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Kent Police investigate shooting of Seattle man
Letter from City Council violates state act
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City Council President Jamie Perry takes responsibility for violation and letter
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Kent Police were still trying to identify the suspect Wednesday in a Tuesday evening shooting in the Panther Lake area that injured a 31-year-old Seattle man. The Seattle man suffered serious injuries from a single gunshot wound to his torso, according to CRIME a Kent Police media release. Officers responded at about 6:59 p.m. Tuesday to the 20500 block of 108th Avenue Southeast and found the Seattle man on the ground in the parking lot outside of the Great American Casino. The man was conscious and breathing when found. Kent Fire Department and medical personnel treated the man, who was sta-
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Couture, 4, rides in the wheelbarrow, pushed by her dad Johnathan of Kent, while Pumpkin Patch herEmilia mother Kendra and sister Hailey, 6, head out of the patch with their with their pumpkins Saturday, Oct. 22, at the Carpinito Patch. CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter Picking
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A letter sent by four Kent City Council members has created quite a storm around City Hall and violated the state’s open public meetings act. The letter to the editor was signed by Council President Jamie Perry, council members Elizabeth Albertson, Deborah Ranniger and Debbie Raplee and was written in response to a letter to the editor written by Jim Berrios published in The Kent Reporter Oct. 7 concerning a property-tax dispute that has been roiling through the city for the past months.
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Kent woman enjoys 105th birthday party BY SARAH KEHOE skehoe@kentreporter.com
she possesses for her roots. “It was beautiful, Latvia was,” she said, with a smile that made her light, blue eyes crinkle. Aboltins celebrated her 105th birthday Oct. 22. Family coming to celebrate with her say the biggest gift Aboltins gave them was a knowledge of their culture. “She taught me to be proud of my heritage and to keep the language and customs alive,” said daughter Maija Atvars. Aboltins was born in the town of Liepaja in 1906. As the daughter of an army man, Aboltins HAPPY moved to Russia with her family during World War I. It was there Aboltins learned Russian, her fifth language. Besides her native Latvian and Russian, she speaks English, Polish and German. After five years in Russia, Aboltins returned to a country that was now chaotic. Latvia’s economy suf-
Irene Aboltins remembers her first thoughts of Kent when she arrived in 1977, a new grandmother, ready to settle in a new state after many years of moving from place to place. “It reminded me of home,” she said during an interview Tuesday at the Stafford Suites retirement community in Kent. Home is Latvia, a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. Aboltins had a hard and often sad childhood, but her struggles did not take away the love
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bilized and transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. There were no other persons injured during the incident. Detectives searched the crime scene for evidence while trying to identify the suspect, who had fled the scene before police arrived. Because police are still in the early stages of the investigation, detectives are not
www.kentreporter.com yet prepared to release any description of the shooter. “We feel confident in saying that the public is safe and that this was not a random act,” said Kent Police Sgt. Jarod Kasner. Reach Steve Hunter at shunter@kentreporter.com or 253-872-6600 ext. 5052. To comment on this story go to www.kentreporter.com.
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Keikkala, executive director of the Kent Chamber of Commerce, Dancing and Andrea dances a waltz with Tanar Dial Saturday in the Dancing With The Stars event at Green River Community College’s Cascade Room in Auburn. the Stars the Photo courtesy Don Dinsmore. A slide show of the Dinsmore’s photographs will be on the website www. kentreporter.com.
Legacy event launched lips said. “Create our own voice and get involved.” Jimmie James also spoke in the afternoon The Kent Black Action Commission stating, “There comes a time when words presented a daylong event Saturday at the are not enough. While we are sitting in a Kent Senior Center. meeting someone is getting out of pris“Launching a Legacy: A Community that on…. someone is losing their job… It takes Cares” began at 10 a.m. and wrapped up at more than words.” 10 p.m. with a host of speakers and Gwen Allen talked about how imactivities. portant the gathering was to her and KENT The gathering was free and well the community. She said the event BLACK ACTION attended. was a first step in bringing the comBooths were set up and speakers COMMISSION munity together and getting more discussed schools, mentoring, the people involved. homeless population, jobs and business ownership. In the afternoon session Barbara Phillips Reach Dennis Box at dbox@kentreporter. discussed the East Hill Network and need com or 253-872-6600 ext. 5050. for mentors. To comment on this story go to www.ken“One thing is to get involved,” Philtreporter.com. BY DENNIS BOX
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TRICK OR TREAT AT KENT STATION ON HALLOWEEN Once again trick-or-treaters can go to the Kent Station shopping mall Oct. 31 to celebrate Halloween. MultiCare and Kent Station merchants will pass out tasty treats to ghosts and goblins from 4-6 p.m. Monday. Kent Station will award gift cards to the best individual costumes and best group costumes. Judging will begin at 4:30 p.m. Costumes will be judged by a panel of Kent Station merchant managers and owners as well as a MultiCare guest judge. Winning costumes will be judged on originality, details and accessories that coordinate the ensemble and overall appearance. Please be present by the Fountain Stage at 4:30 p.m. to be eligible for costume judging. Prizes are gift cards good at any Kent Station merchant, restaurant or the AMC Theatres. For more information, email info@kentstation.com or call the mall at 253-856-2301.
Speaker series kicks off at Kentlake BY KRIS HILL khill@covingtonrepoter.com
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ric Chudler hopped on one foot, talked to the audience and juggled simultaneously on the stage of the Kentlake High Performing Arts Center. Chudler, a research associate professor in the bioengineering department at the University of Washington faculty, did that trick to demonstrate the power of the brain. He is the first speaker of a year-long series. The series, sponsored in partnership by the Kent School District, the University of Washington and the Covington Rotary, came out of conversations Kentlake Principal Joe Potts had with representatives from the university, explained Assistant Principal Ian McFeat. Jim Tanasse, a Kentlake parent and member of the Covington Rotary, said the speaker series was a result of brainstorming by the school’s administrators. “Then that led to some conversations with the Covington Rotary, as well, so we just decided to create a lecture series to broaden the intellectual conversation at the school,” McFeat said. Tanasse said the discussions he had with Potts were initially focused on the efforts to bring a greater range of UW courses to the high school. “Joe and I had a dialogue about this whole notion of how we make UW happen at Kentlake, the whole notion of keeping students on campus,” Tanasse said. “A lot of the dialogue was… how are we going to make sure all the kids have access to that education process.” That is where Covington Rotary stepped in to offer some financial as well as moral support. Tanasse found a double matching grant which took the club’s $3,000 and turned it into $9,000, allowing the club to underwrite the cost of UW in the High School courses for kids. “The speaker series kind of came out of bringing the UW program to Kentlake,” Tanasse said. “The whole
notion is getting kids to see beyond just the learning in the classroom but the practical side of professionals… who are excited about what they do and connecting the dots. That was the big vision.” The series is part of a broader effort, McFeat said, to raise the academic bar at Kentlake. “A lot of the subjects and topics encourage students and community members to look at themselves and imagine possibilities and to stretch themselves in a way they hadn’t done before,” McFeat said. “The lectures are meant to inspire kids to think about issues in different ways.” With that goal in mind, McFeat explained, school administrators looked at areas of cutting edge research happening at UW and “really, there’s some amazing things going on.” “We were able to contact Dr. Eric Chudler, who has been doing some amazing brain research,” McFeat said. “He’s just gotten a grant for $18 million. He’s the founder and director of Neuroscience for Kids, which is pretty amazing.” Chudler, who made the audience laugh through a series of interactive exercises to demonstrate how the brain functions, said it is important to give such lectures when asked. “I feel that as a member of the community, even though I don’t live out here, and as a member of the University of Washington faculty, it’s my obligation to give back to the community,” he said after the lecture. Chudler tackled a number of topics ranging from the ethics of neuroscience to the size as well as the anatomy and of the brain to myths such as humans only use 90 percent of the brain. “We know a lot about the brain, but, there’s a lot we don’t know,” he said. “It’s a complete myth that you use only 10 percent of your brain. You use 100 percent of your brain, just not all at the same time.” While discussing the size of the human brain, he walked around
Students focus on high education in new programs MILL CREEK LAUNCHES MINORITY PROGRAM Mill Creek Middle School offers Latino students the chance to share their voices. The Latino/Latina Education Achievement Project (LEAP) kicked off at the Kent School District this year. KENT The mission is to improve academic achievement of Latino/Latina students. “We want to make sure we are giving our students every opportunity to succeed in school and to feel good about their educational experience,” said Antonio Morales, principal. “This (project) allows students of similar backgrounds to come together and help each other set goals for higher education.” LEAP teaches students to become leaders, discusses the importance of community service with them and raises college awareness. The goal is for
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Eric Chudler, a research associate professor in bioengineering at the University of Washington, talks about the brain during a lecture at Kentlake. KRIS HILL, The Reporter with a model of an average brain in his hand, pointing to charts that plotted the ratio of the size of the brain compared to the size of the body it resides in. And the idea that people act weirder during a full moon, Chudler said, is also a myth. “There’s no correlation between the phase of the moon and abnormal behavior,” he said. “People who believe the full moon effect most are medical personnel and law enforcement... they saw bad things happen and one way they can reduce the stress is to blame it on the moon.” Among the speakers are a genetic counselor who will talk about the work she does with patients, an oncologist at UW who will discuss the roles of women in medicine and the founders of Foldit, which McFeat said is “amazing that they agreed to come out for this…. that’s really huge.” “In March we have Dr. Kevin King coming and he’s going to be talking about the adolescent brain and risks and abuse,” McFeat said. “He’s a dynamic speaker.” Speakers will offer presentations both at night and during the school day, McFeat said.
“It’s an opportunity to start having in-depth conversations about opportunities in academia and about the world that’s beyond high school and for students to start to see some connections to what they’re doing now,” McFeat said. “That’s what education is really about, it’s about lifelong learning. What we’ve put together is something that is going to enhance the rigor… it’s going to expand the types of opportunities students can envision for themselves.” Tanasse said Covington Rotary is pleased to support such an endeavor.“I’m pumped up about it,” he said. “We’re just honored and happy that we can be part of the solution. This is something that will benefit the teachers and the students and the community, as well.” Following his lecture, Chudler spent time speaking with students tackling questions about neurological disorders, model of a human brain in hand. “I hope that they were able to think about questions about the brain,” he said. “I hope they leave wanting to know more. Now is a time to ask questions. I hope I left them with questions and gave them some answers.”
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KENT STUDENTS FILL UP SCHOLARSHIP CONFERENCE The Kent School District had a record number of students and families attend a scholarship conference Oct. 15. Nearly 400 people came to the College Bound event at Green River Community College in Auburn, according to a school district media release. “The buzz about attending college filled both of the buildings we were using for the conference,” said Randy Nunez, college liaison for the school district. “The event was as much productive as it was inspiring for all.” College Bound helps prepare public school students for college through tutoring, mentoring and scholarship programs. The conference was created as a vehicle to sign up qualifying middle school students for the program. There was also a college planning component to the conference for middle and high school students. A parent and guardian panel provided information to parents and families about preparing their children for higher education.
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Kent Police cited a woman for investigation of fourth-degree assault after she allegedly threw a juice bottle and a kiwi-sized rock that hit another woman during a dispute about use of a shared laundry room. The incident happened at about 4:15 p.m. Oct. 18 at a house in the 27000 block of 124th Avenue Southeast. The woman hit by the objects told officers that the bottle hit her in the forearm as she put her hands up to block her face and that the rock hit her in the chest and caused a small bruise, according to the police report. The two women live in a house that is divided into separate living units. They share a laundry room. The women have been involved in several disputes, with the latest one over who could use the laundry room and when.
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third-degree theft, to leave by ambulance to Valley Medical Center in Renton. He agreed to call the jail after he was done with As the one woman treatment, but, never called. walked along the driveway Hospital records indicated from her front door, the the man was treated other woman reportand released the edly started to yell afternoon of Oct. 16 at her, then threw crime for an undisclosed the bottle and rock medical condition. at the woman. The father of Officers were the inmate talked to unable to locate the jail officials and said he woman accused of throwwould persuade his son to ing the objects and cited her return to jail. Jail officials at large for fourth-degree told the father the inmate assault. had until 1 p.m. Oct. 18 before they would report Escape the escape. The man never Police cited a man for in- returned to the jail. vestigation of third-degree Officers cited the man at escape after he received large. Jail records indipermission to leave the cated the man had previous Kent city jail for medical charges for fourth-degree treatment at a hospital but assault and reckless enthen failed to return to the dangerment in addition to jail. third-degree theft. Officers were contacted Oct. 18 by jail officials after Assault the man failed to return to Officers arrested a man the jail following medical for investigation of fourthtreatment on Oct. 16, acdegree assault after he allegcording to the police report. edly grabbed his girlfriend’s Jail officials allowed the wrist and pushed her out of man, serving a sentence for a bedroom at about 2 p.m.
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Oct. 20 at an apartment in the 25000 block of 62nd Place South. The two have dated for about three years but broke up the night before the alleged attack after having ongoing problems, according to the police report. The girlfriend told police she returned to the apartment to get her belongings when her boyfriend yelled at her to leave the house, grabbed her elbow and later grabbed her wrist to remove her from the bedroom. The boyfriend told officers he pays the rent and all of the bills at the apartment and told the woman to get out and go live with her new boyfriend. He said he only tried to escort her out of the bedroom by her elbow.
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Kent. An officer saw the woman walking across Pacific Highway South at South 260th Street after talking to her seven days earlier, according to the police report. During the Oct. 14 incident, the officer said he saw a woman who was about 5 feet 8 and 250 pounds wearing a blond wig and walking up and down Pacific Highway South looking at cars as they passed. She made no attempt to enter any business or to use the bus routes. The woman told the officer she was “working.” The officer thanked her for her honesty and advised her to leave the area. When police saw the woman again on Oct. 21, she told the officer she thought she was in Federal Way and not Kent. But officers looked up the woman’s record and discovered she had been arrested for prostitution in Kent in June 2010. City jail records indicated the woman also had been cited Oct. 7 for prostitution loitering.
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Initiatives and referendums Five measures are on the ballot this November, three initiatives and two referendums from the Legislature to the public. Here’s our take:
INITIATIVE 1125 TOLLS AND HIGHWAY TAXES
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Nobody likes tolls and taxes, but if our state is going to have any hope of building highways and moving people it’s going to take both. Tim Eyman’s initiative would make both nearly impossible. Vote “No” on I-1125. Eyman wants only the Legislature to be able to set tolls. That sounds good – political accountability and all that – but in reality it would make financing our roads even more expensive. Bonding companies – and bonds are the only real way to build roads – find it overly risky to leave tollsetting to the whims of legislators. As a consequence, they rate such road bonds lower, which means the state has to pay a higher interest rate. That makes the state have to pay more to finance the road projects. That means fewer roads. Tolls are a user fee; only those who use such roads pay a toll. That’s the way it should be. But don’t just take our word on this; transportation experts across the state oppose I-1125. So do business, labor and environmental leaders. Vote “No” on I-1125.
INITIATIVE 1183 SALE OF BEER, WINE AND HARD LIQUOR There are lots of things a state should do. Peddling beer, wine and hard liquor isn’t one of them. Vote “Yes” on this initiative. What, you say, didn’t we already vote “no” on this last year? Yes, but the two measures we had before us last year had flaws. This one is far better. The state would stop selling spirits and auction off its liquor stores. Additional private liquor stores could open, but only if they meet a size requirement (no, there won’t be liquor for sale at every neighborhood gas station). Another point: while I-1183 gets the state
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out of the liquor selling business, it continues the state’s enforcement to keep booze out of the hands of our kids. In fact, the initiative doubles the fines for businesses selling alcohol to minors. Vote “Yes” on I-1183.
INITIATIVE 1163 TRAINING, BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR LONGTERM HEALTH WORKERS This sounds good: shouldn’t long-term care workers have training to serve elderly and disabled people? And shouldn’t we know if they have a shady past? Sure, but the initiative is misleading. In fact, such training already is required by the state. And background checks already are performed. What’s really going on is an attempt by the Service Employees International Union to force the state to come up with an estimated $80 million for such programs while it already is facing another $2.8 billion deficit. There’s no reason to gut other programs or raise taxes for such a questionable measure. Vote “No” on I-1163.
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This measure cleans up language in the state Constitution to make it clear that otherwise-eligible citizens of the United States can vote. here editor addressing my letter submitted to them Oct. 4th. I would like to respond first by saying that it is a sad day in Kent for local politics. I would also question the legality of their letter as it was signed by four of the seven council members, representing a quorum. However, it was never covered in an open public meeting, in fact it wasn’t even covered with all seven of the council members prior to being sent out to not only the editor, but to all internal city email users. Again, this was done without the knowledge of all of the City Council members. Could it be that the council members themselves are divided on this issue? Their letter suggests that I have made false statements in my letter to the City Council. I would like to know specifically which state-
if they have resided in Washington, and in their county and precinct, for at least 30 days before the election. There’s no organized opposition to the measure. Vote “Yes” on SJR 8205
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8206 This would require the Legislature to transfer additional moneys to its budget stabilization account in each fiscal biennium in which the state has received “extraordinary revenue growth,” as defined, with certain limitations. If you’re scratching your head, here’s the bottom line. Remember when the state was booming and the Legislature was spending like there was no tomorrow? We all know that tomorrow eventually came. SJR 8206 would mandate that some of the “extraordinary” revenue the state receives in good times would be saved, rather than spent. Isn’t that what we do with our household budgets? The state should, too. Vote “Yes” on SJR 8206. Craig Groshart is the regional editor for the Bellevue Reporter.
ments were untrue. The information that I have provided in my letter came from the number of meetings and conversations that I have personally had with the city administration, council members, fire chief and other fire department representatives. One important aspect of my letter was the video link that I had attached from the Sept. 21, 2010 City Council meeting, where council member Ron Harmon clearly addressed the concerns with the over collection of $4.94 million, which was confirmed by the city’s finance director, where he clearly indicated that Harmon’s information was accurate. I find it interesting that in the letter from the four council members, there is no response to what was said at that meeting. In addition,
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In Jim Sullivan’s Letter to the Editor in the Oct. 14 edition titled “Heuschel has experience” the letter stated Mary Alice Heuschel was “named as the No. 11 School District Superintendent in Washington in 2011” and it should have stated she was named No. 1.
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www.kentreporter.com [ LETTERS from page 6] there was no response or reference to the letter that the Kent City Chamber of Commerce had submitted to the council requesting that the city of Kent reduce all property tax in the city by reducing the city’s levee tax rate equal to the agreed upon $4.94 million. That letter also went on to state; “This effort by the city of Kent council will hopefully repair and restore trust in the governmental process, which has clearly been eroded by their decision in 2011 to sweep the additional revenue into the general fund instead of refunding it to the taxpayers of Kent.” Why is it that the focus is only on what I had to say? The letter was submitted to the council after the Chamber had polled its members in a survey where the majority requested to have the money not included in the future budgets. The letter from the four council members suggests that they “want to set the record straight.” I would like to point out that as a citizen and a business owner in this community “setting the record straight” is exactly what I have been trying to accomplish. That is why I would like to suggest that since the ballots have already been mailed to the registered voters of Kent that the council should call for a public meeting before Nov. 8 to discuss the facts of this issue with its citizens. I would also recommend that we have channel 21 (the local television station) and the Kent Reporter cover this event. The city administration and members of the fire department, chief included, should be present and available for questions. I would recommend that the meeting should open by playing the Sept. 21, 2010 council meeting video, and asking the
question, “What did the city finance director mean when he confirmed that the information presented by Councilman Harmon was correct?” How is this for transparency?
Jim Berrios Kent
Questions and concerns However you slice it, the regional fire authority vote, passed by 72 percent of voters in April 2010, did result in a net gain in the city’s general fund. This was always the intention. I supported the vote both for the future stability of the fire department, and for the benefit to the city’s recession-wracked budget. On Feb. 16, 2010, the city council endorsed the RFA vote - unanimously. During city budget discussions in late 2010, council member (Ron) Harmon repeatedly called attention to the additional revenues. Ultimately, the council voted to put these revenues to important uses such as increased street paving and fully staffing the police department. Almost half of the money was put into reserves. This was all done in open meetings with public hearings. Jim Berrios, my friend with whom I have volunteered alongside at many community events, argues that more attention should have been given to the city budget during the campaign last spring. It is important to note that the issue was never concealed and nothing unethical occurred. Council member (Jamie) Perry stated at least twice on camera during council meetings that this measure would raise taxes. In public and private conversations I had leading up to the vote, I alerted folks that the total property tax
burden would increase if the RFA passed. Mr. Berrios has described several people, possibly including me, as telling him the situation was “unethical.” Let me be clear on this: elected officials and all of government must strive to be open, honest and accountable. If legitimate questions, such as Mr. Berrios and other raised this spring, result in denial and finger pointing, that is unacceptable and yes, unethical. At this point, the question before the council is how we will meet the needs of our residents and businesses, while fairly evaluating the tax burden. I’d like people to understand that a cut of $4.9 million dollars is not possible without taking a hatchet to essential services. At the same time we are having this discussion, many people are contacting the city with concerns over streets, parks and public safety. Our streets are in serious disrepair - do we really want to reduce maintenance from already very low levels? The biggest line item by far in the general fund is the police department - an area I am personally unwilling to cut at this time. These are the issues we will have to decide in the next few weeks. My door is open - I will always take the time to listen, to study, to prioritize, to look for efficiency, and to explain my thinking, in an effort to improve the city of Kent.
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family very well, he recently assisted us in addressing a very difficult situation regarding our son. He responded to my calls immediately and went out of his way to help us navigate and understand how best to deal with this situation. He truly cares for this community and works tirelessly to serve from a place of character and integrity. He will listen and respond to the concerns of this community. I have proof of that.
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Vote no on Initiative 1183 Why do we need to get the state out of the liquor business? Why does Costco need to get into the business (other than profit)? Whether this is increasing the number of liquor outlets or simply redistributing the licensing, why is this something that needs to be done? It’s like selling white elephant repellent. Apparently, I’m not supposed to be asking or expecting the answers to these questions. Or expecting answers from an unbiased source from either side of the issue. I should just flip the (thinking) off switch and vote yes. I don’t need white elephant repellent and I fail to see what is lost or gained by changing things. I see a yes vote as a vote of ignorance. Costco, you need revenue? Go fish.
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I am the The letter from Harmon said he believes phone interview that is where it The issue with the letter type of person who Perry goes on to the tax issue “should Tuesday, “It is accurate to went. ” signed by the owns up.” outline her position have never gone this say the (Perry) letter matchHe said the issue for him four City CounThe four signed it, on the property far. I gave the City es with my understanding, is “being open and being cil members is which constitutes a tax issue concernCouncil informabut doesn’t tell the whole responsible where this it violated the quorum, but it was ing the Regional tion last year. It story. I agree with parts of money goes.” state’s open public not presented or Fire Authority, the should have been Jim’s (Oct. 7) letter. I think The property tax was meetings act, a discussed in a public fi re benefi t charge dealt with then... It he has asked legitimate part of an operating levy violation Perry meeting. The letter and declining city will not go quietly questions. The biggest used to fund the Kent Fire admitted during Jamie Perry was written by Perry revenues. into the night as I problem I have is the Department before voters a call Tuesday to Ron Harmon and the members The three council have been asked to finger pointing and denial approved the merging of The Reporter to who signed it apmembers who do.” rather then talking about it the department with King say she was taking parently saw it prior to the did not sign it Harmon added straightforward. ” County Fire District 37 to responsibility for the letter. were Dennis Higgins, Les from his perspective Berrios wrote a become the Regional Fire “I made a mistake,” Perry council workshop Oct. 18, but it was not presented at a Th omas and Ron Harmon. the letter is “the lowletter (published Authority, which is a sepasaid. “I wrote the letter and meeting. 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It was a football battle from the first kick to the final ticks on the clock at Maxwell Stadium Oct. 21 between Tahoma and Kentridge. The Bears pulled ahead at the end for a 46-42 victory over the Chargers, securing a spot in the playoffs, and a shot at either second or third in the South Puget Sound League North. If a game was ever a shoot out, this was it. High scoring and momentum swings from quarter to quarter and from one play to the next. Kentridge stars Jimmie Davis and Caleb Smith gave Tahoma all it could handle, with both scoring touchdowns in the first quarter. Tahoma kept within reach in the first half behind the running of Beau Riggs and Jason Smith along with the passing of Shane Nelson. At the half Tahoma trailed 36-26. It was the third quarter that turned the tide with Tahoma scoring 13 unanswered points. One touchdown to Smith on a
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Kentlake scored 37 points in the first half en route to a 58-26 victory Oct. 20 over South Puget Sound League South opponent Emerald Ridge. The Falcons scored on interception returns, on a quarterback keeper, on passing and running plays. Tanner Lucas put Kentlake on the board first with a 40yard touchdown run. Caleb Mathena made it 14-0 with a 39-yard touchdown reception with 5:20 left in the first quarter. Emerald Ridge’s Kris Durr took it to the Kentlake 4-yard-line on a third and 12 play which set up a Drew Livingston touchdown run with 16 seconds left in the first to make it 14-6 Kentlake. That was about as close as the Jaguars got to the Falcons. Mathena got his second touchdown of the night shortly thereafter on an interception return. Ryan Archibald scored the next touchdown for Kentlake on a pick six. Tanner Lucas took it up the middle to punch it in for the Falcons to make it 34-6 with 3:24 left in the first half. Austin Pernell took a 32 yard dart from Church which set up a Mitchell Habryle field goal to make it 37-6 at halftime. Caleb Saulo ran it in from three yards out for Kentlake’s first score of the second half, about three and a half minutes into the third quarter, to make it 44-6. Emerald Ridge still had some fight in it, though, and two plays later Dylan Cruse broke out for a 69-yard touchdown run to make it 44-12. Darryl Parker punched it in from three yards out on the
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Falcons’ next possession to make it 51-12. Trevor Baldwin, who had an interception late in the second half to set up the field goal, wrapped up the scoring for Kentlake when he caught the ball on the Emerald Ridge 10 and broke away from a tackler to take it into the endzone to make it 58-26. Kentlake improved to 8-0 overall with the win. The Falcons, who stand at 7-0 in the South Puget Sound League North Division, played their final regular season game against Kent-Meridian at 7 p.m. on Thursday at French Field.
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South Puget Sound League North football playoff scenarios As week nine approaches, there could determine where things fall are three things that are certain from there. about the South Puget Sound If Kentwood, Tahoma and Auburn League North football playoffs. win on Friday, then Kentridge and First, Kentlake is the No. 1 seed Riverside are out and Auburn gets out of the division, which it the fifth seed which will set the clinched with a win over Auburn Trojans up for a pig-tail game. two weeks ago. If, however, Riverside wins then Kentridge gets in as the No. 5 and Second, Kentwood is assured a Auburn will be out. playoff berth. Tahoma could earn the second Third, Tahoma is also assured a seed if it beats Mount Rainier playoff berth. and Kentridge wins. The On a related note, rest of the seeds could Thomas Jefferson — FOOTBALL fall a number of differwhich beat Kentwood ent ways depending but lost to Tahoma and on who wins between Kentlake — is making Auburn and Riverside. its first playoff appearance The playoff picture should be in school history. clear once all the dust has settled What is left to be decided now is on the field Friday night. who will get the second through Check the Kent Reporter website fifth seeds. If Kentwood beats Thursday and Friday night for live Kentridge on Friday, it will get updates from games. the second seed because it beat Tahoma, and if Tahoma also beats Reporter Kris Hill will live blog Mount Rainier — a winless team from the Kentlake-Kent Meridian thus far — then it will be the game set for 7 p.m. Thursday at third seed. French Field while Editor Dennis Box will post updates from the Jefferson can do no better than Kentwood-Kentridge game at 7 the third seed but things could p.m. on Friday at French Field. get interesting if Kentridge and Mount Rainier both win. Slide shows from both games will also be posted to the web after Then the matchup between the games. Auburn and Auburn Riverside
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mer to watch, finished third in the 50 free. Jessica Miller may be another Tahoma freshman to watch as she finished third in the 100 free. Pierre also put together a district qualifying swim for the Bears in the 100 free. Tahoma senior Allanah Miller put together a district qualifying swim with a fourth place finish in the 100 backstroke, stopping the clock at 1:03.82, and also swam fast enough to qualify for districts in the 50 free. Tori Bowers, a junior, qualified for the district meet with her swim in the 100 fly.
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finished 1-2 in the 100 free: Mohr touched the wall first clocking a state qualifying time of 54.16 followed by Emily Shonka at 57.28, who also qualified for districts in the 200 IM. Chargers junior Flannery Allen will swim in the 50 and 100 free at districts. Kentridge won the 200 free relay with a state qualifying time of 1:43.54 and added a state qualifying time in the 400 relay, winning in 3:51.34. Kentwood sophomore Natalie Lesnick qualified for the district meet in the 100 free and the 100 backstroke while the Conquerors 200 free relay will swim at districts thanks to a sixth place finish. The Bears also had strong showings in the relays, taking third in the 400 free behind Kentridge and Mount Rainier as well as fifth place finishes in the 200 medley and 200 free relays. Tahoma freshman Alex Stein, whom Bears coach Dave Wright described during the season as a swim-
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Tahoma had a great day at the South Puget Sound League sub-district cross country meet on Oct. 22 at Fort Steilacoom park. The girls took home first place, while the boys placed second, which qualifies them to advance to the West Central District meet on Saturday. Kent School District runners did well, too, with the fleet-footed pair of Alexia Martin and Ruby Virk from KentMeridian earning spots at the district Alexia Martin meet, as well as Megan Rogers of Kentlake, who finished 14th, and fellow Falcon Terra McGinnis, who finished right behind her teammate — a significant improvement over her showing a year ago when she finished 53rd. Meanwhile, Kentridge senior Talon Abernathy will also head to districts. Bears Head Coach Gary Conner was pleased with the performance of both teams. “They ran really well,” Conner said. “That’s the first time I really let them run.” Top runners for the Tahoma girls included junior Elizabeth Oosterhout, who finished third with a time of 18 minutes, 52 seconds, and freshman Abby Atchison who came in fifth at 19:14. “I felt really good,” Oosterhout said. “I had some really good competition. It was close to my best time, so it was exciting.” Conner said he was equally pleased with her performance. “She’s rocking,” he said. “She’s the real deal.”
Atchison said she was pleased with her time, which is a personal record. “I was really excited,” she said. “It was a lot faster than I had run before.” Conner stated he expects Atchison to run under 19 minutes at the state championship meet. On the Tahoma boy’s team, junior James Dagley came in third with a time of 16:10. Like Atchison, he also ran a PR at the subdistrict meet. “It was where I was seeded to be,” he said. “So it was where I wanted to be.” Dagley said that although he didn’t break 16 minutes at the meet, he will attempt to do so at the district or state meet. Conner has no doubts about it. “They’re going to run faster still,” he said. “It’s gonna come down to a few points and a few seconds.” On the Kent-Meridian girls team, Martin, a junior, placed fourth at 19:01. She also placed fourth at last year’s subdistrict meet. Virk, a freshman on the Royals squad, crossed the finish line in 10th at 20 minutes. On the boys varsity, senior Teddy Teklu finished 13th at 16:53. Kentwood’s Danny Lunder didn’t quite perform as well as he had hoped. He ended up finishing 23rd with a time of 17:06, compared to last year, when he placed seventh. Junior Dasan Telford was able to finish 18th at 16:58. The top 20 runners and top eight teams advance to the West Central District meet, the Westside Classic, Saturday, at the American Lake Golf Course. The winners will then advance to the state championship Nov. 5 in Pasco.
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about bats by doing fun things.” Heath doesn’t just incorporate his theme in science class. All subjects revolve around the science lab. “I notice that when I do that, it piques the students’ interests more and their scores are higher than if we just read from the textbook,” Heath said. “For example, if I just wrote up some random math problems on the board with an explanation, half the kids would be falling asleep. But, if I take those math word problems and turn them into bat scenarios with pictures, they are excited to learn.” This isn’t the first theme Heath has come up with to promote learning. He incorporates a different theme in his room every month. “I’ve worn around 15 different outfits so far,” Heath said, laughing. “It’s a lot of work but I love it.” Heath isn’t sure yet what next month entails, but his fifth graders should be on the lookout for a Dr. Suess, Mario Brothers or a pirate theme.
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Public Notice The City of Kent is holding an open house Tuesday, November 8, starting at 5 p.m., to help residents learn more about the city’s stormwater management program. Topics will include how the City’s stormwater system works, where the water goes, and how the system is maintained. The open house is an opportunity for the public to provide feedback about stormwater management in the city. The open house will be held in the Permit Center on the first floor of the Centennial Building, 400 W. Gowe St. Kent, WA 98032. For more information about stormwater in the city of Kent, visit our website: www.kentwa.gov/NPDES Published in the Kent Reporter on October 28, 2011 and November 4, 2011. #539006. ASSESSMENT INSTALLMENT NOTICE LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT #352 CITY OF KENT Construction of a storm sewer drainage system on 1st, 3rd and 5th Avenues South, north of South 259th Street in south Kent, as provided by Ordinance 3452. Notice is hereby given that the ninth (9th) installment of the assessment levied for the above named improvement, comprising Local Improvement District No. 352 under Ordinance 3623, is now due and payable and unless payment is made on or before November 04, 2011, said installment will be delinquent, will have a penalty of nine (9) percent added, and the collection of such delinquent installment will be enforced in the manner prescribed by law. Dated this 4th day of October 2011. R. J. Nachlinger Finance Director City of Kent, Washington Published in the Kent Reporter October 21, 2011 and October 28, 2011. #525907.
ASSESSMENT INSTALLMENT NOTICE LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT #354 CITY OF KENT Construction of the Meeker Street widening and Washington Avenue HOV lanes improvements project, as provided by Ordinance 3540. Notice is hereby given that the ninth (9th) installment of the assessment levied for the above named improvement, comprising Local Improvement District No. 354 under Ordinance 3616, is now due and payable and unless payment is made on or before November 04, 2011, said installment will be delinquent, will have a penalty of nine (9) percent added, and the collection of such delinquent installment will be enforced in the manner prescribed by law. Dated this 4th day of October 2011. R. J. Nachlinger Finance Director City of Kent, Washington Published in the Kent Reporter October 21, 2011 and October 28, 2011. #525910. ASSESSMENT INSTALLMENT NOTICE LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT #361 CITY OF KENT Supplemental Assessment Roll for Local Improvement District (LID) No. 351, designated as LID No. 361, for the construction of the South 277th Street Corridor Improvements, as originally provided by Ordinance No. 3496. Notice is hereby given that the fifth (5th) installment of the assessment levied for the above named improvement, comprising Local Improvement District No. 361 under Ordinance 3817, is now due and payable and unless payment is made on or before November 7, 2011, said installment will be delinquent, will have a penalty of nine (9) percent added, and the collection of such delinquent installment will be enforced in the manner prescribed by law. Dated this 7th day of October, 2011. R. J. Nachlinger Finance Director City of Kent, Washington Published in the Kent Reporter October 21, 2011 and October 28, 2011. #525912. Superior Court of Washington for King County GEORGE M. DIEDE, Plaintiff, v. MOLINE HOLDINGS WESTERN LTD., a Canadian corporation; and its successor(s) if any, Defendant No. 11-2-16768-2SEA SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION The State of Washington to defendant Moline Holdings
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Published in the Kent, Renton, Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporters on October 28, 2011. #537802. VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER District Healthcare System NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Interim Finance, Facilities and Audit Ad Hoc Committee of the Board of Trustees will be held Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. in Conference Room B of Valley Medical Center, Renton WA. BOARD OF TRUSTEES (District Healthcare System) By: Sandra Sward Executive Assistant to the Board of Trustees Published in the Kent, Renton and Covington/Maple Valley/ Black Diamond Reporters on October 28, 2011 and November 4, 2011. #538044. CITY OF KENT PUBLIC NOTICE SEPA THRESHOLD DETERMINATION Pursuant to KCC 11.03, Environmental Policy, the City of Kent has issued a threshold determination for the following: Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) for: CITY OF KENT PUBLIC WORKS RIVERVIEW PARK ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION / NADEN FILL SITE #ENV-2011-12/#RPSA-2112793 The City of Kent Environmental Engineering Division proposes to create approximately 800 feet of off-channel habitat for Chinook salmon rearing and winter high flow refuge along the Green River. The project includes installation of native plants and placement of large woody debris. A 3,125 square foot pre-fabricated pedestrian bridge will be constructed to provide access to the area being isolated by the new side channel. Excavation of the channel will require the removal of approximately 60,000 cubic yards of material, most of which will be placed in Riverview Park on the landward side east of the channel. Approximately 4,400 cubic yards of material will be exported to the Naden Fill Site which will be graded across the site. Construction is proposed to commence February 2012 and is expected to be completed during 2012 for both sites. As federal permits/
approvals/funding apply to this proposal, the US Army Corps of Engineers, as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), prepared a Final Environmental Assessment dated May 2010 which states that a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is appropriate. The Naden site was considered in 2007 as a possible location for the Kent Events Center, and was evaluated in the Kent Events Center Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) dated February 2007 and the Kent Events Center Final SEIS dated May 2007. Riverview Park is located near River Mile 23.7, west of State Route 167 and south of Willis Street and at the end of Hawley Road. This site is identified as King County parcel numbers 2522049001 and 2422049108 and is zoned MA, Industrial Agriculture. The Naden Fill site is located north of Willis Street, south of West Meeker Street, east of State Route 167 and west of the Interurban Trail. This site is identified as King County parcel numbers 2422049042, 2422049040, 2422049102, 2422049103, 2422049056, 6000000010, 6000000021, 6000000022, 6000000020, 6000000031, 6000000030, 6000000040, 6000000050, 6000000051, 6000000052, 6000000060, 6000000061 and 6000000070. Zoning of this site is DCE, Downtown Commercial Enterprise The proposed project is subject to the City of Kent Shoreline Master Program, which designates the site as Urban Conservancy – Open Space. Comments are due for the above project by 4:30 p.m., November 14, 2011, to City of Kent Planning Services. For more information, contact Kent Planning Services at 220 Fourth Avenue S., Kent, WA 98032, Telephone: (253) 856-5454. Any person requiring a disability accommodation should contact the City for more information. For TDD relay service, call 1-800-833-6388 or the City of Kent at (253) 856-5725. Charlene Anderson, Responsible Official Dated: October 28, 2011 Published in the Kent Reporter on October 28, 2011. #539031.
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