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Earth Day event set for Earthworks Park

Come celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day from 7-8:30 p.m. April 22 at Millcreek Canyon Earthworks Park, 742 E. Titus St. in Kent.

Geraldine J. Kolb

Geraldine J. KolbGeraldine J. Kolb was born June 6, 1920 and raised in Baltimore, MD, died in Puyallup, WA, on March 29, 2010. She lived… Continue reading

Henry Mead

Henry Mead

Henry MeadHenry “Hank” Mead passed away March 26, 2010 peacefully after a struggle with cancer and later health problems. Hank is remembered by his family… Continue reading

Henry Mead
Sprinter and relay specialist Holly Dehart is among the many top-tier athletes Kentwood is putting on the track this spring.

TRACK PREVIEW ’10: Kentwood girls eyeing program history

They opened the season with a bang. If the Kentwood High girls track and field team can finish it that way, the Conquerors very likely will have made school history. “The girls track team is the only team at Kentwood that has never won a league title,” explained coach Steve Roche. “I have pointed that out to them.”

Sprinter and relay specialist Holly Dehart is among the many top-tier athletes Kentwood is putting on the track this spring.
A Mexican dancer swirls her skirts during the Kent-Meridian High School multicultural assembly April 2 at the K-M gym.

Kent-Meridian High School goes international with cultural fair – See the video

The Kent-Meridian High School Multicultural Fair April 2 drew enthusiastic crowds, as the school's variety of cultural clubs demonstrated the clothing and dance steps of their native cultures.

A Mexican dancer swirls her skirts during the Kent-Meridian High School multicultural assembly April 2 at the K-M gym.
Erik Linder

Is Dancing with the Stars next?

Erik Linder, 9, right, and Richkie Taylor, 9, performed at the Kent Senior Activity Center during the spring luncheon on Friday, March 19.

Erik Linder

Share your ideas about improving Kent city parks at meeting tonight

Have some ideas about improving Kent City parks? Then attend a Green Kent Partnership meeting from 5:30-6:30 p.m. April 8 at Kent City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S.

Police work and schools

One of the finest opportunities I ever had as an officer was to work in schools.

Snoqualmie summit reopens: I-90 alert

DESCRIPTION: Snoqualmie Pass is open eastbound. Traction tires are advised, oversized vehicles are prohibited in both directions of travel. LOCATION: Eastbound I-90 at milepost 47 five miles west of the summit. LOCATION: Eastbound I-90 at milepost 47, five miles west of the summit START: April 8, 2010, 11:00 a.m.

The city of Kent is beginning foreclosure proceedings on the unfinished parking gararge on Fourth and Smith streets.

Kent to foreclose on stalled garage project

After waiting nearly three years for a new developer to come forward, Kent City Council members voted unanimously April 6 to give the mayor and city attorney authority to begin foreclosure proceedings on the unfinished parking garage at Fourth Avenue and West Smith Street.

The city of Kent is beginning foreclosure proceedings on the unfinished parking gararge on Fourth and Smith streets.
Kent-Meridian senior Louis Garman currently leads the South Puget Sound League North Division in the triple jump with a mark of 44-feet

TRACK PREVIEW ’10: Golden opportunity at Kent-Meridian

He’s trying to keep things in perspective. But it’s hard to fault Kent-Meridian track and field coach Ernie Ammons if he comes off as sounding just a bit giddy these days. The fact is, Ammons is excited. And understandably so as Kent-Meridian is fielding possibly its finest boys track and field team of the decade. A team that is as deep as it is talented.

Kent-Meridian senior Louis Garman currently leads the South Puget Sound League North Division in the triple jump with a mark of 44-feet

Private schools not immune to bullying

I just want to say thank you to Laura Pierce for her column on bullying ("Cost of bullying? A teenager's life," April 2 Kent Reporter.) We really need to talk more and let kids know it is not right to bully anyone.

Obama and Oprah: the power couple

Mrs. Obama is complaining about how many times a day or night the president and Oprah converse on the phone or e-mail. It is really a source of concern that Oprah and Obama are spending so much time communicating to each other.

New ideas for garbage trucks?

If the garbage/recycle haulers could retrofit their trucks to pick up both garbage and recyclable items in the same trip, it would certainly minimize the impact to our streets, fuel consumption, noise, and thus, and save another city use fee for them, and hopefully for Kent citizens and customers.

Kent woman killed in collision on Highway 167

A 36-year-old Kent woman was killed in a two-vehicle collision at about 5:24 p.m. Monday on southbound Highway 167 near South 277th Street in Auburn.

Motorcycle racer dies at Pacific Raceways

A 62-year-old Olympia man crashed while racing a motorcycle Sunday at Pacific Raceways, just east of Kent. The man later died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Kentridge's Scott Geffre turns up field during an early season showdown against Kentwood.

PREP BOYS SOCCER PREVIEW ’10: Kentridge returns plenty of offensive thump

Glenn Walrond knows the South Puget Sound League North Division is a stacked deck this spring in regards to the boys soccer race.

Kentridge's Scott Geffre turns up field during an early season showdown against Kentwood.

PREPS OF THE WEEK: March 22-29

Kentwood's AUSTIN VOTH, Kentridge's STETSON OLSON, Kentridge's DANIELLE ORVELLA, Kent-Meridian's ABU KAMARA, Kentlake's NIKOLE WEBER

Lions offer special-needs fishing event April 24

The Kent Lions and 12 other Lions clubs from the region have scheduled their sixth-annual Special Needs Youth Fishing Derby for April 24 at the Auburn Mill Pond Park, at 600 Oravetz Road.

Volunteer Cris LeCompte chops down a blackberry bush at the site for the new off leash dog park next to Morrill Meadows Park

Work under way for off-leash park in Kent

Chopping back the brush: Cris LeCompte chops down a blackberry bush at the site for the new off leash dog park next to Morrill Meadows Park, Saturday, March 27.

Volunteer Cris LeCompte chops down a blackberry bush at the site for the new off leash dog park next to Morrill Meadows Park