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Finding focus of Future Ready | Katherine Smith
Finding focus of Future Ready | Katherine Smith
By Katherine Smith • May 23, 2013 5:07 pm

Ever since I was first introduced to the Tahoma School District’s Future Ready initiative last year I have struggled with it. At times I have found myself thinking it sounds great and at others I’ve been completely frustrated as I have sifted through it and tried to find what precisely the message is.

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Donut hole bill signed by Gov. Inslee
Donut hole bill signed by Gov. Inslee
By Katherine Smith • May 17, 2013 4:25 pm

Gov. Inslee signed Senate Bill 5417 Tuesday afternoon which will allow Maple Valley to annex the donut hole property.

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Changes possible for Cedar Valley Elementary Support Center kids
Changes possible for Cedar Valley Elementary Support Center...
By Katherine Smith • May 16, 2013 2:05 pm

Kent School District officials are considering combining two classes in the Cedar Valley Support Center into one for the 2013-14 school year due to low enrollment.

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Records fall for Kentlake at league track meet
Records fall for Kentlake at league track meet
By Katherine Smith • May 16, 2013 1:56 pm

Tahoma’s Dallas Hayes wins boys shot put and discus while Tucker Mjelde took home pole vault title with a new school record

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Charges filed in alleged beating death of teen in Covington
Charges filed in alleged beating death of teen...
By Katherine Smith • May 15, 2013 9:25 pm

King County prosecutor Daniel Satterberg filed charges of second degree murder against Robert Green Thursday afternoon in the alleged beating death of a 16-year-old male in Covington on Saturday, May 11.

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Kentwood principal moves on after 14 years
Kentwood principal moves on after 14 years
By Katherine Smith • May 10, 2013 1:42 pm

Doug Hostetter has spent nearly half his life working at Kentwood High School but he is stepping down as principal June 30 to take on a new role as director of high schools for the Tacoma School District.

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Andy Arnold and his wife Laura pose with their two-year-old daugher
Pastor hopes to bring stability to Maple Valley...
By Katherine Smith • May 10, 2013 1:39 pm

Shepherd of the Valley, part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, has gone through multiple interim pastors as the congregation searched for the right fit.

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Seasons of life and Starbucks | Katherine Smith
Seasons of life and Starbucks | Katherine Smith
By Katherine Smith • May 10, 2013 1:31 pm

Sitting in Starbucks and watching the world go by. It’s a people-watching smorgasbord second, in my opinion, only to people-watching at Disneyland.

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Wait goes on for new Covington Elementary
Wait goes on for new Covington Elementary
By Katherine Smith • May 10, 2013 11:57 am

Building a new Covington Elementary is listed as a top priority project for the Kent School District but that doesn’t mean a new school will be built anytime soon — it will likely be several more years before the vision for a new school becomes a reality.

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Thief steals mayor’s van to get to drug court
Thief steals mayor’s van to get to drug...
By Katherine Smith • May 7, 2013 1:59 pm

Maple Valley Mayor Bill Allison didn’t even know a van he owns was stolen when he got a call Monday morning from the Maple Valley Police Department the vehicle was recovered.

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Kentlake Principal Joe Potts moved out of his office earlier this year
Stepping out of the principal’s office
By Katherine Smith • May 3, 2013 10:47 am

Not every principal is like Mr. Rooney in Ferris Beuller’s Day Off.

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Gearing up for track and field post-season
Gearing up for track and field post-season
By Katherine Smith • May 2, 2013 1:28 pm

Track and field athletes from Tahoma, Kentlake and Kentwood are gearing up for post-season meets as the South Puget Sound League North division schedule wraps up.

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Original Pancake House comes to Maple Valley
Original Pancake House comes to Maple Valley
By Katherine Smith • May 2, 2013 1:21 pm

The newest addition to Maple Valley, The Original Pancake House, opened at Four Corners Monday morning.

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Maple Valley City Council considers park funding options
Maple Valley City Council considers park funding options
By Katherine Smith • May 2, 2013 1:18 pm

No matter which way you slice it, more fields in Maple Valley are going to mean higher taxes for residents.

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New field, track for Kentwood High
New field, track for Kentwood High
By Katherine Smith • April 26, 2013 6:50 pm

Next year Kentwood sports teams will be able to play under the lights at home on a safe and functional field

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City Council unanimously approves legal contract
City Council unanimously approves legal contract
By Katherine Smith • April 24, 2013 4:30 pm

The new contract, which will take effect May 1, will give the city 48 hours per month of services with Patricia Taraday and 22 hours per month of services with Jeff Taraday.

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Annexation bill going to Governor’s desk
Annexation bill going to Governor’s desk
By Katherine Smith • April 23, 2013 1:17 pm

Maple Valley officials are one step closer to annexing the property within the city limits known as the donut hole thanks the passage of an amended bill on the Senate floor Monday.

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Tyler Johnson
Tahoma High drama’s Les Miserables | Slideshow
By Katherine Smith • April 19, 2013 1:44 pm

Tyler Johnson, a senior at Tahoma High, is at the front of the chain gang as Jean Valjean during rehearsal of the opening number of Les Miserables. There are 36 Tahoma High students in the show and nine elementary and middle schoolers. The show opens May 3 at Tahoma Middle School.

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Dallas Hayes practices his throwing technique at practice on April 11. Last year Hayes placed sixth at the state meet. This year he has already shattered his previous personal best of 141 feet.
Discipline, Details, Discus
By Katherine Smith • April 18, 2013 1:20 pm

Tahoma High senior and thrower Dallas Hayes is in pursuit of a new personal best and a 4A state title

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Learning how to sail my ship | Katherine Smith
Learning how to sail my ship | Katherine...
By Katherine Smith • April 18, 2013 1:14 pm

This is the way the world is and we have to find a way to live in it. We must find a way to sail our ships and weather the storms individually and collectively. That’s part of growing up. Every generation before us has had to figure it out, too. I think the challenge will be good for us.

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