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Celebrate Kent’s rich history at community-wide events in August FOR THE REPORTER
Experience Historical Kent Schedule of events, Aug. 15 • Greater Kent Historical Museum and Mill Creek Neighborhood historic home and garden walking Tour, 855 E. Smith St., 10 a.m.-4 p.m., every halfhour. Turn-of-the-century
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KENT hosts its third annual Fill the Bus school supply drive from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, at Kent Station, 417 Ramsay Way. Supplies will be loaded on to a Kent School District bus and distributed to schools beginning Aug. 31. Fill The Bus 2015 is a joint effort between Communities in Schools of Kent, the Kent School District and Kent Station, and partner organizations including, AM Kent Kiwanis, Zion Lutheran Church, Kent United Methodist Church, Sweet Themes Bakery, Heritage Bank, Naked Pizza and the Boeing Employees Tennis Club. Additional partnerships are
Soos Creek Botanical Garden and Heritage Center joins Kent’s 125th anniversary party FOR THE REPORTER
Soos Creek Botanical Garden and Heritage Center helps celebrate the city of Kent’s 125th anniversary with historical displays, music and an art walk on Saturday, Aug. 15. The public can visit the center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to see a horse buggy used in the late 1800s, view photos and maps of the Upper Soos Creek Plateau from 1890 to 1940 and see antiques used by the pioneers in home and work. Michael C. Evans tells traditional Native American stories at 10 a.m. A 34-foot blue heron canoe will be on display near the pond all day. Phil and Vivian Williams, of the Washington Old Time Fiddlers Asand Great Depression-era homes. Tours start at the museum. • Neely-Soames Historic Homestead open house, 5311 S. 237 Place (along the Green River Trail) 10 a.m.2 p.m. Tour the grounds and get a glimpse of the
being sought. The goal is for an integrated and comprehensive approach to collecting and donating school supplies within the Kent School District communities, working with churches, service organizations, offices, and businesses in Kent and Covington, according to a press release from Communities in Schools of Kent. Suggested school supplies include sturdy backpacks, scissors, glue sticks, pencil sharpeners, pencils, colored pencils, 24 packs of crayons, wide- and college-ruled notebook paper, pencil boxes, 2-inch binders, two-pocket folders, erasers,
sociation, performs at 11 a.m. for some toe-tapping fiddle and banjo music, interspersed with stories and history dating back to the mid 1800s. Gary Stroutsos, master of the Native American Flute, plays at 1 p.m., transporting listeners to a time before settlers arrived. Enjoy painters, photographers, potters and jewelry artisans, displaying and selling their work at the Garden’s Art Walk. The public also can stroll the 23-acre garden and see sculptures on display from Green River College. Visit the Demonstration Vegetable Garden. Hike down to Soos Creek and look for the many Eagle Scout projects along the way. Admission is free. Soos Creek Botanical Garden and Heritage Center is at 29308 132nd Ave. SE, Auburn. For more information, visit www. sooscreekbotanicalgarden.org.
way residents lived in 1885. • Historic downtown walking tours, corner of Second Avenue North and Meeker Street, 10-11:30 a.m. and 12:30-2 p.m. Each walk is limited to the first 25 people. • Hydroplane and
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Kent’s historic cemeteries. While the tour is free, registration is required at kentwa.gov/Bustourregistration2015. For details, call 253-8544330 or visit kentwa.gov/ ExperienceHistoricalKent.
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Money donations can also be made during the drive, mailed to Communities in Schools of Kent, P.O. Box 62, Kent WA 98035, or dropped off at the Communities in Schools of Kent office in Titusville Station, 205 1st Ave. S Suite D.
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Raceboat Museum, 5917 S.196th St., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Special free admission this day only to the nation’s primary resource for historical information on hydroplane racing. • 28th Classic Ford Show and Mustang Roundup,
Ed LaCrosse and volunteers help maintain the grounds, the garden and the Neely-Soames Historic Homestead. MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter
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Visitors and residents are invited to celebrate Kent’s past at multiple events in August. Kicking off the festivities is a ribbon cutting and reception to celebrate the official Historic Neighborhood District designation of the Mill Creek neighborhood on Saturday, Aug. 8. Granted by the King County Landmarks Commission, Mill Creek is the first neighborhood in Washington to receive the historic landmark designation outside of Seattle. A celebration begins at 1 p.m. at the corner of Temperance Street and Jason Avenue.