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Fishing, His Birthday | Poem by Michael Sowder

Equipment. I like to paint and draw, and I own enough art supplies to start my own store.…

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The Distance Between | Poem by Ed Corrigan

The Distance Between | Poem by Ed Corrigan

Craig Heffner participated in the commencement ceremony for the Kentlake class of 2010.

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Kentlake High class of 2010 commencement ceremony | Slide Show

Kentlake High seniors participated in commencement Saturday, June 12, at the ShoWare Center.

Tahoma High School seniors participated in commencement ceremonies at the White River Amphitheatre Thursday

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Tahoma High class of 2010 commencement | Slide Show

The Tahoma High class of 2010 walked across the stage at the White River Amphitheatre during commencement ceremonies…

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Arts festival at Maple Valley Days will feature local talent

A recently formed rock band, Lead Rose, highlights the best young talent Maple Valley has to offer and…

Trish Adams plans on building a cancer memorial wall to commemorate those who were lost to cancer.

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Ravensdale woman helps get international Cancer Memorial Wall going

Trish Adams was struggling to find a purpose two years ago in the deaths of two women to…

Julie Foster owns a boutique business called Bag to Bags that recycles plastic bags and various fabrics and reconstruct them into custom made bags.

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Bags to Bags | Maple Valley business recycles plastic bags into new bags

For business owner Julie Foster the question is never paper or plastic, for her, the answer is always…

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Yard Work | Poem by Don Thompson

Whether we like it or not, we live with the awareness that death is always close at hand,…

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Playing music is like building a house – find and use the right tools | Dace Anderson

I imagine that if I was going to build a house I would want more tools than just…

Alessandra Losacco

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Multicultural celebration at Cedar Valley Elementary | Slide Show

The Cedar Valley Elementary School presented the PTA multicultural celebration Friday June 4.

The Kentlake band

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Kentlake band, orchestra and choir on the road to British Columbia | Slide Show

The Kentlake band, orchestra and choir traveled to British Columbia for a weekend of musical activities May 22…

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Summer time at the King County Llibrary

Summer dreaming meets today’s challenges for parents…at the library Remember those carefree days of summer, when you were…

Author Erik Korhel

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Covington resident Erik Korhel publishes children’s book

Author Erik Korhel, who grew up in Covington, has published his first children’s book, “My Tooth Fell in…

Al Rasmussen performed the laying of wreaths for the U.S. Marines Monday

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Memorial Day program at Tahoma National Cemetery | Slide Show

A large crowd gathered at Tahoma National Cemetery for the Memorial Day program. Rain fell heavily at times…

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Fire Victim | Poem by Ned Balbo

Barnyard chickens, which are little more than reptiles with feathers, can be counted on to kill those among…

Sealth

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Sealth stretches its wings artistically with film festival gig

Dace Anderson wanted to stretch his wings creatively when he formed Sealth with students from his music school,…

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Crochet | Poetry by Jan Mordenski

We are sometimes amazed by how well the visually impaired navigate the world, but like the rest of…

Karyssa Mabet

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An amazing day of teamwork, fun and racing in Maple Valley | Slide Show

The Greater Maple Valley Community Center's Amazing Race took off Saturday. Teams were busy early digging through bags…

Charlotte Sweeney checks out a high pitch Saturday at the Black Diamond Elementary School field during the Maple Valley’s Pony Shetland baseball games. The Tigers team played the Lava Monsters.

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Tigers vs. Lava Monsters: a very special PONY baseball game | Slide Show

In many ways, one of Maple Valley’s PONY Shetland baseball teams is just like all the others –…

Glacier Park Elementary Principal Emilie Hard will head to the Issaquah School District to become its executive director of teaching and learning this fall after 10 years at GPES.

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New challenges await Glacier Park Elementary principal Emilie Hard

It was an easy decision for Emilie Hard to live in Maple Valley and teach in the Tahoma…