Kentlake’s Erika Smyth hits a single to drive in two runs to lift the squad over Thomas Jefferson in a key SPSL North match up Friday.
Maple Valley’s strength as a community is what keeps it moving in the right direction according to Mayor Noel Gerken in his state of the city address April 2 to the Maple Valley Rotary Club.
“I want to discuss community because community is where it starts and ends,” Gerken said. “We have such an exceptional community here in Maple Valley.”
Tahoma School District’s Elementary Boundary Review Committee will present a series of options at a pair of public meetings set for 6:30 p.m. April 14 and April 19, both at Rock Creek Elementary.
Tahoma ran its win streak to six with a 4-3 victory at home over Auburn. It was a back and…
A shot in the dark suggestion turned out to be the perfect solution for the Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce.
When the chamber was in search of new office space to call home, board member Jim Flynn suggested the organization move to some space in a building he manages then make the most of it by developing a business incubator.
This winning stuff is new to Tahoma fastpitch coach Tom Milligan as every win brings a new record, including wins this week over Kentridge and Kentwood.
Opening day for the second season of the Maple Valley Farmers’ Market is less than three months away and planning is going well, according to Victoria Jonas, who is president of the market’s Board of Directors, the manager of the market and a member of the City Council.
“Things are going well for us,” Jonas said via e-mail. “Vendors signing up, special events calendar filling up, we are going to have our first annual Chili Cook-Off on (Sept. 11).”
A single penny can buy a pencil while 2,000 can pay for a year at a school in Pakistan or Afghanistan.
And that’s just what students from Rock Creek Elementary School were hoping for when they participated in the Pennies for Peace campaign from January through March.
Entering his second season as head coach of the Tahoma High boys soccer squad, Jason Johnson is looking to build on last season, which saw his team finish fourth overall in the South Puget Sound League, 4A North Division.
Dace’s Rock ‘n’ More Music Academy presented the Rockcital Friday at the Maple Valley Creative Arts Center.
Bands from the academy performed at the center and Saturday at the El Corazon in Seattle.
Anastasia Younce and Jamie Todd from Girl Scout Troop 42419 of Maple Valley delivered 71 boxes of cookies donated by customers during the annual sale to Ginger Passarelli on Saturday.
Kentlake beat Kentridge on Friday 9-2, going to 6-1 overall and 2-1 in South Puget Sound League North division play.
Tahoma High’s speech and debate program continued to roll up accolades during the competition season.
Eric Cahoon took fourth place this past weekend in the state Lincoln Douglas Debate while Connor Durkin was a state quarterfinalist, said THS speech and debate coach Matt Tucker via e-mail.
Tahoma graduated only two seniors in 2009 and the bulk of its team that posted its best season under Coach Tom Milligan, who is entering his sixth year at the helm, return to the fastpitch diamond this season.
Led by senior co-captains Kaila Wilkinson, center field, and Katie Jo Myers, right field and sometimes pitcher, Tahoma has a team that wants to make the most of its improvements and hard work during the offseason to make deep run in the playoffs.
Tahoma fastpitch squad beats Kentlake 5-2. This is the first time the Bears have beaten the Falcons in fastpitch.
Crews are working on the second phase of a project in Covington that will temporarily cause hiccups in traffic at Wax Road and Southeast 272nd Street, but will help ease a bottleneck for drivers once completed.
It was a clear message to the packed crowd at the Greater Maple Valley Community Center’s benefit breakfast on March 18 — the center needs help and the community was being asked to give all the help it could.
This quarter, bands from Dace’s Rock ‘n’ More Music Academy will show off their chops at two shows, one in Maple Valley on Friday, and a second show in Seattle on Saturday.
Mariah Whitman works full time during the week, drag races on the weekends and will be graduating from high school this June thanks to online classes through Insight School of Washington.
Starting in April she’ll be running her dad’s 1969 Chevy Nova in the Pro class of the National Hot Rod Association’s Summit Series at Pacific Raceways which is just a short drive from her home in Maple Valley.
Pastor Steve Murray has long had a vision for the future home of Real Life Church and the vision would become reality on a 90 acre property on the edge of Black Diamond.
Murray envisioned a place for Real Life to have a church building to call its own — the congregation of 400 meets at Kentlake High these days — and the rest of the property could be used for recreation and be a gift to the community.
