The 2010 political season is down to the final feverish days. The mail only general election ballots must be sent by Tuesday.
The Reporter has been publishing a series of question and answers with 47th and 5th legislative districts candidates.
Each candidate answered four questions posed by the editorial staff.
This installment features answers from the 5th District Rep. Glenn Anderson, Republican and challenger David Spring, Democrat, seeking State House Position No. 2.
The 2010 political season is down to the final feverish days. The mail only general election ballots must be sent by Tuesday.
The Reporter has been publishing a series of question and answers with 47th and 5th legislative districts candidates.
Each candidate answered four questions posed by the editorial staff.
This installment will have answers from 47th District senatorial candidates Sen. Claudia Kauffman, Democrat, and challenger Republican Joe Fain
The New Year promises to bring a little cheer to the Maple Valley Police Department.
At the Monday meeting, the Maple Valley City Council approved an increase in the utility tax from 3 percent to 6 percent to pay for three police officers, increase the city’s detective to full time, an executive assistant and support officer. Also funds will be directed to moving the emergency operations center from the King County Sheriff’s Office Precinct No. 3, which is expected to be close early in 2011. The plan is to move the center to City Hall.
The battle lines on the Valley Medical Center Board of Commissioners continue to be starkly drawn with withering hostility marking the business of the meetings.
The Oct. 18 meeting was once again rocked with controversy and contention, which was centered on an anonymous e-mail and videos made of clips from the meeting tapes produced by the staff at the direction of Valley Superintendent Rich Roodman.
Ken Riggs, Tahoma High School and junior high choral teacher, will direct local, adult singers in the annual Holiday Concert, 7 p.m. Dec. 17 at Tahoma Middle School, 24425 Southeast 216th Street Maple Valley. A $5 donation is suggested.
ERIAL SHOPLIFTER: 16900 block of Southeast 272nd Street. A shoplifter stole items from the Dollar Tree, Pier 1 Imports and Logic Hair Supply, which are all in the same commercial plaza. None of the businesses wanted to assist in prosecution, the police report said, but the suspect was trespassed from all of them.
Less the two weeks remain before the candidates hit the finish line on Nov. 2 in the 2010 general election.
The Reporter is running a series of question and answers articles with candidates from the 47th and 5th legislative districts. Each candidates answers four questions posed by the editorial staff.
The candidates in this entry are Rep. Pat Sullivan, Democrat, and Rodrigo Yanez, Republican, running for the 47th District State Representative Position No. 2.
That bottle of painkillers leftover from a minor surgery or hanging out in the medicine cabinet for back pain can be a temptation and it’s one the Maple Valley Police Department would like to eliminate.
Starting Oct. 31, a drug drop off box will be available in the lobby of the Maple Valley police station where anyone can safely dispose of unused or expired prescription drugs, according to information provided by the department.
The city of Maple Valley is recruiting applicants for appointment to serve on the city’s Library Advisory Board. The appointed members will serve for a three-year period January 2011 through December 2013.
People eat too much and exercise too little – at least that is the most popular, most often heard explanation for the ever-growing obesity epidemic.
The Greater Maple Valley Unincorporated Area Council regular monthly meeting will be 7-9:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, at King County Police Precinct No. 3 at the northeast corner of intersection of Southeast 231st Street and state Route 169 across from the fire station.
An officer observed a vehicle traveling westbound swerve in the police department parking lot and almost hit a parked police vehicle. The car was stopped and the officers smelled a strong odor of alcohol on the woman driver’s breath. A driving under the influence investigation was conducted and the woman was arrested after failing field sobriety tests. She was booked into Buckley Jail on the charge of DUI after submitting to a breath test.
Just in time for the November 2 General Election, the updated KCLS infoVote guide is available online through the King County Library System at kcls.org/infoVote.
Less the two weeks remain before the candidates hit the finish line on Nov. 2 in the 2010 general election.
The Reporter is running a series of question and answers articles with candidates from the 47th and 5th legislative districts. Each candidates answers four questions posed by the editorial staff.
The candidates in this entry are Rep. Pat Sullivan, Democrat, and Rodrigo Yanez, Republican, running for the 47th District State Representative Position No. 2.
Treat your youngsters from ages 1 to 8 years old to a fun, safe Halloween warm-up 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27 at the Tahoma High School commons.
The ballots have been mailed for the Nov. 2 general election and the political races are in the homestretch.
During the next two editions of The Reporter the candidates from the 47th and 5th legislative districts will be answering four questions posed by the editorial staff.
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month – the time of year when pink ribbons come out. But monitoring your breast health should be a year-round activity. Breast cancer is the fifth leading cause of death for women. Each year about 40,000 women will die from breast cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The city of Covington will reopen Jenkins Creek Park at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, also known as Make a Difference Day.
In a few weeks arts supporters will have a chance to celebrate and kick up their heels while helping the Maple Valley Creative Arts Council raise money.
The arts council will host its second annual “A Pairing of Wine and Art” benefit from 7 – 10 p.m. Nov. 5 at Lake Wilderness Lodge, which has become the nonprofit’s main fundraiser, explained Mary Jane Glaser, president of the art council’s board.
The ballots have been mailed for the Nov. 2 general election and the political races are in the homestretch.
During the next two editions of The Reporter the candidates from the 47th and 5th legislative districts will be answering four questions posed by the editorial staff.
