The King County Council aproved a plan that would create partnerships between the county and community groups that want to “till the soil.”
The County’s Community Garden Program Implementation Plan would give community groups access to county parcels that they would manage and cultivate for gardens.
Kyle Jones couldn’t bring himself to leave.
Not with this senior class, a group that ushered him into the world of prep soccer three years ago at Kentlake High. Not after all they’ve been through together. And, especially not after the team fell short of its ultimate goal last year.
So despite commuting on a daily basis from his home in Olympia and the fact that his wife will give birth to the couple’s first baby any day now, Jones chose to stick around the Kentlake High soccer pitch for one more year.
In an effort to enhance live, race day exposure, Emerald Downs will add new elements to its TV coverage throughout the 2011 season.
During selected races, Director of Publicity Joe Withee will complement his prerace analysis with a brief interview with a race entrant's trainer or owner, as their horse warms up before post time. The interview will be done live, immediately after the post parade. Withee said the new coverage would give racing fans a fresh take on the upcoming race.
A powerful story about caring and citizenship has developed in the Kent School District. When school board members announced last week that lack of state funds would require them to cut (physical education) PE and music at all of the elementary schools. Teachers, parents and students reacted with anger, hurt and disbelief.
Mary Sibbald CarrollMay 13, 1919 – March 19, 2011A lovely lady has left us to go to a better place. Born in Minot, ND, raised… Continue reading
A 911 operator with Valley Communications Center in Kent was honored April 4 for her life-saving actions during a 911 call for help in February.
Most horse racing fans have heard of trainers Tim McCanna and Doris Harwood. Both are among the leading trainers in the state, and the statistics prove it.
But how about trainers like Larry Wolf and Dino Apostolou?
I just read (Steve Hunter’s) article on the Kent School District (proposed) budget cuts (April 1 edition) and I’ve been very concerned since it was first brought to my attention. I am the son of one of many whose jobs are at stake with these cuts.
• FAVORITE: Jefferson.
• CONTENDERS: Kentwood, Tahoma, Auburn Riverside.
• SLEEPERS: Mount Rainier, Kentridge, Kentlake.
• LEAGUE OUTLOOK: Jefferson returns a loaded bunch, including four first-team all-leaguer returners (Chase Hanson, Kasey Kim, Jimmy Oganga and Isidro Prado-Huerta). Kentwood knocked off the Raiders 2-1 in the season opener, but Jefferson still remains the favorite going forward simply due to the wealth of talent back on the field. Jefferson, which won last year’s league crown by two games, brought back 28 of its 46 goals scored a year ago. To put that number in perspective, no other team in last year’s North scored 28 goals all season. .
The dilemma was clear to Kentridge High boys soccer coach Glenn Walrond entering the spring season.
Play for the present or build for the future?
After a 4-8-4 season in South Puget Sound League North Division play last season, the answer appeared simple.
“Do we let (the younger guys) sit around or do we build?” Walrond said. “The game pace is a lot higher at the varsity level and we need the younger guys to experience that. When we graded guys out (during tryouts), there were a few guys on varsity last year who are on junior varsity (this year) ... we just had some younger guys who graded out a little better.
Getting the soccer season off on the right foot likely meant more to Jared Fuller than anyone else in early March. Because not too long ago Fuller, a center-mid for the Kentwood High soccer team, wasn’t even sure he’d be suiting up at all.
“I thought I was finished,” explained Fuller, a senior.
In a split second, the notion that his days of playing soccer might be over hit Fuller like a ton of bricks in Kentwood’s final game of the season last spring. With the ball in toe and looking to gain breathing room to deliver one of his trademark long shot attempts, Fuller was driven into the ground.
He wouldn’t get up.
Two members of the same Kent family were arrested for DUI in King County within one hour of each other on April 3, according to the Washington State Patrol.
The Kent Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors voted unanimously this week to endorse and support a strategic alliance between Valley Medical Center and UW Medicine.
Ryan Ratekin threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Eric Taylor and Rett Thibodeaux kicked the extra point with 30 seconds left to give the Fairbanks Grizzlies a 31-30 win over the Kent Predators in a professional Indoor Football League game April 1 at the ShoWare Center.
I began teaching in the state of Washington 27 years ago. When I moved into the state, and after a year, moving to the west side of the state, I had a professional goal of teaching in the Kent School District. The district had a state-wide reputation for providing quality education and, as a music teacher, a commitment to music education as part of a comprehensive, whole-child approach to what students need to succeed. My professional goal was realized 11 years ago and I have been in a school where I love the students, the families and my colleagues. As an educator, my passion for teaching and my love of sharing music has been beyond rewarding.
Parents and even grandparents of children who ride in car seats should take note of new safety recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
With potentially life-saving implications, the new policy, published in the April issue of the journal Pediatrics, says toddlers should ride in rear-facing car seats until age 2 or until they reach the maximum height and weight for their seat.
Stepping stone. Building block. Both have been used to describe the success of the Kentwood High girls track team last spring, a season in which the Conquerors won the program’s first-ever South Puget Sound League North Division title with a perfect 5-0 record and went on to take a school-best sixth place at the state meet.
Stepping stone?
Building block?
The Conquerors view last season’s success as a springboard. And what lies ahead could be truly special.
April is Disaster Preparedness Month and the King County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) urges citizens to take simple steps to prepare for earthquakes, floods, man-made disasters and other emergencies.
“We can’t stop disasters from happening, but we can prepare to survive them,” says OEM Director Hillman Mitchell. “Now is a perfect time to think about what you would do if a large disaster were to strike our region."
Preps of the Week | The Kent Reporter
The Himawari Japanese Preschool is hosting a charity bazaar from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. April 16 to support earthquake-ravished Japan.
