Covington/Maple Valley Reporter, March 13, 2015

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LOCAL | From Maple Valley to Afghanistan and back [page 2]

Sixth Overall | The Kentwood Conquerors season ended Saturday at the 2015 Hardwood Classic [9]

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Lisa Leonard, of Black Diamond, has been serving hot meals to more than 50 people in Maple Valley and beyond every week for the last four years. REBECCA GOURLEY, The Reporter

BY DENNIS BOX

Editor

Th e city of Covington planned to send a proposal to fund street and sidewalk improvements through a sales tax increase to King County Elections for the April 28 special elec-tion ballot this week.

Th e city’s Transportation Benefi t District recommended a 0.002 sales tax increase for the improvements be placed on the April ballot and if accepted by the county will appear as Proposition No. 1.

Th e City Council approved a reso-lution at the Feb. 10 meeting support-ing the proposition.

According to information provided by the city, the increase would expire in 10 years and would equal $0.20 for every $100 in taxable purchases.

City Manager Regan Bolli said by email Tuesday, Proposition 1 will create a revenue stream of roughly $750,000 per year for street and side-walk maintenance throughout Cov-ington. Maintenance projects will be prioritized and accomplished on that basis. Using a sales tax increase to fund street and sidewalk maintenance means the cost for such projects is shared with all those shopping in our city and not just Covington residents.”

Covington proposition planned for April ballot

BY REBECCA GOURLEY

Reporter

Cedarcreek Covenant Church in Maple Valley celebrated four years of serving free hot

meals to the community every Friday night last week. And it’s all thanks to one woman, Lisa Leonard.

Leonard lives in Black Diamond and started the community meal program aft er realizing there was a great need for it.

Now, a total of four community churches throughout the area serve community meals in Enumclaw, Hobart, Black Diamond and Maple Valley. Th e food is donated by Th e Storehouse in Covington, a food dis-tribution program that helps families in need.

Leonard is the face of the program and she’s also the cook.

Th e volunteers serve about 35-40 people at the Cedarcreek Covenant Church on a weekly basis. But, Leon-ard’s job doesn’t stop there. Aft er she gets the evening rolling by serving the fi rst group of hungry patrons, she packs up 20 more servings into her personal car and drives out to the gorge community near Black Dia-mond where she serves even more people.

Leonard also has several stops along the way where she delivers sack lunches for the weekend to diff erent people in need.

She said the people are incredibly grateful, for not only the hot meal, but also for the smile she brings them.

Th e community meals on Friday nights are not just open to people in need of a hot meal, anyone from the community can join.

Church celebrates four years of community meals

BY REBECCA GOURLEY

Reporter

Th e Maple Valley Planning Commission is in the middle of discussing and revising the city’s comprehensive plan. Required by the state’s Growth Management Act, the plan is a set of policies that outline the future land use and the overall look and feel of the community.

Th e Planning Commission updates the comprehensive plan about every seven years with their

recommendations, but the City Council has the fi nal say whether those changes get adopted or not. Changes can also be made to the comprehensive plan on an annual basis.

Th ere are several major changes proposed by the commission in this plan update so far. Included in that is the potential rezon-ing of the back nine of Elk Run Golf Course from public use to residential.

In future issues of the Reporter, more of the suggested changes in

the comprehensive plan will be addressed.

Elk RunTh e Elk Run Golf Course

closed in mid-October 2014 when nine of their 18 holes – that the owners were leasing at the time – were sold by King County to the Tahoma School District.

With nine holes still owned by the course owners, Ray Hum-phreys and Daryl Connell, they decided to close up shop.

Now, single family homes and town homes could be making their way onto the greens.

Steve Clark, the Public Works

Planning Commission recommends residential zoning for Elk Run

Paul Krakow of PDSK Properties,sent the city this map of developable areas at the former Elk Run Golf Course. Courtesy Image

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From cleaning carpets to dodging land mines and eluding snipers in southern Afghanistan, Najib Noori

has quite a tale to tell. Najib’s story started in Afghanistan,

where he was born. He dropped out of high school halfway through his junior year to avoid joining the military once he gradu-ated.

At the age of 20, Najib and his family moved from Kabul, Afghanistan to Paki-stan as refugees around the same time the Soviet Union was pulling their troops out of Najib’s home country – 1988. After living in Pakistan for about two years, the family of 11 gained political asylum and moved to America.

Najib’s father, Latif, worked for Pan

American World Airways while in Af-ghanistan, so getting asylum wasn’t very difficult, Najib said.

The family chose to relocate to Seattle after a friend who lived on Vashon Island, and who had previously lived in Afghani-stan, recommended the Emerald City.

Speaking very little English, Najib started taking college classes at South Seattle Com-munity College to improve his language skills. The culture and customs in the Middle East are very different compared to the U.S., he said.

In the classroom, Najib was accustomed to standing up when he addressed the instructor. That practice, a normalcy in Afghanistan, was pretty foreign to most of his teachers, he said.

“‘That’s because of respect,’” Najib re-called saying to his teacher. “‘That’s what we do in Afghanistan.’”

Najib started working for Coit, a national carpet and home cleaning company, in 1994. He worked there for 16 years, seven of which he earned the title “employee of the year.”

In 2011, Najib said he saw a TV commer-cial for a contract job working as a linguist in Afghanistan for the U.S. military.

“They were looking for someone who knew the language, the culture,” he said.

Because he knew two languages in Af-ghanistan and he grew up in the culture, it seemed like a perfect fit.

He applied and after numerous back-ground checks, including FBI agents inter-viewing his neighbors, he was accepted and deployed in November that same year.

Najib was stationed in southern Afghani-stan, the most kinetic and hostile region

From Maple Valley to Afghanistan and back

Najib Noori, with 16 years of experience, opened his own carpet cleaning business after returning from Afghanistan. REBECCA GOURLEY, The Reporter

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According to Bolli the city has been spending about $250,000 each year from the general fund for street and sidewalk repairs. The lack of funds has prevented the city from taking action on many street repair and maintenance projects.

Bolli said the revenue collected from the tax increase would be placed in a dedicated fund for streets.

The state sales tax of .065 plus local taxes from the state Department of Revenue has

Covington below the 9.5 percent in Kent, Auburn (King County), Renton, Federal Way and Tukwila. Each of these cities add .03 percent local taxes.

Covington is currently at 8.6 percent in-cluding .021 percent local taxes and would move to 8.8 percent if Proposition No. 1 passes.

Maple Valley, Black Diamond and Enumclaw are currently at 8.6 percent.

Ballots will be sent 20 days prior to the election day.

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Unlike most arboretums or gardens, Lake Wilderness Arboretum did not begin as a privately owned estate or as part of a government project. The development of Maple Valley’s arboretum is considered a Cinderella story.

The idea of a public arboretum in south King County began to take form in 1965 at a meeting in the Renton home of George Tersiisky, an immigrant from Bulgaria. Enthused by his dream, Ardis Johnson, Lillie Wagner and Isabel Hogan became the first supporters of the idea and recruited

like-minded volunteers to design a blueprint for action. The team incorporated a non-profit foundation in the state of Washington that same year as the South King County Arboretum Foundation, which is now known as the Lake Wilderness Arboretum Foundation.

Busy years followed as the founders addressed the many needs of a young, all-volunteer organization with limited funds and minimal public familiarity. They established a logo brand for the foundation, which features a flower of the Pacific dogwood (cornus nuttallii), a plant native to the Pacific Northwest. Then they began to search for an appropriate and affordable site.

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Some come mainly for the conversation. For oth-ers, it might be their only time out of the house.

Leonard also said this meal is for some the only hot meal during the week.

“If it weren’t for meals like this, we would have people starving,” she said.

But these people don’t always need material items and food to get them through the day. Sure, basic hygiene products are a ne-cessity, but, more than that, Lisa said they just need to

be productive. Clean clothes, a warm

shower and something to do can go a long way, she said.

She has hired a few homeless people over the years to do odd jobs around her house because they needed a few extra dollars.

But, something that anyone can give, no matter where they are in their lives, is a smile and a greeting to people that may never get a single ‘hello’ all day long, Leonard said.

“A smile, it’s so easy to give,” she said.

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BY DENNIS BOX

Editor

David Pilgrim is back on a dais working for a cause that is a perfect fit for the former Maple Valley city councilman.

The King County Coun-cil unanimously approved Pilgrim for Position No. 2 on the King County Land-marks Commission. The term lasts though 2018.

County Councilman Reagan Dunn, who rep-resents the Maple Valley area, said in a press release Pilgrim has been, “active in the Maple Valley commu-

nity for over 20 years.”Pilgrim will be repre-

senting the local heritage organizations.

“I am excited to be ap-pointed to the King County Landmark Commission and look forward to being involved in preserving important historical areas in the county,” Pilgrim said in the release. “While I was on the Maple Valley City Council, I was involved in the renovation of the Lake Wilderness Lodge in Maple Valley and look forward to continuing that work on a larger scale. It is an honor to have (Councilman)

Reagan Dunn’s support and I enjoy serving the public in this capacity.”

Pilgrim is a board member of the Maple Val-ley Historical Society and served on the City Council for eight years.

Pilgrim is the manager for Junction True Value Hardware in West Seattle.

The nine-member Landmarks Commission was established in 1980 to ensure the historic places, material culture and traditions that best reflect the region’s history are preserved for future generations.

David Pilgrim appointed to King County Landmarks Commission

Maple ValleySPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETINGThe Maple Valley City Council scheduled a special meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 16 at Lake Wilderness Lodge, 22500 SE 248th Street. The meeting will cover council

rules and conduct.

LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD OPENINGSThe city of Maple Valley is recruiting applicants for three appointments to serve on the city’s Library Advisory Board, one regular member, one alternate member and a youth-at-large member.

The five-member board meets bimonthly on the first Thursday of the month, at 7 p.m., with the first meeting of each year taking place in February.

The deadline to apply is March 20. Applications can be found at City Hall and online at www.maplevalleywa.gov.

LAKE WILDERNESS CACThe Maple Valley Lake Wilderness Citizen Advisory Com-mittee regular meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18.

CovingtonARTS COMMISSION OPENINGSThe city of Covington is seeking art enthusiasts to apply for open Arts Commission positions.

The commission currently meets at City Hall the second Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Further information on the commission can also be found on the city’s website at www.covingtonwa.gov.

Applicants will receive notification when their applica-tion has been received, and an interview schedule will be established.

Government news and notes Radio personality and author Mike Gastineau will de-liver the keynote address at the Greater Maple Valley Com-munity Center’s benefit breakfast on Saturday, March 21.

Mike “The Gasman” Gastineau wrote a book, “Sounders FC: Authentic Masterpiece”, documenting the inside story of the most successful sports franchise launch in American history. It details the story of the Seattle Sounders football club. An expansion franchise in name only, the Sounders set attendance records and won games from the very first night they took the field. Learn about the people who were involved in this inspiring story from the guys in the front office to the players on the pitch.

In addition to Gastineau’s address, the benefit breakfast will feature the unveiling of the community center’s “Four Pillars of Service” campaign.

The breakfast, one of the center’s largest fundraisers of the year, will also feature the presentation of the third an-nual Community First Awards.

The event will at the community center, 22010 SE 248th St, Maple Valley, with doors opening at 9 a.m. The break-fast and the program begins at 9:30 a.m. To reserve a seat for the breakfast contact Mark Pursley at [email protected] or at 425-432-1272.

Benefit breakfast next weekend for Greater Maple Valley Community Center

FORMER TAHOMA STUDENT GRADUATES

FROM BASIC TRAINING Air Force Airman Cameron R.

Chernoff, a Tahoma High School alumni, graduated from basic military training at Joint Base

San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program

that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force

core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and

skills.Airmen who complete basic

training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science

degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Chernoff is the son of Andrea R. Mickelson of Maple Valley, and

Joel A. Chernoff of Las Vegas, and step-son of Brian J. Mickleson II

of Maple Valley.

Do you know why federal senators serve six-year terms while representa-tives from the House serve only two?

House representation is based upon population and, because representatives’ terms are shorter, they are closer to what the voters are thinking and feel-ing. Understanding and listening to public opinion is vital to the success of our representative democracy.

Senators were originally elected by state legislatures, until the 17th Amendment was passed in 1913 al-lowing election by popular vote. Th e two senators from each state have six-year terms to separate them from their constituents – to give them long-term thinking. Since they have six years to be re-elected, senators are not as concerned about popular opinion. Th ey are supposed to deliberate on is-sues rather than refl ect the mood of the public.

Th is tension between short-term

and long-term thinking in Congress was meant to create a balance between forces that all of us deal with every day of our lives. Do we think only for the moment, or do we plan for the future? As I tell my civics and government stu-dents, that depends.

Depends on what? It depends on the circumstances of each situation and, for us humans, it is one of the most dif-fi cult things we have to do in order to navigate the endless decisions we face each day.

When I was in my teens and 20s, I was impatient and impulsive. As a

result, I made decisions in a hurry, not thinking of the potential conse-quences. Aft er I made a number of major er-rors, saying things that popped into my head, for instance, I came to the realization that my impulsivity was getting

me in trouble. I found that if I slowed down and

thought things through and did some research, my decisions turned out to be better, especially if I weighed opposing extremes to decide where the best mid-

Commission did best for city and property owners

Statement to Maple Val-ley City Council and Plan-ning Commission joint meeting on March 9.

I want to express my in-terpretation of the process that the Planning Com-mission has gone through in composing the proposal before you. First they have been the most involved Planning Commission that I have experienced. Th ey have had 15 to 25 or more residents, builders, inves-tors, designers involved at each of the meetings. Th ey have sift ed through some very good information, a lot of general information

a good deal of misinfor-mation, lack of informa-tion and refusal to provide information.

Th eir debates have covered all of this plus individual investigation as well as sift ing through public comments both at the meetings and letters to Planning Commission. Th e debate has been spir-ited at times. Th ey have done their best to weigh all the information or lack thereof in making the presentation of what they unanimously feel is the best for the city of Maple Valley and the property owners.

Larry LindstrandMaple Valley


I have been running around and staying up too late the last few weekends covering the state winter sports tournaments, primarily at the Tacoma Dome.

Th e true fun of this job for me is covering a wide array of sports. Once the state tournaments begin I get to run from one sport to the another, sending my crazy-person meter into the zippy zone.

I am most fortunate to be able to shoot photo-graphs for a number of Sound Publishing newspa-pers, which means I may be covering Class 2A, 3A and 4A in one day.

A couple of weeks ago, I shot wrestling, gym-nastics and district (I think… can’t remember) basketball on a Saturday.

Th e Mat Classic wrestling tournament lived up to its name once again.

While the Mat Classic is rolling, state gymnas-tics is happening at the same time in Dome’s the Exhibition Hall, which increases the chaotic spin while reporters and shooters run back and forth trying to time who is where and when.

Gymnastics is one of my favorites to shoot. It is challenging and, unfortunately, the lighting at the Dome is mediocre at best.

Every year I marvel at the athleticism of gymnasts. Th ere are times it still stops me and I forget to press the shoot button.

Th e stretching exercises those girls do before competition would punch my ticket to the morgue. I couldn’t get on the beam without a ladder, much less walk on the thing.

I have asked the WIAA to give gymnasts and wrestlers separate weekends for the state tour-nament. One group or the other gets shorted because many newspapers these days don’t have the staff to cover both properly and, in my experience, many publications short gymnastics. Th at’s a shame. Th ose girls deserve the spotlight.

Th e work they put in to reach a competitive level, and still go to school, is daunting.

Last weekend Sarah Wehmann and I were covering 4A basketball for the south sound papers – Kentwood, Federal Way and Todd Beamer.

Saturday and Sunday featured three of the best basketball games I have covered in many years.

Th e Federal Way boys won the title, but were taken right to the brink by Union in the semi-fi nal. A block by Jalen McDaniels in the last 10 seconds sealed it. Remember that name.

Th e 4A girls had two heart stoppers that left even jaded reporters shaking their heads.

Gonzaga Prep guard Laura Stockton, daugh-ter of NBA Hall of Fame guard John Stockton, drilled a three with a couple of seconds left against Todd Beamer to snatch the victory in the semifi nals.

In the championship game, Inglemoor took

Prep to double overtime and Stockton looked like the older Stockton I remember. In the clutch, the kid had ice water in her veins.

Th ose gymnastic, wrestling and basketball kids must be keeping me upright and running. Aft er all the years there is still nothing like shooting a gymnast hitting the vault knowing it has to be perfect to get the gold, the physical intensity of wrestlers in the fi nal ticks of a title match and a last second jumper hitting nothing but net.

Saturday I got home at 1:30 a.m., which was Sunday and I realized it was daylight saving time; it was 2:30 a.m.

It is now Monday – I am at the offi ce, I know my name and I am as normal as ever… although it will take a few extra pounds of product to keep my hairstyle in place.

Th e good news is spring sports have arrived.

D I D Y O U K N O W ? : Sheriff s in Colorado, Nebraska and Oklahoma fi led suit in federal court in Denver to seek an invalidation of Colorado’s Amendment 64, which legalized recreational marijuana use in the state.

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

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT• On March 5 at 8:45 p.m., officers responded to a report

of a fight at the Four Corners Bar and Grill.

HARASSMENT• On March 6, it was reported than a male subject was

stalking and intentionally harassing his ex-wife.

• On March 7, officers responded to the report of an ex-boyfriend leaving notes at his exes’ house for the babysitter.

FORGERY• On March 7, it was reported that counterfeit $20 bills

were used at a Maple Valley gas station.

LARCENY• On March 4 at 2:08 p.m., a known suspect stole money

from the Farrelli’s Wood Fire Pizza that was left behind by customer for their food.

• On March 6, it was reported that suspects shoplifted items from Home Depot by concealing them in a purse.

• A male suspect was seen placing clothing into his backpack at Fred Meyer with the intent to not pay for the items. As the suspect attempted to exit the store, an off

duty officer confronted him. While he was being detained, the suspect received a bite mark on his back.

• Items were stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked in a driveway. It was reported that a King County jail uniform top was among the stolen items.

• At 11:40 p.m. on March 8, officers responded to the report that two males entered Safeway and stole multiple bottles of alcohol. The witness told officers, they saw the two suspects get into a vehicle that left the scene and went north on highway 169.

ROBBERY• On March 7 at 4:08 p.m. officers responded to the re-

port of a stolen purse. The victim told officers, the suspect approached her on the sidewalk and said “Hi” while grab-bing her purse from her. She said the suspect raised their fist to intimidate her during the struggle.

BURGLARY • On March 5, officers responded to the report of a break

in. The reporting party told officers he arrived home and found entry had been made through a window in the rear of the house. Among stolen items were three firearms and a compound bow.

THEFT• On March 8 at 11:30 p.m., officers responded to the

report of a vehicle stolen from the Fred Meyer parking lot.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT• At 12:30 a.m. on March 8, officers responded to the

report of an intoxicated male yelling racial slurs in a bar parking lot. When on scene, the male also refused to obey lawful order given by the officers.

NEIGHBOR DISPUTE

• On March 9, the reporting party told officers they found a sexual note on their front door.DISTURBANCE

• Officers spoke with the reporting party who said her ex showed up at her apartment at 1:30 a.m. after calling her cell phone multiple times.

PERSON FOUND• On March 4 at 2:58 p.m., officers were notified by dis-

patch that a 1 1/2 year old was found wandering through the neighborhood by herself.

ACCIDENTOn March 6, officers responded to the report of an ac-

cident in the 15600 block of SE 256th Street. According to the report, this was a collision due to driving under the influence.

ABANDONED VEHICLE• On March 9, two cars were towed after not being

moved for three days. Both cars had been pink tagged.

FORGED PRESCRIPTIONS• Officers responded to Safeway to the report of a subject

trying to fill a forged prescription for Oxycodone.

POSSESSION• Officers responded to Kentwood High School where

two subjects were found in possession of marijuana. Ac-cording to the report, it appears the students were found with the paraphernalia in the school parking lot.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE• Officers responded to Glacier Park Elementary on

March 6 to the report of a suspicious juvenile gathering in the woods behind the school. According to the report, the juveniles were smoking marijuana.

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Th e new Wendy’s in Covington will have their grand opening March 16. Th e restaurant, located at 16703 SE 272nd Street, boasts an ultra-

modern design based on Midwestern contemporary architecture and was inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright, according to a release from the company.

A few of the exterior design features include large windows to bring light into the dining room and outdoor patio seating.

Th e interior will multiple seating options for all types of customers, a digital menu board, free WiFi, Direct TV and a faux fi replace with a casual seating area.

“It’s very diff erent from what our customers are used to but we think they’ll really like the fresh look and feel of the new Wendy’s.” said David A. Antis, Divisional Vice President of the 46-restaurant Wendy’s franchise entity in Seattle.

Remodeling restaurants is part of a multi-year strategy to reinvigorate the Wendy’s brand throughout North America and the way customers interact with Wendy’s. Th e brand strategy involves re-imaging the entire Wendy’s menu, as evidenced by past launches of several new items, such as Strawberry Fields Salad, Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger and Pretzel Pub Chicken and Smoke Gouda Chicken on Brioche. Coming this summer is a

new Premium Beverage Line.A similarly designed Wendy’s recently opened in Renton on Southeast

Carr Road near the Benson Fred Meyer.

Wendy’s restaurant opens door in Covington Monday

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John Schmidt, left, and Joan Poulias-Schmidt, center, presented a check for $3,035 to the executive director of the Maple Valley Food Bank, Lila Henderson, at the February Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber luncheon. Schmidt and Poulias-Schmidt are the owner and director of operations of the Maple Valley Bar & Grill, which opened in January. They held a fundraiser for the food bank at their grand opening. The cover charge was donated to the food bank. Courtesy photo

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and Community Develop-ment director for Maple Valley, said although there have been no offi cial development proposals or plans made, “Th e property owner has indicated they would like to develop the property.”

Attempts were made to contact the owners, but they were not immediately available.

Senior Planner for the city, Matt Torpey, said the owners have estimated only about 16 of the 85 acres are actually developable.

Th e limitations exist because of two Bonneville Power Administration pow-er lines running through the property and with ease-ments, and Cranmar Creek that also runs through the property. Th e creek is salmon-bearing which increases the setbacks on it. Not only that, Torpey said the wetland associated with the creek also has its own setbacks.

Still, despite having only about 19 percent of their land available for develop-ment, residents in the area are still concerned.

Robert Young, who has lived near Elk Run for 10 years said he doesn’t want to see any more develop-ment.

“Th e area is getting so congested as it is,” he said in a phone interview.

Instead, he said, he would like to see a commu-nity dog park on the site.

Young also said he thought the city wasn’t con-sidering the impact more housing developments would have on school enrollment.

Th e current enrollment for Tahoma High School is 1,600, which includes

grades 10 through 12. Tahoma Junior High has about 1,230 students for grades eight and nine. Both schools are at or over their capacity.

Kevin Patterson, the district’s spokesperson, said the new high school will have a capacity of 2,400 students for grades nine through 12.

“We anticipate that en-rollment at the new school will be at or near 2,400 when we open,” Patterson

wrote in an email. However, he added, some

students will be doing run-ning start and won’t be on campus full-time because they will be taking college classes.

Superintendent Rob Morrow echoed Patterson’s assessment and said all 2,400 students will likely not be on campus at one time.

Patterson also said at the time the construction plans were created for the

new high school, they were based on demographic data that was dated prior to November 2013 – when the bond was passed.

“At that time, there were no plans for rezoning areas of the city to create addi-tional housing,” he said.

Patterson said the school board and the district do not take positions on community development and they will need more in-formation about proposed residential construction to

assess what the impact to student enrollment will be.

Based on the number of acres available for develop-ment at Elk Run and the residential density, Torpey said the owners are request-ing R6 – six units per acre – the number of homes is not likely to exceed 100.

However, there are also other properties in the city the Planning Commission is considering recommend-ing be zoned for develop-ment into medium and high-density residential. One is about 35 acres on the northern end of town. Th e other chunk is behind Safeway at Four Corners and is about 5 acres ac-cording to King County Assessor records. A more in-depth look at those properties will be featured in an upcoming issue of the Reporter.

In general, new develop-ments could aff ect enroll-ment, Morrow said.

“Any additional develop-ment... certainly has an impact on enrollment,” Morrow said.

The rest of Elk Run So what is the plan for

the rest of the Elk Run property? Because a large majority of the land is not developable, according to the owners, there’s still

going to be a lot of open space.

Elk Run owners are in communication with South King County Food Coalition about putting in a 4-acre community garden to supply local food banks with approximately 60,000 pounds of fresh produce annually when the garden gets into full production. Read more on this in an upcoming issue of the Reporter.

Reporter Rebecca Gourley can be reached via email at [email protected], by phone at 425-432-1209 ext. 5052 or via Twitter @rebeccal-gourley.

To comment on this story, go to www.maplevalleyre-porter.com


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Washington State E911 offi cials are warning the public that letting children use old, unused cell phones can lead to unintentional calls to 911 that slow down the system.

According to E911, one in three calls to 911 is accidental.When children are given old cell phones, it is easy for them to accidentally call

911. Most people do not know that a cell phone call still call 911 – even if the phone has no service. All it needs is a charged battery and a cell signal.

When a call to 911 is made accidentally by a child, call receivers at 911 centers must take the time to interview the child or call the number back during a hang-up to ensure that the call is not, in fact, intentional.

Th ese false calls can disrupt the 911 system and delay other calls to 911 that are real emergencies.

What can you do to reduce false calls?• Keep cell phones “locked”• Remove the phone’s battery when storing it• Do not allow children to play with cell phonesLast year there were more than 6 million calls to 911 in Washington state. An additional 2 million calls were made to state non-emergency reporting num-

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working to reduce the number of accidental 911 calls, keeping phone lines open for true emergencies.

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point lay. As some self-help book advised, I learned to “hit the pause button” before making decisions. Over time, that approach allowed me to make better and longer-ranged plans than I had when I lived in the moment.

When the founders met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 to write the Constitution, many had studied the governments of ancient Greece and Rome and the heritage of parliamentary democracy from the Brit-ish. Th ey had also studied what worked and what

didn’t in colonial and state governments during the 180 years between the fi rst permanent English colony in Jamestown in 1607 and that hot Philadelphia sum-mer in 1787.

That’s why they had the wisdom to create a Congress that bal-anced the importance of short-term thinking in the House with the long-term thinking of the Senate.

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Dace’s Rock ‘n’ More Music Acad-emy, located in Maple Valley and Red-mond, has moved on to the sweet 16 round of Redmond-based Hopelink’s sixth annual Can Madness competitive food drive, knocking off Flying Saucer Pizza in the fi rst week of the tourna-ment.

Last week, the 32 teams brought in a fi rst-round record 7,445 pounds of food and $850 in cash for Redmond-based Hopelink’s fi ve local food banks.

Rock ‘n’ More joins eight competitors from Redmond, three from Kirkland, two from Bellevue and one each from

Seattle and Shoreline in Round II of the drive.

Hopelink Can Madness is patterned aft er the national spring college basket-ball tournament, matching businesses in weekly competitions to see which can bring in the most food.

Teams are bracketed together in pairs and one winner from each two-mem-ber bracket advances to the following week.

Th e competition will continue until the winner is announced April 3.

Remaining teams:180 Degrees Chiropractic

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Dace’s Rock ‘n’ More is in the sweet 16 round of the Hopelink’s Can Madness. Courtesy photo

YOUTH HOCKEY EARNS NATIONAL TOURNEY BID

The Sno-King 14U A2 Bantam hockey team won the Pacifi c Northwest Amateur Hockey Association’s (PNAHA) state

championship in Spokane earning a spot in the USA Hockey National

14U Tier II Tournament from March 26-30 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The Junior Thunderbirds won the title game 6-0 against the Seattle

Junior’s AAA Bantam team.It was the team’s second shutout of

the tourney.

Maple Valley resident and Tahoma High School student, Hunter

Jenkins, plays for the Junior T-Birds.


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Th e Tacoma Dome was host to the 2015 Hardwood Classic last weekend.

Playing in the fi rst game of the 4A tournament were the Kentwood Conquerors.

Th e Conks faced the Woodinville Falcons on Th ursday, March 5.

In a close game, Kentwood lost 58-57.

Th e Conks were down four with 6.2 seconds left in the game.

Sophomore guard Darius LuBom hit a three pointer as the buzzer sounded.

But the game was over.Kentwood started the

game trailing 12-6 aft er the fi rst quarter.

Midway through the second, Woodinville had increased its lead to 20-9.

Aft er a 14-0 run by Kentwood and six consecu-tive points by senior guard Preston White, the Conks were back in it.

Kentwood now led 23-22 with 1:45 left to play in the fi rst half.

Th e Conks and Falcons entered halft ime with Kent-wood leading, 25-24.

White led the team with 13 points in the fi rst half.

Fift een of Kentwood’s fi rst

half points were made by the bench.

Early in the second half, Woodinville tied the game at 25.

But Kentwood pulled away again.

Aft er a two pointer from junior forward Davonte Sanchez and a three from Lu-Bom, the Conks held a 37-30 lead over the Falcons.

Th e game entered the fi nal eight minutes with Kentwood up 39-34.

Woodinville took the lead back at 42-41 in the fourth quarter aft er a three pointer.

And with 5:42 to play in the game, the Falcons added two points to its lead.

Senior forward Malik Sanchez re-entered the game midway through the fourth aft er leaving due to a possible injury.

Th e Falcons were up 46-45 with less than four minutes to play.

Sanchez was called for a technical aft er he blocked a Woodinville shot.

Aft er making both free throws, the Falcons led Kent-wood 48-45 with 3:21 to play.

Senior forward Josiah Bronson cut Woodinville’s lead to one, 50-49.

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Conks finish season sixth in state

Senior forward Josiah Bronson, right, rebounded the ball during Thursday’s game and goes for the put back. Senior guard Preston White, top left, looks to dribble past a Woodinville defender during the Conks’ 58-57 loss to the Falcons. Sophomore guard Darius LuBom, bottom, goes for a layup during the second half of the fi rst round game. SARAH WEHMANN, The Reporter

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Washington High School Boys La-crosse Association play gets underway today, March 13, with last year’s state runner-up Issaquah taking on Tahoma in a home-start at Issaquah High School at 8 p.m.

The growth of lacrosse con-tinues in Washington state as nine new boys and three girls high school programs take the field for the first time as the 2015 season kicks off tonight.

For the state’s 37th year of organized play at the prep level, the South Sound is experiencing the highest level of growth with four boys and two girls programs coming online in 2015. New South Sound boys programs in-clude Bethel High School, Bonney Lake High School, White River High School and Sumner High School, while new girls program include Auburn Riverside and Sumner High Schools.

Other new boys programs include Everett’s Archbishop Murphy High School in the North Sound along with Inglemoor and Juanita High Schools on the Eastside. San Juan High School and Seattle’s Garfield High School will rejoin play after not fielding teams in 2014.

New girls programs include Auburn Riverside and Sumner High Schools in the South Sound and Bellingham in Whatcom County.

More than 4,000 student-athletes attending some 200 high schools state-wide play prep lacrosse in Washington

state.Auburn-Riverside High School’s pro-

gram has been elevated to formal ASB status with long-time South Sound prep lacrosse coach Louis Lucchesi continu-

ing at the helm of the Ravens’ program. The five will play in the Division II, SPSL Con-ference along with Peninsula, which migrated to the SPSL from the Olympic. For the girls, Auburn Riverside and Sumner High Schools will

field varsity squads for the first time in 2015.

Washington State High School sched-uled for March 13 and 14:

Friday, March 13Boys Games:

Bellevue at Bainbridge (7:30 p.m. / Bain-bridge HS – Bainbridge Island)

Klahowya at Peninsula (7:30 p.m. / Pen-insula HS – Gig Harbor)

Tahoma at Issaquah (8 p.m. / Issaquah HS – Issaquah)

Blanchet at Lake Washington (8 p.m. / Lake Washington HS – Kirkland)

Seattle Academy at Mercer Island (8 p.m. / Mercer Island HS – Mercer Island)

Girls Games:

Graham-Kapowsin at Holy Names (3:30 p.m. / Magnuson Park #3 – Seattle)

Roosevelt at Issaquah (5:45 p.m. / Skyline

Community Fields – Sammamish)Ballard at Bellevue East (7 p.m. / Rob-

inswood Park – Bellevue)Snohomish at Eastside Catholic (8 p.m. /

Eastside Catholic School – Sammamish)Lake Sammamish at Puyallup (8 p.m. /

Redmond HS – Redmond)

Saturday, March 14Boys Games:

Providence at Juanita (1:15 p.m. / Juanita HS – Kirkland)

Bellarmine Prep at Liberty (3 p.m. / May-wood MS – Renton)

Coeur d’Alene (Idaho) at Newport (5 p.m. / Newport HS – Bellevue)

Sehome-Bellingham at Woodinville (6 p.m. / Woodinville HS – Woodinville)

Franklin at Garfield (7 p.m. / Lower Woodland #7 – Seattle)

Klahowya at Peninsula (7:30 p.m. / Pen-insula HS – Gig Harbor)

Girls Games:

Klahowya at Wenatchee (4 p.m. / Wenatchee Valley College – Wenatchee)

About Lacrosse in Washington state: La-crosse has more than 100 years of history in Washington state with clubs playing in the early 1900s and high schools now in their fourth decade of state competition. With Na-tive American origins, lacrosse is one of the oldest organized sports on the continent and today is considered the fastest growing sport in America. In Washington, some 4,000 student-athletes attending more than 200 high schools play prep lacrosse, while another 6,000 play lacrosse at the youth, adult and collegiate club levels throughout the state. For more information on high school lacrosse in Washington visit http://www.Washing-tonHSLAX.com.


play and LuBom’s pass was picked off.The Falcons went up 52-49.Bronson went to the line for the Conks

and missed both free throws.Now with 1:04 to play, Bronson was

called for a foul on Woodinville and the Falcon made both, taking its lead to 54-49.

A basket by sophomore guard Ray-vaughn Bolton brings the Conks within three.

With less than 30 seconds to play, Sanchez went to the line for three.

He made the first before missing the second two.

The Conks were down 56-52.After a putback by Sanchez, Kentwood

was down two.After a timeout on the court, Kent-

wood fouled Woodinville.The Falcon made both, increasing its

lead to 58-54.And with the clock ticking down,

LuBom hit the three pointer as time expired.

He finished the game with a team high, 16 points.

The loss didn’t end the Conks’ state play.

Kentwood advanced to the consola-tion round Friday where it faced the Richland Bombers.

The Conks won 73-59.The win advanced the team to play

Saturday against Issaquah.Kentwood lost 61-51 to the Eagles.The Conquerors’ loss landed it in sixth

place overall.After the championship game finished,

the all tournament ballot was released.LuBom was named to the 4A second

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Marianne Binetti has scheduled the following ap-pearances:

• 10 to 11:30 a.m. March 14 at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center, 16600 N.E. 80th St. in Redmond. Learn how to make your landscape drought proof. Free. Reg-ister at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/887959.

• Noon March 18 at Windmill Gardens in Sum-ner. “Garden Inspiration for Spring” is a tea time class with a fee of $5; register at www.windmillgarden.com or phone 253-863-5843.

The second week of March means it is time to plant. Pea seeds can go di-rectly into the ground along with cool-season crops like lettuce, kale, Swiss chard, beets, radishes and spinach. Don’t even think of plant-ing warm-loving tomatoes, squash or eggplants yet and it is still too early to start tomato seeds indoors – they’ll grow leggy before the weather warms up enough to set them outdoors.

You can add instant color to the landscape by plant-ing flowering shrubs like azaleas, rhodies, viburnums and daphne. Pink, lavender and white heathers and the heavenly and hugely popular hellebores are also available at area nurseries now for

filling empty pots, adding to window boxes or just fling-ing them about the garden wherever you need a shot of color.

Here are the most-asked questions from begin-ning vegetable gardeners – read them and reap.

Q. I just

bought some vegetable seeds. The directions say to plant the lettuce seeds in early- to mid-spring. Can you give me an actual plant-ing date?

A. How about to-day? In Western

Washington, early spring is usually March 1 until mid-April. Seeds are not that par-ticular on the date, it is the warmth and moisture in the soil that counts. Raised beds drain sooner so they can be planted in early March.

Q. I want to grow vegetables on my

balcony. It gets lots of after-

noon sun. I did well with tomatoes last summer. What else should I try?

A. Grow yourself a summer dinner

by adding basil, spaghetti squash, cucumbers, oregano and more tomatoes. Look for compact or bush variet-ies that won’t take up much room and be sure all your containers have good drain-age and that you are using a lightweight potting soil. In a small garden, grow what you are most likely to eat. In hot spots with little room, grow Mediterranean herbs that can handle the heat reflected off of the building.

Q. I want to remove some of my front

grass and grow food – but I certainly don’t want the neighbors to complain. What are the most attractive vegetables?

A. According to garden legend Ed

Hume, the best way to cre-ate an attractive vegetable

garden is to combine fine, medium and bold leaf tex-tures. Use the fine texture of carrots, onions and several herbs in the front with beets, lettuce and spinach behind them and backed up with the bold foliage of cabbage, kale, rhubarb and the tall drama of artichoke plants to give a vertical element. Now keep your edibles weeded, mix in some flowers (this helps bring in pollinators) and share your bounty with the neighbors. You’ll be cheered, not jeered, for shrinking that lawn.

• • •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, Enum-claw, 98022. Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for a personal reply.

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2015--0089 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Hearing Examiner for the King County Council will meet in the Horiuchi Room on the

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An educational meeting of the Board of Trustees of Valley

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The differences between American and Afghanistan culture vary, and not just in a classroom setting. A lot of Americans only have war films as a point of reference for these differences. And, according to Najib, those films are generally pretty accurate.

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“A lot of bad things happen in Afghanistan be-cause they don’t know the culture,” Najib said of the war in general. “People get offended pretty quick.”

Najib worked as a linguist and cultural adviser for the U.S. military with top secret security clearance until September 2014. During those nearly three years, he came home to Maple Valley only once and it was for just one month.

He said he was able to talk with his wife, Hamida, and two young daughters, Sahar and Sadaf, every night via Skype. But the time away from them was still difficult, he said.

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“Cleaning carpets...it sounds pretty easy,” Najib said of his work. “But there’s a lot of details in it.”

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The Maple Valley City Council is recruiting individuals who are interested in serving in the capacity of alternate planning commissioners. The duties of the alternate planning commissioner include attending meetings to stay informed about land use issues and revisions to the development regulations in the city of Maple Valley and

to be prepared to fill an unanticipated vacancy. The Plan-ning Commission meets from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. the first and third Wednesdays of each month with occasional special meetings and workshops.

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