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King County offi cials are backing off on a new book-and-release program at county jails in Kent and Seattle for people arrested for stealing cars, vehicle prowls and other non-violent felony crimes.

County offi cials had planned to release, starting Feb. 1, anyone arrested for such a crime within hours rather than a few days aft er police offi cers bring them in to the Maleng Regional Justice Center (RJC) in Kent or to the King County Correctional Facility in Seattle. But aft er a week of objections to the proposal by elected offi cials and

police chiefs, the county will look at other options to save money before imple-menting the book-and-release plan.

Th e early release would cut costs by about $5.2 mil-lion over the next two years by keeping vacant units at each jail closed.

“Th is will not result in more people being released from jail into Seattle or Kent,” said Chad Lewis, deputy director of com-munications for County Ex-ecutive Dow Constantine, during a phone interview. “Th is will result in people being released within a few hours rather than few days (aft er a hearing before a

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BY STEVE HUNTER

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If a city loan to the ShoWare Center is really a subsidy, then it should be called a subsidy.

Th at’s the opinion of the Public Facilities District (PFD) board

chairman Mike Miller, who helps oversees operations at the city-owned arena, in connection with a fi nding by the state Auditor’s Offi ce that the board’s fi nancial statement misrepresented the $18 million debt because the district cannot generate enough money to

repay the city for the loan.“Th e point I am trying to make

is it’s not an asset in my opinion,” Miller said at an exit conference on Jan. 9 with the state Auditor’s Offi ce. “Th e wording should have been changed sometime ago. If I came in as a loan underwriter

and looked at the fi nancials and saw a large loan payable and loan receivable from an entity, I would question that as a loan receivable.”

Th e City Council voted in December to table a decision until March about changing the city’s agreement with the PFD to call

the debt a loan or a subsidy. Sev-eral council members have said they think the arena could still make money and then the PFD could begin to pay back the loan.

City offi cials set up the repayment

Board chair: city should call ShoWare loan a subsidy

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New ownership in the works for troubled franchise

BY ROSS COYLE

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Dion Earl was so sure of his ability to raise a top arena soccer team. Six months ago at the Seattle Impact FC’s opening news conference, Earl expected to fi ll the 6,500-seat ShoWare Center.

Six months later, the Impact are faltering, dropping to last place in the Major Arena Soccer League’s Pacifi c Division at 3-10, with six games left in the regular season. Star player Gordy Gurson was traded to the St. Louis Ambush on Mon-day morning.

Attendance at home games has been in the double digits.

And now the Tacoma Stars are on the verge of buying the fl edgling franchise. Th e MASL has vetted Stars owner Lane

Smith and approved him for team ownership, with the transition “95 percent complete,” as of noon Wednesday, according to

a news release.Smith clarifi ed that he

won’t be taking over the

CHANGES FOR IMPLODED IMPACT

The Impact’s Francisco Cisneros battles San Diego’s Nick Perera for the ball during MASL action at the ShoWare Center earlier this season. The lowly Impact are 3-10 and up for sale. ROSS COYLE, Reporter

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BY ROSS COYLE

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Heidi is the stepmother of a special needs student at Kent-Meridian High School. She can’t always understand what he says, which comes out in short bursts

of “ye” and “nu,” but she can see the fear in his eyes when she talks about sending him to school.

Heidi’s son functions at a level barely above third grade, and Heidi says he learns best through repetition and constant coach-ing. Such tasks can be sweeping

or writing a word, but learning requires constant repetition, specifi ed on his IEP (individual-ized education program).

Heidi is concerned that the school never even looked at the IEP. She requested that her last name and her stepson’s name be

withheld for privacy. Heidi believes that the prob-

lem is that K-M hasn’t tailored its special education instruction to students’ IEPs, instead opt-ing for top-down curriculum. Because her stepson isn’t getting the repeated instruction that he

needs, she said he’s regressed in his limited intellectual ability.

Heidi has written multiple extensive emails to the school district and teachers, and has repeatedly gotten the runaround

Parents, teachers concerned about problems with special education

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counting on the ShoWare Center to make money but the $84.5 million arena has lost more than $3 million since it opened in 2009.

“Th e district received payments from the city for its debt service and the district recorded the pay-ments as intergovernmental revenues,” said Haji Adams, audit supervisor. “However, the agreement between the PFD and city say payments are loans. So generally ac-cepted accounting prin-

ciples require that loans be reported as a liability on the statement and they weren’t so we had a fi nding in regards to that.”

Adams said the misrep-resentation caused inter-governmental revenues to be overstated by about $3.1 million and liabilities by the same amount in 2013 and notes payable understated from 2009-2012 by about $12.4 million.

“Our recommendation is that if repayment is not sought, both parties amend the agreement to refl ect that,” Adams said.

Miller wants to see the agreement amended to call the city payments a subsidy.

“I think we have the sup-port of the board to make a change in this and I would hope the city council agrees and I’ll leave it at that,” Miller said near the end of the meeting with the state auditors.

Earlier in the meeting, Miller asked the auditors if in the next fi nancial report they would like to see the district report the loan as a

subsidy.“Th at’s a management

decision,” said Sadie Armi-jo, deputy director of the state Auditor’s Offi ce. “Our expectations are that the fi nancial statements would refl ect what it is. If you have not entered into an agree-ment (with the city), we would expect the fi nancial statements to look like they do currently. Changes were made to the fi nancial statements to make sure it was represented properly. It’s management’s decision if an agreement between the city and the PFD were to change, you would be reporting it.”

Miller then pressed Armijo further.

“You are not making a recommendation one way or another?” Miller asked.

Armijo replied:“We don’t make manage-

ment decisions for local governments,” she said.

Th e PFD brings in about $700,000 per year in rev-enue through a state sales tax rebate program. City offi cials created the PFD in

2007 and issued $63.3 mil-lion debt for construction of the arena. Th e city and PFD signed a loan agree-ment that stated any city monies contributed toward PFD debt service is a loan to be repaid with interest.

But the city has paid about $18 million of the $22 million owed in debt service on the ShoWare Center since 2009, accord-ing to City Financial Direc-tor Aaron BeMiller.

Aft er the audit, city staff recommended the council change the language in the agreement from a loan to a subsidy. BeMiller told the council it could get in trouble with credit rating agencies if no change is made and the city continues to book a receivable for $18 million that it will never be repaid for because it is not fairly representing the city’s fi nances.

“We tabled it as a coun-cil,” said Councilwoman Brenda Fincher aft er she attended the meeting with the auditors. “We’re still in the same place.”

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Nellie Dondarets, left, serves up lunch. Helena Reynolds, below, Kent Parks program manager for the senior center, thanks city offi cials and the many community partners for supporting the lunch program.

MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter

Kent Parks Deli & Cafe cel-ebrated its 20th anniversary at the Kent Senior Activity Center last Friday.

Th e fi rst 80 participants received lunch at a 1995 price, $3.50, to commemorate the event.

Th e city-subsidized program,

a staple in the senior communi-ty, is open to the public Monday to Friday, from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., with lunch priced at $6. Lunch on Wednesday is $5.

Consolidated Food Manage-ment contracts with the city, off ering to serve lunch at a reduced cost for its services.

For more information about the program, call 253-856-5150 or go to www.ci.kent.wa.us and search for deli.

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Singer and songwriter Tess Henley, of Kent, makes her national television debut on prominent late night staple Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The program airs at 11:35 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21 (KOMO 4).Henley will perform material off of her latest EP, Wonderland,

which was produced by Grammy Award-Winning producer Don Was and is set for release on Feb. 10.

Henley won the Guitar Center’s Singer-Songwriter Artist Discovery Program last year, a contest that drew nearly 10,000 entries.

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Kimmel bound

BY STEVE HUNTER

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A judge sentenced a 36-year-old man to 25 years in prison for an attack on a King County corrections offi cer in January 2011 at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.

Sean L. Graham, received an exceptional sentence beyond the standard range

of 17 to 23 years on Jan. 9 in Seattle from King County Superior Court Judge Th ere-sa Doyle for the fi rst-degree assault at the county jail, ac-cording to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Of-fi ce. Prosecutors asked for 30 years in prison based on the aggravating circumstances.

Graham knocked correc-tions offi cer Gil Letrondo unconscious during the

assault. Th e guard was on the fl oor when Graham stomped on his neck and chest.

A jury in November found Graham guilty of fi rst-degree assault as well as three counts of custodial assault for assaulting other offi cers who were trying to subdue Graham.

Th e jury also found ag-gravating circumstances that the unconscious guard was a

vulnerable victim and that he was a law enforcement offi cer performing his offi cial duties at the time of the attack.

At the time of the assault four years ago, Graham was in custody to face a 2009 fi rst-degree robbery charge. He was later transferred to the county’s high-security facility in downtown Seattle.

According to charging papers, Graham reportedly

was upset at Letrondo for not allowing him his hour out of the cell aft er the inmate had threatened the offi cer and called him names.

Letrondo on the next day entered a unit to relieve another guard. Graham also was in the unit taking a shower. When the two of-fi cers were talking, Graham quickly approached Letron-do and punched him.

Inmate gets 25 years for jail guard attack

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Kent Police arrested a 24-year-old Se-attle woman for investigation of vehicular assault, felony eluding and two counts of hit and run aft er the driver sped away from a routine traffi c stop.

Th e driver ended up in two separate collisions with other vehicles during the chase that began at about 10 a.m. on Jan. 6 when an offi cer attempted to pull the woman over for a traffi c infraction, ac-cording to a Kent Police media release.

Th e suspect vehicle struck another vehicle at the intersection of Southeast 256th Street and 104th Avenue South. Th e woman then fl ed from that collision and headed westbound on Southeast 256th

Street before driving into oncoming traf-fi c, losing control of her vehicle and hit-ting another vehicle head-on in the 9400 block of Canyon Drive.

A 37-year-old Kent man suff ered life-threatening injuries in the second col-lision. Paramedics transported the man to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Doctors performed emergency surgery and the man is expected to survive, said Kent Police spokeswoman Melanie Frazier.

Paramedics treated the woman driver for minor injuries. Th e driver hit in the fi rst collision was not injured.

Police shut down both lanes of travel along Canyon Drive for several hours to investigate the accidents.

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Police investigate Sunday shooting at gas stationREPORTER STAFF

Kent Police continue to investigate a shooting early Sunday morning following

an altercation at a Shell gas station along Central Avenue North.

Nobody was reported injured during the dispute at about 3:56 a.m. at the gas station in the 1200 block of Central Avenue North, according to a Kent Police media release.

Offi cers responded to the parking lot of the sta-tion. Witnesses called 911 aft er an altercation erupted and multiple gunshots were fi red. Kent Police were on the scene within moments and discovered that the involved persons had already fl ed the scene.

FAIN SWORN INFOR SECOND

STATE SENATE TERMAs state lawmakers gathered

on the Capitol campus for the fi rst day of the 2015 legislative

session on Monday, Sen. Joe Fain, R-Auburn, was sworn in

for a second term representing South King County’s 47th

District following his reelection in 2014.

“I appreciate that our community has entrusted

me with the continued responsibility to represent

them and respect the value and fragility of that trust,”

said Fain in a media release. “Congratulations to all of my

new and returning colleagues on both sides of the aisle for

their service and good work. We have a great deal to accomplish

this year and I look forward to addressing each of our

opportunities and challenges in a bipartisan manner.”

Fain was fi rst elected in 2010 in the 47th District, which

includes parts of Kent, Auburn, Covington, Federal Way

and Renton. A transportation plan to reduce traffi c looms as one of Fain’s top

priorities for the session.

from teachers and administra-tors. She has become so distressed that she fi led a complaint with the state’s Offi ce of the Education Ombuds to investigate the issue. She isn’t the only one to do so.

According to data from the ombuds offi ce, there were 16 complaints in the Kent School District regarding special educa-

tion between July 2013 and June 2014. Only six months into the reporting year there are already 14 special education cases against the district. According to ombuds data analyst Brad Fulkerson, the district is on track to exceed the complaints from last year.

And the complaints aren’t just from parents. Teachers are also fi l-ing grievances and taking problems to the district regarding the issue.

K-M teacher Chris Reech fi led a grievance on Jan. 5 over the lack of a de-escalation space in his class.

Kent Education Association president Cindy Prescott said that the complaints aren’t localized to the two schools.

“I do know that this is a com-plaint that we’re hearing through-out the district,” Prescott said.

Prescott said that between lower staffi ng and higher student

loads, teachers are having a harder time developing curriculum that will fi t each student’s IEP.

“It used to be there were some materials that were used that were specialized, but now what they’re saying is that common core stan-dards are the thing,” Prescott said.

Designing curriculum for a special education program is time consuming, and according to Prescott, the district has opted for

a top-down system that incorpo-rates common core , which teach-ers then tailor to a student’s needs.

Fights and violence are also common in special ed classes, and contribute to Heidi’s son’s fear of K-M. Th e fi ghts and violence toward teachers and students are prevalent in other schools.

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...obituaries

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LaVera Marie Cavanaugh September 1, 1925 – January 10, 2015

LaVera Cavanaugh was a long time Kent resident, graduating from Kent High School in 1943. She married classmate Ray Cavanaugh in 1946 and celebrated 52 years together before he preceded her in death in 1999. “Vera” is survived by daughter Carol Coleman (Chuck) of Las Vegas, son Dale Cavanaugh (Katy) and daughter Joyce Cavanaugh (Kent Steele) of Kent, 10 grandchildren and 7 great

grandchildren. “Vera” was a teller at People’s National Bank over a 30 year

span. There she got to know so many in the Kent Valley. She loved to dance, fi sh, beachcomb and make beautiful art from treasures she discovered washed ashore. Her family and friends are going to miss the spirit and beauty of this wonderful mother, grandmother & great grandmother.

In lieu of fl owers, Vera wished donations be made to Children’s Hospital in Seattle, www.seattlechildrens.org or First Christian Church of Kent, www.kentdisciples.org

Funeral service will be held at First Christian Church of Kent, 11717 SE 240th St, on Friday, January 16, at 11:00 am. A reception will immediately follow at the church. LaVera wished

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Amos Nelson StradlingAmos Nelson Stradling, age 71, of

Kent, Washington passed away January 2, 2015, surrounded by family and friends.

‘Nelson’ was born in New Jersey on February 13, 1943 to his father Alvin and his mother Alberta Stradling. Raised in Pennsylvania, he graduated from Hellertown High School before attending Indiana’s Institute of Technology to study Engineering. After which, he earned his Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Redlands in California. As a ‘Squid’ in the US Navy and Reserves from ’65-’74 he served in Vietnam as a radar engineer, for which he earned 4 medals.

Nelson enjoyed a long, successful career in business as a manager and was known as a profi cient and strong leader. After he retired in 2007, he continued to be active by volunteering for the community and working on his homes in Kent and Fawn Lake. An avid and experienced traveler, he enjoyed all there is about the outdoors; and was a dedicated football fan. Visiting with family and friends is what he enjoyed most!

Nelson is survived by his wife Laura; mother Alberta; brother Jim; sister Sue; son Andrew; and his granddaughters Amber and Ashlynn. Nelson will be dearly missed by all of his family and friends. He was a stoic, generous and loving man who taught through example by living a strong moral code.

We invite you to join in the celebration of his life on January 16, 2015 at 2:00pm at Tahoma National cemetery.

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A Kent woman allegedly head-butted her husband in the face after he told her he wanted a divorce because he said she had cheated on him with several men.

Kent Police arrested the woman for investigation of fourth-degree assault in connection with the dispute at about 3:53 a.m. Jan. 2 at

a home in the 9400 block of South 240th Street, accord-ing to the police report.

The husband told officers he and his wife had been drinking at a party and started to argue when they returned home. He said his wife became angry with his comments about her seeing other men and head-butted him in the mouth. She then continued to scratch and hit him until he held her down

on a bed.The wife told police she

was upset because her husband had sent a text message to another woman. She said he put his fists up as if to fight so she head-butted him.

A witness saw the woman head butt her husband during the dispute.

Malicious mischiefOfficers arrested a

man for investigation of malicious mischief and disorderly conduct after he reportedly broke a front window with his fists on Jan. 2 at Nashville’s Sports Bar and Grill, 114 Railroad Ave. N.

When an officer arrived at the bar, the man ran toward the police vehicle, which caused the officer to

pull out her Taser and order the man to stop, which he did, according to the police report.

The man reportedly came into the bar, bought a drink

and bought drinks for a couple of other

customers. One customer told the man not to buy a drink for his son

who has disabilities. That apparently upset

the man who had bought the drinks and he started yelling, which caused the bartender to ask the man to leave.

After the man walked outside, he started to pound his fists on the bar’s front window, causing it to break. He cut his right hand. Damage to the window was estimated at $400.

The man declined to talk to police about the inci-

dent. He also refused to let officers search him as he stiffened up the muscles in his arms and twisted and turned so they couldn’t reach into his pockets, ac-cording to the report.

Because officers feared for their safety, three of them took the man to the ground. Police then handcuffed the man and transported him to the city jail.

ObstructingPolice shot a man with a

Taser and arrested him for investigation of obstructing an officer, illegal camping and possession of drug paraphernalia after spotting the man in the 200 block of Naden Avenue South.

Officers receive frequent homeless camp complaints near the Naden RV Park

and saw a camp while on patrol at about 5 p.m. on Jan. 2, according to the police report.

A man in front of the camp saw an officer and ran toward the bushes. The officer recognized the man from previous contacts and knew he sometimes armed himself with a knife. The officer pulled out his gun and ordered the man to come out from behind the bushes.

The man ignored the order. Three officers talked to the man for about 15 min-utes but he refused to show his hands and come out of the bushes. An officer even-tually came up from behind the man and used a Taser to shoot him in the back. The officers then took the man into custody. They searched him and found a glass pipe in his possession.

Kent Police arrest woman who headbutted husband in face

judge). They will be arrest-ed, booked and detained.”

Kent Police Chief Ken Thomas opposes the pro-posed policy, approved by Constantine. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray also opposed the measure. Thomas and other police chiefs in the county were notified by county officials at a Jan. 8 meeting about the jail population management plan. County jails handle all felony cases.

“Quite frankly, with the RJC right here in Kent that’s a jail with a capacity of 1,200 beds and they have an aver-age daily population between 700 and 750 inmates,” Thomas said during an inter-view at his office. “They are not being released because there is not enough room in jail. They are being released to save money, and it’s on the backs of citizens who are victimized.”

Thomas said there were about 12,000 stolen vehicles in King County in 2014, more than the combined number of stolen cars in Snohomish, Pierce, Clark, Thurston and Spokane counties.

“Washington state has

the highest property crime rate of any other state in the country,” Thomas said. “So if the majority is occurring in King County, I don’t think it’s the right policy decision to take people who are committing crimes such as auto theft, identity theft and car prowling and immediately releasing them with no accountability is the appropriate thing to do at the same time we have the highest (property) crime rate in the country.”

Thomas has concerns about the implication the book-and-release policy sends to police officers as well as car thieves.

“It’s really concerning the message it sends not only to our police officers who work hard to figure out these crimes and catch the bad guys and have the suspects immediately released from custody,” Thomas said. “But also the message it sends to the suspects that you can go out and steal a car but there’s no accountability because you are going to be immediately released from custody, so what’s to keep you from do-ing it again?”

County officials disputed

Thomas’ statement that the quick release would result in more crimes by the same person.

“Research by the state Department of Corrections (DOC) never showed any indication that incarceration is what addresses the under-lying crime, which is where everybody is looking at pre-vention efforts,” said Lewis, a former state DOC spokes-man. “The message is this is the least amount of impact to public safety. What difference is a stay of six hours versus 48 hours? I haven’t seen any-thing that indicates staying in that extra 30-plus hours had a significant impact on their behavior.”

William Hayes, director of the county’s Department of Adult and Juvenile De-tention, agreed with Lewis.

“If somebody’s idea is to steal cars when they are not in custody, there’s probably an underlying reason be-hind it, typically some kind of drug addiction, so unless you address the underlying issues, regardless whether it’s a week or two months (in jail), they will probably go out and do it again,” Hayes said.

Lewis added a few extra

days in jail won’t deter people who want to steal cars or other items.

“If someone were to be released on Saturday instead of Monday, I don’t know if there’s a lot of research out there that would have done any significant impact to their behavior,” Lewis said.

Police officers can ask jail staff to override the early release if they think there are reasons the person should be held until he or she appears before a judge or bails out.

The crimes that fall un-der the new policy include auto theft, fraud, gambling, hit and run, malicious mischief, perjury, reckless endangerment, stolen prop-erty, theft, vehicle prowl and drug possession.

The average daily jail population for the county jails in Kent and Seattle is about 1,900 per day, Hayes said. The number of in-mates has continued to go up the last few years, but jail officials want to reduce that number with the early release program to save on jail staffing costs.


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When my parents graduated from high school in 1936, a college education was too expensive for the son of a copper miner and the daughter of a plumber.

Eighty years ago, our country was in the middle of the Great Depression and teens

took odd jobs to help put food on the table and pay the family bills. In those days, no bank would lend money to college students.

Following World War II, there was new hope. Th e GI bill paid for veterans to complete their college or

trade school education. My father, for example, graduated from trade

schools in Seattle and Chicago and became a journeyman electrician, thanks to Uncle Sam.

In the 1960s, the federal govern-ment introduced the work-study program, allowing students from middle- and low-income families to work their way through college. I found jobs and fortunately didn’t have to borrow money to complete my degree.

Today, it is a much diff erent story. Student loans are the norm rather than the exception. As a re-sult, student loan debt has shot past $1.2 trillion and more than 20 per-cent of American households have student debts averaging $33,000.

Student loan debt is even more common among dependent under-grads from low- and middle-income families. Th e Department of Educa-tion reports that in 2012, 44 percent of these students had student loan debts of more than $12,400.

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Prior to the November ballot measure that asked for approval of a bond issue to fund a new police station, I submitted a letter to the editor, wherein I cautioned against such an extravagance and sug-gested the city research other options.

I suggested two possibilities: 1, retrofi t the current police station to accommodate more people and provide better use of space; and 2, locate some of the police in empty retail space throughout the community.

I would like to return to No. 2. Th ere is a vacant space on Meeker – the old JC Pen-ney space, which is only two blocks from the current police station. What a wonderful op-portunity for the police to be part of the revitalization of Old Downtown Kent.

Th is space has sat empty, except for periodic uses, for almost two decades. Although it would be preferable for a

successful retail operation to move in, for whatever reason, that has not happened and ap-pears unlikely to happen.

Th us, I encourage the City Council to begin negotia-tions with the owner of this property to lease it for a police annex. Th e monthly rental and the initial outlay to build out the space would be minimal in comparison to a new police station (a $34 million bond

measure). My overall message is, “Toss

out that box inside which decisions are made and pursue creative ways to revitalize our old downtown. Put the police in a storefront. Put the offi cers in public view. Make them a part of the area. Make their of-fi ces a place to visit. Make the police storefront on Meeker beautiful and inviting. Show the commercial retailers that old downtown is alive and well and safe. – Ruth Riddle

‘Catch and release’ to boost crime

I saw the KING 5 report on “catch and release” policy about to be implemented by King County (jails) in the near future. I realize the county has budget problems; however, its primary fi duciary responsibil-ity is public safety.

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Gov. Jay Inslee says he is approaching this session of the Legislature “very diff erently” than he did in his fi rst two years as the state’s chief executive.

In 2014, he talked about the need to hold steady and allow the recession to recede enough for residents and businesses to begin righting themselves. He off ered an array of policy ideas and nudged lawmakers to pass them. When they didn’t act on a transpor-tation package, he sounded politely frus-

trated. And when they left Olympia on time, he couldn’t contain his pleasure.

Inslee stopped holding steady in mid-December when he put forth argu-ably the largest – friends say boldest – tax-and-

spend proposal of any governor in state history.

His desire to inject billions of additional dollars into public schools and the transpor-tation system and pay for it with proceeds of new taxes on carbon emissions and capital gains is the kind of stuff Inslee’s stoutest allies have been waiting to see from him since he took offi ce.

Inslee’s natural political tendency is to launch big ideas to try to enlarge and extend the ideological playing fi eld for social liberals and environmentalists. And he had done so with his “vision” for the state.

“We have a new suite of challenges,” he said. “We have a plan to move the state for-ward and not fall behind.”

Inslee is smart enough to know it won’t be easy to get his ambitious agenda through a Republican-controlled Senate in its entirety, let alone with any of its signature pieces intact.

He says his ideas are intended to start a conversation with lawmakers, so now he will be watched closely to see how he carries on the conversation. Inslee’s been criticized for not engaging deeply enough in the rigors of negotiating agreements and, when he does submerge himself, it’s not as an arbiter or


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Adding insult to in-jury, when these students graduate, many can’t find work in their degree fields and end up in jobs that were once the domain of high school students. This widespread underemploy-ment, with its lower sala-ries, is one of the reasons student loan default rates are 14 percent higher than for mortgages, cars and credits cards, according to the Wall Street Journal.

A big contributor to student indebtedness is skyrocketing tuition.

Since the 1970s, tuition has shot up by 1,000 per-cent while the consumer-price index climbed by 240 percent. By 2010, it took 36 percent of annual household income to pay the average private four-year tuition, up from 16 percent in 1970.

Frank Mussano and Robert Losue, co-authors of “College Tuition: Four Years of Financial Decep-tion,” focus on three reasons for mushrooming tuition: reduced teaching loads, higher number of admin-istrators and extravagant buildings such as luxury dorms.

The U.S. Department of Education reports that the number of college ad-ministrators has increased 50 percent faster than instructors since 2001. For example, the University of Minnesota added 1,000 administrators in the past decade and now there is one administrator for every 3.5 students on the Minneapolis campus.

Second, the average professor spends much less time in the classroom even though enrollments are increasing.

Third, higher education

construction spending has doubled since 1994.

Mussano and Losue argue that higher educa-tion needs performance audits, much like those the government conducts on defense contractors, hos-pitals, social agencies and other businesses that get tax dollars. They believe the resulting cost reduc-tions could bring tuition increases more in line with the consumer price index.

Whether you agree with them or not, the fact is the traditional college educa-tion on a university cam-pus is slipping away from many families. While it may open new opportuni-ties for on-line universi-ties, in the long run, it is not good for America.

Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and colum-nist. He can be contacted at [email protected].

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mediator, but as a partisan participant.

With two years under his belt, he’s expecting a differ-ent tack this session.

“I know legislators better,” he said. “Having longer relationships help.”

In the meantime, what transpires in this session will be part of the founda-tion on which the 2016 gubernatorial election will be conducted.

That adds an intriguing and different element to the session as well.

Inslee – and any Re-

publican state lawmaker contemplating a challenge to the Democratic governor – will want to be viewed by the public as a uniting, not polarizing figure. Yet, at the same time, they can’t be tabbed as sell-outs by the grassroots of their own parties.

There are those eyeing Inslee through the prism of politics who think he has the most to lose by what occurs this session. Some might even think it will make or break his chances at re-election.

“The people who have the most to lose here are our grandchildren. They

are in great jeopardy,” Inslee said, his voice braced with passion as he slipped easily into a rhetorical rhythm about his agenda.

Doing nothing this session puts 4- and 5-year-olds in Washington in jeopardy of not getting access to early childhood education, not growing up in a cleaner envi-ronment and not being able to get to work, he said.

“They are the people at risk here, not me,” he said.

Political reporter Jerry Cornfield’s blog, The Petri Dish, is at www.heraldnet.com. Contact him at 360-352-8623; [email protected] and on Twitter at @dospueblos

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Kentridge’s Alicia Dugan set a school record last month for most career points by a girls basketball player, breaking a mark set in 2003 by Krystal Robinson. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter

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Kentridge girls basketball player Alicia Dugan will leave her mark on the high school aft er breaking a 12-year-old school record.

Dugan set the record for career points aft er the Chargers’ game against Bal-lard on Dec. 30 when she scored 14 points.

Th e senior has scored 928 points during her career, surpassing 2003 graduate Krystal Robinson by 22 points. Dugan scored 133 points in her freshman year, 325 as a sophomore and 333 in her junior year. Th is year she’s put up 137 points in the fi rst 10 games.

Th e blonde senior, stand-ing at 5 feet, 9 inches, says she was “pleased” by her accomplishment but didn’t hit the roof over it.

Numbers aren’t impor-

tant to her, she says, noting that breaking the record was simply another note on her progress as an athlete.

“Furthering my skills as a player, becoming dominant is a bigger accomplishment than breaking a record,” she says.

Dugan made a name for herself by starting every year since her freshman debut on the team. Of course starting on the team wasn’t the easiest thing for her and she had some hesitation at fi rst.

“It was pretty intimidat-ing,” Dugan said. “I did have some teammates who were just a year above me, and they made it pretty hard.”

But the freshman Dugan maintained her focus.

“I kept my composure and mentality, and knew that anything I accom-plished was due to my work,” she said.

While playing, Dugan says

that her scoring comes from fi nding the right moments instead of any kind of deep focus on making baskets.

“I’m not really focused on anything, I take the open shots and make the right pass, it’s just like any other game, I treat it as if it’s a new game and if my shots are there, they’re there,” she says.

Dugan has played since

second grade with her fa-ther and since then basket-ball has become an integral part of her persona.

“It’s always been a bond between me and my dad,” Dugan says. “He taught me everything I know, it’s always been a part of me.”

As she’s grown, basket-ball has always been pres-ent in her life whether it was the Amateur Athletic

Union, various camps and now high school ball. She’s hoping to continue her ca-reer with collegiate basket-ball, considering smaller private schools like Austin College in Texas or George Fox University in Oregon.

“Its something that keeps me busy and out of trouble,” she says. “Each day there’s a new goal to achieve.”

Dugan sets scoring record at Kentridge

Bronson catches attention of collegesBY ERIC MANDEL

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Sandra Bronson knows good “sport people.”

Her husband, Johnny, played football at Army. Her daughter, Leitawsha, was a two-sport star for Kent-Meridian High and Morgan State University. Her fi rst two sons, John and Demitrius, advanced to the NFL. So when she, like a hand-ful of scouts and coaches, says her youngest boy, Josiah, has elite skills,

she’s probably right. It’s just too bad Josiah is only starting to notice.

“He could have been the top de-fensive player the state if he’d have gotten to it earlier,” said Sandra, from her home in Covington, with Josiah in earshot.

Th ere’s little denying Kentwood High School’s Josiah Bronson has

the athletic ability to join his broth-ers as products of the NFL. His measureables – 6-feet 5-inches tall and 265 pounds of lean muscle – have caught the attention of major college programs that include Ohio State, Oregon, Colorado and

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group heading into the last half of the season,” T-Birds General

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campaign with the Conks, Josiah finished the 2014 season as a first-team Associated Press all-state selection at defensive end. He contributed six sacks, 13 tackles for loss and notched the second most tackles overall on the team, accord-ing to his head coach, Rex Norris, who called Josiah “one of the best athletes I’ve ever coached.”

At 5 feet 9 inches tall, Demi-trius, a practice squad player with the Seattle Seahawks, admits that his little brother is bigger than him, but won’t concede that Josiah is a better player. Yet.

“Out of all of us, all of the Bron-son’s, he’s looking like he’s going to be the best one,” Demitrius said. “He’s huge but has that athletic build… I’m really excited to see what the future holds for him.”

Despite the interest from top-

tier suitors, the youngest Bronson boy only recently became eligible for scholarships. Although his family asserts that the smiley 17 year old always had the brains, he just never saw the need to study.

“It was always a joke for him,” Sandra said. “He almost gave me a heart attack. I never thought it would kick in.”

Where Josiah’s academic dis-interest started is unknown, but a fractured tibia and knee injury he sustained playing basketball, which caused him to miss his entire sophomore season, seemed to be a primary culprit in its longevity.

While Norris and Demitrius saw Josiah’s injury as creating a sort of “depression,” Josiah said he felt it was more of “laziness.” He walked into high school larger than everyone else, but didn’t recognize his opportunities, despite assertions from his parents that he could be a special athlete. Josiah said the injury forced him to miss about two

months of school, causing him to eventually retake five classes.

“When I got back, it was just the laziness in me,” he said. “I always knew you had to get good grades and stuff, but I don’t want to throw my blame on nobody else or my in-jury. It was just the laziness in me.”

Demitrius said he experienced similar difficulties in high school and expects college to squeeze the best out of his baby brother, just as it did for him.

“You just don’t really have a clue at that age,” he said. “For me, it was kind of similar. My grades started slipping. I had a 1.9 (GPA)… the last year or two (I realized) I can be somebody. I can be an NFL player or a high Division I player. I need to step on the gas.”

While Sandra pushed for youngest son to take ownership of his future, she acknowledged it was difficult at times.

“He was not putting forth any effort,” Sandra said. “You have a kid

who doesn’t really have any learning disabilities or things that could stop him from doing stuff. He just wasn’t putting in his best effort. He just always thought he had time.”

Thanks in large part to her last two boys, Sandra’s learned the sliding scale for scholarship eligibility, which starts with a 1010 SAT score attached to a 2.0 GPA. Josiah recently learned his SAT score bumped him past the threshold. He is yet to commit to any school, though he mentioned leaning toward Temple University, the school that’s shown the most interest in him.

With the assistance of hind-sight, Josiah sees his high school experiences less as a struggle and more of a bounce back situation.

“I used that as like a minor set-back; a major comeback,” he said. “I got in the gym right when I got hurt. Started to get much bigger and faster and stronger.”

Josiah, who also played tight

end his senior year, calls football a “let loose thing.” He’d rather sack the quarterback than catch a touchdown and recalls a time when he tackled two players at the same time, forced a fumble and returned it for a touchdown at a Puget Sound camp.

“If I could work hard like this all the time I could be a great player,” he said. “I’m just starting to know that.”

One aspect of Josiah that’s never been in doubt is his love of music. He started singing for his church’s youth choir at about 8 years old. With John Legend among his musi-cal inspirations, Josiah plays the keyboard and sings.

“I’m not shy to sing anything,” he said. “I sing my gospel music mainly… I like songs with mean-ing.”

Sandra said she’s never forced football or athletics on her kids, she simply wanted to keep them busy and provide choices.

tarnished Impact brand, but instead is acquiring the franchise rights from Earl so he can rebrand the Seattle/Tacoma area team as the Stars.

He said that he’s uncertain as to whether the team will continue to play at the ShoWare Center or relocate to Tacoma.

“Yet to be determined, we need a place to play. And cur-rently with the Kent ShoWare, the venue’s fine,” Smith said.

He hesitantly ventured that ShoWare would provide a prime venue as is, and that the location is well suited.

“The infrastructure makes it very easy to trade out,” Smith said.

“I’m from Tacoma, I love Tacoma,” he continued. “I hope people will understand and accept that. I hope Ta-

coma fans circle around the brand and drive up to Kent.”If the deal is approved and made final, the Stars will

continue the Impact’s lease at the ShoWare Center for the remainder of the season.

MASL Commissioner Kevin Milliken is aware of the sale, but declined to provide any concrete information until it is finalized.

“There’s been a lot of communication,” he said, “but I don’t like to announce stuff that isn’t final.”

According to Milliken, Earl has been attempting to sell the team for the past few months, but “this is the first time he’s ever had paperwork going back and forth.”

Earl and the Impact have toiled in trouble throughout its team’s first year of existence.

Earl faces legal battles. Ex-employees, in a lawsuit, are

accusing him of having sexually assaulted two women on the Impact’s now-defunct dance team.

The scathing lawsuit referred to Earl’s conduct as owner of the Impact as “despicable” and called him a “tyrant,” according to court documents.

A massive, 22-player walkout followed.After the lawsuit targeting Earl, Milliken said he has

stepped up the league’s background checks to make sure that Smith is properly vetted.

Milliken said that the sale of the team had less to do with the lawsuit than concerns about the abysmal atten-dance at games.

“The fans have spoken,” Milliken said, but he was still cautious about the sale, saying that there’s “no deal done until paperwork is completed.”

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AUCTIONDATE: FEBRUARY 5, 2015 at

10:00AMProperty belonging to William Hope, (unit#(s), (029341, 026946), Nicole McNeil, (000004653), Carl Blessing, (000006144), Brian Fitzjarrald, (030226, 000008746), Michael Jardeen, (000001275), Susan Bodtker, (000008788), Joy Raether, (040102, 000010203), Kerri Pierce, (000001815), Mary Logan, (043922), Leah Polito, (022074), William Sanders,

(030619), Nathaniel Frost, (044712), William Koch, (023621, 046282), Merith Clarke, (033085, 050009, 048723, 000008653), Kevin Fit- ton, (2881, 047551), Ellen Thompson, (21678, 5382), Eli- sabeth Baker, (035387, 028604, 033099), Braulio Ramirez, (029675), will be sold by live public auction (verbal bidding) on FEBRUARY 5, 2015 STARTING AT 10:00AM at DOOR TO DOOR STORAGE, INC., 21001 72nd Ave S., Kent, WA 98032. Goods were neither packed, loaded, nor inventoried by Door to Door Storage, Inc. General description of the goods likely to be sold: Household, business or consumer goods, namely personal effects, china, furniture, clothing, books, glass, silverware, electronics, tools, and similar items; but actual contents, condition, and quality are unknown to Door to Door Storage, Inc. Persons under 15 not admit- ted. Photo ID is required for bid- ders. Only cash or credit card as payment. Bidder Registration begins at 9:30am. Viewing begins at 10:00am, and bidding will begin soon after. Each container is 5 ft wide x 8 ft long x 7 ft high. Auctioneer: WWW.ThomasHay- w a r d A u c t i o n e e r s . c o m , (888-255-7633), License #2845.1/16, 1/23/15 CNS-2705367# Published in the Kent Reporter on January 16, 2015 and January 23, 2015. #1226034. Justin Harman, 1441 N 34th St Suite 200 Seattle WA 98103, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Storm- water NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, Bandon East, is located at 124459 98th Ave S in Kent, King County. This project involves 4.23 acres of soil distur- bance for Residential construction activities. The receiving water is Upper Mill Creek. Any persons desiring to present their views to the Washington State Department of Ecology regarding this application may do so in writing within thirty days of the last date of publication of this notice. Comments shall be submitted to the department of Ecol- ogy. Any person interested in the department’s action on this application may notify the department of their interest within thirty days of the last date of publication of this notice. Ecology re- views public comments and con-

siders whether discharges from this project would cause a mea- surable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II antidegradation requirements under WAC 173- 201A-320.Comments can be submitted to:Department of EcologyAttn: Water Quality Program, Construction StormwaterP.O. Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696 Published in Kent Reporter on January 16, 2015 and January 23, 2015.#1227413.

Kent School District No. 415Notice of Hearing --

Potential Sale of Real Property Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of Kent School District No. 415 will meet on January 28, 2014 at 7:00 p.m., in a regularly-scheduled board meeting, in the board room of Kent School District Adminis- tration Building, 12033 SE 256th St., Kent, WA to conduct a hearing on the propriety/advisability of selling the real property described below, and to take action to authorize the sale. Any person may appear there and be heard for or against the proposed sale. Any questions may be directed to Dr. Richard Stedry, Chief Busi-

THAT PORTION OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 22 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST, W.M., IN KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT 417.08 FEET WEST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTH- EAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER; THENCE WEST 634.84 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT 1,503.87 FEET FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SECTION 8; THENCE SOUTH 00°14’48” WEST TO POINT 776 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTH LINE OF SUBDIVI- SION; THENCE EAST 633.308 FEET; THENCE NORTH TO BEGINNING; TOGETHER WITH THE EAST 417.08 FEET OF THE NORTH 417.08 FEET OF THE NORTHEAST QUAR- TER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER; EXCEPT THAT PART IN SOUTHEAST 208TH STREET AND IN 108TH AVE- NUE SOUTHEAST; AND EX-

CEPT THAT PORTION CON- VEYED TO THE STATE OF WASHINGTON BY DEED RE- CORDED UNDER RECORD- ING NUMBER 8905010797. SUBJECT TO COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, RESTRIC- TIONS, AND EASEMENTS OF RECORD.Tax Parcel Number: 0822059005 (Site of former Panther Lake Elementary School, 20831 108th Avenue, SE, Kent, WA) Published in the Kent Reporter on January 16, 2015 and January 23, 2015. #1228306

City of KentNOTICE OF

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSFinance Department

GENERAL BANKING SERVICES AND

BANKCARD SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF KENT

The City of Kent is accepting sealed proposals for the City’s primary banking services. Sub- mittals will be received and time stamped only at the City Clerk’s

City Hall, 220 Fourth Avenue South, Kent WA 98032. Proposals will be received until

March 3, 2015, according to the

The Proposals will be recorded by the City Clerk and forwarded to a Selection Advisory Commit- tee for evaluation. Proposals will not be opened and read aloud at that time. An optional pre-bid conference will be held in Kent Council Chambers located at 220 Fourth Avenue South Kent, WA 98032 on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 beginning at 1:00 PM. Project Scope: The City of Kent is seeking proposals for General Banking Services and bankcard

with demonstrated experience in providing those services to the public sector, as more fully described in the Request for Propo- sals (RFP). These services include, but are not limited to, de- pository accounts and related banking services, disbursement services, online account access and reporting, electronic payment card processing, and payroll services.Estimate: N/ATo request a copy of the RFP, please contact:

Joe Bartlemay, Senior Financial AnalystCity of Kent

220 Fourth Avenue SouthKent, WA 98032253-856-5248253-856-6255 [email protected]

Published in the Kent Reporter on January 16, 2015. #1228259.

Superior Court of Washington County of King

In re the Custody of:Arayah Rose, Roberto Filberto Vasquez, childrenJames N. Rose, Petitioner

and Jennifer Sondya Rose, Beto Vasquez, Respondents,No. 14-3-08354-1KNT

Summons by PublicationTo the Respondents:The petitioner has started an action in the above court requesting: custody of the children listed in paragraph 1.3 of the Nonpa- rental Custody Petition. You must respond to this summons by serving a copy of your written response on the person signing this

nal with the clerk of the court. If you do not serve your written response within 60 days after the

summons (60 days after the 16th day of January, 2015) the court may enter an order of default against you, and the court may, without further notice to you, enter a decree and approve or provide for other relief requested in this summons. ln the case of a disslution, the court will not en-

If you serve a notice of appear-ance on the undersigned person, you are entitled to notice beforean order of default or a decreemay be entered. Your written re-sponse to the summons and peti-tion must be on form WPF CU 01.0300, Response to Nonparen-tal Custody Proceeding. Informa-tion about how to get this formmay be obtained by contactingthe clerk of the court, by contact-

the Courts at (360) 705-5328, orfrom the Internet at the Washing-ton State Courts homepage: http: //www.courts.wa.gov/forms If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney in this matter, you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, may be served on time. One method of serving a copy of your response on the petitioner is to

return receipt requested. This summons is issued pursuant to RCW 4.28.100 and Superior Court Civil Rule 4.1 of the state of Washington. Dated: December 27, 2014 James N Rose Jr. Peti- tioner.File original of your response with the Clerk of the Court at: Regional Justice Center, 401 4th Ave. North, Kent, WA 98032Serve a copy of your response on: Petitioner, James Norman Rose Jr. 27014 125th Ave NE, Kent WA 98030.Published in the Kent Reporter on January 16, 23, 30, 2015; Feb-ruary 6, 13, 20, 2015. #1225156

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Life Scout Zachary Dan-iels – with the help of his fellow Scouts, friends and family – gave back to a local nonprofi t organization on Dec. 27-29.

Daniels, 16, was born three months premature and weighed 2 pounds, 14 ounces. He received physical, speech and occupational therapy until he was 3 years old at Children’s Th erapy Center (CTC) on Kent East Hill.

While preparing for

his Eagle Scout project, Daniels, of Boy Scout Troop 406, decided to work with CTC and give back to the organization that helped

him when he was younger. Aft er a few meetings with David Buckles, CTC’s facility man-ager, they came up with an appropriate project that would allow Daniels to lead a worthwhile

eff ort that would benefi t the organization at its new Burien location.

Th e project included re-moving carpet and under-layment in a 1,500-square-

foot offi ce, disposing of the debris and then installing new underlayment that will not squeak. Th e 15 volunteers worked faster than expected on day one, so on the second day, three more rooms were added for demolition. More than 180 volunteer hours were donated on the project.

As part of his require-ments, Daniels contacted local businesses and organi-zations to donate materials and goods to achieve his $1,200 fundraising goal.

“I wanted to do this proj-ect, so more kids can get the help they need,” Daniels said.

Boy Scout gives back, earns Eagle rankinvaders suck the juice from the foliage and mul-tiply quickly on stressed out houseplants that are too dry. Lack of fertilizer, underwatering and indoor air pollution will also turn foliage pale.

Q: What if entire leaves are

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Blame your cat or dog.

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Bud blast occurs when potted plants throw a fi t because you let them dry out or move them away

from their light source just as they are about to give birth to new fl owers. An infestation of mites, thrips or white fl y will also cause buds to fall as many plants refuse to bloom when under attack by insect invaders.

Q: What houseplant produces the most fl owers with the least amount of problems?

I give my vote to the humble African violet. All they need is a bright win-dow, and moist soil and they will bloom on and off all year long. You can group several blooming African violets onto a tray for a centerpiece, display

a collection lined up on a windowsill or set a potted violet into a basket or bowl with other houseplants to create a living dish garden. You must keep the soil moist but not wet. Bloom inducing tip: When you boil and egg, used the cool, salt free water to water your African violets. Th e calcium that leaches into the cooking water from the egg shell will encour-age blooms on African violets.

Marianne Binetti has a degree in horticulture from Washington State University and is the author of “Easy Answers for Great Gardens” and several other books. For more information, visit www.binettigarden.com.

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According to emails ob-tained by the Kent Report-er, Jenkins Creek teacher Jill Todoroff has made repeated trips to urgent care after students have attacked and injured her during episodes. An email from Instructional Support Team Program Specialist Holly Bailey described Todoroff ’s room as “a classroom where both students and adults are unsafe.” Because of the nature of the disruptions in the room, Bailey said in her email that any kind of effective programming is “near impossible to do when there is one fire after another to put out.”

District Inclusive Educa-tion (renamed to include gifted as well as disabled students) Director Matt Patterson said that they are aware of issues in the pro-grams but couldn’t speak directly to solutions. He did

add that efforts have been made to improve commu-nication between teachers and senior staff to provide materials as needed, such as sustaining the Special Education Advisory Com-mittee. Other programs the district has implemented include the transition fair and PBIS (Positive Behav-ioral Interventions and Supports).

He also said that the inclusive education depart-ment is working with limited staff and resources, and doing the best they can to provide services to students. He believes that overall teachers think the quality of inclusive educa-tion has improved.

“If you were to get a good sampling, it’s hands down improved over the last six months,” Patterson said.

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“With 2,823 special needs students, that’s four school districts,” Loftis said. “It’s a huge undertaking and there are ongoing applications of resources.”

Resources being the key word.

“You can do anything with time and money,” Loftis said, “and a school district has limitations of both.”

Note: Chris Loftis, of the Kent School District, responds to points made in this article. Find his guest piece online and in next week’s edition.

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