Dana Parnello saw Maple Valley’s potential when he moved to the Puget Sound region from Colorado in 1999.
In 2003, Parnello moved with his family to Maple Valley, which suited him perfectly because “I am not a big city boy, I am not a small town kind of guy.”
Officials from the Kent and Tahoma school districts breathed a collective sigh of relief last week as levies for both passed.
Both districts had levies on the Feb. 9 special election ballot to support operations and educational programs, which accounts for close to 20 percent of their budgets, as well as technology measures. The levies were renewals of existing levies set to expire at the end of this year.
Dave Wright’s success as a math teacher speaks for itself, though his colleagues and his students are more than happy to attest to his skill as a teacher, and that’s if the numbers aren’t impressive enough.
An Enumclaw man got an unpleasant surprise on Valentine’s Day as he stopped to get gas at the Safeway gas station in Four Corners.
According to Sgt. John Urquhart, spokesman for the King County Sheriff’s office, the “man parked his car, left it unlocked and the keys in the ignition while he walked a few feet away to talk to his wife, who was in a second car.”
Colin Lund, director of development for YarrowBay attended the Tuesday Maple Valley City Council meeting and presented a letter to the staff and council from YarrowBay CEO Brian Ross.
Executive Dow Constantine’s office and YarrowBay over the Summit Place property.
According to Sung Yang, director of government relations for Constantine, a one-year extension for the purchase and sale of the property has been offered with YarrowBay paying more money in the first two phased payments of the property, but the overall price of the property would not increase.
COVINGTON Feb. 13 DRUG SIGHTING: 18000 block of Southeast 267th Place. For the past two months, a user of Jenkins…
John Tatarak was presented with a Life Safety Certificate from Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety for his actions during a fire Dec. 10 at the Wilderness Village Laundromat.
The 56-year-old Tatarak said he had come into the laundromat to do his laundry because his washing machine broke.
Children who have been affected by domestic violence are invited to join a new 10 week class aimed to help them break the cycle of abuse.
This free class will meet once a week from 6-8 p.m. beginning March 3.
To register for the class call the Jennifer Beach Foundation at 253-630-7193.
The Jennifer Beach Foundation, based in Covington, is offering a new Kid’s Club class at a confidential location — to protect the youngsters from their abusers — in South King County.
The Greater Maple Valley Unincorporated Area Council Feb. 1 monthly meeting including information concerning a veterans and human services levy. The council serves as a locally elected advisory body to the King County Council representing all rural unincorporated area residents living in the Tahoma School District.
Brian Toles and Cheri Cooper were on the scene and taking pictures
of the vehicle after it crashed into the Maple Valley McDonald’s on Sunday afternoon.
Tahoma High will host the college credit in the high school night for interested students and parents at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24.
Students in grades 8-11 and their parents are invited, but the information will be especially useful for students in grades 9-11, as it will allow them to better plan their four-year schedules and to be aware of the ways students can earn college credit during high school years.
February is Heart Health Month. Firefighters from station 78 in Covington will setup shop at the community room in City Hall to provide heart healthy screenings for anyone 9-11 a.m. Wednesday, and Feb. 10 and Feb. 26.
A man crashed his vehicle into McDonald’s in Maple Valley on Southeast Wax Road at about 3:30 p.m. today, Sunday.
The man drove off of Wax Road and crashed into the south side of the building where the drive-through lane is located.
Maple Valley Library programs for adults
King County residents can adopt a sweetheart pet from King County Animal Care and Control for only $14 dollars.
During the flood season, KCACC adoption fees were waived to ensure a low shelter population in light of the potential flood evacuation threat in the Green River Valley. Now that flood season is concluding and the weather seems to be cooperating, adoption rates will eventually revert back to their pre-flood season prices as the flooding threat subsides. The $14 dollar adoption fee will remain in place for the remainder of flood season, which usually lasts from October through March in Western Washington.
As part of its ongoing efforts to raise money,the Greater Maple Valley Community Center has received a grant from the Lucky Seven Foundation, but the money is contingent on support from the community.
Executive Director Lynn Roberts said in a statement that on occasion they apply for one type of grant and “the foundation comes back to us with other ideas.”
Today marks one year since the crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 in Clarence, N.Y. taking the life of 50 people including Rebecca Shaw, a resident of Maple Valley and co-pilot on the plane.
The Maple Valley City Council unanimously voted for Dana Parnello to fill the vacant council position.
Parnello will be sworn in at the Feb. 22 meeting.
The cities of Black Diamond and Maple Valley have drawn their lawyers out in a duel over the traffic impact from YarrowBay developments the Villages and Lawson Hills.
Maple Valley City Council passed a motion tonight at a special meeting ratifying two notices of appeal to Black Diamond concerning the traffic impact of the developments on Maple Valley.
