The Kona Kai Coffee Co. of downtown Kent received the 2011 Restaurant Neighbor Award from the National Restaurant Association for its outstanding service efforts with helping the homeless.
Treats, live music and a visit with the Easter bunny are part of a community Easter egg hunt at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 16 at the Aegis of Kent Alzheimer's and dementia care retirement facility, 10421 S.E. 248th St.
The Northwest’s premier racing venue springs into action Friday when Emerald Downs begins its 16th season of Thoroughbred racing at 6 p.m.
The 82-day meet continues through Sept. 25, with first post 6 p.m. Fridays and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Thursday racing will be added July 14 to Aug. 25.
The Northwest’s premier racing venue springs into action Friday when Emerald Downs begins its 16th season of Thoroughbred racing at 6 p.m.
The 82-day meet continues through Sept. 25, with first post 6 p.m. Fridays and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Thursday racing will be added July 14 to Aug. 25.
CONQUERORS: AT A GLANCE
• COACH: Ingrid Bakke, eighth year.
• LAST YEAR: 10-0 in SPSL North play (first), 14-0 overall and second at state.
• TOP RETURNERS: Tess Manthou, jr., third at state in doubles in 2010; Eliana Spero, sr., seventh at state in doubles in 2010; Andrea Hatfield, sr.
FALCONS: AT A GLANCE
• COACH: Ken Finley, first year.
• LAST YEAR: 2-8 in league, fifth place.
• TOP RETURNERS: Kara Ikeda, jr.; Kimmy Williams, jr; Lana Watkins, sr.; Alexandra Moyer, sr.; Tia Vinje, sr.
GIRLS TENNIS: AT A GLANCE
KENT-MERIDIAN ROYALS
• COACH: Steve Walters, first year.
• LAST YEAR: 0-10, sixth in the SPSL North.
They’re young. And in some areas, the Kentridge High girls tennis team may lack experience. But this bunch is plenty talented, too.
“We are definitely young,” said coach Jennifer McIntosh. “We had a ton of seniors last year and now we only have one (on varsity), but I have been really, really pleased.”
And understandably so. The Chargers entered the week unbeaten at 3-0, picking up wins over Kent-Meridian (5-0), Mount Rainier (3-2) and Kentlake (3-2). The power-packed Chargers could not have been more dominant in their March 22 win over the Royals as they received unscored upon victories from Kyana Esber (No. 1 singles), Karissa Lau (No. 2 singles) and with their No. 1 doubles team of Alissa Lee and Katelyn Overland.
The state is facing a $5 billion dollar plus shortage in the budget. There are many reasons why we have gotten to this place but sadly here we are and now we have to scramble to fix it.
It’s ironic that the Kent School District is considering cutting music and (physical education) PE, seemingly without considering other options.
Ironic how?
Look only to some of the latest headlines to see fairly recent Kent graduates in both fields who are literally at the top of their game.
Employment Security Department investigators identified nearly 7,000 people last year who lied, cheated, scammed and schemed in order to collect unemployment benefits.
These claimants collected more than $14 million in unemployment benefits through fraud – about 56 percent more than in 2009.
Vandersloot, a 2007 Kentwood High School graduate and Gonzaga University star, was selected Monday in the first round – third overall – by the Chicago Sky in the WNBA draft.
Sis's Sis, Emerald Downs' champion 3-year-old filly last year, is among five older fillies and mares entered in Friday's $21,000 allowance feature at 5 ½ furlongs. Sixty-six horses are entered on the eight-race card with trainers Howard Belvoir and Tim McCanna leading the way with six and five horses, respectively.
Stop by an open house from 4-8 p.m. Friday, April 15 at the Titusville Station, 202 W. Gowe St., in downtown Kent.
The week of April 10 - 16 is National Telecommunicators Week, and Communications Officers of the Washington State Patrol have offered tips on the right time to call 911.
The 16th annual Junior Spring Classic is Sunday, April 17 at Riverbend Golf Complex in Kent.
The week of April 10 through 16 is National Telecommunicators Week, intended to honor the first link in the chain of emergency police, fire and medical responses.
If you’ve ever been the victim of a crime, been in a collision, reported a fire or needed emergency medical help, you’ve called 911 and been helped by a telecommunicator.
The Tri-Cities Fever cruised past the Kent Predators 60-42 in a professional Indoor Football League game Sunday in Kennewick.
The Kentlake High School production of “The Phantom of the Opera” runs April 14-16, 21-23 and 28-30.
The production will be presented at the schools preforming arts center, 21401 SE Falcon Way, Kent.
There’s that saying, “It takes a village to raise a child,” and as Paige Dunn found out, having a village around you is just as important for the mom.
Dunn, who had worked as an actress before having her son Hayden in August 2009, lives with her husband Reagan — who is a King County councilman who represents the Ninth District which includes Covington and Maple Valley — just outside of Maple Valley these days.
It has been said that soccer is the world’s game.
One doesn’t have to look any further each afternoon and some evenings than the French Field turf, where the Kent-Meridian High boys soccer team is dribbling, kicking, shooting and passing proof that a variety of nationalities, languages and talent are converging on the field. The Kent-Meridian roster includes players from Uganda, Burma, Congo and Gabon among other distant lands.
