Protesters from the Seattle-based Northwest Animal Rights Network plan to demonstrate along West James Street outside the ShoWare Center in Kent during the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey circus.
To commemorate the National Day of Service this year, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in conjunction with the Catholic Community Services, Children’s Therapy Center, the Forgotten Children’s Fund, the city of Kent and local food banks are sponsoring the North America Northwest Area Day of Service 2011.
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources asks campers, woods workers and other forest visitors to be especially careful with fire this weekend.
The King County-owned Aukeen Courthouse will be sold to the city of Kent for $5.6 million in a deal brokered by King County Executive Dow Constantine and approved unanimously today by the Metropolitan King County Council.
The sixth annual Governor's Aerospace Summit will run Sept. 14-15 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
Sweet Saga is a maiden no more.
With Gallyn Mitchell riding at 115 pounds, the bay filly exploded in the stretch and notched a half-length victory over Talk to My Lawyer in Sunday’s $50,000 Barbara Shinpoch Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Emerald Downs.
$50,000 BARBARA SHINPOCH STAKES
SUNDAY, AUG. 28, 2011
30th RUNNING, 2-YEAR-OLD FILLIES, 1 MILE
Starting Aug. 31 the Move Over/Slow Down message will be displayed on six digital bill boards in Kent and one Tacoma digital bulletin board to educate drivers on the emergency zone law.
Chu and I simply refused to yield the lead Saturday at Emerald Downs.
The diminutive You and I gelding held on gamely for a head victory over Havanna Red in the 30th running of the $40,000 WTBOA Lads Stakes for 2-year-old colts and geldings. Perfectly ridden by Juan Gutierrez, Chu and I ran one mile in 1:38.43 on a fast track and paid $6, $3.40 and $2.80.
$40,000 WTBOA LADS STAKES
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 2011
30th RUNNING, 2-YEAR-OLD COLTS & GELDINGS, ONE MILE
Dress Code is finally having his consistency rewarded at Emerald Downs.
The steady 5-year-old caught runaway leader Wowie Maui in deep stretch and scored a 1 ¾ -length victory Friday in the $13,300 feature race for 3 year olds and up.
In the modern age of medicine, one fact is difficult to dispute: Using vaccines to prevent disease is hugely successful. And as parents prepare to send their children back to school, this time of year serves an important reminder of how the highly effective vaccines we have today can protect students and their classmates from the horrible diseases suffered by kids I treated in my medical practice years ago.
Brett Allen has been hearing The Question since the end of last football season.
How does the Kent-Meridian High football team replace David Jones?
It’s understandable that fans of South Puget Sound League football would be curious about Allen’s plan. After all, Jones, who is now playing at Portland State University, accounted for nearly 75 percent of the Royals total offense last season after amassing 2,453 yards to go along with 22 rushing touchdowns and nine more scores through the air.
So how does Allen respond to The Question?
The start of school is just around the corner. For a healthy and safe 2011-2012 school year, every parent’s back-to-school checklist should include making sure children are up-to-date in their immunizations.
Recent cases of pertussis in Washington, the unusually high number of imported measles cases in the United States this year and an ongoing mumps outbreak in neighboring British Columbia are all important reminders that vaccine preventable diseases remain a threat to health.
Members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Apprehension Task Force arrested a woman in Kent for investigation of robbery in connection with a Belltown ATM case in Seattle.
A common practice for a criminal when asked by the police for their name is to use a false one, according to the Washington State Patrol. But it just got easier for police to confirm a suspect’s real identity.
Kent residents are invited to participate in National Public Lands Day by pruning and weeding from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 24 at Lake Fenwick Park, 25828 Lake Fenwick Road.
Northwest Farms’ Tasya used her early speed Thursday and ran away with a seven-length victory in the featured Ashbaugh Beal Purse for 3-year-old fillies at Emerald Downs.
If you love cars, or know someone who does, plan to attend the Kent Downtown Partnership’s Inaugural Hot Rod and Custom Car Show from 8-3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27.
Debra Lee Taylor BarnettDebra Lee Taylor Barnett of Kent, WA passed away at home on August 19, 2011 after a long respiratory illness. She was… Continue reading
