Piggy banks at Rock Creek Elementary are filling with coins.
It was a simple idea which came out of a development team meeting at Vine Maple Place.
Tina McDonough just volunteered to try and get it going.
Tahoma School District students are now recycling food scraps on all campuses.
From now on the majority of lunchroom waste will be recycled by Cedar Grove Composting instead of sent to the landfill.
Some Kent schools may be shuttered next school year due to impending state budget cuts.
The idea came from Kent School District staff looking for ways to sidestep the loss of federal and state funds. Kent School Board members unanimously approved the idea to look into the school district’s proposal at the last board meeting.
Covington-Maple Valley Police Blotter for Nov. 16-19
South Puget Sound League North All-League selections include a number of players from Tahoma and
Kent school district teams.
Mountain View Fire and Rescue/Black Diamond Fire Department emergency personnel responded to a three-vehicle accident on state Route 164 across from the White River Amphitheatre.
Black Diamond Police Department Blotter Nov. 17-18
Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety cold weather hazards tips
Kent School District Board of Directors and district officials urged legislators to protect K-12 education funding as much as possible at a legislative breakfast Nov. 17.
Four Tahoma High students were awarded the Maple Valley Rotary student of the month award for November.
Students from Tahoma High School’s Future Farmers of America (FFA) were presented with the city of Maple Valley Mayoral Proclamation at the City Council’s Nov. 14 meeting.
Army Pvt. Zachary G. Bennett has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
While shoppers will flock to big box stores on “Black Friday,” the Greater Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce are promoting a relatively new event, “Small Business Saturday.”
Thanksgiving memories should be of good times with friends and family, not of a foodborne illness caused by inattention to food safety. Properly handle, prepare, cook and store food to minimize the growth of E. coli, Salmonella, and other causes of foodborne illness. The majority of food borne illness stems from inadequate handwashing, cross contamination, and improper cooking, heating and cooling.
The Tahoma High cross country team will host a dinner and benefit auction at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19 at the Olsen Mansion Pavilion. Dinner tickets are $20.
The Black Diamond Police Department Blotter from Nov. 7-15
Police are still investigating a 23-year-old Black Diamond man tracked via the Auburn dealership that fixed his car after he allegedly struck a 60-year-old bicyclist last month and fled.
The Tahoma Ad Hoc Student Housing Committee met for five months. After review of information provided by the district about enrollment, the failure of the construction bond measure and the alternatives the district has considered to manage overcrowded classrooms, the committee submitted a report to the district’s Board of Directors on Nov. 8.
Below are some of the suggestions offered by the committee in no particular order. The group did not prioritize any of its recommendations to the board.
During the coming weeks the Tahoma School Board has some tough decisions to make and that’s exactly what the ad hoc student housing committee was aiming for with its recommendations.
Although the city of Maple Valley is approaching its 2012 budget conservatively, things have started off on a positive note.
While giving a presentation at the Maple Valley City Council Nov. 7 meeting, Finance Director Tony McCarthy revealed that the city will underspend $1 million due to a combination of conservative budgeting and unexpected revenue.
