Three Tahoma elementaries are helping to filter pollution with new rain gardens, thanks to a pair of local landscapers, an environmental educator and lots of students willing to get their hands dirty. “It’s kind of a community service project for us,” says Ena Soushek, who operates Maple Valley-based MVG, a landscape contractor, with her husband, [...]
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Tahoma schools to release early on Fridays
The Tahoma School District will release all schools 90 minutes early most Fridays next year for staff professional development time. The calendar change comes after a unanimous vote Tuesday night of the Tahoma School Board that followed a special meeting attended by about 50 parents and staff at the Rock Creek Elementary gym. The weekly [...]
Fred Meyer opens to public
The new Fred Meyer, the anchor store in the new Maple Valley Town Square, has opened to the public — and so have two other businesses in the new development. At 2 p.m. today, Fred Meyer held a ceremonial cake cutting and announced more than $20,000 in donations to local nonprofits such as the Maple [...]
Kids help create bottle-cap murals
By Marie VandenBosch, Mikell Fuller and Ella Henry In the spring of 2012 Glacier Park Elementary students created four murals made of recycled material. It all started when Tahoma High School students collected bottle caps of all shapes and sizes to donate to Glacier Park Elementary School for the kids to all contribute on a [...]
Elementaries to feel impact of overcrowding
Tahoma’s overcrowding and budget problems will impact the district’s younger students next year with bigger class sizes overall and some loss of computer labs and activity spaces — and some students may be pulled out of their home schools and bused across town. Superintendent Mike Maryanski told the school board that the district is struggling [...]
NFL honors Tahoma PE teacher
Like many sports fans around the country, Tahoma High School physical education teacher Tracy Krause spent last weekend watching the NFL draft — but Krause had a ringside seat. The NFL invited Krause to watch the draft in person after naming him the NFL Network PE Teacher of the Year. Krause says the award reflects [...]
Tahoma to draw up alternatives to Monday late starts
The Tahoma School Board has asked the district to come up with some alternatives to the proposed Monday late start in response to teacher and parent concerns. “From the comments that I’ve read [online] and heard, Monday late arrival certainly isn’t very popular,” said board member Mary Jane Glaser in front of a packed room [...]
Protect soil and stormdrains to keep lake safe
Coupons for compost and car washes will be given to Maple Valley residents who come to a healthy soil workshop at Lake Wilderness Lodge on Tuesday night — but the well-being of everybody who uses the lake may be at stake. Participants will learn how to build lush lawns and landscaping without relying on chemical [...]
Tahoma teen works to save stream
One Maple Valley teenager is so committed to cleaning up streams and helping wildlife that she enlisted dozens of volunteers and even found some federal money to rip out blackberries — starting in her own backyard. Himalayan blackberries are invasive, pushing out the more beneficial plants that belong in Western Washington, said Tahoma High School [...]
Home design may deter criminals, police say
While Maple Valley burglary rates dropped in March, police say residents can tweak the design of their homes to prevent break-ins. The features of a home’s exterior along with the correct installation of deadbolts can deter criminals, according to Taryn Weatherford, crime prevention specialist for the Maple Valley Police. Only three burglaries were reported within [...]
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