Editor’s note: The following is a speech given by 2008 Kentridge High School graduate Todd Lane at the Rotary Club of Kent spring scholarship banquet based on the prompt, “My hopes for the future.” Lane was one of eight district students to be presented with a $3,000 scholarship at the event.
It’s more than 17,000 miles from Kent to the center of the upcoming Olympic games in Beijing, China.
But a community health initiative is attempting to make that distance seem a lot shorter for locals here.
Between now and the games’ opening ceremony Aug. 8, organizers of the Kent4Health initiative are inviting walkers, cyclists and runners to log their miles on a Web site, to have Kent go the distance to the games.
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Central Avenue Automotive, located at 1514 S. Central Ave. in Kent, recently was certified as a AAA Approved Auto Repair facility.
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Main Stage: Town Square Plaza, Corner of Second and Smith.
For the full schedule of events, go to www.kcdays.com, or pick up a Cornucopia Days guide at various locations around town.
Many Kent-Meridian High School students won’t look twice at the piece of paper they receive upon completion of their high-school careers, but Terry Hauge will treasure his.
The new Rite Aid drugstore at the corner of Washington Avenue and Meeker Street in Kent is slated to open by the end of August.
Kent Police arrested a Des Moines man Tuesday in connection with an April 8 robbery and stabbing of a Kent motel clerk.
King County Sheriff Sue Rahr has developed a proposed 2009 budget that she said offers creative ways to trim spending while minimizing cuts of deputies to about of what she originally feared.
The annual Des Moines Mid-Sound Sailing Social Sailboat Races will kick off 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Des Moines Marina. A social time and prizes will follow the race. The races continue Thursdays through Aug. 14. Proceeds from the events will benefit Easter Seals’ Camp Stand By Me.
It’s a question that haunts Paul Dunn.
Why wasn’t his son Justin wearing his seatbelt the cold December night when he died in a horrible crash in Renton?
Something he routinely did every day may have saved his life.
“We are never going to get the answer to that,” said Dunn. Justin was hanging on to the front seat.
The annual Des Moines Mid-Sound Sailing Social Sailboat Races will kick off 7-8:30 p.m. July 10 at the Des Moines Marina. A social time and prizes will follow the race. The races continue Thursdays through Aug. 14. Proceeds from the events will benefit Easter Seals’ Camp Stand By Me. Anyone interested in participating should call 206-870-6724 or e-mail jjewel@desmoineswa.gov.
Wasserman added the latest chapter to his remarkable story with a thrilling nose victory over Call On Carson in the $50,000 Governor’s Handicap on Sunday at Emerald Downs.
Sarah Stockwell fell short of one goal, but easily achieved another one during the United States Olympic swim trials last week in Omaha, Neb.
City officials fixed a pump Thursday to get the Rotary sphere water sculpture at the new Town Square Plaza Park operating again after a temporary shutdown.
