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Shelli Beecher-Seitzler helps her daughter, Olivia Seitzler, 2, hang a bra on a line hung up Sunday at Lake Wilderness Park during the inaugural Wings of Karen Bra Dash 5K. The event, organized by the Maple Valley non-profi t, drew more than 600 participants, many of whom wore bras over their shirts. DENNIX BOX, The Reporter To view a slide show go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com.

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BY DENNIS BOX

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Seattle attorney David Brick-lin stated through an email that Toward Responsible Development will appeal the Superior Court ruling denying the Land Use Peti-tion Act appeal fi led by the Black Diamond group.

Bricklin wrote in his email, “We believe that Judge Oishi’s decision

was erroneous for several reasons….

Judge Oishi was not required to explain his decision, but

the absence of any explanation or

analysis leaves the decision with little intellectual or persuasive force. It doesn’t serve to persuade the citizens that they were wrong to challenge the city’s decision. It doesn’t serve to persuade the citizens that a further appeal

Group plans to appeal LUPA case decision

BY KRIS HILL

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In 20 years the site of Coving-ton Elementary School could be home of a park, a public plaza and the city’s Town Center.

First, though, the Kent School District needs to fi nd a buyer for the property, build a new Coving-ton Elementary on a site in the northwest corner of the city and open the school’s doors.

During the past nine months the city and the district have been working toward an agreement that could give Cov-ington the fi rst chance to buy the property or match another party’s off er.

Th at school district site, ex-plained Covington City Manager Derek Matheson, is a key piece of

City hopes to have first chance at school site

BY KRIS HILL

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Ryan Light’s fi rst 26.2 mile event is the New York City Mara-thon.

Light, who lives in Maple Val-ley, has never run a marathon and now he’s preparing for one of the biggest events in the world.

Oh, and by the way, he also has a goal to raise $5,000 for Go For Hope, a Renton-based non-profi t started by his friend Joe Hafner.

“I didn’t think I was going to get into the race,” Light said. “I’ve done half marathons. Just to get in is pretty incredible. You pay your $11, you put your name in. I was like, ‘I’m not going to get in, so I’m spending my $11 and that’s it.’”

But, he did get in, and running this race will be about more than just his fi rst marathon.

Light grew up in the borough of Queens. It was a tough life. And a signifi cant portion of the race route goes right through his old neighborhood.

In many ways, this will be an opportunity to confront the ghosts of his past up close, yet with fundraising it will also be a chance for him to give back, a chance to right some wrongs.

“When I got in, I guess I got a little nervous and emotional because it goes right through the neighborhood where I grew up,” Light said. “In that particular area, that was not really a good place for me. I grew up with alcoholic

parents. My step-dad was in the mafi a.”

To top it off , he hated school, Light said, in large part because he was placed in special education due to his behavior. He was acting out because of his home life and because what he knew was addic-tion and violence. Once he was placed in special education, Light began to act out more.

Following his high school graduation, Light joined the United States Army because he was completely opposed to the concept of further education, col-lege seemed like an extension of the humiliation he endured as an adolescent.

“Anything to do with education, I fl ipping hated,” Light said.

Aft er he was discharged from the Army, he went home, but he found himself unhappy in New York City. While in the service he connected with people who led what could be described as a

Running for hope and healing in New York City Marathon

Joe Hafner is surrounded by children during a recent trip to Nicaragua. Hafner founded Go For Hope for which Ryan Light is raising money. Courtesy photo

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Green Society Group Management is a collec-tive garden no matter what its owner may call it and as such not allowed under city zoning, according to the Maple Valley Hearing Examiner.

According to the decision released by Hearing Exam-iner Gary McLean, the city proved by the preponder-ance of the evidence that GSG “operated a medical marijuana dispensary and/or collective garden at their leased premises in viola-tion of a city moratorium prohibiting such use or conduct.”

“GSG offered no testi-mony that would rebut the city’s proof that GSG was/is operating a medical mari-juana collective garden and/or dispensary in the City of Maple Valley,” McLean wrote.

The city originally cited GSG in early May after they opened for business on April 20 for violating their year-long moratorium, which the City Council had approved in July of last year. The Council approved an outright ban in June.

McLean noted that the city’s moratorium was never challenged by the Growth Management Hearings Board or a court.

GSG’s attorney, Jay Berneberg, appealed to the city’s Hearing Examiner. The hearings were in late July.

According to the find-ings, Community Develop-ment Director Ty Peterson located GSG on a website called weedmaps.com on April 6 after receiving several phone calls, “which showed that a business known as GSG Gardens, or something like that, was/would soon be open and operating as a marijuana dispensary and/or collective garden in Maple Valley.”

Peterson then wrote an email to [email protected] in which he informed the email recipients about the city’s moratorium and requested that they not open.

The findings stated fur-ther that on April 17 Maple Valley Police Chief Michelle Bennett visited GSG’s office at Frontier Village off of 272nd Street Southeast, where she spoke with GSG owner Chris Schoonover.

According to the find-

ings, when she asked if he planned to open a mari-juana dispensary, he said he could not answer the ques-tion and called Berneberg for Bennett to speak to.

Berneberg informed Bennett that GSG was “acting as a management business between members of the collective garden to exchange marijuana.”

Bennett then asked him if this meant that marijuana would not be exchange through a window inside of the premise, at which he “backed off a bit and said that was not what he was saying.”

Later that day, Bernberg wrote an email to Peterson stating that GSG could prove they complied with the moratorium ordinance and other zoning issues. City staff met with repre-sentatives from GSG April 23, after which, according to the findings, “City staff left the meeting unclear as to whether GSG would be operating a business in violation of the city mora-torium.”

Peterson then asked GSG for a written description of their proposed use of the leased space.

ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME Schoonover told the

Reporter in April that GSG specializes in “pallia-tive care and networking solutions,” which includes medical marijuana collec-tive gardens.

Yet, in his findings, McLean stated that both Schoonover as well as Berneberg, in addition to others involved, referred to the business as a collec-tive garden or dispensary. He cited GSG’s formation agreement, dated Feb. 29, which states “the purpose of this agreement is to formally establish a Collec-tive Garden for the purpose of producing, processing, transporting, and delivering cannabis for medical use.”

The findings also quoted Berneberg from a previous contested hearing over do not occupy, unsafe and stop work order orders, in which Berneberg stated “GSG came into Maple Valley and opened up a manage-ment, by which the, it is a collective garden, and they manage the membership, the finances, and compli-ance with state law, RCW 69.51.A.”

McLean wrote that at no point did Schoonover

or his business partner Jon Hofer, who were present in the room, “object, seek to clarify, or provide testi-mony or evidence to correct or modify Mr. Berneberg’s remarks, which were a straight-forward admission that GSG came into Maple Valley and as part of its operations, provides a place for people to ‘exchange’ cannabis, i.e. marijuana.”

The findings also quote various comments from people who spoke at the Planning Commission meeting which discussed whether to recommend an ordinance banning col-lective gardens in the city limits.

During the meeting, individuals who testified during the public comment section repeatedly referred to GSG as a “dispensary.” Schoonover, who also spoke at the meeting, stated that, “we’re not like many other collectives.”

Among the city’s evidence to prove GSG is a collective garden included an article from dopemaga-zine.com, in which the writer stated “with offices connected to their access point, GSG welcomes to bring in any questions

about the industry without ever entering the collective.”

Other evidence included 19 reviews of GSG on weedmaps.com, in which one reviewer posted May 12 “I have officially tried every strain there, as far as bud, and I must say it is some of the more potent medicine I have tried.”

McLean wrote that GSG “offered no testimony to rebut the city’s evidence. No one from GSG came forward to assert that the Weedsmaps site was false or misleading in any way. In fact, at the prior hearing, Mr. Schoonover confirmed that GSG has purchased advertising in at least two periodicals that direct their focus to medical-marijuana related issues.”

McLean added that GSG’s email address, [email protected], made it clear that GSG intended to be known as a collective garden online.

Ultimately, McLean wrote that regardless of what GSG called itself, it still fit the definition of a collective garden.

“Shakespeare wrote that a rose by any other name

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negative and destructive lifestyle.

He packed up one night and left the city without telling anyone. Light got in his car and drove. Eventu-ally he ended up in Dallas. He re-connected with others affi liated with the movement he was drawn to while in the Army which had fulfi lled a need he had for acceptance and a sense of family.

While there, he went to ITT Tech and started study-ing computers.

Th en, in that time, some-thing went sideways in the group he was involved with and Light decided it was time to change his life.

He moved to Seattle. He met his wife, Jessica, who was a nanny for a man who was successful. Light admired her employer, his lifestyle, and wanted to learn how to have that kind of life.

In the meantime, he fi nished his associate’s degree at ITT and got a job working at Microsoft , plus he became Christian.

Hafner’s foundation is about education.

It wasn’t what the Renton man had envisioned for himself but thanks in part to the economy Hafner found himself on that path.

“When the recession hit, it was a slow painful train wreck,” Hafner said. “Ulti-mately we lost everything including our personal home. When we lost the home rather than crying in our soup about what to do next, we decided to go on an adventure, so we went to Nicaragua. When we went to Nicaragua we initially went for cultural immer-sion.”

Hafner said he and his wife felt it would be a great learning opportunity for their children as well as an eye-opening experience for the family.

Th ey arrived in Nica-ragua and didn’t know anyone. Th ey didn’t have a plan. Th ey didn’t speak Spanish.

“But, we trusted in a higher power that every-thing would be taken care of along the way,” Hafner said.

Somehow, it all worked out. Hafner said they learned about poverty on

a level they never experi-enced before and yet he observed, “in contrast how rich they are in relation-ships and community and many things that we’ve kind of lost here.”

As he prepared to leave Nica-ragua, he refl ected on the time his family spent there, in an eff ort to de-termine what the purpose was of that chapter in their lives.

Aft er they returned to the states, Hafner said, he spent six months trying to rebuild his career but he never felt fully committed to it.

“I felt like there was another calling for my life,” Hafner said. “One thing led to another. I went to a ministry function in Bel-levue. I didn’t want to start

something new … but I had this idea bubbling up in my head.”

While in Nicaragua something Hafner said his family felt was im-portant was education.

“We just believe that education is what keeps hope alive in a child’s heart as they’re growing up,” Hafner said. “So, this seed of an idea for Go

For Hope was percolating. Ultimately we made the de-cision to start Go For Hope about eight months ago.”

Th e mission is to ad-dress the fact hundreds of thousands of children drop out of school before sixth grade every year in Central America.

Th e plan is to support local eff orts to keep kids in

school, starting in Nicara-gua, thanks to the network of contacts Hafner devel-oped while living there.

“We’re not bringing in or imposing our own external solutions, but instead com-ing alongside and providing them with the resources they need to do more of what they do,” Hafner said. “Th e intent is to show dignity and respect for the individuals who are pas-sionate about what they’re doing.”

Close to a decade ago Hafner and Light met through mutual acquain-tances. Th e Lights used Hafner as their real estate agent when they bought a house. For a time, the two families attended the same church.

But, it was while Hafner was in Nicaragua that the friendship strengthened.

“I wrote a post on Fa-cebook when I was down in Nicaragua about how I struggled with depression about losing our house,” Hafner said. “Th at really resonated with Ryan.”

Light began running to deal with anxiety and OCD.

He knew Hafner and his

wife ran.“I said to myself, ‘I’ll start

running. If they can do it, I can do it,’” Light said. “So, about a year and a half ago I started running hop-ing it would help. In that process I wanted to pick a race I could run, like a full marathon.”

And now, he’s preparing to run the New York City Marathon.

Running, especially this event, has and could pro-vide some healing for Light.

“Joe and what he’s doing reminded me of what I did as a kid,” Light said. “If someone had reached out to me as a kid like he’s doing in Nicaragua, things would have been diff erent. I life with regret. Maybe I should have gone to college. Th e fi rst book I ever read, I was 28 years old, now I’m 40. I want to do some healing for myself while I’m there, but, in the process do something that is bigger than myself. Th at’s part of my giving back.”To support Light’s fundraising eff orts, visit http://fundly.com/ryanlightnycbound

To learn more about Go For Hope, log on to www.goforhope.org

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Ryan Light runs in an event earlier this year. He is training for his fi rst marathon to raise money for Go For Hope. Courtesy photo

would be in vain. It assures that his decision will have no persuasive impact on the Court of Appeals.”

Superior Court Judge Oishi wrote in his Aug. 27 ruling, “TRD’s Land Use Petition fails to meet the standards set forth in RCW 36.70C.130(1) for granting relief.”

He stated in the decision “Th e Court has not been left with a defi nite and fi rm conviction that a mistake has been committed, which is required in order to grant relief under this standard of

review.”TRD appealed the

permits approving Yar-rowBay’s Th e Villages and Lawson Hills developments in October of 2010. Th e developments would add more than 6,000 homes with commercial, parks and schools to the community, which has a current popula-tion of 4,160. It is estimated on the city website the population could increase to more than 20,000 over 20 years.

Reach Dennis Box at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5050.

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Sometimes I like to joke that my birthday should be a national holiday.

Th at’s because I love celebrating my birth-day. Partying. Cakes. Gift s. Friends. I like to do something diff erent every year and really cel-ebrate. Usually I take the whole week off because oft en I am lucky enough for my birthday to fall the week of Labor Day, so, I get a paid day off and only have to take four vacation days.

Brilliant, right?Th is year my birthday,

thanks to it being a leap year, fell on a Saturday.

Since 2009 I have to say my birthdays have been far more low key than in the past. Th at year I was pregnant and since then my focus has shift ed dramatically from celebrating how awe-some I am to how awesome my daughter is so I’ve brought it all down a notch.

Th is year I didn’t take the week off . And this year I had a totally diff erent focus for the week-end of my birthday. Th e day aft er was the Wings of Karen 5K Bra Dash and I signed up to walk the inaugural event.

Having lived in Maple Valley for more than eight years now, I have come to develop a real aff ection for the service-oriented attitude of this community, and I love that I live somewhere people give back.

Th e Bra Dash was a tremendous example of what an amazing community Maple Valley is and has become over the years.

But, I’m getting ahead of myself a little bit here.

Back in late June I started walking my dog aft er my older beagle was put to sleep follow-ing a diagnosis of advanced lymphoma. I was heartbroken.

A few days aft er my dog’s death, I had lunch with my good friend Ilyse, who is already pretty awesome anyway but is also a breast cancer survivor. During lunch she was telling me about her plans to run the Torchlight 8K at the end of July. She challenged me to walk it. Considering I hadn’t actually started walking my other beagle yet, I wasn’t sure I could do an 8K, which is about fi ve miles, in little more than a month.

About two weeks later Victoria Laise Jonas posted a comment on my Facebook profi le about how she had just signed up to walk the Bra Dash. Wings of Karen, by the way, is a Maple Valley-based non-profi t. Th e event was planned for Sept. 9, the day aft er I turned 34, and I thought that was a good way to celebrate that weekend.

I posted a link to the event on Ilyse’s Facebook profi le. She said if I signed up then she would, too. It would be perfect timing because it fell just about six weeks aft er her fi nal reconstructive surgery. Ilyse is a runner. I am so not a runner. In high school when we had to do a mile run in P.E. I did everything I could to get out of it. When I played soccer, I would wonder what pos-sessed me to play a sport that required so much running over such a long period of time.

But, I decided to start training to walk the 5K. I signed up for it and so did Ilyse.

During the three weeks leading up to the event, we met up to walk, and each time we went four miles. Th e fi rst time we walked, it was Aug. 17, a Friday when I was off work. It was 93 degrees that aft ernoon. I pushed my daughter in the jogging stroller, well halfway, Ilyse pushed the stroller on the way back. Maybe we were a

MPD would destroy the rural character of Black Diamond

As Black Diamond residents living on Lake Sawyer, we are very concerned about YarrowBay’s developments. Th ese two large developments will destroy the rural character of our city by clearing large areas of forest and increasing the current population by a factor of four. We also voted for three new city coun-cil members who feel the way we do and who were elected by an overwhelming majority in November 2011.

Th e biggest problem that we now have is that our current mayor continues to support the developments proposed by YarrowBay. It is oft en very diffi cult to tell that the Mayor and attorneys for the city do not work for Yarrow-Bay. We are not aware of any instance in which the Mayor has opposed any proposal made by YarrowBay.

Currently, due to the strong mayor form of government, Mayor Olness has signifi cantly more power than the City Council. Th e Mayor

hires, and can fi re, city employees, thus con-trolling the fl ow of information. She also con-trols access to and communication with the legal fi rm that provides attorneys for the city. Th is imbalance remains despite the fact that all fi ve council members try to take a cautious and protective approach regarding the devel-opments whenever such matters are brought forward. Th e current structure is so unbal-anced that the Mayor, not the elected council, controls the organization and fl ow of City Council meetings. It is important to remem-ber that this imbalance exists no matter who serves as mayor. Th is is not just a question of whether the YarrowBay developments will proceed. Th e Mayor and city staff members have discretionary authority that allows them to excuse violations by YarrowBay or allow broad discretionary variances. Oft en, develop-ers attempt to change the rules of the game by seeking variances to restrictions already imposed or agreed to. It is imperative that Yar-rowBay be held to the restrictions/agreements already completed. No variances or any kind should be granted for any reason.

We urge all citizens of Black Diamond to support Proposition 1 by voting ‘yes.’ Th is would change our current strong mayor form of government to one in which a city manager would be appointed by the City Council. Th e passage of Proposition 1 will give the citizens of this community the tools we need to protect our future.

Mark and Susie DavidsonBlack Diamond

Thank you to those who fi ght to save Black Diamond

As a Black Diamond resident for only three years, it is clear to me that this little town has a uniqueness about it that is all it’s own.

We have our history of coal mining, our wonderful little shops and eateries that are operating in buildings that were built at the turn of the century, our beautiful Lake Saw-yer and plenty of wooded areas surrounding us that help revive the air and blow the cool breezes.

Our stars shine a little brighter out here and the sunsets are the most magnifi cent.

What you don’t see but can defi nitely feel, are the hearts and souls of the countless vol-unteers that are active in our community.

Th ese are the people who have given an infi nite amount of time and energy to protect our rights against the huge developers that want to devour our tranquility, pave paradise and put up a parking lot....the proverbial “Lorax’s”.

I am so grateful for the numerous local citizens and groups that are trying to save Black Diamond.

Th ey make the eff ort to go the extra mile to enforce and bulldog the city and developers. A huge and heartfelt thank you!

Karen WatlingBlack Diamond

● Q U O T E O F T H E W E E K : Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever. Jim Valvano

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little bit crazy to do that but we stayed hy-drated and it really felt awesome.

Then I met up with Ilyse in her hilly neighborhood the following week. It was 20 degrees cooler. And since I had been walk-ing a fairly flat route around my house in Maple Valley, the hills kicked my butt.

A week later Ilyse brought her oldest, Shayna who is 11, to my house and we walked another four miles. It wasn’t terribly fast but it was fun and we walked up the short but steep hill near my house. Ilyse pushed Lyla in the stroller up the hill. She has been antsy to get out and run so she wanted the challenge.

The following week we both did walks in our respective neighborhoods on our own.

On the morning of the event, Ilyse came to my house and we all got in my Jeep — Jason, my husband, my daughter, and Ilyse — which then refused to start. That’s another story for another time. We pulled Lyla’s car seat out, put it in Ilyse’s mini van and off we went to Lake Wilderness Elementary where we got on the Seattle Party Limo shuttle which took us to Lake Wilderness Park.

When we arrived, there were hundreds and hundreds of people of all ages, shapes and sizes, families, the Tahoma High School girls soccer team including coach Jason Johnson with his adorable almost-one-year-old daughter Charlotte strapped to his chest in a baby carrier. There were Tahoma cheer-leaders and volunteers handling registration, taking raffle tickets, handing out water and protein bars, or leading a group in a Zumba

warm up.Jason took Lyla to the playground while

we waited to start the event.Around 9 a.m. the survivors in the crowd

were asked to come up to the stage to be recognized. Ilyse went up and honestly, I got a little choked up. As I told my friends on Facebook, Ilyse has been challenging me to meet my potential since I was a junior in high school and I was in her seventh period algebra 3/4 class after I was bumped out of algebra-trignometry (these days it’s called pre-calculus) because I was failing. At that point midway through the first semester I think I was failing math and was despon-dent. I believe I pulled my grade up to a C then earned a B second semester. Ilyse has always believed in me. The thought that breast cancer could take someone so im-portant to me made me angry. And scared. I can’t even imagine how her family must have felt.

So. Yeah. It was an emotional moment. Then I got my act together and shortly thereafter we went to the back of the group. Runners in front and we moved to the very back. We probably should have been in the middle of the pack. I told Ilyse I wanted to walk in under an hour, preferably an 18-minute mile pace. As we started, I just was so pleased at the huge turnout, at the spirit of the community I live in. Then I was a bit annoyed with the huge crowd because I wanted to walk fast.

Ilyse is an expert in challenging me and pushing me to do my best. Through the whole walk she asked how I was doing, re-minded me to breathe through my nose then

out my mouth, counted steps up the hills which were still tough for me and was like my own personal coach during the event.

And she’s the breast cancer survivor. We even ran a few times because I plan

to walk at least one more 5K — I’ve signed up for the Issaquah Run Sept. 30 — then I’m going to start the Couch to 5K running training program. At the end, as the finish line was in sight, we were making good time and hustling. We ran the last 100 yards across the finish line and as we approached I saw Jason and Lyla waiting for.

When we finished, according to Ilyse’s awesome Garmin watch, we had completed the 5K in 55 minutes, 30 seconds, with an average mile time of 17:38. I was thrilled. Ilyse and I high fived as we finished.

As I walked up to my daughter and husband, I was overwhelmed with emotion about what I had just done, but I swallowed it and Lyla up for a hug. I did it. I walked my first 5K. Never in my life had I ever aspired to do something like this. It was something I thought other, fitter, more ambitious people do. One thing I have learned is that I am one of those other people if I want to be, I can be fitter, more ambitious.

I’ve also discovered how much support I have from my friends as I trained for the event and posted my progress on Facebook. People worry about me, about my health. It’s kind of amazing to see the kind of friends I have at this stage in my life.

There have also been some nice benefits that I knew could happen but wasn’t focused on. For example, I’ve lost weight in training, enough that I had to get rid of all my shirts

and go down a size. I’m pretty sure I’m going to need to get new pants soon. And a new winter jacket. What was important was that I was focused on training for the event, not losing weight, so thinking like an athlete helped me. I wasn’t depriving myself when I cut out pasta and pizza and beer and donuts, I was putting the right fuel in my body.

After the walk I celebrated my birthday with a low key dinner at my in-law’s house. I had pizza, one Blue Moon and birthday cake. I got almost enough Amazon gift cards to get a new jogging stroller which I’m going to need to keep training. I need a 5K run to train for in January or February. Who knows where I will be as far as my health goes by then but I imagine it can only continue to get better.

And at the same time I was part of some-thing bigger than myself. Ilyse’s road back to running after breast cancer which will eventually lead to another marathon next fall. A larger effort to raise money for breast cancer research thanks to the Bra Dash and Wings of Karen. This event drew more than 600 participants which is amazing for a first event and a new non-profit. And this community of Maple Valley that I live in proved yet again how amazing it is, what one person’s vision can become her in this city.

I’m not sure what’s happened to me in the past few months but now I know what Ilyse has always seen in me: the ability to rise to the challenge. The day after I turned 34 I rose to one of the biggest challenges I’ve faced and felt like a rock star afterward.

Happy birthday to me! Here’s to many more 5Ks around my birthday in the future.

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would smell as sweet,” McLean wrote. “In this case, the evidence shows that dispensary, collec-tive garden, access point, exchange of medicine site, and GSG Management, GSG Gardens, and GSG Collective are all terms that smell and mean the same. Not a single piece of evi-dence was offered to rebut the city’s case.”

GSG’s leased property in Frontier Village is owned by David Skvorak and Lisa

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also noted that neither Schoon-over nor Hofer appeared at the contested hear-ing.

“Unlike a criminal case, where a defen-dant’s failure to testify gives rise to no negative inference…if a party to a civil case chooses not to testify as to material facts…an

inference arises that the facts would not aid his or her contentions,” McLean wrote. “The logical inference from such evidence is that GSG could have produced documentary or other evidence to rebut the city’s evidence, showing that GSG was/is NOT

distributing cannabis/marijuana products from its

business in Maple Valley — if that was the truth. When a party fails to produce relevant evidence within its control, without satisfactory explanation, the inference is that such evidence would be unfavorable to the non-producing party.”

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“In this in case, the evidence shows that dispensary, collective garden, access point... GSG Management, GSG Gardens, and GSG Collective are all terms that smell and mean the same.” Gary McLean

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A suspect who allegedly robbed the Maple Valley Bank of America on Aug. 24 has been arrested, ac-cording to Maple Valley Po-lice Chief Michelle Bennett.

Bennett, who made the announcement Monday at the City Council meeting, said the suspect was ar-rested around 6 p.m.

The suspect is believed

by police to have entered the Bank of America at around 3:30 p.m. Aug. 23.

The subject presented a note to the teller and fled with an undisclosed amount of money.

No weapon was shown or implied.

The suspect was de-scribed as a white male in his 20s, five-foot-nine, heavy build, black hair, black shirt and blue jeans.

Police arrest bank robbery suspect

BY TJ MARTINELL

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Maple Valley Police are searching for a suspect be-lieved to have been involved in two burglaries in two days near Four Corners.

According to police, the first burglary occurred around 3:30 a.m. Aug. 26. The suspect, described as a white man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and backpack, cut a hole in the fence surrounding Westover Auto Rebuild’s property.

The suspect was captured

on video removing several rims, tires, radiators and other assorted scrap metal from the property.

The loss value of property is estimated at $1,000.

The second burglary oc-curred around 11:48 p.m. Aug. 28. A suspect police believed to be the same per-son involved in the previous burglary cut a hole in the fence, entered the property and gained access to several vehicles.

According to police, the suspect then broke into a building which is shared by Maple Valley Towing,

Maple Valley Muffler and Auto as well as Westover Auto Rebuild. The suspect allegedly stole several tools as wells as tires, rims and stereo equipment.

Police stated the suspect was believed to be driving a 1990s dark colored Tahoe or Suburban. Estimated loss value of the second burglary is around $1,000. Both of these burglaries remain open cases and are actively being investigated. Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to call Maple Valley Police at (425) 413-5158.

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“That’s the potential loca-tion for a future public park or plaza and perhaps future public buildings,” Matheson said. “When I first got here five years ago, the district was actively pursuing a new Covington Elementary … closer to the students it serves. They were actually in the design phase when the economy collapsed.”

So, a new school to replace an aging building that is approaching its 50th birthday, was put on the back burner by the district.

“The district continues to want to build a new school,” Matheson said. “Because this property is so impor-tant to our Town Center vision we don’t want it to be sold to a developer without our knowledge or involve-ment.”

A year or two ago the

city approached the district about the possibility of negotiating an agreement that would allow Covington what’s known as the right of first refusal. The Kent School Board and the Cov-ington City Council had a joint meeting in January when the idea was brought up and the parties were agreeable to investing the concept.

Covington’s city attorney Sarah Springer is work-ing with the district’s legal counsel to hammer out an agreement which would

then need to be approved by KSD’s chief business officer and Matheson before going to the School Board and City Council for ap-proval.

Still, that doesn’t mean it’s a done deal, just a step in the direction both parties would like to go.

“Even if we negotiate and our governing bod-ies approve this agree-ment, the city would still need to come up with the money to buy the property,” Matheson said. “Hopefully the district doesn’t sell the

property until the economy is significantly better or the city is able to pay back a loan … or get a grant to buy the property.”

Covington’s downtown plan in its current incarna-tion was adopted by the City Council in December 2009 and the develop-ment regulations for the area were updated in 2010, Matheson said, in order to match that vision.

Town Center will likely evolve over a long period of time, as much as 20 years, Matheson said, and it will

require a mix of public and private investment. The idea is for a park, a plaza and a pedestrian-oriented street grid so it has a more of a main street kind of feel with buildings close to the street that have retail and office on the bottom floor with homes above.

Matheson said he expects the agreement could be completed and approved by the end of the year. The Kent School Board of Directors approved moving forward with the concept at its Aug. 22 meeting.

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Royals head coach Brett Allen, who is in his third season at the helm, said in an email it was “really a team eff ort more than anything” which led to the win over the Falcons.

Chris Paulson, head coach for Kentlake who is also in his third season, wrote in an email that Kent-Meridian has improved sig-nifi cantly since last season

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“We had too many negative plays, which put us in third and long situations,” Paulson wrote. “We struggled with their athletic inside linebackers and had some missed reads

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Th at wasn’t the case early in the game, though, for the Falcons.

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Kent-Meridian answered when Vinnie Malietufa punched it in from one yard out. Cartez Green put together a 37 yard run then Quincy Carter put together a 28-yard pass to set up the touchdown to cut the Kentlake lead in half with 9:38 on the clock.

With 6:25 left in the first half Malietufa tied it up when he bounced outside and ran it in from 20 yards out to tie the game. Mali-etufa, who is a sophomore,

carried the ball 11 times for 72 yards and two touchdowns. He also chipped in a sack on a fourth down play to end a drive.

The Royals and the Falcons were tied at halftime before Math-ena broke it up when he picked off Carter and ran it back for a touchdown with 3:49 left in the third quarter to put Kentlake up 21-14. It was the

last time Kentlake had the lead.

Carter found two other weapons in his offensive arsenal as the Royals answered the pick six by Mathena with a touchdown reception by Randall Cooper who pulled it in from five yards out with his does down at the back pylon to tie it up at 21-21. Cooper also added six solo tackles and a pair of intercep-

tions on the other side of the ball where he plays strong safety.

In the fourth quarter Carter handed the ball off to Thomas Kemp to score the go-ahead touchdown for the Royals who beat the Falcons for the first time in over a decade. It was the first win against a Kent School District rival for Kent-Meridian since an October 2005 victory over Kentridge.

The Royals rolled up 297 yards of total offense. Kemp carried the ball 12 times for 63 yards includ-ing the game winning score and defensively had five

solo tackles as well as an interception. Defensively senior defensive end Jaycob Kuhman contributed five solo tackles, three assists and a sack for K-M.

Kentlake drops to 1-1 in league play and faces Puyal-lup Friday in a non-league

contest at 7 p.m. at French while Kent-Meridian improves to 1-1 and travels to Thomas Jefferson Friday for an SPSL North division matchup.Reach Kris Hill at [email protected] or 425-432-1209, ext. 5054.

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TAHOMA, KENT CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS RUN IN 15K RELAY

Kent and Tahoma cross country teams com-peted in the 15K Coed Cross-Country Relays on Saturday at the Lake Wilderness Park in Maple Valley.

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KENTWOOD’S MCGUIRE HELPS USA 18U NATIONAL TEAM TO GOLD MEDALReese McGuire finished play with the USA 18U national team helping the American bring home a gold medal in the XXV IBAF 18U Baseball World Championship tournament in Seoul, South Korea.

McGuire, who catches, went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs in the 6-2 victory as USA avenged a 1-0 extra-inning loss to Canada earlier in the tournament. It was the first world champion-ship for the 18U national team since 1999.

The Kentwood senior missed the first week of school to play with the national team.

PREPS ON DECK FOR SEPT. 14-18Sept. 14FOOTBALL Tahoma at Auburn Riverside, 7 p.m.

Kentwood at Mt. Rainier at 5 p.m.

Puyallup at Kentlake at 7 p.m. at French Field.

Kentridge at Auburn at 7 p.m.

Sept. 18GIRLS SOCCER Kentlake at Auburn, 7:30 p.m.

Kentwood at Thomas Jefferson, 5:30 p.m.

Tahoma at Kent Meridian, 7:30 at French Field

BOYS GOLF Tahoma at Kentridge, 3:15 p.m.

Kentlake at Kentwood, 3:15 p.m.

GIRLS GOLFKentridge at Tahoma, 3:15 p.m.

Kentwood at Kentlake, 3:15 p.m.

BOYS TENNISAll matches start at 3:30 p.m.

Kentlake at Kent-Meridian

Kentridge at Kentwood

Mt. Rainier at Tahoma

Sept. 19VOLLEYBALLMatches start at 7:15 p.m.

Mt. Rainier at Kentwood

Auburn at Kent-Meridian

Tahoma at Kentridge

Jefferson at Kentlake

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Staff of the MultiCare Maple Valley clinic got a glimpse of their new professional home when it was unveiled to the community at an open house Sept. 6.

With more than 10,000 square feet of space, the clinic will

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Originally this practice was located on Kent’s East Hill and moved into Maple Valley in 2007.

Following the ribbon cutting, Karen Graham, director of op-erations in South King County for MultiCare, said it had been quite a journey to get to the opening of the new clinic in Maple Valley Town Square in Four Corners.

“This has been a five-year endeavor for us,” Graham said. “This has been very exciting for us.”

Graham said it was important for the staff that the design of the clinic, inside and out, was natural, welcoming for all

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David Cline, a doctor who has practiced in this clinic for more than decade, said the larger space will allow the physicians and nurse practitioners who work there to do more as well as better serve the community.

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“The main thing we wanted to do was make it family friendly,” said Hugh Kodama, administra-tor of MultiCare facilities in South King County. “This is a growing area, we need provid-ers, especially pediatrics.”

There will be room for six pro-viders, while the old clinic had three, along with 14 other staff.

Physicians won’t have offices, Kodama said, instead they will work at desks in large cubicles separated by glass walls in the center of the clinic under sky-

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Hours at the clinic will be longer. Monday through Friday hours will be 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., with that eventually extended to 7 p.m., as well as 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays.

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