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Moody’s gives Kent a gloomy bond report BY STEVE HUNTER
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The city of Kent’s fiscal health received some bad news this week. Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the city’s bond rating one point from Aa3 to A1 and assigned a negative outlook to the rating for $78.3 million worth of limited tax general obligation bonds. “The downgrade reflects the city’s significantly deteriorated financial position, resulting from recurring operating deficits and a depletion of cash and reserve levels across all governmental funds,” according
to Moody’s, whose ratings are seen as an indicator of a city’s financial health. Kent has been cutting its budgets for three years, including layoffs. “It’s of great conDennis Higgins cern,” said City Council President Dennis Higgins during a phone interview Wednesday. “We have to take some action. I take it very seriously and I don’t like it.” Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke told the City Council’s Operations Committee meeting Tuesday about the lower rating released
Feb. 6 by Moody’s. “We don’t like to see our credit rating go down but at least it has no impact on current operations,” Cooke said. Cooke said the downSuzette Cooke grade does not affect current indebtedness or bond payments, nor would it affect voter-approved or revenue bonds and the city has no plans to issue limited tax general obligation bonds in the near term. “Rising costs and deteriorating revenues
have forced reductions in every area of our budget,” Cooke said in a city media release. “We have significantly cut internal supports - like training and supplies, reduced staff, cut programs, and delayed projects until economic conditions stabilize. We’ve been trying to maintain a level of service that least damages our residents and job base.” As Moody’s notes, “there is uncertainty with regard to the city’s ability to implement additional expenditure cuts as it has already enacted significant cuts over the last three fiscal years.”
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Former state Supreme Court justice to conduct governing body probe
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Construction has started in Kent on a new $1.2 million community center at a 114-unit public housing complex on the East Hill. Crews will build a 4,330 squarefoot community service center at Valli Kee Homes, 23401 104th Ave. S.E., to replace a 900 squarefoot multipurpose room, according to a media COMMUNITY release from the CENTER King County Housing Authority. Construction is expected to be completed sometime this summer. The project is being funded by a Capital Fund Community Facilities grant awarded last May to the King County Housing Authority from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development intended to support
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UCLA’s Joshua Smith grabs a rebound and draws a foul from Washington’s Aziz N’Diaye on Thursday, Feb. 2, at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle. Smith graduated from Kentwood High in 2010 after leading the Conks to the state basketball title. CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter.
A call for a replay of a few legal calls was on the table at the Valley Medical Center Board of Commissioners meeting Monday in Renton. On a split vote the board hired the Tukwila law firm TalmadgeFitzpatrick to give the board a legal review of the alliance between Valley Medical Center and University of Washington Medicine. Voting for the resolution were Board President Dr. Paul Joos and commissioners Anthony Hemstad and Dr. Aaron Heide. In dissent were Sue Bowman and Carolyn
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like Jonestown where everyone drank the Kool-Aid?’â€? Carolyn Parnell. Joos questioned whether the alliance According to Joos, Phil Talmadge will was “ever proposed to go out to the voters conduct the review. Talmadge is a former of the district to see if this is a good idea? state Supreme Court justice and state A lot of things in life are sales and there senator. was this big rush to judgment. I would Joos said, “Maybe I missed something, just like to have another opinion.â€? but I didn’t see any review (of the University of Washington alliance) from the state attorney Medicine and Valley Medical general or any independent counCenter (also known as Public sel. I think this is a minor expendiHospital District No. 1) formed ture to get us an opinion on what an alliance in July 2011. happened last year.â€? The board voted 3-2 for the It is expected to cost about alliance. Voting for the alliance $3,000 to $5,000. were Parnell, Bowman and Don Carolyn Parnell Joos said the plan is to keep the Jacobson. Hemstad and Heide review limited to about 10 to 15 voted against the alliance. Jacobhours of Talmadge’s time. son retired from the board and Parnell stated it, “may be a miJoos won the election for his seat nor expenditure, but is it reasonin November. able?â€? At the close of the Monday The commissioner questioned meeting Heide stated he agreed why the three members did not the alliance “potentially is a very consider the alliance as legal. good thing,â€? but he believed Hemstad stated “it is vitally the process setting up the alliimportant going forward this be Paul Joos ance was rushed. He said the checked out now.â€? UW Medicine -Valley board of Bowman said after working on trustees does not have legislative the alliance over the past year, “We vetted oversight concerning the board of comthis in the community. We had an admissioners. visory group come here. We had people “I don’t want to blow it up (the allilooking at this inside and out. I don’t see ance),â€? Heide said. “My two children were the need to do this.â€? born here. I have a stake in this institution.â€? Joos stated, “I’m a physician and so I’ve been trained to be skeptical and try to figure things out. The UW alliance to Reach Dennis Box at dbox@kentreporter. me has some really strong points‌. I com or 253-872-6600 ext. 5050. was at meetings where everyone testiTo comment on this story go to www.kenfied and I had to restrain myself from treporter.com. standing up myself and saying, ‘Isn’t this
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The ShoWare Center Public Facilities District Board will have a special meeting at 4 p.m.. Feb. 23 at the Centennial North and South conference rooms at the city of Kent’s Centennial Center, 400 W. Gowe St. The board oversees operations and budgets for the city-owned arena. Members will discuss the facility’s budget as well as here updates from officials from SMG, the company that operates the arena.
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[ BOND from page 1] In Moody’s terms, an Aa3 rating means that the city has a very strong ability to meet its financial commitments while a rating of A1 represents that the city has a strong capacity to meet its financial obligations, but is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligors in higher-rated categories. The Moody’s ratings range from a top mark of Aaa and then drop to Aa, A, Baa, Ba, B, Caa, Ca and C. Numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 also are added to letter-ratings with 1 the highest. Moody’s listed the reasons behind the lower rating. “The negative outlook reflects the city’s very limited financial flexibility deriving from a weak balance sheet with a high fixed cost burden; the need to divert a substantial portion of future cash flows from general fund uses to resolve deficits and internal debts throughout governmental funds; and uncertainty regarding the city’s ability to implement additional expenditure cuts, preserve current levels of state shared revenues and stabilize governmental operations through structural, ongoing reforms rather than through one-time solutions.� Higgins said he has added the Moody’s report to the council retreat agenda for Friday and Saturday. “We have to figure out what to do about it,� he said. “We have to look at our expenditures
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and overall tax structure.â€? shared revenues,â€? Higgins said. “We have to Higgins said it’s going to take a The city-owned ShoWare Center figure out what combination of cuts and new revenue to do abuot it. We has lost money each year since it sources to address Moody’s concerns. opened in January 2009, including have to look at “We’ve got to do something,â€? Hig- our expenditures $398,000 in 2010 and $451,000 in gins said. “There are no upfront costs and overall 5IF 1VCMJD 'BDJMJUJFT %JTUSJDU as the mayor said. But as far as our oversees operations of the arena. But tax structure.â€? good reputation, it’s a concern and I the potential losses of state shared Dennis HIggins have all intent on restoring it.â€? revenue concern Higgins much more On a positive note, Moody’s listed than the ShoWare Center losses. the city’s strengths as: Cooke added that city has a barer -BSHF SFMBUJWFMZ SFTJMJFOU QSPQFSUZ bones budget. tax base “We have cut all we can cut,â€? Cooke said. r 4UBCMF MPDBM FDPOPNZ CFOFĂ UUJOH GSPN MPDB “Now if the state cuts the streamlined sales tax tion in Seattle metropolitan area or annexation tax, we will need new revenue r *ODSFBTFE DMBSJUZ XJUI SFHBSE UP 1VCMJD sources.â€? Facilities District (ShoWare Center) exposure, Cooke said the city continues to see reduced tax still manageable debt burden revenue. Moody’s listed the following challenges for “Uncertainty created by the economic recession the city: has placed a financial burden on all levels of govr 4JHOJĂ DBOUMZ MJNJUFE Ă OBODJBM ĂĄ FYJCJMJUZ FSONFOU u $PPLF TBJE i-PDBMMZ XF LOPX 4PVUI r 4VCTUBOUJBM Ă YFE DPTU CVSEFO King County sales tax revenue is down 32 percent. r 0OHPJOH SJTLT SFMBUFE UP 1VCMJD 'BDJMJUJFT The sluggish construction industry has gutted District exposure and potential reductions in our development fees income, and the dearth of state shared revenues property sales has reduced Real Estate Excise Tax %FQFOEJOH IPX UIF -FHJTMBUVSF DVUT UIF TUBUF revenue by 75 percent. budget this year, Kent could lose shared state “As the state and King County re-align their revenue it receives through the streamlined budgets, they have either reduced committed TBMFT UBY NJUJHBUJPO BOE UIF 1BOUIFS -BLF BO revenues to us or transferred the responsibility of nexation sales tax mitigation. providing services down to us with no attached Moody’s stated the state changes could cost revenue (such as animal control). The tricklethe city as much as $8.5 million per year. down effect has left Kent financially vulnerable to “It reflects that we’re so dependent on state acts and decisions outside our control.â€?
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book for people that are moving out on their own for the first time. “What I’ve done is adapted other recipes to mac and cheese,� Smith said. “I’ve put together dishes that aren’t stretching any culinary boundaries and I make sure the cost for all ingredients BY SARAH KEHOE is the lowest possible.� skehoe@kentreporter.com The introduction page features the ABC’s of When Kent resident Todd Smith’s son went off cooking, giving examples of what pans to use and how to chop different food items. to college this year, the only thing he could cook “My target audience is the teens, college kids was macaroni and cheese from the box. and newlyweds,� Smith said. “But really, In an effort to ensure his son didn’t go anyone that is learning to cook for the hungry, Smith gave him several recipes first time can benefit from this book.� he created to spice up plain macaroni The recipe’s in Smith’s cookbook range and cheese. All the recipes were cheap, from taco to a Greek-style macaroni and easy to make and could be cooked on a cheese. The most popular recipe for hot plate in a dorm room. Smith’s family is his Barnyard Macaro“This made me act on an idea I’d ni and Cheese, which features one box always thought about doing over the Todd Smith of macaroni and cheese, eight strips years,� Smith said. of bacon, sliced turkey, roast beef and Smith put together a cookbook where one egg. all recipes used a box of macaroni and cheese. “It’s been so much fun writing this over He finished his book in January and posted it time,� Smith said. “It almost started out as a fix on Kickstarter.com, an online threshold pledge for leftovers, making stuff from what we had system for funding creative projects The book is called, “Macaroni and Cheese 101: in our fridge. But over the years we’ve refined our creations, making it more recipe-style so Moving Beyond the Box.� Smith says it’s a great
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Kent Police arrested a woman for investigation of two counts of fourthdegree assault after she reportedly pushed over another woman (her significant other) and the son-in-law of her lover. Officers responded to a dispute at about 2:40 a.m. Feb. 1 at an apartment in the 300 block of Ridgeview Drive, according to the police report. A man told police that his mother-in-law’s significant other had assaulted them after the two women got into an argument. When the man stepped between the two women, the woman kept pursuing his mother-inlaw and shoved the man
and his mother-in-law to the ground. She continued to approach the two with her fists flying. The man then grabbed a stick from the floor and struck the woman in the head in self defense. The woman then left the apartment. She later returned to the apartment when officers were there investigating the incident. The man told officers he had lived with the couple for a few months.
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF Officers arrested a man for investigation of thirddegree malicious mischief after he allegedly let the air out of a vehicle’s tires at about 1:35 a.m. Jan. 31 in the 22300 block of 110th Place Southeast. A woman called 911 to report a feud with a man who was upset because she would not date him, according to the police report. The woman told officers
they had never dated and she refused to date the man. But he sent her a message via Twitter that she felt threatened her. Later in the night she heard a hissing sound coming from near her mother’s car parked in front of the house. She told police she figured it was the same man who was trying to date her because she saw a white car leave the scene similar to his car and also thought she saw him near her mother’s car. Police received an anonymous 911 call about two hours later about a possible car prowler sitting in a white Cadillac in the 22400 block of 110th Place Southeast. An officer talked to the man who claimed he had been visiting a friend in the area but could not provide a name or address of the friend. The man denied he had done anything to the car without air in its tires.
DRUG OFFENSE Police arrested a man for investigation of possession of marijuana after they pulled him over at about 3:01 p.m. Jan. 31 in the 1300 block of West Meeker Street. An officer noticed that the car had been sold recently after running the license plate, according to the police report. The driver had no driver’s license, no proof of insurance and no current registration. A check of the man through the Department of Licensing records showed that man had an identification card only, a third-degree driving while license suspended, multiple failure to appear in court violations, unpaid tickets and warrants for driving while license suspended out of Grant County and Renton. He also admitted he had marijuana in a plastic bag and a smoking pipe. Officers found both items
on him. The man claimed he had a card as a medical marijuana provider for a woman, but officers noted he did not have the proper paperwork so they figured the marijuana must be for personal use. In addition to the marijuana charge, officers arrested the man for investigation of possession of drug paraphernalia, driving while license suspended and failure to transfer a vehicle license 45 days after purchase. Police noted that the man had 0.6 grams of marijuana in his possession.
woman for investigation of third-degree malicious mischief after she allegedly slashed a backpack full of clothes belonging to her husband, according to the police report. The husband told officers his wife had simply walked over to him to kiss him. The wife told police they had an argument in their apartment and she stabbed his backpack, which contained clothes of her husband. The man then left the unit carrying the backpack. She denied taking any knives outside of the apartment. Officers noted that the backpack had stab marks.
MORE MALICIOUS MISCHIEF A witness called 911 after reportedly seeing a man’s clothes scattered along a road and a woman carrying two knives on Feb. 3 in the 6300 block of South 236th Street. Officers arrested a
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The Washington State Patrol arrested a Bothell man for investigation of assault after he reportedly hit another driver with a small sledgehammer during a road rage. The dispute occurred at about 6:38 a.m. Tuesday when a two-car collision on southbound state Route 167 near Interstate 405 had troopers responding to a 911 report of a driver being struck with a sledgehammer, according to a State Patrol media release. Troopers arrived at the scene and contacted the driver, a 33-year-old Renton man, of a white Nissan
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the head. He said Douglas firs were first growth, which accounts for those root systems that are about a foot deep on a 100-foot tree. According to the ranger, Douglas firs are designed by God to blow down or fall over to make way for second growth. That is why any time someone would get all misty eyed about a “old growth” stand of Douglas firs my ranger friend would look like he was having a stroke. You drive by the farm where I was raised today and there are no trees around the house. There are plenty of trees beyond the fields. When I was a kid, people cleared before building because the wind blows really hard sometimes. Big trees cause a lot of damage when they hit things and cost a pile of money. Seems like basic math to me.
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When I left home Tuesday morning the wind was blowing. For most places around the Puget Sound, that is not necessarily a big deal, but in Enumclaw we take notice. The wind really knows how to blow in that town. There have been terrific and at times terrifying storms with wind gusts reaching 90 mph, and the damage in and around the town has been at times devastating The Tuesday morning wind storm, which wasn’t much, started me thinking about the times I have run across tree ordinance in cities I cover. I have to admit it always makes me wonder. Particularly after our most recent freezing rain and snow storm in January. Most the people I know in Enumclaw are not what I would call afraid to whack down a tree. I was raised on a farm and my dad was a very pragmatic guy. If a tree was close enough to fall on our house, it got cut down. I remember the Columbus Day storm of 1962. My dad took me up to the White River lumber mill after it blew through the region. There were cranes on parallel bars for lifting the stacks of lumber that came out of the drying kilns. I will never forget it. These enormous cranes were hanging upside down from the rods like giant dead spiders. It was one of the most bizarre sights I have ever seen. The first freezing rain storm I remember was when I was in Philadelphia the winter of 1973. I still have not seen a freezing rain storm here
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In support of keeping the streamlined sales tax for Kent Editors note: This letter was written to Ed Murray and Joe Zarelli, and representatives Ross Hunter and Gary Alexander: On behalf of the Kent Chamber of Commerce, I am writing to request your support in retaining the streamlined sales tax (SST) mitigation policy as it currently exists. This issue has been a very critical one for Kent since the 2007 SST legislation and the full-mitigation agreement woven into that legislation (SSB 5089). Kent’s SST mitigation payments comprise about $4.9 million a year toward the city’s general fund. Our community is very concerned about a 2012 Supplemental Operating Budget and bill proposal (BB 2146) by the governor that would result in a permanent 10 percent reduction to SST mitigation ($490,000/year negative impact). With the SST, Kent made huge and fundamental changes
Metro service to change soon A couple of Kent bus routes are part of the Metro Transit service changes starting in June that were approved unanimously Jan. 30 by the Metropolitan King County Council. Metro will eliminate Route 162 (between Kent and Seattle). Route 162 alternatives are the Sounder Train, Routes 150, 158, 159 and 192. Some 8,000 hours will be reallocated to address overcrowding on 11 routes, including weekday Route 169 serving Renton and Kent. Another 15,000 hours will be reallocated to help improve schedule reliability as determined by the Transit Division. Route 180, connecting Auburn, Kent, SeaTac and Burien, will receive an investment of 11,000 hours to provide evening service on all parts of the route. The changes are part of the approach called for in the Strategic Plan for Public Transportation 2011-2021.
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to its whole system of crediting local sales taxes - in a way that would cause major revenue dislocations for a city that hosts a warehousing distribution and manufacturing center. At the time of passage of the bill, as approved and supported by the governor, the city was promised that our community would be fully mitigated for this significant rules change. A permanent 10 percent cut in that program will cost our community nearly half a million dollars a year. We have already lost the sales tax base to service our warehousing distribution area, and additional cuts would make it even harder to do the infrastructure work that needs to be done. That is a problem, not just for this community, but for the state - since the Green River Valley warehousing complex generates fully one-eighth of our state’s entire gross domestic product. The SST mitigation program represents a strong commitment made by the state, for very good policy reasons. While we understand difficult decisions must be made to address the state’s budget deficit, the Kent Chamber urges
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KENT ELEMENTARY CONFERENCES All Kent elementary schools are holding conferences from Feb. 13-17. Note: Schools dismiss three hours early. Afternoon preschool is cancelled. Extended day preschool students go home with a.m. preschool kids, Monday through Thursday. Parents that have a student with a special transportation arrangement, call 253-3737442 .
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President Jimmy Carter congratulated Kent-Meridian High School teacher Lisa Clarke during a Jan. 31 event at the Paramount Theater in Seattle. Clarke received the 2011 World Affairs Council’s World Educator Award for her significant contributions to promoting international understanding in the classroom, her commitment to connecting students to global service learning opportunities outside of the classroom. Clarke also was given credit for advancing international social studies learning through the development of new resources, curriculum and administrative structures for the benefit of other educators. As the World Affairs Council’s World Educator, Clarke will have opportunities to meet with current and future business leaders and bring those experiences back to Kent-Meridian and Kent School District. She will also influence students worldwide as she helps other educators develop social studies resources and curriculum. “I would like to thank the World Affairs Council for all they do to support and inspire teachers,” Clarke said during her speech. “The Global Classroom program is a professional beacon for educators because of the resources it provides. Teachers are able to gain a deeper, more nuanced understanding of world affairs.” President Carter spoke to the audience as part of the World Affairs Council’s 60th anniversary and the importance of peace and the United States being a champion of peace efforts and working with other nations and their peoples. He called on young people to re-establish policies based on mutual respect, human rights and morality. “I teach at a school where students speak 67 languages and come from 100 countries, so students at Kent-Meridian High School bring the world to me,” Clarke said. “The World Affairs Council helps me learn more about where my students come from so I can empower them to teach us about world affairs.” Clarke’s students and coworkers expressed pride in her efforts.
Kent-Meridian High School teacher Lisa Clarke, far right, was congratulated by President Jimmy Carter in Seattle for receiving a World Educator Award. COURTESY PHOTO “On behalf of the Kent School District Board of Directors, I am very proud of Ms. Clarke’s accomplishment in receiving this award from the World Affairs Council,” said Edward Lee Vargas, superintendent. “Lisa is an ambassador for this school district to the rest of the world. What she gains from this experience will help prepare our students become future leaders. That is a great responsibility for Ms. Clarke and all educators.” The World Affairs Council links greater Seattle to the world. World Affairs Council programs provide opportunities for Washington residents to be global citizens by advancing a deep understanding of international events and culture. As a hub for all things international, the World Affairs Council creates programs and opportunities for local people to interact directly with leaders, educators, and professionals from around the world.
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Central Washington University announced a new dual admission program that will reduce the time and expense college students commit to completing a bachelor’s degree. The program allows qualified students to be admitted to CWU when they are admitted to a community college anywhere in the state. The new program will streamline the admissions, advising, and transfer processes. “Students who participate in the program are consid-
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out of the small center. “It’s a great and much needed, long sought after project we’re now into on the East Hill along with our partners, King County Housing Authority, Puget Sound Educational Service District and Kent School District,” said Mike Heinisch, executive director of Kent Youth & Family Services. “The Valli Kee community center long ago outlived its useful purpose and sorely needs a rebuild.” To ensure that youth living in public housing in Kent have the best chance succeed academically and in life, KCHA, Kent Youth & Family Services, the Kent School District, Neighborhood House and the
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Creating a symphony of spring plants
Add delphiniums to your landscape this summer. Delphiniums sing the blues with elegant long legs and strong voices. Delphiniums may be demanding with drinking problems, chemical dependencies and requiring lots of support – doesn’t that sound just like a diva? So now I must confess that delphiniums commit suicide in my garden and are always attacked by slugs then rudely ignored by me as they grow ugly. Some operas are tragic, some divas die young. Not much you can do about that.
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I nominate boulders that fill in for bushes as rock solid heroes in the garden, as well as garden benches, bird baths and a wide, welldesigned pathway. Garden heroes have a strong voice and give the garden plot more structure. Hearty and healthy evergreen plants are also heroes of the strong and silent type in the garden and might I suggest the evergreen yew plant (the genus Taxus) as the best-behaved evergreen, especially for dark and shaded spots. Every opera needs a supporting cast and sometimes the real stars are all about yew. Yes, every landscape has a story to tell, so add some drama to yours with divas, villains and heroes in the garden.
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Show me a garden hero and I’ll show you a plant placed in the right place with a love of our climate and weather conditions. Many are native or with native roots like rhododendrons, Pieris, heucheras, Japanese maples and the always seen but never appreciated moss monster. Only the phantom of the opera could understand how our native moss – green, uncomplaining and a wonderful backdrop and support to other native plants – is so hated, banished and tossed into the murky underground by gardeners without a heart. Consider for a moment that moss fills dark corners, shaded tree trunks and damp soil where nothing else wants to grow. Then imagine the beauty that sheets of moss add to pots of spring bulbs set into a basket, to topiary forms waiting to be filled with new plant growth, to low spots too damp for a real lawn. Unmask the bad reputation moss has been given and move the phantom to center stage - moss lawns are much more practical in
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or that horrid villain with the British accent, English ivy. Some of the worst offenders even sneak into your beds as gifts from “friends.� If someone offers you all that you want of a certain plant, find out why they want to get rid of it.
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The second week of February is time to celebrate a symphony of spring at the Northwest Flower and Garden show staged each year in Seattle at the Washington State Convention Center. This year the show runs Wednesday, Feb. 8 through Sunday, Feb. 12. Music is the theme chosen for the theme gardens this year and there will be plenty of tunes along with notes of fragrance and plants that waltz through the spectacular indoor displays. Creating a garden is a lot like creating a symphony when you think about the repetition of plants and colors the way a melody reoccurs in a musical composition. But I like a lot of drama in a garden design. That means opera in the musical world, so here are some practical ways to add drama to your own back yard – or stage a performance for all the neighbors to see in the front.
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WINTER SPORTS POST-SEASON EVENTS Basketball: Friday, boys and girls SPSL playoff games start at 3:30 p.m. at ShoWare Center in Kent. Saturday games are at Auburn High. Wrestling: Region III wrestling tournament featuring Tahoma, Kentlake, Kentridge, KentMeridian and Kentwood competitors starts at 10 a.m. Saturday at Thomas Jefferson High School. Gymnastics: West Central District meet at 4:10 p.m. on Saturday at Mount Rainier High School in Des Moines. Boys swim and dive: 4A state championships Feb. 17-18 at the King County Aquatics Center in Federal Way.
Kentwood’s boys basketball team has something many of its South Puget Sound League North division rivals don’t have: certainty. The Conquerors, who capped off a three game winning streak with a 49-39 victory at home Monday night against the Ravens from Auburn Riverside, assured themselves of the No. 1 seed out of the North into the league playoffs Friday at ShoWare Center. But several boys and girls teams in the North played in tiebreaker games on Wednesday night after the Reporter’s deadline. Kentwood quietly celebrated after beating Riverside by cutting down a net from one of the hoops in the gym but early in that game things looked a bit shaky for the Conks. In the first quarter there seemed to be a lid on both buckets. Neither Kentwood or Riverside seemed to be able to score. It wasn’t until more than three minutes had passed before Prince Ligon, a 5-5 senior guard for the Ravens, hit a jumper to move the score to 2-0. From there, Riverside went on a 7-0 run and went up 14-7 to finish the first period, but Kentwood answered by scoring 20 points in the second quarter to take a 27-26 lead at the half. Kentwood made some additional adjustments at halftime and came out on a roll, going on an 11-0 run in the first four minutes and change of the third quarter. From there, the Conks never looked back, holding off the Ravens to clinch the North division title. “It feels good,” said Taylor Jones of winning the division. “It was our expectation. To be here is kind of refreshing. In this league there’s a lot of teams that could have won this.” Seniors Jeremy Smith and Jones led Kentwood in scoring, with 17 and 14 points respectively. It was a good way to wrap up the regular season after losing for the second time on Jan. 31 to Mount Rainier. The Rams beat the
Kent-Meridian junior Cartez Green defends Kentwood junior Kendal White during a game on Feb. 4.The Conquerors won 64-58 en route to an SPSL North division title. JAMES KIELLAND, For the Reporter Conks by 13 points six days before Kentwood went on to win the division, something experts early in the season predicted would be won by Mount Rainier, or maybe even Kent-Meridian. “Last week we had a bad game,” Smith said. “We just shook it off in practice. Saturday was a big game and we took it BOYS seriously. In the beginning of the season everyone doubted us. We knew that we could win this. We knew that we could go on to bigger and better things.” Kentwood bounced back from the defeat with a 13 point win over Tahoma on Feb. 3 then a crucial victory over Kent-Meridian at home on Feb. 4. At halftime, Kentwood had a 10 point lead over K-M, but the Royals were able to cut the Conks lead to single digits twice in the second
half including making it close in the waning moments of the game. With 4:26 left in the game a Joe Kramer jumper made it a 59-45 Kentwood lead but then K-M pushed the pace in an effort to get back in it and the strategy nearly worked. Mike Banks hit a three pointer in rhythm then Gary Bailey followed that up with a three ball from the wing. Denniko Howard drained a jump shot with 2:29 left to cut the lead to six. After a timeout during which the packed gym was going nuts, Banks cut the lead to four with a lay in off a fast break. A series of turnovers — two by K-M and one by Kentwood — was then followed by a Jones jumper which pushed the Conks lead back out to 61-55. Austin Benson wrapped up the scoring at the free
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Kentridge’s boys swim team put together another strong performance at the West Central District meet Feb. 3-4 at the Curtis Aquatic Center. After taking second at the South Puget Sound League championship meet a week earlier, the Chargers finished in fourth place while Kentwood took ninth. Kentlake took 11th, while Tahoma and Kent-Meridian secured 17th and 18th respectively. Kentridge sophomore Chase Bublitz led the pack with a pair of first place finishes in the 50 yard freestyle and the 100 yard butterfly, with times of 21.83 seconds and 53.56 respectively. He came in almost a second faster than the automatic state qualifying time in the 50 free which is 22.85 seconds. Bublitz was also well under the automatic state cut for the fly which is 55.50 seconds.
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“The way we’ve been playing, we should be able to win it all.� Jones added that he believes the Conks have proved themselves. “We can do some damage if we play well,� Jones said. Kentwood faces Curtis, the No. 1 seed out of the SPSL South division, on Friday at 6:30 p.m. at ShoWare Center. Meanwhile, on Monday night, Kent-Meridian and Mount Rainier finished in a tied for second place. K-M beat Auburn 67-65 and Mount Rainier defeated Kentridge 77-69. The Royals and the Rams split their twomeetings this season. They played in a tiebreaker game for the second and third seeds out of the North on Wednesday night at Auburn High. Also on Monday night, Tahoma beat Kentlake 75-62, which resulted in three teams vying for the final two playoff spots: Tahoma, Kentlake and Kentridge. Kentlake coach Ron Charrier explained the tiebreaker in an email. “We finished in a tie with KR and Tahoma for fourth,� Charrier wrote. “Since there are two spots up for grabs, they go by a point system on who beat who.� Since Tahoma beat Kentridge twice, the Bears had the most points, and since Kentlake split with both, the Falcons are No. 2 while Kentridge is No. 3 in the tiebreaker for fourth and fifth places. On Wednesday night Kentlake played Tahoma in a minigame, two eight-minute quarters, with the winner getting the fourth seed out of the division. The loser would then play Kentridge with the winner earning the fifth and final spot with the loser out. On the girls side, thanks to Kentwood’s 46-44 victory Monday night over Riverside, the Conquerors played in
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Gerald George Sward was born August 11, 1932 in Hastings Pennsylvania and passed away peacefully on January 31, 2012. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Emiko Sward. Children include: Carl Sward and Linda (Sward) Schramm. Grandchildren: Adam Schramm, Payton Sward, Marcell Sward and Caitlin Schramm. Jerry and Emiko made their home for the past 44 years in Covington, Washington. Jerry worked for the Boeing Company for 46 years before his retirement in 1995. He served in the US Air Force during the Korean War from 1951 to 1955. Memorial service will be held Saturday, February 11, 2012 at Marlatt Funeral Home 713 Central Ave. N. Kent, WA at 1:00 PM. 583231
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Kentwood’s Taylor Jones takes a jump shot against Kent-Meridian on Feb. 4. JAMES KIELLAND, For the Reporter a second place tiebreaker on Wednesday night at Auburn High. The Tahoma girls found themselves in a situation nearly identical to the boys in a three-way tie for fourth and fifth places. Auburn played Thomas Jefferson in a mini-game at Auburn Riverside on Wednesday night with the winner earning fourth place and the loser playing Tahoma for the North No. 5 seed. Reach Kris Hill at khill@covingtonreporter.com or 425-4321209 ext. 5054. To comment on this story go to www.covingtonreporter.com.
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The 400 free relay team comprised in the 100 breaststroke, touching the of juniors Kyle Bige and Nick Watwall with a time 1:04.90. son along with sophomores Dennis Turnbull finished seventh in the 100 Liu and Bublitz finished in third backstroke, stopping the clock at 59.18 place with a time of 3 minutes, 23.75 seconds. seconds. For Kentlake, junior Erik Fulmer Liu also finished fourth in the 200 took second place in the 200 free, and IM with a time of 2:05.11, about two third in the 500 free with times of seconds shy of an automatic state cut, 1:47.19 and 4:53.77 respectively. but still fast enough to earn a spot at Fulmer’s district time in the 500 free the 4A championship meet next was well under the automatic state weekend. cut of 5:01.90. Watson came in eighth in Kentlake’s 400 free relay of SWIM AND Mitchell the 100 back with a time of Krassin, Kyle Koon, 59.29. Quentin Knox and anchored Kyle Bige, a Kentridge juby Fulmer, finished eighth with nior, finished eighth in the 100 a time of 3:35.21. free with a time of 51.22. Tahoma’s Mitch Halbert won the The Chargers 200 free relay — with consolation final in the 50 free with a Malcolm Allen leading off, Bige on the time of 23.64. second leg, Aaron Connell third and Kent-Meridian senior Mathew Roanchored by Zack Haverland — finland finished sixth in the 100 breastished sixth with a time of 1:36.97. stroke with a time of 1:06.64. Kentwood’s 200 medley relay won Results from the district dive the consolation final with Dane Turncompetition were not made availbull on the first leg followed by Kevin able to the Reporter prior to the press Molloy, Logan Stoick and anchored by deadline. Varrick Anderson. The state championship is set for Molloy finished seventh in the 200 Feb. 17-18 at the King County Aquatic IM with a time of 2:09.11 and fourth Center in Federal Way.
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Tahoma High rolls in SPSL sub-regional event BY KRIS HILL khill@maplevalleyreporter.com
Tahoma had 14 wrestlers in the finals of the sub-regional tournament Feb. 3-4 at Kent-Meridian which it won handily tallying 475.5 points while second-place Kentwood had 231. The Bears, which have not lost a dual meet in the South Puget Sound League North division in four years, rolled against familiar opponents at the sub-regional which featured only their division foes. In four of the first five weight classes, Tahoma wrestlers faced an opponent
from their own team in the finals on Feb. 4, while the Bears had a total of eight sub-regional champions. Auburn senior Brian Alonzo got the better of Tahoma sophomore Todd Link in the 106 pound final, winning 3-1 on a take down in the waning seconds of the third period. Tim Whitehead, a junior, beat fellow Tahoma wrestler sophomore Sam Schuessler 8-1 in the 113 pound championship match. Tahoma’s Cruz Velasquez beat teammate Blake Hoyle 7-1 for the 120 pound title. Stephen Hopkins won
the 126 pound crown when fellow senior Jesse Vaughan took an injury default. At 126 pounds, Joey Palmer of Tahoma won on an injury default by teammate Gabe Boynay. Colton Marlowe of Kentlake, which finished fourth overall as a team, won the 138 pound final when he earned an 8-5 decision over Kent-Meridian’s Joshua Smith. Tanner Mjelde, a senior from Tahoma, beat Kentlake’s Sean Farr with an 11-7 decision in the 145 pound final. At 152 pounds it was an
Tahoma’s Austin Perry works to earn near fall points against Auburn’s James West in the 182-pound final at the South Puget Sound League sub-regional wrestling tournament Feb. 4. KRIS HILL, The Reporter all Auburn High final with junior Josh Tate getting the
PUBLIC NOTICES ASSESSMENT INSTALLMENT NOTICE LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT #340 CITY OF KENT The construction of an arterial corridor from the Green River at S. 200th Street northeasterly along Russell Rd to S. 196th Street and then easterly along S. 196th Street to the East Valley Highway. Notice is hereby given that the thirteenth (13th) installment of the assessment levied for the above named improvement, comprising Local Improvement District No. 340 under Ordinance 3438, is now due and payable and unless payment is made on or before February 19, 2012, said installment will be delinquent, will have a penalty of nine (9) percent added, and the collection of such delinquent installment will be enforced in the manner prescribed by law. Dated this 19th day of January 2012. R. J. Nachlinger Finance Director City of Kent, Washington Published in the Kent Reporter February 3, 2012 and February 10, 2012. #558832. Superior Court of Washington County of King In re: RANDY OLIVER Petitioner, and MARY ANN DAVIS Respondent. No. 11-3-07046 - 1KNT Summons by Publication To the Respondent: The petitioner has started an action in the above court requesting the establishment or modificaiton of a parenting plan or residential schedule. The petition also requests that the court grant the following relief: Approve a parenting plan or residential schedule for the dependent children. Award the tax exemptions for the dependent children as follows: Father every year. You must respond to this
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on: Petitioner Randy Oliver 517 4th Ave. S. Apt #1 Kent. WA 98032 Published in Kent Reporter on January 20 & 27, 2012; February 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2012. #573468. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF LIEN SALE AUCTION DATE: FEBRUARY 21, 2012 AT 10:00AM Property belonging to Talonya & NathanielGreen Sr., (unit#(s), (023967), MiekaFranchi, (035966), MaureenKhan, (000011809), KatieGarland, (040155), JaneSmith, (032342, 045879, 033341, 039233), BrianForee, (024286), ShaunHagler, (030224), AdamSullivan, (000001351), ShaunJohnson, (37310, 28808, 12009), will be sold by live public auction (verbal bidding) on FEBRUARY 21, 2012 STARTING AT 10:00AM at DOOR TO DOOR STORAGE, INC., 6412 S 216th, Kent, WA 98032. Goods were neither packed, loaded, nor inventoried by Door to Door Storage, Inc. General description of the goods likely to be sold: Household, business or consumer goods, namely personal effects, china, furniture, clothing, books, glass, silverware, electronics, tools, and similar items; but actual contents, condition, and quality are unknown to Door to Door Storage, Inc. Persons under 15 not admitted. Photo ID is required for bidders. Only cash or credit card as payment. Bidder Registration begins at 9:30am. Viewing begins at 10:00am, and bidding will begin soon after. Each container is 5 ft wide x 8 ft long x 7 ft high. Auctioneer: Thomas Hayward, Thomas Hayward Auctioneers, 6167 Jarvis Avenue #286, Newark, CA 94560, (510) 304-4480, License #2845. 2/3, 2/10/12 CNS-2248581# THE KENT REPORTER #575977
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FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., 1000 FedEx Drive Moon Township, PA 15108 is seeking modification of coverage under the Washington Department of Ecology’s NPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Industrial Activities at the industrial site, FedEx Home Delivery located at 6415 S. 216th Street in Kent. Activities requiring permit modification include requesting a waiver from level 3 corrective action. Any person desiring to present their views to the Department of Ecology concerning this application may notify Ecology in writing within 30 days from the last date of publication of this notice . Comments may be submitted to: Washington Dept of Ecology Water Quality ProgramIndustrial Stormwater PO Box 47696 Olympia, WA 98504-7696 Published in the Kent Reporter on February 3, 2012 and February 10, 2012. #579969. CITY OF KENT NOTICE OF ORDINANCES PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL The following is a summary of ordinances adopted by the Kent City Council on February 7, 2012: ORDINANCE NO. 4029 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, amending Section 2.53 of the Kent City Code, entitled “Human Services Commission”, increasing the terms of appointment of officers. Effective Date: March 8, 2012 Each ordinance will take effect 30 days from the date of passage, unless subjected to referendum or vetoed by the Mayor, or unless otherwise noted. A copy of the complete text of any ordinance will be mailed upon request to the City Clerk. Brenda Jacober, CMC, City Clerk Published in the Kent Reporter on February 10, 2012. #584096
7-2 win over senior Tilden Sansom in the final. Tahoma’s Dan Haniger finished third at 152 with a 9-2 victory over Daniel Couch of Kentridge. Auburn claimed another sub-regional individual title at 160 pounds when Seth Mizoguchi put together a 14-5 decision over Jonathan Ohashi, a senior from Kentwood. Garret Autrey, a junior from Tahoma, held off Kent-Meridian’s Thomas Kemp in the 170 pound sub-regional final with a 7-5 decision after pinning his previous two opponents. Perhaps the most surprising performance for Tahoma was junior Austin Perry, who pinned his way through the 182-pound bracket, including a fall 3:35 seconds in the final against James West of Auburn. Matt Hopkins lost an 8-4 decision to Thomas Jefferson’s KW Williams in the 195 pound final. Williams, who also plays quarterback for the Raiders football team, used his strength and aggressive shooting that his been his hallmark throughout the season to beat the younger Hopkins brother from Tahoma. Matthew Herrick of Kentwood pinned Tahoma’s Aaron Davis less than a minute into the second period in the 220 pound match. Tahoma rounded off its domination of the regional with Ed Torres’ 7-2 victory over Larkin Williams of Auburn Riverside in the 285 pound contest. The top four placers at the sub-regional head to the regional meet this Saturday at Thomas Jefferson High.
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