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Special graduation set for Decatur student of 2012 and his infectious attitude has become a staple throughout the halls during om Cooks will grad- the school year. The former uate from Decatur football, basketball and High School track athlete makes next Thursday. The the morning anschool is holding a graduation for nouncements every special graduation day, which include ceremony for Cooks some type of inat 6 p.m. inside the spirational message. Decatur gymnasium on He was also appointed Feb. 20. as an Associated Student Cooks, 18, was diagBody officer by the Decatur nosed with an inoperable students. brain tumor in the spring By CASEY OLSON
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face’s adversity in a way all of us wish we could, but know we probably can’t. That person is who we strive to be and usually fall short. That person is someone we are proud to know and call our friend. That person will be missed beyond belief. To us, that person was Mary Lou.” Alcott recalled when he received a nervous call from Goss, who asked him to meet her in the parking lot at the Quad. “I arrived there and she was standing in the bright sunshine, dressed elegantly as usual. I got out of the car and she immediately started crying as she told me of her diagnosis,” Alcott said. “I too was crying at this time and then the strangest thing happened. She looked up at me and said she wasn’t crying because she was diagnosed with cancer, she was crying because of the
The graduation ceremony comes after doctors gave Cooks a couple weeks to live. At the beginning of the school year, doctors said that he probably wouldn’t make it through his senior year at Decatur. During the fall, Cooks’s “dream” of getting back on the football field and scoring a touchdown was fulfilled during the Gators’ homecoming game against the Auburn Mountainview Lions.
affect this would have on me and the Mirror. I was absolutely dumbstruck. That act of incredible selflessness, in spite of everything that she was going through, cannot be faked and illustrated the essence of what Mary Lou was and always will be.” He said that was just one of many impressions that Mary Lou left on him. “She was, and is, a special, special human being and she alone gives me faith in the human race,” Alcott added. Goss is survived by daughters Kristen and Courtney, grandson Zakary, her husband of 26 years Phil and brother John. Her parents preceded her in death. Remembrances can be made to the Mary Louise Goss Educational Scholarship for Decatur High School, c/o Heritage Bank, Attn: Janice Siebenaler, 32303 Pacific Hwy. S, Federal Way, WA 98003.
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• Keith Tyler, who ran for a Council seat in 2011 against current Councilmember Dini Duclos. • Gary Darcey • John Fairbanks, who also ran for Council in 2013 against incumbent Jeanne Burbidge, the city’s current deputy mayor • Lorie Weldon • Lydia Assefa-Dawson, a social worker for the King County Housing Authority • Don Smith
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PREVENTING IDENTITY THEFT “I want my neighbors to know what they can do to protect themselves and what resources are available to assist them if their private information is compromised.” King County Councilmember
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The officer jumped out of the way and ran parallel with her vehicle to avoid being struck. Brown also drove toward an elderly couple walking in the parking lot and they had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit, the documents continue. Officers located the vehicle fleeing the area and pursued the driver onto I-5 southbound. The woman attempted to make a U-turn near some truck scales on I-5 and struck two vehicles heading northbound. The crash caused minor injuries and blocked two lanes of northbound traffic for several hours. Brown was booked into SCORE jail and her bail was set at $10,000.
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