Kent Reporter, December 02, 2011

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Number of ShoWare homeless Showdown students growing

Highline teacher pleads not guilty

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King County prosecutor charges man with attempted rape

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The number of homeless students in the Kent School District is growing every year. After only three months of school, 191 students are seeking services for homelessness. “This is already a significantly larger number than KENT we had at this time last year,” said Elizabeth Gongora-Knight, liaison for the Kent School District’s homeless program. “There are more out there we don’t know about yet or are still in the process of screening their applications.” For the 2010-11 school year, there were about 400 students classified as homeless by the end of the year count. Based on the count so far, the number is expected to be 500 at the end of the 2011-12 school year, Gongora-

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Seattle University’s Eric Wallace, right, and Evergreen State’s Marcus Tolliver leap for the tip Monday at the ShoWare College Classic basketball game in Kent. Seattle beat the Geoducks 77-54. For details, see Page 13. CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter To view a slide show go to www.kentreporter.com and to buy photos go to the website and click on the photo reprints tab.

THOMAS E. SHELTON

A father for all times BY DENNIS BOX dbox@kentreporter.com

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hen the newly released film “J. Edgar,” directed by Clint Eastwood, hit the screens in early November it brought back a flood of memories for Marcus Shelton about his father. The Kent East Hill resident is the son of Thomas E.

Shelton, a master sergeant in the Air Force, a 25-year Boeing employee and a mentor to Marcus. The reason the “J. Edgar” film brought back memories for Marcus was his father was a latent fingerprint expert who worked extensively with both military and civilian law enforcement Marcus Shelton agencies including the FBI during the 1950s and 60s.

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A Highline School District teacher and coach pleaded not guilty Monday to third-degree attempted rape of a child in connection with a 15-year-old girl he met in October at Kent’s Lake Meridian Park. Daniel Gregory Lum-Lung, 34, of Renton, is scheduled to return Dec. 8 to King County Superior Court in Kent for a hearing, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. He could receive a trial date at the hearing or attorneys could ask for more time to prepare the case. Kent Police arrested Lum-Lung on Nov. 15 for investigation of communicating with a minor for

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Some of the memorabilia Marcus had carefully preserved in a three-ring notebook included letters written to his father from J. Edgar Hoover thanking him for his work. Marcus said his father worked with Scotland Yard on fingerprints and handwriting analysis. He was also a weapons instructor for the Air Force. “I didn’t realize how big he was,” Marcus said. “My dad knew a lot of important people.” Much of his father’s history surfaced after his dad died in 2006. He remembered his father could speak fluent Japanese and was head [ more FATHER page 7 ]

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Thomas E. Shelton retired after 26 years in the Air Force. This portrait hangs in his son’s home. DENNIS BOX, Kent Reporter

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