In little more than a week the bell will ring to signal the opening of the second season of the Maple Valley Farmer’s Market.
The market opens at 9 a.m., Saturday, June 19, at Rock Creek Elementary School on Maple Valley Highway north of Four Corners.
There are 18 new vendors this year including Silver Springs Creamer, Chelane’s Jame, George’s Baker, Alpacas at Morning Star Ranch, Daily Bagel and Cougar Mountain Kettle Kettle Corn Co.
Trish Adams was struggling to find a purpose two years ago in the deaths of two women to whom she was closest.
Bigger and better is the mantra for this year’s Home Depot Contractor Appreciation event set to start at 10 a.m. on June 18.
More importantly, though, the four-hour long event will be an opportunity to serve the community, explained Ira Dunlap, pro sales supervisor and the person in charge of coordinating it.
The Maple Valley Bombers have been racking up tournament wins this spring.
Members of the Maple Valley Police Department’s Explorer Post competed in the two-day Apple Cup Challenge May 22-23 in Yakima and took home hardware from the event.
Saturday was about missed opportunities for Kentlake in a rain-shortened 4A state fastpitch tournament at SERA Fields in Tacoma.
The Falcons stranded 19 runners including leaving the bases loaded in both games and found themselves out of the running for a trophy after a 4-3 loss to defending champion Kelso and a 5-3 defeat at the hands of Richland.
Dace Anderson wanted to stretch his wings creatively when he formed Sealth with students from his music school, Dace’s Rock ‘N’ More in Maple Valley.
It’s not how Kentlake envisioned winning a district title but when rain washed out the semi-final games two innings into them the West Central District tournament directors canceled the rest of the tournament.
Kentlake earns state berth thanks to extra innings heroics by senior Brooke Evans while Kentwood and Tahoma split their games today and Kentridge was bounced in the first day of the West Central District tournament which was postponed from Friday and Saturday at Sprinker Recreation Center in Spanaway to Monday and Tuesday. Play is slated to continue Tuesday is weather permits.
Tahoma and Kentlake dominated the South Puget Sound North All-League fastpitch honors this week.
The Falcons had six first-team members while the Bears had three on the first team and four on the second team.
It was an easy decision for Emilie Hard to live in Maple Valley and teach in the Tahoma School District but it was a much harder one for her to choose to leave to pursue a new opportunity.
Hard, who has served as the principal at Glacier Park Elementary for 10 years, will leave after 18 years in Tahoma schools to server as the executive director of teaching and learning with the Issaquah School District.
Summer is right around the corner and so is the annual Covington Days Festival celebration set for July 16-18.
Friday night will kick off with a barbecue at Covington Christian Fellowship at 5 p.m. followed by fireworks at 10.
It was a bittersweet celebration for Maj. Dave Germani as he said goodbye to 30 years with the King County Sheriff’s Office.
On May 14 Germani and about 200 of his closest friends, colleagues and family gathered at Lake Wilderness Lodge and celebrated his retirement from the King County Sheriff’s Office, which was official April 30. His last eight years with the department he served as commander of Precinct No. 3 in Maple Valley.
Nothing seemed to bounce Tahoma’s way Friday afternoon at the South Puget Sound League fastpitch tournament as it dropped both games.
Tahoma earns spot in SPSL fastpitch semi-final, Kentwood splits its games and Kentlake will take on Rogers in the other semi-final game on Friday.
A pair of Cedar Heights Middle School students earned prizes in the Jacob Friedman Holocaust Writing and Art Contest held by the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center.
Both students, Laylan Tahir and Lucas Reider, are eighth graders in Sylvia O’Brien’s class at Cedar Heights.
What began as a way to constructively deal with an energetic 4 year old became a journey for a Maple Valley family that spanned more than five years and ended in all four earning black belts in tae kwon do.
Billy Woodcock was enrolled in martial arts by his parents, Bill and Christine Woodcock, at the tender age of 4 because “my family wanted to teach me discipline,” the now 10 year old explained.
Kentwood beats Auburn Riverside on a game winning single by freshman catcher Allison Newcomb, who drove in four of the Conqueror’s runs in a 5-4 victory.
City staff, council members and citizens came to the new City Hall building Thursday, May 6, to enjoy the surroundings and atmosphere at the open house.
Hannah Simpson hasn’t had a chance to enjoy being an active 12 year old for months.
On Christmas Day she was rushed to Seattle Children’s Hospital with a life threatening reaction to one of the medications she takes for a pair of chronic conditions.
