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Crews continue to assemble sections of walling for Amazon’s new 800,000-square-foot fulfi llment center in Kent this week. Approximately 1,000 massive concrete slabs provide the exterior to the Amazon’s fourth fulfi llment center in the state. The shipping center – in the Stryker Business
Center at the corner of South 208th Street and 59th Place South – will store more than one million units of various small products, from books and games to electronics and accessories. Amazon offi cials expect the center to be fi nished by 2015. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter
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Sports | Kentridge looks to rebound, improve from last season [12]
BY KATHERINE SMITH
Who’s going to fl inch fi rst? Th e state and the U.S. Department of Education are playing a game of chicken that by design puts Washington state students in the middle.
A lack of action on Capitol Hill in D.C. related to updating the Education and Secondary Education Act – its most cur-rent iteration is known by the name “No Child Left Behind” – has trickled down to Washington’s school districts, which were required to mail home letters that labeled schools as failing.
Th e label came from the U.S. De-partment of Education, which re-voked Washington state’s waiver from requirements in No Child Left Behind earlier this year, making Washington the fi rst state in the country to lose its waiver.
Schools labeled as failing, but are they?Local, state offi cials sound off against the idea schools aren’t measuring up
[ more SCHOOLS page 4 ]
Teen pedestrian killed had just moved to Kent from AfghanistanBY STEVE HUNTER
Th e 13-year-old girl killed Saturday in Kent aft er being hit by a pickup truck while crossing Pacifi c Highway South had just moved to the Kent area with her family a few weeks ago from Afghanistan.
Kent Police and fi re personnel were sent to the 23400 block of Pacifi c High-way South at 6:07 p.m. Saturday aft er a family crossing the busy roadway on the rainy night were struck by a passing vehicle.
Th e family attempted to cross Pacifi c Highway, just south of the Kent Des Moines Road intersection. As the fam-ily made their way across the lanes of travel, they crossed into the path of a southbound vehicle. Th e pickup driver was unable to avoid the collision, strik-ing the 31-year-old father and throw-ing the young teen pedestrian to the ground.
Th e impact also sent the girl’s 31-year-old mother to the ground.
[ more TEEN page 2 ]
Road construction projects will impact local commutesFOR THE REPORTER
Kent drivers can expect several major projects to impact their com-mutes this fall.
• James Street
In order to provide a safer route
for pedestrians, crews will repair failing portions of the sidewalks on both the north and south sides of James Street between Clark Avenue to 102nd Avenue Southeast. Th e work requires removal of the exist-ing trees.
Public Works Director Tim La-Porte said trees planted decades ago
[ more PROJECTS page 2 ]
BY ROSS COYLE
Th e Kent School Board renewed Super-intendent Edward Lee Vargas’s contract over the summer.
In exchange for his
administrative services, as well as maintaining involvement in both the business and civic community, Vargas will receive $263,320 and a month of paid vacation, of which he’ll need to use 10 days a year as manda-
tory leave. Vargas also will
receive 12 days of sick leave, three discretion-ary vacation days, and fi ve days of discretionary time for consultative
School board renews superintendent’s contract
Vargas[ more VARGAS page 3 ]
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have caused the sidewalks to buckle, posing a tripping hazard to pedestrians.
“We’re making the sidewalks more usable for walkers,” LaPorte said in a city media release. “While we hate to remove the existing trees, they’ll be replaced by a type of tree that is less likely to cause sidewalk damage.”
Motorists should expect weekday curb lane closures on James Street between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Pedestrians should expect sidewalk and crosswalk closures during their removal and replace-
ment; however, access for local resident will be maintained. The work is anticipated to be complete by late next summer.
• Canyon DriveCrews will grind and place
asphalt on Canyon Drive between Weiland Street and 101st Avenue Southeast, impacting vehicle travel at night from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., Sept. 7-10. Drivers should expect lane closures and travel time delays on Canyon Drive and surrounding cross streets.
• 64th Avenue SouthSouthbound travel along 64th
Avenue South will intermittently close between South 226th Street
and South 228th Street while undersized culverts along a drain-age channel are replaced. Detour signage is in place to direct traffic around the construction area. Work is scheduled to finish at the end of September.
• SE 240th StreetCrews will begin work in latter
part of September to stabilize the slope and restore a portion of Southeast 240th Street between 144th Avenue Southeast and 146th Place Southeast. The failing slope has caused progressive damage to the road. With work estimated to be finished by the end of October, the roadway will be closed and
detour signage will be provided around the work area.
Construction schedules are subject to change due to inclement weather, equipment problems or emergency situations.
Drivers are encouraged to sign up for traffic advisory alerts at DriveKent.com, which includes the ability to have traffic alerts sent directly to your email address. DriveKent.com offers information about lane restrictions, flagger control or road closures due to roadway construction in Kent. You will also receive roadway impacts due to snow and ice.
[ PROJECTS from page 1 ] MACHINISTS UNION Local Lodge 751-F holds its second annual Guide Dogs Karting Challenge on Saturday at PGP Motorsports Park at Pacific Raceways in Kent. The race will be from 2 to 6 p.m. and will feature teams of drivers racing for two hours around the PGP track, which is at 31003 144th Ave. SE. Prizes will go to the teams that complete the most overall laps in the time allowed. The cost is $400 per team, and each team can have up to four drivers. Lunch is included in the registration fee. Last year’s Karting Challenge raised $15,000 for Guide Dogs of America. For registration information, call 253-350-6725.
– For the Reporter
“The family is new to the country and the Kent area and English is their second language,” said Kent Police Cmdr. Jarod Kasner. “It is unclear where they were going.”
Paramedics worked to re-vive the girl but were unsuc-cessful. She was pronounced dead at the scene. As of Tuesday, the King County Medical Examiner’s Office had not released the name of the girl. Kasner said he didn’t have any information about whether the girl had enrolled in school.
The father and mother were treated for non-life threatening injuries and transported to a nearby hospital. The names and con-
dition of the family members have not been released.
“The conditions of this tragic collision were made worse because the collision occurred within sight of a fully marked and controlled crosswalk,” Kasner said.
Pedestrians regularly jaywalk just south of the Kent Des Moines Road intersection and often use the median to wait to finish crossing the six-lane highway.
Kent Police traffic investi-gators closed two lanes of Pacific Highway South to conduct their investigation. The driver of the pickup is cooperating with investiga-tors.
Kasner said he didn’t have any information about the age and hometown of
the driver involved in the accident.
Man killed in 2012 at same spot
The accident marked the second death in three years in the same block of Pacific Highway South. William L. Smith, 68, was killed in February 2012 after being struck by a motorcycle while trying to walk across the highway at night.
As Smith crossed the busy highway on a rainy night, he stepped into the path of a southbound motorcycle, according to Kent Police. The motorcyclist was unable to avoid the collision, striking and knocking Smith to the ground. The impact also knocked the motorcycle to the ground.
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work, lecturing, speaking engagements or other tasks related to but not directly included in his duties.
Vargas has also been au-thorized $833.34 per month to “defray costs incurred in using his automobile for offi cial travel in-district
and within 50 miles (one way) of the administration building.”
Th e superintendent will receive a district-sponsored medical examination to certify him fi t and compe-tent for his duties.
Th e contract can be extended indefi nitely, but if the board plans on termi-
nating it on July 2017, it must notify Vargas in writ-ing a full year beforehand.
As an additional clause, Vargas must submit to an annual review with the school board each year. Th e Kent School District has declined to disclose Vargas’ annual reviews, although this practice is not common
in surrounding districts. For districts such as Ta-coma and Enumclaw, the records are readily available through public records
requests. Districts such as Issaquah retain them under private personnel informa-tion.
[ VARGAS from page 1 ]
KENT MAN DIES IN SEATTLE MOTORCYCLE
ACCIDENTA 32-year-old Kent man died
in a motorcycle accident on Aug. 27 in Seattle.
The man was driving a 2006 Honda vt750 eastbound on
the West Seattle Freeway at about 1:03 a.m. when he took
the exit ramp to southbound Interstate 5 and failed to
negotiate the curve, according to a Washington State Patrol report. The crash ejected the
driver and a passenger and came to the
rest in the roadway.Speed was listed by the State
Patrol as the cause of the accident. The accident blocked
the roadway for 2 hours and 45 minutes.
The passenger, a 22-year-old Puyallup woman, remained in satisfactory condition Tuesday at Harborview Medical Center
in Seattle.The identity of the driver
has not yet been released by the King County Medical Examiner’s Offi ce. Both the driver and passenger were
wearing helmets.
FOR THE REPORTER
King County Executive Dow Constantine sent the County Coun-cil a proposal on Tuesday for Feb-ruary service changes that would reduce 169,000 hours of Metro Transit service.
“With the council we worked hard to deliver bus service within the revenues available, and without spending money Metro does not have,” Constantine said. “More service reductions are ahead, as we
await long-overdue action by the Legislature on a statewide trans-portation package that can restore sustainable funding for transit.”
As recommended Aug. 28 by the Ad-Hoc Committee of County Councilmembers Joe McDermott, Jane Hague, Rod Dembowski as well as Constantine, the February service reduction would eliminate 16 bus routes and revise or reduce 32 others.
Th e council this summer already
approved a fi rst round of 151,000 hours of service reductions to take eff ect Sept. 27. Taken together, the two rounds would cut 320,000 of the transit agency’s 3.5 million annual service hours. Additional service reductions will be examined as part of King County’s upcoming biennial budget process.
At the direction of the coun-cil and Ad-Hoc Committee, the February service proposal was rebalanced to distribute reduc-
tions geographically within each stand-alone service change, rather than spread them over four service changes. As a result, proposed ser-vice changes are revised for some areas of Seattle, South King County, and East King County. Future reductions and revisions will be considered as part of the upcoming biennial budget process.
Constantine proposes more Metro bus service cuts
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Kent’s Green Tree Park to get new playgroundREPORTER STAFF
Green Tree Park in Kent will undergo a huge transformation on Saturday, Sept. 20, when neighbors, other volunteers and city staff come together to install a new play-ground, walking trail and other amenities.
More than 150 volunteers will be on site from 8 a.m. until the ribbon-cutting at 2:30 p.m. by Mayor Suzette Cooke. Refresh-ments, including lunch, will be provided courtesy of Starbucks, Fred Meyer and Papa John’s.
Th e park, at the intersection of 120th Ave-nue Southeast and Southeast 216th Street in Panther Lake, is in a neighborhood annexed to the city in July 2010. Th e 2,000 square-foot play space was built in 1997, making it one of the oldest in Kent Parks’ inventory.
Th e footprint of the new playground doubles its size and include many exciting features suggested by children who drew their ideas at a June “Design Day” exercise.
Register to volunteer by Sept. 17 at Kent-WA.gov/ComeVolunteer. Aft er the deadline, call 253-856-5113 to see if there’s still room for more volunteers.
Sparkle EffectThe Kent School District has a cheer squad that includes students with disabilities. An organization called the Sparkle Eff ect helped develop the new squad. The Sparkle Eff ect supports schools in eff orts to implement cheer squads for students with disabilities to participate with typically developing
peers. Eleven veteran cheerleaders from Kentridge High School will be mentoring participants in the new squads, called Sparkle squads. Participants are from Kentridge and Kentwood high schools and Mattson Middle School. COURTESY PHOTO
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One of the requirements in No Child Left Behind is that schools meet Annual Yearly Progress, or AYP, benchmarks. Among those benchmarks is by 2014 every student pass their state’s standardized tests in reading and math. The ESEA has historically been updated regularly, but has been overdue for a revision for a number of years. That update would replace No Child Left Behind. As the date for refreshed legisla-tion came and went with no action in Congress and the 2014 deadline for meet-ing AYP approached, the Department of Education granted states waivers on a yearly basis. For the past
two years Washington had received such waivers.
This year, however, the state’s waiver was denied because of a Department of Education requirement that students performance on standardized tests be a component in teacher evaluations. In Washington, including that component in evaluations would re-quire a change in state law by the legislature.
No change equaled no waiver.
Besides mailing home the letters, there are also federally imposed financial ramifications for districts.
Schools that receive Title 1 funds – e.g. schools that meet a threshold in the number of students who receive free and reduced
lunch and receive federal funds for programs that help economically disad-vantaged students in the classroom through addi-tional programming – and are labeled as failing must set aside 20 percent of the Title 1 funds for either pri-vate tutors or to transport students to other schools. Additionally, after two years of not meeting AYP, schools enter a series of remedial steps as outlined in NCLB, which can conclude in the reorganization of a school.
Making a pointLast month the super-
intendents of 28 school districts in the Puget Sound Educational Service District, which provides ad-ditional resources and sup-port for school districts and includes Kent and Tahoma, signed a letter that went home to parents explain-ing the situation. The letter also took a stance against the “failing” label, calling it “repressive” and “punitive.”
In addition, PSESD held a press conference last month with four of the superin-tendents and one of Kent’s elementary principals to discuss the impact of schools being labeled as failing.
“It’s clear, the evidence is overwhelming that schools are not failing,” Kent School District Superintendent Edward Lee Vargas said at the press conference. “We want to be held accountable and now it’s time to hold accountability accountable.”
Vargas went on to call the law antiquated and said that it was in direct conflict with other laws like the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
“We do reject the nar-rative that our schools are failing,” Vargas said. “That’s contrary to the facts.”
Kent“In Olympia you had
folks who just could not make a decision, and in DC you had people who decid-ed to make a point,” Kent School District Spokesman Christ Loftis said, summing up the situation.
In the Kent School Dis-trict, 21 of the 41 schools receive Title 1 funds. None met the 100 percent AYP threshold.
“Because the standard for 2014 is perfection for all, the reality is that no school in our district, no school in the state, could meet that,” Loftis said.
Loftis said that in Kent alone, $1.7 million in Title 1 dollars will have to be reallocated.
“It’s affecting our ability to bring in curriculum re-sources and replace curricu-lum resources at our Title 1 schools,” Loftis said. “It’s real.”
Loftis said that the list of programs and services that will be affected includes early learning and pre-school programs in the Kent valley, staffing and staff training at schools in Covington, replacing dated curriculum at low income schools across the district, and individual approaches to identifying students’ needs and addressing them.
“Title (1) funds allow us to do that more tailored approach in our poorer incomes and low income areas,” Loftis said. “It’s going to impact our ability to of-fer that tailored and tiered system.”
Kent will use some reserves to reduce cuts, but because the dollar figure is so large Loftis said that the dis-trict couldn’t do a complete match of funds. Loftis also pointed out that not only is there a cost of reallocating funds, but there is the cost of putting the word out the to tens of thousands of house-holds in the district.
Loftis said rather than helping kids, the cost of implementing the federal government’s policies are taking away from students in classrooms.
“And then go to the $1.7 million we were going to spend on kids that now we aren’t going to … it’s non-sensical,” Loftis said
Helping or huting students?
One of the ironies of the battle between the state and the Department of Educa-tion, and the failing schools label, is that many of the schools now deemed failing have won many awards for excellence in a variety of categories.
As an example, Vargas said at last month’s press conference that in the last four years alone Kent schools have won more than 50 awards from the state and federal government recog-nizing excellence.
“Bottom line, it’s going to hurt poor kids,” Loftis said. “And what a silly thing.”
The idea behind the law, that if students aren’t get-ting the help they need at school to give them other options, doesn’t take into consideration variables such as English as a second language, or students with special needs. That, school
officials say, means the law misses the point, and isn’t effective.
“That’s the irony of this: you’re taking money away from kids who need it the most and reallocate it,” Patterson said. “You’re not solving problems, you’re creating new problems.”
Teachers union supports state’s decision
As for student’s perfor-mance on state tests being a part of teacher evaluations, Rich Wood, spokesman for the Washington Education Association said that the organization supported the state’s move to not change the law.
“There’s no research that indicates linking student test scores to teacher evalu-ations does anything to help students or their teachers,” Wood said.
He then pointed to the state’s new teacher evalu-ation system, the Teacher and Principal Education Project, that was piloted last year and continues to be rolled out this year.
“Teachers and school ad-ministrators across Wash-ington state are working very hard to implement the new evaluation system in a way that helps students but also teachers as well,” Wood said. “There’s a lot of great work that is being done.”
Officials weigh inState Rep. Pat Sullivan,
a Democrat from the 47th district and majority leader, called NCLB “flawed.”
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Our state’s super wealthy social changers are at it again.
Two years aft er their money helped make charter schools possible, the Ballmers, the Gateses and the Nick Hanauers are using some of their loose millions to try to tighten gun laws in Washington.
Th ey’ve made six- and seven-digit
contributions to the cam-paign for Initiative 594, the measure on the November ballot that would expand the state’s background check law to cover most gun sales conducted at gun shows and online.
Th eir checks went to the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility whose strategists will, sometime aft er Labor Day, start
spending the dough on television commercials claiming wider use of background checks will bolster public safety without infringing on anyone’s Second Amendment rights.
Th e alliance can aff ord to wait because it is already getting a boost from a million-dollar ad campaign paid for by its nonprofi t alter ego, the Center for Gun Responsibility.
Since Aug. 8, the center has been running dozens of 30-second com-
mercials as part of an “education” campaign dubbed “Background Checks Make A Diff erence.” Th e ef-fort is set to end Friday.
Th e ads stress the value of background checks for enhancing public safety but never mention the ballot measure that its political self is promoting. What’s nice about this campaign fi nance nuance is it also allows the Center for Gun Respon-sibility to keep secret the source of its money.
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T Q U O T E O F N O T E : “It’s clear, the evidence is overwhelming that schools are not failing. We want to be held accountable and now it’s time to hold accountability accountable.” – Kent School District Superintendent Edward Lee Vargas
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Letters may be edited for length. Letters should be no more than 250 words in length. Submissions may be printed both in the paper and electroni-cally.
Deadline for letters to be considered for publication is 2 p.m. Tuesday.
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NRA has decision to make about Initiative 594 T H E P E T R I D I S H
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Regarding: “Failed schools can be fi xed, but are we up to the task”, Reporter).
Well, Craig Groshart almost got it right in his Aug. 29 com-mentary. Like most who write about our schools, however, he showed outright cowardice in confronting the main cancer limiting the ability of kids to learn.
Th e basic problem is not that insuffi cient money is be-ing passed along by the state for education. Th e problem is that schools, alone in our soci-ety, do not want us or anyone else to evaluate how well they are doing their job.
Anyone who works for a living, in any vocation or pro-fession, is evaluated – usually annually – on how well they are meeting the objectives of their job. Are they meeting production goals for the num-ber of widgets that need to be
cranked out hourly or daily? Are they meeting sales goals? Are they producing the needed number of inches of copy their newspaper needs to separate the advertising?
Th e truth for almost all of us is that our continuing employ-ment depends on meeting the goals and expectations of our job.
Th e exception is the public
school system.Teachers do not want to be
evaluated on how well they are meeting the objectives of their job – namely the success of educating the children with whom they work. Th ey argue that it’s not fair to them to apply the same standard to their work that you and I have applied to us. Th ey say that there too many other factors … dysfunctional homes, eco-nomic disparity, the allure of electronic entertainment that aff ect a child’s ability to learn.
We all can say the same thing about our job perfor-mances, I suppose, because we all have full lives that put de-mands on us that might impair or work performance. Many of us have marital discord, health issues, or the demands of an aging parent that impact our job productivity.
But our bosses continue to evaluate our eff ectiveness nevertheless … and so they should.
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Boeing 777 may replace Air Force One
It’s about time to replace Air Force One, the president’s plane; however, the new version may not be a Boeing 747. It may be a 777.
President Obama’s 2014 budget allocated $1.14 billion through 2018 for the research and development of a new presidential jet. Th e total includes one replacement aircraft which could be purchased in 2017. While the Pentagon prefers the four-engine 747, there are a couple of other important factors to consider.
Th ere is no question that the safety and security of the president are paramount, but increasingly cost is also a factor.
Flying Air Force One is expensive. In 2012, the Congressional Research Service estimated it cost $179,750 per hour to op-erate. In 2013, it jumped to $228,000 per hour.
Judicial Watch reported that taxpayers paid $7.3
million for the fi rst family’s 2012-2013 Christ-mas vacation fl ights to Hawaii, their 2013 beach vacation on Martha’s Vineyard and for Obama to dine with fundraiser and Dream-Works CEO Jeff rey Katzenberg and appear on the “Th e Tonight Show with Jay Leno”.
When Air Force One is used for political purposes, campaign organizations must reim-burse the U.S. Treasury an amount “equiva-lent of the airfare that they would have paid had they used a commercial airline,” accord-ing to the Congressional Research Service. Like his predecessors, President Obama oft en piggybacks offi cial events onto his fundrais-ing trips, which further reduces the amount campaign organizations must pay.
Oddly, the formula to determine what campaigns pay is a secret. Meredith McGehee, policy director at the Campaign Legal Center, says the reimbursement rate on mixed events has remained a mystery over the course of several presidencies and only the White House counsel knows the formula.
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Only teachers and the system they help to create do not take seriously the evaluation of job perfor-mance.
Certainly, the teacher unions carry too much clout in the question of evaluations, but the school districts share the blame. Administrators – many of them former teachers themselves – do little to support the public’s de-mand for accountability in school and teacher job performance.
Who among us would not embrace the chance to set and evaluate our own job performance standards? It’s a little like telling a child she can set her own bed time, without the fear of a price to be paid for the exhaustion they would feel the next day after getting insufficient rest.
School leaders are put-ting a lot of energy and paid time – paid for by us, of course – into spin control over the “failed school” letters that will soon be arriving at our homes. They want us to understand that their schools, despite failing to meet measurable federal standards, are really not failing.
Yes, they are.Teaching, like child
rearing, is a really hard job.
I know: we’ve had three kids, all educated in public schools. We know that teachers are fairly well paid, have always enjoyed supe-rior benefits, and have job security. Yet they insist the key to solving the school failure problem is to simply give them more money.
Let’s try a new approach. Clearly spell out for every teacher the goal of their job for the year. Just like the salesman who has to meet his quota or the factory worker who needs to pro-duce a minimum number of widgets, teachers need to have a goal. They need to educate the 30 or so kids before them every day, and help them become produc-tive and responsible adults.
If there are outside influences that make the job harder, that can be noted. They can be excused, perhaps, if the schools have taken aggressive steps – like expelling bullies and order-ing underperforming kids into mandatory after-school study halls – to solve the problems.
Until schools, districts and teachers embrace the idea that, like it or not, they will be held accountable for how well they do their work, I will never vote for another school levy or bond as long as I live.
Educators are no better than the rest of us. They
need to be ready to be evaluated on how well they do their jobs, and then required to meet reasonable standards that are set for them by their employer – you and me.– Steve Krueger
CorrectionCraig Groshart wrote
the commentary on failed schools in the Aug. 29 edi-tion. The Reporter credited the wrong columnist in the caption.
Why make official language mandatory?
Regarding “Official language policy needed to unite Washingtonians”, Reporter, Aug. 29:
I admire Mauro Mujica’s ability to learn the language when he came to this coun-try. My good friends of 50 years were Sephardic Jews who immigrated from the Isle of Rhodes and mostly spoke Spanish.
The woman I first met and shared much time with said her family depended on her, as she went to school and was proficient in English. Since her parents didn’t have the opportunity to attend school, my friend was their primary resource.
I really don’t like the idea of a mandatory official lan-guage. But unless families are allowed to attend class-rooms with their children, it seems a difficult concept to address.
I often wonder if I had to go to a non-English-speak-ing country, for whatever reason, got off the plane and was expected to know how to communicate to others and it was mandato-ry. If their official language was totally new to me, how I would survive?
I work as a temporary worker during elections, and most of the silliness done to ballots is from people who were lucky enough to be born and raised here. I would much rather that people who may have a primary language different than ours but are grateful for the opportunity to vote, be able to under-stand fully what they are voting on with whatever is helpful to them.
Why build walls, when gates are more helpful?– CJ Baker
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nonprofit has received “gifts from local individuals, partner organizations, foun-dations, and our national partners.”
One of those partners is Everytown for Gun Safety, founded by Michael Bloomberg, the super rich ex-mayor of New York. He’s pledged to spend boatloads of money in every corner of the country to help enact tougher gun control laws and elect pro-gun control lawmakers. I-594 fits his investment profile perfectly.
While billionaires soak up attention for their prodi-gious checks, where is the National Rifle Association in all of this?
Is it possible the NRA, the established pulpit of the gun rights movement, will keep its money to itself in this fight?
The NRA does have a
political action committee to oppose I-594. But its coffers are pretty much empty. A significant infusion would be needed if the venerable organization intends to de-liver a serious counterpunch.
The NRA did contribute $25,000 to its PAC in July, then spent most of it on staff, probably to have them survey the landscape. They couldn’t have liked what they discovered.
An Elway Poll in July found 70 percent of voters – many of them in the vote-rich Pugetopolis – “inclined” to back Initiative 594. Three months earlier, in April, an Elway Poll found the level of support at 72 percent.
Things could turn quickly. They did in 1995 when vot-ers initially embraced a gun control-type measure then rejected it. Of late the state’s electorate has been in the mood for reshaping society in ways the government won’t. They’ve privatized
liquor and legalized mari-juana, charter schools and gay marriage.
Last year, voters seemed primed to pass a food-label-ing initiative until opponents shelled out $22 million to successfully defeat it.
The NRA can’t fork out that kind of money, nor must it. Neither can it hope to succeed on its reputation alone.
NRA leaders must decide whether it is worth trying to convince voters in one state in the far corner of the coun-try to defeat an initiative, or focus on keeping members of Congress from changing the background check law for the nation. The next few days will be very telling.
Political reporter Jerry Corn-field’s blog, The Petri Dish, is at www.heraldnet.com. Contact him at 360-352-8623; [email protected] and on Twitter at @dospueblos.
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So, for taxpayers, it may be better for the Pentagon to switch to the more fuel efficient Boeing 777.
Other governments are doing just that. The Japa-nese government is trading in its 747s for the 777X, which is as spacious as the 747 and costs less to fly. It will pay an estimated $832 million for the jets, which will go into service in 2019.
However, the Pentagon would prefer a modi-fied 747-800, the jumbo airplane the company in-troduced a few years ago to capture a bigger share of the air freight market.
But slumping sales of 747s may force Boeing to discontinue the 747 pro-duction line long before the Pentagon is ready to decide. Orders for the 747 may stretch only through 2016. The current 30-year life cycle for the current Air Force One twins is up in 2017.
The good news is that, whichever plane the Pen-tagon chooses to replace Air Force One – the 777X or the 787-800 – it will be a Boeing aircraft assem-bled in Everett.
The Puget Sound Business Journal’s Steve Wilhelm watches Boe-ing closely. He doesn’t envision a battle between
Airbus and Boeing like that which occurred a couple years ago when the Air Force asked for bids to replace the aging KC-135 refuelers.
Wilhelm quoted Loren Thompson, a defense analyst with the Lexington Institute: “The govern-ment might accept bids from companies other than Boeing, but it isn’t going to buy an Airbus plane and the integration challenge of turning a 747 into the next generation Air Force One is just too demanding for anyone other than Boeing.”
With America drown-ing in a $17.7 trillion debt, controlling government spending is essential.
Among other things, Congress and the presi-dent must take a fresh look at how Air Force One is utilized and the true reimbursement cost for presidential fundraising trips. As for presidential va-cations and personal use of Air Force One, put the First Family on a budget just like other working families.
Don C. Brunell is a busi-ness analyst, writer and columnist. He recently retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest busi-ness organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at [email protected].
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WSDOT AND THE CASCADE BICYCLE CLUB are enlist-ing volunteers and organizations such as Feet First and Washington Bikes to help count the people they see bicy-cling and walking along paths, bike lanes, sidewalks and other facilities on Tuesday, Sept. 30, through Thursday, Oct. 2. Counts will be taken at assigned locations in nearly
40 cities, including Kent, throughout the state. Those interested in helping can learn more by visiting WSDOT’s survey website, www.wsdot.wa.gov/bike/Count.htm, emailing the Cascade Bicycle Club at [email protected] or calling 206-861-9890.
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Police arrest motorcyclist who hit speeds of 80 to 90 mph on Pacific HighwayBY STEVE HUNTER
Kent Police arrested a Federal Way man for investigation of reckless driving after the man reportedly hit estimat-ed speeds of 80 to 90 mph driving a motorcycle along Pacific Highway South while eluding an officer.
An officer initially spotted the motorcyclist near the 27100 block of Pacific Highway South on Aug. 25 going about 56 mph in a 45 mph zone southbound on Pacific Highway South, according to the police report.
The motorcyclist then pulled into the driveway near the police vehicle and sped through a strip mall parking lot before returning
to Pacific Highway. The officer activated his siren but the motor-cyclist kept driving southbound on Pacific Highway, swerving in and out of traffic and moving from the far left lane to the far right lane, hitting estimated speeds of 80 to 90 mph near the 28000 block.
With many vehicles on the highway, the officer terminated his pursuit after only a few blocks.
But he had the license plate of the motorcycle and tracked the man down at a Federal Way home.
The man told police he had seen the patrol vehicle
but didn’t stop because he couldn’t afford another ticket.
Police arrested the man for investigation of reckless driving as well as cited him for speed-ing, expired tabs and not having a motorcycle endorsement on his license.
ObstructingOfficers cited a man for investi-
gation of obstructing after he fled
on foot from police at about 3:01 p.m. Aug. 24 at the Safeway park-ing lot, 13101 S.E. Kent-Kangley Road.
A store employee called 911 about the man who had previously taken items from the store, accord-ing to the police report.
When officers arrived they spotted the man outside the store. The man saw police and started to run. Officers warned him to stop but he kept running. One officer shot the man with a Taser, but only one dart hit the man, who kept on running.
A second officer used a patrol vehicle to try to stop the man. Police lost track of the suspect as he ran into the nearby Birch Creek Apartments complex.
A store employee told police the man had stolen items from the store earlier and left his wallet behind. Officers cited the man at large based on the driver’s license in the wallet. The man had been banned from many Kent busi-nesses.
Malicious mischiefPolice arrested a man for inves-
tigation of third-degree malicious mischief after he allegedly tried to break into a vehicle by smashing a rock through the passenger side window.
The incident happened at about 6:39 p.m. Aug. 24 in the 7000 block of South 212th Street, according to the police report.
A passerby called 911 to report a suspicious man next to a vehicle. Officers responded and found a man standing next to a 1996 Lexus that had two large holes punctured in the passenger side window. Police asked the man if he had broken the window and he reportedly shook his head up and down and said yes.
The man then declined to answer any other questions. The officer noted a large rock sat in the passenger seat and that the wind-shield had been damaged with two large indentations.
Officers transported the man to the city jail.
Disorderly conductOfficers arrested a man for
investigation of disorderly conduct after he reportedly walked drunk across 104th Avenue Southeast at about 1:26 a.m. Aug. 25.
Officers were in the 24300 block of 104th Avenue Southeast in response to another call when the man started to walk toward them, according to the police report.
The man appeared to be very intoxicated and officers asked the man to keep walking past them, which he did.
Police then saw the man a short while later step off a sidewalk and onto 104th Avenue Southeast. He walked about 100 feet south. A pickup driver had to slow down rapidly to avoid hitting the man, who walked with both hands raised high in the air.
Three officer stopped the man on the other side of the street, handcuffed him and transported him to the city jail.
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“We have an account-ability system here in the state of Washington that is incredibly well done. …That should be the measure
that we use,” Sullivan said.He added that the state
tests for students – which are currently moving to the Smarter Balanced assess-ments that are aligned with the Common Core State Standards – are cumulative and wouldn’t be an effective measure of teachers.
“It measures if students get past a certain level, it doesn’t measure student growth,” Sullivan said of the tests. “There was a lot of concern that we would be tying teacher evaluations to something that didn’t serve that purpose.”
It’s a sentiment that Sul-livan said he shares.
“I don’t believe that that assessment is a good tool for what the federal government wants us to use it for,” Sullivan said. “My hope is that Congress will get serious and actually take this issue on. That the NCLB accountability will be changed to a system that makes sense.”
Washington state Con-gressman Dave Reichert was unavailable to answer questions, but in an emailed statement he said that “the law is broken and clearly needs to be fixed.”
“However, I do not support a top-down, one-
size-fits-all approach to education reform and be-lieve that parents, teachers, communities, and the state and local school districts know what works best for their students.
The Department of Edu-cation and the White House did not return calls for comment for this article.
What’s next?Going forward, there are
three main options that could come to fruition. In no particular order: the state Legislature could opt to change state law and make student performance on standardized tests – that is, on the Smarter Balanced tests – a part of teacher evaluations, which would most likely result in restora-tion of the state’s waiver. Or, the Department of Educa-tion could decide to relent and extend a waiver to the state despite not including test data in teacher evalu-ations. The third option is that Congress enacts an update to ESEA, thereby replacing the requirements for every student to pass state tests – once again, the Smarter Balanced tests – in No Child Left Behind with new standards.
Loftis pointed to gradu-
ation rates as one way the district measures success. Kent’s percentage, he said, is up to the high 80s.
Kevin Patterson, Taho-ma School District spokes-man, said that Tahoma looks to graduation rates and test scores but also to the whole student.
“It’s not just an arbitrary set of test scores or rules that guide us,” said Patter-son said. “It’s also teachers being professionals and administrators doing their job and monitoring them as they go through the system.”
The problem with perfec-tion, Loftis said, is that it can very rarely be reached.
“Using Utopia as your standard means that failure is always going to be your circumstance,” he said. “And people can’t survive in a failing circumstance forever.”
Until circumstances change, and despite the negativity, school officials say they will keep educating kids; after all, they say, their schools, teachers, and their students are anything but failures.
“We’ve got to worry about the futures of all not the ego of a few,” Loftis said.
[ SCHOOLS from page 4 ] KENT FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY holds its annual book sale Sept. 12-14 at the regional library, 212 Second Ave. N., Kent. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 12, 13, and 1-3 p.m. Sept. 13. Proceeds support library programs for children, teens and adults. Paperbacks will be available for 50 cents, hardcovers for a $1. CDs, DVDs and other materials also will be on sale. For more information, contact Tina C. Fu at 253-813-3052 or [email protected].
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EventsKent Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, through Sept. 27, Town Square Plaza Park, corner of Second and Smith. Kent Lions community service project. Vendors offering a variety of fresh locally grown farm-based foods, hand-crafted items, live entertainment and more. Free admission. Information: 253-486-9316, www.kentfarmersmarket.com.
Washington State Fair: Sept. 5-21, 110 Ninth Ave., SW, Puyallup. Gate hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday. Concerts, rides, food, vendors, rodeo, animal exhibits, art and culture, interactive fun, special attractions. Admis-sion: $12.50 adults; $9 students (ages 6-18) and seniors (62 and older); kids 5 and under free. Pre-fair discounts available online through Sept. 4. Parking: $10 Monday-Friday; $12 Saturday, Sunday. For more information: www.thefair.com or 24-hour hotline at 253-841-5045
Wilson Playfields’ re-opening dedication: 10 a.m. Sept. 6, Wilson Playfields, 3028 SE 251st St., Kent. Public invited to the official re-opening of multi-sport complex, coinciding with the Youth
Soccer Jamboree. Meet and get autographs from star players from the Seattle Impact FC, Kent’s newest professional indoor soccer team. Park underwent a $1.8 million turf replacement project.
Federal Way Challenge 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 13, Town Square Park, 31620 20th Ave. S., Federal Way. Youth and adult divi-sions. Co-sponsored by Federal Way Parks and the Federal Way Community Center. Entry fee: $50 per team. Must be paid and registered by Sept. 9. Each player receives a T-shirt. Each team guaranteed at least three games. Mail check or money order to: Steve Turcotte, 1911 SW Campus Drive, Box 695, Federal Way, WA, 98023. For more informa-tion, call 206-240-9029.
Downtown Kent Wine Walk: 5-9 p.m. Sept. 19, historic downtown. Self-guided wine tasting tour. Retailers host 12 award-winning Washington wineries with representatives on hand to discuss their wines and answer questions. Wines will also be available for purchase by the bottle or case. Beer lovers can also enjoy tastings of handcrafted brews. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by calling 253-856-6976 or emailing [email protected]. Admission cost includes
10 one-ounce tasting tickets, tasting loca-tion map and passport and a commemora-tive wine glass while supplies last. Event participants must be at least 21 years of age and show their ID at the registration area at Down Home Catering, 211 First Avenue South in Kent. For more information, go to Downtownkentwa.com.
Debate Luncheon: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 1, Meridian Valley Country Club, 24830 136th Ave. SE, Kent. For candidates of the 47th state legislative district that encom-pass Kent. Sponsored by Berkshire Hatha-way Home Services Northwest Real Estate. Cost: $20 for Kent Chamber of Commerce
members, $25 at the door, $30 for guests. Register at kentchamber.com.
BenefitsScramble for Safe Families Charity Golf Tournament: 1:30 p.m. Sept. 6, Washington National Golf Club, 14430 SE Husky Way, Auburn. Events include a four-person scramble, a hole-in-one contest (win a car), a putting contest, banquet, silent auction, raffles and awards. Proceeds benefit the Jennifer Beach Foundation, which provides education, advocacy and assistance to the community addressing issues related to child abuse and domestic violence. Entry fee: $130 for individuals or $520 for four-person team. Sponsorship opportunities available for companies and individuals. For more information on the tournament or to download a registration form, make a donation or to be a sponsor,
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Holiday Magic Dinner Auction: 5-10 p.m. Sept. 6, Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. N. Quota International of Kent Valley fundraising event. Evening includes buffet dinner, silent and live auctions, raffle and dessert dash. Proceeds go to local, national and international beneficiaries, including the Kent and Highline School Dis-tricts; Kent Parks and Recreation Studio 315; college scholarships; Quota Cares Western Days; local area food banks; Quota World Service and 30 international service proj-ects. The live auction Fund-a-Need recipient is Children Therapy Center’s hippotherapy program. Cost: $45 per person. For more information, www.quotakentvalley.com
Kent Friends of the Library annual book sale: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 12, 13; 1-3 p.m. Sept. 14, Kent Regional Library,
212 Second Ave. N., Kent. Proceeds support
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adults. Paperbacks available for 50 cents,
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Kentwood Conks Mattress Fundrais-
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22nd annual Kent CROP Hunger Walk: 1 p.m. Oct. 5, Kent Lutheran Church, 336 Second Ave. S. Sponsored by Church World Service and several local churches in Kent. Six-mile walk take participants through downtown Kent and the Green River Trail. Shorter routes are available. Funds raised help stop hunger and poverty in Kent and around the world. Twenty-fi ve percent of the funds raised will go to the Kent Food Bank, Kent Community Supper and the HOME programs. Walk-day registra-tion begins at 12:30 p.m. To register, donate or to learn more, visit crophungerwalk.org/kentwa.
FaithRenton-Kent Christian Women’s Con-nection Luncheon: 11:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Sept. 17, Golden Steer Restaurant, 23826 104th Ave. SE. Monthly luncheon with Betty Anne McIrvin speaking about “What’s Behind Your Door?,” and special feature, Cathi Ridge from Vine Maple in Maple Valley telling how they provide for families. All ladies welcome to enjoy Good Food, inspiration and meet new friends. Child care available with reservation. Cost: $16.50. Contact: Marlene, 425-235-1047
NetworkGet Ready for Business Workshop: 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sept. 24, Kent Senior Center, 600 E Smith St., Kent. Workshop is aimed at the general themes to start and run your small business. Free. Must be a Kent resident to attend. Register at www.vistashare.com.
Business Expo and Taste of Kent: 3-7 p.m. Oct. 9, ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St. Booths, restaurants for the Taste of Kent. Do-it-yourself presentations, games, prizes and giveaways. Network and create business connections and opportuni-ties. Free to the public. To register your
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Seniors Daytime, evening dances: Tuesdays, Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St., Kent. No charge for daytime dances, $4 cover charge for evening dances from 7:30 to 9:30. Refreshments served during inter-mission at 8:30 p.m. For more information, call 253-856-5164. Lineup: • Sept. 9, 23, 30: Featuring Randy Litch playing ballroom dance music; • Sept. 16: Andy Burnett plays mostly rock ‘n roll dance music.
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Barnum & Bailey Presents Super Circus Heroes: 7 p.m., Sept. 25, 26, 27; 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Sept. 27; 1 and 5 p.m. Sept. 28. Circus brings together per-formers with extraordinary human athletic abilities and unbelievable animal talent in an all-new production. Ringmaster David Shipman introduces an international cast who perform seemingly impossible displays of strength, speed and precision. All-access pre-show begins one hour prior to each per-formance. Ticket prices range from $20, $25, $35 (VIP), $55 (fl oor Seats) and $70 (ring-side). Special pricing for children. All seats are reserved; tickets available for purchase online at www.showarecenter.com, charge by phone at 866-973-9613 or in-person at the ShoWare Center Box Offi ce.
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Bluegrass on the Chancel: 3 p.m. Sept. 21, Kent Lutheran Church, 336 2nd Ave. S. Held in conjunction with the Fall Seattle Guitar Show at Kent Commons. Performers include the Downtown Moun-tain Boys of Seattle. Tickets are $12.50 at the door or in advance at www.brownpa-pertickets.com. For more information, visit www.downtownmountainboys.com.
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• Noon-2 p.m. Sunday. Auburn International Farmers Market, Auburn Sound Transit Plaza, 23 A St. SW. Learn “The Best Plants for Our Area.” Bring your garden questions and learn organic gardening tips for the lazy gardener. Free. No need to sign up.
So how does your garden grow? If you think you work too hard for too little return on your energy investment, it may be time to evaluate your plants and maintenance this month.
Consider a landscape makeover that would give you yearlong color with-out the yearly planting of annuals or maintenance of traditional pe-rennial plants.
If you can’t make it to one of the classes I teach on this topic, then here are some of the secrets to a successful designs for low maintenance high color gardens in West-ern Washington:
Divide the landscape into season gardens
Simply label the corner with the Japanese maple the fall garden, the east side of the house with rhodies and camellias the spring garden and an area you can see from indoors your winter garden. Of course, your patio or deck is the summer garden area.
Now concentrate on just one garden section each season by adding plants
that look great in that season. Giving a name to diff erent garden areas also helps with maintenance. Promise to weed, mulch and fi ne tune just one section or pocket garden at a time instead of being distracted by chores all over the garden. Yard work will not seem so overwhelming
when you break a space into small chunks.
Adding asters and mums around a beauti-ful maple in the “autumn garden” is a pleasant
task if you pay attention to the changing colors of the season as you weed, plant and mulch the fall corner garden.
Choose plants with great foliage
Flowers do not last as long as great looking foli-age. In Western Washing-ton we are blessed with the perfect climate for heuch-eras, and these spectacular foliage plants can be used to highlight fall foliage or add drama to spring bulbs.
Heucheras can also be used in containers and they will look great even during
the winter months. Choose rhododendrons with a splash of yellow on their leaves and seek out conifers with blue or bright gold needles to add yearlong interest to any landscape.
We have a lot of dark green evergreen color in Western Washington so trees and shrubs with gold, bright green or dark purple leaves will add some contrast.
In my garden I use an evergreen lamium ground-cover called “Golden An-niversary” as my signature plant that repeats in every
garden area. It acts as the cohesive color or melody that keeps repeating with golden foliage amidst a symphony of blooming waves.
Add heavenly helleboresfor winter blooms
Th e new hellebores come in shades of pink, green, speckled and burgundy colors as well as the classic white. Th ese evergreen, deer, slug and drought resistant perennials love our cool moist weather and do not need to be divided, fer-tilized or watered as much as other perennials plants.
In fact, you should never divide a hellebore – get new plants from the seedlings that sprout around the base
of happy mother plants.You can grow hellebores in
pots for winter blooms near the front entry as these plants will fl ower in the shade or partial sun. Once you have hellebores and heucheras to liven your winter garden you’ll be able to survive our gray days of winter.
For more gardening informa-tion, visit www.binettigarden.com.
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TBY ROSS COYLE
Kentridge High returns to the football fi eld aft er a crushingly poor showing in 2013, when the Chargers scored 104 points in 10 games and went 2-8.
According to new quar-terback Brian Brown and defensive lineman Braiden Beckman, they’re ready to bounce back with a veteran team of second-year return-ers.
“We knew we were going to have a lot of returning players,” Beckman said.
Th e team, almost com-pletely new last year, now features 12 returning start-ers and eight newcomers. Beckman will be one of the top returning players from last year’s defensive lineup.
Th is is Brown’s fi rst sea-son starting at quarterback, having been called in to the role aft er Jordan Lawson
transferred schools in the spring. Brown was slated as a running back.
When coach Marty Osborn fi rst proposed the
idea to him, Brown said he was reluctant, but has since grown into the role.
“I got called down to coach O’s offi ce, and the
coaches told me ‘we fi gure you’re the next best guy up,’” Brown said. “At fi rst, to be completely honest, I was
against it.”But Brown, in his fi rst
year on varsity, said that aft er he mulled it over he decided to take the role.
“What’s going to make the team better? It’s clearly me stepping up and taking on that job,” he said.
While both boys agree that Lawson was a good player, they believe Brown will provide better off ensive depth between his strong throwing arm and his abil-ity to run the ball.
“Off ensively, we put in a new playbook, and that kind of fi ts the personnel that we have,” Brown said.
He says that in particular he’ll be looking to senior wide receiver Rashaun West and junior running back Malik McFerrin to support him in his newfound off ensive duties.
Kentridge’s Brian Brown, left, and Malik McFerrin practice passing drills at French Field. The Chargers hope to grab a few more wins this season after going 2-8 last year. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter
Kentridge seeks stronger showing in 2014
BRONSON SIGNSWITH SEAHAWKS’ PRACTICE SQUAD
The Seattle Seahawks signed former Kentwood High School
football player Demetrius Bronson to its practice squad.The practice squad consists of
players that have been cut and cleared waivers. Each team can
have up to 10 practice squad players, who can practice with
the team but can’t play in games. Practice squad players
earn a minimum of $6,300 per week.
Bronson was originally released on Aug. 25 but
resigned days later. Bronson, an undrafted free
agent who played at the University of Washington and
Eastern Washington University, ran for 76 yards on 18 carries
during the preseason.
Ingles returns to Kentwood as quarterbacks coachBY ERIC MANDEL
He’s back.Former Kentwood High School
football coach, and two-time state champion, Tom Ingles will return to the Conquerors sideline for the 2014 season as a quarterbacks coach. Ingles, who guided Kent-
wood to a 102-32 record from 1989 to 2003, moved back to the area and retired from head coaching aft er leading a squad in Sacramento for the last two years.
“I’m hoping to be able to blend in,” Ingles said. “Learn to be an assistant coach again. … It will be a little bit of an adjustment, I’m sure.”
Ingles left Kentwood for Puyallup in 2003 aft er exhausting his eligibil-ity with the Kent School District’s retire-rehire process. He resigned in 2009 aft er six years as the Vikings’ head coach, fi nishing as one of
the most successful high school football coaches in state history. Over 33 years as a head coach in Washington, he fi nished with three state championships (Kentwood, 2001 and 2002, and Liberty, 1988) and a record of 248-103. He was inducted into the Washington State Football Hall of Fame in 2005.
Tom and his wife, Zena, com-muted back and forth between Washington and Northern Cali-fornia, as Tom took care of his ill parents and she worked as a principal in Davis, Calif. Aft er his
parents’ deaths, Tom resigned from Puyallup and joined his wife.
In Sacramento, Ingles worked as a substitute in various roles for his wife’s school district — librarian, para-educator, security guard, etc. - and also began a rebuilding project for the Bella Vista High School football team, a school that drasti-cally improved in his fi rst season that ended with four wins.
“It was more than they had won in a while,” Ingles said. “We beat a
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Braiden Beckman, senior, fullback/linebacker 6-foot-2, 215 pounds; Connor King, sr, kicker/punter, 5-10, 170; Anthony Randolph, sr., wide receiver/defensive back, 5-10, 160; Rashaun West, sr., WR/LB 6-2, 195; Johnny Chen, junior, WR/LB, 6-2, 195; JT Meier, jr., offensive and defen-sive lineman, 6-0, 275; Vincent Fesili, jr., OL/DL, 5-11, 260; Dillon Haisch, sr., defensive end, 5-10, 185; Malik McFerrin, jr., RB/DB, 5-7, 165; Jordan Johnson, sr., RB/DE 5-8, 180; Scott Moore, sr., LB, 5-8, 165; Sam Mullins, jr., WR/DB, 5-9, 170.
Newcomers:
Brian Brown, jr., quarterback/DB, 6-0, 200; Jake Philpott, sr., RB/DB, 5-10, 160; Kaleb Corpuz, sr., OL/DL, 5-11, 260, Devante’ Archie, sr., WR/DB, 5-9, 145’ Brayden Poffenroth, jr., tight end/DE, 6-0, 210; Jordan Omatsu, sophomore, RB/DB, 5-6, 155; Connor Dugan, so., RB/LB, 5-11, 195; Rontrell Parker, jr., OL/DL, 6-3, 290; T.J. Timai, jr., OL/DL, 5-8, 210; Tanner Conner, jr., WR/DB/LB, 6-2, 177. Andrew Paino, jr., RB/LB, 6-0, 195; Fotu Matuu, jr., OL/DL, 6-1, 263.
Brown and Beckman have put in work in the off-season. Beckman estimates that he’s been training for more than 20 weeks since January, and has worked with a personal trainer to improve his speed, strength and range of motion during the off season.
For Brown, much of his time was spent on building his speed, conditioning and passing skills after finding out he would be quarter-back.
After last season’s show-
ing, Brown says that the team came into their new season looking to rebuild. With the loss of Lawson, Brown says the team plans to be less reliant on a star QB and more playing to the strengths of each individual player.
“We have a whole bunch of returning guys,” Brown said. “They’re more knowl-edgable with the game and also on a higher level of play, having returned a year after playing varsity foot-ball. They know the game speed and they know what it takes to be the best.”
team they hadn’t beaten in 10 years. It’s different when you are in a program that isn’t used to winning. I was a little shocked. I haven’t been a part of a losing team in a really, really long time.”
Ingles said he enjoyed the experi-ence with the Broncos, building offseason programs and creating a football culture.
“It takes a little time,” Ingles said. “We worked at it day by day and started to get a little stronger, faster, bigger – things you have to do to stay competitive.”
After Zena retired last year, the pair moved back to their Covington home, arriving earlier this month.
Ingles remained close with current Conks head coach Rex Norris, who Ingles hired as a Kentwood assistant in 1995, and recalls some of the other assistants as his former athletes.
Ingles listed proximity and comfort with the coaching staff as reasons for his return to Kentwood.
“At this point I don’t want to be a head coach anymore,” he said. “There
is a system in place that I had a part in putting together so I know a little bit about it.”
Norris couldn’t believe his luck.“It’s a pretty cool thing,” said Norris,
in his 11th year as head coach. “He’s been an extraordinary man and one of my mentors. I feel blessed that he’s even considered it.”
With Ingles working with the quar-terbacks, it should give Norris time to focus on overall coaching. But Ingles expects to give a hand wherever it will be taken.
“I’m sure I’ll be watching all of it,” he said. “I’ve coached both sides of the ball. I really love the game or I still wouldn’t be doing it… I think I have a little bit to offer to all of the players, and hopefully they will be receptive.”
Ingles said he is excited about work-ing with ninth graders, who weren’t allowed on varsity during his time as coach.
“I’m hoping this will invigorate me a little bit and I’ll have a little fun,” he said.
Ingles, known
for his direct and straightforward approach, said he hasn’t worked as an assistant since the mid-1970s, but hopes to make positive contributions to the team.
“I was at conditioning the other day; it’s been a lot of fun so far,” he said. “But I haven’t stood out in a cold October night in the rain yet.”
Ingles called the quarterback posi-tion one of the most difficult positions to play in any U.S. team sport. For him, it’s about building confidence in a young signal caller.
“You try to get as much as you pos-sibly can with the ability that they have,” he said. “I haven’t seen any of the Kent-wood guys play, so it’s pretty hard for me to say this is what I’m going to do with these guys until I look at them.”
As for compensation, Ingles says he isn’t sure if he is volunteering or will be paid.
“It doesn’t really matter,” he said. “Coaching is coaching.”
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TICKETS ARE ON SALE for the Se-attle Impact FC indoor soccer inaugural game at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
Seattle plays its opening game of the 2014-15 Major Arena Soccer League season against the 14-time indoor champion San Diego Sockers at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8.
The league and Seattle full schedules
will be released soon. The Impact will play 10 dates at the ShoWare, with the vast majority falling on Friday, Sat-urday and Sunday. Games on Fridays and Saturday nights will begin at 7:30 p.m. Sunday start times will be 4 p.m. Prices for home games start at $9 and fans can select their own seats using the interactive ShoWare Center seating chart at SeattleImpactFC.com.
Thunderbirds sign 5 playersFOR THE REPORTER
The Seattle Thunder-birds signed five players to Western Hockey League standard player agree-ments.
The T-Birds last week signed right wing Wyatt Bear, defenseman Reece Harsch, right wing Nick Holowko, right wing Luke Osterman and center Mackenzie Wight. All five players took part in the recently concluded T-Birds training camp.
The T-Birds open the regular season on Sept. 19 at Portland and play their first home game Saturday,
Sept. 20 against Everett.Bear, from Hodgson,
Manitoba, was the T-Birds’ fifth-round selection, 102nd overall, in the 2014 Bantam Draft. Harsch, from Grand Prairie, Alberta, was the T-Birds’ eighth-round selection, 170th overall.
Holowko, from Burnaby, British Columbia, was an invite to camp prior to the 2012-13 season. Osterman, from Stillwater, Minn., was the T-Birds’ eighth-round selection, 161st overall, in the 2012 Bantam Draft. Wight, from Burnaby, was the T-Birds’ seventh-round selection, 148th overall, in the 2014 Bantam Draft. Last season he played for the Burnaby Winter Club in the PCAHA.
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Superior Court of WashingtonCounty of King
In re the Custody of:
Child,Carmin Hatch, Petitioner
andHannah Thompson
Respondents.No. 14-3-05333-2KNT
Summons for Nonparental
To: Hannah Thompson and Ben- 1. An action has
been started against you in the above court requesting that the petitioner be granted custody of the following child: Chanell Irma
requests, if any, are stated in the petition, a copy of which is served upon you with this sum- mons. 2. You must respond to
ing a written response with the clerk of the court and by serving a copy of your response on the person signing this summons. 3. Your written response to the summons and petition must be on form WPF CU 01.0300, Re- sponse to Nonparental Custody Petition. Information about how to get this form may be obtained by contacting the clerk of the court, by contacting the Adminis-
(360) 705-5328, or from the In- ternet at the Washington State Courts homepage: http://www
4. If you
response within 20 days (60 days if you are served outside of the state of Washington) after the date this summons was served on you, exclusive of the date of ser- vice, the court may, without fur- ther notice to you, enter a default judgment against you ordering the relief requested in the peti- tion. If you serve a notice of appearance on the undersigned person, you are entitled to notice before an order of default may be entered. 5. You may demand that
with the court. If you do so, the demand must be in writing and must be served upon the person signing this summons. Within 14 days after you serve the demand,
tion with the court, or the service of this summons and petition will be void. 6. If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney in this matter, you should do so prompt- ly so that your written response, if any, may be served on time. Copies of these papers have not been served upon your attorney. 7. One method of serving your written response and completed worksheets is to send them by
requested. This summons is is- sued pursuant to Superior Court Civil Rule 4.1 of the state of Washington. Dated: August 11, 2014. Carmin HatchFile original of your responsewith the clerk of the court atRegional Justice Center, 401 4th Ave N., Kent, WA 98032Serve a copy of your response on Petitioner: Carmin Hatch1400 W. Main St. Ste BAuburn, WA 98001
Published in Kent Reporter on August 22, 29, 2014; September 5, 12, 19, 26, 2014. #1118083. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASH- INGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date on this notice to pursue
mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal as- sistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may con- tact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counse- lors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission Telephone:1-877-894-HOME (1- 877-894-4663). Web site: http://
homeownership/post_purchase_ counselors_foreclosure.htm The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Telephone: 1-800-569-4287 Web
hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/index.cfm? webListAction=search&searchstate=WA&filterSvc=dfc The statewide civil legal aid hot- line for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and at- torneys Telephone: 1-800-606-4819 Web site: http://nwjustice. org/what-clear I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, CLEAR RECON CORP., 9311 S.E. 36th Street, Suite 100, Mercer Island, WA 98040, Trustee will on 9/12/2014 at 10:00 AM at AT THE 4TH AVENUE EN- TRANCE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING LOCATIONED ONE BLOCK EAST OF THE KING COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, 500 4TH AVE, SEAT- TLE, WA 98121 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or cashier’s check or certi-
State chartered banks, at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of King, State of Wash- ington, to-wit: LOTS 8 AND 9, BLOCK 2, BROOKWOOD PARK, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 34 OF PLATS, PAGES 45, IN KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON; EXCEPT THAT PORTION OF LOTS 8 AND 9, BLOCK 2, BROOK- WOOD PARK ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 34 OF PLATS, PAG- ES 45, IN KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST COR- NER OF SAID LOT 8; THENCE NORTH 10°25’15” EAST ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 8, A DISTANCE OF 20.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 36°49’00” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 95.58 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 9; THENCE NORTH 88°21’22” WEST OF SAID SOUTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 71.00 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST COR- NER OF SAID LOT 9; THENCE NORTH 10°25’15” EAST ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 9, A DISTANCE OF 55.73 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. FOR INFORMA- TION ONLY: LOTS 8 AND 9, BLK 2, BROOKWOOD PARK, VOL 34, PG 45. Commonly known as: 1223 Ne 108Th Street Seattle, WA 98125 APN: 116000 0115 06 which is subject to that certain Deed of
Trust dated 8/11/2009, recorded 8/28/2009, as Auditor’s File No. 20090828002043, records of King County, Washington, from GEORGIA G LEMIRE, AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Grantor(s), to TRANSCONTINENTAL TITLE COMPANY, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of METLIFE HOME LOANS, A DIVISION OF METLIFE
assigned by NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC, under an Assignment recorded under Au- ditor’s File No 20130712001258. II. No action commenced by the
now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obliga- tion secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The de- fault(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: PROMISSORY NOTE INFOR- MATION Note Dated: 8/11/2009 Note Amount: $855,000.00 Inter- est Paid To: 10/21/2011 Next Due Date: 11/21/2011 PAY- MENT INFORMATION FROM THRU NO.PMT AMOUNT TOTAL ADVANCES/LATE CHARGES DESCRIPTION TO- TAL INSPECTIONS $360.00 APPRAISAL/BPO $425.00 Insu- rance Advance $6,672.50 Tax Advance $15,800.01 MIP $15,139.01 ESTIMATED FORECLOSURE FEES AND COSTS DESCRIPTION TOTAL Trustee’s Fee’s $543.75 Posting of Notice of Default $125.00 Record Substitution of Trustee $28.00 T.S.G. Fee $1,500.13 Title Datedown Fee $50.00 Mail- ings $21.80 TOTAL DUE AS OF 4/29/2014 $40,665.20 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $478,275.52, together with inter- est as provided in the Note from 11/21/2011, and such other costs and fees as are provided by stat- ute. V. The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obli- gation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on 9/12/2014. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by 9/1/2014, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontin- ued and terminated if at any time before 9/1/2014 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with
a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminat- ed any time after the 9/1/2014 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the or the Grantor’s successor interest or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the prin- cipal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obli- gation and/or Deed of Trust and curing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of Default was
Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following ad- dress(es): SEE ATTACHED
proof of which is in the posses-
sion of the Trustee; and the Bor- rower and Grantor were person- ally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trus- tee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-de- scribed property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invali- dating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS – The purchaser at the trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not ten- ants by summary proceedings under chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFOR- MATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR- POSE. Dated: 4/30/14 CLEAR RECON CORP., as Successor Trustee For additional informa- tion or service you may contact: Clear Recon Corp. 9311 S.E. 36th Street, Suite 100 Mercer Is- land, WA 98040 Phone: (206) 707-9599 EXHIBIT “1” NAME ADDRESS GEORGIA G LEMIRE 1223 NE 108Th Street Seattle, WA 98125 GEORGIA G LEMIRE 2911 2ND AVE #400SEATTLE WA 98121 Published in Kent Reporter on August 15, 2014 and September 5, 2014. #1039919.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Hearing Examiner for the City of Kent will hold a public hearing to consider a request sub- mitted by Robert W Thorpe with R W Thorpe & Associates on behalf of Patrick Roth and in response to code enforcement action, seeking a conditional use permit for a prior expansion of a non-conforming use. The appli- cant, Ro-Con, purchased the property in 2005 and continues to use the site for heavy equipment storage and repair, as well as a base of operation for a construc- tion/excavation/utility contractor. The property is located at 15326 SE 272nd Street, is located on
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