Finding the
BEST doesn’t have to be a
MysterY! Look inside for Winners and Finalist! Community - pg. 15
Restaurants - pg. 8 & 9
Community Volunteer Police Officer/ Firefighter Public Official Teacher / School
Asian Cuisine BBQ Breakfast Coffee Shop Family Restaurant Fine Dining Hamburgers Italian Cuisine Lunch Mexican Cuisine Pizza
People - pg. 2 Attorney/Law Firm Bartender / Location Insurance Agent Pet Groomer Realtor Veterinarian Waiter-Waitress / Location
Health/Fitness - pg. 13 Chiropractor Dentist Eye Doctor Healthcare Facility Massage Therapist Physician Skin Care/Cosmetics Spa Services
Services - pg. 4 & 5 Bank/Credit Union Car Dealer / Automotive / Tire Service Catering Hair Salon/Barber Shop Nail Salon Painter/Contractor Senior Living Facility
Shopping - pg. 10 & 11 Antique Shop Small/Large Appliance Store Bookstore Clothing/Shoe Store Consignment/Thrift Store Flower Shop Furniture/Home Decor Gift Store Grocery-Convenient Store /Location Jewelry Store Pet Store Plant Nursery Winery/Wine Shop
Locations - pg. 7 Favorite Park Favorite Family Destination
Gift Card Winners - pg. 16
A supplement published by the
KENT .com
REPORTER
PEOPLE Attorney/Law Firm WINNER: Hanis Irvine Prothero, PLLC
Pet Groomer WINNER: Adorable Dogs
WINNER: Dr. McMonigle - McMonigle
Finalists:
Finalists:
Mark Albertson, PLLC Greg Cromwell - Hanis Irvine Prothero, PLLC Greg Haffner - Curran Law Firm Rehberg Law Group P.S.
Pet Country PetCo Soggy Doggy
Veterinary Hospital
Bartender/Location WINNER: Lisa Trout - Gator’s
Realtor WINNER: Marti Reeder - John L. Scott Finalists:
Dave - Shindig Martini Bar Mitch - Airways Brewery Nancy - Nevermind Tavern
Pat Conger - Prudential Northwest Realty Associates Tamara Paul - Prudential Meridian Valley Realty Tray Svendson - Windermere Real Estate Cathy Wahlin - Windermere Real Estate
Insurance Agent WINNER: Duane Weber Insurance
Travel Agent WINNER: Sally Goodgion
Finalists:
Finalists:
Finalists:
Bob Wagner Insurance Agency Rob Cannon - New York Life Doug Jones - State Farm Craig Romney - State Farm
Meridian Valley Travel Joy Thomas Travel Leaders
COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY IT’S AN HONOR TO BE A BEST OF KENT NOMINEE. As a not-for-profit credit union, we are in business to serve communities with fair, responsible and affordable financial services that satisfy your financial needs. We look forward to continuing to build long-lasting relationships in the Kent community. Visit our Kent Neighborhood Financial Center at: 26015 104th Ave SE Kent, WA 98031
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Veterinarian
Finalists: Animal Health Care of Kent Dr. Clark - McMonigle Veterinary Hospital Value Pet Clinic VCA - Kent Animal Hospital
Waiter-Waitress/Location WINNER: Tracy G - Mama Stortini’s Finalists: Alex - Airways Beer & Bistro Michelle - Maggies on Meeker Nancy - Nevermind Tavern
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BEST ASIAN RESTAURANT
Dentist WINNER: Dr. Richard Hayashi, DDS
with orders over $25.
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Eye Doctor WINNER: Clearview Vision Center of Kent Finalists: Kosnoski Eye Care, Inc. Dr. Richard Green, OD - Kent Meridian Family Eye Care Dr. Thomas Mitchell, OD - Benson Vision Source
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Massage Therapist WINNER: Maureen Tischue - Bethany Massage Center Finalists: Macey Boughter - Lemon Drop Skin Care and Massage Cortney Johnson - Lemon Drop Skin Care and Massage Tina Russeff - Easthill Massage Clinic
Thank You
to all our wonderful customers! We appreciate your business!
Physician WINNER: Dr. Linda Geere, MD Finalists: Dr. Arthur Lew - Valley Medical Center - Kent Primary Care Kathy Kleiver, MSN, ARNP - FamilyCare of Kent Maddy Wiley, MSN, ARNP - FamilyCare of Kent
Skin Care/Cosmetics WINNER: Lemon Drop Skin Care and Massage Finalists: Elle * A Clinical Day Spa Jill Maurice - NW Electrology Pure Escape Spa
Spa Services WINNER: Lemon Drop Skin Care and Massage
Dinner Special
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Araceli & Roberto Gonzalez, Owners, 37 years in Kent Locally Owned & Operated
Phone: 253.854.5320 Orders-to-Go Fax:
253.854.0739 203 South 4th Avenue, Kent, WA 98030
Finalists: Elle * A Clinical Day Spa Pure Escape Spa Tips & Toes Nail Studio - Leana Waskiewicz
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Best of Kent
Mexican Restaurant
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BBQ Pete’s Golden Steer Steak & Rib House Paolo’s Italian Restaurant
THE JAMES GANG wishes to send out a warm
Thanks to everyone who voted for Catalyst Travel!
THANK YOU
Sally Goodgion
1140 Seattle Street | Kent, WA 98030
253-852-0880 | www.catalysttravel.com
to all of our patients who once again nominated us as the
THANKS for VOTING FOR US! WE LOVE our CUSTOMERS and appreciate you.
BEST DENTIST OFFICE.
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BEST OF KENT 2012
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Painter/Contractor WINNER: Jeff Heiss Painting
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Lube, Oil & Filter NO DISPOSAL FEE Includes
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Tire Rotation
WE LOVE OUR CUSTOMERS!
Senior Living Facility WINNER: Arbor Village Continuing Care Retirement Community Finalists:
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Thank you Kent!
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Bonaci Fine Jewelers, Ltd 302 E. Smith Street, Kent (Central & Smith)
253.852.2222
EASTHILL MASSAGE CLINIC
$10 OFF
Cash Clients
612076
Thanks to all my loyal clients who voted for me.
Most insurances accepted Tina Russeff
206-920-4926
10803 SE Kent-Kangley Rd. Kent BEST OF KENT 2012
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Come Home to the Weatherly Inn A Huge Thank You to the Kent Community Who Nominated Us.
A secure community for Alzheimer's & related Dementias, including Day Stay & Respite Care with 24-hr nursing. Serving Our Community Since 1999. Family Owned and Operated
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Your child’s education is very important.
Supplemental workbooks and education materials provide additional practice for them to succeed in school. From general grad (school) books to specific subjects.
30% OFF Any One Item!
This offer is not available for Scouts products and is limited to stock on hand. In store purchase only. Offer expires 5/31/12
Kent, Lynnwood, and Puyallup www.childrensbookshoponline.com 610279
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In order to better serve the needs of our community, Saturday and evening hours are available by appointment.
Allegro Performing Arts Academy Kent Bowl Kent Valley Ice Centre ShoWare Center
To join our family of patients, call us at 253-852-3033 or visit us at www.meridiandentalclinic.com 610304
McMonigle Veterinary Hospital, PLLC
Free Personal Checking... No Strings Attached!
Serving the animal community since 1970
Best Veterinarian 4 Years in a Row! We have 5 veterinarians with a combined experience of 95 years helping animals! 1014 North Central Avenue Kent, WA 98032 â– 253-852-3565
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BBQ WINNER: BBQ Pete’s
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WINNER: Paolo’s Italian Restaurant
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25018 104th Ave. SE, Suite A, Kent, WA 98030
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Finalists: Amante Mama Stortini’s
RESTAURANTS Lunch WINNER: Golden Steer Steak & Rib House Finalists: Airways Brewing & Bistro Little David’s Sub Shop Maggies on Meeker Nevermind Tavern
THANK YOU!
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Bookstore WINNER: Browser’s Books
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Finalists: Children’s Bookshop & Teaching Supplies Alleluia! Catholic Store New Woman Books
THANK YOU to our valued customers who voted us Best Auto Service!
Clothing/Shoe Store WINNER: Chicos
310 Washington Avenue Kent, WA 98032 253/852-1492
Finalists:
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We appreciate our customers!
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We appreciate our customers!
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SHOPPING Consignement/Thrift Store WINNER: St Vincent de Paul
Pet Store WINNER: Pet Country
Finalists:
Finalists:
Children’s Hospital Thrift Store Kent Goodwill St. James Thrift Shop
Mud Bay Petco Reber Ranch
Flower Shop WINNER: Bella Home & Garden
Plant Nursery WINNER: Carpinito Brothers
Finalists:
Finalists:
Blossom Boutique Florist The Box Social Florist Safeway on Washington St.
East Hill Nursery Furney’s Nursery McLendon’s
Furniture/Home Decor WINNER: Bella Home & Garden
Winery/Wine Shop WINNER: The Grape Adventure
Finalists:
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City Frame Fig & Feather Pugerude’s
Airways Beer & Bistro CastleBridge Winery Red’s Wine Bar
Gift Shop WINNER: Kelly’s Gift Boutique Finalists:
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(ARA) - We’ve all seen the headlines: Medical records uncovered in a dumpster, credit card numbers stolen from our favorite retailers and identity fraud at businesses in our own communities. Identity theft and data breach crimes are everywhere. What many people don’t realize is that when they don’t protect their company’s confidential information at work, they’re not just putting their employer, clients and customers at risk - they’re endangering themselves and their co-workers too. According to the study, full-time office employees may unwittingly contribute to a digital or paperbased security breach by practicing risky behaviors: t "QQSPYJNBUFMZ POF JO GPVS QFSDFOU MFBWF UIFJS DPNQVUFST VOMPDLFE when away from their desk t 'JGUFFO QFSDFOU UISPX QBQFS EPDVNFOUT DPOUBJOJOH TFOTJUJWF JOGPSNBUJPO JO UIF USBTI t 0OMZ QFSDFOU NBJOUBJO B TFDVSF Ă˝SFXBMM t -FTT UIBO IBMG PG SFTQPOEFOUT QFSDFOU FOTVSF UIFJS NBJM JT TBGF CZ TFOEJOH JU UISPVHI B TFDVSF NBJMCPY “Whether electronic or in paper form, confidential information in the workplace is a hot item for theft, and the methods employed by criminals to obtain this information are constantly evolving,â€? TBZT +PIO 4JMFP BO JEFOUJUZ UIFGU FYQFSU i8JUI TNBSU QSFWFOUJPO NFBTVSFT ZPV DBO IFMQ ZPVS DPNpany avoid a costly breach that can lead to personal consequences - like identity theft.â€? Having learned a great deal from suffering a security breach within his own business, Sileo is now an award-winning author and international speaker on the topic. He travels the country educating businesses about ways to prevent the crime. Data protection can be simple as long as the proper procedures are in place and widely practiced: -PDL ZPVS PGĂ˝DF XIFO ZPV MFBWF GPS UIF EBZ UP QSFWFOU BOZPOF BDDFTTJOH JU BGUFS IPVST &OTVSF ZPVS DPNQVUFS JT MPDLFE XJUI B TFDVSF QBTTXPSE DPOUBJOJOH B VOJRVF DPNCJOBUJPO PG letters and numbers. 3. Ask your IT department to check that your firewall is secure and up to date. %PO U MFBWF QBQFS EPDVNFOUT PO ZPVS EFTL PS JO DPNNPO QSJOUJOH BSFBT BOE TUPSF JNQPSUBOU documents in a locked filing cabinet. 5. Shred unneeded documents with a Cross-Cut shredder
Thank you for nominating
Knutson Dental
“Best Dentist in Kent 2012�
“We appreciate your votes and
support�
Greg Knutson DDS Greg Achtemichuk DDS 434 E. Smith St. 1 253.852.2270 | www.knutsondental.com
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Protect workplace information to keep businesses, customers safe
Thank you for your votes and continued support!
Quality Automotive Care You can Count on 3 year / 36,000 mile warranty
Thank you for nominating us
best auto service 5 years in a row!
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1514 Central Ave S Kent, WA 98032
253-854-6762
www.centralaveauto.com
SOUTH END’S ONE STOP TRUCK AND CAR REPAIR STOP
Foreign and Domestic BEST OF KENT 2012
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History of Kent, WA
from the staff at Wild Wheat
Nominated for:
★ Best Breakfast ★ Best Coffee ★ Best Lunch ★ Best Family Restaurant 202–1st Ave S., Kent Artisan District 5R5 5& 253-856-8919 .PO 'SJ BN QN t 4BU BN QN t4VO BN QN
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Mary's Fine Food Restaurant Serving the Community since 1974
THANK YOU! Nominated for:
Best Breakfast Best Lunch Best Family Restaurant
Our Produce is Cut Fresh Daily!
Breakfast (Served All Day) Dinner (Mon-Fri) Lunch Daily
Hours! Mon-Fri 6:30am-8:00pm Saturday 7:00am-3:00pm Sunday 7:00am-1:00pm
253-854-2650
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Orders To Go! 23641-104th Avenue SE Mary's Restaurant Kent East Hill
★NOMINATED “ BEST PIZZA IN KENT�★
Thank You Kent!
We appreciate your business!
Any Large Specialty $ 99
Pizza 15
Please bring this coupon. Offer expires 5/31/12. (not good with any other offer or discount) 607774
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Real Food sold here!
www.littledavids.com
(253) 854-3450 Fax (253) 854-0588
Little David’s Sub Shop East Coast Style Deli & Catering Co. We specialize in providing lunch for:
Serving Kent since 198 7!
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136 Washington Ave. N., Kent, WA 98032 Located at the corner of Washington (West Valley/68th) & Meeker Same intersection as Kmart and Safeway. Same parking lot as Baskin Robbins.
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The city of Kent, located 15 miles southeast of Seattle, was home to some of the earliest white settlers in King County, and was the first city in King County to incorporate outside of Seattle. Originally an agricultural community, it has since developed into an industrial center. In 1859, Thomas Alvord and his wife bought property along the river and set up a successful ranch and trading business. John Langston arrived in 1862 and opened up a general store. Farmers again took to the land, raising crops of potatoes, onions, and other vegetables. Animal stock was brought in to pasture on untilled land. By the late 1870s, much of the valley had been cleared, and a new cash crop was cultivated — hops, a bitter plant in the hemp family used to flavor beer. The hops craze took the valley by storm. Cheap to produce, hops commanded a high price on the market due to a blight in Europe. Hop farms and hop kilns blossomed throughout the valley, making many farmers wealthy men. For 10 years hops were king, until aphids destroyed most of the crop in 1891. Nevertheless, hops were the catalyst that transformed transportation routes in the valley. As soon as the first hop crop was picked in the early 1880s, farmers needed a way to get it to market. River travel was the most reliable transportation to and from Seattle. Flat-bottomed steamboats became popular, many of them mooring at Alvord’s Landing. Soon roads were built, and bridges spanned the river. In 1883, work began on a rail line through the valley that connected up with the Northern Pacific, then owned by Henry Villard. But Villard had business troubles, and resigned before the line was completed. Pro-Tacoma, anti-Seattle interests acquired the Northern Pacific, and the branch line soon became known as the Orphan Road, due to its neglect. After much legal wrangling, the line was brought into service, albeit poorly. King County riders complained, and the Northern Pacific again shut it down. It re-opened when the rail line was threatened with land grant revocation. It wasn’t until 1887, when the Northern Pacific moved its terminus from Tacoma to Seattle, that the Orphan Road became a reliable means of transportation in the valley. The railroad also gave Kent its name. Most folks had been calling the small community Titusville, after an early settler. In 1885, a general construction engineer for the Northern Pacific was quoted as saying, “We’ll call this station Kent, after Kent County, England where they raise nothing but hops.� In July 1888, John Alexander and Ida Guiberson filed the first plat. Other community members made additions over the next two years, and in 1890 citizens expressed a wish to incorporate. On May 28, 1890, the town of Kent became the first city in King County outside of Seattle to do so. Kent was riding high, but the ruination of the hop industry in 1891 changed all that. Then, in 1893, a nationwide economic collapse made things even worse. Rich farmers became paupers practically overnight. Even Thomas Alvord was declared insolvent, and his ranch and belongings were sold at a public auction. Nevertheless, the town rode out its woes. During the first part of the twentieth century, Kent grew just as many farming communities did. In the 1920s, Kent became known as the “Lettuce Capital of the World.� Egg and dairy farming also became popular, and businesses like Smith Brothers Dairy and the Ponssen Brothers’ Kent Poultry Farm came into being.
Arbor Village would like to thank the readers of the Kent Reporter for their votes in the 2012 Best of Kent Reader’s Poll!
Sweet Success
We are honored to have the support of this community and we continue to be dedicated to providing the highest quality of care to our residents.
24121 116th Avenue SE Kent, WA 98030 www.arborvillage.us 253-856-1600
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Finalists: Suzanne Berrios Greg Haffner Bonnie Landers
Police/Firefigher WINNER: Ken Thomas Finalists: John Robbins Jessie Smith Steve Strachan
Public Official WINNER: Mayor Suzette Cooke Finalists: Jim Berrios Senator Joe Fain Dennis Higgins
Teacher/School WINNER: Theresa Turner - Kentlake Finalists: Bob Johnson - Emerald Park Elementary School Shannon Painter - Meridian Elementary School Sara Palmer Mattson Middle School
THANK YOU
FOR VOTING FOR US!
BEST AUTOMOTIVE in KENT
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Community Volunteer WINNER: Libby Seidel
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Our sincere thanks to the Kent community who nominated us “Best Insurance Agentâ€?! Auto • Fire • Life • Health
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COMMUNITY
Craig Romney, Agent
253-859-0910 craig.romney.b810@statefarm.com 24255 104th Ave. SE • Kent
BEST OF KENT 2012
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GIFT CARD WINNERS
FREE Dog Mini Roll (2.75oz) with any purchase!
Congratulations
One per person. Expires 5/31/12.
FREE Cat (3oz) Platefuls Pouch One per person. Expires 5/31/12.
Thank you to Kent Station for sponsoring this drawing!
$100 Gift Card:
Debbie G. - Kent $50 Gift Card:
Anne J. - Kent
Expires 5/31/12 (Save up to $5.00)
216 Washington Ave S (Washington & Meeker)
Next to Safeway across the street from Kmart
$150 Gift Card: $25 Gift Card:
Shirley R. - Kent
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We would like to thank the community for voting for Cold Fire Paint for the Best of Kent businesses.
Lesley G. - Kent Jennifer T. - Kent Chris G. - SeaTac Liz C. - Kent Donald J. - Kent Tami O. - Renton Joyce B. - Kent Karen T. - Kent
We would not have a business without your support. Cold Fire Paint is a family owned business located in Kent, WA, serving King and Pierce Counties. We specialize in quality exterior and interior, residential and light commercial painting.
Carol Briscoe, Owner
206.949.2949 Ronald Stewart, Project Manager/Paint Specialist
253.632.8902
www.coldfirepaint.com Licensed, Bonded and Insured
partnersFOR SUCCESS
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We appreciate our customers, Thank you for nominating us
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