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Confi dence Orji from the TAF Academy demonstrates the electric bike she created with a teammate. The bike uses a wheel hooked to a generator to create energy from cycling. More than 100 independent projects by innovative young scientists were displayed at the annual TAF (Technology
Access Foundation) Academy STEM Expo, formerly known as Science Fair, last Saturday at the academy. This year, students designed their projects to include a positive social or environmental impact. Story, more photos, page 2. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter
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Kent city offi cials hope to attract the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) new Northwest Region Head-quarters to the city-owned
Riverbend par 3 golf course property.
Th e Kent City Council vot-ed 5-1 on Jan. 20 to approve the conditional sale of the 18.5-acre site to a partnership led by the Texas-based Tram-mell Crow Company, one of
the nation’s leading com-mercial real estate developers and investors. Th e sale price will be disclosed aft er the proposal submission deadline to GSA, slated for Feb. 6,
Kent hopes to attract new FAA offices to Riverbend par 3 property
The GSA will select a site for a 300,000-square-foot facility to handle approximately 1,600 employees.
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RENDERING[ more FAA page 4 ]
BY STEVE HUNTER
A former Kent Little League treasurer pleaded not guilty on Monday to 14 counts of fi rst-and second-degree theft for allegedly stealing $226,515 over a 16-month period in 2012-13 from the youth base-ball and soft ball group.
Kevin L. Baker, 50, of Maple Valley, entered the plea in King County Superior Court at the Maleng Regional Justice
Center in Kent. Baker was fi ngerprinted, booked and released aft er his plea. He remains out of custody. He is scheduled to return to court Feb. 9 for a hearing when a trial date could be set or attor-neys could ask for more time to prepare the case.
Baker, who is represented by Seattle defense attorney Jeff Williams, reportedly used some of the embezzled funds
Ex-treasurer pleads not guilty to stealing Little League funds
[ more THEFT page 5 ]
BY STEVE HUNTER
Ex-Kent City Councilman Ken Sharp received the maxi-mum sentence of 43 months in prison for stealing more than $470,000 from his 93-year-old mother’s bank accounts.
“I’m ashamed for what I’ve done,” Sharp said prior to his sentencing on Jan. 22 at the Maleng Regional Justice
Center in Kent. “I apologized to my family for all the heart-ache and troubles that I’ve done and I accept responsi-bility for what I’ve done.
“While some of the things mentioned may not be completely accurate, the fact is I did it and I’m ashamed, embarrassed and accept re-sponsibility for my actions.”
Ex-Kent City Councilman Sharp sentenced to 43 months in prison
[ more SHARP page 5 ]
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Th e second annual TAF Academy STEM Expo, formerly known as the Science Fair, showcased a number of innovations and ideas last Saturday from young teenagers and young adults alike.
Topics ranged from electricity generation and water purifi cation and even social science studies looking at bullying and inequality. Tyler Tezloff , along with Germaine and Mahlet, proposed an idea of placing piezo-electric discs on stairs to produce power through foot traffi c. While the amount of energy generated wasn’t monumental, the idea helped them design and test a theory.
Senior stu-dents looked into more broad spectrum topics ranging from transhuman-ism to income inequality between Federal Way elementary schools and Bel-levue schools.
Joseph Kith looked into the eff ects of local funding on schools. Knowing that half of public school funding was local in Federal Way and Bellevue, Kith examined overall funding pro-vided in the two districts and discov-ered that Bellevue received $15,000 in two weeks from a walkathon, while
a comparable walkathon at a Federal Way elementary school raised signifi -cantly less.
Two judges at the fair commended the quality of the student’s work.
“Th ey all have interesting research questions,” said Jason Hutchison-Quillian, a Google employee, “they all had personal reasons, and they
have good application, not just research for research sake.”
“Th ese are really serious topics,” said Naomi Ishisaka, a journalist judging the fair, “and they’re diving into them with a lot of depth and seriousness.”
Got something to say about Kent Valley education? Contact educa-tion reporter Ross Coyle at [email protected] or on twitter @rosscoylemedia.
Ross Coyle photos
Left: Students gather around their tables as they prepare for the judging at the TAF Academy STEM Expo.
Below: A project at the TAF Academy STEM Expo looked at using moving vehicles to produce a power current, making them completely renewable sources of energy.
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Kent’s one and only casino will close in March.
Th e Great American Casino, 20500 108th Ave. S.E., in Panther Lake, is scheduled to close by mid-March. Th e casino’s 93 employees were notifi ed recently about the shutdown.
“Essentially, it’s been unprofi t-able for the last couple of years,” said David Fretz, president of Great American Gaming Corp., a
subsidiary of Great Canadian Gam-ing Corp., of Richmond, British Columbia.
Th e company’s locations in Tukwila, Lakewood and Everett will remain open, Fretz said. A handful of employees at the Kent location might get jobs at the other sites.
Th e casino off ers table card games such as blackjack, baccarat and poker.
An interior renovation of the Kent casino in June 2013 failed to attract enough more customers to
make the business profi table. Th e closure of an Albertsons store and a liquor store in the last two years at the same strip mall took away traf-fi c, Fretz said.
Great American opened the Kent casino in 2003. Th e business sat in unincorporated Kent until Panther Lake residents in 2010 voted to an-nex to the city of Kent.
Kent city offi cials allowed the casino to operate under a grandfa-ther clause because city code bans casinos. Th e Kent City Council
approved a gambling tax reduction in 2013 that dropped the city’s tax rate from 11 to 7 percent on gross revenues.
“It helped somewhat but it wasn’t suffi cient,” said Fretz, who lobbied the council for the tax reduction aft er the casino had net operat-ing losses of $649,177 in 2011 and $533,038 in 2012.
Th e casino paid about $300,000 in gambling taxes to the city in 2013 and about $200,000 in 2014, Fretz said.
Kent’s Great American Casino to close in March
BY STEVE HUNTER
More work will soon be done to repair the Briscoe Desimone levee along the Green River in Kent and Tukwila.
Th e Kent City Council on Jan. 20 awarded a $1.8 million contract to Tapani Inc., of Battle Ground, to fi x section one of the levee between South 180th Street and South 200th Street.
Tapani had the lowest of 10 bids submitted in December to the city. Tapani received the bid last year for $6.2 million to repair the fi rst phase of the levee that stretches for 2.7 miles.
"We are very pleased with the bids," City Public Works Director Tim La-Porte said to the council.
A city engineer's esti-mate had put the cost at $2.6 million for the latest contract. Th e total cost for all of the repairs is expected to be about $18 million.
Th e King County Flood Control District is paying for the repairs through a property tax of 10 cents per $1,000 assessed valu-ation. Th e state awarded the district a grant of $7 million to help pay for the
levee that protects por-tions of Kent, Tukwila and Renton from fl ooding. Th e fl ood district board hired an outside consul-tant in 2013 and eventu-ally agreed to go with the city's plan to repair the levee rather than a much-more expensive county staff plan that included purchasing large amounts of property around the river.
Crews will install sheet piles about 30 to 40 feet into the ground to build a fl ood wall. About six feet of the wall will sit above ground. Th e upcoming work will be in the city of Tukwila, whose borders start just north of South 200th Street along the river.
Levee certifi cation studies in 2010 indicated four areas of the levee required improvements to meet federal levee safety requirements, according to city staff .
Th e projects also in-clude the city submitting applications to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to certify the levee so properties are removed from the Kent Valley fl oodplains and property owners are no longer required to buy fl ood insurance.
Kent awards bid for levee work
POLICE SET COMMUNITY MEETING FOR FEB. 12
Hear about current crime trends, prevention and
department programs at a Kent Police Community Meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12 at
Kent Elementary School, 24700 64th Ave. S.
Police offi cials also will give a special presentation about
the evolution of the police vehicle. Kent Police hold several
meetings a year in an eff ort to reach out to residents about the
department’s operations.
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Model Show on Feb. 7. The program is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the museum, 5917 S.
196th St., Kent. Six R/C clubs are scheduled to attend with
hundreds of models on display. The show is held in honor of
Roger “The Czar” Newton, the father of R/C unlimited
racing. The Unlimited News Journal is sponsoring the event.
Admission is free to museum members, $5 for nonmembers.
Doors open at 10. Pizza lunch is available for purchase.
Questions can be emailed to [email protected]. For
more information, visit www.hydromuseum.org.
A Kent Fire Department crew responds to a hazardous material spill. COURTESY PHOTO, Kent Fire Department
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Th e Kent Fire Depart-ment Regional Fire Author-ity and the Washington State Council of Firefi ght-ers received a Safety and Health Investment Project (SHIP) grant from the state to help reduce the risk of job-related cancers.
Funding and support for this project was provided by the state Department of Labor and Industries.
Th e $102,313 grant, an-nounced this week by the Kent Fire Department, is entitled “Best Practices for Reducing Firefi ghter Risk of Exposure to Carcinogens” and as the title suggests will focus on:
• Creating a “best practices” manual outlin-ing standards to reduce exposures
• Developing a model policy which local jurisdic-tions can adopt
• Promoting cancer awareness within the fi re service through a publicity campaign
Th e profession of fi refi ghting is a danger-ous one that includes not only the hazards that most people would consider such as building collapse and burns, but also long-term dangers such as job-related cancers, according to a Kent Fire Department media release.
Oncologists and other ex-
perts throughout the world agree that the chemicals and other toxins inhaled, absorbed, and ingested by fi refi ghters over the course of a career are the causes of some cancers.
In fact, fi refi ghters are more likely to develop tes-ticular, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, or prostate cancer than vir-tually any other profession.
Th e SHIP grant is a major step toward education and awareness for fi refi ghters and their departments.
Reduced incidents of cancer means longer life expectancy, better quality of life, and reduced medical costs.
Kent Fire Department receives grant to help reduce job-related cancers
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Barbara Jean Sitler HicksBarbara Jean Sitler Hicks passed
away peacefully after a year long illness at the home of her daughter, on January 1, 2015. Barbara was born July 29,1930, the daughter of Robert O. and Gladys E. Sitler in Axtel, KS.
She was a graduate of Axtel High School and attended Kansas City Secretarial School. Married to George Vann Hicks on May 13, l951, they started out life together in Witchita, KS.; moved to Savannah, GA, then Tacoma, WA in 1963 and Kent, WA in 1970. Her longest time working was with Avon; fi rst as a representative then retired as a District Manager. After that she participated and was a long time volunteer with Group Health giving seminars on living well with chronic illnesses. She assisted then led the block watch in her neighborhood.
Barbara was preceded in death by her husband and sons Brian and Todd. She is survived by her brother, Gerald Sitler of Kansas City, KS, daughter Marsha Hunter (John),7 grandchildren; Elizabeth Winchell, Trenton Hicks, Michael Johnson, Melissa Young, Spencer Hicks, Brittany Hicks and Chelsa Hicks and 7 great grandchildren.
A deep gratitude to Hospice Care in Snohomish County who helped comfort her in her last year.
There will be a celebration of her life on Saturday, February 7th, 1pm at Federal Way United Methodist Church at 29645 51st Ave. S. Auburn, WA 98001. Reception to follow. In lieu of fl owers, please make a donation of your time, talents or fi nances to the American Cancer Society, Arthritis Foundation or
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Velma May SasserVelma May Sasser went to meet her
Jesus on December 23, 2014. She died peacefully in her Kent home with the lovely people at the Weatherly Inn.
Velma (Adams) was born on May 14, 1925 in Wichita, Kansas. As a young child her parents died within six weeks of each other. She was taken to the loving home of an elderly aunt and uncle who became “Mama and Papa”. She seldom saw her half-brother, Forrest, or half-sister, Vivian, until they were grown. They treasured their time together later in life.
Velma met her fi rst husband, Bill Schooling, during the war years and they married in 1946. In 1953 they moved to the Seattle area. Bill preceded Velma in death in 1981. Velma then married W.G. Sasser, a widower, and enjoyed this union until Willie’s death in 1993. She had three children: Jean Zahn (Kenn), Jack Schooling (Donelle), and Sharon Long (Chris). She left four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Phil and Ann Coffi n from Las Vegas, NV, nieces, Jacque Everhart and LauraNelle Massey and nephew, Chris Schaeff er, including their families.
Velma was a very conscientious and well-thought of worker. Her places of employment included Boeing, Heath Tecna, and Beech Aircraft Corp. She loved to travel and saw approximately 20 states, Washington D.C. and parts of Canada. She enjoyed learning about wildlife, the history and culture of diff erent areas. She, also, took trips with grandchildren to Australia, Africa, and Europe. A major enjoyment for Velma was reading and studying the Bible. She loved her friends at Faith Baptist Church and helped in several areas within the church. Among other interests in her life were gardening, quilting, miniatures, and remodeling projects. Velma loved and was loved by Jesus, family and friends.
A memorial service to honor her life will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Faith Baptist Church, 25636 140th Ave SE, Kent. Memorial donations can be made
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The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), which will pick a site for a 300,000-square-foot facility to handle approximately 1,600 employees, expects to announce a decision in March. The new offices are scheduled to open in August 2017.
Trammell Crow will submit the proposal to GSA. The company would own the property and lease the building to the federal government for use by the FAA. The FAA plans to leave its current SeaTac and Renton locations that do not meet criteria for the larger facility.
The council voted in April to try to sell the course to a developer to help bail out the financially struggling golf complex, which also features an 18-hole course, driving range and merchandise shop. Riv-erbend faces a $2.6 million debt, capital investments of at least $6 million and operating deficits of about $300,000 per year.
“When we made the diffi-cult decision to sell (the par 3) last year, our goal was to maximize the proceeds, both from the sale and from the tax revenue and economic benefits the site would generate,” Council-man Dennis Higgins said in a media release. “This deal is a grand slam in both regards. If Kent is selected,
the city will receive prop-erty tax revenue, permit fees, and best of all, there will be 1,600 well-paid employees in our city every day, shopping and eating in Kent, enjoying all the assets our great city has to offer.
“According to our consultants, build-to-suit corporate office space is the highest and best use for this site. This proposed develop-ment fits the bill perfectly.”
Councilwoman Deborah Ranniger voted against the sale.
“This is something I’ve been struggling with might-ily,” Ranniger said prior to the vote. “I feel in my heart of hearts I’m selling a little bit of the soul of Kent. When I look at the design it will be surrounded by a fence because it’s a FAA facility and there will be lots of parking (approximately 1,200 spots) at the Gateway to Kent. My feeling is we are losing something big. I cannot bring myself to sup-port this.”
Early last year, the city hired Jones Lang LaSalle, a commercial real estate services firm, to study the marketability of the property after the council asked staff to explore a possible sale.
Mayor Suzette Cooke says the prospect is a poten-tial game-changer for Kent’s economy.
“It’s a rare opportunity to bring such a high-caliber, stable employer to our city and to this marquee gate-way property,” Cooke said in the media release.
Economic Development Director Ben Wolters says this project is part of a highly competitive process that re-quired confidentiality leading up to the council vote.
“Because of what’s at stake, competition for the FAA is fierce,” Wolters said. “Trammell Crow Company needed this sale to demon-strate they’d be able to move forward with construction should the Kent site be selected. We’re fortunate to work with Trammell Crow Company, which has a record of success delivering quality projects. They won the competition to build the FAA headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas. Their expertise and credibility is unmatched.”
The FAA started looking for a new site several years ago. Kent as well as the cit-ies of Renton, Tukwila, Des Moines and SeaTac submit-ted potential locations. But cutbacks by Congress put the search for new location on hold. The project now has received full funding. But the FAA also extended its radius for potential sites within 10 miles of the cur-rent Renton offices. That attracted even more cities, including Seattle, to go after the new headquarters when initial proposals were due last May.
“To be clear, this is a conditional sale, which will only occur if Kent is selected,” Wolters said. “It’s an extremely competitive process. If the GSA doesn’t choose this site, the sale will
be null and void. Then the city will immediately begin marketing the site to attract other developers.”
A GSA spokeswoman said she couldn’t talk about how many proposals and from which cities were submitted.
“GSA is still reviewing the proposals received in response to the Request for Lease Proposal issued last year,” said Sally Mayberry, GSA public affairs manager, in an email to the Kent Reporter. “Due to federal regulations, we can’t share the list of those sites that have submitted as an ex-pression of interest because that information is procure-ment sensitive.”
If Kent is selected, the city and Trammell Crow Company have committed to a design for the project.
“The building conforms to and fits in with the natural contours of the site,” Wolters said. “It would be set back from both the Green River and the trail. The trail won’t be impacted, in fact, it will be enhanced with a new con-nection and trailhead open to the public.”
As part of the purchase price, Trammell Crow Company has agreed to contribute $500,000 towards construction of a new 3-acre park and trailhead adjacent to its building, creating public ac-cess to the trail that doesn’t exist today.
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Annual One Night Count finds 135 homeless people in Kent on Jan. 23REPORTER STAFF
An annual volunteer count found 135 homeless people in Kent, more than double the number from last year.
The 35th annual One Night Count of homeless people in King County took place between 2-5 a.m. on Jan. 23. More than 800 volunteers fanned out across the county to count the number of men, women and chil-dren who were homeless and sleeping outdoors without shelter.
The volunteers found people
sleeping in vehicles and tents, riding late-night buses or curled up in blan-kets under bridges or in doorways, according to the Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness, which organizes the count.
Kent had 60 homeless in 2014, 53 in 2013 and 104 in 2012. This year’s count in Kent includes 44 people in cars or trucks, 28 in bushes or undergrowth and 19 walking around. The others were in structures, under roadways, in doorways, at city parks, bus stops or in alleys. The numbers included 21 men, six women and seven children under age 18. The genders were unknown for the rest of the people.
A total of 3,772 homeless people were counted in the county, a 21 per-
cent increase over last year.“This year’s count is heart-breaking
evidence that we cannot cover our community’s most basic needs,” said Alison Eisinger, executive director of the Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness. “Clearly, the crisis of people homeless and without shelter is growing, and clearly we must respond by using every resource we have. Ev-eryone needs a safe place to rest.”
The reasons people are without shelter vary. Lack of affordable housing, poverty, unemployment, untreated mental illness or addiction, and domestic violence all contribute to homelessness.
For more information and to find out how you can help, go to home-lessinfo.org.
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in an attempt to keep his newly acquired Bench-warmer Sports Bar and Grill afl oat, according to charging papers. Th e bar along Russell Road has since closed.
League president Greg Whitcomb discovered the fi nancial shortfall aft er he tried to use a Kent Little League ATM card for a $20 purchase at Offi ce Depot and the card was declined. He learned in December 2013 that funds appeared to be missing from league
bank accounts. He reported the alleged theft to the Kent Police that same month.
Detectives investigated the case and later turned it over to the King County Prosecut-ing Attorney’s Offi ce. Baker admitted to detectives to stealing more than $200,000 from league accounts from May 2012 through Septem-ber 2013, according to court documents.
Baker also told detectives he was a victim of a Nige-rian Internet email-solicita-tion scam in which he sent tens of thousands of dollars
to the United Kingdom and Nigeria on the premise that the lender would provide him with a much-needed business loan he couldn’t otherwise qualify for in the United States.
Detectives received a search warrant for bank re-cords for all accounts where Baker was an authorized signatory, including two with the Kent Little League, his business account and his personal account.
Th e bank records showed Baker used league funds for personal expenses, includ-
ing restaurant and bar tabs. Records also showed checks written to Baker and his business from the league accounts, including two ca-shier checks for as much as $20,000 each to his business account. Cash withdrawals from the league account by Baker coincided with cash deposits into his business account.
Th e league’s board of directors sent a letter in September to Little League parents and volunteers to notify them about the loss of funds.
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A King County correc-tions offi cer handcuff ed Sharp and took him into custody aft er King County Superior Court Judge James Cayce sentenced the Kent businessman. Sharp had not yet served any jail time.
Sharp, 67, the owner of Minuteman Press in Kent, pleaded guilty in June to seven counts of fi rst-degree theft and one count of mortgage fraud. In 38 separate transactions, a total of $479,417.58 had been transferred out of Helen Sharp’s account and into Ken Sharp’s account between 2008 and 2011. Detectives later discov-ered an additional transfer that boosted the total to $485,417.58, according to court documents.
Relatives of Sharp tipped off police about the theft s. His mother lived in Fed-eral Way at the time of the theft s.
Federal Way Police ar-rested Sharp in June 2013 but he stayed in his fi rst race for city council and voters elected him over Bailey Stober in a close November 2013 contest.
Sharp resigned in January 2014 aft er only two weeks in offi ce because of what he said were “pending legal issues I fear will become too distracting for my fellow council members, for the mayor and for city staff .”
Helen Sharp, his mother, died in November. De-spite her death, Sharp still must pay restitution to her estate, said Page Ulrey,
King County senior deputy prosecuting attorney, who handled the case and specializes in elder abuse crimes.
Th e length of Sharp’s sentence was contingent on how much money he paid back to his mother. Sharp needed to pay at least $100,000 to have his sentenced reduced. In Oc-tober, Cayce granted Sharp three extra months before sentencing to give him more time to come up with money but he paid back just $1,500, Ulrey said.
With no restitution paid, Ulrey recommended a high-end sentence.
“Miss Sharp was 93 years old when this occurred and had dementia,” Ulrey said. “She was completely vulnerable. She and the Sharp family entrusted
the defendant with her life savings, her fi nances - literally everything. But rather than comply with his judiciary duty as her power of attorney he squandered her assets, her life savings. He lived a lavish lifestyle and truly disregarded her concerns.”
Carol Grothe, a sister of Ken Sharp, asked the judge to impose the maximum sentence.
“We are pleading with you to take this case seri-ously enough to deter all of those contemplating stealing money from the el-derly,” Grothe said. “Do not make it light, do not make it profi table. …Do not leave the elderly unprotected.”
Th e theft s started in 2008 aft er Sharp agreed to help take care of his mother and her fi nancial aff airs follow-
ing her stroke.“He started withdraw-
ing money in November 2008 and continued almost every month for the next three months,” Grothe said. “When that money ran out, he took out a reverse mortgage on mom’s house and took that money.”
Grothe said Sharp used much of the money for trips.
“He continuously and blatantly with his wife post-ed pictures on Facebook of his many travels out of the country, parties, hotels and restaurants,” Grothe said. “He and his wife, we are told mostly his wife, bought a diamond ring, a wedding, a car and a house.”
Sharp told his two sisters he needed the money to payback his ex-wife but Grothe said that wasn’t
true. He also told them he needed the money to help out his printing business, but she said he continued to take trips, even to other countries.
Sharp’s decision to run for the Kent City Council surprised his family.
“He ran for Kent City Council while under investi-gation,” Grothe said. “Know-ing he was guilty, he decided he was qualifi ed enough to run for offi ce making a joke out of the whole city,” Grothe said. “Th is made this case very public and caused absolute humiliation for the whole family.”
Defense attorney Greg Girard asked Judge Cayce to consider the good work in the community Sharp had done. Sharp was a former Kent Chamber of Commerce president.
“I think it’s appropriate to consider the positive things he’s done in his life in as-
sessing what the appropri-ate sentence is,” Girard said. “He’s been a positive man in the community for a long time, helping people along the way justifi es a sentence below the standard range.”
Cayce declined to con-sider the good work.
“I’m here to sentence you on eight separate crimes you committed over a period of a year,” Cayce said. “I appreci-ate the good work you’ve done, this wasn’t part of it.”
Cayce told Sharp the state Department of Corrections will determine where he serves his sentence.
“It’s up to DOC where you go,” Cayce said. “I know any amount of time is going to be very diffi cult for you. I sus-pect you will be in a halfway house well before you are released but this jurisdiction has nothing to do with that, it’s totally up to DOC.”
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A King County corrections offi cer takes Ken Sharp, a former Kent City Councilman, into custody on Jan. 22 after a judge sentenced Sharp to 43 months in prison for stealing money from his mother, Helen Sharp. STEVE HUNTER, Auburn Reporter
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With gas prices plummeting to less than $2 a gallon, some politicians think this is the ideal time to increase state and federal gas taxes.
Th e theory is when gasoline is expensive, voters vehemently oppose higher gas taxes; but when the price drops,
motorists don’t pay as much attention. Th ey just fi ll up and drive off , thankful for the savings.
Th e fl aw in that theory is that gas prices will inevita-bly climb again. But a larger concern is that the debate over fuel taxes distracts us from the
real question: what is the best way to pay for road projects and bridge
maintenance and reduce highway congestion?
Th e real issue is how taxes are col-lected and distributed for transpor-tation projects.
Today, the federal gasoline tax is 18.4 cents per gallon and 24.4 cents for diesel. Washington state’s gas and diesel taxes are among the nation’s highest at 37.5 cents. Th erefore, truckers in our state are taxed 62
cents a gallon for diesel and car owners fork over nearly 56 cents per gallon in taxes.
And there’s more to come. Al-though not a direct fuel tax increase, Gov. Inslee’s cap-and-trade program and his proposed low carbon fuel standard will both raise fuel costs.
Th e cap-and-trade program
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Headline to probe story misleading
I am very, very troubled by the headline, “Deputy ques-tions Kent’s role in probe,” to a Jan. 23 article in the Kent Reporter. It seems to me entirely reasonable, in fact it seems very important, that Kent Police Chief Ken Th omas followed protocol and began an investigation. Th is is backed up by the Sheriff 's response. If there was no wrongdoing, then the investigation would clear King County Sheriff 's Offi ce Deputy Andy Conner, and this is what happened.
However, the article, and the headline especially, take an advocacy role for Deputy Con-ner and suggest that something is amiss in the KPD, when exactly the opposite is the case. Would the Kent Reporter pre-fer that allegations of wrong-doing not be investigated?
Th is is not to take away from the important work done by Deputy Conner and others to rescue sex traffi cking victims
from the hands of hardened criminals. However, a law enforcement offi cer ought to recognize the importance of transparency and welcome the chance presented by Chief Th omas and King County Sheriff John Urquhart to pub-licly clear any false allegations.
Th ere is such a public trust placed in the Kent Reporter as one of the only Kent-focused news sources. I would hope
that your headlines would be considered very carefully in this light, as many folks will glance over the headline and come to the conclusion that there is something wrong in our police department. Noth-ing could be further from the truth. – Dennis Higgins, Kent City Councilmember
Impact of a pipeline
Of all the issues facing this country today, the new Repub-lican Congress has decided that the most important one to start with was the (Keystone) XL Pipeline.
Even though this is being promoted as a jobs bill, a few temporary ditch-digging jobs notwithstanding, only a few dozen people will be needed to operate the pipeline once it is online. An amendment was off ered requiring that only
They’re just volunteers, who care and give so much
Have you ever wondered why people volunteer? I suppose it may be to shine a favorable light on a business in which they may be involved.
Sponsorship of a community project may be just the thing that would draw us in to buy products from the big warehouse company on Main Street or Whatever Boulevard. What about these people who don’t have a com-pany that they are associated with, you know, the ones who just show up for Kent Down-town Cleanup Day or some other remote
endeavor that brings no visible credit to the volunteer whatsoever?
Like, there is this business owner in Kent who doesn’t wait for a special day where he will be recognized for his volunteerism, he just
goes out and blows the leaves and dirt off the sidewalks and streets in front of businesses all over Kent. I don’t even remember the name of his company and he doesn’t carry a sign to advertise his wares, he just does it. What is with this guy?
Th en there is this lawyer in town who is at every volunteer function and then some. He is always ready to help and I never have seen him hand out a business card. In fact, as I think about it, there is actually more than one Kent lawyer fi tting that description. We just don’t have any big people in Kent, just people who are gigantic in stature and caring.
Th at bring us to the volunteer organiza-tions in Kent. Th ese are interesting because you can really get buried in one of these so deep, never to surface enough to have any-body recognize that you belong.
I know people in Rotary, for example, who go to every meeting in Kent and when they are away on vacation in another state, they go to a totally unknown Rotary group in that location. You can go by their offi ce and the door will be locked because they are
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steel made in the U.S. be used on the project would boost this job number, but the Republicans have rejected this proposal.
Another claim is that America needs the oil. We now export more oil than we import, and prices have plummeted. However, an amendment requiring that any oil piped through the line would remain in this country, has also been rejected. Both amend-
ments would help Americans, but they were rejected because they hurt the profi t margin.
Meanwhile, a similar pipeline in Montana has burst, polluting the drinking water needed by local com-munities in the Yellowstone River, highlighting the ecological dangers of oil pipelines. Th e XL Pipeline would run through the bread basket of the nation, whose source of water is a vulnerable underground reservoir. A
break anywhere along the line threat-ens it all.
It’s hard to imagine that any voter could fail to see through such obvious and blatant hypocrisy. Only a very few oil executives and stockholders stand to gain from this legislation, the most special of special interests, and not the general public. If your local represen-tative supports the pipeline, I urge you to voice your protest with them.– Marshall Dunlap
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“Gone to Rotary.” To heck with business, to heck with vacation, I just want to serve.
But an interesting thing looms up in the middle of all these faceless Rotarians who give their time and money, a big wonderful fountain looms up, that is fi lled with kids in the center of downtown Kent. Th ey bought it and built it and I suspect many of the people who bring their kids to be a family there, don’t know one name of one person, who was a part of creating that little bit of heaven for them.
Th en there is the Kiwan-is. Th ey too, are fi lled with Kent business people who are nameless. Most Kent citizens wouldn’t know why they give so much time and personal money without some kind of recognition. Th ey put on programs dur-ing the year to raise money for their programs, so the volunteers in their club can continue to buy books and school supplies and shirts, to encourage students to reach for higher goals in education, and all the while remaining nameless, face-less volunteers.
Th e Kent Lions Club is an interesting bunch of people. Th ese name-
less people are the ones responsible for the Cornu-copia Days celebration and the Christmas tree lighting and a bunch of other things that Kent citizens of all ages enjoy throughout the year. As with the other two groups everything goes to help others.
I don’t know all of the programs that the Kent Lions Club supports, but I do know that they gave a thousand dollars to Th e MARSOC
Foundation, an organization that replaces arms and legs on special operations com-mand Marines and Sailors. Th at’s good enough for me, I like them.
Th at’s what seems to be a key ingredient in the recipe that makes our city so great. Not that we have giving groups or clubs, but that we have giving people, volunteers, who fi ll these clubs, and outside the clubs continue to volunteer on
their own. Th ese are our business people and the individuals who just want to give time and talent or just plain elbow grease, and don’t expect any applause of any kind.
Th at’s what makes our Kent great and that’s what makes us, “Kent, the city that smiles.”
Longtime Kent resident Don Dinsmore regularly contributes to the Kent Reporter.
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Kent volunteers who serve through Kiwanis provide leadership and direction to children to build accomplished citizens. COURTESY PHOTO, Don Dinsmore
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would cap industrial carbon emissions at a certain level and facilities that exceed the cap would have to pay money to the state. Inslee estimates the program will bring in $1 billion a year, $400 million of which would pay for road and bridge projects.
Presumably, the refi neries and fuel shippers covered by the program will pass their added costs on to consum-ers in the form of higher fuel prices. And analysts for the state’s climate change task force estimated his low carbon fuel standard would increase gas prices 93 cents to $1.17 per gallon.
Here’s the problem. De-pending solely on gas taxes and carbon-based fuels to pay for transportation may have worked in the past, but it ignores modern realities.
When President Eisen-hower set up the fed-eral Highway Trust Fund in 1956, the proceeds from the original three-cent gas tax built the interstate highway
system. As the system was expanded and upgraded over the decades, the tax was increased in 1982, 1990 and 1993.
Th at system worked pretty well when the price of a gallon was under 30 cents a gallon and when the only electric vehicles in Seattle were the electrifi ed trolley buses. But the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo changed all that. Overnight, the price of a barrel of oil quadrupled. President Nixon responded by rationing gasoline and imposing a 55 mph speed limit. As Congress got involved, the auto industry began shift ing to cars that got better mileage.
Now, President Obama wants cars to average 54.4 miles per gallon by 2025. More fuel-effi cient cars and the growing popularity of hybrids and electric cars means less gas is sold, which generates less gas tax revenue for transportation projects.
Th e formula for fund-ing highway and bridge construction must change; state and federal fuel taxes
are no longer suffi cient. Carbon fuels can no longer bear the brunt of funding our transportation system. Congestion-based funding, tolls, licensing and fees on all vehicles, including elec-tric and alternative fuel cars, will have to pick up a greater share of the costs.
Recently, the Wall Street Journal editorialized that the time has come to abolish the federal gas tax, saying the costs of transportation can reasonably be borne by the people who enjoy the ben-efi ts – a user fee of sorts.
While it seems highly unlikely that Congress will repeal the gas tax, elected offi cials need to look at the core issues with transporta-tion and shift away from refl exively raising fuel taxes. Th at just won’t work anymore.
Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He recently retired as president of the Association of Washing-ton Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organiza-tion, and now lives in Van-couver. He can be contacted at [email protected].
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Then and now: Sarah Bates with Letrice Mason, BSN, RN, at Texas Children’s Heart Center during her recent stay. Dr. Charles holds baby Sarah when she fi rst came to him for corrective surgery. COURTESY PHOTOS
who operated on Sarah Bates when she was an infant.
In 1995, Th eresa and Scott were told that their 3-day-old daughter had Tetralogy of Fallot, a rare congenital defect that impacts the normal fl ow of blood through the heart.
“We knew, even before we left the hospital to head home with her, that something was wrong with her heart,” Th eresa recalled. “Even scarier, we learned
our little baby would need open heart surgery within the fi rst few months of her life. Th is was defi nitely overwhelming news.”
But the Bates family found a good doctor, and Fraser’s surgery to repair baby Sarah’s heart was a success.
Sara, now 19, recently required a second surgery. She had outgrown her repair and was in need of a pulmonary valve suitable for an adult.
Fraser again performed the corrective surgery,
which was a resounding success.
“We knew there was only one place we wanted her to have her heart surgery,” said Th eresa, a bus driver for the Kent School District. “(Dr. Fraser) did such a great job the fi rst time and, aft er all of the additional research I did, I knew there were only a few centers in the country that have the specialized expertise to do this type of pediatric cardiovascular surgery.
“Dr. Fraser and the hospital made our decision
to return for Sarah’s second surgery very easy,” she said.
Sarah quickly responded. She walked a mile three days aft er surgery, and came home on the fourth.
“I feel a lot better,” Sarah said. “I didn’t really have anything to go off of before, but I think I’m doing a lot better. I don’t get as tired as easily.”
Sarah, a Kent Phoenix Academy graduate, was ad-mitted to Western Kentucky University, but decided to have the corrective surgery
before beginning classes.She now plans to grow
stronger, stay closer to home and attend Green River Community College.
A bright girl, Sarah wants to pursue something creative for a career. Design school is a possibility. She enjoys photography and painting.
Th eresa said her daughter, the oldest of her three chil-dren, can look forward to a healthy and productive life.
“She may not be a mara-thon runner in the future,
but there are no real restric-tions,” Th eresa said. “She’s doing great. We’ve had no bumps in the road. God is good.”
Quiet and humble, Sarah is passionate about people. She is thankful for her health and those who helped her regain her feet.
“I knew I can get through anything,” she said of her ordeal. “I’ve also learned how kind people can be … doing way more than I ever could have expected.”
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Gov. Jay Inslee’s offi ce announced the appointment of former Kent City Councilmember Tim Clark as the fi ft h member of the Green River Community College Board of Trustees, eff ective Jan. 19.
Clark is a longtime resident of Kent and spent 16 years on the Kent City Council. He worked as a teacher for 28 years in the Bremerton, Edmonds and Kent school districts, and served on the Kent School Board from 2010 to 2013. He was also an adjunct faculty
member at Highline College and Green River community colleges.
Clark was instrumental in the partnership be-tween Green River and the Kent School District in devel-
oping the iGrad program, which has provided a very successful recovery rate for high school dropouts.
“Tim’s educational background will make him an asset to the Green River College Board of Trustees,” said Eileen Ely, Green River president.
“I am excited to be joining the Green River
College family,” Clark said. “Th e opportunity for self-improvement, in so many diff erent forms, makes the college an invaluable re-source for the community. I hope to support the mission and goals of the college and look forward to working with students, staff and administration.”
Clark joins Mark Albert-son, regional vice president of Fidelity Investments’ Trust and Estate Consult-ing Group; former Auburn school superintendent Linda Cowan; former state Sen. Claudia Kauff man; and former Auburn Mayor Pete Lewis, on the fi ve-member board.
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You Me We 2015 – a festival of free family fun and a celebration of local talent and the many youth and teen resources available in Kent – returns to the ShoWare Center on Friday.
Doors open at 6 p.m. with Kent youth and teen performers starting at 6:30.
Activities include: interactive booths; Journey to Wellness; hands-on art activi-ties; face painting; bounce houses; $1 hot dogs and $1 sodas.
Th e event is organized by a collabora-tion of community groups, including youth groups, sports and scouting organizations, churches, businesses and service clubs. Admission is free.
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Soccer players from numerous countries compete in pickup games as well as league games in the Kent area. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter
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It’s a sunny day at the Wilson Playfi elds, a group of high schoolers have hopped the fence to play a pickup football game on the main fi eld, another group plays a pickup soccer game. A third group is playing soccer, all of them speaking excitedly in Arabic.
Th ey’re members of a pickup Iraqi soccer team, one of a wide swath of soccer teams that organize based on homeland or ethnic groups.
Multicultural soccer leagues around Kent have sprung up over the past sev-eral years, the largest and most prominent being the Liga Azteca, which hosts a slew of diff erent cultural communities in Kent rang-ing from Iraqis to Latinos.
Jose Gomez, who started the league two years ago, said that his creation started with only a few teams but has ballooned to more than 70 teams, many based on countries.
While teams aren’t strictly divided by country, says Gomez, they tend to attract people from the same country. Th e Fiji and El Salvador teams might be 70 percent Fijian or El Salvadorian. Largely, the
teams divide themselves along cultural and ethnic boundaries in Kent.
Th e teams meet when they can to practice, and provide another activity for Kent area youth to be involved in outside of the school district.
Aziz Bader, a 16-year-old Kentridge High School junior, manages the Iraqi team.
“It feels really good, we spend good times together,” says Bader. “We practice, we got talent and have good experiences.”
More importantly, the team helps new Iraqis fi nd friends and community in the area, says Bader. All of the players on the team have arrived in Kent, if not from Iraq, from other states. Most play together
as a small community, recruited by word of mouth from other Iraqis in school.
“Th ere are many Iraqis in here, and many of the Iraqis, they all like to play soccer, and some of them are new here and don’t have anything to do,” Bader says. “You know when you go somewhere new you feel bored, so we decided to make a team and it keeps us
away from the bad things.”Th e bad things being
drugs, alcohol and other delinquent behaviors.
Aft er playing for three years with the team, Bader has taken over a more managerial role, working to track attendance, set up practice locations and also secure funding.
But it’s not easy for the
Multicultural soccer leagues spring up
Kentlake girls basketball team eyes state playoff runBY ERIC MANDEL
Winning the South Puget Sound League 4A Northeast conference would go a long way toward the kind of favorable draw the Kentlake High girls basketball team will need for a
run to the regional tournament.But beyond that, there’s some-
thing Falcon pride at stake.“It’s been nine or 10 years since
we’ve been able to put a banner up in our gym, so that would be a very, very cool thing,” said Kentlake coach Scott Simmons.
Kentlake took another big step towards its fi rst conference title since the 2004-05 season with a 42-36 win over Tahoma on Saturday night. Kentlake entered this week
with a 5-1 record in conference with games against Kent-Meridian (2-4) and Kentwood (0-6) before the district tournament. Th e Fal-cons split the regular season games against Kentridge, which also had just one loss as of press deadline Tuesday. Th is means a tie-breaker scenario may be on the horizon.
“It’s not surprising… that it is two of us neck-and-neck at the end,” Simmons said. “I know our girls are competitive kids and like
to step up in big games… It could just be one of those classic battles.”
Led by sophomore point guard Sydney Peterson, the youthful Falcons have scored an average of nearly 51 points per game in conference, while surrendering just over 39 points. Simmons credited Peterson’s fellow underclassmen Jada Leonard, Kylee Johnson and Aniston Denckla for building strong chemistry throughout the [ more KENTLAKE page 13 ]
[ more SOCCER page 13 ]
SEATTLE MIST TO PLAY THREE WOMEN’S
FOOTBALL GAMES IN 2015 AT SHOWARE CENTER
The Seattle Mist women’s team will play three Legends Football
League games this season at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
Seattle plays the Los Angeles Temptation at 8 p.m. on Friday,
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The league, formerly the Lingerie Football League,
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“It’s hard to stop talking about the kids because I’m very proud of each and ev-ery one of them,” Simmons said.
Th e 2004-05 Falcons squad fi nished fi ft h at state. Simmons hopes to build enough momentum to give that placing a run.
“Th is group, they have the potential,” he said. “If we don’t at least make it to regionals we would be disappointed in ourselves and underachieved.”
Elsewhere:Kentridge girlsTh e Kentridge girls (14-5,
6-1) trumped Kentwood 56-31 to maintain its fi rst place standing in the SPSL Northeast Division. Th e Chargers beat Kentlake 47-38 on Jan. 20, and beat Federal Way 76-51 on Tuesday. Th ey traveled to Kent-Meridian for their fi nal game on Th ursday.
Kent-Meridian girlsTh e Kent-Meridian (6-9,
2-5) girls will try to end a rough season an a high note. Aft er back-to-back wins against Kentwood and
Th omas Jeff erson, the Roy-als lost to Kentlake 61-33 on Tuesday. Th ey played Kentridge for their fi nal regular season game on Th ursday.
Kentwood boysTh e Kentwood boys
basketball team kept its undefeated conference re-cord with a 70-59 win over second-place Kentridge on Jan. 24. As of press time Tuesday, Kentwood owned a 6-0 conference record, 16-2 overall.
Kentlake defeated Tahoma 44-40 for its sec-ond conference win of the season. At 2-4, the Falcons were third in the fi ve-team conference. Tahoma sits in last with a 1-6 record.
Kentridge boysA 70-59 loss to Kent-
wood dropped the Chargers (14-4, 5-2 league) boys team to second in the SPSL Northeast Division. Th ey lost to Federal Way 78-62 on Tuesday but held their position. Th ey hosted Kent-Meridian for their fi nal league game on Th ursday, aft er press deadline.
Kent-Meridian boysTh e Royals (10-6, 3-4)
have seen a checkered season, successful outside
of their division but com-ing up short in confer-ence games. Th e Royals
beat Th omas Jeff erson last Saturday and beat Kentlake 62-59 on Tuesday. Th ey
traveled to Kentridge for their fi nal regular season game on Th ursday.
Kentlake sophomore Kylee Johnson drives to the basket against Tahoma. DENNIS BOX, Reporter
[ KENTLAKE from page 12 ]
team to coordinate practices, says Bader, oft en because of the amount of money needed to secure a fi eld. It’s costly to pay for Kent’s varied fi elds, and without an organization to boost the fl edgling team they’re struck with practicing when they can raise money to rent a fi eld, and playing when they can raise money for league fees.
Bader has signed the team up for a local eight-on-eight league.
“Other teams are really prepared,” says Bader. “Th ey have money to practice, we have frustration getting the money to practice, we can’t always raise money to practice.”
Still, Bader and his teammates are optimistic about get-ting the team off the ground this year. Being in the new league is a step in the right direction.
“Every time we get to here,” he says, pointing at the fi rst hole in the three-hole notepad he’s holding. “Now,” he says, moving his fi nger to the halfway point, “we’re here.”
Aziz Bader, a junior at Kentridge High School, manages an Iraqi soccer team, one of many multicultural teams that play in the Kent area. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter
[ SOCCER from page 12 ]
Harlem Globetrotters to return to ShoWare Center Feb. 14REPORTER STAFF
Th e Harlem Globetrotters will bring their entertaining basketball game
against the Washington Generals to Kent at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14 at the ShoWare Center.
Tickets are $25, $31, $41, $59, $67 and $125 (courtside). For tickets, go to showarecenter.com or visit the ShoWare box offi ce, 625 W. James St., from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday through Friday.
Members of the Globetrotters
include Big Easy Loft on, Ant Atkin-son, Hi-Lite Bruton, Th under Law, Bull Bullard, Firefl y Fisher and Moose Weekes – plus female stars TNT Maddox, T-Time Brawner and Sweet J Ekworomadu.
Th e performance includes incred-ible ball handling wizardry, rim-rattling dunks, trick shots, hilarious comedy and fan interaction.
Bear tossFans donate stuff ed animals at the Seattle Thunderbirds
game last Saturday at the ShoWare Center. A sellout crowd of 6,208 attended the game. COURTESY PHOTO, Seattle Thunderbirds
NHL rates T-Birds’ Barzal ninth for draftFOR THE REPORTER
Four Seattle Th under-birds were listed in the NHL Central Scouting Midterm Rankings for 2015 NHL Draft eligible players released Jan. 20 by the NHL.
Seattle center Mathew Barzal is ranked ninth. Barzal has seven goals and 11 assists for 18 points in 16 games. He is recovering from a knee injury and will be returning to the T-Birds lineup soon.
Left wing Ryan Gropp is ranked 62nd. Gropp leads the T-Birds in scoring with 33 points on 16 goals and 17 assists in 40 games.
Right wing Keegan Kolesar is ranked 94th. Kolesar is second on the team in scoring with 15 goals and 13 assists for 28 points in 44 games.
Defenseman Ethan Bear is ranked 133rd. He is third on the team in scoring with 27 points on nine goals and 18 assists.
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Douglas Hill, known to the city of Kent Parks staff and community members as one of its most dedi-cated volunteers, passed away in his sleep on Jan. 9 aft er a brief illness.
Hill was honored at a Dec. 17 awards dinner for contrib-uting more than 120 hours to the Green Kent Partnership and other
volunteer events over the years, beginning in 2009. His fi nal vol-unteer event was Green Kent Day on Oct. 25, when, though it was clear he was battling his illness, he delighted in teaching a few more kids how to plant correctly.
Hill was a trained Green Kent steward. He elected not to have his own park site to work in but instead chose to support the work of all the other stewards. Because of his many contributions, he was inducted as a master steward.
“I want to remember Doug as the man who showed up at my event last spring,” said Gina Tallarigo, a fellow Green Kent steward. “It was a gor-geous, sunny day, and Doug showed up right on time. … I asked Doug to give the safety talk. He gave the most thorough safety talk I ever heard.
“Th is was the day we removed many laurels, not just the branches, but a majority of the trees,” Tal-larigo said. “Doug was so pleased to be part of this huge accomplish-ment.
“As we all know, Doug was very knowledgeable about a lot of topics, and no one knew the history of Kent as much as he did. He could tell a great story, and he was typi-cally serious, at least when I would see him. Th e day was fun and pro-ductive, and I saw the super joyful, even silly side of Doug, the Doug Hill I will remember.”
Hill’s wife, Vickie Lynn, said that in lieu of fl owers, he requested that people volunteer at Kent Parks or their local park.Douglas Hill
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Th e end of January and beginning of February means it is time to dig in and start planning and planting.
Five things you can do this winter for your garden:
1. Buy and plant bare root roses.
Area nurser-ies have a great price on roses during the win-ter because they are sold “bare root” or without a pot and soil. Th is means they usually have their roots en-cased in a plastic bag with damp sawdust keeping the bare roots damp.
Bare root roses this time of year are still dormant so this also makes them easier to plant as they won’t suff er as much from the shock of transplanting. Bare root roses are much easier to load into the car and carry about the garden. Th is is the best time of year to fi nd named varieties of hybrid tea roses like the disease resistance Peace rose, climbing roses like the classic New Dawn pink rose and hardy shrub, landscape and species roses such as the thorny but tough Rosa Rugosa.
Planting Tip: Soak the bare roots overnight in a bucket of water and if you buy a boxed bare root rose, do not plant the cardboard box with the rose no matter what the package recom-mends. Our mild winter climate means the rose roots do not need the added protection of cardboard.
2. Buy and plant bare root fruit trees and berries.
Once again winter is the best time to add bare root fruit trees because they are under the anesthetic of win-ter and won’t suff er from the transplant operation. If your New Year’s resolution is to become more self-
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Apple trees come in dwarf and semi-dwarf root stocks and there is also a
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room and can be grown in a half whiskey barrel. Raintree nursery of Morton Washington sells this super compact apple tree for under $30 and will ship it to your door. Go to www.raintreenursery.com
3. Buy and plant bare root fl owering shrubs.
Old fashioned favor-ites such as lilac, spiraea, forsythia and quince can be purchased bare root and a dozen of these bloom-ing shrubs will take up less space in your car than a week’s worth of groceries. Use a mix of inexpensive bare root shrubs and a few evergreens to design a border of plant material along a property line or in front of a fence line to create a tapestry of bloom. A mix of blooming bushes can replace the evergreen and ever boring line of py-ramidalis arborvitae lined up like green soldiers. Th e more diverse the plants in your landscape the better it is for local birds, bees, insects and wild life.
4. Order seeds from catalogs now or buy seeds from local nurseries off ered by local seed companies.
Th ose of us that live in Western Washington are lucky to have Ed Hume Seed Company based in Puyallup with Ed Hume himself still recommend-ing the best seed varieties and planting tips from
his 50 plus years of local gardening experience. You can fi nd Ed Hume seeds at many home centers, grocery stores and nurseries or order online at EdHume-Seeds.com.
It is still too early to start many seeds either indoors or out, but purchasing seeds now ensures that the varieties you want will be in stock and you can use the information on the package to plot out when and where to plant the seed.
Tip: Displaying colorful seed packs in a basket or bowl is a great spring tonic. You can also string a piece of twine across a window or mantel. Th en use clothes pins to clip the seed pack-ages to the twine for an inspirational banner of summer bounty to come.
5. Sign up for a class at nursery, check out some gardening books from the library or buy early bird discount tickets to the Northwest Flower and Gar-den Show. (www.garden-show.com).
Th ere is a lot winter inspiration available now to heat up your spring fever.
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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EventsYou Me We 2015: 6-9 p.m. Jan. 30, ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St., Kent. A festival of free family fun. A celebration of local talent and the many youth and teen resources available in Kent. Doors open at 6 p.m. with Kent youth and teen performers starting at 6:30. Activities include: interac-tive booths; Journey to Wellness; hands-on art activities; face painting; bounce houses; $1 hot dogs and $1 soda. Event organized by a collaboration of community groups including youth groups, sports and scouting organizations, churches, local businesses and service clubs. Admission is free. Kent Food Bank accepting food donations. For more information, visit www.YouMeWeK-ent.com
Beyond High School: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Feb. 4, Kentwood High School, main gym-nasium, 25800 164th Ave. SE, Covington. Kent School District hosts annual event, with more than 70 representatives from universities, community colleges, technical colleges, military branches and apprentice-ship programs available. Explore post high school options. Free. For more info, email Scott Leick at [email protected]
7th annual Roger Newton R/C Model Show: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Feb. 7, Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum, 5917 S. 196th St., Kent. Six R/C clubs attending with hundreds of models on display. Remembering Roger “The Czar” Newton, the father of R/C un-limited racing. Sponsored by the Unlimited News Journal. Admission free to museum members, $5 for nonmembers. Doors open at 10. Pizza lunch available for purchase. Questions can be emailed to [email protected]. For more information, visit www.hydromuseum.org
Greater Seattle Postcard and Paper Show: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Feb. 7-8, Kent Com-mons, 525 Fourth Ave. N. Approximately 15-20 dealers from throughout the Pacific Northwest and California displaying thou-sands of old postcards, paper collectibles and ephemera. Included will be postcards, stamps, advertising trade cards, cigar labels, valentines, scrap, travel brochures, photographs, stereographs, aviation, auto, railroad, ship, movie memorabilia, and Western Americana. Free appraisals. Admis-sion: $5. For more information, visit www.postcardshows.com
Kent Police Community Meeting: 7 p.m. Feb. 12, Kent Elementary School, 24700 64th Ave. S. Hear about crime trends, prevention and department programs. Po-lice officials will give a special presentation about the evolution of the police vehicle. Free to the public. For more information, call 253-856-5878 or visit kentwa.gov.
HealthShoWalk: 9-11 a.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St., Kent. Outdoor walking enthusiasts can get out of the dark and the rain by participating in ShoWalk. Presented by
Kent4Health and sponsor Transdev Services, Inc., ShoWalk is a free indoor walking op-portunity. ShoWalk continues through May 20. While there is no charge to participate, registration is appreciated at www.webreg.KentWA.gov or at the door on walk days. More information is available at www.Ken-t4Health.com or by calling 253-856-4968.
Puget Sound Blood Center drives: 8-10 a.m., 10:45 a.m.-2 p.m. Jan. 30, Kentridge High School, 12430 SE 208th St. For more information, call 253-945-8667 or please visit www.psbc.org.
TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly): 6 p.m., Thursdays, Swanson Court Club-house, 12200 SE 207th St., Kent, near Kentridge High School. Nonprofit weight loss support group. For more information, call 253-709-5098 or visit www.tops.org or www.whywelovetops.com.
Clubs, programsRotary Club of Kent: Join the local Rotary Club of Kent every Tuesday for its weekly meeting and luncheon at Down Home Catering in historic downtown Kent, 211 1st Ave. S. For more information go to: www.kentrotary.com
Kent Evening Toastmasters: 7 p.m., Wednesdays, The Lodge, Arbor Village Retirement Center, 24004 114th Place SE, Kent. 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 begin-ners to experts, Kent Evening Toastmasters welcomes people of all skill levels. For more information, visit www.kenteveningtoast-masters.net.
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Women of Islam: 6 p.m. Feb. 3, Green River Community College, Kent campus, 417 Ramsay Way, Suite 112. A panel of Muslim women will address their personal experiences. They will discuss the rights and status of women in Islam, and shed light on how colonialism has played a major role in the modern day deceptions of Muslim women. Members fee: $20; non-members $29. For more information, contact Darla Abraham at 253-833-9111 or [email protected].
VolunteersVolunteer training workshop: 10 a.m.-noon, Jan. 31, River of Life Fel-lowship church, 10615 SE 216th St., Kent. KentHOPE Women & Children’s Day Center supervisor Merri O’Brien leads an overview of serving those who are homeless, with a focus on the challenges of mental health and domestic violence. Question and an-swer session. Open to all current volunteers, potential volunteers, and those who are curious to learn more about homelessness in the Kent area. Please register by email at [email protected]. There will be light
refreshments. For more information, go to kenthope.org
FaithSuper Bowl Sunday with Soul’d Out Kent: 9:30 a.m. Feb. 1, Soul’d Out Christian Center, 10020 SE 256th St., Kent. Sunday service, and come sporting your favorite team jersey. For more information, visit www.souldoutkent.org.
EntertainmentSHOWARE CENTER
625 W. James St., Kent. 253-856-6777. Order at www.tickets.showarecenter.com. Events include:
Harlem Globetrotters: 2 p.m., 7 p.m. Feb. 14. The Globetrotters will face a great challenge this year, as the infamous Wash-ington Generals are more determined than ever to beat the them. The Generals, the last team to beat the Globetrotters, are now coached by a former member of that 1971 team. Tickets: $25-$125.
KENT ARTS COMMISSION SPOTLIGHT SERIES
Tickets at kentarts.com, by calling 253-856-5051 or at the Kent Com-mons, 525 Fourth Ave. N. Hours for phone and in-person sales are Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. The box office is closed on Sunday.
Broadway’s Next Hit Musical!: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6, Kent-Meridian PAC. Every song is fresh. Every scene is new. Every night is different. It’s all improvised and it’s all funny. The New York Times calls Broadway’s Next H!T Musical “Hilarious!” Master improvisers gather made up song suggestions from the audience and create a full blown improvised musical - complete with memorable characters, witty dialogue, and plot twists galore. Tickets: $25 general, $22 senior, $15 youth
CHANCEL ARTS AT KENT LUTHERAN
Jazz: 8-10 p.m. Feb. 21, March 21, Kent Lu-theran Church, Fellowship Hall, 336 Second Ave. S., downtown Kent. Jazz for listening and dancing. Centerpiece Jazz Band from Music Center Northwest in Seattle performs. Admission: $12.50 adults, $5 senior citizens in groups of 10. Refreshments and drinks available. For more information, call Fergus Prestbye at 253-520-1033.
MuseumsGreater Kent Historical Society: 855 E. Smith St., historic Bereiter House, Kent. Hours: noon-4 p.m., Wednesday-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. To learn more, visit www.gkhs.org.
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