23826 104th Ave. SE Kent 253-852-1144 1410478 WED & SUN NIGHT SPECIALS! 4PM -CLOSE Suzanne & Jim Berrios, Owners ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BBQ CHICKEN AND BABY BACK RIBS OR 6 OUNCE PRIME RIB WITH ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT CRAB HALF OFF BOTTLES OF WINE WITH THE PURCHASE OF TWO DINNER ENTREES THURS. & SUN. INSIDE | City to spend $400K on golf course irrigation well [3] R EP O RTER .com FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 NEWSLINE 253-872-6600 KENT Sports | Kentridge volleyball sets sights on playoff run under new coach [12] A worker applies finishing touches to the exterior of the Green River College Trades Technologies building this week. The facility is expected to be ready for the start of fall classes. HEIDI SANDERS, Kent Reporter BY HEIDI SANDERS [email protected]When classes begin Sept. 21, students enrolled in four programs at Green River College will use the new Trades Technologies building. e 55,000-square-foot, $34.6-million project is on budget and schedule, said Sam Ball, Green River’s capital projects director. “Our schedule was to open for fall quarter, and we will make that,” Ball said. Construction crews will continue to put the finishing touches on the building over the next few weeks, and it will be ready for students when classes begin, Ball said. College officials plan a ribbon cut- ting for the new facility later this fall. e new facility, which is across the street from the main Green River campus on the north side of SE 320th Street on Auburn’s Lea Hill, will ALMOST READY College’s Trades complex set to open [ more TRADES page 5 ] INSIDE Special Sections Supplement to the Federal Way Mirror, Auburn Reporter, Covington Maple Valley Black Diamond Reporter and Kent Reporter Fall 2015 BY STEVE HUNTER [email protected]Builders claim the Kent City Council used a “ram- rod” approach to approve a new fire impact fee that developers must pay. “is ordi- nance frustrated and surprised our members,” said David Hoffman, spokesman for the Master Builders Asso- ciation of King and Sno- homish Counties (MBA), during a phone interview. “It almost appears they were trying to hide this, going from committee to the consent calendar.” e council passed the ordinance on Sept. 1 as part of its consent calen- dar, a list of numer- ous items approved with a voice vote by the council with no discussion about the issues. e new fee will help pay for as many as five new fire stations in Kent over the next 16 years or so. “I’m perplexed and frustrated with the pro- cess,” said Hoffman, who Council’s process to pass fire impact fee upsets developers Hoffman [ more FEE page 4 ] BY HEIDI SANDERS [email protected]Excel Public Charter School in Kent will con- tinue to serve students at least through the end of the school year despite a state Supreme Court ruling that charter schools are unconsti- tutional, said Adel Sefrioui, the school’s executive direc- tor. Sefrioui said he, as well as staff, students and teachers, were surprised and disap- pointed by the court’s an- nouncement late last Friday aſternoon. “e timing is unconscio- nable, as we’ve been serving students for three weeks now and the Supreme Court has had time to mull over this case since last October,” Sefrioui said. Excel opened its doors to its first class of sixth- and Kent’s charter school remains open despite court ruling INSIDE: State must confront charter school issue, page 6 [ more CHARTER page 8 ] Construction at Kent Station apartments to reach milestone BY STEVE HUNTER [email protected]e large crane at Kent Station will soon be coming down as construction of the new 154-unit apartment complex gets closer to completion. [ more APARTMENTS page 8 ]
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23826 104th Ave. SE Kent253-852-1144 1410478
WED & SUN NIGHT SPECIALS! 4PM -CLOSE
Suzanne & Jim Berrios,Owners
ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BBQ CHICKEN AND BABY BACK RIBSOR 6 OUNCE PRIME RIB WITH ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT CRAB
HALF OFF BOTTLES OF WINE WITH THE PURCHASEOF TWO DINNER ENTREES THURS. & SUN.
INSIDE | City to spend $400K on golf course irrigation well [3]
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A worker applies fi nishing touches to the exterior of the Green River College Trades Technologies building this week. The facility is expected to be ready for the start of fall classes. HEIDI SANDERS, Kent Reporter
City Council used a “ram-rod” approach to approve a new fi re impact fee that developers must pay.
“Th is ordi-nance frustrated and surprised our members,” said David Hoff man, spokesman for the Master Builders Asso-ciation of King and Sno-homish Counties (MBA), during a phone interview. “It almost appears they were trying to hide this,
going from committee to the consent calendar.”
Th e council passed the ordinance on Sept. 1 as part
of its consent calen-dar, a list of numer-ous items approved with a voice vote by the council with no discussion about the issues. Th e new fee will help pay for as many as fi ve new fi re stations in Kent over the next 16
years or so.“I’m perplexed and
frustrated with the pro-cess,” said Hoff man, who
Council’s process to pass fire impact fee upsets developers
Excel Public Charter School in Kent will con-tinue to serve students at least through the end of the school year despite a state Supreme Court ruling that charter schools are unconsti-
tutional, said Adel Sefrioui, the school’s executive direc-tor.
Sefrioui said he, as well as staff , students and teachers, were surprised and disap-pointed by the court’s an-nouncement late last Friday aft ernoon.
“Th e timing is unconscio-nable, as we’ve been serving students for three weeks now and the Supreme Court has had time to mull over this case since last October,” Sefrioui said.
Excel opened its doors to its fi rst class of sixth- and
Kent’s charter school remains open despite court ruling
INSIDE: State must confront charter school issue, page 6
[ more CHARTER page 8 ]
Construction at Kent Station apartments to reach milestoneBY STEVE HUNTER
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Th e Greater Kent Histor-ical Society – in partnership with two local organiza-tions – presents the docu-mentary screening of “Th e Legacy of Heart Mountain” and the program “Growing Up Behind Barbed Wire.”
Kent Lutheran Church, 336 Second Ave. S., Kent, hosts the event on Saturday, Sept. 19, from 3 to 5 p.m. and the White River Bud-dhist Temple, 3625 Auburn Way N., Auburn, hosts another screening on Sun-day, Sept. 20, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
On Feb. 19, 1942, Presi-dent Franklin D. Roosevelt
sealed the fate of 120,000 people of Japanese ances-try with his signature on Executive Order 9066. With a stroke of a pen, the lives of these people, citizens and immigrants alike, were uprooted as a military ex-clusion zone made it illegal for them to live on the West Coast of the U.S.
“Th e Legacy of Heart Mountain” tells the story of people who came to live in a desolate land in Wyoming. Producers David Ono, anchor of KABC-TV Los Angeles Eyewitness News, and Content Media Group’s Jeff MacIntyre have won four Emmy Awards,
two Edward R. Morrow Awards, and one national Unity Award for diversity programming for the one-hour documentary.
Amy and Lilly Kato know Heart Mountain well. Th ey were two of the 2,004 people ordered out of the Green River Valley in 1942. Th ey were 12 and 15 years old when they reported to Renton Junction to board a train for the Pinedale As-sembly Center in Califor-nia. Aft er another stop at the Tule Lake Internment Camp, the ladies spent the remainder of the war at Heart Mountain.
Aft er the movie, they will share their experiences in the camps with a panel discus-sion on “Growing Up Behind Barbed Wire,” then take questions and comments from the audience. While the program will focus on Heart Mountain, the GKHS en-courage people with stories from other camps to attend to share their experiences.
Th ere is a suggested $10 donation at the door for each event, and RSVPs can be made for both showings by calling 253-854-4330 or emailing the Greater Kent Historical Society at ctyofk [email protected].
Visit gkhs.org for more information.
GKHS to show Emmy Award-winning documentary
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Gone fishin’Fishermen line the banks of the Green River on Wednesday morning in Kent just north of the Meeker Street Bridge near the Riverbend Golf Complex. The location is a popular spot to catch pink salmon. STEVE HUNTER, Kent Reporter
It’s going to cost the city of Kent an estimated $400,000 to drill a new irri-gation well at the Riverbend Golf Complex.
City offi cials hoped a few less expensive measures would get the water fl owing freely again from the well to water the city-owned 18-hole and par-3 courses, but those eff orts failed earlier this year.
“Th e fi rst step in the spring was to look at rehabbing the well to see if it could produce volume, but that did not work so
we need to go to the next step, which is drilling,” City Parks Director Jeff Watling said at an Aug. 27 meeting of the City Council’s Parks and Human Services Com-mittee.
Th e council already had set aside $400,000 in the 2015-16 budget to cover the potential repair costs aft er Watling informed mem-bers last fall of the ongoing problems with the well.
For the last few years, Riverbend has spent between $100,000 and $150,000 each year to buy water from the city to irrigate the golf courses be-cause of problems with the
well. Th at cost is expected to hit about $160,000 for 2015 as city offi cials shut down the well because of potential risk of damage to the pump with low water fl ow.
Th e water purchased by
the golf complex from the city’s water department is supplied by two fi re hoses connected to two separate water meters, which are connected to a fi re hydrant adjacent to the parking lot at the 18-hole golf course, said Pete Petersen, superin-tendent of golf operations at Riverbend.
Petersen told the com-mittee about the issues with the well.
“It was drilled 450 feet originally and produced 292 gallons per minute,” Petersen said. “But the Nisqually earthquake in 2001 caused damage and in 2005 the screen got clogged
with silt and sand because it became more like jello than soil aft er the earthquake. Th e pump works fi ne for a few minutes but then draws material against the screen and we don’t get any water.”
Th e city in 2005 drilled down another 100 feet and replaced the well pump. Petersen said that worked fi ne until 2009 when mate-rial again clogged up the system. Staff then used fi re hoses to help increase the fl ow, but could only get about 30 gallons per minute.
Th e golf complex
Fire hoses from a city fi re hydrant help irrigate the two courses at the city-owned Riverbend Golf Complex. STEVE HUNTER, Kent Reporter
City to spend $400,000 on golf course well
[ more GOLF page 4 ]
Drop off expired prescription drugs in Kent REPORTER STAFF
Get rid of expired prescription drugs during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Kent Police Department, 232 Fourth Ave. S.
Police department staff will collect controlled, non-controlled and over-the-counter substances, all
solid dosage pharmaceuti-cal products and liquids in consumer containers. Liq-uid products, such as cough syrup, should remain sealed in their original containers.
If unused medicine is brought in its original con-tainer, remove or cover any identifying information.
Intravenous solutions, injectables, syringes or medical waste; illicit sub-stances such as marijuana or methamphetamines will not be accepted.
Register for Kent’s Community Police Academy; starts Sept. 16
FOR THE REPORTER
Registration is open for the fall 2015 Community Police Academy hosted by the Kent Police Department.
Classes are on Wednesday evenings, for 10 weeks start-ing Sept. 16, and ending on Nov. 18. (Please note the fi rst session will be Th ursday, Sept. 17 due to a scheduling confl ict). Th e sessions are from 7 to 9 p.m.
Th ere is one Saturday session on Oct. 17, which will include optional tours of the Kent Correctional Facility (city of Kent jail) and Valley Communications Center (911 facility).
Aft er attending the fi rst four classes, participants are also eligible for a ride-along with a Kent Police offi cer. Classes are at the Kent Police/Fire Training Center, 24611 116th Ave. SE. Applications are available at KentWA.gov/Com-munityPoliceAcademy.
FILL THE BUS COLLECTS RECORD-BREAKING
3,015 POUNDSOF SUPPLIES
Communities In Schools of Kent’s third annual Fill The Bus
school supply drive collected a record 3,015 pounds of
supplies.The 44-day drive from July 13
to Aug. 23 took in 8,356 items.The previous record was set
in 2014 with 5,304 items donated, weighing 2,293
pounds.The summer-long school supply drive culminated
with two events on Aug. 20 at the Kent School District Administration Offi ce and Kent Station. Community
members had the opportunity to join new school district
superintendent Calvin Watts and fi ll a bus with their
donated items at both events.Among the items donated were 224 packs of crayons, 632 spiral notebooks, 381
packs of pencils, 88 packs of markers, 55 binders, and 131
backpacks. A total of 4,113 items was donated in total –
approximately half of the total amount of donated supplies.School supplies began being
distributed to Kent schools during the week of Aug. 24.
Strides Fun Run fundraiser at Foster ParkFOR THE REPORTER
Th e South Sudan Com-munity Restoration Pro-gram (SSCRP), a mission of Kent Lutheran Church
and the Birch Creek Career Center, a program of the Neighborhood House of King County, are partnering again for a 5K and Golden Mile on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Kent’s Foster Park.
Registration for the fun run begins at 8 a.m. with the race starting at 9. Th e racecourse is a fl at-paved
trail of 2.5 kilometers from Foster Park along the scenic Green River Trail and back. Th e park is at South 259th and 74th Avenue South.
Entry fee is $30 for adults with discounts available for teams, or $20 for the Golden Mile.
Register online at Ac-tive.com.
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claimed the city didn’t give the builders a proper chance to comment about the fee.
City officials denied any “ramrod” approach and said opportunities to speak about the fee were pro-vided at two of the council’s Economic and Community Development Committee meetings in August as well as council meetings twice a month in July and August during the public comment period.
“It’s the same process everything goes through,” Council President Dana Ralph said. “I don’t under-stand that we were trying to be hidden.”
Hoffman said he believes
the city should have had a public hearing about the fire impact fee.
“The city attorney is advising the council there is no need for a public hear-ing,” Hoffman said. “We are reading the public process and hearing procedures dif-ferent than Kent.”
City Attorney Tom Brubaker said impact fees don’t require a public hear-ing.
“When they (MBA) complained we scoured the RCWs (Revised Code of Washington) and WACs (Washington Administra-tive Code) once again, but could not find any public hearing requirement,” Brubaker said in an email about state laws. “There are public notice requirements,
which we met, but no pub-lic hearing requirement.”
Developer Kurt Wilson, of Puyallup-based Sound-Built Northwest, sent an email to the council the day of its Sept. 1 meeting asking it to delay a vote for 30 days or more.
“As a builder in Kent for the last 15 years, it frus-trates me to have no notice of this contemplated action provided to me via email, mail, etc. of such a drastic change in permit fees,” Wilson wrote. “In most all jurisdictions I work, city staff engages the industry early in the process as to help educate and provide notice to those affected.
“This effort also allows for constructive feedback in a public hearing process so that all of the facts can be presented. It makes no sense why the city would be in such a hurry to ‘ram-rod’ this through without MBA’s participation.”
Builders and city officials said they met in July to dis-cuss a potential fire impact fee. But Hoffman said his group expected city staff to
inform them about when the proposed fee would go to committee and the full council.
“We have a whole number of ideas but had no opportunity to share with the council or staff,” Hoffman said. “There was no contacting us or a public hearing.”
Councilman Bill Boyce, chairman of the Economic and Community Develop-ment Committee, said he allows anyone who attends the meeting to comment about an item on the agenda if they want. He said the MBA also can follow committee and council agendas.
“I let people comment at all of my committee meet-ings,” Boyce said. “We had three meetings about this. We didn’t have anybody make any comments about the fire impact fee. We did receive a couple of emails.”
Ralph said the council had a workshop about the fee this summer before it went to the commit-tee for discussion at two more meetings in August.
The committee voted 3-0 to approve the fee, which automatically sends the proposal to the consent calendar.
“We had this discussion over a long period of time and didn’t hear from the MBA until the night of the meeting,” Ralph said about the Sept. 1 vote. “And no-body spoke at the meeting (during public comment) about the fee.”
Ralph said she received a voicemail on Sept. 1 from Hoffman but she was tied up in council committee and regular meetings and didn’t return his call until the next day. Boyce said he plans to reach out to Hoff-man this week about the issue. Ralph said city staff remains open to discuss with developers about the process of implementing the new fee.
The base fire impact fee for a single-family home will be a one-time cost of about $1,741. Developers are expected to add that cost on to the price of a home. The fee for a new commercial building will be
about $1.21 per square foot. The fees will be assessed on new residential or com-mercial properties and the expansion of existing com-mercial structures.
The city will collect the fee for the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority (RFA) through an interlocal agreement. The fire department used to be part of the city until vot-ers in Kent, Covington and Fire District 37 approved the formation of the RFA in 2010. The agency is funded through a property tax levy and a fire benefit charge, a variable rate based on the square footage and the amount of service provided to each house or business. Kent previously funded its fire department through the city’s general fund.
The fees will cover about 30 percent of the total cost of construction of the new stations, fire officials said. About 70 percent would be funded by residents and businesses in the RFA district. RFA officials asked the city to adopt the new fire impact fee.
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requires a minimum irrigation water source of 250 gallons per minute to meet the peak irrigation season require-ments of the two golf courses, Petersen said. Water from the well is pumped into two ponds located on the 18-hole golf course. Utilizing a separate pump station on the 18-hole course, the water is then dispersed through the irriga-tion systems of the two courses.
Last spring, more efforts were made to increase the water flow.
“We brought in an expert to look at it, and we determined to try to redevelop the well,” Petersen said. “We attempted it twice in spring, we got 40 gallons then 60, but we need 250 a minute to sustain what the golf course needs.”
The city paid Graham-based Hokkaido Drilling $39,867
for performing the redevelopment attempts of the existing well, Petersen said. The services included the initial test pumping of the existing well, removal of the well pump, removal of the intake pipe and intake screen, cleaning and surging of the well casing, cleaning of the intake pipe and intake screen and final flow testing.
It cost the city another $12,919 to Tacoma-based Rob-inson Noble for providing hydrogeologic services, testing and analysis, project management of the redevelopment process and additional testing.
As problems with the well continue, city officials are try-ing to sell the par-3 course to a residential and commercial developer to cover the $2.6 million debt at the complex as well as the nearly $6 million in capital improvements needed on the 18-hole course. The debt is owed to an inter-fund loan, money that the city borrowed from its water and fleet funds to help pay off the bond for the golf complex.
The city plans to have the new well done by May.
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house the automotive, car-pentry, manufacturing and welding programs.
Auto body technology was originally slated for the building before college offi -cials, citing low enrollment, cut the program in June. Th e space intended for the auto body technology is currently used as a staging area for equipment. College offi cials said the space will be used for another trades program.
Ball said the Trades Tech-nologies building provides the programs with state-of-the-art facilities and equipment.
Th e facility includes two automotive labs and class-rooms and a tool room.
Th e carpentry lab off ers sections of plywood fl oor-ing, which will allow stu-dents to practice putting up walls. Ball said this feature was added at the request of the carpentry instructor.
“Th ey (program faculty) all participated in the de-sign process,” Ball said
A dust collection system vacuums dust from the carpentry lab and pipes it outside into large barrels.
“When the drums get full they take it out to recycle,” Ball said.
Across a covered walk-way is a second building for the manufacturing and welding programs. Th e two programs will share a mate-
rial storage area because they use similar materials.
Ball said two bridge cranes, which can be used to transport materials, have been added to the program. Th e welding lab displays a multitude of welding booths.
Th e Trades Technologies building brings most of the essential services students need to complete their programs into one central location. Administrative offi ces, including that of the program dean, are on-site. Th ere is also a general purpose classroom that can be used for general educa-tion courses such as math or English, so that students will not have to travel to the main part of campus. Th ere is parking for faculty, students and guests.
A gallery area is equipped with large sliding doors that allow antique vehicles to be driven inside for display.
Th e facility includes a customer waiting room and secure vehicle storage for patrons who have work done by students in the automotive program.
Th e new trades building replaces the Trades and In-dustry complex, comprised of fi ve aging buildings constructed in the 1960s and 1970s.
Th e old welding building was severely damaged by the Nisqually earthquake in 2001 and had to be rebuilt. Th at building will be reno-
vated to house the college’s shipping and receiving department, which is cur-rently in the basement of an old building, Ball said, but the other trades buildings will be demolished since they are outdated.
“Th ey would be a drain on maintenance,” Ball said.
Ball said the replacement of the trades complex has been in the works for a while.
“Th is project has been in some level of design for 10 years,” he said.
Th e school shelved the project indefi nitely during the economic collapse that began in 2008. In June 2012, the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, which provided $28.6 million for the proj-ect, informed the college that funding would be reinstated. Th e college fi nal-ized the design process, put the contract out for builders to bid on, and in fall 2013 secured Walsh Construc-tion as the contractor.
Construction continues on a new student life center, which has been named the Mel Lindbloom Student Union. It will replace the aging Lindbloom Student Center. Th e new building will feature the campus bookstore, stage and dining area, a computer bar, a fi re-side lounge, a fi tness center and a multicultural center.
Th e $32.2-million project is being funded by the col-lege and by a self-imposed
fee voted on by the student body in May 2007.
Ball said he is “cautiously optimistic” the new build-
ing will be ready to open in November.
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Green River College, Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce co-host job fair The Spirit of Hiring Job Fair is Wednes-day, Oct. 7, from 3 to 6 p.m., at the Green River College Lindbloom Student Center, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn.
The job fair, a partnering event be-tween the college and the Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce, invites busi-nesses seeking part-time, full-time or seasonal employees to participate.
The event provides a central location designed to bring together job seekers with employers eager to hire for open-ings in a variety of fi elds.
Employers are encouraged to sign up now for one of the 50 booths available in order to connect with prospective employees who may help their organi-zation reach its staffi ng goals.
Job seekers are invited to bring their resumes and speak directly to prospec-tive employers at the event. The fi rst 100 attendees will receive a Job Fair Swag Bag.
Employers interested in more informa-tion, should call Caesar Robinson at 253-833-9111, ext. 6053 or Dustin Henderson at 253-833-0700. You can also visit the chamber’s website at business.auburnareawa.org/events/details/spirit-of-hiring-job-fair-3910.
Manufacturing equipment has been installed in the new Trades Technologies building at Green River College. HEIDI SANDERS, Kent Reporter
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You can’t cherry pick facts and know whole story
In response to a Sandra Gill’s letter (“Listening to what Rodney King said”, Sept 4, Reporter):
Ms. Gill, I am not sure what your purpose is when you write letters like this to be published in the newspaper. However, I do know that when you cherry pick facts and as-sume that you have expressed the whole story you are only fostering misunderstanding.
Th ere are around 50 million black Americans in the United States, and we are not mono-lithic in our thinking or the way we live our lives, much like all Americans of all per-suasions. Further, I’ll venture to say that 99 percent of the 50 million black folks in America have not shared space, nor
have they had a conversa-tion with Kanye West. So, the chance of him speaking for all of us is slim to none.
In your comments about Offi cer Wilson, you left out the fact that Ferguson was the second police department that
he was fi red from. You fail to consider that his employment history might be a contribut-ing factor in his inability to be hired.
In the case of the outrageous murder of Deputy Darren Go-forth, you must have missed the large procession of black and white citizens march-ing, singing gospel songs and carrying signs, saying “love thy neighbor.” Sounds like an evocation of sympathy to me. How many black people have you asked about how they feel about the murder?
It appears that you feel that the angst that black people feel in America is related solely to slavery. If that were the case, the whole issue of race in America could be wrapped in a nice little bow entitled “slav-ery ended a long time ago and you need to get over it.” Th at way, we can toss it to the side
I sense a move afoot to make me appear grouchy and less than Mr. Cool and up with the times.
How ridiculous is that … me … Mr. I am Sunshine.
Let me present the complaint without distortion or twisting any facts.
I have been using the texting feature on my magic talk box more late-ly because certain young women in my offi ce who shall go unnamed, we will refer to them as Sarah and Rebecca, and my daughter, who shall
not go unnamed, Katy, and her little Yorkie from the underworld (apparently Katy’s demon Yorkie can use the stupid text thing better than me).
Complaint No. 1I forget to check my text messages. Like
I’m supposed to do this more than yearly. Katy said I had to set up some ear-throb-
bing sounds to tell me when to do what. OK, fi ne, I did as directed. Th e next day I
forgot what I did and suddenly got all befud-dled when foreign sounds starting pouring unannounced from my pocket. I thought I was Agent 86 and I tried to answer my shoe. Keep this information to yourself, please.
Complaint No. 2Th is is from me. How am I supposed to
know about all those special weird unknow-able things Sarah, Rebecca and Katy know and no one ever tells me?
I spend all sorts of time studying indeci-pherable old things like Greek, but I have no idea what a ‘:)’ means or a ‘:P’ or the million other things they use to talk. Where did this language come from, and why do they get to know and I don’t? Maybe they fi nd out in some secret classroom where you have to know the handshake and everyone wears funny hats and sits in tall wooden chairs with no cushions.
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Try as it might, Wash-ington just can’t get this charter school thing down right.
For years, backers of this privately run, publicly funded model of educat-ing endured rejection by voters worried that divert-ing public dimes in this manner might sink the state’s school system.
Th e mood turned in 2012 when
billionaire believers of this education alternative put serious amounts of their money into helping pass Initiative 1240. An alliance of national experts hailed the measure as one of the best written charter school laws in the nation.
Until last Friday.Th at’s when the state Supreme
Court, in a 6-3 decision, struck
down the law as unconstitutional and began the countdown to the legal extermination of nine charter schools serving 1,200 students.
So now what?Th e Washington Charter School
Commission held a special meeting Wednesday for commissioners to ponder the path of what-ifs ahead of them.
“We need to remain focused,” executive director Joshua Halsey
said before the meeting. “Th ese are real schools. Th ese are real kids that are being impacted by the decisions made by adults.”
Conversations are already occur-ring on how to keep schools open and fi x the law.
But fi rst, the Attorney General’s Offi ce and lawyers for initiative backers will try to convince the Su-preme Court – or at least a majority – to reconsider and retreat from its original decision. Th at motion must be fi led within 20 days of the ruling.
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and stop talking about it.Well, there is a giant hole
in that analysis. It does not come to grips with: black codes, vagrancy laws, chain gangs working plantations, poll tax schemes, Jim Crow laws, night riders, housing covenants, redlining, James Crow Esquire and more.
Further, it does not come to grips with the fact that slavery was an economic strategy that gave birth to the brutal system of bond-age know as the American version of slavery. And, that slave economic system was the engine that drove America to become the economic power that it is today.
You say you don’t see the tie to present day Ameri-cans. Well, I suggest you read books other than the sanitized history text books taught in our schools. The book, “Empire of Cotton: A Global History”, researched and written by Sven Beck-ert, a whiny white man (sarcasm), would be a good
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No Regional Fire Author-ity (RFA) fire impact fees. Period.
Over the last five years Kent RFA has charged the Kent taxpayers nearly $70 million more than if the city would have provided fire service - $70 million from the Kent economy to fund a hugely expensive layer of government that is nothing more than a money-wasting administration.
The $70 million RFA increase is simple: Before the RFA there was no fire benefit charge cost to Kent taxpayers; plus almost $5 million for the ethically questionable RFA/Kent interlocal agreement for tending to RFA employee comfort/facilities mainte-nance. This is the number, arrived by after diligent research. The information is
available to anyone. The RFA operates on the
fire benefit charge plus $1 per $1,000 assessed prop-erty value - no municipality uses this treacherous fund-ing scheme. City leaders signed away all rights to fire service properties and the (priceless) infrastructure the city built (with taxpayer money) over to the RFA and the RFA charges the taxpayers for that privilege.
And now the RFA desires more money. If the RFA is coming up short perhaps the RFA can cut costs, a promise to the taxpay-ers going on seven years unfulfilled - as was reduced response times. Why not employ more maneuverable traffic-friendly response vehicles?
Funding for these pro-posed stations is unclear as is funding for the new apparatus and staff to fill those new stations. Kent citizens should not be as-sessed another onerous fee at the whim and order of the RFA; please tell me why doesn’t the city put this fire
impact fee proposal to the voters as the City Council has done with the fireworks ban issue?
You Kent leaders failed to lead and the city endorsed (and enabled) another taxing district within the city - the Kent RFA. May I remind you as our elected mayor and council mem-bers, in addition to leading, your duties are to represent and serve the needs of the citizens.
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court won’t change its mind, the state’s attorneys also will ask justices to provide enough time for the com-mission to extricate the public’s fingers from these operations.
That also will give found-ers of the schools a chance to take their next step, which presumably will be to become private schools for the foreseeable future.
On that point, the Wash-ington State Charter School Association, a private group which raised hundreds of
thousands of dollars to assist the schools, is making sure money won’t be an issue. Its leaders vow to drum up the estimated $14 million needed to keep every school open through June.
Meanwhile, figuring out how to legitimize charter schools will be much harder as it will require action by lawmakers.
Republicans in the House and Senate want to move swiftly to carve out a spot in state law for charter schools and spell out where funding for them will come from. Seattle Rep. Eric Pettigrew
wants to act quickly along those lines as well.
They want Gov. Jay Inslee to call a special session for that purpose, but as of Wednesday morning, he had not indicated what he wants to do. Democratic leaders in the two chambers have been silent on the situation, too. Without their buy-in, it’s a cinch this will be a debate left for the 2016 legislative session.
Jim Spady, a charter school supporter who has been on the front lines of this civic war since 1994, vowed the court action
won’t be the last word.“We are going to do
whatever it takes,” declared Spady, an executive of Dick’s Drive-in. “We are having charter schools in Washington state. They are here. They are working. We haven’t come this far to be sidetracked.”
Political reporter Jerry Corn-field’s blog, The Petri Dish, is at www.heraldnet.com. Contact him at 360-352-8623; [email protected] and on Twitter at @dospueblos
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Complaint No. 3
This is also me … not that I’m whining.
How come they can punch things into their phone like lightning and it takes me 20 minutes to figure out how to write barf? It is so annoying. I feel like when I text I have to lock myself in a closet. I have even practiced speed thumb things, and all I do is end up writing a string of bad words.
RemedyIt’s not likely I can return to my
cranky wall phone (I still have the one we had on the farm) and it is probable that essential information will con-tinue to be withheld from me because of a conspiratorial plan to make me appear grouchy and as out of date as my lumpy buttermilk.
Well, my lumpy buttermilk is the secret remedy.
The magic potion for Mr. Sunshine is a glass of buttermilk, texturally lumpy, every day. It is the elixir of life
the young do not know and have not discovered with all their fancy, speedy, texty things – whatever they are.
Someday Sarah, Rebecca and Katy will want to know the secret sign to text – lumpy buttermilk, come and get it – but they will have to come to me for the answer.
Hee, hee. Reach Dennis Box, regional editor, Cov-
ington Reporter and Enumclaw Courier-Herald, at [email protected] or 425-432-1209, ext. 5050.
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seventh-grade students Aug. 18 with hopes of adding an additional grade each year to eventually serve sixth through 12th grade.
Th e school operates in New Beginnings Christian Fellowship church, 19300 108th Ave. SE, Kent.
Washington state voters approved the creation of charter schools in 2012.
In July 2013, a lawsuit asking for charter schools to be declared unconsti-tutional was fi led by the Washington Education Association, the League of Women Voters of Wash-
ington, El Centro de la Raza, the Washington Association of School Admin-istrators and several individual plaintiff s.
Th e Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that charter schools are not “common schools” and, there-fore, are not eligible for state funding.
Classes were in ses-sion on Tuesday morn-ing at Excel following Labor Day weekend, and two new students had enrolled at the school, Sefrioui said.
About 50 parents, as well as several community leaders, met to discuss their next steps Tuesday morn-ing, Sefrioui said.
“Parents are rolling up their sleeves, going to fi ght
tooth and nail to make sure this school stays in the
community,” he said. Th e parties in the
case, including Excel and the Washington State Charter Com-mission, have 20 days to fi le a motion for reconsideration, which Sefrioui said will happen.
“We hope they do something that shows empathy and compassion and gives our folks justice here,” he said.
Sefrioui said by ruling charter schools common schools, it also puts several other programs, such as tribal schools and Running Start, at risk.
“What is the Legislature, what is (Gov.) Jay Inslee going to do to fi x not only this charter school debacle but all these programs?”
Sefrioui asked. Excel has not received
any funding from the state, Sefrioui said.
He said the fi rst dis-bursement of funding to all schools, including public school districts, will happen at the end of September.
Excel funded its start-up costs through grants and private funding.
Sefrioui said even if the court ruling is upheld, Excel will continue to serve its students.
“We will still stay open and fi nd another way to stay open on a daily basis,” he said.
Th e state’s fi rst charter school opened last year in Seattle.
In addition to Excel, seven schools have or are slated to open this year across the state.
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“Th e crane for the apartments will be coming down on the 16th of September, which is a real mile-stone for the crews working on the building,” said Kristen Link, senior development manager for Seattle developer Tarragon, in an email about construction and marketing updates.
Tarragon has decided to call the complex Dwell at Kent Sta-tion. Th e fi ve-story project along Fourth Avenue North and across from the Maleng Regional Justice Center is expected to be fi nished next spring.
Construction will start this month on the exterior of the building and continue with unit window installation, some of which are already up, and wrap-ping of the building with the Tyvek, a protective covering, in preparation for applying siding, Link said.
Siding materials will soon go up and bring together the façade of the apartments.
Interior work will continue with electricians pulling the service wires from the meter panels to the individual units. Th e sprinkler contractors have most of the building piped. Plumb-
ing contractors have completed waste/vent piping throughout the complex.
Signage and a splash website page to market the apartments and a contact list for interested residents is underway and antici-pated to be ready in late October, Link said.
Pre-leasing for the building will not begin until early 2016. Tarragon has yet to reveal rental rates for the apartments, a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units.
Amenities will include a rooft op deck, two large outdoor courtyards, garden plots, barbe-cue area, fi re pits, a fi tness center, community lounge, bike room, lobby and a dog run.
Tarragon will receive a property tax break each year for eight years from the city for building the complex.
Th e City Council approved an exemption in April for Tarragon on property taxes on the building valuation, which is estimated to cost the city about $25,000 a year in tax revenue. Th e developer still must pay taxes on the land value. Th e tax exemption will save Tarragon nearly $1.7 million over eight years as it also won’t have to pay build-
ing valuation taxes to schools, the Kent Regional Fire Authority, King County and other taxing districts. Tarragon will save an estimated $210,000 a year in property taxes, according to city staff .
Th e council approved a prop-erty tax exemption waiver in 1998 to encourage development downtown.
No developer had taken
advantage of the tax break until Tarragon applied for it in order to help fund building of the apart-ment complex.
Th e construction of residential units was part of the planned unit development for Kent Station agreed upon between Tarragon and the city when it approved the building of the shopping center. Tarragon fi nished the retail phases
but had yet to build any residen-tial housing at Kent Station.
When fi nished, Dwell at Kent Station will mark the second large apartment complex to open downtown. Th e Platform opened last year just south of the shop-ping center along Fourth Avenue. Many renters enjoy the nearby access to the Sounder commuter trains.
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A crane used during the construction of the Dwell at Kent Station apartment complex will be coming down Sept. 16, marking a milestone in the project. Construction on the fi ve-story structure is expected to be fi nished next spring. STEVE HUNTER, Kent Reporter
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The community is invited to a Native American Back-to-School Powwow from 1–9 p.m. on Saturday in the cafeteria at Kent-Meridian High School, 10020 SE 256th St.
The free event is in-tended to educate, promote, and inform students and community about Native American people living in the area.
"It is essential to perpetu-ate the Native American culture and celebrate the usual and accustomed prac-tices that are and have been, since time immemorial,” said Theresa Lockrem, Kent School District's Native American academic and cultural liaison.
Native American vendors will sell food and hand-made items and there will be entertainment during the dinner break. The event provides the opportunity to learn about Native Ameri-can art, culture, and tradi-tions. Notable individuals within the Native American
community, such as Alas-kan Chilkat blanket weaver Anna Brown Ehlers, artist and educator Louie Gong and Seattle flutist Paul Che oke ten Wagner, will show-case their art and music and share the importance of Native American culture.
Ehlers is one of the most accomplished Chilkat blanket weavers of modern times. Her world renowned crafts are exhibited at museums around the world and on cruise ships around Alaska. She has received various accolades and inter-national recognition for her lifelong passion of weaving from the First Peoples Fund and United States Artists Rasmussen Fellowship.
Gong is an artist, educa-tor and public speaker who was raised in the Nooksack tribal community. As a former child and family therapist, he has received international recognition for his work that defies cat-egorization and addresses racial and cultural identity. Gong is a board member for MAVIN, a national non-
profit that raises awareness about mixed race individu-als and families.
Other guests include Polynesian dancers from Ke Liko A’e O Lei Lehua Halau with Aunty Claire Cortez and Andrew Morrison, mu-ral artist of The Seattle In-dian Heritage School, now known as Robert Eaglestaff Middle School.
The Back-to-School Powwow is organized and sponsored by the KSD Na-tive American Program and United Way of King County with support from the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and Tulalip Tribes.
KSD supports the Native American/Alaska Na-tive American Education Program funded by Federal Title VII grants based on Native American student counts and administered through student services.
For more information about the Powwow, visit the KSD Native American Program homepage, kent.k12.wa.us/site/Default.aspx?PageID=356.
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• Event: Hops & Crops Music and Beer Festival, noon-6 p.m., Saturday.
• Place: Mary Olson Farm, a 67-acre 1887 family subsistence farm along the Green River. The farm, 28728 Green River Road SE, is a King County Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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• Performances: Ayron Jones and the Way, Grace Love and the True
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• Breweries: Airways Brewing, Freemont Brewing, Georgetown Brewing, Hilliards Beer, Ironhorse Brewing, Lake Tapps Brewing Co., Lantern Brewing, Pyramid Brewing, Schilling Cider, Silver City Brewing, and Snoqualmie Falls Brewing.
• Food: Barbecue and snacksavailable for purchase.
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Enjoy cold brews and cool tunes at the sixth annual Hops & Crops Music and Beer Festival on Saturday at historic Mary Olson Farm.
Th e 21-and-up event, which runs from noon to 6 p.m., features a beer garden with 30-plus craft brews and ciders from lo-cal breweries.
Live music performanc-es showcase the eclectic Seattle music scene with
bands representing roots, indie-pop, neo-soul and garage blues.
Guests can bring a camp chair or blankets to sit back and enjoy the music, peruse a craft and farmer's marketplace, meet the farm's animal residents, take a tour of the historic farmhouse, learn more about hops at the Hops Craze exhibit or try their hand at classic lawn games.
All proceeds from the event support educational programming at the farm.
Hops & Crops returns to Olson Farm on Saturday
Ayron Jones and the Way, a soulful ‘urban rock’ band from Seattle, plays at the Hops & Crops Music and Beer Festival on Saturday.
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Volunteers needed for National Public Lands Day and other fall park eventsFOR THE REPORTER
Kent Parks invites volun-teers of all ages and abilities to one or more of its four
annual community events this fall.
Th e fi rst is National Public Lands Day, observed throughout the country
on the fourth Saturday in September (Sept. 26). Vol-unteers will help create a winding gravel trail at Burl-ington Green in downtown
Kent, West Meeker and Railroad Avenue North.
National Public Lands Day began in 1994 to keep the promise of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the three million Americans who worked from 1933-42 to preserve and protect America’s natural heritage. In 2014, 175,000 volunteers participated at more than 2,000 sites in every state, the District of Columbia and in many U.S. territo-
ries. To date, Kent is one of 22 registered sites in the state.
October events are “ReLeaf ” at Clark Lake Park (10th), Arbor Day at Riverview Park (17th) and the fourth annual Green Kent Day at the Green River Natural Resources Area (24th).
All events are Saturday mornings, 9 until noon, rain or shine. Tools, staff
and light refreshments are provided. Volunteers are encouraged to bring their own personal water bottles to refi ll from a cooler and reduce landfi ll waste.
Register to volunteer by noon three days before each event at KentWA.gov/ComeVolunteer. For more information, contact Victoria Andrews at 253-856-5113.
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Fall is like a second spring in Western Washing-ton, so just like in March or April this is a good month to fertilize and reseed the lawn, divide and multiply perennials, add new trees and shrubs and fi ll con-tainer gardens with fresh color.
Th e big ad-vantage of doing these chores in the fall rather than spring is that the soil is al-ready warm and ready to encour-age new root growth, and aft er such a dry summer the slug and snail population should be less damaging to tender young transplants.
Dirt cheap gardeners will appreciate all the clearance and end-of-season sales at garden centers and nurser-ies and outdoor work is usually more pleasant in the fall with a nip rather than a shower in the air.
Th is fall local gardeners are asking questions about how to handle their land-scapes aft er the summer drought:
Q. Like everyone else in my neighborhood I let my lawn “go golden” or brown this summer. I know the
winter rains will green it up but when should I fertilize? R.T., Tacoma
A. Your lawn will let you know when it is ready for a meal by going from golden to green as it awakens from the summer slumber. Do
not fertilize if the grass is still brown or golden. Once you see signs of green use a fall and winter lawn food with slow release nitrogen, not fast-acting
nitrogen. Th e label on the fertilizer bag will tell you if the nitrogen is slow release.
In Western Washington, if you only fertilize once a year, the fall feeding is the most important. Th is is because a slow release lawn food holds nitrogen in the root zone all winter where it will be available in the spring to jump start new growth. Grasses will crowd out spring weeds if fed in the fall with slow release fertilizer.
Q. I heard you talk about lawn renovation and now I want to try the tips you mentioned because my neighbor has a lawn that stayed much greener than
everyone else on the block aft er adding soil and re-seeding. What are the steps to having a more drought resistant lawn?
Q. It is a simple grass roots movement if you want a greener lawn and less watering. First mow low and aerate your soil. Next, spread one to two inches of compost on top of the lawn and rake evenly across the lawn surface, fi lling in the low spots. Tip: You can order compost to be deliv-ered that has been profes-sionally made and is free of most weed seeds. Next, reseed using one of the new drought resistant lawn seed mixes now on the market. You will pay more for these superior grass seeds but they really do stay green longer during droughts. Follow the planting instruc-tions on the seed bag. Th is means you will need to keep the new seed moist if it does not rain. Next summer your new lawn will stay green with less water thanks to the water holding ability of the compost and the deep reaching roots of the drought resistant grass seed.
Q. I have a complaint and was off ended in a
previous column when you called the perennial “Lady’s Mantle” a tramp because she oft en hops into other beds. Would you talk that way about a man? B.G., email
A. My apologies to any off ended ladies and gentlemen. I was thinking of the Disney movie “Lady and the Tramp” when I described Lady’s mantle and of course Walt would never disrespect tramps or ladies. He gave the “tramp” star billing. Lady’s Mantle could very well be a male not a female as we all accept transgender plants in the very accept-ing world of horticulture. Just like the Olympics,
horticulturists also give out gold medals for supe-rior plant performance. I am also sure that Mother Nature has a wonderful sense of humor – why else would we have such funny looking animals such as camels and hippos and silly looking plants like contorted fi lberts and curly willow?
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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See MarianneSaturday, 10 a.m., Windmill Gardens, 16009 60th St. E., Sumner. Topic – Autumn: The Second Spring. $5 fee; must pre-register for the class. 253-863-5843
Sunday, noon to 2 p.m. Auburn International Farmers Market, Auburn Sound Transit Plaza, 23 A St. SW. Topic – Tips to use less water and spend less money on your land-scape. No fee, no registration required.
Treat your lawn, add something new as fall chores await
SOUND TRANSIT PASSENGERS set another ridership record during the second quarter of 2015, with 8.8 million boardings for the quarter – the
busiest second quarter in the agency’s history. Aver-age weekday boardings on Sound Transit buses and trains hit 118,000 for the quarter, a 6 percent jump
over 2014. Ridership reports can be found at www.soundtransit.org/Ridership
It’s a year of change for Kentridge High School’s volleyball team. Nine seniors from last year’s squad graduated, and the team is adjust-ing to its third coach in three years.
But, veteran players, as well as fi rst-year coach Eric Han, are confi dent the team has what it takes to make a deep run in the Class 4A
West Central Dis-trict 3 playoff s.
“I really want to get past going to (district) playoff s because every year we’ve made it to the second day of playoff s and to just come short of that one game,” senior
LaDrea Ford said about failing to make the state tournament. “So this year I am really hoping we can get past that because I think we can do it. We are really a strong team this year.”
Han agreed. “As an outsider, if I were to see
these girls, yes, I see a state-bound team,” Han said.
But, he doesn’t want to get too far ahead of himself.
“As a coach, I want us to take it one step at a time,” he said. “I want us to focus on the fi rst nonleague game, then I want to focus on the next league game.”
Last year, the Chargers tied for fi rst place in the South Puget Sound League North Division 4A with an 8-1 conference record before they were eliminated in the district
playoff s. Ford said the team has a strong
front row and excels at serving. “We need to work a lot on de-
fense,” senior Alaina Rhee said. “We have a lot more hitters.”
Han plans to focus on improving the team’s defense.
“We’ve got a big front row but because I am more of a defensive-oriented coach, I want us to work on that a lot, because I have had a lot of success by defense,” he said.
Han described himself as primar-ily a club volleyball coach, coaching the Lake Tapps Volleyball Club for the past eight years, with fi ve of those as a head coach. Han has some experience with high school volleyball, having spent four years as a junior varsity coach at Rog-ers High School and one year with Stadium High School.
When the coaching position at
Kentridge opened, Han said it was the right fi t.
“I think with the experience I have and the coaches I’ve learned from, it was a good opportunity for me to just go up, grab it and take it and run with it,” he said.
Han became interested in vol-leyball aft er transferring to Auburn Riverside High School from Curtis High School his sophomore year and taking a volleyball class.
“I fell in love,” he said. “From then I managed the team there (at Riverside).”
Han credits longtime Auburn Riverside volleyball coach Chris Leverenz with teaching him the basics of volleyball during his time managing the team.
“Lev had me do a couple things drills and stuff that she would teach me,” he said. “I learned a lot from her.”
Han started playing volleyball on club teams when he was 15 and got his fi rst coaching job at 18.
Now 26, Han still plays volleyball but coaching is his passion.
“I 75 percent love coaching and 25 percent love playing,” he said. “I’m still competitive, but I love coaching more.”
Han said his passion for the sport, as well as what he has learned from his mentors, will help him to run a successful program at Kentridge.
“I have an idea in mind of what kind of culture I want to create with this program,” he said. “I think No. 1, we want to be competitive. I want Kentridge to be on the map but at the same time I want it to be a loose environment and I want the girls to have fun.
The Washington State Fair, the largest in the Pacifi c Northwest, opens its 17-day run Friday in Puyallup. The fair features star-studded entertainment, the PRCA Rodeo, rides, exhibits, food, fl owers and animals. For more information about the Sept. 11-27 fair, visit www.thefair.com. COURTESY PHOTO, Patrick Hagerty
Fair time
EventsKent Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturdays, June 6-Sept. 26. Fresh produce, fl ower, vendors. Kent Lions program. For more information, visit www.kentfarmersmarket.com.
Washington State Fair: Sept. 11-27, 110 Ninth Ave., SW, Puyallup. Gate hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday;9 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday. Concerts, rides, food, vendors, rodeo, animal exhibits, art and culture, interactive fun, special attractions. Admission: $12.50 adults; $9 students (ages 6-18) and seniors (62 and older); kids 5 and under free. Pre-fair discounts available online through Sept. 10. Parking: $10 Monday-Friday; $12 Saturday, Sunday. For more informa-tion: www.thefair.com or 24-hour hotline at 253-841-5045.
Sixth annual Hops & Crops Music and Beer Festival: Noon-6 p.m. Sept. 12, Mary Olson Farm, 28728 Green River Road SE. 21-and-up event features a beer garden with 30-plus craft brews and ciders from local breweries, live music, tours. All proceeds from the event support educational programming at the farm. Barbecue and snacks available for purchase. Reber Ranch presents the festi-val. Tickets: $15 pre-sale, $20 at the gate. Taster admission includes taster mug and fi ve tokens. $10 designated driver/no taste admission. Purchase tickets at the festival or online at wrvmuseum.org/hopsandcrops.html
Downtown Wine Walk: 6-9 p.m. Sept. 18, Down Home Catering, 211 1st Ave. S, Kent. Presented by the Kent Downtown Partnership. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m. at Down Home Cater-ing. Hosting 12 wineries in 12 downtown shops. Tickets: $25 per person and avail-able at downtownkentwinewalk0815.brownpapertickets.com. For more details, contact Kent Downtown Partnership, 253-813-6976, or [email protected].
Alpaca Farm Days: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 26, 27, Liberty Alpacas, 20014 SE 240th St., Maple Valley. See the alpacas and their beautiful products made from their fi ber. Learn about these wonderful animals. Free. www.libertyalpacas.com
Surviving Domestic Violence – Then and Now 25 Years Later:
6-8 p.m. Sept. 30, Federal Way City Hall, Council Chambers, 33325 8th Ave. S. Presented by the City of Federal Way Domestic Violence Task Force. Host: Lana Matthew, chair, Federal Way DV Task Force. Speakers: Federal Way Mayor Jim Ferrell; Police Chief Andy Hwang; Beth Hollis, victim/survivor; Laron Burris, batterer treatment; Mac Macdonald, author, “Lighting your own Fuse” and actor, “Apocalypse – 1979”. Refreshments will be served.
Kent Chamber of Commerce Busi-ness Expo: 3-7 p.m. Oct. 20, ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St. Featuring 90 business booths, more than 10 restau-rants for the Taste of Kent; do-it-yourself presentations, games and prizes; and giveaways. Network and create business connections. Free and open to the public.
Benefi tsBeds 4 Kentwood: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 12, Kentwood High School, 25800 164th Ave SE, Covington. Kentwood foot-ball’s second annual mattress fundraiser. All mattresses are made to order with full factory non-prorated warranties. All sizes available. Prices are 30-60 percent lower than retail. Delivery available. Cash, check and credit cards accepted. Free layaway, if needed. bit.ly/Beds4Kentwood
Kent Friends of the Library An-nual Book Sale: Sept. 18, 19, 20, Kent Library, 212 Second Ave N. Hours are: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Saturday; 1-3 p.m. Sunday (bag sale). Proceeds support library programs for children, teenagers and adults. Multimedia and children’s materials also available.
Strides 5K Fun Run: 8 a.m. Sept. 19, Foster Park, S. 259th and 74th Ave. S., Kent. Support the South Sudan Com-munity and Neighborhood Huse of King County. Entry fee. For more information, contact Debbie Hunt at 253-852-2057 or [email protected].
GKHS Dinner Gala: 5:30-9 p.m. Oct. 3, Kent Senior Center, 600 E. Smith St. Major fundraiser for the Greater Kent Historical Society. Program features fi lmmaker Steve Edmiston with “Tales of Adventure from Old Military Road,” with a focus on the Nike missile bases on Kent’s West Hill. Evening also includes dinner by the Golden Steer, a gift basket raffl e, wine raffl e and desert dash. Cost: $65
before Sept. 1, $75 after Sept. 1. For more information, email [email protected] or visit gkhs.org/dinner-gala/.
MSC Helps Luncheon: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 22, Emerald Downs, 2300 Emerald Downs Drive, Auburn. Fundrais-ing luncheon benefi ts programs at the Multi-Service Center, a nonprofi t agency that off ers people pathways out of poverty through support and resources in education, employment, housing, energy assistance, food and clothing. Guest speaker is Alfi e Alvarado, director of the Washington State Department of Veterans Aff airs. Cost: $100 suggested donation. Contact: Le Ann Taylor or Sarah Villian at 253-835-7678 or [email protected].
Kent Guild Artisans’ Festival: 3-8 p.m. Nov. 2; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Nov. 3, Meridian Valley Country Club, 24830 136th Ave. SE, Kent. Benefi tting Se-attle Children’s Hospital. Arts and crafts marketplace fi lled with unique holiday gifts, home decorations, treasures and thoughtful gifts for that special person on your list. Wine tasting on Monday evening only. Free. For more information, contact Karen Zink at 206-890-5235 or [email protected].
HealthBloodworks Northwest drives: 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sept. 11, Novinium, 22820 Russell Road; 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 12, LDS Church, 24419 9th Ave. S.; 7:30-9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sept. 17, Starbucks Kent Roasting Plant, 18411 77th Place S.; 9-11 a.m., noon-3 p.m. Sept. 17, Recreational Equipment, 6750 S. 228th St.; 9-11 a.m., 11:45 a.m.-3 p.m., Sept. 23, Kent Phoenix Academy (room 113), 11000 SE 264th St.; 1-4 p.m. Sept. 23, Food Services Of America, 18430 E Valley Highway; 9-11:30 a.m. Sept. 23, Valley Communications Center, 27519 108th Ave. SE; 8:30-10:30 a.m., 11:15 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Sept. 24, Tahoma High School, 18200 SE 240th St.; 1-3 p.m., 4-7 p.m. Sept. 29, Kent Lutheran Church, 336 2nd Ave. S.; 8-10 a.m., 10:45 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 2, Kentridge High School, 12430 SE 208th St. Appointments can be made by calling 1-800-398-7888, or visit www.bloodworksnw.org.
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“Th e goal is for them to love volleyball. If you hate volleyball, why be here? Why play? Th ere’s no reason. I want them to love volleyball and create that kind of culture at the same time is competitive.”
Elsewhere KENT-MERIDIAN • Coach: Michael Chris-
tiansen, 10th year • Last year’s record: 7-4
South Puget Sound League North 4A, 20-10 overall
• Returning starters: Diana Faamausili, senior, fi rst-
• Top Newcomers: Madi-son Marko, freshman, 5-6; Morgan Marko, fresh., 5-6; Erin Bedry, fresh., 5-7
• Strengths: Defense and serving
• Weaknesses: Height• Outlook: “We will be
working hard to become a strong team toward the end of the season,” Guerrero said.
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Stars to open indoor soccer season Nov. 6 FOR THE REPORTER
Th e Tacoma Stars will open the home portion of their 2015-16 Major Arena Soccer League season with a game against the Sacramento Surge on Friday, Nov. 6, at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
Th e club last week an-nounced its home opener against Sacramento, which marks the beginning of the Stars fi rst full season play-ing in the MASL.
Th e Stars will play 20 games, including 10 at the ShoWare Center. Th e remainder of the Stars schedule is expected to be released this week.
Coach and general
manager Darren Sawatzky will lead a Stars roster highlighted by veteran goal-keeper Danny Waltman, forward Derek Johnson and midfi elder Joey Gjertsen.
Th e team is expected to add three more players hail-ing from the Puget Sound area in the coming days.
For tickets and other informaton, visit tacomas-tars.com.
Kentwood falls to Curtis
35-24 in openerREPORTER STAFF
Curtis overcome a 17-point defi cit in the second half to turn back Kentwood 35-24 in a season-opening, nonleague football game at University Place last Friday night.
Brian Campbell threw touchdown passes of 45 yards to Connor Benson and 55 yards to Grant Stockman and scored on a 4-yard run for the Conquerors.
ElsewhereBattle Ground 36, at
Kent-Meridian 12: Ben Woods threw an 18-yard pass to Emmanuel Daigbe and Shamar “Malik” Woolery scored on a 78-yard run in the Royals’ season-opening loss to the Tigers last Saturday.
Graham-Kapowsin 35, at Kentlake 14: Mi-cah Vaifale and Cody Faulkner scored for the Falcons in a nonleague loss to the Eagles last Friday.
At Bethel 48, Kentridge 26: Th e Braves defeated the Chargers in a season-opening, nonleague game on Sept. 3.
Thunderbirds name new director of player personnelFOR THE REPORTER
Cal Filson has been named the Seattle Th underbirds’ new director of player personnel.
Filson, from Regina, Saskatchewan, has been a scout for the T-Birds for the last eight seasons. He will be responsible for maintaining the T-Birds’ 50-player pro-tected list, scouting and evaluating players in western Canada and the United States and preparing for and running the annual bantam draft for the T-Birds.
Filson takes over for Colin Alexander, who joined the Pittsburgh Penguins on Aug. 27 as an amateur scout.
“We are excited to be able to bring Cal in to replace Colin Alexander as our director of player personnel,” Seattle general man-
ager Russ Farwell said. “He had eight years under Colin and each year he grew and became a bigger contributor. He is more than ready to take on this challenge as his next step in hockey.”
In addition, Dan McLean has been named the T-Birds’ new director of scouting. McLean, from Sylvan Lake, Alberta, has been a T-Birds scout for the last 19 seasons.
On the ice Th e T-Birds’ next preseason appearance
will be in Kennewick at the Red Lion Ho-tels’ Preseason Tournament at the Toyota Center. Th e T-Birds play the Kootenay Ice at 3 p.m. Friday, and face the Tri-City Americans at 7:05 p.m. Saturday.
Seattle concludes its preseason schedule with a home game against the Victoria Royals on Friday, Sept. 18, at 7:35 p.m. at the ShoWare Center.
Conf. Overall
W L W L
Kent-Meridian 0 0 0 1
Kentlake 0 0 0 1
Kentridge 0 0 0 1
Kentwood 0 0 0 1
Tahoma 0 0 1 0
SPSL Northeast 4A
This week’s games
Friday
Kent-Meridian at Auburn, 7 p.m.
Kentlake at Decatur, 7 p.m.
Emerald Ridge at Kentwood, 7 p.m.
Kentridge at Mercer Island, 7 p.m.
Rogers at Tahoma, 7 p.m.
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The Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority (RFA) is accepting sealed bids for the Fire Station 76 and Fire Gar- age roof replacement project. The deadline for sealed bids is September 30, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. For information about the bid- ding process or to obtain a copy of “Instruction to Bidders” and
go to the Kent Fire Department
fa.org or contact the Kent Fire Department RFA at 253-856- 4405. Published in Kent, Covington/ Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on September 11, 2015, September 18, 2015. #1415237.
Trustee Sale # P1368752-WA Title # 7003629 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSU- ANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ.THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the record- ing date on this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTOR- NEY LICENSED IN WASH- INGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to media- tion if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Hous- ing counselors and legal assis- tance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclo- sure hotline for assistance and re- ferral to housing counselors rec- ommended by the Housing Fi- nance Commission Telephone: 1 - 8 7 7 - 8 9 4 - H O M E (1-877-894-4663) . Web site:
mers/homeownership/post_purchase_counselors_
foreclosure.htm The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Tele- phone: 1-800-569-4287 Web
wide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys Telephone: 1-800-606-4819 Web site: http://nwjustice.org/what- clear I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, CLEAR RECON CORP, 9311 S.E. 36th Street, Suite 100, Mer- cer Island, WA 98040, Trustee will on 9/25/2015 at 10:00 AM at AT THE 4TH AVENUE EN- TRANCE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING LOCATIONED ONE BLOCK EAST OF THE KING COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, 500 4TH AVE, SEAT- TLE, WA 98121 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or cashier’s check or certi-
State chartered banks, at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of King, State of Wash- ington, to-wit: THE EAST 225 FEET OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NORTH HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUAR- TER OF SECTION 25, TOWN- SHIP 22 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST W M, RECORDS OF KING COUNTY, WASHING- TON. EXCEPT THE SOUTH 230 FEET THEREOF, EXCEPT ROAD. SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF KING, STATE OF WASHINGTON Commonly known as: 26431 180 AVE SE COVINGTON, WA 98042 APN: 252205-9150-09 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dat- ed 4/27/2004, recorded 5/4/2004, as Auditor’s File No. 20040504002244, records of King County, Washington, from JOHN A SLIWA AND ERIKA A SLIWA, HUSBAND AND
WIFE, as Grantor(s), to FIDEL- ITY NATIONAL TITLE COM- PANY, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of MORT- GAGE ELECTRONIC REGIS- TRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR PRINCIPAL RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND
assigned by CITIMORT- GAGE, INC., under an Assign- ment recorded under Auditor’s File No 20120731000385. II. No action commenced by the Bene-
now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obliga- tion secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The de- fault(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: PROMISSORY NOTE IN- FORMATION Note Dated: 4/27/2004 Note Amount: $131,678.00 Interest Paid To: 1/1/2012 Next Due Date: 2/1/2012 PAYMENT INFOR- MATION FROM THRUNO.PMT AMOUNT TOTAL2/1/2012 5/30/2015 40 $1,116.52$44,660.80 5/31/2015 0 $1,571.33 $0.00 ADVANC- ES/LATE CHARGES DE- SCRIPTION TOTAL Accrued Late Charges $97.12 INSPEC- TIONS $459.00 APPRAI- SAL/BPO $769.00 Interest on Escr Adv $435.62 ESTIMAT- ED FORECLOSURE FEES AND COSTS DESCRIPTION TOTAL Trustee’s Fee’s $675.00 Conducting Sale Fee $50.00 Posting of Notice of Default $50.00 Posting of Notice of Sale$50.00 Postponement Fee $150.00 Publication of Notice of Sale $585.90 Record Notice of Sale $78.00 Record Substitution of Trustee $14.00 T.S.G. Fee $680.00 Mailings $1,386.44 TO- TAL DUE AS OF 5/13/2015 $50,140.88 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the
Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $114,806.74, together with interest as provided in the Note from 2/1/2012, and such other costs and fees as are pro- vided by statute. V. The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, posses- sion or encumbrances on 9/25/2015. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by 9/14/2015, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discon- tinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and termi- nated if at any time before 9/14/2015 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with
a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminat- ed any time after the 9/14/2015 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the or the Grantor’s successor interest or the holder of any recorded junior lien or en- cumbrance by paying the princi- pal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pur- suant to the terms of the obliga- tion and/or Deed of Trust and curing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of Default was
Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following ad- dress(es): SEE ATTACHED EX-
proof of which is in the posses- sion of the Trustee; and the Bor- rower and Grantor were person- ally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trus-
tee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-de- scribed property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invali- dating the Trustee’s sale. X. NO- TICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS – The purchaser at the trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not ten- ants by summary proceedings under chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. If you are a servicemember or a dependent of a servicemember, you may be entitled to certain protections un- der the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and any compar- able state laws regarding the risk of foreclosure. If you believe you may be entitled to these protec-
immediately. THIS IS AN AT- TEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: 5/14/2015 CLEAR RECON CORP, as Successor Trustee For
additional information or serviceyou may contact: Clear ReconCorp. 9311 S.E. 36th Street,Suite 100 Mercer Island, WA98040 Phone: (206) 707-9599EXHIBIT”1” NAME ADDRESSERIKA A SLIWA 26431 180AVE SE COVINGTON, WA 98042 ERIKA A SLIWA 26431 180 AVE SE KENT WA98031 ERIKA A SLIWA 26431 180TH AVENUE SOUTHEAST KENT WA 98042JOHN A SLIWA 26431 180 AVE SE COVINGTON, WA 98042 JOHN A SLIWA 26431 180 AVE SE KENT WA98031 JOHN A SLIWA 26431 180TH AVENUE SOUTHEAST KENT WA 98042Published in the Kent Reporteron Auust 21, 2015 and Septem-ber 11, 2015. #1332523. Trustee Sale # P1358138-WATitle # 5588664 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSU- ANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the record- ing date on this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTOR- NEY LICENSED IN WASH- INGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to media- tion if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Hous- ing counselors and legal assis- tance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclo- sure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission Telephone:
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TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly): 6:45 p.m., Thursdays, Swanson Court Clubhouse, 12200 SE 207th St., Kent, near Kentridge High School. Nonprofit weight loss support group. Cost: $32 to join and $7 monthly. For more information, call 253-709-5098 or visit www.tops.org or www.whywelovetops.com.
Southeast King County Parkinson’s Disease support group: Meets on the third Tuesday of the month, 10:30 a.m., St. John The Baptist Catholic Church, 25810 156th Ave. SE, Covington. Group’s monthly lunches are on the first Tuesday of the month at the Auburn Senior Activity Center, 808 Ninth St. SE, Auburn. For more information, contact Stephanie Lawson at 206-579-5206.
Gamblers Anonymous: For meeting times and locations, call toll free the Gamblers Anonymous Hotline 1-855-222-5542. Visit www.gawashington.org or www.gamblersanonymous.org for additional information.
Clubs, programsRoll and Read: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 19, South King County Family Resource Center, 212 Fifth Ave. S., Kent. Presented by Children’s Home Society of Washington. Parents and children can walk, bike, pull a wagon or push a stroller through downtown Kent while enjoy-ing various reading activities along the way. Cat in the Hat, Waldo and other literary characters will be present. Walks begin every 15 minutes at the center. 253-854-0700, www.childrenshomesociety.org.
Autism Social Skills Group: 6-8 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, beginning Oct. 5, Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. N. FEAT (Families for Effective Autism Treatment) of Washington, a nonprofit organization, brings social group opportunities for teens with autism to Kent. Looking for teens with autism as well as peer mentor volunteers. To volunteer, register or to learn more, visit www.featwa.org.
Rotary Club of Kent: Join the local Rotary Club of Kent every Tuesday for its weekly meeting and luncheon at Down Home Catering in historic down-town Kent, 211 1st Ave. S. For more information go to: www.kentrotary.com
Kent Evening Toastmasters: 7 p.m., Wednes-days, Kent Commons, Interurban Room, 525 Fourth Ave N. Are you interested in practicing and improving your public speaking skills? Boosting your self-confidence? Making yourself heard in that weekly meeting at work? Come practice your oratory skills with a friendly and informative group of people. With members ranging from beginners to experts, Kent Evening Toastmasters welcomes people of all skill levels. For more information, visit www.kentevening-toastmasters.net.
Autism Support Group: 6:30-8:30 p.m., second Wednesday of the month, Kent Covenant Church, main conference room, 12010 SE 240th St. Share resources and encouragement. Childcare available with 72-hour advance reservations by calling Fabiana Steele at 253-631-0222, ext. 325. For more informa-tion, visit www.kentcov.org.
NAMI Support Groups: 6:30-8 p.m., every second and fourth Tuesday of the month, 515 W. Harrison St., Kent. Friends and family support group for family members and friends who are affected by mental illness. Free. For more information, call 253-854-6264 (NAMI) or email [email protected], or visit www.nami.org.
VolunteersFall community projects: 9 a.m.-noon, Sept. 26, Burlington Green, downtown Kent, West Meeker and Railroad Avenue North. Kent Parks invites volunteers of all ages and abilities to help create a winding grav-el trail. The project is done in observance of National Public Lands Day. Other events: Oct. 10, “ReLeaf” at Clark Lake Park; Oct. 17, Arbor Day at Riverview Park;
Oct. 24, fourth annual Green Kent Day at the Green River Natural Resources Area. All events are Saturday mornings, 9 until noon, rain or shine. Tools, staff and light refreshments provided. Volunteers encouraged to bring their own personal water bottles to refill from a cooler and reduce landfill waste. Register to volunteer by noon three days before each event at KentWA.gov/ComeVolunteer. For more information, contact Victoria Andrews at 253-856-5113.
NetworkThe Kent Chapter of Business Network, Int’l (BNI): Meets every Wednesday morning at 7 at the Old Country Buffet, 25630 104th SE, Kent. Chapter is growing. Currently have 38 members. Do you want excellent, personal, word of mouth referrals for your business? Then come join us. For more information, contact Dr. Allan McCord at 253-854-3040.
Attract New Business Customers Presenta-tion: 8-9:30 a.m. Sept. 22, Kent Chamber of Com-merce, 524 W. Meeker Street, Suite 1. Learn how to grow your business by attracting new customers. Free. For more information, contact Dan DeVries at 425-891-5163 or [email protected], or visit wildhorsestrategies.com/growmybiz/
“Spirit of Hiring” Job Fair: 3-6 p.m. Oct. 7, Green River College, Lindbloom Student Center, 12401 SE 329th St., Auburn. For all businesses seeking part-time, full-time or seasonal employees. Bring your resumes. First 100 attendees receive a job fair swag bag. Free for job seekers. Businesses need to reserve their booth paceSpace is limited to a total of 50 booths. For more information, visit business.auburnareawa.org
SeniorsKent’s World Dance Day: 6:30-10 p.m. Oct. 2, Kent Senior Center, 600 E. Smith St. Free. Interactive dance from around the world. 253-561-5508.
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625 W. James St., Kent. 253-856-6777. Order at www.tickets.showarecenter.com. Events include:
The Experience, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly: 7 p.m. Sept. 19. A night of R&B and soul. Special guests: R&B Diva KeKe Wyatt, Kelly Price, and local favorite Mycle Wastman. Known for their hits “Happy Feelin’s”, “Can’t Get Over You” and other hit singles, Maze and Beverly have put their stamp in the R&B/Soul music for over three decades. Tickets: $49.50-$119.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus “Built to Amaze”: 7 p.m. Sept. 24, 25, 26; 11:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m. Sept. 26; 1 p.m., 5 p.m. Sept. 27. Among the shows: King Charles Troupe brings a spir-ited and comedic basketball competition, featuring 10 whirling unicyclists; Crossbow Casanova presents an insanely accurate crossbow act; Supersonic Sky-scrapers; trapeze act; daredevil motorcycle stunts; hand-balancing duo; fast-paced equestrian acrobatic riders; and the world-renowned Asian elephants. Tickets: $20-$70.
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Live music ballroom dances: 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday, Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St. Open to all ages. Cover charge: $4 at the door for all ages, dancers and listeners. Refreshments served at 8:30 p.m. Program schedule: • First Tuesday: 17-member Big Band Kings of Swing, 7:45 to 9:30 p.m. Refreshments by the Lakeshore or Radcliffe Place; • Second Tuesday: Randy Litch, ballroom dance music, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Refreshments by the Weatherly; • Third Tuesday: Andy Burnett, rock ‘n roll music, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Refreshments by Stafford Suites; • Fourth Tuesday: Randy Litch, ballroom dance music, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Refreshments by Farrington Court; • Fifth Tuesday (when occurring): Randy Litch, ballroom dance music, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Refreshments
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Rock The Green: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 3, Green River
College, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. Inaugural festi-
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Coalition presents live music and beer garden. Main
stage performances include: Tim Noah; Dana Lyons;
The Kevin Jones Band; Chick Buser; Howling Rain; The
Community Players. Free admission. 253-333-6010,
Greenriver.edu/rockthegreen.
Piano Concert: 6:30-8 p.m. Oct. 17, Riverview
Community Church, 4135 S. 216th St., Kent. Brian
Greutman, music pastor at the church and a classi-
cally trained pianist, presents a concert to release
his new piano CD of original compositions. Concert
features piano compositions inspired by the Psalms.
Stories, door prizes and fun for the family. The River-
view Band also performs. Free. www.rcckent.org
Auditions“Mary Poppins”: 7 p.m. Sept. 22, 24, Green River
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Urgent Care Clinics at Renton Landing, North Benson, Newcastle, Covington & Maple Valley
Open 7 days a week: Monday through Friday, 8 AM – 8 PM,Saturday & Sunday, 8 AM – 4 PM
Can’t wait for an appointment with your primary care provider? Need medical care after hours for a non life-threatening “that bites” type of moment? No problem, VMC’s urgent care clinics are here for you.
Walk-in appointments welcome, or call 425.656.4000 to schedule a reserved appointment. Check our wait times at valleymed.org/wait-times.
