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Volunteers pick up litter along the Interurban Trail as part of the city of Kent’s seventh annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

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Deputy Andy Conner runs The Genesis Project drop-in center in SeaTac. STEVE HUNTER, Kent Reporter

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It turned their lives upside down and continues to burn Andy and Laura Conner.

How the Kent Police Department

gave an unsubstantiated accusation to the King County Sheriff ’s Offi ce about Andy’s alleged misuse of a nonprofi t agency’s funds.

“For six months, they ripped my husband’s life apart,” Laura Conner said of the 2013 investigation by the

Sheriff ’s Offi ce, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Offi ce into the deputy and Th e Genesis Project, a SeaTac drop-in center that helps get girls and women out of sex traffi cking by getting them into school or fi nding them a job.

Despite allegations that he had embezzled as much as $50,000 from the more than $300,000 raised, an investigation failed to fi nd that Conner had taken any money from the program.

Deputy questions Kent’s role in probe

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Prosecutors charge man with theft from Kent Little League BY STEVE HUNTER

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King County prosecu-tors have charged a former Kent Little League treasurer with 14 counts of fi rst-and second-degree theft for allegedly taking $226,515 over a 16-month period from the youth baseball and soft ball organization.

Kevin L. Baker, 50, of Maple Valley, is scheduled to be arraigned on Jan. 26 at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent, according to the King County Pros-ecuting Attorney’s Offi ce. Baker is not in custody but has been ordered by a judge to appear in King County Superior Court to face the charges fi led on Jan. 12.

Kent Police investigated the case and turned its in-formation over to prosecu-tors in September. Detec-tives started to investigate the case in December 2013 when the Little League board president reported signifi cant fi nancial dis-crepancies in the league’s bank accounts in 2012 and 2013.

Baker reportedly used some of the embezzled funds in an attempt to keep his newly acquired Benchwarmer Sports Bar and Grill afl oat, according to charging papers. Th e bar along Russell Road has since closed.

Th e league’s board of directors sent a letter in September to Little League parents and volunteers that read in part, “Signifi cant fi nancial discrepancies were found in the management of league funds throughout the 2012 and 2013 seasons.”

During a February inter-view with detectives, Baker admitted to stealing more than $200,000 from league accounts from May 2012 through September 2013 to try to keep his business afl oat, according to charg-ing papers.

He also explained to detec-tives that he was the victim of a Nigerian Internet email-solicitation scam in which he sent tens of thousands of dollars to the United Kingdom and Nigeria on the premise that the lender would provide him with a much-needed business loan he couldn’t otherwise qualify for in the United States.

Baker admitted he also used league funds to pay business taxes owed for the Benchwarmer bar and used the money for personal expenses.

Detectives received a search warrant for bank re-cords for all accounts where Baker was an authorized signatory, including two with the Kent Little League, his business account and his personal account.[ more THEFT page 7 ]

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Th e Suburban King County Coordinating Council on Gangs, an or-ganization created in 2011 to help stymie gang issues has begun implementing a plan to help reduce and in-tervene in gang problems in South King County, including Renton, Auburn and Kent.

Th e council members include Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke, Kent Police Chief Ken Th omas, members from the Kent School District and Mike Heinisch, executive direc-tor with Kent Youth and Family Services.

According to Anica Stieve, the group is work-ing off of a set of anti-gang strategies from the federal Offi ce of Juvenile Justice

and Delinquency Preven-tion’s Gang Model. Th e model implements fi ve strategies (community mobilization, opportuni-ties provision, social inter-vention, suppression and organizational change) to reduce the likelihood that youth in a community will get involved in gang activity.

Th e gang council recently fi nished its work

collecting data on gang activity in the South King County area. Data came from both the Kent Police department as well as vari-ous social organizations that work in the commu-nity.

Randy Heath, Brad Brown, Th uan Nguyen and Chris Loft is repre-sented the Kent School

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NFC Championship playoff T-Shirts lie stacked and awaiting boxes at Kent’s Polar Graphics, the offi cial printer of Seahawks shirts. Nathan Schaff er, who works on the printing fl oor, said that after the Seahawks 28-22 NFC playoff victory over Green Bay on Sunday, the presses were all hands on deck to produce 18,000 shirts and get them to vendors., ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter

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King County prosecutors charged a 24-year-old Seattle woman with vehicular assault and other charges in connection with a Jan. 6 police pursuit on Kent’s East Hill.

Ashley Ann Wanaka faces charges of vehicular assault, attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle and hit and run, according to charging papers fi led by the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Offi ce. She

was scheduled to be arraigned on Th ursday, Jan. 22 at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent, aft er press deadline for the Kent Reporter.

Wanaka allegedly ran into a vehicle, driven by Samir Gardi, 37, of Kent, in the 9000 block of Canyon Drive as she drove westbound in the eastbound lanes. Paramedics trans-ported Gardi to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where doctors performed emergency surgery. He suff ered a severely broken leg, pelvis and other serious injuries, according

to court documents.As of Tuesday, Gardi remained in

satisfactory condition at Harbor-view, said a hospital spokeswoman.

Firefi ghters from the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority extracted Gardi, who was trapped inside his vehicle. Paramedics treated Wanaka for minor injuries. She remained in the county jail with bail set at $200,000.

Th e incident started at about 9:55 a.m. on Jan. 6 when a Kent offi cer saw a green Toyota Camry driv-

ing past him with expired license tabs on its rear plate. Th e offi cer activated his emergency lights and attempted to pull the driver over in the 24800 block of 104th Avenue Southeast. But Wanaka reportedly failed to yield and began to acceler-ate away from the offi cer.

Th e woman told police she fl ed because she didn’t have a driver’s license and she had warrants for her arrest. Police discovered she had warrants for prostitution, drug possession and negligent driving.

King County offi cials back off book-and-release jail plan

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Mark down Kent Police Chief Ken Th omas as one of local leaders pleased that King County offi cials backed off for at least a few months on a new book-and-release program at county jails in Kent and Seattle.

Th omas spoke out against the initial proposal that would have meant release from jail within hours 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 to the Maleng Regional Justice Center (RJC) in Kent or the King County Correctional

Facility in Seattle. But aft er a week of objections to the proposal by elected of-fi cials and police chiefs, the county will look at other options to save money before implementing the book-and-release plan.

“We currently have the resources needed to main-tain the operations without having to implement the jail population management plan until June 1,” County Executive Dow Constantine said in a letter on Jan. 14 to other county offi cials.

Th omas said the plan would send a bad message to thieves as well as offi cers who work hard to catch the criminals and put residents at risk of more crimes.

“I’m happy that Executive Constantine reconsidered his decision on this issue,” Th omas said during a phone interview. “Many of the cities in the county were opposed to the plan and we are all happy that Executive Constantine reconsidered his decision that could have had a signifi cantly negative impact on residents of King

County.”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. County offi cials say they don’t have the money to open more units. Th e RJC jail has a ca-pacity for 1,200 inmates but houses between 700 and 750 per day, Th omas said.

Police chiefs in King County meet once a month and were informed by county offi cials earlier in January about the jail release plan. Th omas then helped spread the word to the media about the proposal. Th omas said the chiefs prefer to be part of the county process to fi nd answers to reducing jail populations by other means the book and release.

Th e crimes that would fall under the book-and-release policy include auto theft , fraud, gambling, hit and run, malicious mischief, perjury, reckless endangerment, stolen prop-erty, theft , vehicle prowl and drug possession.

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“Because the allegations of criminal conduct by Conner were not substan-tiated, we are declining prosecution of this matter,” read a Sept. 25, 2013, letter from the U.S. Attorney’s Offi ce to the FBI and the Sheriff ’s Offi ce electronics crimes task force.

But that has not ended the challenges for the Conners, who are trying to rebuild the program’s reputation as they continue to get back donors. Many donors left because of the 2013 investigation of Conner, which an inside source had leaked to King 5 television news about one month aft er it started.

“We’re gaining slowly but surely, but anyone who knows about (the investiga-tion) still has questions,” Andy Conner said during an interview last week at the drop-in center just off of SeaTac’s International Boulevard, also known as Pacifi c Highway South. “Th is was unfounded and a complete lie. …I don’t get a dime from doing this.”

Th e center has two full-time employees, two half-time workers, interns and volunteers. A fi ve-member board, including Andy Con-ner, oversees operations. Th e program raised $60,000 at its annual dinner/auction fundraiser in December.

Th e Conners, who live in Kent, want people to know about their story because of how a simple allegation can upend a life, whether there’s any truth to the claim or not.

And they want to know why the Kent Police handled the accusation as it did.

In fact, Laura Conner met with Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke to ask her to look into the way Kent Police addressed the issue. Conner

gave the mayor numerous documents that the Conners obtained through public disclosure requests form the Sheriff ’s Offi ce investigation. Th at’s how the couple found out Kent Police initiated the whole thing.

“She (Laura Conner) asked me to look into this,” Cooke said this week. “I made a commitment to look into the facts.”

Cooke said she plans to have the City Attorney’s Of-fi ce investigate the case to see if Kent Police handled it properly. She expects the investigation to be complet-ed within the next couple of months.

Cooke fi rst visited Th e Genesis Project a few years ago and remains a strong supporter of the program.

“My observation of Th e Genesis Project is that it serves a real positive niche in our community with the way the organization and the volunteers are set up to em-power women to take their lives back through education and jobs,” Cooke said. “I was very impressed. I support it and am engaged in promot-ing it. I’m glad it exists.”

The backgroundAndy Conner started Th e

Genesis Project in August of 2011. A former Uni-versity of Oregon football player, Conner has worked 17 years as a Sheriff ’s Offi ce deputy. He works in the city of SeaTac, which contracts with the Sheriff ’s Offi ce for police services.

For many years Conner has worked prostitution crimes along International Boulevard. Aft er arresting several girls over and over for prostitution, he wanted to fi nd a way to help them get out of sex traffi cking.

Police offi cers and

sheriff ’s deputies (prior to the 2013 investigation) bring the girls and women directly to the drop-in cen-ter. Th ings started slowly with respect to donations but picked up in 2012 aft er the release of a fi lm documentary called “Rape for Profi t,” which looked at the sex trade and included Th e Genesis Project as part of its focus. Th e center has helped more than 150 girls since it opened. Many of them are no longer involved in prostitution.

Sheriff ’s Offi ce detectives Brian Taylor and Joel Banks initially served on the board of Th e Genesis Project along with Andy Conner. Th e three had known each other for more than a dozen years.

But Andy Conner said turmoil began around March 2013 when Sarah Johnson, a volunteer and later a paid education and fundraising director for Th e Genesis Project, had a run-in with Laura Conner, a volunteer for the program, over personal issues. Th e other board members sup-ported Johnson and wanted Laura Conner out.

Andy Conner said he sup-ported his wife and would not ask her to step down. He said Taylor and Banks also had brought in an outside consultant, who Conner says later tried to take over Th e Genesis Project.

“Th is is why everything happened,” Andy Conner said about resignations by Johnson, Banks and Taylor. “It was never over fi nancial issues. Th at’s what I told FBI and everyone else but they didn’t want to believe it until they actually found out I was telling the truth.”

The accusationSarah Johnson, now

known as Sarah Cassell, said she didn’t go to the Kent Police or the Sheriff ’s Offi ce with accusations of funds embezzled from Th e Genesis Project.

“I did not personally initi-ate any offi cial report to Kent Police or KCSO and have not directly accused Andy of theft ,” Johnson said in an email to the Kent Reporter.

Johnson said she had a casual conversation with her then-husband, Jeremiah Johnson, a Kent Police of-fi cer, about Conner’s many ATM cash withdrawals.

“My understanding is that my ex-husband told his supervisor about our conversation (without my knowledge), and his supervisor felt like he had an obligation to report it to their chief of police, who then felt like Sheriff (John) Urquhart needed to be aware of the situation,” Johnson said.

Kent Police Chief Ken Th omas said he called Urquhart as soon as he heard from a commanding offi cer that Conner might be taking money from Th e Genesis Project.

“Th is was an allegation of misconduct involving a po-lice offi cer, so the very day I received this information I called Sheriff Urquhart and let him know I didn’t have any specifi cs but to notify him there were allegations of misconduct by one of his offi cers,” Th omas said dur-ing an interview with the Kent Reporter about how he handled the accusation.

Kent Police offi cer Jer-emiah Johnson said his wife fi rst talked to him about numerous cash withdrawals from Th e Genesis Project bank account three or four months before Th omas id.

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In response to the letter from a fellow reader in the Jan. 16 edition of the Auburn Reporter, there are those of us who can say that Congressman Dave Reichert does support me.

Reichert supports me by voting for a 40-hour full-time work week; he supports me by supporting the very people who stand on the front line and protect us from those who will do us harm (our veterans); he supports me by voting for the Keystone Pipeline to be built bringing much needed jobs to our chugging economy.

I do not always agree with Dave Reichert and some of the bills he will vote for or against. Th ese political representatives are not perfect.– Cathern Edenholm

Get out of IraqIt seems clear that the

Obama administration has no

clear idea on how to face the crisis that is occurring in Iraq and Syria.

Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , has made it clear that to prevail, there must be American boots on the ground. In this way he is protecting the Pentagon from blame if and when we are forced to abandon our military operations in Iraq/Syria - like

it was blamed aft er our Viet-nam withdrawal.

In my opinion, it is time to get out of these opera-tions now. Th e people in the Middle East seem to be basi-cally against the American and Western presence there. Our only allies are the corrupt gov-ernments of Israel and Saudi Arabia.

It took about 20 years to make the decision to get out of Vietnam. It would be nice if we got out of these operations before 20 years have passed.– Phil Heft

POLICE MEETING: Hear about current crime trends, prevention and department programs at a Kent Police Community Meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12 at Kent Elementary School, 24700 64th Ave. S.

Police offi cials also will give a special presentation about the evolution of the police vehicle.

Also, city offi cials have extended the Kent Police Station, 220 Fourth Ave. S., lobby hours. The lobby is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The lobby is

closed on holidays.

District strives to help students with disabilities

I am writing in response to the Kent Reporter’s Jan. 16 article regarding issues and concerns raised about our programming for students with disabilities in Kent School Dis-trict (KSD) and appreciate the opportunity to provide the district’s perspective.

Th ere are 2,823 students receiving a variety of specialized educational services in KSD. We use the term inclusive education (IE) as it is more indicative of our commitment to all students and our belief that all students can and

should be successfully con-tributing members of our schools and communities.

Knowing student cognitive, physical and emotional strengths vary, we strive to provide ap-propriate services with the goal of every child achieving at the highest

level their capabilities allow.As federal and state privacy laws prohibit

the district from discussing specifi cs of any particular child’s diff ering ability or special-ized service strategy, some of the specifi c concerns expressed in the article cannot be addressed publicly.

Th e article also reports on grievances fi led by union members. Th e grievance process is a system for management and labor teams to work out challenges in a thoughtful, courte-ous, and eff ective manner. Th e district does not comment on individual grievances still in process per our contracted agreement with our union partners.

Th at said, two things need to be crystal clear – the Kent School District is committed to the safety of every one of our more than 27,000 students, 4,000 staff members and thousands of campus visitors. And just as we are committed to safe operations, we are also committed to respectful, dignifi ed, and successful educational experiences for all students regardless of their abilities or dispositions.

Special or inclusive education programs are available for students who have qualify-ing disabilities and need specially designed instruction to access their education. Federal

By the time Seahawks’ quar-terback Russell Wilson threw his fourth interception of the game, the 12th Man jersey had been in a heap on the fl oor for at least 10 minutes.

On one end of the couch sat my 17-year-old son, Conner, eyes glued to the screen, arms crossed, looking for all the world like he’d just lost his best friend.

I suppose in a way it looked to him like that was about to happen.

On the screen, the scoreboard told an ugly tale, plunging daggers deep into the hearts of the Seahawk

faithful.Green Bay 19, Seattle 7. It ap-

peared that Seattle’s magic had run out just shy of Super Bowl XLIX in the National Football Conference, and Conner was feeling defl ated at the prospect of the defending champs’ season ending anywhere short of another title. I was as well.

For the Skager clan, football, and more specifi cally, the Seahawks, are more than just a game, they are a passion.

For Conner, the emotions tied into this team run deep, encom-passing his entire life. From the frustration of the late 1990s and early 2000s to the “we’re almost there” glory days of the Mike Holmgren-era and into the present halcyon days of the franchise, we lived and died by the yearly fate of

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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 un- known to Door to Door Storage, Inc. Persons under 15 not admitted. 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.#1227680.

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, 2015 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

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 request- ing: 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 appearance on the undersigned person, you are entitled to notice before an order of default or a decree may be entered. Your written response to the summons and petition must be on form WPF CU 01.0300, Response to Nonparen- tal Custody Proceeding. Informa- tion about how to get this form may be obtained by contacting the clerk of the court, by contact-

the Courts at (360) 705-5328, or from 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

NOTICE OF ACTION BEFORE THE BOARD OF NURSINGIN RE: The license to practice NursingJohn Mwai Thiong’O10939 SE 252 Pl AA303Kent, WA 98030CASE NO.: 2014-05698LICENSE NO.: 70371 The Department of Health has

plaint against you, a copy of which may be obtained by contacting, Judson Searcy, Assistant General Counsel, Prosecution Services Unit, 4052 Bald Cy- press Way, Bin #C65, Tallahas- see Florida 32399-3265, (850) 245-4444. If no contact has been made by you concerning the above by February 28, 2015, the matter of the Administrative Complaint will be presented at an ensuing meeting of the Board of Nursing in an informal proceeding. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing a special accom- modation to participate in this proceeding should contact the individual or agency sending this notice not later than seven days prior to the proceeding at the address given on the notice. Telephone: (850) 245-4444, 1-800-955-8771 (TDD) or 1-800- 955-8770 (V), via Florida Relay Service.Published in the Kent Reporter on January 16, 23, 30, 2015; Feb- urary 6, 2015. #1227472.

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law requires all school districts to provide a continuum of services to students who are in special education. Districts are required to provide a free and appropriate public education in the least restrictive environ-ment possible.

Significant resources of time, materials, fa-cilities, equipment and personnel are invested in this noble work. With more than 430 full-time positions focusing on the unique needs of students with differing abilities, more than $37 million will be spent on Inclusive Educa-tion this school year in KSD.

By federal statute, student need drives decision making surrounding services for a student with special needs and cost cannot be the determinant factor. Yet the funding to meet those needs is specifically limited by state and federal funders. School districts must then make difficult choices in strategies and tactics to be both successful and in compliance with the law.

These unfunded mandates are but one part of the inherit challenges in delivering unique and tailored system-wide services. The sheer number and variety of individual needs coupled with sometimes complicated methodologies, and the strong beliefs and convictions by the various parties involved, make this very important work also very difficult work.

The school district is proactive in its approach and along with the challenges, there are successes every day. In the past two years, we have had multiple successful program and practice audits performed by independent state and national organiza-tions specializing in the delivery of special education programming in public schools. Among our successes and innovations:

• The KSD Autism Cadre provides consul-tation and support for students and families impacted by autism and other disabilities.

• Assistive technology services provide a wide-array of support for students access-ing curriculum and allows multiple ways of showing content mastery and understanding.

• IE staff are integral to the district sup-port team at the building level.

• The Special Education Advisory Com-mittee (SEAC), composed of parents, staff, teachers, administrators and other stake-holders who want to improve the practice of special education, meets on a regular ba-sis and offers both parent and staff training.

• The district partners with our teachers union, the Kent Education Association, with regularly scheduled advisory commit-tee meetings designed to improve special education programming system wide.

With regard to broad concerns expressed in your article:

• Injuries in IE classes – As a public school system, there is an obligation to

serve all students. In many of the IE classes students are served who have needs that are related to their emotional and behav-ioral dispositions. In all, KSD activities and practices, every effort is made to minimize any danger and the district collaborates with staff by providing technical assistance, professional development, and support ensuring these emotional challenges are met safely. If a student is demonstrating unsafe behaviors over a period of time that are beyond the capacity to support at a particular district location, the district works to secure other placement options or service strategies that will improve safety and effectiveness.

• Consistency in IE approach from school to school - Each student on an individualized education plan (IEP) has supports and ser-vices directly related to the individual needs of the student. The IEP teams are made up of staff, family and supporters and discuss what supports and services need to be in place to ensure effective and safe education. Adher-ence to due process rights provide a pathway for teams to resolve problems.

• Deployment of materials and supplies – The IE office regularly and appropriately provides curriculum, support, and supplies, to teachers, psychologists, speech language pathologists, social workers, and other staff working on the front lines with students. There is a streamlined request process to

provide both the physical resources as well as consultation, observations, and direct support in programs throughout the 41 buildings. We recognize the need to make changes to some of our materials so they are better aligned with the new Common Core state standards. That process is under way.

• The use and location of safety rooms – There are 14 safety rooms across our 41 schools that are used very infrequently and very briefly for students that are displaying significantly disruptive and/or aggressive behavior that might put them or others at risk. The rooms are not used for punish-ment, but are used to de-escalate disruptive or aggressive behaviors of special needs stu-dents and only as provided in the students’ IEP. The location and utility of safety rooms is a matter that is regularly reviewed.

• Systemic challenges and communication – IE leaders are regularly at the schools and meet with IE staff. Extensive tailored profes-sional development, technical assistance, and problem-solving support is offered.

In KSD, we have a continuously im-proving system with a goal of safely and effectively meeting student needs. We care passionately for every one of the children in our care. Chris Loftis is the executive director of com-munications and school/community partner-ships for the Kent School District.

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The bank records showed Baker used league funds for personal expenses, including restaurant and bar tabs. Records also showed checks written to Baker and his business from the league accounts, including two cashier checks for as much as $20,000 each to his business account. Cash withdrawals from the league account by Baker coincided with cash

deposits into his business account.League president Greg Whitcomb

told police he discovered the financial shortfall after he tried to use a Kent Little League ATM card for a $20 purchase at Office Depot and the card was declined. He learned in Decem-ber 2013 that anywhere from $80,000 to $150,000 appeared to be missing from league bank accounts.

Whitcomb told detectives six debit

cards were associated with the league bank accounts. Baker had one of the debit cards which was used to make a large number of cash withdrawals. An audit that Whitcomb had done showed Baker used unauthorized checks and money orders from the Little League that totaled $94,104. Baker used his debit card to withdraw $126,697.

Baker previously served as presi-dent of the league before Whitcomb.

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the team. In fact, the thread runs so deep that while my father was fighting esopha-geal cancer – which took his life on May 13, 2011 – it seemed the only good days during his several rounds of chemotherapy and radiation treatment were Sundays, when we’d gather to watch the Hawks. My dad was there when we watched the infamous “Beast-Quake” run during the team’s 41-36 Wild Card playoff win against the defending champion New Orleans Saints.

With all that weight oc-cupying space in our family’s emotional consciousness, alongside our love for the Hawks, it’s no wonder Con-ner was feeling so down. To tell the truth, I was, too.

I must confess that I have not always been the most shining example to my son of sports-watching etiquette.

I’m a wear-my-emotions-on-my-sleeve kind of guy. When I’m happy or upset, people around me usually know about it. Not much seething under the surface emotion-ally, it’s usually all right out there in the air.

In fact, when the Se-ahawks lost 33-27 in over-time to the Packers in the 2003 Wild Card Playoffs (the game where then-Hawk-quarterback Matt Hassel-beck opened his big mouth, promising the team would score on the first OT pos-session), my beloved Cortez Kennedy jersey ended up hanging from my living room chandelier where I’d tossed it in disgust.

Apparently, it’s a trait I passed on to my son.

The aforementioned jersey lying on the floor in a heap was his. He had deposited it there in a fit of rage after a Seahawk offensive miscue. With things looking to keep going south for the team, I

anticipated more histrionics from the boy. The thought of dealing with an emotionally wrecked teenager, distraught at watching his team’s season come to an end, and of coping with my own frayed emotions tied in with the team had me dreading the next few minutes.

Normally, my dad was the voice of reason in these circumstances, lending a calming influence to counterbalance both of our emotional outbursts during games. Since his death we’ve been pretty lucky because the Seahawks have seen such success we haven’t had to deal with a soul-crushing loss like the one we were sure we were witnessing on Sunday.

Help with fending off the potential outburst, however, came not from my dad this time, instead it came from the very team struggling to come back.

Watching Russell Wilson

calmly lead the team to a seven-play, 69-yard scoring drive with less than three minutes left in the game was just the ticket for me.

Watching the Hawks come up with an onside kick and capitalize on it with a 24-yard TD run by Marshawn Lynch had the effect of pouring water on the anxiety conflagration burning in my soul.

Although the team was playing with passion and emotion, there wasn’t a lot of anxiety to the way they were going about their business, despite facing an uphill climb to victory.

Soon, I found my anxiety loosening up, and a confi-dent assurance that every-thing was going to be fine.

And with this newfound calmness, I was able to pro-vide a better example to my son, whose attitude swiftly changed once Wilson found Luke Willson in the end zone for a two-point conversion.

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It wasn’t a perfect game for the Tacoma Star’s fi rst appearance at the ShoWare Center, but aft er the Seattle Impact FC’s previous per-formances, there’s nowhere to go but up.

Th e Stars lost to the Sockers 8-3 in MASL play then beat out the Arglingon Aviators 5-1 in MISL play.

Th e San Diego Sockers, currently fi rst in the Major Arena Soccer League’s Pa-cifi c Division, beat the Stars 8-3. Th e Stars took over offi cial play for the Impact at the ShoWare Center last Friday night for the fi rst of the fi nal six games in the MASL. While they fi ght off competition in the major league, they’ll still have to fi nish out their remain-ing games with the Major vIndoor Soccer League.

Visitors to the game said they felt the venue was appropriate and could see traveling from Tacoma to watch the Stars play.

“Th is is a better venue and I think we could pack this thing out,” said Nathan Crouch, brother of team manager John Crouch.

A 90-person poll revealed that 40 of the at-tendees came from Tacoma, another 35 were from the immediate Kent area and

15 traveled from as far as Everett or Bainbridge Island to see the Stars play.

“I think for a 48-hour turnaround, I think we did a fantastic job,” said owner Lane Smith of his recent purchase of the MASL team. “We were really

pleased the number of fans came out.”

Smith was proud of the fi ght the Stars were able to put up against the Sockers.

“Scoreline wasn’t indica-tive of how competitive the game was,” said Smith. “Th ere were lines an hour

long [to see players], and thats the thing that allows you to build fan base.”

Smith was happy his team was able to compete to halft ime.

“Th e San Diego Sock-ers are a perennial pow-erhouse,” Smith said “We

played them 3-2 at halft ime and they had to make some adjustments because of that.”

Th e Stars didn’t keep any players from the Seattle Impact. Th ose that former owner Dion Earl drew out

Stars player Cam Vickes races Ismael Hernandez for the ball in last Friday night’s game at the ShoWare Center. The Stars lost to the Sockers and then beat the Arlington Aviators in a separate league game. Team owner Lane Smith says that having a deep bench has allowed him to handle the Stars playing in two leagues at the same time. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter

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“We have a team, we have an organization, we have players,” Smith said, “and that is the organization that we are bringing to the MASL at the pro level.”

Smith said that the Stars’ existing organizational input has given the team “tremendous depth” which has helped them field two games in a 48-hour period.

Coach Darren Sawatzky said that he’s looking forward to seeing some of his talent continue on in the Stars, but has tapered expectations about an ama-teur team going pro so late in the season.

He’s making the best of a rough situation and will be more competitive next season after he has time to solidify his lineup.

“We have seven games left in the year to fix what somebody else grossly cor-rupted, so we’re doing our best to show people who and what we are,” Sawatzky said. “The reality of it is that when you play against teams that pay players, some of our guys are not quite ready for that level yet.”

He doesn’t have a lineup out of his existing play-ers for next year, but will be looking to goalkeepers Aaron Anderson and Chris Kintz as well as Raphael Cox and Joe Gjertsen,

whom he describes as “clever.”

“I like clever players, players that use their brain to think about the game,” Sawatzky says.

Will the Stars return to Tacoma? Never say never, said Smith, but for now he’s content to play on Kent.

“[ShoWare] is ideal because the boards are the exactly the same, the seating is exactly the same,” Smith said. “Kent ShoWare is a regional destination. It can house those things that are from Seattle or Tacoma that don’t fit in the Tacoma Dome or CenturyLink. All you do is change out the goals and the turf.”

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Kentridge trumps Sumner, remains in control in MLK Showcase victoryREPORTER STAFF

The Kentridge High boys basketball team walked all over Sumner in Monday’s King Showcase at the Sho-Ware Center with a 67-39 victory.

“The kids played hard,” said Kentridge coach David Jamison about the nonleague game. “We just played good defense, were kind of steady each quarter

and didn’t give them many easy baskets.”

The Chargers pressed the Spartans 19-7 in the first quarter and never let up, leading every quarter after.

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the Chargers' baskets.“The kids just did their

job,” Jamison said.Ticeson picked up 15

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Kentwood and Kentlake also saw successful games at the showcase, with Kent-wood beating Enumclaw 67-51 and Kentlake taking down Lakes 64-42.


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Jeremiah Johnson said he would update his sergeant, Todd Durham, so that “as updates came in from Sarah when I would come into work I would share those with Todd.”

Durham told investigators they waited to pass information up the Kent Police chain of command because they wanted to see if The Genesis Project board would do anything about the possible mis-use of funds.

“Jeremiah and I would probably talk anywhere from maybe one to two three times per week about the specific problem,” Durham said, ac-cording to the investigators report. “Just, you know, maybe it could be a two-minute thing here. or it could be a 10- or 15-minute conversa-tion. Our hope — that would be Jeremiah’s and my hope along with Sarah’s — was that The Genesis Project board would be able to go ahead and solve their problems, fig-ure out exactly what was going on, either through audits or restructur-ing of power on the board and kind of regain their original intent. So we were giving them a chance to see if they could figure things out.”

Thomas said he didn’t know

when his officers first heard about any misuse of funds.

“I’m not aware of the specifics of time frame,” Thomas said in his interview with the Kent Reporter. “I am aware the ex-wife of one of our police officers served as a board member (Johnson was an employee not a board mem-ber) on Genesis Project and in her position felt there was some problems with how the money was being utilized or tracked, and she provided that information to her ex-husband, who is a police officer, who then provided that to his supervisor who went to his commander who brought it to me. It went up the chain of com-mand as any complaint should, and it was addressed.”

Durham told investigators that when it became apparent that the Genesis board hadn’t done any-thing, he decided it was time to report the possible embezzlement to his commander, Eric Hemmen. Before going to the chief, Durham contacted the Washington State Patrol to solicit its help as an outside agency, but a State Patrol sergeant told him the WSP would need a formal request from King County to begin such an investi-gation. The officers then went to Thomas with what they knew.

The callThomas said he definitely took

the right step when he called Urquhart about the possible em-

bezzlement.“If a citizen came in and said

a Kent Police officer stole money from me, that would be enough for me to generate an investigation and look into it,” Thomas said. “In this case, (where) a person with Genesis Project said a police officer was in-appropriately spending money that was donated by citizens to the Gen-esis Project to help prostitutes get off the street, that would be enough for me to generate an investigation, so I referred it to the sheriff who felt it was appropriate to investigate.”

Andy Conner thinks the Kent Police improperly handled the passed-on accusation.

“My problem with Kent is why are you the complainant?” Con-ner said. “She (Johnson) creates allegations of financial whatever; they believe criminal activity. None of these guys do anything to verify what she’s saying, and she’s not really saying anything, she’s insinuating.

“If someone came to me and said they think Puyallup Police (or any other police agency) are doing something wrong, go there and report it. No one verified anything or asked anything. They took her word for it and it went through the chain and Ken Thomas called Urquhart.”

Thomas said he would make the same call again.

“I feel the public would have less confidence in me as a chief for not taking that information forward and having it investigated than they

would for me to immediately be notified of official misconduct or wrongdoing and bringing that to the attention of the chief executive of that department to have it inves-tigated,” Thomas said.

“If in policing we are about public trust, transparency and legitimacy, I am confident there is not a police chief in this county who would not have done the same thing.”

Conner disputes that rationale.“I understand how he can

distance himself from this stuff,” Conner said. “But the fact is he can say all of that and it sounds logical, but I can’t understand (him), as chief of police, com-plaining against me of embez-zling. I would think he would want some evidence.”

Conner said the fact that the information came from the Kent Police chief gave the accusation way more validity than it would have had had it had come from a citizen who lodged a complaint.

Urquhart started an investiga-tion of Conner the morning after Thomas called him.

“We started an internal investi-gation based on the information he provided us,” Urquhart said last week in a phone interview.

Urquhart said Thomas made the right move.

“Absolutely,” he said. “It was the appropriate thing to do. It was al-legations against our employee.”

Urquhart placed Conner on administrative duties until the in-

vestigation was completed, without any criminal findings. But because the letter from the U.S. Attorney’s Office indicated inadequate finan-cial controls and poor workplace management, the sheriff said he no longer allows officers to take girls to The Genesis Project.

“We don’t make referrals to The Genesis Project,” he said. “There are other centers out there we use. We made the change when the allega-tions were made. At this point, we use other agencies, and I don’t ex-pect that to change anytime soon.”

Kent Police also used to take girls to the program, but no longer, Con-ner said. Thomas said he’s not aware of any officers who take girls to The Genesis Project but said there is no set policy against it.

Prior to the investigation of Conner, Thomas said he had attended fundraisers for The Genesis Project and personally donated money to the program.

Conner wishes Urquhart and Thomas would change their stances.

“If you look at this from an unbiased point of view, there’s no reason you would want to punish victims of trafficking because you have an issue with the person who runs it,” Conner said.

Conner wants people to be clear on this: no criminal charges were filed against him.

“It happens,” he said of those who have stolen funds from non-profit agencies. “It also happens where people are falsely accused.”

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