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Bill Parmenter, of Kent, uses a genealogy tree to notate the stake each of his family members have in an acre parcel of land. The land, being sold by the school district, has made Parmenter reconnect with many family members. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter

School land deal draws large family together

Mayor: City needs more staff to oversee B&O tax systemBY STEVE HUNTER

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Apparently, $300,000 a year for two audi-tors to oversee the city of Kent’s business and occupation (B&O) tax isn’t enough.

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke told the City Council at its Tuesday night workshop that

the city needs to spend more money for more staff . Th e council adopted the tax in 2012 to help pay for street repairs. Th e tax became eff ec-tive in January 2013.

“Th e $300,000 you have set aside from the B&O tax for staffi ng of the B&O is showing itself to be clearly not suffi cient,” Cooke said

at a workshop to discuss where to spend the nearly $5 million annual revenue from the tax. “Th e auditors have not been able to do one single audit yet in setting up the system.

“Just as a heads up when you look at this budget I urge you not to get too hung up on the $300,000 staff costs that you’ve looked at for the administration of it. It will be more.”

Councilman Bill Boyce had a quick ques-tion for Cooke.

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BY ROSS COYLE

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It’s not every day that a bureaucratic land deal forces you to reconnect with distant relatives on the other side of a continent. But that’s exactly what happened to Bill Parmenter when the Kent School District discussed selling the old Panther Lake elementary school.

“I always knew there was a story there,” said the Kent postal worker, “but I didn’t know much about it.”

But as the land sale started to go through, Parmenter and the school district quickly learned just how much family history was invested in Kent.

Parmenter’s great-grandfather, Isaac Par-menter, had deeded an acre of land used in Panther Lake to the school district exclusively for education, and should it not be used for education would revert to the Parmenter heirs.

Perhaps Isaac hadn’t counted on having such

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Th e Kent City Council will choose among fi ve women and two men for the vacant Kent City Coun-cil position.

Th e council will interview the seven during a public meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25 at City Hall. Council members will go into execu-tive session to discuss the

candidates and return in a public session to make the appointment to replace Ken Sharp. Sharp resigned last month aft er two weeks in offi ce because of pending fi rst-degree theft charges.

Th e council will in-terview each candidate separately, said Council President Dana Ralph. Each candidate will be asked the same set of four or fi ve questions and the

council will ask any fol-lowup questions.

Council members earlier this month cut an applica-tion list of 38 people to seven. Several candidates lost in recent council elec-tions but Ralph said those results were not part of the selection process.

“We looked at each application,” Ralph said. “Once the election is done, it’s done. Th e appoint-

ment process is completely separate.”

Th e council members are Ralph, Deborah Ranniger, Bill Boyce, Les Th omas, Dennis Higgins and Jim Berrios.

Here’s a short profi le of the seven fi nalists based on information they submitted to the city as well as previ-ous Kent Reporter stories:

A closer look at 7 City Council finalists

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Park Orchard celebrates 50th anniversary on multi-cultural night FOR THE REPORTER

Park Orchard Elementary School recently celebrated its 50th anniver-sary, setting an attendance record for a school event.

The school’s Golden Jubilee, which coincided with its annual multi-cultural night on Jan. 31, featured students and families sharing their cultural heritage with specially crafted displays, authentic food from their country of origin and entertainment

from throughout the world. More than 550 parents, students, communi-ty members, and former and current staff attended.

“Students and staff had been look-ing forward to the event, and I was so pleased to see how students’ families came out to celebrate with us,” said Principal Eric Richards. “Families are a key ingredient to the success of our students, and it was a great oppor-tunity to involve them in our school celebration.”

The theme, “One World, One School,” celebrated the school’s diverse population, which has changed sig-nificantly since its beginning 50 years

ago, when the school served a quiet rural community.

Around the gymnasium, where the event took place, were cultural displays, developed by students to represent their heritage. Students had worked on them during recess and at home. Entertainment included the Kentridge High School Bollywood Dance Team and music by bagpiper Bruce Corns.

Local restaurants contributed to the celebration, including El Charro, El Rinconsito, Mexico Lindo, Basil Garden, Azteca, Old Country Buffet, Punjab Sweets, Benson Pizza, and Paolo’s Italian.

Mayor, center honor active, musical senior

Family, music and a busy schedule are keeping Charline Payne young these days.

The Kent woman, who turned 90 on Feb. 9, received a belated surprise birthday party on Valentine’s Day at the Kent Senior Activity Center.

Family and friends joined Payne for cake, stories and laughter during karaoke at the center.

A regular, Payne performed a few of her favorite tunes with her unique, soft voice, shuffling to the lyrics.

Mayor Suzette Cooke attended to officially honor Payne on her milestone and for her work in the community.

“This is a wonderful day,” the delightful and charming Payne said. “I have a wonderful family.

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“I don’t think so,” she said. “I just keep going … finding things to do.”

Payne has always en-joyed performing.

She often was asked if she sang professionally. She used to sing with the big bands for fun in the early 1940s, and joined her brother, Bob, for piano duets on a weekly radio program when they were younger.

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Today Payne continues to help oth-ers and volunteers at the center.

She enjoys being with family and friends. She has eight grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

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an extended family, but in either case, it doesn’t change the fact that the Parmenter line has had to divide ownership of the one-acre parcel among more than 40 extended family members.

“I think that they thought that no one really cared, no one really knew anything about it,” Parmenter said.

Being the youngest child of his generation, he knew that some of his aunts, un-cles and cousins had passed away and left descendants, and he would need to fi nd them and incorporate them into the sale.

“I knew there were some

holes,” he said.Using the Curran Law

Firm, Parmenter contacted each family member with a stake in the plot along Southeast 208th Street to request their approval to sell it to the district.

Th e resulting legal discus-sions forced the 60-year-old Parmenter to connect – and reconnect – with an estimat-ed 40 to 60 family members to get their approval of the sale. Some included aunts and cousins he hadn’t spoken with 35 years, while others were long removed grand-children from his great aunts and uncles.

So Parmenter produced a genealogical map of his

family, following Isaac Parmenter’s line to his two sons and two daughters, and on to each web down to the current generation. Th e genealogy map spans 15 feet of paper. But once he fi nished tracing Isaac’s descendants, he went a few steps further and started uncovering his ancestry.

Among the things he discovered? He is a direct descendant of Revolution-ary War fi ghters, which makes all the women in his family a Daughter of the American Revolution.

Parmenter, whose entire family has grown up in Kent, attended Kent-Meridian High School when signs at

the base of Canyon Drive still said, “Population 3,000,” and the Panther Lake land deal motivated him to start trac-ing his family’s lineage back to their original French and English origins.

When his cousin, Jean Cole had her 50th class reunion at Kent-Meridian (most of Parmenter’s broth-ers, sisters and cousins graduated from the Kent School District), he had the idea to get the family together. Twenty-fi ve family members made it to the reunion, and Parmenter collected hundreds of fam-ily photographs to show everyone their history.

“It was kind of neat, it was

fun,” he said. “It was some-thing we needed to do.”

It gave Parmenter a chance to educate his family on their history and legacy.

“In many of the cases, my cousins did not know anything about the history of my great-grandfather,” Parmenter said. “Th eir father, or their mother had never told them any of the stories.”

More importantly, it gave the Parmenter clan a reason to reunite aft er decades of isolation.

“Th e only time I’ve seen any of my cousins is at funerals,” Parmenter said.

Th e deal with the school went forward smoothly,

and the school district has agreed to buy the acre from the family for $445,000. Th at money will be divided among the rest of the Par-menter family. Th e family agreed to the deal, with the exception of three of the Sa-fadago family, who wanted their great-great-grandfa-ther memorialized in the new Panther Lake school. Parmenter negotiated with the district to have the new school’s multipurpose room dedicated to Isaac Par-menter, so other students will also understand some of the history of Kent.

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A 70-year-old Kent man,the pilot of a small plane that crashed Jan. 20 in a clear-cut

fi eld in Poulsbo, has died.Kent Curtiss died on Feb. 7

at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with his family

by his side. A memorial for Curtiss is

scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at Edline-Yahn & Covington Funeral Chapel,

27221 156th Ave. SE, Kent.

KENT PILOT DIES FROM INJURIES SUFFERED IN

SMALL-PLANE CRASH

BY STEVE HUNTER

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A car crash last Octo-ber in Kent that killed a 17-year-old boy remains under investigation by the King County Sheriff ’s Offi ce.

A deputy in a Sheriff ’s Offi ce patrol car collided with a vehicle driven by Brandon Gonzalez, 17, of Kent, a senior at Th omas Jeff erson High School in the Federal Way School District. Gonzalez died from injuries suff ered in the 12:30 a.m. Oct. 20 ac-cident at the intersection of South 196th Street and 68th Avenue South.

“Th e case was going to

be on the February Driving Review Board but the inves-tigator is not done with the

case,” said Sgt. Cindi West, Sheriff ’s Offi ce spokes-woman, in a Feb. 12 email.

“We are hoping it will be on the March Driving Review Board.”

Th e board includes seven members from the Sheriff ’s Offi ce, including a com-mander who chairs the group.

Th e Major Accident Re-sponse and Reconstruction Unit of the Sheriff ’s Offi ce investigates the accident and forwards its fi ndings to the Driving Review Board to decide if the deputy’s driving was within policy and the law, whether it was preventable or not and if any training or discipline should be given to the dep-uty, West said. Th e deputy is a seven-year veteran of

the Sheriff ’s Offi ce.Th e deputy suff ered a

broken wrist in the acci-dent. Two passengers in the Acura driven by Gonzalez were treated for minor injuries.

Gonzalez drove eastbound on South 196th Street while the patrol car was south-bound on 68th Avenue South, also known as the West Valley Highway. Inves-tigators have been unable to determine which car ran the red light. Th e deputy told investigators he had a green light while the surviving occupants of the other car were unsure if their light was green or red.

Sheriff’s Office still reviewing Kent car crash that killed teen

A King County Sheriff ’s Offi ce patrol car collided with a vehicle driven by a 17-year-old Kent boy in October. COURTESY PHOTO

BY STEVE HUNTER

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Former Kent City Councilman Ken Sharp faces a March 19 court hearing on his fi rst-degree theft charges.

Sharp had a King County Su-perior Court hearing Wednesday continued because of “more discov-

ery recently provide,” said defense attorney Mark Prothero. Discovery is the exchange of information between the prosecutor and defense about the witnesses and evidence they’ll present at trial.

Sharp resigned in January aft er just two weeks in offi ce because of the pending theft charges. Th e

council is expected to choose a replacement for Sharp at a Feb. 25 meeting.

Th e Kent businessman faces seven counts of fi rst-degree theft for reportedly stealing $297,500 from his 93-year-old mother’s bank account and putting the money into his account. If convicted as charged,

Sharp faces a prison sentence of 22 to 29 months. Sharp pleaded not guilty to the charges Aug. 29.

King County prosecutors fi led charges Aug. 15 against Sharp. Federal Way Police arrested him for investigation of theft on June 21. His mother lived in Federal Way at the time of the alleged theft .

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“Do you have any idea what more is?” Boyce said.

“No and we won’t do that until we provide it to the (council’s) Operations Committee,” said Cooke, who expects to present a staffing proposal within the next couple of months. “I’m just speaking in advance since you’re looking at the budget and if you get down to look-ing at spending every nickel and dime towards the projects

and letting the staff element of it go, we’re going to find ourselves in a real quagmire here in trying to work more efficiently and effectively in actually implementing. We need auditors out there to get dollars that aren’t coming in.”

The auditing budget of $300,000 includes $226,468 in salary and benefits to the two auditors; $19,576 in com-puter and telephone services; $47,756 for tools, equipment and software; $5,200 for dues, membership fees, travel and

training; and $1,000 for office supplies.

Tom Brubaker, city interim chief administrative officer, told the council the auditors are tied up with setting up the tax.

“Building this tax frame-work and getting the software right has eaten up all of the time of our auditors,” Brubaker said. “And our chief auditor (who oversees the two B&O tax auditors) has been almost all B&O tax so he’s not doing what he normally does

and his tasks are all on the back burner and we need him to be our auditor.”

The council discussed but didn’t decide which street projects should be done this year. Staff recommenda-tions will go to the council’s Public Works Committee for further discussion and the project list is expected to go before the full council on March 4.

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• JED ALDRIDGE

Years in Kent: 12.

Job: Self-employed job interview

coach and trainer.

Background: Ten years as city of Kent

employment manager; 12 years as Kent

Fire Department assistant chief; nine

years as Kent firefighter.

Quote: “It is critical that the city

balance the public safety needs with the

maintenance and development of our

public works infrastructure, parks system,

human services as well as the internal

services department.”

Election races: None.

• CHRISTINE BUDELL

Years in Kent: Seven.

Job: Project manager at SimplyFun.

Background: President of North Park

Neighborhood Council; Kent International

Festival volunteer; 2011 Kent Bicycle and

Pedestrian Advisory Committee member.

Quote: “I have fought hard for the

residents of my neighborhood and will

continue to fight for all of the residents of

Kent… . I want to make Kent a destina-

tion for new business and families to

relocate.”


• BRENDA FINCHER

Years in Kent: 25.

Job: Administrative assistant at Holy

Spirit Catholic Church in Kent.

Background: Sixteen years as cus-

tomer service and training consultant at

Equifax Information Services; past presi-

dent of Kent Youth and Family Services

board; Kent Black Action Commission

member; led development of Kent

women’s homeless shelter; past president

of Kent-Meridian High School PTA.

Quote: “I am excited to help firmly

establish Kent as a regional leader in

innovation and business growth. I am

especially eager to engage new busi-

nesses. There is a wealth of experience

and a high desire for entrepreneurship in

our growing immigrant communities.”


• BARBARA PHILLIPS

Years in Kent: 20-plus.

Job: Management program assistant

at Federal Aviation Administration.

Background: Vice chair city Land Use

and Planning Board; president of Commu-

nity Network Council in Kent; past president

of Kent-Meridian High PTA; co-chaired Kent

School District diversity task force.

Quote: “I am a diligent community

activist striving for community improve-

ment for the citizens of Kent.”

Election races: Lost August 2013

Kent City Council primary to Ken Sharp

and Bailey Stober. Lost 2009 City Council

race to Elizabeth Albertson.

• DEBBIE RAPLEE

Years in Kent: 21.

Job: Staff analyst at Boeing.

Background: Served eight years (2004-2011) on Kent City Council, served as council president as well as chair of Public Works Committee and Operations Committee and as council liaison to ShoWare Center.

Quote: “As a former member of the Kent City Council, I am very familiar with the duties and participation require-ments for council members and commit-tee members.”

Election races: Lost 2013 Kent City Council race as write-in candidate against Ken Sharp and Bailey Stober. Lost as incumbent to Bill Boyce in 2011 City Council race. Elected over Leona Orr to City Council in 2003.

• WADE SCHWARTZ

Years in Kent: Four-plus.

Job: Owns Blanc-n-Schwartz Salon in downtown Kent.

Background: Chair of city of Kent Human Services Commission; co-founder of Kent Pride celebration; Greater Kent Historical Society board member; Kent Downtown Partnership board member.

Quote: “I feel we need more leader-ship to improve transportation, job growth and build a safe and inclusive community. I’ll develop long-term planning to address traffic congestion, broaden our economy and support local businesses, and embrace diversity to ensure the success of our kids.”

Election races: Lost 2013 Kent City Council race to Jim Berrios.

• SARAH VEELE

Years in Kent: Nine.

Job: Senior research associate at Wash-ington State Center for Court Research.

Background: Member of Kent International Festival planning commit-tee since 2008; member of Kruisin’ Kent Passport planning committee; doctorate degree in health services research from University of Washington.

Quote: “I would love to focus on the revitalization of the downtown, promot-ing a safe and healthy community and expanding civic participation among our diverse population.”


To view the 38 City Council applications, go to the city of Kent website at kentwa.gov.

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It’s time to end the death penalty

On Sept. 20, 2006, the King County Journal published an essay I wrote on the death penalty. In that essay, I recommended a moratorium on capital punishment while we studied and debated the law’s effi cacy and effi ciency.

Aft er thorough scrutiny of the issues involved, Gov. Jay Inslee has now taken the courageous step of imposing a moratorium under the powers authorized to him by the Legislature and the state constitution.

I say “courageous” because it is a politically risky move.

Many in the public equate opposition to the death penalty statute as being “soft on

crime,” making a politi-cian more vulnerable come election time. But the two concepts do not equate. Putting emotions aside and addressing the issue from an objective, public policy standpoint, ending the death penalty

would strengthen the criminal justice system by allowing more resources to be put into public safety and crime prevention programs while keeping those convicted of aggravated murder locked up and out of society forever.

Some thoughts on why we should abolish the death penalty:

Arbitrariness: Two percent of those convict-ed of murder face the death penalty. But this ultimate punishment is not simply reserved for the “worst of the worst.” U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart analogized im-position of the death penalty to being “struck by lightning.” Life and death decisions vary from state to state, county to county, prosecu-tor to prosecutor. Th ere are no standards. One murder may result in a capital pros-ecution in one county, but not in another. Same state, same law, same aggravating and mitigating factors but one defendant faces the death penalty and one does not. Capital punishment is applied arbitrarily, subject to the political decisions of a county’s elected prosecutor.

Deterrence: People who support the death penalty argue that it is a deterrent to murder. Th e vast majority of research disproves that argument. Beyond the research and statistics, I have front-line, real-world experience on the issue. Th e nature of the potential punish-ment is simply not part of the equation when someone contemplates murder. Th ere is no thought process that goes, “Well, I’d kill him if I only got life in prison, but since Wash-ington has the death penalty, I won’t.” We are deterred by how we are raised, by our moral compass of right and wrong, by our respect for life and by the laws that govern our civi-lized society. A person committing murder is acting outside that realm of rational thought.

Costs: A criminal justice system with a death penalty is much more costly to taxpay-ers than one without. Th ere is no argument.

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Save a community gem, Riverbend’s par 3 golf course

It is amazing how little at-tention we pay to things we take for granted until they are gone.

So when I heard the (city-owned Riverbend) par 3 golf course was still the target for closure, I decided to check around, see what others thought.

Low and behold, there are plenty of others who are dismayed that no matter what well researched and thought-out ideas and suggestions are proposed, the only plan considered is closure.

I have always admired cities that promoted healthy, fam-

ily friendly, easily accessible, fi nancial reasonable activities, and especially those involving the outdoors. Th e par 3 is that

kind of activity. It attracts all ages and skill levels to partici-pate. It’s an activity that does not result in concussions or broken bones. Novices start at facilities like this.

So it is particularly dismay-ing to see little to no eff ort be-ing made by decision-makers to save and promote this kind of facility, instead of continu-ing to focus on their one and only idea – closure.

I hope the public pays at-tention to this and expresses their opinion. And I hope they see the value in keeping a gem of a facility like the par 3 golf course.

Check around for those other opinions.

– Bonnie Reister

PAGE PATROLFar left, Natalie Childress, an eighth-grader at Seattle Christian School, took time away from her studies to recently spend a week

participating in the Senate Page Program at the state Legislature. She was sponsored by Sen. Joe Fain (R-Auburn). Childress is the daughter of Jack and Debora Childress of Kent. Above, Kent’s Rebekah Lindblom, a student at Seattle Christian Schools, served as a page for a week in the state House of Representatives. Sponsored by state Rep. Tina Orwall, D-Des Moines, Rebekah is the daughter of Tammie Lee and Konrad Lindblom. COURTESY PHOTOS


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AT 10:00AMProperty belonging to Charles Guzek, (unit#(s), (000011647), Jonathan White, (000001801), Clay Bernichon, (018075, 000000196, 022992, 014769, 040798), Nancy Bryant, (000002023), Ylanda Thomas, (041788), Mary Logan, (043922), Jacques Bergeron, (029451, 025550), will be sold by live public auction (verbal bidding) on MARCH 6, 2014 STARTING AT 10:00AM at DOOR TO DOOR STORAGE, INC., 21001 72nd Ave S., Kent, WA 98032. Goods were neither packed, loaded, nor inventoried by Door to Door Storage, Inc. General description of the goods likely to be sold: Household, business or consumer goods, namely personal effects, china, furniture, clothing, books, glass, silverware, electronics, tools, and similar items; but actual contents, condition, and quality are un- known to Door to Door Storage, Inc. Persons under 15 not admit- ted. Photo ID is required for bidders. Only cash or credit card as payment. Bidder Registration begins at 9:30am. Viewing begins at 10:00am, and bidding will begin soon after. Each container is 5 ft wide x 8 ft long x 7 ft high. Auctioneer:WWW.Thomas HaywardAuctioneers.com, (888-255-7633), License #2845.2/14, 2/21/14CNS-2585752#THE KENT REPORTER#987482

Superior Court of Washington County of King

In re: Judith Gomez Petitioner, andJuan Hilario Respondent.No. 13-3-10826-1KNT

Summons by Publication (SMPB)

To the Respondent: The petitioner has started an action in the above court request- ing: that your marriage or domestic partnership be dissolved. The petition also requests that the court grant the following relief: Approve a parenting plan

or residential schedule for the dependent children. Determine support for the dependent children pursuant to the Washington State child support statutes. You must respond to this summons by serving a copy of your written response on the person signing this summons and

clerk of the court. If you do not serve your written response within 60 days after the date of the

(60 days after the 31st day of January, 2014), the court may enter an order of default against you, and the court may, without further notice to you, enter a decree and approve or provide for other relief requested in this summons. In the case of a disso- lution, the court will not enter the

serve a notice of appearance on the undersigned person, you are entitled to notice before an order of default or a decree may be entered. Your written response to the summons and petition must be on form WPF DR 01.0300, Re- sponse to Petition (Marriage). Information about how to get this form may be obtained by contacting the clerk of the court, by contacting the Administrative

(360)705-5328, or from the Inter- net at the Washington State Courts homepage: http:/www.courts.wa.gov/forms If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney in this matter you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, may be served on time. One method of serving a copy of your response on the petitioner

return receipt requested. This summons is issued pursuant to RCW 4.28.100 and Superior Court Civil Rule 4.1 of the State of Washington.Dated: August 27, 2013Petitioner: Judith Gomez File Original of your Response tiht the Clerk of the Court at:Maleng Regional Justice Center401 Fourth Avenue NorthKent, Washington 98032Serve a Copy of your Response

on: PetitionerJudith Gomez23818 11th Pl SE #E5Kent, WA 98031 Published in the Kent Reporter on January 31; February 7, 14, 21, 28 and March 7, 2014. #971537.

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NOTICE OF PERMIT APPLICATIONREQUEST: Grading PermitFile: GRDE13-0145Applicant: KC Parks c/o TJ Davis Location: 27013 SE Kent- Kangley Rd Kent Proposal: Construction of

parking lot (153 stalls) & expansion of existing parking lot by 23 stalls.SEPA Contact: Fred White 206-477-0363COMMENT PROCEDURES: DPER will issue an environmental determination on this application following a 21-day comment period that ends on March 21, 2014. Written comments and ad- ditional information can be obtained by contacting the SEPA Contact at the phone number listed above. Published in the Kent Reporter on February 21, 2014. #989652

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Pursuant to KCC 11.03, Envi- ronmental Policy, the City of Kent has issued a threshold determination for the following: Mitigated Determination of

AT&T RUSSELL ROAD PARK WIRELESS TELECOMMUNI- CATION FACILITYENV-2013-23, KIVA #RPSW-2134242 The applicant proposes to replace an existing 91-foot tall light pole within the Russell Road Sports Field complex with a 110-foot tall replacement light pole, with a wireless telecommu- nications facility (WTF) mounted

to the top. The WTF will include twelve 1’ x 8’ directional panel antennas, with a separate 290 square foot equipment shelter placed near the base of the light pole to house radio transmitters, receivers and other equipment related to the WTF. The light pole will be replaced in its existing location near the bleachers, and the equipment shelter will be designed to resemble other ball

located at 5821 West James

King County parcel number 2322049027. The property is zoned SR-1, Residential Agricul- tural. Comments are due for the above project by 4:30 p.m., March 7, 2014, to City of Kent Planning Services. For more information, contact Kent Planning Services at 220 Fourth Avenue S., Kent, WA 98032, Telephone: (253) 856-5454. Any person re- quiring a disability accommoda- tion should contact the City for more information. For TDD re- lay service, call 1-800-833-6388 or the City of Kent at (253) 856-5725.

Charlene Anderson,

Dated: February 21, 2014Published in the Kent Reporter on February 21, 2014. #991780.

CITY OF KENTNOTICE OF APPLICATIONand Proposed Determination

A project permit application was

Services on February 5, 2014. The City of Kent expects to issue

cance (DNS) for the proposal and the Optional DNS Process is being used. This may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts of the proposal and associated mitigation measures. The proposal may include mitigation measures under applicable codes, and the project review process may incorporate or require mitigation measures regardless of whether an EIS is prepared. A copy of the subsequent threshold deter-

sal may be obtained upon re-

quest. Following is a description of the application and the process for review. The application and listed studies may be reviewed

Services, 400 W. Gowe Street, Kent, WA.APPLICATION NAME/NUMBER: TAQUERIA EL RINCONSITO TANK REMOVALENV-2014-5, KIVA #RPSW-2140352TANK REMOVAL PERMIT, KIVA #RL13-2140354PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The applicant proposes to remove two 300 gallon and one 500 gallon underground gasoline storage tanks. The removal of two 5,000 gallon underground storage tanks received permit approval in October. The existing restaurant and parking area will remain. Some of the work will occur in the right-of-way along Smith Street. Sidewalks, paving and landscaping will be restored following fuel system removal. The zoning for this property is GC- MU, General Commercial Mixed Use. The location for this project is 301/305 Central Avenue South, King County Parcel Num- bers 9179601735, 9179601745.OTHER PERMITS AND PLANS WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED Department of Ecology Tank Removal Notice, Street Use PermitOPTIONAL DETERMINA-TION: As the Lead Agency, the City of Kent has determined that the proposed project, as regulated by the City’s development codes and standards, is unlikely to have

the environment. Therefore, as permitted under the RCW 43.21C.110, the City of Kent is using the Optional Determination

give notice that a DNS is likely to be issued. Comment periods for the project and the proposed DNS are integrated into a single comment period.A 14-day appeal period will follow the issuance of the DNS.PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURES: NonePUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: February 21, 2014 – March 7, 2014

All persons may comment on this application. Comments must be in writing and received in the Kent Planning Division by 4:30 P.M., Friday, March 7, 2014, at 220 4th Avenue South, Kent WA 98032. For questions regarding this project, please contact Katie Graves, Planner at (253) 856-5454.DATED: February 21, 2014 Published in the Kent Reporter on February 21, 2014. #991787.

CITY OF KENTNOTICE OF ORDINANCES

PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL

The following is a summary of the ordinance(s) adopted by the Kent City Council on February 18, 2014: ORDINANCE NO. 4104 - AN ORDINANCE of the City Coun- cil of the city of Kent, Washing- ton, amending Section 2.01.020 of the Kent City Code to change the regular Council workshop meeting time to 5:00 p.m. on all days in which Council meetings occur at 7:00 p.m. ORDINANCE NO. 4105 - AN ORDINANCE of the City Coun- cil of the city of Kent, Washing- ton, amending Section 15.07.060 of the Kent City Code to correct an error in Ordinance No. 4074. Each ordinance will take effect

passage and publication, unless subjected to referendum or vetoed by the Mayor, or unless otherwise noted. A copy of the complete text of any ordinance will be mailed upon request of the City Clerk.

Ronald F. Moore, MMC, City Clerk

Published in the Kent Reporter on February 21, 2014. #992195.

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It’s much more expensive to seek a death sentence than life in prison. Study after study, including one chaired by then Washington Supreme Court Justice Richard Guy and another by a blue ribbon panel of the Washington State Bar Association, has shown this to be true. Any other law that was so costly and so inefficient would be scrapped. Then, on top of the costs to get the death sentence imposed by a jury, approximately 70-75 percent nationwide (and closer to 90 percent in Washington) are reversed on appeal.

A huge amount of money is essentially wasted in the name of vengeance, while other criminal justice needs go woefully under-funded, causing further problems and frustrations with the adminis-tration of justice at all levels.

Race: It is a fact that there are a highly disproportionate number of people of color on death row, and not just in the Southern states. Statistically, a murderer of a white victim is much more likely to

receive a death sentence than when the victim is a person of color. This racial disparity is glaring and shameful evidence that capital punishment does not live up to our nation’s ideal of providing “equal justice for all.”

Innocence/wrongful convic-tions: The developments in forensic DNA technology in the past thirty years have resulted in the greatest advances and improvements in the criminal justice system in history. Innocent suspects can now be ex-cluded through DNA.

Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1973, 143 people in 26 states have been released from death row based on forensic DNA and other exculpatory evidence. Since 1989, the Innocence Project has uti-lized forensic DNA to help exonerate 312 innocent individuals who were wrongfully convicted of their crimes, 18 of whom were released from death row. The exonerated spent an average of over 13.5 years in prison for crimes they did not commit.

To those who argue there are too many appeals, this is another ex-ample of why we need a thorough

and lengthy appeal process.Forensic DNA has established

without a doubt that there are many persons in prison and on death row who have been wrong-fully convicted. The primary reasons include faulty eyewit-ness testimony, false confessions, incompetent crime labs, junk sci-ence, jailhouse snitches, bad cops, bad prosecutors, bad judges, and bad defense lawyers.

These problems exist every-where and existed before the advent of forensic DNA. There is no doubt this has resulted in the execution of innocent people.

LWOP: The alternative - Life with-out possibility of release or parole - means just that: the individual will die within the prison walls. Prior to 1983, a “life” sentence could have resulted in release in 13 years, 7 months. That is simply not the case anymore in Washington. Life means life. Lock ’em up and throw away the key. Let them rot in prison dealing with what they have done until they die within those walls. Never get out. Never heard from again. Period.

End the death penalty: I believe Washington ought to follow the lead of many other states and get rid of the death penalty. I commend the governor for pushing the debate.

When I was assigned my first death penalty case as a public defender in 1987, I had not really formed a strong opinion about capital punishment. Like many others, although I didn’t like it, I felt it had to be on the books as a “last resort” punishment for the “worst of the worst.”

However, as I studied and learned more and more about the death penalty and how the law was actually applied in practice, I came to see how it didn’t work. I came to realize that the law is fallible and imperfect. Mistakes can be made. Biases and prejudices can impact life and death decisions. After all, human beings are making these ultimate decisions. We all make mistakes, and we all have biases and prejudices.

I understand the argument made by families of victims – what if it was your wife or child that had been murdered? To be honest, I

would want that person to get the death penalty. But public policy and what is best for society cannot be determined by the families of victims of heinous crimes. It is impossible, understandably so, to be fair and objective under those circumstances. And growing num-bers of victims’ families are speak-ing out against the death penalty.

Most death penalty propo-nents, including many prosecu-tors, acknowledge the law doesn’t work well or, at least, not as it is intended.

Remove the emotion from the debate and it is clear to see that capital punishment is not a deter-rent, is very expensive to implement, is arbitrarily imposed, and simply doesn’t work. It is a bad law and it is time to end the death penalty.

For more information, I recom-mend the Death Penalty Infor-mation Center website – www.deathpenaltyinfo.org and also the Innocence Project website – www.innocenceproject.org.

Mark Prothero is an attorney at law at Hanis Irvine Prothero, PLLC, Kent. (www.hiplawfirm.com)

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As the Kentridge High School boys basketball team sweeps an undefeated path through the 2013-14 season, senior guard Jawan Stepney continues to perform highly, his accom-plishments including the South Puget Sound League North Division MVP award among other things.

He also has led the Char-gers (23-0) to a berth in the Class 4A state regionals that open next week with a chance to make it to the eight-team tournament March 6-8 at the Tacoma Dome.

Kentridge played Bellar-mine Prep on Th ursday in a district semifi nal game, but already earned a regional berth with a district playoff win on Saturday over Puy-allup. Results were unavail-able at press time.

Stepney got an early start in basketball when his father took him to the gym to train, from left and right hand layups to running full court.

“Growing up, probably every day my dad took me to the gym,” Stepney says.

Stepney has carried on the tradition his father started, taking his brother, Jaylyn, and sister, Jlyce, to the gym to practice.

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Stepney is close to com-mitting to Seattle University on a basketball scholarship, not only because the school

Stepney leads Kentridge to regional berth

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From competitive wakeboarding to swim-ming to diving, Kentlake High School junior Evan Eidal just can’t get enough of the water.

Eidal, who started diving his freshman year, topped the high school boys swim and dive season with his first ever trip to the state championship meet Friday and Satur-day at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

Growing up on a lake meant the water was always a part of Eidal’s life. He first recalls getting on a wakeboard when he was about 4 years old.

“It’s all just really fun to me,” Eidal said of the water sports he participates in.

At the district meet last week, Eidal came up just short of the 300-point qualifying barrier for the state meet, scoring 298.45. However, Eidal’s fifth-place finish earned him an allocation to state.

“The things that stand out the most are the intangibles — the character that he has for a young man,” Kentlake diving coach Joseph Brace said in an email. “He does what he says he is going to do when he says he is going to do it. Evan has a great work ethic, he shows up and performs without complaint and is always seeking to get better.”

Eidal said he tried out for the high school swim team because his sister had been a swimmer. There were only three varsity diving spots that year and only two divers, so Eidal figured he’d give it a try. At that time, he split his work pretty evenly

between diving and swimming, but over the past two years his focus has turned to diving.

Diving may have captured his attention but head swim coach Jim Tanasse also pointed out his contributions as a sprint freestyler and in the 100-yard butterfly for the swimming side of the team.

“Evan is a young man who never makes waves but demonstrates on the board and in the pool his real work ethic,” Tanasse said.

In addition to wakeboarding for fun, this past year Eidal competed in the INT wake-boarding league. In Washington state the competitive wakeboarding season runs from April to October. Eidal explained that wake-boarding competitions focus on completing tricks over a certain stretch of a lake.

It was about three years ago that Eidal undertook learning more wakeboarding tricks. Eidal said he watched a YouTube video that inspired him.

“After watching that I was like, ‘man, I’ve got to learn all that,’” Eidal said. “All the flips and spins and I saw that and I thought it was really cool.”

His current favorite dive is a front 1.5 full twist. And, according to Brace, Eidal has also done well this year with his inward 1.5 somersault tuck and his inward dive pike.

“It helps and it hurts,” Eidal said of the impact wakeboarding has on his diving. “(In) diving you are supposed to have your feet together and wakeboarding you don’t. That gets me.”

To continue to improve his diving, Eidal joined a club diving team last year.

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The Kentwood High School girls basketball team lost in the closing seconds of its second-round game in district tournament play.

Belleramine Prep beat Kentwood 49-45 at Rogers High on Saturday, after the Conks beat Curtis 64-33 in the first round.

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