Kent Reporter, February 13, 2015

Kent-Meridian cheerleader

Mikayla Thomas takes a fall as

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Velasquez, Ayisha Mulderow and

Adrianna Edwards. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter

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Th ere’s a whole lot of time, work and money going into a plan to improve the Green River levees that protect the cities of Kent, Au-

burn, Tukwila and Renton from fl ooding.

King County Flood Control District offi cials expect to com-plete this summer the formation of the Green River System-Wide Improvement Framework

(SWIF), designed to improve fl ood protection, as well as save salmon and enhance open space, recreation and public access.

“It’s an important conversation,” said Kent City Council President Dana Ralph aft er hearing a SWIF

presentation on Feb. 3 at a council workshop. “We are very fortunate to have that asset in the middle of the city, and we need to make sure we are doing everything to protect it and protect the businesses that are along the river at the same time.”

Jennifer Knauer, SWIF project manager for the county, told the council that the plan focuses on the lower Green River from Au-burn (near Highway 18)

County prepares major plan to improve Green River levees

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Large housing apartment complex to be built on West HillBY STEVE HUNTER

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Construction is expected to start later this year on a 261-unit aff ordable hous-ing apartment complex in Kent along Veterans Drive on the West Hill.

DevCo Inc., a Bellevue-based de-veloper, plans to build the GrandView apartments on the former Kent High-lands property it bought for $5 mil-lion last year from the city of Kent and Seattle Public Utilities. Th e site is 11.4 acres at 3900 Veterans Drive, just east of Military Road South. DevCo paid the city $2 million for its 3.9 acres of the property.

DevCo is a private for-profi t company led by president Jack Hunden, who has specialized in building aff ordable multi-family rental housing for nearly two decades. Th e company has built 15 low-income housing developments across the state.

“I just received an email a few days ago from Jack Hutton of DevCo, who is developing the project, indicating that they are beginning to move forward with seeking their fi nal (city) permits on that project to set it up for start of con-struction this year,” said Ben Wolters,

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BY ROSS COYLE

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Th e ripples felt by Presi-dent Barack Obama’s pro-posal to provide two years of education at American community colleges can be

felt at Green River.“It’s kind of exciting.

We’re waiting to hear more details about it,” said Al-lison Friedly, Green River College communications director.

Friedly said the college is still waiting to see what could happen if it receives the grant money.

Th e infl ux of students would require another upgrade to facilities and

services.“Th at hasn’t been a dis-

cussion yet,” Friedly said. “We’re still waiting to see what’s going to happen. It wouldn’t be implemented immediately.”

Th e Obama administra-tion expects the program to cost $60 billion over the next 10 years. By compari-son, the U.S. government has spent $84 on the F-35

Community colleges examine possibilities with Obama plan, BAS programs

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ROYALS PREPARING FOR NATIONAL STAGE

President Obama

BY ROSS COYLE

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Assistant coach Erica Spalti couldn’t be more proud of her cheerleading team at Kent-Merid-ian High School.

Aft er a long year of aft er-school practices and performing in competitions, the K-M Roy-

als varsity cheer squad moves on to compete in the United Spirit Associations National Com-petition in Anaheim, Calif., on March 19.

It is the Royals’ fi rst visit to the national event in school history.

Th e team has raised money to fund its travel

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Kent-Meridian cheer head coach Jerry Spalti, left, and Alondra Camacho, right, spot Yagaira Aguilar during one of her stunts. Safely performing the stunts requires confi dence in teammates and self. Spotting behind Aguilar are assistant coach Mary Moss and manager Hnin Nwe, while Angie Chao, Sabrina Haag, and Madie Holcomb make up the base.

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expenses since last fall.For Spalti and her

father, head coach Jerry Spalti, it marks an achievement for more than just competition. Th e girls ability to sus-tain the team’s integrity in spite of rigorous GPA and attendance require-ments – the Spaltis require a 2.5 GPA standard, instead of the usual 2.0 – has been just as important as the stunts and dances the team performs.

Th e girls have met and exceeded the Spaltis’ expectations.

“Th ese girls have constantly been in the shadow of bigger teams,” Erica Spalti said. “Every day they worked for small victories, whether it was nailing a set or hitting a jump.”

While the casual observer might not think of cheerleading as an intensive sport, there’s a large degree of coordination, strength and personal confi dence required to perform the stunts.

“Cheerleading is a dangerous athletic activity. If you throw a ball and you drop it, you lose a down. If you throw a girl and you drop her, it’s an injury,” Erica Spalti said.

She says that the girls weren’t quite prepared to fi nd out they made the championship.

“Th ey’re so excited,” Erica Spalti said. “Th ey cried for about two-and-a-half minutes when they found out they were qualifi ed. It’s a shock and a reality for them. Th is is something that they did and they worked for.”

Th e girls’ work has even inspired Erica Spalti.

“Th ese girls never quit, they never stop,” she said. “Th eir season starts aft er tryouts in May. Th ey go to camp and learn their cheers and stunts and then they go to football games and basketball games. Whenever I want to give up, I just think of them.”

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Middle photo: The girls on the team wear Kent-Meridian ribbons in their hair. Here Erica Spalti watches Mikayla Thomas establish a standing position during her stunt. Above: Head coach Jerry Spalti helps Thomas establish core strength to stand fl uidly during her stunt.

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The 38th annual Green River Glass Show & Sale comes to the Kent Commons on Saturday, Feb. 28. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the venue, 525 Fourth Ave. N. There will be 35 vendors with 200 tables of glass, china, pottery, jewelry and miscellaneous collectibles from early to mid-20th Century for sale. Admission is $3, with proceeds benefi tting local chapters of the American Cancer Society, Lupus Foundation, and Novas Mental Health Solutions. COURTESY PHOTO

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Kent Police arrested two Kent men for investigation of malicious mischief in connection with prolifi c graffi ti tagging in the downtown area.

An offi cer received information on Jan. 31 about taggers vandaliz-ing downtown, according to a Feb. 5 Kent Police media release. Th e offi cer determined the individu-

als used the markings of “SC OGS X13” or a variation of it.

Police initially were unable to fi nd the suspects, but offi cers dur-ing their investigation spotted two men in their early 20s who were identifi ed as the possible suspects. Offi cers arrested the men and booked them into the city jail.

Police are working with property owners to remove the graffi ti and restore property to its original ap-

pearance.“Th ese arrests are a great ex-

ample of the priority that our police department places on protecting the quality of life in our communi-ty,” said Cmdr. Jarod Kasner. “Chief Ken Th omas has made it clear that graffi ti vandalism will not be toler-ated in Kent and we will continue to make enforcement of property vandalism crimes and removal of graffi ti a high priority.”

Since 2008, police have worked with other city departments to develop an aggressive graffi ti prevention program. It includes a graffi ti hotline (253-856-GRAF) for reporting damage or to provide tips about taggers, a community response team to help clean up the graffi ti and enhanced penalties of up to a year in jail and a $5,000 fi ne for people caught tagging.

Police bust two men for downtown graffiti spree

BY STEVE HUNTER

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Streets in four Kent residential areas will receive new pavement this year with funds from the city’s increased solid waste utility tax.

Crews will put down asphalt overlays on the streets this summer to smooth out the pavement and get rid of the numer-ous potholes. Th e Kent City Council approved the projects on Feb. 3.

Th e street projects are:• 109th Avenue South-

east from SE 256th Street to SE 248th Street

• 118th Place Southeast from SE 256th Street to SE 251st Street

• Lake Fenwick Road from Reith Road to SE 259th Place

• South 254th Street from Lake Fenwick Road to S 256th St; S. 253rd Street from S. 254th St. to S. 252nd Pl; 43rd Place South, entire length; and 42nd Place South, entire length

“I drove all four of these over the weekend and I’m not disagreeing with any of them,” Council President Dana Ralph said at a recent Public Works Committee meeting about the city staff choices for

the initial street projects.Th e council last year

approved a garbage tax in-crease in 2015 to 18.3 per-cent from 7.8 percent on each bill. Th e increase will bring in about $3 million per year for street mainte-nance in neighborhoods. City staff has budgeted about $1.5 million in 2015 for the four projects. City offi cials rationalized the tax increase because of the damage garbage and recycling trucks cause to roads.

“Living on West Hill I am pulling very strongly for Lake Fenwick Road,” Councilwoman Brenda Fincher said. “But I’m just glad to see we’re making advancements to get these roads back into good order so people driving along them don’t have any damage to their cars.”

Kent has nearly 320 miles of city streets, with about 70 percent of those considered residential streets. A residential street lasts about 25 years before it needs an asphalt overlay.

At least 19 Kent neigh-borhoods have cracked roads that need to be repaired, according to city staff . Th e cost to repair all of those streets is estimat-ed at $35 million.

Garbage tax to pay for four residential street projects

Sound Transit receives $1.3 billion federal loan that could benefi t KentFOR THE REPORTER

Kent projects could benefi t from Sound Transit’s action to execute a $1.3 bil-lion low-interest federal loan under the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) that will increase the fi nancial capacity of the agency by $200-$300 million.

Th at additional money will lead to consideration by the Sound Transit Board of Directors to restore suspended projects, including possibly extending light rail from Kent-Des Moines to South 272nd Street in Federal Way as well as improvements for accessing Kent Station, where people board the Sounder trains.

Sound Transit plans to extend light rail to Kent near South 240th Street by 2023. Possible routes are expected to be released later this year by the agency.

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DevCo plans to build a 308-unit complex in Federal Way.

“They have a number of projects under construction and it was more of a decision on their part not to grow their team too big and build them all at once but take them in sequential order so as they are completing their other projects he’s letting me know it’s time to move forward with this one this year,” Wolters said.

The company built the The Sea-sons Apartment Homes at Lea Hill

Village in 2008 in Auburn. Wolters said the complex is called

GrandView because “it has an in-credible view of Mount Rainier from up there.”

Just as with previous projects, DevCo applied to the Washington State Housing Finance Commis-sion (WSHFC) to secure funding for the Kent apartments. The commis-sion last year approved issuing $45 million in tax-exempt bonds to help fund the project.

Because of the funding from the WSHFC, the units will be required to be made available to households earning no more than 60 percent of the median household income in King County, which is about $71,000

for a two-person household, accord-ing to county documents.

According to county income figures for 2014, a one-bedroom unit for one person could rent for up to about $927 per month and a two-bedroom unit for about $1,059.

Hunden told the commission the apartments will include 15 five-bedroom units and 51 four-bedroom units because of the popularity of the larger apartments at other complexes the company has built, according to commission meeting documents.

He also told the commission that Kent has very high design standards so the apartments will have metal siding and a substantial amount of brick in the structure.

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The goal of the commu-nity college program is to provide high school gradu-ates with an affordable, practical option for con-tinuing their education. The program has been lauded and attacked by progressive liberals and fiscal conserva-

tives for the ramifications it will have on the administra-tion’s $18 trillion budget.

“It would provide so much more upward mobil-ity,” Friedly said. “In terms of economic prosperity, the more people we have in the workforce the better we are as a society.”

Putting high school graduates in positions where they can find skills-based employment dove-

tails with the Washington State Board of Technical and Community Colleges’ goal to increase the number of Bachelors of Applied Science (BAS) four-year degrees at its multiple com-munity colleges.

BAS programs provide hard-skill certifications but also give students a background in other skills that will make them more attractive for career ad-vancement.

“We’re looking at a lot of careers that require technical-based education,” Friedly said, “so we’re also providing the soft skills so that workers are joining the workforce with the ability to deal with customers and write proposals and serve in a much greater capacity.”

BAS programs, Friedly said, will help close a gap between four-year college graduates and high school graduates.

“The community and technical colleges are able to offer a pipeline into those careers,” Friedly said. “If

they’re just seeking a high school diploma, that’s not going to benefit you as much.”

The SBCTC recently heard proposals for seven different BAS degrees at colleges, ranging from Bellingham to Olympia to Yakima. Green River has its eyes set on several more programs to add to its list.

In addition to the marketing and computer science BAS programs, the school is on track to launch a BAS in natural resources in the fall. The college might add a four-year bach-elors of science in nursing after the Washington State Nursing Board contacted Green River to request it add the program.

Friedly is optimistic about adding the programs and feels that there is a strong student interest in community college degrees.

“The demand is definitely there when we have those giant waiting lists at other colleges,” she said.

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The state Legislature recently recognized Kent’s Martin Sortun Elementa-ry School as a Lighthouse School for its progres-sive teaching of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) subjects.

Martin Sortun will receive a $20,000 grant to help share best practices with other schools devel-oping science, technology, engineering and math education programs.

The legislature also rec-ognized Saghalie Middle School in Federal Way as a Lighthouse School. The schools were two of the six statewide recipients and the only ones in King County.

Schools are selected for Lighthouse designation based on their work creat-ing programs that focus on personalized learn-ing, STEM projects and partnerships with local businesses and commu-nity groups. Those chosen

as Lighthouse Schools receive the grant to help them share with schools in the early stages of de-veloping STEM-focused learning environments.

A total of 29 schools have been recognized since 2010 when the Legislature created the program, which is admin-istered through the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Martin Sortun Elementary and Saghalie Middle School are the first schools in Kent and Federal Way to receive the designation.

“The robotics program at Martin Sortun El-ementary provides young students with hands on experience and makes learning STEM skills fun,” said Sen. Joe Fain (R-Auburn), who represents Kent and serves on the Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education Commit-tee. “This grant will allow teachers and their com-munity partners to help more South King County students.”

Martin Sortun Elementary recognized for STEM programs

The Kent Police Department’s Community Educa-tion Unit and the Neighborhood Response Team are hosting a Block Watch 101 class from 6:30-8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19, at the City Hall Coun-cil Chambers, 220 Fourth Ave. S.

This is a great opportunity to learn about the benefits of a Neighborhood Block Watch, how to get one started or revive an existing one. You will also hear about current crime trends and preven-tion efforts.

Please RSVP to your sector contacts: West/Valley – John Pagel, 253-856-5884 or East Hill – Stacy Judd, 253-856-5883.


A Message from the Presidentof the Kent Chamber of CommerceOn April 10th over 400 attendees will celebrate the accomplishments of the Kent business community. This exciting themed event is Kent’s only black-tie optional affair and features a fun and thrilling atmosphere including a champagne welcome, silent and live auctions, wine on every table, games of chance, wine raffle, plated dinner and a dessert dash.This year’s theme is 007 James Bond and the event planners at the Kent Chamber of Commerce are pulling out all the stops to make this night memorable. Everyone is invited to attend the event, individual tickets are $75 and tables of 8 are $700. Also we encourage all of you to nominate your favorite businesses in our many categories of awards from: Educator of the Year, Business of the Year, Citizen of the Year and many more. You can find the nomination forms on our website.Come and support the business community of Kent in this fun filled night of glitz and glamour. You don’t want to miss the chance to dress up, the amazing deals in the live and silent auction, and the great comradery and energy in the room.I am looking forward to hosting you at this event. Get your tickets and nomination forms at www.kentchamber.com or give the Chamber staff a call with questions. I know they would love to hear from you.See you at the 007 President’s Gala on April 10th!Dennis Manes, President of the Kent Chamber of Commerce & GM of Republic Services

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to Tukwila, a stretch of about 21 miles that includes about a dozen levees that protect more than 100,000 jobs and $7.3 billion worth of structures and contents.

Th e U.S. Army Corps of Engi-neers recently approved the SWIF approach for levees across the na-tion. County offi cials will submit the Green River plan this summer to the Corps for approval. It is one of about three dozen SWIF projects nationwide. County staff began work on the plan more than two years ago.

Th e SWIF is scheduled to go before the King County Flood Control District executive com-mittee on Feb. 17 for approval and then to the full fl ood district board in March. Th e plan is expected to be a 200-page docu-ment, and the Corps could send it back to the county if it doesn’t meet Corps requirements.

“We have been told by the Corps that the Green River SWIF is the most ambitious in the na-tion, and it’s ambitious because of its complexity,” Knauer said. “Th ere are no other SWIFs that are trying to tackle the complexity of land use, ecological, socio-economic sensitive issues within a major river and its fl oodplain through the SWIF process. So all eyes are on this project and its outcome.”

Th e formation of the Green River plan is funded by the King County Flood Control District and a $300,000 grant from the state of Washington through Puget Sound Partnership.

Th e fl ood district provides about $10 million per year for Green River projects through a countywide property tax of 10 cents per $1,000 assessed valuation that brings in about $50 million per year for river projects across King County, including the Snoqualmie, Cedar and White rivers.

“We know our capital program for SWIF will likely exceed $300 million,” Knauer said about proj-

ects to rebuild Green River levees, install fl ood walls or build levee setbacks.

Several levee projects are al-ready completed or under way in Kent, Auburn and Tukwila. State and federal funds have helped pay for those projects. But more work is needed to bring levees up to the SWIF goal of a 500-year fl ood protection. Levees at that stan-dard could handle a river fl ow of 18,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) and include 3 feet of freeboard or height above the water.

Hanson Dam impactFlooding occurred oft en in

the Green River Valley from the 1890s to 1960 before Con-gress funded the building of the

Howard Hanson Dam to protect mainly agricultural lands. Now many homes and businesses exist along the river as well.

“We haven’t experienced a fl ood of this magnitude (500 year) since the dam was built (in 1961), but we do know there have been very large magnitude fl oods in Western Washington, and all of the indicators are with shift ing climate trends that we need to be prepared to protect our vital economic assets should there be a very signifi cant event in the future,” Knauer said of the reasons for the higher protection.

Th e largest Green River fl ow since the dam began operating is 12,400 cfs, said Lorin Reinelt, managing engineer for the county Water and Land Resources Divi-sion. He said three events since

1950 included fl ows of larger than 12,000 cfs.

But large 500-year fl ood events occurred in 2007 in the Chehalis River and in 1996 in the Nisqually River, Reinelt said of the largest river fl ows in the last 20 years in Western Washington.

Knauer said the Hanson Dam was initially built to provide a 500-year level of protection but the Army Corps reports it’s only providing a 140-year level of protection. She said people have asked her why not improve the Hanson Dam rather than spend money on the levees.

A Corps study indicated that the complexity and cost of improving the dam makes that option very challenging and uncertain. Th e dam is an earthen embankment dam. Crews re-

paired the dam a few years ago for about $40 million with additional drains and a drain tunnel aft er 2009 fl ooding damaged an abut-ment to the dam, but the Corps estimated costs at nearly $500 million to install a concrete cutoff curtain as a more permanent fi xture.

Favorable responseRalph, the council president,

likes the direction of the improve-ment plan.

“Th e goal of the SWIF process and the outcomes we are look-ing for is dealing with the Green River in a holistic way,” Ralph said. “Th ere are multiple things that are happening there includ-ing fl ood protection, which is the primary focus of the systemwide improvement, and how do we protect the assets that are in place along the river and at the same time acknowledge that there is habitat and endangered species in the river so how are we working toward making sure the tempera-tures in the river are sustainable and that recreational assets along the river are available to our resi-dents so they can access it.”

Councilwoman Deborah Ran-niger, who served on a Water Re-source Inventory Areas (WRIA) committee that helps to improve salmon habitat for the Green River, said she likes how the SWIF looks at more issues than simply fl ood protection.

“It was clear to me the folks involved in the resource have worked with WRIA 9 and the Muckleshoot tribe and other folks that are very interested and con-cerned about habitat protection and environmental protection,” Ranniger said aft er the county presentation. “I think the projects being planned make a lot of sense. I noticed one of the top priorities was shade protection and that his-torically has been a big challenge to make happen along the Green River. So we are making slow but steady progress.”

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Crews install sheet piles to make a wall to help strengthen the Briscoe-Desimone levee along the Green River in Kent last year, one of the many projects under way along the river valley. COURTESY PHOTO

City off ers CommunityPolice Academy

Th e Kent Police Depart-ment is taking registrations for the spring 2015 Com-munity Police Academy.

Classes are on Wednes-day evenings for 10 weeks starting April 8 and ending on June 10. Th e sessions are from 7-9 p.m. Th ere is one Saturday session on May 2, which will include optional tours of the City of Kent Correctional Facility (Kent jail) and Valley Com-munications Center (911 facility).

Aft er attending the fi rst four classes, participants are also eligible for a ride-along with a Kent Police offi cer.

Classes are at the Kent

Police/Fire Training Center, 24611 116th Ave. S.E.

Applications are available at kentwa.gov/Community-PoliceAcademy.

Th ere is no cost for par-ticipating in the Commu-nity Police Academy. It is open to any adult 18 years or older that lives, works, or has an interest in the city of Kent and its police depart-ment. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. For security reasons all applicants must pass a background check. Persons with a felony conviction or recent misdemeanor conviction are not eligible to participate.

For more information, contact Tom Kaspar at [email protected] or by leaving a message at 253-856-5880.


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T Q U O T E O F N O T E : “We are very fortunate to have that asset in the middle of the city and we need to make sure we are doing everything to protect it and protect the businesses that are along the river at the same time.” – City Council President Dana Ralph, on Green River fl ood control eff orts.

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?Question of the week:“Should all schoolchildren be vaccinated?”

Vote online:www.kentreporter.comLast week’s poll results:“Should community college be tuition-free?”No: 53% Yes: 47%

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For the fi rst time in American history, entre-preneurship is in decline.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, busi-nesses are dying faster than they’re being formed. Each year, 400,000 new businesses start up nation-wide; 470,000 close their doors.

Gallup reports that in the 1980s,

business startups outpaced business failures by about 100,000 per year, a trend that continued until the 2008 recession. Now, aft er six years of sluggish economic recovery, the entrepreneurial death rate in the U.S. is outpacing its

birth rate.In fact, the U.S. now ranks 12th

among developed nations in terms of business startups, behind nations such as Hungary and New Zealand.

Th is matters because small and medium-sized businesses create two-thirds of the 100 million jobs in our nation.

But isn’t the economy improving? Barely.

One quarter of decent growth is followed by a quarter of slow

growth. While the national unem-ployment rate has dropped to 5.6 percent, part of that drop is because millions of people have simply given up trying to fi nd work and are no longer counted as unemployed.

Middle-income families are los-ing ground and a record 47 million Americans – one-sixth of our popu-lation – are on food stamps.

While welfare and social spend-ing provide a safety net in a weak economy, the only real solution to unemployment is to create more jobs.

Failing businesses a sign of weak economyG U E S T O P I N I O N

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Show your support for higher ed

Community and technical colleges in Washington have increased tuition by 47 percent since the 2008-2009 school year, largely in response to reduced support from our state Legislature.

When adjusted for infl ation, our state budget now provides 23 percent less funding each year for community and technical col-leges than it did six years ago. Green River College and its peer institutions are in urgent need of the funding to allow us to continue to provide aff ordable training and education to our state’s workforce.

Cuts in funding to higher education in Washington are a disservice to the people of

our state. Last year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics published data that illustrated

how people who have earned a college de-gree will receive better wages and have lower unemployment than their counterparts who have not attained a degree.

A college degree has become essential to workers in today’s economy. It is the only means of ensuring a livable wage and consis-tent employment.

It benefi ts all of us to see higher educa-tion funded at the level endorsed by the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.

Th e funds requested during this legisla-tive biennium will ensure that we are able to provide basic education for adult learners and allow low-wage earning adults to train for higher-income, high-demand careers. It will fund advising and career planning on campuses to assist students in graduating on time so that they can join the workforce without incurring burdensome student loan debt that will prove detrimental to our state’s economy. And, it will fund a rapid-response fund that will allow colleges to work with

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Have off enders clean up graffi ti

Great job by the Kent Police Department for the arrest of the two men responsible for the graffi ti that was displayed all over downtown Kent.

I would like the judge to bypass the usual fi nes/jail time and sentence them to clean up all graffi ti in Kent on one weekend day for one year.

Wearing bright orange vests that says, "Graffi ti Off ender," our Kiwanis Club of Kent, as well as all service clubs in Kent, have all spent our time cleaning up aft er them.

It would be nice to have the off enders take over the job.– Mary Lou Hall

President’s college plan intriguing

President Obama’s new America’s College proposal is an intriguing idea that might be in the right direction for

a more aff ordable education to Americans who want to further their learning. I think the intent behind the proposal is a welcoming thought to the expensive college route for students, but it makes me question how the proposal would play out.

If the proposal is success-ful, I wonder how the funding would be gathered to pay these

students. How would current education programs work with this new proposal? How would this aff ect current college stu-dents who already are paying for their education?

Would a 2.5 GPA be suf-fi cient to off er students two years of community college? What about students who are fi nishing up their education in universities? Could the proposal benefi t these students as well? Would this be more eff ective than attempting to lower the cost of tuition for all schools?

Paying for higher education is costly and this could have a signifi cant impact on chang-ing the future. I think this proposal has a strong potential to turn out well for bringing more students to be motivated for their education, but clearly a lot of work and careful think-ing should be done to accom-plish the focus of improving the nation’s education.– Riku Furuya


community businesses to provide training and assistance when local business needs emerge.

Th ese goals will benefi t the colleges and the communities they serve. With more people joining the workforce, commu-nity and technical colleges can ensure greater prosperity for all of Washington. Our two-year colleges can help strengthen our communities with highly-trained individuals who can provide a greater contribution to the area in which they live.

Students, however, are not the only members of our college

communities that require legisla-tive attention during this session. Without faculty and staff , a col-lege simply cannot function.

In the state of Washington, faculty and professional staff have foregone a salary increase since 2008. Gov. Jay Inslee has request-ed $28 million in state funding to be provided for compensation increases for faculty and staff , supported by tuition funds.

Th e State Board for Commu-nity and Technical Colleges is also requesting $10.2 million for salary increases for faculty who com-plete professional development courses to ensure they are bring-

ing the most current knowledge and expertise into the classroom.

At Green River, our dedicated faculty and professional staff have worked through this lack of fund-ing with unwavering support for our students. It is oft en said that good deeds are their own reward, but it is only fair that our faculty is compensated for their work in a way that refl ects their support of the college and the service we provide to students and the com-munity.

Green River College needs your support to realize these goals. Let your state senators and represen-tatives know that you support

funding higher education this legislative session.

Let them know that you want a stronger workforce for Wash-ington to fuel our rebounding economy and advance state educational goals. Let them know how important Green River Col-lege is to the people in the com-munities that we serve.

Please take a moment to call or write to your legislator and tell them that you support fund-ing higher education. Tell them about your friends, neighbors and relatives whose lives have been impacted by Green River College, or its fellow community and tech-

nical colleges in Washington. Let your legislators know that our col-lege is here to serve your commu-nity, and should not be expected to do it alone. We are calling on your support to ensure that Green River College can continue to provide high-quality educational opportunities for years to come.

To share your views on higher education, the state budget or other matters before the legisla-ture, contact your local legislators. You can fi nd them at: app.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/

Dr. Eileen Ely is president of Green River College. Pete Lewis, former Auburn mayor, is chair of the college’s board of trustees.

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But those jobs will be harder to come by if entrepreneurs stop opening the businesses that employ people.

Jim Clift on, Chairman and CEO of Gallup, writes, “[Wall Street and the White House] both tell us, ‘Th e economy is coming back.’ Let’s get one thing clear: Th is economy is never truly coming back unless we reverse the birth and death trends of American busi-nesses.”

Two of the most formidable obstacles facing entrepreneurs are high taxes and excessive regulation, especially for cash-strapped startups. Unfortunately, the Obama Administration has aggressively pursued both.

Th e U.S. has the highest corporate tax rate in the world, yet President Obama’s 2015 budget includes $2 tril-lion in new taxes over the next decade. While the president says he’s taxing only the wealthy, the taxes will hit many small business owners who fi le taxes as individuals.

Th en, there are the regulations.Th e Competitive Enterprise Insti-

tute (CEI) says federal regulations cost Americans $1.9 trillion a year and notes that regulators imposed 3,541 new regulations in 2014 alone. Continu-ing the juggernaut, the administration unveiled 300 new regulations in the fi rst seven days of 2015.

A CEI study released in January reported, “If federal regulations were a country, their cost would amount to the world’s 10th largest economy.”

While reasonable regulations are

necessary, unnecessary bureaucratic red tape needlessly increases consumer prices and saps money that could other-wise be used to expand businesses and hire more people. Added to that are the costs to comply with hundreds of state and local regulations.

Th e House of Representatives recent-ly passed the Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015, which requires regulatory agencies to clearly document the cost of proposed regulations and consider less costly alternatives.

President Obama has vowed to veto the legislation.

Here in Washington, Gov. Inslee is taking a page directly from President Obama’s playbook. Inslee wants to increases taxes, impose costly new cap and trade legislation that would cost Washington employers $1 billion a year and start taxing investment income.

Th at’s a bad idea.While our state’s economy might

look good from the governor’s window and from the skyscrapers in downtown Seattle, 90 percent of Washington coun-ties have unemployment rates above the national average.

As with President Obama, Gov. Inslee’s top priority must be creating jobs – not piling more taxes and costly regulations on the very people who cre-ate those jobs.

Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organiza-tion, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at [email protected].

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Lawmakers, teachers and the state public schools chief are gearing up for another bat-tle over whether student test scores should be used to evaluate teachers and principals.

State Sen. Steve Litzow, R-Mercer Island, introduced two bills last week that would require that results from state student assessments be calculated into teacher performance reviews, starting with the 2016-17 school year. Hearings on the bills are expected next week.

Federal education leaders are demanding that Washington chisel the requirement into law if the state wants to regain a waiver from the No Child Left Behind law.

Th e state lost the waiver last year, meaning the state and 297 public school districts couldn’t spend about $40 million in federal money the way they wanted. It also meant that 1,916 schools across the state were deemed failing by the U.S. Department of Education, and letters had to be sent to parents explaining why.

Th rough much of the 2014 legislative session, Litzow, Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn and Gov. Jay Inslee tried to get lawmakers onboard.

But they collided with the statewide teachers union, the Washington Education Association. Its leaders staunchly oppose the federal dictate and insist that the evaluation process created by state lawmakers is working as intended, weed-ing out less-talented teachers.

Th e union fl exed political muscle to keep most Democratic allies from bending.

And in a deliciously dramatic moment in the state Senate last session, a bill originally craft ed by a Democratic senator to appease the feds was brought up for a vote by Litzow.

It was defeated 28-19, with 20 Demo-crats – including the original author, Sen. Rosemary McAuliff e of Bothell – and eight Republicans voting against the measure.

Th at didn’t end the scuffl e.In the ensuing days, Inslee met with U.S.

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to verify what the state needed to do to avoid becoming the fi rst to lose its waiver.

Th en he and Dorn draft ed a new bill and

tried to persuade lawmakers to vote on it, which they wouldn’t.

“I take my hat off to the WEA,” Dorn said in August of the teachers union. “Th ey did a better job than we did. Maybe this time we can get past the rhetoric and propaganda and do what’s right for kids.”

Litzow isn’t predicting how the legislative rematch will turn out. He thought he had enough Democrats in tow last year. He won’t

make the same mistake this time.“We’re going out and having con-

versations right now,” he said.Inslee expended political capital

last year trying to get lawmakers to implement a test-scores provision for evaluating teachers, and he has nothing to show for it. It’s not clear how hard he’ll push this go-round.

Litzow said he’s not spoken with the gover-nor on the subject.

Superintendents of school districts mostly avoided the fray in 2014 but might be en-gaged this year.

At legislative hearings last fall and earlier this session, superintendents expressed frustration at receiving federal money they couldn’t spend due to restrictions related to the loss of the No Child Left Behind waiver. A requirement to ensure student access to private tutors exposed some families to unscrupulous hard-sell tactics, the superin-tendents said.

Oh, and sending letters to parents telling them their child attends a failing school hurt morale, they said.

Th e WEA, meanwhile, is still opposed to us-ing student test scores in evaluating teachers.

“It makes no sense to dramatically change our successful teacher evaluation system when Congress appears ready to rewrite the federal law,” said WEA spokesman Rich Wood. “To really help our state’s students, the Legislature should focus on its para-mount duty to fully fund K-12 education this session.”

Let the battle begin.Political reporter Jerry Cornfi eld’s blog, Th e Petri

Dish, is at www.heraldnet.com. Contact him at 360-352-8623; jcornfi [email protected] and on Twitter at @dospueblos.

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KBAC plans trip on Black Legislative Day FOR THE REPORTER

In observance of Black History Month, the Kent Black Action Com-mission (KBAC) has announced plans for its third annual Black Legislative Day trip to Olympia on Feb. 20.

Th e trip has been organized for the purpose of aff ording students and concerned citizens an opportunity to interact with their state representatives in the halls of the state capital.

KBAC has scheduled a group talk with Sen. Joe Fain (R-Auburn) and Rep. Tina Orwall (D-Des Moines). Th ere will be a tour of the legislative building, including a photo opportunity in the congressional chamber.

A bus will begin loading at 7 a.m. Feb. 20 at Kent-Meridian High School, 10020 SE 256th St., and depart 7:30 for Olympia. Th e bus is scheduled to ar-rived in Olympia around 8:30 and 8:35, followed by a general assembly and tours from 9 to 11:30 and lunch from 11:30 to 12:30 p.m.

A group session with Fain and Or-wall is scheduled from 1 to 1:30 p.m.

Th e bus departs Olympia for Kent at 2:15 p.m. and arrives at K-M from 3 to 3:15 p.m.

Anyone in the community that is interested in attending or supporting the eff ort, may contact Gwen Allen-Carston at 253-486-9029 or [email protected] or Richard Johnson at 253-631-7944 or [email protected].


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On January 30, 2015, Charles William “Bill” Iles died peacefully in his sleep at the age of ninety fi ve.

Bill was known by everyone for his endless kindness, generosity, patience, and profound integrity. He was a dedicated father to his four children and a generous grandfather to his fi ve grandchildren. Deeply committed to education, Bill played a signifi cant role in helping his children and grandchildren get college degrees. Bill unconditionally supported his family and respected their choices, never pushing his opinions or beliefs on others. He remained quietly contained and strengthened by his faith in God throughout his life.

Bill was a loving and romantic husband. For thirty years, he was happily married to the mother of his four children, Leona Auch, until her tragic death in an auto accident in 1977. Bill later married Pearl Dunbar, and they enjoyed 26 wonderful years together until her death in 2001. At a water aerobics class late in his life, he met Phyllis Cain, and they shared fi ve happy years of marriage together.

Bill was born in a sod house on a Montana homestead on April 8, 1919, the second of seven children, but spent his early years in South Dakota. He paid for his college education bucking hay in the summers and working during the school year. In his early twenties, he learned to fl y from a local crop duster, and in 1941, he became a Navy fl ight instructor. Bill later fl ew transport missions to bases in the South Pacifi c, the Aleutian islands, and Point Barrow, Alaska (where he supplied eff orts to drill the fi rst oil wells), and he helped map territory north of the Arctic Circle. These fl ights were often undertaken in hazardous weather conditions and less than ideal runways. After fi ve years of active service, Bill spent 15 years in the Navy Reserve fl ying missions around the world, ultimately ending his career as a Commander, having fl own everything from PBYs to DC4s.

Bill attended Northwest Nazarene College in Idaho for two years (where he met Leona). He received a Bachelor of

Arts degree in 1941 from Augustana College in South Dakota, and went on to receive two degrees from the University of Washington, a Bachelor of Science in 1946 and a Master of Education in 1961. In 1946, Bill began teaching as a high school chemistry and mathematics instructor at Kent Meridian High School in Kent, Washington. He quickly became the business manager of the Kent School District and then spent fi fteen years as the Superintendent of Schools. Bill oversaw the building of 24 schools during his tenure, a time of unprecedented growth for the district. In 1972, the family moved to Olympia, Washington, where

Bill accepted a job in the Washington Offi ce of Public Instruction as the Supervisor of Teacher Certifi cation for the state. After Leona’s death, he moved to Seattle and became a Professor of Education at Seattle Pacifi c University.

In 1982, Bill retired from professional life. He and Pearl moved to Olympia where he enjoyed tending his extensive vegetable garden, as well as fi shing, golfi ng, and working on his home and grounds. He became an expert on fruit trees, pruning, espaliering, and grafting with much success. He cut, split, and hauled eight cords of fi rewood every year. Bill and Pearl canned and smoked food to the delight of their many guests, hosted memorable holiday dinners, and traveled the world.

In 1993, Bill and Pearl moved to Whidbey Island to be near their children and grandchildren. He continued to be active in church and Kiwanis International, and was valued by everyone with whom he worked. Bill’s dry sense of humor will be missed by all that loved him.

Bill was preceded in death by his son Charles William Jr. He is survived by his wife Phyllis Iles; three of his children, Gwenann Kroon (M. Thomas), Robert Iles (Susan), and David Iles (Esther); and his fi ve grandchildren, Tobin Iles, Andrea Foster (Drew), Alexandra Hedin (Adam), Brittney Kroon, and Elijah Iles, as well as fi ve great-grandchildren. Services will held on Saturday, February 21, at 1:00 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church in Freeland Washington.

Donations may be made in lieu of fl owers to Seattle Pacifi c University School of Education or The Northwest Chapter of the National MS Society.

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Albertine Louise HermansAlbertine Louise Hermans, beloved

sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Bertie passed away on Monday, February 2, 2015, at Good Samaritan Hospital with her beloved son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter by her side. She was fighting another battle with pneumonia.

Bertie was adored and cherished by all who met her. Born Albertine Louise Dom, she grew up in Indonesia on a

plantation with her family, and spent over 2 years of her teenage life in Prisoner of War camps during WWII. After the war she joined camp survivors and boarded a ship to Holland, where she successfully completed her 4 years of high school in 1 year. She then joined the Dutch Army and transferred back to Indonesia, where she met and married John Hermans.

In 1952 Bertie and John immigrated to the United States and soon after had their first child, Myra. Two years later their son Robert was born. They settled in Washington in 1956. She was the heart and soul of her family and gratefully was able to spend much of her life with them. Bertie and John were active members of the Square Rooters square dance club and gained many cherished friends through the years.

Bertie is preceded in death by her husband John in 2012. She is survived by her sister Itty, son Bob and daughter-in-law Joni, daughter Myra and son-in-law Mike, granddaughters Jennifer (& Andy) and Kristin, grandson John, and great-grandchildren Avery, Malin, Evan and LJ.

Bertie was a rare Angel on Earth and will be remembered by her kindness, strength and compassion. She is greatly missed by all. A memoriam of her life will be held at a future date by her

family in her hometown.1250455

Donna (Boyker) Smith Donna (Boyker) Smith, 87, of Kent,

passed away February 4, 2015.Donna is survived by her husband of 67

years Roy, son Tom (Dianne), daughter Diane (Bryan), 4 grandchildren and5 great-grandchildren.

Memorial service will be held Friday, February 20th at 1:00 p.m.at the First

Christian Church in Kent.1251456

Mary Gene HeinemanMary Geneva Heineman, age 86, passed away on January

24, 2015 at her home in Kent after a short battle with cancer.Mary Gene lived in Kent for 53 years after moving from Seattle.

She is survived by her husband Ed Heineman, Jr. of Kent, sisters Janet Roubicek of Seattle and Lauretta Hansen of Wetumpka, AL, brother Howard N. Smith, Jr. of Northfield, MN, sons Brian Heineman of Covington and Alan Heineman of Auburn, 6 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.

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Events27th Northwest Flower & Garden Show: Feb. 11-15, Washington State Convention Center, 800 Convention Place, Seattle. Show hours: 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednes-day-Saturday; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. Show-case of gardens big and small, more than 110 free seminars, a lineup of exhibitors in the marketplace. Prices range from $17 for adults (regular $22 the week of the show or at the door); $15 per person for group advance purchases (minimum of 20 tickets online or at the door); $31 for single 2-day pass; $70 for single 5-day pass; and $5 for youth (ages 13-17). Children 12 and under are free. For more info, call 253-756-2121 or visit www.gardenshow.com

38th Annual Green River Glass Show & Sale: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 28, Kent Com-mons, 525 Fourth Ave. N., Kent. Presented by the Green River Depression Era Glass Club. Thirty-five vendors with 200 tables of glass, china, pottery, jewelry and miscel-laneous collectibles from early to mid-20th century for sale. Special guests Randy and Debbie Coe, authors of books on American glassware, doing free glass identification (limit two items per person). Glass repair available on site. Door prizes. Special glass

displays. Free parking. Admission $3, with proceeds to benefit local chapters of Ameri-can Cancer Society, Lupus Foundation, and Novas Mental Health Solutions.

Rosarian visit: 1-4 p.m. March 1, Kent Library, 212 Second Ave. N. Jolene Adams, president of the American Rose Society, makes presentations. Adams is a well-known horticultural judge and rosarian throughout the world. Her topics include a presentation on old garden roses and one on rose botany and nutrition. The Rainy Rose Society and Heritage Roses Northwest co-host the event. Light refreshments will be served.

Kent Kids’ Arts Day: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 7, Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. S. More than 15 different hands-on art projects lead by professional artists. Per-formances by local school groups, food and a full day of creativity. Admission: $10. For more information, visit www.kentarts.com

BenefitsFree The Girls Bra Drive: Through Feb. 28. Donations support Free The Girls, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending human trafficking in developing countries.

Please bring new or gently used bras and/or camisoles to Red’s Wine Bar at Kent Station, 321 Ramsey Way, Suite 110, or at: • Blanc N Schwartz Salon, 207 E. Meeker St.; Kent School District Student Services, 12033 SE 256th St., east entrance; • New Visions Hair Design, 25018 104th Ave. SE; • Salon Works, 21422 84th Ave. S. Bring a buck and a bra to the Soroptimists’ wine-tasting and bra-gathering party at Red’s Wine Bar from 5:30-9 p.m. Feb. 23. Raffle tickets for the no-host wine-tasting event are $1. Snacks provided. For more information or to put a collection box in your work place, contact [email protected] or call Jo Ladd Clark at 253-854-1895 or Wanda Koehmstedt at 253-639-3202.

Thunderstruck, Dance for Heart: 7-8:30 p.m. Feb. 13, Kentridge High School Performing Arts Center, 12430 SE 208th St. Charity event supports the American Heart Association. Entertainment lineup: Chatelaines; Sparkles Cheerleaders (special needs kids); gymnastics and multicultural dancers from salsa to hip hop; Yoga Club; Steppers and Ballers; Little Charger Preschoolers; and Rockers. Kentridge also observes Heart Awareness Week, Feb. 6-13. Show admission: $10 donation includes a heart T-shirt.

Painting with the Stars: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Feb. 26, Lindbloom Student Center, Green River College, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. Green River College Foundation hosts. Benefit the Interurban Center for the Arts. Silent auction features artwork designed and created by local community stars and artists. Items donated by local businesses. Guests will be treated to wine and hors d’oeuvres, demonstrations by local artists, and featured savant artist, Michael Tolleson. Interactive art displays, student art, and an opportunity to raise the paintbrush. Proceeds support local elementary schools by providing training and educational materials to volunteer art docent programs. Tickets are $15 advance, $20 at the door. For more information, visit www.InterurbanCenterForTheArts.org or call 253-288-3330.

HealthShoWalk: 9-11 a.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St., Kent. Outdoor walking enthusiasts can get out of the dark and the rain by participating in ShoWalk. Presented by Kent4Health and sponsor Transdev Services, Inc., ShoWalk is a free indoor walking op-portunity. ShoWalk continues through May 20. While there is no charge to participate, registration is appreciated at www.webreg.KentWA.gov or at the door on walk days. More information is available at www.Ken-t4Health.com or by calling 253-856-4968.

Puget Sound Blood Center drives: 9-11 a.m., noon-3 p.m. Feb. 18, Centerpoint Corporate, Mount Baker Room, 20809 72nd Ave. S; 1-3 p.m., 3:45-7 p.m. Feb. 24, Kent United Methodist, 11010 SE 248th; 8-10 a.m., 10:45 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 25, Kent-Meridian High School, small gym, 10020 SE 256th St.; 1-4 p.m. March 5, Columbia Dis-tributing, Inc., 20301 59th Place S; 9-11:30 a.m. March 5, DSHS, 1313 W. Meeker; 8:30-10:30 a.m., 11:15 a.m.-2:30 p.m. March 6 (make an appointment), Boeing Kent Space Center, Cafeteria 18-25, 212th and West Valley Highway. For more info, call 253-945-8667 or visit www.psbc.org.

TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly): 6 p.m., Thursdays, Swanson Court Club-house, 12200 SE 207th St., Kent, near Kentridge High School. Nonprofit weight loss support group. For more information, call 253-709-5098 or visit www.tops.org or www.whywelovetops.com.

Southeast King County Parkinson’s Disease support group: Meets on the third Tuesday of the month, 10:30 a.m., St. John The Baptist Catholic Church, 25810 156th Ave. SE,Covington. Group’s monthly lunches are on the first Tuesday of the month at the Auburn Senior Activity Center, 808 Ninth St. SE, Auburn. For more info, contact Stephanie Lawson at 206-579-5206.

Gamblers Anonymous: For meeting times and locations, call toll free the Gam-blers Anonymous Hotline 1-855-222-5542.

Visit www.gawashington.org or www.gamblersanonymous.org for additional information.

Clubs, programsRotary Club of Kent: Join the local Rotary Club of Kent every Tuesday for its weekly meeting and luncheon at Down Home Catering in historic downtown Kent, 211 1st Ave. S. For more information go to: www.kentrotary.com

Kent Evening Toastmasters: 7 p.m., Wednesdays, The Golden Steer @ Benson Center, 23826 – 104th Ave. SE, Kent. Are you interested in practicing and improving your public speaking skills? Boosting your self-confidence? Making yourself heard in that weekly meeting at work? Come prac-tice your oratory skills with a friendly and informative group of people. With members ranging from beginners to experts, Kent Evening Toastmasters welcomes people of all skill levels. For more information, visit www.kenteveningtoastmasters.net.

GRCC LECTURE SERIES

America’s Calamity, The Great De-pression: 1:30-3:30 p.m. Feb. 19, Green River Community College, Kent campus, 417 Ramsay Way, Suite 112. Discovering some interesting facts about the Wall Street crash of 1929 and the resulting collapse of the American economy, massive factory

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Kent-Meridian’s Emmanuel Daigbe takes an undefeated record in the regional tournament this weekend. He placed second at state last year and will chase a state title this year at the Mat Classic. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter

BY ROSS COYLE

[email protected]

Emmanuel Daigbe is ready. His coach says so, he thinks so, and now there are only three weeks and fi ve athletes between him and a Class 4A high school state wrestling title.

Th e soft -spoken Kent-Meridian wrestler and wide receiver is working to stay focused on the prize. Last year Daigbe made it to the state champion-ships as a sophomore, with an impressive record that featured less than fi ve falls. A split-second decision dropped him to second place in the 170-pound division.

Coming out strong at the Mat Classic, Daigbe says that he was “shaken up, because there’s a lot of people watching and it’s a new place to be because I was at the Tacoma Dome for the fi rst time.”

Th e nerves got to him, and he took a pin in the fi nal round off of a single mistake.

“I didn’t know if I was gonna get thrown,” he said. “I

came up the wrong way and I didn’t see it coming and I got caught. In the fi nals if you got caught, it’s hard to come back so you can’t make those little mistakes.”

In the year since, Daigbe has looked at improving more than just his tech-nique, strength and speed.

It’s also about mental resil-ience, he says, as he moves into regional tournament on Friday at Kent-Meridian. Th e Mat Classic is Feb. 20-21 at the Tacoma Dome.

Last year Daigbe went through a diffi cult time as he worked to secure himself a slot in district matches, but

during his 2015 season he’s seen nothing but victories as he coasts on a 26-0 record.

He credits his football season as a wide receiver to helping him shrug off mis-takes, saying that he learned how to let mistakes go and put them behind him while focusing on his goals.

Wrestling, he says, is much less forgiving of er-rors than football, where a dropped catch can be anyone’s fault and there are plenty of opportunities to correct for a mistake.

Th e season also taught him not to be overconfi dent and keep his mind in the game, instead of letting suc-cess get the better of him.

“During football, during our second game we got caught up with every-thing, and when we went against Todd Beamer we had chances to score but we made mistakes and that cost us the game,” he said. “Take the right steps, don’t make no mistakes, do the right things, listen to coaches, ‘cuz they know what they’re talkin’ about.”

As he works his way through challengers this season, Daigbe remembers that mistakes are costly, but it’s the pin, not a score, that oft en determines a wres-tling victory.

“If you’re losing 7-0, if you pin the dude you win,” he says.

Kent-Meridian’s Daigbe chases state title

Bronson to play football at TempleBY ERIC MANDEL

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A student approaches Josiah Bronson with a mock microphone and asks, “How does it feel to get college paid for?” Another follows, “How does it feel to be moving so far away from your family?”

Bronson, sitting solemnly behind a table in the Kentwood High School library, responds the same way to both questions, slightly

altering his intonation with each: “I’m only here so I won’t get fi ned.”

Th e crowd of 25-plus of Bron-son’s teammates and family members laughed at the Kentwood senior’s best Marshawn Lynch im-pression on Feb. 4, moments prior to signing his letter of intent to play football at Temple University in Philadelphia.

Bronson was rated as a three-star recruit on Rivals.com, with a gaudy 4.75 second 40-yard dash time to go with his 6-foot-5-inch, 265-pound frame. Th e Kentwood defensive end, who fi nished the 2014 season as a fi rst-team As-sociated Press all-state selection at defensive end, picked the full scholarship off er from the Owls over multiple other schools, includ-ing the University of New Mexico.

Bronson’s head coach, Rex Norris, said Ohio State University showed interest in Bronson, but only as a walk-on player, which means no scholarship.

Temple’s defensive line coach Elijah Robinson played football with Bronson’s oldest brother, John, at Penn State University. John played in a total of three games in the NFL as a tight end for the Arizona Cardinals during the 2005 and 2006 seasons. Josiah’s other brother, Demitrius, a running back on the Seattle Seahawks practice squad during the 2014 season who recently signed a contract with the Seahawks for the 2015 season, at-tended Josiah’s signing celebration.

Josiah visited Temple on Jan. 23, his only college visit, and came away impressed with the school’s

business program, campus and coaches. He expects to receive playing time as a freshman, though Norris told Th e Reporter he doubts it will be that easy.

“He has the athleticism to do that, but the hardest place to get playing time (when young) is on the line,” he said. “Th ey are so much stronger.”

Temple, which plays in the Atlantic Athletic Conference, fi nished the 2014 season with a 6-6 record, four more wins than the previous season.

Josiah offi cially signed his schol-arship at 7 a.m., during national signing day, but engaged in the commitment pageantry performed by hundreds of other football pros-pects around the country. [ more BRONSON page 11 ]

KENT UNITED GREEN WINS U-12 STATE SOCCER

CHAMPIONSHIPKent United Green captured the

Under-12 state championship with a 3-2 win over Seattle

United-Shoreline on Sunday at the Starfi re Sports

complex in Tukwila.Kent United beat the Mercer

Island football club 1-0 in the semifi nals on Saturday to earn

a spot in the championship match. Teams competed in the

state tournament at several sites across the state before advancing

to the semifi nals at Starfi re, the same complex where the Seattle

Sounders practice.Kent United has 29 boys and girls

teams in its program from ages U-11 to U-18.


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Sitting beside his parents and in front of his throng of supporters, Bronson signed a copy of the original docu-ment. Bronson said the excitement of

the day kept him from sleeping well and that he woke up at 5 a.m.

“It’s the earliest I’ve gotten up since I don’t know when,” he said.

Josiah’s grandfather, George Waters, said he plans to “make a few trips” to

Josiah’s games. Josiah’s parents, Johnny and Sandra, plan to attend every game.

Bronson said he’d be on a path to graduate in three years, just in case he wants to declare for the draft aft er his junior season.

[ BRONSON from page 10 ]

Kentlake takes fourth in SPSLREPORTER STAFF

Th e Kentlake High gym-nastics team earned a spot in Saturday’s district meet with a fourth-place fi nish at last Saturday’s South Puget Sound League 4A meet at Mount Rainier High School in Des Moines.

Th e Falcons posted 163.375 points, with Emerald Ridge taking home the team title with 169.325 points.

Kentlake’s Avalyne Peters fi nished seventh in the all-around with 34.200 points.

Teammate Calista Webb cracked the top-20 with an 18th-place, 32.825 point performance.

Kentlake competes this

Saturday at the West Cen-tral District III/Southwest District 4 meet at Mount Rainier.

Also moving on to district is Kent-Meridian’s Caila Tongco, who fi nished third in the all-around (35.570). Tongco was second in the vault with a 9.600 and third on the beam with a 9.100.

Also moving on is Kent-Meridian’s Marcella Ratsomy who will compete in the vault at district.

From Kentridge, Crystal Valmonte will compete in the beam and bars; De’Chanelle Kalulu Finau will move on in the fl oor exercise, and Amanda Hamakani will compete in the vault.

Tahoma’s Tenley Mjelde was fi rst in the all-around with 36.875.

Kentlake’s Avalyne Peters competes in the fl oor exercise at the SPSL meet last Saturday at Mount Rainier High School.SHAWN SKAGER, Reporter

T-Birds rally to beat KelownaFOR THE REPORTER

Th e Seattle Th underbirds rallied for two goals in the third period to defeat the Kelowna Rockets 2-1 in a Western Hockey League game on Tuesday night at the ShoWare Center.

Seattle held off the Rockets’ furious attack in the last 30 seconds, ending when goalie Taran Kozun covered up the puck from within a scrum of bodies just as the horn sounded.

Seattle (28-20-3-3) has won fi ve of its last six games. Kelowna falls to 42-9-3-1.

Kozun made 32 saves on 33 shots, earning his 25th victory this season.

Th e Rockets scored the game’s fi rst goal at 9:14 of the second period.

Mathew Barzal tied the game at 10:22 in the third period.

Jerret Smith gave Seattle its fi rst lead of the game on the power play, scoring at 16:26 to make it 2-1.

Seattle plays on Friday at the Kamloops Blazers and Saturday at Everett.


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625 W. James St., Kent. 253-856-6777. Order at www.tickets.showarecenter.com. Events include:

Harlem Globetrotters: 2 p.m., 7 p.m. Feb. 14. The Globetrotters will face a great challenge this year, as the infamous Wash-ington Generals are more determined than ever to beat the them. The Generals, the last team to beat the Globetrotters, are now coached by a former member of that 1971 team. Tickets: $25-$125.

KENT ARTS COMMISSION SPOTLIGHT SERIES

Tickets at kentarts.com, by calling 253-856-5051 or at the Kent Com-mons, 525 Fourth Ave. N. Hours for phone and in-person sales are Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. The box office is closed on Sunday.

“Fairy Tales & Fantasy” presented by BYU Theatre Ballet: 7 p.m. March 12, Kentwood PAC. Selections from classic ballets such as Romeo & Juliet, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Don Quixote, and more bring magical stories, beautiful music, and graceful dance to the stage for all ages to enjoy. Tickets: $22 general, $20 senior and $15 youth

Schoolhouse Rock Live! performed by Childsplay: 1 p.m. March 21, Kent-Meridian PAC. A pop culture phenomenon

returns to the musical stage! Academic subjects will never seem boring again when presented through mega-hits like “Conjunc-tion Junction,” “Just a Bill,” and “Interplanet Janet.” Schoolhouse Rock explodes onto the stage with songs you loved updated for a whole new generation. Childsplay is a professional company of adult actors who teach and perform for young audiences and families. Tickets: $10 general, $10 senior, $10 youth

Masters of Soul: 7:30 p.m. April 7, Kentwood PAC. A celebration of the legend-ary songs and performers that defined Motown and soul music. The show features the incredible harmonies and smooth moves made famous by recording acts like The Temptations, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, The Four Tops, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Jackson Five, Martha Reeves The Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, Barry White, The Commodores and many more. Tickets: $25 general, $22 senior, $15 youth

CHANCEL ARTS AT KENT LUTHERAN

Jazz: 8-10 p.m. Feb. 21, March 21, Kent Lutheran Church, Fellowship Hall, 336 Second Ave. S., downtown Kent. Jazz for lis-tening and dancing. Centerpiece Jazz Band from Music Center Northwest in Seattle per-forms. Admission: $12.50 adults, $5 senior citizens in groups of 10. Refreshments and drinks available. For more information, call Fergus Prestbye at 253-520-1033.

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Kent Bluegrass: Noon-5 p.m. Feb. 21, Kent Senior Center, 600 E. Smith St. Lineup: Don Gardner’s new Take 7 Little Big Band, playing swing favorites and instrumentals and featuring singer Robin Dalynn. Also featured is the easy listening guitar and vocals of Moore of Beck and Kayser, Stillwa-ter Hill, and Norm Heutmaker’s Washington Bluegrass Revue. For more information, call 253-856-5150 or 253-939-5594.

Shrek The Musical’: 7 p.m. March 27, 28, April 3; 3 p.m. March 28, 29, April 4, Green River College, Performing Arts Building,

12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. Presented by Heavier Than Air Family Theatre. Everyone’s favorite ogre, and unlikely hero, finds himself on a life-changing journey with a wisecracking Donkey and feisty princess. This hilarious stage version is based on the Oscar-winning film. Tickets: $10 advance, $12 at the door. For more information, call 253-833-9111 or visit www.heavierthanair.com.

Auditions“9 to 5, The Musical”: 6-9:30 p.m. March 16, Auburn Ave Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. Auburn Community Players production. Performers 16 and older. Please arrive early to fill out audition form and get your picture taken. Bring a resume, a list of conflicts for April-June, and a prepared musical theater song, 16-32 bars, no a cappella. Bring sheet music in correct key. Accompanist will be provided. Callbacks are 7-9:30 p.m. March 18. The show run is 7:30 p.m. June 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20 and 2 p.m. June 14. For more information, contact Jim Kleinbeck at 253-804-5057.

ReunionsKentlake Class of 2005: 7-11 p.m. June 27, Tavern Hall, 505 Bellevue Square, Bellevue. 10-year reunion. Ticket informa-tion: klhs2005.weebly.com

Galleries, studiosCentennial Center Gallery: 400 W. Gowe St., Kent. Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Mon-day-Friday. Closed weekends and holidays. For more information, call 253-856-5050 or visit [email protected].

Michael Tolleson Savant Art Center: 205 1st Ave. S., Kent. Art studio and autistic art mentoring center. To learn more about the center and its programs, call 253-850-5995, visit www.MichaelTollesonArtist.com or email [email protected]. The center also can be found on Facebook.

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ISAAC LUNSFORD, PLEASE get in contact with me regarding the disposition of the Home on Treasure Drive in Pre- scott Valley, AZ. 775-835-3754. Published in Kent Reporter on February 6, 2015, February 13, 2015 and February 20, 2015 #1249447.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASH- INGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date on this notice to pursue me- diation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTOR- NEY LICENSED IN WASH- INGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to media- tion if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Hous- ing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission Telephone: 1 - 8 7 7 - 8 9 4 - H O M E (1-877-894-4663) . Web site:

mers/homeownership/post_purchase_counselors_foreclosure.htm The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Tele- phone: 1-800-569-4287 Web

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wide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys Telephone: 1-800-606-4819 Web site: http://nwjustice.org/what- clear I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, CLEAR RECON CORP. , 9311 S.E. 36th Street, Suite 100, Mer- cer Island, WA 98040, Trustee will on 2/27/2015 at 12:00 AM at AT THE 4TH AVENUE EN- TRANCE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING LOCATIONED ONE BLOCK EAST OF THE KING COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, 500 4TH AVE, SEAT- TLE, WA 98121 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or cashier’s check or certi-

State chartered banks, at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of King, State of Wash- ington, to-wit: THE SOUTH 40 FEET OF THE NORTH 175

FEET OF THE EAST 7 1/2 ACRES OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTH- WEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 23 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, W.M., IN KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON. EXCEPT COUNTY ROAD. Commonly known as: 11415 12TH AVE SW SEATTLE, WA 98146 APN: 0723049158 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 6/5/2000, recorded 10/28/2004, as Auditor’s File No. 20041028000431, records of King County, Washington, from SAMUEL PERKINS AND EL- ENA PERKINS, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Grantor(s), to LAWYERS TITLE AGENCY OF WASHINGTON, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of HOUSEHOLD FINANCE

which was assigned by U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF8 Master Participation Trust , under an Assignment recorded under Auditor’s File No 20140723001447. II. No action

of the Deed of Trust or the

pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows:PROMISSORY NOTE INFOR- MATION Note Dated: 10/26/2004 Note Amount: $228,274.58 Interest Paid To: 2/28/2011 Next Due Date: 3/30/2011 PAYMENT INFOR- MATION FROM THRUNO.PMT AMOUNT TOTAL3/30/2011 10/7/2014 43 $1,304.44 $56,090.92 AD- VANCES/LATE CHARGESDESCRIPTION TOTALCorporate Advance $49,894.23Accrued Late Charges $2,087.04Deferred Interest $29,937.84ESTIMATED FORECLOSURE FEES AND COSTSDESCRIPTION TOTALTrustee’s Fee’s $750.00 Posting of Notice of Default $75.00 Post- ing of Notice of Sale $125.00 Record Appointment of Succes- sor Trustee $14.00 Record As- signment of Deed of Trust $15.00 T.S.G. Fee $628.15 Title Datedown Fee $50.00 Mailings $129.06 TOTAL DUE AS OF 10/15/2014 $139,868.36 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $216,108.98, together with interest as provided in the Note from 3/30/2011, and such other costs and fees as are provided by statute. V. The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obli-

gation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on 2/27/2015. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by 2/16/2015, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before 2/16/2015 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with

a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after the 2/16/2015 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the or the Grantor’s successor interest or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust and curing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of Default was

Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): SEE ATTACHED EX-

proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Bor- rower and Grantor were person- ally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trus- tee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invali- dating the Trustee’s sale. X. NO- TICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS – The purchaser at the trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. If you are a servicemember or a dependent of a servicemember, you may be entitled to certain protections under the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and any compar- able state laws regarding the risk of foreclosure. If you believe you may be entitled to these protec-

immediately. THIS IS AN AT- TEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION

OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: 10/16/14 CLEAR RECON CORP., as Successor Trustee For additional information or service you may contact: Clear Recon Corp. 9311 S.E. 36th Street, Suite 100 Mercer Island, WA 98040 Phone: (206) 707-9599EXHIBIT”1” NAME ADDRESSELENA N PERKINS 11415 12TH AVE SW SEATTLE, WA 98146 ELENA N PERKINS 11415 12TH AVE SW SEAT- TLE, WA 98146-3557 ELENA PERKINS 11415 12TH AVE SW SEATTLE, WA 98146 ELE- NA PERKINS 11415 12TH AVE SW SEATTLE, WA 98146-3557 SAMUEL PER- KINS 11415 12TH AVE SW SEATTLE, WA 98146 SAMU- EL PERKINS 11415 12TH AVE SW SEATTLE, WA 98146-3557Published in the Kent Reporter on January 30, 2015 and Febru- ary 13, 2015. #1162332. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASH- INGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date on this notice to pursue me- diation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTOR- NEY LICENSED IN WASH- INGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to media- tion if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Hous- ing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission Telephone: 1 - 8 7 7 - 8 9 4 - H O M E (1-877-894-4663). Web site:

wa.gov/consu- m e r s / h o m e o w n e r - ship/post_purchase_counselors_ foreclosure.htm The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Tele- phone: 1-800-569-4287 Web site: hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/index.cfm?webListAction=search&search

The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys Telephone: 1-800-606-4819 Web site: http://nwjustice.org/what-clear I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, CLEAR RECON CORP., 9311 S.E. 36th Street, Suite 100, Mercer Island, WA 98040, Trustee will on 3/20/2015 at 10:00 AM at AT THE 4TH AVENUE EN- TRANCE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING LOCATIONED ONE BLOCK EAST OF THE KING COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, 500 4TH AVE, SEAT- TLE, WA 98121 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or cashier’s check or certi-

State chartered banks, at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of King, State of Wash- ington, to-wit: LOT 2, BLOCK 3, RENTON SUBURBAN TRACTS, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RE- CORDED IN VOLUME 57

OF PLATS, PAGE(S) 72, RECORDS OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON. SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF KING, STATE OF WASH- INGTON Commonly known as:13442 168TH AVE SE RENTON, WA 98059 APN: 722970-0110-02 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 7/27/2007, recorded 8/3/2007, as Auditor’s File No. 20070803001143, records of King County, Washington, from DAVID L. ESP AND TAMRA A. OWENS, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Grantor(s), to FIRST AMERICAN TITLE COMPA- NY, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRA- TION SYSTEMS INC., SOLE- LY AS NOMINEE FOR PROV- IDENT FUNDING ASSO- CIATES, L.P., A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, ITS SUCCES- SORS AND ASSIGNS, as Bene-

which was assigned by Provident Funding Associates, L.P., under an Assignment recorded under Auditor’s File No 9517071086. II. No action commenced by the

now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by- reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows:PROMISSORY NOTE INFOR- MATION Note Dated: 7/27/2007Note Amount: $280,000.00 Inter- est Paid To: 8/1/2012 Next Due Date: 9/1/2012 PAYMENT IN- FORMATION FROM THRUNO.PMT AMOUNT TOTAL9/1/2012 27 $2,194.00 $59,238.00 ADVANCES/LATE CHARGES DESCRIPTIONTOTAL Escrow $8,747.25 Cor- porate Advance $5,078.89 Ac- crued Late Charges $2,451.60 Per Diem $48.11 ESTIMATED FORECLOSURE FEES AND COSTS DESCRIPTION TOTALTrustee’s Fee’s $750.00 Record Substitution of Trustee $14.00 T.S.G. Fee $1,018.00 T.S.G. Fee (WA SALES TAX ) $96.71 Mailings $6.98 TOTAL DUE AS OF 11/4/2014 $77,417.27 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $260,203.01, together with interest as provided in the Note from 9/1/2012, and such other costs and fees as are provided by statute. V. The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on 3/20/2015. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by 3/9/2015, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before 3/9/2015 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with

a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after the 3/9/2015 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the or the Grantor’s successor interest or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the principal and interest secured by the

Deed of Trust, plus costs, feesand advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obliga-tion and/or Deed of Trust andcuring all other defaults. VI. Awritten Notice of Default was

Trustee to the Borrower andGrantor at the following ad-dress(es): SEE ATTACHED EX-

proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Bor-rower and Grantor were person-ally served, if applicable, withsaid written Notice of Default orthe written Notice of Default wasposted in a conspicuous place on the real property described inParagraph I above, and the Trus-tee has possession of proof ofsuch service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and addressare set forth below will providein writing to anyone requestingit, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to thesale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-de-scribed property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invali- dating the Trustee’s sale. X. NO- TICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS – The purchaser at the trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. If you are a servicemember or a dependent of a servicemember, you may be entitled to certain protections under the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and any compar- able state laws regarding the risk of foreclosure. If you believe you may be entitled to these protec-

immediately. THIS IS AN AT- TEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: 11/4/14 CLEAR RECON CORP., as Successor Trustee For additional information or service you may contact: Clear Recon Corp. 9311 S.E. 36th Street, Suite 100 Mercer Island, WA 98040 Phone: (206) 707-9599EXHIBIT”1” NAME ADDRESSBoeing Employees Credit UnionP.O. BOX 97050 SEATTLE, WA 98124 Boeing Employees’ Credit Union P.O. Box 97050 Seattle, WA 98124 David Esp 13442 168th Ave Se Renton, WA 98059 DAVID L. ESP 13442 168TH AVE SE REN- TON, WA 98059 DAVID L. ESP 13442 168TH AVE SE. RENTON, WA 98059 DAVID LOUIS ESP 13442 168TH AVE SE RENTON, WA 98059 Occu- pant 13442 168th Ave Se Ren- ton, WA 98059 Occupants/Ten- ants 13442 168TH AVE SE

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RENTON, WA 98059 TAMRA A. OWENS 13442 168TH AVE SE RENTON, WA 98059 TAM- RA A. OWENS 13442 168TH AVE SE. RENTON, WA 98059TAMRA ANNE OWENS 14625 SE 176TH ST #P101 RENTON, WA 98058 Published in the Kent Reporter on February 13, 2014 and March 6, 2014. #1181963.

CITY OF KENTREVISED NOTICE OF APPLICATION

and Proposed Determination

A project

Planning Services. Kent expects to issue a Determi-

used. This may be the only opportunity to comment on the

proposal. The proposal may include mitigation measures under applicable codes, and the project

or require mitigation measures

obtained upon request

application and listed studies

Kent Planning Services, 400 W.

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er, but no impacts to the river or

pated.

Building Permit, Flood Zone Permit

May 16, 2014 – May 30, 2014

All persons may comment on this

Planning Services by , May 30, 2014

, at 220 4th Avenue South, Kent WA 98032. For questions regarding this project, please contact Katie Graves,

Published in the Kent Reporter on February 13, 2015. #1251722

Superior Court of

, childrenJames N. Rose, Petitioner

and

Beto Vasquez, Respondents,No. 14-3-08354-1KNT

To the Respondents:The petitioner has started an action in the above court request-

must respond to this summons by

sponse on the person signing this

against you, and the court may,

ter a decree and approve or pro-

ance on the undersigned person,

sponse to the summons and peti-

01.0300, Response to Nonparen-

may be obtained by contacting

http:

attorney in this matter, you should do so promptly so that

may be served on time. One

response on the petitioner is to

return receipt requested. This summons is issued pursuant to

27, 2014 James N Rose Jr. Peti- tioner.

Ave. North, Kent, WA 98032

Rose Jr. 27014 125th Ave NE, Kent WA 98030.Published in the Kent Reporter

ruary 6, 13, 20, 2015. #1225156

PURSUANT TO THE RE-

STEP BEFORE THE FORE-

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NOW to assess your situation

are eligible and it may help you

lors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to

in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house,

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NO-

98121 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, pay-

QUARTER OF THE NORTH-

as Trustee, to secure an obliga-

under an Assignment recorded

No action commenced by the

The de-

FROM THRUNO.PMT AMOUNT

IV on the obligation secured by the

vided by statute. The above

and the obligation secured by the

implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on

costs are paid. Payment must be

ally chartered bank. The sale

junior lien or encumbrance by paying the principal and interest

any, made pursuant to the terms

Trust and curing all other de-

uous place on the real property

prior to the sale.

by, through or under the Grantor

described property. Anyone having any objections to this sale

61.24.130. Failure to bring such

X. NO-

TENANTS – The purchaser at

against the grantor under the

anyone having an interest junior

sale the purchaser has the right to

ants by summary proceedings

tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant

a servicemember or a dependent

entitled to certain protections un-

may be entitled to these protec-

NAME ADDRESS

Published in the Kent Reporter on February 13, 2014 and March 6, 2014. #1182033.

INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that the

up to as

4th Avenue South, Kent, Wash- ington. All bids must be proper- ly marked and sealed in accor-

including U.S. Mail. All bids

James Street Pump Stationt

station generator system and the

diameter ductile iron pipe, 24inch diameter ductile iron pipeand 24 inch diameter ductile iron

and appurtenances. The project

and 24 inch diameter ductile ironpipe, and associated appurte-nances.

million. Bid documents may be

Kent Engineering Department,

Bids must be clearly marked

Kent, WA 98032-5895. Only

Each bid shall be in accordance

and other contract documents

and Kent Special Provisions maybe purchased at a

bid is required.

right to reject any and all bids on any or all schedules or alternates

the bidding and shall determine

sponsible bidder and shall be the

shall be available to the bidder

to execute a contract.

initial bid a signed statement as

11246.

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ments or employees are, or shall be, a party to this contract or any subcontract.

2015.

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Join Us For Our Open House!Sunday, February 15 – 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Come View Our Beautiful, Spacious Cottage Floor Plans!

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THE GREATER ISSAQUAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESENTS

FEBRUARY 27TH

5:30PM - 8:30PM

Chili, Beer, Ambiance, Music, Prizes and BeerFeaturing Rogue Brewery, Snoqualmie Brewery,Ninkasi, Number 6 Cider and many more...

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Rotary Club of Kent recently honored two Kentwood High School students as Students of the Month in the category of fi ne/performing arts. Pictured, from left, are Rotary Club of Kent President Dawn Colston; student Macy Mackey, student Makani Mafua and Rotarian Erik Olsen. COURTESY PHOTO

CLASS ACTS

THUNDERSTRUCK! DANCE FOR HEART – an entertainment-fi lled charity event to support the Ameri-can Heart Association – returns at 7 p.m. Friday to the Kentridge High School Performing Arts Center, 12430 SE 208th St. Proceeds benefi t the AHA.

The lineup includes performances from the Chatelaines, Sparkles Cheerleaders (special needs kids), gymnastics and multicultural dancers from salsa to hip hop, Yoga Club, Steppers and Ballers, Little Charger Preschoolers, and Rockers who sing, dance and play the drums.

The program raised more than $3,000 last year, with the goal of raising more than $5,000 this year, according to Denise Wiskow, a sports medicine instructor at Ken-tridge and the show’s director.

The program is part of a month-long devotion to heart health. A school-wide Red Out Day is on Friday, National Heart Day, when many students and staff wear red to support the AHA. Kentridge also observed Heart Aware-ness Week, Feb. 6-13. Students hosted awareness events each day during lunch.


Knowledge is the fi rst step to a healthier you!Maintaining the best health possible should be a priority. Give yourself a wellness advantage by keeping informed on health issues that matter most to you and your family.

Valley Medical Center is dedicated to improving the health of the community by offering seminars and events led by our expert physicians

and healthcare specialists.

Presentations cover a wide range of topics, so keep

checking our line-up for the events of most interest and importance to you.

Unless otherwise noted,

events are FREE.

Sign up online at

valleymed.org/stayhealthy or

call 425.656.INFO (4636)

HEARTMONTHFREE EVENTS& SEMINARS

You’reInvited!

HEART MONTH: FREE BLOOD PRESSURE & BLOOD SUGAR CHECKSSaturday & Sunday

February 14 & 15, Noon – 2 PM

IKEA, 601 SW 41st St, Renton

DON’T MISS A BEAT! 10 STEPS TO A HEALTHIER HEARTThursday, February 19, 6 – 7 PM

Medical Arts Center AuditoriumJoshua Busch, MDHeart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. Why is that important? Because there’s a lot you can do to prevent heart disease and maintain a healthy heart. Join cardiologist Joshua Busch, MD, and learn what puts you at risk and the 10 steps you can take to protect your heart.

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Documents

Kent Reporter, February 13, 2015