BY KRIS HILL [email protected] Covington has weathered the economic downturn and could, with continued diligence, survive until the economy bounces back. at’s what City Manager Derek Matheson told the City Council on Oct. 10 during his 2012 draſt budget presentation. As city staff worked on the budget, Matheson said, a handful of themes became apparent. “Bold cuts early in the reces- sion have served the city well and allowed us to continue to provide quality services to the commu- nity,” Matheson said. “However, growing expenditures are catching up with flat revenues.” Watching how it spends its money, Matheson said, should COVINGTON RE/MAX Choice Executives 253-220-0858 535287 GRAND OPENING! A DIVISION OF SOUND PUBLISHING HEALTHY LIVING| Americans have become more aware of impacts of bad diet [page 10] CONQUERING CHANGE | Kentwood volleyball squad putting together a run in the South Puget Sound League North [10] FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2011 NEWSLINE 425-432-1209 COVINGTON | MAPLE VALLEY | BLACK DIAMOND R EP O RTER Budget weathering the storm for now BY KRIS HILL [email protected] Many families received test scores in late September and parents likely saw improvement in their child’s test scores as well as their schools. Students in both the Tahoma and Kent school districts showed improvement but officials in both districts also continue to focus on areas which could be strength- ened. UPS AND DOWNS IN KENT Children in grade schools as well as high school sophomores in the Kent School District, which also serves students in Covington, made major strides, according to Linda Del Giudice, chief account- ability officer . Students in third, fourth, sixth and 10th grades all improved scores on the Measurement of Student Progress and High School School districts evaluate test scores Kelly Singer, left, and Paige Green Dunn try out the new exercise equipment at Les Gove Park in Auburn on Oct. 15. The pair founded MOMentum, a non-profit that is working to get exercise equipment into 10 parks in the region to help mothers stay active while their youngsters play at the park. RACHEL CIAMPI, The Reporter To view a slide show go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com and to buy photos go to the website and click on the photo reprints tab. Gaining Some MOMentum Vern Heinle, a retired carpenter, builds a car out of wood. Heinle donates dozens of handmade wooden toys thanks to Covington resident Jim Pelletier. KRIS HILL, The Reporter BY KRIS HILL [email protected] Vern Heinle’s 8-year-old grand- son thinks he’s Santa Claus. His wife, Caroline, had a con- versation with the little boy not too long ago. “He was convinced, he said, ‘He has a beard, he has a workshop and he builds toys,’” she said. And around the holidays, youngsters in need in the area may well think Vern Heinle is Santa, because the toy-building 78-year-old Kent resident will deliver 200 handmade wooden cars and trucks to the Forgotten Children’s Fund with some of grandsons in tow. Vern Heinle began build- ing toys for the Seattle-based non-profit four years ago aſter connecting with Jim Pelletier of Covington. Vern Heinle is a regular at Shari’s on Kent Kangley Road and 132nd Avenue Southeast in Kent, where Pelletier is the manager, and was encouraged to get in- volved in the restaurant’s efforts to support the Forgotten Children’s Fund annual Christmas drive. A year ago Vern Heinle told the Reporter that Pelletier’s enthusi- asm for the work the non-profit does overwhelmed him. “Over the years, Vern has brought in some of the stuff he’s made, some of the wallets, some of the holsters, some of the jewelry boxes,” Pelletier told the Reporter in November 2010. “e connection was easy. We do a food and toy drive twice a year: Christmas in July and Christmas. In talking about, one Vern walked In the workshop with a real life Santa Claus [ more BUDGET page 4] [ more SCORES page 5 ] [ more SANTA page 4 ] WEBSITE | Check the website for breaking news stories and weather updates. maplevalleyreporter.com or covingtonreporter.com
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BY KRIS HILL
Covington has weathered the economic downturn and could, with continued diligence, survive until the economy bounces back.
Th at’s what City Manager Derek Matheson told the City Council on Oct. 10 during his 2012 draft budget presentation.
As city staff worked on the budget, Matheson said, a handful of themes became apparent.
“Bold cuts early in the reces-sion have served the city well and allowed us to continue to provide quality services to the commu-nity,” Matheson said. “However, growing expenditures are catchingup with fl at revenues.”
Watching how it spends its money, Matheson said, should
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BY KRIS HILL
Many families received test scores in late September and parents likely saw improvement in their child’s test scores as well as their schools.
Students in both the Tahoma and Kent school districts showed improvement but offi cials in both districts also continue to focus on areas which could be strength-ened.
UPS AND DOWNS IN KENTChildren in grade schools as
well as high school sophomores in the Kent School District, which also serves students in Covington, made major strides, according to Linda Del Giudice, chief account-ability offi cer .
Students in third, fourth, sixth and 10th grades all improved scores on the Measurement of Student Progress and High School
School districts evaluate test scores
Kelly Singer, left, and Paige Green Dunn try out the new exercise equipment at Les Gove Park in Auburn on Oct. 15. The pair founded MOMentum, a non-profi t that is working to get exercise equipment into 10 parks in the region to help mothers stay active while their youngsters play at the park. RACHEL CIAMPI, The Reporter To view a slide show go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com and to buy photos go to the website and click on the photo reprints tab.
Gaining Some MOMentum
Vern Heinle, a retired carpenter, builds a car out of wood. Heinle donates dozens of handmade wooden toys thanks to Covington resident Jim Pelletier. KRIS HILL, The Reporter
BY KRIS HILL
Vern Heinle’s 8-year-old grand-son thinks he’s Santa Claus.
His wife, Caroline, had a con-versation with the little boy not too long ago.
“He was convinced, he said, ‘He has a beard, he has a workshop and he builds toys,’” she said.
And around the holidays, youngsters in need in the area may well think Vern Heinle is
Santa, because the toy-building 78-year-old Kent resident will deliver 200 handmade wooden cars and trucks to the Forgotten Children’s Fund with some of grandsons in tow.
Vern Heinle began build-ing toys for the Seattle-based non-profi t four years ago aft er connecting with Jim Pelletier of Covington.
Vern Heinle is a regular at Shari’s on Kent Kangley Road and 132nd Avenue Southeast in Kent,
where Pelletier is the manager, and was encouraged to get in-volved in the restaurant’s eff orts to support the Forgotten Children’s Fund annual Christmas drive.
A year ago Vern Heinle told the Reporter that Pelletier’s enthusi-asm for the work the non-profi t does overwhelmed him.
“Over the years, Vern has brought in some of the stuff he’s made, some of the wallets, some of the holsters, some of the jewelry boxes,” Pelletier told the Reporter in November 2010. “Th e connection was easy. We do a food and toy drive twice a year: Christmas in July and Christmas. In talking about, one Vern walked
In the workshop with a real life Santa Claus
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BY TJ MARTINELL
More than a year since the Covington Chamber of Commerce decided to change direction and part ways with its previous director it has hired a new leader in Black Diamond resident Tamara Rose.
Now completing her fi rst full month in the position, Rose has already hosted her fi rst planned event, the monthly chamber on Oct. 13. Th e luncheon also featured a forum for candi-dates running for Coving-ton City Council, Coving-ton Water District and the Kent School District Board.
“My primary job is to grow the chamber,” she said. “I keep the member-ship happy and bring in new members.”
Rose comes with experi-ence at several other cham-bers, including Puyallup-Sumner and Fife Milton Edgewood (FME). Th ough she spends the majority of her time in Covington, she still does some work for the FME Chamber.
Rose also had served on various committees ranging from education and legisla-tion to develop-ment.In 1998 while living in Kent, she served as a public edu-cation specialist for the police de-partment, then worked with the Washington Safety Restraint Coalition, which deals with vehicle occu-pant protection and child car seats. She also served as the executive direc-tor of a traffi c safety nonprofi t organization in Oregon for fi ve years.
Rose stated she prefers to work for nonprofi t organi-zations.
“I am a person that the work I choose has to be a passion,” she said. “It can’t just be a paycheck.”
Working for a chamber of commerce, she said, is
one of those passions.“You genuinely fi ll a
community need,” she said. “I like being a part of an organization that is bigger than just me. I have a very strong passion for community.”
Rose sees the executive director fulfi lling two roles: acting as a liaison between busi-ness and the city and serving as the chamber’s public image to the com-munity.
“I’m kind of the face, the person the people in the com-munity are going to associate it with,” she said.
Th e two roles also deal with
Rose’s plans to increase chamber membership. With businesses tight on money, she said, chambers can no longer rely on companies to approach them. Th e cham-ber must now go and seek out new members.
“Before, you just did,
because it was the right thing to do,” she said. “Now, in this economy, they’ve got to have a reason. It can’t just be because it’s the right thing to do.”
One way to do this, she explained, is for the cham-ber to provide more ways to benefi t businesses, such as the use of the chamber’s networking or their web site.
“It’s marketing you can’t buy,” she said. “(It’s about) making it a value based chamber, whether you’re new or old, we want you to fi nd value in the member-ship.”
Currently, she lives in Black Diamond, though she stated she sees it a positive opportunity for her.
“Th is has been my shop-ping community,” she said. “I get to see it from a diff er-ent perspective.”
Having the city support and encourage business is critical to seeing growth, Rose said, which she feels Covington does well.
“Th ey have made Cov-ington an easy place to build.”
She specifi cally named Destination Covington — a recent event jointly hosted by the Chamber and the Covington Economic Development Council — as an example of what should occur more oft en.
“As a new chamber executive, it tells me that their businesses are here to stay,” she said. “Th ere are no empty spaces. Th ey have made it easier the process ofbuilding a company.”
Roses hope is to preserve that relationship.
“I’ve never seen a city that works so well with their chamber and cares so much about their commu-nity,” she said. “Th ey want to keep the people living here happy. Th at speaks a lot about Covington. It’s an exciting time to be a part of the city.”
Reach TJ Martinell at 425-432-1209 ext. 5052.To comment on this story, go to covingtonreporter.com
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City budgets, cuts to education and rising utility rates were among the topics discussed at a candidate forum held at Covington Christian Fellowship Oct. 13.
Th e forum was featured as a part of the Covington Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
Th e forum started with an introduction by each candidate, followed by a
question and answer seg-ment.
Th ose attending the lun-cheon were also allowed to submit written answers for the candidates to answer.
Th e fi rst question went to Joseph Cimaomo, Jr. and incumbent Marlla Mhoon, who are running for Covington City Council Position No. 1. Both of them were asked what their priorities were for the city’s budget.
“When it comes to some-thing like this, one of the
biggest things is...promot-ing a farmers market,” said Cimaomo. “Residents from Auburn, Black Diamond and maybe even Federal Way will come to the city. Th ey’ll come, have lunch at a restaurant...and while they’re here we’ll be getting money from them as well.”
“We’re just entering our budget season and it’s always a challenge,” said Mhoon. “Just like in your businesses, our city is run-ning a very tight budget. We’re being very conserva-
tive with our expenditures. We’re very conservative about projections for income.”
Mhoon added that one of the biggest challenges that the city is facing is funding for Covington Park.
Although they have received $1.5 million in grants, they are still trying to fi gure out how to deal with park maintenance.
“Th at’s going to be a huge, huge issue,” she said. “How are we going to fund our park?”
Incumbent Tom DeLaat and Vern Allemand who are running for the Coving-ton Water District Board of Commissioners Position No. 1, were asked about the apparent negative image the District has received recently concerning its impact on development.
“Th ey made a decision to buy into future water that now has to be paid form,” said Allemand. “Let’s be re-alistic. Th e district portion
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in with these toys he had just created. I don’t think we officially talked about it. It just happened.”
Last year Vern Heinle made 145 toys, this year his goal is to make 200, with 140 made as of Oct. 13.
Vern Heinle spent 40
years as a carpenter but has made toys as a hobby for decades. His house is filled with his handiwork, as well, his wife of 20 years points out. There are toys, a rock-ing horse, cabinets, jewelry boxes, blocks worn smooth from use, the dining room table and more.
Caroline Heinle also
pointed out her husband’s photography skills and his ability to paint pictures on leather as well as a gor-geous, handmade music box sitting in an entertain-ment center he also built.
Work on the toys for this year’s drive for the Forgot-ten Children’s Fund — a non-profit which has been
doing this since 1975, when a letter to Santa landed in a restaurant, where a group of people decided to ensure that needy children and their families would not go without at Christmas — began in September.
He would have started sooner, but, the retiree said he had to get the patio proj-ect done in the backyard first.
“It satisfies the creative urge in me,” Vern Heinle said of toy building for the fund. “Also, it gives my ego a boost.”
His wife pointed out the important lessons this kind of community service teaches their grandchildren.
“I’ve heard you tell the grandsons, ‘You need to learn what it feels like to give, the feeling of doing
that is more than anything you can buy,’” Caroline Heinle said. “We’ve in-volved the grandsons in this so they can learn the satis-faction of doing something nice for someone else.”
It fits into his philosophy of life, as well.
“A friend of mind told me, ‘It’s not about what you take with you, it’s about what you leave behind,’” Vern Heinle said.
Making toys which inspire children to use their imagination, he added, comes from growing up “10 miles from nowhere” in North Dakota with very little money.
Growing up he would go searching with his friends and siblings to find bleached out animal bones to play with because they
couldn’t afford toys.That is what taught
him a child can play with anything.
“The toys bring out the creativity in the children,” he said. “With my cars and trucks the little boys can become truck drivers or race car drivers.”
Vern Heinle said he couldn’t have done any of this without the help of Lumber Products or his friends Richard, Clarence, Brian, Scotty and Matthew.
In addition, he encour-ages anyone who wants to help support the Forgotten Children’s Fund to drop off non-perishable food items at Shari’s in Kent.
While he may not be Santa, Vern Heinle sure does a good impression of the jolly old elf.
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help Covington keep deficits down into the next year, but because the city has had to spend more money while experiencing no growth in revenue, things could get tough if the economy does not turn around.
“A double dip recession could necessitate a mid-year adjustment in 2012,” Matheson said. “On a national level, the recovery seems to be stalling after a strong start at the beginning of 2011.”
While job growth and taxable retail sales have provided bright spots in the economic outlook, Covington has also seen increases in the real estate excise tax receipts com-pared to the previous two years, while sales tax revenues
are on target for the third quarter, Matheson said.The city has continued to use strategies it adopted in
2010 to manage its budget, Matheson noted, including making changes to how money is distributed among funds, foregoing the biennial budget process until the economy stabilizes and modifying the merit award program for city employees by replacing bonuses with additional floating holidays.
Covington officials are reviewing ways they can bring in additional revenue with two specific options on the table.
First is the .5 percent, or about $180,000, available in utility tax authority. Cities have the authority to tax water and sewer districts via interlocal agreement, Matheson said, the two districts which serve Covington residents
have not seemed receptive to the idea of using that capacity to bring in additional cash to the city’s coffers.
The second option is for the city, acting as a transporta-tion benefit district, to impose a vehicle license fee of up to $20 per car without a public vote or up to $100, but more than $20 must be put to the voters.
The finance department estimated a $20 vehicle license fee would bring in between $180,000 and $280,000 annu-ally.
“We plan to seize opportunities that make sense,” Matheson said. “We plan to keep our neighborhoods safe, our streets repaired and our grounds maintained. And, we plan to survive this economy. With continued and in-creased community support, we plan to keep that promise.”
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“Overall, the percent of students who scored profi-cient in reading increased in grades three, four, six and 10 with grade six increasing by 6.7 percent proficient and grade 10 increasing by 6.3 percent,” Del Giudice wrote. “Other highlights include fifth grade math scores increas-ing by 6.2 percent proficient and sixth grade math scores increasing by 7.1 percent. Science scores improved in every grade, with the high-est increase in grade five, which increased by an ad-ditional 21.7 percent of the students scoring proficient.”
An example of the suc-cess in science testing is at Covington Elementary, where nearly 72 percent of students in fifth grade last year met or exceeded standard, a huge jump from the previous school year when less than 15 percent of students were proficient.
Covington fifth and sixth grade students also made significant gains in reading and math, including double digit percentage improve-ments from the year before in math among both
groups, according to data on the Washington state Office of the Superinten-dent of Public Instruction website.
Kent students also did well on the new math end of course assessments, Del Giudice wrote, with 69.7 percent of the students met standard on EOC 1 compared to 64.3 percent statewide while in the EOC 2, 71.3 percent scored profi-cient which “puts Kent very close to the state average” of 73.5 percent.
District officials will be working on reading and math among seventh and eighth graders, Del Giudice wrote, as those “are areas we will watch.”
“They showed small decreases ranging from 1.1 to 4.3 percent fewer proficient students,” she wrote. “We are continuing to watch the achievement of special populations, such as English Learners, and special education students, who consistently score lower than the mainstream student in every school dis-trict because of their special needs.”
Additional support will be provided to students through the district’s Tiered Intervention programs at each building.
“In Tiered Intervention, students in need are given instruction in small groups based on areas where they need extra instruction until they catch up with the rest of their class,” Del Giudice wrote.
TAHOMA STILL NEAR THE TOP OF THE CLASS
Test results for Tahoma students, said Dawn Wake-ley, the district’s associate director of teaching and learning, demonstrate a level of consistency and high achievement.
“At every single level in all of the content areas, the message is Tahoma contin-ues to do really well,” Wake-ley said. “Our teachers and our kids are really working hard at learning. Tahoma is, on average, in the top 10 percent of districts in our state and that’s because of the hard work of our kids and our teachers and our parents.”
Youngsters in Tahoma are in the top 20 in every content area in every grade level but two grade levels where they are 27th and 34th.
Most students in the dis-trict are meeting standard, Wakeley noted, but not all.
“When you get up to that
level... drastic changes in data is hard,” she said. “Our staff is really dedicated to working hard to provide that for every single kid. It’s student by student and skill by skill that our teachers are thinking about in terms of instruction and learning.”
An area the district is particularly focused on, Wakeley said, is math.
“We have a new math program at the elementary level and last year we put in a new math curriculum at second grade, so, we’ve invested a lot in trying to support our students learn-ing math.”
Wakeley said that while Tahoma students did well on the end of course assess-ments, there is still room for growth.
She explained high school students starting
with the class of 2013, thanks to a new state law, have to pass a course specific test in algebra and geometry as well as earn three math credits beyond those two courses.
In either algebra or geometry, Wakeley noted, 78 percent of Tahoma students met standard, “but that leaves 22 percent are going to have to retake it in January.”
“Having to meet standard on both exams, that will be a challenge for kids and families across the state,” Wakeley said. “We’re doing everything we can to make sure they have a chance for success.
We want our students to benefit from all the learning that all the districts are do-ing connected to this.”
The district has a number
of intervention programs in place to help students who struggle to meet standard, Wakeley stated, ranging from silent sustained read-ing during Go Time at the middle school level to inter-cessions during mid-winter or spring break at Tahoma High.
During the summer there has been a program that offers online instruction with weekly meetings of students and teachers to go over material which has led to improvement.
“Getting that last little group (to meet standard) is challenging,” Wakeley said. “We do have interventions in place. That extra time and support is key. We can get them there and we can keep them there as long as we can give that extra little boost.”
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I spotted a white elephant roam-ing around Black Diamond the other day. Its name is rescind the ordinances.
Th ere are a few trying to ignore it, but elephants are tough to deny.
It became very clear to me at Th e Greater Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce forum Oct. 13. Th e elephant was sitting right in the middle of the room and it was being ignored.
Th e funny thing I have learned about debates over the years is candidates have to be asked the right questions if one really wants to know what a campaign is about. In fairness to candidates it takes the right question for candidates to get their message and ideas out.
From my side of the street, one of the central topics of this cam-paign is the issue of rescinding or repealing the ordinances approving the two YarrowBay master planned developments, Th e Villages and Lawson Hills.
I understand it is a painful and uncomfortable subject for many folks, but political campaigns are about the truth, or as close to it as we can get when trying to see into the future.
Hard questions without pat an-swers is where the real world starts.
Th e two YarrowBay develop-ments would bring about 6,000 homes into Black Diamond, which has caused years of concern, consternation and at times, all out battles in public hearings.
Th e tussling and tugging behind closed doors and in public has been covered in this paper and others around the region.
Boiled to its simplest form, the issue causing the most angst are the number of homes. Th e number 6,000 looms large for some of the residents living in Black Diamond. Th at is more homes than people living in the town right now.
From YarrowBay’s side of the table, they need to be able to build enough homes to pay for all the
years of planning and getting yelled at in meetings.
David Bricklin, a Seattle attorney who has represented appellants challenging the developments, said the council could rescind the
ordinances based upon the Growth Manage-ment Hearings Board’s ruling. Th e board stated the city should have used a legislative rather than quasi-judicial process to approve the develop-ments.
Bricklin said the council “tied its hands” in many other ways in terms of rescinding, but, one avenue open to the City Council for rescinding would be to base it on the hearing board ruling.
Other attorneys will disagree with this point of view. I have bet-ter sense than to jump into lawyer land. My interest is the campaign and a core issue driving the politi-cal process in Black Diamond.
I could not discuss this issue with the two incumbents, Leih Mulvi-hill and Kristine Hanson, because they are both currently consider-ing the development agreements for the projects in a quasi-judicial setting.
I did talk to the other four candidates about rescinding the ordinances.
It was clear Joe May, who is running for Position No. 3 and Ron Taylor, Position No. 5, when given the opportunity to discuss the issue had a great deal to talk about and had thought about it from all angles.
May said it was one of those issues that, “can’t be swept under the rug.”
He said he knew it would be a “tough decision if the City Coun-cil rescinds. I believe it would automatically trigger a lawsuit by YarrowBay.”
May thought another option may be to bring the developments back to the Planning Commis-sion, then back to the City Coun-cil for the legislative process the growth board ruled was correct.
However, May said he didn’t see how that would fi x the overriding problem, which is the size of the development, or the number of houses.
“Would it be economically feasible for YarrowBay to cut it by half?” May asked. “Th ese are really tough questions.”
May said the issue of rescinding is a “potential (solution). I have thought about it. It is incredibly complex. It’s just not something you can answer yes or no. It’s got huge ramifi cations for the city.”
May said rescinding could mean a “serious fi nancial chal-lenge for the city. What happens to the funding agreement?”
As he has been out campaign-ing in the community, May said, there are “those who say ‘so what’ and others say it would result in bankruptcy (for the city.)”
May said the council members would also have to consider the possibility of a personal lawsuit against them.
Once the white elephant is out in the open, all the competing views start coming into focus, making it very complicated and interesting at the same time.
Taylor said he took the growth board ruling “very seriously. I don’t think we used the right pro-cess. I think there is a big ques-tion over the entire process.”
Th e council would have to con-sider rescinding with “care,” Tay-lor said. However, he said he has a “problem when a City Council decision is held captive by a city attorney or applicant’s attorney.”
Taylor said if elected he would
consider rescinding, “based on the review board’s fi ndings and based on the overwhelming feel-ing from the community.”
Taylor said he thought if the council rescinded the ordinances, YarrowBay would probably sue and if council didn’t, “there would probably be a lawsuit from the other side.”
Tamie Boxx-Deady , run-ning for Position No. 1, said she “hadn’t thought that far. I’m not really going to say yes or no (about a rescinding decision).”
She did state, “If the communi-ty asked for it and the community come out in droves, then I would have to look at it.”
Pam McCain, who is run-ning for Position No. 3, said she hadn’t thought about it in terms of taking a position because the City Council is considering the development agreements.
“I can’t give a thumbs up or thumbs down because I believe some essential decisions are be-fore the council,” McCain said.
She did say she believes master planned developments are what people want.
Aft er talking to the candidates it is clear this is an essential and diffi cult subject. It is being talked about — mostly behind closed doors — and it needs to be brought out in the open air.
If candidates and future council members are going consider this it will take serious thought, dis-cussion and debate on what this action will mean for the future of Black Diamond.
Th e white elephant is out.
Firefi ghters for GerkenTh e Maple Valley Professional Firefi ghters
formally announces their endorsement of Noel
Gerken for reelection to Maple Valley City Council Position No. 5. He has tirelessly served the citizens of Maple Valley for eight plus years as a council member and mayor. Noel is com-mitted to keeping our community safe and genu-inely cares about the welfare of our citizens. We have enjoyed a productive working relationship during his tenure. Noel’s mission is helping our families.
Under his leadership as mayor the city of Maple Valley was named one of 10 “Best Cit-ies for Families” in America by Family Circle magazine.
Noel’s experience, integrity and vision will continue to serve us well into the future.
We endorse Noel for reelection to the Maple
Valley City Council Position No. 5.
Jason Fox, Director, Maple Valley Professional Firefi ghtersPuyallup
Gerken for City CouncilI have known Maple Valley City Council
member and Mayor Noel Gerken for over 10 years. We met when we served together on the
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the very young city of Ma-ple Valley’s first Economic Development Council.
Noel’s service to the city was outstanding then as it was when we later served together on the City Council and his current service as our mayor. Noel has consistently proven his dedication to the best interest of the city and to all residents.
Noel has the courage and professionalism to take the tough vote and not knuckle under to the lob-bying pressures of special interest groups. Council-man Gerken also has an outstanding record in all parts of his personal life. His education includes a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Washington.
He’s worked 30 years for Boeing, most recently in project management. These accomplishments plus his personal handling of his family’s finances and family life are a reflection of the leadership he has provided to our city.
Our city has achieved a proud record of accom-plishments during its short life of 14 years. The Family Circle magazine’s selection of Maple Valley as one of the top 10 cities for families in the nation is a tribute to us all, not the least of which is our wise choice of council members.
There’s an old adage that I hold important in life. Don’t try to fix it if it isn’t broken. Maple Valley is a top city – let’s keep it that way by keeping Noel Gerken working for all of us. Marge and I will vote for Noel — I hope you will, too.
Chuck HardawayMaple Valley
Taylor, May and Deady for City Council
The city of Black Dia-mond is facing a momen-tous challenge with the im-minent arrival of a master planned development by Yarrow Bay. There are three City Council positions up for election. These positions are more important now than in any other time in the history of Black Dia-mond. I support Joe May for Position No. 3, Tamie Boxx-Deady for Position No. 1 and Ron Taylor for Position No. 5.
Many residents in Black Diamond are concerned with the size and scope of the developments and we
feel that our input is being ignored. The three candi-dates listed above are not incumbents and I believe they will bring a new and fresh voice to the council with the added benefit of having watched the pro-ceedings unfold for the past few years.
Joe May’s dedication to our city has been shown by his presence at every master planned develop-ment hearing, development agreement hearing and a multitude of City Coun-cil meetings for the past
several years. He is most qualified for position three because he has participated in the process for several years. He strongly believes in rural by design and growth pays for growth.
Tamie Boxx-Deady is a third generation resident of Black Diamond and is vehement in her belief that the current citizens of our city retain our quality of life. She will respect and embrace citizen participa-tion and will fairly enforce the rules for everyone in-volved in the process. Tami
would be an excellent addi-tion to the City Council.
Ron Taylor has served on the Black Diamond Planning Commission for several years and is well-versed in city affairs and well prepared to help the City Council.
He will be a thoughtful and steady presence and his background on the Planning Commission gives him a realistic insight of past, present and future.
Time is running out to make a difference in our city. The Black Diamond
City Council is facing a crisis in public confidence, which it has well earned. It is imperative to vote for new leadership and to change the course of our current City Council.
Please join me in electing Joe May, Tamie Boxx-Deady and Ron Taylor to the Black Diamond City Council.
Sue Waller FishBlack Diamond
Gerken has proven track record
I have worked with Noel Gerken both as mayor of Maple Valley and as a mem-ber of the Regional Transit Committee, which I chair.
He has impressed me with his common sense approach to regional issues and especially for his love of Maple Valley.
He is continually advo-
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Noel is a well respected and experienced leader with a proven track record of community and public service.
During these uncertain economic times, it is more important than ever to have leadership you can trust representing you.
I encourage you to re-elect Noel Gerken to the Maple Valley City Council.
Reagan DunnKing County CouncilmanKing County
Hamada an advocate for students
I am writing to you in support of Leslie Kae Hamada, candidate for Kent School Board Position No. 3. I have had the honor of working with Leslie for the past two years through my service with the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Project U(th).
Leslie fights for what she
believes in, and she believes in the kids. I am a graduate of Kentwood High School and attended school in the Kent School District for 13 years. In all those years, I never met anyone who could rival Leslie in determination and a love for helping the children of our community.
I have witnessed Leslie fight for the Kent East Hill PAL Boxing Club at Kent City Council meet-ings. I have participated in the Youth Summit forum that Leslie helped create in order to begin discus-sions among community members regarding youth programming and oppor-tunities, and I have been on the receiving end of Leslie’s vast knowledge about life. Leslie would often stop by Project U(th) and speak to the teens about everything from graduation plans to giving us tips on which fundraisers are the most successful.
I am now a sophomore at Whitman College, and am still inspired by Leslie every day, even though I am over 200 miles away. Leslie is a remarkable hu-man being and continues to give her whole heart to our community. Through her dedication to the youth
of our community and her unending quest to solve the problems in Kent, I know that Leslie Hamada will make a difference in the Kent School District and will fight for what is right for the children. Because of my experience working with Leslie when I was teen and my firsthand account of her efforts in the com-munity, I whole-heartedly support Leslie Kae Hamada for the Kent School Board. She does more than talk, she takes action.
Stefani PaladinoSophomore, Whitman CollegeKent
Woodcock for City Council
I have chosen to endorse Bill Woodcock for Maple Valley City Council. He is an experienced results driven leader who is ethical in his approach. Bill Woodcock will fight to keep Maple Valley a sustainable thriving community. Our current council has made moves that were negative to many small businesses. If
we continue to discourage business more individual taxes are likely. We need economic development that is fair to both busi-ness and the community. Bill Woodcock is equipped to deal with these needs, work with the Fred Meyer construction and fight for our city rights regarding the donut hole. Maple Valley needs someone who under-stands personal needs and the needs of the business community. It is exactly these qualities that Bill Woodcock possesses. He has spent his life building businesses and volunteering throughout the community. He has been the example of overachiever in every regard. It is his pit bull like tenacity that drives him to this success. All the while he never wavers on princi-pal. Having witnessed him myself in both business and in volunteer work I know he is my choice for repre-sentation.
Bill has proven to have the leadership ability to get the job done and I trust him to represent the city’s best interest when it comes time to deal with issues such as the donut hole. He will not only get the job done he will get the job done right. As a small local business owner who depends on the city for smart ethical choices, I urge you to vote
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Bryan KelleyValley AutomotiveKing County
Gerken endorsed by Maple Valley deputy mayor
I would like to take this opportunity to encourage our Maple Valley voters to cast their vote to reelect Noel Gerken to the Maple Valley City Council. I have known Noel for well over 16 years. We first met when our youngest boys played local baseball together. Throughout the years I would run into Noel either volunteering, supporting a community activity, or at-tending a local fund-raising event. When Noel applied for and was unanimously appointed to fill Council member Gary Patrick’s vacated City Council seat in 2003, I knew Noel had the right stuff to become a re-markable council member, and I was right.
I have served on the Maple Valley City Council for the past 12 years, and over the years, I have had the privilege of working alongside a number of very remarkable council
members of which Noel is one. Over the past eight years, Noel has become a very effective lawmaker and political community leader. Noel understands the complexities of city government operations and has consistently demon-strated effective leadership and initiative to keep Maple Valley moving forward in the right direction.
Noel’s mission as an elected official is simple, helping our families. One of his highest priorities is public safety. Keeping our neighborhoods safe and keeping drugs and gangs out of our city and away from our families is critical to Noel. His commitment to our public safety has earned him the endorse-ments of our police and firefighters. More parks and recreation are needed in Maple Valley. Noel enthu-siastically supports the building of Summit Park ball fields and is interested in continuing our conversa-tions with the YMCA for a potential site in Maple Valley. Economic develop-ment and growing the city is critical to our future.
Noel is pro-business and wants desirable busi-nesses to locate here. The new Fred Meyer and TRM center is an important
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Balancing our city’s budget every year is a state law. We have a very lean city government staffi ng structure. In fact, Maple Valley is among the lowest in operating budget and employees per capita of cit-ies in King County.
Noel is proud of the City Council’s very conserva-tive fi nancial strategies of providing sound steward-ship of taxpayer dollars and exercising fi scal responsibil-ity, especially in the midst of the toughest economic recession our community has confronted since the Great Depression.
In our form of local gov-ernment, every two years our City Council elects a mayor and deputy mayor. In January 2010 when it was time to elect a new mayor, our City Council elected Noel.
In my opinion, we had confi dence in his leadership skills, valued his lengthy
public service experience, recognized his commitment to community and selfl ess dedication to serve our great city of Maple Valley.
Over these two past years, Noel has done an outstanding job as our mayor. Recently Maple Val-ley was selected one of 10 “Best Towns for Families” in the U. S. by Family Circle magazine. Th is is a testimony to his leadership as mayor during the past two years.
Noel has worked hard both locally and regionally to help Maple Val-ley be the best it can be — a safe and secure environment for our families with recreational, business and job opportu-nities for all.
It is interesting to note that four years ago when Noel ran for reelection, he made a campaign promise to become more actively engaged in regional trans-portation forums.
Noel kept his campaign promise and has succeeded to further enhance Maple Valley’s infl uence by serving on fi ve regional transporta-tion boards.
With his active par-
ticipation, Noel has made a positive diff erence in Maple Valley by helping secure road funding (Maple Valley received a federal grant of more than $1 million) for the Witte Road roundabout project and expanded METRO bus service.
In that most suburban cities are lacking in suf-fi cient transportation and transit infrastructure needs, including Maple Valley,
Noel recognizes that a strong partnership
with surrounding cities including King County is good for Maple
Valley. Noel has worked
hard for our community which is refl ective of his 13 endorsements from mu-nicipal, regional and state elected leaders.
As we move forward, Maple Valley will continue to face many complex chal-lenges that require sea-soned, proven leadership to ensure that our long-term prosperity and quality of life continue.
I believe the residents of Maple Valley deserve the best local government representation possible, therefore, when I cast my
vote this election cycle, I will be voting for the most qualifi ed candidate, hands down, for City Council Po-sition No. 5. I will be cast-ing my vote to reelect Noel Gerken and I hope you will consider doing the same.
Victoria Laise JonasDeputy mayorMaple Valley
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During the past 20 years, Americans have become in-creasingly aware that their diet plays a signifi cant role for their health. Th ey also have become more disillu-sioned about the nutritional quality of the foods they are actually eating. Despite of these changes in aware-ness, most people’s eating habits have largely re-mained unchanged and the obesity crisis has worsened. Th ese are the fi ndings of a study report issued by the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Th e objective of the study was to see how Ameri-
cans are responding to the stepped-up educational eff orts by the government and advocacy groups to im-prove the nutritional health of the public. For this purpose, researchers com-pared data from two surveys that were conducted between 1989 to 1991 and 2005 to 2008.
“Although the actual healthfulness of diets has not changed much in the last 15 years, there has been a large and signifi cant decrease in the percent-age of Americans who rate their diets as Excellent or
Very Good,” the report said. “Th ese changes provide a snapshot of consumers’ increased dietary realism
and, perhaps, receptiveness to dietary guidance, and they also sug-gest the possibil-ity that a changed information environment has aff ected consum-ers’ perception.”
Th e comparison of the two surveys clearly shows that a signifi cantly higher percentage of people who were asked to rate the quality of their diets grew more pessimistic over time. 8.6 percent (down from 13.2) were inclined to call their diet excellent and 23.3 percent (down from 27.8) thought it was very good.
Th e percentage of those who considered their eat-
ing habits as good stayed roughly the same – 40.7 percent (up from 39.3).
Th e researchers concede that an “optimistic bias” about their diet still prevails among Americans.
While nutrition experts have learned a great deal about the nutritional qual-ity (or lack thereof) of the typical American diet, most consumers’ perception re-mains inaccurate. Our diets continue to be too high in calories, fats (especially saturated fats), sodium and added sugar.
Th ey are also too low in fi ber, whole grains, fresh vegetables and important micronutrients, according to the report. Th e reason is not that people willfully ignore the dietary advice they’re given. Th ey just mis-judge their own actions.
Still, the overall rise in
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Among overweight people, the percentage of those who rated their diets as excellent or very good declined by 12 points since the fi rst survey.
Th e researchers also looked at other data connected with diet. For example, they found a signifi cant relationship between household income and diet quality percep-tion. Th ose who believed their diets to be Excellent or Very Good were on average fi nancially better off than those who considered their diets as Poor. Th e dramatic rise of food prices in recent years has certainly contrib-uted to this discrepancy,
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More important was the fact that consumers eat most of their meals away from home. Home cook-ing and eating together as a family are rapidly becoming a thing of the past.
Again, the percent-age of people recognizing these trends as a potential problem is increasing, but there is little eff ort or even knowledge how to make the necessary changes to reverse them. Remarkably, those who rate their eating habits as poor spend on average a larger fraction of their food budget on restaurant food than those who say they have healthier diets.
Clearly, this report does not unveil any great secrets. Most of its observations are not surprising. Still, one can take comfort in the thought that the information given to the public seems to reg-ister, even if that does not (yet) lead to decisive action. We can only hope there will be a tipping point in the not so distant future.
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Public safety, budget cuts and development were among the topics discussed at the Black Diamond City Council forum Oct. 13.
The forum was at the Black Diamond Community Center and was hosted by The Greater Maple Valley Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce. The forum was moderated by Gary Habenicht. The forum began with an introduction by each candidate, followed by a lightning round of questions in which both the audience and the candidates answered simultaneously. The audience and the candidates seemed to share similar sentiments on most issues. For ex-ample, when asked if Black Diamond supported existing businesses, both answered no. They also said yes when asked if future growth was inevitable, if there was a future of mining in Black Diamond, and if they sup-ported master planned devel-opments.
Then there was a round of randomly drawn questions, which was asked of both can-didates vying for the same position.
Incumbent Leih Mulvihill, who currently holds Position No. 5, and her challenger, Ron Taylor, were asked what they thought was the biggest issue facing Black Diamond.
Mulvihill noted the lack of revenue, “really put small towns like Black Diamond in a bind,” she said. “It be-comes a real struggle. Black Diamond has come to rely on a lot of cuts just to keep the doors open. By watching our budget very, very closely and keeping it balanced and cutting out the fluff and
concentrating on the basic services, Black Diamond will be able to stay balanced for the coming years.”
Taylor felt legal issues fac-ing Black Diamond are a top priority.
“Regardless of the courts… I think that’s going to be the biggest drain on resources,” he said. “The way we’re going to have to face it is to be very careful and get a lot of good legal counsel and legal advice on that. I don’t see that issue going away or one that’s easy to navigate.”
During the candidate-to-candidate question round, Pam McCain, who is run-ning for Position No. 3, asked her opponent Joe May about his stance on growth and development in the city.
“You have been extremely involved in the opposition to growth and change,” she said. “If elected, how would you be able to bring yourself around to a way of thinking that would be cohesive for the City Council?”
May stated the negativ-ity in the city had polarized residents.
“I’ve spent about three years of time and effort trying to learn what I could about how it would affect us,” May replied. “Cohesiveness…that’s a tough question — when you have so much division in the city, and as I’m out talking to folks, it is very interesting. It mirrors what you have nation-ally. You hear, ‘She’s an idiot,’ or ‘He’s a “that.”’ It makes me crazy, because…we don’t have that much time. We have to work together as people.”
May then asked McCain about how she would support Black Diamond schools, which are in the Enumclaw School District, when she lives in the Kent School District.
“I do believe that growth
will pay for more schools and that the kids in Black Diamond do deserve to be fought for,” she answered. “I’ve paid for schools that my children have never attended, and I believe that is the same theory that we’re going to move forward.”
Incumbent Kristine Hanson, who currently holds Position No. 1, asked her challenger, Tamie L. Boxx-Deady, what she thought of the Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) program.
“I have looked into this,” Deady said. “If I was elected to city council, the TDR (program) is not my sole decision to make. It’s not that I am for or against it. The people who (own) them will be able to come to council and voice their opinions about it. A council must listen to those voices (on) what should be done. If the majority are for the TDRs, then I would have to listen to the citizens.”
Deady then asked Hanson about alleged statements she had made on Facebook pertaining to feedback she had received from citizens at City Council meetings.
“(On Facebook) you were begging for friends to come and support you at the City Council meetings,” Deady said.
Hanson replied she was attempting to bring in more civic participation.
“Sitting on the council, people can say whatever they want to and you have to take it,” she said “We do listen, but as I stated before, there are codes and laws we have to abide by. It’s very difficult…when you know there’s people out there who are supportive of change
and are positive, but they trust their council members. They are OK with that. So they just would rather not be around the negativity. It’s hard, because I do want people to come and share their thoughts, but people don’t want to because it’s so negative.”
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A Maple Valley Fire Commissioner is an elected member of a 5-citizen Board of Commissioners that es-tablishes policy and oversees the budget and operations of Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety.
Our fi ve Fire Commis-sioners are all long-term residents of the District. Brian McGee and Mike Scott are Career Firefi ghters, Camille Walls is a retired Fire Inspector, Bill Van Ruff owned Wilderness Chevron, and I, Jenny Rydberg, am a local Attorney. All of the Commis-sioners have families, and have been involved in many community service activities. We are paid $104 for each commissioner meeting attended. We each bring unique and valuable skills to the Board, and treasure the high quality of our com-munity and way of life.
Maple Valley Fire & Life Safety has an $8M annual operating budget. Approximately 70%
of our calls are for emergency medical services and 30% for fi re fi ghting. The District also provides training and emergency management services to local businesses, citizens, and schools. So that our Firefi ghters have the administrative support they need to provide these essential services, the commissioners must know and exercise sound business management practices. Although all alternative funding sources have been
pursued, our main income is from property taxes. Due to the economic downturn, our budget has declined 7% over the past 3 years and is anticipated to continue to decline in the future. We have worked collaboratively as a team with the Firefi ghters’ Union to slash expenses and keep Firefi ghters employed while maintaining high-quality, critical life-saving services for our community.
To do this, Commissioners must deal with budget realities, not fantasies; understand fi nancial statements, audits, municipal bonds and fi nance;
deal with complex contracts; understand labor negotiations; and work with many state and federal fi nancial and legal regulations. Together with the Firefi ghters’ Union, we have ensured that our employees are fairly compensated with good benefi ts, while costs are controlled. We review the District’s short-term and long-term needs, are fully accountable to the public, and are committed to open disclosure of District operations.
During the past three years the Board of Com-missioners has had to make very diffi cult choices which include the elimination of three administra-tive positions and leaving four Firefi ghter positions unfi lled. We have teamed up with neighboring fi re districts to share resources and save money, and passed the most recent Washington State audit with NO errors! Our most valuable resource is people: the people who work for the District and the citizens we proudly serve.
October2011
Welcometo our fi rst edition of “On Scene”
Along with the Board of Fire Commissioners, the staff at Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety and I are committed to the goal of transparency, both internally and with you, our external customers. Beginning with this issue we will be updating you on what is happening at your Fire Department three times a year.
I’ve had the pleasure of serving our great Community for more than 31 years with the last two as your Fire Chief. As you can imagine, I’ve seen this community and Fire Department grow and change through both the good and the fi nancially challenging times. During my short tenure as Fire Chief, the biggest challenge has been maintaining the level of services our residents have come to expect, while at the same time providing a safe environment for our employees.
As we are all aware, the recession and slow recovery has deteriorated property values and associated tax revenues that fund public services. We are no different, 91% of our revenue is from property taxes. I’m often asked how we are doing fi nancially and if our Department will be facing additional layoffs and subsequent fi re station closures. The simple answer is, “No.” Before making signifi cant cuts to services, such as staffi ng levels and the ensuing browning out (temporary closure) of fi re stations, I would recommend to the Board of Fire Commissioners to put a funding alternative on the ballot. I strongly believe and it would be my recommendation, that the citizens have a direct say in maintaining and/or decreasing the level of services that we provide.
Hard times are forcing diffi cult decisions on local governments and again, we are no different. During years that assessed valuation (property values) increases, the Fire Department can plan on a 1% annual increase in revenues. Now with assessed valuation declining, we are left to anxiously wait until we get our numbers from the Assessor’s Offi ce in September of each year to determine how much revenue we are going to lose. For every 1% of assessed valuation drop, we realize an approximate $70,000 decline in revenues. Preliminary numbers from the Assessor’s Offi ce for 2012 shows a decrease in assessed valuation of properties within our boundaries of 6.12%, or a reduction from 2011 revenues of $363,000.
Over the past three years the Board of Commissioners and staff members of Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety have taken aggressive measures to reduce expenditures. Line item budgets have been lowered; training, travel, overtime and other discretionary costs have been restricted or eliminated. Since 2009 seven positions, nearly 12%, within our organization have become vacant. None of these positions have been fi lled; duties and responsibilities have been reassigned to current staff.
Since 2009 our assessed valuation has decreased an average of 7.8% annually resulting in $527,000 less property tax revenues in 2012 compared to 2009. This decrease represents 7% of our 2012 budget. However, with the efforts of the Board and staff in reducing expenditures, leaving positions vacant and absorbing the work load, we have decreased our annual expenses by approxi-mately $688,000. These efforts have not been painless and have forced us to prioritize and limit our programs internally. Fortunately, I can report that even with the anticipated decease in property tax revenues for 2012, I expect no reductions in emergency services for 2012.
On the November 8th ballot you will have the opportunity to help determine who will make up our Board of Fire Commissioners. Two positions are up for consideration, so please take the time to vote. From all of us at Maple Valley Fire & Life Safety, we appreciate your continued support and the opportunity to serve you!
OperationsThe Operations Division is the
largest division in our Fire Depart-ment and is supervised by the Deputy Chief of Operations. The division includes both the Suppres-sion and Training Division, and is comprised of 3 Battalion Chiefs, 4 Captains, 6 Lieutenants, 33 Career Firefi ghters and 15 Volunteer Resident Firefi ghters.
Career suppression personnel consist of a minimum of 11 Firefi ghter’s on-duty staffi ng 3 fi re engines and 1 aid unit out of 3 fi re stations. Resident fi refi ghters supplement career fi re en-gine companies, as well as staffi ng our 3 outlying volunteer stations. The District is protected 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our personnel de-liver all-hazards emergency responses including; emergency medical services (EMS), fi re suppres-sion, rescue operations, and disaster mitigation. They also provide a multitude of non-emergency
service responses and activities such as fi re prevention and public education.
We utilize a tiered response system, meaning more than one level of emergency response is provided. The tiered response system for EMS has been proven to be the best pre-hospital treatment available, and King County’s system is one of the best in the country. It begins
with the BLS (basic life support) level provided by the fi re department and ALS (advanced life support) provided by King County Medic One, and concludes with an appropriate transport to regional hospitals. All of our fi re engines are equipped with the necessary equipment needed to address all types of emergency incidents, including EMS calls. This provides our Depart-ment with the ability to handle back-to-back calls and allows the closest emergency personnel available to respond. For example, if an EMS call is dispatched and the closest station only has a
fi re engine available, it will respond. At the same time the closest aid car will also respond for transport and if ALS services are indicated then the nearest Medic unit will also be dispatched. This sometimes results in more than a single unit responding. While it may appear to be too many resources being allocated, it is the best way to ensure that we minimize the time it takes to get personnel and equipment to the scene and initiate care. This is the tiered response system.
The preservation of life and property remains our highest priority. We continue to provide quality, cost effective emergency services through the efforts, dedication and commitment of our personnel and the support of our community. We strive to continually keep the public informed through both newspaper print and our website at www.maplevalleyfi re.org. In future articles we will discuss in greater depth the types of incidents we respond to and the role of our Training Division.
Thank you!Matt CowanDeputy Chief of Operations
IntroductionWe would
like to introduce Jeff DiDonato who has worked at Maple Valley Fire & Life Safe-ty since 1989. Jeff is currently a Captain and a member of the Department’s Technical/Swiftwater Rescue Team.
Jeff has been married to his wife Michelle for 25 years and they have lived in Maple Valley for 14 years. They have three kids; Michaela (17), Kyle (15) and Ashlyn (13). Michelle works for Tahoma Junior High as the In-School Suspension Para-Educator. Michaela attends Tahoma High, Kyle Tahoma Junior High and Ashlyn Tahoma Middle School.
Jeff coached soccer for 12 years and is currently refereeing soccer with his son Kyle. As a family, they enjoy soccer, wakesurfi ng, hiking and spending time with extended family.
Firefi ghting is a bit of a family affair. His father-in-law was the Fire Chief for Mercer Island. He also has 3 brother-in-laws in the fi re service. One is a Captain for Renton Fire, another is a Lieutenant for Kirkland Fire, and another is a Paramedic for Seattle Fire.
Tips to make trick-or-treatinga fun occasion
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clearly. To prevent trips, falls and other bumps in the night, keep costumes short. They should not interfere with a child’s ability to walk safely.
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the back and front of it.
jack-o-lanterns and other fi re hazards.
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Kentwood setter Kacie Seims puts the ball up as outside hitter Lauren Hackett waits for the pass during a match Oct.12. CHARLES CORTES, The Reporter
BY KRIS HILL
Anyone who counted out Kent-wood at the start of the volleyball sea-son in September may be surprised to see it at the top of the division standings.
Sure, longtime coach Bil Caillier left the Kentwood volleyball program and Erin Campbell, an anchor for the team’s off ensive attack graduated.
While much changed in the off season for the Conquerors away from the court, some things stayed the same, and this fall they have put together an undefeated record with two games left in South Puget Sound League North play.
Cindy Seims, mother of senior set-ter Kacie Seims, took over coaching duties along with Cathy Stansell.
“It was an easy transition,” said senior libero Tess Manthou. “We had a lot of leadership on the team... so that kept the team together.”
And having Cindy Seims around, someone her daughter’s senior class-mates have known for years through club ball, wasn’t anything new at all, Manthou said.
It is a diff erent dynamic, Kacie Seims said, “she’s my mom.”
“I feel even more connected to the team because I’m blood related to the
coach,” she said.Senior outside hitter Mikaela Bal-
lou, knew there were some outside the Kentwood program who thought that with the departure of Caillier — who led the Conks to state seven years straight — and of Campbell, Kentwood may not be as good as it has in the past.
Seems like things have worked out, though.
“Our team, we don’t just depend on one hitter,” Ballou said. “We’re confi -dent no matter who we set the ball to, we’re going to get a kill.”
Kacie Seims has distributed her passes to not just Ballou, but sopho-mores Lauren Hackett and Sarah Toeaina, as well as Mele Halahuni.
Manthou said Kentwood has been challenged by Bellarmine Prep and Auburn Riverside, which took the Conks to fi ve games on Oct. 12, but the team has been able to cope thus far.
Th e biggest thing the Conks have had to work through, Manthou noted, is “probably just staying focused, staying engaged because the season is long.”
“Our team has done better as far as gut checks,” Kacie Seims said. “Th at really got us through that Riverside game.”
CONQUERING CHANGE ON THE COURT
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With new coaches and a tweaked roster, Kentwood has found its groove, and put together an undefeated campaign with two league games left
REPORTER NEWSPAPERS WEEK SEVEN FOOTBALL
RANKINGS
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2. Bellarmine Prep (7-0)3. Skyline (5-2)
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7. Ferris (6-1)8. Federal Way (7-0)9. Woodinville (7-0)
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BY TJ MARTINELL
Kentwood’s Danny Lunder wants to
break the 16 minute mark this weekend at the South Puget Sound League sub-district meet.
All he has to do is shave about 10 seconds off his personal best.
Lunder is one of a number of cross country runners to watch from the Tahoma and Kent School Districts including both of the Bears’ squads as well as Alexia Martin and Ruby Virk from Kent-Meridian.
UNDER 16 MINUTESSenior Danny Lunder,
who placed 40th at last year’s state championship, is hoping to fi nish much higher this year.
“I can’t feel anything but good about him,” said Head Coach Ken Paul. “He doesn’t groan, he doesn’t complain. He’ll do anything you ask him to. Because of his abilities, he can get ready in a week. He’s going to have a good season, I think.”
During the season, Lun-der came in at fi rst place in three out of four meets. He also fi nished seventh at the Tomahawk Twilight Invitational in Marysville on Oct. 1.
“He’s having a heck of a season,” said Assistant Coach Steve Roach. “We
need more of him.” As for Lunder, he stated
he felt prepared for this year’s sub-district.
“I feel pretty good,” he said. “I feel more confi dent than I have in the past. I’ve been doing well so far.”
Lunder stated he is seek-ing to break the 16 minute barrier. Currently his season best is 16 minutes, 10 seconds.
“It’s his time,” said Assis-tant Coach Kara Th orton.
As a team, the boys are hoping to place well at the sub-district, despite losing three of its top runners from last year. Th e Con-querors have a solid base of runners such as juniors Dasan Telford, Eli McMeen and Galen Kornowske.
“I don’t pick a varsity team,” Paul said. “Th ey do. And we have a new varsity team each week. It’s exciting for them.”
Paul said he regards the league season as a “merely formality” compared to the
sub-district meet.
LEADER OF THE PACKOn Kent-Meridian’s girls
team, senior Alexia Martin has taken fi rst place at three of the four season meets this year, the most recent at the Oct. 12 race against Kentwood and Th omas Jeff erson.
“I feel I did great,” she said.
With a season personal record of 19:10, Martin stated so far for her this year has been somewhat relaxed.
“I don’t feel like I’ve had a lot of competition,” she said.
Even then, she said she has been training carefully for the sub-district meet.
“I feel really good about it,” she said. “I’m not push-ing it too much, so during the league (meet) my legs are not going to be tired.”
Martin is also pleased with her performance due to the fact that she sprained her ankle during the track season in the spring, which impacted her running for nearly a month.
“I still did awesome, but it wasn’t completely there,”
she said.“She’s the go-to girl,”
said Head Coach Ernie Ammons. “She’s got the maturity to go out there and take ownership of what she’s doing.”
Nipping at her heels, however, is sophomore Ruby Virk, whose season PR is 19:16, a six second diff erence from Martin’s.
Ammons stated he ex-pects both Martin and Virk to fi nish in the top fi ve at sub-district.
“It’s very exciting, con-
sidering where they’ve (the girls’ team) gone in the last fi ve years,” he said.
[19]October 21 , 2011
Talent abounds on the cross country trails
Kentwood senior Danny Lunder (second from left) runs ahead of Kent Meridian’s Teddy Teklu (far left) and Stewart Kunzleman, center, and fellow Kentwood runner Dasan Telford. TJ MARTINELL, The Reporter
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HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR TAHOMA
Both the Tahoma High boys and girls varsity teams are approaching the sub-district meet with high ex-pectations to win not only league, but district and state
championships as well. Given how well the Bears
have done in the past these are almost predictable goals.
So far this season, the boys have gone undefeated, while the girls have suffered only a single loss against Thomas Jefferson.
“I think both teams are
doing really well,” said Head Coach Gary Conner. “They have more talent, more miles than last year.”
The girls’ team has benefited from underclass-men such as freshmen Delaney Tiernan and Abby Atchison, both of whom broke their season personal records at the Oct. 12 meet against Auburn Riverside and Kentlake, running a 19:26 and 19:29 respec-tively.
Much of their improve-ment, Conner stated, was due to an adjustment in the training schedule. By begin-ning their two-a-day prac-tices a week earlier in the summer, he believes that they will reach their peak at the sub-district meet, rather
than earlier in the season, a problem which plagues a lot of teams.
It’s a plan which has proven popular with the runners.
The girls credited Con-ner’s intense workouts for much of their individual and team success.
“It’s definitely work ethic and the coaches taking the time to get us ready,” said junior Bridget Wulfing. “We get a lot of encouragement.”
Conner used this strategy to explain why the girls lost their Oct. 5 meet against Thomas Jefferson. Not only did they have the Sunfair Invitational in Yakima that same weekend, but season records are not use a determining factor for
league ranking, as it is in other sports. Better to lose a season race he said, and keep the runners healthy, than have them exhausted right before the sub-district meet.
“We didn’t really care (about the meet),” Conner said. “We weren’t pumped up. Some of it was my fault, but, hopefully we’re focus-ing on the prize.”
Though the girls are hop-ing to take first at state this year, they want to let their running speak for them.
“I feel we shouldn’t make a limit on how well to do,” Atchison said.
Maddy Denis said, “We’re excited. It’s an easy course to PR on.”
Leading the girls team
is junior Elizabeth Ooster-hout, who ran a 18:42, her all-time PR, at the Oct. 12 meet at Kentlake.
Conner said he has high hopes for Oosterhout at state.
“If she doesn’t get ner-vous she could win (the state championship),” he said.
Conner has equal con-fidence in the boys varsity team with a perfect season record to support it.
“There’s nobody who practices better than the boys,” he said. “It’s been a good year this season.”
As with the girls, Conner employed training methods to help the team work cohe-sively as a single unit.
For example, for certain workouts if the entire team did not run under a speci-fied time, all of them were forced to run it again.
This training strategy seems to have worked well. The top five runners all have season PRs under 17 minutes, the top 10 below 18 minutes.
“We’ve got a good base there,” Conner said. “It’s a lifestyle. To be good, that’s what it needs to take. They’ve got trust each other. They’ve got to trust the system.”
The boys are also benefit-ing from late season PRs by runners such as juniors James Dagley and Jacob Larsen, who ran a 16:16 and 16:40 respectively, at the Oct. 12 meet against Tahoma and Auburn Riv-erside.
Sophomore Riley Campell also ran a season PR with a 16:19.
“If I can get all of my guys healthy, we will be on that podium,” Conner said. “You can run good for eight weeks, but this is when the kids start to break down.”
Dagley said, “It’s time to reclaim it (the podium).”
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BY KRIS HILL
Kent-Meridian surprised Kentwood in the first half of a South Puget Sound League North Division matchup Oct. 14 at French Field.
Avery Hammond picked off Kentwood quarterback Dane Manio then took it 32 yards to put K-M on the Conks 21.
Moments later K-M punched it in, getting on the scoreboard first with 4 minutes, 39 seconds left in the first quarter.
Less than a minute later the Royals scored again after Broderick Phillips, Jr., picked up a Conks fumble and ran it from the Kentwood 19 for the touchdown putting K-M up 13-0 with 3:50 left in the first.
Kentwood answered in the second half and turned what looked like it might be a close game into a blowout, putting Kent-Meridian away 41-13.
Matt Hubbard put the Conquerors on the scoreboard first with a 24-yard touchdown run less than a minute into the second quarter, which made it 13-7, where the score stood at halftime.
The Conks took the lead on Visa Thach’s 36 yard scam-per after the running back broke through a wide open hole in the defensive line, putting Kentwood up 14-13 with the
PAT, just 1:04 into the third quarter.From there, Kentwood didn’t look back, as Hub-
bard scored from 13 yards out with 5:46 left in the third to make it 20-13.
With about two minutes left in the third, Jarrett Retz caught a dart from Manio, running it in for a
30 yard touchdown to make it 27-13 Kentwood.Ryan Dozier took it to the house from the three yard
line with 8:11 left in the game after another long pass to Retz set Kentwood up in the red zone.
On the next K-M offensive series, the Kentwood defense
stepped it up a notch, getting back to back sacks to force the punt.
Manio scored the final touchdown for the Conks, run-ning it from the 11, making it 41-13 with 4:48 left in the game.
Hubbard racked up 133 yards on 22 carries to go along with his two touchdowns while Chance Kalua-Fuimaono carried the ball 13 times for 116 yards. Retz had three catches for 66 yards and a touchdown.
Kentwood tallied 573 yards of total offense in the game.Devin Taylor had six tackles as well as a sack for a loss of
11 yards while Matt Herrick had seven tackles and Thach had nine.
With the win, the Conks improved to 4-2 in league play, the same mark Tahoma and Kentridge stand at, as well. Five teams from the North will make the playoffs.
Next up for Kentwood is Auburn Riverside at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 21 at French Field.
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And there’s something to be said for a little bit of chemistry.
“Honestly, we’re a family,” Kacie Seims said.
Manthou added that getting along off the court has been a key to Kent-wood’s success on it.
“We depend on each other,” she said. “I look at the people playing next to me and I know they’re working as hard as I am.”
Cindy Seims explained that her seniors have set the tone for the team and led by example.
It was clear from the first league match against Tahoma in September Kentwood had learned a lot from the 2010 campaign in which it finished 7-1 in league and slid into the state tournament after struggling to effectively execute offensively on a consistent basis.
Ballou has been on the money this season. For example,
in the match against Riverside, she led the Conks with 20 kills.
That sharp mental focus, the ability to execute, that didn’t just happen, Manthou said.
“It came from individuals who took it upon themselves to improve,” she said.
How far the Conks will go this season isn’t clear to Kacie Seims, but, there’s nowhere to go but up from last year’s eighth place finish at the 4A state tournament.
“We want to fulfill our full potential,” she said. “It’s hard to say, ‘We want to win state, we want to take fourth place,’ because there are so many factors that go into it.”
In the end, it’s about making the most of opportunities, Ballou said.
“As long as we leave it out on the court then we can leave with no regrets,” she said.
Reach Kris Hill at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054.To comment on this story go to www.covingtonreporter.com.
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“We depend on each other. I look at the people playing next to me and I know they’re working as hard as I am.” Tess Manthou
PACIFIC COAST COAL COPursuant to the Code of Federal
Regulations, Title 30, Part 947.774.15(b), notice is hereby given that Pacific Coast Coal Company, P.O. Box 450, Black Diamond, Washington 98010, has applied to the Office of Sur- face Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) to renew the operating permit for the John Henry No. 1 Mine.
Pacific Coast Coal Company’s federal permit was issued June 13, 1986 and renewed June 13, 1991, June 13, 1996, June 13, 2001, and December 7, 2006. The permit was significantly revised on August 22, 2001. This permit, issued by OSM, carries a term of five (5) years with the right of successive renewal with- in the approved boundaries of the existing permit upon expiration of the term of the permit.The mine location is northeast of
Black Diamond between the Green River Gorge Road and the Black Diamond-Ravensdale Road, in Sections 11 and 12, T21N, R6E, W.M.
A copy of Pacific Coast Coal Company’s renewal application is available for inspection during normal business hours at:Pacific Coast Coal Company30700 Black Diamond - Ravensdale RoadP.O. Box 450 Black Diamond, WA 98010360-886-1060 City of Black Diamond City Hall Building 25510 Lawson Street P.O. Box 599 Black Diamond, WA 98010 360-886-2560Office of Surface Mining Reclamation & Enforcement - Olympia Field OfficeEvergreen Plaza Building711 Capital Way, Suite 703Olympia, WA 98501360-753-9538 Office of Surface Mining Reclamation & Enforcement - Western Regional Office 1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 Denver, CO 80202-5733 303-293-5027
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VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER
District Healthcare SystemNOTICE OF
BOARD MEETING The regular meeting of the Valley Medical Center Board of Trustees scheduled for Monday, November 21, 2011, at 2:30 p.m., has been rescheduled to Tuesday, November 8, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. in the Board room of Valley Medical Center. Regular meetings of this Board will continue to be held on the 3rd Monday of each month at 2:30 p.m. thereafter unless changed by public notice. BOARD OF TRUSTEES (District Healthcare System) By: Sandra Sward Executive Assistant to the Board of Trustees Published in the Kent, Renton, Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporters on October 21, 2011 and October 28, 2011. #536196
PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON
(VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER)
Renton, WashingtonNOTICE OF HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget cover- ing the contemplated financial transactions for the calendar year 2011 of Public Hospital District No. 1 of King County, Washing- ton and operation of its Valley Medical Center was filed in the records of the Commission on October 3, 2011, in accordance with RCW 70.44.060(6). A pub- lic hearing on said proposed bud- get will be held in the Board Room of the Commission in the Valley Medical Center in the City of Renton, Washington on the 7th day of November 2011, at the hour of 5:30 p.m., at which time and place any taxpayer may appear and be heard in favor of, or against the whole of, said proposed budget or any part thereof. Upon the conclusion of said hearing, the Board shall, by resolution, adopt the budget as finally determined and fix the final amount of expenditures for the ensuing year. NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Chapter 84.55.120 RCW that a public hearing shall be held at the time set forth above on revenue sourc- es for the District’s current ex- pense budget. NOTICE IS FINALLY GIVEN that, in accordance with RCW
29A.76.010, the District shall also hold a public hearing at the time set forth above on the District’s re-districting plan based upon the most recent decennial census data. The re- districting plan will re-establish
the internal boundaries of the three Commissioner districts as outlined in the plan described at the public hearing.BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSPUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT
NO. 1 OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON (VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER) By: Sandra Sward Assistant to the Board of Commissioners Published in the Kent, Renton
and Covington/Maple Valley/ Black Diamond Reporters on October 21, 2011 and October 28, 2011. #537308.
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SEPA DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE
Application Name: Woodbridge Subdivision – Major Revision
Application File Number: LU11-0012/2106
Primary Contact: Andrew Goble Tritec Homes PO Box 951 Sumner, WA 98390 206-383-3705
Date of Issuance: October 21, 2011
Project Location: The proposal includes one property located at 15416 SE 256th Street in the City of Covington. The site lies within the SE ¼ Section 23, Township 22N, Range 5E, and consists of Parcel No. 2322059071 City of Covington, King County, WA.
Project Description: The Developer is proposing to revise the preliminary plat of Woodbridge (City File No. LU06-0080/2106) and has withdrawn the preliminary approval of Woodbridge II (City File No. LU09-0014/2106) and the associated Memorandum of Understanding between Tritec Homes and the City of Covington, King County Recording No. 20081002001034. The Major Revision consists of modifying the original Preliminary Plat (Hearing Examiner approval dated 04/25/2007) from 8 lots with a new local access road that will extend west from 155th Ave SE to a 6 lot subdivision, whereby all lots will take access from 155th Ave SE. Water service will be provided by King County Water District #111 and sewer service will be provided by Soos Creek Water and Sewer District. Emergency Services provided by the City of Covington and Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority
Environmental Documents: Site Plan (Offe Engineers, received by the City 08/12/2011), Transportation Impact Analysis (Jake Traffic Engineering, Inc 08/05/2011), SEPA Environmental Checklist (signed 08/01/2011), and other information on file with the lead agency.
Responsible Official/ Richard Hart, Community Development DirectorLead Agency City of Covington SEPA Official 16720 S.E. 271st Street, Covington, Washington 98042 253-638-1110
X This DNS is issued under WAC 197-11-340. The comment period is 14 calendar days and ends November 4, 2011.
Comments and Appeals NoticeComments and appeals on this DNS may be submitted by first class mail or delivered to the responsible official at the above lead agency address. Any notice of appeals must be filed in writing, with the required filing fee paid in cash or check and received within 14 calendar days of the end of the comment period at Covington City Hall Offices by November 18, 2011 at 5 PM. You must make specific factual objections, identify error, harm suffered, or identify anticipated relief sought and raise specific issues in the statement of appeal. Contact the Community Development Department at Covington City Hall to ask about the procedures for SEPA appeals.
CITY OF COVINGTON CITY COUNCILNOTICE OF PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PUBLIC
HEARINGS REGARDING THE 2012 PRELIMINARY OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2011, 7:00 P.M.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2012 Preliminary Operating and Capital Budget has been placed on file with the City Clerk and is available for review at Covington City Hall and the Covington Library. The public is encouraged to attend budget hearings and provide written or verbal testimony on any provisions of the proposed CY2012 Budget.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Covington City Council will conduct a Preliminary Public Hearing on revenue sources, including consideration of possible increases in property tax revenues, for the 2012 Preliminary Operating and Capital Budget at the City Council meeting on Tuesday, October 25, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located at Covington City Hall, 16720 SE 271st Street, Covington.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a Final Public Hearing on the 2012 Preliminary Operating and Capital Budget will be held at the City Council meeting on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located at Covington City Hall, 16720 SE 271st Street, Covington.
All persons desiring to comment may do so in writing to the City Clerk at 16720 SE 271st Street, Suite 100, Covington, Washington, 98042 or by appearing at the Preliminary and/or Final Public Hearings. Copies of the 2012 Preliminary Operating and Capital Budget are available for inspection and copying at Covington City Hall.
Agenda information will be posted the Friday prior to the above meetings at Covington City Hall, Covington Council Chambers, Covington Library, and the City’s web site: www.covingtonwa.gov. For further information, please contact the Covington City Clerk at (253) 638-1110, ext. 2225.
COVINGTON CITY COUNCIL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2011, 7:00 P.M.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Covington City Council has scheduled a Public Hearing on Tuesday, October 25, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. during the regular scheduled City Council meeting at Covington City Hall Council Chambers, 16720 SE 271st Street, Covington. The purpose of the public hearing is to receive comments from the public on adopting the Kent School District 2012-2017 Capital Facilities Plan and the proposed Kent School Impact Fee Schedule for 2012 pursuant to CMC 18.129.020 and RCW Chapter 26.70A and Chapter 82.02, which authorizes the collection of impact fees for development activity to provide public school facilities to serve new development. A copy of the proposed ordinance will be available for review at Covington City Hall beginning October 21, 2011.
All persons desiring to comment may do so in writing to the City Clerk, 16720 S.E. 271st Street, Suite 100, Covington, WA 98042, by Monday, October 24, 2011, at 5:00 p.m. or by appearing at the Public Hearing on October 25, 2011.
Agenda information will be posted the Friday prior to the above meeting at Covington City Hall, Covington Council Chambers, Covington Library, and the City’s web site: www.covingtonwa.gov.
Published in the Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on October 21, 2011. #537127.
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BY KRIS HILL
Kentlake ended a gruel-ing four-game stretch to clinch the South Puget Sound League North Divi-sion with a 10-7 victory over Auburn Oct. 13 at French Field.
It didn’t start off well for the Falcons when lineback-er Seth Mizoguchi snagged a wayward lateral pass and ran it back 63 yards for a Trojans touchdown with 2:47 left in the first quarter to put Auburn up 7-0.
But, that was all the scor-ing Auburn could muster.
Kentlake came out flat and head coach Chris Paulson explained that his players had been through three straight emotional games and the performance “was kind of a hangover.”
“We were lucky to get
a win the way we played,” Paulson said.
The Falcons scored their lone touchdown with 4:38 left in the first half when Caleb Saulo, who was taking his first snaps at quarterback in three weeks, punched it in from the 2 yard line knotting it up at 7-7.
From there both teams struggled to put together a drive, though Mitchell Habryle put Kentlake ahead on a 28-yard field goal with 5:53 left in the game. The scoring drive was set up after Tanner Lucas inter-cepted Auburn quarterback Brier Atkinson late in the third quarter.
With the victory, Kent-lake moved to 7-0, showing the team learned some big lessons after starting out 5-0 a year ago before drop-ping back to back games to
Kentwood and Auburn.Despite ensuring a new
football banner in the Kent-lake gym, the mood of the team was clearly subdued, especially by contrast to the previous week when stu-dents rushed the field after a gritty 17-16 victory over rival Kentwood — which went undefeated in league a year ago to win the North.
“Our kids understand we have a lot to clean up,” Paul-son said. “The good thing is that everything that hap-pened tonight is fixable. It says a lot about how mature this group is that we won a league title tonight and no one is happy.”
Kentlake played a non-conference game against SPSL South opponent Emerald Ridge (2-5) on Thursday at French Field.Reach Kris Hill at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054.To comment on this story go to www.covingtonre-porter.com.
Kentlake holds off Auburn in close contest
Kentlake’s Caleb Saulo keeps the ball during a 10-7 victory over Auburn on Oct. 13. With the win the Falcons clinched the SPSL North. CHARLES CORTES, The Reporter To view a slide show go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com and to buy photos go to the Web site and click on the photo reprints tab.
Falcons are 7-0 with two games left to play after victory over the Trojans and clinch the SPSL North crown
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Tahoma did what it needed to do Oct. 15‚ beat Auburn Riverside convincingly and stay right in the middle of the playoff hunt.
The Bears traveled to Auburn Memorial Stadium to take on the Ravens.
Tahoma came home with a 42-19 win and a three-way tie for second in the South
Puget Sound League 4A North.The victory sets up a big game Friday at
home when Tahoma hosts Kentridge at 7 p.m.
Both teams have 4-2 records.Against the Ravens, the Bears started the
opening quarter with a couple of field goals.Coach Tony Davis said by email in the
second quarter, “Denham Patricelli’s inter-ception and return for a touchdown was big for us.”
The score took the Bears into the locker room with a 13-6 lead at the half.
Davis said the team came together and played a solid game in the second half, which was reflected in the score.
Tahoma scored 15 in the third to the Ravens six and 14 in the fourth to Auburn Riveside with seven.
Scoring for Tahoma in the second half was Zach Browne on a 63-yard pass play from Shane Nelson. Beau Riggs punched it
in on a 2-yard run. Patricelli crossed into the end zone twice
in the second half, first on a 41-yard pass play from Nelson and then on a 33-yard dart from the sophomore quarterback.
Tahoma will be looking to contain stand-out Kentridge receiver Caleb Smith, who has committed to Oregon State. Kentridge will be searching for an answer to the Tahoma throwing-receiveing duo of Nelson and Patricelli.
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of treatment plant; that’s going to be passed onto the taxpayers. Developers, they have to pick up their part of the tab, too. But they did secure future water for the next 50 years. There was a cost to that. I think that as a commissioner, and I’m sure the commissioners that are currently serving have done everything in their power to prevent this, but there’s some of this that’s just unpreventable. People don’t want to pay the price that has to be done to hook into the system.”
“This goes back to the question of why are we in a position of having to pay the city of Tacoma a substantial amount of money to supply us with water,” said DeLaat, who currently holds Posi-tion No. 1. “The Washington State Department of Ecology said you cannot put in water wells until you study the im-pact on the roads. How does one show that installation of a ground water well doesn’t impact the street flow?... Essentially, we said we can’t. So we went to other sources of water.”
Debbie Straus and Leslie Kae Hamada, who are running for Kent School District Board position number 3, were asked for their opinion on a recent comment made by Kent School District Superinten-dent Edward Lee Vargas, in which he spoke in opposi-tion to Gov. Christine Gre-groire’s proposed plan to cut spending on public school districts by 10 percent.
“I think it’s a bigger issue,” said Hamada. “I want to take this position to a higher level. I want to have a pres-ence in Olympia. I know it has been started. It all begins with the funding out of Olympia.”
“His (Vargas) reasoning behind it was because it would make a statement, because education is not the place to make cuts,” said Straus. “I’m proud of the school district’s fiscal responsibility.”
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