An achingly cold sunny afternoon Tuesday was the stage for an emotional tribute to four slain police officers.
Attended by nearly 20,000 - most of them law officers from across the country and Canada - the memorial service took place at the Tacoma Dome, which was filled nearly to capacity.
By now the news has been out several days: four police officers sitting quietly in a Lakewood coffee shop, gunned down in cold blood.
Officers Greg Richards, 42, Tina Griswold, 40, Ronald Owen, 37, and Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39, died Sunday morning in an utterly senseless way, for reasons a sane person may never understand.
Well, the holidays are nearly upon us.
I don’t know about you, but back when I was a kid, it was less about giblets and more about family ties.
It’s my personal conviction that some people are born with a sense of direction.
Put them anywhere - a forest or some baffling street corner - and these people manage to find their way home. They’ll even remember where they were, so they can come back for a visit some time.
I am not cut of that cloth.
They came in their keiko-gi (tunics), hakama (pants) and their bogu (armor.)
They swung their shinai (swords) with fervor, shouting with great kiai (spirit).
So passed Nov. 17 at the Kent Commons, the epicenter of the annual Kent Kendo Club Tournament.
Before the Howard Hanson Dam, the rainy winters of the Green River Valley brought with them a sense of dread.
The Green River, which created the fertile valley, frequently would become a flooding nemesis, turning the communities on its banks into unwelcome versions of Venice.
A tumultuous election season is nearly over.
Not unlike the circus coming to town and leaving a trail of confetti to clean up, the only thing left to tie up now are the straggling ballots bearing Nov. 4 postmarks.
If you have been riding the fence as far as local politics, then I want you to mark a date on your calendar: Oct. 19.That’s… Continue reading
Like a lot of Kent residents, I live in the valley.When I first moved here, nearly four years ago, I gravitated toward the Green River… Continue reading
The Seattle Thunderbirds have a new player in their corner, and he doesn’t wear a mask or pads.Heck, he doesn’t even use a puck.Allied Waste… Continue reading
Kent teachers and supporters were out in force Friday morning at school-district headquarters, waving signs and making it clear they wouldn't be going back to… Continue reading
A healthy-size crowd gathered Wednesday at the Kent ShoWare Center to take a look at the Seattle Thunderbirds hockey team's jerseys for the season.
The latest chapter has unfolded in our Kent teachers’ strike, and like all parties involved or watching from the sidelines, I am hoping this will… Continue reading
Striking Kent teachers must be back in their classrooms teaching by Monday, or they and their union will be facing serious fines.
King County Superior Court Judge Andrea Darvas delivered the ruling this afternoon in her courtroom at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center. The meeting, which started 1 p.m., was a compliance hearing for the ruling Darvas made a week ago, declaring illegal the strike by the Kent teachers and their union, the Kent Education Association.
The Kent School District was asked by the state's appointed mediator to reassemble at the mediation site 8 a.m. KEA was to put a package… Continue reading
Unless negotiators can come up with an 11th-hour save, it's unlikely that Monday will be the first day of school in Kent."They bargained until a… Continue reading
They lined the street several rows deep, waving signs, chanting and shouting to passing vehicles.They got plenty of honks in return.The striking teachers of the… Continue reading
EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE DISTRICT RESPONSE TO THE TEACHERS' COMMENTS. THAT RESPONSE IS A CONCLUSION AT THE END OF THIS… Continue reading
A ruptured gas line on the outskirts of Kent shut down 277th Street for several hours Wednesday.As of press time this morning, repairs to the… Continue reading
From the way matters look now, it will be tough to be a kid in Kent.Ditto that as the parent of a kid in Kent.Our… Continue reading
