MATT OVERLAND, Kentridge
Grade: Senior.
Sport: Tennis.
From left, Simone Loban, of Seattle, Chelsey Helman, of Sacramento, Breann Bozlee, of Kent, and Ashley Julian, of Monroe fill out their application for their “The Bachelor” audition at Kent Station Sunday, June 12.
It’s June and it’s that time of the year again.
Expect the Kent ShoWare Center to be graduation central this weekend.
The schedule includes the following:
Despite 10 nominations for three Kent schools at the eighth annual 5th Avenue High School Musical Theatre Awards show June 7 in Seattle, no Kent school or student came away with top honors.
A 23 year-old Des Moines man died early Friday morning when his car left the roadway and struck a tree in the White Center area. He died shortly after he was taken to Harborview Medical Center, according to a press release from the King County Sheriff.
The Kent Chamber of Commerce has scheduled two public debates for candidates in the upcoming primary races.
Andrea Keikkala, executive director of the chamber, said Friday that the candidates of the 47th District will spar off noon July 13, while District 33 candidates will have the opportunity noon Aug. 10.
On June 17, John Shervey will be the featured speaker at the Kent Chamber of Commerce event "Good Morning Kent," speaking about workers' compensation. The event runs 7:20-9 a.m. at Pat's Bar & Grill, 114 Railroad Ave. S.
Join the Kent Chamber of Commerce 8 a.m. June 16 for another of its Business Tool Box Seminars. The topic for this latest seminar is "Productivity and Getting the Most From Your People," and is offered by Kirk Davis, a certified business advisor, Green River Community College's Small Business Assistance Center.
Tickets are now on sale for the two Seattle Mist Lingerie Football League games this season at the ShoWare Center in Kent, and team tryouts are June 13.
Food, crafts, entertainment, a parade, a fun run and a radio controlled float plane demonstration are part of the fun at the SeaTac International Festival June 25-27 at Angle Lake Park, 19408 International Blvd.
Laugh a Saturday afternoon away by catching the 1949 film "Africa Screams," featuring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. The film is part of Vintage Movie day 3 p.m. June 19 at the Kent Historical Museum, 855 E. Smith St.
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From the Kent Predators' June 4 Indoor Football League game.
You can pick up your prize at the Kent Reporter office between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Deadline to claim this week’s prize is noon Friday, June 18.
Person in photo must be the one to come in and claim the prize, no substitutions.
Join Kent Reporter Publisher Polly Shepherd and Editor Laura Pierce noon Friday for lunch at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St.
Kent Police sent an e-mail Friday to local businesses to warn them about a recent string of smash-and-grab commercial burglaries during the middle of the night at warehouses and offices in the north end of the Kent Valley.
Starting June 5, the popular venue for fresh produce, baked goods and other items will extend along Second Avenue, starting at Smith Street, and continuing to Gowe. That new arrangement adds a full block of vendor space. Second Avenue will be closed to traffic, but Meeker Street will stay open.
He grew up with basketball dreams.
Tennis?
That always has been the second choice of Max Manthou. Yet, when Manthou graduates from Kentwood High next week, the 18 year old will do so as one of the greatest high school tennis players the state of Washington has ever seen.
As much as I enjoy selecting an Athlete of the Year, it’s never an easy task and there’s seldom a cut-and-dry selection.
Kentwood High’s Max Manthou earned top honors this year for a multitude of reasons, most notably, however, is the fact that he came away with six state titles. In all of my years of covering prep sports, I had never seen a kid bring home so many crowns. But Manthou wasn’t just good, he was perfect, finishing with an unbeaten high school mark. That said, academics also played into the final decision and Manthou was just as dominant in the classroom, posting a nearly perfect 3.93 cumulative grade-point average.
King County officials will close the Crossroads animal shelter in Bellevue June 12 to the public and move the animals to the county's Kent shelter.
The closure is part of the county's new regional animal control and sheltering plan that 27 cities, including Kent, have signed up to join starting July 1.
DATE/TIME: June 9, 2010, 8:21 a.m.
DESCRIPTION: A collision continues to block the carpool lane on northbound I-5 just north of S. 200th Street in Kent. WSDOT Incident Response and WSP are on scene.
