Construction artwork
More than 30 pieces of artwork were submitted by students throughout the Tahoma School District that will be hung on the construction fence surrounding the Beach House at Lake Wilderness.
The plan was to hang the pieces of art Wednesday, weather dependent.
Participating schools and teachers include:
Tahoma High School – Jennifer McCoy
• Maple View Middle School – Nicole Headley
• Summit Trail Middle School – Nicole Kurtz
• Cedar River Elementary School – Tatjana Henninger
• Glacier Park Elementary School – Jamie Wittman
• Shadow Lake Elementary School – Tatjana Hennifer
Opening day trout derby is this weekend
The 16th annual Hooked On Fishing derby will run from 3 p.m. Friday, April 27 until noon Saturday.
The event kicks off at 3 p.m. Friday with tent camping in Lake Wilderness Park. The fishing derby and Rotary breakfast begins at 12:01 a.m.
New to the event this year is a Fishing Derby “Reel Raffle.” You can purchase a derby button and then you are entered to win a basket full of Chamber member prizes.
Rotary is also hosting “Big Fish Tales” Friday evening — beach story time and campfire songs with Tahoma High School’s Interact Club. Kids will receive a free book to take home.
This year’s tagged fish is named #HunterStrong — if you purchase a tagged fish ticket and catch the fish during the derby you will receive $300 cash prize. Tagged fish tickets can be purchased at Johnsons Home & Garden, BECU and the Wilderness Chevron.
Because the Beach House is currently under construction, the derby headquarters, weight station and food stand will be in a different location.
The Greater Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Maple Valley Rotary and the city of Maple Valley are hosting this annual event.
For more information on the event, visit www.maplevalleychamber.org or www.blackdiamondchamber.org and click on “Hooked on Fishing.”
Stuff the Bus event coming soon
From 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday, May 5 at the Lake Wilderness Village QFC, a Stuff the Bus event will take place.
All items will go toward the Maple Valley Food Bank. The event is put on by the Tahoma Classified Pubic School Employees who want to give back to the community.
Items that are accepted include — canned, packaged food, personal hygiene and household cleaning supplies, school supplies and new/gently used children’s books.
For more information, call 206-334-4894.
Walmart plans store improvements in 2018
Walmart announced April 11 it expects to spend $56 million in the next year remodeling 16 stores — including the Covington location.
No specific dates have been announced yet on when renovations would take place.
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