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BY TJ MARTINELL
Running Lake Wilderness Golf Course will not cost the taxpayers of Maple Valley anywhere near the amount it did last year.
Th e golf course is estimated to require a total of $80,000 in subsidies from the city, a consid-erable decrease from last year, when it cost the city $228,000.
City Manager David Johnston attributes the sharp decline to two factors: the Lake Wilder-ness Golf Course Task Force and changes made by the contract manager.
“First of all, I think the work of the Golf Course Task Force last year showed it was the fi rst time the city took a hard look at that operation,” Johnston said. “I think it really made more and more people in the community aware of the golf course, its operation and the market that we have to operate it in.”
Th e Lake Wilderness Golf Task Force was formed in June 2010 in order to review the operation
BY KRIS HILL
Victoria Th rom hopes to paint Covington purple in October.
Th rom, the founder of the Cov-ington Domestic Violence Task Force, is preparing for the fi ft h annual Purple Light Nights Cam-paign which goes well beyond the city limits.
It is part of the National Domes-tic Violence Awareness month with the color purple serving as a color used to associate education and awareness on the issue.
When Th rom fi rst started the campaign in 2007 the idea was to honor victims who had died as a result of domestic violence as well as to support survivors and give hope to those still living in domestic violence.
“Everything will go live at the second annual tree lighting kick-off on (Saturday),” Th rom said. “Th e tree will have 2,000 purple lights provided by the (city’s) parks and recreation department. Covington Public Works is tak-
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BY DENNIS BOX
Th e opening acts of the closed-record hearing for the YarrowBay master planned developments featured one dramatic turn aft er another.
Th e Black Diamond City Council hear-ing convened Sept. 21 for the members
to consider the development agreements for Th e Villages and Lawson Hills and the recommendation for approval with condi-tions from Phil Olbrechts, the city’s hearing examiner.
Th e fi rst hearing was continued to Monday and by the close of the session, four council members had recused them-selves from the process, with two council members‚ Craig Goodwin and William Saas‚vowing to not return.
At the Sept. 21 hearing YarrowBay’s attorney Nancy Rogers submitted a letter and pages of supporting documents to the council and city attorney. Th e letter requested four of the fi ve council members
recuse or voluntarily remove themselves from the quasi-judicial hearings.
Th e letter goes on to state the four can recuse themselves, “and in so doing, trigger the ‘doctrine of necessity.’ In this way, YarrowBay and community member against community member attacks can be avoided, the city’s fi scal interests will be protected, and the full fi ve-member City Council can sit together with the com-munity, to review Th e Villages and Lawson Hills Development Agreements.”
Th e letter noted Leih Mulvihil and Kris-tine Hanson, should recuse themselves be-cause they own property near the projects.
Th e letter stated two other council mem-
bers, Saas and Goodwin, had ex-parte con-tact with opponents of the developments.
Ex-parte contact in this case refers to a council member, who is acting in a quasi-judicial role, participating in discussions outside of the hearing with opponents of the developments.
At the Monday hearing Goodwin made a statement recusing himself prior to the members adjourning into an executive session.
Goodwin noted the YarrowBay docu-ments, “points to a string of emails to Bob Edelman they claim represents inappropriate
Contentious beginning for development hearing
City spends less money on the golf course
Porch lights will glow purple in October
Jacob Renka, 4, leans over a car while Richard Worley looks on during Real Life Church’s free oil change day Saturday at the Maple Valley Food Bank. Volunteers and church members helped 90 families. DENNIS BOX, The Reporter To view a slide show go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com and to buy photos go to the website and click on the photo reprints tab.
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BY TJ MARTINELL
An act of kindness can go a long way.
At Black Diamond Elementary Principal Gerri Garton hopes to have acts of kindness go two miles by March 6 — in the form of a paper chain.
Th e Enumclaw School District is participating in Rachel’s Challenge Initia-tive, a program inspired by Rachel Scott, the fi rst victim of the 1999 Columbine shooting.
In six journals, Scott wrote various entries ex-pressing her desire to have
people engage in more kind-ness than she was seeing.
“Th e focus is not on the tragic death, but it’s based on her belief that kindness and compassion can change the world,” Garton said. “Rachel believed in dreaming big, having big dreams.”
Th e idea was fi rst thought of by the Mike Nelson, Enumclaw School District’s superintendent, according to Garton, when he was at a forum in Seattle last spring.
“It was a wonderful thing to bring back to the stu-dents,” Garton said.
As a part of the initiative every classroom will have paper chains. Every time a
person performs an act of kindness, it is written down and the link is added to the school’s chain length. Teachers, as well as students, participate.
Th e chain length started in the school hallway in August.
Th ey hope for it to be two miles long when they hold Rachel’s Rally at the Enumclaw Field House, also known as Pete’s Pool.
“It’s intentionally going out and using kind behavior and kind words,” Garton said.
Currently, the school is displaying a banner that reads “I accept Rachael’s
Challenge,” which everyone is able to sign.
Th e chain links will be pink which is Black Dia-mond Elementary’s school color.
Th e school also has a kindness and compassion club, which is comprised of third, fourth and fi ft h grade students.
“It’s somewhat like your student body...or leadership club,” Garton said.
In addition to kindness, the club also promotes jour-naling as Scott did.
Garton explained, how-ever, the intent is not merely for the students to perform kind acts at school, but
everywhere they go.“Not only (are they) doing
something in the building, but (they’re) taking it out into the community,” Garton said.
An example of this, she explained, was the students putting together food pack-ages and sending them to troops.
Proof that the program is working, Garton said, is the fact that the entire initiative has been funded privately by individuals and local busi-nesses.
“It’s pretty exciting,” she said. “(We’re) incredibly blessed. Everybody has em-braced Rachel’s Challenge.”
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Covington offi cials want to be more engaged with residents.
To that end, city staff have developed a charter to form a steering committee to create a public engagement process, something the City Council asked staff to work on at its re-treat in late January, according to docu-ments provided by City Manager Derek Matheson.
“Th e public engagement process is im-portant because it creates an opportunity for the public to tell us what they want from their city government,” Matheson wrote in an email interview. “We’ve cut our budget by about $1.5 million and reduced our staff by about 20 percent since the recession began. However, if prices continue to rise and revenues remain anemic,
we may have to cut more in a year or two. At the same time, we know the public wants us to build new roads and parks, maintain better the roads and parks we have, and hire more police offi cers, for example.”
Covington’s manage-ment team discussed the
process at its retreat in March and came up with outcomes to help guide the development of the process.
Th rough public engagement, the city wants to help the community become
educated about and con-nected to mandated as well as discretionary services and “the crucial role of the town center.”
In addition, the manage-ment team wants to be able to convey a clear sense of the communities priorities for the city’s existing revenue as well as new revenue.
Th is process should also, according to city docu-
ments, provide “a clear sense of the community’s willing-ness to provide new revenue for those priorities.”
“Th e (public engagement process) will use a Budget Priorities Advisory Com-mittee and other public-en-gagement tools to determine the public’s priorities for existing revenues and de-termine whether the public wants to maintain and/or enhance those priorities with new, voter-approved revenues,” Matheson wrote. “Th e City Council adopted a BPAC charter unanimously on Sept. 13. Staff will enlist the help of our advisory commissions and other civic organizations to identify po-tential BPAC members. Our goal is to make it possible for the Council to appoint the BPAC by the end of the year.”
In order to develop the public engagement process, the management team sug-gested involving residents by inviting them to join a steer-ing committee, participate
in community meetings, focus groups and surveys as well as connect through so-cial media such as the city’s Facebook page.
It is important, according to the city documents, to “let the community lead the process and produce results independent of Council and/or staff desires.”
Th is process, which will have its foundation in the council’s vision, mission and goals, will need to stay focused on the future.
Finance director Rob Hendrickson picked the brain of Shoreline’s fi nance director to understand how that city was able to imple-ment a successful public engagement process.
At the Aug. 23 Covington City Council meeting Hen-drickson presented a report that outlined a draft charter for the steering committee that would help develop the public engagement process.
Th is committee could have between 13 and 15 members with the majority
required to live within the city limits. It could include city advisory commission members but not council members or city staff .
It could also include members who are between 14 and 18 years old.
Nominations for the committee would come from council members, commission members, city staff , the Covington Chamber of Commerce, local service clubs and the community with the mem-bers ideally representing a wide variety of people and viewpoints.
Members of the commit-tee would be appointed by the council based on staff recommendations.
Hendrickson would sev-er as the liaison between the committee and staff .
According to the draft charter, the committee would need to meet at least once a month, report regu-larly to the council and put together a fi nal report no later than mid-2013.
City develops new way to engage residents
Derek Matheson
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Members of the public are invited to attend.
Covington City Hall is located at 16720 SE 271st Street, Suite 100.
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Even the most severe depression is treatable. With the right help and support, you can and will feel better. Just as no two people are affected the exact same way by depression, there is no “one size fits all” treatment that cures depression. What works for one person might not work for another. The best way to treat depression is to become as informed as possible about the treatment options, and then tailor them to meet your needs.
If you have questions or would like an appointment with a health care provider at Southlake Clinic, please call us at (253) 395-1972. We are located at 27005 168th Place SE in Covington. Saturday appointments are now available.
ing over the installation of those tree lights. It’s going to be cool because we’re having the tree lighting in the little tri-angle parking lot in front of Cutter’s Point and Los Cabos, so, that will be a wonderful venue.”
A number of service clubs will be at the lighting of the tree, which is located in the roundabout near Fred Meyer on 168th Place Southeast, Throm said, including the Covington Lions Club, Covington Rotary, Kiwanis of the Foothills, the Jennifer Beach Foundation and a new partici-pating group, the Genesis Project, which is based out of the Des Moines-Burien area.
“It’s focused on human sex trafficking,” Throm said of the Genesis Project. “I asked them if they’d like to have a booth because I felt like it would fit in well with domestic violence awareness.”
Everything will be free, Throm said, from the purple glow sticks to refreshments.
Since the campaign began, it has grown significantly, and there are new groups as well as projects this year.
For example, Throm explained, the Covington DVTF has expanded its bathroom flier project beyond City Hall.
“In the bathrooms at City Hall for the last few years we have always posted little tear off sheets for the DAWN crisis line,” she said. “So we created some posters that go in the back of each stall... with little tear off numbers. Those are replaced often, I can’t tell you how often women are tearing off those numbers.”
This project was launched in August.“We’re visiting every public facility in Covington, restau-
rants, shopping centers and some doctor’s clinics, and all we’re asking is for their permission to post them,” Throm said. “We have volunteers that visit every month, they post them with tape, if the numbers are gone, they’ll replace
them with new ones. The volunteers are totally responsible for keeping the walls clean and neat.”
Throm explained the expanded availability of the bathroom fliers in the community is exciting because it increases awareness and gives women another way to con-nect with resources for victims.
A new partnership is forming locally, as well, Throm said, with the Greater Maple Valley Community Center’s teen center, The Den.
“They have reached out and they want to be more in-volved in domestic violence education and offering a class,” she said. “They’re interested in offering In Their Shoes to their leadership group.”
In Their Shoes is a role playing exercise that helps teens gain a greater understanding of domestic and dating violence.
Throm said the best way to stop the cycle of violence is to education and starting with teens just makes sense.
She hopes to continue working with local teens to edu-cate them about dating violence.
“Another area that I’ve been working with is the youth groups that are faith based,” Throm said.
For example, Throm said, she’s connected with the youth group at St. John the Baptist in Covington. The group is do-ing a fundraiser on Saturday, a bunco night, and the leaders of the group wanted to raise money for a local organization and chose the DVTF.
“They’re selling purple lights,” she said. “They’re just dynamite. Those kids are amazing. They’re raising lots of money and awareness of dating violence.”
Throm also has started working with Kent-based Project U(th) (pronounced ‘youth’).
“These kids, they’re real leaders, they want to make deci-sions,” she said of Project U(th). “One thing I said I needed
was a poster. In a day and a half a kid created this poster. I’m hoping that they will get more involved.”
Throm will also speak to the youth group from Coving-ton Christian Fellowship in late October to discuss dating violence issues with the kids.
“I feel very excited about getting more time with our faith based community and getting their support because it’s an issue everywhere,” she said.
As far as the Purple Light Nights campaign goes on a wider scale, it continues to grow in other communities across the country, Throm said.
In 2008, cities and counties in five states participated, in 2009 the number of states participating rose to 14. In 2010 there were 20 states participating as well as growing inter-est internationally as well as two provinces in Canada.
This year the campaign has grown to 23 states and now includes Texas and New York.
Many states that participated in previous years have seen growth, too, Throm said. Ohio, for example, is going statewide and will light up landmarks purple.
A third Canadian province is participating this year.And work continues to incorporate the campaign into a
violence awareness month in England in November.Going international, Throm said, “That will be our next
big step into new territory.”Money raised through the sales of purple light bulbs and
strings of lights, which are available at the Maple Valley Community Center and Covington City Hall, goes to sup-port the Covington Domestic Violence Task Force.
Reach Kris Hill at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054.To comment on this story go to www.covingtonreporter.com.
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A task force to evaluate the siting of schools in the rural areas of King County has been proposed for consideration by the Growth Management Planning Council (GMPC), a countywide planning body that has been working to update the set of growth policies that governs jurisdictions in King County.
The Tahoma School District’s planned fifth elementary site is in a rural area.
The School Siting Task Force would bring together officials from school districts,
cities, public health and the county to review rural properties currently owned by school districts and make recommendations for siting schools that are in the best interests of children and taxpayers and that are in compliance with the state Growth Management Act.
“As a lifelong supporter of public education and an advocate for growth man-agement, I believe we can better align city, county and education planning. We need to support each other’s work to create successful schools and healthy communities that promote family involvement,” said King County Executive Dow Constantine, who chairs the GMPC.The proposed task force stems from an agree-
ment between King County, Seattle, Bellevue and the Suburban Cities Association to examine the question of whether sewer lines should continue to be extended into rural areas to accommodate schools that planned for the future by purchas-ing rural property.
The task force would report its findings to Executive Constantine in February, 2012.
Creation of the task force would come with potential adoption of the King County Countywide Planning Policies, a framework for local comprehensive land use plans under the state Growth Management Act.
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and fi nd a way to lower its costs to the city. Ever since the city purchased the golf course in 2006, it has needed funding from the city to break even. Th ough the golf course itself brings in a small profi t annually, the Lake Wilderness Grill continued to operate at a loss. From 2007 to 2009 revenue for the restaurant dropped more than 50 percent.
Th e task force, comprised of a variety of individuals who lived in Maple Valley or used the golf course, spent six months reviewing before they made several recommendations in De-cember 2010.
“It was a comprehensive approach,” Johnston said.
One of their recommen-dations was to close the Lake Wilderness Grill and open up a sports bar.
Th e task force, Johnston stated, “Pretty much said the operation as an enter-prise the city can’t sustain subsidies like it is. Th e fi rst way you do that is you look at the way they were doing business.”
Th e restaurant, Johnston explained, did not have a good business model.
“Th ey had a full service restaurant, full service bar,” he said. “Th ere wasn’t the demand to meet the level of service they were provid-ing.”
Th e restaurant remained operational, albeit it now only opens at 4 p.m., and has signifi cantly limited its
food service.“Th ey changed the menu
from dinner to one that supports more bar activity,” said Johnston. “You don’t have all of the diff erent types of salad off erings. Th ey didn’t have to buy as much food to keep in the freezer. It all steamrolls when you reduce the level of operation.”
Johnston stated he hopes the amount of money the city puts into the course will continue to decrease in the upcoming years.
“Our charge is to break even or make it a profi table business,” he said. “And so that’s one of the mandates that Premier received from us. You’ve got to pay atten-tion to costs and how you do business.”
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ex-parte communication.”Th e councillor said he
believes the appearance of fairness doctrine does not prohibit his communica-tions because they were not discussing the development agreements.
“Th e issue at hand with respect to Mr. Edelman’s communication is clearly focused on the issue of MPD (master planned development) vesting.”
Goodwin stated, “I regret not one action I have taken.
I am fully prepared to defend any and all such ac-tions. None of this serves as legitimate grounds leading to recusal.”
He stated, “To defend myself from YarrowBay assertions I would need to hire my own attorney at my own personal expense.”
Th e councillor said case law is not “defi nitive” and if he were to lose he could “potentially open myself to punitive damages.”
Goodwin said he would,
“be foolish to take that risk” and to recuse himself and return “would make a mockery of the total
process.” Th e councilman
was reached at home by phone shortly aft er the
hearing Monday and he noted his “state-
ment stands‚“ and he will not return to the hearing.
Saas also recused himself Monday and made a state-ment that he would not be returning.
Th e councilman said he
spent time looking over the material YarrowBay submit-ted and considered “my conscience and everything I’ve done, the matters and facts before me. Face value it doesn’t look good. So I had to sit back and say is this something I could stand against, is this some-thing I could live with.”
Saas said through the whole process he had “Learned a lot.” Do I regret what I have done? Not one bit.... Would I do things dif-ferently in retrospect? I can say yes and no.”
Th e councilman said, “Personally I can’t feel that I could defend what I’ve done as I stand on both sides of the line there.”
Hanson and Mulvihilll also recused themselves. If they decide to return a quo-rum of three will be present along with Councilman Bill Boston.
Following the meeting Brian Ross, president of YarrowBay said, “I would hope council members Goodwin and Saas would return. Our concern was we didn’t want anyone to attack
the process. Th e letter was an attempt to protect the process.”
According to Ross, once the members recuse themselves, all can come back and the legal liability for any previous issues is absolved.
“From now on anything that happened in the past is in the past and can’t be challenged,” Ross said. “We don’t question that anyone has anything but the best interests of Black Diamond at heart. But we can’t exposeourselves to risk.”
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HEARING
Greater Maple Valley Area Council’s Sept. 6 meeting
On Tuesday, Sept. 6, the Greater Maple Valley Unincorporated Area Council held its regular monthly meeting. Jay Osborne, Manager in the Road Services Division (RSD) of the King Coun-ty Department of Transportation, discussed the updated Strategic Plan for Road Services based on current and projected budget constraints.
Part of that plan is a new tiered level of service that would be implemented beginning in 2012, pending King County Council approval. Th e plan shows revenues are insuffi cient to sustain the preservation and maintenance of the entire county road system. Consequently, RSD has pri-oritized which roadways will be serviced to keep them in working order, while allowing other roadways to deteriorate due to lack of mainte-nance and preservation.
RSD is signifi cantly constrained by a struc-
tural funding problem due to losses of major sources of funding in recent years: elimination of the local option vehicle license fee, voter-approved initiative limiting property tax growth to 1 percent annually (thus, not necessarily keeping pace with infl ation), exhaustion of levy capacity, steady decline in gas-tax revenues, and the decrease in federal and state grant funding available.
In the meantime, costs for labor, materials, equipment and for meeting standards and regu-latory requirements have generally increased. Sixty-fi ve percent of the RSD revenues are from property taxes.
Only 12 percent comes from the gas tax. Prop-erty values have gone down reducing property tax receipts and people are driving less, reducing gas tax receipts. As a result, RSD is looking at about 18 percent layoff s by the end of this year.
Mr. Osborne focussed on meeting unincor-porated area road needs under this constrained budget environment. Th e targeted approach focuses on fi ve ranked priorities: regulatory compliance, core safety, preservation and main-tenance, mobility, and capacity (only for urban connector arterioles to support urban growth).
It is estimated $240 million is needed annu-ally for optimal management of the unincorpo-rated area roads system. Th is includes the costs of completing the backlog of road projects, of meeting new transportation system needs, and of adopting an approach to minimize lifetime costs of existing roads, bridges, etc.
However, under the current funding structure, only $102 million is estimated to be available
annually beginning in 2015, insuffi cient to fund infrastructure maintenance and preservation to sustain the current condition of the system.
Th ere would be diffi cult choices to make since the system would eventually deteriorate to fail-ure conditions. Some bridges and roads would eventually need to be load-limited to prevent damage. Speed reductions on some roadways, more lane closures for emergency repairs, and increased congestion would eventually occur. Some complete closures of roads and bridges might be necessary. Maintenance would be primarily reactive in nature, and the associated needs and costs would accelerate as infrastruc-ture condition deteriorates. Emergency and storm response capability would be limited due to lack of resources. Mr. Osborne termed this scenario as “managing risk in a declining system.”
As a result, a tiered level of service has been established which consists of: tier 1 – the spine of the county road system (e.g., Issaquah-Hobart Rd.), totals 105 miles (7 percent); tier 2 – con-nectors and backup for tier 1 roads (e.g., Cedar Grove Rd.), totals 166 miles (11 percent); tier 3 – highly used local roads (e.g., Sweeney Road Southeast), totals 193 miles (12 percent); tier 4 – residential dead end roads, totals 510 miles (32 percent) and tier 5 – local roads that have alternate access, totals 590 miles (38 percent). All fi ve tiers will be addressed when it comes to regulatory compliance and safety, but only the highest tiers for preservation and maintenance.
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We are considering a new series of enter-prise reporting written by TJ Martinell
who works out of the Covington-Maple Valley-Black Diamond Reporter offi ce.
Th e subject is online dating.I was hoping I could do the research and write
the series, but, certain staff members think the story is too much fun for me.
Fine.Th e idea for the series
came from me. Despite what some think, I’m re-ally Mr. Happy.
Th e online dating issue caught my attention when TJ told me that guys his age, in their mid-20s, are going online to fi nd dates.
I always thought the folks clicking the online dating buttons were sitting around on locked wards sipping red liquid and watching Jack Nicholson in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”
Now I fi nd out everyone is using online dating. I did a brief survey of folks in my offi ce and found out most had friends and relations of all ages using the various online dating services.
No one ever tells me anything.Th e whole world changed and no one told
me. I’ll bet God is up there in heaven saying,
“Online dating? What’s that? Why didn’t any-one tell me about this? I’m God, I get to know things.”
Apparently, people looking for a date fi ll out screening surveys online and some computer nerd matches you up with a breathing entity who has the same answers.
Th at scares me. Th ere is even some quasi-scientifi c study
I read somewhere that said most men think they look like Greek gods even though a knuckle-dragging cave man is staring back at them in the mirror. It’s a special male talent.
Th e only thing I can fi gure is there must be a very good lie detector on the man side of the screening survey. I bet that lie detector is a girl sitting at a terminal with a fi nely honed sense of humor.
“Right, 150 pounds. Yeah when you were 2.”“Sure, 6 feet 2, on a ladder.”When I was young I don’t remember any
screening devices beyond a six pack of beer, which may be the best argument for online dating and screening surveys
Th e truth is every boy I have ever known was a major fumbling loser when it came to girls. All of us were trying to get some girl
to like us, and all we heard were, “not in this lifetime, dip.”
I have a scientifi c theory that women are genetically designed to be impervious to all the dopey girl catching tactics males try.
Th ere is one small caveat that allows for marriage.
I call it women’s Achilles’ heel. Females are completely invincible except
for that one moment of weakness. At the right moment, if a male specimen is lucky, he gets a girl to believe his lies for a very short time. If he doesn’t hesitate, he may fi nd someone to share his life and believe his lies until death do them part, and there is nothing in this world like it. It has happened.
Based on my observations of watching hopeless guys try to get a date, online dating may be the best way to fi nd that special girl.
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In the greater Maple Valley area about 60 percent of the unincorporated roads are tier 4 and 5.
Th e King County County Council will be discussing and voting on the tiered system later this month and it will be refl ected in the 2012 budget. More information can be found at: www.kingcounty.gov/roads.
Peter RimbosCorresponding SecretaryGreater Maple Valley Unincorporated Area Council
Bankruptcy will not aff ect political decisions
Th is is an open letter is to the voters, resi-dents and business owners of Maple Valley.
Apparently there has been a whisper cam-paign against me recently in Maple Valley.
Guess what, I did fi le a personal bank-ruptcy earlier this year. What you don’t know is why. Th is letter isn’t about making excuses but about sharing the facts.
I worked for T-Mobile for over 13 years making a great salary and receiving amaz-ing benefi ts. Five years ago, my husband, Michael, who also worked for T-Mobile, decided to follow the American dream of owning his own business.
He left his job, took courses and opened Pinnacle Home Inspections. Aft er two years in business, working hard to save money so I could also follow the dream of self employ-ment, I left my job and we purchased a franchise, EnviroSpect Northwest.
Shortly aft er opening the business our franchisor closed their doors due to the fail-
ing economy, leaving us without the benefi ts and support we paid for and expected.
Th e eight months of reserves we had diligently set aside very quickly diminished leaving us in a bad situation.
When you own a business you have to take risks, sometimes they pan out and sometimes they don’t.
It isn’t about not being able to manage a budget or balance a checkbook.
Now I am not telling this to you to gain your sympathy but to tell you that I know fi rst hand what it is like to face adversity and struggle during the tough economy, not too much unlike so many Americans.
Golden said, “Th e only thing that over-comes hard luck is hard work” and that is what I have done and what I pledge to do for our community.
Th is experience gives me a unique per-spective and makes me a better candidate for City Council. Th e silver lining in the story is that we have adjusted and adapted to this economy and we were able to keep our busi-ness which is stronger than ever, our house and transportation were also saved through the process.
Each of us is only one decision, one major medical problem or unexpected loss away from losing everything. It isn’t about getting knocked down, it’s about getting back up. I will walk through Maple Valley with my head held high knowing that my experience does not defi ne me. I fi nd comfort and sol-ace in taking attention off myself and direct-ing my time, talents and eff orts to helping our community and others.
I hope you want a leader who has been through adversity who has walked in your shoes and understands your challenges. During all of this I have been a proven lead-er for the Maple Valley Chamber of Com-merce as president leading from the front. I have also been a community contributor for several local organizations and spent the last weekend walking 60 miles in the quest for
the cure of breast cancer in the 3-Day.As you can see I am not a politician and I
am not perfect. I am, however, a mom, wife, grandmother,
homeowner, business owner and tax payer. I am just a real person, working hard to bring this community together and serve the resi-dents in the manor they should expect. I am saddened to see that this campaign turned negative and personal.
I can only hope that people will see through the political rhetoric and see me for who I am and how I will represent you.
Karen CroweMaple Valley
Lack of PTA members alarming
Dear Editor,Last year I wrote a letter about PTA mem-
bership and feel compelled to do the same this year. In a time of school bonds failing and school budgets being cut, I feel it is so important for parents to be involved and support the schools their children attend.
I know everyone is very busy and PTA membership scares people because they think they will have to volunteer. I have been a PTA member for years, but just last year I stepped up to be the membership chair for the Tahoma Middle School/Junior High PTA. I was amazed to fi nd out that out of over 2,200 combined students, there were only 400 members of the PTA two years ago
(parents and teachers included), the mem-bership increased last year to 600 members, still only 25 percent, but an improvement.
Th is year my daughter is a sophomore at Tahoma High School and so I off ered to assist with the membership committee at the high school. I was aghast to fi nd out that there were only 100 PTA members last year while over 1,700 students attended Tahoma High School 2010-2011.
I was also amazed at how much the high school PTA does; student and teacher appre-ciation, breakfast for students prior to HSPE (high school profi ciency exam) testing, support clubs and organizations, provide transportation for the junior art fi eld trip, award senior community scholarships and much more – with just 100 members. I know everyone is aware that Maple Valley was voted one of the best cities to live in the U.S. In a big part, that is because of our schools.
I strongly encourage everyone that has school age children to join their school’s PTA. Look for the membership form in your child’s paperwork, or go to the school’s PTA website. Your membership will be appreci-ated, even if you don’t volunteer.
If you do volunteer, I bet you’ll fi nd you like it. I’ve never been around such a moti-vated group so dedicated to the success of our children.
Lastly, we don’t want to be the school district that has hardly any membership in the state’s PTA. Let’s show some pride Maple Valley, support your school’s PTA.
Melanie CavinessMaple Valley
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Her passion for her community also extends to running for re-election to City Council position 5. “A vision was created 15 years ago and I hope to see that vision fulfilled responsibly with good design, excellent schools and a plan everyone can live with. We all want the same things - a prosperous, thriving, close-knit community where we can watch our kids grow up, followed by our grandkids. It’s not too often a town gets that kind of opportunity and it’s very exciting.”
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Megan and her husband Steve made the decision to open Bounce it Up about 2 1/2 years ago. Megan and her son Hudson had just moved to Maple Valley when she and Steve were married. What was immediately obvious to Megan was the lack of things available for parents to do with their children in the area. Megan was unemployed at the time and had a desire to start her own business. To bring something to the area that would benefit local families was the drive for both of them. “It has been an amazing opportunity to create a safe and fun place for the children of our community. We have been so blessed to be in a community that has welcomed us with open arms. They have even fought for us to stay in business when we had some issues with the City of Black Diamond. We will never be able to say thank you enough for all of the support each and every one of our customers has provided. We have made amazing friends and have met so many wonderful people!”
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With all of the responsi-bilities you already carry in your leadership role, you
might think you don’t have enough time to mentor someone and show them the ropes. Good leaders like Winston Churchill, however, under-
stand the value in mentoring, not only for mentees but for themselves.
Few people become leaders without the help of others. Most great leaders have mentors that in-troduced them to the profession and guided them through the ranks. While mentees receive much, men-tors receive just as much, if not more.
In teaching others, mentors general-ly enhance their own leadership skills. Mentees oft en want to know not just
how a process works but why. Such questions force mentors to reexam-ine processes and provide them with
new insight. Th ey see their business from a fresh perspective and learn more about its processes, motivating them to make changes and set higher goals.
Mentors may be asked to work with older or younger people, forcing them to fi nd new ways to bridge the age gap. Th ey become more adept at working with people of
all ages, improving their leadership skills as a whole. In turn, mentees become better workers, and eventu-ally, leaders.
Th ere is much to be gained from being a mentor. Don’t take the chance to serve as one lightly. Consider mak-ing time for mentoring, perhaps even starting a mentoring program at your place of business. You can pass on your mission and values and improve the skills and morale of your employ-ees, which will serve you and your business well for years to come.
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Steffi n Church, who shared quarterbacking du-ties with Caleb Saulo, made the decisive play for Kent-lake in its 49-34 win Sept. 23 over Th omas Jeff erson at Federal Way — on defense.
With 55.4 seconds remaining in the game, Church picked off Jeff er-son’s dual-threat quarter-back KW Williams and re-turned it for a touchdown, making what had been a back and forth game seem like a blowout.
“Church, he’s a pretty smart kid,” said Kentlake head coach Chris Paulson. “(Williams) makes me a better coach.”
Th e shootout was an off ensive highlight reel for both squads.
Kentlake struck fi rst on a Saulo to Austin Pernell touchdown connection just 55 seconds into the game.
Th e Falcons followed that up with a rushing touch-down by Tanner Lucas from the one yard line.
Aft er one quarter of play Kentlake was up 13-0 and Jeff erson hadn’t even gotten into Falcons territory.
Lucas picked up his second touch down of the game with 5:01 left in the fi rst half but the Falcons two point conversion failed, putting them up 19-0.
Jeff erson got on the board with a fi eld goal in the second quarter then
closed the gap when Wil-liams threw a 40 yard bomb to a receiver for the Raiders fi rst touch down of the game, followed by a suc-cessful two point conver-sion making it 19-11.
Th e Raiders put an-other fi eld goal through the uprights shortly before the end of the fi rst half to make it 19-14.
Barely a minute and a half into the second quarter Jeff erson fumbled the ball and Kentlake recovered. A play later Pernell ran the ball on an option from the 50 yard line and took
it down the sideline to the end zone to put Kentlake up 26-14.
But Jeff erson turned right around and put together a drive that ended with a 15-yard strike from Williams to Rithvik Lagisetti to make it 26-20 Kentlake.
Not to be outdone, Saulo took the snap on the fi rst play of Kentlake’s next drive and ran it 80 yards to the house to extend the lead to 33-20.
What Saulo could do, though, so could Williams who on the next drive slipped away from eight
Falcons defenders and danced his way to an 84 yard touchdown run right in front of the Kentlake bench to close it to 33-27.
Both teams ensuing drives were stymied.
Th en with 1:07 left in the third quarter Jeff erson’s Yobel Mengistu hauled in an interception which set up a touch down toss from Williams to Gunner Son-nenfeld with 4.9 seconds left in the quarter. With the point aft er touch down kick good, the Raiders took their fi rst — and only — lead of the game, 34-33.
Kentlake then scored on its next two possessions, a fi eld goal with 7:20 left in the game then aft er its de-fense held Jeff erson, Saulo faked a handoff and took the ball in for the touch-down to make it 43-34.
And then came Church’s big defensive play.
“We’ve been talking for the past couple weeks about fi nishing,” Paulson said. “So, to see them come out in the second half and fi nish, it was great. If you can turn it over that many times and still score 49 points, that’s great. We did a lot better job of fi nishing. Th is is the fi rst time in four games we’ve played all 48 minutes.”
As the fi nal seconds ticked off the clock, the Kentlake students chanted “four and oh, four and oh!’
Kentlake, now 4-0 in the SPSL North, has a strong lead heading into its home-coming game Friday night against Tahoma which beat Auburn at home 34-21 to go to 2-2.
“We know Tahoma is pretty good,” Paulson said. “You’ve got to be ready when you’re going up against a team coached by Tony Davis.”
Reach Kris Hill at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054.To comment on this story go to www.covingtonre-porter.com.
Kentlake wins shoot-out with Jefferson
Kentlake’s Austin Pernell slips away from a pair of Thomas Jeff erson defenders en route to the end zone for the Falcons fi rst touchdown of the game. CHARLES CORTES, The Reporter To view a slide show go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com and to buy photos go to the Web site and click on the photo reprints tab.
With the 49-34 victory over the Raiders, the Falcons remain undefeated and alone in fi rst place in the SPSL North
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KENTWOOD HIGH GRADUATE HAGUE EARNS
ALL-STAR MVP HONORS Matt Hague, a 2004 Kentwood
High graduate, has been named the 2011 Indianapolis Indians Most Valuable Player after his outstanding baseball season with the Triple-A club of the
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homers and 75 RBIs. The Pirates drafted Hague, 26, a fi rst
baseman, in the ninth round of the 2008 draft. He also was
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BY DENNIS BOX
Rainier Christian put on quite a show for the football team’s fi rst home game at Kentlake High Saturday aft ernoon.
Th e Mustangs lost 26-20 to the Hawks of Tulalip Heritage from Marysville, but the boys kept the game interesting and made a run in the fourth to at least tie the game. Th e drive was stopped by a fumble with about 1 minute left on the clock.
Rainier Christian fell behind early, but, found the formula for scoring and by the third quarter had pulled to 26-14.
Ben Littlefi eld broke a 48-yard run on the second play of the fourth quarter and the Mustangs were within six at 26-20. Th e two-point conversion failed.
Th e Mustangs showed a balanced attack moving the ball on the ground and through the air.
Fullback Jared Nelson scored on a run on the right side of the line and wideout
David Helmer scored on a passing play.
Next up for Rainier Christian is Neah Bay at noon on Saturday at Kent-lake High.
Th e Mustangs will be looking to score its fi rst win for the two-year-old program.
Reach Dennis Box at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5050.To comment on this story go to www.maplevalleyre-porter.com.
Rainier Christian just misses winning first home game
Rainier Christian’s David Helmer hauls in the ball for a touchdown against Tulalip Heritage on Sept. 24. DENNIS BOX, The Reporter To view a slide
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Mustangs drive to tie the game ends with a turnover against the Hawks from Tulalip Heritage which won 26-20
BY KRIS HILL
A 3-0 loss to Kentwood was probably not what defend-ing South Puget Sound League North Division champion Tahoma had in mind for the volleyball league opener Sept. 21.
The Conquerors jumped out to a 10-4 lead in the first set, though the Bears fought back closing it to 15-9 before the combination of errors on Tahoma’s side of the net and Kentwood’s hitters putting kills away led to a 25-12 first set win for the Conks.
Lauren Hackett led Kentwood with eight kills, five blocks and three aces, but setter Kacie Seims spread the ball around to the Conquerors offense as she put up 29 assists.
Mikaela Ballou hammered out seven kills while Mele Halahuni racked up six and Sarah Toeaina added five kills along with three blocks.
The second set of the game was much closer as Kent-wood and Tahoma traded kills. At the end of the frame, though, the Conks held off the Bears 25-12 in a gym
packed with students from both schools which provided a playoff-like atmosphere in the stands and on the court.
Kentwood raced out to a 12-2 lead in the third set and it looked as though it would close the game out easily but Tahoma surged back twice in the match before losing the set 25-18.
Tahoma junior Rachelle Frets led the Bears with 11 kills while senior setter Miranda Grieser tallied 19 assists and three blocks and Amber Thompson col-lected 20 kills.
With the win, Kentwood moved to 6-0 overall and 1-0 in league play, while Tahoma dropped to 0-1 in league and 2-4 overall.
Kentwood travels to Thomas Jefferson on Tuesday while Tahoma plays at Kentlake the same night.
Kentlake, meanwhile, played its league opener Set. 21 at Mount Rainier, winning 3-0.
Kentwood knocks off Tahoma in volleyball league opener
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KENT FIRE DEPARTMENT REGIONAL FIRE
AUTHORITYNOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARINGNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority Board will hold a public hearing to:Review revenue sources for the
Regional Fire Authority’s 2012 expense budget including proper- ty taxes and possible increases in property tax revenues per RCW 84.55.120, and
Review and establish the Regional Fire Authority’s benefit charge to be imposed in 2012, per RCW 52.26.230(2).
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Covington, WA 98042October 19, 2011 at 5:30 pmPublished in the Kent and
Covington/ Maple Valley /Black Diamond Reporter on September 30, 2011 and October 7, 2011. #528801.CITY OF BLACK DIAMONDPLANNING COMMISSION
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
CITY OF BLACK DIAMONDCOMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
ZONING CODE, ANDOFFICIAL ZONING MAP
The City of Black DiamondPlanning Commission will con-duct a public hearing on Tues-day, October 18, 2011 beginningat 7:00 p.m. in the City CouncilChambers, 25510 Lawson Street,Black Diamond. The public isinvited to provide testimony onproposed amendments to the Cityof Black Diamond Comprehen-sive Plan. The proposed amend-ments include: 1) minor amend-ments to the Future Land UseMap and other maps within thePlan; 2) various amendments tothe Comprehensive Plan text; 3)concurrent implementing zoningchanges consistent with theproposed Future Land Use Mapamendments; and 4) establish-ment of a new “Parks” zonedistrict. Copies of the proposed amend-ments are available for review onthe City’s website (www.ci.blackdiamond.wa.us) and at the BlackDiamond Community Develop-ment Department, 24301 RobertsDrive. For further information, contactSteve Pilcher, Community De-velopment Director,(360) 886-2560 or [email protected]. Published in Covington/MapleValley/Black Diamond ReporterSeptember 30, 2011 and October7, 2011. #530086.
PUBLIC NOTICES
CITY OF COVINGTON NOTICES
ORDINANCE NO. 09-11
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COVINGTON GRANTING COVINGTON WATER DISTRICT A NON-EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, OPERATE, REPLACE AND REPAIR A WATER SYSTEM WITHIN PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY OF THE CITY OF COVINGTON, WASHINGTON, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
ORDINANCE NO. 10-11
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COVINGTON, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON UPDATING THE CITY OF COVINGTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY AMENDING THE DOWNTOWN ELEMENT, CHAPTER 4; THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT, CHAPTER 5; THE PARKS ELEMENT, CHAPTER 6; CREATING A NEW CHAPTER 13, THE SHORELINE ELEMENT; RENUMBERING THE REFERENCES AND APPENDICES CHAPTER 13 TO CHAPTER 14; AND AMENDING THE COVINGTON MUNICIPAL CODE (CMC) SECTION 18.31.060 DOWNTOWN ZONING DISTRICTS STREET TYPES MAP BY ADDING A MISSING SEGMENT OF THE PROPOSED 171ST AVE SE AS A TYPE I STREET.
Passed by the City Council of Covington, Washington, at the City Council meeting of September 27, 2011 to take effect five days after publication.
Published in the Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on September 30, 2011. #530077.
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A year ago Tahoma came within four points of knocking off Auburn, falling 31-27 on the foot-ball field at Auburn Memorial Stadium.
This season, the home turf at Maxwell Stadium was much kinder to the Bears, who handed the Trojans a 34-21 loss — their second straight — in South Puget Sound League North 4A action on Sept. 23.
Playing before a standing room only crowd, Tahoma (2-1 league, 2-2 overall) drew first blood in the contest, with senior running back Zach Browne running one in from 3
yards out for a touchdown.Auburn (2-2, 2-2) tied the contest up in the second quar-
ter, with junior Trojan running back Darnell Hagans first picking off an errant Shane Nelson pass, then running the ball in for a 34-yard TD on the next play from scrimmage.
Not content to go into intermission with a mere 7-7 tie however, Tahoma capitalized on a Beau Riggs fumble recovery with 14-seconds left in the half, with senior kicker David Stoecker booting a 34-yard field goal with no time left on the clock.
In the second half the Bears continued their dominance, with Browne adding 2- and 3-yard TDs.
Browne finished the game with 116 yards on the ground and Riggs added another 103 yards rushing and an 8-yard TD run in the third quarter.
Stoecker contributed another threepoints with a 49-yard field goal in the fourth quarter.
Nelson finished the game with 10-of-15 passing for 123 yards.
Senior linebacker Brandon Guiterrez led the team de-fensively with 10 tackles with senior Wil Anderson adding nine tackles and Calvin Balliett eight.
The Bears will travel to French Field for a 7 p.m. contest against undefeated Kentlake (4-0, 4-0) on Friday.
Tahoma knocks off Auburn 34-21 at home
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WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY AT TAYLOR CREEK CHURCH
There will be a women’s Bible study from 9:20-11:45 a.m. on Thursdays beginning Oct. 20 at
the Taylor Creek Church.
Registration for the classes are currently open.
The study will be of the Book of Proverbs and James’ Epistle.
A nursery is provided.
The church is located at 21110 244th Ave. Se Maple Valley.
For more information, contact Amy Katen at [email protected], or Doreen Hunt at 425-432-0740 [email protected]
MAPLE VALLEY COMMUNITY OKTOBERFEST, FRIDAY, OCT. 21.
The Center at Maple Valley 50+ Connections announced the 2nd Annual Community Ok-toberfest supporting the 50+ Adult Programs in the Greater Maple Valley area at Lake Wil-derness Lodge.
The program will include en-tertainment and games for the kids from 6:30-9 p.m.
From 7-9:30 p.m. we will offer live music with the Happy Hans Band, Bavarian dancers, danc-ing and a 21 and over beer and wine garden area.
A full German bratwurst meal will be prepared and served by the community center cooks along with help from local caterer, Scooter Manguso, and the Maple Valley Rotary with service available from 6:30 p.m.
Presale tickets will go on sale beginning Sept. 15 at the
center, located at 22010 SE 248th St.
The price of $20 per adult in-cludes entry, dinner, entertain-ment and two drink tickets.
A family of four gets entry, two adult and two kid meals, four drink tickets, two soft drinks and entertainment for $50.
Contact Allison Scott or Linda Worley at the community cen-ter at 425-432-1272, or [email protected]
COVINGTON MULTICARE CLINIC TO HAVE NEW HOURS
The MultiCare Covington Ur-gent Care will have new hours starting this fall.
Effective Oct. 9, MultiCare Cov-ington Urgent Care will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and holidays.
The clinic is closed Thanksgiv-ing and Christmas.
Walk-ins are welcome.
No appointments are needed for the clinic at 17700 S.E. 272nd St. in Covington.
For more information, call 253-372-7020 or visit www.multi-care.org/home/covington.
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Henrietta is survived by husband Harvey Senecal; children Harvey, Cheryl, Jane, Tim, Rosalie and Resty; siblings Johanna, Grace, Peter,and Kathry;16 grandchildren, and 36 nieces and nephews. Brothers Rentz and John, son Larry and grandson Jesse preceded her in death.
Henrietta led a simply amazing life and her deep and abiding personal faith in Jesus Christ guided it all. The family request that memorial donations be made to Friendship House, 513 N. “G”
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A 51-year-old Maple Val-ley resident was shot and killed by Issaquah Police officers on Sept. 24 after firing a rifle at the officers and pedestrians. No one else was injured during the incident.
The man was identified as Ronald W. Ficker by the King County Medical Ex-aminers Office on Tuesday.
According to a press release from King County Sheriff ’s spokesperson Sgt. John Urquhart, Issaquah Police started to receive calls at around 11:15 a.m. Saturday morning about a man who had abandoned his 2011 Kia sedan in the middle of the road at the
intersection of Front Street and Newport Way. The man was seen carrying two rifles and pointing them at pedestrians.
Walking to Clark El-ementary on 2nd Avenue Southeast, witnesses saw the suspect trying to break into a parked, unoccupied car in the parking lot of the school, according to the press release.
The suspect then fired his rifle and continued onto school property, where he tried to get into the cab of a backhoe that was parked at the school. He was unsuc-cessful, and more shots were fired.
Issaquah Police offi-cers arrived at the school. According to the press
release, the suspect went into a prone position on the service road on the school property and fired at the officers. Four officers re-turned fire and the man was hit. He died at the scene.
A football game was in progress at the nearby Issaquah High School sta-dium. The game was halted due to the shooting.
The King County Sher-iff ’s Office has launched an investigation into the incident and subsequent death of the suspect.
The Sheriff ’s Office Major Crimes Unit will conduct the investigation, with the assistance from detectives from the Bellevue Police Department and a liaison from Issaquah Police.
Maple Valley man killed by Issaquah Police in shoot-out
WALK FOR HOPE SET FOR SUNDAY IN SEATTLE
The 2011 Walk for Hope will be held in Seattle Oct. 2. Registration opens at 8 a.m. The 5k run begins at 10 a.m. and the 5k walk begins at 10:05 a.m. This year’s
Walk for Hope Seattle will feature an array of activities including sponsor giveaways, a survivors’ pavilion, a kids’ zone, pet zone, team photos and more. To register for the Walk or donate, visit www.walk-4hope.org.
City of Hope is a leading research, treatment and education center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases.
Community Notes
Graphic design artist Arielle Young, a Tahoma High graduate, was featured in her first solo show at Maple Valley Creative Arts Center.
Young’s dynamic rock concert posters have been on display throughout Maple Valley.
Her graphics also show up on screen printed tees as well as taking on the form of the occasional bumper sticker.
Young’s life is her art project. Aside from graphic design the Black Diamond native plays punk, blues, metal, traditional and acoustic music.
She is also involved in philanthropy, journalism, music education and being a roller derby mascot.
She began creating concert posters for the benefit of the students at Dace’s Rock ‘n’ More Music Acad-emy more than six years ago when she was still in high school and hasn’t been willing to give up the job since nor has anyone wanted her to stop.
An early start, an eclectic, sometimes frantic creative streak, and an obsessive love of font have combined to create some of the most eye-catching, colorful, and just flat-out cool poster and T-shirt designs in the world.
Arielle Young featured at Creative Arts Center
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