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Mariner Jay Buhner kicks off KeyBank grand opening...
By Dennis Box • November 15, 2010 4:26 pm

Jay Buhner, Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame player, and the Mariner Moose kicked off the grand opening of the Lake Wilderness KeyBank branch Saturday morning.
A line of youngsters and adults received autographs and took pictures with the former right fielder and slugger along with the Mariner Moose.

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Tax cuts support small businesses in King County | Calvin Goings
Tax cuts support small businesses in King County...
By Calvin Goings • November 14, 2010 1:38 pm

Regional administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration
After the Recovery Act passed in February 2009, the Small Business Administration was able to help about 70,000 small businesses get our recovery loans to help keep doors open, shelves stocked and employees paid.

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Kindergarten wisdom for small businesses | Cosette Gibson-Pfaff
Kindergarten wisdom for small businesses | Cosette Gibson-Pfaff
By Cosette Gibson-Pfaff • November 12, 2010 8:56 pm

For most small businesses, these last two years have been anything but “business as usual.”
So what’s a local business owner to do? For those of you who have played sports or love watching sports, you know the answer. It’s the old football adage: The best defense is a good offense.

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The Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce shop local kickoff campaign
The Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce shop...
November 11, 2010 9:07 pm

The Maple Valley Economic Development Committee and the Greater Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce announced the buy local campaign with the introduction of the Maple Valley Power Card.
The goal of the card is to help those participating save while raising awareness of the products and services available locally.

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A loud and clear message sent on Election Day | Don Brunell
A loud and clear message sent on Election...
By Don Brunell • November 7, 2010 3:28 pm

Over the last month, France has been wracked by a series of protests and strikes that threaten the nation’s economy. Angry mobs set fires and battled with police as strikes shut down the country’s rail system, buses, oil refineries, ports and garbage collection.

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Leonardo Vergara pours pancake batter on the flat top griddle at the newly opened International House of Pancakes in Covington. It is located in the Covington Esplanade shopping center.
Flipping for flapjacks at the new Covington IHOP
By Dennis Box • November 4, 2010 2:11 pm

Flipping all kinds of pancakes became a hot item in Covington this week.
John Khauv opened an International House of Pancakes restaurant, also known by its acronym IHOP, in Covington featuring 16 different types of pancakes ready for flipping and serving to hungry customers.

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Seattle Mariner Jay Buhner will sign autographs at Maple Valley KeyBank grand opening Nov. 13
Seattle Mariner Jay Buhner will sign autographs at...
November 2, 2010 2:24 pm

Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame player Jay Buhner will help launch the new KeyBank branch in Maple Valley Saturday, Nov. 13.

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State income tax never a good idea | Don Brunell
State income tax never a good idea |...
By Don Brunell • October 26, 2010 1:53 pm

The question Washington voters should ask themselves before voting on a state income tax this fall is, “Will we be better off with an income tax?” Judging from experience, the answer is, “No.”
Initiative 1098 would impose a 5 percent income tax on individual income over $200,000 and $400,000 for a couple. In addition, the measure would reduce some business-and-occupation taxes for small businesses and reduce property taxes by about 4 percent.
That might sound reasonable to some, but experience tells us that a state income tax is a bad idea.
First, economists agree that it’s never a good idea to raise taxes in a recession. Increasing the tax burden on small employers – many of whom file taxes as individuals – makes it harder for them to add or retain employees.

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Still time to avoid a national health-care train wreck | Don Brunell
Still time to avoid a national health-care train...
By Don Brunell • October 21, 2010 10:11 pm

Portions of the new national health-reform law are just now going into effect, but the impact is already being felt. Insurers are warning of higher premiums and some companies say the law will force them to eliminate employee health insurance coverage.

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Covington restaurants participating in Purple Lights Nights
Covington restaurants participating in Purple Lights Nights
October 17, 2010 10:17 pm

More than a dozen restaurants in Covington are participating in the Purple Light Nights Bite of Covington as part of the campaign headed up by the Covington Domestic Violence Task Force during Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

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Kirk Lantier will manage the new Lake Wilderness branch of Key Bank
KeyBank opens Lake Wilderness branch in Maple Valley
By Dennis Box • October 14, 2010 10:26 pm

KeyBank is opening its new location known as the Lake Wilderness Branch in Maple Valley at 23928 225th Way S.E.
It is the second branch in the city for the Cleveland-based bank.
Kirk Lantier will be moving from the management of the Four Corners KeyBank branch to the new bank.

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Next election to decide government by the people or government by regulation | Don Brunell
Next election to decide government by the people...
By Don Brunell • October 5, 2010 10:38 pm

Our founding fathers envisioned a government by the people. In fact, in his Gettysburg Address on Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln concluded with the words, “that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
In the last few years, we’ve forgotten Lincoln’s words. We now have government by regulation and it is paralyzing our nation.

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KeyBank to open second branch in Maple Valley Oct. 18
KeyBank to open second branch in Maple Valley...
September 28, 2010 7:27 pm

KeyBank will open the a branch in its Puget Sound expansion program Oct. 18 at 23928-225th Way S.E in Maple Valley.
This will be the second branch in Maple Valley for the Cleveland-based corporation.

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Hidden taxes are killing us | Don Brunell
Hidden taxes are killing us | Don Brunell
By Don Brunell • September 28, 2010 7:20 pm

President Obama and congressional candidates are tripping over themselves trying to convince voters that they will have a tax plan to soak the rich, help the middle class and jump-start small business.
They want to entice people to spend what money they have and sway wary investors to shake loose with the $13 trillion currently tucked away waiting for more certain economic and political times.

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King County Council calls for study on aiding small businesses
King County Council calls for study on aiding...
September 20, 2010 5:46 pm

The Metropolitan King County Council today called on the executive to explore ways to assist small companies as they seek to do business with King County. The unanimously adopted motion asks the executive to study and report back to the council on the legality and practicability of creating a small business set-aside program for companies seeking to work with the county in a variety of areas ranging from construction and consulting to contracting with the county for the delivery of goods and services.

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Government actions making America more reliant on foreign oil | Don Brunell
Government actions making America more reliant on foreign...
By Don Brunell • September 14, 2010 4:57 pm

President Barack Obama says two of his biggest priorities are jobs and renewable energy. Perhaps he should tell his regulators to help, not hinder, energy projects because some of their most recent actions are killing them and their accompanying jobs. In the process, they’re making us even more reliant on foreign oil.

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Starting a business out right with a business plan | Calvin Goings
Starting a business out right with a business...
By Calvin Goings • September 13, 2010 2:30 pm

You wouldn’t start out on a cross-country trek without a map, so why would you try to start a business in King County without a business plan?

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Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce plans Prime Time Business Expo 2010 Sept. 18
Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce plans Prime...
September 9, 2010 2:05 pm

The Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce will be presenting the Prime Time Business Expo 2010 fro 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Rock Creek Elementary School gymnasium, 25700 Maple Valley Highway.
Reservation for space are $50 for chamber members, $75 for expanded spaces, $100 for nonmembers and $150 for expanded spaces.

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Students would benefit from charter schools | Don Brunell
Students would benefit from charter schools | Don...
By Don Brunell • September 8, 2010 10:08 pm

In the competition for $3.4 billion in education grants under President Obama’s Race to the Top, Washington is near the bottom. We ranked 32nd out of the 36 states that applied.

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Illusion winery owner and winemaker Dave Guest (left) and his son Sam Guest manually transfer two tons of syrah wine grapes from harvest bins into the destemmer/crusher during the fall harvest in 2007. 2007 was the first time Illusion's Lyle
Great expectations for second career as winemaker
By Kris Hill • September 3, 2010 9:21 pm

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.

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