”

In addition to the voice quality Kirchoff said she

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years, according to the de-velopers I’ve spoken to who have built in Covington and Maple Valley.

We’re not getting a Trader Joe’s, which doesn’t bother me at all, or a movie theater in that time frame either.

We don’t have enough people. Our city isn’t “urban” enough — neither is Covington, by the way — for any of those amenities.

This still-young city isn’t there yet. I hate to burst bubbles when I tell people on Facebook certain things just aren’t going to happen in a time frame they may find acceptable.

Trust me, I wish we had many of these great busi-nesses nearby, but I also knew from the minute we decided to make an offer on a house out here that this quiet, friendly commu-nity with amazing schools

would require compromise on our part.

It seemed worth it. Plus, it gives those folks

at Maple Valley City Hall a chance to seize an opportu-nity that has been discussed since before this newspaper began in the fall of 2005: to create an environment for economic development that could enhance the unique nature of this community.

With construction on Maple Valley Town Square nearing completion in the coming months it seems like this is an ideal time to build on that moment.

That kind of project can be a magnet for develop-ment.

And when more busi-nesses arrive like the ones I think could realistically be built here then all those other awesome ones who have said, “Not for at least five more years,” will take notice. They’ll send their

real estate people our here to scout locations.

They’ll take a new look at the city’s demographics, evaluate the income levels of the trade service area, then realize the potential and start making plans.

There is so much poten-tial here in Maple Valley.

With continued thought-ful planning things will begin to fall into place.

It’s only a matter of time before residents of this city won’t have to accept the trade offs.

And I really hope that if we get anything, it’s a Whole Foods, they have these cookies I love and cheese pizza that I don’t mind drive 30 miles one way to get my hands on.

For now, though, all the great things coming this summer will be great and we’ll have more of those conveniences we left behind when we moved here.

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The middle of April is a good time to plant seeds indoors for warm-season plants that will be set into the garden after the weather warms. This means veg-etable favorites like tomatoes, cucumbers, squash and peppers and easy-to-seed flowers like nasturtiums, marigolds and zinnias. You can buy basil plants now and enjoy them as houseplants as you harvest the leaves but don’t put cold-sensitive basil outdoors until mid June.

The most important lesson successful gardeners from western Washington learn is not to put heat-loving plants outdoors too early and don’t try to grow sun-loving plants from seed without a good source of light. If you have a bright, south facing window with wide ledges, you may be able to grow healthy starts of tomatoes or peppers. Most homes in our climate will need supplemental lighting or a home green-house to produce husky

transplants that don’t reach painfully upward in search of more sunlight. Begin-ning gardeners will have better luck buying warm-season vegetable starts in

late May and transplant-ing these directly into a prepared garden bed.

Q. What tomato vari-eties do best in western

Washington? Last year I purchased some heirloom varieties and none of the tomatoes turned red before winter. R.T., Maple Valley

A. Tiny tomatoes per-form best in our climate. Cherry tomatoes, patio tomatoes, Sweet 100, Sweet One Million, Husky Gold, Yellow pear, or any tomato with small fruit has the best chance or ripening before fall. If you’re after full-size tomatoes then the heirloom or old-fashioned tomatoes may boast superior flavor but you need to notice how many days it takes for them to ripen. In our climate Early Girl, Oregon Spring, Glacier, Early Wonder and Legend are a few of the

varieties bred for cool sum-mer nights. A newer variety called “Siletz” has been introduced out of Oregon State University that shows great promise for great taste and early ripening.

Q. I want to plant pe-rennial herbs and veg-etables that don’t need to be replanted every spring. I know asparagus will return year after year but what else can one eat for years but only plant once? T., e-mail.

A. We’ve always had some might fine thymes, plus there are also hardy oregano, mint and chives that can be planted once and harvested year after year. Rhubarb is a perennial with huge leaves that work well into the landscape or even in the center of a container garden. If you have the room, planting horseradish roots just once will give you a lifetime sup-ply for the entire neighbor-hood. (Warning: horserad-ish can spread almost as fast as mint, so contain the underground roots with a barrier.)

Q. What vegetables will grow in the shade? I live in a condo with a small patch of yard that is mostly

shaded. T.T., TacomaA. Most edibles crave

full sun but you can harvest leafy crops like Swiss Chard, lettuce, mints and even a few blueberries in a partly-shaded spot. The key here is how much shade. You might try planting in large pots set onto wheeled canisters to move your crops into the sun if nearby buildings cast shade for most of the day. Another solution is to ask the condo owners for a patch of sunny ground in the public space to plant a personal or com-munity garden. Vegetable gardens can be lovely to look. Present a beautiful de-sign with geometric raised beds, mulched and weed-free pathways and perhaps a bench or focal point in your plan for growing veg-etables in shared outdoor space. Be sure to keep the garden well-maintained to add to the curb appeal of the property.

Q. I realize seeds are a lot less expensive then buying plants. My ques-tion is for a new gardener how much money would I save if I bought flower and vegetable seeds and started them myself versus just

buying the plants? I want to grow tomatoes, marigolds, geraniums and lettuce.

P.T., Bonney LakeA. Try growing both

ways. Lettuce and mari-golds are easy to start from seed but I recommend beginners purchase plants of tomatoes and geraniums later in May. These two need so much heat and sunshine that they do better started in a greenhouse. Growing plants from seed can be inexpensive and you’ll save more than half the cost of buying young plants if you use recycled pots, buy the seeding soil in bulk and have a bright and sunny spot to nurture the new seedlings without depending on extra light-ing. There are other reasons besides cost to practice the art of growing from seed. Sowing seeds gives you more choices of plant va-rieties including heirloom, self-saved and experimental varieties. Plus there is the magic of watching a tiny seed sprout and transform right before your eyes. If you want to add more magic and amazement to your life, plant a seed.

Q. I’m a first-grade

teacher. What type of seeds do you recommend for kids to plant in paper cups in the classroom? We do have a sunny window where the seedlings can grow. D.D., Olympia

A. I vote for nastusiams. The seeds are large enough for kids to handle plus you can soak the seeds over-night or pre sprout them by wrapping them in a damp dish cloth for several days before you plant.

Be sure the paper cups have drainage holes and use a light weight potting soil made for seeding. Nas-turtiums will bloom even in poor soil so when the kids take home their plant there’s a better chance it will thrive when planted into the ground. Plus all parts of the nasturtium are edible – the leaves and bright flow-ers add a peppery flavor to salads and hamburgers. Just warn the students that later in the summer nasturtiums attract aphid. Lots of kids enjoy squishing the aphid with their fingers as they find them on the plants or observing the drama of ladybug larvae devouring aphid alive. Take that, video games!

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“It is also important that every chorister be willing and able to follow direc-tions, from me and the stage staff/directors. We have very limited rehearsal time on stage — three or four rehearsals with the group at McCaw Hall — so a resume with past experi-ence is very helpful but not the most important factor,” Kirchoff said. “Attitude is very important. If I hear a wonderful voice, and the

person has no experience, but is willing to work hard, listens carefully, is musical, then I weigh that mightily in their favor.”

Kirchoff had good things to say about my audition.

“Regarding your particu-lar audition, I remember a large voice, and a joyous personality,” she said. “It was obvious to me that you love to sing and are willing to pay attention to details, listen well, and now I know that you are also a good colleague with your fellow choristers and with our staff management, all very

important to the overall product.”

Thank goodness I did what I did because I made it! That show was one of my favorite shows I have ever been in.

The 13 other kids and I have grown to be like fam-ily. We still keep in contact and keep each other up to date on what we are doing. At the end of that amazing show Kirchoff was so proud that she invited all of the kids from the “Carmen” youth chorus to be in their next opera, “Turandot,” in an off-stage youth chorus

where we will sing a beauti-ful lullaby of a song.

After she knew who all from Carmen said yes, she had auditions to fill the remaining spots to create a 30 kid youth chorus. About half of us said yes and on the last show of “Carmen” we said goodbye to the others.

I had to wait a couple of months — theater always seems to have waiting — until our first rehearsal for “Turandot.”

Only two rehearsals have passed so far and I can already hear the music

stuck in my head. I could probably sing it in my sleep even by now. The Italian is hard, but not impossible if you know the translation. When I tell my friends I am in another opera they wrinkle their eyebrows and ask me if i’m going to sing like one of those big ladies with the Viking hats on in the cartoons, but nope, sorry, that’s not what an opera is at all.

An opera is a story, it’s live and anything can hap-pen. Some of my favorite memories have been doing operas and I don’t intend to

stop doing them. This is my dream, to have

the lights shining down on me and all I can see is the outlining of people staring up at me. I’m living that dream. Next week I’ll let you know how rehearsals are going and introduce you to some of the amazing people I have met.

Morgan Roberts is a 13-year-old from Maple Valley preparing to sing in her second Opera with Seattle Opera.

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Where you live may determine how healthy you are or can hope to be, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medi-

cine. Researchers using a geographic information system (GIS) found that ac-cess to quality food outlets and opportunities to be physically active can make

communities not only more attractive but also more healthy.

Both children and adults who live in areas that pro-vide supermarkets within reasonable distance, recre-ational parks and safe sidewalks and bike paths have on average lower rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease than those living in underserved neighborhoods, including so-called food deserts.

“The biggest difference we found in rates of obesity were in places where the environment was good for both nutrition and physical activity,” said Dr. Brian Saelens, professor of pediatrics at Seattle Chil-dren’s Research Institute and co-author of the study report. “The rates [in the best places] were less than 8 percent. But if the nutrition and physical activity were not good, the rates went up to 16 percent.”

Although these find-ings should not come as a surprise, it is the first time that scientists have used geographic data to specifi-cally investigate the causes of lifestyle-related health

problems.Up to now, most

studies on the ever-rising obesity epidemic have been focusing on factors such as lifestyle, income, education and genetic precon-ditions. Geographic

differences should be used more often in the future to assess the connections between nutrition, physi-cal activity and obesity. For instance, if we can count the numbers of grocery stores, convenient stores, fast food restaurants and recreational facilities in a particular area, we may be able to predict better what chances the local population has to live more healthily, the researchers said.

“To address this health crisis, attention must be focused on a key issue

that lies at the core of the epidemic: The social inequi-ties of obesity,” said Rear Admiral Susan Blumenthal, MD, MPA, a former U.S. Assistant Surgeon General.

“A significant body of sci-entific evidence links pover-ty with higher rates of obe-sity. Families with limited economic resources turn to food with poor nutritional quality because it is cheaper and more accessible. Low-income families live in neighborhoods where it is dangerous to play outside, reducing opportunities for both children and adults to exercise. Instead of su-permarkets, [low-income] neighborhoods may have an abundance of fast-food retailers and corner stores that are stocked with prod-ucts high in fat and low in nutrients. Families are often targeted by food market-ers with advertisements encouraging the consump-tion of nutrient-poor foods, increasing the likelihood of adopting unhealthy dietary practices.”

Despite of their best ef-

forts to lure more super-markets to underserved neighborhoods through tax breaks and other incentives, local governments find it hard to overcome the many obstacles they’re facing. The so-called food deserts in many poor urban and rural areas persist because of lack of consumer demand (peo-ple don’t have the money to buy nutritious but pricey foods), high crime rates (and insurance costs) and transportation expenses (to remote areas).

An area is officially considered a food desert when it has no supermar-kets within 1 mile in an urban setting and within 10 miles in a rural environ-ment. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that nearly 25 million Americans live in food deserts.

Social welfare programs such as food stamps bring only limited relief because of geographic hindrances. According to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Depart-ment of Health and Human Services (HHS), a quarter of all food stamps recipients do not have easy access to supermarkets. High gas prices and lack of private or public transportation only worsen the situation.

Obviously, not all or even many of these conditions can be changed overnight. However, a few small steps in the right direction can go a long way. Communi-ties have taken initiatives all over the country to facilitate more local farmers markets and sales outlets for urban farms where fresh foods are available at affordable prices. Achieving better “walkability” has become a goal in cities and towns of all sizes. With greater awareness, good will and some imagination, we all can make a difference for ourselves and our neighbor-hood.

Timi Gustafson R.D. is a clinical dietitian and author of the book “The Healthy Diner – How to Eat Right and Still Have Fun”®, which is avail-able on her blog, “Food and Health with Timi Gustafson R.D.” (http://www.timigustafson.com), and at amazon.com.

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The Black Diamond His-torical Society is working on plans to erect a memo-rial statue and wall outside of its building.

According to President Keith Watson, the historical society started the project about two months ago after mem-bers visited the coal mining town of Roslyn near Cle Elum.

There, they were impressed by the town’s memorial statue and wall dedicated to its miner population. Inspired to erect one in Black Dia-mond, the design includes a miner statue measuring nearly 6-foot-8 standing on top of a granite pedestal.

Watson said the statue would be situated by the tracks outside of the mu-seum in a position where it will be visible from all three of the nearby roads in town. The boardwalk outside of the museum would be

expanded to include the statue.

Ellensburg artist Paul Crites has already complet-ed an 18 inch statue to base the full size version on.

The memorial would also include a cascading granite wall, based off of a war me-

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Rather than merely have the names of Black Diamond miners, Watson said, they plan to include the names of every Washington

miner killed in a coal mine accident in addition to all the miners who worked in Black Diamond.

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The cost for the project is estimated to be $100,000, which they will rely mostly on donations and grants to cover the price tag.

At the moment historical society members are deal-ing with another dilemma. They need a catchphrase or slogan for the project.

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The Southeast King County parkinson’s Disease support group will meet at 10:30 a.m. April 24 at St. John The Baptist Catholic Church, 25810 156th Avenue S.e.,Covington. ellen McGough, pT, phD from uW School of Medicine, Department of rehabilitation Medicine, Division of physical Therapy. McGough will give information about uW research study for parkinson’s and ef-fects of stationary tandem biking. Meeting will include break out session for caregivers. Carrie Key, ACSM will give instruction on at home exercises. An update on planning for emerald Downs for the parkinson’s Day at the race track will be given by Stephanie Lawson.our monthly lunches will continue to be the 2nd Tuesday of the month at Auburn Senior Center 808

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Starting this month there will be tours on the third Saturday of the month at 10 a.m. at the gazebo at Lake Wilderness Arboretum.Tours will be offered April 21, May 19, June 16, July 21, Aug. 18, Sept. 15 and oct. 20.With the arrival of spring brings acres of buds and blooms, as well as increased activities, at Lake Wilderness Arboretum (LWA) in Maple Valley. The Arboretum’s 42 acres feature more than a dozen acres of display gardens and collections, a 26-acre second growth forest area with hiking trails, and easy access to the recreational facilities at Lake Wilderness park.Info on docent tours, Lake Wilderness Arboretum, and events can be found at www.LakeWildernes-sArboretum.org or by calling 425.413.2572.

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With the winter sports season barely a month

in the books the coaching carousel is slowing down as both Tahoma and Kent-wood have hired new boys basketball coaches.

Tahoma hired Brian Davis while Kentwood pro-moted Blake Solomon.

Davis will replace his former Kent-Meridian teammate and coaching colleague Rob Morrow who resigned from his duties with the school district in mid-February.

After graduating from Kent-Meridian in 1998, Davis spent time in the Navy and worked in the real estate business, but at the age of 26 he realized that wasn’t what he wanted to do with his life.

“I wanted to be an educa-tor,” he said.

So, in 2006 he enrolled at Western Washington University, and in 2010 he graduated ready to get into the classroom.

One of the reasons he left Kentwood was his desire to land a teaching job. Work-

ing in the building he will teach in is an added bonus.

“It was very relieving for Nikki, my wife, and I to be told I have a teaching job next year,” Davis said. “I know how competitive the market is and how fortu-nate I am to get a teaching

job. It’s really exciting for me because that’s what I want to do, I want to be a teacher, I know I can do it. Being in the building where I am coaching is the way it’s supposed to be.”

And as soon as he was of-fered the job in late March,

Davis got on the phone, making calls to set up sum-mer playing opportunities for his new team as well as getting to work on the annual tournament Tahoma hosts and setting up a kids camp.

“I didn’t take a break,”

he said. “There’s a lot to be done.”

Plus, he needs to find assistant coaches, so anyone who is interested is encour-aged to go check out the open positions on the Taho-

New basketball coaches, not so new faces

Brian Davis, center, left the Kentwood boys basketball team after the season ended. His assistant, Blake Solomon, standing between two players, was hired to take Davis’ place. Solomon is a 2005 Kentwood graduate. Davis has moved to Tahoma. Courtesy of Kent Photo Survey

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“It’s a good job because the district and the high school and the people that work there are really highly regarded,” he said. “I’ve really felt comfortable immediately when working with the administration and it’s really impressive to see that. I feel very fortunate. I’m glad I was able to show them I can do great things in a classroom because that’s where I want to be.”

Being a graduate of a South Puget Sound League School and having spent the past two seasons coach-ing a North division team, Davis said, he has a unique perspective on the position he’s taking at Tahoma.

“You’re in a great league,” he said. “The opportunity to play against great com-petition is important for me and the opportunity to be successful.”

Tahoma will lose two seniors to graduation so Davis is optimistic at this phase about what he will have on the court in the winter.

“Some could argue we probably have more varsity experience coming back than other teams in the league,” Davis said. “We have a great opportunity to make lots of memories. That’s what we try to talk about, it’s a great opportu-nity to make memories and have fun with your friends.”

Solomon, who was by Kentwood athletic direc-tor Jo Anne Daughtry on March 31, has a similar attitude about his goal for his players.

“I’m most looking for-ward to building relation-ships with the players and

making their experiences the best that I can make them,” Solomon said. “It’s my job as the head coach to put them in positions where they can create memories for a life time.”

Solomon, who gradu-ated in 2005 from Kent-wood, knows something about what it’s like to make memories as a Conqueror — he was a junior when the Conks won the first boys basketball title in school history in 2004.

During the 4A state tournament in March 2004, Solomon was a key piece in the Conquerors champion-ship puzzle, as he hit crucial three pointers in each contest. In the state title game Solomon was one of four players who scored in double figures for Kent-wood against South Kitsap.

“I think one of the rea-sons why this is such a good fit for the school, the play-ers and myself being apart of those teams, I sat in the same desks they sit in right now, I played in the same gym,” he said. “Whatever they’re going through, I can relate to them, whether it’s the joy of winning the big game or losing the big game

or getting an A in school. Where all these young men are trying to get both aca-demically and athletically, I’ve done that and I can help them with that.”

He is also working at Kentwood, serving as a paraeductor, though he has a teaching degree and is certified to instruct health and physical educa-tion classes. Solomon has worked as a substitute teacher and would like to get a teaching job in the future.

Promoting Solomon to the head coaching position seemed like a natural fit for the Kentwood administra-tion.

“Blake is extremely qualified and ready for this position,” Daughtry said in a statement. “He has a passion for the game and understands the traditions that sets Kentwood athletics apart.”

Solomon, who played at Big Bend Community College and Northwestern College, was the freshman boys coach in 2010 and the junior varsity coach in 20ll for the Conquerors.

“I’ve been saying when this opportunity opened

up it’s the experience of a lifetime,” Solomon said. “I’m really honored and humbled that they would allow me to take over this position. I know exactly the culture, I know what the expectations are. I’m going to enjoy every minute of it.”

Kentwood seems to be a pinnacle of athletic success and Solomon attributes that to the culture of the school. Conqueror student-athletes know it’s a different experi-ence.

“I think the reason we are so successful is because it is a culture of expectations,” Solomon said. “All the way from Doug Hostetter to Jo Anne Daughtry to the fac-ulty to the students, there’s just something different about Kentwood. Kids know that we have to per-form in the classroom but when we step onto the field, Kentwood has a certain aura about it, these athletes expect greatness and that goes back to the people who laid that foundation. All these sports, the kids take pride in what they do and I think that’s why we reach the level of success that we do. It’s a one-of-a-kind tradition that we have.”

And it’s a tradition Solomon hopes to continue as the head boys basketball coach.

“I’ve had two very suc-cessful seasons and these kids have picked up on that,” he said. “It helps because it’s going to be a seamless transition. We’re going to run a different program than the past two seasons in terms of Xs and Os but they know what I’m all about. It will be easier for the players when they come to work every day.”

Heading into next season Solomon will need to replace six of the top seven scorers from a team that won the SPSL North and league titles.

There will likely be some question marks, he said.

“But we’ve got some great seniors coming back and we’ve got a great talent pool of underclassmen,” Solo-mon said. “Other programs, they may be rebuilding, but we’re going to reload. We’re going to compete and we’re going to exceed expecta-tions, whatever those are for us, and we’re going to come to practice and get better. We’re going to fight for everything.”

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With seven games left on the South Puget Sound League North schedule Kentwood’s boys soccer team was atop the division standings.

But the Conquerors likely have a target on their backs as they prepare for the rest of the regular season.

Standing at 6-0-4 with 22 points, Kentwood beat Thomas

Jefferson 2-1 on April 9, then played to a scoreless tie on April 11 with rival Kentlake.

In the first match up between the Falcons and the Conks on March 16 the end result was also a tie, though the first go-round saw each team notch a goal, but this time around neither could find the net.

It was a different story for Kentwood against Jef-ferson. The first time the Conks took on the Raiders in the opening game of the season it ended knotted at 1-1.

This time around, Kentwood found a way to win, thanks to a little luck and timing, according to Conks head coach Aaron Radford.

“We were mentally prepared to face a tough opponent that liked to possess the ball and put extreme pressure on us,” Radford wrote in an email after the match against Jefferson. “And that is what we faced. They had a slightly

different formation on the field than what I expected, but it didn’t change the way they played. They actually caused a bunch of trouble for us. We couldn’t link passes together and really get into a comfort zone with the ball.”

Kentwood scored its first goal off a corner kick when the ball went across the goal to the back post. One of the

Conks was able to hit it back to the middle of the goal where Keaton Gray was seemingly waiting for just such a chance and punched it in at the 33 minute mark.

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sisted goal to knot it up at 1-1.“Unfortunately, when TJ scored, we were in some of

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Between rain and Kent School District’s spring break the week of April 9 there were just a handful of fastpitch games which left the South Puget Sound League North division standing essentially un-changed.

Kentlake, which played two games early in the week, just barely escaped its contest with Thomas Jef-ferson on April 10 thanks to a come from behind effort in the seventh inning.

The Falcons beat the Raiders 5-4 but heading into the final frame Kent-lake was down 4-2.

Madie Brown started things off for Kentlake with a single to right field. Kellie Nielsen reached on an error and Brown advanced to third base then scored on a throwing error at first. Nielsen then scored on a Libby Riehl single to right field with two outs.

Katie Habryle finished the game 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a double while Ashley Starke was 1-for-2.

Hannah Sauget got the win in the circle for Kent-

lake as she gave up four hits and struck out eight in a complete game effort.

The previous day Kent-lake beat Mount Rainier 10-0, taking advantage of nine hits and four errors by the Rams to get the win.

Sauget pitched a com-plete game shutout and racked up a dozen strike outs.

In the lone game of the week for both teams, Kent-wood beat Kentridge on April 10, 11-3.

The Conks drew first blew scoring two runs in the top of the first then scored four in the third and three in the fourth to hold off the Chargers.

Courtni Easton went 3-for-3 with two RBIs, Bailey Marshall finished the game 3-for-4 at the plate with three runs scored and a double and Jaylnn Rohweder smacked a three-run triple on a 1-for-2 effort for Kentwood.

Conks freshman pitcher Kendall Goodwin threw a complete game and tallied two earned runs in the circle.

For Kentridge offensively, Ashley Conradi was 2-for-4 with a pair of singles and an RBI while Hannah Overall was 3-for-3 on the day and two RBIs with all three hits

being triples.Meanwhile, Tahoma put

together a pair of wins, scoring a combined 27 runs in victories over Kent-Meridian on April 10 and Auburn Riverside on April 13.

In the 14-2 win over K-M for Tahoma, Bre West finished 2-for-2 with a pair of singles, a run scored, two RBIs and a stolen base. Mariah Hill went 2-for-2 with two runs scored, an RBI and a stolen base. Hayley Beckstrom smacked a three-run single while Amanda Allison went 1-for-2 with a walk, an RBI and three runs scored. Halle Elliot was 1-for-3 with a walk, two runs scored, an RBI and swiped three bases.

On April 13 Tahoma broke up a 1-1 tied in the top of the third to go up 5-1 over Riverside and never looked back, putting the Ravens away 13-4.

Jena Waler started off the third inning with a single up the middle. Molly Lath-rop slapped a single over the Riverside third baseman and drove Waler in then Amanda Allison bunted to move Lathrop over.

Beckstrom then stepped into the box and ripped a double through the middle infield gap to bring in

Lathrop.West reached first base

when Riverside had a hard time fielding a short chop-per.

Two batters later Morgan Engelhardt crushed the ball for a triple to bring in Beckstrom and West to put Tahoma up 5-1.

Lathrop finished the game 2-for-5 with a pair of singles, two runs scored and an RBI, West went 4-for-5 with a trio of singles, a double, four runs scored, an RBI and a stolen base while Beckstrom was 3-for-4 with a triple, a run scored, two RBIs and two stolen bases.

Engelhardt was 3-for-4 with that three-bagger, a run scored, two RBIs and a pair of stolen bases. Waler went 2-for-4 at the plate with two runs scored and a stolen base.

Maddie Scott pitched a complete game for the Bears, as she scattered 10 hits, allowed four walks and struck out 11.

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Toward the end of the first half, Radford wrote, Kentwood made some adjustments then tweaked some things again midway through the second half to change the flow of the game and try to get Jefferson off balance.

Gray scored his second goal of the game with just two minutes left on the clock.

“To finish the game, we actually scored on a counter attack,” Radford wrote. “TJ was building up an attack and the ball came through to our keeper Chris (Kubeja), he came out to the top of 18 and kicked the ball long. It got over

their defenders and Tyler Hutto chased it down to the top corner of their 18. A defender was tracking him down and the keeper was coming out to get him too, Tyler was able to hit the ball toward the goal as the defender dumped him. The keeper turned and was running back to get it, but Keaton was sprinting down the field — about 65 yards at that point— and was able to kick it in just before the keeper slid across the goal.”

Radford said this was just a typical nail-biter between Kentwood and Jefferson.

He added that the defen-sive line played well and made key stops.

“Getting four points in our two games with TJ is always huge,” Radford wrote. “It sets us up to be in a good spot for the playoffs. Obviously there are a lot of games left and some very tough match-ups, but it’s good to be in first. But I expect the playoff picture

to not really shape up until the last week, and the last game against Tahoma will probably settle a lot of the spots.”

Meanwhile, Kentlake seemed to be playing much tougher defense since its 4-0 loss to Tahoma on March 30, as it won or tied three of its next four games.

On March 2 Kentlake beat Mount Rainier 3-2, struggled against Jefferson in a 2-0 loss, then disman-tled Auburn Riverside in a 3-1 victory on April before holding off Kentwood’s ag-gressive offensive attack on April 11.

Through 11 league games the Falcons were in fifth place and in the hunt for a playoff spot at 4-4-2 with 14 points.

Tahoma is in third place and breathing down the necks of Jefferson and Kent-wood.

The Bears and the Conks played to a 1-1 tie on April 5, and as Radford men-tioned, don’t play again until the last contest of the season at 7:30 p.m. on Fri-

day, May 4, at French Field.Tahoma was in third

place through April 11 with a 6-2-1 record thanks to a 3-0 defeat on April 9 of Kentridge.

Jordan Downing scored two goals in the win over the Chargers, both com-ing off passes from Mac Henderson, while Derek Ryan put the finishing touch on the victory with an unassisted goal with four minutes left on the clock.

The Bears were off on April 11.

In the meantime, Kent-wood hosted Kentridge Tuesday while Kentlake played a scrappy Kent-Meridian team which beat Auburn Riverside 3-0 on April 11 for its first win of the season.

Tahoma hosted Mount Rainier Tuesday night after the Reporter went to press.

On Friday Kentridge plays Kentlake at 7:30 p.m. at French Field, K-M plays at Auburn, Riverside travels to Tahoma, Mount Rainier plays Jefferson and Kent-wood has the night off.

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Kentwood hosted Tahoma on Tuesday, was scheduled to take Wednesday off then will travel to Auburn on Friday.

Meanwhile, Kentlake pounded out hits, scor-ing 28 runs combined in two games against Thomas Jefferson on April 10 and Kent-Meridian on April 14.

In the game against Jef-ferson, Kentlake scored four in the bottom of the second and six in the bottom of the fifth to break the game wide open.

The Falcons jumped out to a quick lead on April 14 scoring four runs in the top of the first against the Roy-als then finished it off with

five runs in the top of the fifth before holding defen-sively to get the mercy-rule shortened victory.

With both of those vic-tories Kentlake improved to 7-3 in league play and extended its winning streak to four games.

Kentlake played at Au-burn on Tuesday, traveled to Kentridge on Wednesday then hosts Mount Rainier on Friday.

Tahoma was on a five-game winning streak through April 13 thanks to a 13-5 win over Kent-Meridian on April 10 and a 12-1 defeat of Mount Rain-ier on April 12 followed by an 8-2 victory over Auburn.

Against the Royals, Kyler

Swan was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs for the Bears, while Shane Nelson made the most of his entry into the game with a hit and two runs scored.

John Bodenhammer fin-ished 2-for-4 with an RBI, Reed Johnson was 2-for-4 with two RBIs, Connor Cloyd finished game 3-for-5 at the plate with an RBI and a run scored while Ryan Malone finished 2-for-5 with three runs scored, two stolen bases and a double.

Tahoma scored two in the top of the first then five runs in the top of the sec-ond against Mount Rainier and scored 12 runs on 15 hits.

Tanner Anthony finished

the game offensively with a 2-for-3 day, while Troy LaBrie was 2-for-4 with a run score, three RBIs and a double.

Bodenhammer was hu-man highlight reel for the Bears going 2-for-3 with two runs scored, two RBIs on a triple and a long ball.

Johnson went 2-for-3 at the plate with a pair of doubles and two RBIs while Cloyd went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and an RBI and Malone was 3-for-3 with a double, a triple and three RBIs.

Cloyd, Johnson, Bode-nahmmer, Nelson and Swan each stole a base, as well.

Brandon Fokkema picked

up the win on the mound in six innings pitched, striking out four, walking one and scattering five hits.

Tahoma avenged a 10-0 loss to Auburn in the first contest of the season with an 8-3 victory on April 13.

The Bears struck first scoring two runs in the sec-ond before tacking on a run each in the third and fifth before breaking the game open with a four-run burst in the bottom of the sixth.

Bodenhammer led Ta-homa at the plate hammer-ing a pair of solo shots on 3-for-4 at the plate.

Cloyd finished 3-for-4

with two runs scored and an RBI.

Nate Brown went 2-for-4 at the plate with an RBI and a stolen base.

Bodenhammer also pitched a complete game against Auburn, giving up six hits while striking out four batters.

With that trio of victories Tahoma improved to 8-3 on the season and remained in second place behind Kentwood.

Tahoma hosted Kent-wood on Tuesday and Jefferson on Wednesday after the Reporter’s press deadline.

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By TJ MarTinell

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Kent schools track athletes finished spring break with top finishes at invitational meets in the region while Tahoma made the most of the week off from the league schedule.

Kent-Meridian’s boys finished fourth out of a 45-team field while Tahoma’s boys came in 11th at the Larry Eason Invitational at Snohomish High on April 14. The Royals girls team finished 10th, while the Bears girls took 31st.

Elsewhere in Washington state, the Kentwood girls took fourth at the Pasco Invitational, while Kentridge boys secured 10th place. The Kentwood boys placed 53rd and the Kentridge girls placed 51st.

At the Larry Eason Invitational Bears sopho-more Riley Campbell took seventh in the mile race after running a time of 4:29.48, breaking his previous personal record by four seconds.

In the distance medley, the boys team, comprised of Campbell, James Dagley, Merritt Kropelnicki and Ja-cob Larsen took second with a combined time of 11:05.72.

In the shot put, Aaron Davis took third after throwing it 50 feet, 2.5 inches.

Junior Anthony Gasero took eighth in the javelin after throwing it 149 feet, six inches. Sophomore Deshon Wil-liams took seventh in the high jump after jump five feet, 10 inches.

Bears girls senior Alivia Ward took 10th in the shot put after throwing it 35 feet, 6.5 inches, a two feet improvement over her personal record from last year.

Junior Savanna Haverfield took fourth in the javelin after throwing it 111 feet, four inches. Senior Nadine Hyde took

eighth in the discus with a throw of 117 feet, 11 inches. The Conks boys 400 relay team, comprised of Matt

Riddle, Brandon Stribling, Bailey Paladin and Tre Thomas, took ninth with a combined time of 44.22.

Kentwood senior Madelayne Varela took home second in the 100 meters with a time of 12.34 seconds. She also placed ninth in the 200 meters, crossing the finish line at 28.03. In the long jump she took seventh with a leap of 17 feet, eight inches.

The girls 1,600 relay team, comprised of Amari Bradley, Megan McNally, Carly Horn and Tessa Carlin, took ninth with a combined time of 4:14.14. In the field events, Alyx Toeaina took second in the shot put and fourth in the discus, throwing a distance of 42 feet, two inches and 124 feet respectively.

In javelin, senior Kacie Seims took fifth with a throw of 126 feet, three inches. In the high jump, junior Carly Horn

took fourth after jumping five feet, four inches. Junior Beth Parish took fifth in the pole vault, vaulting at 10

feet, six inches. Sophomore Sarah Toeaina took sixth in the triple jump, jumping a combined distance of 36 feet, 3.25 inches.

Chargers senior Kaid Tipton took second in the boys 110 hurdles with a time of 14.66. He also took

third in the 300 hurdles, crossing the finish line at 39.5. Fellow senior Reggie Collins took fourth in the 300 meters, coming in right behind Tipton at 39.87.

Chargers sophomore Lexi Klinkenberg took seventh in the 300 hurdles with a time of 46.54.

Royals junior Cartez Green took 10th in the 400 meters, crossing the finis line at 52.79 seconds, a one second im-provement over his previous personal record.

Junior Abu Kamara took home first place in the 110 hurdles with a time of 14.77. He also finished sixth in the 300 hurdles with a time of 40.63.

In the 400 relay, Tyler Hammond, Kamara, B.J. Phil-lips and Jarey Suiter took fourth with a time of 43.73. The 1,600 team, comprised of Green, Suiter, Phillips and Henry

Hammond, finished sixth after running a combined time of 3:32.62. The distance medley team secured third place behind Tahoma, with Teddy Besrat, Edson Zaldivar, Stew-art Kunzelman and Quincy Carter running a combined time of 11:13.69.

Junior Josh Smith took ninth in the pole vault after vaulting 12 feet, six inches, tying with Sehome sophomore Blaise Black.

In the long jump, junior Tyler Hammer took third after jumping 21 feet, nine inches, a new personal record.

K-M sophomore Kariona Micks took sixth in the girls 200 meters with a time of 26.69. Junior Stephanie O’Hara took seventh in the 400 meters with a time of 1:00.69.

In the 300 hurdles, sophomore Sara Madden shared 10th place with Henry Jackson junior Madeline Miller after she crossed the finish line at 50.32. Senior Alexia Martin took third in the two mile, running it in 11:18.56.

In the 400 relay, the Royals team comprised of Kariona Micks, Deedra Patterson, Stephanie O’Hara and Jenica Rogers took third with a combined time of 51.23.

In the 800 relay, Stephanie O’Hara, Sara Madden, Jenica Rogers and Kariona Micks took ninth place with a combined time of 1:50.34. The girls 1,600 relay team of Stephanie O’Hara, Alexia Martin, Sara Madden and Jessy O’Hara, placed sixth after running 4:15.81.

Senior Chelsea Muskelly took fourth in the high jump after leaping five feet, two inches. Junior Juliana Adams took fifth in the pole vault after vaulting nine feet, six inches.

Reach TJ Martinell at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5052.To comment on this story go to www.covingtonreporter.com.

Varela leads Kentwood girls at Pasco invitationalConquerors girls track and field team finishes fourth, Varela second in 100

Mountain View Fire and Rescue (MVFR) and King County Sheriff ’s Office (KCSO) Marine Unit rescued a man and his dog on the White River near Enumclaw on April 15.

The man and his dog were stuck on the opposite side of the river but were not in immediate danger and did not suffer any injuries.

The man and his friend were walking along the

river when the dog fell in and was overwhelmed by the current. Thy then created

a makeshift raft. The man floated

alone across the river to the sandbar to get to the dog. They were on the opposite side of the river for about four hours when the man

called 9-1-1.KCSO Marine Unit and

MVFR Swiftwater Team launched a boat across the river to pick the man and his dog up then brought them back over safely.

MFVR spokesman Tim Perciful recommends that people have life jackets nearby anytime they are near a river and be sure to keep dogs on leash at all times.

For more information con-tact Perciful at [email protected] or 253-508-7273.

Man, dog rescued from White river

Covington’s Jordan Calhoun won in the Lightning class of the Jr Dragsters race at the Auto Max USA Drag Race Series event Sunday at Pacific Raceways.It was the first time out this season at Pacific Raceways for the Jr. Dragsters. The Thunder class was won by Katie Kapler of Tacoma, who beat a red-lighting Kelsee Gage of Granite Falls.Emily Lewis and Josh Schmanke were the semifinalists.In the Lightning class, Calhoun picked up the winner’s trophy with an 8.009 on a 8.00 dial. Shawn Callahan ran a 7.901 on a 7.91 dial in a losing effort. Shelby Meikle was the lone semi-finalist.

The Auto Max USA Drag Race Series takes a month off. Round No. 3 is an evening race scheduled for Saturday, May 19. Gates open at 4 p.m. with racing action to 11 p.m.Martin Lambert continued an early season hot streak as the Pro driver from Everett picked up the runner-up trophy for the second time in two races.Lambert’s Chevy Monza was on a roll until he faced North Bend’s Ken Reaves in the final round. Lambert’s red light gave the Pro class win to Reaves.Randy Walker and Ron Sears were Pro semifinalists.Sunday’s race drew a large field of 250 cars. In addition to a near perfect day of racing, a car show by Bracketsars.com drew over 50 car show participants.

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