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NAMI South King County offers Family-to-Family class

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) South King County offers its Family-to-Family Education Program for the winter season, beginning Feb. 16. Classes are on Thursdays… Continue reading

  • Jan 23, 2017
Younger consumers are more health conscious than previous generations, studies find | Gustafson

Younger consumers are more health conscious than previous generations, studies find | Gustafson

By Timi Gustafson, R.D./For the Reporter When it comes to health matters, people seem to become more proactive than they used to be, according to… Continue reading

  • Jan 20, 2017
Younger consumers are more health conscious than previous generations, studies find | Gustafson
Newsboys to perform April 7 at Kent’s ShoWare Center

Newsboys to perform April 7 at Kent’s ShoWare Center

The Australian Christian pop rock band Newsboys will perform at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 7 at the ShoWare Center in Kent. The Kent stop… Continue reading

  • Jan 19, 2017
Newsboys to perform April 7 at Kent’s ShoWare Center
4Culture presents project grant workshop

4Culture presents project grant workshop

4Culture, King County’s cultural service agency, visits the Kent Library on Wednesday, Jan. 25 to talk about its project grants. The informal workshop is from… Continue reading

  • Jan 19, 2017
4Culture presents project grant workshop
YMCA hires teen program director for Kent

YMCA hires teen program director for Kent

Even before it has a facility in Kent, the YMCA has hired a teen program director to begin to provide programs for community youth. Director… Continue reading

  • Jan 19, 2017
YMCA hires teen program director for Kent
With ‘healthy’ food, you don’t always get what you pay for | Gustafson

With ‘healthy’ food, you don’t always get what you pay for | Gustafson

“You get what you pay for” is an old truism that many of us take for granted. At times that may be a justifiable assumption,… Continue reading

  • Jan 16, 2017
With ‘healthy’ food, you don’t always get what you pay for | Gustafson
Academy Schools to co-host Empty Bowl at Northwest Harvest in Kent

Academy Schools to co-host Empty Bowl at Northwest Harvest in Kent

Academy Schools co-hosts an Empty Bowl event at Northwest Harvest’s Kent warehouse on Thursday, Jan. 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. For a tax deductible… Continue reading

  • Jan 15, 2017
Academy Schools to co-host Empty Bowl at Northwest Harvest in Kent
The blinding truth of glaucoma: A workshop to understand the realities of the disease

The blinding truth of glaucoma: A workshop to understand the realities of the disease

A doctor at the Kent Eye Clinic is bringing together people in the community for a glaucoma workshop and happy hour to learn about the… Continue reading

  • Jan 12, 2017
The blinding truth of glaucoma: A workshop to understand the realities of the disease
Sing-along, bingo luncheon supports café and senior meal program in Kent

Sing-along, bingo luncheon supports café and senior meal program in Kent

A rock ‘n’ roll sing-along fundraiser benefited the Kent Parks Deli and Cafe at the Kent Senior Activity Center on Wednesday. Guests had lunch and… Continue reading

  • Jan 11, 2017
Sing-along, bingo luncheon supports café and senior meal program in Kent
Kent residents are finalists in film contest

Kent residents are finalists in film contest

Film festival to show work at Highline College

  • Jan 6, 2017
Kent residents are finalists in film contest
Kent couple embrace the splendor of Cuba

Kent couple embrace the splendor of Cuba

Cuba carries a certain fascination with Phil and Marie Heft. So much so that the Kent couple, retired educators, recently took an intriguing two-week trip… Continue reading

Kent couple embrace the splendor of Cuba
The Peking Acrobats return to Kent on Jan. 27

The Peking Acrobats return to Kent on Jan. 27

Kent’s Spotlight Series hosts the much-anticipated return of The Peking Acrobats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27, at Kentwood Performing Arts Center, 25800 164th… Continue reading

  • Jan 5, 2017
The Peking Acrobats return to Kent on Jan. 27
Sound Generations program needs volunteer drivers

Sound Generations program needs volunteer drivers

Consider becoming a volunteer driver with Sound Generations to help local seniors get to their life-sustaining medical appointments. Volunteering to drive older adults to their… Continue reading

  • Jan 5, 2017
Sound Generations program needs volunteer drivers

Hypothermia in aged adults is a serious health hazard | Prevention tips

By Kathy Stewart/VP Nursing Aegis Living Temperatures in the Seattle area are expected to hover near freezing until Friday. Even for the healthy and young,… Continue reading

  • Jan 5, 2017
Make a resolution for healthier vision | Glaucoma Awareness Month

Make a resolution for healthier vision | Glaucoma Awareness Month

Every new year, you make a list of things you will do to stay healthy so you can feel your best. But, did you realize… Continue reading

  • Jan 5, 2017
Make a resolution for healthier vision | Glaucoma Awareness Month
Kent’s Puget Sound Fire provides influenza facts

Kent’s Puget Sound Fire provides influenza facts

Each winter Kent-based Puget Sound Fire responds to many 911 calls where people report “flu-like symptoms.” Here are some flu facts, according to a Puget… Continue reading

  • Jan 5, 2017
Kent’s Puget Sound Fire provides influenza facts
Why I still believe in New Year’s resolutions | Gustafson

Why I still believe in New Year’s resolutions | Gustafson

By Timi Gustafson R.D./For the Reporter According to statistics, weight issues reliably rank at the top of all New Year’s resolutions. Sadly, of those who… Continue reading

  • Jan 4, 2017
Why I still believe in New Year’s resolutions | Gustafson
Singalong ushers in the new year

Singalong ushers in the new year

Nancy Stewart, a Seattle-based children’s singer-songwriter, performed for families during her Welcome to Happy Noon Year Singing Celebration at the Kent Library last Saturday. Stewart… Continue reading

Singalong ushers in the new year

Kent-area communitiy calendar | Jan. 4

Events Coffee with the Chief: 10 a.m. Jan. 18, Kent Senior Center, 600 W. Smith St. The Kent Police Department invites the public to meet… Continue reading

  • Jan 4, 2017
Harrison House lights up for the holidays

Harrison House lights up for the holidays

Residents took it upon themselves to light up the Harrison House this holiday season. For the first time, the Kent senior care facility embraced the… Continue reading

  • Jan 4, 2017
Harrison House lights up for the holidays