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Dynamic Family Services in Kent wins Zino Society Award in Social Innovative Fast Pitch competition
Dynamic Family Services in Kent wins Zino Society...
By TJ Martinell • October 11, 2011 7:58 pm

Dynamics Family Services in Kent was bestowed the $20,000 “Zino Society Award” in the Social Innovative Fast Pitch competition.

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The Maple Valley City Council candidate debate Sept. 29 at Rock Creek Elementary. From the left
Maple Valley City Council candidates tackle issues during...
By TJ Martinell • October 4, 2011 8:42 pm

Candidates for Maple Valley City Council tackled a variety of topics at a debate Thursday, Sept. 29 hosted by The Greater Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce and The Reporter at Rock Creek Elementary.

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Tahoma High senior Riley Caler races shoulder to shoulder with a Kentwood student in the junior varsity race Sept. 28 at Lake Wilderness Park.
Tahoma High cross country team aims for state...
By TJ Martinell • October 4, 2011 6:01 pm

Tahoma High’s boys and girls cross country teams outran Mt. Rainer and Kentwood at a meet on Sept. 28 at Lake Wilderness Park.

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Guy Capoeman teaches Lisa I’a
Institute for Community Leadership in Kent celebrates completion...
By TJ Martinell • October 3, 2011 4:42 pm

The Institute for Community Leadership recently celebrated the completion of an ocean going canoe as a part of its cultural celebration.

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Black Diamond Elementary embraces Rachel’s Challenge Initative
Black Diamond Elementary embraces Rachel’s Challenge Initative
By TJ Martinell • September 28, 2011 5:43 pm

An act of kindness can go a long way.

At Black Diamond Elementary Principal Gerri Garton hopes to have acts of kindness go two miles by March 6 — in the form of a paper chain.

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Maple Valley to spend less money on Lake Wilderness Golf course this year
Maple Valley to spend less money on Lake...
By TJ Martinell • September 28, 2011 5:41 pm

Running Lake Wilderness Golf Course won’t cost the taxpayers of Maple Valley anywhere near the amount it did last year.

The golf course is estimated to require a total of $80,000 in subsidies from the city, a 285 percent decrease from last year, when it cost the city $228,000.

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King County Deputy Jace Hoch during the school lockdown drill at Tahoma Junior High.
King County Sheriff’s Office school lockdown drill at...
By TJ Martinell • September 28, 2011 1:34 pm

A school lockdown drill was held at Tahoma Junior High in Maple Valley Sept. 28. The drill simulated two armed suspects entering the school premise.

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The MultiCare Covington Urgent Care to have new hours starting Oct. 9
The MultiCare Covington Urgent Care to have new...
By TJ Martinell • September 28, 2011 1:33 pm

The MultiCare Covington Urgent Care will have new hours starting this fall.

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51-year-old Maple Valley resident shot and killed by Issaquah Police after firing rifle at Clark Elementary in Issaquah
51-year-old Maple Valley resident shot and killed by...
By TJ Martinell • September 26, 2011 3:29 pm

A 51-year-old Maple Valley resident was shot and killed by Issaquah Police officers on Saturday, Sept. 24 after firing a rifle at the officers and pedestrians. No one else was injured during the incident.

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Harjeet Sandhu-Fuller in her office at Grass Lake Elementary in Kent. Fuller and her husband also own a motel business in Idaho.
Education is a calling for new Grass Lake...
By TJ Martinell • September 22, 2011 12:33 pm

Studying to become a nurse at the University of Washington in 1988, Harjeet Sandhu-Fuller got a job as an intern at the UW Hospital.

Though she wouldn’t act on it until she transferred to Eastern Washington University, it was there Fuller decided her calling was not in medicine.

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No one can know the future | Editorial
No one can know the future | Editorial
By TJ Martinell • September 21, 2011 6:57 pm

It is always a source of amusement for me when I hear kids talk about what they are going to do when they “grow up.” Or, better yet, when parents mingle and discuss their child’s future career with absolutely certainty, as though it is something which should be determined at the tender age of 7.

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Maple Valley resident witnessed Reno Air Race crash and assisted incident commander
Maple Valley resident witnessed Reno Air Race crash...
By TJ Martinell • September 21, 2011 5:42 pm

Maple Valley resident Sean Kelly went to Reno last weekend to enjoy his third trip to the annual National Air Championship Races.

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High school students from Kentlake and Kentwood High take tour of national economy
High school students from Kentlake and Kentwood High...
By TJ Martinell • September 21, 2011 5:38 pm

After attending the vigil of a 3-year-old girl in Oakland, Calif. the students of the Institute for Community Leadership (ICL) in Kent decided something.

Whatever the solution is to the current economic crisis, violence isn’t it.

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Rock Creek Elementary students in Maple Valley stay in touch with airman deploying to Afghanistan
Rock Creek Elementary students in Maple Valley stay...
By TJ Martinell • September 20, 2011 10:07 pm

Air Force Staff Sgt. Lyle Schneider will have plenty of people to write to when he is deployed this fall.

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22-year-old man issued criminal citation after found on stolen bike by Maple Valley Police
22-year-old man issued criminal citation after found on...
By TJ Martinell • September 16, 2011 7:58 pm

A 22-year-old male was issued a criminal citation by Maple Valley Police and deputies from the King County Sheriff’s Office while riding a stolen bike Sept. 16.

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Group helped Lake Wilderness in Maple Valley go from cloudy to clear
Group helped Lake Wilderness in Maple Valley go...
By TJ Martinell • September 14, 2011 6:49 pm

In 1994 Diana Ludke and other residents who lived on Lake Wilderness had reached the breaking point.

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Covington finds the funds for new community park
Covington finds the funds for new community park
By TJ Martinell • September 8, 2011 6:25 pm

Covington has managed to accumulate $1.5 million in funding for its community park project, according to Scott Thomas.

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Taste of Covington pushed back to 2012
Taste of Covington pushed back to 2012
By TJ Martinell • September 7, 2011 6:06 pm

The Taste of Covington event has been postponed indefinitely by the Covington Chamber of Commerc

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Summer End Fun Run to be held at Kentwood High School in Covington Sept. 18
Summer End Fun Run to be held at...
By TJ Martinell • September 7, 2011 12:59 pm

The 2011 Summer’s End Fun Run at 8 a.m. Sept. 18 at Kentwood High School.

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Fred Meyer hopes to build fueling station in Maple Valley
Fred Meyer hopes to build fueling station in...
By TJ Martinell • September 6, 2011 9:04 pm

The Maple Valley Planning Commission is currently looking at the possibility of changing the city code to allow Fred Meyer to build a fueling station.

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