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Phil Lampman, left, and Bob Burd reminisce on the early days when hydros were new to the Pacifi c Northwest during a season kickoff party at the Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum in Kent last Saturday. Lampman is part of the team restoring the Blue Blaster, a boat driven by hydroplane racing legend Bill Muncey. More photos, page 10. MICHELLE CONERLY, Kent Reporter

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BY STEVE HUNTER

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Th e milkmen are moving to a new home.

Aft er 93 years at the same loca-tion along West Valley Highway just north of South 277th Street, Smith Brothers Farms has decided to move to a larger dairy produc-tion facility a few miles to the east in Kent.

“We love our old farm but we’ve simply outgrown it,” said Dustin Highland, director of revenue operations for Smith Brothers Farms. “We’re excited to put the stamp on our new facility and call it home.”

Offi ce workers recently moved to the new site at 26401 79th Ave. S. Th e milkmen, trucks and pro-duction facility are all expected to be at the new site by the end of June. Th e company employs 125.

Although the milk business will leave the West Valley property, the land will remain a farm as the

BY STEVE HUNTER

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A man suspected of an at-tempted armed robbery that in-cluded the exchange of gunshots

last week at a Kent jewelry store was found dead in Auburn from a gunshot wound.

Th e investigation remains open as Kent Police continue to

determine the details of the gun-fi re exchange between the store owner and an armed man during the 10:45 a.m. Saturday, May 4 attempted robbery at Bonaci Fine

Jewelers. Th e store is at the corner of East Smith Street and Central Avenue.

Th e dead man has been identi-fi ed as Delearance Fleming, 36, by

the King County Medical Exam-iner’s Offi ce. He died of a gunshot wound to the torso, according to a Medical Examiner’s Offi ce

Man suspected in attempted armed robbery of jewelry store dies

Smith Brothers dairy moving to new location

FINDING, SHOWING OTHERS THE WAY George Brummell has survived his own troubles to help others with similar problems.

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Fairwood Elementary School will replace a sec-tion of its roof this summer to adhere to district safety standards.

As part of the 2006 bond reallocation of $15.9 mil-lion intended to pay for the new Covington Elementary School, the roof maintenance project, estimated to cost $650,000, was one of six high-ly prioritized by the Citizens Bond Review Committee (CBRC).

“We were getting roof leaks, which causes deteriora-tion of the roofi ng and ceil-ings,” said Fred Long, director of facility services at the Kent School District. “When the board decided to reallocate those monies … we decided what (were) the highest pri-ority projects we had on the maintenance list, and that

Fairwood Elementary to repair roof

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Buckle that seat belt and put down the cellphone.

King County motor-ists can expect to see law enforcement patrolling city

and King County roads in search of unbuckled drivers and passengers as well as drivers using their cellphones during emphasis patrols May 20 to June 2.

Washington has one of

the highest seat belt use rates in the country due, in large part, to the highly visible “Click It or Ticket” campaign which includes publicity, extra enforce-ment, and signage, accord-ing to a Washington Traffi c Safety Commission media release.

In June 2002, when the primary seat belt law went into eff ect, approximately 82 percent of Washington drivers wore seat belts and today, nearly 97 percent of Washington drivers are buckling up.

Now offi cers also will focus on another important traffi c safety concern – distracted drivers who are texting and talking on their cellphones.

In King County, the Auburn, Bellevue, Black Diamond, Burien, Coving-ton, Federal Way, Issaquah, Kent, Kirkland, Maple Valley, Mercer Island, Newcastle, Port of Seattle, Redmond, Renton, Sam-mamish, SeaTac, Seattle, Tukwila and Woodinville Police Departments, and the Washington State Patrol will team up and participate in the extra patrols, with the support of the King County Target Zero Task Force.

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William Phillip faces a fi rst-degree murder charge for the 2010 stabbing death of Seth Frankel . Kent Reporter fi le photo

BY STEVE HUNTER

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King County prosecutors have charged a 24-year-old Kent man with vehicular homicide and vehicular assault for a May 1 crash along Interstate 5 in Seattle that killed one passenger in his car and injured three others.

Aneet Chandra was sched-uled to be arraigned May 15 at

the King County Courthouse in Seattle on the charges that were fi led May 7, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Offi ce.

Chandra was allegedly driving at speeds of more than 80 mph when he lost control of his car and crashed into a guardrail near the West Seattle exit while south-bound near downtown, according

to charging papers. He was driv-ing from the University District to Federal Way with six passengers in his 1992 Cadillac Eldorado. He was reportedly speeding and weaving around traffi c before the 11:50 p.m. single-car wreck.

Chandra faces one count of vehicular homicide for the death of Asha Salim, 20, of Federal Way. He faces three counts of vehicular

assault and two counts of reckless endangerment. He remains in the county jail in Seattle with bail set at $1 million.

As Chandra drove along the free-way, a front-seat passenger report-edly passed or showed a cellphone to Chandra that had a photo of a scantily clad woman. Th at allegedly distracted the driver and he lost control.

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Phillip’s trial date continued for murder of Kent city employeeBY STEVE HUNTER

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It’s been three years since the stabbing death of Seth Frankel, a city of Kent em-ployee and Auburn resident.

Th e trial of William L. Phillip, 32, of Portland, Ore., charged with fi rst-degree murder for the death of Frankel on May 21, 2010, was scheduled to start May 6. But the trial date has been continued to Sept. 16, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Offi ce.

Defense attorney Kristen Murray asked for the con-tinuance because of, “out-standing witness interviews and investigation,” accord-ing to court documents. King County Superior Court Judge Andrea Darvas

granted the request.Defense attorneys have

been granted several requests from King County Superior Court judges to continue the trial date. Phillip has waived his right to a speedy trial.

Prosecutors allege that Phillip, a former boyfriend of the woman Frankel dated and lived with, drove to Au-burn to kill Frankel because he was angry that someone else was dating the woman.

Phillip remains in cus-tody at the county jail in Kent.

BY STEVE HUNTER

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Kent Police arrested three Kent residents for investigation of third-degree malicious mischief in connection with graffi ti tagging that has plagued Kent’s Valley and East Hill areas for months.

Ryan Faulkner, Jordan Holm and Kaylee Hance have collectively been charged with 77 counts of third-degree malicious mis-chief, according to a May 9 Kent Police media release.

On March 26, a Kent offi cer received informa-tion about possible taggers vandalizing a large area of Kent. Upon investiga-tion, the offi cer identifi ed that three individuals who use the monikers “YUK”, “4HED”, “MOLD”, “BZAR”, and “DMT.”

Police fi rst started to see these tags appear on pub-lic and private property in 2012. On April 9, Kent Police were notifi ed that Covington Police, having an active investigation into the same graffi ti tags, was serving a search warrant on an individual’s home.

Kent’s graffi ti removal program also obtained several photos of these monikers over time from local businesses who were victims of the vandalism. Th e graffi ti damages have created much fi nancial hardship and frustration among private property owners.

“Th ese arrests are a great example of resi-dents, local businesses, and Kent and Covington Police working together to protect the quality of life in our community,”

said Kent Police Chief Ken Th omas. “Graffi ti vandal-ism will not be tolerated in Kent and we will continue to make enforcement of property vandalism crimes and removal of graffi ti a top priority.”

Since 2008, the Kent Po-lice Department has worked with other city agencies to develop an aggressive graffi ti prevention program. It includes a graffi ti hotline for reporting damage or providing tips on taggers, a community response team to help clean up graffi ti, and enhanced penalties for persons caught “tagging.”

Th e penalties can include a year in jail and a $5,000 fi ne.

Residents can report graffi ti incidents by calling the city at 253-856-GRAF.

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Got milk? Jason Grinolds and the rest of the Smith Brothers Farms milkmen and milkwomen will work out of the company’s longtime location along West Valley Highway until late June before moving to a new headquarters a couple of miles to the east in Kent on 79th Avenue South. STEVE HUNTER, Kent Reporter

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the Kent-based Carpinito Brothers purchased the nearly 240 acres.

“Our plans are to farm the property and use the facilities for storage,” said Mike Carpinito, owner of the popular produce market along Central Avenue in Kent and part of a 50-year family business. “We farm on three sides of it (Smith Brothers) already. We’ll grow vegetables, pumpkins, corn and cab-bage - the hand-harvested vegetables. We’ll eventually farm all of it in time.”

Th e dairy cows left the farm in 2001 for a Smith Brothers-owned farm in Royal City near Moses Lake. But in 2006 the Federal government changed milk producer/handler regula-tions, so the company sold the Royal City farm and cows and now gets milk from select co-op Washing-ton state dairy farms.

Th e new headquarters doesn’t sit on a farm. But the building features 25-foot high ceilings compared to about 10 feet at the current site. And everything sits under one roof rather than spread out on the farm.

“We’ll have the capacity for at least twice as much milk for storage,” Highland said.

Smith Brothers contin-ues to deliver milk and other products to 40,000 homes as well as numer-ous school districts, coff ee stands, restaurants and a few small grocery stores.

“We’re moving to a new facility to help better fi t our needs and to provide a sustainable future for the company, our employees, our customers and the com-munities we serve,” High-land said. “We can assure all of our current and potential customers that the move will not aff ect the wide range and high quality of services

Smith Brothers Farms has come to be known for dur-ing the last 93 years of being in business.”

Th e company features 50 vehicles that deliver from farm to home within 48 hours. Smith Brothers delivers from Olympia north to Marysville and from Bremerton east to North Bend.

“Business is going great,” Highland said. “We’re signing up a lot of new customers.”

Benjamin Smith started the milk company in 1920 at its current loca-

tion with one cow and a few customers. He named the company aft er his two sons, Dan and Howard. Benjamin Smith also had fi ve daughters.

Highland is part of the fourth generation of the Smith family involved in the business. His mother is one of Dan Smith’s four daughters.

“My middle name is Smith,” Highland said.

Th e landmark cow that stood for years at the south end of the property disappeared for a while last year before being found up

near Kentlake High School. Highland said the cow oft en became the target for high school pranks. He said the cow will be put up at the new site, but it might be inside the building rather than outside.

As far as the new property owners, when the Smith family decided to seek a new location, they asked Mike Carpinito if he wanted the land. Th e two families have been friends for years. Th e Carpinito’s even lease some of the Smith property to grow their crops.

“We were pretty excited about the opportunity to acquire something that big alongside of us,” said Car-pinito, who also recently purchased the Schuler Farm in Auburn along the West Valley Highway on the south side of South 277th Street.

“We are very happy that the land will stay in good hands with a local farmer in the Kent Valley,” High-land said.

Smith Brothers looked at moving to other cities, but decided to stay in Kent.

“We did look at other po-tential options, but our fi rst option was always to stay in Kent in order to remain close to the community that we love and have had the pleasure of being a neigh-bor with during the past 93 years,” Highland said.

was one of them because it was causing us the most problems.”

Th e approximately 4,000-square-foot section of the roof to be replaced sup-ports gas pack heating units raised about four inches off the roof. Over time, the material underneath the units deteriorated, caus-ing a leaking problem for faculty, staff and students at Fairwood Elementary.

“It’s leaked off and on for a long time,” said Patricia Hoyle, principal of Fairwood Elementary School. “It’s defi nitely impacting students and their safety.”

According to Hoyle, main traffi c areas like hallways, smaller classrooms and offi ce spaces have been aff ected by the deterioration of the roof and that discolored ceil-ing tiles, whether currently experiencing leaking issues or not, are concerning.

Th e district also plans to replace the existing heating units and construct a me-chanical building around them to keep them dry.

Th e original roof at Fairwood Elementary was constructed when the school was built in 1969 and replaced in 1987. Th e current project is to begin in June and fi nish before the start of the new school year.

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Q U O T E O F N O T E : “The public expects us to get our work done, and that needs to be our primary focus.The sooner the better.” – House Majority Leader Pat Sullivan, D-Covington, on the Legislature’s special session.

Letters policyThe Kent Reporter welcomes

letters to the editoron any subject. Letters must include a name, address and daytime phone number for verification purposes.

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.

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BY MARY CROSS

For the Kent Reporter

Local Improvement Districts (LIDs) are the city of Kent’s out-of-date and unfair method of funding road improvements. Th ey use LIDs to provide some of the fi nances needed to pay for road improve-ments.

Beware – an LID can happen to

anyone in Kent who owns property. Th e city of Kent can come out of the blue to penalize property owners for being just that – property owners. It seems that our property taxes are not enough to pay for the roads right outside and near our homes.

In the Kent Reporter on April 19 the headline read: “Kent property owners stop city’s planned fee to help pay for SE 256th Street project”.

Many of us read the article with pleasure because for the third time since 2009 – a supermajority of property owners within the district protested – and this time divested the city’s LID 364.

In this case, “divested” means that the city’s plans to assess us were defeated by a protest vote of at least 60 percent of the assessment value. On May 6, at the Public Works

Committee (PWC) meeting, Council-woman Elizabeth Albertson said that she would like the city to form an-other LID and force us to go through collecting the signatures again because she thinks it is unfair that we divested LID 364. Unbelievable.

Albertson inferred in the Kent Reporter on April 19 that an out-of-state apartment owner was respon-sible for the defeat of the LID on SE 256th. Nothing could be further from the truth. Th ere was an over-whelming protest against it by all the private property owners as

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Kent’s 256th LID is unfair

Th e recent article “Kent City Council searches for 256th Street funding options” (published May 10) is one-sided with no attempt to report the opinions of the tax-paying citizens that would be bur-dened with this unfair Local Improvement District (LID) assessment.

Th e self storage partnership (Mini Shamrock Corp.) that I represent has several members that are lifelong residents of Kent and are very involved in this community. Although I don’t have my current resi-dence in Kent at this time, I grew up in Kent and have worked and done business in Kent for many years. Our partnership donates our time and periodically provides free storage for several community organizations, such as the Kent Rotary Club, Th e Chamber

of Commerce, Tap Fire and others.

As business owners, we are concerned about the seem-ingly never ending tax and fee increases that we are required to pay. For example, we are still paying yearly fees for the South 277th Street corridor LID. We have been hit hard over

the last two years with higher property taxes largely due to the huge increase in the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority fee assessment. All of this during a time of recession in our economy.

With much thought, and considering the community we live in and work in, we decided to sign the letter protesting LID funding for 256th. We simply believe that the costs of this project should be shared with a larger group of businesses and property owners.

For instance, why not double or even triple the included LID area? Why not extend the LID area directly west towards Benson Highway to the shop-ping centers, the really large property owners, and maybe even the Kent School District (Kent-Meridian High School). Th ese businesses and schools would benefi t from the road improvement at least as much

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Time to just say no to exploitation

Multiple media sources last week reported Issaquah High School students once again hosting May Madness, an online tournament where male students vote for the sexiest female student.

As a former high school student in that district, initially I wanted to post something sarcastic about our rival school. But as I con-tinued to think about the issue, one alarm-ing thing kept moving to the forefront of my mind: where was the indignant uproar from the female students demanding respect from their male counterparts?

Where were the protest signs saying, “I am more than my looks”?

Ladies, where was your self-respect?

Maybe if they had known what this kind of behavior could lead to they would have spoken up. Maybe if they had peeled back the layers and analyzed

the situation, these ladies would have seen how inherently wrong this competition is and say something. Maybe if someone had explained how dangerous things like this can get, they would have rallied or written a petition.

Something. Anything. But they said nothing – not an angry word

spoken in protest. Well, let me tell you exactly what silence

means in our society. A 16-year-old girl was at a party in Steu-

benville, Ohio. She got drunk. She blacked out. She was sexually assaulted. A clear case of rape, right? Wrong.

Th e defense attorney for one of the defen-dants argued that because “she didn’t affi r-matively say no,” this young lady consented to having sexual relations with the young men on trial.

Growing up, I was taught that yes means yes, and no means no. No does not mean yes or keep going – silence does not mean maybe or yes either. So when did the

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as our small business. After all, we are several miles away from the 277th Street corridor and were unresist-ing participants in that LID many years ago.

I think it is simply shame-ful for some City Council members to pass judgment upon the hard-working, tax-paying citizens who happen to disagree with their uninformed opinions. The homeowners (some lifelong Kent citizens) that have led this protest have worked extremely hard and followed all of the rules regarding LID protests. Now it seems as if the council is not willing to not abide by its own rules.– Tom Reichert

People have spoken; council refuses to listen

The Kent City Council needs a class on Civics 101.

When the property own-ers near 256th got together, following the council’s rules, and submitted the required number of signa-tures (for the umpteenth time) to stop the Local Im-provement District (LID) assessment, the council didn’t like it and decided that the rules don’t apply because they want to assess these few property owners with the burden of paying for that street’s improve-ment.

The council set up the rules for property own-ers to collect the petition signatures needed within a short amount of time – and then, when the required

signatures were obtained, the council pulled a fast one. They decided that they didn’t like the result so they pulled the rug out from under the property owners. This kind of governance is reminiscent of George Orwell’s Animal Farm.

The council knows that everyone in Kent uses 256th but they want to punish the property owners right next to this street with the full cost of street repairs there.

The council has a ready solution at their disposal: raise the business and oc-cupation (B&O) tax and close the exemptions and loopholes for big businesses like Boeing.

This ploy of forming another LID for the same street improvement is an attempt by the council to wear down the petitioners. The property owners will have to sign yet another petition to protest this LID assessment.

It’s now perfectly clear that the council would do just about anything to avoid making businesses that do the damage to our streets and roads pay to repair those streets and roads.

Just how beholden is the council to Kent businesses? How many protest petitions are required for the council to do the right and honor-able thing?

If the council was truly functioning as a moral entity, it would stop this ridiculous idea of imposing LID as-sessments in spite of the fact that property owners played by the rules of petitioning and gathered the signatures; nevertheless, the council members ignored these

property owners and refused to consider additional B&O funds for this project. The Kent City Council plays by its own set of rules and are deaf to dissent.– Sandra Gill

Special needs students in one classroom?

Again, the administration is trying to combine the Ce-dar Valley Elementary Sup-port Center to become K-6 due to low enrollment. This is a disappointing decision to make for our students with special needs.

Our children are in the center because they need support and are guaranteed an individualized educa-tion. Putting children of such a diverse age range in a classroom with only one teacher and only a few pa-ras is irresponsible educat-ing or, at best, simply a lack of understanding .

The district is federally mandated to supply their children a free education that is tailored to their indi-vidual needs. I’d like to see

a curriculum plan for how this is going to happen for a classroom of children ages 5-12. You would never see a general education class com-bined over more than two grades. How is it OK to make our children with special needs be in a classroom that spans seven grades?

Instead of making this change, I challenge the Kent School District to resolve this problem. We have three Title I schools within three miles of each other. A solu-tion could be to have a K-2 program at one school and a 3-6 program at another. There are probably many other solutions avail-able, but putting all of our students with special needs

in one classroom makes absolutely no sense.

The reason I am writing this letter is because of my son, Nate. He has a diag-nosis of high-functioning autism. He transferred to Cedar Valley four years ago for kindergarten. He spent most of his day in the support center while getting some time with a paraeducator in the general education room. Slowly over the years he has become fully integrated into general education and will probably move out of the SC program and into the IP program. This is an achievement that I have dreamed of for so long.

There is no way that he

would have made it without the amazing efforts of his special ed teacher, Mrs. Hudgens and his para-educator, Shannon Davis. They have been able to keep in close contact with me regarding his progress, letting me know what to work on at home. This has been invaluable. These educators are helping my son be as successful as pos-sible. It would be a terrible shame to not provide other children at Cedar Valley the same opportunity.

Please reconsider and put our children first. Please support your children to be the best they can be.– Jackalyn Kalina Hattori

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In the case of the 23-year-old woman in India who was sexually assaulted with a metal rod and brutally gang raped to death late last year, she didn’t even have the

choice to say yes or no. She was silenced and stripped of her right to say no.

Are we to interpret her silence as consent as well?

So maybe you can see now why it doesn’t make sense to me that these young ladies in Issaquah would take that right away from themselves – why they wouldn’t choose to use their voices and make a state-ment.

In the courtroom, they are arguing for your silence to be taken as a yes, consenting and condoning all behavior done to you. So why, when there are so many platforms nowadays from which to raise your voices against sexism and exploitation, why would you choose silence, consenting to young men judging you based on looks and condoning all behavior done to you?

Not only do we need to teach our young men that silence does not mean yes, we should simultaneously stress the importance of speaking up against issues like this to our young female generation. Because the only way to combat silence is with noise – lots of noise – enough noise to make changes to our disap-pointing society.

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well as the businesses and apart-ment owners. We were united in our protest against the city’s unfair assessment proposal.

In the same article it states that there are 107 single-family homes, 1,224 apartments, 82 condos, 17 duplexes and nine commercial parcels. Then in another para-graph, it reads that there are 370 properties financially impacted by the SE 256th Street LID. Both these statements are misleading in that the city’s proposed assessment list targeted only 225 properties for an assessment of more than $2.04 million. That’s an average of $9,108.36. For private properties, the range ran from a low of $1,100 to a high of $10,108; a median as-sessment of $5,224.

This low number of properties,

225 to be assessed for this stretch of road – is the primary problem with the city of Kent’s plan – too few would be asked to pay for a road im-provement that benefits thousands each day. But LIDs have always been a bad idea. And now with road con-struction costs having outpaced the rest of the economy – in part, due to the cost of petroleum products (used in paving materials), LIDs are an even worse idea for funding road improvements.

Southeast 256th Street is not a residential street – it’s a main thor-oughfare. And we believe that if the road is improved, the volume of traffic on it will only increase – along with the corresponding noise, dirt and pollution – and that the speed that people drive will only increase.

At the PWC meeting on April 1, Councilman Dennis Higgins, a

member of this committee, asked Tim LaPorte, city public works di-rector, about the last traffic survey done on this road. We learned that there hasn’t been a traffic survey done since before the interchange was built with Highway 18. It is ludicrous that the city would be prepared to design and build a road – and bill us for the privilege – and they haven’t done a traffic survey in that many years.

In the same PWC meeting, Alb-ertson said “this is a social justice issue. Folks that are walking up and down on that road – who are living in those apartments – don’t have a voice, nor a vote in whether this street gets fixed except for by the seven of us (i.e., the Kent City Council).” She infers that we vil-lainous property owners don’t care about our elderly and our children when we reject the LID.

Don’t be fooled, this is just a political maneuver to avoid the more important questions:

• Why isn’t the city more concerned about all the children living throughout the LID district – and those living here for the past 15-20 years? Certainly the road has needed work for that long and longer.

• Just how much commercial traffic is using the road – even in its current poor condition?

• What has the city done about asking all the commercial trucks to pay their fair share? There are many studies that show that the big trucks cause much of the dam-age that our roads incur.

• Why did no one from the City Council ever visit our community to hear our concerns? After all, Higgins and others emailed and met with the Kent Chamber of

Commerce to discuss what rate their businesses would be willing to pay for the city’s B&O tax – so, why not us?

• Has the city considered ending the ShoWare Center arena sub-sidies – the millions of dollars of our taxpayer money being poured into the center to keep it afloat?

It seems that the city’s priorities are increasingly skewed to support business at the expense of the rest.

To ask 224 property owners to pay over $2.04 million to improve a road is unfair. Other sources must be found. And we’re not just talking about the LID of SE 256th Street – but for all the roads within the city.

After all, the city may launch an LID on any road – so beware.

Mary Cross, of Covington, is a property owner along Southeast 256th Street, and signed the protest against the LID.

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And paid dearly for it.Brummel spent years

locked away in regional and county jails in Wash-ington and Oregon on drug-related charges, un-able to shake his reckless ways, unable to stay clean.

He had no one to turn to, nowhere to hide.

“It’s very depressing,” Brummell said of his prison experience. “It gives you a chance to make an inner commitment to change.

“I look back and see how a person doesn’t have anything realistic they would want to change to,” he said. “They don’t have a path, nothing to reach for. And that’s the way I was.”

At a personal cross-roads, Brummell, 49, recalls sitting in a King County Jail cell one day, staring into the cold eyes of a lengthy sentence for drug trafficking, when he had an epiphany.

“The Holy Spirit came into my life, changed my

heart and changed my life,” he said. “I had decided I had had enough incarcera-tion.”

Brummell served 102 months, half of them in community custody.

Given a chance to start a new life, Brummell found a home, a job and support from Grace Community Church. The congregation embraced him, and its leaders gave him a chance to succeed.

To reciprocate, Brummell began to help others, volun-teering his time and joining support groups to counsel individuals and families victimized by chemical dependency, domestic vio-lence and other problems.

Returning to school to learn and to obtain the skills he would need to counsel professionally, Brummell completed an internship with the Recovery Centers of King County. He has since graduated from Faith Seminary of Tacoma with a degree in religion and is in his second year of graduate

studies. He completes his master’s in counseling next month, which will net him a mental health credential to complement the state-cer-tified chemical dependency professional credential he earned at Highline Com-munity College.

“It was my five-year plan to go back to school to become a drug and alcohol counselor,” Brummell said. “The journey was inter-rupted by my relapses, but I wanted to complete it.”

Brummell has since opened his own practice in Auburn, Hope+Help Counseling, with a grow-ing clientele in South King County, including Kent.

Giving back is vital.“It is important to me

… because I know the pain, I know what it’s like to be caught in a web of hopelessness, whether it be addiction, unemployment or family issues,” Brum-mell said.

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Kentridge’s Kevin Hall will compete in both hurdle races this week at the West Central District meet with a chance to earn a trip to the Class 4A state track and fi eld meet. RACHEL CIAMPI, Reporter

BY MICHELLE CONERLY

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With micro tears in his left hamstring, Abu Kamara of Kent-Meridian High School ran through the pain to advance to West Central District in the boys 300 and 110-meter hurdles at last week’s South Puget Sound League’s track and fi eld meet at French Field.

In order to prepare for the meet, Kamara sat out for nearly three weeks. Last Friday was his fi rst race since the injury. He placed sixth in the 300 with a time of 40.58 seconds and third in the 110 in 14.45.

Aft er one more week of rest, Kamara’s hopes his leg heals enough to improve those times and he qualifi es at district this weekend for the Class 4A state meet on May 24-25.

Kentridge’s Kevin Hall has run pretty consistently all season long. Holding the number two slot in both the 110 (14.38) and 300 hurdles (38.53), he’s vying for the top spot in this week’s meet to advance to state.

Bralen Westendorf, also of Kentridge, is no stranger to success in track and fi eld. Named the SPSL North Division’s track athlete of the year, Westendorf hopes his hard work will pay off in the 100 and 300 hurdles and the 400 and 1,600 relays.

Kent-Meridian is sending 23 competitors to districts while Kentridge is send-ing 14. Both schools have competitive relay teams, and know it’ll be a photo fi nish for whomever takes the top spot.

A half dozen Kentlake school records fell at the SPSL meet while 12 athletes advanced to districts in individual events as well as two relays.

Brandon Parks broke the record for javelin with a

throw of 141 feet, 6 inches, Alex Martinez broke his record in the 3,200 meters with a time of 9:38.14, Tori Lanza broke the record for the 300 meter hurdles in 44.82 and Terra McGinnis set the record in the 1,600 meters in 5:11.78. Th e girls 1,600 relay of Lanza, McGinnis, Marisa Lytle and Jessica Kuntz set a new school record with a time of 4:07.74. Th e 400 relay of Galvizo, Lytle, Peters and Timary Mathena also set

a new mark with a time of 50.82.

Top league fi nishers for Kentwood included Bran-don Stribling and Bailey Paladin in the 100 and 200, Terence Grady in 100 meter hurdles and discus, Mitchell Cox in javelin, Treyvon Floyd in high jump, Strib-ling in long jump, Amari Bradley in the 400 meters, Tessa Carlin in the 800 me-ters, Haley Larson in discus, Sara Roberts in javelin, Carly Horn and Brittany

Woke in high jump, and Sarah Toeaina in long jump and triple jump.

Senior Beth Parrish won the pole vault for Kentwood with a height of 10-6.

Th e Kentwood boys 400 relay of Derrick Bell, Ivan Semerenko, Paladin and Stribling fi nished second and broke the school record with a time of 42.65.

Th e top three fi nishers in each event at districts will automatically be advanced to the state meet.

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Kentridge and Kentwood will open the Class 4A baseball state tournament with games on Saturday.

Kentwood’s roller coaster postseason is still on track as it plays Bothell at 10 a.m. at Everett Memorial Stadium in the regional round. Bothell was the third seed in the 4A KingCo baseball tour-nament then beat Ballard and Eastlake to punch its ticket to state and get into to the KingCo champion-ship game May 10, losing 3-1 to Woodinville.

Kentridge plays Richland at 1 p.m. at Richland High School. Th e Chargers earned a state berth with a 3-2 win over Gig Harbor in the West Central District tournament.

Aft er a narrow loss to Puyallup in the South Puget Sound League championship game – the same team Kentwood beat in the 2012 4A title game – the Conquerors punched their ticket to state with a 5-0 victory over Heritage in the fi rst round of district May 7 and had a chance to get back to the district cham-pionship game.

South Kitsap stood between Kentwood and the district title contest. While it was a matter of playing for seeding in the state bracket, the higher the place the bet-ter the draw, generally speaking. South Kitsap had Kentwood’s number, though, and knocked the Conks off 11-1 in fi ve innings. Kentwood’s only run came early in the game when senior catcher Reese McGuire was able to score from fi rst aft er the ball was fi red past the fi rst base-man into foul territory.

Kentwood bounced back later that day, with a 9-4 victory over Skyview to secure the third seed out of the district into the state tournament.

It wasn’t an easy win for the Conks, however, as they were down 4-2 before they exploded for seven runs in the seventh.

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Kentridge, Kentlake to compete in district fastpitch tournamentREPORTER STAFF

Th e high school fastpitch soft ball teams from Kentridge and Kentlake will compete in the West Central District tournament on Friday and Saturday at Sprinker Field in Tacoma with shots at advancing to the Class 4A state tournament.

Kentridge, the fi ft h seed out of the South Puget Sound League, hasn’t been to state since 2002.

Th e Chargers fi nished second in the SPSL North regular season and earned a spot in the league tournament semifi -nal with wins over Puyallup and Rogers on the fi rst day of the tournament last week before losing to Emerald Ridge

and Beamer on day two. In the fi rst round of the district tournament, Kentridge

will play Camas of the Greater St. Helens League.Kentlake, which earned the seventh seed into the district

tournament, took two of its three games into extra innings in the league playoff s.

First, the Falcons took Beamer to nine innings in the opening game only to lose 4-3, then handily defeated Th omas Jeff erson 18-1 in the second game before narrowly losing to Puyallup 8-7 in eight innings in the third contest May 10.

Kentlake plays the Greater St. Helens League No. 2 team in its opener Friday.

Eight teams will advance to state from the district tour-nament. Tahoma and Mount Rainier also earned district berths out of the SPSL North. Other SPSL teams in the tourney include Puyallup, Beamer, Bethel and Rogers.

THUNDERBIRDS SIGN CENTER EANSOR

The Seattle Thunderbirds signed Scott Eansor to a Western Hockey League

contract.Seattle general manager

Russ Farwell announced the signing Monday for the Kent-

based team.Eansor is a center/left wing

from Denver who played for the Colorado Thunderbirds

Tier 1 Minor Midget team last season. This is the same midget

program that developed current T-Bird players Griffi n Foulk

and Danny Mumaugh.“I’m extremely excited to sign

with the T-Birds. I am thankful for the opportunity to play

in the WHL,” said Eansor in a T-Birds media release. “I came

in and practiced with the team prior to playoff s last season. When I was here I loved the hockey atmosphere and the

talent level of the team.” Seattle has signed seven players

since last summer, including fi ve who were selected in the

2012 Bantam Draft and one taken in the 2011 Bantam Draft.

KENTLAKE TO HOSTSUMMER CAMPS

Kentlake is off ering two sessions of basketball camp,

June 20-22 and July 8-10, for boys and girls entering

grades 2 through 9. Coaches for this year’s camp

bring a combined 35 years of basketball knowledge. The

camps will focus on shooting techniques, lay ups, defense,

teamwork, dribbling, ball-handling skills, free throws

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Twenty years ago, gas was at $1.00 a gallon, a movie titled “Sleepless in Seattle” just

premiered and a young mother named CJ Taylor-Day brought together a small group of friends and volunteers to establish the Puget Sound Affi liate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Losing her mother to breast cancer at age 17, CJ was passionately committed to ensuring “no child should ever grow up without a mother because of breast cancer.”Since that beginning, Komen Puget Sound has grown to rank fi ft h out of 120 Komen affi liates nationally. As a result of this growth, the affi liate has been able to invest over $7 million into

medical research to better diagnose, treat and ultimately cure breast cancer. But the majority of the affi liate’s grants, over $19 million, have been invested right here in our community to fund breast health education, screening and treatment support. Komen Puget Sound continues to be the largest private provider of free mammogram support to low income and uninsured women. Th e Komen Patient Assistance Fund has provided thousands of breast cancer patients in our community with fi nancial support for life’s basic needs, allowing them to continue their lifesaving treatments. Women like Kate B. from

Renton, Washington said:“I have been incredibly anxious because my treatments for breast cancer have meant missing work. I was SO thankful for the money I received from the patient assistance fund because it allowed us to catch up with my mortgage payments. Without the Komen fund, we would have faced the stress of possible foreclosure. I want to say thank you very much for your help.”Th e fi ght against breast cancer has come a long way in the last 20 years. Komen Puget Sound will continue this fi ght until Komen’s promise of a world without breast cancer becomes a reality.

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As volunteers Tath Hossfeld and Jan Slawson wrapped up preparations for the very fi rst

Komen Puget Sound Race for the Cure in 1994, the only thing left to wonder was “will it rain”?“It was very nerve wracking because it rained the day before and throughout the night,” says Jan. “It was a new race, and I didn’t know how committed people would be.”Tath agrees: “I was so worried that rain would keep people away from our Race. But boy, was I wrong!” More than 3,000 women showed up in pouring rain for the fi rst Race, more women that ever ran in a Seattle Race before. “Seeing all those people united together around breast cancer, this huge sea of pink, was so powerful! It made me cry,” says Tath.Jan was not only at the fi rst Race for the Cure, but she also was responsible for organizing the whole race, as the Race Chair. “I attended my

fi rst Komen Puget Sound meeting, and they asked who would like to chair the fi rst Race for the Cure. I just raised my hand,” says Jan. “I was a runner back then, and I was really drawn to the idea of a race to benefi t an important cause like breast cancer.”Tath chaired the fi rst breast cancer Survivor’s Celebration at the Race. “It was so powerful to see so many breast cancer survivors in one room, nothing like that had ever been organized in Seattle,” says Tath. “We were one large support group for each other. During the lunch, we asked every survivor to stand up. Th en we asked fi rst year survivors to sit back down. Th en fi ve year survivors were asked to sit down, then 10 year survivors, and so on until there was just one woman standing. When we asked her how long she has been a survivor, she told us 35 years. Th e whole room went crazy with applause

and tears. It is so valuable to celebrate long term survivors. It gives such a powerful message of hope.”“Th ere is an atmosphere of joy and hope at the Race that is infectious,” says Jan. “When you are there, you fi nd yourself among a happy community. Th e Seattle Center is this beautiful park-like setting where you can feel you are away from everything. Th ere is entertainment, food, and sponsors giving things to everyone. People are smiling and walking around with fi lled goodie bags. It is just a great day of fun! I’ve always enjoyed myself.”“One day, we will fi nd a cure for breast cancer,” says Tath. “When that day comes, the very next thing a woman will hear aft er a breast cancer diagnosis is: ‘It’s OK, we now have a cure.’ I really do believe this is possible, because I have seen how far we have come in the last 20 years.”

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By Linda BallReporter newspapersMy favorite movie of all time is still the 1983 Best Picture winner, “Terms of Endearment,” starring Shirley MacLaine, Jack Nicholson, Debra Winger, Jeff Daniels, Danny DeVito and John Lithgow.Th e story centers on MacLaine’s character, Aurora Greenway, a widow, and her relationship with her daughter, Emma, played by Winger. Nicholson’s character, Garrett Breedlove, is a retired astronaut, a hard-partying lady’s man who eventually wins Aurora’s heart and vice-versa, in a very funny courtship. But it is Emma who steals our hearts, as she deals with her cheating husband, Flap (Daniels), and then discovers a lump in her armpit. For our Emma, who has three small children, it’s been caught too late. Other than this development, the movie really is a comedy. In one scene Emma is at lunch with her best friend, Patsy, and some of Patsy’s high-brow New York lady friends. Th ese women all know that Emma has cancer, but they never say the word. Instead they skirt around the issue and make comments like how lucky her kids are to have such a wonderful mommy.Aft er the lunch Emma is upset. When Patsy confronts her, she asks Emma, what do you want me to say or do? Emma says, “Tell them it’s all right. Tell them it ain’t so tragic. People DO get better! Tell them it’s okay to talk about the CANCER!” Th e next scene in the movie is hilarious, as a woman at a party comes up to Emma and says, “Patsy tells me you have cancer!” Patsy, standing nearby, hacks up an hors d’oeuvres when she hears this.Who knew that 28 years later I would get the diagnosis of breast cancer. Only, unlike Emma, I survived. Now that movie line has even more meaning to me. I fi nd that some people are uncomfortable if I bring it up. Don’t be. It happens. According to the American Cancer Society, the chance of a woman having invasive breast cancer some time during her life is about one in eight. Th e chance of dying from breast cancer is about one in 36.

I have found that it has become a big part of who I am now. It’s not something to be ashamed of. At fi rst I blamed myself – what did I do to bring this on? What didn’t I do that I should have? Th ere is no good answer, other than that cancer has its own agenda. I’ve always exercised, and for the most part

maintained a healthy diet, so I couldn’t understand why me?On June 2, I will be participating in the Susan G. Komen Puget Sound Race for the Cure, a 5K run/walk to raise money for breast cancer research.

Seventy-fi ve percent of the money raised as a result of the race and fundraising associated with it, will stay in Puget Sound to fund screenings, education, and treatment support. Th e remaining 25 percent will fund global research to better diagnose, treat and ultimately cure breast cancer. It’s the least I can do, because I would very much like to see an end to this disease that robs so many women of years of their life while in treatment, or their entire life. It really sucks.But please know that talking about cancer to a survivor or even someone going through treatment is oft en what they need. Even though you can’t understand unless you’ve been through it yourself, lend a compassionate ear.Because it’s really okay to talk about the CANCER!Linda Ball is a staff writer with the Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter. She can be reached at 425-391-0363, ext. 5052, or [email protected].

IT’S OKAY TO TALK ABOUT CANCER

Linda Ball

Th e Seattle International Film Festival will feature the true story of University of Washington geneticist Mary-Claire King and her world-changing discovery of the BRCA1 breast cancer gene. Th e special benefi t screening will support the fi ght against breast cancer, and will be shown June 6 at 7 p.m. and June 8 at 1:30 p.m. at the Egyptian Th eatre in Seattle.Th e fi lm stars Helen Hunt and Samantha Morton and follows a 15-year war against this cruel illness, waged on both scientifi c and emotional fronts by a pair of women demonstrating extreme bravery under pressure. Annie Parker (Morton) has watched both her mother and sister succumb to breast cancer. When she herself is diagnosed, she struggles to hold her family together, displaying a force of spirit that belies the odds. Meanwhile, geneticist Mary-Claire King (Hunt) is researching the idea of an undiscovered link between DNA and cancer, a process that fi nds her scrambling for both funding and the support of her disbelieving colleagues. How the paths of these two women intersect is funny, irreverent and heartwarming without the burn. Director Steven Bernstein’s feature debut deft ly balances the seriousness of the situation with the all-too-human response, fi nding unpredictable grace notes of beauty and wit during even the darkest of times. Bernstein will be at the Egyptian to talk about the fi lm.In addition to Hunt and Morton, the supporting cast includes Aaron Paul, Rashida Jones, Bradley Whitford, and Maggie Grace.Bernstein’s fi lm pays ample tribute to one of the most important scientifi c discoveries of the 20th century as well as the people forever changed in its wake.Tickets are $25.

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Race for the Cure, Seattle Center, June 2, right before the Race begins. Michelle was voted Best Gospel Female Vocalist for 2009 by Inside Tha Musik and awarded a Legacy Award by Seattle Pacific University. In addition to performing at the Race for the Cure, Michelle is also serving as a co-chair for the Sista’s Race for the Cure team. The goal of the Sista’s team is to promote Race participation by African American women and families and to increase awareness of the high breast cancer mortality rate among African American women.“We need to find cures for cancer because no one should have to suffer the loss of a mom, or a sister or daughter,” says Michelle. “This is why I have chosen to join the Sista’s Race for the Cure team and support Komen Puget Sound’s Race for the Cure.”The Komen Puget Sound Race for the Cure will provide an opportunity to celebrate survivors and remember those who have lost their battle to breast cancer. This service will occur on June 2, from 7:30-8:15 a.m. in the Seattle Center Pavilion. To learn more about the Race for the Cure, go to komenpugetsound.org.

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BY SHAWN SKAGER

[email protected] day Auburn’s Ta-mara Baker found out her older sister, Kim

Unland, had breast cancer is still so vivid in her mind it almost brings tears 12 years later.

“She was diagnosed when she was 32,” Baker said. “Th e news was dev-astating. It was obviously life chang-ing for everyone, her children, her husband and everyone who loved her.”

For seven years, Baker stood by her sister’s side, supporting Unland’s

fi ght as she went through chemotherapy, surgeries and naturopathic treatments trying to arrest the spread of cancer.

“Even though she had cancer for so long, she had gone through long stages of remis-sion,” Baker said. “We really

had hopes she was going to beat this. She was very fi t and active. Very vi-brant. Otherwise extremely healthy, she didn’t drink or smoke.

“But it had a mind of its own. It travelled from her breasts to her

lungs and ultimately to her brain. It kind of went fast at the end. Her dy-ing was very shocking.”

Five years ago, at the age of 39, Unland lost her battle with cancer.

Baker said she had walked in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure before her sister’s death, but the grieving process spurred her to become more involved and form the Kim’s She-Ra’s race team, named in honor of her sister’s battle.

“No matter what she was going through, chemo or surgery, she would always say, ‘Don’t worry about it, I’ll be there. I’m She-Ra, I’ll be there. I know I’m having surgery, but I’ll be there, I’m She-Ra, I can do anything,’ ” Baker recalled.

Th is June Kim’s She-Ra’s will walk

in the Race for the Cure for the sixth time to raise money and awareness.

“For me, it’s really important. I’m very passionate about breast cancer prevention and awareness,” Baker said. “All my friends know that if I haven’t seen them in a while, the fi rst thing I’m going to ask them is, ‘Have you got your mammogram lately?’

“Th e goal is to fi nd a cure, so with-out fundraisers like this there isn’t go-ing to be the research grant money for the scientists,” Baker said. “I think one of the great things about his event is the day of the walk. It really is inspira-tional. You have thousands of people, men and women of all ages, all getting together for the same goal.”

To donate to Kim’s She-Ra’s, go to pugetsound.info-komen.org/site/TR.

Walking in Kim’s spirit

Kim Unland

BY MICHELLE CONERLY

[email protected]

onna Simpson sits at her computer, logs onto Facebook and

starts to write a very stern, very powerful letter for all to read.

“Dear Cancer,” she writes, “Th e chemotherapy I started on Monday may be kick-ing my butt and making me really sick, but I have the doctors to help me. You have no one. Th e worse I feel physically, the better I feel mentally knowing that you are being attacked and have nowhere to hide. You will die, and I will be just fi ne. It’s only a matter of time. Donna.”

Simpson’s doctor diag-nosed her with breast cancer the day before Th anksgiving of last year.

But save her lack of hair, no one would know she was fi ghting the battle of her life.

It’s been a hard journey. When staff at her doctor’s offi ce fi rst learned about the lump, they scheduled the wrong type of mammogram. Add to that the chemo medicine that makes her so sick she could retreat to her bed for days, the multiple surgeries and a port in her

chest that keeps fl ipping out of place, there’s no doubt few would be strong enough to handle it.

But as far as Simpson’s concerned, all those moun-tains are just “speed bumps” on her road to healing.

Simpson credits the over-whelming support of friends and family for her positive attitude.

“I have a huge support system,” she said. “I don’t know how somebody does it without (that). I’ve never gone to a treatment alone. Our family is really close, so if one of us is going through something, we’re all there.”

Simpson’s children - even the honorary ones - have been at her side from the start.

Daughters Noelle and Jamie were the fi rst to learn of her diagnosis. And when the time came to choose the right type of surgery, both girls were at her side. But with limited knowledge, neither Simpson nor her daughters knew which op-tion to choose.

Th at’s when Jessica Allen, dear-friend-turned-family member, stepped up.

Allen, a physician liaison at Rainier Cancer Center,

met the Simpson family at a Relay for Life walk months before the diagnosis. So when they needed help deci-phering medical jargon and choosing the right option, Allen, who happened to be in the same area when the Simpsons were choosing, dropped everything to sit beside Simpson’s children, becoming an invaluable source of information for the family and an offi cial Simpson daughter.

“Jessica knew all the ques-tions to ask,” Simpson said. “ (Th e doctors) put in my medical records that my daughter, Jessica, came in to

ask questions. Th at’s where we say ‘it’s offi cial, she’s a Simpson.’”

Seeing how positive Simpson is, even on her worst days, Allen is not only grateful to be a part of her journey to getting better but has also learned a lot about herself and life.

“It’s really humbled me,” Allen said. “She’s just got such a great presence and attitude. (Her) story and (her) motivation stick out so strong to me, it’s incredible.”

Simpson has inspired the people around her with the muscle in her fi ght, not only for herself but for others

as well. Even on the days when she can barely walk across the room, Simpson, co-chair of her local Relay of Life team, attends commit-tee meetings, showing her dedication to the cause.

“We always said we relay for other people in the com-munity that need help and can’t relay for themselves,” Simpson said, “and if we ever needed it in our family, we hope somebody would relay for us.”

Simpson likes to tell people that cancer picked the wrong person to mess with.

Allen has a slightly diff er-ent take.

“In my opinion, I think it picked the right person,” Allen said, “because (she’s) the person that’s going to fi ght back. (She’s) the person that’s going to follow directions to the tee. (She’s) the person that’s not going to give up when you have a hard day. It’s just going to motivate her, more and more.”

Simpson has one more round of chemo before her radiation treatment begins at Rainier Cancer Center in Tukwila. With the help of Allen and the staff there and with her family at her side, Simpson is ready to “kick cancer’s butt” and pick up on life right where she left off .

“Cancer needs to know that its days are numbered,” Simpson said. “I’m 46, and I haven’t even begun to live.”

Resilient Simpson, her supporters vow to ‘kick cancer’s butt’

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spokeswoman. He is from Nor-walk, Calif., according to police.

Detectives will send bul-lets to the Washington State Patrol crime lab to match the bullet found in the dead man with the gun fi red by the store owner. Crime results can take weeks to get back.

“We are 99 percent certain,” Police Chief Ken Th omas said during a phone interview about whether Fleming was the man involved in the armed robbery. “We are waiting for evidence from the crime lab to match ballistics and confi rm the gun.”

Two customers and two employees were in the store when a man entered the store armed with a gun.

“He came in with a gun and wearing a mask, and there was an exchange of gunfi re between the business owner and the suspect,” Th omas said. “Th e suspect then ran out of the store.”

A few hours later, police found a man dead from a gunshot would on a bench near an Auburn business. Th omas said it is unknown how the man ended up in Auburn or if he might have had anyone else who helped him get away from the store.

“We’re investigating that possibility,” Th omas said.

Offi cers who fi rst arrived at the jewelry store learned that a man had entered the store with a gun in his hand, confronted the owner who was armed and gunshots were fi red. Th e man then ran out of the store and fl ed in an unknown direction. It was unknown if he continued on foot or left in a vehicle. He was armed with a handgun.

Police did not release information earlier this week about the dead body found in Auburn until detectives fi gured out it appeared to

be the same man suspected in the robbery. Th omas said detectives needed to be sure the man wasn’t connected to a separate shooting.

Th omas said it remains to be determined exactly how many shots were exchanged at the jewelry store but the armed man fi red at least one shot. Police used interviews with witnesses and video evidence to help fi gure out details of the shooting.

“I’m just happy innocent citizens were not injured based on the dangerous

actions of an armed robbery suspect,” Th omas said.

Once detectives fi nish the case, they will turn over the in-formation to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Offi ce, which will make the fi nal decision about whether to fi le any charge against the jewelry store owner.

“Self defense will be consid-ered,” Th omas said. “Prosecu-tors make the fi ling decision.”

According to state law, it is considered justifi able homicide when “there is reasonable ground to ap-prehend a design on the part of the person slain to commit a felony or to do some great personal injury to the slayer or to any such person, and there is imminent danger of such design being accom-plished.”

Masked man: A masked man armed with a handgun enters Bonaci Fine Jewelers in Kent on the morning of May 4. COURTESY PHOTO

Clarifi cationIn the April 26 edition of the Best of Kent 2013, the

following were not properly identifi ed: physician, win-ner – Bob Smithing, MSN, ARNP, FAANP, FamilyCare of Kent; and fi nalist – Kathy Kleiver, MSN, ARNP, FamilyCare of Kent.

Pfeiff er elected

Washington State PTA

Region 9 director

Sharon Pfeiff er of Kent was recently elected as Washington State PTA Region 9 director for a two-year term beginning June 1.

As a region director, Pfeiff er is responsible for organizing leadership workshops and providing support for the councils

and local PTAs in the Auburn, Federal Way, Highline, Kent, Renton, Tukwila and Tahoma school districts. She also will serve on the WSPTA Board of Directors.

“We need to continue to address diversity in our area and look for resources and community groups that we can partner with to work toward an understanding of our challenges and suc-cesses,” Pfeiff er said.


ASSESSMENT INSTALLMENT NOTICELOCAL IMPROVEMENT

DISTRICT #348CITY OF KENT

Construction of 64th South from approximately 200 feet north of South 226th Street to south 216th Street, including miscellaneous intersection improvements at the intersection of 64th Avenue South and West Meeker Street and a water main line extension to complete water main loop on 64th Avenue South and water and sewer stub extensions to un- serviced property; all as provided in Ordinance 3347. Notice is hereby given that the

assessment levied for the above named improvement, compris- ing Local Improvement District No. 348 under Ordinance 3404 is now due and payable and unless payment is made on or before May 28, 2013, said installment will be delinquent, will have a

ed, and the collection of such delinquent installment will be en- forced in the manner prescribed by law.Dated this 28th day of April, 2013.

R. J. NachlingerFinance DirectorCity of Kent, Washington

Published in the Kent Reporter May 10, 2013 and May 17, 2013.

2013-0221METROPOLITAN KING

COUNTY COUNCILNOTICE OF HEARING

Proposed Ordinance 2013-0221 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Notice of Intention has

Council proposing the annexation of approximately 130.14 acres of land into King County water district No. 111, known as the Hawkesbury Annexation, for the purpose of water service. A public hearing before the Metro- politan King County Council is to be held in Room 1001, King County Courthouse, on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. A description of the proposed area to be annexed is as follows: BEGINNING at the Southeast corner of the Northeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section

East, W.M., in King County, Washington, also being a point on the existing Water District No. 111 of King County corporate boundary; Thence Northerly along the East line of said Southeast quarter of Section 34, also being the West line of the Southwest quarter of

County, Washington to the Northwest corner of said South- west quarter;

Thence Easterly along the North line of said Southwest quarter, also being the South line of the Northwest quarter of said section

West half of the Southwest quarter of said Northwest quarter; Thence Northerly along the East line of said West half to the Southwest corner of the north half of the Southeast quarter of said Southwest quarter of the Northwest quarter, also being the Northwest corner of Meridian Ridge Division 1, according to the plat thereof, recorded in Volume 207 of Plats, pages 61 through 64, inclusive, records of King County, Washington; Thence Easterly along the North line of said Plat to the Northeast corner of Lot 6 of said Plat; Thence Southerly along the East line of said Lot 6 to the North-

Thence Easterly along the North

line of Lot 4 of said Plat, and its Easterly extension to the East line of said Southwest quarter of the Northwest quarter; also being

S.E.; Thence Northerly along said East line, and the East line of the Northwest quarter of said North- west quarter to its intersection with the Westerly extension of the South line of Lot 4, King

County, Washington, in the Northwest quarter of the North- east quarter of said Northwest

a point on the existing Water District No. 111 of King County corporate boundary; Thence Easterly along said extension and South line to the East line of said Lot 4; Thence Northerly along said East line, 17 feet, more or less, to

feet of said Northeast quarter of the Northwest quarter; Thence Easterly along said South line to the West line of the East 230 feet of the Northwest quarter of said Northeast quarter of the Northwest quarter; Thence Northerly along said West line, 20 feet, more or less,

feet of said Northwest quarter of the Northeast quarter of the Northwest quarter; Thence Easterly along said South line 230 feet, more or less,

S.E.; Thence Northerly along said West line to its intersection with the North line of Lot 6 of the Ed- wall A. Rask Addition, according to the Plat thereof, recorded in

records of King County, Wash- ington;

Thence Easterly along said North line to the Northeast corner of said Lot 6; Thence Southerly along the East line of said Lot 6 and the

said Plat to the Southeast corner

Easterly Northwest corner of lot 11 of said Plat; Thence Southerly along the most Easterly West line of said lot 11 to the North line thereof; Thence Easterly along said North line and the North line of lot 12 of said Plat and its Easterly extension to the East line of said

Avenue S.E.; Thence Northerly along said centerline to its intersection with the Westerly extension of the South line of the North half of the North half of the Northwest quarter of the Northeast quarter

Thence Easterly along said South line to the centerline of Soos Creek; Thence Southerly along said centerline to the Northwest margin of Primary State Highway

Thence Westerly, Southwester- ly, Westerly, Southerly, Wester- ly, Southwesterly, Southerly, Easterly, Southwesterly, North- westerly and Southwesterly along said Northwest margin to its intersection with the East line of the Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 34,

East, W.M., in King County, Washington; also being a point on the existing Water District No. 111 of King County corporate boundary; Thence Northerly along said East line to the Southeast corner of the Northeast quarter of said Southeast quarter of Section 34,

East, W.M., in King County, Washington and the POINT OF BEGINNING of this description. EXCEPT those portions previously annexed by King County Water District #111 and described in King County Water District #111 Ordinance No. 8880 A copy of Proposed Substitute Ordinance 2013-0221 will be mailed upon request of the Clerk of the Council, Room 1200, King

Avenue, Seattle, Washington,

This legislation is also available on the Internet at www.kingcounty.gov/council/ clerk/ordinances_advertised.aspx Dated at Seattle, Washington this 17th day of May, 2013.

Metropolitan King County CouncilKing County, WashingtonAnne Noris

Clerk of the CouncilPublished in Kent, Covington/ Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporters on May 17, 2013 and

NOTICE OF ACTION Notice is given under SEPA, RCW 43.21C.080, that Soos Creek Water & Sewer District

below on March 6, 2013.1. Any action to set aside, enjoin, review, or otherwise challenge such action on the grounds of noncompliance with the provisions of chapter 43.21C RCW

shall be commenced on or before June 17, 2013.2. Description of agency action: Adoption of Resolution No. 3382-S; Adopting an Environ- mental Checklist, and making a Proposed Mitigated Determina-

to SEPA; Lift Station No 46 Regional Sewer Conveyance Improvement Project.3.

of regional sewer conveyance system, including construction of

to the City of Covington.4. cient description should be given to locate the site, if any, but a complete legal description is not

cated in the Cities of Covington and Kent, near the intersection of

Place SE, SE Wax Road, and Covington Way SE, King County, Washington.5. Type of environmental review

date of any environmental docu-

6, 2013; and Environmental Checklist dated March 4, 2013.6. Documents may be examined during regular business hours at

Soos Creek Water and Sewer District

7. Name of agency, proponent, or applicant giving notice: Soos Creek Water and Sewer District.8. Speer, District Manager Published in the Kent, Renton, Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporters on May 17, 2013 and May 24, 2013.

Department of TransportationRoad Services Division

DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE (DNS)Name of Proposal: Alvord T Bridge No. 3130 Demolition Project

Date of Issue:Description of Proposal:

steel Pratt Truss. The bridge spans the Green River at 3rd/78th

Street in the southern part of Kent, although the bridge itself is located in unincorporated King County. It carries approximately

County’s fourth highest bridge

newly adopted Bridge Priority Process, King County Ordinance

in place along with a restriction allowing only one heavy vehicle on the bridge at a time. In 2012, the load limit was revised to further limit the weight of

In spite of ongoing maintenance and repairs, Alvord T Bridge has suffered considerable deterioration over its years of operation and has reached the end of its serviceable life. The bridge has a

the most severe include extensive rusting, deformation, loss of material on the steel truss structure, severe rot of the timber supports, load limitations, and substandard deck width, guardrails, and over- head clearance. This bridge is seismically vulnerable, structu-

obsolete. As such, the bridge has

possible 100, with 100 being the

Federal Highway Administration

bridges that are currently open to

ciencies and safety concerns of the bridge, federal funding for a bridge demolition was approved in 2010. As part of the bridge demolition, the bridge and its timber approaches and abutments will be removed. The ground at the southern approach will be graded, amended, and planted with riparian vegetation. The two concrete piers will be shortened and left in place to minimize dis- turbances to the existing levees. At the south end of the bridge location, 78th Avenue South will become a sole-access road north of South 262nd Street that will be reshaped to include a truck and bus turnaround area. At the north end of the bridge location, the intersection of 3rd Avenue

will become a T-intersection.

cient condition of the Alvord T Bridge, King County plans to close the bridge and start the proposed project on June 28, 2013. Location of Proposal: The project site is located in unincorporated King County just outside City of Kent jurisdiction

the Green River at 3rd/78th Ave-

Street. The bridge is located in

Range 4 East, W.M.Proponent and Lead Agency: King County Department of Transportation, Road Services Division The lead agency for the proposal has determined that it does not

verse impact on the environment. A State Environmental Policy

required under Revised Code of

after review of a completed SEPA environmental checklist

with the lead agency. Copies of the information are available on the project website at http://your.kingcounty.gov/kc do t / roads /c ip /Pro jec tDeta i l .

or available for review at King County Road Services – Map Counter in the King Street Center Building in downtown Seattle: 201 South Jackson Street, First Floor, Seattle Washington,

This DNS is issued under Wash- ington Administrative Code

agency will not act on this propo-

the date of issue, per WAC

Comments and Appeals:Although there is no administrative appeal of this threshold DNS

the county welcomes your comments. Any comments regarding this DNS must be received by 4:30 p.m. on May 29, 2013. Comments may be submitted by

phone, or fax. All comments received by this deadline will be reviewed by the lead agency. If you have any questions or con-cerns, or require additional infor-mation, please contact the environmental engineer for the project as listed below.Contact Person:Erick Thompson, Senior Environmental Engineer King County Department of Transportation

PUBLIC NOTICES

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Th e third week of May means it is time to fi ll your garden with color.

Gardeners through-out the world bask in the beauty of natural color so time to take a peek at global inspira-tion to design a patio or deck that will inspire joy all summer long.

Hot Orange and Bright Yellow – Go warm with inspiration from south of the border:

In our oft en cloudy climate you can heat up your patio by choosing plants such as bright orange calendulas, nas-

tursiums and geraniums paired with yellow marigolds, vibrant coleus and classic terra cotta pots.

Add more punches of bright

color with pillows and seat cush-ions that are in the same color family and display your travel memories from Mexico or the sunny Mediterranean. Orange and yellow fl owers will stand out on sunny patios but can also be used to brighten a shaded corner. Just substitute the intense red, or-ange and yellow blooms of bego-nias. Th e bright orange “Bonfi re begonia” is a vigorous grower in sun or shade with more pointed

leaves, oft en called the angel wing begonia due to the distinctive leaf shape. Th e more rounded blooms and foliage of the “Non-stop Be-gonia” has a name describing the fl owering cycle – these begonias just keep blooming, non-stop all summer long.

Bright white, with splashes of green – create a classic garden theme by limiting the colors:

Who can resist the rainbow of

fl ower colors displayed at nurser-ies this month? If you have a de-sire for a cool, classic and formal look – especially for a front yard display, then seek out all white fl owers for a summer garden that will stand out from all the rest.

Pristine white blooms can be found on varieties of geraniums, lobelia, petunias, begonias and also in the foliage of plants with variegated foliage. Show off the moon shades of these white bloomers by potting them in dark black or even deep blue pots and you’ll have a display that is

Color your garden with international fl avor

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Road Services Division King Street Center Mail Stop: KSC-TR-0231 201 South Jackson Street Seattle, WA 98104-3856206-296-8747 (phone)206 296 0567 (fax)Erick.Thompson@kingcounty.gov (email)

Brenda Bauer

Road Services Division Director, Department of Transportation

: 05/10/13 Brenda Bauer, Road

Services Division Director, Department of Transportation Published in the Kent Reporter on May 17, 2013. #789209.

In the Superior Court of the State of Washington for Whatcom County

IN RE: THE ESTATE OF PAUL C. SCHLECHT, Deceased.

No. 13-4-00229-2PROBATE NOTICE TO

CREDITORS

Judge: Charles SnyderThe Personal Representative

(PR) named below has been appointed as PR of this estate. Persons having claims against the Decedent must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable stat- ute of limitations, present their claims in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the PR or the PR’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and

with the Court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the PR served or mailed the Notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four

publication of the Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise 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.

May 17, 2013.DATED this 13th day of May, 2013. Personal Representative:David C. SchlechtAttorney for Estate:Craig P. Hayes, WSBA #1436Bellingham Towers, Suite 1200119 N. Commercial StreetBellingham, WA 98225.

Published in the Kent Reporter on May 17, 2013, May 24, 2013 and May 31, 2013.#789788.

INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that the City of Kent, Washington, will receive sealed bids at the City

2013 up to 10:00 a.m. as shown on the clock on the east wall of

Avenue South, Kent, Washing- ton. All bids must be properly marked and sealed in accordance with this “Invitation to Bid.” Bids must be delivered and

by the above-stated time, regardless of delivery method, including U.S. Mail. All bids will be opened and read publicly aloud immediately following 10:00 a.m. for the City of Kent project named as follows:

The project consists of widening approximately 3,400 lineal feet of SE 256th Street from Kent Kangley Road (SR 516) to 116th Avenue SE, from the existing two lanes to a three-lane road- way; including power under- grounding, curb, gutter, sidewalk, bicycle lanes, street light- ing and limited water and sewer work.Approximately 3,600 linear feet of storm pipe as well as

also included, along with approximately 7,500 tons of as- phalt pavement, 5,750 linear feet of cement concrete curb and gutter, 4,785 square yards of cement concrete sidewalk and driveway and 7,450 tons of crushed surfacing. The Engineer’s estimated range for this project is approximately $5.4 - $6.0 million. Bid documents may be obtained by con- tacting City of Kent Engineering Department, Nancy Yoshitake at (253) 856-5508. For technical questions, please call Granville Horn at (253) 856-5529. Bids must be clearly marked “Bid” with the name of the project on the outside of the envelope, addressed to the City Clerk, 220 4th Avenue South, Kent, WA 98032-5895. Only sealed bids will be accepted. No facsimiles or electronic submit- tals will be considered. Each bid shall be in accordance

and other contract documents

City Engineer, City of Kent, Washington. Copies of the plans and Kent Special Provisions may be purchased at a

for each set.

Copies of the

are available for perusal only. A cashier’s check, cash or surety bond in the amount of 5% of the bid is required. The City of Kent reserves the right to reject any and all bids on any or all schedules or alternates or to waive any informalities in the bidding and shall determine which bid or bidders is the most responsive, satisfactory and responsible bidder and shall be the sole judge thereof. No plea of mistake in the bid shall be available to the bidder for the recovery of his/her depos- it or as a defense to any action based upon the neglect or refusal to execute a contract. Bidders must submit with their initial bid a signed statement as to whether they have previously performed work subject to the President’s Executive Order No. 11246. No bidder may withdraw his/her bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the day of bid opening.Dated this 9th day of May, 2013.BY:Ronald F. Moore, City Clerk Published in the Kent Reporter on May 17, 2013 #789732.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION

A project permit application was

Services on May 7, 2013. The City of Kent expects to issue a

cance (DNS) for the proposal and the

. This may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts of the proposal and associated mitigation measures. The proposal may include mitigation measures under applicable codes, and the project review process may incorporate or require mitigation measures regardless of whether an EIS is prepared. A copy of the subsequent threshold determina-

may be obtained upon request. Following is a description of the application and the process for review. The application and listed studies may be reviewed at

Services, 400 W. Gowe Street, Kent, WA.APPLICATION NAME/NUMBER: PAULSON SUBDIVISIONENV-2013-10, KIVA #RPSW-2131636SU-2013-2, KIVA #RPP3-2131638PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The applicant proposes to subdivide 2.07 acres into ten (10) single family residential lots with associated recreation and stormwater tracts. There are several existing sheds on the property that will be removed. Access to the new

lots will be provided via a new private road connecting to 116th Avenue Southeast. No sensitive

site. The project is located at SE 256th Street and 116th Avenue

Parcel Number 2022059254, and is zoned SR-6, Single Family Residential.OTHER PERMITS AND PLANS WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED: Grade & Fill Per- mit, Civil Construction Permit, Final Subdivision, Building Per- mitsOPTIONAL 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

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

give notice that a DNS is likely to be issued. Comment periods for the project and the proposed

DNS are integrated into a single comment period.A 14-day appeal period will follow the issuance of the DNS.PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURES: NonePUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD:

All persons may comment on this application. Comments must be in writing and received in the Kent Planning Division by

, at 220 4th Avenue South, Kent WA 98032. A public hearing is tenta- tively scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 17, 2013. This public hearing will be held in the City Council Chambers at 220 4th Avenue South, Kent, WA 98032. Please be advised this meeting date is subject to change.

. If you

have any questions, please call Erin George, Senior Planner at 253-856-5454.DATED: May 17, 2013Published in the Kent Reporter on May 17, 2013. #789768.

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONDEMNATIONPursuant to RCW 8.25.290, Soos Creek Water and Sewer District hereby gives Notice of its plan to take the following Final Action:Final Action to be Taken: Adoption of Resolution authorizing condemnation (eminent domain) of the property interests describe herein below.Date and Time of Final Action: The Board of Commissioners Meeting on June 5, 2013, at 4:30 pm.Location of Meeting: District Office, 14616 SE 192nd Street, Renton, WA 98058-1039 General description of the properties for which condemnation shall be considered, and names and addresses of property owners as indicated on the tax rolls of King County. Easement No. Parcel No. (King County Records) Property Owner/Address26-22-5-S1052R 262205-9020 Cascade Mobile Villa Associates, LLC PO Box 829 Seahurst, WA 9806226-22-5-S1051 262205-9091 Ro-Con Equipment Specialties, Inc. 5326 SE 272nd St Kent, WA 9804235-22-5-S1036A 352205-9172 GINSEY FAMILY, LLC/BRANBAR, LLC35-22-5-S1036B 224 Skyline Dr Edmonds, WA 9802032-22-5-S1037A 352205-9001 S&S Parcel A Enterprises32-22-5-S1037B Rodger C. Scott 20405 SE 344th Street Auburn, WA 9809235-22-5-S1038A 352205-9190 COVINGTON COMMERCIAL III, LLC35-22-5-S1038B 1457 - 130th Ave NE Bellevue, WA 9800535-22-5-S1039 352205-9208 LAKESIDE INDUSTRIES, INC.35-22-5-S1039A PO Box 7016 Issaquah, WA 9802735-22-5-S1040 352205-9004 ATTU, LLC John Sinclair 414 Twisp Carlton Road Twisp, WA 9881435-22-5-S1041A 352205-9072 and 352205-9084 Kristu, LLC35-22-5-S1041B C/O Kristina Heyl 1005 Harbor Ave SW #203 Seattle, WA 98116 In each case, condemnation (eminent domain) shall be considered during the final action for acquisition of sanitary sewer temporary and/or permanent easements for the District’s Lift Station No. 46 Projects – Contracts 2-2011S, 3-2011S and 4-2011S. At the Meeting, the Board of Commissioners will decide whether or not to authorize the condemnation of the property interests. Soos Creek Water and Sewer District /S/ Ron Speer, District ManagerPublished in the Kent, Renton, Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporters on May 10, 2013 and May 17, 2013. #786997.

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TEAMS FROM KENTLAKE AND KENTRIDGE high schools competed at the state-level Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Challenge. Team Kentlake, comprised of students William Miller and Ryan Sorge, under the instruction of David Lewis, finished second in the hands-on state competition at Renton Technical College. Bowen Scarff Ford in Kent provided the team with a 2013 Focus SE to prepare for competition. Kentridge – students Tanner Zeiler and Steven Johnson with instructor George Sichting – was eighth. Scarff Ford in Auburn helped the team prepare for compe-tition by providing vehicles and equipment.

The teams, one from each school, completed an initial online exam earlier this year to qualify for the state competition. Team Kentridge took first in the knowledge (online) portion of the competition. Johnson was fifth and Zeiler ninth in the nation.

Two students from Kennewick’s Tri-Tech Skills Center won the competition. Eder Samaniego and Gerardo Rico each earned more than $23,000 in scholarships and will advance to represent Washington in the national finals at Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn, Mich., June 9-11.

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Kentridge senior Karanbir Singh is a recent National Merit Scholarship Program winner. Singh, whose probable career fi eld is computer engineering, earned a $2,500 scholarship supported by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation’s own funds. …

Kentwood Careers in Sewing and Fashion students attended the Fashion Industry Confer-ence with their teacher, Lynette Hansen, on April 27. Harleen Kaur won fi rst place in the Fashion Construction Contest, receiving three prizes – a sewing machine ($500), a scholar-ship for Studio One at the Seattle Art Institute ($300) and a scholarship for Three Days of Fashion at Fashion Institute of Design & Mer-chandising ($250).

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EventsWashington Bottle & Collectors Club Spring Antique Bottle Show: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. May 18, Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. N. Great old bottles, insulators, advertising, brewiana, collectibles, small antiques, pottery, old photos and more. Free admission. Info: [email protected].

Washington Engage: 7-8:30 p.m. May 21, Kent Senior Center, Room 6, 600 E. Smith St., Kent. Local branch of Washington Engage, a statewide, nonprofit group in the Kent, Covington, Renton, Auburn area, having its second grassroots Coalition Against Trafficking (CAT) meeting. The goal is to bring schools, community leaders and concerned citizens together to combat the trafficking of girls and women in the sex slave trade. Learn more about the effort. New members are always welcome. More information: Lorna Rufener, lorna,[email protected], 253-508-9676 or Linda Myers, [email protected], 253-334-4221

South King County Stand Down & Veteran Families Resource Fair: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 8, Green River Com-munity College, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. Military and veteran families plus homeless veterans welcome to attend. Free services and referrals available include VA benefit and claims assistance, employment resourc-es, financial and rent assistance, medical and dental, housing assistance, individual and family counseling resources, childcare, haircuts, food and clothing. Information: 206-802-5578, www.southkingcount-ystanddown.org

Second annual Juneteenth celebra-tion: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. June 15, Kent Senior

Center, 600 E. Smith St. Community-wide event features programs, information, vendors, food, entertainment and speakers while commemorating African American freedom and emphasizing education and achievement. Free and open to the public. KBAC seeks a major co-sponsor for the event. If interested, please contact Richard Johnson, director of project funding for KBAC, May 20 at 253-631-7944 or [email protected]. To learn more about the orga-nization, call 253-852-0614 or visit www.kentblackactioncommission.com.

Kent World Dance Party: 6:30-9 p.m. June 21, Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St. Jointly sponsored by Project U(th) and the Kent International Festival. Dances are fun and for all ages. Learn and the accomplished Japanese, Indian, Middle Eastern and South American dances. Non-alcohol drinks and snacks available for purchase. 253-852-0874, kentinternation-alfestival.com

Fifth annual Kent International Festival: 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. June 22, Kent Senior Center and Kent Town Square Plaza, corner of Smith and Second Avenue. Live entertainment, ethnic food, cultural and crafts booths, cheer hand carried floats, Generations Walking Together, student art contest. A four-block walk opens festivities at 9:30 a.m. Volunteer workers wanted. For details, visit www.kentinternationalfestival.com.

Sixth annual Kent Jazz & Art Show-case: 5-8 p.m. June 27, Kent Senior Activ-ity Center, 600 E. Smith St. Kent 50 Plus Program and Kent Arts Commission host the event, featuring concerts, art show and boxed dinners. Jazz pianist Richard Dean

plays indoors (4:30-5:15 and 6:15 to 7) while outdoor concerts feature electronic violinist Geoffrey Castle (5:15 to 6:15) and renowned jazz saxophonist Darren Mota-medy and his band (7-8). Limited indoor concert seating is available. Guests are asked to bring blankets, lawn chairs and umbrellas for outdoor seating. Call 253-856-5164 for more information.

Street-naming ceremony for Veterans Drive: 11 a.m. May 31, at the intersection of South 231st Way and Russell Road. To honor military veterans, the city of Kent will rename South 231st Way as Veterans Drive. Open to the public. Veterans are encouraged to attend. The ceremony includes music, military and motorcycles. Individuals or groups interested in support-ing the event are encouraged to call the city at 253-856-5700 or email [email protected].

Memorial DayHillcrest Memorial Park: 10 a.m. May 27, 1005 Reiten Road, Kent. Presented by American Legion post 15 and Kentwood High School JROTC.

Tahoma National Cemetery: 1 p.m. May 27, 18600 SE 240th St., Kent. Informa-tion: 425-413-9614.

BenefitsSecond annual Stuff the RV Classic Car and Motorcycle Show: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 1, 917 Central Ave. S., Kent. Free to the public. Local fundraiser collecting dona-tions to send care packages to U.S. troops

stationed overseas. Free catered barbecue lunch and raffle prizes. Open to any clas-sic vehicle made 1976 or earlier and any motorcycle or cruiser. Please contact Katie Brown to enter the show at 253-720-1969 or [email protected]. For more informa-tion, visit www.torkliftcentralrv.com.

Helping Women In Transition: 7-10 p.m. June 7, Kent Senior Center, 600 E. Smith St., Kent. Food, entertainment and fashion show as the Lois Renfro Foundation and Hope+Help Counseling launch a new community program designed to equip and empower single mothers in transition. Teaching moms how to live healthy, have successful recovery and maintain parental rights. Proceeds support the program. Tickets: $30. For tickets, call Claudia 253-315-4450 or Hope+Help Counseling, 253-347-0428. For more information, visit www.loisrenfrofoundation.org.

VolunteersKent’s 13th annual National Trails Day: 9 a.m. to noon, May 18, Lake Fenwick Park, 25828 Lake Fenwick Road S., Kent. Volunteers needed to help make trail improvements. Volunteers are asked to dress for the weather (no sandals or flip-flops) and bring a shovel, pruners or lopping shears. Starbucks on Fourth and Meeker provides coffee and hot chocolate. Water also will be available, and volunteers are encouraged to bring their own water con-tainers and refill from our cooler to reduce waste in our landfills. To keep the event manageable and safe, volunteers are asked to register by noon on Wednesday, May 15: www.KentWA.gov/ParkVolunteers.

NetworkThe Kent Chapter of Business Net-work, Int’l (BNI): Meets every Wednes-day morning at 7 at the Old Country Buffet, 25630 104th SE, Kent. Chapter is growing.

Currently have 38 members. Do you want excellent, personal, word of mouth referrals for your business? Then come join us. For more information, contact Dr. Allan McCord at 253-854-3040.

SeniorsKent’s Knot Quite Write Players: 10 a.m. May 20, Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St. Center’s Reader’s Theater troupe presents its spring show. Tickets: $1 in advance or at the door of Room 6 if space is available. Chateau at Valley Center is a co-sponsor the program. For more information, contact Helena at (253) 856-5164.

EntertainmentSHOWARE CENTER

625 W. James St., Kent. 253-856-6777. Events include:

Reebok CrossFit Games Northwest Regional: 9 a.m. May 31, June 1, 2. Semi-final round for the CrossFit Games season. Ticket prices: $40 (three-day pass); $15 general admission; kids under 12 free.

Hillsong United: 7 p.m. June 4. Welco-mezion Tour. Tickets: $45, $36, $26. Groups of 10 or more are $22 per ticket in the general admission bowl seating.

1964 The Tribute: 8 p.m. June 28. Ticket: $70, $50, $40, $30.

American Idol Live!: 7:30 p.m. July 19. The 40-show concert tour comes to Kent. Tickets: $66, $46, $33.50.

ELSEWHERE

“Bye Bye Birdie”: 7 p.m. May 17-18, Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center, 10020 SE 256 St., Kent. K-M Drama Depart-ment presents musical that follows the humorous trials and tribulations of Albert and Rosie, who work as manager and secretary for the Almaelou music company.

They represent Conrad Birdie, who has

just been drafted into the Army. Cost: $8

senior citizens and children (sixth grade and

below); $10 for everyone else.

“Honk! JR. – A Musical Tale of the

Ugly Duckling”: 5-7 p.m. May 18, Sunrise

Elementary School, Kent. Follow the ad-

ventures of Ugly, whose odd, gawky looks

incite taunting and teasing by his family

and barnyard neighbors. Separated from

the farm and pursued by a hungry cat, Ugly

must find his way home. Tickets: $5 per

person; children under 5 are free.

“The Real Inspector Hound”: 1:30-

3 p.m. May 19, St. James Episcopal Church,

Dessert Theatre, 24447 94th Ave. S., Kent.

St. James Players presentation. There’s a

murderer on the loose, and the scene of the

crime is a little too close to home. Admis-

sion: $10. Call: 253-852-4450.

MuseumsGreater Kent Historical Society:

855 E. Smith St., historic Bereiter House,

Kent. Hours: noon-4 p.m., Tuesday-Sat-

urday, and by appointment. Admission: sug-

gested $2 donation; no tickets are required

for entrance. Parking is available behind

the house off East Temperance Street. GKHS

is a nonprofit organization that promotes

the discovery, preservation and dissemina-

tion of knowledge about the history of the

greater Kent area.

PROGRAMS

History of Scenic Hill: 7-9 p.m. May 21.

Eric Reitan presents the program. Originally

named Knob Hill, the area was the home of

many business owners and a local doctor.

But this is only one part of the hill. Call 253-

854-4330 for reservations. Admission is $10

for GKHS members, $12 for nonmembers

and $5 for students.


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Whether it’s bruschetta (grilled bread with tomatoes, garlic basil and olive oil), ciop-pino (tomato-based seafood stew), or the old standards of pizza or spaghetti and meatballs, Paolo’s has been serving a loyal following of customers from its warm, spacious locale at 23810 104th Ave. S.E.

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