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Kent dog owners will be out in force at an East Hill park Saturday, as they celebrate the opening of Kent's first off-leash dog park.
Located on East Hill between Morrill Meadows and East Hill Parks on Southeast 248th Street, the 3-acre site has a grand opening at 1 p.m. In place of a traditional ribbon-cutting, Mayor Suzette Cooke will untie a string of colorful doggie bandanas to “unleash” the park and let the dogs take it over.
The Tahoma High football team hasn’t stopped believing this season.
Not after falling to Auburn in the final minute during the fourth week of the season. Not after squandering a fourth-quarter lead and losing to Kent-Meridian two weeks ago. And not after falling in the final seconds to Auburn Riverside last week.
The corporate headquarters of REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) has been named the Kent Green Business of the Year – again.
Since winning the award in 2007 and 2008, REI continues to focus on minimizing its impact on the planet and reporting publicly on its progress at www.rei.com/stewardship.
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The rock band Stone Temple Pilots perform 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
King County residents still have time to register to vote for the General Election. If you are not currently registered to vote in Washington, visit the King County Elections office by 4:30 p.m. Oct. 25.
Singer Paul "Cowboy Buck" Stierle and his wife Elizabeth perform at noon Oct. 22 at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St.
T-Birds goalie Calvin Pickard has been selected to take part in the 2010 Subway Super Series.
The 2010 Subway Super Series will take place Nov. 8-18 and marks the eighth straight year that teams of CHL All-Stars have competed against Team Russia in preparation for the World Junior Hockey Championships.
DANNY LUNDER, Kentwood
Grade: Junior.
Sport: Cross country.
Accomplishment: Lunder ran a season-best 16:25 in a three-team meet last week that also included Kent-Meridian and Thomas Jefferson.
Favorite class: APLAC.
Kent Police are looking for the public's help to identify a man who reportedly broke into a downtown Kent business.
Washington State government has lost less than 1 percent of its government workers during this recession compared to 316,000 jobs in the private sector. This figure's probably closer to 700,000 if underemployed workers, business owners who have lost their businesses, and contract workers (who are ineligible for unemployment benefits) are included in the overall equation.
Everyone hates political signs. But they are important for name recognition. This year someone has been stealing signs from both parties, even from private property.
In the classroom, he’s a science teacher. But this fall, Kentridge High’s Ryan West also has become a master mathematician by crunching numbers.
And in early November at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco, the school’s boys cross country coach is hoping those numbers add up. Because if they do, the upstart Chargers will find themselves where no other Kentridge team before them has: Among the state’s top 10 teams.
They didn’t crown any individual champions.
And by the end of the South Puget Sound League boys tennis tournament last week at Kent-Meridian High, they were seeing double. But for the Kentridge High boys tennis team, it all perfectly added up in the end. Behind top-10 performances from three doubles tandems, the Chargers pulled away from the field, grabbing the team title with 36 points.
With the election right around the corner, I’d like to remind the public that candidates are actually permitted to lie about their opponents under Washington State law. In a recent television commercial Sen. Kauffman implies that her opponent, Joe Fain, supports a new income tax on small businesses but gives no evidence whatsoever to support this. I shouldn’t be surprised because in my personal interaction with her I found her to be evasive and defensive, and I don’t trust her.
While discussing education issues with Kauffman, she wouldn’t answer me on how she voted even though I asked her a total of four times. For a publicly elected official to refuse to be forthright with her constituents was unacceptable to me. Then to hear a friend find her equally evasive when they were discussing a completely different issue, I came to the conclusion that this may be commonplace for her. However, I’m looking for a senator that can be honest with me even if it’s an answer I might not want to hear.
An update on flood insurance and the Howard Hanson Dam is part of the agenda at the next Kent Chamber of Commerce's Good Morning Kent program.
Scheduled for 7:30 a.m. Oct. 21 at Pat's Bar & Grill (114 Railroad Ave. S., Kent) the event will feature a speaker from the Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner.
The Metropolitan King County Council’s Budget and Fiscal Management Committee will go to Kent tonight to hear from the public on the 2011 Executive Proposed Budget. The meeting takes place 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center, 401 Fourth Ave., Kent, in Jury Assembly Room 2E.
I am writing to encourage voters to vote for David Tracy for King County District Court S.E., No. 6. I have known David for nearly 20 years. I met him
I am voting for David Tracy for King County District Court S.E. No. 6 position and urge you to join me.
David Tracy has true integrity. His campaign is funded by ordinary citizens. David Tracy has accepted NO special interest money to fund his campaign. David Tracy will base his decisions on the law and he will not be influenced by outside sources.
