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Left to right: Kim Sadesk

Kent women knitting for cancer cure

Knitting needles are the weapon of choice for a group of Kent women fighting to help end breast cancer.

Left to right: Kim Sadesk

PREPS ON DECK

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Prab Rai should make some big plays for the T-Birds this season.

Thunderbird tickets for KeyArena games go on sale

The Seattle Thunderbirds are now selling single-game tickets to the eight games the team will play at KeyArena this season.

Prab Rai should make some big plays for the T-Birds this season.

Tahoma runs through, over Jefferson, 51-32

Preseason talk on the Tahoma football field centered around returning to tradition.

Kent Reporter’s historical archives to appear online

The entire historic archive of the Kent Reporter will be made freely available online.

Out & About Kent | Sept. 6

Calendars are published Wednesdays and Saturdays on a space-available basis. Items for the Wednesday edition must be submitted by noon the previous Thursday. Items for the Saturday edition must be submitted by noon the previous Tuesday.

Rich are profiting from the poor

Free enterprise — the business gives the citizens a good reasonable price — they get no help from the government. The rich lobbyists are not legal — they make laws against the people for their own good. They do not care what it costs us as long as they get rich off our labor. They would not get rich if they had to build the home.

T-birds plan Kent match

The T-Birds’ only home exhibition game of the preseason will be Sept. 13, at Kent Valley Ice Centre against the Portland Winter Hawks. Game time is 6 p.m.

John Cudia stars as the Phantom
John Cudia stars as the Phantom
In a division that includes two-time defending state singles champion Max Manthou of Kentwood
In a division that includes two-time defending state singles champion Max Manthou of Kentwood

Updated: Sprouts from Kent firm implicated in Salmonella outbreak

Sprouters Northwest, Inc. of Kent, Washington is recalling its alfalfa sprout products (alfalfa sprouts, onion sprouts, and salad sprouts) because they may be linked to a recent outbreak of Salmonellosis in Oregon and Washington State.

Kentridge tennis squad is team to beat in SPSL North

Kentridge tennis squad is team to beat in SPSL North

They put a perfect record into the books last season, and seem confident they can do it again. That part about the Kentridge High boys tennis team remains to be seen. But this part seems clear: The road to the South Puget Sound League North Division title definitely runs through KR’s courts.

Kentridge tennis squad is team to beat in SPSL North

RECREATION CALENDAR

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SPSL North boys tennis

• Favorite – Kentridge.

Left to right: Warren Morris (John)

Kent kids ‘walking on air’ in Peter Pan play

They might not have any pixie dust, but for two Kent kids, flying with Peter Pan is now a reality.

Left to right: Warren Morris (John)

Thunderbirds schedule Sept. 13 exhibition game in Kent

The T-Birds' only home exhibition game of the preseason will be Sept. 13, at Kent Valley Ice Centre against the Portland Winter Hawks. Game time is 6 p.m.

King County fire marshal to lift burn ban on Friday

In concert with Pierce County, Kitsap County, Mason County and the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, King County will lift its burn ban 8 a.m. Sep. 5.

911 access restored to 20,000 King County residents

Posted 12:17 p.m. Sept. 3 About 20,000 residents in Redmond and unincorporated King County can dial 911 again from their land-line phones now that a severed fiber optic cable has been repaired.

Federal grand jury indicts Des Moines man on Internet crimes

A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a 46-year-old Des Moines man on 16 counts of Internet threats of violence and identity theft.

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Chamber plans forum