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Kent-Meridian’s Juliana Adams stretched 10 feet, six inches to grab second place in the pole vault at the West Central District 4A Track and Field Championships at French Field last Friday. Adams joins top athletes at this week’s state showdown in Tacoma. See story, page 14. RACHEL CIAMPI, Reporter
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Watch D.O.G.S. program encourages dads to volunteer in schools
[ more DADS page 4 ]
Then and now: Tony
Mola served 40 years in
the U.S. Navy, including duty
in the Pacifi c Theater during
World War II.
MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
SURVIVING, SAILING THROUGH HOSTILE WATERS
BY MARK KLAAS
As a young Navy machinist caught in the coils of World War II, Tony Mola looked his ter-
rifying enemy in the eyes more times than he cares to remember.
Danger, dismemberment and death seemed to await Mola and his fellow sailors at every turn.
But that day in 1945 aboard
the USS William Seiverling, a destroyer escort positioned off the Japanese island of Okinawa in 1945, that day is in a class of terror all by itself.
Heading to the bow of the
ship to make some repairs that morning, Mola heard something buzzing in the skies right over his head. He looked up.
“A kamikaze was coming at me. I could see the pilot. He was that close. Someone then yelled, ‘Look out, Tony, look out.’ … But fortunately, he didn’t hit us. He swerved and hit one of the destroyers … we were lucky,” Mola said.
Local man looks back on a long, fortuitous career in the Navy
[ more MOLA page 4 ]
Positive role model: Troy McIntyre holds his son Malik, a soon to be Husky at Covington Elementary, the school where McIntyre helps coordinate the Watch D.O.G.S. program. COURTESY PHOTO
BY MICHELLE CONERLY
Faster than a speeding kickball, more powerful than a Tonka truck and able to leapfrog two fi rst-graders in a single bound, the Watch D.O.G.S., a special group of volunteer dads, are gaining recog-nition throughout the Kent School District.
Created by the National Center For Fathering, the Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads Of Great Students) program began in 1998 as a way to involve positive male role models in school activities.
Spreading throughout the country, the program reached the school district a few years ago as one by one, eight individual elementary schools – Soos Creek, Covington, Fairwood, Park Orchard,
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BY STEVE HUNTER
Th e Kent City Council voted 4-2 on Tuesday night to reduce the city’s gambling tax rate on the Great American Casino from 11 percent to 7 percent on gross revenues.
Casino offi cials asked the city to reduce the tax in an eff ort to help reduce their losses of more than $1 million over the last two years at the Panther Lake facility. Great
American is the only casino in Kent.
Councilmembers approved the reduc-tion in part because city offi cials said the lost city tax revenue would be covered by the state Depart-ment of Revenue as part of the annual annexation sales tax rebate Kent receives to help cover the costs of an-nexing 24,000 Panther Lake residents in 2010.
“I’m very excited,” said Shannon Younker, Great American Casino general manager, during a phone interview Wednesday. “I would have been there (at the council meeting) but I heard it was going to be tabled. I missed my victory.”
Younker had requested a cut to 4 percent, to match the city of Auburn rate.
Council cuts casino gambling tax rate
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Island fl avor: The Ke’ala’O Kamailelauli’ili’i hula group fi lled the stage last Saturday at Green River Community College’s third and fi nal Artist and Speaker Series event for the year. MICHELLE CONERLY, Kent Reporter
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THE SUMMER RECYCLING COLLECTION EVENT AND RECYCLING PRODUCTS SALE is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 1 at the Kent Phoenix Academy parking lot, 11000 S.E. 264th St. Besides bringing items not easily recycled at the curb, Kent residents will have the opportunity to purchase rain barrels and composters. Some items require cash-only fees to recycle them. For a complete list of accepted items and fees, visit KentRecycles.com.
Inslee visits Kentto push adoption of state transportation funding package
Gov. Jay Inslee made a quick stop last week in Kent to pump up South Sound politicians and business leaders about the importance for the Legisla-ture to pass a transportation funding package during the special session
that started this week.Inslee’s pushing a plan that would in-
clude the Interstate 5 projects to extend State Route 509 from SeaTac to Kent and complete State Route 167 between Puyallup and the Port of Tacoma.
“We have a huge center of economic growth potential in the South Sound, if and when we take the next step for-ward with transportation,” Inslee said to a May 17 luncheon gathering of the South Sound Chambers of Commerce Legislative Coalition at the Golden
Steer Steak N Rib House.Th e coalition includes representatives
from Chamber of Commerces in Kent, Auburn, Renton, Federal Way, Coving-ton, Tukwila, Puyallup and Fife.
Inslee supports a 10-cent increase per gallon in the state gas tax to help raise part of an estimated $10 billion needed to fund the transportation package.
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Kent Police arrested NBA player Terrence Williams on Sunday for investigation of second-degree assault domestic violence when he allegedly displayed a handgun to a woman dur-ing a scheduled visitation exchange of their 10-year-old son.
Williams appeared Monday for a bail hearing in King County Superior Court at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Cen-ter (RJC) in Kent. Judge Charles Delaurenti set bail at $25,000.
Williams posted bail Monday evening at the King County Jail at RJC, ac-cording to jail records. He was scheduled to return to court Wednesday, aft er the Kent Reporter’s press dead-line. Prosectors had not yet fi led formal charges.
“We won’t be making a charging decision today (Wednesday),” said Dan Donohoe, spokesman for the King County Prosecut-ing Attorney’s Offi ce, in an email. “Th ere will be ongoing investigation and
a charging decision will be made at a later date.”
Aft er his release, Wil-liams tweeted the follow-ing message on his Twitter account Th eRealTWill:
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ber of the Boston Celt-ics. He played at Seattle’s Rainier Beach High School and at the University of Louisville.
At about 1:55 p.m. Sunday, offi cers were dis-patched to meet the woman who resides in the down-town Kent area.
Th e woman reported that the father of her 10-year-old son in common, identifi ed
as Williams, arrived to her home for a scheduled visita-tion exchange of their son. She said during the exchange in the apartment parking lot area an argument ensued. Th e woman reported that during the argument Wil-liams brandished a fi rearm and made threats.
Williams left the area prior to police arrival, but was later located and taken into custody at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday in Renton. Williams was not armed when police found him. Of-fi cers described Williams as 6 feet 6 inches with tats on both arms.
“We investigate and treat all cases such as this very seriously regardless of the status of those involved,” said detective Melanie Frazier.
Detectives have inter-viewed witnesses and are still investigating the case.
When asked whether a gun belonging to Williams had been found or if search warrants executed at his Maple Valley home or vehi-cle, Frazier said there would be no further information to report at this time.
According to prob-
able cause documents, the mother of the boy came outside with her current boyfriend and wanted to talk to Williams about some disparaging remarks he had made in the past about her other children. Williams initially refused to get out of the vehicle, so the woman started banging on his hood, insisting that they talk.
While seated in the vehicle, Williams report-edly pulled out a handgun, stuck it out the driver’s side window and aimed it at the mother. As the mother backed away, he drove forward and waved the gun out of the window as he drove out of the parking lot.
Williams later told detectives that he drove to the complex to drop his son off . When he arrived in the parking lot, he said the woman’s boyfriend ap-proached his vehicle. Wil-liams said then the mother of his child started to kick the front of his vehicle. He added that another subject started to approach the vehicle from the passenger side, so he felt threatened and pulled out his gun.
Police arrest NBA player Williams for assault
Boston Celtics player Terrence Williams appears at a bail hearing Monday at King County Superior Court in Kent. Kent Police arrested Williams Sunday for investigation of second-degree assault in connection with an incident with the mother of his 10-year-old son. STEVE HUNTER, Kent Reporter
Candidates filefor Kent Mayor, Council, School BoardBY STEVE HUNTER
Th e Kent mayor’s race and two City Council races for open seats highlight the 2013 election campaign.
Tim Clark, a former city coun-cilman and current Kent School Board member, is challenging Mayor Suzette Cooke, who is seeking a third, four-year term.
Ken Sharp, Bailey Stober and Barbara Phillips are running to
replace Elizabeth Albertson for Position No. 6 on the council. Alb-ertson decided not to seek another term and instead focus on getting a House seat in the Legislature.
Th e other council race fea-tures Jim Berrios against Wade Schwartz for Position No. 2 to replace Jamie Perry. Perry decided against seeking re-election to focus on her family and career.
Sharp is owner of Minuteman Press in Kent. He served last year as president of the Kent Chamber of Commerce. Stober works as ex-ecutive assistant to the Washing-ton State Commission on African American Aff airs. He lost a 2011 run for the City Council against incumbent Deborah Ranniger.
Phillips is vice chair on the city Land Use and Planning Board. She ran unsuccessfully against Albertson for the council in 2009.
Berrios is owner of the Golden Steer Steak ‘N Rib House restaurant on the East Hill and president of the Kent Chamber of Commerce. He is a former Kent School Board mem-ber and ran unsuccessfully against Cooke for mayor in 2009. Schwartz owns Blanc-n-Schwartz Salon in downtown Kent.
He is chair of the city Hu-man Services Commission, on the board of the Kent Historical Society and co-founder of Kent Pride that started last year as an event to support Referendum 74, the same-sex-marriage measure
on last year’s November ballot.Th e City Council members are
paid $13,752 per year for their part-time positions. Th ey are elected to at-large positions.
Th ree candidates are running to replace Clark on the school board. Th ey are Maya Vengadasalam, Carmen Goers and Bruce Elliott.
In the Kent-area King County Council races, incumbent Reagan Dunn faces challengers Shari Song and Kristina Macomber. Dave Upthegrove and Andy Massagli are running to replace Julia Patterson.
Th e primary election is Aug. 6 and the general election Nov. 5. Th e top two candidates in each primary race advance to the gen-eral election.
ELIZABETH ALBERTSONwon’t be running for re-election this year to the Kent City Council as she plans to seek a House seat in the state Legislature.
“It has been my honor to rep-resent the progressive voice of the people, who call Kent home,” Albertson said in an email. “I have enjoyed serving my community over the last eight years as your city council representative.”
If State Rep. Dave Upthegrove, D-Des Moines, is successful this year in his race for the Distrct 5 seat on the King County Council, Albertson plans to seek the appointment to replace Upthegrove, who has one year left in his two-year term.
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Heroes of the hallway: Kyle Pifer high-fi ves one of the students at Soos Creek Elementary School while on duty as a Watch D.O.G. Pifer has volunteered twice and hopes to get others involved next year. COURTESY PHOTO, Stacy Wahlberg
[ DADS from page 1 ] Ridgewood, Crestwood, Springbrook, and Sunrise – slowly recruited dads to help out during the day.
“I wanted this program because of the fact that we just did not have a lot of men come in and volun-teer,” said Patricia Drobny, principal of Soos Creek Elementary. “Th is is what we needed – a way for dads to engage and get involved.”
In the mornings at Soos Creek, the Watch D.O.G. dons his offi cial T-shirt and an orange vest to help with morning drop-off s of stu-dents. Th roughout the day, the Watch D.O.G. can fi nd himself in any classroom in the building, testing students with fl ashcards or pulling kids out for indi-vidual reading time.
“I always have them in there trying to work with kids,” said Cindy McMul-len, primary school teacher at Soos Creek.
Some of the volunteers come regularly, like Glen Akers who takes every Tuesday and Th ursday off from work to be at his chil-dren’s school. Others come when they can, and the school accommodates any kind of commitment from a full day, half-day, or only a couple hours.
“I wish I could be there more oft en,” said Kyle Pifer, a kindergarten dad at Soos Creek who has volunteered twice this year. “Being able to be a good role model is reason why I go back.”
At Covington Elemen-tary, Troy McIntyre, a father of three boys, comes in every chance he gets.
“I try to be the fi rst to help out,” McIntyre said.
In the three years the program has been at Cov-ington, McIntyre has played a crucial role in getting the program to grow. So far, Covington has had 64 Watch D.O.G.S. this year,
twice as many as last year. But McIntyre said that’s only halfway to the school’s overall goal of 180 Watch D.O.G.S., one for every school day of the year.
Th e duties of a Watch D.O.G. vary depending on the school, but the two things most dads enjoy are the same two things most kids remember about el-ementary school: lunch and recess. Th e school schedules each Watch D.O.G. to eat lunch with his child and most men play at every recess.
“It reminds me of when I was in elementary school,” McIntyre said. “And I get to be a kid again.”
McIntyre says his involve-ment in the Watch D.O.G.S. program has spilled out into the community. If he wears a Watch D.O.G shirt when he’s off duty, children in the area still recognize him as a leader.
“I put on my Watch
D.O.G. shirt (and) I almost feel like a super hero,” Mc-Intyre said.
And he’s hoping his com-mitment to the children at Covington has a domino
eff ect, creating generations of future leaders.
So if you fi nd yourself wandering the hallways at one of these elementary schools and you need help,
fear not, for these heroes of the hallway, the Watch D.O.G.S., are there to point you to the bathroom, wipe a teary eye and keep the stu-dents safe one day at a time.
“I’m no hero,” he said aft er a pause. “I’m lucky. I’m alive today.”
Assigned to support ves-sels – on many missions, on many seas – throughout most of his 40-year Navy ca-reer, Mola oft en looks back at his wartime experiences. He
is grateful to be where he is today – retired but still active at his shop, Utilities Service Co., Inc., a family-owned-and-operated business he established more than 45 years ago off East Marginal Way South in Seattle.
Th e aff able Kent man is fi t and sharp, belying his 89 years. He stays busy
answering phones and managing operations, just as he did in the service as a chief machinery repairman skilled in mechanical and electrical engineering. As if it were a sea-going machine and electrical shop, Mola’s company handles all types of repairs and installations for pumps, compressors, motors and drivers.
Mola is like a machine that keeps on running – in good shape but not without a few repairs. He has survived his share of heart and other operations.
“I’ve had a good life,” he said. “It was interesting. I enjoyed the duty, the camara-derie.”
Born in Easton, Mola was raised in Ravensdale and wherever the railroad took his family. His father worked on the Northern Pacifi c Railroad for 30 years. His mother worked for Boeing on the fi rst B-17 assembly line during the war before she joined other women on the railroad, replacing the war-bound men.
Aft er graduating from high school, Mola worked in
the machine shop. Draft ed, the Navy tapped into his skills, sending him to the University of Kansas to study engineering.
Sent overseas, he was stationed off the coasts of many countries and islands in the Pacifi c Th eater, includ-ing Australia, New Zealand, Guadalcanal, Fiji, the Philip-pines and Okinawa.
Supporting ground troops or the Navy’s larger warships, Mola and the men oft en were under attack in those areas.
Off Guadalcanal, Mola was aboard the USS Zebra, a cargo vessel, when it was struck by a torpedo but refused to sink.
Off New Caledonia, Mola was assigned to a ship that installed anti-submarine nets around the harbors to protect ship from Japanese torpedoes. Th ey encountered mines and even towed one out of harm’s way.
At Okinawa, Mola and the Navy met frequent fi re while the USS Seiverling per-formed picket duty around the island – preventing the enemy from landing on the island from the seaside and
protecting U.S. troops by laying down a smokescreen so the Japanese couldn’t spot American ships.
Nighttime bombing raids were common.
“Th ey were like bees. Th ere were swarms of them,” Mola said. “If you were scared, you really didn’t know because you had a job to do.”
One night, a Japanese bomber swooped and dropped a fl are on the target, Mola’s ship. Th e enemy made another pass to drop a bomb but it missed the ship. Once the fi rst fl are went out, the bomber made another pass to drop a second fl are.
“He was going to get us that time,” Mola recalled, “but something happened. Th e fl are hooked onto its tail. Isn’t that something? We were lucky.”
Th e bomber, illuminated by its own fl are, became an easy target for the ship’s guns and was shot down.
Once the island was secure, the USS Seiverling did patrol duty, then joined the large Naval fl eet as it entered Tokyo Bay to meet the surrendered Japanese. Mola and the ship
were in the harbor alongside the USS Missouri, on which the peace treaty was offi cially signed on Sept. 2, 1945.
Aft er the war Mola de-cided to stay on. He served but was never called to arms during the Korean and Viet-nam wars. He served until he was 60.
In his lifetime, he married, helped raise two children and opened a business. He stays close to his fellow veterans, visits Auburn for Sons of Italy meetings and plans to rejoin his friends when the USS Seiverling celebrates its 49th reunion in South Caro-lina this summer. Mola is one the few remaining veterans alive today who served on the ship during WWII.
He treasured his life in the Navy, and wouldn’t change a thing.
“Th e Marines got the glory, the Army did the work and the Navy had the fun,” he said with a grin.
“The minute I joined the Navy, it was frightening. Let’s put it that way,” he said. “But I enjoyed it. … All kinds of duty.”
And all kinds of experi-ences worth retelling.
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“I didn’t get 4 percent but I’m very happy they met us halfway at 7 percent,” said Younker about the tax cut that starts in July. “It really helps in relief of a tax that we have on top of other taxes.”
The casino paid a gam-bling tax of $338,000 in 2012 and $342,000 in 2011, John Hodgson, city chief administrative officer, told the council. The 4 percent reduction will cut the tax by about $120,000 per year. The new rate is effective until Dec. 31, 2016.
“They’re trying to remain competitive in a very com-petitive market between the surrounding cities and (Native American) nations,” said Councilman Les Thomas, who asked for the proposal to be placed on the agenda after Council President Dennis Higgins removed the item from a vote in April because of a lack of four votes needed for adoption. “We found out (from city staff) that we do receive the money but that amount is taken away
in (annexation) mitiga-tion fees so it’s like a wash whether it’s 1 percent or 7 percent.”
Kent receives about $3.7 million per year from the state in sales tax credits for annexing the Panther Lake area as part of a 10-year state program. The city certifies an amount each year of the difference between expenses in the annexation area and anticipated revenues from property taxes, sales taxes and other sources, including the gambling tax.
City officials projected $11.7 million in annexation area service costs for July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014 and about $8 million in revenue to come up with the $3.7 million amount.
“We collect the money, it’s ours,” Hodgson said. “But because the area doesn’t generate enough money to cover the costs of operating, the state for 10 years gives us a certain amount of mitiga-tion money. We’re going to get mitigated for the next seven years.”
Hodgson added that the state does have a cap on
how much money the state gives to the city through the annexation program.
“I don’t know with the $120,000 (per year) we will reach that or not,” Hodgson said. “There is a cap on how much we get mitigated.”
Hodgson said the city already submitted mitiga-tion requests to the state for the 2013-14 budget, so the city will see reduced gambling revenue (of about $120,000) for the final six months of this year and first six months of 2014 that the state won’t cover.
Thomas, Higgins, Jamie Perry and Dana Ralph voted for the gambling tax cut. Elizabeth Albertson and Bill Boyce were against the cut. Councilwoman Deborah Ranniger had an excused absence from the meeting.
“This tax reduction has no affect whatsoever on our bottom line,” Perry said. “All of the money we collect essentially gets taken out of what we collect from the state in annexation money. By us lowering this tax rate, there will be a zero
dollar impact to our actual budget. For that reason, I support this.”
Albertson said she was against the tax cut because “I don’t think it’s fair to just single out one business for a tax break and a house-banked card room is not a city necessity like a denture clinic for low-income se-niors that if we didn’t fund it bad things would happen in Kent.”
Boyce said he didn’t want to take any revenue off the table and he struggled with reasons why the city should help this one business in tough economic times while other businesses also struggle. He also voiced concerns about losing the $120,000 before the state mitigation money kicks in.
Higgins said it was important to help protect the 100 jobs at the casino, jobs that would be lost if the casino had to close or moved out of town.
The council wondered whether the casino pays the city’s new business and occupation (B&O) tax, and city staff thought it didn’t
pay because of a gambling tax exemption. But Younker said the casino does pay a B&O tax. She also knew about the state mitigation money.
“The city will ask for that money from the state, so it will get the money anyway,” Younker said.
State officials said the city can change tax rates and still get the annexation sales tax funds.
Mike Gowrylow, spokes-man for the state Depart-ment of Revenue, said the state “accepts the threshold figures that the city supplies
and calculates the sales tax credit based on it. The RCW (Revised Code of Washington) does not pro-hibit the city from changing its tax rates on gambling or other activities, so that is a variable that can affect threshold calculations.”
Gowrylow said it is up to the city to follow the RCW governing the program. He added the annexation program speaks to “general revenue” but the law doesn’t define general revenue, and gambling tax revenue could be interpreted as falling under general revenue.
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Forterra has hired Tim Farrell as its new Chief Program Officer (CPO). Drawing on his experience in the public and private sector, Farrell will lead the Policy, Conservation and Steward-ship departments as a key member of the Executive Leadership Team.
The city of Kent has a 20-year partnership with Forterra as part of its Green Kent program to help restore and manage 1,344 acres of
urban forests and natural areas in the city.
“Tim is an insightful, ex-perienced leader and brings to Forterra the skills neces-sary to advance all of our work, from restoring natural habitat to creating livable cities to conserving vast landscapes across the region,” said Gene Duvernoy, For-terra president, in a media release. “His contributions to community building and conservation will strengthen our ability to create a sustain-
able region worthy of our children.”
Farrell spent over a decade at the Port of Tacoma, first as deputy director, then execu-tive director and CEO.
After leaving the Port, Farrell worked for three years in real estate investment, development and property and asset management in single-family and multi-family infill and rehabilita-tion projects. The experience will be a valuable addition to Forterra’s urban development
and rural conservation work.“In both real estate and at
the Port, I worked to make my communities great places to live and work,” Farrell said. “Forterra’s vision of spec-tacular landscapes, a vibrant economy and great places to live strongly resonates with me and the Chief Program Officer position presents an opportunity to bring my skills, experience and urgency to the larger realm of this long-term vision.”
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Explaining the necessity to support, fund our roads
At the beginning of the 19th century when automobiles fi rst began using the nation’s sys-tem of dirt and cobblestone roads, cities were tasked with improving these roads so they’d be passable by automobiles.
It wasn’t a surprise that when these same dirt roads were improved with concrete or asphalt there was a corresponding increase in the property values of the adjoining proper-ties.
Arterial streets such as Highway 99 became a thoroughfare that attracted gas stations, motels and other high-density uses includ-ing apartments. Th ese properties profi ted
from the increased value brought by the road im-provements and, they were assessed to help pay for the road improve-ments that brought them a special benefi t.
Th is is the fundamental purpose of a road Local
Improvement District (LID), and they are not a new concept.
In fact, everyone who drives in Kent drives on streets that were partially paid for by an LID. Since 1909, 200 LID’s have been formed to help pay for road construction projects. And, more than 25,000 property owners have specifi cally contributed to their costs.
One of the most recent LIDs formed was to help improve 116th Street from Kent Kang-ley to 256th Street. It was widened with new curbs, sidewalks, storm drains, underground power and new street lighting, making it a safer and more attractive area for residents and commuters. Th is improvement is right around the corner from the proposed LID for 256th Street.
Th e hundreds of school children and other pedestrians who walk on the side of the road between Kent Kangley and 116th Street deserve to be safe like their neighbors around the corner.
Th e out-of-area owners of fi ve major apart-ment complexes with more than 1,100 units would have paid $1.335 million toward this improvement in front of their complexes. Th e average home or condominium owner would have paid $235 per year.
Kent has been recognized by a national ex-pert in the effi cient use of LIDs to fund trans-portation projects. Th at expert also noted it was because of the use of LIDs Kent was able to get grant dollars where other communities have failed.
I understand no driver enjoys paying for the roads they use, that’s exactly why road projects have to be funded in a variety of ways.
Besides a local improvement assessment, which is usually a smaller portion of the total cost, (in the case of 256th Street it would
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Th e current Kent City Coun-cil is loaded with pro-business/anti-homeowner members. Councilmembers Ralph, Albertson, Th omas, Boyce, and Council President Dennis Higgins consistently vote in ways that favor businesses and burden homeowners.
Th e major case in point is the hard-fought enactment of a business and occupation (B&O) tax to fund repairs to our badly damaged streets and roads. Th at damage is the direct result of Kent’s huge number of 16- and 18-wheelers that businesses use to distribute their wares. Th e Kent Valley is the fourth largest small-indus-trial manufacturing center in the United States. Our streets and roads are punished daily by these huge trucks.
Th e Chamber of Com-merce lobbied the Council to include many exemptions and loopholes into the B&O small print – reducing the amount of revenue the city needs to ad-equately repair city streets. Th e Chamber also dictated to the Council that B&O funds only be used for roads and streets on the Valley fl oor.
Th en came the fi ght over im-provement to the 256th Street area, when home and property owners followed the Council’s petition guidelines to overturn the local improvement district (LID) imposition of over $2 million dollars in assessments.
In spite of the successful peti-tion, members of the Council (led by business owner Dana Ralph, Elizabeth Albertson, and Dennis Higgins) suggested to the rest of the Council that they overlook the petition and impose another LID on these home and property owners, requiring them to submit a petition (for the third time), to protest this assessment.
To their credit, Council-members Perry and Ranniger objected to overturning this second duly-submitted peti-tion and imposing a new LID. Pro-business members would rather burden homeowners than increase the B&O and col-lect increased revenue from the off ending businesses that tear up our roads.
Th e current City Council consists of too many pro-busi-ness members. We need pro-democracy candidates who will uphold their oath to represent
the interest of all Kent citizens – not just business owners. Th e current members are far too cozy with business interests led by the powerful chamber of commerce.
Th e B&O tax can provide substantial revenue to keep our roads and streets repaired. All the council needs to do is increase the rate assessed from business owners, eliminate most of the loopholes, and reduce the number of big businesses which have been exempted from taxation.
Th e council has become too fond of turning to home-owning taxpayers for every city need. Th e businesses who ravage our streets need to be responsible for repairing them. Kent taxpayers are sick of the city burdening us with taxation without fair representation.
I encourage young, informed, educated men and women to run for a seat on our city govern-ment. We need your vigorous advocacy to provide fair and just governance instead of us suff er-ing under a governing body that increasingly serves the interests of rich, infl uential business inter-ests in the city.– Sandra Gill
B&O tax hurting business owners
Kent’s B&O tax is bad for business. As a business owner in Kent I have heard from many of our customers, who are business owners
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have been about 28 per-cent) the remainder is usu-ally paid with gas taxes.
New business or hous-ing developments also pay a small percentage through impact fees, spreading the cost to the local beneficiaries as well as the drivers just passing through.
This is how local governments have paid, and continue to pay for expensive, but needed, road improvements.
When a project in-cludes a combination of funding sources, such
as an LID, the public endeavor becomes more likely to receive grants to help pay for their con-struction. These grants are awarded on a com-petitive basis and they’re difficult to get.
And the end of the day, we need to remember these grants include state and federal taxes we’ve already paid that can be kept here at home. It is a win win.
The apartments, busi-nesses and property own-ers profit by having higher values for their customers, tenants or occupants, and drivers benefit by having their state or federal tax dollars used for a safer,
smoother commute. Ultimately, our com-
munity as a whole benefits by having a safer, well-lit transportation and sidewalk system for school children, bus patrons and drivers.
So, when the funding partnership is not realized, we can’t complete the work. Essentially, we hand those state and federal dollars over to another community. I don’t believe that’s what anyone wants.
Reach Kent City Council-member Elizabeth Albertson at 253-856-5712 or [email protected].
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themselves, comment on Kent’s B&O tax.
The conclusion? Many are moving their businesses to other valley cities (i.e. Sumner, Auburn, Puyallup) when their current lease is up. Most of these businesses are large warehouses who are being hit especially hard.
In this economic climate with rent going up, taxes climbing, high employee expenses for the employer, this will most likely be the final nail in the coffin for these businesses to remain in Kent.
It’s easy to come up with creative taxes that may pro-duce short-term gains for the city. For the long-range outlook, the most likely scenario will be that Kent will actually lose revenue from this unfair tax.
It’s bad enough that Washington state already has a B&O tax that has been proven to be bad for business. We business owners have enough to worry about already in this economy, and now we have to worry about this.– Robert Albrecht
Property owners not at fault
Should property owners along Southeast 256th help pay for street improve-ments?
The property owners along SE 256th are already helping to pay for street improvements with their property tax, with the gas tax and with sales tax. And now with a B&O tax.
It is not their fault that the city of Kent decided to
spend transportation im-provement funds on other non-related projects over the years, nor is it the fault of any Kent resident.
If the city doesn’t get enough funding from the current property or gas tax to use for street repairs and maintenance then the council needs to figure out how to get more money back from the state and county to resolve that issue rather than discuss having property owners along SE 256th pay even more.
If the city can charge ex-tra taxes for street repairs/maintenance to property owners on SE 256th, the flood gates will open and all property owners will end up paying for street repairs and construction.
This issue should not be an option. – Debbie Morfeld
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‘Kent Has Talent’ cancelled for this year
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Unable to secure enough sponsor-
ships, organizers decided to cancel
the third annual “So You Think Kent
Has Talent!” competition.
The finals were scheduled for
June 2 at the Kent-Meridian Per-
forming Arts Center. All proceeds
were to benefit Wings of Karen, a
local breast cancer research effort.
“I regret to inform you that (the show) will not be able to take place this year,” Tonya Goodwillie, owner of the Allegro Performing Arts Academy in Kent and event coordinator, wrote on her dance studio’s website. “We are not able to get the sponsorships that we need to be able to continue. Baldwin Chiropractic, Nigel Cooper Photog-raphy and Intimate Pilates did sign on to sponsor this year but we were in need of much more. We thank them deeply for their support.”
Goodwillie hopes the competition will return next year.
“I am not giving up on it,” she said. “I hope to organize it for next year.”
The show has raised nearly $5,000 for the Kent Youth and Family Ser-vices the past two years.
Sponsors and individuals looking to support the future program, can email Goodwillie at [email protected].
For additional information, visit www.allegrodance.com.
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9 exotic restaurants selected for Kent International Festival BY MELANIE S. MOSSHART
For the Kent Reporter
Th e Kent International Festival will serve up titillating tastes from around the world during its June 22 celebra-tion at the Kent Town Square Plaza.
Th e festival’s Cuisine Selection Committee has decided that the following nine restaurants will take center stage: Nazes Seafood; Punjab Sweets (Indian cuisine); Saya (Japa-nese and Th ai); Ishtar Mediterranean and Greek Cuisine; Tinghitella’s Italian Kitchen; Fil (Filipino) Cuisine; Saimin Says (Hawaiian); Taqueria El Rinconsito; and Th e General’s Bar-B-Que.
Th e 2013 International Taste of
Kent Food Court will operate with volunteers from neighborhood coun-cils, PTAs, faith groups, local busi-nesses and youth groups.
Monies earned go back to the com-munity.
If you are a member of a Kent orga-nization and would like to raise funds for your youth group or nonprofi t organization, please email [email protected] or visit www.kentinternationalfestival.com.
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Kentridge High School senior Max Meaker recently took third place in an in-ternational engineering competition.
Meaker placed in the Art
& Architecture category of the annual Extreme Rede-sign 3D Printing Challenge sponsored by Stratasys, a manufacturer of 3D print-ers that create prototypes directly from 3D CAD fi les
or other 3D content. Meaker’s 3D design,
entitled “Running Charger,” was inspired by his school’s mascot and the sport of running.
“Th is year being the end of my four years in cross country running, I wanted to do something special to thank my coaches for all they’ve done for me,” Meaker said. “I wanted to go above and beyond a simple thank you note and gift card.”
To create his fi nished piece, Meaker took an im-age of his school’s mascot, a charging horse, and the profi le of a runner and
blended them together using the Stratasys 3D Printer in his engineering classroom.
“It has been a great pleasure working with Max throughout his engineer-ing education here at Kentridge,” said Gregory Watson, Meaker’s engineer-ing teacher. “He is creative, hard working and highly
motivated and pursues excellence in all he does. I’m very glad he has been recognized for some of the talent I have seen him demonstrate during the last several years. He truly is a worthy young man.”
Meaker received a $1,000 scholarship.
ElsewhereUniversity of Washington stu-
dent Douglas Ta’a of Kent is among a group of 22 undergradu-ates from throughout the country to receive THE LAGRANT Founda-tion Scholarship awarded to ethnic minority students pursuing degrees in advertising, marketing or public relations fields. Ta’a, who received $5,000, will be honored at the 15th Anniversary Scholar-ship Recognition Reception and Awards Program in Seattle on May 30. The special event includes career development workshops
produced by Starbucks Coffee Co., MSLSeattle and Nordstrom and the opportunity to meet industry professionals. Ta’a, a graduate of Kentridge High School, is a junior majoring in business with an em-phasis on information systems and marketing.
Kent’s Roxanne Fontanilla (bachelor’s, nursing), Evan Howell (bachelor’s, mechanical engineering) and Philip Peterson (bachelor’s, mechanical engineering) recently graduated from the University of Portland. …
Kentridge’s Kevin Wong (Em-ployees of Cobalt Mortgage Puget Sound Award) and Micah McCally (Jeff and Megan Bell Scholarship Award) and Kent Phoenix Academy’s Kendal Rogers (Collision Clinic Carstar Repair Technician Award) recently received scholarships through the Cobalt Mortgage Dollars for Scholars program and its part-nership with individual donors and businesses.
Kentridge’s Meaker places third in international engineering competition
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Th e Kent 50 Plus Pro-gram and the Kent Arts Commission host the sixth Annual Jazz & Art Show-case featuring concerts, art show and boxed dinners on June 27.
Th e program runs from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St. Families of all ages are encouraged to attend.
Boxed dinner/dessert tickets will be distributed on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis (limit one per person while supplies last) compli-ments of Staff ord Suites beginning at 4:30 p.m. Th e Kent Valley Artists’ exhibition and demonstra-tion begins at 5 p.m. and is open for the duration of the event.
Guests are invited to
share a toast in the no-host “Mocktail Garden” near the bridge. Any sized donations are welcome.
Jazz pianist Richard Dean plays indoors (4:30-5:15 and 6:15 to 7) while outdoor concerts feature electronic violinist Geoff rey Castle (5:15 to 6:15) and renowned jazz saxophonist Darren Motamedy and his band (7-8).
Limited indoor concert seating is available. Guests are asked to bring blankets, lawn chairs and umbrellas for outdoor seating.
In 2012 the Jazz and Art Event was the recipient of the 2011 Programs of
Excellence Award from the National Council on Aging.
Th e community event is off ered free of charge due to a grant from the Kent Arts Commission and generous co-sponsorships from Staf-ford Suites as well as Cha-
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Sixth annual Kent Jazz & Art Showcase is June 27
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Health care professionals and medical facilities will soon be able to donate un-used, unopened prescrip-tion drugs for distribution to people without health insurance, thanks to legisla-tion signed into law late last week by Gov. Jay Inslee.
“Every day, we dispose of valuable prescription drugs
simply be-cause their recipients have died or no longer need the prescrip-tions, and meanwhile there are
people going without medi-cation simply because they cannot aff ord it,” said Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Kent, the sponsor of Senate Bill 5148. “Th is will provide vital drugs for people who can-not aff ord them, provided the drugs have not been opened and are still sealed and still well within their expiration dates.”
Keiser developed the legislation aft er learning – while serving on the board of a local nursing home – that current law requires that unused prescription drugs must be discarded.
“Th ousands of dollars of perfectly usable unopened drugs are thrown away every month now,” she said. “It is a huge waste of valuable medicines that will save thousands of dollars in prescription drug costs.”
Keiser’s legislation allows
health care practitioners, pharmacists, medical facili-ties, drug manufacturers and drug wholesalers to donate prescription drugs and supplies to pharmacies for redistribution, under strict controls.
Th e drugs or supplies must be inspected before
dispensing and determined not to have been unsealed or otherwise adulterated or misbranded.
Th e drugs also must bear expiration dates that are more than six months aft er the date of donation.
Th e new law takes eff ect July 1, 2014.
Sen. Keiser's unused prescriptions bill signed into law
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KENT HONORS VETERANS past and present with special ceremonies on Memorial Day.
American Legion Post 15 and Kentwood High School’s Junior ROTC present a ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday at Hillcrest Memorial Park, 1005 Reiten Road, Kent.
The Tahoma National Cem-etery honors Memorial Day with a ceremony at 1 p.m. Monday.
The public is invited to both ceremonies.
At Tahoma National Cemetery, the ceremony will include patriotic music by the Tahoma High School band, a salute to military forces, a veteran soloist and more.
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Kent will honor its veterans by permanently renaming South 231st Way as Veterans Drive at an 11 a.m. ceremony Friday, May 31 at the intersection of Russell Road and South 231st Way in Kent.
Th e public, veterans, their friends and families are invited to attend.
Kent Elementary fi rst-grade singers will greet event attendees with music before the start of the ceremony.
Other highlights include:• National anthem, performed
by Petty Offi cer Sarah Reasner, U.S.
Navy Band Northwest• Remarks by Rep. Adam
Smith, U.S. Congressman, 9th District
• Remarks by Commander Chris Sutherland, execu-tive offi cer, Navy Recruiting District Seattle
• Rifl e salute by the Vet-erans of Foreign Wars, Kent Meridian Post 6785
• Unveiling of the new Veterans Drive signs
• Performance by the Kentwood High School JROTC Drill Team
• Motorcycle and military vehicle procession
Mayor Suzette Cooke said the project was re-quested by Kent resident, Marcus Shelton, as a way to honor veterans for their dedication and service to the country, especially his father, the late Th omas E. Shelton, who retired aft er 26
years in the U.S. Air Force.“South 231st Way will be
renamed Veterans Drive where it intersects at Russell Road, and con-tinue west over the Colonel Joe M. Jackson Bridge and end at Military Road,” Cooke said. “Military Road
opened up supply lines between military forts when it was fi rst com-pleted in 1860, making it one of the oldest roads in Washington.
“Now it will be appropriately connected with a bridge dedicated to local World War II veteran and Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Joe M. Jackson.”
South 228th Street to Military Road will be closed between 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. for the event.
Kent Police will provide traffi c direction and parking assistance for event attendees on Russell Road. Carpooling is encouraged.
Kent to rename street for veterans; ceremony May 31
Cooke
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Events sponsored solely
or partly by Kent Lions
Service Organization
Farmers Market(Oldest Market
in King County) Saturdays, 9 am – 2 pm
June 1 – Sept. 28, 2013
at Town Square Plaza Park
Cornucopia Days(Largest Street Fair in the Pacifi c NW)July 11-14, 2013
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Dragon Boat Races(Largest in the State!)
July 13, 2013
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211 1st Ave – Kent 98032
If our events and meetings do not meet your schedule, then please look at some of fellow service organizations
(like Rotarians, Kiwanians, and others, that help our community). Contact us and we will put in touch with them!
Serving Kent Since 1938Kent Farmers Market
Kent Cornucopia Days
Kent Dragon Boat Races
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Sight and Hearing Foundation
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In Kent, we specialize locally in youth,families, seniors and veterans. We also
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Th e fourth week of May means it is time for some pruning if you have spring fl owering shrubs such as rhododendrons, forsythia, quince or viburnums that have already bloomed.
You can shear azaleas and heathers back by a few inches all over the plant to encourage more branch-ing and more fl owers. You can control overgrown
rhododendrons by removing one-third of the tallest branches or shortening the entire shrub right aft er the plant fi nishes blooming.
Th e end of May is also a good time to aerate, fertil-ize and then add lime to your lawn if you haven’t
done so yet this spring. Learn to leave the grass clippings on the lawn to return valuable nitrogen to the soil and help to shade out weed seeds.
Th e secret to having a tidy yard and not col-lecting the clippings is to mow more oft en and use a
mulching mower that will chop those grass blades into tiny pieces that can fall back into the soil.
Incredible ediblesTh ere is good eating
ahead of anyone that visits a nursery this month as some new plants are available that will make you rethink how you enjoy your landscape – and eat your meals.
Raspberry Shortcake – a compact plant perfect for containers
Th is new raspberry plant does not need a pollinator, will not sprout wild vines that need supports and is happy contained in a pot.
Th e berries are full sized and ready to harvest the fi rst summer so that even apartment dwell-ers with just a bit of a sunny deck or patio can be enjoying the fruits of very little labor.
Blueberries – perfectfor urban farmers
New blueberry varieties are now available in dwarf and compact forms as well as unusual colors such as blueberry “Pink Lemon-ade/” Blueberry plants can thrive in container gardens if you remember that they love moist, acid soil. Keep them well watered and fertilize with a plant food made for rhododendrons, camellias and azaleas. Blueberry plants do not like lime near their roots.
Q. My new house sits on an empty lot and I am over-whelmed about where to start landscaping. What one piece of advice would you give to someone new to the area – or new to gardening? N.M., Woodinville
A. Start at the front door - and work your way all around the house. By breaking a landscaping project up into smaller chunks you can slowly envi-sion and design separate areas as smaller gardens. Once you add some pots of color near the front door and you’ll feel a sense of ac-complishment. Th en choose small and compact ever-greens to spread around the property. Evergreens will make up the winter skel-eton of the landscape. Fill in with fl owering shrubs and small trees arranged in layers around the house. Finally add groundcovers and splashes of color.
To learn more about what to plant where, pay attention to the plants that do well your neighbor’s landscape, visit public gardens and go on lots of garden tours this summer. (Th e Enumclaw Garden Tour is June 22)
Creating a landscape or garden will open the door to a whole new way of fi nd-ing beauty in the world.
Marianne Binetti has a de-gree in horticulture from Wash-ington State University and is the author of “Easy Answers for Great Gardens” and several other books. For book requests or answers to gardening ques-tions, write to her at: P.O. Box 872, Enumclaw, 98022. Send a self-addressed, stamped en-velope for a personal reply. For more gardening information, she can be reached at her web-site, www.binettigarden.com.
Meet Marianne• 9 a.m., Saturday, Windmill Gardens, “Incredible Edibles.” Go to www.windmillgardens.com to reserve a seat.
• 1 p.m., Saturday, Bellevue Nursery. Learn “Designing the NW Garden.” For more information, go to www.savingwater.org
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BY MARK KLAAS
As Travis Doerge pre-pares to end his pro fi ghting career in the ring, he is about to begin a new one as a fi tness trainer in the gym.
It’s a natural step for the well-sculpted, 185-pound mixed martial artist (MMA) and kickboxing champion who recently opened up a small fi tness center in Kent called All Fitness.
“I want to continue fi ght-ing, train for that one big fi ght before I’m done,” said Doerge, who just turned 40. “Th en I want to turn to
teaching and training.”“Th e Praying Mantis”
has made more than 25 kickboxing fi ghts and 16
MMA bouts, capturing world rankings and several belts along the way in a 20-year career. He has fought throughout North America, having learned the craft from such greats as Mau-rice Smith, a kickboxing champion and former UFC (Ultimate Fighting Cham-pionship) heavyweight title holder, and Dennis Hall-man, an MMA standout known best for his expertise as a grappler.
Well versed in many disciplines, including Muay Th ai kickboxing and Brazil-ian jiu-jitsu, Doerge blends those inside-the-ring skills with regular fi tness training
programs commonly found in most gyms today.
As a personal fi tness trainer, Doerge understands how a cross-fi t approach can do a body good.
“It burns so many calories. It works your core because you’re twisting a lot on every punch, every kick,” he said. “You’re using your whole body, you’re not just isolating body parts, so you get strong and in good condition. It’s an all-around good way to get in shape.”
While Doerge looks the part of a seasoned fi ghter, his gym off ers more than just sparring and kickbox-
ing. It is replete with free weights, machine weights and cardio equipment.
“A lot of people are in-timidated to walk through in the door because they think you’ve got to be a fi ghter to do it when it’s not the case,” said Doerge, who was born in Olympia and grew up in Washington and Arizona.
Doerge tailors work-outs to fi t an individual’s needs, young or old. Some customers come for simple exercise, others for lessons in self-defense.
He does one-on-one and group sessions. He also
coaches anyone who wants to compete on his Six Feet Under MMA Fight Team.
Having performed as a fi ghter and trained other pro-fessionals, including former Seahawks linebacker Leroy Hill, for other gym owners in the Seattle area for years, Doerge said he was ready to run his own show. He is excited about the possibilities at his Kent spot.
One of Doerge’s happy customers is a competitive 60-year-old man.
“He trains in kickboxing. It’s helped him tremendous-ly,” Doerge said. “He loves it. … He’s a gamer.”
Travis Doerge, a professional fi ghter and fi tness trainer, off ers a wide variety of exercises and programsto customers of all ages and abilities at his new Kent gym. MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter
All Fitness• Location: 21028 84th Ave. S., Kent
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Kentwood’s Beth Parrish soars to fi rst place in the pole vault at the 4A West Central District meet. RACHEL CIAMPI, Reporter
K-M twins Stephanie and Jestann O’Hara. COURTESY PHOTO, Maria O’Hara
BY MICHELLE CONERLY
Kentridge’s Kevin Hall has been mastering his hurdling technique all season long, and at last Saturday’s West Cen-tral District track and fi eld meet at French Field, the crowd witnessed how much his eff orts have paid off .
Hall placed second in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles (39.55 seconds) and third in the 110 high hurdles (14.76). Although not his best times – 14.38 and 38.53 remain his standards – he hopes to grab a top spot at the state meet this weekend in Tacoma.
Th e state Class 4A championships got under way Th urs-day and continues Friday and Saturday at Mount Tahoma High School.
Hall and his teammates are poised for a breakout fi nish. “I’m ready for it,” Hall said.Right on his heels is teammate Bralen Westendorf who
placed fourth in 110 hurdles (14.77) last weekend.Hall and Westendorf will see a familiar opponent in
the starting blocks this weekend. Kent-Meridian’s Abu Kamara, despite running with micro tears in his left ham-string, fi nished second in the 110 hurdles (14.65) at district to earn a state berth.
Kamara was absent for 300 hurdles, even though he quali-fi ed at the South Puget Sound League meet two weeks ago.
Th is weekend’s pole vault fi eld will have an East Hill fl avor.With K-M’s Josh Smith taking the number two spot and
K-M’s Brad Foster and Kentridge’s Jake Philpott tying for the No. 3 spot at the district meet, an intense matchup is expected as all three boys vie to place at state.
Philpott has already proven himself to be a fi erce and focused competitor. He went 13 feet, 3 inches this season to break the school’s sophomore vault record set by Gary White in 1976.
For the girls, Kentridge’s Kiki Gilbert fi nished third in the javelin with a throw of 121-2.
In the state pole vault, K-M’s Juliana Adams will join Kentwood’s Beth Parrish, who soared to the district title by clearing 11 feet. Adams followed with a 10-6 eff ort.
Alizhae Hillsman-Shedwin will represent Kent-Meridian in the 200 this weekend and lead the Royals’ 400 relay alongside a team of Jenica Rogers, Keeley Phommathirath, Ashlei Robinson, Stephanie O’Hara or Deedra Patterson. Th e relay team fi nished third at district but hopes to come away with a top fi nish.
Kentridge, K-M hurdlers to chase state trophies
BY MICHELLE CONERLY
Fraternal twins Stephanie and Jestann O’Hara aren’t your typical duo.
Yes, these Kent-Meridian seniors can fi nish each other’s sentences. And yes, their personalities are similar. But when it comes down to what they really love, both girls are on the opposite ends of the spectrum.
“I was considered the girlie girl when I was in
elementary school,” Stepha-nie said, “and (Jestann) was more of the tom boy.
It switched as we got older. She started to wear makeup in middle school, and I didn’t really care for it.”
Stephanie runs track. Jestann prefers the arts. Stephanie qualifi ed for state in last week’s West Central District track meet in the 400-meter dash and 400 relay while Jestann won a gambling awareness poster contest with a $250 prize and played Kim MacAfee in the school’s rendition of “Bye Bye Birdie”.
Although growing up side by side, these girls didn’t turn out to be carbon copies of the other, not by any means.
But the one place both girls know they can come together – besides the dorm room they’ll share this fall –is on the soccer fi eld where they will play NCAA Divi-sion II soccer at Central Washington University.
When picking schools, the girls wanted to attend
Kent-Meridian twins headed to CWU
[ more TWINS page 15 ]
BY KRIS HILL
Kentwood baseball is two wins away from another Class 4A state high school champion-ship trophy.
First Kentwood has to get through South Kitsap – which beat up on the Conquerors in the district tournament with a fi ve-inning, 11-1 victory.
Kentwood plays South Kitsap at 4 p.m. Friday in the semifi nals at GESA Stadium in Pasco.
On the other side of the bracket, Kentridge knocked off the host Richland Bombers 10-8 in the morning game May 18 with Zach Beatty hitting a grand slam. Th e Chargers then beat Cas-cade 6-1 as pitcher Sam Dacus fi red a one-hitter, and Dumit Malacon hit two home runs, earn-ing Kentridge a spot in the semifi nals against Skyview of Vancouver at 7 p.m. Friday in Pasco.
Dacus will return to the mound on Saturday, while Jeremy Rabali-uman will pitch against Skyview.
Th is is the second straight state appearance for Kentridge, which was eliminated in the fi rst round a year ago. Prior to 2012, the Chargers had not made it to the state baseball tournament since 2003, and has one trophy to their name in school history – a third-place fi nish in 1991.
“It is awesome (to be in the fi nal four and) a
Kentridge, Kentwood in baseball semifinals
[ more BASEBALL page 15 ]
KENTRIDGE, KENTLAKE FALL IN DISTRICT
SOFTBALL PLAYOFFSThe Tahoma High fastpitch
softball team knocked off Kentridge 18-2 and Kentlake 9-3 in consecutive loser-out
games at the West Central District 4A tournament last weekend. With the win over
the Falcons – a game pushed back to Monday after rain swept through Spanaway
the afternoon of May 17 then returned the next morning – Monday afternoon the Bears
earned their third straight trip to state. Facing elimination,
the Bears pounded the Chargers, breaking up a 2-2 tie
in the top of the second with four runs followed by a three run inning in the third before
things got ugly in the top of the fi fth. Tahoma scored nine runs in the fi fth and sent 11 batters
to the plate.Against Kentlake, a pair of
freshmen led Tahoma at the plate as Mia Corbin went 2-for-3 with a double while Delaney
Nelson was 2-for-3 with a pair of triples and four RBIs.
Freshman pitcher Carley Nance pitched a complete game and
struck out six.Ashley Starke, a senior who will play at Green River Community
College next year, was 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs
for Kentlake.
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ASSESSMENT INSTALLMENT NOTICELOCAL IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT #362CITY OF KENT
For construction of improve- ments along East Valley High- way (84th Avenue South) from SR 167 to South 212th Street as provided by Ordinance No. 3833. Notice is hereby given that the second (2nd) installment of the assessment levied for the above named improvement, comprising Local Improvement District No. 362 under Ordinance No. 3997, is now due and payable and unless payment is made on or before June 10, 2013, said in- stallment will be delinquent, will
(9.5) percent added, and the collection of such delinquent installment will be enforced in the manner prescribed by law.Dated this 10th day of May 2013.
R. J. NachlingerFinance DirectorCity of Kent, Washington
Published in the Kent Reporter on May 24, 2013, May 31, 2013.#768107.
2013-0221METROPOLITAN KING
COUNTY COUNCILNOTICE OF HEARING
Proposed Ordinance 2013-0221 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Notice of Intention has
Council proposing the annexa- tion 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 34, Township 22 North, Range 5 East, W.M., in King County, Washington, also being a point on the existing Water District No. 111 of King County corpo- rate boundary; Thence Northerly along the East line of said Southeast quarter of Section 34, also being the West line of the Southwest quarter of Section 35, Township 22 North, Range 5 East, W.M., in King 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 35 to the Southeast corner of the West half of the Southwest quar- ter 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- west corner of Lot 5 of said Plat; Thence Easterly along the North line of said Lot 5 and 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 the centerline of 152nd Avenue 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 Short Plat No. 778049,
7909101136, records of King County, Washington, in the Northwest quarter of the North- east quarter of said Northwest quarter of Section 35, also being a point on the existing Water District No. 111 of King County corporate boundary; Thence Easterly along said ex- tension and South line to the East line of said Lot 4; Thence Northerly along said East line, 17 feet, more or less, to the South line of the North 285 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, to the South line of the North 265 feet of said Northwest quarter of the Northeast quarter of the Northwest quarter; Thence Easterly along said South line 230 feet, more or less, to the West line of 154th Avenue 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 Volume 53 of Plats, Page 11, 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 East line of Lots 7, 8 and 9 of
said Plat to the Southeast corner of said Lot 9, also being the most 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 Northwest quarter of Section 35, also being the centerline of 156th 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 of said Section 35; Thence Easterly along said South line to the centerline of Soos Creek; Thence Southerly along said centerline to the Northwest mar- gin of Primary State Highway No. 2 (S.R. 18); 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, Township 22 North, Range 5 East, W.M., in King County, Washington; also being a point on the existing Water District No. 111 of King County corpo- rate boundary; Thence Northerly along said East line to the Southeast corner of the Northeast quarter of said Southeast quarter of Section 34, township 22 North, Range 5 East, W.M., in King County, Washington and the POINT OF BEGINNING of this description. EXCEPT those portions previ- ously 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 County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, Seattle, Washington, 98104, telephone 206-477-1020. 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 NorisClerk of the Council
Published in Kent, Covington/ Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporters on May 17, 2013 and May 24, 20136. #789346.
NOTICE OF ACTION Notice is given under SEPA, RCW 43.21C.080, that Soos Creek Water & Sewer District took the action described in (2) 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 provi- sions of chapter 43.21C RCW (State Environmental Policy Act) 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. Description of proposal (if not covered by (2)): Installation of regional sewer conveyance system, including construction of a lift station (and associated fa- cilities) to enhance sewer service to the City of Covington.4. cient description should be given to locate the site, if any, but a complete legal description is not required): Proposed project is lo- cated in the Cities of Covington and Kent, near the intersection of SR 516 and SR 18, and 156th Place SE, SE Wax Road, and Covington Way SE, King County, Washington.5. Type of environmental review under SEPA (include name and date of any environmental docu- ments): Mitigated Determination
6, 2013; and Environmental Checklist dated March 4, 2013.6. Documents may be examined during regular business hours at (location, including room num- ber, if any):
Soos Creek Water and Sewer District14616 SE 192nd StreetRenton, Washington 98058
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. #789368.
CITY OF KENTNOTICE OF ORDINANCES
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
The following is a summary of the ordinances adopted by the Kent City Council on May 21, 2013:ORDINANCE NO. 4079 – AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, amending Chapter 9.36 of the Kent City Code enti-
new Section 9.36.130 entitled
within the city of Kent..ORDINANCE NO. 4080 - AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, amending Chapter 9.36 of the Kent City Code by adding the new Section 9.36.140 entitled, “School speed zone traf-
to detect school speed zone vio- lations; adopting the statutory standards and restrictions regard-
ty cameras; and setting the mone- tary penalty for infractions de-
safety camera.ORDINANCE NO. 4081 - AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, amending various sections of Chapters 14.01 of the Kent City Code to adopt the 2012 editions of the International Building, Residential, Mechani- cal, Existing Building, and Ener- gy Conservation Codes, and the Uniform Plumbing Code, to revise Section 14.08.020 to refer to the newly adopted codes, and to make other housekeeping amendments.ORDINANCE NO. 4082 - AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, amending Chapter 13.01 of the Kent City Code to adopt the 2012 edition of the International Fire Code and to make other housekeeping amend- ments applicable in Kent.ORDINANCE NO. 4083 - AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, authorizing the is- suance of its Local Improvement District No. 362 Bond in a prin- cipal amount of not to exceed
reimburse the City for costs of certain improvements within Local Improvement District No. 362; delegating the authority to select the initial purchaser of the bond; and delegating the
terms of the bond.ORDINANCE NO. 4084 - AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, amending Section 3.21.010 of the Kent City Code entitled, “Gambling activities
social card games only.ORDINANCE NO. 4085 - AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, approving and con- solidating budget adjustments made between July 1, 2012 and
overall budget decrease of $2,957,872. Each ordinance will take effect 30 days from the date of passage, unless subjected to referendum or vetoed by the Mayor, or unless otherwise noted. A copy of the complete text of any ordinance will be mailed upon request of the City Clerk.
Ronald F. Moore, MMC, City Clerk
Published in the Kent Reporter on May 24, 2013. #792815.
In the Superior Court of the State of Washington for Whatcom County
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF PAUL C. SCHLECHT, Deceased.No. 13-4-00229-2
PROBATE NOTICE TOCREDITORS
(RCW 11.40.030)Judge: Charles Snyder The 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.
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the same university to make the transition from high school to college a little easier.
“I think the idea of being that far away from home and not having somebody (would scare) me,” Jestann said. “(Stephanie) is my best friend, and I couldn’t ask for anyone better to have in my life and go to college with.”
While the girls see at-tending the same university as a positive, others can be more critical of them trying to be too much alike.
“It’s interesting because people will be like ‘you guys don’t want to do everything together. It’s like you’re the same person. Go out and ex-perience things by yourself,’” Stephanie said. “But we enjoy each other’s company. It’s a good bonding experience, and we’re able to grow indi-vidually by being together. We don’t need to be separate to do that.”
Both girls were awarded merit scholarships through the university to play soc-cer. Stephanie wants to major in elementary educa-
tion, and Jestann plans to work toward a business management degree.
“We’ll go off and do our separate things, but we need to make sure we keep each other on the same track,” Jestann said.
Stephanie feels the same. “Obviously we’ll have
soccer practices together,” she said. “(But) I think it will just be the same sense again: we’re together, but we’ll be able to do our own individual thing. It’s definitely going to be a new chapter in our lives.”
great achievement for the players,” said Kentridge baseball coach John Flanigan.
If both Kentwood and Kentridge win in the seminfinals, the state champion-ship would be an all Kent School District affair.
“They are a great team with a great his-tory,” Flanigan said. “We will try to score more runs than them this time.”
In order to earn a trip to the final four, Kentwood beat Bothell and Olympia on May 18 at Everett Memorial Stadium.
Though the Conks came away with the 4-3 win in the morning game against the Cougars, it was a battle to the end.
Both teams scored two runs in the
fourth inning. Kentwood scored again in the bottom of the fifth to go up 3-2. In the sixth both the Conks and the Cougars scored a run apiece, but, that extra run in the fifth held up for Kentwood.
The Conks put up seven hits including three separate players hitting RBI doubles.
Spencer Greene went 2-for-2 at the plate against Bothell with a double and an RBI while Kramer Sims was 1-for-3 with an RBI. Kade Kryzsko was 1-for-2 with a double, a stolen base and an RBI while Tanner Wessling had a double and an RBI.
Kryzsko pitched a complete game against the Cougars, giving up three runs, six hits and one walk while striking out two.
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