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Greg Whitcomb, Kent Little League president, and the rest of the volunteer board vow to move on in wake of an upsetting, fi nancial setback.
STEVE HUNTER, Kent Reporter
BY STEVE HUNTER
Kent Little League leaders continue to dig in at home plate as they dust them-selves off aft er the loss of more than $200,000 from the organization’s bank accounts.
Th e anger still simmers among board members aft er the theft charges fi led in January against Kevin L. Baker, a former league treasurer who allegedly embezzled $226,515 over a 16-month period in 2012-13 from the youth baseball and soft ball
group. Baker pleaded not guilty to the charges in January and faces a court hear-ing on April 6 when a trial date could be set or attorneys could ask for more time to prepare the case.
Despite the fi nancial blow, league president Greg Whitcomb and the rest of the 16-member volunteer board are turn-ing their anger into action in an eff ort to rebuild the league that fi rst came to Kent about 30 years ago.
“We had to make a decision when this
Rally time for Kent Little LeagueOrganization
recovering from loss of
more than $200,000
[ more LITTLE LEAGUE page 4 ]
BY STEVE HUNTER
Th e state Legislature took another step this week toward approving a bill that clarifi es Western Hockey League players are amateur athletes and not paid employees who should be paid minimum wage and fall under state
child labor laws.Th e House Labor Committee voted
5-2 on Monday in Olympia to move Engrossed Senate Bill 5893 to the full House, although other commit-tees are expected to look at the bill as well before it goes to a full vote. Th e Senate approved the bill 47-0 on March 3.
“Th ere is still work to be done on this and it can be amended as the bill moves forward,” said state Rep. Mia Gregerson, D-SeaTac, and Labor Committee vice chair, in a phone interview. “I think we need new legislation that will protect facilities
House committee approves WHL bill
[ more BILL page 4 ]
Calvin Watts, the Kent School
District’s new superintendent,
speaks at a public forum.
COURTESY PHOTO, Kent School District
The Boy Scouts of America in Kent and throughout the Puget Sound area collected nearly 100,000 pounds of nonperishable food items in its Scouting for Food drive. Story, page 2. COURTESY PHOTO
Big boost
BY HEIDI SANDERS
Calvin J. Watts, an as-sistant superintendent for Gwinnett County Public Schools in Suwanee, Ga., will be the Kent School Dis-trict’s next superintendent.
Th e Kent School Board announced the decision at its March 25 meeting.
Watts said he is looking forward to continue his career in Kent.
“I was both humbled and honored by the invita-
tion to serve as the next superintendent of the Kent School District,” Watts said in a written statement. “I share the school board’s strategic focus on increas-ing and supporting the achievement of all students, and I look forward to working with and leading a staff of professional educa-tors who are dedicated to serving the many commu-nities that make up our fi ne district.”
Watts chosen new superintendent
[ more WATTS page 3 ]
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BY MARK KLAAS
Being fi t and active are important to Reginald Reid.
Th e Kent man has fi ve children of his own. Th e sec-ond-year principal oversees a student body of 455 strong
at Meredith Hill Elementary on Auburn’s West Hill. Th e mentor and coach works with children at his church, Soul’d Out Christian Center, which worships out of Kent-Meridian High School.
“It’s cool to be in shape, even when you’re a kid,”
Reid said. “You don’t want to wait until you’ve grown into an adult. It’s a lifestyle. It’s important.”
Looking to expand his knowledge and spread his message on being healthy and active, Reid applied for a national scholarship sponsored by the American Council on Exercise (ACE). To his surprise, he recently was announced as one of 50 winners nationwide.
More than 200 people applied for the Ash Hayes Scholarship, which provides educational resources and materials to those who pos-sess a passion for working to eliminate the childhood obesity epidemic.
In his application, Reid wrote:
“As an elementary school principal, I see children all the time that have trouble
walking or moving about comfortably. I hear children talk about not enjoying P.E. because it is too physi-cally hard for them. I see children getting teased by members of their peer group. What I hope to do is to formalize my knowledge
around physical health, nu-trition and the overall op-eration of the human body so that I can help young people to begin to see at an early age the importance of taking care of their body as a lifelong commitment.”
ACE is a leader in the
fi tness industry, bridging the gap between fi tness and the health care continuum. ACE protects society against ineff ective fi tness prod-ucts, programs and trends through public education, scholarships and research. It also protects the public by setting certifi cation and con-tinuing education standards for fi tness professionals.
Launched in Septem-ber 2014, the scholarship supports professionals who educate and encour-age youth toward leading healthier lives.
Dr. Asahel “Ash” E. Hayes, a 60-year veteran of the fi tness industry and former executive director of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, has dedicated his career to helping children develop a love of physical activity.
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Th e Boy Scouts of America in Kent teamed up
to do a good turn for the community.
Scouts collected non-perishable food items
throughout the city as part of the Scouting for Food drive. Hundreds of Scouts went door-to-door through neighborhoods, collecting bag aft er bag of food, bring-ing them to the Kent Food Bank, 515 W. Harrison St.
Between Kent and Renton alone, more than 10,000 pounds of food were gathered and deliv-ered. Across the greater Seattle area, the total neared 100,000 pounds.
Service to others is among the most important values of the Boy Scouts of America.
“It was fun to put the fl iers out on doors asking for food, even though it was raining,” said a smiling Liam Hays, a new Scout in Troop 408. “It felt nice
to help people who I will probably never see.”
Todd Daniels, one of the assistant scoutmasters for Troop 408, was impressed.
“Our boys have been part of the Scouting for Food drive for at least 12 or 13 years now,” he said. “It has been very gratifying to our Scouts to start giving back to their community at such a young age.”
Last year, Boy Scouts in the Kent and Renton area con-tributed more than 10,000 hours of community service, valued at nearly $250,000.
For more information about the programs avail-able through the BSA in Kent and Renton, please contact Sean Mobley at [email protected], or visit www.BeAScout.org.
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Kent School District lead-ers made a surprise visit before classes began Tuesday morning at Martin Sortun Elementary School to announce the selection of Stephanie Bolinger as the district’s 2015 Teacher of the Year.
Bolinger was nominated by her peers at Martin Sortun and received a standing ovation for her work at the school for the past 14 years.
As math intervention special-ist at Martin Sortun since 2009, Bolinger, has led data-driven instruction reforms that resulted in a nearly 40 percent increase in
math scores. She also serves as Response to
Intervention Coordinator (RTI) among the Martin Sortun instruc-tional staff , coordinating instruc-tional interventions for students who are struggling in reading, writing or math.
She started her career at Martin Sortun as a third-grade teacher and also taught sixth and fourth grade and English language learners.
“She provides visionary leader-ship and serves as an inspira-tion to her colleagues,” principal Gregory Kroll said. “She routinely raises my own expectations and challenges my own thinking to
imagine new pos-sibilities.”
Th e application and nomination process included letters of recom-mendation from Kroll and a parent and essays from Bolinger on her
teaching philosophy.“Her skills as a math coach
launched our early adoption of alternative math strategies and materials to insure our students are thinking critically and learn-ing current content standards,” Kroll said. “She is so fi rmly rooted in instruction.”
Bolinger’s essays focused on collaboration, classroom manage-ment and intentionality. “I am not satisfi ed to consider just those students in my classroom, I want to impact as many students and support teachers so they can be at their best,” Bolinger wrote.
“She is a lovely mix of hard work and caring spirit...As a parent, I’m thankful for what she contributes to my children and our community,” said Tracie Leistiko, a parent of students who attended Martin Sortun, in her letter of recommendation.
Bolinger is a 1997 graduate of Kentridge High School and at-tended Meridian Junior High and
Soos Creek, Panther Lake and Fairwood elementary schools.
“I was a ‘Kent kid’ and my dream was to give back to KSD,” Bolinger said. “Th at is exactly what I have the honor of doing.”
Bolinger’s selection as the KSD Teacher of the Year means she is a candidate for regional teacher of the year within the Puget Sound Educational Service District, which serves 35 public school districts.
Th e regional teacher of the year recipients become candidates for the 2015 Washington State Teacher of the Year, which is an-nounced in the fall.
Hundreds of local Boy Scouts collect 10,000 pounds of food
Bolinger
Martin Sortun educator named 2015 Kent Teacher of the Year
Kent man receives scholarship to share importance of active lifestyle
Reginald Reid, of Kent and principal at Meredith Hill Elementary in Auburn, recently was awarded the Ash Hayes Scholarship from the American Council on Exercise. MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter
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Kent Police Chief Ken Th omas wants to help make sure his offi cers treat people, “in the most fair and impartial way pos-sible.”
As part of the eff ort to build public trust, the police department oversaw a day-and-half training course last
Friday and Saturday with more than 30 commu-nity leaders representing several of Kent’s ethnic, religious and social eco-nomic minorities.
Th ose leaders partici-pated with police com-mand staff , City Council members and Mayor
Suzette Cooke at the Kent Po-lice/Fire Training Center on the
East Hill. “We have outstanding offi cers,
who sincerely care for the mem-bers of our community and take pride in providing top-notched police services,” Th omas said in a police department media release. “I don’t believe that any Kent Po-lice offi cer is maliciously biased in performing his or her duties. But what about the bias behavior that we aren’t aware of? Th is training
compels us to take a look at that.“I see this as an opportunity
and a commitment by our depart-ment and our city to do an even better job of delivering police services in the most fair and im-partial way possible. Th e fact that we are leading the way in our state is something to take note of.”
Th is state-of-the-art training is the fi rst of its kind in the state and just the fi rst phase of a multiphase
plan to have every member of the Kent Police Department trained to better understand and relate to their community in a way that fosters strong partnerships and enhances community trust.
Lorie Fridell, former director of research at the nonprofi t Police Executive Research Forum in Washington, D.C., and a national expert on biased policing, led the training. Th e U.S. Department of Justice provided funding for the Fair and Impartial Policing (FIP) training, which was developed by Fridell.
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Firefi ghter Jacob Toevs, with the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority, watches a live fi re training exercise in Burien on March 19. The training was put on by the South King County Fire Training Consortium, which is made up of eight fi re departments including Kent. This type of training allows fi refi ghters to experience conditions of a house fi re in a controlled environment. Toevs, who had worked for the fi re department for four days when the training occurred, said the exercise was a “great hands-on experience.” HEIDI SANDERS, Kent Reporter
WATCH AND LEARN
Watts, who was one of more than 30 candidates to apply for the position, will succeed Edward Lee Vargas, who stepped down in October aft er six years in Kent to accept a job as executive vice president of AVID, a national nonprofi t college readiness program in California.
“It was a very diffi cult de-cision, but we feel Dr. Watt’s background and vision are the best match for our dis-trict at this particular point in time and look forward to many years of continued progress with his leader-ship,” school board president Debbie Straus said in a news release.
Straus said Watts’ start date and salary are still in negotiations. She said she hopes the negotiations will be completed in the next couple of weeks.
When the school board renewed Vargas’ contract last summer, it agreed to pay him $263,320 annually.
Kent School District spokesman Chris Loft is said Ray and Associates Inc., of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which specializes in educational executive leadership candi-date searches and recruit-ment for public schools, private schools and higher education institutions, was contracted by the board in late November to oversee the search and will assist the district during contract ne-gotiations. Th e contract with Ray and Associates was for $28,500. Loft is said there are additional expenses associ-ated with the search process,
including travel for the fi ve candidates the board inter-viewed in person. He said on Monday those expenses were still coming in so he did not have the total amount spent.
Loft is said the school board was willing to spend money on the search to ensure the right candidate was selected.
“It is the person who sets the direction and tone (for the district),” he said.
Straus said Tony Apostle, a retired Puyallup School District superintendent who has been serving as interim superintendent since Vargas’ departure, will continue in the district’s top post and help Watts transition into the position.
Watts and David Moyer, superintendent of Moline-Coal Valley School District in Moline, Ill., were chosen fi nalists on March 16. Th e district had two public forums on March 18 to introduce the candidates to the community.
Straus and fellow board member Maya Venga-dasalam recently traveled to Suwanee, which is near At-lanta, to conduct a site visit and learn more about Watts from his colleagues and the community.
“Th e board had felt strongly that Dr. Watts was the person (for the job),” Straus said.
Straus said the visit provided a lot of insight into Watts’ strengths.
“We left (the site visit) with absolute certainty that we had the right person,” she said.
Among Watts’ strengths are his proven leadership
record, strategic vision, pas-sion for educating students, communication skills, human resource experience, years of working with a diverse population, team-building expertise and work ethic.
Straus said one of the strengths highlighted during the site visit was Watts’ abil-ity to listen.
“He listens, he learns and then he leads,” she said. “Th e fi rst thing he wants to do is he is so ready to listen.”
Straus said Watts makes children the priority.
“It is all about the kids to him,” Straus said. “He has ev-ery child’s interest in mind.”
Gwinnett County Public Schools has a district enroll-ment of 174,500 students, 15,600 certifi cated and classifi ed staff members and a budget of $1.7 billion. It is the largest school system in Georgia, and the 13th largest school district in the United States. Kent School District has approximately 27,000 students, 4,000 employees and a $355 million budget.
Before serving as an as-sistant superintendent in Gwinnett County Public Schools, Watts had several other roles in the district, including assistant principal and principal. He also previ-ously worked as a middle school teacher in the Atlanta Public Schools and Carroll-ton City Schools in Georgia, and as an assistant principal and principal for schools in Th e Archdiocese of Atlanta. He was a teacher at South Shore Middle School in Seattle from 1992 to 1994.
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KIF returns May 30BY MELANIE S. MOSSHART
For the Kent Reporter
Th e seventh annual Kent Interna-tional Festival returns to the ShoWare Center on Saturday, May 30, event organizers announced.
Th e free festival off ers a full day of entertainment, food and fun that cel-ebrates Kent’s cultural diversity.
Th e festival will kick off with the Generations of Cultural Diversity show-ing off its traditional dress as it parades around the ShoWare Center and leads attendees into the venue.
Following the success of the event last year, the festival returns to the inside main stage for singing, dancing and music.
Nine local restaurants will represent the exotic food court. Smaller stages will show off storytelling, cultural history and more entertainment.
Th e day features cultural booths, diverse entertainment from countries around the globe, a hand-held fl oat building contest by local high school students and a grand fi nale with the Best of the Best in Entertainment.
For more information on the festival and how you can be involved, visit www.kentinternationalfestival.com.
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thing went down – sit and dwell on this – or get over the anger,” said Whitcomb during a Monday interview at Ryan Brunner Fields on the East Hill. “It still makes me angry, but that wasn’t going to get us anywhere so we had to put that aside. We can’t change that the money is gone.”
Whitcomb discovered the miss-ing funds when he tried to use a Kent Little League ATM card for a $20 purchase at Offi ce Depot in December 2013 and the card was declined. He reported the alleged theft to the Kent Police that same month. It took detectives a year to investigate the fi nancial trail left by Baker.
“Financially, we haven’t overcome it,” said Whitcomb, of Covington, in his third year as
president and the father of two Little League players. “We had a little bit of insurance money, and we ran on a skeleton budget last year. …We are probably are on about a fi ve-year recovery plan.”
Th e support remains from sponsors and families. Th e league has about 275 players this season, a similar number to last year. Players range from ages 4-16 and come from the cities of Kent and Covington.
“We have 95 new families reg-istered this year,” Whitcomb said. “Between new families and return-ing families we feel a vibe in the air and are excited to get going.”
Businesses that stepped up to help include Bonzi, an Oregon-based soft ware company that set up the league’s new website last year. Whitcomb said the league was in the middle of negotiations
with Bonzi to come on as the website provider when the empty bank accounts were discovered.
“We didn’t have money to do the change and told them we had to stop this,” Whitcomb said. “Th ey decided to donate the website to us.”
Th e new website enabled fami-lies to register kids online and the money goes into the league’s bank accounts the next day. Th e previous online system took 20 days before the league would get a check.
“Th ey were the key if not the biggest key to our recovery,” Whitcomb said. “In early January (2014) when our website went live, we soon had $8,000 in regis-tration. We went from a goose egg in the bank account to $8,000.”
Kent’s Central Avenue Automo-tive donated 900 oil changes to
the league this year as a fundrais-er. Players sell certifi cates at $60 for three oil change. Th e Meridian Valley Golf and Country Club in Kent donated a golf tournament on May 2 to the league as another way to raise funds.
“Since the story broke about the theft , we’ve seen a lot of positive feedback in a pretty bad situation,” Whitcomb said. “But we’re not trying to play the sympathy card. We’re going to recover from it. We know you’ve seen this in the news. We’re going to get through it.”
Families pay $150 to register their kid for the league. But no child is turned away if a family cannot aff ord the fee.
“If they want to play ball, we want them to play and have the equipment to play,” Whitcomb said.
Volunteers maintain the eight
home fi elds used by the league. More than 100 volunteers turned out on a recent day to clean up the fi elds.
Th e board also changed its fi nancial policies to guard against any future theft s of funds.
“We went through some audits and put additional accounting safeguards in place as well as con-trols as far as writing checks and oversight - all of that stuff that should have been there is there now,” Whitcomb said.
Th e president estimated the league is about in the second in-ning as far as its recovery from the fi nancial hit. But league leaders are defi nitely stepping up to the plate, ready to take on any pitch.
“We were kicked in the shins,” Whitcomb said. “But we’ve been around 30 years and we’re going to be around another 30 years.”
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that give access to (college) scholarships for the hockey players. And the ShoWare Center is very important to the community of Kent.”
Owners of the Kent-based Seattle Th underbirds, who play at the ShoWare Center, and the three other WHL teams in the state
are heavily lobbying the Legislature to approve the bill because of an ongoing investigation by the state Department of Labor & In-dustries (L&I) into whether child labor laws have been broken by the teams that feature players ages 16-20.
Hockey owners fear if they must abide by child labor laws the younger
players would no longer be able to compete with such limited work hours and their entire business model for the league would fall apart.
L&I started an investiga-tion of the WHL teams in the winter of 2013 aft er someone fi led a complaint about possible violations of child labor laws because
the players put in so many hours of practice and games with basically no pay. L&I offi cials have said they do not have a timeline on when the inves-tigation might be fi nished.
Randy Gumbley, of Toronto, Ontario, and a former owner of an On-tario Junior Hockey League team, continues to oppose the bill. Th e WHL is part of the Canadian Hockey League and Gumbley has helped with unsuccessful eff orts to try to unionize CHL players in Canada. Many of the WHL players are from Canada.
“Th e House is aware that there is a pending civil class action and a L&I govern-ment investigation that is not yet complete,” Gumb-ley wrote in a letter to the House Labor Committee. “Th e Washington state constitution prohibits any special legislation once a civil or criminal actions is commenced. It also pro-hibits the government from granting special powers or privileges to a corporation. Given the language used in
the bill 5893 and naming the WHL directly in this bill, it will never hold up upon a challenge.”
Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Ellensburg, picked up on Gumbley’s argument during a
debate at Monday’s meet-ing. Manweller reluctantly voted for the bill.
“I’m going to ask for a yes vote on this bill but I believe it is fl awed and we will regret passing it in this manner,” Manweller said. “In its original form, it referenced the more generic amateur sports and we have specifi cally called out the WHL. My fear is the same person who fi led the charge which led to this legisla-tion will now have standing to invalidate this law as a private law and we will have engaged in a symbolic action of passing this law and provided a poison pill within this law to see its im-mediate nullifi cation in the fi rst Superior Court judge that gets it.”
Rep. Timm Ormsby, D-Spokane, and Rep. Jim Moeller, D-Vancouver, voted against the bill.
“For all the reasons we have said, some of us are a little bit on the bubble on where to go with this,” Ormsby said. “Just in the interest to provide moti-vation to get this fi gured out - as far as the language goes so it’s very narrow and specifi c to this - I think my interest in this is coming out with a mixed vote so we are on the bubble on this so we need to indicate as a committee that this needs further work.”
Th e Legislature is scheduled to be in session until April 26, so a vote by the full House could come anytime before that date.
Th e Labor Committee heard testimony about the bill on March 17, includ-ing comments from Tim Higgins, general manager at the ShoWare Center, who spoke in favor of the bill because the Th underbirds are the anchor tenant of the city-owned facility.
“Th e Seattle Th underbirds are a signifi cant part of our operating budget,” Higgins said. “Th ey make up 50 per-cent of our ticketed events at 40 games and 50 percent of our revenue comes from the Th underbirds.”
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Gumbley
KING COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE detectives found a wanted man hiding in a crawlspace under a house last Saturday in unincorporated Kent.
The 50-year-old Auburn man, wanted for traffi cking in stolen property, spent seven hours in the fetal position hoping the police wouldn’t fi nd him, according to a Sher-iff ’s Offi ce media release.
On Saturday afternoon, detectives investigating possibly
stolen property at a vacant house in the 30600 block of 155th Place Southeast, applied for a warrant to search the house. While the warrant application was being written and reviewed, police remained at the house.
The man had been under the house since police fi rst arrived in the afternoon. He was brought out of the crawl-space and arrested for a $20,000 King County Superior Court warrant.
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T Q U O T E O F N O T E : “We had to make a decision when this thing went down – sit and dwell on this – or get over the anger.”– Kent Little League league president Greg Whitcomb, on the loss of more than $200,000 from the organization’s bank accounts
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Homeless man has right to be on public land
I was appalled at an article I read in the (Feb. 27) Kent Reporter about a homeless man getting ticketed for sleeping un-der a bridge in his sleeping bag.
It said he was trespassing on state Department of Transpor-tation land.
Excuse me, but DOT is part of the government and know what? We the people are the government. We own the public lands. So, if this man was a citizen of the United States of America, regardless of his economic status, he has as much right to be on this land, his land, as the DOT or anyone else.
One cannot trespass on his or her own land. No trespassing signs, on public lands, makes no sense whatsoever and should be promptly removed.– Claudia Culbertson
Report begs some questions
Two points of interest re-garding the 2014 annual report from the Kent Fire Depart-ment Regional Fire Authority.
Why isn’t there a way to contact or comment on the
report via email? Second, on the pie chart in the report it shows 16,868 EMS (emergency medical services) calls logged (77 percent). How many of the calls are elder care business? Are the taxpayers paying for that response or do the elder care business pay some tax or fee?– Howard Lontz
Realtors strongly oppose tax plan
Seattle KingCounty REAL-TORS and throughout the state strongly oppose new tax increases proposed in House Bill 2224 by Reps. Reuven Car-lyle (D-Seattle, 36th District) and Ross Hunter (D-Medina, 48th District).
Th at proposal includes a capital gains tax of 5 percent, which would include a tax on a second home, as well as
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Ever since the $15 wage proposal was narrowly approved by City of SeaTac voters, municipal leaders in neighboring Seattle have pushed to impose the same edict.
Washington already has the nation’s highest starting wage of $9.47 an hour and the state legis-
lature is considering hiking it to $12, but Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and some city leaders want to peg it at $15.
Starting April 1, large busi-nesses in Seattle – defi ned as those with more than 500 employees – will be required to raise the minimum wage
they pay their employees to $15 an hour over three years. On the other
hand, smaller businesses will have seven years to phase in the wage increase.
Th e new law classifi es Seattle’s 600 franchisees – who operate 1,700 franchise locations and employ 19,000 workers – as large businesses simply because they operate as part of a franchise network.
Franchisees say that is unfair.Th e crux of the issue is not the
wage itself; it is that the city is equating individual franchises with their parent corporations, which are two very diff erent types of businesses. It is Seattle’s precedent-setting action which worries franchise owners.
Th e International Franchise Asso-ciation, the world’s largest organiza-tion representing franchise owners, is seeking an injunction to block the ordinance and is appealing a recent federal court decision that will allow the law to go forward.
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Five months ago voters said they wanted smaller classes in Washington public schools.
Seven months from now lawmakers will want to ask them, “Did you really mean it?”
In November, the electorate passed Initia-tive 1351 requiring fewer students in classes at every grade level in every school in every district in the state.
Th e measure contained no “ifs”, “buts” or “maybes”, just a directive to get it done in
four years.It also contained no
means of paying for the additional teachers and staff and classrooms needed to meet the demands created by the mandate. Th e price tag, for those who read the
voter’s pamphlet, is roughly $4.7 billion over the next four years.
Th is week House and Senate budget writers said the state can’t aff ord I-1351 and want a reprieve from the bulk of its require-ments.
Th ey said taxpayer dollars should be spent on shrinking class sizes in kindergarten through third grade, where research shows students benefi t the most, and is required of the state under a mandate from the Supreme Court.
House Democrats and Senate Republi-cans follow that blueprint in their respective budgets issued this week and want voters to endorse their approach this November. Leaders in the chambers are now tasked with fi guring out exactly how to accomplish that.
Senate Republicans want to ask voters to support amending the original initiative to cover those four grades. House Democrats are toying with something a little more
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*PUBLIC AUCTION*Unclaimed storage units
sold by competitivebidding at:
U-Store Self StorageSUNDAY APRIL 12, 2015
STARTS at 10:00AMLocated at 301 E Novak Lane
Kent, WAGoods of every description sold
by storage lot**CASH OR CREDIT CARD
ONLY**Published in the Kent Reporter on April 3, 2015 and April 10, 2015. #1282107. Trustee Sale # P1358380-WA Title # 0 NOTICE OF TRUS- TEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the record- ing date on this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTOR- NEY LICENSED IN WASH- INGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to media- tion if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Hous- ing counselors and legal assis- tance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclo- sure hotline for assistance and re-
ferral to housing counselors rec- ommended by the Housing Fi- nance Commission Telephone: 1-877-894-HOME(1-877-894-46
wa.gov/consumers/homeowner- ship/post_purchase_counselors_foreclosure.htm The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Tele- phone: 1-800-569-4287 Web
hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/index.cfm?webListAction=search&search
statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and at- torneys Telephone: 1-800-606-4819 Web site: http://nwjustice.org/what-clear I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, CLEAR RECON CORP., 9311 S.E. 36th Street, Suite 100, Mercer Island, WA 98040, Trustee will on 5/8/2015 at 10:00 AM at AT THE 4TH AVENUE EN- TRANCE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING LOCATIONED ONE BLOCK EAST OF THE KING COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, 500 4TH AVE, SEAT- TLE, WA 98121 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or cashier’s check or certi-
State chartered banks, at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of King, State of Wash- ington, to-wit: THE SOUTH 13 FEET OF LOT 10, ALL OF LOTS 11 AND 12, AND THE
NORTH 10 FEET OF LOT 13, ALL IN BLOCK 25, THE NEW ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF DES MOINES, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RE- CORDED IN VOLUME 4 OF PLATS, PAGE 84, IN KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON; EXCEPT THAT PORTION, IF ANY, CONVEYED TO THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES BY DEED RECORDED UN- DER RECORDING NUMBER 7207260298; (ALSO KNOWN AS PARCEL B OF CITY OF DES MOINES LOT LINE AD- JUSTMENT NUMBER LLA-95-073, RECORDED UN- DER RECORDING NUMBER 9601109002). Commonly known as: 22033 16TH AVE S DES MOINES Washington 98198 APN: 605240-1360-08 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 11/4/2004, recorded 11/10/2004, as Auditor’s File No. 20041110002077, records of King County, Washington, from WILLIAM KIRK, AN UNMAR- RIED MAN, AS HIS SEPER- ATE ESTATE, as Grantor(s), to CHICAGO TITLE, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR LEH- MAN BROTHERS BANK, FSB, A FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK, ITS SUCCESSORS AND AS-
signed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC, under an Assignment re- corded under Auditor’s File No
20121115001436. II. No action
of the Deed of Trust or the
pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obliga- tion secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The de- fault(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: PROMISSORY NOTE IN- FORMATION Note Dated: 11/4/2004 Note Amount: $108,000.00 Interest Paid To: 12/1/2010 Next Due Date: 1/1/2011 PAYMENT INFOR- MATION FROM THRU NO.PMT AMOUNT TOTAL1/1/2011 6/30/2011 6 $247.52 $1,485.12 7/1/2011 12/31/2011 6$236.27 $1,417.62 1/1/2012 6/30/2012 6 $258.77 $1,552.62 7/1/2012 12/31/2012 6 $1,282.24 $7,693.44 1/1/2013 6/30/2013 6 $939.82 $5,638.92 7/1/2013 9/30/2013 3 $771.77 $2,315.31 10/1/2013 15 $778.24 $11,673.60 ADVANCES/LATE CHARGES DESCRIPTION TOTAL Accrued Late Charges $128.83 Deferred late fees $85.52 ESTIMATED FORE- CLOSURE FEES AND COSTS DESCRIPTION TO- TAL Trustee’s Fee’s $1,252.50 Record Appointment of Succes- sor Trustee $14.00 Title Date- down Fee $50.00 Trustee Fee Adjustment (CONV. ALLOW- ABLE FEE) ($97.50) Mailings $63.44 TOTAL DUE AS OF 12/26/2014 $33,481.80 IV. The sum owing on the obligation se-
cured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $108,000.00, together with inter- est as provided in the Note from 1/1/2011, and such other costs and fees as are provided by stat- ute. V. The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obli- gation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or en- cumbrances on 5/8/2015. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by 4/27/2015, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontin- ued and terminated if at any time before 4/27/2015 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with
a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminat- ed any time after the 4/27/2015 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the or the Grantor’s successor interest or the holder of any recorded junior lien or en- cumbrance by paying the princi- pal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pur- suant to the terms of the obliga- tion and/or Deed of Trust and curing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of Default was
Trustee to the Borrower and
Grantor at the following ad- dress(es): SEE ATTACHED EX-
proof of which is in the posses- sion of the Trustee; and the Bor- rower and Grantor were person- ally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trus- tee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-de- scribed property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invali- dating the Trustee’s sale. X. NO- TICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS – The purchaser at the trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the grantor under the
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a .3 percent permanent increase in the business and occupation (B&O) tax on business services. Altogether, the plan calls for $1.5 billion in new and increased taxes.
The capital gains tax, intended for the “wealthi-est taxpayers in the state,” would result in taxing a second residence, includ-ing cabins or other small dwellings.
All homes already have a state and local real estate excise tax imposed on them at the time of a sale. Realtors say the proposed capital gains tax would put a significant burden — more than 7 percent in total home taxes in
some areas — on the second home market that is critically important to a healthy housing market around much of the state.
The B&O tax increase proposed by House Dem-ocrats would be on the gross income of “services and other activities” that include real estate brokers, barbers, beauty salons, veterinarians and dozens of other small businesses.
The B&O tax rate cur-rently on this category is 1.5 percent, the highest rate in the state. The pro-posed new tax would raise it to 1.8 percent, a jump of 20 percent.– Seattle KingCounty REALTORS
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During their nationwide cam-paigns, minimum wage activists targeted McDonald’s, position-ing its franchises as agents of a global conglomerate. It is true that McDonald’s is the world’s lead-ing foodservice retailer operating in more than 100 countries, with more than 36,000 restaurants serving approximately 69 million people every day.
But more than 80 percent of its restaurants worldwide are oper-ated by individual small business owners.
So, what is a franchise? It’s like leasing a brand name and a busi-ness model. After that, you’re on your own.
Take McDonald’s franchises, for example.
First, to be considered for a franchise, you must have $750,000 available to invest – the money cannot be borrowed. You sign a 20-year contract, make a six-figure down payment and agree to abide by their standards and practices. Then you undergo months of training.
For new restaurants, McDon-ald’s provides a location and a
building shell, but you must pay to complete the interior and provide all the equipment and pay all operating expenses, including rent, business and property insurance, utilities, salaries, unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation and taxes. In addition, you must pay the corporation four percent of your sales each month, contribute to national and regional marketing campaigns and purchase your sup-plies only from approved vendors.
So, are individual franchise owners equivalent to their corpo-rate lessors?
Think of it this way: If you
operated a coffee stand in the lobby of the Trump Tower in New York City, would your business be considered part of Donald Trump’s business empire? Of course not. You would have signed a lease agreeing to pay the required rent and abide by Trump’s rules. In return, you get a prime location with proven name recognition and access to a specific customer base.
The same applies to franchises.There are 780,000 franchisees
in America that support nearly 8.9 million direct jobs and contribute $890 billion to the U.S. economy.
Franchises are part of a small
business sector that provides the majority of jobs in America – especially entry-level jobs for new and untrained workers.
Like the coffee vendor in the lobby of Trump Tower, they’re not global business magnates, they’re small business owners trying to make a living.
Seattle politicians should treat them as such.
Don Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He recently retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be con-tacted at [email protected].
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complex, linking a re-vised initiative with other education-related costs.
With the intention of law-makers now clear, the ques-tion is will the Washington Education Association and its 84,000 members – mostly public school teachers – fight them.
Initiative 1351 is their handiwork. The WEA wrote it and the statewide teachers’ union, along with its locals and the National Education Association spent $5 million getting it on the ballot and passed.
However, the final result – 51 percent to 49 percent – and the margin of victory – 40,000 votes out of nearly 2.1 million cast – indicates
voters were split on the measure.
Lawmakers in both parties think voters will understand the cost of the initiative this November. They also want to avoid an expensive ballot battle with teachers. Neither political party is in the mood to spend millions of dollars in a campaign – especially not the Democratic Party with which the union is tradition-ally aligned.
Lawmakers hope putting billions of additional dollars into schools, including the first state-funded pay hikes for teachers in years, will help avoid a clash. It would help if Senate Republicans stop pursuing a bill detested by teachers that would require student test scores be used to evaluate their performance.
These steps won’t buy the union’s silence or acquiescence in the legislative endeavor but it might keep its campaign coffers closed this fall.
Going back to the ballot is not without its risks – even if there’s no opposition.
If voters stick by their original decision, lawmakers would need to regroup and come up with the billions of dollars through spending cuts, higher taxes or both.
It’s a vexing challenge now and will be no less vexing later.
That’s why they want to ask voters if they really meant what they said.
Political reporter Jerry Corn-field’s blog, The Petri Dish, is at www.heraldnet.com. Contact him at 360-352-8623; [email protected].
[ CORNFIELD from page 5 ] THE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES re-leased their proposed capital construction budget March 23, including $4.9 million for multi-benefit floodplain management projects in Kent through the Floodplains by Design initiative.
If the Senate agrees with the funding, people in Kent and nine other communi-ties throughout Wash-ington will be safer and salmon habitat will get a boost. The money would be administered through the Washington Department of Ecology’s competitive Floodplains by Design grant program.
Funding would allow King County Flood Control Dis-trict to replace and upgrade the existing levee.
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Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not ten- ants by summary proceedings under chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. If you are a servicemember or a dependent of a servicemember, you may be entitled to certain protections un- der the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and any compar- able state laws regarding the risk of foreclosure. If you believe you may be entitled to these protec-
immediately. THIS IS AN AT- TEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: 12/29/2014 CLEAR RECON CORP., as Successor Trustee For additional information or service you may contact: Clear Recon Corp. 9311 S.E. 36th Street, Suite 100 Mercer Island, WA 98040 Phone: (206) 707-9599 EXHIBIT”1” NAME ADDRESSESTATE OF WILLIAM KIRK 22033 16TH AVE S DES MOINES WA 98198 ESTATE OF WILLIAM KIRK 22033 16TH AVE S DES MOINES WA 98198-4542 ESTATE OF WILLIAM KIRK C/O LAW OF- FICE OF DONALD D COOK 14201 S.E. PETROVITSKY ROAD, A-3 155 RENTON WA 98058 SARAH A. HAND C/O LAW OFFICE OF DONALD D COOK 14201 S.E. PETROVIT- SKY ROAD, A-3 155 RENTON WA 98058 SARAH HAND 22033 16TH AVE S DES MOINES Washington 98198 SARAH HAND 80110 SEARS RD COTTAGE GROVE OR 97424 WILLIAM KIRK 16643 186TH AVE SE REN- TON WA 98058 WILLIAM KIRK 22033 16TH AVE S DES MOINES Washington 98198 Published in the Kent Reporter on April 3, 2015 and April 24, 2015. #1214313.
ASSESSMENT INSTALLMENT NOTICELOCAL IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT #360CITY OF KENT
Construction of an 8” sanitary sewer system with 6” side sewer stubs to the property line for each of the twelve properties included within the local improvement district, as provided by Ordi- nance No. 3793. Notice is hereby given that the seventh (7th) installment of the assessment levied for the above named improvement, comprising Local Improvement District No. 360 under Ordinance No. 3876, is now due and payable and un- less payment is made on or be- fore April 9, 2015 said install- ment will be delinquent, will have a penalty of eleven (11) percent added, and the collection of such delinquent installment will be enforced in the manner prescribed by law. Dated this 9th day of March 2015.
Aaron BeMillerFinance DirectorCity of Kent, Washington
Published in the Kent Reporter March 27, 2015, April 3, 2015. #1273578.
INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that the City of Kent, Washington, will receive sealed bids at the City
April 14, 2015 up to 11:00 a.m. as shown on the clock on the east wall of
Avenue South, Kent, Washing- ton. All bids must be properly marked and sealed in accordance with this “Invitation to Bid.” Bids must be delivered and
by the above-stated time, regard- less of delivery method, includ- ing U.S. Mail. All bids will be opened and read publicly aloud immediately following 11:00 a.m. for the City of Kent project named as follows:2015 Asphalt Grinding Project
Project Number: 15-3001 The project consists of planing approximately 10-foot wide sections of pavement for ap- proximately 35,000 linear feet on various roadways throughout the City of Kent. Planed areas shall be an average depth of approxi- mately two inches. The Engineer’s estimated range for this project is approximately $60,000 - $90,000. Bid docu- ments may be obtained by con- tacting City of Kent Engineering Department, Nancy Yoshitake at (253) 856-5508. For technical questions, please call Joseph Araucto at (253) 856-5664. Bids must be clearly marked “Bid” with the name of the project on the outside of the envelope, addressed to the City Clerk, 220 4th Avenue South, Kent, WA 98032-5895. Only sealed bids will be accepted. No facsimiles or electronic submit- tals will be considered. Each bid shall be in accordance
and other contract documents
City Engineer, City of Kent, Washington. Copies of the plans and Kent Special Provisions may be purchased at a non-re- fundable cost of $25.00 for each set. can also be downloaded at no charge at www.kentwa.gov/ procurement. Copies of the
are available for perusal only. A cashier’s check, cash or surety bond in the amount of 5% of the bid is required. The City of Kent reserves the right to reject any and all bids on any or all schedules or alternates or to waive any informalities in the bidding and shall determine which bid or bidders is the most responsive, satisfactory and re- sponsible bidder and shall be the sole judge thereof. No plea of mistake in the bid shall be available to the bidder for the recovery of his/her depos- it or as a defense to any action based upon the neglect or refusal to execute a contract. Bidders must submit with their initial bid a signed statement as to whether they have previously performed work subject to the President’s Executive Order No. 11246. No bidder may withdraw his/her bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the day of bid opening. Dated this 25th day of March, 2015.BY:Ronald F. Moore, City Clerk Published in the Kent Reporter on April 3, 2015 . #1280063. Trustee Sale # 005275-WA Ti- tle # 02-13039278 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSU- ANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ. THIS NOTICE
IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the record- ing date on this notice to pursue mediation.DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTOR- NEY LICENSED IN WASH- INGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to media- tion if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Hous- ing counselors and legal assis- tance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclo- sure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Fi- nance Commission Telephone: 1 - 8 7 7 - 8 9 4 - H O M E (1-877-894-4663). Web site:
mers/homeownership/post_purchase_counselors_foreclosure.htm The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Tele- phone: 1-800-569-4287 Web
hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/index.cfm?webListAction=search&searchstate
wide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys Telephone: 1-800-606-4819 Web site: http://nwjustice.org/what-clear I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, CLEAR RECON CORP., 9311 S.E. 36th Street, Suite 100, Mer- cer Island, WA 98040, Trustee will on 5/8/2015 at 10:00 AM at AT THE 4TH AVENUE EN- TRANCE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING LOCATIONED ONE BLOCK EAST OF THE KING COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, 500 4TH AVE, SEAT- TLE, WA 98121 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or cashier’s check or certi-
State chartered banks, at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of King, State of Wash- ington, to-wit: Unit 6-4, Building 6, GARDEN TOWNHOMES, a Condominium, Survey Map and Plans recorded in Volume 175 of Condominiums, page(s) 8 through 14, inclusive; Condo- minium Declaration recorded un- der Recording Number(s) 20010611001784 and amend- ments thereto, in King County, Washington. Commonly known as: 2531 SOUTH 288TH STREET 4 FEDERAL WAY, WA 98003 APN: 269800-0240-03 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dat- ed 4/7/2008, recorded 4/17/2008, as Auditor’s File No. 20080417001969, records of King County, Washington, from JIM R. CHUNG AND JAMIE J. CHUNG, AS JOINT TENANTS, as Grantor(s), to TICOR TITLE COMPANY, as Trustee, to se- cure an obligation in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR PMC BANCORP, ITS SUCCESSORS
was assigned by FEDERAL NA- TIONAL MORTGAGE ASSO- CIATION, under an Assignment recorded under Auditor’s File No 20140213000711. II. No action
of the Deed of Trust or the Bene-
ing to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as fol- lows: PROMISSORY NOTE INFORMATION Note Dated: 4/7/2008 Note Amount: $201,600.00 Interest Paid To: 6/1/2010 Next Due Date: 7/1/2010 PAYMENT INFOR- MATION FROM THRU NO.PMT AMOUNT TOTAL 7/1/2010 9/30/2013 39 $1,033.83$40,319.37 10/1/2013 15 $986.53 $14,797.95ADVANC- ES/LATE CHARGES DE- SCRIPTION TOTAL PROP PRESERVATION $357.00 IN- SPECTIONS $711.00 APPRAI- SAL/BPO $249.00 ESTIMAT- ED FORECLOSURE FEES AND COSTS DESCRIPTION TOTAL Trustee’s Fee’s $1,350.00 Posting of Notice of Default $50.00 Posting of Notice of Sale $100.00 Postponement Fee $200.00 Publication of No- tice of Sale $473.03 Record Ap- pointment of Successor Trustee $14.00 Record Notice of Sale $77.00 Record Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale $66.00 T.S.G. Fee $894.00 T.S.G. Fee (TAX AMT)$84.93 Title Datedown Fee $264.26 Mailings $1,310.41 TO- TAL DUE AS OF 12/26/2014 $61,325.87 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $211,205.21, together with interest as provided in the Note from 7/1/2010, and such other costs and fees as are pro- vided by statute. V. The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, posses- sion or encumbrances on 5/8/2015. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by 4/27/2015, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discon- tinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and termi- nated if at any time before 4/27/2015 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with
a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminat- ed any time after the 4/27/2015 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the or the Grantor’s successor interest or the holder of any recorded junior lien or en- cumbrance by paying the princi- pal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pur- suant to the terms of the obliga- tion and/or Deed of Trust and curing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of Default was
Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following ad- dress(es): SEE ATTACHED EX-
proof of which is in the posses- sion of the Trustee; and the Bor- rower and Grantor were person- ally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trus- tee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address
are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-de- scribed property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invali- dating the Trustee’s sale. X. NO- TICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS – The purchaser at the trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not ten- ants by summary proceedings under chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. If you are a servicemember or a dependent of a servicemember, you may be entitled to certain protections un- der the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and any compar- able state laws regarding the risk of foreclosure. If you believe you may be entitled to these protec-
immediately. THIS IS AN AT- TEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: 12/29/2014 CLEAR RECON CORP., as Successor Trustee For additional information or service you may contact: Clear Recon Corp. 9311 S.E. 36th Street, Suite 100 Mercer Island, WA 98040 Phone: (206) 707-9599 EXHIBIT”1” NAME ADDRESSJAMIE J. CHUNG 2531 SOUTH 288TH STREET 4 FEDERAL WAY, WA 98003-8027 JAMIE J. CHUNG 2531 SOUTH 288TH STREET NO.4 FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON 98003 JIM R. CHUNG 2531 SOUTH 288TH STREET 4 FEDERAL WAY, WA 98003-8027 JIM R. CHUNG 2531 SOUTH 288TH STREET NO. 4 FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON 98003Published in the Kent Reporter on April 3, 2015 and April 24, 2015. #1214331.
CITY OF KENTNOTICE OF APPLICATION
A Project Permit Application
Planning Services. Following is a description of the application and the process for review. The ap- plication and listed studies may be reviewed in person at the of-
400 W. Gowe Street, Kent, Washington.DATE OF NOTICE OF APPLICATION: April 3, 2015APPLICATION NAME/NUMBER: T-MOBILEWIRELESS TELECOMMUNI- CATION FACILITYCE-2015-1/RPP3-2150707ENV-2015-1/RPSA-2150708PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The applicant proposes to construct a wireless facility consisting of three (3) panel antennas and ac- cessory equipment, close mount- ed to a new wood 90 foot utility pole in the right-of-way, and a
new approximately 10’x12’equipment building on nearbyprivate property located at24817 112 Ave SE (King CountyParcel Number 9151100000).OTHER PERMITS AND PLANS WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED: Building Permit; Landscape PlanPUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: April 3, 2015 – April 17, 2015 All persons may comment on this application. Comments mustbe in writing and received inKent Planning Services by 4:30P.M., Friday, April 17, 2015 at 220 Fourth Avenue South, KentWA 98032. A public hearing istentatively scheduled for 1:30pm on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 be-fore the City of Kent HearingExaminer. This public hearingwill be held in City CouncilChambers located at 220 FourthAvenue South, Kent, WA 98032. Please be advised this hearing date is subject to change. Pleasecall to verify time and date atleast a week before the sched-uled meeting. For questions re- garding this project, please con-tact Valerie Lonneman, Plannerat (253) 856-5454.Published in the Kent Reporteron April 3, 2015. #1282053.
CITY OF KENTLAND USE &
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENthat the City of Kent Land Useand Planning Board will hold aPublic Hearing on MONDAY,APRIL 13, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. inKent City Hall City, CouncilChambers, 220 Fourth Avenue S,Kent, WA. The Hearing Agenda will in-clude the following item(s):1. ZCA-2015-1 HIGHCAPACITY TRANSIT FACILITIES
Proposed ordinance related tozoning districts, process anddesign standards for high ca-pacity transit (HCT) facilities.The ordinance also providesoptions for departures fromcode via development agree-ments.
2. ZCA-2015-2 CRITICAL AREAS ORDINANCE AND FLOOD HAZARD REGULATIONS
Proposed ordinance related toamendments of Chapters 11.06Critical Areas and 14.09 FloodHazard Regulations
Any persons wishing to submitoral or written comments on thisproposal may do so at the hear-ing or prior to the hearing bye-mail to Charlene Anderson,Planning Manager, Economicand Community DevelopmentPlanning Services Division [email protected]. Thepublic is invited to attend and allinterested persons will have anopportunity to speak.
Charlene Anderson, AICP, Planning Manager
Published in the Kent Reporteron April 3, 2015. #1282074.
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BY STEVE HUNTER
Kent Police cited a 24-year-old woman for investigation of reckless driving aft er she report-edly hit speeds of 90 mph because she was late to get her son to day care so she could get to work.
An offi cer spotted a speeding vehicle at about
6:05 a.m. on March 20 in the 10300 block of Southeast 274th Street on the East Hill, according to the police report. Th e offi cer used a laser speed measuring device to clock the vehicle going 90 mph in a 50 mph zone.
With patrol vehicle lights and siren activated, the offi cer pursued the car and
watched it change lanes several times, swerving in and out of traffi c at a high rate of speed.
Th e offi cer pulled the vehicle over near 114th
Avenue Southeast.Th e woman told the
offi cer she was late to drop her son off at day care so she could go to work. Th e offi cer cited her for reckless
driving and released her at the scene, telling her that a citation would be showing up in the mail.
Police also stopped another driver who had witnessed the vehicle speeding and swerving in and out of traffi c to back up the offi cer’s report.
Man pushes panhandler
Offi cers arrested a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault aft er he allegedly pushed a man panhandling at about 3:36 p.m. on March 22 in the 23900 block of 104th Av-enue Southeast.
Th e arrested man told offi cers the man had threat-ened to kick his girlfriend’s dog so he got in a verbal dispute with him, accord-ing to the police report. Th e man denied he pushed the panhandler to the ground. He said the man must have tripped over a bush.
Police recognized the panhandler from previous observations. He oft en stands near the Shell gas station holding a “disabled veteran”
sign. He told offi cers he tried to use his cane to defend himself, but the man pushed him to the ground.
Th e girlfriend of the arrested man said she had accidentally stepped on the panhandler’s dog a few days earlier and that the man remained upset about that incident.
Asleep in stolen camper
Police arrested a Maple Valley man for investigation of possession of a stolen vehicle on March 21 aft er they tracked down the Ford camper stolen a day earlier from a Kent home.
Offi cers received a report about the stolen vehicle being found in the 28500 block of Southeast 228th Street in Maple Valley and asked the King County Sheriff ’s Offi ce to assist, ac-cording to the police report.
Deputies spotted the Ford truck in a driveway of a home. Th e truck had a damaged ignition column. Deputies saw movement in the camper and ordered the person out of the vehicle.
Th e man didn’t come out until his father came out of a nearby house and asked his son to leave the camper.
Th e son told police he just needed a place to sleep.
Store bans woman
Offi cers arrested a woman for investigation of third-de-gree theft aft er she reportedly took several items at about 9:13 a.m. on March 22 from the Safeway store, 210 Wash-ington Ave. S.
Store security reported that the woman had been in the store for a couple of hours, put items in a cart and then placed a few items under her jacket and left the store without paying, ac-cording to the police report.
Th e same woman report-edly spent about four hours the previous day walking around in the store without buying anything. Th e store manager asked that police ban the woman from the store for life. Offi cers told the woman if she ever returned to the store, she would be arrested for tres-passing.
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Dreiling, who works for a Tacoma-area hospital intensive care unit, said she has per-formed CPR many times in the hospital setting. But this was the fi rst time she’s ever used her skills outside of work and the fi rst time she has admin-istered CPR on a child.
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Taking his cuts: Kentridge’s Matt Fleming works on his swing in a batting cage as he hopes to lead the Chargers back to the playoff s. HEIDI SANDERS, Kent Reporter
Kentridge’s Fleming emerges as team leaderBY HEIDI SANDERS
Aft er graduating nine starting players from last season, the Ken-tridge High baseball team needed a leader to emerge.
Th at responsibility fell upon the Chargers’ only returning regular from last year’s lineup, junior Matt Fleming.
Coach John Flanigan had talked to the formidable Fleming at the end of last season about leading a younger, untested team this spring.
“He told me last year that this is going to be my team for the next two years,” said Fleming, 17, who plays fi rst base.
Leading the way is no small task aft er the Chargers’ success last season, fi nishing fi rst in the South Puget Sound League North Division with a 13-3 league re-cord (19-9 overall) and making it to the state 4A regional fi nal.
Behind the talented Fleming, the Chargers will look to reach the state playoff s for the fourth straight year.
Th e learning curve continues. Kentridge is off to a 3-5 start through Tuesday’s action.
Flanigan said Fleming has stepped into the leadership role quite well.
“It is very nice having a guy back who made a deep run in the playoff s,” Flanigan said. “He works very hard. He leads by example.”
Senior Gerald Williams, who serves as captain of the team alongside Fleming, said that Fleming’s experience has been a valuable resource.
“He is a really good leader,” Williams said. “He always does the right thing. He is fi rst in drills, trying to get better every time.”
Fleming said losing the bulk of the team from last season is hard
to recover from, but this year’s players have shown a willingness to step up.
“I think we have some guys that can help us go pretty far,” he said.
Fleming said it took the fi rst couple of games this season for the team to get comfortable play-ing together.
“Th e last four games or so, I have seen a lot of improvement,” Fleming said. “We are a lot more confi dent.”
Flanigan said he would love for team to make another playoff run, but the focus is on winning one game at a time.
“We are going to complete in every game and go hard,” Flani-gan said.
Flanigan said the SPSL is argu-ably one of the best leagues in the state. He said almost every year at least one team from the league makes it to the fi nal four.
“It is a very tough league,” he said.
Fleming said he is looking for-ward to playing against Kentwood and Tahoma later this season.
“We’ll see if we can beat them,” he said.
Fleming, who has verbally committed to play baseball at the University of Washington on a partial scholarship, is a multi-sport athlete. He played football as a freshman and sophomore and still plays basketball at the high school level but baseball has always been his passion.
“I knew when I was little baseball would be my best sport,” he said.
Fleming said he began playing baseball when he was about 7 or 8 years old. His dad, Jeff , coached his teams when Fleming was younger.
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KENTRIDGE, KENTWOOD WIN STATE DANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Kentridge and Kentwood each came away with
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at the Yakima SunDome.The Kentridge Chatelaines
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well ahead of second-place Eastlake at 259.45.
Kentridge also placed second in pom and third in kick.
Kentwood captured fi rst in show with a score of 254.50
and fi rst in hip hop with a mark of 286.00, just ahead
of Federal Way’s Todd Beamer at 285.50.
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James “Jimmy” Duane StuderJames “Jimmy” Duane Studer passed away unexpectedly
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Jimmy was born in Seattle on August 25, 1972 to Barbara and Ted and grew up in Kent. He was self-employed and owned a business in Seattle for 12 years. He was married to Jennifer on May 14, 2005. Jimmy was an avid Seattle Seahawks fan and was passionate about all things sports. He enjoyed playing golf, taking trips to the Oregon Coast and just chilling out at home in his “Man Cave”. Jimmy was passionate about his work, had a huge heart, was caring, always lent a helping hand and had a wonderful sense of humor.
He will be deeply missed by his friends, family, and all who knew and loved him. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Jimmy’s life on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 3: 00 pm at Trinity Community Church, 3807 Reith Rd. S., Kent, WA 98032. Reverend Ed Snyder will officiate the ceremony. Reception immediately to follow at the church.
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EventsPampered Pet Walk: 1-3 p.m. April 18, downtown Kent. Dress your pets up in a sports theme and walk them in historical downtown Kent. Prizes for the best dressed and greatest trick. Kent Downtown Partnership is sponsoring the walk to celebrate a more urban lifestyle in downtown, and to give pets the opportunity to get to know their pet neighbors as well. Free. For more details, visit www.facebook.com/events/618538841624415/, or contact Kent Downtown Partnership at 253-813-6976 or [email protected].
WBCA Spring Antique Bottle & Collectible Show: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. May 16, Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. N., Kent. Great antiques – bottles, insulators, pottery, collectibles, postcards, photos and more. Early-buy admission: $5, 1-5 p.m. May 15; free on May 16. www.wbcaweb.org
EasterKent Station’s annual Easter Egg Hunt: 10 a.m. to noon, April 4. Egg hunt for children 6 and under is on the lawn in front of Coldstone Creamery, 504 Ramsay Way, No. 109. Kids ages 7 to 12 may participate in the scavenger hunt. Pick up the first clue on the fountain stage in the plaza. Bring your own camera for photos with the Easter Bunny in front of the Ram Restaurant & Brewery. Face painting and other free fun available to the family. In celebrating 10 years at Kent Station, the hunt will hide 10 golden eggs. The eggs will have a golden ticket to be redeemed for a gift bag full of gift cards and treats from around Kent Station. The event is sponsored in part by MultiCare of Kent. For more information, visit www.kent-station.com or contact Cynthia Tanis at 253-856-2301.
Easter Egg Hunt: 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. April 4, Riverview Community Church, 4135 S. 216th St., Kent. Free family event, for children birth-fifth grade. An estimated 16,000 eggs filled with candy; popcorn; cotton candy; carnival bouncer; 18-foot inflatable slide; pictures with the Easter Bunny; balloon animals, face paint-ing; and raffles for Easter baskets, candy and gifts cards. For more information, call 253-872-8881, email [email protected] or visit www.rcckent.org.
EasterKent Lutheran Church: 336 Second Ave. S. • Good Friday Service, 7-8:15 p.m. April 3; • Easter Sunday Services: 8:30-10 a.m. April 5. [email protected], 253-852- 6603
Easter Sunrise: 6:30 a.m. April 5, Saar Pioneer Cemetery, 91st and 212th Way, Kent. Community Easter sunrise service offered by Kent United Methodist Church. Open to the public. All are welcome. www.kentmethodist.com
Easter at The ShoWare: 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. Sunday, April 5, ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St. Enjoy the best in gospel music, dance and relevant and timely preaching. Everyone is welcome. www.easteratshoware.org
VolunteersSoos Creek Park restoration: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. April 11. Sierra Club South King County Group and Rainier Audubon Society, in coordination with King County Parks, host. Volunteers are asked to meet at Gary Grant Park in Kent, on the north side of 208th Street and east of 132nd Street. To reach the work site, volunteers can walk a few hundred yards on the trail south of the 208th Street parking lot. The focus of the event will be to spread mulch around native plantings and root out newly rebounding populations of invasives (mostly blackberries) to assure the site continues to recover. Volunteers will be asked to sign a couple of liability release forms when they arrive. Tools, drinks and snacks will be provided, but please bring work gloves and dress for the work and weather. For more information, contact Mark Johnston at [email protected].
Kiwanis Centennial One-Day Event: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. April 11, Auburn Youth Resources, 936 Auburn Way S., Auburn. Kiwanis Division 32 celebrates its 100th centennial, More than Kiwanians from Auburn, Kent, Renton, Federal Way, Black Diamond, Covington and Maple Valley come together to give back to the community. AYR was selected from a variety of proposed projects. AYR provides services to low-income youth and families in South King and North Pierce Counties. For more information, contact Tawnya McLavey at 253-288-3407 or [email protected], or visit www.kiwanis-clubofauburn.com
Battle of the Corporate Stars: 9 a.m.-noon, April 22, Park Orchard Park, 11058 SE 230th St., Kent. Remember the ‘70s? The first Earth Day was in 1970, so Kent Parks is celebrating its 45th anniver-sary by inviting corporate teams of five to battle one another (and ivy and blackber-ries) for bragging rights and prizes at lunchtime (thanks, Ivar’s). Register your groovy team by April 15. Free. For more information, contact Victoria Andrews at 253-856-5113 or [email protected].
NetworkKent Chamber of Commerce Presi-dent’s Gala & Business Leadership Awards: 5 p.m. April 10, ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St., Kent. Join more than 400 Kent business leaders in celebration. Honoring 11 business of the year cat-egories. Dinner, silent and live auctions, games and raffles, dessert dash. This year’s theme: 007 James Bond. Tickets: $75 before April 1 (open seating); $85 after April 1 (open seating). Tables of eight for $700 in prime location with reserved seating. For more information or to purchase your tickets, call 253-854-1770 or visit www.kentchamber.com.
EntertainmentSHOWARE CENTER
625 W. James St., Kent. 253-856-6777. Order at www.tickets.showare-center.com. Events include:
Sesame Street Live, Let’s Dance!: 6:30 p.m. May 19. Tickets: $17-$64.
KENT ARTS COMMISSION SPOTLIGHT SERIES
Tickets at kentarts.com, by calling 253-856-5051 or at the Kent Com-mons, 525 Fourth Ave. N. Hours for phone and in-person sales are Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. The box office is closed on Sunday.
Masters of Soul: 7:30 p.m. April 7, Kentwood PAC. A celebration of the legendary songs and performers that defined Motown and soul music. The show features the incredible harmonies and smooth moves made famous by recording acts like The Temptations, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, The Four Tops, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Jackson Five, Martha Reeves The Vandel-las, Stevie Wonder, Barry White, The Commodores and many more. Tickets: $25 general, $22 senior, $15 youth
CHANCEL ARTS AT KENT LUTHERAN
Norwegian Male Chorus: 3 p.m. April 12, Kent Lutheran Church, Fellowship Hall, 336 Second Ave. S., downtown Kent. Performance is open to the community. Scandinavian refreshments follow. Tick-ets: $5, at the door.
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Kent Senior Center Bluegrass Jam and Concert series: Noon-5 p.m. third Saturday of the month, Kent Senior Center, 600 E. Smith St. Admission: gener-ous donation to support the program. For more information, call 253-856-5150 or 253-939-5594.
Shrek The Musical’: 7 p.m. April 3; 3 p.m. April 4, Green River College, Per-forming Arts Building, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. Presented by Heavier Than Air Family Theatre. Everyone’s favorite ogre, and unlikely hero, finds himself on a life-changing journey with a wisecracking Donkey and feisty princess. This hilarious stage version is based on the Oscar-win-ning film. Tickets: $10 advance, $12 at the door. For more information, call 253-833-9111 or visit www.heavierthanair.com.
“Into the Woods”: 7 p.m. April 15-18 and April 22-25, Kentlake High School Performing Arts Center, 21401 SE Falcon Way, Covington. Kentlake Drama Department production. James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim take everyone’s favorite storybook characters and bring them together for a timeless yet relevant piece and rare modern classic. Tickets: $10 adults, $8 students with ASB card, seniors and under 12 years of age. Buy at the door or order at kentlakedrama.com or www.brownpapertickets.com.
MuseumsGreater Kent Historical Society: 855 E. Smith St., historic Bereiter House, Kent. Hours: noon-4 p.m., Wednesday-Saturday, and by appointment. Admission: suggested $2 donation; no tickets are required for entrance. Parking is available behind the house off East Temperance Street. GKHS is a nonprofit organization that promotes the discovery, preservation and dissemination of knowledge about the history of the greater Kent area. www.gkhs.org.
“He always made me work harder and made
me be the best player out there,” he said.
Fleming plays club base-
ball during the summer on the Rips Brewers in Burien.
Fleming describes him-self as an offensive player but he is trying to improve his defense.
“I’ve always been pretty good offensively,” he said. “It comes more naturally.”
Fleming, a first-team All-SPSL North performer last year, finished the season with a .420 batting average, two home runs, 20 RBIs and eight doubles.
Fleming said he would like to keep his batting average about .350 this sea-son, but he is more focused on the team’s success.
“I’m more of a team guy,” he said. “I just like win-ning.”
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Kentlake hires new football coachBY SARAH WEHMANN
Come fall Kentlake High football fans will see a new face leading the Falcons on Friday nights.
Brett Thompson will take Chris Paulson’s spot as head coach.
Kentlake athletic director Bruce Rick said in an email Paulson is leaving because he accepted the head coaching position at Curtis High School in University Place.
Rick said Thompson was selected from a pool of candidates and school lead-ers believe his “vision, personality, and knowledge of the game was the right fit for Kentlake’s program.”
Thompson joins the Falcons after spend-ing eight years as an assistant coach at Tahoma.
Tahoma athletic director Tony Davis said in an email Thompson has been a big part of the Bears football program.
“He is already missed by our players and
coaches,” Davis wrote. “He will have a posi-tive impact on the Kentlake community.”
He also has been teaching social studies for the past 10 years at Tahoma. It is unde-termined at this time if Thompson teach at Tahoma or Kentlake.
The decision to run the Falcons’ football program, Thompson said, is because he has “always wanted to guide an entire football program and help positively impact the lives of young men on a larger scale.”
The next step for Thompson and the Falcons are spring practices. Thompson said he will plan those practices as well as organize summer events for the team.
Thompson said he is bringing with him a “clear vision (of) how our program will encourage growth in regards to how student-athletes develop on and off the field as young men, as students, as leaders and as athletes.”
The transition to head coach as already begun, he said.
Thompson added that he “owes a tre-mendous amount to Tony Davis and the entire Tahoma community as they have helped me develop as a teacher, coach and leader for the last decade.”
T-Birds topple Portland 5-2FOR THE REPORTER
The Seattle Thunderbirds defeated the Portland Win-terhawks 5-2 on Tuesday night in Game 3 of their first-round Western Hockey League playoff series in front of a crowd of 6,119 at the ShoWare Center.
The win gives Seattle a 2-1
lead in the best-of-seven-series. Game 4 was played Thursday at the ShoWare Center after press deadline for the Kent Reporter.
Taran Kozun made 35 saves, giving up just two goals in the process. Adin Hill took the loss for Port-land after stopping 24 of 28 shots he faced in the game.
Scott Eansor scored on the second shot of the game for the T-Birds.
Roberts Lipsbergs scored
his first goal of the playoffs at 8:48 to widen the gap to two goals in Seattle’s favor.
The Winterhawks cut the lead to one goal when Dominic Turgeon scored at 1:37 of the second period.
Alexander True scored to put Seattle up 3-1.
Jerret Smith made it 4-1 for Seattle at 4:06 of the third period. Smith’s shot came from the middle of the blue line and wound around several bodies.
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Th e month of April is a warning to April fools.
Spring may be sprung but summer is still months away, and this is not the month to introduce frost sensitive plants to the garden, no matter how mild our winter weather.
Do not plant geraniums, pe-tunias, tomatoes, cucumbers or other warmth-loving plants until aft er all danger of frost has passed – usually some-time in mid-May.
April is a good month for planting trees, shrubs, roses, perennial plants such as hosta and rock garden plants as well as hardy sedums and succulents and cool season vegetables.
Q. I have clematis that fl owers in the summer. I think it is called Mr. Presi-
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Q. I decided to patch some bare spots in my old lawn last month and so I spread a sandy, two-way mix of soil in the empty spots, sprinkled grass seed then covered the seed with compost that I purchased in a bag from the garden center. It has been 4 weeks and no sign of new grass sprouting. What do you think happened? C.C., Renton
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There are also evergreens with round bun forms, weeping forms and lovely upright but very narrow forms that serve as “exclamation points” in the landscape. These “true dwarfs” are
often sold as rock garden conifers or dish garden conifers. These compact dwarfs may cost more than the more common evergreens but they are so well-behaved, tidy and hardworking that they are worth the investment – so off to work they go.
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Kent Station hosts its an-nual Easter Egg Hunt on Sat-urday from 10 a.m. to noon.
Thousands of eggs have been stuffed with chocolate, small toys and special cou-pons from merchants.
The traditional egg hunt for children 6 and under is from 10 to noon on the lawn in front of Coldstone Creamery, 504 Ramsay Way, No. 109.
Kids ages seven to 12 may participate in the scavenger hunt from 10 a.m. to noon. Pick up the first clue on the fountain stage in the plaza.
Bring your own camera for photos with the Easter Bunny from 10 a.m. to noon in front of Ram Restaurant & Brewery.
There also will be face painting and more free fun for the family.
In celebrating 10 years at Kent Station, the hunt will
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