In a fenced area behind Glacier Park Elementary, kids in Susan Davidson’s third grade class learn how to make a “three sister garden.”
Pre-annexation ordinances for the Donut Hole were approved on Aug. 22 by the Maple Valley City Council.
Shortly before 8 a.m. on Aug. 25 Kentwood High freshmen-to-be got out of cars in front of the school gym and office then slowly drifted in groups over to the ninth grade building for orientation known as Jump Start.
Mountain View Fire and Rescue/ Black Diamond Fire Department Report Aug. 23-29
Maple Valley Fire & Life Safety Report Aug. 22-28
Dace’s Rock ‘n’ More’s 3rd Annual Rock ‘n’ Roll Summer Throwdown Fundraiser featured two stages Saturday under sun and warm temperatures at Lake Sawyer.
Clarissa Huson of Maple Valley has been awarded a Dean’s Scholarship for $1500 for the 2011-12 academic year at Eastern Washington University.
Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety had their annual open house Aug. 20.
Maple Valley residents who subscribe to yard waste service can now recycle all their food scraps and food-soiled paper in their yard waste carts.
The Lake Sawyer boat ramp will be closed for repairs on Sept. 6.
Police blotter for Covington and Maple Valley for Aug. 12-28
Maple Valley Parks & Recreation will be offering several new art classes, beginning Sept. 13. Classes are planned for adults, youth and even one for both parents and kids together.
Clean Covington Day is Saturday, Sept. 10 from 9 a.m. to noon.
The Kent School Board unanimously approved a $308 million budget on Aug. 24 for the 2011-12 school year that is $18 million less than last year and includes 78 fewer jobs.
Maple Valley City Council notes Aug. 22
The Friends of the Black Diamond Library will have book sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4 and Monday, Sept. 5 at the Baker Street Books.
The Maple Valley City Council will hold its annual Town Hall Meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 29, at Lake Wilderness Lodge.
The last peformance of “The Ave.” will be held tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Maple Valley Creative Arts Center
There will be intermittent traffic at the following locations and times in Covington on Sunday, Aug. 28.
A sick newborn is a parent’s worst nightmare.
It’s something Patrice Briggs of Maple Valley knows well, both as a parent and as an employee of Children’s Therapy Center in Kent, which serves families throughout King County including Covington and Maple Valley.
