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Out & About in Kent | August 2

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The all-teacher band Recess Monkey will give a free concert noon Aug. 6 in Town Square Park
The all-teacher band Recess Monkey will give a free concert noon Aug. 6 in Town Square Park

Li shares early lead in state junior golf play

Rui Li, who’ll be a junior at Kentwood High in the fall, shot a 5-over-par 76 on Wednesday, giving her a share of the lead in the girls 16-17 age division at the Washington Junior Golf Association tournament in Spokane.

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Kent Police on prowl for gas-card thief

Kent Police are looking for a 44-year-old Federal Way man in connection with the recent theft of more than $250,000 of diesel fuel from Pacific Pride, a commercial fuel distributor with locations in Kent and other nearby cities.

Toby Mollett

Trying the other side of triathlon training

Name a city in the U.S. or abroad and, chances are, Toby Mollett probably has been there at some point.

Toby Mollett
Sam Harris

Former pastor makes job transition – smoothly

Over the last decade, Sam Harris has gone from shepherding a flock of young believers to blending smoothies.

Sam Harris

U.S. Health Dept. proposal weakens birth-control laws

The Bush administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been called “ground zero for the ideological wars in this country,” and a new HHS proposal leaked earlier this month proves why. In a spectacular act of complicity with extremists on the right, HHS is proposing to allow any federal grant recipient to obstruct a woman’s access to contraception.

The Kent Sea Scouts Crew 407

Kent scouts learn ancient art of seafaring

High winds, seasickness and miles upon miles of open water in a 26-foot, homemade boat? Sounds like a “Robinson Crusoe” adventure, but Kent Sea Scouts Crew 407 made it a reality.

The Kent Sea Scouts Crew 407

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Climbing for a cause

Let me ask you an important question: When is the last time you did something hard to support a good cause?

Flutist Gary Stroutsos will perform at 7 p.m. Aug. 2 at Auburn Avenue Theater
Flutist Gary Stroutsos will perform at 7 p.m. Aug. 2 at Auburn Avenue Theater
Kentridge High School science teacher Madonna Brinkmann participates in a lab experiment during the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Science Education Partnership workshop last week. Brinkmann is one of about 30 area teachers to participate in the workshop

Science teachers take their work to the lab

Two Kent teachers are among approximately 30 area science educators who spent part of their summer vacation learning ways to get students more excited about science.

Kentridge High School science teacher Madonna Brinkmann participates in a lab experiment during the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Science Education Partnership workshop last week. Brinkmann is one of about 30 area teachers to participate in the workshop

Business briefly

Kent Station raises funds

Blackshirts roll past the Jaguars, 26-7

The East County Blackshirts put the first 26 points of the game on the board on the way to a 26-7 victory against the King County Jaguars in a North American Football League game last Saturday at French Field.

Dosveedanya splits two, Fury twice at National Cup soccer

The Dosveedanya 93 Red girls team from the Kent Youth Soccer Association gained a split of its first two games this past weekend at the U.S. Club Soccer National Cup tournament in Virginia Beach, Va.

Four from area win district golf titles

Tom Zavada of Kent won the boys 14-15 age division, Kentridge High star Lauren Sewell took the 16-17 girls title, Kentwood’s Kent Hagen won the 16-17 boys, and Kent’s Catherina Li dominated the 12-13 girls in last week’s Washington Junior Golf Association district championship at The Classic Golf Club in Spanaway.

Street racing in Kent: Police bust 80

Kent Police and the Washington State Patrol cited 80 people for investigation of trespassing during a street-racing bust at about 12:10 a.m. Saturday at a parking lot of a business in the 20300 block of 59th Place South.

The cast of Icon Theatre’s upcoming production of “Oklahoma!” gathers round for a photo. Pictured above
The cast of Icon Theatre’s upcoming production of “Oklahoma!” gathers round for a photo. Pictured above
Marilynn McAdoo

Kent Historical Museum: It’s time to get social for summer

The Kent Historical Museum will invite residents for a blast from the past Aug. 9 at its sixth-annual Antique Automobile Show & Ice Cream Social.

Marilynn McAdoo