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Developers seek a tax break posed development project to date has met the threshold. So naturally, nobody has used the exemption. Recently, however, the powers behind two major development projects proposed for the catalyst blocks south of Auburn City Hall wrote the
By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
From the day in 2003 when the City of Auburn adopted its multi-family property tax exemption, calling for a minimum investment per unit of $200,000 to qualify, not a single pro-
City asking for amendments to the ordinance, a little flexibility, so they could qualify. The first, Landmark Development, is to break ground in October on a five-story, 126-unit, mixed-use [ more TAX BREAK page 10 ]
Auburn’s Ariana Kukors has decided to call it a career after an accomplished run in international swimming, which included her participation in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. COURTESY PHOTO, LifeWise
Olympian Kukors decides to retire from world-class swimming By SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter
GENTLY NOW Three-year old Ava McMasters from Maple Valley gets acquainted with Sunny Boy, the Burmese python, during Green River Community College’s Gator Fest last Saturday. Sunny Boy, one of Clayton Green’s Roving Reptiles menagerie, is 12 years old, 12-feet long and weighs about 75 pounds.
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The festival dedicated the college’s new Cedar Hall building and featured a free pancake breakfast, demonstrations, a car show, music from KGRG radio and vendors selling everything from barbecue to bees. SHAWN SKAGER, Auburn Reporter
When the time came to hang up her swim cap for good, Ariana Kukors had no qualms. “I always kind of thought that 2012 would be my last year,” the now-retired Olympian said. “The (London) Olympics were the perfect icing on the cake. I’m very pleased and content with my career. I’m very happy with how everything went and excited to be walking away with great memories and great friends.”
After spending much of last fall mulling over whether she should step away from her life as a competitor – a career during which she set the 200-meter individual medley (long course) world record and represented her country at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London – when the new year dawned, the Auburn native said, she notified her sponsors of her decision. Kukors, an Auburn Mountainview graduate and a Pac-10 champion at the University of Washington, [ more KUKORS page 12 ]
City mulls Avenue Theater’s future, whether to renew lease By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
The City’s lease on the Auburn Avenue Theater may be seven years from expiring, but City officials are
looking ahead, wondering what to do about the building when 2020 comes on. Auburn’s Finance Director Shelley Coleman explained Monday why the City’s Planning and Community
Development Committee decided to take up the subject so early. And it’s not about a crisis. “We’re about halfway through our 15-year-lease, so we need to think about our program needs, where
we are going to go with it, and start planning now for what we’re going to do when the lease is up,” Coleman said. [ more THEATER page 10 ]
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already performed more than 20 spay and neuter procedures on dogs and cats at the now fully-functional surgical site. Keeping just that Purvis one bit of business in house has already saved the AVHS a lot of money, Auburn Finance Director Shelley Coleman told members of the Municipal Services Committee on Monday, as she presented her monthly report. Per contract, Auburn pays AVHS $240,000
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Despite a decent turnover of dogs and cats at the Auburn Valley Humane Society animal shelter, the facility on A Street Southeast has 140 extra felines about the premises. Though the cats would probably forego the honor if asked, veterinarian and founding AVHS member Dr. Emily Purvis has
about $365,000, balanced against expenses of $282,000. Of that total revenue, $85,000 comes from fundraising at a cost of about $45,000, for a $40,000 net gain. • The shelter’s 199 Volunteers have logged more than 15,200 hours. According to Coleman, the AVHS board of directors recently gave director Phil Morgan approval to sign a letter of intent to lease the empty building at 602 Auburn Way N., opposite
every year to run the City-owned shelter and handles maintenance for the building. Here are some of the key numbers to date: • Since the shelter’s opening on Jan. 1, 2013, the City’s pet licensing program has sold 3,434 licenses, generating $102,515 through August. The City’s 2013 budget goal was $96,000 or more, and the 2014 budget goal is $240,000. • Through August, the total shelter revenue is
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The group replaced sand in the sandbox, bark on the walking path and under the climbing structure, weeded planting beds, planted a variety of flowers and grasses, and replaced railroad ties for the garden wall. They also added signage and bird houses. A total of 256 nonprofit agencies got a boost from the volunteer labor, valued at $1.4 million. The Day of Caring is United Way of King County’s official kickoff for its 2013-2014 fundraising campaign. The organization looks to raise $112.5 million to invest in the community.
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Ex-Marine from Auburn shoots, kills suspected car thief in Maple Valley By SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter.com
Police Blotter Auburn police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between Sept. 15 and 17:
Sept. 15
treatment. Theft: 2:30 p.m., 5420 block of Auburn Way South. A man called police to report that somebody had stolen his TV from his home while he was away for the weekend. Hit and run: 8:30 p.m., 0 block of B Street Northeast. Somebody in a vehicle struck a male person while the fellow was crossing First and B Street Northeast then took off.
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Traffic offense: 4:30 p.m., 1500 C St. SW. Police arrested a woman for causing a collision then running off.
Animal problem: 10:15 a.m., 730 block of 28th Street Southeast. A resident had a bit of a problem with a neighbor’s dogs on the loose and runnin’ round.
Pot: 7:34 p.m., 1800 block of K Street Southeast. A woman complained that two days earlier her 14-year-old kid had bought pot in Auburn, smoked it in Des Moines, overdosed on it and had to go to an undisclosed hospital for
Shoplifting: 1:35 p.m., 762 Supermall Drive SW. Police arrested a man at Walmart for trying to steal $10 worth of merchandise, for obstructing justice and for telling terminological inexactitudes.
Attempted theft: 10 a.m., 1520 Pike St. NW. The manager of a local boat dealership called to report that somebody unknown had attempted to steal a boat from the business storage yard sometime between Sept. 13 and 15.
Burglary: 2 p.m., 1801 R St. SE. Somebody ripped off undisclosed items from a woman’s storage locker.
Fire & Rescue Blotter The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 195 calls for service between Sept. 16 and 22, among them the following:
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Aid call: 9 a.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters evaluated a boy with a rapid heart rate, and a private ambulance drove him to Valley Medical Center (VMC).
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Shoplifting: 5:04 p.m., 1702 Auburn Way N. Police arrested a woman for stealing $24.12 worth of undisclosed merchandise from Top Foods.
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Fraud: 11:43 p.m., 2010 block of M Street Southeast. Police investigated a fraud that had been perpetrated on a woman’s Amazon.com account.
Theft: 10 a.m., 30800 block of 124th Avenue Southeast. Somebody stole someone else’s car battery.
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Shoplifting: 4:59 p.m., 1330 Supermall Way SW. Police arrested a male – no info about his age – for shoplifting a pair of sandals from the Nordstrom’s Rack.
Theft: 3400 block of I Street Northeast. A bogus loan outfit from Texas selling a bogus money card suckered a disabled citizen out of every last cent of her food money.
Trespassing and the good ol’ boot: 8:35 a.m., 1702 Auburn Way N. Top Food told six out-of-line adults to get lost, scram, hit the road, and don’t come back.
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Thompson and his aunt were uninjured in the shootout. A female suspect, an accomplice who had arrived at the scene in a stolen Honda Civic with the deceased man, also was uninjured. She was taken into custody by deputies for an outstanding burglary warrant and booked into jail. She may face additional charges stemming from the shooting, according to a King County Sheriff ’s Office press release. Thompson was briefly detained, then released. After the Sheriff ’s investigation is complete, the case will be turned over to the King County Prosecutor, which will decide if charges are to be brought against the female suspect. The prosecutor also will determine whether Thompson is to face any charges in the shooting.
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An Auburn man shot and killed a suspected car thief during a shootout early Tuesday in Maple Valley, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office. The Auburn-resident – whom family identified as 24-year-old ex-Marine Keenan Thompson – was walking his dog shortly after midnight outside of his aunt’s house in the 21800 block of Southeast 236th Place when he saw a man inside his white Toyota pickup. Thompson reportedly yelled at the suspect who then produced a .45-caliber handgun. Thompson – who has a concealed weapons permit – produced his own 9-millimeter handgun and exchanged gunfire with the suspect, hitting him one or more times, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
According to a KOMO News report, Thompson’s aunt, Kristen Hague, witnessed the incident and was pushed out of the line of fire by her nephew. “My life was in danger, my nephew’s life was in danger, and he did the right thing, even though it ended really bad and really sad,” she said. She added that she attempted to perform CPR on the suspected car thief after the shooting. “There was a guy on the ground dying and it was instinct and ... I just went in and started doing compression on his chest ... until help got there,” she told KOMO. “It was all I could do.” When King County Deputies arrived on the scene four minutes after the initial 911 call, they found the 27-year-old man suspect dead. They were unable to revive him.
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Aid call: 9:02 a.m., (Algona). Firefighters and King County Medics evaluated and treated a likely victim of a possible stroke or seizure after her caregiver found her unresponsive and acting strangely. A private ambulance company got the woman to MultiCare Auburn Medical Center (MAMC) for
Residential fire: 6:03 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters arrived at a single-family residential home where smoke coming from the eaves, got in and having determined that the structure was unoccupied and empty, knocked down and extinguished the fire. Nobody was hurt. Investigators want to know how it started.
Sept. 21 Aid call: 11:28 a.m., (Lakeland Hills). Firefighters responded to the 6100 block of Nathan Way SE for an ill, older woman suffering high blood sugar with no history of diabetes. A private ambulance transported the woman to MAMC.
Sept. 22 Service call: 4:02 p.m., (South Auburn). Firefighters dispatched to leaking water pipes inside of a business found two areas leaking water from a drain clean-out. The building owner contacted a plumber, and the firefighters shut off water to the building.
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... YOUNG AT HEART King County offers fall safety prevention program for seniors Reporter staff
With more than 20,000 admissions every year, falling is the leading cause of injuryrelated hospitalizations in Washington state, and seniors account for more than twothirds of the cases. To help prevent these painful and costly events, King County Emergency Medical Services offers free home safety assistance. Called One Step Ahead, the service is available for residents 65 years and older who are at highest risk for falling and live in King County outside of the city of Seattle, according to a Sept. 20 county media release. The safety program includes:
Don Stevenson, Auburn’s 77-year-old “Pacin’ Parson,” plans to complete a 23,000-mile walk to raise money and awareness for multiple sclerosis, dedicating the effort to his sister, Stephanie Barry, who is fighting the devastating disease. But the marathon walker has been called away to see his sister in Ohio
• A home safety walk through • Instruction to help you stay safe in your home • Information about local resources • Installation of safety devices for low income residents who qualify “One Step Ahead provides a great opportunity for older adults in our community to reduce their fall risks, avoid injury and keep their independence longer,” said King County Emergency Medical Services Director Jim Fogarty. For more information about the program and how to qualify, call 206263-8544. Alan Abe, Injury Pre-
vention Program Manager for King County Emergency Medical Services, offers these four key tips for seniors to reduce their risk of falling: • Do exercises that improve mobility, strength and balance and that are taught by trained professionals. Examples of exercise programs include Tai Chi, Matter of Balance, Enhanced Fitness or other individual or group exercise programs. King County Emergency Medical Services helps sponsor exercise classes at several local senior centers • Have your medication reviewed to identify possible side effects or drug interac-
tions that may contribute to falling • Have your eyes examined by an optometrist or ophthalmologist • Improve your home environment by providing proper access to bathtub or showers, sufficient lighting, clear walkways and installing handrails. Key statistics • Each year in the United States, nearly one-third of older adults (65 year or older) fall • One in five older adults reports having fallen in the previous three months
Center’s Auburn Respite program needs volunteers Auburn Respite, a nonprofit, adult day care program serving the community, needs volunteers to help its senior participants. The group meets at the Auburn Senior Activity Center, 808 Ninth St. SE, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays. The program also serves clients on the second and fourth Tuesday, from 10 to 3. The program allows caregivers to enjoy a worry-free day off while participants enjoy socialization, companionship and lunch. For more information, contact program director Sheila Pankratz at 253-875-9163.
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Barktoberfest and Rover Romp: Think of it as a way to save lives – four paws, one tail, perhaps two floppy ears at a time. And while you’re at it, have an outrageous amount of fun before the astounding spectacle of The Fido Drill Team, Auburn K-9 Unit, adoptable pets, contests, demonstrations, rescue organizations, kids zone and specialty vendors. And, of course, bring your dog for the Rover Romp 5K walk/run. The Auburn Valley Humane Society calls this fall
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couple of months where they are able to waive the rent so they can get set up and going. It’s an ideal location because of the other thrift stores in the area.” Recently, the AVHS shelter earned unwanted notoriety when a local television station reported
that a number of tags went out with incorrect phone numbers on them. The City has since mailed letters listing the correct numbers. The City is in the process of transferring the pet licensing function from its planning department to its finance department.
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Charting a new course for schools Joshua Halsey is about to become one of the most important people in public education in Washington. For a few more days he’ll manage the South King County Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Learning Network – a mouthful of jargon for a job guiding an $11 million program to improve achievement of 117,000 students with creative and cutting-edge instructional techniques. On Oct. 7, he’ll begin work as the first executive director of the Washington State Charter School Commission in Olympia. In this gig, he’ll be in the vanguard of a voterdriven effort to transform learning for the state’s 1 million public school students. With passage of Initiative 1240 last year, Washington will be allowing private nonprofits to run schools with public funds. Up to 40 such alternative schools will be allowed to operate under contracts, known as charters, issued either by the commission or approved school districts. No more than eight can be authorized in one year, and applications from those seeking to be in the initial wave are due in late November. Halsey, who will earn $100,000 a year, will steer the nine-member commission as it sorts through applications this winter and decides next February which to authorize. His exact role is getting formulated, but he said he expects to be an “active participant” in the decision-making. “I would hope we would avoid experimentation sites,” he said. “What we really want is innovation sites.” Halsey, who is married and the father of two young children, is an unfamiliar name for many veterans entrenched in the state’s education establishment. And he arrives as an almost Halsey complete unknown to those who waged battle on the charter school initiative as he steered clear of the fight. This should give him an unsullied foundation on which to build relationships with those trumpeting the value of these alternative schools in helping students as well as those still trying to prevent any from opening because they consider them unconstitutional. Commissioners chose him from a crowd of candidates that included some with experience doing a similar job in other states. “You will find him to be a strong leader,” said Steve Sundquist, chairman of the Jerry Cornfield
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Food assistance? Government letting us down The Auburn Reporter story (“Local leaders fear more hardship with federal food aid cuts”, Sept. 20) left me appalled that our elected politicians could even propose cutting food aid for poor people. Especially since some rich politicians would not allow tax breaks for the middle class citizens unless rich people were allowed to keep their tax breaks. I did not know that poverty has grown 80 percent in South King County in the last 10 years or that we are one of the worst poverty centers in the country. None of us can rely on our federal government to help us because it is trillions of dollars in debt. Our politicians are looking for any way to reduce expenses – without cutting their own income and benefits. One politician said on TV that the USA had the best health care in the world; therefore, we didn’t need Obamacare. The politicians have the best health care – at taxpayers’ expense – but not many of the taxpayers are so blessed. I wonder if the politicians would change their attitude if they were not be able to get health care when they needed it or if they went just one day without food. Citizens have to learn how to take care of themselves. The community garden promoted
Letters policy The Auburn Reporter welcomes letters to the editor on any subject. Letters must include a name, address and daytime phone number for verification purposes. Letters may be edited for length. Letters should be no more than 250 words in length. Submissions may be printed both in the paper and electronically. Deadline for letters to be considered for publication is 2 p.m. Tuesday. by Auburn Parks is a good start in helping people help themselves. However, I see numerous bare lots that could provide more gardens. Write the politicians to let them know they are ruining our country with their un-”statesmanship” policies. A “statesman” works for the good of the citizens, whereas a “politician” works to benefit himself. – M. Pederson
Favors, special deals at City Hall? Are you kidding me? I just finished reading John Pinsker’s letter to the Reporter (“Something fishy is going on”, Sept. 20), in which I learned that Scot Pondelick was appointed to the Auburn Planning Committee after dropping his mayoral campaign and endorsing Nancy Backus.
What a blatant, back room political kickback. Is this what we can expect more of with a Backus administration – favors and special deals? It’s the worst of what happens in the other Washington, but apparently our City government is so used to it, they don’t even notice the stink. In fact, Councilmember Bill Peloza even celebrates, “Scot, we got you!” Is this a government of the people or a country club? Sounds like the latter, complete with its own golf course, paid for by you and me. Pinsker is right, something does smell in Auburn. We’re a town of potholes and paybacks – but no municipal court. We’re asked to pay more taxes if we want serviceable roads and safe streets, while funding is set aside for golf courses, community centers and other discretionary spending. It should be the other way around. I will vote for John Partridge. He may not be a member of the “Auburn Country Club” but that’s just what will “Fix Auburn.” – Laura Trimble
Getting ‘hooked’ still smells OK, I made two errors in my letter to the editor (“Something smells around Auburn City Hall,” Auburn Reporter, Sept. 13). One of the errors was pointed out by the Reporter. [ more LETTERS page 8 ]
[8] September 27, 2013 [ LETTERS from page 7 ] I apologize for and acknowledge the error. Nancy Backus is not the chair of the planning commission to which Scot Pondelick was appointed. However, she did just receive Scot’s endorsement for mayor, coincidentally the week before his appointment to the commission by the full City Council. The other error I made was in quoting Bill Peloza’s exclamation after the council voted on Scot’s appointment. I thought he said, “Scot, we got ya!” But in reviewing my notes on the meeting, Councilman Peloza actually said, “Scot, we hooked ya!” Last week’s letter was intended to be subtle and connect the dots. Now, looking at this quote and the timing of the appointment, I would have to suspect a pay-to-play incident. Is that how government and elections work in Auburn? For your endorsement, you, too, can have a seat on some commission or other? Is that how we can expect to “hook” commission members and endorsements in the future? This still smells, but it is getting worse. – John Pinsker
Trout is the right choice for council I would like to voice my support for Yolanda Trout and her efforts to get elected to the Auburn City Council, Position 4. Being a former Auburn Police officer and current (bilingual) paraeducator in the Auburn School District, I feel I’m aware and knowledgeable about the progress, evolution and growth of the City of Auburn. Since 1995 I’ve witnessed the tremendous growth of Auburn's population. This ongoing growth is bringing about great diversity in cultures as well as a variety of needs. Yolanda Trout, I believe, is the right person to be elected to the council. She is a progressive, competent and experienced person not only in dealing with issues and concerns of Hispanics and other ethnic populations but also with issues and concerns that affect all who live in Auburn. Simply put, Yolanda is an energetic candidate with a heart who cares about Auburn, one who will listen and work relentlessly for all to make things happen. Yolanda’s vision entails working
www.auburn-reporter.com diligently with the City of Auburn and its diverse communities – to enhance public safety, to foster a growing economy, to improve roads and streets, to ensure the efficient spending of the City’s budget, and to be a strong advocate for education. Yolanda Trout is the right person to be elected to the council. I encourage you to vote for her. – Rafael Sermeno
Three candidates fit the bill to move Auburn forward Auburn residents have an opportunity to make a significant and positive change in their community as they vote in the upcoming election. Our choice is between a slate of new promising candidates and long-term “experienced” people who have spent years and taxpayer dollars to give us years of successive problems. We hear them say “experience is important.” Under Mayor Pete Lewis and his council, we have seen development “experience” in which City funds have been used to support undeveloped and sometimes disastrous projects over time: the Cavanaugh block, for one; numerous tax-paying small businesses around town forced to close or relocate so the City could acquire their land still sitting vacant; the Auburn Avenue Theater, which we renovated and continue to pay $5,000 a month in rent to its owner; the fancy restaurant at the golf club in Auburn (supposed to be self-supporting) that we are subsidizing heavily; and community planning groups with architectural plans for three failed attempts to build a community center that always seems to fall through. They beautify and plant flowers and shrubs and put up street barriers so drivers can’t get into local businesses. They tell a developer who wants to put in low-income housing for senior citizens, we have too many poor people here now. We need to build highpriced homes to increase our tax base. Is this the kind of experienced people Auburn needs to make it a livable city of all its citizens? I recommend we, as voters, make our choice known by the way we vote. We want people who are experienced in personal honesty, social integrity, in the
law that requires open meetings, public involvement in critical decisions and people who value and work for quality of life for all Auburn residents – its families, children, senior citizens – rich and poor alike. I see three among our choices that fit the bill: John T. Partridge for mayor Frank Lonergan for City Council Michelle Binetti for City Council I believe it is entirely possible these three candidates will work harder and longer on behalf of the whole community and not just to provide “payoffs” to their political supporters. – Deanna L. Briese
Vote Backus for Auburn mayor The most skilled and seasoned candidate running for Auburn Mayor is current Deputy Mayor Nancy Backus. She cares about our great city and, most of all, the people living here. Ms. Backus has the financial and management training needed to oversee a city of more than 70,000 citizens. In addition, she has been endorsed by five of the seven-member City Council. These endorsements by fellow electeds reflect the importance of working together in good harmony for the betterment of the Auburn community. Also, she has been endorsed by local businesses, organizations and fellow citizens. Please join me, a former councilmember, other entities and individuals and support the best qualified candidate. Vote Deputy Mayor Nancy Backus for mayor in the November election. – Roger Thordarson
Skating rink brings fond memories Thank you for the article on Auburn Skate Connection and John Gustafson (“A rink for all seasons, generations”, Auburn Reporter, Sept. 13). It’s great to hear that he’s still operating the rink after 40 years. If the walls could, in fact, talk they would tell of Auburn kids of the 1970s who spent every Friday and Saturday night at the rink. Admission with skate rental was around one dollar; five cents for licorice ropes; 15 cents for a
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graveyard soda pop, which was all flavors mixed together; and you could get the coveted free drink coupon if you won one of the nightly girls or boys speed races. When the “all skate” sign would change to “couples only”, the overhead lights would dim and the disco ball with colored spotlights would come on. The boys and girls sat on opposite sides of the rink, and girls would wait for boys to come over and ask, “Wanna skate?” You would hold hands and skate for the duration of a song. When the sign changed to “trio only”, the girls became emboldened and a pair would rush a seemingly unsuspecting boy and drag him around the rink between them. And, of course, there was the “Hokey Pokey”. Many teenage romances blossomed at the rink, some even lasting until the following weekend. And the music? I still go back in time to the rink whenever I hear Pink Floyd’s “Money”, Paul McCartney’s “Band on the Run”, and David Bowie’s “Fame”, among many others from those days. Thanks for the generations of memories, John, and keep them coming. Thanks, Auburn Reporter, for the reminiscence. – Gwen Streeter
Let's all do our part and clean up Auburn I agree with the letter “Let’s clean up, Auburn” (Reporter, Aug. 30). Let’s identify the problems and take action. For instance, the people who have allowed their yards to become solid blankets of dandelions and/or clover. Not only are these ugly, but the property owners’ lack of integrity allows the millions of weed seeds to blow around the neighborhoods, causing untold work, cost and stress for those of us who are conscientious about being good neighbors. Older people, or those with physical limitations, are not able to constantly deal with your weeds. Also, the Mexican mercados leave a lot to desire. Windows covered with dozens of unattractive flyers and papers … trash and piles of pallets. We sit down and cry over the “slum” that Auburn has become. City Hall, let’s encourage personal integrity and also fine those stores and property owners who fail to get rid of their weeds and trash. – Molly Graece
City needs to recapture its 'nice town' look It's been brought to my attention lately how much Auburn has changed over the last couple of years. What was once a nice town to be in has turned into a crimeridden, vandalized dump. I was walking on I Street Northeast near DSHS and noticed broken windows on buildings, boarded-up, unoccupied homes and overall an “eerie” feeling walking through the area. We, as a city, need to come together as a community and get this city back to being what we once remembered. – Jaclyn D. Rubly
Let’s communicate, share ideas with others I want us to imagine ourselves in a situation in which we know nothing of our true lives – we are behind a “veil of ignorance” that prevents us from knowing the political system under which we live or the laws that are in place. Nor do we know anything about psychology, economics, biology, and other sciences. But along with a group of similarly situation-blind people, we are asked, in this original position, to review a comprehensive list of classic forms of justice drawn from various traditions of social and political philosophy. We are then given the task of selecting which system of justice we feel would best suit our needs in the absence of any information about our true selves and the situation we may actually be in the real world. Is this justice of a society of ignorance or simple of a thin veiled excuse for our own failings when things go a awry? Can we as a group continue to look at others and blame them other than our selves? Or are there two different sides or ways at looking at this issue? Or is the data we are given to look at skewed to only represent a certain way of thinking? Do the media feeds really misrepresent the facts for the information consumer, or does the few news owners and politicians in line with the owners, spoon feed us bad information and spend millions doing so? [ more LETTERS page 9 ]
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Brooke Anardi, 3, above right, and her brother, Caleb, 6, above left, take their shots during the Kiwanis Club of Auburn presents Fore Kids, Putt Putt
[ LETTERS from page 8 ] Are we locked in our own views of choice and fail to see the issues as seen by others? We are only privileged to see in our own minds and not into the lives/thoughts of others. We need to communicate to share those ideas with others. To pull away from the prejudices of ourselves and open dialogues? Is this what is needed to make important and informed stances for us and community. For failure to do so is extermination of us and our world. We become our own worst enemy. – Jodi Riker Yap
Community supports a joint war memorial I read with disappointment VFW Post Commander Frank Bannister’s letter to the editor (“Joint memorial ramifications will divide community”, Auburn
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Reporter, Sept. 13). The claimed assertion that a joint memorial will divide our community is simply bogus. The principle division is within VFW post 1741 of which he is the commander. A small minority of VFW post 1741 members support the joint memorial. The letters and emails I have been receiving from the broader community, many of which are from Vietnam era veterans, are overwhelmingly in support of a joint memorial. The decision about a joint memorial will not be based on a tally of letters and emails. If it were, the letters in support would carry the day. However, this decision will be made on the proposal’s merits and measured by what is right, fair and just. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said: “Most people are thermometers that record or register the temperature of majority opinion, not thermostats that transform and regulate
the temperature of society.” Commander Bannister, thank you for informing me what the opinion of the majority of your membership is. That task is important; however, it is not transformational. Your reporting does not help our community grow, heal, trust or extend respect and love. I met last week with City Council members from Arlington, Texas and Wichita, Kan. Both of these cities have joint Vietnam War memorials. They reported having difficult and contentious times over many months as they considered joint Vietnam War memorials. They decided to build joint memorials in both cities. Neither Arlington nor Wichita has regrets. I was informed that both memorials are now well received and are places of honor and respect in their cities. They are locations for reflection and reconciliation. – John H. Holman, Auburn City Councilmember
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war memorial to remind us of the atrocities of that war and of our “guilt” from that war, and of our shameful and horrid memories of that war. And let’s have the Star and Stripes fly only on its own at our City’s Veterans Park. That was the only flag that we, Vietnam-era war veterans, laid down our own lives for. No other flags were relevant to us then, no other flags are relevant to us now. I am member of VFW Post 1741, and as Frank Bannister, the present commander of our post, said in his Sept. 13 letter to the editor of the Auburn Reporter, “VFW Post 1741 remains vocal in its objections because this issue will divide the community and has already generated strong emotions on both sides … ” I agree. It has divided us, veterans of the Vietnam War, and of other wars. It has created bad feelings within our ranks. It is not, therefore, a good idea at all.
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battle, jeopardizing our lives and the lives of our comrades. We all have varied memories of that war. Most of them, if not all of them, were memories, that I am sure, we all want to forget. I believe, for many of us, the building of this joint war memorial will only bring back these memories. I believe, for many of us, who were in the fight, the sight of the defunct South Vietnamese flag flying side by side with the Stars and Stripes, will only refresh those memories. For many of us, that will be an offending sight, especially if this sight would be seen on sacred grounds of Auburn’s Veterans Park. Yes, let’s build a war memorial in honor of Vietnam veterans – American born or not – who fought for this country and who gave their lives (58,000 of them) and limbs away in defense of the ideals of this country, but not a joint Jesse Jose
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It definitely looks like this joint war memorial is not a good idea at all. And that’s because, instead of uniting us, Vietnam-era veterans and other war veterans of Auburn, the idea of building this war memorial at the Veterans Park is dividing us and creating bad feelings within our ranks. Many of us said that it’s going to be a part of the “healing process” of what we saw and experienced fighting in that war, and on how we were shabbily treated by this country when we came home from that war. Many of us, perhaps, also feel so guilty about the horrid things we did there that we have this absolute need to “heal” this horrid guilt. It was a horrid war. All wars are horrid, for that matter. Many of us saw how the South Vietnamese soldiers fought bravely alongside us. Yet many of us had also seen those soldiers “throw their rifles away” and cut out on us in the heat of
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The Great Pumpkin: Auburn man grows the largest one the fair has ever seen BY MARK KLAAS mklaas@auburn-reporter.com
It took Brian Halbert six years, but the Auburn man finally captured the Washington State Fair’s Super Pumpkin Weigh-In. Halbert planted, nurtured and grew a pumpkin – a monstrous one that tipped the scales at a walloping 1,314.5 pounds, a fair record. The first-place prize awarded Halbert $1 for every pound.
Stan Pugh of Puyallup was second with his giant pumpkin weighing in at 1,252 pounds, awarding him $500. “It was a grand day ... and to win it with a record made it even sweeter,” Halbert said of the Sept. 6 weigh-off at the Puyallup Fairgrounds. “I hope my name will stay up on the board for a while. Halbert’s pumpkin broke the fair’s previous record set by his brother, Robin, who won last year’s weigh-in
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with a 1,246-pound entry. Robin, an Auburn businessman who lives in Enumclaw, finished fourth in this year’s weigh-in with a 713.5-pound pumpkin. “I had never broken 1,000 pounds before ... I’ve been trying to get that mark for years,” Brian Halbert said of the pursuit. “This year I knew it was over that mark.” This September was different, so too was the unseasonably long, warmer summer weather that contributed to the healthy pumpkin’s remarkable growth, Halbert said. Halbert planted the pumpkin early in his greenhouse-protected patch. He plans to keep the seeds from this year’s cham-
[ THEATER from page 1 ] “The purpose of this in PCD planning was to start the conversation about what we are going to do going forward,” said John Holman. The Auburn Avenue Theater building, which began life as a garage or bus depot about 1914, was not exactly in the shippiest of shapes in 2005 when the City entered into its lease with J.B. Douglas, whose family for years had operated the building. At the time, Auburn Mayor Pete Lewis said he signed the lease, hoping to attract new development to the City. Development, he said, citing studies, is drawn to downtowns with vibrant, after-hours lives, and a theater in Auburn’s core could supply exactly that, he said. In the first year of the City’s lease, various obstacles, including winter storms, a roof badly in need of reinforcement and insur-
[ TAX BREAK from page 1 ] project called Trek Apartments on the site of the former Cavanaugh Block. The second, Teutsch Partners LLC, has been in talks for months with the City, talks centering on its possible acquisition of the last remaining City-owned property on the catalyst blocks. Its proposal is to develop market rate projects there for senior housing or apartments. Because neither project meets the City’s threshold, both developers have asked the City to lower the minimum investment per unit to $130,000. Bret Jacobsen, one of the principals of the Landmark Development Group, ex-
Auburn’s Brian Halbert, right, celebrates after his pumpkin tips the scales at a record 1,314.5 pounds, heavy enough to capture the Washington State Fair’s top prize. COURTESY PHOTO
pion pumpkin and plant them for a chance to grow a larger successor. He already
has a pair of pumpkins, each weighing more than 1,000 pounds, resting in his
patch and ready to take on all challengers in the next contest this fall.
ance claims slowed progress and sobered some of the early optimism. Some people from the community hotly criticized the lease as a waste of money. But with time – and especially in the last two seasons – said Daryl Faber, director of Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation, the City has discovered how to fill the seats. And it’s the young folks. When Parks, Arts and Recreation launched a Youth Theater camp several years back, Faber said, it found its most enthusiastic and largest audiences among kids eager to learn about performing and setmaking. The two-to-three children’s shows the camp stages every year sell out, Faber said. Comedy and tribute bands are popular. The recent stab at a film series, ehh, not so popular, said Faber, adding, however, that the City will
continue to try new things to see what else works. Here are some of the financial figures for 2012: • Between the $75,000 yearly lease, salaries and sundry costs, the City spent $474,105 on the theater. • Theater goers spent about $23 at restaurants or gas stations, for example, when they came to shows at the Ave. Between those purchases and local sales taxes and state taxes, those who caught the shows brought about $29,000 to $33,000 to the City in some form of revenue. • Total attendance at the theater was 11,000 people in 2012, up from about 10,000 in 2011. Councilwoman Largo Wales, formerly an administrator with the Auburn School District, was impressed. “The exciting thing about that is, having worked in the schools where they have theaters and do art for presentations, this venue of theater
art is different from what we do in schools. The schools do it class by class, and you get an hour. This is just a unique opportunity that’s not provided anywhere else in the community,” Wales. But Wales had her concerns. “We’re paying $75,000 a year for this facility, we are responsible for all of the ongoing maintenance and the repairs and everything else. At the end of the 15 years, we have nothing. And we need as a council to decide what is our commitment to, first of all, a local, whatever size, theater. Then, are we interested in one in this area? And if we are, at this specific location or another location? With the way property is now, and other things, it’s best to be doing bargaining and looking at those things when the market is low and when we are not into crisis,” Wales said.
plained what getting the tax abatement would mean. “What this tax abatement really does is allow us to build a better product than we might otherwise be able to bring to the table,” Jacobsen said. He said that when Landmark developed property in the city of Lakewood years ago, the tax abatement offered by Lakewood allowed his company to “bring a product to the market that is probably achieving in excess of 30-percent better rent than anything in the marketplace. It allowed us to better the product type. And that’s exactly what we’re doing here.” Jacobsen added that for the average tenant at the Trek Apartments, the
exemption would be worth about $1,000 a year. Councilman John Holman noted that the study on which the City relied to set the $200,000 per unit threshold was based on all of King County. “It was using as a marketrate comparable downtown Seattle and Bellevue, and that’s not our competition,” Holman said. Councilwoman Nancy Backus, a member of the committee that formulated the tax exemption, said that the $200,000 figure was a product of another time, before the real estate bubble burst. “The bubble was such that, at the time, $200,000 didn’t seem excessive, because we were looking
at more condominiums as opposed to apartments or those that could be converted into condominiums,” Backus said. On another track, the City is considering moving the date by which the application for the tax exemption must be submitted, to just prior to the issuance of building permits. Elizabeth Chamberlain, Auburn’s planning services manager, said that the primary reason for the timing change is that a project is fairly set by the building permit submittal stage. And the application for the property tax exemption could be reviewed in parallel with the building permit review.
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Pacific Council candidate forum scheduled Oct. 22 The Pacific City Signal, in conjunction with the Auburn Reporter, will host a general election council candidate forum from 7:15 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Pacific-Algona Community Center Gym at 305 Milwaukee Ave. Candidates for all four open council seats are expected to appear and debate the issues facing Pacific. The audience may submit questions to be asked of the candidates. At stake in the Nov. 5 general election are Positions No. 2, 4, 5 and 7. For more information, call 253-833-0218 ext. 5054 or email sskager@auburnreporter.com
Nitschke, Knutdson square off for Pacific council seat By SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter.com
Pacific voters will decide in the Nov. 5 general election who they want to fill four open City Council positions. Vying for the No. 4 seat are two first-time public office seekers, Stacy May Knudtson and Gary Nitschke. Incumbent James McMahan is not running for reelection. Knudtson, 51, a mother of five, earned her place on the ballot with 230 votes, or 36.05 percent of the primary vote. Nitschke, 47, who has lived in Pacific for 12 years, was second in the primary with 229 votes, or 35.89 percent.
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Even though she had never before run for public office, Knudtson was not deterred from declaring her candidacy. A frequent, vocal member of the audience at council meetings for the past year, Knudtson – a full-time driver for WorldPac – said she felt compelled to enter the contest once she learned that McMahan would not run again. “He’s such a good councilman. It’s going to be a real loss to the City,” Knudtson said. “When I found out he wasn’t going to run, I decided at that
point to learn what it takes to help out with the City.” Although a novice to the ways of City government, Knudtson said, she’s ready to learn. “I really am committed and dedicated,” she said. “I’ve proven that I’m not just going to stand by, I’m going to educate Stacy May Knudtson myself and learn. I’m not someone who is going to sit back, I’m going to do something. I don’t just attend the meetings to be a body in the audience, I want to learn and to understand.” Knudtson – who has earned the endorsements of the King County Democratic party, the 30th District Democrats, the Auburn Chamber of Commerce and the Valley Professional Fire Fighters International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1352 union – said that, if elected, she would like to make her presence felt by improving the quality of life for residents of Pacific. “I’d like to help with the senior center,” she said. “I know attendance is down 50 percent from last year, and I’ve got all these ideas running around my mind on how to bring seniors
back to the center. If I’m elected, one of the committees I’d like to be on is Human Services. “I’d also like to see more things for our youth to do,” she added. “There are playgrounds for the little kids, but what do we have for teenagers, or 12-yearolds? There are lots of new families moving in, what do we have to offer them? We need stuff here so they don’t have to go to Auburn or Federal Way.” Most of all, Knudtson said, she hopes to inspire residents to give back to their community. “I’d like to see more volunteerism throughout the city,” she said. “People can complain about a problem, but if they don’t offer to help, it won’t get fixed. We have to educate ourselves and help.”
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For more than two years, Nitschke has been a constant at Pacific City Council meetings and workshops. “I moved across the street from City Hall, so I started going to meetings,” Nitschke said. Although several residents have asked him to run for office – including former mayors Cy Sun and Richard Hildreth – he said it wasn’t until this year that he decided to go for it. “I’ve been going to all the meetings, so I have a good
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The Pacific Police Department and the Valley Regional Fire Authority opened the Pacific Public Safety Building’s doors last Friday for an open house fostering community partnerships and highlighting National Preparedness Month. Police spokesperson Stephanie Shook said that 500-plus members of the community came to learn new things about the services that Pacific Police and the VRFA offer and to enjoy live music and free barbecue. “We thought we’d have a good turnout, but I don’t think we expected that many,” Shook said, adding that everybody was happy to have such a large crowd. Some residents left with child identification cards for their children. “They’re really nice this
(Community Emergency Response Team) certification just in time for the ice storm.” Nitschke has volunteered his time to many of Pacific’s events, such as its annual Earth Day clean up. “It gets me out of the house and into the community,” he said. Among the several pressing issues facing Pacific, he said, is the state of the city’s roads. “One of the things we need to work on is the infrastructure,” he said. “We need to get the roads up to par and safe.” Nitschke said he hopes to win a council seat so he can help guide Pacific residents. “I like to help people out and get them pointed in the right direction to get the resources they need,” he said.
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Pacific PD, VRFA host open house The Pacific City Council meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays of every month. Public attendance and comment is encouraged. Workshops are conducted at 6:30 p.m. on the first and third Monday of every month. Public comment is not allowed at workshops. All meetings are conducted at Pacific City Hall, 100 3rd Ave. S.E.
understanding of how it works,” he said. “I’ve been consistent about going to the meetings.” Nitschke, who trained as a musical instrument repair man, is a laborer and a jack-of-all-trades. His strength, he said, is his ability to swiftly diagnose a problem and educate himself on how to fix it. “If I need to learn something, I’ll go to a class and learn it,” he said. “As I went to meetings, I noGary Nitschke ticed they needed grant writers. So last fall I went and took a class on grant writing. And I got my CERT
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Police cruisers line up outside the Public Safety Building to give rides at Friday’s open house. courtesy photo year because they’re laminated and real professional looking,” Shook said. Members of the Washington State National Guard showed off their vehicles. Children took rides in a police car, romped in a pair of inflatable bouncy houses and shook paws with McGruff the Crime Dog and Sparky the Fire Dog. “This year’s event also offered the opportunity for Pacific residents to learn
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Recently members of the Municipal Services Committee stripped language from the Auburn’s leaders continue to proposed ordinance, taking the hammer the fine points of an mayor completely out of the ordinance they say will strengthen decision-making process but the City’s hand dealing with leaving him or her with requests to place large administrative tasks. monuments on City “The mayor specifically property. does not want to have City officials were control of the process, and recently surprised to all those sections were find out in the midst of taken out,” Mayor Pete debate about the joint Lewis explained. American/Vietnamese Committee members Lewis memorial proposed for cut language that would Veterans Memorial Park have restricted counthat they had no process in place cil purview strictly to outdoor to deal with applications for larger monuments and expanded it to monuments, other than to send include indoor monuments. the requests along to the Parks “You could have a monument Commission. in City Hall or in another building At that point, they decided that that somebody wants to build, purview should be with the City and so we scratched that as well,” Council alone. Lewis said.
And where the original language would have created an individual approval process for each application, the new language creates a comprehensive approval process, said City Attorney Dan Heid. Heid said the rules will also give the City final say about the message the monument delivers. “Everybody knows what free speech is, but there are times when, specifically with City property, the City Council gets to decide what the statement is, what the message is,” Heid said. Heid cited a case in Washington, D.C., where an animal rights group proposed a monument in connection with a park proposal, that would have shown crying circus elephants, a different message from the happy monument proposal that City had in mind for its park. When the City said no,
City changing how it allows monuments on its property
finished fifth in the 200 IM final at the London Games. Kukors, competing in her first Olympics, touched the wall in 2 minutes, 9.83 seconds. Kukors set the world record in the 200 IM (2:06.15) at Italy in July 2009. She won seven medals in major international competition – two golds, three silvers and two bronze spanning the World and the Pan Pacific Championships. Although many athletes struggle to stay busy and fulfilled after their competi-
tive days are over, Kukors said, she’s not worried about filling the void. “We always emphasized that ‘you’re not a swimmer, you’re a person that swims,’” Kukors said. “In my family school, family and friends were also important. My parents stressed that it was important to live a balanced life.” Kukors, 24, said she is filling the void by inspiring and teaching others about the importance of living a healthy, active lifestyle. “Workouts will always be important. I live an active and healthy life, and the
pool will always be where I go to relieve my stress,” she said. Kukors’ job as director of health inspiration for LifeWise Health Plan of Washington keeps her moving, too. “I feel very privileged to have that title,” Kukors said. “We’re both committed to being health support partners, and my values line up with them We’re working together to inspire people.” To achieve that, Kukors said, she writes for the organization’s Website, Actively Northwest, an online lifestyle magazine. “I’m on there engaging with people and writing articles,” she said. She also reaches out with her message of health at LifeWise’s #FitMob events,
a series of free fitness challenges conducted over the past six-months at various spots throughout the Puget Sound Region. “Our last one is Saturday at the Garfield Community Center,” she said. “We have stuff for beginner, intermediate and advanced workouts. There is something there for everybody. We’ve done stairs, yoga and Tai Chi. People have been really excited about them. It’s just one of the ways we’re reaching out to the community.” Kukors, who runs swimming camps and clinics locally for aspiring young swimmers, said she hopes to continue to inspire both kids and adults to live healthy, active lifestyles.
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to this point in his career. Once the first charter school opens – possibly in fall 2014 – the state and school districts will have five years in which to authorize the 40 allotted charters. If the commission wants more, it will need to convince the Legislature and governor to pass a law
Washington commission. “His unique mix of experience, curiosity, and empathy will serve us well as we work to create the strongest charter school network in the nation.” He’ll also need to be adept in the political arena, a place he’s not been visible
Ariana Kukors came up golden at the 2010 FINA Short Course World Championships in Dubai in the 100-meter IM. COURTESY PHOTO “It’s just something that’s important to me,” she said. “I care about kids and want to help them change their
lives.” Visit www.activelynorthwest.com to read more about #FitMob and Kukors.
adjusting the cap. Charter schools still remain largely disliked in parts of the state and among many state lawmakers. All it will take is one less-than-shiny operation to surface to imperil chances of getting rid of the cap. Halsey said he is looking forward to successfully navigating those potentially
choppy waters. “I want to make sure we create the best charter schools in the nation,” he said. “That’s what I’m all about.” Political reporter Jerry Cornfield’s blog, The Petri Dish, is at www.heraldnet.com. Contact him at 360-352-8623 or jcornfield@heraldnet.com.
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do to get larger structures such as those approved for placement on City property, Auburn’s books up today say nothing. While the backdrop is obviously the continuing debate over whether a Joint American/South Vietnamese Memorial should be built in Veterans Memorial Park, a stone’s throw from the existing memorial, City officials are adamant that the proposed ordinance is not about that issue. “My concern,” said committee chair Bill Peloza, a member of VFW 1741, which opposes placement of the joint memorial there, “is we have a very contentious situation regarding monuments.” “But that doesn’t have anything to do with this,” Lewis said. “I am not going to put those two together. This came out of a whole different discussion.”
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the animal rights group sued, but a court found that “the City gets to decide what the message is” for monuments on its property. “That’s what we wanted to do, that’s the reason this turned into an ordinance, because if we are going to be more comprehensive than just one at a time, then we need to make sure we have the criteria so we can say that it is or is not within the scope of City speech,” Heid said. Auburn Parks policy has had plenty to say about City property vis-a-vis memorial trees, about commemorative plaques on benches, about stones, even about doggie poop bag dispensers ... the sorts of things people donate on behalf of a person or cause in which they believe. But as for larger monuments, memorials, even big art pieces and what their proponents have to
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CALENDAR Events Auburn Tourism: For special events or to add a special event, go to www.auburntourism.com. Closing Day, Fan Appreciation: 2 p.m. Sept. 29, Emerald Downs, 2300 Emerald Downs Way, Auburn. Live Thoroughbred racing. Information: 253-288-7000, www. emeralddowns.com. October Domestic Violence Awareness Month kickoff event: 12:1512:45 p.m. Oct. 4, front steps, Norm Maleng Regional Justice, 401 Fourth Avenue N., Kent. Auburn Domestic Violence Task Force – in collaboration with the Auburn Soroptimists and CCRADV.org, a nonprofit agency – presents the rally. King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg scheduled to speak. The Prosecutor’s Office to present awards to outstanding police officers for their work against domestic violence. For more information, please contact, Shelly David, domestic violence legal advocate, at sdavid@auburnwa.gov. Auburn Domestic Violence Task Force candlelight program: 6:30 p.m. Oct. 7, City Hall Plaza, 25 W. Main St. Vigil. A domestic violence survivor scheduled to sing the music she wrote. For more information, please contact, Shelly David, domestic violence legal advocate, at sdavid@ auburnwa.gov. Candidate Debate/Forum: 5:30-8 p.m., Oct. 9, Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. Featuring Auburn mayoral and City Council candidates. Nancy Backus, the deputy mayor, and John Partridge, city councilmember, are vying for mayor. City Council seats up for grabs are: Jodi Riker-Yap and Claude DaCorsi for Position No. 2, Frank Lonergan and Yolanda Trout for Position No. 4, and Rich Wagner and Michelle Binetti for Position No. 6. Presented by the Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce and the Auburn Reporter. Open to the public. 15th annual Reaching Out Fair: 5-8 p.m. set for Oct. 10, 206 E St. NE Auburn. Hosted by the Cities & Schools Forum. Designed for Auburn middle school students and their families. Fair features a resource information fair, a free pizza dinner and dessert, and informative breakout sessions and a drawing for a scholarship and prizes. Students and their families will have the opportunity to learn how to plan and prepare for high school, college and career. Representatives from multiple community agencies and organizations; colleges and universities; career and technical programs; apprenticeship programs; advanced placement; and business and industry will be available to provide information and answer questions. For more information, call 253-931-4712 or communications@auburn. wednet.edu. Golden anniversary: 7 p.m. Oct. 25, Grace Community Church, 1320 Auburn Way S, Auburn. Rainier Christian School celebrates 50 years. Banquet. More information will follow.
Benefits Sixth annual Pacific Northwest SMA Walk-n-Roll: Noon, Sept. 29, Game Farm
Park, 3030 R St. SE, Auburn. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. The walk route is less than a mile, paved and wheelchair/stroller accessible. Proceeds support the search for a treatment and cure for spinal muscular atrophy, a group of inherited diseases that cause muscle damage and weakness. The walk includes food, music, face painting, games, balloon sculpting and other festivities. Lunch is available for purchase. Volunteers are welcome. To register or to learn more, please visit www.fsma.org. The See Ya Later Foundation third annual auction and dinner: 5 p.m. Oct. 5, Emerald Downs, 2300 Emerald Downs Way, Auburn. Guest speaker is Ariana Kukors, an Auburn Mountainview graduate and Pac-10 champion at the University of Washington who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. Tickets $50 per person. Proceeds benefit the SYL Foundation, a nonprofit, faith-based and nondenominational organization designed to help families fraught by medical crises. For more information, please contact event coordinator Brian Williams at 253-332-5144 or brian.williams@seeyalater.org. To learn more about the foundation, visit www. seeyalater.org. Ilalko Elementary School Fitness Day: 1:30-2:30 p.m. Oct. 10, Auburn Riverside track, 501 Oravetz Road. Promoting health and fitness and raising awareness about childhood obesity. Proceeds support the Ilalko Elementary PTA and school programs. Music, exercise stations, healthy foods promoted. For more information, email Dee Dee Goodspeed, event coordinator, Ilalko elementary PE specialist, at dgoodspeed@ auburn.wednet.edu or visit www.deedeegoodspeed.com. AVHS Barktoberfest/Rover Romp: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 12, Roegner Park, 601 Oravetz Road, Auburn. 5K fun run/walk along the White River Trail, demos, vendors, food, prizes and contests. For more information, call 253-249-7849 or visit www. auburnvalleyhs.org to register. WRVM Halloween Costume Ball and Silent Auction: 6-11 p.m. Oct. 19, Rainier Room, Truitt Building, 102 W. Main St., Auburn. Costume competition, live DJ, dancing. Proceeds benefit the White River Valley Museum and its education programs and those at Mary Olson Farm. To RSVP, call 253-288-7433. Information: www. wrvmuseum.org. Just Desserts: 7-9 p.m. Oct. 19, Copper Falls on the Auburn Golf Course, 29630 Green River Road SE. Auburn Valley Creative Arts fundraiser auction. An evening of appetizers, no-host bar, live auctions and raffle to benefit art. Tickets $35, available at the AVCA gallery, 108 S. Division St., Auburn. To learn more, visit www.facebook. com/auburnvalleycreativearts. Rainier Christian Schools fall banquet: 6 p.m. Oct. 25, Grace Community Church, 1320 Auburn Way S. If you were a student, teacher, parent or supporter of Rainier Christian Schools in the last 50 years, organizers want to invite you to its program. Admission is $55 and included dinner. To purchase tickets and find more information, call 425-255-7273 or go to www.RainierCSD.org.
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Faith Dharma Talk with Rev Yukiko Motoyoshi: 7 p.m. Sept. 27, White River Buddhist Temple, 3625 Auburn Way N. The Rev Yukiko Motoyoshi shares a public Dharma talk in conjunction with commemoration of the White River Buddhist Women’s Association Centennial. Pre-registration not required. www.wrbt.org Heritage Singers Concert: 6-9 p.m. Sept. 28, Auburn Adventist Academy, Rainier Auditorium, 5000 Auburn Way S. Grow in your faith journey and enjoy an evening of gospel music with the Heritage Singers, an internationally-renowned gospel singing group. Power of Prayer pre-show at 6. Free tickets are available at prayerrally2013.eventbrite.com. For more information, call 253-681-6008 or email info@washingtonconference.org.
Health Living Tobacco-free Weekly Free Support Group: 6 p.m. Wednesdays, MultiCare Auburn Medical Center, second floor, Heart Care Center classroom, 202 N. Division St. Free one-hour weekly support group meeting open to adults and teens wanting to quit tobacco, newly quit, struggling with relapse or helping a friend quit tobacco. For more information, contact Heidi Henson at 253-223-7538 or hhenson@seattleymca.org. Southeast King County Parkinson’s Disease support group: Meets on the third Tuesday of the month, 10:30 a.m., St. John The Baptist Catholic Church, 25810 156th Ave. SE, Covington. Group’s monthly lunches are on the first Tuesday of the month at the Auburn Senior Activity Center, 808 Ninth St. SE, Auburn. For more information, contact Stephanie Lawson at 206-579-5206. Gamblers Anonymous: For meeting times and locations, call toll free the Gamblers Anonymous Hotline 1-855-222-5542. Visit www.gawashington.org or www. gamblersanonymous.org for additional information.
Volunteers New playground build: 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 19, Brannan Park, 611 28th St. NE, Auburn. City of Auburn and the Auburn Food Bank team up with KaBOOM! and Delta Air Lines to build a new playground. Volunteers needed for a variety of duties. Please bring a volunteer waiver, sturdy shoes, work clothes and dress appropriately for the weather. All volunteers will be provided with a shirt (courtesy of Delta Air Lines); breakfast, lunch and plenty of water; instruction sheets for all building projects; garbage bags, dumpsters and recycle containers; and any other project materials that may be needed. All volunteers must be pre-registered and are required to fill out a waiver. Individuals, groups, organizations and families are encouraged to register online. They also can download registration information at www.auburnwa.gov/events and return the form by mail (Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation, ATTN: Brannan Park Playground Build, 910 Ninth St. SE, Auburn
Poetry at the Bistro Poetry at The Station Bistro presents the works of author and poet Allen Braden, above, and the multi-talented Brian Desmond on Monday, Oct. 7. The program is from 7-9 p.m. at the Bistro, 110 Second St. SW, No. 125, one block south of West Main Street, on the east side of the Auburn Transit Center. Coffee and conversation follow readings. It is an open mic opportunity. The public is invited. COURTESY PHOTO. WA 98002) or fax (253-931-4005). For additional questions, please call 253-8045042 or email jbrewer@auburnwa.gov. Citizens Technology Ad Hoc Committee: The Auburn School District is asking for volunteers – both parents and community members – to assist in developing the future direction of technology for Auburn schools for teaching and learning. Interested persons should contact their principal or Mike Newman, deputy superintendent, at mnewman@ auburn.wednet.edu.
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Auburn Noon Lions: Meets Tuesdays, noon, at the Auburn Parks, Arts & Rec Department, Les Gove Park, 910 Ninth St. SE. Meets at 6 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at the Rainbow Cafe, 112 E. Main St. Rotary Club of Auburn: Meets noon, Wednesdays, Auburn Golf Course, banquet room, 29630 Green River Road SE. Upcoming programs: • Oct. 2: Pat Purcell, SCCA Proton Therapy, a ProCure center; • Oct. 9: Kristy Jennings, Free Wheelchair Mission; • Oct. 16: Mayoral candidate forum, Nancy Backus and John Partridge; • Oct. 23: League of Women Voters of Seattle-King County, elections issues; • Oct. 30: Dan Satterberg, King County Prosecutor, a report. Guests are welcome. For more information, visit www.auburnrotary.org. Auburn Morning Toastmasters: Meets every Thursday morning, 6:30-7:30, Auburn Chamber of Commerce, 108 S. Division, Suite B. Learn the fine art of communication and public speaking in a friendly supportive atmosphere. Visitors are welcome. For more info, call 253-7351751 or visit www.toastmasters.org.
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Network 3No Networking: 5:30 p.m. Thursdays. 3No Networking is a casual weekly gettogether set aside for members of the business community to drop in and get to know each other. The mixer rotates among Auburn venues: • First Thursday of the
month – Oddfellas Pub & Eatery, 102 W. Main St.; • second Thursday – Auburn Wine & Caviar Company, 2402 A St. SE; • third Thursday – Station Bistro, 110 Second St. SW, Suite 125; • fourth Thursday – Zola’s Café, 402 E. Main St. Suite 120; • fifth Thursday – Don Giovanni’s Ristorante and Wine Bar, 18 Auburn Way S. The series is made possible by a partnership between IPZ No. 15 Auburn, the City of Auburn Office of Economic Development, Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce and the Auburn Downtown Association. For more information, contact Doug Lein, IPZ administrator, at 253-804-3101. Free tax workshop: 1-4 p.m. Oct. 2, Seattle office, Washington State Department of Revenue, 2101 Fourth Ave., Suite 1400. For new and small business owners. Participants will learn about Washington excise taxes, reporting classifications, deductions, tax incentives, sales tax collection, and record-keeping requirements. All receive a workbook and helpful reference guide to Department of Revenue rules and regulations. To register, visit www.dor. wa.gov or call 206-727-5300. Auburn Area Chamber “Connecting for Success” Breakfast: 8-9 a.m., the first Wednesday of every month. Sponsored by the Auburn Chamber of Commerce. Cost: $5, includes continental breakfast. Auburn Area Chamber Board Room, 108 S. Division, Suite B. 253-833-0700. Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce Partnership Luncheon: 11:30 a.m.1 p.m., the third Tuesday of every month, Emerald Downs, Emerald Room (fourth floor), 2300 Emerald Downs Drive. Register online through the chamber.
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Striped Water Poets: Meets every Tuesday, 7- 9 p.m., at Auburn City Hall, 25 W. Main St. A roundtable critique and welcoming of new poets.
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Jean K. Hillstrom, 88, of Auburn, passed away on September 16, 2013 in Federal Way, WA. She was born October 26, 1924 in Cavalier, ND, to Henry and Matilda Rickbeil. After graduating from Cavalier High she met and married Harold M. Hillstrom before coming to Maple Valley, WA. Jean dearly loved family and spent many vacations traveling with her husband to visit extended family as well as hosting many friends and family at their home in Maple Valley. Along with being a wonderful homemaker, she enjoyed sewing, gardening, folk dancing, and camping. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold, and eldest son, Marvin. She is survived by her son, Don (Sue) Hillstrom; daughter, Karen (John) Ruscheinsky; daughter-in-law, Marilyn Jaster; grandchildren, Katie(Bob)Baker, Eric Hillstrom, Sarah and Nathan Ruscheinsky and great-granddaughter, Penelope Baker. There will be a Celebration of Jean’s life on Saturday, September 27, 2013 at 2:00 at Wesley Homes-Lea Hill in Auburn,WA. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Wesley Homes Foundation-Lea Hill Skilled Nursing Facility. 882255
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Patricia Ann Mounts, 78, of Buckley, Washington passed away on September 22, 2013. She was born on January 15, 1935 in Casper, Wyoming to Roy and Mabel York. Upon moving to the Auburn Valley she met and married her husband of 62 years, Lowell Mounts. In the late 90’s they moved to Nebraska for 15 years before coming back home to Auburn. When not on the cattle farm, she loved to cook, sew, paint, knit, garden and be around horses. She is survived by her husband, Lowell of Buckley; sons Roy (Melanie) Mounts of Longview and Jim Mounts of Lawrence Lake, WA; daughter Shelli (Glen) Mellick of Puyallup; sister Betty Crain in Enumclaw; 14 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. A Funeral Service will be held at Price-Helton Funeral Home on Friday, September 27, 2013 at 11:00 with inurnment to follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Auburn. Granny was an incredible lady, loved by all and will be greatly missed. 884112
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Reunions Auburn High School Class of 1973: Oct. 5, Rainier Room, Truitt Building, 102 W. Main St., Auburn. For more information, contact John Rottle, reunion committee member, at info@ahsclassof1973.com.
Seniors Auburn Senior Activity Center, 808 Ninth St. SE. 253-931-3016 or www.auburnwa.gov. Senior activities include:
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• Lunch: Monday-Friday, Salad bar begins at 11:30, Main meal is served at noon. Cost: $3 donation for ages 60 and over, $6 for those younger than 60.
Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. 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.
• Movie Screenings: Wednesdays, 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. 50 cent suggested donation for refreshments. • Monday Supper Club: 4:45-6 p.m. One Monday a month. Call 253-931-3016 for date and menu. Cost: $6 for all ages. • Meals on Wheels: Senior services’ program offers home-delivered meals to home-bound seniors. For more information, call the center at 253-931-3016. PROGRAMS Volunteer opportunities: The center’s meals-on-wheels and respite programs need help to provide services to seniors. Please call 253-288-7441 or 253-931-3016, if interested.
through the air. A sneeze can travel more than 100 miles per hour and release up to 40,000 contaminated droplets. The “hang-time” in the air of the smallest infected droplets is influenced by humidity and sunlight. Lower humidity and shorter daylight hours support the survival of the flu virus during the fall and winter. Simply remember: “Use a tissue or a sleeve, when you cough or when you sneeze.” 3. Don’t touch or re-use a tissue. The virus can survive on a dry tissue for up to 15 minutes; mixed with mucous, for several days. Therefore, use a tissue once and then toss it away. 4. Don’t touch hands. When possible, avoid shaking hands during the flu season. Hands are one of the greatest sources of transmitting infection. The virus can survive on skin for five minutes. Wash hands frequently and thoroughly throughout the day. If you do not have access to soap
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“Young Frankenstein The Musical”: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19; 2 p.m. Oct. 6, 13. Auburn Community Players presentation. Based on the 1974 comedy film of the same name written by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder and directed by Brooks, who has described it as his best film. Tickets: $14 regular, $12 students, seniors ($17/$15 at the door). Ave Kids, Hilarious Harvest Magic Show: 2 p.m. Oct. 26. Audiences across the USA love Louie Foxx’s One-Man Side Show. Gasp as Louie makes his head shrink, balances a cup of water upside down and much more, all while making you laugh. 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. No cover. For more information, call 253-887-8530. Music at The Station Bistro: 6-9 p.m., Sept. 28, Bistro, 110 Second St. SW, Suite 125, Auburn. Titusville Station is saddling up and playing old and new favorites. 253735-1399, 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.
Dance Children’s Dance Theater Open House: Visit www.auburnchildrensdancetheater.com or call 253-887-8937 for program information. Located at 122 W. Main St. (entrance in back)
Dr. Linda Petter of Auburn is a weekly feature on KOMO TV/News Radio in Seattle (1000 AM and 97.7 FM) every Saturday live at 7:45 a.m. and Sunday 7:45 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. She trained at the Mayo Clinic and the University of Illinois, Carle Hospital. Dr. Petter is chief of the Department of Family Practice at St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way. She is a consumer healthcare advocate, and author (“Healthcare On a Budget” and “Common Medical Sense”). Visit www.DocForAll.com, or call her office at 253-568-0841.
Auburn Dance Academy: Visit www. auburndanceacademy.com or call 253833-1891 for program information. The academy is at 1811 Howard Road, Suite 100. Surrendered School of the Arts: Visit www.surrenderedschool.com, email info@surrenderedschool.com or call 253-474-4881 for program information. Public is invited to a studio grand opening from 4:15 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1. Classes are on Tuesdays at Lifegate Auburn Foursquare Church, 307 E. Main St.
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 Grease Was the Word: Aug. 14-Nov. 10. Looking at the changing world of teenagers and their cars in 1950s and ‘60s America. PROGRAMS Fall Railroad Lecture: 6:30 p.m. Oct. 5, Auburn Senior Activity Center, across from the museum. The final lecture in the threepart series hosted by the Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association. Cost: $5 for adults, $4 for children and seniors. Gentleman Desperado: 1 p.m., 3 p.m. Sept. 28, 29; Oct. 5-6, Mary Olson Farm, 28728 Green River Road SE, Auburn. Experience the true story of notorious outlaw Harry Tracy through this fun, interactive, outdoor theater experience. Tickets: $10 adults, $7 seniors/children, 12 and under $5.
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Cost of the vaccine ranges from $15 to $35. The vaccine is certainly cheaper than potentially missing a few days or a week off from work. The vaccine is available at most doctor offices, clinics and at selected pharmacies throughout the country. Receiving the vaccine is a not a 100-percent guarantee you won’t get the flu. Therefore, here are more tips to help decrease your chance of contracting this seasonal illness – “The Don’t Touch Rules.” 1. Don’t touch your face. The flu virus is not absorbed through the skin. Rather, the virus can live outside of the body and on surfaces (i.e., door knobs, light switches, counter tops) for up to 48 hours. You can pick up the virus on your hands and inoculate yourself by then touching your nose, mouth, or eyes. Therefore, keep your hands away from your face. 2. Don’t share your cough. Cover up when you cough or sneeze. The virus can easily become aerosolized and travel
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and running water, alcohol-based hand sanitizers (containing at least 60-percent alcohol), like Purell, work well. The virus can be inactivated by many products including soaps, detergents, and various disinfectants. 5. Don’t touch others when sick. If you are sick, stay home. Directly having an infected person cough or sneeze in close proximity is a sure way to exponentially increase your chance of contracting the flu. 6. Don’t share personal items. When sick, do not share personal items with others such utensils, glasses, toothbrushes and towels.
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Auburn People Attorney/Law Firm
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Dr. Michael J. Greely, M.D. - MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Finalists Dr. Charles Wanner, Auburn Family Medicine Dr. David Rich, M.D. - Auburn Family Medical Center Dr. David Schumer, Auburn Regional Medical Center Dr. Lijo E. Thomas, M.D. - MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Dr. Nancy Pang, M.D. - MultiCare Auburn Medical Center
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HBT Insurance Finalists Brian Berend - Farmers Insurance Ron Copple - Copple Insurance Group South Sound Insurance, Inc.
Real Estate Agent & Company Winner
Abby Santos - Windermere Real Estate / West Campus Finalists Cathy Wahlin - Windermere Real Estate Chris Quinn - Turn Key Real Estate, Inc. Joe Bauman - John L. Scott Real Estate
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Dr. Edward Kosnoski - Kosnoski Eye Care Finalists 20/20 Eyecare Center
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Finalists Auburn Family Medical Clinic Valley Medical Center Urgent & Specialty Care Auburn Way South Outpatient Physical Therapy
Dentist Winner
Dr. Stuart Rich, DDS - Simply Smiles Finalists Dr. Kim Anardi, DDS, MAGD, PC - Anardi Family & Cosmetic Dentistry Dr. Timothy A. Hess, DDS, MAGD Sunrise Dental of Auburn
Chiropractor Winner
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Auburn Services Fitness Center/Health Club Winner
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Lodging Winner
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Clockwise, from far left: Rotarian Brett Cowman sinks a putt. The field included Max Barber, Maili Barber, Scott Saedon and James Armstrong. Michael Hart, president of Auburn Rotary, smiles holding a tee bag. Thomas Campbell, Rotary golf tournament chairman, flashes Doug Sisk’s 1986 World Series championship ring.
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ROTARY RAISES $25,000 The Rotary Club of Auburn hosted its annual charity golf tournament – the Earl Averill Invitational – at Washington National last Friday. It raised an estimated $25,000 for children’s charities. The day started with a celebrity breakfast at Oddfella’s Pub &
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Raven Boys water polo dunks Auburn Zachary Johnson and Doug Berry paced the Auburn Riverside boys water polo squad with three goals apiece in the team’s 9-3 win over district rival Auburn on Tuesday. Justin Aquilar, Robbie Iverson, Tye Dutcher, Jace Davey and Daniel Godrey added two goals each and Mario Pimental, Tristan Naranjo and Eriik Snyder chipped in with a goal each. Starting goalkeeper Steven Summers had four blocks in the contest, and his backup Adam McKee added two blocks.
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FOOTBALL SPSL 4A NORTH STANDINGS
By SHAWN SKAGER
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Three games into the high school football season and Auburn Riverside finds itself in an unfamiliar spot – undefeated and atop the South Puget Sound League North 4A standings. The surprising Ravens already have won more games this season than last year when they finished a woeful 1-9. Any questions as to whether this Auburn Riverside squad – led by firstyear coach Bryant Thomas – is the real deal were laid to rest last Friday when the Ravens came from behind to beat powerhouse Tahoma, 49-35. “Coming into the Tahoma game we told them they were playing a team that was picked by everyone to win this league,” Thomas said. “They have great receivers. They’re a great team. This will be a benchmark for (the Ravens).” The Ravens overcame a 28-21 halftime deficit and held Tahoma to just one touchdown in the second half. The effort is a testament to the team’s newfound confidence.
Auburn Riverside Kentwood Auburn Jefferson Tahoma Kent-Meridian Kentlake Kentridge Mt. Rainier
League Overall W L W L 3 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 3
3 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 3 0 3 0 3
LAST WEEK: Jefferson 35, KentMeridian 9; Puyallup 41, Kentlake 20 (nonleague); Auburn Riverside 49, Tahoma 35; Auburn 17, Kentridge 14; and Kentwood 50, Mt. Rainier 0.
Senior Kevin Thomson scrambles against Tahoma this past Friday at Auburn Memorial Stadium. Thomson finished the game with 178 yards rushing. Rachel Ciampi, Auburn Reporter “We found out early in that game and fight, and they did. that there is going to be some adver“The kids believe in what we’re sity,” Thomas said. “But the kids stayed teaching them,” he continued. the course and kept their eyes on the prize. We just need to continue to work [ more ravens page 37 ]
Troy beats Kentridge 17-14, Lions tamed by Camas 69-24 Reporter Staff
Troy defenders, including Jeffrey Borchers, Chris Federline and Daniel Frunchak, in action against Kentridge. Ross Coyle, Reporter
Caden Borden booted a 25-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, leading Auburn past Kentridge 17-14 Friday night at French Field. Patrick O’Dell ran 66 yards for a touchdown and, Kieo Buchanan added an 8-yard
score for the Trojans (2-1 SPSL North 4A, 2-1 overall). Carter Johnson scored on runs of 35 and 8 yards for the Chargers (0-2, 0-3). The Trojans were led by Buchanan’s 175 yards on 15 carries.
THIS WEEK: Jefferson at Kent-Meridian (Thursday); Kentlake at Puyallup (Thursday, nonleague); Tahoma at Auburn Riverside; Auburn at Kentridge; and Mt. Rainier at Kentwood (6 p.m. Saturday). (All games kick off at 7 p.m. Friday unless otherwise noted.)
SPSL 3A STANDINGS
League Overall
Team
W L
W L
Auburn Mtview Bonney Lake Decatur Enumclaw Lakes Peninsula
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 0 3 1 2 2 1 0 3 0 3
LAST WEEK: Camas 69, Auburn Mountainview 24; Union 30, Peninsula 24; Enumclaw 41, Heritage 22; Skyview 24, Lakes 19; and Mountain View 36, Bonney Lake 21. (All games nonleague)
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www.auburn-reporter.com [ ravens from page 36] “The kids know that we believe in them. We always felt like the talent is here and now they have the belief and confidence.” A big part of that success and confidence for the Ravens so far this season has been the play of senior quarterback Kevin Thomson. “He’s very valuable to this team’s offense,” Thomas said. “We’re a pistol-spread option (offense), which means we spread out and throw the ball, but we also run the option. That means he has to throw the ball and run the ball and take some punishment. To have a kid like that leading the offense at the most valuable position is priceless.” In the Ravens’ first three games, Thomson has completed 30 of 55 passes for 482 yards, seven touchdowns and just one interception, which translates to a 134.7 passer rating, according to the algorithm used by the National Football League. Three games into the NFL season, only one quarterback has a higher rating, Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos, with a 134.7. Thomson has been equally impressive on the ground with 25 carries for 229 yards and five TDs. Not bad for a kid who a few months ago had no idea what to expect this season. “When I first heard (about former coach Bob Morgan’s
resignation) I was really surprised and sad a little bit,” Thomson said. Although unsure of what to expect from his new coaching staff, Thomson was pleased about the prospect of running a wide-open, pistolspread option. “I felt like it would be a great offense that I could utilize and do well at, so I was excited about that,” Thomson said. After his initial meeting with Thomas, Thomson said, he bought in to his new coach’s system. “We bonded really well,” he said. “The first day we had a long talk about what he saw from last year, what his expectations for this season were, and how he wanted us to play and change our mentality. Right away, from that first talk, I knew it was going to be good, and he was going to bring a lot of good, positive energy.” Thomson credits that
positive energy, along with the confidence for the team’s early success. “In the past we’ve been content with where we’ve been, and I think that’s been the problem,” Thomson said. “I don’t think we really had that motivation to strive and do better. I think that’s what Coach Thomas and the other coaches have told us. They’ve shown a lot of confidence in us.” Last Friday it paid off in the Ravens’ upset of Tahoma. “It was awesome,” Thomson said. “A lot of people didn’t expect us to win. They kind of looked at ‘oh, they beat Mount Rainier (41-13) and Kentridge (260), those are the two easiest teams in the league. The Ravens haven’t really proved anything yet.’ But we knew they were saying that and we wanted to come out and make a statement.” Thomson added: “It was a really big win for
us because we really hadn’t been down yet in a game,” he said. “That really showed a bit of our character.” The Ravens will need every bit of that character to make their way through the rest of the SPSL North 4A. Auburn Riverside hosted Kentlake on Thursday. Thomas has confidence in his team and its on-field leader. “He knows how to tap into a lot of his teammates and get them to play better,” Thomas said of his quarterback.” For Thomson and the rest of the Ravens, the goal is simple, and it has nothing to do with numbers, rivalries or standings. “Our No. 1 goal is just to make the playoffs,” Thomson said. “From there, we can make something happen. We’re not too caught up with beating Auburn or winning league, even though those are great perks. We just want to get into the playoffs.”
[ football from page 36] Auburn will host Tahoma (1-1, 2-1) at 7 p.m. Friday at Auburn Memorial Stadium. ALSO: Auburn Mountainview fell to 1-2 on the season on Thursday with a 69-24 nonleague loss to 4A No. 1 Camas at Auburn Memorial Stadium. The Lions drew first blood in the contest – with a 24-yard touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback Gresch Jensen to senior wideout Joey Cassano – but they soon gave way to the Papermakers’ offensive attack, with Camas reeling off 55 points in the first half. Auburn Mountainview scored twice in the second quarter, with Devon Tandberg booting a field goal from 22 yards out and Jensen hooking up with senior running back Ray Hardaway for a 77-yard TD reception, leaving the score
55-17 at the intermission. The Lions closed out scoring in the game with senior Malaci Fowler’s 76yard touchdown run. Jensen finished the game with 21-of-41 passing for 221 yards, two TDs and an interception. He also ran the ball 11 times for 10 yards. Fowler led the team in rushing with 82 yards on three carries and touchdown. Hardaway had eight catches for 116 yards and Cassano had six catches for 62 yards and a touchdown. Junior Jason Sele added five catches for 30 yards. Brian Kelly paced Camas with three touchdowns. The LIons travel to Battle Ground for a 7 p.m. contest next Friday before starting out their South Puget Sound League 3A schedule hosting Enumclaw (1-1) at 7 p.m. Oct. 4.
[ standings from page 36] THIS WEEK: Auburn Mountainview at Battle Ground; Lakes at Camas; Union at Bonney Lake; Mountain View at Peninsula; Enumclaw at Skyview; and Decatur at Heritage. (All games nonleague and kick off at 7 p.m. Friday unless otherwise noted).
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