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Th e city of Kent this sum-mer will install $1.7 million worth of new synthetic turf on the popular Wilson Play-fi elds baseball, soft ball and soccer complex.

Th e City Council voted 5-2 on April 1 to approve the contract to replace the turf at the complex along 132nd Av-enue Southeast. City offi cials will close the park May 12 to install FieldTurf and reopen it in August.

Council members Bill Boyce and Les Th omas voted against the motion aft er longtime Kent resident Brad Martin, a repre-sentative of Sprinturf, testifi ed during public comment at the

council meeting that the city will pay as much as $200,000 more by going with FieldTurf.

“I would simply like to contend that the Parks Com-mittee decision to procure FieldTurf through a buying co-op without soliciting other prices from compet-ing manufacturers, includ-ing Sprinturf, is a colossal mistake and will potentially result in spending as much as $200,000 more in taxpayer money than is necessary for this turf replacement,” Martin said.

Th e council’s Parks Committee approved the FieldTurf agreement 3-0 prior to the full council vote.

City to install new turf in summer at Wilson Playfields

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A Kent City Council committee unanimously approved funding on Monday for three neighbor-

hood traffi c calming programs.Th e action comes just a month

aft er the council had cut the proj-ects from receiving business and occupation (B&O) tax revenue.

But city staff discovered that

the street operating fund had more money in it than expected, enough to cover the $250,000 needed to install traffi c circles to slow traffi c in one neighborhood and speed bumps in the other

two. Work is expected to begin this summer and be fi nished by the start of school in the fall.

Council President Dana Ralph asked staff at the Public Works Committee meeting where the

$250,000 came from.“I checked with our fi nance de-

partment on that question,” Public Works Director Tim LaPorte said.

Council committee OKs neighborhood traffic calming funds

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School board seeks public input on program restorationBY ROSS COYLE

[email protected] you want to have input

into how the Kent School District will spend your tax dollars, now is the time.

Th e school board has cre-ated open forums for public input into what programs to restore over the next several

months. Th e recently passed four-year levy has allowed the board opportunities to restore programs lost during past budget reductions.

Community and staff can provide input at two hear-ings:

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Kent’s Jeremy Tran, a chem-istry and biochemistry double major at the University of Washington, is a Barry Goldwa-ter Scholar.

Tran recently was awarded the Barry M. Goldwater schol-arship, a prestigious national scholarship off ered to high-achieving science majors.

Th e scholarship – through the

Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education program – is highly selective and merit-based and is awarded to students in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fi elds that have a potential for a career in research in those fi elds.

Tran supports a 3.98 GPA and will graduate in spring 2015. He graduated from Kent-Meridian High School in 2012

as valedictorian and earned his associates degree from Green River Community College through Running Start.

Tran is the son of Dat and Felessa Tran.

Elsewhere In support of education

in Western Washington, BECU has awarded com-munity grants to 46 local schools. Th is year marks the 13th year that BECU has awarded over $100,000 in community grants to support education projects that help promote student excellence. Of this money, $10,798 went to Kent schools. ...

Kent School District was awarded $492,525 in Race to the Top grants this year to support teacher training in STEM. Th e district is partnering with the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy’s Problem-Based Learning Network (IMSA-PBLN) to provide profes-sional development to 128 teachers.

Th e grant also supports teachers to develop a dis-trict “library” of exemplary Problem-Based Learn-ing units that have been fi eld tested and revised by trained teachers.

Th e Kent School District is providing students at Kent-Meridian High School and Mill Creek Middle School with a taste of future technology careers through its Kent Technology Acad-emy. Th e program inte-grates STEM education for grades six through 12, oft en supported by partnerships with Microsoft , Boeing and other technology compa-nies. ...

Kent’s Sophia Wagner, an Auburn Mountainview senior, has been named one of more than 3,000 candi-dates for the U.S. Presiden-tial program. Candidates were elected from nearly 3.4 million students who are expected to graduate from U.S. high schools this spring.

Kent student is the recipient of prestigious science scholarship

Jeremy Tran, a Kent-Meridian graduate and double major at the University of Washington, received the Barry Goldwater Scholarship.

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Mack Basil, of Kent, takes a jump off a concrete feature at the Arbor Heights 360 Park in Kent during one of the beginning days of spring. Basil was among a dozens of skaters and bikers who hit the park for the fi rst warm, sunny day after months of rain made the park unusable. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter

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GOOD FRIDAY HOPE FOR HOMELESSNESS WALKKentHOPE invites the public

for a Good Friday Journey to the Cross at 1:30 p.m. on

April 18. The walk will include prayer stations with pastors

and congregations leading scripture readings. The walk

will begin in Kaibara Park on First Avenue between West

Smith and West Meeker. The walk will continue to City Hall,

followed by a site location under consideration for a

24-hour center and shelter, and fi nally, end at Kaibara

Park. KentHOPE is organizing the walk to show concern for

the homeless and to bring attention to the three years

of eff ort to establish the KentHOPE Resource Center,

a 24-hour resource center and shelter in Kent. Kaibara Park is just

south of the Kent Metro Station. Carpooling and

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• April 16, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Kent-Meridian High School cafeteria, 10020 SE 256th St.

• April 22, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Kentwood gymnasium, 25800 164th Ave. SE, Cov-ington.

Th e district has seven programs and a single poli-cy up for discussion. Th ese include adding staff such as librarians, technology specialists and counselors to the tune of $4.43 million. Additional ideas included restoring middle school

baseball and fastpitch programs and implement-ing the Advancement Via Individual Determination program for high schools.

Th e board also faces a policy decision on whether to drop the district’s “pay to play” requirement for high school sports. Opening up athletics to all students would cost $267,000, but it also could improve teams and allow more low-income students to participate.

All said and done, the district could potentially spend $6 million on pro-

gram restorations out of the potential $8 million it will collect through the levy.

Th e programs will need to be phased in over several years to avoid eating up all of the levy funds at once, said Richard Stedry, chief business offi cer for the school district.

According to Stedry, taxpayer-approved addi-tional dollars available for program restorations will be limited to between $3 and $4 million per year.

Chris Loft is, school dis-trict spokesman, added:

“It has to be sequenced, not just fi nancially but on a programmatic level as well,” he said. “If you rein-state fi ft h-grade band and strings, do you do that in all 27 schools? Do you do that in only schools that don’t have the resources now? Every school has a slightly diff erent confi guration.”

Th e board also will be us-ing a survey tool to gather input. Th e district will

distribute an electronic and written survey to various stakeholders in the com-munity – teachers, support staff , parents, students and other groups – so they can rank the potential ideas as well as add their own. Th e electronic survey will link keywords for ideas and aggregate them to provide the district with a clearer view of what constituents suggest.

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Th e King County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors gave its unanimous support to an interlocal agreement (ILA) with the city of Kent that will expand the work being done on the Green River’s Russell Road Upper levee, the se-ries of levees that protect the Kent Valley.

“Th e Kent Valley is an important economic engine for our region,” said Reagan Dunn, chair-man of the Flood Control District that is overseen by the Metropolitan King County Council, in a March 31 county media release. “Th is project is il-lustrative of the proactive role the Flood District is taking to protect areas across King County from fl ood risks.”

Th e resolution adopted

by the board revises the ILA to re-set the project scope to cover the north and south reaches (sec-tions) of the Russell Road Upper Levee between river miles 19.25 and 20.4 and increases the maximum budget to $3.7 million for the improve-ment to the reaches.

“Th is is an important step forward to protect jobs and the economy in the Kent Valley,” said Supervisor Dave Upthe-grove, who represents the Kent Valley on the Flood District.

Th e Russell Road Upper levee is part of a system of levees originally built to provide fl ood risk reduction to farmland in the Kent Valley. Th ese now aging levees are pro-tecting $2.8 billion worth of urban structures and contents.

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Kent will buy the turf through the King County Di-rectors Association (KCDA), a purchasing cooperative that the city has been a member of since 1982.

Parks Director Jeff Watling told the council putting a project out to bid isn’t always the best way to go.

“A typical bid-type process presents some significant tradeoffs because how you define value in the product you’re getting is not

necessarily attributed to just the lowest cost,” Watling said. “The recommendation at Parks Committee is we recommended acquiring FieldTurf. We feel it is the best combination of price, quality, durability and reli-ability. We respect there are likely difference of opinions out there.”

Watling said other cities as well as school districts have used the KCDA co-op to purchase items. KCDA bids products and co-op members can purchase off the bid.

KCDA has a current contract with FieldTurf.

Other jurisdictions have had problems with Sprint-urf, Watling said.

“Why we are recom-mending to go with a prod-uct that perhaps is perhaps a little bit more expensive is in terms of consistency of installation and what we’ve heard from local jurisdic-tions about how Sprinturf was installed and other things, we felt as a critical investment for this commu-nity the additional dollars

it might cost to go with FieldTurf will pay dividends in the 10 to 12 year life of this turf,” Watling said.

Thomas and Boyce weren’t persuaded that one company was much better than the other.

“Sometimes we get into these really difficult decisions where you have apples and or-anges,” Thomas said. “But here I see two apples. Everything is the same except price. So from my standpoint, I have to go with price.”

Councilwoman Debo-

rah Ranniger said she had confidence the parks staff made the right decision with FieldTurf.

“Wilson Playfields is a high-impact field as we get hundreds of teams on there during the season and we really need to have a turf that’s going to last and really be durable,” Ranniger said. “I’m comfortable moving forward with this particular product because I think it will serve the test of time and hold up under the wear and tear and abuse it’s go-

ing to get from our highly popular programs.”

The council in Decem-ber approved an addi-tional $500,000 in the 2014 budget to help fund the turf replacement at Wilson Playfields. City officials will use another $800,000 for the field from the real estate excise tax and carryover money from previous years. The rest of the money will come from delaying im-provements at other parks.

Watling said all of the turf at the field will be replaced.

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“There are a couple of reasons. One is our income is slightly higher than expected because of (state) gas tax revenue and other dedicated sources that go to our street operating fund. The second reason is we were able to close the books for 2013 and we had more money than what we expected.”

Ralph said she talked ear-lier on Monday with Paula Barry, interim city finance director, and found out a similar answer.

“It’s my understanding our money from the fuel tax and utility tax both came in over budget,” Ralph said. “And there were a few projects that came in under the money al-located or were not done. The last one was $78,000 under budget from the street tree maintenance program.”

LaPorte said the city didn’t spend about $78,000 of the street tree fund, which totals about $250,000 per year.

Tom Brubaker, interim chief administrative officer, added that the 2013 budget came in stronger than an-ticipated.

“The 2013 budget came in with a large enough reserve so that we can deduct the $250,000 from that reserve (for the neighborhood traffic projects) and still have a sufficient reserve in place to carry over to start the 2014 fiscal year,” Brubaker said. “At the advice of our finance director, our reserves are still in very good shape even if we pull this $250,000 out.”

The council advised staff to try to find funds for the traffic calming projects after the council decided March 4 to remove the projects from

a street repair list funded by the B&O tax.

“The intention of that B&O from the council was always to do maintenance and work needed to be done on preservation projects,” Ralph said. “It was not part of that original plan to have traffic calming devices. I think some of the confusion came from public works (staff) presented us with a menu of options of projects that needed to be done not necessarily the proj-ects that were all related to the original intent of the B&O.

“It is the intent of this council to make our neigh-borhoods safer. And this is not found money by any stretch of the imagination. It was conservative budgeting and conservative spending that allowed us to pull the funds together to pay for these projects.”

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Q U O T E O F N O T E : “It is the intent of this council to make our neighborhoods safer. And this is not found money by any stretch of the imagination.”– Kent City Council President Dana Ralph, on funding for three neighborhood traffi c calming programs.

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From a poem, a foundation sprouts to make a difference

Keith Beach thinks of his daughter every day, a beautiful girl who was killed in a car accident nearly 23 years ago.

Jennifer Beach was an honors student at Redmond High School, a compassionate teen who was active at her church and in her community. Although she had a love and a fl are for fashion design and merchandis-ing, she had plans to pursue a career in law. She hoped to become the voice for those in social situations, especially those who needed urgent help.

Th at plea came early. One young girl, her shoulders badly bruised, caught Jennifer’s atten-tion. Suspecting child abuse, she contacted au-thorities but was told that little could be done unless the abuser was caught “in

the act” or more evidence surfaced beyond mere marks and contusions.

Frustrated, Jennifer wrote a cathartic poem about the little girl to meet an English assign-ment. Th at poem, “Bruised Inside & Out,” soon was published, distributed to school counseling offi ces and shared among agencies and others determined to stop domestic violence.

It was from his daughter’s inspirational poem that ultimately persuaded Keith Beach to follow his heart and discover a renewed purpose in life – helping others help them-selves. He established a not-for-profi t founda-tion that bears his daughter’s name in 2001.

Four years later, Keith Beach left a promo-tion and the corporate world to help shape the Jennifer Beach Foundation into what it is today – a community-based advocacy agency providing direct services to those caught in the throes of child abuse and domestic violence.

Th e foundation, with a new home in Kent, provides education, support and assistance to the greater community, including King and Pierce counties, for those, young and old, entangled in abusive situations.

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City would be foolish to ban marijuana sales

I admire the mayor and certain members of the City Council for their quixotic eff orts to eliminate marijuana from the city of Kent.

Having made it diffi cult for patients whose suff ering would be relived by their prescrip-tions, they now propose to ban any regulated legal retail sales within the city limits as well.

I would suggest that we put the issue to a vote, but we already have, and retail sales won. Kudos for usurping democracy and the will of the people.

However, it is my un-derstanding that a primary mission of the council is to promote new businesses. We have an opportunity here to open several, with a ready market sure to succeed. But Kent would rather not have these jobs, nor the B&O taxes, nor the rent of retail space, nor the related auxiliary business, sending this legal revenue to neighboring municipalities.

Toward what end? Today as I walked through

the streets of downtown I saw posters for a wine walk event endorsed by the city, so it can’t be to protect the citizens from recreational drug use.

I remember how earnestly (former) Mayor Jim White attempted to prevent the open-ing of a gay bar downtown. Th e bar opened anyway, and from the fi rst day until the last when its doors closed of their own volition, not one proph-

ecy of doom was fulfi lled.Within a few short years

Kent will again realize how foolish it has been on the issue of marijuana, so I propose an alternative slogan for the city. Instead of Bringing the World Home, I would suggest, Behind the Curve in the Green River, and perhaps as an offi -cial bird of the city, an ostrich, with its head in the sand.– Marshall Dunlap

Selling the par 3 golf course is a big mistake

Th e reasons for selling are the same reasons for keeping the par 3. Th e money from the par 3 will soon be gone, then what valuable asset will Kent then sell?

Th e par 3 sits on the Green River with stunning views of Mount Rainier. Do we need a better reason for keeping it?

Th e City Council should be working for the community, not developers. Let’s make the Riverbend Golf Complex part of the park system and protect a beautiful area for the citizens and future residents.

Kent does not need an (18-hole) golf course. We have more than enough of them without it, even if it is such a (fi nancial) loser. Th at is some-thing Kent could sell rather than a slogan.– Robert Sjolin

Services remain budget victims

Some of you have asked why I voted no on Prop 1 (to fund Metro Transit and roads).

I have many reasons. One is: why is it when cutting the bud-get, only services that benefi t people get cut?

Education. School lunches. Art. Mental health. Children services. Parks. Music in school. Transit. Work program. Child care. 911 services. Am-bulances. Police and fi re.

You get the idea. Every state I have lived in

cut these programs fi rst. Is it that we, as humans care

about humans, will pay to see these services not be cut?

Do our elected offi cials know our weakness and take advantage of our compassions? And target these programs?

And when the economy picks up, the taxes will stay. No sunset on these babies.

And still Boeing and Micro-soft get a free ride.

Does this seem fair to you?– Jodi Riker

Keith Beach has built a foundation named after his late daughter. The foundation provides education, advocacy and help to a community addressing issues of child abuse and domestic violence. MARK KLAAS, Reporter


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Eugenie “Jenny” L. CuthbertsonJenny was born January 31, 1933 in Germany and passed away

March 5, 2014 in Kent, WA.She is survived by her three daughters, Jeanette Morgan (Dave), her

granddaughters, Tashiana Morgan & Carissa Beaton (Mark) and great grandson, Kyle Beaton; daughter, Andree Baumann and daughter, Gail Wilkins.

Memorial Service to be held 1pm, Sunday, April 27, 2014 at Family of Grace Lutheran Church, 31317 124th Ave SE, Auburn, WA 98092.

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Rusanne Lea HylandRusanne Lea Hyland, 67, died at her home in Auburn, WA,

on March 24, 2014. Rusanne was born December 7, 1946, in Yakima, WA, to Almaria Fern (Wulff) and James Russell Hyland. She attended college at Central Washington State College in Ellensburg, graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree and her teaching certificate in 1969. During her 33-year teaching career, she mentored many young teachers, traveled to England on a teaching exchange and taught reading and math curricula to her colleagues around the Kent School District.

A celebration of her life will be held at 1 pm on April 12 at First Christian Church of Kent, 11717 SE 240th St, Kent WA 98064. Personal memories may be posted to Rusanne’s on-line guest book at www.yahnandson.com. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Rusanne L. Hyland Memorial Scholarship, c/o Green River Community College Foundation, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. WA, (www.greenriver.edu/about-us/foundation.htm) or to the Pediatric Interim Care Center, 328

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Superior Court of Washington County of King

In re: Charles Moon Petitioner, andVictoria Orga Respondent.No. 14-3-02179-1KNT

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parcel number 1253700430. The property is zoned M2, Limited Industrial. Comments are due for the above project by 4:30 p.m., April 25, 2014, to City of Kent Planning Services. For more information, contact Kent Planning Services at 220 Fourth Avenue S., Kent, WA 98032, Telephone: (253) 856-5454. Any person re- quiring a disability accommoda- tion should contact the City for more information. For TDD re- lay service, call 1-800-833-6388 or the City of Kent at (253) 856-5725.

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Jennifer died at age 17 shortly after she wrote the poem, but its powerful message lives on, reaching others who may be involved in abusive situations and helping organizations raise funds to deal with child

abuse and domestic vio-lence matters.

“Hopefully we could touch some other lives … maybe other kids who are experiencing similar things,” Keith Beach said of his daughter’s poem. “If, in any way, it would help them see that they are not alone

in what’s going on. If that helps them reach out to a teacher, to a grandparent, to somebody, to share their story, maybe it could lead to them and others getting some help.”

Keith Beach is a good man doing difficult work. It means long hours, major networking, frequent fundraising and relentlessly helping others solve crises.

To make it all work, his agency has found its niche over the years, fitting into the DV landscape that in-cludes many supporters and partners, city task forces and organizations, all working together for essentially the same thing – to respond, treat and prevent child abuse and domestic violence.

The problem is big, the need for help great.

Keith Beach and his foundation are making a difference, using a practi-cal touch and a variety of programs and services to help children, teens and adults.

“When they leave here there’s something they can take with them, something practical that they can start using,” he said of his foun-dation’s methods to heal.

To illustrate its reach and adaptability, the foundation is offering Kid’s Club classes at a confidential location in South King County. The goal of the 10-week program – designed to help children who have been raised in a domestic violent environ-

ment – is to decrease a child’s sense of isolation and teach skills that will help them break the cycle of violence that they could perpetuate if they aren’t helped.

Parents also gain a bet-ter understanding of the impact of domestic violence on their children and find ways to talk and listen to their children about their

experiences.The programs and

services are working. Good results are fulfilling. The foundation continues to make a difference in a tough business.

“It’s really a cool thing, something that Jennifer started,” Keith Beach said. “It’s turned out to be real rewarding in many ways.”

Share your time and talent The Jennifer Beach Foundation needs volunteers to provide assistance to victims of child abuse and domestic violence. Anyone with general clerical experience, fundraising, volunteer coordinating, computer skills and other areas of expertise are greatly appreciated.

To inquire or to learn more about the foundation, call 253-833-5366 or visit jnbfoundation.org.

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Kent Police arrested a man for investigation of malicious mischief aft er he fell through the roof of a house onto a porch.

Th e man told offi cers that he didn’t know anyone who lived in the home in the 300 block of Alder Lane and he was “only looking for a place to sleep,” according to the police report.

Th e incident started at about 6:29 p.m. April 1 when a witness called 911 to report a man trying to get into a Jeep parked and unoccupied in the 1300 block of South Central Avenue. Th e witness said the man became frustrated when the doors wouldn’t open.

Offi cers responded to the call and saw the man trying to open doors at a house along Alder Lane. Police eventually caught the man in the yard of the home.

Police asked the man if had been using meth and he said he was coming down from a high. When asked why he tried to break into the vehicle, the man said he did it so he could sleep in the Jeep. Offi cers than asked him if he knew it was illegal to enter a vehicle that wasn’t his.

“Yeah, I know, so what,” the man said.

ObstructingOffi cers arrested a

man for investigation of obstructing a public offi cer aft er he reportedly ran from police at about 12:43 a.m. March 30 in the 200 block of West Crowe Street.

A 911 caller reported that a man refused to leave a location and was associated with a white station wagon, according to the police report.

An offi cer saw the car and activated his emer-gency lights aft er the driver ran a stop sign. Th e vehicle headed northbound on Sec-ond Avenue South at a high rate of speed, turned east-bound on West Saar Street and then onto First Avenue

South where it parked just north of Willis Street.

Police watched the driver get out of the car and start to walk away. An offi cer yelled at the man to stop, but he kept walking. An-other offi cer who respond-

ed to the chase stopped the man near Willis Street and Railroad Avenue South.

Offi cers found out the man had taken the car from his girlfriend at the West Crowe address. Th e woman came to the location where police had the man and took the car back.

AssaultOffi cers arrested a man

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degree assault aft er he reportedly put a chokehold on his girlfriend during a dispute at about 1 a.m. March 29 inside a recre-ational vehicle parked at a self storage complex in the 8800 block of South 228th Street.

Witnesses called 911 to report a man and a woman arguing inside an RV, ac-cording to the police report.

Th e woman said she had

dated the man for about three months. She said he called her and begged her to come over for a visit be-cause he feared she would leave him.

Th e girlfriend showed up and saw the man drinking whiskey. She told police the man gets mean when he drinks, so she took the bottle from him and dumped out the contents.

Th at made the man mad, so he placed the woman in a headlock. Th e man denied to offi cers that he touched the woman. He said it did upset him when she poured out the whiskey.

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EventsSoutheast King County Coalition Against Trafficking (SEKCAT): 7 p.m. April 15, Kent Senior Center, Room 8, 600 E Smith St. SEKCAT is a division of Washington Engage, a nonprofit, grassroots organiza-tion, dedicated to stopping human traf-ficking in the Southeast King County area, including Auburn, Kent, Renton, Covington and Maple Valley. New members are wel-come. For more information, contact Linda at 253-630-4204 or [email protected].

Budget Restoration Public Hear-ings: 7-8:30 p.m. April 16, Kent-Meridian cafeteria, 10020 SE 256th St.; 7-8:30 p.m. April 22, Kentwood gymnasium, 25800 164th Ave. SE, Covington. The Kent School District Board of Directors seeks public input on what programs to restored by virtue of the voter-approved levy. Board also will be using a survey tool. Survey results and findings from each of the public hearings will be among the many important factors considered by the board in making budget decisions.

Sound Transit hosts neighborhood drop-in session: Noon-2 p.m. April 17, Lowe’s, 24050 Pacific Highway S. Meeting gives the public a chance to hear about alternatives for extending light rail service from SeaTac to Federal Way. For more infor-mation on the Federal Way Link Extension, please go to soundtransit.org/FWextension.

EasterSidewalk Sale and Easter Bunny: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. April 11; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. April 12; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. April 13, Kelly’s Gift Boutique, 23812 - 104th Ave. SE, Kent. Spring sale with Easter Bunny visit. 253-520-0051.

Spring Fling Celebration: 9 a.m.-noon, April 12, Lake Fenwick Estates, 24849 46th Ave. S., Kent. Join the community for an egg hunt, food and photos with the Easter Bunny. For more information, call 253-859-9090 or www.lakefenwickapts.com

Eggstravaganza: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. April 19, French Field Stadium, Kent-Meridian High School, 10020 SE 256th St. Vendors, games, food and fun for the family. Free. Visit www.souldoutkent.org for more information.

Easter egg hunt, scavenger hunt: 10 a.m.-noon, April 19, Kent Station shop-ping center, 417 Ramsay Way. The scavenger hunt for kids ages 7-12 is from 10 a.m. to noon. Pick up the first clue on the fountain stage in the plaza. The egg hunt for children ages 6 and younger goes from 10:30-11:30 a.m. on the lawn in front of Coldstone Creamery. Eggs are filled with candy, temporary tattoos, small toys and special offers from Kent Station merchants. Other free activities include face painting and coloring. For more info, visit kentstation.com. Kent Station’s Easter Egg Hunt is spon-sored in part by MultiCare of Kent. For more information, visit www.kentstation.com or contact Cynthia Tanis at 253-856-2301.

Egg Hunt: 10:30 a.m. April 19, Riverview Community Church, 4135 S. 216th St., Kent. More than 10,000 eggs, popcorn, cotton candy, carnival bouncer, 18-foot inflatable slide, pictures with the Easter Bunny and face painting. Free. For children up to fifth grade. For more information, call 253-872-8881, email [email protected] or visit www.rcckent.org.

BenefitsComputer Recycling Event: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. April 19, Meridian Elementary School,25621 140th Ave. SE, Kent. Items

being accepted: computers, monitors, printers, faxes; washer/dryers, refrigerators, water heaters; TVs, VCR’s, DVDs. Event is free. Sponsored by Meridian Elementary PTSA, which appreciates and accepts any donations. Proceeds from the recycled raw materials fund operations and benefit local charities, homeless shelters and food banks. For info, visit www.meridianelemptsa.org.

HealthApril Pools: 2-4 p.m. April 12, Kent-Meridian Pool, 25316 101st Ave. SE, Kent. Families can enjoy time at the pool where they will learn proper life-jacket fitting and use, drowning prevention strategies and rescue techniques in case of a water emergency. Free swim time and games.

Entertainment“A Little Princess” Theater Produc-tion: 1 and 6 p.m. April 12, Faith Church Auditorium, 25636 140th Ave. SE, Kent. The Garden Christian Co-op presents a theatrical production for the family. $3 suggested donation. Tickets available at the door. For more information, contact Laura Belvin at 253-874-0308 or [email protected].

Spring Prom: 7:30-9:30 p.m. April 15, Kent Senior Activity Center, ballroom, 600 E. Smith St. Stafford Suites hosts its second community dance, a fundraiser for the Kent senior lunch program. Hors d’oeuvres starts at 7; desserts served during a break from 8:15 to 8:30. Andy Burnett provides ball-room dance music. Tickets are available for any size lunch donation at the senior center. Tickets also available calling 253-856-5150 and making a donation by Visa/MasterCard.


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Kentridge’s Brad Foster, left, and Jake Philpott each placed in the top 16 in the WIAA Class 4A state championships last year. Philpott has set several school records. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter

BY ROSS COYLE

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From the moment a pole vaulter plants his pole, he has a mere matter of sec-onds to pull himself upside down, corkscrew his body away from the pole, and push off to launch himself over the bar.

It’s demanding enough for college students and Olympians, but some talented high schoolers such as Kentridge High School’s Jake Philpott and Brad Foster also pick up the poles each year to compete in one of the most unique track and fi eld events.

Philpott, a junior, and Foster, a senior, are leading pole vaulters for the Char-gers. Foster has a 12 feet, 6 inches personal record, and Philpott set school records in his freshman (11-9) and sophomore (13-3) years. He has cleared 13-6 so far this year, sixth best in 4A state this season. Both placed in the top 16 in the 2013 state championship meet.

“Jake’s always been incredibly good at pole vault,” says Foster. “I started and I was barely making opening height freshman year. He just caught on to it super fast. I remember we were always jealous as sophomores because he was always vaulting higher than us.”

Foster performed as a jumper for track programs

since fi ft h grade, but got into pole vault because many of his friends also were trying the event. Four years later and he’s the last one remaining as a vaulter.

Philpott has been vault-ing for only three years, but has serious competi-tive chops. He fi rst got into vaulting when coach Al Waltner, who pole vaulted at the University of Wash-ington in the late 1970s, encouraged new team members to consider it.

Philpott gave it a try and found he had a natural tal-ent for the event, setting a freshman school record.

“I had no idea what to expect from pole vaulting my freshman year,” Philpott says. “Waltner told me what the record was and I didn’t expect myself to actually do it, but then I ended up doing it and it was incred-ibly cool.”

Pole vaulting is a chal-lenging and highly coor-dinated sport for a high school student, and it car-ries a series of mental and physical challenges diff erent from most other track and fi eld events. Foster says that his biggest challenge this season is ironing out his form.

Th e pole must be planted perfectly. Th e vaulter must wait until just the pre-cise split second to swing himself up, push off the pole and clear the bar. It’s a combination of precise timing, raw athleticism and confi dence.

“You gotta be confi dent, because if you’re not confi -dent the pole will spit you right back onto the runway,” says Foster.

While Foster says his biggest challenge so far is working on his technique, he agrees with Philpott that the mental game is far more challenging.

“I think the hardest part is if you’re having an off day and your mentality is kind of off and you’re not getting to the pit,” says Philpott. “If the pole is just not rotating, you’re getting put back on the track.”

Getting outside of those head games is crucial dur-ing competition. Sometimes it requires the athletes to drop down to a smaller pole that will guarantee them the height they need.

“Once you make the fi rst bar, you feel pretty confi -dent and it just carries with you throughout the whole meet,” says Philpott.

Foster has made refi ning his technique the primary goal for this season.

“Right now I kind of muscle it up the pole,” he says, “but I need to get more disciplined in the techniques I use.”

When many high school-ers start, they use the pole to fl ing themselves over the bar, but professional tech-nique requires much more discipline. A vaulter must also swing his body up and simultaneously torque it to get as high as possible.

“For me right now it’s more learning the form,” Foster says.

In addition to pole vault-ing, Philpott is a wrestler and running back.

“Track’s my favorite sport out of all of them that I do, I just enjoy it,” he says.

Kentridge pole vaulters fly to new heights

K-M softball seeks elusive victoriesBY ROSS COYLE

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Th e Kent-Meridian High School Royals haven’t won a single fast-pitch soft ball game in four years, but coach Jennifer England hopes to buck that trend.

England has tempered expecta-tions for her young varsity team, which includes fi ve freshmen and two sophomores, and only one junior and four seniors for leadership.

England, in her second year with

the Royals, faces an uphill battle to break Kent-Meridian’s losing streak. It comes, she says, from a number of diff erent factors that are characteristic of Kent-Meridian’s location. Th is is her fi rst job coach-ing high school players, but she has been involved in soft ball for more than a decade, including three years at Kentridge from 1993 to 1995.

“I thought it would be fun to take a team that would be struggling and see what I could do with them,” she says, “because there’s not a lot of pressure to win.”

Without the pressure of a hugely successful program to take over, England has been able to instead

take her players and build them from the ground up, focusing on the basics of pitching and batting.

“My main challenge with Kent Meridian really is that none of them play outside of school, they do it more for fun,” she says. “Th e division we play in has really competitive players — we’re mostly outmatched.”

Her lineup consists of a seniors Cherry Alejo and Salina Boney who she says will provide the stability needed to bring the rest of the team together. Senior catcher Bertha Tulensru rounds out the upper class talent.

“Th ese are kids that only play for school,” England says. “And

Kent Little League doesn’t really exist for soft ball, so it makes it hard for them to go play. Neither of the middle schools in Kent do baseball or soft ball, which Auburn does.”

To help fi ght the experience gap, England opted to eliminate her junior varsity team and pool all her best players into the varsity squad. She hopes that by doing this she’ll have more time to develop fresh-men and sophomore players to be competitive by the time they reach their senior years.

Of these newcomers to the varsity team, England sees potential in sophomore center fi elder Lacey Williamson.

ROCKETS TOPPLE T-BIRDS

IN WHL PLAYOFFSThe Kelowna Rockets defeated

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crowd of 5,029 at the ShoWare Center to take a commanding

3-0 lead in their best-of-seven, second-round Western Hockey

League playoff series.The T-Birds played Kelowna in

Game 4 on Wednesday night at the ShoWare Center. Results

were unavailable at press time. If Seattle won, it plays Game 5

on Friday night at Kelowna.Taran Kozun and Jordon Cooke

faced 32 shots in the game. Kozun stopped 27 for Seattle,

getting the loss to even his playoff record at 4-4. Cooke is

now 7-1 in the playoff s this season after stopping 28 shots.

The Rockets took a 2-0 lead in the fi rst period and never

relinquished it.Ryan Olsen scored on a power

play at 19:39. Tyrell Goulbourne skated

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his footing and let loose a shot from the left faceoff circle that

made it past Kozun.Seattle scored on its fi rst shot

of the second period, coming at 4:12. Ethan Bear ripped a slap shot as he attempted to keep

the puck in the zone. The puck trickled through

Cooke’s pads for the T-Birds’ fi rst goal of the night.


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Spring fever can strike at any stage in life, but when it comes to learning how to grow your own food, the earlier you catch this fever, the better you’ll feel.

First-time farmers or “gardening virgins” can enjoy planting the fi rst seeds of success by avoid-ing the seeds altogether. Skip ahead and go di-rectly to a potted plant, or plant an already produc-ing blueberry shrub, a pot of strawberries or add some spice by having your pizza delivered from a box – of fresh tomatoes and herbs.

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You no longer need fl exible fi ngertips or well-worked soil to get your garden started.

Plantable peat pots are a new green technology that produces locally grown seedlings from a company called Bonnie Plants. You can fi nd the plantable pots and a wide variety of herbs and vegetables in racks at local retail outlets off ered at competitive prices that all but guarantee an instant garden.

Virgin gardeners won’t miss out on the honeymoon stage of gardening because not only do the larger plants off er a head start in the bed, but the container itself goes directly into the ground and decomposes. Th ere is no shock to the roots and no plastic pot to fi ll up the landfi ll.

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peat pots into container gardens or window boxes, making these vegetable starts perfect for micro farming – that would be growing edibles on a bal-cony or tiny patio.

For more information on where to fi nd these plantable pots at local retailer, go to www.bonnie-plants.com

A berry good place to start

Don’t like beans, spinach or even tomatoes? Many kids and some adults prefer berries over Brus-sels sprouts. Th e fi rst rule of home farming is to grow what you love to eat – then harvesting will always be a joy.

Luckily strawberries, blueberries and raspberries grow better here in Western Washington than almost any place else in the world. If you have the room and energy to grow a row of raspberries in the ground, then grow for it. Otherwise, start small and invest in a pot of already planted strawberries.

Certain varieties like the compact Tristan strawber-ries are happy in pots and once you take them home you only need to continue to water.

Now, for the most nutri-tion and the least amount of work – plant blueberries.

Not only do blueber-ries deliver one of nature’s healthiest morsels loved by kids and adults alike, but you only need to plant a blueberry shrub once. A

blueberry plant can pro-duce fruit for more than 50 years of sweet success and healthy harvests.

Consider the beautiful but more compact blueber-ry shrub called “Bountiful Blue.” Th is new variety does well in a patio pot or as a landscaping shrub. Blueber-ries love our naturally acid soil and will bear fruit even in partial shade.

Herbal renewal

Virgin gardeners tend to make the same mistakes – planting in poor soil, not remembering to water and trying to grow food in the shade or partial shade.

Th e easy answer is to grow herbs. Mints will spread – oft en too enthu-siastically – even in dry shade, rosemary, oregano and thyme will produce for years in a sunny rockery and many of the Mediter-ranean herbs like basil, fennel and thymes adapt and thrive in poor soils. Th is makes herbs among the most forgiving of plants for fi rst time gardeners especially those that love to cook.

A simple way to get started with herbs is to grow a pizza garden – to-matoes and fresh herbs you use to fl avor pizza. A sunny spot and well-drained soil is all you really need to begin harvesting basil, oregano and parsley.

In a small space, you can group your tomatoes and Mediterranean herbs together into one large con-tainer or wooden box. Just don’t set these heat-loving plants into the garden too

soon. Wait until the nights are warm in late May or even June. By this summer you’ll have a delicious har-vest – just add a pizza crust and a healthy, home grown dinner is served.

Spring is all about new beginnings – so jump into the edible revolution. Save money, enjoy better health and beautify your world. Just grow easy at fi rst and, as you taste success, you’ll learn more along the way.

Marianne Binetti has a degree in horticulture from Washington State University and is the author of “Easy Answers for Great Gardens” and several other books. For more gardening information, she can be reached at her web-site, www.binettigarden.com.

Meet Marianne• Saturday, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 25th annual Washington State Spring Fair, 110 Ninth Ave. SW, Puyallup. Ask Ciscoe Morris and Marianne Binetti your garden questions. www.thefair.com

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CITY OF KENT PARKS is spon-soring two community volunteer events in April. Earth Day will be celebrated on Saturday, April 19 at Morrill Meadows Park on the East Hill. Between the parking lot and the woods is an area that will look a lot diff erent after volunteers remove invasive blackberry roots and plant 22 trees.

Arbor Day is Saturday, April 26 at West Fenwick Park on the West Hill. Volunteers are asked to clear inva-sive weeds and plant more than 70 ground-cover plants plus one big, beautiful tree.

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