Watercolorist Ann Breckon is finally living her dream — a life devoted to art.
Kent Police shot and injured a 24-year-old Bonney Lake man at about 3 p.m. Friday after the man reportedly tried to drive his vehicle past officers to avoid being stopped for a traffic offense.
Kent residents now can use the city's Web site to file non-emergency crime reports such as theft, identity theft, vandalism and harassing phone calls.
Our adventure began at the westbound stop for Bus 166, right across from the Des Moines Senior Activity Center, and – as it turned out – right beneath the flight path for planes descending to SeaTac airport.
The article in April started this way: “...[Aberdeen] was hemorrhaging jobs. Mother Jones tells it like this: ‘Families were break-ing up and moving out. There were suicides. It was really a hard time.’” The author goes on to note that “Grays Harbor and four other Washington counties are exemplifying another new trend in small-town America: life expectancy is declining among the rural poor.”
With all the changes in home design and styles over the past half century, one thing has stayed the same for many of the windows that look out onto the Kent Valley: Pugerudes’ drapes and curtains.
I do actually read obituaries – not because I’m getting to the age where I feel I should make some notes on my own behalf, but because I like to see how people sum up their lives when they reach the end.
Charles Wesley McCallCharles Wesley McCall was tragically taken from our family on 08/09/08 in a plane crash in Garden City, Utah. Charles was born in… Continue reading
I’m not going to lie to you —this town is much bigger than I thought it was.
In the workaday world, Ruta Biteman has done some heavy lifting as a caterer. Amy Weimar is all about precision with her various instruments as a dental hygienist. And Jaclynn Moergeli does double-duty, dealing the cards at an area casino while working toward her masters degree in counseling.
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The Weakend Warriors are back on the tennis court.
The Kent Fire Department continued to monitor the smoldering remains of a wood-debris fire at a Covington wood-recycling facility Thursday.
The Kent Historical Museum has scheduled its sixth-annual Antique Automobile Show and Ice Cream Social for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 9. The annual museum fundraiser event features an old-fashioned hot-dog stand, live music, and 25 cars from the Golden Era Automobile Association, all at the historic Bereiter Mansion, 855 E. Smith St. Tickets for the event are $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 7 and younger. For more information, call 253-854-4330, or visit www.kenthistoricalmuseum.org.
For Auburn’s Dave Villwock, it was the right place, the right time – and the right speed.
For Kent’s Jeff Bernard, it was another trip to the finals, though not the results he enjoyed last month in Indiana. And for Brian Perkins of Kent, it just wasn’t the best of days on Lake Washington.
Last month, Kenneth Demone Sims, a convicted sex offender from Renton, was charged with three counts of rape.
“The times they are a-changin’,” Bob Dylan sang.
A tough economic year equals more hungry youths in Kent, but the Kent School District is there to make up the difference.
