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Sara Vargas, a fourth grade student at Crestwood Elementary releases a salmon into Little Soos Creek behind the school on April 1. The school’s fourth grade students have been studying the life cycle of salmon, including raising salmon eggs and releasing them into the stream. KATHERINE SMITH, The Reporter To view a slide show go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com

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� e city of Maple Valley will pursue a competitive process to determine who it’s next garbage hauler will be.

At the March 25 City Council meeting the Maple Valley public works department recommended the city pursue a competitive re-quest for proposals process as the

city’s solid waste contract with Waste Manage-ment is set to expire in August

of 2014. � e city had

three options of how it could pro-ceed, either going through a com-petitive process, exercising one or both of two 2-year extensions built in to the current contract, or negotiating a new contract with Waste Management.

Haulers to compete for trash contract

BY KRIS HILL

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Garbage bills should go down for Covington residents thanks to a new contract with Republic Ser-vices which will take e� ect July 1.

� is is the � rst time the city has negotiated a contract for solid waste services, explained Glenn Akramo� , public works director for Covington. Before incorporation in 1997, the contract was negotiated and managed by the Washing-ton Utilities Trade Commission because Covington was an unincorporated area.

“Normally when a city incorpo-rates, that’s one of the � rst things they do, notify them (UTC) you’re going to take (the contract) over,” Akramo� said. “� ey need to let

Residential garbage rates to decrease

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� e � rst time Laura Bingle rode in the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic in 2007, her mother Joyce Kaup thought she was nuts.

Getting on the saddle of a bike started small enough. Bingle cer-tainly never thought it would lead to the STP, as it’s a� ectionately known, but it has led to some-thing even bigger since 2008.

It began in March 2007 when

Bingle’s mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, just a few months a� er Kaup’s gynecologist gave her a clean bill of health.

“� ey call it the silent killer,” Bingle said. “� e symptoms are bloating. So, she was really bloated and she had no appetite. At � rst, they misdiagnosed it as IBS, so they gave her meds for that and a� er four to six weeks it wasn’t working.”

By that point, the cancer had

progressed to stage four, Bingle said. Her parents lived in Spo-kane. Bingle had just started a job with Alaska Airlines in January.

“My � rst bene� ts trip was to Spokane,” she said. “I worked � ursday, Friday and Saturday nights then got on a plane Sunday morning and stayed with my mom and dad Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. My poor kids, I was a stay at home mom for 14 years then I got a job and my mom got sick.”

Bingle had to deal with the stress of the situation, so, she found an old beater bicycle and started riding. It was just a few

Riding with joy in honor of a beloved mother

Laura Bingle gives the thumbs up during the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic which she rides with Team Joy in honor of her mother, Joyce Kaup. Courtesy photo

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ObituaryElla Rosebud Blume, 92,

died March 19. She was born in Spokane and raised in Canada. Blume was an avid gymnast during her younger years and per-formed with an acrobatic team at the Paramount The-ater. She was the youngest woman hired at The Boeing Co. and appeared in early Boeing news reels.

She was honored that she was able to name Grass Lake Elementary School in Covington. She also traveled the world with her family and visited Egypt, Europe, South and Central America, to just name a few. Blume was an excellent gardener and grew her own organic produce and when not gardening, enjoyed

sketching and painting, particularly Mount Rainier.

Ella is preceded in death by two sons, Randy and Robert and her husband Robert W. Blume. She is survived by three daugh-ters: Pam McCann of Seattle, Julie Gunderson of Seattle, and Lona Matheny of Florida, and son Law-rence Blume of Vancouver, Wash., 18 grandchildren, 34 great grandchildren, eight great-great grandchildren and five great-great-great grandchildren.

Covington awarded grantCovington has been awarded a grant by FEMA to develop a hazard miti-gation plan. The grant is related to the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 and will allow the city to embark on a plan-ning process to prepare for impacts of natural disasters. It will take approximately 6-9 months to develop the plan.During this process, citizens can contribute by sharing local knowledge of the area’s vulnerability to hazards based on past occurrences.The public is encouraged to provide input on all phases of the plan development. Public involvement will be solicited via a multimedia campaign that will include public meetings, web based information and questionnaires. This pro-

cess will be overseen by a steering committee made up of stakeholders from within the planning area.The steering committee will meet as needed on the third Tuesday of every month at Covington City Hall, 16720 SE 271st St. These meetings will typi-cally run from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and are open to the public. Any questions or com-ments regarding this process should be directed to Shellie Bates at the City of Covington Public Works Department by phone (253) 480-2463 or email [email protected]. An informational website on the plan and purposes for planning has also been established at www.covingtonwa.gov/hazard-mitigation/index.html.

County seeks to Create offiCer memorialLegislation honoring the

fifteen members of the King County Sheriff’s Office that have been killed in the line of duty unanimously passed the King County Council’s Law, Justice, Health and Human Ser-vices Committee. Currently, there is no memorial within the County honoring all the men who died protecting their fellow citizens. On March 6, King County councilman Reagan Dunn proposed this legislation to recognize these individuals through the creation of a memorial for fallen depu-ties at the King County Courthouse. “Remembering, honor-ing and memorializing the Deputies in the King County Sheriff’s Office that have given the ultimate sacrifice is a fitting tribute,” said Dunn. “This memorial is the right thing to do and I look forward to working with Sheriff Urquhart and the King County Police Of-

ficers Guild to help create an appropriate memorial worthy of these 15 heroes.” The first sheriff deputy killed in the line of duty was in 1853 and the most recent was in 2006. All fifteen deputies are recognized both in Wash-ington, D.C. as part of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, and in Olympia, where they are listed on the Washington State Law Enforcement Memorial.Dunn’s proposed ordinance calls on the Executive and the King County Sheriff to submit a proposal to the County Council by June 1. The proposal will include where the memorial will be located, a method to solicit designs for the display, and the proposed schedule, budget and potential funding sources for its construction.

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One of the unfortunate by-products of industrialization and population growth is the degradation or loss of natural ecosys-tems that have existed for hundreds or even thousands of years. Many of these natural communities provide unmatchable charac-teristics that support sustenance to unique or vital species of plants and animals. While the march of progress will always continue, most people feel it is important to balance that progress with e� orts to preserve the natural heritage of our great land. � at is the work to which � e Nature Conservancy has dedicated its mission, and it is why QFC is proud to feature � e Nature Conservancy as our charity of the month for April.

� e work of � e Nature Conservancy is wide-ranging and extensive as it seeks to preserve pristine natural areas that have not been adversely impacted by civiliza-tion, rebuild and restore areas that have suf-fered negative impacts and develop solid, science-based solutions to address current problems.

� e Conservancy is working on many fronts to preserve and restore wild animal populations throughout Washington State. As an example, the Conservancy has been working in the Skagit River region since the mid-1970s to enhance both the bird and � sh populations in the area while also sup-porting the farmers who make their livings here. � e project has helped preserve more than 9,000 acres of bald eagle habitat as well as 10 miles of river and thousands of acres of forest. � e Conservancy has worked for years to protect the Skagit and its ecosys-tem. � is is the only river in Washington which supports all � ve native species of Pa-ci� c salmon. Because salmon are abundant, a renewed population of hundreds of bald eagles gathers along the banks each winter to feed on them. � e river’s � oodplains, tributaries, side channels and sloughs also support large populations of migratory shorebirds, waterfowl and raptors.

Other examples of the Conservancy’s im-portant work here in Washington abound.

In 2012 the Conservancy restored estu-ary habitat for salmon and other marine life at Port Susan Bay and Livingston Bay. It also improved more than 4,000 acres of Puget Sound tidelands in the Skagit and Stillaguamish River deltas. On the coast, it worked on restoring the Ellsworth Creek Preserve by planting 11,000 trees. � e Conservancy acquired the Ellsworth Creek Preserve to conserve and restore a highly productive and biologically diverse Paci� c Northwest coastal temperate forest eco-system. In the sagelands of central Wash-ington, the Conservancy and partners are working on a biological solution for con-

trolling cheat grass, a pernicious invasive weed. � e Conservancy is also working on banding and monitoring migratory song-birds, surveying the region’s bat populations and restoring habitat.

If you would like to support the impor-tant work � e Nature Conservancy is doing to restore, preserve and protect our natural heritage you can do so at your local QFC during the month of April by handing a donation card to your checker or donating your spare change. If you have comments or questions, please contact (Amanda Ip at [email protected] ).

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Janice Crutcher decided if she made it through can-cer treatments she would find a way to give back.

Inspired by her own experience as well as how hard it was to watch her mother go through cancer treatments nearly a decade ago without much support, Crutcher found the Road to Recovery program offered by the American Cancer Society.

Crutcher, a Covington resident, has been cancer-free for two years.

“About six months or so after I completed all my treatments I really felt the need to help others in some way,” Crutcher said. “It was an agreement I made with myself, if I get through it, I’m going to pay it forward.”

Her mother died after a battle with cancer eight and a half years ago. Crutcher said her mother, who lived in California, often had to drive herself to treatments.

When she read about volunteer opportunities on the ACS website, she inves-tigated. Crutcher said she wasn’t comfortable trying to

raise money, but, when she saw the Road to Recovery program needed drivers to take patients to treatment sessions, she decided she could do that.

“I have a somewhat flex-ible schedule,” Crutcher said. “I started doing it and I thoroughly enjoyed it.”

In addition, Crutcher has helped train other volun-teers for the past year.

She tries to give at least two rides a week. Some-times she does more.

“It really just depends on what I can fit in because there’s a huge need,” Crutcher said. “The Seattle, Kent and Renton areas are busy, busy, so trying to get all the rides done is very tough. That’s why it’s re-ally important we get more volunteers.”

As an example, on March 26, Crutcher worked out with the driver coordinator — who is also a volunteer — to pick up a man from a chemotherapy session. She couldn’t take him because of other commitments she had, but, Crutcher told the coordinator she could pick him up if someone else could drop him off.

And the volunteer drivers

do it not only on their own time, but, pay for gas out of their own pockets typically. Sometimes, Crutcher said, they get lucky and a grant comes in to help cover some of the expenses for drivers.

“It can add up, but, it’s worthwhile,” Crutcher said. “Most of the people that we drive, they either have family members that are working that really can’t take them five days a week or they don’t have people to drive them. That’s why it’s very rewarding to be able to help these folks.”

Some patients are referred to the program by their doctors who know that financially it is not feasible to drive multiple times a week with round trips from places like south Kent, Renton or Federal Way to Seattle for treatment because those can be 50 miles for one session.

Kimberly Dinsdale, a spokeswoman for ACS in Western Washington, wrote in an email that the program currently has 70 drivers but they could always use more.

“The need is endless,” Dinsdale wrote. “We are

turning away patients every day because we don’t have enough drivers.”

The program is sup-ported financially through a variety of fundraisers.

“In order for this pro-gram to function properly the American Cancer So-ciety provides continuous training and background checks for all volunteers, supplemental auto in-surance for drivers and vehicles, Call center staff to connect patients with their local coordinators and the overall management of the program,” Dinsdale wrote. “The funds to help support all of these activities are raised through direct dona-tions to the Society and through the various events that are held throughout the year here locally and nationwide.”

Crutcher said she has driven people from all walks of life. Sometimes they want to know her story, other times they don’t want to talk about cancer at all.

“First of all the people that we drive are extremely thankful,” she said. “They’re very happy that we’re help-ing them.

“Most people are actu-ally in quite a good mood considering they’re going through cancer treatments. For the most part, they’re easy to talk with. There’s always a different story and they all have unique situa-tions.”

Those experiences, Crutcher said, make it worth the time, money and effort. She would like to see others volunteer with Road to Recovery.

“I do it because I’m self-ish. I do it because it makes me feel good,” Crutcher said. “It’s so important that people go and volunteer if they have an hour a week or an hour a month, because it’s so rewarding. It’s whatever you can fit in on a particular day. It’s very flexible. It’s a great way to give back.”

For more information log on to: http://www.cancer.org/treatment/supportprogramsservices/road-to-recovery

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

Cancer survivor helps others on road to recoveryCovington resident Janice Crutcher volunteers to drive patients to treatments twice a week


First impressions on some things are hard to erase. Some things such as painting nails, clean-ing your room, and cooking.

Cooking — that’s a big one — you can’t just BAM! know how to cook. Not in a few hours, not in a few days, maybe not even in a few weeks! I only have two pieces of advice for you. Get the right tools to do it, and watch Food Network. But, if you’re someone (like me) who has a ridiculously awesome cook in your own home, you might have a slight advantage. Now if you might be aware that I’ve mentioned my dad a couple times in some of my previous stories, but if you think he’s the one that can cook, you’re miles away from close. He can barbecue the ribs but that’s about it. Oh, he can make a mean top ramen too.

No, it’s my mom who is the cooking angel. She taught me everything I know from peeling a carrot, to making chicken cacciatore. So many things my mom makes are … too awesome to describe. Pork Milanese with a poached egg, a parmesan cheese frico and pickled red onions on an escarole salad. Wow, my mouth is watering just saying it! Seared scallops with a garlic sauce on fettuccine pasta and a corn and bacon salad. OMG I’m hungry now! (Editor’s note: Annie, we are totally coming to your house for dinner).

Memories are made in the kitchen. Did you read Gretchen Leigh’s article in the March 22

issue? � at was great! Everything she said was so true! Each moment spent in the kitchen is an avalanche of emotion. Like those little emoticons when texting: angry, happy, all of them. And you know, going out to eat once in a while isn’t bad either. It’s just my mom doesn’t want me stuck eating pizza or fast food every night when I’m out of the house and in college. Yeah, I’m one of those kids who doesn’t want mac ‘n’ cheese and dino bites every night. Dude, that’s an a� er-school snack not dinner. Cooking does have an economical value too. If you had fast food every night for a week that’s what, 45-50 buckaroos? And if you went out to eat at a restaurant that’s

more formal every night for a week, get real, some broke, city girl fresh out of college isn’t about to blow her money on that. Ummmm Duh! Aeropostale! I’ve got other priorities! But anyway, you have to shop smart too. Making something simple like home made chili is just enough.

To close this out all I want to say is thanks, mom.

Annie Livengood of Covington is an aspir-ing journalist and sixthgrader at Crestwood Elementary.

� e subject of telephone party lines came up at the o� ce this week and, of course, I was one of the few old enough to remember them well.

Party lines involved a group of neighbors who were all on the same telephone line.

When my family lived on the farm we always had a party line. To us kids a private line was only for the rich. Kids thought party lines were great. TV wasn’t as proli� c as today, so a party line o� ered a situa-tion comedy by phone.

I remember hearing of adults getting mad because someone on the party line gabbed for too long. I think everyone had tricks to clear the line, like clicking the receiver repeatedly or singing Roy Rogers’ ballads with a fake Ger-man accent.

� ose were the days.It occurred to me that party lines were not

much di� erent than Facebook and Twitter are today.

We o� en hear about the great and won-derful new world created by social media, bringing us all together in a wet, messy pool of hand-holding kumbayah.

I maintain the world of Facebook and Twit-ter is neither new, nor wonderful. Like most stu� done by folks – a lot of it is whacky and at times very weird.

We always want to believe our world is radically di� erent from the past, but history teaches us people have been loony for a long, long time. Posting on Facebook, Twitter and listening in on party lines have been around in

di� erent forms as long as gossip and gabbing over the fence.

Layers of ancient writing have been found on parchment or animal skins, many with striking illustrations. � ese animal skins have proven to be very durable through the centuries.

At times one layer was scraped o� so a younger monk could write down his post. � e younger monk probably thought the old guy was a knucklehead in a funny-looking robe and his modern writing was the truth critical for the new world of 613.

It may have been slower to scribble on parchment then to post to Facebook, but the need and desire comes for the same place.

Maybe it is for the best that most Facebook posts disappear quickly into the ether. I am sure there are plenty of nutty parchments posts best undiscovered.

In a certain way it’s as if we are living in one long party line stretching over thousands of years.

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Step up, vote yes on Prop 1

With voters receiv-ing ballots in the mail during the � rst week of April it’s critical that we recognize that this may be the most important election to support our outstand-ing � re district in well

over a decade.No doubt the rejec-

tion of three opera-tions levy propositions since the last success-ful approval in 2006 was fueled by severe hits to the economy and the corresponding drop in property val-ues. Having served on the Citizens Advisory Committee for the

past several years, I’m convinced that the � re district has done an excellent job in “step-ping up to the plate” through belt-tighten-ing measures to adjust to declining revenue and using limited reserves to maintain critical emergency services and rapid response times.

Most of these mea-sures have not been visible to the general community, including the reduction of eight administrative and � re� ghter positions (13 percent of total sta� ), program cuts, and reduced on-duty emergency response personnel. � e ap-proval of Proposition

1 will ensure contin-ued rapid response times for � re, health, and other emergencies by our highly trained and experienced � rst responders. We do not want to � nd ourselves increasing our reliance on mutual aid from surrounding commu-nities as a result of our failure to meet this ba-

sic community need. Time for us to “step up to the plate” by voting “yes” on Proposition 1 for our � re district and our community.

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CITY OF MAPLE VALLEY The Maple Valley City Council is recruiting individuals who are interested in serving in the capacity of Alternate Planning Commissioners. The duty of the Alternate Planning Commission- er is to attend meetings so that he/she will be prepared to fill an unanticipated vacancy. The Plan- ning Commission meets from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. the first and third Wednesdays of each month, with occasional special meetings and workshops. In order to qualify for this appointment, individuals must be residents of, or own property in, the City of Maple Valley. Persons should have an interest in environmental affairs, planning, land use, and residential and commercial development as evidenced by training, experience, or actions. The term of office for a Planning Commis- sioner position is four years and for an Alternate Planning Commissioner it is two years. The deadline for those wishing to be considered is April 30, 2013, 5:00 p.m. Applicant inter- views will be scheduled shortly thereafter. Applications may be picked up at City Hall, 22017 SE Wax Road, Suite 200, or accessed through the City’s website at www.maplevalleywa.gov. Click on City Government, then click on Citizen, Boards, Com- missions and Committees, then click on Position Openings. Questions concerning this position should be directed to Bonnie Barney, Deputy City Clerk, or Steve Clark, Director of Public Works and Community Develop- ment, at (425) 413-8800. Published in Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on March 29, 2013 and April 5, 2013. #758651.

Northwest Pipeline GP, 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Depart- ment of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, the South Seattle Delivery Lateral Expan- sion Project, is located in T23N, R5E (passing through the NW 1Ž4 of Section 27, NE 1Ž4 and NW 1Ž4 of Sections 28, 29, and 30) and in T23N, R6E (passing through the NE 1Ž4 and NW 1/4 of Section 25). The proposed Project starts immediately east of 230th Avenue SW in unincorporated King County and termi- nates west of Parkside Way SE, 1.5 miles east of the Renton city limits. This project involves 68.53 acres of soil disturbance for utility (natural gas pipeline) construction activities and will be discharged to various tributaries to the Cedar River. The purpose of the project is to provide increased natural gas delivery to Puget Sound Energy, Northwest’s customer, to enable Puget to keep up with the growing demand for natural gas in the area. Stormwater runoff will be controlled through the use of appropriate BMPs. Workspacewill primarily be limited to the existing, previously disturbed right-of-way with the exception of limited extra workspace needed for staging, equipment storage, and dewatering. Sediment barriers, dewatering devices, and other BMPs will be installed and maintained throughout construction and prior to discharging water at the site. BMPs will be uti- lized to minimize any potential impacts to ground and/or surface

waters from both stormwater and hydrostatic test water discharges.Any person desiring to present their views to the Washington State Department of Ecology regarding this application, or interested in Ecology’s action on this application, may notify Ecol- ogy in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice. Ecology re- views public comments and con- siders whether discharges from this project would cause a mea- surable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II antidegradation requirements under WAC 173-201A-320.Comments can be submitted to:Department of EcologyAttn: Water Quality Program, Construction StormwaterP.O. Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696 Published in Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on March 29, 2013 and April 5, 2013. #758630.

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CALL FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by Covington Water District for the above project until 2:00 PM onThursday, April 11, 2013, at which time bids will be opened and publicly read aloud. Bid proposals may be sent by mail to 18631 SE 300th Place, Covington, WA 98042, or hand delivered to the District Recep- tion Desk prior to the opening. The envelope shall be plainly marked with “Bid Proposal – Water Meter Replacement Project, NW73” and shall clear- ly indicate the name and address of the bidder. Bids are requested for the replacement of 3,600 water meters. Work includes removing manual read meters and installing new radio read meters with 60W End- point. Bidders are encouraged to carefully review the specifications and requirements to ensure experience requirements are met prior to preparing and submitting a bid.Obtaining Bid Documents:1. Bid Documents will only be provided in an electronic PDF version. No charge will be required for bidders to access Bid Documents.2. Upon request, an email will be transmitted to the Bidder with instructions to download Bid Documents from the District website. 3. Bid Documents contain further details, qualifications and instructions for bid submittals. All questions regarding the Specifications and Requirements should be addressed via email to [email protected].

Gwenn Maxfield, General ManagerCovington Water District

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the hauler know seven years in advance.”

Covington officials didn’t do that at the time of incor-poration, but, did do so in 2003 with the plan to ne-gotiate a contract in 2010. Akramoff discussed it then with City Manager Derek Matheson, but, at that point it didn’t work for either of them to put together a pro-posal for the City Council to consider regarding the solid waste contract.

In May 2012 they were able to get the process rolling. Akramoff said they started with a study session with the City Council to explain the issues and what would happen if Covington took over the contract. The council was given three options: take no action, put out a request for proposals for the contract or negoti-ate directly with Republic Services.

Council decided, for

a number of reasons, to negotiate directly with Re-public, Akramoff said, with the idea that they could get better rates than under the previous contract. A consultant was hired who began work in the fall and talks with Republic began in October.

“We focused on three dif-ferent areas when we priori-tized negotiations: residen-tial, smaller retail and then larger commercial users,” Akramoff said. “In focusing on that the residential rates have gone down, depending on what level of service you get, between 5 percent and 10 percent.”

One of the reasons rates will go down for residen-tial customers is that they currently pay a rental fee for the cart, the garbage can provided by the hauler, and won’t have to pay that fee under the new contract, a significant change.

In January, Akramoff said, staff updated the

council on progress and in February a draft contract was available for review by Covington’s elected officials. It will go back to the City Council for approval April 9. Once approved, the new contract would begin July 1.

“Negotations have gone really well,” Akramoff said. “We’ve had really positive sessions, there were some issues that needed to be worked out, but it was always in the spirit of partnership from both sides but I think that helped the process move along.”

While rates will go down for residential customers, Akramoff said, some busi-nesses will see an increase in rates depending on the size of the business and what services they use.

This contract looked at additional elements of solid waste in the city.

“Commercial recycling

will become more of a focus for the city and the hauler and increasing it,” Akramoff said. “It pays to recycle more because you get the recycling services along with your garbage service. The city will see a num-ber of improved services including having our events taken care of, our facilities will be taken care of as part of the contract.”

Beyond that, Akramoff added, there will more education about recycling along with outreach to homeowners associations in the city which builds on the relationships Republic has already built.

“Republic has been a very good community partner,” Akramoff said.

Reach Assistant Edi-tor Kris Hill at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054.

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District to Discuss contingency plansThe public is invited to the April 4 meeting of the Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety Board of

Commissioners where the Board will discuss a contingency plan if efforts to pass a main-tenance and operations levy fail in April.The meeting will be

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6 to 8 p.m. on April 22. Birth to children’s size 18 clothing, shoes and accessories are needed. Maternity and nursing clothes and baby equip-ment are also welcome. Items remaining after the event will be do-nated to charity.

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The council reached consensus at the March 25 meeting, giving the public works department the go-ahead to pursue the competitive process.

When going through the competitive process, the city can either go out for a bid or can do a request for proposals. According to Diana Pistoll, public works program coordinator for the city, the difference between the two is that a bid specifies what services the city wants and asks potential bidders to name

their price, while an RFP asks bidders what they can do for the city and then the city can negotiate from there.

“I think it’s a good idea to always review contracts every five years,” said Councilman Sean Kelly in a phone interview Monday. “We reviewed the police contract two years ago, this year we’re reviewing legal services…I think Waste Management has done an outstanding job, but I am fan of reviewing the contracts.”

Kelly also thinks that going out for a bid gives the

city the chance to benefit from innovation.

“There’s always new ideas out there and we miss them if we don’t review every-thing,” Kelly said.

The last time the city went through a competi-tive process was 2007, after which it entered into the current contract with Waste Management.

According to city docu-ments, the staff feel that now is a good time to go through the competitive process and that there is a possibility the city could secure a lower rate. Pistoll said that among other cities

in King County that have recently negotiated new contracts several cities were not able to secure lower rates, but cities that went through a competitive process did.

“Our sole loyalty is to the rate payers of Maple Valley,” Pistoll said.

At the end of the current contract the city will own the approximately 17,000 residential carts — the garbage cans provided by the hauler — that are on the streets, which is a potential cost saving aspect of the next contract because that won’t be a cost to the next

hauler. “That (owning the carts)

is one of the reasons we think we might get a lower rate,” Pistoll said.

The current contract expires Aug. 31, 2014, and the city wants to have a new contract in place six to eight months before the current contract expires. Pistoll said the city will issue a request for proposals in September or October and proposals from perspective haulers would be due in December with a new contract would be selected in January or February.

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petitive process the city will work with a consultant, Jeff Brown of Epicenter Services LLC, who will assist with drafting the contract and analyzing the responses. This contract will cost the city approximately $17,500 which is included in the public works budget for this year.

The last time the city went through the competi-tive process it cost $34,614. The extra cost, Pistoll said, came from a survey the city did.

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The investigation by the King County Sheriff ’s Of-fice into who sent a threat-ening email that closed Kentwood High School on March 29 is ongoing.

As of 2:55 p.m. March 29 the school had been searched and declared safe by law enforcement fol-lowing an email threat that the school received Friday

morning.Students at the school

were released at 10:15 a.m. as a safety precaution due to a reported threat to the school.

School administrators, the King County Sheriff ’s Office and the Kent Police Department made the decision to close the school for the day. All afternoon and evening activities were cancelled.

“We had a threat come by email this morning, shared the threat with the King County Sheriff and Kent Police Department,” Chris Loftis, spokesman for the school district said in a phone interview March 29. “We felt it warranted being cautious...everyone is safe, nothing is happening on campus.”

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Cindi West wrote in an email that the threats spoke of a, “’hostage take-over (sic) and blood bath.’”

West wrote that, “Early information is that the email was sent from a former student that hacked into another former student’s account and sent the email. We are working with Kent PD to locate the suspect.”

The school was searched

by officers and K-9 units and no weapons or other hazardous devices were found according to the district.

“The Kentwood family appreciates the quick, pro-fessional, and coordinated response of the King Coun-ty Sheriff ’s Office, Kent Police Department, and the Kent School District Safety Services Officers. They made sure the students and

staff were quickly evacuated and safe before conduct-ing an extensive search,” Kentwood Principal Doug Hostetter said in a state-ment. “I also want to thank the other KSD departments, including transportation, for responding to this situa-tion so quickly and helping us evacuate approximately 2,000 students and staff.”

Classes resumed as nor-mal on Monday.

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The beginning of April is always going to be some-body’s heartache. Spring can be a flirt but the nights are still cold. If you fall madly in love with a gorgeous-but-tender young thing at the nursery you will risk losing the entire plant after one frosty night. Wait before you plant warmth-loving flowers like coleus, zinnias and marigolds outdoors. You can continue to add

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month. In the vegetable garden it is still too cold to plant heat-loving seeds like tomatoes, squash, corn or peppers. This is a good

week to seed cool-season crops like lettuce, radish, cabbage, carrots and broc-coli.

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Q. I have a new house and some really big shrubs. When can I cut back things like rhododendrons, azaleas and other things that look like they are going to bloom? How do I know what to keep and what to get rid of? Help! P.Y., email.

A. Wait. Breathe. Enjoy. Rhododendrons, azaleas and other spring-flowering shrubs can be trimmed after they flower. The line to remember is “pruning after blooming.” I suggest

you just sit back this spring and see what pops up. Take pictures of shrubs when they are in flower, as this will make it easier to iden-tify them. Attend classes at your local nursery, visit the library for garden books and start talking to the neighbors about what you like growing in their gardens. Learning about plants and landscaping is a lifetime process. This means no matter how old we get, we remain very young gar-deners. Use this month to introduce yourself to your new landscape by removing

weeds and debris, spreading mulch and trimming the lawn. There’s plenty of time to get snippy later.

Q. When daffodils are done blooming, do I need to deadhead or remove the flower head? Also, is it true if you cut off the leaves of a daffodil it will never return? E., Tacoma.

A. No, you do not need to remove the spent flow-ers of daffs, tulips or other spring-blooming bulbs but many gardeners do this to keep the garden tidy. Yes, it is true that daffodils and other bulbs make flowers for next year by sucking all the green from their foliage. If you remove the leaves before they have turned yel-low you starve the bulb and it will come back a puny runt or not at all. This is a good week to visit the nurs-ery and buy perennials like euphorbia, hosta or daylily to position right in front of the fading daffodils. Grow-ing spring bulbs in the back of a bed and perennials in the front is a great marriage of convenience.

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Upgrades are planned for the Covington Aquatic Center later this year thanks to a $400,000 Washington State Commerce Grant.

Ethan Newton, aquatics supervisor for Covington, explained in an email inter-view that the pool, which is more than 35 years old, was in need of some renovation work to keep the facility “safe, functional, inviting and relevant.”

Work began on the design of the project in Oc-tober when the city hired Fred French as a project-construction manager on a part-time, as-needed basis. Since then, Covington hired Taproot Architects to work

on the design and develop-ment of concept drawings, Newton wrote.

Because of the budget involved as well as grant requirements, the scope of the project was narrowed to include an art installation, improvements to the roof, outside plaza area and exte-rior paint along with an ad-dition to the building which can be a room available for rent to the community or as

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the end of its useful life,” Newton wrote. “A new roof system will be installed that will protect against future leaks and protect the building for many years to come.”

Outside the building is a plaza area which sees con-siderable traffic from pool patrons as well as Tahoma High School students — the aquatic center is next to the school. During the more than three decades since the facility opened, the stairs and concrete slabs in the plaza have been cracked and pitted to the point they are hazardous, Newton wrote. This area, due to the

wear and tear, doesn’t look inviting.

“To address these issues the plan is to replace the entire plaza’s concrete slab, add a new concrete sitting ledge atop half of the exist-ing stair, install a flagpole with lighting, add an arbor along the front of the build-ing, landscape with planting beds and planters, and fur-nish with a bench and two new picnic tables,” Newton wrote. “The large concrete block closest to the build-ing with a planter on top will be removed. The large concrete block closest to the stairs will be repurposed to display artwork. New name signs will be installed to match the design.”

Currently the rental room at the aquatic center is a converted storage room. In this project, the plan is to build an addition off the lobby which extends into the plaza to provide a larger rental space, about 480 square feet. That is double the size of the cur-rent space. At first, Newton wrote, the plan was to remodel the existing rental room, but given its original purpose it was limited in how it could be improved. With the addition, the rent-al room can be converted back to storage space.

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Tahoma High senior Maddy Turek has her sights set on a return

trip to the 4A state tennis tournament and this year she wants to bring home a singles medal.

Turek started taking tennis lessons around age 6 and plays year round at the Boeing Tennis Center in addition to playing for Tahoma.

“I really got into it,” Turek said.

Turek and her teammate � nished third in doubles at state Turek’s sophomore year and she � nished in the top 16 in singles last year.

“So far (it’s) going well,” Turek said. “Our team is pretty strong this year, we have lots of upperclassmen and freshmen too.”

Turek has gone unde-feated in matches so far this year and that’s a streak she plans on extending.

� e challenge of get-ting better throughout the season and the fun dynamic of the team is something Turek has appreciated about Tahoma girls tennis and looked forward to every

year. “It is pretty easy to get

good at but then as the levels get higher it gets a lot harder,” Turek said.

Once you get the basics down it’s the little things that can make a big di� er-ence according to Turek. One aspect of the game that Turek especially enjoys is serving.

“It’s one of my best shots,” she said.

� e strategy and preci-sion that tennis requires have also been a draw to Turek and kept her coming back to the sport.

“I like how it’s more of an individual sport and the mental aspect of it,” Turek said. “You have to not get too excited.”

� e Tahoma tennis team � nished third in the South Puget Sound League North last year with a record of 6-4. � e team is o� to a rough start this year with losses to Kentridge, Kentwood and Mt. Rainier. � e match against Kent-Meridian was rained out and results from the March 28 match against Kentlake weren’t reported as of press time.

Tahoma High’s Turek serving up aces

Maddy Turek, a senior at Tahoma High School, serves the ball to an opponent from Kentlake High School during a match at Tahoma on March 28. Turek won the match 2-0. KATHERINE SMITH, The Reporter


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“We decided to do some-thing, to make a team,” Bingle said. “I think we had 13 or 14 riders. We decided to raise as much money as we could and gave it to Gilda’s Club. We didn’t do a big fundraiser or sell things, we just sent out letters. It’s like a little flame ignites under you when you realize what you can do.”

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Bingle has become a major supporter of the Seattle facility. She asks that members of the team raise $300 somehow, which will go to Gilda’s Club, and there a number of ways to do that. In addition, Bingle hosts a fundraiser at her home every year, just a little party at her house in July, as she described it. A year ago

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Bingle, who works in the Alaska Airlines Board Room at SeaTac International Airport, met Dempsey about four years ago when the medical drama did some filming there.

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In addition to the white jerseys which have black and teal accents along with a teal ribbon, which repre-sents ovarian cancer, Bingle explained, Team Joy also wore pink and teal tutus during STP in 2012.

Bingle hopes others will join the team or support the cause. There have been folks who have ridden just once with Team Joy and others who have signed up every year. Last year her husband logged his 1,000th STP mile while her sister will log hers this year, a milestone that happens the fifth time someone does the event, while Bingle’s 17-year-old daughter will ride for the third year.

“It’s really cool that in just five years it went from one little sad lady riding her bicycle to this big thing,” Bingle said.

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