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Th e Kent City Council is expected to vote Tuesday night on a controversial ban of medical marijuana dispensaries and col-lective gardens.
Th e seven-member council
appears to be split about the proposed ordinance with four members reportedly in favor of the ban and three against it. Th e council meeting starts at 7 p.m. at City Hall.
If the council passes the ban, medical marijuana advo-cates promise to fi le a lawsuit
Wednesday in King County Superior Court for an injunction to stop the ban on behalf of two collective gardens in the city, Evergreen Association of Collec-tive Gardens and Herbal Choice Caregivers.
“We’ll have it done and fi led by June 6,” said John Worthington, a
medical marijuana supporter who already has the fi ling papers ready to go, during a phone interview. “It’s too bad. It’s a waste of city money.”
In an email to the Kent Reporter about the potential lawsuit, Worthington wrote, “Get ready city of Kent, we are
not blowing smoke.”Attorney Douglas Hiatt,
representing Evergreen Associa-tion of Collective Gardens, also has promised to fi le suit. Hiatt said state law allows medical marijuana use and the city cannot override state law with a ban.
Council to vote on medical marijuana dispensary ban
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Step it upThe Kalinka Dance Group from Kent performs at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ international dance extravaganza at the ShoWare Center last Saturday. More than 1,000 area youth provided a culturally rich and inspiring festival of dances from throughout the world. The multi-stake Mormon dance festival, “Arise and Shine Forth,” invited youth to share goodness and positive infl uence with their communities. RACHEL CIAMPI, Reporter
BY SARAH KEHOE
Seattle Th underbirds center Tyler Alos is putting aside his hockey sticks to run for a cause.
T-Bird players and the Th underbirds Commu-nity Sports Foundation have teamed up in support of the Kent Relay for Life on Friday and Saturday at French Field.
Th e Kent Relay for Life starts 6 p.m. Friday at French Field, next to Kent-Meridian High School. Alos will run the track for a minimum of one hour at the start of the Relay For Life.
“I was presented an opportunity to participate in the Kent Relay for Life and really wanted to and felt I needed to,” Alos said. “I’ve been blessed with good health for most of my life, so the least I can do is spend a day at the event and a month fundraising for those who are less fortu-nate than myself.”
Alos and the foundation are raising money for cancer research in two ways. Fans can make a straight donation
by going to the T-Birds Kent Relay for Life website.
Fans also can call T-Birds account executive Jason Pouliott at 253-856-6844 to pledge a dollar amount for every lap Alos runs.
“My goals are to raise as much money as possible and to just have a good time,” Alos said.
T-BIRDS LOOK TO SCORE SUPPORT IN RELAY FOR LIFE
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T-Bird Tyler Alos joins others for this weekend’s Relay for Life at French Field, a fundraising event for the American Cancer Society. COURTESY PHOTO
BY STEVE HUNTER
A 45-year-old Kent woman has been charged with second-degree murder for the stabbing death of her husband in the backseat of a Honda Accord as a relative drove through Kent.
Janice Marie Burrell is accused of the May 25 stabbing death with a knife of Arthur D. Smith, 41. She is scheduled to be arraigned on June 11 at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Offi ce. Burrell is in the county jail in
Seattle with bail set at $1 million.Prosecutors requested the high
bail for Burrell because of "the nature of the charge, community safety and history of failure to appear (in court)," according to charging papers. Burrell has two felony drug
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Transformed woman turns ambassador for Weight WatchersBY ROCHELLE ADAMS
For the Kent Reporter
Aft er losing 40 pounds and becoming an active leader at the Kent Weight Watchers center, local woman Debbie Hugo has been featured as one of the success stories in a new, recently released book.
Th e book, “Weight Loss Boss: How to Finally Win at Losing – and Take Charge In an Out-of-Control Food World” by Weight Watcher’s CEO David Kirchoff , shares various weight loss stories from real people who have benefi ted from Weight Watchers.
“It’s an amazing honor,” Hugo said of being part of the book. “Th ere are a lot of us who are very passionate about success and how our lives changed. But to be one of the people singled out in that book, it’s an amazing honor.”
Hugo’s portion of the book tells the story of how she was motivated to lose
weight aft er seeing herself in a Christmas video in 1989 and being surprised by how much weight she had gained.
“I guess aft er seeing yourself day in, day out, you don’t see it,” she said. “But seeing yourself in a picture or a video really hammered it home for me. It took me three weeks to make the decision to go to Weight Watchers.”
Even when she got there, Hugo was not sure she would be able to lose the 40 pounds she needed to lose.
Instead of planning to tackle the full amount, Hugo said she decided to start with the smaller goal of losing only 10 pounds with the expectation of quitting the weight loss pro-
gram aft er that milestone. But once she met that
goal, Hugo said she had the motivation to set and meet another goal of 10 pounds. Th is tactic of setting smaller goals added up until she lost the full 40 pounds she aimed for.
She said Weight Watchers taught her that losing weight is not just a quick fi x.
“I’m a person who dealt with weight issues all my life trying one stupid thing aft er another, aft er another, aft er another,” Hugo said. “Noth-ing worked. I realize now that you have to do it longer than just a week to make it happen … It’s all about edu-cation. It’s all about making it become a lifestyle.”
Aft er losing the weight, she started working at Weight Watchers in May of 1991 as a receptionist.
She eventually moved on to leading Weight Watch-ers meetings. Th rough this leadership position, she has received recognition from Weight Watchers, which may be part of why she was featured in the book.
In the early 2000s, Hugo led a holiday project in the company’s Kent center that eventually reached a national level.
“I put out to my mem-bers that for every week you come in during this time period, whatever you had
in weight loss, you needed to fi nd a nonperishable food item that weighed (the amount you lost) that week,” she said.
“You need to put it in a place of honor and I was calling that place of honor the ‘Weight Loss Shrine.’ And the hope was that every week, you would be able to add to that.”
At the end of the time period, the members brought in all of the food they gathered and donated the 3,000 pounds of food they built up to the Kent Food Bank, she said. Th is became a program she put on every year.
In 2007, Kirchoff was in the area and sat in on one of her meetings where she discussed the food bank challenge. He then took the idea nationwide.
“A little silly idea, by one silly woman bringing it out to her member … in the Kent center, motivated or generated that same thing across the nation,” she said.
“Th e whole nation picked it up … In that pro-cess, Weight Watchers said, for every pound you lose, we’ll donate a dollar up to a million dollars to orga-nizations to fi ght hunger. Not only nationwide, but worldwide. Th ey gave out a million dollars for the last fi ve years I think it’s been.”
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Kent fi refi ghters re-sponded to two West Hill apartment fi res and an East Hill house fi re over Memo-rial Day weekend.
No one was injured in any of the three fi res, but the apartment fi res each went to a second alarm and caused an estimated $550,000 damage.
Fire investigators de-termined a gas barbecue on a balcony caused one apartment fi re. Cigarettes disposed in a fl ower pot with dry fl owers caused the second apartment fi re. Th e cause of the house fi re has yet to be determined.
A second alarm apart-ment fi re early Sunday morning on the West Hill displaced four families.
Th e Kent Fire Depart-ment and South King County Fire Department emergency units were dispatched to the fi re at approximately midnight and arrived within a few minutes at the apartment complex in the 26000 block of 27th Place South.
Firefi ghters found the building evacuated and reported heavy fi re visible on the third fl oor involving two apartment decks and the roof.
Crews were able to quickly extinguish the fi res.
Fire investigators de-termined the cause of the fi re to be cigarettes being disposed of in a fl ower pot igniting the dry plants in the pot and the pot being too close to the siding on the third-fl oor deck.
Th e fi re grew rapidly and
spread to an adjacent deck and then the roof. Damage to the building has been estimated at approximately $350,000.
Th e eight residents displaced by the fi re are staying with friends and family locally.
At about 7:15 p.m. Sunday, Valley Commu-nications dispatch began receiving multiple calls reporting a fully involved apartment fi re in the 4500 block of South 248th Place on the West Hill.
Firefi ghters reported heavy fi re and thick smoke from a second-fl oor balcony. A second alarm was quickly called bringing additional emergency units to the scene because of the size of the complex and the number of residents at risk.
Th e balcony fi re was quickly extinguished.
Fire investigators deter-mined the cause of the fi re to be a cooking device too close to the combustible siding of the building. Th e damage to the structure is estimated at approximately $200,000.
Th e two residents of the apartment were displaced as a result of the fi re and will stay with family locally.
At just before midnight Sunday, fi refi ghters were dispatched to a report of a house fi re in the 23200 block of 110th Place South-east on the East Hill.
Fire crews were able to extinguish the deck fi re.
Th e cause of the fi re is undetermined at this time and no estimate of damage has been provided.
Three housing fires strike Kent over weekend
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Volunteers from the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish counties built 14 free wheelchair ramps for low-income disabled homeowners – including Kent’s Steven Wangsness, above, second from left – on May 19, part of its 19th annual Rampathon event. Rob VanHouten and his crew from Powell Custom Homes and Renovations assembled a new ramp for Wangsness, who has been wheelchair bound for fi ve years. VanHouten served as ramp captain. Led by ramp captain Kris Quigley, of Tradesman International, volunteers from the Master Builders Association’s Sales & Marketing Council built a new ramp for Kent’s Alicia Hernandez. Teams from the Master Builders Association have constructed 320 wheelchair ramps since 1993. Each ramp represented a unique challenge for the team as it adapted design and construction to the existing landscape and the recipient’s needs. COURTESY PHOTO
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KDP TO HOST FUNDRAISING EVENT
The Kent Downtown Partnership hosts its 19th
annual Dinner and Auction from 5-9 p.m., Saturday, June 23 at the ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St.
The theme this year is “Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
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Stores to sell liquor FridayBY STEVE HUNTER
[email protected] sales will fl ow
more freely in Kent and throughout the state start-ing Friday.
Th e large grocery and drug stores in Kent are all jumping on the chance to sell spirits alongside wine and beer aft er voters approved Initiative 1183 last year to get the state out of the liquor business and privatize sales.
“We have heard very positive reactions to seeing liquor being stocked on our shelves,” said Safeway spokeswoman Sara Os-borne in an email.
Safeway already has displays ready to go with a banner draped over the stocked shelves letting customers know they can buy hard liquor starting Friday, June 1.
Safeway plans to carry about 450 varieties of spirits in various sizes and will dis-play the hard liquor bottles next to the wine section.
Private buyers bought the rights to the four state-run liquor stores in Kent and also plan to open Fri-day. Th ose stores will face tough competition from the large grocery stores.
“We know shoppers always appreciate con-venience when grocery shopping and it’s not con-venient to make an extra stop for liquor,” Osborne said about competition from the liquor-only stores.
Albertsons, QFC, Top Food and Drug, Fred Meyer, Winco Foods, Bartell, Rite Aid, Target and Walgreens are among the stores in Kent that will sell spirits.
Fred Meyer has run newspaper ads promot-ing how one-stop shop-ping gets even better with spirits coming to the store, even with a fi nal tagline of “I’ll drink to that!”
Stores must have at least 10,000 square feet to sell liquor under the new law, but the former state-run stores are excluded from that rule.
Costco stores in Tukwila and Covington also will sell spirits. Th e Issaquah-based company contrib-uted nearly all of the $22 million spent in the state to get voters to pass Initia-tive 1183.
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“It’s clear to me that state law does not allow you to do what you’re doing if you decide to enact a total ban,” Hiatt said at a May 14 public hearing about the proposed ban in front of the council’s Economic and Community Development Committee.
“It’s clear to me that state law does not allow you to do what you’re doing if you decide to enact a total ban,” Hiatt said at a May 14 public hearing about the
proposed ban in front of the council’s Economic and Community Development Committee.
That committee voted 2-1 to adopt the ban, sending the proposal to the full council. Council members Bill Boyce and Deborah Ranniger voted for the ban. Jamie Perry opposed it.
Medical marijuana advo-cates have flooded council members with phone calls and emails in an attempt to get them to oppose the ban.
“We’re getting dozens and dozens of phone calls
and emails and most are from medical marijuana patients,” said Council President Dennis Higgins during a phone interview. “The number in favor I can count on one finger.”
State Rep. Roger Good-man, D-Kirkland, co-sponsored with Sensible Washington, a Seattle-based group that supports mari-juana legalization, to send a letter Friday to the City Council to vote down the proposed ban.
Sensible Washington, the group behind the petition
in Kent and other cities to make marijuana offenses the lowest law enforcement priority, plans a rally at 6 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall to oppose the medical mari-juana dispensary ban.
Higgins said he opposes the ban. Higgins joined Perry and Elizabeth Albertson in favor of a zoning ordinance for collective gardens that failed to get a majority vote in January. The three also voted in January against the current six-month moratorium to ban medical marijuana dispensaries.
Council members Boyce, Ranniger, Les Thomas and
Dana Ralph voted in favor of the six-month morato-rium and are in favor of the proposed ban. They favor a ban because federal law prohibits the use of mari-juana, even though state law allows medical marijuana use. Boyce has said he favors a ban rather than passing another moratorium.
Higgins said it looks like the ban will pass on a 4-3 vote.
“I don’t expect it to change but it would be a happy surprise,” Higgins said.
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Crime Stoppers’ tip leads to arrest of Kent man
Auburn police on Tuesday morning arrested 27-year-old Kent resident Blake B. Bellecourt, the fugitive responsible for the May 18 lockdown of Thomas Jefferson High School in Auburn.
Police – acting on tip turned into Crime Stop-pers of Puget Sound by a Q13 Fox “Washington’s Most Wanted” viewer – surrounded an apartment building at 207 D. St. SE in Auburn, where Bellecourt, who is also known as “Little Nutzo,” was holed up.
After initially being told by Bellecourt’s girlfriend that he was not in the apartment and that she didn’t even know him, police searched the residence with a K-9 unit, finding Bellecourt hiding, entwined around a water heater enclosed behind a wood panel in a closet.
Police took Bellecourt into custody and arrested the girlfriend for rendering criminal assistance.
Bellecourt, a known gang member who is wanted on three arrest warrants including escape and as-sault, prompted the May 18 lockdown at Jefferson.
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Margaret I. SheehanMargaret was born in the fall of 1918
and passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 27, 2012 at the family home.
Margaret was a fantastic wife and wonderful mother, she was a great cook and had superb organizational skill. Cleanliness was Job #1. She loved working in the yard, always happy to see new growth and new blooms.
Margaret enjoyed knitting, sewing, and watching the hummingbirds in the backyard feeder. She liked keeping the tradition of going to church every Sunday and obeying the 10 Commandments, not just 5 or 6 of them. She was a member of the St. Anne’s Guild. She played bridge for many years with many close friends and cherished all the memories.
Her husband John predeceased her in 1970. Being with family made her day. She was always proud of her sons. Survivors are Dennis and Kevin Sheehan, sister Germaine, brother Ronald and numerous family members.
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convictions, numerous arrests for assault, three convictions for assault as well as convictions for public distur-bance, alcohol and drug violations, false reporting and theft.
One of the first Kent Police of-ficers to respond to the stabbing at about 6:49 p.m. outside of the Kent MultiCare Clinic, 222 State Ave. N., recognized Burrell and Smith due to numerous contacts with the couple.
The officer asked Burrell what she had done.
“You know me, you know me,” said Burrell, even calling the officer by her maiden name. “I killed him, I killed him. You know what he does to me.”
The officer than asked Burrell if she was injured.
“No, I ain’t,” she said. “I am so tired of him beating on me.”
Officers detained Burrell because they found Smith sitting with a stab wound in the back seat of the car with his head back against the seat and because of the amount of blood on Burrell’s clothing.
Blood soaked the front of Smith’s shirt. He had a small cut in his shirt near the center of his chest. He had a
cut on his right hand and about a one-inch stab wound in his chest. Officers pulled Smith out of the vehicle. He died at the scene.
A 29-year-old nephew of Smith and teenage son of the nephew met Smith and Burrell May 25 at 7-Eleven at 511 Central Ave. S. in Kent.
The couple got into the backseat of the car. The nephew told detectives he didn’t really know where he was going and just drove where directed as Smith and Burrell argued about everything and nothing in particular. He said it was typical behavior for the couple.
He drove near Earthworks Park when he heard what sounded like a slapping, looked in the rearview mir-ror and saw Smith with his head far back against the seat rest. He asked Burrell if she had stabbed Smith.
“Yeah, I’ll stab him again,” Burrell replied, according to charging papers.
The nephew decided to drive to a hospital when he saw the MultiCare Clinic and pulled into the parking lot. He told his son to run inside and get help. A clinic staff member called police. The nephew said he exited the car along with Burrell and saw her holding a knife. He took the knife
from her, put it on the ground at first and later on top of the car. He then began to apply pressure to Smith’s stab wound.
The nephew told detectives that Burrell stood and watched and seemed proud of what she did as she remained calm and even puffed her chest out proudly.
Burrell told detectives at the Kent city jail that she had three “211” beers earlier in the day, including one just prior to the stabbing. Steel Reserve 211 is a malt liquor with 8.1 percent alcohol.
She told detectives that Smith is “always beating on me and spitting on me.” She said they argued in the car.
“I just got tired of it,” Burrell said. “I just snapped.”
Burrell claimed Smith told her just prior to the stabbing that, “Bitch, I do this to you. I do what I want to you.”
She told detectives the knife belonged to her husband and had been in their bedroom in case they needed protec-tion. She said she had the knife in her back pants pocket prior to the stabbing.
“Karma is a bitch and he got what he deserves,” Burrell said. “I just pulled it out and I stabbed him. I just reacted on him.”
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Court hearing for Kent boy accused of rapes rescheduled againBY STEVE HUNTER
A hearing set in King County Juvenile Court in Seattle to determine whether a 16-year-old Kent boy
charged with rape should be tried as an adult has been rescheduled to June 18.
The boy had been sched-uled to be in court May 21. This marks the fourth time the hearing has been rescheduled as the defense attorney asks for more time to prepare the case.
Prosecutors charged
the boy Nov. 10 with two counts of first-degree rape and two counts of first-de-gree kidnapping with sexual motivation in connection with attacks on a 17-year-old girl and a 19-year-old woman on separate nights in October on the East Hill along Kent-Kangley Road.
Prosecutors will request
that the boy be tried as an adult. The boy attended Kentwood High School in Covington, where Kent Police arrested him Nov. 7.
If convicted in Juvenile Court, the boy would be incarcerated up to his 21st
birthday, according to prosecutors. The minimum sentence in adult court is 28
to 36 years in prison with a potential maximum sen-tence of up to life in prison.
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● Q U O T E O F N O T E : “We’ll have it done and fi led by June 6. It’s too bad. It’s a waste of city money. ... Get ready city of Kent, we are not blowing smoke.” – John Worthington, a medical marijuana advocate, on the promise of fi ling a lawsuit to challenge the city’s proposed ban of medical marijuana dispensaries and collective gardens.
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Trying to move beyond cultural competence
As the community outreach director for the Kent School District, I facilitated cultural competence workshops for several years, reaching hundreds of school district employ-ees, as well as employees of a few community organizations.
One reason the workshop was requested by so many is because it didn’t assume that any group or individual was more culturally com-petent than the other. Neither was the facilita-tor more competent by virtue of his ethnicity.
We are all on a continuum, perhaps in diff erent places, moving beyond cultural competence to become culturally profi cient.
It’s a continuous learning process.
Beyond cultural com-petence means at least two things: one, people learn by sharing experi-ences and perceptions as they discuss the elements of cultural competence
without being judged competent or incom-petent, or being compelled to have feelings of guilt. Instead, everyone’s perceptions are acknowledged within a safe learning envi-ronment maintained by the facilitator.
Another meaning is to focus beyond the use of the word “competent” to the words culturally “profi cient,” because many of the people who would be receptive to learning about cultural diff erences and similarities re-ject the perception that they need to become competent.
Once a group comes to understand the role of culture, they have a better chance of realizing that most cultures that continue to exist are suffi cient to some extent. Otherwise, they would not have survived to this day.
In order to survive, all cultures must produce and train the young. Cultures must fi nd a way to enforce its values and explain its existence, provide food and shelter and maintain security and order.
We could say our culture has not only survived, but has risen to the top of the heap in the world. A host of immigrants from around the world will attest to the fact that
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Summer is just around the corner and many of you are looking forward to enjoying the beauti-ful parks and trails South King County has to off er.
For those of you who live near the Green River trail, we have good news to share. Just in time for the warmer
weather, the gi-ant sandbags on the levees along the river will be coming down.
Th ese sandbags served their pur-pose, but now that fl ood risk no long
exists, it is time for them to go. In 2009, the Green River Valley
faced a major threat when we learned
that the Howard Hanson Dam, which had protected the Valley from fl ooding for over four decades, was damaged.
People were concerned – homes, jobs, and businesses were in jeopardy of fl ooding. Th e region’s economy was at risk – approxi-mately 100,000 jobs exist in the fl ood area; more than 90,000 com-mutes could have been disrupted; and, according to the Washington
State Department of Commerce, a 10-day fl ood event in the Green River Valley could have resulted in a $1.1 billion loss to the state’s economy.
Th e King County Flood Control District stepped up to help the Green River Valley prepare for pos-sible fl ooding. Th e Flood Control District is a county-wide govern-ment created to provide funding and policy oversight for possible fl ooding.
One of the ways the Flood Control District helped was to pay
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I have never been a fan of basketball, but the Port of Se-attle’s claims that a new arena will cost our region family wage jobs fail to identify the real problem.
Th ere is no doubt that port traffi c and sports fans are an issue, but are the issues caused by the sports fans or the port?
Although I do not work at the Port of Seattle itself, I have worked on port facilities and in the general area. Th ere are problems with traffi c gridlock and with the ability to effi -ciently move freight into and out of the area.
I do not doubt that adding a new arena and additional sports fans will adversely impact that already gridlocked traffi c. How-ever, the answer to me is not to block the new arena, but to address some of the issues that
add to the gridlock.Ten years ago I heard discus-
sions of a redesign of the Port of Seattle, specifi cally in the area of Terminal 46. One of the issues discussed was how inef-fi cient it was for the rail yard to be separated from the terminal itself, so containers would need to be shuttled over surface
streets between the port and the rail hubs.
A redesign was discussed that would extend rail into the terminal and/or expand the port itself to include the existing hub. Th is would require moving surface traffi c away from the water from the West Seattle Bridge to Terminal 46.
With changes also occurring with the viaduct/tunnel proj-ect, it makes much more sense to me to create partnerships to fi x the real problems rather than remain siloed.
I propose that instead of op-posing the new arena, the Port of Seattle sit down with the developers, as well as DOT and SDOT, to fi nd real solutions that address the real problems.
Regardless if the arena is built there or not, port traffi c does not now move with ef-fi ciency.– Richard Hildreth
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for the placement of 26 miles of sandbags, which raised the height of the levees along the Green River and pro-vided extra flood protection to the cities of Kent, Auburn and Tukwila.
The sandbags bolstered the levees for three years while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers repaired the Howard Hanson Dam. The Corps initially estimated it would take four to five years to fix the dam, but they were able to complete the repairs in just three years. The sandbags are coming down because they are no longer needed to fend off possible floods. This is great news for people of the Green River Valley and for the cities of Kent, Auburn and Tukwila.
Under an agreement with the Flood Control District, the cities of Kent, Auburn and Tukwila assumed responsibility for paying for the removal of the sandbags.
Unfortunately, these cities are facing the same budget-ary hardships that have plagued many governments due to the recession. The cities have indicated that now they cannot afford the approximate $5.88 million it will cost to take the sandbags down. Therefore, the cities requested that the Flood Control District help pay for the removal of sandbags.
On May 14, the Flood Control District Board of Supervisors – who are the same elected representatives as your King County Coun-cil – voted unanimously to help pay to remove the sandbags. This will allow the people and businesses of the Green River Valley to return to their normal lives, and help the cities avoid a costly bill come budget time.
As chair and vice-chair of the Flood Control District, we are happy we can help the Green River Valley move on from the fear and threat
of increased flooding to our communities.
The Kent Valley is the sec-ond largest industrial park on the West Cost and the fifth largest industrial park in the nation. After years of concern about flooding in this vital economic area, the removal of the sandbags sends the message that the valley is open for business, and full public access to a cherished trail in the region is restored.
We are excited that trail users will soon be able to enjoy walking and bik-ing without the eyesore of sandbags, while remaining fully-protected from poten-tial floods. Both of us look forward to seeing you on the trail soon.
King County Councilmembers Julia Patterson ([email protected]) is chair and Reagan Dunn ([email protected]) is vice-chair of the King County Flood Control District.
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AAA Congratulates2012 AAA SCHOOL SAFETY PATROL
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VARUN SURAVAJHELABROOKE NELSON
Every school day, thousands of school safety patrollers dedicate themselves to the safety of their classmates. From more than 22,000 patrollers across Washington, 10 were inducted into the 2012 AAA School Safety Patrol Hall of Fame.
Brooke Nelson of Star Lake Elementary and Varun Suravajhela of Sunrise Elementary, both in Kent, were chosen as 2012 Hall of Fame inductees. AAA, the founder of the School Safety Patrol program, and the community of Kent will be forever grateful for their dedication, and that of their fellow patrollers, to the safety of their classmates. Congratulations Brooke and Varun, you are true everyday heroes!
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As many as 45 vendors selling everything from fruits, fl owers, vegetables and craft s are expected at the Kent Farmers Market’s opening on Saturday.
“Everything is in line and looking good,” said Bill Westcott, organizer of the market sponsored by the Kent Lions Club. “It’s going to the same event as normal, but with new vendors from farmers and handcraft items to new food vendors. Th ere will be a wide variety of stuff for folks to choose from.”
Th e market runs from 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. each Saturday through Sept. 29 at Town Square Plaza Park on Second Avenue between West Smith Street and West Har-rison Street in downtown Kent.
Vendors will sell fruits, veg-etables, fl owers, food and craft s at the market. Th e types of produce available changes every couple of weeks depending on which crops are ready to sell. Strawberries, cher-ries, corn, onions, peppers, apples and melons are among the local produce that shoppers will fi nd.
Th e Kent Lions Club took over operations of the market in 1974 aft er several other groups ran it.
“Th e one thing the Lions Club always tries to deal with is eye-
sight and hearing, which is related to diabetes usually caused by obe-sity,” Westcott said. “So we try to promote healthy eating with fresh fruits and vegetables available at the market, while also encourag-ing people to support their local farmers.”
Sixty-fi ve vendors have signed up and paid for spots at the market. Another couple of dozen vendors are expected to walk in.
“Our farmers come from all over the place,” Westcott noted. “Most of the farmers that initially come are from Eastern Washing-ton because the farmers on our side of the mountain don’t have good weather to make their crops
ride yet. We won’t see our local farmers until around June or July.”
In addition to produce and craft s, market attendees can enjoy live music each weekend. Th e market will partner with the city of Kent on Saturday for its bike trail day as well as the Kent Inter-national Festival on June 16.
“Th is year will be better than ever,” Westcott said.
Th e market also accepts cou-pons from the state’s Women, Infants and Children (also known as WIC) program. State and fed-eral funds are distributed to low-income women to help them buy nutritional food for themselves and their children.
Congress set up the Farmers Market Nutrition Program in 1992 to provide fresh, unpre-pared, locally grown fruits and vegetables to WIC participants, and to expand the awareness, use of, and sales at farmers’ markets, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture website at www.fns.usda.gov.
Kent Farmers Market returns Saturday Market timeWhen: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, June 2-Sept. 29
Where: Town Square Plaza Park, corner of Second Avenue and West Smith Street
Details: www.kentfarmersmarket.com or 253-486-9316.
Bailey Ryan, 11, left, and his brother, Conner, 7, threw out the fi rst pitch in
honor of their great-grandfather, Art Wright, at the Memorial Day
weekend baseball tournament named in his honor.
Field No. 1 at Kent Memorial Park was renamed Art Wright Field in
recognition of the man’s many years of unselfi sh dedication
and service to youth baseball. COURTESY PHOTO
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Th e Rotary Club of Kent re-cently honored the top 5 percent of the graduating class of each of the four high schools (Kent-Meridian, Kentridge, Kentwood and Kentlake) and two acad-emies (Kent Mountain View and Kent Phoenix) in the Kent School District.
Nearly 200 people attended the May 22 celebration in the Lind-bloom Student Center at Green River Community College. King County Sheriff Steve Strachan, the outgoing president of the Rotary Club of Kent, was host.
Kent School District Superin-tendent Edward Lee Vargas, who is also a member of the club, handed out certifi cates to each of the nearly 100 students who attended.
In addition to recogniz-ing the students and their families and hearing from eight different student speak-ers, $21,000 in scholarships were awarded to nine differ-ent students based on their community service, financial need, academics, future plans and unique needs.
Rotary Club honors scholars
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“My personal goals are to last six hours around the track going as many laps as possible before I physically can’t go anymore, but mostly I want to have a lot of fun and raise some money.”
Fans interested in joining thes Th underbirds Relay for Life team to walk the track at French Field can register on the Relay For Life website.
Th e T-Birds are encourag-ing fans to come out to the fi eld and help support the T-Birds/Alos team with their cheers and enthusiasm.
“Fans and supporters can pledge a dollar amount for
every lap I run/walk around the track,” Alos said. “I’ll be taking pictures with fans and just having a good time trying to raise a lot of money for a good cause.”
Th e American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a life-changing event that gives everyone in com-munities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost and fi ght back against the disease by raising money.
“I just want to show those with cancer who survived their battle’s that they’re not alone and that there are a whole lot of people who want this horrible disease
gone, too,” Alos said.Relay teams camp out at
French Field and take turns walking or running around the track.
“I think it’s important for the Kent community to participate in this walk be-cause, one way or another, we have all been aff ected by cancer,” Alos said. “To have an event where we can all come together and fi ght back against cancer, I think, is a pretty remarkable thing.
“Th is truly, is to me, the meaning of a community. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know anyone there, you’re all there for the same rea-son. It brings people closer and I think that’s important in a community.”
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Boyce resigns from Kent School BoardBY STEVE HUNTER
Bill Boyce announced his resignation from the Kent School Board in order to focus on his Kent City Council position.
Boyce has served 18 years on the board. He is in his fi rst year on the council. He announced his resignation at
the May 23 board meeting.Boyce said aft er winning
election to the council last November that he would re-sign in 2012 from the school board. Boyce’s fi nal board meeting will be June 13.
“I’ve been doing it since 1994 when I was appointed to the board,” said Boyce during a phone interview about his resignation. “I’ve always thought a good board member is some-one who has kids in the district,” said Boyce, whose
fi ve children attended Kent schools with the youngest graduating last year from Kentwood High School in Covington. “I want to be able to focus 150 percent to the city like I did to the board. It’s time to move on and pass the baton to someone else.”
Th e district is taking ap-plications to replace Boyce. Boyce said he expects his replacement to be chosen by the board in time to take over at the June 27 meeting.
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the culture in our country provides members great opportunities for social mobility. Other Americans of all backgrounds whose families have been in the U.S. for generations will concur with immigrants.
Although we have numerous identities as Americans – Asian-Ameri-can, white American, black American, Jewish Ameri-can, Christian American, male, female, husband, wife, son or daughter – we
are all Americans.As Americans, we sub-
scribe to the cultural values of freedom of religion and freedom of speech – values that people from around the world come to the U.S. to share. Sharing such cultural values make us one nation.
So, if we have these great values and opportunities, why do we need cultural competence?
Th ere are many who believe that even though the U.S. is the destination for many throughout the world, we need to do more
to increase opportunities for the new Americans, as well as for groups who have been in the country for generations. Some cultural competence advocates be-lieve that the fi ve elements of cultural competence help to foster the right attitudes for the dominant culture to become more inclusive.
One of many potential examples is that English is the language of the dominant culture in the U.S. Some cultural com-petence advocates believe that driver’s license test and
many other government services and information should be printed in other languages as well as in Eng-lish. A license to drive, as an example, gives immi-grants easier access to jobs and other advantages.
However, other people believe that our culture is doing fi ne as it is. Perhaps it’s not perfect in every respect, but the perception is that mostly anyone can make it in the United States, regardless of race, creed, color, gender or religion. All one has to do is work hard and be reasonably intelligent, as many im-migrants and others have proven throughout history. Th ey believe that people who come to the U.S. should learn to speak and read English.
Both sides of the discus-sion has an enormous num-ber of allies on a variety of cultural competence topics, including hiring practices, education opportunities, gender issues, Christmas celebrations, who is being served by institutions, how to show respect, and many more. However, it is clear that many organizations still don’t require their employees to participate in cultural competence workshops that put some of these issues on the table as well as help people to better understand their own
cultures and the cultures of others. But that’s changing in South King County. Both the Kent School District and the city of Kent are pushing the cultural com-petence agenda.
Cultural competence doesn’t have to be a work-shop where the views of one side of the discussion are imposed upon others. Th is approach seems espe-cially unfair when captive audiences are participating in the workshop as a condi-tion of their employment.
Moving beyond cultural competence means respect-ing the views and percep-tions of all participants, as people’s perceptions have roots in their experi-ences. Cultural competence workshops should be an experience where people with diff erent views interact to solve problems for the common good of a commu-nity. Th e more diverse the perceptions and experi-ences in the workshop, the greater the potential for better solutions.
In this way, cultural com-petence moves beyond the judgments of one or another group to become more inclu-sive of diff erences, exemplify-ing in its own workshops the aff ects cultural competence wants to produce in indi-viduals, in organizations, and in the world.
We are now in the realm of becoming culturally pro-fi cient. Th at is, continuously learning and adapting.
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KENT COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KENT recently hosted its annual fundraising breakfast at the Kent Phoenix Academy, raising more than $24,000 to surpass last year’s total of $13,000.
CISK, a nonprofi t agency, is dedicated to empowering students to achieve in school and succeed in life.
With nearly 200 in atten-dance, the school’s gymnasium was fi lled with leaders and supporters of the community’s youth, including State Sen. Joe Fain (R-Auburn), State Reps. Mark Hargrove, Tina Orwell and Pat Sullivan; Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke; Covington Mayor Margaret Harto and Dr. Eileen Ely, Green River Com-munity College president.
“Communities in Schools places staff and volunteers directly in the schools, so that we can truly understand stu-dent needs and easily access community resources,” said CISK Executive Director David de la Fuente. “Our mission is simple: we surround students with a community of support.”
David de la Fuente
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Letting your ‘magic carpet’ plants bloom in a pot By the end of May,
the soil has warmed and it is time to seed
cucumbers, squash, carrots, and other warm-season crops directly into the soil.
You can also plant seeds of flowering plants like nas-turtiums, sunflowers, mari-golds, cosmos and iberis now for flowers that will be blooming this summer.
If you haven’t edged the lawn, then set some bound-aries now and sharpen the
blades of your mower for a crisp, clean cut all sum-mer.
Roses, peren-nials and potted plants need fertilizing this week but don’t go flinging fertilizer around rhododendrons, camellias, azaleas and most other blooming shrubs.
Trees and shrubs do fine without additional plant
food and too much fertilizer can encourage soft new growth that is weak and attractive to disease and in-sects – just like over-feeding
humans can make them less healthy.
Use a compost or organic mulch around trees and shrubs or a slow-release plant food.
You can continue to add new trees, shrubs, peren-nials and annuals to the garden, making sure you soak the root ball of new plants before you remove them from the pot and add them to the planting hole.
If you haven’t pruned your roses and they are budded up or blooming, enjoy the flowers in June but cut back the longest canes after the first flowers fade.
You can always remove anything dead, diseased or damaged from a plant no matter the season.
Q. My lilac is done blooming. Do I have to prune off the faded flowers? Also, the leaves are curling with some silky threads. Help! D.F., Renton
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T STATE CHAMPSKentwood wins third meeting of season against Puyallup for state baseball championship in Pasco
BY KRIS HILL
Taylor Jones felt just fi ne against Puyallup May 26 in the 4A
baseball state championship game at Gesa Stadium in Pasco.
Before the title game, there were two options Jones explained on Monday – either he started or Mark Dewall would get the call. It just depended on how Jones felt.
“We prepared for either one of us to start, me being the fi rst option, him being the second,” Jones said. “I started warming up in the bullpen. I felt alright. Ini-tially I was only supposed to go three innings of four innings … but, I felt good, good enough to keep going, so, I just fi nished strong.”
Jones drove in two runs and struck out eight while walking just two batters in a complete game victory for Kentwood to lead the Conquerors to their second state crown in three years despite a pulled groin suf-fered in a state tournament game a week earlier against Redmond.
On May 21, just two days aft er initially pulling the muscle, Jones said the injury wasn’t bothering him at all but at that point he was day-to-day.
And while Jones may have moved a little slow during the week leading up to the fi nal four in Pasco, he found his groove against Puyallup.
“It was great,” Jones said. “It was one of those dream moments. You’re waiting for a stage like this. I think when it comes to me, when I’m on big stages, when I’m playing in big games, I tend to almost relax more and
kind of have that adrenaline going, but, at the same time … it feels smoother and less like I have to force eff ort.”
Aft er Kentwood put together an 8-5 victory over Todd Beamer in the semifi -nal in a game where Skyler Genger struggled on the mound, Jones got the call to throw by fi rst-year head coach Mark Zender.
Jones, a Gonzaga Uni-versity-bound senior, gave up four hits and one run to Puyallup in the title game.
Genger, who played fi rst base in the state champion-ship, said the other guys on the team checked up on
Jones during the week.“If you asked (Jones), you
could tell he was confi dent,” Genger said. “We were all very confi dent in Taylor.”
Th at confi dence proved to be well-founded as Jones went 2-for-4 at the plate as well as his stellar perfor-mance on the mound.
“He had a day, he had a day,” Genger said. “You could see it in his eyes, he was ready to go. Just know-ing Taylor and playing with Taylor since we were little kids, there was no way he was saying he wasn’t ready to go in the state champion-ship this year.”
Before heading to Pasco, Jones told the Reporter on May 21 that in order to win a state crown the Conquer-ors needed to just keep do-ing what they’d been doing all season, which led them to a perfect league record and the second seed out of the district tournament.
“Th rough the year, we’ve found so much success doing what we did,” Jones said. “Other teams in big situations try to press more and do more than what they’re capable of. We keep doing what we’ve done and maybe the other team will try to change things and
maybe they’ll falter. We tried to keep our mind set on doing what we’ve done and it showed.”
Plus there was the added motivation of beating Puyallup, which handed Kentwood its fi rst loss of the season in the league playoff game in early May.
“Th ey won one, we won one,” Jones said. “I think it kind of helped us, it gave us more motivation to go out there and get it done.”
Genger said he was also proud of some of the younger players on the team like sophomore Kade Kryzsko, who plays short stop, that stepped up and played with a remarkable level of poise as well as ma-turity in the post-season.
“Kade Kryzsko came out and had one of the best games I’ve ever seen, going 3-for-3 in the state champi-onship, which is pretty in-credible for a sophomore,” Genger said. “He’s grown so much as a player and I expect big things coming from him.”
Still, Genger said, it was important for the seniors to help the team stay relaxed during the game since the Conks took the lead early they had to make sure they didn’t let up.
Aft er every inning they met in front of the dugout, Genger said, and told them to keep calm as well as maintain the same attitude that got them to the game and got them ahead be-cause Puyallup is a good
Kentwood’s baseball team celebrates its 4-1 victory over Puyallup in the 4A state championship game on May 26 at Gesa Stadium in Pasco. Photo courtesy of the McGuire family
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KENT RUGBY TEAM WINS AT STATE
For the fi rst time in 25 years, the Valley Joeys rugby club
became the Washington U19 boys state champions.
The group of 20 kids are from Kentridge and Kentwood High School, ages 14-18.
They are one of two teams from Kent playing for the
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The fi nal game score was 7-5.
“The most amazing thing to me was that the boys
were all really focused on teamwork and respected the other teams,” Richmond said.
The Valley Joeys are a U-19 boys high school rugby club. The league is expanding this year to incorporate U-16 and
U-14 teams. Valley has been a part of
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team who could fight to get back into it.
“As the last few outs came along, you could see Puyal-lup tense up,” Genger said. “In the last inning everyone was ready and excited be-cause we knew we had done it. It was pretty awesome.”
Genger knows what it’s like to win a state title be-cause he came off the bench his sophomore year for the boys basketball team which won it all. In that game he was on the floor at the end at the bottom of the dog pile as the group celebrated.
This time, though, it was
different.“Right when we got on
the bust and we turned on all our phones, our Face-books and Twitters were just exploding,” he said. “I don’t want to say at Kent-wood we expect to win, we just have a bunch of people, that’s the only thing we want to do. Coach Zender said of the start of the year our goal was to win a state championship.”
Kentwood’s tradition of winning state titles was a motivator, especially since Genger is not the only one in the family with that experience, as his older sister Jessie was on the 2009
girls basketball team that won it all.
“It started with my sister in ‘09 when she won a ring,” he said. “It made me want to win one that’s bigger. It’s pretty cool now that I’ve finally accomplished what I’ve been wanted to do since I was a little guy running around the school with Cash (McGuire).”
It’s a moment that he shares not just with fellow senior Cash McGuire, but, with the entire team which has a level of chemistry which Genger said was unreal.
“What I texted my coach … was that I’ve never been
more sad and happy at the same time after a season because this team, it’s ridiculous, there’s no better team that I’ve played on … that’s had a team bond like this one,” Genger said.
For Jones, winning state meant everything, the ultimate way to finish his senior season as a student-athlete.
“Your last year of high school you always want to go out on top,” Jones said. “We have such a good group, a lot of talent, a lot of great players. We jelled. We played very relaxed. With that, it kind of made it more special.”
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Kentwood track girls take third at stateBY TJ MARTINELL
The Kentwood girls placed third to lead the Kent track and field teams at the Class 4A WIAA State Championship meet last week at Mount Tahoma High in Tacoma.
The Conks girls, who were last year’s state champs, scored 45 points, the highest of any Kent team, losing only to Auburn Riverisde and Curtis, who scored 55 and 62 points respectively.
Coach Steve Roche stated in a telephone interview that although they had hoped to win state again, he was pleased with how they performed.
“If you look at how they did across the board, you can’t help but be happy for them,” Roche said. “That’s pretty exciting. Any team in the state would love to have that.”
Roche added the level of competition was signifi-cantly increased from last year’s state meet.
Conks girls senior Mad-elayne Varela, for example, placed second in the long jump at 19 feet, when last year the winner jumped only 17 feet, 9 inches.
“This is just a banner year for track and field in the state,” he said. “If you were to compare the times to other years, it would blow you away.”
The Kent-Meridian girls placed 22nd with 12.5 points, tying with Monroe. Kentridge ranked 28th with eight points, while Tahoma placed 33rd with five points.
Although the boys teams struggled due to an unusu-ally high level of competi-tion, particularly in long distance running events, Kentridge was able to place the highest at 16th with 13
points, tying with Eisen-hower.
Kent-Meridian placed 23rd with 10 points, while Kentlake ranked 45th with 2.5 points. Tahoma placed 48th with one point, tying with Rogers-Spokane, A.C. Davis and Edmons-Woodway.
Senior Aaron Davis for Tahoma, placed eighth in the shotput, throwing it a distance of 51-6.
Bears girls junior Olivia
Ranft placed sixth in the 400 meters, crossing the finish line at 58.84. Fresh-man Delaney Tiernan placed eighth in the 800 meters and the mile, run-ning times of 2:17.25 and 5:10.21 respectively.
Varela placed second for Kentwood in the long jump and fourth in the 100 meters, jumping 19 feet and running a time of 12.41, breaking her personal record in both events.
Senior Mykala Benjamin took seventh in the 200 meters with a time of 26.27. Her preliminary time in that event, 25.65, broke her previous personal record.
Junior Carly Horn placed seventh in the high jump with a leap of 5-2. Junior Beth Parrish placed third in the pole vault after vaulting a height of 11 feet.
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Senior Alyx Toeaina took second in both the shot put and the discus aft er throwing them 43-3.5 inches and 130-9 respectively.
Senior Kacie Seims placed third in the javelin with a throw of 136-9, breaking her previous personal record.
Falcons boys sophomore Matt Dispenza fi nished sixth in the high jump, making a vertical leap of 6-4, tying with Senior Tyrone Sanderlin from Olympia.
Chargers boys senior Kaid Tipton took second in the 110 hurdles with a time of 14.87. He also placed fi ft h in the 300 hurdles, crossing the fi nish line at 38.60, a new personal record. Senior Reggie Collins placed eighth in the 300 hurdles,
fi nishing at 39.86.Chargers girls sopho-
more Lexi Klinkenberg took seventh in the 100 hurdles and third in the 300 hurdles, running times of 15.84 and 45.21 respectively. Her 300 hurdles time is a new personal record.
Royals boys junior Abu Kamara took
fourth in the 110 hurdles with a time of 14.87. Junior Josh Smith
placed fourth in the pole vault, vaulting a
height of 14 feet.Th e Royals girls 400
meter relay team, com-prised of junior Deedra Patterson, sophomore Kariona Micks, junior Stephanie O’Hara and sophomore Jenica Rogers, took fi ft h with a time of 49.66. Juliana Adams took fi ft h in the pole vault aft er vaulting 10-6.
Kentwood’s Madelayne Varela jumps 19 feet, 1/4-inch, taking second in the long jump at the state meet. TJ MARTINELL, The Reporter
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We’ve all been there. Your young son or daughter’s lack of social skills makes you cringe and maybe even worry a little bit. Will this child ever stop hit-ting and learn to “play well with others”?
Fact is, preschoolers are natu-rally self-centered, and the ability to share, listen, compromise and problem-solve doesn’t always come easily. Youngsters need coaching, modeling, experience – and yes, trial and error – to develop these abilities.
The boys and girls receiv-ing therapeutic child care at Childhaven are constantly learning and practicing social skills – during play, mealtimes, group activities and everything in between.
Our teachers and staff have
seen children with histories of abuse and neglect go from kick-ing and screaming to cooperative and caring. So we know dramatic improvement is pos-sible given the right coaching and support.
As a parent, you are your child’s fi rst and most infl uential guide and role model. If you consistent-ly treat others with kindness and respect, chances are good your children will, too.
At some point, of course, growing human beings need to be allowed to develop their own personalities and work out their own social problems.
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Whether on a board or on the playground, games force children to take turns, play fair, follow rules and handle confl ict.
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Kent Fire Department issues child safety tips as temperature rises
Each spring and summer you read the articles in the newspaper or hear it on the evening news: a child has
due to hyperthermia (elevated body temperature).
vehicle intentionally so an adult can
vehicle, forgetting to remove the child.Nationally in 2010, according to
San Francisco State University,
Kent Fire Department media release. In the last 10 years, more than half of those children that died were under 2 years old and almost 95 percent were under 5 years old.
not understand how a person can leave a child in a car on a hot day. It is easier than you think and with warm-
Sound area it is a subject that anyone with a child in their care should be aware of, said Kyle Ohashi, a Kent Fire Department spokesman.
Myth: Th ere only is a danger to kids on very hot days.
Truth: On a 72-degree day (com-mon in this area) the internal tem-perature in a vehicle can rise 35-40 degrees in approximately one hour when the windows are rolled up due to solar radiation.
Myth: “Cracking” the window slightly will keep children cool.
Truth: Studies have shown that leaving windows slightly open has little eff ect on the temperature inside a vehicle since solar radiation is primar-ily heating the objects in the vehicle, not the air.
Myth: Children can handle ex-tremes in temperature.
Truth: Young children do not have the internal temperature regulating mechanism that adults have. Also, children dehydrate more quickly than adults.
Myth: It is legal to leave a child unattended in a parked vehicle for a short period of time in the state.
Truth: State law strictly pro-hibit leaving children unattended in stopped vehicles with or without the engine running.
What can people do to help avoid
1. Any time you leave your vehicle, take all children with you. It will slow you down, it will create more work, it may save a child’s life and it is the law.
2. If you need a reminder about children in the back seat, place your briefcase or purse next to the child. Another “trick” is to leave the diaper bag on the front seat as a reminder. Th ese types of reminders are especial-ly important if you do not regularly carry children in your vehicle.
3. Get into the habit of “look before you leave”. As you exit your vehicle scan the interior to look for children or other things that need your attention.
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email calendar to check on your child.5. If your spouse or other adult is
carrying a child and does not nor-mally do so, call them to ensure that the child has been removed from the vehicle.
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ASSESSMENT INSTALLMENT NOTICELOCAL IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT #362CITY OF KENT
For construction of improve- ments along East Valley Highway (84th Avenue South) from SR 167 to South 212th Street as provided by Ordinance No. 3833. Notice is hereby given that the first (1st) installment of the assessment levied for the above named improvement, comprising Local Improvement District No. 362 under Ordinance No. 3997, is now due and payable and un- less payment is made on or be- fore June 10, 2012, said install- ment will be delinquent, will have a penalty of nine point five (9.5) percent added, and the collection of such delinquent in- stallment will be enforced in the manner prescribed by law.Dated this 10th day of May 2012. R. J. Nachlinger Finance Director City of Kent, Washington Published in the Kent Reporter May 25, 2012, and June 1, 2012. #625082.
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF HEARING
Notice is herby given that the Board of Directors of Kent School District No. 415 will meet for the purpose of revising the District’s Capital Projects budget for the fiscal year 2011- 2012 at 7:00 p.m. on June 13, 2012, at the Administration Center, 12033 SE 256th Street, Kent, Washington. Any person may appear at said meeting and be heard for or against any part of said budget. A budget exten- sion document has been prepared by the board and will be filed at the office of the district superin- tendent from whom any person may obtain a copy upon request.Dr. Edward Lee Vargas Secretary of the Board of Directors
Publishing in Covington and Kent Reporters on June 1, 2012 and June 8, 2012. #629752.In re: The Christian Brothers’ Institute and The Christian Brothers of Ireland, Inc.Case No. 11-22820 (RDD)(Jointly Administered)BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OF NEW YORKOn April 28, 2011, The Christian Brothers’ Institute and The Christian Brothers of Ireland,
Inc. (collectively, the “Debtors”) filed for protection under Chap- ter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”).You may know the Debt- ors by the names listed below.
YOU MAY HAVE A SEXUAL ABUSE CLAIM AGAINST:
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IF YOU WERE SEXUALLY ABUSED BY ANY BROTHER OF THE DEBTORS OR ANY OTHER PERSON CONNECT- ED WITH THE DEBTORS AND WISH TO FILE A CLAIM AGAINST THE DEBTORS, YOU MUST FILE A CLAIM BY AUGUST 1, 2012 AT 4:00 P.M. (PREVAIL- ING EASTERN TIME). For more information, including (i) a complete list of all Brothers affiliated with the Debtors; (ii) a listing of schools and/or other in- stitutions at which the Debtors’ Brothers taught, performed min- istry, or were otherwise affiliated with; or (iii) on how to obtain and file a proof of claim form and associated documents, please (a) visit the Claims Agent’s des- ignated website at www.om- nimgt.com/TheChristianBroth- ers; (b) call the Claims Agent at 1-800-873-4094; (c) write to the Claims Agent at Omni Manage- ment Group, 16161 Ventura Boulevard, Suite C, PMB608, Encino, California 91436; or (d) call the Official Committee Of Unsecured Creditors appointed in these cases at 1-888-667-4266. Published in the Kent Reporter on June 1, 2012. #628504.
KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 415
NOTICE OF DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE
The Kent School District No. 415 (the Agency) has issued a Determination of Non-signifi- cance (DNS) under the State Environmental Policy Act Rules (Chapter 197-11 WAC) for the adoption of its 2012 Capital Facilities Plan and inclusion as an amendment to the Capital Fa- cilities Plan element of the King County Comprehensive Plan and the Comprehensive Plans of the Cities of Kent, Covington, Renton, and Auburn. This is a non-project action which may also involve the amendment of the Capital Facilities Plan element of the Comprehensive Plans of the Cities of Maple Val- ley, SeaTac and Black Diamond. After review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file, the Agency has determined that this proposal will not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment. Copy of the DNS is available from the Business Dept. at 12033 SE 256th St. Kent, WA 98030. The public is invited to comment on this DNS by submitting writ- ten comments no later than 4:00 pm on June 12, 2012 to Dr. Rich- ard A. Stedry - 12033 SE 256th St. #A-600, Kent, WA 98030. Publishedc in Kent, Covington/ Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporters June 1, 2012.#629976
RENTON HOUSING AUTHORITY (RHA)
Low-Income Section 8 Waitlist Reopening
June 4 to June 15, 2012 or until 2,000 applications are received, whichever occurs first. Applica- tions must be submitted online at www.RentonHousing.org to qua- lify for the random drawing that will assign a place on the wait- list. There is no advantage to being #1 or #2,000 for turning in your application. Applicants’ waitlist positions notifications will be mailed in July.To be elig- ible, applicants must be 18 years or older with household income that does not exceed 50% of the area median income. Income lim-
its posted on the RHA website. Call 425-226-1850 if assistance is needed to complete the online application.RHA embraces diver- sity and ensures a fair and equal housing opportunity.Published in Kent & Renton Re- porters June 1, 8, 2012. #630374
NOTICE OF APPLICATIONand Proposed Determination of
Nonsignificance An Environmental Checklist was filed with City of Kent Plan- ning Services on May 21, 2012. The City of Kent expects to issue a Determination of Nonsignifi- 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 mitiga- tion 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 determina- tion for the specific proposal may be obtained upon request. Fol- lowing is a description of the application and the process for review. The application and list- ed studies may be reviewed at the offices of Kent Planning Ser- vices, 400 W. Gowe Street, Kent, WA.APPLICATION NAME/NUMBER: 7-11 FUEL SYSTEM TANK REMOVAL ENV-2012-11, KIVA #RPSW-2121543 TANK REMOVAL PERMIT, KIVA #RL13-2121542PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The applicant proposes to remove three (3) 12,000 gallon under- ground gasoline storage tanks, a 600-square foot gas station can- opy and all related gas station equipment including gas dispens- ers and piping. The existing con- venience store will remain. The site is currently paved with approximately 4,550 square feet of landscaping. Paving will be restored following fuel system removal and existing parking and landscaping will be unaffected.
The site is located at 23847 – 108th Ave SE, identified by King County Parcel Number 1722059037, and is zoned CC, Community Commercial.OTHER PERMITS AND PLANS WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED: Department of Ecology Tank Removal Notice, NPDES Construction PermitOPTIONAL DETERMINATION: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 a significant adverse impact on the environment. Therefore, as permitted under the RCW 43.21C.110, the City of Kent is using the Optional Determination of Nonsignificance process to 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: June 1, 2012 to June 15, 2012 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, June 15, 2012, at 220 4th Avenue South, Kent WA 98032. For questions regarding this project, please contact Erin George, Senior Planner at (253) 856-5454.DATED: June 1, 2012 Published in the Kent Reporter on June 1, 2012. #631198.
CITY OF KENTLAND USE & PLANNING
BOARDNOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARINGJUNE 11, 2012
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Kent Land Use and Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. in City Council Chambers, 220 S. Fourth Avenue, Kent, WA 98032.
The Hearing Agenda will includethe following item(s):1. [ZCA-2012-1] Kent City Code
(KCC) Chapters 15.02, 15.05 & 15.07 Consideration of proposedamendments specific to KCCChapter 15.05 Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements Code;amendment to KCC Chapter15.07.040.A related to parking maneuvering and loading arealandscaping; and addition of KCCChapter 15.02.331 definition forpermeable surface.
2. [CPA-2008-3 (R1)] 2011 Water System Plan Consideration of proposed amendments to draft 2008 Comprehensive WaterSystem Plan based on comments received from neighboringpurveyors, various waterjurisdictions, King County, andthe Washington State Departmentof Health (DOH).
Any person wishing to submit oral or written comments onthese proposals may do so priorto the hearing or at the hearing orby email to (1) Katie Gravesat: [email protected] or (2) Kelly Peterson at: kpeter- [email protected]. The public is invited to attend and all interest-ed persons will have an opportu- nity to speak. For further information or copies of the staff reports or text of the proposed amendments, contact the Planning Services office at (253) 856-5454. You may access the City’s website for available download documents pertaining to the Land Use and Planning Board at: http://kentwa.iqm2. com/citizens/Default.aspx?DepartmentID=1004. Any person requiring a disabil-ity accommodation should con-tact the City in Advance for more information. For TDD relay ser- vice for Braille, call 1-800-833-6385, for TDD relay service for the hearing impaired, call 1-800-833-6388 or call City of Kent Planning Services direct- ly at (253) 856-5499 (TDD) or the main line at (253) 856-5454.Dated: May 29, 2012Charlene Anderson, AICP, Planning Manager Published in the Kent Reporter on June 1, 2012. #631208.
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Q. I have a spirea “Mag-ic Carpet” variety growing in a large container. It does very well and blooms most of the summer. My question is, how long can this shrub grow in a pot? S.D., Olympia
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Like Japanese maples, they seem to adjust to the potted lifestyle but, unlike Japanese maples, spiraes look better when pruned back hard early in the spring.
I have found that all the dwarf or compact varieties of spirea do well in contain-ers including the spirea Limemound, the Golden Sunrise, the Goldflame and the beautiful and carefree spirea Magic Carpet.
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