The BECU Foundation awards 80 student-members with a $3,000 scholarship.

Covington and Maple Valley residents, Grace Kariuki and Rose Meyers were two of the 80 chosen to receive $3,000 from the BECU Foundation Scholarships. The scholarship recipients were chosen based on their academic performance and passion for helping others through volunteering. Since 1995, the BECU Foundation has awarded more than $2.2 million in scholarships to 950 student members.

Kariuki is a Kentlake High School student who participated in Relay for Life to honor her late father.

“In 2004, my father was taken from the world by lung cancer and since then, I had never found a way to personally honor and remember him. That was until my sophomore year of high school when I participated in Relay for Life. Through this organization, I gained awareness about cancer as well as found a way to remember my father in a way that felt fulfilling to me in this fight against the disease,” Kariuki said.

Meyers is a Tahoma High School student, who volunteered at the Northwest Harvest where she packaged food to be distributed to individuals in need.

“This service opportunity has had a lasting impact on me. I have a greater appreciation for organizations like Northwest Harvest that are trying to help those that need it without hurting their pride. They don’t expect anything in return, but have found that out of appreciation many that receive the food choose to help prepare the portions for others also,” Meyers said.

Life Scout cleans up front of church

Nathaniel Lackey, a Life Scout from Troop 517 did his Eagle Project on Aug. 21 at Cornerstone Church in Covington. Lackey is a junior at Kentlake High School and he chose to clean up and landscape around the electronic sign in front of the church.

He removed horsetail and re-landscaped it with drainage. He also cleaned up a memorial/meditative space beside the church. He removed broken bricks, weeds and added another entry location and pressure washed it. The Covington Home Depot donated all of the landscaping supplies for the project, about $1,000 worth; 23 scouts and adults came out to help with the project.

Wastemobile visits Covington, Sept. 9-11

King County residents can safely and conveniently dispose of many hazardous household items they may not know how to dispose of by the Wastemobile. It will be in Covington from Sept. 9 through 11.

The Wastemobile will be in the parking lot from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Fred Meyer in Covington each day. This will be the third and last visit from the Wastemobile for the year.

Residents can drop off their hazardous materials, free of charge. The service is pre-paid through garbage and sewer utility fees.

The Wastemobile was created in 1989 and it was the first traveling hazardous waste disposal program in the nation. It goes throughout the county from the spring through fall.

By disposing hazardous material safely by using this program, it is keeping them out of drains and landfills. The Wastemobile also provides free reusable products to the public. The products are subject to availability and residents must sign a release form prior to receiving the items.

For more information about disposal, including acceptable materials and quantity limits, call the Hazards Line at 206-296-4692, Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., except holidays. Recorded information is available after hours, or by visiting the Wastemobile website.

Former Tahoma School District teacher is featured in Enumclaw’s art Gallery

Carolyn Burt’s art will be featured from Sept. 8 through Oct. 4. She owns the Procter Art Gallery in Tacoma, which she and her husband opened seven years ago after she retired.

Her current art work is with scratch board, using technical and precise process in her rendering of objects, people and places. She enjoys working with a variety of media, like many artists.

Burt is a Tacoma native who graduated from the University of Puget Sound and went off to Europe to study after that. The city of Enumclaw’s Gallery 2016 will feature the artwork of Carolyn Burt during a show that begins Sept. 8 and runs through Oct. 4.

Burt owns the Proctor Art Gallery in Tacoma. A former teacher and administrator in the Tahoma School District, she and her husband opened the gallery seven years ago, following retirement.

“I am somewhat eclectic in my work,” Burt wrote in an artist’s statement. “Currently, my focus is on scratchboard engraving where I can achieve incredible detail reminiscent of scrimshaw.”

Gallery 2016 is found in the council chambers at Enumclaw City Hall, 1339 Griffin Ave. Hours for the exhibition space are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Correction from the Aug. 26 edition

In last week’s edition, we reported that Jason Morrison had been named Coach of the Year for the first time in Covington.

It was brought to our attention that he was not the first recipient of the award.

In 2005, Jeff Bennett was named Coach of the Year with Covington Community Sports.

The city’s Parks and Recreation Department took over the Covington Community Sports program in 2014.

Bennett founded Covington Community Sports to give children an opportunity to participate in sports.