The King County Fire District No. 28, Enumclaw Fire Department, is ready to roll out its latest aid car.
The fleet addition is roomy inside and filled with features designed for patient and firefighter safety.
The King County Fire District No. 28, Enumclaw Fire Department, is ready to roll out its latest aid car.
The fleet addition is roomy inside and filled with features designed for patient and firefighter safety.
Before a packed house, the King County Landmarks Commission gave The Krain Corner restaurant historical status Thursday night.
Those who fancy themselves as expert shoppers for both clothing and home decor have three fresh options in Enumclaw.
White River Alternative Programs Principal Elaine Elliott remembers boosting her grade in high school Spanish by 2 percentage points by eating at a Mexican restaurant and bringing the receipt to class. In the White River School District that thinking is passé. When district leaders are done, a standards-based system will be in place.
“The phones are already ringing, and there is great interest in its use,” Enumclaw School District business director Tim Madden told the Enumclaw School Board after they signed off on the 25-year lease agreement with the city for management of the stadium at Pete’s Pool.
The city and school district have been negotiating the lease since May. The city council finally gave it the nod at its Oct. 10 meeting with the mayor signing off on it that same day.
The school board OK’d the agreement at its Oct. 17 meeting and Superintendent Mike Nelson inked it the next day.
At the board meeting, Nelson, Madden and board members praised the city and Your Enumclaw Area Stadium (YEAS) committee for the magnificent facility.
“It is an incredible accomplishment during these tough economic times,” Nelson said.
The Enumclaw High boys water polo team heads to the state tournament Thursday. An opening-round opponent was not known at publication time, but the Hornets’ 14-13, come-from-behind victory over Auburn Riverside in the season finale Thursday bodes well for the team.
State tournament play begins at 3 p.m. Thursday with games at Lakes and Rogers high schools. Each of the top 12 teams will play two games Thursday with the top eight teams advancing to the final rounds Friday and Saturday at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.
Seeding will be determined by a tournament committee, based on league standings and nonleague results. Eleven teams – Enumclaw, Auburn Mountainview, Auburn Riverside, Wilson, Curtis, Rogers, Puyallup, Peninsula, Emerald Ridge, Newport and Bellevue – have qualified. Roosevelt and Bainbridge Island were scheduled to play for the North Division’s third seed.
In the Hornets’ regular-season closer, the visiting and state-bound Ravens got off to a fast start, scoring two goals in the first 4 minutes to take a 2-0 lead. Hornet Mason Culp put Enumclaw on the scoreboard on the Hornets’ third power play with 3:26 left in the first quarter. Raven Luke Andrews scored a minute later. EHS’s Will Cooper scored with 47 seconds on the clock for a 3-2 Riverside advantage going into the second quarter.
Auburn Riverside scored six in the second quarter and kept the Hornets to four goals for a 9-6 lead at halftime.
In the third quarter, the Hornet defense adjusted to the Ravens’ play at center and cranked up the offense to outscore the Ravens 5-1 and take an 11-10 lead into the final period.
Both teams played tough through the final period with the score tied twice in the final 4 minutes of the game. Culp put the Hornets ahead for good with a goal with 2:49 remaining.
The Hornets had scoring from five players in the win – Bennon VanHoof scored four; Gabe Sales and Culp each scored three; and Thomas Petersen and Cooper scored two each. Freshman goalkeeper Austin Kaehn had 13 saves.
Enumclaw finished its regular season with a 6-4 league record, 14-11 overall.
Boy Scouts Mason Vogel and Kyle Durrant were honored by the White River School Board at its Oct. 12 meeting for sprucing up two of the district’s school campuses.
The White River School Board gave its nod to a three-year contract with teachers during its Oct. 12 meeting.
Carbonado Historical School District Superintendent Scott Hubbard doesn’t know if all the letters informing districts they had received an Urgent Repair Grant came with a personal note from Washington state schools leader Randy Dorn, but he was tickled his did.
Kathye Long’s latest CD is a homecoming.
“I was going to name it ‘It’s Time to Go Home,’” Long said after the fifth track on the release, but instead settled on “Northwestern Girl.” “It’s about home, going toward one, longing for the one you never had.”
The well-known local singer, songwriter, performer and musician is hosting a release party at 7 p.m. Friday at Enumclaw Music, 1515 Cole St., where she is best known as a guitar instructor.
“Northwestern Girl” is Long’s fourth CD and is filled with the folk music her fans have come to expect.
“It’s all original material,” Long said.
Eleven of the 14 songs Long wrote in 2010, the other three were written since her last release, “Check Please” in 2006.
Tyler Salsbury and Colton McCluskey finished 1-2 at the South Puget Sound League 3A Medalist Tournament at Gold Mountain Golf Complex Oct. 19, earning themselves tee times at the Class 3A state tournament in May.
For Salsbury, it was the fourth-straight year he carried home medalist honors. The EHS senior, who plans to take his game to the University of Washington, earned the medalist trophy with a two-day stroke total of 138. He finished the first round of play Oct. 17 with a 6-under par 66 and Day 2 with an even-par 72.
McCluskey, also a senior and a two-time state qualifier, followed with a two-day total of 155 on days of 77-78.
Enumclaw High girls closed out the regular swim season Oct. 18 with a 116-69 nonleague win over Emerald Ridge and kicked off the postseason Friday and Saturday with a second-place finish at the South Puget Sound League 3A meet at Auburn High.
The league meet offered the Hornets one final chance to qualify for the West Central District meet Nov. 5 and 6 at Hazen High in Renton, where they will compete with swimmers from the Olympic, SPSL 3A, Seamount and Narrows leagues. That meet will serve as Enumclaw’s last opportunity to earn a lane at the state meet.
Diver Erica Bonthuis has already earned her spot at the state diving competition. Bonthuis finished third at Saturday’s league meet. Teammate Nikki Wilson was sixth and will dive at districts.
Enumclaw High senior Dan Milat earned South Puget Sound League 3A all-league, first-team honors and junior teammate Anthony Chynoweth earned all-academic honors as the Hornets closed their 2011 tennis season.
The Hornets finished the regular season with a 5-5 record which tied them for third with Auburn Mountainview in the SPSL 3A. Bonney Lake and Lakes shared the championship.
The postseason tournament was not kind to EHS, as no Hornet advanced to the spring district tournament.