Thanks to The Kent Reporter and writer Daniel Mooney for the excellent front page article Wednesday, April 2 on former Kent resident Gary Garner.
I recently read your article in the Kent Reporter dated April 19, 2008, entitled “Community papers all about local news.” Although my response is late, I completely concur with what you wrote. The major TV stations and newspapers seem to like using Kent as a dumping ground for everything that is wrong in our region. I also have noticed that they have no idea just how large the area we call “Kent” really is. I have friends who talk about the Des Moines area as if were downtown Kent.
As I sat reading your Local Speak article of May 14 written by Mr. Todd Nuttman (“Pledge of Allegiance or blind obedience,” pg. 8) I had a glimmer of his underlying mindset: do away with inconvenient or not-understood national traditions, even though they be tried and true.
This is in response to the article by Todd Nuttman entitled “Pledge of Allegiance or blind obedience?”
What: Peninsula Men’s Gospel Singers in concert
The Pacific Ballroom Dance Team will showcase May 30 and 31 its winning Latin and standard performances along with many other dances at the Auburn Performing Arts Center, located at 915 4th St. N.E. in Auburn.
The main reason people do not screen for colon cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death in men and women in King County, is due to a lack of awareness, according to King County officials. Public Health - Seattle & King County is trying to change this fact with a new education campaign launched in March.
Meditation is good for the soul. It can also be good for the bank account, as one Kent church recently discovered.
For the third year in a row, a retail area of Kent will be reserved for women only from 6-9 p.m. May 23.
Sean Harris and Melanie Vertrees of Kent-Meridian were individual winners in their respective meets on Saturday in the second Kent-Meridian Invitational track meet at French Field.
Even before she smacked her first college tennis ball, Ariel Ohno had to deal with a curveball.
The Kent Ravens 6th grade boys team won the recent Moses Lake Shootout tournament, defeating Stanwood in the championship game, 45-36.
What to do on a rainy Sunday afternoon... For some active folks, the weather meant a trip to the Kent Valley Ice Centre, where they could spend an afternoon skating - or sliding - on the ice. The center is located at 6015 S. 240th St., Kent. To learn more about its activities, call 253-850-2400, or visit www.familynightout.com.
Jason Evans felt an unfamiliar rumbling in his stomach last Tuesday morning.
Anna McIntosh knows all about contending for a team tennis championship.
Didn’t take the Kent-Meridian Royals long to bounce right back.
Coming off an unforgettable record-breaking season, Doris Harwood refuses to bask in the splendid spotlight.
