The Department of Fish and Wildlife released a bear that was caught near Maple Valley.
The Greater Maple Valley Unincorporated Area Council’s regular monthly meeting was May 3. Three major topics were discussed, the proposed Covington Multi-Care hospital, the proposed master planned developments in Black Diamond and rural area impacts from urban development.
A bike skills rodeo has been scheduled by the Black Diamond Cub Scouts Pack 581 and is sponsored by the Black Diamond Community Center and the Cascade Bicycle Club.
The event will be noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 22, at the BMX track across from the Black Diamond Police Department on Lawson Street.
Come and join the fun and learn the rules of the road. Cascade Bike Club will be bringing 15 helmets for raffle.
The King County Sheriff’s office wants to remind everyone that water safety should be of paramount importance this weekend.
Most drowning deaths in King County occur in April, May, and July – 56 percent or nine out of 16 in 2009.
HARASSMENT: An officer was dispatched to a report of a harassment call. A citizen advised they have been receiving threatening phone calls and e-mails from a third party person. Through investigation no specific or immediate threat of harm had been made towards the citizen, however they wanted the third party to stop contacting them. The police department contacted the third party and advised them to have no further communication with the citizen and a no-contact order was being pursued. No charges were filed at this time.
A pair of Cedar Heights Middle School students earned prizes in the Jacob Friedman Holocaust Writing and Art Contest held by the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center.
Both students, Laylan Tahir and Lucas Reider, are eighth graders in Sylvia O’Brien’s class at Cedar Heights.
A little more than a month from now shouts of joy, cries of sorrow and the laughter of hope will be heard coming from the grounds of Tahoma Junior High school, as participants of the 2010 Relay For Life of Maple Valley, Black Diamond and Covington circle the quarter-mile track for 18 hours to raise money in the fight against cancer.
Construction of Fred Meyer in Maple Valley is still hovering on the horizon, but the economy is not exactly greasing the skids.
City Manager David Johnston gave an update to the City Council on the project at the May 10 meeting.
Between the recent windstorm, a missed call on a hazard evaluation involving a Corliss logging operation and a devastating insect attacking Enumclaw landscapes, it has been an interesting week.
King County Assessor Lloyd Hara has been making the rounds of local communities to explain property tax bills to residents.
A meeting was held in Maple Valley and one is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, May 27, in Covington City Hall chambers, 16720 S.E. 271st St.
Kent firefighters and the Kent Fire Department Hazardous Materials Response Team are currently working with the Washington Department of Ecology to determine what type of chemicals are being carried in the back of a pickup parked next to Kent’s City Hall.
A 42-year-old Black Diamond resident, Christopher Wise, has been found guilty of manslaughter in the 2009 death of his 88-year-old mother, Ruby Wise.
Police blotter for Covington and Maple Valley through May 8.
The second shoe dropped at 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, when Phil Olbrechts, the hearing examiner for the city of Black Diamond, e-mailed his decision recommending approval of The Villages master planned development with conditions.
GRASS FIRE: 18700 block of Byers Road Southeast. At 5:22 p.m. Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety firefighters were dispatched to investigate an illegal burn complaint. Engine 81 proceeded to the area and saw a large plume of smoke. The engine was unable to access the area so firefighters proceeded on foot. The fire was found to be a slow moving grass fire that had already burned more than an acres. Firefighters used hand tools to prevent fire from spreading and requested brush 81 (a brush truck equipped with water and foam tanks).
Joe Flynn, Maple Valley resident and son of Jim and Marcia Flynn, was recently awarded the rank of Eagle Scout from the Boy Scouts of America.
City staff, council members and citizens came to the new City Hall building Thursday, May 6, to enjoy the surroundings and atmosphere at the open house.
A large crowd enjoyed the sun, plants and conversation a the Lake Wilderness Arboretum plant sale Friday and Saturday.
MARIJUANA: At 4 p.m. an officer ran a plate on a vehicle and the registered owner was shown to have a suspended license in the second degree. The officer noticed a strong odor of marijuana from inside the vehicle. The driver admitted to smoking with other occupants in the vehicle. The man stated he was not the owner of the vehicle, and had a suspended license in the third degree. The other occupant admitted to having marijuana and turned it over to the officer. K9 searched the vehicle and more marijuana was found which the driver admitted to being his and forgot that he had it. The driver was cited for driving while license suspended in third degree and possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The passenger was cited with possession of marijuana.
Local entrepreneur Nicki Fromel, owner of Chelane’s, has taken her childhood passion for cooking and turned it into one sweet business. She’s mixed together recipes from her grandmother and husband, stirred in some changes, to perfect a delicious natural product for the jam connoisseur.
