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BY KRIS HILL

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Covington offi cials are looking for the right partner to help make the city’s long-term vision for the town center element of downtown a reality.

Since the City Council adopted its downtown plan in 2009, staff and elected offi cials have worked on a number of elements cov-

ered in the plan, which included

a concept with a city hall and town center

park and plaza where Covington

Elementary is currently located on Southeast Wax Road.

In the past six months, explained City Manager Derek Matheson, staff have explored particular funding aspects of a new city hall.

“At a budget study session last

Paving the way for future of town center

BY KATHERINE SMITH AND

MICHELLE CONERLY

[email protected]@kentreporter.com

Th e principal’s offi ce. It’s the place that pop

culture has enveloped in the stigma of discipline, where punishment is doled out, both just and unjust. Th e place the leader of the school retreats to and rules from with an iron fi st.

But not every principal is like Mr. Rooney in Ferris Beuller’s Day Off .

In the Kent School Dis-trict a group of principals are bucking the institu-tional trend and cleaning out their offi ces, converting them to conference rooms and leaving the traditional idea of what a principal should be behind.

Among them are the principals at Kentlake, Kent-Meridian, Meeker Middle School, and Kent Elementary.

Packing up and moving out is the idea encouraged by Malachi Pancoast, the founder and president of Th e Breakthrough Coach.

BY KRIS HILL

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Baeza Lakew slung a backpack over her shoulders so that it hung in front of her then proceeded to move from one pile of food items to the next laid out on a table April 25 at Th e Storehouse in Covington.

Lakew, 9, was one of six Girl Scouts who met up at the food bank facility located behind Real Life Church to fi ll backpacks for

students in need at Covington, Crestwood, Cedar Valley and Jen-kins Creek elementary schools.

Th e packs were fi lled with applesauce, boxed juices, peanut butter cracker sandwiches, and other items. Th e packs are distrib-uted at the four schools on Fridays then students return them empty on Mondays.

Th is program was started by the Covington Rotary, the brainchild of past president Kevin Holland, explained Carol Judd, the Rotar-

ian who manages the project for the club.

“Kevin Holland, he had heard there was a program like this in Texas,” Judd said. “He said, ‘Th ere’s this backpack program where the kids get food when they go home for the weekend.’ Historically speaking, kids on free and reduced lunch are a bit squir-rely Monday and Tuesday, they settle down by Wednesday.”

But by the time the weekend rolls around and there’s not much food at home, the vicious cycle starts again, but the backpack food program is intended to al-leviate that issue.

Judd said Rotarians approached

Full backpacks means full bellies for students

Hallie and Hannah Eha, 13, prepare items to be stuff ed into backpacks. Their Girl Scout troop stuff s backpacks once a month for Covington Rotary. KRIS HILL, The Reporter

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Stepping out of the principal’s office

Kentlake Principal Joe Potts moved out of his offi ce earlier this year, upending the traditional perception of a high school principal, to spend more time in the classrooms observing and coaching teachers as well as interacting with students. VANESSA HASSLINGER, For The Reporter

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BY KATHERINE SMITH

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Th e newest addition to Maple Valley, Th e Original Pancake House, opened at Four Corners Monday morning.

Owners Blake Williams and Ryan Medford, who grew up together in Keizer, Ore., also own the Puyal-lup OPH and canvased the state for almost three years for a second location before selecting Maple Valley.

“Th e restaurant industry in most people’s view is a risky endeavor,” Medford said. “We had to scratch and claw our way.”

What today has become a franchise, OPH started with two locations in Portland, not far from the town where Williams and Medford grew up.

Th e pair didn’t originally intend to go into the indus-try, they were considering their options aft er they fi nished their undergrad studies and they new a man who owned a couple of OPH locations. Medford was halfway through a Mas-ters program and Williams went to one day of law school when they both de-cided to give it up and focus on someday owning their own restaurant. Williams worked in an OPH for two and a half years while they planned, secured investors and applied for a loan for the rest of the capital they would need.

“We were told by mul-tiple people in the banking industry if we had applied a week or two later we would have been stonewalled,” Williams said.

Medford said their loan was approved the same day as the bailout in 2008.

“It was a terrible time to go into business,” Medford said.

Th at fi rst location opened in 2009 and aft er a few years the hunt was on for a second location.

“We really like the Maple Valley area and it’s close enough to our other store,” Medford said. “What we’ve learned about Maple Valley is it’s exploding.”

Being from a small town, Medford and Williams said Maple Valley has a dynamic they appreciate and are drawn to.

“We look for markets that have that strong sense of community,” Williams said.

Medford and Williams believe it is the quality of their food that sets them

apart from other breakfast options.

“What diff erentiates us is that everything is made from scratch…we don’t have freezers or microwaves,” Medford said. “When we say from scratch… we literally mean everything… everything starts with water and fl our.”

Finding the location proved the biggest chal-lenge for Williams and Medford who said they looked from Spokane to Vancouver. Aft er choosing the location it was a matter of setting to work recreat-ing the space, which had formerly been a state run liquor store.

“We’re thrilled with what our contractor has done,” Medford said.

Now, with the test run and grand opening behind

them, Williams and Med-ford are looking forward to getting to know the com-munity and serve up the time-tested recipes of OPH.

“We get to know the community really well,” Williams said. “It really be-comes that family concept we are going for…Ryan and I are super proud of this project. We’re super proud of our quality of food and service.”

Th at is exactly the reputa-tion that Williams and Medford are counting on.

“We want people to come in here with high expecta-tions,” Medford said.

Reach Katherine Smith [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5052.

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Sounders Women players and staff will host a one-hour clinic prior to the match against the University of Wash-ington on May 10. The clinic, which will begin at 5:30 p.m. and is open to boys and girls age 6 to 18. The cost for the clinic is $100 and all proceeds will

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COVINGTON SEEKS TO FILL PLANNING COMMISSION OPENINGThe City of Covington is accepting ap-plications for a replacement position on the commission. Please help by passing the word along to your neigh-bors and friends that live in Covington or within a three-mile radius of Cov-

ington city limits.

Interviews are tentatively scheduled to take place before the City Council regular meetings of May 28 and/or June 25.

Applicants will be notifi ed when their application is received and an inter-view schedule will be established. The City Council schedule is subject to change.

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Basically the idea is this: increasing time spent in classrooms equals better teacher coaching and feed-back which equals higher student achievement and the organization the model demands will translate into decreasing working hours for often overscheduled administrators.

Below we take a look at what this idea means in practice for the principals at Kentlake and Kent-Merid-ian and how it’s changing the environment and the culture of the two schools.

ROYAL REVOLUTIONIf you’re looking for

Wade Barringer, principal of Kent-Meridian High School, it might take some time.

Searching the office with his name printed above, you’ll find his trusty office manager, Kathi Reichert, answering phones and scheduling meetings.

Looking in the confer-ence room across the hall, he might be there typing away on his laptop from time to time, but most likely, you can find Barrin-ger sitting in the back of a K-M classroom, listening, watching, and interacting with students.

As of November, Bar-ringer and Reichert now follow the Breakthrough Coach method, a model that allows professionals to be more efficient and present by giving up office space.

“It’s not rocket science,” Reichert said. “The less distractions you have, the more intentional you’ll be at your job.”

Barringer, who heard of this new model from a col-league, brought Reichert to

a two-day seminar last fall where the speaker empha-sized better scheduling of your time, focusing on your specific job duties, and ditching the big office.

“He used a sports manag-er or coach as an example,” Barringer said. “So like Pete Carroll of the Seahawks — where does he coach the team from? Does he coach them from his office ‘cause he has an office or does he coach from the field? And using the field analogy for the classroom where the work gets done, where the plays happen, where the adjustments and impact happens—it just kind of resonated with me.”

So Barringer and Reich-ert got busy purging old files, packing up family pictures, and relocating Barringer’s book collection to the staff lounge where it’s now a resource library.

“We threw away three recycle bins full of stuff,” Reichert said.

The next step was to move Reichert into Bar-ringer’s office. Her old office had a window and door that faced the hallway, but with her new job duties, Re-ichert needed a space away from outside distractions.

Now in her new office, she’s able to keep herself and Barringer on task.

“I call her my boss,” Bar-ringer said. “She just tells me what to do, where I’m supposed to be, (and) what I should be doing.”

Reichert screens all of Barringer’s phone calls and schedules his calendar to the minute of every day. In the mornings, they meet for 20 minutes to go over the day’s schedule and to sign papers.

“I (don’t) ever feel stressed out,” Reichert said.

The changes were made

so that Barringer can coach from the field instead of getting caught up in all the “administrivia” or, “the frustrating, administrative responsibilities that tax leaders every single day” he said.

For a few hours on any given day, Barringer shuts down his laptop that sits in the conference room, picks up his iPad, and walks around the school. He’ll then pop into any class-room he chooses, sit in the back, and observe.

“I do my emails in the classroom,” he said. “I may or may not be listening to everything that’s going on in the classroom, (but) I’m pretty good at multitask-ing.”

Depending on the class, Barringer might walk around during indepen-dent work time and ask the students questions or stand next to a student who should be paying more at-tention.

“When we started this in November, we saw an in-crease in teachers stepping

up their game (and) we saw a decrease in discipline,” Barringer said. “(Kids) have a tendency to be a little bit more behaved when the suit walks in the room and sits in back.”

For teachers and staff, this new model allows them to speak with the principal during passing periods or right after class instead of having to make an ap-pointment with him in his office. Most were enthusi-astic about the changes, yet some are still getting used to Barringer not having a dedicated office. Luckily, he’s the principal, and can find a quiet spot if need be.

“If I need a space, I got space,” he joked. “I’m the principal. It’s my building. I can find a space. It’s not like (I’ve) got no place to go.”

Another aspect of the change is the drastic cut in hours both Reichert and Barringer spent after school. Pancoast told the conference attendees that both principal and secre-tary are to leave work at the same time. And now that all

of his time is scheduled and work itemized, Barringer is able to head home around 4 p.m. most days to spend time with his family.

The extra time also allowed Barringer and Re-ichert to start a new project this year that they call their contract kids — a group of students with attendance issues, failing grades, and poor behavior who are tracked by Barringer and Reichert in an effort to not let them fall through the proverbial cracks. Every couple of weeks, these students meet one-on-one with Barringer to check in and see how they’re improving.

The switch to this new model is something Bar-ringer hopes will continue at K-M long past his time as principal there. But the changes he’s made have breathed new life into his 6-year tenure.

“It’s brought me back to my roots and beliefs about how and why I’m here,” he said. “I wouldn’t have a job if we didn’t have kids and teachers so it’s important I’m out and about living what they’re living every-

day.”

OUT OF THE BOX AT KENTLAKE

A simple question about a hat, “Is that military?” opened the door to a con-versation between Kentlake Principal Joe Potts and a student in a math class. Within a minute Potts was engaged with all the students in the table group asking them about the material and helping them through a math problem.

“I didn’t know that boy before we went in,” Potts said in the hallway a few minutes later. “Now I know his name. I know he goes duck hunting with his dad, and the next time I see him in the hallway I can talk to him about that.”

I (Katherine) brought along Vanessa Hasslinger, a job shadow student from the Auburn School District, to follow Potts last week during one of his newly designated coaching days. What we saw was a day full of these kinds of interac-tions.

The idea of a principal giving up his office is an extremely relational one. Giving up his office means being out in the school. It means being in the hall-ways, in classrooms, in the cafeteria, and interacting with students and teachers.

“Ask three people, you’ll get three different answers,” Potts said of how he thinks he is seen within the school. However, to see him walk-ing down the hallways during a passing time it’s clear that he is respected and liked by many, if not most, students. Greetings, hand shakes and quick con-versations are plentiful. He knows students names and he makes the time for them, pausing to ask or answer a question in the hall.

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Kentlake Principal Joe Potts talks to a student during a coaching day April 25. Potts’ new approach puts him in classrooms and connecting with kids more than ever. VANESSA HASSLINGER, For the Reporter

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Levies, taxes, bonds… oh my! I think I can hear the collective groan from all

of us when we hear these words. We think about what it means to us on a personal level and what we pay, but it also means that we are failing in this area and need to raise more money. By failing, I mean from the standpoint of not having enough tax revenue in our commu-nity.

Our schools are such a perfect example of this. Aft er the last bond failure I sat on one of the committees the district created trying to come up with some ideas on how to pass a bond the community will accept, and what we could re-move from this bond so that it will be acceptable but not fail our kids going forward. I also found myself trying to understand why Kent schools never have to focus on this issue. Th at district is absolutely blessed with so many businesses that KSD offi cials don’t have to worry about the tax revenue coming in. How do we do this? How can our community get to this point?

I get the fact that our city limits are signifi -cantly smaller. But so is the size of our school district. Great, we don’t need as much tax rev-enue but we still need enough to support what we have and want to keep. When business makes a sale, tax is collected and profi ts are made. Taxes go to the state and the community where the business is located. Any profi t goes to the business owners, either a corporation — usually in another state — or to a local person who in turn will spend that money again locally.

During the next few months I would like to take time to introduce the community to our lo-cal businesses — who the owners are, what they want us to know about their business, why they came to our community, where they volunteer and how our community impacts their bottom line.

I think that as a community, if we wrap our arms around these local businesses and support

them the way they support our community, we will see such a profound impact for all of us. We have so many businesses here in town that are not on Highway 169 or Kent-Kangley. Th ey are out of their homes, off the beaten path, out in Ravendsale or Hobart, but bottom line, they all contribute to our community.

As a mom I have oft en found myself with the dilemma of fi tting things into my budget, couponing and the guilt of leaving town to shop. I have realized it isn’t always possible to do all of these things, so I have made some adjustments. I do still coupon since this allows me to keep more money in my budget for other things I want to splurge on.

Th ese splurges I typically spend in town. I get my coff ee here — we have eight locally owned stands — buy my party supplies in town, enjoy meals or desserts with the family right here and so much more. I have had so many comments about locally owned businesses being more expensive.

Here are a couple of things to think about: they do not always have the purchasing power of a large business. Th ose large businesses also do not put as much money back into our commu-

nity. Th ese large businesses do not usually volun-teer in our community like our local business owners.And, these large businesses do not have a vested interested in our schools, parks etc., because their children do not live here.

Please keep in mind, even if you are spend-ing a couple of more cents at a local business this is money that is reinvested right here. As all of these cents add up it may help to balance budgets and growth for our police and fi re, our schools, parks and levies, bonds and taxes may not be something we have to vote on every year.

Together, we can all make a diff erence right here in the community that we love. Please help to support our local businesses and ultimately our schools, police and fi re, parks, community services and so on.

Reach Megan Sheridan at [email protected]. For more information on local businesses please visit www.relylocal.com/maple-valley-covington-washington and fol-low us on Facebook to see our local events and Cash Mobs around town www.facebook.com/CashMob.MVBD

BY RICH ELFERS

In 1915, during World War I, Imperial Ger-many made a fateful decision that has rippled down to us in the recent Boston Marathon bombings. Kaiser Wilhelm, in desperation over the British naval blockade of Germany, ordered a German U-boat to sink the British ocean liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland. Of the 1,119 passengers who died, 114 were Americans.

Th is act enraged Americans and was one of the leading causes of U.S. entry into the confl ict. Based upon Bill Moyers’ video history of World War I, the reason Americans turned against Germany over this sinking was based upon a code of honor followed by the combat-ants. Th at honor code stated that noncom-batants were not to be targeted during a war.

Germany broke that code with the sinking of a supposedly unarmed passenger liner.

Th e torpedoing of the Lusitania caused Americans to believe that Germans were sav-ages and barbarians, not really fully civilized or part of the modern world. Th at act marked a turning point in attitudes toward target-ing civilians. Since that time the attitude has evolved from avoiding the targeting of civil-ians to making them the target.

During World War II targeting civilians became a part of Allied policy with the day and night bombings of German cities. Hun-dreds of thousands of civilians died because of these attacks. “If need be, as the war went on, we hoped to shatter almost every dwelling in almost every German city” (offi cial tran-script of the meeting at the Kremlin between Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin on Aug. 12, 1942, at 7 p.m.). It was anticipated that the targeting of civilians would destroy morale as well as kill industrial workers who worked in the factories.

What had been acts of barbarism by Ger-mans in World War I had become policies of the Allies against Germany and Japan in

World War II.Aft er World War II it was, ironically, the

Jewish terrorist group Irgun that set the exam-ple of terrorism for the world by bombing the King David Hotel in Jerusalem in 1946, killing nearly 100 people. Th is attack would set the tone for future terrorist bombings. Th ose who had been persecuted became the persecutors.

With the rise of terrorist attacks, civilians became the targets rather than collateral dam-age. Th e attacks on the Twin Towers in New York on Sept. 11, 2001, are an example of this. Th e goal was to instill terror in Americans. It worked. Th e World Trade Center represented American business and capitalism. Th at’s why it was chosen. Th e attack on the Pentagon was an attack against the U.S. military. Th at at least made some sense for its symbolic value.

Th e Boston Marathon attack went one step further by picking an event that had no sym-bolic meaning in regard to American capital-ism or government. It was a senseless blow on average Americans. For what reason? It seems just to kill and maim people.

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Today, terrorism’s main goal is to kill and maim in a public way to gain as much publicity as possible. Sometimes the murders are done for religious reasons, as in the case of 9/11, and sometimes like the killings of children and teachers

at Newtown, and at the movie theater in Aurora, the issue seems to be mentally unbalanced people going on a rampage.

There appears to be a common thread in all these kill-ings: one group of people has decided to turn another group of people into objects – rather than living breath-

ing human beings like themselves. This tendency to objectify one’s enemies is a common practice and is an excuse for treating others badly.

That seems to be the attitudes of the two young men who wreaked havoc on the Boston area in recent weeks. To them, the people they killed and maimed were really not human. They somehow were seen as different and therefore inferior to the attackers. How else could they have treated others so brutally?

That is the danger we all face in a lesser way when we deal with people who are different from us – we turn them into objects rather than people who have feel-ings and thoughts like we do. That is a tendency we all struggle with. Few will actually carry out such brutality as was seen in Boston and Newtown, but we all have a tendency under pressure and injustice to turn those who oppose us and who differ from us into things – objects.

That is a lesson we can gain from such terrible events.

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No matter which way you slice it, more fields in Maple Valley are going to mean higher taxes for residents.

This spring Maple Valley City Council members are considering what fund-ing options are available to meet the city’s needs for parks and fields.

The conversation began in ernest when the parks commission presented to the council at the March 4 city council meeting. The commission offered up a variety of funding possi-bilities including creating a metropolitan park district and a voted capital bond. The commission also rec-ommended several projects it felt that the city should focus on or contribute to including Summit Park and Ballfields, Ravensdale Park and improvements to Lake

Wilderness Park. Council members heard

an additional report on the possibilities of a metropoli-tan park district at the City Council meeting April 8 from the city’s Director of Finance Shawn Hunstock and Director of Parks and Recreation Greg Brown.

“There isn’t a lot that the city could do that wouldn’t need to be voter approved,” Hunstock said.

A metropolitan park district is a junior taxing district, similar to fire or hospital districts.

One bonus of an MPD is the flexibility and range of options for creating a dis-trict. A MPD can be created for a specific project or as a more general fund.

An advantage of a MPD is that it can cover not only the initial construction costs but also maintenance and administrative fees.

“A voted bond levy is

strictly for capital projects,” Hunstock said. “It doesn’t give you any money for operational and mainte-nance…an MPD could take care of all of that.”

The funding structure, however, for a MPD can be complicated. As a junior taxing district it is subject to the $5.90 aggregate limit and how much could actually be levied would depend on the hierarchy of other junior taxing districts and how much they levy. Also, rates for those living within the city limits would differ from those living outside the city, in unincorporated King County, because of differing county and city rates.

“We’ve never pursued an MPD as an option for funding our parks and ball-fields,” said Deputy Mayor Victoria Jonas. “I have a lot

more questions that need to be answered.”

Another possible source of funding would be a real estate excise tax, a tax on the sale of property though Hunstock said it’s not ideal.

“You really can’t count on (a real estate excise tax) to increase every year,” Hunstock said. “I wouldn’t

recommend to council to count on that increase

to be there…the problem then is if the money doesn’t appear you’re cutting

other services to pay for the debt.”The city has collected a

park impact fee, which is charged when initial home construction is permitted, that makes up the city’s Park Development Fund since 2010, Brown said. As of the end of 2012 the fund was at $1.8 million.

“The Park Development Fund is to be used as the

city’s match,” Brown said. “It’s a starter.”

Brown said bonds and private contributions, which would likely come from the user groups, could fund some portions of projects.

The top projects in the 2013 budget the council would consider if there was funding would be Summit Park and Lake Wilder-ness, both of which have approved master plans. Another project which has been talked about for years, Brown said, is the replace-ment of the community center facility.

“When you have compet-ing needs, choices have to be made,” Brown said in relation to the projects the city would consider and other needs that residents have to weigh like last week’s fire district lev-ies and a potential school bond.

Council members will participate in a council re-treat in May, at which point city staff plan to continue the discussion of park fund-ing.

“I think we’re just scratching the surface,” said Councilwoman Linda Johnson. “It’s a matter of prioritizing the needs and having the citizens weigh in.”

The decision to run a bond or levy will be up to council members, who will also decide when to place such a measure on the ballot.

“It (running a bond or levy) is an eight to 12 month process,” Brown said. “It’s logical, if council wants to proceed, then 2014.”

Reach Katherine Smith at 425-432-1209x5052.

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JENNIFER KLEIN, Petitioner,RYAN KLEIN, Respondent.

No 12-2-31058-1KNTSUMMONS BY

PUBLICATION (SMBP)The STATE OF WASHINGTON to: Ryan Klein (Respondent). YOU ARE HEREBY SUM- MONED to appear on August 6, 2013 at 8:30 a.m., at King County Superior Court, Kent and respond to the petition alleging an act of domestic violence pursuant to the provisions of the Domestic Violence Protection Act, Chapter 26.50 RCW. If you fail to respond, an order of protection will be issued against you for a minimum of one year from the date you are required to appear. A temporary order of protection has been issued against you, restraining you from the following: (contact the court for a complete copy of the Temporary Order)• You are restrained from caus-ing petitioner or any of the minor children residing with petitioner any physical harm, bodily injury, assault including sexual assault, and from molesting, harassing, threatening, or stalking the same.• You are restrained from coming near or having any contact whatsoever with the par- ties, in person or through others, direct or indirectly.• You are further restrained from entering the petitioner’s residence, school or place of employment A copy of the petition, notice of hearing and ex parte order for protection has been filed with the clerk of this court.DATED February 7, 2013Jennifer Klein, Petitioner

Published in Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on April 19, 26, 2013; May 3, 10, 17, 24, 2013. #770050. Kent School District No. 415, 12033 SE 256th Street, Kent, WA 98030, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Con- struction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, Kentwood High School Synthetic Track and Field is located at 12033 SE 256th Street in Kent, in King County. This project involves 3.7 acres of soil disturbance for construc- tion activities associated with installation of a new synthetic Track and Field at Kentwood High. Construction activites in- clude replacing the underdrained natural field with an under- drained synthetic field, replacing the asphalt track, adding a 10 foot asphalt maintenance strip around the facility, expanding the spectator stand areas, and adding asphalt D-areas for pole vault and high jump. Stormwater will be discharged to Soos Creek. Prior to discharge, stormwater will be conveyed to and open bottom detention facility where it will be released, at a controlled rate, into an un- names stream which ultimately discharges into Soos Creek. Any persons desiring to present their views to the Washington State Department of Ecology regarding this application, or interested in Ecology’s action on this application, may notify Ecol- ogy in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publica- tion of this notice. Ecology re- views public comments and con- siders whether discharges from this project would cause a mea- surable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the

project is necessary and in the overriding public interest accord- ing to Tier II antidegradation re- quirements under WAC 173-201A-320.Comments can be submitted to:Department of EcologyAttn: Water Quality Program, Construction StormwaterP.O. Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696 Published in Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter May 3 and 10, 2013. #774616.

Superior Court of the State of Washington in and for the

County of King (SEA)2002 SHAW FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Washington limited partnership, Plaintiff,

v.WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., a foreign bank authorized to do business in Washington; HENRY AMOS GEIB FAMILY TRUST;and ALL OTHER PERSONS OR PARTIES UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, LIEN, OR INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN, Defendants.Case No. 13-2-08885-1

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THE STATE OF WASHING- TON to Defendants HENRY AMOS GEIB FAMILY TRUST and ALL OTHER PERSONS OR PARTIES UN- KNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, LIEN, OR INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HERE- IN: You, and each of you, are hereby summoned to appear within sixty (60) days after date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty (60) days after April 19, 2013, and defend the above-entitled ac-

tion in the above-entitled Court and answer the Complaint of the Plaintiff and serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff, at his office below stated; and, in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demands of the Complaint in this action which has been filed with the Clerk of said Court. The object of this action is to quiet title in Plaintiff‘s real prop- erty in King County, Washing- ton, described as:Parcel 1: That portion of the West half of the Northwest quar- ter of Section 8, Township 23 North, Range 6 East, W.M., in King County, Washington described as follows:Commencing at the Northwest corner of said Section;THENCE South 0°00’20” East along the West line of said Sec- tion 844.50 feet; THENCE South 49°00’00” East 739.75 feet; THENCE South 41°00’00” West 81.79 feet to the Point of Begin- ning; THENCE South 49°00’00” East 403.62 feet; THENCE South 41°00’00” West 140.00 feet; THENCE North 88°24’14” West 64.06 feet to the beginning of a curve to the right with a radius of 212.52 feet; THENCE Westerly along said curve through a central angle of 33°59’40” an arc distance of 126.09 feet to a point of reverse curvature and the beginning of a curve to the left with a radius of 330.00 feet; THENCE Westerly along said curve through a central angle of 25°27’26” an arc distance of 146.62 feet to a point of tangency; THENCE North 79°52’90” West 101.15 feet to the beginning of a curve to the right with a radius of 100.00 feet;THENCE Westerly along said curve through a central angle of 9°06’33” an arc distance of 15.90

feet; THENCE North 41°00’00” East 332.23 feet to the Point of Beginning; (Also known as a portion of Lot 3, King County Short Plat No. 480041R, record- ed under Recording No. 8306080435).Parcel 1A: An Easement for in- gress and egress as recorded un- der King County Recording Nos. 6141247, 6141248 and 6141250.Parcel 2: That portion of the West half of the Northwest quar- ter of Section 8, Township 23 North, Range 6 East, W.M., in King County, Washington described as follows:Commencing at the Northwest corner of said Section;THENCE South 0°00’20” East along the West Line of said Sec- tion 844.50 feet; THENCE South 49°00’00” East, 739.75 feet to the Point of Beginning; THENCE South 41°00’00” West 81.89 feet; THENCE South 49°00’00” East, 203.62 feet; THENCE North 41°00’00” East, 500.91 feet; THENCE North 27°06’35” West, 127.66 feet to the beginning of a curve to the right with a radius of 230.00 feet;THENCE Northerly along said curve through a central angle of 15°48’46” an arc distance of 63.48 feet; THENCE South 41°00’00” West 498.06 feet; THENCE North 49°00’00” West, 30.25 feet to the Point of Beginning; (Also known as a portion of Lot 3, King County Short Plat no. 480041R, recorded under Recording No. 8306080435).Parcel 2A: An Easement for in- gress and egress as recorded un- der King County Recording Nos. 6141247, 6141248 and 6141250.Parcel 3: That portion of the Southwest quarter of the Northeast quarter, described as follows:Beginning at a point 20 rods East of the Northwest corner thereof;

THENCE South 40 rods; THENCE East 60 rods;THENCE North 40 rods;THENCE West 60 rods to thePoint of Beginning;All in Section 21, Township 22North, Range 3 East, W.M., in King County, Washington. ALLSITUATE in the County of King,State of Washington. Tax ParcelNos.: 082306-9057-02, 082306-9059-00 and212203-9008-09, and to removethe Defendants’ encumbrancesfrom Plaintiff’s real property. The subject properties are refer-enced in paragraph 1.4 ofPlaintiff’s Complaint.DATED this day of 16 day of April, 2013.BEAN, GENTRY, WHEELER & PETERNELL, PLLC Attorneys for Plaintiff RYAN D. WHITE, WSBA #36800910 Lakeridge Way SWOlympia, Washington 98502(360) 357-2852FIRST DATE OF PUBLICA- TION: APRIL 19 , 2013. Published in Covington/MapleValley/Black Diamond Reporteron April 19, 26, 2013; May 3, 10, 17, 24, 2013. #770098.

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We celebrated my oldest daughter’s 18th birthday last week. She had a Big Backyard Barbe-cue Birthday Bash with 20 or so of her friends. It was exactly what it sounds like, with a little twist in the form of an inside family memory.

Notice the use of the letter B in the theme. When we came up with the long title for the birthday invitations, it reminded us of the children’s picture book “Berenstain’s B Book.” As a writer, there are a few children’s books I find to be works of genius — the way the words roll off the tongue and the fantastic images they conjure up

even without pictures are just enchanting to me.

My kids loved this book and it was one my husband and I didn’t mind read-ing over and over. In fact, we memorized it. So when I decided the book must come out for the birthday

party, and I must create a cake to reflect the spirit of the book, I went looking for it on our shelves.

I like keeping some of my children’s childhood books for a couple reasons: one is sometimes a memory will get sparked and they’ll go looking for the book, the other reason is writing

children’s books is one of my personal interests. I did have my kids sort out their childhood books several years ago, saving only their absolute favorites, which whittled the collection down to one shelf. It’s a long shelf, so we are not wanting for children’s books. Surely, the B Book would be on the shelf.

Alas, no B Book. I’m not sure if my kids got rid of it or if it inadvertently ended up in the giveaway pile, but it was nowhere to be found. I checked Amazon — it’s out of print and I didn’t have time to wait for it to be shipped.

Desperate to find it so I could create an authen-tic cake, I went online to Finally Found Books, the used book store in Black

Diamond. They didn’t have it cataloged on their web-site. On a hunch, I thought they may not catalog their picture books because the owner gives any child who visits the store a free book, so I drove out there.

There on the shelf, in all its glory, was “Berenstain’s B Book!” I was so elated I stood in front of the owner and read him the book. He probably thought I was crazy, but there were no other customers in the shop, so I had no one else to scare off. It’s pitiful how happy finding that book made me — apparently, I don’t get out enough.

I’m not a cake artist by any stretch of the imagi-nation, so I scanned and printed the picture of the Big Brown Bear, Blue Bull

and Beautiful Baboon blow-ing bubbles biking back-ward, cut it out, attached it to heavy paper and put it on a stick. I made three 9x9 cakes, frosted them together in one long sheet cake and stuck the bicycling animals in it. Then I created little cars out of fun sized candy bars, gummy wheels, and an M&M steering wheel with Teddy Grahams driving and put them on the cake.

The cars the Big Brown Bear’s bicycle had already barged through were tossed around the cake; with the cars about to be run over driving crazily to avoid it. I figured there was nothing my 18-year-old would like more than destruction and mayhem on her birthday cake. I was right, she loved

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fall the council asked us whether we could use our current city hall lease payments to borrow money and build a city hall in the town center,” Matheson said. “So, we hired an architect who has done a number of city halls around the region to do a city hall feasibility study.”

A first draft of that study was presented to the council in February. Following that, Matheson said, council members asked for an update of the study with information in-cluded which assumed the city would lease out some of the space of a new city hall building to tenants who would later move out as the city staff grew into it.

That update was presented April 23 to the council.

“It showed that it would cost us in debt service about $1.3 million per year to build a new city hall and that’s after deducting rent we could get from potential tenants,” Matheson said. “Our current (lease) pay-ment is $475,000 so that puts us about $800,000 per year short. The council recognized (at its April 23 meeting) that we aren’t in a position to build a city hall right now but they gave a couple of directions.”

The council collectively felt that the process to increase transportation revenue through a voter-approved sales tax increase — as recommended by the city’s Budget Priorities Committee report in late Decem-

ber — was an excellent one, Matheson said. Thus, the City Council wanted staff to use a similar process in the future to fund parks and recreation.

To that end, then, council directed staff to include facilities such as a new city hall and town center park in the funding mechanism for parks and recreation as that is developed in the future. Council also directed staff to consider creative partner-ships with developers which could lead to a new building in which the city could lease space with an eye toward eventual owner-ship.

Getting creative in partnering with de-velopers is another idea staff floated at the City Council summit in January, Matheson said, specifically with a new idea called the town center alternative process which they’re calling TCAP.

This idea first came up when staff com-pared what the city has done thus far with what it is doing with the Hawk property off Southeast 256th. Covington staff have worked with the current owners and Yar-rowBay, which is in the process of purchas-ing the property, on creating a vision for it which the developer will build out.

Matheson said that model could also work for town center. The City Council liked the idea in January when it was first suggested, but wanted to get some other elements in place before considering it fur-

ther. At the April 23 meeting staff requested putting together a request for qualifications with the idea it would be put out some time this summer so a developer could be found to help work on a new city hall and the other elements of the vision for town center.

“As part of this town center alterna-tive process the planning commission is working on an ordinance that would allow development agreements,” Matheson said. “Right now the town center has very specific zoning, what you can and can’t do, but in many ways the overall vision is more important than the specific zoning.”

As often happens with creative ideas, city staff aren’t sure if the TCAP idea will work.

“We don’t have money to bring to the table, but we do have other things like an interest to build a city hall and like the right of first offer on Covington Elementary,” Matheson said. “The main value of the new city hall study at this point is if a developer comes forward and wants to build office space in the town center and sign the city up as a tenant, we know exactly what space we need or if a public process to look at parks, recreation and facilities funding we know exactly what it would cost.”

Another factor is how the Kent School District will deal with the sale of the prop-erty. In 2012 the city of Covington negoti-ated for and won the right of first offer for

the property. But there are other elements of the future of the land that are out of the city’s control. A partnership with a private developer could make Covington’s side of the deal go more smoothly.

“The school district property is shown in our town center plan as the location for city hall and town center park,” Matheson said. “We have the right of first offer to purchase the property but we don’t have the funds to purchase it so one of the reasons for this TCAP RFQ is to have a developer who could exercise the right of first offer on the city’s behalf.”

City officials are working with the legis-lature to get $50,000 to fund a town center study, which would determine how much tax revenue the town center concept could generate as well as how much the support-ing infrastructure would cost. That infor-mation is what the city needs, Matheson said, to win federal and state grants to help pay for streets, parks and even city build-ings.

Still, the city would need to find other cash streams to pay for the realization of its vision for town center.

“Grants and voter approved funding are going to be the primary way we build this,” Matheson said. “Our budget is just able to provide essential local government services, it’s not able to fund a large, ambitious vision to create a town center out of nothing.”

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HARGROVE TO HOST 47TH DISTRICT TELEPHONE TOWN HALL MAY 8Rep. Mark Hargrove, R-Covington, invites 47th District residents to participate in an hour-long telephone town hall at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday,

May 8. To take part in the forum, residents can call 1-800-761-6258. On the call, participants can listen in to the conversation and press the star symbol on their phones to ask a ques-tion at any time during the hour.

Residents unable to participate in the

call can contact Hargrove directly at 360-786-7918 or [email protected]. Constituents can also leave a message for all three of their state lawmakers by calling the toll-free legislative hotline at 1-800-562-6000.

“In addition to the local meetings I will host, this call is another way to connect with constituents, answer questions and hear their thoughts

on legislative issues,” Hargrove said. “While it is disappointing the state budget is still a work in progress, I would like to give folks an update on where things stand and the budget proposals being negotiated. .”

The 2013 regular session adjourned April 28. The state budget is still in negotiations, so the Legislature will reconvene May 13 for a special session

to address the 2013-15 spending plan.

CEDAR CREEK PARK LOOP TRAIL GRAND OPENING MAY 11The Cedar Creek Park Loop Trail be-tween Covington and Maple Valley will open to the public Saturday, May 11 with a celebration from noon to 4 p.m.

The celebration will include a ribbon cutting ceremony and dedication of the Gary Patrick Memorial Bench at 1 p.m.

Guided hikes of the new trail and other trails in the park at 2 and 3 p.m. Snacks and beverages will be provided.

For more information email [email protected].

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Seniors who suffer from chronic health conditions like high blood pressure or heart disease often develop a host of other, seem-ingly unrelated health problems, including cognitive impairment like memory loss and dementia,

according to a new study based on data collected by

the National Center for Health Statis-tics.

For the study, the researchers ana-lyzed the medical records of hun-dreds of thousands of seniors residing

in assisted-living facilities

and found that most had at least one chronic health condition.

What was more alarm-ing, however, was that many had overlapping ailments. While high blood pressure and heart disease were most common, nearly half of the assisted-living residents showed signs of dementia.

“These findings suggest a vulnerable population with a high burden of functional and cognitive impairment,” the authors of the study report wrote.

Many studies have sug-gested a link between vas-cular disease and dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s, said Dr. P. Murali Do-raiswamy, a professor for

psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke Univer-sity’s Institute for Brain Science.

Therefore it may not be possible to treat dementia without treating vascular problems, he added.

But that may be easier said than done. “We don’t universally do a great job of how we treat conditions that overlap, for example Alzheimer’s and high blood pressure,” said Dr. Cythia M. Boyd, an associate professor of geriatric medi-cine at the John Hopkins University Center on Aging and Health, to the New York Times.

“Much of the way we practice medicine is look-ing at disease by disease. We aren’t doing enough thinking about how to add them together and really integrate care.”

What makes things more complicated is that most doctors are not sufficiently trained in preventing or reducing lifestyle related ill-nesses – not in the general public and certainly not in older patients – other than through medicating. For instance, the importance of nutrition as a part of preventive care is rarely ever mentioned in medical schools. The approximate time devoted to nutrition science over the first two years of medical education is six hours, which is clearly inadequate, according to the National Academy of Sciences.

The same goes for other health promoting measures such as exercise, especially for the aging population.

Yet many studies have provided compelling evi-dence that diet and exercise play a significant role for physical and mental health at any time in life but in-

creasingly so as we age. For example, a more

recent study from Britain concluded that the so-called Western diet, which typical-ly includes fried, sweet and processed foods, red meat, refined grains and high-fat dairy products, increases the risk of chronic diseases, which in turn can adversely affect both physical and mental health in later years. Eating a Western diet makes it less likely to have an ideal aging process, says Dr. Tasnime Akbaraly, a researcher at the University College of London and lead author of the study report. Conversely, making dietary improvements can yield multiple benefits in this regard.

There is also further evi-dence that exercise can give a boost to the aging brain. Scientists at the University of British Columbia found that older women who suf-fered from mild cognitive impairment could improve their memory through weight training and brisk walking.

The connections between physical and mental decline may not yet be completely understood, but it seems clear that chronic diseases play a major role in the process.

While these are wide-spread, the encouraging news is that many, if not all, are preventable by healthier lifestyle choices.

Timi Gustafson R.D. is a registered dietitian, news-paper columnist, blogger and author of the book “The Healthy Diner – How to Eat Right and Still Have Fun” For more articles on nutrition, health and lifestyle visit her blog, timi-gustafson.com

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KENTLAKE STUDENTS TO COMPETE FOR TITLE OF TOP HIGH SCHOOL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANSKentlake students William Miller and Ryan Sorge will compete as a team in the state finals of the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills competition May 7.

Miller and Sorge will compete against eight other two-person teams for scholarships and a chance to advance to the national finals in June.

The state competition will be held at Renton Technical College located at 3000 NE 4th Ave from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. followed by an award ceremony.

The Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills competition is targeted to support students looking to jumpstart a career as an automotive service technician.

Each two-student team in the state finals competition will race each other and the clock to cor-rectly identify and repair bugs installed in 2013 Ford Focus SE vehicles.

Miller and Sorge are taught by David Lewis.

KENTWOOD AND BOWEN SCARFF FORD LINCOLN PARTNERING FOR FUNDRAISER MAY 4Bowen Scarff Ford Lincoln and Kentwood High School are part-nering to help raise up to $6,000 in support of various clubs and teams as part of Ford Motor Com-pany’s Drive 4 UR School program.

Members of the local community will have the opportunity to raise money for the school’s extracur-ricular activities by test driving a Ford vehicle.

For every person who test drives a vehicle at this one-day event, Ford Motor Company and Bowen Scarff Ford Lincoln will donate $20, up to $6,000, to Kentwood High School activities.

In addition, Bowen Scarff Ford Lincoln will donate an extra $300, $200 and $100 to the three school organizations that bring in the most test drives.

Bowen Scarff will be hosting the event at Kentwood from 9 a.m to 3 p.m on Saturday, May 4.

Participants must be 18 or older and have a valid driver’s license.

GREATER MAPLE VALLEY UNINCORPORATED AREA COUNCIL TO HOST MEETING MAY 6The Area Council will hold its monthly meeting from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. May 6 at the Maple Valley Fire Station located at the north-east corner of intersection of SE 231st St & SR-169.

Progress on Ravensdale Park will be discussed in addition to regular topics of flood control, growth management, natural resources, parks, and transportation.

The Area Council is locally elected and represents all unincorporated area residents living within the Tahoma School District boundary. King County and State officials often are invited to address the Area Council and local residents.

For more information go to www.greatermaplevalleyareacouncil.org.

GREEN RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO HOST OPEN HOUSE MAY 4Green River Community College will host an open house and resource fair May 4 with the goal of reaching out to prospective

students.

New students who complete the Green River Foundation Scholar-ship application by April 30 and attend the event will be entered to win a $2,500 Green River scholar-ship.

New students who attend will also be entered to win one of two Nexus 7 tablets or one of four gift certificates to the college’s bookstore.

Green River outreach staff will help prospective students through the admissions process, while faculty will be on hand to explain classes and programs.

Staff from campus departments can give insight into the student services and campus life offered at Green River.

Community-based organizations will also be present at the resource

fair.

The Green River Open House and Resource Fair runs from 1 to 4 p.m. on May 4 at Green River’s Auburn campus. Registration is free.

For more information or to register, visit greenriver.edu/openhouse.

TAHOMA FASHION DESIGN STUDENTS FINALISTS IN VANS SHOES CONTEST. Tahoma High School’s fashion design class designed four pairs of Vans shoes as part of Vans’ Custom

Culture contest. Tahoma’s designs are among the 50 finalists.

To view the students’ designs and vote for your favorite go to vans.com/customculture/vote and select Northwest Region.

LETTER CARRIERS TO COLLECT FOOD TO STAMP OUT HUNGERThe National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive is coming Saturday, May 11.

This event is the largest one-day

food collection in the nation. Over 1,500 branches throughout the United States will collect non-perishable donations along their postal routes.

Help support this year’s drive by placing bags filled with nonper-ishable food items next to your mailbox by 10 a.m. on May 11. Items in high need are peanut butter, pancake mix, canned meats and stews.

Collected goods from the Maple Valley and Ravensdale Post Offices will benefit Maple Valley Food Bank and Emergency Services.

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We are all going to be busy during the lusty month of May. Time for color, time for planting most annuals and bedding plants, time to fertilize roses, perennials and young vegetable starts and time to buy a new pair of garden-ing gloves – this is the month for planting, weeding, feeding, seed-ing and pleading with the weather.

Plant annuals now – with a few words of caution

Most annuals or bedding plants can safely go out-doors this week, especially hanging baskets and plants put into pots and kept close to warmth of the house or under the cover of a roof eave.

Worry free color to plant now: geraniums, alyssum, petunias, calibrochoas, begonias, cordyline, swan river daisies, diascia, lobelia and more.

These common annuals are tough enough to survive outdoors even if we get a late cold spell. There are

plenty of other annu-als that can go into con-tainers this week with no problems and in gen-eral plants with thick,

shiny or stiff foliage are less tender or prone to damage from cold or frost.

But it is not safe for all plants….

Tender plants to coddle a bit longer:

Coleus – this is the flashy foliage plant with the brightly colored leaves often enjoyed as houseplant. Coleus should be planted outdoors with caution this month. If you purchase coleus plants from a garden center where they have been growing outdoors but under cover and you bring them home to a protected area near the house, your

coleus might adapt just fine. Coleus planted directly into the cold ground after spending time in a heated greenhouse will pout, drop leaves, turn pale and com-mit suicide even if there is not a frost – any time the temperature is near 40 degrees, coleus plants can have a meltdown.

Basil – Gourmet chefs need fresh basil and this easy-to-grow herb is full of nutrition and flavor – but don’t plant basil outdoors until mid-June. This heat-loving herb may survive the cold nights of May but it won’t be happy about it. As a result your basil plant will punish you all sum-mer with lackluster growth and a dismal attitude. Buy basil plants this month but enjoy them indoors sitting on the kitchen counter near a bright window. Harvest the fresh leaves and enjoy in sandwiches, salads and soup. Pamper the plants by letting them sit in the sunshine outdoors on warm days. Just be sure to move

them indoors at night if the temps are 40 degrees or less.

Tomatoes – Nope, it is not safe to set all tomato plants outdoors just yet. Just like basil, eggplant and peppers, tomatoes are heat-lovers and even if they do survive the cold nights we get in May, tomato plants will remember the insult like a cold slap in the face. Warm-season vegetables like tomatoes will just stop growing and become stunted if you set them out too soon. Better to purchase your tomato plants in the month of June or keep your young plants close to the house and haul them under cover at night. A practical way to get an early start is to group potted tomato plants in a wagon or wheel barrow and then move the collection into a garage or garden shed when it becomes cold or rainy.

Patio Tropics – bougain-villea, mandevilla, tender hibiscus

You can find exciting and colorful bloomers at nurs-

eries this month potted up in large containers and full of exotic, tropical blooms. Sometimes called Patio Tropics, these bodacious bloomers won’t survive the winter but they can be enjoyed all summer long in their original containers – no transplanting required. Patio tropics offer instant, vibrant color for a patio or deck. Just remember, these are also warm season plants so if you invest in one of these show-stopping divas or impress Mom with one as a gift they will need protection from the cold if temperatures hover near 40 degrees or less.

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Public gardens all over the country hold recreational and educational events that allow visitors to get the most enjoyment from visiting a public garden, while learning ways to conserve the environment.

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Friday before Mother’s Day and coincides with the Arboretum’s Plant Sale, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 10, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 11.

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the staff at Cedar Valley and Covington elementary schools to see if there was an interest.

“It is a blind thing,” Judd said they told the school staff members. “We’ll number the backpacks, you decide who needs them and pass them out. They said, ‘That sounds fabulous.’”

In the beginning, the Ro-tary club worked with the Maple Valley Food Bank as well as The Storehouse, which is supported by a

consortium of churches in the area. Judd explained that both had facilities where they could pack and the staff at both food banks knew how to shop to get the most bang for Rotary’s buck. Money for the pro-gram has been raised at the club’s annual auction as the Fund-An-Item selection.

Judd said she learned about a similar program in Des Moines, asked the coordinators there what they give the kids to come up with the list.

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they have breakfast and lunch, assuming they’re having dinner with their parents,” Judd said. “The trick with the food is we’re feeding anything from a kindergartener to sixth grader so they have to be able to pop it open, eat it or heat it.”

Another element of the project was finding packers, Judd said.

“When we initially did this we wanted the com-munity to embrace this, so, the people who come and fill the bags on Thursdays

are Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, churches … we have no problem finding pack-ers. It’s been a really cool domino effect of people calling and saying, ‘I want to do it.’ The community is getting involved and to me, that’s the beauty of the whole thing.”

There is a greater need right now at Covington and Cedar Valley, where more than 70 packs are distrib-uted weekly during the school year, while between 15 and 20 are handed out at Crestwood and Jenkins Creek.

According to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction’s website, in May 2012 67.2 percent of students at Cedar Valley were on free or reduced lunch while that number was 52.4 percent at Coving-ton Elementary, Crestwood was at 31 percent and Jenkins Creek was at 45.5 percent.

“The first year we did (Covington and Cedar Val-ley) and then we expanded to Crestwood and Jenkins Creek,” Judd said. “Then we’ve increased the quantity at the other two schools because they have a higher need we fill 75 bags at both of those schools but we could increase that and still not fill their need.”

Angela Stave, family and community engagement facilitator at Covington Elementary, said there are another dozen or so students there who could benefit from the weekly backpack full of food.

“It is a program for us that has grown each year that it’s been here,” Stave

said. “Thanks to the Rotary, we’ve been able to add some families each year. Students and families are apprecia-tive of it.”

Feedback from families and teachers at Covington Elementary has been noth-ing but positive, though, because it’s such an efficient program, Stave said, it flies under the radar of the com-munity.

“I know for a fact when there are weeks we don’t get it and kids don’t have food over the weekend it’s harder for them to come back and learn when they’re hungry,” Stave said. “If they have food over the weekend they come back ready to learn on Monday morning. I’ve heard wonderful things from our staff, from our families. I have heard from a teacher or two that they notice attendance is higher on Fridays once the child gets the backpack, so, it’s an encouragement for them to be here and pick that up.”

Another positive element of the program is it has attracted helpers to the school who weren’t previ-ously involved. There are parents who volunteer each Friday, Stave said, who sort the packs when they arrive then deliver them to the classrooms.

“These were parents who weren’t weekly volunteers before,” Stave said. “Because they knew it was a specific need at a specific time every week, they stepped up. It’s cool to see those families helping others.”

That volunteer spirit has spread to the staff, too. Once a month a team of teachers stuff the packs.

“I’ve seen that pool of teachers grow, as well, and some even bring their kids to help so their kids are helping other people,” Stave said. “This is something concrete, they know when it needs to be done and that helps them schedule it. For some of the volunteers it becomes a family affair, they bring their husbands, they bring their kids.”

Students see the weekly backpack pick up as a good thing.

“They’re excited to get it, they’re excited to have it to take home over the week-end,” Stave said. “That’s a positive behavior. Kids know we’re going beyond the basic academics to take care of them.”

When the program began, Judd said, the other goal was to simply get it rolling.

“Our really big picture is to pass this on to another organization,” Judd said. “We just wanted to start it and have someone else em-brace it, but we’re not hav-ing any luck. What we need is the funding, the money. We’re getting an awful lot of money from our friends and family, but, we need to take it to the next level.”

For now, it’s rolling along, supported by community members, Rotarians and school staff members but most importantly, those full backpacks on Fridays lead to full bellies over the weekends for elementary students.

“Their attention is increased, their focus is increased, their grades increased,” Judd said.

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The Covington Chamber of Commerce is launching a Chamber for Good system to raise awareness of needs of local charities.

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Potts first heard about the Breakthrough Coach philosophy from Jeffrey Pel-zel, the principal at Meeker Middle School, who moved out of his office five years ago. Potts had also heard about the Kent Elementary principal doing the same thing. Then Barringer attended the conference and decided to give up his office as well.

It was through many conversa-tions with the other principals and their secre-taries that Potts and his secretary, Marie Wienker, decided to sign up for the conference this year.

“Secretaries are vital to this model — they’re the keys to the effective operation of the school, the day-to-day operation,” Potts said.

Under the new model everything for the principal goes through the head sec-retary. Wienker has taken charge of managing Potts’ calendar, answering his phone and organizing all the administrative paper-work. The goal is to have two to three days each week designated as coaching days then deal with all of the paperwork, phone calls and emails the other days.

“It’s maximizing the effi-ciency of the office side and the potential of the teaching side,” Potts said. “Right now (it’s) mainly my observing, taking notes and talking to teachers and being present.”

Potts said the goal is to move more and more toward coaching and mentoring in addition to observation.

And, of course, there is

space available in the school should Potts need to hold meetings. Vanessa and I met with him in conference room two, the space that was formerly his office.

“I can influence very little in terms of what’s happen-ing in the school when I’m sitting here,” Potts said. “The more times you spend in classrooms the more powerful the impact.”

The last time I inter-viewed Potts in March his office was home to his large collection of books and had been decorated with photos

of his family, his degrees, awards and the usual array of knick knacks that you expect to find in someone’s office. Last week the place was bare except for a small pile of paperwork and a couple

of faux plants. Tangible evidence of the shift from office to conference room.

“The plants are allowed,” Potts said with a smile. “You want people to feel connected so they don’t feel like they’re on a space station.”

Admittedly it took some convincing on the part of Wienker to get Potts on board with the idea.

“Initially I was really skeptical, I like my office…but the bottom line is I don’t need the space,” Potts said.

For Potts the tipping point came when he realized that they could be more efficient and that he was constantly running behind schedule.

“Talking to Marie and noticing how we weren’t on schedule…there was no efficient way of organizing all that…in this day and age I don’t feel comfortable missing anything,” Potts said in relation to deadlines, meetings, events and com-munication like emails and phone calls.

Ultimately, Potts said, the goal of the program is to help administrators be more efficient and effec-tive leaders, coaches and teachers.

“The term itself (prin-cipal) was based in being the lead teacher…principal teacher is the most power-ful model,” Potts said.

So far the response has been mostly positive at Kentlake and teachers are getting used to seeing Potts out and in the classrooms more.

“Initially teachers kind

of wonder why you’re there. And we started mid course…there’s still a little wondering why you’re there,” Potts said. “It’s to implement these strategies and support teachers. That’s the goal.”

The model will also help administrators manage the new teacher-principal evaluation pilot model schools will implement next school year. One of the biggest changes of the new TPEP is that instead of there only being two ratings for teachers — satisfactory

and unsatisfactory — teach-ers will be rated based off a four tier scale. According to Potts, teachers will still have two to three formal evaluations but will also get frequent, informal feed-back.

“Validating the teacher is so powerful,” Potts said. “Even excellent teachers need support.”

Potts visits an average of 20 classrooms each day. Sometimes he spends five minutes in a classroom, sometimes he spends half an hour, it just depends on

what is going on in each class.

“I’ve interacted with more kids in two hours, in this approach, then I used to in weeks,” Potts said as we walked between classrooms. “That makes a statement.”

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

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It has been a season of fi rsts for the Tahoma fastpitch team.

Th is spring the Bears won the South Puget Sound League North division title and unlike in 2010 or 2011, this time it is all their own.

Another fi rst for Tahoma was beating Kentlake twice in the same season. Add to that the fi rst time the Bears have beaten the Falcons at Kentlake, which they did handily April 25, putting together an 11-2 victory to improve to 14-0 in league play.

Winning league was one of Tahoma’s goals from the start of the season. Aft er beating Kentlake for the second time co-captain Courtney Cloud, a senior who plays second base, was elated.

“Oh my gosh, it feels amazing,” Cloud said. “We wanted it so bad. We worked hard. Everybody wanted it. It’s freaking

amazing.”Co-captain Jena Waler

added, “It feels good to beat (Kentlake) on their own turf.”

Tahoma clinched the North with three wins in two days to start off the week of April 22.

Th ings kicked off with a 6-1 victory over Kentridge April 22 as Halle Elliott and Mia Corbin both went 3-for-4 at the plate for the Bears.

Tahoma fi nished up a game April 23 against Th omas Jeff erson from the fi rst contest of the league season. Th e Bears and the Raiders picked up where they left off in March, tied 6-6 in the sixth inning. Ashlee Creek hit a solo shot in the top of the seventh to break up the tie for Tahoma and Jeff erson couldn’t an-swer in the bottom half as the Bears took the 7-6 win.

From there, the Bears picked apart the Raiders in the second game which was scheduled for that aft er-noon at Tahoma, putting

together a 6-1 victory.Waler said there were

teams who doubted Ta-homa could accomplish

what it has this season aft er losing power hitters Hayley Beckstrom and Jordan Wal-ley, who are both playing on

scholarship in college. “No one thought we

Tahoma’s breakout season rolls on

Tahoma’s Courtney Cloud loads up to hit the ball against Kentlake April 25. The Bears beat the Falcons 11-2, the fi rst time Tahoma beat Kentlake twice in one season en route to the SPSL North title, the fi rst time it hasn’t shared with Kentlake. KRIS HILL, The Reporter To view a slide show go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com.

Bears cap off a season of fi rsts on the fastpitch diamond with a South Puget Sound League North crown

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Track and field athletes from Tahoma, Kentlake and Kentwood are gearing up for post-season meets as the South Puget Sound League North division schedule wraps up.

First up will be the SPSL league meet next week, followed by districts May 17-18 and the 4A state meet May 23-25.

It has been a record-breaking season for Kentlake runners, with five school marks falling so far. Kaela Galvizo, Marisa Lytle, Avalyne Peters and Timary Mathena broke the record for the 400 meter relay, clocking in at 51.01 sec-onds. Tori Lanza broke the record for 300 meter hur-dles with a time of 45.13, Terra McGinnis broke the

1600 meter record with a time of 5 minutes 18.99 sec-onds, Alex Martinez broke the record for the boys 3200 with a time of 9:41.25, and Brandon Parks broke the record for javelin with a throw of 138 feet 5 inches.

This has been a building year for the team according to Kentlake coach Brian Wilson. The girls team won against Kentridge, the first meet of the season and the first time they had scored a victory in three years, according to Wilson. As of Tuesday the girls team was 2-2 and Wilson was hopeful the Falcons girls could pull out another win Wednesday against Kentwood after the Reporter’s press deadline. Additionally the team scored its first dual win in three years with both the boys and girls teams defeat-ing Mt. Rainier.

It’s also been a good year for Tahoma with a number of athletes moving on to the post season. Among them are Paige Hammock in the 100 meters and 100 meter and 300 meter hurdles, Sa-vanna Haverfield in the 100 meter hurdles and javelin, Danielle Agoh in the triple jump and long jump, Claire Whiting and Klyie Eager in the shot put and discus, and

Elizabeth Oosterhout in the 1600 meters and 3200 meters events.

Hammock is currently listed with the fourth fastest time in the league this sea-son in the 100 with a time of 12.69 seconds.

Amari Bradley of Kent-wood has the sixth fastest league time of the season in the 400 meters with a time of 60.60 seconds.

Kentlake’s McGin-nis, Delaney Tiernan of Tahoma, Tessa Carlin of Kentwood and Cheyenne Greenside of Tahoma are all in the top 10 in the league standings for the 800 meters.

Other top 10 league times for girls include Elizabeth Oosterhout of Tahoma, McGinnis, and Tiernan in the 1600 meters; Ooster-hout has the top time for the 3200 meters with a time of 11:35.00 and McGin-nis and Tiernan with the sixth and tenth best times, respectively; Hammock, Haverfield and Lanza in the 100 meter hurdles; and Lanza and Hammock in the 300 meter hurdles.

In shot put Whiting and Eager made the top ten, both also made the top 10 in discus along with Kent-lake’s Aggie Auelua and

Jessica Sexton of Tahoma; Haley Larson of Kentwood and Carrie Radowick of Kentlake. Haverfield, Rosie Lind and Whiting had top 10 throws in javelin. Meanwhile, Carly Horn of Kentwood is listed with the second best time in high jump and Beth Parrish, also of Kentwood, holds the top spot for pole vault. Sarah Toeaina of Kentwood is in the top ten in both long jump and triple jump.

For the boys top 10 finishers include Brandon Stribling of Kentwood with the second best time in the 100 meters, Bailey Paladin of Kentwood in the 200 meters, Gabe Gonzales of Kentlake and Robin Cheema of Kentwood in the 400 meters, Cheema also made the top ten in the 800 meters along with Brendan Newell of Tahoma, Riley Campbell and James Dagley both of Tahoma in the 1,600 meters; Dagley and Alex Martinez in the 3,200 meters, and Terence Grady of Kentwood in the 110 meter hurdles.

In the throwing events Dallas Hayes of Tahoma holds the number two spots in both shot put and discus. Other top ten finishers include Jake Bailey of Kent-

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As Tahoma prepares for the playoffs, Waler and Cloud are thinking about what they need to do to help the Bears work toward their next goal: a third

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Cloud explained the Bears have to prepare for each team they face in the post-season as if they’ve never played them before, whether they have or not.

“We have to keep it roll-ing,” Cloud said. “We went to state for the first time our sophomore year and we want everyone to experi-ence that feeling.”

Like that moment nearly

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The Evergreen State College Native American Students Assoc.Exodus HousingFaith Harvest HelpersFamily Law Casa of King CountyFamily Renewal ShelterFilipino American Assoc. of CPAsFilipino Cultural HeritageFirst Nation at the Univ. of WAFirst Place SchoolThe Food Bank at St Mary’sFood LifelineFreedom Missionary ChurchFresh Paint Outreach MinistryGateway International MinistriesGood Thinking 4 All Our RelationsGoodwill Development Assoc.Green River Community CollegeHabitat for Humanity International Inc.Halo Network FoundationHands of Grace MinistriesHealth PointHighline Community College FoundationHispanic Roundtable of OlympiaHoliday Stockings for Homeless ChildrenThe Hope Heart InstituteHUYII NationsIndian Shaker Church of WashingtonInterim Community DevelopmentInternational Community Health Care ServiceInternational Drop-in CenterInter-Tribal Warrior SocietyInvestEDJapanese American Citizens LeagueJubilee Women’s CenterKCTS TelevisionKent Youth & Family ServicesKing County Sheriffs OfficeKorean Women’s AssociationKwi D Ko Kwis Canoe FamilyThe Learning Seed FoundationLegacy Foundation, Inc.Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyLow-Income Housing InstituteMECha - Ethnic Cultural CenterMaking Connections Program at the U of W Women’s Center

Marine Toys for Tots FoundationMary’s Place SeattleMedic One FoundationMinority Executive Director’s CoalitionMission Creek Corrections CenterThe Mockingbird SocietyMt Baker Middle School PTAMunicipal League FoundationNational Indian Women’s Supporting Each Other FoundationNative Action NetworkNative Arts & Cultures Foundation Inc.Neighborhood HouseNorthwest African American MuseumNorthwest Black PioneersNorthwest HarvestNorthwest Indian CollegeOlympic Corrections CenterOne AmericaOrganization of Chinese AmericansOur Forgotten WarriorsPeace for the Streets By Kids from the StreetsPediatric Interim Care CenterPotlatch FundPuyallup Historical Hatchery FoundationPuyallup Valley St Francis HouseQueets Canoe ClubQuinault Nation Booster ClubRH Home CareRainier Valley Football AssociationRed Eagle SoaringRenton Technical CollegeThe Rescue MissionRonald McDonald HouseSafe Call NowSalish Sea People Canoe FamilySalmon Homecoming AllianceSalmon Defense FundSamoan American Pacific OrganizationSamoan Nurses Organization in WASea Mar Community Health CenterSeattle Central Community College FoundationSeattle Chinatown Int’l. DistrictSeattle Education AccessThe Seattle Foundation NewspapersSeattle Housing & Resource EffortSeattle Indian Health Board

Seattle Milk FundSeattle Public SchoolsSeattle Seafair PiratesSecret HarborSenior ServicesSeattle International Film FestivalSomali Community Services CoalitionSomali Community Services of Seattle Soroptimist International of the Olympic RainforestTaholah Indian Shaker ChurchTahoma Indian CenterSound Mental Health South Sound Dream CenterSouth Kitsap School District Indian EducationSouthwood Elementary SchoolSpirit of the Red RoadStatewide Poverty Action NetworkSunrise Elementary School - EnumclawSunshine Physically Challenged FoundationSusan G Komen for the CureTabor 100The Tears FoundationThunder Mountain Middle SchoolTiny Tots Development CenterTlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of AlaskaToddler Tech Development CenterTrinity Community ChurchUnited Indians of All Tribes FoundationUniv. of WA - TacomaUniv. of WA - American Indian StudioUniv. of WA - Office of Minority Affairs & DiversityUniv. of WA - Office of Minority AffairsUniv. of WA – Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in ScienceUniv. of WA- School LawUniv. of WA Alumni Assoc.Univ. of WA FoundationUrban SparksUWTV American Indian StudiesValley Medical CenterValley Regional Fire AuthorityVietnamese Friendship Assoc. of Greater SeattleWA State Indian Education Assoc.WA State Penitentiary, Zone 1 (D&E Units)WA State Penitentiary, Zone 2 (F&G Units)WA Asian Pacific Islander Community ServicesWA Corrections CenterWA DECAWA Indian Civil Rights CommissionWA State Assoc of Casa-Guardian Ad Litem Programs WA State Gambling CommissionWA State MentorsWA State PatrolWA State Penitentiary, BAR UnitWA State Penitentiary, MSUWA State Penitentiary, MSU-EWA State UniversityWay Back Inn FoundationWestern WA University FoundationWestwood Elementary SchoolYWCA of Seattle

In 2012, the Muckleshoot Tribe provided over $3.6 million of assistance to the following Washington nonprofit organizations and local governments for fire, police, and other services. We thank them for their service and reaffirm our commitment to helping our neighbors and building communities throughout the state.

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe