A fundraiser for 10-year-old Cullen Steele, a Kent boy needing a double lung-heart transplant, will run from noon to dusk Nov. 21 at TOP Food & Drug in Lakeland Hills.
See the local tribute given to veterans during the Veterans Day ceremonies Nov. 11 at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent.
Kent firefighters and King County Paramedics treated and transported three patients early Sunday morning after a stove-top pan fire flared up in the 24400 block of 64 Ave. S. shortly after midnight (12:34 a.m.)
The pieces of the puzzle are falling in place nicely for the Kentwood High girls soccer team.
Behind a pair of goals by Mykala Benjamin along with one each by Mariah Lee and Kiana Kraft, the fourth-ranked Conquerors turned back No. 5 Lewis & Clark Saturday afternoon 4-0 in a Class 4A state quarterfinal game.
First came the “scoop and score” for a touchdown off of a blocked field-goal attempt.
Then came the 88-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.
Behind big play after big play Friday night at French Field in Kent, No. 5 Bothell throttled fourth-ranked Kentwood 49-14 in a Class 4A state tournament opener.
On Monday, Nov. 22, the Kent Social Security Office will move to 321 Ramsay Way, Suite 401, in the Kent Station Shopping Complex.
Mark Young, Kent District Manager, said the move into the new space was to meet the demands of the growing population in the South King County area.
The Budget Leadership Team of the Metropolitan King County Council on Friday released a preliminary 2011 county budget that reflects "painful choices" made to produce a balanced budget, but restores funding for some vital criminal justice services and programs that assist survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence.
Check out several Seattle-area hip-hop artists and donate to the Northwest Harvest food bank at a free concert at 9 p.m. Nov. 20 at Poppa's Pub, 510 Washington Ave. N., in Kent.
Kentridge basketball star Gary Bell made it official Wednesday morning, signing a letter-of-intent to play next year at Gonzaga University. Bell announced his intentions to sign with the Bulldogs in April. He averaged 22.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game last year.
Travis Bobbee is the Seattle Thunderbirds Player of the Week
The Seattle Thunderbirds came back from a two-goal deficit in the third period Nov. 9 to beat the Saskatoon Blades 5-4 in a shootout at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Luke Lockhart and Colin Jacobs each had a goal and two assists to help lead the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 5-2 victory over the Prince Albert Raiders Nov. 10 at the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
We read so much about bad things happening these days, it’s nice to be able to report something nice that happened to us last week.
On Monday night, Oct. 4, we were at Applebees in Covington for dinner and after we finished our meal our waiter told us our meal had been paid for by the gentleman who had been sitting across from us.
Reading about Seattle’s homeless of over 2,000 reminds me of the Dust Bowl Days in Texas in the 1930s. Even these cold days here in Kent.
Almost all of the local cowboys living in Wink, Texas, had to live where they could, and most of them lived in dugouts with a pole to tie their horse to overnight.
Do you ever have one of those “Wow, I can’t believe it used to be like that” moments? I was watching the 1980s movie “Black Widow” a few weeks ago. Debra Winger plays a reporter, and her boss is in the office massaging her shoulders at her desk, while asking her when she will start dating him. I was thinking to myself that there were about six different workplace violations in that one scene.
When I started as a police officer, we had dispatchers in a certain room, and whenever you would walk in, the cigarette smoke in the air would gather and hang about three feet down the ceiling. Twenty minutes spent just talking in that room was the equivalent of smoking five cigarettes vicariously.
Here’s one more example for you. When I was a high school resource officer, I vividly remember the students, both male and female, whose lives were impacted by bullying over who they were: unpopular, looked different, didn’t have the money to get certain clothes. It may seem a little quaint to think that anything could be that serious in high school, but it was. High-school students sometimes take things very seriously. A break up with a boyfriend, or bullying, or what we would consider temporary problems can result in permanent outcomes, like suicide. We have all heard a lot about teen-suicide rates, and the intensity of feelings we all had in high school is one factor.
Aegis of Kent will be honoring its veterans today with a champagne/cider reception at the memory-care facility, located at 10421 S.E. 248th St., Kent.
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Climb aboard to view a variety of model railroad cars as well as railroad collectibles at the 31st annual Boeing Employees Model Railroad Club Swap Meet from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 13 at Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. N.
Personal records proved to be the name of the game Saturday afternoon during the Class 4A state cross country meet at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco.
The Tahoma High girls, behind an entire roster of personal bests, brought home the area’s top overall finish, tying Eastlake for second with 110 points. Eisenhower managed to have just enough to win the team title, doing so with 110 points.
“We were right there,” said Tahoma coach Gary Conner. “It was amazing.”
There's something about this time of year that brings out the best in Reilly Retz.
In last year's Class 4A state soccer playoffs, it was Retz who scored game-winning goals in Kentwood High's final two wins of the season, which led to a school-best third-place finish.
Tuesday afternoon at Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane, Retz was up to her game-winning heroics once again.
