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SHOWARE CENTER: BOOM OR BUST?

Mandatory recount to decide winner in House District 47 race

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A small group gathers outside the Ram Restaurant at Kent Station before the start of the Thunderbirds game Tuesday night.

Businesses benefitted from customers who took in ShoWare events in 2011, according to a study. CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter

STUDY SAYS CENTER AIDS BUSINESS Despite its own financial woes, ShoWare added $25 million to Kent economy in 2011

BY STEVE HUNTER shunter@kentreporter.com

The city-owned ShoWare Center brought in an estimated $25 million to the local economy in 2011, according to an economic impact analysis presented to Kent City Council members.

The independent study, by Community Attributes, Inc. of Seattle, concluded that the arena “is a regional magnet, attracting more than one million visitors to Kent for sports events, entertainment, conferences, civic events and more. All told, ShoWare Center patrons spent an estimated $12.1 million at

Operator recommends ways to boost revenue

BY STEVE HUNTER shunter@kentreporter.com

The ShoWare Center operator recommended to the Kent City Council that the city charge $5 to park, add a $1 facility fee to each ticket sold and kick in hundreds of thousands of dollars as a selfpromoter to attract highercaliber concerts and shows.

SMG, the Philadelphiabased company hired by the city to run the 6,100-seat arena, discussed the proposals Nov. 20 at a council local businesses with a ripple effect of $25.1 million in 2011.”

Mark Goodman, a Community Attributes planning analyst, told the council at its Nov. 20

workshop and distributed a 14-page report about how to raise revenues over the next few years at the financially struggling city-owned arena.

“These recommendations all have the potential to add money but the programming (concerts, shows) drives the others,” said Steve Tadlock, SMG California-based regional general manager, at the workshop.

The arena brought in an estimated $25 million to the [ more SHOWARE page 4 ]

workshop that the numbers are “a rough estimation but fairly accurate.” [ more ANALYSIS page 2 ]

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“I trust the system will work and affirm the count of today (Tuesday),” Hargrove said in a phone interview. “The machine recounts are pretty reliable so we should end up with a win.”

Hargrove’s lead dropped to 134 votes through Monday’s [ more RECOUNT page 10 ]

Kent to bring in holiday season with Winterfest

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The holiday season officially kicks off in Kent with the 31st annual Kent Winterfest on Saturday.

The parade and tree lighting ceremony is expected to draw about 5,000 people to the heart of the city.

“Every year it’s been growing,” said Bill Westcott, event organizer. “We’ve had excellent weather in the past years.”

The Kent Lions presents the celebration to the community each year. Foul fall weather has made it difficult to prepare for this year’s festivities.

“We cut the tree down on

A Kent tradition: Santa Claus returns Saturday to greet the children at Winterfest. REPORTER FILE PHOTO Nov. 19, which was a really windy, nasty, rainy day,” Westcott said. “So it was fun getting that tree erected in the park [ more WINTERFEST page 8 ]

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A mandatory machine recount will decide the outcome of the tightly contested legislative race between State Rep. Mark Hargrove, R-Covington, and Kent Democratic challenger Bud Sizemore for the State House District 47 Position 1 seat.

The recount will be on Friday, said Kim van Ekstrom, King County Elections spokeswoman.

Hargrove, a Boeing instructor pilot and Air Force veteran, has a 157-vote lead through Tuesday’s tally by King County Elections. Hargrove has 50.08 percent (27,101 votes) while

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Kent will receive a $60,000 matching grant through the county's Youth Sports Facilities Grant (YSFG) program.

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[ ANALYSIS from page 1 ] The spending of $25 million contributes an estimated $609,700 in tax revenues to the city of Kent annually, according to the consultant’s report.

“The study shows that our investment in ShoWare Center, while its opening couldn’t have come at a worse time, on the brink of the recession, has benefitted our city in general,” Mayor Suzette Cooke said in a city media release. “The events themselves, coupled with the recreation dollars spent on dining, shopping and other services, have really boosted the bottom lines of our downtown businesses during the recession.”

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Kent annexed Green Tree Park, 120th Avenue Southeast and Southeast 216th Street, from the county as part of the 2010 Panther Lake annexation.

The 1.5-acre park features a playground and half basketball court.

The program will leverage nearly $2.1 million for local parks and recreation projects through partnerships with cities, schools and local community organizations.

The county awarded more than $530,000 in matching fund grants for youth sports facilities throughout the county.

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The council voted 5-2 in April to approve a $36,400 consultant contract with Community Attributes to perform the economic analysis on the 4-year-old arena. Council members Bill Boyce and Dana Ralph opposed spending money on the study.

“We all knew the ShoWare was going to be good for Kent Station, we just didn’t know the numbers,” Boyce said at the workshop about the study.

In the analysis, Community Attributes combined financial and survey data with “IMPLAN” modeling, a well-established method for measuring the ripple effect of business-to-business and employee spending on the local economy.

The economic impact analysis notes that Kent Station restaurants report a 20 percent increase in foot traffic on event nights.

According to the study, the ShoWare Center produces an estimated $609,700 in tax revenues to the city of Kent annually.

Of this, $403,000 comes from patron spending at Seattle Thunderbirds hockey games and other ShoWare Center events, including dining and shopping during trips to the arena.

The additional $206,700 includes tax revenues that come from indirect and induced impacts estimated

and derived from economic models that reflects business to business spending and employee spending of personal income, with an assumption of 75 percent of indirect and induced impacts captured locally.

Goodman said the consultants gathered data by interviewing about 130 to 150 people at a graduation at the arena and another 150 or so at a concert.

They received more than 1,400 email responses from surveys sent to people who attended events at the ShoWare as well as T-Birds season-ticket holders. They also conducted 18 interviews with local businesses, mainly restaurants.

Responses from patrons were combined with attendance figures provided by SMG to help figure out the economic impact.

Ben Wolters, city economic development director, said the ShoWare Center has been instrumental in helping to put Kent on the map as a regional destination and helps make up for the annual financial operating losses at the arena.

“The national recession and the negative impact it’s had on the event industry has caused an operating loss of $1.3 million over the past three years,” Wolters said about the arena.

“Despite this loss, ShoWare Center has been helping our local economy recover.

“We’ve attracted hockey, ice skating and other sports fans, thousands of meeting attendees and families for shows like Disney and the Ringling Brothers Circus.

We’ve attracted music fans from around the region and have an even better event lineup for next year.”

Operated by SMG, ShoWare Center employs 30 full-time employees, 150 part-time event employees and created 560 jobs during its construction.

The analysis is available at www.KentWA.gov.

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CHRISTMAS RUSH FUN RUN AND WALK SET FOR DEC. 8 A Kent tradition, the popular Christmas Rush Fun Run and Walk, returns Dec. 8, with the MultiCare Health System serving as the title sponsor.

The Rush returns to its former starting location at Russell Road Park, 24400 Russell Road.

The 10-kilometer (6.2-mile) run is scheduled to start at 9:50 a.m., followed by the 5K at 10.

The event celebrates 30 years of running in Kent.

Kent’s Parks, Recreation and Community Services welcomes MultiCare as the new title sponsor. Entry fees are $10 or $25, including a technical T-shirt, before Nov. 30.

Entry fees go up to $20 or $35, including a technical T-shirt, on Dec. 1.

Participants age 13 and under run for free, and receive a complimentary T-shirt, courtesy of MultiCare.

Registration forms are available at the Kent Commons and many Puget Sound athletic stores. Online registration is available at www.active.com.

Participants can avoid the lines on race day by picking up shirts and bibs at RoadRunner Sports at Kent Station on Dec. 5 from 3 to 7 p.m.

Race-day registration and packet pickup also are available near the start/finish line at 8 a.m.

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Boeing supplier violates federal labor law REPORTER STAFF

The National Labor Relations Board has found that Hytek Finishes, a Boeing supplier based in Kent, has violated federal labor law.

The NLRB has notified the Machinists Union that Hytek managers committed nine separate violations of the National Labor Relations Act over the past 14 months, during negotiations with the union on a contract for hourly workers at the plant.

Hytek Finishes is a subsidiary of Bellevue-based Esterline Corp. The 175 hourly workers at Hytek do metal finishing and etching with hazardous chemicals to produce high-quality aircraft parts for the world’s biggest airplane manufacturers.

Among their findings, NLRB investigators determined Hytek

managers improperly withheld information from the union necessary for fair bargaining, improperly withheld important information about chemical releases at the plant that impacted the health and safety of both workers and the public, and failed to bargain with the union prior to changing working conditions.

As a result of the findings, NLRB prosecutors will try to negotiate a settlement with Hytek management. If that fails, the prosecutors would file a formal complaint and move to a trial before an administrative law judge.

Because NLRB prosecutors take on only the most serious and clear-cut violations of labor law, the agency wins its cases more than 90 percent of the time, legal experts say.

The board is still investigating other charges against the company.

The union hailed the findings, which came after months of investigations. “For more than a year now, Hytek managers have dragged their feet and refused to follow the law,� said Kevin Cummings, the union’s lead negotiator. “Maybe now they’ll get serious about negotiating a fair contract with our members. They’ve had their lives on hold long enough.�

Hytek’s customers include Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Bell Helicopters. Hytek is the primary supplier of parts used on Boeing 787s, 747-8s, 777s and 767s. Hytek is also an important supplier to the Pentagon’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. “There’s not another company that does what Hytek does,� Cum-

mings said.

Hourly workers there voted in August 2011, by a 2-1 margin, to join Machinists Union District Lodge 751. Talks for a contract that would create safer conditions and increase workers’ pay started in October 2011, but quickly bogged down when Hytek refused to bring proposals to the table or engage in fair bargaining.

The two sides are scheduled to meet again with the mediator on Dec. 18, Cummings said. “Now that the NLRB has explained the laws to them, it’s my sincere hope that Hytek management will quit playing games with our members’ lives and come to this session ready to work toward a fair contract,� he said. “That’s all I want for Christmas.�

Military veteran sentenced for travel fraud

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Serving a free meal Volunteers served about 450 people at the annual Thanksgiving feed at the Golden Steer restaurant in Kent. This was the 14th year the restaurant has offered the free meal to people who receive dinner vouchers through the Kent Food Bank. BRIAN BECKLEY, Reporter

‘So You Think Kent Has Talent’ sets 2013 dates The dates are set in 2013 for the third annual “So You Think Kent Has Talent� competition.

Online registration starts on Feb. 1.

The preliminary competition is May 11.

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The finals are June 2 at the Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center.

Contestants compete for cash prizes. All contestants are required to be Kent residents, students in the Kent School District or employees within the city limits.

Competitors, volunteers and sponsors can go to www.allegrodance.com for more information. Click on the community tab.

One of five military veterans, who reportedly worked with a Kent man to falsify travel claims as part of a conspiracy to defraud the Veterans Administration, was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to one year in prison, three years of supervised released and $22,511 in restitution for making false claims.

Aaron Adams, 50, of Seattle, defrauded the Veterans Administration by claiming reimbursement for travel from Pullman to the VA Hospital in Seattle, when in fact he lived in Seattle and was not entitled to significant travel funds, according to a U.S. Attorney’s Office media release.

Adams pleaded guilty in August.

According to records

filed in the case, two workers, including a Kent man, in the VA Travel Benefits Office allegedly recruited veterans who were receiving health care at the VA to lie about their travel to the medical facility. Adams filed vouchers claiming he traveled from Pullman to Seattle for appointments at the VA on Beacon Hill.

Adams claimed he made 96 trips, with a mileage reimbursement from Pullman of more than $262 per trip. In fact, Adams never traveled from Pullman, and on 23 of the dates he did not even have an appointment at the VA. After collecting the travel reimbursement, Adams reportedly would split the ill-gotten funds with two workers - Nick B. Hall, 46, of Seattle and Keishjuan Daniels, 32, of Kent. Hall and Daniels are scheduled for trial in January 2013.

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profile concerts or shows per year. The city’s self- or local economy in 2011, co-promotion of events according to an economic could bring in more than impact analysis done by a $100,000 per year.

Seattle consultant hired by Councilwoman Jamie the city.

Perry asked SMG how But the ShoWare Center much the city would need has lost more than $1.3 mil- to put up to attract one lion in its first three years concert. of operation. That figure “It’d be anywhere from could go over $2 million $100,000 to $200,000 per by the end of this year. event,� said Higgins, who The arena lost $451,723 in added that’s what the cost to 2009, $398,013 in 2010 and the city would be if not one $457,480 in 2011. SMG ticket was sold. “It would estimates a proguarantee that show jected loss of at least that amount of $631,000 in 2012. money. It would be City officials set mitigated through aside money each ticket sales and year in the city’s anconcessions.� nual capital budget Other venues, fund to cover the including Comcast anticipated losses Arena in Everett, Tim Higgins at the arena. If not put money up front needed for the to attract concerts, arena, that money could Tadlock said. Or venues be used to help pay for imfind a promoter to help put provements to city streets, up some of the money to parks, facilities and other attract a concert. capital projects. “In most cases, it’s With such large financial $50,000 or less risk,� Tadlosses at the 4-year-old lock said. arena, the council and Tadlock said such a proMayor Suzette Cooke asked motion if successful could SMG for recommendations bring in anywhere from about how to raise revenue. $20,000 to $50,000 in reveSMG manages the daynue per high profile concert to-day operations of the for the ShoWare and maybe $84.5 million center, inas much as $80,000. cluding event booking, the Tadlock emphasized that budget, vendor selection, when shows go on the road public relations and marit’s no longer possible for keting and event staffing. a venue to simply charge The company also has the a rental fee and be able to arena’s food and beverage attract events. contract. “The world has changed A parking fee of $5 per with how you attract events space could bring in an esand when a show goes on timated $50,000 to $75,000 tour how they select venper year, according to SMG. ues,� Tadlock said. “NowaParking is now free at the days there’s a tremendous 550 spaces in the center’s risk for tours to go on the lot. road. They look for partners “Many venues charge in to share the risk. And the area so it’s something there are a lot of choices in we want to look at,� said the Seattle area. There are Tim Higgins, ShoWare aggressive buildings that general manager. buy talent directly or find ShoWare adds a $2 facila promoting partner to atity fee to each ticket sold. tract shows.�

A $1 increase in the fee to If a promoter cannot be $3 per ticket could bring found to partner with the an additional $100,000 per city, the city could be the year. sole promoter.

SMG also wants the city “If you do it multiple to consider creating a fund times you can meet the de(possibly partially funded mand to increase the caliwith revenue earned ber of programming and through parking and facilthat drives suite sales and ity fees) to try to “buy� as other revenues,� Tadlock many as four to eight high said. “It puts more money

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Ben Wolters, city ecoFarwell agreed, however, nomic and community that a higher quality of development director who concerts would help bring helps oversee the ShoWare more people and revenue to Center, said the accountthe arena. ability comes with the city’s Councilwoman Elizabeth contract with SMG and Albertson told Farwell she whether to extend that con- agreed the city needs to be tract if revenues improve or more positive about the not. The council extended ShoWare.

SMG’s contract in 2011 for “People are proud of the three more years. with an building and love going to expiration date of Dec. 31, graduations and other events 2014. and going to Kent Station,� “I’m willing to do Albertson said. “If we keep something different, but it yelling that the ShoWare is needs to be solid,� Boyce awful and a big drain, we said about the potential to help create a negative image. increase revenue by selfWe have debt but we have promoting. bonded debt across the city, City officials also asked including Kent Station. We officials from the Seattle need to be a cheerleader for Thunderbirds junior hockey this facility and not put out a team, the anchor tenant of name as if this is a goose egg the arena, for recommenin town. This is a good thing dations about increasing for Kent.� revenue.

SMG also proposed other Russ Farwell, T-Birds revenue ideas, including general manager, didn’t ofice time rental to bring in fer specific ways to increase about $20,000 per year; revenue, but said the team hiring a third party to sell continues to market ticket unsold arena advertising sales and sell advertising. for an estimated $50,000 He said hockey attendance revenue per year; and sellhas increased each year ing VIP Club memberships since the team moved in to non-hockey events with 2009 to the ShoWare from certain parking and food KeyArena in Seattle with perks to bring in about an average of 4,206 fans per $40,000 per year. game during the 2011-12 Now the council must season. figure out whether to The T-Birds noted in a go along with any of the written report to the city recommendations. No that the free parking at the timeline has been set for ShoWare “is a significant any decisions about changes part of the extra value that at the ShoWare. patrons of the ShoWare feel “We need to continue they are getting when our this discussion and decide venue is compared to others what to do next,� Council in the area.�

President Dennis Higgins Farwell said city officials said to conclude the workshop. “This has been a very productive discussion about a topic that a lot of us have lost sleep over.�

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Among other things charter schools in this election were touted as being good for students who are not doing well in regular public schools.

We know that highly diverse/high poverty schools generally have proportionately higher numbers of students not making the grade, with black and brown students most often performing the worst.

If it is true that charter schools help lowperforming black and brown students, one would have expected the community leaders and parents of black and brown students to be overcome with joy because charter schools would help to reduce their children’s proportionately high numbers in the pipeline from schools to prison.

The reason “if it’s true” is being raised is because Oscar Eason Jr., president of Alaska/Oregon/Washington State Area Conference NAACP, and Estela Ortega, executive director El Centro de la Raza, helped prepare the argument against charter schools. With these two heavyweights having lined up against charter schools it should send a message to those who care about black, brown, poor white and other students in the pipeline from schools to prison to examine the potential effects of charter schools very carefully.

As one advocate in the region frequently notes, your children’s education is not a spectator sport.

We need only go to the “Waiting for Superman” movie to visualize what is meant by “not a spectator sport” for parents. One mother in the documentary cried when the lottery number wasn’t called that would allow her child to enter the charter school.

Obviously this was a parent who was highly motivated and therefore a strong supporter for her child’s education.

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It’s been just weeks since the elections, and I imagine many of you welcome the reprieve from campaign advertising.

You may have been disappointed regarding the ballot box results. However, I encourage you to accept the voice of the people and to become more engaged in the process.

Washington elected to retain single-party rule for at least another term. It remains to be seen, though, if our new elected leaders will change course from a path that brought us declining quality of public education and fiscal uncertainty.

In representative government, we must articulate the citizens’ priorities to our leaders. That task knows no rest, both in and out of election season.

Leadership in Olympia must steer another course and place governing ahead of games.

The Kent Reporter welcomes letters to the editor on any subject. Letters must include a name, address and daytime phone number for verification purposes.

Letters may be edited for length. Letters should be no more than 250 words in length. Submissions may be printed both in the paper and electronically.

Deadline for letters to be considered for publication is 2 p.m. Tuesday.

Rather than managing Washington’s citizens, the new governor and legislature should strive to serve the people.

Private enterprise must have the confidence to invest and hire employees, and it’s time for elected leaders to take this seriously. That must be immediately followed by fullyfunding our public education

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Certain types of people drive me crazy Recently in the news cycle, I’ve noticed more than a few accidents have involved senior citizens and their vehicles.

Now, before I am deluged by streams of abuse, little old ladies driving their “Hoverounds,” running into my ankles at Target, let me state unequivocally that I

believe senior citizens are some of the safest drivers on the road. They are certainly safer than Jerrad, driving his 1997 Civic in a sideways drift at 55 mph, while auditioning for “Fast and Furious, The Kent Edition.”

Or Lindsay, while driving her dad’s Grand Cherokee, decides to

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squeeze into the smallest space possible at the store, while texting her friend, Ashleigh, and putting on her newest lip gloss.

We’ve all seen the little old ladies behind the wheel, however. And they don’t provoke a lot of good vibrations from me as a fellow driver.

She can barely see over the steering wheel, while wearing the sunglasses from the Roy Orbison Fan Club.

system with the already-existing dollars in the budget.

While speaking of education, I am pleased that public education leaders will be charged with bringing more flexibility to our system with the implementation of charter schools.

Finally, the Legislature must honor the voters’ wishes in requiring a two-thirds majority to raise taxes. This necessitates bipartisan support for future budgets and requires government to live within its means.

If Olympia tries an end-run, we must hold them accountable.

In the aftermath of an election like 2012, it would be easy for cynicism to set it. It has been said that cynicism is full of naïve disappointments that cause people to disengage from government and politics. But we can ill afford the citizenry’s decoupling from its government. [ more LETTERS page 6 ]

It’s not even a sunny day and she’s wearing glasses that must block out every lumen of light, or she just had cataract surgery and shouldn’t be behind the wheel at all.

And the older gentleman backing up in the parking lot, doing 30 mph scares the bejesus out of me. You’ve seen him too, the white haired guy, saying to himself, “I’ve lived on this Earth for 75 years, fought in two wars and have dodged danger all my life. I’m backing up now, you watch out for me!” [ more NUTTMAN page 6 ]

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Using council members’ clever quotations, the canary in the coal mine should not worry us because the glass it is carrying out of the disaster-prone area is half-full of water (or optimism).

Instead of adopting Mayor Suzette Cooke’s original inclusive plan to shore up the city’s shaky infrastructure, the business owners (and those inordinately influenced by the Chamber of Commerce) on the council effectively used the chamber’s clout to ram through a pathetic business & occupation (B&O) tax with Swiss-cheese loopholes, exemptions and escape clauses.

License fees of a mere $82 were even rejected.

Those funds would have been used toward the implementation and execution of the B&O tax assessment and collection – over and above the $300,000 out of the $5 million estimate of revenues that was allotted for implementation. Now the city may be stuck with paying some of those costs if the “half-glass-full� stratDONATE TODAY: Kent Food Bank, 515 W. Harrison St., No. 107. For more information or to volunteer, call 253-520-3550 or visit www.skcfc.org/kentfoodbank.

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to themselves or others on the road. My stepfather, a lovely guy, is the best. But I wouldn’t get in a car with him. He tends to drift into other people’s lanes.

My mother-in-law, whose age I won’t reveal here, is the nicest, sweetest person in the world, and occasionally will come home from a pinochle game with a new scratch on her bumper. Apparently those barriers around fire hydrants will just jump right out at you.

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So I think that should be an important campaign issue as existing and potential council members come up for election/re-election. As we realized after the onset of the recession, too much power in the hands of business (and its influence on legislators) is not a good thing.

The adopted (revised) resolutions for the B&O did nothing to increase revenues from this B&O tax. It only exempted license/registration fees and solidified its minimal-contribution fine print. The business community thinks it has created a suitable facade of participation.

The canary is no reason for alarm if you believe that denial fixes things. Just close your eyes and think good thoughts. – Sandra Gill

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I am committed to work shoulder to shoulder with those who choose this route. I hope you are, too. – Brad Toft

egy doesn’t work.

Even the study paid for by the city to get creative ideas on revenue, which recommended pushing for higher B&O tax assessment, was brushed aside. So that was a waste of money because the business-prone council members didn’t like what the report concluded.

No more studies, please.

The council members have adopted a “wait and see� posture about all this, so we won’t know the final fallout results until 2014.

Even if the $5 million revenue estimate is reached, that won’t fully cover the amount needed for upkeep and refurbishment of Kent’s streets and roads.

Note: Kent homeowners are already paying taxes for infrastructure, and refused to pay more when businesses were paying zero B&O. Now that they will be paying next to zero, we’re still not impressed.

As for the parks, I think Kent homeowners would be more amenable to a tax strictly related to park improvements. There’s no doubt that Kent parks need funds to restore, maintain and enhance parks and trails. So, a “save our parks� initiative might well pass.

The big hitch in the last ballot proposition was the “streets and roads� issue.

The business community’s callous refusal to take responsibility for road damage (a stand it continues to take) raised the ire of homeowners and created a backlash over the entire proposition.

With the council bench being occupied by so many intransigent business advocates, it will be difficult to get B&O taxes elevated to the average paid by other cities. If business is to pay its rightful share to repair

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Join the effort against domestic abuse The month of October was dedicated to domestic abuse awareness. It also was the month dedicated to the memory of those who have died and those that continue to endure this crime.

Domestic abuse continues to be one of the most devastating issues affecting the modern family.

Our city of Kent is not immune. In 2011, there were 1,370 incidents of domestic abuse reported.

It is time to call our elected officials and ask them to re-authorize the Violence against Women Act. This is the act that was first

authorized in 1994. VAWA is due for reauthorization

by Congress before the end of 2012. Funds from VAWA are administered by the Justice Department and Human and Health Services.

There is evidence that a lot of work has been done by agencies across our state to eradicate this problem even though the crime continues to cause havoc.

Research shows that the majority of victims are women, with children as unintended victims. Some schools of thought contend that men are victims, too. While this argument may be true, women who are victims of this crime are far too many for us to invest much energy on men victims.

Most of all, it is important to hold perpetrators accountable whether they are men or women. Intimate partner violence takes place behind closed door.

This makes it very difficult to track all incidents.

It is also reported that many incidents go unreported to law enforcement for fear of retaliation by the perpetrator. In some instances, women fail to report the abuse as the Mandatory Arrest Laws result in the only breadwinner going to jail leaving the family without economic means.

When all is said and done, it is once again important to hold all perpetrators of the abuse accountable.

The next step is for all of us to do your civic duty and take part in the campaign to re-authorize VAWA. Join the campaign on Facebook and log into PassVAWA2012. – Josephine Karanja sooner or later it has to be done.

So, if you have to have that discussion with mom or dad, good luck and hopefully it won’t be too late. Also be prepared to be their chauffeur, just like when they had to drive you at 6 a.m. to Little league practice across town. Be prepared to drive them to Olympia for that stamp collection festival. And be prepared to drive them to another early bird special at the restaurant.

They drove you all over for 16 years to take care of your needs, now it’s your turn to do the driving.

Paybacks are a bear aren’t they?

Todd Nuttman is a regular contributor to the Kent Reporter.

The Greater Kent Historical Society hosts a Christmas Open House and Vintage Toy Exhibit from noon at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Kent Historical Museum, 855 E. Smith St. The public is invited to join the holiday celebration, visit the exhibit and enjoy refreshments.

The GKHS supports the Kent Fire Department’s Toys for Joy program. Donations of unwrapped toys are appreciated. Admission is by a suggested $2 donation.

THAT SMILES Now, I keep running smack dab into Kent’s branding without even trying. It happened again on Smith Street just east of Kent-Meridian High School. I was driving toward Smith Hill and out of the corner of my eye I saw it, or rather him.

I had to circle the block to see if I was really seeing what I thought that I saw, but there is no block to circle. I had to go halfway down Smith turn right come back up Benson and right again, slowing to find that “Branding” that couldn’t really be there.

No way. But there he was. He was in a wheelchair with a five-gallon bucket on his lap and a picker in his hand, poking in the bushes and on

AS I SEE IT

There is a Branding in Kent that everyone seems to be promoting lately, or maybe everyone suddenly realized that it has been here all along.

Some cities have tried to capture cute little sayings that will encourage visitors to want to come and spend the day, or more in their quaint little burg.

The problem has been that there are just so many catchy phrases to go around.

If you visit a town, because of their “fish on the river” verbiage, you might run smack dab into a mall with nary a minnow on the menu. Some may find themselves in the wrong town that has the same branding and may accidentally spend their money at the wrong shop.

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The Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority, Kent Firefighters Local 1747, and the Kent Firefighters Foundation are once again sponsoring and supporting the Toys for Joy program.

Toys for Joy is an annual event

Michael Haley leans to pick up a plastic bottle, all part of his cleanup of streets and parking lots in Kent. Haley lost the use of his legs in a motorcycle accident, but it hasn’t deterred him. COURTESY PHOTO the edges of the walkway for pieces of paper and garbage and anything that caused his part of the city to look dirty. I parked, got out of my truck and approached him. As I did, he looked up and there it was, “a great big smile” on his face.

He is Michael Haley.

Michael went down on his motorcycle 10 years ago and lost the use of his legs.

He says that he has made

where new, unwrapped toys are collected, sorted, wrapped and delivered to the Kent and Covington Food Banks for distribution to needy families in our community.

Nonperishable food and monetary donations will also be accepted.

Economically, 2012 has been another tough year for families.

Many have to dedicate their money to the basics in order to survive and do not have the finances to buy

his job the daily cleaning up of the area up and down the streets, so that the kids will have a better environment on their way to school.

Michael says that kids have it tougher now then it used to be and he can do his part to help them get through it.

“The most important part is that it gives me an opportunity to pray for them,” Michael said. “They

gifts during the holidays. The Toys for Joy program was created to help these local families.

Toy wrapping parties are scheduled for Dec. 10 and 19, and are open to the public. Last year the public wrapped more than 5,500 gifts.

The Toys for Joy program can only exist with the generous donations and support of local residents and businesses. Collection barrels

have so many obstacles in their way, so all the time that I’m picking up junk, I am praying for the kids.”

It shook me to the core.

I found myself patting my legs, realizing some of the little things that I worry about aren’t so important, and being thankful for running into another reason that I love this town, “Kent, the city that smiles.”

Don Dinsmore is a regular contributor to the Kent Reporter.

are at the eight Kent fire stations and City Hall.

The program organizers would like to thank USF Reddaway for their support and donation of a semi-truck to help store and transport the toys, as well as Door to Door Storage of Kent.

For further information on the Toys for Joy program and to get involved in a wrapping party, call the Toys for Joy Hotline at 253-856-4485.

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The whole procession then will continue on holiday floats down Ramsey Street to Smith Street and Second Avenue, terminating at Town Square Plaza.

The parade includes the guests of honor, Santa and Mrs. Claus, Cooke, Sheldon and Bradon Davie, Kent Lions Club president.

Musical entertainment will be provided by the

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This year’s 40-foot holiday tree comes from Berrydale Forest Christmas Tree Farm in Covington.

Kent-based Mowat Construction brought a flat-bed trailer and crane and hauled the tree from Covington to downtown Kent. It took a day to assemble. It also took one full week to put up

Square Plaza.

The parade begins at 4:30 p.m. from Fourth Avenue and Ramsey Street and goes down Ramsey, stopping in front of the AMC Theater.

There, Miss Cornucopia Kelli Sheldon will escort Santa and Mrs. Claus to a house at Kent Station.

Mayor Suzette Cooke will welcome them to Kent.

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Kentwood Marching Band, Tahoma High School Drumline and the Kent Meridian Marching Band. The entire Kent Meridian Cheer Squad will be in the parade, as well as Relay for Life Marchers and representatives from Heavier Than Air Family Theatre.

There will be a float of 88 Girl Scouts, llamas and the city of Kent motorcycle brigade.

All parade participants will have some sort of lights or glow-sticks.

Merchants on First Avenue will be joined by members from community group Project Uth to help children create letters to Santa, cookies and ornaments from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Free popcorn, apple cider and hot cocoa will be available from 4 to 7 p.m. at Town Square Plaza.

Following the tree lighting will be an aerial fireworks display.

Cedar Heights Middle School Band, Mill Creek Middle School Choir, Kentlake High School Choir and the Soos Creek Elementary Choir will perform in the

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Winterfest has been well attended in the past, Westcott said. “We have a hard time keeping up with the good-

unwrapped toys during its ninth annual Salvation Army “Toy ‘N’ Joy� drive through Dec. 14.

Bartell’s Kent location is 12946 S.E. Kent Kangley The Boulding Family’s Road. musical celebration of the The toy donations will holiday season is a treabe accepted at all 58 Bartell sured tradition in Kent.

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PODS containers to collect Tickets are $22 for toy and book items and general admission, $20 for play a role by serving as the seniors ages 55 and older main collection point at and $16 for youth ages 25 Walgreens stores. and younger.

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books to the local Starlight Children’s Foundation. The items will be distributed to Starlight families and to local hospitals. t ,FOU T Willow’s Place, which provides help and support to local struggling families, is looking for donations.

Anyone who brings new or gently used sleeping bags, jackets, gloves, hats or socks can get lunch for $5 at noon Dec. 6 at the Golden Steer Restaurant, 23826 104th Ave. S.E. Checks made payable to Willow’s Place or cash donations also will be accepted at the luncheon.

RSVP by Dec. 4 to Sally Goodgion at 253-852-0880 or email her at catalysttravel@hotmail.com. t $IJMESFO DBO WJTJU Santa’s Cottage on the Fountain Stage in front of AMC Theatres for holiday wishes and photos. The mall is at 417 Ramsay Way. Photo packages range from $20 to $45 with discounts when you bring in a nonperishable food item or new unwrapped toy for the Kent Food Bank.

Santa’s hours are: Friday, Nov. 30, 4-8 p.m.; Dec. 1-2, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Wednesday-Friday, Dec. 5-7, 4-8 p.m.; daily, Dec. 8-23, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

www.kentreporter.com [ TATE from page 5 ] determine that a charter school might be better for her child; she had to get an application and take the time to fill it out; she had to submit the application and monitor the selection process; and she waited with great anticipation and hope for her number to be called.

We can just about guarantee that a parent who does that much for her child’s education will find a way for her child to get the best available education in whatever education system she finds herself.

It is these parents that are more likely to be the ones who leave public schools and go to charter schools in many instances. Why wouldn’t a charter school or a regular public school succeed with that kind of parent support for education?

This is not an opinion to discredit the many great achievements of “some� charter schools. However, as Diane Ravitch puts it in “The Death and Life of the Great American School System,� subtitled, “How Testing and Choice are Undermining Education,� oftentimes charter schools take the cream off the top of public schools, she said.

In a manner of speaking, by removing the highly motivated parents and students from the regular public schools, along with the money, the strongest supporters of education are taken from public schools.

Charter schools really help black, brown and poor white students who struggle, if they select the lowest performing students in the most highly diverse/ high poverty school districts in the state. Create the selection process with the understanding that the least

motivated parents having the neediest students will generally not opt into a charter school.

Therefore, create a process whereby students will automatically be placed in the charter school if their grades are below a certain point. They will then have to opt out in order to be removed from the charter school. This approach will clearly indicate whether a given charter school is really trying to help low-performing students or simply exploiting the

low-performing black and brown student data to achieve some other goal.

Another heavyweight is Thelma Jackson, a Ph.D., on the Steering Committee for the Black Education Roundtable, and former president of the Washington Alliance of Black School Educators (WABSE). She helped prepare the argument to vote for charter schools in Washington State.

It’s advocates like her who we can count on to be sure that public charter schools

November 30, 2012 [9] get to and address issues leading students into the school to prison pipeline.

Otherwise, what Washington public charter schools may become are more equal opportunity schools, which are often not equitable.

Rather than scraping the cream off the top, public charter schools will have the opportunity to address equity issues; something that hopefully the Gates and Waltons are looking for as they pay to help improve public schools.

If public charter schools

selected the lowest performing students and found creative ways to help them become successful then regular public schools and the public charter schools could be great partners. Is that possible?

Just in case they need a little help, we might want to wake up some folks and help them get involved. As parents/guardians/ family you are the only real “Superwoman� and “Superman� for your children.

Melvin Tate is a regular contributor to the Kent Reporter.

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The Kent office, 841 Central Ave N., C-100, is accepting applications.

For more information, call 253-850-1344 or visit www.expresspros.com.

The goal of the drive is to help give encourage-

ment and purpose to as many job seekers as possible by providing them the opportunity to earn a week’s worth of pay and help provide for their families during the holidays.

By joining Express in the hiring effort, employers gain a qualified worker and give the gift of employment to an individual who would otherwise not be working during the week of Dec. 10-16.

Express associates are screened and evaluated before being placed in shortand long-term jobs in a

www.kentreporter.com variety of administrative, professional and commercial positions. “Pay it Forward to us means working with local businesses to help find jobs for unemployed workers in our community, so they can earn a paycheck and help support their families this season,� said Dawn Colston, of Express Employment Professionals. “Our vision is to lock arms with businesses in Kent to bring hope to local families for the holidays.�

[ RECOUNT from page 1 ] tally before going up slightly Tuesday. His lead had been more than 300 votes until dropping to 284 votes on Nov. 19, 241 on Nov. 20 and to 134 on Nov. 26.

Hargrove is seeking a second, two-year term after defeating Democrat Geoff Simpson in 2010.

Sizemore, a Kent firefighter and former Covington City councilman, is making his first run for a state office.

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Sizemore said out of the 54,000 ballots, it would take about 80 votes credited to Hargrove that would need to change to him in order for the outcome to change. “We need to let the process work and see the final count,� Sizemore said.

House District 47 covers the East Hill of Kent as well as Covington, Black Diamond and parts of Auburn.

Any office must be recounted by machine when the difference between two candidates is less than 2,000 votes and less than .50 percent, according to the King County Elections website at www.kingcounty. gov/elections.

During a recount, only ballots included in the race will be pulled for the recount. Observers from political parties are invited to observe all recounts.

In machine recounts, the tabulating equipment is programmed to examine votes for the specific race being recounted. Some ballots are identified for closer inspection by Elections staff to confirm that the original results were correct.

After all ballots have been recounted, the Elections Canvassing Board reviews and approves the amended results. The board members are Sherril Huff, director of Elections; Kevin Wright, Prosecuting Attorney’s Office representa-

KING COUNTY ELECTIONS certified the results of 2012 general election Tuesday. Voters returned 993,908 ballots for a final turnout of 85 percent, with 978,377 of those ballots tabulated in the final results report. “Voters responded to our messaging this year and returned their ballots early,� said Sherril Huff, director of elections. “We counted a record high of 556,000 ballots on election night and the number of ballots received too late to process was down over 200 percent.�

tive; and Anne Noris, King County Council representative. The board set the date of the recount.

Hargrove said he will attend legislative meetings Friday in Olympia so he will not be at the recount at the Elections Office in Renton. Sizemore said he will have a representative at the recount and may stop by himself as well.

Despite the long wait to decide the outcome and upand-down leads, Hargrove expected a victory. “I felt confident all along,� Hargrove said. “It’s kind of like waiting for Christmas.�

Hargrove led by just 91 votes over Sizemore when the first results were released on election night Nov. 6. A week later, Hargrove had built that lead to 369 votes before the Sizemore comeback began.

Hargrove figures he will remain ahead after the recount. “It’s time to get to work,� he said about heading to Olympia.

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Mother leaves 3-year-old in car while casino gambling Kent Police cited a woman for investigation of child neglect after she reportedly left her 3-year-old son alone in a vehicle for more than 20 minutes while she gambled at the Great American Casino, 20500 108th Ave. S.E. The incident occurred at about 12:02 p.m. Nov. 17 after a casino employee spotted the boy alone in a Toyota 4Runner with a window partway down, according to the police report.

When police arrived, an officer talked to the boy who said he was cold. The boy pointed toward the casino when asked where his mother had gone.

The mother walked out of the casino a few minutes later and initially told officers she was only inside for about five minutes. She said she was out of gas and gas money and decided to spend her last $5 to get more money.

Officers looked at casino video surveillance and determined the woman played Spanish 21, a variation of blackjack, at a table. She had entered the casino at about 11:40 a.m., cashed $25 worth of chips and didn’t leave until

after the man reportedly shortly after noon. struck the woman in the When told about the parking lot of the apartvideo, the woman admitted ment complex, according to she had spent $25 to gamble. the police report.

Officers also noted that Anther witness the gas gauge showed said she later heard full on the 4Runner.

POLICE a man and woman The woman claimed yelling from inside she lived in Tacoma the apartment, inand had come to cluding a yell of “help�

Kent to visit a friend. from the woman.

A casino employee told Police knocked on the officers the woman was a apartment door three regular customer. times, but no one answered.

Officers told the mother They saw someone moving that Child Protective Serinside. The officers got a key vices would be contacted from the apartment manabout the incident. CPS ager to open the door. conducts family assessFour officers entered the ments, separate from the unit and found the man and criminal investigation. woman inside on a bed. The Police also cited the womcouple said they did not hear an for driving while license the knocks on the door. suspended. The woman told The woman had a swolpolice she knew she had a len eye that she told officers suspended license but she she hurt at work. The man still needed to get around. had scratches on his hand that he said happened at his Assault work. The man and woman Police arrested a man for each denied any dispute investigation of fourth-debetween them. gree assault after he reportedly punched his girlfriend Reckless endangerment in the face during a dispute at about 3:10 p.m. Nov. 19 Officers cited a man for in an apartment parking investigation of reckless lot in the 10900 block of endangerment after he alSoutheast 256th Street. legedly smashed his vehicle A witness called police intentionally into another

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car at about 11:33 a.m. Nov. 18 in the 24000 block of 109th Ave. S.E. The man contacted officers to stand by as he tried to get his vehicle back from a former girlfriend, according to the police report.

When the man knocked on an apartment door,

another man answered and said the woman was not at home. Officers then left because the man had a civil order to get the car back.

About one hour later, police returned to the scene after a report of a traffic accident. Officers found two cars with bumper damage.

The first man looking to get his car back reportedly rammed his car into another vehicle to stop it from leaving the apartment complex parking lot. The man said he also owned that car, a Honda Odyssey. He had showed up at the apartment to claim a Mercedes Benz.

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BOXING EVENT AT SHOWARE CANCELED Promoters have canceled The Soul of Boxing competition scheduled for Friday, Nov. 30 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.

“We didn’t get the ticket sales we were hoping for,” said Jim McTaggart, spokesman for The Soul of Boxing in a Tuesday phone interview. “It looked like we were going to have a real good show. But when the numbers don’t work out, you can’t go forward.”

Anyone who bought tickets can return to the point-of-purchase for a refund, according to the ShoWare Center website. Credit card purchases will be refunded automatically.

More than 20 amateur boxers were expected to compete in the event.

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BY KRIS HILL khill@covingtonreporter.com

Godfrey Drake wants to put the Kentlake boys basketball program on the map.

More than that, though, he wants his players to be successful, not just on the court but in life long after

they stop playing the game.

“People don’t really view this as a basketball school,” Drake said. “I like the challenge of that. I’d like to give this school the visibility it deserves.”

Drake, a native of Jackson, Miss., had a meandering journey from

playing as a swingman for the basketball team at Murrah High School in the late 1990s to planting roots in the Puget Sound.

He describes Murrah as one of the top basketball high schools in his home state. Drake played with Mo Williams, who is the point

guard for the Utah Jazz. Williams is one of five boys basketball players from Murrah to go on to play at top tier college programs. After graduation, Drake had the option of going to Wisconsin as a guaranteed walkon to the men’s basketball team or a [ more DRAKE page 13 ]

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Kentlake swimmer Emily Tanasse has signed a National Letter of Intent to join the Boise State University swim team.

Tanasse specializes in backstroke, butterfly and freestyle events.

“I have been recruiting from King Aquatics in the Seattle area for the last few years, and finally we have not one, but two of King’s swimmers coming to swim with us,” said Boise State swimming and diving coach Kristin Hill in a Nov. 15 press release. “Emily really had a breakthrough this last sum-

Kentlake High’s Emily Tanasse will swim next year at Boise State University after signing earlier this month with the Broncos. Kent Reporter file photo mer in her 200 back which was exciting to see, but really her strengths in fly, back and free will all help us. Emily is a great student who is most interested in studying engineering, and it was great to show her the strengths of our program here and watch her excitement grow as she saw that she could really excel as

a student and an athlete at Boise State.”

Tanasse is coached by Tommy Hannan at King Aquatic Club, where she has qualified for junior nationals and has been a finalist at senior sectionals. King Aquatic teammate Felicity Cann also signed with the Boise State.

Tanasse is a two-time team

captain at Kentlake, helping the Falcons tie for third at the 2011 WIAA 4A State Championships.

Kentlake took seventh this year, highlighted by the 200-yard medley relay team, led off by Tanasse, finishing second.

Individually, she advanced to the championship final at

the state meet in the 100 butterfly and the 100 backstroke each of her four seasons.

Tanasse’s best finish came as a sophomore in the 100 butterfly, taking third place in 56.69 for All-America consideration. She also posted fourth-place finishes in the 100 butterfly as a senior and the 100 backstroke as a junior and senior.

Tanasse is a member of the National Honor Society and a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American. She also spent time in Guatemala in August on a mission trip.

“It just felt right committing to Boise State,” Tanasse said in a press release. “The coaches were great throughout the whole recruiting process and when I took my trip I felt so welcomed by the team.

I can see myself being successful in and out of the pool at Boise State and I am so grateful for the opportunity to be a Bronco.”

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The Thunderbirds Community Sports Foundation and the Seattle Thunderbirds raised $13,752 for Kent School District athletes and athletics through the inaugural Support A Sport Event. “We are excited about the funds raised for local athletes and athletics as well as the start of the Support A Sport Program,� said

foundation board member Brenda Farwell. “We look forward to next year and working with the schools in the Kent School District to expand this program.�

The event is a fundraising opportunity for the school district. Students, teachers, staff, parents and friends of Kent high schools and middle schools purchased Thunderbirds tickets to the Nov. 21 game against the Kootenay Ice to earn funding for the school of their choice.

“I wanted to be here and visible,� Drake said.

He is a mentor in the Check and Connect program. He spends time in classes working with students taking intervention courses. And he started a club called Men of Excellence. “We’re establishing a culture particularly with the Men of Excellence club, job training, how to do job interviews, how to treat women, how to treat themselves ‌ just to help them be well-rounded young men,â€? Drake said. “I want our guys to be viewed as respectable young men in the community before they’re viewed as athletes.â€?

And while he looks

forward to transforming Kentlake into a basketball school, starting with changing the perspectives of the members of the school community, he also has high expectations for his players off the court and beyond their days at Kentlake. “I want all of my guys to be able to leave here and go to college whether it be if they’re playing or not,� Drake said. “The next

step is that everybody that plays for me, I want them to graduate and go on to a two-year or four-year college. That’s what we’re trying to change as well is that our athletes are studentathletes first and foremost.�

Drake met his wife here, with whom he has a 3-yearold daughter and a son who is nearly a year old. “I love what I’m doing right now,� Drake said.

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His young team is mostly juniors and sophomores with a couple of seniors who have played football but not played high school hoops.

Still, Drake has confidence in his players. “I have a bunch of scrappy guys, though,� he said. “They are willing to get down and get dirty, they are not afraid to get down on the floor. I’ve got some guys who will set some hard screens and get after it. That’s exactly who I am, that’s how I played so we fit together.�

Drake plans to take advantage of the scrappiness of his players. He played tough defense and coached tough defense when he was at Green River, where the Gators had top five numbers in several defensive categories such as steals, turnovers forced and points allowed.

Expect the same at Kentlake. “We like to play up and down, we like to press, we like to tire teams out,�

Drake said. “We want to see if your team is deep enough.�

On offense, Drake said, he believe in balance. When an opponent scouts the Falcons, he said, he wants them to have a profile on every player because they can all contribute.

Offensively, the style is inspired by the Princeton system. “There’s a lot of passes and cuts,� he said. “There will be a lot of movement going on.�

Drake knows experts and other coaches in the South Puget Sound League expect the Falcons to finish near the bottom of the North division. “That excites me. People are doubting us or forgetting about us,� Drake said. “We have some guys are willing to change the outlook. I’m just about getting better, game in and game out. The SPSL is one of the toughest leagues around.

You can’t overlook anyone.�

Drake, however, isn’t just about basketball at Kentlake.

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scholarship to University of Southern Mississippi. “I went to Wisconsin for the first couple of weeks and it just wasn’t for me,�

Drake said. “It was too cold for me.�

For a young man who had grown up in a place where it’s in the upper 60s and low 70s in mid-November, for it to be in the 50s in August, well that just didn’t work for Drake.

Unfortunately, he had taken too long to make his decision to leave Wisconsin. He left the chilly city of Madison, Wisc., and went to Southwest Mississippi Community College for a year and a half. When he finished there, he got a second chance. “After that I did well enough for Southern Miss to come back into the picture again,� Drake said. “I played there for two years.�

He graduated from Southern Mississippi in 2004. Drake, who is 6 feet 3 inches tall, played on a couple of traveling semipro teams before he suffered a severe back injury. “I ended up having to get a lot of work on my back and was never really the same after that,� Drake said. “That’s when I ended up in Seattle. I saw that they had an air traffic control program at Green River (Community College).

I decided on a whim to just come up.�

Tim Malroy, the men’s basketball coach at Green River, was looking for an assistant coach at that time.

Drake got the job then spent five years as the lead assistant coach.

Drake’s coach at Southern Miss knew he had potential to become a leader on the sidelines someday. “My college coach, James Green, always told me he knew I was going to be a coach because I was the player that questioned everything and had to watch film for hours and hours,�

Drake said. “I was in (the

film room) longer than they were. The coaches had to kick me out.�

Drake said Malroy affirmed that in a discussion they had about Drake’s future. “He thought I was really ready to take over my own team, whether it be a college or a high school team,� Drake said. “After that the Kentwood job came open, the Tahoma job came open and the Kentlake job came open all at the same time. When I got here and met (Kentlake principal) Dr. Potts and talked with him I knew this was the place for me because he made me feel like this is the place to be.�

Bruce Rick, Kentlake’s athletic director, wrote in an email that Drake was the right man for the job, because he is a “man with the character, integrity, and work ethic that we think can take (Kentlake) basketball to a higher level.�

Kentlake’s boys basketball team has struggled in recent years. In the 2011-2012 season the Falcons made it to the playoffs but had to win a play-in game to get there.

And the Falcons have not been to the state tournament since the school opened its doors in 1997. “We could start a new tradition here and that’s what excited me the most, the possibilities are endless here,� Drake said. “The thing I would like to have happen, you know, you’ve watched ‘Hoosiers.’ You want that feeling of the Lake Sawyer Grocery store shut down, signs in the windows, ‘Gone to the game.’ This community out there could be that community. I feel like this community could support everything the kids here can do because the kids here deserve that attention.�

Drake does have some challenges ahead of him in this first season. He has one returning player from last year’s team that stepped foot on the court, sopho-

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Cooperate with your insurance company Call your auto insurance company and make a claim under your Personal Injury Protection (PIP) coverage, if available. If your insurance company says you do not have PIP coverage, ask your insurance company to send you a letter confirming your waiver, in writing, of said coverage. You will need a PIP waiver letter to obtain coverage under a health insurance policy.

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Do not park your heavy cars, trucks or power equipment on the winter lawn.

You may get away with compacting the lawn a bit in the summer months but during the wet winters you can ruin a lawn when you weigh it down.

Do not forget to appreciate how lucky we are to live in Western Washington.

We may have slugs and moss, but very few tornados, blizzards, scorpions, alligators, rattle snakes, or days that are below freezing or above 100 degrees.

We live in a gardeners’ paradise.

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growth coming from the base of your salvias in the spring and then shorten them to just above the joint where the growth is sprouting.

Do not fertilize your roses, your rhodies, your lawn or your perennials.

This is the dormant season. You want your plants to sleep through the worst of it and feeding them now would not only be a waste of money but could keep them awake.

Do not water the lawn, the shrubs or the potted plants – unless they are stuck under the eaves of the house.

We get enough winter rain to keep every living thing hydrated.

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When ice coats your walkways and you expect holiday guest use sand or kitty litter to provide traction under foot, not rock salt.

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Removing a tree branch and covering the cut with black pruning paint is so old school – and the new university studies prove it is not necessary in our climate.

Do not prune Salvia “Hot Lips� or any other tender perennials now.

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As November comes to an end gardeners are often thankful that the growing season is over and it’s time to take a break from watering, weeding and worrying about every blooming thing.

Be grateful for all the outdoor chores you don’t have to do in the garden – at least until spring.

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I hope you don’t need the advice set forth above, but, if you do, take care of yourself, remain calm and feel better soon.

Vanessa Vanderbrug is a personal injury attorney with the Kent law firm of Hanis Irvine Prothero.

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PUBLIC NOTICES 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 November 20, 2012: ORDINANCE NO. 4054 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, repealing Ordinance No. 4052 and adopting a new Chapter 3.28 to the Kent City Code entitled “Business and Occupation Tax Gross Receipts� and establishing an effective date.

Effective Date: January 1, 2013 ORDINANCE NO. 4055 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, repealing Ordinance No. 4053 and adding a new Chapter 3.29 to the Kent City Code entitled “Business and Occupation Tax – Administrative Provisions�.

Effective Date: January 1, 2013 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 November 30, 2012. #708676 In the Superior Court of the State of Washington In and for the County of King MARIKA KAJARI, a married woman, and JACK JOHNSTON, a married man, individually, and the marital community composed of MARIKA KAJARI and JACK JOHNSTON, Plaintiffs, vs.

A&C GLASS, INC., a Washington for profit corporation; A & C GLASS SERVICE CO., a Washington for profit corporation; A&C GLASS SERVICE, INC., is believed to be a Washington for profit corporation; A&S GLASS, a company of unknown character but believed to be a Washington for profit corporation; A&C GLASS SERVICE CO., is believed to be a dba of A&C GLASS, INC., believed to be a Washington for-profit corporation; A&C GLASS SERVICE CO., is believed to be a dba of A&C GLASS, a business of unknown character but believed to be a Washington forprofit corporation; DOE BUSINESS ENTITIES 1-10, of unknown business character; DANIEL LUPASTEAN and “JANE DOE� LUPASTEAN, individually, and as husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof; and DANIEL LULPAS-

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Case No. 12-2-29347-3 KNT SUMMONS The State of Washington to the said A&C GLASS, INC.; A & C GLASS SERVICE CO.; A&C GLASS SERVICE, INC.; A&S GLASS; A&C GLASS SERVICE CO.; A&C GLASS; DOE BUSINESS ENTITIES 1-10; DANIEL LUPASTEAN and “JANE DOE� LUPASTEAN, individually, and as husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof; and DANIEL LULPASTEAN and “JANE DOE� LUPASTEAN, individually, and as husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty (60) days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty (60) days after the 26th day of October, 2012, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiffs Marika Kajari and Jack Johnston, individually, and the marital community composed of Marika Kajari and Jack Johnston, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for plaintiffs Marika Kajari and Jack Johnston, at their office below stated; and in case of your failure to do so, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. This cause of action arises fromnjuries Plaintiffs suffered following a motor vehicle collision, cause number 12-2-29347-3 KNT. DORE DEUTSCHER LAW GROUP, PLLC Riley S. Lovejoy, WSBA #41448 James J. Dore, WSBA #22106 Ann R.Deutscher,WSBA #16872 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 1122 West James Street Published in Kent Reporter on October 26, 2012, November 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2012. #694875 CITY OF KENT PUBLIC NOTICE SEPA THRESHOLD DETERMINATION Pursuant to KCC 11.03, Environmental Policy, the City of Kent has issued a threshold determination for the following: Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) for: Amendments to Kent City Code 15.07, Landscaping Requirements #ENV-2012-34, KIVA #RPSA-2123780 The City of Kent has initiated a non-project environmental review for this project which

proposes to amend the City of Kent Zoning Code to address regulations for landscaping requirements. This project includes a) some minor amendments to Title 15.07, Landscaping Requirements that provide clarity where there is confusion; and b) more substantial potential amendments such as: - Soil Amendments: at the recommendation of Public Works, staff is proposing that all new landscape areas incorporate soil amendments to allow for better drainage and plant life. The soil amendments require that the top 12� of existing soil be tilled and 2� of compost be incorporated into the tilled soil.

- Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED): crime prevention techniques are to be incorporated into the development and landscape plan to ensure that the opportunity for criminal activity is reduced.

- LID (Low Impact Development): staff is proposing language that encourages the use of LID techniques by allowing required landscaping to be integrated with LID stormwater management facilities.

- Reorganization: the general landscape requirements section has been reorganized into three new sections for better use, and the regulations for specific districts section have been integrated into a chart, which also includes the types of landscaping that are required for each landscape area.

- Types of Landscaping: the requirements in this chart have been revised to allow more time for plants to create solid screens (three years instead of two), require minimum plant sizes at time of planting, and require plant spacing to be dependent upon the species.

- Maintenance: language has been added that provides the option of obtaining a landscape maintenance bond.

In addition, related amendments to definitions in 15.02.086, 15.02.172 and 15.02.274 are also proposed.

Comments are due for the above project by 4:30 p.m., December 10, 2012, to City of Kent Planning Services.

For more information, contact Kent Planning Services at 220 Fourth Avenue S., Kent, WA 98032, Telephone: (253) 856-5454. Any person requiring a disability accommodation should contact the City for more information. For TDD relay service, call 1-800-833-6388 or the

City of Kent at (253) 856-5725.

Charlene Anderson, Responsible Official Dated: November 26, 2012 Published in the Kent Reporter on November 30, 2012.#708687 SHOWARE CENTER – REQUEST FOR PROPOSALHOUSEKEEPING/ CLEANING SERVICE Opportunity: The ShoWare Center is soliciting proposals from contractors to supply cleaning services for the ShoWare Center, a 7,500 seat multi-purpose venue owned by the City of Kent and managed by SMG. Overview: The ShoWare center is located at 625 W. James St Kent WA 98032. The ShoWare Center is home to the Seattle Thunderbirds and hosts approximately 175 events per year.

Cleaning services will consist of all post event cleaning, and daily housekeeping duties along with special projects, carpet cleaning service and window cleaning.

Cleaning service will also consist of policing the exterior parking lot to the fence line on a daily basis.

Submittal: Each entrant should submit one (1) original proposal and 2 copies. At SMG’s sole discretion, the selection committee reserves the right to request additional information.

Selection schedule: While not mandatory, a pre submittal conference will be held on-site at 10:00am on Dec. 10, 2012. The site is located at 625 w. James St. Kent WA 98032 All communication with ShoWare Center in regards to this RFP is permitted only through jholmes@showarecenter.com 253 856 6713(fax). Written questions may only be delivered by email, facsimile, U.S. mail or hand delivery and are due by 5pm on Dec. 12, 2012.

Submittals should be delivered no later than 4pm on Dec. 17, 2012 to the ShoWare Centers address attention Josh Holmes.

Submittals not delivered by this day and time may be rejected.

Please provide adequate time for the submittals to arrive at the ShoWare Center. Submittals delivered by email or facsimile are disfavored and may be subject to rejection by ShoWare Center.

Published in the Kent Reporter on November 30, 2012. #710135.

SHOWARE CENTER – REQUEST FOR PROPOSALCROWD MANAGEMENT/ SECURITY SERVICE Opportunity: The ShoWare Center is soliciting proposals from contractors to Crowd Management Services for the ShoWare Center, a 7,500 seat multipurpose venue owned by the City of Kent and managed by SMG.

Overview:The ShoWare center is located at 625 W. James St Kent WA 98032. The ShoWare Center is home to the Seattle Thunderbirds and hosts approximately 175 events per year. Security Crowd Management services will consist of all event, and daily 24 hour building security.

Submittal: Each entrant should submit one (1) original proposal and 2 copies. At SMG’s sole discretion, the selection committee reserves the right to request additional information.

Selection schedule: While not mandatory, a pre submittal conference will be held on-site at 10:00am on Dec. 11, 2012. The site is located at 625 w. James St. Kent WA 98032 All communication with ShoWare Center in regards to this RFP is permitted only through jholmes@showarecenter.com 253 856 6713(fax). Written questions may only be delivered by email, facsimile, U.S. mail or hand delivery and are due by 5pm on Dec. 12, 2012.

Submittals should be delivered no later than 4pm on Dec. 18, 2012 to the ShoWare Centers address attention Josh Holmes.

Submittals not delivered by this day and time may be rejected.

Please provide adequate time for the submittals to arrive at the ShoWare Center. Submittals delivered by email or facsimile are disfavored and may be subject to rejection by ShoWare Center.

Published in the Kent Reporter on November 30, 2012. #710158 CITY OF KENT NOTICE OF APPLICATION A project permit application was filed with City of Kent Planning Services. Following is a description of the application and the process for review. The application and listed studies may be reviewed at the offices of Kent Planning Services, 400 W. Gowe Street, Kent, WA. DATE OF NOTICE OF APPLICATION: November 30, 2012 APPLICATION NAME/ NUMBER: SMITH BROTHERS TENANT IMPROVEMENT ENV-2012-33/KIVA #2123758 SMA-2012-6/KIVA #2123760 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The applicant is proposing improvements in order to support the relocation of Smith Brothers Farms milk processing and distribution facility to this site. Improvements include the addition of an 18’ x 30’ canopy over a tanker truck unloading station on the west side of the existing building; construction of two new 35,000 gallon milk tanks on the west side of the building; widening and lowering of the drive-up ramp on the south side of the building; addition of new

pervious pavement along the west property line to provide more room for truck maneuvering; and replacement of one personnel door on the south side of the building with a loading door. A portion of the property and improvements are located within 200 feet of the Green River, a Shoreline of the State.

Accordingly, a Shoreline Substantial Development Permit was submitted with this application.

The zoning for this property is M1, Industrial Park. The location is 26401 79th Avenue South, King County tax parcel number 3462800040.

OPTIONAL DETERMINATION:As the Lead Agency, the City of Kent has determined that the proposed project is unlikely to have a significant adverse impact on the environment. Therefore, as permitted under the RCW 43.21C.110, the City of Kent is using the Optional Determination of Nonsignificance process to give notice that a DNS is likely to be issued. Comment periods for the project and the proposed DNS are integrated into a single comment period.A 14-day appeal period will follow the issuance of the DNS. OTHER PERMITS AND PLANS WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED: Shoreline Substantial Development Permit, Civil Construction Permit, Building Alteration Permit, Mechanical Permit PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: November 30, 2012 – December 31, 2012 All persons may comment on this application. Comments must be in writing and received in Kent Planning Services by 4:30 P.M., Monday, December 31, 2012 at 220 4th Avenue South, Kent WA 98032. For questions regarding this project, please contact Katie Graves at (253) 856-5454.

TENTATIVE HEARING: A public hearing is not required for this application DATED: November 30, 2012 Published in the Kent Reporter on November 30, 2012. #710331.

CITY OF KENT NOTICE OF APPLICATION and Proposed Determination of Nonsignificance A project permit application was filed with City of Kent Planning Services. The City of Kent expects to issue a Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) for the proposal and the Optional DNS Process is being used. This may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts of the proposal and associated mitigation measures. The

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proposal may include mitigation measures under applicable codes, and the project review process may incorporate or require mitigation measures regardless of whether an EIS is prepared. A copy of the subsequent threshold determination for the specific proposal may be obtained upon request. Following is a description of the application and the process for review. The application and listed studies may be reviewed at the offices of Kent Planning Services, 400 W. Gowe Street, Kent, WA. APPLICATION NAME/ NUMBER: HORSESHOE BEND LEVEE I ALIGNMENT MODIFICATION ENV-2010-8(m-2)/KIVA #RPSA-2123731 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The applicant proposes to construct a sheet pile flood wall north of South 259th Street, between the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) tracks and 3rd Avenue South.

The proposed flood wall will serve as a setback levee to protect nearby properties, and will meet FEMA certification standards for 500-year flood protection. The existing Green River levee located south of South 259th Street will remain.

On April 30, 2010 a Determination of Nonsignificance was issued for the original design of the Horseshoe Bend levee, which included a setback levee berm beginning at SR 167, raising a

portion of South 259th Street and ending at 3rd Avenue South. On March 28, 2011 a Revised Determination of Nonsignificance was issued for the project to add a stormwater pump station at the corner of South 259th Street and 74th Avenue South.

The applicant decided to construct the project in two phases.

Phase one construction of the berm was completed between SR 167 and the UPRR tracks, and the pump station was constructed as well. Phase two encountered property acquisition issues, so the alignment has been shifted north from South 259th Street to between two parcels. In order to reduce property impacts, the design has been changed from a berm to a sheet pile flood wall.

While the original levee design was permitted via a Shoreline Conditional Use permit and Shoreline Substantial Development permit, the new alignment of phase two will be outside shoreline jurisdiction, with no additional shoreline permitting required. The zoning for this project is M-2, Limited Industrial District. The location is North of South 259th St, between UPRR tracks to 3rd Avenue South, King County parcel numbers 2611000020, 0006600028, -0029, -0102, and -0083.

OTHER PERMITS AND PLANS WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED NPDES Permit, Section 401 and 402 permits, Hydraulic Project Approval, Building Permit OPTIONAL DETERMINATION:As the Lead

Agency, the City of Kent has determined that the proposed project, as regulated by the City’s development codes and standards, is unlikely to have a significant adverse impact on the environment. Therefore, as permitted under the RCW 43.21C.110, the City of Kent is using the Optional Determination of Nonsignificance process to give notice that a DNS is likely to be issued. Comment periods for the project and the proposed DNS are integrated into a single comment period.A 14-day appeal period will follow the issuance of the DNS. PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURES: None PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: November 30, 2012 to December 14, 2012 All persons may comment on this application. Comments must be in writing and received in the Kent Planning Division by 4:30 P.M., Friday, December 14, 2012, at 220 4th Avenue South, Kent WA 98032. For questions regarding this project, please contact Erin George, Senior Planner at (253) 856-5454.

DATED: November 30, 2012 Published in the Kent Reporter on November 30, 2012. #710345 CITY OF KENT LAND USE & PLANNING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING DECEMBER 10, 2012 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Kent Land Use and Planning Board will hold a

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DATED: November 27, 2012 Charlene Anderson, AICP, Planning Manager Published in the Kent Reporter on November 30, 2012. #710354 CITY OF KENT PUBLIC NOTICE SEPA THRESHOLD DETERMINATION Pursuant to KCC 11.03, Environmental Policy, the City of Kent has issued a threshold determination for the following: Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) for: 7-ELEVEN CONVENIENCE STORE # E N V- 2 0 1 2 - 2 3 / K I VA #RPSW-2122775 The applicant proposes to construct a 2,700 square foot convenience store with associated parking and landscaping. Access to the site will be from right-in, right-out only driveways located on 104th Avenue SE and SE 240th Street.

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Youth honored The Nativity Lutheran Church in Fairwood, VFW Post 6785 Kent Meridian and the Ladies Auxiliary recently honored 22 students, grades 3-12, whose essays placed first in their perspective categories. Parents, teachers and siblings were present for the celebration, a youth essay social.

Winners advanced to the District 11 competition, which will be judged on Saturday at the Lake Washington VFW Post.

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Saturday, December 1st A gift to the community of Kent from the people who bring you the nationally recognized and Award Winning Kent Cornucopia Days. The Kent Lions present the 2012 Kent Winterfest Kids Mini Santa Parade, the official Kent Christmas Tree, and the Tree Lighting Ceremony at Town Square Plaza.

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Tree Lighting 5:30pm at the Town Square Plaza, across from Kent Library Local Choirs & Bands will sing & play Christmas songs leading up to the lighting. Santa will arrive and a light show synchronized music will begin throughout the parade during which the official lighting of the real 40 foot Christmas tree will take place. Free hot apple cider, hot chocolate and popcorn and other goodies will be provided.

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