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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2014
Kent schools name interim leader achievement, including remarkable gains in The Kent School math and science. Board voted on “We are fortunate Monday night to to be able to find such appoint retired Puya quality leader in Dr. allup School District Apostle and welcome superintendent Tony him into the Kent Apostle as interim Apostle School District family,” superintendent of the said Board President Kent School District. Debbie Straus in a school disApostle retired in 2012 after trict media release. “He comes 37 years as a teacher, coach, highly regarded in the state’s principal, and administrator educational community for his for schools in Washington and expertise in school financial eight years as chief of Puyallup accountability, staff leadership, schools. He led the Puyallup and cultural responsiveness.” School District through a period of unprecedented student [ more APOSTLE page 4 ] FOR THE REPORTER
Volunteers at the Kent Food Bank hand out Thanksgiving meal ingredients on Tuesday morning. The meals included mashed potatoes, macaroni, brussels sprouts and eggs. At the
end of the line, food recipients chose from either a chicken or a turkey. The Kent Turkey Challenge produced a record for food and cash donations this season. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter
KENT’S RECORD-BREAKING DRIVE Businesses respond with hefty donations to the Kent Food Bank BY STEVE HUNTER shunter@kentreporter.com
Businesses, churches, schools and other groups blew away the goals this year for food and cash
donations to the Kent Food Bank during the fourth annual Kent Turkey Challenge. The friendly competition raised 10,820 pounds of canned food and $22,418, said Katie Brown, marketing director for Torklift Central, which organizes the drive to provide Thanksgiving meals for people who come to the Food
Bank. Sixty-six businesses participated in the challenge that started in early October. Organizers set goals this year of 4,000 pounds of food and $17,000 after raising 2,784 pounds of food and $9,978 in 2013. [ more DRIVE page 2 ]
Mill Creek’s KTA stalls on new programs tech needs BY ROSS COYLE rcoyle@kentreporter.com
Kent Technology Academy students from Mill Creek Middle School have been invited to represent the school globally at Microsoft’s Global Enterprise Challenge (GEC), but the program is stalled due to differences in the district’s IT setup.
The KTA is one of two schools in the United States to join the competition, which has run for eight years. Competing schools are from countries as distant as Albania and Armenia, but also include Jamaica, Singapore and Bangladesh. Students work in teams as part of a [ more KTA page 4 ]
Kent has its landmark district BY MARK KLAAS mklaas@kentreporter.com
A historic Kent neighborhood has become a registered landmark, the first of its kind in South King County. The King County Landmarks Commission unanimously approved the Mill Creek Neighborhood Association’s nomination for official landmark designation at a Nov. 20 public hearing at the
Kent Senior Activity Center. The Kent Historical Museum and Mill Creek Neighborhood Council have been working with city and county officials to complete the steps necessary to designate a concentrated, lower East Hill area of historic homes as a registered King County Landmark District. According to the commission, Kent is the first city in [ more LANDMARK page 6 ]
Kent man represents milestone for ShoWare BY ROSS COYLE rcoyle@kentreporter.com
A surprised Eric Hannon enters the ShoWare Center as the venue’s two-millionth guest last Friday night. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter
With a showering of confetti, horns and a special greeting from Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke, the ShoWare Center welcomed a special guest. Eric Hannon became the two-millionth ShoWare guest last Friday night. The 38-year-old West Hill
resident, who works at CDK Digital Marketing in Seattle, knew that the ShoWare Center was nearing its two-million mark but didn’t expect it would be him. He and his wife arrived later than usual for the Seattle Thunderbirds game and thought that the landmark guest had already arrived. [ more GUEST page 8 ]