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By LAuRA PieRCe

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Talk to Glen Goodall for just a few minutes, and the excite-ment is palpable. Through the

twang of a slight Canadian accent, the former Thunderbird phenom’s voice goes up a few notches when he talks about his upcoming trip.

He’s going back to where it all start-ed: to the team that retired his jersey after six glorious years of making fans sit on the edge of their seats.

For the first time since he de-camped in 1990 for a career in the pros, Goodall is going to a Seattle Thunderbirds game.

It’s not just any game, and he’s not just any audience member. Goodall is going to open the T-Bird’s first home game of the season, with his family in tow, to be honored, and to honor his team back.

“This is really the first opportunity I’ve had to come back,” said Goodall, who just retired after 17 years of pro hockey in Germany, and who now lives in Red Deer, in the Alberta prov-ince. “I’m very excited to be coming back to be part of the team opener.”

He’s excited to be seeing the fans again – and there is nothing quite like a T-Bird fan, he noted.

“I have played so much hockey since I left Seattle, but there’s no fans I’ve ever seen as passionate as the Seattle fans,” he said.

“Looking back over my whole ca-reer, Seattle was probably the funnest time in my hockey career. At the end of the day, the money’s not important at all – it’s the memories.”

Goodall gave the Thunderbird some memories of their own. He set multiple records as a T-Bird in the Western Hockey League: career most goals scored(262); career most games

(399); most assists (311); second-highest points leader (573).

He started at age 14 as a T-Bird (the rules were different then.) When he left as a 20-year-old in 1990, his jersey – No. 10 – was retired. His is the only jersey the T-Birds have ever retired.

“He was a phenomenon,” said Ian Henry, director of public and media relations for the Thunderbirds. “Fans loved him; he put up an amazing season every year he was here.”

Henry said the team wanted to bring Goodall back to honor him at an opener, but Goodall’s busy sched-ule, playing in Germany and Europe in Germany’s elite leagues, made that impossible until now.

“Now that he’s retired, we can do it,” Henry said.

The team will recognize Goodall with a video tribute before the game, and with his family, he’ll drop the puck for

By STeve HunTeR

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Cheryl Wright hopes a new celebration called AutumnFest that features wine and beer-tasting, snacks, music and even a scarecrow-decorating contest will give people a reason to check out the Historic District of downtown Kent.

AutumnFest runs 4-8 p.m. Sept. 24 at more than 15 businesses in the heart of Kent’s downtown: West Meeker Street, West Gowe Street, First Avenue and Second Avenue.

“We wanted to come up with events to bring people to the downtown area and get more people to shop and know we are here,” said Wright, the event chairwoman and owner of Cheryl’s Unique Boutique, 406 W. Meeker St. “We wanted to make it a fun event that brings people in.”

The free event starts at

Seattle’s Marcel Noebels, No. 15, goes for the puck against Portland defender Tyler Wotherspoon (26), watched by Thunderbird center Luke Lockhart (20) in the T-Birds last preaseason game Sept. 17, at ShoWare. The Thunderbirds won in a 6-5 shootout. They have their first local game of the season Saturday, taking on longtime rival Portland yet again. CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter

Bolstered by Thunderbirds’ legend Glen Goodall, Seattle opens its season here Saturday, with festivities and a matchup with rival Portland Winterhawks

Downtown Kent gets in fall spirit

Animal-control officer speaks on abuse case

AutumFest runs tonight, with wine, beer and all kinds of fall activities

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Alex Dittmar, founder of Airways Brewing Company in Kent, draws a pint Friday for a customer. Airways will be featured at AutumnFest Friday. CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter

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When King County animal-control officer Pam McClaren walked into the abandoned East Hill house earlier this month with a search warrant, it was all she could do not to lose her cool.

The three dogs had been left in the home for roughly three weeks, faring as best they could with little food or water.

“It was horrible. They were eating ev-erything – dirty diapers, anything they

could,” said McClaren, of the two pitbulls and a dachshund she found clinging to life.

“In my opinion, the little dachshund, if it were there another day, it would have been

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Talks about what she saw, emphasizes need for struggling pet owners to ask for assistance

T-BIRDS ARE GO

T-Birds phenom Glen Goodall to open game.

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inSiDe: License your pet and have fun dur-ing pet event Saturday at Kent Station.Page 2

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The City of Kent and Regional Animal Services of King County have teamed up with Kent Station to promote dog and cat licensing in Kent while having fun. On Saturday, Kent Station will host “Dog Daze & Feline Fantasies,” an afternoon dedicated to cats, dogs and their humans.

The point is to help liven up the idea of getting your pet licensed - as of Oct. 2, an amnesty period for unli-censed pets will end in King County, meaning owners could be fined for having pets that are unlicensed.

However, the city and Regional Animal Services also are sending door-to-door marketers to Kent neighborhoods, offering residents the chance to sign up for licenses on their doorsteps. The door-to-door campaign runs through the end of the year, seven days a week.

At Saturday’s event, you’ll find a plethora of things to do, including:

• Super Pet Adopt-a-thon: Noon to 5 p.m. - Hun-dreds of dogs and cats will be on-site for adoption.

• Dog Couture Fashion show: 1 and 4 p.m.• Pet/Owner Look-a-Like Contest: 1 p.m.• Pet Costume Contest: 2 p.m.• Pet Parade: (following the costume contest)• Pet Show: 3 p.m. - Categories include Longest

Whiskers, Curliest Tail, Prettiest Nails.• Happy Hour: Noon to 4 p.m., Kent Station foun-

tain stage with Mama Stortini’s concocted pet-theme drinks

• Kent Police K-9 Demonstrations• Animal-obedience and agility demonstrationsPets must be licensed to participate, and licenses

can purchased at the event.Prizes are Kent Station gift cards and treats from

local pet-related businesses.Pet-related businesses will be at the event.For more details, call 253-856-2301 or e-mail info@

kentstation.com

Should Kent restrict building heights?Residents can tell the city of Kent Land Use and Planning Board

7 p.m. Sept. 27 at City Hall what they think of a proposal to restrict the height of buildings constructed next to single-family residential neighborhoods.

The board is considering amendments to the downtown com-mercial enterprise zoning district that would restrict the height of buildings constructed next to areas zoned for single-family homes. The city currently has no building-height restrictions.

The issue about height restrictions came up when Seattle-area developer Robert Slattery proposed last year building a six-to-seven story, mixed-use apartment complex next to the Mill Creek neigh-borhood on the eastern edge of downtown. Mill Creek residents oppose a high-rise building next to their homes.

The City Council will have the final say about any proposed amendments to limit the height of buildings. The planning board makes recommendations to the Council.

For more information, call the city planning services department at 253-856-5454.

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Help celebrate 120 years of Kent history and support the

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Tickets are $45 per person and include appetizers,

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The theme for the evening is “Night of a Thousand Stars.”

For tickets and more information, call the

Kent Historical Society at 253-854-4330.

● LAST DAY: The Kent Farmers Market’s last day for the season is Saturday. The market runs 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Town Square Plaza along Second Avenue. It’s a site for fresh produce, baked goods and arts. The market opens for a new season in June 2011.

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Volunteer to build him house rampBy Steve Hunter

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Sanmogam Pillay smiled proudly as his wife, Rajmani, wheeled him outside their Kent home on the East Hill last week to see the new wheelchair ramp under con-struction by volunteers.

Pillay, 59, had suffered a stroke during open-heart sur-gery two years ago. It became a struggle for his wife and a caretaker to get him in and out of the house for appointments.

That’s when employ-ees from Lowe’s Home Improvement, where Pillay worked prior to his stroke, decided to help out.

Marie Parker, the human re-sources manager at the Lowe’s store along Pacific Highway in Kent, said she came up with the idea to build a wheelchair ramp for Pillay after a phone call from his wife.

“She called me and was crying because she didn’t know what to do and could not transport him to appoint-ments,” Parker said as she helped complete a four-day project last week to build the ramp. “We needed to build this for him. It was hard work, but it was for a good cause.”

More than a dozen Lowe’s employees from

stores in Kent, Tukwila, Au-burn, Federal Way, Renton and Bellevue donated their time and labor to construct a deck, wheelchair ramp and sidewalk that Pillay can use to easily get in and out

of his house. The ramp and sidewalk cover about 100 feet from the back sliding door to the front driveway.

Lowe’s donated all of the supplies at a cost of about $2,000. The labor was worth

at least another $2,000, ac-cording to store employees.

“It will be much better,” said Kamal Pillay about the ramp for his father. “I’m emotionally touched by the employees of this all-volunteer group.”

Sanmogam Pillay worked 11 years at Lowe’s stores in Tukwila and Kent. Before his wife wheeled him out-side the house to look at the construction of the ramp and for a photo to be taken, he had one request.

“He wanted to put a Lowe’s vest on,” Parker said.

The workers spent much of one day in the rain. The weather dried out the next day when they poured the cement for the actual ramp. Crews used a wheelbarrow to transport the cement from the front of the house to the back.

Kamal Pillay wanted the local newspaper to know about the story to help show the family’s thanks for the work by the store employees and the donated materials.

“I thought this is a story people should know about,” Kamal Pillay said.

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(above) Sanmogan Pillay, front, was all smiles Sept.

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from left, Johnathan Graham, Chris Vaughan Tanya Slimp, and

Shawn Allen shovel concrete in to place on Pillay wheelchair ramp.

Lowe’s volunteered labor, and store donated supplies to build a

the ramp and back deck. CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter

“I’m emotionally touched by the employees of this all-

volunteer group.”

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“It was hard work, but it was for a good cause.”

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an information booth at Kherson Park, at the corner of Second Avenue and West Gowe Street. That’s where attendees pick up an invita-tion, a map of participat-ing businesses, an event passport and a hand stamp if they are at least 21 years old and plan to sample wine or beer.

Many businesses will offer wine tastings along with snacks. Two Kent busi-nesses - Airways Brewing and the Castle Bridge Winery - will offer samples of their beer and vino, respectively, at Titusville Station along West Gowe Street.

Airways Brewing, which just opened last spring in north Kent, has yet to appear at a Kent festival or event.

“This is our first time in Kent so we’re excited to support the (Kent) Downtown Partnership and do something in our own city,” said Alex Dittmar, Airways founder and brewer. “It’s an opportunity to meet local crowds and to introduce ourselves.”

Beer drinkers will get a chance to sample the brewery’s First Class IPA and Jet City ESB.

It’s not just about alcohol, though.“It will be a taste, not a big glass of wine,” said Barbara

Smith, executive director of the Kent Downtown Partner-ship, one of the sponsors of the event, speaking about the tastings. “Some businesses will offer sparkling cider and other drinks.”

The band 7 Second Delay and performers from the South Side Dance Force of Kent will entertain guests at Kherson Park. Other music groups are scheduled to per-form during the festival outside of participating businesses.

AutumnFest has replaced the annual First Avenue Block Party that ran for several years along First Avenue.

“This is kind of taking the place of that,” Wright said. “We wanted to put something together that involves the businesses along Meeker and Gowe streets as well.”

Participating businesses are being asked to decorate scarecrows outside of their stores to go with the Autumn-Fest theme. Party goers will determine which business has the best scarecrow.

Attendees who get a passport initialed by every business can enter a drawing for a $100 gift certificate to be used at downtown businesses.

“We want to encourage people to go to all of the places,” Wright said. “We want them to walk around downtown and get to know the shops.”

Smith said business owners wanted a celebration to bring more foot traffic downtown.

“We want to help businesses understand that we can cre-ate more buzz and get more people down here,” Smith said.

Other participating businesses include: Creamery Art Gallery & Frame Shop, Earthworks Gem

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If you goWhat: AutumnFest 2010When: 4-8 p.m. Sept. 24Where: Kent Historic District, downtown KentCost: FreeFor more information, call the Kent Downtown Partnership at 253-813-6976 or go to www.kentdowntown.org.

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[ PETS from page 1] dead,” she said of the dog, which was a mere 3.12 pounds when it was weighed after being confiscated. “It wasn’t nothing but skin and bones and the eyes were sunken in.”

In her 27 years on the job, the case – which has resulted in felony charges against the dogs’ owner – is not com-pletely new to McClaren.

“Nothing surprises me anymore,” she said.But she admits she was shaken when she saw the mal-

nourished dachshund pulling its shrunken body through a tiny opening in the wall.

“There was no muscle mass, nothing,” she said.Today, the miniature dachshund is a lively little 8-pounder. And the two pit bulls - one

of which weighed just 34 pounds, about half the weight it should have been - are recover-ing as well. All have been kenneled at the Kent Animal Shelter, where they were taken after being confiscated in early September from the house at 100th Avenue Southeast and Southeast 212th Street. Worried neighbors had alerted animal-control officers to the home.

The owner, whose home had gone into foreclosure, McClaren tracked down in Skyway.There will be a pending court date, for two three counts of animal cruelty – felonies –

and three counts of animal abandonment, the officer noted.For McClaren, and the other officers who clean up for irresponsible pet owners, it’s part

of an ongoing battle that’s become worse as the economy has soured. When people are struggling to make ends meet, their pets often are the biggest losers in the equation.

“Animals take the brunt,” she said.Animal rescue costs money, and in King County, a chunk of that money comes from the

animal-licensing fees that pet owners are legally required to pay each year.License fees aren’t just for services that pet owners get for their own animals. The dollars

that owners put into the system help fund the large pool of animals that wind up in the care of King County Regional Animal Services.

Those dollars pay for kenneling, food, medicines, and the other tangibles that go into caring for a pet population that often arrives in marginal health.

“A lot of people think they’re paying my salary – they’re not,” said McClaren, whose paycheck comes out of the county general fund, like the rest of the county’s employees. “They’re paying (license fees) to keep another dog, another cat, alive.”

When a pet owner pays for a license fee, about 75 percent of that fee, McClaren said, goes into funding animal care in the county system.

“It goes to help other animals,” she said. “Spay-neutering, feeding, medicines and ken-neling.”

McClaren jokingly refers to herself as the “pit bull of King County Animal Control” because of her no-nonsense persistence in rectifying animal-abuse cases. But she’s quick to acknowledge that when pet owners are willing to work with her, she’ll go out of her way to help them out.

“I know times are hard,” she said. “I will work with you, as long as you work with me.

But if you stop working with me, I will be your worst nightmare.”She’s been known to bring food, leashes and other items to pet owners who couldn’t

otherwise afford them. For five years, she regularly dropped off dog food to one pet owner who had been partly paralyzed in an accident and had trouble keeping his dog fed.

The point, McClaren said, is to simply ensure animals get good treatment. And if it can be done through collaboration, then that is what she, and the other enforcement officers, would prefer to do.

“If we can’t help them, we will find someone who can,” she said. “We’re not going to leave them out in the cold.”

Learn more To learn more about programs that can assist pet owners with spay/neuter services and other needs, contact Re-gional Animal Services of King County at 206-296-PETS, or go online to www.kingcounty.gov/safety/regional AnimalServices.aspx


Thrift store celebrates 35th

St. James Thrift Shop opened its doors at Railroad Ave. in 1975, and in 2008 moved to its present location at 314 Meeker Street. The shop has always been managed and staffed by volunteers.

St. James Thrift Shop has reason to celebrate - it has been helping people in the Kent community for 35 years. It’s on this anniversary that I wanted to write this letter and thank all the people who have donated and shopped at our store.

It is because of these people’s generosity we have been able to distribute over $1 million dollars to the following agencies: St. James Outreach, Kent Youth and Fam-

ily Services, PICC, HOME (Home Men’s Shelter), Kent Community Supper, Black Diamond Commu-nity Center, KAIROS, City of Au-burn Police Department - Victims Support Team, Kent Food Bank, New Connections of South King County, Childrens Home Society of Washington, Valley Cities Counsel-ing and Consulation, Maple Valley Community Center, Tape Minis-tries N.W., Northwest Harvest, and The Storehouse.

We hope you will visit our store soon and help us to continue to support the Kent community.

Susan JonesSt. James Thrift Shop VolunteerTacoma

I am a pet owner, and at times it’s a dubious honor.

I have a dog that is not unlike Tigger. She doesn’t walk – she more or less bounces everywhere. “Ev-erywhere” includes the bed, the car, or on top of me if I’m languishing on the couch.

She’s eaten several of my shoes.

She habitually sticks her tongue in my ear and up my nose – God forbid if I open my mouth when she’s in range.

She chases my cats, to the point that my living room resembles the chariot scene from Ben Hur, with three fur balls roaring around it.

She’ll try to steal food off my plate, when I’m not looking.

But she’s my dog. She has Doppler ears, big, round eyes, and a tail that never stops wagging.

She doesn’t listen unless she feels like it, has chewed holes in my shirts, and eats cardboard boxes. She looks like a space alien, but she’s my fur baby and I love her.

I don’t know what I’d do if I lost this little monster from a dog pound in Oregon.

Which brings me to my point.I don’t have a lot of money, but thanks to some

research I did for our front-page article, I am hoping to get my dog a license this Saturday at Kent Station.

I also have been roped into judging a pet contest that afternoon at the event, “Dog Daze & Feline Fantasies,” but that’s beside the point. That’s me putting my editor hat on and having fun. The contest will be great for some laughs, and perhaps some pooper-scooping, but getting a license for my dog will be a priority.

Why?Because it’s not just my dog that stands to

benefit from getting a license.The fee I will pay – $30 – will go toward

helping the many animals across King County that don’t have good care – or any care, for that

matter. They are the unwanted cats and dogs that either get dumped out of cars, abandoned in their homes (see our front-page story today), or born into litters of animals that are already homeless.

Someone has to care for what other people opt to abuse or throw away. That responsibility has fallen to animal-regional services, operated by King County, with buy-in from a number of cities in the county, including Kent. There have been news stories questioning the quality of the shelter the county operates in Kent. But when the chips are down, and an animal is abused, this is our front line in getting them treated and safe.

My license fee helps provide some of the most basic funding for which those unwanted animals are in need – money for food, for vet care, for kenneling.

I wish this world were a place where all people who have pets are able to care for them. But it isn’t.

I’m willing to wager the majority of folks love, or have some kind of bond, with their pets. But for those who could care less, or who are strug-gling so much with financial issues that they can’t care for their animals, it’s heartening to know there is a line of defense for animals that

otherwise will suffer enormously.I could look upon purchasing a dog license

as a hassle, an extra expense to my already-strapped household budget. Not to mention my shoe budget.

But knowing what I now know, there will be some sense of empowerment – of making a small difference – when I do the right thing and get my dog licensed.

Space alien or not.But while I can afford to do this, I know there

are others who simply can’t. I’ve said this before and I’ll repeat myself here:

King County must adopt a means by which those of limited incomes can still afford to license their pets. Even if it means installments.

Starting Oct. 1, if they are caught with an unli-censed dog or cat, that animal suddenly becomes a major liability – thanks to fines that can reach up to $250.

That kind of penalty can put pets right back where we don’t want them to be: disposed of like yesterday’s garbage.

Laura Pierce is editor of the Kent Reporter. Contact her by e-mail at [email protected], or by calling 253-872-6600, ext. 5050.

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Police step up patrols in area; seek suspects in second robberyBy Steve Hunter

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Kent Police arrested a 15-year-old Kent-Meridian High School student Sept. 17 for investigation of armed robbery in connection with a Sept. 11 incident at a restau-rant parking lot across from the school where four stu-dents had their cell phones taken at gunpoint.

The student turned himself in Sept. 17 to a Kent Police officer who works at Kent-Meridian as a school resource officer, after word spread that detectives were looking for the boy, said Sgt. Pat Lowery in a phone interview Sept. 20.

The boy reportedly displayed a handgun and robbed three Kentwood High students and one Kent-Meridian student of their cell phones at about 11 p.m. Sept. 11 when they stood in the parking lot of the McDon-ald’s restaurant, 10125 S.E. 256th St. The restaurant sits across from Kent-Meridian and French Field, where earlier that night Auburn

Riverside and Kent-Meridian played a football game.

Meanwhile, police con-tinue to look for two teens or young men involved in a separate armed robbery of cell phones from two high-school students at about 10 p.m. Sept. 11 near 116th Avenue Southeast and Kent Kangley Road, Lowery said.

Detectives do not believe the Kent-Meridian boy was connected to the earlier incident.

“It is very similar, with two cell phones taken from two victims, and a gun was displayed,” Lowery said.

Police only have general descriptions of the suspects as two black males in their teens or early 20s.

In the McDonald’s rob-bery, a week of interviews and investigations gave police enough information to track down a suspect.

“After interviews with witnesses and looking at videos from McDonald’s and the Union 76 service station we narrowed it down to an individual,” Lowery said. “We also had been to a residence where the boy had stayed, so the focus was on him. He later came forward.”

Police do not have the gun allegedly used during the incident. The boy told police it was a pellet gun and that he

no longer had it. Lowery said pellet handguns look similar to handguns that shoot bullets.

“Even a trained officer has a difficult time telling the difference,” he said.

Kent Police have increased patrols on the weekends near Kent-Meridian as well as along Kent-Kangley Road on the East Hill in an effort to provide better protection of residents and to find the suspects in the robbery near 116th Avenue Southeast.

“We have extra officers in uniform and not in uniform in the area to create a greater presence and for more eyes for suspects in the other robbery,” Lowery said. “We will continue extra patrols on weekends. There are a lot of kids that hang around in that area on the weekends.”

The police resource officer at Kent-Meridian as well as Kent School District secu-rity patrol football games at French Field. Lowery said no extra police have been added to French Field.

“We have not had prob-lems at games or on the school campus,” Lowery said.

Lowery added that there were no incidents on or off the Kent-Meridian campus after a Sept. 17 football game at the school between Kentridge and Kent-Me-ridian.

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Hangin’ onWashington State patrol and Kent Fire shut down the on ramp to I-5 North just before 11 a.m. Sept. 17 after a semi truck toppled over on the ramp off of Highway 516. The semi had to be flipped right side up by two tow trucks. Washington State patrol officer John Pierce said “speed was the main factor” and “the truck’s load tipped the driver over onto the shoulder.” The on ramp was reopened to traffic before noon. CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter


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By Steve Hunter

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With Alan Undem’s 17 arrests over the last eight years, court appearances have been commonplace for the 29-year-old Renton man.

Undem appeared Tues-day in King County Supe-rior Court in Kent to plead not guilty to a felony charge of vehicular assault in connection with a T-bone collision Sept. 8 on Kent’s East Hill that has left his passenger, a Renton man, 27, hospitalized for two weeks in serious condition.

Many of Undem’s earlier court appearances were for theft, possession of stolen property, mali-cious mischief and other misdemeanors. Those types of crimes result in jail sen-tences of less than year even with a lengthy criminal record.

“Almost all of his charges are gross misdemeanors,” said Ian Goodhew, deputy chief of staff for the King County Prosecuting At-torney’s Office, in a Tuesday phone interview. “When we get convictions for those, we very rarely get more than a handful of days in jail. Even when someone has built up a record, the maximum we can ask for is a year. But the maximum is rarely given for those type of charges.”

Goodhew said someone who receives a one-year sen-tence typically serves about two-thirds of the sentence in jail because they get time off for good behavior.

“Even if he (Undem) had received maximum sentences that would not prevent him from being out of custody,” Goodhew said.

If convicted of vehicular assault, Undem faces a sen-tence of 12 to 14 months, Goodhew said. Undem remained in custody Tues-day at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. Bail is set at $250,000.

Undem is scheduled to return to court Oct. 5 in Kent when a trial date could be set or attorneys from either side could ask for more time to prepare the case.

King County prosecu-tors allege that on Sept. 8 Undem was driving a Volvo sedan and under the influence of both legal and illegal drugs when he lost control of his car while driving south in the north-bound lane of the 23500 block of 132nd Avenue Southeast.

Jacob Sherman, the pas-senger, was trapped inside the car, unconscious and critically injured with prob-able internal bleeding and broken bones, according to charging papers. King County medics transported the passenger to Harbor-view Medical Center in Seattle.

Sherman remained in serious condition in the intensive care unit Sept. 21, said a Harborview spokes-woman.

The Volvo, traveling about 50 mph, crossed over the double yellow lines to the opposite side of the street, hit a raised cement curb and struck a road sign before the passenger side of the Volvo collided with the front end of an oncoming Kent School District truck that was delivering meals to local schools. The delivery-truck driver was uninjured.

Police officers found Undem outside of his car

with non-life threatening injuries. Undem reportedly was disoriented, exhibiting signs of intoxication.

Undem told officers he had taken the prescription drugs citalopram, Seroquel, hydroxyzine, trazodone and methamphetamine as well as marijuana, according to charging papers. He told officers he took trazodone, an antidepressant, for “intermittent explosive disorder,” which is a behav-

ioral disorder characterized by extreme expressions of anger.

Despite Undem’s lengthy record that includes arrests for fourth-degree assault in 2008, third-degree theft, false statement and third-degree malicious mischief all in 2007, and obstruc-tion and possession of stolen property in 2002 and numerous driving infrac-tions, the Renton man thus far has avoided any long jail

sentences.The state’s three-strikes-

and-you-are-out law applies only to felonies and not to misdemeanors, so Undem’s record did not fall under those guidelines, Goodhew said.

The state’s three-strikes law mandates life in prison after conviction on any three of about 40 felonies, from murder to robbery to rape and vehicular assault.

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undem pleads not guilty to vehicular assault29-year-old Renton man has been arrested 17 times in last eight years

Alan undem, who has been arrested 17 times in the last eight years, pleaded not guilty on Sept. 21 to vehicular assault. CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter

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So if Undem is convicted of vehicular as-sault that will count as Strike 1 under the three-strikes law, unlike his previous offenses.

“Our three-strikes law is one of the most conservative in the country,” Good-hew said. “It’s only the serious violent offenders. The lowest it goes is robbery in the second degree and assault in the second degree.”

Undem did not even have a driver’s license with him when he drove Sept. 8 in Kent, according to charging papers. He had a suspended license. But that did not stop him from driving.

“That’s quite common that someone is still out driving (with a suspended

license),” Goodhew said. “We do the best we can to prosecute. But we do not have the ability to prevent someone from driv-ing.”

Meanwhile, the seriousness of the inju-ries suffered by the victim in a vehicular assault case can increase the sentence.

“If it is a serious type of injury, we can ask the court for a longer sentence,” Goodhew said. “That may happen in this case.”

But each case is different, and some-times it takes doctors a long time before they know the prognosis for a patient injured in a car accident, Goodhew said.

A driver, however, can be charged with vehicular assault whether an injury is long-lasting or not.

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I-5 reopens Wednesday morning after tanker crashI-5 was reopened the morning of Sept. 22 following a three-vehicle crash that resulted in all of the southbound lanes being closed for approximately 12 hours while emergency crews worked at the scene. The crash involved three large trucks, one of which was a tanker and trailer hauling 10,000 gallons of gasoline and 900 gallons of diesel fuel (above.) Although the tanker truck and its trailer ended up on its side, none of the gasoline escaped. The diesel portion of the tank did rupture releasing the diesel fuel into the ditch next to the freeway. Firefighters from several local fire departments, Washington State Patrol, Department of Ecology, and a private company worked throughout the night to contain the spill and to ensure that none of the fuel ignited. Washington State Patrol and the Department of Ecology will be investigating the incident.

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By ERICK WALKER

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She grew up in a soccer household.But when push came to shove two

years ago, Kailey Ulland chose cross country.

“It’s kind of a joke with my family that I chose cross country instead of soccer because we’re a soccer family,” laughed Ul-land, a Kentwood senior.

Rest assured, however, Ulland’s perfor-mance on the local and state trails have

been no laughing matter. In fact, the Kentwood senior’s rapid ascension in the sport has grown by leaps and bounds since bypass-

ing the pitch for the trails.As the cross country season

continues to unfold, Ulland once again has risen to the top of the South Puget Sound League North Division pack, joining friendly rivals Alexia Martin of Kent-Meridian along with Tahoma’s Julianna Mock and Elizabeth Oosterhout. All four finished among the top 21 at state last year, though Ulland – the same girl who gave up soccer for cross country – delivered the finest performance of all, snag-ging eighth place at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco after crossing the finish line in 18 minutes, 52 seconds.

Ulland didn’t just break her previous per-sonal best. She shattered it by 18 seconds.

“That was like the greatest thing ever,” she said. “The whole next week I was ex-ceptionally happy. Everything was perfect that day (at state).”

It was an almost perfect end to a season in which Ulland improved every step of the way. During sub-district and district competition, the Kentwood standout had been edged by Kent-Meridian’s Martin. This time, it was Ulland’s turn as she edged Martin, who finished in ninth place and just two seconds back at 18:54.

And while Ulland shattered her previous best, it’s worth noting that a year earlier – in her first season in the sport – she took 49th at state with a time of 19:47.

“I had a lot of fun that year and it helped me do better (as a junior),” Ulland said. “I knew what to look for.”

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Kentwood’s Kailey Ulland excelled in soccer growing up, but chose cross country once she reached high school. The choice has paid off for the Kentwood runner, who has quickly become one of the state’s best in her sport. CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter

CROSSCOUNTRY

On the run: Kentwood’s Ulland ready to challenge state’s elite

RUNNERS TO WATCHAlexia Martin, Kent-Meridian; Kailey Ulland, Kent-

wood; Julianna Mock, Tahoma; Elizabeth Oosterhout, Tahoma; Molly Shiroishi, Kentridge; Sarah Robbins,

Kentlake; Danny Lunder, Kentwood; Tim Pettit, Kent-wood; Derrick Daigre, K-M; Matt Bailey, K-M; Alex

Horton, Kentridge; Kyle Koon, Kentlake.

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By ERICK WALKER

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More than at any point during the past decade, the

race for the South Puget Sound League North Divi-sion title on the volleyball court appears to be up in the air.

“It really will be wide open,” said Kent-Meridian coach Michael Chris-tiansen. “I think for a team to win our league, it has to go undefeated.”

If history is any indication – and it generally is – Christiansen is right on the money. Every SPSL North champion since 2002 has posted an un-blemished league record. In fact, since 2000, the most losses the championship team has posted in league play is 1 – when Kentlake and Kentridge tied for the top spot with identical 7-1 marks. That said, however, every team that has taken the crown since 2003 has won it at least twice in a row and, in

the case of Kentwood (2005-2008), multiple times.

So who’s it going to be this year?

According to league coaches, Auburn Riverside is the odds on favorite, though not by much. The Ravens get the nod based on the simple fact that they return more first-team all-league choices – set-ter Brooke Bradbury and

outside hitter Maureen Sachs – than any one of their North counterparts.

“It all depends on if we stay healthy,”

said Auburn Riv-erside coach Chris

Leverenz, whose team took third at state a year ago. “I think volleyball is a little bit cyclical. You get really good classes in waves.”

Those waves have come in spurts for a handful of SPSL North programs. For Kentlake, that wave came from 2000-2002, when the Falcons won three straight SPSL North titles, and three state championships. Auburn Riverside followed

with a pair of league crowns only to be dethroned by Kentwood, which went on to win the next four before the Ravens ended that run in 2009. It’s also worth noting that during Kentwood’s four-year run of dominance, Kentlake finished in second each of those seasons.

And though the Ravens are favored, the league is – on paper – ripe for the tak-ing. The biggest reason for that, however, is because no clear-cut dominant player – like AR’s Brooke Bray did a year ago – has emerged.

“I think Auburn and Kent-Meridian both have some really good talent,”

said Kentwood coach Bil Caillier, whose team hasn’t finished any lower than third in the SPSL North standings since 2000. “I think we’ll be good, but we won’t be as dominant as we’ve been in the past.”

As the season unfolds, it has become clear that the SPSL North is going through a transition. Of the 35 play-ers who earned all-league accolades a year ago – first team, second team or honor-able mention – 25 graduated. In fact, only three first-team selections from a year ago returned this fall, Kentwood’s Erin Campbell along with Bradbury and Sachs.

“For us (to win league), it’s all a matter of playing as a group,” noted Christians-en, whose Royals haven’t brought home the league’s top spot since 1994.

But playing as a group may take a while this fall as all of the teams took considerable hits from graduation. Taho-ma, which qualified for state last year for the first time since 1976, may have been hit hardest by graduation,

losing eight players, includ-ing standout Maria Bahlen-horst. Kentridge, however, wasn’t far behind, losing seven players followed by Auburn (6), Auburn River-side (5) while Kentwood and Kent-Meridian each gradu-ated three. Then, of course, there’s this year’s wild-card team: Mount Rainier. Mount Rainier, which finished in the middle of the Class 3A Seamount League last fall, lost five players to graduation and now must contend with an SPSL North that annually advances at least two teams – if not more – to state.

“I think whichever team finds that (dominant) player, will emerge,” Chris-tiansen said.

Anybody’s game: Wide-open race to the top on volleyball courtPLAYERS TO WATCHErin Campbell, Kentwood; Cherene

O’Hara, Kent-Meridian; Brooke Bradbury, Auburn Riverside; Mau-reen Sachs, Auburn Riverside; Isia Johnson, Auburn; Allison Wuerch, Auburn Riverside; Victoria Labrie,

Kentridge; Megan Hartnett, Kentlake; Rachelle Frets, Tahoma; Kendall Sanders, Kentridge; Kasie

Seims, Kentwood.

Kentridge setter Jordan Denny dives to make a save during a recent match against Kentlake. CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter

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By ERICK WALKER

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Parity?There hasn’t been much of

it on the South Puget Sound League North Division boys tennis scene for many, many years.

Kentridge has waltzed its way to three straight undisputed league crowns, and shared one in 2006 with Kentwood. In fact, during the past decade, only four teams have won at least one league championship — Kentridge (4), Kentwood (3, all of which were shared), Auburn Riverside (3, one of which was shared) and Sumner.

That missing parity?

It could be back on the local courts this fall.

“A lot of good, really talented players graduated,” said Kentridge coach Bob Armstrong. “I think

we’ll give everybody a run for their money.”

Indeed the Chargers will. But the same could be said throughout the league.

“The league is much stronger this year. I know Kent-Meridian has got a lot of good players back and so does Kentlake,” said Kentwood coach Ingrid Baake. “Every match this year I think is going to be tough.”

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Armstrong and Baake both know all about gradu-ating talented player.

Key pieces from last year’s Kentridge team who graduated in the spring include Matt Overland (No. 1 singles), Garrett Ballou (No. 2 singles), Vineeth Omkaram (doubles) and Paul Yi (doubles), all of whom advanced to state a

year ago. Down the road at Kentwood, however, the scene is much the same. The Conks graduated star Max Manthou, a four-time state singles champion, along with state competitor Tucker Siegert.

“There’s a ton of change this year,” said Kentwood coach Ingrid Baake. “It’s go-ing to be interesting.”

While there’s plenty of turnover this fall, Kentridge

and Kentwood find them-selves in similar boats. That is, each team’s top player — Vincent Lin at Kentridge and Kentwood’s Alex Noyes — both will be transition-

ing from doubles to singles. Noyes teamed with Siegert in the spring to bring home a fourth-place medal from state. Lin also advanced to state in doubles.

“Just in our division, I think (Vincent and Alex) might be right near the top,” Armstrong said.

And while Kentridge and Kentwood are trying to find the right mix during the early season, Kent-Meridian and Kentlake returned enough talent this fall to make a revamped SPSL North — with Mount Rainier entering the league and Auburn moving to the

Central — more exciting than ever.

Those returners at Kent-Meridian include: Rory Jens, Mack Snider, Kyle Engman and Reider Riveland. The Falcons also return a strong bunch, in-cluding Kyle Thomas, Kyle Woo, Brandon Wilson, and Shane Wilson.

“I really don’t think any-body knows what’s going to happen,” Armstrong said.

PLAYERS TO WATCHAlex Noyes, Kentwood; Ryan Proffitt, Kentwood; Chris Rumer, Kentwood; Paul

Lennick, Kentwood; Vincent Lin, Kentridge; Howard Lin, Kentridge; Alex Yi, Kentridge; Matt Lee, Kentridge; Henry Ly, Kentridge; James Dugan, Kentridge; Aadil Diwan, Kentridge; Rory Jens, Kent-Meridian; Mack Snider, Kent-Meridi-

an; Kyle Engman, Kent-Meridian; Reider Riveland, Kent-Meridian.

PLAYERS TO WATCHNikole Cruz, Kent-Meridian; Kiana Kraft,

Kentwood; Reilly Retz, Kentwood; Courtney Johnson, Kentwood; Laura Rayfield, Kent-lake; Katherine Miccile, Kentlake; McKenna Hayes, Kentridge; Kayla Maletich, Kentlake

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By ERICK WALKER

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He has the knowl-edge and a pas-sion for soccer.

More importantly, howev-er, Keith Flewelling has patience.

And, as the new coach of the Kent-Meridian High girls soccer team, Flewelling is well aware that he’ll need plenty of it.

“I’m a patient guy, so this team is suited for me,” said Flewelling, who coaches a pair of premier league teams and has now become Kent-Meridian’s sixth girls soccer coach in the last eight years. “My U15 team the first year, we hardly won a thing. I told the parents that we were going to stick with my plan, and that you need to have patience when you take over something like this.

“Eventually, we started win-ning.”

Flewelling is hoping the same formula that he instilled with his premier teams – playing with

purpose and a sense of ag-gression – translates to the high school pitch as well. That said, patience will be vital to the new coach’s

success.Kent-Meridian entered

the season having lost 111 of its last 112 games. The one game in which the Royals didn’t lose was a tie. Furthermore, the program has not been able to enjoy a victory since knocking off Enumclaw 1-0 on Oct. 24, 2002.

Despite their run of imperfec-tion, the Royals made some posi-tive gains last fall, including find-ing the back of the net three times in South Puget Sound League North Division play. Those three goals were more than the Royals had scored in each of the previous two seasons.

“It’s going to be baby steps with these girls,” said Flewelling, who has 16 years of coaching back-ground to draw upon. “They’re already immensely improved in

the training sessions we’ve had. I am a strong believer in playing soccer the way it should be, and that is with aggression and bang the ball around.”

Flewelling is taking over for Rene Kuebker, who spent two sea-sons at the helm of the Kent-Me-ridian program. However, unlike Kuebker, who was thrown into the position after the previous coach failed to show for fall turnouts in 2008, Flewelling eased his way into the role. In fact, he spent time working with a handful of the girls last season.

“I wasn’t really looking for a high school job,” Flewelling ad-mits. “Rene (Kuebker) came to me and said she thought I had clicked with the girls. I said, ‘You know, this would be a fun group to work with.’ And so far, it is working out. The girls are all working hard.”

But Flewelling is realistic is about the situation. He’s aware of how dif-ficult the SPSL North schedule is on a yearly basis, particularly with the likes of state powers Kentwood, Ta-homa and Thomas Jefferson always lurking on the horizon. He also knows that the programs that are rich in club-level players typically

succeed, and that Kent-Meridian only has a handful of players who are able to compete at that level.

“I told the players that one of my goals this year is that, whether we win or lose, that the parents walk out of the stands knowing that we’ve really improved,” he said.

Winning, however, is important for this group of girls, who’ve prided themselves on not giving up despite a streak that seems as though it has gone on forever.

“On the first day of practice, I asked the players to give me one personal goal and two team goals,” Flewelling said. “The team goals were all the same – to either tie a game or win a game.”

It’s undoubtedly an achievable goal, the new coach insists. But Flewelling is hoping for a bit more.

“In the next 2 years, we’ll be putting together wins – not just one win,” he said.

Reason to keep believing at Kent-Meridian

First-year Kent-Meridian coach Keith Flewelling hopes to point the Royals in the right direction this fall. CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter

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FALL SPORTS GUIDE 2010PREPS ON DECKFRIDAY, SEPT. 24FOOTBALL: Mount Rainier at Kent-Meridian; Kentridge at Au-burn Riverside. All games at 7 p.m.GIRLS SWIM/DIVE: Autumn Relays at Rogers High (diving at 3 p.m., swimming at 5 p.m.)

TUESDAY, SEPT. 28BOYS GOLF: Kent-Meridian at Mount Rainier; Kentlake at Tahoma; Kentwood at Kentridge; Beamer at Auburn; Jefferson at Federal Way; Curtis at Auburn Riverside. All matches at 3:15 p.m.BOYS TENNIS: Kent-Meridian at KR; KL at KW; Tahoma at MR. All matches at 3:30 p.m.GIRLS GOLF: Mount Rainier at Kent-Meridian; Tahoma at KL; KR at KW; Auburn at Beamer; Federal Way at Jefferson; Auburn Riverside at Curtis. All matches begin at 3:15 p.m.GIRLS SOCCER: Tahoma at KL (5:30 p.m.); TJ at Auburn; KR at Auburn Riverside; Kent-Meridian at Kentwood. All matches at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.VOLLEYBALL: Kent-Meridian at AR; KR at MR; TJ at KW; KL at Tahoma. All matches at 7:15 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29CROSS COUNTRY: Auburn, KW at Kentlake; Auburn Riverside, Mount Rainier at Kent-Meridian. Girls begin at 4:30 p.m., boys at 5 p.m.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 30FOOTBALL: Rogers at KR, 7 p.m.BOYS GOLF: Mount Rainier at Kentlake; Kent-Meridian at Kentridge; Tahoma at KW; Auburn at Jefferson; Beamer at Auburn Riverside. All matches at 3:15 p.m.BOYS TENNIS: Kentridge at Tahoma; Kentwood at Mount Rainier; Kentlake at Kent-Meridi-an. All matches at 3:30 p.m.GIRLS GOLF: KL at Mount Rainier; KR at Kent-Meridian; Kentwood at Tahoma; Jefferson at Auburn; Auburn Riverside at Beamer. All matches begin at 3:15 p.m.GIRLS SWIM/DIVE: Tahoma at KR; Kent-Meridian at KL; KW at MR. All meets begin at 3:30 p.m.GIRLS SOCCER: Mount Rainier at Kentlake (3:30 p.m.); Jefferson at Tahoma; Kentwood at Auburn; Kent-Meridian at KR (Wilson Play-field, 3:30 p.m.), all games at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.VOLLEYBALL: Kentlake at Au-burn; Tahoma at Kent-Meridian; Mount Rainier at Kentwood; Jefferson at Auburn Riverside. All matches at 7:15 p.m.

Which is just another part of Ulland’s cross-country tool kid that makes her a considerable threat to win it all this fall. Garfield’s Anna Dailey took home top honors last year, breaking the tape in 17:58. However, Dailey graduated as did Redmond’s Devin McMahon (3rd/1823) and Stanwood’s Natasha Verma (7th/18:51).

The rest of the top 10 are seniors this year, except for juniors Martin and Lewis & Clark’s Alison Keenan. While Stanwood’s Minna Fields (2nd/18:17) entered the season as the favorite, Ulland’s rapid rise in the sport suggests she’s cer-tainly one to watch.

“I’ve thought about (win-ning state),” Ulland concedes. “It would be really cool. Right now, I just want to beat what I did last year.”

To do that, Ulland has put in the time – and the miles – since school got out last spring. Outside of taking the occasional day off during summer, Ulland’s schedule included a variety of 3 and 5-mile runs, sometimes both in the same day. In addition, she joined the Federal Way Track Club and she stopped playing club soccer.

Giving up soccer, both during club season and for

the high school team, has had its ups and downs, Ul-land admits.

“I went to all (Kent-wood’s) games last year,” said Ulland, a midfielder. “It wasn’t hard at first, and I really liked cheering for my friends. But when it got to the playoffs (last year), especially in the state semifinals, I wanted to be out there.

“But I don’t regret not playing.”

The only regret would have been to not give cross country a try in the first place.

“I love it,” she said. “I love the start, when you have 200 people and the gun goes off. It’s like a stam-pede.”

A stampede that’s more often than not led by Ul-land. And that’s no joke.

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BY KRIS HILL

[email protected]

These days, it just hurts to breathe, much less swim for

Kentlake senior Chelsea Bailey.

Bailey, who stands a lanky 6-foot-2, suffered an injury before the state girls swim and dive champion-ships in November of last

year, and came away disap-pointed in her individual

efforts.“Part of it

might have been due to the year before last, I got a lot of attention I wasn’t expect-ing,” she said. “I was a little overwhelmed and nervous.”

In fact, during the 50-yard freestyle at state, she was shaking so bad she got called for a false start on the blocks during the final and was disqualified. This coming from a young woman who had paced the field during the preliminary heats with a 23.95 lap.

On the other hand, the Falcons had an excellent showing as a team, and for Bailey that more than made up for her problems in her individual events.

“I was very happy with the team’s accomplish-ments,” she said. “I’m look-ing forward to this year. We have a good group of girls and I know we’ll do well.”

Part of Bailey’s problem during state last season was nerves, but the rest was an aching torso. She had injured a rib and muscles, but swam through it for six months.

But, two months ago, she was ordered out of the pool by her medical team and told to let her body heal.

“I injured it quite a bit

ago... but, I didn’t take any time off,” she said. “I wanted to come back this year and do something great.”

What she’ll be doing until she’s cleared to swim again is serving as a cheerleader from the pool deck.

“I am a captain, so, I love coming to the pool and being a part of the team,”

Bailey said. “I feel like, first of all, I love all these people. Even though I can’t be swimming, I still want to be a part of it, I feel like it’s a better example.”

Bailey may not get to swim again until state, if at all, depending on how her injury heals. She doesn’t have to go to practice. In fact, she could have probably skipped out on her senior season of high school swimming.

But, she wouldn’t want to be anywhere else, even if she can’t be in the pool where she’s been competing since she was 10 years old.

First-year Kentlake coach Kati Stanford is counting on Bailey this season to help in whatever way she can.

“She brings a lot of lead-ership,” Stanford said. “She gets the girls excited. She’s kept a positive outlook. She comes in every day asking, ‘What can I do to help?’”

Stanford has asked Bailey to help some of the less expe-rienced swimmers work on technique, to take on some coaching responsibilities while her injury heals, and her positive approach can help the team.

Even though she can’t swim, Bailey can certainly

try to make the team better, and if things go well she may even be able to chip in a bit in the pool when the state meet returns in November.

If things go really well, though, Stanford said, Bai-ley may try to accomplish more once she is cleared to swim again.

“She has had a goal since I first met her... to do iron woman,” Stanford said. “She can do that once that injury heals and we can get her back in the water.”

To earn “iron woman” status, Bailey would have to earn state-qualifying times in all eight individual events.

For now, Bailey is fo-cused on the team’s goals to win as many league meets as possible, to send as many girls to the postseason as possible and to send at least six swimmers to state.

“This year I’ve seen a lot of improvement,” Bailey said. “I’m excited to invoke more spirit. Personally, I’m a pretty loud spirited person. I want everybody to be a leader. One of my goals would be more team bonding.”

In the end, she hopes to get to a point where it doesn’t hurt to swim or to breathe, and maybe, just maybe get back in the pool in time for state.

For now, she’s just going to have fun cheering from the pool deck and leading by example, which isn’t hard, she noted.

“This is such a nice group of girls,” Bailey said.

Falcon Flyer: KL’s Bailey eyeing a comeback

A rib injury has grounded Kentlake’s Chelsea Bailey so far this season, but there’s still a chance she will be able to return to the pool by the time the state meet arrives in November. KRIS HILL, Covington Reporter

GIRLSSWIMMING

SWIMMERS TO WATCHJoanna Wu, Kent-Meridian; Emily

Tanasse, Kentlake; Emily Mohr, Ken-tridge; Amelia Carpenter, Kentridge; Marissa Dyrdahl, Kentwood; Chelsea

Bailey, Kentlake; Rachel Reese, Ta-homa; Erica Wright, Kentwood.


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Charlie Mitchell surveyed the scene, and came to a succinct conclusion.

“Sure is different without Sean (McMullen) and Lauren (Sewell),” the Kentridge golf coach said.

McMullen and Sewell, who had been the

rocks of a strong Ken-tridge program the last four years, both graduated last spring.

A few miles down the road from Mitchell,

Kentwood boys coach Kevin Hagen is feeling much the same. The Conquerors graduated top golfers Kent Hagen, Tom Zavada, and Riley Kuranishi.

“A wave (of top players) came through,” said Hagen, whose team lost plenty to graduation, but returns junior DJ Vallala and brings in big-hitting freshman Connor Simms. “It was a big graduation year.”

That wave of talent that graduated last spring included top 10 state placers Rui Li of Kentwood (second), McMul-

len (second), Sewell (fourth), Zavada (fifth), and Hagen (eighth). Meanwhile, Kentlake’s Lindsey Douglas, who took 34th at state, also graduated.

So who’s next?Rest assured, while the cupboard

isn’t quite as stocked as it was a year ago, there are several new faces ready to ascend. At Kentridge, sophomore Ahren Young already made inroads last fall and spring in becoming one of the South Puget Sound League North Division’s top returners.

New look on the SPSL North golf courses

Kentridge’s Ahren young quickly became one of the area’s best golfers last season as a freshman. CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter

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Kentridge’s young, KW girls expected to take center stage

GOLFERS TO WATCHAhren young, Kentridge; Connor Simms,

Kentwood; DJ Vallala, Kentwood; Alex Carroll, Kentlake; Ryan Walsh, Kentlake; Alyssa Scott, Kentlake; Erika Vossbeck, Kentwood; Hannah Kim, Kentridge; Chelsea brossard, Kentwood;

Jenna Clavin, Kentwood; Amanda Fairweather, Tahoma; Catherina Li, Kentwood.


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A state qualifier who missed the Day 2 cut, Young showed flashes of dominance for the Chargers, even knocking off teammate McMullen a few times during match play.

“You look around the league, and he’s going to be seeded up there,” Mitch-ell said of Young. “The great thing is, Ahren learned from Sean. He’s showing guys around at practice and already is a leader as a sophomore.”

Young, however, isn’t the lone Char-ger sophomore golfer making noise. Look out for Hannah Kim, who also advanced to state last season.

“I see her going to state all four years,” Mitchell conceded.

Joining Kim and Young among the elite sophomores will be Kentlake’s

Alyssa Scott, who also advanced to state in the spring.

Meanwhile, as much as things have changed for Hagen at Kentwood, a lot has remained the same — at least for the girls.

In fact, the Kentwood girls, which have won each of the last two SPSL North crowns, appear on the brink of making it three straight. And that’s de-spite losing standout Li to graduation.

“But we got her sister (Catherina Li),” said Kentwood coach Cheryl Havener of the well-known fresh-man ready to make waves on the pre circuit. “She will challenge for the No. 1 spot right away.”

The key to the Conquerors, how-ever, will be their depth. Though Rui Li graduated, the Conquerors return Erika Vossbeck, Chelsea Brossard and

Jenna Clavin, all of who qualified for state last year. Throw in sophomores Ravae Canas and Jamie Huo, both of whom have taken significant steps up this fall, and the sky is the limit for this bunch.

“Nobody has the depth of going six-deep like this team,” Havener said.

Kentwood enters the season having delivered two consecutive perfect seasons in SPSL North competition (8-0 last year and 10-0 in 2008). A third crown appears imminent. How-ever, state hardware could be on the horizon, too.

“I thought last year we were going to do it,” Havener said. “We had four girls going, but only one advanced (past the cut). I am hoping very much this year we can do it. But you never know.”

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By ERICK WALKER

[email protected]

She’s taking her basketball — and signature headband — and heading east.

Kylie Huerta, Kentwood’s diminu-tive point guard who is known as

much for draining clutch jumpers as she is for wearing a variety of different colored headbands during the course of the season, verbally committed last week to play next year at Eastern Washington

University in Cheney.“I kind of knew before I commit-

ted (to Eastern) that that was where

I wanted to be,” said Huerta, who will become a four-year letterman for the Conquerors in the winter. “I went on an unofficial visit and loved the coaches. And I like Cheney. The population there is pretty much just the school.”

Last year, Huerta earned South Puget Sound League North Division co-MVP honors.

GIRLS HOOPS: KW’s Huerta chooses EWU

Kylie Huerta

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HOUSEKIRA MILLER, Kent-MeridianGrade: Senior. Sport: Volleyball. Accomplishment: Miller pounded out 12 kills in a three-game sweep of Kentlake (25-15, 25-17, 25-15). Favorite class: IB English. If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: I would invite Maya Angelou to dinner. I saw her speak once and she’s an extremely influential indi-vidual. I look up to her and respect her so much. I would serve chili and rice - delicious comfort food. Greatest athletic moment: Last year’s volleyball season. I was on the JV team and we went undefeated. Favorite book: “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker. What’s on your iPod?: Bruno Mars, All Time Low, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard and Skil-let. Also noted: Miller is an IB diploma candidate, and part of National Honor Society. She sports a 3.955 grade-point average and wants to study biology or English in college, and eventually go into pediatrics. She dreams of attend-ing Stanford.

LAURA RAYFIELD, KentlakeGrade: Junior. Sport: Soccer. Ac-complishment: Rayfield scored four goals in one game, leading the Falcons past Kent-Meridian, 10-0. Favorite class: Does lunch count? If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: I would invite Tre Songz and we would have chocolate fondue. Greatest athletic moment: Beating Kent-wood. Favorite movie: Either “The Hangover” or “Zombieland.” What’s on your iPod?: “Toot it and boot it” by YG. Most recent book read: Teen Vogue (August edition).

PAUL LENNICK, KentwoodGrade: Junior. Sport: Tennis. Ac-complishment: Lennick delivered a strong comeback in No. 1 singles, upending Jim Leeds of Mount Rainier 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. Lennick’s victory helped the Conks knock off the Rams, 3-2. Fa-vorite class: IB English. If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: LeBron

James, and I would serve chicken Al-fredo. Greatest athletic moment: Winning when the whole team is counting on you. Most recent book read/author: “Taming of the Shrew” by William Shakespeare. What’s on your iPod?: “Got Your Back” by TI.

ERIN CAMPBELL, KentwoodGrade: Senior. Sport: Volleyball. Accomplishment: Campbell racked up 16 kills in a four-game (25-19, 25-14, 26-28, 25-14) win over Kentridge. Favorite class: Calculus AB. If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you in-vite, and what would you serve: I would invite (volleyball star) Crystal Morrison to dinner, and I’d serve fillet mignon and mashed potatoes. We’d be talking about volleyball, of course. Greatest athletic moment: My greatest athletic moment would be making it to nationals last year with my club team, KSVBC. Most recent book read/author: “How to read literature like a professor” by Thomas C. Foster. What’s on your iPod?: “Heartache tonight” by Michael Buble, “Winner” by Jamie Foxx and “Witch-

craft” by Frank Sinatra. Also noted: Campbell, who sports an impressive 3.98 grade-point average, is part of National Honor Society.

RORY JENS, Kent-MeridianGrade: Senior. Sport: Tennis. Ac-complishment: Jens defeated Mount Rainier’s Jim Leeds 6-4, 6-2 in No. 1 singles, lifting the Royals past the Rams in an SPSL North Division match. The win helped K-M secure a 3-2 team victory. Favorite class: IB Calculus. If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: If I could invite anyone to dinner, I would invite Jon Stewart. In my opinion, he is the funniest and wittiest person in America. I would serve shrimp and baklava, because they are my favorite foods. Greatest athletic moment: Winning my first high school doubles match against Tahoma after three long sets. Most recent book read/author: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows” by J.K. Rowling. What’s on your iPod?: “Home” by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

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By ERICK WALKER

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This was supposed to be the first big challenge of the season for the Kentwood High football team.

Instead, the Sept. 17 showdown against Tahoma at Bill Maxwell Stadium proved to be more of the same as the Conquerors blasted the Bears 49-3 in a South Puget Sound League North Division game.

Five different Kent-wood players reached the end zone – led by a pair of touchdown runs by Mikell Everette and Lonzell Young – as the Conquerors rolled up 442 total yards of offense and punted just twice.

Kentwood (3-0, 3-0) entered the game having outscored its opponents – Mount Rainier and Thomas Jefferson – by a combined score of 130-8.

“I thought it was a very, very big game for us mainly because we didn’t know where we were at,” said Kentwood coach Rex Nor-ris, noting that the team’s starters didn’t see much action in the 69-0 win over Mount Rainier or the 61-8 victory over Jefferson. “Ta-homa was coming off a big win over South Kitsap, and is a physical team that will punch you in the mouth. We needed to see if we could take that.”

Needless to say, the Con-querors took it. And then gave it right back.

It’s the first time since 2005 that Kentwood has begun the season 3-0.

In the first half Friday night, however, it was hardly a runaway.

Kentwood took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter on a 50-yard touchdown run by quarterback Shane Green. Tahoma cut the deficit to 7-3 late in the second quarter on a 23-yard field goal by Barrett Weston. Moments before the field goal, the Bears were look-ing at a 1st-and-goal at the 3-yard line, but were unable to punch in a touchdown. Instead, Tahoma was backed up three yards after two running plays before a holding penalty dropped the Bears back to the 16, eventually resulting in the

three points.“If they score a touch-

down right there, it’s a dif-ferent game,” Norris said.

Upon regaining posses-sion, the Conquerors need-ed just 1:31 to push its lead to 14-3 as Everette capped a 7-play, 70-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown plunge.

Tahoma remained close in the first half thanks to a ball-control offense that moved the ball in between the 20-yard lines, but was unable to go any deeper. The Bears ran 33 plays in the first half compared to just 15 for the Conquerors.

Still perfect: Kentwood lowers boom on Tahoma, 49-3THE REPORTER’S STATE FOOTBALL

RANKINGSClass 4A1. Auburn (3-0)2. Skyline (2-1)3. Curtis (3-0)4. Issaquah (3-0)5. Bothell (2-1)6. Richland (3-0)7. Ferris (3-0)8. Gonzaga Prep (2-1)9. Graham-Kapowsin (3-0)10. Skyview (2-1)Others receiving votes: Central Kitsap (3-0), Kentlake (3-0), Kent-wood (3-0).* Class 2A and 3A rankings are online at www.kentreporter.com

SPSL NORTH STANDINGS League OverallTeam W L W LAuburn 3 0 3 0Kentlake 3 0 3 0Kentwood 3 0 3 0Auburn Riverside 1 1 2 1Kentridge 1 2 1 2Jefferson 1 2 1 2Kent-Meridian 0 2 1 2Tahoma 0 2 1 2Mount Rainier 0 3 0 3

THURSDAy, SEPT. 23 Jefferson at Kentlake, 7 p.m.

Tahoma at Auburn, 7 p.m.Kentwood at Puyallup, 7 p.m.

FRIDAy, SEPT. 24 Mount Rainier at Kent-Meridian, 7 p.m.

Kentridge at A. Riverside, 7 p.m.

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ANSWER TO TODAY’S PUZZLE

TODAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

SUDOKUDIRECTIONS: Complete the above grid so each row,

column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. Difficulty level: Medium.

Answer key

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Lucy Lopez Community Center organizers, from left, co-

founders Raul Ramos and Roberto Gonzalez, board members Marta

Gonzalez, Tina Aguilar and David Bean, are all smiles Sept. 16, at the Consulado de Mexico celebration at the Washington

State Convention Center. The proceeds went to the Kent-based

community center. See next Friday’s paper for the complete story on the Lucy Lopez Center.

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the start of the game.Henry said there will be a surprise

involving Goodall’s tribute as well, but he wasn’t about to give it away.

Goodall may be retired, but he’s not through with hockey. He has part owner-ship in a new equipment company called SBK Hockey. He’s also involved in some hockey-development programs in the Red Deer area, and is now the coach of his 11-year-old son’s team. That’s in addition to getting his real estate license, and being a family man (he and his wife Jennifer also have a 14-year-old daughter.)

“I haven’t had a chance to reflect on retirement,” he said.

The team that Goodall will be going back to see should be a bigger, stronger squad than last year. Thanks to an intense learning curve for its relatively youthful ranks last year, the T-Birds now have more seasoned returners to their ranks, including goalie Calvin Pickard, Brenden Dillon and Charles Wells.

They’re also bolstered by the arrival of a couple of powerhouse players from Europe: Marcel Nobles, a standout from Germany, is being touted as a major addition to the offensive line. And Dave Sutter of Switzer-land has been making his presence felt on the defensive line.

““I think we’re going to be a much more physical team and I think we’re gonna

play a more aggressive style,” Coach Rob Sumner said in an earlier in-terview with the Kent Re-porter about how the team should do this year.

It looks like there’s plenty of excitement building around Saturday’s game. Henry said they are expecting to fill about 5,000 seats at the ShoWare Center.

“We’re expecting a pretty big crowd,” he said.

In addition to the hockey action, there will be some pregame festivities right out-side the ShoWare Center.

The “Party on the Plaza” starts 5 p.m., with inflatable toys for the kids, food and beverages – even a mechanical bull contest for some of the braver attendees.

Beth Sylves, director of marketing at ShoWare, said the center also will offer an early-bird dinner special, with discounted food and soda offered in the first 30 min-utes of the doors opening, at 6 p.m.

“They can watch the teams warm up,” she said.

[ HOCKEY from page 1] The Buzz on the ‘Birds

The Seattle Thunderbirds have their first home opener 7:05 p.m. Saturday at the ShoWare Center,

625 W. James St., Kent.Single-seat tickets range in price from $16, to $22, $30, and $40.

Buy them online by going to www.seattlethunderbirds.com,

or by purchasing them at the ShoWare Center box office, which

is open 10 a.m. to game time.


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Colorado duo Devotion to sing at Kent church

The Colorado vocal duo Devotion will perform 7 p.m. Sept. 24 at Unity of Kent church, 218 State Ave. S.

Lori Sandstrom and Robert An-derson sing an original blend of pop, rhythm and blues and inspirational music, according to their Web site at

www.devotionsings.com.For ticket information, call the

church at 253-854-9747 or go to www.unityofkent.org

Catch a comedy show at Pat’s Bar in Kent

Comedian Brad Kord will appear at Stand-Up Comedy night Oct. 6 at at Pat’s Bar and Grill, 114 Railroad Ave. N., in downtown Kent.

Kord is considered the “funniest man in Montana,” according to Pat’s Bar and Grill’s Web site.

The show runs 7-9 p.m. Tickets are $15 the night of the event or $10 in advance.

For more information and tickets, call Pat’s at 253-852-7287 or go to www.patsbar.com.

Kent Historical Society plans dinner, auction

Help celebrate 120 years of Kent history and support the Kent His-torical Society by attending its annual dinner and auction 6-9 p.m. Oct. 9 at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St.

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Tickets are $45 per person and include appetizers, dinner, beverages and auction entertainment.

The theme for the evening is “Night of a Thousand Stars.”

For tickets and more information, call the Kent Historical Society at 253-854-4330.

Kent Arts Commission offers project funding

Arts and cultural organizations, community-service groups and indi-vidual artists can apply for funding to support their 2011 projects through the city of Kent Arts Commission.

The funding is intended to sup-

port artists and organizations that provide high-quality art experiences for Kent residents. Only programs taking place in Kent or the Kent School District service area are eligible for funding.

The application deadline is Oct. 22. For more information or to request an application, call Kent Parks, Recre-ation and Community Services at 253-856-5050 or go to www.kentarts.com.

Stone Temple Pilots to play at ShoWare Center

The rock band Stone Temple Pilots (STP) will perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.

The band plays hard rock, al-

ternative and grunge and was one of the most commercially suc-cessful rock bands in the 1990s, selling nearly 40 million records worldwide, including 17.5 mil-lion units in the United State. The band earned a Grammy in 1994 for Best Hard Rock Performance for the song “Plush” from the album “Core.”

After breaking up in 2003, the group reunited in 2008. Their self-titled album this year debuted at No. 2 in June on the Billboard 200. VHI ranked the band No. 40 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. Tickets go on sale Sept. 24. Ticket prices are $49.50, $35 and $25.

For tickets, go to www.showarecen-ter.com or call 253-856-6999.

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