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City seeks properties next to condos to expand levee

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Homeowners from The Lakes neighborhood along the Green River told the Kent City Council they want more done to lessen the impact of a larger levee on their quality of life and property values.

City staff and homeowners association groups from the neighborhood have yet to come to an agreement about a price for the common-area properties or how to keep their condos and homes more private as the King County Flood Control District makes improvements to strengthen the Russell Road Upper Levee for stronger flood protection.

Kentlake grad shines on ‘American Ninja Warrior’

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Justin Gielski keeps nimble as he trains on a brick wall. The Kentlake High School graduate and New Jersey National Guardsman remains alive in ‘American Ninja Warrior’, a made-for-TV event. COURTESY PHOTO

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ompeting on “American Ninja Warrior” has not only made Justin Gielski stronger, it has also brought his family closer together.

The 2003 Kentlake High School graduate, who now lives in New Jersey, qualified for the national obstacle course in Las Vegas by fin-

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ishing fifth in the city finals during the filming of the NBC primetime show’s Aug. 17 episode.

Gielski, a member of the New Jersey National Guard, competed in an all-military episode filmed in San Pedro, Calif. Being a veteran, he said, helped his chances of getting on the show. More than 50,000 people submitted audition videos.

“I honestly didn’t think I was going to get picked up,” he said. “It

was a long shot.”

Gielski is now a contender, one of 100 who will compete in the national finals that begin airing on KING-5 at 8 p.m. Monday.

Military life After graduating from Kentlake, Gielski, 30, attended community [ more NINJA page 28 ]

Council to vote on fire impact fee

BY HEIDI SANDERS hsanders@kentreporter.com

The Kent City Council is expected to decide on Tuesday whether to implement a fire impact fee on new development to help pay for additional fire stations and boost firefighter response times.

The City Council’s three-member Economic

and Community Development Committee on Monday unanimously approved the fee, which will be voted on by the full seven-member council at its next meeting, 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 1.

Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority (RFA) officials [ more FEE page 31 ]

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Combining her love for food and science, the creative and energetic Covington woman left the classroom for the kitchen. She recently opened Pie Lab, a homespun bakery off Southeast

Kent-Kangley Road, next to Trader Joe’s, inside the Lake Meridian Marketplace.

Early reviews have been good.

“Awesome,” said Fergason, pausing between orders last week. “We never anticipated having this kind of following.

We already have regular customers. One lady says she’s coming every week for a slice of pie.”

The bakery’s homemade pie comes in many shapes, sizes and tastes.

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Ward Buckingham, left, recently published “Triumph Born of Ashes: Trooper Mike Buckingham’s Story,” which chronicles the life of his late brother, Mike, right. COURTESY PHOTO of the book.

“Even in the part where I deal with his human frailties, I think he would be pleased with it,” Ward said.

Ward hopes Mike’s story will show the power of forgiveness.

“I think people who read it will see a human being who was gifted in many areas but like all humans had his weaknesses and recognized those weaknesses and tried to make amends where that was the better path traveled and did so successfully.”

The book, which is set to be released Sept. 3, can be preordered on Amazon.com.

It will also be available at some bookstores, Ward said.

Those wanting to get their hands on a copy early, can do so at the Sept. 1 event.

The book will be sold there for $12.

Food will be provided at the event, and people will have time to look at memorabilia from Mike’s life.

Ward said he plans to show a segment from a video made by the Washington Traffic Safety Commission of Mike toward the end of his life.

“It is much more effective to show him speaking than it is for me to talk about it,” Ward said.

Following the video, Ward will talk about the book and answer questions from the audience.

Proceeds from the book sales will benefit charities Mike supported.

Ward plans to establish the Mike Buckingham Memorial Student Community Service Award, a $1,000 scholarship, which will be awarded to a KentMeridian High School student beginning next June.

Ward said he hopes eventually to expand the scholarship program to the other three Kent high schools.

For more information, visit mikebuckinghamstory.com.

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After Mike Buckingham, a longtime supporter of the Kent Fire Department and Kent Police programs to combat drunken driving, died in January 2014, his brother, Ward, decided to write a book about Mike’s life in hopes of continuing to impact others as his brother had.

Mike, a Washington State patrolman, was medically retired after a fiery onduty crash in 1981 while in pursuit of an impaired driver. He suffered extensive burns and disfigurement all over his body and was not able to return to active duty. Instead, he focused on educating the public on traffic safety and impaired driving.

A book release for “Triumph Born of Ashes: Trooper Mike Buckingham’s Story” will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1 at the Golden Steer Steak ‘n Rib House, 23826 104th Ave. SE in Kent.

Ward, 72, of Spokane, said he was inspired to write about his brother’s life following Mike’s memorial service.

“I was frankly blown away by the magnitude of the impact my little bother had had,” he said. “When you start hearing people from all over speak about and give details and statistics, it just really blew me a way.”

Ward said Mike had told him that people had encouraged him to write his story, but he never did.

“He was a people person,” Ward said.

“He would rather face-to-face interact with folks than sit in a corner with paper and pen writing.”

Ward, who worked as a physician, had never written a book.

He interviewed many of Mike’s former colleagues, friends and others whose lives he touched.

“He was so well known,” Ward said. “He had so many connections, contacts, admirers.”

He said writing the book brought him closer to his brother.

“This was a really therapeutic way for me to get to know my brother more than I did in life,” he said.

The 192-page book, published by Deep River Books, starts out with the accident and then gives background on Mike’s life up through his diagnoses with cancer, which took his life at the age of 61.

“This is not an effort to glorify Mike Buckingham,” Ward said. “Mike would not want it be an effort to glorify him. This is an effort using his life, which he did in his life, to help others in whatever way he could. He was trying to be a good example to others and serve others as best he could.”

Ward said he thinks Mike would approve

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Kent-Meridian grad pleads not guilty in ‘car surfing’ case

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COOKE TO JOIN PANEL AT THE MBA HOUSING SUMMIT Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke will be one of five panelists at the Master Builders Association (MBA) 2015 Housing Summit on Sept. 15.

MBA of King and Snohomish Counties hosts a discussion on solutions to the region’s lack of buildable land supply and transportation issues.

The event begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Meydenbauer Center, 11100 NE 6th St., Bellevue.

Tickets are free, but registration is required at masterbuildersinfo.com/ events.

An 18-year-old Black Diamond man pleaded not guilty to a reckless driving charge in connection with a “car surfing” accident in March at the Kent-Meridian High School parking lot that resulted in the death of a fellow student.

Tyler T. Reber, who is not in custody, entered the plea on Aug. 20 in King County Superior Court at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. He was booked and released within the hour after his plea. County prosecutors didn’t oppose his release on

personal recognizance on the condition that he not drive a vehicle without a valid license and insurance and have no more moving violations.

Reber, a recent K-M graduate, is scheduled to return to court on Sept. 1 when a trial date could be set or attorneys could ask for more time to prepare the case. If convicted as charged, Reber could face up to one year in jail.

Lupo Benson, 18, died from injures he suffered after falling off the hood of Reber’s vehicle on March 31.

Reber was driving an SUV through the school parking lot as Benson

Tyler Reber, 18, of Black Diamond appears in court on Aug. 20.

STEVE HUNTER, Kent Reporter gripped the back edge of the hood near the windshield, with his chest on the hood and his feet toward the front of the vehicle, according to charging papers.

Reber backed the SUV out of a parking spot and then appeared to rapidly accelerate through the parking lot at about 15-20 mph and then made a sharp left turn. As Reber made the turn, Benson slid off the hood, his feet appeared to land first, but the momentum of his upper body continued toward the ground and the back of Benson’s head hit the pavement hard.

Benson, a senior, died the next day Harborview Medical Center in Seattle from the head injury.

Kent Police initially investigated Reber for vehicular homicide after interviewing witnesses and

reviewing security camera footage of the incident.

But prosecutors said after consultation with the victim’s family and the circumstances of the crime they decided to go for a reckless driving charge, a gross misdemeanor, as opposed to a felony charge.

In the charging papers against Reber, prosecutors said that he drove a motor vehicle with willful and wanton disregard for the safety of persons and property. Reber has no criminal history or driving violations.

Prosecutors said this is the first “car surfing” case filed in the county.

Renton woman pleads not guilty to stabbing, injuring Kent man

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A 26-year-old Renton woman pleaded not guilty to assault and robbery charges in connection with stabbing and injuring a 64-year-old Kent man at his home.

Abbie M. Rupnick, who was arrested by Kent and Auburn police on Aug. 15 at the Muckleshoot Casino in Auburn, entered not guilty pleas on Aug. 20 in King County Superior Court in Kent to

first-degree assault, second-degree assault and first-degree robbery charges for the July 22 attack at a East Hill home.

Rupnick remains in custody at the county jail with bail set at $500,000. She is scheduled to return to court on Sept. 1 when a trial date could be set or attorneys could ask for more time to prepare the case.

According to court documents, Rupnick allegedly helped Michael

Antony Santos, 32, of Kent, rob and attack a Kent man who knew Rupnick but didn’t know Santos.

Santos also faces first-degree assault, second-degree assault and first-degree robbery charges.

He has pleaded not guilty and remains in jail with bail set at $500,000. His trial date has yet to be set.

After a roommate of the 64-yearold man let Santos and Rupnick into the house, they reportedly

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The man suffered stab wounds to his groin, back and legs. He was released in mid-August from Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, according to a hospital spokeswoman.

Kent Police issued media releases to help find Santos and Rupnick after the attack. Kent Police arrested Santos on July 28 in Kent.

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Meridian Valley Country Club celebrates golden anniversary

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Meridian Valley Country Club flashes back to 1965 on Sunday in honor of its 50th anniversary.

The celebration, which is open to the public, kicks off with a golf tournament at 1 p.m. at the course, 24830 136th Ave. SE, Kent. The tournament will be played on the frontnine holes, which is what the club featured when it opened. Soft balls and wooden golf club heads, which were standard equipment at that time, will be used on some of the holes.

There will be patio games, including a dunk tank, arm chair quarterback and golfzilla, at 2 p.m. A classic car show on the 9th hole follows at 3. A program, recognizing the club’s founders and highlighting the club’s history, begins at 4:45 p.m.

The idea of the club began in 1962 when a group of Kent businessmen, led by Jack Lynch Sr., decided a private golf and country club would add to the area. The golf course opened July 1967 with 272 memberships. Today the

club has more than 500 members.

In addition to an 18-hole golf course, the club offers a full dining room, fitness center and tennis courts.

The club is focused on supporting and giving back to the community, General Manager Greg Manley said.

“Our mission is to be involved in the community through the game of golf and to provide our members and guests with a high level of service through the game of golf,” Manley said.

Each year the club hosts the Muckleshoot Casino Washington Open ProAm, which benefits Folds of Honor, an organization that provides scholarships and assistance to the spouses and children of those killed or disabled in military service. Last year, the event raised $44,000.

About five years ago the club donated golf equipment to Kent elementary schools, through a program called SNAG (Starting New at Golf), which is designed to teach children the basics of golf.

For more information, call 253-631-3131.

Clockwise, from left, Tom Wood and Lyn Johnson put school supplies in the bus, part of the Communities In Schools of Kent drive.

Nicalas Cordova, 5, has fun in the bouncy house.

Calvin Watts, new Kent schools superintendent, talks on stage as Derek Thorne, an Adventure Run representation, looks on.

SOAKED Kent Station and Road Runner Sports hosted an end-of-summer event for families on Aug. 20.

The third annual SOAKS – Summer’s (Almost) Over At Kent Station – event featured a street fair and an Adventure Run, which Road Runner Sports organizes on the third Thursday of every month, from April through October.

Ramsay Way was shut down to make room for activity booths and demonstrations. Participants received raffle tickets for every activity.

New Kent School District Superintendent Calvin Watts spoke to the crowd.

Attendees brought schools supplies and cash donations to help Communities In Schools of Kent fill a bus, culminating its summer-long drive.

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O Q U O T E O F N O T E :

“We have the means, the shared commitment, and now the opportunity to put every child in King County on a path toward lifelong success.”

– King County Executive Dow Constantine, on the King County Council supporting the Best Starts for Kids initiative that will appear on the fall ballot.

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“ Do you agree with the state Supreme Court’s decision to fine the state each day over school spending? ” No: 53% Yes: 47%

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It’s time to boost Alzheimer's research Alzheimer’s disease is becoming more and more familiar and will continue to do so until there will be virtually no one left untouched by a personal story around Alzheimer’s.

There are 100,000 Washingtonians living with Alzheimer’s disease, and that number will grow to 140,000 by 2025. My mother Diane Hatem was one of them. Just 12 days ago, my 71-year-old mom passed away from complications related to Alzheimer’s disease.

My mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2010.

She was an active member of our community and a project manager at Boeing. In the past five years, she went from living independently to

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Deadline for letters to be considered for publication is 2 p.m. Tuesday. becoming immobile, unable to speak or feed herself. Sadly, Alzheimer’s also took away her ability to experience the joy of the grandchildren. My 5- and 7-year-old will never know their amazing grandma.

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Big deal: promoting spud consumption in China In China, the government has launched an “eat more potatoes” campaign – and Washington state could benefit as a result.

China’s potato push is in part an environmental effort to provide more clean drinking water for its exploding urban population and offset its polluted water from factories and inadequate sewer treatment.

Home to more than 1.3 billion people, China has until recently enjoyed a decades-long economic boom that raised more than 600 million people out of poverty, according to World Bank statistics.

Urbanization is expected to continue at breakneck speed, adding 300 million additional people to Chinese cities in the next 15 years

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Public schools are not just underfunded by the state, as Washington’s Supreme Court has made abundantly clear.

Most of them are also failing, according to the federal government.

Parents of elementary and secondary students across the state are receiving letters this month explaining why their child attends a school deemed failing by the U.S. Department of Education. These letters, which already went out to school districts, offer parents a chance to transfer their child to a non-failing school in their district, if one exists, and to obtain tutoring if their family qualifies.

Roughly 90 percent of the state’s 2,300 schools must send out these letters. It’s punishment for not complying with a provision in the federal No Child Left Behind Act requiring that every student meet state standards in math, reading and English language.

This was all kind of a big deal a year ago and has not made as much a stir this summer.

Remember Washington began 2014 with a waiver from the federal education law’s stringent rules. It then lost it. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan had warned he would revoke the waiver unless state law was changed to require the use of student test scores in evaluating teachers.

That set off a fierce fight involving lawmakers, Gov. Jay Inslee and Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn.

Most Democrats and a few Republican lawmakers opposed the change. So, too, did the Washington Education Association, the powerful statewide teacher’s union.

Inslee and Dorn met with Duncan in Washington, D.C. to gauge his resolve. They returned with determination to preserve the waiver, crafting what they hoped to be a compromise bill. It never earned a vote.

After Duncan kept his word and yanked the waiver, 1,916 schools sent out the

to create a total urban population of about one billion people by 2030.

But 13 percent of Chinese city dwellers have inadequate water pressure, and 60 percent of China’s 661 cities face seasonal water shortages.

Contamination of drinking water from feces is a critical health problem throughout the country.

That’s where the potato comes in.

Crops like rice and wheat, Chinese staples, are far more water-

grandma who was bedridden and didn’t know them.

Surprisingly, for every $100 spent on Alzheimer’s research, Medicare and Medicaid spent $26,000 to care for people with the disease today. We must invest more to find a treatment and a cure now versus wait to spend the $1.1 trillion that is estimated to be needed by 2050 if we don’t.

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a bill giving $350 million more to the National Institutes of Health for Alzheimer’s research, while the House Committee has voted $300 million. If even the lower figure is signed into law, that would be a 50 percent increase in research funding for this disease.

I urge Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, as well as [ more LETTERS page 7 ]

intensive than the low-maintenance potato. Even though China grows a quarter of the world’s potatoes, the Chinese frown on tubers. Spuds have traditionally been viewed as a poor man’s food, something to subsist on in times of famine, fed to hogs or thrown into simple stir-fries.

The government wants to change that.

Through marketing events and ad campaigns, it is promoting a new image for the lowly spud with slogans and catchy jingles like, “Potato, Potato, Potato” and “Our Potato, [ more BRUNELL page 7 ]

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[ BRUNELL from page 6 ] Little Round Potato” broadcast across the country.

To combat the notion that potatoes are bland, fast food companies such as McDonald’s are experimenting with a variety of seasoned French fries.

That’s where Washington and Idaho come in.

Those two states are our nation’s top potato producers, and companies such as J.R. Simplot have developed the technology to deliver high-quality frozen potatoes.

Children receive free backpacks, school supplies FOR THE REPORTER

Two-hundred and sixtytwo children who reside at Appian Way Apartments in Kent will start the school year with brand new backpacks stuffed with school supplies.

U.S. Bank employee volunteers distributed the backpacks and school supplies to the children on Aug. 20 at the apartments, 25818 26th Place.

The backpacks and school supplies were provided through a collaboration between U.S. Bank and Schoolhouse Supplies, partners since 2001.

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so-called failing school letters. Only 260 schools didn’t because their students met the standards.

The letters are attracting less attention this year.

That’s partly due to the commotion caused by the Supreme Court’s $100,000-a-day fine against the state for lawmakers not turning in a plan to ensure ample funding for schools by a 2018 deadline.

Another reason is that lawmakers, the governor and state schools chief did not battle as long or as loudly on getting the waiver back in the long legislative session.

Sen. Steve Litzow, R-Mercer Island, did push a bill to revise the teacher evaluation system. It never gained traction as complying with McCleary grabbed his colleagues focus.

Then interest waned as a rewrite of the No Child Left Behind law drafted by Sen. Patty Murray, D-

Nearly two-thirds of Washington’s potato crop is processed, frozen and sent to the fast food market.

As lifestyles change and incomes rise among Chinese urbanites, so too does the demand for fast food – and part of the fast food menu is French fries, potato wedges and crisps.

In the five years ending in 2014, the Chinese fast food industry grew at an average rate of 12.4 percent a year. In comparison, the mature U.S. fast food industry grew at just 2.5 percent.

While the U.S. fast food industry

Wash., made its way through the Senate. As written it would do away with waivers – and the letters would stop – if it reaches the president’s desk.

Still, sending out the letters really torques Dorn.

When he released results of Smarter Balanced Assessments last week, he declared that while there continues to be gaps in achievement among ethnic groups at each grade level, overall “learning actually went up. The rigor actually went up.”

Those letters express a different message and one that can cause unnecessary confusion and worry for parents, he said.

But like underfunding, they’re a burden borne by public schools until those making the laws figure things out.

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is more than twice the size of the Chinese industry, urbanization and income trends promise continued growth in China for the foreseeable future.

That’s good for our state because it opens additional markets for exports. In 2014, China was far and away the largest market for Washington goods, at $20.8 billion, up 24 percent.

Trade is the life blood of our state.

Last year, total exports from Washington state hit a record $90.6 billion, an increase largely driven

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by Boeing ($48 billion). NonBoeing Washington state exports, which are primarily a combination of agricultural and manufactured goods, increased by 8.9 percent to $3.8 billion.

According to a recent study by Washington State University, the potato industry has a $4.6 billion economic impact and is responsible for 23,500 jobs in our state.

Nearly all of the potato farms throughout Washington are family businesses owned by people with deep roots in their communities.

Undoubtedly, China will beef up

its food processing industry, but for now, America has a leg up.

The trump card is Washington has an abundance of clean water to grow and process potatoes and state of the art waste water treatment technology to protect streams, lakes and seashores.

That is an advantage we want to maintain.

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Meeker Street under State Route 167 will be closed to all traffic from 6 a.m. Saturday to 6 p.m. Sunday, so city crews can clean the underside of the overpass.

The busy underpass is a gateway to Kent which connects the city’s downtown core, and its growing number of residents, to businesses on Washington Avenue.

Part of a larger beautification effort, the cleaning is the first phase of planned underpass improvements which, depending on the success of a fundraising effort, could include creative paint treatment, improved lighting, art or a combination of the three.

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looking to improve the sense of safety and cleanliness by not only doing the necessary maintenance, but adding visual interest through creative design elements,” said Ben Wolters, Kent’s economic and community development director.

While the city has fronted the necessary cleanup costs, the beautification project is in the fundraising stage.

The Kent Downtown Partnership has raised more than $10,000 to apply to an estimated initial cost of $50,000 to commission a lasting design for the underpass. If community interest in the project grows, the city will consider an expanded fundraising effort for a more ambitious artistic installation.

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Kentridge coach Marty Osborn muscles it up with a lineman during drills this week. Osborn, who enters his 25th season with the Chargers, still enjoys the challenges of coaching football despite its many ups and downs. “Coaching or teaching, that is my mission in life, and I love doing it,” Osborn said. HEIDI SANDERS, Kent Reporter

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A lot has changed in the 25 years since Marty Osborn took over as head football coach at Kentridge High School.

But his love for coaching burns as fiercely

as ever.

“Coaching or teaching, that is my mission in life, and I love doing it,” the 54-year-old Osborn said. “I see myself continuing to do it, one way or the other.”

The Chargers are coming off a trying season with a 1-9 record, but Osborn said he is optimistic the 2015 team will do well.

“Our outlook is bright,” he said. “We are always feeling good and thinking positive.”

The Chargers kick off their season against Bethel at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3 at French

Field.

Kentridge has seven or eight players returning as third-year starters, Osborn said.

“We have a lot of experience and quickness in the backfield,” Osborn said.

The team has also added some new coaches to its staff.

“This is a big year for us,” he said. “I really have a lot of confidence in the kids and the coaches.” [ more OSBORN page 10 ]

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The pain of victory never felt so good to K.K. Matheny.

The 5-foot-2 quarterback stood tall, leading the Kent-based Seattle Mist over the previously unbeaten Chicago Bliss, 27-21, for their first Legends Football League cham-

pionship Sunday at the ShoWare Center.

Matheny threw for one touchdown and led the Mist (6-1) on two more scoring drives – a pair of Stevi Schnoor’s short TD runs – in the first half to build a 20-0 halftime.

The fast start was enough to upend the Bliss, two-time defending

Legends Cup champions.

It was the Mist’s first indoor league title.

“It feels better than I ever imagined it would,” said the diminutive Matheny, who threw for 17 touchdowns to only four interceptions during the regular season. “Even with all the bumps and bruises and pain, it feels great.”

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It was Matheny who solidified the quarterback position for coach Chris Michaelson this season. Matheny had played for five seasons in her home state of Florida for Jacksonville and Tampa before opting for Seattle this season.

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[10] August 28, 2015 [ OSBORN from page 9 ] Dave Lutes, Kent School District athletic director, said as far as he knows, Osborn is the district’s longest tenured coach.

Lutes, who has worked for the district for 38 years, said he remembers when Osborn was hired.

“He has just been so steady throughout the years,” Lutes said.

Lutes said Osborn goes above and beyond what is expected of him.

“He does more than just the Xs and Os for program,” he said. “He develops rapport with the parents and the kids.”

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“He is just a quality guy on the field and off the field,” Lutes said. “We are proud to have him.”

Osborn said Kentridge has a rich tradition in football, stemming from the Chargers first football coach, Mike Silvey, who lead the 1973 team to a state championship.

“He established the program and built a great foundation for the program,” Osborn said. “He is kind of the legend of Kentridge, one of the best coaches that ever walked the halls.”

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For Marty Osborn, the competitive fire still burns as a high school football coach. Osborn is confident that his Chargers will bounce back from last year’s disappointing season. HEIDI SANDERS, Kent Reporter are “seeing my family up in the stands and giving my wife (Lori) a salute in the stands,” he said.

Osborn said his parents still attend his games. His four daughters grew up around football and Kentridge.

“I remember my daughters riding their bikes around the locker room,” Osborn said.

Osborn said he is fortunate to have played for and worked with coaches who set him up to succeed.

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opened up the playbook, and the Mist rolled off a series of wins, including a come-from-behind 28-24 win over the Los Angeles Temptation for the Western Conference title two weeks ago. Matheny led the comeback, hitting Danika Brace for the game-winning, 32-yard touchdown play with less than two minutes remaining.

Matheny, who plans to return to Tampa, her hometown, this offseason, hopes

coordinator, Bernie Gibson, was instrumental in helping him through his first few seasons.

“He (Gibson) said, “You be head coach, and I will help you,’” Osborn recalled.

“He was a great mentor and helped me keep my head above water.”

Great alumni Osborn said he has enjoyed watching former players succeed after their high school football days are over. Although he has never produced an NFL player, several have gone on to do well in college.

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Kentridge in the late 1990s, played football at community college before playing two years at the University of Washington.

He was signed by the San Francisco 49ers but never played for the team and went on to the CFL. Another former player, Derrick Roche, received a full-ride scholarship to play football at Washington State University, where he was a three-year starter, a twotime first-team All-Pac-10 player and an All-American lineman.

Brandon Turner, who played for the Chargers in the mid-2000s, has a successful career as a wide

to be part of the and off the field. It’s Mist next season. like no other team “I would love to, I’ve played for,” but let’s leave it as Matheny said. “I’ve ‘we’ll see,’” Matheny played with a lot of said. “I really don’t amazing athletes, have any desire to this one being play for any other second to none.

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Osborn said several former players, including Matt Griffith, Steve Fenton and Andy Linscott, have come back as coaches.

“It’s just awesome to have all three of them come back,” he said.

Osborn said it is difficult when players get injured or don’t reach their full potential.

“Some have so much talent and don’t realize it,” he said.

“It is almost night and day,” she said. “All you find are ex-collegiate athletes, some who have been up for Olympic trials. Every athlete from the teams we played against this year were the best of the best.

And that’s what makes it even more sweet winning this season … because all the teams were so stacked.

It could have been anyone in the championship.”

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[ LEVEE from page 1 ] The city won't remove any homes for the project but needs to buy large pieces of common areas between the condos and the river to set back the levee and provide an easement for levee access during flood inspections. Those changes will move the levee much closer to the condos.

The repairs will stretch from Russell Road north to South 231st Way. Crews recently completed levee work at Russell Road and James Street just south of The Lakes area.

"I'm pleased to speak for many of the Marina Pointe homeowners," Larry Tobin said to the council at its Aug. 18 meeting. "We appreciate the protection the levee provides us from flooding and we understand the city and county need to acquire the easement to protect the levee.

"Our concern is the easement will result in a loss of privacy and negatively affect our quality of life and our property value‌.

The easement will run right through the yards and up against some patios. Some trees on the city's property bordering our association have already been removed resulting in a loss of privacy."

Despite the concerns voiced by Tobin and others, the council voted 7-0 to approve a Russell Road Upper Levee condemnation ordinance that would allow

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City officials and representatives from the homeowners associations have met numerous times but have yet to come to an agreement about a purchase price or mitigation to lessen the impact of the levee setback and easement.

"I understand why you have to go through this process," Councilman Dennis Higgins said to city staff about the condemnation process. "It is an alarming word although the only thing that is being condemned is the common area and that would only be if the city and the homeowners associations can't come to some sort of agreement."

Higgins added that it is a legal step and it remains "extremely unlikely" that the city would condemn anything.

The easement will be 10 to 15 feet wide along sections of the levee. The levee itself will be 20 to 30 feet closer to the condos and elevated 10 feet from the ground. The paved Green River Trail will remain but the improved levee will include a gravel covered path atop the new levee setback.

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There has been no settlement because of the issues coming up today."

Property owners received notices about the condemnation process and had their names and addresses published in the newspaper under public notices.

"Since each condo owner has an ownership interest in all the condominium development’s common areas, the city is required to name all of the owners in the eminent domain litigation," City Attorney Tom Brubaker said in an email.

"We will not be condemning any individual units in any of these developments, though those units that face the levee itself may get a larger share of any sum paid by the city.

"Our hope is that we will be able to meet with the HOA from each development and come to an agreed purchase price for the portion of the common areas needed for the flood protection improvements.

Although we have been meeting and discussing these issues, we haven’t reached a settlement yet, and in order to stay on schedule with the project, we felt the time had come to file this eminent domain litigation."

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City staff and the homeowners associations have talked about types of screening, such as a fence, to lessen the impact but haven't agreed about what could work.

"People shared concerns about the privacy issues and folks using the levee as a trail when really they shouldn't be and looking into homes," said Alex Murillo, city environmental engineering supervisor about a meeting with homeowners. "We talked about a number of different possibilities but there wasn't a real consensus as far as what should be done in terms of a screening‌.

There was talk about a fence on top of the levee to discourage folks from peeking in."

Murillo said screening options remain up for discussion.

Ingrid Willms-Dixon, city project analyst, discussed concerns property owners have about impacts to property values from the loss of trees and privacy issues.

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Owner Randall Smith is highly active in the South King County communities.

He is currently the chairman of the Land Use and Planning Board for the City of Kent and is also on the Public Facilities District that oversees the financial component of ShoWare Center.

Randall is also a board member with the Kent Downtown Partnership Design Committee and a member and past president of the Auburn Noon Lions. As past president of New Connections of South King County Randall worked with other board members to help men and women recently released from jail get their lives back on track.

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V.I.C.E. Program Information Are You a Veteran, Honorably Discharged, Within the Last Seven Years?

The PSEJATC, in cooperation with the Puget Sound Chapter, NECA and IBEW Local 46, has an established veterans program: Veterans in Construction Electrical, (V.I.C.E.). This program is designed to assist military veterans who posess an aptitude in the electrical industry to gain employment and career opportunities.

Upon acceptance into the V.I.C.E. program, the veteran will follow a six-week schedule designed to accelerate employment within our electrical apprenticeship program. The 6-week program is designed to teach safety awareness within 80 hours, mostly during the evening.

The 5 year program which follows, consists of curriculum derived from the NJATC (National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee). It covers basic electrical theory, circuitry training, mathematics, and electrical/construction safety training. Participants will receive OSHA 10 training, along with lab training in conduit bending and electrical wiring.

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Roseanna H Faas passed away on July 30, 2015 at the age of 89. Rosie was born to Albert and Anna Harbour on January 14, 1926, on her parents’ farm near St Ignatius Mission, Montana. Her parents moved to Washington during World War II where Rosie graduated from Olympia, Washington in 1944.

Rosie met Navy man Daniel Faas at an USO Christmas Eve dance. They were married on May 1, 1945, and enjoyed 70 years together. As a Navy wife, Rosie enjoyed travel and adventure in places like Jacksonville (FL), Corpus Christi (TX), Virginia Beach (VA), Panama Canal Zone where their daughter was born, Memphis (TN) where their son was born, Hawaii, and Oak Harbor (WA).

When Dan retired from the Navy in 1968, Dan became a FAA employee, and they moved to Alaska above the Arctic Circle at Bettles Field, and later to Juneau.When Dan retired from the FAA 1982, they became snowbirds living the summers in Oak Harbor and the winters in places like Miram ar (CA) and Apache Junction (AZ). After 1997, they moved to Kent (WA) where they enjoyed a close family life with their children and grandchildren.

Rosie outlived her three half sisters and two half brothers.

She is survived by her husband Dan, daughter Sidney, son Mark, daughter-in-law Kathy, grandson Michael, granddaughter Katelyn, and great grandsons Zachery and Zeal.

Thank you, Rosie, for sharing your love, being our constant cheerleader, and showing us the wonder and beauty of our world.

You are greatly missed.

Annabelle was born in Manitou, North Dakota to Gustav and Jenny Bangs. She was one of seven siblings.

She spent her younger years on the family farm and later married Eddie Hovland.That union brought their daughters Patricia, Cheryl and Jennifer. Her marriage provided a rich and fulfilling experience which included living in North Dakota, Montana, Alaska, and Washington.

She was preceded in death by her husband Eddie, brothers Chester, Earl, and Vernon; and sisters Violet, Gladys and Jeanette.

She was a fun loving amazing woman who made lifelong friends wherever she went. Her smile was infectious and brightened every day. She was blessed by grandchildren Geri, Todd, Jeffrey, Justin and Elisha; great grandchildren Patricia, Kailey, Ashley and Caleb; great grandchildren Joslyn and Layton.

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Mary Helland Mary Helland, 87, of Kent,Washington, peacefully passed away from natural causes at her home on August 10, 2015.

Mary was born in Stavanger, Norway on July 30, 1928. She grew up in Norway and married Ole Johan Helland of Strand, Norway on June 7, 1952. Ole and Mary immigrated to the United States and settled in Kent in 1953.They were married for 53 years until Ole’s death in 2005.

Mary worked for Lynch Furniture Manufacturing as a seamstress for more than 30 years. She loved spending time with her family, knitting, sewing and making stockings for the kids each Christmas.

Mary enjoyed travelling back to Norway to visit relatives and also hosting many relatives from Norway at her home in Kent. She was an active member of Kent Christian Center and could be found there every Sunday and Wednesday with her sister Anna.

Mary is survived by her daughter, Kari (Helland) Doxsee and son-in-law Bob Doxsee; two grandchildren Rob (Rochelle) Doxsee and Marcella (Brandon) Morgan; four great grandchildren Spencer, Boden, Austin and Anabelle; sisters Anna Pedersen and Reidun Waller and numerous nieces and nephews.

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Alfhild Margaret Lindberg Powell Alfhild Margaret (“ALICE” to you and me) Lindberg Powell was born August 29, 1914 in the Teanaway valley, just outside Cle Elum to Swedish immigrant parents who came to this country in 1903. She was the next to the youngest of seven children – the last surviving member of her generation. She passed away peacefully August 22, 2015.

A secretary for Puget Power (now PSE) while raising her two boys after her second husband died, she retired in 1976 to flower gardening, studying the Swedish language, writing poetry, oil painting, volunteering for the World Affairs Council, traveling with her sister, and hosting Asian foreign exchange students.

She lived in her home on Strawberry Lane until the day after her 99th birthday. She remembered when ice cream cones were a nickel, a hamburger was a dime, when the Golden Steer was an orchard, and when Kent was more farms than asphalt.

She is survived by sons Tom (Ann) of Renton, and Dirk (Marlys) of Kent, four grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren, preceded in death by one grandson.

Remembrances can be made to Kent-Auburn-Tamba Sister Cities www.katsistercities.org. We’ll celebrate her life at Marlatt Funeral Home in Kent on August 29th - what would have been her 101st birthday - at 2:00 p.m. Expanded obituary and online guestbook: marlattfuneralhome.com 1398119

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She was born on February 1, 1936 in Lakeside, WA to Howard T. Varney and Mary B. Carroll. Billie lived most of her life in the Bremerton area after marrying her husband Charles (Don) Casey in April 1954. She raised four children, Billie Jean Ryan-Howard of Kent, WA, Donald K. Casey of Florence, MT, Christopher M. Casey and Patrick J. Casey of Lake Tapps,WA. Following retirement, Billie and Don moved to Leitchfield, KY until moving to Ephrata in 1993. Billie battled with medical issues for many years but her family made sure she was able to enjoy many adventures after the loss of her husband in 2001.

She cruised to Alaska several times, Mexico, and the Caribbean and yearly trips to California, Nevada and Arizona to see family.

She was always there for her two sisters and their families as they preceded her in death. Family was the most important thing to Billie. Billie is preceded in death by her husband Don Casey, her son, Christopher Casey, and her two sisters, Mary Scott and Judy Hill.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, August 31, 2015 at 11:00 at Saint Anthony’s Catholic Church in Renton WA. Reception and lunch will follow at the church. A Rosary Service will be held on Sunday, August 30, 2015.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Seattle Cancer Care Alliance in Seattle, WA. Edline and Yahn of Covington, WA are in charge of arrangements.

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States from north to New York and south to Florida.

This means they can handle the cold and the heat better than the more traditional big leaf hydrangea macrophylla that have blue balls of bloom.

The smooth hydrangeas have smaller leaves that are a gray green color, and some varieties like the creamy white “Incrediball” and the “Annabelle” hybrids have gigantic blooms that can be one foot wide.

The smooth hydrangeas have held up better in hot weather than other hydrangeas, but you need to prune these shrubs in early spring to keep the stems short enough to support the super-size flowers.

There is also a variety of smooth hydrangea that always flowers in the pink, no matter how acid the soil.

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more compact at two feet tall and is perfect for patio pots. These shrubby dwarf hibiscus plants will survive our winters in Western Washington.

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I grow a purple clematis through the branches of this huge hibiscus so that the white and red hibiscus blooms can co-mingle with the violet blooms of the Etoile Violette clematis.

The garden gossip about all the hardy hibiscus is how naked this plant can be for six months out of the year.

It will be the first of your shrubs to drop leaves in the fall and the last to sprout new foliage in the spring, sometimes waiting until May to show signs of life.

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www.kentreporter.com [ BINETTI from page 22 ] Japanese Maples These small leaf maples from Japan are called Acer palmatum to describe the palm-shaped leaves with five separate lobes. Many choices in leaf color, growth habit and foliage texture make the Japanese Maple one of the most beloved plants to use in Western Washington landscapes.

Near the end of August when many plants are looking tired and seedy, the Japanese Maple will be starting to color up and put on their annual fall show. This is the month to search out the

most attractive varieties and shapes for a new or newly improved landscape.

If you plant a Japanese Maple near ornamental grasses or sedum “Autumn Joy,� you’ll have a late summer display that will look great into the fall season, even if you forget to water.

Sweet Sounds SilverSounds Northwest, a 50-plus member rock ‘n roll choir, serenades a crowd at the Kent Senior Center’s “Get Your Kicks...� dessert concert fundraiser benefiting the Kent Parks Deli and Cafes’s senior lunch program on Aug. 20. The SilverSounds, whose motto is “You’re never too old to rock and roll,� performed tunes from the ‘50s and ‘60s under the guidance of Paula Hawkins, SilverSounds artistic director.

Marianne Binetti has a degree in horticulture from Washington State University and is the author of “Easy Answers for Great Gardens� and several other books.

For book requests or answers to gardening questions, write to her at: P.O. Box 872, Enumclaw, 98022. Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for a personal reply. For more gardening information, visit binettigarden.com.

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PUBLIC NOTICES Superior Court of the State of Washington in and for the County of King WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiffs, v.

MARK WILLIAMS; and JANET LAUREL a/k/a JANET LAUREL WILLIAMS, Defendants.

No. 15-2-13114-1 SEA SUMMONS TO: THE DEFENDANTS A lawsuit has been started against you in the Superior Court of King County by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., plaintiff. Plaintiff’s claim is stated in the written Complaint, a copy of which is served upon you with this Summons.

In order to defend against this lawsuit, you must respond to the Complaint in this action by stating your defense in writing and serving a copy upon the undersigned attorney for the plaintiff within 20 days after service of this summons and complaint within the State of Washington or 60 days if service is effected by personal service outside the State of Washington or by publication, or a default judgment will be entered against you without notice. A default judgment is one where plaintiff is entitled to what it asks for because you have not responded.

If you serve a Notice of Appearance on the undersigned attorney, you are entitled to notice before a default judgment may be entered.

If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney in this matter, you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, may be served on time.

This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4 of the Superior Court Civil Rules of the State of Washington.

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the Valley View Christian Church property. All improved surfaces will be hydro-seeded to match existing landscaping. Total disturbed area of the site will be approximately 31,800 square feet.

OTHER PERMITS AND PLANS WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED: City of Kent Development Engineering: Clearing & Grading permit.

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: August 28, 2015 – September 11, 2015 All persons may comment on this application. Comments must be in writing and received in Kent Planning Services by 4:30 P.M., Wednesday, September 15, 2015, at 220 Fourth Avenue S, Kent WA 98032. For questions regarding this project, please call Jason Garnham, Kent Planning Services, at (253) 856-5454.

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CITY OF KENT NOTICE OF APPLICATION and Proposed Determination RI 1RQVLJQLÂżFDQFH A project 3HUPLW $SSOLFDWLRQ ZDV ÂżOHG ZLWK &LW\ RI .HQW 3ODQ ning Services on August 14, 2015. The City of Kent expects to issue a Determination of NonVLJQLÂżFDQFH '16 IRU WKH SUR posal; therefore, the Optional '16 3URFHVV is being used. This may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts of the proposal. The proposal may include mitigation measures under applicable codes, and the project review process may incorporate or require mitigation measures regardless of whether an EIS is prepared. A copy of the subsequent threshold GHWHUPLQDWLRQ IRU WKH VSHFLÂżF proposal may be obtained upon request. Following is a description of the application and the process for review. The application and listed studies may be UHYLHZHG DW WKH RIÂżFHV RI .HQW Planning Services, 400 W. Gowe Street, Kent, Washington.

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CITY OF KENT OFFICE OF THE HEARING EXAMINER NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ALDARRA BUILDING B VARIANCE V-2015-1, KIVA #RPP3-2152358 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Hearing Examiner for the City of Kent will hold a public hearing to consider a request submitted by Travis Hale, Panattoni Development, for a variance from Kent City Code 15.04.195.C to reduce the side yard setback on a corner lot from the required 40 feet to 15 feet.

The variance is part of a proposal to construct a 63,546 square foot warehouse with associated parking and landscaping on a 3.24 acre parcel. The property is vacant land located at the southwest corner of South 212th Street and West Valley Highway, Zoned M1-C, Industrial Park/CommerFLDO LGHQWLÂżHG E\ .LQJ &RXQW\ Tax Parcel Number 1122049079.

The reduced setback is proposed along the east property line abutting the West Valley Highway right-of-way.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Hearing Examiner will hold the public hearing on Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 10:00 AM in Chambers West, Kent City Hall, 220 Fourth Avenue South, Kent, WA 98032. If you have any questions concerning this proposed application, please contact Planner Sharon Clamp in Kent Planning Services at (253) 856-5454 or by Email at

sclamp@kentwa.gov. Any person wishing to submit oral, written or electronic comments on the item listed above may do so prior to the hearing or at the hearing. Send all written responses to Planning Services, 220 Fourth Avenue S., Kent, WA 98032. All interested persons are requested to be then and there present at the meeting. One free copy of the staff report will be available by Wednesday afternoon, September 2, 2015, in Planning Services. If you wish to SHUXVH WKH ÂżOH RU QHHG IXUWKHU LQ formation, contact Kent Planning Services at (253) 856-5454 or YLVLW RXU RIÂżFH DW : *RZH Kent, WA 98032. Any person requiring a disability accommodation should contact the City in advance for more information.

For TDD relay service, call 1-800-833-6388 (hearing impaired) or 1-800-833-6385 (Braille) or the City of Kent at (253) 856-5725.

Matt Gilbert, AICP, Current Planning Manager Published in the Kent Reporter on August 28, 2015.#1398780.

CITY OF KENT INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that the City of Kent, Washington, will receive sealed bids at the City &OHUNÂśV RIÂżFH WKURXJK September 8, 2015 up to 1 p.m. as shown on the clock on the east ZDOO RI WKH &LW\ &OHUNÂśV 2IÂżFH RQ WKH ÂżUVW Ă€RRU RI &LW\ +DOO 4th Avenue South, Kent, Washington. All bids must be properly marked and sealed in accordance with this “Invitation to Bid.â€?

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For technical questions, please call Stephen Lincoln at 253-856-5552.

Bids must be clearly marked “Bid� with the name of the project on the outside of the envelope, addressed to the City Clerk, 220 4th Avenue South, Kent, WA 98032-5895. Only sealed bids will be accepted. No facsimiles or electronic submittals will be considered.

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No plea of mistake in the bid shall be available to the bidder for the recovery of his/her deposit or as a defense to any action based upon the neglect or refusal to execute a contract.

Bidders must submit with their initial bid a signed statement as to whether they have previously performed work subject to the President’s Executive Order No. 11246.

No bidder may withdraw his/her bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the day of bid opening.

Dated this 19th day of August, 2015.

BY: Ronald F. Moore, City Clerk Published in the Kent Reporter on August 28, 2015. #1398789.

against you in the Superior Court of King County by Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, Plaintiff. Plaintiff’s claim is stated in the written Complaint, a copy of which is served upon you with this Summons.

In order to defend against this lawsuit, you must respond to the Complaint in this action by stating your defense in writing and serving a copy upon the undersigned attorney for the plaintiff within 20 days after service of this summons and complaint within the State of Washington or 60 days if service is effected by personal service outside the State of Washington or by publication, or a default judgment will be entered against you without notice. A default judgment is one where plaintiff is entitled to what it asks for because you have not responded. If you serve a Notice of Appearance on the undersigned attorney, you are entitled to notice before a default judgment may be entered.

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In the Superior Court of the State Washington in and for the County of King Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, Plaintiff, v.

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‘American Ninja Warrior’ star Justin Gielski draws strength from his family, wife Shanna and children Sophie, 5, and Axel, 4. Gielski’s extended family also has joined him at the competition. COURTESY PHOTO out of 15 competitors who qualified to run the national course.

Considering how tired he was from his previous day’s run, Gielski was pleased with how well he did on the finals course. The qualifying and finals course runs are filmed in two consecutive days, despite airing weeks apart on TV, giving competitors little time to prepare for their second run.

“I didn’t think I would make it past the first obstacle,” Gielski said, noting that he got little sleep between his runs because he was pumped up from his qualifying effort.

But once Gielski started running, his adrenaline and his family cheering him on propelled him through the course.

Gielski enjoyed the camaraderie and support among the competitors.

“You are competing

against each other, but really everyone is competing against themselves,” he said.

Appearing on “American Ninja Warrior” has made Gielski recognizable in his community.

“I will go to the store and people will be like, ‘Are you that Ninja guy?’” he said.

Children seem to recognize him most.

“I think that is cool,” he said. “I am glad I can kind of inspire them.”

Gielski created a Facebook fan page, Justin Gielski – American Ninja Warrior.

He hopes this is just his first year of many to come competing on the show.

“Going into it I kind of thought it would be a onetime thing,” he said. “But now I am going to try to come back as many years as they let me.”

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CALENDAR Events Kent Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturdays, June 6-Sept. 26. Fresh produce, flower, vendors. Kent Lions program. For more information, visit www.kentfarmersmarket.com.

Benson Hill Co-op Preschool Open House: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 29, First Christian Church of Kent (not affiliated), 11717 SE 240th St., Kent. Offering classes for children from birth to pre-K. For more information, call 253-833-9111, ext. 4829, or visit www.bensonhillcoop.org.

Coffee With The Chief: 8 a.m. Sept. 2, Saimin Says Restaurant, 6621 S. 211th St., off South 212th. Community invited to informal gathering. Neighborhood Response Team and the Community Education Unit also available to answer questions. For more information, call 253-856-5884 or email jpagel@kentwa.gov.

Washington State Fair: Sept. 11-27, 110 Ninth Ave., SW, Puyallup. Gate hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday. Concerts, rides, food, vendors, rodeo, animal exhibits, art and culture, interactive fun, special attractions. Admission: $12.50 adults; $9 students (ages 6-18) and seniors (62 and older); kids 5 and under free. Pre-fair discounts available online through Sept. 10. Parking: $10 MondayFriday; $12 Saturday, Sunday. For more information: www.thefair.com or 24-hour hotline at 253-841-5045.

Sixth annual Hops & Crops Music and Beer Festival: Noon-6 p.m. Sept. 12, Mary Olson Farm, 28728 Green River Road SE. 21-and-up event features a beer garden with 30-plus craft brews and ciders from local breweries, live music, tours. All proceeds from the event support educational programming at the farm. Barbecue and

snacks available for purchase. Reber Ranch presents the festival. Tickets: $15 pre-sale, $20 at the gate. Taster admission includes taster mug and five tokens. $10 designated driver/no taste admission. Purchase tickets at the festival or online at wrvmuseum.org/ hopsandcrops.html Downtown Wine Walk: 6-9 p.m.

Sept. 18, Down Home Catering, 211 1st Ave. S, Kent. Presented by the Kent Downtown Partnership. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m. at Down Home Catering. Hosting 12 wineries in 12 downtown shops.

Tickets: $25 per person and available at downtownkentwinewalk0815.brownpapertickets.com. For more details, contact Kent Downtown Partnership, 253-813-6976, or kdpadminassistant@kentdowntown.org.

Surviving Domestic Violence – Then and Now 25 Years Later: 6-8 p.m. Sept.

30, Federal Way City Hall, Council Chambers, 33325 8th Ave. S. Presented by the City of Federal Way Domestic Violence Task Force.

Host: Lana Matthew, chair, Federal Way DV Task Force. Speakers: Federal Way Mayor Jim Ferrell; Police Chief Andy Hwang; Beth Hollis, victim/survivor; Laron Burris, batterer treatment; Mac Macdonald, author, “Lighting your own Fuse” and actor, “Apocalypse – 1979”. Refreshments will be served.

Kent Chamber of Commerce Business Expo: 3-7 p.m. Oct. 20, ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St. Featuring 90 business booths, more than 10 restaurants for the Taste of Kent; do-it-yourself presentations, games and prizes; and giveaways. Network and create business connections. Free and open to the public.

Benefits Sleep Country’s School Supply Drive for Foster Kids: Now through Sept. 6.

Donations of new school supplies can be

Got an event? submissions@kentreporter.com or post online at www.kentreporter.com dropped off at any Sleep Country store.

For more information or to find the nearest location please visit the store locator at www.sleepcountry.com or call 888-8875337. Store hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Cash donations can also be made online and Sleep Country representatives will shop on your behalf. All contributions are distributed among Sleep Country’s foster care partner organizations. For more information, visit www.sleepcountryfosterkids.org.

Beds 4 Kentwood: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sept. 12, Kentwood High School, 25800 164th Ave SE, Covington. Kentwood football’s second annual mattress fundraiser.

All mattresses are made to order with full factory non-prorated warranties. All sizes available. Prices are 30-60 percent lower than retail. Delivery available. Cash, check and credit cards accepted. Free layaway, if needed. bit.ly/Beds4Kentwood Kent Friends of the Library Annual Book Sale: Sept. 18, 19, 20, Kent Library, 212 Second Ave N. Hours are: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Saturday; 1-3 p.m. Sunday (bag sale). Proceeds support library programs for children, teenagers and adults. Books are $1 each. Multimedia and children’s materials are also available.

GKHS Dinner Gala: 5:30-9 p.m. Oct. 3, Kent Senior Center, 600 E. Smith St. Major fundraiser for the Greater Kent Historical Society. Program features filmmaker Steve Edmiston with “Tales of Adventure from Old Military Road,” with a focus on the Nike missile bases on Kent’s West Hill. Evening also includes dinner by the Golden Steer, a gift basket raffle, wine raffle and desert dash.

Cost: $65 before Sept. 1, $75 after Sept. 1.

For more information, email ctyofknt@msn. com or visit gkhs.org/dinner-gala/.

MSC Helps Luncheon: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Oct. 22, Emerald Downs, 2300 Emerald Downs Drive, Auburn. Fundraising luncheon benefits programs at the Multi-Service Center, a nonprofit agency that offers people pathways out of poverty through support and resources in education, employment, housing, energy assistance, food and clothing. Guest speaker is Alfie Alvarado, director of the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs. Cost: $100 suggested donation. Contact: Le Ann Taylor or Sarah Villian at 253-835-7678 or rsvp@ mschelps.org.

Kent Guild Artisans’ Festival: 3-8 p.m.

Nov. 2; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Nov. 3, Meridian Valley Country Club, 24830 136th Ave. SE, Kent.

Benefitting Seattle Children’s Hospital. Arts and crafts marketplace filled with unique holiday gifts, home decorations, treasures and thoughtful gifts for that special person on your list. Wine tasting on Monday evening only. Free. For more information, contact Karen Zink at 206-890-5235 or karenzink@comcast.net.

Clubs, programs Roll and Read: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 19, South King County Family Resource Center, 212 Fifth Ave. S., Kent. Presented by Children’s Home Society of Washington. Parents and children can walk, bike, pull a wagon or push a stroller through downtown Kent while enjoying various reading activities along the way. Cat in the Hat, Waldo and other literary characters will be present.

Walks begin every 15 minutes at the center.

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Network The Kent Chapter of Business Network, Int’l (BNI): Meets every Wednesday morning at 7 at the Old Country Buffet, 25630 104th SE, Kent. Chapter is growing.

Currently have 38 members. Do you want excellent, personal, word of mouth referrals for your business? Then come join us. For more information, contact Dr. Allan McCord at 253-854-3040.

August 28, 2015 [29] Attract New Businss Customers Presentation: 8-9:30 a.m. Sept. 22, Kent Chamber of Commerce, 524 W. Meeker Street, Suite 1. Learn how to grow your business by attracting new customers. Free.

For more information, contact Dan DeVries at 425-891-5163 or dan@wildhorsestrategies.com, or visit wildhorsestrategies.com/ growmybiz/ “Spirit of Hiring” Job Fair: 3-6 p.m.

Oct. 7, Green River College, Lindbloom Student Center, 12401 SE 329th St., Auburn. For all businesses seeking part-time, full-time or seasonal employees. Bring your resumes.

First 100 attendees receive a job fair swag bag. Free for job seekers. Businesses need to reserve their booth paceSpace is limited to a total of 50 booths. For more information, visit business.auburnareawa.org

Entertainment SHOWARE CENTER 625 W. James St., Kent. 253-856-6777.

Order at www.tickets.showarecenter. com. Events include: Marco Antonio Solis: 8 p.m. Aug. 30.

World renowned singer and song writer and former lead singer of Los Bukis, a group he formed as a teenager. Popular in Mexico, throughout Latin America, Spain and the United States, Solis has more than 30 entries on Billboard’s Hot Latin Tracks.

Tickets: $65-$175.

Seattle Rock-A-Thon 2015: noon, Sept. 5. A 12-hour mega concert, featuring: Candlebox; Filter; Drowning Pool; Dokken; Pat Travers; Missing Persons; Girl on Fire; Divide The Day; Valora; Sin Circus; Kings of Spade; Aury Moore Band; Paul Hernandez Trio; Beyond Today; Alive She Cried; Home Wreckr; Vial 8; Girls love Rockets; and Chasing OZ. Tickets: $25-$100.

The Experience, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly: 7 p.m. Sept. 19. A night of R&B and soul. Special guests: R&B Diva KeKe Wyatt, Kelly Price, and local favorite Mycle Wastman. Known for their hits “Happy Feelin’s”, “Can’t Get Over You” and

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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus “Built to Amaze”: 7 p.m.

Sept. 24, 25, 26; 11:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m. Sept.

26; 1 p.m., 5 p.m. Sept. 27. Among the shows: King Charles Troupe brings a spirited and comedic basketball competition, featuring 10 whirling unicyclists; Crossbow Casanova presents an insanely accurate crossbow act; Supersonic Skyscrapers; trapeze act; daredevil motorcycle stunts; hand-balancing duo; fast-paced equestrian acrobatic riders; and the world-renowned Asian elephants. Tickets: $20-$70.

Auditions “Mary Poppins”: 7 p.m. Sept. 22, 24, Green River College, main campus, Performing Arts Building, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. Open audition for ages 15 and above for Heavier Than Air Family Theatre presentation. Supercalifragilistic musical adventure is based on the popular Disney movie. Informal, read-through type group audition. A song from the show will be provided, and no advance preparation is necessary. Community actors with strong singing and dancing skills are encouraged to attend. Comfortable shoes and clothes to move in are recommended. Rehearsals are 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, beginning Oct. 1, with performances scheduled for Dec. 11, 12, 13, 18 and 19. Children’s roles will be cast from Heavier Than Air Musical Theatre Camp participants on an alternate date. For more information, call Joe Baker at 253-833-9111 or www.heavierthanair.com.

Galleries, studios Centennial Center Gallery: 400 W. Gowe St., Kent. Hours: 8 a.m.5 p.m., Monday-Friday. Closed weekends and holidays. For more information, call 253-856-5050 or visit artscommission@ kentwa.gov.

[30] August 28, 2015 [ PIE from page 1 ] formula that’s been handed down for more than 50 years. It’s simple, and it comes from the heart.

“It’s not unique,” Fergason said. “It’s delicious. It has won every dessert contest.”

Fergason’s fancy for food comes from her inspira-

www.kentreporter.com tional parents.

James Fergason, a physicist and inventor, taught his daughter the value of science, observation and the appreciation of a well-prepared meal. Dora Fergason taught her daughter the craft – to cook and bake with passion, using fresh, from scratch ingredients.

Fergason, who grew up in California, initially chose science over culinary arts.

She moved to Washington state and majored in molecular biology at the University of Puget Sound, becoming a middle and high school science teacher in the Kent School District for eight years.

Fergason used her creativity and science background as a part-time ceramic artist and teacher. A single mom, she decided she needed a change.

“I was at a point where, ‘Should I got back to teaching or what about doing something else?’ ” Fergason said.

Baking beckoned. Pie

Pie Lab: Owner and operator Susan Fergason, holding a pie, and her staff are bringing a fresh taste to customers. MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter came to mind.

She brought an idea to Green River College’s Small Business Development Center, which helped Fergason research, scope and eventually turn her startup plan into entrepreneurial reality.

The business model is simple and evolving. The bakery’s menu, hours of operation and other services will subtly change to best meet its customers.

Beyond dessert pie, quiche is on the menu. Other baked items may follow.

“This is a brand new concept. We are still trying to find what our limits are, what is our capacity,” said Parteek Singh, an advisor for the college’s Small Business Development Center. “We haven’t even had a grand opening yet. This is something called a soft opening

where you train the staff and try to figure out what your capacity is. “(But business) has taken off like a rocket.”

True to her teaching roots, Fergason and her staff test, engineer and perfect recipes.

They welcome customer participation to help the kitchen crew customize orders.

Fergason soon hopes to entertain birthday parties, ladies nights and classes at Pie Lab. For now, it’s all about make things easy as pie.

“Everything – crust and fillings – are made here in front of everybody,” Fergason said. “Everything is made in-house.”

Just the way she likes it.

Pie Lab, at 12966 SE Kent Kangley Road, Kent, is open 8 a.m. daily. To learn more, visit thepielabbakery.com.

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www.kentreporter.com [ FEE from page 1 ] approached the city about charging the fire impact fee to add service and improve response times from its eight stations. Increased population and traffic congestion have slowed fire vehicles serving the Kent area.

“Our level of service is struggling,” RFA Capt.

Larry Rabel told the committee during Monday’s meeting. “We’re substandard. We are continuing to slide backward.”

Rabel said the population in the RFA has grown significantly from 700 people per square mile in 1970 to 3,000 people per square mile today. The RFA’s call volume has also increased.

It is up 12 percent from a year ago, Rabel said.

“The growth, what’s happened in the past, is not changing,” he said.

The RFA plans to build stations on the East Hill at Southeast 217th Street and 108th Avenue Southeast, in the Valley at 407 Washington Avenue and on the West Hill at South 231st Way and Riverview Boulevard. Construction is expected between 2019 and 2026.

The agency also proposes to close Station 75, 15635 S.E. 272nd St., in order to move the station westward, closer to Kent, and open another station in the

southern part of Covington.

Those two new stations would open in 2032 and 2033.

“Fire impact fees will be there to help us to support our capital plan, our capital investment, because, quite frankly, one of the key things this year is that the RFA can’t afford to catch up from problems from the past, at the same time trying to maintain services with the impacts of the future,” Rabel said.

The fees will not cover the total cost of construction of the new stations, Rabel said. Between 71 and 72 percent would be funded by current residents in the district.

“The (fire impact) fee amount we would be looking for in development in the future out of the Kent jurisdiction would be about $21 million or about 24 percent of what we need and would be the fair share of that new development coming in and paying their way,” Rabel said.

The RFA is working with the city of Covington to impose a similar impact fee there, which would provide another 5 to 6 percent of the revenue needed for new construction, Rabel said.

The base fire impact fee for a single-family home would be a one-time cost of about $1,741. Develop-

ers would add that cost on to the price of a home. The fee for a new commercial building would be about $1.21 per square foot.

Rabel said the fees will be assessed on new residential or commercial properties and the expansion of existing commercial structures

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but not the additions on single-family homes.

“If a resident wanted to add on, it’s not going to change fire services,” he said. “Just because you added on to a home doesn’t mean you are going to necessarily add another person.”

Fees will be reduced for the addition of accessory dwellings, such as motherin-law units, built on property with an existing residence.

Rabel said the proposed fee structure does not include a reduction of fees for affordable housing develop-

ments.

The fees would be reviewed annually by both the RFA and the City Council, although Rabel said he doesn’t expect it to change significantly.

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