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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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The forgotten tax that haunts family-owned business | Don Brunell
The forgotten tax that haunts family-owned business |...
By Don Brunell • August 31, 2010 10:47 pm

With all the focus on eliminating the Bush tax cuts and spurring the economy, President Obama and Congressional Democrats are tripping over themselves touting their small business tax breaks this election season. What they’re not mentioning is an automatic tax increase that will hit family-owned businesses hard, starting on New Year’s Day.

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Kent Fire Chief Jim Schneider checks out the distance to the hole during the Covington Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament Friday
Covington Chamber of Commerce golf tournament | Slide...
By Dennis Box • August 30, 2010 6:16 pm

The greens at Druids Glen Gold Club were alive with golfers Friday Aug. 27 at the Covington Chamber of Commerce golf tournament.
Golfers teed off at noon for the event that was co-sponsored by Valley Medical Center.

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Valley Dividend expanded for homeowners in Public Hospital District No. 1
Valley Dividend expanded for homeowners in Public Hospital...
August 24, 2010 3:17 pm

Homeowner living within King County Public Hospital District No. 1, Valley Medical Center, will find it easier than ever to qualify for the Valley Dividend, according to Valley officials.

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Employers are forgotten in push for job creation | Don Brunell
Employers are forgotten in push for job creation...
August 16, 2010 9:07 pm

With unemployment stubbornly stalled at 9.6 percent, the Obama administration is desperately looking for ways to get the economy moving again.
Recently, in a meeting with my manufacturing counterparts from around the country, President Obama’s representative read a speech about all the administration is doing to spur manufacturing in America.

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State’s Department of Information Services building needs to be scaled back | Don Brunell
State’s Department of Information Services building needs to...
By Don Brunell • August 9, 2010 3:56 pm

I suppose we should give the state credit for trying to economize by consolidating its computer systems in one place, but the new Department of Information Services building at the state capitol is raising a lot of questions.

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