Kent Reporter, June 22, 2012

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Phillip murder trial date continued kel, a city of Kent employee and Auburn resident, could last six weeks. The trial was scheduled to start Wednesday, June 20. But with so many pre-trial

BY STEVE HUNTER shunter@kentreporter.com

The murder trial for the Oregon man charged with first-degree murder for the stabbing death of Seth Fran-

motions by defense attorneys for additional discovery requests for materials held by the state, additional witness interviews and scheduling conflicts, King County Supe-

rior Court Judge Beth Andrus agreed last month with attorneys from both sides to continue the trial date for William L. Phillip to Oct. 28. [ more TRAIL page 4 ]

City road repair project delayed for now

The Kent School District plans to remove sandbags by this fall from around Mill Creek Middle School on Central Avenue North now that the Green River flood threat has lessened. STEVE HUNTER, Kent Reporter

Boeing, Kent schools await sandbag removal

BY SARAH KEHOE skehoe@kentreporter.com

The city of Kent is seeking additional funding opportunities for a $7 million project aimed to widen and improve a major street. The project will upgrade an old, substandard section of Southeast 256th Street from the Y intersection at Kent-Kangley Road to 116th Avenue Southeast. This roadway connects two previously upgraded sections of Southeast 256th Street. Public Works received a letter from the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) regarding the Southeast 256th Street Project, stating that the proposed 256th Street Improvements is now considered Stage 2, a delayed project. Of the estimated $7 million project cost, the city has more than $3 million committed; $2 million TIB and $1 million drainage utility funds, leaving about a $4 million funding gap. [ more PROJECT page 15 ]

BY STEVE HUNTER shunter@kentreporter.com

Culture in motion The Kung Fu Lion Dance Team maneuver its Chinese dragon on center stage at the fourth annual Kent International Festival last Saturday. The festival, “Learn from Each Other,’” celebrated the cultural diversity within Kent. Story, page 2. RACHEL CIAMPI, Reporter

Sandbags soon will be coming down at businesses and schools all across Kent that sit near the Green River. Boeing installed 8-foot high, green Hesco barriers around its Kent Space Center on West Valley Highway three years ago as extra protection against flooding because of damage from a 2009 storm to an abutment next to the Howard Hanson Dam.

The Kent School District put down giant sandbags covered in black plastic around two elementary schools and a middle school. But since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed repairs at the dam last fall, Kent schools, Boeing and other businesses that installed sandbags plan to remove the bags by fall. “Based on the recent reports from the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers we [ more SANDBAGS page 4 ]

Constantine: Things looking up in a down economy BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

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Getting people up and working again in a down economy remains King County's top priority. Such was King County Executive

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