There was a time when Billy Woodcock, 11, wasn’t so sure about tae kwon do.
His parents had enrolled him at Phillips Tae Kwon Do in January 2004 when he was 4 and after a year he wasn’t so sure he wanted to stick with it.
Billy Woodcock and family earn black belts together in tae kwon do
Tami Bridges was inspired by the selflessness of her younger sister.
“She told me that she didn’t want any presents for Christmas this year,” Bridges recalled. “She wanted us to get presents for a family that she adopted.”
Bridges, a 2007 Tahoma High graduate, decided to do something similar.
Sabrina Roberts was a rising star.
Her death at the age of 16 on Feb. 19 from a rare blood disease ended her rise but her mother, Tammy Harris, wants to help other young stars achieve their potential.
Ron Starr lost his battle with cancer, which began in 2001, early Tuesday morning.
Kentlake High administrators celebrated six Falcon student-athletes on Thursday morning.
Parents, students, coaches and friends gathered in Kentlake’s main gym to congratulate seniors Erika Smyth, Jessie Richardson, Erin Crowley, Katherine Miccile, Chelsea Bailey and Sean Hartnett on their opportunities to continue to participate in sports at the collegiate level.
It would be wise not to assume that Tahoma’s wrestling team is in a rebuilding year despite graduating nine seniors, including three-time state champion Nick Bayer, from a team that finished second in the state last year.
Less is more for Chaz Olsen.
Olsen is the executive chef at Lake Wilderness Grill at Lake Wilderness Golf Course, which is owned by the city of Maple Valley. He has worked there overseeing the food and beverage operations since April 2009.
Strong winds ripped the roof off of the TRM Wood Products lumber storage building Four Corners in Maple Valley sometime after midnight Tuesday morning.
With a Santa hat, a white beard and handmade wooden toys in front of him, Vern Heinle looks like the jolly old elf and the former carpenter acts a bit like him, too.
Heinle, 77, spent 40 years as a carpenter. For the past three years the now-retired Kent resident has put his skills to use making toys for the Forgotten Children’s Fund thanks in part to the association the Shari’s has with the non-profit.
A Maple Valley woman has been charged with third degree assault and driving under the influence following an incident near Tahoma High School in October.
Brandee J. Johnson is accused of running over and dragging a deputy while driving drunk, with a blood alcohol level of .21, at about 9:40 p.m. on Oct. 1. Charges were filed Dec. 3 by the King County Prosecutor’s Office.
Imagine riding a bike from Covington to Black Diamond and beyond.
If a regional trail corridor concept becomes reality, that could happen, connecting trails from Covington to Maple Valley to Black Diamond.
There was good news and bad at the end of the Tahoma High girls basketball team’s first game on Dec. 2.
Good news was Tahoma beat Auburn at home, 55-46, but the bad news was Lauren Hamberg, one of four returning varsity players, suffered a season ending knee injury.
A trio of Kentlake High fastpitch players have committed to play college ball in the past week.
Center fielder Erin Crowley, the Falcons leadoff hitter this past season, will play at Seattle University, while infielder Jessie Richardson will head to Bradley University and shortstop Erika Smyth will play at the University of Minnesota.
Cecily Gray was a bit nervous before the final matchup of Munch Madness on Monday morning.
Gray, Kentwood High’s ASB president, wasn’t sure if the school was going to reach the goal of raising 30,000 pounds of food once all the donations collected by Julia Johnson’s and Mike Angelidis’ third period classes would be enough to put them over the top.
Carsen Dean is excited about the Tahoma boys swim and dive team’s prospects this year.
“Based on how the past few weeks have been going, we’re working a lot harder,” Dean said. “A lot of people are returning. We have a really good relay. We have people who are solid for each event.”
Tanner Keeling-Garcia can fly in the water and in the skies.
Keeling-Garcia, a junior on the Kentlake boys swim and dive team, is on the verge of getting his private pilot’s license but is also one of the Falcon’s strongest swimmers.
Maple Valley Planning Commission to start working on details for northwest quadrant of subarea plan.
Christian Behrens was trying to get back on defense as former Kentwood standout Josh Smith, who is now at UCLA, was on a breakaway during a league game in January.
Behrens planted his left foot and heard his knee pop.
“It was completely torn and I had to have surgery in mid-February,” he said.
After missing the rest of his junior season recovering from a torn left anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), there was no way Behrens was going to lose any time on the court his senior
As the region thaws out and the snow melts away, residents in Covington and Maple Valley didn’t experience any major accidents related to the weather.
Sgt. John Urquhart, spokesman for the King County Sheriff’s Office, said that while deputies were busy early in the week, “I am not aware of any particular calls that were especially noteworthy,” he said in an e-mail interview.
One thing I’ve learned about Kentlake High School students during the past few weeks is they want the time they spend there to be meaningful.
What I decided to do after the Site Council meeting in October was go talk to students, to spend time at the school, to find out what worked, what didn’t work, and what students wanted to see change.
First, I visited Susan Best’s journalism class.
