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Connor May, a ninth grader at Tahoma Junior High, places fl ags at Tahoma National Cemetery in honor of Memorial Day. This year students are raising money to purchase additional fl ags. Checks made out to the Tahoma Junior High Flag Fund can be mailed to the school at 25600 Summit-Lansburg Road Southeast, Ravensdale, WA 98051. KEVIN PATTERSON, Courtesy photo

Honoring Those Who Sacrifi ced

BY KRIS HILL AND KATHERINE SMITH

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Regional projects which benefi t all three cities were the focus of the sixth annual tri-city council meeting May 22 at Covington City Hall.

Th e Covington, Maple Valley and Black Diamond city councils met for an annual joint meeting to get updates on and discuss projects as well as the communi-ties at large.

Council members talked over several topics, among them the challenges the three cities face when it comes to public transpor-tation. Th e King County transpor-tation budget has been running $80 million short a year, accord-ing to King County councilman Reagan Dunn who presented at the meeting. One way the county is trying to make up that diff er-ence is by potentially cutting 17 percent from the King County

Cities work together on regional projects

BY KRIS HILL

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Cell phones seem to be a popu-lar thing to steal in Covington in recent weeks.

Between May 7 and May 15, there were four incidents reported to the King County Sheriff ’s Offi ce during which cell phones were stolen from teens in a variety of settings.

According to case reports pro-vided by Sheriff ’s Offi ce spokes-woman Sgt. Cindi West, the fi rst incident happened the evening of May 7.

An 18-year-old man was walk-ing to his car aft er spending time studying at the Covington Library “when a purple or burgundy colored mini van (unknown make or license plate) followed him slowly as he walked. A Hispanic male and a black male ran up behind him as he was getting into his vehicle. Th e Hispanic male pulled out a handgun, pointed it

Cluster of cell phone thefts in Covington

BY KATHERINE SMITH

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Fostering community, giving back, and standing up for change were themes at this year’s Falcon Revolution May 22 at Kentlake High.

On the day of the event the regular class schedule was sus-pended so students could hear from speakers in the community. Speakers talked about their jobs,

what kind of training or education they went through, their relation-ship with the community and what it took for them to get where they are.

“Th e idea of if you want to make a revolution or change you need to unite or come together to make that change,” said Greg Kaas, the freshman and sopho-more leadership teacher whose students planned the event. “So we were looking at how we could

make a change in our school and in our community as well.”

Th e school hosted a similar event, Be the Change Day, last year.

Six students from the leadership class took on the organization of Falcon Revolution.

“It was daunting, it was unbe-lievable. It took a lot to make this happen,” Kaas said of the work that went into the event.

Th e day included 40 speakers including self-proclaimed Seattle superhero Phoenix Jones, busi-ness leaders, artists and a former professional football player. Th e students who organized the event

Creating a revolution one Falcon at a time

Shawn Seeley speaks to students during the Falcon Revolution about his experience in the Marine Corps after he graduated from Kentlake. KATHERINE SMITH, The Reporter

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Students from Kent-lake and Kentwood High Schools, community mem-bers, and members of Real Life Church in Covington are working to raise $50,000 by June 30 for Free Wheel-chair Mission.

Th e eff ort, led by Real Life Associate and Missions Pastor Kevin Holland, will pay for an entire container — that is 550 wheelchairs — to be purchased and delivered to people in need in northern Ghana.

Holland fi rst heard about Free Wheelchair Mission, a nonprofi t based out of Southern California, two years ago when local repre-sentative Kristie Hardy-Jen-nings presented at a Rotary meeting.

FWM works with orga-nizations from around the world to provide wheel-chairs for disabled people with the goal to provide mobility, dignity, indepen-dence and hope. Th e chairs feature a simple design of a plastic lawn chair mounted on a steel frame with mountain bike tires and can be manufactured and

delivered for $71.88. Th is past fall Holland and

Head Pastor Steve Murray were looking for a project that could go beyond the walls of their church and include the entire com-munity and decided to approach FWM.

“We were trying not to make it something we do alone, but make it what can we do better together then we can do alone,” Holland said. “We want to be a catalyst.”

Holland and Murray started talking to people they know in the commu-nity and committed to the project in November.

Ghana, a country of about 24.2 million people located in West Africa, was selected because of church member’s connections to the country.

Th e project isn’t just about raising money and then making a donation. Holland will help co-lead a two-week trip to Ghana in November to assemble and deliver the chairs. Coor-dinating the trip is church member Clark Davis who has been on almost a dozen trips to the country.

Th eir primary purpose will be to assemble and distribute the chairs and Holland said they are also exploring doing some other projects as well, like providing soccer balls and uniforms as well as learning

about the country. Th ey’ll travel to the Mo region of Ghana, which according to Holland, is one of the poor-est areas in the country. On the ground they’ll be work-ing with the Baptist Relief and Development Agency to distribute the chairs.

“We want to make sure we get a chair to anyone regardless (of what they be-lieve),” Holland said. “Th is isn’t about proselytizing.”

Getting the community involved has been a key part of the project and that has included Kentwood and Kentlake.

Students at Kentwood brought the project to the attention of Jo Anne Daughtry, the activities and athletic director at the school, and said they wanted to get the school involved.

Students raised over $2,500 through a school-wide competition during an assembly and through the leadership students pairing up to each raise the cost of a chair together.

Th at total is enough money to pay for 56 chairs.

“Our goal was 50 chairs and once again, Kentwood students have surpassed ex-pectations when it comes to helping others.” Daughtry wrote in an email interview.

At Kentlake, Principal Joe Potts heard about the eff ort when he had lunch with Murray and Holland.

Potts then shared the idea with freshmen and sopho-more leadership teacher Greg Kaas.

Kentlake will wrap up it’s fundraiser for the trip this week, with a goal of raising $2,000.

Kaas plans to go on the trip in the fall as does Potts and there has also been interest from about fi ve students, Kaas said.

“It’ll be great to give,” Kaas said. “We’re really excited about it.

For Tahoma Junior High eighth grader Jacob Baker, his interest in the project and the trip was sparked when he saw a video about FWM at Real Life. He decided to make it the topic of a school project where he had to do something he’s never done before.

“It’s something I enjoy, I enjoy helping others and also I want to do this be-cause I know other people out there are suff ering and it (FWM) is something interesting I would like to learn about,” Baker said.

Baker started going door-to-door in his neighbor-hood to raise money and has Change for Change boxes at at Th e Blend and Th e Spot at Four Corners. So far he has raised $1,149, and with matching funds that total has gone up to $1,651. In addition to that Baker is also working on raising the funds to go on

the November trip. Th e drive to raise the

$50,000 started a little over three weeks ago and Hol-land says he knows the goal can be met.

“It makes me nervous but it’s exciting and intense,” Holland said.

Holland said they chose FWM to work with because of the organization’s reputa-tion and because he and other church leaders believe that it is a need the com-munity can help meet.

“To me…it’s cheap and it meeds a huge need and it’s super durable,” Holland said.

Real Life will host a fun-draising event from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, June 5 at Ristrettos Coff ee and Wine in Maple Valley. Tickets for the event are $20. Th e evening will include a presentation about FWM and gift baskets and local artists’ work will be auc-tioned off .

For more information on Free Wheelchair Mission visit freewheelchairmis-sion.org. For more infor-mation on the fundraiser and trip being led by Real Life contact Kevin Holland at [email protected].

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GREATER MAPLE VALLEY UNINCORPORATED AREA COUNCIL TO HOST MONTHLY MEETING JUNE 3The Greater Maple Valley Unincorporated Area Council will hold its monthly meeting from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday at the Maple Valley Fire Station.

This month’s featured speaker will be Kevin Brown, Director of King County Parks and Recreation, who will be updating our communities on the August Parks Levy. Also, we will have a presentation from Tahoma High School students who have been analyzing our recently completed Citizens’ Survey.

The Area Council is locally elected and represents all unincorporated area resi-dents living in the Tahoma School District. It advocates issues of local importance to King County, our local government. King County and State offi cials often are invited to address the Area Council and local residents. Visit www.greaterma-plevalleyareacouncil.org for more information.

COVINGTON COMMUNITY PARK TO OPEN JUNE 8Covington Community Park will open with a ribbon cutting and celebration at 11 a.m. June 8.

The event will feature the Kentwood High School marching band, players from Seattle Reign, exhibitions by soccer teams from Covington Community Sports and Kent Covington Youth Soccer and more.

Community News and Notes

FARMERS MARKET OPENS JUNE 15

Sidney Barrett and Hailey Williams won the annual

Maple Valley Farmers Market poster contest.

The two combined their designs to create this year’s

poster. Customers who purchase

$15 worth of merchandise on June 15 will receive a free

copy of the poster. The Maple Valley Farmer’s Market is held from 9 a.m.

to 2 p.m. on Saturdays from June 15 to October 5 at Rock

Creek Elementary School in Maple Valley.

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICALS NOMINATED FOR 5TH AVENUE AWARDSMusicals performed this year by Kentwood, Kentlake and Tahoma High School have been nominate for the annual 5th Avenue Awards for Schools.

Kentwood’s production of “Hairspray” earned a nomination for the Dyna-mites for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Group and honorable mentions for Outstanding Scenic Design and for Camie Watson as Tracy Tumblad in Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.

Nominations for the Tahoma High

production of Les Miserables are Tyler Johnson as Jean Valjean for Outstand-ing Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and Allie Hilde as Fan-tine for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, and a special award for student achieve-ment for Alexandra Marx.

Tahoma also received honorable mentions for Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Music Direction, Out-standing Stage Crew, and Outstanding Lobby Display.

Kentlake’s production of Monty Py-

thon’s Spamalot was nominated for Outstanding Scenic Design, Outstand-ing Stage Crew, and Mitchell Hilyard as Patsy in Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role.

The school also received a nomination for its production of Singin’ in the Rain for Devin Bovee as R F Simpson in Outstanding Performance by an Actor or Actress in a Non-Singing Role and honorable mentions in Outstanding Costume Design and for MacKenzie Visser as Lina Lamont in Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Sup-porting Role.

The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony June 11.

WASHINGTON DENTAL SERVICE FOUNDATION’S SMILEMOBILE COMING TO KENT IN JUNEThe Washington Dental Service Foundation’s SmileMobile is coming to Kent offering care to children of low-income families.

Appointments for children birth through high school with limited access to dental care can be scheduled by calling Kent Elementary at 253-

373-7579.

The SmileMobile is staffed by a clinic manager, dentist and dental assistant and teams of local volunteer dental professionals from the community.

The SmileMobile will be located at Kent Elementary at 26700 64th Av-enue South in Kent.

Examinations will be provided June 3-5.

Medicade and a sliding scale fee is ac-cepted as reimbursement for services.


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Carly Stowell’s positive energy still permeates her family’s world six years after her death.

When her brother Car-son, who is a sophomore at Kentlake, got into the car for the first time after he got his driver’s license he turned on the radio and out came “Over My Head” by The Fray. It was a song Carly loved.

It’s been little more than six years since Carly died. She was days away from turning 15 and was a fresh-man at Kentlake when she died from an undiagnosed heart condition.

Since then her mother Elena Stowell wrote a book, “Flowing with the Go: A Jiu-Jitsu Journey of the Soul,” which told stories of her daughter through the lens of her newest passion, Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

What started as a project suggested by her grief therapist, who told Stowell to write down all those stories about her daughter, has now become an award-winning book.

Released in July 2012, “Flowing with the Go,” re-cently won a pair of awards, Stowell said.

First, she found out she won an eLit award in a grief

category, a silver medal in fact.

“Then the week after that I found out I was a finalist in a much bigger thing … the New Generation Indie Book awards,” she said. “I was a finalist in the inspira-tion category. It’s funny because when the publisher called me, I said, ‘Oh, that’s nice. But, what does that mean?”

Stowell said the recogni-tion is nice and she’s proud of the 150-page book which will soon get a redesigned cover with the medallions representing the awards she’s won.

After touring Brazil last August to promote the book, she is looking forward to growing another project, the Gift of the Gi, which is an extension of the work done by the Carly Stowell Foundation, a nonprofit she started with her husband, Chuck, after Carly’s death. The idea is to give kids the opportunity to pursue what they love, specifically sports and mu-sic, as Carly was a talented athlete and musician in her own right.

This summer, Stowell will travel to Brazil again, this time to focus on Gift of the Gi.

“It’s exceeded my expec-tations,” she said. “When I started it I didn’t know, if

you build it will they come? I’ve collected over 100 gis now. When I’m traveling I let people know I’m going to be in their town and I pick up a few gis that way.”

When she goes to Brazil this summer, while she’s on break from her job as a sci-ence teacher at Kentwood High, Stowell will work with children at two differ-ent gyms where they train in BJJ. She plans, through the Carly Stowell Founda-tion, to sponsor some of the youngsters so they can compete in tournaments and cover other things they may not be able to afford.

Stowell sent a mock scholarship application, similar to what the founda-tion uses here, to the gyms in Brazil. She said she just wanted contact informa-tion.

“Then on our financial aid application here it says, Carly worked hard to achieve dreams so what are you going to do,” she said. “The five little kids — they’re anywhere from 6 to 11 — wrote a paragraph.”

Those children wrote about how they aspire to be fighters, to be world cham-pions, but they need help because their families don’t have the money for them to compete.

“That’s going to be a new venture and I’m excited I’m

going to get to meet them,” Stowell said.

Carson, the youngest of her children, will travel with her to Brazil. They will take 100 gis. Stowell said the travel should be interesting because Brazil-ians are a bit more laid back when it comes to the details of the arrangements.

But when it comes to the Gift of the Gi program, it seems like Carly’s energy is there, too, showing up in the most unexpected places.

Stowell was introduced by one of her Brazilian friends to a business-woman, Kerstin Krieger, who lives in San Diego. She and her husband own a company, Hyperfly, which makes gis and other martial arts gear.

“Jon introduced us, but, it was kind of over the phone,” Stowell said. “I didn’t meet her face to face until we went down to worlds in October. We always kept talking and she told me she wanted to get involved in my program. She wants to do something more altruistic. She wants to reach out in some way. She has other connections that I don’t have.”

Krieger invited Stowell to San Diego so they could brainstorm ideas about how to do more with Gift of the Gi.

While Stowell was there, she was walking through Krieger’s house and some-thing caught her eye. A pair of Carly Stowell Foundation Jammin’ basketball team shorts were sitting out. It made her do a double take.

Neither Krieger or Stowell were sure how the shorts, which were a youth extra large, got in Krieger’s house. Turns out Krieger’s teenage son Sam had gotten them from a friend but it’s still not clear how the classmate got his hands on the shorts.

Carly’s positive energy just seems to permeate the life of her family.

Krieger and Stowell get along well. They have many similar ideas. And this little Gift of the Gi pro-gram could go well beyond Stowell’s original concept of collecting gis, going to Bra-zil and handing them out, something she would have been quite happy doing.

“You want to believe that you can work and make your dream happen,” Stow-ell said.

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

How a grief project became an award winning book

FINAL RAINIER YOUTH CHOIRS CONCERT OF

THE YEAR JUNE 2 Rainier Youth Choir’s final

concert of the year, “Birds, Bees, Flowers and Trees,” is at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June

2 at Kent United Methodist Church, located at 11010

Southeast 248th Street. The concert showcases a wide

variety of music sung by the three choirs including

Berlin’s “Blue Skies”, Davison’s arrangement of “Yellow

Bird” for men, and “What a Wonderful World” made

famous by Louis Armstrong. Tickets purchased in advance at www.RainierYouthChoirs.

org are $12 for adults and $10 for seniors and students.

Tickets are also available at the door for $15/$12. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. Attendees

can also bring non-perishable food donations for

the Kent Food Bank.

Elena Stowell’s ‘Flowing With the Go’ recognized as she works to honor her daughter’s memory

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I met Grandpa Westover, as he is lovingly called by so many, when we went to pick out the perfect Christmas tree — he came up with a huge smile, saw our excitement then pointed out the areas we could wander to pick out our tree.

“Don’t forget to grab a cup of home made cider, wreaths or orna-ments,” he called aft er us.

He was so proud of the family tree farm that they have all worked together to create. Th e day we were on the farm we met all four generations of Westovers. From the time they were little the Westover kids have been taught the importance of community. On this visit, 3-year-old Chloe was even showing off the wreaths she helped to make. Now at age 5 she has told me she is going to open her own hair salon like Mom and Grandma!

Not only are trees and veggies grown on the Westover farm, this is where all the kids had their love of business grow and develop. Karen has created a successful real estate clean up business. Bill started Westover Auto Rebuild in the garage. For a farm house that started as a small rambler, on 10 very overgrown acres, it has grown with additional outbuildings and a fi ve car garage that Bill develop his love of body shop in. Westover Auto Rebuild started on the farm in 1985 and has grown into a wonderful busi-ness now located at Four Corners. Bill quickly realized that the community was supporting his passion — aka work — so much that he had to make this move. Or as he puts it, get bigger or quit, but better do it quick! He knew that leaving this community was not an option and thankfully this piece of property came at exactly the right time.

I met Bill and Leslie briefl y at diff erent com-munity events but truly had no idea what great people they are. Not only are they fully dedicated to their customers and the service they provide — Bill works on cars every day and has for over 25 years — they are 100 percent committed to our community.

One of their biggest passions is the Maple Val-ley Community Center and specifi cally invested in the senior center program. Th ey also help out with the high school groups, Rotary, mission trips and so much more. Th ey are fully engaged in our community and appreciate all the support their customers have given them over the years.

One of the most important things I learned in

talking to Bill is how we can support them as a local business. When you have body work that needs to be done you can choose the shop. Most insurance companies direct you to their shops, but let them know you want to go to Westover and get great work done right here in town. I know I am glad they are here since I just had a run in with a telephone pole and I defi nitely lost the battle!

As Grandma and Grandpa worked on devel-oping their farm, they were also cultivating the community service and business passion in all of the family. Every year Westover Tree Farm do-nates trees to Vine Maple Place, the Rotary and more to help raise money through auctions here in town. Th ey also work with Mesa and provide internships to students from around the world. Th e spring and summer gives them the oppor-tunity to donate veggies to our community food banks. Nikki Westover, owner of the Loft Salon and Spa, remembers from the time she was very young going to farmers markets and festivals with her grandparents selling home made apple cider and this thing called kettle corn.

Th e Westovers were one of the fi rst families in Washington state to sell kettle corn. Nikki credits her grandparents for the determination and strength to have her own business but to also have the business be an active part in the community. When Nikki and her mom decided to open their salon fi ve years ago they new it would be right here in our community. If fact, it was our local Rotary that helped Nikki get to beauty school with awarding her a scholarship aft er graduation from Tahoma.

Th e day Nikki received this scholarship she

told them how excited she was and that she would soon be back to open her own busi-ness right here in our community and she has done just that. Now aft er fi ve years of being in business and developing a family feel within her salon, she can look back and say that it is all because of her family and community that she is here. Nikki and her mom Val give back regularly to Kiwanis, Black Diamond Community Center, Wings of Karen and help support Tahoma School District and Black Diamond Elementary.

Th e Westovers have all worked hard together whether it is planting Christmas trees, working on cars, building a salon or most importantly at community events and none of them would change a thing or consider living anywhere else.

Looking forward, we know the Westover legacy of family and community will continue to grow and develop. Look at Chloe— she is already talking my ear off about having her own salon and planting trees, but right now she is most focused on how cool the play area will be in kindergarten.

In this family work may start at an early age, but if you are working with family and always laughing can it really be called work? I want to personally thank the Westovers for taking the time to meet with me and talk about all they do to give back. It is something they have a true passion for but rarely like to have the spot light focused on it.

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Robert Rossen recently hooked me for a couple of hours.

I came across the 1947 movie “Johnny O’Clock” starring Dick Powell, Lee J. Cobb, Evelyn Keyes and Nina Foch.

It has one of my favorite lines in fi lm noir history, uttered by Johnny, played by Powell.

“I do not know what’s going on, and I don’t like it when I don’t know what’s going on.”

Th at sums up Rossen’s dialogue and life in many ways.

Rossen was one of the great dialogue writers and directors of his day. “Johnny O’Clock” was his fi rst job as a director. He was promoted aft er the original director left , I think King Vidor.

(Someone on Facebook just cor-rectly noted it was Charles Vidor and I had written William Pow-ell and it should have been Dick Powell.)

Rossen directed three of my favorite pic-tures, “All the King’s Men,” “Body and Soul” and, in 1961, “Hustler,” with Paul Newman,

Jackie Gleason and George C.. Scott.Th ere are few moments in fi lm like the end

of “Hustler” when Scott growls across the pool hall at Newman, “I want my money.”

Rossen is an interesting character. He was one of the best at writing story and dialogue. His fi lm talk lives well aft er the picture has ended.

But in 1951 it was Rossen not talk-ing, then fi nally talking, that got him into the trouble that plagued him until his death in 1966 at the age of 57.

Th e House Un-American Activities Com-mittee named him a communist in 1951. Ros-sen refused to name names the fi rst time the

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are not completely sure what causes scleroderma. It is a type of auto immune disorder, and it happens when the immune system mistakenly thinks that healthy body tissue is the enemy and attacks it. This causes hardening of the tissues. Localized scleroderma affects the skin and can cause shiny, tight patches often on the hands or around the mouth. Systematic scleroderma can cause damage to the body’s internal organs including the heart, the lungs, the kidneys, and the digestive tract. The disease is rare and progressive, but it is not contagious. People who only have scleroderma of the skin tend to have a better prognosis than those who have scleroderma that affects the organs.

No medication has been found to be universally effective for all patients with scleroderma. In an individual patient, the illness may be mild and not require treatments. Because blood vessel damage is a primary part of the pathology of scleroderma, patients with this disease must not smoke.

To schedule an appointment, please call Southlake Clinic at (253) 395-1972. Our primary care providers are part of a multi-specialty physician network and are also available on Saturdays. Our multi-specialty group has a clinic in Covington at 27005 168th Place SE.

Metro budget. Cutting the Metro budget would include the elimination of 65 routes around the region, including routes in Covington and Black Diamond. Cuts are expect-ed to begin in 2014.

Council members expressed that they believe public transportation to be key to linking Covington, Maple Valley and Black Diamond as well as connecting the three cities with the greater Seattle area.

As the spirit of collaboration was the overarching theme of the meeting, the tri-city regional trail project update highlighted what could result from the partnerships be-tween all three.

Aaron Nix, Black Diamond’s parks and natural resources director, along with King County Parks and Natural Re-sources Director Kevin Brown, presented an update on the regional trails system project.

The idea to connect all three cities via a large regional trail system first came up during the 2010 tri-city council meeting. In 2010 Nix told the Reporter the concept was embraced by elected officials from all three cities at the time.

Since then King County completed its feasibility study on the concept, which it started in 2011, in October. The study identified opportunities as well as challenges which come with the future development of a trail that would

connect the Green and Cedar River trails in two places. A northern segment would connect the Cedar River Trail to Kent-Kangley Road while a southern segment would connect state Route 516 to Black Diamond and Flaming Geyser State Park.

Another segment, known as the Covington Highlands Trail, would create an east-west connection from the Soos Creek Trail to the Green-to-Cedar River Trail through Covington and Maple Valley.

While there are still some issues to work out, county staff said construction — which is contingent on funding and the completion of a lengthy environmental study — could possibly begin in 2015 or 2016.

Brown said the preliminary design phase would begin in 2014.

“It’s a great amenity for the community and the county,” Brown said.

Scott Thomas, Covington’s Parks and Recreation direc-tor, told the Reporter in 2010 that a city survey conducted in 2009 showed that 69 percent of residents used a walking or biking trail that year. A regional trail also has potential transportation and economic development benefits, issues which are important to all three city governments.

Another issue of importance to each city is the contract each has with King County for animal control services. A year ago all three cities discussed the idea of forming a

regional animal control agency, but decided at a tri-city council meeting in February 2012 to continue with the county through the end of the current contract which expires in 2015 based on recommendations from all three city finance directors.

Both Covington and Maple Valley have contracted with the county since incorporation as cities in 1997 while Black Diamond has used the county since it became a city in 1957.

Heading into the next round of contract negotiations, however, all three cities will have data from other south King County municipalities — Auburn and Federal Way are two examples — which have struck out on their own to provide animal control services.

Covington City Manager Derek Matheson suggested working this summer to find out what the county plans for its next contract and consider dusting off the Southeast Regional Animal Services proposal discussed last year to see if it would be a more financially viable option.

The meeting wrapped up with members of the respec-tive councils voicing their commitment to continue to work together and collaborate on regional projects. The challenge for the area going forward will be to find the money to bring the vision for these projects — the regional trail system, increased public transportation options, and animal control services — to fruition.

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-mittee named him a communist in 1951. Rossen refused to name names the first time the committee brought him before the members, but two years later he named 57.

I became interested in that period of American his-tory when I did a story about Alger Hiss, who went to jail for perjury after Whittaker Chambers named him as a communist.

Like almost all stories I have done over the years, once you peel back the basic layer of facts, beneath is a team story of conflict, confusion and contradiction. The truth

of a story is never as simple as most would like it to ap-pear. The truth winds its way through half steps of what appears to be facts. The Hiss story was an example and his guilt and innocence is argued to this day.

Rossen’s career is a fascinating study in the conflict of what we do and say. His films are filled with warp and woof of words.

Rossen could write great dialog, but couldn’t find the right words at the right time to keep himself out of trouble with friends and foes.

“I do not know what’s going on, and I don’t like it when I don’t know what’s going on.”

See ya, Johnny.

Dennis Box is editor of the Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter and Enumclaw Courier-Her-ald. Reach him at 425-432-1209, ext. 5050.

BUSINESSES HELP TEEN RAISE MONEY FOR JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at just 16 months old, Makaila Heifner has been raising money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation since she can remember.

The JDRF is dedicated to finding a cure for Diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed in children and young adults, and was previously known as juvenile diabetes. In type 1 diabetes, the body does not produce insulin. Past fundraisers have included JDRF walks with family and friends.

This year Heifner wanted to lead her own team and reached out to local business leaders in Maple Valley to see if they would be willing to help fulfill this year’s goal of raising $1,300.

Heifner walked 2.5k for the South Sound JDRF in Tacoma, and then ran the 8k Beat the Bridge event in Seattle on May 19.

Shawn and Kale from Shawn’s Quality Meats, along with their customers, provid-ed support for Heifner. The folks at El Caporal and the Hobart Store also helped. Heifner exceeded her goal this year. The Heifner family wishes to thank Shawn’s, El Caporal, the Hobart Store, and the Brown family for supporting the search for a cure for diabetes.

RENEE LUMIA EARNS GIRL SCOUT GOLD AWARDRenee Lumia has earned the Girl Scout Gold Award. The Gold Award is the Girl Scout equivalent of the Boy Scout Eagle Award.

Globally, less than 6 percent of Girl Scouts earn this award annually. Renee’s Gold Award project accomplished three main components: removing trail overgrowth and eradicating noxious weeds from an existing trail at Glacier Park Elementary School, identifing and installing native plant identification markers, and develop-ing trail and plant identification guide curriculum booklets for the Tahoma School

District.

For Lumia’s Gold Award, she chose to create a program which addressed Maple Valley’s relationship with Native Americans, their use of native plants, and the sustainability of a nature trail she contributed to.

Lumia and her parents, Michael and Lora, want to say thank you to everyone who helped Renee complete her Gold Award Project — Patricia McPhetridge, Patrice Lindgren, and Stephanie May for guiding Renee in her first years of Girl Scouts, Donna Daisley-Harrison for being there for Renee throughout her entire Girl Scout journey, Ankie Stroes and Dianne Farris for identifying plants and providing garden tools, Kurt Bayer for widening the trail with his weed whopping machine, all of the volunteers from Boy Scout Troop 594 and Girl Scout Service Unit 024, and Maple Valley Cedar Grange for hosting Renee’s fundraiser bake sale.

A special thank you is warranted to all future scouts and community members for adopting this special trail.


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at him and said ‘Give me your phone now or else I will shoot.’”

The man gave up his iPhone, according to the police report, and the suspects ran off and jumped into the van. The victim described the driver of the van as a black man in his late teens or early 20s and

that a teenage girl appeared to be in the van, too.

There were two addition-al incidents May 15 about an hour apart.

Around 3:30 p.m., a 14-year-old girl was walk-ing home from school with friends, but was stopped by a white man near the intersection of Southeast 270th Place and 192nd

Avenue Southeast. The man distracted the victim then stole her iPhone out of her hand and fled. The suspect jumped into the driver’s seat of a maroon Nissan coupe.

A 13-year-old boy was walking home from Tama-rack Ridge Park around 4:40 that same afternoon and was approached by a

white man who asked to use his cell phone near the intersection of Southeast 251st and 164th Avenue Southeast. The teen handed the man his cell phone. The suspect then took off running and got into the driver’s seat of an older red Acura two-door car parked nearby. The suspect was described as in his late teens, between 150 and 160 pounds with spiked, light brown hair, wearing a red T-shirt and dark blue jeans in addition to a silver ring on his right pointer finger.

The fourth incident hap-pened around 3:45 p.m. May 17. According to the

reporter, a group of teens were hanging out at a park near Southeast 250th Place and 161st Place Southeast when they were approached by three young men who appeared to be between 18 and 20 years old. One of the suspects asked if he could borrow a cell phone to call his mom but one of the teens in the group said, “No, I know you’re going to steal it.”

After this, there was an exchange of words between the two groups, and the suspects walked away but then, “the suspect who had asked for the phone turned around, displayed a switch-

blade, started walking towards the kids and said, “What did you say?”

A member of the group of younger teens told the suspect he didn’t say anything, then the group of older teens got into a tan Toyota Camry four door sedan and left.

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

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also sought out and invited Kentlake graduates to partici-pate.Among those was Shawn Seeley, a 2004 Kentlake graduate and Marine who was wounded in Iraq and is now a pastor at Northwest Life Church near Meeker Middle School in Renton.

Seeley spoke to students about how he became a Marine, his time in Iraq and how after recovered from his injuries he went to college, earned a bachelor’s degree and now gives back to the community through his work at the church.

“You have a life and you get to choose how to live it,”

Seeley told students.That’s among the wider message of Seeley’s story — that

even when life doesn’t go how you plan, you still get to make the most of it.

Jones spoke to students about his crime fighting ways, something he got into almost by accident. His was a mes-sage of anti-bullying, standing up for what you believe in and being the change you want to see.

Topics of other speakers included sex trafficking, the power of social media, animal rescue, overcoming chal-lenges, and hot jobs of the future, to name a few.

According to Kaas, one of the downsides of the school being located on the far edge of the school district and

away from the center of a town is that a sense of belonging to the wider community can get lost.

“We wanted to create that sense of community,” Kaas said. “The kids and community work together to get to know one another better and get an idea of how we can work together.”

Students were encouraged to participate in their com-munity and even beyond.

“Think locally, act globally,” Kaas said.

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

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RELAY FOR LIFE TO BE HELD JUNE 1 AT CEDAR HEIGHTSRelay for Life of Black Diamond, Covington and Maple Valley will be hosting its annual event beginning at 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 1 at Cedar Heights Middle School in Covington.

Relay for Life is an organized, overnight community fundraising walk where teams of people camp out around a track, taking turns walking. This event repre-sents a patient’s battle with the disease: cancer doesn’t sleep and neither do we.

Relay celebrates the lives of cancer survivors, remembers those lost to the dis-

ease, and fights back by committing to the roles we have in the fight against all cancers.

Relay is a family-friendly event for the entire community and all are welcome to come see how we are doing our part to make cancer history.

For more information visit www.relayforlife.org/covingtonwa or www.facebook.com/maplevalleyrelay.

BLOODMOBILE TO BE AT RELAY FOR LIFEThe Cascade Regional Blood Services Bloodmobile will be onsite at Relay for Life of Black Diamond, Covington, Maple Valley from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Cedar Heights Middle School in Covington on Saturday.

Only 5 percent of the U.S. population donate blood, but 37 percent of the popula-tion could do so. Every 3 seconds someone in our country needs blood.

Cascade Regional Blood Services needs 150 donations daily to support our com-munity hospitals. Your donation may save up to 3 lives and almost all of us will need blood products in our lifetime.

To sign up for a time, contact Janet at 206-601-7908 or CRBS at 1-877-24BLOOD. Please bring a picture ID, drink plenty of water, juice or sports drink before donat-ing, and eat a healthy meal high in iron-rich foods. 16 and 17-year-olds may donate with a signed parent permission form.

For more information about giving blood, please see www.crbs.net. Walk-in donations are also welcome.


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Dog Spaw2 Hour Grooms

Pawl’s Pet BoutiquePetco

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Dr. Jeffrey E. Kashner, DDS, MSD

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Covington SmilesDr. Joel Rude, DMD -Rude Family Dentistry

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Cary McCormick-Maple Valley Fire

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Nikki’s RestaurantRed Robin, Covington

FINE DININGWINNER

Mizu Steak HouseFinalist:

Gino’s BistroMama Passarelli’sRistorante Isabella

HAMBURGERSWINNER

Red RobinFinalist:

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Village Inn

ITALIAN CUISINEWINNER

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Black Diamond Pizza DeliGino’s Bistro

Ristorante Isabella

LUNCHWINNER

Cedar GrillFinalist:

Applebee’sHop Jacks

Testy Chef Cafe Trapper’s Sushi

MEXICAN CUISINEWINNER

El Caporal – Maple Valley

Hacienda Del MarFinalist:

La Fogata Family Mexican RestaurantLos Cabos Family

Mexican RestaurantPuerto Vallarta Family Mexican Restaurant

PIZZAWINNER

Frankie’s - Maple ValleyFinalist:

Farelli’s Wood Fire Pizza - Maple Valley

Papa Murphy’sThe Rock

AUTOMOTIVEWINNER

Brown’s AutomotiveFinalist:

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Service, Black DiamondMaple Valley Automotive

Valley AutomotiveWestover Auto Rebuild

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Scooter’s Custom Catering

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Finalist:Cedar River Dog Farm

Pampered PetGrooming Salon

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FITNESS CENTERWINNER

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Pinnacle Medical Wellness

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Outpatient Physical TherapyFinalist:

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NAIL SALONWINNERBlue WaterNails & Spa

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Salon & Skin CareM V Nails - 4 Corners

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Pinnacle Medical WellnessFinalist:

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TRAVEL AGENCY/AGENT

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Johnson’s Home& Garden

BOOKSTOREWINNER

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CLOTHING/SHOE STORE

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CovingtonFInalist:

Buds & Blooms - Covington

QFC Floral Department

FURNITUREHOME DÉCORWINNERQuintessence

Finalist:Johnson’s Home

& GardenPier 1 Imports

The Dazzled Dame!

GIFT STOREWINNER

The Dazzled Dame!Finalist:

Mark’s Hallmark ShopsPier 1 ImportsQuintessence

GROCERY/CONVENIENT STORE

WINNERQFC, Maple Valley

Finalist:Fred Meyer - CovingtonGrocery Outlet Bargain Market - Maple Valley

Safeway - Maple Valley

JEWELRY STOREWINNER

Anthony’s Jewelry& Goldsmiths

Finalist:Costco, Covington

Fred MeyerThe Dazzled Dame!

PET STOREPET SUPPLIESWINNERReber Ranch

Finalist:Kason’s Pet Supply-

Black DiamondMud Bay

Wild Birds UnlimitedYummy Tummy

PLANT NURSERY/GARDEN CENTERWINNER

Johnson’s Home& Garden

Finalist:Covington Creek Nursery

Foley’s ProduceTaylor Creek

WINERY/WINE SHOPWINNER

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Ristretto’s Coffeeand Wine

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Maple ValleyThe area was fi rst settled in 1879 by three men who were improving a trail and

brought their families in. When a name for a future community was proposed, the names Vine Maple Valley and Maple Ridge were suggested. A vote was taken by writing the names on slips of paper and placing them in a hat. Vine Maple Valley won by 2/3, but the word “Vine” was later cut by the post offi ce because it made the name too long.

The city was offi cially incorporated on August 31, 1997. Today, the mostly residential city has shopping centers, gas stations, and housing. The Maple Valley Historical Society keeps records on the city’s past, with 2 historical museums holding artifacts such as the city’s fi rst fi re engine and photographs of old places in and around the city like Gaff ney’s Grove. The old Gaff ney’s Grove site is now a city park, and the Green to Cedar river trail runs through the city. The park includes a swimming beach, an arboretum and sprawling grass fi elds and sees the annual Maple Valley Days Parade each year in June.

CovingtonThe area presently known as Covington was originally known as Jenkins

Prairie. Between 1899 and 1900 the Northern Pacifi c Railway built a cut-off between Auburn, Washington and Kanaskat, Washington, improving the com-pany’s primary east-west route across Stampede Pass. Contrary to some sources, no railway personnel by the name of Covington were employed on this project.

A school district was established in 1937. Over the years the area grew as an unincorporated area of Kent, Washington. Covington was offi cially incorporated as a city on August 31, 1997.

In 1900, during the building of the Palmer Cut-Off from Kanaskat to Auburn, the Northern Pacifi c installed at 2,850-foot passing track, a 700-foot loading track, a second class section house, a 24-man bunkhouse, a box tank and standpipe for watering steam locomotives at Covington. By 1908 the tiny village was home to the Covington Lumber Company, which had set up a mill capable of cutting 85,000 board feet of timber a day. No photograph is known to exist of the station at this site, apparently built after the cut-off construction. It operated on and off until the Great Depression and was removed in 1941.

Black DiamondBlack Diamond was offi cially incorporated on February 19, 1959.Beginning in the 1880s Black Diamond was a rural coal mining area, devel-

oped by the Black Diamond Coal Mining Company of California, which owned and operated the mine. The original residents were largely composed of former workers, from the company’s previous coal mining operation in Nortonville, California, which primarily sold coal to the thriving new metropolis of San Francisco. A combination of low quality coal from the Nortonville mines, water intrusion into the workings there, and the discovery and economical transportof higher-quality Washington coal to San Francisco spelled the demise ofNortonville in the early 1880s. The town was home to around 3,500 people by the early 1900s, many of them European immigrants; most of the working men were involved in producing coal. This coal was transported to Seattle via the Pacifi c Coast Coal train.

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IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM Notice is hereby given that the Black Diamond City Council will be conducting two public hearings: 1) Bryant PBRS Appli- cation, and 2) Proposed 2014-2019 Six Year Transporta- tion Improvement Program (TIP). The hearings will take place on Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Black Dia- mond City Council Chambers, 25510 Lawson Street, Black Dia- mond, WA. The purpose of the

real property assessment under Current Use Assessment Statute RCW 84.34, listed hereafter;E12CT038BD/PLN13-0002 – Application by Darrell Bryant for property located at 25022 Rob- erts Drive & 24318 Roberts Drive, Black Diamond, WA 98010; STR: NW-14-21-06, SW-11-21-06, NE-15-21-06; SIZE: 58.17 acres; REQUEST:

Tax #112106-9104, 112106-9037, 152106-9052, 152106-9058, 152106-9060, 142106-9006. The purpose of the second hearing is to hear public testimony regarding the City’s proposed 2014-2019 Six Year Transporta- tion Improvement Program (TIP). Written comments may be

24301 Roberts Drive, PO Box 599, Black Diamond, WA, 98010 no later than 5:00 p.m. on June 6, 2013, otherwise they must be submitted at the hearing. Infor- mation is also available on the City’s website www.ci.blackdia-mond.wa.us under “Public Notices”. For further information please contact the City of Black Diamond at 360-886-5700. Dated this 17th day of May, 2013Brenda L. Martinez, CMCAsst. City Admin/City Clerk Published in Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on May 24, 2013 and May 31, 2013. #791709.

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JENNIFER KLEIN, Petitioner,

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PUBLICATION (SMBP)The STATE OF WASHINGTON to: Ryan Klein (Respondent). YOU ARE HEREBY SUM- MONED to appear on August 6, 2013 at 8:30 a.m., at King County Superior Court, Kent and respond to the petition alleging an act of domestic violence pursuant to the provisions of the Domestic Violence Protection Act, Chapter 26.50 RCW. If you fail to respond, an order of protection will be issued against you for a minimum of one year from the date you are required to appear. A temporary order of protection has been issued against you, restraining you from the following: (contact the court for a complete copy of the Temporary Order)• You are restrained from caus-ing petitioner or any of the minor children residing with petitioner any physical harm, bodily injury, assault including sexual assault, and from molesting, harassing, threatening, or stalking the same.• You are restrained from coming near or having any contact whatsoever with the par- ties, in person or through others, direct or indirectly.• You are further restrained from entering the petitioner’s residence, school or place of employment A copy of the petition, notice of hearing and ex parte order for

clerk of this court.DATED February 7, 2013Jennifer Klein, Petitioner Published in Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on April 19, 26, 2013; May 3, 10, 17, 24, 2013. #770050.

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Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of Kent School District No. 415 will meet for the purpose of revis-ing the District’s Capital Proj-

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PERMITNotice Released: May 31, 2013 The City of Black Diamond hasreceived the following applica-tion that may be of interest to you. The application and any relateddocuments are available for pub-lic review during normal busi-ness hours at the City of BlackDiamond, 24301 Roberts Drive,Black Diamond, WA. For addi-tional information, please contactthe Community Development De-partment at 360-886-5700.Project Name: Jim Kuzaro Landscape (Home Occupation)Application Date:April 24, 2013Complete Application Date: May 23, 2013Application Number: PLN13-0006Name of Applicant:Jim Kuzaro,32212 Mt. View Drive, BlackDiamond, WA 98010Project Description: Operationof a home landscaping business.Location: 32212 Mt. View Drive, Black Diamond, WA.Environmental Documents: Theproject is exempt from SEPA.Requested Approvals: Admin-istrative Conditional Use Permit,City Business LicenseStaff Contact: Stacey Welsh,Community Development Direc-tor, City of Black Diamond, 360-886-5700 You are invited to express com-ments, request a copy of the de-cision when it becomes available,and be made aware of any appealrights. Written comments may besubmitted to the CommunityDevelopment Department, at theaddress noted above. This is theonly opportunity to comment onthis proposal. A public hearing isnot required. COMMENTS RELATED TOTHIS APPLICATION MUSTBE SUBMITTED BY JUNE 14,2013. Published in Covington/MapleValley/Black Diamond Reporteron May 31, 2013. #794152.

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TAHOMA’S BEAR METAL ROBOTICS TO HOST SUMMER DAY CAMPTahoma High School’s Bear Metal robotics club will host a summer day camp for students ages 9 to 14 June 24 to 28.

The camp, which will run from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each day, will teach students about the principles of design, how to use digital and analog sensors, basics of program-ming and how to use different mechanisms.

Campers will be broken up into teams to apply what they learn to design, build, and program their own robot to complete a specific task and compete in a tournament against the other teams.

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WASHINGTON STATE FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS’ MEMORIAL SERVICE TO BE HELD JUNE 2The public is invited to join fire services from around Washington state at the 2013 Washington State Fallen Firefighters’ Memorial Service at 1 p.m. June 2 at the capitol rotunda in Olympia.

This year’s ceremony recognizes Engineer Ernie Rideout of the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority and Firefighter John Moncrief of South King Fire and Rescue.


BY KRIS HILL

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Though Tahoma’s fastpitch team got off to a bumpy start in

the 4A state tournament it bounced back yet again.

The Bears finished the weekend hoisting the third place trophy after winning five straight games, with junior catcher Bre West putting an exclamation point on the tournament with a three-run shot over the left field fence to beat Woodinville 7-4 in the third-fourth place game May 25 at Merkel Sports Complex in Spokane.

Tahoma lost its first game in the district tournament the previous weekend then won three straight -- in-cluding consecutive wins over league rivals Kentridge and Kentlake in loser-out contests -- en route to state.

Richland beat Tahoma in the first round 7-5. From there the Bears couldn’t be stopped.

“Losing the first game out of the shoot was tough, but we only had an hour to regroup to play two more games,” wrote Tahoma coach Tom Milligan in an email interview. “Going into it, I knew that attri-tion and endurance both physically and mentally would be key to get past our previous runs during state. I am so proud of what these ladies did for the final five games and to knock off the defending state champ (Woodinville) in the consolation game was exhilarating.”

Tahoma defeated Emer-

ald Ridge — the team the Bears lost to in the South Puget Sound League title game two weeks earlier — then took out Moses Lake 10-0 to make it to the second day of the tourna-ment. Delaney Nelson hit a three-run homer with two outs in the top of the seventh to help the Bears come back to win.

From there Tahoma started off the second day with a 5-1 victory over Central Valley to set up a rematch with Richland. It

was a weekend of rematches for the Bears, who knocked the Bombers out of the tournament with a 4-2 win to set up the match up for the third-fourth place game.

Tahoma lost to Woodin-ville in the second round of state in 2011, the Bears first appearance as a fastpitch program and its first trip to state since 1994.

In its previous two ap-pearances at state in 2011 and 2012, Tahoma went 2-2 and finished seventh both

years, but this time around the Bears were guaranteed hardware heading into their final contest May 25 against the Falcons.

It was a wild battle which saw Woodinville, the defending 4A state champi-ons, tied up with Tahoma at 4-4 as the seven regulation frames were complete.

It was tied up thanks to a solo shot by Delaney Nelson in the bottom of the fifth.

Tahoma started the bot-tom of the eighth off when Nelson drew a walk — se-nior co-captain Jena Waler came in to pinch run and stole second — then Halle Elliott was hit on the back on the first pitch before West stepped into the bat-ter’s box with one out.

West fouled off three pitches and was down in the count at one ball and two strikes before she got just the one she wanted and launched it over the fence.

For Tahoma’s four seniors — Waler, Courtney Cloud, Molly Lahtrop and Amanda Allison — it built on the legacy of the program which began when the Bears went to state in 2011 when they were sopho-mores. Getting to state was always the goal, the focus for Waler and Cloud all season as captains, but the third place finish was definitely satisfying.

“Somebody asked me if second place would have been better,” Milligan wrote. “And after careful thought I came up with this: only one team is No. 1 and about 80 4A teams weren’t. We won five straight games and left Spokane winning our last game on the field. The feeling for the seniors and underclassmen is at an all-time high and besides winning it all, I couldn’t imagine anything better.”

Tahoma returns its start-ing pitchers Carley Nance, who threw a complete game for the win over Wood-inville, as well as Maddie Scott — who threw a com-plete game shut out against Moses Lake while tallying seven strikeouts —among several other freshmen, sophomores and juniors from a team which won the SPSL North, earned the second seed into the district tournament and took fifth there heading into state.

Nance maintained her composure against Woodinville in the top of the eighth when the Falcons had the winning run on third base with two outs. A grounder to freshman shortstop Mia Corbin, who threw to first base for the force out, ended the inning to set up West’s home run.

This is the Bears first trophy since winning it all as a 3A slowpitch program in 1988.

Tahoma finished with a 9-3 post-season record on top of a 16-0 North division record and finished with a 26-5 overall record.

There is much to look forward to in 2014, though.

“Losing four qual-ity seniors is tough, but every year each team has to deal with new challenges to build unity within its program,” Milligan wrote. “From our end, the remain-ing 13 underclassmen ex-perienced something really special that they can build on in the future. Getting into games with the best players throughout the state to challenge them offensive-ly and defensively can assist to raise the skill-set of the individuals and the team.”

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BY KRIS HILL

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A fourth-place trophy wasn’t the hardware Kent-wood’s baseball team went to Pasco to bring home from the 4A state tourna-ment.

Instead the Conquerors, the 2012 state champions, returned from the 4A final four with a pair of losses at the hands of South Kitsap in the semifinals and cross-town rival Kentridge in the third-fourth place game.

Kentwood head coach Mark Zender wrote in an email interview, the Conks did more than anyone ex-pected them to accomplish.

“We had a blast and were a young team,” Zender wrote. “As a general rule, this team overachieved. We put ourselves in position to win a state championship. We lost two one-run ball games. Though disappoint-ed, this group exceeded expectations. If you do that your entire life it will always be one heck of a ride.”

Conks freshman Jordan Jones pitched a complete game against the Wolves in the semifinal, allowing just one run, but Kentwood’s typically potent offense went cold as South Kitsap pitcher Mike Wood’s season strikeout total moved into the triple digits with the first batter of the game. Wood quieted the Kent-

wood bats and ended the quest for a second straight state title.

Zender noted there is much more for Kentwood to take away than a trophy.

“Above all they learn that hard work and dedica-tion leads to good things,” Zender wrote. “It obviously applies to baseball in this case but also applies to their life in general. The rewards of advancing to this level last a life time. The memo-ries — even though we lost two one-run ball games — last a life time.”

One memory the Conks will take with them was fighting in their final two games at state this spring.

While Kentwood put together six hits in the third place game, Kentridge tallied nine in a back and forth battle.

Going into the top of the seventh the Conks were down one run then tied the game up but couldn’t hold the Chargers who scored the winning run in the bot-tom of the seventh for the 4-3 victory.

Coming into this state tournament Kentridge had just one piece of baseball hardware in its trophy case, a third place trophy from 1991. A year ago the Char-gers were eliminated in the first round.

In the semifinal Ken-tridge was downed 10-0 in five innings by Skyview

which went on to beat South Kitsap for the state crown May 25.

Chargers senior Travis McGuire was 1-for-3 with a two RBI double while Isaiah Terry went 2-for-2 at the plate, Andrew Barrera was 3-for-4 with a run scored, Joe Wainhouse hit an RBI triple and Joel Condray went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI in the game against the Conks.

Sam Dacus pitched a complete game for Ken-tridge against Kentwood.

Kentridge, which fin-ished the season with a 21-9 overall record, has nine seniors on its roster while Kentwood has five seniors.

The Conks finished the season 21-7 overall after winning the South Puget Sound League North regu-lar season title. This year’s playoff experience should pay dividends in 2014 .

“The younger players get to experience something you can’t teach,” Zender wrote. “They know what it takes, see day-to-day, first hand from the older players what it takes and can now apply that to their work in the off-season and next season. It is a huge, intangible lesson. Winning is something that takes so much more than talent. You certainly must have talent, however, sincere deep seeded belief is a must, as is the ability to relax under pressure.”


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Chargers knock off Conquerors for third place

Kentwood’s Mike Ciancio catches the ball before applying the tag to the South Kitsap runner in a 4A state semifinal game May 24 at GESA Park in Pasco. Kentwood took fourth at state. TRACY ARNOLD, For the Reporter

BY KRIS HILL

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Golfers from Kentwood and Kentridge earned hard-ware for their schools at the 4A state tournament.

Ravae Canas finished ninth at the 4A state girls golf tournament to help Kentwood finish in second place May 21-22 at Club Green Meadows.

Jamie Huo finished 18th while Catherina Li and Stephanie Cogswell finished 23rd and 24th respectively.

In 2012 the Conquerors finished third.

For the boys, Connor Sims, who also plays for the Conks baseball team, finished in a six-way tie for 12th.

Kentridge finished fifth

as a team with Stephanie Sewell earning the sixth individual spot in the tour-nament while Hannah Kim was 26th for the Chargers.

A year ago Kentridge finished seventh.

In the boys tournament, Kentridge earned second place as a team with Ahren Young finishing in a tie for 10th while Ben DuBois finished in a six-way-tie for 12th and Nick Fisher placed 28th.

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

Strong showings for KW and KR golfers

Kentlake sophomore Derek Welch won his first match in the singles bracket of the state tennis tournament in two sets against Lucas Tilly of Wenatchee.

Welch then lost to Aman Manji of Skyline and John Stormans of Olympia to finish just shy of placing.

Welch was the number 3 seed out of the SPSL league tournament last fall and the number six seed coming out of the West Central District Tournament.

Tahoma High’s Maddie Turek, who was the the alter-nate out of the West Central District tournament May 17 and 18, lost her first match of the state tourna-ment 0-2 to Sally Park of Kamiak High School.

Turek then went on to lose to Kailyn Skjonsby of South Kitsap 0-2.

Turek and Welch compete at state tennis tournament

TENNIS

BY KATHERINE SMITH

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Tahoma High’s Denham Patricelli brought home a victory and the title of state champion in the javelin at the 4A track and fi eld state tournament May 23-25 at Mount Tahoma High in Tacoma.

Meanwhile Kentwood’s Beth Parrish fi nished second in pole vault, Tahoma’s Paige Hammock fi nished second in the 300 meter hurdles, Kentlake’s Tori Lanza fi nished third in the same event, and the Kentwood boys 400 meter relay of Derrick Bell, Ivan Semerenko, Bailey Paladin and Brandon Stribling fi nished second.

Other top fi nishers for Kentwood, Kentlake and Tahoma included Tucker Mjelde of Tahoma with a

sixth place fi nish in pole vault, a fi ft h place fi n-ish for Dallas Hayes of Tahoma in shot put as well as a fourth place fi nish in discus, a sixth place fi nish for Tahoma’s Savannah Haverfi eld in the 100 meter hurdles and Kentwood’s

Sarah Toeaina who tied for sixth in long

jump.Th e Tahoma girls

400 meter relay of Hammock, Jennifer

Barrack, Danielle Agoh, and Haverfi eld

placed sixth and the Kentwood boys 1600 meter relay of Semerenko, Pala-din, Varrick Anderson and Robin Cheema fi nished eighth. 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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Athletes from Tahoma, Kentwood and Kentlake place at 4A state meet

Kentlake’s Tori Lanza clears the fi nal hurdle on her way to a bronze medal in the 300 meter race at state. RACHEL CIAMPI, For the Reporter

Kent Crusaders high school girls rugby team capped off a stellar season with an appearance in the national cham-pionship match, falling 55-10 to Fallbrook which won its third straight National Invitational Tournament fi nal the weekend of May 18-19.

Rex Norris, the Crusaders girls coach, wrote in an email that the NIT experience “was an amazing weekend.”

No wonder given that the 2012 team fi nished fi fth in the country. T

his season the Crusaders girls were the state champions and fi nished with a record of 17-4 with signature wins over Beaverton which was the No. 1 team in Oregon at the time and the 2012 state champions, Carson Graham

which was the No. 1 Canadian team in 2012, Canby, Or-egon state champions Grant, just to name a few.

During the NIT, the Crusaders beat the West Carroll Ma-rauders, who were the Pennsylvania state champions then Divine Savior of the Holy Angels who were the Wisconsin state and midwest region champs as well as undefeated until they came up against Kent in the na-tional semifi nal.

Players from Kent Crusaders come from schools through-out King County.

Representing Kentwood is Emma Knapp, Cassidy Meyers, Ellen Morrison-Bala, Caley Polkinghorn, Ashley Rolsma, Vija-Marie Sharp, Tori Vallala, Katie Eschbach and Jessica Pearson.

Tahoma is represented by Carol Pedro, Sara Young, Anissa Carrell, Sarrah Berntsen, Jasmine Flores, Jessica Glassner and Jennifer Larson. And players from Kentlake are Dani-elle Brooks, Gaby Drllevich and Danielle Pilutik.

Crusaders girls win state rugby title and advance to NIT championship

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