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Enumclaw City Councilman/Mayor Pro Tempore Kevin Mahelona died Nov. 16.

The 54-year-old Mahelona suffered from acute interstitial pneumo-nia.

The longtime council-man was first elected in

November 2001; he was re-elected twice and began serving his most recent four-year term in January 2010.

Mayor Liz Reynolds stat-ed by phone Nov. 17, “The council has lost one heck of a council member and the community has lost one heck of a council member. He had a high level of integ-rity.”

The loss has reverberated on the City Council.

Councilman Jim Hogan said, “This is a true loss to the city. I’ve sat next to Kevin for almost 10 years now and can’t even begin to imagine not having him there anymore.”

Councilman Chance LaFleur was elected in 2011 and began serving in 2012. He sought out Mahelona’s advice when he decided to run.

“The best memory I have of Kevin is before I was

even on c o u n -cil with h i m , ” L a F le u r s a i d . “ W h e n I was d e b a t -ing on whet her to run or not, I sought out his counsel on the matter. One question I asked him that I will always remember his answer to was: Is it really worth it, Kevin? His answer

was, “It will be challenging and difficult at times, but I can tell you this, it will be worth it.””

The council will have to appoint another mayor pro tempore and the members have 90 days to fill is posi-tion. According to state law, if the council does not fill the seat, the King County Council will appoint a member.

The mayor said Mahelona made the Oct. 17 budget

Longtime Enumclaw councilman dies

Serving up holiday cheer

Kevin Mahelona

Kevin Mahelona was 54 years old, suffered from rare lung disease

See MahELona, Page 2

By Dennis BoxEditor

The city may be seeing a community center in the future.

At the Nov. 13 City Council meeting City Administrator Mike Thomas pre-sented the beginning discussions the administration has had concerning a community center.

According to Thomas, Village Concepts, a Federal Way developer, approached the city with a proposal to build senior apartment housing on the two acres owned by the city behind the Enumclaw Library.

The preliminary discussion was for a land-lease agreement for the prop-erty to build the housing. For the lease agreement, the developer would build a 9,000 square foot community center

City gets proposal for community center

See CEnTEr, Page 2

enumclaw school district Superintendent Mike Nelson serves a plate of turkey with all the fixin’s during the Enumclaw Senior Activity Center’s Thanksgiving celebration Nov. 21. Visit www.courierherald.com to see a slideshow. Photo by Brian Beckley

This holiday season, don’t give your pet the gift of gastrointestinal despair | All About Pets, 8

MISSING MUSIC: A citizen told police the morning of Nov. 24 an iPod had been taken from a vehi-cle parked at a Clovercrest Street address. Later in the day, officers attempted to contact a possible suspect.

DAMAGE DONE: A complainant notified police shortly before noon Nov. 24, stating a man approached him at his home and then broke a mirror on his vehicle. That after-noon, the suspect arrived at the police station to offer his side of the story.

MUTUAL COMBAT: Police were called at 6:50 p.m. Nov. 24 to a fight in progress at a Stevenson Avenue location. It was determined to be a case of mutual combat with no charges filed. Medical personnel responded to treat minor injuries. All parties agree to leave the area and stay away from each other.

OVERDOSE: Police and emergen-cy medical staff responded at 11:15 p.m. Nov. 24 to a Chinook Avenue location and a reported overdose. One person was transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital for an involuntary commitment.

DEATH INVESTIGATION: Police responded with medical person-nel the afternoon of Nov. 23 to a

Semanski Street address. A subject was deceased at the scene and the county medical examiner took control.

PATROL CAR HIT: A patrol vehicle was hit by an elk at 11:31 p.m. Nov. 23 on Southeast 456th Street. The elk departed, leaving damage to the passenger-side door of the police vehicle. The State Patrol responded to handle the incident.

NOT WELCOME: An employee of a Griffin Avenue business called police shortly after midnight Nov. 22, claiming he had been harassed by someone at a drive-through window. The customer was refused service due to inappropriate con-duct in the past. The employee later provided information so police could order the customer to stay away from the business.

INJURY ACCIDENT: Enumclaw police responded the afternoon of Nov. 22 to 236th Avenue Southeast and Southeast 416th Street, the scene of a crash that left people injured. The scene was turned over to King County authorities.

ESCAPEE: A Department of Corrections officer requested police assistance at 5 p.m. Nov. 22 with a disorderly man who was in custody

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for the city. “What we are looking at is a great

opportunity,” Thomas said.Thomas noted the demographics

of Enumclaw is the population is aging and providing senior hous-ing has been difficult. This proposal could partly address this issue.

Village Concepts built the Covington Place senior apart-ment and High Point Village in Enumclaw.

Councilman Mike Ennis asked what the catch was, why would the

developer be willing to build the community center at no cost to the city?

City Attorney Mike Reynolds said, “I think it would be an amenity to their project, which would then be a marketing devise for them to market their units.”

Reynolds added the reason the builders would not simply build their own community center is because the city owns the property and it is a favorable location.

The city attorney said a request for proposal will be sent out by the city to make certain the taxpayers are getting the best deal.

workshop, but had to skip the Oct. 24 workshop.

Reynolds said he wrote in an email, “(I) can’t seem to kick this cold.”

He emailed the mayor early in November and stated he thought he would miss all the meetings during the month.

“Kevin took his job seriously,” Reynolds said. “He always did what was good for the whole and set aside his personal feelings. I am really going to miss him.”

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It may have rained on their parade, but the weather never dampened the spirits of the kids from Peak Pre-School in Enumclaw as they marched to the food bank this past week to make a holiday donation.

“We decided we wanted to give back to the community,” said teacher Tami Mattheis.

This was the first year the pre-school hosted a food drive and Mattheis said the children were very excited to give back, bringing food in to school every day.

“We had over 140 items donated,” Mattheis said.Once gathered, the students loaded their wares into three

shopping carts borrowed from the QFC and then marched

through a steady rain Nov. 21 to deliver their bounty to the Kiwanis Food Bank.

“It’s just wonderful,” said Food Bank Assistant Director Vicki Stratton of the donation.

According to Food Bank Director Lawton Case, the Enumclaw Food Bank served 1,754 people in October.

“Every little bit helps when you’re feeding over 1,000 people a month,” Lawton said.

This year, the Food Bank was able to provide dinners for Thanksgiving thanks to an uptick in donations just before the holiday, including 120 turkeys from Erol Lumber.

But donations are still needed as the winter is beginning to take hold.

“With all the people we never have enough food,” Stratton said.

The Enumclaw Food Bank is located at 1350 Cole St. It is open and food donations are accepted from 9 to 11:45 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Donations of money are also helpful. To donate money, send it to P.O. Box 827, Enumclaw WA, 98022.

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THEFT FROM VEHICLES: A resi-dent of A Chinook Avenue apart-ment complex told police at 4 a.m.

Nov. 21 his vehicle had been broken into during the night. There was no damage done and, initially, the victim said nothing was missing. Later, the victim reported three pairs of sunglasses were missing, along with some change. Later that morning, a Semanski Street resident reported three Xbox units had been taken after a small window was broken to gain entry to a vehicle. In a third incident that morning, police were told items had been taken from a vehicle parked at a Griffin Avenue hotel.

SUICIDAL: Police took a report at

6 p.m. Nov. 21 from the Washington State Patrol regarding a man walk-ing on state Route 410 at milepost 27. The man had said he was going to harm himself by stepping in front of oncoming traffic. The man was evaluated, then turned over to medical staff for further assistance.

ATTEMPT TO LOCATE: Police at approximately 10:17 p.m. were alerted to a possible driving under the influence on state Route 169. The vehicle allegedly turned on to 424th Avenue prior to reaching town. Neighboring jurisdictions were advised.

ATTEMPT TO LOCATE: Police on the evening of Nov. 19 attempted to locate an intoxicated subject reportedly walking into traffic on state Route 410. An area check proved negative for any subject in the road.

THEFT: Police on Nov. 19 took a

report from a vehicle owner regard-ing a vehicle prowl in the 300 block of Chinook Avenue sometime Saturday.

HARASSMENT: A person on Blake Street reported to police Nov. 19 that they received a harassing/threatening phone message. The

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Welcome to Buckley Veterinary Hospital ’s monthly pet care column. This month we are dis-cussing keeping your pets safe and healthy during the holidays, including the importance of not feeding table scraps to avoid stom-ach upset and intestinal obstructions and reducing your pet’s anxiety.

The holiday season is here. While it is a time filled with spirit and fes-tive gatherings, it can also be a stressful time for our pets. We put together the helpful recommendations below from the American Veterinary Medical Association and Hill’s Pet Nutrition, tips on how to plan a safe holiday for your

furry family members. • Provide solitude. Guests

may cramp your pet’s style, so keep their favorite place free from the holiday clamor so they can relax. If a spare room or pet crate isn’t available, think about boarding your pets for a few days if they become too anxious amid the hustle and bustle of the holidays.

• Keep poisonous and dangerous plants away. Plants like mistletoe and poinsettia are poisonous and ingested pine needles can cause digestive tract blockage. Keep your pet from ingesting/chewing on these plants and you will likely save yourself a trip to your veterinarian or the emergency vet.

• Decorate safely. There are a variety of decorations that can cause problems for your pet. Ribbons and tin-sel are frequently implicat-ed in bowel obstructions. Light cords, when chewed or frayed, can cause severe burns or electrocution. Prevent these mishaps by keeping decorations out of reach or secured in an inac-cessible area.

• Make holiday trips safe and prepare for them well in advance. Take special precautions when traveling with your pet no matter how you choose to travel.

Often, f lying or driving over state or country lines may require a health cer-tificate and/or proof of vac-cinations. Before departing, consult with your veteri-narian and airlines about how to properly prepare for a trip.

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or onions can be poisonous. In short, people food is meant for people, not pets. Be greedy and keep it for yourself.

• Because chocolate can cause illness and even death in pets, it should be avoided completely. Chocolate contains theobromine, a potent cardiovascular and central nervous system stimulant that is eliminated very slowly in pets.

• If your pet experiences chronic or occasional stomach upset, consider dis-cussing diet recommendations with your veterinarian for pets with sensitive stom-achs.

• Holiday recipes for a healthy home-made pet treats:

Take solid canned food and cut it into bite-sized pieces. Cook in the microwave for approximately two-and-a-half to three minutes or, in a conventional oven, bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes. Serve this semi-crispy treat to your pets on special occasions. Use dry food by grinding it into f lour using a blender, then add water until it is the consistency of dough. Make into cookie shapes and bake on a cookie sheet for approximate-

ly 30 minutes at 350 degrees.• As you count down to the new year,

keep in mind that strings of thrown con-fetti can get lodged in a pet’s intestines if ingested, perhaps necessitating surgery. Noisy poppers and fireworks can cause pets anxiety and cause damage to sensi-tive ears.

Wow! Most of these recommendations sound like they take the fun out of the holidays, right? That’s not our intention. We’re merely acting as spokesmen for your furry loved ones.

We want to stress the importance of recognizing prospective hazards and to bring to your attention the safest ways to celebrate the holidays with your four-legged best friends. Prevention is the best medicine.

With regard to anxiety, our veterinari-ans offer several avenues to help cope with changes in your pet’s environment and stress from noise and high traffic during the holiday. Some owners would rather not use drugs to treat a stressed dog or cat. One alternative you might see on store shelves are pheromone-based products in various forms, including sprays, plug-in diffusers, wipes and collars.

Another natural therapy for dogs cop-

ing with noise and stress is the Thunder Shirt (www.ThunderShirt.com). Its gentle, constant pressure has a dramatic calming effect for most dogs if they are anxious, fearful or over-excited.

Light sedatives can be prescribed under severe circumstances to aid in calming you pets. Herbal remedies and f lower essence formulas designed to ease anxiety can often provide relief for pets; many work well in conjunction with veterinary treatment.

Please consult your veterinarian if you have questions regarding your pet’s stress during the holidays. If you believe your pet may have ingested something abnor-mal, immediate veterinary attention is recommended to avoid severe complica-tions. Education and prevention are key.

Thank you to our readers – we welcome you back next month. Please join us for our open house from 4 to 7 p.m. Dec. 8.

And as always, send questions, com-ments, or suggestions for future columns to us at [email protected]. Happy holidays!

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Allegro Women’s Ensemble will present its “Christmas in the Country” concert Dec. 16 in the Enumclaw Expo Center fieldhouse.

The 3 p.m. concert will serve as a benefit for Neighbors Feeding Neighbors, a task force of the Enumclaw Regional Healthcare Foundation that works in partner-ship Enumclaw’s senior center to serve nutritious meals to home-bound seniors in the community.

Admission is free but organizers hope the audience will be prepared to offer donations. All money gen-erated by the concert will go to the Neighbors Feeding Neighbors cause.

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Appreciated bus tour of school district facilities

We would like to thank Superintendent Mike Nelson, his staff and Nancy Merrill of the Schools Foundation for facilitating a most interesting Focus on Education Week tour of some of our schools.

We joined other community mem-bers to learn of the huge advances in technology available to improve learning for our students. At the high school we observed a welding class that not only teaches the craft but also what the expectations are in the workplace. In another proj-ect, students run a coffee bar, doing everything necessary to run a busi-ness, including ordering supplies, making the product and reconciling the finances. At the middle school we observed students working on CAD on computers, learning 3-D design elements using their mathematical skills and then working in teams to build the product they designed. At the elementary school we observed students using technology in a math

class that gave the teacher real time feedback on which students solved the problem correctly. Students then got up in front of the class to explain their results.

We were very excited to learn that the Enumclaw School District is responding very well to the STEM initiatives. By combining reading, math, computer skills, and sound business practices our district is doing an outstanding job prepar-ing our students for the high-tech workplace.

Susan and Alan ReiterEnumclaw

Mainstream media won, the United States lost

Rich Elfers’ “In Focus” column on Nov. 21 stated several times how Obama was “masterful at pointing out” this and that about Romney and “very effective in framing Governor Romney.” The fatal things that hap-pened to Mr. Romney were a result of how “masterful” and “very effec-tive” the media was in conjunction with Obama and the progressive/socialists in “framing” Mr. Romney.

The progressive/socialists and

the media, in lock step, armed with packaged talking points, “framed” Mr. Romney with how evil success-ful businessmen like Romney are in America. The media bought it, sold it and just like a meth drug dealer, not giving a damn, the result of the sale.

And what did the media tell us about Obama? It’s all good! Yep! Four more years of this and every-thing will be wonderful.

Mr. Elfers’ column stated, “In the presidential elections, facts don’t matter much, except to the political junkies who know the truth.”

I agree. Facts can get bothersome to those ignorant voters. Yep! The best purveyor of lies wins.

A much larger portion of Republicans are political junkies (“who know the truth”) than any portion of Democrat voters. The very few Democrat voters I encoun-tered in the last six weeks had zero knowledge of current events like Fast and Furious or what happened in Benghazi.

Had these very big screw-ups been on a Republicans watch, the media

I have been on the road in the hinterlands of Bremerton, Silverdale and Port Orchard for the past couple of months. Hanging out in another land always bring about different stories from different folks.

One of the most interesting came from someone from this area – the mayor of Black Diamond, Rebecca Olness.

I was talking with her on the phone recently concerning a story when the subject of Bremerton came up.

Olness found out I was staying in Bremerton and said she was raised there. Her parents were prominent citizens in the city and Kitsap County. She met Ron, who became her hus-band, in Bremerton during high school.

She said her grand-mother, who worked at Harrision Hospital,

signed Ron’s birth certificate. There is some synchronicity. The best part of our conversation was about being

allowed to carry a canvas bag and throw newspapers.Olness and a friend were walking home from school

one day when they decided delivering papers would be fun and a good way to spend time after school.

She and her friend went to the paper, the Bremerton Sun, a daily, and asked about a job.

“We thought it wouldn’t be a big deal,” Olness said.To their surprise, the girls were told no because only

boys could be paper boys.This was the early 1950s and girls just didn’t deliver

papers, or do a lot of other things.“I think we complained,” Olness said. “They said, ‘No,

girls can’t do this.’”Olness said it was her first experience with discrimi-

nation. During the following decades incidents like that would be major battles in the country, and they rang a bell with the mayor.

After 32 years working as a teacher and spending the last three years as mayor of Black Diamond, getting gypped out of carrying a canvas bag remains a touchy subject.

“I’m still mad,” she said. How things have changed…. I hope.

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The 2012 election was the most expensive political war in American history. Republicans and Democrats spent $6 billion on all the campaigns – presidential and congressional and on the state level.

In the presidential race, Obama supporters contributed almost a bil-lion dollars and for Romney, a little more than a billion.

The 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision created independent super PACs. Conservative super PACs spent more than $330 million in an effort to defeat Obama, while Democratic super PACs spent almost $98 million to defeat Romney. All the money spent, however, did not have much of an influ-ence in deciding the election.

The Republicans still control the House of Representatives, the Democrats still control the Senate and the president is still Barack Obama.

Money matters, but only to a certain extent. After a point, it’s like nuclear war. A nation can increase the num-ber of nuclear weapons in its arsenal, but a city can only be destroyed once. All the extra nukes and all the money above that point spent on preparing for a war and on cam-paigns are wasted.

A lot of money was spent on the bat-tleground state of Ohio, with 207,518 TV campaign spots televised there alone. What both sides need to realize is that there is a point when that level of saturation ceases to be effective and voters tune out the ads.

In Washington state, Democrats also won the governorship and con-

tinued control in both state houses. Part of the reason is that Jay Inslee and other Democratic candidates were able to ride to election wins on Obama’s coattails. Control of the government on the state level did not change either.

Republicans need to broaden their demographic base. Winning only the votes of older, white males will not win Republicans elections. Republicans lost women, blacks and the Latino votes by large margins. They also lost the 18-to-29 age vote. Money doesn’t matter when a large number of demographic groups are alienated.

The structure of the Republican primaries forced Romney to move to the right to win the primaries and then shift to the middle during the first debate to win the majority of voters. A lot of Republican money was spent on convincing their base that Romney was the best candidate.

Most voters in this country are center right. It’s the moderates and independents who decide who the president is going to be, not the base. Team Obama was able to use the “f lip-f lop” between the pri-

maries and the general election to argue that Romney had no central core values.

Because Obama didn’t have to compete in the primaries, he didn’t have to deal with contradicting him-self to win his base and then switch to win the middle. The Democrats saved a lot of money in the process.

To win his conservative base, Romney had to come out against the federal auto industry bailout. That comment alone cost him Ohio and the election.

Although Obama was outspent, his team’s strategy was more effec-tive. Romney primarily fought an air war with TV ads with “only” 300 field offices, while Obama fought the war on the ground with approxi-mately 800 field offices. Obama used the Internet far more effectively than did Romney. He got a bigger bang for his buck.

In conclusion, while the campaigns spent more money in history during a presidential election cycle, the out-come pretty much ended where it began. Money is important, but only to an extent.

After a point, organization and direct contact with voters seems to be what wins national elections. The candidate who reaches out to a broad range of voters gives himself a better shot at winning the election.

Even though the election ended where it began, it did pump $6 billion into the nation’s economy. Finally we got a bipartisan stimulus program that both sides supported.

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Well, the election is over and the people who didn’t “know the truth” voted to give four more years to Obama and his social-ist Marxist in the White House. With help from fellow progressive/social-ist in the Senate, all will give their best second effort to move forward as fast as possible to change America from a capitalist country into a socialist or Marxist country.

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Hard-working business-men and their employees built America. Big govern-ment progressives will have four more years to destroy it. Then hard-working busi-nessmen and their employ-ees will rebuild it.

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I’ve never been much of a gam-bler. Mostly I like to play poker with friends. It isn’t the game itself that’s so appealing – though I certainly enjoy the logic and Probability Theory behind it – rather, it’s the socializing. After two or three martinis, everyone gets a bit giddy and a straight flush looks as good as a pair of deuces.

Back in the day, perhaps a couple decades ago, I used to drive to Las Vegas every other year or so, but even then gambling wasn’t high on my list of priorities. I’d play a few machines, try a little backjack or roulette and drop a nickel at the craps tables, but mostly I’d fill the vehicle with cheap booze, lay in the sun, swim in the pools and walk around the Strip, admiring the outside theatrics.

I have a girl-friend – a very close girl-friend, I hasten to add, ever since high school days – who is very much into gambling. Consequently, I find myself in the

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The other night she was fooling around with a machine that made no sense at all. You know the kind, don’t you? It had 15 different windows spinning around, several seemingly random jumping lines and jackpots, multi-hued flashing lights, pleasant, melodious pings and zaps and, like

I said, she didn’t have any idea what was going on. Then, all of a sudden, the machine ground to a stop, the flags started waving and the thing exploded with a rousing rendition of John Philip Sousa’s “Stars and Strips Forever.” I was abruptly swept away in the excitement of the moment and started marching about the casino.

One of those people in purple shirts arrived on the scene and shut down the machine and phoned for a cashier’s cart and the guards. What had happened? My friends, she’d hit that damn thing for $6,000!

There were the formal procedures that follow such a big prize; her driv-er’s license, Social Security number and the paperwork for tax purposes. After that, the cashier counted out 60 $100 bills.

She nonchalantly folded the bills into a tight bundle and invited me to a casino lounge. Needless to say, drinks were on her.

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With the start of anoth-er basketball season just around the corner, White River High girls coach Chris Gibson offers a tradi-tional refrain.

“We’re just hoping to win a game,” he says.

That’s a huge understate-ment, of course, coming from a coach who has led the Lady Hornets to 11 trips to the state hoop tourna-ment in the past 13 seasons.

Gibson and his crew are always found near the top of the league standings and are no strangers to the state rankings.

Last season was particu-larly impressive, as White River won 27 of 30 games and placed third in the Class 2A state tournament in Yakima.

While his program took a hit with last year’s gradua-tion of point guard Cassidy

France, Gibson appears poised to keep his Hornets in contention for another league title.

The coming season will see senior Kennedy Hobert at the top of her game, combining 5-10 height with an ability to connect from the perimeter. She was the team’s leading scorer a sea-son ago, averaging nearly 17 points per game and was named to the all-tourney team in Yakima.

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By Dennis BoxEditor

The Enumclaw High Hornet boys are aiming for big season with a strong group of returning players.

The team welcomes back eight of 10 from last season’s varsity group, which posted a 7-15 overall record while going 1-1 in postseason play.

All-league performer Tony Chynoweth is back on the court after leading the South Puget Sound League 3A in scoring a season ago with 19.5 points per game. He aver-aged 17.2 overall with five rebound and two assists per contest.

Chynoweth is a returning captain and coach Kellen Hall expect a high-flying season from him.

Perry Rockwood will be holding down the point. He was an honorable mention all-league player last season. Hall wrote in an email Rockwood averaged 12.2 points and 4.3 assists per league outing.

Junior Drake Rademacher should be an anchor for the Hornets both in the post and shooting from outside. He

Among the prominent Plateau players to watch this season are Enumclaw High’s Hannah Calvert and White River’s Kennedy Hobert. Hobert led White River in scoring and was a first-team all-league selection; Calvert picked up second-team all-league honors. File photo

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Hobert was an all-SPSL 2A selec-tion a season ago and Lance earned honorable mention. Gibson was the league’s coach of the year.

The White River High boys bas-ketball team will be looking to con-tinue its winning ways, coming off a season in which the Hornets brought home second-place hardware from the Class 2A state tournament.

That lofty achievement – which included winning eight of 10 playoff games on the way to a 24-7 overall record - was sparked by seniors Jason Tyler and Billy Kiel, both lost to graduation.

But the cupboard is far from empty for coach Rick Tripp and his assis-tants. Height returns in the form of juniors Brandon Dove and Spencer Swigart and senior Alex Sayler is

back at point guard, ready to run the Hornet show. Sayler collected first-team, all-South Puget Sound League 2A honors a year ago. Sophomore Dustin France returns for a sopho-more season, having made the varsi-ty club as a freshman, and other var-sity veterans include seniors Robert Foster and Sam Schifter.

Rounding out the varsity roster for Tripp – last year’s SPSL 2A coach of the year - are juniors Bo Dudley, Clayton Holm, Brandon Garvin and Kellan Unjian, and sophomore Brandon Scheer.

With a handful of tournament-tested veterans on his roster, coach Rich Valdez is prepared to lead the White River High girls wrestling team into a campaign of high hopes.

Expectations are bred from suc-cess and the Hornet girls are no strangers to competing among the state’s best. White River took fourth-place honors at last season’s Class 2A state tourney.

“We are looking to improve upon that and keep building our program,” Valdez said. “There is a strong tradi-tion of wrestling here at White River and we want to help keep that tradi-tion strong and thriving”

Sam Mitchell, now a senior, heads this year’s crop of girl grapplers, having fought her way to third-place state honors a season ago. Also a

veteran of the state tourney is senior Dylan Fagan, who claimed fifth place with a pin in her final match of last year’s state tournament.

Another qualifier for last year’s Mat Classic, Morgan Shirey, is back for another season of mat competi-tion.

Having a large contingent of returnees gives the program a boost.

“Most of them were here last year and witnessed the level of commit-ment and hard work it takes to be successful on the women’s wrestling scene,” Valdez said.

“We feel like we’re in a pretty good environment to put a top team on the mat this year.”

White River High kicks off anoth-er wrestling season with a state placer on its roster – senior Chris Skinner – and a regional championship on its resume.

The regional title came last season and resulted in six Hornets earn-ing berths into the Class 2A state tournament. Skinner was the only one advancing to the medal round, where he placed sixth at 182 pounds.

The good news for White River wrestling fans is four of the six are back for another campaign. Aside from Skinner, state tournament vet-erans include Brandon Short, Trevor Kurtz and Carl Klein.

averaged eight points and five rebounds last year in league and eight points and six rebounds overall.

During the offsea-son Rademacher played Amateur Athletic Union basketball.

“We expect him to be more consistent this sea-son, as well as be one of the top players in the league,” Hall said.

This teams looks ready to break out and challenge for the top spot in the league.

Enumclaw hosts White River at 7 p.m. Thursday.

The Enumclaw High girls basketball team is back on the court with a large group of seniors looking to post big numbers in the win col-umn.

Last season the girls went 14-6 and made the post-season, losing in overtime by one point in district play. The experience should prove valuable in upcoming games.

Coach Beth Madill said all five starters from last year’s team are back, “and (we) are anticipating and hoping for a great season.”

Among the many girls to watch are Katie Holland, a first-team all-league selec-tion as a junior; Hannah Calvert, a second-team all-league pick as a junior; and Calli Remitz, who garnered honorable mention honors.

“These girls play so well together and that is what will make us a successful team,” Madill said. “We have multiple players that can step up on any given night. The balance and chemistry between this group of girls is our strength going into this season.”

Enumclaw travels to White River for a 7 p.m. game today, Wednesday.

The EHS girls wrestling team features three return-ees who placed in the Class 3A state tournament last year.

The Hornets tied for 11th in state and won the state academic team champion-ship in 2011/12.

The three returning stars are Danielle Cormier, who finished seventh in state; Jade Paterson, fifth in state; and KC Moulden. whose only loss last year was to the state champion Laura Charboneau.

Moulden’s career record is 23-3 while Paterson is a three-time state medalist who was fourth in 2009 and fifth the past two seasons.

Other returning Hornets include Kristen Green, 118 or 124 pounds, Chantal Capps at 235 and Raquel Cormier at 137 or 145.

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Looking to improve the health of low-income women throughout the Plateau, a sec-ond mammogram screening event is being planned at St. Elizabeth Hospital for late January.

The first such event, which took place Aug. 21 and provided services to 15 women, was hugely successful, according to

St. Elizabeth President Donna Russell-Cook and Shelly Pricco, director of patient care services.

What makes the mam-mogram effort special is that it’s free to women in need, funded through donations from the com-munity. The first event was supported by the Franciscan Foundation and now the push begins to bring Plateau donors into the picture. The sec-

ond mammogram event was recently boosted by a $1,007 contribution from The Courier-Herald, which generated money through advertising sales into a special Women in Business section in the newspaper. The section ran during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, in an edition printed entirely on pink paper in support of the nationwide cause.

Additional money was

generated through a sec-ond annual Bras for the Cause fundraiser spon-sored by the Enumclaw Senior Center, High Point Village and St. Elizabeth. Money also will be raised later this month during the Enumclaw Regional Healthcare Foundation’s annual Holiday Fantasy

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Born in Duluth, Minnesota, she and Palmer traveled out west in 1946 and fell in love with Enumclaw, their fi rst stop after crossing the Cascades, and made it their home. Palmer worked at Fugate Ford for 50 years, while Virginia worked at JC Penny’s and later at the Rainier School. She was an active quilter, sewer, gardener and cook, and loved all things Swedish. She was a member of Country Bible Church and had many friends there and throughout Enumclaw.

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A list of the Plateau’s “best” has to include place to hike. The area includes short jaunts, day hikes and serious climbs up Mount Rainer. This list includes a few of the easier spots to reach for a family or couple to spend some time communing with nature.

Hiking• Mud Mountain Rim Trail – Alltrails.com lists this hike as about a four mile hike that allows dogs. It is reached by going to the Mud Mountain Dam park. Good hike for shooting pictures.• Snoquera Falls Trail – Alltrails.com calls this a 2.8-mile trail featuring a waterfall. It is accessed off state Route 410.• Mount Peak – some call this Pinnacle Peak. The trail is about two miles and is heavily used all times of the year. Dogs are allowed. The elevation climb, according to Alltrails.com, is 1,100 feet.• Ipsut Falls Trail – This trail is near Carbonado and is less than two miles. It is perfect for kids because there is both old-growth forest, great views of the Carbon River and Ipsut Creek and a waterfall. There are also elk and deer hanging around. • A lesser known trail is the Mount Baldy ridge. It can be reached from the trailhead on SR 410 across from the old mill pond. If you follow it far enough there are some old caves near the top ridge on the south side. The last time I was on the trail it was not well marked after it came near the top. I remember it from when I was kid, and could still navigate well enough to get back home.

Bird watchingBird watching can be one of the most pleasant and rewarding adventures on the Plateau. Some of my favorites are birds of prey. A drive around the farmland in the area will show a plentiful array of red-tailed hawks, Coopers hawks and American kestrels. The kestrels are falcons and sometimes called sparrow hawks. They are easy to spot because of their rufous or reddish brown color and slate blue wings. They are often seen perched on telephone wires along the highways.Drive along the Enumclaw-Auburn Highway past the Sale Pavilion and it is common to see bald eagles circling above or hanging out in the trees. The large brownish-looking birds are juvenile eagles. Bald eagles get their white heads at about 5 years old. Reach Dennis Box at [email protected] or 360-825-2555, ext. 5050

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In honor of Thanksgiving, be grateful for all the outdoor chores you don’t have to do in the garden – at least until spring.

Do not prune back your hardy fuchsia plants now. Pruning can stimulate growth

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When I was a young boy growing up in Enumclaw, I don’t remember going out of town to shop. I do remember “going downtown” to run errands and pick up our needed items with my mom. We would stop at Pohlman’s Variety store (current Porter Antiques and Collectibles former Lindon Bookstore), Steve’s Five and Dime (Bridget’s Boutique) and Sunrise Pharmacy (former Café Panini). We would pick up our orders that came in from Montgomery Ward (Courier Herald) or

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You would see your friends and neighbors doing their shopping and errands. I remember shaking the hand of Superintendent Tom Poe. As a little boy, he looked so big. I remember running into Monsignor Farrelly who had walked two blocks down from the Catholic Church (located at the site of the GRCC building). He wore his full black robe with his rosary dangling at his side. He always gave me and any child he saw a tootsie roll. I remember standing patiently at my mom’s side while she seemed to talk “with everyone”.

On Halloween evening, about a 1000 kids plus their families strolled up and down Cole Street going from business to business receiving a “treat” for Halloween. I didn’t hear of any of our students receiving a “trick.” After continuous rain for many hours prior to the 4:00 start time, it was dry for the two hours of downtown trick or treating which made this experience even more pleasant.

As I walked up and down Cole Street several times chatting with families and students, I couldn’t help but think of Superintendent Poe, Monsignor Farrelly and my mom. We are a fortunate school district to have our business community create such a fun and safe venue for our students to receive some Halloween treats. If you haven’t been to downtown Enumclaw or the shops by the Black Diamond Bakery, I would encourage you to do so. In this month of � anksgiving, I am grateful for the direct and indirect ways our local businesses support our students and school district.

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Tips for Planning Beyond High School

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For those of you who are thinking about or currently involved with your children in the beyond EHS transition process, here are a few things that you might � nd helpful in preparing your child to make an informed decision about his/her future:

• Make visitations to college campuses and technical schools. Like reading to your child, it’s never too early to start. Make a day trip to walk around a campus, go to the college bookstore and have lunch in their student union center.

• Conduct web searches on university and technical schools and/or military organizations and search their o� erings, degrees and certi� cations. Often you are able to put your child’s name on a mailing list.

• Find out any prerequisites that your child will need in order to be accepted into a university, technical school or the military. What entrance tests need to be taken? Are their certain course requirements (for example: number of years of a foreign language)? Some of these decisions need to occur far before a senior year.

• If you are looking outside the state of Washington, make a contact with the school’s or military’s regional representative. Make sure they have contact information for your child.

• Contact the university your child plans to attend for � nancial aid information, how to complete the FAFSA forms, and � nd out what scholarships may be available. Often, to be considered for academic scholarships, a student must apply early in his/her senior year. Deadlines vary with schools, but usually fall in November. Also, visit a bank or lending institution regarding college loans.

• ACT and SATs can be taken late in a student’s junior year so test scores are available for applications.

• If you are applying for college, explore what the “common application” looks like. Many universities are using this single application form that can be easily looked at by our underclassmen so they can see what is being asked.

• Some prestigious universities ask for a high school’s pro� le. � is pro� le contains speci� c data points that universities are looking for. Our Enumclaw High School pro� le can be accessd in the EHS Main O� ce, through our EHS Counselors or

downloaded from our district website. http://www.enumclaw.wednet.edu/schools/highschool/default.aspx

Our desire is that all of our students find incredible success upon leaving our system. We will continue to seek ways to connect students and families with opportunities to learn what is available after Enumclaw High School!

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HONORING OUR VETS

Schools all over our district honored our veterans with all-school assemblies!

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Peyton AndersonEHS leadership; Junior� anksgiving Baskets committee member

Once again, the EHS leadership program has been blessed with the opportunity to serve our community through assisting with the school district’s annual � anksgiving Baskets project. Students on the commit-tee, led by Taylor Coppertino, were made busy last week, as they traveled during class to the district o� ce to pick up donations to store in a classroom at the high school. � e following week will consist of organizing the donated food items into categories and assembling the baskets to be picked up by families on the 19th. Any additional items will then be donated to either Black Dia-mond or Enumclaw food banks.

With the � anksgiving holiday right around the corner, we have a lot to be thankful for, from the outstanding admin-istrators within the Enumclaw School Dis-trict, to a community that is willing to give and accept help in times when it is needed. We truly appreciate the assistance of every-one who has contributed to this program. As young children, many of us were un-interested in the act of giving, for it meant that we would have less; but the simple and indescribable truth behind giving is that often times you end up with more of what really matters. You walk away feeling love for humanity, compassion derived from empathy, and a sense of purpose, knowing that you have contributed towards bettering the life of another.

� is Holiday season, the Enumclaw High School leadership team challenges you to embrace the act of giving. Many view this time of year as a chance to receive, when in reality the best kind of gift is derived from a sel� ess heart. It’s a di� cult concept to grasp for many, but the result of happiness and ful� llment will be more than enough to convince you, if you just give it a try.

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Congratulations to the Fall Sports teams of our high school. This last � ve of our teams won or tied for league championship!

WSP’s Mobile Impaired Driving Unit Makes a Visit to EHSOn November 8th, the Washington State Patrol brought their MIDU and Sgt. JP McAuliffe from the Impaired Driving Section to educate students on the dan-gers of distracted and impaired driving. The Washington Traffi c Safety Commis-sion reports that in 2010, nearly 25% of fatal crashes in King County involved a distracted driver.By appearing at local schools, busi-ness safety fairs, and other community functions, the Washington State Patrol can speak directly on distracted and im-paired driving issues and the dangers they present to the citizens of our state. This hands-on distracted driving demonstration provided a safe but realistic experience to our students that all drivers can learn from.

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When WhatNovember 21 Half-day ReleaseNovember 22 23 Thanksgiving Holiday – District Office ClosedNovember 29 Westwood Music Extravaganza at 6:30 pmNov. 29 - Dec. 1 EHS Play: Almost, MaineNovember 30 Early Release Day – Staff CollaborationDecember 3 Board Work Study at Black Diamond Elementary – 6:30 pmDecember 4 Magic Strings Concert – EHS Auditorium at 7:00 pmDecember 6 Black Diamond Winter Concert & PTA Bake Sale at 6:30 pmDecember 7 Early Release Day – Staff CollaborationDecember 10 EHS Winter Band Concert at 7:00 pmDe. 11 & 12 EHS Winter Choir Concert at 7:00 pmDecember 12 Westwood PTO Board Meeting at 3:45 pmDecember 13 Black Diamond Winter Concert & PTA Bake Sale at 6:30 pmDecember 14 Early Release Day – Staff CollaborationDecember 17 Board Meeting at District Office – 6:30 pmDecember 18 Thunder Mt. Holiday Program – 7:00 pmDecember 19 Half-Day Release

Enumclaw High School (Grades 9-12)226 Semanski Street South, Enumclaw WA 98022Jill Burnes, [email protected] Iacobazzi, Assistant [email protected] Smith, Assistant Principal & CTE [email protected] vanHaalen, Assistant [email protected] Smith, Athletic [email protected] • Fax: 360.802.7676

Enumclaw Middle School (Grades 6-8)550 Semanski Street South, Enumclaw WA 98022Steve Rabb, [email protected] Osborn, Dean of [email protected] • Fax: 360.802.7224

Thunder Mt. Middle School (Grades 6-8)42018 264th Avenue SE, Enumclaw WA 98022Virginia Callison, [email protected] Davidson, Dean of [email protected] • Fax: 360.802.7500

Black Diamond Elementary (Grades K-5)25314 Baker Street, Black Diamond WA 98010Gerrie Garton, [email protected] • Fax: 360.802.7610

Byron Kibler Elementary (Grades K-5)2057 Kibler Avenue, Enumclaw WA 98022Julene Miller, [email protected] • Fax: 360.802.7300

Southwood Elementary (Grades K-5)3240 McDougall Avenue, Enumclaw WA 98022Susan Arbury, [email protected] • Fax: 802.7374

Sunrise Elementary (Grades K-5)899 Osceola Street, Enumclaw WA 98022Chris Beals, Principal [email protected] • Fax: 360.802.7427

Westwood Elementary (Grades K-5)21200 SE 416th, Enumclaw WA 98022Keri Marquand, [email protected] • Fax: 360.802.7622

Administration Of� ce2929 McDougall Avenue, Enumclaw WA 98022Mike Nelson, [email protected] Madden, Business & Operations [email protected] Parker, Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment [email protected] Berryhill, Human Relations [email protected] Chambers, Student Support Services [email protected] Marlow, Technology [email protected] • Fax: 360.802.7140

Transportation450 Semanski Street South, Enumclaw WA 98022Everett Cunningham, [email protected] • Fax: 360.802.7243


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Do not put rock salt on your pathways to keep them free of ice. Salt on pathways will wash off into flower beds, killing all liv-ing things. When ice coats your walkways and you expect holiday guests, use

sand or kitty litter to pro-vide traction under foot, not rock salt.

Do not seal cut branch-es with pruning paint. Removing a tree branch and covering the cut with black pruning paint is so old school; new university studies prove it is not nec-essary in our climate.

Do not prune Salvia “Hot Lips” or any other tender perennials now. Wait until you see new growth coming from the base of your sal-

vias in the spring and then shorten them to just above the joint where the growth is sprouting.

Do not fertilize your roses, your rhodies, your lawn or your perennials. This is the dormant season. You want your plants to sleep through the worst of it and feeding them now would not only be a waste of money but could keep them awake.

Do not water the lawn, the shrubs or the potted

plants – unless they are stuck under the eaves of the house. We get enough win-ter rain to keep every living thing hydrated.

Do not cultivate, rototill or spade the soft wet soil in your vegetable or f low-er garden. When the soil is saturated with water it has a fragile structure and should be left alone to avoid damaging air pock-ets. This means keep your big heavy boots off the soil as well.

Do not park your heavy cars, trucks or power equip-ment on the winter lawn. You may get away with

compacting the lawn a bit in the summer months but during the wet winters you can ruin a lawn when you weigh it down.

Do not forget to appreci-ate how lucky we are to live in western Washington. We may have slugs and moss, but very few tornados, bliz-zards, scorpions, alligators, rattlesnakes, or days that are below freezing or above 100 degrees. We live in a gardeners’ paradise. Give thanks.

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The season has come for wassailing and deck-ing halls. There have been subtle hints of the onset of Christmas during the past few weeks, but once we’ve eaten our way through Thanksgiving and battled our way through Black Friday, there can be no doubt the holiday has landed.

It’s also the time of year when someone will take up the crusade to “Put Christ back into Christmas.” I applaud the sentiment, but if that means going head-to-head with the larger culture’s perception of the holiday, I’m not sure I’m ready to take up that banner.

The culture at large has been redefining the holi-day for some time. The days when nativity displays appeared at the mall and religious carols were sung in every public school are long gone. Most folks today envi-sion Christmas as a collec-tion of red-nosed reindeer, mistletoe and maxed-out credit cards. The announce-ment of angelic choirs to poor-shepherds-in-fields-as they-lay has become a sub-text at best.

So how should the faith-ful Christian celebrate the holiday? Should we follow the general trend and mix together the religious and the secular? Should we dust off the old poster of Santa kneel-ing at the crèche?

A wise man of faith once told me a truism which I have subsequently passed on to my children: there are actually two holidays at this time of year; one is religious and the other is secular. The unfortunate thing is that they both bear the same name. We are free to celebrate and observe both. The trick is to not to confuse them. To cram the good news of God invading earth as a baby into the frenzy of Santa arriving in a helicopter is to confuse the holidays. It also dumbs down the church’s procla-mation.

I’m not sure we in the church actually want the larger culture to cram Christ back into its celebration of Christmas; I’m not sure we want to entrust the radical grace of the gospel to the sec-ular holiday. Such attempts often leave us with a saccha-

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Walt RiceTrinity Lutheran Church

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Sunday ServicesBible Classes for all ages ..................................................................................9:30amMorning Worship ............................................................................................11:00amSunday Evening Bible Classes .............................................................5:30-7:00pm

Wednesday ServicesPrayer/Bible Study ............................................................................................6:30pmWorship Teams ..................................................................................................7:30pm3466 Porter • (360)825-1111 • www.firstbaptistch1.qwestoffice.net

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CommunityPresbyterian

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152 S. Cottage St., Buckley, WASunday School 9:30 am

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An elderly man received an “Urgent Pay” notice from the power company and doesn’t know what to do. He has never had to ask for help before. We provide him with a voucher for his overdue bill and help him make an appointment to apply for federal energy assistance for the winter.

A mother with a young child has been living on the street since leaving a home racked by domestic violence. She works hard and has several part-time jobs, but there are few options for shelter that she can afford. We helped her secure a room within her income. She and her child are no longer homeless and have a safe place to stay.

This variety of need is very typical, but most of the people who come to us for help have one thing in common – the lack of family or friends who they can rely on. POM becomes their support structure, and we strive to make it a temporary one. As we work through each situation, we ask people to take steps to help themselves so they can become self- suf� cient.

I hope this helps you visualize your neighbors in need and how much YOUR support to POM means to them. We are thankful that the generosity of our community allows us to help people out of crisis and toward stability. Thank you on behalf of each one of the clients we see!

Who are our Neighbors in Need?

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Bene� tting the Enumclaw Clothing Bank

Desperately needed: New or Gently Used*

COATS • HATS • GLOVESFor All Ages

High School Teens (Men’s and Women’s Sizes) and older Children

All donations will be given to the Enumclaw Clothing Bank

Located in JJ Smith School • 253-740-1367

Please donate today through December 20, 2012!

Bring donations to:

orGamblin

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Gamblin Main Store1047 Hwy. 410 E

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For more details 888-889-6199

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Please donate today through

High School Teens (Men’s and Women’s Sizes)


Please donate today through December 20, 2012!

Gift Cards

& CashDonations

also accepted

Special Need: Children’s Coats*Please make sure gently used items are clean & ready to be worn.

“Don’t leave us out in the

cold!”

manger while fat cherubs fly by like giant mosquitoes. It is up to the faithful to continue to proclaim a more radical message which does not easily co-exist with elves and wrapping paper.

The message of the Christmas gospel is this: we find God as a helpless infant; one who is destined to grow into a help-

less criminal nailed to a cross. That’s the way the almighty chose to be revealed. At Christmas, God comes in weakness, not as a vindictive judge, but as a new-born child, dirty diapers and all. The purpose of this incarnation is to bring a message of reconciliation and hope to a broken, violent world. This astounding love and amazing grace gets lost in the assault of shoppers and television holi-day specials.

This year I will join with my family around the Christmas tree, sharing gifts and maybe even drinking some wassail. I have no problem celebrating the secu-lar holiday with all its trappings. Yet for people of faith, the heart of the season is found in the other Christmas, the first one, where we are encountered by a God of love who gives it all away for the cosmos. It is here that the hopes and fears of all the years are met.

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