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BY KATHERINE SMITH

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Bryan Howard will be the new acting police chief for the Maple Valley Police Department as of July 1 when the current acting chief, Sergeant Don Davis is pro-moted to captain and takes up the post of chief of police and fi re at Boing Field/King County Interna-

tional Airport. Maple Valley

Chief of Police Michelle Ben-nett is currently

on maternity leave and is

expected to return to the depart-ment in mid to late October according to Maple Valley City Manager David Johnston.

Th e city contracts the police department with the King County Sheriff ’s Offi ce, which it has done since the city was incorporated in

Promotion prompts new interim police chief

BY KRIS HILL

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With just a few weeks until the Covington Days Festival set for July 20-21 the plans for the event are falling into place according to Karla Slate, the city’s community relations coordinator.

Th e city of Covington picked up the torch of planning the festival, which began in the mid 1980s, from the Covington Lions Club earlier this year. Since then, Slate and other city staff ers have worked to bring on new sponsors, new vendors, add elements to the event as well as fi nalize a diff er-ent parade route. Slate wrote in an email interview that things are going well.

“Our business community is

Plans for Covington Days falling into place

BY KATHERINE SMITH

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Emily Burlison, a 2013 Tahoma High graduate, has found the perfect pair of illusive tube socks that come almost to her knee — an essential for those embarking on basic training also known as swab summer at the Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut.

Burlison just graduated from Tahoma High 10 days ago but

she’s already counting down the days until her brief summer ends. Nine days from now she’ll report for basic training at the academy and begin seven weeks of train-ing, which if she survives, will be the beginning of what she plans will be a long career with the Coast Guard.

“I’ve always wanted to join the military just because it seems like that’s built for me,” Burlison said. “I really enjoy academic chal-

lenge so when I found out that academies existed I (went that direction).”

Out of 2,300 applicants only 235 were accepted for this year’s freshman class at the academy.

“When it (her acceptance) was fi nally cleared…I was so relieved,” Burlison said.

For Burlison it was the humani-tarian focus of the Coast Guard that appealed to her.

“It’s partially the humanitar-ian mission of the Coast Guard, and also they’re a smaller service and things that the Coast Guard does more directly aff ects helping American lives,” Burlison said.

Burlison has practiced Ko-kondo, a traditional form of karate and ju-jitsu for ten years,

and she sees correlations between the discipline required for martial arts and life as a member of the military that appeal to her.

“It would probably be that (Ko-kondo) that sparked my interest in not liking civilian life as much,” Burlison said.

Applying for the academy wasn’t much diff erent than the other college applications she had to fi ll out, Burlison said. She still had to write essays and then there was the usual paperwork. Th e one big diff erence was the physical and medical exams.

Burlison credited her experi-ences at Tahoma with helping her to fi gure out what she wants to study – operations research and computer analysis.

Originally, Burlison thought she wanted to be an engineer so she joined Bear Metal, the robot-ics team at Tahoma.

“I learned from Robotics that I’m not,” Burlison said with a laugh. “But I also learned that I really like what’s called scouting. It’s like intelligence gathering on the robots and stuff , and I’d develop questions and interpret them for our strategist. It actually is kind of similar to operations research which is part of how I found that.”

Aft er she graduates from the academy, Burlison is committed to fi ve years serving in the Coast Guard.

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Ryan D. LaPlante, the former Kentwood High School student charged with making threats to bomb Kentwood, is now in custody at the Benton County jail in Kennewick.

LaPlante, 19, was booked Th ursday morning, according to jail records.

LaPlante failed to show up for his scheduled King County Superior Court appearance Monday to be ar-raigned at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent for making threats to bomb or injure property in March at the Covington school.

A $15,000 bench warrant was issued for LaPlante’s arrest aft er he failed to appear in court, according to Ian Good-

hew, spokesman for the King County Prosecuting Attor-ney’s Offi ce. Th e judge set a new court date of June 20 for LaPlante to appear.

King County prosecutors have charged LaPlante with threats to bomb or injure property in connection with an emailed threat March 29 to the principal that caused the school to evacuate 2,000 students and staff and be shut down for a day.

LaPlante told King County Sheriff ’s Offi ce detectives he emailed the threat because he was angry that he did not graduate in 2012 aft er attending Kentwood for four years, according to charing papers fi led May 28.

If convicted as charged, the sentence range for LaPlante would be three to nine months in jail.

Detectives initially arrested LaPlante April 6 at his fa-ther’s home in Kennewick. LaPlante had lived in Kent with his mother before moving to the Tri-Cities.

Detectives served a search warrant at the Kennewick house and seized two computers. Investigators used infor-mation found on those computers to connect LaPlante to the email sent to Principal Doug Hostetter, according to charging papers.

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Discussions are under-way again between the homeowners associations of the Maple Woods and Maple Ridge Highlands neighborhoods and the city of Maple Valley regarding the documented speeding problems on Maple Ridge Drive and Maple Ridge Way.

According to residents, speeding has been a prob-lem on the two roads, with Maple Ridge Drive being the main road that connects the two neighborhoods, since both neighborhoods were built in 2002.

“Were looking for some kind of help,” Maple Woods HOA president John Peter said during an interview June 17.

One of the main con-cerns for residents, other than the speeding itself, is that there is a community playground located at the intersection of Maple Ridge Drive and Maple Ridge Way, and residents are con-cerned that the high rate of speed at which drivers are traveling is putting children

at risk as they cross Maple Ridge Drive.

After the neighborhoods were annexed into the city the issue was first brought before the Maple Valley City Council in 2010. At that time a speed study was conducted and the results showed that there was indeed a speeding problem on the two streets.

On both streets the post-ed speed limit is 25 miles per hour. In the 2010 study eastbound and westbound traffic on both streets was assessed including median speed and the percentage of drivers going over five miles per hour over the speed limit. The lowest percentage was on eastbound Maple Ridge Drive with 32 percent of drivers exceeding the speed limit by five miles per hour or more. The greatest percentage was on west-bound Maple Ridge Drive at 73 percent.

As a result of the study several options that could be implemented incre-mentally to encourage decreased speeds were presented by the city. Among those options were road striping, speed

humps, marked crosswalks including a slightly raised crosswalk on Maple Ridge Drive, a permanent speed radar sign, and shorter plant heights.

Striping was done on Maple Ridge Drive by the city to create the appear-ance of a narrower road to try to slow drivers.

The members of both homeowners associations were advised that they could submit a preference for one other project to be completed as funds were available in the budget.

At this point the HOA of Maple Ridge Highlands stated in a letter that they deferred to the HOA of Maple Woods, the board of which voted unanimously in favor of the crosswalks.

In the fall of 2010 the HOAs were told that there wasn’t money in the budget for the project and that the issue would be revisited in 2011.

In April 2011 another survey was done by the city and while it showed

improvement in a few locations, it was noted that overall speeding was a problem and that on Maple Ridge Way the problem had actually gotten worse.

The city recommended installation of two speed humps, one on each of the streets.

In May the Maple Woods Homeowners Association conducted a survey of their residents, 301 households,

to which 47 responded. Cross-walks were the preferred solution identified by 48 percent of the re-spondents and 29 percent supported speed humps.

In July 2011 the city adopted a Neighborhood Traffic Control Program, the stated purpose is, “The city’s public works depart-ment works with residents to help identify neighbor-hood traffic problems and implement solutions that are both acceptable and ap-propriate for the residential streets in their neighbor-hoods.”

The program cites two phases, the first includes

community education and other minor and low cost solutions, and phase two which includes solutions such as crosswalks and speed humps among other options. Under the new program the city requires 70 percent approval of residents before phase two improve-ments will be implemented.

On July 29, 2011 the HOAs were notified that due to falling short of the 70 per-cent marker neither speed humps or crosswalks would be installed by the city at that time.

In February the HOA contacted the city as they still felt that speeding was a problem and they were referred back to the city’s 2011 decision.

“They (the city) sat on it for two years, which is why I’m a little frustrated,” Eric Knudsen, a Maple Woods HOA board mem-ber, said in an interview June 17.

Neighborhood residents attended the June 3 City Knudsen presented a letter from the Maple Woods HOA

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“They (the city) sat on it for two years, which is why I’m a little frustrated.” Eric Knudsen

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I’m more convinced that the whole six degrees of separation thing is true every day. Th at and it really is a small world.

It’s been two and a half years since I moved back from California but it still amazes me sometimes the people I run into being back in my hometown.

Th is week it was fi nd-ing out that one of my teachers from elementary school lives in our cover-age area and, in fact, Kris Hill had written a story and quoted her right when I started working here back in December. (Hi, Mrs. Acree).

Maybe a month and a half ago I was at Costco with my parents and we ran into Barb, who drove bus 18, and my sisters and I to school, for years.

Last year when I was interning for the Tahoma School District I was interviewing a teacher at the high school and I couldn’t shake the feeling I knew her from somewhere. Turns out she was one of my Sunday school teachers when I was elementary school aged.

It’s one of the cool things about this area. It seems everybody knows somebody who knows somebody you know.

Th at’s one of the things Kris and I laugh about in the offi ce on a regular basis — who knows someone who knows this person that one of us knows — that and how old I was when she was in high school, in college, getting married, etc. etc.

It usually goes like this:“When I was in high school…”or“When we were living in Vegas…”At which point I start giggling…

“Okay, just tell me, how old were you? Do I want to know?”

We decided last week that the best example of who knew that we’ve hit on yet is from back in March.

We made a trip to the Kent offi ce one day and made a stop at the archives, aff ectionately referred to as the morgue by reporter types, and poked around for a bit. As I perused through the stacks of bound volumes that dated back to the 40s in dawned on me that somewhere in the stacks were articles about the Kentridge girls swim team, a team that I was on in the early and mid 2000s. Th e hunt was on.

It didn’t take long before I hit pay dirt. I could have stayed for hours, perusing the

volumes, reading random stories and getting my hands covered in newsprint ink.

On our way back to the offi ce Kris mentioned

she had written about the team in 2003, right aft er she started at the paper and it was brand new. We have our own bound volumes here in the offi ce and as soon as we got back I was off looking again.

Sure enough, in the fall of 2003 Kris wrote a story about Kentridge girls swim and the teams’ 50-something duel meet winning streak. I was a freshman that year. Translation, she was on the pool deck and I was in the water. Who would have ever though that someday I’d work for her?

So yeah, I’m pretty much convinced that it is a small world aft er all. Disneyland reference totally intended, because that’s the way I roll.

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

I know I said my plan was to highlight busi-nesses going forward. I am suspending that this week to share with you an email I recently received.

Although this is from a specifi c business owner it accurately represents what so many local busi-ness owners deal with on a daily basis.

I hope the message from Todd at Finally Found Books will reso-nate with many of you in our community.

Our small business owners need our sup-port. Please think daily about your purchasing decisions. Can you shift just $20 a month? How about getting coff ee at one of our local stands? Buying produce at Foleys? Or call-ing Todd for a book before you order online? Th ese are all the little steps that make a huge diff erence for us all.

Include the whole family as you start to make these changes. I know Hudson loves the local coff ee stands since they are the ones that

will give him suckers or whip cream on his straw. But more importantly, he knows that keeping money local helps his school and gets more at the parks he wants to play at. Th is is such a valuable lesson our kids can learn early on: shop local!

Th ank you to all of you who have started to shift your buying habits. Keep it up — our business owners appreciate it more than you know!

From Todd Hulbert, owner of Finally Found Books in Black Diamond:

I sit here this morning contemplating this thought; is there any longer a need for local independent bookstores?

Th e last few months have been devastating to our business and communities as we lost several local Indies.

Maple Leaf Books in Issaquah, Browsers Books in Kent, Once Sold Tales in Kent, and Bookworm Exchange in Columbia City have all shuttered their doors this year and I know of at least one more that will be gone by years end. All of these stores had been in business for a decade or more. Kent and Issaquah no longer have an independent bookstore.

Th is leaves only a very small handful of in-die bookstores left , all of which are struggling (including us) in this ever changing environ-ment of e-books, internet sales and competi-tion from the big box stores.

It’s not just bookstores, it’s all of the small,

family owned businesses that are struggling, fi ghting, and scratching their way for a very meager existence.

It’s the businesses that are the foundation of our local economy, founded our entrepre-neurial spirit, and were the backbones of our communities.

Should we all sit back and let the giant, multinational corporations, who with their bullying techniques, secure mega discounts from suppliers, which are then used to squash the American Dream?

Do we as a society even care anymore about our local businesses or are we content walking into Target and Wal-Mart or choosing Ama-zon? Sure they can beat the locals on price and convenience but certainly not on service and community loyalty.

In the end, what is the real price we pay? Without a doubt, the bookstore will either move or close this summer.

Every month, our sales volume and the number of people coming through the door, drops.

We have tried everything possible to bring people in the door but at the end of the day, feel we are simply too far out of the way and need to be in a much more populous area with high visibility and convenience.

We have been searching, unsuccessfully, for the right building in the Kent, Renton, or

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Davis’ promotion means that in addition to the city’s regular chief being out, the sergeant posi-tion, the second highest ranking position in the city police force, will be vacant.

“The sheriff ’s office is very concerned with being a good provider of public safety services,” Johnston said. “The circumstances around here are highly unlikely. Maternity leave happens all the time. Promotions happen when people move in. It’s rare when they happen together.”

Johnston explained that there are no extra sergeants in the sheriff ’s office right now, they all have

assignments, which means a new sergeant will have to be hired. Johnston said that city staff feels Bennett should be a part of that decision when she comes back in October.

“We told them (the sheriff ’s office) if they can’t give us an interim sergeant that we would like an extra patrol person,” Johnston said.

The process for a new sergeant will probably begin about a month before Bennett is expected to return so that applications are ready and wait-ing for her when she returns, Johnston said.

Maple Valley City Council members had expressed a desire for Capt. Scott Summers to fill the gap, but Johnston said that Summers is com-mitted to another contract within the sheriff ’s

office. Howard is no stranger to Maple Valley. He served

the city as a patrol officer from 1998-2002. “This is a contract and the sheriff can come in and move

who he wants to move when he wants to,” Mayor Bill Alli-son said in response to some council members who voiced their frustration over the department shake up at the June 10 City Council meeting.

Now that new interim leadership has been appointed, Johnston said that the sheriff ’s office is working on the city’s request for an extra patrol officer.

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

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being very supportive,” Slate wrote. “We’ve offered sponsor-ships on various events and activities within the festival versus offering the typical sponsorship levels and our sponsors have been very enthusiastic about it. Some of our sponsors are even going to be involved during the event. For ex-ample, the Washington State Fair — formerly the Western Wash-ington Fair in Puyallup — is the presenting sponsor of our popular watermelon eating contest. They are going to be hands-on provid-

ing watermelons, prizes, and even costumed characters.”

Slate noted she is excited about the festival programming this year. In addition to event staples such as the Council Challenge, the watermelon eating contest and on stage entertainment there will be carnival games, a rock climbing wall, a kids fitness fes-tival, geocaching, a family night and more, all thanks to festival sponsors.

Meanwhile, the parade route is finalized, with the staging and start at Real Life Church. It will then head south on 180th Avenue

Southeast, turn west onto South-east 272nd Street then proceed to 169th Place Southeast, just west of the Kohl’s parking lot, which will be the site of the festival.

“The parade will result in temporary road closures start-ing about 9:30 a.m. and lasting no later than 1 p.m.,” Slate wrote. “We are working very hard to en-sure the inconvenience is minimal to residents and businesses in the surrounding area.

In the meantime, there are still a few details to finalize, Slate wrote. There is still a need for volunteers for a variety or tasks.

And there is still room for some specific types of booths.

“Our commercial spots are already full,” Slate wrote. “It was great to get so much interest by the business community, but we want to ensure that the festival also provides a great venue for local arts and crafters to promote their craft. We sill have spaces available for community non-profit groups and food vendors, too. There are some returning vendors, however, most of our confirmed vendors are actually new to Covington Days and we have a nice variety so far.”

As the date approaches for Covington Days, Slate wrote, she encourages people to keep up to date via the Internet.

“We are constantly updating the festival website, posting updates and adding news,” she wrote.

Log on to www.covington.wa.gov/covingtondays for more information.

Reach Assistant Editor Kris Hill at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054. To comment on this story go to www.covingtonreporter.com.

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“Personally, I think I’m going to stay in a lot longer than that,” Burlison said.

At Tahoma Burlison was a member of the math team, Mu Alpha Theta.

“I’ve learned a lot of leadership from math team and been able to help influence and teach younger students,” Burlison said.

Burlison credited with math team coach Malinda Shirley as being the teacher who has influenced her the most through coaching, even though Burlison never actually took a class from Shirley.

“She is great at multi-tasking,” Shirley wrote of Burlison in an email interview. “She is enthusiastic and very positive in her approach.”

As for the class that taught her the most about herself,

Burlison said that was definitely advanced composition. “I’ve had all this AP English and it (advanced

composition) was more like creative writing but with structure and I just got to write more about myself, like there was this essay where you wrote about your passion and stuff and it helped me figure out more about myself than all this sym-bolism and stuff that other classes are making me do,” Burlison said. “I feel like no one can be completely, fully prepared for the Academy but I feel like everything that I’ve been doing these last years have been working to prepare me.”

Burlison is spending her last few days before she reports for duty hanging out with friends and family and checking things off the short list of what she’ll

need and what she is allowed to take with her, including those illusive tube socks.

“It all sounds like it will be really fun and really terrible at the same time,” Burlison said. “When I was following the cadet around for the cadet for a day program the first thing I asked her was, “What is your favorite thing about the Acad-emy?” and immediately she responds “Sleeping.”

But, Tahoma even prepared Burlison for a lack of precious shut eye that college students simultaneously covet and are notoriously short on. When asked what her biggest take-away from Tahoma was Burlison half joked, “Sleep is optional.”

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Is it a new compet-ing car company in South Korea (KIA)? Is it the new “in” name to call your child (pronounced tee-ah)?

No, actually it is an, oft en, overused medi-cal term to describe any transient focal neurologi-cal symptom. Although if I were to have another child I am sure TIA might be on the list of names. T.I.A. stands for transient ischemic attack. It results from a brief lack of blood fl ow to a part or parts of the brain. Th e symptoms can be almost anything, including weakness, numbness, tingling, vision loss or changes, balance diffi culties, slurred speech

or diffi cul-ties expressing words, dizziness, or even confu-sion. Because of the plethora of symptoms, diag-nosing TIA has taken on a life of

its own and can be easily overused.

As a vascular neurolo-gist and stroke specialist I am frequently asked to evaluate a patient who has suff ered a TIA to prevent a stroke. Th is is very impor-tant as the risk of someone having a completed stroke (permanent neurological injury as a result of lack of blood fl ow to the brain) is somewhere between 12 and 25 percent over the next 30 days aft er suff er-ing from a TIA. Most of this risk is over the fi rst one to seven days. TIA is

considered a neurologic emergency because of this high risk of stroke. How-ever, I have found that as many as 50 percent of the patients I see with a diag-nosis of TIA do not end up having a true TIA. As the only stroke neurologist outside Seattle between Olympia and Spokane, I see a large number of pa-tients who present to my TIA clinics to be assessed for their risk of stroke and provide treatment to pre-vent a stroke. I fi nd that many patients who come in with symptoms of TIA ultimately end up with a cause of their symptoms that is not due to a tran-sient loss of blood fl ow to their brains. Th e diagno-ses can range anywhere from a migraine without headache (yes, migraines are not headaches and can have transient neurologi-cal symptoms without a headache. I know because I get them.), sleep dys-function, medication use, or even a vitamin defi -ciency or a combination of the above.

Even though a TIA

could be a symp-tom of some-thing less scary than an impend-ing stroke it is still a good idea to get it checked out immediately to make sure it isn’t a true TIA. Th at is why I see patients in my TIA clinics with-in 24 to 48 hours of their symp-toms, and oft en the same day when the symptoms are more con-cerning. Many patients do not address the symptoms right away, understand-ably so, because as by defi nition, the symptoms of a TIA are transient and completely resolve. Th ey feel that since it resolved there is no longer a con-cern. Th is isn’t further from the truth. Th ey also feel that if they go to an emergency room they will have to wait for an extended period of time to be assessed. Th is is oft en the case as the secret to getting an urgent evalu-ation at an emergency

room is to have the acute onset of neurological defi cits that do not go away. So then the ques-tion is where and when is the best way to evalu-ate symptoms of TIA? Sooner the better is the answer. However there are practi-cal factors to consider such as

is the emergency room the most appropriate place to be evaluated for a TIA. I am obviously biased.

As a stroke specialist I feel that a TIA clinic oper-ated by a stroke neurolo-gist can provide an urgent and effi cient workup to determine if the symp-toms are truly a TIA and then determine the best course of action for proper testing and treatment at a low cost. When patients are seen in an emergency room (ER) there is an ex-tensive workup performed that can end up being very expensive. In a recent government publication

the cost of many common diagnoses seen at hospi-tals determined that the charges for an ER visit for a single TIA are between $20,000 and over $40,000. Even with all of this cost, the patient has still not yet seen a stroke specialist to determine the cause of the symptoms to prevent a potential stroke. Th e costs are some of the highest for ER visits in Pierce County averaging $42,000 per TIA visit. TIA clinics operated by a vascular neurologist can off er an option to an ER visit for patients with TIA symptoms. Patients can be seen urgently by a specialist; with a focused workup tailored to the patient’s symptoms at less than 10 percent of the cost of an ER visit.

Dr. Aaron Heide operates TIA clinics in Enumclaw, Bonney Lake, Puyallup, Tacoma, Renton, and Bellevue. Immediate appointments can be made by calling 425-264-CLOT (2568)

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Following the meeting a radar sign was tempo-rarily installed for a week on Maple Ridge Drive to measure cars speeds.

At the June 10 meeting Public Works Director Steve Clark presented to council on the issue and it was determined he would contact both HOAs to meet

with them, a meeting was set for Tuesday, June 18.

At this council meeting the point was raised by Councilman Noel Gerken that perhaps the 70 percent threshold for resident agreement was too high.

In a phone interview June 17 Councilwoman Victoria Jonas said she supported re-considering the 70 percent requirement and felt that it was important the issue of speeding be addressed.

“It’s a serious safety and quality of life issue for the

residents that live up there and has been going on for a number of years,” Jonas said. “It’s unacceptable…public safety is our number one priority…whatever the majority consensus is of those residents, they have the right to have the mitiga-tion that will work best for their community.”

Additionally, on June 17, rubber hoses were installed across both Maple Ridge Drive and Maple Ridge Way to less conspicuously measure traffic.

Peter said that the HOAs are looking forward to working with the city and are looking forward to see-

ing the situation resolved. “A speeding problem

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Auburn area that would still be fairly easy for our exist-ing patrons to get to.

If a space is not secured soon, or a significant increase in our revenue is seen, we will no longer have the capital to make a move and will be forced to shut down.

Even in contemplating a move, I still wonder, is there a need for independent booksellers and will our com-munities step up and support us?

We have tried to promote author signings, children’s

reading hours, and other events, only to have no one show up.

Like so many Indies, we have contributed heavily to community events and fundraisers, have given away thousands of free children’s books and played a big role in promoting literacy.

So imagine what the world will look like when there are no more Indies, no more small local businesses.

If you believe our communities, nation and even world need us then get out, fight for, and support your

local independent bookstores and businesses. Trust me, if you don’t, there won’t be any left.

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Award recipients will be chosen by City Council at the January 25 City Council meeting. Recipients will be notified by June 28 and will be honored at the July 9 regular City Council Meeting. Recipients will also be invited to appear in the annual Covington Days Festival Parade on Saturday, July 20.

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BLACK DIAMOND STUDENT NAMED TO DEAN’S LISTBryce Jacobson of Black Diamond was named to the Seaver College Dean’s list at Pepperdine University.

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KING COUNTY DEPT. OF PERMITTING

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35030 SE Douglas St., Ste. 210, Snoqualmie WA 98065-9266

NOTICE OF PERMIT APPLICATIONREQUEST: Grading permitFile: GRDE13-0057Applicant: 9700 PartnersLocation: South of Kent- Kangley, east of BPA corridor & 318th Ave SE if extended (approx.) w/thing the Plat of Sugarloaf

Proposal: Construction of 100,000 gallon water storage reservoir, gravel pad, access rd, water lines & underground utilities

SEPA Contact: Kim Claussen PPMIII 206-477-0329

COMMENT PROCEDURES: DDES will issue an environmental determination on this application following a 21-day comment period that ends on July 18, 2013. Written comments and additional information can be obtained by contacting the SEPA Project Manager at the phone number listed above.

Published in Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on June 21, 2013 #812565.

CITY OF COVINGTONNOTICES

ORDINANCE NO. 04-13AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COVINGTON, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON UP- DATING AND AMENDING CHAPTER 8.15 OF THE COV- INGTON MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SOLID WASTE SERVICES.Passed by the City Council of Covington, Washington, at the City Council meeting of June 11, 2013 to take effect July 1, 2013.DETERMINATION OF NON- SIGNIFICANCE (DNS) DE- VELOPMENT AGREE- MENTS IN THE TOWN CEN- TER ZONING DISTRICTProject Name: Ordinance adopting regulations for the use of De- velopment Agreements in the Town Center Zoning District

File Number: SEPA13-03Applicant/Contact: S a l i n a Lyons, Principal PlannerCity of Covington, Community Development Department16720 SE 271st Street, Suite 100Covington, Washington 98042253-480-2442Date of Issuance: June 21, 2013Project Location: This is a non- project action that will be applicable to commercial development located in the city’s downtown, Town Center (TC) zoning district.Project Description: This is a non-project action that proposes a new Development Agreement ordinance in Covington Munici- pal Code (CMC) Chapter 18.114. The ordinance follows the guidelines set forth in Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 36.70B.170-210 for Develop- ment Agreements. Development Agreements in the City of Cov- ington will be limited to commercial development located in the TC zone and pursuant to spe-

18.31 Downtown Development and Design Standards. Adoption of the Development Agreement Ordinance will include amendments to CMC 12.100 Transpor- tation Concurrency Management; 14.30 Permit Decision Types, 17.20 Subdivision and Short Subdivisions; 18.35 Design Stan- dards-Design Requirements; and 18.110 Commercial Site Devel- opment Permits.Documents Reviewed: City’s Comprehensive Plan, Adopted December 2002, and as subsequently amended. Responsible Official/ R i c h a r d Hart, Community Development DirectorLead Agency: City of Covington

16720 SE 271st Street, Suite 100Covington, Washington 98042253-480-2441X This DNS is issued under WAC 197-11-350. The comment period is 14 calendar days and ends July 5, 2013 at 5 PM.Comments and Appeals NoticeComments and appeals on this

lead agency address. Any notice

paid in cash or check and received within 14 calendar days of the end of the comment period at

by July 19, 2013 at 5 PM. You

tions, identify error, harm suffered, or identify anticipated re-

sues in the statement of appeal. Contact the Community Devel- opment Department at Covington City Hall to read or to ask about the procedures for SEPA appeals.Published in the Covington./Ma- ple Valley/Black Diamond Re- porter on June 21, 2013. #813314

COVINGTON WATER DISTRICT

NOTICE OF HEARING ON

PETITION FOR STREET LIGHTING

NOTICE IS GIVEN that a Peti- tion for Street Lighting within the following area has been presented to the Board of Water Commissioners of the Covington Water District:Within the Plat of Hampton Grove, (a.k.a. Shanlemar Mead- ows). A hearing on this Petition for Street Lighting will be held at the

300th Place, King County, Washington on the 3rd day of Ju- ly, 2013 beginning at 6:30 p.m. All persons interested in or af- fected by the creation of a lighting district to pay the cost of power for these street lights that desire to voice approval or disap- proval thereof will be heard and their views considered. If the Board of Water Commis-

sioners determines that the pro-posed street light district will beformed, the cost thereof will bemet by future monthly chargesadded to the water bills of the

Secretary Jeff ClarkBoard of Water Commissioners Published in the Covington/Ma-ple Valley/Black Diamond Re-porter on June 21, 28, 2013. #812860

KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 415

NOTICE OF DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE

The Kent School District No. 415 (the Agency) has issued a

cance (DNS) under the State Environmental Policy Act Rules (Chapter 197-11 WAC) for the adoption of its 2013 Capital Facilities Plan and inclusion as an amendment to the Capital Facilities Plan element of the King County Comprehensive Plan and the Comprehensive Plans of the Cities of Kent, Cov- ington, Renton, and Auburn. This is a non-project action which may also involve the amendment of the Capital Facilities Plan element of the Comprehensive Plans of the Cities of Maple Valley, SeaTac and Black Diamond. After review of a completed environmental checklist and

Agency has determined that this proposal will not have a probable

environment. Copy of the DNS is available from the Business Dept. at 12033 SE 256th St. Kent, WA 98030. The public is invited to comment on this DNS by submitting written comments no later than 4:00 pm on June 27, 2013 to Dr. Rich- ard A. Stedry - 12033 SE 256th St. #A-600, Kent, WA 98030. Published in Kent, Covington/ Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporters on June 21, 2013. #811957.

PUBLIC NOTICES

CITY OF COVINGTON NOTICES

ORDINANCE NO. 04-13

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COVINGTON, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON UPDATING AND AMENDING CHAPTER 8.15 OF THE COVINGTON MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SOLID WASTE SERVICES.

Passed by the City Council of Covington, Washington, at the City Council meeting of June 11, 2013 to take effect July 1, 2013.

DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE (DNS)DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS IN THE TOWN CENTER

ZONING DISTRICT

Project Name: Ordinance adopting regulations for the use of Development Agreements in the Town Center Zoning District

File Number: SEPA13-03

Applicant/Contact: Salina Lyons, Principal Planner City of Covington, Community Development Department 16720 SE 271st Street, Suite 100 Covington, Washington 98042 253-480-2442

Date of Issuance: June 21, 2013

Project Location: This is a non-project action that will be applicable to commercial development located in the city’s downtown, Town Center (TC) zoning district

Project Description: This is a non-project action that proposes a new Development Agreement ordinance in Covington Municipal Code (CMC) Chapter 18.114. The ordinance follows the guidelines set forth in Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 36.70B.170-210 for Development Agreements. Development Agreements in the City of Covington will be limited to commercial development located in the TC zone and pursuant to specific criteria as outlined in CMC 18.31 Downtown Development and Design Standards. Adoption of the Development Agreement Ordinance will include amendments to CMC 12.100 Transportation Concurrency Management; 14.30 Permit Decision Types, 17.20 Subdivision and Short Subdivisions; 18.35 Design Standards-Design Requirements; and 18.110 Commercial Site Development Permits.

Documents Reviewed: City’s Comprehensive Plan, Adopted December 2002, and as subsequently amended.

Responsible Official/ Richard Hart, Community Development DirectorLead Agency: City of Covington SEPA Official 16720 SE 271st Street, Suite 100 Covington, Washington 98042 253-480-2441 X This DNS is issued under WAC 197-11-350. The comment period is 14 calendar days and ends July 5, 2013 at 5 PM.

Comments and Appeals NoticeComments and appeals on this DNS may be submitted by first class mail or delivered to the responsible official at the above lead agency address. Any notice of appeals must be filed in writing, with the required filing fee paid in cash or check and received within 14 calendar days of the end of the comment period at Covington City Hall Offices, i.e. by July 19, 2013 at 5 PM. You must make specific factual objections, identify error, harm suffered, or identify anticipated relief sought and raise specific issues in the statement of appeal. Contact the Community Development Department at Covington City Hall to read or to ask about the procedures for SEPA appeals.Published in the Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on June 21 2013 #813314

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“We are very lucky to have David volunteering to help us develop a top notch website,” said Executive Director Amy Hardebeck.

Milner is well-versed in designing digital environments for nonprofits, having created the first website for the ASPCA, as well as volunteering to help nonprofits like Planned Parenthood, Defenders of Wildlife, Rainforest Alliance and United States Fish and Wildlife Service, among others create or improve their website functionality and design.

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Niko Madison is prepar-ing for a breakout year on the football field at Pacific Lutheran University.

Madison, a 2011 Tahoma High graduate, was a workhorse for the Bears football program particu-larly his senior season but has worked his way up the depth chart at PLU. This fall he will share starting duties carrying the ball with Peninsula High graduate Brandon James who will be a senior.

Coming from Tahoma, PLU was a good choice for Madison, both for football and academics. He was drawn in by the tradition of success developed by legendary coach Frosty Westering.

Head coach Scott Wester-ing told Madison PLU was a family-oriented program, the same kind of vibe the Tahoma football program has under long time coach Tony Davis.

“On the academic side, it’s a great school, they’re really reputable,” Madison said. “And they gave me a

really good financial aid package.”

Jud Keim, assistant head coach at PLU, had nothing but praise for Madison.

“He’s a very quick, explosive athlete,” Keim said. “He’s pretty special, (a) tough kid, hard nosed.”

Madison played in eight games as a freshman but had some health issues last year. He had surgery in the spring to repair the ligament in his left thumb, which he injured in a game in high school. This summer he plans to focus not just on the preparation program handed to him by the PLU coaching staff but through work with his former high school running back coach so he is ready to make an impact for the Lutes on the gridiron.

Keim knows Madison has the potential for great things. As a senior at Tahoma he rushed for more than 1,000 yards and averaged more than seven yards per carry.

“He’s got a little shake and bake to him,” Keim said. “He’s got great speed, great burst. He’s solid, very aggres-sive in protection, he’s kind of

an all-around running back.”A competitive player who

goes from goofy off the field to fiery and intense on it, Keim said Madison fits in well with the Lutes’ balanced offense which features a solid passing game, great offensive line protection and a pair of returning run-ning backs who can carry the rock.

“The toughest thing to defend is balance,” Keim said.

“(Madi-son) under-stands that we have a well-rounded offensive machine. He’s a big part of that. He’s a true running back. He wants the ball every possession, every down. You like that kind of attitude.”

Keim said Madison has handled the challenge of losing his best friend, Kevin Langdahl, well -- in fact the coach believes it has inspired the player.

“He’s had some adversity in his life,” Keim said. “How he’s handled that is first class.”

Madison said when Lang-dahl died in a car accident freshman year at PLU, he struggled with the loss of his closest friend, someone he shared so much with since

he was 6 years old. “On the day of

his funeral I had a game,” Madison said.

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game and had an awesome game.”

In fact, Madison carried the ball it seemed on every play to help drive the Lutes down the field to score. There were times he would stumble while running the ball but somehow he would keep going, break through tackles, as if his best friend was pushing him.

He credits what he learned at Tahoma, especially playing for Davis, for helping him get through the stress of his first year of college and the loss of his best friend.

“Tahoma is pretty repu-table for having good aca-demics,” Madison said. “They taught me really how to pay attention in school and how to strive for excellence. For football, Tony Davis, he makes you have a good work ethic. He’s a good instructor. He kept all of us structured and focused. It prepared me for college in terms of good work ethic and not giving up. If you’re not dedicated, you won’t make it, and that’s something I learned.”

He also learned how to stay calm under pressure, particularly in high school, which helps him go from cracking jokes to focusing on football.

“For me, the fun is coming from the pressure because when you do well under pressure and then when you accomplish something you feel good about it,” Madison said. “I’m pretty intense in football. I’m a really competi-tive person.”

As his junior season at PLU approaches, Madison said, he’s pondered his goals for football.

In the meantime, he’s cho-sen to earn a business degree with a focus on manage-ment and human resources because it provides him with the most opportunities after college if football isn’t in his future.

“I love the game, being out there is the best thing ever,” Madison said. “I just want to out there and play my best. Ultimately I think if I do my best for myself and I’m working as hard as I can it’s going to bring out the best in the team.”

This season could be Madison’s break out year for PLU. He’s learned the system, he’s worked hard and he is ready.

“Patience is the key,” Madison said.

Keim said that Madison’s skill set and abilities will cer-tainly lead to an expanded role in the offense as well as a leader.

“He’s all business but he’s humble about it,” Keim said. “He has a fire and intensity that few on our team have.”

Former Bear finds his place on the gridiron at Pacific Lutheran

When June arrived you may have noticed your vegetable seedlings and annual plants experiencing a growth spurt. Just like a teenager, they now have a huge appetite so this is your reminder to fertilize. Roses and perennials also benefit from a feeding this month and if you still have not fertilized the lawn, make sure you do so early in the month before the hot weather arrives.

You should not feed clematis vines in bud or bloom. Clematis is the queen of all vines here in the Northwest and thrives in our cool summer weath-er but if you give clematis a big dose of plant food just as it starts to bloom it sometimes drops the flower buds before they open

in a misguided effort to grow more foliage. Instead, pamper your clematis with

an organic mulch placed on top of the roots but not quite touching the thin and delicate stems of this vine.

June also is the month

to add more hydrangeas to your garden. These summer-blooming shrubs now come in a wider range of colors, sizes and flower types. Here are the most-asked questions about growing hydrangeas.

Q. How do I prune my giant hydrangea? I have figured out that when I prune my big leaf hydran-gea back to keep it from blocking the front windows it punishes me and does not flower again for a couple of years. Right now I can tell there are flower buds at the

end of some branches but this monster is over 5 feet tall and again blocking the window. R., email

A. I vote you move this hydrangea to a new spot where it can spread out its branches and grow into the full-bodied shrub it was meant to be. Replace this giant old-fashioned hydrangea with a dwarf or ever-blooming hydrangea that can be more easily kept under control. Hydrangeas are happiest when they are left to grow natural and never pruned. The new varieties like Endless Sum-mer and Blushing Bride are an exception as you can cut back the branches on these hydrangeas in spring or summer and still get blooms; they will flower on new growth instead of two-year-old wood like tradi-tional big leaf hydrangeas.

Q. I was given a beauti-ful pink hydrangea for Mother’s Day. It has un-

usual blooms that are more flat than the round ball hydrangea flowers. Do you know what type of hydran-gea this is, can I plant it outside and will it survive the winter here and bloom again next year?

A. It sounds like you’ve received one of the new gift hydrangeas called Strawberries and Cream and the good news is it can go out into the garden in our climate for years of enjoyment. The flowers you describe are called “lace cap” as the center blooms do not open, giving the il-lusion of a lacy frill around a center cap of buds. Enjoy the blooms indoors but by June remove the plant from it’s pot and replant into a spot where it is protected from the hot afternoon sun. Hydrangeas love moist soil and newly-planted hydran-geas will need extra water the first summer and into the fall until they estab-

lish a strong root system. There’s no need to fertilize your newly-transplanted hydrangea as you want this greenhouse-grown plant to harden off or acclimate to the outdoor life. A mulch over the roots during the first winter will help it to survive and grow into a tough shrub that flowers each summer.

Q. I had a blue hydrangea but once I moved it closer to the house it turned more purple and almost lavender. Why do hydrangeas change from blue to pink? P.P., Enumclaw

A. Hydrangeas are the only shrub with such gender issues, coming out to the world blue in our naturally acid soil of western Washington. If you add lime around the roots

of your big leaf hydrangeas the acidity of the soil and the flowers will change to pink or lavender depending on the amount of alumi-num available in the soil. I suspect the gender confu-sion in your case is caused by the cement foundation of your house. Enough lime may have leached from the concrete to make the soil less acid, so the flower color changes. To feminize your blue hydrangeas you can add lime around the base of the shrubs. Start with just one-half cup of dolomite lime per plant as too much lime will turn the soil too alkaline and cause yellow leaves. Add aluminum sulfate to the soil to make it more acid and to keep your hydrangeas a more manly blue.

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“I am honored to have the confidence from my peers to help advance de-bates on the issues we are dealing with in Olympia, such as living up to our constitutional mandate to fund education in the state budget before any

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MAPLE VALLEY STUDENT ON ST. MARTIN’S DEAN’S LISTDerek Martinez of Maple Valley and a senior Biology major at Saint Martin’s University in Lacey has been named to the school’s Dean’s list.

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