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Work to begin soon on $2.65M levee project BY STEVE HUNTER shunter@kentreporter.com
Crews are expected to start work in mid-August on a $2.65 million project along the Green River to improve the Boeing Levee and provide better flood protection to the Kent Valley.
The Kent City Council awarded the levee work contract July 17 to Aberdeen-based Quigg Brothers, Inc. A state grant will cover $2 million of the cost. The city will pay for the rest through its storm water drainage utility fee fund or with funds from the King County
Flood Control District. “When we do this work we will get a portion of the valley removed from the floodplain by FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency),� said Toby Hallock, city project engineer for [ more PROJECT page 4 ]
Kentwood High School students Vija Sharp, left, and Kate Kramer learn how to tie knots for sutures with assistance from MultiCare instructor Cheryl Davis, RN, during Nurse Camp at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital. COURTESY PHOTO, Patrick Hagerty
STUDENTS GET CLOSE TO THE REAL DEAL AT NURSE CAMP BY ROCHELLE ADAMS For the Kent Reporter
Color your day The Kent Farmers Market, a tradition since 1974, came to life at the Town Square Plaza on Saturday with music, crafts, food and fun. Choua Vang puts together a colorful flower arrangement. The market, a Kent Lions & Foundation Community Service Project, runs 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Saturday through Sept. 29. MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter
The scenario starts at a high school baseball game. A fan fell 20 feet from the stands while reaching for a fly ball. A group of 10 students in blue scrubs are responsible for aiding the patient until the ambulance arrives. “Ready, one, two, three,� said Emma Kroll, a Kentwood High School student, as she guided the patient’s head while the group rolled him over onto his
back and prepared to examine him for cuts and broken bones. The scenario was part of MultiCare Health System’s ninth annual Nurse Camp July 16-20 at Tacoma General Hospital. The camp started in 2004 due to a shortage of people pursuing a career in the nursing field, Nurse Camp Director Liesl Santkuyl said. The camp began with 30 students the first year and has grown each year since. This year’s event had about 100 students in attendance from [ more CAMP page 5 ]
Kent resident warns people about foreclosure BY SARAH KEHOE skehoe@kentreporter.com
Kent resident Pam Bailey was invited to speak about her foreclosure experience at a conference put on by Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna. The purpose of the event was to inform struggling borrowers that
there’s free help for those who have received foreclosure notices or fear they’re about to. It took place last Friday at Seattle’s Solid Ground, a nonprofit agency that provides services to low-income people. “We want people to know that they don’t have to navigate a personal mortgage crisis all by them-
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selves,� McKenna said. “The state’s homeownership hotline is staffed by experts who work directly with lenders, at no charge to borrowers, to resolve underwater mortgages.� McKenna discussed the Washington Homeownership Information Hotline, which connects [ more FORECLOSURE page 18 ]
Pam Bailey describes her home foreclosure plight with state AG Rob McKenna last week. SARAH KEHOE, Kent Reporter
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