Crews have begun work at the site of the former Woodside Village Mobile Home Park in Covington.
Residents of the mobile home park moved out in the fall of 2006 after DR Horton, a developer based out of Fort Worth, Texas, that has properties in more than two dozen states, put in a preliminary plat application in June 2006 for the development of 146 lots, according to Salina Lyons, senior planner for the city of Covington.
Suzanne Gardner built a visual arts program from scratch at Tahoma High.
It began 16 years ago when she took the job after being encouraged to apply by Terry Duty, then the vice principal and currently the principal, and a friend she played soccer with at the time who taught at Tahoma.
Some might think losing eight seniors from a team that went to state for the first time since 1977 might be a problem in a wide open division.
Tahoma, however, proved that it’s not in a 3-2 win over Kentwood at home to open South Puget Sound League North play on Wednesday night.
District qualifying times were had left and right on Sept. 16 at the Covington Aquatic Center when Kentlake faced off against South Puget Sound League North division rival Kentwood.
The Conquerors won the dual meet, 103-83, but before the diving portion of the program began the Falcons had several district qualifying times in the books.
For seven years, Angela Jones lived in fear, trying to stay alive.
She is a survivor of domestic violence who even 10 years after her divorce is still struggling with the manipulative behavior of her ex-husband.
Jones met her ex-husband, James, when she was barely out of high school.
Food, hair cuts, backpacks, books and most importantly a good time were the hallmarks of The Storehouse’s Ninth Annual Back to School barbecue Aug. 28 at Covington Christian Fellowship.
“We just wanted the whole day to be filled with just a lot of fun,” said Storehouse Executive Director Meg Holland. “We broke all records (for attendance). There was probably close to 800 people.”
Over the past 15 years Max Prinsen and his wife Erin Wojewodzki-Prinsen have been working to preserve the Shadow Lake Bog.
Saturday they will celebrate the work they’ve done and the work ahead with the 14th Annual Frog Frolic from 1-6 p.m. at the Shadow Lake Bog: Richter Interpretive Center, 21656 184th Ave. S.E., Renton.
Surprises, appreciation and unexpected gifts were part of the Soup Ladies fundraiser on Sept. 10.
Christy Todd, who helped spearhead organizing the fundraiser, said “the event went really, really well.”
Getting off the “School Improvement List” is a tricky thing.
But Cedar Valley Elementary School has taken a significant step toward moving off that list with the results from the Measurement of Student Progress — the standardized test for students in third through eighth grade — for this past spring. The results were released by the state Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction at the end of August.
These days, it just hurts to breathe, much less swim for Kentlake senior Chelsea Bailey.
Bailey, who stands a lanky 6-foot-2, suffered an injury before the state girls swim and dive championships in November 2009 and came away disappointed in her individual efforts.
The Tahoma High volleyball squad made it to state in 2009 for the first time in more than 30 years.
But that may have just been the beginning for head coach Sally Eager, now in her second year with the Bears.
Just shy of its 25th anniversary, Mountain Vineyard Christian Fellowship is ready to build its permanent church home.
Members of the church staff, board, the congregation and the community showed up on Aug. 29 to celebrate the groundbreaking.
It was a significant moment for the church, explained Pastor Roy Conwell, who helped found the church in 1985.
Getting off the “School Improvement List” is a tricky thing.
But Cedar Valley Elementary School has taken a significant step toward moving off that list with the results from the Measurement of Student Progress — the standardized test for students in third through eighth grade — for this past spring. The results were released by the state Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction at the end of August.
Dave Guest had a 10 year plan.
It just got interrupted in year six.
Guest, who lives in Black Diamond, was a news editor at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer when it ceased putting out a daily newspaper. He had worked for the company for 25 years and was in the process of starting his own business when the paper closed in March 2009 after more than a century of reporting the news.
Amy Allen applied to be on TLC’s “Home Made Simple” show on a whim.
A few months later, her family was featured on the show, which aims to provide participants with simple and easy solutions for “everyday domestic challenges” according to TLC’s website.
It all started simply enough. Allen’s neighbor was applying for the show and suggested she do the same.
Everybody loves the Soup Ladies.
And Christy Todd, city attorney for Maple Valley, suggested people would love to support the Soup Ladies.
Started in 2003 by Ginger Passarelli Senecal, known affectionately as ‘Mama,’ the Soup Ladies has grown both in number of volunteers and its reach as a non-profit.
Life doesn’t get any less complicated for a survivor of domestic violence after leaving the abuser.
Once away safely, a survivor will look around and ask, “What now?”
After finding a place to live, a way to get around, a job and perhaps child care or a new school, the next step is to figure out how to build a life that doesn’t repeat the patterns the survivor just escaped.
There are more than 10 different schools serving students from Covington and Black Diamond in the Kent School District.
This fall, there will be new principals at four of them: Cedar Heights and Mattson middle schools as well as Kentlake High and Covington Elementary.
Tina McDonough kissed the street sweeper for good luck on a warm, sunny Friday afternoon in Ravensdale.
The sweeper was about to be loaded up on a truck bound for Los Angeles, Calif., where it is scheduled to be auctioned off by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.
Jeff Potter thought it was about time to start a volleyball club in Maple Valley.
Potter, who has lived in the area for nearly 20 years and played volleyball even longer, is no stranger to starting up programs in the area.
