A large crowd enjoyed the Chamber of Commerce Vegas Night dinner auction and gala at the Meridian Valley Country Club Saturday.
Covington Finance Director Rob Hendrickson presented the 2009 fourth quarter annual report with a dose of economic forecasting at the March 23 City Council meeting.
The numbers were much like the economy – some good and some bad.
Hendrickson noted it “looks like the state has turned the corner on the recession.”
Teamsters Local 174, representing garbage truck drivers in King and Snohomish counties, appear to be on the brink of a settlement, which would avoid a strike affecting Maple Valley, Covington, Black Diamond and the surrounding area.
Reports came in about 6 p.m. today, March 31, the union had settled with Allied Waste Services, one of the companies involved in the negotiations.
A handful of South Puget Sound League North girls tennis matches were squeezed in before the rain drops began early this week.
The rain played havoc with the Tahoma High baseball team this week. The home game against Kentridge scheduled for Monday was rained out and a Tuesday game against Kentwood was also cancelled.
It was the Derek Eager show Saturday at the Kent-Meridian Invitational track and field meet. The Tahoma High senior dominated in three field events, breaking a state record for new rules javelin and he was named “Male field athlete of the meet.”
A tree fell on power lines at Witte Road and 228th Street today, March 29, knocking power out to about 2,000 Puget Sound Energy customers in and around Maple Valley.
Garbage truck drivers represented by Teamsters Local 174 voted today to authorize a strike that would affect Maple Valley, Covington, Black Diamond and the surrounding area.
The union represents drivers in both King and Snohomish counties.
A labor dispute involving garbage truck drivers in King and Snohomish counties is on the verge of boiling over into a strike that would affect Maple Valley, Covington, Black Diamond and the surrounding area.
The city of Covington permit services divisions hours have changed to 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and closed on Fridays, weekends and holidays.
The hours were cut back Jan. 1 to 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
The year is 1927 and a new family has arrived on the Suise Creek Plateau east of Kent. Utilizing his experiences working for Malmo Nursery of the Ernst-Malmo fame in Seattle, and his natural Scandinavian spirit, Aage Foss purchased a failing grocery story from J.W. Richardson. Built in 1919 and known as the Meridian Heights Grocery, it served as a business and early residence for the Foss family. The 40-feet wide by 32 feet living quarters soon became too small, and with dedication, and a family of four boys to help, the new enterprise began to prosper. Soon chicken houses and feed barns were built at the site and the new truck purchased in 1927 became instrumental in one of the first home delivery services of food, feed and eggs on the plateau. This service was provided to customers as far as Black Diamond to the south, Ballard to the north, Selleck to the east and west into the White River Valley.
The Tahoma baseball team lost 9-7 in a hitting duel at Auburn Riverside Tuesday.
It was the first South Puget Sound League 4A North Division game of the season for the Bears.
The Tahoma music faculty performed March 19 at the Tahoma Middle School auditorium during the Tahoma Music Faculty Concert sponsored by the school district and the Maple Valley Creative Arts Council. The concert was dedicated to the memory of Mary Lou Harting, a Rock Creek Elementary teacher who died from breast cancer. Proceeds from the concert went to the Mary Lou Harting Scholarship Fund for graduating Tahoma High music students.
After more than two weeks, 50 hours and hundreds of pages of documents, the hearings for The Villages and Lawson Hills, YarrowBay’s master planned developments in Black Diamond, came to a close Monday night.
The hearings lasted more than two weeks with passionate testimony from residents, a subpoena duel between city attorneys and legal objections raised like battle flags.
The Tahoma High baseball team is back on the field and ready for another season.
The boys have played two nonleague games, losing to Sumner 10-5 Monday and beating Emerald Ridge Tuesday 6-2.
The Bears finished third in state last year and the team will be looking for that magic formula that got them that far again this year.
Leading the defense in the infield will be senior Taylor Smart at shortstop. He will be playing at University of Nevada, Las Vegas next season, but for the spring he will be anchoring the hole for the Bears.
The city of Black Diamond has placed a public safety levy on the April 27 ballot and Police Chief Jamey Kiblinger said passing the measure is critical.
The proposition failed by 11 votes in the November 2009 general election, and supporters are hoping the second time around will be the charm.
Valley Medical Center’s Board of Commissioners passed a resolution March 15 authorizing the construction of a free standing emergency department in Covington, but the vote came after a contentious battle between the board members and staff.
The marathon of hearings on the two YarrowBay developments, The Villages and Lawson Hills, continued through this week and appears to be nearing the finish line.
Kentlake seniors competed in the Boyd Coffee ProStart Invitational March 13 at South Seattle Community College.
The team captain was Zac Coltes and the team members included
Michael McCamey, Bonnie Chow and Brian Currington.
The Black Diamond Police Department reported at 6:30 p.m. March 10 a child riding his bicycle home from the area of the city skate park was approached by a black male driving an older black unknown make or model pickup truck with a red stripe painted on the tailgate.
The police information regarding the incident indicated the male driver stopped in the roadway and told the child to “get in.”
