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City selects streets for repairs from B&O tax revenue BY STEVE HUNTER shunter@kentreporter.com
Drivers will find several Kent roads a bit smoother by this fall after crews put down layers of asphalt to repair streets paid for
with revenue from the city’s new business and occupation (B&O) tax. City officials released a street repair project list last week at the City Council’s Public Works Committee meeting. The tax is
expected to raise about $5 million per year to pay for new asphalt overlays. “We have 320 miles of road mapped out with a pavement rating,” said Public Works Director Tim LaPorte during a phone
interview. “The ones on the Valley floor are the worst because they have the most truck traffic and don’t drain as well.” All of the repairs for this year will be on streets in the Valley. Public Works employees deter-
mined which streets need to be fixed first. “We prioritized by how bad the streets were and whether there were other issues to fix,” LaPorte said. [ more B&O page 5 ]
Couple charged in death of baby BY STEVE HUNTER shunter@kentreporter.com
King County prosecutors charged a Kent couple with first-degree criminal mistreatment in connection with the November death of their 10-month-old daughter.
Domonique L. Leonard, 25, and Joresha R. Palmer, 25, each were charged March 29 with one count of first-degree criminal mistreatment, according to charging documents. Kent Police arrested [ more DEATH page 4 ]
Rieger named Renton school superintendent BY TRACEY COMPTON
Work first, then play
tcompton@rentonreporter.com
Seamus Raab, 5, and Kathleen Raab, 8, supervise the crew delivering the new playhouse their aunt Kelly Bachenberg won from the Thunderbirds Community Sports Foundation on the Seattle Thunderbirds hockey team’s Fan Appreciation Night. The playhouse, built and donated by Schneider Homes, is carpeted with an upstairs level. The playhouse was delivered April 4. All four of Bachenberg’s nieces and nephews, ranging from ages 2-10, had fun playing in the house for hours that day. MICHELLE CONERLY, Kent Reporter
The Renton School District announced Tuesday that Merri Rieger, current Kent School District chief student achievement officer, has been selected to become Renton’s next superintendent. [ more RIEGER page 5]
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District to build new sports facilities for two Kent high schools BY MICHELLE CONERLY mconerly@kentreporter.com
Kentridge and Kentwood high schools are scheduled to receive brand new tracks, synthetic foot-
ball fields and lights as outlined in the recently reallocated 2006 bond. The estimated cost to build new tracks and new fields with lights for Kentwood and Kentridge is
about $7.1 million, according to Kent School District documents. “We’re coming into the 21st Century, finally,” exclaimed school district athletic director David Lutes.
The school board approved at its Feb. 13 meeting the reallocation of a $15.9 million bond intended to partly fund the building of the new Covington Elementary School. Instead the bond was
broken up into 14 district-wide recommended projects. Two of those projects include new tracks, synthetic fields and lights for both [ more FIELDS page 4 ]
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