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The original social network
The original social network
By TJ Martinell • January 2, 2013 5:48 pm

Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google Plus are new, but what they do is not new.

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Anonymous donor brightens Maple Valley family’s Christmas
Anonymous donor brightens Maple Valley family’s Christmas
By TJ Martinell • December 31, 2012 8:23 pm

After her son’s Christmas present, an electric dirt bike, was stolen off their front porch, an anonymous donor provided Ermey with the necessary money to replace the dirt bike after a story was published in the Reporter’s Dec. 21 issue.

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Kentwood's Zoe Krambule practices on the balance beam in the school's mat room. Krambule started gymnastics when she was 3.
Tale of two gymnasts | Opposites in the...
By TJ Martinell • December 27, 2012 1:06 pm

For junior Zoe Krambule, this is the 11th year in gymnastics, a sport she began at 3. With junior Tessa Carlin, it’s about the only sport she hasn’t tried before.

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Questions linger about marijuana legalization
Questions linger about marijuana legalization
By TJ Martinell • December 27, 2012 12:15 pm

The recently approved Initiative 502 did not clarify the state and federal conflict over marijuana for cities like Maple Valley and Covington.

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My farewell address to you | TJ Martinell
My farewell address to you | TJ Martinell
By TJ Martinell • December 26, 2012 8:00 pm

I must state with great sadness that this will be my final issue, and consequently my final editorial, for the Covington-Maple Valley-Black Diamond Reporter. Starting at the beginning of next year, I will be working as an editor at msn.com.

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Maple Valley named among the top 50 best places to raise kids in 2013 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Maple Valley named among the top 50 best...
By TJ Martinell • December 24, 2012 12:46 pm

Maple Valley was named among the top 50 best places to raise kids in 2013 by Bloomberg Businessweek.

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Maple Valley City Council approves budget for next year, eliminates city attorney and community development director positions
Maple Valley City Council approves budget for next...
By TJ Martinell • December 20, 2012 3:23 pm

With the approval of the 2013 budget two positions were eliminated from Maple Valley’s payroll: city attorney and community development director.

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A mural of the Black Diamond memorial wall and statue where it will be placed.
Mural installed at site of Black Diamond miners...
By TJ Martinell • December 19, 2012 2:02 pm

A new mural for the Black Diamond Miners Memorial has been set at the future site outside the Black Diamond Historical Society’s building.

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Reflections on Newtown | Editorial
Reflections on Newtown | Editorial
By TJ Martinell • December 19, 2012 1:13 pm

I assume most of you have read about what happened in Newtown, Conn., by now, due in no small part to the 24-hour news cycle that has swarmed over it like vultures, so I won’t revisit it in detail here.

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Graphic by Frank Shiers
Editorial cartoon of the week by Frank Shiers,...
By TJ Martinell • December 19, 2012 1:13 pm

Editorial cartoon of the week by Frank Shiers, Jr.

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Police search for suspect allegedly involved in armed bank robbery in Covington
Police search for suspect allegedly involved in armed...
By TJ Martinell • December 17, 2012 7:07 pm

Police are searching for a suspect believed to have robbed a Covington bank Thursday.

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Maple Valley family discovers Christmas gift stolen off front porch
Maple Valley family discovers Christmas gift stolen off...
By TJ Martinell • December 17, 2012 5:32 pm

About the only thing lower than stealing an 8-year-old’s gift from under the Christmas tree is stealing it off the front porch.

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Farelli’s brings pizza and brews to Maple Valley
Farelli’s brings pizza and brews to Maple Valley
By TJ Martinell • December 14, 2012 6:00 pm

At Farrelli’s, it’s a self-serve kind of place when it comes to the tap.

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Jens Pulver discusses his fighting career and childhood to Tahoma Junior High students Dec.  6. A 1993 Tahoma graduate
Maple Valley’s king of sprawl and brawl Jens...
By TJ Martinell • December 13, 2012 1:00 pm

Winning fights is how Maple Valley native Jens Pulver shows his gratitude to the community that raised him.

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Maple Valley extends contract with Premier Golf Centers for managing Lake Wilderness Golf Course
Maple Valley extends contract with Premier Golf Centers...
By TJ Martinell • December 13, 2012 12:12 pm

Premier Golf Centers will manage Lake Wilderness Golf Course after the Maple Valley City Council approved a $3.84 million contract with the Seattle-based company, extending the contract to 2016.

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Yes, I personally know Santa Claus | Editorial
Yes, I personally know Santa Claus | Editorial
By TJ Martinell • December 12, 2012 1:44 pm

Every Christmas there is one debate that should never exist. At this time of the year, something which should never even have to be asked about not only is questioned, but extreme skepticism is cast on it.

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Maple Valley property tax levy increases, while overall value drops
Maple Valley property tax levy increases, while overall...
By TJ Martinell • December 12, 2012 1:27 pm

Although some Maple Valley property owners lost value this year, they will still have to pay a higher property tax rate in 2013.

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Maple Valley City Council approves rezoning for Brandt Property
Maple Valley City Council approves rezoning for Brandt...
By TJ Martinell • December 11, 2012 10:12 pm

The Maple Valley City Council approved an ordinance to re-zone the Brandt Property in the northern part of the city at the Dec. 10 meeting.

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Two Kentwood students work on weighing the amount of food as part of the school's Munch Madness Food Drive.
Kentwood’s Munch Madness Food Drive raises over 50,000...
By TJ Martinell • December 7, 2012 5:40 pm

Kentwood students helped weigh food donations Friday as part of the school’s annual Munch Madness Food Drive.

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Pythian Sisters Lilynne Davis
Pythian Sisters a throwback to a bygone era...
By TJ Martinell • December 7, 2012 10:00 am

Janice Ranton first joined the Pythian Sisters Temple 12 in Black Diamond when she was 16 years old. In a time before commuting, the Internet, cable television and even fax machines, lodges were the primary social function for people in town.

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Kentlake senior Erik Fulmer sits inside the Covington Aquatic Center as he listens to Mozart
Kentlake senior goes from a childhood hating the...
By TJ Martinell • December 6, 2012 1:39 pm

Swimmer Erik Fulmer is never satisfied — even when he comes in first.

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Unincorporated communities around Covington use technology to deter crime
Unincorporated communities around Covington use technology to deter...
By TJ Martinell • December 6, 2012 1:28 pm

As budgets for law enforcement agencies tighten, many unincorporated neighborhoods have turned to creative methods to deter crime.

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Best Christmas pageants, ever | Editorial
Best Christmas pageants, ever | Editorial
By TJ Martinell • December 5, 2012 12:54 pm

‘Tis the season for Christmas pageants, those wonderfully awkward times in the holiday season when children are caroused onto intimidatingly high stages in oversized costumes and recite their memorized lines in a high-pitched voice as quickly as possible before they forget what they are supposed to say.

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