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Firefigthter Blake Cleveland inspects one of the fire trucks of Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety. Equipment and other basics of the fire district are paid for through a levy that voters will decide on next month.
Maple Valley citizens cite firefighter safety in push...
July 8, 2008 1:54 am

James Koch wants to make sure fellow volunteer firefighters stay safe, so he is supporting Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety’s levy lid lift – Proposition 1 – which will be on the Aug. 19 primary election ballot.
Koch is part of the three-member Citizen Committee to Pass Maple Valley Proposition 1, along with Jim Blumenthal and Paul Bokar.
If the measure is passed by voters in the district, which includes Maple Valley and some Covington areas, it will allow Maple Valley Fire (also known as Fire District 43) to restore its property taxing level to $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, chief Tim Lemon explained.

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Fire destroys candidate’s house
Fire destroys candidate’s house
July 5, 2008 12:00 am

The home of Darcy Burner, a candidate for Congress in the district that includes Maple Valley, Black Diamond and Covington, was destroyed in a fire Tuesday morning.

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Lois VanDress
How to be a computer NetMaster
July 4, 2008 2:15 pm

The Covington, Maple Valley, and Black Diamond branches of the King County Library System are seeking volunteers to teach beginning computer classes such as “Introduction to Computers,” “Internet Level 1,” “E-mail Basics” and “Microsoft Office Products.” Applicants will be trained to be NetMaster volunteers.

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Motorcyclist ticketed for 140 mph on highway
Motorcyclist ticketed for 140 mph on highway
July 4, 2008 2:14 pm

Late for work and showing no patience for traffic, a 23-year-old Bonney Lake man decided to apply plenty of zip to his high-performance motorcyclethe morning of June 27 – to the tune of 140 miles per hour.

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City Council member resigns
City Council member resigns
July 3, 2008 1:35 pm

Bud Sizemore, saying he doesn’t have the time any more to devote to the work, has resigned as a Covington City Council member.

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Julie Loofourow
Happy ending for ‘Bambi’
July 2, 2008 12:00 am

In a scene worthy of a Walt Disney movie, authorities say a fawn was reunited with its mother with the help of a King County Sheriff deputy and a state wildlife agent.

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