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FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2013
County unanimously approves Kent levee repair plan BY MICHELLE CONERLY mconerly@kentreporter.com
After weeks of debate, the King County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve the $17 million Kent proposal to
fix a Green River levee. At a meeting Tuesday in Seattle, eight board members – Councilwoman Kathy Lambert was absent – passed Kent’s levee repair plan that intends to build flood walls along the 2.5-mile BriscoeDesimone levee to protect sur-
rounding businesses. The county had proposed setback levee options estimated at costs of more than $63 million and up to $416 million because of the need to buy property and move businesses to expand
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the levee. Minor revisions to the proposal were approved, including the clarification that there are four outside bends of the Green River between South 200th and South 180th and four walls
to be built. Wording to include the city of Tukwila also was revised. Councilman Larry Gossett, who originally voted against recommending the Kent proposal [ more LEVEE page 7 ]
Ex-Kent-Meridian teacher, coach receives 5-day jail sentence for sex crime BY STEVE HUNTER shunter@kentreporter.com
A former Kent-Meridian High School teacher and track coach received a fiveday jail sentence Feb. 22 in King County Superior Court for communication with a minor for immoral purposes.
After the sentencing at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent, King County corrections officers handcuffed Ernie Ammons, 37, of Black Diamond, and escorted him out of the courtroom and to the county jail. Ammons had been free on bail since his [ more AMMONS page 2 ]
Kent native sings his way to Los Angeles In goal, the Thunderbirds’ Danny Mumaugh blocks a shot during a recent Western Hockey League game at the ShoWare Center. Mumaugh, who grew up in Colorado, is living with a host family in Maple Valley and attends Kentwood High School. Mumaugh is adjusting to a busy schedule that includes honing his hockey skills in the junior ranks. COURTESY PHOTO, Kyle Scholzen, Thunderbirds
PURSUING THEIR DREAM ON ICE Teens learn to balance school and a new home while skating in the WHL BY MICHELLE CONERLY mconerly@kentreporter.com
hat evening, Danny Mumaugh was supposedly doing homework. Walking upstairs to check in on him at their Centennial, Colo., home, his dad discovered him watch-
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ing hockey highlights online. But Mumaugh’s dad just couldn’t get upset. “That’s where I want to play,” he said, “in the Western Hockey League.” Little Taylor Green slipped on his “skaty socks” and positioned his net in the living room of his Port Coquitlam, British Columbia home. But something was missing. Green dragged his baby sister into the goal and lined up a shot.
“My mom would yell at me, and I would have to bring her out,” Green said. Two boys living thousands of miles apart shared one dream: to play professional hockey. And as Seattle Thunderbirds playing in Kent, they now share more than just a dream. “Our rooms are next to each other and the bathroom in the middle adjoins (them),” Mumaugh said. [ more T-BIRDS page 4 ]
BY MICHELLE CONERLY mconerly@kentreporter.com
Locally-grown Carson Henley is a finalist in the Guitar Center Singer-Songwriter 2 competition. Years ago at Kentlake High School, Henley
thought it was “just so uncool” that his mom made him take piano lessons. Looking back, he couldn’t be more grateful. “She knew how to get (me) started,” Henley said. After high school, Henley [ more HENLEY page 2 ]
Songwriter gets his chance: Carson Henley, former Kentlake student, is pursuing his dream as a musician. COURTESY PHOTO, Bianca Sciotto.
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