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Mike Bertsch, a Black Diamond wood-carver, displayed his art at the Spring Wine Walk Saturday in on Cole Street in Enumclaw. Bertch said he began carving about four years ago on refi nished wooden water skis . DENNIS BOX, The Reporter

Carving Art

BY ERIC MANDEL

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Tons of earth cascaded down towards multiple Maple Valley area homes and property during a mudslide Saturday that was es-timated to be about 300 feet high and 300 feet across at the base. And state geologists said the land is not yet done sliding.

Firefi ghters of Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety were dis-patched the 21300 block of 221 Avenue Southeast just aft er 10:00 a.m. Th ey found the mudslide had completely blocked the fl ow of water in the Cedar River and had forced the river over its banks and through private property. Six homes and one additional prop-erty were aff ected in the semi-rural area. Th ere were no reported injuries.

Capt. Kyle Ohashi with the Kent Regional Fire Authority who

Half-mile of river closed after mudslide

BY ERIC MANDEL

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An environmental group has made its pitch to keep Black Diamond from blasting back to its coal mining roots next month. Whether it worked remains to be seen.

Th e Pacifi c Coal Company notifi ed residents within a half mile of the John Henry Mine with letters on April 2 saying the company would resume min-ing of pits 1 and 2 of the mine, which hasn’t produced coal since 1999. A blasting notice informed residents of Pacifi c Coal’s inten-tion to detonate explosives on approximately 160 acres of land during the mining operation. Th e notice covers blasting up until June 30, 2015. Th e company plans to mine 740,000 tons over a six year period, followed by a one-year period of “reclamation-only

Coal mining expected to restart soon near city

BY KATHERINE SMITH

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“Pink is my life,” 14-year-old Zoe Brown said in the enthusi-astic yet matter-of-fact way of teenage girls as she stood in her room, the shockingly bright pink walls emphatically backing up her statement.

On one wall shelves hold her collection of awards — crowns she has won competing in beauty pag-eants since she was nine. Along

with the crowns there are other prizes like scholarships and trips.

And as she tells friends who like to give her a hard time and laugh about the TLC show “Toddlers and Tiaras,” “I don’t do glitz.”

Brown competes in “natural” pageants. As she gets older some makeup like eye shadow or a touch of lip gloss is allowed, but at the younger age levels it is forbid-den.

In February Brown was named

Miss Washington Junior Teen, a category open to 13-15 year olds in the local level of the Interna-tional Junior Miss competitions.

“I wasn’t thinking I was going to win,” Brown said.

Th e pageant was held in Renton and nine other girls competed in the division.

Each pageant consists of a variety of categories including formal and casual wear, talent, spokesmodel and interview to name a few.

For her talent at International Junior Miss she performed a con-temporary jazz dance routine.

Th e interview portion consists of 90 seconds each with three to seven judges where the contes-

International crown next stop for Maple Valley teen

Zoe Brown performs her dance routine during the talent portion of the local International Junior Miss competition. Photo courtesy of Jerry & Lois Photography

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was acting spokesman for the Maple Valley Fire Department, said firefight-ers recommended that residents leave until the river receded, but there were no evacuations. Much of the private property damage was done to lawns, though Ohashi said he saw a carport with about one foot of standing water. He did not have an overall cost estimate on for damage.

The King County Sheriff ’s Office ordered an emergency closure to all activities on a roughly half-mile stretch of the Cedar

River, including boating, fishing, floating and swim-ming, from between High-way 18 at the Renton Maple Valley Road to the Maxwell Road bridge.

King County Sheriff ’s Office Sgt. DB Gates said the river will remain closed “until further notice,” as crews try to figure out how to clean up the downed trees.

Ohashi said the slide was eerily reminiscent of the fatal mudslide in Oso in March, but on a much smaller scale. Ohashi said the damage and potential for injury would have

been much worse had the mudslide occurred in a less rural area.

“It was very lucky,” Ohashi said.

Tim Walsh, Chief Haz-ards Geologist, said the area remains as “an active land-slide” where more material will be coming down as time progresses. The insta-bility includes a triangular area of sand and gravel near the top of the slope that Walsh said has potential to come down all at once and cause more damming and flooding.

“The stabilization is not likely to happen for a while,” Walsh said. “We would need the base of landslide to become vege-tated. If we get some spring rains, enough for grasses to grow, that might stabilize it a little.”

Walsh said state ge-ologists anticipate more vegetation will come down into the river over the next month.

“It will be hard to tell

when it’s done because right now the surface of the remaining bluff is not cohesive because there is no vegetation covering it

anymore,” he said. It will continue moving.”

Ohashi said he is con-cerned about heavy winds or rain that could force the

issue.“Obviously the danger is

very real of it coming down,” he said. “All it needs is the right, or wrong, push.”

The May 10th mudslide near Maple Valley was estimated to be about 300 feet high and 300 feet across at the base. State geologists expect more vegetation will slide into the river over the next month. Courtesy Photo

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Gresham will speak about what drives him to be a champion and what it was like to win the Super Bowl.

He will also be answering questions, which can be submitted online at www.lscc.org/seahawks.

The church is located at 31605 Lake Sawyer Road SE in Black Diamond.

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The city of Maple Valley is con-sidering constructing an emergency access road between housing devel-opments that could help ease traffic during events at Lake Wilderness Park.

The emergency access road would connect Southeast 260th Street in Kate’s Ridge to the corner of Southeast 260th Street and 230th Avenue Southeast which serves the Lake Wilderness Shores and Wil-derness Hills neighborhoods.

The reason, city officials said, is because currently Lake Wilder-ness Shores and Wilderness Hills are both served by Southeast 260th which turns into 230th, which, ul-timately dead ends —meaning that there is only one point of entrance and exit for the approximately 122 lots in those developments.

City staff brought the issue and the proposed emergency road solu-tion to the City Council on Monday

night. The proposed road would be

gravel and 22 feet wide. Access gates at each end would be locked and prohibit traffic on the road on most days. In the case of an emer-gency that blocked access to Lake Wilderness Shores and Wilderness Hills, the gates could be opened and residents could get to and from their homes.

City Engineer David Casey said Maple Valley police, fire, and the city’s Public Works Department would have keys to the locks. The estimated cost of the project is about $20,000.

The plan has been endorsed by both Police Chief Michelle Bennett and Fire Marshal Scott Webster.

Both noted in their endorse-ments that the additional access would benefit first responders as well as property owners and the general public.

Mayor Bill Allison noted during the meeting that approximately five

years ago there was an accident on that road that did block access for residents.

“It’s something we have been thinking about and mulled about for a very long time,” Casey told council.

Casey also estimated there are approximately 10-12 trees that will need to be cut down for the project.

“We want to keep it (the road) as small as possible to meet the needs for emergency ingress/egress and then have it open on the days we have events,” he said.

At the meeting staff was look-ing for direction to send a letter to the nearby property owners and homeowner’s associations, telling them of the project. Councilwoman Linda Johnson, however, objected to simply telling residents what was going to be done and urged the city to ask for feedback before begin-ning the project.

“I think what we’re wanting to do is perfectly appropriate,” Johnson

said. “I’m sorry we didn’t think about this sooner so we could have more discussion. I prefer to tell the residents ‘this is what we’d like to do, give us your feedback.”

Councilman Noel Gerken also said that he supported getting feed-back from the affected residents.

Originally staffs’ goal had been to complete the project in time for Maple Valley Days, but in light of the council’s comments and discus-sions it was decided that a commu-nity meeting should be held.

“We’ll move as quickly as we can,” Casey told council.

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

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KENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL WILL HOST ANNUAL TRADE SHOWKentwood Senior High School’s marketing stu-dents promote a variety of companies during the 17th annual trade show on May 21.

First year marketing students will be creating booths and endorsing more than 80 companies, including Starbucks, Jersey Mikes and Gravity Sports.

Local companies will also be on display, such as Go-Driving School and Kyler’s Auto Detailing.

The show typically attracts more than 2,000 children, students and adults from the surround-ing community.

CREATIVE ARTS CENTER SEEKING ARTISTS FOR ARTS FESTIVALThe Maple Valley Creative Arts Council proudly presents the 16th annual Arts Festival hosted at the Lake Wilderness Lodge June 14-15.

This popular event coincides with the yearly community celebration, Maple Valley Days, and is the must see highlight of the weekend. The Arts Festival will include a live performance area, indoor gallery space for display of visual arts for sale to the public, artists’ demonstrations and hands on art activities for children. On Friday, June 13, MVCAC will hold an Artist Reception

Gala to kick off the weekend.

Artist John Madden, an 18 year old self-taught artist from Renton, had his first gallery showing on April 25 at the Maple Valley Creative Arts Center.

There was a wonderful turnout, successful sales, and donations gathered for Childrens’ Hospital. Madden has several pen on paper pieces avail-able for sale that will mesmerize you with their intricate detail. Metal sculpture is Madden’s other artistic passion, he uses welding/brazing techniques to make bugs, gargoyles, and even a 3 piece heavy metal junk band. John began working on his art the summer of 2012, he has been commissioned for pieces for the fire de-partment and several yard art pieces. The gallery showing runs until May 25. For more information

contact Wendee at 206-271-0826 or email at [email protected].

MVCAC is accepting submissions into the Juried Art show — go to www.maplevalleyarts.com to register online. Submissions are due prior to May 30. Up to $1,500 is available in purchase awards in the juried exhibit as well as many awards in the form of People’s Choice and various local business donations (cash and gift certificates). To learn more about Arts Festival 2014, go to: www.maplevalleyarts.com.

Are you a poet, musician, story teller or budding artist? Come to open mic night at the Creative Art Center every second and fourth Thursday of the month.

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Community News and Notes


I’ve run into a major problem with Obam-acare: I can’t get rid of my free healthcare.

Let’s retrace my freeloading steps.I’ve held a string of full-time jobs since college

that always off ered health insurance. I moved to Seattle in July of 2013, months before open enrollment for the Aff ordable Care Act. I started this adventure without any known employ-ment, so I coasted for a month on COBRA. Some freelance writing paid by the hour, but no benefi ts, so I traveled the private insurance route for the fi rst time. I purchased an aff ordable plan that covered the basics for just over $100 per month. Th at plan more than doubled on Jan. 1. Th is increase also coincided with the bubble bursting on my freelance opportunities.

Th us, I was down to one job, which paid $50 per article — and they only needed me to write one article per week.

Although I am a pretty frugal man, even I can’t live off $200 a month in Capitol Hill, where my relatively inexpensive rent for a studio apart-ment cost upwards of $1,000 per month. Luckily, I had a Sugar Mama (I love you, Laura) to keep me afl oat. Barely.

So back to the insurance situation. I wasn’t sure what to expect with the new

health plan portal. All I’d heard were complaints in the media. Th ey were basically all true.

Calling was worthless. Th e website would freeze before I could enter anything about myself.

Th e system eventually improved. Aft er about a week, the Washington Health

Benefi t Exchange website allowed me to docu-ment my monthly income to see what plan I’d qualify for. So I double checked my math and, yup, still just $200 a month. I’d qualifi ed for Apple Health Care. I never needed to show proof, and, as far as I know, they never validated

my truthfulness with any sort of background check. I also found no expiration date.

I didn’t know what Apple Health Care really meant and I had trouble fi nding anyone who could explain it to me.

Eventually, I was told this meant absolutely free health care. For anything. Like Medicaid. In fact, it was Medicaid.

Th is sounded wonderful. Perhaps a little too wonderful. I felt a little dirty. I was still surviving on savings and didn’t want to be sucking from the taxpayer teat if not truly on my last couple pennies.

It’s not that I’m ungrateful. I appreciate the idea of free health care for those, like I was, who need help in a transition or are down on their luck. But I also understand some of the critics: Why would I need to look for a full-time job? Health insurance was my main concern while unemployed.

Yet, what was I to do? I’m not one to turn down free. I received a card in the mail and it sat in my wallet.

I decided that I would only use it for emer-gencies… But, then again, my ankle still hurt from when I twisted it in beer-league volleyball

months prior. Plus, my teeth could surely use a cleaning. Seems like my brain could always use a scan.

Before any schemes could bear fruition, I signed on to my current job, and with it came the perks of health care.

Th at leads to the crux of my current quandary: I’ve tried multiple times to cancel my Apple Care plan, but have been unable to do so.

As far as I can tell, there is no “let me out” op-tion online. I’ve called multiple phone numbers three or four times and sent an email asking to help me cancel, but, as far as I know, I’m still be-ing covered. It seems as though they don’t want me to leave.

And, like every customer service nightmare, the calls to cancel are so frustrating. It’s a transfer from one machine to another, with none of the options applying to me. I dial zero dozens of times and ask for the operator and get nowhere. Th e automation has simply hung up on me at least once.

So, I’ve resigned myself to staying covered for free at everyone else’s expense forever. At least I’m helping the sign up numbers — doing my part in the Land of the Free.

Courtney Eronemo stood on the water-splashed deck of the King County Aquatic Center, basking in the glow of her fi rst state girls swim meet.

Having just bagged a bronze medal in the indi-vidual medley and snared a silver in the butterfl y, Eronemo, then a fresh-man at Kentwood High, had plenty of it in which to bask on that 2002 November night.

But as Eronemo was glowing, Conquerors coach Mark Prothero approached her, his face fl ush with a decidedly diff erent feeling.

“He was crying, and he came up and hugged me and said, ‘Th is is going to be a fun ride,

kid,’” Eronemo recalled. “I could see his emo-tion, and every part of him was invested in what he was doing.

“I remember that phrase,” Eronemo con-tinued, her own voice choked with emotion last week, just a few days aft er Prothero died following a two-year battle with lung cancer. “I think of that phrase in (coaching) club swim-ming and whatever else I need to do.”

For Eronomo, now fi nishing up her nursing degree at Pacifi c Lutheran University, Prothe-ro’s prediction was prescient. She would go on to win fi ve state championships, each of them in a diff erent event.

So it was indeed a fun ride.But for hundreds upon hundreds of other

swimmers who never tasted a title, the ride was just as fun.

Mark Prothero made sure of it.He was just as passionate about the aquatic

advice he off ered to his athletes as he was about the legal advice he off ered to his clients.

Opposing attorneys respected him. Oppos-ing coaches did, too.

Th e courtroom was his love.So was the pool.

“One thing I take from him — and I never thought about it at the time — was when he would coach summer league and end a team meeting, he would always say he had two rules: Have fun, and swim fast,” said Chris Veraya, who won the boys state backstroke title under Prothero in 2003. “One leads to the other.”

Veraya did more than swim fast. He’s now an attorney, as was Prothero. While his former coach didn’t specifi cally push him toward that fi eld, Veraya acknowledged that “It’s hard growing up with the man and not thinking in that direction, (at least) in an indirect way.”

In fact, Prothero would become best known as one of the lead defense attorneys for Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer. But in the midst of the high-profi le, highly scrutinized case, Prothero acknowledged aft er a meet one aft ernoon that keeping his passions separated wasn’t always easy.

“You know, it’s kind of funny,” Prothero said in his usual articulate, well-thought-out tone. “I’ll be standing on the deck thinking about

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Recent articles in the Reporter indicate all is not well with our Black Dia-mond city government. The issues involving our newly elected mayor and our new-ly appointed city adminis-trator are disturbing if all that appeared in the paper is true. Obvious questions arise about how the city is carrying out its business. A quote by a council member that the city is “hemorrhag-ing money” is very serious. How is taxpayer money being used? Apparently a

number of attorneys and consultants have been hired to help the council and administration work out their problems. Is this a responsible way to use the city’s limited funds?

How is the city staff hold-ing up under these condi-tions? The way it appears, many of them may be looking for work elsewhere. Can they be blamed? Staff morale in any properly functioning organization is worth a lot. With what appears to be going on with their leaders, how can city employees carry out their work effectively?

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Reporter is accurate, the mayor should understand his behavior is way out of line. It is difficult to see how the mayor and newly appointed administrator can possibly work together. Given the fact the last city administrator was fired during the first few days of the mayor’s term, one would wonder if this is a pattern in his working rela-tionships with employees.

In the meantime, the work of the city needs to be carried out. The staff is there, at least for a while. They are professionals.

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Shout out to Lady Bears

Big shout out to our Tahoma Lady Bears Varsity Basketball Team. The girls started out with a bang this year and ended their season convincing everyone around them to become believers. In the final game of the post season, they lost by two points in overtime to Kentridge High School. It was a heartbreaking loss for the girls who were so close to advancing to the WAIA State Tournament in the Tacoma Dome.

The majority of the girls varsity team this year was

made up of freshman and sophomores, so look out next year, the sky’s the limit for this group of talented young ladies!

The girls have also made a commitment to each other to play together year round. They will be playing in multiple local tournaments, as well as traveling to Nashville, TN, San Diego, CA, Oregon City, OR and Yakima, WA, allowing them to compete against some of the more competitive teams around the country.

Check out what is going on with the girls at www.ladybearsbasketball.com for upcoming events, team ros-

ters and other information regarding fundraising and the Lady Bears Basketball Booster Club. If you would like to donate to the Taho-ma Lady Bears Basketball Boosters program to help support these young ladies, please email us at [email protected] or donations can be mailed to Lady Bears Basketball Boosters, PO Box 1135 Maple Valley, WA 98038.

Come watch and support your Tahoma Lady Bears next season!

Michelle Bettcher, Tahoma Booster Club

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the case. But then I can be at my desk in the office trying to figure out how we can beat Kentridge.”

One could almost see Dave Wright smiling through the phone as he heard that story. Wright was KR’s head coach during a decade-long stretch when the South Puget Sound League North Division title usually came down to the dual meet between his Chargers and Pro-thero’s Conquerors.

“I always knew both of our teams were going to be good, and he was going to plan a meet as well as he possibly could,” said Wright, now the head girls coach at Tahoma. “I didn’t win ‘em all, and he didn’t win ‘em all. But it was always friendly. It’s just amazing when you think how the two teams stayed even-keel with each other the whole time.”

Wright also got the perspective of watching Prothero from a parent’s point of view. Daughter Erica Wright

swam for Prothero as a Kentwood freshman.“It was cool as a dad to watch him coach Erica,”

Wright said. “The team was huge. But he knew every-body, he was fair to everybody, and he would acknowl-edge everybody. Erica was JV at the time, and she went to the non-qualifiers meet. But she still got attention from him, and that was great.”

The swimming community, the legal community — and the community at large — lost one of its giants all at the very same moment when the 57-year-old Prothero passed away on the morning of April 19.

A giant because Prothero’s priority was always some-one other than himself.

He helped spearhead the successful drive to keep the Kent-Meridian Pool open when it was threatened with closure as King County got out of the swimming pool business.

He was there to congratulate and pose for a photo

with Renton High’s Steve Sholdra at the 2010 state meet when Sholdra broke Prothero’s 36-year-old school re-cord in the 500-yard freestyle.

Whether he was coaching a local club team or during his decade-long tenure at Kentwood, Prothero’s knowl-edge and guidance helped turn good swimmers into excellent swimmers, and excellent swimmers into state title contenders — and sometimes, state champions.

“He wasn’t worried about money, time, and all those other issues,” Kent School District athletic director Dave Lutes said in a Reporter article about Prothero last week. “He was there for the kids.”

He was indeed.And Mark Prothero always made sure it was a fun

ride.

Mark Moschetti is a former sports editor and sportswrit-er for the Valley Daily News and King County Journal.

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The John Henry No. 1 mine is located west of Lake 12, between Black Diamond-Ravensdale Road and Green River Gorge Road. It first opened in 1985 and is approximately 480 acres. It was first per-mitted in 1986 and was renewed in five-year incre-ments even though coal was not being produced. The mining area is located in three sub-watersheds: Ginder Lake, Mud Lake and Lake No. 12. The mine shut down when the price for coal dropped, but Dave Morris, President of Pacific Coast Coal, said market conditions have improved.

The company continued applying for permits even though coal was not being produced. The company started reclamation in 2010 and then applied for a new permit one year later. According to Reporter archives, the company first attempted to reopen the mine in 2007, when the Of-fice of Surface Mining Rec-lamation and Enforcement ordered the company to either resume mining pro-duction or move into final reclamation. The office also denied its permit request in 2010, stating “the company has not shown it has buyers for its coal, and it has not sufficiently described the impacts of its request.”

Homeowners were noti-

fied of their right to request a pre-blast survey, which would determine the condi-tion of the dwelling and any pre-blasting damage and other physical factors that could reasonably be affected by the blasting.

Morris said the company has received survey re-quests from between 15-20 residents.

The OSMRE was origi-nally accept-ing written comments about its En-vironmental Assessment from March 18 to April 29, but extended the dead-line to May 13. Chris Holmes, spokes-man for the OSMRE, said asking for public comment was “some-what of an extraordi-nary move.” He said they extended the deadline be-cause of heavy interest in the project.

“The mine has a history and we are aware of that history, so we decided to go to public comment,” Holmes said.

Collin Jergens, a spokes-man for the environmental group Fuse, said more than 1,400 people sent a com-ment letter to the OSME

through the Fuse website. He said most supported holding a public hearing and opposed restarting the mine, which was written in the letter’s template. Jergens said other environmental groups have joined in sup-port, with more than 3,000 comments submitted.

One written concern came from Great Maple Valley Unincorporated

Area Council, that said, among other things, in a seven page letter to OSMRE that there are several concerns about assump-tions and oversights in data, incomplete information, inaccurate hydrological information and inadequate environmental assessments that “could have major ef-fects on public health and safety, as well as our natural

environment.”The letter noted concern

that mining activities will adversely affect down-stream drainages in the Lake Sawyer watershed, which was annexed into city limits in 1998 and is subject to urban zoning of greater density that will directly affect surface water runoff. It added that the mining will impact Yar-

rowBay’s development plan to build 4,800 residences in the Villages. The council asked that the revision and renewal permit be denied and that reclamation be required “promptly.”

“…No further delays, as the public has waited long enough,” the Council’s letter stated. “It is not prudent to continue to delay reclama-tion. Continued delays may

result in further loss of wa-ter quality and environment quality to our constituents and the citizens of the City of Black Diamond.”

Jergens said Fuse sup-porters in Black Diamond were concerned about increases in truck traffic, as well as water and air pol-lution. Jergens also claims that the company is trying to use an outdated Envi-

ronmental Impact Statement from 1986 to avoid com-plying with stronger clean air and clean water protections.

“I think it’s naive to say nothing has changed since 1986,” he said. “We’ve learned a lot more about coal mining in that time.”

Morris said there were 23 days of public hearings before a

hearing exam-iner in the early 80s when the area was rezoned from forestry to mining.

“Nothing has changed since then,” Morris said. “Most in the Fuse group probably weren’t even born then.”

Morris called the envi-ronmental impact state-ment allegations lies and told The Reporter that, “coal is a dirty word so environmental groups use

that to raise money. This Fuse group seems to be do-ing that.”

OSMRE found that the environmental impacts were adequately analyzed during the permit ap-plication from 1986. The assessment stated that the impacts of previous mining at John Henry Mine No. 1 have been “insignificant with respect to climate and it is expected that proposed mining will have insignifi-cant impacts to climate.”

“In 1986 climate change was not an issue,” the as-sessment stated. “The local climate has not changed perceptively since 1986.”

Black Diamond started as a coal mining company town in the 1880s. Accord-ing to the OSME’s envi-ronmental assessment, at peak production, the mine employed 75 people and was the major employer in the greater Black Diamond area. The proposed mining is expected to require an av-erage of about 30 employees per day for seven years.

“Overall, the operation has little impact on the City of Black Diamond and its residents and very little socioeconomic impact in general,” the assessment stated.

OSMRE was not required to take public comment and does not need to hold a public hearings on the mat-ter. Holmes said it would take time to look through the actual comments before a decision would be made over whether a public hear-ing is needed.

“Before we’ve finished the environmental assessment,

The John Henry Mine is located west of Lake 12, between Black Diamond-Ravensdale Road and Green River Gorge Road. There has been no mining in that area for in more than 10 years. ERIC MANDEL, Reporter

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asking for a public hearing is not appropriate; it’s not the right order of the process,” Holmes said.

Holmes said comments on scientific engineering evi-dence are much more crucial than the number of com-ments actually received.

“It’s not a popularity contest,” Holmes said. “That’s not how the law is written.”

According to Pacific Coal’s notices, blasting will occur between 10 a.m.-4 p.m., unless emergencies force blasting to alternate times. According to the notices, a series of long horn signals will be blown five minutes before blasting and a series of short horn signals one minute before. Continu-ous horn signal when all clear.

In the past, full production would have meant an average of 33 coal trucks leaving the mean each day. The proposed action is about 10 per day, five days per week.

Pacific Coal’s current proposal involves a much lower annual coal production rate than in the past and will avoid mining through the large Mud Lake wetland. No mining will be done within the Black Diamond city limits.

“It’s a tiny mine,” Morris said. “Some mines produce 60 or 70 million tons a year. There’s 80,000-90,000 for this one.”

The State Department of Ecology fined the company

$2,000 in 2006 for exceeding its monthly phosphorus discharge levels into nearby waterways. Morris said that issue was caused by failed sewer systems in Black Diamond and that the coal doesn’t impact the phosphorus levels. He said Pacific Coal has all of the necessary air quality, water discharge and grading permits.

The Fuse press release called the John Henry mine a “110-year-old coal pit,” though no citation for that time-frame was provided to The Reporter before press deadline Tuesday. Morris and Bill Kombol, president of Palmer Cok-ing Coal Co., which owns the land, said they had no idea where Fuses’ version of the history came from. Kombol provided archived newspaper clips of the area being turned into a mine from forested land in the mid-1980s.

George McPherson, who lives on Lake Sawyer, has ap-proached the Black Diamond City Council about some of his concerns about the mine reopening, which include runoff into streams that could impact water quality, as well as a possible unwanted effect on traffic and area property values. He is among those who believe the company is just trying to get out of reclamation, or cleaning up, the prop-erty from the last time it was mined.

“They have been asked to do reclamation, but have always managed to work their way out of it,” he said. “They say they are going to mine coal. They might, but it

also might be another attempt to avoid reclamation of the property.”

Black Diamond resident Mira Hoke said she, and others she’s spoken to in the community, feel the mining and blasting won’t actually happen since there is no market for coal and that she’s heard the talk before with no resulting action.

“You just have to wonder if it’s more talk than anything else,” she said.

Kombol said the mining will happen.“They’re not going through all this process to fool

people,” Kombol said. “They’re doing it to mine coal and reclaim the land.”

Morris mirrored Kombol, calling the rumor “an absolute lie.”

“They are either lying or ignorant,” he said. “…Our objective is to mine the remaining 500,000 tons of clean coal and that’s a five or six year process. As we mine, the reclamation cost is reduced.”

Morris said he plans to begin production as soon as OSMRE issues the permit.Reach Senior Reporter Eric Mandel at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054. To comment on this story go to www.maplevalleyreporter.com.

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Brown, who attends Tahoma Junior High, said she got interested in pageants when some of her friends at a dance studio she attended were talking about them.

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In her first pageant she finished in the top 15 over-all and decided she wanted to compete again.

To prepare for a pageant

she works with Stormy Kef-fler on her walk and Jeremy Monlux on her interview skills.

“He (Monlux) helps me because sometimes I psych myself out or over think things,” Brown said. “He always tells me every time to be myself.”

To date she has competed in nine pageants, with International Junior Miss being her favorite. She said the support all the girls had for each other made it stand out to her.

Talent is her favorite cat-

egory, Brown said. “Dance is my life.”

“Anything on stage I like,” she added. “I like being on stage and performing for people.”

The other nerve wracking part of a pageant for Brown is the awards ceremony.

“They take forever to an-nounce the winner and you get really nervous,” she said.

Brown said there were a lot of emotions when her name was called as the winner.

“I really wasn’t expecting it because there are girls

who have done this (pag-eant) for years,” she said.

As the winner she earned a spot in the international competition that will be held at the beginning of July in Virginia Beach. Girls from each state, as well as from around the world will compete at that pageant.

Brown said she is most looking forward to all of the people she will get to meet and the experience.

“Not a lot of girls get to do this kind of stuff,” Brown said.

Zoe’s mom, Pamela Brown, described herself as, “not a typical pageant mom.”

She said she was glad her daughter took an interest in pageants because of the

possibilities it opens up for Zoe, including winning scholarship money that she can put towards college.”

“She’s a total 14-year-old and goof,” Pamela said. “I just give her the tools and she goes and has fun.”

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SHADOW LAKE ELEMENTARY NAMED GREEN RIBBON SCHOOLShadow Lake Elementary School is a recipient of the 2014 Green Ribbon School award as announced this week by the U.S. Department of Education.

Shadow Lake is one of 48 public and private schools – including 28 elementary schools -- in the United States selected for the award. The award is given for “exemplary efforts to reduce environmental impact and

utility costs, promote better health, and ensure effective environmental education, including civics, STEM and green career pathways.”

This is the third year of the awards and Shadow Lake is the fourth Tahoma school to receive Green Ribbon status in recognition of its sustain-ability practices. Tahoma Junior High, Tahoma High School and Glacier Park Elementary School also received Green Ribbon awards.

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SPORTS MEDICINE TEAM PLACES AT STATEWIDE COMPETITIONThe Kentlake Sports Medicine Team consisting of students from both Kent-lake and Kentwood high competed at the State Sports Medicine Competition held the weekend of April 25 at the Yakima Convention Center.

This year’s event which included 43 schools and 660 students was the

largest in the history of the Wash-ington Career and Technical Sports Medicine Association. The WCTSMA is the state’s Sports Medicine Career and Technical Student Organization.

Each of the varsity competitors complete two 100-question written examinations as well as one of the following: an oral/practical exam of sports medicine skills, a written and practical CPR exam, a written and practical anatomy and physiology exam, a written medical terminology exam, or a resume and interview.

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The following students made the Seattle Pacifi c University 2014 winter quarter dean’s list.

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Th e whole notion of Mother’s Day started in ancient times as an annual spring festival the Greeks dedicat-ed to maternal goddesses. It has evolved and devolved since ancient times depending on the country in which it was celebrated.

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fi ght for social justice.Hmm? A holiday for

peace for the people in our lives who have little peace because they are busy coor-dinating and mediating the lives of the various humans for whom they are directly and indirectly responsible? Do you think fl owers and brunch will make up for that?

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face it – Mother’s Day is for women who have either lost their mothers or who have moved away from them.

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the beach.Th e following year

with the weather looking similar to the previous Mother’s Day, my mother chose to stay home. Go fi gure. I snapped a photo that year of my mother-in-law hunched over the picnic table, anorak hood pulled tight around her face, wrapped in a blanket, shivering from the chill of the misty ocean day.

In spite of the grand-mothers’ discomfort, I always had a great time. My kids and I beach combed, made little water rivulets around the sand mounds the tide created, and played with the dogs as they raced along the beach.

Th en the next year, with the forecast playing déjà vu and my mother opting once again to stay home, I was still determined to carry out my beach picnic plans. But everyone talked me into just walking down to the marina, a block away from my in-laws’ house for a bit of fresh air. Th en we ate our picnic in their kitchen. What’s the fun in that?

Everything has changed now: my in-laws have moved from the Island, I’m worn out with helping them clean out their house to get it ready to sell, and my own mother gave me the best present she could have ever given me – Mother’s Day off . No beaches, no picnics, no fl owers, just a day com-pletely to myself with no worries.

It’s too bad. Th e weather is really nice this year.

Gretchen Leigh is a stay-at-home mom who lives in Covington. She is enjoying her obligation-free Mother’s Day. You can also read more of her writing and her daily blog on her website livingwith-gleigh.com.

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All subjects in the police blotter are presumed inno-cent until proven guilty in a court of law.

ASSAULT• A road rage incident turned into an assault

report at 2:15 p.m. on May 9 at the 21000 block of Southeast 256th Street.

• Police received a report at 11:41 p.m. on May 6 of a civil situation involving money that escalated to “mutual combatant” on the 21800 block of South-east 272nd Street.

• A domestic violence situation between adult brothers was reported at 8:34 p.m. on May 4 at a residence in the 27400 block of 210th Avenue Southeast. Police said one brother cut the other with car keys, who then made a threat with a baseball bat.EXTORTION

• Internet extortion was reported at 12:59 a.m. on May 6 when an unknown suspect demanded money from an individual living in the 26500 block of 222nd Place Southeast to prevent release of a sexu-ally explicit video online.

LARCENY• A man with his 2-year-old grandson was ar-

rested at 5:17 p.m. on May 10 for shoplifting at Walmart, 17432 SE 270th Place.

• A weed eater was reported stolen at 10:41 a.m. on May 9 from a vehicle parked outside of the Dan-iel Ross Salon, 17407 SE Wax Road.

• A burglary was reported at 12:10 a.m. on May 9 at Motorplex/PRO-TOW, 23933 SE 264th St.

• Copper wire was reported stolen at 9:45 a.m. on May 8 from a junction box on the 23200 block of Southeast Kent Kangley Road.

• Police received a larceny report at 8:56 a.m. on May 8 that involved a man who purchased more than $4,000 worth of paint from Sherwin Williams, 17709 SE 272nd St., on a business account he did not have authorization to use.

• An attempted auto theft was reported at 8:36 a.m. on May 6 in the Kohl’s, 17002 SE 270th Place, parking lot.

• A window was reported smashed and items stolen at 5:18 a.m. on May 6 from a vehicle parked in a driveway on the 15700 block of Southeast 254th Place.

• A residential burglary was reported at 4:45 a.m. on May 6 on the 24000 block of 221st Lane South-east.

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OBSTRUCTING AN OFFICER• An individual living on the 20800 block of 17th

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Tahoma High seniors Brock Eager, Tucker Mjelde and Denham Patricelli agree that competing at a high level in the fi eld events of track and fi eld requires one thing: technique.

“You can’t just run and go high,” said Mjelde, who competes in pole vault. “Your run is the most impor-tant part — your run and the plant.”

As the postseason kicks off this week with the South Puget Sound League North 4A meet, the three-some — all of whom are ranked in the top 10 in the state in their respective events — have their eyes on the state meet two weeks from now.

Patricelli, who was the state champion in javelin last year, is looking to defend his title and may-be break the school record javelin throw of 230 feet while he’s at it.

Finding his throwing talent almost didn’t happen for Patricelli. He signed up for the track team in eighth grade because he had a broken fi nger and couldn’t try out for the baseball team. He had par-ticipated in track before, but hadn’t planned on it becoming a part of

his high school experience. “I like how it is totally indepen-

dent,” Patricelli said of throwing the javelin. “I like how javelin relies on the work that I put into it.”

He missed part of his sopho-more season and most of his junior season due to injury and requisite Tommy John surgery.

To date, his personal best is 210 feet,. He is ranked No. 1 in the state.

“I got by when I fi rst started out because I was a good athlete,” Patri-celli said. “But as I get towards my ceiling I have to focus on technique and not just my athletic ability.”

Th ere’s a lot that goes into a good throw, Patricelli explained, includ-ing the weather, his form and how his arm feels.

“He’s a very good competitor,” Tahoma throwing coach Keith Eager said of Patricelli. “He’s usu-ally at his best when it’s the biggest competition of the year.”

Also a thrower, Brock Eager — coach Eager’s son — has earned success at the hammer throw.

He currently is ranked fi rst at the state in the 12 pound hammer throw with a distance of 220 feet, 6 inches.

Bears have their eyes on stateThree Tahoma seniors are looking to leave their mark at the upcoming state championship meet

Tucker Mjelde, a senior at Tahoma, soars over the fi fteen foot standard earlier this season. He is currently ranked fi rst in the state. Photo courtesy of Boomer’s Photography

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The second week of May has nurseries and garden centers that were full of flowers for Mother’s Day and just in time for brides and June grads.

Here are some green ideas for gifting on these special spring occasions:

FOR THOSE WHO GARDEN ON THE CUTTING EDGE

Skip the traditional fuchsia basket or pots of geraniums and look for plants that are a bit unusual instead. Consider a vine like chocolate akebia with sweet-scented puffy blooms, or an annual climber like black-eyed Susan or thunbergii.

There are lots of new petunias available at garden centers this year including more of the bi-colored mini petunias or calibrachoa. If in doubt, look for plants labeled “Proven Win-ners.” Plants that earn the “Proven Winner” name are

those that have been tested, evaluated and often times new and unusual.

Cool new plants are affordable luxuries that last longer than a cut flower display.

FOR GARDENERS WHO KILL PLANTS

Do you forget to water? Leave for long weekends in the summer or garden with the challenge of poor soil and full sun? Sedums and succulents are fleshy plants with rich textural inter-est and are now available planted in contemporary square containers, mixed in Tuscan-style pottery bowls or planted in cubes or frames to hang on a fence or wall.

There are also popular perennials that come back

year after year with very little attention or water de-mands. Sedum Autumn Joy is a summer-blooming plant with flat pani-cles of blooms that turn from green to pink

to rust as the summer turns to fall. The golden ground-cover sedum Angelina will crowd out weeds and turn into a living mulch that looks good even in the winter.

Sedums and succulents will give anyone a hand with developing a green thumb.

FOR THOSE WHO LOVE COLOR: WAVE PETUNIAS FOR THE SUN

If you want the most blooms for your buck I nominate the Wave petunia. This fast-growing ground-cover petunia splashes

across any sunny spot with oceans of bloom. You will need to loosen the topsoil, add some slow-release plant food and water the young plants until they are established but in western Washington these tough petunias have proven wind, rain and drought resistant. This year you can find Wave petunias in bright shades of purple, pink and lavender. In hanging baskets or win-dow boxes, the Wave pe-tunias also do well as long as you keep them fertilized and don’t allow the soil to dry out.

HYDRANGEAS AND BEGONIAS FOR THE SHADE

The new hydrangeas that flower repeatedly all sum-mer include Endless Sum-mer hydrangeas in various colors and forms. You don’t need a lot of space to grow the more compact rebloom-ing hydrangeas like Pista-chio and Blushing Bride. In containers on a shaded

patio look for the tuberous begonias with large rose-like blooms called non-stop begonias.

These really do flower non-stop all summer even in the deepest shade.

For morning sun or areas that are mostly shaded and then blasted with hot afternoon sunshine look for the vigorous and vivacious Bonfire Begonia.’ This is a hardier angel wing begonia with numerous smaller blooms in bright orange or red that attracts humming-birds from miles around.

HERBS FOR GRADSThis generation of gradu-

ates is greener and more food savvy than ever before. Young people are growing edible plants on window-sills and in college dorm rooms even if they don’t yet have space in a garden bed. A gift of potted sage, an easy-to-grow Mediterra-nean herb, would be much appreciated by any foodie.

There is a not so subtle message here – ever since Aristotle, sage is the herb that signifies wisdom, thus the term “sage advice.”

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

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Lake Wilderness Arboretum Foun-dation recently announced a new partnership with Maple Valley Cub Scout Pack 459 as the official sponsor.

Pack representative Bree Devlin reached out to Foundation presi-dent Noel Paterson on a charter agreement for 2014, which the Board agreed to in January.

The Foundation provides facilities and resources as needed to con-tinue the programs of the pack.

In addition, the two groups work together to champion Scouting as

part of the Arboretum’s service to the community.

“The current parent-led Scouting committee works with the Arbo-retum Board, securing space for Cub Scout Pack programs or time at the arboretum to conduct tours

of the grounds and gardens, in addition to other planned events,” Paterson said. “As a nonprofit or-ganization, we have worked with Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops for many years, and we think sponsoring Cub Scout Pack 459 fits right in with our educational and

community outreach.”

Visit LakeWildernessArboretum.org, email [email protected] or call 253-293-5103 to volunteer, donate or become a member.

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KING COUNTY COUNCIL MAKES MAY ARTS EDUCATION MONTHThe King County Council declared May as Arts Education Month.

“Learning about the arts is as impor-tant to a child’s education as reading, writing, and arithmetic,” Councilman Larry Phillips, prime sponsor of recog-nition, said in a press release. “Chil-dren with exposure to a diverse arts education grow up with the cognitive skills and ingenuity to not only enrich

their community but work success-fully in a variety of fields as well.”

The arts, including dance, music, theatre and visual arts, are defined as a core content area in Washington State’s definition of basic education and are considered an essential com-ponent of a complete education that should be provided for all students.

The council said education in the arts enables students to develop critical thinking and problem solving skills, imagination and creativity, discipline, alternate ways of communicating and

expressing feelings and ideas.

“A well-rounded education includes instruction in the arts,” said Council-man Reagan Dunn. “This month we take time to highlight the arts and their importance in the education of our students.”

ATHLETE SIGNS WITH UNIVERSITYJunior college volleyball player Mi-randa Grieser, from Maple Valley, has signed a letter of intent to play for the University of Alaska.

Grieser is a 5-foot-7-inch setter from Highline Community College. Highline won back-to-back NWAACC West Region titles with Grieser.

The team went 13-1 in the West and 23-12 overall last season.

Grieser was named NWAACC Setter of the Week on Nov. 7 and was three times named NWAACC West Region Setter of the Week.


Throwing is a family affair for the Eager’s clan; Brock’s older brother, Derek Eager, was state champion in javelin and discus in 2011, his senior year.

Brock said he was drawn to compete in the sport because he has been around it since he was a young kid.

“I’ve been doing track basically my whole life,” Brock said.

He started hammer throw in seventh grade and discovered his love for the event.

“My favorite part is see-ing all the hard work pay off,” he said.

In addition, he also competes in shot put — in which he is currently ranked sixth in the state — and discus.

The hardest part about throwing for Brock has been realizing you can’t al-ways muscle a good throw.

“When you try to throw far it doesn’t always work,” he said. “You have to use your technique.”

Coach Eager said the

thing that stands out most about his youngest son is Brock’s work ethic, specifi-cally how he trains six days a week, year round.

“I’ve just seen his level of commitment to the sport grow over time,” coach Eager said. “As he saw that hard work makes you better he committed to more hard work.”

Coach Eager added that he is excited to see what the future holds for both Brock and Patricelli as they go on to compete at the collegiate level.

“It’s been a joy to coach all of them,” he said.

Mjelde also started com-peting in track in middle school and was influenced by his friends to pick up pole vaulting as a freshman.

“It’s a sport unlike anything else,” Mjelde said. “Everything was new. It was just fun.”

His current personal best is 15-6 which puts him at the top of the state rankings by two inches and a school record by a foot a 3 inches.

“He caught on to pole

vaulting pretty quick,” Tahoma pole vaulting coach Steve Kent said. “Really, each year, and almost every meet, he just keeps getting better and better.”

Kent added that Mjelde’s background as a com-petitive wrestler helped him pick up pole vaulting.

“Basically (being a wrestler) means he has

good strength, flexibility and coordination,” Kent explained.

Mjelde said that even though the competition is stiff there is a camaraderie and “synergy” among pole vaulters.

He added that one of his favorite things about the sport is that he can defini-tively measure his improve-

ment every time his best gets better.

Looking ahead to the state meet, Mjelde said he hopes his favorite memory for the season is still to come.

Preparing to take his shot at a state title, Mjelde said that a large part of the preparation is mental.

“As soon as you step on

the runway you can’t think about one part too much,” Mjelde said.

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

Notice of Community MeetingMay 29, 2014 -7pmCovington City Hall

16720 SE 271st St. Suite 100Covington, WA 98042

AT&T Wireless is proposing to construct a wireless communication facility located at 25000 156th Ave SE, Kent, WA. The facility will consist of 120’ tall monopole and a 12’x26’ equipment shelter in a fenced compound. King County Code requires a community meeting be held in advance of the application, and no application has been made. King County Code will require a Condition Use Permit for a Communication Facility.Contact - Smartlink, LLC Julie Cope14432 SE Eastgate Way #200Bellevue, WA 98007 (509) 220-4155Published/delivered in Coving- ton/Maple Valley/Black Diamond May 15, 22, 2014. #1054281.

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In Re: The marriage of Petitioner: THOMAS KRALLand Respondent: DIANE MONDRAGON

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legal separation against you. You must respond with a written demand for a copy of the Petition within 40 days from the day after

demand must be sent or delivered to the court at: Clerk of Court, Eau Claire County Courthouse, 721 Oxford Avenue, Eau Claire, WI, 54703 and to Attorney Paul Jackson, PO Box 1764, Eau Claire, WI. 54702. It is recommended, but not required, that you have an attorney help or represent you. If you do not demand a copy of the Petition within 45 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Petition, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Petition. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnish- ment or seizure of property.

the parties to this action have minor children, violation of §948.31, Wis. Stats., (Interfer- ence with custody by parent or

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If you and the petitioner have mi- nor children, documents setting forth the percentage standard for child support established by the department under §49.22(9), Wis. Stats., and the factors that a

tion of that standard under §767.511 (1m), Wis. Stats., are available upon your request from the Clerk of Court.

ity of information from the Cir- cuit Court Commissioner as set forth in §767.105, Wis. Stats. §767.105 1nformation from Circuit Court Commissioner. (2) Upon the request of a party to an action affecting the family, including a revision of judgment or order under sec. 767.59 or 767.451: (a) The Circuit Court Commissioner shall, with or without charge, provide the party with written information on the following, as appropriate to the action commenced: 1. The procedure for obtaining a judgment or order in the attion. 2. The major issues usually addressed in such an action.

3. Community resources and family court counseling services available to assist the parties. 4. The procedure for setting, modifying, and enforcing child support awards, or modifying and enforcing legal custody or physical placement judgments or orders. (b) The Circuit Court Commissioner shall provide a party, for inspection or purchase, with a copy of the statutory pro- visions in this chapter generally pertinent to the action. If you require reasonable accom- modations due to a disability to participate in the court process, please call: 715-839-4816 at least ten (10) working days prior to the scheduled court date. Please note that the court does not pro-vide transportation. Paul Jackson. April 25, 2014 Published in Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on May 9, 2014, May 16. 2014 and May 23, 2014.#1039807.

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION

Application Name & File No.: Covington Mixed-Use Commercial Site Development Application LU14-0006/0010

Associated Permits: Commercial Binding Site Plan, LU14-0009/0010, Major Tree Removal Permit, LU14-0010/0010, Multifamily Tax Exemption (Affinity- Sr. Housing), LU14-0008/0010, Multifamily Tax Exemption (Polaris – Multifamily), LU14-0007/0010

Primary Contact: Alan Springer Project Development Manager Gemstar Properties LLC 1620 North Mamer Road, Bldg B Spokane Valley, WA 99216 509-321-3205

Application Submitted: April 17, 2014

Date of Complete Application: April 28, 2014

Notice of Application: May 16, 2014

Project Location: The subject property lies within NW ¼, Section 36, Township 22N, Range 5E, WM, and consists of Parcel No. 3622059187 in the City of Covington, King County, WA.

Project Description: The developer is proposing to develop 7.03 acres located in the Town Center (TC) downtown zone. The proposed development is a mixed use development that consists of four structures identified as Buildings A, B, C and D. Buildings A and B are six-story mixed-use buildings with 200 units of affordable family apartments with ground level commercial space and parking.

Building C is a six-story senior living building with 154 dwelling units and amenity space. Building D is a pool and recreation area for Building C. The developer will be utilizing a development agreement process for a reduction in required commercial space associated with Buildings A and B, and the Multifamily Property Tax Exemption for the entire site. Water service will be provided by Covington Water District and sewer service will be provided by Soos Creek Water and Sewer District. Emergency services will be provided by the City of Covington and the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority (RFA). The site contains no environmentally critical areas.

Comp Plan/Zoning Designation: Town Center (TC) Downtown Zone

Consistency with Applicable City Plans and Regulations: This proposal will be reviewed for compliance with all applicable City of Covington ordinances; Title 18-Zoning and Downtown Development Standards and Design Guidelines, Title 12-Street Design and Construction Standards, Title 13-Surface Water regulations, and other applicable design requirements.

Other known permits not included in this Application: Engineering Phase Review, Clearing and Grading Permit, Building Permit (compliance with the International Building, Fire, Mechanical and Plumbing Codes); Certificates of Water and Sewer Availability; applicable Right of Way Permits from City; issuance of other permits required by separate jurisdictions (i.e. Qwest, Puget Sound Energy, etc.); and any other permits as deemed necessary.

Comment Period: May 16, 2014 – June 6, 2014

This is a Type 2 Application in accordance with CMC 14.30.040 whereas the City of Covington Community Development Director issues the final decision for the Commercial Site Development application and is the SEPA official for the project. Consideration of a Development Agreement will require a public hearing before the City Council. To make written comments, please mail or hand-deliver specific comments to City Hall, Community Development Department, 16720 SE 271st Street, Covington, WA 98042, no later than June 6, 2014. Please contact Permit Services at 253-480-2400 or via email at [email protected] should you have any questions.

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FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT TO BE HELD AT COMMUNITY CENTERThe last Family Movie Night of the year will be held at 6:30 p.m. on May 16 at the Maple Valley Community Center.

The movie for the night will be Disney’s Pirate Fairy.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the cost is $5 per person for Frankie’s Pizza, salad, veggies, lemonade, cake and a craft.

Kids may bring pillows, pajamas and sleeping bags and relax on the mats and bean bags close to the giant movie screen.

Sponsored by Frankie’s Pizza, Motorplex and Maple Valley Family Circle.

LET YOUR IMAGINATION GO ‘OUT THERE’ AT YOUTH SYMPHONY CONCERTMaple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra presents “Out There” – their latest concert event.

The concert will be held 7 p.m. on May 16 at Maple Valley Pres-byterian Church. The concert will feature music from Star Wars, Harry Potter, Copland, Vivaldi and more. Performing groups will include MVYSO’s Symphony Orchestra, Jr. Symphony Or-chestra, Small Ensembles and a special performance by MVYSO’s Jam Club.

Micah Knight will be MVYSO’s featured soloist on Vivaldi’s “Spring.”

A $5 suggested donation is ac-cepted at the door.

All proceeds from this concert will benefit the programs of Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra.

For more information about this concert or MVYSO’s programs, visit www.mvyso.org or call 425-433-6009.

COVINGTON SALON PARTICIPATES IN FUNDRAISING EVENTDaniel Ross Salon and Skin Care, located in Covington, par-ticipated in a fundraising event, “Fashion SOULstice,” on April 26 to raise money to provide fund-ing for a cosmetology school in Cambodia.

The event was organized by the non-profit Justice & Soul Foundation and drew over 275 participants and raised more than $47,000.

A highlight of the evening was a fashion show with models styled by six area salons and one school. They included Pepper’s Salon, James Alan Salon and Spa, Lisa Power Salon, Paroba College, Robert Leonard Salon and Day Spa, Rosaline Hampton and Wil-liam James Hair and Skin Studio.

The sold-out evening featured a silent auction and runway show. The $47,000 will be used to teach cosmetology skills to young survivors of sex trafficking in the Foundation’s new vocation train-ing program in Cambodia.

The foundation is wrapping up a six-week capitol campaigning, raising an additional $45,000 to build the school and salon in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.


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A Covington woman has been booked in connec-tion to an alleged stabbing reported on May 2.

A detective from the King County Major Crimes Unit was able to speak with the alleged victim, Marcus Edwards, 20, who indicated his girlfriend was

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On the heels of the first-ever statewide dis-tracted driving extra enforcement campaign, law enforcement officers will be out once again searching for not only unbuckled drivers but distracted drivers as part of the annual “Click it or Ticket” patrols between May 19 and June 1.In King County, during the recent distracted

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