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In the wake of the deadly shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School two weeks ago, several additional threats of violence have popped up across the region. One of those threats was on Oct. 30 at Federal Way High School. As a result, the school was in an emergency lockdown for a brief period of time in the morning. Th e student who allegedly threatened one or more students at the school was taken into custody by police at the Federal Way Transit Center. No injuries were reported.

On Oct. 29, a rumor of a threat at Kent-Meridian High School surfaced, but school offi cials determined that it wasn’t credible. Parents were allowed to keep their children home from school the following day.

Th ese types of instances are referred to as “copy cat” threats.

Kevin Patterson, spokesperson for

Tahoma School District said these threats are all too common aft er a shooting takes place, and proximity has made them even more prevalent in this area recently.

“I think we notice (copy cat threats) more because it happens literally in our back yard,” he said. “Whereas, if it was happening across the country, we may not notice it as much. People are paying closer attention to it because it happened here.”

Tahoma schools are doing what they can to learn from the recent shooting to keep students safe as much as possible.

“We’ve learned a lot of lessons from those other shootings,” Patterson said. “We try to incorporate those (lessons) in our training and preparation.”

Patterson said the last time a major-ity of schools signifi cantly changed their training and procedures for emergencies was aft er the shooting at Columbine High School in 1999, where two teens killed 13 people and wounded more than

‘Copy cat’ threats won’t change school procedures

BY ERIC MANDEL

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Ron Taylor believes he “took a stand” against political correctness. Other Black Diamond City Council members and the mayor said Taylor made off ensive re-marks in an inappropriate fashion.

Either way, despite assurances from the mayor saying otherwise, Taylor is not sorry.

“I don’t regret it,” said Taylor, a council member since 2012.

On Oct. 16, the Black Diamond City Council approved a resolution to adopt a bill signed by Gov. Jay Inslee in March that allows public employees, including employees at public schools, institutions of higher education and state-funded workforce training programs, to make two

unpaid religious holidays each year. Th e bill can be utilized by individuals of any religion, but was most specifi cally aimed to provide fl exibility to employees of faiths such as Islam or Judaism whose holy days do not fall on federal holidays. Th e employ-

ee will be allowed to take the unpaid holidays on the selected days “unless the absence would unduly disrupt operations, impose an undue hard-ship or the employee is necessary to

maintain public safety.” Despite strong bipartisan support,

some reported concerns included typi-cal workload and staffi ng concerns and potential for employee abuse. A newsletter from Seattle law fi rm K&L Gates said the act “creates special challenges for public employers throughout the state, including

Councilman unapologetic over controversial remarks

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Geri Jeff ery and I wait as the Face-time connection

on her laptop once again reconnects. Th e sound and video of her friend on the other side of the screen, Patrick Sesay, is delayed by the more than 6,600 miles between Maple Valley and Makeni, Sierra Leone, as well as a tenuous satellite connection. Sesay’s bald head reappears, his smile and excitable response making Jeff ery laugh. He is full of life, despite the som-ber subject at hand — the state of his country.

I’m asking Sesay about the death of his friends and neighbors and optimism is decidedly scarce. Th e city’s confi rmed deaths have risen to 547, the number of quarantines up 170 — 40 more than in September — and, yesterday, they ran out of chlorine, which is needed for both safety and contin-ued education about neces-sary hygiene protocols.

From an iPad mounted inside Makeni’s Bridge of Hope compound, Sesay says the people of Makeni are desperate. Even more so than usual.

“We are getting help and we need more help,” Sesay says. “In normal cases people are struggling. We have nothing to start with. We desperately need help.”

Even before the Ebola outbreak, which is es-timated to have killed nearly 5,000 of the more than 13,500 infected West Africans in eight countries, the people of Makeni, and much of Sierra Leone, lived in hardship. Th e country was beginning to recover from a nearly 11-year long civil war that ended in 2002. On the best of days, the West African nation of six million suff ers from immense healthcare issues that include HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, Lassa fever and one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world.

All of these issues still remain, which means while

the people of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia are currently just fi ghting to survive, there will be far reaching consequences to the Ebola epidemic beyond the fi nal body count.

“Our normal eff ort is to help rebuild up aft er the wars they went through,” says Jeff ery, Executive Director of Th e Bridge of Hope, a nonprofi t organiza-tion in Maple Valley that has been providing aid in Sierra Leone since 2006. “Now it’s become just an eff ort of relief, educate and feed.”

Th e Bridge of Hope is among the many non-gov-ernmental agencies around the country attempting to provide aid to the region from afar. Volunteers from the Maple Valley organiza-tion, which started with mission work, typically make three trips per year to Sierra Leone. Th e volun-teers have helped build schools, provided micro-loans for businesses like bakeries and barber shops, have planted churches, and

are building medical and dental programs.

But, aft er the Ebola con-cerns mounted, the group cancelled its last scheduled trip in April.

“We are not equipped to be there,” Jeff ery says. “We’re kind of just trying to see what happens; we may send a couple of our lead-ers early next year. We are

trying to be wise... We don’t want to bring anything back to the states. We need to do the best we can from here.”

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Despite the panic and concern, talking with “Mama Geri” seemed to help Sesay, the accountant and a team lead for The Bridge of Hope in MaKeni. Even if just a little.

He recognized it’s too dangerous for Jeffery and the other volunteers with organization to come and visit, but knew they were still making plans for aid. Heck, she brought a news-paper reporter: maybe he can get the word out.

“Life is not ok compared to what it looked like before,” Sesay told me over

Facetime. “It’s really ravag-ing our country. Things have come to a halt.”

“People in Makeni des-perately need help, please,” he added, pleading.

A SPREADING PROBLEM

While health and aid workers from around the globe work to stop the epidemic at the source, the United States response to the spread of Ebola has been decidedly fickle, with politicians and a pub-lic pressure pushing for mandatory quarantines of returning health care work-ers who are not showing

any symptoms of the virus, while the President has spo-ken out against automatic quarantines and denounced the media for “stirring up panic.”

Dr. Elizabeth Wheeler, Chief Medical Officer for Tacoma General and Allenmore Hospitals said clinically mandatory quar-antines for aid workers are not warranted.

“We know about the ill-ness that we know it is not going to be spread unless someone is symptomatic,” Wheeler said. “Most people would say, ‘better safe than sorry’ and if I was a physi-cian who went to Africa I probably would volunteer myself (for quarantine). But clinically, it’s not necessary.”

Ebola is a provocative and, ultimately, terrifying disease with no known cure. While, from an aver-age American’s perspective, it may seem smart to con-sider cutting West Africa off from the rest of the world, Jeffery sees this epidemic as a worldwide problem, especially if the virus were to become endemic — e.g. like malaria, which is al-ways a threat in the region. Both Jeffery and Wheeler said the silver lining to the media onslaught and public fear is that it woke people

up to the problem.“It’s too often that people

look it at it is an African problem,” Jeffery said. “If we don’t stop it there, we will continue to risk here.”

“Everyone is nervous, and rightfully so,” Wheeler said. “If the disease is not contained in West Africa, if it grows and spreads, we will probably see more cases here.”

PROTOCOLS SET AROUND KING COUNTY

Ebola is not airborne and, therefore, extremely difficult to catch, especially in medically advanced countries like America.

But, in the wake of the mishandling of an Ebola patient in Dallas, the Centers for Disease Control recommended that every medical center in the country update and prepare policies and procedures related to deadly virus.

Wheeler said she is confident about the new screening process, which involves three key questions related to a patient’s symp-toms, travel history and whether he or she has been in contact with an Ebola patient – or contact with a person who has had contact with a patient.

Two out of three affirma-tive automatically triggers a call to incident command and isolation of the patient.

Wheeler said all front line staff — doctors, nurses and front desk staff —in every urgent care, emer-gency department and primary care office in the Multicare system have been, or are being, trained in the protocols, which have been directly modeled after Atlanta’s Emory Hospital infectious disease unit.

Wheeler said everyone was able to learn from the mistakes at Texas Presby-terian.

“Texas, unfortunately, it’s terrible that that happened,” she said. “A couple months ago that could have been any hospital in the United States, honestly.”

Wheeler said drills are being prepared for physi-cians and ICU nurses. Wheeler acknowledged that the Ebola craze is taking a lot of time, but, much like was the case during the HIV outbreak in the ‘80s, good standard protocols are being formed.

“It’s a useful exercise even if we never have to utilize it,” she said. “We’re learning something. That’s good.”

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In early October, Har-borview Medical Center announced that it would voluntarily accept Ameri-can Ebola patients who are airlift ed from West Africa.

Wheeler said Tacoma General is one of several hospitals across the state establishing a treatment center on site.

Each clinic is to have identifi ed an isolation room and is trained to use Personal Protective Equipment. Th e county has identifi ed specifi c EMS rigs that would transfer the patient to the Tacoma Gen-eral campus. Wheeler said the governor’s long-term plan is to establish six to seven hospitals across the state that could care for a patient with this kind of infectious disease.

East Pierce Fire and Rescue of-fi cials sent a press release saying they are prepared on multiple fronts to ensure that the depart-ment can properly respond to potential Ebola-infected patients.

“Th e complexity of deal-ing with Ebola, magnifi ed by public fear, requires that we address the issue at the county and regional level,” said Assistant Chief Russ McCallion in the release.

But McCallion warns people against fearing Ebola in the US. He recommends that the public take precau-

tions to protect themselves from the more common threat of the seasonal fl u.

“So far, one person in the U.S. has died of Ebola, while fl u-related compli-cations kill thousands of Americans every season,” he said.

EMOTIONAL COSTIt’s diffi cult for Jeff ery to

keep from crying when dis-cussing the rising death toll related to those she knows and loves. If Sesay and the others were truly her kids, she would want someone else to care.

“Th ey’re living through hell right now,” she said. “It

wasn’t good to begin with.”

Jeff ery speaks with her Afri-can team over Facetime a couple times each month and almost daily via email. Makeni, which has a popu-lation of 112,000, making it one of Sierra Leone’s largest cities, is a

sparsely educated area that was quickly decimated in a fashion becoming common in the region.

According to a New York Times article, Bombali, the district that includes Makeni, went from one confi rmed case on Aug. 15 to more than 190 by Oct. 1.

Sesay said sick individu-als from neighboring cities of Kenema and Kailahun brought the disease.

With a culture based on

eating off one plate, sharing spoons and cups, the virus quickly and quietly wipes out families and circulates through the city.

Offi cials banned public gatherings and closed the marketplaces. Th e city is isolated, with food coming in, but nobody going out.

Th ose with infected fam-ily members are quaran-tined to their house. When released, these people oft en have nothing left to eat and no place to work.

Livelihood is secondary to survival.

Sesay said another of Makeni’s health care work-ers became infected with Ebola over the weekend. Four have already died. He couldn’t say how many doc-tors and nurses were in the city, but said medical teams from England are helping contain the situation.

On top of the dire health needs, border closures and travel bans have stifl ed trade possibilities and in-vestors in West Africa, with major potential hits to the country’s agriculture and mining operations.

Besides an impending food crisis for its residents, cocoa production is another major area of concern, as 70 percent of the world’s global cocoa supply comes from West Africa — 60 percent from Ghana and Th e Ivory Coast, which could be at risk if the virus continues to spread.

Th e International Mon-etary Fund has reduced growth projections for the region. Th e World Bank has

estimated that the outbreak has already cost each of the three countries with active outbreaks upwards of $100 million and could cost the West African economy between $1.6 and $32 bil-lion in 2015, depending on how successfully the virus is contained.

Tourism in Africa is also being hurt, with hotel bookings reportedly down 65 percent in Gambia, a nation near Sengal’s border with Guinea.

Sesay said, even in a best-case scenario, his country will not soon see its version of normalcy. For those who survive, the fi x will be gradual.

“It will not happen auto-matically,” he said.

HOW TO HELPSesay said many in his

city did not trust health care workers and didn’t believe in Ebola until they started seeing the death fi rsthand. Since then, he sees some positive signs: people learn-ing to follow basic hygiene protocols and changing the ritual for burying the dead — a practice that has led to countless infections around the region.

“Th e real problem now is to implement what has been told,” Sesay said.

Th e Bridge of Hope is involved in a “Rice Bucket Challenge” fundraier, with

100 percent of the profi ts going toward food, water, gasoline, medical supplies and vehicles that can be used in the relief eff ort. Th e organization plans to send a shipping container that in-cludes a donated aid vehicle by the end of the year.

Jeff ery said the ability to get and pay for food is dev-astating, fearing thousands will die from starvation and malnutrition.

And, once the camera’s turn away to the next di-saster, those who love West Africa will be the only ones left to pick up the pieces.

“Th is is just going to bring them way back again,” Jeff ery said.

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My hero made an Ebola presentation in front of a group of military veterans the other evening. I sat in the crowd and watched in awe at her poise and expertise. She continually surprises and amazes me. One of the attendees seemed to read my mind, also calling her “a hero.” I couldn’t agree more.

Aft er an hour or so of Q&A, I watched word-lessly as the vets gave my hero praise and I carried her purse and the “Cer-tifi cate of Th anks” to our car. It occurred to me that I’m among the dot-ing husband-to-be’s in today’s America. And that I couldn’t be prouder of that fact.

…I’m not exactly Eric the Riveter, as I’ve never

been one who felt the need to prove my man-hood, in large part because I so oft en fail in the old fashion principles — being the breadwinner (Ha, I’m a journalist), the smart one (see fi rst parenthetical) or the athletic one (she fi nished a Ragnar race; I can fi nish a Digiorno by myself). Sometimes she kills the spiders.

But I have some positive attributes – I can reach the crock pot from the top cupboard in the kitchen, I wear the backpack during hikes, I drive on all our road trips and I am always there to support her in her career choices and talk her through the diffi cult decisions.

Maybe it’s weird to compliment myself for things like this, but I’d like to think I’m playing the supporting role many important people — oft en women — have played for centuries.

I deal with her travel schedule and she copes with my midnight story inspirations. It’s a give and take. It’s what marriage in the 21st century is all about. And for us, it’s really never felt that dif-fi cult, even when the situations have been hard.

My hero is a member of the Centers for Disease Control and is active duty with United States Public Health Service. She’s spent time in Sierra Leone assisting with the Ebola epidemic.

My writing career has generally been held on the sidelines — working at small-to-midsize newspapers that cover community events and happenings, profi ling individuals on a fairly modest scale — while my hero has been handling the big picture — for everybody. She’s undertaken a mission for public health and panic diff usion; armed with a bottle of chlorine mix, muck boots and Excel spreadsheets. She’s the angel of contact investigation.

While she’s been providing profi ciency for a world health problem, I’m sitting at home, work-ing my way to Carpal tunnel.

I’ve lived by proxy through my hero’s experi-ences, which have helped shift my personal and professional perspective. Because, the truth is, I haven’t always truly appreciated the military. In fact, over the years, I tended to roll my eyes at the hero worship over enlistees to military service.

I’d talked to too many people who signed up for the armed forces because it was an easy choice, or his or her only way out. Th e military members I know generally don’t see themselves as saving the world and tend toward embarrass-ment at the notion — feeling like a fraud when they’re saluted for being stationed in the middle of nowhere USA, biding time until Reserves with chewing tobacco and cigarettes.

As a prospective military spouse, I’ve also felt guilty about utilizing any of the benefi ts as-sociated with the service – going to the USO at airports, free health care and certain discounts. What have I done to deserve any of these things?

Perhaps through karma, my world, and all of those thoughts, changed in August when my hero left for Africa.

Somehow, though I never left the US, it was one of the most mentally challenging three weeks of my life. I feared doing anything enjoy-able — laughing, smiling — concerned that the moment I lost focus on my hero I’d receive a ter-rifying call. Luckily, I only suff ered one of those: A false alarm.

It seems that, somewhat selfi shly, beyond my

renewed appreciation for military service, I have learned to empathize my new fellow sideline dwellers — the parents and family members of military personnel who sit at home waiting for bad news. No matter the assignment, armed or unarmed, there’s always an extra risk for those in duty and a feeling of helplessness for those who wait back at the ranch.

Aft er 12-plus hours a day, without weekends, witnessing death and incomprehensible anguish, it’s remarkable that the current slew of health care workers volunteer at all, let alone volunteer multiple times.

Th ese people have obvious dedication to public health and ethics — meaning you’d better have a damn good reason and some plush ac-commodations to institute a 21-day mandatory quarantine for those other heroes who aren’t showing any symptoms.

Th us, when my hero returned, I gladly re-grabbed the reigns I’m most comfortable with. …While driving us home from the Ebola pre-

sentation, I noticed the car rolling oddly. I found the tire had somehow defl ated while we’d been parked.

So, while my hero watched in her military uniform, I sat in the rain and a puddle, jacking up the car and replacing the fl at with a donut.

What a man, right? Admittedly, I felt quite good for taking care of my loved one during a time of need.

In fact, replacing the tire only took about an hour and I only had to ask one stranger for help.

My hero was so proud.

Black Diamond Community Center rumors addressed

My name is Keith Watson and I have the pleasure of being the President of the Board of Di-rectors for the Black Diamond Community Center. Contrary to some recent rumors, the Black Diamond Community Center is NOT CLOSING. We, like many centers, are facing cuts but our greatest challenge has to do with insurance. Th e Center provides many public services for fami-

lies and individuals. It has an emergency food bank pantry, a clothing bank, energy assistance, gasoline and propane vouchers, rental assistance for families, hotel vouchers for women and children, and many Senior Programs that deal with health, nutrition, and recreation.

Th e Community Center is a Mass Disaster Center for the Red Cross. We also have a Before and Aft er School Kids (BASK) day care program.

Th ere is an agreement between the Community Center and the city of Black Diamond; for the city to provide various services,

“in consideration for the many services for the public welfare and benefi t,” including providing insurance for the Community Center building, grounds, and the center’s vehicles. Th is agreement has been in place since the early 1990s. We were informed in June of this year that the city may not be able to continue providing cov-erage due to fi nancial shortfalls. We need to ensure that the Com-munity Center is fully insured. Since we have not had a defi nitive answer from the city despite con-tinued inquiries by us, our Board of Directors at their September 2014 meeting, voted to pursue

independent insurance coverage on the Community Center and our vehicles.

Providing our own insurance on the Center and vehicles will be very costly. We may need to have additional fundraisers and cut or even eliminate some pro-grams but we are confi dent that the community will support us and we promise to do everything possible to continue serving the citizens of Black Diamond and the surrounding areas. Th ank you for your understanding and support.

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The bill took effect June 12 and has no fiscal impact to cities. Mayor Dave Gor-don called Black Diamond’s adoption of the policy “pure housekeeping,” since the city is bound by law to accept it.

Still, prior to casting his vote, Taylor publicly voiced his opinion on the subject.

“In my opinion, this is another step toward politi-cal correctness, which I do not support,” Taylor said at the meeting. “I mean, let’s face it, this nation was founded as a Christian nation. Tonight when we gave the pledge of allegiance, we said, ‘one nation under God.’ If one of us went to an Islamic country, do you think one of us could demand a holi-day there? I don’t think that would go over very well. Anyway, I don’t support this.”

Shortly after the coun-cil voted 3-1 in favor of

the resolution, Enumclaw resident Cindy Proctor voiced her displeasure with Taylor’s statements during public comment, telling Taylor she was “so disap-pointed on your vote and your comments. Half of my office is Jewish and was out for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.”

Ron Taylor’s wife, Robbin Taylor, spoke immedi-ately following Proctor in defense of her husband, calling the bill an “appease-ment move.”

“I believe something like this wouldn’t have come up except that Islam is coming up more and more in our faces,” Robbin Taylor said. “The Jewish people have for millennium quietly gone about worshipping on

their festival days, their holidays, all of that and have not demanded those. But now that we have – dare I say it – radical Islam that it is coming into our faces, we feel that we have

the need to appease them by putting in laws and resolutions in their favor and maybe they’ll like us and then they’ll be nice. I believe this is a politically correct resolution because what difference is it if you put it in a resolution or law

in the state that they get two unpaid holidays off of their choice than them just asking for a day off?”

Councilwomen Janie Edelman, who missed the Oct. 16 meeting, and Carol Benson declined to make extensive comments about the issue, with both saying Taylor is entitled to his own opinion. Councilwomen Erica Morgan and Tammy Deady told The Reporter they were offended.

Morgan said Taylor’s comments were “totally off base” and that his premise is “wacko.” Morgan con-tended that other countries do make religious conces-sions and that Taylor’s “narrow-centric” point of view plays in with his “over-board in the box, bigoted, Republican ideal.”

“It’s a bigoted point of view and has no place in the public realm,” she said.

Deady told The Reporter in a phone interview that she does not agree with Taylor’s stance and that everyone should be able to observe his or her own holiday.

“I feel that it was a wrong comment,” she said. “I guess I would say that I was offended by it. It wasn’t a comment that ever should have been made.”

Mayor Dave Gordon told The Reporter that, while

everyone is entitled to his or her personal opinion, Taylor crossed the line to offensive territory and abused his authority as an elected official.

“When you voice your opinion and it hurts others, that’s wrong,” Gordon said. “And when an elected official does it and does it publicly, in a public forum, that just makes it that much more unforgivable.”

Gordon also told The Reporter he’d spoken to several people who, like him, were of-fended by the statement and that he apologized on Taylor’s behalf.

“It’s not the city’s job to offend anyone,” Gordon said. “We really need to be sensitive of everyone. No one should get their feelings hurt while we conduct city business.”

In an apparent attempt at damage control, Gordon also told The Reporter in a written statement that he “can assure everyone that I talked to Council Member Taylor about it and he re-grets what was said. He just feels very strongly about it and had to speak his mind.”

When asked by The Reporter about Gordon’s as-

surance, Taylor denied ever making apologies about his statement and said he was quite comfortable with how everything transpired. Taylor said Gordon spoke to him after the Oct. 13 meeting and advised him how “he would handle it.”

Taylor said he never expressed to the mayor that he was apologetic.

“I chose to take a stand,” Taylor said.

Taylor said he has “friends and ac-quaintances from a wide diverse group of religions” and doesn’t “have any-

thing against any particular group of people.” Taylor said his beef is with the law, which he says un-equalizes an already equal play-ing field of vacation time, showing “favoritism” to other religions – although Taylor acknowledged the law is officially for all reli-gions. When some choose to take these days, Taylor added, productivity is lost and taxpayers lose money.

“It shows more prefer-ence for some over others when everything is already equal,” Taylor said, calling the law reverse discrimina-tion.

Gordon said he was offended that Taylor used his position as a podium

and would have preferred if Taylor spoke about his stance during public com-ment.

“I didn’t agree with his opinion, but I was offended that he would use his posi-tion as a council member to voice his personal opinion,” Gordon said. “It’s not the forum for Ron Taylor’s personal beliefs to have been aired.”

Taylor said his remarks were said at the appropri-ate time, wanting to be transparent and clarify his ensuing “nay” vote for the law.

Taylor said council members are not permit-ted to speak during public comment.

When told that a fellow council member called his remark “bigoted,” Taylor didn’t hesitate.

“OK,” he said. “That’s certainly their prerogative to see it that way. They’re entitled to their opinion, but then so am I.”

Gordon also told The Reporter that elected of-ficials are held to a higher standard and should always try to “never offend the public.”

Taylor disagreed with that sentiment.

“There is no way to be a public official without offending people,” he said. “You will never get by.”

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He also added the dis-trict hasn’t made any sig-nificant training changes due to the shooting in Marysville.

But, considering the location and timing of the shooting in Marys-ville – in the cafeteria at lunchtime – it’s difficult to prepare for every scenario possible.

“You just rely on the adults in the room and the students who have been trained, to clear the area as soon as possible and get to a place of safety and wait for help,” Patterson said.

Most school drills hap-pen when students are in class, which can make it difficult for students and staff to be prepared for an emergency lockdown in between classes.

Over the course of the

school year, public schools in Washington are re-quired to conduct at least three fire evacuation drills, three lockdown drills, one shelter-in-place drill, and one high-risk event drill like earthquake or flood.

In addition to these mandated drills, the district also does an active shooter drill at Tahoma Junior High every year. That drill is done in col-laboration with the King

County Sheriff ’s Office and the SWAT team to simulate an active shooter scenario in the school. Students and staff are warned about the drill ahead of time because it’s not designed to scare anyone, it’s designed to be a learning experience, Patterson said.

Kent School District has similar training in place for such scenarios.

At each school in Kent, all three of their mandated lockdown drills have an active shooter component, says Kent School District Spokesperson Chris Loftis.

In addition, staff mem-bers the Kent district go through a “Run, Hide, Fight” incident response training on an annual basis.

“In conjunction with the

district’s safety and secu-rity enhancements (forti-fied locks, surveillance cameras, ID badges, etc.) I

believe the ‘Run, Hide, Fight’ method of train-ing is the most effective tool for our staff and students to use in

the case of an active, life-threatening intruder,” said Tim Kovich, safety services operations manager for the district.

Kent resident and parent, Mark Rogers, said he’s not concerned about a shoot-ing happening in this area. His youngest son, Trask, is a sophomore at Kentlake High School.

Rogers said there are other things that concern him more than a potential shooting at his son’s school.

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every day,” he said. “It’s not too much of a worry for us.”

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A Night of British

ComedyTop left: Ms. Cox (Caitlin Hughes, sophomore), left, and Ms. Box (Joanne Hier, sophomore) react to a letter that spells out a potential inheritance. Above: Brindsley (Gunar Peterson, junior), left, and his ex-girlfriend, Clea (Brittany Glover, junior) react to a foul remark by Brindsley’s neighbor, Harold (Sam Bennett, sophomore). Left, top: Part of the “zombie” crew set the stage for the second one-act performance, Black Comedy. Left, bottom: Brindsley chats with the electric company to see when the lights will come back on. Far left: Miss Furnival (Katie Nickel, junior) drags a cart of booze around the room while “drinking” from it. Colonial Melkett (Everett Wall, sophomore) is in the background.

PHOTOS BY REBECCA GOURLEY, The Reporter

The Tahoma High School Drama Club performed “A Night of British Comedy” for the final time Saturday, Nov. 1.

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GIRLSTh e Tahoma girls cross

country team followed a dominating performance at the subdistrict meet with another at the West Central District meet Sat-urday at American Lake Veterans Golf Course in Lakewood.

Th e team won the meet with 50 points earning a bid to the state meet Nov. 8 at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco.

Th e Bears posted an av-erage time of 19 minutes, 48.84 seconds.

Delaney Tiernan was the top runner for the Bears taking second in 18:52.30.

Running fourth was Kayla Contreras with a time of 19:08.09 and sixth was Amanda Keifer in 19:16.72.

KENTWOODTh e Kentwood girls took

14th with a team score of 340.

Th e top runner for Kent-wood was Nicole Soleim at 17th in 19:51.92 and she will advance to state.

BOYSTh e Tahoma boys scored

59 to take second at the West Central District 4A cross country meet Satur-day,

Th e team advances to the state meet next weekend.

Graeme Schroeder ran third in 16:11.50.

Tristan Houser took fourth in 16:11.67.

KENTLAKETh e Kentlake boys team

took eighth with a score of 237.

Th e top runner for the Falcons and advancing to state was Ryan Pitchford taking 17th in 16:33.31.

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KENTWOODThe Conks continued their undefeated

season by defeating Todd Beamer 31-21 on Oct. 31.

Kentwood struck early and often with a rushing and passing touchdown in the first quarter. The first score was a 33-yard run by running back Isaiah Williams. The second came from a 68-yard pass from quarterback Brian Campbell to wide re-ceiver Connor Benson.

The Conks took a 22-0 lead in the second quarter after a 26-yard touchdown run by Williams, followed by a successful two-point conversion. Kentwood added an exclamation point to the first half with a safety, giving them a 24-0 lead at the break.

Todd Beamer’s first score came in the fourth quarter, after a fumble returned for a touchdown. Kentwood answered with its

final score of the night — an 18-yard pass from Campbell to wide receiver Preston White.

The Titans scored two more touchdowns late in the game but it wasn’t enough.

Kentwood’s next game is at 7 p.m. Satur-day, Nov. 8.

The Conks host Bellarmine in the 4A district playoffs. If Kentwood wins, it will advance to the first round of the state tournament that begins Nov. 14. The Conks would face Tahoma if the Bears win its district game this week.KENTLAKE

The Falcons beat the Decatur Gators 47-24 Oct. 30 at French Field.

Kentlake scored the first points of the game with a 14-yard touchdown run by senior Cody Lee. Decatur scored next, but its point after was no good and the Falcons still led the Gators 7-6. The Falcons scored seven more in the first on a three-yard

quarterback keeper by junior Trey Helge-son.

The Falcons and Gators each scored two more touchdowns in the second quarter. Kentlake’s came off a 39-yard touchdown run by senior Tino Wells and a 27-yard run by senior Danstan Kaunda.

Kentlake led 28-19 at halftime.In the third quarter, the Falcons

scored six off a 19-yard pass from Helgeson to junior James George. The point after was unsuccessful and the Falcons led 34-19 after three.

Kentlake finished the game with two more scores, compared to Decatur’s one. The Falcons’ scores were a three-yard run by Wells with an unsuccessful point after and the final score of the game was a 22-

yard run by Kaunda. The Falcons have not advanced to the playoffs this season but will face Thomas Jefferson in Week 10.

Kentlake was scheduled to travel to Fed-eral Way Thursday, Nov. 6. The game was

played after the press deadline.TAHOMA

The Bears beat Thomas Jefferson 10-7 Thursday, Oct. 30.

The win advances Tahoma to the 4A district playoffs.

The Bears face off against Camas at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 7 at Doc Harris Stadium in Camas.

If Tahoma wins, they will advance to the first round of the state tournament that begins Nov. 14.

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Tahoma, Kentwood and Kentlake will all advance to the district tournament Nov. 7 and 8. In last weekend’s matches, Tahoma beat Curtis (3-1) and then lost to Emerald Ridge (0-3) to get the No. 2 seed for the district tour-nament. Kentlake started out strong as well with a win against Mt. Rainier (3-0), but lost their next two matches against Kent-Meridian (1-3) and Todd Beamer (1-3) to end with the No. 9 seed. Kentwood

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DISTRICT TOURNAMENTThe district tournament will be held Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7 and 8 at Kentwood High School. Tahoma will play hosting team, Kent-wood (no. 11), at 4:15 p.m. on Friday.

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$13,68528’x36’x10’

$11,253$161/mo.

$12,435

Monitor Barn(1) 10’x8’ & (1) 5’x4’ Metal framed split sliding doors w/cam-latch closers, (3) 4’x8’ split opening unpainted wood Dutch doors, 3’x6’8” PermaBilt door w/self-closing hinges & stainless steel lockset, 18” eave & gable overhangs, 10’ Continuous fl ow ridge vent.

36’x36’x9/16’

$27,384$393/mo.

$29,84930’x36’x9/16’

$24,989$359/mo.

$27,23830’x30’x9/16’

$23,999$345/mo.

$26,159

2 Car Garage4” Concrete fl oor w/fi bermix reinforcement & zip-strip crack control, 16’x7’ raised panel steel overhead door, 3’x6’8” PermaBilt door w/self-closing hinges & stainless steel lockset, 2’ poly eavelight, 10’ continuous fl ow ridge vent.

20’x28’x8’

$12,230$176/mo.

$13,51420’x24’x8’

$11,460$164/mo.

$12,66320’x20’x8’

$10,924$157/mo.

$12,071

*If your jurisdiction requires higher wind exposures or snow loads, building prices will be affected.

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Washington #TOWNCPF099LT 800-824-9552Financing based on 12% interest, all payments based on 10 years (unless otherwise noted), O.A.C.. Actual rate may vary. Prices do not include permit costs or sales tax & are based on a fl at, level, accessible building site w/less than 1’ of fi ll, w/85 MPH Wind Exposure “B”, 25# snow load, for non commercial usage & do not include prior sales & may be affected by county codes and/or travel considerations. Drawings for illustration purposes only. Ad prices expire 12/9/14.

20,862,593SQUARE FEET

19,575BUILDINGS BUILT

As of 10/15/2014

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Toy Box4” Concrete fl oor w/fi bermix reinforcement & zip-strip crack control, 12’x13’ metal framed sliding door w/cam-latch closers, (2) 10’x12’ raised panel steel overhead doors, 3’x6’8” PermaBilt door w/self-closing hinges & stainless steel lockset, (1) 4’x3’ double glazed vinyl window w/screen, 10’ Continuous fl ow ridge vent.

Deluxe Garage w/Loft4” Concrete fl oor w/fi bermix reinforcement & zip-strip crack control, (1)10’x14’ & (2) 10’x7’ raised panel steel overhead doors, 3’x6’8” PermaBilt door w/self-closing hinges & stainless steel lockset, (4) 4’x3’ double glazed vinyl windows w/screens, 24’x12’ or 28’x12’ or 30’x12’ 50# loft w/L-shaped staircase, 3’ steel wainscoting, 18” eave & gable overhangs, 10’ continuous fl ow ridge vent.

Equipment Storage2” Fiberglass vapor barrier roof insulation,8 sidewall & trim colors w/25 year warranty.

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RV Garage/Storage4” Concrete fl oor w/fi bermix reinforcement & zip-strip crack control, (1) 10’x12’ and (1) 8’x9’ raised panel steel overhead doors, 3’x6’8” PermaBilt door w/self-closing hinges & stainless steel lockset, 5/12 pitch roof w/scissor truss, 2’ poly eavelight, 10’ continuous fl ow ridge vent.

30’x36’x12’

$21,931$315/mo.

$24,12430’x28’x12’

$18,970$273/mo.

$20,86730’x42’x12’

$23,727$340/mo.

$26,099Concrete Included

Deluxe 2 Car Garage/Shop4” Concrete fl oor w/fi bermix reinforcement & zip-strip crack control, 16’x8’ raised panel steel overhead door, 3’x6’8” PermaBilt door w/self-closing hinges & stainless steel lockset, 18” eave & gable overhangs, 2’ poly eavelight.

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11/13 Membership Luncheon

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11/21 Thunderbird Hockey Night

11/22 Blood Drive - St. John the Baptist Church

12/11 Luncheon & Holiday Gift Exchange

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FREE Covington Library events all month long!More information: www.CovingtonChamber.org

UPCOMING EVENTS

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BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT

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