A calendar of recreational events, announcements and updates from around Kent.
The Kentlake High baseball team spent pretty much the entire spring on an emotional high, winning game after game on the way to a state finals berth at Safeco Field.
On that same diamond, however, coach Jason Evans was in the midst of an emotional roller coaster ride, stemming from the loss of his father Dale, who passed away April 14 after a short bout with lung cancer.
Nearly everyone who took a private tour June 9 of the more-than-half-built Kent Events Center left with the same reaction.
“There’s not a bad seat in the house,” said Kent City Councilman Ron Harmon, during the tour led by Kent Economic Development Director Ben Wolters and project superintendent Neal Schaefer.
Kentridge High School senior Brandon Smith shares a hug Saturday with his younger brother Keaton outside the Tacoma Dome, after his school's graduation ceremony.
The Tacoma Dome saw a major influx of Kent residents that day: in addition to Kentridge, the senior classes of Kent-Meridian, Kentwood and Kentlake also had their grad ceremonies there.
A listing of arts and entertainment events happening in and around Kent.
Kentridge and Kentlake high-school drama students earned several nods June 9 at what has been dubbed the state championship of high-school musicals, the 5th Avenue High School Musical Theatre Awards.
Hundreds of dogs and cats will be available for adoption at the third annual Super Pet Adopt-a-Thon from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the King County Kent Animal Shelter, 21615 64th Ave. S.
Le My Nguyen, the former owner of a Kent garden store, was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 41 months in prison and four years of supervised release for conspiracy to manufacture marijuana and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
He took a flight to Florida a couple Tuesdays ago.
But had Ryan Voelkel thought about it, he probably could’ve skipped the flight and flown south using nothing but his two arms.
That’s just how much of a high the former Kentlake High star was on.
And who could blame him?
The big fella, in a roundabout sort of way, had realized a lifelong dream less than a two days earlier and was busy packing his belongings – and dreams – in a suitcase and bracing for the next step in his baseball career.
That next step for Voelkel, a 6-foot-6 230-pound first baseman is playing for the Atlanta Braves rookie league affiliate in the Gulf Coast League.
Jazz musicians and local artists will present their work at An Evening of Jazz and Art at 5:30-8:30 p.m. June 26 at the Kent Senior Activity Center, located at 600 E. Smith St. in Kent.
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With his party’s nomination in hand, would Barack Obama be better off with Hillary Clinton as his running mate?
Arts and entertainment events happening in and around Kent.
The election season is approaching and the state’s two major political parties are in a twitter.
Robots took over Lindbergh High School’s gym May 29. But they weren’t unattended. The sheet metal or plywood machines were controlled by local high schoolers competing in the 2008 Northwest Regional Robotics Competition.
Kent-Meridian High School teacher Bree Devlin says the best way to learn how to work with kids is to go out and do it.
Seven Kent-Meridian High School and Kentridge High School seniors will be named valedictorians when they graduate today at the Tacoma Dome.
Residents should bring paper documents; the shredder cannot process metal, plastic bags or DVDs.
