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Brandon Brown competes in an amateur tournament last year at the Riverbend Golf Complex. The city-owned course continues to lose money and carries a $2.25 million debt. Kent Reporter fi le photo
City looks to end operating losses at RiverbendBY STEVE HUNTER
Th e city-owned Riv-erbend Golf Complex is under “scrutiny” by the Kent City Council because of operating losses and a $2.25 million debt.
Riverbend lost $430,000 in 2011. Parks Director Jeff Watling projects losses in 2012 to be about $97,000.
“Th e $430,000 defi cit in 2011 was unacceptable to all of us,” Watling said at the council’s Nov. 15 Parks and Human Services Committee meeting. “We like the projec-tion this year. It’s a good trend as we look at 2013.”
But parks staff and the
council are looking for ways to stop the revenue losses and repay debts as the city struggles to rebuild its fi nancial health.
Riverbend’s $2.25 million debt is to pay off an inter-fund loan, money that the city borrowed from its wa-ter and fl eet funds to help pay off the bond for the golf complex, Watling said.
“Our goal is for an enter-prise fund not to lose money and more important there is debt to pay,” said council president Dennis Higgins. “Th e council is looking at these funds with more scru-tiny than the past. We need to look at funds so they are not in a defi cit or have a plan
to not be in a defi cit. I need to get more confi dent we’re not running defi cits.”
Watling said in years the golf course made money, payments were made to lower the interfund loan.
Th e council started to look more closely last spring at Riverbend aft er the large defi cit in 2011. Watling said the course faced many challenges over the last few years, includ-
ing a nationwide and local trend of fewer golf rounds, an economic downturn, bad weather, levee work that caused temporary clo-
Kent city offi cials will consider closing the Lake Meridian swim and boat dock and other deteriorating park facilities for safety reasons if no new revenue source is found to fund repairs. Kent Reporter fi le photo
BY STEVE HUNTER
City playfi elds, restrooms, play-grounds, swim and fi shing docks could close in Kent in the next year or two without a new revenue source to repair the facilities.
Voters rejected a property tax levy increase Nov. 6 with nearly 60 percent against the measure. City offi cials
wanted that money to raise about $29 million over six years, $18.3 million for parks and $10.7 million for streets.
Now council members are discuss-ing whether to go back to voters with a smaller levy request to at least ad-dress some of the park repairs. A new business and occupation tax adopted by the City Council in October will bring in about $5 million per year for street repairs starting in 2013.
Parks Director Jeff Watling dis-cussed at the council’s Parks and Hu-man Services Committee on Nov. 15 about what could happen if no money becomes available to fi x park facilities.
“Th e problem doesn’t go away,” Wa-tling told the committee. “We will see decay and decline in the system. We need to fi nd a way to get capital into the system. Whether we are able
City could close park facilities
BY TRACEY COMPTON
Local businesses raised more than $14,000 in do-nations and close to 2,000 items of canned food for the Kent Food Bank.
Seventy businesses and Neely-O’Brien Elementary School participated this year in the second annual Kent Turkey Challenge.
“Th e second annual Kent Turkey Challenge was a huge success this year,” said Torklift Cen-tral General Manager Matt Lynch. “We raised a total of $14,220 and collected hundreds of pounds of food.”
Offi cials said the donations went to about 1,000 families for Th anksgiving and almost all of the food donations were appro-priately holiday-themed.
“It’s a great support system,” said Jeniece Choate, executive direc-tor of the Kent Food Bank. “If we don’t have businesses supporting us, we don’t have dona-tions to give out. So, it means everything to us.”
Grainger Indus-trial Supply collected the most money with an $8,480 donation. George M. Stephens D.D.S. col-lected the most food
Businesses raise $14,000 for food bank
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BY DEAN A. RADFORD
A King County Superior Court judge could decide next month the future of the strategic alliance be-tween UW Medicine and the owner of Valley Medical Center.
A hearing is tentatively set for Dec. 28 before Judge Michael C. Hayden on UW Medicine’s motion
to summarily dismiss a lawsuit fi led in early October by the commis-sioners of Public Hospital District No. 1, which owns the Renton medical center.
Th e hospital district’s lawsuit maintains that the elected district commissioners could not delegate their legislative responsibilities for a public institution to unelected deci-sion makers.
Hospital district attorneys now have until the end of next week to prepare a response to the UW Medicine’s fi lings with the judge. Dr. Paul Joos, president of the hospital commission, said he expects it’s more likely the lawsuit will be re-solved in late January or February.
Joos said this week the commis-sion has been “stonewalled” by the University of Washington in its
eff orts to discuss the issues and fi nd a resolution.
“We were forced to fi le a lawsuit,” he said.
In May 2011 the hospital com-mission voted 3-2 to approve the alliance, which became eff ective on June 30, 2011, following the approval of the UW Medicine board
Judge to rule on UW/Valley Medical alliance
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BY TRACEY COMPTON
Area offi cials urge the community not to forget about emergency plans for pets as fl ooding season is here.
Representatives from the King County Flood Control District, Regional Animal Services of King County and the city of Seattle, visited the Pet Adoption Center in Kent last week to stress the importance of preparedness during a disaster.
Steve Bleifuhs called out three reasons why having a plan for pets during a disaster is key. He is the river and fl oodplain manager for King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks.
Th e fi rst is that fl ooding is the most common weather-related disaster in the area. Second, a plan allows others to rely on you. Last, not knowing what to do with pets is one of the reasons why people don’t follow disaster and storm warnings.
Offi cials remarked that aft er disasters such as Hur-ricane Katrina and train derailments in the Midwest, disaster victims did not have a plan for their pets. People oft en thought they could return for their animals, but the resolution to the
emergency didn’t happen as quickly as they expected.
“It’s not that people abandon (their pets). It’s that people think things are temporary and of course it’s always outside of our control what happens,” said Gene Mueller, manager for Regional Animal Services of King County.
Mueller asked that people make a pack to move themselves and their pets out of harm’s way during emergencies.
Part of doing that involves creating a supply kit for pets full of food, water and any medications for at least two weeks. Included in that kit should be collars with identi-fi cation and sanitation items.
Th e presentation was part of the Take Winter By Storm
campaign to help residents get prepared before bad weather hits. Th e hands-on demonstration also unveiled a new emergency, mobile animal shelter called the PETS or Pet Emergency Trailer Seattle vehicle, owned by the city of Seattle.
It can accommodate up to 40 animals or critters with crates and supplies in the event of an emergency. Th e trailer was purchased with funds from a Federal Emer-gency Management Agency grant. It’s for regional use, but there is a chance that during a major disaster the vehicle will be limited to just Seattle.
“Th e other thing that we have come prepared for, and I know that King County is also prepared for, is we do have supplies that are located
throughout the region,” said Kara Main-Hester, manager for city of Seattle volunteer programs and fundraising.
“We’re working very col-laboratively to use all of our resources to synergize and help people with their pets,” Mueller said.
For more information visit, www.takewinter-bystorm.org.
The Wheedle and Gene Mueller, manager for Regional Animal Services of King County, go over disaster preparedness for pets at a recent hands-on demonstration in Kent. TRACEY COMPTON, Kent Reporter
Extra holiday DUI patrols set through Jan. 1REPORTER STAFF
To help make Washing-ton roads safe this holiday season, extra offi cers will patrol roadways in Kent and throughout King County as part of the annual “Drive Sober Get Pulled Over” campaign.
Patrols started Nov. 21 and run through Jan. 1,
according to a Washington Traffi c Safety Commission media release.
Th e agencies participating in the extra patrols include:
Th e Auburn, Bellevue, Black Diamond, Burien, Clyde Hill, Covington, Des Moines, Duvall, Enumclaw, Federal Way, Issaquah, Kent, Kirkland, Maple Val-ley, Mercer Island, New-
castle, North Bend, Pacifi c, Port of Seattle, Redmond, Renton, Sammamish, Seatac, Seattle, Snoqualmie, Tukwila, and Woodinville Police departments and the Washington State Patrol.
As an example of what can happen if convicted of DUI, drivers can spend more than $1,200 paying for an ignition interlock device on a vehicle.
Th e device is about the size of a cellphone with a tube for breath samples. Drivers have to blow into it every time they start the vehicle. Th e vehicle only starts if there is no alcohol in the driver’s system.
Ever since January 2012, ignition interlock drivers have to have a record of clean blows for the last four
months of the restriction in order to get the device removed and be eligible for their regular driver’s license.
“Th is ensures that drivers demonstrate the ability to separate their drinking from their driving,” said Washington Traffi c Safety Commission director Dar-rin Grondel.
Prepare pets for flooding
SANTA CLAUS ARRIVING AT KENT STATION
SATURDAY, NOV. 24
Santa Claus is coming to Kent Station at 11 a.m. Saturday,
Nov. 24.Children can visit Santa’s
Cottage on the Fountain Stage in front of AMC Theatres for
holiday wishes and photos. The mall is at 417 Ramsay Way.Photo packages range from
$20 to $45 with discounts when you bring in a
nonperishable food item or new unwrapped toy for the
Kent Food Bank. Santa’s hours are:
Saturday & Sunday; Nov. 24, 2511 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday - Friday; Nov. 28-304 to 8 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday; Dec. 1- 211 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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State Rep. Mark Har-grove, R-Covington, had his lead drop in a tightly contested race against Kent Democratic chal-lenger Bud Sizemore for the State House District 47 Position 1 seat.
Hargrove’s lead dropped to 284 votes through Monday’s tally by King County Elec-tions, the latest count available prior to the Kent Reporter’s press deadline. His lead had been in the upper 300s.
Hargrove has 50.21 percent (26,410 votes) while Sizemore has 49.67 percent (26,126) votes. Th ere were 63 write-in votes for 0.12 percent. Hargrove leads by .54 percent.
Any offi ce must be recounted by machine
Hargrove
holdingslim lead
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to address it or not, we’ll need planning. “Th ere could be broader consequences. To be the ur-ban (park) system we want, you will see hard work on our part as staff . But we can’t print money.”
Park staff , however, can close facilities that become unsafe to use. Th e long list of potential closures includes:
that need synthetic turf replaced.
is decaying and would cost $120,000 to remove if it becomes unsafe.
Park - bleachers at
restrooms and con-cession stand.
Park - restroom and playground.
fl oating walkway.Councilwoman Elizabeth
at the meeting how long
might have to close.“It’s a year to two years
away of not being able to
Th e 2012 capital budget
includes $285,000 for park repairs, which is a similar amount to the previous few
“It’s not a surprise we have a backlog of aging assets that continues to grow,” he said.
If voters had ap-proved the levy, the
parks department would have received about $3 mil-lion per year for repairs.
Higgins said he plans to ask the citizens group that came up with the initial park repair list for the levy mea-sure to re-convene later this year or early next year to see what ideas it might have to resolve the problem.
“It may be the desire by the group to run another (levy) campaign,” Higgins
and perhaps we didn’t do a good enough job of educat-ing them or perhaps they don’t want parks and
“But there are consequences to their decisions. And who am I to say whether they are wrong or not? I want to work
things when we don’t have any money.”
Ralph liked the idea of re-ferring to voters a measure with fewer parks to repair.
to make and maybe we need to pare down the list more,” Ralph said.
really key items and not have as broad of an off ering.”
Albertson said the city has been hit hard with the loss of the streamlined sales tax.
ing source to replace the
lost a major funding source that hit all areas of the city, including parks.”
Th e streamlined sales tax measured passed by the
the state from an origin-based system for local retail sales tax to a destination-based system.
money with so many busi-nesses in the city that ship or deliver goods to other areas
of the state. Th e sales tax is now collected where the buyer pur-chases merchandise rather than where the product shipped from.
about $5 million annually from the state to help make up for the lost streamlined sales tax revenue.
Th e city lobbies hard each year to make sure the
gation fund going.
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Creek restaurant and an irrigation well that failed.
Pete Petersen, super-intendent of the golf complex, told the com-mittee that expenses were reduced by more than $165,000 this year, com-pared to 2011. Th e reduc-tions included cutting two maintenance workers and overtime to save nearly $70,000. Th e overtime costs are under $1,000 this year. Th e course also increased revenue by about $170,000 this year with increased fees and better merchandise sales at the pro shop.
“It’s a diffi cult time in the golf industry,” Peters-en said in an interview aft er the committee meet-ing. “Th e Sumner City Council re-zoned and is trying to sell its course. Th e cities of Auburn and Tukwila are similar to us.”
(of golf per year) and we used to have 72,000,” said Petersen, who blamed the economy and bad weather
a 12 to 17 percent decrease
years.”
Riverbend, which opened in 1989, features an 18-hole course, a par 3 9-hole course, a driving range and a pro shop. Th e city took over operations of the course in 2000 from a
said the golf complex also will need capital reinvest-ment because it’s more than 20 years old.
“Our goal is to have the course break even or
“Th ere is the reality that a municipal golf course will not be a cash cow. Th ey run on a very tight margin.”
Seattle recommended last month in a study of the city’s budget problems that city offi cials look at wheth-
Riverbend might be a way to stop the revenue losses. Th e consultant pointed out that the city of Seattle hires a contractor to run its four golf courses.
committee that parks staff
ideas to get the fund on
scrutiny.”
Swimmers enjoy the Lake Meridian Park dock last summer. City offi cials might have to close and remove the swimming and fi shing dock because of a lack of money to repair it. Kent Reporter fi le photo
Albertson
Higgins
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Visitors prepare to check out the Space Shuttle Trainer that opened for tours Nov. 10 at the Musuem of Flight in Tukwila. BRIAN BECKLEY, Courier Herald
BY BRIAN BECKLEY
Th ough it looks similar, there are a few diff erences between the actual Space Shuttles and the Full Fuselage Trainer that opened Nov. 10 to the public at the Museum of Flight in Tukwila.
First, unlike the real things, the FFT is made of wood. And, of course, it’s not quite fl ight ready.
“Th ey have wings; we don’t have wings,” Museum of Flight CEO Douglas King said recently, pointing to the back end of the life size, 120-foot model located in the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery.
But the other major dif-ference between the FFT and the actual Space Shut-tles, now located in New York, Los Angeles, Florida and the Smithsonian Insti-tute in Washington D.C., is even more important.
“Th is one you get to go inside,” King said.
Th e public is invited to see what up until now has been the purview of the more than 300 astronauts who trained for the 135 shuttle missions over the 30 years of the program.
Astronauts each took about 20 classes in the FFT facility in Houston, known as the Space Vehicle Mockup Building, or about 100 hours per mission.
Th e trainer was built at
Johnson Space Center in Houston in the 1970s and was used by every Shuttle Astronaut in preparation for their fl ight. According to King, now that the FFT is at the Museum of Flight, it will continue to educate, even more so than the actual orbiters.
“For education purposes, this is it,” King said.
Exhibit curator Dan Hagedorn agreed.
“If people can’t experi-ence it, they can’t learn from it,” Hagedorn said.
Perhaps most surpris-ing about the FFT and the Shuttle in general, is the
lack of space inside, consid-ering how large the vehicle is overall.
Th e crew compartment, split on to two levels con-nected with a ladder, totals less than 165-square-feet of space, shared by up to seven astronauts, oft en for more than a week.
Th e crew compartment’s mid-deck and fl ight deck will not be open to the general public due to the confi ned space, but the 61-foot long payload bay is open, as is a landing simulator. However, beginning Nov. 17 the mu-seum will off er educational programs that take students
inside the trainer.Surrounding the FFT is an
additional exhibit about the future of spacefl ight, now that the Shuttle has been offi cially retired. Included are several displays regarding private industry space craft , including Blue Origin from Kent, and an actual Russian Soyuz capsule, donated by the gallery’s name-sake, Charles Simonyi.
Simonyi was the architect behind Microsoft ’s Word and Excel programs and following his departure form the company, Simonyi paid for two fl ights aboard Soyuz spacecraft s to the International Space Station.
Space Shuttle Trainer open for tours
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Studded tires damage city streets
In response to the Nov. 16 letter by Sandra Gill, I do not believe that the city and the City Council properly tried to con-vince and justify to the people that the (property) tax (levy for streets and parks) for all was needed. Th at is why it failed.
First off the tire foot print on the roads is not as heavy by the trucks (16 & 18 wheeler’s) as is assumed by the public. It is aff ected however by the “overloaded” trucks and that is really a very small percentage of vehicles.
So where is all that dam-age coming from? It is coming from passenger vehicles. All you have to do is pay attention to the width of the damage. It is not wide-spaced, double-tire damage but it is the width of passenger vehicles and it comes
from studded tires.So this is where the Gill letter
is misinformed. It is too bad that the city cannot ban them and the state can but won’t (yet), un-less the next time Olympia gets together extreme pressure is put on them to do so by the public.
In many of the states that have far worse weather than we do here, they are banned for this
reason. As a side note here even the State Patrol does not use studded tires in the passes; they do use tires that the rubber gets soft er as the temperature gets colder. Aft er having used them for several years, they have pro-vided me with as good or better traction than studs.
Also if you or anyone you know has studs on their vehicle go and look at their garage or where they park and you will have an OMG (Oh My God) moment as I did. If the chains required signs are up, I do not care what kind of tires you have on you are still required to put them on.
So now where does the city get the money for road repairs? It has to be felt across the board. First, a huge increase on the sale of studded tires; second an across the board increase in the B&O (business and occupation) and property taxes.
Th is is where I disagree with
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It didn’t take long for displeasure with the re-election of President Barack Obama to surface.
Not surprising considering the mud-slinging and the generally negative nature of this year’s presidential contest between Republican candidate Mitt Romney and the incumbent.
What has been surprising is the nature of the outcry against Obama’s legitimate elec-toral college victory – 332 votes to Romney’s 206 – and popular vote win – with Obama winning 51 percent with 62,615,406 votes to Romney’s 48 percent with 59,142,004. Given such a close race, you knew the acrimony wouldn’t be far behind.
In a move akin to a sore loser threatening to take his ball and go home, the discontent seeped to the surface the day aft er the elec-
tion when petitions for the secession of several states found their way onto the Internet.
Th e movement started in Louisiana and other states quickly followed. Today, petitions from
disgruntled residents of all 50 states seeking to leave the Union are posted on the White-house’s We Th e People petition site at www.whitehouse.gov.
Among them is Texas, whose petition now has more than 100,000 signatures.
(An interesting side note is the petition asking that the City of Austin be allowed to secede from Texas but stay in the U.S.)
Meanwhile, about 2,000 miles south of our fair shores, the tiny U.S. territory of Puerto Rico voted this past week to become a state.
According to news reports, Puerto Ricans voted in a two-part referendum, which fi rst asked whether they supported the current territorial relationship, then whether they supported full statehood, a Sovereign Free Associated State and outright independence. Th e vote was 54 percent against the current status, with 61 percent following up the fi rst question with a vote for becoming the 51st state.
So how do these two issues relate?
Q U O T E O F N O T E : “Our goal is for an enterprise fund not to lose money and more important there is debt to pay.” – Dennis Higgins, Kent City Council President about the city-owned Riverbend Golf Complex.
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In America, Th anksgiv-ing traditionally has been a time for families to get together, eat way too much homemade food and watch some serious football.
Wedged somewhere between the annual Macy’s Th anksgiving Day Pa-rade, copious college and professional football games and the tons of turkey, cranberries and
yams piled high atop the dining room table, a prayer of thanks is supposed to be off ered for the bounty of the season.
Aft er all, isn’t that the whole reason for the celebration in the fi rst place?
Family traditions oft en are the glue that binds many families
together. Some only get together at Christmas or Th anksgiving because of the long distances be-tween family members and logis-tical or fi nancial considerations.
I grew up in southern Califor-nia, where long-standing family traditions have an odd way of changing every year. Our typical traditions revolved around how much money was available to be spent on Th anksgiving dinner –
aft er all the bills had been paid, of course.
My father preferred ham, so our “meat of choice” for Th anksgiving dinner was not the succulent roast turkey with cornbread stuffi ng I had hungered aft er all year.
Sometimes the meat of the day wasn’t even ham.
My sister, Marilyn, remembers a Th anksgiving dinner consisting of greasy meat loaf, lumpy mashed potatoes and canned green beans.
The good and bad of holiday traditions
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Bear with me here.When I first heard about
the secession petitions, I thought, no problem: let’s take anyone who wants to secede, ship them off to the Lone Star State and let Texas become the Republic of Texas again.
Then, after realizing that Texas actually contributed to the national economy (un-like deadbeat states such as Louisiana – which takes $1.45 of federal money for every $1 it ponies up – and Alabama – $1.71 of fed cash for every $1), I realized my initial plan was a poor idea. Plus, I saw what a map of the U.S. actu-ally looked like without Texas (check it out, it’s not very ap-pealing) I realized there might be an alternative.
As of a much-too-late-
to-be-up Sunday night, the signature count on the Whitehouse.gov for those in favor of secession was more than 829,000 Americans who want to leave the Union, rather than compromise and work towards the betterment of the country.
Meanwhile, more than 3.7 million Puerto Ricans appear to be eager to join the Union.
So, here’s my idea.Let’s gather up anyone not
willing to work together as Americans and give them Puerto Rico as a new nation. That way they can be free of the constraints of actu-ally having to concede to the wishes of the majority of Americans. And honestly, who’d be unhappy with the prospect of more than 3,500 square miles of Caribbean island real estate?
In exchange we allow any Puerto Ricans who want to become Americans to come to our shores and settle in the great state of Texas, which with a miniscule population density of 96.3 people per square mile, spread out over 268,581 square miles, has more than enough space for a few more people.
It’s a win-win situation for all.
The Puerto Ricans become full-fledged Americans, the disgruntled secessionists in-herit a Caribbean Island, and the rest of the country gets back to work compromising and getting the United States back on track, minus a few hundred thousand malcon-tents.
Let’s just hope Donald Trump and his hair are among the secessionists.
the Gill letter again - the public should take the heat for the damage that is caused by primarily pas-senger vehicles.
Also it is how we drive all the time trying to avoid potholes because this causes our tires to bounce and cre-ate the next pothole in line and mess up our front end
alignment, then add to this the empty trucks that drive faster than needed and they bounce even more than the cars.
Do I want higher taxes? Absolutely not. I am an average homeowner in the city and am not associated with any business but we the public must be reasonable with businesses because if
we stick it to them then they will move away along with the jobs that they provide and associated taxes that they pay.
Then where does the tax base money come from? You got it, we will get a far bigger tax bill. This is a case of damned if you do and damned if you don’t.– Fred Dawn
It must have been some great holiday dinner. Fortunately, I have managed to block that one completely out of my memory bank, so I can’t speak from personal experi-ence.
Another family tradition that died a very slow and painful (for us) death was my mother’s notion that cooked celery could be considered a real vegetable. Thankfully, she served it only on holidays. And there were enough other heaping plates of food on the table that we could say, “Sorry, Mom, there’s no room on my plate. I’ll get it in the next round.”
Years later, my sister and I finally worked up the nerve to ask our mother what in the
world inspired her to think that boiled celery was a viable alternative to your standard, everyday, leafy green veggies. She didn’t know, Mom replied in a slightly testy tone, but nobody had ever complained about it before.
Of course, we watched the Macy’s parade in the morning and all the football games, including several reruns, that we could stomach in one day. For those who are too young to remember the “dark ages” of television, we only had a few channels to choose from and many games were blacked out for later viewing. Dad didn’t care if he already knew the final score – it was the Rams game, for goodness sakes!
After dinner, Dad would always end the day snoring
loudly on the couch (watch-ing the above-mentioned Rams game) while my sister and I attempted to clean up the disaster area that previ-ously had been our kitchen. We’d slide the pocket door closed between the kitchen and dining room and harmo-nize at the top of our lungs to old songs from the 1930s and 40s. (Don’t even ask . . . they were old back then, too.)
I never even held it against Marilyn when she tried to electrocute me by dunk-ing my left hand in soapy dishwater while wrapping my wet right hand around the handle of a deep-fryer basket. And yes, it was plugged in at the time.
I guess I’m just lucky that one never developed into a family tradition.
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with 600 items. On Tuesday, distribution day,
the food bank got five palettes of turkeys delivered to the center. About 50 volunteers were on hand to serve the families.
People are still calling to drop off donations to Torklift Central, so there could be more money coming in.
Last year the Turkey Challenge collected more than $10,000 and helped about 950 families for Thanksgiving.
All the participants in this year’s challenge are listed at www.torkliftcentral.com/turkey.
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Sizemore, a Kent fire-fighter and former Cov-ington City Councilman, is making his first run for a state office. Hargrove, a Boeing instructor pilot and Air Force veteran, led by just 91 votes over Sizemore when the first results were released on election night Nov. 6 before increasing his lead over the next 10 days. Hargrove is seeking a second, two-year term.
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The city of Des Moines has expanded its use of Automated Speed Enforce-ment (ASE) cameras to catch drivers speeding through school zones.
In October 2011, the city installed the cameras in the school zone along the northbound and southbound lanes of 16th Avenue South in front of Woodmont Elementary School.
The city chose Woodmont after speed studies showed an average of 100 to 130 speeding violations during peak pick-up and drop-off times dur-ing the day, according to a Des Moines Police media release.
To create a safer school zone for children, the speed cameras only op-erate on school days when the flashing beacon warning system is operat-ing, which is also part of the safety program before and after school: 7:40-8:20 a.m. and 2:40-3:10 p.m.
Due to an 82 percent reduction in the number of motorists speeding through the Woodmont Elementary school zone, the Des Moines City Council approved in June to continue the Automated Speed Enforcement Program.
The council also approved the expan-sion of the program along 24th Avenue South in front of Midway Elementary and Pacific Middle School. The city chose this second site after conducting another comprehensive speed study in February, which showed an average of about 100 speed violations per day. This school zone also has a flashing beacon warning system indicating the school zone is active.
Cameras were installed in October in the school zone along the north-bound and southbound lanes of 24th Avenue South in front of the schools. The speed cameras will only oper-ate on school days when the flashing beacon warning system is operating before and after school: 7:35-8:15 a.m. and 2:35-3:05 p.m.
During an initial 30-day introduc-tory and public education period, the city will issue warning notices, but no monetary penalty to the registered owner of any vehicle photographed while speeding. Actual enforcement and the issuance of notice of infrac-tions will start on Jan. 2.
The penalty for speeding in a school zone is $210, according to an email
from Bob Bohl, Des Moines Police spokesman. The fine goes to $250 if the vehicle is going more than 11 mph over the 20 mph zone.
Revenue generated from the School Zone Safety Program pays for the equipment, payments to the contractor and covers the city’s cost of running the program (i.e. officer’s time to review the violations and court time to process).
The remaining revenue will go into a dedicated Traffic Safety Fund for projects such as sidewalks along iden-tified school walking routes, crosswalk enhancement projects, street signage, enforcement initiatives, traffic calm-ing equipment such as driver feedback signs, implementation of flashing bea-con warning systems in other school zones, and other safety projects aimed at enhancing pedestrian safety—par-ticularly in and around schools in our community.
Des Moines has contracted with American Traffic Solutions Inc. (ATS), which provides road safety programs for nearly 300 communities across North America. More information about ATS is available at www.atsol.com.
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State Sen. Joe Fain, R-Auburn, spent Tuesday morning on campus at Kent-Meridian High School as part of the Kent School District’s “Principal for a Day” event.
Th e event placed com-munity leaders in the classroom to experience a school day from the per-spective of students, teach-ers and administrators.
“Th e Principal for a Day event was an excellent op-portunity to get a fi rsthand view of classrooms alive with students as diverse as the topics they studied,” said Fain, who serves on the Sen-ate Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee, in a
media release. “I was pleased to see the true passion for education on campus where instructors use leading technology to aid innovative learning. While we work to improve our public schools, we must not ignore the amazing things students and teachers are already accom-plishing together.”
Th e inaugural “Princi-pal for a Day” event, held during National Education Week, demonstrated the demands for operating
a successful school. Th e Kent district welcomed four distinguished guests into its schools from local businesses, the Offi ce of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Fain, who is a leader on education issues in the state Senate where he represents Kent, Auburn and Covington in the 47th Legislative District.
“Principal leadership is central to the school im-
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Kent-based Oberto Brands, a national leader in the meat snacks category and maker of Oh Boy, Oberto! jerky line, announced Nov.
14 the company will open a new production facility in Nashville, Tenn. in the fi rst half of 2013, bring-ing hundreds of jobs to the area.
Th e new facility will join Oberto’s existing production facility at its
headquarters in Kent, and is being added to help keep up with rap-idly growing demand for Oberto’s products, which has doubled over the last few years, according to a company media release.
“Aft er seeing tremendous growth over the past few years, we now need to signifi cantly increase our production capabilities,” said Tom Ennis, CEO of Oberto Brands, which operates three
core brands including Oh Boy, Oberto!, Lowrey’s Meat Snacks and Pacifi c Gold Beef Jerky. “We chose Nashville as the location
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Torklift Central received the city’s award for the 2012 Kent Green Business of the Year.
Company offi cials ac-cepted the award at the Tuesday Kent City Council meeting.
“Th e city of Kent looks for businesses that have a strong recycling rate, buys recycled materials and re-duces recycled products,” said Wilder Environmen-tal Consulting president Sam Wilder. “Torklift Central has displayed all of the above.”
Over the past couple years; Torklift Central has been improving their facility to become a more
environmentally responsi-ble business, according to a company media release.
“To achieve this award we really turned the house upside down,” said Torklift Central general manager Matt Lynch. “We retrofi t-ted the lighting to more economical lights, produced recycled and recyclable products, produced prod-ucts geared toward green vehicles that are made out of 85 percent recycled materi-als and have created a heft y recycling program through-out our organization.”
To be nominated for Kent Green Business of the Year, a company must demon-strate six waste prevention activities. Recycle at least sixty percent of solid waste,
use at least six recycled products, and conduct at least two activities that in-volve employees, customers, suppliers and/or the general public in preventing waste, recycling and using recycled products.
Torklift Central pre-vents waste by reducing unwanted mail, makes double-sided copies, reuses packaging materials and offi ce supplies, purchases in bulk, circulates or posts one copy of memos and reports, and uses durable, reusable and rechargeable products.
Th e business uses re-cycled products like card-board boxes, garbage bags, toilet paper, presentation
Kent names Torklift Central Green Business of the Year
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for Oberto’s new produc-tion facility because of its great business climate and incredible workforce; we look forward to partnering with this dynamic, grow-ing city to help us diversify our supply chain and get closer to the fastest growing region of our business.”
The new facility will help continue to ensure that, unlike many of the large meat snack producers, all of Oberto’s U.S. products are made in the U.S. to
guarantee only the high-est quality and production standards, as well as to support the U.S. manufac-turing industry. Oberto is continuing its commitment to Made in the USA started in 2010 when the company brought its manufacturing capabilities back to the U.S., from Brazil, creating nearly 300 jobs.
“I would like to welcome Oberto Brands to Tennes-see and thank them for the jobs they will create in the Nashville area,” Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam said.
“It speaks volumes of Ten-nessee’s business friendly environment and qualified workforce when a new company and nationally known brand chooses to locate in our state.”
The facility is being leased by Oberto and will open in the second quarter of 2013. Over the next few years, the new facility will bring approximately 310 new jobs to the area ranging from plant director to line workers. For more information go to www.obertobrands.com.
[ OBERTO from page 9] folders, wood pallets, steel, aluminum and copper wire. Torklift Central recycles pallets, oils, CFL Tubes, batteries, paper, metals and wood debris.
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provement process and this event provided our commu-nity leaders a chance to see first-hand the great things happening along with
the opportunities in our schools,” said Kent School District Superintendent Edward Lee Vargas. “Thank you to the community lead-ers for participating, and I look forward to continuing to develop partnerships as we work together to suc-cessfully prepare all students for their futures.”
Kent-Meridian is one of the most diverse schools
in the state, with students from more than 100 coun-tries speaking 71 different languages.
The Kent-Meridian campus also houses the Kent School District’s Technology Academy.
The academy provides students with the op-portunity to integrate the latest technology into their studies.
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and the University of Wash-ington Board of Trustees.
The alliance’s 13 trustees, who include the five hospi-tal district commissioners, oversee the medical operations of Valley Medical. The hospital commission is responsible for overseeing the public assets of the hospital and the property taxes that support it.
However, the hospital commission majority changed with the election of Joos in the 2011 general election to replace Don Ja-cobson on the board. Joos, along with commissioners Anthony Hemstad and Dr. Aaron Heide, voted to pursue the lawsuit against UW Medicine.
Heide and Hemstad voted against forming the alliance, which had under-gone months of legal review and public discussion.
The legal team for UW Medicine filed the univer-sity’s response on Nov. 15, pointing out that two state statutes authorize such strategic alliances and the sharing of responsibilities was “carefully structured” in the agreement.
“In this lawsuit, the dis-trict now seeks to back out of its contractual obliga-tions simply because a cur-rent majority of its commis-sioners has taken a different view of the agreement,” the university’s lawyers wrote in their response.
“However, the district is legally bound to comply with the terms of the agree-ment it signed,” they wrote.
The hospital district’s
attorney, Bruce Disend, couldn’t be reached for comment.
In the hospital district lawsuit, Disend and Philip Talmadge, who also signed the lawsuit, are seeking a declaratory judgment from a judge that entering the stra-tegic alliance was beyond the power of the hospital district commissioners.
“The district has standing to bring this action because its rights and legal relations and those of its citizens are adversely affected by the
Strategic Alliance Agree-ment,” they wrote.
In a Nov. 16 letter to executives at Valley Medical Center, Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, CEO of UW Medicine, asked that everyone con-tinue “to dedicate their best efforts to the mission of improving health. The law-suit should not distract us from our important work to achieve the ‘Triple Aim’ of better care for individuals, better health for popula-tions, and reduction of per-capita costs.”
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OneMain Financial branch collecting food donationsREPORTER STAFF
OneMain Financial will provide Kent area residents and customers the op-portunity to support their local community during its Customer Appreciation Days through the rest of November.
The OneMain Financial branch at 25840 104th Ave. S.E. in Kent will collect
food donations until Nov. 30 to help support the mis-sion of Northwest Harvest Food Bank.
OneMain Financial’s col-laboration with NW Harvest Food Bank reflects the phil-anthropic and community-oriented mindset engrained in the Baltimore-based com-pany’s corporate culture, ac-cording to a company media release. Employees leverage their professional skills and experience by volunteering their time directly to non-profits and other community
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King County saw the fewest traffic deaths and homicides in more than 10 years in 2011, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s (KCME) Annual Report released Nov. 15.
There were 135 traffic deaths in 2011 compared to 150 in 2010. Homicides dropped to 54 in 2011 from 59 in 2010.
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Former Kentwood High star Demitrius Bronson found a new home at running back in Cheney with Eastern Washington University after starting his career at the University of Washington. COURTESY PHOTO
BY KRIS HILL
Demitrius Bronson’s football journey has been a long, winding road which has led him to Cheney.
Bronson, a 2008 Kent-wood High graduate, started out with a plan to play football at the University of Washington but in the fall of 2011 found himself at East-ern Washington University.
It probably could not have worked out better, yet when he made the decision to transfer to Eastern from Washington it could not have been harder.
In the fall of 2008, Bronson gray-shirted at Washington, so he was not on the roster during the fi nal season for coach Tyrone Willingham. While the tailback went to class, he watched the Huskies football program implode into a winless season.
“I had a lot of friends going there … I knew the class that was going there,” Bronson said. “I was just trying to think positive about the situation. I know they’ve got playmakers and it was just a matter of time.”
In the fall of 2009 Bronson was ready to step on the fi eld for new coach Steve Sarkisian and make his mark in the new era of Washington football.
“I just thought it was a great opportunity to kind of step in,” Bronson said. “I kind of saw it as a chance, an opportunity to get my career going.”
Before the season began Bronson wasn’t sure if Sarkisian planned to keep him on the roster. He got a call, though, inviting him to stay.
Th at doesn’t mean it was easy.
“Playing that year I felt a bit of pressure because I felt like I wasn’t their guy,” Bronson said. “I felt like I
had to do everything right. I felt like I had to go in and do everything right.”
He got some playing time that year, listed as a true freshman, but the game at the end of the season against rival Washington State may have been the beginning of the end of Bronson’s career at Washington.
Bronson recalled fum-bling twice in one drive against the Cougars in the Apple Cup.
“Th e opportunity was out the door,” he said. “When 2010 came around, I just felt
like for them to trust me as a tailback, that wasn’t there. Th en for me, the confi dence started going down.”
Bronson saw limited playing time in 2010 on special teams.
Aft er that, he made the diffi cult decision to transfer.
Bronson said he didn’t leave on a sour note, that there was not bitterness, it just seemed like he might fi t in better in another program.
Football wasn’t fun any-more. He told the coaching staff at UW he felt like his time there was up.
“It was one of the big-gest obstacles I had to go through in my entire life,” Bronson said. “I didn’t re-ally want to leave, but I did want to leave.”
Eastern Washington recruited him when he was a senior at Kentwood — he rushed for 1,405 yards his fi nal year playing for the Conquerors — and Bron-son said he’d had a good recruiting visit at that time. He knew some players on the Eagles team, including Aaron Boyce, who encour-aged Bronson to consider heading to Cheney.
Bronson gave the coach-ing staff at Eastern a call.
“Th ey didn’t hesitate at all,” Bronson said. “Th ey said, ‘Yeah, we’ll take you.’”
Still, leaving UW was hard. Bronson had to think about more than just what was best for him.
“I have family to think about, I have to think about my son,” Bronson said. “A lot of people just throw it out there, ‘I’m going to transfer.’ It’s something that you don’t want to go through. Th ere are a lot of factors that go into it.”
Bronson’s son is 18 months old now. His girlfriend is also attending Eastern. He said he’s grown up in a hurry since his son
Bronson finds Eastern better fit than UW
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was born. And his team-mates recognize he has different priorities.
Still, Bronson knew coming in this was a good chance to establish his football career again.
He knew when he stepped foot on campus he would come in lower on the depth chart. And the Eagles style of play is different from the Huskies.
At Washington, it’s all about powering through when running out of the backfield. At Eastern the focus is on speed and quickness.
His first season with the Eagles, he was playing fullback, a position he was not comfortable in.
That season was about getting back on the field, getting some playing time and some snaps.
But, he wanted to get the opportunity to back to tailback, the position he thrived at while playing at Kentwood.
“I talked to Coach (Beau) Baldwin afterward and said, ‘What can I do to solidify a spot at tailback,’” Bronson said. “He gave me some pointers, told me what to do. Basically that offseason, I lost 20 pounds. I went away that summer, I went to Arizona to work on my speed. I still need to get my
mind right, to get my body right.”
Bronson dropped from 225 to 205 pounds. He started working hard to move up on the depth chart heading into camp.
Then early in the season he injured his hamstring. The coaches saw it as a minor setback and told him to keep working hard.
His second game back things started working out for him. He got into the ro-tation in the backfield then ran all over the defense, rushing for more than 100 yards on 13 carries.
Proving himself still isn’t always an easy task, though. Eastern has two excellent quarterbacks and a receiver corps that the offense hinges on. Its running game is secondary. All the backs, Bronson said, have a friendly rivalry with wideouts as they try to prove they can put up numbers, too, and demon-strate the Eagles have a well-rounded offensive attack.
Whatever the Eagles are doing is working. Eastern was ranked sixth in the country in the Football Championship Series after a win Nov. 10 over UC Davis. Bronson had two touch-downs and 82 yards on the ground in that game.
As the post-season ap-proaches, Bronson is con-fident the team can make another run at a national
title.Bronson is listed as a
junior, so, he has one more year of eligibility left. That means that no matter how the season ends for Eastern he still has more time to prove himself.
Eastern, which got the automatic berth into the Football Championship Series playoffs, will play its first post-season game Saturday, Dec. 1, against the winner of this Saturday’s first-round matchup be-tween Colgate and Warner.
Someday, if he doesn’t land in the NFL or Cana-dian Football League, Bron-son would like to go into law enforcement. His big dream is to either become a SWAT officer or a member of the Secret Service.
Wherever he goes after his time at Eastern is over, he is thankful for what he learned at Kentwood and what’s he found in Cheney.
“Coming into high school, I only had played football a couple years, so I didn’t really know my place,” Bronson said. “My grades were really bad coming out of junior high. They kind of took me under their wings, the whole (coaching) staff, and helped me with my grades and made me a hard worker. I felt like I had that in me. I look back at high school and I get kind of mad. I didn’t know I was that guy. I guess they saw
that in me and they tried to push the envelope.”
Kentwood coach Rex Norris was a teacher in the classroom, a father figure and supporter. If Bronson needed new shoes, for
example, Norris helped him get a job to pay for them. What Norris and the Kent-wood football coaching staff did, Bronson said, was “shaping me into the kind of man I am today.”
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CITY OF KENTNOTICE OF ORIGINAL ASSESSMENT LOCAL
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 363
Notice is hereby given that the Assessment Roll for Local Improvement District (LID) No. 363, for the construction of improvements beginning at the intersection of East Valley High- way and S. 224th Street via S. 218th/216th Street, terminating at the intersection of Benson Road and S. 216th, as provided by Ordinance No. 3896; and levying and assessing a part of the costs and expenses thereof against the lots, tracts, parcels of land and other property as shown on the assessment roll, all as provided by Ordinance No. 4051, is now in my hands for collection and any assessment or any por- tion of any assessment may be paid at any time within thirty (30) days of and after the date of the first publication, to-wit with- in thirty (30) days of November 16, 2012, at the Office of Finance, Customer Services, Centennial Center, 400 W. Gowe St., Kent, Washington, 98032.
Any assessment or any portion of any assessment remaining un- paid at the expiration of the thirty (30) day prepayment period specified above will be paid in fifteen (15) equal installments and with interest at an estimated rate of four point five percent (4.5%) per annum. Dated this 16th day of Novem- ber, 2012.
R. J. NachlingerFinance DirectorCity of Kent, Washington
Published in the Kent Reporter on November 16, 2012 and No- vember 23, 2012. #703160.
In the Superior Court of the State of Washington
In and for the County of KingMARIKA KAJARI, a married woman, and JACK JOHNSTON, a married man, individually, and the marital community composed of MARIKA KAJARI and JACK JOHNSTON, Plaintiffs,
vs.
A&C GLASS, INC., a Washing- ton for profit corporation; A & C GLASS SERVICE CO., a Wash- ington for profit corporation; A&C GLASS SERVICE, INC., is believed to be a Washington for profit corporation; A&S GLASS, a company of unknown character but believed to be a Washington for profit corpora- tion; A&C GLASS SERVICE CO., is believed to be a dba of A&C GLASS, INC., believed to be a Washington for-profit corporation; A&C GLASS SER- VICE CO., is believed to be a dba of A&C GLASS, a business of unknown character but be- lieved to be a Washington for- profit corporation; DOE BUSI- NESS ENTITIES 1-10, of un- known business character; DAN- IEL LUPASTEAN and “JANE DOE” LUPASTEAN, individual- ly, and as husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof; and DANIEL LULPAS- TEAN and “JANE DOE” LU- PASTEAN, individually, and as husband and wife, and the mari- tal community composed thereof, Defendants.Case No. 12-2-29347-3 KNT
SUMMONS The State of Washington to the said A&C GLASS, INC.; A & C GLASS SERVICE CO.; A&C GLASS SERVICE, INC.; A&S GLASS; A&C GLASS SER- VICE CO.; A&C GLASS; DOE BUSINESS ENTITIES 1-10; DANIEL LUPASTEAN and “JANE DOE” LUPASTEAN, individually, and as husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof; and DANIEL LULPASTEAN and “JANE DOE” LUPASTEAN, individual- ly, and as husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty (60) days after the date of the first publica- tion of this summons, to wit, within sixty (60) days after the 26th day of October, 2012, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiffs Marika Kajari and Jack Johnston, individually, and the
marital community composed of Marika Kajari and Jack Johnston, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for plaintiffs Marika Kajari and Jack Johnston, at their office below stated; and in case of your failure to do so, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. This cause of action arises fromnjuries Plain- tiffs suffered following a motor vehicle collision, cause number 12-2-29347-3 KNT. DORE DEUTSCHER LAW GROUP, PLLCRiley S. Lovejoy, WSBA #41448James J. Dore, WSBA #22106Ann R.Deutscher,WSBA #16872Attorneys for Plaintiffs1122 West James Street Published in Kent Reporter on October 26, 2012, November 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2012. #694875
NOTICE OF APPLICATIONand Proposed Determination of
Nonsignificance An Environmental Checklist was filed with City of Kent Planning Services on November 5, 2012.The City of Kent expects to issue a Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) for the proposal and the Optional DNS Process is being used. This may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts of the proposal and asso- ciated mitigation measures. The proposal may include mitigation measures under applicable codes, and the project review process may incorporate or require miti- gation measures regardless of whether an EIS is prepared. A copy of the subsequent threshold determination for the specific proposal may be obtained upon request. Following is a descrip- tion of the application and the process for review. The application and listed studies may be reviewed at the offices of Kent Planning Services, 400 W. Gowe Street, Kent, WA.APPLICATION NAME/NUMBER: K-PW 640 PRESSURE ZONE IMPROVEMENTSENV-2012-31, #RPSA-2123634
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This City of Kent Public Works project consists of improvements to the 640 Pressure Zone neces- sary to rectify low water pres- sures within higher elevation ar- eas on the East Hill of Kent. Im- provements include approximate- ly 5,650 lineal feet of new trans- mission mains (16” and 10”), 1,000 lineal feet of new dis- charge mains (16”), 10,250 lineal feet of distribution main im- provements (8” and 12”),500 lin- eal feet of large pressure re- ducing valve stations(PRVs), 1,500 individual PRVs, 20 zone isolation valves, one new pump station, and one pump station replacement. These improvements are expect- ed to be completed within five to ten years, depending on available resources and funding. Zoning includes public right-of- way, utility easements, and properties within the following districts SR-6 Single Family Res- idential, MR-M Medium Density Multifamily, SR-8 Single Family Residential, MR-G Gar- den Density Multifamily, SR-4.5 Single Family Residential, SR-3 Single Family Residential, as well as right-of-way within the City of Auburn. Generally, the improvements are within or near the boundaries of the 640 pressure zone. Please contact Planning Services for map information, 253-856-5454. The majority of the improve- ments are within right-of-way, easements, private property, and city-owned property (parcel numbers 322205-9001 and 322205-9205). In addition, the two pump station locations are 11302 SE 236th Pl and 12019 SE 288th St. OTHER PERMITS AND PLANS WHICH MAY BE
REQUIRED: Right-of-way use permits, building permits, me- chanical permits, tank permitsOPTIONAL DETERMINATION:As the Lead Agency, the City of Kent has determined that the proposed project, as regulated by the City’s development codes and stan- dards, is unlikely to have a significant adverse impact on the environment. Therefore, as permitted under the RCW 43.21C.110, the City of Kent is using the Optional Determination of Nonsignificance process to give notice that a DNS is likely to be issued. Comment periods for the project and the proposed DNS are integrated into a single comment period.A 14-day appeal period will follow the issuance of the DNS.PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURES: NonePUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: November 23, 2012 to December 7, 2012All persons may comment on this application. Comments must be in writing and received in the Kent Planning Division by 4:30 P.M., Friday, December 7, 2012, at 220 4th Avenue South, Kent WA 98032. For questions regarding this project, please contact Katie Graves, Senior Planner at (253) 856-5454.DATED: November 23, 2012 Published in Kent Reporter on November 23, 2012. #706897
CITY OF KENTNOTICE OF APPLICATION
A Shoreline Substantial Devel- opment Permit Application has been filed with City of Kent Planning Services. Following is a description of the application and the process for review. The application and listed studies may be reviewed at the offices of Kent Planning Services, 400 W. Gowe Street, Kent, Washington.
APPLICATION NAME/NUMBERS: PEGASUS STORAGE BUILDINGSMA-2012-5 KIVA #RPSP-2123696
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The applicant proposes to installa 5,300 square foot storage build- ing next to an existing warehouseand office building. The storagebuilding will be placed in apaved area that previously con-tained a covered outdoor storagearea, and will be used to store raw materials such as pallets,aluminum, steel and cardboard.The proposed storage buildingwas already constructed withouta permit in June 2012, and the applicant is now filing permitsin response to code enforcementaction. The subject parcel’s northboundary abuts the Green Riverand the 100-year floodplain, butno work is proposed within the floodplain. The zoning is M2, Limited Industrial. The subject propertyis located at 7404 South 262ndStreet and is identified by King County Parcel Number0200000115.OTHER PERMITS AND PLANS WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED: Building Permit,Flood Zone PermitPUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: November 23, 2012 to December 24, 2012 All persons may comment on this application. Comments mustbe in writing and received inKent Planning Services by 4:30 P.M., Monday, December 24,2012 at 220 4th Avenue South,Kent WA 98032. For questionsregarding this project, pleasecontact Erin George, SeniorPlanner, Kent Planning Services,at (253) 856-5454.Dated: November 23, 2012Published in the Kent Reporteron November 23, 2012. #707185
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There is still plenty of time to dig in the garden before winter buttons things up and as long as the ground is not frozen solid you can transplant roses, move de-ciduous shrubs that have lost their leaves and add spring blooming bulbs that you find for bargain prices at home centers and garden stores.
Why not go for a whole new look this spring and plant some unusual bulbs now for novelty blooms in a few months? Here’s my vote for bulbs with personal-ity that do well in Western Washington:
Allium or flowering onion
This is not the blooming onion you’ll be served at a res-taurant - but these onions are a treat for the eyes. Alliums look
like something from outer space when in bloom, which explains why a gardener once
asked where to find “Alien bulbs” with the big round spheres for blooms.
Tall and dramatic when they flower in May and June, the starry blooms dry and persist most of the summer on tall stems. It has been become quite fashionable in some English gardens to use spray paint to add some color to the faded blooms of Al-liums - bright silver the color of choice in one show garden
we toured. Plant the big alliums 6 to 8
inches deep in a spot where they will get full sun. If you have bulbs that disappear from rodents and deer, give alliums a try - the onion scent is a great pest repellent.
Fritillaries
Another deer and rodent resistant bulb with un-usual blooms on tall stems, frittalaria comes in many varieties - all a bit weird and wonderful looking. The Crown Imperial Frittalaria has up to 10 clustered flow-ers hanging from a center whorl like umbrellas turned upside down.
A smaller variety, fritil-laria melagria is called the checkered lily or guinea hen flower because the bell-shaped
blooms are bi-colored in a pattern that resembles a chess board - or the chest of a guinea hen if you happen to be famil-iar with chickens. This is a bulb you’ll want to enjoy as a cut flower, up close and personal.
Mount Hood daffodils
Who could resist a daffodil named after a mountain? The snow on top of Mount Hood in Oregon inspired the nam-ing of this delightful daffodil that blooms with a pale yel-low trumpet that soon turns to glistening, snow white as the flower matures. What I really like about Mount Hood daffodils is that the white blooms last longer than traditional yellow daffodils.
Rock Garden tulips
These short stemmed
tulips are more properly called species tulips and they are originally from the Mediterranean so they prefer a spot where the soil will be warm and dry in the summer - in our climate, that means plant them in a raised bed rock garden. Species tulips such as Tulip kaufmanniana ‘Ice Stick” and Tulip clusiana ‘Lady Jane” come with two-toned petals that appear as if bold stripes of pink or red paint had been applied to the creamy white flowers.
“Pinocchio” with a long pointed nose - I mean bud, blooms in yellow and red and Tsar Peter has fabulous blooms yellow at the base, then feathered out cream, pink and red - really a royal flower fit for a king - or Russian Tsar.
You can find all of these unusual bulbs at local nurs-eries just sitting in open bins, waiting for you to bag up and take home. There is still time to order bulbs from mail order houses or online bulb growers but don‘t wait much longer.
It’s time to plant bulbs - can spring be far away?
Marianne Binetti has a de-gree in horticulture from Wash-ington State University and is the author of “Easy Answers for Great Gardens” and several other books. For book requests or answers to gardening ques-tions, write to her at: P.O. Box 872, Enumclaw, 98022. Send a self-addressed, stamped en-velope for a personal reply. For more gardening information, she can be reached at her web-site, www.binettigarden.com.
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Pink-Tastic Event Raises Funds to Provide Mammograms for 100At-Risk Women in Need
One hundred high-risk women in need will receive mammograms thanks to a partnership between Valley Medical Center’s GLOW program and The Seattle Thunderbirds hockey team. Now in its second year, “Pink the Rink” raised $15,000 for Valley’s Breast Center to provide life saving mammograms and breast education for disadvantaged women.
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