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Candidates vie for three seats on City Council BY STEVE HUNTER shunter@kentreporter.com
At least one new member will join the Kent City Council next year as Tina Budell and Hira Singh Bhullar face off on the Nov. 3 general election ballot. Budell defeated Bhullar and two
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other candidates in the August primary. Neither has held public office before. One of them will replace Deborah Ranniger, who decided
not to run again. Challenger Toni Troutner hopes to defeat Councilwoman Brenda Fincher in another showdown. The council appointed Fincher last year to a vacant position. Two years remain on the four-year term. Gwen Allen is running as a write-
in candidate in an effort to upset incumbent Les Thomas, who hopes to win a fourth, four-year term. Council members Dana Ralph and Bill Boyce are running unopposed. [ more ELECTION page 4 ]
BY STEVE HUNTER shunter@kentreporter.com
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Green River College begins program prioritization
Target store shooting could be self-defense over drug deal The shooting death of a Kent man at the Target store parking lot reportedly turned out to be a drug deal gone bad and a case of selfdefense. Boonnaiddhi Tang, 23, died from multiple gunshot wounds during the Sept. 30 dispute at the East Hill strip mall, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office. After two weeks of investigating the shooting death, Kent Police detectives determined they had no evidence to arrest the shooter. “We have identified and spoken with the two individuals in the shooter’s vehicle and based on the investigation we believe the deceased agreed to meet with the occupants of the Toyota Corolla for the purpose of a narcotic sale,” Kent Police spokeswoman Melanie Robinson said in an email on Wednesday. During the meeting at the parking lot, 26301 104th Ave. S.E., Tang allegedly
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BY HEIDI SANDERS hsanders@kentreporter.com
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Kentwood forward McKenna Strong, right, more photos online… heads the ball, as Eastlake defender Clare kentreporter.com Suter guards her during the Kicks for the Cure benefit soccer match at French Field last Saturday. Kentwood High hosted the match to bring awareness and raise money for the MultiCare Women Get It fund, which helps women who can’t otherwise afford it the opportunity to receive testing that can save their lives. More than $25,000 has been raised over the last six years. HEIDI SANDERS, Kent Reporter
Green River College is seeking input from faculty, staff, students and the community for its new program prioritization process. The process will help the college improve its programs as well as save money as it faces a potential $4 million to $5 million budget deficit, said Derek Brandes, Green River’s vice president of instruction. The college has launched a website, grprioritization.org, to keep the community informed about its next steps. Green River has hosted two forums about the task and plans to have more. The action the college will use is loosely based upon the research and recommendations from “Prioritizing Academic Programs and Services” by Robert C. Dickeson. [ more COLLEGE page 9 ]
Sanders not actively seeking Kent School Board seat against Hanscom BY HEIDI SANDERS hsanders@kentreporter.com
Although her name will be on the Nov. 3 ballot, Trisha Sanders said she’s no longer challenging
Russ Hanscom for his District 1 seat on the Kent School Board. “I am no longer running because my personal life has become too hectic to give the race my
full attention,” Sanders said in an email on Monday. Sanders said she decided not to run in July. Board president Debbie Straus, District 3, and Karen DeBruler,
District 2, are running unopposed for re-election. Each position carries a four-year term. Hanscom, who was elected to [ more RACE page 15 ]
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