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FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013
City seeks clarity on new marijuana rules BY STEVE HUNTER shunter@kentreporter.com
Kent city officials are trying to determine how to handle the new recreational marijuana rules under
consideration by the Washington State Liquor Control Board (WSLCB) that could bring marijuana retailers and growers to Kent. David Galazin, assistant city attorney, sent a letter last week to
the liquor board trying to “clarify the relationship between the board’s regulatory authority and a municipality’s general police powers to regulate business activity and provide for appropriate zones regulat-
ing the use of land within corporate borders,” according to the letter. “We want to clarify that getting a marijuana license doesn’t stop that you must get other licenses (from the city) such as a business license and
permits,” Galazin said at a June 4 City Council workshop. “You can’t open a shop anywhere.” The liquor board plans a work session June 19 about the proposed [ more POT page 4 ]
Ex-Kentwood student charged for bomb threat BY STEVE HUNTER shunter@kentreporter.com
Kids at work Zoheb, left, and Zohra McBride rake a giant pile of wood chips to help level out a play space at the new Turnkey Park last Friday. They were two of more than 200 volunteers who participated in the KaBOOM! playground rebuild sponsored by the city of Kent and the Walt Disney Company. In just one day, volunteers took down the old playground and built a new, safe space for the 1,300 children in the neighborhood to play. Story, page 8. MICHELLE CONERLY, Kent Reporter
King County prosecutors have charged a 19-year-old former Kentwood High student with threats to bomb or injure property in connection with an emailed threat March 29 to the principal that caused the Covington school to evacuate 2,000 students and staff and be shut down for a day. Ryan D. LaPlante, told King County Sheriff ’s Office detectives he emailed the threat because he was angry that he did not graduate in 2012 after attending Kentwood for four years, according to
Film student defines home in new movie BY MICHELLE CONERLY mconerly@kentreporter.com
Locally-grown film student KJ Knies questions the definition of “home” in his new project titled “When the World Ended”. In it, a teenage boy and girl must stick together to survive in a
post-apocalyptic world where two sets of people exist: those who have conformed to the new way of life and those clinging to the past. Faced with the same task of defining home in his personal life, Knies takes this struggle to the silver screen.
“I grew up (in Covington) my whole life,” Knies said. “You get a sense of security when you’re growing up with the same people, but then when you leave them, you don’t realize that you kind of need to start from square one.” Graduating from Kentwood
High School in 2012 and attending UCLA last fall, Knies knew that to follow his dreams, he had to branch out. “I’m trying to work my way into the film infrastructure,” Knies said. “It’s a very hard [ more FILM page 2 ]
charging papers filed May 28. LaPlante was scheduled to be arraigned Monday in King County Superior Court at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent, but he failed to show up, according to Ian Goodhew, spokesman for the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. A $15,000 bench warrant was issued for LaPlante’s arrest after he failed to appear in court. The judge set a new court date of June 20 for LaPlante to appear. If convicted as charged, the sentence range for [ more BOMB page 2 ]
Home is where the heart is: KJ Knies gives his definition of home in his new 15-minute film. COURTESY PHOTO, KJ Knies
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