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Andrea Keikkala is the new executive director of the Kent Chamber of Commerce.

Kent Chamber of commerce has new hand on the helm

The new executive director of the Kent Chamber of Commerce is no stranger to the Northwest — the deep Northwest.

Andrea Keikkala is the new executive director of the Kent Chamber of Commerce.

King County Jags helping former teammate tonight | Football

When the King County Jaguars return to French Field tonight to host the East County Blackshirts in a minor league football game, they’ll playing for more than just their third victory of the season.

Kent Recreation Calendar | July 26

This 12U team will conduct tryouts on Saturday, Aug. 9, at Service Club Field No. 1 in Kent at 6 p.m., and on Saturday, Aug. 16, at Russell Road Park Field No. 1 in Kent at 6 p.m.

Jordan Kiga

Kent Youth Soccer teams compete in U.S. Soccer Club’s National Cup

Malia Arrant was in Colorado with her Dosveedanya girls soccer team when the phone call came: Would her squad like to fill a suddenly open spot in the U.S. Club Soccer regional tournament?

Jordan Kiga

McCain reflects middle-ground view

Whether you consider yourself old-fashioned, new age or post-modern, the democratic process remains the same—the people elect the president. The question is, how good a leader will we have if the people are not well-informed? We each need to inform ourselves by looking at what the candidates have done, rather than what they say because their action is the best predictor of how they will act in the future.

For the third straight summer and the fourth time in the past five years

Schumacher wins at Schuck’s Auto Supply Nationals — again

Boeing, Microsoft, Starbuck’s, grunge rock, and the Space Needle got some fast company this past weekend. National Hot Rod Association headliner Tony Schumacher painted himself into the Puget Sound mural along with those local icons.

For the third straight summer and the fourth time in the past five years
Lindsey Henderson of Enumclaw competes at Highland Dancing during last year’s Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games and Clan Gathering. This year’s event – which features bagpiping
Lindsey Henderson of Enumclaw competes at Highland Dancing during last year’s Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games and Clan Gathering. This year’s event – which features bagpiping

Please don’t try this at home, folks

When I was a kid, there was a local guy who we used to see when my parents drove us into town on a rural road. This man had apparently had a long-term drinking problem and had his license taken away. He still wanted to drive from his farm into town, probably to have a drink or two, and he wouldn’t walk the seven miles. A logical answer? Drive the lawn mower. He would mount up the John Deere and rumble along the shoulder of the road, day or night, snow or sunshine.

Andrew Ciarrocchi

Westfield Southcenter to celebrate expansion Friday

A shopping destination for south King County has just gotten bigger. A lot bigger. Westfield Southcenter, a major retail complex in Tukwila, will celebrate completion of its $240 million expansion project Friday. The grand opening will acquaint visitors with a longtime shopping center that has expanded by 400,000 square feet and 75 new specialty shops.

Andrew Ciarrocchi
Fetuccine Paolo

Paolo’s Italian Restaurant in Kent offers fettucine dish big on flavor | Recipe

Editor’s note: This local recipe also was published in the May 2008 edition of “Runner’s World."

Fetuccine Paolo

Briefly

Residents will be able to drop off hazardous household waste items 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday at the parking lot of the East Hill Fred Meyer store, 10201 S.E. 240th St.

An unidentified fifth-grader and father watch a Tacoma Rainiers baseball game this spring. Part of the Rainiers All-Star Student Program

Kent students have a ball with schoolwork

Take me out to the ball game?

An unidentified fifth-grader and father watch a Tacoma Rainiers baseball game this spring. Part of the Rainiers All-Star Student Program

Jaguars roll past Mustangs, 42-0

Vernon Word scored two touchdowns, the first of which snapped a scoreless tie in the second quarter, and Nathan Proctor notched a pair of second-half TDs as the King County Jaguars rolled to a 42-0 victory against the Valley Mustangs a North American Football League game at Auburn Memorial Stadium.

Parker will play hoops at North Idaho College

Parker will play hoops at North Idaho College

After erasing portions of the Kentridge High School record book and earning Class 4A State Player of the Year honors, Renado Parker is taking his basketball talent to North Idaho College.

Parker will play hoops at North Idaho College
Left to right: Cheryl Hanna

National Night Out is Aug. 5

Neighborhoods are invited to participate Aug. 5 in the City of Kent’s National Night Out program, designed to fight crime.

Left to right: Cheryl Hanna

King County enacts summertime burn restriction

In concert with Pierce County, Kitsap County, Mason County and the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, King County called a Phase 1 burn ban.

False confessions not a thing of the past

Thanks to Kent Police Chief Strachan for his article on the Miranda decision and its impact on law enforcement and the criminal justice system in the United States. I applaud the chief’s efforts and intentions in opening up the communication and dialogue with the people of our community and in maintaining a professional police department. However, I have a different perspective on the Miranda decision and its impact on law-enforcement practices and policies.

Out & About in Kent | July 19

Calendars are published Wednesdays and Saturdays on a space-available basis. Items for the Wednesday edition must be submitted by noon the previous Thursday. Items for the Saturday edition must be submitted by noon the previous Tuesday.

Kent Historical Museum Curator Linda Wagner shows off the cylindrical predecessor to the record from an early Thomas Edison phonograph.

Old technology gets new spin at Kent Historical Museum

Did you know Thomas Edison’s cylinder phonograph could be used to play and record sound? And that magnetic tape-recording technology was actually taken from the Germans after World War II?

Kent Historical Museum Curator Linda Wagner shows off the cylindrical predecessor to the record from an early Thomas Edison phonograph.
Mayor Suzette Cooke gets a chuckle as Cornucopia Days 2007 queen Erin Sheldon presents the 2008 queen Nicole Oliver with her crown during Friday’s coronation.

Kent’s Cornucopia Days crowns its new queen

What does royalty do the night before a coronation? Well, if the royalty is Miss Cornucopia 2008, the answer is: help perform surgeries.

Mayor Suzette Cooke gets a chuckle as Cornucopia Days 2007 queen Erin Sheldon presents the 2008 queen Nicole Oliver with her crown during Friday’s coronation.