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City dumps proposed north-end site for waste transfer station By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

It’s official – the City of Auburn wants no part of the waste

transfer station that King County is considering building on an undeveloped, soggy, weed-wild parcel off West Valley Highway at the foot of West Hill.

That much the City Council settled Monday night before a chamber room packed with West Hill residents and others who loathe the idea of a transfer sta-

tion there. Opponents had earlier described to the council what a problem it would be to let King County build an $80 million transfer station on

the site just north of the 37th Street Northwest-West Valley Highway intersection. [ more STATION page 7 ]

3 newcomers join the race for City Council By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

Three political newcomers – Thomas Sauers, Jodi Riker-Yap and Michelle Binetti – have entered the race for Auburn City Council. Last week Sauers filed alongside Yolanda Trout and Frank Lonergan for Position 4, held for eight years by mayoral candidate Nancy Backus. Riker-Yap filed for Position 2, mayoral candidate John Partridge’s seat, against businessman Claude DeCorsi, and Binetti filed for Position 6 against incumbent Rich Wagner. The Aug. 6 primary will pare the field for Position 4 to two. The general election is Nov. 5. A closer look at the candidates:

Day for the dogs Fern Haynes’ canine companion, Dan The Dog, right, came away with Best Dressed Pet award during Reber Ranch’s ‘Unleashed’ Pet Contest at Petpalooza last Saturday. Lindsey Markegard and her dog, Mia, above, captured the Dog Trot 5K with a time of 20 minutes, 2.5 seconds. The Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation popular pet festival returned to Game Farm Park for fun and games, a parade and vendors.

Thomas Sauers A Kent native, Sauers wants to be on the City Council so he can do something about rising crime, aging streets and the city’s anemic business climate.

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SURVIVING, SAILING THROUGH HOSTILE WATERS Local man looks back on a long, fortuitous career in the Navy BY MARK KLAAS mklaas@auburn-reporter.com

As a young Navy machinist caught in the coils of World War II, Tony Mola looked his ter-

rifying enemy in the eyes more times than he cares to remember. Danger, dismemberment, death seemed to await Mola and his fellow sailors at every turn.

But that day in 1945 aboard the USS William Seiverling, a destroyer escort positioned off the Japanese island of Okinawa in 1945, that day is in a class of

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terror all by itself. Heading to the bow of the ship to make some repairs that morning, Mola heard something buzzing in the skies right over his head. He looked up. “A kamikaze was coming at me. I could see the pilot. He was that close. Someone then yelled, ‘Look out, Tony, look out.’ … But fortunately, he didn’t hit us. He swerved and hit one of the destroyers … [ more mola page 4 ]

Then and now: Tony Mola served 40 years in the U.S. Navy, including duty in the Pacific Theater during World War II. MARK KLAAS, Auburn Reporter

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Former Seahawk Nesby Glasgow leads Ilalko Elementary students around the track at Auburn Riverside High School during Ilalko’s 18th annual fun run last Friday. The run promotes the importance of health and fitness in the community. Seahawks mascot Blitz also was on hand to encourage kids. Teachers, staff and parents participated. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter

A special Memorial Day ceremony begins at 10 a.m. Monday in the flag plaza at Mountain View Cemetery, 2020 Mountain View Drive, Auburn. The public is invited. A small flag donated by Auburn’s VFW Post 1741 will decorate each veteran’s grave site. Boy Scout Troop 401 will place flags and groom grave sites from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. The ceremony will include comments by Mayor Peter Lewis, a performance of “God Bless America” and the national anthem sung by Auburn Mountainview Choir soloist Nicole Costa, an invocation by Chaplain Michael Hursh, a color guard presentation by Boy Scout Troops 398 of Federal Way and Auburn’s Troop 401, comments by Tony Dohse, post commander of Auburn VFW Post 1741, and a rifle salute and “Taps” by the Inter-Tribal Warrior Society.

Sauers, a 1986 Kent-Meridian High School graduate, has lived in Auburn for 14 years. He was a Honda mechanic for more than two decades before injuries forced his early retirement. He enrolled in an unemployment training program at Green River Community College, from which he graduates next month with a degree in business management. He hopes to work again in the automotive field as a manager or start up his own shop. Sauers said he decided to run for City Council out of “deep concerns” for where the City is going. “I’ve seen more crime, I’ve seen more drug dealing, I’ve heard gunfire, I’ve even seen what looked like prostitution on the street corners, and it’s getting down to where I live on 37th,” Sauers said. “Stores are going out of business, we’ve got a lot of store fronts for lease or rent, property for sale. Nobody is attracted to do business in Auburn,” he said. “Somebody’s got to do something to get out us out of this. What we need is new leadership.” The first order of business, as Sauers sees it, will be to fix the streets and do it right. Sauers enjoys managing and coaching baseball, “loves to get involved” with youth sports programs, is the vice president of Norpoint Soccer Association and will coach boys soccer teams this year. He has two sons, ages 23 and 13.

Jodi Riker-Yap Riker-Yap wants to spread the news that councilmembers are approachable And the best platform for getting that word out is on the council itself, she said.

In the three years since Riker-Yap and her husband moved here from Arizona, she has attended City Council meetings and volunteered her time as president of the White River Valley Citizens Corps Council. But she said it’s been harder than it should have been to find and talk to her elected representatives. The City, which is the first real form of government that most people interact with, Riker-Yap continued, must make its leaders more available to talk. Riker-Yap said that the City should also be doing better things with its money than spending thousands of dollars on sculptures at the same time that its road infrastructure is crumbling She found it disturbing in 2012, for instance, to watch the City trying to get voters to support a road bond at the time its leaders were throwing dollars at public art. “I agree that art is important, but if you can’t drive there, and you are having to realign your front end every six months because of roads with potholes, something seems lopsided. We need to get our priorities straight,” Riker-Yap said. Riker-Yap, a former EMT paramedicfirefighter, spent her working days employed by ambulance services, fire departments and county governments in Arizona. That was before a truck crossed the center line and struck the ambulance head-on in which she was returning after a call. “I wound up doing the windshield taste test, and it ended my career,” she said. She and her husband have six grown children and hope to adopt another by the end of November.

Michelle Binetti Binetti wants to bring new leadership to the city in which she grew up and still loves. “I will bring fresh ideas and a different perspective to the City Council,” Binetti said. “As our streets deteriorate and traffic worsens, what we hear from City Hall is that nothing more can be done. Taxpayers have been increasingly saddled with subsidizing the golf course restaurant, the Auburn Avenue Theater and an excessively expensive jail.” Only recently, Binetti noted, City Hall learned that King County had identified a potential waste transfer station site in Auburn’s city limits but it reacted to oppose the station only after its potential neighbors protested. “I believe we can do better, that we must do better,” she said. “I was born and raised in Auburn and have watched it change and grow over the years. I know what Auburn could be and if elected, I will work to build the coalition to put our city back on the path to fulfilling its promise of becoming a better community for all of us.” Binetti, an Auburn High School graduate, attended Central Washington University. She is employed by the Auburn School District, is a past PTA president and softball coach. She has completed training as a member of the Citizens Emergency Response Team and is a member of the Sons of Italy and the Auburn Valley YMCA. Binetti and her husband have six sons. With five of her children grown, she said, she now has time to become actively involved in the decision making for “the kind of future we want for our city.”

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Police Blotter Auburn police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between May 15 and 17:

May 15 Theft from vehicle: 6:39 a.m., 1700 block of I Place Northeast. While a woman was prowling a man’s parked vehicle, the intended victim showed up, whereupon the woman took one look and fled with his property. Bicycle theft: 6 a.m., 4248 A St. SE. A man complained that somebody had stolen his bicycle. Trespassing: 9:17 a.m., 2022 I St. NE. First came word that a misbehaving person was genuinely, sincerely unwanted at an apartment complex, then came the boot. Animal problem: 12:40 p.m., 100 block of N Street Southeast. Auburn’s animal control officer responded to a report of a female boxer on the loose and, finding the peripatetic pooch attached to a leash in a lot with the owner

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Fire & Rescue Blotter The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 164 calls for service between May 13 and 19, among them the following:

May 13 Aid call: 2:10 p.m., (Lakeland Hills). Firefighters treated an older woman who had injured her face and chest falling onto a sidewalk from a standing position. A private ambulance transported her to MAMC.

May 14 Aid call: 1:12 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters examined a pregnant woman who had fainted at the Mall of the Great Northwest, and a private ambulance transported her

www.auburn-reporter.com nowhere in sight, transported the brown-and-white dog to the Auburn Valley Humane Society. Theft from vehicle: 10:40 a.m., 4000 block of A Street Southeast. Somebody stole a man’s wallet from his work truck. Theft from vehicle: 3 p.m., 4000 block of A St. SE. A drum that had been stolen in February turned up at a local pawn shop. Police returned the drum to its owner but he or she didn’t wish to prosecute the suspect. Shoplifting: 1:10 p.m., 1702 Auburn N. A woman failed to get away with shoplifting but succeeded in getting herself arrested. Vandalism: Overnight, 1921 Auburn Way N. Someone damaged the fuel-filling line to one of Sherman Williams vehicles overnight. Shoplifting: 5:08 p.m., 762 Supermall Drive SW. Police arrested a man for swiping DVDs and other items from Walmart. Obstructing justice: 6:35 p.m., 11800 block of Southeast 319th Place. Some people reported a vehicle stolen, but after it turned out that the reporting parties were telling fibs, police referred charges in stable condition to Valley Medical Center.

May 15 Aid call: 3:45 p.m., (Algona). Firefighters evaluated a woman suffering from flu-like symptoms and a private ambulance transported her to MAMC.

May 16 Fuel spill: 11:29 a.m., (Auburn). Firefighters responding to a flammable liquid spill in the parking lot of Riverside High School found gas draining from a pickup truck’s fuel tank. Firefighters prevented the gas from reaching storm drains, arranged for the tank to be pumped out to stop the leak and notified the owner.

May 17 Aid call: 8:44 a.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters treated a woman complaining of a possible anxiety attack on Highway 18 and transported her

to the prosecutor’s office. Pilfering pop: 7:40 p.m., 12722 SE 312th St. Police busted a female for shoplifting a Mountain Dew soda from Food Market on Lea Hill. Theft: 10:10 a.m., 2730 block of Alpine Street Southeast. Somebody swiped a lawn mower and generator from a home. Theft: 10 a.m., 3600 block of Academy Drive Southeast. Somebody stole a blower.

May 17 Vandalism: Overnight, 9 a.m., 801 C St. SW. Two businesses were vandalized overnight by means and methods undisclosed. Theft: 4:40 p.m., 12401 SE 320th St. Somebody stole an iPhone from a student at Green River Community College. Misbehaving at McDonald’s: 11:18 p.m., 3920 A St. SE. Mayor McCheese, Ronald McDonald and the Hamburgler got all they could stomach of two miscreants and tossed them out, telling those fellows to stay out away from the eatery and the surrounding area. from the highway to her home.

May 18 Aid call: 1:06 p.m., (Pacific). Firefighters evaluated a young woman who had been injured in an assault, and a private ambulance transported her to MAMC.

May 19 Aid call: 9:40 a.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters and King County Medics evaluated a man who’d been awakened by severe stomach pain and a private ambulance transported him to MAMC. ALSO: The VRFA is offering free hands-on fire extinguisher training this summer. To register, or to ask any questions, please contact the VRFA public education staff at public.info@vrfa.org or 253-2885881 or 253-2885882.

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[ MOLA from page 1 ] we were lucky,” Mola said. “I’m no hero,” he said after a pause. “I’m lucky. I’m alive today.” Assigned to support vessels on many missions and on many seas throughout most of his 40-year Navy career, Mola often looks back at his wartime experiences. He is grateful to be where he is today – retired but still active at his shop, Utilities Service Co., Inc., a family-owned-and-operated business he established more than 45 years ago off East Marginal Way South in Seattle. The affable Kent man is fit and sharp, belying his 89 years. He stays busy answering phones and managing operations, just as he did in the service as a chief machinery repairman skilled in mechanical and electrical engineering. As if it were a sea-going machine and electrical shop, Mola’s company handles all types of repairs and installations for pumps, compressors, motors and drivers. Mola is like a machine that keeps on running — in good shape but not without a few repairs. He has survived his share of heart and other operations. “I’ve had a good life,” he said. “It was interesting. I enjoyed the duty, the camaraderie.” Born in Easton, Mola was raised in Ravensdale and wherever the railroad took his family. His father worked on the Northern Pacific Railroad for 30 years. His mother worked for Boeing on the first B-17 assembly line during the war before she joined other women on the railroad, replac-

ing the war-bound men. After graduating from high school, Mola worked in a machine shop. When the Navy drafted him it tapped into his talents, sending him to the University of Kansas to study engineering. Sent overseas, he was stationed off the coasts of many countries and islands in the Pacific Theater, including Australia, New Zealand, Guadalcanal, Fiji, the Philippines and Okinawa. Supporting ground troops or the Navy’s larger warships, Mola and the men often were under attack in those areas. Off Guadalcanal, Mola was aboard the USS Zebra, a cargo vessel, when it was struck by a torpedo but refused to sink. Off New Caledonia, Mola was assigned to a ship that installed anti-submarine nets around the harbors to protect ship from Japanese torpedoes. They encountered mines and even towed one out of harm’s way. At Okinawa, Mola and the Navy met frequent fire while the USS Seiverling performed picket duty around the island – preventing the enemy from landing on the island and protecting U.S. troops by laying down a smokescreen so the Japanese couldn’t spot American ships. Nighttime bombing raids were common. “They were like bees. There were swarms of them,” Mola said. “If you were scared, you really didn’t know because you had a job to do.” One night, a Japanese bomber swooped and dropped a flare on Mola’s ship, it’s target. The enemy made another pass to drop a bomb but it missed the ship. Once the first

flare went out, the bomber made another pass to drop a second flare. “He was going to get us that time,” Mola recalled, “but something happened. The flare hooked onto its tail. Isn’t that something? We were lucky.” The bomber, illuminated by its own flare, became an easy target for the ship’s guns and was shot down. Once the island was secure, the USS Seiverling did patrol duty, then joined the large Naval fleet as it entered Tokyo Bay to meet the surrendered Japanese. Mola and the ship were in the harbor alongside the USS Missouri, on which the peace treaty was officially signed on Sept. 2, 1945. After the war Mola decided to stay on. He served but was never called to arms during the Korean and Vietnam wars. He served until he was 60. In his lifetime, he married, helped raise two children and opened a business. He stays close to his fellow veterans, visits Auburn for Sons of Italy meetings and plans to rejoin his friends when the USS Seiverling celebrates its 49th reunion in South Carolina this summer. Mola is one the few remaining veterans alive today who served on the ship during WWII. He treasured his life in the Navy, and wouldn’t change a thing. “The Marines got the glory, the Army did the work and the Navy had the fun,” he said with a grin. “The minute I joined the Navy, it was frightening. Let’s put it that way,” he said. “But I enjoyed it. … All kinds of duty.” And all kinds of experiences worth retelling.

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By rejecting proposals, City does a disservice to taxpayers The City of Auburn doesn’t know a good thing when it sees it. Like other municipalities across our region, the City is strapped for cash. But when its own employees make proposals in bargaining that would save the taxpayers money, the City balks. What gives? Earlier this year, the City rejected a proposal by Teamsters Local 117 to change City employees over to the Union’s comparable, less expensive health and welfare plan, a move that could save the City $197,000 annually. The Union also proposed giving City employees the choice to opt out of the health care plan altogether, provided that they have other, comparable coverage. If only 5 percent of represented City employees were to opt out – a modest estimate – the City would save up to $76,000 a year. The City rejected that proposal as well. The City also rejected a proposal to redirect 50 cents from its employees’ wages into a defined benefit retirement plan. The idea, which is extremely popular among City employees, won’t cost the City a dime. In fact, the City would save money by trimming expenditures on overtime costs. Taken together, these proposals would add, at the very least, a few hundred thousand dollars to the City’s depleted general fund. The City could use the savings to fill potholes, maintain streets, clean up city parks or beef up community policing. The City could stop outsourcing work to outside bidders, ensure the long-term maintenance of the Mountain View Cemetery and the City’s Golf Course, or spare taxpayers from utility rate increases. So far, the City has given no logical reason for setting up roadblocks to more revenue. Officials have claimed that there is a “principle” at stake. What “principle” could be more important than the City’s obligation to taxpayers to use its resources responsibly, to maintain critical services, and to provide decent working conditions for its employees? Other cities and counties have enacted similar proposals, and the results speak for themselves. In 2010, Pierce County negotiated a switch to the Teamsters Health and Welfare plan. The plan offered County employees comparable benefits at a lower cost, and it ultimately saved the County $400,000. At King County, a coalition of labor unions and the County collaborated to save

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Golf course needs our support, appreciation Regarding Jeanne Herold’s letter to the editor (“Wasting money on the golf course”, Auburn Reporter, May 10): If she is going to rant about a golf course, she should get her facts straight first. I think her estimate of $35,000 for audiovideo equipment was grossly exaggerated. A-V equipment that can be hooked up to an already existing computer system, in no way, would even come close to such a stupid quote. It might improve tournament results and keep more golfers informed as to outcomes of different tournaments instead of cardboard billboards. Auburn Golf Course is a credit to the City of Auburn. It has become beautifully manicured and is a great advertisement to the growing popularity of the sport. It is a joy to play golf at this course and closing it would probably only make it another overrun housing project that Auburn doesn’t need. Let’s try to get our youth involved in a sport of honor instead of being in trouble on the streets. Any money spent on this course will only make golfers’ visit to the City of Auburn more enjoyable as the course keeps improving every year under new management and care. – Jan McDowell

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Backing Backus for next mayor Auburn residents will be making an important decision this election season. We have the opportunity to vote for Nancy Backus as our next mayor. It is a time of growth of both Auburn’s population and business base. Thoughtful and experienced leadership is needed to guide that growth and build and maintain strong communication with all Auburn citizens. Nancy has that experience, vision and leadership ability. I had the honor of working with Nancy for eight years on the City Council and found her an independent thinker who could be counted on to listen, learn and make the tough decisions. Nancy has a talent for dissecting complicated issues, listening care-

fully to all sides and defining what is best for Auburn. She excels at encouraging citizen involvement and guiding people through the sometimes challenging governmental process. Nancy is well respected at both the regional and national level through her committee work at both levels. She’s there to represent Auburn’s best interests and return tax dollars to Auburn. As mayor, Nancy will serve Auburn with professionalism, skill and dedication, and Auburn will be better for her service. – Lynn Norman

Win-win: vote for Partridge, Lewis Support John Partridge for mayor of Auburn and Pete Lewis for Port of Seattle commissioner. I have worked extensively with both on numerous projects over the years. Auburn is on the precipice of exciting times. Auburn is wonderfully positioned for business and urban renewal with a new high school and downtown projects. John Partridge is uniquely qualified to lead Auburn as the city landscape changes. He believes that city government should be limited and not be ever expanding. He reminds me of visionaries I have worked with in the past (Alan Mulally from Boeing comes to mind). [ more LETTERS page 6 ]

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Behind the talents of student artists and supporters, American Legion Post 78 of Auburn is putting art on display in honor of veterans. The Auburn School District, City of Auburn and Post 78 are combining efforts to create a series of murals behind Auburn Memorial Stadium, facing Veterans Memorial Park. The art project includes paintings of veterans and iconic war images from World War I to present day. Plans are to erect 22 eight-by-eight-foot murals along the 175-foot-long wall behind the

Roberta Locke, Auburn Mountainview High School culinary instructor, third from left, presents a $3,400 check to American Legion Post 78 last Saturday to support the veterans mural. From left, Rodger Birgen, of Post 78, Tacoma artist and project designer Rachael Dotson and Post 78’s Louie Lopez. MARK KLAAS, Reporter

[ THOMPSON from page 5 ] the County $75 million while at the same time setting aside a designated reserve fund of $25 million to provide affordable health care and to control health care costs for County employees. Public employees work hard to provide vital services to our communities. They clear our streets during snow

emergencies, maintain our roads, clean up our parks, and keep our communities safe. Instead of recognizing them for their service, the City of Auburn is inexplicably blocking its employees from attempting to improve their benefits and rein in health care costs, at a considerable cost savings to the City. Contrary to the prevailing rhetoric, unions and em-

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[ letters from page 5 ] Pete Lewis’ record of service is well documented. Pete will be an exceptional Port commissioner, and the philosophy he brought to Auburn will be even better implemented in that regional position. It will truly be a win-win to have John as mayor and Pete as Port commissioner. – John Torres

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that, council and the while ago and have been business that my wife encouraging people to and I own and run, I run for my seat,” McMadon’t have enough time han said by email. “I’ve to spend with my family. enjoyed my time on the Our kids are 3 and 5, and council but haven’t been they deserve to have their able to put the kind of dad more involved in time and energy toward McMahan their lives.” it that the City needs, Stacy May Knudtson, especially now. Gary Nitschke and Stacy D. “In the end, my day job is still Jackson will run for McMahan’s more than a full-time job for Position 5 seat. me,” he continued. “Between

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CALENDAR Events Auburn Tourism: For special events or to add a special event, go to www.auburntourism.com. Zumiez Couch Tour: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. May 25, The Outlet Collection (formerly Supermall), 1101 Supermall Way, Auburn. LRG presents an afternoon of live music by Kid Ink, and a pro skateboard demo from its own Tom Asta, Billy Marks, Tommy Sandoval, Jack Curtin, Trent McClung and Carlos Ribeiro. Featuring an interactive festival village with booths and prizes from Neff, Oakley, Sector 9 and Skullcandy, as well as free games and giveaways from Zumiez. No tickets required. For more info, call 253-9311916 or visit www.zumiezcouchtour.com. Princess Event: 10-11:30 a.m. June 2, Junior Achievement Building, 1610 Perimeter Road SW, Auburn. Join the Auburn Valley Y for an enchanted afternoon with your favorite princesses. Parent-child event includes light snacks, tea, performances, meet and greets, and an opportunity to take pictures with the princesses. Come dressed as your favorite character. Sign up today. Cost: $20 YMCA members, $30 nonmembers. Info: scrane@seattleymca.org. Auburn’s 122nd birthday party: 4-8 p.m. June 14, City Hall Plaza, 25 West Main St. The Auburn Downtown Association in cooperation with the City of Auburn present the celebration. Food vendors, a beer garden, local musicians, displays. Proceeds support the Auburn Food Bank. Second annual Juneteenth celebration: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. June 15, Kent Senior Center, 600 E. Smith St. Community-wide event features programs, information, vendors, food, entertainment and speakers while commemorating African American freedom and emphasizing education and

achievement. Free and open to the public. KBAC seeks a major co-sponsor for the event. If interested, please contact Richard Johnson, director of project funding for KBAC, May 20 at 253-631-7944 or ajrj01@ msn.com. To learn more about the organization, call 253-852-0614 or visit www. kentblackactioncommission.com. South King County Stand Down & Veteran Families Resource Fair: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 8, Green River Community College, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. Military and veteran families plus homeless veterans welcome to attend. Free services and referrals available include VA benefit and claims assistance, employment resources, financial and rent assistance, medical and dental, housing assistance, individual and family counseling resources, childcare, haircuts, food and clothing. Information: 206-802-5578, www.southkingcountystanddown.org.

Memorial Day Memorial Day of Remembrance: 10 a.m. May 27, Mountain View Cemetery, flag plaza, 2020 Mountain View Drive, Auburn. Cemetery will display many American flags on the grounds and at each veteran’s grave site decorated with a small flag donated by Auburn’s VFW Post 1741. The ceremony will include comments by Mayor Peter Lewis; a performance of “God Bless America” and the national anthem by Auburn Mountainview Choir soloist Nicole Costa, an invocation by Chaplain Michael Hursh; a color guard presentation by Boy Scout Troops 398 of Federal Way and Auburn’s Troop 401; comments by Commander Tony Dohse from Auburn VFW Post 1741; and a rifle salute and “Taps” by the InterTribal Warrior Society. Special office hours during the Memorial Day weekend to assist

Got an event? submissions@auburn-reporter.com or post online at www.auburn-reporter.com families are: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, 12-4 p.m. Sunday and 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Monday, May 27. For more information, call 253-931-3028 or visit www.mtviewcemeteryauburn.com. Memorial Day Remembrance: 11 a.m. May 27, Veterans Memorial Park, 411 E St. NE, Auburn. Ceremony. Public is invited.

Benefits Botanical Garden Plant Sale: 10 a.m. May 31, June 1, Soos Creek Botanical Garden, 29308 132nd Ave. SE, Auburn. Fill in your garden beds with vigorous perennials from the gardens. Free, selfguided garden tours. Proceeds support growth and maintenance of the nonprofit public garden. Information: 253-639-0949, www.SoosCreekBotanicalGarden.org. American Legion Post 78 of Auburn Garage Sale: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. June 1, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. June 2, Veterans Memorial Park, 411 E St. NE. Proceeds benefit the Post and its veterans mural project. For more information, contact Louie Lopez at 253985-1796 or ritalou86@comcast.net. Auburn Eagles Oyster Feed: 5-7 p.m. June 1, Auburn Eagles No. 2298, 702 M St. SE. All-you-can-eat benefit for $15. No take out. Dinner includes coleslaw and fries, or you can order a chicken dinner for $10. Tickets on sale at the Auburn Eagles or at the door. For more information, call 253-833-2298. Beat the Raven 5K Fun Run & Walk: 9 a.m. June 15, Auburn Riverside High School, 501 Oravetz Road. Benefits for the Auburn Riverside cross country team and the National MS Society. USATF-certified, out-and-back course. Cost: $25 preregistration (includes T-shirt), $30 day of race. Contact: Tim Wright at 253-804-5154

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Volunteers Algona Days: The City is looking for vendors for this year’s celebration – Friday, July 19, 5-9 p.m. and Saturday, July 20, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. If you are interested, applications can be found at www.algonawa.gov or you can contact Kevin Caviezel at City Hall 253-833-2897 or kevinc@algonawa.gov.

Reunions 3rd Annual Auburn High School Baseball Bash: 3-6 p.m. June 1, Longhorn Barbecue, 635 C St. SW, Auburn. Reunion for the players of Troy. Coach Bob Moliter is special guest. Inviting friends, coaches, faculty and fans to attend. Free admission. Contact: Jon Peninger, 206-992-6750 or senior22006@comcast.net

Entertainment AUBURN AVENUE THEATER Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Rec at 253931-3043, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-noon, or online at www.brownpapertickets.com. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee: 7:30 p.m. May 31, June 1, 7, 8, 14, 15; 2 p.m. June 9. Six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser. It’s a hilarious tale of overachievers’ angst chronicling the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. Tickets: $14/$12 (pre-sale only); $17/$15 at the door. Auburn Performing Arts Center APAC, 700 E. Main St. Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Rec at 253-931-3043,

Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-noon, or online at www. brownpapertickets.com. Harmony Kings Barbershop Chorus’ “Laugh In All Over Again”: 7 p.m. June 8; 2 p.m. June 9. Guests: The New Originals Quartet, Jet Cities Chorus. Tickets: $10, $20. Call 253-858-8095 or harmonykings.org. ELSEWHERE “Woman In Mind”: 7:30 p.m. May 23-25, Auburn Mountainview Theater, 28900 124th Ave. SE. Auburn Mountainview Theater Company presents English playwright Alan Ayckbourn’s play. Tickets: $8. Jazz series:: 6-9 p.m., Saturdays, Auburn Wine and Caviar Company, 2402 A St. SE, Auburn. Saxophone and flute master Mark Lewis performs each week with a different featured guest musician – or two – from around the region. No cover. For more information, call 253-887-8530. Poetry at The Station Bistro: 7-10 p.m., first Mondays of each month, Bistro, 110 Second St. SW, Suite 125, Auburn. Poets featured at the open mic venue. Presented by The Station Bistro, the Northwest Renaissance, Auburn Striped Water Poets. Open to poets of every age and skill level. • June 3 program: Cindy Hutchings and Philip Red Eagle. For more information, contact mcbreenpost@aol.com. Music and Poetry at The Station Bistro: 2-4 p.m., June 15, 110 Second St. SW, Suite 125, Auburn. Michael Schein and the Killer Poet Jazz Band. Call for details and reservations at 253-735-1399. For more information, visit www.auburnstationbistro.com. Zola’s Cafe: Live music every Friday, 7-9 p.m., 402 E. Main St., Suite 120. Open mic on the last Wednesday of the month. For information, contact Sonia Kessler at the cafe at 253-333-9652. Jack & The Giant: 7 p.m. June 14, 15, 21, 22; 3 p.m. June 15, 22, Green River Community College, Performing Arts Building, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. Presented by Heavier Than Air Family Theatre. A boy

named Jack, his mother, a giant and magical beans spin a charming musical version of the classic tale. All tickets $8. For more information, call 253-833-9111, ext. 2400, or visit www.HeavierThanAir.com. Imagine “Remembering The Fab Four”: 7 p.m. June 15; 2 p.m. June 16, The Theatre At Mountainview, 28900 124th Ave. SE, Auburn. Presented by Great Western Concerts. A classy Beatles tribute band that has formed the legendary group’s hits more than 20 years. Opening is local band The Saltwater Saints, with even more 1960s hit songs. Tickets: $10-$25, www. brownpapertickets.com.

Museums White River Valley Museum Located at 918 H St. SE, Auburn. Regular admission: $2 adults, $1 seniors and children. Admission is free on Wednesdays and the fourth Sunday of the month. Call 253-288-7433 or visit www.wrvmuseum.org for tickets and event information. Exhibits Japanese Heritage, Washington Artists: Through July 28. Nihon/WA invites viewers to experience a wide spectrum of work created by artists of Japanese heritage in the Puget Sound region and see how each has chosen to include or step beyond heritage and history in their own content and style. Events: • Japanese Kite Workshop: 1-2:30 p.m. June 15. Master kite maker and artist Greg Kono will teach kids of all ages how to make a flyable giant coffee filter kites. All materials will be provided. $20 per student, registration is required. OTHER MUSEUM EVENTS • Free Will Writing Workshop: Noon, May 26. Bob Pittman, an attorney in private practice in the Puget Sound area, leads the free workshop. His law practice is restricted to estate planning. For more information, contact Pittman at 253-471-9779.

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The Auburn Mountainview and Auburn Riverside girls water polo teams earned placings at last week’s state tournament at Curtis High School in University Place. The Lions finished 3-2 to take the fourth-place trophy, and the Ravens finished 10th.

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Auburn Mountainview senior Nick Brooks smashes the game-winning RBI single against Decatur at Ed Wheeler Field in Centralia this past Saturday. Tracy Arnold, for the Auburn Reporter

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Senior Nick Brooks’ walk-off RBI single lifted topranked Auburn Mountainview past Decatur 9-8 in the state 3A baseball quarterfinals at Centralia last Saturday. The Lions (24-3) play Kennewick at 1 p.m. Friday in the state semifinals at GESA Stadium in Pasco. A win puts the Lions into the title game at 4 p.m. Saturday against the survivor of the Mount Si-West Seattle

semifinal, which is set for 10 a.m Friday. “We have the talent, the focus, the ability and the desire to win two games this weekend,” coach Glen Walker said. “We are confident in our abilities as a group and will compete until the end. We expect nothing less than a state championship!” Against Decatur, Auburn Mountainview, as it did in the district playoffs, pulled out another win in dramatic fashion.

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The Auburn Riverside girls track and field team earned a fourth-place finish at this past weekend’s West Central District III/ Southwest District 4 meet at French Field in Kent. The Ravens and Curtis tied for fourth with 49 points. Federal Way won the title with 65.5 points. Auburn Riverside qualified five girls for this weekend’s state Class 4A track and field championships at Mount Tahoma Stadium in Tacoma. Senior Brandi Williams – the reigning 4A long jump champion – led the way for Auburn Riverside, captur-

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[ fastpitch from page 10 ] a loser-out game against Highline the Lions (13-12 overall) have been on fire. On Monday, Auburn Mountainview finished sixth in the West Central District III/Southwest District 4 3A tourney with a 2-2 record, including wins in two loserout games. On Friday the Lions begin play in the state 3A tournament with a noon game against Meadowdale at the Regional Athletic Complex in Lacey. For Lions coach Alicia Thompson, the team’s challenging SPSL schedule was a

and field championships. For the Ravens, senior Joe Miles earned a state berth after taking second in the shot put with a toss of 52 feet, 2 1/2 inches at the district meet. Sophomore teammate Mar’Yea Harris earned his spot at state with a fifth-place time of 49.86 seconds in the 400-meter race. Auburn Riverside senior Trevor Love was fourth in the 800 (1:56.81) and senior Devon Larson was fifth in the 110 hurdles (15.33). For Auburn, senior Kevin Shelton tied for fifth in the shot put (49-7) senior Tyler Flannery was sixth in the 3,200 (9:28.29).

The state 4A meet starts at 3:20 p.m. Thursday and continues Friday and Saturday at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma. In 3A track and field the Auburn Mountainview boys and girls track and field teams advance two relay teams to this week’s State 3A Track and Field Championships at Mount Tahoma Stadium in Tacoma. The Lion boys moved on four individuals, led by senior Chris Scharer, who captured the district title in the 800-meter race with a time of 1 minute, 57.39 seconds. Also earning a district title was senior Nicholas Aumua,

who took the discus toss of 143 feet. Senior Devin Bryant qualified for state in the long jump and the 200, and sophomore Trevor Jensen qualified for state in the shot put. For the girls, senior Abi Alfrey will compete in the long and triple jumps and senior Nicole Carter qualified in the 100 and 200. Senior Maya Wagers qualified in the 300 hurdles, and junior Maddie Taylor will compete in the high jump. Junior Rachel Greve was fourth in the javelin, and sophomore Heaven Palaita was fourth in the shot put.

crucial part of its success in the postseason. “The SPSL 3A is the toughest league in the state,” Thompson said. “The top four teams in our league – Enumclaw, Peninsula, Bonney Lake and us – all earned state berths this weekend. Competing against these teams all year and hanging in most games – most of these games were close, we were in every game – prepared us well. My girls are fighters. We faced a lot of adversity this year. They continue to give their all and never give up.” Thompson credits the team’s senior leaders, includ-

ing ace Delene Colburn and infielder Quierra Bradford. “Delene stepped up big after we lost our other pitcher,” Thompson said. Colburn, a first-team, allleague selection who is hitting .494 this year, switched from catcher to pitcher at the beginning of the season to give the Lions the best chance to win. “She hasn’t been able to (play catcher) this year and has been selfless and never complained,” Thompson said. “She keeps up the intensity when the team is down. She has a competitive fire that the team feeds off.”

Bradford, another allleague first-teamer who boasts a .447 average this year, also has made an impact for the Lions. “Quierra demands a lot from herself and her teammates,” Thompson said. “Her teammates look up to her.” Thompson continued: “I have been telling my kids all season to work hard and don’t be disappointed. We just need to get through league play, then postseason is going to go well for us. “Coming in as the 12th seed into districts, teams underestimated us. We’re peaking at the right time.”

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“This team continues to prove that they are one of the best teams in the state of Washington,” Walker said. “There is a ‘never say die’ attitude among every single player. They love playing the game. “There were times when it seemed like our season was going to end, but as Brice McCulloch said to us (the other day), ‘I knew that that was not going to be my last at-bat as a Lion,’” Walker said. “This team finds ways to score runs and consistently responds positively when placed into a dire situation. I love this team.” The win was the Lions’ fifth in six meetings against their SPSL rivals this season.

Senior Kekoa Nahaku finished the game with a 5-for-5 performance. Friis had two RBIs and a double and senior Jeffrey Morgan added two RBIs and a double, as well. Auburn Mountainview junior Joey Cassano earned the win on the hill with 3 2/3 innings of relief. Decatur shortstop Isaiah Hatch, who played for Auburn Little League during its dream season in 2010, homered twice in the game. Auburn Mountainview opened the state regional at Ed Wheeler Field in Centralia with a 2-0 victory against Glacier Peak. Brooks threw a complete-game shutout, striking out 10.

...obituaries Eugenia (Jean Atemboski) Dukowitz January 20, 1934 - February 11, 2013 Jean’s Memorial will be held Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 11am. VFW Hall in Enumclaw - 44426 144th AVE SE. 792375

Lois J. Fritz

Lois Fritz, 89, of Spring Hill, Florida, passed away May 15, 2013. She is survived by her loving family. Arrangements by Turner Funeral Home, 352-796-9661.

Frank Nelson, Sr.

December 30, 1937 - May 11, 2013

NHRA Drag Racing Legend, Frank Nelson, Sr. of Auburn, Washington went peacefully to be with our Lord on May 11, 2013 surrounded by his family and friends after a 3 year long battle with cancer. Frank was born on December 30, 1937 in Seattle, WA. Frank grew up in Alger,WA and went to BurlingtonEdison High School. Frank served in the United States Air Force from 1956-1959 at Schilling Air Force Base in Salina, Kansas. After his honorable Discharge from the AF, he made Auburn, WA his home. He was preceded in death by his parents, Oscar and Violet Nelson, and one grand-daughter, Amy Zacharias. Frank is survived by his wife Ruth, daughter Theresa, son’s Frank Nelson, Jr., Donald, Christopher, Steven and Stanley Zacharias, a sister, Carolyn Canaday, 13 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Frank retired from the Northern Pacific/Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad after 45 years of service. Frank is best known as a NHRA Northwest Hall of Fame drag racing legend where he has raced locally and nationally for the past 50+ years. In 2003 the City of Auburn presented Frank with the Local Legend Award. In 2011, Frank was presented with the City of Auburn’s Pioneer Spirit Award. A Celebration of Life will be held in his honor on Saturday, June 8, 2013 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Auburn Eagles – 702 “M” Street, Auburn, WA 98002. 792026

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