Kent Reporter, May 15, 2015

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FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2015

Police find vehicle reportedly involved in baby’s shooting death BY STEVE HUNTER shunter@kentreporter.com

Tips from the public helped the Kent Police identify and find a vehicle thought to be involved in the April 16 shooting death of a

1-year-old baby girl. Malijah Grant was shot in the head while riding in a carseat in the backseat of her parents car, with her mother driving and her father in the front passenger

seat. She died two days later at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Grant lived in Kent with her parents. The baby was in a silver Chevrolet Impala, which was

hit at the intersection of Lake Fenwick Road and Reith Road the afternoon of April 16. A black car pulled alongside the silver car near the Lake Fenwick Estates apartments, and the driver and

People debate best route for light rail

BY HEIDI SANDERS

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Green River College President Eileen Ely needs to go. Such was the message of more than 100 Green River students and faculty during a rally on the INSIDE: College president says college’s main campus Green River serving students despite Wednesday. financial constraints, page 5 Earlier in the week, faculty had written a letter to the college’s Board of Trustees, supporting a Vote of No Confidence against Ely and calling for her removal. “We are gravely troubled about the future of our college, [ more COLLEGE page 3 ]

Restaurant owner hosts benefit for earthquake victims in his native Nepal BY HEIDI SANDERS hsanders@kentreporter.com

SHOW OF PRIDE

A flag bearer stands proudly at the start of the Khalsa Day Parade, part of the Sikh community’s Vaisakhi Day celebration – a religious and colorful festival filled with music, prayer, food, exhibits and a parade – at the sun-splashed ShoWare Center last Saturday. Story, more photos, page 9. MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter

New law boosts scholarship dreams Gov. Inslee visits Mill Creek, signs bill that supports college aid program BY HEIDI SANDERS hsanders@kentreporter.com

Salome Molia, an eighthgrader at Mill Creek Middle School, hopes to be the first in her family to earn a four-year college degree.

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Faculty want Green River College president removed

BY STEVE HUNTER

Oh where, oh where should light rail go? Dozens of people let Sound Transit leaders know during a public hearing last week at Highline College in Des Moines where they would like to see tracks and stations built when the agency extends light rail from SeaTac to Kent and eventually to Federal Way. The opinions of residents, city leaders and Highline College students and instructors bounced back and forth between picking a route along Pacific Highway south (State Route Highway 99) or Interstate 5 for the more than $1 billion project. Sound Transit plans to expand light rail from the Angle Lake Station at South 200th in SeaTac, which opens in 2016, to Kent/ Des Moines at South 240th Street by 2023 and then the

passenger in the black vehicle opened fire before driving off. The shooters remain at large and police didn’t release any

Thanks to the College Bound scholarship program, she may get that opportunity. The program, created in 2007, is an early commitment of state financial aid to eligible students who sign up in seventh or eighth grade and fulfill

program requirements, which include graduating from high school with 2.0 GPA or higher, maintaining good citizenship, completing FAFSA and enrolling in a state college within one [ more PROGRAM page 2 ]

For Kiran Shrestha, it’s hard to be halfway around the world from family and friends following the April 25 earthquake that shook his native Nepal. “I wish I was there still,” said Shrestha, who returned

from a visit to Nepal at the beginning of April. “I don’t feel lucky not to be there. I wish I was there to help.” Since he cannot make another trip right now, he is hoping to help relief efforts with a fundraiser at his restaurant. [ more BENEFIT page 2 ]

Mill Creek students, staff and officials gather as Gov. Jay Inslee signs a bill supporting the state College Bound scholarship program. HEIDI SANDERS, Kent Reporter


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