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Shauna McBride, 16, rolls a wheelbarrow full of tree limbs to a pile of debris on Feb. 4. McBride was one of a number of volunteers cleaning up Lake Wilderness Arboretum which had foot-high piles of tree limbs downed by the snow and ice storms from the week of Jan. 16. KRIS HILL, The Reporter

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Wheeling Away the Damage

BY DENNIS BOX

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Th e Valley Medical Center Board of Commissioners met for the fi rst time in 2012 on Jan. 16 and there were some clear changes and some things looked very similar.

Dr. Paul Joos, elected in No-vember aft er defeating Mary Alice Heuschel, was chosen as the presi-dent of the board. Commissioner Anthony Hemstad will be the vice president and Commissioner Sue Bowman will serve as secretary.

Once the offi cers were selected, the board then approved hiring the Issaquah law fi rm Kenyon Disend to represent the commis-sion. Th e resolution passed on a 3-2 vote with Hemstad, Dr. Aaron Heide and Joos voting yes while Bowman and Carolyn Parnell were in dissent.

A second resolution was

Valley Medical board hires law firm

BY KRIS HILL

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A more than decade-long wait for Fred Meyer in Maple Valley will soon come to an end.

“It’s going to open on May 24, which is earlier than we originally anticipated,” said Fred Meyer spokeswoman Melinda Merrill in a phone interview. “We’re really excited about that.”

Fred Meyer will be the anchor store in the Maple Valley Town Square development under construction in Four Corners. Its footprint will be 187,000 square feet, Merrill said, and cost $30 million to build.

Maple Valley Town Square is located on the northeast corner of state Route 169 and Kent Kangley Road.

It’s been quite a journey for Fred Meyer, the city of Maple Valley and Powell Development,

Opening date set for Fred Meyer store

BY KRIS HILL

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Just a few months aft er arriving in the United States from Peru at the tender age of 18 Gino Rivera’s father told him to get a job.

It would change his life and take him to Maple Valley twice.

Th e second time led him to pursue opening a restaurant in Four Corners in the location pre-viously occupied for some three decades by Shakey’s Pizza.

Rivera started his culinary jour-ney making salads at Filibertos Cucina Italia in Burien.

He didn’t speak English yet, but, as he learned the restaurant business he learned the language as well. It also led to his career path in life.

“I started moving up,” Rivera said. “And I decided this is what I wanted to do.”

Later he got a job working at Giancarlo’s in Federal Way. At

the time, he was living in Maple Valley, which was a much smaller town 17 years ago. His experience here, however, left an indelible mark.

He helped the owner of Gi-ancarlo’s open a second location called Verrazano’s in Federal Way. Th at’s where he met his wife, Kelly, who has also worked in restaurants her entire adult life and then some.

Rivera ran Verrazano’s for sev-eral years in the late 1990s before moving on to an opportunity in Milton with another restaurant owner where “maybe I could take it to another level.”

Gino’s Bistro to offer fresh scratch-made food

Gino Rivera works in the kitchen of his Federal Way restaurant, Gino’s Bistro. He plans to open a second location in Maple Valley in March. KRIS HILL, The Reporter

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Transfer of development rights are likely to be a part of future growth in Maple Valley.

While TDRs have not been used in the past de-cade, when Maple Valley’s population increased by 59 percent, a similar King County program called the 4-to-1 program was used during the development of the 150 acre Maple Ridge Highlands in the 1990s.

According to Maple Val-ley Community Develop-ment Director Ty Peterson, the development acted as a receiving site by transfer-ring the density from the surroundings rural areas, where either conservation easements were placed on the property or the titles were dedicated to King County. As a result, Peterson stated, roughly 500 acres of land around the Highlands development have been preserved. The Highlands development was ultimately annexed into the city of Maple Valley in 2009.

HOW THE CITY AND COUNTY PROGRAMS DIFFER

In September of last year, Maple Valley adopted its own TDR program as a part of the Regional Transfer of Development Rights Program, which deals ex-clusively with sending and receiving sites within their own city limits.

According to King County TDR Director Dar-ren Greve, the difference between a county and city program is that, “a county program provides for development right transfers from rural sending sites

into unincorporated urban area and incorporated city receiving sites,” while “a city TDR program is focused on in-city sending and receiv-ing sites to protect in-city open space and historic buildings etc.”

“However, there is a growing number of cities that have both in-city TDR pro-grams and provi-sions that allow for regional TDR component with their respective county to protect rural lands that are of compel-ling interest to a city,” Greve wrote in an email interview. “Two separate programs are needed because each jurisdiction has land use control over its receiving areas and sending areas.”

For cities in King County that do not have a TDR program, such as Bellevue Greve said, they incorporate the regional TDR program into the city’s zoning code which allows city developers to use TDRs to increase development capacity.

There is also a significant difference between county and city TDRs in terms of base density.

Brian Ross, managing partner for Kirkland-based YarrowBay, stated in a phone interview that it used TDRs as a part of the Kentlake Highlands devel-opment, which is located in unincorporated King County near Black Dia-mond. The base density was four units per one acre, but after transferring several dozens of TDRs, YarrowBay

was allowed to build six units per acre.

Greve explained that there are two different types of zoning densities. One is the base density which for urban county-controlled areas is four units per acre. Then there is maximum density which in King

County is six units per acre. Base den-sity is the standard unit per acre ratio. In order to reach the maximum density, TDRs must be used.

“If they want more units, up to the maximum allowed, then they need to use the county’s residential density incentive options, which TDR is one,” Greve wrote. “So, if a developer has one acre of totally unconstrained land he/she can build four houses by-right. If he wants

to build up to the max of six houses he needs to buy TDRs from the rural area.”

While Ross said he believed the TDR program can be beneficial he added that it can get complicated when the sending site and receiving site are located in two different jurisdictions.

“I think it’s a great idea to preserve rural lands and find an economic incen-tive to do that and at the same time keep growth within the urban growth boundary,” he said. “It’s not a simple program by any means because most TDRs are generated from the rural areas and most de-velopment sites are in cities that don’t want rural TDRs brought in to increase density. So, there’s ongoing tension. Most cities will

come up with their own program and zone prop-erty on how they want to develop. There’s a difference between the practice and the concept, so, it’s kind of a confusing process. But there are times when it comes together.”

THE DONUT HOLE

One example of this is the Donut Hole, a 156-acre property owned by King County that Maple Valley is attempting to annex into the city limits.

Because the land is owned by King County it falls within the jurisdic-tion of the county’s TDR program. The county origi-nally desired the eventual developer of the site to use TDRs as a way to reach the required base density of four units per acre, accord-ing to Greve.

“The County’s potential sale of the Summit Place property included an open space component based on this general four to one (unit per acre) approach,” he wrote. “And TDR was just a part of the open space component.”

The county also wanted the TDRs to be purchased from rural landowners in King County or from its TDR bank.

A TDR bank works similar to a regular bank by holding TDR certificates for the county until a developer is willing to buy them. The county uses the bank to buy the TDRs up front from willing private landowners and then attempts to sell them.

According to Greve, 95 percent of all TDR sales within the King County program are private.

However, according to Peterson, the city initially

opposed the idea due to the lack of mutual gain.

“Quite frankly, the city didn’t see any benefit in the use of TDRs on the prop-erty that were purchased from King County or the King County Bank,” Peter-son said. “The county was insisting that it be allowed.”

Eventually, Peterson stated, the city and county were able to come up with a compromise. The city would allow 200 additional housing units to be built if the necessary TDRs were purchased, but the TDRs would have to come from privately owned rural properties located within five miles of Maple Valley. Currently the zoning would allow for 1,240 units with-out the use of TDRs.

“At least it can be argued that there is some relation-ship benefit preserving land within five miles of the city,” Peterson explained. “It doesn’t really help if we have to take density while areas outside of Woodin-ville are being preserved.”

Greve further explained the agreement on TDRs regarding the Donut Hole.

“The developer’s pur-chase of 200 TDRs from rural lands…would help fulfill the four to one offset of permanently protecting other rural lands once the Summit Place property was changed from urban to rural uses,” Greve wrote. “The five mile from city limits boundary was put in place to make sure the TDR related open space benefits remain close to city of Maple Valley.”

FINDING A FEW GOOD SENDING SITES

The main challenge for using TDRs, however, will be finding property owners willing to sell them. For ex-

ample, in 2006, the average King County TDR sold for $30,000. Now, however, the average one sells for around $15,000.

“There haven’t been a whole financial market for these rights,” Peterson said. “People can hardly develop property as it is, let alone buy development rights. There are lots of sites that qualify. It’s just that there haven’t been property own-ers who have had their sites certified.”

Additionally, cities like Maple Valley, which grew exponentially for two decades, are already strug-gling to provide infra-structure for the current population and aren’t keen on adding more density.

“Conceptional it’s really good,” Peterson said. “But it struggles because one, cities are having a hard time. It’s been difficult to approach cities that are already struggling with addressing the impact of growth and say, ‘Let’s take some of the county’s growth, too.’”

Before, the city consid-ered using city-owned Lake Wilderness Golf Course as a sending site, an option which is still viable.

The idea was first conceived in 2006 when YarrowBay expressed inter-est in purchasing the Lake Wilderness Golf Course and developing the Donut Hole, Ross explained.

According to a Reporter article dated July 30, 2010, YarrowBay offered the city the chance to purchase it “with the idea the city would want to preserve it rather than see houses built.”

“The city said ‘We recognize there might be benefit to preservation in perpetuity the golf course

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“I think it’s a great idea to preserve rural lands and find an economic incentive to do that and at the same time keep growth within the urban growth boundary.” Brian Ross


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presented to hire Michael Mathias as an interim hospital superintendent. Currently the position is filled by Jeannine Grinnell.

The board bylaws state it takes two meetings to pass the resolution to hire Mathias.

“This is no aspersion whatsoever on Jeannine Grinnell, who is very professional and has done an excellent job on finances,” Hemstad said. “The idea is we may need a wider array of staff support in the interim period on a wide vari-ety of non-financial issues.”

Mathias is an economist and served as the Maple Valley assistant city manager in 2007 when Hemstad was city manager.

LEGAL COUNSELPrior to the vote hiring the Kenyon Disend law firm

Hemstad stated, “for a long time we’ve needed legal counsel that reports directly to the board of commissioners, not through other staff. That gives us independent counsel.”

Hemstad described Kenyon Disend as the “best munici-pal law firm in Washington state. They provide counsel to many different public institutions.”

Bowman questioned the reason for hiring an attorney to represent the board stating, “We have legal counsel – Mr. (David) Smith.”

Hemstad countered stating, “Yes and he reports through the CEO (Rich Roodman). There have been times when we’ve needed counsel looking after the interests of the pub-lic more than the administration. (Kenyon Disend) would not be part of the bonus program for instance, which potentially could influence the type of advice we get.”

Parnell said she agreed with Bowman. “We have legal counsel. He’s cheap, his interests are not only of the hospi-tal but the public and he has served us well. Any questions have been answered. As far as I’m concerned he is just fine. He’s here, he knows all about the hospital and how it runs.”

Heide stated he was supporting the resolution. “I was threatened with a lawsuit if I were to continue speaking out about my beliefs for how this place should be run…. I ap-proached David Smith with the issue and he said, ‘Because of my bias I cannot discuss this with you,’ and he handed it off to a different attorney…. I think we need independent counsel… based on this one example. He cannot represent us on an external lawsuit. We really truly need independent counsel.”

Bowman questioned how the firm would be paid, since it was not added to the 2012 budget.

“Where are you going to get the money to pay for legal counsel?” Bowman asked.

Hemstad said, “We are an elected body and we have statutory ability. We can easily amend out budget.”

Bowman stated, “Any extra money has to come from the approval of the alliance board…. We can’t approve this tonight.”

Hemstad countered, “Of course we can approve this tonight. We are an elected body and we are not dictated to by any other group that is unelected.”

Bowman said during a phone interview Tuesday she did not know prior to the meeting about the resolution to hire Kenyon Disend as the legal counsel for the board.

She stated she supported the alliance between Valley and University of Washington Medicine.

“I am hopeful we can all work together soon,” Bowman said.

Hemstad said when reached by phone Tuesday, “All the steps we took at the last meeting were to reestablish the authority of the elected board. We have statutory oversight and responsibility and we should not have abdicated that.”

Hemstad said the payment of the firm, which could be either hourly or by retainer, will be considered at the next meetings. The commissioner also stated changes to the bylaws will likely be presented at the next meetings.

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which has worked with the company and city officials to bring Maple Valley Town Square to life.

Until 2009, the city lim-ited retail stores to 60,000 square feet, which eliminat-ed most big box type busi-nesses. Early in 2009 the Maple Valley City Council passed an ordinance that would allow for footprints of up to 100,000 square and over that with conditions.

Peter Powell, president of Powell Development, has been working with John

Morris and his family. Mor-ris owns the property and runs TRM Wood Products from the site. TRM recently completed work on its new building which has been moved east on the property toward Summit-Landsburg Road.

At a groundbreaking for Town Square in April 2011, Powell told spectators that it had been a long pro-cess, nearly seven years at that point to put in a Fred Meyer that he referred to as a “lifestyle center.”

Merrill said the store

won’t look like the big white box found in Covington’s downtown core and will carry different products.

“It’s going to be a full line Fred Meyer store, so, there will be tenants around it. It will be like a walkable village,” Merrill said on Feb. 3. “It won’t just be our store. And it will offer a really high quality line of prod-ucts. It will have gourmet cheeses and olives, a lot of natural and organic foods. It will look different than a regular Fred Meyer and it will fit into the community

better. It will be like no other Fred Meyer that you guys have in that area.”

Fred Meyer officials are pleased to prepared to open up here.

“We’re just thrilled,” Mer-rill said. “We love opening a new store. We’re thrilled to open in Maple Valley and serve the residents there.”

The store will bring 160 net new jobs, Merrill said, and the store will have about 220 total employ-ees. The store director, Eric Georgia, was recently selected.

“One additional cool item, it will have a phar-macy walk-up window,” Merrill said. “We have begun installing these at a couple of our stores and they’ve been very popular. You park, walk up to the window for your prescrip-tion, don’t have to go into the store if you don’t need to.”

Merrill added that the Maple Valley-Black Dia-mond Chamber of Com-merce and the city of Maple Valley “have been great to work with.”

In addition to Fred Meyer, there will be a num-ber of other businesses in buildings surrounding the anchor including Pinnacle Physical Therapy, Smile Brands, BECU, Chase Bank, Sprint, Burger King, Desert Sun and Super Supple-ments.

Reach Kris Hill at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054.To comment on this story go to www.maplevalleyre-porter.com.

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[5]February 10 , 2012

It is fitting that a month which includes Valentine’s Day should also be American Heart Month. February is a month when we should consider not only the love in our hearts but also the health of our hearts. That’s one reason why QFC is proud to support the American Heart Association and “Go Red For Women.”

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It ended up not working out, Rivera said, so he went back to Giancarlo’s which was struggling under a different owner.

“They were on the way out,” he said. “So, I had to op-portunity to buy it at a fraction of the price. I was fortunate enough that my father in law gave me a loan to start with. We opened up in 2002.”

Nearly a decade of success there, which he renamed Gino’s Bistro, led him to open another location in Port Orchard in 2007.

Things went well there until the economy tanked and Rivera was forced to walk away.

Still, the idea of running a second restaurant remained, and Maple Valley was still in the back of his mind.

“When I used to live in Maple Valley I used to think it would be a great place (for a restaurant),” Rivera said. “Everything has been moving east. Now it looks like Maple Valley would be where the growth is.”

His landlord at the small neighborhood restaurant off Southwest 320th Street in Federal Way also owns the build-ing in Four Corners where the new Gino’s Bistro, slated to open in March, will be located.

One day last summer he was chatting with his landlord

and told her if anything ever opened up in Maple Valley, to let him know, to which she replied, “Funny you should ask about Maple Valley.”

Shortly before that conversation, the Shakey’s Pizza spot opened up, she said.

It seemed ideal for Rivera. He got financing for the improvements the space needed, then went back and got more, and has been preparing the place for a grand open-ing in the coming weeks.

Rivera has put in a fair amount of work, he noted, because all that was in the restaurant was a pizza oven. He wanted to do the same Italian menu he does in Federal Way, as well as the other items he offers ranging from steaks to Mediterranean flavors to Spanish influenced dishes such as paella, which is his personal favorite.

With the help of his father, as well as the work of con-tractors, the restaurant has been completely renovated. Walls have been moved, plumbing fixed, a bar has been added to complement the dining room and 20-seat ban-quet space.

“It’s been more of an investment over here,” Rivera said. In a city with a dearth of sit-down restaurants with busy

families, Rivera said, he hopes to provide something they can’t get right now.

“The core of our business is that we’re a neighborhood

restaurant,” he said. “We’re family owned. We have a cozy, inviting, elegant atmosphere. Everything is homemade. Everything is made to order.”

Rivera noted that he makes all his food from scratch, nothing is pre-packaged and re-heated in the microwave, something patrons may see at other restaurants.

In addition to service in the restaurant, he said, Gino’s Bistro in Maple Valley will also offer event catering and a family-style take out menu ideal for the go-go lifestyle of the family-oriented community.

As a father of four kids — Keanu, who is 17, Max, 16, Kiara, who is 12, and Nyah, 11 — he understands what it’s like to try and help his wife feed the family in between homework and soccer practice.

His wife, Kelly, will oversee operations at the Federal Way location as things get going in Maple Valley.

Rivera has brought in a chef to help him with Maple Valley.

“I have somebody that has worked for me over the years,” he said. “I’ve brought him over to get that place go-ing. Hopefully this will be an opportunity for him.”Reach Kris Hill at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054.To comment on this story go to www.maplevalleyre-porter.com.

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Six schools in the Kent School District and one school in the Tahoma School Dis-trict are 2011 Washington Achievement Award recipients.

Kent-Meridian High School, Kent Mountain View Academy, Kent Elementary, Neely-O’Brien Elementary, Sawyer Woods Elementary, and Mattson Elementary received the award from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Washington State Board of Education.

The Washington Achievement Award celebrates schools for overall excellence and special recognition in: language arts, math, science, graduation rate, improve-ment, and closing achievement gaps.

Schools are selected based on their statewide assessment data for the three previous years.

Kent Elementary and Kent Mountain View Academy received the award in 2010.

The schools were recognized in the following categories:

EXTENDED GRADUATION RATEKent-Meridian High School

Kent Mountain View Academy

OVERALL EXCELLENCEKent Elementary

Glacier Park Elementary

CLOSING ACHIEVEMENT GAPMattson Middle School

Neely-O’Brien Elementary

Sawyer Woods Elementary

Superintendent Dr. Edward Lee Vargas added, “This is a tremendous honor for these schools and the students, staff, parents, and community members who work so hard to make success happen each and every day with our students. Last year, Kent School District had two schools earn this award, and now we have six schools earning this prestigious honor. This this speaks to the determination of our students and staff members to help every child succeed, and shows how the district is making progress to meet our goals set forth in the strategic plan. On behalf of our school board, I congratulate all six of these schools for their wonder-ful achievements.”

Community Note

Decisions by Black Diamond City Council disquieting

Editor’s note: Th is letter was written by former Councilwoman Kristen Hanson to the Black Diamond City Council.

I have many concerns with three of you being new and Mr. Goodwin having two years experi-ence and guiding you down a road that is only for his benefi t and his vision and not in the best interest of the city or the vision that has been in place for 20 years. Th is has been very obvious in the last two months. Th e CFD’s (community fa-cilities district) are in the best interest of the city,

the fact Mr. Goodwin convinced you there was no way any of you could possibly understand it and move forward obviously shows his opinion on your ability to understand the complexity in front of you. You might want to go straight to the source, YarrowBay and get answers, or have staff get them for you and not fi ltered by Mr. Goodwin. I want to remind you that the old “lame duck” council as Mr. Goodwin has been quoted in the Seattle Times voted 5-0 for the MPDs (master planned developments). I also would like to remind you that it was Mr. Good-win’s choice not come back aft er the doctrine of necessity was triggered in the development agreement hearings. For me his decision was a slap in the face to the city and the constituents who voted him in, yet people praised him for not participating. His stubbornness came before the cities that he is to represent, fi rst and foremost.

I hope that you, Tamie (Deady), Joe (May) and Ron (Taylor) really do your homework and fully understand the cause and eff ect of chang-ing our government from a strong mayor to a city manager. As I am sure you are learning the city does not have the funds to currently hire a city administrator. YarrowBay only has to pay 30 percent of that salary. Where are you going to fi nd the other 70 percent, get rid of police and

fi re? I don’t think that would go over well with citizens, not to mention trying to take away our right to vote. Why is it so urgent that this get changed? Why not just wait two years and vote for someone else, just like we have for the last 50 years. A city manager has a much higher salary than a city administrator and are oft en replaced aft er four years with a nice severance pay, this is very costly to the city. Th e other thing to keep in mind is that if the form of government did get changed who do you think would be elected by the council to be mayor? Mr. Good-win of course. Here is where you might want to call MRSC (Municipal Research and Services Center). If Mr. Goodwin would be elected any decision he made could be put back on the city manager, what that means is Mr. Goodwin could act however he wanted without any legal impli-cations directed at him. He already does what he wants even if legal counsel advises otherwise, therefore jeopardizing the city.

Black Diamond needs growth, we need jobs, we need revenue and more conveniences for our citizens. Mr. Goodwin is going to make you all believe that past council “didn’t care” about the citizens. He could not be more wrong.


OK, I am in the newspaper business last time I checked. Th at means I am supposed to write stories and try to tell something resembling the truth.

Here goes.Valentine’s Day is right around the corner

and I would like to off er some very good advice for men, because I can claim years of experience as the superhero of Valentine’s Day — oh yeah.

Of all the excruciating holidays during the next 11 months of this year, Valentine’s Day is by far the most dangerous. Peril and pestilence lurk at every turn. One little, tiny mistake and you will forever be branded with the secret scarlet letter. Only women know what the letter is, but it is there. Th ey can see it, but we can’t.

Th e following are a few of the top mistakes to avoid as Valentine’s Day approaches:

“I don’t really care about Valentine’s Day, honey.”

If your wife or girlfriend says that your fi rst re-action is to panic and then look for cover. If you believe that statement then I have a three-legged horse that will win the Kentucky Derby this year because he has heart. Oh yeah.

You don’t have to buy me anything. Just hav-ing you around is enough.”

If you hear this statement, God save you, be-cause you are in a lot of trouble. You have done something really dumb, begin thinking and try-ing to remember. I know it hurts right above the eyes to think, but it is the only way.

“I don’t really like roses, dear.”Th is is known as the classic hearing test. What

does she like? Th at is the question. You had bet-ter know, which brings us to our next one. It is known to many as trouble with a capital D.

Diamonds — Marilyn Monroe was right. Th ey are a girl’s best friend.

I was informed recently what actually hap-pened in those grade school classes when the

boys and girls were all marched into the gym. You know when the boys where shuffl ed to the back gym and the girls went somewhere else.

Th is was not the “S” class I thought it was. I was told by a very reliable source who shall remain anonymous, we will call her Kris Hill, the girls are taught about the “Th ree Cs”

Of course I was dippy enough to bite.“Th ree Cs? I never heard of that. Why doesn’t

anyone ever tell me anything?”Finally I broke her down and she gave me the

girl code.“It means cut, color and carat. We learn it

early.”I think she said carat, or maybe it was clarity

— it is hard to remember three things with a male brain talking about these subjects.

Now that I have outlined a few of the traps waiting in the days ahead, here is my Valentine’s Day superhero secret code. I can tell you from experience this one works.

Believe it or not, I, at one time, got a girl to like me, or I tricked her just long enough.

It is important to remember, women do have that moment of weakness. It just takes perfect

timing — their moment of weakness plus our moment of not appearing incredibly dopey and pathetic equals romance.

Here is my secret: chocolate-covered cherries. I made them myself. I cooked the chocolate, dipped the cherries and nearly burned myself to death at least three times. I messed up the stove, the fl oor around the stove, all the counter space and somehow got chocolate on one wall.

It didn’t matter, I ended up with a dozen choc-olates and the burns got me sympathy points.

Let me tell you it worked, just don’t eat them all before you present them.

In conclusion, the best line about your valen-tine may come from a movie about baseball, “A League of Th eir Own.”

Jimmy Dugan, played by Tom Hanks, is a washed up baseball star coaching a women’s baseball team. He tells Dottie Hinson about his love of the game.

“I gave away fi ve years at the end my career to drink. Five years. And now there isn’t anything I wouldn’t give to get back any one day of it.”

Time is short. My advice is to make some chocolate-covered cherries. It matters.

● Q U O T E O F T H E W E E K : “Love is blind, and lovers cannot see, the pretty follies that themselves commit .” - The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene VI

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Every decision we made was always in the best interest of Black Diamond and the future not to men-tion we followed the law which has been shown by the Court of Appeals. Mr. Goodwin voted with the entire council most of the time.

Th is city was in a mora-torium for over 12 years.

Th e GMA (Growth Management Act) was implemented in 1996.

I don’t think this is too fast and I don’t think 20 years is too fast.

I worked very hard and fought for this city and citi-zens every step of the way as did the other council member and as I hope you will.

I would like to know if

you all have read the de-velopment agreements and tell me what you would change, legally what could you change?

I hope for the sake of Black Diamond that all of you will think for your-selves, do your research, ask staff questions and listen to all the citizens.

You represent the city of Black Diamond, that includes people who didn’t vote for you and those that just didn’t vote not just citizens who back TRD (Toward Responsible De-velopment) and Save Black Diamond.

I look forward to your “public meetings” and council meetings.

Krisy HansonBlack Diamond

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The second week of Feb-ruary is time to celebrate a symphony of spring at the Northwest Flower and Garden show staged each year in Seattle at the Washington State Conven-tion Center. This year the show runs Wednesday, Feb. 8 through Sunday, Feb. 12. Music is the theme chosen

for the theme gardens this year and there will be plenty of tunes along with notes of fragrance and plants that waltz through the spectacular indoor displays.

Creating a garden is a lot like creating a symphony when you think about the repetition of plants and colors the

way a melody reoccurs in a musical composition. But I like a lot of drama in a garden design. That means opera in the musical world, so here are some practi-cal ways to add drama to your own back yard – or stage a performance for all the neighbors to see in the front.

GARDEN OPERA: THE DRAMATIC DIVAS

Add delphiniums to your landscape this summer. Delphiniums sing the blues with elegant long legs and strong voices. Delphini-ums may be demanding with drinking problems,

chemical dependencies and requiring lots of support – doesn’t that sound just like a diva?

So now I must confess that delphiniums commit suicide in my garden and are always attacked by slugs then rudely ignored by me as they grow ugly. Some op-eras are tragic, some divas die young. Not much you can do about that.MORE DIVAS:

Add a canna, banana or palm tree to the landscape for shock and awe – but remember that these star players demand a lot of attention and need to be constantly in the spotlight for maximum heat and sun exposure.

GARDEN OPERA: THE VILLAINS

Troublemakers, scoun-drels and love affairs gone wrong. The plot thickens in

any garden when you plant garden thugs like bamboo, lamium yellow archangel, wood hyacinth or that hor-rid villain with the British accent, English ivy. Some of the worst offenders even sneak into your beds as gifts from “friends.” If someone offers you all that you want of a certain plant, find out why they want to get rid of it.MORE VILLAINS:

Beware of not just groundcovers gone wild but also theft of foliage caused by deer and tragic, early deaths of sweet young beau-ties caused by frost, wind or a real tragedy – death by thirst as you forget to water.

This spring, many home owners will be replacing Japanese maples and other star players lost to the rav-ages of the ice storm. The danger is in the month of August when these newly-planted trees plead for extra

water and the cries go un-answered. You will need to water new trees and shrubs for at least two summers so they can establish a solid root system before they can find water during our dry months.

GARDEN OPERA: THE HEROES

Show me a garden hero and I’ll show you a plant placed in the right place with a love of our climate and weather conditions. Many are native or with native roots like rhododen-drons, Pieris, heucheras, Japanese maples and the always seen but never ap-preciated moss monster.

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MORE GARDEN HEROES:

I nominate boulders that fill in for bushes as rock solid heroes in the garden, as well as garden benches, bird baths and a wide, well-designed pathway. Garden heroes have a strong voice and give the garden plot more structure. Hearty and healthy evergreen plants are also heroes of the strong and silent type in the garden and might I suggest the evergreen yew plant (the genus Taxus) as the best-behaved evergreen, especially for dark and shaded spots. Every opera needs a supporting cast and sometimes the real stars are all about yew.

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TAHOMA TO HOST COLLEGE CREDIT IN THE HIGH SCHOOL EVENT FEB. 27

Tahoma High will host its annual College Credit in the High School event at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 27.

The evening is aimed at interested students and parents in grades 8-11. The event will allow students to better plan their four-year schedules and to be aware of the many ways in which students can earn college credit during their high school years and gain admittance to competitive colleges.

After a general opening session, parents and students can attend up to three 25-minute sessions, choosing from sessions on:

AP classes, UW credit classes, Running Start, and “How to Get in to a Competitive University.”

Questions can be sent to Brooke Dillon, AP/UW Coordinator, [email protected], or at 425-413-6245.

LAKE WILDERNESS PARK CLEAN UP SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY

There will be a storm clean up of the Lake Wilderness Park from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday Feb. 11. Volunteers are needed to clean up the vegetation that came down in the park. Wheelbarrows, yard carts, rakes, shovels, etc are requested. Volunteers are asked to label their tools to avoid confusion. The city staff will be at the Parks and Recreation tent at the swim beach at 9 a.m. to help volunteers sign in and receive instructions on where to begin cleanup. Coffee and treats provided.

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property,’” Peterson said. “Instead of having the golf course property turn into residential land, maybe we can sell the development rights and use it another place.”

Ross explained his company would have then purchased the TDRs from the city and used them to meet the base density requirements in the Donut Hole site.

Another potential sending site is the 50-acre Legacy Site located on Maple Valley Highway, across from Rock Creek Elementary School and the Tahoma School District ad-ministrative offices, which has residential capacity. Theoretically, the city could

also in turn place a conser-vation easement and move the TDRs elsewhere.

“Deciding where else to add higher density is where it’s uncertain,” Peterson explained.

According to the Maple Valley ordinance which established the TDR program, it is designed to “allow opportunities for increased density in specific designated parts of the city that are best suited to ac-commodate urban densities with the least impacts to the environment and public services.”

Due to the relatively recent creation of the pro-gram, however, it has yet to be seen how the policy will ultimately influence any zoning density and in what

part of the city.“This framework is mid-

process and it’s kind of in its infancy,” Peterson said.

The use of TDRs in the master planned develop-ments in Black Diamond will be explored in Part III.

Maple Valley’s TDR program can be re-viewed at http://www.maplevalleywa.gov/Mod-ules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=3859

Reach TJ Martinell at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5052.To comment on this story go to www.maplevalleyre-porter.com.

Correction: Part I stated

that TDRs were used as part of the recently rescinded community

facilities district in Black Diamond. TDRs were not involved in the districts.

They are a part of the master planned develop-ments.

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MAPLE VALLEY SEEKS NEW PLANNING COMMISSIONERS

The Maple Valley City Council is recruiting individuals who are interested in serving in the capacity of either Planning Com-missioners or Alternate Planning Commissioners.

The duties of the Planning Commissioner include attending meetings and making recommendations to City Council on land use issues and revision to the Development Regulations in the City of Maple Valley.

The Alternate Planning Commissioner must also attend meetings so that he/she will be prepared to fill an unanticipated vacancy.

The Planning Commission meets from 7-9 p.m. the first and third Wednesdays of each month, with occasional special meet-ings and workshops.

In order to qualify for this appointment, individuals must be residents of, or own property in, the City of Maple Valley. Per-sons should have an interest in environmental affairs, planning, land use, and residential and commercial development as evidenced by training, experience, or actions.

The term of office for a Planning Commissioner position is four years and for an Alternate Planning Commissioner it is two years.

The deadline for those wishing to be considered is 5 p.m. Feb. 14. Applicant interviews will be scheduled shortly thereafter.

COVINGTON LOOKING FOR FIRM PROPOSALS FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The city of Covington is soliciting proposals from firms interested in proposing an asset management system for the city of Covington.

The previous deadline has been extended to Feb.17. The city of Covington desires to have a vendor supply software and support for implementation of a new asset management system.

The system will require the following:

1. Integration with GIS Technology; 2. Field and Mobile Access through the Internet; 3. Map Based Work Management Portal; 4. Encompass training and support service.

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Kentwood’s boys basket-ball team has something many of its South Puget Sound League North division rivals don’t have: certainty.

Th e Conquerors, who capped off a three game winning streak with a 49-39 victory at home Monday night against the Ravens from Auburn Riverside, as-sured themselves of the No. 1 seed out of the North into the league playoff s Friday at ShoWare Center.

But several boys and girls teams in the North played in tiebreaker games on Wednesday night aft er the Reporter’s deadline.

Kentwood quietly celebrated aft er beating Riverside by cutting down a net from one of the hoops in the gym but early in that game things looked a bit shaky for the Conks.

In the fi rst quarter there seemed to be a lid on both buckets. Neither Kentwood or Riverside seemed to be able to score.

It wasn’t until more than three minutes had passed before Prince Ligon, a 5-5 senior guard for the Ravens, hit a jumper to move the score to 2-0.

From there, Riverside went on a 7-0 run and went up 14-7 to fi nish the fi rst period, but Kentwood an-swered by scoring 20 points in the second quarter to take a 27-26 lead at the half.

Kentwood made some additional adjustments at halft ime and came out on a roll, going on an 11-0 run in the fi rst four minutes and change of the third quarter.

From there, the Conks never looked back, holding off the Ravens to clinch the North division title.

“It feels good,” said Taylor Jones of winning the divi-sion. “It was our expecta-tion. To be here is kind of refreshing. In this league there’s a lot of teams that could have won this.”

Seniors Jeremy Smith and Jones led Kentwood in scoring, with 17 and 14 points respectively.

It was a good way to wrap up the regular season aft er losing for the second time on Jan. 31 to Mount Rainier. Th e Rams beat the Conks by 13 points six days before Kentwood went on to win the division, some-thing experts early in the season predicted would be won by Mount Rainier, or maybe even Kent-Meridian.

“Last week we had a bad game,” Smith said. “We

just shook it off in practice. Saturday was a big game and we took it seriously. In the beginning of the season everyone doubted us. We knew that we could win this. We knew that we could go on to bigger and better things.”

Kentwood bounced back from the defeat with a 13 point win over Tahoma on Feb. 3 then a crucial vic-tory over Kent-Meridian at

home on Feb. 4.At halft ime, Kentwood

had a 10 point lead over K-M, but the Royals were able to cut the Conks lead to single digits twice in the second half including mak-ing it close in the waning moments of the game.

With 4:26 left in the game a Joe Kramer jumper made it a 59-45 Kentwood lead but then K-M pushed the pace in an eff ort to get

back in it and the strategy nearly worked.

Mike Banks hit a three pointer in rhythm then Gary Bailey followed that up with a three ball from the wing. Denniko Howard drained a jump shot with 2:29 left to cut the lead to six.

Aft er a timeout during which the packed gym was

Conquerors win division crownPlayoff picture to be settled Wednesday for all other teams in the SPSL North

Kentwood’s Taylor Jones, 13, takes a jump shot against Kent-Meridian on Feb. 4. The Conquerors won 64-58 en route to an SPSL North division title. JAMES KIELLAND, For the Reporter

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WINTER SPORTS POST-SEASON EVENTS

Basketball: Friday, boys and girls SPSL playoff games start

at 3:30 p.m. at ShoWare Center in Kent. Saturday games are at

Auburn High.Wrestling: Region III wrestling tournament

featuring Tahoma, Kentlake, Kentridge, Kent-Meridian and Kentwood competitors starts

at 10 a.m. Saturday at Thomas Jeff erson High School.

Gymnastics: West Central District meet at 4:10 p.m. on

Saturday at Mount Rainier High School in Des Moines.Boys swim and dive: 4A

state championships Feb. 17-18 at the King County Aquatics

Center in Federal Way.

BY KRIS HILL

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Tahoma had 14 wrestlers in the fi nals of the sub-re-gional tournament Feb. 3-4 at Kent-Meridian which it won handily tallying 475.5 points while second-place Kentwood had 231.

Th e Bears, which have not lost a dual meet in the South Puget Sound League North division in four years, rolled against familiar opponents at the sub-regional which featured only their division foes.

In four of the fi rst fi ve weight classes, Tahoma wrestlers faced an opponent from their own team in the fi nals on Feb. 4, while the Bears had a total of eight sub-regional champions.

Auburn senior Brian Alonzo got the better of Tahoma sophomore Todd Link in the 106 pound fi nal, winning 3-1 on a take down in the waning seconds of the third period.

Tim Whitehead, a junior, beat fellow Tahoma wrestler sophomore Sam Schuessler 8-1 in the 113 pound cham-pionship match.

Tahoma’s Cruz Velasquez beat teammate Blake Hoyle 7-1 for the 120 pound title.

Stephen Hopkins won the 126 pound crown when fellow senior Jesse Vaughan took an injury default.

At 126 pounds, Joey Palmer of Tahoma won on an injury default by team-mate Gabe Boynay.

Colton Marlowe of Kent-

lake, which fi nished fourth overall as a team, won the 138 pound fi nal when he earned an 8-5 decision over Kent-Meridian’s Joshua Smith.

Tanner Mjelde, a senior from Tahoma, beat Kent-lake’s Sean Farr with an 11-7 decision in the 145 pound fi nal.

At 152 pounds it was an all Auburn High fi nal with junior Josh Tate getting the 7-2 win over senior Tilden Sansom in the fi nal.

Tahoma’s Dan Haniger fi nished third at 152 with a 9-2 victory over Daniel Couch of Kentridge.

Auburn claimed another sub-regional individual title at 160 pounds when Seth Mizoguchi put together a 14-5 decision over Jona-than Ohashi, a senior from Kentwood.

Garret Autrey, a junior from Tahoma, held off Kent-Meridian’s Th omas Kemp in the 170 pound sub-regional fi nal with a 7-5 decision aft er pinning his previous two opponents.

Perhaps the most sur-prising performance for Tahoma was junior Austin Perry, who pinned his way through the 182-pound bracket, including a fall 3:35 seconds in the fi nal against James West of Auburn.

Matt Hopkins lost an 8-4 decision to Th omas Jef-ferson’s KW Williams in the 195 pound fi nal. Williams, who also plays quarterback for the Raiders football team, used his strength and

aggressive shooting that his been his hallmark through-out the season to beat the younger Hopkins brother from Tahoma.

Matthew Herrick of Kentwood pinned Tahoma’s Aaron Davis less than a minute into the second period in the 220 pound match.

Tahoma rounded off its domination of the regional with Ed Torres’ 7-2 victory over Larkin Williams of Auburn Riverside in the 285 pound contest.

Th e top four placers at the sub-regional head to the regional meet this Saturday at Th omas Jeff erson High.

SUB-REGIONAL PLACERS:KentwoodConor Berlin, third, 106;

Walker Meyers, fi ft h, 106; Scott Willis, fi ft h, 113; Alex Enciso, fourth, 120; Dalton Meyers, fourth, 126; Jamiel Jackson, third, 132; Logan

Bearss, third, 138; Jonathan Ohashi, second, 160; Josh Boekleman, third, 170; Quintin Trinh, sixth, 170; Raymond Paz, third, 195; Kyle Capperauld, sixth, 195.KentridgeKenny Hobbs, fourth,

106; Spencer Sargent, fi ft h, 126; Arthur Sargent, fi ft h, 138; Daniel Couch, fourth, 145; Chris Bailey, third, 160; Andrew Weitzel, fourth, 220.KentlakeJosh Beckler, fi ft h, 132;

Farr, second, 145; Gabe Carillo, sixth, 145; Jon Yarbrough, third, 182; Chad Johnnie, fourth, 182; Tyler Deskins, third, 220; Mason Johnson, third, 285; Dylan Beale, fourth; 285.

Kent-MeridianObed Carillo-Martiniez,

sixth, 113; Joshua Smith, second, 138; Archie Biawo-gee, fourth, 160; Th omas Kemp, second, 170.TahomaTodd Link, second, 106;

Sam Schuessler, second,

113; Blake Hoyle, second, 120; Jesse Vaughan, second, 126; Gabe Boynay, second, 132; Brandon Schieber, sixth, 138; Tucker Mjelde, fi ft h, 145; Dan Haniger, third, 152; Chris McElroy, fi ft h, 160; Aaron Vaughan, fi ft h, 182; Matt Hopkins, second, 195; Aaron Davis, second, 220; Elijha Suka, fi ft h, 220.

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Kentridge’s boys swim team put together another strong performance at the West Central District meet Feb. 3-4 at the Curtis Aquatic Center.

Aft er taking second at the South Puget Sound League championship meet a week earlier, the Chargers fi nished in fourth place while Kentwood took ninth. Kentlake took 11th, while Tahoma and Kent-Meridian secured 17th and 18th respectively.

Kentridge sophomore Chase Bublitz led the pack with a pair of fi rst place fi nishes in the 50 yard freestyle and the 100 yard butterfl y, with times of 21.83 seconds and 53.56 respectively.

He came in almost a second faster than the automatic state qualifying time in the 50 free which is 22.85 seconds.

Bublitz was also well under the automatic state cut for the fl y which is 55.50 seconds.

Th e 400 free relay team comprised of juniors Kyle Bige and Nick Watson along with sophomores Dennis Liu and Bublitz fi nished in third place with a time of 3 minutes, 23.75 seconds.

Liu also fi nished fourth in the 200 IM with a time of 2:05.11, about two seconds shy of an automatic state cut, but still fast enough to earn a spot at the 4A championship meet next weekend.

Watson came in eighth in the 100 back with a time of 59.29.

Kyle Bige, a Kentridge junior, fi nished eighth in the 100 free with a time of 51.22.

Th e Chargers 200 free relay — with Malcolm Allen lead-ing off , Bige on the second leg, Aaron Connell third and anchored by Zack Haverland — fi nished sixth with a time of 1:36.97.

Kentwood’s 200 medley relay won the consolation fi nal with Dane Turnbull on the fi rst leg followed by Kevin Mol-loy, Logan Stoick and anchored by Varrick Anderson.

Molloy fi nished seventh in the 200 IM with a time of

2:09.11 and fourth in the 100 breaststroke, touching the wall with a time 1:04.90.

Turnbull fi nished seventh in the 100 backstroke, stop-ping the clock at 59.18 seconds.

For Kentlake, junior Erik Fulmer took second place in the 200 free, and third in the 500 free with times of

1:47.19 and 4:53.77 respectively. Fulmer’s district time in the 500 free was well

under the automatic state cut of 5:01.90.Kentlake’s 400 free relay of Mitchell Krassin, Kyle

Koon, Quentin Knox and anchored by Fulmer, fi nished eighth with a time of 3:35.21.Tahoma’s Mitch Halbert won the consolation fi nal in

the 50 free with a time of 23.64.Kent-Meridian senior Mathew Roland fi nished sixth in

the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:06.64.Results from the district dive competition were not made

available to the Reporter prior to the press deadline.Th e state championship is set for Feb. 17-18 at the King

County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.Contact TJ Martinell at 425-432-1209 ext. 5052.To comment on this story go to covingtonreporter.com.

Chargers fourth at district swim meet

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KR’s Chase Bublitz, KWs Kevin Molloy and KL’s Erik Fulmer earn spots at state

From left, Emily Gormley, Elsie Rochleau, Mira Kaufman, Jenna Carlson and Isabella Copp (front). Courtesy photo

Summit Gymnastics Tumbling and Trampoline Team competed in the fi rst meet of the season on Jan. 20-21. The meet was held at Action Athletics in Bellevue.

Athletes competed in four events: trampoline, tumbling, double mini and synchronized trampoline.

The results for Summit competitors:

Womens: Anya Ameling, First (TR) First (DM) Third (TU); Tessa Bocock, Ninth (TR) Fifth (DM) Fourth (TU); Bree Calkins, First (TR) First (DM) First (TU); Jenna Carlson, Sixth (TR) First (DM) Fourth (TU); Jolene Carlson, First (TR) First (DM) First (TU) First (ST); Deni Cook, First (TR) First (DM) First (TU); Jil-lian Curry, First (TR) First (DM); Meagan

Griggs, First (TR) First (DM) First (ST); Emily Gormley, First (TR) Fourth (DM) Second (TU); Mira Kaufman, First (TR) First (DM) fi rst (TU); Isabella Kopp, First (TR) First (DM) Second (TR); Zeah Lucero, First (TR) Second (DM) Third (TU); Elizabeth Loren, Third (TR) Fourth (DM) First (TU); Makayla Millard, Second (TR) Third (DM) Third (TU); Madison Miller, First (TR) First (DM) Second (TU); Kalani Pinter, First (TR) First (DM) First (TU); Naomi Putney, First (TR) Seventh (DM) First (TU); Elsie Rochleau, Seventh (TR) Third (DM) Fifth (TU); Emma Rochleau, First (TR) First (DM) First (TU); Emily Toycen: First (TR) First (DM) Third (DM).

Mens: Kristian Smits, First (TR) First (DM)

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going nuts Banks cut the lead to four with a lay-up off a fast break.

A series of turnovers — two by K-M and one by Kentwood — was then followed by a Jones jumper which pushed the Conks lead back out to 61-55. Austin Benson wrapped up the scoring at the free throw line with 5.6 ticks left on the clock when he made a pair of free throws for the 64-58 victory.

“I think we showed what we’re about,” Jones said. “I think we showed that we can play. We’re kind of focusing a little more. We

know what we’ve got to do to play well. We’re kind of deadly when we focus, when we play good defense because that leads to of-fense.”

Jones finished that game with 18 points followed by Benson’s 15, Smith’s 13 points which including a trio of three pointers, and Kramer’s seven points.

Smith explained that Kentwood has suffered lapses during games that were six or seven minutes long so the biggest thing they’ve taken away from the past week has to been to keep any further lapses “nice and short.”

“We can always get bet-

ter,” he said. “The way we’ve been playing, we should be able to win it all.”

Jones added that he believes the Conks have proved themselves.

“We can do some damage if we play well,” Jones said.

Kentwood faces Curtis, the No. 1 seed out of the SPSL South division, on Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Sho-Ware Center.

Meanwhile, on Monday night, Kent-Meridian and Mount Rainier finished in a tied for second place.

K-M beat Auburn 67-65 and Mount Rainier defeated Kentridge 77-69.

The Royals and the Rams split their two meetings

this season. They played in a tiebreaker game for the second and third seeds out of the North on Wednesday night at Auburn High.

Also on Monday night, Tahoma beat Kentlake 75-62, which resulted in three teams vying for the final two playoff spots: Tahoma, Kentlake and Kentridge.

Kentlake coach Ron Charrier explained the tiebreaker in an email.

“We finished in a tie with KR and Tahoma for fourth,” Charrier wrote. “Since there are two spots up for grabs, they go by a point system on who beat who.”

Since Tahoma beat Ken-tridge twice, the Bears had

the most points, and since Kentlake split with both, the Falcons are No. 2 while Kentridge is No. 3 in the tiebreaker for fourth and fifth places.

On Wednesday night Kentlake played Tahoma in a mini-game, two eight-minute quarters, with the winner getting the fourth seed out of the division. The loser would then play Kentridge with the winner earning the fifth and final spot with the loser out.

On the girls side, thanks to Kentwood’s 46-44 victory Monday night over River-side, the Conquerors played in a second place tiebreaker on Wednesday night at

Auburn High.The Tahoma girls found

themselves in a situation nearly identical to the boys in a three-way tie for fourth and fifth places.

Auburn played Thomas Jefferson in a mini-game at Auburn Riverside on Wednesday night with the winner earning fourth place and the loser playing Tahoma for the North No. 5 seed.

Reach Kris Hill at [email protected] or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054.To comment on this story go to www.covingtonre-porter.com.

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Single-session tickets for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Diving are now available for sale.

The Trials will be held June 17-24 at the Weyer-haeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way and will spotlight the best divers in the United States.

The Trials will serve as the final team selection for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Competi-tion will include men’s and women’s individual 3-me-

ter springboard and 10-meter platform, and men’s and women’s synchronized 3-meter springboard and 10-meter platform competition.

Approximately 120 of the nation’s best divers are expected to vie for a spot on the 2012 U.S. Olympic Diving Team. Notable participants are expected to include three-time Olympian Troy Dumais, 2011 World platform silver medalist David Boudia, and

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and Christina Loukas.

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Northshore Fire Depart-ment Fire Instructor Wendy Booth now has good example of how important CPR can be - she is alive today because of it.

“The system really works,” Booth said. “I’m a case that showed that

everything worked for a reason. I was very fortunate and very lucky.”

A CPR training instruc-tor from Bothell, Booth was at a friends’ home in Maple Valley on Christmas Day 2011 to have dinner with them when she suddenly collapsed.

Her friends, Matt and Ka-tie Bill, realized something

was wrong immediately and dialed 911. As they waited for the ambulance to arrive, Matt Bill, who had been taught CPR in high school, started to perform chest compressions.

The paramedics arrived five minutes later, though Matt Bill continued CPR as they prepared the defibril-lator and eventually gave Booth one shock, restarting her heart. She was taken

to the hospital, where they learned just how lucky she was to be alive.

Booth had suffered from a blockage in an artery, nicknamed a “widow maker” due to its high fatality rate. Although her heart had stopped, the chest compressions had kept the remaining oxygen in her blood circulating through her body, preventing both death and potentially

devastating brain damage that can results from a lack of oxygen over an extended period of time.

“They saved her life,” said Jackie Booth, Wendy Booth’s mother. “There’s just no question.”

Jackie and her husband, Al, were at their home in Renton at the time and didn’t receive the news until hours later.

“Kate called us at around 3 p.m.,” Jackie Booth recalled. “My phone was in the bedroom so I didn’t find out about it until around 5 p.m. By then she was on life support. I was in shock.”

When they arrived at the hospital, they found friends, as well as their daughter’s colleagues from the fire department had gathered to show support.

“These people had given up their Christmas dinners to be there,” Jackie Booth said.

Ironically, although the incident was an emotional scare for her parents and friends, Wendy Booth does not remember anything from Christmas or the fol-lowing days due to being in a coma for a day and the drugs she received after they discovered she also had staff pneumonia. As a result, said she feels indif-ferent about it.

“It’s still kind of a little surreal because I don’t have the emotional attachment to the situation,” she said. “The whole trauma of hearing that I’m not make it or have brain damage with the lack of oxygen, or I might have some trauma; I came out of it pretty much

unscathed with the excep-tion of skipping a few beats. I have vague memories of people visiting me in the hospital. I don’t even know whether it was the day or the day after. I have a vague memory of the days before-hand.”

Wendy Booth was even-tually discharged from the hospital later that week on Friday, Dec. 30, and was working again nine days af-ter the incident. While she has yet to teach a CPR class since, she said she plans on mentioning it. At the same time, she credited the fast response from paramedics for saving her life as well.

“I think it’s just adds to the benefit of knowing that at least in King County that we’re so lucky to live in this area,” she said. “Matt hadn’t taken CPR since he was in ninth grade and he jumped on it and went from memory. It that just getting the aid car and everyone getting there so quickly is the benefit of King county. It’s only going to add to the story.”

Though Matt Bill used primarily chest compres-sions, Booth said she still teaches breathing as a part of CPR.

“It’s ultimate the fastest way to keep people viable,” she said. “But if you come across someone you don’t know you can do chest compression and save a life, in theory.”

Reach TJ Martinell at 425-432-1209 ext. 5052.To comment on this story go to maplevalleyreporter.com.

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Thank you. We’re celebrating one year of caring for you in our new home. For Plateau residents, the dream of having a new, state-of-the-art hospital close to home became a reality on February 2, 2011, with the opening of St. Elizabeth Hospital. Building on a legacy of more than six decades of dedicated care in the former Enumclaw Regional Hospital, we continue to care for you with skill and compassion.

St. Elizabeth features a spacious Family Birth Center, leading-edge surgery suites and an emergency department open 24 hours every day. Our team of physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers are honored to have cared for thousands of our Plateau neighbors this past year. We look forward to providing healing care and comfort for decades to come.

As part of Franciscan Health System, St. Elizabeth patients have access to the full family of hospitals and clinics, so no matter what comes your way, we can help you get back to living the life you love.

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