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Christine Brower works out with Stroller Strides at Lake Wilderness Lodge in Maple Valley Monday by pushing her son Jack, 2, in a stroller. Brower is less than two weeks away from her second child’s due date. KRIS HILL, The Reporter To view a slide show go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com
Fit Momma in Maple Valley
BY KATHERINE SMITH
A chunk of land included in the YarrowBay Master Planned Developments in Black Diamond is the focus of discussion between the Enumclaw and Tahoma school districts.
Th e Enumclaw School District Board of Directors hosted a public hearing Wednesday night regard-ing the proposed transfer of land from the Tahoma School District to Enumclaw.
Th e hearing was an opportu-nity for community members to express their views regarding the proposed transfer.
Th e land in question is an ap-proximately 35 acre portion that is zoned for commercial use in the master planned developments of YarrowBay, according to Enum-claw School District documents.
Th e process of adjusting school district boundaries is overseen by
Tahoma opposes land transfer
BY KRIS HILL
Norm and Tammy Mack know the grocery business.
For 30 years, Norm worked at markets while his wife, Tammy, put in more than two decades in the industry herself.
In fact, they met on the job fi ve years ago at Everson Market in Everson, a small town about a 30 minute drive from Bellingham.
It should come as no surprise the couple, whom recently moved to Maple Valley, will own and operate the new Grocery Outlet in the Four Corner Square north addition.
In fact, Tammy said, when they started dating in 2008 Norm asked her if she’d be interested in opening a Grocery Outlet with him at some point. She agreed.
Aft er all the years working in the business, Norm said, it seemed like the right move.
Grocery Outlet set to open Jan. 26
BY KATHERINE SMITH
Tahoma’s boys and girls swim teams went head to head Jan. 4 to raise money for cancer research, inspired by one of their own, Allie Duven, and her battle against Hodgkins lymphoma.
Th e bleachers at Covington
Aquatic Center were full with fans and supporters whom turned out for the Meet to Beat Cancer.
Duven, a junior at Tahoma and co-captain of the 2012 girls team, was diagnosed last fall and is cur-rently undergoing treatment.
Becky Foxworthy, a senior and one of Duven’s co-captains,
planned and hosted the event as her senior project. Foxworthy was inspired by Duven and decided to do something for the senior project that could help make a diff erence.
“I was originally going to build a cat condo,” Foxworthy said. “My dad suggested it (the meet) and I thought it was cool that I could do it.”
Foxworthy approached the boys team about holding the meet dur-ing one of their regular practice times and rallied the girls swim-mers to participate via Facebook.
“I just sent out a Facebook mes-sage and the girls started reply-ing and saying they would do it,”
Inspired by Allie, teams swim to beat cancer
Becky Foxworthy, right, hands out race cards to a teammate. KATHERINE SMITH, The
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What causes multiple sclerosis, a disease of the central nervous system? Scientists are working on several factors that they think might be involved, but so far the exact cause remains a mystery. What is known is that MS aff ects 400,000 individu-als in the U.S. and 2.1 million worldwide. About 200 people are diagnosed with this condition each week and women are more than twice as likely as men to contract this incurable and oft en debilitating condition. Th e disease most commonly strikes people between the ages of 20 and 50. MS attacks the central nervous system, which is made up of the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. Symptoms can range from mild, such as numbness in the limbs, to severe, including paralysis or loss of vision.
Possible suspects in the cause of MS include the immune system, the environ-ment, infectious diseases and genetics. What might trigger an abnormal response of the body’s immune system to cause MS? Why does MS occur more oft en in areas
away from the equator? Does childhood exposure to viruses, bacteria or other microbes trigger the onset of MS years later? Why does having a close family member with MS increase one’s odds of coming down with it? Scientists from around the world are searching for an-swers.
While they do, the Greater Northwest Chapter of the National MS Society is working to mobilize people and resourc-es to help drive that research for a cure and to address the challenges of everyone af-fected by MS and to provide programs and services that help people with MS and their families move their lives forward. Head-quartered in Seattle, the Greater North-west Chapter serves over 12,000 people living with MS in 23 counties of western and central Washington as well as people throughout Alaska and Montana. Th e Oregon Chapter serves more than 7,500 individuals with MS and their families in Oregon and SW Washington.
Th e Greater Northwest Chapter off ers programs, services and fundraising events to improve the quality of life for people liv-ing with MS and also funds cutting-edge research into new treatments and fi nding a cure. It supports more than 50 self-help groups that meet on a regular basis, in-cluding a “stay at home” telephone support group. It sponsors programs such as On-line Peer Connections, “MSFriends” Peer Support Program that connects people with MS with volunteers living with MS, “Someone to Listen” Peer Support Pro-gram, Walk MS, Bike MS and StoryBank.
Here in the Northwest MS is more prev-alent than almost anywhere else on earth. Your support of the Greater Northwest Chapter and of the important research that is being done could make a diff erence to the lives of thousands of people right here. If you would like to support QFC’s charity of the month, Th e Greater North-west Chapter of the MS Society, you can do so by asking your QFC checker to scan a $1, $5, or $10 donation card, or simply place your extra change in our coin boxes. Th ank you.
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EFFECTIVE: Decmber 30, 2012 - February 2, 2013
BY KRIS HILL
Children from Peru, India, Liberia and Uganda will soon arrive in Covington to bring a message of awareness of the 600 million others like them who are at-risk or have been orphaned around the world.
Don Windham, founder and president of International Children’s Network, said the Matsiko Orphans Choir will come first to Covington, its home-away-from-home, before embarking on a 10-month tour of the country.
“The goal was how can we get more Americans and people from the west to get to know them,” Windham said. “I thought to do a choir would be great. My goal was to have orphaned and at-risk kids from all over the world.”
International Children’s Network has its roots going back nearly 15 years in a youth group at Coving-ton Christian Fellowship, which merged with Real Life Church in November.
Kevin Holland, who is involved with international mission work at
the church, has known Windham for years and has traveled with him.
“Don really developed a passion for kids that had no future except to be exploited or live in poverty,” Holland said. “I just got hooked. It sure feels good to sponsor kids then raise people’s awareness so they will sponsor kids.”
During the past five years, Matsiko Orphans Choir has grown and changed, Windham said. It started with children from Uganda.
Now ICN is in many countries across the globe. Children come from remote villages in the Andes Mountains in Peru, as well as Liberia and Delhi, India, to par-ticipate in the choir.
“They come together and their purpose is to represent orphaned and at-risk kids so people can get to know them, see
their issues, and more importantly to find sponsors for these kids so they can go to school,” Windham said. “We started with one choir … to now a group of kids from all over the world with an understanding of the differences and maybe our own ignorance so we can better find sponsors for the children.”
As the children sing, starting with a concert in Covington in early February, taking their mes-sage across the United States from
Washington state to Oregon to California to New Mexico and be-yond, Windham hopes those who hear the choir will be inspired to sponsor children through ICN.
Sponsorship, which costs $35 a month, Windham said, helps a child go to school all the way through the university level.
“Some people say, ‘oh, it’s just a black hole, you’ll never meet that need,’” Holland said. “But, we’ve got to do something. By sponsoring a child for $35 a month I can change their destiny.”
And while bringing sponsors into the fold can change the lives of orphaned and at-risk children long term, the experience with the choir can change its members for good, too.
Windham explained the children are fast friends initially but at some point during the experience they get frustrated with one another, seeing the worst in one another without recognizing it in them-selves.
After some time, though, the children will get over the conflicts arise and develop deep bonds with their peers who come from differ-ent cultures and religious back-grounds.
“What happens is there is a transformation,” Windham said. “They become loved. They start to see they have value and they go back with a real belief they can do
something. They go back just differ-ent people. Then we get to witness it, our church. We get to see them from the beginning.”
Once all the children arrive in Covington, they will spend time with host families, studying and preparing for the tour. They will leave, Windham said, March 2 then return in November. By the time the choir returns from the tour, they will have worked through two levels of school, not to mention all that they learn through travel as well as living and performing with children from other parts of the world.
Without this opportunity and sponsorship, Windham said, chil-dren from Peru, for example, have little to look forward to in life.
“It’s indentured slavery,” Wind-ham said. “They work on a farm. They get a place to sleep, it might be a shack, and they get food.”
It is a life of fear, which is some-thing Windham hopes Matsiko Orphans Choir can help children escape, one concert and sponsor at a time.
“We can truly make a difference,” Windham said.
Reach Assistant Editor Kris Hill at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054.To comment on this story go to www.covingtonreporter.com.
Choir finds hope in CovingtonChildren from around the world participate
“What happens is there is a transformation. They become loved. They start to see they have value and they go back with a real belief they can do something.” Don Windham
KICK-OFF EVENT FOR LOCAL 4-H CLUB
Loyal Companions focuses on dog care and training and
is expanding to include an emphasis on creative and
performing arts. The club will be hosting a kick-off event Jan.
15 at the Fairwood branch of the King County Library at 4:30
p.m. The event will include a craft project, information about the club and snacks.
The club is open to students in kindergarten - grade 12.
For more information contact Marilyn Johnson at
[email protected] or 253-639-0549.
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Recently, Businessweek magazine declared that Maple Valley is the best city to raise kids in the entire state. Th is is following last year’s decla-ration by Family Circle magazine that put Maple Valley in the top 10 in the country for places to raise kids.
I told my kids about the exciting news, and they couldn’t care less. One asked if having zero movie theaters gave Maple Valley extra bonus points.
Th ere isn’t an offi cial city strategy to get to the top of these lists, and the news came as a surprise to everyone.
Expect to see our politicians try to convince you next Election Day that this was planned all along, though.
Th e offi cial reasons cited for Maple Valley’s child-raising dominance were the Lake Wilder-ness Lodge, parks department activities, and the superior school system.
However, if you listen to the voters, the schools don’t need more money, so they voted down the latest school bond. Two weeks ago, a letter writer complained in this paper about the city’s reckless spending habits, so they apparently don’t need any more money either.
Th e writer clearly doesn’t attend the city council meetings — I never see her there — and doesn’t realize that city staff are getting laid off , while expenses have been cut every year, usually by several hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Th e only place left to cut is the parks depart-ment, which could cause our nationally recog-nized parenting utopia to diminish somewhat.
Th e voters and the letter writer are very concerned about the immediate outlay and aren’t paying attention to the big picture.
I had a couple of business partners who felt the same way. When we had a downturn in the sales and were losing about $10,000 a month, we had to come up with a plan. Th eir fi rst ideas were to cut out the bottled water for the offi ce — the tap water was orange and undrinkable — to turn down the heat, and stop allowing space heaters.
Th e net eff ect of those actions would have re-duced the productivity from our employees, you know, the ones who help us make money.
Also, those things don’t begin to approach the amount of money needed to make up the shortfall.
I fought it and we didn’t go that route. Instead, I sold my precious Corvette, took less money, and invested in growth.
We were inspired to take risks to fi nd more customers while reducing expenses that didn’t impact our customers or our employees.
If you think that government should be run like a business, then you’d know that a good business will invest in the future, even when times are bad. Th is might involve spending mon-ey for a new computer system that saves money and time, or an advertising strategy that pulls in new customers and keeps existing ones happy.
Good businesses cannot simply sit around and wait for things to get better. Th e ones that do will go out of business while their competitors steal their share of the marketplace. I’ve seen it hap-pen in the last two industries I was involved in, and I’ve done a lot of the market share stealing myself.
School bonds and local tax increases are oft en painted as a huge fi nancial burden by some of the louder voices in this community. Th at’s because these people only see the $20 per year leaving their wallets, and don’t see it as an invest-ment in their property values.
When it comes to investing in schools and government services, you and I and every other
citizen are the business owners, not the caretak-ers who run them for us.
Real estate agents in town are already trum-peting the Businessweek declaration on their websites, that Maple Valley is the best city in Washington state to raise kids. Why? Because there are plenty of moms who decide where to buy a house based on the school system and lo-cal amenities like parks.
I’ve read the online message boards myself — Maple Valley’s Tahoma School District is competing with Issaquah, Bellevue, and Mercer Island when it comes to superior school systems.
More demand from picky moms equals more home sales. More home sales equals higher resale prices.
Does that mean you should vote yes for every school bond or local tax increase? I don’t think so. Sometimes these school bonds are fi lled with stuff that is hard to support. Sometimes a tax increase could be better spent on a diff erent area like roads.
But if you simply say no because you’re trying to keep that extra $20 in your wallet, you might fi nd a lot fewer of those twenties in your bank account when you fi nally sell your house.
Maple Valley has a chance to be the great-est city in the state of Washington. But we have to want that title fi rst, and be willing to invest wisely. Th e schools and the government belong to us and it’s up to us to keep them great.
Refl ection and resolve are common this time of year.
Many refl ect on the year just passed, what was good about it or what was bad, and resolve to continue the good while changing the bad.
Oh, New Year’s resolutions, a de-ceptively tempting concept that sets so many well-meaning folks up for failure.
A friend of mine posted in jest on Facebook that she would open a bar and call it Resolutions. Th e fi rst two weeks of the year it would be a gym then the rest of the year it would be a bar. It’s funny because there’s so much truth to the joke.
Th e intent is good. We all want to be thin-ner, smarter and happier. We write these resolutions down. And then we fail.
Th is may come as a shock, but my most bitter resolution failure came in 2007, when I decided I would read a book each month that year. It didn’t happen.
From then on, I swore off resolutions.Another approach, also seen on Facebook,
went like this:Set goal.Make a plan.Get to work.Stick to it.Reach goal.Th is makes sense. And what’s
handy about it is that you don’t have to wait until New Year’s Eve
to develop goals. Th is can be done any time of year. Growth, whether it’s personal or profes-sional, can happen any time and even when you’re not planning for it.
Katherine Smith, our new staff writer, and I were talking about resolutions shortly aft er New Year’s Day. She doesn’t make them.
Th is seems like a good idea to me. Especial-ly at this point in time when change, the one constant in life — well other than death and taxes — has come along in a big way at the paper and in Maple Valley. Sometimes resolu-tions come as a result of change. Other times change is a result of resolve.
Change is something I ponder frequently, especially in the past month or so.
TJ Martinell, who had worked at the Re-porter for the past 18 months give or take, has left for another job. Katherine has taken his place. It’s going to take some time for me to adjust to this but also for folks in the commu-nity to adjust, to get to know Katherine, her style of journalism and her personality.
In the past few weeks I’ve learned about myself as an editor and as a journalist, a busi-
● Q U O T E O F T H E W E E K : ”It doesn’t matter how you start; it matters how you fi nish!!!” -Seahawks coach Pete Carroll
Growth requires investment, risk
Goals and growth over resolutions
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-ness I’ve been in for more than 12 years. It is likely I will continue to refine how I do my job, both as an edi-tor and as a community journalist. Why not? It’s a new year, after all.
At the same time, there has been change in Maple Valley City Hall. As part of the city’s budget process, two employees are no longer on Maple Valley’s payroll.
As we make transitions here at the paper, there are transitions going on at City Hall, and we start this year dealing with those adjustments.
Katherine will be covering Maple Valley City Council meetings. It will be interesting to see what our discus-sions will be like the next morning as she catches me up on what happened on Monday nights as we lay out the paper. It will interesting to compare those to the conver-sations I used to have with Regional Editor Dennis Box, who covered those meetings for two years, before he took on other responsibilities and TJ was hired in April 2011.
Another perspective will definitely be welcome. Fresh eyes observing a city in transition will be helpful. And I wonder what kind of change will happen going forward
as well as what kind of resolutions the City Council may have in 2013.
This is the beginning of a process of reflection which will lead to understanding, resolve and likely more change. And that’s just in Maple Valley — there’s plenty to keep an eye on in Black Diamond and Covington, too, not to mention the state Legislature, sports, schools, and beyond.
Welcome to 2013. It will likely be chock full of reflec-tion and resolve.
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the local educational service district, a regional agency that provides sup-port and services to school districts. Puget Sound ESD 121 is the district that services Tahoma and Enumclaw and will oversee the petition process.
“The Enumclaw School Board believes the entire re-
lated developments should be in the Enumclaw dis-trict, in part so that future property tax revenues from the commercial portions of the developments will help to support the costs of public school education of students living in the 6000 (plus) new residential units of the MPDs,” the public notice stated.
Bruce Zahradnik, deputy
superintendent of Tahoma, attended the hearing during which he read a state-ment, which expressed the district’s opposition to the transfer, on behalf of Super-intendent Mike Maryanksi.
In the statement Mary-anksi noted that, if Tahoma was correctly interpreting Enumclaw’s request, the amount of land is actually 54.3 acres and no students
reside within the parcel in question. Therefore the TSD board of directors do not believe the request complies with state laws regarding the transfer of property between districts.
The land in question is, “not home to any school-age students and is unlikely to ever be the home of future students,” Maryanski wrote in the statement. “As
such, the proposed transfer of territory simply takes the assessed valuation of commercial land from one school district and gives it to another. Such convey-ance of school district taxing authority does not comport with the policies and factors for determining transfers of territory under state law.”
Maryanski wrote that the
transfer would not improve educational opportunities, safety or welfare of students and would not improve geographic accessibility, all factors that are considered valid reasons for a land transfer.
“Boundaries are adjusted all the time,” said Tahoma spokesman Kevin Patter-son. “In this case we don’t think they should be.”
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Foxworthy said. Two of the team’s 2013 captains, Kayla von Michalofski
and Jessica Miller, said they were honored to be able to par-ticipate and support Duven.
“We’re a family and our team pulled together,” Miller
said.Foxworthy enlisted the help of a volunteer starter as well
as volunteer timers for the races. She also acted as coach for the girls team, planning who would swim what events. Foxworthy swam on the girls team all four years but hadn’t realized how much work and planning goes into each meet.
“I was just trying to put everyone in events they would
do well in,” Foxworthy said. “I give major props to the coaches, it’s a lot of planning.”
The event raised $800 which will be donated to ACA.Reach Katherine Smith [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5052.To comment on this story go to www.maplevalleyre-porter.com.
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Obituaries
HELENE M. HOKENSONHelene M. Hokenson, née Seifer, a longtime resident of Maple Valley, died in her sleep Dec. 28, at the age of 97.
Helene was born in Grant, Neb., June 2, 1915. In 1945 as an Army nurse she mar-ried Harry S. Hokenson, who was an officer in the United States Army. After the war they settled in Portland, Ore. The Hokensons later moved to a ranch in Terrebonne, Ore., then moved to Seattle, before they eventually settled in the Maple Valley area.
Hokenson, in addition to her career as a nurse, was a pilot, a homemaker, an artist,
a Seattle Mariners baseball fan, and an avid card player. She also volunteered at the Maple Valley Community Center for many years.
Helene and Harry eventually retired to become ranchers in Maple Valley. Hokenson is survived by two sisters, Agnes and Alice, and a brother, Fred. Her husband Harry and son, John, preceded her in death in 1993 and 2007 respectively.
A private service will be at Tahoma National Cemetery. A memorial reception is not scheduled but will be announced soon.
In remembrance of Hokenson, memorials may be made to the Maple Valley Com-munity Center.
KLAUSE DIETER SAMSELKlaus Dieter Samsel of Maple Valley, died Dec. 30, at Auburn Regional Medical Center in Auburn. Samsel was 71.
Samsel was born Feb. 17, 1941, in Koenigsberg, Germany, to Bruno Samsel and
Anna Kuschnereit. He was raised in Essen, Germany. He graduated with an En-gineering Draftsman degree. Samsel immigrated to Canada in 1965 and began working for the Great West Steel Company. He moved to Seattle in 1972 and to Maple Valley in 1981.
He worked as a steel broker and owned kb Systems in Auburn from 1984 until his retirement. Samsel’s many hobbies and interests included golfing, fishing, wood-working, gardening and history. He is survived by his daughters Anita (Darren) Holand and Natasha (Jon) Paepke; sisters: Inga (Paul) Brett and Margitta (Latif) Dayoub; three granddaughters: Alaina, Abbie and Grace; nephews Craig and Mar-cus Brett and niece Tania Brett.
A memorial is planned for the spring.
Friends are invited to share memories, view photos and sign the family’s online guest book at www.flintofts.com. Information regarding the celebration of his life and memorial service will be posted on the website. Arrangements made by Flintoft’s Funeral Home.
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Answers to many of your gardening questionsThe second
week of Janu-ary is when gardeners take note of their often-ignored houseplants.
This year the beauty and health benefits of indoor plants is a top trend for 2013 as health and well-ness surpasses prestige and luxury as the reason con-sumers decide to part with their disposable income.
Those green stalks of lucky bamboo that were such a hit with the 20-something crowd had spread to include all ages and all types of indoor plants — including the ben-efits of cut flowers, potted bulbs and houseplants that flower for months indoors.
This winter bring home the exotic beauty of an orchid, the lush green of a palm or the textural treat of a jade plant.
Consider houseplants a natural prescription for good health.
Q. I would like to try growing an indoor
orchid plant as a co-worker
informed me that orchids can be grown by people like me with what I call a “black-thumb.” I should tell you I have
killed other houseplants - but really love orchids because they remind me of Hawaii.
What type of orchid is easiest to grow in a office environment?
R.S., Maple Valley
A. You cannot fail with Phalaenopsis
because new varieties are not only easier to grow, but also much easier to find now that grocery stores, home stores and discount retailers are offering potted orchids as well as your local greenhouse.
Buy a phalaenopsis or moth orchid that is in bloom but still has many buds. Do not over water. Root rot is the most com-mon way to kill a potted orchid.
In our cloudy climate many orchids need water only once a week. Just make sure the plant does not sit
in drainage water. Some orchid growers suggest you water orchids by placing a few ice cubes on top of the bark chips that surround the orchid roots once a week. Phalaenopsis orchids love filtered light so keep them out of direct sun — again not a problem in Western Washington.
Another tip is do not fertilize your potted orchid when it is blooming.
To much fertilizer can cause the orchid to drop its already formed flower buds. Wait until summer when the orchid goes dormant to feed your orchid plant. An office is actually a great place to grow phalaenopsis orchids because they prefer warm daytime tempera-tures over 70 degrees but low night temps below 60 degrees — perfect for any location that turns the heat way down at night.
Buy a budded orchid plant in January and you can easily enjoy fresh blooms until April. I think your black thumb is turning green already.
Q. I have a dark corner in my condo
living room and have tried to grow various houseplants to fill up the space and add some life.
I am giving up on grow-ing a ficus tree after watch-ing the second one drop leaves and die.
What tall indoor plant do you suggest for a corner with no windows?
D.S., Tacoma
A. Sounds like you need a lady in your
life — the graceful lady palm that is. Lady palms or Rhapis excelesa come in over a 100 named varieties but all do extremely well in low light, something the British found out in the 18th century when these palm trees graced every proper Victorian parlor. Lady palms are a slow grower with thin stems and the soil should be kept just barely moist, but allowed to dry out a bit during the winter months.
Slow growth means it does not need much fertil-izer so use a liquid plant food diluted to half strength in the summer months only. Now here’s a design tip to turn this lady into a diva. Use a low voltage spot
light hidden on the ground behind your palm tree to “up-light” the graceful fronds from below. Delicate shadows will be cast onto the wall for an inexpensive alternative to wall paper.
Q. Help. I inherited a large and beauti-
ful jade plant – that is now dying. It was happy all sum-mer and then a few months ago started to drop leaves. It is near a bright window and I water it once a week. Should I repot the plant? P.P. Email
A. Help is on the way. Do not repot your
jade, just stop watering. This succulent plant needs very little water in the winter when days become shorter. In our climate potted jade plants thrive on a cupful of water once a month from October to March.
Some indoor gardeners insist they don’t water their jade plants at all during the winter, but I find if you water once a month you can prevent the foliage from shriveling.
Jade plants enjoy spend-ing the summer outdoors
on a patio but check the plant carefully for cottony-white mealy bugs before you bring it back indoors.
A cotton swab dipped in rubbing alcohol is an ef-fective treatment for mealy bugs on any houseplant.
Marianne Binetti has a degree in horticulture from Washington State University and writes a syndicated gardening column that runs in more than a dozen newspapers each week including the Courier-Herald publica-tions in Enumclaw and Bonney Lake. She has written or co-written 10 gardening books. For book requests or answers to gardening questions, write to her at: P.O. Box 872, Enumclaw, 98022. Send a self-ad-dressed, stamped envelope for a personal reply. For more gardening information, she can be reached at her website, www.binettigarden.com.
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Since my daughters hit their teen years, I have been very clear that they would be partly responsible for the financial end of their driving careers: driver’s educa-tion, gas, insurance, first car. But when my oldest hit the magical age of 15 and a half, she showed no interest in driving. Sixteen came
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I felt if she wasn’t ready to drive, I shouldn’t force her. When she approached 17, I asked her why she didn’t want to drive. She told me
there was no reason to drive if her father and I were driving her everywhere she wanted to go.
The insight stopped me in my tracks. Apparently, we made the whole thing so easy, she couldn’t project to a future when her sched-ule would be such that my husband and I wouldn’t be willing to drive her.
It reminded me of when she was an infant and wouldn’t roll over onto her stomach until she was well past six months old. I’d put her on her stomach and she’d roll over on her back, but she wouldn’t go the other way. I’d even entice her with foods I knew she liked or toys she was especially fond of, she still wouldn’t roll over. Every-thing she needed was right
there or would come to her as she lay on her back, why would she want to roll over? I think she was almost 10 months old before she started rolling from her back to her stomach.
I suddenly understood that unless I made her get her license, she would never be motivated enough until I dropped her off at the bus stop on her way to col-lege. I am not alone in this dilemma. It seems many of my mom friends have high school children who are un-willing to drive, even with driver’s ed under their belt and a car in the driveway waiting for them. One mom posted on my website that her son wasn’t interested until he took the bus to col-lege a whole quarter. I did not want to wait until then.
When she turned 17 and a situation arose where it would have been more convenient for me had she been driving, I took a stand. I signed her up and paid for driver’s ed. I drove her to every lesson and picked her up. I pushed her father and her out the door to practice driving. She has had moments of epiphany of the freedom she could have if she was driving and is finally interested in tak-ing her driving test — we started in August.
Needless to say, my plan of making my kids financially responsible for part of their driving careers has backfired. We just purchased a car for her because her dad and I are tired of picking her sister up at the bus stop, then turning around to pick her up from her after school activities every day. We got her a 10-year-old car, with
more than 100,000 miles on it, that’s easy on the gas mileage and something dad can maintain. We know for a while we’ll be paying for gas and maintenance until she graduates this year and gets a job.
As my husband and I drove around to get her car emission tested and the title transferred, I was truly chagrined that my plan had gone awry. But even though it is a car for her, she only got it to make my husband and my lives easier. So really the car is for us — at least that is the attitude which allows me sleep at night.
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Brian Rosand, the new principal at Cedar Valley El-ementary, originally thought he wanted to work in a field related to computers, but in a class at Green River Commu-nity College he discovered his love of teaching.
“There was a guy there (at Green River) who was a former kindergarten teacher,” Rosand said. “He would tell me about teaching and I was like, ‘Man, this sounds like something I’m really interested in and probably could be really good at.’ So I went for it.”
Rosand grew up in Des Moines and attended Federal Way schools. He then attended Green River Community College for two years and transferred to Central Washing-ton University where he earned his degree in elementary education.
As a teacher, Rosand worked with second through fifth graders during 12 years in the Federal Way School District, including time teaching students in the district’s gifted and talented program.
Rosand earned his master’s degree in integrated elemen-tary technology and his administration credential from City University.
“I had an inkling for it (administration),” Rosand said. “I can influence my classroom, but as an admin you can influence the whole building and the students there.”
This year is Rosand’s first as an administrator and his vision for the school includes raising student success and focusing on the human element.
“Believing all kids can,” Rosand said of his outlook on education. “Giving them life options — instead of closing doors, opening doors. That’s really where I want the school to go. Having our instruction be intentional and respon-
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“We were always working for somebody else,” he said. “We wanted to do it for ourselves.”
Norm knew managers he had worked with who went on to Grocery Outlet. He kept in touch with those former co-workers to get a sense of what it would be like. When the time was right, he said, he called one of those guys up to get connected with the company.
“He gave us contact information and we were on our way,” Norm said. “That was in April, I think, and by May we were already approved.”
In mid-April the Macks went through lengthy interviews in Berkeley, Calif., where the chain’s headquarters are located. Grocery Outlet has more than 185 stores primarily in western states including Wash-ington, Oregon, California and Nevada.
Before the in-person interviews, they went through two hour-long phone inter-views as well as a battery of personality tests.
Once all that was completed Norm and Tammy knew things went well in the final interviews.
“They say you know within a week and a half of interviews (if approved),” Tammy said. “They told us on the way to the airport that we were in.”
Norm and Tammy were engaged at that point but were waiting to figure out how everything would work out with Grocery Outlet.
Once they knew they got the store in Maple Valley, the third one the couple had applied for, Tammy picked a date for the wedding by the time they got to the airport. The couple wed in August.
The Macks knew they could end up anywhere on the West Coast.
“We gave them carte blanche and told them we’d go anywhere,” Norm said. “But, we got lucky to get this one.”
Norm said Grocery Outlet, which is known for offering products for as much as half off retail pricing, is experiencing a period of growth as a company and its development team is working hard to open stores in new markets as quickly as possible. It makes sense to open in Maple Valley and there were residents who wanted it here.
“We had a number of requests from local residents to come to the area and we saw the need for a high quality discount market there,” said Melissa Porter, vice president of marketing, Grocery Outlet, Inc. “We match up culturally with communities that are family oriented and Maple Valley is one of the top communities for families in the country.”
For the Macks, it seemed like the perfect
opportunity.“We want to offer the people in Maple
Valley the convenience of saving money on groceries,” Norm said. “The niche that I think we fill is value. We understand that our customers shop other outlets. What we hope they do is shop us first, save money, then get the items that they need.”
Typically Grocery Outlet stores offer product overruns, items that have been moved off the shelves elsewhere due to a change in packaging, among other things that allow independent operators to sell them at a lower price. In addition, there will be fresh produce, dairy and meat avail-able.
“Grocery Outlet is a treasure hunt,” Tammy said. “I shop every aisle because it changes every week.”
Before they applied for a store, the Macks had to come up with a portion of the financing as well as develop a business plan, though Norm said there is a significant amount of support from the company as progress is made toward opening the store.
Once it’s open, the Macks, who the com-pany calls Aspiring Operators in Training, will be in charge. They deal directly with vendors and have managed a number of aspects of setting up the store. In addition, they’ve hired more than 30 employees, including Tammy’s daughter Racheal, who is 26, and Norm’s 24-year-old son Bryant.
Both of their children have retail experi-ence and will serve as managers.
“It’s nice coming in with two people we can trust already,” Tammy said.
The store’s square footage totals out at 18,200 square feet. Trucks began arriving with products Monday and will continue until the place is set up Jan. 23 with a grand opening set for Saturday, Jan. 26.
It is set up to flow, so there are places where certain products go, Norm said, but there’s significant flexibility in how things are set up due to the fluidity of the product offerings which change regularly.
In two years, Norm said, he and his wife think the store will be running well enough they can take their honeymoon.
For now, though, the couple is excited about the prospect of running their new business and being a part of their new home.
To start with, they connected with the Maple Valley Food Bank and have commit-ted to support it. There will be volunteers from the food bank at the grand opening. The Macks will donate $1,000 worth of food to MVFB Jan. 26. They’ve also con-nected with the Tahoma School District with an eye toward a partnership.
“We wanted to come to a small com-munity,” Norm said. “We’re from a small community. We wanted to go somewhere we could make a difference.”
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MAPLE VALLEY CREATES TASK FORCEVolunteers are needed for an IT and Communications Task Force which will assist staff at the Greater Maple Valley Community Center assess its current technol-
ogy situation and develop a long-term strategy.
Community members and center staff will serve on the task force.
It would be helpful for task force members to have an interest in
and understanding of technology issues.
Members should also have a thorough understanding of the organization’s culture and the ways in which technology is used to further the mission of the organization. They should also be curious, comfortable with research
as well as developing strategies and overseeing implementation.
The goal is to have the task force formed and meeting by the end of January.
For more information contact Executive Director Mark Pursley at 425-432-1272 or send email to [email protected].
THIRD WORD WEDNESDAY AT CREATIVE ARTS CENTERJoin us for the first storytelling evening at the Maple Valley Cre-ative Art Council.
If you have a story to share, writ-ten or from memory, fiction or non-fiction, come tell it on the
third Wednesday of every month. The first night will be held Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. with each storyteller having between five and 10 min-utes. Coffee and cookies will be provided. If you have a book to promote, please bring it with you. A free raffle will take place celebrating this new night of performance art.
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Michael Cox, a senior at Tahoma High, is back in the pool this season after sustaining multiple injuries in a car accident. Cox has already qualifi ed for the boys state meet in mid-Feb. and is planning to swim the 100 Fly and either the 100 or 200 Free. KATHERINE SMITH, The Reporter To view a slide show go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com.
BY KATHERINE SMITH
It’s not unusual for Michael Cox, a senior at Tahoma High and a
competitive swimmer, to start his days with an early morning swim practice.
Late last summer he had a morning like so many others, that one, however, ended diff erently. Cox re-members getting in the car, but aft er that his memory goes blank.
Cox fell asleep at the
wheel that morning, his car crossed the center line and collided with another vehicle before going off the road.
“When I regained con-sciousness there was a lady outside my window,” Cox said. “It didn’t register. I’m thinking: What just hap-pened? It was very scary.”
Cox’s fi rst concern aft er he realized he’d fallen asleep was whether or not he had hit anyone else — he had — and if the other driver
was OK. Th at answer was also yes.
Cox’s coach was also at the accident scene. He was driving in front of Cox.
“My coach saw ev-erything happen in his rearview mirror,” Cox said.
Th e collision with the other vehicle had been “headlight to headlight” and Cox was told that if he had drift ed only a few more inches the accident could have been catastrophic.
Cox fractured his pelvis
in four places, injured his uppermost rib and had a glass shard in his eyebrow.
He is thankful for every-thing that did go right that morning, and in the days and weeks that followed.
“Everything that could have gone right did,” Cox said.
For one, Cox had been driving his mother’s car that morning.
“Mine is older and less safe,” Cox said. “Her (car) is much safer.”
Cox was also thankful the other driver wasn’t seriously injured, that it hadn’t been a head-on collision and that the glass had landed in his eyebrow instead of his eye. Cox also didn’t need surgery.
Th at morning was more than three months ago and Cox is back in the pool, amazing his doctors and coaches.
Cox was told he couldn’t put any weight on his left
IN SEARCH OF STILL WATERTahoma High senior Michael Cox has already qualifi ed for state despite injuries suff ered in a car wreck
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EMERALD DOWNS STALL APPLICATIONS DUE JAN. 18
Emerald Downs Director of Racing Bret Anderson reminds
horsemen that stall applications for the 2013 meet close Jan. 18.
The stable area opens Feb. 1, and Track Superintendent
Wayne Damron said the track would be open for training from
8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily.Track offi cials said dates for the 2013 season, which are
expected to be approved next month, will be similar to the
81-day 2012 meet that ran mid-April through September.
Stall applications are online at http://emeralddowns.com.
Anderson also can be contacted at 253-288-7751.
BY KRIS HILL
Led by sophomore Nick Smith, Kentlake’s wres-tling team put together a 47-29 victory on the mat at home Jan. 4 over Auburn Riverside in a South Puget Sound League 4A North dual meet.
Smith, who wrestled at 113 pounds, was first up for the Falcons. He tallied a near fall, scoring 16 points before the second period finished. Next up for Kent-lake was Rajaat Chauhan, a freshman who earned a technical fall with a take down to win his match 15-0 early in the third period at 120 pounds.
Sophomore Jesse Younkin had arguably the most exciting win of the evening. Younkin was tied with Riverside’s James Smith at 4-4 in the third period in the 138 pound match when he scored a reversal which led to a pin with less than 15 seconds left on the clock.
Zach Harris put together an 11-5 decision over Riverside’s Zach Ghe-
tian at 170 pounds while Billy Reichlinger pinned his opponent 38 seconds into the first period in the 195 pound match to help stretch Kentlake’s lead in the dual meet.
Senior Tyler Deskins wrapped up the evening for the Falcons with a 13-2 win over the Ravens’ Larkin
Williams in the 285 pound class. It was a battle of wills between the heavyweights early on but Deskins made his move late in the second period with a takedown then three near fall points en route to the victory.
The Falcons followed that up the next morning with a trip to the Panther Classic
at Snohomish High. Smith took first in the 106 pound bracket, beating Tyler Almaguer of Kamiakin 9-2 in the final and sophomore Anthony Carillo took fifth at 160 while Zach Harris finished fifth at 182. At 220 pounds, Jonathan Yar-brough took third, followed by a fifth place finish by
Deskins at 285.Kentlake traveled to
Kent-Meridian Wednesday after the Reporter’s press deadline to take on Thomas Jefferson and K-M in a double dual.
ALSO AT THE PANTHER CLASSIC JAN. 5:
Kentwood finished sixth at the Panther Classic. Walker Meyers won the
120 pound class with a pin of Brett Dykman of Todd Beamer in the final while Conor Berlin finished third at 120. Junior Dalton Mey-ers finished third at 138 while Logan Bearss took third at 145.
In the 182 pound bracket Josh Boekelman finished fifth. Kyle Capperauld fin-ished fifth in the 220 pound bracket.
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King County Fire Protection District #43
(Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety) presents notice of the existence of a “Vendor List” for purchase of materials, equipment or supplies as required by RCW 52.14.110. Interested vendors
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COVINGTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 12-12 TO EXTEND THE MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT, LOCATION, OPERATION, LICENSING, MAINTENANCE, OR CONTINUATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES, PRODUCTION FACILITIES, PROCESSING FACILITIES, COLLECTIVE GARDENS, AND RELATED BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY OF COVINGTON FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS; PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MORATORIUM EXTENSION; ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT SUPPORTING THE MORATORIUM ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NO’s. 08-11 and 12-12; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
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leg for six weeks in order to allow his pelvis to heal. At his four-week check up he found out he was healing faster than expected and was given the green light to get back in the pool.
“I felt good,” Cox said. “I felt fine. I just kept pushing myself.”
At six weeks Cox started physical therapy.
“I kept testing it (his leg) when my mom wasn’t
looking,” Cox said. “I was supposed to be on crutches for three months. The doc-tors were bewildered it had been healing so fast.”
Cox had been healing so fast that shortly after he started physical therapy he was able to cease using crutches and start training again in earnest.
“I’ve just been working day by day,” Cox said. “I feel myself getting stronger.”
Not only has Cox been
back in the pool, but he has qualified for the boys state meet in the 100 yard free-style, and he has his sights set on more. He is planning on swimming the 100 but-terfly at state and is going to decide between the 100 and 200 free. Cox also wants to break the Tahoma school record for the 200 free.
“I believe I can get it,” Cox said.
The future is bright for Cox — in the fall he signed
his letter of intent to swim for Seattle University next year.
“I am thankful for all the people who supported me,” Cox said. “I just feel blessed, I had a second chance to do what I love.”Reach Katherine Smith [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5052.To comment on this story go to www.maplevalleyre-porter.com.
Smith, Deskins help Kentlake to win over Riverside
Kentlake’s Tyler Deskins works from neutral against Auburn Riverside’s Larkin Williams in a 285 pound match in a dual meet Jan. 4. Deskins won 13-2 to help the Falcons take the meet 47-29. KRIS HILL, The Reporter
To view a slide show go to www.covingtonreporter.com.
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FIRE TRAINING TO BE HELD AT MV HOUSEMaple Valley Fire and Life Safety as well as other members of the South King County Fire Training Con-sortium will be participating in training at a house owned by Maple Valley Fire at 24416 Southeast 216th Street, across from Tahoma Middle School.Trainings will take place Jan. 17, Jan. 25, Jan. 28-31, Feb. 11-4, Feb. 20-22 and March 11.Fire departments from Kent, SeaTac, Maple Valley, Tukwila and Burien will participate.For questions contact Captain Kenneth Whitmore of Maple Valley Fire, at 425-433-2128.ARBORETUM TO HOLD ART CONTESTThe Lake Wilderness Arbo-retum Foundation is hosting a student art contest with the theme, “It’s your arboretum.”The contest is open to stu-dents preschool through grade 12. Winners will re-ceive a prize valued at $50 and winning artwork will be showcased in the 2013 LAWF poster.
Artwork must be two di-mensional with a maximum size of 9 inches by 12 inches. Entries must include an entry form and are due by 4 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 25. Visit www.lakewildernes-sarboretum.org for complete contest guidelines, prize information and the entry form.BDCC TO HOST FUNDRAISER DINNERThe Black Diamond Commu-nity Center is having a family friendly fundraiser dinner. The funds raised will go to-ward purchasing a security system, additional exterior security lights and a sound system.The evening will include dancing, comfort food, and a raffle as well as movies and popcorn for the kids. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the meatball dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Local band Diamonds in the Rough, led by Stan Terrell, will perform throughout the evening.Tickets are $12 for adults, and $6 for youth ages 12 and under. Donations will also be accepted.For more information call
360-886-1011.NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR EARTH HEROES PROGRAMKing County will honor the best students, teachers, staff, school volunteers, programs and schools that are contrib-uting to student environmen-tal education and environ-mental protection through the county’s Earth Heroes at School awards program.Nominations for the 2013 Earth Heroes are due Feb. 23. Winners will be honored during at an event featuring King County Executive Dow Constantine on April 25.Recycling, restoring habitat, composting lunchroom waste and growing pesticide-free gardens are among the many types of award-winning proj-ects carried out by students, teachers and staff in King County schools.The program is offered through the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks’ Solid Waste Division.Mike Jackson, a teacher at Tahoma High School and a 2012 Earth Hero, led his technology repair students in refurbishing 129 old school district computers and dis-tributing them free to families in need.Earth Heroes can be nomi-
nated by colleagues, class-mates and the general public. Nomination forms are avail-able at http://your.kingcounty.gov/solidwaste/education/earth-heroes.asp or by calling Donna Miscolta at 206-296-4477.MEMORIAL TO BE DEDICATEDThe King County Sheriff ’s Office and the City of Maple Valley would like to invite officers to attend a ceremony to dedicate the new Hicks and Raburn memorial site.Sergeant Samuel Hicks was killed in the line of duty in 1982, Detective Rayborn was killed in the line of duty in 1984.The new memorial site was commissioned by the city in partnership with the Sheriff ’s Office to provide a memorial for fallen deputies who served in the Southeast King County Precinct area.Members of the fallen officer’s families will be in attendance as well as he King County Sheriff ’s Office honor guard and the Seattle Police pipe band.The dedication will be held at 11 a.m. Jan. 18 at Lake Wil-derness Park.DISASTER PREPAREDNESS COURSE OFFEREDMaple Valley Fire and Life Safety will be holding a Com-munity Emergency Response Team course in Feb. and March to create awareness and teach critical skills for as-sessing a disaster situation. The course will be held from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on various evenings throughout the two months. Classes will cover topics in-cluding general disaster pre-paredness, search and rescue, fire suppression, terrorism and disaster communication.The course fee is $40.For more information and to register go to maplevalleyfire.org or call 206-423-2832.
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