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May 5, 2008 9:15 pm

Thanks for letting me have this opportunity to give a big shout-out to Maple Valley Family Dental Care (the one behind the Pink Elephant car wash at Four Corners, near Safeway). Let me tell you how they have “given big.”

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Some rare good news on housing
Some rare good news on housing
May 5, 2008 9:14 pm

One of our readers, after driving past an intersection near a group of newly built homes in Maple Valley, e-mailed that “there is a new banner that says Huge Price Increase. I don’t know if they meant to order a sign that said Huge Price Decrease or if they are truly announcing a huge increase in a time when the real estate market is flatter than a crepe. We burst out laughing when we drove by.”

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Cat cages are “stacked like cord wood” at the county animal shelter in Kent.
Astute county leaders get a shelter solution rolling
May 5, 2008 9:14 pm

Julia Patterson Patterson is head of the Metropolitan King County Council. Ron Sims is the County Executive. Both are astute politicians, the kind of people you want helping run our government.

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Rossi’s sensible road plan
Rossi’s sensible road plan
May 3, 2008 12:00 am

Put aside for a moment the pros and cons of Dino Rossi’s just released transportation plan and consider this: It outlines what direction we should go in, why, how to get there, and how we’ll pay for it. Sound unusual? It should. No gubernatorial candidate or sitting governor has done that in nearly 30 years.

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The most important news at Valley Med
The most important news at Valley Med
May 2, 2008 7:00 pm

Thumbs up to Valley Medical Center on its latest enhancement – more operating rooms – to healthcare in its service area.

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April 29, 2008 2:00 am

I am writing to extend my thanks to the city of Maple Valley and Clear Channel Outdoor for listening to community response and removing a controversial billboard that was, until recently, displayed near the 7-11 store on State Route 169 and Witte Road. I am also writing to ask the organization responsible to reconsider their message and their choice of venue, so that other communities might be prevented from being as offended as I was by the billboard.

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The right track for connecting people
The right track for connecting people
April 29, 2008 1:57 am

Our readers say the nicest things.

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Major issues went unaddressed during this year’s session of the Legislature
Vision and leadership can help the Legislature do...
April 25, 2008 2:25 pm

The 2008 session of the Legislature ended on March 13. With the many challenges facing our state in transportation, education and healthcare, we were hopeful to make progress on these and other issues this year.

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Note to car thieves: No more easy rides
Note to car thieves: No more easy rides
April 25, 2008 2:25 pm

Thumbs up to the government and law enforcement leaders who have turned the tide on car thefts in King County.

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Political leaders got it right on the Sonics
Political leaders got it right on the Sonics
April 25, 2008 2:25 pm

If you or I wanted to own a barber shop, or a gas station, or a used car lot, would taxpayer money be used to build us a place of business? Of course not. Yet, professional sports teams take it for granted that taxpayers owe them state-of-the-art business facilities.

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If you can’t beat growth, manage it
If you can’t beat growth, manage it
April 23, 2008 12:00 am

Diverging interests that might become more prominent soon in Maple Valleywere at play at a meeting at Covington City Hall last Wednesday.

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From Susan A. Crawford
Animal shelter cartoon spiteful and unfair
April 22, 2008 1:20 am

It hurt very much for your paper to portray King County Animal Control in such a light in a political cartoon in the March 29 issue on the Opinion page. Without permission to do so or even a visit to see if it is really true, your paper made it look like we were neglecting the animals.

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Kaoru Primm
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April 22, 2008 1:19 am

In an effort to stop Yarrow Bay from purchasing and developing Lake Wilderness Golf Course, the city of Maple Valley purchased the course. Now the city is looking to bail out the golf course residents again by establishing the conservation easement which would prohibit any further development – forever (March 29, Reporter, “Whose green should pay for greenery?”). And they’re asking the residents of Lake Wilderness Golf Course to help pay for it. One resident exclaimed, “I didn’t buy a golf course, [Maple Valley] did.” She’s not alone. Other golf course residents are complaining that it’s not fair.

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Hit the pool today to be safe this summer
Hit the pool today to be safe this...
April 18, 2008 3:49 pm

Thumbs up to the organizers behind April Pools Day, an an annual, statewide activity that will be marked locally at Covington Aquatic Center today.

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Cry me a river over Sonics
Cry me a river over Sonics
April 18, 2008 3:48 pm

He lied to us.

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Spring is sprung, as is columnist Schram
Spring is sprung, as is columnist Schram
April 15, 2008 5:21 pm

Call this a spring cleaning of column items:

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Guns in national parks is an issue in politics only
Guns in national parks is an issue in...
April 15, 2008 5:21 pm

Me thinks there is a political ploy at play.

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It’s unlikely that county can fix animal shelters
It’s unlikely that county can fix animal shelters
April 9, 2008 12:00 am

Here’s what King County calls proper treatment of animals in its animal shelters:

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Safety first among boaters and canines
Safety first among boaters and canines
April 8, 2008 2:59 am

Spring is here and summer is one the way at the lakes and parks in our area, so inquiring minds want to know: How are you at handling your dog and your boat?

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Play it safe (wisely) with Lake Meridian
Play it safe (wisely) with Lake Meridian
April 7, 2008 6:24 pm

Thumbs up to state officials for taking environmental health warnings about Lake Meridian seriously and not sweeping them under some bureaucratic rug.

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