Many appear to think I am Mr. Grumpy for some reason. I have always considered myself to be a bouncy ray of sunshine, but there are others with opposing viewpoints.
I don’t mind opposing points of view as long as they don’t oppose mine. I think that’s what makes me very American.
The Kent City Council passed a six-month emergency moratorium Tuesday on the establishment and operation of medical marijuana collective gardens and dispensaries within the city limits on a 5-2 vote.
The Urbia Fresh Cafe featured an open mic benefit "Coffee House Session" June 24.
Independence Day makes me think of my grandma.
Fourth of July on our farm meant grandma would bake wild blackberry pies and make homemade vanilla ice cream. Grandma and I would go pick the berries. The truth was grandma would pick them and I would eat most of what made it into my bucket. The best part of that deal was I didn’t get in trouble and still got to eat all the pie I wanted, which was a lot.
Getting others back on their feet is the goal of Way Back Inn, Vern and Dorothy Francis.
Family, friends honor late Art Wright during annual Memorial Day baseball tournament.
Sparks flew for a time at the Kent City Council meeting Tuesday night when Councilman Les Thomas made a motion concerning a property tax issue.
Thomas proposed to have the council consider a reduction in the 2012 property tax assessment from $1.48 per $1,000 to $1.10 per $1,000 at the July 5 meeting.
My friend and colleague Dean Radford, editor of the Renton Reporter, wrote a story recently that attracted my attention.
Apparently, some of the Valley Medical Center board members decided a code of ethics, or how to act like mom said, was a good item.
If death and taxes are two certain facts of life, a third is if property taxes jump dramatically howls will be heard throughout the community.
City of Kent officials and the Kent Regional Fire Authority found the third fact to be true when the 2011 property tax statements were sent to businesses and homeowners earlier this year.
If you noticed the front page of this edition of the Kent Reporter or checked the website, medical marijuana became the hot news item Tuesday.
I had been planning to begin a series of stories on the subject in the next two weeks. The city changed that plan in short order by sending letters to four local medical marijuana businesses stating dispensing marijuana to more than one patient at a time is illegal under state law. The city requested the businesses shut down.
A crowd of more than 75 packed the Kent City Council Chambers Tuesday, June 7, after the city delivered letters to four businesses stating they were illegally dispensing medical marijuana.
The people attending the meeting came in support of the medical marijuana businesses and asked the city to allow the facilities to remain open.
The Kent Farmers Market kicked off the season Saturday at Town Square Plaza Park on Second Avenue between West Smith Street and West Harrison Street.
Jack Zaborac has been opening the doors at about 7:30 in the morning at Kent Bowl for nearly 50 years and the fun keeps rolling down the lanes.
When the doors closed May 25 in Olympia on the 135-day legislative session, the spent lawmakers left an historic blood and guts battle in the Capitol, and the strain of the session was echoed by all.
The legislative session in Olympia finally closed up shop after 135 days at about 10:30 p.m. May 25 and a tired group of lawmakers made their way home following one of the most difficult biennial budget sessions in state history.
The Memorial Day ceremony at Hillcrest Burial Park featured students from the Kentwook Marine Junior ROTC presenting the colors and providing the gun salute.
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Free speech is so much fun.
I received an email a couple of weeks ago concerning a sign in front of a business in Kent. The person sending the email was upset about the language on the sign.
