NEW LOCATION 15423 SE 272nd St., Ste. 110; Kent, WA 98042 SAME NUMBER 253-631-1222 549216 Ask about our FREE real estate classes! MARIANNE BINETTI | T’was the week before Christmas in the yard [ page 4 ] R EP O RTER .com KENT A DIVISION OF SOUND PUBLISHING NEWSLINE 253-872-6600 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2011 HOLIDAY GREETING | The staff of The Reporter wishes all a merry Christmas and a happy new year. BY STEVE HUNTER [email protected] e Kent City Council has ap- proved zoning regulations and design guidelines in place for when light rail is scheduled to come to town by 2023 along Pacific Highway South on the West Hill. e council adopted ordinances at its Dec. 13 meeting to help turn the Midway area into a transit- oriented corridor with high-rise build- ings for businesses and residents. e Midway area stretches for 3 1/2 miles between South 216th Street and South 272nd Street along Pacific Highway South. Kent officials worked with the city of Des Moines to de- velop zoning regulation and design guidelines for the Envision Midway project. Pacific Highway from South 216th Street to Kent Des Moines Road is in the city of Des Moines. Sound Transit plans to extend the light rail line from Sea-Tac Airport to South 200th Street in SeaTac by 2016, City Council approves Midway plan BY STEVE HUNTER [email protected] Children who go to Kent’s West Fenwick Park get to enjoy a new playground because of a donation by United Way of King County and others. Volunteers installed the playground Dec. 13 at the 37-acre park along Reith Road at 42nd Avenue South on the West Hill. Valley Buick GMC of Au- burn, the NFL and Everett-based SiteLines Park and Playground Equipment were part of the donation program. Steven Greimann, resource development officer for United Way, estimated the value of the play- ground contribution at more than $10,000, including cash from GMC and in-kind donations by United Way and the city of Kent. “While United Way usually focuses on address- ing human service needs (e.g., housing, food, youth development) we know that the intersection of economic development, gathering places, social services and community creates healthy commu- nities,” Greimann said in an email. “So through developing a stronger relationship with the city (of Kent), we became aware of local community interest in developing gathering places where children can be more active and worked with the Parks Department to identify a park where the play set was needed.” Seattle Seahawks defensive back Marcus Trufant showed up to help install the playground. Kent park gets new playground BY DENNIS BOX [email protected] B arbara Joslin, the Kent Fire Depart- ment’s “Teddy Bear Friend,” spent nearly 10 years providing spiritual and emotional support to anyone in need with her handcraſted bears before she died from breast cancer Dec. 12. e 74-year-old Kent resident created the teddy bears masterpieces for the firefighters to help cheer up children involved in trau- matic emergencies. “She would bring us in six, seven or eight bears every month,” Fire Chief Jim Schneider said. According to the chief, the bears took Joslin about 30 hours to make and cost about $35. All was donated by Joslin to the department. He said she gave about 450 to the department over the past decade. Schneider said during the past few months she only brought in two or three each month as the she became weaker from the cancer. Aſter she died, Schneider went to her home to meet with her husband. e chief discovered Joslin had sent many bears to fairs around the region and had taken nu- merous first-place awards. In the final months of her life Schneider said she did not want anyone to know she didn’t have the strength to make the bears, so she took the ribbons off the bears that were sent to the fairs and brought them into the department. “When I looked at the case all the ribbons were lying at the bottom of the case,” Sch- neider said. “She had taken the bears into the department.” e chief said every bear played a musical theme by touching the bear’s paw and facial expressions were unique from bear to bear. “e craſtsmanship was phenomenal,” Schneider said. “Each appendage moved 360 degrees.” e chief said he has a bear sitting on his desk as do many of the other department ‘Teddy Bear Friend’ leaves legacy of caring Barbara Joslin spent 10 years making teddy bears for Kent Fire Department firefighters to hand out to children in times of trauma. Photo courtesy Capt. Kyle Ohashi BOYS HOOPS | Any team can win on any given day in the tough South Puget Sound League North division this season [11] Barbara Joslin [ more TEDDY page 2 ] Marcus Trufant, a Seattle Seahawks defensive back, helps assemble playground equipment at Kent’s West Fenwick Park Dec. 13. Courtesy photo [ more MIDWAY page 3] [ more PARK page 3] CITY OF KENT
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NEW LOCATION15423 SE 272nd St., Ste. 110; Kent, WA 98042
SAME NUMBER253-631-1222
549216Ask about our FREE real estate classes!
MARIANNE BINETTI | T’was the week before Christmas in the yard [ page 4 ]
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HOLIDAY GREETING | The staff of The Reporter wishes all a merry Christmas and a happy new year.
BY STEVE HUNTER
Th e Kent City Council has ap-proved zoning regulations and design guidelines in place for when light rail is scheduled to come to town by 2023 along Pacifi c Highway South on the West Hill.
Th e council adopted ordinances at its Dec. 13 meeting to help turn the Midway area into a transit-oriented corridor with high-rise build-ings for businesses and residents.
Th e Midway area stretches for 3 1/2 miles between South 216th Street and South 272nd Street along Pacifi c Highway South. Kent offi cials workedwith the city of Des Moines to de-velop zoning regulation and design guidelines for the Envision Midway project. Pacifi c Highway from South 216th Street to Kent Des Moines Road is in the city of Des Moines.
Sound Transit plans to extend the light rail line from Sea-Tac Airport to South 200th Street in SeaTac by 2016,
City Council approves Midway plan
BY STEVE HUNTER
Children who go to Kent’s West Fenwick Park get to enjoy a new playground because of a donation by United Way of King County and others.
Volunteers installed the playground Dec. 13 at the 37-acre park along Reith Road at 42nd Avenue South on the West Hill. Valley Buick GMC of Au-burn, the NFL and Everett-based SiteLines Park and Playground Equipment were part of the donation program.
Steven Greimann, resource development offi cer for United Way, estimated the value of the play-ground contribution at more than $10,000, including cash from GMC and in-kind donations by United Way and the city of Kent.
“While United Way usually focuses on address-ing human service needs (e.g., housing, food, youth development) we know that the intersection of economic development, gathering places, social services and community creates healthy commu-nities,” Greimann said in an email. “So through developing a stronger relationship with the city (of Kent), we became aware of local community interest in developing gathering places where children can be more active and worked with the Parks Department to identify a park where the play set was needed.”
Seattle Seahawks defensive back Marcus Trufant showed up to help install the playground.
Kent park gets new playground
BY DENNIS BOX
Barbara Joslin, the Kent Fire Depart-ment’s “Teddy Bear Friend,” spent nearly 10 years providing spiritual and
emotional support to anyone in need with her handcraft ed bears before she died from breast cancer Dec. 12.
Th e 74-year-old Kent resident created the teddy bears masterpieces for the fi refi ghters to help cheer up children involved in trau-matic emergencies.
“She would bring us in six, seven or eight bears every month,” Fire Chief Jim Schneider said.
According to the chief, the bears took Joslin about 30 hours to make and cost about $35. All was donated by Joslin to the department. He said she gave about 450 to the department over the past decade.
Schneider said during the past few months she only brought in two or three each month as the she became weaker from the cancer.
Aft er she died, Schneider went to her home to meet with her husband. Th e chief discovered Joslin had sent many bears to fairs around the region and had taken nu-merous fi rst-place awards.
In the fi nal months of her life Schneider said she did not want anyone to know she didn’t have the strength to make the bears, so she took the ribbons off the bears that were sent to the fairs and brought them into the department.
“When I looked at the case all the ribbons were lying at the bottom of the case,” Sch-neider said. “She had taken the bears into the department.”
Th e chief said every bear played a musical theme by touching the bear’s paw and facial expressions were unique from bear to bear.
“Th e craft smanship was phenomenal,” Schneider said. “Each appendage moved 360 degrees.”
Th e chief said he has a bear sitting on his desk as do many of the other department
‘Teddy Bear Friend’ leaves legacy of caring
Barbara Joslin spent 10 years making teddy bears for Kent Fire Department fi refi ghters to hand out to children in times of trauma. Photo courtesy Capt. Kyle Ohashi
BOYS HOOPS | Any team can win on any given day in the tough South Puget Sound League North division this season [11]
Barbara Joslin
[ more TEDDY page 2 ]
Marcus Trufant, a Seattle Seahawks defensive back, helps assemble playground equipment at Kent’s West Fenwick Park Dec. 13. Courtesy photo
[ more MIDWAY page 3]
[ more PARK page 3]
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Kent youth and their families are invited to attend a holiday party hosted by Kent Youth and Family Services.
The traditional event starts at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23 at. Birch Creek Youth Center, lo-cated at 12910 S.E. 273rd St. in Kent. It features refreshments, games and prizes and local restaurants are donating food.
“In the past, we’ve had to take money from our budget to be able to afford food for the party, but this year restaurants around here are giving us generous donations,” said
Cyoon McBride, program manager for family services. This year’s businesses donating include the Olive Tree Mediterranean Restaurant, Gre-
aney Law Firm, Monroe Therapeutic Massage, Kent Clinic, the Kent Business Network-ing group, Quality Referrals, Pollard Chiropractic, Diana’s Cleaning Service, Handyman Connection, Windermere (Residential) and Elle-Clinical Day Spa.
“We are really thankful to them and are excited about this great event,” McBride said. Kent Youth and Family Services provides professional counseling, education and
support services to children, youth and their families in the community. Their goal is to empower youth and their families to meet their needs while being committed and responsible to the citizens of the Kent and Covington communities.
“We had 300 people come out to our party last year and it was just a ball,” McBride said.
Kent youth club to host holiday party for kids
officials.Schneider said he plans to place a case
at the administrative station to display her bears. Visitors will be able to reach into the case, touch a paw and hear the musical theme.
All Kent Fire Department apparatus carry at least one “Barbara Bear” on it
to hand out to any child who needs an emotional boost and something soft and fuzzy to hang onto during an emergency. The bears were used at car crashes, domestic violence calls, fires and other types of incidents.
In addition to the bears made for the firefighters to hand out, Joslin gave bears for specific needs. She gave bears to
the two children of Kent firefighter Marty Hauer after his line of duty death from
cancer about three years ago. Ac-cording to Hauer’s wife, Kris, the bears gave a physical comfort to her children following his death, especially at night. Schneider said the department
shipped about 40 bears to Indonesia after the tsunami.
“She gave so much back to others,” Sch-neider said. “She stated many times how the department inspired her and I would always say, Barbara, you are the one that inspires all of us. Your bears bring so much joy and comfort to everyone who sees and touches one of the bears.”
A graveside service for Joslin was Dec. 15 at Hillcrest Burial Park in Kent.
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BY SARAH KEHOE
Seattle Th underbirds players told around 400 elementary students bullying wasn’t cool.
“When I was growing up, I was around it and wasn’t sure what to do about it,” said Tyler Alos, T-Bird player. “It would have been nice to have someone older come tell me how I could handle it and who I could talk to.”
Th e hockey players talked during an anti-bullying assembly held at Star Lake Elementary on Dec. 6. Th e team partnered with Communi-ties In Schools to do assemblies at elementary schools and mentoring at Kent Elementary.
“We want to connect the community to pro-vide services to our schools, bridging those gaps so to speak,” said Dee Klem, elementary mentor program coordinator for communities.”We feel like this is a great partnership. It allows us to provide good information to the students through the players, who the kids are always
excited to see.” Th e schools chose a topic for the players to
discuss during each assembly, which included goal setting, responsibility and anti-bullying.
Star Elementary was the 6th assembly for the players.
“We really like doing these assemblies and they always go well,” Alos said. “At this one we talked about what diff erent types of bullying are, which are verbal, physical, teasing and gossip.”
Alos shared a story about a friend he had that was bullied as a child.
“He is still aff ected by all he went through, so I thought that was a good example for the kids to realize how bad bullying is,” Alos said. “It doesn’t just aff ect someone now, but aff ects them years down the road.”
Th e players encouraged the students to speak up if they’re being bullied and talk to a parent, teacher or school staff member.
“We told them that these people care about them and want them to be treated well,” Alos said. “No one should have to suff er through something like that. I really hope they walk away wanting to respect each other and not wanting to bully.”
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according to Rachel Smith, a Sound Transit commu-nity relations spokeswoman. Sound Transit plans to build light rail to the Highline Community College area near South 240th Street and Pacifi c Highway in Kent and Des Moines by 2023.
“Adoption of these prod-ucts will take the vision of Midway forward, provide certainty for property own-ers and developers, and strengthen the city’s position as Sound Transit conducts an environmental analysis for link light rail and sta-tion location in the vicinity of Highline Community College,” said city planner Gloria Gould-Wessen in her November report to the city’s Economic and Community Development Committee.
A series of public meet-ings over the last three years helped Kent develop the
design guidelines and zoning regulations.
Gould-Wessen said offi ce, commercial and residential uses are allowed to stand alone and can be mixed within the same structure which provides fl exibility for developers to respond to market needs.
Th e city will allow building heights from 55 to 200 feet, which is about 16 stories tall. City offi cials want to encour-age developers to build up rather than the construction of more strip malls.
Gould-Wessen said in her report that it’s important to have the design guidelines and development regulations in place so that Kent is ready to aff ect the station location and rail alignment, apply for grants to move forward with infrastructure develop-ment and be able to compete within the current aggressive economic climate.
Th e goals and polices for Midway include:
ensure a level of quality construction, design and site planning.
which provide for a mix of land uses that are compact, well designed and pedestri-an-friendly.
amendments which include the new designation ‘Transit-Oriented Community.’
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[ MIDWAY from page 1]Th e equipment was
purchased from pro-ceeds from last year’s Super Bowl Package Auction, said Victoria Andrews, city parks spe-cial programs manager. Eight other cities in NFL markets also received the new playground equipment through the NFL-GMC and United Way pro-gram.
Th is marks the third new playground installed in 2011 at Kent parks. Lake Meridian Park and Tudor Square Park also received new play equipment.
Th e city parks depart-ment spent $350,000, including $75,000 from a King County matching grant, to build the new
Lake Meridian play-ground that offi cially opened at the Fourth of July Splash festival.
Volunteers in October built a new playground at Tudor Square Park on
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organization based in Washington, D.C., that has built more than 2,000 playgrounds in the past 15 years), combined to pay for most of the new equipment.Reach Steve Hunter at [email protected] or 253-872-6600 ext. 5052. To comment on this story go to www.kentreporter.
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T’was the week before ChristmasAft er writing this col-umn for more than 25 years, this is still the most requested reprint, so as a gift each year I go with tradition and off er this Christmas column so that it can be used and shared copyright free. You can also download a copy from my website at www.binettigarden.com
T’was the week before Christmas, and all through the yard, not a gift was given, not even a card.
Th e tools were all hung, in the carport with care, with hopes that St. Nicholas soon would repair,
Th e shovel with blade all rusty and cracked, the pitchfork still shiny, but handle it lacked.
When out on my lawn, (it’s brown and abused) I could see poor old Santa, looking confused.
No list had been left for Santa to see, no gardening
gift s were under the tree.But wait there’s still time,
it’s not Christ-mas yet, and gardening gift s are the quick-est to get.
You can forget the silk tie, the fl uff y new sweater, give some-thing to make the garden grow better.
If she wants a gift shiny, then don’t be a fool, it’s not a dumb diamond, but a sparkling new tool.
If fragrance is listed you can forget French perfume, it’s a pile of manure that’ll make gardeners swoon.
Give night crawlers, not nightgowns, the type of hose that gives water. (Any-thing for the kitchen is not worth the bother.)
Give a great gift that digs in the dirt, it’s better than any designer-brand shirt.
Now look quick at Santa, this guy’s not so dumb,
Under his glove, he hides a green thumb.
His knees are so dirty, his back how it aches, his boots stomp on slugs, (he gives them no breaks).
Santa only works winter,
you can surely see why,Th e rest of the year it’s a
gardening high.Elves plant in the spring,
pull weeds merrily all sum-mer, in fall they all harvest, but winter’s a bummer
And so Christmas gives Santa a part-time employ-ment, ‘Till spring when the blooms are his real life enjoyment.
So ask the big guy for garden gift s this year,
Seeds, plants and tools, Santa holds them all dear.
You see malls may be crowded, vendors hawking their ware, but visit a nurs-ery, stress-free shopping is
there.Now Santa’s fl own off , to
the nursery he goes, and his voice fi lls the night with loud Hoe! Hoe! Hoes!
Merry Christmas from Marianne Binetti
Marianne Binetti has a degree in horticulture from Washington State Univer-sity and is the author of “Easy Answers for Great Gardens” and several oth-er books. For book requests or answers to gardening questions, write to her at: P.O. Box 872, Enumclaw, 98022. Send a self-ad-dressed, stamped envelope for a personal reply.For more gardening information, she can be reached at her Web site, www.binettigarden.com.
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Th e Seattle Hockey Boosters Club is giving their club members the chance to bowl with a T-Bird.
Th e Bowling Party is at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8 at Kent
Bowl. To participate at the event, you must be an active dues paying member of the booster club but, interested parties will be able to join the club at the event and then attend the party.
Kent Bowl is at 1234 N. Central Ave.For more information, call 253-852-3550.
Bowl with a T-Bird Jan. 8
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Th ese days, in some school districts both teachers and administrators are being evaluated to some extent based on student performance on standardized tests, and their jobs may depend on how well their students perform. Back in the day, with less diversity, there would have been only a few problems using students’ scores on standardized tests as a signifi cant part of a teachers’ evaluation. However, in some areas student populations have dramatically changed in a variety of ways.
When I fi rst came to the Kent school District (KSD) as a teacher in 1977 much of the valley was still farmlands; nearly 90 percent of the stu-dent population was white and Christian; most of my fi ve classes at the high school didn’t have a
single student of color in them; English language learners were rarely ever in my classrooms; and the words “cultural competence” were nowhere in sight. However, looking back, it didn’t take very long for the demographics to change.
Th e KSD students are now mostly students of color; speak over 120 diff erent languages; have numerous religious beliefs; have a majority of students on free and reduced lunch, indicat-ing increased poverty; and has as much total
diversity as any school district in the state. And, we are greatly enriched by the increased diversity.
About the only thing that has not kept pace with the rapid changes and the workload are teachers’ salaries, and the support teachers need to be more eff ec-tive with the infl ux of diverse groups.
It is naïve or perhaps ignorant to believe that all students are the same
and teachers can be colorblind when teaching students.
Imagine yourself teaching a class with six English language learners; fi ve special education students; two
students with behavior disorders; three ADD (attention defi cit disorder) students; fi ve high achieving students; fi ve average students; fi ve low achieving students; four other students who came in at the middle of the quarter; and 55 minutes later that group leaves and in walks another 35 with similar characteristics; and that happens 5 times a day.
Th en, before the semester is over half of the students you had at the beginning of the year have been replaced by an entirely diff erent group with similar characteristics. And, many of the new students to your class have to take the stan-dardized tests before you can help them prepare for success. Tell me now that it’s OK to evaluate you on how well the students do in the spring when they take the test.
STUDENT ISSUES THAT AFFECT LEARNINGIssues that aff ect learning in the classroom in-
clude students experiencing the stages of human development, e.g., early childhood, later child-hood, adolescence. At each stage of development students have specifi c kinds of challenges that
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Christmas stories are a tradition in many families.
You hear of folks talk about watching Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” every year.
I used to like Charles Dickens’ “A Christ-mas Carol” until some smarty pants around here started referring to me as Scrooge. (I’m as cheery as can be around Christmas — I don’t know what they’re talking about.)
My favorite Christmas stories may be were a little diff erent. I liked reading the Greek tales of guys going into the underworld to my kids.
One of the best is Orpheus and Eurydice. I loved the idea that Orpheus was such a neurotic he couldn’t follow the simple rule of not looking back at Eurydice until both are out of the under-world. He peeked and messed everything up.
I bet he got an earful from Eurydice the next time he saw her.
I recently discovered those Greek boys were not just being fancy and symbolic.
I would like to report I have now traveled to the underworld of shopping in a mall during Christmas and I never thought I would make it back.
Sunday, I took my daughter, Katy, shopping. To be more specifi c I took her shopping for boots.
Hell cannot possibly be this tortuous and I had no idea there were so many malls around. Where did they all come from and why doesn’t anyone ever tell me anything?
It was Katy’s birthday, which is a week before Christmas, and always has been. Bad timing.
Th is year I got a bright idea and told her I’d take her out to buy something.
I thought this was a clever trick because I didn’t buy her a present like I was supposed to according to rules of the stupid parent universe.
When I off ered to take her shopping to buy something I fi gured she’d just tell me to fork over some money and she would go buy it herself.
I would do the obligatory whining and acting
like I really wanted to go, then quickly give her the money while I was still in arm’s reach of the couch.
Nope. She said going together to buy some-thing was a dandy idea.
How diabolical is that?Let me tell you, my journey to the underworld
makes Orpheus’ puny problems look like cotton candy as far as I’m concerned.
First we went to buy her some running shoes or something. I wasn’t listening that closely. I just kept nodding thinking, “How long can this pos-sibly last?” I think that was about noon.
We went to the fi rst mall and zipped through store aft er store,
I would like to put in a request that stores place couches with big pillows around for dads with daughters.
How hard can that be? Maybe a little TV, a few complimentary snacks and a drink would be nice as well.
All I found were concrete slabs to sit on. Th e minute I found an angle I could tolerate it was on to the next store.
If I put my coat on I would sweat. If I took my coat off I shivered.
By 2 p.m. I was seeing colored lights before my eyes and feeling woozy.
By 3 p.m. I suddenly found out we were now
shopping for boots. Katy said the right boots were much harder to fi nd.
I think that is when I started hearing Grego-rian chants.
While stumbling from one boot store to the next I had an epiphany. No one on earth under-stands why women buy the things they buy or how they do it. It’s voodoo magic.
Aft er six grueling hours of unimaginable pain and suff ering, I could barely walk, I was disori-ented and incoherent. Suddenly Katy said, “We should have come here fi rst. I found them.”
I could not see the diff erence between these boots and the fi rst boots we saw hours and hours earlier, but, by the time she found her boots they could have cost $10,000 and I would pulled out my card.
She assured me they were a really good deal because the boots were a designer brand by Gui-do Barfalot or something like that. I just nodded and prayed there was a path to the surface.
On the ride home she talked about her new boots and how much she liked her birthday present. I thought she sounded like the same little girl I have always known.
As we drove away from the mall I made sure to be very careful…and not look back.
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In the Nov. 11 issue of the Kent Reporter, Charles Hoff wrote a commentary on the need for community involvement in our schools. As a Kent School Board member, former teacher, college professor and longtime community supporter, I couldn’t agree more. Re-search and common sense is very clear - the more the adults of a com-munity get involved in our schools, the better our kids’ chances will be for informed, prepared, prosperous, healthy, happy and impactful lives.
But, I must take fi rm exception with Mr. Hoff on some of his assertions about our district. He stated: “Th e Kent School District is below the state average for high school completion and is located in the heart of the aerospace industry.” While he is right about
our locale, he is wrong about our comple-tion rate. According to the state Offi ce of the Superintendent of Public Instruction,
Washington state’s annual on-time graduation rate for 2009-2010 was 76.5 percent. Kent School District’s annual on-time graduation rate for the same period was 82.3 per-cent. Th e exact fi gures for 2010-2011 are still being formulated in Olym-pia, but initial calculations show our numbers will be even higher. If you look at the past four years, you will
see steady improvement across all student groups and ethnicities.
Th is is not the only evidence that our schools are heading in the right direction. While our challenges are huge and we have a long way to go before our eff orts are 100
percent successful for every child, we are proud of what has been accomplished in Kent School District.
KSD’s average SAT scores are higher than Washington state’s average. And this state has the highest average SAT scores in the nation.
Seven schools were recognized for making AYP (adequately yearly progress) as defi ned by the Federal No Child Left Behind Act. One school has achieved this distinction for the third year in a row. Th e word “adequate” is a misnomer in this situation as it is an accom-plishment that very few of the schools in the country achieve.
Kent Elementary, one of our highest needs schools, recently won the prestigious John D. Warner Award for Educational Excellence from Boeing.
Lisa Clarke, a teacher at Kent-Meridian High School, was recently named the World Aff airs Council’s World Educator for her work with our burgeoning international com-munity and her eff orts to develop instruc-tional materials for other teachers across the globe. She is scheduled to receive the award from former President Jimmy Carter in Janu-ary.
Our schools, our teachers, and our students are being recognized nationally and even internationally for their innovation and achievement. And none of this is happening by accident. It is the result of deliberative ac-tion by district leadership. My colleagues and I gave our superintendent, Dr. Edward Lee Vargas, and his staff clear instructions that student achievement as defi ned by gradua-tion rates, the closing of the achievement gaps between minority and majority groups, and college/career readiness are their priorities. In each category, we have seen marked gains in the past three years.
Dr. Vargas is pushing our staff and system to meet high expectations so that every learn-ing site has what the leading research tells us are the essential characteristics of a high performing school:
1. A culture of equity and excellence for all:
no excuses attitude;2. Eff ective school leadership and leaders;3. Focus on high, standards-based, aca-
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teaching through data based analysis;8. Focused professional development;9. Collaboration focused on Instruction;10. Involvement of all stakeholders and a
strong sense of family;11. Passion for continual improvement and12. High levels of family and community
involvement.Our superintendent is a professional with
the credentials to prove he can focus the energy of the Kent School District in positive and meaningful ways. We have a district improvement plan that runs 40 pages. Each school site has a distinct plan to deal with the needs of their population. Helping our stu-dents achieve in a measurable way is the focus of this district. Our tax payers have trusted us to implement technology in the curriculum. If you want to see the power of this eff ort, please join us for the district wide demonstra-tions at ShoWare Center on Jan. 18.
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how best to improve, while our teachers collaborate in learning teams to provide the most powerful instruc-tion. Our support staff works tirelessly so no child is left behind. Another example of team success - Coving-ton Elementary fifth-grade science student proficiency rates went from 14 percent last year to 72 percent this year. That is incredible. Let’s celebrate it, not ignore it!
And no, schools can’t do it alone. Our commu-
nity partners in the service, faith, business and parental communities are providing increasing levels of sup-port in mentoring, basic needs, scholarships and much more. In the Kent School District, we are a family of educators working tirelessly to ensure that we not only do things right, but do the right thing for our kids. That means every kid. We won’t rest until every single child achieves success.
Mr. Hoff, you were right about the need for more community involvement in our schools, but the facts
categorically contradict your claims about the
performance of the Kent School District and show them to be inaccurate, distract-
ing and inflamma-tory. The Kent School
District is doing everything in our power to help students achieve.
Given the current economic climate, commu-
nity support is no longer a luxury, but rather an essential component of our strategy of survival and success.
School board meetings are public and we invite the public to be a part of our work. That ongoing partici-pation is critical in providing an essential service to our community. Together, we are building the future and working hard at it. Tim Clark is vice president of the Kent School Board.
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According to historians, the Dutch tradition may have stemmed from a legend involving a poor man and his marriage-age daughters. Upon the death of his wife, the man had lost much of wealth and could not provide the proper dowries for his daughters. Unable to marry, the daughters were very sad, and so was their father. Upon hearing of the family’s plight, St. Nick wanted to help, but he knew better than to offer the poor but proud man charity. Instead, he rode by the family’s house one day and tossed purses of gold down the chimney. The gold landed in the daughters’
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Whatever the origins, the stocking tradition was cemented in print with the publication of “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” in the 19th century. In the poem, “the stockings were hung by the chimney with care,/In hopes that St. Nicho-las soon would be there.” Recalling that scene, Thomas Nast created stockings hanging from the mantel in
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Today, children across the world continue to hang stockings for Santa to fill, while others put out their shoes, hearkening back to the Dutch tradition. The children wake up on Christmas morn-ing, eager to see what good-ies the jolly old man has left them. Retailers help Santa out by running stocking-stuffer specials throughout the holiday season.
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Kent Phoenix Academy and Kent Mountain View Academy were named Washington State In-novative Schools by Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn.
The announcement was made during the Washington State Schools Director’s Association’s conference on Nov. 18. The award recognizes the two
schools for implementing inventive and exciting school models that make it pos-sible for students to earn their high school diplomas.
“I am very excited about two of our schools receiving this distinction,”
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at any given moment may be more im-portant to them than passing the test. Add other factors in the human environment, such as harassment, divorce, death in the family, domestic violence, homelessness, injury, hunger, malnutrition, and a myriad of other issues that affect human conduct and academic performance at any given moment.
The teachers with whom I came into contact as I traveled the district teaching cultural competence and other classes were some of the most compassionate people on the planet. And frankly, it bothers me when I hear someone say our teachers don’t care about poor white students, students of color, or students with issues.
Whereas many teachers were successful at teaching to the middle and making ad-aptations for the few back in the day, now successful teachers have to do much more adapting to a multitude of individual stu-dent needs, not including cultural diversity. Now add a myriad of cultural diversity and increased student issues to which a teacher is asked to adapt their lessons to fit indi-
vidual student needs. Throw in minuscule addition support for teachers. In some dis-tricts, all of this in a hypersensitive, activist environment demanding better test results; placing the burden largely on teachers and administrators to get better results or suffer the consequences.
One has to ask, why isn’t more attention given to the role of parents for better edu-cation results, especially in view of the long standing body of research that says what students do at home and family support of their students’ education are strong indica-tors of how well a student will perform in school?
Most teachers can help students achieve at higher levels. However, in general teach-ers need more resources and support; adequate family and community support for student learning; and more flexibility in how schools are structured to deliver education. Raise your hand if you want your paycheck tied to student performance on tests, without adequate support.Melvin Tate is a retired Kent School Distirct teacher, school administrator and diversity/equity advisor.
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We all know that our outlook on life changes over time. Scientific studies, how-ever, show that many people grow happier or at least more content as they mature.
That seems to be a coun-terintuitive notion, since
aging is rarely considered a positive thing in our society. And yet, researchers found that feelings of happiness peak for most folks after the age of 50 plus.
The authors of one study, which was recently published
online in the journal Social Psychologi-cal and Personality Science, readily admit that much of their findings boil down to how people define what being happy means for them.
“The study indicates that there are at least two different kinds of happiness,” said Dr. Cassie Mogilner, professor of marketing at Wharton University of Pennsylvania, who was involved in the study. “One is associated with peacefulness and one
is associated with being exited.”
The difference is that the young are more focused on the future and are more hopeful about their pros-pects. As people
age, they learn to place higher value on the present, perhaps because they are more satisfied with their lives or because their expectations have diminished.
For this study, the re-searchers conducted several tests, including one where
participants of different age groups were asked on what they would spend $100. Not altogether surprisingly, the 20 and 30 year olds opted for buying possessions or fun experiences, while the older folks were more interested in something calmer, like a spa treatment and the like.
Dr. Mogilner warned that her research should not lead to further stereotyping of generational differences. Individuals vary considerably in how much excitement or tranquility affects their sense of happiness.
“People should expect the things that make them happy and their experience of hap-piness to change,” she said.
Still, strikingly similar results were reported after a 2008 Gallop poll, which found that people tend to become happier as they get older “by almost any measure.”
In a telephone survey that covered 340,000 people between the ages 18 to 85 from every part of the coun-try, pollsters asked various questions about personal in-terests, aspirations, concerns, worries as well as overall life satisfaction.
The data showed that most people start out at the age of 18 feeling pretty good about their lives. Things change for the worse in the mid to late 20s and it’s downhill from then until the age of 50. At that point, there seems to oc-cur a sharp reversal. People start getting happier, seem-ingly independent of their particular circumstances. By the time they reach 85, they are more satisfied with them-selves than they were at 18.
“It’s a very encouraging fact that we can expect to be happier in our early 80s than we were in our 20s,” said Dr.
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There may be more than just one reason for a possible connection between aging and increasing contentment.
“It could be that there are environmental changes, or it could be psychological changes how we view the world, or it could even be biological — for example brain chemistry or endocrine changes,” said Dr. Arthur Stone, author of a separate study based on the Gallup survey.
If you don’t buy the idea that happiness grows over time, you are not alone.
When asked, older partici-pants in similar surveys often report having been the hap-piest in their 30s. By contrast, younger participants mostly anticipate a decline of happi-ness when they reach old age.
While no one has come up with any definite answers yet, there are plenty of theories why the inevitable decline through aging does not necessarily dim people’s spirits. They may get better at handling the curve balls life throws at them. They may become more patient. Their past experiences may help them to put things in per-spective. They may be able to focus more on the positive and overlook setbacks.
And, as the years pass, people may lower their expectations and set more realistic goals, which makes success and satisfaction more likely.
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But there is also an ele-ment of comfort in this for all of us.
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KENTWOOD GRADUATE EARNS VOLLEYBALL
HONORS Northern Arizona University
volleyball junior outside hitter Lauren Campbell has
been named to the 2011 Capital One Academic All-
America Division I Volleyball third team, as selected
by the College Sports Information Directors of
America.Campell graduated from
Kentwood High and lived in Covington.
Boys Basketball Preview
Hoops heat up in SPSL NorthBY KRIS HILL
In the South Puget Sound League 4A North Division the Kent and Tahoma schools boys basketball
teams will likely spend the season chasing favorite Mount Rainier, which as of Tuesday had one loss in league, and was tied atop the divi-sion standings with Kent-Meridian.
Where it all shakes out at the end of the season in February is any-body’s guess but it’s possible there will be a number of familiar faces from local schools in the playoff s.
FALCONS FINDING SELFLESSNESSKentlake senior Jaron Heck said
on Dec. 15 that the Falcons wanted to beat Mount Rainier.
On Tuesday, that’s just what they did, putting the Rams away 80-77 on the road.
“I think we have the ability to beat them,” Heck said a few days before the game. “We have to come ready.”
Heck led the team in scoring with 26 points in the victory while fellow senior Austin Pernell — who is also a standout football and base-ball player for Kentlake — poured in 23. Dedrian Miller chipped in 19.
“We’re ready at this point,” Heck said on Dec. 15. “We’re ready to start winning games.”
With the win, Kentlake improved to 2-4 in league in 2-5 overall, bouncing back aft er an 84-69 loss at Kent-Meridian which is currently at the top of the standings at 5-1 which counts its only loss to Mount
Rainier on Dec. 2.“We have learned that we have to
play together… because selfi shness won’t get you anywhere in anything that you do,” Heck said.
A year ago Kentlake got to the playoff s for the fi rst time in a long time, this year the goal is to make it to state for the fi rst time in school history, and Heck explained the keys to accomplishing those goals.
“Our expectations for the team are to basically work together and move the ball around,” he said. “And to make it back to the play-off s. We’re fast, really fast. We’ve been playing together basically since seventh or eighth grade. We’re good friends so that comes into playing together as a team.”
Th e team will have to work harder to crash the glass, Heck said, because they’re not as tall or beefy as say K-M.
Kentlake will try and build off its wins aft er some early season struggles, Pernell noted.
“At the very beginning our big challenge that we just overcame was our selfi shness and not sharing the ball enough,” he said.
Pernell stated the team wants to get further than it did last year in the playoff s, but, as Heck noted the personal relationships among the players will make a diff erence.
“Th e way we connect as a team can help us,” Pernell said. “Our biggest strengths are our speed… our ability to drive (because) we run a dribble-drive off ense. We can play with any team because of our speed.”
Th e Falcons certainly showed that to be true in the match up with the Rams.
CONQUEST FOR ANOTHER STATE TITLE
Kentwood’s seniors know what it’s like to win a state champion-ship — they did it as sophomores in 2010.
A season ago with Brian Davis taking over as head coach, the Con-querors made it to the West Central
District championship game and played in the 4A state tournament.
“We’ve always had a high stan-dard,” said senior Austin Benson. “We’ve always had a common goal. It’s our senior year.”
And they want to cut down the nets again in the state title game.
“You always want to try and improve on what you did last year,” said 6-foot-6 forward Taylor Jones.
Kentlake’s Ayanle Jama tries to stop Kent-Meridian’s Mike Banks drive to the bucket in a game Dec. 16. K-M won 84-64. CHARLES CORTES, The Reporter
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“We want to get to where we were last year and see where we can go from there. We definitely have the talent. We can score. We’ve kind of proved that. We have a lot of offensive weapons.”
Getting along off the court is also crucial, Benson said, to the team’s success throughout the season.
“It’s beyond basketball,” he said. “We all get along really well.”
There are team dinners, trips to the bowling alley as well as the times hanging out that have helped the Conks learn to commu-nicate well on and off the court.
“Our No. 1 thing is our
energy,” Jones said. “We’ve shown that we’ve had it. Once we sustain it consis-tently throughout the game then we’ll be at our best.”
A lesson the team learned in a 61-56 loss on Dec. 10 to Thomas Jefferson, explained senior Jeremy Smith, is the importance of playing at a high level.
“We learned not to come out without energy,” Smith said. “Not to assume that we’re automatically going to beat them. Any team can beat us.”
A lack of consistency bit Kentwood in the open-ing quarter of a Dec. 16 contest at Kentridge, when the Chargers raced out to an 17-8 lead, which forced the Conks to come back on
both ends of the floor in the second quarter.
They did that, by crank-ing up the energy and being consistent, tying the game at 26-26 at half before pulling away in the second half for a 58-49 victory.
Smith led Kentwood with 17 points while Jones tallied 11 as Benson and Jackson Huerta both chipped in 8 points.
Before that game, Jones explained, the team had to remember to keep its eye on the immediate task at hand.
“When people start focusing on games that aren’t in front of you, you may get caught up,” Jones said. “There’s a lot of good
teams in this league.”What Smith also
thought was a key for Kentwood this season is the core of veteran play-ers. The Conks have five seniors on the squad.
“Our leadership (is a strength). Half the team are seniors,” Smith said. “That experience helps us a whole.”
And those seniors know exactly how it feels to hoist the state champion-ship trophy.
“We obviously do want to get to that point,” Ben-son said. “We’re a different team (than two years ago), but, it’s always motivating because we know what it takes to get there. That’s always the goal.”
ROYALS LOOK TO RUMBLE TO THE TOP OF SPSL NORTH
Kent-Meridian is fast yet filled with big, strong athletes.
A glance at the roster yields some familiarity for anyone who follows high school football as names such as Cartez Green, Mike Banks and Boogie Yuashi were all on the Royals football squad list, as well in the fall.
Early in the season Kent-Meridian has victories against Kentwood (77-72 on Dec. 10) as well as Kentlake, Kentridge and Auburn, and the only conference loss to Mount Rainier, a favorite to win the league.
The Royals get the Rams again on Jan. 10.
Banks led K-M in scoring
in the Dec. 16 victory over Kentlake, racking up 25 points and helping extend a three point lead early in the third quarter to a decisive double-digit win, while Mar-tel Taylor-Barone chipped in 19 points.
Banks explained the team’s early success in one word, “defense.”
“We’re talking,” Banks said after the win over Kentlake. “We’re trusting each other.”
Trust and good commu-nication will help the Royals continue their success, Banks noted, with the road hopefully leading to the state tournament.
“No one can stop us if we execute the way we’re sup-posed to,” Banks said. “We’ll get to state if we stay humble.”
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City of Kent, 220 4th Avenue South, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Depart- ment of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, Naden Site Sand Bag Removal is locat- ed at 220 4th Avenue South in Kent, in King County. This project involves 4.4 acres of soil disturbance for construc- tion activities related to remov- ing the sand bags from the Green River and placing the material on the Naden Avenue property. Approximately 15,000 cubic yards of clean material will be placed on the property, graded, compacted and seeded to provide permanent stabilization. Stormwater will be discharged to the city’s municipal separate stormsewer system. The approxi- mate dates of construction will be April of 2012 through July of 2012. A site specific Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan will be designed for the project and will be fully implemented throughout the entire course of the project to ensure that erosion potential is minimized and controlled to prevent polluted discharges. Any persons desiring to present their views to the Washington State Department of Ecology regarding this application, or interested in Ecology’s action on this application, may notify Ecology in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publi- cation of this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether discharges from this project would cause a measurable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest ac- cording to Tier II antidegradation requirements under WAC 173- 201A-320.Comments can be submitted to:Department of EcologyAttn: Water Quality Program, Construction StormwaterP.O. Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696 Published in the Kent Reporter on December 16, 2011 and December 23, 2011. #560227.
Superior Court of Washington County of King
In re: Levi James Gloster Gloria Jean Johnson Sydney Dennis Johnson Petitioner,
and John Doe
Respondent.No. 11-3-07898-5Knt
Summons by Publication (SMPB)
To the Respondent: John Doe, the petitioner has started an ac- tion in the above court request- ing: custody of the children listed in paragraph 1.3 of the Nonpa- rental Custody Petition. You must respond to this summons by serving a copy of your written response on the per- son signing this summons and by filing the original with the clerk of the court. If you do not serve your written response within 60 days after the date of the first publicaton of this summons (60 days after the 9th day of Decem- ber, 2011), the court may enter an order of default against you, and the court may, without fur- ther notice to you, enter a decree and approve or provide for other relief requested in this summons. In the case of a dissolution, the court will not enter the final de- cree until at least 90 days after service and filing. If you serve a notice of appearance on the un- dersigned person, you are enti- tled to notice before an order of default or a decree may be entered. Your written response to the summons and petition must be on form: WPF CU 01.0300, Response to Nonparental Custo- dy Proceeding. Information about how to get this form may be obtained by contacting the clerk of the court, by contacting the Administrative Office of the Courts at (360)705-5328, or from the Inter- net at the Washington State Courts homepage: http:/www.courts.wa.gov/forms If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney in this matter, you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, may be served on time. One method of serving a copy of your response on the petitioner is to send it by certified mail with return receipt requested. This summons is issued pursuant to RCW 4.28.100 and Superior Court Civil Rule 4.1 of the State of Washington.Dated: 11/28/11Petitioner Gloria Jean JohnsonFile Original of your Response with the Clerk of the Court at:Regional Justice Center401 - 4th Ave N. Rm 2CKent , WA 98032Serve a Copy of your Response
on: Petitioner Gloria Jean JohnsonP.O. Box 552 Ravensdale, WA 98051 Published in Kent Reporter on December 9, 16, 23, 30, 2011; January 6, 13, 2012. #554059..
PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1
OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON
VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER
NOTICE OF RESCHEDULED MEETING
The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Pub- lic Hospital District No. 1 of King County, (Valley Medical Center) scheduled for Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 5:30 p.m., has been rescheduled to Monday, January 23, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. Regular meetings of this Board will continue to be held on the 1st Monday of every month un- less changed by public notice.BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSPUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON (VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER)By: Sandra SwardAssistant to the Board of CommissionersPublished in the Kent, Renton, Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on December 16, 2011 and December 23, 2011. #561464.
VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER
District Healthcare SystemNOTICE OF
BOARD MEETING Notice is hereby given that the January, 2012 meeting of the Valley Medical Center Board of Trustees Interim Finance, Facilities and Audit Ad Hoc Committee will be held on Janu- ary 17, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. in Conference Room B of Valley Medical Center, Renton, WA. The Board of Trustees will be held on January 17, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. in the Board Room of Val- ley Medical Center, Renton WA. . Notice is hereby given that the February, 2012 meeting of the Valley Medical Center Board of Trustees Interim Finance, Facilities and Audit Ad Hoc Committee will be held on February 21, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. in Conference Room B of Valley Medical Center, Renton WA. The Board of Trustees will be held on February 21, 2012 at
4:00 p.m. in the Board Room of Valley Medical Center, Renton WA.BOARD OF TRUSTEES(District Healthcare System)By: Sandra SwardExecutive Assistant to the Board of Trustees Published in the Kent, Renton, Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporters on December 23, 2011 and December 30, 2011. #561483.
City of KentEconomic & Community Development Department
Planning DivisionNOTICE OF ACTION
MIDWAY SUBAREA PLAN, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
ZONING, AND DESIGN GUIDELINES
Notice is hereby given under RCW 43.21C.080, that the Kent City Council took the action described below on December 13, 2011 by Ordinances 4009 through 4013. Any action to set aside, enjoin, review or other- wise challenge such action on the grounds of noncompliance with the provisions of RCW 43.21C, the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), shall be commenced on or before January 13, 2012. Any appeal to this action under SEPA shall be filed with King County Superior Court.Description of Agency Action and Proposal: Amendment of the Kent Comprehensive Plan to include the Midway Subarea Plan and amended Land Use Plan Map, as well as the following amendments to implement the Midway Subarea Plan: Kent City Code to include Definitions, Zoning Districts, Uses, Develop- ment Standards, Design Guide- lines, Project Permit Application Framework and Administration; and Zoning Districts Map.Location: The Midway Subarea is defined as an area located on the western edge of the city lim- its, generally centered on SR 99 between S 272nd Street on the south and the Kent-Des Moines Road (SR 516) on the north. The western limit of the Midway Subarea is the city limits, and the eastern edge extends east of Military Road to the edge of the ridge to include the Kent High- lands and south of SR 516 to include a cluster of commercially zoned properties.Environmental Review Con- ducted: A Draft Environmental
Impact Statement was issued on October 22, 2010 and a Final Environmental Impact Statement was issued on September 1, 2011.Documents Available: All doc- uments relevant to the agency ac- tion and proposal, including sup- porting environmental docu- ments, may be examined during normal business hours at the Kent Economic & Community Development Department office located at 400 West Gowe Street, Kent, WA.Agency Providing Notice: City of Kent Economic & Community Development Department, Plan- ning Division.This notice is filed by: Charlene Anderson, SEPA Responsible OfficialDecember 16, 2011 Published in the Kent Reporter on December 16, 2011 and De- cember 23, 2011. #562275. The City of Kent, 220 4th Ave- nue South, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Con- struction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, 64th Avenue Channel Improvement is located within the existing drainage channel along the west side of 64th Ave- nue S., between S. 228th Street and 600 feet north of S. 226th Street in Kent, in King County. This project involves 3.38 acres of soil disturbance for stormwater drainage channel im- provement related construction activities. Under this project, six existing concrete culvert pipes at two crossings of the drainage channel on the west side of 64th Avenue S. will be removed. The first set of three culverts pipes to be removed is 128 feet in length and pass channel flows beneath a UPRR spur line, private drive- way and Puget Power Trail access pathway. The second set of three culverts pipes to be re- moved is 122 feet in length and located at the S. 226th Street crossing of the channel. The new box culverts will be installed at the same locations at the current pipes, with the exception of the south end of the box culverts at the S. 226th Street channel crossing. In addition, sediment and inva- sive plant species in the channel will be removed. The bottom of the channel will be lowered approximately one foot to one
and a half feet below the existinggrade and graded to ensure prop-er slope. Approximately 5,700cubic yards of excavated materialwill be hauled to a permitted siteoutside of the City of Kent. The new culverts and channelexcavations will allow for betterflow and reduced flooding. Theuse of the site will not change.Stormwater will be dischargedinto the 64th Avenue drainagechannel which drains into theGreen River Natural ResourceArea, ultimately discharging intoBoeing Creek. A StormwaterPollution Prevention Plan will becreated and implemented specificto the site’s needs to ensureall erosion and sediment controlpotential is controlled and pollut-ed discharges are prevented.Regular monitoring of the site,its Best Management Practicesand stormwater dischargesampling will be conducted. Any persons desiring to presenttheir views to the WashingtonState Department of Ecologyregarding this application, orinterested in Ecology’s action onthis application, may notify Ecol-ogy in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publica-tion of this notice. Ecology re-views public comments and con-siders whether discharges from this project would cause a mea-surable change in receiving waterquality, and, if so, whether theproject is necessary and in theoverriding public interest accord-ing to Tier II antidegradation re-quirements under WAC173-201A-320.Comments can be submitted to:Department of EcologyAttn: Water Quality Program, Construction StormwaterP.O. Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696 Published in the Kent Reporteron December 23, 2011 and De-cember 30, 2011. #563959.
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