Covington/Maple Valley Reporter, September 25, 2015

BY REBECCA GOURLEY

Reporter

Beginning July 1, 2016 the com-munity centers in Maple Valley and Black Diamond may have to scale back their senior services programs.

United Way of King County, which funds portions of the community centers’ programs, released their fi ve-year strategic plan and will be shift -ing funding around to match their current priority.

Sara Levin, spokes-person for United Way of King County, said the Black Diamond Community Center will see a reduction of $20,000 and the Greater Maple Valley Commu-nity Center will see a reduction of $30,000 in United Way’s 2017 fi scal year.

Levin said United Way is still aiming its dollars at programs that aff ect older adults like food banks and services that help the homeless.

“Our goal is to focus our dollars on programs that have the greatest impact in the community,” Levin said. “It’s not meant to leave out any particular group.”

Mark Pursley, executive direc-tor for the Greater Maple Valley Community Center, and his col-

leagues are asking the city of Maple Valley to make up the diff erence by increasing their 2016 annual allocation by $15,000.

Pursley said their fi scal year is six months ahead of United Way’s, so they will feel the impact of the funding reduction spread over the second half of 2016 and the fi rst

half of 2017. Syd Dawson, the

president on the board of directors for the community center, gave a presentation at the Sept. 14 Maple Valley City Council meeting, explaining the situation.

“Th e community center has received the same level of fi nancial support (from the city) since 2010,” he said. “And for that we are immensely grateful.”

He went on to state that due to infl ation over those years, they’ve actually had a reduction of $17,000 in purchasing power.

Th e community center has received approximately $192,500 – about 30 percent of their budget – from the city every year since 2010.

Pursley said if the city doesn’t increase the center’s allocation of funds, they will look in other places

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Senior services at risk of being cut due to lack of funding

BY REBECCA GOURLEY

Reporter

A proposal to build a new Lake Wilderness Elementary School was presented to the Tahoma School Board Tuesday.

Th e previous plan for the school was to remodel the aging building.

Th e remodel was set to occur aft er the new high school opens in the fall of 2017. However, building a new school for Lake Wilderness students

would result in it opening at the same time as the high school.

“All along, the hope was to be able to build a new Lake Wilderness Elementary School,” said Lori Cloud, assistant superintendent. “Remodeling would provide us with a good school, but we now have an opportunity to build something much better.”

Th is new plan is being considered because of the cost savings on the new high school and other improvement projects, according to a news release

from the district. When construction began on the

new high school project, a contin-gency fund was set up, as is typical for any construction project.

But, because there have been none of the anticipated issues with the project’s initial phases, some of that contingency money has been freed up. Th e district has a total savings so far of $23.4 million. With the additional $18 million that was already ear-

Board considers new Lake Wilderness Elementary

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If you haven’t been to the King County Assessor’s website lately, it might be a good time to check it out.

King County Assessor Lloyd Hara came to the Enumclaw Courier-Herald offi ce to talk about the latest innovations available on the website.

Hara said his offi ce began working on a new website about

this time last year using an outside vendor and the results are now on the site.

“It took less than seven months,” Hara said. “We really started around the holidays (December).

Hara said the impetus to redesign the site was to, “clear out roadblocks and get people thinking outside the box.” He said the more informa-tion an individual has improves

transparency, education and understanding of the assessor’s job.

Th e assessor’s website features a vast amount of information on property values, various levies and answers many frequently asked questions like:

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A plan to build a new Lake Wilderness Elementary would construct the school on the playground. Courtesy Kevin Patterson

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baby bird needing nourish-ment. But they ignore its pleas and take care of their own needs while it stays empty, waiting for someone to notice.

Th e dishwasher. Instead of putting those dirty dishes in the sink, why can’t they put them in the dish-washer? It’s my constant complaint to the teens in my life, who rush so quickly to feed themselves so they can get back to their press-ing task that prevents them from taking two seconds to pivot their waist 90 degrees to place the dish or cup in the dishwasher instead of the sink.

I must sound like a mos-quito to them - that annoy-ing whir right next to their ear they just swat away and

forget. It’s not diffi cult to fi gure out if the dishes are dirty. Th e machine is usu-ally empty or only holding the couple dishes I have put in there. A messy kitchen is the bane of my existence.

One way I can be assured I’ll start any day on a happy note is if the kitchen is tidy when I get up in the morning, which requires it be clean when I go to bed the night before. Over the summer I rarely woke up to

a clean kitchen because the kids stayed up late and had a penchant for midnight cooking. It was not a happy summer for me. But now they are back to school and except for weekends, when I don’t cook anyway, my morning happiness has been reinstated.

Sunday evening, hearing chaos, I peeked into the kitchen. Th ere were dishes in the sink and the kids were slicing up a water-melon. I directed them to put it away and not leave it sitting on the counter to attract fruit fl ies. One has had two years of college, the other two are seniors in high school. Surely they can fi gure out how to put a watermelon away.

As I was getting ready for bed, I went to the kitchen to get some water. Th ey did indeed stash the

watermelon in the fridge, but left the counter spat-tered with drippings and small chunks that fell off during the process of cut-ting it. It was a like when our cat catches a rodent, eats it, but leaves the en-trails for us to pick up.

Really? Do I need to spell it all out for them? Don’t they know or care that watermelon juice will dry and create a sticky mess overnight? Must I always point out the obvi-ous?

Th e answer to my ques-tion is obvious – yes. Th ey are teens (one just twenty) and I do have to always give detailed instructions if I want something done time aft er time, like put-ting their dishes in the dishwasher. Every day. Every time. Every task.

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morning mood, I loaded the dishwasher, started it, wiped the counters and washed the pots and pans. Normally, I would call them back to fi nish the job, but they were in bed already because it was a school night.

Tonight when we’re sitting at dinner, I will tell them of their disgrace and remind them we are a family and cleaning up af-ter themselves is their job, not mine. Th ey will smile and assure me they will do better in the future.

However, I know and they know what’s behind those smiles; the next watermelon they butcher will be left on the counter, along with the splashes and pieces and the dishes will still be in the sink at the end of the weekend.

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marked for the Lake Wilderness remodel, the district now says they have enough money to build a new school.

Th e district has also had additional revenue coming in from impact fees from new construc-tion in the city and county. Kevin Patterson, spokesperson for the district, said impact fee revenue is earmarked for capital projects, and is typically used to purchase portable classrooms because there is usually not enough money by itself to build a new school.

Th e plan is the new school would be built where the current playfi eld is now, said Patter-son.

Aft er construction is complete, the old school will be demolished to make room for more park-ing, bus lanes and a play area.

When asked if the district could have used the savings from the high school project to fund various programs throughout the district, Pat-terson said it could not.

“Construction money has to be in one pot and operating money in another, you can’t mix them,” he said.

Aft er the new high school is complete, the district’s current buildings will be reconfi gured to have a total of six elementary schools instead of the current four.

Th e remodel plan for Lake Wilderness was to allow the school to house 550 students, shift -

ing almost half of the current students to other schools in the district.

With the new plan, 200 seats would be added for a total of 750 students.

Patterson said this could help mitigate the smaller class sizes mandate and the state-wide all-day kindergarten that was set into motion recently.

“I am happy that we are in the position to be considering a new building,” said Tami Henkel, Tahoma School Board president. “Our board al-ways has the best interest of the students and will make a decision that benefi ts our community.”

Th e board heard details about building the school but did not vote on the plan at the Tues-day meeting.

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COVINGTON PURPLE LIGHT NIGHTS

The sixth annual Purple Light Nights tree lighting kickoff is

Saturday, Sept. 26.The evening begins with the

Take a Step Against Domestic Violence 5K walk at 6 p.m.

followed by a barbecue dinner at 7 p.m. The evening will

culminate at 7:30 p.m. with the lighting of 2000 purple lights

on the downtown center tree, provided by the Covington

Parks & Recreation Department. The event will be at the Pier I

parking lot , 16901 SE 272nd St.

How does one introduce Shakespeare to teenagers? As soon as you mention the name of the famous playwright in a

classroom, most students react in a Pavlovian-fashion and tune out the lesson. I know, because I was one of them. Ever since reading Hamlet in the seventh grade, I never thought I’d really understand, let alone like, Shakespeare’s plays.

But then I went to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and suddenly, all I thought I knew about the 400-year-old dead white dude fl ew out the proverbial window.

My girlfriend, a major fan of the Bard, helped this miracle in no small part, and I’m sure she would attest to my recalcitrant attitude toward anything related to Shakespeare if asked.

So when her history lessons failed, when all the cajoling and fl attering and the encour-agement that I would like his plays if I would just give them a chance fell on deaf ears, she turned to me one day and said, “Did you know Shakespeare wrote one of the oldest ‘your mom’ jokes?”

To give you a frame of reference for how quickly and intently I started paying attention, do you remember the fi rst time you heard your teacher swear in class? It was exactly like that.

And she wasn’t giving me click-bait either. Shakespeare really did write a “your mom” joke into ‘Titus Andronicus’, act 4, scene 2.

Chiron: “Th ou hast undone our mother.”/Aaron: “Villain, I have done thy mother.”

I won’t get into the specifi cs of the story, but yes, what you just read was Shakespeare making a punny joke about Chiron’s mother – not bad for a 400-year-old dead white dude.

Th is isn’t an isolated occurrence, either. All of Shakespeare’s plays, and even some of his son-nets, contain jokes, puns and veiled references to sex. We just don’t notice because we assume Shakespeare is all posh and plot instead of inap-propriate and occasionally obscene (thanks for nothing, Laurence Olivier).

So I’m passing on the same wise words my girlfriend said to me that fi nally got me inter-ested in Shakespeare. If you think Shakespeare is tedious, monotonous and one corner short of a pentagon, or you just need to be pointed in the right direction to fi nd something you can get interested in, these words are for you; “Shake-speare is full of sex.”

So why did Shakespeare weave all of these aft er-hour references into his classical works? Because he wasn’t just writing for the nobles and upper class who enjoyed plot and drama – he also wrote for the peasants and the uneducated working class, who enjoyed putting up their feet (metaphorically, because they all had to stand to see his plays) and have a good time laughing at inappropriate jokes. Shakespeare’s humor, de-cent or crass, is one of the many reasons people in 16th Century England were able to emotion-ally connect to his plays.

But Shakespeare didn’t just put sex jokes into his plays to make them entertaining for the unwashed masses – occasionally, he’d write them just for himself (or some other lucky person), like in Sonnet 151.


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Thank you, stranger

Th ank you to the customer who turned in my mother’s diamond bracelet, which slipped off my wrist at the Maple Valley Fred Meyer Store the morning of the Seahawks-Rams game (Sunday, Sept 13th). I wear it every day in honor of my mother who passed away in June of last year. It’s emotional and sentimental value far outweigh its fi nancial value to me (and to my family). You could have kept it, but you didn’t, and that means the world to me!

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Mary Jane Glaser is asset to community

Mary Jane Glaser is a dedi-cated public servant who has a passion for our schools, the children in the Tahoma School District and the greater Maple Valley community as a whole.

Mary Jane has a record of putting our children fi rst while also being a fi scally responsible board member during her last four-plus terms as a board member in Tahoma. She brings a strong voice of advocacy for students in our system by being a leader on numerous com-mittees including the citizen’s oversight for bond and the district’s diversity committee. Mary Jane also has a love of our Maple Valley community

by serving as offi cer on many boards including the Maple Valley Creative Arts Council and Maple Valley Farmers Market. Her heart for educa-tion and making Tahoma the best that it can be is evident in her work and support for teachers also. She takes time to volunteer in the classrooms and continues to grow as a board member by attend-ing educational conferences throughout the year. Mary Jane is an asset to our Maple Valley community and our Tahoma School District and that is why I am urging you to vote Mary Jane Glaser for School Board Director Position No. 3.

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Do you know that attitudes created in the 1787-88 ratifi ca-tion of the Constitution are still with us today in our two major parties? Back then they were called Federalists and Anti-Federalists. Today these two perspectives are alive and well within the Repub-lican and Demo-cratic parties.

To understand how Federal-ists and Anti-Federalists still exist, we need to see their dif-fering viewpoints created out of the confl icts of the late 18th

century. Federalists created the Constitution in Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia, in the sum-mer of 1787. Th ese individu-

als had seen Shays’ Rebellion threaten the overthrow of the state government of Mas-sachusetts in 1786 and 1787. Th e Massachu-setts state legislature had done the same thing to its western

farmers that the British had done to the Bostonians in the 1760s and 1770s.

Revolutionary veterans were losing their farms due to unpaid loans and ending up

in debtors’ prison. Th ey were being taxed without having a voice in the decisions – Th e Revolution in redux.

Th e U.S. government, under the Articles of Confederation, had not paid promised wages to Revolutionary soldiers who owned those farms because Congress had no power to raise taxes to do so. Congress was also helpless under the Articles to do anything to end the rebellion.

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All subjects in the po-lice blotter are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

MARIJUANA• On Sept. 9 two Kent-

wood High School students were found to be in posses-sion of marijuana on school property.

VEHICLE RECOVERY• On Sept. 9 it was

reported that an unknown suspect returned a stolen U-Haul trailer to the stor-age lot.

CHILD NEGLECT• On Sept. 10 officers

responded to reports that the victim feels their mom ignores their complaint that they feel unsafe around their stepdad.

LARCENY • It was reported on Sept.

14 that a motor home was broken into. According to the police report, the subjects reached in through a window screen and unlocked the deadbolt on the main door. Belongings were taken from

inside the motor home.• On Sept. 20 it was

reported that the victim’s bicycle was stolen from her front yard.

BURGLARY• On Sept. 15 it was re-

ported that a lawn mower and leaf blower had been stolen out of the victim’s shed.

TRESPASS• On Sept. 14 it was

reported that a female subject was trespassed after staying at the property of an unrelated subject who was hospitalized. It is unknown whether the female had permission to stay or not but according to the police report, it appears that the subject may have forged a note giving her permission to reside on the property.

LIQUOR VIOLATION• On Sept. 14 officers

responded to Maple Val-ley Fitness to reports of a juvenile female who had consumed alcohol.

FORGERY CHECKS• On Sept. 15 officers

responded to Key Bank to reports that a male subject attempted to cash a stolen check. According to the police report, the man fled the scene.

STALKING/HARASSMENT• On Sept. 15 it was

reported that the reporting party is receiving phone calls from a known male subject. According to the police report, he is threat-ening to tell her boss that she used to use drugs.

THREATS• On Sept. 17 officers re-

sponded to Cedar Heights Junior High School to re-ports that a verbal exchange between students took place while one was holding a knife.

AUTO THEFT• On Sept. 16 officers re-

sponded to reports that the victim’s unlocked vehicle was taken from their drive-way without permission. According to the police report, the keys were left in the ignition.

ILLEGAL FIREARM DISCHARGE

• On Sept. 16 it was reported that sometime between 3 and 7:30 p.m. a male subject fired a round into the floor of another person’s bathroom.

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The King County Sheriff ’s Office continues to investigate an April 13 head-on vehicle crash just outside of Kent that killed a 25-year-old Federal Way woman.

“No updates at this point,” Sheriff ’s Office spokesman Stan Seo said in an email on Sept. 17. “The detectives are still inves-tigating, no charges have been filed. We do not have any additional informa-tion.”

The Sheriff ’s Office reported that a 25-year-old Maple Valley man had al-legedly looked down at his phone as his vehicle drifted into oncoming traffic and crashed into another car in the 20200 block of 148th Avenue Southeast near Lake Youngs. A Ford sedan

crossed the centerline and collided with a Honda Civic coming the opposite direc-tion.

Sherri White, the driver of the Civic, died at the

scene from injuries suf-fered in the accident. Two passengers in White’s car were injured. The man who drove the Ford was alone and had no injuries.

King County Sheriff’s Office still investigating fatal crash from April

Firefighters examine one of the vehicles involved in the April accident. COURTESY PHOTO, King County Sheriff’s Office

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When you’re struggling with drug and alcohol addiction, sobriety can seem like an impossible goal. But the road to recovery is never out of reach, no matter how hopeless your situation seems. You will experience pitfalls and setbacks, but by examining the problem and thinking about change, you’re already on your way.

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Pulled Pork SlidersIngredientsClayton’s Spicy Barbecue Sauce1 cup ketchup 1 cup yellow mustard1 cup red wine vinegar1/3 cup red curry paste1/3 cup soy sauce1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce2 tablespoons habanero hot sauce2 tablespoons lemon juice

2 tablespoons sugaronion powdersaltpepper

Pulled Pork Marinademinced garlicWorcestershire saucehot saucecinnamoncuminsaltpepper

Fish Tacos (serves 4)

IngredientsClayton’s Fish Taco SauceFresh lime juice from 1 lime2 dollops of sour cream1 dollop of mayonnaise1 cup of fresh cilantro1 tablespoon of hot saucecumincoriandersalt and pepperolive oilred wine vinegar

DirectionsBlend all ingredients in a blender until smooth. Chill until ready to use.

AssemblyFor the tacos pictured, cook Van de Kamp’s beer battered fi lets. Warm corn tortillas, place fi sh on top. Cover with tomatoes, onions, cilantro, fi sh taco sauce (and any other toppings you desire). And enjoy!

Pizza Cups (serves 4)

Ingredients

Crust1/2 cup vital wheat gluten2 cups almond fl our1 cup nutritional yeast2/3 cup whole fl ax seedsFilling1/2 package Simple Truth

Meatless Crumbles (Fred Meyer)

1 yellow onion, thinly sliced

1 can diced tomatoes2 tablespoons taco

seasoning

1/4 block Daiya Cheddar Style Cheese (or other vegan cheese), shredded

DirectionsIn a food processor blend all of the crust ingredients until the fl ax seeds have been broken down pretty well.Put into a bowl and add a small amount of water (1/2 cup or less).Form into a ball (it will be sticky).

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this uprising could reoccur in other states. The smell of an-archy was in the air, infecting other states and encouraging other nations to consider carving off sections of the United States for themselves.

A convention was called to meet in Philadelphia to amend the Articles of Con-federation in the summer of 1787. Instead of amending it, leaders like Madison, with the support of Washington and Franklin, wanted to cre-

ate a whole new constitu-tion. State power had to be reduced to create a

stronger central government.Since Madison’s purpose

of restructuring government was a radical step, what the convention talked about was kept strictly secret. Madison understood that state gov-ernments stood to lose the most with the new Constitu-tion and bypassed the state legislatures, going directly to the people – “We the People.” The ratification process was

started quickly. Anti-Feder-alists were given little time to organize opposition. That was part of the plan to get the Constitution ratified.

Both sides tried to con-vince the public that their approach was the best for the nation. Both sides wrote persuasive letters in major newspapers to convince the people in each state to ratify or not ratify the Constitution. The ratified Constitution was set up in 1789 and a new government was formed.

Federalists emphasized a strong central government that was inclusive, welcom-ing diversity as part of Madison’s strategy: “Ambi-tion must be made to limit ambition.” Opposing factions would struggle with other factions to create compro-mise in government.

Anti-Federalists empha-sized the opposite: power resided in the states and the people. The central govern-ment would be too power-ful. They favored states’ and individual rights over a strong central government. Anti-Federalists balked at ratifying the Constitution unless a bill of rights was added – which empha-

sized individual rights. Among the Anti-Federalists there was less concern for including all groups in the government.

The Federalists, to get the Constitution ratified, finally agreed to add a bill of rights after ratification, which they did during the first Congress.

Can you see that today’s Democrats were the Feder-alists? They were inclusive and favored a strong central government. Today, the Republicans favor smaller government with power residing in individuals and the states and they are not as inclusive as the Demo-crats. They favored protect-

ing individual guarantees against a strong central government through the addition of the Bill of Rights. They were the Anti-Federalists of the 1780s.

The history of the Consti-tution is that the Federalists created it and the Anti-Federalists co-opted it from the very beginning. That tension between Federal-ists and Anti-federalists has continued throughout our history to the present day.


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It is harvest time in the vegetable garden so keep picking ripe tomatoes,

cucumbers and summer squash. Share fresh produce with your local food bank if you’re lucky enough to have a bumper crop. The hot summer weather was great for growing tomatoes, basil, peppers and corn but berries and leafy crops suffered in the heat. Cut back the canes of raspberries that are turning brown as these bore berries this summer. Tie the new green raspberry sprouts to horizontal supports as these will bear fruit next summer. Spread a mulch of wood chips, manure, compost or bark chips on top of the soil to keep the weeds out and the moisture in.

Q. Why do the end of my tomatoes turn black and start to rot? I have

grown them in the same sunny spot for

several years and never had this problem. P., Enumclaw.

A. Sound like blossom end rot, a tomato

disease that strikes when the soil is lacking in calcium or when watering is inconsistent. Growing tomatoes in the

same spot will suck the calcium right out of the soil so be sure to amend your soil this fall with lime or another form of calcium. Blame the hot weather for many cases of blossom end rot this summer as the sun dried the soil quickly in early sum-mer before many gardeners had established the habit of daily watering. Tomatoes like soil that is consistently moist or they will adapt to somewhat dry soil, but do not like dry soil followed by lots of water. Next year, use mulch on top of the soil to seal in mois-ture and prevent inconsistent watering.

Q. When should you harvest corn for the sweetest flavor?

A. Give corn the fingernail test. Peel back the husk with the corn still on

the stalk. Pierce a kernel with a thumbnail. If the liquid is clear, give the corn more time. If it is thick and creamy it is overripe. When the kernel leaks liquid that is the color and consistently of milk you’ve got a sweet harvest. Flavor is best when picked in the late afternoon and used within one hour of picking. Keep ears cool if you can-not cook them the same day as the harvest. A patch of corn can be harvested at the peak of ripeness for one to two weeks de-pending on the weather and the variety.

Q. How can I make the green toma-toes turn red before winter? T.,

email.

A. You can uproot an entire tomato plant and hang it upside-down by

the roots in a garage or shed and as long as the tomatoes stay dry they will continue to ripen. You can also collect the green toma-toes that are ripe enough to have a darker green, star-shaped area on the blossom

end of the fruit. Store these indoors with good air circulation in a dry spot. Green tomatoes do not need sunlight to turn red as long as they have the green star stage. If you protect your tomato plants from the rain and cold with plastic covers or by growing them under the eaves of the house they will continue to ripen rather than rot on the vine.

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Marianne Binetti has a degree in horti-culture from Washington State University and is the author of “Easy Answers for Great Gardens” and several other books. For book requests or answers to gardening questions, write to her at: P.O. Box 872, Enumclaw, 98022. Send a self-addressed, stamped enve-lope for a personal reply.

For more gardening information, she can be reached at her Web site, www.binettigar-den.com.

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OPINION

BY SARAH BRENDEN

Reporter

Th e Tahoma Bears are off to the best start of any team in the South Puget Sound League 4A Northeast divi-sion.

Th e Bears are 3-0 and have outscored its opponents 113-45.

Tahoma’s latest win came Friday at home against the Federal Way Eagles.

Th e Bears won by three, 18-15.

Federal Way took the lead early with a touchdown less than a minute into the game.

Th e Eagles’ lead was cut short when senior Macen Granlund kicked a 30 yard fi eld goal with less than six minutes remaining in the fi rst quarter.

Th e Bears started to take over the game with two more Granlund fi eld goals in the second quarter.

Tahoma went up 9-7.With three seconds left in

the half, Tahoma put seven on the board.

Senior quarterback Aman-dre Williams found junior Josh Smith for an 11 yard gain and a Tahoma touch-down.

Entering the half, the Bears led the Eagles 16-7.

Tahoma’s fi nal score of the game came late in the third quarter.

Senior Michael Clausen scored two points off a safety before entering the fi nal quarter.

Federal Way came within three, adding eight to its score but it wasn’t enough to pass the Bears.

Williams was 33 for 66 on the night passing for a total of 315 yards and one touch-down.

Junior Dylan Stewart was the Bears leading rusher with 52 yards on 14 attempts.

And top receiver of the night was sophomore Jerrel Chapman.

Chapman had 87 yards on 11 catches.

Th e fi nal game before league play begins was Th urs-day, Sept. 24.

Th e Bears traveled to Fed-eral Way to face the Decatur Gators.

Kickoff was set for 7 p.m.

Kentwood, KentlakeThe Conks beat Thomas

Jefferson by one Thurs-day, 17-16.

Up next for Kentwood was a 7 p.m. kickoff Th urs-day, Sept. 24 against the Kentridge Chargers.

Kentlake beat Mount Rainier 35-0 Friday.

Th e Falcons face Kent-Meridian at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25 at French Field.


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Bears off to an undefeated start

CONKS BEAT FALCONS The Kentwood boys tennis

team hosted the Kentlake Falcons on Thursday, Sept. 17.Due to a rain delay, the game

was played Monday.The Conks won 5-0 over

Kentlake.Kentwood is undefeated with a 4-0 overall record and Kentlake

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Th e answer is: Th ere is not a one-to-one correlation between property values and your property taxes.

• How are my property values calculated?Th e answer is: Local government adopted

budgets, total taxable property values in a community, voter approved measures and the assessed value of the individual’s property.

Schools take about 54 percent of the property tax pie, King County about 17 percent, cities about 17 percent.

A few of the interesting facts and fi gures Hara pointed out that are easily accessible on the site include:

• King County values increased 13.9 percent from $340.6 to $388.1 billion in 2014.

• Eighty fi ve of 86 residential areas increased in value, but only 20 out of 86 increased beyond the 2008 valuation.

• Th ere was $5.4 billion in new construction added in 2014

• Th e King County median appraised values in 2008 was $409,000. It was $386,000 in 2014. Th e low point came in 2012 at $303,000. In 2009 and 2010 it was $338,000 and $319,000 in 2011. In 2013 it was $329,000.

• Th e assessor’s offi ce appraises 700,000 prop-erties each year and physically inspects one-sixth of the properties in the county each year.

• Th e assessor’s offi ce was established in the mid-1800s before Washington was a state.

To track a specifi c property click on the localscape.property green square on the front of the website. Th e site provides property value changes, neighborhood data including census, education, permits and sales. An individual can click on the “My Property” tab for a specifi c property value history.

Hara said he and his offi ce staff are also trying to spread the word about the property tax ex-emptions and limited income deferral eligibility.

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Gail Yamasaki smiled as children sang in the park on a sun-kissed aft ernoon.

A small but grand celebration for Yamasaki, her family and the Marshallese communities of Auburn, Kent, Covington and elsewhere.

A vital state program has been fully restored – thanks to a budget agree-ment signed by Gov. Jay Inslee this summer – that will help put food on the table for many struggling, depen-dent immigrant families.

For fi ve years, families, local leaders and anti-hunger advocates fought deep cuts in the State Food Assistance program, claiming those cuts unfairly burdened immigrant families.

But those families spoke up. Th e Children’s Alliance – a strategic organization working for families and children – stepped in, as did other agencies, organizations and legisla-tors.

“Without the Alliance, we would not have been able to get this done,” said Yamasaki, of Auburn, celebrating the victory at Veterans Memorial Park with family and friends, and local and state leaders on Sept. 12. “It looks like it’s really paid off . We really appreciate what they’ve done for us.”

People from the Marshall Islands are governed by an arrangement between the U.S. and their country that allows them to live and work in America, generally without a visa. But under changes to welfare laws in the late 1990s, Marshallese immigrants

couldn’t receive federal food stamps.Th e state came up with the food

program to support the Marshallese and other groups who hadn’t been in the country long enough to qualify for food stamps. Th e program stra-tegically leverages resources to make sure food stamps reach thousands of children in immigrant families.

But given program cuts of the past, especially those in the throes of the Great Recession, area families struggled to eat and meet basic needs.

But that changed with the 2015-17 state operating budget, which makes signifi cant investments in children and families.

Paola Maranan, executive director of the Children’s Alliance, thanked the many voices who called for the full restoration of the program.

“Th rough those years, you have led the way, from parents, grandparents and youths who courageously spoke the truth about your own experiences, to grassroots organizations that stood in solidarity with families, to service providers and food bank providers

that spoke up for equity, to legislators who advocated among your own col-leagues to right this wrong,” Maranan said.

Northwest Harvest and the Auburn Food Bank were among the many advocates that joined the campaign.

Sen. Joe Fain, R-Auburn, and Rep. Pat Sullivan, D-Covington, among others, made a push in the Legisla-ture.

“From sitting in the Kent Library and listening to families and parents and kids talking about how important this program is, it truly called me to action and to help get this done,” Fain told the crowd.

Sullivan applauded the eff orts but said more work needs to be done for struggling families throughout the state.

“We can’t stop here. We need to continue to push for programs and services, whether it’s State Food As-sistance, whether it’s other human services, whether it’s health care, whether it’s education for our chil-dren,” he said.

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to keep the senior services program operating.

“We’re always in that

mode (of looking for funds) because no funding is ever guaranteed by anybody,” he said in a phone interview

Sept. 18.Th e senior services pro-

gram consists of socializa-tion, nutrition support, meals and health and fi tness.

“It’s all about prevention for us,” Pursley said.

He stressed that prevent-ing problems before they occur is a lot more cost ef-fi cient than someone, who

is likely on limited income, paying for a broken hip or another costly health-related ailment.

“Th e things we do here are not sexy,” he said. “It’s not a ‘oh look we have saved the world,’ but what we’re try-ing to do is keep people away from the cliff ; catch them at the top of that cliff before they go over.”

Pursley also said they don’t have much wiggle room to transfer funds from one pro-gram to senior services.

“Most funding comes in for specifi c purposes,” he said.

Ultimately if the center cannot fi nd funding to bridge the funding gap, Purs-ley said they will likely have to make some cuts.

CATOBERFEST OCT. 17

South County Cats’ eighth annual CAToberfest is

scheduled for 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Greater

Maple Valley Community Center, 22010 SE 248th Street. CAToberfest is an annual event

to thank volunteers, donors, foster parents and all the

others that help make South County Cats a success.

Admission is free, but a donation of one can of cat food

is recommended.

Taking chunks of the dough, form into smaller balls the size of a tennis ball. Place dough in the cupcake baking pan and using your fingers press the dough into the pan so it forms a cup.*Bake the empty cups at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.For the filling, sauté crumbles, sliced onions and taco seasoning in a skillet on medium-high heat. Add water as necessary for the seasoning.

Filling the cupsPlace a spoonful of diced tomatoes at the

bottom of the cup.Add crumbles/onion mixture next, following by a few shreds of vegan cheese. Bake for 10-15 minutes at 350 degrees, or until the top of the crust is golden. Remove from cups using the foil tabs and serve hot. *For step-by-step instructions including photos, go to teamfitandfearless.com.These heat well in the microwave the next day, so don’t be afraid to make a double recipe.


DirectionsHeat all ingredients for BBQ sauce on the stove top on medium-low heat. Stir constantly for eight minutes. Let cool.Plastic wrap seven pounds of pork shoulder with marinade for four hours. Remove pork from

plastic wrap and place in a baking pan with one cup of chicken stock in the base of the pan. Cover with fold and bake at 215 for ten hours. Then remove from the oven and shred the pork, to keep it warm place in a crock pot on low. AssemblyFor the pulled pork sliders

pictured, place pulled pork on pretzel bun sliders. Top with barbecue sauce and coleslaw.

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COMMITTEE MEETING Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Valley Medical Center Board of Trustees, Com- pensation Committee will be held on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in Conference Room B of Valley Medical

Center, Renton WA.BOARD OF TRUSTEES(District Healthcare System)By: Sandra SwardExecutive Assistant to the Board of Trustees

Published in the Kent, Renton,Covington/Maple Valley/BlackDiamond Reporter on September18, 2015 and September 25,2015. #1417778.

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SEPA DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE (DNS)

Application Name: Hawk Property Grading (Limited Scope)

Application File Number: LU15-0013

Primary Contact: Colin Lund, Director of Development Oakpointe, LLC 10220 NE Points Drive, Suite 310 Kirkland, WA 98033 425-898-2100

Date of Issuance: September 25, 2015

Project Location: The subject property includes a portion of the following properties: Parcel No. 3022069001 (18808 SE 256th St), Parcel No. 1922069041 (19514 SE 252nd St), and Parcel No. 3022069090 (no address) and is situated in the NE Quarter of Sections 19, 20, 29,30 Township 22N and Range 6E in the City of Covington, King County, WA.

Project Description: The grading permit is to rough grade approximately 55.37 acres, currently being used as an asphalt processing plant. Grading is estimated at 68,000 CY of cut and 620,000 CY of fill. Any substandard fill will be tested and may be re-compacted and/or removed. An additional 500,000 CY of fill by be required if substandard fill is removed. The proposed clearing and grading limits and erosion control will be established to avoid impacts to Jenkins Creek, associated wetlands, and the ordinary high water mark of the pond located on the site.

This grading permit is separate from the permits and associated SEPA evaluations that will be required for the full development of the Hawk Subarea Plan, in accordance with the Planned Action Ordinance (PAO) and Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), adopted by the city (Ordinances 01-14, 02-14, 03-14, & 04-14). The developer has an open Surface Reclamation Mining Permit with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR). This grading permit and SEPA does not preclude or replace the developer’s responsibility under their DNR permit.

Environmental Documents: Grading Plans (PACE, revised 08/18/2015), Drainage Report (CPH Consultants, dated 02/05/2015), Wetland and Stream Report (Wetland Resources, revised 07/30/2015), Cultural Resource Assessment (Tierra Right-of-Way, dated 03/27/2015), Geotechnical Assessment (GeoResources, LLC, dated 05/05/2015), Geotechnical Report (Golder Associates, dated 07/10/2015) SEPA Environmental Checklist (revised 08/5/2015), and other information on file with the lead agency.

Responsible Official/ Salina Lyons, AICP, Acting Community Development DirectorLead Agency: City of Covington SEPA Official 16720 SE 271st Street, Suite 100 Covington, Washington 98042 253-480-2400

This DNS is issued under WAC 197-11-350. The comment period is 14 calendar days and ends October 9, 2015. Comments and appeals on this DNS may be submitted by first class mail or delivered to the responsible official at the above lead agency address.

Appeals Notice: 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 October 23, 2015 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.

Published in the Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on September 25, 2015. #1420760.

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in Seattle. She was born on February 23, 1948 to Myrna Laura (Biltoft) and Thomas Powell West in Seattle. Jolynda married Ross Hopper on February 6, 1966. She had heart disease most of her life which resulted in chronic heart failure. She died of complications from open heart surgery. Jolynda was very involved in her church and enjoyed gardening, sewing, her grandchildren, going to movies and casinos with her friends, and Elvis Presley. She will be missed by many.

Jolynda is survived by her children, Kimberly Carolin Fisher (Kraig), Troy Eugene Hopper and Hedy Cruz (Danny); grandchildren, Lillian Peterson (Scott), Marlissa Fisher, Brandon Hopper, Megan Hopper, Lindsay Hopper, Ben Cruz (Jolaine), Prudence Cruz, and Danielle Cruz; great-grandchildren, Jared Brieske, Buddha Brieske, Jacob Brieske, Josie Jo Kennedy, Andrew Cruz, Elijah Cruz, and Izaiah Cruz; brother Steven West; and too many good friends to list, but would like to mention Linda Frieley and Robin Lawler.

She was preceded in death by her parents; beloved husband Enos Ross Hopper on January 16, 2014; daughter-in-law Michelle Hopper; and brothers Ronny West, Danny West, and Rodney Barrington. She will be placed at Tahoma National Cemetery with her husband.

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