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Jesse Wise, with the Kent Fire Department, looks into his mask after completing the Scott Firefi ghter Stairclimb at Seattle’s Columbia Center last Sunday. The climb is an annual event that

brings fi refi ghters together from across the country to compete and raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Story, more photos, page 2. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter

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A MOMENT OF REST

BY STEVE HUNTER

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Kent business owners won out over residents during the City Council’s decision about how to spend business and occupation (B&O) tax revenue this year on street repairs.

Th e council at a March 4 workshop cut $500,000 for three neighborhood traffi c calming programs (installing traffi c circles to slow vehicles) from the $4.7

million budget.Th at decision angered Scott

Bugbee, one of the Panther Lake residents who has worked to get city offi cials to slow traffi c along Southeast 223rd Drive. Residents along the street started to contact the city about the speeding prob-lem shortly aft er Kent annexed Panther Lake in 2010. Th e move-ment for action intensifi ed aft er a speeding drunk driver hit and killed motorcyclist David Daniel

in 2012 along the street.“I am very upset by this,” Bug-

bee said in an email. “It may be suffi cient cause for me to actually support and organize support for diff erent candidates. Th ey had better have a good explanation.”

Council members dropped the neighborhood projects aft er objections from business leaders.

Andrea Keikkala, chief execu-tive offi cer of the Kent Chamber of Commerce, wrote a column

in the Feb. 28 Kent Reporter and sent a letter to the council that the funds should be spent on street repairs and not neighborhood street projects because city of-fi cials before they enacted the tax in January 2013 told the chamber the money would be used for emergency street repairs.

“(Th e decision was) in keeping with the spirit of the conversation with the business community regarding the B&O that these

projects refl ect maintenance and overlay, so the items removed were the neighborhood traffi c calming program to the tune of about $500,000,” Council President Dana Ralph said at the workshop. “(Councilman Den-nis) Higgins pointed out that it is incumbent on this council to fi nd money (in the future) to fund those programs and I defi nitely agree with that.”

Council removes traffic calming programs from B&O project list

BY STEVE HUNTER

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Th e question of whether Williams L. Phillip Jr. or someone else killed city of Kent employee Seth Frankel in 2010 at his Auburn home dominated the opening statements Mon-day at the retrial of Phillip just as it did last year at his initial trial.

King County Superior Court jurors in Decem-ber were unable to reach an unanimous verdict aft er a six-week trial, so Judge Andrea Darvas declared a mistrial in the fi rst-degree murder case against Phillip, 33. Darvas told the new jury the retrial is expected to last until April 18.

King County Deputy Prosecutor Patrick Hinds told the jury Monday at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent that Phillip drove from Oregon to Auburn to stab Fran-kel to death in his home because both were in love with Bonny Johnson and

Phillip wanted her back. Frankel, 41, worked as a video program coordinator for the city of Kent. He was a divorced father of two young girls.

“Th e evidence will demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that the

person who did this is William Phillip Jr.,” said Hinds, who listed Phillips’ cellphone records, his DNA on a towel found at Frankel’s home, a hand injury and writings of hatred about Frankel as

evidence.“(Police) found what

Mr. Phillip wrote as they searched his apartment,” Hinds said. “Th ey found a number of pads that were essentially poetry and journals or other writing that indicated that he had both a romantic obsession with Bonny as well as per-sonal animosity and dislike, hatred for Seth based upon the relationship the two of them had.”

Phillip on retrial for Frankel killing

BY ROSS COYLE

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How do you tell a middle school student who struggles with equations and is well behind academic standards that he has to give up his favorite course to take another math class?

Th at’s the question educators

like Cynthia Higgins are trying to answer.

Th e Mill Creek Middle School instructional coach works with teachers to fi nd ways to solve prob-lems with student achievement. One such challenge is working with the changes to federally-mandated indi-

vidual educational programs (IEP), better known as special education.

Th e federal government has been moving students away from IEP programs, realizing students weren’t catching up and discovering those classes were taking away from

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Firefighter marathonBY ROSS COYLE

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Every March, the fi rst three fl oors of Seattle’s Columbia Center are transformed from a sophisticated shopping mall to a mixture of hobo camp and refugee center exclusively for fi refi ghters.

Th ey gather each year for the Scott Firefi ghter Stairclimb, a fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and a grueling competition to see who can ascend the 1,311-step, 69-fl ight building the fastest.

Th e Kent Fire Department sent 13 fi refi ghters to the 23rd annual event last Sunday, raising more than $13,000.

Firefi ghters must raise a mini-mum of $300 to be eligible to compete.

Th e stairclimb attracted more than 1,500 fi refi ghters from throughout the country, Canada and the world.

Kent fi refi ghter Jessi Nemens, 33, placed second among 138 women with a time of 16 min-utes, 22 seconds – 20 seconds faster than her time last year and just nine seconds behind the winner, Jacqueline Palmer of Las Vegas (Nev.) Fire and Rescue.

Andrew Drobeck, 32, of Mis-soula (Mont.) was the overall men’s winner with a time of 11:05. Kent fi refi ghter Drew Maenhout, 26, placed 175th in a time of 16:52.

Clockwise from top: Kent fi refi ghter Jesse Wise waits in line to begin his stairclimb. Capt. Rick Cox, drenched in

sweat, chats with comrades after his climb. Kent fi refi ghters lounge on gear and camp chairs after fi nishing the climb.

Firefi ghter Joel Willits carries a photo of Walter Johnson, the great uncle of a fellow fi refi ghter who died from a blood disease. Organized chaos is the best description for the

tank exchange room on the 40th fl oor, where fi refi ghters stop to swap air bottles.

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...obituaries

Sister Janet BenishSister Janet Benish (nee Dorothy Claughton) passed away

at the Talbot Center on February 13, 2014, aged 92. Born May 20, 1921 in Denver, CO, she was the eldest of four children.

A writer, she wrote a book of poetry, “Angels’ Advocate”, with her sister, Maggi Nolan and had poems published in various publications throughout the years. She was briefly married to Bill Benish, an artist, in the late 1940s. She worked as a bookkeeper in the early 1950s before converting to Catholicism and becoming a cloistered nun. In the late 1970s, she left the cloistered life, but maintained her vows. She worked for the House of Charity in Spokane, WA before becoming a bookkeeper for Sacred Heart Hospital, which she retired from in 1989 at age 68.

She moved to Kent, WA and lived at Harrison House from 1994 to 2013. In retirement, she worked at P.I.C.C., caring for babies born to drug addicted mothers for which she received the Governor’s award.

She is survived by her sister, Maggi Nolan, one nephew, four nieces and their families, and numerous friends. A memorial mass will be held at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 304 Third Ave South, Kent, WA, St. Anthony’s Chapel, at 10:00 am, March

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Ricky HopfnerRicky Todd Hopfner passed away

on February 28, 2014 at the age of 50 surrounded by loved ones. May he rest in peace. Memorial service will be held at

3:00 pm Sunday, March 16th at Yahn & Sons Auburn, WA.

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Born on January 5, 1944, Alton P. Mattioli, Jr. was a son of “America’s Home Town” Plymouth, Massachusetts. Both his father and mother were also Plymouth natives, his dad the son of Italian immigrants from Familia Emilia in northern Italy and his mother of Scottish immigrants. Alton spent much of his childhood playing mischievous pranks on his older sister, Linda, whom he loved and grew very close to in his older years. He grew up to be a Plymouth High School Blue Eagle, where his name and picture is in the Blue Eagle Hall of Fame. Both an athlete and a scholar, he was beloved by his classmates and liked nothing more than golfing or dancing the night way at his Class of ‘62 reunions.

From Plymouth, Alton spent four years at the College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester, Mass, where he studied history occasionally and was remembered for causing his elderly ecclesiastical advisor to faint when he opened Alton’s dormitory door to find girls in the living room and alcohol in the bathtub. Graduating from Holy Cross in 1966, Alton was almost immediately drafted by the US Army and went to Officer Candidate School, emerging as a second lieutenant. He loved the time he spent at Fort Ord, on the Monterey Peninsula, where he made lifelong friends and always expected the Vietnam War would be over before he had to go. Unfortunately, this was not the case and he spent nine months leading a platoon in the A Shau Valley in Vietnam. He was awarded both a Silver Star and a Purple Heart for his service and sacrifice during that time. Although he demonstrated the bravery that was the hallmark of his life, he came back opposed to the foreign policy he fought for and ever after was suspicious of war as a political tool.

Severely wounded during the Battle of Hamburger Hill, Alton fought his way back to health and attended Boston College, where he received the first of two Master’s degrees, an MA in Education. After teaching in Massachusetts, he was asked by a dear Plymouth friend to come to Valencia, Venezuela to teach history and psychology. It was there he met a first grade teacher, Sharon Predmore, from Carmel Valley, California, who was to become his wife of 40 years. After two years in Venezuela, they returned to the United States. Failing to find teaching jobs in Massachusetts, Sharon found work in Pasco, Washington and brought Alton to the “Evergreen State”. Alton taught at Hanford High School in the “Stay Room”, an early program to prevent drop-outs. Two children, Tina and Steve, were born in Richland. Although they made lifelong friends there, Alton and Sharon missed the green trees and oceans of their childhood, and a trip to the San Juan Islands

convinced them that western Washington was the place for them.

Alton enrolled in the Master’s in Counseling program at the University of Washington, where he became a lifelong devoted Husky. He had not quite completed his program when he and Sharon returned to Valencia with their young family.

For the next three years Alton was the high school principal there, and in the summers, completed his Counseling MA and started an Administrative Credential program. In 1980, the family returned to Washington and Alton was hired as a counselor at Cascade Junior High in the Auburn School District. After three years there, he moved to the Kent School District and a high school counselor’s position, first at Kent-Meridian and then at Kentridge, where in addition to counseling he was the golf coach and advised the Natural Helpers and LGBT Club.

After 30 years in education, in 2005 he retired to Port Townsend, a town the family had loved through annual Labor Day camping trips at Fort Flagler and a decade of Thanksgivings at Fort Worden. In Port Townsend, Alton indulged all his hobbies of boating, golfing, gardening, card playing and cooking. He had to give up his wine-making and the Annual Auburn Garlic Festival held in the backyard in Auburn, where friends were invited to bring potluck dishes made with garlic and to take home garlic from Alton’s garden.

Alton and Sharon never lost their interest in the people of the world and loved traveling. They went to several South American, European and Southeast Asian countries. Alton’s favorite foreign spot was the Italy of his grandparents and he had reconnected with family there while visiting several times. The last trip he and Sharon took together was to Sicily in September to celebrate their 40th anniversary.

Alton was the epitome of a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend. When Tina and Steve married, Ryan and Rachael became equally loved, and the four grandchildren, Kehr, Lucia, Emma and Lauren were the lights of his life. He also cherished the close relationships he maintained with his sister, Linda, and brother-in-law, Jack Corcoran and his nieces and nephews on the East Coast. He treasured time spent with family and friends. His last memories were of snorkeling with Tina’s family in Maui just days before he was stricken with bacterial meningitis on January 3.

In lieu of flowers, remembrances in Alton’s name can be made to www.gophilanthropic.org, an organization which supports an orphanage and educational programs in Vietnam, a country he gladly visited twice with Sharon to experience the reconciliation of peace; or to the University of Washington Foundation’s Students First Scholarship Fund (www.washington.edu/giving). A Celebration of his life will be held in Port Townsend on March 21 at 1:00 p.m. at the Quimper Unitarian Fellowship. As he loved to throw a good party, a second celebration will be held in Plymouth this summer.

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Elizabeth “Betty” FerrinBetty Ferrin, 86, went to be with her

Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in American Falls, Idaho.

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Council members did not discuss removing the neighborhood traffic control projects at a Feb. 18 council workshop or a Jan.

27 Public Works Commit-tee meeting when city staff presented a project list.

The first conversation among the council about dropping neighborhood traffic control projects

came at a Feb. 24 Public Works Committee meet-ing when Councilman Jim Berrios, president of the Kent Chamber, raised the issue. Berrios, who was not a council mem-ber at the time, said as a chamber representative he discussed with city officials two years ago that the business community would support a B&O tax if the funds were used for street repairs.

The other two neighbor-hood traffic calming pro-grams removed from the project list included 100th Avenue Southeast between

Southeast 208th Street and Southeast 216th Street; and 42nd Avenue South between South 250th Street and South 253rd Street. The Southeast 223rd Drive proj-ect stretches between 116th Avenue Southeast and 132nd Avenue Southeast.

“When (city staff) put together this list and included some non-overlay projects, I don’t blame them for that because they know what is really needed,” Hig-gins said at the workshop. “Likewise, I don’t blame the chamber for pointing out that the B&O tax wouldn’t exist if not for their support

and the process we went through two years ago. They’re doing their job and the city staff is doing their job.”

Higgins has visited with residents along Southeast 223rd Drive about speed-ing problems. He said he regretted removing the projects from the 2014 list.

“When we took those projects off the B&O fund list, we have to find a way to fund those important proj-ects,” he said. “When we get to the budget this fall I’m cer-tainly going to be looking for non-B&O funds to take care of some of those projects.

“We pared this list back to honor the commitments that we made two years ago with B&O conversations that occurred but we have more work to do as a council.”

Tom Brubaker, city interim chief administra-tive officer, told the Public Works Committee in Janu-ary that the language in the B&O tax ordinance doesn’t limit which street, sidewalk or curb projects are funded.

“It’s wide open how you apply it,” said Brubaker, who added the administration fa-vored funding the neighbor-hood traffic programs.

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electives and courses stu-dents excel at.

“So we’re going to take your elective away, which may be something you come to school for, and we’re going to double-dose you in some-thing you’ve always struggled with,” Higgins said.

By putting kids in two classes of math and English, schools expected to see im-provement, but they found just the opposite.

“We’re finding that tru-ancy rates go up, behavior falls apart for kids,” Higgins said. “They already don’t like it, and so suddenly you’re seeing terrible behav-iors because kids are in an environment they don’t want to be in double-time.”

According to Higgins, teams at Mill Creek are attempting to resolve that achievement gap by looking at several ways that don’t intrude a student’s schedule.

So far the plan has been

to restructure the school’s early periods to provide ex-tra instruction. One way of resolving the gap for strug-gling students is to provide slightly longer block classes at the beginning of the day. These classes, part of Mill Creek’s Bulldog Acad-emy, are designed to allow students to catch up in their deficient subjects without sacrificing electives, social studies or physical educa-tion.

The Bulldog Academy

program provides three block courses at the begin-ning of the day, one social studies and English, one science and one math that are slightly longer than typical classes but not so long that they preclude the students from enrolling in P.E. and an elective. By doing so, students meet all their core, federal require-ments but don’t give up that important elective class that keeps them in school.

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your taxes?”

Vote online:www.kenteporter.comLast week’s poll results:“Do you tex t

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Q U O T E O F N O T E : “It will happen. We will have a major disaster in the Puget Sound area. It is almost certainly going to be a major earthquake.”– Stephen Flynn of Northeastern University, a professor and one of the world’s experts on disaster resilience

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Letters may be edited for length. Letters should be no more than 250 words in length. Submissions may be printed both in the paper and electroni-cally.

Deadline for letters to be considered for publication is 2 p.m. Tuesday.

Session’s new bills, laws deserve some recognitionT H E P E T R I D I S H

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It is becoming clearer what new laws will emerge from the two-month legislative session set to end Th ursday night.

For those keeping count, 11 had been added to the books as of Wednesday aft ernoon with dozens of bills still to be sent

to Gov. Jay Inslee for his signing in the coming weeks.

Not every piece of leg-islation earns a headline. Here are a few that have, and have not.

Maximum Funblock for Mi-nors: Teenagers are barred

from using tanning beds unless

they have a prescription from their doctor for a few doses of artifi cial sun. And if you look 17 or younger, prepare to show a photo ID in order to use the equipment.

Left Turns on Red: It’s going to be legal for motorcyclists soon. If a motorcycle does not trigger a traffi c light to change and the rider waits through a full cycle of the signal,

they can run it.No Peeking: Unmanned aerial

systems, AKA drones, will keep fl ying overhead. But city, county and state law enforcement agencies can’t equip them with a “extraordi-nary sensing device” to track people below for an investigation without a warrant.

Vino to Go: Growlers aren’t just for beer drinking. Owners of Washing-ton wineries will soon be able to sell growlers and kegs of wine at

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Are we well prepared for a disaster?

Is the Puget Sound region – home to more than 4.5 million people – adequately pre-pared for a disaster?

Th at’s a tough one to answer comprehen-sively, many emergency preparedness experts admit.

While the “big one” may be tricky to pre-dict, experts know for certain that the region is prone to natural disasters.

And that for the Seattle area, fractured as it is with fault lines, earthquakes top the list.

Overlooking the valley, mighty Mount Rainier has been dormant since its last eruption around 1100 AD. But its activity – combined with its proximity to Seattle and Tacoma – would make any eruption there one of the most dangerous in the world,

according to the Inter-national Association of Volcanology and Chemis-try of the Earth’s Interior’s Decade Volcano list.

Such potential events concern Stephen Flynn of Northeastern University, a professor and one of the

world’s experts on disaster resilience. Dealing with disaster is sort of his business, and the source of his intense study.

Flynn recently visited Seattle to talk with local leaders about the region’s readiness for a catastrophic event. Flynn, leading a major study in the aft ermath of SuperStorm Sandy that will be presented to Congress and the Obama administration, is soliciting responses to his study from leaders throughout the country.

Upon his review, Flynn says, Puget Sound area leaders are paying attention to the warn-ing signs, but he concludes that the region, and notably its residents, is no more fully prepared to deal with a disaster than are other parts of the country. Outside of emer-gency management professionals, too few of us spend any time considering how prepared our communities are, Flynn noted.

“Your emergency management community is about as on top of it as anywhere in our coun-try, in terms of understanding the kinds of risk and working to prepare for those risks,” Flynn said. “(But) your area, like much of the

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I’ve read several articles and letters to the editor regarding the proposed sale of Kent’s Riverbend Par 3 Golf Course. I’ve also attended a Kent City Council meeting and the open house held by the Parks Department at the par 3 clubhouse. I have spent consid-erable time discussing the situ-ation with several golfers.

Aft er thinking about all this, I have come to some conclu-sions regarding the options.

One option is to build a three-hole par 3 course. Although this may benefi t chil-dren’s programs, such as First Tee and Douglas Youth Group for their lessons, I see issues with this option.

I don’t know of anyone who would want to drive into Kent just to play three holes of golf. As far as going around three times to get in nine holes, the backup would

be troublesome.Another option is to put

forward tees on the 18-hole course. Th e reasons seniors and kids golf at the par 3 are the course length and diffi culty (no bunkers or water hazards), cost and duration of playing time. Putting forward tees on the 18-hole course would not alleviate the distance.

Players would still need to

get to those tees. Th ey would also have to contend with bun-kers and water hazards. Th is would make for a longer time period of play. I’m sure the cost would also be higher than at the par 3 course.

A special note to those who have written previously – thanks for the contribution of your ideas and opinions. One additional item you might consider. You may have golfed at the par 3 recently, but I have not seen a few of you on the course.

In addition to attending council meetings and writ-ing letters, you also need to support the golf complex by golfi ng at the par 3 course. I know the weather hasn’t been that great, but there have been a few days of very good golfi ng weather.

Hope to see you on the course soon.– Ken Johnson, Riverbend Par 3 Senior Men’s Club member

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City passes the buck on par 3Par 3. A done deal?Unfortunately the mayor and City Council have trans-

ferred their responsibility to a paid consultant who in turn will give his opinion. Then he or she will take the blame for selling the par 3 and driving range, the parks department will escape the “poor management label,” the developer will be so happy and the good times will roll.

The missing piece is the one city treasure that the citizens of Kent and beyond who have enjoyed and used the par 3 course.

Shame on these city employees. What is next on the list?

– Betty Kennedy

Registration starts for Community Garden P-patchREPORTER STAFF

Registration has started for Kent’s downtown Commu-nity Garden P-patch season that runs April 1 through Oct. 26 on the corner of James Street and 64th Avenue South.

Gardeners may rent a 20 feet by 20 feet plot for the season for $45 plus a refundable $25 deposit. There are 44 plots available, assigned on a first-come, first-served basis once the rental fee has been paid.

Returning gar-deners are allowed a maximum of two plots per household. Their pre-registration period began Feb. 27, and ends Tuesday, March 11.

New gardener registration started March 12. Register by calling the Kent Commons at 253-856-5000, or stop by in person at 525 4th Avenue N.

The downtown community garden P-patch has been offering organic community garden-ing since 1997. The program is a collab-orative effort between the city of Kent and The Bishop’s Store-house, an extension of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which owns the property.

For more informa-tion, call 253-856-5110.

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country, is not where it needs to be.

“Increasingly, as citizens, we expect the profession-als to take care of this. … When something goes wrong, we pay for emer-gency managers … fire and police … they’re supposed to fix this stuff,” Flynn said.

“The reality is … it certainly came through from the Katrina and Sandy experiences … that the first-responders are almost always your fam-

ily, your neighbor or the stranger near you. There’s not enough professionals around,” Flynn said.

Flynn said he believes the lessons learned from Super-Storm Sandy and Hurricane Katrina can help our region better prepare for such an event.

But it remains a chal-lenge.

While cities, such as Kent and Auburn, are equipped to mobilize in the event of a more isolated flood or mudslide, the region as a whole needs to better

prepared for a widespread disaster.

Flynn hopes the country, region by region, broadens its commitment to become better prepared for these events, both in terms of negating the risks and recovering quickly from a crisis.

It’s not a matter of “if ” disaster strikes, but when, Flynn says.

“It will happen. We will have a major disaster in the Puget Sound area. It is almost certainly going to be a major earthquake,”

he said. “I state that out front because, to the larger extent … every part of our country has gone through a disaster.

“We wait until they happen, and we cope well when they happen. … But what we know is they are less frequent than we often presume them to be, and there’s a lot more we know about them now and what we can do about them in terms of reducing their impact.”

Just how ready?Regions need to better

prepared for a disaster, considering the geographi-cal dependency on infra-structure, the power grid, water, communication and extended transportation, Flynn cautioned.

The Seattle area is a global leader in technology and advanced manufac-turing, as well as a major military hub that depends on the reliable operation of critical infrastructures in the energy, transporta-tion, communications and IT sectors. A major disaster has the potential to endanger millions of lives, cause major disruptions to our communities and businesses, and undermine the capacity for the U.S. military to carry out its national security mission, Flynn noted.

“(For instance) Seattle and Tacoma are the umbili-cal cord to Alaska in terms of all its logistical needs,” he said. “If you get knocked down, then Alaska will feel it.”

Yet, in the aftermath of a disaster, we somehow recover.

“I can always find things that I wished we had done up front to basically reduce the mayhem that was caused. But I always marvel at our capacity to work our way through these things and get back on our feet,” Flynn said. “My message is we just try to do both. We should spend equal measures and efforts to anticipate and prepare and reduce the cost of these events as well as pat ourselves on the back about how quickly we bounce back.”

Beyond the professional community, residents need to take more personal re-sponsibility for emergency preparedness. Not every-one is risk literate, Flynn acknowledges, but it’s a civic duty for those who are physically able to become trained, ready and willing to help their neighbors in troubled times.

“They will almost cer-tainly happen,” Flynn said of disasters, man-made or natural. “We just hope they don’t happen tomorrow.”

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Bankruptcy, although the big bad word when it comes to fi nances, can and does help people every day. One very big way it can help is by potentially allowing someone to keep their home. 

In today’s world, people are fi nding themselves falling behind on mortgage payments for any number of reasons. Foreclosure has left the owners having to come up with large amounts of money to catch up the arrears on

their home, in order to keep it, which one does not have. Th e owner then attempts other ways to try to save the home includ-ing trying to qualify for a loan modifi ca-tion or refi nance of the

property. However, this does not always work, leaving the owner in a tough spot. Th is is where bank-ruptcy can help.

In a chapter 13 bankruptcy, one creates a plan payment. Th e plan typically last for 60 months. How

the plan helps is it takes your arrears and spreads the amount over the 60 months of the plan. An added bonus, the bankruptcy stops ongoing interest or penalties on the arrears from accruing.

Something that is important to understand about this though is that the owner must keep the house mortgage payment current during this time period.

Th e fi rst question one would need to ask then: can I continue to make the current payment on time?  Th e bankruptcy will not change the interest rate or the

monthly payment or any other terms, with a few exceptions, it will simply allow you a way to catch your payment up over 60 months. 

For example, your current pay-ment is $1,500 per month and you are behind $6,000. Under the plan your payment would be $1,600 per month ($1,500 for the ongo-ing and $100 for the arrears). By the end of the 60 months you have kept your ongoing payment current and caught up on the arrears.

Now, it is not always clear cut as this example provides. Other factors come into play in fi guring your plan payment as well, such as income, court cost, fees, and other debts.

Regardless, it may be worth your time to talk with a bank-ruptcy attorney if you are facing a foreclosure to see if bankruptcy can help. Th is avenue may just allow you to keep your home.

Brian Hanis is the bankruptcy attor-ney with the Kent Law Firm of Hanis Irvine Prothero, PLLC. Brian’s practice areas also include Landlord/Tenant, Real Estate, Wills and Estate Planning, Creditor Rights and Collections. For more information, please call 253-520-5000 or email bhanis@HIPLawfi rm.com.

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Kent’s Susan Jorski, shown far right, re-cently met with state representatives from Washington and Oregon in Washington, D.C., to support research funds for tuber-ous sclerosis complex (TSC), a disorder that aff ects her 15-year-old son, Michael, a Kent-Meridian High School student and Special Olympian.

Jorski was among the many volunteers from throughout the country who made the visit to raise awareness and further the study for a cure for TSC, a genetic disorder that forms mostly benign tu-mors in major organs of the body.

“My son has them in his heart, brain

and has skin manifestations,” Jorski said. “I was lucky enough to meet with Con-gressman Adam Smith (D-Wash., District 9, shown near right) during this trip, who has agreed to support us.”

In Jorski’s fourth year of making the trip to D.C., she “was lucky enough to meet with my congressman” for the fi rst time.

Susan and Matt Jorski actively support regional TSC alliance eff orts. Susan Jorski chairs the annual Step Forward To Cure TSC Walk. Th is year’s fundraising walk is scheduled for Sept. 21 in Seattle’s Seward Park.

To learn more or to donate, visit www.tsalliance.org/pages.aspx?content=104.

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Keiser, Orwall, Gregerson host telephone town hall

Sen. Karen Keiser (D-Kent) and Rep. Tina Orwall (D-Des Moines) and Rep. Mia Gregerson (D-SeaTac) host a telephone town hall for 33rd Legislative District resi-dents from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday.

At that time, constituents in the areas of Kent, SeaTac, Normandy Park, Des Moines, Burien and Renton will receive a phone call inviting them to stay on the line to participate in the town hall.

In addition, residents who do not automatically receive a call may dial a toll-free participant number to listen in on the event and ask ques-tions of their elected state offi cials. Th at number is 877-229-8493, ID code 18646#.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON

FOR KING COUNTYIn re the Estate of: TERRY ROCHELLE POPE, DeceasedNO. 13-4-10464-1 SEA

PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS

(RCW 11.40.030)PLEASE TAKE NOTICEThe above Court has appointed JANET LEE PORTA as Personal Representative of Decedent’s estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute

ner provided in RCW 11.40.070:

claim with the foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to JANET LEE PORT A at the address below a copy of the claim. The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice as provided in RCW 11.40.020(1 )(c), or (b) Four ( 4) months after the date of

the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Dece- dent’s probate and non-probate assets.Date of First Publication of this Notice: March 14, 2014.Attorney for Personal Representative:Morgan M. WittWitt Law Firm, P.S.506 Main StreetP.O. Box 726Mount Vernon, W A 98273 Published in Kent Reporter on March 14, 2014, March 28, 2014 and March 28, 2014. #1009285.

In the Superior Court of the State of Washington in and for

the County of PierceIn the matter of the Estate of: JAMES RYAN COPPEDGE, Decedent.

NO. 14-4-00298-2PROBATE NOTICE TO

CREDITORS

RCW 11.40.030 The Administrator named below has been appointed as Adminis- trator of this estate. Any persons having claims against the deceased must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mail- ing to the Administrator of the Estate’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim

with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as pro- vided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after the date

If the claim is not presented within this time-frame, the claim is forever barred, except as other- wise provided in section 11 of this act and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non probate assets.Date of Filing: February 20, 2014First Publication: March 7, 2014Administrator: Greg L. AllwineAttorney for the Administrator: Jennifer Combs.Greg Allwine, Administrator of the Estate VSI Law Group, PLLC3600 Port of Tacoma Road, Suite 311Tacoma, Washington 98424253-922-5464 phone253-922-5848 facsimile Published in the Kent Reporter on March 7, 2014, March 14, 2014, March 21, 2014. #995931.

Hwy S Kent, WA 98032, is seek- ing coverage under the Washing-ton State Department of Ecolo-gy’s Construction StormwaterNPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. Theproposed project, 132nd AvenueShort Plat, is located at 23019 132nd Avenue SE in Kent, in King County. This pro-ject involves 2.20 acres of soildisturbance for residential con-struction activities. Stormwaterwill be discharged to City ofKent storm drainage system thatdischarges in to Meridian ValleyCreek. Any persons desiring to presenttheir views to the WashingtonState Department of Ecology re-garding this application, or inter-ested in Ecology’s action on this application, may notify Ecologyin writing no later than 30 daysof the last date of publication ofthis notice. Ecology reviews pub-lic comments and considerswhether discharges from this project would cause a mea-surable change in receiving waterquality, and, if so, whether theproject is necessary and in theoverriding public interest accord-ing to Tier II antidegradation requirements under WAC 173-201A-320. Comments can be submitted to: Department of Ecology Attn: Water Quality Program,Construction Stormwater P.O. Box 47696, Olympia, WA98504-7696 Published in the Kent Reporteron March 14, 2014 and March21, 2014.#1008111.

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The Fine Print: Collective bargaining agreements between school districts and their teachers must be posted online starting this

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Defense attorney Anuradha Luthra said during her opening statement that the Auburn Police arrested the wrong man when they took Phillip into custody in December 2010 in Portland for Frankel’s murder on May 21, 2010.

“Clearly, Mr. Frankel was mur-dered,” Luthra said to the jury. “You’ve already seen the pictures. You know that it was gruesome. It is a tragedy. But Mr. Phillip did not kill Mr. Frankel. In order to believe the state’s theory you will see throughout this case that you have to ignore evidence. You will see that police pursued an avenue

of investigation that was the most intriguing, a sexy love triangle of sorts.”

Luthra added during the trial she will show that the police failed to pursue other options.

“At the end of this case you will have one remaining ques-tion, ‘Who killed Mr. Frankel?” she said. “You will still have that question because the state cannot prove that it was Mr. Phillip. Mr. Phillip did not kill Mr. Frankel.”

Seth Frankel’s father Richard Frankel, and his mother Emily Markiewicz were among those in court for the retrial just as they were for the initial trial. Richard Frankel traveled from his home in Hawaii and Markiewicz from her

home in Virginia.Hinds claimed during his

opening statement that cellphone records put Phillip within a few blocks of Frankel’s home the night of his killing. Hinds said Phillip borrowed his mother’s white Ford Mustang to drive to Kent and Auburn.

Luthra said Phillip didn’t drive his mother’s car but rode his motor-cycle to Auburn. She said he drove up Interstate 5 just to get away as he dealt with recent deaths of a relative and a good friend.

A small towel found at the crime scene had DNA from Phillip and Frankel, Hinds said. Luthra said DNA can last on an object for decades and that the

medical examiner will testify that she couldn’t even tell if the DNA was from blood, semen or saliva. Luthra said during the first trial the towel could have been from Johnson’s house in Portland when she dated Phillip.

Auburn Police began to inves-tigate Phillip after Johnson tipped them off about her relationship with Phillip. Johnson met Phillip in 2008 in Portland and the two dated for a month or two before Johnson broke off the relation-ship in 2009, Hinds said. The two remained friends and kept in contact up until Frankel’s killing.

Frankel and Johnson moved into the Auburn home in October 2009, Hinds said. Johnson commuted to

a weekend job in Portland and was in Oregon the night of Frankel’s death. They had initially met in 2003 when they each worked at a Eureka, Calif., television station. Frankel had an extramarital affair with Johnson in California in 2005 but his marriage survived. Johnson moved to Portland in 2007 and Frankel moved with his family in 2007 to Kent.

As far as the writings by Phillip about Frankel, Luthra said the harshest word Phillip used against Frankel was calling him a “douche bag.” She added a text message from Phillip to Johnson described Frankel as “old and un-hot.”

“There was no threat or ill wishes,” Luthra said.

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THE CREATIVITY of more than 500 Kent School District students is on display for the 20th annual Kent Student Art Walk through March 21 in downtown Kent and Kent Sta-tion. More than 20 downtown businesses and Kent Station will serve as art galleries, displaying students’ paintings,

sketches and sculptures in lobbies and windows during regular business hours. Student art also will be on display at the Centennial Center Gallery, 400 W. Gowe St., from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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Events20th annual Kent Student Art Walk: 5-7 p.m., now through March 21, down-town Kent and Kent Station. Displaying more than 500 Kent School District students’ artworks. More than 20 downtown busi-nesses and Kent Station serving as art galleries. Student art also will be on display at the Centennial Center Gallery, 400 W. Gowe Street, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. An opening reception for the artists, their families and fans is 5-7 p.m. March 14 at the Centennial Center Gallery. Visit KentArts.com for more details or call 253-856-5050.

Shelley Irish’s Visionary Art and Sacred Décor: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. March 29, Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. N. Shel-ley Irish sells her inspired and original oil paintings, prints and fine craft alongside other artists and healers at the Emerald Spiral Psychic Fair. Chakra rainbows, alter art, beaded angels and other works. Free. www.gallerysati.com

BenefitsCommunity Garage Sale: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. March 15, Lake Fenwick Estates, 24849 46th Ave. S., Kent. Public invited. Enjoy shopping, eating and taking a tour of the apartment community. 253-859-9090, www.lakefen-wickapts.com.

HealthKent4Health presents ShoWalk: 9-11 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, 625 W. James St. Free indoor walking. Register at the door or call 253-856-4968.

Puget Sound Blood Center drives: 1-4 p.m. March 19, Columbia Distributing, Inc., 20301 59th Place S.; 9-11:30 a.m. March 19, DSHS Children’s Services, 1313 W. Meeker; 1-3 p.m., 4-7 p.m. March 25, River Of Life Fellowship, 10615 SE 216th; 8-10 a.m., 10:45 a.m.-2 p.m. March 28, Kentridge High School, 12430 SE 208th St.; 12:45-2:45 p.m., 3:45-6:45 p.m. March 31, St. James Episcopal Church, 24447 94th Ave. S.; 9-11 a.m., noon-3 p.m. April 1, Hexcel Corporation, 19819 84th Ave. S. For more information, call 253-945-8667 or please visit www.psbc.org.

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

Faith“A Touch of Green”: 11:15 a.m.- 1:15 p.m. March 19, Golden Steer Restau-rant, 28326 104th Ave. SE, Kent. Luncheon presented by Renton-Kent Christian Wom-en’s Connection (affiliated with Stonecroft Ministries). Speaker: Gloria Law “Battered Hope,” and special feature: Bea Martin with her collectibles. Fun event for ladies of all ages. Nursery provided with reservation. Tickets: $16.50. For more information, call 425-235-1047.

Clubs, programsPublic Education Graded: 7 p.m. March 17, Lifetree Café, Community Room, First Christian Church, 11717 240th St. SE, Kent. The program, Pass or Fail? The State of Education, features filmed stories from Nikhil Goyal, TED talk speaker and author of “One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student’s Assessment of School,” and Sajan George, the founder of Matchbook Learning, a school-turnaround organization.. Program is free. Snacks and beverages available. For questions about Lifetree may be directed to Bob Brooks at 206-653-6532 or pastorbob@kentdisciples.org. More information is avail-able at Lifetreecafe.com.

Car seat safety classes: 5-7 p.m. March 24, Fire Station 46, 3521 S. 170 St., SeaTac. The Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority offers free classes to the public. The department instructors are certified, experienced car seat technicians. Space limited; registration recommended. To register, please call 253-856-4415.

American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of Kent: 6:30-8 p.m., March 27, April 24, May 22, Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St. Team meetings. Open to anyone who has been on a relay team or would like to know more about the relay. Relay For Life enables a community to come together to celebrate those who have survived cancer, support those who are

fighting it, and remember those who have been lost. This year’s Relay For Life of Kent is May 30-31 at Kent-Meridian High School’s French Field. To become a community spon-sor, contact Lance Goodwin at lgoodwin@RFLKent.org or 253-740-2363. Visit www.RFLKent.org for additional information and team registration. Follow the relay at www.Facebook.com/RFLKent.

Kent Black Action Commission Ac-tion Up Meeting: 3-6 p.m., every fourth Saturday from September through June. November and December meetings are on the third Saturday, Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. N. Welcome all who live, work, or attend school in Kent or the South King County region to join us. For more informa-tion, call 253-852-0614 or visit www.kentblackactioncommission.com.

Kent Evening Toastmasters: 7 p.m., Wednesdays, The Lodge, Arbor Village Retirement Center, 24004 114th Place SE, Kent. Are you interested in practicing and improving your public speaking skills? Boosting your self-confidence? Making yourself heard in that weekly meeting at work? Come practice your oratory skills with a friendly and informative group of people. With members ranging from begin-ners to experts, Kent Evening Toastmasters welcomes people of all skill levels. For more information, visit www.kenteveningtoast-masters.net.

EntertainmentSPOTLIGHT SERIES

Tickets for the Kent Arts Commission’s 2013-2014 Spotlight Series are on sale now. Tickets may be purchased online at www.kentarts.com, by calling 253-856-5051 or in person at the Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. N. Hours for phone and in-person sales are Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Box office is closed on Sunday.

Alpin Hong: 7:30 p.m. March 21, Kent-Meridian PAC. Back by popular demand, Alpin Hong returns to Kent after an overwhelmingly successful 2013 residency and concert. Alpin’s combination of humor, emotion and dazzling technique brings audiences of all ages to their feet. This year Alpin will build on his relationship with Kent School District students and incor-

porate them into his final performance. Sponsored by Pete and Pat Curran, and the Kent Parks Foundation. Tickets: $25 general, $22 senior, $15 youth.

Harlem Gospel Choir: 7:30 p.m. April 5, Kentwood PAC. From the heart of Harlem in New York City, the Harlem Gospel Choir travels the world and is loved for its joyous, foot-stomping, hand-clapping blues, jazz, and gospel spirituals. They have performed for Nelson Mandela and Pope John Paul II, and have shared the stage with such legendary artists as Bono, Sinead O’Connor, Lyle Lovett, Diana Ross and many others. Sponsored by Pete and Pat Curran through Kent Parks Foundation. Tickets: $28 general, $25 senior, $15 youth.

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“The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley Jr.”: 7 p.m. March 20-21, 5 p.m. March 22, Sunrise Elementary School, 22300 132nd Ave. SE. Sunrise PTA Mustang Theatre presentation. Tickets are $5 per per-son at the door. Children under 5 are free.

Honk!: 7 p.m. March 21, 22, 28, 29; 3 p.m. March 22, 29, Green River Community College, Performing Arts Building, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. Heavier Than Air Family Theatre production. A poultry tale in a musical based on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Ugly Duckling”. Honk!’s charm, humor and message of tolerance is perfect for a family audience. Tickets: $10 advance, $12 at the door. www.heavierthanair.com.

Tolstory: 7 p.m. April 4, 5, 11, 12; 2 p.m. April 6, 13, Des Moines Beach Park Auditorium, 22030 Cliff Ave. S. Breeders Theater’s spring production written by T.M. Sell with music by Nancy Warren. Tolstory is a little bit Tolstoy and a tiny bit Toy Story, as four Russian nesting dolls narrate the life of Katarina Karenin, your typical Russian infant/teen/young woman/older woman. Tickets $20. Available at www.brownpap-ertickets.com, and through the Des Moines Field House Recreation Office, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. 1000 S. 220th St. Credit card purchases may be made by phone by calling the city Parks and Recreation Department at 206-870-6527, weekdays, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Galleries, studiosMichael Tolleson Savant Art Center: 25524 74th Ave. S., Kent. Art studio and autistic art mentoring center. To learn more about the center and its programs, call 253-850-5995, visit www.MichaelTolleson-Artist.com or email michaeltollesonartist@gmail.com.

Scouts team up to fight hunger

In an effort to increase community participa-tion in serving others, the Western Washington councils of the Boy Scouts of America are teaming up with local residents in the fight against hunger.

This weekend Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts from the Chief Seattle Council, including Pack 420 of Kent, will disperse

door hangers around their neighborhoods to ask the community for their help with food donations, and to leave donated items on their doorstep to be collected the following Saturday to be transported to a local food bank.

Through partnerships with more than 30 local food banks and pantries, the Scouting for Food drive provides approxi-mately 100,000 pounds of food annually to needy families.

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Tough crowd: Kentridge’’s Jawan Stepney looks to pass the ball against Garfi eld’s collapsing defense during fi rst-round state Class 4A play at the Tacoma Dome on March 6. The Chargers lost the battle, 63-41. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter

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Back-to-back losses at the Hardwood Classic stung Ken-tridge High, putting an abrupt end to its championship aspira-tions.

Garfi eld crushed Kentridge 63-41 in the opening round of the Class 4A state boys basket-ball tournament on March 6 at the Tacoma Dome. Jackson of Mill Creek followed by downing the Chargers 60-57 in overtime to clinch fourth place last Friday.

Garfi eld’s initial seven-point run knocked Kentridge off its game, and the Chargers never quite recovered. Garfi eld led 34-12 at halft ime.

Put on the defensive, the Chargers were forced into taking more risks.

“Th ings that we normally do didn’t work for us,” said Kentridge coach Dave Jamison, who made his fi ft h visit to the Tacoma Dome in eight years. “Th e speed of the game made us rush our decision making. It was an 11-10 game and then it was a 17-10 game.”

Jawan Stepney led Kentridge (25-3) with 13 points. Hus-sayn Ford added eight points and Nick Hopson scored fi ve. Tramaine Isabell had 21 points for Garfi eld.

Th e Chargers fared better against Jackson, coming out swinging in the fi rst half but fi nding their 20-point lead slowly eroding in the second half. A fi nal 3-pointer in the last 15 seconds of overtime couldn’t

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Stepney led Kentridge with 32 points and Keasean Kelley scored 15 points.

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He hopes that his four varsity veterans — juniors Hopson and Deon Th omas, and sophomores Elija and Jordan Ticeson — will return next year.

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Neither Adams nor senior Stepney has committed to play in college, but they say that Kel-ley plans on playing in college.

Th e end of the season is bit-tersweet. Stepney and Adams

agree that it’s been sadder to see such a successful team break up. Th ey expect Th omas to take the leadership mantle, but know that to have a similarly success-ful team next year “everyone else is gonna have to step up, too.”

Th e Chargers made program history with their season record, and Adams says that will always keep them together.

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Kent’s Meryl Reber made a dream come true when she won a National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) World Championship with her 10-year-old American Quarter Horse, Ima Chic Please, at the Will Rogers Equestrian Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

Reber and her buckskin gelding, nicknamed Bullet, were judged in two events en route to the title on Feb. 21. Th ey performed a rein work pattern, the horseback equivalent of fi gure skating, and then controlled a single cow at high speed in a large arena. Horses are judged on their willingness, fi nesse, courage and cow sense.

“It’s sit down, shut up and hold on,” said Reber, describing the adrenalin-fueled cow work.

Reber and Bullet bested more than 30 NRCHA World Champi-onship Show qualifi ers from the United States and Canada in the preliminary round and the fi nals.

“I can’t believe it. Th is is like a dream come true. I never imagined in a million years this would hap-pen,” Reber said.

She won a $3,857 paycheck, a saddle, buckle and bronze trophy, and other prizes.

Meryl and her husband, Randy, along with the Reber family, own Reber Ranch, a full-service pet, feed, veterinary, grooming and supply store in Kent.

Reber had shown jumping horses for 25 years, but when she watched her fi rst reined cow horse show in Nampa, Idaho, in October 2010, she knew she had found a new horseback sport. She pur-

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“I had him that whole winter, and just rode him. I started tak-ing lessons in March (2011) and started going up the ladder. Th e horse is phenomenal. He had to teach me, because I knew zero,” she said. “I rode jumpers, which is very thrilling, but you add a cow on top of that exhilaration and I think it’s more challenging and more fun. And all the people in the cow horse are so nice and so supportive.”

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horses were able to cut a rank animal out of the herd, spin on a dime, and work the end of a rope.

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Bullet received a hero’s welcome upon his return to Reber Ranch, complete with a victory party and plenty of carrots, his favorite treat.

But he won’t enjoy full retire-ment any time soon. Reber plans to continue showing him through-out the 2014 season, and isn’t ruling out a return to Texas for a second NRCHA World Champi-onship title.

Winning combo: Showing Ima Chic Please, a 10-year-old American Quarter Horse, down the fence “is kind of like sit down, shut up and hang on,” Meryl Reber said. The pair recently won a National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) World Championship. COURTESY PHOTO, Primo Morales

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RIDE

Th e Kentwood High girls dropped a pair of games and met early elimination last week at the state Class 4A Hardwood Classic in the Tacoma Dome.

Sarah Toeaina scored 17 points in the Conquerors’ 57-37 loss to Skyview in consolation play last Friday. Kate Kramer added eight points.

Kentwood opened with a 71-44 loss to Lynnwood in the quarterfi nals on March 6.

Th e University of Hawaii-bound Toeaina led the Conks with 14 points. Kramer, Alycea DeLong and Jenny Johnson each had eight.

Kentwood fi nished the season 20-7.

Kentwood girls bounced in two games at 4A state

Kentwood’ s Sarah Toeaina snags a rebound during Kentwood’s 57-37 loss to Skyview at the Tacoma Dome. RACHEL CIAMPI, Reporter

Diffi cult fi nish: Kentwood coach

Edward Kramer hugs Kate Kramer

after the Conks’ season-ending

loss to Skyview.

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Talented school employees flock to the stage in the award-winning musi-cal tale of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Ugly Duckling” for six perfor-mances in March.

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Honk! uses charm and humor to tell the endearing story of an odd-looking baby duck and his quest to find his mother.

Familiar cast members include teachers, para educators and staff from the Kent, Auburn, Tahoma and Federal Way school districts.

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Tickets are $10 advance, $12 at the door. For tickets, call campus Student Life at 253-833-9111 ext. 2400 or visit www.heavierthanair.com.

The cast: Heather Waugh, Terry Thibodeaux, Jeri Mahaffey and Ruth Bookwalter from Kent schools; Megan Black from Auburn schools; Tina Snyder from Tahoma schools and Sunshine Glynn from Federal Way schools are part of Honk! COURTESY PHOTO

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Th e second week of March is your chance to divide and multiply late summer perennials.

Dig up overgrown daylil-ies, asters, mums and coral bells now and use an ax or sharp shovel to divide large clumps into smaller sections.

Toss out the inner, older core of these peren-nial plants and replant the new side shoots. Im-prove the soil with compost before replanting in the same area.

You can also plant seeds of frost-tolerant perennials such as calendulas, colum-bines, pansies and sweet alyssum directly into the ground this week. While you are out in the garden work on those weeds. Pull-ing weeds now before they fl ower will prevent millions of new weed seedlings this summer.

Do not prune climb-ing roses that fl ower just once in the spring such as the pink fl owering Cecile Bruner rose or any other spring fl owering vine like akebia or early blooming

clematis. Wait until aft er these climbers bloom or you’ll miss out on this year’s fl owers.

Q. I have a new raised bed vegetable garden fi lled

with nice black soil I purchased. I am ready to plant seeds but confused about what crops I can plant now and which ones must have warm soil. What is the rule

here in Western Washing-ton? P., Kent

A. Th e best rule of green thumb for planting seeds is to read and follow the instructions on the seed pack. I like to use seeds from a local company such as Ed Hume seeds because they are packaged for our cool summer climate with special growing instruc-tions. Now may be the time to plant cool season crops such as lettuce, carrot, spinach and radish but only if your soil drains well and can be “worked.” To test your soil pick up a handful of soil and squeeze. If water drains from your hand and

the soil stays in a ball or clump it is too wet to work. If it crumbles apart it can be safely hoed, dug or turned and raked and then planted. Some seed packets will tell you to wait and plant aft er all danger of frost is passed. Th ese would be the warm season crops such as corn, beans and cucumbers. Wait until aft er mid-May or even June to plant the seeds of these heat-lovers into the soil.

Q. I have a compost pile that looks done. Now how do I use it? I do not have a vegetable garden. J.H. Puyallup

A. Congrats on letting it rot. Your trees, shrubs and fl owers will appreci-ate your compost if you shovel it around their roots now. Try not to let the damp compost sit up next to the stems of shrubs like rhododendrons that are prone to stem rot but pile it right on top of hungry roses, daylilies, hosta and other emerging perennials. Be sure to read the next question about compost and weeds.

Q. When I spread my home made compost around my plants I get weeds sprouting up. I thought compost was sup-posed to keep down the weeds not add more. Am I doing this wrong? J. Email

A. Th e garden gossip about home-grown com-post is that in our climate it rarely heats up enough to kill every weed seed in the pile. Th e good news is that the compost in the center of the pile will be the most rotted and this is the best for adding to planting holes or working into vegetable beds. Th e compost on top that is still course with chunks of branches and leaves is the mulching com-post to shovel around trees and shrubs and smother young weeds. Another tip is to accept that weeds will sprout and just make a point to hoe and rake out the new weeds a few weeks aft er you spread compost around your garden. If you purchase compost by the

bag at a garden center or nursery you will not have the problem of sprouting weeds.

Marianne Binetti is the author of “Easy Answers for Great Gardens” and several other books. She can be reached at www.binettigarden.com.

Meet Marianne10 a.m. Saturday, Bellevue Nursery, 842 104th Ave. SE. Topic: Transform Your Dry Shade into Lush Beauty. Free. Call to register at 800-838-3006 or www.cascadewater.org

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Events sponsored solely

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Service Organization

Memorial DayCeremonyat Tahoma

National Cemetery

May 26, 2014

Farmers Market(Oldest Market

in King County) Saturdays, 9 am – 2 pm

June 7 – Sept. 27, 2014

at Town Square Plaza Park

Cornucopia Days(Largest Street Fair in the Pacifi c NW)July 10-13, 2014

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Dragon Boat Races(Largest in the State!)

July 12, 2014

WinterfestDecember 6, 2014

Serving Kent for 75 years

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If our events and meetings do not meet your schedule, then please look at some of fellow

service organizations (like Rotarians, Kiwanians, and others, that help our community).

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Kent Cornucopia Days

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we specialize locally in youth, families, seniors and veterans.

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