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By STEvE HuNTER

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Every day that Barbara Drennen goes to work as the executive director of the Pediatric Interim

Care Center in downtown Kent, she sees the 4-foot-high, concrete-block flood wall wrapped in white plastic that surrounds her building.

The center had the $35,000 wall installed last fall in case the Howard Hanson Dam fails to keep the Green River from flooding.

Even though the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could not operate the dam at full capacity last winter because of a damaged abutment next to the dam, the center had no flood problems, thanks to a mild winter with no major rainstorms.

But with the dam still not operating at full capacity, Drennen and many other Green River Valley property

owners and businesses are facing a second straight winter of potential flooding.

“I’m just praying an awful lot,” said Drennen, whose center provides specialized, 24-hour care for drug-exposed and medically fragile newborns. “The prayers start flowing that noth-ing happens.”

The corps has lowered the threat of Green River flooding this winter to 1 in 60 – from a 1-in-33 chance last year – because of installation of a grout curtain last year that stood up to summer tests to allow for more stor-age capacity in the reservoir behind the dam.

“We’ve made progress but there is still work to do,” said Casondra Brewster, an Army Corps public af-fairs specialist in Seattle. “The grout

curtain is performing as well or better than we expected.”

But the odds of flooding climb to just 1 in 140 when the dam is fully operational. An additional $44 million in repairs, including more drains and the extension of the existing drainage tunnel to put the dam back at its top level, will not be completed until after this flood season.

“When it’s all said and done, it will be the end of 2012 before we are com-pletely finished,” Brewster said of the repairs to be done in phases over the next year. “Then we will see how good

everything is.”Drennen didn’t even

know if the care center, 328 Fourth Ave. S., could remain in Kent because of the flood threat. Donations from the Joshua Green Foun-dation of Seattle, Puget Sound Energy and the The D.V. and Ida J.

McEachern Charitable Trust of Seattle helped pay for the flood wall. The cen-ter also had to install stairway ramps over the wall for access between park-ing lots and the building.

The center worked out an agree-ment with Valley Medical Center in Renton to set aside a room for the ba-bies if they have to be evacuated from the Kent site, which houses an average of about 13 babies per day.

The babies stay at the center for about a

By LAuRA PIERcE

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There’s lots of talk these days about

competing globally in the classroom.

But did you know there’s a program enabling local students to do just that?

And – better yet – that it could actually save them a year of study in college?

It’s called the International Baccalaureate Program, and it’s been around since the 1960s, when it was first developed as a academic system for the children of foreign diplomats.

These days, the I.B. program, as it’s called, is a prestigious worldwide academic course that can open doors to universities all over the world.

And it’s offered right here, through Kent-Meridian High School.

Julie Frederiksen, head of K-M’s World Languages Department and administrator of the I.B. program, said the program is open to all high-school students in the district.

“Every kid who wants the chal-lenge, we give them a shot,” she said.

But here’s the warning: Be prepared to work, and to be pushed.

“I’m looking for kids who want to be challenged to think in a different way,” Frederiksen said. “Kids who like to think, who like to argue their point. We really pour the coals to them.”

K-M first became an I.B. World School (a term meaning it passed stringent requirements to offer the program) in 2001. Since that time, as word caught on about its levels of expectation, the program has grown about 40 times larger, with more than 300 Kent students enrolled in it this year.

Frederiksen describes with relish what the program can do for students here.

“Oh gosh, yes,” she said, when asked if colleges consider I.B. courses, when evaluating student portfolios. “Ad-missions officers are increasingly looking at I.B. and AP (Advanced Placement) classes. (Higher-level courses) are absolutely necessary as universities become more stringent in their recruiting.”

The credits are accepted at hundreds of universities in the U.S. and the world, from Stanford in California to Oxford in England.

How it worksThe I.B. is a two-year program, so it takes place during

the junior and senior years, although sophomores might be able to get a couple of courses in as well. Over the course of the program, students must choose intensive study courses from six subject groups (including languages, math, and experimental sciences, to name

I.B. program gives Kent students a challenge

The center is located downtown

Nurse Aid Katy Bohm walks Tuesday with a infant emergency-evacuation apron carrying a baby girl, left, and boy in the front pockets. The vests can be used to transport infants from the Pediatric Interim Care Center, in the event of a flood. CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter

Keeping an eye toward the skiesKent’s Pediatric Interim Care Center has many reasons to be cautious this flood season: its newborn clients

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Biology teacher Debbie Robbins starts a class Monday at Kent-Meridian. The students in her class are in the International Baccalaureate Program. LAuRA PIERCE, Kent Reporter

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“I’m looking for kids who want to be challenged to think in a different way. Kids who like to think, who like to argue their point.” Julie Frederiksen

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Pinning down the Soup LadyNancy Monahan pins down her donation to Ginger “Soup Lady” Passarelli at the fundraising dinner and silent auction Friday, Sept. 10 at Meridian Valley Country Club in Kent. Passarelli supports police and firefighters by taking them soup to their respective emergency locations. CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter

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Kent man arrested after pharmacy robbed

Redmond, Mercer Island and Bellevue police officers and King County Sheriff ’s Office depu-ties arrested a 31-year-old Kent man for investi-gation of first-degree robbery after he allegedly robbed a Rite Aid Pharmacy in Redmond.

Police caught the man in his car along Inter-state 405 in Renton shortly after the 1 p.m. Sept. 12 incident at the pharmacy in the 17200 block of Redmond Way, according to the Redmond Reporter.

The man reportedly approached the pharmacy counter and passed a note demanding the medi-cation OxyContin and pointed to his pocket, implying he had a gun.

The pharmacist handed him a prescription bottle and immediately called 911 as the man exited the store, got in his vehicle, and traveled toward Highway 520.

Officers stopped the man less than 20 minutes later near Exit 6 of I-405.

The man complied with authorities and told them he had a loaded revolver in his vehicle. He was booked into the King County jail for first-degree robbery.

Federal Way man dies from injuries in wreck

A 60-year-old Federal Way man died Sept. 11 from injuries suffered when his motorcycle collided with a car Sept. 10 along southbound Interstate 5 near South 200th Street, just north-west of Kent.

Michael P. Donahue died at about 2 a.m. Sept. 11 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, ac-cording to a media release.

Donahue was driving a 2007 Yamaha XVS650 when he reportedly changed from one lane into another lane and collided with the car at about 2:19 p.m. Sept. 10. Paramedics transported Do-nahue to the hospital.

A 35-year-old Seattle man, the driver of a 1985 Buick LeSabre sedan, was uninjured.

Drugs or alcohol were not involved in the ac-cident, according to the State Patrol.

No skull here, divers attestDivers from the King County Sheriff ’s Office

searched for a skull Monday in the Green River near Ravensdale but did not locate a cranium or any other bones. They won’t be resuming the search.

Divers conducted the search, east of Kent and Covington, after the Sheriff ’s Office received a 911 call about 8:30 p.m. Sunday from three people reporting they saw a skull submerged in the Green River.

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Kent sees finalist in national burger contest Mark Pyne bound for cook-off in Miami Sept. 23For the reporter

Kent has a finalist in the 20th Annual Sutter Home Build A Better Burger Contest, a leading national competition.

Mark Pyne, 49, of Kent is one of five finalists chosen from 7,000 entries

to compete for the $15,000 prize in the alternative (non-beef) burger category. Pyne will travel to Miami for the cook-off on Sept. 23, where he will have three hours to prepare his burgers for the judges. A chemical engineer, Pyne has been entering cooking contests for five years and has never been a finalist.

Pyne isn’t the only Puget Sound-area resident to place in the contest. Joining him are Seattle residents Jaeger Stoltz, and Christine Capone for their recipes in the contest, but in the beef category.

Drunken Cranberries1/2 cup dried cranberries2 cups Sutter Home Merlot, at room temperatureGarlic Cherry Mayonnaise1 1/4 cups mayonnaise1/4 cup heavy cream2 tablespoons sour cream4 tablespoons black cherry jam2 cloves garlic, minced1/4 teaspoon kosher salt1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper12 slices bacon

patties1/4 cup Dijon mustard2 tablespoons Merlot liquid (reserved from the DrunkenCranberries)1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper1/8 teaspoon ground cayenne2 pounds ground porkDrunken Cranberries (from above)2 tablespoons minced sweet cherry peppers2 teaspoons minced fresh rosemary leaves2 teaspoons kosher salt

Colavita extra virgin olive oil, for brushing on the grill rackand buns6 thin slices smoked ham6 slices (1/4 inch thick) Gruyere cheese6 potato buns, split6 pieces green leaf lettuce

To prepare the cranberries, place the cranberries and Merlot in a large fire-proof skillet and cook on a gas grill over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until the cranberries are softened and rehydrated, 15 to 30 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature, then drain and reserve 2 tablespoons of the Merlot liquid. Set the cranberries and reserved liquid aside to be used in the patty preparation.To make the mayonnaise, combine all of the ingredients in a small bowl and whisk until smooth. Refrig-erate until assembling the burgers.To cook the bacon, place a large cast iron skillet on the grill over medium-high heat to preheat. Add the bacon and cook until crisp, 5 to 7 minutes per side. Remove and drain on paper towels. Cover with alumi-num foil and keep warm.To prepare the patties, whisk together the mustard, reserved Merlot liquid, black pepper, and cayenne in a large bowl. Add the pork,drunken cranberries, cherry peppers, rosemary, and salt and gently mix together, using a large spoon and handling the meat as little as possible to avoid compacting it. Form into 6 patties and refrigerate until grilling.Heat the grill to medium-high. When the grill is ready, brush the grill rack with olive oil. Place the patties on the rack, cover, and cook for 5 minutes. Turn the patties, cover, and continue cooking for another 5 minutes. During the last 2 to 3 minutes of grilling, place a slice of ham and then a slice of cheese on top of each patty. Brush the buns with olive oil and place, cut side down, on the outer edges of the rack to toast lightly to golden brown.To assemble the burgers, slather the toasted side of the bun bottoms

Cranberry Ultimate pork Burgers with Garlic Cherry Mayonnaise, Smoked ham, Bacon, and Gruyere Cheese

Kent woman to cooK in contest

Kent resident Marci Adelsman is now headed for the grand-prize competition of Foster Farms Foster Farms West Coast Chicken Cooking

Contest. Her recipe for Chicken Tender Brown Rice Salad was selected as one

of five finalist entries in the contest.

Adelsman will travel Sept. 17 to compete in person at the

Culinary Institute of America, in California’s Napa Valley. She also is the recipient of a $1,000 cash prize for her

placing.

Kent resident Mark pyne heads for Miami Sept. 23, to compete with four other national finalists for the best non-beef burger recipe in the Sutter home Build a Better Burger contest.


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month. As soon as they are stable, the state Depart-ment of Social and Health Services moves the babies to homes - the dwellings of a parent, other relative or foster care.

The nearly 60 employees at the Pediatric Interim Care Center practice emer-gency evacuations every few months whether it’s for a flood, earthquake, fire or some other calamity. The facility even has evacuation vests for the nurses that

can carry as many as four babies, two in the front and two in the back.

The nonprofit center receives about half of its funding from the state and the rest from private dona-tions, said Elaine Purchase, the Pediatric Interim Care development director.

Pediatric Interim Care opened in 1990 in Kent and moved to its current site in 2006 when it built a $4 mil-lion facility designed spe-cifically to provide care for drug-exposed newborns.

“At first, until we knew the flood risk, we thought we would have to move,” Purchase said. “We looked at medical buildings and it was going to cost about $1 million to upgrade the buildings. It was so

wonderful they were able to install the grout curtain and lower the risk.”

The grout curtain helped control the problems with water storage behind the dam that were discov-ered by the corps when a 10-foot-wide depression formed on the embank-ment next to the dam after heavy rain in January 2009. The corps stored a record amount of water in the reservoir during that storm to prevent flooding.

The abutment next to the dam was formed nearly 10,000 years ago by a land-slide. The federal govern-ment built the rock-and earth-fill Hanson dam in 1961 next to the abutment to control major flooding in the Green River Valley and

the cities of Kent, Auburn, Tukwila and Renton. The dam is about 25 miles east of Kent.

This winter, how-ever, property owners and residents must once again prepare for flooding.

“We may not get the nice pass on winter weather,” Purchase said. “It’s sup-posed to be wetter. We’re keeping our flood wall. We feel we’ve made good preparation plans. We have flood insurance.”

Drennen and Purchase hope they have see the flood wall every day just one more winter.

“We’d love to take it down next spring,” Drennen said. “But that doesn’t mean we will be able to.”

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Brace yourself for another flood seasonBy Steve Hunter

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Business owners and residents in the Kent Valley need to get ready for a second consecutive winter of potential Green River flooding because the Howard Hanson Dam still cannot hold back as much water as its original design.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which oversees operations of Hanson Dam, reminds residents to be alert and aware about weather conditions and the potential for flooding.

The corps has lowered the threat of Green River flooding this winter to 1 in 60 from 1 in 33 last year because of installation of a grout curtain. But the odds of flooding are 1 in 140 when the dam is fully operational. Additional re-pairs to put the dam at that level are not expected to be

completed until 2012.“People need to stay

prepared,” said Casondra Brewster, an Army Corps public affairs specialist in Seattle. “We’ve still got a ways to go. It’s better than last year but Mother Nature was kind to us last year and we’re not sure that will hap-pen this year.”

Kent city officials have not yet solidified flood plans for this winter.

“But bottom line, it will be the same plan as last year,” said Michelle

Witham, city community and public affairs manager, in an e-mail. “Be ready, have flood insurance, sign up for CodeRed, public meetings, etc...”

Witham said informa-tion about public meetings, sandbags and other flood preparation steps should be available soon. City officials hosted public meetings and had sand and sand-bags available last October in preparation for winter storms.

The CodeRed system gives city officials the ability to deliver urgent pre-recorded telephone, cell phone, e-mail or text messages to targeted areas, or the entire community, at a rate of up to 60,000 per hour.

To sign up for emergency notifications from the city, go to www.kentcodered.com or call Kent Emergen-cy Management from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at 253-856-4440.

Kent city crews and contractors last year placed nearly 20,000 giant sand-bags along a 12-mile stretch of Green River levees in an effort to help protect homes and businesses from flooding this winter. Those sandbags remain in place.

The city also set up evacuation routes for traffic to get out of the valley.

• Key Web sites about flooding:Flood planning and response: www.kingcounty.gov/floodplansFamily disaster preparedness: www.3days3ways.orgGreen River gauge readings: www.kingcounty.gov/flood or 1-800-945-9263Kent Emergency Management:www.ci.kent.wa.us/emergencymanagement or 253-856-4440National Flood Insurance: www.floodsmart.gov or 1-888-379-9531National Weather Service: www.wrh.noaa.gov/

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Occurred near Kent; was wearing helmetFor the reporter

A 34-year-old Auburn man died when his motorcycle collided with a car Sept. 14 at about 5 p.m. near Kent. The accident occurred at South 272nd and 46th Avenue South in unincorpo-rated King County, south of Kent.

A 37-year-old woman from Louisiana driving a 2002 Mercedes 330 SUV, was stopped on South 272nd headed eastbound, waiting to turn northbound onto 46th Avenue South. The collision occurred when she entered 46th.

The motorcycle driver, who was wearing a helmet, died at the scene. He was riding a 2006 Honda CBR600.

When Kent Firefighters and King County paramedics arrived at the

crash, they performed CPR on the motorcyclist, whom they were unable to revive.

The driver of the SUV wasn’t injured.

Several witnesses on the scene helped deputies with the investigation,

and a chaplain from South King Fire and Rescue also assisted at the scene.

Detectives from the Sheriff ’s Office major accident unit are investigat-ing. At this point they do not believe speed, alcohol, or drugs were contrib-uting factors.

Motorcyclist dies in collision

A fatal accident involving a Mercedes sport utility vehicle (front) and a motorcycle saw response from multiple emergency providers Tuesday, Sept. 14, at South 272nd and 46th Avenue South, near Kent. COURTESY PHOTO, Kent Fire


Is the city we live in?I was at the Farmers Market here

in Kent today. I purchased some fruit, ate my lunch, and brought out my henna and made a sign.

Henna is paste made from natural oils and extracts and it is used like a cake-maker uses icing to draw designs on the skin. As it dries it dyes the skin brown leaving a beautiful temporary tattoo for about a week.

My sign said:HENNAtemporary tattooFREEdonations appreciatedI sat on a curb where there was

no booth and where I would not be detracting from the business of the artisans and farmers around me.

I did a panda on the hand of one little girl, a � ower for an older lady. � en a woman came up to me and asked if I had “spoken to her hus-band about renting a booth.”

“No,” I replied. “I am not selling; I am just doing my art. It is free.”

“Well, you can’t do that here.” I was told.

“I am not doing anything wrong or illegal or competing with anyone here,” I responded.

“We have a permit. We own this street and the park,” she retorted.

Rather than continue a pointless altercation that would drive people away from the independent small businesses at the market, I packed up and came into the library.

And I wondered:Is this the city we live in? One

where freely given Art is not only unappreciated, but chased away?

Is this the city we live in?One where securing a permit

grants ownership of public streets and parks?

� e reason that stores o� er free merchandise and coupons and deals is so people will come to that store instead of another store with the same merchandise. Why would you chase away someone who is o� ering a free deal that will draw people to this business?

I appreciate fully that there are dedicated individuals who work hard to organize and promote the Farmer’s Market. � eir work is dif-� cult and o� en thankless.

I do not appreciated being evict-ed from a public property without any valid reason or cause.

I call on members of City Council and the mayor to review the permit granted to the Farmer’s Market!

Does this permit give the power to evict individuals? Does it truly make public property private property for the duration? Is that supported by the federal, state and city constitution?

I call on the individuals, the citizens of Kent, to question the permit!

Do you want your public places to become private based on a rubber-stamp permit? Do you want artists to be able to work freely and openly in Kent? Do you want to bring community minded people to Kent or drive them away?

I am just one individual who feels an injustice has been done.

I leave it to the people and the city of Kent to decide.

Amara KopakovaKent

Gulf oil spill should be a red � ag

James Kerr’s letter, “Let’s not abandon deep-sea drilling,” appear-ing in your Sept. 3 issue, suggests exactly the response to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster we don’t need and must not accept.

In addition to seemingly hoping we don’t take the messages this disaster indicates, he suggests that oil companies other than B.P. use “pioneered safety precautions,” whatever those are, in deep water. Essentially he seems to want us to believe that the oil industry on the whole operates safely and follows required rules and regulations.

Any objective overview of the oil industry’s history indicates other-wise. � ose who support oil-indus-try activities want us to believe that the Prince William Sound and Gulf of Mexico disasters are just “outli-ers”: essentially isolated incidents; and that if we just � gure out how to � x what happened in these two speci� c cases we can plow forward with

I’m pleased to share good news with you – President Obama recently signed legislation that funds improvements to strengthen the

Howard Hanson Dam, re-ducing the risk of � ooding to the Green River Valley. � e funding allows the dam’s op-erator, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to complete repairs by the 2011/2012 � ood season. Once these measures are in place, the Corps believes that the dam could be operated at full � ood-control capacity for decades.

Storms in January 2009 weakened the dam, causing the Corps to restrict the water level in the reservoir behind the dam and increasing the risk of � ooding in the valley.

Given the signi� cant public safety and eco-nomic threat that a weakened Howard Hanson Dam would cause, the King County Flood Con-trol District, along with the Corps, Governor Gregoire, King County and valley city elected o� cials, quickly came together to prepare for the potential impacts of � ooding and to advocate for emergency repairs.

Our local congressional delegation responded and we are very appreciative of their e� orts to secure the necessary funds to provide additional repairs. � e repairs will provide critically needed protection and time for the Corps to evaluate whether additional long-term repairs are neces-sary.

We must all continue to be diligent to protect the people, businesses and infrastructure of the Green River Valley and to minimize devastating economic impacts from potential � oods.

What does this mean for you?While last year’s temporary improvements

were successful at lowering the risk of � ooding in the Green River Valley, the dam will con-tinue to operate at a limited capacity during the upcoming 2010/2011 � ood season. � erefore there is still a heightened risk of � ooding. It is important for you to get ready and stay ready.

Buy � ood insurance Establish or update an emergency plan for

your family, business, pets or livestock; and Have emergency supplies on hand. Please help us spread the word about the

continued risk of � ooding during the 2010/2011 � ood season and the importance of being pre-pared. Share this information with your family, neighbors, friends and coworkers.

For more � ood preparedness information, please go to www.kingcounty.gov/� oodplans.

If you have questions or comments please con-tact info@kingcounty� oodcontrol.org.

For information about the King County Flood Control District please go to www.kingcounty-� oodcontrol.org.

Julia Patterson of SeaTac is a member of the King County Council. She chairs the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee, the King County Flood Control District, and the Board of Health. She also serves on the Regional Transit Committee and the Environment and Transportation Committee. Her Fi� h District includes Kent. Contact her at 206-296-1005, or e-mail her at Julia.Patterson@ kingcounty.gov.

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little concern for new spills in the future. What these two events actually show is that there are innumerable ways accidents can

happen and given the massive extent of oil industry activities on our lands and waters, they are going to happen. The causes of future disasters will be different than past events, but the effects will be the same – environmental and economic devastation on a massive scale and taking decades, if ever, to fully recover.

Ultimately, we need to rapidly transition away from fossil fuels to a greener energy-sourced economy. And we must significantly reform federal agencies charged with overseeing energy extractive activities on our public lands and waters. They should think first of ecological health and last of benefiting the oil industry. We simply can’t go on so irresponsibly destroying one part of our country after another.

Sincerely,

Mark JohnstonKent

Punishment should fit the crimeThe proposed penalty for Mr. Gregory Aurdell Ross is hard to believe. Four years and six

months for the needless deaths of Ms. Cormier and Ms. Stenseth is a crime in itself.I understand that lawmakers in Olympia are responsible for writing these laws. Mr. Ross

also should be charged with callous indifference. He knowingly used legal and illegal drugs before driving, he has an extensive criminal record, including lying to the police.

A more just sentence would be 25 to life. As for the lawmakers who wrote these unjust laws, they should get a hard 10 years.

James H. Kerr Kent

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I don’t know about you, but I sometimes find myself doing things in my studio that are darn stupid. With no “quilt police” looking over my shoulder telling me “No, no, no,” it’s easy to forget safety measures.

Almost all quilters know leaving an open rotary cutter should be a criminal offense. I confess, I am a repeat offender. Not only should I place the cutter blade to the closed position, I should also put the rotary cutter away each time I am done with it so it doesn’t get

into the wrong hands. I’m three strikes out on both counts of ignoring

proper safety!I’m also guilty of drop-

ping straight pins and quilt-ing needles on the floor and leaving them there with no thought about what bodily harm might be inflicted on unsuspecting humans and pets. My children, my

husband, myself, and our darling, long-departed Cocker spaniel, Dusty, have all at one time or another, been victims of my careless-ness.

Many of my quilting friends have ended up at the ER with bad injuries due to rotary cutter and ruler accidents. Let’s face it, we quilters often work at mock-speed because we are anxious to get going on our projects and ignore safety procedures. When cutting long strips of fabric with our rotary cutters and rul-

ers, we sometimes forget to apply enough pressure on the ruler and consequently, the ruler slips. When this happens, it is easy to cut right through a finger, clear to the bone. My advice? Apply as much pressure to your ruler as possible when cutting and when you “walk” your hand up the

ruler, continue to apply the same amount of pressure. Try not to get distracted and pay attention to what you are doing!

I hope my stupid mis-takes will make you realize the importance of good safety habits in your studio or sewing room!

Happy stitching!

Joyce Becker is a columnist for the Kent Reporter, as well as a published author. She focuses her art, writ-ing, teaching and lecturing on landscape quilts. Send your comments to Joyce through Kent Reporter Editor Laura Pierce at [email protected]

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Expect to see a bigger, more physical Seattle Thunderbirds team

this season.That’s the word from head

coach Rob Sumner, of a team that had a rocky season last year due to its relative youth, size and experience.

“We played a lot of 16- and 17-year-olds in their first season last year,” Sum-ner acknowledged Tuesday, Sept. 14, from the team’s home ice at ShoWare. “We played them a lot, and we played them in key situa-tions, and so we’re hoping to have squeezed two years of development into one.”

That whole age thing? Sumner is expecting it to be a conversation topic of the past.

“There was a lot of talk about our age last year, and we were young, but I think we’re now a little more experienced,” he said.

“I think we’re going to be a much more physical team and I think we’re gonna play a more aggressive style.”

Some of the T-Birds’

early successes this season may be bearing that out.

Although they lost their first outing Sept. 3 to Portland, 4-1, followed by a 4-3 loss to Spokane the following night, the T-Birds came back to win three straight preseason games to Lethridge, Kootenay and Everett this past weekend, at the Red Lion Tourna-ment in Kennewick.

The T-Birds will have their last two preseason

games this weekend, head-ing up to Everett Friday to take on the Silvertips, and – most importantly to local fans – playing Portland Saturday at ShoWare.

Saturday’s game starts 7 p.m., and tickets are $10 in ad-vance, or $12 at the door - a lot less than standard coverage for regular-season games, which start in the $20s.

The T-Birds should have taken away some things from their losing matchup

with Portland this year.“We didn’t play very

well,” Sumner said, noting it was their first time out. “We were standing around quite a bit, and we didn’t have our pace where it needs to be.”

This time around, he added, “We’re just going to play physical. We’re going to try to play a real fast-paced, physical game against Portland.”

The T-Birds are seeing promise in their returning

players, as well as some newer ones.

Sumner noted that de-fender Brenden Dillon “re-ally stands out on defense,” as well as top draft-pick returner Calvin Pickard in the goal. Center Charles Wells also has had some good outings so far.

Among the promising newcomers, T-Birds have some key players from Europe this year.

Marcel Nobles, from Germany “is a tremendous forward for us,” Sumner said. “It looks like he’s really going to lead the way offensively.”

And 6-foot, 5-inch Dave Sutter of Switzerland has been generating buzz on defense.

Sumner described him as “really a presence on the blue line.”

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section in this edition. The Thunderbird Fan Guide

includes a season schedule, player biographies, ticket

information and much more. To buy tickets to

an upcoming game, call 253-239-7825 (PUCK) or go online to www.

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Contact and submissions: Laura Pierce [email protected],

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● SEE OUR SPECIAL SEC TION: The Seattle Thunderbirds open the season 7:05 p.m. Sept. 25 at the ShoWare Center against the Portland Winterhawks. To buy tickets to an upcoming game, call 253-239-7825 (PUCK) or go online to www.seattlethunderbirds.com.

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Thunderstruck: T-Birds ready to lower boomCoach Rob Sumner vows this year’s team will be more physical on the ice

Seattle Thunderbirds coach Rob Sumner discusses his expectations with the players Wednesday before practice at the ShoWare Center. The Thunderbirds, who were overall rather young a season ago, expect to be a more mature, physical bunch this year. CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter

COMING UPThe T-Birds will open the regular season against the Everett Silver-tips on Friday, Sept. 24 at Comcast Arena in Everett at 7:35 p.m. The T-Birds will hold their home opener on Saturday, Sept. 25 at 7:05 p.m. against long time rival, the Port-land Winterhawks. The T-Birds will wrap up their opening weekend in Kennewick against the Tri-City Americans on Sunday, Sept. 26, at 5 p.m. at the Toyota Center.


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Arts, beer and blues festivals in Des Moines

Take a drive to Des Moines Sept. 25 to check out the Poverty Bay Arts Festival and the Poverty Bay Brews and Blues Festival.

The art exhibit goes from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at locations throughout the downtown Des Moines Marina District. For more information, go to www.povertybayartsfestival.com.

The blues festival runs from noon to 7 p.m. at Des Moines Beach Park, 22030 Cliff Ave. S. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 (cash only) at the gate. Tickets are available at Corky Cellars or Des Moines Drug. The event is presented by the Des Moines Rotary Club. More than a dozen breweries will be on site. The bands scheduled to play include Dudley Taft, Becki Sue and her Big Rockin’ Daddies, the Cold Shot Band, the Stacy Jones Band and Rod Cook. For more information, go to www.dmrotary.org/events.php.

Laughs, art, at Kent winery on Sept. 17

Looking for a few laughs? Then

attend Comedy Knight at 8 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Castle Bridge Winery, 7645 S. 180th St., in north Kent.

Comedians Susan Jones and Nancy Reed are scheduled to appear. Jones is from Tacoma and has performed across the nation. Reed is on tour from Austin, Texas. Tickets are $15 and include three wine tastings or your first glass of wine. Doors open at 7 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show. For tickets, call Castle Bridge Winery at 425-251-0983.

Castle Bridge also will feature “A Taste of Art” fundraising event from 6-8:30 p.m. Sept. 25 at the business.

Available are paintings, ceramics, blown glass and photography by Puget Sound artists, with prices ranging from $300 to $1,500. Also available will be wine and appetizers.

Proceeds benefit the Renton-based Evergreen City Ballet’s scholarship and financial aid funds.

Tickets are $40 per person.For tickets, call 425-228-6800. For

more information, go to www.ever-greencityballet.org.

Pro bull riders tour coming to ShoWare Center on Oct. 9-10

The Professional Bull Riders tour is coming to Kent Oct. 9-10 at the ShoWare Center.

Riders will compete in the PBR Kent Invitational Touring Pro Divi-sion. The competitions are at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9 and 2 p.m. Oct. 10.

Advance tickets are $47 for gold seating, $37 for premium, $27 for reserved and $12 for children ages 2 to 12. Tickets are $3 more the day of the show.

For tickets, go to www.showarecen-ter.com, stop by the ShoWare ticket office or call 253-856-6999.

Celebrate Ocktoberfest at Pat’s Bar on Oct. 9

Get ready for a full helping of Ger-man culture during the second annual Ocktoberfest at Pat’s Bar and Grill in downtown Kent.

The festival will run from 1-6 p.m. Oct. 9 at 206 Railroad Ave. N., the parking lot next to the bar.

Admission is $20, which in-cludes four tickets to be used toward beer or food. Guests must be at least 21 years old.

Proceeds benefit the Children’s Therapy Center, 10811 S.E. Kent-Kangley Road. The center provides therapy and educational services to children challenged by neuro-muscular delays and developmental disorders.

For more information, call Pat’s Bar at 253-852-7287.

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King County prosecu-tors charged a 29-year-old Renton man Sept. 10 with vehicular assault in connec-tion with a T-bone collision Sept. 8 on Kent’s East Hill that critically injured his passenger, a 27-year-old Renton man.

Alan Edward Undem is scheduled to be arraigned for the alleged assault at 9 a.m. Sept. 21 at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent, according to the King County Pros-ecuting Attorney’s Office.

Undem remained in cus-tody Sept. 13 at the county jail in Kent. Bail was set at $260,000.

Jacob Sherman, the pas-senger, was trapped inside the car, unconscious and crit-ically injured with probable internal bleeding and broken bones, according to charging papers. King County medics transported the passenger to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Sherman remained in seri-ous condition in the intensive

care unit Sept. 15, said a Har-borview spokeswoman.

Undem was driving a late-model Volvo sedan and reportedly under the influence of both legal and illegal drugs when he lost control of his car while driving south in the north-bound lane of the 23500 block of 132nd Avenue Southeast, according to charging papers.

The Volvo, traveling about 50 mph, crossed over the double yellow lines to the opposite side of the street, struck a raised cement curb and struck a road sign before the pas-senger side of the Volvo collided with the front end of an oncoming Kent School District truck that was delivering meals to lo-cal schools.

The delivery-truck driver, an employee of the Kent School District, was uninjured.

Police officers found Undem outside of his car with non-life threatening injuries. Undem reportedly was disoriented and exhib-

ited signs of intoxication.Undem told officers he

had taken the prescription drugs citalopram, Seroquel, hydroxyzine, trazodone and methamphetamine as well as marijuana, according to charging papers. He told of-ficers he took trazodone, an antidepressant, for “inter-mittent explosive disorder,” which is a behavioral disor-der characterized by extreme expressions of anger.

Undem has been arrested 17 times since 2002. His criminal history includes fourth-degree assault in 2008, third-degree theft, false statement and third-degree malicious mischief all in 2007, and obstruction and possession of stolen property in 2002. He also has two convictions for driving while license sus-pended in 2007 and numer-ous driving infractions.

Prosecutors wrote in court documents that Undem is a threat to com-munity safety and had two warrants for failure to ap-pear in court at the time of the accident.

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a few) and meeting three core requirements – an extended essay, a philosophy course on the theory of

knowledge, and a service component requiring them to do real-life activities outside the classroom.

And then there are the tests – and that’s where the global component comes in. Kent kids aren’t just being tested with Kent kids. They’re being tested alongside high

achievers all over the world, to the same standards.“We set the standard, and expect the student to meet the standard,” Frederiksen said of

what’s enforced from Day 1.The tests, or “assessments,” are shipped to I.B. reviewers all over the world.“You should see my Fed Ex bill,” Frederiksen quipped.

Success in I.B.For students who persevere through the program, and are able to pass at a certain

standard for each subject, they will receive an I.B. Diploma. That, Frederiksen said, can be their ticket to some of the top universities in the country and internationally. In many cases, they could be walking on as a sophomore, their freshman year covered through their I.B. work.

Senior Rajpreet Dhaliwal is one of those students hoping her I.B. credits will get here into a good school.

The K-M senior, who balances her I.B. work with school volleyball workouts, said she hasn’t figured out which colleges are her top choices yet, but has narrowed the list down.

And while she’s excited about the I.B. program, she can attest to the study workload. She spends 10 hours a week “minimum” on homework.

“There’s moments when I just want to quit, but in the end if I get the diploma, it will be worth it,” she said.

Zane Duke, 17, said he wanted to be in the program to push himself.“It was the most challenging classes they have, and I like challenging classes,” said the

student, who went to K-M at first for its computer-oriented Tech Academy, but later opted for I.B.

The toughest part of the program?“The overwhelming amount of work,” Duke said, but noted he was working hard now,

in hopes of getting into a school like M.I.T.There are still openings in the program, with the school year barely under way. Contact

Frederiksen at [email protected], or by calling 253-373-7405.

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FRIDAY, SEPT. 17FOOTBALL: Kent-Meridian at

Kentridge; KW at Tahoma; Auburn at Jefferson. All games at 7 p.m.

MONDAY, SEPT. 20VOLLEYBALL: Auburn at Auburn

Riverside; Jefferson at Curtis; Kentwood at Kentlake; Kentridge at

Kent-Meridian; Graham-Kapowsin at Tahoma. All matches at 7:15 p.m.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 21BOYS GOLF: Kentwood at Mount

Rainier; Tahoma at Kentridge; Kent-Meridian at Kentlake; Curtis at Auburn; Federal Way at Auburn Riverside; Beamer at Jefferson. All

matches at 3:15 p.m.BOYS TENNIS: Kentridge at Kentwood; Mount Rainier at

Kentlake; Tahoma at Kent-Meridian. All matches at 3:30 p.m.

GIRLS GOLF: Mount Rainier at Kentwood; Kentridge at Tahoma;

Kentlake at Kent-Meridian. All matches at 3:15 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER: Auburn at Kentlake; Tahoma at Kent-Meridian

(5:30 p.m.); Kentwood at Mount Rainier (5:30 p.m.); Jefferson at

Auburn Riverside. All games at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

PREPSON DECK

● COMING NEX T WEEK: The Kent Reporter will be taking a look at all of the fall prep sports (boys and girls cross country, boys and girls golf, boys tennis, girls soccer, volleyball and football) in the Sept. 24 edition.

Kentlake’s Callen Shelton celebrates the Falcons’ first goal while Kentwood defender Tori Clark can only watch. Kentlake ended Kentwood’s 41-match unbeaten streak with a 2-1 win. CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter

Kentlake’s Nick Kramlich leaps into the end zone for what appeared to be a touchdown against Kentridge. As it turned out, Kramlich stepped out of bounds at the 3-yard line, though the Falcons were able to punch it in moments later. CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter

BY ERICK WALKER

[email protected]

It was a matter of proving everybody wrong.

That being the case, the Kentlake High girls soccer team certainly got it done Thursday, Sept. 9 at Wilson Playfield in Kent.

Behind senior Kayla Maletich’s goal in the 64th minute, the Falcons knocked off Kentwood 2-1 in an early season South Puget Sound League North Division showdown.

And while it may be early in the season, the win could not have been bigger for the Falcons?

How big?For starters, Kentwood,

which took third at state last fall, has won two straight league crowns

and is a consensus favorite among league coaches to win another this season. In addition, the Conquerors entered the contest having won or tied 41 straight SPSL North games.

“I think everyone (on our team) wants to prove every-body wrong,” said Kentlake’s Laura Rayfield, the North Divi-sion’s defending league MVP. “We definitely have the focus and the drive to beat any team that we play.”

As much has been evident during the season’s first week. A week that, for Kentlake, included a 3-0 victory over league power Auburn Riverside. Maletich picked up a goal in that victory as well.

Kentlake grabs historic victoryGIRLS SOCCER: Falcons upend Kentwood for first time since 2004

FOOTBALL: Falcons throttle Chargers 30-14, move to 2-0

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“I think everyone (on our team) wants to prove everybody

wrong. We definitely have the focus and

the drive to beat any team that we play.”

KL’s LAURA RAYFIELD

Flying high: KL stuns KentridgeBY ERICK WALKER

[email protected]

Change can be a good thing.That was never more evident than Friday,

Sept. 10 at French Field, where the new-look Kentlake High football team delivered its most convincing win in years.

Behind an up-tempo offense that was led by the new faces of quarterbacks Caleb Saulo and

Breton Medina along with brothers Stephon and Nu’u Vaifale in the backfield, the Falcons ripped Kentridge 30-14 in a South Puget Sound League North Division showdown.

The Vaifale brothers combined for 194 yards and two rushing touchdowns (Stephon raced for 94 of those yards while younger brother Nuu added 100 more).


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URBAN FRESCONU’U VAIFALE, KentlakeGrade: Sophomore. Sport: Foot-ball. Accomplishment: Vaifale, a running back, went off for the Falcons on Friday, Sept. 8, rushing for 100 yards and one touchdown and pulling in another score on a reception. The big performance helped Kentlake knock off Ken-tridge, 30-14. Favorite class: English. If you could invite anyone in the world to din-ner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: If I could invite anyone in the world to dinner it would be President Obama. The type of food I would serve would be lobster and steak. Greatest athletic moment: My greatest athletic moment would probably be breaking my older brother’s T.D. record as a fresh-man. Most recent book read/author: “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley. What’s on your iPod?: “Can’t be touched” by Roy Jones jr. Also noted: Outside of football, Vaifale plays AAU basketball with the Seattle Spartans.

KAYLA MALETICH, Kentlake Grade: Senior. Sport: Soccer.

Accomplishment: Maletich found the back of the net in the 64th minute on Sept. 8 against Kentwood, living the Falcons past the Conquerors 2-1 in an SPSL North soccer showdown. It was the first time the Falcons have beaten the Conquerors in girls soc-cer since 2004. Favorite class: Journalism. If you could invite anyone in the world to din-ner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: I would invite Drake and serve him chocolate-covered strawberries, and whipped cream. Greatest athletic moment: Scoring the game-winning goal against Kent-wood. Most recent book read/author: “I hope they serve beer in hell” by Tucker Max. What’s on your iPod?: “Toot it and boot it” by YG. Also noted: Abrams has 3,012 community service hours for his four years in high school and will attend Azusa Pacific University in the fall.

DAVID JONES, Kent-Meridian Grade: Senior. Sport: Football. Accomplishment: Jones rushed for 171 yards and a touchdown,

and added 172 yards and two more scores through the air, leading Kent-Meridian to a 38-27 season-opening victory over Foss on Sept. 8. Favorite class: Marketing. If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: I would in-vite my grandfather who passed away a while back. I would serve chicken, greens, mashed potatoes, black-eyed peas and mac and cheese. Greatest athletic mo-ment: Becoming a better passer and runner. Most recent book read/author: “Quiet strength: The principles, practices and pri-orities of a winning life” by Tony Dungy. What’s on your iPod?: Classical music.

AHREN YOUNG, Kentridge Grade: Sophomore. Sport: Golf. Accomplishment: It didn’t take Young long to get into the groove on the links as he earned medalist honors in Kentridge’s first victory of the season, a 171-60 decision over Kentlake. Favorite class: Graphic arts. If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom

would you invite, and what would you serve: I’d invite (golfer) Fred Couples and serve Taco Time. Greatest athletic moment: When I made a hole-in-one at Twin Lakes. Most recent book read/author: “The Match” by Mark Frost. What’s on your iPod?: “Lupe Fiasco.” Also noted: Young quali-fied for state.

MORGAN HASEGAWA, Kentwood Grade: Senior. Sport: Football. Accomplishment: Hasegawa pulled in a 60-yard touchdown and also returned a punt 54 yards for a score, leading the Conquerors past Jefferson 61-8 in a South Puget Sound League North Division game. Favorite class: Physics. Greatest athletic moment: Scoring from goalie on my 8-year-old soccer team against (sports anchor) Paul Silvi’s son’s team. Most recent book read/author: The Bible. What’s on your iPod?: “Black and Yellow” by Wiz Khalifa Also noted: Hase-gawa hopes to attend Seattle Pacific University next fall.

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Adding to the magni-tude of Thursday’s win for the Falcons is the fact that they haven’t beaten the Conquerors since Oct. 28, 2004. Kentlake entered the showdown having dropped its last 10 matches against Kentwood. The Conquerors had not lost a league match since Sept. 25, 2007, when they fell to Tahoma, 3-2.

“This is huge,” said first-year Kentlake coach Angy Mathena, who coincidentally enough is a 1991 Kentwood High graduate. “To our girls, this was the Super Bow. They were really excited.”

Rayfield agreed.“Oh my goodness, we

were so excited,” she said. “As soon as we got our first goal, we were just ecstatic.”

Early on, it appeared as though the Conquer-ors were going to roll to another victory. Kentwood’s Megan McNally opened the scoring in the sixth minute, depositing a goal on a free kick. And while Kentwood had many other chances after that initial goal, the Conquerors were unable to find the back of the net.

“We had a lot of chances. I can’t say we didn’t put up a good fight,” said Kentwood coach Aaron Radford, whose team opened the season just days earlier with a 3-0 victory over Jefferson. “(Kentlake) put pressure on us. I thought they played very physical, energized and an overall smart game.”

Kentlake’s Callen Shelton helped the Falcons tie the score 1-1 with a goal in the 38th minute.

Maletich scored what proved to be the game win-ner 28 minutes later.

The goal was big on mul-tiple fronts. Not only did it help the Falcons pull out the victory, but it also cracked a Kentwood defense that has been among the state’s best for the last three years. The Kentwood defense allowed just one goal during league play all of last season.

The loss may very well serve as a wake-up call to the Conquerors, Radford noted.

“I hope it is a wake-up call,” Radford said. “I don’t want to have to live through too many of these and have that become our season trend. If it’s something they can use as motivation, then by all means.”

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KW throttles TJ, braces for TahomaBy ERICK WALKER

[email protected]

The Kentwood High football team continued to post big numbers on Thurs-day, Sept. 9.

Behind three passing touchdowns by quarter-back Shane Green, the Conquerors throttled Thomas Jefferson 61-8 in a South Puget Sound League North Division game. The Conquerors head into their Friday, Sept. 17 showdown at Tahoma with a perfect 2-0 record in league.

The victory was Kent-wood’s second consecu-tive blowout to open the season. The Conquerors hammered Mount Rainier in the season opener, 69-0. In the win over the Raiders, seven different Kentwood players scored at least one touchdown.A. Riverside 38, K-M 13: The Royals (0-1, 1-1) couldn’t sustain the mo-mentum they gained after an opening week win over Foss, falling hard to Auburn Riverside in an SPSL North game on Saturday, Sept. 11. The Ra-vens bolted out to a 21-0 lead midway through the second quarter and never looked back.Kent-Meridian’s two touchdowns came from B.J. Phillips (a 51-yard run) and David Jones (a 76-yard run).


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Answer key

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Meanwhile, Saulo threw for 49 yards and added 55 on the ground, including a 1-yard touchdown run. Capping the night off was Medina, who relieved Saulo late in the second quarter and proceeded to throw two touchdowns to ice the victory.

It’s just the second time since 2003 that Kentlake (2-0) has beaten Kentridge (0-2).

“I don’t want to make anything too big out of a win or a loss, but that sort of changes the balance of powers I think in this league,” said first-year Kentlake coach Chris Paulson, who was at Mount Rainier a year ago. “I’m so excited for our kids to get a win like that.”

Saulo and the Vaifale brothers all played at Mount Rainier last season. Medina is an out-of-state transfer, who showed plenty of tools Friday night despite being listed as the team’s backup quarterback.

“It’s kind of a weird deal how they really ended up here with Caleb moving over here before I even got the job,” Paulson said.

The Falcons were the beneficiaries of seven Kentridge turnovers, four of which led to 24 Kentlake points.

“They did a nice job to-night. I tip my hat to them,” said Kentridge coach Marty Osborn. “They played hard, took advantage of our mistakes and they won the game. They just executed tonight and beat us.”

Indeed the Falcons did

execute. In fact, Kentlake’s no-huddle offense left the Kentridge defense little time to get set. In the first half, that quick tempo de-livered big dividends.

Kentridge’s first turn-over — a fumble at the 7:09 mark in the first quarter — led to a 1-yard touchdown run from Saulo, giving the Falcons an instant 6-0 lead. Moments later, Kent-lake defensive back Ryan Archibald picked off an errant pass from Kentridge quarterback Caleb Smith. Six plays later, Stephon Vaifale rumbled in for an 11-yard touchdown, giving the Falcons a 12-0 lead in the first quarter.

Things went from bad to worse for Kentridge midway through the second

quarter, when Kentlake’s Zac Cowan recovered another Charger fumble. Three plays later, Nu’u Vaifale skirted around the left side for an 11-yard touchdown run of his own, this one giving the Falcons an 18-0 lead with 5:30 re-maining in the first half.

Nu’u Vaifale, however, wasn’t done just yet.

The 6-foot, 200-pound sophomore pulled in an 8-yard touchdown pass from Medina with 27.7 seconds remaining in the half as Kentlake’s lead bulged to 24-0.

“We were just trying to prove to everybody that we’re not the weakest team in the league,” said Nu’u Vaifale, who finished with 129 yards of total offense. “That we can do it no matter what.”

Kentlake pushed its lead to 30-0 on with a 75-yard drive on its first possession of the third quarter. Medina capped off the drive by connecting with Archibald for a 12-yard touchdown with 6:53 remaining in the quarter.

Kentridge added a pair of scores in the final 12 minutes — a 9-yard scoring run from Smith and a 62-yard interception returned for a touchdown by Jimmie Davis — but that’s as close as the Chargers would get.

“These kids just really bought into everything that we were selling in the off-season,” Paulson said. “We had 70 kids in the weight room every single day. We go at a pace where we push the kids hard, and they responded.”

[ FOOTBALL from page 18] SPSL NORTH STANDINGS League OverallTeam W L W LAuburn 2 0 2 0Kentlake 2 0 2 0Kentwood 2 0 2 0Auburn Riverside 1 1 1 1Jefferson 1 1 1 1Kent-Meridian 0 1 1 1Tahoma 0 1 1 1Kentridge 0 2 0 2Mount Rainier 0 2 0 2

THURSDAY, SEPT. 16 Kentlake at Mount Rainier, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 17 Kentwood at Tahoma, 7 p.m.Auburn at Jefferson, 7 p.m.

Kent-Meridian at Kentridge, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 11: Beamer at Auburn Riverside, 7 p.m.

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RELIGIONComparative Religions: This class seeks to deepen one's knowl-edge of world religions and those who practive them. Facilitated by Rev. Patty Becker 7 p.m. Sep.21. Unity Church of Kent 218 State Ave South, Kent 253-854-9747 [email protected]

Tuesday Morning Prayer Circle: Join us in our Bea Adams prayer room as we pray together in positive, centering prayer. 11 a.m. Sep.21. Unity Church of Kent 218 State Ave S, Kent 253-854-9747 [email protected]

The Quest Study Group: This on-going class is a journey in transformation. 7 p.m. Sep.22. Unity

Church of Kent 218 State Ave S, Kent 253-854-9747 [email protected]

Prosperity Plus: This program teaches a NEW WAY OF LIVING centered on the spiritual practices of an ABUN-DANT LIFE. Workbook is $19 12 a.m. Sep.19. Unity Church of Kent 218 State Ave South, Kent 253-854-9747 [email protected]

Unity Sunday Morning Celebration Service: Unity emphasizes the divine potential within every 'child' of God and the application of what Jesus taught: every person can realize and express his/her divine po-tential for a happier and more success-ful life. 10 a.m. Sep.19. Unity Church of Kent 218 State Ave South, Kent 253-854-9747 [email protected]

SERVICE CLUBSAnnual Used Book Sale: Thousands of books at bargain prices. Most books 50 cents; videos, dvds and audiobooks $1. All proceeds benefit library programs. 10 a.m. Sep.17. 10 a.m. Sep.18. 1 p.m. Sep.19. Kent Library 212 2nd Avenue N, Kent 253-859-3330 [email protected]

COMMUNITY100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage: In cel-ebration of Women's Right to vote, our new exhibit honors some of the leading pioneers in the right to vote movement and women in the work-

place. Exhibit runs through December 2010. 12 a.m. Sep.22. Kent Museum 855 E Smith /st., Kent 253-854-4330 [email protected]

Little Explorers: Join Little Explorers (ages 3-Kindergarten) Provides foundational social studies/history learn-ing through stories, activities, and games. Register now for fall quarter (5 classes for fall), we meet the 2nd and 4th week of the month). Call for questions. 10 a.m. Sep.22. Kent Historical Society Museum 855 E Smith St., Stanwood 253-854-4330 [email protected]

Wellness Support Group: Learn how to create your wellness, practice Emotional Freedom Technique to change habits, discuss wellness with the group. 7 p.m. Sep.23. Unity

Church of Kent 218 State Ave South, Kent 253-854-9747 [email protected]

WSHFC Home Buyer Edu-cation: Helping low to moderate income first time home buyers pur-chase their first home.Our goal is to educate home buyers so that they can make smart decisions when they are ready purchase their first home. 10 a.m. Sep.18. Bank Of America (Ever-green Building) 15 S Grady Way suite 120, Renton 206-234-1450 [email protected]

EVENTS-FESTIVALSComedy Knight at the Win-ery: Get away from it all (for an hour or two) and join us for some laughs at

our first ever all female comedy show, featuring Susan Jones, Nancy Reed and hosted by Marilyn Gibbs. Ticket price incl. 3 tastings or your first glass of wine. 8 p.m. Sep.17. Castle Bridge Winery 7645 S 180th St, Kent 425-251-0983 [email protected]

14th Annual Frog Frolic: Celebrate our community and environ-ment with family activities, bog tours, potluck, raffle, and live music by the VZ Valley Boys! Join us for a hoppin' good time at the hidden gem of Southeast King County... Shadow Lake Bog 1 p.m. Sep.18. Shadow Lake Bog 21656 184th Ave SE, Renton 425-432-4914 [email protected]

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