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By Daniel NashStaff Writer

Two-week notice laws and the environment are in; chemical plants and campaign spending are out.

At least, thats what one might think after witnessing the Oct. 11

electoral debate in Sumner.The Courier-Herald hosted a

debate for candidates of six offices up for election in November: one open position on the East Pierce Fire District board, two seats on the Sumner School District board

Orton Junction issues dominate debate

By Brian BeckleyStaff Writer

The Bonney Lake man arrested Sunday after Bonney Lake Police found burned human remains at his Inlet Island home has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend after an argument over dirty dishes.

Mthulisi Ndlovu, 38, on Oct. 11 pled not guilty to charges of Murder in the First Degree in the death of his girlfriend, Mary Mushapaidzi, 42, at their Bonney Lake home on Saturday.

Bail was set at $1 million.The victims two children, ages

8 and 2, were in the home at the time of the murder. They are in

Bail set at $1 million in murder of BL woman

SEE STORY, PAGE X

By Brian BeckleyStaff Writer

For their second day using the new parking system, things were moving along pretty well, if a little slowly, Thursday at the Bonney Lake Food Bank, where the need of the commu-

nity long ago outgrew the buildings four parking spaces.

Were up to over 1,200 families a month over both distribution centers, said Food Bank Director Stew Bowen.

Need outgrows parking at Bonney Lake Food Bank

Food Bank volunteer Carol Bowen gets instructions over walkie-talkie to send another car around to the front of the Food Bank. The Food Bank has adopted the new parking procedure after complaints from businesses. Photo by Brian Beckley

Candidate Melony Kirkish answers a question during her city council debate with incumbent Curt Brown. Photo by Daniel Nash/To view or buy photos go to www.blscourierherald.com.

SEE STORY, PAGE X

SEE DEBATE, PAGE 5

of directors, and two seats on the Sumner City Council (Mike LeMaster and Joe Gerace were invited, but unable to attend to debate for their seat; a fourth open seat, currently occupied by Cindi Hochstatter, has no challengers).

Environmental preservation and retail business development were the popular issues in the city council debate between Nancy Dumas and Jon Swanson, and Curt Brown and Melony Kirkish.

The council debate kicked off with a semi-hypothetical question asking whether each candidate would support a chemical tank storage centera tank farmwithin city limits (semi-hypothetical because the question focused on a city contract for a tank farm; in reality, North Star Chemical owns land in proximity to the former Fleischmann vinegar plant with possible plans to build a facility).

Dumas, Swanson and Brown gave a resounding no to the prospect.Within one-and-a-half miles of the proposed site, we have a library that children go to, Dumas said. We have a high

school, we have two elementary schools down there. We have a middle school as well. In the event of an emergencythere is not a haz-mat team that can make it downtown in Sumner. Our children will

have to be down there, headed up: that is not acceptable.In contrast, Kirkish stressed the need to know more about any plans for such a facility.This is a perfect example of development issues that come up in cities all the time, she said. There are other issues

to be considered as well. Not that Im saying I want hazardous chemicals anywhere near us, much less our children. But there needs to be clarity over what chemicals would be stored there and whether its going to happen at all. There are property owners rights that you have to be very careful of when youre on a council, not to impede on the owners right to develop.

The candidates were split on the subject of whether big box retail stores belong in Sumner. Brown stated he wasnt sure that large chain retailers would fit into the downtown corridor, but also said such stores

might fit in Sumners north end.Kirkish said she felt full-sized large retailers wouldnt fit into the community and that there were precedents of such

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While in better shape than some of its neighbors and certainly the state, the city of Bonney Lakes bud-get is still coming up a little short in the revenue department and that could prove to be a problem for next years budget.

Revenue coming in is less than we anticipated, Mayor Neil Johnson said Oct. 12.

In preparation of the citys mid-biennial budget review, Johnson said he has asked department heads to review their budgets and bring him suggestions for what they would cut at 1 percent and 2.5 percent of their budgets.

According to Johnson, property tax revenue is down this year in the city due to a county-wide drop in property values as well as lower than expected permit revenues.

We didnt expect it to be down as much (as it is),

Johnson said.But the real problem is

expected to be next years budget. According to the mayor, the city is look-ing at a gap of between $300,000 and $600,000 for 2012.

Johnson said he does not anticipate any layoffs of city staff, and will not recommend any staff cuts, but added the city would probably not do any hiring in the near future either.

Johnson said the city is still tracking revenues for the year and hopes to have a better idea on what exactly they can expect, but said projections for next year are not as rosy as anticipated when the bud-get was written last fall.

Johnson said the citys sales tax figures have been relatively level because despite a slight drop from the larger chain stores, new businesses in the commu-nity have helped pick up some of the slack. Johnson said he was optimistic about the citys long term

prospects because of it.The retail sales tax

really helps our general fund, he said.

Johnson said in addition to falling revenue, the citys expenses will increase next year due to cost of living increases for employees, though the mayor said he has already said no to a cost of living increase for non-union employees, pri-marily department heads and managers.

As a bright spot, Johnson said the city council autho-rized the administration to use $400,000 of fund balance this year to cover expenses, which it has yet to utilize. Because the council did not authorize the fund balance to cover a 2012 gap, he is hoping the council OKs use of the fund balance to help bridge that gap.

Its all about how much fund balance we can uti-lize, he said.

Deputy Mayor Dan Swatman, who also chairs the councils finance com-mittee said the council so far has gotten cursory looks at the financial data, but expects to get the full details soon so work on the mid-biennium amendment can get under

way, though he praised the administration and staff for keeping things under control so far this year.

The staff has done an excellent job keeping the budget in line this year, he said, but added, Its always a concern to make sure were spending less than we take in.

Swatman said budgeting has become more difficult than it has in the past and he believes the economy has entered a new nor-mal and will spring back to where it was a few years ago and that structural changes may be necessary at some point.

Swatman also said the city has a few options remaining, including the possibility of collecting a higher amount of property taxes, as Bonney Lake is not at the limit imposed by state law. However, he

said he did not expect that to happen in the next year or so.

I dont see any substan-tial or significant change on the horizon, he said.

To comment on this story view it online at www.blscourierherald. Reach Brian Beckley at bbeckley@courierherald.com or 360-825-2555, ext. 5058

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As the days count down to a county council vote on the so-called Orton Junction amend-ment, Sumners city coun-cil met briefly Thursday to lay down a set of general principles tohopefullysatisfy all major stakeholders of the controversial development.

No action was taken at the spe-cial meeting.

Orton Junction is a proposed mixed commercial and residen-tial zone at the south end of the city, to be accomplished by an amendment to Sumners Urban Growth Area. If developed, it would likely provide the site for a YMCA, a MultiCare health facil-ity, a farmers market, retailers and multi-family housing.

The proposed amendment has drawn fire from environmentally conscious groups such as Friends of Pierce County and Futurewise, due to the fact it would rezone protected agricultural resource lands.

The city met with Cascade Land Conservancy and Orton Farms LLC last week to devise the seven principles that would guide development on the project while mitigating against use of

agricultural lands and expansion of the citys Urban Growth Area.

Its important to note that an official agreement has not been reached between the three par-ties. Rather, the seven principles represent the general outline of a possible set of compromises.

Three requirements of the out-line stand out.

The first, in Principle No. 1, is that the property owners of the Orton Junction Project must replace each acre of agricultural resource lands used in the project with four acres of land with per-manent environmental conserva-tion easements.

The second, in Principle No. 3, would require the city to amend the comprehensive plan in 2012 to state that the UGA would not expand into agricultural resource lands. The requirement would not apply to said lands in the Orton Junction project.

The third, in Principle No. 4, requires the city not to expand the city of Sumners UGA via the Orton Junction amendment.

Our proposal actually results in a decrease in (UGA) land by 102 acres, City Administrator Diane Supler wrote in an email regarding the principles. The principle is somewhat confusing

in that we have to add the follow-up statement that we are reducing the footprint of the city.

The deadline for a finalized agreement between the three par-ties was set for Monday at 6 p.m., prior to the regular council meet-ing. Results of the meeting came too late to include here, but the issue will continue to be followed at www.blscourierherald.com.

Orton Junction stakeholders agree on principlesA Draft of the General Outline of a Seven Principles Agreement

Principle No. 1: The Orton Junction Project shall provide 4 acres of land suitable for agricul-tural production protected by permanent conser-vation easements for every one acre of land cur-rently designated ARL within the Orton Junction UGA Amendment areas.

Principle No. 2: The Orton Junction Project shall comply with the TDR requirements of Pierce County Code 18G for the allowable residential densities within the project on all lands within the Orton Junction UGA expansion.

Principle No. 3: The City of Sumner shall include a comprehensive plan amendment or amendments in its 2012 Comprehensive plan amendment docket that reflect the Citys intent not to expand the Citys UGA onto resource

lands.Principle No. 4: The Orton Junction UGA

Amendment shall not increase the total size of the City of Sumner UGA.

Principle No. 5: The Orton Junction Project shall include design elements to achieve a com-plete, compact and connected community. [The parties are still soliciting input on some more specific principals to include here].

Principle No. 6: The Orton Junction Project shall incorporate Built Green or Other Standards for all residential construction in the Project. [The parties are still soliciting input on some more spe-cific principals to include here].

Principle No. 7: The Parties to this Agreement shall convene a stakeholder process to identify agriculture industry programs or infrastructure to incorporate into the Orton Junction Project to provide additional support for the local agricul-tural industry.

Orton Junction is located south of state Route 410 near the exit for 166th Avenue. Photo courtesy city of Sumner.

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of directors, and two seats on the Sumner City Council (Mike LeMaster and Joe Gerace were invit-ed, but unable to attend to debate for their seat; a fourth open seat, cur-rently occupied by Cindi Hochstatter, has no chal-lengers).

Environmental preser-vation and retail business development were the popular issues in the city council debate between Nancy Dumas and Jon Swanson, and Curt Brown and Melony Kirkish.

The council debate kicked off with a semi-hypothetical question asking whether each can-didate would support a chemical tank storage centera tank farmwithin city limits (semi-hypothetical because the question focused on a city contract for a tank farm; in reality, North Star Chemical owns land in proximity to the for-mer Fleischmann vinegar plant with possible plans to build a facility).

Dumas, Swanson and Brown gave a resounding no to the prospect.

Within one-and-a-half miles of the proposed site, we have a library that chil-dren go to, Dumas said. We have a high school,

we have two elementary schools down there. We have a middle school as well.

In the event of an emer-gencythere is not a haz-mat team that can make it downtown in Sumner. Our children will have to be down there, headed up: that is not acceptable.

In contrast, Kirkish stressed the need to know more about any plans for such a facility.

This is a perfect exam-ple of development issues that come up in cities all the time, she said. There are other issues to be con-sidered as well. Not that Im saying I want haz-ardous chemicals any-where near us, much less our children. But there needs to be clarity over what chemicals would be stored there and whether its going to happen at all. There are property own-ers rights that you have to be very careful of when youre on a council, not to impede on the owners right to develop.

The candidates were split on the subject of whether big box retail stores belong in Sumner.

Brown stated he wasnt sure that large chain retailers would fit into the downtown corridor, but also said such stores might fit in Sumners north end.

Kirkish said she felt full-sized large retail-

ers wouldnt fit into the community and that there were precedents of such retailers tailoring smaller versions of their stores to match accepted specs.

Dumas opposed large retailers on the grounds of support for small business owners.

Swanson supported large retailers for the tax revenues they could bring. He added that he wasnt certain big box was a looming issue for the city.

If Costco comes in, they look at rooftops, meaning the potential cus-tomers that could bring them business. If theres not enough rooftops, they wont move in.

On a question of pre-serving agricultural lands and open space, the con-versation shifted to the proposed Orton Junction site south of state Route 410. Kirkish, Brown and Swanson supported the proposal; Kirkish, with

the caveat that the devel-opment would be an opportunity for environ-mentally friendly design.

Dumas said she had no issue, per se, with a YMCA (a major potential stakeholder in the project) but believed that if a large amount of tax revenues funded an independent entitys development, the issue should go to a city-wide vote.

The council debate ended on a somewhat lighter note with a question asking what each candidate had spent on their campaign thus far and how they planned to clean up their signs when all was said and done. Dumas, Brown and Kirkish reiterated their low-to-no-budget approach to campaigning,

in light of a poor-perform-ing economy. Brown said he was considering send-ing out a mailer to Sumner households. Swanson has spent a couple hundred dollars on signs, saying he believes the willingness to spend on campaign materials demonstrates an enthusiasm for the elected position.

All candidates agreed they would promptly clean up any signs in the public view.

To comment on this story, view it online at w w w.bl scour ie rhe ra l d .com. Reach Daniel Nash at dnash@courierherald.com or 360-825-2555 ext. 5060.

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Former teacher supports Chamberlain for Sumner school board seat

Ive lived in the Sumner School District for over 50 years and taught at Sumner High School a number of years, so good schools are important to me.

The Sumner School Board positions over the years have often been neglected. Four years ago they had three open-ings and only one person ran for each position. Most other districts have multiple candidates.

This year there is an important change because in District 4 we have two candidates running.

We have a very special neighbor of mine, 41-year-old Casey Chamberlain, who has along with his wonderful

I am not sure if anyone besides me has noticed, but we are lucky and blessed here on the Plateau and the valley below when it comes to watching high school girls participate and often excel in sporting events.

It has been an exceedingly entertaining pasttime because the White River girls basketball team, the Bonney Lake fastpitch squad, the Enumclaw basketball and volleyball teams and the Sumner High girls soccer and volleyball contingents really have consistently been

terrific.We may not

have any semi-pro or professional womens teams like the Dockside Dames (of hard-hitting roller derby renown) or the one-time world

champion Seattle Storm.Hasnt it been at least a little bit fun though, to watch

some of the local high school girls sports teams kicking it during this early fall season in volleyball, cross coun-try, golf and soccer just to name a few?

In some of the girls sports, at least a few of the ones that Ive been responsible for covering, there are teams that are still boasting untarnished accountings in league play.

The Bonney Lake volleyball squad for example is undefeated in the SPSL 3A, having lost only once in 13 encounters so far, with that one five set hiccup coming to Spanaway Lake, a non-league challenger.

Then there is White Rivers volleyball six-pack, whose solitary setback of the 2011 campaign, thus far, came to the Interlake High Saints, also a nonleague opponent.

Now, this may shock some of you Courier-Herald readers, but I do love watching other sports besides football, basketball and baseball.

I besieged our editor to let me have the Sumner High

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girls soccer crew under my surveillance.

Maybe it is because I am not a true student of the game of soccer, but when people ask me if I like soccer, my usual response probably par-rots the answer given by most mainstream sports enthusi-asts: I would like the sport of soccer more if there were more scccoooooring. I like to be entertained and a 1-0 triumph by our Sounders FC is so dang boooorrring that it gets me a-snnooooring.

I have had the pleasure of watching the Spartan ladies lighting up opposing goal-ies on numerous occasions through the years, as there has usually been scoring aplenty. During the 2011 cam-paign, the purple clad kickers of Spartanville are 10-0 in SPSL 2A action and it looks as though the playoffs may be awaiting once more.

Sumner is currently aver-aging five goals per encoun-ter and surrendering a paltry average of one tally per tilt.

The only thing that bothers me a little bit about Sumners soccer corps is the dreaded tease factor.

In the past half decade, the Sparts have mowed down

the competition on SPSL 3A and 2A battlefields, but then, when theyve reached the sec-ond seasonnot so much. They always seem to smash the Ferrari into a stone wall when some one-hit-wonder meanders onto the playoff stage like it did last year.

But thats just it! I was at that very meeting on that cold and rainy afternoon last November in Sunset Chev Stadium, when the Wolves of Sehome scored that fateful goal in the last minutes, that sunk Sumners post season aspirations.

The true treat for me though is taking in the high school volleyball matches, in which the ultimate reward for the epic individual ath-letic endeavors is the better-ment of the squad. Witness the downtrodden Enumclaw team, which received the unwelcome news recently that natural-born volleyballer HayleeMae Dennis was lost for at least the regular season to an ankle injury she sus-tained while chasing after a stray ball hit into the hazard-ous stands.

Despite the loss of their best player and one of only two seniors, they were not deterred in the journey toward the postseason and I for one found that to be

a most admirable and com-mendable team trait.

Of course, it doesnt hurt that their coach is Jackie Carel, who has soldiered on as the volleyball boss at EHS for a quarter of a century and as a result has encountered and dealt with nearly every possible volleyball variable.

I hate to bring up anything about boys sports in a column that has delved mostly into girls sports, but I wont have any editorial voice for a while, so here I go.

This is a shout-out to any-one who has anything to do with chipping in their two cents on the 3A football polls. Do you think that with Halloween rapidly approach-ing, those pumpkin-headed Lancers of Lakes High (they of the orange helmets) could possibly sit atop of the heap for just one week?

In their past two encoun-ters, those lusty Lancers have wrapped duct tape around the jaws of Decaturs Gators back-handing them 61-0, and most recently hosted a pretty good Enumclaw Hornet squad and took a flamethrower to the Hornets nest, annihilating them 69-0.

That is the type of domina-tion in the SPSL 3A nation that deserves a No. 1 rank-ing.

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has dropped by nearly a third since 1985. But the numbers that get tossed around primarily impact the big boys, the metropolitan dailies who attempt-ed to be all things to all people.

But thats not us, the weekly and maybe twice-weekly publications that serve a select group. We cater to our local readers and seldom look beyond our boundaries unless it impacts the folks at home.

Thats the recipe for success during these modern times when everyone is tuned in 24 hours a day, constantly receiving news snippets from sources both good and bad.

With that comes some good news, Rush reported. Those in the crucial 18-to35 age group are still newspaper readers, taking in at least one paper a week. And when it comes to their newspaper of choice, a whopping 80

percent of newspapers circulate fewer than 15,000 copies.

People still read newspapers and what theyre after is local news that matters to them. A recent report by the Pew Research Center confirmed what we have known all along: people believe they know their community by reading their community newspaper.

Some said the telegraph would threaten the newspaper industry. Then it was radios turn to do us in. Television was supposed to hasten our demise and Ted Turner predicted a quick death for the newspaper industrytwo decades ago.

Rush emphasized were sitting in a sweet spot, providing the local con-tent readers want. No one pretends the ongoing recession isnt hurting our industry, but we survived a Great Depression and well survive this bump in the road.

Well do it because of readers like you, who are holding this valuable document in your hands right now.

wife Rhonda have been very involved in Sumner school activities. He has never run before, but feels strongly compelled to run now because of his 12-year-old twins. He and his wife want our schools to be the very best.

He is already spending many hours working for the school board position. He has been regularly attending school board meetings to see how they oper-

ate and what their major issues are (who would do that?). Other than his family and his job, the school board comes next.

Our school board needs this dedi-cated, qualified, organized, motivated and super positive individual now. If you heard him speak, you would see his enthusiasm.

Vote for Casey Chamberlain on Nov. 8.

Ron MalnarSumner

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the custody of Child Protective Services.According to charging documents, at 11 a.m. Oct. 9,

Ndlovu walked into Bonney Lake Police headquarters and reported that his girlfriend of three years was missing. He told police that she left for a run around 5:30 a.m. and failed to return.

Officers accompanied Ndlovu to the residence, a duplex, and noted that it smelled as if plastic had been burned. Ndlovu claimed hed been burning junk mail on the garage floor.

Police spoke with the neighbor who lives in the other half of Ndlovus duplex. The neighbor heard a loud bang-ing from the adjacent unit around 11:30 p.m. Oct. 8. A second neighbor saw Mushapaidzis vehicle arrive home about the same time.

According to the charging papers, the neighbor heard yelling and what sounded like someone being beaten with a bat. He decided not to call police because he did not hear gunshots.

After obtaining a search warrant, officers entered the home and saw blood streaks on the stairway leading from the kitchen to the garage. They also found a burn barrel containing burned human remains in the garage.

Also found at the scene was a pair of long handled prun-ing shears. The handles had been purposefully separated. At least one of the handles had been used to strike the victim, who suffered several large lacerations to the head consistent with blunt force trauma.

Under questioning, Ndlovu told investigators that late on the night of Oct. 1, he and Mushapaidzi argued about dirty dishes. He claimed she struck him in the face with her purse, at which time he became enraged and knocked her to the floor. He climbed on top of her and punched her several times.

Ndlovu said it was also possible he tried to strangle her and hit her with the pruning shears, but he could not remember.

After realizing the victim was dead, the defendant dragged her body into the garage and put her in a metal barrel. Later in the morning he put charcoal into the barrel and lit it in an effort to destroy the body.

Ndlovu and Mushaipaidzi are natives of Zimbabwe. Ndlovu has no criminal history and there is no evidence of prior domestic violence with the couple.

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By Brian BeckleyStaff Writer

The alleged murder of Mary Mushapaidzi by her boyfriend Mthulisi Ndlovu on Oct. 2 brought the prob-lem of domestic violence to the front page of the papers again, starting off National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in a way no one had hoped, but mak-ing it impossible to ignore.

With purple ribbons and a proclamation from the mayor, the city of Bonney Lake this week acknowl-edged and lent its support to the annual event and wel-comed Joe ONeil, executive director of Exodus Housing in Sumner, which works with victims of domestic violence.

Domestic violence hits close to home, ONeil said after mayor Neil Johnson read the proclamation recog-nizing October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Bonney Lake.

In his brief remarks, ONeil cited the charging

papers in the Ndlovu case that said neighbors heard yelling and the sounds of someone being beaten, but opted not to call police and said that domestic violence is something we as a com-munity can no longer turn away from.

As a result, we have a lady thats dead, ONeil said Friday. Quite honestly it made me sick to my stom-ach.

ONeil encouraged all citizens to be alert for signs of domestic violence and to call for help if they hear a situation.

Calling 911 is so simple, ONeil said.

ONeil said signs to watch for in family and friends that may indicate a situation of domestic abuse include someone using fear to con-trol a partner, including needing permission to leave the house or participate in events. Threats to keep peo-ple silent or living in fear of another incident of rage are also signs you may be in a

domestic violence situation.Outwardly, victims of

domestic violence may pull away and indicate a desire not to go home or may have dwindling communications or isolation from friends and family.

Women need to trust their instincts, ONeil said. If they are not going to get help its just going to get worse.

ONeil said often neigh-bors may hear something, like those mentioned in the charging papers, but do not believe they should get involved in someone elses business, though domestic violence can affect a whole community.

ONeil said this year he is encouraging men especially to be vigilant and to stand up to abusers.

People need to go beyond being aware of domestic violence and to be active and visible, he said. You may save someones life.

Exodus Housing is a Sumner-based organization

developed to provide tran-sitional housing and sup-portive services for home-less families and victims of domestic violence in subur-ban and rural settings.

The organization is host-ing its second Take the Plunge Against Domestic Violence fundraiser at 11 a.m. Oct. 29 at Allan Yorke Park. For more informa-tion or to register to jump into Lake Tapps to support domestic violence aware-ness, visit http://www.exo-dushousing.org/

To comment on this story view it online at www.blscourierherald. Reach Brian Beckley at bbeckley@courierherald.com or 360-825-2555, ext. 5058

Death provides focus for domestic violence awareness month

HOW TO GET HELP:The Crystal Judson Family Justice center DV helpline can be reached at 253-798-

4166.Multicares Domestic Violence Victim Services line is 253-445-8120.The Pierce County 24-hour crisis services hotline is 253-445-8125.For more information on recognizing the signs of domestic violence and the

domestic violence awareness project visit http://dvam.vawnet.org/index.php.

Joe ONeil, executive director of Exodus Housing, addresses the Bonney Lake City Council Oct. 11. Photo by Brian Beckley/To view or buy photos go to www.blscourierherald.com.

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According to Bowen thats up about 100 families from this time last year. last month at the main building on Sumner-Buckley Highway alone Bowen said they served 628 families.

Its not uncommon to have 20, 25 families waiting when we open, he said.

But with only a handful of places to park, food bank clients were overflowing into the lots of businesses that surround the building, prompting complaints to the city and discussions with police and administration to find a new way to move cars without disrupting other businesses.

Weve been having struggles trying to keep people from parking in inappro-priate places, Bowen said. They were parking here, they were parking there, they were parking everywhere and were trying to get that squared away.

Beginning Oct. 11, the food bank insti-tuted a new parking policy in which cli-ents are to wait in the citys large gravel lot located behind the public safety build-ing. Each client gets a number based on when they arrive and are then called up to the building four at a time.

A food bank volunteer with a walkie-talkie is positioned in the lot when the food bank is open to help direct cars and to send clients to the building when the staff is ready for them.

That way well only have four vehicles in front at any given time, Bowen said.

Mayor Neil Johnson said he is con-cerned about the state of the food bank, especially as the economy forces more and more people to need their services. Johnson said the real problem is that the current level of need has simply out-

grown the building, though he said not all of the increase in need comes from within Bonney lakes borders.

I can see the growth and its not just in Bonney Lake, Johnson said.

Johnson said he believes the days of single-city food banks may be coming to an end and a regional solution to the problem is necessary, but said he hopes for now the new parking strategy solves the current parking problems.

Hopefully this solution will work, he said.

The only downside of the new plan, as Bowen sees it, is the loss of a sense of community or family that he said came from having so many people waiting in the food bank and fears that having people wait in their cars will create a disconnect.

Though there was some initial confu-sion and some lot organization to still be put in place, the reviews from the first week were not bad.

I think it worked pretty well, Bowen said.

Food bank client Mel Fairchild agreed and said he actually liked the new meth-od better.

Its not as crowded and it seems to be faster, Fairchild said. Theres not nearly the noise or the hassle.

Not all clients have been as positive as Fairchild, but most are understanding, Bowen said, and he sees this as a better, more manageable system.

Whenever you do something new it takes some getting used to, both for staff and clients, he said, but I think in the end its going to be a win-win deal. I really do.

Reach Brian Beckley at bbeckley@couri-erherald.com or 360-825-2555, ext. 5058

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As the weather turns cool it is time to remember that fall is for planting. The cooler days mean plants will spread out underground with a better root system so a perennial, shrub or tree planted into the ground

now will have a better start in the spring and more top growth by mid-summer. This makes autumn a good time of year to soften the edges with hedges.

As new homes offer smaller yards and privacy

becomes an issue in some neighborhoods, questions about screening and hedg-ing have been popping up like October mushrooms in the lawn. (Its best to just ignore the mushrooms; theyll go away.)

Q. I need an ever-green hedge that will grow tall but not too wide. Also, the area only gets a half-day of sun. What do you think of English laurel?

A. Not much. English laurel not only grows into a high-maintenance monster but a cold winter can kill it back almost to the ground. A better choice would be the pyramidalis arborvitae or upright yew plants, as both do well in the shade. If you have deer, grow with the deer proof yew. Add some color to the evergreen foli-age by planting a purple clematis on the north or shaded side of your hedge and let this f lowering vine embroider the ever-greens with summer flow-ers. Purple clematis like Jackmanii and Polish Spirit are the hardiest of the flow-ering clematis.

Q. I have tried grow-ing a boxwood hedge around my garden beds but some of the box-wood plants always seem to turn yellow and die. What do you suggest for a low, evergreen hedge instead of boxwood? I should note my husband likes to trim things.

A. In our climate boxwood can suf-fer from leaf blights, root rots and also has the dis-tinctive smell of cat urine. A much less expensive alternative is to plant the low-growing or creeping evergreen euonymus fortu-nei and just keep it trimmed

into a low hedge with a string trimmer. Emerald Gold and Emerald Gaiety euonymus not only do well in our climate but spread out quickly so you need only a few plants spaced several feet apart to cre-ate a solid, evergreen hedge in just one or two years. Another option for a taller hedge is to use Japanese holly (Ilex crenata) which looks just like boxwood but with a darker green color and more robust growth. You can even get dwarf Japanese holly plants for smaller gardens. You can shear all of these evergreens several times a year or let them grow into more natu-ral hedge shapes.

Q. I want instant screening from the neighbors patio but our tiny back yard has no room for a wide hedge. What plant grows tall very fast but needs a bed only a foot wide?

A. Better go with a fedge or com-bination fence and hedge. A few panels of fencing will give you instant gratifica-tion and a tall and narrow juniper or cypress plant on either side of the fence pan-

els will make your screening appear more friendly. Just look for ever-greens that say colum-naris if you want a natu-rally colum-nar form that wont require

any pruning. You can also dress up your fence pan-els with a dwarf clematis or annual vines like black-eyed Susan, rochochiten or even sweet peas. Do not make the mistake of planting wisteria, ivy or a fast-growing clematis like clematis Montana on your fence in your small yard. The growing enthusiasm of these fast vines need large estates or gigantic dead trees to cover.

Marianne Binetti has a degree in horticulture from Washington State University and is the author of Easy Answers for Great Gardens and several other books. For book requests or answers to gardening ques-tions, write to her at: P.O. Box 872, Enumclaw, 98022. Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for a per-sonal reply.

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Sound Transit is hosting an open house on options for improving access to south line Sounder stations from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. today, Wednesday, at the Sumner Sounder Station, 810 Maple St.

Last year, the agency began a Sounder Station Access Study as part of the Sound Transit 2 ballot measure passed by voters in 2008. The purpose of the study is to iden-tify potential improvements to the ways commuters access Sound Transits busy commuter rail stations.

Potential station improvements that could be funded under the approved ballot measure include increased parking; pedes-trian sidewalks, crosswalks and bridges; and bicycle accommodations.

The open houses will provide the public an opportunity to hear updates on existing station access issues, discuss potential solu-tions, provide comment and ask questions.

The Sound Transit 2 ballot measure provided funding to improve access at the Sumner Sounder station and seven others: Kent, Auburn, Puyallup, Tacoma Dome,

South Tacoma, Lakewood and Mukilteo. Last year, Sound Transit initiated a pro-

cess to realign the ST2 program when the recession eliminated a projected $3.9 bil-lion in tax revenues through 2023. All five of Sound Transits geographic subareas face significant revenue reductions. The South King County subarea has been hardest hit, with an anticipated loss of $851 million, or 31 percent, in planned revenues. The Pierce County subarea faces $692 million in lost revenue.

As a result of the decline in ST2 fund-ing, some capital projects were placed in a suspended category. Since the access study analyzes population, employment and commuter growth projections by station area through 2030, the agency is continu-ing its planning work at these stations to determine possible future access improve-ments should revenue forecasts improve.

More information on the open houses can be found at www.soundtransit.org/stationstudy.

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I am not sure if you remember, but in September we had a week of glorious sunny days. We even sat outside on our patio and reveled in it.

At the beginning of the next week back came the rain. I came home from teaching a class and was shocked when I walked into our home. It was dark! Not gray, but dark.

Immediately I opened all the blinds and turned on all the lights because I hate being in a dark house. Then I started thinking.

We are going to have a lot of gray and dark days from now on and there have to be ways to deal with it, other than turning on all the lights. I came up with a few sug-gestions you might try to brighten up your home.

1. Calendars we have a calendar by our computer and in the kitchen with pictures my brother has taken. Monthly we get a new dose of color to brighten those spots.

2. Candles our daughters gave us a blue transparent can-dle holder. We have it on the coffee table and burn votive lights in it in the evening. If you do not want to burn candles, you can purchase little battery operated votive lights and use them.

3. Tablecloths do you remember tablecloths and table runners? I do, but I bet I have not used any in a couple of years. Why dont we dig out an old cloth and put it on our kitchen or dining room table? We have friends who use tablecloths year round and it always makes their home look welcoming.

4. Placemats we have a lot of old placemats. Some have nature scenes on them, some are solid color, others pat-terned. We even have a few old Sesame Street placemats we bought when our youngest was 4. Yes, they brighten up our dinner table and even provide a few laughs. Spaghetti with Big Bird and Cookie Monster is fun.

5. Flowers What about some flowers on your kitchen or coffee table? Why not a couple of cute tiny pumpkins our local fruit stands sell now? You do not even need fresh flowers because artificial ones are so good today. I have a tiny bunch of rosebuds I found years ago that add color to an end table.

6. Windsock/flag it might be a bit late to do this, but years ago we put a flag pole outside our window. We fly our American flag some of the time, but also rotate through a series of brightly colored windsocks we have collected over the years. They look great, even when flying in the rain on a gloomy day.

7. Shirts I realize that the socially appropriate clothing colors in the Northwest are black, white and gray. Years ago I declared war on this and like to wear colors. Some of you are not that brave. However, there is nothing wrong with wearing something brightly colored at home where no one will know. I have sweatshirts in bright blue, red and purple that make me feel good to wear.

It may be gray outside, but not inside.O.K., you say, but all of this is going to cost money. Have

you heard of Goodwill, thrift stores and garage sales? There is a bonanza of goodies out there waiting for you. You do not have to take all the suggestions, just try a few. Or even better, come up with some of your own and let me know your ideas.

Seniors, step out and chase away the gray in our fall and winter days. Add some light to your life.

Gray skies dont mean you cant brighten your home

Step OutWithSeniorsMary AndrewsColumnist

The Bonney Lake Senior Cener hosted its annual Holiday Craft Ba-zaar Saturday. Both oors of the center were lled to capacity for the all-day event with crafts ranging from yard art to homemade cloth-ing and blankets to jewelry and chocolates. Families of all ages were able to get an earlier start on their holiday shopping as well as get a quick bite to eat, all while helping local artists and supporting the senior center. Photos by Brian Beckley/To view or buy photos go to www.blscouri-erherald.com.

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By Brian BeckleyStaff Writer

With the cancellation of bus routes throughout East Pierce County, seniors have been one of the groups most affected by the change, leav-ing many stranded for rides when they used to visit the center, or even worse: unable to get to medical appointments.

Theyre stuck at home now, Bonney Lake Senior Center Director Sue Hilberg said.

For many seniors, visits to the cen-ter are a primary social activity as well as access to a nutritious lunch.

Studies show they live longer, Hilberg said of seniors who get out of their houses more often. Its an important part of life.

But without Pierce Transit ser-vices, many found their normal rou-tines in jeopardy.

We didnt have a way of getting up here, said Jeanne Frazier, a Sumner resident who regularly comes to the Bonney Lake Senior Center to play bingo with a group of friends.

Until two weeks ago, the group took the 408 up the hill, but when the bus stopped rolling, the ladies were stranded. Frazier said the loss of their regular bingo games would leave a big void in the lives of the women.

Eveleyn Wright, another member of the group, said the isolation would leave to depression, which is why she needs the social interaction. Wright also said she did not think it was fair

that Pierce Transit has cut them out of the loop while still making sure to collect sales tax on their purchases.

Everybody buys food and that pays sales tax that supports Pierce Transit and they cut us out, Wright said.

To help, Hilberg said the center has started to use its van to run a special route down the hill once a week to bring the ladies to bingo.

We have kind of filled in the gap, she said. If we dont go get them, whos going to?

But while social interaction is important, Hilberg is more con-cerned about seniors who now have to forego important appointments.

Cancelled bus routes impact senior routines, mobility

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Unfortunately we cant fill the gap for medical ser-vices, she said. Weve heard a lot of buzz about not being able to get to medical appointments.

Senior Center Aide Phil DeLeo, who drives the van, said he has fielded multiple calls asking if the van can take them to an appointment. And while they would get them from time to time in the past, the numbers have dramati-cally increased since bus service was eliminated.

Hilberg said one of the women who regularly attended the center used the bus to get to kidney dialysis and now has trouble getting to and from appointments.

Several seniors who still drive have begun picking up friends and are helping to get them to appointments, but a plan to create a ride board to help meet the need ran into problems regarding liability.

Quinn Dahlstrom, a longtime city resident and can-didate for city council, earlier this year began looking into voluntarily driving her fellow seniors to medical appointments, but was warned against it by her insurance company.

It was just to help these people because they dont have a way there now, Dahlstrom said this past week.

However, Dahlstrom said her insurance agent told her she could drive friends, but creating a ride board and invit-ing strangers would leave her open to lawsuits and advised her to drop the issue, which Dahlstrom said she reluctantly

did, though she recognizes the importance of mobility in her life and the lives of other senior citizens.

It means they lose these lives, Dahlstrom said about not being able to get to the senior center. I have to put myself in their shoes because one of these days Im going to be there.

Its a message not lost on the ladies who travel up from Sumner for the companionship and bingo games at the Bonney Lake Senior Center.

It isnt necessary we come to bingo, said Shirley Morgan, who called it a connection to life and excitement, but its almost as important as medicine.

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DOMEsTIC: On Sept. 25, at approximately 4:46 p.m., officers responded to the 15700 block of 52nd St E for a report of a domestic dispute. Upon arrival the reporting party advised that her daughter and granddaughter have been living with her and that she let the granddaughter have a male friend spend the night and that upset her daughter as she is the mother of the juvenile. The reporting party said that she and her daughter argued then the daughter pushed her. The grand-daughter got scared and went and locked herself in the bathroom. Her mother then broke the door down to get to the juvenile. The daughter then left and the police were called. The next day the daughter came to the police department to request an officer go with her to the home to pick up some property. She was then arrested for Assault 4th Degree and Malicious Mischief 3rd Degree and booked into Puyallup Jail.

DOMEsTIC VIOLENCE: On Oct. 4, at approximately 1:49 a.m. a male subject called to advise that his estranged wife was at his residence throwing things around and she had struck him in the face. Officers responded to the scene, one went around to the back of the home where they contacted the victim another went to the front door and was invited in to contact the suspect. The suspect said that everything was

okay and that she was only there to collect a few things. The officer noted a pile of broken glass at the foot of the stairs; the victim advised the suspect threw a picture frame down the stairs. The victim advised that the suspect does not live at the home and when he came home he found her in his home against his wishes. The suspect was arrested and booked into Puyallup jail for Assault 4th (domestic violence).sINGLE CAR ACCIDENT: On Oct. 4 at approximately 2:30 a.m. officers respond-ed to the 1700 block of Wood Ave for a report of a one-car motor vehicle ac-cident with injuries. While officers were en route, an officer radioed that some-body may have fled the scene. It had been raining most of the day and night and the roadway was very wet. The officer arrived and found the driver of the vehicle standing out-side of the vehicle being tended to by medics. The driver of the vehicle said he was traveling 25 MPH (speed limit) and when he started to go around the curve his vehicle slid off of the road and hit the fence and tree. Based on the damage the officer de-termined the vehicle was traveling in excess of 25 MPH. The officer did not note any odor of intoxi-cants coming from the driver, however the inside of the vehicle did smell like spilled beer. There were also unopened cans of beer inside of

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The common cold leads to 75 million to 100 mil-lion physician visits annu-ally, reports The American Journal of Medicine. Five to 20 percent of Americans are infected with the flu virus each year and about 200,000 are hospitalized due to complications from the flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Even more disconcerting: more than 3,000 Americans die from flu-related causes each year.

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The common cold and the flu can be spread by hands. This means that you can transfer these illnesses not only to others, but to surfac-es as well. People touch 300 different surfaces every 30 minutes. Some viruses and bacteria can live up to eight hours or longer on items like doorknobs, phones and tables. You can prevent the spread and impact of germs by wiping down surfaces with a disinfectant wipe each day.

Get vaccinated Flu outbreaks can happen

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the vehicle. A wallet was found on the front passenger seat which did not belong to the driver and was believed to belong to the subject who fled the scene. The driver told medics his head and neck hurt so he was transported to the hospital. The vehicle was impounded and the driver will be cited for minor in possession of alcohol and for speed too fast for conditions. ASSAULT: On Oct. 4 at approximately 12:07 p.m., a female came to the police department and advised that on Oct. 2, she was assaulted by two acquaintances

at a local bar. The female advised that she had not spoken to either of the suspects as they have a reputation of getting into fights. She told officers she and her boyfriend were leaving the bar when the suspects confronted her. She said they were saying things to her and she turned to walk away and one of the suspects hit her. She said everything went black and when she woke up the other suspect was sitting on top of her hitting her in the face. The victim said at that point she was so upset that she just wanted to go home. The next day she went to the hospital and was diagnosed with a broken nose. Photos of the victim were taken as evidence and the investi-gation is ongoing at this time.

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SHOPLIFTInG: Police on Sept. 30 were dispatched to Grocery Outlet for a shoplifter in custody. The suspect was a frequent and well-known customer and employees had been aware of her shoplifting in the past. employees watched as the customer placed several items in her cart and several items, mostly health and beauty items, in her purse. The suspect apologized several times and told police she stole the items because she had to save money to buy gasoline. She was trespassed per-manently from the store and cited and released for theft.BUrGLArY: Police on Oct. 5 were dispatched to the 19300 block of 75th Street east for the report of a residential burglary. The homeowner arrived home to discover the front door to the residence wide open and called 911. Police noted that cloth-ing had been removed from drawers and thrown around and cabinets were open. Police noted a rear window open that appeared to be the entry point to the home. The screen was laying on the ground as was a ladder. Residents told police the ladder was theirs and the window had contained an air conditioning unit. Among the items missing were gaming systems, digital cameras, iPods, a laptop computer, ciga-rettes, watches, prescrip-tion medication, an air pistol, soap, hair clips, DVDs and a paintball gun. The residents also found an empty can of soda and a half-empty bottle of water and a half-eaten piece of cheese left out. A toilet was clogged with toilet paper. Police are investigating.

PrOWL: Officers on Oct. 6 were dispatched to Bon-ney Lake Fitness for a report of a vehicle prowl. The victim returned to her vehicle to find a window broken and her purse missing. Police are inves-tigating.PrOWL: Police on Oct. 6 took a report regarding an Oct. 3 vehicle prowl in the Walmart parking lot in which a GPS unit and sev-eral charging cords were taken. The owner found a shaved key outside her vehicle. Police are investi-gating.meDICATIOn PrOWL: Of-ficers on Oct. 6 were dispatched to the 20900 block of 94th Street east for a report of a vehicle prowl in which medica-tions were stolen from a parked car. The victim re-ported that while he was having friends over, he put a relatives medication in the car instead of keep-ing it in the house and when he went out to get them the next morning, they were gone. Police contacted the doctor who said there have been no prior incidents regarding medication, which is for legitimate medical con-cerns and believe the case to be legitimate. Police are investigating.SHOPLIFTInG: Police on Oct. 6 were dispatched to the Walmart for a report of a Sept. 30 incident involving two juvenile shoplifters. The two girls allegedly gathered items from the cosmetic department, went to the infant department, opened the packaging and tried to conceal the items. The girls repeatedly exited and entered the store, hiding stolen items outside. The items were hidden in a bag from a prior purchase and were retrieved by a store em-

ployee. The total value of the items stolen was near-ly $500, though store em-ployees recovered all but approximately $69 worth. The officer recognized one of the girls from his time as a school resource officer and went to the home of one of the girls. She admitted to stealing the items and told police the identity of her friend. Police contacted the sec-ond girl, who also admit-ted to stealing the items. Both girls were coop-erative with police. They were trespassed from the store for one year and the case will be forwarded to the juvenile prosecutor for possible charges.PrOWL: Police on Oct. 7 were contacted by the victim of a vehicle prowl in which approximately 50 CDs were stolen from her car, which was parked at her residence and was locked. Police are investi-gating.HIT AnD rUn: Officers on Oct. 7 were dispatched to the Target parking lot for a report of a hit and run. The victim returned to the car and saw another person in the lot looking strangely at her vehicle. Because of that, she entered her car quickly and started to drive away when her passenger noticed some paint and a dent on the other per-sons car and wondered if he hit the drivers car. The driver stopped to check and noticed fresh scratch-es and paint on her car. When she went back to the parking space to ask the person about it, he got into his car and drove away while waving at her. Police are investigating. PrOWL: Police on Oct. 8 were dispatched to the 18000 block of 107th

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REPORTER

The City of Bonney Lakes mission is to protect the communitys livable identity and scenic beauty through responsible growth planning and by providing accountable, accessible and efficient local government services.

WEBSITE: WWW.CI.BONNEY-LAKE.WA.US

General Business Hours 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

City Mailing Address P.O. Box 7380 Bonney Lake, WA 98391 Phone (253) 862-8602 Fax (253) 862-8538

City Hall 19306 Bonney Lake Blvd.City Hall Annex 8720 Main Street E

Public Safety Building 18421 Sumner-Buckley Hwy E. Justice Center 9002 Main Street ESenior Center 19304 Bonney Lake Blvd.

Like most other state and local governments, the City ofBonney Lake is facing a variety of financial challenges asconstruction lags, property values decrease and retail salesremainweak.The2012Citybudgetwillbelessthan2011.The City will be able tomaintainmost service levels andundertakesomecapitalimprovements.

TheCascadeWaterAllianceheld aLakeTapps centennialcelebration at the old White River Project PowerhouseSaturdayOct.1st.Dozensofpeoplecametotourthefacilityandtakepartinthecelebration.Thetourfeaturedalookatthehydroelectricgeneratingfacilityaswellasascalemodelshowing the path of water from Mount Rainier to MudMountainDamtotheflumestoLakeTappsanddowntothePowerhouseonEastValleyRoadinSumner.CWAhasalsoofferedpart of the facility available to theGreaterBonneyLakeHistoricalSocietyforamuseum.

TheCitypolicedepartmentparticipatedintheEPFROpenHouseonSaturday.CSOsFlahertyandYanezdidagreatjoborganizing theevent fromthePDend.Sgt.Keller,OfficerAlfano,Green,Wolschleger,andKiblinger,ReserveOfficerHarbertsandCSOMillerweretheretosupportourMSU,Bikes,SWAT,CitizensAcademy,CrimePreventionandIDaKidprograms.SpecialthankstothePDsgreatvolunteers:Eliazar Cardenas was McGruff, Michille McCloskey andEmily Holznagel worked the 911 simulator and CrimePrevention/CitizensAcademybooth.

Free family workshops: One:The Incredible Years - AParenting Series for Parents of Children Ages 1-3 Years:Mondays, October 3 - November 28, 5:30 -8:00 p.m.;Liberty Ridge Elementary School, 12202 209th Ave CtE-includesfreedinner&childcare.Toregister:callKlaraat253-845-9177x112orLeahat360-829-5883.This is acollaborativeeffortoftheCouncilforChildrenandFamilies,SumnerandWhiteRiverSchoolDistricts,GoodSamaritanCommunity Services, the Family Support Partnership,and Readiness to Learn. Two: Strengthening Families.Tuesdays, October 4 through November 8, 5:30 - 8:00p.m., Emerald Hills Elementary School, 19515 S TappsDr E, Bonney Lake. Includes free dinner& childcare. Toregister, call the Puyallup Family Support Center at 253-845-9177. Sponsored by the Pierce County CommunityConnectionsDepartmentChemicalDependencyDivision;Sumner School District STARR Project; Emerald Hills

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