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Edward Lee Vargas has served as superintendent of the Kent School District since 2009. Under his watch, the district has received numerous local, state, national and international awards. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter
THE MAN WITH THE PLAN
Jessica Berliner, King County senior deputy prosecutor,
tells the jury why they should convict Jorge Lizarraga for
the 2010 murder of Devin Topps,
whose photo stands behind her.
STEVE HUNTER, Kent Reporter
BY STEVE HUNTER
Th e Metropoli-tan King County Council surprised many when they chose Mia Gre-gerson rather than Elizabeth Albertson on Monday to fi ll the 33rd Legislative District House seat vacated by Dave Upthegrove.
Albertson, of Kent, reacted strongly to the deci-
sion in a Tuesday email to the Kent Reporter. She called the decision a “fi x” and that the council was “pressured to appoint a person of color.”
Albertson, whose Kent City Council
term expires the end of this year, was picked by the 33rd Legislative District Demo-crats to replace Upthegrove,
County Council picks Gregerson over Albertson for Legislature
Albertson
[ more ALBERTSON page 4 ]
BY ROSS COYLE
Edward Lee Vargas displays all the qualities one might expect of the superintendent of one of the most diverse and complex school districts in the state.
A calm, collected and soft spoken man whose reserved mannerisms belie an unquestionable authority and control.
Th e veteran administrator arrived in Kent in 2009 and has rapidly changed the school district in his four years of service.
Th e Washington Association of School Administrators recently awarded Vargas as Superintendent of the Year, but it’s not the fi rst time he’s been honored for his work on the state level. He also received the same award
Kent schools continue
to change, thrive behind
Vargas’ leadership
[ more VARGAS page 4 ]
BY STEVE HUNTER
A King County Superior Court jury took just one day to convict Jorge Lizarraga of the murder of Devin Topps, 18, in October 2010 in Kent.
Th e 12 jurors started deliberations at 9 a.m. Tuesday and reached a verdict late in the aft er-noon. All 12 had to agree on the verdict.
Th e jury convicted Lizarraga, 23, of second-
degree murder with a fi rearm enhancement as well as two counts of violation of the uniform fi rearms act (for being a convicted felon in pos-session of fi rearms), residential burglary, theft of a fi rearm and possession of a stolen fi rearm, according to Dan Donohoe, spokesman for the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Offi ce.
Lizarraga is scheduled to be sentenced
Jury convicts Lizarraga of murder
[ more LIZARRAGA page 5 ]
BY STEVE HUNTER
A King County Superior Court jury began delibera-tions Tuesday aft ernoon in Kent about whether William L. Phillip Jr., stabbed to death Seth Frankel on May 21, 2010 in Frankel’s Au-burn home he shared with Bonny Johnson, a woman each man loved.
Family and friends of Frankel, 41, a city of Kent employee, were in court Tuesday morning to hear closing arguments in front
of the jury by Senior Deputy Prosecutor Wyman Yip and defense attorney Anuradha Luthra. Th e trial lasted six weeks.
Yip portrayed Phillip, 33, of Portland, Ore., as a man who wanted to return to a romantic relationship with Johnson and went so far as to kill Frankel in an eff ort to get back together with her.
Yip said the evidence of a towel found near the mur-der scene with the DNA of Phillips, cellphone records
Jury to decide whether
Phillip killed Frankel
[ more TRIAL page 5 ]
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Community welcomes KentHOPE Day Center for women and children BY MARK KLAAS
It represents a small step in the Kent community’s ambitious plan to address a growing homeless problem.
Behind a large volunteer eff ort, the Kent Homeless-ness Partnership Eff ort (KentHOPE) has collabo-rated with Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission (UGM) to open a women and chil-
dren’s day center.City, community, Kent
School District and other supporters converged at an open house last Saturday to embrace and celebrate the arrival of the center, a converted UGM transi-tional housing offi ce at 9009 Canyon Drive.
Mayor Suzette Cooke applauded the group’s eff ort before a ribbon cutting and house blessing ceremony.
Th e KentHOPE Day Center offi cially opened Monday and will remain open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily to help struggling women and children, with the capacity to respond to as many as 25 individuals on a given day. A site man-ager and case workers will staff the center, which will depend on trained volun-teers and steady donations to help make it go.
Th e UGM donated the center, allowing KentHOPE to operate the shelter under a rent-free arrangement.
“We couldn’t have done it without them,” said Pat Gray, KentHOPE chairper-son, while entertaining a large crowd of supporters at the grand opening. “It’s very exciting. We are so pleased to be able to fi nally open a facility.
“It’s a small, signifi cant victory,” Gray said, “and our vision remains to open a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week
KentHOPE center for all the homeless in the greater Kent area.
KentHOPE, which is dedicated to reducing homelessness in the com-munity, is a partnership of churches and faith-based groups, UGM, Valley Cities Counseling, businesses, community service agencies and concerned residents.
Th e day center off ers and wide range of services, including showers, laundry facilities and restrooms; three healthy meals served daily; computer and life skills training; GED and employment assistance; counseling; advocacy for
services; computers with Internet access and a cloth-ing bank.
Th e day center will con-nect with the school district to help the homeless fi nd their way.
Th e school district identi-fi ed 250 students as being homeless in the district in the last 14 weeks, said Rona Popp, an administrator with the Kent School District’s Student and Family Services.
“And we haven’t hit Christmas yet,” Popp said of the homeless crisis. Popp, who sits on the KentHOPE executive board, oversees state and federal program-ming for the homeless.
Th e day shelter, Popp said, is desperately needed.
“(KentHOPE’s) persever-ance has been so admirable. Th is means a lot to the Kent School District,” Popp said. “We have a place to refer our families to now. Th at’s huge for our coun-selors, our mothers and our youth.”
Th e center is reaching out to make it accessible. Day center staff have coordi-nated a shuttle service with the downtown Holy Spirit Church Women’s Winter Shelter.
To volunteer, donate or to learn more, call 253-450-2325, email [email protected] or visit www.KentHOPE.org.
Mayor Suzette Cooke joins KentHOPE executive board members in cutting the ribbon, formally opening the KentHOPE Day Center. Far right is Pat Gray, KentHOPE chairperson. COURTESY PHOTO, Roland Bradley Photography
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Kent city offi cials will try to get the Legislature to include $15 mil-lion to construct a grade separa-tion of South 228th Street from the Union Pacifi c railroad tracks as part of a state transportation funding package.
Doug Levy, a consultant hired annually by the city as a state lobbyist, updated the City Council at a Dec. 10 workshop that more money is needed for the South 228th Street project.
“We got word from both the state (transportation improve-ment) board and at the federal level that we have some funding at risk because of time constraints,” Levy said. “We’ve let legislators know that we are about $15 million shy from completing 228th, specifi cally
the grade separation from Union Pacifi c. We’ve said we’re not going to have a very seamless connection to Highway 509 if a railroad arm is going up a couple of hours a day.”
Kent has completed several projects to improve South 228th Street, a street-railroad grade separation at the BNSF Railway tracks as well as construction of the Joe Jackson Bridge, in order to tie in with the proposed extension of State High-way 509 from SeaTac to Interstate 5 at the Kent-Des Moines interchange, also
known as State Highway 516. “We’re on the radar,” Levy said
about the addition of the South 228th project. “We’re not in offi cial lists yet. But on the other hand legislators are negotiating and we’re hoping for a chance to insert this.”
Th e council hopes the state in-
cludes the South 228th Street grade separation.
“It’s a good idea,” Council Presi-dent Dennis Higgins said. “It really is a part of the total package of completing that corridor.”
Trucks that go to and from the Kent warehouse district in the val-ley would have a much improved route if all of the street projects are completed.
State leaders are working on an estimated $12 billion transporta-tion package for numerous projects, funded mainly by an increase of up to 11 cents on the state gas tax. Th e Legislature failed to pass a proposed transportation package last session. Th at package also in-cluded funds for the new I-5 bridge between Oregon and Washington. Th at bridge project isn’t part of the current proposal.
Levy said legislative transporta-tion leaders have met 10 times in an
eff ort to agree on a transportation package that the Senate and House would adopt.
“In terms of (Highway) 509, and the 167 and 405 interchange that we’ve had on our agendas for years and the local funding options are all in the package,” Levy said. “We’re obviously among many pushing for that to be enacted. Th ere is a lot of negotiating going on.”
Higgins asked Levy if there was any chance for a special session with the Legislature scheduled to start its 2014 session on Jan. 13.
“Th e speculation is if they can get a negotiated deal by mid-December they would have a special session the fi rst week of January, so we will see,” Levy said.
• Other City Council and staff priorities for the upcoming Legisla-tive session include protecting the annual $5 million streamlined sales tax payments to the city; protecting the annual $3.6 million payments to the city under the annexation sales tax credit for annexing the Panther Lake area in 2010; and restoring liquor excise tax revenues and removing the cap on liquor revolving account revenues which would result in about $1.2 million for the city.
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BY STEVE HUNTER
Pat Lowery worked many of his 34 years with the Kent Police as a traffi c offi cer so Chief Ken Th omas expects many people probably know him.
“Many of you in the community have prob-ably had a ticket from Pat Lowery because he wrote a lot of tickets,” Th omas said at the Dec. 10 City Council meeting where he presented Lowery with the chief ’s award for devoted service.
Lowery eventually worked his way up to assistant chief. He retired last Friday from the job he started at age 21.
“I just want to say thank you for 34 great years in this community,” Lowery said at the meeting. “When
I came here in 1980 it was a far diff erent town. I watched it grow. I’m proud to say I’m a Kent Police offi cer. I will miss the friendships at City Hall and with the Kent Police a
great deal.”Lowery will go to work
part-time in January with the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority (RFA) as the emergency management director for the city of SeaTac. Th e Kent RFA will begin serving SeaTac in Janu-
ary as part of a 20-year inter-local agreement contract with the city of SeaTac paying the RFA for fi re services.
“I am looking forward to that challenge,” said Lowery, whose of-fi ce will be at the Kent RFA offi ces along 116th Avenue Southeast.
Lowery, who lives in Puyallup,
served from July 2010 to May 2013 as the Kent Police public informa-tion offi cer, handling all media inquiries. He also worked during his career as a fi eld training offi cer, motorcycle enforcement offi cer, vehicle collision re-constructionist and as a hostage negotiator.
Th e hostage negotiator duties were in addition to Lowery’s regu-lar job. Th e department has several trained negotiators on call 24-7 to respond to cases where someone has threatened the lives of others, threatened to take their own life or refuses to surrender to police.
Lowery was one of the original Kent crisis negotiators when the duties were added to the depart-ment about 30 years ago. He started as a volunteer negotiator and learned on the job. Now offi cers are interviewed by a committee of negotiators from Kent and other
agencies before they are selected for the job. Th ey are called out several times a year for crisis calls.
“I can’t tell you how proud I am and thankful I am that Pat Lowery has done such a fantastic job for our community and our police department,” Th omas said. “He will very much be missed. I want to thank Pat for his work.”
Lowery was recognized in 2001 as the Kent Police Offi cer of the Year. During his career as a super-visor, he oversaw operations for patrol, fi eld training, K9 units, traf-fi c enforcement and major collision investigation.
“I want to thank you for every-thing you provided to me and my family and your continued support of the Kent Police,” Lowery said to the council. “Th is community is the focus of everything we do and the reason why we do it every day.”
Lowery
Lowery retires from Kent Police after 34 years
CORRECTIONIn a Dec. 13 story about the city budget Councilwoman Jamie Perry was incorrectly quoted. Here is the correct quote: “We are also sort of exacerbating the problem
a bit when you have ongoing expenses like
employees.”
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Kent Police Detectives are investigating a home invasion
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The subject fl ed from the residence, possibly on foot. Nothing was stolen, police
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being light in complexion, possibly an Asian, Hispanic
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who is giving up his seat next year after his election to the County Council to replace Julia Patterson in District 5 that covers parts of Kent and other south county cities. Gregerson, a city of SeaTac council-woman and deputy mayor, was the Democrats second choice of the Precinct Com-mittee Officers (PCOs).
“I knew the ‘fix’ was in the moment I arrived and none of the (County)
Council members would look me in the eye,” Alb-ertson said. “The shame and embarrassment was palpable.
“I had been warned last spring, the King County Council was being pres-sured to appoint a person of color after they chose Rod Dembowski over Cindy Ryu to join their ranks, however, two wrongs, never make a right.”
County Councilwoman Kathy Lambert, recently re-elected to a fourth term
in District 3 that includes Redmond, Issaquah and other east county cities, denied Albertson’s accusa-tions about why the council picked Gregerson.
“No, her (Albertson) answers weren’t as good as Mia,” Lambert said during a phone interview. “Her regional work was not as extensive as Mia’s.”
Albertson couldn’t be-lieve the council didn’t fol-low the recommendation.
“As a long-time Democrat-ic activist, I wanted to believe the will of the people and the elected Precinct Committee Officers would prevail over Tammany Hall style shenani-gans,” Albertson said.
Albertson’s Tammany Hall reference is to a Demo-cratic political machine from the 1790s to 1960s that controlled New York
and New York City politics. “The will of the people
was 137 (Precinct Commit-tee Officers),” Lambert said. “I represent 214,000 people and follow the law as it is written. She’s not as familiar with the law but with the way things have been done, which is sloppy.”
Lambert said the PCOs are supposed to submit three names to the council, which then chooses one person. She said instead the PCOs rank the three nominees and ask the No. 2 and No. 3 choices to give up their spot to the top choice.
Omaha Sternberg, 33rd Democrat District chair, disliked that the council didn’t follow the PCOs pick.
“I have to say that I am very disappointed in the King County Council for not following the will of
the PCO’s in this matter,” Sternberg said in an email. “The PCO’s were far more informed about the candi-dates then the King County Council was, as the council has only interviewed them for a couple of hours, but the PCO’s had decided over weeks or even months which candidate they were going to support.
“If the will of the PCO’s is not to be seriously consid-ered then it seems to me that there is no purpose in actually holding a PCO caucus and asking for a PCO vote with a ranking,” Sternberg said.
Sternberg commented on Gregerson’s selection.
“I know that as a Demo-crat, Mia will work hard to support the 33rd District in her role as House Represen-tative,” she said.
But the decision definite-ly disappointed Sternberg.
“Unfortunately, I can’t comment on why it hap-pened as I am still trying to understand the situation myself,” she said. “However, the PCOs of the 33rd District Democrats are the grassroots the party, and should never be taken lightly.”
Fellow Kent City Council members congratulated Albertson last week for her nomination to the Legisla-ture and how they looked forward to working with her at the state level.
Gregerson will serve one year as the replacement for Upthegrove. An election next year will decide who gets the two-year term starting in 2015.
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in 2006 while working in Cali-fornia.
Vargas will be a finalist for the 2014 National Superintendent of the Year award, to be announced at the AASA National Conference on Education in Nashville, Tenn., in February.
“This honor is really about all of us in the Kent School District and reflects the hard work and dedica-tion of many in our community,” Vargas said.
Vargas received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Uni-versity of New Mexico in 1986, and pursued a doctorate from the University of Washington in 1992. It was during his doctoral studies from the UW that he first consid-ered a career as a superintendent.
“I never thought about being a superintendent,” said Vargas, choosing his words deliberately.
“I was a teacher, and I only cared about my kids and my classroom.”
It was Seattle Superintendent Bill Kendrick who suggested that Vargas entertain the idea of a larger leadership position.
“And I said, ‘Are you crazy?’”So he entered the McKen-
zie Program in Washington to prepare superintendents of urban schools. After finishing, Var-gas got his first posting in New Mexico and progressed to Texas and California. After his work at Los Angeles County’s Hacienda La Puente Unified School District, he took a hiatus from direct ad-ministration to work with the St-upski Foundation, an educational research nonprofit that focused on learning about educational systems from successful districts.
“It was a tremendous, tremen-dous learning experience,” he said.
His work with the foundation took him to Chicago, New York,
San Antonio and Pittsburgh, to name just a few cities, working as an adjunct superintendent and analyzing the successful aspects of the districts.
“What the foundation did was they looked at not only what was working, but what were the condi-tions that were needed in order for things to work,” he says.
The biggest lesson he came away with? The importance of a school board that is unified in its vision for the district and led effectively by superintendents and principals. The systems built to help students can’t operate ef-fectively if the core foundation for the district isn’t stable.
“If you didn’t have these conditions, it was difficult to one, implant the features, and two, sustain them,” Vargas said.
Stability within the admin-istration allows the creation of programs such as iGrad, which he
developed out of a combination of experiences both as an adminis-trator in high attrition districts and his work with Stupski.
One of Vargas’ chief issues for the district has been re-engaging dropouts and other students that have abandoned their educa-tion. IGrad has been one such program, and Vargas developed it using prior work experiences in his life, specifically a program he cultivated in Texas called Project Volver.
“We put it in a business center, because kids wouldn’t go back to a school they dropped out of,” Vargas explained.
In addition to the location, the school provided support services for students and online curricu-lum. When he arrived in Kent, he was able to use Project Volver as a template for the iGrad program.
“So coming up here, when we saw the gap, it was really building
on all those experiences to create iGrad,” he said.
Ultimately, Vargas’ plan isn’t to simply boost the district’s ratings with a quick fix here or there, but to make a comprehensive plan that will provide students with the edge they need to succeed in a modern, information based economy.
When he reflects on his time in Kent, and as a superintendent in general, it’s not a single accom-plishment that he says he’s most proud of. Achieving a goal of making a difference in the lives of students and their families – and developing systems and programs that integrate them into the school system – has given him the most satisfaction.
“These are public schools, they belong to the community, so it’s important that they feel a part of them,” he said.
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at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31, at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. He faces a sentence range of 29 to 38 years, Donohoe said.
Lizarraga shot and killed Topps during a fi ght aft er a 2010 Hal-loween party.
Jessica Berliner, senior deputy prosecuting at-torney, told jurors on Monday during closing arguments that witnesses and evidence prove that Lizarraga killed Topps on Oct. 31, 2010 outside of a Kent home.
“Th e only issue in this case is identity,” Berliner said. “(Witness) Marlit Vela told you she saw the person that killed Devin Topps walk up to him, point a gun at his back and pull the trigger. If you do that, press a gun against somebody’s back and pull the trig-
ger, you’re trying to kill him. And if he dies on the street like Devin did you’ve committed a murder…. Because Devin died as a result of that shot, there’s no doubt this is a felony murder.”
Vela earlier in the trial identi-fi ed Lizarraga in the courtroom as
the man who shot Topps.Topps, a popular
Kentridge High School student and football player, became involved in a fi st fi ght with another man outside the house party when Lizarraga pulled out a gun and fi red multiple shots into the air, causing people at the
party to scatter, before he walked up to Topps and shot him once in the back. Topps died at the scene.
Jurors heard from more than 40 witnesses during the six-week trial and saw nearly 170 exhibits.
Berliner told jurors the evi-
dence included nine shell casings found by Kent Police at the scene that matched the gun Lizarraga had stolen four days prior to the shooting of Topps during a bur-glary of a Washington State Patrol trooper’s home in Federal Way. He then used that gun to shoot Topps. Detectives later recovered that gun in a Des Moines motel room where Lizarraga stayed aft er the shooting. Kent Police arrested Lizarraga in December 2010 for the murder of Topps.
“You have a credible, collaborated eyewitness who had no motive to lie and has no stake in this case,” Berliner said. “She was standing right next to him. Frankly, this is enough evidence for you to fi nd the defendant guilty. But that’s not all you have, not by a long shot. You have signifi cant circumstantial evidence in this case that confi rms everything Marlit says.”
Berliner said the other evidence
included witness accounts and text messages that show Lizarraga attended the party as well as the shell casings from the gun that he had stolen and the gun itself.
Defense attorney Walter Peale told the jurors during his nearly two-hour closing argument that the witness Vela didn’t get a good view of Lizarraga and didn’t even know his name until Vanessa Quiroz, another woman at the party, told her his name.
“Marlit doesn’t know whether it’s Jorge or not because she can’t see his face clearly because it’s pitch black out,” Peale said.
Peale said other witnesses descriptions of the shooter didn’t match Lizarraga. He said other men at the scene could have fi red the gun rather than Lizarraga.
“Jorge may have been there but that doesn’t mean he’s the one that she (Vela) saw,” Peale said. “Van-essa reacted to a particular detail
and expressed the name and in the shock of the moment had no reason to think it was anybody else, Marlit adopts the name. And then it became Jorge from then on.”
Th e defense attorney also argued that other people stayed in the mo-tel room where Lizarraga lived and had access to the gun. He added it could have been someone else who did the shooting.
“Nobody but Marlit said Jorge had a gun at the party,” Peale said. “Nobody but Marlit describes Jorge as having shot the gun. Nobody describes Jorge as having any activity or any involvement with Mr. Topps. Marlit only de-scribes a man in the dark, whose face she couldn’t see and whose clothing she generally recognized and described to someone else who in response to the descrip-tion of the clothing said you mean Jorge even though she herself had not seen Jorge.”
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and text messages prove Phillip committed the crime.
“We have a person high on adrenaline who was amped up,” Yip said about a phone call Phillip made to a friend aft er the death of Frankel. “(A friend) took it as being amped up about (Portland Timbers) soccer. I suggest to you he was amped up because he accomplished what he set out to do, to murder Seth Frankel.
“His text message to Bon-ny later that evening (aft er the killing) bared that same mark, the mark of premedi-tated murder. He compli-mented her about how she sounded on the radio aft er killing her boyfriend.”
Yip said “the defendant has to be found guilty because it’s the only conclu-sion that makes sense.”
Phillip faces a fi rst-degree murder charge. He pleaded not guilty to the charge in March 2011 aft er his arrest
by Auburn Police in De-cember 2010 in Portland.
Luthra told the jury that the state was “trying to put a square peg in a round hole,” by blaming Phillip for the murder.
“Not a single witness can put Mr. Phillip in Mr. Fran-kel’s house on the night Mr. Frankel was killed,” Luthra said. “Not a single witness can tell you that Mr. Phillip knew where Mr. Frankel lived or worked or even knew his last name. Not a single witness can give you a reason why Mr. Phillip would kill Mr. Frankel.”
Luthra said the state charged “the wrong per-son,” simply because Phillip couldn’t be excluded from being in Auburn the night Frankel was killed. She said police failed to investigate other people who might have committed the mur-der.
A neighbor to Frankel tes-tifi ed that a corner house was a known drug house. Detec-tives didn’t talk to anyone at the house, Luthra said.
“Maybe someone from the drug house that was high on meth came to the house and had a confron-tation with Mr. Frankel and fi gures out he wasn’t who they were looking for and they fi ght and there’s a tragic result,” Luthra said. “Th e police have said because nothing was stolen from the house so it must have been personal to Mr. Frankel. But there was a lot of evidence ignored. Maybe because they found the love triangle or love square intriguing so they ignored other possibilities.”
Yip said cellphone records put Phillip in Kent on May 21, 2010 just before Frankel got off work from his job at City Hall as a video program coordina-tor. Th e records from cell towers also put Phillip in Auburn, just four blocks from Frankel’s home.
“Miss Luthra likes to make a lot of movie and TV references,” Yip said during a rebuttal to the defense attorney’s closing argument.
“Th is is real life. Th is isn’t about police putting a GPS tracker on the defendant so we can track every move-ment he makes. Th is is good police work. Th ey got his phone numbers. Th ese are records kept by multi-billion dollar companies. Th ey’re not in the busi-ness of tracking but these records are very helpful in the investigation.”
Yip’s movie and TV com-ment referenced to Luthra mentioning the movies “Legally Blonde,” and “Full Metal Jacket,” as well as the TV show, “Modern Family,” during her closing. Luthra used “Legally Blonde,” as an example of an accused killer who didn’t testify. Phillip did not testify.
“You’ve heard his story through conversations with
police and text messages,” Luthra said. “You have his voice and story. He had nothing to hide and noth-ing to prove.”
Phillip traveled to Au-burn from Oregon on May 21, 2010 just to get away because he recently had lost a family member and friend, Luthra said. She said his best friend’s sister lived in Federal Way.
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A wonderful gift to homeless women and children was opened in Kent last Saturday. Th e KentHOPE Day Center for Homeless Women and Children opened on Can-yon Road.
More than 150 attended the dedication ceremonies.
KentHOPE created the center through a coalition of more than
25 churches, faith-based groups, the Union Gospel Mission, human service agencies, Valley Cities Counseling, the Kent School District, busi-nesses and concerned citizens.
Mayor Suzette Cooke and the KentHOPE executive board cut the dedication ribbon. Pat Gray, KentHOPE chairperson, led the
program with remarks by Rona Popp, of the Kent School District Student and Family Support Ser-vices. Pastor Leslie Braxton, in his blessing, emphasized the day center was an early Christmas gift to the community.
By noon Saturday the center had already served four families.
Th e day center will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day of the week with a site manager and two
case workers. By the spring of each school year
more than 400 children in the Kent School District do not have a per-manent address. Women make up a signifi cant number of the homeless who live on our streets. Th e center will provide showers, laundry, rest-rooms, three healthy meals served daily, computer and life-skills training, GED and employment assistance, counseling, advocacy, Internet access and a clothing bank.
KentHOPE, which is dedicated to reducing homelessness in our community, continues to work
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During the anniversary of the Sandy Hook elementary school killing, there were men-tions of stopping gun violence and gun control. However, our nation needs to focus on “violence,” and the “perpetra-tor,” the real cause of injury, and death.
A person who has mental issues, is drunk, on drugs, angry etc. – are all dangerous to society and can kill or injure another person. Whether a person kills with a gun, knife, automobile, fi sts, Molotov Cocktail, baseball bat, or some other lethal means, violence causes injury or death, and should be punished the same.
But let’s stop it before it reaches that point. Our chal-lenge is “prevention” of these actions by addressing mental
issues, and reducing and pre-venting a person susceptible to perpetrating violence access to items that can kill. Th at is a tall order, but that is where our focus needs to be directed, not at the weapon used.– Larry Brickman
Time to change our tax system
I am writing to advocate for Washington State to com-pletely replace its current tax system with a moderately progressive income tax.
Th e current system of 60 taxes, tolls and fees would be replaced with personal, family, business, and corporate state income taxes. Th is income tax would be deductible from federal income taxes.
You can fi nd out more, visit www.future4washington.webs.com. Th is is the second website of the Transition 2030 research project.
Currently the state of Washington is over $19 billion in debt. Tuition at both the University of Washington and Washington State University has risen over 100 percent in the past 10 years.
Reaching out for help in difficult times
A compassionate woman, Kelly Carroll has devoted considerable time to helping others in her community. It’s just her nature.
She carries a warm smile, extends a genu-ine hand.
But her life has taken a sudden turn for the worse in recent months. Her health has deteriorated. She faces mounting medical bills. And now, the 46-year-old Kent woman, a disabled 12-year U.S. Army and National Guard veteran, is desperately asking others for some help.
“I’m trying to believe in myself,” Carroll said from her East Hill home, where she is confi ned to a hospital bed in the family living
room. “I’ve never asked for anything on behalf of myself. I’ve always asked on behalf of others.”
Carroll went in for a day surgery a year ago to have a medical pump installed to help her cope with severe back pain.
Instead of relief, she awoke paralyzed on her right side.
She struggles with lupus and asthma. She has lost vital organ function. She has trouble collecting her breath with a weakened, severe lung condition.
Her family has done its best to surround her with care, trying to keep the woman’s spirits up as she awaits two major surgeries.
“It’s tough. I’m by her side,” said Domi-nique, the oldest of Carroll’s four sons who has moved back home to care for his ailing mother. “You support her, but she actually needs the kind of help to be OK, the help to bring her some sort of self-effi ciency in life.”
Carroll, a wife and mother of fi ve, is a long-time advocate for the needy. She and her family operate R Place of Refuge, a Kent-based non-profi t relief agency that has worked tirelessly in seeking donations to help hundreds of families – veterans and homeless people in the Seattle area, from victims of Hurricane Katrina who moved to the state, to young working parents battling terminal illnesses.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Kent City Council will hold a public hearing on the Six- Month Marijuana Zoning and Business License Moratorium on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Cham- bers at Kent City Hall, 220 Fourth Avenue South, Kent, WA 98032. All interested persons are invited to attend and will be given an opportunity to speak. Any person requiring a disability accommodation should contact
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DOWNTOWN SUBAREA ACTION PLAN (DSAP),
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE MAP AND TEXT AMENDMENTS, ZONING
DISTRICTS MAP AND ZON- ING TEXT AMENDMENTS, DSAP PLANNED ACTION,
DSAP INFILL EXEMPTION Notice is hereby given under RCW 43.21C.075, 43.21C.080 and 36.70A.290, that the Kent City Council took the actions described below on November 19, 2013 by Ordinances 4090 through 4093 for the Downtown Subarea Action Plan (DSAP), Comprehensive Plan and Zoning map and text amendments, and on December 10, 2013 by Ordi- nances 4096 and 4097 for the DSAP Planned Action and
of the actions related to Ordi- nances 4090 through 4093 for compliance with RCW
the Growth Management Hear- ings Board and commenced on or before January 21, 2014. Any action to set aside, enjoin, review or otherwise challenge such ac- tions on the grounds of noncom- pliance with the provisions of RCW 43.21C, the State Environ- mental Policy Act (SEPA), for any of these actions must be included in the appeal. Appeal of the adoption of Ordinances 4096 and 4097, unless otherwise
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implement the Downtown Subar- ea Action Plan: Kent City Code
Use Overlay, Development Stan- dards for Mixed Use Overlay (GC-MU), Zoning Districts Map and correct a code reference in the Downtown Design Review regulations; and adoption of the DSAP Planned Action Ordinance
Ordinance that will implement the DSAP under SEPA.Location: The Downtown Subarea study area is generally
passes the Kent Urban Center (UC) as well as the area west of State Route (SR) 167 to 64th Av- enue South and along Central Avenue to approximately South 234th Street.Environmental Review Conducted: A Draft Supplemen-tal Environmental Impact State-ment was issued on October 9, 2013 and a Final SupplementalEnvironmental Impact Statementwas issued on November 1,2013.Documents Available: All doc- uments relevant to the agency ac- tion and proposal, including sup- porting environmental docu- ments, may be examined during normal business hours at the Kent Economic & Community
located at 400 West Gowe Street, Kent, WA.Agency Providing Notice: City of Kent Economic & Community Development Department, Plan- ning Division.
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[ LETTERS from page 6 ] toward opening a 24/7 Homeless Resource Center for all who are on our streets. In January of this year in the One Night Count of Unsheltered in King County, there were 53 people at 1 a.m. on the street/parks/under bridges. It is clear on any day of the week in Kent that a large number of folk have no place to go.
In June, KentHOPE convened more than 40 human service agencies that have services for the homeless in South King
County, and every one indi-cated a place to off er them is needed in Kent. Late in 2012, churches, individuals and businesses contrib-uted $82,000 at the fi rst KentHOPE fundraiser. Th e 2014 fundraiser is March 1 at New Beginnings Church.
An ongoing search and negotiations are under way for a location to meet this signifi cant community need.
KentHOPE, city offi cials, the business community and concerned individuals are to be commended for their eff orts to provide this
second-needed shelter. For many years, our city com-munity motto was “Kent Cares.” Another example of this will be when we can dedicate the Kent Homeless 24/7 Resource Center.
For more information, visit kenthope.wordpress.com.
Marvin Eckfeldt, who served as pastor of First Christian Church of Kent from 1967-2000, is retired and lives in Kent.
[ ECKFELDT from page 6 ] Kent Fire Department call reportDec. 8-14
A weekly look at calls to the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority:Total: 404Emergency Medical Services/rescue: 255False calls: 59Fire: 6Good Intent: 26Hazardous material: 6Service: 44Severe weather: 4Other: 4
Th e relief agency and its partners deliver food, clothes, supplies to families. It brings toys to children during the holiday season.
Th e family’s charitable relief organization was born from Carroll’s own plight. She ac-cidentally punctured a lung when she collapsed while pre-paring an Army transport of supplies stationed in Belgium.
Honorably discharged from the service, she came home and struggled trying to gain
proper health care. She real-ized she wasn’t alone.
Looking to make a dif-ference in the lives of other veterans, she founded the relief agency. Th e eff ort soon expanded to helping others in the community and beyond.
Carroll and her family vow to keep the agency running as she deals with her own condi-tion.
Th e Carrolls’ situation grabbed the attention of a Federal Way company, Brandner Communications, which adopted the family for
the holidays. Th e hope is to help bring some fi nancial and resource relief to the Carrolls. One of the goals is to help con-vert the family’s ill-equipped, multi-level home into a more handicap-accessible living quarters.
“My hope is mainly to help her with her independence,” said Carroll’s husband, Norm, a systems programmer. “She likes to cook. … My hope is to get some adaptive things so she can do the things she likes to do.”
Carroll said she believes good things eventually will
come. She refuses to dwell on her own problems.
“If I allow myself the op-portunity to think of why and spend too much time on that, I might as well give up,” she said. “What I try to focus on is what can I do and where can I reach out and know that somebody else is going to grab my hand at this time, the way I have done it for so many other people.”
For those wishing to help, visit fundly.com/kelly-carroll. For more information, see www.brandner.com
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Kelly Carroll, with her oldest son, Dominique. MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter
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EventsOath of office ceremony, recep-tion: 6-7 p.m. Jan. 7, Kent City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S. Public invited to honor and congratulate Kent’s reelected and newly elected city officials at a welcome reception. The reception will be immediately followed by the administration of the oath of office during the City Council meeting at the same location. Officials taking the oath of office include: Mayor Suzette Cooke; Councilmem-ber Dennis Higgins; Municipal Court Judge Karli Jorgensen; Municipal Court Judge Glenn Phillips; Councilmember-elect Ken Sharp. Councilmember-elect Jim Berrios has a prior commitment and will be sworn in at the City Council’s Jan. 21 meeting.
BenefitsChristmas on Ice: 5:15-8:15 p.m.
Dec. 22, Kent Valley Ice Centre, 6015 S. 240th St., Kent. Inaugural Kent Valley Figure Skating Club Christmas Spectacular. Enjoy a night of great skating, a dessert table, gift basket raffle and a special visit from a very special seasonal friend. Please bring a canned good for donation to the Kent Food Bank and receive a free raffle ticket. Cost: $8 adults, $4 youth and seniors, children under 5 free. Ticket sales at the door. For more information, call 253-850-2400, ext. 83, email [email protected] or visit www.kentvalleyfsc.org.
Clubs, programsCultural Awareness Conversations Community Meeting: 6-8 p.m. Jan. 16, Kent-Meridian High School, library, 10020 SE 256th St., Kent. Kent East Hill Revitaliza-tion Project hosts meeting. Public welcome. KEHR’s stakeholder/community meetings
are held in the library at 6 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
Kent Black Action Commission Action Up Meeting: 3-6 p.m., every fourth Saturday from September through June. November and December meetings are on the third Saturday, Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. N. Welcome all who live, work, or attend school in Kent or the South King County region to join us. For more in-formation, call 253-852-0614 or visit www.kentblackactioncommission.com.
FaithChancel Arts at Kent Lutheran: 3-5 p.m. Jan. 19, Kent Lutheran Church, 336 Second Ave. S., Kent. Help the congregation save its historic Hutchings/Plaisted, Opus 78, pipe organ for future generations. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the pipe organ fund, and additional dona-tions will be requested from patrons. Hear
some of the world’s best, ie: Bach, Mozart and Grieg, when two professional musicians provide pipe organ and piano solos and duets featuring these famous composers. Tickets at $12.50 are available at the door. Refreshments and wine bar available at intermission. For more information, call 206-954-7602, email [email protected] or visit www.chancelarts.com.
An Old Fashioned Christmas: 6:50-9:50 p.m. Dec. 24, New Beginnings Christian Fellowship, 19300 108th Ave. SE, Kent. A Christmas eve musical and dessert auction. 425-282-6220, www.thenbcf.org
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.
Business and Occupation Tax work-shop: 9-11 a.m. Jan. 15, City Council Chambers, City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S., Kent. Free training workshop on the city’s B&O tax. Session designed to help businesses understand the city’s B&O tax reporting responsibilities. To register, visit KentWA.gov/CityTaxes. For more informa-tion, call 253-856-6266 or email [email protected].
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ShoWare Shootout, high school bas-ketball: Games from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 21. Lineup: 9 a.m., Jackson vs. Auburn Mountainview (girls); 10:30 a.m., White River vs. Peninsula (boys); noon, White River vs. Mark Morris (girls); 2 p.m., Cedar Park Christian vs. Lynden Christian (boys); 3:30 p.m., Sumner vs. Lynden (boys); 5 p.m., Jefferson vs. Stanwood (boys);
7 p.m., Wilson vs. Bellarmine Prep (boys); 8:30 p.m., Auburn Mountainview vs. Kent-wood (boys). Ticket prices: $5 to $10.
Kent School District Technology Expo: 6 p.m. Jan. 14. Students and teach-ers demonstrate technology in use, speak about what they have learned, and ask at-tendees to get involved. Attendees will have the opportunity to experience technology integration by solving a problem, complet-ing a task, or building a device with student presenters. This event also highlights local businesses and organizations that support the use of technology in education.
Disney Junior Live! Pirate & Princess Adventure: 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Jan. 18. Featuring your favorite characters from Disney Junior’s hit series, Sofia the First and Jake and the Never Land Pirates. Ticket prices: $20-$55.
SPOTLIGHT SERIES
Tickets for the Kent Arts Commission’s 2013-2014 Spotlight Series are on sale now. The performing arts series brings exceptional entertainment to Kent.
California Guitar Trio + Montreal Gui-tar Trio: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24, Kent-Meridian PAC, 10020 SE 256th St., Kent. Featuring six virtuoso guitarists from four countries (Ja-pan, Canada, Belgium, and U.S.), California Guitar Trio and Montreal Guitar Trio unite into one unique six-by-6-string ensemble. Steel stringed-guitars blend naturally with nylon-stringed guitars on original composi-tions and new arrangements of progressive rock, world, jazz and classical music. Tickets: $25 general, $22 senior, $15 youth .
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“Scrooge the Musical”: 7 p.m. Dec. 20, 21; 3 p.m. Dec. 21, Performing Arts Building, Green River Community College, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. Heavier Than Air Family Theatre performs classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge’s transformation into a new man through his night of ghostly visits, only with a melodic, musical twist. Tickets: $10 advance, $12 at the door. To order tickets or obtain more information, visit www.heavierthanair.com.
Bronn and Katherine Journey’s 32nd annual Christmas Concert: 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 21, Auburn Performing Arts Center,
206 E St. NE. The Journeys and their friends
present a casually elegant evening featur-
ing music that celebrates the joy of the
Christmas season. Ticket prices range from
$14-$24. Group rates also available. To
order, visit www.brownpapertickets.com/
event/490788
Live music: Reds Wine Bar @ Craft Beers,
321 Ramsay Way No. 110 Kent Station,
across from the parking lot. Tuesday jazz
jam (6-9 p.m.); Thursday bluegrass jam
(6-10 p.m.); Saturday rotating local musi-
cians (8-11 p.m.); Sunday open mic (4-7
p.m.). 253-277-1852, www.redswinebar-
kent.com. Events: • Celebrate New Year’s
Eve ‘Sinatra’ Style, 7 p.m.-midnight. Live
Sinatra music all night by two bands: Katie
King and The Eric Verlinde Trio. The evening
includes dinner, appetizers, dancing, party
favors, desserts and a midnight champagne
toast. Dinner will be served throughout the
night. Black tie optional. Ticket pre-sale
price is $45. Tickets at the door $60. Call
about group rates. Stop in to purchase your
tickets or pay by phone at 253-277-1852 or
call Christine directly at 425-306-3457.
GalleriesCentennial Center Gallery:
400 W. Gowe St., Kent. Hours: 8 a.m.-
5 p.m., Monday-Friday. Closed weekends
and holidays. For more information, call
253-856-5050 or visit artscommission@
kentwa.gov.
MuseumsGreater Kent Historical Society:
855 E. Smith St., historic Bereiter House,
Kent. Hours: noon-4 p.m., Tuesday-Sat-
urday, and by appointment. Admission: sug-
gested $2 donation; no tickets are required
for entrance. Parking is available behind
the house off East Temperance Street. GKHS
is a nonprofit organization that promotes
the discovery, preservation and dissemina-
tion of knowledge about the history of the
greater Kent area.
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Kent’s enchanting and ever-changing museum is making improvements while off ering new exhibits.
Th e latest display is a closer look at Fort Th omas, a strategically placed block-house on the Green River during the Indian War Era, 1855-1856. Th e log-en-forced fort was essentially built and erected by regular U.S. Army troops for the protection of pioneer settlers in the White and Green River valleys during the hostile era.
Th e Kent Historical Mu-seum’s latest exhibit, which has received good reviews, is open to the public. Th e exhibit, replete with de-scriptive maps, photos and other artifacts, includes a scaled-down replica of Fort Th omas built by Chuck Simpson and Dan Ulrey. Th e exhibit is on the second fl oor of the historic Bereiter House, 855 E. Smith St.
Fort Th omas played an important part in protect-ing settlers’ interests during the hostile era of the treaty wars in Washington Terri-tory, said Nancy Simpson, president of the Greater
Kent Historical Society. Such a chapter in local his-tory needs to be told.
“No one has recog-nized that for a long time,” Simpson said of the fort’s signifi cance. “As a museum in Kent … we should be responsible for educating
our citizens. Th is is really important for kids. Th is is not just something in a book or on the television, this is something that really happened.”
Also on display at the museum is a look at O’Brien, a former com-
munity that was just north of today’s Green River Natural Resources Area, on the right bank of the river. At one time, the commu-nity had a post offi ce and a school.
With the help of gener-ous donations, the museum continues to make improve-ments, the latest of which is a renovation to its kitchen.
More donations are
needed to help sustain and improve the historic house.
Th e museum is open noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and by appointment. Parking is available behind the house off East Temperance Street.
Admission is by a sug-gested $2 donation.
To donate or to learn more, visit kenthistorical-museum.org.
New exhibit, changes embrace museum DOG SPAW 2 HOUR GROOMS host its inaugural Holiday Pet Food Drive. All donations received benefi t the Seattle Humane Society’s senior/low income program. Donation barrels will be located at both Dog Spaw 2 Hour Groom’s salons: 23914 SE Kent Kangley Road, Maple Valley; and 15423 SE 272nd Street, Kent. Dog Spaw will accept donations through Dec. 24. For more informa-tion, call 253-735-2224 or visit www.dog-spaw.com.
Sound defense: Nancy Simpson, president of the Greater Kent Historical Society stands by a scaled-down replica of Fort Thomas, the latest exhibit at the Kent Historical Museum. MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter
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Pop Gourmet Popcorn is expanding into new international markets beginning with the Middle East, company offi cials announced this week.
Th e moves comes off a break-through year of food industry acclaim and a 300-percent spike in domestic sales, company of-fi cials said.
Th e company has fi nalized an exclusive partnership with the Dubai-based Landmark Group, a leading retail and hospitality conglomerate that distributes products into nearly 1,400 stores in 19 countries throughout the Middle East and India.
As part of the agreement, Landmark gains exclusive rights to the distribution of Pop Gourmet Popcorn products in the region beginning in January and, as target sales milestones are reached, will share in the costs of a plant to produce Pop Gourmet products in Dubai.
“Th e Landmark Group has more than 40 years of experience selling consumer products in the
Middle East region and believes we can collectively achieve more than $10 million in sales by 2015,” said David Israel, presi-dent and CEO of Pop Gourmet Popcorn. “We are very fortunate to have them as a distribution partner and look forward to a mutually-benefi cial relationship in the years ahead.”
Elsewhere• Th e city of Kent named
Hexcel Corp., which manufactures aerospace products, as its 2013 Green Business of the Year.
“Waste prevention is in-corporated on many levels of production at Hexcel,” said city conservation specialist Gina Hungerford in a city media release. “Hexcel reduces waste by purchasing products in bulk. Th ey’re also very mindful of waste prevention when ship-ping materials, as well. Hexcel designed and built specialized reusable transport packaging carts that are used over and over to avoid using unnecessary pack-
aging materials.” As one example, Hexcel sends
re-useable shipping containers to the Boeing plant in Renton. Th e containers are then returned to Hexcel to be used again.
Company representatives re-ceived the award at the Dec. 10, City Council meeting.
• Hyde Shuttles provide valu-able transportation for local seniors and folks with disabilities throughout King County, and the program is in great need of volunteer shuttle drivers near Kent.
Senior Services recently introduced the new van service for seniors 55 years of age and older and people with disabilities of all ages.
Senior Services, a nonprofi t agency serving older adults and their loved ones, operates the Hyde Shuttles in partnership with King County Metro.
Please contact Hilary at 206-748-7588 or [email protected] if you’d like more information about the campaign or are interested in becoming a volunteer driver.
Kent commuter celebrates 100,000 all-electric miles FOR THE REPORTER
Gov. Jay Inslee, state Trans-portation Secretary Lynn Peterson and representatives from Nissan this week joined Steve Marsh of Kent to celebrate a unique milestone – 100,000 all-electric miles driven in his Nissan LEAF.
In early 2011, Marsh purchased an all-new Nissan LEAF for his 130-mile roundtrip daily com-mute. Since then, he has racked up 100,000 miles on the car, using no gasoline, creating no tailpipe emissions and, by his estimation,
saving thousands of dollars.“With a daily commute of
about 130 miles, I’ve saved more than $9,000 compared to my old gas-powered car since I bought my LEAF,” said Marsh, who credits Washington’s charging infrastructure. “With plenty of public charging options, as well as a charger installed at my of-fi ce, my LEAF is a perfect car for my commute.”
Marsh was one of the fi rst cus-tomers to take delivery of a Nissan LEAF in Washington. A fi nancial controller for Taylor Shellfi sh, he made the decision to go electric and buy a LEAF primarily based on the car’s low cost of ownership – a benefi t that more than 40,000 American LEAF drivers are also now enjoying.
Steve Marsh’s LEAF sustained his daily 130-mile commute, and the Kent man has saved thousands of dollars on gas. COURTESY PHOTO
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Aft er more than 30 years of writing a garden column this is still my most requested encore column for reprints.
So as a gift to readers you can visit my website at www.binettigar-den.com and download this Christmas poem for newsletters or other use with my copy write permission.
T’was the week before Christmas, and all through the yard, not a gift was given, not even a card.
Th e tools were all hung, in the carport with care, with hopes that St. Nicholas soon would repair,
Th e shovel with blade all rusty and cracked, the pitchfork still shiny, but handle it lacked.
When out on my lawn, (it’s brown and abused) I could see poor old Santa, looking confused.
No list had been left for Santa to see, no gardening gift s were under the tree.
But wait there's still time, it's not Christmas yet, and gardening gift s are the quickest to get.
You can forget the silk
tie, the fl uff y new sweater, give something to make the garden grow better.
If she wants a gift shiny, then don't be a fool, it's not a dumb diamond, but a sparkling new tool.
If fragrance is listed you can forget French perfume, it's a pile of manure that'll make gar-deners swoon.
Give night crawlers, not nightgowns,
the type of hose that gives water. (Anything for the kitchen is not worth the bother.)
Give a great gift that digs in the dirt, it's better than any designer-brand shirt.
Now look quick at Santa, this guy's not so dumb, Under his glove, he hides a green thumb.
His knees are so dirty, his back how it aches, his boots stomp on slugs, (he gives them no breaks).
Santa only works winter, you can surely see why,
Th e rest of the year it's a gardening high.
Elves plant in the spring, pull weeds merrily all sum-mer, in fall they all harvest, but winter's a bummer
And so Christmas gives Santa a part-time employ-ment, 'Till spring when the blooms are his real life enjoyment.
So ask the big guy for garden gift s this year,
Seeds, plants and tools, Santa holds them all dear.
You see malls may be crowded, vendors hawking their ware, but visit a nurs-ery, stress-free shopping is there.
Now Santa's fl own off , to the nursery he goes, and his voice fi lls the night with loud Hoe! Hoe! Hoes!
Merry Christmas from Marianne Binetti
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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Sharing some seasonal joy
DONATE TODAY: Kent Food Bank, 515 W. Harrison St., No. 107. For more information or to volunteer, call 253-520-3550 or visit www.skcfc.org/kentfoodbank.
THE CITY OF KENT hosts a free training workshop on the city’s Business and Occupation Tax (B&O) from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15 in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S. To register, visit KentWA.gov/CityTaxes. For more information, call 253-856-6266 or email [email protected].
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The ShoWare Shootout,a high school basketball
showcase, returns to Kent on Saturday. The lineup:
9 a.m., Jackson vs. Auburn Mountainview (girls);
10:30 a.m., White River vs. Peninsula (boys); noon,
White River vs. Mark Morris (girls); 2 p.m., Cedar Park
Christian vs. Lynden Christian (boys); 3:30 p.m., Sumner vs. Lynden (boys); 5 p.m.,
Jeff erson vs. Stanwood (boys); 7 p.m., Wilson vs. Bellarmine
Prep (boys); 8:30 p.m., Auburn Mountainview vs. Kentwood
(boys). Ticket prices range from $5 to $10.
Kentridge charges up for strong seasonBY ROSS COYLE
Th e Kentridge Chargers girls basketball team is preparing to dominate this season with a strong and experienced team that has played together for several years.
Coach Bob Sandall is looking forward to fi elding a winning team in the diffi cult South Puget Sound League North 4A.
“Th is is as experienced a team as I’ve ever had,” Sandall said.
Th e core group of players have been together for three years now, something San-dall says is a fi rst in his 10 years of coaching.
Sandall says he’s been training his team to be multi-talented, emphasizing speed in both off ense and defense.
Sandall expects Jazmin Caliman to con-tribute heavily to the defense. Th e junior guard, he says, has a “good head” for the game beyond her athletic talents, and he expects she’ll be able to quickly jump in with other players.
Of the returning players, Sandall plans to make use of point guard Courtnae Williams and Alecia Dugan. Williams' speed allows her to quickly take the ball to the basket. Dugan complements her as a shooting guard who can quickly move around a defense to fi nd good shots.
Fusing the Chargers: Kentridge’s Jazmin Caliman hits the glass against Auburn Riverside last week during a South Puget Sound League North Division game. RACHEL CIAMPI, Reporter
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[ more KENTRIDGE page 13 ]
Officials consider changes to SPSL lookBY KRIS HILL AND SHAWN SKAGER
[email protected]@auburn-reporter.com
With Auburn School District’s recent declaration that two of its high schools will drop from 4A to 3A in the South Puget Sound League, offi cials who run the SPSL 4A are consider-ing options.
Tahoma, Kentwood and Kentlake – as well as Kent-Meridian and Kentridge – are all members of the SPSL 4A North, which currently has nine members as does the South division which includes Federal Way and Puyallup.
Dave Lutes, the athletic director for the Kent School District, wrote in an email interview that the implica-tions of a potential move of two SPSL 4A North members to the SPSL 3A, which is much smaller by comparison, are the subject of preliminary discussions among the league’s athletic directors.
“First, the fi nal classifi -cation numbers won’t be determined until aft er
[ more SPSL page 13 ]
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“Th at’s probably one thing that she’s improved on the most from her sophomore year to her junior year – it is her ability to create her own shots,” Sandall said of Dugan.
His other players provide a solid defensive game to back these two, although Sandall says that they need to work on tran-sitioning into defense. He says this is what contributed to the team’s recent loss against Mount Rainier.
Th e experienced team allowed Sandall to focus less on his basic plays and more on fi nesse and perfecting technique, and he expects that to pay off . He knows that the refi nement will be cru-cial when his girls go up against
teams that are as fast or faster than Kentridge.
“We can get out and run on a lot of teams, but when we get against those teams that are as fast as you are, who can stop you, who can make you set up your off ense, you’ve gotta execute,” he said.
Sandall says his players know
the path ahead of them and that it won’t be easy, but he expects they’re prepared for it.
Aft er a sound victory over Th omas Jeff erson, Kentridge lost to Mount Rainier by nine points then beat Kentwood by 19. Th e Chargers (2-2) dropped a 50-47 decision to Auburn-Riverside last Friday night.
Chargers at a glance• 2012-2013 season: (9-7, 14-12)
• Returning: Courtnae Williams,
5-foot-8 senior; Michelle Keowla, 5-9,
Sr.; Megan Thorsland, 5-8 Sr.; Anna
Dugan, 5-8, Sr.; Terri Emmerson-Roe,
5-11, Sr.; Alecia Dugan, 5-8 junior; Kiki
Gilbert, 5-8, Jr.; Bobbi Westendorf,
5-10, Jr.
• Newcomers: Natalie Clifton, 5-9 Jr.; Lauren Stearns, 5-6, Jr.; Jazmin Caliman, 5-6, Jr.; Ellie Stannard, 5-4, Jr.
• Strengths: Experience and confi -dence from that experience.
• Weaknesses: Cohesion and coor-dination
• Overall: A competitive and expe-rienced team that tasted success last season and is hungry for more.
the second opportunity for schools to declare any opt up intentions with WIAA before Jan. 7,” Lutes wrote. “Any school opting up, drops the lowest 4A into the 3A classifi cation. Aft er Jan. 7 schools will be locked into their enrollment number and cor-responding classifi cation.”
Lutes explained that what they do know is that Auburn and Auburn Riverside enrollment numbers are in the 3A classifi ca-tion realm and district offi cials do not plan to request an opt-up to 4A. Meanwhile, Decatur, Federal Way, Bethel and Kentlake – all members of the SPSL 4A – plan to request to opt up despite numbers that would allow those schools to drop down to 3A which would leave the SPSL 4A with 17 schools, down one from the cur-rent total of 18.
“Our main discussion is formatting 17 schools into two divisions that maintain multi-high school relationships and maintains a reasonable geo-graphic grouping,” Lutes wrote. “Ten teams to the North – Kent’s, Federal Ways’, Tahoma, Mount Rainier – and seven teams to the South division is being studied re-spectively for every sport off ered to determine the pros and cons of scheduling both division and non-division opportunities and playoff entry determinations.”
Still, Lutes noted, the consid-erations now are preliminary because it is possible that school offi cials could change their minds about opting up or dropping down as well as the possibility of other schools currently outside the SPSL 4A requesting member-ship due to changing circum-stances which would aff ect their specifi c situations.
Aft er the Washington State Interscholastic Activities Associa-tion’s reclassifi cation numbers for 2014-2016 two weeks ago, Auburn School District offi cials told the Auburn Reporter it is likely that Auburn and Auburn
Riverside high schools will likely move from the largest school classifi cation for sports to the classifi cation a step below starting in the fall of 2014.
Th e two schools would join Auburn Mountainview which competes in Class 3A.
“We’re preparing to be a 3A district,” Auburn School District Athletic Director Rob Swaim told the Auburn Reporter. “Our goal is to be together, that’s the big piece. We want to have all the schools together and grow those district rivalries.”
Preliminary numbers show Auburn and Auburn Riverside’s enrollment at 1,080 and 1,200, re-spectively. Th e cutoff enrollment number for each of the state’s six classifi cations won’t be offi cially determined until the Jan. 27-28 WIAA executive board meeting. Every two years the WIAA reclas-sifi es the state’s schools, with 66 schools allotted each for the 4A, 3A, 2A and 1A classes, with 63 schools apiece slated the 2B and 1B, this go around.
Once classifi ed, schools can choose to opt up to a higher class, which Auburn did in 2010, mov-ing up from the 3A. Each school that opts up bumps the lowest enrollment school in that classifi -cation down to the next classifi ca-tion. Schools have until Jan. 7 to opt up. Once the classifi cations are fi nalized, schools have the option to join existing leagues or form new leagues.
According to Swaim, that leaves the possibility open for a SPSL 3A league featuring all three Auburn schools, as well as Sumner, Bonney Lake and Enumclaw, among others.
“We want to compete with our neighbors Sumner, Enumclaw and Bonney Lake,” Swaim told the Auburn Reporter. “Hope-fully, we’ll also be able to play nonleague games still and keep those old rivalries alive also, like the Taylor Trophy (contested annually by Kent-Meridian and Auburn).”
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Seattle’s Alexander Delnov, right, battles Tri-City’s Justin Hamonic for the puck during the Thunderbirds’ 5-2 win over the Americans at the ShoWare Center on Tuesday night. The soaring T-Birds (21-10-1) head into the winter break in third place in the Western Division of the Western Hockey League, behind Portland and
Everett. The T-Birds return to action next Friday at the ShoWare Center against the Everett Silvertips at 7:35 p.m.COURTESY PHOTO, Brian Liesse, Thunderbirds
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