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Kentwood junior Cassidy Meyers after winning the 118 pound girls wrestling final at Mat Classic on Feb. 18.
Kentwood junior Cassidy Meyers finds inspiration en route...
By Kris Hill • March 8, 2012 1:08 pm

Kentwood junior Cassidy Meyers was inspired at Mat Classic XXIV.

Inspired by her older sister, Jolene, who won a state wrestling title four years ago and is currently serving in the United States Marine Corps.

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Covington City Council offers tax break for developers
Covington City Council offers tax break for developers
By Kris Hill • March 7, 2012 12:38 pm

Covington is trying to make it more attractive to build apartments in the city.

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Maple Valley business supports Tahoma scholarships
Maple Valley business supports Tahoma scholarships
By Kris Hill • March 7, 2012 12:36 pm

Tax season is a frenzied time for Patti Hammett and yet she wants to make the most of this busy period to help Tahoma High School seniors.

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New vision of a home for Maple Valley’s Real Life Church
New vision of a home for Maple Valley’s...
By Kris Hill • February 29, 2012 1:21 pm

Steve Murray has a different idea about church.

Murray, pastor of Real Life Church which meets at Kentlake High, has been working to make his vision of church become reality.

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Maple Valley, Covington works with county on animal control
Maple Valley, Covington works with county on animal...
By Kris Hill • February 29, 2012 12:49 pm

King County will continue to provide animal control services for Covington, Maple Valley and Black Diamond — for now.

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Technology and education | Editorial
Technology and education | Editorial
By Kris Hill • February 28, 2012 7:20 pm

In some ways public school education hasn’t changed a bit since I graduated from high school nearly 16 years ago.

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Kentwood’s Austin Benson puts up a shot over Garfield’s Demario Hall in a state regional game Feb. 25.
Kentwood bounced by Garfield | Boys basketball
By Kris Hill • February 28, 2012 7:04 pm

None of the little things went Kentwood’s way on Feb. 23 against Garfield in the regional round of the boys 4A state basketball tournament at Juanita High.

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Seth Dawson
Kentlake swim coach killed in plane crash |...
By Kris Hill • February 22, 2012 12:29 pm

Kentlake High swim coach Seth Dawson, 31, was one of three people who were on a plane that crashed in the early morning hours of Feb. 15 near North Bend, according to the swim club he worked for, Valley Aquatics Swim Team.

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Farewell too soon, coach | Editorial
Farewell too soon, coach | Editorial
By Kris Hill • February 22, 2012 12:24 pm

In the early afternoon on Feb. 16 I found an article I wrote after Seth Dawson first started coaching the boys swim team at Kentlake High little more than a year ago.

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UW-Tacoma students upgrade Covington-based food bank’s technology
UW-Tacoma students upgrade Covington-based food bank’s technology
By Kris Hill • February 22, 2012 6:00 am

A group of information technology students needed a project which helped a non-profit and The Storehouse in Covington had needs.

Leslie Aal, a student at University of Washington-Tacoma, attends Covington Christian Fellowship where The Storehouse is based and overseen by Meg Holland.

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Kentwood high advances to state tournament | Boys and girls basketball
Kentwood high advances to state tournament | Boys...
By Kris Hill • February 21, 2012 4:48 pm

Going to the state basketball tournament is a tradition for both the boys and girls teams at Kentwood High.

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Seth Dawson
Kentlake swim coach killed in plane crash |...
By Kris Hill • February 16, 2012 8:01 pm

Kentlake High swim coach Seth Dawson, 31, was one of three people who were on a plane that crashed Wednesday near North Bend, according to the swim club he worked for, Valley Aquatics Swim Team.

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Michelle Bennett
Maple Valley Police chief comes away from FBI...
By Kris Hill • February 15, 2012 12:13 pm

Maple Valley Police Chief Michelle Bennett went to Quantico, Va., in October to train at the FBI National Academy and came away with a highly valuable intangible — perspective.

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Wins all around for Kent high school hoops in South Puget Sound League playoffs | Basketball
Wins all around for Kent high school hoops...
By Kris Hill • February 14, 2012 5:47 pm

It was a banner week on the basketball court for Kent schools capped off with Kentwood’s boys team beating Curtis for the South Puget Sound League title Feb. 10.

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Tahoma to send 15 wrestlers to Mat Classic while Kentlake, Kentwood and Kent-Meridian each crowned champions at regional tournament | Slide Show
Tahoma to send 15 wrestlers to Mat Classic...
By Kris Hill • February 12, 2012 2:13 pm

With 15 wrestlers advancing to the state wrestling championships Friday and Saturday at the Tacoma Dome — four more than a year ago and more wrestlers than Mead of Spokane, the team wrestling experts consider Tahoma’s top adversary — the Bears’ goal to win state looks more realistic than ever.

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Tahoma and Kentlake athletes commit to play at the next level | Slide Shows
Tahoma and Kentlake athletes commit to play at...
By Kris Hill • February 10, 2012 12:12 pm

Students from Tahoma and Kentlake signed on the dotted line in the past 10 days.

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Gino Rivera works in the kitchen of his Federal Way restaurant
Gino’s Bistro in Maple Valley to offer fresh...
By Kris Hill • February 9, 2012 7:00 am

Just a few months after arriving in the United States from Peru at the tender age of 18 Gino Rivera’s father told him to get a job.

It would change his life and take him to Maple Valley twice.

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Opening date set for Fred Meyer store in Maple Valley
Opening date set for Fred Meyer store in...
By Kris Hill • February 8, 2012 12:35 pm

A more than decade-long wait for Fred Meyer in Maple Valley will soon come to an end.

“It’s going to open on May 24, which is earlier than we originally anticipated,” said Fred Meyer spokeswoman Melinda Merrill in a phone interview. “We’re really excited about that.”

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Shauna McBride
Cleanup at Lake Wilderness Arboretum in Maple Valley...
By Kris Hill • February 7, 2012 7:10 pm

There was a cleanup at the Lake Wilderness Arboretum this last weekend.

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Kentwood’s Taylor Jones
Conquerors win division crown | Boys basketball
By Kris Hill • February 7, 2012 6:52 pm

Kentwood’s boys basketball team has something many of its South Puget Sound League North division rivals don’t have: certainty.

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