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A pair of proposed ordinances up for consideration by the Maple Valley City Council didn’t have much public support at the June 11 meeting.

More than a dozen people spoke during the public comment period about both the proposed business license and the ban on collective gardens. No one spoke in favor of the business license, and only one person, Planning Commission Vice Chairman Patrick Jaybush, spoke in favor of a collective garden ban.

In a split vote of 4-3, the Plan-ning Commission voted to not recommend the proposed ordi-nance to ban collective gardens at its June 6 meeting. Jaybush, who was one of the three who dis-sented, said there wasn’t enough awareness of the meeting to allow property owners who might be

Proposals see little support at meeting

BY KRIS HILL

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Hundreds of patrons fl ocked to the fourth season opener of the Maple Valley Farmers Market June 16 at Rock Creek Elemen-tary.

In fact, a record was set for opening day, wrote Market Man-ager Victoria Laise Jonas in an email interview.

Th ere were just under 1,500 patrons who visited the market in four hours, Jonas wrote.

“Maple Valley residents and beyond turned out in force to sup-port our local farmers, processors, prepared food vendors and arti-sans,” Jonas wrote. “Opening day brought in a total of 46 vendors of which many were favorite return-ing vendors and over a dozen new vendors which we welcomed into our Maple Valley Farmers’ Market family. Our fabulous Maple Val-ley Youth Symphony Orchestra once again performed to the delight of the crowds — as they have done, every Opening Day for the past four years. Face-painter Karen Haines (Illustriddler) made the day extra special for the younger set with off ering free face-painting.”

Th e multitude of customers

BY KRIS HILL

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On a budget that would make shoestring fi nances look abun-dant, Derrick Garrett and Belinda Ferguson made the former home of Th e Swinging Arm in Black Diamond into a place they could call their own, Taphouse, Ink.

“When we fi rst came in, we really had no money,” Ferguson said. “We decided, let’s just do

what we can on our own.”A group of friends came into

the bar and restaurant, which is for patrons 21 and over only, to paint as a birthday gift for Ferguson.

Ferguson had put art on the walls of the business, which is split into two rooms, but Jill Drl-levich had a suggestion.

“We wanted to have kind of an industrial, urban feel and we wanted to use re-purposed mate-

rials,” Ferguson said. “Jill came in and said, ‘I can bring in amazing art.’ We said we couldn’t aff ord it. Jill said, ‘We just want a venue.’”

Paintings, bronze sculptures and more add to the decor. Items are provided by Drllevich, who is the founder of the nonprofi t Ravenstone Arts, and are pieces are done by local artists. Patrons can browse and purchase what’s on the wall.

Garrett, a Maple Valley native, had originally been involved with the previous incarnation of the business but stepped away yet the community had tugged at him to get involved in some kind of

Art and attitude create unique pub atmosphere

Belinda Ferguson looks at business partner Derrick Garrett at their recently opened venture, Taphouse, Ink, in Black Diamond. KRIS HILL, The Reporter

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Erica Xiong, 8, puts together a bouquet in her family’s booth on the opening day of the Maple Valley Farmers Market June 16 at Rock Creek Elementary. Xiong’s family owns Cha Farms in Maple Valley. KRIS HILL, The Reporter To view a slide show go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com

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Amy Shadd and Alev Seymen don’t want to just introduce

Maple Valley to gelato. Th ey also want to introduce

gelato to Maple Valley.Typical gelato shops have fancy

Italian-inspired names, such as Creme or Bottega Italiana.

“It didn’t feel like us, like Maple Valley,” Shadd said.

Shadd said they decided on something a little more personal-ized for Maple Valley and selected the moniker Nutty Squirrel.

“We though it was kind of fun,” she said. “It fi ts Maple Valley. We want it to really be about Maple Valley.”

Set to open in August, Nutty Squirrel will be located at Maple Valley Town Center which is an-chored by the recently opened Fred Meyer. It will feature a variety of

gelato fl avors as well as sorbets.Seymen, who studied archi-

tecture in Rome, will design the interior look, which Shadd said will be tailored for Maple Valley’s young families.

Shadd and Seymen fi rst met through their husbands, when Seymen introduced Shadd to gelato, Italian ice cream, at her family’s gelato shop in Seattle called the Fainting Goat.

Rather than cream, gelato is primarily milk based, contains less air as ice cream and is served at a higher temperature. Th is, Shadd said, gives gelato a more intense fl avor and is also more healthy than

ice cream.“I’m (also) really drawn to it

because it’s delicious,” she said. “As a mom, I like it because it’s really wholesome. It’s art. It’s a treat I feel good about giving to my family.”

Shadd said they fi rst became interested in opening a gelato shop aft er Fred Meyer an-nounced it was opening a store in Maple Valley. Aft er making up excuses for them to drive to Seattle

for gelato, Shadd said, they felt like Maple Valley needed one of its own.

“We decided to take the plunge and see what happens,” she said. “I think that’s going to be the most exciting, introducing it to the com-munity.”

To prepare for their fi rst business venture, Shadd said, she has taken gelato classes through an Italian gelato master.

Shadd added that Nutty Squirrel will include a window for custom-ers to watch the gelato prepared, an outdoor eating area and a small kids’ play section.

“I know there’s a lot of stay at home moms with kids who’d love for a place to go,” she said.

Shadd said that they will prob-ably hire four to fi ve employees to work in the shop.

Depending on how business goes, they might add greater selec-tions and varieties.

Reach TJ Martinell at 425-432-1209 ext. 5052.To comment on this story go to maplevalleyreporter.com.

From Fainting Goat to Nutty Squirrel

MAPLE VALLEY FIREWORKS ENFORCEMENTThe Maple Valley Police Department will be conducting fi reworks enforce-ment emphasis patrols starting June 30. These patrols will continue

through the July 4 and are designed to reduce illegal fi reworks usage and the use of fi reworks outside the legal time frame.

Offi cers will be focusing on enforc-ing the date and time restrictions of fi reworks usage and the use of fi reworks considered illegal in Wash-ington state.

Fireworks are also banned from pub-licly owned properties such as schools and parks unless a special permit is granted by the city manager.

Fireworks purchased on Indian reser-vations are typically illegal to possess and/or use off of the reservation. Homemade or improvised commercial fi reworks are also illegal in the state

of Washington.

Most fi reworks violations are misde-meanors and gross misdemeanors, punishable by up to a year in jail and fi nes.

Police offi cers will be responding to complaints of fi reworks violations and looking for unreported violations.

Police are asking citizens to call 9-1-1 to report illegal fi reworks usage.

The city of Maple Valley’s annual Independence Day Family Picnic and Fireworks Display will be held at Lake Wilderness Park, 22500 SE 248th St and begins at 4 p.m. on July 4.

Fireworks will begin at 10 p.m.

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Owners of gelato shop want to blend unique Maple Valley character into new business

CHAMBER BOARD MEMBERS REELECTED

Doug Corbin and Kelley Hutchison were re-elected

to the Greater Maple Valley - Black Diamond Chamber of

Commerce Board of Directors. Newly elected board member

included Wendee Mann of Versatile Designs. The board

members will serve a three year term beginning July 1.

Corbin will also take over as the Board President on July 1.

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BY TJ MARTINELL

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Samuel Sesay knows what it’s like to have a rough childhood.

At a dessert night and auction for the Maple Valley-based Bridge of Hope on June 15, the 12-year-old spoke of his life as one of thousands of children orphaned during the civil war in Sierra Leone.

Aft er his village in the Makeni area in the central region of Sierra Leone was attacked, he was left without a home or family. He had a grand-father fi gure who looked aft er him for a while, but was ultimately un-able to care for him. Aft er that, he was forced to live in the bush.

Sesay also suff ered from neurofi -bromatosis, a genetically-inherited disorder in which the nerve tissue grows tumors which can cause seri-ous damage by compressing nerves

and other tissues. Sesay had large tumors growing on his face and was unable to fi nd medical treatment.

Th en, in 2007, he walked into a medical clinic run by the volunteers

from Maple Valley-based New Community

Church, part of a multi-church

eff ort to bring medical supplies, education and clean water to the

region. Ultimately,

the eff ort led to the creation of the

Bridge of Hope in 2008. It has sent a mission team out every year since 2006 and sent two teams this spring.

Aft er Sesay was diagnosed with the disease, Mike Jeff ery said they attempted to fi nd a hospital in the United States that would treat him, but were unsuccessful.

“We’d been trying and trying to get help for him (for a long time),” he said.

During that time, Sesay started to

attend the school run by the non-profi t and was able to eat healthier food, which improved his health. It was also when Allen Tamba Boakai, a Bridge staff member and Makeni native, took Sesay under his wing. In an area that has the highest number of amputees due to the atrocities committed by Revolu-tionary United Front forces, Boakai said he has been blessed to have both his hands intact.

Finally, Jeff ery said, they were able to get Sesay help through Mercy Ship, a global charity that operates hospital ships in develop-ing nations, one of which was at Sierra Leone.

Sesay was brought abroad and received treatment in May 2011, when surgeons were able to remove tumors from his face and chest. He had a second surgery in September. Boakai remained by his side during the entire two month stay on the ship where the procedures were performed.

“He’s doing way better now,” Jef-frey said.

During their March visit this year, Bridge volunteers were able to secure a visa for Sesay and Boakai.

Th ey arrived in the United States in early June and plan on staying until late August. In the meantime, Sesay has had the chance to see a dentist and doctor in the area.

When he returns to Sierra Leone, Sesay said that he intends to study to become an eye doctor and help the people in the Makeni area.

In the meantime, Sesay will throw the fi rst pitch at a Tacoma Rainiers game and will have a special race named aft er him at Emerald Downs on Aug. 5.

In addition to allowing Sesay and Boakai to visit the country, Bridge President Geri Jeff ery said it’s also to let people know that their dona-tions are being put to good use.

“When you sponsor the Bridge it goes where it’s supposed to go,” she said. “Th ere’s such a huge need. Th ese are people just like you or I. To see the change when kids get fed and get an education really makes a big diff erence.”

Reach TJ Martinell at 425-432-1209 ext. 5052.To comment on this story go to maplevalleyreporter.com.

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Just because a youngster may not be ready to hold a guitar doesn’t mean it’s too early for her to learn how to jam.

Th at’s why Dace Ander-son, founder and president of Dace’s Rock ‘n’ More, along with Arielle Young and drum teacher Mitchell Fund have decided to off er a new program for children in the 5-7 year old range they’ve dubbed Dace’s Li’l Rockers.

“We’ve gotten a lot of calls from people with

younger kids who want them to take music lessons, but, at that age, they’re not ready to hold a guitar,” Young said. “We suggest they take piano but they can also learn a lot about music. We wanted to do something for little kids, but, we wanted to do some-thing that is more rock and roll.”

Typically Rock ‘n’ More off ers lessons to kids start-ing at 8 years old because that’s when, Anderson said, they can hold a guitar and have the dexterity to put together chords on a fretboard.

And while there may be other programs out there for youngsters, Anderson added, parents wanted something that was less about nursery rhymes and more about the music they grew up with.

“Th ere are things that kids enjoy that parents also enjoy,” Anderson said. “So, let’s create a small person program that the parents can dig.”

Fund came up with the basic concept for the pro-gram, Anderson explained, and is the in-house expert on teaching little ones music. Fund has a brother

who is much younger than him, so, when little brother turned 4 he began teaching the youngster how to play piano.

Th en the drum teacher informed Anderson and Young about the perfect starter instrument for little rockers — the boomwhack-er. Th ese instruments are lightweight plastic tubes and each one has a diff er-ent note depending on its length.

“Each kid has a diff erent note and you orchestrate who hits what note when,” Anderson said. “We’re also going to do some ukelele

for some of the older kids.”Th e class will begin in

August and will be off ered in both Rock ‘n’ More loca-tions — Maple Valley and Redmond — with three dif-ferent sessions, one for the 5 year olds, with the next for kids who are 6 and the third for 7 year olds.

It will cost $60 a month.“During the summer it’s

going to be during the day, but, if people continue to be interested in it during the school year we’ll have it in the aft ernoon aft er school,” Anderson said.

For more information log on to www.rocknmore.org.

New program at Rock ‘n’ More introduces younger kids to music

PUBLIC HEARING ON COLLECTIVE GARDENS

SET FOR JUNE 25The Maple Valley City Council will

hold a public hearing to accept public testimony regarding

its proposed ban on collective gardens at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 25 in the Tahoma School

District Board Room.The Tahoma School District

Building is located at 25720 Maple Valley Highway SE,

Maple Valley.Interested persons will be

heard at that time. Copies of the proposed ordinance

may be viewed at Maple Valley City Hall, Community

Development Department, 22017 S.E. Wax Road, Suite 200, Maple

Valley, during regular business hours prior to the hearing date.

For more information, contact Ty Peterson, Director of Community

Development at the City of Maple Valley City Hall, Community

Development Department, or at 425-413-8800.

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impacted by the ordinance to address the issue.

“We were kind of operat-ing in a vacuum in this situation,” he said. “Only supporters really showed up. We didn’t have a lot of property owners showing up.”

This was challenged by the Kym Schodren, director of the Greener Business Bureau.

“There’s an opportu-nity for opposition always because this was posted publicly,” she said. “I don’t think there was an opposi-tion there because there isn’t an opposition.”

The Planning Commis-sion’s decision was refer-enced by opponents of the

ban such as Jay Berneberg, attorney for Green Soci-ety Group owner Chris Schoonover.

“Ultimately I want to urge you to follow the recommendations of your planning commission,” he said. “And let’s be clear about something right out of the chute. Medical grade cannabis is to pot what pharmaceutical cocaine is to crack. It’s not the same thing. You wouldn’t accuse Bartell and Walgreens of selling crack…it’s a serious medicine for seriously ill people.”

Others opponents of the ban, such as John Worthington, said the city doesn’t have the authority to ban collective gardens.

“I’m just here to try to educate you,” he said. “There’s been all kinds of challenge for local control. Each of them have lost. It’s just not there for you. The only option is to go to Olympia and try to hash out that control.”

The city was also threat-ened with a lawsuit by Steve Sarich — who works for an organization which provides information to medical marijuana patients called CannaCare — said he would sue the city if they passed a ban.

“You are not allowed to preempt state law,” he said. “You are only allowed to do what limited statues the state law allows…we intend to sue every city that insist

on violating state law. Your city has absolutely no right to pass a moratorium. If you don’t believe we’re seri-ous, go ahead and pass the ban. I promise you that.”

The council ultimately voted to not extend the moratorium on collective gardens. A public hearing on the ban is scheduled for the June 25 meeting.

The proposed business license ordinance also received flack during the public hearing from busi-ness owners and realtors.

“I think this is a horrible time to make this decision,” said Karen Crowe, who owns a business [email protected], based in Maple Valley. “Year after year the business license discussion has come up. Maple Valley is talking about how they want to be business friendly. This is not the way to do it.”

Sean Henderson, who works at Windermere, said he shouldn’t need another license to operate in the city. Addressing the issue of public safety, he facetiously proposed that the city might as well have police officers stop everybody who enters the city, take a picture of them and charge them 25 cents.

“Quite frankly it makes as much sense as charging me another $50.”

Other criticisms of the business license included how it would affect real es-tate agents and its potential for abuse.

Robert Castagna said that the wording for the ordinance would allow the city to strip a business owner of his license for any municipal code violations, including a traffic ticket.

FATE OF ORDINANCES REMAINS UNCERTAIN

The lopsided feedback did not come as a surprise for several council mem-bers, including Mayor Bill Allison.

“I was not expecting any

more support for the busi-ness license,” he said. “The people who don’t mind hav-ing it generally don’t come and say ‘we’re for it.’”

Despite this, Allison said he is still supports a busi-ness license, which he said the city has to have as long as they license peddlers and transient salesmen in order to avoid a possible lawsuit.

“We need to protect ourselves from being vulnerable to a suit if they come after us and say, ‘Well, you don’t have a business license for everyone. Why are you singling us out?’”

If the city does not create a business license, Allison said, they would have to look at removing the ped-dler’s license.

Council member Sean Kelly said although he still supports a business license, the proposed ordinance may need some revision.

“We still need to discuss it,” he said.

Kelly said he expected the negative comments about the proposed collective garden ban, but added that he is currently researching the issue and speaking with officials from cities where collective gardens have been both approved and banned.

As for the collective gar-den ban, council member Erin Weaver said that there are two different arguments out there — whether medi-cal marijuana is a legitimate medicine, and whether or not the city should legislate collective gardens — and that it is easy to confuse the two.

“Clearly it’s a passion-ate issue that people feel really strongly about,” she said. “It seems like Maple Valley is a battleground between federal and state law. It shouldn’t be hap-pening this way. I feel like it’s become an issue about whether medical marijuana is a good idea or not. The issue isn’t about the value of medical marijuana. It’s

about how does land use policy occur when there’s a contradiction between two different government entities. We don’t even have a clear state law.”

Allison said he also feels conflicted.

“It’s a tough call right now,” he said. “The compas-sion that I have for people who go through pain, and not being able to find something to comfort them when they’re going through that pain, is just difficult…But I’m struggling with the fact of looking at it from a City Council point of view and turning to my staff and saying, ‘It’s illegal but I need you to do this any ways.’ I struggle with that.”

Weaver stated that the medical marijuana issue won’t be decided in Maple Valley.

“It was valuable for them to come out and speak and I appreciate the time everyone took to come and speak,” Weaver said. “I val-ue all of those things. The problem is that it isn’t ad-dressing the real problem, and that is not how Maple Valley handles collective gardens. It’s how does the state define them? They’ve poorly defined their state law. The battle really needs to occur at the state level.”

Allison pointed out some council members, includ-ing himself, believe medical marijuana should be legal-ized. Earlier this year the council voted to support a letter written by Gov. Chris Gregoire to the DEA asking the federal agency to reclas-sify medical marijuana to a Schedule II drug, which would allow it to be used for medicinal purposes.

“I don’t think the fight is here at the doorstep of Maple Valley,” Allison said. “The fight should be at the steps of Congress, the steps of the DEA. I’m in favor of fighting this all the way to that federal level. But that’s where the fight needs to be for me.”

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venture again.“When we started four years ago we, we were very suc-

cessful, we knew it could be successful,” he said. “In talking with Belinda and friends and family and seeing what kind of support we had, we knew the venue and the formula it had to take to make it work.”

Part of that formula was creating an atmosphere that would be suited to their crowd of friends who are in their 30s.

“In a nutshell, it was just a good business opportunity for us,” Garrett said. “One of the things that we really wanted, we wanted to dictate the atmosphere here. Th e overall goal is just giving adults a place where they feel comfortable.”

Th e landlord for the building, which is on the west side of Maple Valley-Black Diamond Road, called them in mid-November, Garrett said.

Th ey signed the lease in December and opened the doors in mid-March.

“Th e city has been very helpful, the landlords have been very helpful,” Garrett said. “We’ve gotten a lot of good sup-port from a lot of people.”

Another element that has been key to Garrett and Fergu-son has been sourcing local from beers to ingredients for the food which comes out of the kitchen.

Most of the 16 brews on tap are craft beers from micro-breweries in the Puget Sound region.

“We try to say that we’re a pub with a good menu,” Gar-rett said. “We use a local berry. We make our own sauces. I would say we’re 80 to 90 percent scratch.”

Creating a unique atmosphere from the food to the kitchen to the decor shows up in other ways Taphouse, Ink.

For instance, that partnership with Jill Drllevich would likely not have happened had they not worked to stretch their tiny budget by working with her husband, Dan Drl-levich, who owns Millworks Outlet in Maple Valley.

Garrett said Millworks is the best place to get re-pur-posed materials such as the pool cue rack that started out as a gun rack.

Or the steel rail that goes along the wall in the room with the pool table.

Th e list goes on.“Once we started working with Dan, we got involved

with his wife,” Garrett said. “It’s been a nice addition. We sold a handful of (art) pieces out of here already. For me,

it’s one less thing I had to deal with.”It makes sense that Garrett and Ferguson want the busi-

ness to run like a well-oiled machine. Both of them work full time but they have four full time employees they rely on.

“It was something that we hadn’t even planned,” Fergu-son said. “We thought about it a lot, especially given the recession. All of his staff , when they found out he was back, they all returned. His brother, my son work here also. Th at’swhy this is so special to us, we consider our staff family. Aft er a month of being open, Derrick and I don’t even need to be here.”

Th us far, that’s why the place has been successful, Garrett said.

All the support, the family feel, it set Taphouse, Ink, apart.

A customer and long time friend of Garrett’s said, “it’s like Facebook, but with beer.”

Garrett agreed with that assessment.“It’s a community here,” he said. “We all enjoy each

other.”Th at’s what keeps it going despite the virtually nonexis-

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were treated to colorful fl ower displays, familiar vendors such as Charlaine’s Jams, Illusion Wines and Lind’s Meats as well as new faces such as a Ristrettos coff ee stand, Sweet Briar Produce, among others.

Annette Smith, who is one of the proprietors or Sweet Briar Produce which is located near Black Diamond, was excited to in-troduce the products from the family farm.

“We came last year and it was so nice and set up so well,” Smith said. “We have a produce stand set up at the farm but we thought this would be a nice way to sell our products.”

Smith said they brought plenty of herbs, lettuce, beets, kale, rhubarb, fl ow-ers, braising greens and more to sell at the market.

Th e farm where those items come from was started in 1999, Smith said, but they started selling at the produce stand on their

property four years ago.It seemed like a natural

progression to sell at the market which isn’t far from home, she added, and the plan is to be there every Saturday but one.

“I’d just like more people to get to know us,” Smith said. “We wanted to have fun.”

Strains of music provided by the Maple Valley Youth Symphony fl oated through the air while the smell of garlic waft ed from another booth as couples, moms

with strollers and fami-lies wandered among the market.

Th is year there are 21 sponsors as well as 21 farm-ers, ranchers and a vintner.

“I am very pleased with how our number of farmers has increased over the past three years,” Jonas wrote. “Th e foundation of our Maple Valley Farmers’ Mar-ket was built on the premise of providing a community gather place in which we would be able to promote and support the sustain-

ability of our local/regional farmers by bringing fresh and healthy food options to our community. I believe we are well on our way in achieving our mission.”

Jonas added that the sup-port of the Tahoma School District, the city of Maple Valley, community leaders and volunteers make the market possible.

She wrote that she is still amazed that Maple Valley has its own Farmers Market.

“It’s just such a natural fi t

for Maple Valley residents and beyond,” Jonas wrote. “Iam humbled by being part of this amazing journey and look forward to all of the off erings our Farmers’ Market will have to off er this market season.”

Reach Assistant Editor Kris Hill at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054.To comment on this story go to www.maplevalleyre-porter.com.

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GLACIER PARK EDUCATOR NAMED TEACHER OF THE WEEKSTAR 101.5 surprised Glacier Park Elementary teacher Paula Emery with the

STAR 101.5 Teacher of the Week award Thursday.

In a local contest conducted by STAR 101.5 radio, Emery, a second grade teacher,was nominated by her student, Tyler Cruise.

STAR 101.5’s Afternoon Show Hosts, Curt Kruse or Corine McKenzie, made the surprise visit to Mrs. Emery’s Glacier Park Elementary class-

room.

As a part of the surprise, each student received a goody bag full of prizes from McDonald’s, Sky Nursery, KOMO 4, KOMO Communities and STAR 101.5.

Emery received a personalized plaque from Trophies2go.com, a $100 check, a $50 Sky Nursery gift card and a prize pack from City University of Seattle.

Emery will also get to choose between a makeover or a Kindle courtesy of Blanc N’ Schwartz Salon in Kent.

STAR 101.5’s “Teacher of the Week” is a program that allows students to recognize local, deserving teachers for their commitment to the

quality education of children.

To nominate a teacher go to STAR1015.com.

COVINGTON, KENT STUDENTS EARN DEAN’S LIST RECOGNITION AT NORWICH UNIVERSITYTimothy Meyer of Covington and Pierre Butler from Kent were recognized on the Dean’s List at Norwich University for the Spring 2012 semester.

Norwich University is a diversifi ed academic institution that educates traditional-age students in a Corps of Cadets, as civilians, and as adult students.

Norwich University was founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge.

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� e feds and King Coun-ty share a similar hands-o� policy when it comes to the state’s medical cannabis law and cities approving zoning for collective gardens.

� e lack of clarity, how-ever, is what is propelling the proposed ordinance

banning collective gardens, according to Maple Valley city o� cials.

Maple Valley is consid-ering a potential ban on collective gardens. Much of the rationale for the ban is based on federal law, which has medical marijuana clas-si� ed as a Schedule I drug, making it illegal to grow, cultivate, possess or use for

any purposes. City Manager

David Johnston has used federal pre-emption to justify the city’s action.

“My main con-cern is we’re operat-ing legally at all lev-els of government, federal, state and local,” he said. “As long as there is

this concept called preemption…I can’t put my sta� and the city in legal jeopardy for violat-ing federal law. We’re not focusing on the compas-sion or validity of medical marijuana.

It’s the same rationale that Gov. Gregoire used in her line item veto. We have the same concerns.”

City Attorney Christy Todd stated the Medical Cannabis Law gives cities the authority to zone for collective gardens, but does not require them to zone for it.

While other cities in Washington state such as Bellevue and Seattle have approved zoning for collective gardens, Todd stated that the Washington Cities Insurance Authority (WCIA) would not insure the city if a lawsuit was � led against Maple Valley, forcing the city to carry the � nancial burden.

“When we were doing research I contacted our insurer and said ‘What is

your position in regards to o� ering defense if any city employee were to be prosecuted for aiding and abetting the permitting of some land use that the federal government said is illegal,’” Todd said. “� ey said, ‘We only insure under our policy for acts that are legal.’ What they told me is that our insurance provider would not necessarily pro-vide insurance coverage if we had to defend one of our employees.”

MIXED MESSAGESAccording to the Wash-

ington State Attorney Gen-eral’s O� ce, cities have the authority to ban collective gardens if they are given the powers to do so in their municipal code.

Meanwhile, federal law enforcement agencies have given ambivalent messages when it comes to city’s zon-ing for collective gardens in states with medical canna-bis laws. When interviewed, spokespersons from both the justice department and the drug enforcement agency (DEA) declined to

comment on whether cities such as Maple Valley need to, or should, ban collective gardens in order to avoid the risk of federal prosecu-tion.

“We can’t comment on state laws,” said DEA Public Information O� cer Jodie Underwood. “Federal law is what we enforce. We can’t talk about hypothetical be-cause we don’t know what each scenario has going on with it. Federal law is feder-al law. What I can tell you is that federal law prohibits it, so it’s a violation of federal law to do that. Any such entity growing, possessing, distributing is subject to federal prosecution.”

Emily Langlie, spokes-woman for the U.S. Attor-ney’s Western Washington District O� ce, stated the justice department doesn’t become involved in local or state legislation issues as a matter of policy.

“Federal statutes in this area would trump state law,” Langlie said. “It’s something that people may express a di� erent legal view of who

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[7]June 22 , 2012

Little more than a year ago I wrote a column, a fi rst-person perspective if you will, on Tahoma High’s graduation ceremony in which I particu-larly highlighted Zackery Lystedt’s walk across the stage to accept his diploma.

Not long aft er that I got an email from Zack’s father, Victor, off ering some kind feedback on their reaction to the column.

I saved the email with the idea that at some point I would want to get in touch with the Lystedts to follow up on Zack’s story.

On June 6 the opportunity to meet with Zack and his parents arrived.

When I was talking on the phone with Mer-cedes Lystedt, Zack’s mom, she asked me how long I thought the interview might take.

“Well, unless Zack gets chatty, it will probably take at most an hour,” I said.

Mercedes asked because her son has a busy schedule. She said Zack probably wouldn’t be terribly chatty but her husband Victor may have a lot to say.

She was right. I ended up spending two hours at the Lystedt’s home in unincorporated Maple Valley that aft ernoon.

I left there with more information than I ever could have included in the article I wrote for the June 15 edition of the Covington-Maple Valley-Black Diamond Reporter.

When I fi rst arrived Mercedes was busy in the kitchen. We chatted about our kids — my daughter is 2 and loves Jessie from the Toy Story fi lm franchise but also has this tendency to watch “Teletubbies” on YouTube on our iPad which I hate, while Zack’s favorite as a small child was “Blue’s Clues” — so when Zack rolled out in his wheel chair I told him we were just talking about favorite TV shows for little kids.

Shortly aft er that Victor arrived. I’m not sure Mercedes said much once I started talking with Victor and Zack. I must have gotten distracted by her son’s sense of humor or the story Victor told me about how Zack got to see Eminem and Jay-Z for his fi rst concert experience in Septem-ber 2010.

Th inking back on it, I hope I didn’t sound patronizing, but I couldn’t help but tell Zack

repeatedly how jealous I was that he got to see that show in New York City. Yes, I love Eminem and Jay-Z. Me. Have all of their albums. I even have “Watch the Th rone,” a Jay-Z and Kanye West collaboration.

Zack, who is not a big fan of Kanye, said he didn’t have that one. I can understand that. You either like Kanye or you don’t.

I digress.I asked Zack who some of his other favorite

artists were and he said, “No one’s ever asked me that.”

For a moment, though, when Zack said “Music is my life,” I totally understood that senti-ment. Victor fi lled in the gaps, though, when he said Zack likes Drake — seriously, the kid who used to be on “Degrassi: Th e Next Generation?” Now I feel like an old creeper, but, I didn’t say that out loud — and B.O.B among others.

Mostly, I’m still super jealous Zack got to see Eminem and Jay-Z, because much of Eminem’s work really resonates with me. I admire him as a lyricist and relate to his upbringing. Jay-Z is just simply awesome. I also admire his ability to write compelling lyrics and his style is uniquely pleasurable to listen to.

To me, though, the famous people Zack has met have been more than just a blessing, a silver lining in an extremely dark cloud. Meeting those people who have a dramatic infl uence on our country’s culture — from rappers to professional

athletes to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell — means that his message about concussion safety as well as taking precautions with youth athletes who may have suff ered a concussion can spread further and faster.

Th at makes my envy evaporate. Zack’s mes-sage, which he said gets stronger as he gets stronger, is of the utmost importance. I’ve seen student-athletes aft er they’ve had their bells rung. And having followed Zack’s story since he initially suff ered the injury that changed his life in October 2006 coupled with what I’ve experi-enced up close in the past year has provided me with a whole new understanding of how critical his quest to raise awareness is now.

What was cool is that Zack was able to show me around his end of the house, which was built specifi cally with his needs in mind, so I could see his movie room complete with snacks, a popcorn maker and a drop down theater screen along with cushy seats as well as the memora-bilia room.

Shortly aft er that, Christian Behrens arrived at the front door with a basketball signed by his teammates from the University of California, and at that point Zack hung out with Behrens like any other teenage guy would do with a buddy he hasn’t seen in a while.

From there, Victor and I chatted some more

Same-sex marriage. Th is is the most recent, commonly used hot button that is rallying the troops on either side of the political spectrum. Th e topic raises people’s blood pres-sure, cause the veins in their necks to pop out and reddens their faces.

Some people make this and other issues so important they become the sole criteria for voting for or against a candidate. Th at’s why they’re being rolled out now during an election year. Political parties do not want people to think. Th ey want people to react emo-tionally. Pushing these political hot buttons does exactly that.

My four-year city council experience taught me a great deal about how politicians think. Th eir goal is to get elected and, once elected, they do everything in their power to keep from being unseated. Fear of failure is prob-ably the biggest motivator of incumbents.

Every decision, every word, must be care-fully thought through before uttering. An off -hand candid remark can end a candidacy. Because of this, candidates must become very

calculating, weighing their words to set the right tone or elicit just the right response with the right group. Knowing this, I listen to what both parties are saying and doing, trying to understand their strategies and their appeals to diff erent parts of the electorate.

Even the Supreme Court, with its landmark decision a little more than

three years ago called Citizens United vs. Th e Federal Election Commission, was playing politics with campaign fi nancing by allowing

corporations to be considered as individuals. Th is put corporations under the protection of the First Amendment to the Constitution allowing them to pour millions of dollars into the 2012 political race and compete with President Obama’s money-making Internet machine. At least, that’s my cynical view of the Supreme Court position.

What does this mean for you, the voter? I’ll tell you what it means to me. It tells me I must become more aware of my emotions, and not let politicians manipulate me by using politicalhot buttons. I must not get tunnel vision over one of these hot button issues. I must decide with the question in mind: “Who is the best person for the job?” Spelling out my voting criteria is really important in accomplishing this.

So the next time you see or hear the hot button issues, think of this article and don’t let the politicians highjack your emotions. Th e decision needs to be yours, not some political machine’s.

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Thank you Vern Smith for lacrosse

Vern Smith is retiring after 14

seasons as Head Coach of the Maple Valley/Tahoma Lacrosse Club. He has touched the lives of hundreds of our student-athletes, including our two sons, teaching them athletic skills, teamwork and

important life-skills, and helping them to mature into adults. He will be missed.

Vern founded the Maple Valley Lacrosse Club in 1999 starting with a single team of 19 high school age boys. The Tahoma Lacrosse Club has since grown into 14 teams including girls and boys from kindergarten through 12th grade.

All the schools in the Tahoma School District have teams. He is

most proud of the 11 players he’s coached that have chosen coach-ing as a profession. One of those players is Tahoma offensive coor-dinator Brian Johnson who will be Head Coach of the Tahoma Club next season. Brian starred as a freshman on Maple Valley’s 1999 state championship team.

Vern is a 2008 Washington Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee and played at the U.S. Military Academy and later Johns Hopkins

University before coming to the State of Washington.

He also founded the Bellevue High and Vashon Lacrosse Clubs before moving to the Maple Valleyarea. Thank you, Vern for your exceptional service to the youth of our community! We wish you and your wife Nancy all the best in retirement.

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while he showed me the set up of the home, which has two wings which are mirror images of each other. Zack’s

end of the house also in-cludes a therapy room which has a pool where he can

swim laps or run on a built-in treadmill along with other workout equipment. There’s also a guest room where friends can stay or maybe a in-home care provider.

The plan someday, Victor said, is for he and his wife to move out when Zack is at a point where he doesn’t need them anymore. Given how rapidly the 19-year-old has progressed since the family moved into the house in September that day may come much sooner than anyone anticipated.

At one point during the tour, I asked Victor if Zack re-learning to walk was at all analogous to when his son learned as a toddler.

“No, it’s nothing like that. You expect your kids to walk,” he said.

Due to the extent of trauma Zack’s brain suffered,

Victor said, the pathways in his brain were broken. In order for his son to walk, talk, feed and dress himself again after he had done all those things effortlessly for years required the building of new pathways.

As those things were built anew, those goals of simple tasks gave way again to the kinds of goals all parents have for their kids: a career, a spouse, grandchildren someday and ultimately independence.

Since speaking with the Lystedts, I sent each of them friend requests on Facebook — they all accepted. While I was trying to come up with a headline for the story, I posted on Zack’s wall asking what his favorite Eminem or Jay-Z song might be, searching for inspiration. I had Googled “Eminem

never give up” before that but wasn’t sure I had found the right song.

Turns out I had. I was thinking about using a lyric from the song “Till I Col-lapse” off Eminem’s 2002 album “The Eminem Show.” Which was the song Zack suggested. Hopefully he likes the headline I wrote.

I feel lucky I had the op-portunity to spend time withthe Lystedts. What Zack has accomplished is amazing. Personally, I think I would be impressed with him even if he had not suffered his injury and gone through the lengthy ordeal he’s had to conquer thus far.

I am glad the column I wrote last year wasn’t the lasttime I wrote about some-thing amazing Zackery Lyst-edt did. And I suspect this column won’t be the last.

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When June arrived you may have noticed your vegetable seedlings and an-nual plants experiencing a growth spurt.

Just like a teenager, they now have a huge appetite so this is your reminder to fertilize.

Roses and perennials also benefit from a feeding this month and if you still have not fertilized the lawn, make sure you do so early in the month before the hot weather arrives.

You should not feed clematis vines in bud or bloom. Clematis is the queen of all vines here in the Northwest and thrives in our cool summer weath-er but if you give clematis a big dose of plant food just as it starts to bloom it sometimes drops the flower buds before they open in a misguided effort to grow more foliage.

Instead, pamper your clematis with an organic mulch placed on top of the roots but not quite touching

the thin and delicate stems of this vine.

June also is the month to add more hydrangeas to your garden. These sum-mer-blooming shrubs now come in a wider range of colors, sizes and flower types. Here are the most-asked questions about growing hydrangeas.

Q. How do I prune my giant hydrangea? I have figured out that when I prune my big leaf hydran-gea back to keep it from blocking the front windows it punishes me and does not flower again for a couple of years. Right now I can tell there are flower buds at the end of some branches but this monster is over 5 feet tall and again blocking the window. R., email

A. I vote you move this hydrangea to a new spot where it can spread out its

branches and grow into the full-bodied shrub it was meant to be. Replace this giant old-fashioned hy-

drangea with a dwarf or ever-blooming hydrangea that can be more eas-ily kept under control. Hy-drangeas are

happiest when they are left to grow natural and never pruned. The new varieties like Endless Sum-mer and Blushing Bride are an exception as you can cut back the branches on these hydrangeas in spring or summer and still get blooms; they will flower on new growth instead of two-year-old wood like tradi-tional big leaf hydrangeas.

Q. I was given a beauti-ful pink hydrangea for Mother’s Day. It has un-usual blooms that are more flat than the round ball hydrangea flowers. Do you know what type of hydran-

gea this is, can I plant it outside and will it survive the winter here and bloom again next year?

A. It sounds like you’ve received one of the new gift hydrangeas called Strawberries and Cream and the good news is it can go out into the garden in our climate for years of enjoyment. The flowers you describe are called “lace cap” as the center blooms do not open, giving the il-lusion of a lacy frill around a center cap of buds. Enjoy the blooms indoors but by June remove the plant from it’s pot and replant into a spot where it is protected from the hot afternoon sun. Hydrangeas love moist soil and newly-planted hydran-geas will need extra water the first summer and into the fall until they estab-lish a strong root system. There’s no need to fertilize your newly-transplanted hydrangea as you want this greenhouse-grown plant to harden off or acclimate to

the outdoor life. A mulch over the roots during the first winter will help it to survive and grow into a tough shrub that flowers each summer.

Q. I had a blue hydrangea but once I moved it closer to the house it turned more purple and almost lavender. Why do hydrangeas change from blue to pink? P.P., Enumclaw

A. Hydrangeas are the only shrub with such gender issues, coming out to the world blue in our naturally acid soil of western Washington. If you add lime around the roots of your big leaf hydrangeas the acidity of the soil and the flowers will change to pink or lavender depending on the amount of alumi-num available in the soil. I suspect the gender confu-sion in your case is caused by the cement foundation of your house. Enough lime may have leached from the concrete to make the soil less acid, so the flower color

changes. To feminize your blue hydrangeas you can add lime around the base of the shrubs. Start with just one-half cup of dolomite lime per plant as too much lime will turn the soil too alkaline and cause yellow leaves. Add aluminum sulfate to the soil to make it more acid and to keep your hydrangeas a more manly blue.

***Marianne Binetti has a degree in horticulture from Washington State University and is the author of “Easy Answers for Great Gardens” and several other books. For book requests or answers to gardening questions, write to her at: P.O. Box 872, Enumclaw, 98022. Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for a personal reply.For more gardening information, she can be reached at her Web site, www.binettigarden.com.

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The report comes just weeks before the Black Diamond Police Depart-ment participates in the national Operation Dry Water 2012 campaign.

This nationwide campaign focuses on enforcement of BUI laws and edu-cating all boaters to the risks of operating a boat under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.

Officers will be out on Lake Sawyer in force June 22-24.

Impaired boaters may expect penalties that include fines and jail time.

“We intend to arrest intoxicated boaters and to educate as many boaters as possible about the dangers of boating under the influence,” said Com-mander Goral in a press release statement.

According to the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), boating under the influence of alcohol and drugs continues to be a major problem in the United States.

Boat operators or even passengers with a blood alcohol concentration above the legal limit run a significantly increased risk of being involved in a fatal boating accident.

According to the Coast Guard’s report, alcohol was a contributing factor 19 percent of boating fatalities in the U.S. last year.

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more deadly for both passengers and boat operators, many of whom capsize their vessel or simply fall overboard.” Goral said.

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(1) Cities and towns may adopt and enforce any of the follow-ing pertaining to the production, processing, or dispensing of cannabis or cannabis products within their jurisdiction: Zoning requirements, business licensing requirements, health and safety requirements, and business taxes.

Nothing in chapter 181, Laws of 2011 is intended to limit the authority of cities and towns to impose zoning requirements or other conditions upon licensed dispensers, so long as such requirements do not preclude the possibility of siting licensed

dispensers within the jurisdiction. If the jurisdiction has no com-mercial zones, the jurisdiction is not required to adopt zoning to accommodate licensed dispensers.

(2) Counties may adopt and enforce any of the following per-taining to the production, processing, or dispensing of cannabis or cannabis products within their jurisdiction in locations outside of the corporate limits of any city or town: Zoning requirements, business licensing requirements, and health and safety require-ments.

Nothing in chapter 181, Laws of 2011 is intended to limit the authority of counties to impose zoning requirements or other conditions upon licensed dispensers, so long as such requirements do not preclude the possibility of siting licensed dispensers within the jurisdiction. If the jurisdiction has no commercial zones, the jurisdiction is not required to adopt zoning to accommodate licensed dispensers.

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Washington voters passed Initiative 692 in 1998, which protects the physicians who prescribe medical marijuana for those with terminal or debilitat-ing conditions, as well as the patient, under what is called affirmative defense.

In an affirma-tive defense, the defendant offers a defense that bars, or pre-vents, the pros-ecutor’s claim, and in doing so limits or excuses a defendant’s culpability or liability in the case.

In 2011, the state Legislature passed a medical cannabis law that had large sections line-item vetoed by Gov. Gregoire after she received letters from U.S. attorneys’ offices warning her that state em-ployees would be at risk of federal prosecution.

When asked if a public employee has ever actually been federally prosecuted for approving of activity legal under state law, but prohibited under federal law, Langlie said she did not know of any.

WHEN PROSECUTOR’S WILL PRESS CHARGES

Both the DEA and the justice department have adopted policies regard-ing medical marijuana that only individuals who violate both state and fed-eral law will be prosecuted. This is similar to the stance taken by the King County Prosecutor’s Office.

U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan wrote in a state-ment, “State law cannot change federal criminal law, or grant immunity to anyone from federal action. Still, in every area we prosecute, our office works to focus our limited resources on impactful cases that implicate an important national or com-munity interest. In the area of marijuana drug pros-ecutions, this means our targets include organized criminal groups, those who abuse public or tribal lands, people who commercial-ize the marijuana trade for profit or use it to finance other criminal activity, and doctors who abuse their positions and fraudulently certify individuals as medi-cal marijuana patients. We have not prosecuted truly ill people or their doctors for using marijuana to lessen

suffering, as permitted under state law.”

A DEA statement on de-partment guidelines, dated Oct. 22, 2009, reads “It is not the practice or policy of DEA to target individuals with serious medical condi-tions who comply with state laws authorizing the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.”

In 2009, David Ogden, then the deputy attorney general for the Justice Department, re-leased a memo that stated medical mari-juana violations in states which have legalized it were a low priority for law enforcement

and prosecutors.“As a general matter,

pursuit of these priorities should not focus federal resources in your States on individuals whose actions

are in clear and unam-biguous compliance with existing state laws providing for the medical use of

marijuana,” the memo stated. “For example,

prosecution of individuals with cancer or other serious illnesses who use marijuana as part of a recommended treatment regimen consis-tent with applicable state law, or those caregivers in clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state law who provide such individuals with marijuana, is unlikely to be an efficient use of limited federal resources.”

In July 2011, however, Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole sent a memo to the DEA Administra-tor Michele M. Leonhart stating, “Persons who are in the business of cultivat-ing, selling or distributing marijuana, and those who knowingly facilitate such activities, are in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), regardless of state law. Consistent with resource constraints and the discretion you may exercise in your district, such persons are subject to federal enforcement action, including potential prosecution. State laws or local ordinances are not a defense to civil or criminal enforcement of federal law with respect to such conduct, including enforce-ment of the CSA.”Reach TJ Martinell at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5052.To comment on this story go to www.maplevalleyre-porter.com.

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Kentwood graduate Alyx Toeaina has signed

on with the University of Washington to throw for the Huskies track and fi eld team.

Toeaina, who lives next to Kentwood and gradu-ated June 9, stated that she signed with the university for a partial scholarship the fi rst week into the track season.

“I wanted to get it out of the way so I wouldn’t have to worry about it during the season,” she said. “I wanted to stay closer to home.”

Toeaina fi nished her fi nal track season as a Conquer-or with two silver medals at the state championship in discus and shotput, throw-ing distances of 130 feet, nine inches and 43 feet, 03.5 inches respectively. As a junior she took fi rst place at state in the discus with a throw of 136-03.

Toeaina started out freshman year in 2009 with a 12th place at state in the shotput and ninth at dis-tricts. With a natural talent to throw, Toaeina said she improved due to the intense

competition she had at the various invitationals she was able to go to.

“It built up my competi-tiveness,” she said. “I was up against people who were better than me.”

Her sophomore year Toeaina made large gains, taking fi ft h at state in the shotput and qualifying for state in the discus, where she ultimately placed fourth.

Her junior year, she secured third at state in the shotput and the gold medal in discus.

Much like the Conks girls team, which place third this year aft er taking the state title in 2011, Toeaina said she struggled to repeat the same level of success.

“It wasn’t as good as last year,” she said. “In discus I was all over the place. I wasn’t as consistent (as shotput).”

In addition to track, she was also able to use her ex-plosive power on the court with the Conks volleyball team, which took second at state in November.

With a summer training program already in place, Toeaina hopes to build on her throwing talent during

her time as a Husky. At the moment, she said she is considering studying either psychology or business, but has no defi nite career ideas yet.

“I’m just continuing my track career and see where

that leads,” she said.Toeaina also has a

younger sister, Sarah, who will be a junior in the fall.

Sarah Toeaina qualifi ed for state in several run-ning and hurdling events in addition to her roles on

Kentwood’s volleyball and girls basketball squads.

Reach TJ Martinell at 425-432-1209 ext. 5052.To comment on this story go to covingtonreporter.com.

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Kentwood graduated Alyx Toeaina throws the discus during a practice at school. Toeaina signed on with the University of Washington at the beginning of the track season. Courtesy photo

CLARIFICATIONIn the story “Born to Jump” from

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Kentridge senior Kaid Tipton, who took second in the 110 hurdles, as

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The other “storage” facility that was on our property when we moved in was a dilapidated sun porch. It was an old, enclosed structure with fiberglass siding and roof just outside the sliding glass door off our family room. It really wasn’t useful except provided a place to throw stuff we didn’t know what to do with.

About three or four years into our residence we decided to tear down the sun porch and make an actual, usable porch. The first task in that endeavor was to disperse the stuff we had accumulated. I remember it seemed over-whelming to deal with the items we’d amassed. I must’ve kept them for a reason and I had to find them new places in the house, garage or shop. The other thing I remember very clearly is how easily we dispersed the stuff, because it mostly ended up being junk and made a one-way trip to the dump.

I think the sun porch clean out may have been our first experience with a free pile. Anything we felt was too good to get thrown away, not worth pulling together a garage

sale, but would never be accepted at Goodwill, we put out in front of our house with a “free” sign. We live a couple

houses away from a busy street where there are no sidewalks and the cars probably all drive too fast. But a free sign pops out like flashing neon to even the most rushed driver.

Even with the experience of having to dis-perse saved stuff off the sun porch, it doesn’t stop us from accumulating more stuff. The tool shed is the perfect out-of-sight-out-of-mind storage. We clean it out about every five

years or so when we can’t actually get to the tools we store in there. And of course, anything we get rid of goes into the free pile in front of our house.

I just love that free pile. I love to see what people take, I love to “catch” people taking it because often the stuff is just gone like it blew away, I love feeling like I’m recycling, but most of all I love that the free pile forgives us our sins.

I did a major clean out of the shed this time. My biggest accumulation seemed to be in pots, planters, whatever you call them. I had a ton of them in different shapes and sizes and made from different materials: the store-bought, plas-tic variety, odd ceramic things that could only have come from garage sales, and empty plastic pots I must’ve kept after I planted whatever was in it. There were brown ones, green ones, blue ones, pink ones, flowery ones, and teapots

and watering cans I’d made into planters.But as I went through the shed nothing came to me.

There was no memory from any pot I touched as to its origin. I didn’t know why I bought it or if I even did, I didn’t know why I kept it, I didn’t know who gave it to me, I didn’t know what I was planning on doing with it.

Out to the free pile every single one of those pots went. And like usual there was that moment where my confi-dence was shaken: “No one will take this stuff and I’ll have to throw it away.” But like magic, usually when my back is turned or I run to the store for a few minutes, everything vanishes.

If I had to throw all those pots away (and I’m talking a major pile), I would have felt tremendous guilt. But the free pile accepts all my “sins” without judgment and makes them all go away. I don’t feel guilty anymore; although if I remembered if I spent money on any of them, I probably would. But I don’t and neither does the free pile.

We should all be like the free pile.

Gretchen Leigh is a stay-at-home mom who lives in Covington. She is committed to writing about the humor amidst the chaos of a family. You can read her column every week on covingtonreporter.com/lifestyles/ and more of her writing and her daily blog on her website livingwithgleigh.com.

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Members of the Maple Valley fire service saw a need in the community be-yond the help they already provide in their day jobs.

To that end, a group

started the Maple Valley Firefighters Benevolent Fund two years ago, though it initially struggled to bring in cash to be effective it is now starting to ease out of those early growing pains, according to firefighter and fund board member Ryan

Carpenter.“It was a project that had

been talked about for a long time,” Carpenter said. “There were times through-out the year that families and firefighters families would request from union for financial assistant. The union wasn’t quite the right way to do that. We’re paying our unions to support us.”

Seeing a large need for a fund, firefighter Jeff Ham-mock created a 501(c)3 charitable organization.

“We saw a need in the community as well as in our

own membership for a pool of money that can be used to help people in need,” he wrote in an email interview.

Additionally, Carpen-ter said that when they responded to a scene at a fire or accident, there was a desire to do more.

“One thing you can imagine we come across people on their worst day sometimes,” he said. “And we find ourselves in kind of a unique position where we’re able to help people out more than just show-ing up to their 911 call

and leaving. We want to be able to do more when those opportunities present themselves.”

One such time Carpenter said, was when he respond-ed to an accident after an elderly man fell while trying to roof his home and died. He and several other fire-fighters came back the next day to bring his wife flowers and organized a work party to finish the roof.

Carpenter said that at the time the fund was started there wasn’t any money except to purchase

a plaque that now hangs in the entryway to the firehouse. People who make a donation are able to make a donation in a person’s name and have it put on the plaque.

Initially fire fighters madesmall donations of $15 a paycheck to help build up the fund.

Despite the specificity of its title, Carpenter and Hammock both explained that the money is used to help a variety of personnel

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“This ranges from help-ing a soldier, police officer or firefighter’s family who was hurt or killed in the line of duty to buying roofing materials to re roof a citizens house after we responded to help her husband after he fell off the roof,” Hammock wrote. “As you can imagine, the inter-actions we have with the community don’t go away after we get off duty. There are a lot of things that stay

with us leaving us feeling helpless at times, this fund allows us to help beyond what our job allows us to do, things like that where we come across these situ-ations where we can help more than simply showing up.”

For example, Carpenter said a donation made the fund’s infancy was provided to a firefighter in Federal Way who was disabled after being struck by a car a year away from retirement.

At the same time, Carpenter added that they focus will be mainly in the Maple Valley area.

“It’s not a hard border,” he said. “But we’re more apt to donate someone who lives in Maple Valley. That’s where we’re trying to keep the money as local and to help cops and firefighters families.”

Now that they have amassed a significant fund budget of around $10,000, Carpenter said, they are in a better position to help.

But first, he said, they need to get word out. They plan to host the Dwight Van Zanen Golf Tourna-

ment Fundraiser on Sept. 17 at Washington National Golf Course to help raise money for his family.

Vanen was a former Maple Valley fire chief who was killed in a plane ac-cident in March.

“He was really a forefa-ther to the fire department,” Carpenter said.

The golf tournament, he said, is part of their effort to alert public safety officers about the fund.

“We haven’t really got-ten word out there,” he

said. “It’s only been in the last year where we’ve had enough of a budget where we can donate larger sums of money.”

Carpenter said they hope to add other programs to the fund as it grows, such as a scholarship for a student going into public safety. They are also looking into getting prepaid credit cards to help those whose homes have burned down stay at a hotel for the night or buy necessities such as clothing.

The fund is run by a

board of seven elected members, which is re-stricted to employees of the district, albeit it is not limited to firefighters.

Those who wish to make a donation to the Maple Valley Firefighters Be-nevolent Fund can do so by going to website www.mvfirefund.org.

Reach TJ Martinell at 425-432-1209 ext. 5052.To comment on this story go to maplevalleyreporter.com

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Breast cancer gave Maple Valley resident Kristi Blair a one-two punch. Now she’s starting to hit back.

First, it took her mother Karen Dena-mark, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004. Having discovered it late, she was subjected to rigorous treatments before she eventually died in 2007.

Then Blair was diagnosed with breast cancer in October. Because it was caught early, however, Blair underwent several surgeries that, in addition to other therapy, successfully put her cancer in remission.

Several months later the 35-year-old formed Wings of Karen, a breast cancer foundation named after her mother that she hopes will either lead to a cure or better treatment.

Unlike other breast cancer foundations, however, all funds raised remain local. Donations made to Wings of Karen goes to the research and clinical program of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, a collabora-tion between University of Washington Medicine and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

“I have always done research,” she said. “I was very passionate after my diagnosis. I realized I wanted to do something more. I wanted to start research based in this area.”

Blair stated she wants to keep the dona-tions local for several reasons, one of which is the research centers located in the Seattle area.

“We are blessed to live in a community supported by some of the best doctors and researchers in the world,” she said.

The other reason is she believes that people like to donate to causes know-ing people in their own community will directly benefit from their support.

Besides finding a cure for breast cancer, Blair also hopes Wings of Karen will help researchers discover alternative treatments to chemotherapy that are less harsh.

“That’s still so much that’s unknown,” she said. “That’s why the treatments are so harsh. There will be a cure, but there needs to be research (first).”

As a part of its fundraising, Blair has organized a 5K Bra Dash race in September at Lake Wilderness Park.

“It’s bringing awareness of a very serious topic so that people can feel good and still smile about it,” she said.

Blair said her mother’s attitude through-out the ordeal has served as inspiration for others going through the same experience.

“I look at it as spawning the wings of hope,” she said. “She was a vibrant, caring woman.”

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The Maple Valley Creative Arts Council will host an opening night reception at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 29 at the the Creative Arts Cen-

ter featuring fine art painter Carolyn Burt.

There will be wine tasting and refreshments.

The Creative Arts Center is located at 23220 Maple Valley Hwy SE, Ste 15.

Burt’s artwork includes the use of water-color, acrylic, ink, pastels, and photography.

Studying art and French, she received her B.A. and M.Ed. in administration from Uni-versity of Puget Sound.

She has taught art at all levels of education.

After retiring from Tahoma School District, Burt opened Proctor Art Gallery in Tacoma where she hosts the work of 16 artists in addition to her own.

Over the years, she has won numerous awards and recognition for her work.

She is married with two children and three grandchildren.

Community Note

Kent School District Director Bill Boyce an-nounced his intention to resign from the school board during the May 23 business meeting. Mr. Boyce said he would remain

on the board until the selec-tion of his replacement was determined.

“It has been my pleasure to serve on the board since August of 1996. However, I feel it is necessary to pass the baton so I can devote my time to my newly elect-ed position of Kent City Councilman,” Boyce wrote in his letter to the school board and Superintendent Dr. Edward Lee Vargas.

Boyce was elected to the Kent City Council last November.

“Bill has been a men-tor for all of the board members,” said School Board President Debbie Straus. “His work on the school board for the last 16 years will not be forgotten because of the many district programs that are in place due to his leadership.”

“When you think about the longevity of his tenure on the school board, Bill has had thousands of conversations with people throughout the community about Kent School District,” noted Director Tim Clark. “He has positively impacted thousands of lives in this community because of his work on the school board and that impact will be felt for many years to come.”

“For 16 years, Mr. Boyce

has provided strong leader-ship to the Kent School Dis-trict Board of Directors and the Kent School District. Bill’s passion for equity and excellence for all students, and depth of experience have contributed to KSD’s excellent record of board leadership and governance. Th is has resulted in the KSD Board being honored as School Board of the Year in Washington State more than once during his ten-ure,” said Superintendent Dr. Edward Lee Vargas.

Th e next steps for select-ing a new school board member are:

Th e school board accepts the resignation by formal action at the next regular meeting. Th e board will fi ll the vacancy by appoint-

ment.Th e district provides

public notice of the vacancy and the procedure for the position.

Candidates will contact the superintendent’s offi ce for an application packet.

Th e board members review application informa-tion – June 25.

Interviews are then conducted in public. At the conclusion of the public in-terviews, the board will re-cess to an executive session to review qualifi cations. Th eboard will reconvene to an-nounce the selected board member – June 26.

Th e selected candidate will take the oath of offi ce and be seated at the next regularly scheduled board meeting – June 27.

BY SARAH KEHOE

[email protected]

Th e Kent School Board members are selecting candidates for the open board member position on June 26.

Applications for the school board position have

been available since Bill Boyce announced his res-ignation May 23 at a school board meeting. Boyd served on the board for 16 years.

“It has been my pleasure to serve on the board since August of 1996. However, I feel it is necessary to pass the baton so I can devote my time to my newly elect-ed position of Kent City

Councilman,” Boyce wrote in his letter to the school board and Superintendent Dr. Edward Lee Vargas.

Boyce was elected to the Kent City Council last November.

Bill has been a mentor for all of the board members,” said School Board President Debbie Straus. “His work on the school board for the

last 16 years will not be for-gotten because of the many district programs that are in place due to his leadership.”

Applications closed on June 15. Steps for the board in selecting a new member include, accepting the res-ignation by formal action at the next regular meeting, providing public notice of the vacancy and procedure

for the position and review-ing application information on June 25.

Interviews are then conducted in public. At the conclusion of the public in-terviews, the board will re-cess to an executive session to review qualifi cations. Th e board will reconvene to an-nounce the selected board member on June 26.

Th e selected candidate will take the oath of offi ce and be seated at the next regularly scheduled board meeting, ocurring June 27.

Reach Sarah Kehoe at [email protected] or 253-872-6600 ext. 5056.To comment on this story go to www.kentreporter.com.

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KING COUNTY GREEN SCHOOLS PROGRAM HONORS TAHOMA SCHOOLS FOR CONSERVATION

Six schools in the Tahoma School District were given recognition by King County for their successful conserva-tion practices from the county’s Green Schools Program.

The program has served a growing number of schools each year, with 100 schools participating in 2009-10, 120 in 2010-11, and 154 in 2011-12.

The program has three levels which involve students and staff in learning about and practicing conservation of natural resources.

This spring, Tahoma School District became the first school district to be recognized as a Level Three Green School District by completing the level’s water conservation criteria.

The district also completed Level Two during this past school year by focus-ing on energy conservation.

All eight Tahoma School District schools have completed Level One and Level Two, and five of the schools also have completed Level Three.

The schools that completed Level Two

were Rock Creek Elementary School, Tahoma High School and Tahoma Middle School

The schools that completed Level Three were Cedar River Middle School, Lake Wilderness Elementary School and Shadow Lake Elementary School

The award-winning King County Green Schools Program provides hands-on assistance, recycling con-tainers and stickers, and the ongoing support schools need to engage students and staff in conservation actions. Simple steps, such as turning off lights in unoccupied rooms and recycling paper, bottles and cans, add up to big benefits.

In addition to providing schools with the hands-on help they need, the Green Schools Program offers a website, www.kingcounty.gov/GreenSchools, with helpful tools and resources.

King County also provides an el-ementary school assembly program, classroom workshops and support for student green teams.

Schools and districts interested in the Green Schools Program can contact

Alekel at [email protected].

MAN RESCUED AFTER NIGHT ON ISLAND Mountain View Fire and Rescue and King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) rescued a man and his dog off of the Green River this morning after they spent a full night on a small island.

The man and his dog were in a small, inflatable raft last night when they fell into the river.

They ended up on the small island in the middle of the river.

The man took off his wet clothes to avoid hypothermia and spent the night naked waiting for help.

A couple construction workers heard the man yelling this morning but could not get close enough to com-municate to him.

The construction workers then asked a fisherman with waders to get closer to the man to see if he needed help.

They immediately called 9-1-1 once they learned he needed rescued.

King County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit and Mountain View Fire & Res-cue’s Swiftwater Rescue Team used an

inflatable rescue board to wade across the river to the man and his dog.

They helped the man off the island within a few minutes and he was transported to the hospital to treat his injuries and try to warm him up.

According to MVFR, his wife called police to report the 51-year-old man missing at 2 a.m. last night.

Auburn Police searched for the man near his house but were not able to find him.

MVFR Spokesperson Tim Perciful is recommending that people always wear life jackets anytime they are on the water and to communicate with someone whenever they are going to be near the water so they know the location, along with contact information and when they expect to be home.

COVINGTON LOOKING FOR AWARD NOMINEES

The City of Covington recognizes two outstanding individuals each year as its Citizen of the Year and Honorary Citizen of the Year.

If you know or have observed such an outstanding individual that deserves

to be honored by the City of Coving-ton, now is the time to let your City Council know about them.

Citizen of the Year nominees must reside within Covington city limits. Honorary Citizen of the Year nominees should live outside of Covington, but have made an impact on the City in some way. Award winners will be celebrated at the July 10 regular City Council Meeting.

All nominations must be accompanied by a completed form available on the City’s website at www.CovingtonWA.gov/CitizenAwards.html or at City Hall and submitted online, by e-mail, mail or in-person by 5 p.m. on Monday, June 25. For more information, please contact Community Relations Coor-dinator Karla Slate at [email protected] or 253.638.1110.

MAPLE VALLEY MAN MISSING FOR A MONTH

A Maple Valley man has been missing for almost a month, according to the

King County Sheriff’s Office.

Todd Partain, 46, was last seen on May 18 at around 9 a.m. after he had called his receptionist to tell her he would be at work at 3 p.m.

He was reported missing on May 19 after he failed to show up at work.

According to the missing person report, he had made comments about driving into the woods and disappear-ing. The report also said that he had had trouble sleeping and had “lost his desire to participate in ordinary activities.”

Also missing is his 2001 white Ford F250, license plate number B67603G.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, depu-ties have repeatedly called his cell phone and left voice messages which have not been returned.

They have also checked to see if he had been involved in traffic accidents, gone to the hospital or been arrested.

Anyone who has information is asked to call 9-11.

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NOTICE OF PERMITAPPLICATIONREQUEST: FORMAL SUBDIVISION File: L12P0002 Applicant: 9700 Partners LLCLocation: S. side of Kent- Kan- gley Rd east of BPA corridorProposal: Subdivide 6 legal parcels, 152 acres zoned RA-5, into 25 lots for S/F detached residencesProgram Manager: Kim Claussen 206-296-7167COMMENT PROCEDURES: Comments on the above file are now being accepted by King County DDES, at the address listed above.

Published in the Covington/ Maple Valley Reporter on June 22, 2012. # 637665.

NOTICE OF DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE

The Tahoma School District No. 409 has issued a determination of nonsignificance (DNS) under the State Environmental Policy Act Rules (Chapter 197-11 WAC) for the following nonproject action:

Adoption of the Tahoma School District’s 2012 Capital Facilities Plan (“Capital Facil- ities Plan”) for the purposes of planning for the District’s facilities needs. King County will incorporate the District’s Capital Facilities Plan into the County’s Comprehensive Plan. The Cities of Maple Valley and Covington may also incorporate the District’s Capital Facilities Plan into their Com- prehensive Plans.

After review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the agency, the Tahoma School Dis- trict has determined this proposal will not have a probable significant adverse impact on the envi- ronment.Copies of the DNS are available

at no charge from Ms. Lori Cloud, Director, Financial Ser-

vices, Tahoma School District No. 409, 25720 Maple Valley- Black Diamond Road S.E. Maple Valley, WA 98038-8412. The lead agency will not act on this proposal for 14 days from the date of issue. Comments may be submitted by 4:30 p.m., July 6, 2012, to: Ms. Lori Cloud, Direc- tor, Financial Services, Tahoma School District No. 409, 25720 Maple Valley-Black Diamond Road S.E. Maple Valley, WA 98038-8412. Published in Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on June 22, 2012 and June 29, 2012. #639811.

PUBLIC NOTICE On June 4, 2012, Northwest Pipeline GP (Northwest) submitted for filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) an abbreviated application requesting abandonment approvals and a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the construction and operation of Northwest’s South Seattle Delivery Lateral Expan- sion Project. ABOUT THE PROJECT The Project consists of: (i) abandoning by removal the existing 10-inch diameter pipeline between mileposts 0.00 and 2.01 and between mileposts 2.16 and 4.0 on Northwest’s South Seattle Delivery Lateral (South Seattle Lateral) loop line and replacing it with new 16-inch diameter pipeline; (ii) abandoning in place approximately 0.15 miles of existing 10-inch diameter and 16-inch diameter pipeline between mileposts 2.01 and 2.16 on the South Seattle Lateral loop line under the Cedar River and installing approximately 0.15 miles of new 16-inch diameter pipeline in a new easement adjacent to the existing pipeline; (iii) replacing taps at two meter station locations; (iv) and installing miscellaneous appurtenances;

all located in King County,Washington. The Project is designed to in-crease the firm delivery capacityon the South Seattle Lateralas requested by Puget SoundEnergy Inc. The Project’s complete FERCapplication may be viewed at thefollowing public library: Fairwood Library 17009 140th S.E. Renton, WA 98058 Phone: (425) 226-0522 The application may also beviewed through the FERCwebsite at http://www.ferc.gov/ docs-filing/elibrary.asp. The docket number issued by the FERC is CP12-471. A separate notice of this project is being mailed to all potentially affected landowners and govern-ment entities. A FERC pamphlet entitled, “An Interstate Natural Gas Facility on My Land? What do I Need to Know?” is available on the FERC website at http://www.ferc.gov/for-citizens/ citizen-guides.asp. Questions about the pamphlet should be directed to the FERC’s Office of External Affairs at 202-502-8004.ABOUT WILLIAMS (NYSE: WMB) Williams Northwest Pipeline operates a 3,900-mile natural gas transmission pipeline that provides customers in the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain Region with access to both Rocky Mountain and Canadian natural gas supplies. To address concerns about this project, please contact project manager Ashley Booth at 801-584-6944. Published in Renton and Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporters on June 15, 2012 and June 22, 2012.#636993

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