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BY ERIC MANDEL

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A motionless white barn owl lays huddled in the corner of a metal incubator, slouched into its wings. Its eyes are hidden behind slits, casting an eery pall of either death or unnatural sleep. Th e grey-brown-breasted bird was found on the side of the railroad tracks and was hypothermic. On a good day, this stunning species would be plenty unhappy about its confi nement — likely off ering a shrieking hiss and twisting its head in circles as if it were possessed or about to explode.

But this unlucky bird has no choice. It will be kept in the incubator until its body temperature normal-izes, which could take 12-24 hours. Vets will then shift the bird to a standard cage, and, shortly aft er,

move to a larger fl ight pen where it will be monitored on how well it sees, hears, catches and eats live mice. Assuming the blood work is normal, the bird will then be released.

Th is medium-sized owl is a prime example of an animal that South Sound Critter Care near Maple Valley can eff ectively hold and treat, along with broken-legged geese, orphaned baby ducks and baby mammals.

What started in 2009 as a modestly sized nonprofi t wild animal rehab shelter has slowly grown, nearing its maximum capacity of about 2,000 animals in a year.

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The Tahoma High School jazz band and choir held a concert fundraiser Jan. 31. Chorus members Sean Hanson and Amy Folkerts joined 13 of their peers in jazzy renditions of ”Love Potion No. 9” and “Georgia on my mind,” among other classics. All funds from the event go towards enrichment opportunities like paying for a trip to Disneyland. ERIC MANDEL, The Reporter

Fundraiser hits the right notes

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Since demand for doctors has outpaced the services off ered in Maple Valley in recent years, Val-ley Medical Center offi cials have decided to build a new clinic at Four Corners.

Th e clinic, located on the east side of Maple Valley Highway on the edge of Maple Valley Town Center, will be home to primary care physicians as well as urgent care services, explained Dr. Shan-non Markegard, medical director for the clinic and associate medi-cal director for physician services at Valley.

Markegard explained that Valley initially operated a small clinic in Four Corner Square aft er buying out the practice of Dr. Da-vid Sweiger in 2005. Markegard began practicing medicine shortly aft er that with Valley in the clinic in Maple Valley. In 2011, Valley moved the primary care clinic

Kent Board denies land transfer to Tahoma

BY KATHERINE SMITH

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Th e Kent School Board voted to deny a petition to allow the Forest Creek neighborhood to become a part of the Tahoma School District and approved an ordi-nance to let students who live in the neighborhood attend Tahoma schools without needing to obtain a transfer from Kent at its Jan. 22 meeting.

Th e ordinance specifi es that the allowance for students to attend Tahoma schools without a trans-fer will be in place for 10 years. Th is also means that Kent will retain the tax revenue from the assessed valuation of the homes.

Residents of Forest Creek submitted a petition in September to the Puget Sound Educational Service District, which oversees boundary changes, to move their subdivision from the Kent School District to the Tahoma School

Medical clinic planned at Four Corners by Valley

A ‘wild’ idea presented for Maple Valley land

A Canada goose with a broken leg undergoes physical therapy at South Sound Critter Care, a wildlife rehab center near Maple Valley. ERIC MANDEL, The Reporter

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Correction/Clarification

The Reporter story, “Court of Appeals rules for YarrowBay develop-ment”, published Jan. 31 incorrectly listed numerous individuals as appellants and members of Toward Responsible Development. According to the attor-ney representing Toward Responsible Development, David Bricklin, the indi-viduals were not part of the LUPA appeal filed to the Court of Appeals or mem-bers of Toward Responsible Development

Bricklin wrote in an email Jan. 30, “The only appellant was TRD. It is a corporation, registered in the state of Washington. It is the only entity potentially liable for court costs. No individuals appealed….”

The Court of Appeals decision document listed all the individuals as appellants along with Toward Respon-sible Development.

Bricklin wrote, “The names in the caption do not represent the parties who appealed. The names in the caption represent the original parties to the lawsuit when it was filed in superior court. Those names stay in the caption, even if parties are dismissed or drop out along the way…. All parties from the original case, both plain-tiffs and defendants, were listed, even though the only party appealing was TRD. The court of appeals knew that the only appellant was TRD.”

FIVE OPENINGS ON HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSIONCovington is accepting applications for five volunteer openings on the Human Services Commission. The commission assesses the needs of youth and families within the com-munity, recommends human service grant funding and develops policies and programs to assist with those goals. The commission meets the second Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Positions are open to adults living or working inside the Covington city limits or living within a three mile radius of city limits. Two of the five

openings are for youth applicants between the ages of 14-18 at the start of their terms residing in or within a three-mile radius of the city of Covington.

An application and additional infor-mation can be found on the city’s

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For Kentlake junior Xena Aguayo serving the Falcon community is about more than praise or awards. It’s about giving back and encouraging her peers to overcome challenges, and knowing it’s OK to fail.

Aguayo was named Out-standing Student Advocate by the Kentlake PTSA in January.

“It’s better to give than to receive, that’s a really important one,” Aguayo said of the most important things she has learned through participating in leadership classes at Kent-lake. “I guess, like when I’m having a hard day or something, when I give to somebody, it just makes me feel better.”

Aguayo was originally going to attend Kentwood, but when she heard about Kentlake she decided to give the school a try.

“I just really liked it so I decided to stay,” Aguayo said.

The list of events at Kent-lake that Aguayo has been involved with is long. She took a lead roll in organiz-ing the school’s first multi-cultural night last year and helped organize a breast cancer awareness drive that raised more than $6,000, and Falcon Revolution. She also helps put on school assemblies and has been a speaker at Future Falcon Night and at multiple fresh-man retreats.

On top of all that she’s the associated student body vice president this school year, and serves as a State Farm Grant representative.

“I just like everything we do, it’s so exciting,” Aguayo said. “Last year we planned our first multicultural night and it was like super stress-ful because it was like three of us altogether planning this big event. And we were so stressed out, we were worried that we wouldn’t have very many people come and the turnout was just amazing. We had over 200 people in attendance and I was so shocked.”

Juliet Perry, a member of the Kentlake PTSA awards committee wrote in an email that it was the impact Aguayo has had that stood out to the committee.

“We selected her because the list of her contributions was so extensive, and the impact she has had on the school’s culture is very impressive,” Perry wrote.

Aguayo didn’t know she was up for the award and was surprised by the committee’s decision.

“My reaction was I was a little shocked,” Aguayo said. “There are so many great students that I feel like they all deserve the award… I collaborate and I work with them all the time and I feel like they are just as deserv-ing. I felt really honored, honestly, because they choose me.”

Kentlake leadership teacher Greg Kaas said it’s not only Aguayo’s hard

work, but her openness with her peers that makes her stand out, something that was also noted by the awards committee.

“That’s what’s so great about her — for her to share her story with other

kids,” said Kaas, who had Aguayo in the first year leadership class last year. “She’s just very real…. She’s like the kids next to you at lunch, or in math class, or walking down the hall.”

Aguayo has spoken the past

two years at the Freshman Retreat for Kentlake stu-dents, sharing her journey and why she does what she does — she speaks openly about her struggle with depression and anxiety and the affect that both had on her.

“I did that not because I wanted them to say, ‘oh feel sorry for me,” Aguayo said about speaking at the retreats. “I wanted to let

them know that at Kent-lake, or at any point in your life, it’s OK that you fail as long as you get back up. I’ve just asked for help from my counselors and everything else.”

Decreasing isolation that teens can often feel and working to make the Kent-lake community stronger are two big factors in what drives Aguayo.

“It’s really important to let people know even though you do so much and people see you as ac-complishing a lot of things, I have my problems,” Aguayo said. “I’ve failed a lot of times and I want to let people know that even if you fail you are succeeding. Because that’s what it takes to know how to change something.”

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

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“I’ve failed a lot of times and I want to let people know that even if you fail you are succeeding. Because that’s what it takes to know how to change something.” Xena Aguayo

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The show will be a musical revue of love songs from Broadway musicals. The cast includes community members from cities around the area including Maple Valley, Kent, Covington, and Black Diamond.

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GREEN RIVER FOUNDATION’S PAINTING WITH THE STARS EVENT TO BENEFIT SCHOOL ART PROGRAMS Green River Community College Foundation’s Interurban Center for the Arts will host its annual Painting with the Stars fundraising event Feb. 27. The ICA provides training, materials and support for arts education in local elementary schools.

The event begins at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 27 at the Lindbloom Student Center on Green River’s main campus in Auburn. Tickets are $15 pre-purchased and $20 at the door. For additional information or to purchase tickets, call 253-288-3330.

The fundraiser features artwork created by community dignitar-ies, business leaders, local artists and ICA volunteer docent. Event attendees can bid on that art as well as donated items like theater tickets, museum and zoo passes, sports items and tours. All pro-

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CEDAR HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HOST SCRIPPS SPELLING BEECedar Heights Middle School will host the second annual Scripps Spelling Bee on March 1.

Students in grades four through six are invited to participate.

One winner will go on to compete in the Scripps Regional Spelling Bee on Sunday, March 23 in Seattle. Prizes will be awarded to the top three overall winners including a Kindle eReader for first prize.

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For Xena Aguayo it isn’t about the recognition, it’s about helping her fellow Falcons


Th is was my chance.If I were to ever legally illegally drink on the

streets of Seattle, the city’s fi rst ever Super Bowl would be that time. I pictured it being like a weekend in Vegas or going back to Iowa City to tailgate a football game. I opened a beer among a throng of bouncing blue fans who gathered in front of a news truck. I took a sip and watched the moderate chaos unfold. I’d joked with others that, “this is Seattle, people will likely be looting garbage so that they could recycle it.” But, while there cer-tainly wasn’t any imminent danger, people did seem to be letting loose.

Th at’s when a I saw the badge sidle up behind me.

“Th ere is no drinking outside,” said the slightly rotund Seattle police offi cer. “You don’t want to get a drinking in public ticket tonight.”

Now, don’t get me wrong: I appreciate a warn-ing as much as the next mild transgressor. But this seemed slightly silly. Th ere were, quite liter-ally, hundreds of people drinking and smoking unimpeded in the streets. Someone had just torn down the street signs on 10th and Pike streets. A miniature bonfi re still burned in the center of the mini mob.

Me? I was standing there with friends, enjoy-ing the show. And maybe that was the main problem: I wasn’t cheering.

As a Wisconsonsite, I am a Packers man. While I may not entirely be “over” Hail Mary-gate/Th e Fail Mary, I have gained a better appre-

ciation for the Seahawks since moving to town seven months ago.

While I can’t fully empathize with Seattle’s previous title drought, this was my fi rst time witnessing a championship while living in the city - though in 1997, 11-year-old me celebrated Green Bay’s win with video games in my Mil-waukee basement.

So, while I was not exactly coasting on the grace of the sporting gods, I was appreciative of this rare-ish opportunity. As was a large chunk of the team’s recently gained fans.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I see nothing wrong with jumping on the proverbial bandwagon. Quite the opposite, actually. I say, embrace your bandwagon-itude. Most people don’t follow

every miserable game for unending years, even if they don’t care to admit it.

And that’s the beauty of sports. To enjoy exciting moments with friends and like-minded happy people. Th e Seahawks’ Super Bowl win is for the newly indoctrinated fans as well as the diehard Seattleites who sat through the Dan Krieg and Rick Mirer years, and cried with Kemp and Griff ey, always praying for a damn ring. While the latter fans may appreciate Sunday’s win the most, it wouldn’t be much of a party if they were the only ones celebrating.

With that in mind, I stayed with my new-found buddies, moving down a block and opening another can of Rainier.

I know. Seattle rebellion is rubbing off on me.

Don’t believe ‘boilerplate’ con statements on levies

When you open your ballot and voter’s pamphlet, you will see a statement in op-position of both Tahoma school levies. This same statement was submitted against school measures in King and Pierce coun-ties, by the same three people (none of whom live in or near Maple Valley – the closest Tom Henningsgards and Laurie Lyford – live in Bellevue. I could not find re-cord of a Renay Bennett anywhere nearby).

These folks are affiliated with the Free-dom Foundation out of Olympia. They don’t have any idea what is going on in Tahoma schools, so don’t be fooled by their errone-ous arguments. They are not your neighbors.

I know the union officials in the Tahoma School District, and the claim by these out-of-towners that union pressure guides Tahoma’s budget decisions is ridiculous. If you want to know about the budget process, go to the district office and examine the budget (it is all public information) or give Tahoma’s school board members a call. They would be happy to explain the way things actually work here.

What are these levies, truly? Replace-ments for levies that Tahoma voters have been supporting for many years. Not new taxes, but rather the continuation of what we have already been paying. Just like other districts throughout Washington, Tahoma has to supplement its budget with levy funds because the legislature does not yet fully fund education.

Also mentioned in this boilerplate con statement is that Tahoma doesn’t put student services first. Every dollar of levy monies – for both the operations and technology levies – is spent on student services, from teacher and paraprofessional pay to trans-portation to athletics, activities, computers and networks.

Please show the Freedom Foundation that this was a silly stunt – and, more important-ly, help keep our schools moving forward – by voting yes on both levies before Feb. 11.

Also please note that there will be no collection van from King County Elections at Central Services this time, so mail your ballots without delay.

Please visit www.voteyestahoma.com for more information about the levies. And please, share this important information

with your neighbors, friends and fellow Tahoma parents.

Wendy CastlemanVoice of Tahoma Education Committee

Kids need to playLately, I’ve come across an issue that has

devastated our streets for a while now: the lack of play! Children are indoors playing video games while the dust collects on every corner of our town. Maple Valley is an amazing city, but without more encouragement to be active, the children that are our futures will never realize the importance of nature and spend-ing time away from their bright lit screens. It’s a bit hypocritical of me to say that, as I’m a teenager in high school addicted to her phone and laptop, but obesity and diabetes are on the rise in youths, and that can be helped through daily activity and fresh air. Okay, exercise won’t FIX obesity and diabetes, but it would defi nitely aid in creating healthy children who make healthier choices. I believe that if one has a strong voice, they must use that power to create a positive infl uence on others.

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All subjects in the police blot-ter are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

THEFT• An unknown male is sus-

pected of shoplift ing jeans from Kohls at 2 p.m. on Jan. 29. Police said the suspect put the store’s clothes under his own and left the store.

• A residential burglary was reported at 6:09 p.m. on Jan. 29 in the 1500 block of Southeast 256th Street. Police stated some-one smashed the rear window of a private two-story home, gaining access to steal guns and tickets.

• A commercial burglary was reported at 8:14 a.m. Jan. 30 at Napa Auto Parts in Covington. Police said the suspect/suspects jumped the fence and siphoned gas from two work vehicles at the business.

• A commercial burglary was

reported at 1:16 p.m. on Jan. 30 at MV Motors. Police said an air conditioner was pulled out from a window to make entry into an offi ce.

• A theft was reported at 2:06 p.m. on Jan. 31 at Fred Meyer. Police said a female victim had her backpack, which included documents containing her chil-dren’s social security informa-tion, stolen from a shopping cart.

• A theft was reported at 5:02 p.m. on Jan. 31 from a locker at LA Fitness Center. Police said the lock was broken and that a credit card fraud followed.

• Mail theft was reported at 2:58 p.m Feb. 1 at a residence on the 1600 block of Southeast 260th Street. Police said a male victim found half of his W-2 form stolen form his mailbox.

• A residential burglary was reported at 2:58 p.m on the 2600 block of 196 Avenue Southeast. Police say there was forced entry into the back of a house and electronics stolen. Th ere are no suspects.

• A female reported a speaker stolen from her vehicle at noon Feb. 3 in the 1700 block of

Southeast 265th Street.

ASSAULT• A fourth-degree assault was

reported at 6:06 p.m. on Jan. 28 at the 2600 block of 195 Place Southeast following an argument that involved two men and a female.

DRIVING• A four-car collision was

investigated at SE Kent-Kangley Road at Jan. 29 at 4:30 p.m. when one of the individuals was driv-ing with a suspended license.

• An arrest was made at 2:10 a.m. Feb. 1 on the 2100 block of SE Wax Road, Maple Crossing APA for failure to stop to stop at a traffi c signal, which resulted in an arrested for driving under the infl uence, possession of marijua-na and driving without a license.

• An accident and arrest on charges for driving under the infl uence was made at 7:52 p.m. Feb. 2 on the 2700 block of 216 Avenue Southeast. Police said an under the infl uence driver caused multiple accidents.


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Th e Seahawks’ Super Bowl win Sunday spurred a few thoughts in my mass of cobwebs. One was that I remem-ber every Super Bowl, from I to XLVIII.

Th at darn time keeps moving, in Roman numerals.

I watched the fi rst one with my dad when Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers steamrolled the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10.

Sunday, I watched the Seahawks steamroll the Denver Broncos with my son.

It was a good day.It was fi tting that Broadway Joe

Namath fl ipped the coin at the opening of the game.

I remember Namath beating the Colts and how torn I was to see a young, curly-haired quarterback take apart a team quarterbacked by Earl Morrall with Johnny Uni-tas on the bench due to an injury.

As a kid I was a big Johnny U fan, but I knew the Jets’ coach Weeb Eubank had the Colts and coach Don Shula fi gured out. Eubank had one other ace – a young Namath with a gun for an arm who was ready to unseat the champion. Namath knew that when you are in the ring you can’t tie the champion, you knock him out.

Th e Seahawks proved again that foot-ball is a young man’s game. Peyton Man-ning’s Roman numeral age showed and Russell Wilson’s youth did as well. Young legs and arms oft en spell victory, just as it did in 1969.

Th e Seahawks captivated the young people around me in the offi ce. Th e young women get all fan nuts over Russell Wilson. I think it is because he has curly hair just like Broadway Joe.

I understand that some men are a bit delusional about their hair, or more directly, lack of hair.

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YOUTH SPORTS FACILITIES GRANTS APPLICATIONS AVAILABLENatural Resources and Parks is now accepting applications from quali-fi ed groups that partner with a public agency, such as a school district or city parks department, to develop or renovate sports facilities.

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from Four Corner Square to Sawyer Village, located off Southeast 216th and Kent-Kangley Road.

Construction on the 10,000 square foot facility at Four Corners began last fall. Markegard explained that the demand for health care in Maple Valley has outstripped what Valley provides at Lake Sawyer clinic.

“They recognize that there’s a huge need for primary care in this area as the community grows,” Markegard said. “That’s why they decided to open up a clinic in Maple Valley, even though it’s outside the hospital district. That community is a very desir-able care mix. The median income for families is similar to Bellevue or Newcastle, so, it’s a great

place to build a clinic.”And with the Lake

Sawyer clinic at capac-ity, Markegard said, it makes even more sense. Markegard is one of three physicians who practice at Lake Sawyer. There is also a physician’s assistant and nurse practitioner who see patients.

“We have some appoint-ments before 10 a.m., but, otherwise we have to send people to urgent care, which we don’t want to do,” Markegard said. “We want to improve our access. We probably have about 11,000 to 12,000 patients in our panel total. So, it’s pretty full.”

With a wide variety of patient needs ranging from children and adults who need yearly check-ups to those with health issues such as diabetes that require more frequent

visits, Markegard said, it is important to not overload medical providers.

Markegard will move over to the new clinic when it opens this sum-mer. She hired another doctor, Ginger Allen, who has practiced medicine

since 2004, to work at the new clinic. Markegard said a new physician com-ing out of residency will move into the Lake Sawyer clinic.

“(The new facility) meets the demand because even though we have two experienced physi-cians moving to Maple Valley … we are hiring a new physician who will hopefully build her panel,” Markegard said. “(She) has brand new openings for her panel. There’s going to be room for about 4,000 patients.”

Opening the new facil-ity with primary and ur-gent care services will fill another gap in health care offerings in Maple Valley, Markegard said.

“That’s another bo-nus for the community,” Markegard said. “You no longer have to drive into

Covington for urgent care. It’s better for us and better for patient care to have an urgent care because then we have access to their medical information (electronically).”

Markegard noted that she is in the process of hiring doctors for the urgent care side of the clinic, which will be open 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. on week-ends. There will be one physician per shift at the urgent care, something she said is important be-cause not all urgent care clinics offer that service in the region.

In addition, there will be a digital X-ray ma-chine at the new facility, which allows Markegard or other doctors there to view images in person, or to look at them during phone consultations with a radiologist at the hospi-tal in Renton.

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homes and about a dozen current students, all of whom attend Tahoma on transfers, which must be obtained annually.

In the petition residents made their case based on the fact that residents of Forest Creek have to drive through another subdivi-sion, Eastwood Forest — which is a part of the Tahoma School District — to reach Kent schools and that none of the students currently attend Kent schools.

In the Kent Board meet-ing minutes for Jan. 22 it was noted that the loss in assessed valuation that would occur if the neigh-borhood was transferred to Tahoma would result in a 21 cent increase in prop-erty taxes per $100,000 of assessed value for a home-owner in the Kent School District.

“The tax implications are negligible for both districts,” Patterson wrote in an email Dec. 12. “It is estimated to lower the total tax rate for Tahoma taxpayers by 0.14 percent per $1,000. It increases

the district’s overall assessed valuation by $5,360,000, bringing us up to $3,947,979,281. Kent’s AV goes down and their tax rate goes up by 0.03 percent. So there is virtu-ally no change for either district.”

Patterson also noted the two districts did a similar transfer a few years ago in the Lake Youngs area.

In an email on Feb. 3, Kent Spokesman Chris Loftis, wrote that under the optional student atten-dance zone that the Board adopted for the neigh-borhood other districts

— in this case Tahoma — would receive the per student funds from the state, which is currently about $9,600 per student per year, and Kent would retain the tax revenue.

“If one portion of the taxpayer base leaves the district without also lowering the expendi-ture responsibilities (i.e. fewer school(s) or fewer classrooms) then steady district expenditures are divided among the remaining taxpayers,” Loftis wrote on Feb. 4. “We have a responsibil-ity then to protect the tax

sharing responsibilities of the greater number of citizens.”

Kent has notified Tahoma, per the next step in the process outlined by the educational service district, and Patterson wrote in an email on Feb. 4 Tahoma has requested a hearing before the regional committee of the ESD. Hearings occur when the two districts don’t mutually agree on the course of action regarding a proposed transfer. The ESD committee will then be tasked with making the decision about to allow or

deny the transfer. As of the Reporter’s deadline a hearing date had not been set.

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

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“We’ve got to get the heck out of here,” she said.

White, who also owns a veterinary hos-pital in Renton, has developed a long-term plan that she believes will bolster the state’s rehab options and also benefit King County youth. Her proposal involves building a state-of-the-art wildlife rehabilitation center un-like any other in the state that will be supremely educational, fill a long un-used parcel of city-owned land and create a space for animals as big as eagles and bear cubs to regain their health.

Now, all she needs is city officials to agree with her.

“We never really planned on being a big center,” White said. “Now we’ve changed our ap-proach.”

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The public is heavily restricted from seeing what transpires inside the South Sound Critter Care facility. And that is on purpose.

“They are not pets,” White said. “They are wild animals that are sick or injured.”

The organization has no paid employees, but 165 volunteers, ages 16-70, worked a total of 15,552 hours in 2013, helping rehab the animals and clean the 1,800 square foot facility, plus an overflow area that is little more than a shed lined with cages. It relies heavily on donations and grant funding. The facility housed just over 1,900 animals in 2013 — 1,754 of them wild, and 150 that were classified as “other” — including 110 species of birds.

White said about 25 percent of the animals are from Covington, Maple Valley, Black Diamond, Kent and Renton. Another 25 percent come from Pierce County and the rest are from everywhere else.

“Sometimes the animals get here by ac-cident,” White said. “Once we had a lizard from China that come in on a shipping container.”

South Sound often works collectively with other animal rescues around the state, including with Sarvey WildLife Center, which has Washington’s only wildlife ambulance service. Suzanne West, execu-tive director of Sarvey, said her organiza-tion plans to spend less time with simple

“animal pickup” calls for wildlife being held at the vet clinic in Auburn and southern King County and will focus more on ani-mal rescues during potentially hazardous situations.

White fears that the slight change in service, along with the steady increase of animal intakes over the years, could enlarge the number of animal patients her center will see this summer. West disagrees with that assessment, saying she doesn’t foresee that matter having an impact on South Sound Critter Care’s numbers.

“Just because we might not be driving our ambulance to the Auburn area doesn’t mean we can’t take animals from her in a transfer situation,” she said.

Whether there is a patient increase at South Sound or not, White said there is most always trouble finding space for large animals over the summer.

“Even eagles have trouble finding spots in the summer,” White said. “And when the eagles have no place to go, you know other ‘lesser birds’ are waiting even longer.”

White gave a presenta-tion to the Maple Valley Parks and Recreation Commission on Jan. 22, discussing, and show-ing plans for, her idea to transform the unused parcel of land at Henry’s Switch into a sanctuary of 50 outside enclosures that

would be used to rehab animals. Henry’s Switch encompasses 14 acres of woods located adjacent to state Route 169 that extends from the power lines near the Saw-yer Crest neighborhood to the Burlington Northern/Santa Fe rail line.

White said the chunk of property will allow for enclosures as big as 100 x 50 feet in order to handle large birds.

“Eagles need a really big pen,” White said. “You can’t put them in a ghetto all together.”

Other larger confines that handle mam-mals such as coyotes, deer, elk and bobcats would need sewer connections in the cages.

The space would also include an indoor nature education center that would feature wildlife education programs for commu-nity groups, as well as a feline adoption center. The space would also include living quarters for a college intern program that would host third or fourth-year vet stu-dents from all over the world.

White hopes to either lease or purchase the land and says she is not looking for any city funding, as she believes private donors will assist in the cost. If not, she will back the venture herself.

“We will get the money,” she said. “It’s just getting the land use designation.”

ABOUT THE LANDMaple Valley City Manager David John-

ston said the Henry’s Switch park property was originally used as a switching station for a pair of intersecting railroads. The city purchased the land in 2001 after King County designated it a surplus property, according to Maple Valley Parks and Recre-ation Director Greg Brown. A covenant on the property requires that the land be used for public recreation and open space.

Since the city’s purchase, Brown recalls the site being considered for repurposing only three times — as small athletic fields, as a parking/drop off place for a rail line and as linkage for Summit Park.

While many other ideas are often floated by the public to Brown, he said White’s idea belongs in another category.

“If someone brings the resources them-selves to do things, that tends to provide

more of an opportunity than someone just saying, ‘hey I would like the city to do this,’” Brown said. “My guess is over the next few months it might be an interesting dialogue as to how far this gets moved along.”

Brown did not have an opinion on White’s proposal, saying he has not had enough time to look into the specifics. He said the commissioners voiced some inter-est, but the overall good of Maple Valley must be considered.

“There are lots of things and variables to think about,” he said.

As part of the Park Commission’s park plan update, which sets policies and goals for the next six years, the public provided feedback for what they would most like to see from the parks. Brown said there was no mention of hopes for any kind of animal sanctuary.

White plans to present her idea during the public comment portion of the Feb. 10

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2. Only feed the animal if it is not possible to get it to a wildlife rehabilitator the day you find it. Force feeding water or liquid foods will likely get into their lungs and cause pneumonia. Most animals, even babies, can go overnight without food and still be sal-vageable. If you feel you must, offer Pedia-lyte in a bowl. Yes, it is better than water.

3. If you are holding an animal overnight, the garage is the wrong place. A quiet dark closet in the house is heated. Mild heat is good. Heating pads can become too warm if not monitored and can kill.

4. When people smile at people, it is a universal greeting and is reassuring. For wildlife, it is a menace. Showing one’s teeth is what predators do to their prey just before they kill them. Please, no grins. Loud noises, music or talking are not calming. When transporting wild animals, turn the radio down.

I’ve had a very eventful weekend but there is only one event that sticks out in my mind.

So I’m not going tell you about the Steam Powered Giraff e concert my husband and I attended with my daughters. I’m not going to go into how much angst I had when I found out my oldest daughter went online four or fi ve months ago, bought her ticket and planned to drive up to Everett on her own without asking or telling us. I know she’s 18 and can do those things on her own — it was just another one of those

shocking realizations that my kids are growing up.

I’ll not attempt to en-lighten you to how it is that my youngest daugh-ter, my husband and I all ended up going to this concert with my oldest daughter, but since we did we drove and paid for dinner. I won’t try to

explain how we all sat in diff erent seats because we bought tickets at diff erent times.

I’m not going to describe how great the show was or how the lady a couple rows in front of us was so irritat-ingly enthusiastic I watched the show through her head

in the nose bleed section of Everett’s historic theater.

I’m not into sports, so I’m certainly not going to tell you I got on the Seahawks’ bandwagon, went to Costco and did the most irrespon-sible thing I’ve done since the party days of my 20s and spent $100 on Super-bowl snacks for the four of us who may or may not all have been home to watch it.

I won’t illustrate how in hindsight I realize I didn’t need to buy the snacks at Costco considering it’s only the four of us. I won’t spec-ulate if I got carried away about joining Seahawks mania or buying boxed foods I never buy, but we all know how sinfully deli-cious they are from trying the samples while shopping

at Costco. I don’t need to point out how we’ll prob-ably be eating those boxed foods for breakfast, lunch and dinner for the next week until they’re gone.

I don’t need to expound my philosophy on football, or any sport for that matter, that the last fi ve minutes is the only part of the game worth watching or how I really just want to see all the commercials and the halft ime show. I won’t even portray how I envision the scenario if we all actually end up watching the game: sitting around with our laptops waiting for com-mercials to air, if there is screaming and cheering by the crowd or announcers, we’ll look up and catch it on the replay.

No, the biggest phe-nomenon that stands out in my weekend is how my oldest daughter worked two days solid to fi nish a digital drawing of the band members of Steam Powered Giraff e, then leapt out of bed Saturday at 7 a.m. to rush off to Offi ce Depot with a fl ash drive to get the picture printed so she could have it signed by the band members at noon.

I haven’t seen that much enthusiasm out of her since she was shorter than me. Th is is a child who has always had to have a better reason to get out of bed than life. Even when she gets up on her own for school it’s with much reluc-tance. Th is is a kid who has always believed if some-

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Maple Valley City Coun-cil meeting and hopes for public support on the project. White says the ideal situation is to negotiate an agreement this year and begin building in 2015, but sees this as more of a “fi ve year plan.”

PROJECT SPECIFICSTh e proposed commu-

nity-based nature center would off er activities for children ages 7 and up, as well as family activities that focus on environmental conservation. Th e center would allow the public to participate in the rescue, rehabilitation and release of

wildlife. Ideally, that would instill a love for nature and the conservation of resources, White said.

“Th ink on the level of the Seattle Science Center with a focus on nature,” White said in her written proposal to the parks commission.

White believes the sanctu-ary will bring tourists and animal-enthusiasts from around the Puget Sound area. She also hopes to build a walking trail around the sanctuary.

In 1985, White developed a rehabilitation center in Suisun, Calif., that involved purchasing more than 14 acres of marshland to develop a permanent site.

Using that experience, plus knowing how the methods of operation have changed since then, she estimates the Henry’s Switch project to cost between $2-2.5 million.

Johnson said he’s heard only cursory talks about White’s proposal and that it won’t be discussed by the city council until it is brought forward by the parks commission.

“We just ask her to be patient,” Johnson said of White.

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FIRE TRAINING CONSORTIUM ADDS TWO NEW DEPARTMENTSThe Renton Fire Department and King County Fire District 20 (Skyway) joined the South King County Fire Consortium earlier this month, bringing the total number of member departments to seven. The consortium provides training to more than 500 fi refi ghters and is made of fi re departments from “Zone 3.” It

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During this fi rst week of February it may still be gray outdoors, but inside, at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show, there is a rainbow of orchids off ering tropical de-lights. Th is year the Washington State Conven-tion Center in Seattle has acres of blooming display gardens that will jump-start your spring fever with fl owers, fragrance and artistic art forms of all types. But if you want to get up close and personal or take some macro-shots of incredible beauty featuring easy-to-grow houseplants, don’t miss the walk-through dis-play garden, “Fift y Shades of Orchid.”

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“Orchid growing was once the hobby of the very rich‚ but today anyone can pick out an orchid plant even at the supermarket and have success keeping that plant in fl ower for nine months or more,” said Joe

Grienauer, co-owner of Emerald City Orchids and a show seminar speaker.

If you can’t catch Greinauer’s orchid grow-ing seminar at 11:15 a.m. Sunday, then eavesdrop on the phone conversation I had with Joe about his favorite topic:

MB: I know orchids are super easy for you to grow, but what type of orchid would you recommend for a beginning grower or to someone who has had no luck with houseplants?

Joe: Th e phalaenopsis or butterfl y orchid is the easi-est to grow in our climate and they are really low maintenance plants. Just buy a phalaenopsis orchid plant with buds or just be-ginning to bloom and place it in fi ltered light. Water once a week and enjoy.

MB: What if you want to

try something more exotic? Joe: I like to suggest the

Brassia orchids to those who want really amazing colors like brown, orange or green fl owers. Th is group of orchids are aggressive growers and heavy bloom-ers — and almost as easy to grow as the phalaenopsis.

MB: What are the most common mistakes that beginners make when growing orchids?

Joe: Th ey water too much and put the plants in a sunny window. Orchids like fi ltered sunlight and they grow on the trunks of trees in the wild. Th ey need perfect drainage and little water.

MB: So do you recom-mend the ice cube trick — placing two ice cubes on top of the orchid’s roots?

Joe: If portioning out the water supply by using ice

cubes instead of a watering can works for you then use it. Orchids do like cooler night temps especially to get them to rebloom, but the tropical orchids we sell and display have never met an ice cube in their natural habitat — I just set my potted orchids in the sink once a week, water, let them drain in the sink then place the plants back near fi ltered sunlight. I’ll give them more water in the summer or if they are really growing fast. Don’t let your orchid’s roots sit in drainage water.

MB: What type of fertil-izer do you use?

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MB: So growing orchids is your full-time job?

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TAHOMA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS EXCEL IN FINANCIAL LITERACY COMPETITIONStudents from Tahoma High placed second in the team competition at the January 2014 Washington Financial Literacy Challenge.

The Challenge is designed to recognize students who demonstrate high levels of personal finance skills and reward teachers for outstanding practices in teaching personal finance.

Students participate in an online assessment of their financial knowledge and their performance is ranked against their peers.

The team from Tahoma that placed second was made up of William Lathrop, Ryan Myers, and Viviana Salazar-Delatore. Another team from Tahoma finishes fifth.

The challenge will be offered again in May so that students in second semester and yearlong courses have an opportunity to participate. Par-ticipation is free and information can be found financechallenge.org. The

challenge was underwritten by the Opus Foundation and the Washington Department of Financial Institutions.

SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTER TRAINING TO BE HELD IN MAPLE VALLEYThe National Weather Service will train new and veteran spotters, includ-ing interested citizens, amateur radio, CERT, citizen corps, and law en-forcement staff, on how to look for and report significant weather events from 6:30 – 9 p.m. at Lake Wilderness Lodge in Maple Valley on April 21.

Training includes video demonstrations. Spotters are needed, particularly in rural parts of King County, as well as those who have weather instru-mentation, such as an anemometer.

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STATE COLLISION SUMMARY REPORT RELEASEDThe 2012 Annual Collision Summary for Washington state is now avail-able to be viewed by the public.

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Brian Wright does his talking in the pool.

Th e soft -spoken Wright, a senior at Kentwood this year, was undefeated in in-dividual races until the end of the boys swim and dive season, when he fi nished second to his teammate.

It only makes sense that Wright would be a standout and a leader on the team, as he has been immersed in the swimming community his entire life. His parents met swimming for Central Washington University – his dad, Dave, teaches and coaches at Tahoma High, and his mom, Sharon, works and coaches at Kent-wood, older sister Erica was a swimmer, too.

Swimming lessons at the Kent-Meridian pool, where the Kentwood team prac-tices, is his fi rst memory at a pool. He was three.

Wright’s fi rst experience on a swim team came when he was eight for the sum-mer team at Fairwood Golf and Country Club, which is a part of the Midlakes league where Sharon was coaching.

“It was just something I

did because it was what my family did, and I loved it,” Wright said.

He tried out for a few club teams over the years, but didn’t commit to one until this past year. He swam the long course season for Valley Aquatics’ VAST last spring and sum-mer and continued with the short course season this fall.

While following in the family footsteps, Wright has also found his love of water polo. He was 13 and at the Fairwood team banquet when he fi rst heard about the other water sport.

Technically, water polo at the high school level is a club sport, as opposed to a school team. When Wright was a freshman, Kentridge High School was the only school with a water polo club. Th at’s why Wright played with them the fall of his freshman year.

From his fi rst experience with the Kentridge group, Wright wanted to recruit enough Kentwood kids to have their own club. His junior year it fi nally hap-pened.

Swimming is mostly an individual sport, with individual performances in

races earning points that go toward the team score in a meet.

“It (water polo) off ered me a chance to use my skills in swimming in a real team sport,” Wright said of what drew him in to water polo.

Currently Wright is gear-ing up for the West Central District meet this weekend and has his eyes on the state championship meet later this month.

Th e 200 individual med-ley — which is comprised of 50 yards of butterfl y, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle — is Wright’s favorite event these days.

“I’m pretty even in all my strokes, so that was a pretty good fi t for me,” Wright said.

Last weekend at the South Puget Sound League meet he fi nished second in the 200 individual med-ley and also anchored the school’s 400 freestyle relay, which edged out the relay team from Curtis by one-hundredth of a second to win fi rst place. Earlier in the season he was a part of the 200 free relay team that broke the school record in the event and also met the

Conquering the pool, one race at a time

Brian Wright, a senior at Kentwood, completes a 100 freestyle set at practice in preparation for the league meet. KATHERINE SMITH, The Reporter

KENTWOOD CHEERLEADERS WIN

ANOTHER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

The Black squad of the dominate and innovative

Kentwood cheerleading team fi nished fi rst in the 4A/3A/2A non-tumbling coed competition at the

state championships Feb. 1. The group compiled a 75.75

score.Kentwood Silver tied for

fi rst with Hockinson in the tumbling coed division with

a score of 87.75.

[ more RACE page 14 ]

Senior Brian Wright left his competition behind during the regular season and has his eyes set on State

KENTLAKE WINS ALL-CITY GYMNASTICS MEET

The Kentlake gymnastics team won the All-City meet for the ninth year in a row on Jan. 29.

The Falcons earned an overall team score of 164.9, with Kentridge in second, tallying 153.45. Kentwood finished third, with a team score of 141.6.

Kentlake co-coach Lind-sey Duerre said this was the squads highest score of the

year. “It’s really exciting to

have [the All-City meet] at the end of the season to see the progress that they’ve made,” she said.

TAHOMA GRAPPLERS WIN BATTLE OF THE BONE

The Tahoma wrestlers dominated a pair of recent dual meets, capped with their reclamation of the Battle of the Bone trophy on Jan. 30.

The Bears pounded their

rivals at Enumclaw, 59-9, holding onto the celebra-tory cow femur bone that annually goes to the victory. Enumclaw held the trophy after a tight, 32-28 victory in 2013.

Now finished with its regular season, the Tahoma grapplers join their confer-ence foes for Sub-Regionals on Feb. 7-8.

KENTWOOD AND TAHOMA HOOPERS FINISHING STRONG

With post season posi-tioning on the line, both

the Kentwood and Tahoma boys basketball teams are hitting their stride with five straight victories. Kentwood escaped with a two-point win on Jan. 28 against Auburn River-side and defeated Kent-Meridian on Jan. 31, by a 12 point margin. The wins kept the Conquerers’ hold of second place, and, thus, a potential home playoff game. The Tahoma boys edged Auburn on the road, 67-63 on Jan. 28 and had a bye Jan. 31.

As of press time, both squads were 10-4 in con-

ference, with Kentwood holding the head-to-head tie breaker.

Kentwood will finish the regular season with match ups against Auburn and Kentlake after the Report-er’s press deadline. Tahoma is scheduled to travel to Kentridge and host Thomas Jefferson.

The Kentwood girls held onto second place in the North conference with a lopsided, 79-22 home victory on Jan. 31 against

Kent-Meridian. The female Conquerors handled Au-burn Riverside three nights earlier, 74-52.

The Tahoma girls also made winning look easy with a 59-17 home victory against Auburn on Jan. 28. The Bears are holding fourth place in the confer-ence at 8-6.

Both Kentlake squads fell to Kentridge on Jan. 31 — the girls, 36-50 and boys 41-79 against the unde-feated Chargers.

BY ERIC MANDEL

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A Tahoma boys basketball practice almost always in-cludes music blaring from the gym speakers.

It’s a hodgepodge of tunes that ranges from 2000-era R&B hits to Katy Perry jams to “Call me, maybe.”

Coach Brian Davis refers to it as “clean pop” and hip-hop. The players know it as “weird” music; “coach’s” music.

But the veteran Bears hoopsters don’t bicker about swap-ping the playlist. They don’t argue. In fact, sometimes they dance.

“It’s better than nothing,” said senior captain Coleman Wooten. “It bumps up the mood a little bit.”

Davis knows the clichéd rah-rah rhetoric about senior-laden teams who are successful because they’ve played together for so long. He typically doesn’t buy it.

“They’ve all been playing together,” he said.But the second-year coach can’t help but gush about his

current senior class who have dribbled to a tune like few others in the school’s history. By Davis’ calculations, eight of the nine seniors will have been apart of one of, if not the, winningest two year stretches school history.

“I don’t think anyone has taken us seriously,” said Julian Sumler, senior starting forward for the postseason bound Bears. “To put Tahoma in the light is nice.”

The Bears won their first ever league champi-onship in 2013, led by then-junior Wooten who earned the South Puget Sound League North division MVP. After losing in the second round of districts, the squad returned nine seniors and, as of press time, were battling Kentwood for second place in the division.

Wooten, who was a nominee for the prestigious 2014 McDonald’s All American Games in Chicago, again scorched through regular season play, aver-aging 25 points, 12 rebounds and four assists per game. But Davis said, beyond Wooten’s spectacular play, it’s been the senior’s overall energy and boundless enthusiasm for the game that has led to not only success, but to “building a successful culture.”

“You don’t always get that,” Davis said. “They really want to see each other do well.”

Tahoma is not known for prolonged stretches of basket-ball success. The seniors agree that the continuity of play-

ing together and being friends on- and off the court makes a huge difference in the win column.

“We laugh with each other,” said Grant Johnson.“And at each other,” added teammate Tyler

Brenneman.Beyond the W’s, the Bears want to be remem-

bered as a group of young men who played with a smile on their faces.

“We play with joy,” said DeShon Williams, who also started on last year’s championship team.

No matter the end result on the court, Davis’ proudest accomplishment of the year may come in the classroom. He expects the athletes will finish in the top five for the Basketball Academic State Championship.

“It’s a lot easier to coach on the court when you have tremendous young men off the court,” Davis said. “And that’s a testament to their families.”

Reach Eric Mandel at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054. To comment on this story go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com.


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state qualifying time. “We were really con-

fi dent in our ability to break it because we were all swimming really fast,” Wright said about setting the school record. “It sort of seemed unreal at the time, it’s just hitting me now.”

Also this season, Wright made the state qualifying time in the 200 freestyle, a fi rst for him.

“He is super competi-tive,” Sharon said at aft er a practice last week. “He will do very well if he’s racing somebody.”

Sharon refl ected on her son’s contributions to the

team, the everyday as well as the points he scores at meets.

“He’s a leader by ex-ample,” Sharon said. “He’s a pretty quiet leader … He’s a leader who will get in the water and take care of business.”

For the younger Wright swimming is about doing

what he loves and seeing growth in himself and in the team.

“I like winning and im-proving,” Wright said. “How Kentwood has improved over four years keeps me motivated. I love to see my teammates get better and better.”


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Th e Kentwood boys swim and dive team closed the South Puget Sound League 4A swim and dive championships on Feb. 1 with a hard fought win in the 400 free relay, beating second place Curtis by one hundredth of a second.

Th e relay team of seniors Logan Stoick, Dane Turn-bull, Kevin Molloy and Brian Wright fi nished in a State qualifying time of 3 minutes, 24.26 seconds, edging out Curtis’ time of 3:24.27.

Overall Kentwood brought back a fourth place fi nish from the meet. Th e top three team spots were claimed by Curtis, Ken-

tridge, and Mount Rainier, respectively. Th e team from Kentlake fi nished seventh and Tahoma fi nished eighth.

Th e Kentwood 200 individual medley relay of Turnbull, Molloy, Wright, and Stoick fi nished fourth in the fi rst event of the night with a Districts quali-fying time of 1:45.43.

In the same event the Tahoma relay of Chris Hatch, Ethan Wunschel, Coleman Blakely, and Tyler Rinck fi nished seventh, and the Kentlake relay of Alex Phillips, Jalen Koon, Justin Woo, and Evan Eidal fi nished 11th.

Patrick Knox of Kent-lake fi nished seventh in the 200 freestyle, and Cole

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Kentwood’s Wright fi nished second in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:03.79. Tahoma’s Blakely swam in the same event, going 2:18.68 and fi nishing 12th.

Stoick led the charge for Kentwood in the 50 freestyle, fi nishing fourth in a time of 23.26. Fellow Conqueror Andrew Stone fi nished seventh in 23.71 and teammates Blake Rizzo and Molloy fi nished 11th and 12th, respectively.

Kentlake earned 13 points towards the team’s overall score with Eidal’s second place fi nish in div-ing. Brady Shutt of Ken-tridge took home fi rst place

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earned another second place fi nish for Kentlake, out-touching a senior from Rogers in the 100 butterfl y. Knoblock clocked in at 57.56.

Also in the 100 fl y, fellow Kentlake Falcon Quentin Knox fi nished sixth with a time of 59.69. Tahoma’s Blakely fi nished 11th.

Stoick was back for the Conquerors with a fourth place fi nish in 50.95 in the 100 freestyle. Turnbull fi nished eighth in 52.73.

Colin Bryant of Kentlake fi nished sixth in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:34.85. Cooper Mattern, of Tahoma, fi nished eighth.

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the Kentwood team of Hen-dricks, Tjay Mason, Rizzo, and Stone fi nished fi ft h in 1:37.79. Th e Kentlake team of Patrick Knox, Knoblock, Bryant and Quentin Knox fi nished seventh, and the Tahoma Bears team of Marcus Coselman, Tyler Gage, Hatch, and Cory Cox fi nished eighth.

Turnbull turned in Kent-wood’s third second place fi nish of the night in the 100 backstroke with a time of 59.49 and his teammate Hendricks fi nished ninth.

In the 100 breaststroke Quentin Knox fi nished eighth for Kentlake in 1:05.53, Kentwood’s Wright fi nished ninth, and Molloy fi nished 12th.

Kentwood’s 400 freestyle

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Next up in the boys swim and dive post season is the West Central District 3B meet that will be held this Th ursday through Saturday at Curtis.

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

Fourth place for Kentwood boys swim and dive at leagues

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Brian Wright qualifi ed for state in the 200 freestyle. KATHERINE SMITH, The

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To say the music business is in Tess Henley’s blood would be an understate-ment.

Her mother sang in a soul band and her brother is a singer-songwriter. Her sister helps manage her music business and her father looks for other ways to monetize her music.

“Music was always around the house,” said Henley while relaxing in her family home, a secluded house in the Kent-Covington area. “It was a natural progression that we started learning how to play more pop contemporary music and the music that we wanted to actually play instead of classical.”

Henley won $35,000 in a pair of music competitions and now the young singer-songwriter has her eyes set on a third: the Guitar Center Singer-Songwriter Competition with a hefty reward of $25,000 and will get to record a four song extended play among the perks.

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whose brother competed in the contest last year.

The 26-year-old Kent-lake High graduate knows firsthand how expensive the music industry can be — she sunk almost $60,000 into the production of her second album.

“They’re really lifesav-ers to me,” Henley said of contest winnings. “Because everything just costs so much in the music industry as an independent artist.”

Her inspiration comes largely from personal expe-rience. Henley’s first album centered on memories of her first relationship which she developed in high school, while her second focused on her college life. But she always tries to make sure that — while personal in content — the themes relate to a wide audience.

“I really strive to write music that lasts, and music that will test of time, that will still be relevant in 20 years.” she said. “And I try to write music that is emotionally moving in one way or another. I try to write songs that people can relate to, because I’ve seen the impact music has had on me.”

Henley learned piano

when she was 3 and contin-ued to practice through ju-nior high and high school, where she discovered soul, Motown and R&B — her mom’s singing genres. Despite her talents, she didn’t study music in col-lege. She changed her major three times, finally set-tling on communi-cations. The change coincided with the release of her debut album — which she record-ed and self-released — and Henley said it was the point in her life when she realized she wanted to pursue music as a career choice.

“I had no business plan behind it,” she said. “I was just like ‘OK, here! I have an album and I’m going to play shows,’ and I had no idea what I was doing.”

She continued perform-ing three or four shows a week during her studies at the University of Washing-ton, and was able to support herself through her work.

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while going to school, playing maybe three times a week,” Henley said. “And then playing bigger shows where you’d promote for a long time, and eventually, by the time I graduated, I was just going to commit everything to music.”

After graduating in 2010, she returned home to focus on her mu-sic. Being at home affords her the re-sources, relaxation and scenery she needs to practice and write her soul and Motown songs.

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times wonder how people can do it without that sort of support,” Henley said. “My brother just moved to LA and it’s so expensive down there ... it’s really hard to have the money to put into all your musical projects and still pay rent and living expenses and gas and so this has really helped me.”

From home, she focused on outreach and grow-ing her brand by relent-lessly contacting producers around the country. Instead of waiting for someone to discover her talent, Henley

made her own luck when she connected with a high profile producer and coordinated with him to get in touch with Motown producer Dice Raw in 2011. They immediately set her up to fly to Philadelphia and record demo tracks. By mid 2012, she was record-ing her second album, “High Heels and Sneakers,” in Philadelphia.

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The sophomore album’s release expanded her name and brand, and provided a jump start to her career. She’s spent much of her time traveling to Southern California and Philadel-phia to perform and get her name out. Just before Thanksgiving she per-formed at the Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles and later sang the national anthem when the Seattle Seahawks hosted the St. Louis in the final regular season game in December.

It was the second time Henley performed at CenturyLink Field — she sang the anthem with her brother a year prior — but

for a person who would rather spend her downtime with her family or at home, she recalls the experience as extremely stressful.

“In that type of a situa-tion minute by minute it could change,” she said. “I could be OK one minute, and the next I’m think-ing about something that’s stressing me out and then I’d have to calm myself down the next minute.”

While Henley credits much of her success to her family’s support, there’s no doubt the budding artist has taken inspiration from her musical idols both in her musical style and personal conduct. Whether it’s the humble attitude of James Taylor or the honest songwriting of Adele, Hen-ley incorporated what she’s learned from these icons into her both her perform-ing and writing.

Henley said if she had to choose a style, she would go with performing, although her initial reaction is writing.

“Being able to share your music with people and feed off of that energy,” she said. “You don’t really know what to expect. It just makes for great memories and experi-ences”

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