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BY STEVE HUNTER
About 5 inches of snow early Wednesday brought many things to a halt in Kent.
Th e Kent School District closed schools for the second consecu-tive day. City crews at one point closed about six streets that con-nect the East Hill and West Hill to the Valley.
City street crews were kept plenty busy trying to plow roads aft er the snowstorm.
“We’re just going from one hill to the other hill,” said Bill Th omas, city street superinten-dent. “South 208th got clogged up around 9:30 to 10 in the morning. We closed it so we could get tow trucks in there to move cars.”
Crews closed South 208th Street again in the early aft ernoon aft er a semi truck spun out.
Other street closures included
Morning snowstorm hits city with force
BY STEVE HUNTER
A combination project of a live-in treatment center for drug abusers and a furniture store are coming to Kent later this year along Central Avenue North.
A new three-story, 17,435-square-foot building under construction at 945 Central Avenue N. will serve as transition-al housing and offi ces in conjunc-tion with a remodeled furniture retail store at 921 Central Avenue N..
PriceCo will be the name of the store. Th e nonprofi t, Canadian-based John Volken Foundation will operate both the store and treatment center.
Volken, a millionaire, started up Welcome Home Society treat-ment centers in 2005 in North Seattle and Surrey, British Colum-bia, aft er selling United Furniture
Treatment center to open on Central
BY DENNIS BOX
Homelessness – it is a word, a tragedy and an issue that refl ects the complex problems facing our
region, state and nation.Every school district, city and commu-
nity has homeless adults and children living in a nearly invisible world of streets, park-ing lots, doorways, porches and cars.
Kent, as the sixth largest city in the state, has had a fast-growing population of home
less people since the Great Recession hit in 2008. Th ere are government offi cials, religious and humanitarian groups trying to bring assistance to those who have fallen on tough times.
Th is story is the second of a three-part series on homelessness and living on the streets in and around Kent.
THE STORY OF THE STREETS
Orville Tate is 51 years old and has been homeless since 2009. J.T., was homeless un-
til about a year ago and asked that his real name not be used (he will be referred to as J.T.). He is 50 and has never been married.
Tate has been married three times and has a daughter and stepchildren. He worked as a warehouse and wastewater employee.
J.T. has both a bachelors and masters degrees and is an engineer. He spends many hours now, when not working, on the streets helping the homeless. He tells a very stark story of life on the streets for the homeless.
“Th ere is nothing for them to do and boredom brings out problems,” J.T. said. “Especially with the amount of drinking and other things they do.”
J.T. believes there are more than 500 homeless men, women and youths in Kent, “living in cars, living in tents and living on the streets.”
He stated many of the homeless congre-
gate at the King County library, both inside and outside.
“Th ere is no objective in life, J.T. said. “And with all the kids, meaning kids just out of high school, one of the biggest prob-lems are these wanna-be gangsters. Th ey are really not gangsters, they’re just kids. Gangsters at least have an objective, they (the kids) don’t even have an objective,”
Many of the kids gather at the library andproblems arise.
“You start seeing kids kicked out of library, the one place they should be… then you know there is a problem,” J.T. said.
According to J.T offi cers come to the library many aft ernoons just to try to keep the problems to a minimum. J.T. said he observed one evening when an offi cer broke up two fi ghts in one evening near the library.
Homeless: A view from the streets - Part II
Dillon Payne, right, and Dina Payne, left, play out in the snow with their children Tycen and Jazmyn, Wednesday in the Lakes neighborhood. CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter To buy photos go to the
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When Kelly Clarkson sings in Kent, she wants fans to let her know through Twitter accounts what songs they want to hear.
Clarkson performs at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 22 at the ShoWare Center.
She kicked off her Stronger Tour Jan. 13 in Mashantucket, Conn., and will cover more than 40 cities across the nation in three months.
If fans have a song they have always wanted Clarkson to sing or a song she has covered in the past that they want to hear again, they can submit requests through Twitter.
All requests must be submitted to Twitter with the hashtag #kcrequests plus the city of the show you’re attending as
well as your name.
For example, if you’re attending the Mashantucket, CT show and you want to hear Kelly sing “I Know You Won’t” and your name is Joe Smith, your tweet would look like this: I Know You Won’t – Joe Smith #kcrequests #mashan-tucket
Each night of the tour, Clarkson will pick a song from the requests submitted and might even call your name out on stage.
The winner of the inaugural season of the television series “American Idol” in 2002, Clarkson has won two Grammy awards, two American Music awards and 11 Billboard awards.
Ticket prices for the concert are $65, $45 and $35. There is a six-ticket limit per buyer.
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Kent city officials decid-ed to reduce office hours at the Kent Police Station and the Mayor’s Office for 2012 because of budget cutbacks.
The primary changes are the lunch-hour closure of the Mayor’s Office and reduced hours for the Po-lice Records Office, which was previously open 24 hours per day, said John Hodgson, city chief
administrative officer, in a city media release.
“Due to economic con-ditions forcing employee layoffs, existing staff are needed to cover other departments where there is more demand from the public,” Hodgson said. “These changes will allow us to continue providing those services with mini-mal impact.”
The city laid off 10 employees effective in January, including a police records specialist. The Police Records Office will be open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. The new hours start Feb. 15.
The hours of operation
for each city department are:
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Monday - Thursday, 6 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Friday, 6 a.m. - 9 p.m.Saturday, 8 a.m. – 9
p.m.
(utility bill pay, etc.)Monday – Friday, 9 a.m.
– 4 p.m.
(Human resources, city employment)
Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – noon and 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Services
Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
-ing Jan. 23)
Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – noon and 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday – 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday – 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
(starting Feb. 15)Monday – Friday, 8 a.m.
– 6 p.m.Saturday, 9 a.m. – noon
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Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Monday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. – 9 p.m.
-ments are open to the public Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. with the exception of federally recognized holidays.
City to reduce some operation hours
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Many services are available to help the homeless adults and youths, but J.T believes some have quit trying because of alcohol, drug abuse and other problems.
“You only get what you put the effort out to go get,” J.T. said. Most don’t have a direction… some have lost their drive… you watch some of them drink and they just get nastier and nastier.”
J.T. believes some are being enabled “by handouts. They’ve gotten used to it.”
Tate agreed. “Things are out there. You just have put in a little effort to do it.”
Tate and J.T. said there are plac-es in Kent to take free showers and get clean up. Many churches provide meals and other services.
NEVER GIVE UPTate’s life became much more
difficult about two years ago when he become involved with a man he met in a shelter.
“The guy was running a check scam,” Tate said. “He said he had all this money. That’s how I lost
my truck.”The man found out
Tate had a truck and asked him to take him to appointments. He offered to pay him.
The man eventu-ally tied Tate into the check-writing scheme.
“The next thing I know I find out the whole thing was a scam,” Tate said.
He lost his truck and within a year there was warrant for his arrest on charges of identity theft and theft of funds.
“They were trying to pin this all on me,” Tate said. “It tarnished my reputation.”
Tate was charged with a felony, but J.T. helped him get the charge lowered to a misdemeanor theft.
“There was no intention on my part at all,” Tate said. “Being gull-ible, or whatever you want to call it. I was trying to help somebody.”
It’s been tough for Tate after the problems with the check scam, felony charges and the many trials of living on the street.
“Some days are harder than others,” he said. “Some days you feel like, ‘well should I give up or shouldn’t I?’ But if you give up you just fall in-between the cracks and it is even harder to get back up.”
Tate said he has some job prospects and he keeps going.
“I’ve exhausted all my benefits and every-thing,” Tate said.
Despite sending out numerous job applications, Tate said, “the calls are few and far between.”
J.T. said there are many on the streets who have given up.
“Most these guys need help,” J.T. said. “They need a warm place to go.”
He said many homeless drink so they don’t feel anything.
One man J.T. looks out for on a regular basis is often struggling to survive.
“I just brought him another blanket because I hadn’t seen him in a week,” J.T. said. “He was wrapped up and he was just shiv-
ering. He was in the skate park over by the park and ride. I asked him, “Why are you wrapped in these wet blankets and why are you in the streets?”
The man shares a place with another man, but doesn’t like him.
I do this every couple weeks,” J.T. said. “I find him in blankets and they’re soaking wet and he’s trying to stay warm. I say, ‘Come on. You’re smarter than this.’ But I just can’t leave him. He won’t take care of himself. I’m sure it’s the alcohol.”
Next week, part three: Home-less kids, drugs and surviving the nights.
Reach Dennis Box at [email protected] or 253-872-6600 ext. 5050.To comment on this story go to www.kentreporter.com.
[ HOMELESS from page 1] “Some days are harder than others. SOme days you feel like, ‘well shoutl I hive up or shouldn’t I? But if you give up you just fall in-between the cracks and it is even harder to get back up.” Orville Tate
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PART II
RELAY FOR LIFE
Participants are wanted to attend the 2012 Relay for Life of Kent Kickoff event at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 26 at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E.
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remember loved ones lost and fight back against the disease.
The Relay for Life of Kent will run June 1-2 at French Field
at Kent-Meridian High School. The event helps raise money for
cancer research and care.Teams camp out at French Field
during the relay and members take turns walking around the track. Each team must have at
least one representative on the track throughout the event.
Teams use the months leading up to the relay to raise funds.
For more information about the kickoff event and relay, contact Relay for Life of Kent chairman Dave Foltz at 253-686-6799 or
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Warehouse in 2004.“It’s a faith-based rehab program for folks
trying to get out of substance abuse,” said Ben Wolters, city economic and commu-nity development director. “They’ll work in the furniture store and live on site in a dorm. It’s a combination of furniture refin-ishing and repair, retail and housing.”
The foundation will move its separate North Seattle operations of a store and treatment center to Kent.
“For about three to five years we’ve been trying to find the appropriate campus for everything,” said Steve Dalton, chief execu-tive officer for the U.S. side of PriceCo. “We were looking for a furniture store (it also will sell general merchandise) and on the same site have our living facility.”
The store and treatment center are ex-pected to be fully operational by November or December, Dalton said.
The housing facility will include as many as 19 sleeping units with a television area, laundry, storage and office space, according to city permits.
“They have set up in other places as well,” Wolters said of PriceCo and Welcome Home. “They are a well-regarded service agency.”
Wolters said no special permits were needed because the treatment center and store are allowed in the city’s general commercial zone along Central Avenue.
The PriceCo store has been the site for various furniture stores since the 1970s, including Vans Furniture.
Dalton said “students” for the treat-ment center are thoroughly checked out before they are accepted into the facility where they will receive counseling and job therapy by working at the furniture warehouse, in a garden area or on the retail sales floor.
“We screen with a fine-tooth comb,” Dalton said. “There will be no arson-ists or sex offenders. We do background checks and find out what they are being treated for or if they are on certain medi-cations.”
Students stay in the program for a
minimum of two years and it can take up to 30 to 35 months before they gradu-ate, Dalton said. Staff also will live on site. Employees will be hired to work in the retail store as not all positions will be handled by those in the treatment program.
“We tell them they will not be moni-tored as closely as this since the day the doctor slapped them on the butt,” Dalton said. “We will monitor to make sure they are where they are supposed to be.”
Students accepted into the program pay a registration fee of $387. Everything else, food, housing, clothing, is covered by the Volken Foundation. Graduates of the program receive a $3,000 grant to help them get started for life on their own.
“There is no federal, state, county or city funds,” Dalton said. “We run it close to the bone. It’s not fat and sassy.”
According to his website, Volken started the treatment centers to help those in need.
“I believe that once we have provided for our families, we ought then to work for the good of all; whether it be the arts, amateur sports, public office ... whatever you may choose. There are so many op-portunities to make this a better world. Personally, I am motivated by Matthew chapter 25, verse 40: Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”
Dalton said they have no trouble find-ing referrals for the program. He said just recently he had been contacted by a Salt Lake City man looking for help for his 24-year-old son. Those in the program range in age from 19 to 45.
Signs for PriceCo will go up with the slogan of “Save money, change lives.”
For more information, go to www.john-volkenfoundation.org or www.welcome-homesociety.org.
Reach Steve Hunter at [email protected] or 253-872-6600 ext. 5052.To comment on this story go to www.ken-treporter.com.
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The city of Kent received a $253,581 grant Dec. 12 from the Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board for a Green River project along Frager Road to help increase survival of juvenile Chinook salmon.
Known as the Downey Farmstead project, the work will balance flooding, fish and farming objectives in an area that has been identified as critical to increase survival of juvenile Chinook salmon, according to a state Recreation and Conservation Office media release.
The board announced Monday nearly $30 million in grants to organizations around the state to help bring salmon back from the brink of extinction.
“These grants do two things: They provide needed money for local organizations to help repair damaged rivers and streams and protect the most pris-tine areas,” said Don “Bud” Hover, chair of the state funding board. “They also create jobs. They will put people to work improv-ing the environment and restoring something that is important to Washington’s
economy: salmon.”A state Department of
Fish and Wildlife study in 2006 pegged the economic impacts of commercial and recreational fishing in Washington as support-ing an estimated 16,374 jobs and $540 million in personal income. This new round of grants is expected to provide more than 300 jobs during the next four years.
The Kent project is scheduled to be constructed in 2013.
City staff will use the grant to complete the design and get permits for a project to realign Frager Road to allow creation of a side channel network and expanded floodplain at the Downey farmstead on the south bank of the Green River.
The goal of the project is to create habitat for Chi-nook salmon to rear, rest and hide from predators. A secondary goal is to create additional flood storage to help alleviate flooding in urban and agricultural areas.
The road alignment will provide a greater buffer from the river and will continue to be open to vehicular, bicycle and pe-
destrian access adjacent to river. Kent will contribute $46,419 from a local grant.
The city acquired four parcels of land totaling 21.81 acres that comprised the former Downey Farm-stead adjacent to Frager Road South and State Route 516, according to city docu-ments. Three of the parcels
were purchased with Salmon Recovery Funding Board Grant funds in 2003.
The current condition of the project area is vacant and undeveloped. Most of the site is overgrown with dense vegetation growth, including blackberries. The western parcel has been cleared and graded
due to recent demolition and removal of buildings and structures used for the former nursery. This work was completed by the city in 2010 through a grant funded by the King Conser-vation District.
The middle two parcels are vacant and undevel-oped. The eastern parcel,
a former slaughterhouse, consists of mowed grass and a small vehicle parking area maintained by the city.
“Salmon recovery does more than just help salmon, it also helps the many businesses dependent on healthy fish populations,”
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South 218th Street, the James Street (South 240th) hill, 42nd Avenue and South 248th Street. Crews were able to keep Smith Street (State Route 516) and the South 277th Street cor-ridor open.
Street crews, however, kept so active with the hills that by noon Wednesday they had yet to clear flat roads in the valley such as the West Valley Highway.
“That’s part of our secondary attack,” Thomas said. “We’re on the hills first to get them open. We focus on the hills then we spread out.”
State Department of Transportation crews were able to clear State Route 516 (Kent-Des Moines Road) between Meeker Street and Pacific Highway South.
The snowy weather caused the closure Wednes-day of Kent Municipal Court and the Kent Senior Activity Center. The Kent Commons recreational facility stayed open until 5 p.m., but cancelled all programs and classes.
Allied Waste cancelled
garbage, recycling and yard waste service to Kent. Customers who have a normal collection day of Wednesday may put out double the load for pickup on their regularly scheduled day next week.
Metro Transit ran all buses on snow routes and cancelled some routes.
About 1,000 Puget Sound Energy customers on the East Hill lost power Wednesday morning from Southeast 270th Street to Southeast 278th Street and from 137th Avenue Southeast to 158th Avenue Southeast. PSE cleared sev-eral fallen trees from power lines in order to restore power.
Some people were able to take advantage of the snowy weather. With no school and some people staying home from work, people hit the hills for sledding or tubing.
Reach Steve Hunter at [email protected] or 253-872-6600 ext. 5052.To comment on this story go to www.kentreporter.com.
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Because we used the BluRay option, I paid a couple bucks extra each month, so the price hike would have meant $20 a month for unlimited
streaming of content and the one DVD at a time with as many movies as we could watch a month.
Seemed silly to pay nearly twice as much for something we didn’t even use and likely wouldn’t use anytime soon given our schedules and the demands of parenting.
As a result, I canceled the service, and I was also really annoyed by the price hike.
I didn’t want to pay more when I was trying to eliminate unnecessary expenses from my life. I had cut our cable bill, our cell phone bill, axed my satellite radio subscription and tried to cut back on eating out.
With a small child, a mortgage, a car payment and other bills that come with home ownership it only made sense to be better with our money.
But, when it came to Netfl ix, I was just mad.I tweeted about it, joining in on the cacophony
of “Dear Netfl ix…” posts that voiced displeasure over the changes, but rather than just complain-ing I made a vow.
With the $20 a month I would not be spend-ing I pledged to put that toward a charitable cause.
My last payment to Netfl ix for services ren-dered was in September.
And I have yet to donate a penny.Yes, my moral outrage petered out pretty
quickly, as did my commitment to my pledge.Th is occurred to me during the morning of
Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I have no idea why. Maybe the posts on Facebook about what Dr. King did to make change got me thinking.
Th en I remembered about a website I read about a month or so ago called DonorsChoose.org.
As a reporter and a fi ction writer, the transfor-mation of the traditional publishing industry has been fascinating.
A mere 15 years ago, the Internet was con-sidered an aft erthought for newspapers, and no one would have guessed it would eventually sound the death knell for brick-and-mortar bookstores such as Borders.
I remember when Ama-zon fi rst proposed the idea of electronic books through the use of a Kindle when I was a sophomore in college. I thought it was a curious novelty. It didn’t occur to me at the time what sort of upheaval such a device had the capacity to cause on the industry.
I recently was given a Kindle Touch for Christmas and already I can tell why people are so enamored with it. It is compact, light and it carries around dozens of books within the space necessary for a small notepad. More importantly, it has changed the way people look at book publishing.
Many authors who once spent years trying to convince a literary agent to represent their book,
and then more time to obtain a deal with a pub-lisher, can now have their book available to just about anyone in the world at little to no cost.
Th ere are, however, plenty of downsides to self-publishing and e-books, as I myself have found out. If you can publish, anyone can publish. Whereas in the past literary agents and publishers performed the role of gatekeepers to what books came out, the gates have been thrown back, allowing just anybody to become an “author.”
Yes, it has allowed many good authors to get their books published. It has also permitted people who have no sense of literary talent what-soever to get their book published.
And the problem is it is impossible for readers to swim through the ocean of titles and locate quality books, unless the author invests plenty of time and money into marketing their novel, which leads to another problem. Oft en, a bad writer can gain attention because they have the cash to blow it on, while a broke, but excellent writer remains relatively unknown.
And then there are writers like myself, who have neither the money, nor the self-promotion skills necessary to successfully market our work. We also don’t have the money to pay a copy-edi-tor to edit all the minuscule mistakes we missed during our 35 revisions.
And frankly, I believe there is a true need for gatekeepers, because there is no way for an author to truly know if their writing is good or poor. Just because your mother loves your novel, which sounds eerily similar to Twilight, doesn’t make it worthy of a reader’s money and time.
Despite all the raving about Kindles, however, I still think there is a demand for hard copies of books. For example, it’s hard to showcase your original edition of a favorite novel when it’s sitting on a hard drive inside of your Kindle. It’s also hard for authors to hold signings for their books if they are sold electronically.
My prediction is that within the next 20 years, most books will be sold purely on an electronic format, and the publishing industry will have shift ed dramatically over to marketing and pro-motion. When they sign deals with authors, they will promote their e-books through advertise-ments and use their professional contacts to get newspaper and literary reviews. Th ey might pos-sibly have the book available for publish-on-de-mand, because in that situation there will be no fi nancial risks, since the book is only published when it is purchased by a customer.
Th ere will still be traditional books, however, except they will be reserved for those which the publisher believes will sell enough copies to bring them a specifi c revenue percentage aft er the costs of publishing are taken into consider-ation. Essentially, the authors who sell millions of copies will still be seen in grocery stores and small bookstores. For the majority of authors, who sell around 3,000 copies, they will be con-fi ned to Kindles and Nooks.
As for myself, I am not particularly worried or concerned, as I write for my own enjoyment and fulfi llment.
If a publisher ever happens to fi nd it worthy of a reader’s eye then it’s simply an added pleasure to a personal passion.
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Kentlake Dancers perform at the Tahoma Dance & Drill competition Jan. 14 at Tahoma High. Teanna Waltenburg, left, is the Rose Queen character, Haley Caldwell, top right, is the lady bug and Maia Shank is a pink fl ower. DENNIS BOX, The Reporter To view a slide show go to www.kentreporter.com and to buy photos go to the
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Teachers can go to the site and submit requests to fund projects in their class-rooms. Kent School District educators ask for helping building their classroom li-braries, for money for items such as dry erase boards or items called manipulatives that off er hands on learning of concepts or other tools that enhance their ability to help their students learn.
Th ese ideas are simple, inexpensive, creative and innovative. But, there’s not much money in building budgets for them anymore and teachers only have so much spare cash to spend, so they’ve asked for help.
Another website has popped up called SA500 Kids, one which works in partnership with Do-norsChoose.org, which you can fi nd at http://www.oo.com/sa500kids.
Th ere are nearly two dozen requests for funding from Kent educators. Th ere are more Covington schools on Donors Choose if you want to get hyperlocal in your support.
In any case, Sarah Kehoe, a reporter based in the Kent Reporter offi ce is going to write about SA500 Kids and projects in Kent schools.
Th en I remembered another cool concept I heard about when Scott Oki, a retired Microsoft executive-slash-millionaire, spoke at the Greater Maple Valley Community Center’s benefi t breakfast nearly two
years ago.He helped start a founda-
tion called See Your Impact, where donors give small amounts that go a long way, at a website called seeyou-rimpact.org.
Th e concept seemed pretty cool to me.
So, the plan is to make $80 worth of small dona-tions in the coming week, to put my pledge into ac-tion. I am going to donate
$80 because it has been four months since I gave Netfl ix any money. Had I con-tinued using the service I would have paid about $20 a month.
I would be thrilled if any-one was willing to match my donations or would consider fi nding something in their lives they could cut out for a month of two so they could give a little to some of these projects in
our area.If you think about the
huge impact of a number of people giving $10 or $20 could have in a classroom in a local school, it could have a ripple eff ect into the community and into the fu-ture, so check the sites out.
I know if I can live with-out Netfl ix and make that change be benefi cial to kids then surely you can fi nd a way to do some good, too.
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Kent resident Andrew Racus made it onto his college’s Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester.
Racus is a senior at Jamestown College in Jamestown, N.D., and is studying criminal justice. Jamestown College is a private, liberal arts four-year college granting bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and
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The Deans List includes all full-time students who, during any given semester, earn a grade point average of 3.50 or better on a minimum of 12 semester credits.
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Th e third week of January is the start of the gardening season – yep, the Tacoma Home and Garden Show runs Jan. 25 through Jan. 29, followed by the Northwest Flower and Garden Show in Febru-ary and then a bumper crop of garden shows, plant sales and blooming celebrations to welcome the 2012 growing season.
So what’s going on in the garden on in the midst of winter’s dark days? Th e joy of the winter garden cel-ebrates hellebores, heathers and snowdrop bulbs with signs of spring popping up all over.
If your own landscape looks bleak this time of year, it’s time to consider adding these bloomers to brighten a January day
Hellebores: Th e Lenten Rose or Christmas Rose
Here’s a perennial that has gone from obscurity to super stardom without even having it’s own reality show. Hellebores are woodland plants that happen to love
growing in western Wash-ington and are even slug, deer and freeze resistant. Add the fact that they thrive in the shade of cedar and fi r trees and you’ve got the perfect performer for your Northwest winter garden.
It is all the new varieties that have made this old-fashioned cottage garden plant suddenly Twitter worthy and Facebook proud. A variety named Jacob has pure white blooms that fade to green and this proud winter bloomer holds it’s blossoms on upright stems
rather than nodding down-ward like most hellebores. Another early-blooming hel-lebore, called Ivory Prince, bloomed for seven months in a container garden on my front porch.
You don’t even need a garden to enjoy the blooms of Jacob the hellebore this month. Local growers have discovered this perennial does well indoors as a tem-porary houseplant. Snatch one up at a local nursery, watch the blooms unfold and enjoy the gentle fragrance. Once the fl owers are done you can add this hellebore to a shaded part of the garden or, if you don’t have a garden of your own, off er the plant to someone who does.
HeathersYou can enjoy drift s of
color from winter-blooming heather and these low, shrubby plants will even bloom again in the summer if you remember to shear off their spent blooms right
aft er they fl ower.Th e secret to growing
great heather is to keep the fi brous root system from rotting by not planting them too deep. Don’t use a mulch near the crown of the plants and make sure new heather plants get plenty of water the fi rst summer they are in the ground.
When it comes to adding winter-blooming heather to the landscape the best advice is to visit garden centers in winter and pick out plants in full bloom. Heather propa-gate easily and new varieties are introduced each year.
Th e tiny leaves and microscopic fl owers make this evergreen shrub easy to ignore unless you plant it in the landscape in groups of fi ve to seven or add your winter-blooming heather to patio pots near the house.
Winter Blooming BulbsSnowdrop, crocus and
dwarf daff odils are all peeking up from the frozen
winter ground this month. If you want a closer look at these delicate beauties dig the bulbs from the ground now, set the plant, roots, bulbs and all into a tea cup with a bit of soil and enjoy a tiny garden on your tabletop. In Europe, the nurseries sell bags of moss to drape on top of indoor winter bulbs while they are in fl owers. Aft er you fool Mother Nature and force the bulbs to bloom early indoors you can return the spent bulb, foliage and all to it’s planting hole outside and the spent bulb will live to fl ower again next winter.
All Together NowAdd some winter color to
your planters, window boxes and front entry garden with a combination of hellebores, heathers and winter-bloom-ing bulbs. Poke in some stems of pussywillow or cut branches of winter greens for a back drop of more color and you’ll have a beautiful cure for cabin fever.
Bloomers to add during the winter months
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What the heck is a certifi ed ar-borist? And why is the designation important to homeowner?
Th e simple answer is that in many respects we are like tree doctors. Th at seems to answer the question in most people’s minds. But it really goes much deeper than that.
Anyone can call themselves an “arborist” that can spell the word. But only those that have completed a certifi cation process can earn the professional designation of “certi-fi ed arborist”.
Th e International Society of Ar-boriculture (ISA) requires passage of a comprehensive examination on the art and science of tree care, at least three years of practical experi-
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Certifi cation measures the tree knowledge of an individual, but it cannot guarantee quality performance of work. Th at is something a potential consumer must judge by asking questions, checking references and, for those arborists involved with tree ser-vices, being certain they are bonded or otherwise properly insured.
Th ose of us that have earned the designation take pride in it. While we feel we can off er quality and conscientious services, we also be-
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SERVICES ARE VARIEDMany certifi ed arborists are self-
employed individuals that perform all their own services. Some are WSU Master Gardeners that are adept at diagnosing pest prob-lems. Others have crews and off er expanded tree care and landscape services. Public agencies also have employees that have attained the designation.
Many off er pruning services. Certifi cation not only means that an the arborist will use the proper techniques for tree care, but that he/she also knows what not to do to improve the health, safety and appearance of a homeowner’s landscape.
Tree removal is a big business. Th e primary goal of certifi ed arborists is to use removal as a last resort. Th ey are trained to use their best judgement, experience and tools to evaluate the health and
safety of trees and to make appro-priate recommendations.
Such tree hazard assessments may recommend removal where construction or other activities have drastically altered a tree’s growing environment, serious defects are visible or root diseases may be present or are suspect. While it is not possible to predict if or when failures may occur, an arborist can point out the possibili-ties to be aware of.
Damage appraisals may be called for under various circumstances. Certifi ed arborists use widely rec-ognized tree formulas to estimate the value of trees. For large trees that are a signifi cant feature in a landscape, values can easily be several thousands of dollars.
Many off er legal services that may include expert witness testi-monies at depositions and trials.
Most off er a wide range of consulting services to homeown-ers, local governments, developers and other entities involved in tree
Think of a certified arborist as a tree doctor of sorts
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With her smooth and gracious moves at Kent’s ShoWare Center, Kim-mie Meissner showed how much fun life can be as a professional ice skater.
Meissner performed a practice routine last week at an empty arena to help promote the “Pandora Unforgettable Moments of Love on Ice” show at 7 p.m. Th ursday, Jan. 26 that features skaters performing to love-inspired music.
Th e 22-year-old will skate to a live performance at the show as Gladys Knight sings “I Hope You Dance.”
Meissner, the 2006 World Champion, 2007 U.S. National Champion and 2007 Four Continents Champion, sprinted, spun and danced on the ice to a taped version of the song by Knight so a newspaper pho-tographer and television cameraman could get shots of her. She even agreed to skate within inches of the cameraman as he posi-tioned himself on the ice for a shot.
“I prefer skating to live music even though it can be completely diff erent,” said Meissner aft er her practice. “It’s fun having the artist there because you are both trying to make this one performance really good.”
Even a taped version of “I Hope You Dance” defi nitely inspired Meissner during practice. She had warmed up for a bit without music because of technical dif-fi culties at the ShoWare, but began to speed up her routine and moves with the music.
“I knew who Gladys Knight was and knew her songs, but she was not really someone I listened to,” Meissner said. “But aft er hearing this song that I knew because of the Lee Ann Womack version, I heard this and she has so much soul in there I love listening to it.”
Meissner will get a chance to rehearse one day with Knight before the actual performance. She found out during the Pandora holiday ice show in November in Phoenix the thrill of skating to live music when she performed to David Archuleta singing “What Child is Th is?”
“I have this huge crush on him, so it was hard,” she said about working with Archuleta, the 2008 “American Idol” runner-up. “But he has such a beautiful
voice and put so much into his song that I wanted to do that with my program. I think it raises the level of your skating sometimes.”
Meissner’s competitive ice-skating career came to a sudden halt two years ago when a dislocated right knee cap and tendinitis forced her to withdraw from a chance to make the 2010 U.S. Olympic Team. She placed sixth in the 2006 Olympics.
She suff ered the knee injury in 2009 while performing a triple axel. In 2005, Meissner became the fi rst American woman to complete the triple axel jump in competition since Tonya Harding in 1991.
Since Meissner be-gan skating at age 6, she struggled with giving up competing because of an injury.
“I miss it,” she said. “I’m a really competitive person so I defi nitely miss compet-ing.”
When Meissner returned to skating last summer with ice shows nearly every weekend, she found out how much she had missed her sport.
“I’m having a really good time doing these shows and want to be able to love what I’m doing and not make it feel like there’s so much pressure on me,” she said. “I want it to be fun and that’s what this is for me.”
As with many ice shows, Meissner, who lives in Bel Air, Md., ends up skating with former rivals.
“Me and Emily Hughes competed against each other and were always neck and neck,” Meissner said. “I just did a show with her in New York City and we are friends. We were so competitive and now we go hang out and have dinner.”
Th at kind of life works for Meissner.
“I just love being able to go out and perform again,” she said. “Not having it for
two years and the way I had to stop (because of injury) this just makes me appreci-ate it so much more. I love being able to go out there with all my skating friends and traveling.”
She enjoys seeing so many U.S. cities. Th is marked her fi rst trip to Seattle.
“We went to the Space Needle and it was a perfect, clear day,” Meissner said. “”I love Seattle so far and it’s not raining. I called my friends yesterday and said it was beautiful and I could see all of the mountains.”
Meissner is studying physical therapy at the University of Delaware. She took this past semester off to focus on skating, but might want to become a therapist with a sports team or maybe the U.S. Olympic ice skating team. She also has thought about work-ing with cancer patients, partly because of her work as a spokeswoman for the Cool Kids Campaign, an organization she helped found that helps children with cancer.
Besides skating to the Knight song in Kent, Meiss-ner also will perform solo to a Beyonce song and do opening and closing num-bers with the other skaters.
Th e lineup of skaters in-cludes Olympic ice-skating champions Ilia Kulik and Ekaterina Gordeeva and current World champion Miki Ando.
In addition to Knight, saxophonist Kenny G, who grew up in Seattle, also will perform live.
Th e show is part of the NBC Skating Series and will be presented by Th e Joint Center at Renton’s Valley Medical Center. NBC will tape the event to be tele-vised on Saturday, Feb. 4.
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Direct from China, the New Shanghai Circus has been wowing audiences for more than 16 years, according to a city of Kent Spotlight Series media release.
Masterful acrobats, astounding contortion-ists and clever comedians perform feats of incredible skill and imagination that delight audiences of all ages. The show reflects traditions of ancient har-vest festivals, and features modern choreography, lighting, scenery and pow-erful music. New Shanghai Circus’ astonishing athletes defy gravity and stretch the limits of human ability in this spellbinding show.
Tickets are $35 for adults, $30 for seniors ages 55 and older and $20 for youth ages 25 and youger. Tickets are available at
www.kentarts.com, by calling 253-856-5051 or in person at the Kent Commons (525 4th 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. Box office is closed on Sunday.
Spotlight Series is pre-sented by the Kent Arts Commission and Kent Parks, Recreation and Community Services. For information call 253-856-5050.
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Shanghi Circus dwill be part of the Kent Spotlight Series at the Kentwood Performing Arts Center. Courtesy Photo
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and homeowner associa-tions have tree preservation ordinances. Oft entimes they will require a report from a certifi ed arborist if a resident has safety concerns about protected trees.
BE SUSPICIOUS OF DOORBELL RINGERS
Beware of the tree “expert” or “arborist” that
knocks on you door and proclaims that a tree looks sick and must be removed or have some type of treatment to make it safer. Sometimes these are sales-persons paid on commis-sions. Do they really have a homeowner’s best interests at heart?
Oft entimes, it is wise to get a second opinion. I have been called in on situations where I recommended something other than what the unsolicited doorbell
ringer was suggesting. Th e recommendations resulted in saved trees and money.
SOURCES FOR CERTIFIED ARBORISTS
Th e “Tree Services” sec-tions in the yellow pages of various communities list a few arborists or state that a tree service has such on their staff s.
Th e Internet off ers lists from various areas. Many links will lead to the Pacifi c Northwest Chapter of the
ISA that lists certifi ed mem-bers in British Columbia, Oregon and Washington.
Local county extension services also use the same list and may off er specifi c recommendations.
As the winter storm sea-son progresses, a consulta-tion with a certifi ed arborist may be prudent if a hom-eowner has concerns about his or a neighbor’s trees.
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said Hover, who also is an Okanogan County com-missioner. “Th ere are many families that rely on salm-on, from your mom-and-pop tackle shops to your large commercial fi shing fl eets. Th ey all need salmon and trout populations to be healthy and harvestable.”
Salmon populations in Washington have been
declining for genera-tions. In 1991, the federal government declared the fi rst salmon, Snake River sockeye, as endangered. By the end of that decade, populations had dwindled so much that salmon and bull trout were listed as threatened or endangered in three-quarters of the state. Th ose listings set off a series of activities includ-
ing the formation of the Salmon Recovery Funding Board to oversee the invest-ment of state and federal funds for salmon recovery.
Funding for the grants comes from the federal Pacifi c Coastal Salmon Re-covery Fund and from the sale of state bonds. In ad-dition, nearly $11.6 million is dedicated to projects in Puget Sound, as part of Gov.
Chris Gregoire’s initiative to restore the health of Puget Sound.
“Salmon recovery is key to restoring Puget Sound,” said Gerry O’Keefe, ex-ecutive director of the Puget Sound Partnership, which is charged with developing a plan for improving the health of Puget Sound. “If we can improve the rivers, streams, lakes and other water bodies
so we have healthier salmon, we’ll also have healthier places for other fi sh, wildlife and humans. Th ese grants are an important step in righting past damage done to the environment.”
Information about the Salmon Recovery Funding Board and the Recreation and Conservation Offi ce is available online at www.rco.wa.gov.
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Cancer survivors and advocates from throughout the state will head to Olympia on Wednesday, Jan. 25 with hopes of infl uencing cancer-related legislation and to show support for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.
Cancer has become one of the most preventable and increasingly curable life-threatening diseases. However, it is only preventable and curable if the necessary steps to prevent it outright and detect it
early are taken. according to an American Cancer Society media release.
American Cancer Society epidemiologists predict that in the United States in 2012 there will be 1,638,910 new cancer cases and 577,190 cancer deaths. In the state of Washington this year, 35,790 people will be diagnosed with cancer and another 12,170 will die of the disease.
Volunteers have scheduled legislative meetings to tell their personal stories to Washington’s lawmak-ers on several issues and bills being considered in the current legislative session, such as: preventing weakening of the Clean Indoor Air law.
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BY KRIS HILL
Kentwood High’s basket-ball teams sure like to
play at ShoWare Center.On Monday both the
girls and the boys squads won in the 2nd Annual Val-ley Medical Center Show-case, which featured seven games, as the Conquerors positioned themselves for the playoff s.
In the aft ernoon, the Kentwood girls put away Federal Way, 57-42.
It was a close contest in the fi rst half, with the Conks leading the Eagles by six at halft ime, but Kent-wood ran away with the game in the second half.
A 26-point fourth quar-ter for the Conks sealed the double digit victory against an Eagles team that came into the game near the top of the South Puget Sound League 4A South Division.
Balanced scoring, just what the young Kentwood squad has used to its advan-tage much of the season, made the victory all the easier.
Sophomore Jenny John-son led the squad with 14, followed by senior point guard Maddison Rankin’s 13 points, along with Sarah Toeaina’s 11 while Alexis Berrysmith added 8, Kate Kramer chipped in 6 and Alycea DeLong put in 5 points.
Kentwood played again Tuesday night then will take on Kent-Meridian on Friday.
In the fi nal match up of the evening, the Kentwood boys took on Th omas Jeff erson, playing it close early, with the scored tied at 13-13 with 4:41 left in the second quarter aft er a Daryon James three for the Raiders.
Th anks to aggressive defense by the Conquerors, the Raiders turned the ball over a number of times
on errant passes, double dribble calls and traveling.
Kentwood was able to convert a number of those turnovers into points in transition.
Jeff erson closed a 21-13 Kentwood gap in the second quarter to 23-18 at halft ime but the Conks scored seven points in the fi rst 85 seconds of the third quarter to take a 30-18 lead.
At the point, Kentwood never looked back, extend-ing the lead throughout the second half and winning the game 66-39.
Spreading the ball around on off ense worked well for the boys, too.
Austin Benson, who made multiple trips to the free- throw line, led the Conks with 21 points on 9-for-11 at the charity
stripe. Jackson Huerta and Joe Kramer tallied 19 points apiece while Jeremy Smith and Taylor Jones added 18 each.
Th e win, coupled with Kent-Meridian’s loss to Kentridge earlier in the eve-ning, sets up a key contest on Friday between the Roy-als and the Conquerors.
Both teams are at 8-3 in SPSL North play and are at the top of the division with Kent-Meridian having won the fi rst match up between the two teams earlier in the season.
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Top, Kentwood’s Austin Benson dribbles in transition as Thomas Jeff erson’s Daniel Park (15) and David Luafatasaga (23) try to catch up to him Monday at the ShoWare Center. Photo courtesy of James Kielland Bottom, Kentwood’s Alycea DeLong with the ball as a Federal Way player defends her in a game at the ShoWare Center on Monday. DENNIX BOX, Kent Reporter
KENTLAKE POWDER PUFF FOOTBALL SET
FOR MARCH 9Mark your calendars for
Kentlake High’s Powderpuff football game.
The game is planned for 7 p.m. on March 9 at French Field.
This match up, which is a 2012 grad night fundraiser for Kentlake students, will feature
the Junior girls versus the Senior girls.
Kentlake’s pep band will be in the stands and the Flames, the school’s dance team, will
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Colton Marlowe and Sean Farr continue to dominate for Kentlake on the wrestling mat.
In both duals last week, Marlowe won the 145 pound weight class by pin, while Farr beat Brandyn Bangsund of Kentwood on Jan. 11 in a technical fall thanks to a series of aggres-sive shots and work on the mat. Farr followed that up by beating Tilden Sansom of Auburn on Jan. 12.
Kentlake lost both dual meets, however, falling 46-21 to Kentwood and 42-33 to Auburn.
Dalton Meyers, a sopho-more from Kentwood who went to state a year ago, beat Kentlake’s Josh Beckler 6-1.
Beckler bounced back in the 132 pound weight class the next night with a pin of Auburn’s Bailey Minnar with just a few seconds left in the first period.
Kevin Rodriguez had a similar experience in the 138 pound class, losing 12-0 to Kentwood’s Logan Bearss, then turning around and pinning Auburn’s Christian Loomis the next evening.
Kentwood’s Jonathan Ohashi, a senior who also plays football for the Con-querors, put together an 11-3 decision over Kent-lake’s Matt Nutting on Jan. 11 at 160.
In the 170 pound class,
Josh Boekelman of Kent-wood beat Chad Johnnie.
At 185, Quinton Trihn, a junior, pinned Hayden Lasher of Kentlake at the end of the second period.
Jon Yarbrough put together an 11-2 victory over Kentwood’s Kyle Cap-perauld at 195. He followed that up on Jan. 12 with a pin of Stephen Heinze of Auburn.
Kentlake’s Dylan Beale made up for an off night at Kentwood, where he was pinned by Matthew Herrick in the 285 pound match, with a pin in 1 minute, 39 seconds, of Charlie Simms from Auburn.
Walker Meyers, a fresh-man, put his stamp on the evening for Kentwood with a pin halfway through the second period of Kentlake’s Aa Saeturn at 120 pounds.
Conor Berlin, another freshman Conk, put to-gether a 9-1 decision over Kentlake’s Nick Smith.
Tahoma, meanwhile, crushed Kentwood on Jan. 12 with a 48-12 victory.
Walker Meyers provided a highlight for the Conks with a 58 second pin over the Bears’ Colton Jackson at 106.
Ohashi’s momentum continued as put together a 5-3 decision at 160 against his Tahoma opponent, Chris McElroy.
Matthew Herrick defeated Tahoma’s Edwin Torres, 4-0, at 285.
Meanwhile, Todd Link beat Conor Berlin at 113, Tim Whitehead pinned Scott Willis at 120, Jesse Vaughan beat Abriel Rodri-guez 17-7, Stephen Hopkins beat Jamiel Jackson 12-7
at 138, Joey Palmer put away Bearss, 13-3 at 145, followed by Tanner Mjelde’s 35 second pin of Bangsund at 152.
At 170 Garrett Autrey pinned Boekelman with just seconds remaining in the second period followed by Austin Perry’s 6-2 win over Trihn at 182.
Matt Hopkins pinned Capperauld in the second period at 195.
Aaron Davis squared off against a familiar opponent in Visa Thach. Both played football in the fall. Davis won 14-5 at 195.
The SPSL 4A North regular season wraps up Wednesday, Jan. 25, with Tahoma traveling to Auburn, Kentlake hosting Auburn Riverside and Ken-tridge at Kent-Meridian. Kentwood has the night off.
All matches start at 7:30 p.m.Reach Kris Hill at [email protected] or
425-432-1209 ext. 5054.To comment on this story go to www.covingtonre-porter.com.
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Priscilla E. Fortenberry, 66, passed away peacefully January 11, 2012 with her loving family by her side. Born in Kingburg, CA, she had resided in the Covington area the last 44 years.
Priscilla enjoyed going to garage sales and shopping at thrift stores but most of all she was a loving wife and mother who cared deeply for her family.
Survivors include her husband, Wayne of 48 years; daughters, Carrie Lane Fortenberry of
Renton and Kelly Raye McGarvey of Kirkland; sons, Brett (Anika) of Federal Way, Brady (Joanna) of Tacoma, Joshua and Matthew both of Covington; sisters, Lee Lyons (Ron) and Janice Clark, both of CA; brothers, Elmo Hays (Vern) and Jack Hays (Fern) both of CA; 14 grandchildren, Mark, Theron, Jeremy, Rikki, Jeniffer, Paden, Tristan, Zachary, Chloe, Kalen, Hannah, Hunter, Brooke and Aron; 7 great-grandchildren, Mason, Miles, Jaida, Felicity, Sebastian, Madison, and Isabella.
A visitation will be held Saturday from 3-5PM at Yahn & Son Funeral Home in Auburn. Memorial service will be held Saturday, January 21, 2012 11:00 A.M. at Brooklake Church, 629 S. 356th St. Federal Way. Arrangements by Yahn & Son Funeral Home, Auburn.
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Kentlake’s Colton Marlowe lifts Kentwood’s Jamiel Jackson off his feet in a 145-pound match on Jan. 11. Marlowe pinned Jackson. KRIS HILL, Kent Reporter To view a slide show go to www.kentreporter.com and to buy photos click on the photo reprints tab.
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In the Superior Court of the State of Washington for the County of
King City of Kent, Plaintiff, vs. ALINA O. LEYVA and J. AR- MANDO LEYVA, husband and wife; MELINA HARRIS and JOHN DOE HARRIS, husband and wife; JOSEPH H. TRAN and JANE DOE TRAN, husband and wife; MATTHEW CHRISTO- PHER HALLER and JANE DOE HALLER, husband and wife; MELANIE S. MOSSHART and JOHN DOE MOSSHART, hus- band and wife; THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CER- TIFICATE HOLDERS OF CWMBS, INC., CHL MORT- GAGE PASS-THROUGH TRUST 2005-01, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFI- CATES, SERIES 2005-01; ISI- DRO FIGUEROA and MARINA FIGUEROA, husband and wife; CANDACE A. DEBUSE and JOHN DOE DEBUSE, husband and wife; AURORA LOAN SERVICE LLC, a Delaware lim- ited liability company; SMALL AND BIG PROPERTIES SOLU- TION L.L.C., a Washington lim- ited liability company,Defendant.
No. 11-2-39167-1 KNT The State of Washington to the said defendant, Small and Big Properties Solution L.L.C.: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within six- ty days after the 30th day of De- cember, 2011, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff City of Kent, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned at- torneys for plaintiff City of Kent, at its office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the de- mand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of
said court. This action is regard- ing the foreclosure of real prop- erty local improvement district assessments. David A. Galazin, Assistant City Attorney, City of Kent,Plaintiff’s Attorney.220 4th Avenue South Kent, King County, Washington.Published in the Kent Reporter on December 30, 2011, January 6, 13, 20, 27 and February 3, 2012. #566189
Superior Court of Washington County of King
In re: RANDY OLIVER Petitioner, and MARY ANN DAVIS Respondent.No. 11-3-07046 - 1KNT
Summons by Publication To the Respondent: The petitioner has started an ac-tion in the above court requesting the establishment or modification of a parenting plan or residential schedule. The petition also requests that the court grant the following relief: Approve a parenting plan or resi-dential schedule for the dependent children. Award the tax exemptions for the dependent children as fol-lows: Father every year. You must respond to this sum-mons by serving a copy of your written response on the person signing this summons and by fil-ing the original with the clerk of the court. If you do not serve your written response within 60 days af-ter the date of the first publication of this summons (60 days after the 20th day of January, 2012), 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 sum-mons. In the case of a dissolution, the court will not enter the final decree until at least 90 days after service and filing. If you serve a notice of appearance on the under-signed person, you are entitled to notice before an order of default or a decree may be entered.
Your written response to the sum-mons and petition must be on form WPF PS 15.0300, Response to Petition for Residential Schedule/Parenting Plan/Child Support Information about how to get this form may be obtained by contact-ing the clerk of the court, by con-tacting the Administrative Office of the Courts at (360)705-5328, or from the Internet 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 is to send it by certified mail with return receipt requested. This summons is issued pursu-ant to RCW 4.28.100 and Superior Court Civil Rule 4.1 of the State of Washington.Dated: 10/13/2011Randy Oliver, PetitionerFile Original of your Response with the Clerk of the Court at:Regional Justice Center401 4th Ave North, Room 2CKent, WA 98032Serve a Copy of your Response on: PetitionerRandy Oliver517 4th Ave. S. Apt #1Kent. WA 98032 Published in Kent Reporter on January 20 & 27, 2012; February 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2012. #573468.
2012-0030 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Hearing Examiner for the King County Council will meet in Room W-1201 on the 12th floor of the King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, February 1, 2012, at the time listed, or as soon there-after as possible, to consider appli-cations for classification and real property assessment under Cur-rent Use Assessment Statute RCW 84.34, all listed hereafter;1:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible.2012-0030 - E11CT034 –
Robert E. and Claudia H. Tidball for property located at 27329 – 78th Avenue South, Kent, WA 98032; STR: NE-36-22-04; SIZE: 7.97 acres; REQUEST: Public Benefit Rating System and/or Tim-ber Land; Tax #000680-0007 and #000680-0052. Details are available from the King County Department of Natural Re-sources and Parks, Rural and Re-gional Services Section, 201 South Jackson Street, Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98104; Phone (206) 205-5170. Dated at Seattle, Washington, this 20th day of January, 2012. Anne Noris Clerk of the Council Metropolitan King County Council King County, Washington Published in the Kent Reporter on January 20, 2012. #572021.
INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that the City of Kent, Washington, will re-ceive sealed bids at the City Clerk’s office through January 31, 2012 up to 10:45 p.m. as shown on the clock on the east wall of the City Clerk’s Office on the first floor of City Hall, 220 4th Avenue South, Kent, Washington. All bids must be properly marked and sealed in accordance with this “Invitation to Bid.” Bids must be delivered and received at the City Clerk’s office by the above-stated time, regard-less of delivery method, including U.S. Mail. All bids will be opened and read publicly aloud at 11:00 a.m. for the City of Kent project named as follows:
Horseshoe Bend and Upper Russell Road
Restoration PlantingProject Numbers:
09-3005.7 & 09-3006 The project consists of installing approximately 1,090 native plants, varying from one gallon to five gal-lon sizes along two city-owned sites near the Horseshoe Bend Levee, south of S. 259th St. and west of 80th Ave. S. The project involves two schedules of work (Schedule I and Schedule II) for restoration planting. Schedule I includes 550
plants, while Schedule II includes 540 plants. Both schedules include soil excavation, asphalt removal, installing fencing and irrigation, and maintaining plants for a 100% survival rate at two years. The Engineer’s estimated range for this project is approximately $100,000 to $140,000. Bid docu-ments may be obtained by contact-ing City of Kent Engineering De-partment, Nancy Yoshitake at (253) 856-5508. For technical questions, please call Matt Knox at (253) 856-5551. Bids must be clearly marked “Bid” with the name of the project on the outside of the envelope, ad-dressed to the City Clerk, 220 4th Avenue South, Kent, WA 98032-5895. Only sealed bids will be accepted. No facsimiles will be considered. Each bid shall be in accordance with the plans and specifications and other contract documents now on file in the office of the City En-gineer, City of Kent, Washington. Copies of the plans and Special Provisions may be purchased at a non-refundable cost of $50.00 for each set. Plans and specifications can also be downloaded at no charge at www.kentwa.gov/ pro-curement. Copies of the WSDOT Standard Specifications are avail-able for perusal only. A cashier’s check, postal money order or surety bond in the amount of 5% of the bid is required. The City of Kent reserves the right to reject any and all bids on any or all schedules or alternates or to waive any informalities in the bid-ding and shall determine which bid or bidders is the most responsive, satisfactory and responsible bid-der and shall be the sole judge thereof. No plea of mistake in the bid shall be available to the bidder for the recovery of his/her deposit or as a defense to any action based upon the neglect or refusal to execute a contract. Bidders must submit with their initial bid a signed statement as to whether they have previously per-formed work subject to the Presi-
dent’s Executive Order No. 11246. No bidder may withdraw his/herbid for a period of sixty (60) daysafter the day of bid opening.Dated this 11th day of January,2012.BY:Brenda Jacober, City Clerk Published in the Kent Reporter onJanuary 20, 2012. #574113.
CITY OF KENTNOTICE OF ORDINANCES
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
The following is a summary ofordinances adopted by the KentCity Council on January 17, 2012:
ORDINANCE NO. 4028 AN ORDINANCE of theCity Council of the City of Kent,Washington, amending Section4.02 of the Kent City Code, entitled“Arts Commission”, increasing thenumber and providing for variableterms for youth representatives. Effective Date: February 16, 2012 Each ordinance will take effect30 days from the date of passage,unless subjected to referendumor vetoed by the Mayor, or unlessotherwise noted. A copy of thecomplete text of any ordinance willbe mailed upon request to the CityClerk. Brenda Jacober, CMC, City ClerkPublished in the Kent Reporter onJanuary 20, 2012. #574928.
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