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The Seattle Thunderbirds opened their home season last weekend, hosting the rival Portland Winterhawks at the ShoWare Center on Saturday night. Dropping the honorary fi rst puck were survivors of Bruce McDonald, including his mother Char, left, Nolette, his sister, and Nolette’s husband, Guy Everett. McDonald, who died of cancer in June, had been the Thunderbirds’ play-by-play voice since the 1998-99 season. He was 41. Portland’s Troy Rutkowski, is left, and Seattle’s Luke Lockhart is right. More on the T-Birds’ home opener, pages 9 and 16. CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter
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Mike Mactutis, city of Kent environmental engineering manager, stands along the Briscoe Levee on the Green River. City and county offi cials disagree on the best way to repair the levee for better fl ood protection. STEVE HUNTER, Kent Reporter
Wagner welcomes chance to skate at Kent showcaseBY MARK KLAAS
For Ashley Wagner, it’s more than just show and tell.
Events like the Hilton HHon-ors Skate America at the ShoW-are Center on Oct. 19-21 bring out the best in the reigning U.S. ladies fi gure skating champion.
She intends to compete and win, meeting her high expecta-tions.
“For me, it’s so exciting because I worked so hard to get to this level of my skating,” said Wagner, a strong hopeful to make the 2014 U.S. Olympic Team. “So now that I’m at this level of my skating, I can travel
around, perform and compete.“It’s extremely rewarding. All
the hard work is paying off .”
U.S. CHAMPION AIMS FOR OLYMPICS
Ashley Wagner joins a star-studded lineup at the Oct. 19-21 Hilton HHhonors Skate America at the ShoWare Center. COURTESY PHOTO
BY STEVE HUNTER
A controversial dispute continues to heat up between the city of Kent and King County about the best way to
spends millions of dollars to repair a 2.7-mile stretch of a Green River levee to improve fl ood protection.
Th e two sides are so far apart about whether a fl oodwall proposed by Kent
or setback levee proposed by the county would be the best choice that the King County Flood Control District decided to hire a third-party consultant to recommend by
Kent, King County dispute best millions-of-dollars fix for levee
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BY TRACEY COMPTON
Th e Kent Police Department’s Drug Free Coalition recently was awarded an almost $50,000 grant
for underage drinking prevention in the Kent School District.
Th e group received the STOP Act, four-year grant for $48,258 from the Department of Health and Human Services Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Considering the 28,000-some students that the district serves, its eff orts could make quite an impact.
“When you have that many people you are going to see issues, but we’re seeing steady improve-ment,” said Chris Loft is, director of district communications about overall safety issues in the district.
Since Edward Lee Vargas, Kent schools superintendent, came on board there has been a shift in the district’s approach to safety and
Grant helps coalition, school district confront underage drug, alcohol use
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Wagner is one of several national champions who
are expected to join a strong international presence for the showcase on Kent ice.
Olympic champion Evan Lysacek – who intends to defend his Olympic title at
the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia – is among the big names scheduled to appear in Kent.
Other current U.S. champions – Jeremy Abbott (men’s), Caydee Denney and John Coughlin (pairs) and Meryl Davis and Charlie White (ice dancing) – also have been invited to Kent.
Hilton HHonors Skate America is the opening event of the International Skating Union’s Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series.
Such events enable the 21-year-old Wagner to remain sharp and focused between the long, hard regi-ment of training.
The 5-foot-3, German-born Wagner trains an average of 20-25 hours a week, just on ice. She also puts in long hours in the gym, doing cardio, running, hot yoga and swimming to enhance flexibility, endur-ance and strength.
All that preparation en-ables Wagner to produce a technically sound, compact eight-minute routine on ice. She has emerged over the past few seasons, adding a triple flip-triple toe to her short program, something she calls “a necessity.”
Wagner performed well in her short and free skate programs at the pressure-packed 2012 World Championships, where she
finished fourth overall. She is the current Four Con-tinents champion and a two-time (2008 and 2010) U.S. bronze medalist. She has won five medals in the Grand Prix Series.
“The public might not know how just hard of a sport it is,” said Wagner, of Alexandria, Va., who trains under coaches John Nicks and Phillip Mills in South-ern California. “My job is to make it look perfect and easy. But at the same time, they don’t really know that we’re on the ice four hours,
maybe even more, a day. … So much work goes into it.”
Wagner began to skate at age 5 in Alaska. She grew up in a military family, moving nine times in her younger years.
The frequent travel and changes matured her be-yond her years.
“It has made me very adaptable,” she said.
After Kent, there is more travel associated with a full schedule in front of Wagner as she prepares for the 2013 Worlds at London, Ontario, Canada in March and the chance to qualify for the Olympics.
“I just don’t want to go to the Olympics, I want to go and be competitive,” said Wagner, who is ranked 12th in the world.
After her skating career, Wagner plans to pursue a career in sports broadcasting and remain in figure skating as an ambassador. She sup-ports Classroom Champions, the Wounded Warriors Fund and Skate for Hope.
Wagner enjoys the op-portunity to visit Kent and perform for the audience.
“It’s great to be coming out to the Northwest. The fans are awesome,” Wagner said. “Everyone is going to be able to fill it up pretty easily and make it nice and noisy. It will make for a wonderful event.”
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NBC will broadcast live coverage of Skate America on Sunday, Oct. 21.
Skaters will compete for $180,000 in prize money at the Kent event, including $18,000 for the winners in each division; $13,000 for second; $9,000 for third; $3,000 for fourth; and $2,000 for fifth.
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King County will close the Alvord T. Bridge just south of Kent next June, if not sooner. Kent Reporter fi le photo
County to close bridge next JuneBY STEVE HUNTER
Just south of Kent stands a troubled bridge over waters.
Th e nearly 3,000 vehicles per day that cross the Al-vord T. Bridge on 78th Av-enue South over the Green River will need to fi nd another route when King County closes the bridge in June, if not sooner.
“It’s about 98 years old and it’s worn out from the foundation to the structure,” said Rick Brater, manager of the county engineering road services division. “Th e bridge is designed with old riveted connections and if those fail the bridge would collapse. It’s getting to the point where it no longer can be used.”
Th e county plans to close and demolish the narrow bridge next summer. County offi cials will close it sooner if inspections show the bridge as unsafe to cross.
Kent city offi cials were updated about the bridge at a recent City Council Public Works Committee meeting.
“Th e county asked for a grant from the state De-
partment of Transportation bridge replacement fund but with its proximity to bridges on Central Avenue and Highway 167 they de-cided it was not necessary to have the bridge,” said Public Works Director Tim LaPorte. “With no funds to replace it, it’s going down.”
Th e bridge crosses the river at 78th Avenue South. Some drivers like to use it as an alternate route when traffi c is heavy on High-
way 167 and serves a light industrial area. Th e bridge can no longer handle heavy vehicle loads and has a
posted load limit.Brater said the county
tried to get state funding. A new bridge would cost
about $18 million.Th e state did give the
county a $920,000 grant to demolish the bridge.
Motorcyclist killed in collision with vanREPORTER STAFF
A collision with a van killed a 33-year-old Kent motorcyclist at about 10:15 p.m. Monday in the 8400 block of South 212th Street.
Th e King County Medi-cal Examiner’s Offi ce iden-tifi ed the man as Richard Eastwood.
Th e incident started when a 44-year-old Kent man driving a van west-bound on South 212th
Street started a left turn to-ward a nearby convenience store, according to a Kent Police media release. As he did so, he crossed the path of a motorcycle traveling eastbound on South 212th Street.
Th e motorcycle collided with the front bumper of the van, ejecting Eastwood who landed on the street.
Eastwood was wearing a helmet at the time of the collision.
Paramedics worked to revive him at the scene but were unsuccessful. Th e driver of the van was uninjured and remained at the scene.
STILL TIME TO REGISTER TO VOTE
There is still time for Kent and King County residents to
register to vote or update their voter registration for the Nov. 6
general election. Details, registration forms and links to online registration are
available on the King County Elections website (www.
kingcounty.gov/elections).Due to the Columbus Day
holiday, the following voter registration deadlines
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Oct. 6: deadline for mail-in registrations and updates;
online registrations and updates;
in-person new registrations.
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Ecology proposes to remove Olympic Steamship Co Inc Site from the Hazardous Sites List
Public Comment Period: Sept. 28 - Oct. 29, 2012
Ecology’s Toxics Cleanup Website: https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/gsp/ Sitepage.aspx?csid=1388
Washington State Department of Ecology – Northwest Regional Office 3190 160th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA 98008Call for an appointment: Sally Perkins
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Olympic Steamship Co Inc Site is located at 8220 S. 212th Street, Kent, WA. The commercially zoned property is 16.7 acres of land. It’s currently a warehouse building with paved asphalt parking.
In 1999, this Site was ranked a three and placed on the Hazardous Sites List (HSL). The HSL is a record of contaminated sites throughout the state that are ranked on a scale of one to five. One represents the greatest potential threat to human health and the environment relative to all sites ranked, and five represents the least potential threat.
In June 1993, the Olympic Steamship property underwent supplemental remedial activities which
groundwater were re-established along the property boundary. Groundwater monitoring was resumed on the Olympic Steamship property at that time. In 2010, groundwater monitoring showed
During this time, the concentrations of diesel in groundwater remained below state cleanup
Ecology determined that the cleanup objectives for both soil and groundwater remediation have been met and no further action is needed. Therefore, Ecology is proposing to remove the site from the Hazardous Sites List.
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early next year whether the city or the county has the right approach to fi xing what’s known as the Bris-coe/Desimone Levee.
Th e levee stretches from South 200th Street to South 180th Street in north Kent and according to Kent offi cials protects from fl ooding about 18,400 jobs at a variety of businesses in Kent, Tukwila and Renton, including the Boeing Space Center, the Starbucks Roasting Plant, IKEA, Alaska Airlines Call Center and the Puget Sound Blood Center’s Scofi eld Memorial Laboratory.
Th e levee also protects Burlington Northern and Union Pacifi c Railroads, State Highway 167 and State Route 181, Puget Sound Energy’s electrical transmission lines and an Olympic gasoline pipeline.
Th e debate fi red up city offi cials when they found out the King County Flood Control District Executive Committee (composed of four members of the King County Council) approved last month buying 3.3 acres in Kent known as River’s Edge, including three com-mercial buildings next to the Briscoe Levee, as part of the setback levee proposal.
“We need to raise aware-ness that the district is taking on a luxury project,” said Kent City Council President Dennis Higgins about the land purchase at
a recent city Public Works Committee meeting. “Th is will delay levee repairs that avert our warehouse district from fl ooding. Th is is the height of absurdity.”
Kent staff has estimated its fl oodwall cost at $17 million and the county proposal for a setback levee could cost more than $250 million. County staff esti-mates the setback levee cost at about $63 million.
Kent Council-woman Elizabeth Albertson agreed with Hig-gins at the meeting.
“Th ey purchase land for a setback plan when we need to shore up what we have,” Albertson said. “I was dismayed and shocked when I heard this. We need to protect our as-set. Th e money needs to be used on fl ood control. Th e problem with purchasing land is it’s not addressing imminent needs.”
County Councilwoman Julia Patterson, whose district includes Kent, defended the decision by the fl ood district executive committee to direct staff to move forward with negotia-tions to buy the 3.3 acres. She serves on the fl ood district executive commit-tee, which reports to the King County Flood District Board of Supervisors (com-
posed of all nine members of the County Council).
“Th e property is for sale and we had a willing seller,” Patterson said during a phone interview. “If we do not buy it now, it’d either be a higher price later or not available. If the consultant (to be hired) decides Kent is right, we can put the prop-erty back on the market. In all reality, we’d probably make a profi t.”
Th e River’s Edge land is assessed at $3.9 mil-lion by the King County tax asses-sor. No fi nal sale price has been agreed upon
yet, although a letter from local mayors against the purchase describe it as a “nearly $5 million transac-tion.”
Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke, Renton Mayor Denis Law, Tukwila Mayor Jim Haggerton and Auburn Mayor Pete Lewis sent a letter Sept. 7 to the fl ood district executive com-mittee aft er the property acquisition vote.
“We request that the decision to move ahead with this nearly $5 mil-lion transaction – which represents more than half of the annual budget allocated to Green River levees - be suspended,” the mayors wrote in the letter.
Th e mayors favor serious consideration by the fl ood district board of the fl ood-wall proposal because it is less expensive and could be completed in one year.
Floodwall or setback levee
Th e city has spent about $713,000 (from its storm water utility fund) over the last two years on three engineering consultant companies (Boston-based GEI Consultants, Inc., GeoEngineers, Inc., of Seattle and Northwest Hydraulics, of Tukwila) in connection with Briscoe Levee repairs. GEI and GeoEngineers each recom-mended a steel sheet pile fl oodwall be constructed along the levee to improve fl ood protection. Th e city estimates the project would cost about $17 million and could be completed in one year. About 4,000 feet of the levee would be repaired in four segments.
Th e project is part of a larger eff ort by Kent to have the entire levee system within city limits accred-ited by the Federal Emer-gency Management Agency (FEMA) in order to remove properties behind the levee from FEMA fl ood maps to reduce development restric-tions and fl ood insurance requirements in the Kent Valley.
City offi cials put aside funds the last two years from the storm water drainage utility fee to pay for the consultants. City revenue from the storm
water fund comes from residential customers who pay a fl at rate of $10.06 per month and from commer-cial storm drainage fees that vary based on property size, percentage of impervi-ous surface and the basin in which the property is located.
County offi cials prefer a setback earthen levee that involves buying up large amounts of commercial and industrial property to allow the river to fl ow more naturally and provide a wider corridor for water in fl ood events. Th e county estimates costs for the levee setback range up to $63 million and will take up to 20 years to complete.
Th e levee debate involves the King County Flood Control District in addition to Kent and King County.
Th e County Council created the fl ood con-trol district in 2007 as a countywide special purpose district to oversee the six major river systems that fl ow through King County. Th ose rivers are the South Fork Skykomish, Snoqualmie, Sammamish, Cedar, Green and White Rivers. Th e district is re-sponsible for planning and funding maintenance and repairs of the fl ood control system.
Aft er its formation, the fl ood district board adopted a new property tax assess-ment of 10 cents per $1,000 assessed valuation to fund projects. Th at tax brings in about $35 million per year.
Th e fl ood district also includes an Advisory Com-
mittee composed of about 15 members from cities that have experienced signifi -cant fl ooding. Many of the members are city mayors.
Dispute unexpectedTypically, Kent has
worked smoothly with the fl ood district in other levee projects as well as receiving funding from the district to pay for the placement and removal of sandbags along the Green River during the past three years when the U.S. Army Corps of Engi-neers repaired the Howard Hanson Dam. Th e fl ood district spent about $2.5 million to install sandbags in Kent and $1.2 million to remove the sandbags, ac-cording to county offi cials.
Crews are installing a fl oodwall now along the Boeing Levee in Kent. Th at $2.7 million project includes a $2 million state grant to the city through the fl ood district.
“We’ve spent millions of dollars in Kent and other places and have never had a complaint before,” Patter-son said about the Briscoe Levee dispute.
Mike Mactutis, city environmental engineer-ing manager who helps oversee levee projects, said the city partners with the fl ood district and county on projects. But he said the fl ood district had no policy as far as getting the levees accredited by FEMA, so the city took that project on itself by hiring consultants
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to assess the levees and what repairs are needed. The flood district now has a policy to meet FEMA requirements.
Mactutis agreed with Patterson that the city and county worked smoothly together in the past.
“I’ve worked with them quite a few years and worked well,” Mactutis said. “This is just a difference of opinion on the floodwall and the short term versus the long term. Our priority is the short term to bring areas of the system up to the 100-year flood protec-tion.”
Because of the dispute with the county about how to fix the Briscoe Levee, Mactutis said city officials decided to hire a second consultant to look at the project as well.
“We wanted to make sure we were doing the right thing,” Mactutis said as he stood atop the Briscoe Levee. “There was so much concern if the floodwall was safe that we had GEI (consultants) do a second report.”
Levee protects businesses
The Briscoe Levee also sits as one of the most vital levees for flood protection in the valley.
“The one levee protects a huge area of Kent, Tukwila and Renton,” Mactutis said. “We need to make sure we’re doing this correctly.”
Besides the three-city impact, just adjacent to the 4,000 feet of city-proposed repairs there are 11 parcels with more than 540 jobs, 470,000 square feet of building space, and more than $44 million in assessed value, according to Kent officials.
Joseph Wartman, a University of Washington civil engineering professor who serves on the citizen’s advisory committee for the King County Flood Hazard Management Plan update, reviewed the Briscoe Levee floodwall and levee setback proposals in April for the county.
Wartman, who did not analyze project costs, concluded that the levee
setback would be the pre-ferred option.
“Overall, it is my opinion that from both a technical and broader flood manage-ment perspective the set-back scheme is preferable to the floodwall option,” Wart-man wrote in his report.
Wartman called both plans “technically viable.” But he said the setback option “offers a number of practical benefits for long-term management and operations of the levee system.”
The floodwall system, Wartman wrote, “will stabilize critical portions of the existing levee system, but will not reduce toe ero-sion (slides) or long-term maintenance costs.”
Patterson said as a board member it’s difficult to determine who is right.
“We have experts on one side who say do one thing and experts on the other side who say do another thing,” Patterson said. “We are hiring a consultant from the outside who does not have ties to Kent or King County. They will come back with a recommenda-
tion.”Kent officials hope the
third-party consultant chooses the city’s proposal.
“Our hope is the third party decides the floodwall is more feasible and cost effective,” Mactutis said. “It can be done faster than purchasing all the business-es and relocating them.”
Grant money on the line
The dispute between the county and Kent needs to be settled in order to get a $7 million state grant to re-pair the Briscoe Levee. The Legislature approved the grant during the last session but the grant could go away if no repair plan is estab-lished by the end of June.
Consultants must submit proposals to the county by Oct. 12 to get the contract to review the two levee proposals. County offi-cials estimate the contract will cost between $15,000 to $19,900, according to county documents.
County staff plans to recommend a consultant to
the flood district execu-tive committee on Oct. 22. Work would begin by Nov. 1 with a draft report due by Jan. 18 and a full report to the executive committee on Jan. 28. The final report is due Feb. 1.
“That makes it re-ally tough for us to get the project out to bid by the end of June,” Mactutis said about getting the state grant money.
King County’s proposal for hiring a consultant em-
phasizes the need to meet the state’s grant deadline. Flood district staff also pointed out in the proposal the wide-ranging dispute between Kent and the county.
“The city of Kent and King County disagree about the interpretation of the Corps guidelines for levee construction, the cost estimates for the respective proposals; the weaknesses of each proposal; and the public safety risks.”
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prevention, Loftis said.The district now takes
a proactive and positive approach to safety on its cam-puses instead of a reactionary security approach.
Now police officers are on campus proactively before is-sues arise, and students have the chance to see them in a positive way, Loftis said.
“Kent Drug Free Coalition has developed a strong part-nership with the Kent School District at all levels, including teachers, counselors, preven-tion/interventionists, prin-cipals and administration,” Stacy Judd wrote in an email. Judd is the public education specialist for the Kent Police Department.
Although the coalition and the district have yet to for-
mally meet about the grant, Judd said it will tentatively be used for three projects.
One of those projects is developing resource cards for parents of students found in possession of drugs and alcohol. The cards will inform parents about getting their child a drug and alcohol assessment, the legal pro-cess and give them resource numbers.
The coalition also hopes to work with school district counselors and teachers to get kids referred to a drug and alcohol prevention class.
“The number of preven-tion/interventionists has been reduced because of budget cuts, so we’re trying to fill in the gaps,” Judd said.
The last thing the group hopes to do is make infor-mation available to eighth-
graders who are transitioning into high school to help them navigate through peer pres-sure to drugs and alcohol use, Judd said.
The school district has Kent Police Department command level personnel on its leadership team.
“It truly is a good part-nership; we’ve been really pleased,” Loftis said.
In the past the coalition has supported prevention public service announcements through the Kent Police Youth Board. The board is open to middle and senior high school students from seventh to 12th grade and focuses on drug and alcohol prevention.
The coalition also supports and participates in the Game of Life Youth Conference, created by the youth board.
Last year there were 250 stu-dents who participated from the Kent School District and beyond, who planned preven-tion projects for their school environment.
That conference created 15 projects related to everything from underage drinking to bullying.
The Kent Drug Free Coalition is chaired by City Council member Dana Ralph and has other active members from the Kent Police Depart-ment, the Washington State Liquor Control Board, Kent Parks and Recreation, the school district and Auburn Youth Resources.
It meets on the third Wednesday of every month at the Kent Police Depart-ment. For more information, contact Stacy Judd at 253-856-5883.
[ PROGRAM from page 1 ] Tukwila’s iFLY zone celebrates first anniversary
Tukwila’s indoor skydiving center iFLY Seattle celebrated its first anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 23.
The center offers the thrill of free fall in a safe, controlled environment and features one of the fastest vertical wind tunnels in the world.
During its first year, iFLY hosted count-less world record skydivers, including the Red Bull Airforce parachuting team and the Red Bull Airforce Pilots; Seahawks, Sound-ers and Mariners players; Andy Farrington the stunt double for the upcoming movie Iron Man 3; iFly’s youngest flyer – several 3-year-olds; iFly’s oldest flyer – a 94-year-old daredevil named Maury; and 10 flyers who performed flips at the same time.
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● Q U O T E O F N O T E : “They purchase land for a setback plan when we need to shore up what we have. I was dismayed and shocked when I heard this. We need to protect our asset. The money needs to be used on fl ood control. “ – Kent Councilwoman Elizabeth Albertson, on the county buying 3.3 acres in Kent, as part of the setback levee proposal.
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President Obama’s na-tional health care law, the Aff ordable Care Act, will extend health care coverage to tens of millions of unin-sured Americans.
But health care coverage isn’t the same as health care.
Th e problem is a shortage of doctors. Th e New York Times re-ports that, just as the ACA is poised
to add millions to the health insurance rolls, the U.S. is on the brink of a critical doctor shortage. Th e Associa-tion of American Medi-cal Colleges estimates that by 2015, the U.S. will have 62,900 fewer
doctors than needed, a fi gure that will more than double by 2025.
Critics fear such shortages will result in long waits for treatment, a problem that plagues universal health care programs. In Britain, the number of patients waiting more than six months for inpatient treatment rose 43 percent in 2011, even as the National Health Service treated fewer patients.
Th e British Medical Association said the situation was inevitable:
“Given the massive fi nancial pres-sures on the NHS, it was always likely that hospital activity would decrease and waiting times would increase,” said a spokesperson.
Massachusetts, which adopted universal health care in 2006, is having similar problems. Th e As-sociated Press reports that a survey last year by the Massachusetts Medical Society found long waits just to get a doctor’s appointment: an average of 48 days for an inter-nist and 36 days for a physician of
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B&O tax is bad for business
Th e Kent Chamber of Commerce is ada-mantly opposed to a business and occupa-tion tax (B&O tax) in the city of Kent.
Th e imposition of such a tax is based on gross revenue versus the profi tability of busi-ness. Th is taxing system is fundamentally fl awed. Establishing such a tax will not only hinder growth of the business community in Kent, but will also put businesses that reside in Kent at an economic disadvantage with competitors outside the city.
However, the city of Kent on July 31 passed Resolution 1863, stating its intention to develop a new revenue source for street maintenance. “Determining that the city and its citizens need a new revenue source to
maintain its streets in good repair. Th e City Council determined that those businesses in Kent contribute to the deterioration of its streets and should pay a greater share of cost to maintain and overlay those streets.”
Th e Kent Chamber of Commerce sup-ports well maintained streets as they are a crucial contribution to economic develop-ment and growth. Poorly maintained roads constrain mobility, signifi cantly raise vehicle operating costs and increases accident rates.
Th e economic and social importance of regular road maintenance is incred-ibly important for a viable city. Without regular maintenance, roads can rapidly fall into disrepair. If road defects are repaired promptly, the cost is usually modest. If defects are neglected, roads fail causing a costly reconstruction. We must preserve the streets of the city of Kent and look to the future fi nancial health and sustainability of these public assets.
Because of the mandate of the City Council to use Kent businesses as a funding source despite our legitimate concerns,
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Homeowners do not deserve more taxes
I received email responses from City Council members to my Kent Reporter letter to the editor (“City Council members are sellouts over B&O issue”, Aug. 24), where I pointed out the rigid refusal by a major-ity of the council members to imposing a B&O tax on busi-nesses in the Valley because they are the primary users and abusers of our roads.
Council members Hig-gins and Boyce didn’t like my portrayal of them as business-community lackeys. Th ere has been no clear reason expressed as to why we don’t have a B&O tax in Kent. Why not? We need the revenue and homeowners are already paying more than their share.
Is it unthinkable to close down that albatross ShoWare Center until Kent’s fi nancial
standing improves? Boyce, at the latest council
meeting, seemed eager for the effi ciency study to be published before the election. Is he hop-ing that the study results will right glowing reports about the council’s decisions to get the city back on track? What if the study suggests a B&O
tax to increase revenues and temporarily close the ShoWare to stop the hemorrhaging of city funds?
Our homes are under water. We don’t need or want another property tax to add insult to injury. Spending money on a study seems frivolous. Th e trucks tear up the streets. Th ere’s no dispute about that. So the business owners need to step up and pay a B&O tax.
We’re the only city around us that doesn’t have a B&O tax, and our roads are rav-aged because we live right in the middle of the warehouses where those 16-wheelers are loaded and sent out on Kent’s streets. Th e problems with the roads can be laid at the feet of the business owners in Kent. Th ey need to take responsibil-ity rather than avoid it.
Homeowners don’t want to be the piggy bank because the Kent Chamber of Commerce doesn’t like the idea of the
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the Kent Chamber of Commerce is reluctantly willing to accept a B&O tax with the following conditions:
A B&O tax of no more than .09 percent on manufacturing and warehousing businesses and no more than .03 percent B&O tax on service and retail businesses with the first $250,000 exempt to protect small businesses from the harsh impact of a B&O tax. This scenario should raise approxi-mately $5 million for the city road maintenance needs. The Kent Chamber used numbers to cal-culate revenue based on numbers that were provided to us by the city of Kent Finance Department.
The recommendation of the
Kent Chamber of Commerce to tier the B&O tax in order to collect additional money from the warehouse and manufactur-ing industry is due to the higher damaging impact of large trucks on the roads.
Designated for roadsThe funds collected from a
B&O tax must be designated for road maintenance, and be included as a line item in the future budgets of the city. The Kent Chamber’s intention is to protect the businesses’ investment of a B&O tax to be designated for street maintenance and to hold the city of Kent accountable in the spending of these funds.
The B&O tax should sunset
in six years. At the end of the six years, the levy that is to be voted on by the public in the November election will be completed and the project list that has been pre-sented by the citizen’s committee should have been accomplished. This requirement of a closure date is key to the business community.
Finally, during those six years, the city of Kent must maintain street maintenance funding at a level equal to the sum of revenue from the combination of the levy lid lift (approximately $1.8), cur-rent levels of funding for street maintenance (approximately $1 million), B&O tax (approximately 5.0 million) and city of Kent ef-ficiency savings (approximately 2.0 million). Diverting funds away from street maintenance is not
acceptable.The Kent Chamber of Com-
merce will actively work with the city and business community to lobby at the state and federal level to obtain additional funding to help with street maintenance and projects. If lobbying efforts are successful, we ask that the city reconsider the B&O tax rates and reduce them according to monies received from future funding sources.
We also ask that the city consid-er application of a Transportation Benefit District, implementation of recommendations from the efficiency study and economic factors; and if possible allow any B&O tax implemented to be reduced or eliminated before the six-year sunset period.
The Kent Chamber of Com-merce has held numerous meet-ings regarding this issue and has explored multiple funding options for street maintenance. Our mem-bership is strongly opposed to a B&O tax and/or a head tax, but in our desire to be a partner with the city of Kent, and our understand-ing that a B&O tax is inevitable the board of directors of the Kent Chamber of Commerce suggests the above conditions be adopted by the city as the most acceptable circumstances for the business community for imposition of the tax.
Andrea Keikkala is executive direc-tor of the Kent Chamber of Commerce. Reach her at 253-854-1770 or www.kentchamber.com.
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responsible parties paying up for the damage they do to our roads.– Gill Sandra
Don’t discriminate, support R-74
I am writing in response to Steve Altick’s letter (“Retain meaning of mar-riage”, Reporter, Sept. 21) concerning Referendum 74; the legalization of same-sex marriage.
Mr. Altick states that the issue is about a defini-tion of marriage that has “stood the test of time” and
is not about rights because “gay couples have already achieved the basic rights and have not been discrimi-nated against.”
I respectfully disagree. I would argue that any couple who desires mar-riage does so for very similar reasons, regard-less of gender or sexual orientation. We all want to celebrate our commitment to the one we love.
However, when one group of people gains “rights” (benefits such as child custody, medical deci-sion-making power, access to family insurance policies, inheritance, etc.) through marriage while another
group is denied those same rights and benefits based solely on sexual orientation, that is the very definition of discrimination.
Voting against Referen-dum 74 is voting to support this kind of discrimination.
It would be nice if those who profess to value marriage so much would stop being insecure about their own marriages being threatened and would instead be generous in sharing the joy of mar-riage with others who desire it also.
I think marriage is great. Therefore, I’m voting for Referendum 74.– Jeff Friend
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family medicine — and more than half of primary care doctors are no longer taking new patients. To make matters worse, state lawmak-ers capped reimbursements for doctors and hospitals in a desper-ate effort to stem rising health care costs.
Part of the problem is that the baby boom generation is getting older.
“Older Americans require signifi-cantly more health care,” said Dr. Darrell G. Kirch, president of the Association of American Medi-cal Colleges. “Older individuals are more likely to have multiple chronic conditions, requiring more intensive, coordinated care.”
But the national health reform law itself is creating challenges. The ACA will funnel millions of unin-sured into an expanded Medicaid program which is already suffering from a doctor shortage due to low reimbursements.
How will the program handle millions more patients when its current roster of doctors is dwin-dling?
In addition, about a third of the nation’s doctors are nearing retirement. But the federal law may prompt even more doctors to leave the profession. A survey of physi-cians by The Doctors Company, the nation’s largest medical liability insurer, found that 43 percent of the respondents were considering retiring within the next five years
because of the federal law. The future may not look much
better. Nine out of 10 physicians who responded to the survey said they wouldn’t recommend health care as a profession. One primary care physician commented, “I would not recommend becoming an M.D. to anyone.”
Dr. Donald J. Palmisano, former president of the American Medical Association, warns, “Today, we are perilously close to a true crisis as newly insured Americans enter the health care system and our popula-tion continues to age.” If current physicians leave the practice early because of the health law, the prob-lem will get even worse.
Medical schools are gearing up to turn out more doctors, but it will
take at least a decade to produce an additional 3,000 doctors, a tiny fraction of what’s needed.
The Affordable Care Act — and our state’s own health reform law — were supposed to increase preventive care and reduce costly emergency room use by the un-insured. But with a shortage of primary care physicians, preventive care will remain elusive, and our emergency rooms will stay jammed for decades.
So, our state and federal officials must answer this question: How will you ensure that people actually get the affordable health care you promised?
Don Brunell is the president of the Association of Washington Business. For more about AWB, visit www.awb.org.
A FORCE OF 117 VOLUN-TEERS from Microsoft and Gates Foundation worked the Northwest Harvest Kent Ware-house last Friday.
Volunteers helped Northwest Harvest carry out its mission to end hunger in Washington state by repackaging bulk foods into family size portions to send out to a network of more than 325 food banks and food programs.
The groups repackaged 15,976 pounds of frozen green beans and 19,500 pounds of dry red beans.
It was all part of King County for United Way’s Day of Caring program. More than 12,000 people volunteered at commu-nity service projects throughout the county.
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Th e fourth week of September celebrates cool nights and the end of warm aft ernoon sun-shine – perfect weather for transplanting, digging and dividing perennials and fertilizing the lawn with a slow-release, fall and winter lawn food.
If you only fertilize your grass once a year, make it an autumn feeding. A lawn fertilized in the fall with an organic or slow release fertilizer will have an advantage over the weeds in the spring. Th is is because the winter rains can move the nitrogen down into the grass roots where it will be available immediately in February when the lawn wakes up from winter dormancy.
Now here’s the secret to more grass and less weeds: a lawn that has nitrogen at root level in early spring can outgrow and overcome the shallow rooted weeds. A thick lawn is your best weed defense. You still have time to aerate, add an inch of topsoil and overseed your old lawn before winter sets in. Tackle these fall fi eld goals now and you’ll be scoring great yardage all year long.
Q. When should I apply lime to my lawn? I know
my soil is acid because I have a lot of moss in the lawn. I do have hard-packed, clay soil and I have read that lime will help break up clay soil. True? S.T., Sumner
A. First congratulations on knowing the benefi ts of lime. Adding lime is the least expensive way to improve your lawn. You can add lime to your lawn any time of the year but do not lime on the same day you add fertilizer. You could cause a chemical reaction that binds up some of the nutrients in the fertilizer. Instead, fertilize fi rst then wait a few days until rain washes the fertilizer down into the soil and then ap-ply the lime. It is true that if your soil is heavy lime helps to break up the clay and allow air and moisture to penetrate. Our soils in Western Washington are naturally very acid due to the rain. Th is low pH or acidity binds up nutrients in the soil. Lime is not a fertilizer but it helps to unlock phosphorous and nitrogen in our wet soils so that lawns can green up quickly. You can buy lime in a quick acting or pelleted form or as powdered lime-
stone and it is sometimes sold under the name “Soil Sweet.” Follow the dos-age amount on the package, but in general you will need fi ft y
pounds of ground lime-stone to 1,000 square feet of lawn to raise the pH a full point. A simple soil test sold at garden centers can tell you the pH of your soil, but mossy, damp soils in our area are almost always very acid. Lime is the cheap and easy answer to a better lawn.
Q. I planted a gorgeous ‘Black Lace’ sambucus or chocolate elderberry a few years ago and love the dark chocolate foliage, pink spring fl owers and autumn berries. My problem is this shrub has grown too big and is now a tree! I must prune it. Would fall be a good time to cut it back? R.S., Tacoma
A. Patience and some persistence will keep your “Black Lace” Sambucus under control. Wait until early spring , in the month of March to sharpen your shears and cut your sambucus down to size. A severe pruning always stimulates growth and now is not the season to encour-
age tender new leaves. Another reason to wait is so that the birds can enjoy those berries all winter. You can cut back all the new growth to one inch stumps or you can saw down the trunk and start all over. Th is is one tough shrub so don’t be afraid to be severe in the spring. Elderberry is native to our climate, has edible berries and does great with our wet winters. I’ve found elderberry even survives and blooms a little in a deeply shaded bed where the dark, choco-late leaves make a lovely background for variegated shrubs. A colorful couple to share a shady bed with no drinking problems would be Black Lace Elderberry getting cozy with ‘Mr. Goldstrike’ Aucuba. Th e gold-splattered leaves of Aucuba have a broad and bold texture that makes a pleasing contrast with the fi ne texture of the chocolate elderberry.
Q. I have a compost pile and am not sure what to do with it. I’ve been adding grass clippings and garden waste for a few years and under the newer layer of clippings I do see dark soil so I think I have compost. When do I spread this onto the garden beds? In the spring or in the fall?
How deep do I apply the compost and must I dig it into the vegetable bed? C., Email
A. What a wonderful gift you have for your garden. You can add compost to your vegetable and fl ower beds this month and let the winter rains help mix in the organic matter. If you have small weeds, fork the compost right on top of them now in a layer up to six inches deep. Th e heavy compost will smother those weeds and then you can work it into the soil in the spring. Use a very thin layer of compost - less than one inch deep near the stems or crowns of shrubs and perennials if you apply it in the fall. Compost in our climate can hold so much moisture over the winter that it can encourage crown rot. Don’t worry if the newer grass clippings and garden debris on top of your compost pile are not yet well-rotted. You can add this half-done compost to an empty bed or vegetable plot and not dig it into the soil until spring. Winter is the season when all things rot and in a few months that chunky organic matter will be dark and soft , ready to work into the topsoil.
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.
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Dance classes help people with Parkinson’s
People living with Parkinson’s disease can sign up for a dance class in Des Moines to explore the benefi ts of dance and movement with others who share some of the challenging symptoms of the disease.
Th e free classes are from 2-3:30 p.m. on Mondays, begin-ning Oct. 1 at the Des Moines Senior Center, 2045 S. 216th St. Th e program runs for eight weeks.
Space is limited, so pre-registration is re-quired. To register visit Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation online at www.nwpf.org/.
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Above left: The Thunderbirds’ Taylor Green, right, and the Winterhawks’ Jon Mahon duke it out in the third period.
Lower left: A fan expresses her sentiments in a sign.
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The King County Coun-cil Budget Committee will hold public hearings on the 2013 budget in Kent, Bel-levue and Seattle.
The hearing in Kent is at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3 in Courtroom 3F of the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center, 401 Fourth Ave. N.
“This is an opportunity for individuals to tell the County Council what government services are most important to them,” said Councilmem-ber Joe McDermott, chair
of the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee. “These public hearings are a critical part of our budget deliberations, so I hope that residents will come and share their priorities with us.”
Other members of the Budget Leadership Team are councilmembers Kathy Lambert, Jane Hague and Julia Patterson.
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King County Courthouse, County Council Chambers, 10th floor, 516 Third Ave., Seattle
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All of the sandbags are gone from along the Green River Trail in Kent.
AGR Contracting, Inc., of Monroe, has removed all of the sandbags, accord-ing to city officials. The company, as of this week, also has completed about 90 percent of repairs to cracks along the trail from the nearly 20,000 giants sandbags that sat along the levees for three years.
Workers started to re-move the sandbags on July 10 as part of the $894,628 contract approved by city officials.
Crews placed 3-foot high sandbags along the trail three years ago for extra flood protection along the levees after the U.S. Army Corps of Engi-neers discovered a January 2009 storm had damaged an abutment next to the Howard Hanson Dam on
the upper Green River. The Corps completed repairs to the dam last fall. No heavy rainstorms ever tested the sandbags.
The King County Flood Control District cov-ered most of the cost of the sandbag removal by delaying certain levee proj-ects along the river. The district is funded through a county-wide property levy of 10 cents per $1,000 assessed value.
All sandbags removed in Kent along Green River Trail
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Th e city of Kent Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department invites organizations, agencies, non-profi t groups or profi t groups to submit proposals to provide food and bever-age service for various park facilities in Kent.
Under contract for one year starting in 2013, with the option to renew for an additional year, the success-ful applicants will provide concession services at scheduled games, tourna-ments, special events and other activities, according to a city media release.
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Th e women’s Lingerie Football League returns in December to Kent.
Tickets went on sale Sept. 24 for an exhibition game Saturday, Dec. 15 at the ShoWare Center between the Seattle Mist and the BC Angels in what’s billed as the Pacifi c Cup “Border War” between LFL Canada and LFL USA.
“Our focus in 2012 has been to brand LFL beyond our U.S. borders and the
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Th e league plans to make the Pacifi c Cup an annual game between the Seattle Mist and the BC Angels with home venues alternat-ing each season. Tickets for the game cost $15 to $85 and are available at the ShoWare box offi ce and showarecenter.com.
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BREAST CANCER AWARENESS GAME
When Kentwood takes on rival Kentridge at French Field
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Kickoff for Kentwood’s third annual Breast Cancer
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Portland Winterhawk Presten Kopeck gets in front of the goal as a shots fl ies by Seattle Thunderbird Evan Wardley, right, and is saved by Brandon Glover last Saturday at the ShoWare Center during the home opener. Portland won 6-2. CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter
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Th e Portland Winter-hawks got a goal and three assists from Nic Petan and two goals from Oliver Bjorkstarnd to beat the Seattle Th underbirds 6-2 in the Western Hockey League home opener last Satur-day night at the ShoWare Center.
Th is was the second game of a home-and-home series between the two teams. Th e T-Birds beat the Winterhawks 5-2 last Friday in Portland.
Seattle (1-1-0-0) jumped out to a 1-0 lead at 7:20 of the fi rst period on a power-play goal from Seth Swenson in front of a crowd of 5,084. Alexander Delnov had the puck in the right circle and fed it behind the net to Riley Sheen. Sheen quickly cen-tered the puck to Swenson in the slot. Swenson snapped the pass Portland goalie Cam Lanigan low for his fi rst goal of the year.
Portland (1-1-0-0) tied the game 1-1 at 16:45 of the fi rst on a goal by Derrick Pouliot. Nic Petan had the only assist on the goal.
Th e Winterhawks out-shot the T-Birds 16-9 in the fi rst period.
Portland took a 2-1 lead
at 13:12 of the second pe-riod on a goal from Chase De Leo. Paul Bittner was credited with the assist.
Th e Winterhawks extended the lead to 3-1 at 17:59 of the second when Oliver Bjorkstrand scored. Troy Rutkowski and Petan had the assists.
Portland outshot Seattle 21-6 in the second period and led 37-15 in total shots aft er two periods.
Petan gave the Winter-hawks a 4-1 lead at 2:01 of the third period off assists from Joey Baker and Bjorkstrand. Adam De Champlain put Portland in front 5-1 at 5:16 of the third when he scored off an assist from Taylor Peters.
Justin Myles replaced Brandon Glover in Seattle’s net aft er the fi ft h Portland goal. Glover stopped 36 of 41 shots and his record is now 1-1-0-0.
Bjorkstrand made it a 6-2 lead at 5:49 of the third with his second goal of the night. Petan and Brendan Leipsic were credited with the assists.
Jesse Forsberg scored the T-Birds second goal at 6:44 of the third. Riley Sheen got the puck to Forsberg just inside the blue line at center
ice. Forsberg put a slap shot on goal with traffi c in front of Lanigan. Forsberg’s shot beat Lanigan on the glove side. Connor Sanvido had the second assist on the goal.
Portland outshot Seattle 44-25 in the game.
Lanigan made 23 saves on 25 shots and his record is now 1-0-0-0.
Th e T-Birds next hit the
ice on Friday in Prince George when they take on the Cougars in the fi rst of two games. Th ey will play the Cougars Saturday before returning home.
Thunderbirds fall to Portland in home opener
Kentwood rolls to another SPSL football victoryBY KRIS HILL
Kentwood continues to roll, Kentlake hung on, Tahoma fell to Auburn and Kentridge put together a blow out in the fourth week of South Puget Sound League North division football play.
Jackson Huerta had things happen in pairs for him Sept. 21 in Kentwood’s 45-3 win
over Kent-Meridian.He snagged two intercep-
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Kentwood quarterback Dane Manio fi rst found Huerta just 2 minutes, 42 seconds in the game, hurl-ing a 34-yard strike to the senior wideout.
Josiah Bronson, a sopho-more defensive lineman,
was in the right place at the right time at the end of the fi rst quarter to get the fi rst of what turned out to be a number of Kentwood interceptions against K-M quarterback Quincy Carter. Bronson came down with the ball aft er it bounced off the hands of a Royals player.
Kent-Meridian’s lone score came on a 21-yard fi eld goal with 8:42 on the
clock in the second quarter aft er botched snaps and penalties pushed the Royals back.
Huerta wasn’t the only Conk to grab two touch-down passes from Manio. Terence Grady, who like Huerta is a member of the Kentwood boys basketball team, hauled in a 55-yard bomb to make it 14-3 less than 20 seconds aft er the K-M fi eld goal.
With 14 seconds left in the third, Kentwood was able to capitalize on another bad snap which Carter tried to cover on his own 2, but the ball squirted away from him and into the end zone where a trio of Conks defensive players chased it then recovered it for the score, making it 21-3.
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A little more than three minutes into the fourth quarter, Huerta hauled in his second scoring reception of the evening with a 33-yard catch. Chance Kalua-Fuim-aono got in on the scoring action late in the game with an 8-yard touchdown run to make it 38-3 while Grady got his second touchdown, this one coming on a 56-yard bomb from Manio, to make it 45-3 with 11:22 left in the game.
Brandon Sytsma had two interceptions for the Conks.
Kentwood takes on Kentridge at 7 p.m. Friday at French Field.
Falcons come back against Ravens
What a diff erence a week makes on the gridiron as Kentlake went from setting records in week three to struggling to move the ball against Auburn Riverside in week four. Kentlake gutted out a 14-10 victory over the Ravens Sept. 20 to improve to 3-1 overall and 2-1 in South Puget Sound League North play.
Aft er scoring 76 points
against Puyallup a week earlier, Kentlake didn’t score in the fi rst half against Riverside, which took a 10-0 lead into halft ime. Th e Ravens drove 48 yards be-fore settling for a fi eld goal with 4 minutes, 48 seconds left in the second quarter, to get on the board fi rst.
Riverside’s Adam Hanes then picked off Kentlake quarterback Steffi n Church aft er the Falcons started their next drive deep in their own territory. Hanes returned it to the 2-yard line and two plays later the Ravens punched it in to take a 10-0 lead less than a minute aft er kicking the fi eld goal.
Kentlake junior wide-out John Morasch set up a score in the second half when he hauled in a pass from Church. A defensive pass interference call on Riverside put Kentlake deep in the red zone.
Falcons running back Riley Higgins put Kentlake on the score board with 3:25 left in the third quarter when he took the handoff from Church on second and goal from the 1-yard-line to cut the score to 10-7.
Morasch followed up that big play with the go-ahead
touchdown on a 55-yard bomb from Church with seven seconds left in the third to give the Falcons their fi rst lead of the game at 14-10.
Aft er giving up 55 points to Puyallup Sept. 14, Kent-lake’s defense showed up in a big way late in the game against Riverside.
Aft er Kentlake’s special teams muff ed a punt return which Riverside recovered on the Falcon 20, the de-fense came in for a critical goal-line stand aft er the Ravens drove to the 1.
Kentwood’s Dasan Telford chases Auburn Riverside’s Trevor Love, who won the meet while Telford placed second. RACHEL CIAMPI, Reporter
Kentwood wins cross country meetBY TJ MARTINELL
Kentwood’s boys cross country team took fi rst place at the Th ree Course Challenge at the Seaside 3 Course in Oregon.
Th e Conquerors took fi rst with 181 points, while Kentridge boys took second with 250 at the Sept. 22 meet.
Conks senior Dasan Telford placed highest for the team in the 4,500 meter easy course at 10th place with a time of 15 minutes, 50 seconds. Junior Robin Cheema took third in the 5,000 moderate course, fi n-ishing at 19:12. Sophomore Jared McMeen placed 37th in the 5,000 meter hard course, crossing the fi nish line at 21:22.
Chargers senior Sterling Bath placed highest indi-
vidually on the boys team in the easy course with eighth place with a time of 15:48.
Junior Endalkachew Abebaw took 14th in the 5,000 moderate course with a time of 20:06. Senior Grant Wilson took 30th in the 5,000 hard course with a time of 21:09.
Th e Kentwood boys and girls cross country raced against Mount Rainier and Auburn Riverside on Sept. 19.
Conks boys senior Dasan Telford took second with a time of 17:03. Junior Robin Cheema took third at 17:04. Junior Kris Angus placed fi ft h at 17:39. Sophomore Jared McMeen took eighth with a time of 17:57. Senior Galen Kornokwske placed 10th with a time of 18:04.
Conks girls junior Nicole Charlton took fourth with a
time of 21:40, while sopho-more McKeena Johnson placed seventh at 22:37. Se-nior Megan Lee took 10th with a time of 23:44.
[ FOOTBALL from page 16]
Horse of the year named
Michael and Amy Feuerborn’s Class Included became only the second fi lly or mare to be honored as Horse of the Meeting
as Emerald Downs an-nounced its season honors Sunday on closing day of the track’s 17th season.
Trained by Jim Pen-ney, the ultra-consistent 4-year-old fi lly rattled off three stakes victories, compiled a 4-1-0 record in fi ve starts overall.
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EventsKent Farmers Market: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., each Saturday through Sept. 29, Town Square Plaza Park, Second Avenue between West Smith Street and West Harrison Street in downtown Kent. As many as 45 vendors selling everything from fruits, fl owers, vegetables and crafts are expected at season opener. For more information, call 253-486-9316 or visit www.kentfarmers-market.com.
Benefi tsMavericks Marathon Dance: 5-7 p.m., Sept. 29, Kent Meridian Grange, 15422 SE 272nd (Kent-Kangley Road). Proceeds to support the organization’s teen square dance program. The Mavericks off er a free taste of square dancing. Public welch. Ca-sual attire. The Buckskin Kids square dance club ages 6-13 co-host. For more informa-tion, contact Brett Brueske at 253-350-6957 or [email protected].
Second annual Kent Turkey Chal-lenge: Oct. 1-Nov. 15. Torklift Central, 315 Central Ave. N., Kent, hosts the compe-tition between Kent businesses and organi-zations to collect the most items. The goal this year is to reach 2,000 pounds of food and $12,000. All donations deliv-ered to the Kent Food Bank on Nov. 16. For more information, visit www.torkliftcentral.com or call 253.720.1969.
Greater Kent Historical Society: 5:30 p.m., Oct. 6, Kent Senior Center, 600 E. Smith St. Dinner, auction fundraiser for the GKHS, celebrating the history of Kent. Silent and live auctions, dessert dash. Dinner catered by Golden Steer Steak ‘N Rib House. Registration open. Tickets: $50 per person; reserve a table for eight for $400. For details or to register, call 253-854-4330 or visit
kenthistoricalmuseum.org.
Kent Food Bank and Emergency Ser-vices 12th Annual Benefi t Breakfast: Oct. 12, Kent Covenant Church, 12010 SE 240th St., Kent. Host a table of seven friends, be a breakfast sponsor, donate a raffl e item or attend the breakfast. Email Jeniece Choate at [email protected] to let her know your requests. Checks can be sent today to: Kent Food Bank 515 W. Harrison St., Suite 107, Kent, WA 98032.
“Clean Up Day”: 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Oct. 13, in Preparation for the Hilton HHon-ors Skate America Event Kent Downtown Partnership hosts eff ort in preparation for the Oct. 19-21 Skate America event at the ShoWare Center. Group to meet initially at Kherson Park, 2nd and Gowe Streets. Please bring your own tools and gloves. Email Barb Smith or call 253-813-6976 for more information.
CAToberfest, a Celebration of Cats: 1-4 p.m., Oct. 13, Maple Valley Community Center, 22010 SE 248th St., Maple Valley. Family festivities sponsored by South County CATS, a local nonprofi t, all-volunteer spay/neuter assistance organization. Free admission, food, crafts, raffl e, silent auction and free plush kitties for kids (while they last). Fifth annual event celebrates National Feral Cat Day. A donation of canned cat food is welcome. Visit www.southcountycats.petfi nder.org for more information.
Dancing With The Stars Kent!: 5:30 p.m., Oct. 20, Green River Community College, Cascade Room, Lindbloom Center, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. Presented by the Kent Parks Foundation and Arthur Muray. Proceeds benefi t computers for the Big Blue Bus, resistance bike trainer stands for adaptive recreation classes, Youth Em-ployment Service Corps, lifeguard supplies
at Lake Meridian, Green Kent Partnership support, and drop-in soccer fi elds at West Fenwick Park. Dancers include State Rep. Tina Orwall; Sen. Joe Fain; Matt Schweitzer, director of operations for Cal’s Classic Ameri-can at Kent Station; Kent Council member Elizabeth Albertson; Barbara Smith, execu-tive director of the Kent Downtown Partner-ship; Patrick Briggs, executive assistant to Mayor Suzette Cooke; Sharona Chandra, chair of the Kent Arts Commission; Com-mander Tracey Church; Commander Rafael Padilla; Firefi ghter Ryan Dudley; and David Hobbs, Parks program coordinator. Dinner tickets: $100, general admission $30. For tickets, visit www.kentparksfoundation.org or call 253-653-8298 for information.
Holiday Bazaar: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Nov. 3, Tahoma High School, 18200 SE 240th St., Covington. Sponsored by the Tahoma Band Boosters to support band programs in the Tahoma School District. Live entertain-ment throughout the day, Santa pictures, raffl e. Free admission. Vendors and vraft-ers wanted. For information, visit www.tahomabandboosters.org or contact David Fitter at davidfi [email protected].
HealthCascade Regional Blood Center drives: For more information, call 1-877-242-5663 or visit www.crbs.net/home.
Puget Sound Blood Center drives: For more information, call 253-945-8667 or please visit www.psbc.org.
Fifth Annual Jog-a-thon: 2:15-3 p.m., Sept. 28, Emerald Park Elementary, 11800 SE 216th St., Kent. School staff , students will be out on the fi eld walking or running to music. Prizes will be announced every two minutes. Kent business community donated the items.
Classes, campsChinese language immersion and cultural experience day camp: 9 a.m.-noon, Sept. 29, Interurban Room, Kent Commons, 525 4th Ave. N. Free camp – presented by Multilingual-Kids Immersion School and Daycare – available to all kindergarten-to-sixth-grade students. Fun activities, workshops, arts and crafts, science and nature, drama and sports. For more information, call 253-656-6844 or 206-973-2385, email [email protected] or visit littlemultilingual.com.
LibrariesKent Public Library: 212 2nd Avenue N., Kent. 253-859-3330. Hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Monday-Thursday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday; 1-5 p.m., Sunday. Library events include:
CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Ready-Set-Read: If you are in elementary school, take the Reading Challenge! Read at least 20 minutes per day for 20 days within a month and choose a new paperback book at your community library. Forms are avail-able at the library or online.
Play & Learn: 10:30 a.m., Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29. Kaleidoscope Play & Learn is an orga-nized play group for newborns to age 5 and their parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, nannies, brothers and sisters, and other people who take care of them. Have fun learning together while we play, sing songs and create art.
Study Zone: 3-5 p.m., Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29. Grades K-12. Volunteer tutors can help with homework questions, writing and math.
Sleepy Story Time: 7 p.m., Oct. 2, 9, 26, 23, 30. All ages welcome, ages 5 and younger with adult. Wear your pajamas and bring your teddy bear for this 30-minute bedtime Story Time.
Preschool Story Time: 10:30 a.m., Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31. Ages 3 to 5 with adult. Come an alphabet adventure that will fea-ture stories, fi nger plays, songs and a simple craft activity for your preschooler.
Baby & Toddler Story Time: 10:30 a.m., Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25. Newborn to age 2 1/2 with adult. Early Literacy fun with simple stories, songs and rhymes.
Spanish Story Time: Noon, Sept. 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27. Family program, all ages are welcome. Please join Miss Xiomara for an interactive Story Time in Spanish that includes Early Literacy fun with books, songs and fi nger plays. Speakers of all languages welcome.
Owls’ Nook Book Club: 4 p.m., Oct. 8. Ages 9 to 12. Come for a lively discussion of great books each month. This month we discuss “The View From Saturday” by E.L. Konigsburg.
TEENS
Game On!: 3-5 p.m., Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30. Time for games or other fun activities.
Zine Style – A Creative Workshop: 2 p.m., Sept. 29. Explore your creative world with images using collage, writing and found objects.
Study Zone: 3-5 p.m., Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29. Grades K-12. Drop in for free homework help from trained volunteer tutors.
ADULTS
SCORE (Service Corps Of Retired Executives): Free counseling for small businesses. Please call 206-553-7320 for appointments.
Computer Class: Registration required beginning two weeks before the class, 253-859-3330.
Citizenship Class: 7-8:30 p.m., Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30. Get help with the Citizenship interview process, including civics and government questions, reading and writing English and practicing your interview skills.
eReader Demonstration: 7 p.m., Oct. 18, 25; 10 a.m., Oct. 20, 27. Drop in to learn how to download KCLS eBooks to your eReader or computer. Look at some of the more popular eReaders and fi nd out how to get started at home.
English as a Second Language (ESL): 6 p.m., Oct. 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29,31. A formal class to learn English grammar,
reading, writing and conversation skills.
Talk Time: 5-6:30 p.m., Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30. Improve your speaking and listening skills in this English conversation group. Learn more about American culture and meet people from around the world.
A Century of Women Artists: 2 p.m., Sept. 30. As a preview to a new Seattle Art Museum exhibit, Susan Olds presents a lecture featuring important modern and contemporary female artists, including Frida Kahlo, Yayoi Kusama, Diane Arbus and many more.
Total Healing, The Meditation Pre-scription: 7-9 p.m., Oct. 2. Join Matthew Raider, MD, to discuss what meditation can do for your health. It can help you deal with stress, boost your immune system and help you with your physical and emotional problems. Dr. Raider, who has practiced and taught geriatric medicine for the last 30 years, will present the latest medical and scientifi c data regarding meditation.
After Lunch Book Bunch: 1 p.m., Oct.10. “The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears” by Dinaw Mengestu. New members are always welcome.
Owning All Our Hats, Using Our “Outside Skills for Business Success”: Noon, Oct. 17. Business owners often fail to recognize their own obvious talents. Care giving, home improvement planning, child rearing, etc. – these are skill sets we usually associate with our personal life, yet when we integrate these profi ciencies we become more powerful in our business life.
Family History Research: 2 p.m., Oct. 21, 28. Do you want to research your unique family history, but are confused about where to start? Come to this three-part class and learn what records are available and how they can be used to gather family history details. Learn how to complete pedigree charts and family group sheets. All materials are provided. This class is for teens and adults.
Bridge to Basics: 2 p.m., Oct. 22. Find out if you qualify for, and get help fi lling out ap-plications for food stamps, utility assistance, low cost health insurance, job training and more. Spanish translation is available.
NetworkFind It in Kent: Business Showcase: 2-7 p.m., Oct. 3, ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St., Kent. Free to the public. Pre-sented by the Kent Chamber of Commerce. Register to showcase your business today. For more information, call 253-854-1770 or email [email protected].
Tax workshop: 1-4, Oct. 3, 2101 4th Ave., Suite 1400, Seattle. The Seattle offi ce of the Washington State Department of Revenue hosting a free workshop for new and small business owners. Participants will learn
about Washington excise taxes, reporting classifi cations, deductions, tax incentives, sales tax collection and record-keeping requirements. All receive a workbook and helpful reference guide to Department of Revenue rules and regulations. To register, visit www.dor.wa.gov or call 206-727-5300. Space is limited. For those who can’t attend this month’s workshop, there is a complete schedule of workshops statewide and a short streaming video version of the work-shop available on the website.
SeniorsKent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St. 253-856-5150 or webreg.ci.kent.wa.us. Hours: Monday (8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.); Tuesday (8:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Wednesday (8:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Thursday (8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.); Friday (8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.); Saturday (closed except for special events); Sunday (closed).
EntertainmentMusic at Central Ave Pub and Eatery: 1404 Central Ave. S, Kent. 253-520-7749.
Skate America: Oct. 19-21, ShoWare Cen-ter, 625 W. James St., Kent. Skate America tickets initially will be sold in packages for
21, 6 p.m. Skating spectacular exhibition. Prices are $350 for the VIP tickets, seating in rows 1-2 plus drink, food perks; $125 for Gold tickets, seating in rows 3-17 on sides of arena; and $75 for Silver tickets, seating in rows 3-17 in end zone areas. Single-session tickets go on sale in September. For tickets, go to www.showarecenter.com.
Music Fest: 7:30 p.m., Oct. 27, ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St., Kent. Featuring Marsha Ambrosius, with Tank, Bobby V., and LLoyd. Presented by A-n-T Entertain-ment. Tickets: $85 $69, $64, $51, $41, $25. Tickets on sale at the ShoWare box offi ce and at www.showarecenter.com.
Disney On Ice Dare to Dream: 7:30 p.m., Nov. 7, 8, 9; 11:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., Nov. 10, 11, ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St., Kent. Join a celebration of royal proportions when Ra-punzel, Tiana and Cinderella star in Disney On Ice presents Dare to Dream. Tickets: $12-$70. Tickets on sale at the ShoWare box offi ce and at www.showarecenter.com.
Barry Manilow: 7 p.m., Jan. 11, ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St., Kent. iPart of the Pandora Unforgettable Moments of Love on Ice show. Tickets are $49.50, $59.50, $69.50, $100 (with/dinner) and $125 (on ice with/post-event reception.) Tickets on sale at the ShoWare box offi ce and at www.showarecenter.com.
Singer Barry Manilow will perform Jan. 11 at the ShoWare Center in Kent as part of the Pandora Unforgettable Moments of Love on Ice show. The event brings romance to the ice rink with Olympic, world and national medalists who skate to hits performed live by Manilow. The list of skaters include Nancy Kerrigan, Elvis Stojko and Ben Agosto. Manilow has sold more than 80 million records and is the top Adult Contemporary chart artist with 48 Top 40 hits.NBC will tape the show to air later in the month. Tickets are $49.50, $59.50, $69.50, $100 (with/dinner) and $125 (on ice with/post-event reception.) Tickets go on sale at the ShoWare box offi ce and at showarecenter.com. COURTESY PHOTO.
Barry Manilow
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ASSESSMENT INSTALLMENT NOTICELOCAL IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT #355CITY OF KENT
Construction of an 8” sanitary sewer system with 6” side sewer stubs to the right-of-way line or easement line, as provided by Ordinance No. 3653. Notice is hereby given that the eighth (8th) installment of the assessment levied for the above named improvement, comprising Local Improvement District No. 355 under Ordinance 3708, is now due and payable and unless payment is made on or before October 13, 2012, said install- ment will be delinquent, will have a penalty of nine point seven five (9.75) percent added, and the collection of such delin- quent installment will be enforced in the manner pre- scribed by law. Dated this 13 day of September 2012.
R. J. NachlingerFinance DirectorCity of Kent, Washington
Published in the Kent Reporter September 28, 2012 and October 5, 2012. #675954.
ASSESSMENT INSTALLMENT NOTICELOCAL IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT #356CITY OF KENT
Construction of an 8” sanitary sewer system with 6” side sewer stubs to the right-of-way line, as provided by Ordinance No. 3657. Notice is hereby given that the eighth (8th) installment of the as-
sessment levied for the above named improvement, comprising Local Improvement District No. 356 under Ordinance 3711, is now due and payable and unless payment is made on or before October 13, 2012, said install- ment will be delinquent, will have a penalty of nine point sev- en five (9.75) percent added, and the collection of such delinquent installment will be enforced in the manner prescribed by law.Dated this 13th day of September 2012.
R. J. NachlingerFinance DirectorCity of Kent, Washington
Published in the Kent Reporter September 28, 2012 and October 5, 2012. #676061.
ASSESSMENT INSTALLMENT NOTICELOCAL IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT #357CITY OF KENT
Construction of an 8” sanitary sewer system with 6” side sewer stubs to the property line, as provided by Ordinance No. 3662. Notice is hereby given that the eighth (8th) installment of the assessment levied for the above named improvement, comprising Local Improvement District No. 357 under Ordinance 3712, is now due and payable and unless payment is made on or before October 13, 2012, said install- ment will be delinquent, will have a penalty of nine point sev- en five (9.75) percent added, and the collection of such delinquent installment will be enforced in the manner prescribed by law.
Dated this 13 day of September 2012.
R. J. NachlingerFinance DirectorCity of Kent, Washington
Published in the Kent Reporter September 28, 2012 and October 5, 2012. #676065.
FIRE DISTRICT 40NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Commissioners for King County Fire Protection District No. 40 will hold a public hearing to:Review revenue sources for the District’s 2013 expense budget including property taxes and pos- sible increases in property tax revenues per RCW 84.55.120 andReview and establish the District’s benefit charge to be imposed in 2013 per RCW 52.18.060
Administrative Offices18002 108 Ave SERenton, WA 98055
October 25, 2012 @ 5:00 PM Published in the Kent Reporter and Renton Reporter on Septem- ber 28, 2012 and October 12, 2012. #678554.
INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that the City of Kent, Washington, will receive sealed bids at the City Clerk’s office through October 9, 2012 up to 10:45 a.m. as shown on the clock on the east wall of the City Clerk’s Office on the first floor of City Hall, 220 4th Avenue South, Kent, Wash-
ington. All bids must be proper- ly marked and sealed in accor- dance with this “Invitation to Bid.” Bids must be delivered and received at the City Clerk’s office by the above-stated time, regardless of delivery method, including U.S. Mail. All bids will be opened and read publicly aloud at 11:00 a.m. for the City of Kent project named as fol- lows:
2012 Vehicle Detector Loops The project consists of installing 82 traffic loops and approximate- ly 1,650 lineal feet of additional lead-in wire. The Engineer’s estimated range for this project is approximately $85,000 - $125,000. Bid docu- ments may be obtained by con- tacting City of Kent Engineering Department, Nancy Yoshitake at (253) 856-5508. For technical questions, please call John Rostad at (253) 856-5565. Bids must be clearly marked “Bid” with the name of the project on the outside of the en- velope, 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 now on file in the office of the City Engineer, City of Kent, Washington. Copies of the plans and Kent Special Provisions may be purchased at a non-re- fundable cost of $25.00 for each set. Plans and specifications can also be downloaded at no charge at www.kentwa.gov/ procurement. Copies of the WSDOT Standard Specifications 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
No bidder may withdraw his/herbid for a period of sixty (60) days after the day of bid opening.Dated this 19th day of Septem- ber, 2012.BY: Brenda Jacober, City ClerkPublished in the Kent Reporter on September 28, 2012 #680873.
KENT FIRE DEPARTMENT REGIONAL FIRE
AUTHORITYNOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARINGNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Kent Fire DepartmentRegional Fire Authority Boardwill hold a public hearing to:
Review revenue sources for the Regional Fire Authority’s 2013 expense budget including property taxes and possible increases in property tax reve-nues per RCW 84.55.120, and Review and establish the Re- gional Fire Authority’s benefit charge to be imposed in 2013, per RCW 52.26.230(2).
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Covington, WA 98042October 17, 2012 at 5:30 pm
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Home every daySign on BonusExcellent pay/BenefitsMust have 1yr. veri-
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MultiCare is adding a new hospital to our system of care in South King County. On October 1, Auburn Regional Medical Center will become MultiCare Auburn Medical Center. And that’s worth celebrating!
Come Celebrate!
For more information go tomulticare.org/communityupdates
FAMILY * Children’s activities* Refreshments* Giveaways* Live Music * Entertainment
Parking is free in nearby lots.
FUN FEST
FREE
The Kent Rotarians collected school supplies throughout the summer as part of their school
supply drive. The club then delivered the school supplies
to Kent and Neely O’Brien elementary schools.
Pictured are, from left, Kent Rotarian John Padgett
with Kent Elementary Principal Page Meyer and
Rotarian Kay Cook. COURTESY PHOTO
Nice job City offi cials want ideas
Th e city of Kent wants residents to take an online survey about future down-town development, includ-ing whether they would consider living downtown.
City offi cials want com-munity input for the devel-opment of what’s called the Downtown Subarea Action Plan.
Residents can take the survey at VentureDown-
townKent.com.With so many changes in
the past, city planner Gloria Gould-Wessen said new ideas are needed.
“What was once an adhe-sives manufacturing plant, Kent Station is now a one-stop location for shopping and dining,” Gould-Wessen said. “ShoWare Center has brought sports and enter-tainment to our commu-nity, and we have a historic core in downtown that adds interest and charm.
“And coming next year, City Center, a mixed-use apartment building with retail on the lower level will fi nally bring downtown liv-ing to Kent.”
A steering committee of business owners, commu-nity groups, city leadership and interested residents is providing creative ideas and acting as a sounding board as the city moves forward with draft ing the downtown development plan.
Kent Food Bank Benefi t Breakfast set for Oct. 12
Make plans to at-tend the Kent Food Bank and Emergency Services 12th annual Benefi t Breakfast from 7-9 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 12 at Kent Cov-enant Church, 12010 S.E. 240th St.
Checks can be sent to the Kent Food Bank 515 West Harrison St., Suite 107, Kent, WA 98032.
Th e donation does not obligate you to a table or attendance at the breakfast but if you do wish to host a table of seven friends, be a breakfast sponsor, donate a raffl e item or attend the breakfast then email Jeniece Choate at [email protected].
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