Truman Web wizard, others race for seats
Candidate Kuhns
Diane Poelker
Issue date: 1/24/08 Section: News
Nine Kirksville residents have entered the race for City Council, and three will emerge victorious when the ballots are counted in April.
As of 5 p.m. Tuesday, nine Kirksville residents have announced they will run for three Kirksville City Council seats. One candidate, Todd Kuhns, represents both the community and the University.
"I'm a really big fan of the city," Kuhns said. "There are relatively few people for three positions - I thought that was troubling, so I considered doing my part and stepping up for service to a community that I really like."
Kuhns originally arrived in Kirksville by way of Truman. He graduated with a degree in communication in 2000. After marrying his wife, Bich, also a Truman alumna, the two moved to Japan to teach English to high school students. However, Kirksville's charm and a job offer from Truman's ITS department ultimately won Kuhns back.
"We had just come back from overseas, ... and [my wife and I] looked at each other and said, 'Wow, move back to Kirksville, that would be pretty cool,'" Kuhns said. "I found that if you spend a lot of time in this town, it really starts to grow on you."
Kuhns said he's not just Truman-centered. He said Kirksville as a whole has been like a second home to him. He grew up in a military family that moved often, but in Kirksville he said he found a community through his involvement as a news reporter at KIRX, KTUF and KRXL, all local radio stations.
"In the summers, it was two of us [reporting]," Kuhns said. "I was going to all of the City Council meetings, I was going to all of the school board meetings, I was going to court, I was interviewing business people and going around the community, and so coming back here to Kirksville I really had a strong base of friends in the community already that I knew, so it was easy for me to settle back in."
Since moving back to Kirksville nearly three years ago, Kuhns said he has been an active community member serving on
As of 5 p.m. Tuesday, nine Kirksville residents have announced they will run for three Kirksville City Council seats. One candidate, Todd Kuhns, represents both the community and the University.
"I'm a really big fan of the city," Kuhns said. "There are relatively few people for three positions - I thought that was troubling, so I considered doing my part and stepping up for service to a community that I really like."
Kuhns originally arrived in Kirksville by way of Truman. He graduated with a degree in communication in 2000. After marrying his wife, Bich, also a Truman alumna, the two moved to Japan to teach English to high school students. However, Kirksville's charm and a job offer from Truman's ITS department ultimately won Kuhns back.
"We had just come back from overseas, ... and [my wife and I] looked at each other and said, 'Wow, move back to Kirksville, that would be pretty cool,'" Kuhns said. "I found that if you spend a lot of time in this town, it really starts to grow on you."
Kuhns said he's not just Truman-centered. He said Kirksville as a whole has been like a second home to him. He grew up in a military family that moved often, but in Kirksville he said he found a community through his involvement as a news reporter at KIRX, KTUF and KRXL, all local radio stations.
"In the summers, it was two of us [reporting]," Kuhns said. "I was going to all of the City Council meetings, I was going to all of the school board meetings, I was going to court, I was interviewing business people and going around the community, and so coming back here to Kirksville I really had a strong base of friends in the community already that I knew, so it was easy for me to settle back in."
Since moving back to Kirksville nearly three years ago, Kuhns said he has been an active community member serving on
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