Voters in the Kent School District will begin receiving ballots in the mail asking them to approve the district’s 2010 maintenance and operations levy, which makes up approximately 20 percent of the district’s budget.
In addition to the maintenance and operation levy, the Kent School District is running a second proposition on the Feb. 9 ballot asking voters to approve replacement funds for the district’s technology programs.
Maple Valley Parks & Recreation is offering the following programs for adults and youth. Call 425-432-9953 for information. To keep up with our current offerings signup at www.maplevalleyparks.com to receive the latest quarterly recreation guide.
Meet community members, fill up on spaghetti, play games and have fun at the Black Diamond Elementary School PTA’s fundraising Community Spaghetti Feed Feb. 10.
Dinner will be served between 5 and 7 p.m. Spaghetti, garlic bread, salad dessert and a drink will be available. Additional drinks will be 50 cents.
Mountain View Fire and Rescue/Black Diamond Fire Department
Fire calls for the week ending Jan. 11
Mercedes Wetmore started slow Tuesday night.
But Auburn Riverside’s standout guard certainly finished with a flurry, scoring nine of her team-high 19 points in the final eight minutes, lifting the top-ranked Ravens to a thrilling 55-49 come-from-behind victory over No. 9 Kentwood in a South Puget Sound League North Division game.
Business as usual.
That was the rallying cry for the Kentwood High wrestling team Jan. 14, which felt the heat from surging Kent-Meridian, but was able to cool off the Royals 40-25 in a South Puget Sound League North Division dual meet.
The next southeast King County Parkinson group monthly meeting is 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Covington LA Fitness Center, 27245 172nd Ave. S.E.
Parkinson patients, their relatives and caregivers are welcome to attend.
The Valley Girls and Guys Susan G. Komen 3-Day For The Cure first meeting of the year is 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28 at Windermere Real Estate, 22017 SE Wax Road, Maple Valley.
The meeting will be the official kick-off.
A new administration has taken over, but, the issues that have plagued Black Diamond during the past few months are far from over.
Leonard Smith, the former city administrator who was terminated Dec. 8, has filed a claim against the city seeking severance pay. Because the 62-year-old Smith was fired for cause, he was not given severance compensation.
The Greater Maple Valley Area Council will hold its regular monthly meeting 7-9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, at the King County Sheriff’s Department Precinct No. 3, on the northeast corner of the intersection at Southeast 231st Street and state Route 169 across from the Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety Station.
King County Elections sent out ballots for the mail-only Feb. 9 special election Wednesday.
Ballots must be postmarked by Feb. 9. The county eliminated all drop boxes due to cost except for one at King County Administration Building, 50 Fourth Ave. in Seattle and one at the King County Elections Headquarters, 9010 East Marginal Way S. in Tukwila.
Officer Chris Przygocki (pronounced “sha-guess-ky”) joined the Covington Police Department in November. He is originally from Detroit where his dad worked as a police officer. His family moved to Chimacum when he was 6 years old. He commutes from Mill Creek. His dad now works for the Washington State Patrol.
Kentlake and Tahoma met in the pool Tuesday in the second to last league meet of the season.
Little more than a year ago the Camp Casey program offered for fifth grade students in the Tahoma School District was on the chopping block.
ROBBED: 17000 block of Southeast 272nd Street. A Key Bank customer was forced to withdraw $200 from the ATM by a suspect with a knife.
The state Department of Transportation opened two westbound lanes of state Route 18 at 3:20 a.m. today, Tuesday, but the truck climbing lane remains closed.
Shake out those memories of the Berry Patch Restaurant, recall peeling those spuds, picking those berries and the aroma of chicken dinners and come to the Maple Valley Historical Society’s Feb. 21 program to share those wonderful days.
The arrival of the New Year brings many challenges that range from world issues to private family matters. Buried somewhere in the list are a few challenges we face in our landscapes.
From the outside, the office is just another small, nondescript warehouse building in one of the many corporate parks that line the Green River Valley in Kent.
But inside lies what could be the cutting edge in the race for a new way to space.
And it’s name is Otis.