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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2013
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Council OKs police hires, new field turf BY STEVE HUNTER
INSIDE: Mayor Cooke explains complicated budget, page 6
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Tracy Tran, a National Merit Scholar semifinalist and Kentridge High School senior, is one of only eight candidates in the world to earn every possible point on the advanced placement calculus level AB exam. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter
FLAWLESS VICTORY Kentridge senior ranks at the top of the world in calculus
BY ROSS COYLE rcoyle@kentreporter.com
f knowledge is power, Tracy Tran can move mountains. The Kentridge senior recently took a unique honor among high school students. She received a perfect score on her advanced placement calculus test, an accomplishment shared by only eight people in the world.
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Another Kent property applies for marijuana production plant BY STEVE HUNTER shunter@kentreporter.com
The state has received yet another recreational marijuana applicant for a Kent property. A proposed business called Hummockville has applied to the State Liquor Control Board for a producer and processing license at 8001 S. 194th St., in the North Kent industrial area. The liquor board released an updated list Tuesday of
applicants. The state has received nearly 1,700 applications, including 795 for producing, 580 for processing and 324 for retail outlets. So far, three applicants have applied to open recreational marijuana retail stores in Kent, Hong Mart Smoke Plus at 23635 104th Ave. S.E.; Odyssey Smoke Shop Inc., 23254 Military Road S.; and Weedsdom, 7641 S. 259th St., Suite 101. [ more POT page 4 ]
“Everything relates back to math, whether we realize it or not. I just think it’s amazing, the kinds of things we can do with calculus,” she said. “Anything in the physical world can be modeled by some mathematical equation, whether that be plants in a forest or the efficiency of a car.” Tran says that while she is proud [ more TRAN page 3 ]
The Kent City Council voted 5-2 on Tuesday night to hire six police officers and spend $500,000 toward the replacement of the Wilson Playfields synthetic turf. The council also approved as part of its 2013-14 general fund budget adjustments the hiring of a jail corrections officer, an administrative assistant to the police chief and a consultant to help bring more retail stores to the city. The council adopted its
first two-year budget last December, rather than voting each year on a budget. The council decisions are adjustments to the 2013-14 budget because more revenue came in this year than the city spent, a total of $1.9 million. Council members decided to spend a portion of that money on new hires and field turf replacement. [ more BUDGET page 4 ]
Man receives 35-year sentence for stabbing death of Kent woman BY STEVE HUNTER shunter@kentreporter.com
A 43-year-old man received a 35-year prison sentence for the 2010 stabbing death of his former girlfriend in her Kent apartment. Shawn D. Gulseth pleaded guilty to second-degree mur-
der last month in the Dec. 21, 2010 death of Bonnie Peterson, 45. King County Superior Court Judge Andrea Darvas sentenced Gulseth on Dec. 6. Prosecutors recommended a 35-year sentence, according [ more MURDER page 4 ]
Bringing some comfort Andrea Torres finds a place for a bag of donated comfort goods during the recent Willow’s Place coat drive at the Golden Steer Steak & Rib House. The restaurant hosted a Dec. 5 Hope for Families luncheon to raise support and collect donations for Willow’s Place, a nonprofit that provides emergency assistance (food, clothing, cash) programs for struggling and needy families. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter