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Katy Vanderpool

Howard Hanson Dam issues could complicate next rainy season

The Green River could flood next rainy season, so people should have a plan to deal with it.And they should buy flood insurance.Those were the… Continue reading

Katy Vanderpool
Golden retriever puppy Lipton stares into the camera curiously while Kent resident Kelli Reiter talks about her experiences as a guide-dog trainer.  Reiter has been a trainer for eight years and Lipton is her ninth dog.

Kent guide dog puppy has big job ahead of him

Like any other 10-week old puppy, Lipton seems to want nothing more than to chase things and chew on something, anything: paws, shoes, toys, newspaper reporters. He’s not picky.

Golden retriever puppy Lipton stares into the camera curiously while Kent resident Kelli Reiter talks about her experiences as a guide-dog trainer.  Reiter has been a trainer for eight years and Lipton is her ninth dog.

Some thoughts from the news desk

Hello readers – I’ve some thoughts I’d like to share: feel free to tell me I’m all wet, or that you think I’ve got the right idea.

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Community Calendar for week of April 4

EventsEarth Day Fair: From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 24 at Saltwater State Park in Des Moines, the King County Housing Authority Americorps… Continue reading

  • Apr 3, 2009
  • BY Wire Service
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A day in history This happy troupe of tourists enjoys a ship ride to Alaska

Community Calendar for week of April 1

EventsEarth Day Fair: From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 24 at Saltwater State Park in Des Moines, the King County Housing Authority Americorps… Continue reading

  • Apr 3, 2009
  • BY Wire Service
A day in history This happy troupe of tourists enjoys a ship ride to Alaska
Members of the Kent City Council listen as West Hill resident Reynold Eicke asks a question during a town hall meeting last October. Council members

Kent Council, mayor: Not legal to immediately reduce salaries

Kent City Council members and Mayor Suzette Cooke discovered there’s little they can do to immediately reduce their salaries in order to help the city… Continue reading

Members of the Kent City Council listen as West Hill resident Reynold Eicke asks a question during a town hall meeting last October. Council members

Kentlake’s Eddings, Fajarillo selected for Rotary honors

Kentlake seniors Tenika Eddings and Steven Fajarillo are the Kent Rotary Students of the Week, for their achievements in career and leadership programs.

  • Apr 3, 2009
  • BY Wire Service

Covington must wait another year for new elementary school

Residents in Covington will have to wait even longer for a replacement to Covington Elementary School, following a decision by the Kent School Board to… Continue reading

Police Blotter: Punch to the nose lands brother in hot water

AssaultAn argument between two brothers turned into a fight during at about 4 a.m. March 21 at an apartment in the 10600 block of Southeast… Continue reading

  • Apr 2, 2009
  • BY Wire Service

Cat dies in apartment fire

An apartment fire displaced two people and killed a pet cat at about 7 p.m. Sunday in the 22400 block of the Benson Highway in… Continue reading

  • Apr 2, 2009
  • BY Wire Service
Greg Michaels is confident that he can teach “90 percent of the population to use a sword well.”

Learn the fine art of swordplay in Kent

Instructor Greg Michaels stands confident that just about anyone can learn swashbuckling - the audacious art of sword-fighting and flair.That’s why the professional actor and… Continue reading

Greg Michaels is confident that he can teach “90 percent of the population to use a sword well.”
Pete Petersen

All systems go: Riverbend Golf Course opens this week

Golfers can expect plenty of changes at the redesigned Riverbend Golf Course. It opened Wednesday.Holes No. 5, 6 and 8 are completely new. There are… Continue reading

Pete Petersen

Community Briefly for week of April 1

City seeks opinionsResidents can help shape the future of Kent city parks by filling out a parks survey. The 17-question survey is online at www.kentwaparks.com.… Continue reading

  • Mar 31, 2009
  • BY Wire Service

Finance director: Kent School District living beyond its means

With half of the school year behind them, members of the Kent School Board on March 25 listened to budget projections for the remainder of this year before hearing about the potential cuts for next year.

Ladan Jacobs

Kent Baha’i followers worry about brethren in Iran

It’s been 23 years since Ladan Jacobs escaped from Iran, but the memories are fresh enough that even today her eyes fill with tears as she recounts the story. As a fourth-generation member of the Baha’i faith, a religion founded in Iran in the 1840s and based on the commonality of all humanity, Jacobs was unable to openly practice her faith after the Iranian Revolution of 1979.

Ladan Jacobs

Renton man shot in Panther Lake parking lot

A 25-year-old Renton man was shot in the leg at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the parking lot of the Indigo Springs Apartments, 11101 S.E.… Continue reading

  • Mar 30, 2009
  • BY Wire Service
Camille Head

Majestics: Real women playing real football

Kent is the new home of yet another Seattle sports team.The Seattle Majestics of the Independent Women's Football League, will play four games this season… Continue reading

Camille Head
Seattle’s Greg Scott tries to get past Spokane defender Brenden Kichton during Tuesday night’s game at the ShoWare Center in Kent.

T-Birds out of playoffs following 5-3 Spokane loss

The Spokane Chiefs defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 5-3 Saturday night at Veterans Memorial Arena in Game 5 of their first round playoff series.

  • Mar 30, 2009
  • BY Wire Service
Seattle’s Greg Scott tries to get past Spokane defender Brenden Kichton during Tuesday night’s game at the ShoWare Center in Kent.

Kentridge students selected by Rotary Club

Linea Shockley and Derek Van Clement of Kentridge High School have been named the March Fine Arts/performing Arts students of the month by the Rotary… Continue reading

  • Mar 27, 2009
  • BY Wire Service
Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke

Kent Mayor goes to the source for federal funds

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke and two other city officials lobbied heavily before Washington senators and congress members recently in Washington, D.C., in a bid for… Continue reading

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke