Kent Reporter, October 31, 2014

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Gerardo Peña the crazy clown prisoner, complete with colorful bow tie and a blonde wig dyed green, joined the Zombie Walk in the Kent Historic District last Saturday. More photos, story, page 2. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter

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BY STEVE HUNTER

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Kent city offi cials hope to recover as much as $500,000 from contractors or subcontractors because of problems with the ice plant equipment as well as hot water heaters at the city-owned ShoWare Center.

Ben Wolters, city economic and development director, told the City Council’s Operations Com-mittee on Oct. 21 that the city has sent claim letters and will fi le lawsuits, if necessary, to cover the repair costs for “errors of omis-sion and material defect.”

Th e council approved a $95,000

contract in May with Oregon-based PermaCold Engineering, Inc., to repair the equipment that forms ice on the arena fl oor aft er compressors failed. Th e informa-tion PermaCold found during the repairs aided the city as it pursues a claim to recover costs associated with the ice plant equipment.

Wolters said there has been sev-eral instances over the last couple of years where foreign material was found in the machinery of the ice plant. Two pumps also failed at the same time.

Mortenson Construction, based in Minneapolis with a Kirkland offi ce, oversaw the building of the

$84.5 million arena that opened in 2009.

“We provided a claim let-ter from the city to Mortenson Construction for the ice plant, hot water heaters and opened a con-versation about the plaza lights,

City seeks money for ShoWare ice plant problems

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BY STEVE HUNTER

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Th e Kent Police Depart-ment spends an average of $120,000 to $160,000 in overtime costs each month because it has been unable to keep staffi ng at a full level as well as unexpected costs from high-profi le crimes.

“Our overtime is a lot,” Th omas said in response to a question from Coun-

cilman Bill Boyce at an Oct. 21 council budget workshop. “Th is year has been a tough year with injuries, retirements and we had that signifi cant offi cer-involved shooting over the summer.

Kent Police hit with soaring overtime costs

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BY ROSS COYLE

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A new leadership team has arrived at Mill Creek to address the struggling middle school’s problems that culminated in a union grievance last year.

Assistant principals David Jones and Regina Hauptmann will join school improvement offi cer Brad Brown to provide key sup-port roles for the school.

Hauptmann has worked as an administrator in

Federal Way academies for the past nine years, largely focusing on ESL (English as a Second Language) and student literacy. She was pivotal in founding the Federal Way International Academy.

“Our ELL (English Lan-guage Learners) students in Federal Way did not graduate at the same rates as our general ed students and that’s when we fi gured out, ‘Well, what are we gonna

New team in place to helpMill Creek Middle School

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Soccer team owner receives sexual harassmentprotection orderBY ROSS COYLE

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Dion Earl, owner of Seattle Impact FC, Kent’s new professional in-door soccer team, received a sexual harassment protection order from a former Ladies with Impact dance

team co-captain in relation to alleged sexual advances Earl made against her and other members on the dance team.

King County Su-perior Court Judge Chad Allred granted the protection order on Oct. 22. It pro-

hibits Earl from making any contact with the woman. Earl also plays for the Impact, which opens its Major Arena Soccer League season Nov. 8 at the ShoWare Center.

No criminal charges have been fi led against Earl. Earl declined to comment to the Kent Reporter on the order, directing questions to his attorney, Michelle Scudder.

Th e dance team is being repre-sented pro bono by Jason Ritterieser and Don Heyrich of HKM Employ-ment Attorneys, of Seattle. Th e fi rm is considering a civil lawsuit.

According to the dance team member’s deposition fi led in King County Superior Court, Earl made repeated sexual comments toward her and other dancers, and called and texted them late at night. According to the deposition, some of Earl’s

Earl

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A gaggle of Kent residents joined together to crawl around to various downton businesses as part of the Kent Downtown Partnership’s second annual zombie walk last Saturday. Costumes included a corpse bride, a zombie pirate and zombie clown and even a zombie gorilla and zombie inmate.

Zombies on the prowl

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Top: Jen Barcello, center, and her friend Melina Burton, dressed as a zombie

pirate and zombie clown, join other zombies as they make

their way through the streets of downtown Kent during the second

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City of Kent still sending jail inmates to Chelan CountyBY STEVE HUNTER

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Th e city of Kent has paid $25,445 to Chelan County for jail services so far this year to house 12 inmates aft er the city jail reached capacity.

Th e Kent City Council agreed on Oct. 21 to extend a contract with Chelan County into 2015 to house inmates from Kent. Th e city

has contracted with the county since 2011 as a way to handle more inmates without paying for costs to expand the city jail.

Th e city jail opened in 1986 and houses misdemeanor off enders sen-tenced to less than one year. Th at includes off enses such as drunk driving, domestic violence, minor assaults and petty theft .

Kent sent only four inmates in 2013 to the Chelan County Regional Justice Center in Wenatchee at a cost of $2,590, according to Kent Assistant Police Chief Rafael Padilla.

Chelan County charges Kent $70

per night. Th at compares to a cost of about $100 per night at the city jail along South Central Avenue, according to city documents.

“It is important to note that there are several variables that impact the cost to house an inmate in Chelan,” Padilla said about the higher costs so far in 2014. “Th ey include length of stay and whether or not the in-mate requires medical attention.”

Inmates shall receive medical, psychiatric and dental treatment when emergent and necessary to safeguard their health, according to the agreement. Th e city covers

those costs beyond the $70 per night rate. Examples of medical ser-vices include AIDS/HIV treatment, chemotherapy, dialysis treatment and hemophiliac treatment.

Chelan County covers the trans-portation costs to take inmates to Wenatchee and return them to Kent.

Th e average daily inmate count this year in the Kent jail is 135, which includes those on work re-lease or other programs. About 90 are incarcerated each day.

Th e jail population hit a high of 158 in July of this year and a high of 147 in November 2013.

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Law enforcement and community leaders from across King County, in-cluding the Kent Police, joined together earlier this month to announce a major initiative to reduce the demand for prostitution where the majority of sex buying now takes place – online.

“Prostitution is a harmful and vio-lent practice, and has exploded on the Internet – going from the street corner to the corner offi ce,” said King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg in an Oct. 16 county media release. “In King County, each day an estimated 27,000 men are actively soliciting sex online at one of over 100 websites. We need to take action and we need a new approach.”

Historically law enforcement has focused on arresting prostituted people. Th is approach has been unsuccessful at reducing exploitation and doesn’t address the demand that drives sex traffi cking. Th e “Buyer Beware” initia-tive is a partnership with eight police departments and city attorney’s offi ces across King County who are shift ing their emphasis to go aft er sex buyers. Th e initiative is led by the Organization

for Prostitution Survivors and the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Offi ce.

Prostitution is not a victimless crime. Th e typical age of entry into prostitu-tion is between 13 to 15 years old and 85 percent have histories of childhood sexual and physical abuse. As adults in prostitution, over 80 percent experience physical and sexual assaults, homeless-ness, and PTSD. Eighty-eight percent re-port wanting to leave prostitution if they had an alternative. “My recent study found there were 300 – 500 prostituted adolescents in the Seattle area,” reported Dr. Debra Boyer.

A key focus includes an online cam-paign that targets websites where sex buying takes place. Th e campaign will deliver impactful advertising highlight-ing the harmful eff ects of sex buying and the penalties for getting caught directly to potential buyers online. Online test-ing by researchers at Arizona State University recently determined that in the City of Seattle alone there were an estimated 8,806 men soliciting sex on one website in a 24-hour period.

Participating police agencies are King County Sheriff ’s Offi ce, Seattle, Des Moines, Federal Way, Bellevue and Renton.

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which never worked prop-erly,” Wolters said.

Th e plaza lights are the outside green runners along pathways that extend from the street to the arena.

“Th ey are not costing us any money but it’s a case of we didn’t get what we paid for,” Wolters said about the lights.

Mortenson contacted Pace Industrial, of Canada, which was the contractor to design and build the ice plant. Mortenson sees an

issue with, “errors of omis-sions and material defect,” Wolters said.

“Th ese are key words in signaling that they believe the claim has legitimacy,” Wolters said.

Mortenson has invited the Pace president to come to town to talk to ShoWare and city offi cials about the issue. A date for that meet-ing has yet to be set.

“Mortenson’s hope initially just as ours is, is to come to some sort of negotiated settlement that would satisfy us and them

in dealing with the claim,” Wolters said. “Barring that, however, the city has re-served all of our legal rights to pursue our claim.”

City Attorney Tom Brubaker further explained to the committee the city’s plans.

“Th e letter is an attempt to resolve at arm’s length in advance of fi ling the lawsuit,” Brubaker said. “It doesn’t cost us much to fi le a lawsuit but it does cost in outside attorney fees to ana-lyze the case and prosecute the case. We’re hoping that

we will get this resolved.“I will caution you that

these situations are compli-cated. Th ere are a number of parties involved, design-ers, architects, project managers, contractors and subcontractors. Th ere will be a lot of fi nger pointing. I feel like we are in a good position to make a strong claim but whether we get all of our concerns fully ad-dressed and paid for I can’t predict at this time.”

Th e claim is for $500,000 with about $400,000 cover-ing the ice plant costs.

If the city receives a settlement claim, it would go as current year revenue for the year paid, Wolters said, about cutting losses at the arena that has lost money each year since it opened. Th ose losses are expected to hit $3.2 million by the end of this year.

“Mortenson has been highly cooperative with us on the claim related to the ice plant,” Wolters said. “Th ey have some legitimate questions about the other parts of our claim, about who is responsible, mainly

the designer. But on the ice plant they believe that is their responsibility because that was built under a design built contract and the subcontractor Pace was directly responsible to them. At least verbally they have acknowledged that.”

City staff is working on another claim letter to LMN, a Seattle architect fi rm, to focus on the hot water tanks and the plaza lights because of the con-nection to their design responsibilities, Wolters said.

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City offi cials will look to recover as much as $500,000 from contractors or subcontractors because of problems with the ice plant equipment as well as hot water heaters at the city-owned ShoWare Center.STEVE HUNTER, Kent Reporter

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Terreno Realty Corp., of San Francisco, owner and operator of industrial real estate in six major coastal U.S. markets, acquired an industrial property on Oct. 24 in Kent for approximate-ly $9.2 million.

Th e company has pur-chased four major proper-ties in the last four years in Kent.

Th e property consists of one industrial distribution building containing about 107,000 square feet on 6.5 acres adjacent to Highway 167 in the Kent Valley. Th e property, 8030 S. 216th St., provides 23 dock-high and three grade-level loading positions and is 100 percent leased to two tenants.

Th e total acquisition cost includes the initial purchase price, the eff ects of marking assumed debt to market, buyer’s due diligence and closing costs, estimated near-term capital expenditures and leasing costs necessary to achieve stabilization.

Terreno's previous buys in Kent include 32,000 square feet for about $2.8 million earlier this year, 169,000 square feet in 2012

for approximately $15 mil-lion and 138,000 square feet of industrial property for about $8.3 million in 2010.

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A KENT DEVELOPER received city approval to build 21 homes in the 11500 block of Southeast 240th Street on the East Hill.

W.E. Ruth Real Estate Inc., had planned to build the Blue-berry Cottages on the property but abandoned that plan last year. The company resubmitted a proposal to the city for the more traditional style single-family homes rather than the smaller homes clustered around a common open space with garages and parking located away from the homes.

City Hearing Examiner Lee Raaen approved the pre-liminary plat for the 21 single-family homes on 4 acres on Sept. 15. The property is north of Southeast 240th Street and west of 116th Avenue Southeast.

The City Council approved cottage housing in 2008 under a demonstration ordinance in an eff ort to give buyers more options and get away from the cookie-cutter style of homes that dominate many develop-ments. The recession delayed the Blueberry Cottages project.


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Welcome aboard: Five Kent Police offi cers join Chief Ken Thomas for a photo after their swearing in on Oct. 21 by Mayor Suzette Cooke. From left to right are Andrew Grove, Jamey Hattaway, Eric Wesson, Kevin Strong, Thomas and Eli Morris. COURTESY PHOTO, Kent Police

Mayor swears in Kent Police offi cersREPORTER STAFF

Five new offi cers recently joined the Kent Police force.

Th e fi ve were sworn in by Mayor Suzette Cooke at the Oct. 21 City Council meeting aft er Police Chief Ken Th omas gave a brief description about each offi cer. Th ey are:

• Andrew GroveHe served three

years recently with the Philippine National Police as he helped lead an anti-human traffi cking group. He previously served

nine years with the Kent Police.

• Eric WessonHe served 10 years

in Tucson, Arizona before joining Kent for two years. He left Kent in 2011 for California to handle some family matters and has returned to Kent.

• Eli MorrisHe recently served

one year with the University of Wash-ington Police.

• Kevin StrongHe served fi ve years

with the Memphis, Tenn., police and is a U.S. Army veteran.

• Jamey HattawayHe worked two

years as an offi cer in Alabama aft er 12 years in Florida.

Kent Police arrest 10 on domestic violence warrants

Kent Police arrested 10 city residents on family violence related arrest warrants as part of a recent nationwide sweep.

Twelve Kent offi cers and a probation team participated in the Oct. 22 event, the 12th National Family Violence Apprehen-sion Day, according to a Kent Police media release.

“Collaborated eff orts such as this rein-force to off enders that they will be held accountable for their violence,” said Kent Police Sgt. Jon Shipman. “We want to put off enders in jail so families can be safe.”

More than 1,000 people from more than 200 county Sheriff s’ Offi ces, police depart-ments, probation departments and commu-nity agencies from across the nation were part of the sweep. Police served more than 900 arrest warrants in a single day. Kent Police attempted to serve 38 warrants.


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The Des Moines Po-lice made four arrests in connection with squatters at vacant homes in Kent, Renton, SeaTac and Federal Way.

The Des Moines Police served search warrants on Oct. 23 at homes in the 25100 block of 23rd Place on Kent's West Hill; 4400 block of South 176th Street in SeaTac; 16400 block of Southeast 174th Street in Renton; and the 1400 block of Southwest Dash Point Road in Federal Way, according to a Des Moines Police media release.

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Police and King County Sheriff ’s Office assisted with the search warrants. The four arrested face potential charges by King County prosecutors of filing false documents, false repre-sentation concerning title, residential burglary, theft and trespassing.

“The issue of squatters taking over vacant homes by filing false documents with the King County Recorder’s Office is a grow-

ing issue in King County, Washington State and across the country," said Des Moines Police spokes-man Doug Jenkins in the media release. "When a squatter takes over a home it affects the quality of life of the entire neighborhood. Rarely do the squatters take care of the home to neighborhood standards and squatters can cause problems for the surround-ing neighborhood."

Squatters often pay sev-eral hundred dollars to take a class to learn ways to take over a vacant home, Jenkins said. They are taught how to file an assortment of false documents with the County Recorder’s Office in order to claim the home through adverse possession. The homes are posted with what

looks like official docu-ments.

The filing of these docu-ments can be a felony or misdemeanor in Washing-ton State. Often, owners of the vacant homes can be difficult to locate because they have lost their home to foreclosure or they are owned by a bank, Jenkins said. Attempting to enforce laws such as trespassing or burglary can be very time consuming and difficult to prosecute. Assessing monetary penalties through the code enforcement violations are problematic because of the ownership issues.

The King County Pros-ecutor’s Office Mortgage Fraud Unit and their pros-ecutors and investigator also assisted with the case.

"We hope what took place today is just the beginning of a long-term effort to rid our neighbor-hoods of these homes that create such a drain on government resources," Jenkins said.

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Kent Police arrested a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault after he allegedly followed a woman to her car and possibly held a knife to her side in a park-ing lot for Target and Ross Dress for Less on the East Hill.

Officers responded to a suspicious subject call at about 10:10 p.m. on Oct. 18 at a parking lot in the 26100 block of 104th Avenue Southeast, accord-ing to the police report.

Police arrived to find a woman sitting in her car and visibly shaken up. She told officers just as she sat down in the driver’s seat a man opened her car door and held some object against her side. She said he mumbled something like “Don’t worry.” She then screamed as loud as she could and the man calmly walked away across the parking lot.

Officers found the man nearby shortly after the 911 call. Police discovered the man had appeared on the Q13 Most Wanted List in

March in connection with a rape of a child. The man also had a sexual assault protection order against him.

Police found a knife on the man. Target store secu-

rity told police several customers reported a strange man in the parking lot who watched them as they exited their

vehicles. The store also had video of the

man in the parking lot.The man remained in

custody this week at the city of Kent jail.

Malicious mischiefOfficers arrested a

woman for investigation of malicious mischief after she reportedly smashed the glass entry door of a police substation on the West Hill at South 260th Street and Pacific Highway.

Officers found the woman standing outside of the substation at about 1:52 a.m. on Oct. 19, according to the police report. They ordered the woman to the ground and handcuffed her.

The woman caused an estimated $900 damage to the door and inside office

contents that were thrown around. Officers had closed the substation earlier in the night.

The woman tried to claim that someone had robbed her. Officers noted a strong smell of alcohol coming from the woman. She admitted she had used alcohol and meth.

The woman reportedly had been escorted away earlier in the night from the nearby Travel Inn motel because she had been scar-ing tenants.

Indecent exposurePolice arrested a man for

investigation of indecent exposure after he allegedly pulled down his pants at about 1:52 p.m. on Oct. 20 inside a restaurant in the 500 block of Central Avenue North.

An officer asked the man to step outside the restau-rant and the man twice exposed himself during his talk with the officer, accord-ing to the police report.

Witnesses reported the man entered the restaurant, started to order food and then pulled down his pants.

Officers noted the man appeared to be under the

influence of some type of drug. He told police he was homeless.

AssaultOfficers arrested a man

for investigation of fourth-degree assault, theft and ha-rassment after he reportedly punched a loss prevention officer at about 4:47 p.m. on Oct. 20 outside the Fred Meyer store, 25250 Pacific Highway S.

Store security had watched the man take sev-eral items and put them in a backpack without paying for the items, according to the police report.

When the man stepped outside of the store, a loss prevention officer stopped the man, who then punched the security man in the face. Officers found two watches, two sandwiches, a pair of Jockey shorts, a pair of Chino jeans and multiple women’s deodorants in his possession. The items were worth about $158.

Police also found a black pellet gun and clown mask in the man’s backpack. Officers searched for any crime reports connected to a clown mask but came up empty.

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Three people were in-jured in a south Kent apart-ment fire at about 12:05 a.m. on Oct. 24 in the 1600 block of Maple Lane.

Fire investigators deter-mined unattended food cooking on the stove caused the fire and estimated dam-ages at about $250,000.

The first firefighters ar-riving at the scene reported

smoke and flames visible from the windows of the first-floor apartment and three injured residents in the parking lot, according to a Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority media release.

A second alarm fire response was requested which brought more emergency units to assist in patient care and firefighting operations.

The three residents injured in the fire were treated at the scene by fire-fighters and King County Medics and then trans-ported to a local hospital for further treatment.

Firefighters put out the fire in about 30 minutes. Firefighters searched neighboring units for any fire extension and any hidden fires to confirm the fire was out. The first-floor

apartment received major fire and water damage with neighboring units receiv-ing some smoke and heat damage.

Four families were displaced from their apart-ments. Three families are receiving housing assis-tance from the American Red Cross and one family is staying with relatives locally.

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T H E P E T R I D I S H

How are Boeing's $8.7B tax breaks paying off?

A smart group of ordinary folks, entrusted to advise state lawmakers on the merit of tax breaks, has a suggestion regarding the jumbo incentives enjoyed by Th e Boeing Co. and the rest of the aerospace industry:

Figure out how we’ll know when they stop paying off .

Th e fi ve-member panel with a mouthful of title – the Citizen’s Commission for Per-formance Measurement of Tax Preferences

– recently concluded that Washington needs a clear means of measuring benefi ts received from $8.7 billion in tax savings Boeing stands to covet over the next couple of decades.

On a 4-1 vote, the commission recommended that the Legis-lature “establish specifi c economic develop-ment metrics and reporting mechanisms” for the tax breaks, which are intended to help the aerospace industry grow.

Commissioners didn’t spell out what they thought those “specifi c metrics” should include, cognizant of the diffi culty faced by lawmakers in devising any degree of check on tax breaks.

Th ey are counting on their broadly word-ed recommendation to spark a conversation in Olympia. Th e tax breaks are so big that they shouldn’t be given out unless their value can be justifi ed with an objective measuring stick, commissioners said before the vote.

Leaders of two unions wanted the panel to be bolder – to endorse a requirement that Boeing maintain a minimum number of jobs to receive every dollar of tax savings.

Th ough that didn’t happen, representatives of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) and the International Association of Machinists and

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Th e Kent Downtown Partnership (KDP) – in collaboration with the city of Kent – is continu-ously looking for parking in downtown Kent for owners and employees.

Why? We want to gain more parking for the people who want to shop downtown.

One of the most important rules of customer service is that owners and

employees shall not park in front of their business or other businesses; those are reserved for your faithful customers, or should be.

Th e KDP would like to thank those businesses and their employees who

don’t park on the streets in the core of downtown Kent. Th is is very important if we want people to shop downtown. Th e KDP has been

busy researching other options downtown for alternative parking.

Here are some suggestions as we continue working to fi nd other alternatives:

• Key Bank, U.S. Bank, and Chase Bank have contracted with Diamond Parking (diamondpark-ing.com, 800-340-4707) to lease out some of their stalls at $30 a month.

• Kent Lutheran Church (253-852-2057) is leasing stalls at $30 a

month. • Mexico Lindo (253-854-1573)

has stalls to lease monthly. • Allegro Performing Arts Center

(253-813-9630) on Central has spots at $30 a month.

If there are other parking options in downtown for lease, please let our offi ce know. We hope to see you all in downtown Kent doing your holiday shopping.

Shop small, shop oft en, shop downtown Kent, free parking.

Barbara Smith is executive director of the Kent Downtown Partnership. Reach her at 253-813-6976 or [email protected].

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Support Prop A for a better community

I urge all Kent residents to take a good look at Prop A. It is needed with the growth.

Supporting our police and its infrastructure is paramount to creating healthy, thriving communities.

Our police department is engaging in community polic-ing, which is changing the job of police offi cers and hopefully changing how our community members view our police. Th ey are also trying to have our police refl ect the image of our diverse community.

Personally, as director of the Kent East Hill Boxing Club (KEHBC), I have witnessed how an off -duty offi cer came in and worked out with our kids. Th e offi cer engaged them, building a relationship. It has even helped the police on a call to cool down a situation. An offi cer got out of a car in

uniform and the youths recog-nized him on a whole diff erent level of engagement.

Whether reading to pre-schoolers or working out in an East Hill gym with youth engaging in amateur boxing, community policing works.

Whenever I have ap-proached Chief Ken Th omas, he has asked how can he help

or how can we fi nd a way to make it work.

With that attitude permeat-ing from the top, our police are doing a good job. Th ey deserve the community to support them and the infrastructure to do the job right.– Leslie Kae Hamada,KEHBC executive director

Help police with better service

I urge voters to vote no on Proposition A – a new police station – for no other reason than we are not getting the service we are paying for now.

Why should anyone who drives in this city have to risk their lives when entering inter-sections? Th e number of driv-ers running left -hand-turn red lights is totally out of control. Th e lack of enforcement rests squarely on the shoulders of the Mayor Suzette Cooke


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Aerospace Workers (IAM) applauded the commission’s recommendation.

“This is really the first look at the public’s evaluation of the tax prefer-ence legislation. As such, we find the commission’s recommendation an encouraging step toward accountabil-ity,” SPEEA spokesman Bill Dugovich wrote in an email.

Larry Brown, IAM’s political director, said the citizen panel is “trying to get closer to where we’d like to see the state when they give tax preferences. We ap-preciate the progress they’re making but

there’s more work to be done.”The extent of that “work” will be the

topic this week when union leaders meet with Gov. Jay Inslee.

Union leaders are crafting a bill dubbed the “Aerospace Tax Incentive Accountability Act,” which they hope will link the quantity and wages of jobs in aerospace with tax preferences. They want to make sure firms can’t lay off or move workers — as Boeing has done to thousands of engineers in the past 18 months — without some financial repercussion.

They’ve lined up a few friendlies in the House and Senate, but the gover-

nor isn’t rushing to get on board.The citizen commission’s recom-

mendation could bolster their pitch.“The intent of the Washington

legislation was to grow our state’s aerospace industry,” Dugovich said of the tax breaks. “The commission’s recommendation is appropriate – the Legislature needs to ensure tax breaks build our state’s aerospace industry and it’s done with jobs that adhere to established wage standards.”

Political reporter Jerry Cornfield’s blog, The Petri Dish, is at www.heraldnet.com. Contact him at 360-352-8623; [email protected] and on Twitter at @dospueblos.

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Be sure to vote, mail ballots by the Nov. 4 general election deadline

King County Elections has forecast a turnout of 62 percent for the Nov. 4 general election.

Ballots were mailed out Oct. 15 to nearly 1.2 million registered voters.

“There are important issues on the ballot this election as well as candi-dates for offices,” said Sherril Huff,

director of King County Elections. “Make sure to mark your ballot and return it as early as possible.”

The major measure in Kent is Propo-sition A, a $34 million bond measure to build a new police headquarters that needs a 60 percent or better yes vote for approval as well as a minimum turnout of 8,393 votes. If approved, the property tax rate would be 19 cents per $1,000 assessed value or about $57 per year for a $300,000 home.

There are five statewide measures

(three initiatives and two advisory votes) on ballots this election, along with 10 measures from various local jurisdictions. There are 140 candidates and 90 offices in the general election

Voters should read and follow directions on their ballots, sign the return envelope, and get ballots back before the Nov. 4 election day dead-line. Mailed ballots need a first-class stamp. Voters also have 25 locations to return ballots without a stamp by 8 p.m. on Nov. 4.


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and Police Chief Ken Thomas.

For a city that’s trying to figure out a way to tax the air we breath, there are tens of thousands of dollars in traffic fines being ignored. – Dale Brantner

A solution for the ShoWare

In “ShoWare’s lofty losses,” there are numbers thrown out in an attempt to justify positions on both sides.

In answering the ques-tion for myself, I spent 30 minutes looking at the event schedule. Between the Thunderbirds, FC Impact and other events, I estimate 80 events per year. Assume nothing gets more than 50-percent attendance and 50 percent of the 50 percent spends $5, that is $700,000 in revenue dollars in Kent.

Of course, in addition to businesses benefitting from attendance, those busi-nesses pay B&O, sales and property taxes to Kent.

These numbers are con-servative.

The annual average ShoWare Center stand-alone net loss over the past

six years is $529,040. The net loss does not take into account revenue that goes back into Kent or the fact that businesses employ more people, with further tax dollars going to Kent.

While profitability is pre-ferred, this is to point out that there is a deficit num-ber that justifies ownership. It should not be too difficult to determine. To have the ShoWare Center be left to go vacant is much worse than running an annual deficit of $529,040 for area businesses and reputation of the city.

If Kent cannot come to a best practice solution, then call Anshutz Entertainment or Live Nation and see if selling it and running it privately is a solution.

Kent would still get the benefit of attendance and not the burden of running an entertainment business. It is simply not productive to have rhetoric that creates doubt about ShoWare’s future.– Bryon Madsen

Center could be our police hub

I suggest the city of Kent remodel the current alba-tross, the ShoWare Center,

and rename it the Kent Law Enforcement Center.

This facility is huge, capable of probably three stories inside, massive parking area, easy access, close to the City Hall an-nex, proximity to the Kent Regional Justice Center and other positives.

By using the $34 million for renovation, we will have the biggest, best and most modern facility in the Northwest, maybe even on the entire West Coast.

Kent already owns ShoWare and can turn our tax dollars into a positive facility, instead of paying millions on new studies, en-gineering, construction and anything else that it would cost for a “ground-up” type of project.

Come on, City Hall deci-sion makers, think about it with an open mind.– John Wirtz

Don’t raise garbage rates

Garbage pickup service is for garbage, recycling and yard waste. It is not for street safety.

The Kent City Council is trying to figure out how to raise the garbage rates, citing it will improve street

safety and help to im-prove the roads due to the garbage trucks travel. The council also cites that other surrounding cities charge more for garbage services than Kent does.

If the current garbage rate does not pay the bills, that is a reason. But the rate should not be increased just to make a profit or to pay for another service. We already pay utility tax, Kent city tax and property tax.

My suggestion: the council could hire citi-zens to drive around on garbage days and see how many households do not have garbage service. Each house, rented or owned, should pay for garbage service, whether or not a receptacle is set out on garbage day. It is already a requirement.

Where are the people without garbage service dumping their garbage?– Kathy Skochilich

My watered down bill

Twenty years ago, living in my home in Kent, I received my water bill bi-monthly, around $35.

Yes, I realize that was 20 years ago – when I had three kids at home. $35 to $168 while I am using less – wow, if only my income had gained by such a leap in 20 years.

Every month I pay ap-proximately $84 – none of which includes water.

Access: $13.10Sewer-City rate: $17.96Sewer-Metro rate: $39.70Technology fee: $1Storm drainage: $11.54Then bi-monthly, they

add my water usage $12.12.The city of Kent, and our

elected government officials in general, continues to develop creative ways to in-crease their spending, thus our fees and taxes, with little benefit to show.

Our roads are deplorable while our taxes are amongst the highest in the nation.

The middle class con-tinues to shrink while the spread between the rich and the poor widens.

Government officials fre-quently compare our taxes to higher tax-paying foreign nations – the very nations where people are provided a year off work with pay, father and mother, upon the birth of a child.

Citizens are provided two weeks off for major family holidays and everyone is provided, quality health-care, with, yes, even cures for cancer not permitted here in the United States.

We are reminded we are not a socialist society – unless you are an elected official with extremely great retirement benefits, unlimited spending limits, and a whole lot of self-righteousness.

Vote.– Shirley Craig

An invitation to disaster

In 2009, the city of Kent reported that on a daily basis over 11,500 cars travel the 256th Street corridor from just east of 104th Avenue Southeast to 116th Avenue Southeast.

Our neighborhood de-feated the city’s numerous LID (local improvement district) attempts for many reasons, lack of pedestrian safety and increased traffic among them. Nonethe-less, the city secured funds

elsewhere and the road widening, bike lanes and sidewalks are nearing completion.

This nearly three-quar-ter-mile stretch – where school and Metro bus stops are located on both sides, as well as apartment complex-es and countless students walk to/from school an additional mile away, has no crosswalk to give them any semblance of safety in crossing this busy three-lane road.

The city is failing in its basic moral, if not legal obligation, regarding pedestrian safety … putting more value in planting trees and grass than the paint and simple signage for a crosswalk.

The city of Kent secured a grant and will begin work in 2015 repainting exist-ing pedestrian crosswalks, re-striping lines and the installation of a new mid-block pedestrian crossing near 113th Place Southeast along Kent-Kangley. This is a good thing, but why is the city “holding” funds for future pedestrian cross-ing on Kent-Kangley and giving pedestrians on 256th nothing?

I won’t cite the statistics on potential preventable deaths to come as even one is too many. The cost for a “slow pedestrian crossing” sign is $49.95. What is the value of a life these days?– Susan Thompson

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We had a couple of sig-nificant crimes, the double homicide. Each one of those instances brings up a significant amount of overtime.”

Police shot a man to death in July after the man opened fire at officers. Then in August police arrested a man for investigation of shooting and killing two Shell service station employees.

Thomas said four officers need to be hired for vacan-cies to reach the 138-officer capacity. He said approxi-mately 23 officers are not yet on the street because they are in training or at the police academy in Burien.

“They’re going against our budget, we’re paying them, but they are not actively out on the street enforcing the laws and keeping our community safe,” Thomas said. “That creates mandatory over-time to meet our minimum staffing to keep the streets safe. So we are averaging over $120,000 to $160,000 a month in overtime.”

Boyce responded to Thomas that is too much overtime for officers in or-der for them to perform at a top level. He said he heard a radio report that recent break-ins at the White House could be happening

because of overworked Se-cret Service staff. He doesn’t want overworked officers to cause any problems in Kent.

“They made it clear that there were tired officers who were overworked,” Boyce said. “When you have those things on a police force, you can start slipping. We’re not slipping yet but when I see we are not maintaining the staffing level that brings great con-cern to me. We are nowhere near what we talked about (for staffing).”

Thomas wants to add two more patrol officers to his staff in each of the next two years under a 2015-16 bud-get proposal he presented to the council. Mayor Suzette Cooke included an extra $300,000 for personnel in each of the next two years for the police department in her budget proposal last month to the council. Cooke didn’t designate how those funds would be spent on personnel, leaving it up to Thomas and his staff.

Thomas told the coun-cil at its workshop that $222,037 would be used to hire two officers, $36,450 for Taser replacements, $22,600 for ballistic vest replacements and $12,000 for vehicle pursuit equip-ment and training.

Thomas said he would like to add as many as four officers in each of the next

two years in an effort to get patrol staff up to 160 officers from the 138 who now patrol the city of more than 120,000 people.

“It was council initia-tive that we talked about a staffing plan for 160 officers and a plan of adding an additional four officers for each of the next several years until we reach 160 in 2017 or 2018,” Thomas said. “The most significant un-funded need of the police department is to remain consistent with the council’s Public Safety Committee staffing plan of continu-ing that steady increase of personnel until reaching 160 officers.”

Council President Dana Ralph said additional hires should bring overtime costs down.

“I feel like adding the

officers now there would be savings in the overtime,” Ralph said. “And I have the same concerns (as Boyce) that at some point you could only have so many people working so many hours. We have a plan and I think it’s imperative that we continue to look at that plan.”

Thomas cautioned the council it could take awhile for overtime hours to drop even with more staff.

“I don’t want to mislead the council,” Thomas said. “It will be moneysaving but we may not realize it immediately because of the training. We have at least six officers still waiting to attend the academy then it’s the five-month academy and training afterwards. We will realize a reduction but I don’t want to mislead you

that it will happen tomor-row.”Firefighters

bring comfort, warmth to needy kidsFOR THE REPORTER

Firefighters from Kent Fire Depart-ment RFA Local 1747 and the Kent Firefighters Foun-dation recently delivered new coats to two local elemen-tary schools as part of Operation Warm.

The new, made-in-America coats were distributed to needy kids at Scenic Hill El-ementary in Kent and Seahurst Elementary in Burien.

The money for the coats is provided by the firefighters union and a variety of donors.

Operation Warm provides coats to needy children – which keeps them warm, helps families with limited bud-gets and promotes a higher sense of self-esteem in the kids.

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ASSESSMENT INSTALLMENT NOTICELOCAL IMPROVEMENT

DISTRICT #361CITY OF KENT

Supplemental Assessment Roll for Local Improvement District (LID) No. 351, designated as LID No. 361, for the construction of the South 277th Street Corri- dor Improvements, as originally provided by Ordinance No. 3496. Notice is hereby given that the eighth (8th) installment of the assessment levied for the above named improvement, comprising Local Improvement District No. 361 under Ordinance 3817, is now due and payable and unless payment is made on or before November 7, 2014, said installment will be delinquent, will have a penalty of nine (9) percent added, and the collection of such delinquent installment will be en- forced in the manner prescribed by law.Dated this 7th day of October, 2014.

Aaron BeMillerFinance DirectorCity of Kent, Washington

Published in the Kent Reporter on October 24, 2014 and October 31, 2014. #1137747.

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Kent School District No. 415 is

cations (RFQ) from commercial real estate agents or brokers. The district intends to select a li-

vidual to provide commercial real estate services for the purpose of the sale of commercial real estate that has been determined to be surplus to the needs of the district. A total of 6 prop- erties within the boundaries of the district will need to be sold. Interested parties should submit a cover letter, resume, fee struc- ture information, and a list of commercial real estate sales from the last two years. Materials may be hand delivered or mailed to the KSD Administration Center, 12033 SE 256th Street, Suite A600, Kent, WA 98030, c/o Hal Nourse, Purchasing Supervisor, or emailed to Hal.Nourse@kent. k12.wa.us. Deadline for the submittal of RFQs is 4:00 pm on Friday, November 7, 2014. Published in the Kent, Renton, Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on October 24, 2014 and October 31, 2014. #1162350. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASH- INGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date on this notice to pursue

mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTOR- NEY LICENSED IN WASH- INGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Hous- ing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission Telephone: 1-877-894-HOME(1-877-894-46

wa.gov/consumers/homeownership/post_purchase_counselors_foreclosure.htm The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Tele- phone: 1-800-569-4287 Web

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wide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys Telephone: 1-800-606-4819 Web site: http://nwjustice.org/what- clear I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, CLEAR RECON CORP., 9311 S.E. 36th Street, Suite 100, Mer- cer Island, WA 98040, Trustee will on 11/14/2014 at 10:00 AM at AT THE 4TH AVENUE EN- TRANCE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING LOCATIONED ONE BLOCK EAST OF THE KING COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, 500 4TH AVE, SEAT- TLE, WA 98121 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or cashier’s check or certi-

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OR LESS, TO SAID SOUTHERLY MARGIN OF SOUT146TH STREET; THENCSOUTH 88°15’ EAST. ALONSAID SOUTHERLY STREEMARGIN 75.56 FEET TO THTRUE POINT OF BEGINNINGSITUATE IN THE COUNTOF KING, STATE OF WASHINGTON. Commonly known as:841 SOUTH 146TH STREEBURIEN, WASHINGTO98168 APN: 202304-9064-0which is subject to that certaDeed of Trust dated 12/4/200recorded 12/10/2007, as Audtor’s File No. 2007121000190records of King County, Wasington, from JON E HOLLEY, SINGLE PERSON, as Grator(s), to FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, A CALIFORNICORPORATION, as Trustee, secure an obligation in favor MORTGAGE ELECTRONIREGISTRATION SYSTEMINC., AS NOMINEE FOR LEHMAN BROTHERS BANK, FSA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANKITS SUCCESSORS AND A

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do about that and how can we raise achievement for our ELL kids?’” Hauptmann said.

Hauptmann is hoping to impact students, specifically non-English and low-litera-cy students, at earlier ages.

“Here I get to see and work with kids earlier,” she said, “so they have more time to get from where they

are to where they need to be at the high school level.”

Jones also comes from a background in high schools, specifically at two Tacoma schools

Hauptmann and Jones said they were unfamiliar with Mill Creek’s history. The school has been beset with student disciplinary problems.

“All I know is I run from Auburn to Kent a lot on

the Interurban Trail, but I didn’t know much of anything about the school until I took the job really,” Hauptmann said.

“I was kind of the same,” Jones said. “I’ve been in the high school my whole ca-reer so I wanted to go to the middle school level because being in high school we’ve seen what high school looks like. … I’ve seen the kids at the end of their educational

career and now I get to see them in the middle.

“When I first came and I saw the students, I just saw diversity,” Jones added. “I see a bunch of kids that are ready to learn, eager to learn and a community that cares about their kids. That was my first impression, and I’m excited to be here.”

“It has its own challeng-es,” Hauptmann said, “and its own rewards.”

Solutions soughtBrown wants the com-

munity not to fixate on the image that the middle school has earned over the past several years and instead look to the solu-tions that his team is trying to work out in the building and the community.

The new assistant principals also have ideas about how to improve the community outside of their work on campus. Specifi-cally, Hauptmann says she hopes to see more after-school programs at Mill Creek.

“What is a unique chal-lenge down here in the valley is that there’s not a lot of things for kids to do after school,” Hauptmann

said. “In terms of this area, the lack of after-school pro-grams and places to go for kids in the area after school has a big impact. … In my old school, we had the Boys and Girls Club right there.”

Brown, as the school’s new improvement officer, is excited about the oppor-tunity and looks forward to tackling some of Mill Creek’s problems head on. To Brown, what’s integrat-ing is the cultural differenc-es at the school and finding ways to bring parents and business owners into the school to provide positive role models.

He also wants to focus on teaching students and teachers how to handle social situations.

One such situation, Brown explained, is of a student living in poverty who is directed by a teacher to quiet down. While the teacher meant nothing by the comment, the student might feel disrespected.

“For kids of poverty, re-spect is all they have so they go into a defense mode,” Brown said.

The student then thinks that the teacher doesn’t like her, retaliates and is kicked

out of class or suspended but doesn’t understand why she was suspended for standing up for herself, Brown said.

Brown is excited about bridging cultural, social and economic gaps at the school.

“I’m feeling great, I love it. I’ve worked in schools like Mill Creek my whole life. I’ve worked with schools and communities that are similar in terms of demographics and needs,” he said.

He also says it’s time for the district, teachers and parents to stop finger-pointing and start sup-porting Mill Creek and the surrounding area.

“When you talk about high-needs schools, it is a multi-tiered collabora-tion and support process,” Brown said. “It’s getting teachers, community and (administration) and district support all on the same page, and harnessing that around kids.

“For Mill Creek I’m excit-ed about them bringing in the PASA (Parent Academy for Student Achievement) program, getting a dialogue for student performance.”

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Kent Station merchants will pass out tasty treats to little ghosts and goblins between 4 and 6:30 p.m. on Friday.

Merchants participating in trick-or-treat-ing will display a pumpkin in their window.

The event includes a costume contest from 4-6 p.m. Judging will begin just after 4 p.m. on the fountain stage in the plaza next to ColdStone Creamery. Winners of the

best individual costumes and best group costumes will be announced from 6:10-6:30 p.m. Winners must be present to win. Prizes are Kent Station gift cards.

Costumes will be judged by three vol-unteers. Winning costumes will be judged on originality, details and accessories that coordinate the ensemble and overall ap-pearance.

For more information, go to kentstation.com or call 253-856-2301.

Kids can celebrate Halloween at Kent Station

Kent’s Holiday Craft Market set for Nov. 7-8FOR THE REPORTER

The city of Kent will host the largest creative gift bou-tique in all the state’s senior centers at the 28th Annual Holiday Craft Market from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7 and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8.

This juried show boasts 70 booths of handcrafted one-of-a-kind gifts at the Kent Senior Center, 600 E. Smith Street.

There is free onsite park-ing, the ever popular Figgy Pudding Café and Bake Sale, hourly door prizes compliments of the Craft Market artists and fes-tive live entertainment by Tammy Davenport (Friday) and John Ansotigue (Sat-

urday).No admission fee is

charged. The major event co-spon-

sors are Farrington Court, Judson Park, Stafford Suites and Regence.

Proceeds benefit the programs and services of the Kent Senior Activity Center.

For more information, call 253-856-5162.

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rides, it is important for seniors to ambulate at least once every one to two hours. Individuals with arthritis should get up and stretch. Moving also helps prevent a type of blood clot called deep venous thrombosis (DVT), which can form when blood doesn’t get pumped up from the legs to the heart as well as when leg muscles are not working as much during rest. These clots can travel to the lungs and cause blockage of blood fl ow and even death in extreme cases. If it is diffi cult to ambulate, do leg exercises while sitting. Flexing and extending the calf muscles by pointing toes upward with the heels on the ground (dorsifl exion) or moving heels up off the ground with the toes still planted (plantar fl exion) can help contract and stretch calf muscles. Other preventative measures include wearing compression stockings and staying

well hydrated.LISTS: A list of medicines, medical

conditions, allergies, surgeries, advanced directives and physicians that the individual sees is important to have at all times in case of medical care or emergency. This list can be typed or written and kept in a purse or wallet.

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The Renton Senior Activity Center is hoping to draw in some new members by trying something they’ve never done before: evening hours.

Beginning this month, the center will stay open on Wednesdays until 9 p.m., in-stead of closing at 5 p.m. like it does the other days.

According to Senior Center Director Shawn Daly, the decision to keep the doors open a little longer came in response to a survey that showed residents would like the facil-ity to stay open later.

“Obviously, more and more people – including seniors – are working during the day,” Daly said.

The hope, according to Daly, is that the extended evening hours provide an opportu-nity for the newly retired and the about-to-retire to visit the facility and get involved.

To help spur a younger crowd, the senior center hosted a retirement planning seminar on Oct. 8 and again this past Wednesday. Additional seminars are planned for future Wednesday evenings as well.

Most of the facilities will be open during the extended hours, though the kitchen, coffee bar and computer room will be closed. Daly said they hope to get computer classes in during the evenings in the future.

But aside from those three items, the rest of the center’s facilities will be available, from the pool room to card room to the TV room and even the fitness center, though there is a $1 charge to use the fitness center.

Two staff members will be on hand Wednesday evenings and though Daly said the additional staffing would show up in the center’s budget, there is presently enough room in the budget and enough demand for the additional hours to make it work.

“It’s something that’s really new to us,” Daly said. “I think it’s really going to take off.”

The Renton Senior Activity Center is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays. For more information, call 425-430-6633

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Marilyn has lived for almost four years at Merrill Gardens. She loves it. “I just don’t think there’s a better retirement anywhere.”

The best part: Probably the open dining. “Any-time you want, sit where you want, with whom you want, eat what you want. You can have everything on the menu if you could hold it.” She laughs.

Before moving to Merrill Gardens, she visited other retirement communities, but chose Merrill Gardens. Location was a big reason. She can walk to the bank and to the post office. But there’s another reason. “I just found that Merrill Gardens is such a happy place.”

And Renton is home. She bought her house in Rolling Hills in 1966 and lived there until she moved to Merrill Gardens. For 20 years, she taught high school PE, first at Renton High School, then transferred to Lindbergh when it opened.

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AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Provides Free Tax Assistance and Volunteer Opportunities

The TAX-AIDE program is sponsored by the AARP Foundation and the IRS. You don’t need to be an AARP member or retiree to volunteer, or to receive free tax preparation services from TAX-AIDE.

Last year, over 32,000 Tax-Aide volunteers helped over 2 million people file their personal income tax forms. The program is offered at over 7,000 sites around the country including senior centers, libraries and other convenient locations.

Do you enjoy helping others? Do you like to prepare tax returns? Do you have basic computer skills? --Then consider becoming an IRS-certified TAX-AIDE volunteer, and see what a difference helping others can make in your life! Volunteers of all ages and backgrounds are

welcome!Training begins in December.

All volunteers do self-study, using training materials and software provided by the IRS. They must attend training classes and pass the IRS Test before providing tax assistance for low- and middle-income members of our community. New volunteers work with experienced volunteers at several sites throughout our communities.

Join our crew of dedicated TAX-AIDE volunteers. You’ll work your mind and warm your heart!

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If cremation was your loved one’s choice, we can help you design a permanent memorial befitting a special life. A memorial can be as simple or elaborate as you like, and there are many options available.

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Volunteers make Renton Senior Activity Center a lasting successBY SHAWN DALY, SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER DIRECTOR

In September 1979, the city of Renton opened the doors to its “new” Senior Center on the Cedar River. Hailed by then Mayor Charles Delaurenti as the “Best on the West Coast,” the center was a dream come true for Renton- ‐area senior citizens.

Today the Renton Senior Activity Center continues to flourish. A well rounded pro-gram of social, health and recreational activities and services makes the center a very important part of the lives of many area senior citizens.

The philosophy at the time the facility was built was that one of the keys to the success of the facility would be determined by the commitment and involvement of senior volunteers. It has always been the feeling here that using senior volunteers to their potential would have a very positive effect on the overall attitude of participants and the center’s atmosphere.

Senior citizens that volunteer have a vested interest in the program. This is their center, they have helped develop policy in the past, and they will continue to mold its future.

Because they truly care about the center and are proud of what we have to of-fer, they promote the center in a very positive way. They are the ones who deserve the credit for making the Renton Senior Activity Center the special place that it has become.

Volunteers donate their time for a number of reasons, but most volunteer because they care about our community and want to give something back. One volunteer recently told me, “You get out of a community what you put into a community”.

Our volunteers are simply amazing. They truly are the heart of our senior center and without them we could not survive.

Renton- ‐area residents age 50 and up are invited to call the Renton Senior Activity Center at 425-430- 6633 for further information about the center and about volunteer opportunities available.


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Many individuals will need long-term care later in life. Private payment for that care can be very expensive - - - perhaps as much as $10,000 per month. If it is not feasible to pay privately for the needed care, an individual must be able to qualify for Medicaid.

Eligibility for Medicaid is a complex subject with rules that change frequently, different rules that apply to married couples and single persons, and different rules that apply to different care environments. That is why it is important to seek legal counsel from an attorney with training and experience in this fi eld.

Strict rules govern Medicaid eligibility. Some assets like a home with an equity value of less than $543,000, one automobile and household goods and furnishings are exempt. However, though the home is exempt, it is subject to Medicaid recovery after the death of the

applicant (or both spouses if the applicant is married). With proper planning, Medicaid recovery can be avoided in many cases involving a married couple.

The Medicaid applicant must have no more than $2000 in non-exempt assets. If the applicant is married, the other spouse must have no more than a minimum of $53,016 or a maximum of $117,240 in non-exempt assets, depending upon whether the applicant is applying for the COPES program or Institutional Medicaid. The value of any non-exempt assets over those amounts must be “spent-down” before the applicant will be eligible. In addition, the income of the applicant must be less than the cost of the long-term care.

The “spend-down” of non-exempt assets can be accomplished by making personal expenditures for the needed care for the applicant, or other personal needs of the applicant or spouse.

The rules governing gifts of assets have changed very substantially in recent years. In general, assets should not now be given

away as part of the “spend-down” plan. Any gifts made within the 5-year “look-back period” prior to application will incur a Medicaid transfer penalty consisting of a period during which the applicant is not eligible for Medicaid. The length of the penalty period depends on the amount of the gift. Most importantly, the penalty period commences only when the applicant needs Medicaid.

For married couples, a very useful strategy involves the purchase of a specifi c type of annuity. A complete description of this complex strategy, and the risks involved, is beyond the space available in this article. However, the permanent annuity is a very useful way to complete the “spend-down”, make the applicant almost immediately eligible for Medicaid, yet provide for the return of the funds to the other spouse over a period of several years.

Long-term care expense is a very signifi cant threat to the fi nancial well-being of most families. But at least for most married couples, there are strategies available to protect family wealth while still providing the care needed by the disabled spouse through eligibility for Medicaid.

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Organic, natural, free trade, local, humane — there is a long list of terms applied to foods and drinks today that make them sound more natural

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Meat & Dairy: Buying products that are certified USDA organic can reduce environmental impact because no pesticides, fertilizers or antibiotics were used in the animals’ care. However, certified organic meat and dairy can be very expensive or difficult to find. Locally sourced meat and dairy reduces the energy in transporting it to you. You can also reduce your impact and save money by choosing to use these products less. Instead of dairy, try focusing on high calcium plant foods (broccoli, kale) or fortified orange juice or soy milk. Choose beans and legumes for protein instead of meat, eat meat only once daily or have a meatless day once a week.

Poultry and Eggs: Certified organic or humanely raised are good options if available and not cost prohibitive. Just use these items

less to reduce your impact and save money. Instead of chicken, turkey or eggs a few times a week, go for nuts or beans for your protein in a meal or snack. Try a peanut butter sandwich instead of turkey, or have chickpeas on a salad instead of chicken.

Veggies and Fruits: The health benefits of eating more non-organic produce far outweigh the marginal risk of increased pollutant exposure. If organic isn’t available, don’t let that stop you from loading your plate! Keep in mind that almost all of the research that show the tremendous health benefits of a high produce intake studied conventional (non-organic) produce. You can also buy locally sourced produce to reduce the energy used to transport it. Wash it, peel it and eat up!

Water: Most experts concur that tap water is safe and preferable to bottled water. Actually, 25 percent of bottled water is tap water. Tap water saves packaging, saves money and isn’t transported long distances. Water bottles are filling landfills and demand more than 1.5 million barrels of oil annually! Another option is to buy a simple filtration system like Pur or Brita that fits on your faucet or uses a refillable pitcher. For water on the go, treat yourself to an easy-to-wash bottle you can refill it use for years.

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Wesley Homes Health Center Dietician Benjamin Franklin famously said: “. . . nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” While this is true, at least most Americans will be able to avoid death taxes. However, for those fortunate to have a taxable estate, there are strategies that can be used to minimize exposure to estate taxes.

Generally speaking, for both the federal government and the State of Washington, all assets owned by an individual (including the death benefit of any life insurance) are included in the “taxable estate”.

The State Estate Tax has an exemption of $2.0 million for each individual. The rate of estate tax on any assets over that amount is a sliding scale from 10% to 19% of the amount over that amount.

An individual or a married couple with a taxable estate of less than $2.0 million need not be concerned with estate taxes. But it is important to note that in the case of a married couple, at the death of the surviving spouse there will be only one exemption of $2.0 million to protect the assets of the surviving spouse from estate taxation. Therefore, it is important for a married couple to plan to minimize estate tax liability if the taxable estate is likely to exceed $2.0 million.

One strategy to minimize the value of the taxable estate is to make gifts during lifetime. An individual can give up to $14,000 to any other person during a calendar year without any requirement to file a Gift Tax Return. Gifts in a larger amount made during a calendar year will reduce the Federal Estate Tax exemption amount. However, there is no effect on the State Estate Tax exemption amount.

A married couple can provide for the creation at the death of the first spouse of a Credit Shelter Trust (or “A-B Trust”) for the benefit of the surviving spouse. The assets funded in that trust will not be included in the taxable estate of the surviving spouse. This strategy must be created in the estate plan of the first spouse to die.

For those persons with a taxable estate with a value in excess of $2.0 million, it is important to seek appropriate legal counsel to explore available strategies to minimize exposure to estate tax liability.

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Whether it’s a military operation, a family vacation or a remodeling project, you know how important it is to plan in advance.

Your funeral or cremation service is no different. There are dozens upon dozens of decisions that must be made, and by making them now you have added peace of mind that everything will be right. And making your final arrangements today will help protect your family from some of the emotional and finan-cial burdens that often occur after the loss of a loved one.

When you plan your funeral or cremation service in advance, you’ll have the opportunity to become informed about your options and their various costs, putting you in full control of your services. You’ll be able to select fu-neral or cremation services that will truly have meaning to you and your family while properly honoring your military service.

Like any special event, a funeral or crema-tion service gives your family and friends time to support each other, to share memories and to celebrate your life. You can – and should – plan your service to include photographs,

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($300.00) Mailings $32.70TOTAL DUE AS OF 7/2/2014$52,370.78 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $195,078.93, together with interest as provided in the Note from 4/1/2011, and such other costs and fees as are provided by statute. V. the above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on 11/14/2014. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by 11/3/2014, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discon- tinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and termi- nated if at any time before 11/3/2014 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with

a State or federally chartered

ed any time after the 11/3/2014 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the or the Grantor’s successor interest or the holder of any recorded junior lien or en- cumbrance by paying the principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust and curing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of Default was

Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): SEE ATTACHED EX-

proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Bor- rower and Grantor were personally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trus- tee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain

the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invali- dating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS – The purchaser at the trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFOR- MATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR- POSE. Dated: 7/7/14 CLEAR RECON CORP., as Successor Trustee For additional information or service you may contact: Clear Recon Corp. 9311 S.E. 36th Street, Suite 100 Mercer Is- land, WA 98040 Phone: (206) 707-9599 EXHIBIT “1”NAME ADDRESS JON E HOLLEY 33720 9TH AVE S STE 7 FEDERAL WAY, WA 98003-6735 JON E HOLLEY 841 S 146TH ST BURIEN, WA 98168-3629 JON E HOLLEY 841 SOUTH 146TH STREET BURIEN WASHINGTON 98168 Published in the Kent Reporter on October 17, 2014 and October 31, 2014. #1095081.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASH- INGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date on this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTOR- NEY LICENSED IN WASH- INGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Hous- ing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or

assistance in determining your

your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission Telephone: 1 - 8 7 7 - 8 9 4 - H O M E (1-877-894-4663) . Web site:

mers/homeowner

ship/post_purchase_counselors_foreclosure.htm The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Tele- phone: 1-800-569-4287 Web

hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/index.cfm?webListAction=search&searchstate=

wide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys Telephone: 1-800-606-4819 Web site: http://nwjustice.org/what- clear I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, CLEAR RECON CORP., 9311 S.E. 36th Street, Suite 100, Mer- cer Island, WA 98040, Trustee will on 12/5/2014 at 10:00 AM at AT THE 4TH AVENUE EN- TRANCE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING LOCATIONED ONE BLOCK EAST OF THE KING COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, 500 4TH AVE, SEAT- TLE, WA 98121 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of

of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of King, State of Wash- ington, to-wit: LOTS 1 AND 2, WORDEN’S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE, AC- CORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 24 OF PLATS, PAGE(S) 31, RECORDS OF KING COUNTY, WASHING- TON; EXCEPT THE WEST 57 FEET THEREOF, AND EX- CEPT THE SOUTH 7.5 FEET OF SAID LOT 2, IN KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON. SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF KING, STATE OF WASH-

4903 SOUTHWEST STEVENS STREET SEATTLE, WA 98116 APN: 957180-0046-09 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 10/5/2006, recorded 10/13/2006, as Auditor’s File No. 20061013002098, records of King County, Washington, from CHARLES GUZEK AND STA- CEY GUZEK, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Grantor(s), to FIDEL- ITY NATIONAL TITLE COM- PANY OF WASHINGTON, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of MORTGAGE ELEC- TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS INC., SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR MERITAGE MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND AS-

signed by LNV CORPORA- TION, under an Assignment recorded under Auditor’s File No 20090602000402. II. No action

of the Deed of Trust or the

the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obliga-

tion secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: PROMISSORY NOTE INFOR- MATION Note Dated: 10/5/2006Note Amount: $389,200.00 Inter- est Paid To: 9/1/2011 Next Due Date: 10/1/2011 PAYMENT IN- FORMATION FROM THRUNO.PMT AMOUNT TOTAL5/1/2014 3 $3,573.81 $10,721.432/1/2014 4/30/2014 3 $3,577.07$10,731.21 10/1/2011 11/30/2011 2 $3,549.04 $7,098.08 12/1/2011 1/30/2013 14 $3,549.05 $49,686.70 2/1/2013 1/31/2014 12 $3,616.92$43,403.04 ADVANCES/LATE CHARGES DESCRIPTION TOTAL BPO $100.00 INSPEC- TIONS $270.00 Corporate Ad- vance $5,447.11 Accrued Late Charges $2,008.00 ESTIMATED FORECLOSURE FEES AND COSTS DESCRIPTION TOTALTrustee’s Fee’s $750.00 Posting of Notice of Default $50.00 Post- ing of Notice of Sale $75.00 Postponement Fee $500.00 Pub- lication of Notice of Sale $600.00 Record Appointment of Successor Trustee $14.00 Record Notice of Sale $78.00 T.S.G. Fee $1,427.79 Title Datedown Fee $100.00 Mailings $661.74 TOTAL DUE AS OF 7/14/2014$133,824.10 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $419,926.96, together with interest as provided in the Note from 10/1/2011, and such other costs and fees as are provided by statute. V. The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on 12/5/2014. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by 11/24/2014, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discon- tinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and termi- nated if at any time before 11/24/2014 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with

a State or federally chartered

ed any time after the 11/24/2014 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the or the Grantor’s successor interest or the holder of any recorded junior lien or en- cumbrance by paying the principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust and curing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of Default was

Trustee to the Borrower and

Grantor at the following address(es): SEE ATTACHED EX-

proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Bor- rower and Grantor were personally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trus- tee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invali- dating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS – The purchaser at the trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. If you are a servicemember or a dependent of a servicemember, you may be entitled to certain protections under the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and any compar-

of foreclosure. If you believe you may be entitled to these protec-

immediately. THIS IS AN AT- TEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: 7/15/14 CLEAR RECON CORP., as Successor Trustee For additional information or service you may contact: Clear Recon Corp. 9311 S.E. 36th Street, Suite 100 Mercer Island, WA 98040 Phone: (206) 707-9599 EXHIBIT”1” NAME ADDRESSCHARLES GUZEK 4903 SOUTHWEST STEVENS STREET SEATTLE, WA 98116CHARLES GUZEK 4903 SWSTEVENS ST SEATTLE Washington 98116 Occu- pant(s)/Tenant(s) 4903 SOUTH-

WEST STEVENS STREETSEATTLE, WA 98116 Occu-pants/Tenants 4903 SW STE-VENS ST SEATTLE Washing-ton 98116 STACEY GUZEK 4903 SOUTHWEST STEVENS STREET SEATTLE, WA 98116 STACEY GUZEK 4903 SW STEVENS ST SEATTLE Washington 98116 Published in the Kent Reporteron October 31, 2014 and Novem- ber 21, 2014. #1136705.

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF

LIEN SALE AUCTIONDATE: NOVEMBER 13, 2014

AT 10:00AMProperty belonging to Renee Pe- lissier, (unit#(s), (000010373,

(000011647), Jonathan White,

(000013457), Dianna Loggins, (041031), Jacques Bergeron,

(035387, 028604, 033099), will be sold by live public auction (verbal bidding) on NOVEM- BER 13, 2014 STARTING AT 10:00AM at DOOR TO DOOR STORAGE, INC., 21001 72nd Ave S., Kent, WA 98032. Goods

inventoried by Door to Door Storage, Inc. General description

Household, business or consumer goods, namely personal effects,

glass, silverware, electronics, tools, and similar items; but actu-al contents, condition, and

Door Storage, Inc. Persons under 15 not admitted. Photo ID is re- quired for bidders. Only cash or credit card as payment. Bidder Registration begins at 9:30am. Viewing begins at 10:00am, and bidding will begin soon after. Each container is 5 ft wide x 8 ft long x 7 ft high. Auctioneer: WWW.ThomasHaywardAuctioneers.com,(888-255-7633), License #2845.10/24, 10/31/14CNS-2678234#THE KENT REPORTER#1160174.

Superior Court of Washington County of King

In re: Evelia Torres Petitioner, andMartin Zambrano Respondent.No. 14-306863-1KNT

Summons by Publication (SMPB)

To the Respondent: The petitioner has started anaction in the above court request-ing: that your marriage or domes-tic partnership be dissolved. The petition also requests thatthe court grant the followingrelief: Dispose of property and li-abilities

PUBLIC NOTICES

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...Continued from previous page

BY DEAN A. RADFORD

[email protected]

Valley Medical Center is screening all patients for poten-tial Ebola exposure coming to its clinics, the emergency room or hospital as it responds to the outbreak of the deadly disease in West Africa.

It’s unlikely that anyone in South King County will become infected, but the Renton hospital’s officials and the rest of the medi-cal establishment in King County are preparing to respond to one case or many.

“We all just have to be vigilant,” said Dr. Kathryn D. Beattie, Valley

Medical’s chief medical officer.Part of Valley’s response is edu-

cational and a chance to remind everyone that their well-being is in their hands.

“The two most important things that they can do to pro-mote their own well-being would be to wash their hands and get

their flu shots,” said Beattie, point-ing out there’s a “much higher likelihood” of getting seriously ill from the flu than contracting Ebola.

Ebola is only transferred through contact with bodily flu-ids, including from a sneeze, and not casually, such as when sitting

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You must respond to this summons by serving a copy of your written response on the person signing this summons and by

of the court. If you do not serve your written response within 60

(60 days after the 24th day of October 24, 2014), the court may

you, and the court may, without further notice to you, enter a de- cree and approve or provide for

serve a notice of appearance on the undersigned person, you are

tered. Your written response to the summons and petition must be on form WPF DR 01.0300, Response to Petition (Marriage). Information about how to get this form may be obtained by

by contacting the Administrative

(360)705-5328, or from the Inter- net at the Washington State

http:/www.courts.wa.gov/forms

of an attorney in this matter you

your written response, if any, may be served on time. One method of serving a copy of your response on the petitioner

This summons is issued

the State of Washington.

401 Fourth Avenue North,

23240 88th Ave S #KK202

on October 24 &31, 2014; November 7, 14, 21 &2 82014. #1162225

PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1

OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON

(VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER)

Renton, Washington

that the proposed budget cover-

hearing on said proposed budget

Renton, Washington on the 3rd day of November 2014, at the

appear and be heard in favor of,

posed budget or any part thereof.

ensuing year.

Diamond Reporter on October 24, 2014 and October 31, 2014. #1162374.

Superior Court of Washington for King County

Estate of EILEEN S. MORRIS, Deceased.Case No.14-4-05737-4KNT

PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS

(RCW 11.40.030)

Decedent’s estate. Any person

their attorney at the addresses

of this Notice to you as provided

Four (4) months after the date of

the time period set forth above,

11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This

both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

RepresentativesCO-PERSONAL REPRESEN- TATIVES

ATTORNEY FOR CO-PERSONAL REPRESENTA- TIVES

on October 24, 2014, October 31, 2014, November 7, 2014.

CITY OF KENTNOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARING ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

PUBLIC HEARING at 5:00 P.M. on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2014

220 4th Avenue South, Kent,

INCREASED EXEMPTION (SEPA) THRESHOLDS

to consider the Department of

regarding the State Environmen-

for SEPA review of minor new

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIV- EN that any person wishing to

to the meeting or at the meeting

gov or by phone at 253.856.

253-856-5454.

site beginning on November 6th

FOR MORE INFORMATION.

on October 31, 2014. #11665551.

CITY OF KENTNOTICE OF APPLICATION

A Project Permit Application

and the process for review. The

October 31, 2014

Kentridge Estates

#RPP3-2142475

#RPSW-2142474 The

tract, a sensitive area tract, two private road tracts and two private joint use driveway tracts.

Street to the east and connects to

tersection of SE 212th Street and

nue SE.

NPDES construc-

permits for each new home.

October 31, 2014 to November 14, 2014

be in writing and received in 4:30

P.M., Friday, November 14, 2014 at 220 4th Avenue South,

ing is tentatively scheduled for

4th Avenue South, Kent, WA Please be advised this

hearing date is subject to change. Please call to verify time and date at least a week before the scheduled meeting.

(253) 856-5454.

on October 31, 2014. #1165574.Kent School District No. 415

Notice of Sale of Real Property Notice is hereby given that the

this notice. 1) vicinity of 124th Ave. between

TON.

2)

3) 16707 174th Ave SE, Renton,

EAST 2,628.28 FEET FROM

merce on October 31, 2014.

In the matter of the estate of AMELIA S. BLOOM, DeceasedNo. 14-4-00677-1

PROBATE NOTICE TOCREDITORS

resentatives of this estate. Any

Decedent must, before the time

tives’ attorney at the address

11.40.020(3); or (2) four months

presented within this time frame,

cept as otherwise provided in

against both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.Anticipated Date of First

623 Dwight Street

DATED this 16th day of October, 2014.

on October 24, 2014, October 31, 2014 and November 7, 2014.

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Kentwood 4 0 7 1

Kent-Meridian 3 1 6 2

Tahoma 2 2 5 3

Kentlake 1 3 3 5

Kentridge 0 4 0 8

SPSL Northeast 4A

Last week’s games

Kentwood 50, Kentlake 6

Tahoma 29, Kentridge 14Kent-Meridian 33, Mount Rainier 6

Thursday’s games

Tahoma at Jeff erson, 7 p.m.

Decatur at Kentlake, 7 p.m.

Kentridge at Mount Rainier, 7:30 p.m.

Friday’s games

Kent-Meridian at Federal Way, 7 p.m.

Todd Beamer at Kentwood, 7 p.m.Kentridge’s Melanie Dillon, front, and Alaina Rhee warm up prior to their match on Monday against Kent-Meridian. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter

REPORTER STAFF

Th e Kentridge High girls volleyball team squeezed a 3-2 win out over Kent-Meridian on Monday night to remain tied for fi rst at 8-1 with Tahoma and Todd Beamer.

What would ordinar-ily have been a standard league game became a piv-otal match for Kentridge to maintain its standing in the South Puget Sound League North Division aft er the Chargers fi rst league loss to Tahoma last Friday.

“I am very proud of my team for fi ghting back for the win on Monday,” Kentridge coach Deanna Colston said. “Th e girls did a great job. Kent-Meridian played an impressive game.”

Senior Chantelle Wil-liams had 15 kills and Lexi Nguyen put down 14.

Junior Regan Denny

served 19 balls and had three aces, followed by Melanie Dillon and Natalie Clift on who bagged two aces each.

Nguyen pulled her weight defensively, digging out nine plays, while LaDrea Ford

stuff ed four balls.Kentridge played on

Th ursday night in the SPSL volleyball tournament, results were unavailable at press time.

Kentridge finishes in tie atop SPSL North

REPORTER STAFF

Kent-Meridian High rolled to a 33-6 victory over Mount Rainier in a cross-divisional South Puget Sound League 4A football game at Highline Stadium last Friday night.

Th e district playoff -bound Roy-als improved to 6-2 overall. Th e Rams dropped to 1-7.

Shamar Malik Woolery ran for three touchdowns – from 9, 8 and 4 yards out – and Ben Woods tossed two TD passes – 51 yards to Armani Reese and 20 yards to Matt Daigre.

Woods completed 15 of 20 passes for 233 yards. Reese hauled in fi ve passes for 117 yards and Woolery fi nished with 49 yards on 12 carries. Brandon Robinson led the

Royals in rushing with 50 yards on 10 carries.

Noah Franquez led the Royals with 6½ tackles. Tristan Ingold had 4½

K-M cruises past Mount Rainier

Faamausili fi nds right fi t at GRCC

BY ROSS COYLE

[email protected]

Despite her reluctance to play college volleyball, Faith Faamausili

has distinguished herself as an up-and-coming player for the Green River Community College Gators.

Th e Kent-Meridian High School

graduate is studying pediatrics at Green River. She said she hadn’t planned on playing volleyball for [ more GRCC page 20 ]

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tackles and two sacks.Th e Royals travel to

Federal Way to take on the heralded Eagles (6-2), the Northwest Division cham-pions, in a crossover game with district seeding on the line at 7 p.m. Friday.

ElsewhereKentwood 50, Kentlake

6: Kentwood fi nished the regular season with an undefeated conference record of 4-0 with the win last Friday.

Th e Conks scored 43 seconds into the game with a one yard touchdown run and a successful two-point conversion staked them to an early 8-0 lead. Th e Conks scored again in the fi rst on a 53-yard run and another successful two-point conversion.

Aft er another score in the second quarter, Kentwood led 23-0 at halft ime.

Kentlake’s lone score came early in the fourth quarter, with a 2-yard pass from junior Trey Helgeson to junior James George.

Kentlake ended the regu-lar season 1-3 in conference play, 3-5 overall.

Th e 4A district tourna-ment Nov. 7-8 pits the South Puget Sound League 4A North and South against each other.

Th e North is split into two diff erent divisions — the Northwest and Northeast, which holds Kentwood, Kentlake and Tahoma.

Th e fi rst-place Conks and second-place Kent-Meridian automatically advance to the district playoff s. Th e top three, which also includes Tahoma, advance to the seeding games.

Kentwood hosts Todd Beamer at 7 p.m. Friday for divisional seeding in the North.

Th e Falcons fi nished the season in fourth place and were scheduled to play Decatur Th ursday, which was aft er press deadline. Th e Bears were scheduled to play Th omas Jeff erson. Th e winner of that game continues to the district tournament as the No. 5 seed and the loser is out but moves on to play a non playoff , crossover game.

Tahoma 29, Kentridge 14: Kentridge scored fi rst, but the Bears answered with a 31-yard fi eld goal in the second quarter, to trim the defi cit to 7-3 at halft ime.

Tahoma dominated the third quarter, kicking two fi eld goals and getting a 1-yard touchdown run by senior running back Jerome Woods. Tahoma added to the lead in the fourth quarter when sophomore Josh Smith intercepted Kentridge and took the ball 32-yards for a score.

Tahoma notched one more touchdown with a 16-yard pass from junior quarterback Amandre Williams to senior receiver Tyson Cronin.

Faith Faamausili works on her hitting skills for Green River Community College. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter

[ K-M from page 19 ][ GRCC from page 19 ]

the Gators.“I didn’t really think that

I would be at a collegiate level,” she said, “but Coach (Kyle) Densley talked to me and I gave it a try and I fell in love with college ball.”

Faamausili recently took honors in the Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC) as both the NWAC’s Week 1 player of the week and MVP of GRCC’s Gator Classic vol-leyball tournament.

“I didn’t get to fi nd out until a week later,” Faamausili said. “My coach came up to me and he was like ‘hey, you were of-fensive player of the week,’ and at fi rst I didn’t believe him.”

Th e acknowledgement boosted her self-confi dence and slightly changed the game for her from some-thing she used to unwind to a more serious past time.

“I never thought I would have something like that as a freshman in college, I usually come here just to play, to get things out and to be away from every-thing,” she said.

Faamausili says that it’s

been a bit of an adjustment to get used to the pace of college volleyball but is ex-cited to make the transition.

“When you step on the court as a college player you already have to know the basics of volleyball,” said Faamausili. “You have to know who you’re competing against, the in-tensity level is a lot higher.”

She also said it’s been

interesting to play with past rivals – some of her freshman teammates in-clude girls from Kentridge and Kentlake.

“We talk about our high school seasons and we talk about ‘we didn’t like that player’ but it’s just some-thing to laugh at at the end of the day,” she said.

As Faamausili moves on from high school, she fi nds

it easy to put old rivalries away and work together with her teammates.

“Th ere’s nothing diff er-ent, we’re all from Kent, that’s like my family city,” she said. “Coming together on the court it’s really fun because we’re like oh my gosh we used to hate play-ing against you guys. Now that we’re playing together we’re like one big family.”

Everett edges Thunderbirds 2-1FOR THE REPORTER

Th e Everett Silvertips defeated the Seattle Th under-birds 2-1 in overtime Saturday night at Xfi nity Arena in Everett.

Everett (8-1-2-1) scored 41 seconds into overtime just as a T-Birds penalty expired. Ivan Nikolishin scored from the right circle on assists from Nikita Scherbak and Kevin Davis.

Seattle goalie Taran Kozun had 28 saves on 30 shots and his record is now 5-3-1-1.

Seattle (5-5-2-1) took a 1-0 lead just under fi ve minute into the game.


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country in the last 21 days – the incubation period for Ebola – and whether they’ve been in the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the hardest hit by the disease.

The questions are asked when making an appoint-ment or a person registers in person at a Valley Medi-cal facility.

If the answers are yes, the patient is given a mask and placed in a sparsely appointed isolation room, where hospital staff, dressed in four layers of Personal Protective Equipment, ask more questions about symptoms and travel and examine the patient to de-termine whether the patient is at risk.

Public Health – Seattle and King County is involved in this in-depth screening, which follows the protocols of the national Centers for Disease Control.

The protocol was fol-

lowed recently when a patient arrived at Valley’s emergency room. He was asked whether he had trav-eled to Africa in the last 21 days. He answered yes and also responded yes when asked whether he had these symptoms – nausea, vomit-ing and diarrhea.

In asking more questions the staff determined he had traveled to Ethiopia, not one of the affected African coun-tries. Registration personnel had not specifically asked whether he had traveled to West Africa. The patient likely had a bad cold.

But the experience helped hospital person-nel refine their procedures and tested how well the isolation room worked, ac-cording to Theresa Braun-gardt, Valley’s chief nursing officer, who responded to the incident.

“It kind of became a drill,” she said.

A suspected case of Ebola is confirmed through a blood test before a patient is placed

in one of two isolation rooms in the actual hospital. Harborview Medical Center, which like Valley is also part of UW Medicine, has two isolation rooms.

All staff members in Valley’s Emergency Depart-ment were receiving train-ing in the use of the protec-tive gear. Staff at Valley’s primary care clinics have been trained as well; the clinics received standard-ized kits with the equip-ment and have designated their own isolation rooms.

Hospitals across the country learned from the fate of two nurses who con-tracted Ebola at the Dallas hospital where Thomas Eric Duncan, the nation’s first confirmed Ebola case, was treated and then died Oct. 8. The nurses are recover-ing, but health profession-als learned the gear didn’t protect their neck and facial areas.

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texts to the woman one eve-ning included inviting her to be his personal assistant and massage therapist, and invited her over to his home to give him a massage.

The next day, the woman traveled to Earl’s house for a meeting with Impact player Gordy Gurson, the statement said. When she arrived, she said Gurson was absent from the house and Earl greeted her with “a lingering hug,” according to the court documents.

The statement claims that Earl kissed her on the face, pinned her to the floor, massaged her and squeezed her butt.

Depositions written by Earl and his wife, Laurel, claim that nothing hap-pened that night and that the dancer fabricated the story as a way of getting back at Earl for disbanding the team.

The Ladies with Impact dance team resigned en masse several days after the alleged incident. Earl said that the dance team was in the process of being disbanded for financial reasons.

Amy David, a former director of operations for the Impact, said that Earl is trying to use legal muscle to keep the dance team from talking about the incident. David said she resigned from what she described was a “hostile working environment.”

“This is someone who doesn’t want us to talk about this and is hoping

this will go away,” David said. “Earl threatens to sue people as retribution in order to intimidate them to get his way.”

David also said that Earl hasn’t paid the team for their work as dancers or employees for hours they worked.

“We’re happy to put this out there because we don’t want this to happen to someone again,” David said.

According to other sources, Earl instructed Gurson to say that Gurson saw Earl hugging the danc-er goodbye and nothing in-appropriate had happened. The Kent Reporter obtained a recorded cellphone conversation between Earl and Gurson, as well as text messages between the two, that corroborate the com-munications.

In the video, a cellphone is visibly being recorded with Earl’s name in the call line. Earl’s voice can be heard instructing the re-corder to make a statement that he witnessed Earl and the dancer hugging good-bye while he was at Earl’s house. The recorder then states that the dancer called, asking him why he wasn’t at the house, and he reiterates that he never knew that she was there, too.

The recording was not used as evidence at the hour-long hearing at dis-trict court.

A series of text mes-sages provided to the Kent Reporter supplement that Gurson hadn’t seen the dancer in the house at all and wasn’t aware she was

there.Meanwhile, Major Arena

Soccer League Commis-sioner Kevin Milliken said that Earl will remain as owner of the Impact until any formal police action is taken. But Milliken states that league lawyers looked into the documentation of the incident and said there wasn’t enough to go on.

“No criminal charges are filed,” Milliken said. “The burden to get a protection order is pretty low. It comes in a lot of divorce cases, and the league is not going to pursue any disciplinary action at this time.”

King County Sheriffs investigated the reports of sexual assault but conclud-ed that there wasn’t enough evidence to merit an arrest or indictment.

“I really question the story now even more now that Gordy Gurson is back with the team,” Milliken added. “If the police would have filed charges, we’d have a completely different story.”

Milliken also pointed out that Earl’s court history was largely related to his divorce proceedings with an ex-wife.

Earl has a previous King Country harassment suit against him in 2011 from an acquaintance after send-ing her lewd messages. He also is on the Seattle Times’ list of “Coaches Who Prey” from an incident in 1997 when he allegedly tried to start a relationship with a 17-year-old student at Interlake High School in Bellevue.

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Kennedy Catholic High School Open House: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 5, high school, 140 S. 140th St., Burien. Meet teachers, talk to students, tour the new Milette Family Science Complex and visit the new William F. Eisiminger Athletic Field. Applications for the 2015-16 school year are due Jan. 12. For details, visit www.kennedyhs.org/events.

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Remembrance Ceremony and Lighting of the Flame: 9:45-10:15 a.m. Nov. 8, Veterans Memorial Park, 411 E St. NE. Wreath placement, rifle salute, prayers and taps encompass the ceremony.

49th Veterans Day Parade: 11 a.m. Nov. 8, Main St., Auburn. One of the larg-est Veterans Day parades in the country. The parade is paying special tribute to the Military Order of the Purple Heart. The parade features nearly 200 units and over 5,500 parade participants, including over

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Veterans Day Remembrance: 11 a.m. Nov. 11, Tahoma National Cemetery, 18600 SE 240th St. Kent. Day of remembering vet-erans past, present and those in harm’s way. Keynote speaker is Col. Anthony J. Davit, deputy commander of Joint Base Lewis-McChord and commander of the 627th Air Base Group. Also speaking will be state Rep. Mark Hargrove from the 47th District. Park-ing at the cemetery is limited. More parking available at Tahoma High School.

28th Veterans Day Marching Band Competition: 1-9:30 p.m. Nov. 8, Auburn Memorial Stadium, Troy Field, 800 4th St. NE. Hosted by the Auburn High School Band and Choir Parents. More than 30 of the finest high school marching bands from the Northwest compete in parade and field show competition. Tickets for all-day admis-sion: $15 adults; $12 students (ages 6-18); $12 seniors (62 and older); $12 military with active ID. For more information, visit auburnveteransday.webs.com/.

BenefitsAutumn Craft Fair: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 1, Sunrise Elementary School, 22300 132nd Ave. SE, Kent. Support local artisans. More than 40 vendors to shop from. Free admis-sion. For more information, email [email protected].

Julefest Christmas Bazaar: 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. Nov. 1, Zion Lutheran Church, 25105 132nd Ave. SE, Kent. Norwegian needle-work, ornaments, quilts, wall hangings, children’s items, American Girl doll clothes, bake sale, lunch. Demonstrations of tradi-tional Scandinavian foods. Proceeds benefit local food banks and mission quilts and health kits. 253-631-0100.

27th Annual Holiday Craft Bazaar: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 1, Martin Sortun Ele-mentary, 2711 SE 248th St., Kent. Featuring more than 60 booth spaces of handcrafted items. Bake sale and lunch available for pur-chase. For more information, contact Sarah Stevens at [email protected].

Gettin’ In The Holiday Spirit Sale: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 1, Green River Com-munity College campus, 12401 320th St., Auburn. Asking for donations of nonperish-able food items to assist the food bank with holiday help or cash donations to help fight juvenile diabetes. More than 50 vendors and crafters selling items. For more information, contact Mary Kirkman at 206-383-9006 or [email protected].

KentHOPE’s “Hope Springs Forth”: 6-8:30 p.m. Nov. 1, New Beginnings Chris-tian Fellowship, 19300 108th Ave. SE, Kent. Proceeds support the continued operation of the KentHOPE’s day center and future acquisition of a permanent facility. Sponsor-ships available. To register or to learn more, visit kenthope.wordpress.com or contact Pat Gray at [email protected].

28th Annual Holiday Craft Market: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 7; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 8, Kent Senior Activity Center. City of Kent hosts large, creative gift boutique. Juried show features 70 booths of handcrafted gifts. Figgy Pudding Café and Bake Sale, hourly door prizes compliments of the Craft Market artists and live entertainment by Tammy Davenport (Friday) and John Anso-tigue (Saturday). Free parking. No admis-sion charge. Sponsored by Farrington Court, Judson Park, Stafford Suites, and Regence. Proceeds benefit the programs and services of the senior center. For more information, call 253-856-5162.

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P.E.O. Holiday Marketplace & Bazaar: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 8, Kent First Presbyteri-an Church, 9425 S. 248th St. Kent. Bake sale, homemade items, plant sale, raffl e baskets, new and gently used items. All proceeds benefi t scholarships for women. P.E.O. is a nonprofi t organization that focuses on furthering education for women. Contact email: [email protected].

Kent Commons Holiday Bazaar: 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Dec. 5; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 6, Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Avenue N. City of Kent bazaar features more than 100 vendors with handcrafted gifts, musical entertainment, food and beverages. Free admission. For more information, visit www.kentwa.gov/kentcommonsholiday-bazaar/

HealthShoWalk: 9-11 a.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, beginning Nov. 3, ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St., Kent. Outdoor walking enthusiasts can get out of the dark and the rain by participating in ShoWalk. Presented by Kent4Health and sponsor Transdev Services, Inc., ShoWalk is a free indoor walking opportunity. ShoWalk continues through May 20. While there is no charge to participate, registration is appreciated at www.webreg.KentWA.gov or at the door on walk days. More information is available at www.Kent4Health.com or by calling 253-856-4968.

Puget Sound Blood Center drives: 8:30-10:30 a.m., 11:15 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Nov. 3, Boeing Kent Space Center, 212th and W. Valley Highway; 1-3 p.m., 3:45-7 p.m. Nov. 4, Kent United Methodist, 11010 SE 248th; 8-10 a.m., 10:45 a.m.-2 p.m., Kentlake High School, 21401 SE 300th St.; noon-2 p.m., 3-6 p.m. Nov. 7, Kent Station, 417 Ramsay Way. For more information, call 253-945-8667 or please visit www.psbc.org.

TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly): 6 p.m., Thursdays, Swanson Court Club-house, 12200 SE 207th St., Kent, near Kentridge High School. Nonprofi t weight loss support group. For more information, call 253-709-5098 or visit www.tops.org or www.whywelovetops.com.

Southeast King County Parkinson’s Disease support group: Meets on the third Tuesday of the month, 10:30 a.m., St. John The Baptist Catholic Church, 25810 156th Ave. SE,Covington. Group’s monthly lunches are on the fi rst Tuesday of the month at the Auburn Senior Activity Center, 808 Ninth St. SE, Auburn. For more information, contact Stephanie Lawson at 206-579-5206.

Clubs, programsKent Evening Toastmasters: 7 p.m., Wednesdays, The Lodge, Arbor Village Retirement Center, 24004 114th Place SE, Kent. Are you interested in practicing and improving your public speaking skills? Boosting your self-confi dence? Making yourself heard in that weekly meeting at work? Come practice your oratory skills with a friendly and informative group of people. With members ranging from begin-ners to experts, Kent Evening Toastmasters

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Autism Support Group: 6:30-8:30 p.m., second Wednesday of the month, Kent Covenant Church, main conference room, 12010 SE 240th St. Share resources and encouragement. Childcare available with 72-hour advance reservations by calling Fa-biana Steele at 253-631-0222, ext. 325. For more information, visit www.kentcov.org.

NAMI Support Groups: 6:30-8 p.m., every second and fourth Tuesday of the month, 515 W. Harrison St., Kent. Friends and family support group for family mem-bers and friends who are aff ected by mental illness. Free. For more information, call 253-854-6264 (NAMI) or email namiskc@qwestoffi ce.net, or visit www.nami.org.

NetworkThe Kent Chapter of Business Net-work, Int’l (BNI): Meets every Wednes-day morning at 7 at the Old Country Buff et, 25630 104th SE, Kent. Chapter is growing. Currently have 38 members. Do you want excellent, personal, word of mouth referrals for your business? Then come join us. For more information, contact Dr. Allan McCord at 253-854-3040.

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Seattle Impact season opener: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8. Kent’s new indoor pro soccer team takes on San Diego. Tickets: $9-$39.

Disney On Ice presents Let’s Cel-ebrate!: 7 p.m. Nov. 12-17; 11:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m. Nov. 15, 16. It’s one colossal party on ice, with all your favorite Disney friends. Join Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse as they celebrate a Very Merry Unbirthday Party with Alice and the Mad Hatter. Tick-ets: $22-$72.

100.7 The Wolf – Hometown Holiday: 8 p.m. Dec. 10. Starring Randy Houser, Lee Brice, David Nail, Craig Morgan. Special acoustic concert with music from some of countries biggest stars. Tickets: $38.50-$114.

1964 The Tribute: 8 p.m. Dec. 11. Tribute band brings back the sound of the legend-ary. Tickets: $20-$75.

HOT 103.7 – Hot House Party: 8 p.m. Dec. 12. Featuring Bobby Brown, Tony! Toni! Toné!, Ginuwine and Rob Base. Tickets $48.50, $70.50 (reserved seats) and $114 (premium seats), which include the best fl oor seats, pre-party and after party in the club lounge with appetizers and cash bar, souvenir laminate and chance to take a photo with some of the artists performing.

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Old World Masters: 7 p.m. Nov. 21, The First Christian Church of Kent, 11717 SE 240th, Kent. Four members of the Auburn Symphony Orchestra perform: Dvorak, String Quartet in F Major (The American Quartet); Haydn, String Quartet in D Major (The Lark); Mozart, String Quartet in B Flat Major (The Hunt). The concert is sponsored in part by the Kent Arts Commission. Festival seating: $17 adults, $10 students. Call 253-887-7777 or purchase online at www.auburnsymphony.org

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The Four Bitchin’ Babes present “Jingle Babes!”: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5, Kent-Meridian PAC. Original tour de force musical comedy theatre troupe. These accomplished musician-actress-comediennes fi ll the stage with whimsical songs, hilarious shtick, and luscious girl group harmonies. Tickets: $25 general, $25 senior, $15 youth

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Starry Night String Quartet: 3 p.m. Nov. 23, Kent Lutheran Church, 336 2nd Ave.

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“The Twilight Zone:” 7 p.m. Nov. 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center stage, 10020 SE 256th St., Kent. The Kent-Meridian Drama Department cast, under the direction of Jay Thornton, performs three episodes, “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”, “Time Enough At Last” and “Living Doll”. Tickets, $6 for adults and $3 for 12 and under, available at the door.

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Nov. 12-15 and Nov. 19-22; 3 p.m. Nov. 15, 22, Kentridge Performing Arts Center, 12430 SE 208th St. Award-winning Kentridge Players present comedy horror rock musical about a hapless fl orist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and fl esh. Tickets are $8-$10 and available at www.kent.k12.wa.us/Page/1641 begin-ning Nov. 1. For more information, contact director Jennifer Grajewski at [email protected] or 253-653-2626

“Oliver!”: 7 p.m. Dec. 12, 13, 19, 20; 3 p.m. Dec. 13, 14, 20, Green River Community College, Performing Arts Building, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. Heavier Than Air Family Theatre presents the award-winning musi-cal that vividly brings to life Charles Dickens’ timeless characters with its story of the orphaned boy who asked for more. Tickets: $10 advance, $12 at the door. For info, call 253-833-9111, ext. 2400, or visit www.heavierthanair.com.

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Disney On IceDisney On Ice presents “Let’s Celebrate!” at the ShoWare Center on Nov. 12-17. The show brings more than 50 Disney characters to Kent for one colossal party on ice. The action-packed, all-new show features a magical montage of celebrations and is set to a blend of contemporary music and favorite Disney songs. Ticket prices range from $22-$26, $40-$43 (VIP) and $65-$72 (fl oor seats). All seats are reserved and tickets are available by calling the ShoWare Center at 253-856-6999 or going online at www.showarecenter.com. COURTESY PHOTO.


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75th ANNIVERSARY SALE!Every Item on Sale!

This will be our biggest sale in the 75 years Rottles

has served the Auburn community. It is our way of

thanking everyone for their patronage and friendship

over all these years. Please drop by and join our celebration.

We will have prizes, surprises, an abundant selection,

and, of course great prices. You will not be disappointed.

Drop by, if just to say hello. It would mean so much to us.

50%-75% OFFRegular Price

Clearance Shoes

1,000’s at

50% OFFRegular Price

All Women’s Dresses


All Men’s Sweaters





AllDressShirts

2 for $7500

AllSavane® Pants

Selected Pendleton® Wool Shirts $7500

AllWomen’s Clothing

AllCutter& Buck®

Sale Hours:Mon-Fri 9:30-6

Saturday9:30-5:30

Sunday 11-4

Sale Terms:• Cash• Checks• VISA• MasterCard• Discover• American Express

Return This Coupon for a Special Bonus of $250,000 Prize Points

Name __________________________________Address ________________________________City, State ______________________________Phone _________________________________Limit 1 Coupon Per Person, Per Day Expires 11/4/14

226 E Main St • Auburn, WA 98002 • 253-833-2750

25% OFFRegular Price (Excludes SAS)

WINA Fabulous Prize

• No Purchase Necessary to Register• No Luck Involved to Win• Limited to Registrants at Store

Approx. Value• 14K Diamond Pendant $999• Vizio 48 in Smart LED TV $699• Samsung Galaxy 7” Tablet $299• Nikon CoolPix 16 MP $219• Ninja Pro System 1200 $199• Keurig Brew 2.0 $189• Bose in Ear Buds $159• HP Wireless Printer $149• Samsung Blu-Ray DVD $139• I-Home Radio/Docing Sys. $109

Prizes Awarded: 11/22/14Contest Ends: 11/22/14

Contest Started:10/23/14

AllShoes

AllJewelry

Kent Reporter, October 31, 2014

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