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Today, Wednesday, should bring cloudy skies and a chance of rain, with daytime high temperatures near 50. Tonight looks much the same, with temperatures in the upper 30s. Tomorrow is a repeat, but maybe a bit cooler.

The month of December brought a series of early deadlines at the offi ces of The Courier-Herald, with papers produced on Friday rather than the traditional Monday. January brings things back to normal – but just in time for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, which means early deadlines for the issue of Jan. 18. Everything will be moved up one day in advance of the MLK holiday.

By Dennis Box

The State Court of Appeals has reversed a ruling from the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board concerning the two master planned developments intended for Black Diamond.

The Kirkland-based YarrowBay company hopes to develop The Villages and Lawson Hills, a plan that could eventually add thousands of homes to the small town.

The Court of Appeals ruled Dec. 27 the Hearings Board did not have jurisdiction in the case involving the two ordinances used to approve the master planned developments. The board had ruled Feb. 15 the city used an incorrect process when approving the mas-ter planned development ordinances. The board sent the ordinances back to the city for compliance with Growth Management Act.

The citizen group Toward Responsible Development had challenged the city-approved ordinances in Superior Court and to the Hearings Board. The board ruling was appealed by YarrowBay and sent to Superior Court, but the parties agreed to a direct review by the state Court of Appeals, bypassing the lower court. The appeals court agreed to hear the case and the attorneys for the parties presented their arguments Nov. 1.

The opening paragraph of the Dec. 27 Court of Appeals ruling stated, “The Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board lacked jurisdic-tion to review the 2010 ordinances enacted by the City of Black Diamond approving the master plan develop-ment permits for YarrowBay. We reverse.”

The issue addressed by the appeals court centers on whether the ordinances were project permits or

Court reverses ruling on BD developments

By Kevin HansonEditor

Those who use the Enumclaw Transfer Station to get rid of recyclables will have to find other options beginning Feb. 1.

The county’s Solid Waste Division has announced it will shut down the recycling operation at Enumclaw and three other facilities. The step is being taken for two reasons: first, to save money; also, the county points out nearly all county resi-dents have recyclables picked up as part of their normal garbage-disposal service.

Until Feb. 1, Enumclaw’s transfer sta-tion on Battersby Avenue will continue to accept – without charge – aluminum cans, cardboard, glass bottles and jars, mixed paper, newspaper, plastic bottles and jugs and tin cans.

Information provided by the county states the recycling effort at transfer sta-tions “unnecessarily duplicates a service that is already available to 99 percent of King County resident through curbside collection.”

The curbside model, it is stated, is respon-sible for the collection of more than 115,000 tons of recyclables annually throughout the county; recyclables taken to transfer sta-tions total about 4,000 tons.

Those wanting to continue hauling their own recyclables are being given a list of six options. The closest of the six is nearly 16 miles away in Auburn while the longest trip is the 24-mile jaunt to a facility in Kent. After Feb. 1, recyclables taken to the Enumclaw transfer station will be treated as trash and a fee will be collected for their disposal.

Recycling option ending at four King County sites

The Villages and Lawson Hills master plan devel-opments in Black Diamond are forming citizen com-mittees to examine water quality issues and potential impacts on Green Valley Road.

Each MPD requires the formation and use of three community committees: one for noise issues; one for water quality issues; and one for Green Valley Road issues. The water quality and Green Valley Road com-mittees will form this month and will jointly review

Committees formto study impacts

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SEE RULING, PAGE 4

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Some Christmas stories are better than others.

And Enumclaw residents Beau and Liz Chevassus now have one of the great holi-day tales to tell.

It starts on a sad note, as the Scandia Avenue couple had five holiday packages stolen from their doorstep – an increasing-ly common crime during these economi-cally-challenging times. Making matters worse, they’re not alone; others in their neighborhood have experienced the loss of holiday gifts from brazen thieves.

But Beau Chevassus took matters into his own hands. He first put a “dummy package” on his steps, in clear view; then, the professional videographer turned on a camera he had installed; and, finally, he waited.

The night of Dec. 23, thieves struck and Chevassus was ready – almost ready.

“I was able to run after the fellow, while dialing 911, in my clown-like, fuzzy slip-pers, with my 130DB (decibel) motion detector alarm blaring,” he wrote in an e-mail.

“I caught the fellow on film, taking the package, which I have so graciously posted on YouTube with extremely dry-humored commentary.”

Having packages – particularly Christmas presents - stolen from one’s property brings feelings of being violated, but there’s a happy ending to this holiday story. Chevassus encourages victims of such thefts to first contact police, but next notify sellers and tell the story behind missing packages. In his case, 100 percent of his gifts were replaced, free of charge, some even including two-day shipping.

“There are some kind souls in the world still, and our Christmas is that much bet-ter knowing that a thief will never show his face around our neighborhood again,” Chevassus wrote.

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ASSAULT: Police and paramed-ics responded the evening of Dec. 27 to a D Street address, following a report of an assault that had just occurred. The reporting party was taken into custody for mali-cious mischief and fourth-degree assault. The suspect was checked by medics, transported to the police station and booked.

THEFT FROM AUTO: Police were told Dec. 26 items had been stolen from a vehicle parked on Griffin Avenue. Taken were a handgun and a wallet containing identification and credit cards.

ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING: Police responded to St. Elizabeth Hospital at 5:11 a.m. Dec. 25 after hearing of a patient with a gun-shot wound to the finger. It was determined to be an accidental shooting.

ASSAULT: A man reportedly assaulted an employee at a Jensen Street facility the evening of Dec. 25, prompting a police response. The patient was transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital and an officer determined to assault occurred.

ARREST WARRANTS: An offi-cer responded to Four Corners the

morning of Dec. 24 to meet with a Kent Police Department off i-cer and pick up a subject with three Enumclaw Municipal Court warrants. The subject was trans-ported to the Enumclaw police station and booked. On Dec. 27, a routine traff ic stop turned up a suspect wanted on a Federal Way warrant; the individual was transported to meet with Federal Way police. He also was cited for driving without a license.

TWO CHARGED: A traffic stop shortly after midnight Dec. 23 resulted in the driver arrested for driving under the influence and a passenger arrested for fur-nishing alcohol to a minor. Both were taken to the police station for booking.

UNWANTED GUEST: A Marshall Avenue resident called police at 3:11 a.m. Dec. 23, reporting that a woman she knows was banging on her door and windows. The resident did not know what the visitor wanted but, due to the late hour, was unwilling to let her in. The visitor told police she had been assaulted in Tacoma but declined medical assistance and

did not want to report the assault to authorities.

DISTURBANCE: A citizen told police Dec. 23 a female had kicked his car, causing damage. An offi-cer responded and determined the man had nearly run into the female pedestrian while driving recklessly in a parking lot. Both were counseled and released.

DOMESTIC DISPUTE: Police responded Dec. 22 to a domes-tic dispute in the vicinity of Initial Avenue and Railroad Street. A man alleged he was hit by a car driven by his girlfriend and denied medical assistance. Investigation revealed the dispute was verbal only.

FAMILY TROUBLE: A woman called police Dec. 22, advising her had kicked her son out of the home and was concerned that he would return. An officer advised that no crime had been commit-ted, but to call police should the son return.

CRIMINAL ATTEMPT: Police attempted to locate a man Dec. 22 who had attempted to steal a package from a Scandia Avenue home. The resident told officers it was a “dummy package” and he had the incident on video tape. He was to contact police if he could improve the quality of the image. A search of the neighborhood did not turn up a suspect.

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By Brenda SextonStaff Writer

According to the American Heart Association, cardio-pulmonary resuscitation provided immediately after sudden cardiac arrest can double or triple a victim’s chance of survival, but only 32 percent of cardiac arrest victims get CPR from a bystander.

The Enumclaw Fire Department wants to improve the chances of sur-vival for those who live on the Plateau by offering free CPR and First Aid classes.

“Every person I’ve ever done CPR on, and has made it, had citizen CPR started first,” said firefighter and EMT Ryan Rodenberg, who will be teaching the Enumclaw classes.

King County 28 was able to send Rodenberg, a former middle school and special edu-cation teacher, to training so the department can offer the classes on a monthly basis.

The first class, a CPR and First Aid combination, will be offered from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 14. The second class, CPR only, will be offered from 6 to 10 p.m. Jan. 26.

According to the AHA, 70 percent of Americans may feel helpless to act during a car-

diac emergency because they either do not know how to administer CPR or their train-ing has lapsed and 80 percent of cardiac arrests occur in the home.

“Chances are you’ll be saving someone you love who lives in your house,” Rodenberg said.

Sudden cardiac arrest is not the same as a heart attack. Sudden cardiac arrest occurs when electri-cal impulses in the heart become rapid or chaotic which causes the heart to suddenly stop beating. A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to the part of the heart muscle is blocked. A heart attack may cause cardiac arrest.

“King County is one of the best places in the world to have a heart attack, because so many people are trained in CPR,” Rodenberg said.

Classes are limited to 12 and will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis.

Those interested in partici-pating are asked to stop by the station, 1330 Wells St., to register. For information or a list of future classes, call the station at 360-825-5544 or visit the website at kcfd28.org.

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Thursday morning, Kiwanis Food Bank Assistant Director Vicky Stratton was sifting through food outside their Cole Street doors.

It was the third time during the past two months some-one has left a donation of perishable food during the night – food that has gone bad by morning.

“If they would just make arrangements we could take it,” Stratton said. “We don’t know where it’s coming from so we can’t use it.”

The food bank works under strict regulations and organizers need to know where donations originate and perishables, like the cottage cheese and milk dropped off, need to be refrigerated.

“It’s too bad, we used 36,000 pounds of food in November,” Stratton said, adding that 1,090 people were helped during that time.

“And more and more each month,” she said.Stratton said she searched the boxes for a hint toward a

donor, with no luck. She believes the donations are being dropped off between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m.

Stratton is grateful for the donations, she just needs the donor to contact the food bank at 360-825-6188 to make arrangements for drop-off so someone can accept and properly store the items. Or, donors can stop in dur-ing regular hours, 9 and 11:45 a.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

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HowMuch LoveWe Put into GivingBy Britt NelsonDirector,Plateau Outreach Ministries

Each year Plateau Outreach Ministries, in partnership with the Courier Herald, runs stories about our Neighbors in Need. We hope that these stories help give a picture of the need we have here in our own community as people struggle to make ends meet. This year we have seen more and more families needing food, clothing and shelter. We have also seen the generosity of this community rise to meet the challenge!

We are thankful to so many! We have had a tremendous response throughout the community from children bringing the few dollars they have, to families making a Christmas gift, to businesses sharing their success. “It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” I am inspired by this quote from Mother Teresa, as I have seen the love poured out by our community. The phrase that was repeated as people brought in donations was, “Do you have a family that could use a little help?” We are so grateful for the love and care expressed by so many.

We want to extend a very heartfelt THANK YOU to the many, many people who donated to our Neighbors in Need. This year, in addition to the many names you see below, are many more who wish to remain anonymous. Thank you all for enabling us to continue providing help within our own community!

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both The Villages and Lawson Hills. The noise committee will form when MPD construction starts.

Anyone interested in being appoint-ed to the Water Quality Committee can meet from 6:30 to 7:30 tonight,

Wednesday, in the Black Diamond Elementary School gymnasium.

Those interested in appointed to the Green Valley Road Committee will meet from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, also in the Black Diamond Elementary gymnasium.

Organizers said they understand the meeting falls on the same day as the first 2012 meeting of the Planning

Commission, so the intent is to wrap up the agenda in 30 minutes to allow for attendance at both meetings.

Each committee will includes two YarrowBay representatives, one repre-sentative from the city and two rep-resentatives from the community, all of whom will have a vote. Additional community participation is welcome and encouraged.

amendments to the city’s comprehen-sive plan or development regulations, which is under the jurisdiction of the board. The court ruled the ordi-nances were project permits, stating, “We hold the 2010 MPD ordinances adopted by Black Diamond were project permit approvals. The Board lacked jurisdiction to review these permits.”

The two ordinances support-ing YarrowBay were unanimous-ly approved by members of the Black Diamond City Council in September 2010. Toward Responsible Development then filed its challeng-es.

“It was good to see the court of appeals pronounce our process as legal,” Black Diamond Mayor Rebecca Olness said by phone Dec 27. “I always believed we had done this right and

followed our code. I have the utmost confidence in our staff and city attor-ney and I am thrilled the court of appeals recognizes this.”

David Bricklin, the Seattle attor-ney representing Toward Responsible Development, said the group will soon decide whether to ask for a review by the appeals court or petition the state Supreme Court. A motion for review by the appeals court must be filed in 20 days and a petition for review must be filed in 30 days to the Supreme Court.

Bricklin said the ruling was “not the end of the line. This is like a game of Chutes and Ladders and we are going to start back up.”

Mike Kenyon, from the Issaquah firm Kenyon Disend that provides city attorney services for Black Diamond, wrote in an e-mail, “From the City Attorney’s perspective, it’s gratify-ing to see that the Court of Appeals agrees with the public policy set forth by the Black Diamond City Council

that the MPD permits are, in fact, per-mits. The Growth Board’s erroneous ruling here was just another example of the Growth Board’s impermissible intrusion into an area that is properly the role and function of elected city officials. The Growth Board is not some form of ‘super city council’ and it does not set public policy within the Black Diamond city limits (or any other city limits). The City Council is charged with that responsibility, and did so here by unanimous vote after a lengthy and comprehensive process. The Court of Appeals recognized that, and understandably reversed the Growth Board’s decision.”

Brian Ross, CEO of YarrowBay wrote in an e-mail, “This Court of Appeals decision confirms what we’ve been saying all along – we’re doing it right, we’re following code and most of all, we’re excited to continue mov-ing forward to work with the city and the citizens to implement our MPDs.”

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VFW appreciates all the community support

The Enumclaw VFW post greatly appreciates the generosity of Plateau residents during our November Buddy Poppy Campaign. We are always amazed at the generous giving of our neighbors, especially during these tough financial times.

We are often asked what the con-tributions are used for. The funds

we collect during our spring and fall Poppy Campaigns can only be used to assist veterans, active military and the families of both; and to promote patriotism (the flags and brochures we give out, as an example). None of the funds are used to operate the post.

Some examples of these programs are: Providing cash grants to vet-erans in need; sending Christmas packages to our overseas troops; providing Christmas baskets to local needy veterans and/or their fami-lies; contributing cash and materials to Fisher House (housing for fami-

lies of active duty military in local medical facilities) and Compass House (a program to get homeless vets off the streets), and providing a Christmas dinner and gifts to mili-tary and their families in the Fort Lewis Warrior Transition Battalion who are unable to go home for the holidays (The WTB is composed of active duty members undergoing medical rehabilitation from combat wounds).

Again, thank you to all who so gen-erously gave.

Elbert Reed, quartermasterVFW Post 1949

Did you hear? Did you hear? The end is nigh. It’s 2012, don’t you know?

Less than a year from now, on Dec. 21, the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar ends. Ends, I tell you! Only 353 more shopping days to accumulate gold or debt, depending on how you think that last day will pan out.

What does it mean? The apocalypse? A new dawn of spiritual ascension for man? That the Mayans thought

they had a few spare centuries of goofing off before organizing anoth-er 5,125-year cal-endar?

I think we can safely rule out the world ending; if that were accurate,

the date would be Nov. 6, the world promptly implod-ing under the weight of a collective nervous breakdown following the quadrennial B.S. Olympics.

If you think about it, the end times are a sweet cara-mel dream for debt-racked governments at all levels: countless accounts payable gone in one fell swoop. If Guinness were still around after curtains down, it might issue a record for Most Generous Default Agreement: all debts forgiven in exchange for the com-plete extinction of humanity. Take that, China! You didn’t think we’d weasel our way out of that one, did you? That’s why we’re red, white and blue, and you’re just red.

But if you do believe the end is coming, and you want to do something silly like survive it, here are some tips for preparing yourself during the coming year:

thought into this than I have.

you’ll be able to buy bread in a store if it’s surrounded by a lake of fire? Hopefully, in the valley, there’s still

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Some good advice for the end times

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Local Boy Scouts gathered for this 1949 group photograph. The site was the Boy Scout Hall, sitting behind the train station on what is now Railroad Avenue.Photo provided by Gene Hartjoy

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During the first few days of a new year, it’s customary for newspaper financial and editorial columnists to make fiscal and political predictions for the coming months. Such specula-tion usually proves to be woefully off base. Even successful business tycoons and scientists, who have attempted to forecast the future within their own fields of expertise – people like Bill Gates – have frequently missed the boat.

Nonetheless, poor odds of success have rarely stopped this bumbling writer from plunging blindly into risky arenas, as evidenced from my choice of “games” at the Muckleshoot casino. So, with apologies, I offer my predictions for 2012.

People will quit looking for work because they’ll realize work isn’t any fun, anyway.

A dust-storm will bury Phoenix under 5 feet of dirt and, except for people who have immediate family

living there, no one will even know it’s gone.

will schedule a debate every other day until the summer convention.

A Catholic nun will sue Herman Cain for sexual harassment.

Toby and Annie Larson will win the $230 million dollar Powerball jackpot. They’ll buy a new lawnmower and give the rest away.

The Supreme Court will declare Obamacare is constitutional, but his presidency isn’t.

A complete international collapse of

the Internet will destroy all the finan-cial records in U.S. banks. Al-Qaeda claims responsibility, but a govern-ment investigation reveals that Bank of America actually instigated the crash because it wanted to start over with a clean slate.

The Wall Street Exchange will go into such a sharp, downhill slide, the New York Times will list my stock in the obits section.

A woman in Mississippi sees the face of the Virgin Mary in the bark of a 800-year-old oak, but her discovery is short lived because an anarchist cuts the tree down.

An NBC investigative reporter will discover that Iran’s holiest cleric has the world’s largest collection of por-nography.

Obama wins re-election by default.

who to run against him.

Wild guesses might happen

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Wally’s World

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During an inter-collegiate track meet between the vaunted Cambridge University and their star speed-ster Harold Abrahams and St. Andrews with Eric Liddell, the f ly-ing Scotsman, the ten-sion is high. Abrahams is obsessed with win-ning for his own status and glory. Liddell, who will eventually go on to a life of sacrificial service as a missionary to China, uses his running to glo-rify God. When the two finally meet in a head-to-head race in 1930, Liddell beats Abrahams, who

sinks into a deep despair and low self-image. He hires a coach named Sam Mussabini who analyzes his running style and that race in particular. The reason he lost to Liddell, according to Mussabini, was that Abrahams, ahead by a step approaching the tape, turns his head to

the side to see where Liddell is. That slight movement – that hesi-tation – was all it took for him to lose the race.

I think of that lesson as I approach the end of yet another year. I feel like I am running strong, yet my natu-

ral inclination is to look back and see who or what might be sneaking up on my side. As a Christian, I realize it is important to learn from the past but not to dwell on it. In the race called faith, it is so much more important to look ahead and to keep one’s eye on the finish line and the prize that awaits.

I know people who are immobilized by the fail-ures, disappointments and hardships of the past. But I also know those who seem to focus on their past accomplishments, victo-ries and laurels as means of validating their value or importance. Both of these backward-looking styles are fruitless. You can’t go back and change what

has happened or what you have done – whether it was for good or bad, shame or fame. All you can do is look ahead.

In the New Testament, Paul (formerly known as Saul) had accomplished a great deal as a zealous, religious Jew. His “pedi-gree” was spotless and his accomplishments matched it. But later in his life, he had learned an important lesson about life. He wrote these words to the Christians in Philippi: “forgetting what lies behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 3:13, 14). The rest, he says, he counts as “loss” and is nothing really more than refuse to be thrown away into the trash (vss. 7-11).

What has your 2011 been like? If it has in any way paralleled mine, it has been a mixture of great accomplishments and major disappointments; profound joys and deep

sorrows; some fulfilled and some unfulfilled expectations. I can’t go back and change any of that. Looking back would cause me to lose a step and be defeated like Harold Abrahams was. However, looking ahead and focus-ing on the new year with all its great opportunities, joys, adventures, relation-ships and opportunities helps me keep stride.

Whoever wrote the book of Hebrews (and it is open to no small amount of debate) was very wise when he wrote “…let us throw off everything that hinders us and the sin that so easily entangles us and let us run the race set before us with per-severance, keeping our eyes focused on Jesus, the author and perfector of our faith…” (Hebrews 12:1, 2).

The 1929 Rose Bowl was perhaps the most famous college bowl game (or infamous) ever played. The Cal Bears were play-ing the Georgia Tech Bulldogs. In the first half,

Roy Reigels of the Bears ran a recovered football all the way back to his own team’s goal line, ultimate-ly resulting in a two-point safety for the Bulldogs and the one-point edge they would need to eventually win the game.

At halftime, Reigels, naturally distraught, sat by himself and had to be talked into returning to the field for the second half. Coach Howard Jones reminded him there was an entire second half to play. Reigels played an amazing second half, even though his team ended up losing 8-7. The point is that there is always a second half, the remain-der of the race, another year, a second chance and a fresh new opportunity to accomplish something great. I pray that you will see 2012 as a year to strain forward toward the prize. Don’t look back. Keep moving ahead with faith, determination and effort and you will be rewarded.

May you have a happy and blessed New Year.

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Pastor: Fred DavisAssoc. Pastor: Cindy Ehlke

Youth Dir.: Ben Auger1725 Porter St., Enumclaw

360-825-3820www.calvarypreschurch.org56

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“A Joyful Family Centered in Christ”

Saturday Night Worship 7 pmSunday Morning Worship 9:30 am

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Adventist ChurchSaturday Morning Worship

9:30 and 11:00 am3333 Griffin Ave.

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Trinity Lutheran Church

Sunday Worship 8∫30am Traditional

10∫30am Contemporary

Church 360.825.6561 Preschool 360.825.6522

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(360) 825-2420

Worship Services

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Sacred HeartCatholic Church

5 pm9am, 11am, 1 pm

Saturday at 3:30 pm

360-825-2333

1614 Farrelly St., Enumclaw 360-825-3759

Rev. Anthony DavisMathew Weisbeck Moiya Callahan

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Sunday ServicesBible Classes for all ages ..................................................................................9:30amMorning Worship ............................................................................................11:00amSunday Evening Bible Classes .............................................................5:30-7:00pm

Wednesday ServicesPrayer/Bible Study ............................................................................................6:30pmWorship Teams ..................................................................................................7:30pm

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OBITUARIES

JEANNE THRASHERVerna “Jeanne” Thrasher, 82, died Dec.

13, 2011.She was born Jan. 8, 1929, in North

Platte, Neb., to Ruby I. (Thompson) and Henry V. Graham. She married Arthur “Pinky” Thrasher on Sept. 26, 1948, and lived in Enumclaw since 1970. She was a homemaker who loved cooking and baking for her family and friends. She enjoyed a glass of wine, playing golf and bridge and volunteering for the Children’s Hospital Guild. She attended Calvary Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by daughter Kelly Van Curen and her husband Robert of Enumclaw; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her hus-band of 61 years Arthur Thrasher on Dec. 29, 2010, and sisters Phyllis Strom and Shirley Wiersma.

A memorial service is planned for 1 p.m. today, Wednesday, Jan. 4, at Calvary Presbyterian Church.

Memorials may be made to Children’s Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 50020, Seattle, 98145-2020.

Arrangements are by Weeks’ Enumclaw Funeral Home. All are invited to sign the online guest book at www.weeksfuneral-homes.com.

ALBERT CHABOTFormer Enumclaw resident Albert Carey

“Big Al” Chabot died Dec. 26, 2011, at the age of 62.

He was born Feb. 3, 1949, in Harlingen, Texas. He retired from The Boeing Co., where he worked as a machinist for 25 years. Nothing made him more proud than his children and his grand-children.

He is survived by his mother Connie (Jensen) Hill; father Wayne Chabot; sons Sean Chabot and wife Michelle, Gareth Chabot and wife Susie and Terrance Chabot and wife Jaclyn; daughters Amy Coville and husband Ray

and Anna Starkel and husband Josh; five brothers; two sisters; and 13 grandchil-dren.

He was preceded in death by grandson Jaron Osborn.

A memorial service is planned for 2 p.m. today, Wednesday, Jan. 4, at Weeks’ Funeral Home in Buckley. All are invited to sign the online guest book at www.weeksfunerahomes.com.

MARK SPENCEEnumclaw resident Mark Alan Spence, 56,

died Dec. 16, 2011.He was born July 5, 1955, in Albuquerque,

N.M., to Richard and Dixie (Owens) Spence. He graduated from Gunn High School in Palo Alto, Calif., moved to the Plateau in the early 1980s and retired from Boeing as a systems admin-istrator. He loved spend-ing time with his children. Some of his other interests were reading, woodwork-ing, boating and playing with his dog Rocky.

He is survived by son Patrick Spence; daughter Samantha O’Grady and her hus-band Shawn; sister Kathy Spence; and his parents.

He was preceded in death by his brother Patrick Spence in 1965.

A memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at Weeks’ Funeral Home in Buckley.

Memorials are suggested to Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, P.O. Box 19023, Seattle, 98109 or www.seattlecca.org.

Arrangements are by Weeks’ Enumclaw Funeral Home. All are invited to sign the online guest book at www.weeksfuneral-homes.com.

CHESTER ANGLEMYERChester Anglemyer died Dec. 19, 2011.He was born March 7, 1921, in Humboldt,

Saskatoon, Canada, the 11th of 13 children. He moved to Renton, Wash., with his par-ents at the age of 9. He worked at Boeing and 33 years for the phone company, retir-ing Jan. 28, 1982. He married Ruth Lievense on Jan. 22, 1944.

He is survived by his wife Ruth and son Dick Anglemyer of Enumclaw; four grand-children and seven great-grandchildren.

A son, Don, died in 1999 at the age of 51.Private interment is planned at

Greenwood Cemetery in Renton. There will be no memorial service. Celebration of life information will follow, tentatively in January 2012.

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SUNDAY WORSHIP:

WEDNESDAY WORSHIP:

Morning Bible Classes .............9:30 a.m.Morning Worship ....................10:30 a.m.Evening Worship .......................6:30 p.m.Evening Bible Classes ..............7:00p.m.

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Jenney Smith has been on the job as Buckley’s youth activities coordinator for less than a month and she has put together a foos-ball table donated by REI and met a number of the teens and tweens who wander through the River Avenue center’s doors daily.

In these tough economic times, the 2004 White River High School graduate who grew up in the city, said she is glad the youth cen-ter hasn’t had to close those doors.

“Keeping the youth center open is really important,” Smith said.

But with the city of Buckley’s 2012 budget report outlining a 25 percent cut for the youth center, Smith will spend some of her time trying to get grants and donations to keep things running smooth.

Between 15 and 20 youth stop by the center daily. Smith would like to see those numbers and its programs grow.

In addition to its after-school activities, the center bustles with daily activity. It houses the Village Tutors program, White River Community Outreach, Auburn Youth Resources substance abuse classes and Play-Dayz preschool. The facility is also available for groups to rent.

For the new year, the youth center will offer its popular drop-in program from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, drop-ping Saturday from the schedule. Smith plans to keep kids at the center busy with sci-ence experiments, craft projects, holiday and birthday celebrations, a book club and Friday movie nights. She’s trying to round up a Wii or Xbox donation to satisfy the kids’ request to play Guitar Hero and other video games.

Also on her list, if there was interest, would be finding a volunteer to provide music les-sons.

Sm it h e a r n e d her bachelors degree in social welfare from the University of Washington-Tacoma in 2010 and was working at Enumclaw’s Starbucks and volunteering at the center while searching for a job in the field.

She officially started Dec. 13. She replaces Will Foster, who is playing basketball with the NBA D-League Idaho Stampede. Foster in turn filled a vacancy left by Ellen Boyd, who took over the leadership position as the city’s Recreation Services Director and as the senior center leader after Jennifer Bacon left.

Boyd opened the center in 2008.Smith said Buckley’s part-time youth cen-

ter position is a perfect fit. It dovetails into her job with Starbucks; it lets her draw on the skills she learned during her internship at Remann Hall Juvenile Detention Center and, “it’s close to home,” she said, mentioning the house she purchased down the street.

Smith sees mostly middle school-age kids using the facility, and more and more are bringing younger siblings with them.

Buckley’s youth center runs on a shoe-string budget, relying heavily on donations.

Smith said she is grateful for the food bank’s contributions that keep hungry teens snacking, and the free lunch program offered to anyone under 18 during school breaks and summer vacation.

When spring rolls around, Smith plans to move programs outside, but she also is try-ing to schedule what kids want. During nice weather, the skate park draws a lot of youth.

“I’d really like to know what the kids want,” she said.

Buckley welcomes youth leaderJenney Smithhas big plans for the Buckley Youth Center now that she’s its activities coordinator. Photo by Brenda

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Community ClickThe Enumclaw Courier-Herald www.courierherald.com Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Keep Them ComingThe Courier-Herald features the

issue of each month. Community Click is a look at life in the

by readers. To submit a photo for Community Click, e-mail it to [email protected] or call 360-802-8205.

VFW Winners“What is an American?” was the essay theme the VFW asked elementary students to write about last fall. Commander Mike Miller, left, and Junior Vice Commander Ralph Henry from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Maple Valley/Black Diamond Post No. 5052, presented the awards to the top six students at Black DiamondElementary for their winning essays. During a school assembly Dec. 16 the six students received a certifi cate and a check from the VFW commanders. Awardwinning students are, left to right, front row, Max Hesselgesser, Tristan Thomson, Zane Eilers, Jensen Davis, Gabriel Noel and, back row, Kristeena Thacker. All are fi fth-grade students at Black Diamond Elementary, except Eilers who is a third-grade student. Hesselgesser and Davis received fi rst-place awards and read their essays to the audience of students, staff and parents at the assembly. Davis represented Post 5052 at a regional competition, where he placed third.Photo by Johna Thomson.

David Le Margie took this picture of the beautiful Enumclaw sunset Dec. 13.

Cindy Lou Who that’s who. The 4-H Cloverleaf club won Best Cindy Lou-Who in the contest hosted as part of the Enumclaw Christmas parade. Information provided with the photograph noted the club baked the judges’ cookies. Photo by Liz Perry.

The Enumclaw Garden Club

members shared their

talent with those who

gather at the Enumclaw

Senior Activity Center by

decorating a Christmas

tree Dec. 1 for all to enjoy.

Garden Club members also

provided the tree.

Plateau Sunset

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Deck the Halls

Enumclaw-based

photographer Nancy

Clendaniel sent this picture

she snapped from her Plateau

neighborhood near Mount

Peak. The decorated outdoor

tree was a bright addition to

the season. “What a beautiful

town we live in,” Nancy e-

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Four generations gathered recently for this family photograph. From left are great-grandmother Deborah Wells; granddaughter Alana Chynoweth; granddaughter Alexandra Chynoweth; grand-father Anthony Chynoweth, holding 3-month-old Evelyn Grace, daughter of Alexandra; grandmother Regina Chynoweth; and great-grandmother Regina Adams. Photo courtesy Deborah Wells.

Twice the family and friends at Hill 50th anniversary

Buckley residents Earl and Gladys Hill celebrated their 50th wedding anni-versary in recent months not just once, but twice. They first welcomed friends and family from the local area and Canada Sept. 10, 2011, to the Buckley Hall for an afternoon event hosted by their three daughters and stepsons Diahn and Stan Boline, Darla and Neil Sautter and Dana and Chris Gates. A second celebration came Nov. 12 at Arizona Traditions in Surprise, Ariz., the retirement community they enjoy for more than half the year. It was attended by their daughters and their husbands, some of their grand-children and numerous friends in that area.

The couple married Nov. 25, 1961, in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada and emigrated to Washington state in 1964. Earl, a former Buckley mayor and retired banker, was a recent gold medalist in his age bracket at a national pickleball tournament. Gladys, also retired from the banking industry, remains active playing golf, a sport she has enjoyed for more than 25 years. They enjoy spend-ing time with their daughters and their spouses and their 12 grandchildren.

Larsons celebrate golden anniversaryBob and Donna Larson celebrated their 50th wedding

anniversary Dec. 17, 2011, in Enumclaw.The couple were married in 1961 in Olympia by the Rev.

Teddy Turner.Bob Larson worked as a forester for the state Department

of Natural Resources.They have four children, 10 grandchildren and eight

great-grandchildren.The Garden Club, winemaking, woodworking, travel

and genealogy are a few of their hobbies.

Four Generations

Collins share 50 years of wedded blissHoward and Esther Mae Collins celebrated their 50th

wedding anniversary Dec. 11, 2011. They were married Dec. 8, 1961, and celebrated in

the activity center at Living Court Assisted Living Community.

The couple have spent most of their 50 years living in Enumclaw, now in their fourth residence in town. They have raised five children and have eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

BIRTHSSt. Elizabeth Hospital

A boy, Nolan Robert Haney, born Dec. 11, 2011, to Kristin and Andrew Haney of Buckley.

A girl, Adaline Monroe Monaco, born Dec. 21, 2011, to Sarah and Benjamin Monaco of Enumclaw.

A girl, Jaelynn Kristine Marie Reimers, born Dec. 23, 2011, to Kali Roberts and David Reimers of Tacoma.

Enumclaw Chamber to install officers

The Enumclaw Chamber of Commerce will host its installation dinner Jan. 19 at the Enumclaw High School library.

Social networking begins at 5, followed by dinner at 6. A short conversation about building a strong vision for chamber organizations and businesses begins at 6:30 p.m. Board member instal-lation will take place at 7:15 p.m.

Tickets are $30 and include a copy of the book “Vision” by Dan Zadra. The cost will be $40 at the door. Tickets can be purchased online at www.enumclaw-chamber.com.

Those attending are asked to RSVP by Jan. 13 to cham-ber director Kelvin Schipper at 360-825-7666 or [email protected].

Chorale starts spring rehearsals

The Cascade Foothills Chorale will host its first rehearsal for its spring con-cert at 7 p.m. Jan. 12 in the Enumclaw High School choir room.

The choir is a non-audi-tion community choir, open to all adults, and open to teens age 16 years old and older with parental permis-sion. The chorale does have minimal dues.

The spring concert will be May 19 and 20.

Buckley library offers classes

Free classes are coming to the Pierce County Library System during January and February. Those coming to the Buckley library are:

Beginners, Thursday and Feb. 2.

Jan. 12 and Feb. 9

19 and Feb. 16.

and Feb. 23.All classes are offered

from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.The Buckley library is at

123 S. River Ave. and can be reached at 253-548-3310 or 360-829-0300.

As cities look to contain costs, the price of housing

prisoners may be weighing down

the budget


Since incorporating in 1889, Buckley has had a way to deal with criminals.

Stashed in a city storage shed off Main Street is the city’s first jail, if you want to call it that: a large, heavy ball and chain – the kind you see in old cartoons – that was fastened to a prisoner’s leg to weigh him down if he tried to escape.

Since those early days, Buckley’s jail has grown with the city and Buckley has become a place where many of the sur-rounding towns house their criminals, including Bonney Lake and, to a lesser extent, Sumner.

In good years, the jail operated as a revenue-generator for the small city, which is restrained by a small commercial tax base and a lack of large housing development proposals.

But as revenue in surrounding cit-ies declines and competitive detention enterprises are built, the jail in Buckley is beginning to become the ball and chain around the city’s ankle.

“The city of Buckley needs to des-perately land a large guaranteed bed space contract to hit a break-even point or operate in the black,” Buckley Police Chief Jim Arsanto said.

Under state law, each city must find a way to deal with its prison population and the cities of east Pierce County and the Plateau all have their own strategies and reasons for housing prisoners.

Sumner and Bonney Lake have opted not to have a jail, instead contracting with surrounding cities to house their pr i soners , while Buckley and Enumclaw each have

jails.For cities with jails, having a facility in

town can mean convenience or

revenue – or both – while

the cities who choose to contract out for ser-vices do so to save money on a facility and staff

and avoid the hassles of

housing pris-oners.“We have

other options,” Bonney Lake Police

Chief Dana Powers said. “Buckley’s less than five min-

u t e s away. Puyallup is not very far away. Enumclaw is not very far away. Why add one more?”

Each of the cities in The Courier-Herald’s coverage area have different policies and reasons for housing prisoners.

BUCKLEYFounded during Washington’s territorial period, Buckley

has long housed its own prisoners. Today, the facility con-tains 28 beds and a solitary cell, as prescribed by law.

The Buckley jail, as we know it, came about in the late 1970s.

George Pecheos was police chief in Buckley at the time and the city received a federal grant to remodel its jail, a project that allowed the city to land a contract with the U.S. Marshals Service to house prisoners.

The rebuilt facility opened in June 1978.According to Arsanto, former Police Chief Arthur

“Buster” McGehee aggressively sought contracts from sur-rounding municipalities. Arsanto presently oversees 17 contracts, split into two types: guaranteed beds and on-call beds. Guaranteed contracts hold a specific number of beds for a city or organization while on-call beds are filled on a

first-come, first-served basis.The current cost for a night in the

Buckley Jail is $57 per prisoner.Through the years, the Buckley

jail grew into a profitable enterprise for the city, making enough money to cover its expenses, as well as gen-erate additional revenues primarily put back into the police department, making housing prisoners an easy choice for city officials.

“The city has actually made money,” City Administrator Dave

Schmidt said. “In actuality, what the jail has done is help support public safety.”

The city, of course, houses its prisoners in-house. But according to Arsanto, Buckley uses only four beds per night, on average, leaving 24 beds open to generate revenue through contracts.

Through this year, and after accounting for the cost of the money saved in contracts to house Buckley’s crimi-nals – estimated to be about $90,000 per year, according to Schmidt – the jail’s combined revenue and savings to the city was consistently a money-maker, with the excep-tion of 2004. At its peak, the jail brought in a profit of $177,525 in 2001, though most years the total fell below $100,000.

“Buckley jails predominantly ran full,” Arsanto said.In addition to the source of revenue, Schmidt said the jail

is a fixture in town and something of a source of pride.“It’s a part of the community,” Schmidt said. “It has some

nostalgic value to the community.”Between the money and the pride, keeping a jail in town

just made sense for Buckley.

BONNEY LAKEDown the road in Bonney Lake, the city made the oppo-

site decision: it was better to contract out criminals than attempt to take care of them in-house.

“We’re a transport city,” Powers said, adding that while Buckley is the city’s first choice, Bonney Lake also contracts with Puyallup, Fife and Enumclaw.

“We’ve never had a jail here,” Powers said. “It’s a lot of work and you get a lot of pushback from the community.”

Powers said the costs and headaches of a facility and staff to maintain it make it easier to drive the 10 miles to Buckley or one of the other jails.

“At this time we don’t have the need,” she said. “We have options.”

After apprehending a criminal for a charge like domestic

Years of popular use caused Buckley to stack its prison population in once-single cells. With the loss of contracts to Des Moines’ South End Facility, beds are opening up.

For cities with jails, having a facility can mean convenience

or revenue, while those without save money on

facilities, staff and the hassles of housing prisoners.

Are jails becoming a ball and chain?

Story by Brian BeckleyAs cities look to

contain costs, the price of housing

prisoners may be weighing down

the budget

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violence assault offenders – who, by law, have to be taken to jail – Bonney Lake police officers check with local facilities to see what space is available, starting with the closest and cheapest, just 10 minutes up state Route 410.

“We absolutely try Buckley first,” Powers said. “It’s clos-est. We want to drop them and go.”

In 2010, Bonney Lake spent $88,597 to house criminals, with $74,898 of it going to Buckley, followed by $5,720 to Puyallup, $3,025 to Enumclaw and $900 to Fife.

Bonney Lake also spent $4,054 to house criminals at Pierce County, which Powers said handles all of the city’s felony arrests.

Though she admits a jail could be a money-maker for Bonney Lake, Powers said she did not think a jail was necessary because of the contracts and cooperation with other cities, much as it does for its SWAT team and Crime Response Unit.

“It’s not using our resources in a positive way,” Powers said.

Powers also said transporting prisoners to Buckley allows Bonney Lake police to get back to patrolling the city faster. Bonney Lake has also been using a cite-and-release model, which gets officers back on the street quicker and saves the city money on bed fees.

“It’s typically a pretty quick turnaround,” she said, add-ing “I know the officers aren’t thinking about the dollars and cents.”

In addition, Powers said city Judge Ron Heslop has been offering many more offenders the option of home moni-toring, a charge passed on to the person being monitored instead of the city’s general fund.

“That’s the city of Bonney Lake’s jail, basically,” she said.

The increased use of in-home monitoring is one of the factors contributing to a decrease in the number of beds Bonney Lake requires at various facilities. And that has an impact further along state Route 410.

ENUMCLAWThings are different in Enumclaw, where the use of

resources prompts the city to maintain its own municipal jail.

According to Enumclaw Police Lt. Bob Huebler, it is eas-ier for police to book a criminal into their own facility and be done with the whole affair than to transport them else-where, taking an officer off the street during that time.

“We’re basically a self-contained area,” Huebler said.Huebler said if there was no jail in Enumclaw, officers

may have to spend up to two hours at a time transport-ing criminals to other cities in King County, like Kent’s Regional Justice Center.

Huebler said the loss of an officer to transport created a public safety, as well as a cost, issue.

The city of Enumclaw’s 25-bed jail facility is still a rev-enue generator for the city, providing more than $211,000 to the city in 2009. The mayor’s 2012 preliminary budget anticipated revenue of approximately $250,000 during 2011. That figure is expected to grow further in 2012 due to an upcoming contract in negotiation with the city of Maple Valley.

City Administrator Mike Thomas said the money col-lected from contracts helps offset the cost for the city of keeping the facility open, estimated at $600,000.

“It makes us money, but it’s not a profit center,” he said.Thomas said the revenue offsets and the transport time

are two major reasons Enumclaw maintains a facility, with the third being the ability to control the costs of housing prisoners.

“Having our own jail, we control our own destiny on the cost,” Thomas said.

SUMNERThe city of Sumner’s decision to exclude a jail facil-

ity in the city came more than 10 years ago, when the city remodeled City Hall, according to Communications Director Carmen Palmer.

Palmer said the decision was based on cost and other cities that could provide the service.

Sumner contracts with Buckley, Fife, Pierce County and Puyallup, which is its primary facility.

“Our police usually use the Puyallup jail because it is so close, making transport time very short,” Palmer said in an e-mail.

Palmer said court commits – prisoners ordered to serve time by a judge – tend to go to Buckley instead, due to the cheaper cost.

According to Palmer, Sumner booked 327 individuals into various jails for a total of 2,101 days in 2010. The total cost was $134,630, plus $1,200 in associated medical costs for those incarcerated.

But, like Bonney Lake, Sumner’s city judge Tim Jenkins has increasingly deferred to electronic home monitoring as an incarceration option, both to save money and keep the convicted person productive in society.

“This is a good option for people who have a better chance of learning from their mistakes if they can con-tinue working rather than sitting in jail and losing their job, for example,” Palmer said.

In 2010, 51 individuals served a total of 839 days with in-home monitoring at a cost to the city of $4,316.

Palmer reiterated that there are many factors other than cost in weighing jailing options. Transport time is a major consideration, as is the question that gets to the heart of American punitive justice: What is the best option to pre-vent someone from committing future crime?

“The one thing that is not on Sumner’s list for consid-eration is what’s easy,” she said. “Like anything, our goal when making service evaluations is ‘how do we provide the same or better service to our citizens for the same or less money?’”

BECOMING A BALL AND CHAINBack in Buckley, the city’s revenue-generating jail facil-

ity is not the cash cow it used to be, prompting city officials to rethink their options.

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guaranteed contracts began to disappear from Buckley.

The U.S. Marshals Service and the cities of Covington and Federal Way have all dropped their contracts with Buckley in favor of the new facility that, while more expen-sive than coming to the Plateau, saves travel time.

Joint Base Lewis-McChord also recently canceled a contract with Buckley.

The city still has contracts with other cities; primar-ily on-call beds that do not necessarily provide a con-sistent source of income.

“That’s not something you can count on as a revenue stream,” Schmidt said.

The lack of guaranteed bed contracts is wearing on the tiny city’s budget as something it once counted on as a revenue source is becoming an expense the city is struggling to main-tain.

Between the rising costs

of providing service and coverage in the facility and the falling revenues, Buckley is now losing money and the city is sub-sidizing the jail from its general fund.

“It costs us over $500,000 to maintain our 29-bed jail on an annual basis,” Schmidt said.

Buckley separates its jail into three pods, all of which use community space to house multiple people in single rooms. The only single-use cell is the solitary facility. Inside, food is prepared by inmates in the “trustee tank,” which houses pri-marily court commits and work release prisoners. Inmates also do the facil-ity’s laundry.

In 2011, jail expenses totaled approximately $479,000 and are expect-ed to climb to $529,000. Schmidt said that pays for five full- and part-time staffers who work with the city’s dispatchers to provide full coverage at the jail.

“That gives us 24-hour coverage, seven days a

week,” Schmidt said. But with the loss of con-

tracts and the increase in catch-and-release from contract cities, the jail is only projected to make $416,500 in 2012. The total loss from Federal Way and Covington pulling its con-tracts is expected to be about $186,000.

Meanwhile, salaries and benefit costs continue to rise.

“Liability and medical will just kill you,” Arsanto said.

According to Schmidt, if January’s numbers are off by a few percentage points, the city may have to consider shutting down the jail in order to save its general fund.

“We might need to pull the plug, but that will be the call of the council,” he said, adding, “Every month delay is a loss to the general fund.”

The city maintains many of its contracts based on its low fee and Buckley officials said increasing the cost to other cities may lead them to simply trans-port elsewhere, instead of

taking the time to drive to east Pierce County.

“It’s easy to say ‘raise your price,’ but that’s not the answer here,” Arsanto said.

“The guys have done an excellent job running that facility, it’s just getting priced out,” Schmidt said.

Aside from Buckley, however, leaders in other Plateau and east Pierce cities remain pleased with their choices in how to house prisoners, though all remain open to chang-es if need be.

Powers, for example, said she was “very com-fortable” in how Bonney Lake deals with prisoners.

“If we didn’t have options, I wouldn’t be comfortable,” she said, adding, “Until there’s a need, I don’t see us push-ing in that direction.”

In Enumclaw, Thomas said the council discussed the jail as part of the 2011 budget, but did not dis-cuss it for 2012, decid-ing the additional revenue was too important.

“For us, it makes sense to have our own jail,” he said.

But for Buckley, the rea-son for having their own jail may be on the wane as the gap between expendi-tures and revenues contin-ues to increase. Something will have to be done, even if it means re-evaluating cen-tury-old facilities, a deci-sion that could reverberate through the entire region.

And no sense of history,

community or contracts with other cities can ever replace the bottom line.

“It’s an outstanding facility,” Schmidt said. “It’s just dollars and cents.”

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The White River High girls wrestling team fin-ished third at the South Puget Sound League Tournament Dec. 28.

Coach Rich Valdez was pleased with the finish, but added he and his Hornets were shooting higher. It was a day, he said, of emotional highs, lows and technical issues.

“We’ve been on a roll lately and from a coach-ing standpoint we felt we had a real good shot at tak-ing home the top spot at this one,” he said. “We had some wrestlers miss weight and I’ll be honest, it hurt us. This time of the sea-son is tough on every team with sickness, injuries and holiday schedules. It’s the grind part of the season and you just have to keep toughing it out. Whatever happens you deal with it though and I was proud how the girls kept it togeth-er, battled and finished as strong as possible in tough competition.”

The Hornets finished 14 points behind Fife, which topped the field with 147 points, and were just five behind No. 2 Rogers at 138.

Hornets Mikaela Kilcup and Sam Mitchell earned championships. Kilcup, 170 pounds, and Mitchell, 195, both earned their title by fall.

Morgan Shirey and Dylan Fagan also made the finals, each finishing second.

Ericka Jackson, 275, Erika Nelson-Selby, 155, and Jesslyn Blue, 145, all took home third-place medals.

Kendra Blue, 130, and Kaitlyn Johnson, 106, fin-ished fifth.

The Hornets get back to work tonight, Wednesday, heading to Enumclaw.

Hornets fall shy of SPSL crown

By John LeggettStaff Writer

The holiday break proved quite adventuresome for the young Enumclaw High boys basketball team, whose overall mark dropped to 2-8 in the process of gleaning some much-needed experience.

During the holiday tournament season there were a few glowing embers of hope to be fetched from the fiery fray though, as the Hornets traveled to Capital and picked off the Cougars in what could definitely be called an upset.

Four days after the victory over Capital, though, Enumclaw traveled to Mount Rainier in Des Moines where it was brought back down to earth by the rowdy and ram-bunctious Rams 72-47. Hornet guards Perry Rockwood and Tony Chynoweth combined for 30 points

in that lopsided affair.Then it was on to the Kennedy

Catholic.-hosted Les Schwab Christmas Classic, where the Hornets lost to all three of their foes on the Lancer hardwood. The first day, Enumclaw lost to a tough Squalicum High squad, which is currently the No. 1 Class 2A contin-gent in the state.

Enumclaw trailed by 15 at inter-mission, but charged back in the second half to make a game of it, as the Storm kept fouling the wrong guy in Rockwood, who went a per-fect 10-for-10 from the stripe and notched 19 points overall.

Chynoweth took home the Mr. Reliable award for the tournament, scoring 19 points in both the meet-ing with Squalicum and in a 54-36 setback at the hands of Shorecrest

High Thursday night.As Enumclaw’s head coach Kellen

Hall explained, the Hornets didn’t exactly shy away from some pretty fierce competition.

“Seven out of the eight teams we played in preparation for our league campaign are currently ranked in state in one classification or anoth-er,” he said, adding it was impor-tant for his untested group to get some experience before the SPSL 3A season began in earnest against an established Lakes High bunch Tuesday night.

EHS hosts its second league tilt of the season Friday night against Peninsula High, with tipoff coming at 7 p.m.

To comment on this story view it online at www.courierherald.com. Reach John Leggett at [email protected] or 360-825-2555 ext. 5054.

Hornets beat tough CapitalEHS Boys Basketball

Enumclaw and White River high wrestlers competed in the South Puget Sound League tournament at Auburn High Thursday and Friday with 32 teams representing the SPSL 4A, 3A and 2A. Results were not available at press time, but can be found at courierherald.com or auburnwrestling.net. The Hornets, Enumclaw and White River, go head-to-head tonight, Wednesday, at 7 p.m. in a nonleague contest at Enumclaw High. Above, Enum-claw’s T.J. Courmier battles his way to a win during the league tournament. Photo by John Leggett/To view or buy photos go to www.courierherald.com.

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The White River High girls were successful during their first battle in Yakima, defeating Lakeside High 47-38 on the first day of the Wilbur-Ellis SunDome Shootout.

Thursday’s victory saw the Hornets jump on top 17-5 after the opening eight minutes of play. Lakeside, a

Class 1A team from rural Spokane, sliced the margin to 27-19 by half-time, but White River rebounded in the third frame to push its advantage to 40-26.

Kennedy Hobert paced the Hornet victory with a game-high 18 points and eight rebounds. Kristin

Sturdivan added a spark with three 3-pointers.

Day Two of the SunDome Shootout had White River squaring off against Columbia-Burbank, another Class 1A school. Results were not available for this issue.

Thursday’s victory improved White River’s record to 7-1 overall.

Hornet girls win tournament openerWRHS Girls Basketball

SEE HORNETS, PAGE 15


Community Events

School BoardThe White River School Board meets at 6 p.m. in the district conference room near the Glacier Middle School campus.

11WednesdayRehearsal BeginsThe Cascade Foothills Chorale begins rehearsal for its spring concert at 7 p.m. in the Enumclaw High choir room.

12ThursdaySons of ItalyThe Sons of Italy meets at 6:30 p.m. for dinner and its regular meeting at the Black Diamond Community Center.

13FridayTeen Car ClinicGamblin Motors offers a basic auto maintenance class for students at 3 p.m. in the EHS auto shop class.

9MondayAthletic MeetingJack Renkens will speak to student athletes and parents about college sports recruiting at 6:30 p.m. in the Enumclaw High library.

10Tuesday 14SaturdaySki SafetyRidge Explorations offers its sidecountry safety class, beginning at 8:30 a.m. For information, visit crystalmountainresort.com.

Sunday

JanuaryHornet-HornetIt’s a big night in wrestling as the Enumclaw and White River high school teams go head to head in nonleague competition. Start time 7 p.m. in Enumclaw.

4WednesdayBlack Diamond CouncilThe Black Diamond City Council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall.

5ThursdayThree Kings DayThis marks the day when Catholics believe the ThreeWise Men delivered gifts offrankincense, myrrh andgold to the baby Jesus.

6FridayAppreciation SwimThe city of Enumclaw invites Splash Pass members to aspecial swim from noon to2 p.m. at the EnumclawAquatic Center.

7SaturdayElvis’ BirthdayElvis Aaron Presley was born in a two-room house in Tupelo, Miss., Jan. 8, 1935. Do the math, he would have been 77 years old today.

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CPR/First AidThe Enumclaw Fire Department is offering a free CPR/First Aid class from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the station, 1330 Wells St.

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The first week of January means it is time to make some promises to your gar-den. These resolutions mean less work and more beauty so mark your calendars now so each month you’ll hold yourself accountable:

January: Resolve to knock the heavy, wet snow from the brittle branches of your prized shrubs. Rhododendrons and Japanese maples are most likely to break a limb when tackled by snow.

February: Time to bust slime. Tiny baby slugs are hatching this month and feeding on the first shoots of new spring growth.

March: Win the weed wars. Cool season weeds like shot weed and oxalis are beginning to flower and if you let them go to seed you’ll have billions of weeds popping up all summer. If your weedy colonies are too thick to pull by hand, smother the young

weeds with a mulch now. Lack of sunlight will kill small weeds. For larger weeds use several sheets of newspaper beneath a mulch or just dump a load of wet grass clippings on top of a weed patch.

April: Improve your soil because this is the month hungry young plants are looking for nourishment. Dig compost into your beds and borders and then turn the soil to increase aeration. If you have lichen, molds and mosses growing on top of your soil then add bark chips, lime and a bit of sand to lighten the soil and increase drainage.

May: Make this the year you don’t plant warm-season plants like tomatoes and petunias too soon. Cool nights plunge heat-lovers into a depression they never outgrow. It is not just a frost that upsets heat-loving coleus, marigolds and cucumbers, but even a nighttime drop to 45 degrees will send them into a down-ward spiral. You can plant cool season crops and plants that go into containers.

June: Don’t forget to fertilize, especially container plants that are grown in quick-draining potting soil. Even if the potting soil has fertilizer included, they still need more food before summer is over.

July: Resolve that this summer you will host a picnic, garden party or patio dinner. Nothing else gets garden maintenance done like company coming. Just edging the lawn, cleaning the pathways and weeding the beds is enough to turn any homeowner into a proud gardener.

August: 2012 should be the summer you don’t desert your garden when you vacation. Home alone can be murder on potted plants, especially hanging bas-kets. Hire a neighbor to water while you are gone; there really are at least two more months of color from blooming annuals if you remember to keep them well hydrated during dry August.

September: Lawn renovation has been put off long enough. Promise to take these four steps for a lush new lawn: Add lime, aerate, top dress with compost and level out the low spots, then reseed to enjoy a new lawn before winter arrives.

October: Buy bulbs. Remember to plant them this year.November: Start a compost pile. Why send all your garden clippings out with

the garbage? You can save a lot of money by making your own compost.December: Make a list of improvements you want to make in the garden.

Check it twice. It’s nice to start the New Year without any naughty gardening habits.

Marianne Binetti has a degree in horticulture from Washington State University and is the author of “Easy Answers for Great Gardens” and several other books. For book requests or answers to gardening questions, write to her at: P.O. Box 872, Enumclaw, 98022. Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for a personal reply.

For more gardening information, she can be reached at her Web site, www.binettigarden.com.

Copyright for this column owned by Marianne Binetti.

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you know, the land preservationists hit that one on the nose.

a time-tested method of year-round agricultural production without land and in limited space. Ancient Egyptians used it; now baby boomers and college students use it (for science!). When it comes to learning how to build a small farm for yourself, the most red-eyed person you find is the most expert.

tastier. And the deeper up and into the Plateau you are, the more likely you are to be able to accommodate a big, dumb bovine. But a goat is easier to hide from your apartment manager. Plus, you might be tempted to slaughter a cow the first time you miss hamburgers.

nology has brought us the survival computer of the future, today. Load up your Android or iPhone with GPS, radio tuner and reference book apps, then attach it to a leather bracelet so it’s always with you. Wait, you know how to gener-ate electricity, right?

for batteries. Make sure you don’t eat them when they’re out of juice; just trust me on that one.

of the damned finally shut up for a second, you might notice your neighbors the Jones’s have a pretty keen new lawnmower you fancy. They’re willing to sell, but dollars have lost their value and they keep insisting your velvet Elvis print isn’t a good trade. What to do?!

Before you give them the business end of your firewood axe (I meant to trade! Jeez. Barbarians.), have you considered starting your own currency? The trick is to give it a value backing everyone will accept in trade. Some people like gold, but do you know how much bullion will buy a box of Lucky Charms? Neither do I. Get creative. Why not ounces of potable water? If you took my advice on the wheat, you can issue paper scrip entitling the holder to a number of bushels from your next harvest. Heck, even bottle caps will be perfectly guarded against inflation, provided no one makes new soda after 2012. (Brian Beckley says bullets would be the best currency; I say he belongs on a watch list). Pretty soon you’ll be operating the Fed out of your shed!

they’ve put more thought into this than any of us.

iPhone will market another 230 apps that you can’t possibly live without, including one that will turn on your living room TV from a park-ing lot in Portland.

A hand-held, foreign language translator will instantly translate Mandarin Chinese

and even decipher Republican John Boehner’s babble.

Our mayor will ask the state to declare Enumclaw a historic site and the entire town will become one huge antique mall.

There you have it, friends. It all seems plau-sible to me.

And, in the meantime, you’ll find me around town toasting the end of civilization as we know it. Cheers!

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Four of those win have come in South Puget Sound League 2A play, where the Hornets were undefeated.

The team put its unblemished mark on the

line Tuesday night as part of a boy-girl double-header against the Franklin Pierce Cardinals. The White River boys kicked off the action at 5:15 and the girls followed with a 7 p.m. tipoff. Results of those contests can be found at www.courierherald.com. Friday, the Hornet girls travel to Fife for an SPSL 2A tilt against the Trojans; tipoff is at 7 p.m.

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